The young man with glasses in a crisp suit gave Zheng Xiu an obvious sense of disobedience at the moment he appeared.

Zheng Xiu thought for a second, and instantly understood where this sense of disobedience came from.

- Clean.

In this day and age, in this context, "clean" itself is a much rarer thing than gold.

Beside the youth, the Hyena Gang raiders, dressed in patchwork gear, had armor painted with pits or scratches from bullets. They wore various protective masks from different manufacturers on their heads, and the complete lenses reflected a cold shimmer.

It was under the contrast of the "green leaves" around him that the young man with glasses didn't know whether it was deliberate or habitual, and when he walked out of the base, he kept a gentle and elegant smile on his face and greeted him.

"It seems that you are the leader of the 'Train Gang'?"

The young man smiled slightly, and a coin slipped silently out of his cuff, twisting and turning between the back of his hand and his fingers.

"We're the Orange Cats."

Zheng Xiu seriously corrected the other party's rhetoric, and stared at the other party with a calm gaze playing with a coin of flowers.

"Orange cats? …… Orange cat? The young man's elegant smile stiffened for a long time, he looked up and down at the macho man in front of him who was nearly one meter nine tall, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice without a trace.

"Very good, orange cat...... Ahem, orange cat, good. The young man quickly regained his compulsion: "I am the leader of the Hyena Gang, Adili Castellano D. San Diego. I invite you to replace Covan's unbroken waste, become a member of our Hyena Gang, and together create a perfect kingdom, one that is truly controlled by humans after the catastrophe, without distortion, without disaster, without famine, without cold, an ideal country that belongs to us...... New world! ”

"New World!"

"New World!"

"New World!"

This fragrant cake of young man...... Oh no, this is not the first time such an encouraging word has been spoken. As soon as he finished speaking, the marauders around him raised their rifles, and let out a burst of excited howls from under their masks.

"Cowan," Zheng Xiu smiled when he heard an unfamiliar name in the young man's words, "You mean, the guy whose hair turned into a drill?" ”

The young man nodded: "Exactly that waste." ”

It turned out that his name was Cowan.

Only then did Zheng Xiu know the name of the head drill man.

"So, you know I killed him."

"The 'Qing' of the 'Brotherhood' has signed a non-aggression pact with us, and I believe that Qing is a human being and will not kill our people at will, and we also obeyed the contract and gave 'Qing' a safe place in the valley." Speaking of which, the speed at which the young man flips the coin in the palm of his hand is getting faster and faster:

"You trains...... Ah, I'm sorry, but you orange cats have just arrived in the valley, and Cowan doesn't say a word about going to plunder you, saying he likes your train. The waste didn't even use his mind to think about it, how could it be that a train that had not left the 'hard-hit area' for hundreds of years could successfully reach the valley, how could there be only ordinary people sitting on the train? ”

"Of course,"

Without waiting for Zheng Xiu to answer.

The young man pushed his glasses upwards with his fingers, revealing a meaningful smile: "Dear leader of the Orange Cat Society, you still have time to think about it, why don't you take advantage of this time to invite you to enter our base and visit the foundation of our new world." ”

Xia Sha, who had been silent, suddenly raised the compound crossbow and aimed at the young man's eyebrows. In her opinion, now face to face, whether it is a humanoid race or an ordinary human, as long as they are poisoned by the poison soaked in the arrow, there is no possibility of survival.

Zheng Xiu quickly reached out and pressed Xia Sha's compound crossbow, smiled and shook his head: "Something should have happened over there Qing." ”

"Ahh When the young man heard this, he shook his head in annoyance: "I thought that this could be used as a hole card to negotiate with Your Excellency, but now, it can only be barely used as an insignificant bargaining chip." ”

He clapped his hands.

At this time, a junior brother beside the young man carefully handed over a device that resembled a mobile phone and was slightly larger than a palm.

The screen lights up and is black and white.

In the background of the screen is the hut that Keishi went to under the dark night. In front of the hut, a huge translucent box appeared from the ground, and Qing Shisan was sitting cross-legged in the translucent "box" sullenly, smoking a cigarette.

