The snow in the western tundra is still thawing, but spring is already in the wilderness near Asgard. When the snow fades away, it turns into snow and seeps into the ground, but instead of bringing vitality to everything like in the old days, it makes the living environment more demanding. If the snow containing radiation is only piled up on the ground, as long as it does not penetrate deep into the snow layer, it is not yet as resistant to radiation as the wild creatures are today.

But the snow that penetrates into the ground is a different concept.

This means that the amount of radiation in the formation will increase, and the water from the snow water into the groundwater will be inedible for a short time. For some cavemen, it is even more devastating, as the snow water with strong radiation enters their nests, even if they are reluctant to end hibernation. For the sake of his own life, he had to break through his lichen and come to the ground where the cold was still pressing.

Plants will be put to the toughest test, yet after more than half a century of evolution. Most wilderness plants, herbaceous plants, flowers and trees, have developed a defense system against this phenomenon. Before winter, they try to put down roots deeper, deep enough to reach groundwater sources. At that time, the groundwater was still edible, so these mutant plants would constantly extract water and store it in their bodies as much as possible.

Towards the end of winter, they cease all activity. As a result, the outer skin of the plant will age quickly, and the fibers will tighten from a relatively loose network to a surface. From the outside, all the superficial parts of the earth are dead, while the underground roots are old and tough. Even rampaging gophers can't bite them, and when the snow melts, the intensely radiant snow seeps into the ground and can't enter the plant through the loose fibrous pores, thus destroying its vital internal tissues.

The water stored in the body will help the plants survive this most difficult period, and when summer comes, the radiation of the ground water will precipitate or decrease. These mutant plants will shed their old and dead parts and sprout new shoots.

Therefore, spring is fatal for plants, and it is only in summer that they are able to usher in new life.

This is the law of survival in the wilderness, and both plants and mutant beasts must follow this law in order to survive. Plants are able to store clean water in advance, and there are a small number of creatures in the mutant beasts that have the same function. Those who do not have water storage organs can only survive on the blood of other mutant beasts, or break into human settlements to plunder clean water.

So in a way, spring is a lively season. It's just that unlike the lively and vibrant old era, the spring of the new era is the heaviest time of the year to kill.

Humans are the more intelligent beings in Earth's current life system, and they are unable to store pure water in their bodies in advance like mutant plants, nor do they attack their companions like mutant beasts. After all, they were the first creatures on the planet to know how to make and use tools, even if they were humble settlements, even if they didn't have advanced water purification equipment. But there are always containers for storing water, and the humans in the settlements will fill up as much drinkable water as possible before spring to survive the harsher spring than winter.

This has become the main reason why mutant beasts attack human settlements, and the conflict is not going on all year round, but it is the most severe in spring.

It's all about survival, whether it's human or other creatures.

The same goes for Kim, except that instead of the radiant water, he is hunting down his former companions like ghosts.

Alice!

It's been almost a month since she left Asgard and was attacked by Pedfanie, and Kim has spent the month hiding in the wilderness. At first, Alice had no intention of killing him, and even helped him dodge several attacks from Pedfanie. Soon after, Pedfanie received a new assignment and left, and Alice talked to Kim several times and helped him with his injuries by the way.

But the two did not reach a consensus after all.

For King, the town of Byford was too much of a stumbling block. He was born, raised, and lived in this town. The people in the town are more or less related to Kim, especially Old Peter. This man, who is both like his grandfather and father, runs through the trajectory of Kim's life, and he is Kim's biggest bond. Kim can lose anyone, but he can't forgive the man who killed Old Peter.

If that person hadn't been Alice but someone else, Kim would have turned his face and done it a long time ago.

But that person was Alice again.

For this woman who always likes to flirt with herself from time to time, Kim has an indescribable feeling. It's a little closer than a friend, and a little more distant from a lover. Alice is like an untouchable lover, even if the two get close in real life, Kim knows that it is impossible for them to be together.

