Six o'clock in the morning.

Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou washed up, called the rest of the people to the office area to quit the lease, and then went to the parking area with their luggage.

They don't have much luggage.

The things that are inconvenient to take away were handed over to Ming Zhang and Yan Shuo in advance for safekeeping, and now they only carry the necessities of life.

Xu was trapped in Hunza for too long, and they were all in good spirits, and when they left the "doughnuts" one by one and drove to the grassland, it was even more difficult to hide the excitement and excitement in their eyes.

There are many fewer animals in the grasslands.

Under the scorching sun, many animals could not hold on, and fell on the way to find food and fight with their own kind.

A herd of hyenas were gobbling around the carcass of a stinking antelope, their abdomen only a thin layer of skin hanging in the air, and the usually alert ears did not hear the sound of the RV approaching.

Xie Changxiao turned the steering wheel.

He quietly bypassed them so as not to disturb them to eat, and Chi Yunyan in the back looked at the skinny hyena and couldn't help but sigh: "They probably haven't eaten for a long time, and the layer of skin on their abdomen is about to fall to the grass." ”

"No way, it's very difficult for us humans at the base to live, let alone animals that rely entirely on hunting to survive." Yao Chengwei propped up the window and looked out.

Nature is cruel.

Plants die of lack of water, herbivores can't fill their stomachs and become prey, and the hyena that tastes the prey and has a short satiety at this moment is not a meal for other animals?

"How long does the water we store last?" Sun Rui withdrew her gaze from the hyena group and asked about the resources they had.

"A week is definitely fine."

On the eve of leaving, the five men went into the forest to fetch water and store it enough to meet their week's worth of water.

Outside of Hunza there are bound to be more undried rivers and streams, so there is no need to worry too much about water resources.

Sun Rui nodded: "That's good." ”

They sat in front of the windows on the left and right, Chi Yue stretched out his hand to feel the hot wind, and quietly carried some anticipation in his heart.

The rest had their own ideas.

After a while, the RV drove out of the Hunza grasslands, and the scenery reflected in their eyes became more and more desolate.

"Where is our first stop?" Chi Yunyan, who was nervous, remembered that he hadn't asked the destination yet.

Chi Yue: "Jing City." ”

During the time she lived in Jingshi, she hadn't walked around carefully, but this time she had the opportunity to take a walk around the city.

After that, it will continue to the south of Jing City.

"Well, call me for a driver's seat change." He yawned sleepily and crawled onto the bed to make up for sleep.

After three changes in the driver's seat, the RV speeding down the road also carried them to the first stop.

The highway toll booth, which once symbolized the façade of the country, has long been reduced to ruins, and only one or two emaciated birds can be seen flying through the sky, lifeless.

Driving into the city center in an RV, the once high-tech high-rise buildings and intelligent facilities have all been reduced to powder, and you can only vaguely glimpse a little shadow of the prosperity of the past.

The road covered with meteorites and all kinds of debris is too narrow for RVs to pass, so they can only park their RVs in hidden places, get out of the car and walk to the landmark buildings of Jingshi.

Wen Qizhou stepped on the ruins under his feet, staring at the devastation, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chi Yue also frowned.

The palace that had become devastated, destroyed the last trace of luck in their hearts, and the buildings that had stood for hundreds of years did not survive the devastating disaster.

She let down the depression in her heart: "Anyway, I don't need any tickets now, let's take a walk." ”

She was full of relaxed tones, dispelling the gloom that hung over the rest of her heads, and subconsciously showed a smile.

Chi Yunyan: "Let's go!" ”

They shuttled through the palace of Nuoda, admired the carving art on the beams, pavilions and columns, found the undamaged palace, took a closer look, and then drove to the beautiful park and the gymnasium full of science and technology.

Then I walked through the streets and came to the outskirts of the city.

Looking at the endless Fangcheng, Yao Chengwei sighed: "The palace really doesn't last long, only Fangcheng can stand here forever." ”

The whole of Fangcheng is made of countless bricks and stones, which have been gradually corroded by wind and rain over thousands of years.

