Chapter 80
The little fox that had just been jumping around in front of Wen Xin was now as stiff as a piece of wood.
Its eyes looked at the ground and to the left and right, but it refused to look behind Wen Xin.
The young man behind him stopped at the inner court corridor for some unknown reason and stared quietly at the little fox that didn't dare to look up at people.
Wen Xin squatted down and patted the little fox's head: "Aren't you asking where Ah Jiu is? Why don't you go over there?"
The little fox raised his head, his eyes moist.
Wen Xin encouraged him softly, "He told me that he didn't blame you for what happened back then."
The canary listened to the young man's gentle words and pursed her lips calmly.
He knew about the guest's visit more than ten minutes ago, so he put aside the work at hand and went out to check the situation in case someone came to pick him up at the airport and cause trouble for Wen Xin.
Walking from a distance, I glanced up inadvertently and caught a glimpse of a pink figure dancing on the eaves.
The little fox was so excited that he would see Wen Xin and the others soon. He couldn't help rolling around several times, and his body was covered with snow.
It seemed a little uncomfortable and stood up and shook its fur.
The snow dripped down to the ground, revealing the soft and fluffy pink hair underneath.
Like a sticky rice dumpling with strawberry filling missing.
When Canary saw that scene, her first reaction was not to speak, but to turn sideways like lightning and hide behind a pillar.
The little fox looked as if he was aware of something, but he only saw a section of the shadow of a dark red pillar.
The canary hadn't decided whether to meet the little fox.
He leaned his back against a pillar, hesitating and closing his eyes to sort out his chaotic feelings.
Finally, he slowly returned to the room, transformed into a young boy, and hurried over again.
But he didn't expect that when he took that step, the little fox got frightened in battle.
The canary didn't know whether to be angry or amused. She just stood there with a deep gaze, giving the pink ball a death stare.
He waited ten minutes.
When ten minutes were up and the little fox still hadn't come over, he turned around and left.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
In less than ten minutes, or even less than ten seconds, the pink ball moved its feet and took small, nervous steps to the front of the canary.
Seeing that the young man didn't move, the little fox plucked up his courage, stretched out his claws, and pulled at the man's trousers and feet twice.
"Jiujiu, long time no see."
The canary looked down at it.
When the little fox saw the boy's cold face, he couldn't help but shrink back, took a deep breath, encouraged himself, and pushed him twice again.
"...Jiujiu, why don't you say anything?"
The touch of the claws penetrated the fabric of my pants, not painful but slightly itchy.
Even though the canary had built a strong wall of copper and iron, it could not withstand such temptation and began to soften.
But it seems a little too easy to forgive the little fox just like that.
Canary, who was about to hang the dumplings on the stove for a while, suddenly noticed Wen Xin's expression.
The latter noticed his awkwardness and anger and stared at him with some disapproval.
Canary: “…”
Defeated.
He bent slightly, and lifted the little fox into his arms, just like the two of them had cuddled together for warmth in the base.
I have to admit that the moment the boy touched the soft hair, he felt a sense of relief.
Finally getting a response from the canary, the little fox's uneasiness instantly turned into indescribable excitement.
Almost impatiently, it turned over in the boy's arms, facing the man's face, its eyes lighting up.
But before he could say anything, the canary, after scanning its entire body, asked him a fatal question.
"Where is the thing I gave you?"
The soft dough suddenly became stiff like a piece of wood.
After a long while, under the boy's increasingly dangerous gaze, he stammered, "I was afraid I would lose it if I took it out, so I left it in City B."
Canary's complexion improved.
After struggling for a while, the little fox decided to tell the truth and said frankly: "It's true, its appearance has changed a little bit, do you mind?"
Canary's expression froze: "..."
Seeing the little fox so nervous that he is about to cry, I am afraid that his nervousness is not just a little bit, but billions of bits.
The canary was almost laughing.
He treasured that feather so much that he was reluctant to pluck even one as a souvenir. So he gave one of the only two he had to the little fox.
As a result, it was destroyed by the fox.
Suddenly, he grabbed the little fox's hair on the back of its neck and said grimly, "I told you, don't expect me to give you another one."
Little fox: "QAQ."
They haven't reconciled yet, but the boy has been angry again. The pink ball's ears drooped and he looked a little wilted.
