"Dad," Rou Rou gently held Lu Wuyai's hand, or told her not to worry.

Although these wolves were fierce, they were still just ordinary wild animals. Lu Wuyai picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them away.

The rocks, like bullets fired from a hunting rifle, instantly stopped the wolves, causing them to disappear into the forest.

Seeing this, Rou Rou breathed a sigh of relief.

Are you that nervous?

Rou Rou patted her chest and said, "It's not that I'm scared, it's just that there are too few of us."

Looking at the child who had looked so nervous, Lu Wuyai suddenly realized that he had spent too little time taking care of her.

Not only Rou Rou, but also the other children. Throughout their upbringing, Lu Wuyai's involvement was actually quite minimal.

"Dad, I'll take you out to play often from now on."

“Really?” Rou Rou’s eyes widened.

"You have to keep your word."

"Then bring your younger brother and sister too."

"All right."

In the forest, the air was fresh. Lu Wuyai led Rou Rou upstream to find the source of the river.

Throughout the journey, Rou Rou remained excited and nervous, her small body trembling incessantly, leaving Lu Wuyai speechless.

I'm afraid to go back, but I still want to play.

"Dad, there are wild fruits here."

Lu Wuyai looked around carefully and found that there were many fruit trees and a lot of apes nearby. They were calling out incessantly on both banks, and their voices were somewhat shrill.

"Dad, take this with you."

Rou Rou pulled two earplugs out of her pocket, which surprised Lu Wuyai, but also warmed his heart.

With his earplugs in, Lu Wuyai's world immediately became quiet, but even so, his hearing was still better than that of ordinary people.

There are many fruit trees nearby, most of which are already teetering on the brink of collapse. This is a gift from autumn, a selfless offering from nature.

Lu Wuyai picked some, intending to taste them on the road. Then, on his return, he picked some more and shared them with others.

"The taste of this wild pear is comparable to that of fruits from Earth," Lu Wuyai thought to himself.

Moving against the current, Lu Wuyai and Rou Rou gradually slowed down. The scenery along the way was breathtaking.

"Dad, what kind of flower is this?" Rou Rou asked curiously, looking at the grass by the roadside.

"chrysanthemum"

Lu Wuyai blurted out, but was slightly startled. Wild chrysanthemums bloomed all over the riverbanks, covering both sides and creating a breathtaking sight.

However, something ominous is lurking within the beautiful flowerbed.

A brightly colored venomous snake lunged at Rou Rou. Venom first spurted from its fangs. If it came into contact with her eyes, it would definitely blind her.

Fortunately, Lu Wuyai's attention was always on Rou Rou.

But what Lu Wuyai didn't expect was that Rou Rou reacted very quickly the moment the venom was sprayed out, throwing herself to the ground and leaving Lu Wuyai with a lot of room to maneuver.

Half an hour later, by a river, the air was filled with a rich fragrance.

Rou Rou squatted on the ground, staring intently at Lu Wuyai as he cut the venomous snake into pieces and roasted them over the fire.

When can we eat?

“Roast it again,” Lu Wuyai said. Although their physical abilities far surpassed those of ordinary people, it did not mean they were immune to all poisons.

Snakes carry a lot of bacteria, so it's best to roast them before eating.

Rou Rou seemed very patient as well. He sat next to Lu Wuyai, watching the little fish jumping around in the river, a happy smile on his face.

Seeing this, Lu Wuyai couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Rou Rou is different from other children. Her biological parents are no longer around, and no one has ever told her this secret.

Seeing the other person's carefree demeanor, Lu Wuyai vowed that he would never tell them this secret.

Soon, the aroma of snake meat made every cell in Rou Rou's body cheer.

"It's so delicious."

"Dad, I want to eat this every day from now on."

Lu Wuyai, his mouth full of quack tacks, picked up Rou Rou and continued walking into the distance.

The midday sun gradually grew stronger, and more amphibians, such as crocodiles, appeared in the forest.

The river was wide. Standing on the bank, Lu Wuyai and Rou Rou could clearly see the animals in the water.

