Yanjing, Naval Command.

Three days have passed since the end of the Kuroshio, and like black floats that have faded from the sea, the refugees who had been temporarily recruited during the war have begun to return to their hometowns one by one under the supervision of the headquarters.

What awaits them will be a rather difficult time, the original home may have been reduced to ruins in this war, and the original bustling city building has also collapsed to the rubble of only one place, but no matter how bad it is, it is estimated that it will not be much worse than the days when people were under the fence during this time.

Therefore, most of the people who left their homeland were still willing to fight back and forth, and even with the hope that their hometown might be able to survive the war, they followed the ship arranged by the naval command and began to move in an orderly manner. However, there are obedient, naturally there are a small number of people who plan to stay and try their luck, after this war they have completely understood a truth, even if the city wall is built high and strong, there is a day of damage, no matter how prosperous the city, it can not withstand the ravages of war, this is a kind of helplessness in troubled times, but as long as you have been hiding in a safe place, it would be good.

Speaking of which, what better place to be safer than Yenching in the Naval Command?

With a population base of 300,000 and an area about five times that of the second island city of Liyuan Island, this Asian military and political center can be said to be the safest place for mankind (the Asian Union). As long as the navy of the Asian Union does not fall one day, then the island will never fall one day.

However, it is not easy to stay.

Considering that the refugees would have an impact on the local economy, people's livelihood and law and order management, and that it was no longer a wartime emergency, the command had clearly ordered that non-local residents should not continue to stay in Yanjing, and a large number of members of the gendarmerie had also been appointed to exempt themselves from this matter. On the one hand, it is to monitor the evacuation of refugees and maintain law and order in the city, and on the other hand, it is to catch these "fish that have slipped through the net" and want to take advantage of loopholes.

"Shh

Sabo covered his sister Sally's mouth, leaned his back against the cold stone wall behind him, and looked up at the stone edge, where a patrol of gendarmerie was passing over the stone bridge above them, making the trembling sound of boots and sabers.

It was the sound of a group of people passing by, in unison.

Sensing the sound drifting away, Sapo breathed a sigh of relief.

This young brother and sister, the elder brother is 13 years old, and the younger sister is only 9 years old, they are all displaced people who were brought to Yanjing by the Black Tide, and their hometown was originally in a place called Reynoldeva, which belongs to the most fierce war and completely abandoned along the open sea, Sabo and Sally's parents died in a war two years ago, and a pair of imps can only rely on each other for their lives since then.

Although the government of this era had shelters, because of the frequent wars and the scarcity of materials, many things were empty talk, especially in remote areas like Renolva, which belonged to the Asian Union, and the so-called welfare homes were just a façade. Look at the brothers and sisters of Sabo and Sally, they are thinner and smaller than their peers, obviously when they are growing their bodies, they only have a few grains of rice and black bread crumbs in the clear soup and white water that they can't eat at every meal, and they usually don't have the opportunity to study at all, and they are forced to do some work in the welfare home, if they don't do it, they will have no food to eat, and they will be beaten.

Although they could not be seen on the surface, Sapo and Sally's bodies were scarred, with bruises and whip marks from corporal punishment everywhere.

I can't go back to that miserable hell, Sabo thought to himself.

Although he is still young, the little boy already has the stubborn and unyielding eyes of a wolf, his parents are dead, there are no relatives in this world who can be relied on, and only he can protect his sister.

"Don't worry, Sally, it's okay to have me, the two of us stay here together and fight a path." Sabo hugged his sister's head, took her to his chest, and comforted him gently.

Sabo didn't decide to stay because he was reckless, he decided to stay in Yanjing with his sister because he knew a man named Chen Ping who showed him a clear way.

Chen Ping and Sabo are fellow villagers, they were originally bastards when they were in the local area, but they are quite righteous and take good care of Sabo's brothers and sisters. Because this person has a lively brain and can talk a lot on the road, he belongs to the kind of person who can eat and mix.

A few days ago, when the Black Tide was over and Yanjing began to prepare for the evacuation of the large army, Chen Ping introduced a job to Sabo: "I have to eat and live, the salary is good, and I don't ask about my background." ”

"Cheng, Brother Chen Ping, I'll stay and give you a hand."

"Good brother, don't worry, as long as I have a mouthful of rice from Chen Ping, I will never forget to share a mouthful of soup with you." Chen Ping patted his chest and promised: "But during this time, the gendarmes have been strictly investigated, you have to hide well, don't make trouble, and don't be targeted, otherwise it will be over if you are sent back, you know?" ”

"Understood."

It was for the above reasons that Sapo and Sally insisted on staying.

"After this limelight passes, we don't have to hide it so much, Brother Chen Ping said that when the sea is opened, all kinds of maritime merchants will pour in, and the gendarmerie will no longer arrest outsiders, and even jobs will be easy to find." Sapo told Sally what Chen Ping had said, and the latter nodded as if he didn't understand.

"Let's go."

