The sky was gloomy, and from time to time there was a thunderous explosion!

The raindrops crackled and fell, splashing the dark mud, and there was congealed blood and dried tears!

It's a scorched earth and a world filled with gunsmoke.

War brings only ruin and confusion to people.

Everywhere there were ruins, smoke and dust blocking the sun, and the air was filled with a dull twilight.

More than 100 years have passed since the end of the war, but this time, it is clear that the earth will not be able to heal itself quickly.

The world is full of dead air.

And this is the beginning, but also the end.

After the outbreak of nuclear war, the global ecological chain was completely destroyed, a large number of organisms were extinct, and the environment was harsh and unable to survive due to excessive radiation in the air.

With less than a billion remaining human population, they had to hide underground to survive.

Since then, the earth has entered the Dark Ages!

A hundred years have passed, the earth has been injured too much, and the natural trauma brought by the technological war cannot be easily recovered.

Human beings have finally paid for their actions!

It has been exactly 100 years since the end of the war, and mankind has designated the year of the end as the first year of the new calendar.

January 1, 2125, New Year's Day of the Old Calendar!

And this day is also the New Year's Day of the 100th year of the new calendar!

The rain had been raining all night, but it had washed away the dark sky a lot.

Ouyang Mu was looking at the sky outside the crack at the moment, stunned!

He is a night stalker at Survivor Base One.

The main job is to collect supplies.

Compared to the low-level slaves in the dungeon, he is also considered a working class!

That's right, less than a decade after people went underground to survive, a special system of slavery was formed!

In the beginning, the bases were distributed according to work.

At that time, the outside land was still cultivateable, and although there were few plants and animals, they could also be obtained.

However, it was not long before it became clear that the land outside was no longer suitable for farming, and even the flora and fauna were becoming scarce.

There is a shortage of food and it is impossible to farm.

There are more idle people in the base city, but they all have to eat.

In this regard, the management of a foreign base took the lead in proposing genetic optimization.

To put it bluntly, the rich officials are classified into the upper genes, and the peasant coolies and other lower genes are divided and ruled.

The lower classes sold their labor in exchange for food, while the upper classes enjoyed the right of first choice over things.

Later, some people in the lower class who were more capable but did not want to survive began to slowly form teams and go out to find supplies.

Soon, such a team was recognized by the management of the base.

One to ten, ten to hundred.

All base cities have formed an independent material gathering team: Night Stalkers.

And because Ouyang Mu has a unique ability, he joined the team of night owls at the age of less than 15.

I have been doing it for more than ten years.

Today is the first day of the new year, and Ouyang Mu spent it in heavy rain.

For as long as he can remember, Ouyang Mu has lived underground, and his parents died in an accident when he was very young.

And he relied on social assistance, slowly grew up to the age of ten, and immediately began to live independently.

In this apocalyptic world where materials are scarce, the system is chaotic, and polarization is serious, there can be a social assistance system, which is already a sense of happiness in the eyes of survivors!

You must know that in many bases abroad, it is difficult to achieve even 10% infant survival rate, let alone raise them to the age of 10.

Ouyang Mu was not in the dungeon at the moment, this was his ground shelter.

As night stalkers, they don't just get supplies.

The mutated creatures and other base night stalkers that appear at any time are their biggest test.

Yes, that's right!

In this world, there are not only human beings, but also mutated creatures.

These creatures were originally native species of the Earth.

It's just that more than ten years after the outbreak of nuclear war, in addition to those who died one after another, these who did not die began to appear simple mutations.

Survival of the fittest, after generations of reproduction and optimization.

These creatures are becoming more mature and aggressive.

By the last forty or fifty years, it has become one of the most threatening populations in the wilderness.

As night owls, they not only need to get enough supplies, but they also have to be on guard against other attacks.

This is where the shelter comes in.

Every time they come out, it takes at least four or five days to go back.

However, compared to being in the dungeon, Ouyang Mu preferred to stay on the ground.

Although there is a haze outside, at least there is no underground depression.

Night slowly fell, and the sky, which was not bright outside, was enveloped in even darker.

Ouyang Mu turned around and began his daily work, inspecting the shelter.

Wilderness shelters, he would check them every time night came.

Because any light will attract a bloodthirsty nocturnal.

It's a bat-like monster that's as big as a calf.

This monster is called a "vampire beast" by the night owls.

They are unusually sensitive to light and sound.

Ouyang Mu's shelter was less than a square space.

However, the furnishings inside are quite complete, and everything should be complete for living and living.

The so-called shelter is actually a half-buried bunker.

Make a hole in the top for entry and exit.

And on each of the four sides of the circumference, there is a lookout!

Ouyang Mu sealed a few obvious openings and began to carefully inspect other places.

He checks every day and never gets bored!

When it comes to survival, he'd rather bother with something!

After checking that nothing was missed, I began to prepare dinner, which is a mushy quick food.

In the 100 years underground, people's eating habits have changed dramatically.

Towards simplicity and practicality, of course, this is only for the poor.

At night, the rain outside finally stopped!

It's been a whole day!

Wash the ground up with a new look!

