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Chapter 101 Unforeseen disaster

When night falls, both the upper three districts and the lower three districts have their own nightlife. The difference is that the upper three districts are covered with splendid clothes, while the lower three districts are more naked and straightforward, but there is no essential difference in their bones. Life in the end times is depressing and dull, and people need appropriate stimulation to relieve their tense nerves. Therefore, many industries that were banned before the end of the world have flourished. For this, the base managers just turn a blind eye. As long as it does not affect the interests and survival of the base, they will allow it to develop. After all, this is related to the livelihood of many people.

"Auntie..." The house was built roughly, and the sound insulation was naturally poor. Not long after sleeping, Zhang Ruiyang was awakened by the unscrupulous obscene words next door. He arched his head in the quilt uneasily, and then shouted very softly.

"Yeah." Li Muran was also awake. Like Zhang Ruiyang, she was in such an environment for the first time. How could she not be affected. The night before, because it was very lively here, the feeling was not too deep, but tonight it was a bit unbearable. Although there were such things in the slums of Wangyang Town Base, they were not as reckless as here. Because they were not well fed, most people would rather save their energy to kill zombies in exchange for food and water.

"Someone is fighting." The child said with some fear, not being able to distinguish between ambiguous and obscene moans, cries, and rough words.

Li Muran was embarrassed and it was not easy to explain such things to a child who was only five years old. He could only whisper: "It's none of our business, don't listen." Then he reached out and covered the child's ears, hugged him in his arms, and tried to isolate the outside sounds.

Zhang Ruiyang was still young, of course, he would not have the idea of ​​persuading the fight. At this time, after getting some sense of security from Li Muran, and with his ears covered, sleepiness swept over him, and he soon fell asleep in a daze. Compared to the two of them, Fu Dan and the other two seemed to be more adaptable to such an environment. They were not affected at all. The snoring sounded one after another, which gradually calmed Li Muran, who was alone with his eyes open and looking at the darkness.

However, this night was destined to be restless. The sudden knocking and kicking of the door made Li Muran sit up in shock. Zhang Ruiyang, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened, and the snoring in the room stopped, making the sound of hitting the door even more thrilling.

"Sister Muran..."

"Auntie?"

The shouts of several children in the dark were full of confusion, and they obviously didn't know what was going on. Not to mention them, even Li Muran was still confused, but she didn't forget to be vigilant. Patting Zhang Ruiyang's back soothingly, she quietly got up and put on her clothes, then picked up her weapon and walked behind the door cautiously.

"Who?" As she shouted in a low voice, the children also fumbled to put on their clothes. It was cold, and they had just come out of the warm bed. Except for Zhang Ruiyang, Fu Dan and the other two were shivering with cold.

"Open the door! Open the door! Damn, what business is there with the door so tightly closed?" Hearing the shout, the sound of kicking the door outside became more violent, and at the same time, there was a man's arrogant curse.

Li Muran's face sank. Although she was angry, her tone was very calm: "No one is doing business here." She wanted to open the door and yell at the other party to get out, but she didn't dare. She was afraid that there was more than one person outside, and those who dared to come to prostitute were either capable of getting extra supplies or contribution points, or had some power in the local area. She didn't want to anger them unless it was absolutely necessary.

Facts proved that her concerns were correct. As soon as she finished speaking, there was laughter outside. It was obvious that there were other people. Her heart was slightly tense, and all the nerves in her body were tense, preventing the people outside from breaking in.

"Fuck, why are you pretending? A woman with a few kids, where can she get those good quilts if she doesn't sell them? Open the door quickly, don't waste our time." The voice of the man before sounded again, with some impatience.

Li Muran felt that her lungs were about to explode, but she couldn't get angry. She held back her anger and said coldly: "Please leave, no one does that kind of thing here!" She didn't know why this happened. Several children were also scared and squeezed around her with weapons.

At this time, there was a moment of silence outside, as if the seriousness in her tone took effect, and then there was a low conversation. After a while, the man spat again and cursed angrily: "Stinky woman, you'd better make sure what you said is true. If I catch you picking up someone else, don't blame me for making you unable to do it!" After that, he kicked hard again, and then there was the sound of footsteps leaving outside, mixed with unwilling complaints.

"What the hell? I thought there were new arrivals, so I came to try them out. I made a wasted trip."

"That's right. Hey, Lao Li, who did you hear that from? Fortunately, there was only one woman in the room, and the rest were children. If it was a room full of women, your face would be scratched, and it's hard to say whether your life can be saved." Someone echoed. This is really not a joke. Women who survived in the end of the world either rely on their bodies, family background, and men, or are extremely fierce. If you mess with the latter, you will definitely suffer a lot.

"Damn, how should I know, it's not that damn woman Xiao Fengjiao..."

The voice gradually faded away, and Li Muran relaxed until it disappeared, but his back was already soaked with cold sweat. After standing for a while, he made sure that there was no one outside, and then he took the children back to the bed. The children were obviously scared, and they didn't go back to their own beds, but all squeezed together with her.

"Sister Muran, I'm scared." Wu Ziran said in a crying voice. She is a girl, and she is cute and lovely. After her parents died, she encountered many people who were plotting against her. The most dangerous time was when her pants were even taken off. Fu Dan and Li Yuanzhuo who happened to meet her found a way to rescue her. It was also from that time that the three children got together. In addition, they have been hanging around in the most chaotic areas of the base. Not only she, but also Fu Dan and Li Yuanzhuo have become accustomed to such things. However, being accustomed to it does not mean that you will not be afraid, especially when facing a group of adult men.

"Don't be afraid, let's get some materials tomorrow to make the door stronger." Li Muran stroked the little girl's head and comforted her. I thought I was safe after entering the base, but who knew that such a thing would happen. The way to solve the problem once and for all is of course to leave here and live in a place with a better environment, but they don't have the ability to do so now. Although they have a big backer, Director Song, they can't always ask others for help when they encounter problems. It would be difficult to ask for help when they really need it.

Even though she was not sure whether a door could really stop people with bad intentions, her tone was calm, which made the children feel at ease. Only Fu Dan clenched his fists in the dark, feeling ashamed of his powerlessness, and secretly vowed to work hard to become stronger so that no one would dare to bully them like this again. Boys who have experienced hardships seem to awaken their sense of responsibility and responsibility earlier.

This night was destined to be a bad night. Later, several waves of people came, making Li Muran and his friends always in a state of frightened birds. The only thing to be thankful for was that some of these people were easy to talk to and some were not, but none of them forced their way in. They were so scared that they stayed up until dawn. Therefore, when Xiao Sheng saw them, several of them were a little depressed, and they couldn't help but ask a question. After all, if they went out in this state, they didn't know how they would die.

Li Muran originally planned to pass it over with one sentence, but he was not as quick as Wu Ziran, so he chattered about what happened last night, and even imitated the tone of those people's speech vividly. Xiao Sheng frowned after hearing this, but he didn't say much. He just helped them reinforce the door again according to Li Muran's request, and brought back a big stick to hold the door from the inside when sleeping at night. He didn't do anything else. After all, he had nothing to do with them. He was just ordered to watch them and lend a hand when it was urgent. It was good enough to do this. Since you have the ambition to live on your own, you must be mentally prepared to encounter all kinds of troubles. Fortunately,

Li Muran never counted on others. After Xiao Sheng left, he told the children to stay at home, and he went to the house a few rooms away with a machete. Several people came last night, and there were so many people and gossips that she naturally heard the source of the trouble. With a bang

, the door was kicked open, and several women who were huddled in the house to warm themselves by the fire and catch up on their sleep were frightened and jumped up, looking towards the door together.

"I'm looking for Xiao Fengjiao. People who are not related should get out of the way. Otherwise, don't blame me for being blind with my knife." Li Muran said coldly, his eyes quickly locked on the target, the woman in the dirty plaid coat. At that time, he just ignored her, but he didn't expect that she would do something bad to him in secret. If such a person is not taught a lesson, who knows how to deal with him in the future.

She has killed many zombies and has a murderous aura. At this time, her eyebrows and eyes are angry. Not to mention women, even men will be scared when they see her. So as soon as she finished speaking, the women who were originally sitting around the stove scattered on the ground, leaving Xiao Fengjiao alone.

"Hey, what are you doing? Don't mess around? I tell you, I know Brother Lin, and I know a lot of powerful people..." Xiao Fengjiao was scared and stepped back subconsciously, and ended up overturning the small stool she was sitting on, and fell to the ground. In this way, corresponding to what she said, it can be clearly felt that she was bluffing. Anyone with a bit of brains knows that no one will stand up for a woman who can have sex with a few cookies. In comparison, a woman who dares to fight zombies with a knife can get more respect from men.

Li Muran didn't answer, but walked up with a cold face, grabbed the woman's hair and dragged her out.

"What are you doing? Someone is killed, oh, help me..." Xiao Fengjiao grabbed with her hands and kicked with her legs, struggling not to be dragged out, and she didn't forget to howl loudly.

Li Muran is a superpower. Although his superpower is not very useful, because of his physical mutation, he is stronger than ordinary men. How could he take the little strength of this malnourished woman seriously? He dragged her out in a few seconds. It was the time for those who went out to make a living to return to the base. Together with those who didn't go out, a large group of people gathered in a short while. There were all kinds of people in it, and there were even a few who visited Li Muran and his group last night. Zhang Ruiyang and his children also secretly followed out and gathered around Li Muran.

