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 hurt 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 freeze: "..."
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.
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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 fighting alone, 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.
"Wen Xin, did you hear any screams?"
Tang Qi turned around and looked towards the location of Rose City, his face full of confusion: "I vaguely heard the sound of fighting before, it seemed to come from inside the city."
Human ears cannot receive the sound waves emitted by giant spiders.
But Wen Xin heard the earth-shattering sound when the two groups fought.
He didn't know that the two groups had temporarily changed venues and agreed to go to the beast arena. He couldn't help but worry whether Canary's palace would be collapsed by the earthquake.
Wen Xin replied calmly, "This place is quite far from Rose City. No matter how loud the noise is, it won't be heard here."
Unless there is a big fight, such as a fight between two S-class mutants.
Tang Qi nodded: "Yes, it must be my illusion."
He turned his eyes and continued to look at the mutant plant in front of him that he had finally solved. He felt a little cold and said, "I have never seen such a weird plant before."
Wen Xin also used a wooden stick to poke the leaves of the mutated plant, revealing half of his bloody arm that had not been completely eaten.
On the plant roots covered by the arms, there are many densely packed things that look like frog eggs.
The red color appears transparent, and the surface is covered with pulsating stems that look like blood vessels. If you look closely, you can see something moving inside.
Compared to the scene below, this half arm doesn't look that scary.
When seeing those red eggs, Tang Qi felt like his claustrophobia was about to kick in.
"There's something wrong with this thing. Let's not touch it."
Wen Xin hummed: "Don't touch them, but you can't leave them here any longer."
He turned back to the car, took out a half-filled bucket of gasoline, sprinkled it carefully, and threw in a match.
The moment the oil was splashed on, the eggs on the rhizome seemed to move.
When the flames burned fiercely, the eggs were stimulated, no longer disguised themselves, and began to twist wildly.
Tang Qi's eyes widened: "They are actually alive!"
Wen Xin suddenly shouted, "Get out of the way!"
Before he finished speaking, an egg-shaped fruit broke free from the roots and fell onto the snow. The moment it landed, its skin began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But at the same time, several roots sprouted from its so-called feet and consciously bounced towards the direction where Tang Qi was.
Wen Xin quickly pushed Tang Qi and pulled the horrible fruit back into the fire pit with a stick.
The fruit fell into the fire, twitched twice, and finally stopped moving.
Tang Qi was half lying in the snow, stunned for a second, then he jumped up and cursed "Fuck" with lingering fear.
"This thing is so scary! Who knows what will happen if you are touched by it? Fortunately, you have sharp eyes just now."
Despite the severe snowy weather, the leaves of this plant are still lush and green, full of vitality.
Wen Xin was a cautious person. He noticed something was wrong before he got close, so he stopped and pretended to test the situation.
Sure enough, the opponent was a mutated plant disguised as a wild vegetable. Once provoked, it couldn't help but pull out a long whip-like vine from the snow and mud and whipped the two of them fiercely.
The two men and the panda finally fought hard and used up four magazines before they managed to capture this strange mutant plant.
But I didn't expect that the plant itself was not easy to deal with, and its fruit was also strange, and I almost got into trouble.
Wen Xin frowned, with a bad feeling in his heart: "I have never encountered such a mutant plant with a completely mutated body before. Do you have any impression of it?"
The panda shook his head.
Tang Qi frowned and said, "I haven't seen it either."
Mutants are a general term for mutant plants and animals.
But before this, people's attention was mostly focused on mutant animals, because plants need to take root in the soil and cannot be moved easily.
Due to the limitations of their bodies, the mutant plants' attack methods are also monotonous.
Either it whips people with its vines, or it swallows its prey whole like a mosquito plant.
They are also particularly afraid of fire, and the slightest spark can break their disguise.
Tang Qi had never seen such a dangerous mutant plant before, and he had no impression of it in his dream.
Wen Xin: "I will tell the city lord about this when I get back."
In winter, when food is scarce, many people choose to go out of the city to try their luck and see if they can catch wild rabbits or sparrows that have not mutated.
Even if you just post a notice in advance, it will allow everyone to take precautions.
Before leaving, Wen Xin used a wooden stick to stoke the fire again.
After making sure that all the fruits have been burnt and inactivated, and no fish have escaped, they are covered with snow mud.
They came to a free hunting area and no longer encountered the strange mutant plants as before.
Not long after, Green Dumpling and the others also arrived, after all, they were worried about Wen Xin who was alone with the little panda and Tang Qi.
Wen Xin took on a mission before coming out this time.
It is said that there is a more cunning mutant near the free hunting area.
It's not that strong, just B rank.
