The sky was dark, and clouds like lead blocks covered the world.

The trees on both sides of the road had almost lost their leaves, and a cold wind blew, and the yellow leaves on the ground flew like demons with teeth and claws.

Qin Ge put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, and walked quickly with his head slightly lowered, basically not seeing too many pedestrians on the road, and occasionally meeting one was also in a hurry.

This is not an era of pleasure and indulgence, and the danger of death and the sense of oppression still loom over everyone.

Those high-rise buildings built before 2018 stand in the evening light, looking even more dilapidated and dim, like giants in the twilight, and you can still vaguely see the glory of 60 years ago.

In this era, electricity is extremely scarce, resources are also scarce, and there are only a handful of places in the entire Gale City that can supply electricity.

Since the first apocalyptic virus invasion in 2018, there have been multiple virus invasions around the world, causing countries around the world to fall into a highly chaotic panic.

At first, governments were basically helpless about the matter, because the virus invasion was invisible, colorless and odorless, and even if it was bombarded with mushrooms, it would not be effective, but it only increased the panic.

In the 11 years from 2018 to 2029, the global economy basically collapsed, and the credibility of governments was reduced to the lowest, according to later data, during this period, the virus invaded a total of 391 times, directly and indirectly causing more than a billion deaths.

If it weren't for the appearance of anti-virus hunters later, the human race on the earth would have been completely destroyed.

As for what an anti-virus hunter is, it is the awakening of the human race itself in terms of bloodline, so it has a powerful human that can compete head-on with the virus host.

Generally speaking, people with blood type A can have a chance to awaken into a fighter with melee talent after some unique workouts or unique stimuli.

People with blood type B have a chance to awaken into a warrior with ranged talent.

People with blood type O have a chance to awaken as a mage with magical talents.

Those with blood type AB have a chance to awaken to a shadow class or a light class.

As for the other rare blood types other than the above blood types, there are no single cases that can perform bloodline awakening.

Initially, this awakening was very general, and it was only after decades of war with the virus that it gradually developed and integrated into the complete system it is today.

Around 2035, after the war against the virus finally stabilized, governments around the world have successively restored their administrative capacity and credibility, but at the cost of only about 20 countries left on the entire planet, many famous places have become dead places, such as Hawaii, such as a sunset island, a monkey island, and so on.

Taking China as an example, many wealthy cities have also become dead cities, ghost towns, and many areas have become no-man's lands and forbidden areas.

However, over the years, after two generations of hard work, by Qin Ge's generation, the situation has improved greatly, at least in the towns inhabited by humans, there are very few virus invasions.

But in the wilderness, in the vast countryside, it is extremely unsafe.

As a result, while governments have largely curbed the virus invasion, the economy has not recovered to pre-2018.

In the simplest example, even farmers who grow crops must send anti-virus hunters and a large number of bounty hunters to protect them, and various factories, mines, and oil fields must also have a large number of people to maintain normal production.

Even the currency was forced to adopt the silver standard.

The whole society has regressed sharply to the age of steam.

Of course, Qin Ge has also heard that in key cities such as the national capital, the magic capital, the eastern capital, the western capital, and the southern capital, the economic level of 1960 has been initially restored, but that is too far away, maybe one day in the future, the economy will really improve, and the prosperity and wealth before 2018 will be restored, but Qin Ge feels that he can't wait in his lifetime.

After turning a few streets, a dilapidated entrance to the community appeared in front of me, and the words 'Dou Daya Factory' could be vaguely seen between the dead leaves and the rust.

Bypassing a few puddles of dung, and bypassing a huge garbage heap, Qin Ge walked in, not far from a row of houses made of wood, there stood a few women with messy hair, a gray face, wrapped in a broken blanket, they were bored and huddled there, occasionally grabbing each other's lice on their heads, and throwing them directly into their mouths.

When Qin Ge walked by, their lazy and numb eyes quickly lit up with a certain brilliance, and at lightning speed, they lifted the blanket wrapped around their bodies, revealing their shriveled and bare bodies, and shouted loudly at the same time,

"A full set of copper coins!"