Chapter 102 A Blessing in

Disguise Although Li Muran was angry, he was extremely calm in his heart. He ignored the various looks around him, raised the machete in his hand, and cut off Xiao Fengjiao's greasy and dirty curly hair with a swish, and then pushed her to the ground, with the tip of the knife still pointing at her fragile neck.

Sigh - everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then laughed disapprovingly, thinking that it was thunder and rain. However, Xiao Fengjiao, one of the protagonists, was so scared that her pants were wet, and she trembled and dared not shout anymore.

Li Muran sneered and said, "My knife is for cutting zombies, but if I'm really desperate, I can see blood..." Of course, she was not so angry that she killed people in the base.

"That's right, we have all killed zombies, so we are not afraid of you!" Fu Dan and the other two also waved their weapons strengthened by Song Yan to help.

Zhang Ruiyang was a step slower in reaction. He looked at Li Muran in confusion, then at his aggressive brothers and sisters. He felt that he should do something, so he pulled out the dagger hanging on his chest, raised it and said loudly to Xiao Fengjiao: "I have killed monsters too."

With a bang, the originally serious atmosphere collapsed instantly. The onlookers burst into laughter. Even Xiao Fengjiao couldn't help but twitch her lips, and the fear in her heart was reduced a lot. Li Muran silently wiped the cold sweat, thinking that she should have locked the little ones in the house before, so as not to destroy the momentum she had built with great difficulty. She coughed lightly and looked up at the people watching the excitement. No matter what, she still had to make her position clear.

"While everyone is here, I'll make it clear that we make a living by killing zombies and mutants. We don't do that kind of thing. We're tired all day and want to have a good sleep at night. Please don't bother us anymore. It's not easy to survive until now. Please understand each other!" After saying that, he bowed slightly, and without waiting for a response, he led a few children to squeeze through the crowd and walked back.

When everyone was gone, the others reacted and began to talk. Xiao Fengjiao hurriedly got up and ran back to the house amid the laughter of the crowd.

"This woman thinks too highly of herself. Her image is disgusting. As long as she is not blind, who would go to her? She's afraid of people thinking about her, huh!" This was said sourly, and you can tell that the person who said it is envious and jealous.

"That's not necessarily true. I think the girl deliberately made herself so ugly because she is afraid of such trouble." Someone also hit the nail on the head.

"What's wrong with being ugly? As long as she's a woman, it's fine. Who can see the blackness?" The obscene words drew a burst of laughter, but no one really wanted to attack Li Muran and the others anymore. As long as she wasn't bad enough, no one would want to attack a woman who could fight outside like a man and had several children.

The few people who had come to knock on the door the night before touched their noses, said nothing, and left in disgrace. Most of those who lived here and could take out some supplies to have sex were outside the base, and naturally understood the importance of sleep to them. Because they didn't have to go hunting today, they came to have some fun last night. Normally, they wouldn't dare to do this, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Li Muran didn't care what others thought, and what made her feel relieved was that no one came to knock on the door late at night in the next few days. As for the woman named Xiao Fengjiao, she would occasionally say "Puh" and quickly hide away. It was unknown whether she was really scared or for other reasons. In short, she was quite well behaved. This incident also had an unexpected consequence, that is, without Xiao Sheng's presence, someone was willing to work with them. Maybe at first they were just curious or even wanted to help, but after really working with them, they realized that what Li Muran and others said that day was not exaggerated at all. What surprised them the most was naturally Zhang Ruiyang, who was only five years old and not an awakener, but his skills were not even as good as those of adult men. After working together for a few days, no one dared to look down on them anymore, and they could get on the bus when they saw one.

Seeing that everything was on track on her side, Xiao Sheng did not come again, because Song Yan was back. They lost several people in this mission, and even Song Yan himself was injured, and brought back a news that shocked the entire base: the discovery of an alienated zombie. The base has not yet announced the specific situation, but those who went out hunting have consciously strengthened their vigilance.

Song Yan was injured, and no matter what the reason, Li Muran should visit him, so he pieced together some expired cakes and snacks, as well as canned cigarettes and alcohol, and brought a few children to inquire about the door. Unfortunately, Song Yan lived in Area 1, which was heavily guarded and could not get in at all. In the end, he could only ask the guard to bring the things in and then went back.

Although he was a little worried, after all, the status of the two people was very different, and Li Muran could not really help, so he could only pray in his heart that the director was not seriously injured, and then put this matter aside for the time being, and live his life as he should. Every day, he urged several children to strengthen their physical strength, endurance and speed training, and let them practice the Five Animals Exercises with Zhang Ruiyang. Maybe it was because they were full every meal, or because the exercise was effective, the children looked very energetic and their strength was also improved. However, because of their height, Wu Ziran and Li Yuanzhuo still needed to trip the zombies before they could kill them.

On the eleventh day of living in the base, there was no good news from Song Yan, and a small thing happened to Li Muran and the others, which seemed completely negligible at the time.

This morning, when they were ready to leave, they found that the door on the right side of the house that had been closed was opened. The door has been closed for as long as they have lived here. They even thought that the place had not been rented out yet, and they were thankful for it, at least they would not be surrounded by noise at night.

Maybe it's a newcomer. Li Muran thought so in his heart and didn't care, but several children were curious and poked their heads there, wanting to know who the new neighbor was.

"Hello, uncle--" Zhang Ruiyang's crisp voice suddenly sounded, and the last sound was dragged for a long time, which scared Fu Dan and the other two. They quickly retracted their peeping eyes, stood up straight and pretended to be indifferent, but complained in their hearts that the little guy was always so polite and... self-familiar.

As Zhang Ruiyang's voice fell, a man with a pale face, who looked like he could be blown down by a gust of wind and seemed to be terminally ill, walked out of the door. Hearing the shout, he glanced at Zhang Ruiyang lightly, then took a few steps to rest and went out of District 9. As for Li Muran and the others, he didn't even look at them. The strange thing is that his expression and posture did not make people feel arrogant or despised, but simply - just like how humans treat ants, not to mention looking down on them, and even if they were stepped on to death, they would not notice it - indifference. Several people were silent collectively until the man disappeared and then they breathed a sigh of relief and returned to normal. However, when they recalled it again, they felt that the previous feeling might be a bit exaggerated. It was just being ignored. In the end times, most people get along with each other like this.

"Uncle seems to be sick." Zhang Ruiyang was the only one who didn't feel it. He said to Li Muran while holding Dudu, his bright dark eyes full of worry.

Li Muran touched his head and didn't say anything, but he felt that the little guy seemed to care too much about this man whose appearance was a little blurry. I

thought the matter should end here, but I didn't expect to meet that person again when I was taking a ride. This time she couldn't help but look at the man twice more, and found that his facial features were actually quite distinctive, with a broad forehead, a high nose, and slanted eyebrows. Because his eyes were drooping, one could see that his eyeliner was extremely long, like a phoenix with its eyes drooping, exuding an indescribable fairy spirit.

"That's a weirdo. He only comes out once every half a month, and the rest of the time he locks himself in the house." A voice sounded in her ears, and it was a middle-aged man in the same car.

Li Muran retracted her gaze, and before she answered, she suddenly found that she seemed to not remember what the man looked like. She was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that someone was still talking to her, and quickly gave up the idea of ​​turning around to take another look, and looked at the slightly fat man in the front seat, who was quite caring for them, but a little gossipy: "Isn't he new?"

The man's name is Yu Jianjun. He is an unawakened person. Because of his poor physical strength and speed, no team is willing to accept him. He has always been traveling with several people in District 9 who are also unaffiliated to the team to kill zombies. Although he is much better than the cowards who dare not even leave the base and ordinary women and children, he is still a group of crooked melons and inferior dates in the eyes of those combined teams. Li Muran himself is used to getting along with this kind of people, of course he would not look down on them. He even thought of Routa Chen because of his fat body - even though the two are actually not comparable, and thus he has a little intimacy with him.

"No, no." Yu Jianjun smiled and waved his hand. His voice was a little shrill and not very comfortable to hear, but this person has a very good temper and rarely loses his temper when he is bullied. Some people look down on him and call him a coward, and some people hate him for not being able to make up for his shortcomings, but he doesn't take it to heart at all and always smiles. "That guy entered the base earlier than everyone here, but he ignored everyone, so he has no companions until now, and no one knows his name. Everyone calls him a sick ghost. Maybe he is dumb..." When he said this, he looked back with some sympathy, but he did not lower his voice at all, and almost everyone in the car could hear it.

Li Muran was a little embarrassed. She felt that it was not good to discuss others like this, especially in front of the other party. She was about to ask Yu Jianjun to stop talking, but he was blocked before he opened his mouth.

"Don't worry, don't worry, he can't hear it. If you don't believe me, ask everyone. Someone laughed and scolded him before, but he didn't respond." It was obvious that Yu Jianjun was still a very careful person. He immediately noticed Li Muran's concerns and said with a laugh.

Of course, Li Muran couldn't ask other people, but she still looked around and found that the people in the car really didn't take it seriously. But even so, she still felt bad, especially she was almost sure that the man was not deaf, because he had responded to Zhang Ruiyang before.