The light in the shelter was faint, and it could only illuminate Ouyang Mu's general outline.

He was leaning on the edge of the bed, his eyes closed.

Don't dare to sleep to death!

A hundred times more dangerous at night than during the day!

Not only must you guard against night owls from other bases stealing supplies, but you also have to guard against occasional attacks by nocturnal beasts.

He wears a black body jacket on the top and a pair of leather pants on the bottom.

The shoes are brand new, so they were freshly collected.

The light is dim, and it is difficult to see the face clearly.

It's just vaguely visible, and there is a terrifying scar on his face, but it is clearly visible, and one extends to the neckline.

There are no other accessories on the body, and you can't have them!

Otherwise, when you go into the wilderness, you will die!

As a logo, he only wears a lanyard around his neck.

An iron plaque engraved with an owl and number 907 is tethered to it.

His night owl number 907!

The wilderness was eerily quiet at night, except for the occasional roar of a wild beast.

In the early hours of the morning, Ouyang Mu was slowly falling asleep.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of wind with wings flickering.

He suddenly sobered up and quickly listened.

Judging by the sound, it's still about a kilometer away.

Ouyang Mu quickly got up and turned off the lights.

Quickly run to the lookout in the direction where the voice came from and secretly observe.

One kilometer, judging from the fan frequency, it will take about ten minutes to get here.

And judging from the voice, he could tell that it should be a group.

It's not surprising that he can hear it from such a distance!

This is one of his abilities, and it is also the capital that he can be a night owl.

In fact, they can't be counted as mere human beings!

Radiation doesn't just affect plants and animals.

It has also had a serious impact on the human body.

In the past 100 years, countless babies have died due to deformities at birth.

A small number survived, and they began to slowly adapt to the radiation.

And the offspring produced by these survivors have also mutated to some extent.

It's just that this innate mutation, unlike those who have been accidentally infected, can coexist with radiation and can use radiation to improve their abilities.

And that's why Night Stalkers are free to roam the wilderness.

It can be said that everyone who acts in the wilderness, if not a wanderer, must be a night stalker!

It's just that the ability is different.

The wanderers, on the other hand, are the ones who were separated from the large army when they first entered the dungeon.

They roam the wilderness, eating anything they can see, and suffering from the poison of radiation.

Maybe it's because of your own cells!

Some of these people died, and some of them developed genetic mutations and became monsters that were neither human nor ghostly.

They can't be called human anymore!

A strong ability to reproduce, combined with low intelligence, is not much different from a beast.

It's just that night owls rarely take the initiative to kill wanderers, because they were once human after all.

Ouyang Mu began to prepare things.

He didn't know the purpose of the nocturnal beasts, but it was safer to be prepared.

After a moment of busyness, everything was ready to stop.

At this time, the sound of wings outside was already very obvious, and it was obvious that this group of nocturnal beasts was not far away!

Looking through the gap in the lookout, the dark night sky is nowhere to be seen!

According to the old people at the base, there were stars in the sky before, but they couldn't tell what the stars were.

Not much!

A group of black-pressed things flew towards his shelter.

Vampire!!

Ouyang Mu showed such a look!

Vampires are the most nocturnal of all nightcrawlers!

They have eyes but can't see, and fly and hunt with radar-like perception and hearing.

During the day, the environment is noisy, so they choose a place to rest.

The silence of the night is conducive to their movements.

Ouyang Mu held his breath, the number of vampire beasts in this group was a bit large!

It's not something he's capable of!

If one-on-one, he can kill vampire beasts in seconds;

But if it's a group of vampire beasts, then it's definitely him who will be killed in seconds!

Ouyang Mu squinted slightly, staring at the beasts tightly, and he didn't dare to come out!

I wish the animals were just passing by!

Thinking so in his heart, his expression did not dare to relax at all.

However, what are you afraid of!

It may be that I am tired of flying.

They actually fell down from a dead tree next to Ouyang Mu's shelter.

！？ …………！

Ouyang Mu was stunned for a moment!

You say it's not good to fall somewhere! It's not for me!!

Up close, these beasts look like bats.

But it's many times bigger than a bat!

At this time, it hung upside down on the branches, and the black pressure was crushed, and the dry branches were crushed and shaky.

Between their blood-red eyes and furry ears, a pair of sharp horns protruded.

The claws are sharp, and the fleshy membranes of the wings are covered with layers of cuticles.

Look at the vampire beast at the head, it is more than a circle larger than the others, it is the leader of this herd.

At the moment, its ears were moving, and its protruding nose sniffed from time to time.

Ouyang Mu tried his best to control his breathing, trying his best to slow down the frequency.

Vampire beasts have an incredibly sensitive sense of hearing, and even if they breathe a little heavily, they will be aware of it!

After a while, seeing nothing, the leader of the vampire beast also lowered his head to rest.

But just when Ouyang Mu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, a "tick" sound of water droplets suddenly sounded in the shelter!

Ouyang Mu suddenly felt cold!

All the vampire beasts over there also suddenly looked up and turned to his side, their noses and ears constantly moving.

Ouyang Mu's whole body stiffened!

Don't dare to move!

Don't even dare to move your fingers!