But Wen Xin who was standing beside him could tell that Canary only looked very angry, and her tone was no longer as distant as before.
He came over to smooth things over, smiling and saying, "Well, do you guys like standing in the snow and talking? Let's go inside first."
Although Canary and the others were not afraid of the cold, they did not want to stand outside in the wind, so upon hearing this, they all followed Wen Xin.
The pink dumpling regrouped and tried to find conversation from time to time, hoping to repair the friendship with the boy.
"Jiujiu, when did you come to Rose City?"
"Jiujiu, when you first arrived, did anyone bully you? I can help you vent your anger."
"Ninety-nine, ninety-nine, ninety-nine..."
The scaled adder and the little panda huddled together on Wen Xin's shoulder, looking at the little fox's eagerness and couldn't help but twitching their lips.
Wen Xin became happier the more he looked, his eyes lingering over the bodies of the girls, his lips slightly curled.
He hadn't felt such excitement for a long time.
very nice.
.
With the addition of the little fox, Wen Xin's boring and ordinary training is no longer monotonous.
The reason is that the pink dumpling is worried about the scale viper's habit of picking it up and shaking it, so it wants to fight the green dumpling.
The scale viper is a little eager to try.
It has a warlike nature, otherwise it would not have been so tirelessly provoking Number One, fighting and being defeated repeatedly.
But since it evolved into its full form, the difference in strength between it and other lower-level mutants has become more obvious.
The subordinates who used to be very respectful to it, smashed their heads to the ground when they saw its evolved form.
It is no exaggeration to say that the scale viper heard a muffled thud at that time.
Looking again, he saw that the hard skull of his hand had cracked the floor directly, almost leaving a hole.
Scaled Viper: “…”
Let alone fighting, it didn't even dare to give orders too loudly, for fear that it might accidentally release a little bit of its aura and scare its fragile subordinates into a state of suspended animation.
Therefore, the Scaled Viper has not yet had a good fight.
It gladly accepted the challenge from Pinkie Pie and decided to have the fight in the underground training ground.
Upon hearing this, Wen Xin's interest immediately piqued, and he was so excited that it seemed as if he was ready to roll up his sleeves and take action.
It wasn't long before he discovered sadly that he seemed to be in some "trouble".
When he was around, the two guys kept watching his expression and didn't dare to use any force.
Standing far away at the door, you can catch a glimpse of the two balls entangled together, frozen, and suddenly shifting from the blood of battle to the world of cute pets.
They put away their sharp claws and fangs that could cut through gold like mud, and swung their long fluffy tails back and forth, you pinch me and I pat you.
Wen Xin: “…”
To be honest, all the fights between wild cats he had seen before were more intense than those between the two balls.
Helplessly, he had to give up the opportunity to peek at this rare bustle.
It just so happened that during these two days, Wen Xin planned to take Tang Qi out for actual practice, which would also give them some space and room to perform.
What Wen Xin didn't know was that just as he and Tang Qi left, the Scaled Tree Viper changed the battle venue in the next second.
There is no other reason.
Fighting to your heart's content was a lie from the beginning, after all, if the two of them used all their strength, they could easily destroy a city or a country.
If he failed to control his strength and smashed the training ground into pieces, and indirectly collapsed the palace, Canary would be so angry that she would turn into a flamingo on the spot.
Not only would they have no place to live, but it would also be difficult to hide if Wen Xin discovered them.
The two groups gathered together, whispered to each other, and very tacitly set their target on the Menotaur Arena.
The location is spacious, bloody and dark with an atmosphere, you can fight in a reasonable and legal manner, and you can get bonuses if you win.
Simply perfect.
So, the Spider Queen, who had just been allowed by the Canary to go home to visit her parents after having her crime redeemed, suddenly learned that her fighting arena had been destroyed by the two little guys.
Big Spider: “…”
All eight pupils are shaking!
It didn't even bother to pay attention to the servants who came to report the news, and flew to the front of the arena.
What comes first is a visual and spiritual shock.
The ceiling of the arena was blown away, and most of the area was torn apart from the inside.
The wires were exposed, flashing purple-white electric currents. Gravel was scattered everywhere, and a row of chairs with steel nails embedded in them were pulled up and fell all over the place. The broken stone walls also stirred up waves of gray-black dust.
