Chapter 83

The canary looked up suddenly.

The shy expression on the man's face disappeared, and he felt stunned and helpless for a moment, like a puppy who suddenly realizes that he is going to be abandoned.

After a long moment, he pursed his lips, put the documents in his hand aside, and looked seriously at the young man who came to say goodbye.

"Is there something wrong with the hospitality in Rose City?"

Canary clasped her hands together and said in a gentle voice, "Tell me what's wrong and I'll solve it."

Wen Xin immediately shook his head: "No, the city lord has made very thorough arrangements. Everyone in Rose City has taken good care of me, and I am living very well here."

"But I still have three family members that I haven't found. I can't rest assured unless I see for myself whether they are safe or not."

Canary didn't expect this to be the reason.

But when Wen Xin gave this reason, he felt it was expected.

Canary drooped his eyelashes and pinched his knuckles without leaving any trace. He didn't want Wen Xin to leave and had many words to keep her.

But looking at the resolute expression of the young man, he finally swallowed back his words and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"good."

Wen Xin had already bought everything he needed for the trip.

The car doesn't need to have very powerful performance, but the glass must be strong enough to withstand sudden attacks from zombies.

In addition, there are also necessary common medicines, high-calorie compressed foods, insect repellent sprays and mosquito coils required for spring due to the high number of poisonous insects, flashlights and fluorescent sticks required for lighting...

The little fox wanted to go back to the Idealism sect and couldn't leave with them. He lay on the roof of the car and kept nagging reluctantly: "Be careful on the road. If anything goes wrong, hide behind A-Lu. He's very good at fighting."

Wen Xin smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll hide behind it when the time comes."

"Food must be cooked thoroughly, and food should not be eaten without any certainty of its dangerousness."

"Okay, I won't eat anything random."

"Stop and rest when you are tired, don't push yourself. Take shelter when it rains, don't let yourself get wet, or you will get sick easily."

"Okay." Wen Xin didn't get impatient. He reached out and rubbed the fox's ears, touched his forehead with it, and said with a smile, "I remember everything."

The little fox rubbed his cheek affectionately: "Remember to come back to me, Wenxin."

Canary stood quietly by the side, and waited until they finished talking before speaking: "Don't worry, while you are away looking for Ah Zi, I will send someone to find Xiao Hei and Lan Lan as soon as possible."

"But Lan Lan loves water. If it chooses a habitat, it probably won't be too far from the sea. You might see it in the South China Sea."

Wen Xin said, "I will go to the coast and look for it then."

But there are more than just the South China Sea in the world, and perhaps the blue balls are in other places too.

The canary hummed softly, and suddenly waved to the sky, and a white pigeon flew down.

"If you are in any danger, let it send a message to me."

The scale viper said lazily, "Don't worry, Wen Xin has me by his side."

It patted the panda beside it and said, "You have a good nose. Remember to smell it more when the time comes."

The little panda stared with its big watery eyes: "Okay."

Canary shook her head firmly: "Just in case."

Wen Xin tentatively extended his hand to the white pigeon.

The boy is a Class C mutant, but his body shape and appearance haven't changed much, and his temperament is also ignorant.

Seeing a porcelain-white hand stretched out in front of her, she jumped onto the young man's knuckles obediently.

After touching its feathers, Wen Xin nodded and said yes.

Tang Qi was going to go back to City B with Little Fox.

He joined the sect late and did not have the opportunity to come into contact with the core of Realism. The only time he participated in an action, he was still controlled. He should be able to get lenient treatment after returning.

The two good friends hugged each other and patted each other on the back as a token of their goodbyes.

Tang Qi said lightly, "Recently I still have the same dreams as before, but I no longer worry about the difference between reality and illusion. Living well in the present is the most important thing."

Wen Xin was happy that he could think positively: "That's good."

"By the way, Wen Xin."

Seeing the young man turning around to leave, Tang Qi suddenly called him and after hesitating for a while, he finally said, "Have you contacted your brother recently?"

His brother, Wen Jinfeng?