Confirming that the gendarmerie had gone away, Sappor took his sister's hand and led her forward.

This is a hidden secret door behind the base of the bridge, hidden behind an overgrown embankment, disguised by a pile of discarded sheet scrap.

This place was discovered by Sapo by accident, and entering through a secret door, there is a narrow flight of stairs that leads to the underground waterways below.

The sewers were dark and damp, and there was a musty stench, and it was not unusual for rats or something to slip through quickly in the darkness, but Sally clenched Sabo's clothes in fear.

"Brother, I'm afraid."

"Don't be afraid, although there is a little stinking here, the gendarmerie will not come here, and if there is anything, my brother will protect you."

A few stolen candles were found in their pockets and lit with matches, and this was what they could do to spend their time in the dark.

The faint light of the fire ignited in the darkness, dispelling the darkness slightly, so that the creatures that hid in the darkness did not dare to approach.

Sapo smiled at his sister and rubbed her little brain. Because of the long-term lack of nutrition, the little girl's hair is black and yellow.

"Gollum." It was the sound of the stomach growling.

"Brother, I'm hungry."

"Wait a minute." Sabo reached for his other pocket and pulled out the edge of the bread wrapped in a plastic bag, which he had brought out when he had escaped from the camp.

Despite this, the number was still pitiful, and seeing his sister's star, Sabo smiled and handed over all the sides of the bread: "Come, eat." ”

"But what about you, brother."

"Brother is not hungry."

Sally shook her head sensibly: "If my brother doesn't eat it, I won't eat it either, let's starve to death together." ”

After his parents died, Sapo was most annoyed by hearing people say the word death, and he was about to reprimand, but when he looked at his sister's tearful eyes, Sabo's heart softened: "Fool." ”

He reached for the plastic bag and took a loaf of bread: "Brother eats it, you eat it too."

"Hmm." Sally nodded happily, the little gluttonous cat was obviously very hungry.

After eating, my stomach became even hungrier, because it was still seven points full for one person, and it was not enough for two people to eat, but there was no way to do it, so I could only live next to each other.

Waiting in the dark is the hardest, and Sabo and Sally are at this lively and active age, and soon, they can't bear it.

"Brother, I seem to hear a faint voice coming from there."

"Well, you stay here, I'll go and have a look."

But Sally grabbed the corner of Sabo's coat and looked at him pitifully, "Don't leave me here alone. ”

Sapo looked at his sister and nodded.

The two men kept walking forward.

I thought it was just an ordinary underground waterway, but after digging a little deeper, I realized that this place seemed to be different from what I imagined.

"Brother, there's light over there."

"Shhhh

Sapopo made a silent gesture, and then tiptoed forward with his sister, their thin figures, stretched up to the wall by the flickering candle flames, and falling mottled projections.

Sally heard it right, there was indeed a voice, it came from here, and by here, the voice had become unusually clear.

It was a sonorous voice: "...... Today, we will be bathed in the same banner and fulfill our long-cherished long-cherished wish, and our research has made great progress to prove the theory of XX (here because the vocabulary is too difficult and it comes through the wall, so Sapo and they can't hear it) are correct. The victory of the Black Tide this time is also our victory, next, we must clean those corrupt and unenterprising moths, and open a door to the happiness of the Asian Federation, no, all mankind in the world! ”

Sabo and Sally sneaked up on the door, leaning on the wall and looking in, it was okay not to look, but when she saw it, Sally almost screamed, but fortunately Sally covered her mouth in time.

In front of him was a place like a council, a man in a white robe and a strange mask was standing on the front of the altar and giving a speech, and in front of him, hundreds of apostles wearing black cloaks and hoods and covering their faces with masks were echoing loudly.

The white-robed speaker waved his fist: "The time is ripe, our army has been assembled, the holy war is about to begin, for the fate of mankind, we are willing to shed our own blood, for the sake of all mankind, we will do everything!" ”

"For all mankind!"

"For all mankind!" ””

"For the New World!"

"For the new world!" ””

The mountains roared, and the black apostles waved their fists.

Sabo's back was covered with cold sweat for a moment, and he always felt that he had come to a place where he shouldn't be.

His instincts were right, and although he didn't understand what these people were doing, just by looking at their strange outfits, he could feel that they weren't good, and it was better to run away as soon as possible when they weren't discovered. Sabo, who had made up his mind, reached out to take his sister, but this hand was empty.

He turned his head in surprise, only to find his sister looking ahead in horror, her body trembling vigorously.

A black shadow, cast by the light of the fire, covered their faces.

Sabo's heart seemed to be clenched, and even though he felt like his heart was about to jump to his throat, he resisted the urge to scream and raised his head.

There, stood a man dressed in a black cloak and wearing a strange mask.

Under the ghostly, oil-painted mask, a grim smile was raised.

"Now, since it's fate to meet here, do you want to join us, little mouse."

No......

No!

But before Sapo could make a sound, his neck was choked, and then the world was plunged into a bottomless darkness. (To be continued.) )