The two groups have already received their prize money and exited the stage in style.
They fought to their heart's content, feeling refreshed and without any sense of shame for having ruined the scene.
After all, the rules of the arena say that as long as you have the power, you can release it at will.
They still held back their strength, at least they didn't overturn the entire arena, nor did they accidentally injure other mutants.
Whenever I think of it, I can't help but praise myself for being so kind.
Long after the groups had left, many of the audience were still hiding under their seats, their hands and feet weak.
They were not injured, but seemed to have been mentally tortured. They held their heads tightly and shook like a sieve, with their eyeballs trembling.
Anyone who could move their hands and feet crawled out and fled in a panic.
This scene, combined with the heavy snow falling from the sky, feels indescribably desolate.
Looking at the once magnificent building, which has now become a ruin, the big spider let out a heart-wrenching scream.
“Aaaaaaaah!!”
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At the same time, the little panda far outside the city couldn't help but move his ears.
“溫辛，你們有沒有聽到什麽慘叫聲？”
唐啓回過頭，看向薔薇城所在的位置，滿臉費解：“我之前隐約聽到了打鬥的動靜，像是城裏面傳來的。”
人類的耳朵，接收不到大蜘蛛傳出的聲波。
但溫辛聽到了兩團子打起來時，天翻地覆的聲響。
他不知道兩團子臨時換了場地，相約去了鬥獸場，經不住擔心金絲雀的行宮會不會被震塌。
溫辛兀自淡定地回答：“這裏離薔薇城有一段距離，動靜再大也傳不過來。”
除非是鬧出了很大的陣仗，比如兩個S級變異體打架。
唐啓點了點頭：“也是，應該是我的錯覺。”
他轉眼，繼續看向面前好不容易解決掉的變異植物，有點惡寒：“我還從來沒有看到過這個鬼樣子的植物。”
溫辛也用木棍撥了撥變異植物的葉片，露出半截血淋淋還沒有被吃完的手臂。
在被手臂掩蓋住的植物根莖上，長着許多密密麻麻如同青蛙卵一樣的東西。
紅色呈現透明狀，表面遍布着血管般會搏動的莖，仔細看，還有東西在裏面動來動去。
和下面的景象比起來，這半截手臂看起來也沒什麽可怕的了。
對上那些紅色的卵，唐啓只覺得自己的密集恐懼症都要犯了。
“這東西怎麽看都有點不對勁，我們還是別碰了。”
