Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

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The night is like ink, and the silent and deep sea reflects thousands of miles of stars; the bright moon hangs high, and the flames cover the scorched earth under the cold moonlight.

The thick smoke surged like a wave, black, gray and white mixed smoke surged into the night sky, the blazing fire engulfed the earth, the hidden changes silently peeped, shadows moved with the flames, screams and shouts were ravaged by the sea wind and dissipated, in the black Torn apart by Hong's frantic rage, the scattered figures ran across the wheat field like the wind, and fell down without struggling.

The boy struggled to get up and looked behind blankly. The strong wind passed by, and the flames swallowed everything in sight, including the boy's consciousness and thoughts. Uncontrollably approaching, blurred eyes, choking fireworks and the smell of burnt minced meat in his nostrils.

"Dad, Dad..."

Just one step away, the moment the boy approached the corpse, a huge force pushed him away.His eyes went dark, and before he could clearly see the figure pushing him away, he felt a heat in the corner of his eyes. The warm liquid blocked his sight, slid down the side of his face, and exploded a dark flower on the black and white clothes. splash.

"Live..."

The boy was dragged away by another black shadow, and in the dark world, there was only a hopeless and ethereal voice: "You must live..."

"!"

Xiu woke up suddenly, breathing violently like a drowning person, and it took a long time to escape from the nightmare.

He covered his pupils with one hand, and the light pierced his eyelids from time to time through the gaps between his fingers. The wind roughly slapped his face, and the rubbing sound of heavy objects and some whispers came from his ears.

Xiu calmed down, breathed evenly, wiped off the cold sweat, and opened his eyes.

This is a dark and narrow space, the body is made of metal, the back of the waist is covered with cold metal of the same texture, and the back is covered with rough and thick canvas. On a tall man.

The man was wearing a hat, and under the black vest and vest were strong muscles that were about to come out, thick veins and large tattoos of unknown colors clinging to his arms.In the dimly lit space, Xiu couldn't see the man's face clearly. With the light that broke in through the gaps in the canvas, he could see the unkind facial lines and the melta shotgun tightly held in his arms.

Xiu and the big man looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

It should be staring at each other.

he thought.

The light that breaks in through the gaps in the canvas is really limited. Even if it is stretched half a palm wide by the wind, the light can only illuminate a corner of his trousers.

So, he was about the height of a big man, staring at the two faint black spots in the dark, and continued this stalemate silence.

"Hey, don't, don't go, you come back..."

Whispering came from the dark place on the right side of the big man. Xiu saw two people tugging, and one was pulled as soon as he got up. The voice of the restless woman came to Xiu's ears intermittently: "I don't agree... .I disagreed just now...you don't listen...in case...you die..."

"It's okay, I have a measure..."

The voices are that of a young man and an elderly woman.

The young man broke away from holding his hand, and walked towards this side under the woman's unstoppable opposition.

"You, are you awake?"

The young man was a little nervous, the expression on his face involuntarily switched between gentleness and vigilance, and the corners of Wei Yang's mouth twitched uncontrollably, which was an expression of trying to stay friendly and hide his anxiety: "Are you okay?"

"En." Xiu muffled in reply.

"Yes, would you like some water?"

Xiu looked at the water bottle handed over carefully, it was very small, the size of a palm, and the pure light flickering under the light was exceptionally clear.

"I see your lips are a little chapped."

Xiu didn't refuse, took the water bottle and unscrewed it, drank it down in one gulp.

Seeing this, the young man handed Xiu another bottle of water. While he was doing this, Xiu could feel the woman in the dark beating her chest and stamping her feet.If she hadn't been afraid of him as a stranger, the woman would have stepped forward and snatched the water from him long ago.

Xiu didn't refuse. While taking the water, he touched the pocket of his trousers with his other hand.

"do not move."

The big man raised his gun, pointing the black muzzle at the young man.

The young man shrank in fright, and the woman in the dark almost screamed out. A suffocating oppression and tension suddenly filled the already small space, and no one dared to act rashly.

Xiu stared at the muzzle of the gun, tried to raise his arms slowly, and slightly opened his hands to show that he was not malicious. Then, under the gaze of the big man, he opened the pocket of his trousers, and took out two shiny silver things and handed them to the young man. , the young man took it tremblingly - two silver coins.

"Water, let me buy it from you, if there is too much, I can't get it out."

Xiu drank another half of a bottle of water in one breath, and carefully put away the rest: "Also, thank you for the ride."

The young man nodded blankly, barely getting out of the atmosphere just now.

Xiu glanced at him, then looked at the big man holding the gun: "Thank you too, for not tying me up while I was asleep, or shooting me down with one shot."

The big man ignored him and put down his gun silently.The young man breathed a sigh of relief this time, but the woman in the dark seemed to be muttering something, her voice was thin and chaotic, as if she was praying or begging God to worship Buddha.

The young man had no intention of leaving after collecting the silver coins, and sat down at a certain distance from Xiu: "Hello, my name is Murray, and he is Kane, the mercenary who escorted us."

"Xiu, a homeless man who almost died."

Xiuyan finished speaking concisely, and looked at the woman in the dark.

"She's my mother," Murray said.

Xiu nodded, no more words, leaning on the restless canvas behind him, recalling the things before falling into the nightmare.

He remembers pushing his motorcycle and walking aimlessly under the scorching sun, with no water, no food, and his physical strength was almost exhausted.He did not know how long he walked among the deserted buildings and wreckage. Whether he fell or not was only supported by his thoughts. He watched the convoy passing him in the distance, kicked up dust, and left straight away.