The original angular bricks have become smooth, and the surface of the stone has been deposited with various materials, losing its original color, but it is much better than the buildings in the city center, at least in the overall view, it still retains its shape.

"Climb up?"

Wen Qizhou asked everyone's opinions.

They raised their hands in agreement, Chi Yue squatted down to tie his shoelaces, stepped forward to hold Wen Qizhou's hand, and walked up step by step.

The road to the summit is not easy to walk, and now that there is no one to maintain it, some places that cannot be sunlit are covered with moss, and it is crazy to slip when you walk up.

"Yao Chengwei, why are you dragging me?" Ji Yunyan, who almost fell, was shocked: "I almost fell!" ”

"Sorry, I didn't mean to."

An unapologetic tone.

Seeing his eyes of "No, no, no, you can fall here", Chi Yunyan instantly grinded his teeth in anger.

He rushed forward to fight with Yao Chengwei.

Zhao Peng took Sun Rui by the hand and followed them steadily, climbing up while enjoying the magnificent scenery.

"Pray for the boat." Xie Changxiao recalled that when he and Wen Qizhou were young, when they came to Jingshi to travel, they climbed Fangcheng: "The last time we climbed Fangcheng, who arrived at the peak first? ”

"Me."

"Are you sure?"

"What? Do you want to lose again? Wen Qizhou raised his eyebrows slightly, and took two or three steps forward without breathing.

"It's not certain who wins or loses."

"Try?"

"Okay." He walked to Wen Qizhou's side, moved his shoulders and neck to compare with him: "Xiaoyue, you help us time." ”

They always like to compare themselves on certain things.

Chi Yue has long been used to it.

She took out a mini-timer and timed them while she slowly followed behind, climbing to the top step by step.

Finally

Seven people stood on the top of the peak, taking advantage of the breeze in their faces, and proudly admired the continuous mountains.

"Brother Zhou, which of you won?" Yao Chengwei, who had been paying attention to the "game situation", asked about the results out of breath.

"Guess."

"I can't guess."

"Brother-in-law is thirty-one seconds faster than Brother Xiao."

"That's pretty much it." Yao Chengwei felt that their strength was comparable: "Brother Xiao still has a chance to return to the top!" ”

Xie Changxiao: "......" stupid.

They leaned against the stone wall, Chi Yue's afterglow caught a glimpse of a bright red, and he bent down to pick up the small flag in the corner.

She patted the dust on it.

Noticing a groove in the fence, she gestured at the groove with her flag and raised her hand to insert the flagpole into it.

A few stars on the flag were blown away by the wind.

She stared at the flag for a long time, then took out the camera and tripod in her backpack: "Shall we take a picture here?" ”

"Okay."

Ji Yunyan placed the tripod in front of him, set the time of the camera on the stand, and then returned to the crowd and spread his arms.

In the photo, the seven people standing next to a bright flag, overflowing with the brightest smiles.

*

The RV is driving at a constant speed on the road.

Wen Qizhou drove the car intently, and Chi Yue used binoculars to pay attention to the road conditions ahead, and found that there were abandoned vehicles stuck not far away, so he reminded him to avoid them.

Soft music lingered in the car, and the five people who took turns to rest lay in different places and slept very peacefully.

Chi Yunyan opened his eyes in a daze, he was stabbed by the sunlight, and couldn't help but reach out to cover his eyes, he squinted his eyes and asked, "Sister, where is our second stop?" ”

I saw that the scenery on the road had turned into a continuous green mountain lake, and rows of low ancient buildings not far away came into view, as if traveling through time and space to many years ago.

It's seven o'clock in the morning, and a thin layer of fog is hanging outside, and the lake and the low buildings are shrouded in a hazy daylight, as if glowing, very beautiful.

Chi Yue: "Jiangnan." ”

Most people who have not grown up in Jiangnan since childhood will have a Jiangnan dream, fantasizing about that slow and gentle lifestyle, Wu Nong's soft tone and big rivers.