"What's that?" Rou Rou pointed to a huge silver fish that looked like a pufferfish.

Lu Wuyai, unsure of his own abilities, continued forward, the sound of water in his ears growing increasingly intense.

When he stood on the hillside and looked down, he was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

He had thought the river was already wide enough, but in fact, there was an even wider river right here.

The vast lake stretches to the horizon, surrounded by countless overlapping green mountains. In the mist, you can see swarms of swimming fish colliding here.

"Oh my god!" Rou Rou screamed. This was the first time she had ever seen such a view.

Is this the sea?

Is there another island beneath our feet?

Rou Rou glanced at Lu Wuyai and saw that the latter shook his head.

That's a lake.

"Lake"

Rou Rou didn't quite understand the meaning of the word, even though her mother and aunt had explained it to her.

"I'll take you down to take a look." Lu Wuyai didn't explain further, but instead slid down the hillside with Rou Rou, finally stopping by the lake.

The water here is very deep, and the edges are bottomless.

"Give it a try."

Why?

As she spoke, Rou Rou bent down, reached for the water, made a smacking sound, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"So thoughtful."

"It's definitely not seawater."

Lu Wuyai then said with a smile, "This is a lake, completely different from the sea, and it is also the condition on which we depend for survival."

Looking at the scenery before him, even Lu Wuyai himself couldn't calm down.

He had no idea there was such a freshwater lake here, and it appeared to be much larger than this one.

Afterwards, Lu Wuyai and Rou Rou continued their walk along the lake, seeing many beautiful sights.

It wasn't until four o'clock in the afternoon, as the sun was setting and Rou Rou looked exhausted, that Lu Wuyai finally took her back.

"Yeah."

Rou Rou, who was originally lying on Lu Wuyai's back, suddenly raised her head and glanced behind her.

"Dad, I see someone on the lake."

Upon hearing this, Lu Wuyai turned around and looked at Shui with a puzzled expression.

The next second, his pupils shrank, and he fled into the nearby forest with his body torn apart.

Yes, there are people on the lake, and more than one person.

There were three rafts, each carrying about seven people. Although the two were quite far apart, Lu Wuyai could still see clearly that the other person was carrying a weapon, or more precisely, a bone spear, and each person held one in their hand.

Who are these people?

Lu Wuyai sensed danger, not because his sixth sense had been triggered, but because he was worried about what was about to happen.

"Dad, let's go back," Rou Rou asked.

Lu Wuyai thought for a moment and said, "Don't go back yet."

Do you want to go on an adventure with your dad?

As soon as she finished speaking, Rou Rou became excited and nodded quickly.

Lu Wuyai smiled slightly, but his eyes held a sharp look.

He first placed the meat on the ground, inspected the mecha, and then draped a gauze skirt over it. Although it was autumn, there were still many poisonous insects at night.

After that, they walked along the lake, following the bamboo rafts, until it was completely dark before they stopped.

In a small grove of trees, Lu Wuyai and Rou Rou were hiding, while at the foot of the slope not far away were the people who had come down from the bamboo raft.

"Dad," Rou Rou said nervously, and couldn't help but say a few words to Lu Wuyai.

"Lie, whisper it."

"But I'm scared."

Seeing Rou Rou's aggrieved expression, Lu Wuyai could only hold her in his arms and continue watching the scene below the slope.

There were twenty people in total. They lit a campfire on the shady slope, which was difficult to see from the hillside, so it was well hidden.

At this moment, Lu Wuyai had already taken off his earplugs and was listening carefully to the sound of the wind.

As for Rou Rou, she clung to Lu Wuyai's arm, her heart pounding with nervousness.

The forest is not quiet at night.

Lu Wuyai lay on the slope, and he could hear the voices of people talking on the shore, which were intermittent and inconsistent.

"Dad, what are they saying?" Rou Rou asked curiously. She knew that Lu Wuyai had very keen hearing.

Lu Wuyai thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing, these people went out hunting."