Wen Xin sensed that Tang Qi had something else in mind, so he replied, "Yes, what's the matter?"

At the beginning of spring, Wen Xin received a letter from Wen Jinfeng, which included belated birthday wishes and New Year blessings.

And asked him when he could come back to see his empty-nest brother.

The words were filled with loneliness and sorrow, not at all like Wen Jinfeng's tone. Most likely, the secretary beside him wrote them.

Wen Xin's mouth twitched, and he looked happy.

But he couldn't go back yet, so he wrote a letter to Wen Jinfeng to let him know that he was safe and where he was going next.

But the journey is quite far, so the letter of safety will probably take a few days to reach City A.

A trace of worry flashed across Tang Qi's eyes. "It's not a big problem. I just keep dreaming about people talking about your brother, saying that he has established cooperation with the First Base."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other dumplings looked gloomy and glanced at each other imperceptibly.

"The first base..." Wen Xin frowned.

Honestly speaking, rather than feeling bad about being dragged into this bounty case, Wen Xin was more wary of the First Foundation.

It was an intuition that could reveal the big picture from the small details. If I told others about it, they might laugh at me. After all, everyone could see the contribution that the First Foundation had made to mankind.

Not every base has the courage to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees when a disaster strikes.

Not every base has the weapons reserves and powerful means to resist the zombie tide and mutants like the First Base.

No matter what, when ordinary people mention the First Base, their eyes will reveal longing and admiration.

Wen Xin hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "My brother probably won't, he was with..."

The young man glanced at Canary calmly and continued, "He teamed up with the Lord of Rose City and accidentally took down three of the other party's military equipment factories. I don't know how they solved it privately, but it shouldn't be so quick to make peace."

Canary didn't know what she was thinking about. She frowned and fell into thought.

Wen Xin asked Tang Qi: "You said that, could it be that something bad happened after my brother cooperated with the First Base?"

Tang Qi scratched his head and said, "Not sure... Anyway, after your brother started cooperating with the First Base, he disappeared inexplicably."

Afraid that Wen Xin would get anxious, Tang Qi quickly explained: "You also know that my dreams always come in waves, not very consistent, some are accurate, and some are not."

"I don't really understand what's going on. Maybe it's just my random thoughts that happened to happen. Don't think too much about it."

But Wen Xin took it to heart.

Tang Qi once dreamed that they met in an arena. He even remembered the name of the arena, what kind of mutants were there, and what the maze master looked like. These things could not be made up.

Moreover, from the perspective of City A, the First Base is at least the largest survivor base currently in existence by humankind. As the power of both sides expands, contact is inevitable.

Even in business, there is no distinction between permanent friends and permanent enemies, let alone between two major power groups.

The possibility of cooperation is not low.

Wen Xin looked at the worry in Tang Qi's eyes and smiled calmly: "It's okay, I know you are worried about me."

In front of Tang Qi, he asked Canary to help him send another letter to City A.

Of course, Wen Xin would not write directly in the letter "My friend dreamed that you cooperated with the First Base and was suspected to have been cheated to death, so you should not cooperate with them."

Not to mention whether his brother would suspect that he had lost his mind, he also felt that this reason was completely untenable.

He has to make his brother listen.

Wen Xin changed his words and pointed out that the First Foundation had intended to harm him.

As Wen Jinfeng is his biological brother, it is very likely that he will also be targeted by the First Base.

Wen Xin's key point is written at the end: Be careful of the First Base causing trouble.

After thinking about it, Wen Xin added a few strokes and manually made the font bolder and bigger.

Tang Qi was very moved watching from the side. He didn't expect Wen Xin to trust him so much.

"There's nothing wrong with being cautious, and I want to thank you for telling me this."

The friend originally planned to abandon those hallucinations and return to reality completely, but out of concern for himself, he finally did not ignore the memories from his dreams.

Wen Xin knew how rare it was, so he gave him another strong hug and said, "Let's go, be careful on your journey."

Tang Qi said with envy: "Be careful on your journey."

