The cold wind poured into the relatively warm building, which immediately attracted everyone's attention and dissatisfaction.

In order not to arouse the disgust of others, Li Qingshui turned around and closed the roller shutter.

"Where's the man?" The people at the door saw Liu Chang and Li Qingshui... The two of them were neatly dressed but surprisingly thin, and even in this temperature of dozens of degrees below zero, they even exposed large areas of skin such as their necks, which was a little puzzling.

"Which district are you, why haven't I seen you? What are you doing in our 13th arrondissement? The man who came to ask Li Qingshui was a middle-aged man with a thick hat, the beard on the man's face had not been taken care of for more than a year, and it was so coiled together on a red face, and it was so black that he couldn't see his face clearly.

"We are passers-by and want to inquire about the situation here." As he spoke, Li Qingshui took out some exquisite food from the leather bag on his waist that these people hadn't seen for a few years, and handed it to the red-faced bearded man who looked like he was in charge here, "We know the rules, these are our inquiry fees!" ”

"That's all... Only the man took the food handed over by Li Qingshui with some suspicion, and just wanted to continue to put two cruel words to see if he could blackmail something more, but Li Qingshui, who didn't want to waste time, snatched a metal wine jug from him with his left hand.

"Of course, we know how to be polite, and we hope you can communicate well." As Li Qingshui spoke, he twisted the man's metal wine jug into a flower, and Si Shi gagged his mouth. Smack!

After throwing the metal wine jug on the ground, Li Qingshui and Liu Chang entered the area on the first floor of the Internet café one after the other.

In the past, the so-called Internet café has long since lost the appearance of an "Internet café", and there are no traces of computers except for some that can be seen in the corners of the house. The room has been emptied, about 300 square meters, only simple shops and various burning iron pipes and iron barrels with flames can be seen, the fuel is generally firewood, Liu Chang saw a large number of firewood piled up together in the corner of the room.

There are no traces of willow fruit in the house.

Under everyone's attention, the two slowly glanced around the room, and then Li Qingshui squatted in front of a three-year-old child.

"Little friend, may I ask you something?" As if juggling, a round ball like a jelly bean was conjured from the palm of his hand, and Liu Chang recognized that this was a synthetic carbohydrate that he had eaten on the road, with a general taste, which could replenish energy, and the advantage was that it could be stored for a long time.

"Hmm............ Child T looked at the "jelly bean" in Li Qingshui's hand, and was a little afraid to take it, and finally looked at his mother with an inquiring look.

"Take it, and talk to your uncle." Mother glanced at Li Qingshui, she saw the process of twisting an iron wine jug into a flower with one hand just now, so she didn't dare to refuse this man's proposal at this moment.

"Oh." The child took the things in Li Qingshui's hand, and then looked at the expressionless "uncle" with stunned eyes, twisting and not knowing what to say.

"Let me ask you a few questions." Li Qingshui squatted in front of the child, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "In the outside world, do you know about red fruits?" ”

"Hmm." More than three years old, equivalent to the age of kindergarten, I already have a little ignorance of the world, but I can't get a glimpse of the whole world.

"Have you ever eaten the red fruit?" Li Qingshui asked.

"I don't know." The child shook his head—and Liu Chang frowned.

He didn't know why Li Qingshui asked a child such a question, because if he wanted to ask, it would be better to ask the adults here, and this kind of thing doesn't need to be asked, you can see it by looking at it.

"Hmm." Li Qingshui listened to the child's words and nodded, "A few days ago, when the woods outside changed, were you afraid?" ”

"Well, I'm afraid." The child nodded.

"Why are you afraid?"

"Because my mother was afraid, my mother kept crying." As the child spoke, he glanced at his mother again.

"Oh." Li Qingshui also glanced at the child's mother, "What was the situation here at that time?" ”

"Everybody was scared, some ran away, some didn't want to run because they didn't know where to run. Because for those of us who lose our houses, we can't run a hundred miles away, and we have to freeze to death on the road. The woman remembered the situation that day, and her body involuntarily trembled slightly, "I was in the house when the big tree came that day, and I didn't know the situation outside, but later I heard that the willow that was overwhelming like a wave flooded from a distance." I was in the house, and I didn't feel anything, but I felt the ground shaking all the time, and the six women were talking, and the child in her arms looked at her again.

"Then why don't you eat the fruit from outside?" Li Qingshui asked again.

"Don't dare, although I've heard that someone has eaten it, and there are no toxins, but I just don't dare...... The woman said truthfully.

"Hmm." Li Qingshui nodded and stood up, "Let's go." ”

"Okay." In this way, Liu Chang and Li Qingshui, once again, in the eyes of everyone, opened the roller shutter and walked out.

"It seems that the willow tree is indeed much more thoughtful than the last time he rushed to Zhengzhou." Walking outside the cold and windy door, Li Qingshui sighed, "Adults don't eat fruits just because of fear, but children don't have the most intuitive fear of willow trees, and their fear is indirectly passed on by adults." So, if real hunger comes, everyone will choose the willow fruit as food, and real hunger, in my opinion, is already coming. ”

"Hmm." Liu Chang nodded and looked at the desolate land around him.

"The willow tree did not invade the city, but it sucked away all the nutrients suitable for plant growth in the surrounding area of the human city and in the soil inside the city." It has been impossible for humans to grow food since a few days ago, and the species in the jungle are almost entirely in the hands of willows, and under this control, it is almost impossible for humans to hunt for food, so there seems to be only one way out...... Li Qingshui spoke, and breathed a deep breath, "The willow tree is stronger than me, and there is only one purpose left for him to do this." ”

"He wants to talk to us." Liu Chang also took a deep breath, "It's amazing, I kept humans in captivity, left the fruit, but took away all other possibilities for survival." The feeling of having nowhere to vent his anger is more terrifying than declaring war directly on humanity. It seems that he has set a time limit for us, and it is impossible for humans to endure much longer without a source of food. (To be continued)

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