In the darkness, the campfire at the bottom of the slope crackled incessantly. A night breeze blew, and Lu Wuyai's eyes gradually grew cold.

These armed men were actually looking for survivors.

To Lu Wuyai's surprise, there seemed to be many blue humans in the meditation world, and in great numbers.

"Could it also have come from the radiation channel?" Lu Wuyai wasn't sure, because there were too few clues revealed in these human conversations.

Originally, Lu Wuyai planned to arrest a few people to learn more about the situation, but when he thought of Rou Rou beside him, he temporarily suppressed the idea. After all, children are innocent and shouldn't be exposed to the adult world too early.

Of course, this doesn't mean Lu Wuyai would stop Rou Rou from growing up; it's just not appropriate in reality.

And so, in the middle of the night, Lu Wuyai left with Rou Rou and returned safely to the valley.

After that, Lu Wuyai led Xiao Dong back and forth. The two of them rushed into the slope from the left and right and captured everyone inside.

The campfire was burning, but it was almost extinguished.

The captured humans looked at Lu Wuyai and Xiao Dong with expressions of resistance and even a little fear.

After all, there were only two people on the other side, but when they met, all twenty of them were killed, and all their weapons were even left behind in the forest.

"Don't move," Xiaodong said coldly.

Several people shrank back. Just moments ago, this young man had stomped on and crushed a large tree nearby. The tree was already two meters in diameter.

Is this even human?

People nearby would occasionally glance at him out of the corner of their eyes, their hearts pounding, and sometimes they would whisper something unusual, which intrigued Lu Wuyai.

"What is a new human?" Lu Wuyai asked coldly, and the air nearby seemed to suddenly grow colder.

Listening to the other person's heartbeat, Lu Wuyai walked up to one of them. The other person trembled with fear. Lu Wuyai and Xiaodong's fighting prowess just now was truly terrifying.

He lifted his opponent up with one hand, and Lu Wuyai frowned. The air was thick with the smell of urine.

He looked down and saw that the person in front of him was so scared that he wet himself.

However, Lu Wuyai did not "let him go." He dragged the man into the woods and subjected him to torture to extract a confession.

Soon, Lu Wuyai not only learned the purpose of the new humans' arrival, but also obtained more information.

The so-called new humans are what ordinary people call special groups of people. These special groups, such as Lu Wuyai and Xiaodong, possess great power and can kill similar creatures instantly.

However, when Lu Wuyai inquired about the strength of those new humans, they said they didn't know, because there were strong and weak among them.

In addition, and most importantly, there is a small group of over a hundred people near this lake, which is the main base of these twenty humans.

"Southeast, almost diagonally opposite." Lu Wuyai stood by the lake, looking in the direction the prisoner had just told him. He had almost crossed the entire lake to get there.

This time, the other party did indeed arrive here by raft.

Half an hour later, people were forced into the woods to be questioned by Lu Wuyai.

With his keen hearing and perception, Lu Wuyai could easily tell whether someone was lying when asked the same question.

Late at night, Lu Wuyai and Xiaodong stood by the river, watching humans sail away on rafts, their thoughts drifting into the distance.

At first, he thought he was seeing things, but after rubbing his eyes, he realized that one of the three rafts had indeed disappeared into thin air, and that's when he became alert.

“It seems something has happened.” Lu Wuyai also looked into the distance, but he first heard the sound of flowing water before realizing that someone was missing from the raft.

At this point, the remaining two rafts gradually came to a stop, and the bright electric lights shone on the water, becoming the only source of light in the darkness.

The next second, the remaining two rafts were also swallowed by darkness, leaving only the rushing sound of water spreading rapidly through the air.

"What did you see?" Lu Wuyai asked Xiaodong.

"You can't see it clearly, but there's something big in the water." Xiaodong took a breath. Just then, he clearly saw a black figure emerge from the bottom of the water and capsize the raft.

The lake was far more dangerous than they had imagined.

As for those who fell into the lake, none of them survived.

On the dark water, Lu Wuyai could see a red flash gradually receding and eventually disappearing.

"Let's go back."