Because Alice is the man's confiner, and Alice often puts the brotherhood that died prematurely on Kim's body, rather than the feelings between men and women. Jin knew this very well, so he knew that he liked this older woman, but he would not take the initiative to admit it, even if it was only once.

In the first half of the month's negotiations, Alice hopes that Kim will stay away from this chaotic land. Go to the coastline settlement and find a city to stay, and you can get a good job with your money. And it was the territory of the Dark Council, and Kim would not be easily assassinated and attacked by that lord.

But Kim relented, and he asked Alice to leave and leave the matter between him and the man. He could not have made a move on Alice, after all, Alice was only carrying out orders at the time. But Jin was never willing to let go of that person, the one who gave him hope but brought him despair!

So the negotiations broke down on the premise that there was no reconciliation. Alice begins to become cold and gives Kim five days to flee for her life. As soon as the five days passed, she began to hunt down Kim. In fact, Kim had already expected such an outcome, and the conflict between the two was Alice's feelings for the man, as well as loyalty.

Once she is persuaded to leave, Alice becomes ruthless in order to erase any possible threat from the person.

And Alice at this time is the real Frost Queen.

The time left for Kim is not only a little friendship that Alice expresses to Kim, but also time for Kim to make a choice. Undoubtedly, Kim did not change his choice. So five days later, Alice and Kim fought a fierce battle in the wilderness far from Asgard.

After nearly a day of fighting, Kim seized a hard-won opportunity to escape. And in that battle, Alice still did her best. But then, Alice became more and more ruthless, and her shots became heavier and heavier. Kim hit and fled, and the time to breathe became less and less. Alice is like a ghost that may appear at any time, which makes the already overwhelmed Kim even more difficult.

The shadow of death is everywhere, and if the next second is going to die, Kim is not surprised.

It's just that the figure of old Peter passes through his mind from time to time, and it becomes the Zuihou motivation for Kim to persevere.

It's been 13 hours since she was last attacked, and Alice is attacking more and more often. Even if Jin had exhausted his means, he couldn't shake off the Frost Empress behind him. At one point, Kim even led Alice into a medium-sized base. But half an hour later, that base was forever history. And in exchange for Kim, it was only 35 hours of rest.

In this game of chase, time is of the essence.

Alice clenched on Kim as if she could not eat or drink, and Kim had no time to rest, eat, or heal. His physical energy fell again and again, and he was almost close to his limit. Just like at this moment, Kim felt that his body was very light, and ghosts began to appear in his vision, and his feelings became dull. It's all because of his declining physical fitness, and he smiles wryly, not knowing if he'll survive the next attack.

While stumbling out of a low, dead wood, Kim saw a ground base. It was supposed to be a remodel of an old-time military base, which still retains a ground command building, a garage, and even an airstrip. The entire base is surrounded by barbed wire, and guard towers are set up every 100 meters. There are soldiers on duty on the watchtower, and it doesn't look simple.

The entrance to the base is a steel gate with pulleys, and two self-propelled guns on the gate as a defensive liliang. These two guns alone were the most powerful firepower King had seen in his recent months of wandering the wilderness, not to mention the two hundred or so soldiers training in the towers and bases.

But more importantly, there is a sign hanging at the entrance of the base, which clearly reads "Zero Point Technology Company" in large letters, and below it is a warning that "private land, idlers are not allowed to enter".

Kim smiled wryly and went around in circles, but returned to the vicinity of Asgard. He knew very well whose industry Zero belonged to, so Jin staggered towards the gate of the base.

Five hundred meters away from the gate, Kim suddenly stopped. A stream of bullets swept across the ground two meters in front of him, and then a soldier shouted, "Stop, this is not the place for you to come." Outcasts, get back!"

Refugee?

Kim wiped a handful of his face, his fingertips covered with bloodstained mud and sand. Looking at his body again, he was wearing a cloak that even he had forgotten to take from somewhere, and it was indeed no different from the outcasts of the wilderness, and it was no wonder that the soldier called it that.