"Don't be fooled by his consumptive appearance. He is actually very capable. He only goes out twice a month and can earn enough contribution points to pay for the rent and daily expenses. If I had his ability, I would rather work a few more days and live in a better place instead of staying in our place, which is cold and noisy and I can't sleep well at night." Yu Jianjun kept talking in her ear. Perhaps she was the only one who would listen to him chattering quietly without appearing impatient. "But to be honest, we live in the room in District 9. We can stay in it for half a month without worrying about going crazy. I can't stay there for a whole day..."

"That gentleman looks unwell. The weather is so cold, of course it's better to stay at home as much as possible to avoid worsening his condition." Li Muran coughed lightly and finally found a chance to interrupt the other party. He ended the topic with one sentence and then quickly changed the subject: "It is said that mutated zombies have appeared. I don't know how powerful they are. Brother Yu, hasn't the base released any news about this?"

When talking about this issue, Yu Jianjun's face showed a rare solemnity. He scratched his head and shook his head: "No. I don't know how powerful that thing is. It even caused Mr. Song's convoy to suffer a great loss."

Chapter 103 Mutated Toad

Li Muran originally wanted to change the topic, and he didn't really want to get any useful information from him, so he was not disappointed.

The bus was driving on the cracked and potholed road with a clattering sound. Countless battles with mutant plants and animals and zombies left marks of varying sizes on it that matched its bravery. The traces of repairs were all over the body of the bus. Although it ran like an old man who was about to die and would fall apart at any time, in fact, when it really encountered danger, its resistance to attack far exceeded that of its prime years when it was proud of when it was just out of the factory.

There were more than 30 people in the bus, but only Yu Jianjun's voice, which was sometimes high and sometimes low, accompanied by the noise of the car, diluted the dull and depressing feeling of the journey.

Zhang Ruiyang was holding Dudu in his arms, listening with great interest, and he didn't know if he really understood it, but compared to the absent-mindedness of others, he could be regarded as the best listener, so Yu Jianjun's eyes when looking at him tended to turn more and more kind and gentle.

If it was before the end of the world, such a journey would certainly make most people drowsy, but now, no matter how boring it is, no one dares to relax their vigilance, so when those strange mutant creatures hit the car, they were immediately discovered.

"Everyone, get your weapons ready to fight!" The man sitting next to the driver shouted, and at the same time said to the driver: "Go!" Whenever they encounter attacks from zombies and mutant plants and animals, they usually rush over if they can, and will not stop to face them head-on unless they have no choice.

However, this time many people felt something was wrong, because it was not a mutant animal that attacked their car, but a group of them. Each one was as big as a local dog, but had wide webbed limbs and ugly bumps on its back, like an enlarged version of a toad, or a toad-like bat, able to fly at low altitude and land on the car and make a hole.

Everyone picked up their weapons, holding the back of the chair with their other hand, trying not to be thrown out in the bumpy car, and always on guard against the mutant creatures that might break into the car. Li Muran called several children to his side so that they could help in time if something happened.

"Fuck!" The driver shouted. The windshield was pierced by the tongue of the strange toad. If he hadn't turned his head quickly, I'm afraid there would be a mark on his forehead like the one on the glass.

At the same time, the roof and the sides of the car were also pierced, but in a moment it became like a honeycomb and began to crack. The cold wind with a fishy smell rushed in. With the impact of more strange toads and the violent vibration of the car itself when it was running, it seemed that it would collapse and disintegrate at any time. In order to avoid the toad tongue that was so elusive that it could even penetrate iron sheets, everyone had to lower their bodies and move closer to the middle aisle of the car.

"Fuck! Everyone be careful, this thing is corrosive!" One person was quick and cut off a piece of the fishy tongue, but he didn't expect that the small piece of tongue fell on the floor of the car and burned a hole in the blink of an eye. As soon as

he finished speaking, the car creaked and tilted to a stop.

"Damn, what's going on? Why stop the car at this time?" The person who almost rolled over because of the sudden brakes cursed.

"Damn it, do you think I want to? The tire is broken!" The driver was furious and immediately cursed back, "Get out of the car! Get out quickly, if you are late, you will be buried with this car!"

In fact, no one wanted to stay in the car even without him shouting. The space that was originally spacious because the car was not full immediately became cramped when it was really in danger. Even swinging weapons had to worry about whether it would hurt others, and the attacks from outside seemed to be everywhere, making it extremely difficult to dodge. Therefore, when the driver opened the door, people rushed out one after another, even if one or two heart-wrenching screams came from time to time, but there was no way to stop this trend.

Li Muran didn't want to get out of the car in her heart, because the other people who got out of the car attracted the attention of most of the mutant toads, and the attack on the car was not as fierce as before. She just needed to take a few children and hide between the seats, which was much safer than getting out of the car. But she didn't dare to do so, because once the mutant toads were eliminated, the survivors would definitely reject them, and no one would be willing to let them take the bus in the future. And if everyone died, they would not be able to escape, so there was no need to choose what to do, even if it was dangerous.

"If I were you, I would throw this little thing out!" A hoarse and weak voice suddenly sounded behind her ear, accompanied by two coughs, but it was so clear in the chaotic sounds of fighting, collisions, shouting, and screaming around that it made people feel weird.

Li Muran was stunned for a moment, and the sick ghost sitting at the back had easily passed them and got off the bus first. His flexible movements did not look like a seriously ill person at all. In just the blink of an eye, Zhang Ruiyang, who had been holding her clothes tightly, had been squeezed away from her, separated by Wu Ziran and another person who was also taking the bus. Just at this moment, a bloody red tongue penetrated the car and rolled straight towards him. Li Muran saw that there was no urgent rescue, and for a moment, his heart and courage broke, and he screamed, and his voice changed in fear.

The man near Zhang Ruiyang reacted quickly. While the axe in his hand chopped out quickly, his other hand was about to grab Zhang Ruiyang. Who would have thought that he couldn't keep up with the speed. Not only did the axe fail to hit anything, but even the hand he stretched out also grabbed nothing. He was startled and just as he sighed, he was about to step back to avoid the possible attack of the toad tongue, something fell to his feet. Looking down, he found that it was a tongue about a foot long. It melted the car board in just a few seconds and fell under the car.

Who is so fast? He looked up in surprise and saw a dark shadow jumping up and down in the carriage like lightning, creating gusts of wind that hurt his face. Wherever he passed, there were panicked cries of cuckoos. Then the dark carriage regained its brightness, and the light of day shone in from the cracks in the hole. The child, who was originally thought to be doomed, climbed on the back of the car seat like a monkey, and jumped to the back of the woman who was so scared that her face turned pale and her eyes were bloodshot. The woman hugged him tightly, as if she had found a rare treasure. But this had nothing to do with him. He was paying attention to the guy who was still sweeping the carriage recklessly. If he was not mistaken, it should be the mutant insect that squatted on the child's shoulder or pretended to be dead in the backpack all day.

"Auntie, don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Zhang Ruiyang was still kneeling on the back of the chair. Li Muran's hands were so strong that he almost couldn't breathe, but he could feel her body trembling slightly, so even if he was uncomfortable, he didn't say anything, but patted her back with his little hands, just like his father coaxed him.

The current situation did not allow Li Muran to waste too much time on calming down her excited emotions. She only hugged for a moment. Although she was still frightened, she still patted Zhang Ruiyang's vest and encouraged her generously: "Yangyang is really great!" If the little guy hadn't been able to save himself, she felt that she might have lost the belief to continue living.

Zhang Ruiyang was praised and smiled immediately, but he didn't forget Dudu who was killing all around, and said: "Dudu is amazing!"

Li Muran's expression became solemn. She knew that this magical insect hatched by Nan Shao was very powerful, but today she really saw it. Thinking back to those mutant plants without crystal cores that she picked up for free, it was self-evident who did it. It was just that this thing was usually very lazy, and it seemed that it would only attack when it was provoked or when Zhang Ruiyang was in danger. However, this alone was enough for her to be grateful.

"You guys find a place to hide, and you are not allowed to go down." She told the little ones, then let go of Zhang Ruiyang and jumped out of the car with a knife. Fu Dan and the other two had just learned how to kill zombies, and asking them to kill mutant animals was simply sending themselves to death. Originally, she wanted to take them with her, but looking at the situation outside, she was afraid that she could not take care of them. It would be better to leave them in the car. Although there were dangers, it was the lesser of two evils. With Dudu guarding here, it was definitely safer than being under the car.

Although Fu Dan was not yet fourteen years old, he had already surpassed Li Muran in height. At this time, he showed the posture of an elder brother. He quickly stuffed the three little ones under the seat, and then stood in front of the seat with a knife, concentrating on alert. Even if a mutant toad broke through Dudu's blockade and broke in, he would be the first to see it.

After flying around the car for a few times and making sure there was no one to provoke him, Dudu flapped his short wings and landed on the seat where Zhang Ruiyang and the others were hiding. He looked down curiously, and a small hand reached out from below and pushed his head back.

"Shh - don't peek, you'll be discovered." Zhang Ruiyang said nervously, as if he had returned to the days when he was hiding in the hole behind the shack in Wangyang Town. Dudu

suddenly retracted his head and sat upright.

