out of time

Chapter 4 The Uninvited Guest

The moment he turned around, Xu Qing quickly swept behind him.

He saw seven or eight zhang away, there were seven people in different positions, approaching him scatteredly.

These seven people are all adults, male and female, mainly dressed in leather jackets, dark gray in color, with many leather bags hanging on them.

Everyone has weapons on them, and they are scattered separately.

Three of them were holding bows and two were holding knives. Neither of them left their backs to the other, as if they were on guard.

There is another person wearing a glove, walking alone, and the position is in the middle.

As for the man with a yin and yang tone just now, he is a tall and strong man.

This person was carrying a huge battle axe, and he was also the closest to Xu Qing.

His body was extremely burly, with a hideous scar on his face and a beard all over his face. With cruel eyes at the moment, he took big strides while grinning, approaching Xu Qing.

All of this was seen by Xu Qing after a glance.

His pupils contracted, and his mind instantly analyzed that these people were not like a whole with each other, but more like a temporary team.

This can be clearly seen from their positions and precautions.

And the identities of these people, Xu Qing has already guessed, they... are all scavengers!
There is no shortage of scavengers in Nanhuangzhou. Most of them are cruel and don't have much bottom line to talk about. Everything is a naked predator of the weak.

Obviously this time the blood rain stopped in the restricted area, the barrier was opened, and the scavengers around were attracted to swarm.

For them, although the forbidden zone is dangerous, they are people who survive on the edge of a knife. The resources contained in the empty city are enough to make them red-eyed.

Even if most of the materials are polluted, there are still valuable things.

While the thoughts in his heart were spinning rapidly, Xu Qing's body swayed, and he was about to jump away from the side.

But the big man who was approaching him saw that Xu Qing was about to run, his eyes became more ferocious, and his smirk was bloodthirsty.

"Want to run? I like to torture and kill brats like you the most. There should be a lot of items in your leather bag, Team Lei, this kid, give it to me."

The cruelty in the big man's eyes seemed to radiate from his pupils, forming a deterrent. With his tall body and battle axe, he felt extremely oppressive.

At this moment, he rushed forward with big strides, swung the battle ax in his right hand, and threw it directly in the direction Xu Qing wanted to jump.

With a whistling sound, the battle ax pierced the distance between the two sides and approached from mid-air in an instant.

The big man was very strong, and his movements were not slow, but Xu Qing's speed was even faster. Almost at the moment when the tomahawk came, his body suddenly accelerated and avoided.

The battle ax roared past in front of him.

The blowing wind blew on Xu Qing's face, blowing up some of his messy hair, exposing his cold and wolf-like eyes under the hair.

The next moment, Xu Qing's body rolled on the ground, instead of running away, he came up to the big man, raised his right hand, and a jet-black iron stick appeared in his hand.

Taking advantage of the fact that he was not as tall as the opponent, Xu Qing jumped upwards, and the iron stick in his hand stabbed at the big man's chin from bottom to top!

It all happened so fast, Xu Qing's thin body and his previous actions of trying to escape formed a natural cover for his attack, so that even the big man felt a life-and-death crisis at this moment.

But he was experienced after all. At this moment, his face changed drastically and his upper body suddenly leaned back. He narrowly avoided the iron sign, but there was still a bloodstain on his chin.

But without waiting for the anger in his heart to burn, Xu Qing's expression was indifferent, and he quickly pulled out the dagger from his calf after missing a hit with his left hand.

When the big man's upper body was leaning back, he directly lowered his body and stabbed the dagger fiercely into the instep of the right foot of the big man.

With a bang, the dagger pierced through the sandals, through the flesh and blood, and nailed directly into the soil!
The big man's expression was distorted, severe pain hit his whole body, and a shrill scream came out suddenly. He was about to fight back, but Xu Qing was too flexible. send.

The flickering flames covered his face, making him look a bit uncertain, but the wolf-like eyes could not be concealed by the flames, looking vigilantly and ferociously at those scavengers.

All this happened so quickly, and Xu Qing's age and figure were so confusing that many of the scavengers were careless and didn't react immediately.

At this moment, the eyes of the three people who opened their bows were all sharp.

Xu Qing, who was hiding behind the bunker, did not look at the big man not far away screaming and pulling out the dagger in his instep, but after scanning the three bowmen, he finally looked at the one standing in the middle with a fist Set of people.

This person is an old man, although his clothes are similar to others, but his eyes are the sharpest, and in him, Xu Qing faintly felt the subtle fluctuations of psychic energy.

Based on his location and the instinctive gazes of other people around him, Xu Qing had some judgment in his mind.

The other party... should be the temporary leader of these scavengers.

Xu Qing looked at the old man, analyzing from the bottom of his heart, and the old man was also looking at him, and there seemed to be some strangeness in his eyes.

Soon the old man looked away, looked at the still rising incineration flame not far away, and fell silent.

At this moment, the big man who pulled out the dagger had furious anger in his eyes, let out a roar, and was about to charge towards Xu Qing.

"Little brat, watch how I kill you!"