Seeing Qing Thirteen's rare appearance, Zheng Xiu actually felt a little like laughing.

"Celebrate!"

On the contrary, Xia Sha, who was holding a compound crossbow on the side, anxiously wanted to rush forward to seize the instrument in the young man's hand, but was stopped by Mia: "Xia Sha, Qing will be fine, we still have the boss, I believe in the boss, the boss is invincible." ”

The word "invincible" came to the ears of the young man, who turned off the screen and said with a smile: "It seems that your ability has won the trust of your subordinates." That's fine, I'm looking forward to our cooperation, with you and Qing joining, we will definitely be able to create a new civilization and create a safe ideal country. By the way, you're ......."

Zheng Xiu thought for a moment.

Grounding point.

"Nicholas Jeong-sun."

Mia, who was pulling Xiasha, and Xiasha, who was being pulled by Mia, stared at the same time.

"Okay, Nicholas. The Hyena Gang welcomes you. ”

The young man kept playing with coins in his hand, smiled and turned sideways in a "please" gesture.

Zheng Xiu put his hands behind his back and stepped into the base under the watchful eye of the marauders.

There is no special reason why he casually spouts a name.

If I have to give a reason, it is because the name of "God" cannot be called directly.

After becoming a god, he will have a slight sense of the believers who call him by his name.

It's like even if he doesn't know where Pei Gaoya and Gu Qiutang are now, he is very sure that they are safe and sound now. It's like Qing 13 muttered in his heart that the master helped him before the accident, and Zheng Xiu probably knew that Qing 13 had an accident.

He didn't want to tell his real name to the needless people, it was just a quarrel.

"Boss! You're really going to ......."

Mia, who was surprised just now, turned out that Zheng Xiu's surname was "Nicholas", and at this moment, she was even more surprised that Zheng Xiu planned to go deep into the enemy camp.

"Please, save Qing!"

Xia Sha had long lost her previous hostility towards Zheng Xiu, and when Qing Thirteen was in danger, she could only ask Zheng Xiu for help.

"You don't have to come in, I'll go in and have a look."

Zheng Xiu smiled and waved his hand at Mia and Xia Sha: "It's okay, Qing Thirteen will be fine, I said." Zheng Xiu's tone of saying this made Mia suddenly remember what Zheng Xiu said when they broke out of the siege in District 32, "It's okay". The same certainty, the same certainty and calmness, is like a recounting of a fact that will surely happen in the near future. It's obviously an unadorned sentence, but it gives people an inexplicable power to soothe people's hearts.

Shasha and Mia calmed down and nodded at the same time.

……

Meantime.

Qing Shisanan quietly smoked a few puffs of cigarettes and was addicted.

He stood up and looked at the translucent wall that had trapped him.

I saw Qing 13 depressed and knocked on the translucent wall with a cigarette stick, and strange ripples came out in circles. For a moment, he couldn't tell what it was.

"Qing, don't try. This is not a 'capability', there are no limits and no ways to crack it. ”

In front of the hut, a thin man in a high-necked trench coat set up a small bench in front of Qing Shisan, he noticed Qing Shisan's movement in the "box", he didn't raise his head, and looked intently at an old book in his hand.

The cover of the book has been torn up over the years, and the skinny man taps it back to make the book look a little funny. Qing 13 glanced at the cover of the book, and the cover read "100,000 Bad Jokes".

"What is this?"

Qing 13 asked, although when he asked this question, he did not expect the other party to answer.

The man closes the list of cold jokes.

The collar of his trench coat covers his nose, revealing only sunken dark eye sockets and messy hair.

He silently closed the book and said in a muffled voice, "It seems that you don't know the 'artifact'. ”

"Artifact?" Qing Shisan's face was slightly condensed. He knew that there were two kinds of humanoids, the superhumanoids and the lower-humanoids. The only difference between the two is whether or not to awaken and control the artifact.

Of course, he, a "pseudo-humanoid", can't master this kind of local gadget, so he simply keeps his mouth shut.