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At the junction of the west and the south, there is a trading market that is as large as a prefecture-level city, and is also known as the Desire Trading Place.

This is because the manager once said: "The five desires of the world, wealth, sex, fame, food and sleep, are all present here, everything is available, and the enjoyment is endless."

The end of the world has only been here for half a year, and the establishment of the trading market has been less than half a year, but the managers dare to make such big talk.

And even after making such big claims, the company is still standing and growing strong to this day, which shows what it has in its hands.

A ragged man sat under the landmark sign, his fingernails stained with blood and dirt, and a dirty bed sheet folded in front of him, which was the stall booth.

There was nothing on the stall, only a dull-looking, skinny child.

Whenever a passerby came, the man's eyes would gleam, and he would rush up with his child to ask if he wanted to buy someone to help.

On the other side, a woman with a dull look sat in front of the stall, using the water in the bucket as a mirror to hastily comb her hair with her fingers. Then she put on a flattering smile and hooked the waist of a passerby: "Only half a pack of instant noodles will do~"

A little further away, two people had an argument with the patrol team and were suddenly pushed to the ground.

They fell heavily, their eyes widened with anger, and before they could get up, a cold knife flashed in the face.

With a "pu" sound, blood spurted out from the cut throat, and the two heads rolled to the ground.

The crowd around them trembled slightly, but then returned to calm.

The vendors on both sides seemed to be used to it. After the patrol team left, they continued to shout, "Come and have a look. These weapons are all made from mutants. They are as hard as steel drills, extremely sharp, and very useful—"

Someone heard this and immediately became interested. He walked over and asked, "How much is it?"

"These five compressed cookies require at least four bottles of water..."

The man frowned and said, "You are a little bit expensive."

The vendor stood up with a smile on his face and tried to sell: "In order to get these materials, we lost several brothers. You try it, it's really not bad. Nowadays, the world is in chaos, and we are in need of a good weapon to protect ourselves, don't you think?"

Just as the passerby was tempted, someone next to him said, "It's too expensive. Look at mine. It's only three compressed cookies!"

"And did you see the murder scene just now? Wasn't the knife that chopped the person's head very fast? It's made of the same material as my knife, a horn cut from a C-level mutant!"

The further areas are much more prosperous than the outer areas. Not only are there twice as many people patrolling, but the ground is also clean and there are formal shops.

A man held two beauties in his arms, overturned the untouched food on the table, and the porcelain bowls broke with a snap, splashing soup everywhere.

The store manager wiped his greasy hands with his apron, ran over in panic, and soon knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

The surrounding shops also heard the commotion in that store, but they lowered their heads and turned a deaf ear to it.

Occasionally they would raise their heads and look directly ahead at the commercial building that rose into the sky like a tower.

On the top floor of the tall building, someone stood in front of a glass curtain wall. His hand shook slightly, and blood-red liquid suddenly flowed out of the wine glass.

An old man was sitting on a sofa nearby, leaning on a cane, and said in a gloomy tone, "The Lord of Rose City now has the King of City Xuan, and will soon attack here. How can you still sit still?"

"He hasn't even finished his own business yet, so how can he have the time to take care of our small business here?"

The man smiled, looking relaxed, and seemed to be very fearless: "Even if he comes, there is nothing to worry about. Don't forget, we still have the First Base to support us. We are not afraid of him coming, but we are afraid of him not coming."

The old man snorted softly.

Then, he asked again in an ambiguous tone: "Can the First Foundation really do it? Allow humans to have abilities like mutants..."

The man narrowed his eyes immediately: "Those beasts can sit on the throne and claim to be kings, so why can't humans do the same?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked down at the trading city filled with desire, blood and violence, and said sinisterly: "If the First Base's estimate is correct, the blue whale will enter the evolution stage soon, and the tsunami will also cease."

"Didn't the First Base give us a few 'big guys'? Why not use them to dissect the whale's body... No, that's an S-class mutant. It would be a pity to let it die like this."

After saying that, he smiled, stroking the glass carefully, looking at the people below who were like ants with bulging eyes, the whites of his eyes were full of vicious bloodshot.