"One in a set, a citywide special!"

When Qin Ge walked by expressionlessly, they continued to catch lice there as if nothing had happened.

This is the most common scenario in refugee areas.

As for what a refugee area is, the most typical sign is that the building is tall and big.

Perhaps it would be very livable to live in such high-rise buildings when various supporting facilities such as water, electricity, and communications were in good condition, but after a long period of 60 years, these high-rise buildings with dozens of floors can still stand instead of collapsing, which is a miracle in itself, and how can we expect the electrical circuits to be intact, the running water to be intact, the sewers to be intact, and the heating system to be intact?

Under the catastrophe of the virus invasion, even the credibility of the government once fell to the freezing point, how dare you expect anything else?

So now living in these high-rise buildings are really the refugees at the bottom.

There is no elevator, dozens of floors have to be climbed.

There was no water or food, so they had to be carried up dozens of layers.

The sewers have long been blocked by refugee occupants on every floor, and excrement can only be thrown down condescendingly......

In the summer, it will stink to death, and in the winter, it will freeze to death.

You have to use firewood to cook, and if you are not careful, you will burn your whole family to death or be burned to death by your neighbors.

So, this is the refugee area.

Qin Ge's home was on the thirty-seventh floor, and he climbed up all the way quickly, and he was slightly panting.

On the left hand side of the stairs is Qin Ge's home, the original security door is gone, it has become a wooden door wrapped with tattered cotton cloth, and when it is pushed open, it is a dark room, the glass has long been broken and disappeared, and now it is blocked with wooden boards and cloth strips.

A small oil lamp was lit, and a slightly slumped figure was crouching in front of the humble little stove, carefully watching the jumping flames, on which the food was hot, and there was a smell of unknown taste.

"Mom, I'm back. ”

Qin Ge said in a low voice, then took out two bulging cowhide water bladders from his windbreaker, about twenty catties, turned around and poured them into a bucket in the corner of the room, which he picked up from the bathroom of the third high school, and added bleaching powder.

The water in the city is expensive, the water is too far away from the city, and because it is unmanaged, many water sources are polluted, and only those who live in the aristocratic and commoner quarters can afford this clean water with bleaching powder.

"The firewood at home is also going to be gone, this looks like it's about to enter winter, Xiao Ge, you have to hunt a few mountain bears, change money to stock up on some winter supplies, this year's weather seems to be much colder than in previous years, I'm worried that when it's the coldest time, there will be a mob." ”

Qin Ge's mother didn't look back, she just said to herself, with an inexplicable calm in her hoarse voice.

"I see. ”

Qin Ge nodded, took off his trench coat, and carefully hung it on the wall, and then began to take out various objects from the rotten strips of cloth on his body, knives, iron wire balls, clips, hooks, flying claws, vials, short knives, hand crossbows, some crossbow arrows, two smoothbore short guns with unique shapes and thick barrels, as well as some handmade bullets, and a few yellow and red rune papers.

These were Qin Ge's eating guys as a bounty hunter, and after a careful inspection, he shouted into another dark room: "Dad, I only have three demon-killing bullets left, you can make me a few more." ”

"Hmm!"

There was a murky sound in the room, and then there was no sound, and Qin Ge and his mother were used to it, because his father's two legs were gone.

However, Qin Ge's father was a bronze-level anti-virus hunter before he broke his legs, and Qin Ge's mother was also a professional bounty hunter.

Qin Ge still remembers that when he was a child, he lived in a bungalow with much better conditions, with windows, toilets, showers, kitchens, and a warm little bed - later, his father lost his legs when he went out on a mission, and even if he was as powerful as a drug hunter, he couldn't regenerate his limbs, and their family's life became embarrassed.

Later, when the family moved to this refugee area, they relied on their mother as a bounty hunter until she lost her left eye three years ago, and at that time, at the age of fourteen, Qin Ge inherited his mother's business and became a bounty hunter, until now.

However, even though the family was so difficult, his father and mother still insisted on letting Qin Ge go to literacy and participate in the anti-drug hunter assessment, because that was the only way out.