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Until the spring of the following year, Jiang Ziyao only wrote one sentence in his diary: "Huo Chi has awakened his superpowers. I am proud of him."
The winter fire was burning brightly. Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi were no longer afraid of the cold. They killed zombies, aliens, and people. Their bodies were never clean and tidy. They were used to the stench and used to seeing and creating death.
[On June 13, 3907, we encountered cannibals.]
At the end of the paper he wrote: [They are not terrible.]
It was a small town, when they moved to a new city.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi have been through one strange place after another. They are birds without feet and cannot stop for a moment.
There is no difference between cannibals and ordinary people in appearance. This group was born in the old society. In the doomsday without constraints, they can hunt openly without attracting trouble.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi appeared in the cannibal's territory because they saw a signpost. The signpost was placed on a road that was the only way to avoid most zombies. There was a map on it, and survivors passing by could see the specific location circled in red.
The best way to deal with a living person is to create false hope with a striking message written on it: If you need help, come here.
People always have unrealistic expectations, especially when they are desperate and tired, this trick works very well.
As the apocalypse drags on, Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi are less and less willing to deal with people, but they need to get some information from other survivors and find a safe place to stay.
So, that day Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi followed the map and found that they were going there. It was a warehouse with an iron gate on the outside. The zombies around had been cleared away. When they arrived, the other party was grilling meat on a barbecue grill.
There is a shed outside and the environment looks very clean, like an independent paradise, which is eye-catching.
There was a middle-aged woman next to the grill. She asked, "Do you want to rest here?"
"You look tired. We can share food with you."
"Meat?"
"Yes, it's still fresh." The woman said. She stared at Jiang Ziyao and licked her lips subconsciously. "Very fresh, very healthy, and very delicious."
Jiang Ziyao's originally tense face relaxed, but the attention focused on him and Huo Chi increased.
They had stepped into the wolf's den.
Jiang Ziyao pondered in his heart.
The woman showed no alertness when she saw the living people coming. She was very calm. This gentle smile generally meant that she put herself in the position of a predator and regarded them as prey led into a trap.
When Huo Chi came in, he glanced around calmly. He observed the other party's weapons. There were two or three men around. They had guns and knives in their hands and never let go of their weapons.
Huo Chi was not in a hurry. This was a good thing for him because after awakening, the Inhumans would basically no longer use weapons, and human heavy weapons could not be activated. These guns did not pose a big threat to the Inhumans.
The woman said, "You can rest in the warehouse. Wait for a while. I'll call you when it's done."
The man opened the warehouse door and led them inside.
There is a layer of insulation at the front. As soon as the door is opened, you can smell a pungent smell of blood. This smell can be smelled everywhere and is not uncommon.
The other party hasn't made any move yet.
Huo Chi stood quietly beside Jiang Ziyao with a faint smile on his face. He was also waiting. He and Jiang Ziyao had only one philosophy of survival when facing the living - keep out of each other's way.
If someone wanted to rob them, he would be stripped down to his underwear. If someone wanted to kill them, Huo Chi would burn him to ashes.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi walked into the warehouse. When they went a little deeper, someone quickly closed the door behind them. The bright light disappeared. When they turned around, they saw the man had raised his gun and pointed it at the back of their heads.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi quickly raised their hands in surrender. There were three men in total, two of them threatened them with guns and one of them tried to take away their belongings.
Jiang Ziyao watched the man snatch the bag from Huo Chi's back and throw it on the ground.
Huo Chi shrugged his shoulders, and the man supported their backs and asked them to continue moving forward.
Jiang Ziyao quickly saw the source of the bloody smell.
There was a cutter in the warehouse, similar to a guillotine. There was a lot of blood near the guillotine. Next to it was a water pipe with a lot of minced meat in it. They saw the dismemberment scene. A man was removing meat from the bones. Next to him was a piece of foot. There was also a relatively fresh head floating in the water tank.
Jiang Ziyao also understood where the meat on the grill came from.
The man who was deboning them looked at them with his eyes drooling, wishing he could eat them raw.