Fu Dan couldn't help laughing, and then he was soon attracted by the screams outside. His eyes passed through the broken car window and saw a person being cut in two by the tongue of the strange toad. His heart tightened, and he gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Ruiyang: "Yangyang, can you let Dudu go outside to help everyone?" He paused and added: "Sister Muran is outside, it's very dangerous."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes blurred and a small figure rushed out from under the car seat. By the time he realized what was happening, Zhang Ruiyang had already gotten out of the car, followed closely by Dudu, who had been lying quietly on the seat.

Fu Dan secretly cried out, "Oh no!" and shouted to Wu Ziran and Li Yuanzhuo, who were also about to crawl out, "You two are not allowed to come out! You are not allowed to make trouble!" As he said that, he quickly ran out of the car with a knife, looking for the little figure among the fiercely fighting humans and mutant toads.

The situation below was not optimistic. There were hundreds of mutant toads, but this was not the main reason for people's anxiety. What threatened them, who were already very experienced in combat, was the corrosive and flexible long tongues of those strange toads and their back poisonous claws that could spray corrosive liquids. Fortunately, although these things fought in groups, they had no organization and fought on their own, which also saved people from the tragic fate of being drenched into pulp by their venom rain from a distance.

Chapter 104 Post-war troubles

Due to the chaos, most of the venom sprayed by many toads was blocked by their own kind, and only a few landed on people. Although it also caused a certain degree of damage, it was not enough to kill people all at once. Only those who were particularly unlucky were splashed with venom or swept by the tongue of the toad like the one Fu Dan saw.

Another point that could barely be considered lucky was that although this mutant toad was flexible and sharp in attack, its body defense was not as abnormal as other mutant animals. If the speed was fast enough, an ordinary person's knife could also cut its belly and stop it from spitting out its disgusting tongue. Fu Dan, who had

just jumped out of the car, was not aware of these things. He was very scared. Although the weather was obviously very cold, his palms were already soaked with sweat, and a thin layer of sweat was also soaked on his forehead. But he didn't dare to wipe it. He just nervously guarded against the mutant toads that might rush over at any time, while frantically looking for Zhang Ruiyang and Li Muran in the crowd.

Can't escape. Everyone knew that since the mutant toad could stop even a vehicle traveling at full speed, it would be a death wish for a person to escape with only two legs, so they could only fight desperately, either to fight their way out or to make a profit.

Li Muran carefully dodged the venom and toad tongue that would come from nowhere, raised his hand and quickly cut off a long tongue that was coming over, and his eyes accidentally swept to the sick ghost not far away, and then saw a scene that surprised her so much that she almost forgot her own situation.

The sick ghost was inserting one hand into the stomach of the mutant toad, and then easily tore it into pieces, while the other mutant toad that was rushing towards him from behind paused strangely for a moment when its tongue was about to touch his head, and it was only this pause that might not even last a second, and the sick ghost's hand sent it to the underworld again.

Is this a human? This thought flashed through Li Muran's mind quickly, and was interrupted by the mutant toads that pounced on him from all sides, and he had to focus all his attention on dodging and fighting. What she didn't know was that when she looked away, the sick ghost who was throwing away the toad meat in his hand slowly looked over here with a cold look in his eyes.

Because of Zhang Ruiyang, after Dudu got off the car, the originally stalemate war quickly became one-sided. Dudu's speed was obviously several times faster than the mutant toad. Wherever he passed, he left only a residual image and a dead toad that fell to the ground with a bang. In just a few minutes, the mutant toads died or escaped, and disappeared completely.

The people who were fighting were confused for a moment, and then they burst into cheers for surviving the disaster. The first thing Li Muran did was to look back at the car, but he felt the corner of his clothes tightened and was grabbed by someone. He lowered his head and faced Zhang Ruiyang's smiling face.

"Who asked you to get off? Didn't I ask you to stay in the car with your brother and sister?" Her face changed suddenly, and her tone was unprecedentedly severe. While scolding, she bent down and nervously checked whether the child was injured.

Realizing that she seemed angry, Zhang Ruiyang blinked and suddenly reached out to hug her thighs, "I want to protect my aunt."

Li Muran paused, looked down at the child's soft hair, which was still a little yellow and dull, and did not speak for a long time. She only raised her head when Fu Dan's voice sounded.

"Sister Muran, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of my brother." The young boy hung his head and apologized guiltily. The thick cotton jacket he had just got looked tattered at this time, and there was even blood in some places, which made him look very embarrassed. Compared to him, Zhang Ruiyang, who got off the car earlier, was fine.

"Are you injured?" Li Muran frowned, and pulled the boy over to check him up and down. The boy, who already had the concept of gender differences, blushed instantly, and stammered, "No, nothing... Sister Muran, it's really nothing..."

Li Muran would never listen to him. She soon found that the boy's thigh and right elbow were stained with venom, and the injury was not light. She hurriedly got in the car to find water to wash the venom off for him. The weather was cold, and a thin layer of ice soon formed after the water was flushed, which stopped the bleeding by itself. However, part of the tendon in the boy's elbow was corroded, and the forearm was abnormally curled. The hand was equivalent to being useless. Even if the tendon ends were reconnected by surgery, it would probably be deformed after recovery, and it would be even more impossible to use it like normal. Besides, there was no condition for surgery now.

"It's okay...really, I'm left-handed..." The boy kept mumbling. If it weren't for his pale face and the panic in his eyes, people might think he really didn't care.

Li Muran suddenly felt sad. He wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. After a long while, he finally said, "Doesn't it hurt?"

"Hehe..." Fu Dan was stunned when he heard it, then he smiled foolishly twice, lowered his head uncomfortably and wanted to look at his arm, but in the end, as if he was afraid of something, he forced his eyes to turn elsewhere: "No, it doesn't hurt...I'm not lying to you, I don't feel anything at all." When he saw Zhang Ruiyang seemed to be about to cry, he hurriedly added another sentence. In fact, it was only painful when he was sprayed with venom at the beginning. Later, he was probably numb from the pain, and coupled with mental tension, he really didn't feel anything.

The survivors began to clean up the battlefield. Someone noticed that the skin of the mutant toad would not be corroded by the venom sprayed by itself, and immediately got an idea. While digging out the corpse crystal, he carefully peeled off the toad skin completely. Dudu seemed to have no interest in the crystal cores of mutant animals. After circling around like a king inspecting his territory, he flew back to Zhang Ruiyang's shoulder, lowered his head and shrank his feet, and turned back to his usual silly look. Li Yuanzhuo and Wu Ziran, who were hiding in the car, got out of the car and came to the three people after making sure it was safe outside. When the two noticed Fu Dan's situation, their faces turned pale, and Wu Ziran's eyes were filled with tears. It was unclear whether he was scared or worried.

Li Muran had no other choice at this time. She could only cut off two sections of her sleeves, turn them over, and use the slightly cleaner side to bandage Fu Dan's wound simply to prevent the wound from being further contaminated or frozen. She thought about waiting to return to the base to see if she could find Xiao Sheng to help. She was actually unsure about this. First, because Song Yan's life and death were still unknown at this time, she couldn't even see him. Second, even if Song Yan survived the danger, there was no reason for him to help her again. After all, even if she really saved him at the beginning, he had repaid the favor.

Several people stood there sullenly. Zhang Ruiyang raised his hand and took Dudu off his shoulder, hugged him tightly in his arms, and stood there with his head tilted. Tears fell straight down and fell on the scorched ground, turning into ice particles. He obviously realized that if he hadn't run out of the car, Fu Dan would not have been injured at all. The little child knew what self-blame was for the first time. Fu Dan

was distracted. Wu Ziran and Li Yuanzhuo looked at him in a daze. Li Muran noticed the little guy's strangeness. Just as she was about to bend down, she frowned and gave up the action. Because of her nervousness and worry about the two children, she didn't notice it before. It was not until now that she felt a burning pain in her back. She was also injured.

She slowly squatted down and pressed Zhang Ruiyang's head into her arms. At that moment, the child seemed to have found a channel to vent and burst into tears. Fu Dan and the other two came to their senses and were a little at a loss when they saw the little brother crying miserably.

"Don't cry! Don't cry, Yangyang... You and Dudu are so majestic today, why are you crying?" Fu Dan scratched his head for a long time and finally uttered this sentence. In fact, he didn't understand why the little guy was crying.

It would have been better if he didn't say anything. Once he opened his mouth, Zhang Ruiyang cried even harder. Fu Dan was a little dumbfounded. He subconsciously closed his mouth and took a few steps back, as if to say that he had done nothing.

"Brother, don't cry. If you cry again, I want to cry too, wow..." Wu Ziran walked over and wanted to coax Zhang Ruiyang, but as he spoke, he hugged Li Muran and started crying.

Faced with this situation, Li Yuanzhuo obviously didn't know what to do. He scratched the back of his head, looked at this, then looked at that, and finally squatted silently beside him.

Amid the cries of the two children and the increasingly unbearable pain in her back, she experienced the pain of being abandoned by her loved ones after the end of the world, the despair of being pushed into the zombie swarm by her companions who had supported each other during the escape, the fear of killing zombies during the day and being on guard against men with bad intentions breaking into the shabby shack without any defense at night, the confusion of taking responsibility for the lives of others with several children, and so on. Everything that she usually tried her best to avoid thinking about suddenly came up inexplicably at that moment, causing Li Muran, who had been gritting her teeth and holding on, to almost collapse emotionally. But when she looked up, she saw Fu Dan standing there stupidly in fear. The stubborn and ignorant figure of the boy made her restrain herself all of a sudden.

