The pitch-black night, with hardly a trace of light, deeply enveloped the long, almost endless avenue called Dark Street.
On both sides of the street, there are sometimes strange-looking two-story buildings or villas with lights of various colors on, but these scattered lights are completely different from the dazzling and bright lights of the surrounding streets. No matter how busy the surrounding streets are, the entire dark street seems to be shrouded by an invisible barrier. No matter how noisy the sound is, it cannot be heard, and no matter how colorful the lights are, they cannot shine.
If someone looked down from above the center of the entire capital, they would be able to see a dark dragon lying in the midst of the shining and colorful night lights, as still and calm as a mountain. This is the real dark street.
Although the night in the dark street is dark and quiet, the people in the dark street are also people. Even if they are not people, they can be pseudo-people in human skin. Therefore, there are street lights at equal distances on both sides of the dark street. Although the illumination of these street lights is less than three meters, it is better than nothing.
"There is only one garbage transfer and disposal center in the entire dark street. Considering the living problems in the front and back and the appearance of the dark street, the garbage transfer and disposal center is in the third building after entering the back. Well, it's actually quite easy to recognize." Li Xiao pointed at the house that looked like a huge garbage can under the dim light and said, "This is a fool-proof treatment. Generally, the public facilities in our dark streets have such simple and clear appearances. Even a dementia can find it!"
Li Xiao's tone was three parts proud, three parts helpless, and four parts dull. Jin Yu beside him couldn't help laughing when he heard it. "So according to you, the restaurant on the dark street is shaped like a big bowl?"
Hearing this, Li Xiao and Cheng Liang nodded collectively, causing Jin Yu's smile to freeze at the corner of his mouth.
"The tavern?"
"The shape of a wine barrel." Li Xiao's expression was relatively calm.
"A public restroom?"
"... the upper part of the ice cream." The orange hedgehog thought that his description and metaphor were really good. It didn't make people feel disgusted.
"You're wrong. I've decided not to eat ice cream this summer." Jin Yu said solemnly, with a thousand horses running wildly in his heart - which guy with a lack of aesthetic sense decided this extremely stupid architectural style? ! Why didn't he build every building in his house in a dark shape? !
Jin Yu secretly criticized the aesthetic views of the people in power in the dark street. At this time, Jin Yu and his friends were less than a hundred meters away from the garbage disposal site.
Just when Jin Yu wanted to continue moving forward, he was suddenly stopped by Li Xiao. At the same time, Xiao Lu roared wildly, jumped up directly, and swooped down, knocking a rushing black shadow to the ground!
"Xiao Jin, you have to know that the most dangerous place in the dark streets at night is the area around the garbage disposal! Because every night in this area, those abandoned and fleeing beasts and even ferocious beasts are active. Although they are already injured or dying, it is precisely because of this that they are constantly tortured by the two emotions of survival and despair, which makes them even more terrifying! Even the most inoffensive beasts can suddenly kill people!"
As Li Xiao spoke his heavy and somewhat nervous words, more than a dozen black beasts gradually gathered around them. Their eyes, which were of different colors but equally ferocious and cruel, looked extremely hideous and cold against the backdrop of the night.
"…Because of despair, it is cruel; because of betrayal, it is cold…"
At this moment, Jin Yu looked at the eyes that were gathering more and more, all of which were filled with ruthless and attacking looks, and muttered to himself in disbelief.
Even though he had seen many animals die when the apocalypse came, this was the first time he had seen eyes that were completely indifferent and without any emotion. When this coldness and cruelty gathered together and appeared before his eyes, his heart was filled with immense anger, sadness, and a madness that he could not vent.
If it weren't for the utter despair and extreme sadness, how could the pupils, which should have been the purest and warmest, become so cold?
"Hehehe... So... I hate humans..." Jin Yu stretched out his left arm to cover his eyes, and laughed at himself neurotically. "Aren't humans the most selfish and heartless animals?"
"Xiao Jin?"
"Gold?" Li Xiao and Cheng Liang were a little nervous because of Jin Yu's abnormal behavior.
"It's okay...it's okay...Okay, Brother Li and Chengzi, you two can go back. I'll stay here tonight."
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Jin Yu's words made Li Xiao and Cheng Liang's faces change instantly. If Jin Yu's sudden abnormal behavior just now made them feel nervous, now the two of them began to doubt whether the boy in front of them was frightened by the siege of strange beasts.
Li Xiao was about to step forward and forcibly pull Jin Yu away, when suddenly the half moon that was originally covered by clouds slowly moved out, and the cool moonlight with some dark red fell on the ground of the dark street, and also illuminated those hostile and aggressive black shadows.
“Ouch!”
“Woo woo!”