However, they relied on the rule that free hunting is allowed in the free hunting areas, stepped on the edge of the area, and used coercion and inducement to force some people who accidentally entered the hunting areas to forage for food, causing tragedies one after another.
The only ones who have the power to deal with mutants are mutants.
How could a mutant be so kind as to help humans solve their problems?
Helplessly, several scavenger teams could only raise funds in the hope of hiring a fully-equipped hunting team.
But I didn't expect that in the end, there were only two people who took on the task.
Someone in the other scavenging team seemed to know Wen Xin and was shocked: "Mr. Wen, why are you here?"
Wen Xin looked up and found that the man looked familiar.
After thinking about it for a while, he remembered that the other person was one of the servants.
Wen Xin nodded as a response: "I'm here to do my job. Why are you here too? Don't you have to go to work today?"
The warm tone was as if he was talking to an ordinary neighbor.
The servant suppressed his excitement and said, "It's my turn to rest today, so I'll follow everyone out to see if I can find something to eat."
As he spoke, the servant became nervous again. He ran to Wen Xin's side and whispered in a low voice, "With your status, how can you come out? It's so dangerous here. If the city lord knew about this, he would definitely be worried."
Wen Xin shook his head: "It's okay, the city lord knows about my escape."
The servant was still worried and kept trying to dissuade him, "Really? It's too dangerous here. You should go back quickly."
Wen Xin came to Rose City and did not keep her identity secret. After all, the dumplings kept calling her Wen Xin all day long, so it was hard not to be discovered.
Anyone with a little bit of common sense, combined with Jin Si Canary's special care for the young man, can connect Wen Xin with the legendary Wen Xin.
However, now that the First Base was under siege and attack from several major forces, it was forced to withdraw the huge bounty under pressure, and the people who were frantically looking for Wen Xin all over the world calmed down a little.
The bounty has been withdrawn, but the fame remains.
And before the real person came forward to speak out, the incident intensified and gave rise to several mythical versions.
Under such circumstances, are there many people who have false thoughts about Wen Xin?
Many, countless.
That time at the dinner table, Wen Xin warned those who gossiped behind their backs.
However, this action not only did not arouse everyone's disgust, but instead made some people feel close to him.
Maybe Wen Xin would leave the food for them instead of throwing it away.
Or maybe the young man will get angry but will not resort to cruel means, which makes him lack the sense of distance from the big shots.
Human beings are such contradictory beings.
Wen Xin told the servant not to worry, then looked at the people standing in the front and asked, "Is this the mission you issued?"
"right."
The tone seemed a little cold.
Wensing paused and said calmly, "Excuse me, where is the mission target?"
But no one answered him.
One of the captains of the scavenging team let out a breath and looked Wen Xin and Tang Qi up and down.
Based on their appearance alone, he couldn't tell the strength of the two men.
The team members behind him began to whisper: "Didn't we say that we would recruit at least a dozen people? What are we doing with just the two of them?"
"I might as well buy a dozen incendiary bombs."
"No, I think it's better to buy some food and store it at home, so that I don't have to go out to forage for food, and I don't have to worry about being killed by that mutant."
"Damn it, can you give me your money back?"
One of the captains gave them a stern look and said, "Shut up."
Working as a servant in the palace was already a relatively high starting point compared to the other people in the scavenging team.
The other party would call Wen Xin Mr. Wen, so it can be imagined that the person in front of him is not simple.
However, the small number of people always made them feel unsure.
No matter how strong a human being is, he cannot break through the boundaries of being human and can only rely on external forces to strengthen himself.
Seeing that the two men did not have much equipment, they felt a little frustrated and annoyed that their money had been wasted.
Even though they didn't seem to be up to the standard, they were still able to take on their tasks.
It is hard not to wonder if it was because of Wen Xin's noble status that the Bounty Office made an exception and gave him the green light.
After all, even if the task is not completed, there will be a 10% reward.
Several scavenger team leaders were unwilling to give up, and they looked back and forth at Wen Xin and the other person, trying to find evidence that the other was extraordinary.
They saw those balls of abnormal color.
He suddenly understood and his tone became respectful.
"Excuse me, are these the helpers you brought with you? I wonder if you can tell me their levels."
Fantuanzi could sense their emotional changes and said happily: "We are very strong."
Green Dumpling continued: "It's no problem to deal with a B-rank."
Fan group: "But we just had a fight and now we are too tired to move."
The green group said lazily: "We'll take action based on the situation."
Hearing their words, the scavengers felt like they were on a roller coaster ride, with veins on their foreheads twitching.
The two guys probably got into a fight and started teasing people.
Wen Xin bent his fingers unhappily and tapped each of them on the forehead.