溫辛嗯了一聲：“不碰，但不能把它們繼續留在這兒。”
他轉身回了車子裏，拿出半桶汽油，仔細潑灑在上面，并丢了一根火柴。
油潑上去的那一刻，根莖上長滿的卵似乎動了動。
待到火焰熊熊燃燒，這些卵受到刺激，不再僞裝自己，瘋狂地扭動起來。
唐啓瞪大眼睛：“它們居然是活的！”
溫辛卻突然喝道：“讓開！”
話音未落，只見一顆卵狀的果實掙脫了根莖的束縛，落在雪地上的那一刻，表皮開始以肉眼可見的速度萎縮。
但同時它可以稱之為腳的地方，蹿出了好幾根須子，并有意識地朝着唐啓所在的方向彈起。
溫辛眼疾手快地推了唐啓一把，一棍子将那可怕的果實抽回了火坑。
果實落入火堆，痙攣了兩下，終于不再動彈。
唐啓半躺在雪地裏，怔然一秒，跳起來心有餘悸地罵了聲卧槽。
“這玩意也太可怕了！誰知道被它碰到之後會發生什麽事，還好你剛才眼睛尖。”
在眼下雪如鵝毛的惡劣天氣，這株植物的枝葉卻油綠繁茂，充滿了勃勃生機。
溫辛是個警惕的性子，沒等靠近，就發現了不對勁，停下來假意試探。
果然，對方是變異植物僞裝成的野菜，一經挑撥，就忍不住從雪泥中抽出長鞭似的藤條，朝着兩人狠狠地抽打了過來。
兩人一熊貓，最後經歷了一番苦戰，耗費了四個彈夾，才把這古怪的變異植物拿下。
卻沒想到，植物的本體不好惹，它的果實也詭異，差點就着了道。
溫辛皺起眉頭，心裏有種不妙的預感：“我之前沒有碰到過這種軀幹完全異化的變異植物，你們有沒有印象？”
小熊貓搖了搖頭。
唐啓跟着擰眉：“我也沒見過。”
變異體是變異植物和變異動物的統稱。
可在這之前，人們的關注點大多都集中在變異動物的身上，因為植物需要紮根在土壤裏，輕易不能挪動。
受到身體的局限性，變異植物的攻擊方式也很單調。
要麽拿藤蔓抽人，要麽就像捕蚊草那樣，将獵物整個活吞。
它們還特別怕火，一點點靠近的火星子，都能破除它們的僞裝。
像這樣危險的變異植物，別說現在沒看見過，夢中唐啓也沒什麽印象。
溫辛：“等回去之後，我将這件事給城主說一下吧。”
冬天食物緊缺，不少人類都會選擇出城碰碰運氣，看能不能抓到沒有變異後的野兔麻雀。
哪怕是提前貼個告示，也能讓大家有所防範。
臨走之前，溫辛再用木棍撥了下火堆。
确定所有的果實都已經被燒焦失活，沒有漏網之魚，才用雪泥将其覆蓋。
他們來到了自由狩獵區，沒有再遇到之前那樣古怪的變異植物。
沒多久，綠團子它們也趕來了，畢竟放心不下身邊只帶着小熊貓和唐啓的溫辛。
溫辛這次出來前接了個任務。
據說在自由狩獵區附近，有一頭比較狡猾的變異體。
它并不算強，僅僅只有B級。
但卻仗着自由狩獵區可以自由獵殺的規則，踩着區域的邊緣線，用威逼利誘的手段，将一些無意進入在周邊覓食的人類逼入狩獵區，釀造出一場場悲劇。
有實力對付變異體的，只有變異體。
可變異體哪會有這麽好心，幫助人類解決麻煩？
無奈，幾個拾荒隊就只能集資籌錢，希望能雇傭來一個裝備齊全的狩獵小隊。
卻沒想到，最後接下任務的，居然只有兩個人。
另一支拾荒隊裏似乎有人認識溫辛，震驚不已：“溫先生，您怎麽會出現在這兒？”
溫辛擡眼看去，發現這人有點眼熟。
稍一回想，他想起來了，對方是傭人中的一員。
溫辛颔首算是回應：“我來做任務，你怎麽也來了，今天不用上班？”
溫辛的語氣，就像是在對待一位普通的鄰裏鄉親。
傭人按捺住心中的激動：“今天輪到我換班休息，我就跟着大家出來看看，能不能找點什麽吃的。”
說着，傭人又緊張起來，小步跑到溫辛的身邊，壓低聲音耳語說：“以您的身份，怎麽能出來？這裏多危險啊，要是被城主大人知道了，肯定會擔心。”
溫辛搖頭：“沒事，我出來的事情城主知道。”
傭人還是惴惴不安，接連勸阻道：“真的，這裏太危險了，您快回去吧。”
溫辛來到薔薇城，身份并沒有保密，畢竟團子們整天溫辛溫辛地叫，想不被人發現也難。
稍微長了腦子的人，結合金絲雀對青年的格外照顧，都能将溫辛和傳說中的wen xin聯系到一起。
只是現在，第一基地遭到幾大勢力的合圍攻殲，迫于壓力，撤下了巨額懸賞，滿世界發瘋找wen xin的人，多少消停了一些。
懸賞是撤下去了，名氣依舊尚在。
