Chapter 594: The Settlement of the North and the South (Part II)
The moose herd is indeed heading towards the canyon he describes, as Thomas said, and now that the snow has closed the mountain, these guys are much less threatening, and they can walk in the snowy world without worry.
The black mist of Thomas's ability caught up with the moose herd in a few moments, these guys were licking the snow in the canyon at the moment, and some were using their front hooves to cut through the thick snow and gnaw on the grass stems buried under the snow, it seemed that this canyon was not a place for them to pass through, but intended to rest here for a long time, because there were traces of deer activity everywhere, and the snow in some places was reflected like a mirror.
Falling behind the rocks on the side of the canyon entrance, Thomas put away the ability and restored the body, his age is a little too old, although he was lucky to awaken, but the growth of his mental power is extremely slow, until now, his mental power can only maintain the black fog ability for more than ten minutes, and then drag on it will uncontrollably restore the body, and after exhausting the mental power, the person will fall into an extremely weak state.
Hiding behind the snow-covered rocks, Thomas couldn't bear it in a few minutes, first, there was no food in his stomach, and second, the clothes on his body were not frost-resistant enough, and he was already skinny and skinny, and he was even more intolerant in such an ultra-low temperature environment.
"Boom...... Gurg...... ......"
After a few more minutes, Thomas's upper and lower teeth began to bump uncontrollably against each other, and his body stiffened a little.
"Poof......!"
Suddenly, a leading male moose snorted, and then looked at Thomas warily.
These herbivores are naturally alert and sensitive to smells as well as slight sounds, which can disturb them at any disturbance.
Thomas tightened his stomach and didn't dare to come out, for fear of disturbing the food that was about to reach his mouth, and at this moment his stomach was empty, looking at these moose as if he had seen a steaming steak roasted, his saliva was about to flow out, but his stomach was even hungrier.
"Gollum...... Gollum!"
But the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and just when Thomas tightened his stomach and did not even dare to get out of the atmosphere, his uncompetitive stomach growled, and the sound was as loud as if he was carrying a sheep in his stomach.
"Poof...... Poof!"
The male moose lifted his neck and looked at it, while the whole herd was looking at it, and then there was only a wisp of black mist behind the rocks, and nothing else, and the moose returned to their leisurely appearance and began to wander in the canyon.
The canyon is a great temporary habitat because it's very sheltered from the wind and there are countless thick layers of moss on the rocks on either side of the mountain that can be eaten as a snack.
Thomas floated away from the mouth of the canyon to put away his ability, recover his body, and then gasped for breath, he was almost scared of the farts just now, if it had scared away the food, the eyes of the people would have been able to shoot him to death.
After standing in the snow for half an hour, Sophie arrived with a group of people.
"Old Uncle Locke, thank you for your hard work, eat this."
Sophie pulled out a lump of dried meat wrapped in leaves from under his fur coat and handed it to Thomas, the old Thomas's surname was Locke, and Sophie had always called him by his last name out of respect.
"I'm fine, I'm not hungry, I'll leave it for the children!"
Thomas stubbornly refused to take it.
"Gollum!"
However, the stomach squealed again.
"Poof!"
Sophie and the others were amused, but the tears in the corners of their eyes betrayed the sourness that was hidden under the smile.
"Eat it, or your stomach will scare away the deer before you reach the canyon!"
Sophie said with a smile.
"Ugh...... People really shouldn't eat so much when they're old!"
Thomas was a little embarrassed to take the jerky with Sophie's body temperature, and put it in his mouth with some embarrassment, to be honest, this jerky was only the size of a walnut, and Sophie saved it from her own rations.
Old Thomas chewed rubber-like jerky, nose
The child is a little sour.
"Ugh...... Have we been forgotten by God, that all of a sudden everything has changed, and we are still in the dark and know nothing!"
Thomas's words sent everyone into deep thought, as in all American settlements, after the young men were taken away, the old and frail were driven out into the wilderness to search for meteorites.
As a result, after the defeat of the Dom race, they regained their self-consciousness, and then everyone found that they were already in the wilderness, and then it was a long way home, and this road was extremely difficult to walk, and it would be intercepted by large carnivores at every turn, and in the end less than one in ten came back alive, not only their Mogao Watch Base, but also all the American settlements, and even a few who survived in their lives.
"Old Uncle Locke, has the moose herd entered the canyon?"
Sophie asked, breaking the silence.
Thomas swallowed the jerky in his mouth, "Uh-huh, that's right, these guys are very vigilant, and I quickly withdrew after following them into the canyon, for fear of disturbing them.
