Between life and death [unlimited]

This damn system, why can't all these restrictions be finished at once!

Jiang Lai, who never liked to complain, complained in his heart rarely.

The son of the river has been irritated by the beads shot by Jiang Lai. The weak old George did not faint when he heard its roar. He seemed to be still concerned about his nephew: "What happened, little George, are you all right? Little George!"

Jiang Lai did not answer Old George's question aloud, because he was already wrestling with the Son of the River.

Although the son of the river is very thin and small, its speed is indeed extremely fast. The moment he was hit by Jiang Shang, the son of the river opened his mouth wide and rushed towards Jiang Shang who was originally hidden in the house.

Jiang Lai didn't expect that he would be put together by the system. Seeing the bloody mouth of the son of the river so close, he had no choice but to pick up the chair next to him and use up his weakened body strength like playing baseball. , and swung vigorously towards the son of the river who was rushing in mid-air.

I saw the figure of the son of the river flickering, barely avoiding the stick that Jiang Lai swung, but it was wiped by the extra leg of the chair, and fell directly from midair to the ground.

A shallow scar was scratched by the chair on the face of a teenager, and Jiang Lai's behavior further angered the son of the river.

So it stood still at the same place, still on all fours, and knelt down not far from the river, its eyes the size of copper bells instantly turned blood red, and black air emitted from its body.

Jiang Lai had heard about it when he was a killer before, and there are still some supernatural powers in South America.Looking at the performance of the son of the river now, the monster in front of him should have supernatural abilities.

When he thought that he was still restricted by the system, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

But after all, Jiang Xun is a hob meat that walked on the tip of a knife, and he has experienced countless moments of life and death. There are hundreds if not thousands of people who died in his hands, so even in such a disadvantaged situation, he would Not panic.

Throwing away the folding chair in his hand, Jiang Li picked up a piece of cardboard from the ground and held it casually in his hand.

Anyway, the system has already weakened half of his strength, so he should simply give up his strength and compete in speed with this monster, the Son of the River!

The son of the river is surrounded by black air, but for some reason, he has been reluctant to make a move.Of course, Jiang Lai didn't intend to give it any chance to make a first move.

In just a split second, Jiang Lu appeared in front of the son of the river like a ghost, and the jammed paper in his hand was like a sharp blade.Under Jiang Lai's extreme use, the thin paper flexibly left several wounds on the body of the son of the river, one of which was directly injured on the son of the river's right eye!

The son of the river wailed in pain, and the black air on his body finally drifted towards the moving Jiangxi, but for some reason, he still couldn't get close to Jinjiang.

The Son of the River's mind is also very flexible, and it instantly knew that its super power somehow couldn't attack Jiang Shu, so it simply gave up the unnatural power that could kill this human being with one blow.

It showed its terrifying speed in an instant, and its figure nimbly fought with Jiang Xiang.

Jiang Lai had a few wounds on his arm by its fangs, but he didn't seem to feel any pain, and desperately attacked the son of the river with the thin cardboard in his hand.

The white cardboard was already covered with the red blood of the Son of the River.

The son of the river's panting is also getting thicker and thicker in the constant fight with this human being. It knows that this means that its strength is about to run out. When it wants to jump up and continue to attack Jiang Xun, it sees that the sky outside has begun to brighten. .

It could only cast a bitter glance at Jiang Lai, who was standing on the spot and breathing steadily, and then jumped down towards the window on the second floor like a bolt of lightning, and disappeared into the vast forest behind the house in an instant.

The sound of the fighting just now was extremely soft, and only a few minutes had passed. When Old George finally groped to the door of Jiang Shang, the battle was over, so he didn't know what happened just now.

He could only vaguely see a group of black shadows leaping in front of him in the corridor on the second floor, and he asked Jiang Xun with concern: "What happened just now? My dear nephew, why have you been silent all this time? What happened?"

Jiang Lai shook his right arm that was trembling due to exhaustion. He was about to shake his head when he suddenly thought that Old George might not be able to see his movements clearly, so he could only answer: "It's okay. There was a wild cat just now. .”

Old George groped to Jiang Lai in the dark, and he said with a smile, "Uncle, this is the countryside. There is a forest behind the house, and there are many wild animals in it. You must have been frightened just now, my child."

Just as he was talking, old George stretched out his hand and stroked Jiang Xun's hair lovingly.

In the past 20 years, Jiang Lai has been killing non-stop since he was a child, and his body has long been accustomed to defending against the behavior of others.

Jiang Lai wanted to avoid Old George's touch, but for some unknown reason, he held back abruptly.

To be honest, it's not that Jiang Lai can't accept intimacy from others.It's just that he had never encountered contact without any killing intent before, and now he suddenly met the kind and friendly old George, and he was not used to it.

It was already past dawn, and the dark night sky outside seemed to be torn apart, and the daylight slowly began to bloom.

It was as if a gap had been torn out of his heart suddenly, against the glare of the light, Jiang Xun comforted the old man in a low voice that he had never heard before: "It's okay, uncle, I'm not afraid... ..."

The next morning, Jiang Lai woke up to a strong smell of breakfast.

After sending old George back to his room to rest last night, Jiang Lai understood that in this novice qualification test game, the system should limit the number of players participating, so he, who was never tired, would feel intense drowsiness after the battle, and I can't resist it at all.

So he had no choice but to give up his plan to continue tracking the Son of the River, and he could only make plans when he woke up tomorrow.