Human flesh can also become a delicious dish in people's mouths.
"What should I do next?" Jiang Ziyao stood still with his hands behind his head.
The men were surprised that the two young men did not show panic or fear, or that they did not see any excitement from them.
But the men didn't care about this. It was a good thing to find a pig that didn't squeal. They only had eyes for the two dishes.
"It's a good size, enough to eat for a few days."
The man took out the prepared rope and said, "Chop off one first, and lock up the other one first."
He came over and tried to tie Jiang Ziyao's hands, but the boning man stood up with a big knife.
Jiang Ziyao stood still and called out calmly, "Huo Chi."
Huo Chi turned around, as fast as the wind, and with a push of his elbow he knocked the gun from the man behind him. The gun was already loaded, and he pulled the trigger at the same time, shooting the man in the head at close range.
A man was shot in the head. Without giving the others a chance to react, Huo Chi snapped his fingers, and the person closest to Jiang Ziyao began to spontaneously combust. Screams rang out one after another. A ball of fire appeared in Huo Chi's palm, warning the remaining men to retreat.
The aroma of barbecue soon wafted out of the warehouse. The cannibals seemed to be particularly sensitive to this smell, and the yelling and cursing of the middle-aged woman outside immediately came over.
The woman probably thought the men were cheating, so she hurriedly opened the warehouse door.
Huo Chi heard her footsteps and pointed his gun at her the moment the door opened.
Bang--!
Still a headshot.
Huo Chi killed them all cleanly and efficiently, and tied the remaining people to pillars.
Jiang Ziyao untied the thick rope on his hands. He rubbed his hands and looked at the slaughterhouse with some disgust.
"It seems that eating human flesh will not cause mutations." Huo Chi poked the corpse's head with the muzzle of his gun and observed their appearance with interest. "At most, their teeth will become yellower and blacker, but there is nothing to be afraid of."
Cannibals are like the devils in the Bible in the civilized world, but if you encounter them in the doomsday, they are not too much trouble.
Huo Chi closed the warehouse door and then set the entire warehouse on fire. He and Jiang Ziyao looked more like bandits. Many survivors were killed in this place. The ogres buried the bones of the dead in the pit and collected some supplies. Jiang Ziyao packed all the usable things. There was a fire behind him, and the flames devoured the place bit by bit.
"It's dirty." Jiang Ziyao took out toilet paper from his bag and reached out to wipe off the blood stains on Huo Chi's face.
Huo Chi picked up a cigarette from the box and handed it to him, then lit it.
By the year 3908, Jiang Ziyao was about to turn 30, and two years had passed since the apocalyptic life began. Their hair was growing longer, and Jiang Ziyao had never found the time to cut it, so it had now grown to his neck.
People who live tiredly in vigilance will eventually make mistakes one day. Jiang Ziyao fell down the stairs due to carelessness. He was unconscious for a while and the wound on his forehead has been bandaged well.
When he woke up, he was in a supermarket and saw a strange man. Huo Chi gave him a look, and Jiang Ziyao felt relieved because Huo Chi had handled everything.
This man had a camp, but he didn't reveal any information and was extremely vigilant.
Few people would see them as threats at first sight, but this man noticed this, especially towards Huo Chi. He felt that Huo Chi was very dangerous and was a general who had experienced many battles, so he was on guard with his whole body.
This was also what surprised Jiang Ziyao the most. While the man showed hostility, he actually offered help when he saw Huo Chi being surrounded by zombies.
Huo Chi did not use his special ability at the first time. Just as a man is vigilant, he also chose to keep a backup plan.
Jiang Ziyao did not have any conflict with the man. He thought they would part ways peacefully, but the man still died.
The man was attacked by the alien at the gate. He was bitten on the neck and was unable to recover.
Huo Chi immediately dealt with the alien.
The man took a short breath before he covered his wound. His throat was already full of blood. He sobbed and raised his hands to crawl out, leaving a large pool of blood on the ground.
His eyes were fixed on the front, and he was shouting something stubbornly when facing death. There was a word "North" in it, but Jiang Ziyao didn't hear it clearly. Maybe there was still some place he wanted to go back to.