并且在正主沒有出面發聲之前，愈演愈烈，衍生出了好幾個神話版本。
在這樣的情況下，對溫辛生出妄念的人多嗎？
多，數不勝數。
那一次餐桌前，溫辛警告了背地裏嚼閑話的人。
但這一個舉動，不僅沒有引起大家的反感，反而讓一些人對他産生了親近。
或許是溫辛會将吃食留給他們，而不是選擇倒掉。
又或許會發火，卻不施以殘忍手段的青年，少了幾分大人物的距離感。
人就是那麽矛盾的存在。
溫辛叫傭人不用擔心，接着看向站在最前面的幾個人：“是你們發布的任務？”
“對。”
語氣似乎有點冷漠。
溫辛頓了頓，平常地說道：“那請問一下，任務目标在哪兒？”
卻沒人再回答他的話。
其中一名拾荒隊的隊長吐出一口氣，上上下下地打量溫辛和唐啓兩人。
單憑外表，他看不出兩人的實力深淺。
身後的隊員開始小聲議論：“我們不是說最少要招十幾個人嗎？就這麽兩個人，到底搞什麽？”
“還不如買十幾個燃/燒彈。”
“不，我覺得不如買點糧食囤家裏，這樣就不用出來覓食了，也不用擔心被那頭變異體虐殺。”
“該死的，能不能退錢？”
其中一名隊長給他們狠狠地使了個眼色：“都閉嘴。”
傭人在行宮內做事，于拾荒隊裏的其他人來說，已經算比較高的一個起點。
對方會稱呼溫辛為溫先生，可想而知，眼前的這個人不簡單。
只是，這單薄的人數，始終叫他們沒底。
再強的人類也突破不了身為人的界限，只能依靠外力來強大自身。
見兩人手裏帶着的裝備并不算多，他們多少有幾分花錢打水漂了的郁結和煩躁。
明明兩人看着實力不達标，還能接下他們的任務。
很難不去想，是不是就因為溫辛的身份尊貴，才叫懸賞處破例開了綠燈。
畢竟就算任務沒有完成，也會有10%的犒勞費。
幾名拾荒隊長心有不甘，在溫辛兩人的身上來回觀察，試圖找出對方身手不凡的證明。
他們看到了那幾只顏色不正常的團子。
瞬間恍然大悟，語氣也恭敬了起來。
“請問這幾位是你們帶來的幫手嗎？不知道能否告知一下它們的等級。”
粉團子能察覺到他們的情緒變化，樂了：“我們很強。”
綠團子接道：“對付個B級，沒什麽問題。”
粉團：“但剛才我們已經打過一架了，現在累到不想動。”
綠團懶洋洋地說：“看情況出手吧。”
聽他們的話，拾荒隊的人心裏就像經歷了一遍過山車，額頭青筋抽動個不停。
兩團子大概是架打飄了，開始戲弄起了人。
溫辛沒好氣地屈起手指，在它們的額頭上各敲了一下。
他轉過頭來說：“我的朋友有些頑皮，讓你們見笑了。請放心，既然我是拿錢辦事，自然會好好地完成這個任務。”
拾荒隊的人勉強應下：“行吧。”
他們開始收拾自己的裝備，沒曾想溫辛讓他們不用跟來。
十幾個人臉色一變。
其中一名隊長更是臉沉如水，壓抑的火氣瞬間爆發：“那頭變異體虐殺了我們重要的同伴，為了發布懸賞找人來對付它，我們幾乎花完了身上的積蓄，是抱着必死的決心來解決它。”
“我不知道你用什麽辦法賄賂了懸賞處，但這不是鬧着玩的，請你認真地對待這件事！”
溫辛攔住了團子們，伸手扶住隊長揪住他的衣領，對上人的視線，認真地回應對方的話：“我知道。”
當初在懸賞處，衆多陳列在牆板上的任務中，溫辛一眼就看到了這個任務。
引起他注意的，自然是這個任務的賞金，已經足夠支撐這十幾個人整個冬天的口糧。
作為拾荒隊，心必須要硬，能夠活下去才是王道。
但當他們選擇抛棄了以往的生存理念，就意味着這內裏，必定有什麽凄慘悲壯的變故發生。
這才是溫辛第一次利用貴客的身份，給自己行了個方便，強行接下這項任務的原因。
他已經被非議過一陣了，就在任務懸賞處，大多數人都不知道他的身份，但不妨礙那些人嘲笑他的自不量力。
溫辛無意打臉什麽人，想做的事情也不會被這些議論和不信任所阻攔。
他拍了拍這名隊長顫抖的手腕，淡然的語氣中透着一點安撫的味道：“如果你不放心，可以幫我從車裏拿點東西。”
本來是想确認了任務地點，再回去取的。
聽他這樣說，拾荒隊的人面面相觑，半信半疑地跟着溫辛去拿家夥事。
結果到車前面一看，好家夥。
這人怕不是搬來了一個軍火庫！
在十幾個人瞠目結舌的反應中，溫辛給留守在車子裏的小熊貓打了個招呼，将需要的裝備取出。
一邊遞給唐啓，一邊穿戴在身上。