Sufi chief, this canyon is about three kilometers long, you take people to the other side to plant explosives, try to pull the detonation point a little wider, and then withdraw to a safe distance, and then call me, I will lead people to fire guns here, and the deer will naturally run to the exit when they are frightened, and then wait for them to detonate when they enter the explosives pre-burial point!"
Sophie nodded, and then divided the crowd behind her: "John Deere, Angelina, Liam, you stay and cooperate with Old Locke, Liam controls the nearby plants to seal the exit here, and when we are ready, John Deere fires guns and sets fire to scare the deer herd, and chase them to the other side, and the others come with me, carrying explosives to the other exit, understand?"
"Yes, patriarch, we see!"
"Sophie, have you checked the detonator, that thing needs power, that hand-cranked detonator needs to be checked carefully!"
Thomas was not at ease, and asked again.
"Mmmm, don't worry, I've checked it at home, no problem, pay attention to safety, let's go, this is the walkie-talkie, I'll call you when the time comes!"
Sophie hands Thomas a walkie-talkie as she leaves, a common item in all settlements.
Sophie led dozens of people to run silently from the outside of the ridge on one side of the canyon to the end of the canyon.
Thomas looked at John Deere and patted the little guy on the shoulder: "Little John is good, there is a little bit of your father's shadow, I hope you can be like your father in the future, pick up the burden of the base, and now the human race is in decline!"
John Deere nodded, "Mmmm, Grandpa Locke, don't worry, I'll try!"
"Ugh...... This old bone is still old when he falls to the ground, and he has awakened too late, otherwise, he may not be able to live a few more years!"
"Grandpa Locke, I see that your spirit is quite strong, and it won't be a big problem to live for more than ten years!"
"Huh...... Like your father, he always speaks and picks what people like......
A few people chatted with each other, and before they knew it, more than an hour had passed.
「…… Chirping...... Squeak ......"
"Call Thomas, call Thomas!"
"It's me, are you ready?"
"Yes, the explosives have been planted, we have withdrawn to a safe area, you can light a fire over there!"
"Roger!"
Thomas put down the walkie-talkie and looked at Liam, "Liam, it's time to do it!"
"Uh-huh!"
Liam, with his silver hair, nodded as he ran toward the canyon entrance.
"John Deere, when Liam closes the exit, you set fire and fire gun, and Angelina will go and assist John Deere by the side!"
"Uh-huh, we got it!"
Watching a few young men run towards the entrance of the canyon, Thomas let out a long breath and rubbed his chest again, which piece of jerky just now seemed to be stuck somewhere in his stomach and did not go down, and he was a little uncomfortable.
Liam is single-handed
Pressed on the ground, the spiritual power was diffused, and under the action of the elemental ability, the plant rhizomes at the mouth of the canyon immediately went crazy, and countless thick rhizomes rushed out of the ground like pythons and weaved at the mouth of the canyon.
In less than five minutes, the mouth of the canyon of more than 30 meters was blocked by a large net of thick plant rhizomes.
"Boom!"
John Deere's body suddenly burst out of orange flames several meters high, which was his fire ability.
"Dadada......!"
As the flames ignited, the boy's rifle rang out against the deer in the distance.
The deer were only fifty or sixty meters away from the exit here, and they were disturbed the moment the flames rose, and the sound of gunfire that followed made the group of giants panic.
As soon as the huge male moose saw the flames at the exit, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the other end, and even hit two doe in a panic, which shows that these guys are indeed cowardly as mice, although their body shape has evolved, their habits have not changed at all.
With the male moose taking the lead, the whole herd began to go crazy, chasing the figure of the head deer and galloping away.
Seeing this, Thomas immediately turned into black mist and rushed into the sky, following the direction of the deer.
The canyon was not very deep, and not far from the exit on the other side, dozens of people were lying in the snow, and in front of Sophie was a hand-cranked power generator, which was connected to a long lead and was a key component of the explosive.
Under the frantic gallop of the deer, it did not take a few minutes to rush out of the canyon.
Seeing the male moose rush out of the canyon and rush past the buried explosives, Sophie had to wait for the entire herd of deer to enter the explosives pre-buried site before it could be detonated, or the deer on the side would be frightened and run away.
In the blink of an eye, the deer herd all rushed into the pre-buried point, and one of the clansmen had already turned the crank of the generator so fast that it was ready for the detonation.
"It's now!"
Sophie whispered, then pressed the detonator in her hand and twisted it sideways again.
However, the imaginary roar did not appear, and a group of people were going to be stupid, and no one was left with the mud horse chain.
"Click, Click!"
Sophie, thinking that she had not pressed it in place, pulled the detonator's crank up and pressed it down again, repeating this three times, but the imaginary explosion did not appear.