When Lu Wuyai and Xiao Dong rushed back to the valley, the sky was already beginning to lighten, and a new day had begun.

For several days, Lu Wuyai and Xiao Dong were busy.

After learning from those people that humans had gathered by the lake, they began to pay special attention to any traces in the forest.

Leaving aside the sheer number, the so-called "new humans" are quite astonishing.

The atmosphere in the valley had been somewhat oppressive lately. After all, everyone thought that changing their environment would allow them to escape the violence and bloodshed, but now they realized that wherever there are people, there is the so-called "jianghu" (江湖, a world of martial arts and chivalry), or more accurately, this is society.

That night, Lu Wuyai decided to take Xiao Dong to the other side of the lake.

"After these few days of searching, there should be no danger near the valley." Lu Wuyai said as he prepared to set off to check the other side.

The women could only warn Lu Wuyai and Xiao Dong to be careful about this decision. They knew that no matter how much they tried to dissuade them, the other party would still choose to leave.

"We're aware of this. Please take care of yourselves." Lu Wuyai waved his hand, grabbed Xiao Dong, and immediately rushed into the forest.

After walking along the lake for a day, the two finally saw some man-made signs as it got dark.

For example, tree stumps cut with sharp blades, fire pits buried in the soil, and some animal bones that had been eaten all showed obvious signs of being roasted by fire.

All of this suggests that someone once lived here, and perhaps they were not far from Lu Wuyai's goal.

"Besides the traces of human activity, there are also traces of struggle."

Lu Wuyai saw a broken tree. It looked like it had been smashed by something. Some animal hides remained on the bark.

"It seems those so-called new humans are quite capable," Xiaodong said seriously.

Lu Wuyai nodded. Neither of them looked down on the other just because they were strangers.

That night, they continued their journey, searching for traces of the new humans.

In the darkness, a single point of light became very noticeable.

Lu Wuyai and Xiao Dong chose to operate at night for this very reason.

But unexpectedly, they were attacked shortly after leaving human contact.

In the forest, a black knife grazed Xiao Dong's neck and instantly sank into the tree behind him.

At that moment, Xiao Dong was closest to death.

But soon, Xiao Dong rushed over and fought desperately with the people in the forest.

As soon as Lu Wuyai entered the forest, his eyes became exceptionally sharp.

Besides the figure fighting Xiaodong, there were several other figures in the nearby forest. They approached Lu Wuyai, clearly realizing that he was more difficult to deal with than Xiaodong.

Without saying much, the next second, Lu Wuyai's body suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.

At that moment, even the air seemed to quiet down.

"On top."

Finally, someone realized what was happening, but it was too late.

Lu Wuyai's body plummeted from a great height, but no one knew how high. They only felt the air above them was extremely compressed, like a mountain, making everyone below feel dizzy and nauseous.

Meanwhile, Xiao Dong rolled out of the forest and escaped the center of the battle in time.

Before he could even get his footing, a tremendous roar rang out, stirring up ripples on the distant lake.

In the forest, people who were standing before are now lying on the ground, unable to stand up at all.

Soon, Lu Wuyai emerged from the darkness and asked Xiao Dong, "Do these humans have night vision?"

Xiaodong nodded. Judging from the previous battles, these people could indeed see at night, and it wasn't just one or two exceptions, but all of them.

I searched through all the supplies the other person was carrying, but there was no other activity.

“When you wake up, ask them.”

Ten minutes later, in a ravine by the lake, Lu Wuyai and Xiaodong shook a prisoner awake and began another round of torture.

This time, it was a true case of torture to extract a confession. After all, the other side had killed Xiao Dong first.

Thanks to the scenes from previous TV dramas, Lu Wuyai and Xiao Dong taught these people a profound lesson in the same way.

"Aren't you going to kill them?" Xiao Dong's face was covered in blood.

Lu Wuyai shook his head. Actually, these people were no longer of any use.

"Sigh, I never expected that the so-called new humans would be like this." Xiaodong frowned, looking at the humans lying on the ground. Their bodies were actually machines.