When Jiang Lai finished washing, he just went downstairs when he saw old George on the dining table full of various breakfasts.The dishes on the table looked like they were reprocessed from last night's leftover food, which was delicious without wasting food.

Hearing Jiang Shui's voice coming downstairs, old George took the initiative to say hello: "Good morning, my dear nephew."

"morning."

The pseudo-uncles and nephews sat at the dining table warmly and had breakfast. Old George asked Jiang Lai with concern: "Did you sleep well last night, did you get used to eating this morning?"

Jiang Lai nodded, remembering that Old George couldn't see, and replied simply: "Yeah."

Old George continued to ask: "Then what are your plans for today? Do you want to go around the town? It's really boring to stay at home with me, an old man, every day."

Jiang Lai originally intended to go to the town or the surrounding forest today to search for clues about completing the mission.So he simply replied: "Yes, I want to go out for a walk."

Old George enthusiastically introduced him to the surrounding attractions: "There is nothing interesting in our Poratello area, but the scenery is quite unique compared to other places, and it should be something that children who grew up in the city have never seen before." .We used to have a lot of gold mines here, but most of them are abandoned now, you can go there, but be careful."

"Also," old George suddenly emphasized, "if you want to go to the forest, you can, but it's best to come out before dark."

"Why?" Jiang Lai obviously smelled something unusual in his tone.

"Oh, it's because the wild animals in the forest start to move after dark," Old George explained. "You saw it last night too. We often have small wild animals running into the house here."

The one that appeared last night was obviously a monster—the son of the river, but Jiang Li didn't say anything. He just pretended to ask Old George casually: "Uncle, when I came, I saw a river beside..."

Before he could finish speaking, Old George's face changed drastically. The hand that was taking the bread suddenly shook violently, and he threw the fork in his hand onto the table.

"Snapped!"

The steel fork made a crisp sound when it touched the porcelain plate.Old George was awakened by the sound. He pretended to be calm, but his voice suddenly became indifferent: "That is a river of evil! I advise you not to go there, and not to approach it."

Jiang Lai was very strange and wanted to ask more questions, but no matter how much he asked afterward, Old George refused to answer.

With many doubts in his heart, Jiang Li hurried out after breakfast that day.

As soon as he walked out of Old George's yard, a passing neighbor greeted him: "Young man, hello! Are you here to visit relatives?"

The person who greeted him was a strange uncle. Seeing that he was not malicious, Jiang Li nodded slightly.

This uncle has a very cheerful personality, and he said familiarly: "Seeing that you came out of George's house, you should be his nephew, little George, right? You look much better than your uncle!"

Jiang Xun was not good at communicating with people, so he didn't know what he should reply at this time.

"John! What are you doing here?" An aunt's voice came from behind the familiar uncle. He walked in front of the two of them, and Jiang Lai realized that it was the aunt he met at noon yesterday.

The middle-aged aunt patted Uncle John on the head, and shouted at him: "Run around if you have nothing to do, I think you are really free, come back with me, there is a lot of work waiting for you at home!"

John glanced at his wife helplessly, and he smiled apologetically at Jiang Xun: "Sorry, let's take a step first, and we will talk later when we have time."

Jiang Lai nodded politely out of politeness.

Before John and his wife walked far away, Jiang Lai's sensitive ears caught the whispering of the aunt: "...This is the rude young man I told you about, and you even took the initiative to talk to him! Are you Are you too free? There is a pile of meat at home that hasn’t been chopped yet..."

John retorted weakly: "...It's been a long time since I saw young people... Old George is really lucky to have a nephew from afar..."

Jiang Lai keenly noticed the strangeness of the conversation between the couple.

The uncle said that he hadn't seen young people for a long time—could it be that there are no young people in every family in this small town, only middle-aged and elderly people?

After Jiang Lai walked around the whole town, this conjecture in his mind was confirmed more and more.In this small town located deep in the mountains, almost isolated from the world, it seems that there are really no younger youths.

Even after walking around the whole town, Jiang Lai didn't see a school on the street—that is to say, there were no young people who needed to study in this town.

What happened here, why is there not a young man in the town?Don't all the inhabitants of the town have descendants?

More and more questions came to Jiang Shui's mind.No wonder John felt envious when he saw him come out of old George's house. The distant nephew passed into the old George's name, and old George was also considered a successor, probably the first in this town.

Suppressing the doubts in his heart for the time being, Jiang Lai went to the forest behind the town for a walk.It was also the place where the son of the river, who was injured by Jiang Xun, fled last in the early hours of this morning.

But after wandering in the forest for a long time, Jiang Lai didn't get anything. It looked like an ordinary forest in the daytime, where even wild animals could not be seen.

Perhaps, the forest at night would be different?Due to the restrictions of this mission, he will automatically fall asleep after the early morning, so Jiang Xun made up his mind to come here to see it again in the second half of the night tonight.

When Jiang Lai came out of the forest and returned to Old George's house, it was almost dusk, and Old George was busy making dinner in the kitchen.

When entering the door, Jiang Lai deliberately did not make any sound, so old George didn't know that someone had entered the room.

I saw old George holding a plate of dishes and placing it tremblingly on the dining table, and then he took out a photo frame from an unknown place under the dining table. He placed the photo frame next to his seat, and stroked the inside of the photo frame gently with both hands. of photos.

From where Jiang Li was standing, he could clearly see all the characters in the photo.

It was a picture of old George with a pregnant woman!