She had loved the environment before.

But I've been busy and don't have time, so I didn't expect that one day when I came to Jiangnan, it would be under the end of the collapse of order.

Chi Yunyan completely lost his sleepiness, and immediately got up and looked out, feeling: "It's the first time I've come to Jiangnan." ”

Yao Chengwei, who was sleeping, was woken up by him.

When I opened my eyes and saw the scenery outside the window, my tired mood after a period of running around became soothed.

They are full of hope.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the RV stopped by the lake.

The water of the lake is clear, withered lotus flowers and yellowed lotus leaves, and not far away is the green green hills.

Although it is not as beautiful as before, it still gives people a sense of Chinese painting that is carefully created with one stroke and one stroke.

Chi Yue walked to the shore of the lake to relax.

It is rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, even if it is the polar day, it has not rained for a long time, the lake has not dried up, and the air is moist and fresh, which is very different from other places.

She looked back at the car and woke up the person who was still playing chess with Zhou Gong in a soft voice: "It's Jiangnan, come down." ”

Wen Qizhou parked the RV next to a wide round pavilion, and everyone woke up and dozed off one after another, and got out of the car to walk around.

"The house over there is so beautifully repaired, if you open a homestay in the past, you will definitely make a lot of money."

Yao Chengwei's thinking is very special.

Chi Yunyan secretly complained in his heart, walked slowly to the lake and looked down, and couldn't help but be surprised: "This water is so clear." ”

In recent years, there have been many natural disasters.

In particular, the heavy rainstorm that fell on the already watery Jiangnan was tantamount to a devastating blow, and the lake level rose, and the entire area was submerged at that time.

So people in the neighborhood have moved because of the rising water of the lake, and they have fled in a hurry, abandoning the place where their ancestors have lived for generations to move into the base where they have been sheltered.

This side happens to be a tourist attraction, next to the villagers' town, Zhao Peng and Sun Rui curiously walked forward dozens of meters, pushed open the door and took a look indoors.

The room was littered with debris and plankton that had washed ashore, and the ground was slightly dirty with a shallow layer of water.

The wooden pillar was covered with moss, and a sea serpent with black and white stripes was hovering over it, looking at it with fierce eyes.

There are traces of disaster everywhere, and presumably the same scene is the same in all the houses.

Outside the town, it was still the scene that fascinated countless people before the end of the world, but the town was already in shambles.

The two of them walked back in silence, and the initial thought of staying in these abandoned houses for one night had been completely dispelled.

Back around the round pavilion, Wen Qizhou saw their expressions and guessed what kind of scene was in the town.

He silently spoke: "We are still in the housing car tonight." "The novelty can be lost, there is no need to find guilt.

They agreed.

Chi Yunyan, on the other end, didn't know when he found a wooden boat parked on the shore.

Perhaps it had just been launched shortly before the end of the world, and it was out of place in this rotting ship that had been soaked in water.

New and strong.

After he finished checking, he stood on the boat and beckoned to Chi Yue and the others on the shore: "Sister, come here!" Let's go for a tour of the lake! ”

Chi Yue's eyes lit up.

They then walked to the side of the wooden boat, she and Wen Qizhou sat at the front, Zhao Peng and Sun Rui sat in the center of the wooden boat, and Chi Yunyan, Xie Changxiao, and Yao Chengwei sat at the back, rowing with two oars, and exerting their strength with a sigh.

Watching Yao Chengwei and Chi Yunyan staggering and rowing the oars, Xie Changxiao was shocked, for fear that they would be planted: "If you two fall, we won't catch it." ”

"How is that possible?"

"Our skills are good."

The people who were still "arguing" yesterday are unanimously external at this moment, tacitly raising their chins and showing their skills.

The wooden boat slowly sailed into the center of the lotus leaves, surrounded by a withered lotus flower.

The dilapidated scene has a unique flavor.

