Chapter 10: The Rose and the Leopard

The scorching sun hangs high, the wind howls, and the loess fills the sky. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The blazing sun scorched the cracked earth mercilessly, and the endless wilderness was barren, and only occasionally could you see a few low shrubs, wilting and lying on the ground. The raging wind swept up the loess that covered the sky and the sun, and the dust mixed with fine sand and debris turned into billowing smoke, galloping on the unsheltered wilderness.

Desolate, dry, there is not a trace of moisture in the air, there is not a trace of a drop of water in the wilderness, everywhere you can see is a pile of human or beast-shaped white bones exposed under the loess, clothes and bodies have rotted and disappeared, only the skeleton of Bai Sensen, still twisted and left in the world, half of it is exposed from the loess, indicting the cruelty of the wilderness.

Buried by the loess, in addition to the bones of people and beasts, there are also traces of the pre-disaster world, the metal roof exposed in the loess, is the pre-disaster world as dense as ants of cars, from time to time through the loess out, across the ground, is a stone pillar called a telephone pole. If you go in one direction, you can occasionally see the remains of a truncated iron tower, half of which stands tenaciously on the ground, and the years have left a mottled rust on them, making the once strong steel as fragile as rotten wood. However, although the base was buried by the loess, although the upper half was broken by the strong wind, they still persisted, extending into the distance one after another, which represents the direction of world civilization before the disaster, and where electricity goes, it is the footprint of civilization.

Looking into the distance, in the haze, a black shadow loomed, it was a pile of broken walls, evidence of its existence that had not been completely wiped out by the years. Insects, snakes, and rats crawl in and out of the bones of the corpses everywhere, persistently searching for rare food, and scavenging crows staring at their red eyes on the ruined walls, waiting for their victims to arrive.

Perhaps, this wilderness was once a bustling intercity artery, perhaps, the highway here, hundreds of thousands of vehicles come and go every day, perhaps, the distant power grid is like a blood vessel, transmitting electricity to the cities of the Maple Leaf Empire, perhaps, the gas station next to the road has been making money every day, and the rest area is overcrowded.

But now, everything is different, everything that once existed has been turned into the dust of history, and only the records remain, and all that remains here is the scorching sun, the wind, the loess, and the cold death.

"Hum, hum, hum", a violent mechanical roar, came from the distant horizon, even if the loess is all over the sky, you can also see through the sand and dust that covers the sky, from the distant direction, a yellow dragon composed of smoke and dust, breaking through the wind and rolling out.

"Boom, boom", the roar suddenly turned from small to loud, and from the nameless dirt slope, a yellow-green sidecar locomotive rose into the air by the slope and rushed out of the smoke and dust. The locomotive slammed to the ground, bounced on the ground, and continued to speed forward, leaving behind a large area of loess.

"Yahu~~~~", from the time when the sidecar just bounced up, the passengers in the sidecar let out an excited cheer, until the locomotive landed, and then turned into a burst of laughter.

The female passenger in the sidecar was wearing yellow-green camouflage pants, a black tight-fitting vest on her upper body, and the same yellow-green camouflage uniform was draped outside to block the scorching sun. Although the wind carried endless sand and dust, she was not stained at all.

"It's so hot, what the hell is going on. The female passenger took out a dark silver flat metal flask, poured it into the mouth of the bottle, let out a happy sigh in her mouth, handed the flask to the rider next to her, and asked loudly, "Rose, how long will it take?" ”

"You should be there this afternoon, bear with me for a long time, little leopard. The rider was also a woman, wearing a rose-shaped red blindfold covering her left eye, a black over-the-knee dress with a long gold ribbon loosely tied around her waist, black high heels on the pedals of the locomotive, the heavy locomotive as docile as a sheep under the control of her slender wrists. The driver, known as the Rose, was able to loosen the handlebar and take the flask at will, took a small sip with graceful movements, and frowned, "Gallens? What kind of flavor do you have, you might as well drink some medical alcohol to drink this thing." ”

"How can medical alcohol be as strong as Gallens, hahaha, and this thing is not only delicious, but also fun, you see. The female leopard snatched the flask back from Rose's hand, took a sip of Gallens, and suddenly spit it out to her side, and the temperature around her body rose rapidly. As a result, a flame several meters long erupted from the mouth of the female leopard, and the high-concentration gallensis turned into flames under the action of high temperature, leaving a strong smell of burning air behind the locomotive. The female smacked her lips with interest, laughed and said, "How's it, it's fun, hahahaha." ”

"Isn't it time for you to celebrate your tenth birthday tomorrow?" Rose felt insulted by her IQ and said with a straight face, "No, I think it's eight years old at most." ”

"Hey, I just think it's fun, anyway. The female leopard laughed for a while, as if she was a little bored, put away her laughter and complained, "Why is this shabby place in Hedong so miserable, and the city is too sparse, it's been open for another four days, and I haven't encountered a city again." Is there really any task to make a lot of money in this kind of hell place?"

"You don't know the eye of the pigeon. She does the task that the middleman helps us find, how many of them will lose money?" Rose looked at the pocket watch, slowed down the speed and stopped the locomotive, unscrewed the lid of the water tank to release the steaming heat, and ignored the female leopard who put her hand on the wet skin at the mouth of the water tank for more than 100 degrees, "Don't underestimate the area of Hedong, although the city here is sparse and the scale is very small, but this is the most developed place for the silk textile industry, and the silk supply of the entire Maple Continent comes from here, so every city is rich." It's a pity that the population here is too small, and the era of the catastrophe is the object of key care, so that the land is barren and the environment is harsh, otherwise, maybe there will be one or two super cities here. ”

"Wow, it's rich? That's great, I've been thinking about the pre-disaster Soka in Old Tom's for years, and I'm going to grit my teeth and try it this time. The female leopard licked her lips and said with her eyes glowing, "I hope I can see it again when I go back." ”

"Don't think it's too beautiful, indeed, the price of this negotiation is very high, sixteen units of source energy crystallization. Rose said coldly, "However, sometimes money is not so easy to make. ”

"Sixteen units, wait, wait, I calculated, one unit of crystals can be exchanged for at least 200 grams of gold, and sixteen units is at least ...... Anyway, it's a big deal, and I'm rich. When the female leopard found that her fingers were not enough, she simply gave up the idea of continuing to calculate, and said indifferently to Rose's worries, "Isn't it just to fight against a beast tide? ”

"If it's just against the beast tide, is it really worth paying such a high price?" Rose sneered, "just because...... Huh?"

"Someone is coming?" The female leopard's ears also moved at the same time, and she frowned, "No, it seems that she should have been following us all the time, interesting, and there are really people who are not afraid of death." ”