He turned around and said, "My friend is a little naughty, I'm sorry to make you laugh. But don't worry, since I'm paid to do this job, I will naturally complete this task well."
The scavengers reluctantly agreed: "Okay."
They started to pack their gear, but Wen Xin told them not to follow.
A dozen people's faces changed.
One of the captains had a gloomy face, and his suppressed anger suddenly exploded: "That mutant slaughtered our important companions. In order to post a bounty to find someone to deal with it, we almost spent all our savings. We were determined to solve it with our lives."
"I don't know how you bribed the bounty, but this is no joke, please take this seriously!"
Wen Xin stopped the group, reached out to hold the captain by the collar, met his gaze, and responded seriously: "I know."
When he was at the bounty area, among the many tasks listed on the wall, Wen Xin saw this task at a glance.
What caught his attention was, of course, the reward for this mission, which was enough to support the food supply for more than a dozen people for the entire winter.
As a scavenger team, you must be strong-hearted and the key is to survive.
But when they choose to abandon their previous survival philosophy, it means that something tragic and magnificent must have happened inside.
This was the first time that Wen Xin used his status as a distinguished guest to give himself a hand and forcibly accepted the task.
He had been criticized for a while, and was at the bounty point of the mission. Most people didn't know his identity, but that didn't stop them from laughing at his overestimation of his own abilities.
Wen Xin has no intention of slapping anyone in the face, and what he wants to do will not be stopped by these discussions and distrust.
He patted the captain's trembling wrist, and said in a calm tone with a hint of comfort: "If you are worried, you can help me get something from the car."
I originally wanted to confirm the mission location and then go back to pick it up.
After hearing what he said, the scavengers looked at each other, and followed Wen Xin to get his belongings with half belief and half doubt.
Then I looked in front of the car and saw what a good fellow it was.
This guy might have moved in an arsenal!
Amid the stunned reactions of a dozen people, Wen Xin greeted the little panda who stayed in the car and took out the necessary equipment.
While handing it to Tang Qi, he put it on.
Seeing the man about to close the door, the captain called out to him, "Wait, wait a minute!"
Wen Xin turned around and saw the other person pointing inside the car, his voice trembling with excitement.
"That bazooka looks very powerful, don't we need to bring it with us?"
"Reloading is a problem, and it will also hinder movement. And it's too big, so it's very conspicuous when you carry it, and it's easy to scare off the target."
The captain held his wrist and licked his cracked lips awkwardly.
Forgive them for not having seen the world before, but those pitch-black weapons were simply too shocking to look at.
Wen Xin could see that greed rose in the captain's eyes for a moment.
But in the end, the other party closed his eyes heavily.
"To have such a reserve of weapons, I believe you are no ordinary person. Please go ahead, we will take care of you here."
Wen Xin nodded, patted the little fox, and let it stay in the car with the little panda.
Soon, the two of them followed the direction indicated by the scavenger team and entered the target location.
There is no need to participate in the battle, and others will immediately hide far away.
They had no telescopes, so they could only lie down behind the cover, staring with wide eyes, vaguely watching the sturdy figure commanding another person and fighting with the mutant.
The hearts of a dozen people seemed to rise and fall along with the figure in the wind and snow.
Every time Wen Xin safely dodged an attack, their hearts tightened.
Halfway through the journey, a thin man with pointy ears and monkey-like chin, seeing that no one else was paying attention, quietly walked towards Wen Xin's car.
Before he took a few steps, the captain hit him on the thigh with a shovel.
The thin man staggered and fell in the snow, howling loudly, covering his thigh which was almost bleeding, and turned over in panic.
He looked up and met the captain's gloomy eyes. He quickly defended himself, "I just saw that they were fighting hard and wanted to go over to support them!"
The thin man seemed to have found confidence as he spoke: "There are only two of them, and the mutants who came with them are watching the show from the side. No matter how you look at it, they can't win!"
The captain remained silent.
Why wasn't he extremely worried?
At this moment, the team member who was observing the battle shouted, "Hit it! He hit the mutant!"
The captain turned his head quickly, and sure enough, in the mixed wind and snow, he saw the ferocious mutant slamming hard into the tree trunk.
Although he had only exchanged a few words with Wen Xin and the others, and they were not close, his tone was involuntarily excited: "It's good if I can hit it, it's good if I can hit it!"
The way Wen Xin and Tang Qi could only hide in panic just now really made these outsiders feel distressed!
The captain kept talking: "As long as we can hit it, we have found a breakthrough. Even if we can't deal with the mutant, we can still take the opportunity to escape."
The team members said, "Yes, but he is still too arrogant. Since the green guy won't help, why doesn't he take us with him? Even if we are surrounded by them, we can definitely kill the mutants."