Tortured by the sun and hunger, he didn't have time to reach out for help, and he didn't think the other party would stop kindly.

In today's world, anyone can be a hunter and anyone can be a prey.

Whether the convoy's departure was a blessing or a misfortune, he was powerless to think, and he fell to the ground weakly, grateful for the unbalanced motorcycle falling to the other side instead of hitting him.This weight should be able to crush him to the point of paralysis, and then he would face up to the sky and wait for death with his eyes open.

He sighed, laughing at himself for being so wicked, and then a cloud of smoky dust rose all over his body, and a truck stopped in front of him...

"You're weak," Murray's voice interrupted his thoughts. "Our food is almost gone, and only compressed biscuits are left."

Murray handed over a plastic bag, which contained a compressed biscuit the size of a palm and half the thickness of a thumb.

Murray's hand moved a little closer: "Eat."

"I, I have no money," Xiu licked his dry lips and swallowed, "If you want my motorcycle, I can only say sorry."

Hearing this, Murray froze for a moment, then smiled and stuffed the compressed biscuit into Jinxiu's hand: "We don't want your stuff, eat it, haven't you paid for it?"

The words had come to this point, Xiu Mei was polite, tore open the package rudely, stuffed the biscuit into his mouth in two bites, chewed it impatiently and swallowed it whole, and then carefully collected the biscuit crumbs in the plastic bag and leaked on his body Put it into the palm of your hand, put it all into your mouth, chew it carefully, and swallow it reluctantly after a long time, then take out the water in your arms and pour it into a plastic bag, tie the bag tightly, shake it, drink it up, He licked his lips that were dripping with water, not daring to drop them at all.

"Thank you." After barely filling his stomach, Xiu regained some strength.

Murray smiled: "You haven't eaten for a long time."

"Three days." Xiu said.

"Oh," Murray nodded, "where are you going next?"

"I don't know." Xiu took a deep breath.

They sat in the bed of a pick-up truck, a space wrapped by rough canvas, plus a total of four people.Apart from his motorcycle, the rest of the space is filled with a mountain of wooden boxes.

"You...are a caravan?"

As soon as the words were finished, Kane tightened his grip on the gun, Murray dodged his eyes, and his mother was too frightened to speak, but Xiu smiled lightly and signaled them to relax.

"If I didn't ask, thank you anyway, I should go too, lest you worry, and I am too worried."

"Stop, stop, stop now..."

Murray's mother immediately shouted to the cab, wishing to drive away the uninvited guest immediately, but the moment Xiu got up, she was too scared to speak again.

Xiu looked at the woman who was huddled in the corner, trying to hide behind the wooden box, and felt like laughing: "Your mother is so scared, why did she come out with you to run a caravan?"

"Bitters are rampant recently, and there is not enough manpower. I also persuaded her," Murray sighed softly. "The private caravans do not have the protection of the military. If they want to transport goods, they can only rely on mercenaries."

Murray is very young, and feels a few years younger than himself, but he is very familiar with people and things. He must have been on this business road for many years, but when he said mercenaries, he looked at Kane a little bit. Live fear and tension, and not full trust.

This is also normal.

In the end times, legal morality has long been trampled to pieces by the laws of nature. In this world where "to live is king, and to lose one's life in a blink of an eye", whoever is more barbaric and who is more violent has the right to speak. Said to be a huge temptation.

Therefore, no one can believe it, no one can believe it.

Maybe the "soldiers" and the rampant "bandits" in front of me are a nest, and are you going to swallow them up with their bones and scum?

"Not only that," Murray said, "I heard that the battle on the front line does not seem to be optimistic. The military's defense line has been withdrawn for [-] kilometers in less than half a month. After running this trip, it is estimated that the commercial road will be temporarily blocked. When will it be released? Feng is an unknown.”

"That is to say, we are not far from the human city."

Xiu stepped on the motorcycle, tightened his gloves, and simply checked the condition of the car: "Hello, please help me to point out the direction."

"Are you going to Tinis too?"

"Whatever the city, if you want to survive, you have to find some supplies," Xiu added. "There is no need for anything else. I will thank you all when I have a chance."

Xiu insisted on leaving, but Murray didn't say much to persuade him to stay, and pointed to a direction: "Northeast direction, if you hurry up, you can get there in three hours."

Xiu nodded in thanks, put on the mask, and before starting the motorcycle, he suddenly thought of something, and took out something from his arms: "You are on a business road, please ask, have you seen this thing before?"

It was a small ball the size of a porcelain white egg. The ball was delicate in hand, hard in texture, and integrated into one body. Through the light, we could faintly see shiny golden spots on the white ball, but it didn’t look like a valuable object. Murray looked at it. Didn't know what it was for two laps.

"Never seen it," he said.

Murray returned the ball to Hugh, who raised his hand to Kane.

Kane reached out and Hugh threw the ball over.

After a few seconds, Kane threw the ball back: "I don't know."

"What about you?" Xiu waved the white ball at the woman again.

The woman shook her head repeatedly, she probably didn't even see what was in his hand clearly, she just kept shaking her head to urge him to get out of the car.

Xiu no longer felt sorry for this poor and timid woman, but the truck suddenly braked suddenly, and before everyone had time to react, they heard the sound of car horns and huge exhaust pipes approaching them from all directions, sealing off the convoy in a blink of an eye. On the way, the ominous premonition instantly choked their breath.

"This movement..."

Kane raised his gun and frowned: "It's a bandit."

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