"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" At this moment, a voice interrupted, and it was the man who had wanted to save Zhang Ruiyang in the car. He came to deliver the crystal core and the toad skin. Seeing the miserable appearance of several people, she seemed a little puzzled, but also seemed to understand. In the end of the world, such scenes are common.

Li Muran smiled awkwardly, patted the two children next to her, calmed down, stood up, and thanked him for helping in the car.

"Oh! That's nothing, in that situation, anyone would save people. And the little guy is very capable, I didn't help at all." The man waved his hand and said nonchalantly. But Li Muran knew that it was not really as he said, that in that situation, everyone would help people, and it was good to step back if it was not related to him. Some people would directly reach out and push in order not to implicate themselves.

"My name is Li Muran, what's your name, brother?" She introduced herself. No matter how she thought about it, she remembered this favor.

The man scratched his head, grinned and showed a mouthful of tobacco teeth, and laughed heartily, "My name is Huang Hai. Thanks to you this time, otherwise I don't know how many people here can survive, haha..." There were

35 people in the car, but now there are only 21 people left, and among them, there are three seriously injured and difficult to treat, and the rest are more or less injured. This result was tragic. As Huang Hai said, if it weren't for Dudu, the casualties would have been much more. So when they distributed the crystal cores and toad skins to them, they also gave them more. As for toad meat, no one took the risk because it was venomous.

Chapter 105 Helpless and helpless

Two of the tires of the car were corroded, and the fuel tank was leaking, so it could no longer be used. Everyone had to walk back to the base.

Although everyone was given more than two mutant toad crystal cores and toad skins, compared with the losses they suffered, it could be said to be insignificant. For a group of survivors who had gathered together temporarily without any team support, losing a car that could be used for transportation and dozens of liters of hard-earned gasoline was tantamount to cutting their chances of survival by half. Therefore, on the way back, the air pressure in the crowd was very low. Even Yu Jianjun, who loved to talk the most, stopped talking. After crying, Zhang Ruiyang and Wu Ziran had a thin layer of white frost on their eyelashes, which finally diverted their attention.

Li Muran felt that the pain in her back had become numb, just like Fu Dan said, she had no feeling, so she didn't say anything to avoid scaring the children. As for the others, they saw it, but it was normal to be injured after fighting with mutant animals, and they would not make a fuss and shout about it.

"It's obvious that toads eat insects, so why is our Dudu more ferocious than the strange toad?" As they walked, Li Yuanzhuo, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly said this, leaving the adults speechless.

If it were normal times, Zhang Ruiyang would definitely be willing to discuss this issue with him, but at this time, he was listless and couldn't lift his spirits. Although Li Muran felt a little distressed, she hardened her heart and didn't say anything to comfort him. She hoped that after this incident, the child would realize that he was not alone, and his behavior would also have an impact on others, and thus learn to think more before taking action, instead of rushing out rashly like this time, even if he had good intentions. It's difficult for a child who is just over five years old to understand these truths, and he can only be forced to realize them step by step through reality. The end of the world is full of crises, and there will be no tolerance just because he is a child.

"Because Dudu is black." Wu Ziran, whose nose is still red, answered as a matter of course.

"What does it have to do with black?" Li Yuanzhuo was puzzled.

"Because if it's black, the mutant toad can't see it." Wu Ziran was very proud that he was smarter than others and could think of this.

"..." Li Yuanzhuo once again confirmed that the girl's brain structure was very strange.

Listening to the two children's childish talk, Li Muran's mood gradually calmed down, and he couldn't help but recall what the sick ghost said in the car before.

If I were you, I would throw this little thing out! Is the little thing he was talking about referring to Dudu? Or Yangyang? How did he know that Dudu could restrain the mutant toad? Or was it referring to something else? She looked up and looked around, and found the man at the back. His face seemed to be worse than when he went out. He looked like he was about to fall down in the wind, and he didn't have the toughness he had before to deal with the mutant toad. This person... is really a bit strange.

-

On this day, more than 80% of the teams that went out to do tasks or hunt were attacked by mutant animals or wandering zombies. One team was even chased by a group of zombies that suddenly appeared in a nearby county while hunting corpses, and almost wiped out.

At this time, the lives of the survivors in the base have gradually become stable. Even if they have to risk their lives to earn crystal cores and food every day, it is a voluntary choice for survival. For them, the area around the base is absolutely safe, otherwise the survivors who cannot afford the contribution points dare not build shacks outside the base to live. It is also for this reason that when the news of the continuous attacks on the team that went out came back, it immediately attracted the attention of the top leaders of the base, and the survivors began to panic.

"What's going on? Didn't we send people to clean it up regularly? Why did this happen?" The man stood by the wooden carved window, his expression cold, and his eyes gloomily looked at the empty courtyard outside without any green plants. The darkness extended in it, obliterating the snow light inch by inch. Two steps behind him, a young man in his twenties wearing a black woolen coat stood upright with his hands hanging down, his expression respectful.

"We do send people to clean up regularly, but because the area is so large, there is no way to truly isolate it. It is normal for mutant animals and stray zombies to break in from time to time. In fact, convoys are attacked every day, but most of them are sporadic and the attacks are not strong, so they don't attract attention. Large-scale attacks like this are indeed rare. I have asked someone to investigate, and I believe there will be a response soon." The young man replied.

The man snorted coldly and said unhappily: "This is your area of ​​responsibility. Others can ignore it, but you can't. No matter what the reason is, this matter must be dealt with immediately." Having said this, he paused and issued an order: "You go and make arrangements now. Starting tomorrow, send four groups of superpowers to drive and patrol in a radius of 50 miles in turns, and make sure to eliminate all movable dangers."

"But..." The young man showed an embarrassed look on his face, and wanted to say something, but was interrupted mercilessly.

"No, but if the area around the base is not safe, how can we assure the survivors of the base that the Dongzhou base is still safe? The people who have finally settled down will be in chaos, and we must cut the Gordian knot." The man's tone was as sonorous and powerful as a rock, and he could not be refuted.

The young man heard the words, and the hesitation on his face disappeared. He replied solemnly, "Yes." After that, he was about to leave to gather people and assign tasks.

"Wait." When the young man was about to reach the door, the man suddenly called him and turned around. An ordinary-looking face was revealed under the light, but the high nose, deep eyes like a black pool, and the momentum faintly revealed on his body gave him a unique mature man's charm, which was indescribably attractive to most women.

The young man stopped and turned back to wait for his instructions.

"How is Song Yan's situation?" The man asked.

"It is said that Song Yan has recovered, but our people have not seen him come out, and his convoy has not received any tasks during this period." The young man stated the news he received without any changes.

The man narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous light flashed in them, and then the corners of his lips curled slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

"Get ready, I will go to visit Mr. Song in person tomorrow."

"Yes."

-

Li Muran lay on the bed weakly, feeling indescribably depressed and uncomfortable. As soon as she returned to the base, she didn't even bother to treat her own injuries, and went to find Song Yan. Unfortunately, no matter how she begged, it was useless. Not to mention Song Yan, even Xiao Sheng couldn't see him. Although she was mentally prepared, when the facts really happened as expected, she still felt the despair brought by the disparity in status. It was not until dark that she couldn't bear to turn back. Seeing the eyes of several children standing at the gate of District 9 waiting for her return turned from expectation to disappointment, she wished she could cry loudly like Zhang Ruiyang did in the morning. However, even this simple venting was a luxury for her. She knew too well that once she collapsed, the children would have no hope.

It has been nearly a year since the end of the world. Due to improper storage and expiration, a large number of medicines have become ineffective. As a result, the price of the remaining available medicines is comparable to that of diamonds and gold before the end of the world. Ordinary survivors have no chance to use them. They are powerless, so the base has not set up medical institutions. After ordinary survivors are injured, they almost all rely on hard work. If they can survive, they will be considered alive. As for the healing ability users, no matter which base they are in, they are like national treasures. Ordinary people cannot even meet them, let alone ask for help. The only thing to be thankful for is that after experiencing two rounds of great changes, even the resistance and self-repair ability of the unawakened are much stronger than those before the end of the world.

It seems that Fu Dan's fate has been decided. If he survives, he will be disabled for life. If he can't survive, he will lose his life.

Thinking of this, Li Muran's heart was pulled up, and he couldn't fall asleep at all. It is unfortunate that he has not awakened his ability. If he is disabled, how can he survive in this cruel end of the world? You must know that not everyone can be as strong-willed and indestructible as Zhang Yi. What's more, Fu Dan is only thirteen years old and his life has just begun.

The children were all asleep. No matter how much Zhang Ruiyang blamed himself, or how sad and worried Li Yuanzhuo and Wu Ziran were for Fu Dan, they were just children after all. They had been frightened during the day and walked dozens of miles. They had already exhausted their energy and fell asleep as soon as they touched the bed. Because she had been running around and worrying about Fu Dan, Li Muran didn't even take care of her own injuries. At this time, she warmed herself in the quilt, and the stiffness and coldness were gone. The pain revived, as if someone had peeled off a layer of skin, and then stabbed her with needles and burned her with fire. She broke out in cold sweat on her head and clenched her teeth unconsciously.