"Huh? Looks like you know. The man shrunk his neck and hid most of his face in his collar: "It's just a pity that you are not the 'chosen one' and have no qualifications to control the artifact." So, answer me a question, and if you get it right, I'll tell you the answer. ”

Qing Thirteen was stunned and nodded: "You say." ”

"What do cannibal chieftains eat?"

Yes?

After thinking about it, Qing 13 replied with some uncertainty: "...... Person? ”

"That's right." The skinny man in the trench coat reopened "One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes" and watched it with relish: "Traveler." ”

"Eat Traveler?"

"Hahahaha-" The man burst out laughing.

This laughter can't even fix Qing Thirteen.

After laughing awkwardly for a while, the man pointed at Qing Thirteen, looking like he couldn't laugh: "You are so humorous, Qing." ”

"......" Qing Thirteen twitched the corners of his mouth.

"The artifact, as I say 'traveler', is one of the ten types of artifacts. Bondage artifact, 'Traveler'. Give up, as long as I don't take the initiative to untie it, you won't be able to break free from the 'traveler'. ”

Qing 13 lit another cigarette and smoked it.

The cage called the "Traveler" was filled with smoke.

A few minutes passed.

The man in the trench coat closed "100,000 Bad Jokes" again.

"Your leader should soon agree to join the Hyena Gang."

Kei 13 did not answer.

"Then, for the sake of us soon to be brothers, answer my next question, and I'll tell you the way to leave the 'Traveler.'"

Qing Thirteen wasn't worried about what would happen to Zheng Xiu's side at all, and the words of the man in the trench coat made Qing Thirteen, who was smoking a cigarette, squint his eyes slightly: "Well, you say." ”

"Or that cannibal chieftain, if one day, the doctor tells him that he is sick and wants to be a vegetarian, then what will he eat?"

"Ah???h

This question made Kei-san fall into deep contemplation.

……

Zheng Xiu's ears fluttered slightly.

He secretly sensed that Kei 13 seemed to be in a strange "crisis".

It's a little tangled, but it's not dangerous.

Strange situation.

Can't die anyway.

Zheng Xiu didn't know that Qing Shisan was falling into the "hell of cold jokes" at the moment, so he was meditating hard because of this.

There was a complex smell in the base, with the smell of sweat, gunpowder, rust, toast, and canned preservatives. There is a thick layer of soil in the base, and when the young people take Zheng Xiu to visit the base, the boots are stepping on, the dust is flying, and the dust particles are clear and visible under the bright spotlights.

"This base is a treasure of civilization left by the ancients. Walking in the base, you and I have to sigh, a few centuries ago, human beings, once had a brilliant civilization, you see, with the help of the accumulation of water potential, we can easily obtain a large amount of electricity, we have a strong armed force, we can easily keep out the aberration. ”

"We were able to build a high wall around the dam. We can continue to expand outward, and the flag of our ideal country will one day be planted in every inch of soil occupied by aberrant creatures. ”

"We will have an inexhaustible supply of food, we will have an inexhaustible supply of clean water to drink, we will be able to gather the 'new humans' who are awakening all over the world, this is an evolution, but also an elimination, and I am very happy that at the beginning of this evolution, you are about to join us."

The young man seemed to be sure that Zheng Xiu would join his ideal country, and along the way, he gushed about his ideals and aspirations to Zheng Xiu.

Zheng Xiu soon saw the room that Qing 13 had said. There was a huge antenna device on the roof, and Zheng Xiu recognized it at a glance. Behind the sealed window, a faint multicolored light flickered, beating rhythmically.

"What's over there?"

"Military radios." The young man played with the complete coin all the way, his fingers nimble, and the coin flipped like wind at his fingertips. The young man did not hide Zheng Xiu's intentions, pushed his glasses, and said with a smile: "When I came here, I was also very shocked that this military machine could be used normally. We use it to block all the signals, and in this world, there is no way to detect the valley, and of course, on the contrary, after blocking the signals, we can't get in touch with the outside world. I use it to protect the valley. ”

Zheng Xiu thought thoughtfully: "In other words, after the shield is lifted, can you contact the outside world?" ”

"Why do you want to contact the outside world?"

