Updated: 2012-09-06

"People would think that old Bruce died of a heart attack, because he really shouldn't have drunk so much spirits, and his dying heart couldn't stand such a violent stimulation. Pera said with a blank face, as if talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

"Do as you say, Pera, do a good job!"

"Do as you say, boss!"

Pera stepped back quietly, Theon's fingers darting across the computer's light screen. Another haode program that had been designed to replace the original system immediately gave Theon the highest priority. So the document that had been rejected before was immediately approved by Theon himself.

Theon had always had the ambition to replace Bruce, but he didn't act on it. First, it wasn't that necessary, and second, Bruce Sr. could sometimes block some inconsequential troubles for Theon. But now it's different, and the soon-to-be-running Remut will be an efficient machine, and Theon won't allow old-fashioned parts like Bruce to get in the way.

From today onwards, he will hold power firmly in his own hands, even if the price of power is endless blood!

There was no trace of hesitation in Theon's eyes, and those who hesitated couldn't do great things, just like old Bruce. And the fate of this kind of person is to be eliminated by the times, and Zuihou becomes a corpse in his own residence.

In this regard, he feels that he is the same kind of person as Zero. As long as they decide to do something, they will spare no effort to achieve it.

Theon walked to the window of his office, steaming coffee in his hand, facing north.

"To us!"

Theon said silently.

Today is destined to be an extraordinary day for Remut.

At noon, the elder Bruce was found dead in his bedroom by the servants. The strong smell of alcohol in the bedroom and several empty wine bottles have explained the cause of Bruce's death, and after the doctor's confirmation, it has also been confirmed that Bruce has a large amount of alcohol left in his body. His sudden myocardial infarction had to be justified, and although some of the union's fellow representatives were still suspicious, the sudden increase in patrols in the city of Remut discouraged them from questioning.

On the same day, Theon convened a meeting of union representatives. Under the watchful eye of the Cobra troops and a group of soldiers with real guns, Theon soon became the union president with an overwhelming vote.

Whether it was on Theon's side before, or on the opposite side. In the next series of measures announced by Sith, they all began to realize that Remut was going to make a big move. This nascent base city will soon be on wheels, and the resources and wealth generated will continue to flow into Theon's Jihua.

Yes, Remut will usher in a period of rapid development. As for whether Remut will usher in a new life of transformation or step into the hell of destruction, no one knows.

Even Sith didn't know!

All he knew was that when Zero came out of Grim Reaper's Ridge, Remut would show a whole new side to the world.

Zero is now walking through the jungle like a tropical rainforest.

After leaving Phoenix, after a low but steep mountain road, in the evening of the same day, he and Moni officially entered the Grim Reaper Ridge, known as the forbidden land of life.

However, he didn't expect that the mountains, which were dubbed with various frightening adjectives such as forbidden land, horror, and death, were filled with amazing vitality. Unlike the desolate wilderness, the Grim Reaper Ridge is covered with lush vegetation. The two of them had just walked into the fringe area, and they had already seen many plants that had only appeared in the old era, and were now basically extinct.

It's just that the low bushes and the tall trees with bright fruits are too vibrant. Its intensity is so intense that it appears in front of Zero's eyes like a living person.

It's a living mountain.

Zero made such an assessment of Death Ridge.

But the name of Grim Reaper Ridge is not for nothing, the horror of this mountain lies in the death you can't see. Zero has yet to encounter any powerful mutant beasts, but like a bush whose branches and leaves can grow jagged at any time, a man-eating tree whose fibrous roots can rise from the ground and burrow into its prey to suck blood, or a small green grass that looks weak on the outside but can easily cut through the human body in essence...... All kinds of plants here are full of thirst for flesh and blood, like hungry beasts.

Half an hour after Zero entered the Grim Reaper Ridge, he was attacked by such a mutant plant. In turbulent times, in addition to living things, plants also underwent mutations in order to survive. But the mutations of these plants in the Grim Reaper Ridge seem to be more powerful than their relatives in the wilderness. In Zero's opinion, they even have a little intelligence, making people feel that the entire Grim Reaper Ridge is filled with a strange atmosphere.

It was night, and the blades of grass within the first ten meters of a hillside were cleaned. Even something resembling a rhizome in the dirt was dug up by Zero, and after being dried in the evening sun, it was used as a bonfire at this moment.

Zero's caution turned out to be right, and when these seemingly innocuous rhizomes were thrown into the fire, they writhed like living creatures, causing the flames to crackle. Moni walked away from the strange fire in fear, but Lara was intrigued, and the little beast reached out its short forelimbs to touch the rhizomes.

