Chapter 1 Scavenging Youth

readx;? The remnants of the sun are like blood, covering the wilderness, and the time for scavengers has come. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Eagle wakes up from a spasm of pain in his abdomen, a familiar sensation that takes up most of life and memory, and which the scavengers call hunger, an eternal spell left by the Creator to all beings!

If you can't find food this time, you won't be able to survive tonight.

As for tomorrow, tomorrow is too much to expect for the scavengers.

Yun Ying struggled to crawl out of the hole where he was hiding, and when his feet were back on the hot and barren earth, he felt a strong dizziness. The ancient ruins around are ruins from different eras, as well as fragments of remains dropped from other worlds, all of which were once built in glory but are now worthless garbage, buried and forgotten by the gravel of time in this wilderness.

The thin figure of the young man was so small alone in the dust, his face was covered by the wind with messy black hair, a few dirty rags wrapped in his thin body, his rough skin was covered with old and new wounds, except for a pair of bright and clear eyes, he was no different from an ordinary scavenger.

Yun Ying is only fourteen or fifteen years old.

The life of a scavenger is very simple, spending nearly 20 hours a day in a burrow to escape the heat and cold, only crawling out of the ruins in the early morning and dusk in search of food. Day after day, year after year, life may seem monotonous, but it is a great happiness for the scavengers, because repetition and monotony mean destruction when interrupted.

Yun Ying couldn't help but think of the old man.

The old man is an alternative scavenger who has gone through vicissitudes, not only knows the words of the old times, but also knows what the scavengers don't know, likes to tell stories, collect useless things, especially the tools, pictures, and words of the old times, and the only object they can share with is Yunying, they are each other's only companions and friends.

The sun rose as usual that day, and the old man did not climb out as usual.

The old guy was at least lucky, because Yun Ying buried him.

Yun Ying couldn't imagine what it would be like for him to fall now, although this skeleton was no longer meaty, the hungry red-eyed scavenger would never be picky. The crazy butchers would have dismantled him, smoked him and hung it on rusty iron hooks, some of which he enjoyed himself, and some of which he had exchanged for some moderately polluted drinking water.

This is the wilderness, where you can eat anything to survive and do anything to survive.

Yunying sometimes envied them, but the old man once said that if even the last humanity was abandoned, there would really be no hope for humanity.

I'm so hungry!

I can't walk anymore!

Yun Ying dragged his weak body to wander among the ruins, like a straw swaying in the wind, it could fall down at any time, and the scavengers had already rummaged through the ruins, how easy was it to find a little food?

Is it again for nothing?

Will this be the last time we will see the sunset?

Yun Ying was unable to sit down and look at the sky, the remnant sun was like blood, soaked in the desert, a goshawk soared in the sky and clouds, his eyes showed a deep envy, he named himself Yun Ying, just hoping to be as free as the eagle in the clouds...... Is it a fantasy after all?

It's not until the last minute.

Can't give up!

There was a tight and hurried pace!

Yun Ying stood up like a frightened young beast, pulled out a sharpened piece of iron, and stared ahead with a wary face. In these turbulent and crazy years, hungry scavengers attacked their own kind every day, and most of the weak children like Yunying were the targets of harm.

Sure enough, with the hurried footsteps, three ragged scavengers rushed out frantically.

Yun Ying's face changed and he hurriedly took two steps back, he was now so weak that he could even be blown down by a gust of wind, and the three scavengers launched an attack at the same time, so there was absolutely no chance of being spared!

Wait a minute!

No, it's not!

Although the faces of the three men were hideous, they did not have the murderous aura, and they did not have the momentum of a predator, but were full of frightened and desperate prey.

It's not an assault.

It's a run for your life!

Yun Ying had just had an ominous premonition, and a large group of black figures rushed out after the scavengers, and there were more than a dozen of them, about the size of wild dogs, with scarlet eyes, hideous and terrifying.