Just as she began to lose consciousness due to the pain and almost thought she was in the hell of skinning, she heard a faint sob in her ears, and there was a whimper like gasping from time to time. The sound was obviously very small, but it was like thunder that made her regain clarity in an instant.

After holding her breath and listening for a while, she confirmed that the sound came from Fu Dan's quilt at the other end of the bunk bed. She slowly exhaled, reached out to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead, struggled to prop up her body, put on her clothes and got out of bed, pressed the quilt for Zhang Ruiyang, and then groped her way over.

"A Dan." She sat down on the bed, put her hand on the bulging quilt, and called softly.

The sobbing stopped suddenly, and the person in the quilt became stiff and did not respond. The room suddenly returned to silence, as if it was just Li Muran's illusion before.

"A Dan." Li Muran sighed and shouted again, "What's wrong? Is the wound hurting a lot?" Even she couldn't stand it, let alone a child.

Probably knowing that he couldn't pretend anymore, there was a squirming in the quilt, and the little boy poked his head out. The room was dark and he couldn't see anything, but Li Muran could distinguish his movements by hearing.

"Sister Muran, it hurts..." the boy whispered, his voice was full of nasal sounds, and there were sobs that could not be calmed down for a short time. He stopped before he finished speaking, but his heavy breathing showed that he was trying his best to restrain himself. The end of the world has taught children to be patient and strong.

Li Muran felt pain and soft in her heart. She reached out and gently touched the top of his head, and comforted him softly: "Go to sleep, it won't hurt when you fall asleep." When she said this, she couldn't help but feel ashamed, and felt more and more how incompetent she was, otherwise how could she let such a young child have to rely on himself to endure the pain.

In the dark night, people's defenses are always the most fragile. Because of her gentle touch, the fear and confusion that the boy had been suppressing broke out all of a sudden. He suddenly threw himself into her arms and cried uncontrollably, but he was still worried about waking up his younger brothers and sisters, so he tried to suppress his voice, so because of this suppression, his body shook even more violently.

"Sister Muran, it hurts... wuwuwu... I'm really scared... I'm so scared, I don't want to become a disabled person..." He can still force himself to smile during the day, but facing the fact that he is about to become disabled, not to mention just a child, even an adult would find it unbearable. He has performed well enough.

Feeling the thin body trembling uncontrollably in his arms, Li Muran felt his eyes sore and finally couldn't help but shed tears.

"Don't be afraid, Sister Muran will definitely find a way to cure you and won't let you become disabled." After a long time, she took a deep breath and said as if promising.

Chapter 106 The hexagram

Li Muran had a fever that night. The fever came suddenly but seemed expected. Anyway, the girl fell down. Even when she was drowsy, she knew that she couldn't just fall down like this, and she struggled hard to wake up. There were always cries and unclear voices in her ears, which made her even more anxious, but the darkness was too thick and she couldn't get rid of it anyway.

"Why are you crying? It's giving me a headache!" The sick ghost who was dragged home by Zhang Ruiyang's unyielding knock on the door pressed his throbbing temple and scolded him lightly.

The only two people who could support this temporary small family were lying on the simple bunk bed. It's no wonder that the three children had no idea. Apart from crying miserably as if the sky was falling, they could only go to the adults they knew for help. It's a pity that people living in District 9 have any connections? If they had connections, they would have left here long ago. Even they have to bear it themselves, how can they talk about helping others. Therefore, they could only stand by and say a few words of comfort, boil water to help feed the two people who were unconscious with high fever, and wring out the handkerchief to wipe their foreheads to cool down. But they all knew in their hearts that in the current environment, once the fever started, it would be difficult to recover.

The sick ghost didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but who made him live next door? He had a premonition that if he didn't come out, the crying next door would disturb him for the next few days

. His voice was not loud, but strangely enough, it had a magical power that made people want to obey subconsciously. Not only did the three children stop sobbing, but even Huang Hai and the others who were called over also quieted down.

"Bring me a stool." Ignoring the various looks from all around, the sick ghost coughed and said.

The three children searched around and finally pulled out a small stool under the bunk bed. This was brought back by Fu Dan when they went to the county town to hunt corpses. The sick ghost sat down, took a deep breath, and then asked Li Yuanzhuo and the others to light the fire. The room was too cold, and even if he was not sick, he would get sick from the cold, not to mention that there were two injured people lying there. This time, the children did not need to do anything. The adults who were also helpless beside him had already rushed to do the job in a few seconds.

The stove was simply built with broken bricks and stones, and it burned firewood. There was no chimney in the house, so the door could only be left half open to disperse the smoke. The men were quick and nimble. While making the fire, they simply helped the children boil water so that they could use it when needed. The newly lit stove was not warm, but the red dancing flames added a bit of vitality to the cold little house. In the thin smoke from the burning firewood, the sick ghost took out a piece of irregular black shell with lines on it from his body, rubbed it in his palm for a long time, and then threw it out. The shell fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

No one spoke, but everyone's eyes became strange, not knowing what he was doing. The sick ghost rested his elbows on his knees, supported his head with his hands, and looked at the scattered fragments on the ground nonchalantly.

"Sheng Gua." Sheng Gua, Yuanheng. Use to see adults, don't worry. South expedition is auspicious.

The best Gua, get help from noble people, don't worry at all.

After a while, he bent down to pick up the fragments one by one, put them back in his arms, then slowly straightened up, glanced at the three children who were looking at him eagerly, and said, "Go south to find someone."

In fact, since he arrived, except for a few words, he didn't do anything substantial, but it might be that his calm and calm attitude played a role. The children who were originally panicked and helpless, and those men who were waiting for the end of the world with pity and sadness and were ready to help deal with the aftermath, were all affected and calmed down, and even had a hint of expectation.

"South?" Wu Ziran looked around in confusion, as if trying to find out which direction was south.

"Which direction is south?" Zhang Ruiyang asked directly.

"That's Upper District 3." Huang Hai gestured and realized that men seemed to be more sensitive to directions. He frowned and looked at the sick man with disappointment in his eyes, "How can people like us get into Upper District 3?" "

Yes, if we can find someone in Upper District 3, who would live here." The other men who came to help also agreed.

At this time, Zhang Ruiyang, with tears still hanging on his eyelashes and red eyes from crying, suddenly said: "Director Uncle lives in Upper District 3." When

the men heard this, they couldn't help but shut up at the same time and looked at the little guy in disbelief, which scared the little guy. He shrank back, then straightened his neck and said loudly with a serious face: "I didn't lie."

"It's true, Sister Muran knows Director Song." Wu Ziran echoed from the side. Because Li Muran always called Song Yan the director, they followed suit.

"But Sister Muran went to look for him yesterday, but she couldn't see him." Li Yuanzhuo poured a basin of cold water on the two of them, and then hung his head in frustration, muttering, "We can't even get in, how can we find him?"

Hearing this, the adults finally believed that they knew someone in the upper third district. Although they didn't know who this Director Song was, since he lived in the upper third district, he must have some connections. As long as he could get some antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs, or invite a healing psychic, Li Muran and Fu Dan would be saved. No one noticed that they didn't even think about questioning the sick ghost's words.

"Yeah, even if you know someone, it's useless if you can't get in." Yu Jianjun scratched his head and said worriedly.

"It's better than having no hope at all." Huang Hai replied, then frowned, thinking about how to notify the director surnamed Song. No matter how deep or shallow the relationship between that person and Li Muran is, he would not stand by and watch them die.

"Let's go." The sick ghost ignored them, pointed at Zhang Ruiyang, and motioned the child to follow him.

Everyone else was stunned for a moment, and then they reacted. Huang Hai couldn't help but step forward and block in front, asking: "Brother Binggui, what are you doing..." He stopped talking before he finished, and then retreated under Binggui's cold and empty eyes and stepped aside.

It was not until Binggui took Zhang Ruiyang away that everyone came to their senses and asked curiously: "Old Huang, what happened to you just now?"

Huang Hai touched his nose and didn't answer. Even he himself was still puzzled. He didn't know why he was scared when the other party was obviously a consumptive ghost who couldn't even walk and didn't show any hostility. It's a pity that this can't be said to anyone, it's too damn embarrassing!

While they were guessing here, Binggui took Zhang Ruiyang and walked slowly towards the upper third district. Zhang Ruiyang trotted behind him, and kept turning his head to look back, because Dudu, who had always been inseparable from him, didn't come this time. It seemed... it seemed that since he dragged Uncle Binggui back to the hut, Dudu had hidden under the bed.

After walking two more streets, Zhang Ruiyang finally gave up. He ran two steps and reached out to hold the sick ghost's hand. The sick ghost froze slightly, then quickly returned to normal. He did not shake off, but he did not respond to anything Zhang Ruiyang asked.

"We can't get in." Seeing that the gate of District 1 was just in front of him, Zhang Ruiyang could not help but say something. But the sick ghost did not go over, but turned a corner and entered an alley. He walked for a few more minutes and finally stopped in front of a high wall. There was no one guarding here, but obviously few people could climb over it.

"You go." Pointing to the top of the wall, the sick ghost lowered his head and looked at the child quietly, and said.

"Uncle, what about you?" Zhang Ruiyang said, and just as he was about to move, he suddenly realized that the other party did not seem to plan to go with him, and he could not help but panic.