見人要合上車門，隊長高聲叫住了他：“等等，等一下！”
溫辛回頭，對方的手指向車內，激動得聲音都在顫。
“那個火箭筒，看起來威力很大，不用帶上嗎？”
“裝彈是問題，行動也會受阻。而且東西太大，帶上了很明顯，容易吓跑目标。”
隊長握住手腕，局促地舔了舔幹裂的嘴唇。
原諒他們沒見過世面，實在是那些漆黑的武器看着太叫人震撼。
溫辛能看得出來，隊長的眼睛裏升起了片刻的貪婪。
但最後，對方重重地閉了下眼睛。
“能擁有這樣的武器儲備，我相信您不是一般人了。您且去吧，這裏有我們給您照看着。”
溫辛點了點頭，拍了拍小狐貍，讓它和小熊貓一起留守在車子裏。
很快，兩人一團就順着拾荒隊指明的方向，進了目标地點。
不用參與戰局，其他人立馬躲得遠遠的。
他們沒有望遠鏡，只能趴伏在掩體背後，瞪大眼珠子，隐約看着那一道矯健的身姿，指揮着另一人，和變異體纏鬥在了一起。
十幾個人的心髒，仿佛跟着那風雪中的身影跌宕起伏。
每一次，溫辛有驚無險地躲開襲擊，都能引起他們的心髒一陣緊縮。
中途，一個尖耳猴腮的瘦男人，看其他人沒有注意，悄悄摸摸地往溫辛車子的方向走去。
還沒邁出去幾步遠，就被隊長一個鐵鍬砸在了大腿上。
瘦男人一個趔趄倒在了雪地裏，嗷地嚎了一嗓子，捂住差點見血的大腿，慌亂地翻過身。
他的眼睛從下而上，迎上了隊長陰郁的眼神，急促地為自己辯解道：“我只是看他們打得費勁兒，想要過去支援！”
瘦男人說着，似乎找到了底氣：“他們就兩個人，一同跟來的變異體還在旁邊看戲，怎麽看，都贏不了啊！”
隊長悶聲不開腔。
他心裏何嘗不是分外的忐忑？
就在這個時候，觀察着戰局的隊員發出一聲暴喝：“打中了，他打中了那頭變異體！”
隊長飛快地扭轉頭去，果然在交雜的風雪中，看到那頭兇殘的變異體狠狠地撞在了樹幹上。
明明和溫辛他們只有幾句話的交道，算不上關系緊密，他的語氣卻不由自主地激動起來：“能打中就好，能打中就好！”
剛才溫辛和唐啓只能狼狽躲避的樣子，真就讓他們這些局外人看得揪心！
隊長喋喋不休地說道：“只要能打中，就找到了突破口，哪怕對付不了那只變異體，也能趁機逃跑。”
隊員們說：“是啊，但他還是太托大了，既然那只綠色的小家夥不會幫忙，為什麽不把我們一起帶上？重重包圍之下，怎麽都能将變異體斬殺。”
“剛才能找到破綻，就已經很驚險了，現在那頭畜生有了防備，不知道什麽時候才能再打中一下。”
“至少要打好幾十發子/彈，才能破開那只怪物的皮膚，唉，麻煩大了！”
就在這個時候，密切注意戰場的人又是一聲不敢置信的低喊。
“打中了，又打中了！”
這麽快？又？
隊長将心懷不軌的瘦男人給提拎過來，甩到一邊，防止對方再一次對溫辛的車下手。
自己也忍不住像其他人一樣，聽着驚呼聲，朝溫辛所在的方向看去。
溫辛此時已經打空了一個彈夾，借着無數的樹幹當掩體，一邊飛快挪步，一邊有條不紊地對變異體的要害發起攻擊。
對，要害。
只是纏鬥的這小片刻功夫，就讓溫辛發現那頭變異體只有背部和側腹的皮膚堅韌如鐵，而腹部正中卻有一處部位額外柔軟。
他一個滑步，掃起層層雪浪，在怪物撲空的同時，擡眸露出一個勢在必得的眼神，高舉手裏的槍，飛快地打完了一梭子/彈。
十發中，至少有九發命中了變異體的軀體！
B級變異體還沒有那麽抗造，在這樣的接連攻擊下，也忍不住後退了兩步。
它注意遮擋，僅有手指大小的小塊腹部，在側身的時候，露了出來。
那幾乎可以稱得上是微小到沒有的破綻。
可溫辛的眼中卻掠過一抹寒芒，開槍一剎，血花四濺。
“又打中了，再一次！”
“卧槽，這家夥到底是什麽人，為什麽速度能做到這麽快？”
“天啊，這家夥……”
這家夥怎麽樣？
一時間，隊員腦海中閃過諸多誇贊的詞語，卻又震驚得無法清楚表達。
就在他們紛紛屏住了呼吸，拔高了期待，以為溫辛能夠趁此機會，徹底解決掉變異體的時候。
溫辛不知道是踩中了什麽東西，整個人往前踉跄了一下，唰的摔在了地上！
“草！！”
拾荒隊的人瞬間就站直了身體，頭皮都要炸開了。
現在趕過去救人，一定來不及，他們顧不得暴露自己的位置，放聲大喊。
“跑啊！快跑！”
“該死的，該死！跑啊你！”
怎麽就摔倒了呢？怎麽就那麽不小心！