They paddled around the lake without hurry, and experienced a rare fun, and then rowed towards the bank of the river.

The town didn't know if there was any danger, so they entered the town in groups of two or three to check separately, so as not to disturb their sleep when they suddenly encountered someone with bad intentions during their break.

Chi Yue saw that there were many kites that had been soaked in rain and could not be seen in their original appearance in a certain house.

She looked at it for a moment.

Thinking that there were kites in the space that he had unintentionally collected, he picked out a few and stepped out of the door with Wen Qizhou's arm.

They inspected the town to make sure that no one lived here other than them, and returned to the shores of the lake.

"There's even a kite!" Sun Rui looked at the kites they found in other people's homes, and her eyes flashed with surprise.

She and Chi Yue gathered together, called the others with great interest, found a slightly wide area, and flew a kite.

The atmosphere was rare and relaxing.

Yao Chengwei tried hard to make the kite fly, but all the other people's kites flew up, and his had not yet risen into the air, and he kept hovering above his head, just not moving.

Ji Yunyan laughed at him mercilessly.

Xie Changxiao also smiled heartily, and deliberately dragged his kite to Yao Chengwei's side.

The tall kite flew above Yao Chengwei's head, as if he was laughing at him with his master.

"Enough of you!" Yao Chengwei, who was angry, tugged on their kite strings, saving them from getting too carried away.

Zhao Peng and Sun Rui on the side led the jellyfish kite away from them, so as not to spread the "war".

They looked up at their kites.

The kite held in the hand by Wen Qizhou has two ribbons falling, and the ribbons flutter in the wind, as if soaring at the bottom of the sea.

- "Pray for the boat." ”

A murmur rang in my ears.

He followed the murmur and turned his head, looking at Chi Yue who was fiddling with the camera with his eyebrows and eyes, and his restrained love was unrestrained.

Chi Yue "clicked" and pressed the shutter.

She used her camera to record Wen Qizhou's eyes surging with love, and then called the remaining five people, motioning for them to turn their heads.

Before their expressions could converge, they only heard a "click", and the camera left it all in the moment.

*

The night sky was still as bright as day, and the blinding light fell on everyone's eyes.

But they're used to it.

The RV was parked by the wide round pavilion, and they entered the RV with the doors closed, closed the curtains and turned on the lights inside.

Everyone sat around, and Chi Yue "found" a dazzling array of snacks such as spiced melon seeds, biscuits, nuts, dried meat, juice, and cola from the locker and placed them on the table.

"Ahh My Happy Water! ”

Chi Yunyan, who saw the happy water, picked up the canned Coke, and rubbed the layer of iron sheet nostalgically and happily.

Snacks and beverages are not produced at the base.

Suddenly seeing so many things, Chi Yunyan and Yao Chengwei, who had big hearts, screamed and happily opened the potato chips.

"Sister Yue, where did you find snacks?" Zhao Peng swallowed the melon seeds that had not deteriorated, and he was really a little curious.

Xie Changxiao: "It fell from the sky." ”

He really couldn't find a good excuse, so he stuffed a handful of barbecue-flavored potato chips into Zhao Peng's mouth, saving him from getting to the bottom of it.

Realizing that they didn't want to speak, Zhao Peng automatically zipped his mouth, chewed potato chips, and didn't ask any more.

"Do you want to watch a drama?" Chi Yue felt that just eating snacks and not chasing dramas was too boring.

"Yes!"

"Then you can pick one."

Wen Qizhou took out the projector.

He plugged in the USB flash drive handed by Chi Yue, and the USB flash drive had more than 100 film and television dramas, which was enough for them to pick one they were interested in.

The remote control was handed to Xie Changxiao, Xie Changxiao pressed the up and down buttons, asked them what type they wanted to watch, and then according to a vote, played the most popular palace fighting drama before the end of the world.

The opening song sounds.

The sound of chewing snacks and the sound of the TV series are mixed together, accompanied by laughter and laughter, and in the changing light and shadow, everyone watches the TV series with great interest, and no one remembers that it is in a disaster that destroys the world at this moment.