Yunying's blood coagulated in an instant, and his brain exploded, leaving only one thought that came from his soul and instinct:

Run!

The threat of death once again unleashes the potential of life!

A new force was squeezed out of this almost depleted body, and Yun Ying didn't recognize it carefully, let alone want to identify it clearly, as long as he understood one thing - this was a mutant beast, a ferocious mutant beast, this was a terrible predator.

Scavengers are just the lowest predators in this desert, and even in this ruins, how can they possibly fight against terrifying mutant beasts?

There was one of the slowest women who pounced first.

"Help me!"

"Help me!"

"Help me!"

The monster bit its neck with its sharp teeth, and a large stream of blood spilled out like a fountain.

In the second and third ways, the black shadows rushed to gather, and in the blink of an eye, the woman's body was all over her body, the flesh and blood were gnawed and torn apart piece by piece, and the abdomen, intestines, and internal organs were all dragged out together.

So bloody, so cruel, so horrible!

The short but terrible screams were like a series of life-urging talismans shooting towards the three of them. Some of the mutant beasts that didn't get a share of the food continued to chase after the rest of the people, their speed was too fast, but in three or two seconds, another scavenger was pounced.

"Ahh

"No!"

Gnawing bones and tearing flesh and blood, the sound made Yun Ying's whole body cold!

When Yun Ying panicked and turned into a corner, he felt even more desperate, the ruins in front of him blocked the road, this is an impassable dead end!

What to do?

What to do!

A third terrible scream rang out.

The last scavenger also fell.

Three or two mutant beasts crossed the corpse of the scavenger, like black lightning rushing towards this helpless and thin boy!

Dangerous!

Dangerous!

Yun Ying seemed to smell a strong breath of death, and if he hesitated for a second, he would be doomed!

If you turn back, you will die!

I can only fight!

He desperately rushed into the ruins, into a deep, small slit.

Adults can't get into this place, Yun Ying's thin body can barely fit in, and there is a sound in his ears immediately - a mutant beast is following after him!

The fishy smell on the mutant beast is clearly audible, and it is already close at hand!

The cloud eagle burrowed to the end of the slit and could no longer move forward, and the monster hissed as a precursor to an attack.

A dead moment happens.

In a desperate situation, he resolutely held the sharp iron piece and turned around, when the black figure just pounced, and the scarlet eyes bloomed with a cruel light, and the sharp teeth were as sharp as a razor, and they were about to smash the delicious prey in front of him.

Cloud Eagle let out a beastly roar and stabbed out, and the sharp iron piece just stabbed into the monster's eye.

The monster howled sharply and violently, hitting Yun Ying's body, the sharp claws left a few blood marks, Yun Ying held its head, the space inside the ruins was narrow, and it had no way to move.

"Die!"

Yun Ying was already more hideous than the mutant beast, frantically waving iron pieces and stabbing his head and neck more than a dozen times, a large amount of fishy blood sprayed everywhere, and his face, hands, and clothes were all dripping all over.

The two monsters were circling outside but couldn't squeeze in, and when they heard the howls of their kind, they immediately turned around and left the place. Yun Ying was half-paralyzed in the narrow space, gasping for breath, his brain was dizzy from lack of oxygen for a while, and now even moving his little finger has become a luxury.

When the madness is over, these weary and weak come back, presumably because they have just been neglected, and they are now aggressively trying to get them back.

For the first time, he looked at the creature in front of him.

It has dark and shiny fur, long, sharp claws, and scarlet scary eyes, and it looks a bit like a mutated giant rat, but whatever it is, it has a dozen pounds of flesh.

Food!

Yun Ying became excited again, cut the tough skin of the monster with iron slices, and tore a few pieces of fat meat into his mouth, sour, fishy, and rough...... It's a great delicacy for the people of the wilderness.

Cloud eagles live on ants, beetles, and grass roots, and they haven't tasted meat for a long, long time. When the esophagus slides into the stomach, the warm sensation spreads throughout the body, and the cramps and pain in the stomach are reduced, replaced by a feeling of satisfaction that is difficult to describe in words!

