After a morning of running wildly, Anna had already been lodged at home, and Babu had deliberately changed into clean clothes, walked out of the house in a clean suit, and walked down the street with his hands behind his back. I don't know what useless tricks he used, but with every step, the money bag in his pocket would jingle, and the sound was not loud but very annoying, like a band accompaniment. Passers-by looked at him sympathetically for the disabled, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, looking like he was enjoying himself.

It was early afternoon, and the number of people on the street gradually increased, after all, no matter what happened, life still had to go on, a few men staggered forward with heavy timber carts, a group of children ran all the way down the street to vent their energy, a group of middle-aged women stood on the side of the street chattering and chattering about whose gossip, and street vendors waved horsewhips to drive away the flies attracted by the goods. Calm and peaceful, it's hard to believe that this is a town that has just experienced a sudden disaster.

Babu didn't go directly to the scavengers' headquarters, he passed through the door and continued to wander around the city center, and when he saw the shops, he couldn't help but go in and take a look, like a child who had just come into contact with the world, and was extremely curious about everything.

"Whoosh", the dangling Babu suddenly turned his head, grabbed the pebble smashed from behind his back into his hand, and turned around, he saw Monica reclining against a tree by the side of the road, smiling lazily at him.

Babu found that Monica had actually changed into a set of clothes, still a skirt, but it was no longer the simple coarse cloth skirt of yesterday, but a long dress that was not flashy but looked very formal, with high heels that Babu had never seen her wear, which made her already tall figure even more outstanding.

"Hey, what's the matter with you?" However, as soon as Babu turned around, Monica was obviously stunned, circled around Babu, looked up and down, and said suspiciously, "What's going on, I think your whole person is different, but I can't tell where there is a change?" ”

"Hehe, don't worry, the days will be long." Babu winked at Monica and smiled strangely, "In the future, we will have time to learn more slowly, and maybe one day you will find the answer." ”

"Hey, pretend to be mysterious." Monica pursed her lips and didn't delve into it anymore, spreading her hands out in front of him, "Take it." ”

"Huh?" Babu looked down, the skin of the palm was rough and muscular, and there were many scars on the surface, not at all like a young woman's hand, he looked at the palm, tilted his head and thought about it, solemnly put the pebble he received into Monica's palm, and then shook both hands, and said solemnly, "Here, I'll leave it to you." ”

"Go away." With a slap on the hand that wanted to take advantage, Monica squinted at Babu and said with a smile, "Do you want to take it?" ”

Babu sighed, and with a flick of his wrist, a small black dagger appeared at his fingertips, and even Monica couldn't see the process. Reluctantly put the dagger into Monica's palm, and Babu also spread his hand towards Monica: "Now the thing to be exchanged in this link has been changed from a ring to a weapon?" ”

"Dead child, boring verbal cheap, be careful of being beaten." Babu's tacit understanding made Monica's smile even bigger, and she took out the bag that had been hidden behind her and stuffed it into Babu's hand, "The dagger you want, take it well, it has no special effect, but at least it is a marginal weapon, so that it will not be blown up by your own source energy." ”

There were indeed two daggers in the bag, and the daggers themselves were of a very ordinary style, but Babu could tell at a glance that the two daggers had just undergone very serious maintenance, and even the strips of cloth on the handles were newly wound, and they were finely and densely wound, and they were quite attentive.

With a flick of his hands, the dagger had disappeared from his hand, and he didn't know where it was hidden, watching Babu put away his weapon, Monica nodded and said softly: "I'll chase it out to give you the weapon first, if you have something to do, ...... first"

"Let's go around the town together, I haven't been to the town in a long time." Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Babu, who blinked and held out his hand to Monica, "You're dressed so beautifully today, what a shame not to hang out together, oops." ”

The palm of his hand was slapped unexpectedly, Monica glared at him, shook her long hair and snorted softly, passed him with light steps, and walked in the direction of the central square first, Babu rubbed her slapping hand, and followed behind Monica with a smile, and neither of the two spoke until Babu's voice broke the silence from behind.

"Is it so unconfident?" "I'm ready to die, so I want to have a good last day?" ”

Monica's footsteps paused, and when she took another step, she was already a lot slower, and without looking back, she sneered and said, "Destroy the atmosphere, and...... Aren't you too? ”

"I'm not like you, hahaha, I'm very confident." Babu gave a thumbs up and smiled at his eight white teeth, "I'm sure there's absolutely no problem, so aren't you planning for our long-term life, hehe." ”

"Sure enough, it's a dead child, and even this kind of taking advantage of the words is so bad, it's hopeless." Although Monica said this, she still lowered her gaze and walked side by side when she saw Babu catching up with her in a few steps.