But he couldn't go back.
forever……
Jiang Ziyao's gaze did not stay on him for too long, and he killed him with a bullet before the man mutated.
The unknown man even gave him a pistol, and both the man and the alien were dead.
Huo Chi had already expertly stripped the man of his clothes and backpack, taking away his food and tools. He also had a new find: "Brother Jiang, there's a map."
“There’s a spot marked on it.”
“It’s a utopia.”
Jiang Ziyao had heard the name of Utopia from others. It was said that there were many survivors gathered there and they lived a normal life. The most special thing about it was the aliens. It had a defense system composed of aliens.
In 3908, aliens have flourished, and their existence is very special.
This gave Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi a temporary direction.
Jiang Ziyao awakened his superpowers on the second night, which made them feel more confident. Jiang Ziyao didn't know what other superpowers were like, and he didn't have any expectations. Powerful superpowers were also a source of danger, but this group was rare, and they wanted to know more about the changes in their bodies.
When they met a man named Li Liang at the toll booth, Jiang Ziyao became more contemptuous of the stranger.
Li Liang has a car, and he also brought a thug with him. These two people witnessed Huo Chi setting fire to the toll station, and Huo Chi's identity as an alien has been exposed.
Li Liang invited Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi to go with him with a smile. It happened that Jiang Ziyao needed a ride, so they got in a car.
Huo Chi didn't think these two people could pose a threat. Whether a person is strong or not can be observed with the naked eye.
Li Liang is an alien, an alien who is weaker than him.
Jiang Ziyao also noticed this. He rested his head on Huo Chi's legs, closed his eyes and chose to rest. In the car, he chose to relax.
Huo Chi remained silent the entire time. He refused to communicate with Li Liang and the other person, like an ice-cold tough guy. He would not shirk his responsibility when it came to dealing with zombies, and he had no expression on his face when he burned the zombies. His coldness gave Li Liang a chill.
Li Liang cherishes this powerful weapon very much. He jokingly says that this is a tough guy with a soft heart, because this special feeling is reflected in his feelings for Jiang Ziyao.
"What did you do before?"
This is the most common sentence the survivors said. If they couldn't communicate with Huo Chi, they would go to Jiang Ziyao.
"Who is he to you, since he protects you so much?"
Li Liang said again.
Jiang Ziyao had a layer of grey gauze wrapped on his head to block the wind and sand. When Li Liang asked him questions, he did not answer, but turned around and leaned towards Huo Chi, snuggling on his back.
Jiang Ziyao did not show any aggressiveness from beginning to end.
The fun of Doomsday now is fighting.
At first he hoped to meet a living person. The more living people there were, the greater his hope. Later, he didn't want to see people anymore. People were born no different from beasts, and beasts were not trustworthy. But now, he and Huo Chi didn't mind dealing with some minor troubles, fighting with people, and playing hunting games.
Jiang Ziyao acted weak and spoke softly. When Li Liang pestered him, Huo Chi would immediately turn his head and look over coldly. He would hold Jiang Ziyao's arm with his hands, and his gesture of protecting Jiang Ziyao was obvious.
Caring can become a weakness.
Li Liang thought he had caught Huo Chi's handle, a threat. After they understood the unusual relationship between the two, their expressions became relaxed and at ease.
When Huo Chi was solving problems, Li Liang's thugs would always deliberately stand behind Jiang Ziyao.
At night, Huo Chi offered to keep watch, and he and Jiang Ziyao sat around the fire.
Huo Chi said: "Kill now?"
Jiang Ziyao replied softly: "Wait a little longer, they know the route better."
Huo Chi nodded and continued to look at the fire quietly.
When Li Liang had evil intentions, Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi had been watching them quietly. Patience is the most important thing when hunting. Wouldn't it be more interesting to send the prey to hell when they feel they have won?
Jiang Ziyao doesn't like enemies who get so desperate that they pee their pants.
The car had a safe journey and they soon arrived at the next city. The sign said Xiyang Road. The car continued to move forward, but Huo Chi was sure that the people in the car would not be able to reach the destination.
Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi looked at each other and decided that they could take action now.
But the wheel burst first, and that wasn't their doing.
Li Liang immediately cursed and pounded the steering wheel before getting out of the car to check the situation.
It was someone else who did it, Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi got out of the car together.
There was a knife stuck in the tire. Li Liang thought that the idiot had thrown the knife in the middle of the road. As he was yelling and cursing, the knife suddenly flew up.
The tip of the knife drew an arc in the air and cut off the neck of Li Liang's thug.
And then three people appeared behind the abandoned vehicles on both sides of the street.
They are aliens.
Li Liang was then hit on the head by an extremely fast knife. When the knife flew towards Jiang Ziyao, he carefully avoided it.
"You can't go this way. You have so many worries and you just need a chance to vent them."
"I'll send you to hell."
"Noisy." Huo Chi responded with two words indifferently.
As soon as he finished speaking, the abandoned cars around him exploded. His flames ignited the car engines, ten cars at once, and the sound was deafening.
Then, he glanced at the woman who was speaking, and the flames burned fiercely along her pointing hand. The flames that shot up into the sky enveloped the human body, and only a hazy black shadow could be seen.
The woman's screams didn't last long.
"Brother Jiang, let's go."
Huo Chi caught the opponent off guard and pulled Jiang Ziyao around. A wall of fire stood up behind him. After the flames faded, their figures also disappeared.
Huo Chi killed the woman. His flame was like a poisonous snake, and anyone bit by it would be fatal.
The aliens who had engaged in a rash confrontation were a group. They were dressed similarly and had a certain degree of discipline. It was expected that they would kill their companions and be hunted down by them.
But Jiang Ziyao didn't expect that this team had other targets. They crossed a street and turned into another alley, which was also a battlefield.
The enemy of my enemy can cooperate.
Jiang Ziyao and his companions teamed up with the young man to make a smoke bomb. They took advantage of the chaos to leave, and the young man disappeared. But at night, they met again in a building.
"You guys are following me?"
The young man's cold words were full of hostility, and the electric wire in his palm was crackling.
Why talk when you can take action?
So, Huo Chi ruthlessly rubbed the young man's head against the wall. The young man was still injured and was no match for Huo Chi.
"I have the ability to kill you, but I advise you to save your strength to deal with your enemies." Huo Chi knew how unwilling people of this age would be to admit defeat, so he used his strength to make him surrender.
The young man gave in temporarily. He was very depressed and did not communicate with Jiang Ziyao and the others. They would still separate during the day.
Jiang Ziyao looked at the young man huddled in the cold corner. Will this world be tolerant to young people?
Of course not.
When setting foot on the wasteland, there are always some passers-by around him, without names and without knowing their past. Jiang Ziyao thought that he would never have any intersection with this young man again, but they met again two days later.
Jiang Ziyao once again cooperated with this man, and together they fought off the alien team. It was a restless night. The aliens left, and the aliens came one after another. Bian Chengsi's ability was good, but he was too impatient. He was poisoned by the aliens, and the poison made his arm turn purple. If he wanted to survive, he couldn't make any mistakes. Unfortunately, he didn't do that.
"Bian Chengsi, that's my name."
The young man weakly uttered his name. There was no despair about death in his eyes. He was so calm.
Bian Chengsi.
He seemed to have heard this name somewhere before, but Jiang Ziyao had forgotten it. He even almost forgot his previous life.
"Kill him?" Huo Chi said.
"No, don't worry about him, we can go by ourselves." Jiang Ziyao said, and Bian Chengsi's eyes before he fell into coma were looking at him.
"Goodbye, Bian Chengsi."
"We will remember your name."
They would say goodbye to passers-by.
When Bian Chengsi woke up from the nightmare as if he was dehydrated, he saw nothing in front of him. Jiang Ziyao and the others had already left. The pendant on his neck luckily saved him. He looked around, and his vision was dead silent. He looked up at the sky, and there was at least a moon up there.
He cleaned himself up and told himself.
He still has a way to go.
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