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, revealing a sharp glow, and was about to make a move, but at this moment, an old voice came calmly.

"enough!"

These two words seemed to be deterrent, making the roaring man stop and look back at the speaker.

It was the old man with gloves that Xu Qing had just looked at who spoke.

"Team Thunder..."

"This child should be a survivor of the slums outside. The gods are lenient on him, so don't make a move. Let's go."

"But..." There was strong unwillingness in the big man's eyes. He believed that he was just careless before. If he really made a move, he was sure to crush Xu Qing's neck within a few breaths.

So just as he was about to speak, the old man gave him a faint look.

"Do you want me to say it a second time?"

The big man struggled, but finally lowered his head.

Just when he lowered his head, he looked at Xu Qing who was hiding in the bunker out of the corner of his eye, murderous intent flashed across his face, then turned around with a gloomy expression, and limped towards the old man.

Xu Qing felt the murderous intent, narrowed his eyes slightly, and watched the group of scavengers vigilantly, gradually walking away.

But just after they walked tens of feet away, the old man in the middle paused and turned his head. He didn't know whether he was looking at Xu Qing or the burning flames of the pile of cremated corpses. After a while, he suddenly spoke.

"Child, would you like to leave here with me?"

Xu Qing was taken aback for a moment, he noticed that in the other party's words, he was talking about me, not us.

So he fell silent, his eyes swept across the group of people, and the old man was also patient, without urging, and stood in the distance waiting for the answer.

After more than ten breaths, Xu Qing glanced at these people many times, looked at the old man, and then at the big man who was hurt by himself with a gloomy expression.

There was a strange light in the boy's eyes.

He stood up slowly, without speaking, and slowly approached them.

Seeing Xu Qing approaching, the old man smiled, turned around and continued walking, the others also took a deep look at Xu Qing, and then walked away.

In this way, Xu Qing followed the group of scavengers and watched them search for valuables in the city.

During this period, he learned the nickname of the ferocious big man, and others called him a cruel bull.

This person also glanced at Xu Qing many times, with a gloomy look in his eyes.

But obviously restrained, it seems that he is not in a hurry, waiting for the opportunity when the old man who prevented him from making a move is not around.

And he seems to be very sure that such opportunities will definitely exist in the future.

Xu Qing thought for a while, thinking of the greed of the big man, so based on his familiarity with the city, he gave these scavengers some help.

Xu Qing's low profile made these scavengers find valuables faster and found more items.

And the remnant cow is obviously greedy, even if it can't hold it on its body and exceeds its own weight, it still wants to take more.

As a result, he, who was already wounded, searched more than others, and carried heavier items.

It wasn't a big deal at first, but as time went by, the big man's physical strength was obviously consumed a lot, and his fatigue far surpassed everyone else's.

As for the area of ​​the City Lord's Mansion, Xu Qing thought that the old man called Thunder Team would be helpful to him, so he didn't lure them there.

Until the night was about to fall, the group finally left the city and camped in the former slums outside the city.

They moved very skillfully and pitched six tents.

Except for the two people holding the knife and a tent, the others were alone, and incense was lit outside the tent, and some people took out some powder and sprinkled it around.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, all kinds of screams began to echo in the city, and these scavengers all walked into the tent.

Only Team Lei glanced at the lonely Xu Qing, took out a sleeping bag from the side, and threw it over.

"Burning incense can disperse strange beasts, and powder can ward off weirdness. With your contribution today, with me here, the remnants of cattle will not dare to call your attention. This place is still safe."

After speaking, the old man ignored him and walked into the tent.

Xu Qing didn't speak, but took a deep look at the old man's tent, picked up the sleeping bag, opened it, and got in.

But it was not sealed, but a crack was left in the direction of the scavengers' tent.

In the middle of the night, the screaming and shrieking sounds from the outside world became more intense, and the strange cries also echoed indistinctly. The terrifying atmosphere seemed to be everywhere in the outside world.

No one seemed willing to leave their sheltered residence at this time.

Only Xu Qing...

He opened his eyes in the sleeping bag, remained motionless, and waited silently.

As time passed, Xu Qing slowly crawled out of the sleeping bag in the middle of the night when people were most asleep.

He moved very carefully, making as little noise as possible.

The roar and shriek in the city echoed in his ears, but it didn't distract him at all.

After carefully climbing out, Xu Qing silently walked towards the tent where the big man Remnant Niu was.

He does not allow any hidden dangers that threaten his life around him, even if it is only a hidden danger, he must find a way to solve it immediately.

This is the law that Xu Qing learned from the lessons of blood after surviving in the slums.It is also the reason why he agreed to follow this time.

Even when he reminded everyone during the day to make them gain more, he also saw the greed of the remnant cow and wanted to make him more tired when he was wounded, so he lost his vigilance.

And the way he deliberately lowered his posture was also to paralyze the other party and make them less defensive.

All of this was for the current attack. At this moment, Xu Qing looked calm and approached the tent lightly. Instead of acting rashly, he squatted there and listened carefully for a while.