The sick ghost clenched his fist under his lips, coughed a few times, and panted for a while before slowly answering: "Go back."

"But I don't know where the director uncle lives." Zhang Ruiyang tilted his little head and looked at the sick ghost, with tears in his big eyes. He wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry. He followed Zhang Yi before, and later followed Li Muran. He had never done anything alone except staying at home. How could he not panic?

The sick ghost was unmoved, and coldly spat out one word: "Ask." To this point, he had exceeded his principles of life, and he would not help anymore.

"Okay." Tears finally fell from his eyes, but Zhang Ruiyang was used to being obedient. After making sure that the other party would not change his mind, he raised his sleeves to wipe his eyes, suppressed the fear in his heart, turned around, opened his small hands into claws and scratched on the blue brick wall, and his small body jumped up, whooshing a few times, like an agile monkey climbing up the wall. If Zhang Yi and others saw this scene, they would definitely be frightened.

Lying on the wall, Zhang Ruiyang couldn't help but look back at the alley again, and found that the sick ghost had already started to walk back tremblingly. Tears couldn't help but flow down, and he wanted to follow him back. But he still remembered that he had to find the director uncle to save Aunt Muran and Brother Fu Dan, so he just opened his mouth and pretended to cry, but no sound came out, and then finally wiped away his tears, opened his arms, and jumped into the wall like a fledgling learning to fly. When he fell to the ground, he rolled twice and stood up, without any injury.

District 1 is composed of many quaint and luxurious courtyards. In ancient times, it was where the powerful lived. After more than a hundred years, it has returned to the hands of the powerful again. Zhang Ruiyang landed in a dead end alley. He walked out and saw a wide street paved with bluestone slabs. There were tall archways on the street, and many mansions on both sides that looked the same at first glance.

There were not many people on the street, which was much quieter than District 9. Zhang Ruiyang stood there blankly, and his small figure was particularly eye-catching.

"Uncle, do you know where the director uncle is?" After walking around on the road for a while, he finally plucked up the courage and stopped a passing man to ask.

The man looked very ordinary, but he was followed by a young man wearing glasses and two men wearing black coats who looked like bodyguards. The majestic look was very similar to Director Song, so he was chosen by the little guy.

"Which director uncle?" The man raised his hand to stop the bodyguard's attempt to drive the child away, bent down slightly, and asked kindly.

Zhang Ruiyang's face was dirty with tears, just like a kitten, but his eyes were big, black, and clear, like black crystal, which made people unconsciously let down their guard. His long eyelashes fluttered, and he thought seriously, then said, "Uncle Director Song... Mr. Song." Uncle Xiao Sheng seemed to call him that.

The man was stunned, and then laughed, "Of course I know." Because they were in the same district and only a dozen minutes away, he decided to walk to visit Song Yan, but he didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain. As far as he knew, Song Yan seemed to have a child of five or six years old at home. Could it be the lost kid in front of him? But he didn't look as annoying as the rumors said.

Chapter 107: Deliberate Suspicion

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Wei. Mr. Song would be very happy if he knew you were coming to visit him. But unfortunately, he is now in a critical period of his supernatural power advancement. He has been in seclusion for many days and cannot be disturbed. Please forgive me, Mr. Wei. Thank you very much for your concern. When Mr. Song comes out of seclusion, I will convey your greetings as soon as possible."

"It's okay. Mr. Song's supernatural power advancement means that the strength of our Dongzhou base has been further enhanced. In this extraordinary period, it is indeed a gratifying thing, and we naturally attach

great importance to it. But when Mr. Song comes out of seclusion, you must notify Wei as soon as possible, and Wei will come to congratulate him in person." "Of course, of course, I believe Mr. Song will also look forward to meeting you."

After a round of hypocritical courtesy, the man walked out of the door of Song's house. The smile on his face instantly faded, and he said to the young man behind him with a stern look: "If Song Yan is not too seriously injured, he has become a zombie. The person who notified you can take action now. Otherwise, when the news spreads, people's hearts will be scattered and it will take a lot of effort to gather them together again."

"Could this be a trap set by Song Yan?" the young man asked hesitantly.

The man smiled faintly and said something meaningful: "Even if it is a trap, he must trap himself first." It is difficult for others to sleep peacefully beside the bed. Song Yan's elite troops, nearly a brigade, made him feel like a thorn in his throat. He couldn't eat or sleep well until he received them under his command.

While the two were here calculating how to take advantage of this rare opportunity to take Song Yan's troops into their own hands, the protagonist they were talking about was frowning in disgust and picking up a small cat to throw it into the bathtub.

Zhang Ruiyang screamed in fear, and spread his limbs in panic and clung to Song Yan's thick arms like a little monkey, "No... can't wash..." After he followed to the Song residence, he was directly brought here by Xiao Sheng who recognized him. Seeing Song Yan sitting in front of the fireplace and reading a book leisurely, he didn't know that he became like this before he said anything.

Song Yan hated the hygiene of the children brought by Li Muran, but since they had not met again, he was impatient to meddle in other people's business. But when the little guy came to his door, with a little face full of flowers, he, who had a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder, could not stand it. He stripped the child naked and prepared to wash him clean, regardless of the purpose of the child's coming here.

He found that the child was holding his hand very strongly and could not be easily peeled off. He raised his left eyebrow and asked unhappily: "It's so dirty, why can't you wash it?"

Zhang Ruiyang, who was always obedient, was unusually stubborn this time. He refused to let go and stammered to explain: "After washing it, it will be... cooked and eaten by bad people."

Song Yan was stunned and spoke for a long time: "Follow me in the future, so that no one will dare to eat you even if you wash it." As soon as he said this, he was shocked, but he did not regret it. After all, with his ability, it was just a piece of cake to protect a child.

However, he wanted to do a good deed, but the child didn't appreciate it. Perhaps it was uncomfortable to be half-hanging in the air, or maybe he thought of Li Muran, Zhang Ruiyang burst into tears. He was not a crying child, but what happened in the past two days was something that even an adult could not bear, let alone a child.

"I didn't beat you, why are you crying?" Song Yan frowned, looking awkwardly at the bathtub that was already filled with hot water, still struggling whether to just throw the little thing in it.

"I... I don't want to go with you, I want to go with Aunt Muran... I want to find my dad... Wow... Aunt is going to die..." The child already vaguely understood the meaning of death, and therefore knew fear.

"What's wrong with Li Muran?" Song Yan finally found the key point from the child's intermittent and incoherent words, and didn't care about being disliked. He put the child down, resignedly put his clothes back on one by one, and asked at the same time.

"Brother A'dan's hand is broken... wuwu... It's all Yangyang's fault... Auntie wants to find the director uncle, but she can't get in here and can't find him... wuwu... In the morning... Auntie didn't wake up when she got up in the morning... Brother A'dan is also..."

Looking at the little guy who was sobbing and his tears and snot were all mixed together, Song Yan had a headache and pulled a towel to wet it with hot water and wrung it dry, then covered the little face and wiped it hard a few times. Although the child couldn't express clearly, he could probably guess what happened from the few words.

"Yun Ze, go find Long Xia and ask her to wait outside." He ordered the bodyguard who had been standing next to him as an invisible man, and waited for him to leave before asking Zhang Ruiyang: "Then how did you get in?" He had already heard from Yun Ze that Wei Jingchi came to visit him and picked up the lost little guy on the road and brought him here. Before, he was only concerned with trying to wash the little thing clean, but he had been tossing for a long time without success. Only then did he remember that there was such a problem.

Zhang Ruiyang finally managed to free himself from the uncomfortable wiping. When he heard this, his little face, which was rubbed red by the hot towel, showed a rare shy look. He hesitated for a long time before replying in a low voice: "I... I climbed the wall... the big high wall over there... and came in."

Song Yan's eyes suddenly widened, and after a long while he clicked his tongue and didn't ask any more questions.

Chapter 108 Long Xia Takes Action

It is well known that there are two healing psychics in Song Yan's team. With this alone, he can walk sideways in the base, but what everyone does not know is that the number is not two but three. Long Xia, one of Song Yan's bodyguards, the woman who once made room for Li Muran and his team, is well-known for her fierce skills and abnormal fire ability. However, because Yun Ze, Xiao Sheng and others are blocking her in front, she is not too noticeable. No one knows that what Song Yan really values ​​about her is that she never shows her healing ability that far exceeds that of the other two healing psychics in front of others.

However, this is not a very likable woman, although she is very beautiful.

When she got out of the car and saw the entrance to District 9, her eyes revealed a trace of undisguised disgust, and her expression was extremely cold, as if someone owed her 2.58 million. Zhang Ruiyang had no intention of lending a hand to Zhang who was climbing out of the open car door with his butt sticking out. He just looked at her coldly, frowning impatiently.

Zhang Ruiyang was a very sensitive child. When he was sitting in the car, he felt that this beautiful aunt didn't like him, so he tried his best to reduce his presence and not disturb her. Song Yan couldn't show up in the short term for some reason, so he only asked the driver to send two people over. Even Yun Ze, Xiao Sheng and others who were more familiar with Li Muran were not sent out.

"I... I know the way." Although he was a little scared, knowing that the aunt in front of him could save Li Muran and Fu Dan, Zhang Ruiyang still plucked up the courage to say to her, then took a step forward with his short legs and ran forward, looking back while running, meaning to let Long Xia catch up. He was originally a very polite child, but in front of an adult who didn't like him or even hated him, how could he remember these things.