"This ......"
A clansman pulled the lead back, and it was easy to pull it back, and the lead was actually broken, and it seemed that it should have been stepped on by the male moose when he was running wild, and it was all too painful.
Seeing the moose herd rushing over from the buried explosives point, Sophie was also completely dumbfounded, nearly 100 people were busy for a long time, just watching the food in their mouths run away, there is nothing more desperate than snatching the food of the hungry!
"Ah...... Woo ah......"
The next moment, Sophie couldn't hold back any longer, and suddenly lay down in the snow and cried bitterly, nearly a million eyes were looking at them, and they were run away by these deer, what did she do to feed these hungry women and children!
The escape of the deer herd suddenly became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and this heroine who looked extremely strong couldn't stand it anymore, isn't this a rhythm that forces people to collapse?
Thomas, who was floating in the air, was also dumbfounded, where did the good boom and rumble go, and the food that reached his mouth just ran away?
But when he saw Sophie and the helpless people crying with their heads in their arms, he suddenly understood that accidents are so sudden, and they will always meet you unexpectedly when you need them most.
"Oh......!"
After a long breath, Thomas landed next to Sophie, stretched out his wizened palm, and gently patted Sophie on the back.
"Kid, don't cry, it's just an accident, we'll have a chance next time!"
Who knew that it was okay for him to be insolated, and under this comfort, Sophie's grievances suddenly exploded.
As soon as she turned around and hugged the thin body of old Thomas, she cried bitterly!
"Woooooooo......oo Uncle Locke, do you say that we have been forgotten by God, how can we encounter such a speechless thing, okay
The dignified ones were thrown out of their will and thrown into the wilderness, where did all our men go, what happened to this group of women and children who did not see anyone alive or dead, and who left a group of women and children......
Is that God blind, and he turns a blind eye to so many unfair things...... ...... we pray to Him every day?"
Sophie's crying suddenly struck a chord, and all the people wept, some even crying, not only for themselves, but also for those relatives who did not see anyone alive or dead.
At this moment, old Thomas was also in tears, and the pain that had been suppressed for many years was suddenly detonated.
"Uncle Locke, the base has been shut down today, without this herd of moose, what can I give to the hungry people?"
Sophie muttered with tears in her eyes, this is also the dilemma she is facing, being able to be embraced by hundreds of thousands of people and become the master, this is something she must solve for the clan, otherwise why would these people listen to her.
"Knock...... Boom...... Boom ......!"
"Tower...... Tower...... Tower ......!"
Suddenly, not far from the moose herd, a dull sound of gunfire rang out, sounds very unfamiliar, not at all like those weapons in the settlement.
Thomas looked at Sophie suspiciously, but her eyes were just as confused as his own.
"Diel, go over and see who is holding back the deer, this direction should be the direction of the deer!"
"Yes, Mom!"
"I'll take a look!"
Thomas said as he turned into black mist and rose into the air, and above the herd of deer that was faintly visible in the distance, a flock of flying humanoid machines was spitting tongues of fire at the deer below.
The rough-skinned moose seemed to be a little less defensive than their weapons, and as the tongues of fire continued to spew, the fallen moose fell one after another.
"This ...... Is this a god descending from heaven, it must have been sent by God to save us!"
Thomas muttered as he landed on the ground and looked at Sophie, "Kid, God sent the gods to save us, those humanoid machines must have been sent by God, and the deer herd is almost finished being killed by them at this moment!"
"Let's go over and have a look, maybe they're here to grab the prey?"
As the leader of the tribe, Sophie naturally had to stay awake, and the former God had long been selectively forgotten, because they had faced difficulties and kept praying to Him, but the days were still getting more and more difficult, and the people were dying more and more.
By the time the group ran to the place where the deer had been killed, a large herd of moose had all been killed, and there were a dozen and a half large moose cubs, which should have been filtered out.
A group of humanoid machines were also putting away their weapons, and those weapons looked extremely textured and shocking, completely like something that Sophie and the others had never seen.
Sophie and the others were lying on the snow, and they didn't dare to breathe in the atmosphere, these humanoid machines looked exactly the same style, and they knew that they were standard at a glance, and it was not difficult to guess that this was produced by the production line of the same force.
Sophie and others have seen a lot of things between settlements, there are many settlements along the Missy River, you used to beat me and I beat yours, today this settlement annexed that settlement, and tomorrow this one was divided by several other partners.
"Kata Kata ......"
"Woo......!"
Suddenly, the head of a humanoid machine clicked, and the mask folded down and opened, as it turned and strode in the direction of Sophie and the others, who seemed to have spotted them
"This ...... Patriarch, what should I do?"