The snoring that came into the ear was even, continuous and stable, and it didn't seem to be fake. After confirming these, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, slowly pulled out his iron pick, gently opened the button of the tent, and slowly got in.

The tent was dim, and Xu Qing could vaguely see the remnant cow lying there, sleeping deeply, obviously due to the load during the day, coupled with injuries, it was extremely exhausted.

And the mentality of a strong man makes Canniu never think that the young man who has a pleasing and cooperative attitude during the day will venture to come in the middle of the night when other scavengers are there.

So at this moment, he didn't know that there was an uninvited guest in his tent.

Xu Qing looked at the sleeping Remnant Niu, his cold eyes were as calm as the deep sea, he approached him gently, until he stood beside him, Xu Qing did not hesitate at all, the dagger in his right hand flashed coldly, and in an instant, the remnant Niu who didn't know On the neck, cut severely.

The force was so great that the corpse was almost torn apart.

Blood gushed out in an instant.

The severe pain caused Can Niu to open his eyes suddenly, and saw Xu Qing's expressionless face, his expression showed disbelief and horror, just about to struggle, but Xu Qing's left hand was quickly raised, and he pressed it on his mouth, Make it unable to make any sound.

The struggle became more intense at this moment, Can Niu's eyes widened, and his whole body twitched wildly.

But Xu Qing's hands were like iron tongs, pressing firmly, his right foot even lifted up, and stepped directly on the belly of the remnant cow, turning itself into a bow shape, with the help of steady strength, the struggle of the remnant cow was useless .

As the blood continued to pour out, the remnant cow was like a fish out of the water, and gradually despair appeared in its eyes, even pleading.

But what he saw was Xu Qing's calm face. As for the sound made by his body struggling, it was also covered up by the screams and screams from the outside, and could not be heard at all.

Time passed slowly, until more than ten breaths later, the struggle of the remnant cow gradually weakened, and finally trembled, the whole body relaxed, motionless, only the eyes were open, the fear before death remained, and he died.

Xu Qing didn't raise his hand immediately, but waited for a while to confirm that the other party was really dead, then let go of his hand, and after wiping off the blood on it, he opened his leather bag.

Carefully took out the snake head wrapped in linen from inside, and carefully used the snake head's fangs to pierce the skin of the remnant cow.

In the next moment, as the toxin spread, the corpse of the remnant cow burst into green bubbles and slowly melted.

After a stick of incense, the corpse completely turned into a puddle of blood, seeping into the soil on the ground.

Xu Qing watched all this silently, began to tidy up the scene, and dealt with the relics of the remnant cow, making the illusion that the other party was missing, and then got out of the tent.

The cold wind blew head-on, taking away some of the bloody smell on his body. Xu Qing looked up at the night, took a deep breath of the cold air, and slowly returned to his sleeping bag.

The moment he lay in the sleeping bag, his heart finally settled down. The sense of security brought by the removal of hidden dangers made him close his eyes and fall asleep quickly, but the iron stick in his hand was always tightly held and never let go. .

Silent all night.

In the early morning of the next day, the morning sun fell, reflecting the ground, Xu Qing opened his eyes, quietly climbed out of the sleeping bag, and looked casually at the tent where the remnant cow was.

The next moment, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The tent of the remnant cow has disappeared.

Xu Qing's heart sank and he became more vigilant.

Soon other scavengers came out of the tent one after another in the early morning, and they were surprised when they discovered the incident at the first time, and some people searched around but failed.

But because the remnant ox disappeared completely, even the tent was gone, so some people judged that the other party should be greedy for the things in the city and left in the middle of the night, or for other reasons, and left without saying goodbye.

In short, in this restricted area, there are too many reasons for a person to disappear.

It was originally a temporary team, and Remnant Niu was alone, so these scavengers soon stopped paying attention to this matter, and some people looked at Xu Qing, but they seemed to think that this matter could not be related to Xu Qing. There is no obligation to investigate, so the speculation is withdrawn.

Only the old man called Team Lei looked at Xu Qing meaningfully when he took Xu Qing's sleeping bag back, and spoke lightly.

"Now, will you still follow me?"

This sentence has far-reaching meaning, Xu Qing remained silent.

The old man didn't say anything else, he called out to everyone, and hurried on their way under the early sun.

Xu Qing stood there for a while, then instinctively turned his head to look at the ruined city.Finally, he turned his head and looked at the back of the old man. After thinking for a while, he stepped forward to follow. As he walked, his steps gradually became firmer.

Six scavengers and a child, their figures are drawn very long in the sun...

In the distance, the wind blows, blowing away their sighs and emotions as they walked forward.

"This is the catastrophe of the gods, and the whole city will perish."

"There is another restricted area in this world..."

"It's not a big deal. You've heard of it. Seven or eight years ago, there was a big city in the northern area. The gods opened their eyes and saw that area and the city disappeared strangely, as if it had never existed."

The voice of the conversation became weaker and weaker. Under the early sun, in the figure of the long-distance traveler, the young man was silent, listening silently, and walking silently.

Farther.

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