Seeing that the child was running fast, Long Xia couldn't help but run after him without caring about her image. A trace of anger flashed in her bright eyes, but she didn't shout to stop him. She just quickened her pace. Fortunately, Zhang Ruiyang soon realized this. Even though he was anxious, he still slowed down reluctantly.

Because most of them were injured yesterday and the situation outside the base was not very good, Yu Jianjun and others did not go out that day, so when Zhang Ruiyang came back with his people, they were still there. Although they couldn't help much, they could always help the two children to hold on to the situation. As for the sick ghost, he had retreated to his dark and cold little room, with the door closed tightly, and never showed up again. Except for Zhang Ruiyang, no one dared to bother him again.

Seeing that Zhang Ruiyang had really invited people, several men were a little surprised and hurriedly made way. Seeing that the other party was not small, they did not dare to move forward. Huang Hai wanted to help the children greet them so as not to offend them, and to tell them about Li Muran and the other party. As a result, he just said one word at the beginning, and Long Xia's arrogant and contemptuous eyes forced the rest of the words back into his stomach, and he quietly retreated to the side.

Maybe there were class differences before the end of the world, but it would never be as clear as the level between superpowers and non-superpowers now. Many superpowers think they are the chosen people of God, and regard the unawakened as low-level creatures, just like how humans treat cats, dogs and animals before the end of the world. It is common to be killed casually if you provoke them. It is impossible for the base to let superpowers pay for their lives for an ordinary person with no power. Although some people still insist that everyone is equal and should not be distinguished by whether or not they have superpowers, there is no real equality before the end of the world, let alone the end of the world where human life is worthless. Therefore, the people in District 9 had long learned to bow their heads and avoid the superpowers, and even the feeling of humiliation was difficult to arise. If there is no way to make yourself stronger, you can only learn to compromise with reality.

Looking at the dimly lit house full of choking smoke from firewood, Long Xia took a deep breath, suppressed her unhappiness, and walked in. Although she had a bad temper and looked down on the people in District 9, she was very loyal to Song Yan. As long as it was something he ordered, she would do it properly even if she didn't like it, and she had the ability to do it. This was also the reason why Song Yan was relieved to let her come alone.

It didn't snow that day, but there was no sun either. The sky was gloomy, and the depressing clouds had never dispersed since the heavy rain a few months ago. People were almost forgetting the warmth of the sun and thought they were living in hell. Huang Hai and his three children stood outside the house, shrinking their necks, shaking their feet, and were so cold that they wished they could curl themselves up and stuff themselves into the stove. In fact, they didn't have a deep friendship with Li Muran, and they had done their best to wait for Long Xia to come. There was no need to stay here any longer. But perhaps out of admiration for Li Muran bringing a few unrelated children, or perhaps out of nostalgia for the mutual help between neighbors and relatives before the end of the world, at this moment none of them wanted to go back. At least, no one wanted to go back before getting the result.

One hour, two hours...

Finally, a few unclear voices came from the house, and then the half-closed door was opened. Long Xia came out with a snow-white handkerchief while wiping her hands. Ignoring the expectant eyes of the people around her, she threw the handkerchief that was not stained with dirt casually, and left without saying a word.

"Damn, this woman is so fucking awesome!" Yu Jianjun couldn't help but mutter, and several children had already rushed in, and then screams of joy rang out.

Chapter 109: Be Brave to Apologize

Li Muran's fever had not completely subsided, but the wound on his back had healed. Long Xia left a bottle of antipyretic medicine for them. Fu Dan had also woken up and was sitting there holding his arm in a daze. Both of them looked very unhappy. However, after everyone came in, Li Muran still cheered up to deal with their concerned inquiries and thanked them for their help. Only after everyone left did she breathe a sigh of relief and look at the silent Fu Dan.

"Sister, in the future, even if we... we die, we will not ask others for help, okay?" Fu Dan suddenly spoke, and the three children who were jumping around in the room because they were happy that the two of them had recovered suddenly quieted down and looked at the two of them in a daze. Fu

Dan's hand was not able to fully recover to the state before the injury. Although the wound healed, it was bent and deformed because a section of the tendon was corroded. However, it was not for this reason that led him to say such a thing.

"A Dan..." Li Muran shouted, but could not continue.

"I will definitely find a way to repay Mr. Song for saving us. When we don't owe him anything, we will pretend that we don't know them, and we won't ask him or anyone else, okay, sister?" Fu Dan raised his voice and repeated it. As he spoke, tears rolled in his eyes, but he stubbornly refused to let them fall.

"He is my teacher..." Li Muran was silent for a moment and shook his head. She was also upset, but she insisted, "and when we were of no use to him, he was still willing to help us again and again. This kind of thought cannot be settled like buying things with a payment. Unless he asks for it in person, I can't treat him as a stranger."

"But that woman said that about you, it's obviously not like that..." It seemed that he understood what she meant, but the pride of a young man made Fu Dan shout out in anger and unwillingness while accepting this, and then he knelt down and cried. Unlike last night, he was no longer suppressed. In the past two days, the rainy season in the cottage seemed to have arrived early.

Seeing the boy's intense reaction, Li Muran's shame caused by Long Xia's words faded inexplicably. She walked over and sat down, gently stroking the boy's head, and promised solemnly: "A Dan, I can promise you that I will never ask the director to help us again." The woman was right. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, she should not regard Director Song as her lifeline because of the little relationship in the past, and she would reach out to grab him when she was desperate and helpless.

"It's better not to be too greedy. You and Mr. Song are not from the same world. Don't do stupid things like using a few poor children to get close to him." From beginning to end, the woman only said this to her, and her face did not hide her contempt and disdain.

To be honest, when she first heard these two sentences, she was so ashamed that she wanted to dig a hole and crawl into the ground. Li Muran scratched her messy short hair and suddenly laughed. She felt that she and Fu Dan were lucky to have survived this time. It would be ignorant to complain about others' harsh words and charity. So she rubbed the boy's head twice, who had gradually stopped crying after hearing her promise, and then hugged Zhang Ruiyang, who was standing next to her in shock, and asked, "Yangyang, you are so capable. Even your aunt can't see the director uncle. How did you do it?"

Zhang Ruiyang was not happy about being praised this time. He looked at Fu Dan who buried his head uneasily. His big black and white eyes stayed on the abnormally bent arm for a while, especially. Then he reached out to hug Li Muran's neck, buried his face in her neck, and said sullenly, "Auntie didn't cure brother Dan's hand."

Li Muran's hands tightened slightly around the little guy's body. Although she had noticed it before, when Yangyang told the truth, she didn't dare to turn her head to look at Fu Dan's hand. Maybe it wasn't her fault, but she still felt so guilty about it that she couldn't bear it.

But Fu Dan, who had just been crying uncontrollably, raised his head and wiped the tears off his face with his sleeves. He forced a smile and said, "It's healed. Look, brother is holding you." Then he stretched out his hand to Zhang Ruiyang. He deliberately made his good hand slightly bent, so that the abnormality of the other hand would not be too obvious.

Zhang Ruiyang slowly turned his head away from Li Muran's neck, looked at the two hands carefully several times, then turned over and threw himself into Fu Dan's arms. Before being hugged by Fu Dan, he accurately held the disabled hand, touched it gently as if afraid of hurting it, and blew on it, and asked softly: "Brother, does it still hurt?"

Fu Dan's eyes were still red, but he giggled, shook his head and said: "It doesn't hurt, it's all settled. The healing ability is very powerful, it can cure any injury."

Zhang Ruiyang sat in his arms, but he did not feel happy when he heard it. Instead, he lowered his little head and said sullenly: "Brother, I'm sorry, Yangyang was disobedient and hurt brother. Yangyang is bad, you can spank Yangyang." After two days of anxiety and fear, the little guy finally plucked up the courage to apologize to Fu Dan.

Li Muran was originally watching the interaction of the two children, one big and one small, with a smile on his face. When he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up, wiped his eyes, and called Li Yuanzhuo and Wu Ziran, who were standing obediently beside him and didn't quite understand what was going on, to cook together. After a day of hard work, the children probably hadn't eaten anything yet.

And Fu Dan, who was solemnly apologized to, was also stunned. He felt a taste in his heart that he couldn't even tell, a little sour, and a little soft, and the pain and despair brought to him by the disability of his right hand didn't seem so strong. He rested his chin on the top of Zhang Ruiyang's head, hugged the little guy's body and rocked it gently, his eyes fell on the dark corner of the wall, and whispered: "It's not Yangyang's fault, it's because my brother is too stupid." Because he was too weak, he ended up like this, and he couldn't blame anyone else.

"Brother is not stupid." Zhang Ruiyang raised his head and retorted loudly, but he seemed to think that his brother with a broken hand might become stupid in the future, so he immediately added: "Yangyang will protect brother in the future."

If a person of similar age or older said this, the young and self-respecting Fu Dan might sneer, or even feel humiliated and angry. But if it was a five-year-old kid, he felt very moved. He didn't take it seriously in his heart, but hummed and said with a smile: "Okay, from now on, brother Dan will hang out with our Yangyang." He didn't realize that after such an experience, the distance between him and Li Muran and Zhang Ruiyang seemed to have gotten closer unknowingly.