The young man asked, puzzled.

"I'm looking for a place called 'Paradise.'"

Swish!

When Zheng Xiu mentioned "Paradise", the marauders who followed him, after taking off their masks, looked at each other with a strange expression.

After half a ring, bursts of laughter erupted from the base.

"Hahaha! There are still people who believe in 'Paradise'! ”

"Boss, are you sure you want to pull him in! He actually believed that 'paradise' existed! ”

"This guy actually wants to find paradise!"

"It's all an old-fashioned legend hundreds of years ago, and there are still people who believe it!"

"Wait, he's not going to be one of those stupid believers, is he? The followers of the Night Lady are missing from their brains, and they have been fooled by legends from hundreds of years ago! ”

"Shh The young man smiled and stretched out his palm, suppressing the noise around him.

He looked at Zheng Xiu:

"Original...... Hehe, you're looking for paradise. Unlike the others, the young man's face did not show the slightest ridicule, but showed a bit of regret: "Actually, there is no need for us to look for the ethereal 'paradise', I believe that 'paradise' does not exist. Hundreds of years have passed, and no one has ever been able to reach Paradise...... I think the real meaning of this legend is that Paradise is actually in the hands of each of us, and that we, the 'new humans', our chosen ones, can create our own 'Paradise' with our own hands. This is the true meaning of the legend called Paradise. This is also the true purpose of the Night Lady to leave the 'Legend of Paradise'. ”

"You also know the legend of the Night Lady?" Zheng Xiu asked.

"The Night Lady is a god, and she is a true god. The Lady came and put an end to the old gods, but it also brought us a deep night and a long dusk. The young man smiled and pointed to the dust clouds in the sky. He wondered why Zheng Xiu would ask this, the children who grew up in the wasteland, whether humanoid or not, grew up listening to the legend of the Night Lady.

In other words, the "era" they are looking at is based on the legend that the Night Lady put an end to the Old Gods.

The Night Lady has put an end to the old gods, leaving behind a barren land of ruins, aberrations spreading, and new humanity awakening. "This is a new era, an era in which the 'new humanity' is gradually opening its eyes and looking at the world."

Suddenly, the young man's face changed slightly, he closed his eyes, and stopped playing with the coin.

"Do you hear that?"

Zheng Xiu looked back sharply into the distance, the long dusk created by the dust clouds.

The other side of the mountain.

"This is the 'voice of evolution.'"

Zheng Xiu suddenly squatted down, his palms covering the ground.

His calm expression was a little more solemn.

The young man didn't understand what Zheng Xiu meant by squatting suddenly.

When Zheng Xiu stood up again, he shook his head and said, "It's quite pleasant to chat with you, but unfortunately, it seems that this place can't stay for long." ”

The elegant smile on the young man's face suddenly froze: "What do you mean?" ”

"This is not a paradise, and this place is about to 'fall', I don't know if you are hearing the sound of evolution, but for the sake of what you say, I will give you a small piece of advice."

Zheng Xiu earnestly raised an index finger: "There is a group of rats coming." ”

"Mouse?" The young man laughed dumbly, the coin he had turned between his fingers flickered and disappeared, and he raised his hand to toss it high. The tossed coin spins gracefully in mid-air, and when it reaches its highest point, it spins and falls down in a free-fall position.

The young man put away his smile, and as the coin fell, he asked word by word, "Are you rejecting me?" ”

"Hmm." Zheng Xiu nodded and pointed to the military device with the antenna: "Can I borrow that thing?" ”

Smack.

Smack.

"It's a shame."

The falling coins spun in the air and burst into a blinding burst of light.

Smack!

"Run! The Boss is about to activate the 'ability'! ”

The marauders scattered.

Smack!

A dazzling blue electric light shot out from the coin, which instantly condensed into a beam and pierced through Zheng Xiu's chest.