He ate until his shriveled stomach bulged again.

Finally stopped eating, and his face was full of happiness.

The mutant beast outside had already gone away, and Yun Ying was ready to drag the prey he killed with his own hands back to the hole, and these dozen catties of meat were enough to enjoy for many days.

As soon as Yun Ying dragged his prey out, a thick beast-like voice came.

"Put the meat down!"

Four or five adult scavengers stood in front of them, the first of whom was very strong, with a hideous scar on his face, and his face was full of ferocity and anger.

These people may have heard the commotion a long time ago, so they lurked around and waited, hoping to pick up a few bones, only to meet the child who was carrying the prey.

The fat beast meat made them all red-eyed.

Scar yelled, "Put the meat down!"

Yun Ying's silent expression was as wild and dangerous as a lone wolf, the two sides were like beasts facing each other in the wilderness, in fact, in this era, the line between man and beast was already very blurred.

Put it down?

In exchange for my life, you let me put it down?!

Yun Ying didn't say a word of nonsense, like a thoroughly enraged young beast, desperate to pounce and punch one of them in the face.

There is no suspense.

Yun Ying is a half-old child after all, how can he beat several adults? The result of such a rebellion is to be beaten in turn, and then watch the prey that he hit with his life being snatched away.

............

Night has fallen.

The boy returned to the cave scarred, without any complaints or anger against the scavengers who had snatched their prey, and as a child who had grown up in the camp, he had already seen the nature of the wilderness.

There are no principles in the wilderness, strength is the only law!

The strong can have more food, slaves, women, and the weak are destined to be enslaved, trampled, and plundered, and this is the wilderness. This world, this era, this place, has never been justified, and weakness itself is a sin!

The moonlight poured into the hole like water, and a blanket could not withstand the bitter cold, and he was curled up in the cold, and the pain all over his body prevented him from sleeping peacefully.

Yun Ying sat up tossing and turning, picked up an iron box, blew away the thick dust, and carefully took out some colorful things from it as if he were holding a treasure in his hand.

He stared at these things with an idiotic gaze, they were pictures that the old man had painstakingly collected during his lifetime, and they were evidence of the existence of the old era, and the erosion of time over the years had become a little mottled.

Every time I see them, the young heart hidden in the chest is touched.

Every time I saw them, I was full of pain, hunger, and sickness, and all of them were relieved slightly.

Every time I see them, no matter how desperate and dark, I can always see a glimmer of light.

Far away old times!

What kind of dream world are you?

The people were clean and handsome, the cities were prosperous and wealthy, there were no dangerous and terrible mutants, no ferocious mutants, and no scavengers struggling to survive in the wilderness.

Is that era really over?

Does such a place still exist in this world?

There was a flame burning in Cloud Eagle's dark eyes—he was eager to walk the camp and the wilderness!

The thought was like a steel stamp in the depths of the soul, and it had been born since he was very young, and the old man once asked him: Why? The camp is dangerous, the ruins are dangerous, the wilderness is even more dangerous, it is a road to death!

"Who made me born in this world!"

"Since the world has chosen me, I have the right to take a good look at it!"

"One day, I will go to search, to find that heavenly place, if I can take a look, if I can kiss that land, even if I die immediately, there will be no regrets!"

The old man was silent.

From then on, I took the child with me, shared his food, and taught him to read. After struggling on the edge of life and death all these years, that thought has not disappeared, but has become stronger and stronger!

The old man said that some people are born to be free eagles, even if they grow up in a chicken coop, they will one day flutter their wings and soar...... Is there a real chance?

Now I can't even get out of the ruins, let alone the boundless and dangerous wilderness.

The old man often talked about "fate", and he said that everyone has their own destiny.

Is this my fate? I don't believe it!

Yun Ying put the iron box on his head and fell asleep.

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