"They can't perceive a lot of things, so they don't understand my concerns and pressures at all." Babu could smell the scent of soaphorn wafting from the long hair beside her, and could hear the whisper of a low magnetic voice in her ear, "Even Victor and a few of them scavengers have a hard time understanding the threat this time, but fortunately you showed up, finally someone can see the same thing as me or even more than me, and finally someone can help me share these things...... And they're willing to help me share the burden. ”

Monica tilted her head, her eyes turned to Babu, her lips moved, and before she could say anything, she heard Babu say, "You're welcome." ”

"Poof, nasty guy." Monica looked like she wanted to make a close contact with the top of Babu's foot with the heel of her shoe, but after a little hesitation, she dropped her foot and sighed softly, "But even if you help me share the burden, I do not have confidence, because ...... As Gauss said earlier, I'm someone who has seen the power of the Level 2 node firsthand, and I know very well how difficult things we have to deal with. ”

"The caravan I was in at that time had traveled through the edge and the present world many times, visited several current worlds, and even broke into the outer edge several times, so it could be regarded as a very experienced fringe brigade, but because it collided with the secondary node outside the town, it suffered heavy losses and even ......."

In the middle of her words, Monica suddenly stopped, shook her head and sighed, but Babu beside her had already taken it for her.

"Even another dead child has become a real dead ......"

"You ......" Monica's expression tightened, but she immediately calmed down and said with a rather melancholy expression, "Should you say that you are a natural observer, even so sensitive to other people's privacy." Alas, yes, the other dead child, it was my own brother, who was just fourteen years old at the time. I was reluctant to leave him alone in my hometown and never see him again, and seeing that his soul resistance was also very high, I took him with me. Oh, who knows the person who will never be seen, no matter how you choose, the result will not change, and I will never see him again. ”

The red in her eyes flashed, and when she looked again, she had returned to normal, Monica turned around sharply, suddenly grabbed Babu by the collar, and pulled him towards herself, leaning against her body, her forehead almost against her forehead, and even the breath of each other could be clearly felt. Closing the distance, Monica gritted her teeth and whispered: "Dead child, you hooked my emotions, you must be responsible to the end." You've got to have a drink with me today, now, right away! ”

Patting the hand holding the collar, Babu smiled, and was about to say something, when suddenly his expression tightened, and he pointed to Monica's diagonal back. Monica looked back as well, and then slowly let go of her grip on Babu's collar, and they saw a column of smoke billowing up from the distance outside the town.

"That's ......"

"It's black, it's not red, it's fine." said that it was okay, but Monica's expression didn't look like it was okay, she frowned tightly and muttered in a low voice, "How can it be so coincidental?" ”

"What does black mean?"

"The fringe caravan." Monica stared at the direction of the pillar of smoke a little distractedly, "Ten years ago, there were several caravans before the incident, this is not a good sign, I hope they leave as soon as possible." We're already understaffed, and I don't want to have to spare my energy to guard against these outsiders while dealing with the second-level nodes. ”

"What, are these people dangerous?" Babu was a little puzzled, remembering that although caravan visits were rare, they were still very popular, and they always brought Anna some rare food.

"It's not so easy to tell the difference between the fringe caravans, which are welcomed and brought hope, and the fringe locusts, which are hated by their predatory nature." Monica pursed her lips, obviously knowing the doorway inside, "There are some caravans, when you have no loopholes, it is a caravan, once you relax your defense, you will immediately turn into a locust on the edge, grab something and run, anyway, no one dares to go deep into the edge to pursue them." Let's go over and see if we can adjust our plans. ”

They said they were going to take a look, but as soon as they reached the edge of the town, the two stopped. It was often only a year or two before a caravan arrived in the town, and many curious townspeople had already heard the news, and gathered one after another, and a large group of people had gathered nearby, looking forward to the direction of the rising pillar of smoke. Not only that, but there was also a two-seater carriage coming from the direction of the town center through the crowd.

"Tsk, this old pervert is here too." Monica smacked her lips and said, "Hurriedly greeted him, not at all calm, not even a minimum of business acumen." ”

"Who?" Babu looked at the carriage and felt familiar, and searched his memory carefully before remembering, "Oh, Mayor Mare. ”

Before the carriage approached, it was already becoming noisy, and several figures had already appeared on the horizon outside the town.

Everyone was talking to each other, but Babu didn't, his expression was like an ancient well, but his eyes became extremely gloomy.

Because in front of his eyes, a rather terrifying picture appeared.