傭人的心跳更好似空了一拍，眼前黑了個徹底。
他滿腦子都是：完了，城主一定會将這裏給屠為平地！
隊長深吸一口氣，飛快地轉過身來，拿起自制的土火/铳，快速地填入彈藥。
他的心不穩，手也跟着抖，牙關咬緊，不敢去看接下來鮮血淋漓的畫面：“情況怎麽樣了，有沒有被抓住？”
周圍卻怪異的沒了談話聲。
仿佛所有人都在此刻愣住了。
這名隊長的心裏直接揪成一團，不耐煩地低吼：“說話啊！到底怎麽樣了，人死沒死？”
風雪中，一連串突兀的槍響回答了他的話。
那槍響聲連貫，不像是走投無路後絕望爆出的悲鳴。
隊長猛然擡頭。
他不可思議地發現，原本應該作為獵手，将失誤跌倒的青年殘忍殺害的變異體，此刻正被卡死在了布置好的陷阱裏。
剛才溫辛一個人吸引了變異體的仇恨，讓唐啓去布施陷阱，難免有些簡陋和倉促。
以防變異體找到機會掙脫，他沒有手軟，将幾梭子/彈全部送進了變異體的要害。
那幾十上百的槍響迎着寒風呼嘯而來，聲聲震耳欲聾，宛如黎明前吹奏的號角。
原以為綠色的團子會出手，結果沒有。
原以為青年會被殺死，結果也沒有。
如同奇跡般的結局，震撼了旁觀的十幾個人，也震撼了風雪。
事後，拾荒隊的人過來收拾殘局。
他們望向溫辛的目光，再也不像之前那樣充滿了懷疑。
或驚，或嘆，五體投地。
一番苦戰下來，溫辛的身上帶了傷。
三名隊長跟過來，想幫他處理，溫辛擺了擺手。
這冰天雪地裏露出傷口，只怕會傷上加傷。
隊長們一想，也是這麽個道理，便沒有強求。
任務結束，溫辛一行人就準備告退了。
Without the mutants blocking the intersection and causing harm to people, the other two scavenger teams packed their bags, and everyone's face was glowing with hope.
Only one captain walked back and stared at the mutant's corpse with his eyes dazed and confused.
Wen Xin reminded: "The noise just now was quite loud. There's no guarantee that other mutants in the hunting area won't run out upon hearing the noise. It's better for everyone to leave here quickly."
The captain nodded absentmindedly.
Wen Xin is getting ready to get in the car.
Before leaving, he remembered something and turned around and shouted in a neutral voice, "Happy New Year."
The captain was awakened.
Scenes of happy family gatherings flashed through his mind, seeming as if they were from the last century.
But it was called back to mind again by the young man's energetic congratulations.
"Happy New Year! And, and..."
He took a few quick steps and caught up with her. His red cheeks looked red, and it was unclear whether it was caused by the freezing wind and snow or by excitement.