"I heard that the City Lord Rose specially built an observation deck so that everyone must look up at him. What do you think, should I build one too?"

Today's desire market is as noisy and decadent as ever.

On the highway on the mountain next to us, a small car drove up at some point.

A young man wearing a mask sat in the driver's seat, looking ahead intently.

The road ahead was flat and wide, with an unobstructed view. Wen Xin said thankfully, "Fortunately, someone is cleaning the road here, so we don't have to change cars."

They had changed cars no less than five times because they encountered zombie tides, car accidents and building collapses on the road.

Fortunately, Wen Xin was experienced and did not bring too many heavy items with him when he set out, so it was easy to change cars.

Green Group sat in the passenger seat, squinting his eyes and looking lazy.

The little panda in the back seat was sleeping soundly, hugging the pillow. He didn't even notice that his saliva was about to drip out. He smacked his lips and said sweet words in his sleep: "Delicious, eat..."

The scale viper was speechless when he heard Meng's words: "What on earth did you like about it that you took in such a foodie?"

Wen Xin laughed: "Isn't it good? It's a blessing to be able to eat."

"Don't be so lucky that you end up going bankrupt." The scale viper rolled his eyes.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of a transport vehicle's engine came from the front.

Wen Xin slowed down the car at the right time and did not drive past rashly.

He then got out of the car, stood on a hillside, took out a telescope and looked towards the source of the sound.

The scale viper also got out of the car and came to his side: "What did you see?"

Where the telescope was looking, several ton trucks were driving across the road, kicking up dust, and moving towards the city.

Wen Xin observed and found that the truck was mostly loaded with closed containers: "It's okay, it looks like an ordinary truck... huh?"

The containers were covered with canvas to protect against rain and prying eyes. Wen Xin saw that a corner of the canvas on the middle vehicle was lifted up from the inside, and then a hand stretched out from it and grabbed the railing.

The little girl, who was about six or seven years old, struggled to roll out, but the car was moving and she had no place to stand, so she fell heavily to the ground.

Then a little boy who was about nine years old crawled out. He stood more steadily than the little girl. After hesitating for a while, he finally jumped hard and hit the girl at a farther distance.

squeak--!

The people in the truck realized something was wrong and stopped.

The boy stumbled over to the girl who was still unable to stand up, grabbed her and ran away.

Several people got off the truck. They were all big and strong with guns in their hands. The two children panicked and fell down the hillside with their heads in their hands.

Wen Xin didn't look any further. He quickly picked up the Scales Viper and got into the car. He drove around the narrow road and rushed down the dirt slope below.

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The world turned upside down, and the boy's eyes were filled with clods of earth and flying weeds.

He heard a loud bang, and then he felt a sharp pain coming from his back. It quickly jumped to his brain nerves, making his eyes go black and he couldn't even scream.

When he saw the dying crying girl being picked up by the big man, he swallowed the fishy sweetness in his throat and shouted hoarsely: "Let...let go...sister...Hai..."

Let go, let go of my sister, I know where the sea god you are looking for is, don't hurt her!

The big man pinched the girl's tearful face, his eyes full of disgust, and reached out to grab her neck: "These two skinny guys can't be sold for much money, and they are still restless all the way. Why not just kill them."

Another person quickly grabbed him and said, "What are you doing?! I tell you, it's okay for others to die on the road, but it's absolutely not okay for these two."

Da Han: "What's so special about them?"

"These two are fishermen from Mermaid Bay in the South China Sea. When the S-class super-critical mutant blue whale caused a tsunami, it only spared the villagers of that fishing village. We finally caught the two who escaped..."

Just as they were whispering to each other, bang!

A bullet hit the big man's shoulder from diagonally behind. The big man immediately let go of the little girl and let out a heart-wrenching howl.

The companion shouted in panic: "Who?!"

【Author’s words】

Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution during 2023-05-29 23:58:12~2023-05-30 23:58:37~

Thanks to the little angels who cast deep-water torpedoes: 9 egrets;

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