When a foreign object is perceived, the protrusions of the rhizome will quickly grow some whiskers, which will then try to wrap themselves around and move themselves away from the fire like tentacles. Of course, the guy who had such an attempt, the saber with zero whiskers was cut off, and then helplessly burned into charcoal in the flames, motionless.

It's just that even though these things look dry on the outside, they have a lot of moisture in them. Even when grilling in a blazing fire, most of them take half an hour to stop writhing. I thought to myself that this might be the origin of the strong vitality of the plants. The jungle's desire to survive is embodied in the different life forms of each plant.

"Zero, how long are we going to stay here. Moni ducked back from Zero's side.

Zero looked at the stubborn child, and although Moni didn't say anything, her gently trembling body showed that she was scared. Zero patted her on the back and said, "Ten days at most." ”

Moni nodded, didn't ask any more questions, but took out the dagger that Zero had given her and practiced. Zero knew that Monie didn't want to be her own oil bottle, so she practiced everything she had taught her. It's just that he also knows that it will be a long time before Moni becomes stronger and even able to survive in the wilderness on her own. No amount of the desire to become stronger now can change this fact.

But Moni has this mind, and Zero appreciates it very much. In the face of the cruel reality, some people choose to give in, and some people choose to fight. Undoubtedly, Moni is the latter.

A map constructed in Phoenix was spread out before Zero's eyes, this map only showed the general terrain of Death Ridge, and the so-called passages in it were just mountain roads that had been reclaimed by caravans and sporadic armies over the years. Such mountain roads are only easy for travelers to pass through, but they are not safe at all. Not to mention those mutant beasts that have not yet been discovered by zero, they are such ubiquitous mutant plants, and they are enough to threaten anyone who passes through the mountain road.

In fact, there is not much difference in safety between walking on the mountain road or walking directly over the mountains like Zero. The difference is that the caravan cannot take the zero method because of the relationship between the goods, and although the zero takes a straight line, which greatly shortens the time, but because there is no team to take care of it, the safety factor is also correspondingly reduced.

Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, and as for how to choose, it only depends on the idea of the person who chooses.

Not again.

Zero quickly took out the Colt and turned to aim for the darkness far away in the jungle.

Just now, Zero had the feeling of being watched. As his abilities improved, Zero's senses became more and more acute, and he didn't think it was an illusion. Faint, but with a slight pinprick sensation, it was some kind of hostile detection. But as soon as Zero took out Colt, the feeling quickly faded, indicating that the person or creature watching him had left.

Feelings like this always appear from time to time after Zero enters the Grim Reaper Ridge. And judging from the frequency and location of appearances, the other party is constantly approaching him.

Without accurate information, Zero had no way of telling if the other party was a native of Death Hill or a haunted killer from Parkland. But no matter which side it is, if he or it shows hostility towards Zero, Zero will always surprise them.

The sudden movement of raising the gun startled Moni, but the girl did not panic, but grabbed Lala and lowered her body, and at the same time grabbed the dagger in her hand and made a gesture that could attack at any time. It wasn't until Zero put Colt away that Moni lifted her own vigilant stance.

However, before Zero Butt sat down, the bushes not far to the west were shaking. At this time, the wind blows, and it is not surprising that the bushes are shaking. Strangely, the shrubs swayed in the opposite direction of the wind, as if they were running away from something. If it weren't for Zero's keen senses, and Jinjin's right eye could freely adjust the visual distance, otherwise someone else would not have been able to detect such a subtle situation.

Zero immediately pulled Moni back out of the campfire, and moments later, two men appeared on the camp that Zero had cleared. The man was not dressed in modern clothes, but only in a hemp skirt underneath. The skirt is painted with unknown paints, and there are various brightly colored tattoos on the body.

The man held a sharp wooden spear with a turquoise tint on the tip. If it wasn't for the worship of a certain color, it was the use of poison, an ancient but effective means of attack. Due to years of exposure to air with intense radiation, the two men each had varying degrees of mutated tissue on their bodies, which appeared on their chests or shoulders like a layer of biological armor.

When such mutated tissues deteriorate further, they will compete with human organs for nutrients in the body, and zuihou will lead to human death. Unless it is excised by precise surgery, as in Mastern, no one can change the outcome.

And before they became deadly, these mutated tissues had an unusually thick fibrous layer that did act as a defense against them.

The two of them fell into Zero's eyes, hiding in the shadows, but they were no different from the natives of the jungle in the old days. And they, Zero Know, are the mountain mobs that George said.