A clansman asked in a low voice.
Sophie sighed, put down the rifle in her hand, then stood up and said, "Get up, put down your weapons, you can't avoid it, they have already discovered us!"
The crowd had no choice but to throw down the guy in their hands, there was no way, these weapons couldn't even kill the moose, otherwise they wouldn't have been helpless to watch the deer flee, where would they cry loudly.
The next moment, the robot-shaped chest cavity suddenly folded to the sides, and a middle-aged man jumped down from it, and the machine also stopped.
The man looked less than forty years old and tall
The handsome face and beard were cleanly shaved, indicating that he was doing well and had time to repair his beard.
"Hello my friends, I'm William. Dick, I'm glad you're okay!"
William's hearty voice made a group of frightened women and children feel like a spring breeze, this was the first time they had heard the voice of a mature man since they fled back to the settlement, and this voice was so beautiful at the moment.
William's hands were extended, meaning that he was not carrying a weapon and did not mean malice.
Sufi said to Ai, "May I ask ...... of you?"
William walked up to Sophie generously and stretched out his hand to her, "I said it all, my name is William. Dick, just call me William, I'm from a southern settlement, and I'm here to help you, so you must have too many questions at the moment.
For example, where did your husband go, how did you appear in the wasteland without consciousness, and what is the situation now?"
A few words made Sophie and the others nod their heads like chickens eating rice, as if students with a strong desire for knowledge, they wanted to know these doubts too much.
"I'll tell you more about it later, don't you want to eat a steaming roast venison, the poor women and children in the settlement must be hungry too!"
At this time, Lu Xing and the others disarmed the mecha and walked over one after another, and saw a group of women and children who had been scared for too long with warm smiles.
"Hello, we are Asian, and we are a little different from your race, so we don't look like each other!"
Lu Xing smiled and said, "This must be Sophie, you are the patriarch of this group, your doubts will be answered soon, now call the clansmen back, let everyone raise the bonfire and prepare for a big meal!"
Although the American language of this goods is a little crappy, it is the best sound Sophie and the others have heard.
"How do you know my name?"
Sophie was a little puzzled by Lu Xing's words, because they were completely different races, and she had no possibility of knowing them at all.
"Huh...... And this Thomas. Locke, this is John Deere, your son, I know everything about you, don't worry, I have no ill will towards you, but I am here to help you, William is our friend!"
Lu Xing said, his mind moved, and Thomas, who was in mid-air, was immediately imprisoned by his mental power and dragged to the ground, and his ability was also interrupted instantly.
Sophie and the others were stunned, Lu Xing was able to know that the names of these people were too simple, under the spiritual power, everything on both sides of the canyon was well known, and everyone's mental activities could be perceived by him, so Sophie and the others had no secrets in his eyes at all.
"This hero is so capable, I think no one can find out about my state!"
Thomas looked at Lu Xing and sighed.
At this time, Long Xiaowei, Tong Xiaoying, Gu Xiaojie, Yang Fan and others had already overflowed with love, took out compressed biscuits and other items from their backpacks, and handed them to the women and children who were so hungry that their eyes were green.
Although the language is not clear, the actions explain everything, and the kindness they unleash is immediately reciprocated.
Sophie and the others' vigilance melted like spring and snow.
The next thing was much simpler, let Sophie return with her own people, Lu Xing's heart moved, put away the moose carcasses everywhere, and then followed back to the settlement like no one under the stunned expressions of the women and children.
Back in the settlement, when William told everything to the Sufis, a large group of orphans and widows immediately cried into tears, and the mournful cry made Long Xiaowei and others also deeply infected, and they couldn't cry one by one.
In the end, after William said his purpose, the plan to establish two super-large settlements in the north and south, this group of orphans and widows immediately nodded frantically in agreement, where is this to discuss, is it clear that it is here to collect and send welfare, not to mention anything else, that is, the pile of moose corpses like a mountain is enough to make this group of hungry women and children throw themselves into their arms.
More than a dozen mecha participated in the division, and hundreds of large moose were quickly broken down into pieces of meat of different sizes, and Sophie and the others immediately asked people to distribute these venison in time
Go, I can't help it, a pair of hungry green eyes are watching.
Nowadays, however, distribution is also easy, and everyone is huddled together to live without a home, and venison is quickly distributed in groups of 100 people.
When night fell, the entire "Mogao Watch Base" was enveloped in the smell of boiled meat or barbecued meat, and the large beasts within a radius of dozens of kilometers were alarmed, but those beasts that came to smell the fragrance became the items on the menu of the settlement, as if they were here to enrich the recipes of these hungry people......