"Thank you, thank you so much!"
Tang Qi got into the driver's seat and glanced back through the frosted window. He found that everyone else had raised their heads and shouted thank you and Happy New Year to them.
He was in a trance for a moment, then turned around and asked, "It's Spring Festival so soon?"
Wen Xin: "Let's count the days. There are still a few days left."
Tang Qi said bitterly, "It's over. I didn't have time to go back and have New Year's Eve dinner with my parents. I don't know how angry they must be."
Wen Xin: "Did you tell them before you left?"
Tang Qi touched his nose in dismay: "I left a letter saying that I was going to turn myself in and that I was too embarrassed to see anyone, so I asked them not to come looking for me. I hope the patrol team can stop them from visiting me."
"In my parents' eyes, I have always been a hard-working and good young man. If they knew I had joined the Realism Church, they would have broken my legs when I got home."
Thinking of the shock he felt when he first saw Tang Qi in the arena, Wen Xin was also a little scared.
If he hadn't come down at that time, he might never see his good friend again in his life.
In response to this, he said with emotion: "It's good to be safe."
Tang Qi also replied: "Yes, as long as you are safe."
Wen Xin picked up his clothes and treated the scratches on his skin while looking at the little fox: "Did any of those people try to get close to our car?"
"There was one, but he was stopped by that old man with a beard."
The little fox lay on the back of Wen Xin's chair: "I can feel that he was also very tempted by the equipment in the car, the kind of temptation that wanted to directly grab it, but in the end he didn't do it."
Wen Xin hummed, seemingly not surprised.
The scale viper suddenly asked, "Wen Xin, do you like humans?"
Tang Qi rarely intervened in their conversations.
But when he heard this question, he couldn't help but twitch his lips: "My fellow mutants, please take a look. Wen Xin is a living human being. How could he not like his own kind?"
Green Dumpling said disdainfully: "Hasn't humanity done enough to kill each other?"
"Even if it does not bring any benefit, or even harms your own interests, you will still attack your peers, and you never get tired of doing it."
Tang Qi opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't refute it.
Wen Xin smiled: "Yeah, I like it."
Parents who refuse to give up their children, and children who refuse to give up their parents.
Passersby who lend a helping hand to those in distress before a disaster, and warriors who stand up in times of crisis.
A husband who would save his last bite of food for his wife even if he was starving to the point of being emaciated.
The husband was seriously injured, but his wife stayed by his side and never left him.
Just like the dozen or so scavengers who went against their traditional survival philosophy and wanted to avenge their relatives and friends.
He likes this kind of human.
The little fox sensed Wen Xin's mood and moved his ears: "So do you like mutants?"
Wen Xin answered without hesitation: "I like it too."
The Scaled Tree Viper snorted softly, then asked, "If the people who did evil just now were not mutants, but humans who bullied mutants, would you have dealt with them?"
"If I had taken the job, yes."
The little fox asked: "Wen Xin, do you like flowers?"
"like."
“Do you like trees?”
“I like it.”
"What if it were lakes, mountains, the sea, the sky..."
Wen Xin smiled and replied in a nonchalant manner: "I like them all."
Others may answer this way just to be perfunctory.
But the little fox could sense Wen Xin's emotions and knew that every answer was sincere.
The scale viper had just learned a word that seemed to fit this young man perfectly: "a philandering human being."
Tang Qi almost spit out a mouthful of water, and loudly defended his friend: "That's called fraternity, you know fraternity!"
The car, filled with laughter and joy, drove towards the brightly lit Rose City.
This year has been a year of grief for everyone.
The arrival of the end of the world left countless families homeless, the heavy snow buried corpses with their eyes open, and countless living creatures disappeared.
But when the New Year comes, every household, even if they have no other means, will buy a piece of red paper or cut a piece of red cloth, write the word "Fu" on it, and stick it upside down on the door.
I just hope that all the bad things will go away and happiness will come home soon.
The dumplings knew that humans attached great importance to this festival, so they whispered to each other and discussed how to organize it.
The canary, which had been busy all day, also had two days of free time.
Wen Xin also prepared gifts for the dumplings.
【Author’s words】
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution during 2023-05-26 23:57:45~2023-05-27 23:57:53~
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