A moment of joy is enough to gather into a river, supporting their motivation to continue to move forward in the last days.

They followed the drama until the early hours of the morning, with unfinished emotions, lying on the soft bed and sleeping peacefully.

Early the next morning, Chi Yue got up and looked at the map, planning the direction of the next stop.

Sun Rui also woke up early and came over to take a look.

"Sister Yue, where are we going today?"

Their initial plan was to go wherever they wanted, and they didn't have a rigid plan that could be changed at any time, but they generally didn't stay in the same place for too long.

"How is Gusu?"

"Yes."

Today's first leg of the journey was Xie Changxiao's turn, Wen Qizhou sat next to him to observe the road conditions, and Chi Yue and Chi Yunyan sat in the back, chatting with each other.

They were already in Jiangnan, and it didn't take much time to go to the next stop this time, but the road conditions were not good, the previous meteorite fell to the ground, and the scattered stones and abandoned vehicles were scattered on the road.

It took some time to get around the road.

At four o'clock in the morning, the RV arrived in Gusu.

Gusu is gentler than Jiangnan, it is a small bridge and flowing water in the real sense, like a slim and gentle girl, combing her long black hair with a wooden comb.

The South is a place of relaxation and healing.

Since arriving here, from the beginning of Jiangnan, it is like visiting the mountains and rivers, which is more brisk than traveling.

After visiting the nearest scenic spots around, Wen Qizhou looked at the surrounding situation from the map and found that there was a mountain not far from them, which was a tourist attraction that had not been developed long ago, and the other attractions were a bit far away, only this one was the closest.

He spoke to the others.

I thought it was good, so I drove the RV to the attractions of Yuming Mountain to find out.

At the bottom of the mountain, everyone found that there was a quiet and quaint village not far away that looked like it was located in a bamboo forest.

"There's no one here." Zhao Peng leaned out of the window and glanced in the direction of the stockade: "Shall we go in for a walk?" ”

Chi Yue nodded: "Let's go." ”

Although the stockade is at the foot of the mountain, the terrain is high enough.

Each house is supported by pillars more than a meter high, and the bottom does not fall to the ground.

Wen Qizhou and Xie Changxiao took the lead.

The two of them walked ahead, and although it was quiet and peaceful enough, it was not necessarily without danger, so be careful.

Chi Yue followed behind them.

Her demeanor was as usual, but her right hand was placed on her waist, habitually touching the cold gun.

Slowly walk into the stockade.

I didn't see any traces of human existence all the way in, and then I began to slowly relax my heart.

What is the material?

Just as they turned the corner, a black figure suddenly approached them.

"Who?"

Wen Qizhou and Xie Changxiao suddenly turned around.

Yao Chengwei, Chi Yunyan, and Zhao Peng escorted Sun Rui and Chi Yue to retreat, keeping a distance from the people who suddenly rushed out.

They looked at the boy warily.

The young man's body is well-proportioned, and he should be able to raise it by eating and drinking well before the end of the world.

It's just that the bare skin is eerily pale, like a vampire escaping from an ancient castle in the sun.

"Ah......&$@......"

He was scrambling to gess something.

Everyone was confused, couldn't see what he meant, and couldn't communicate at all.

Finding that they could not understand, the boy pointed to the houses not far away, and danced to push them that way.

Chi Yue was full of doubts.

His action of "inviting" is very easy to give them a sense of weirdness, and the more you look at it, the more creepy it becomes.

She turned her head as if she had felt something, and glanced into the house that the boy had rushed out of.

The door was open, and I saw a lot of bacon hanging in the house, which had been very dry, and it was all over the house, and there was also it on the ground.

Where did so much meat come from?

Her gaze suddenly froze, and a chill rose from the soles of her feet, almost overwhelming her.

She finally saw what it was.

On one of the hanging pieces of bacon, the outline of the sun-dried meat clearly came into view.

It was an adult's hand.

……