"It was already very dangerous just to find the flaw. Now that beast is on guard, I don't know when I can hit it again."
"It will take at least dozens of rounds to break the monster's skin. Oh, this is a big problem!"
At this moment, someone who was paying close attention to the battlefield shouted in disbelief.
"Hit it, hit it again!"
So fast? Again?
The captain picked up the thin man with evil intentions and threw him aside to prevent him from attacking Wen Xin's car again.
I couldn't help but look in the direction of Wen Xin like everyone else, listening to the screams.
Wen Xin had already emptied one magazine by this time. Using the countless tree trunks as cover, he moved quickly while methodically attacking the mutant's vital points.
Yes, the key point.
After just a short struggle, Wen Xin discovered that only the mutant's back and flanks had skin as tough as iron, but there was an exceptionally soft area in the middle of its abdomen.
He slid forward, sweeping up layers of snow waves, and as the monster flew into the air, he raised his eyes with a determined look, raised the gun in his hand high, and quickly fired a volley of bullets.
Out of ten shots, at least nine hit the mutant's body!
The B-class mutant was not that tough, and under such continuous attacks, it couldn't help but take two steps back.
It was careful to cover its abdomen, with only a small finger-sized portion exposed when it turned sideways.
It was a flaw that was almost non-existent.
But a cold light flashed across Wen Xin's eyes, and he fired the gun, with blood splattering everywhere.
"Hit it again, once again!"
"Who the hell is this guy? Why is he so fast?"
"Oh my god, this guy..."
How's this guy?
For a moment, many words of praise flashed through the team members' minds, but they were so shocked that they could not express themselves clearly.
Just when they all held their breath and raised their expectations, thinking that Wen Xin could take this opportunity to completely get rid of the mutants.
Wen Xin didn't know what he stepped on, he staggered forward and fell to the ground!
"Grass!!"
The scavengers stood up straight in an instant, their scalps almost exploded.
It would be too late to rush over to save people now, so they didn't want to expose their position and shouted loudly.
"Run! Run!"
"Damn it, damn it! Run!"
How did you fall? How could you be so careless!
The servant's heart seemed to skip a beat and everything in front of his eyes went completely dark.
All he could think of was: It's over, the city lord will definitely raze everyone here to the ground!
The captain took a deep breath, turned around quickly, picked up his homemade earthen firearm, and quickly loaded it with ammunition.
His heart was uneasy, his hands were shaking, and his teeth were clenched, not daring to look at the bloody scene that followed: "What's the situation? Have you been caught?"
There was strange silence around.
It seemed as if everyone was stunned at this moment.
The captain's heart was in a knot, and he growled impatiently: "Speak up! What happened? Is the person dead or not?"
A series of sudden gunshots in the wind and snow answered his words.
The gunshots were continuous, not like the desperate cries of despair that came from someone who was cornered.
The captain looked up suddenly.
He found it incredible that the mutant who was supposed to be a hunter and brutally kill the young man who accidentally fell was now stuck in the trap.
Just now, Wen Xin alone attracted the hatred of the mutants, so Tang Qi was asked to set the trap, which was inevitably a bit crude and hasty.
In order to prevent the mutant from finding a chance to escape, he showed no mercy and fired several magazines/bullets into the mutant's vital points.
The sounds of dozens or even hundreds of gunshots roared in the cold wind, deafening like a horn blowing before dawn.
I thought the green dumpling would take action, but he didn't.
I thought the young man would be killed, but he wasn't.
The miraculous ending shocked the dozen or so people watching, as well as the wind and snow.
Afterwards, the scavengers came to clean up the mess.
The looks they gave Wen Xin were no longer filled with suspicion as before.
Some were surprised, some sighed, and some prostrated themselves on the ground.
After a hard fight, Wen Xin was injured.
Three captains came over and wanted to help him deal with it, but Wen Xin waved his hands.
If the wound is exposed in this icy and snowy weather, it will only make the injury worse.
The captains thought about it and agreed that this made sense, so they did not force it.
The mission was completed, and Wen Xin and his team prepared to leave.
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 homeless families, 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~
Thanks to the little angel who cast the deep-water torpedo: Hahahahahahahaha 30;
Thanks to the little angel who threw the shallow water bomb: Hahahahahahaha 1;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: 2 for Wind Blows Quietly; 1 for White Peach, JCY, and Imperata;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Atractylodes macrocephala 17 bottles; Yan'an 15 bottles; SM, Bird's Voice Flower Fragrance 10 bottles; Mumu 7 bottles; 32233589, Falling into the Star River, Hantian 5 bottles;
Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!
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