The soldiers of Zero Point have been called merciful, and even when they visit other bases, Kim will not even receive a warning before he will find a stream of bullets coming at him. But the soldier's delivery didn't make Kim back down, and he raised his voice, "Open the door, and I want to see your supervisor." I know who your boss is! Zero, I'm his friend. ”

After a moment of silence, the laughter of soldiers came from the watchtower: "Alright, don't mess around. If it weren't for the fact that we weren't allowed to kill indiscriminately, we wouldn't have heard jokes like you now. For God's sake, get out of here, or break your legs and throw them into the wilderness to feed the wolves!"

What should I do? Forced a breakthrough? Jin pondered, his eyes swam back and forth on the two self-propelled guns above the gate, looking for the blind spot of the artillery, so that he could cut into safety in an instant. At this time, the roar of the off-road vehicle engine sounded behind Kim.

Kim turned around and saw an arrogant modified vehicle driving in the wilderness. The entire car was painted black, with red and bright yellow paint spraying flames on the underside. The front of the car was fitted with steel vertebrae, and even the four wheels were welded with prismatic spikes. In the midst of the wheels, the mud and stone that rolled up the ground from time to time were shattered by the spinning spikes, and the fluffy sparks burst out at the moment.

When he saw this car, the face of the soldier standing guard changed: "It's not good, it's the supervisor's car." Hey, if you don't leave, I'm going to shoot!"

The soldier hurriedly picked up his gun and aimed it at Kim's body.

It's supposed to be a stern character.

Jin thought to himself, otherwise the soldiers would not have reacted so much.

The car drove up to the gate in an instant, and a tall woman jumped out of the car. Her short hair was dyed fiery red, and when the wind blew it, it fluttered in the air like a flame. The woman glanced at Jin, her face sank, and then shouted at the gate: "Are you all blind? Let a high-ranking person touch the door, is the self-propelled artillery given to you by the old lady, and don't let me kill this guy!"

The soldiers on the watchtower were startled, followed by the sound of people running. With the sound of shells being loaded, two self-propelled guns on the gate began to adjust the angle of fire. Jin smiled bitterly, raised his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, okay? If I were an enemy, I would have done it a long time ago, would I still wait for you to raise your cannon to shoot." ”

The woman then made a "pause" gesture towards the door, and then looked Jin up and down: "Then tell me your purpose, stranger." ”

Message. I have a big piece of news to sell to you. I'm sure Zero will be interested. ”

"Oh, and what do you need?"

"Protection, at least 48 hours. Kim said with difficulty, for as long as he could remember, he never remembered when he had shown weakness. But this time, he's been cornered by Alice. If he hadn't been sheltered by a third party, Shili, he wouldn't have had time to rest and heal.

The woman nodded, "No wonder, I said you're full of wounds." And there are a few very subtle injuries, it looks like you're being hunted down by a powerful guy. ”

"Why, don't you dare to take this business?" Jin Xiao asked.

The woman said coldly: "Don't use such childish means as agitation on me, there is nothing to dare or not, only worthwhile and unworthy." ”

She shouted to the soldiers at the gate, "Open the door!"

It was only after receiving her order that the soldiers opened the door. Watching the extremely heavy steel gate slowly slide open from both sides, Jin breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did the woman say, "I hope your news is worth it, or you will find that I can be more ruthless than the pursuer." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not kidding with my life. Jin said again: "So, what do you want to ask?"

The woman raised her eyebrows and said coldly, "My name is Eva, get in the car." ”

After saying that, she jumped into the car first and beckoned to Kim. When Kim climbed into the arrogant car, his eyes were immediately drawn to a pitch-black giant sword that was lying diagonally in the back seat. Those who like to use such heavy swords as weapons are either really strong or swaggers.

Kim believed that this woman was the former because there was an aura about her that made her feel uncomfortable.