“Ah…”
At the moment when the moonlight illuminated them, more than half of the dozen or so black shadows let out shrill and panicked cries, and quickly tried to retreat back into the darkness.
But no matter how fast they retreated, the instant just now was enough for Jin Yu and the other two to see their appearance clearly.
"Oh my god...they, they..." Li Xiao's face turned extremely shocked. He pointed at the wailing black shadows with trembling hands, and could hardly speak. Although he had been to this garbage disposal site several times before, each time he just passed by it. This was the first time he saw these abandoned and fleeing beasts so clearly.
The miserable state of the strange beast, which was dragging its broken limbs, was extremely dirty with blood and mud, and had wounds and ulcers and was dying, really left him speechless.
Beside him, Cheng Liang looked at the darkness with a complicated expression, took a deep breath and patted Li Xiao on the shoulder: "Xiao, after seeing this scene, I decided to treat my thorn-tailed wolf better in the future. It has been with me almost since it was a child, and I don't know how many times it has saved me. No matter what, I will take good care of it until it dies of old age. In a place like this, even if I die and find someone to take care of it, my big-tailed wolf must not come!!!"
Li Xiao didn't say anything after hearing this, but just touched the head of Xiaolu who had walked to his side with a wooden face. He only had this one exotic beast and didn't want any other ones. Although he thought he was very good to Xiaolu, after seeing the miserable state of those exotic beasts just now, he still felt chilled in his heart.
"Xiao Lu, let's go to the Central Exotic Animal Hospital for a checkup tomorrow... Then I'll strengthen your defense or buy you an energy crystal core. Anyway, I'll take you to spend money tomorrow! Lots of money!!"
Xiaolu was very happy to hear his master's words, but after being happy, he rubbed Li Xiao's clothes with some sadness. He knew very well why his master suddenly became like this. But seeing those strange beasts who were once like him now in such a miserable state, he always felt sad for his own kind.
"Tsk! Jinzi, we brought you here because you wanted to, and you've seen the appearance of these strange beasts. After seeing them, we have to go back, right? I still have to go back to feed the big-tailed wolf, and I can't waste time here any more."
Li Xiao nodded after hearing Cheng Liang's words. Although the scene they saw was so tragic, no matter what they thought, they had no way to save these abandoned beasts. As for taking them in, what was the point even if they could take in one or two?
However, Jin Yu had no reaction to what Cheng Liang and Li Xiao said. In his eyes, there were only those strange animals that were cruel in the dark, but panicked and inferior when they saw the light. Even though their appearance was very different from those animals on Earth, in Jin Yu's eyes, they were just injured animals, animals that had suffered great mental and physical damage.
If he could walk away when facing such an animal, he would not be Jin Yu.
Turning around easily, with his back directly in front of the injured beasts, Jin Yu smiled at Li Xiao and Cheng Liang: "Brother Li, Orange Hedgehog Head, you two can go back. I will stay here tonight. Don't worry, I will be fine."
"Are you kidding? The beasts near the garbage mountain are the most ferocious. Did you just ignore my words?!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiao was about to step forward to pull the person away, but the next moment he saw Jin Yu reach out and pick up the two-tailed cat that was knocked to the ground by Xiao Lu, and then he froze on the spot.
It was obviously a very natural and casual action, but for some reason, Li Xiao felt the emotion of 'pity and cherishment' in Jin Yu's action.
At this time, Jin Yu, who was holding the two-tailed cat, was still facing the strange beasts behind him. If he took a step forward, he would stand upright under the moonlight, and if he took a step back, he would be hidden in the darkness. At the junction of light and shadow, a smile slowly emerged on Jin Yu's face, which was half covered by darkness.
"They won't attack me."
Step by step, bit by bit, when there was no more room for retreat and the fangs and claws were behind him, Jin Yu's face, which could no longer be seen clearly, was still smiling: "I said, they won't attack me."
Turning around, the injured beasts that were originally full of hostility suddenly looked stunned. Then, as Jin Yu's figure walked further and further away, they gradually followed him one by one, with some suspicion and disbelief, and finally disappeared completely into the depths of darkness.
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At this moment, silence was the only emotion that Li Xiao and Cheng Liang could express. Clearly, what they saw was heading towards darkness, but for some reason, looking at the wounded beasts that were dragging their broken limbs but following Jin Yu step by step, they felt that at the end of the darkness, there must be an extremely warm shore.
"Heh... did I see a god?" Cheng Liang slapped himself fiercely, and then said to Li Xiao who was looking at him speechlessly: "Xiao! I tell you, even if I have to pester him every day in the future, I will still have a good relationship with that guy! At least I can't do what he did today, so I admire him!"
"Yes, maybe in the future, the most terrifying place in Dark Street at night will become the most beautiful place."
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