monster he just wants to be a good guy

"It's right under your feet."

Along the way, Uncle Lu made road signs in conspicuous places.Every few hundred meters, you can find an arrow-shaped groove carved on an old tree.

It took them a day to walk out of the swamp area, the woods gradually thinned out, and the field of vision became wider.

Before the sun set, Zheng Qingmiao chose a flat and firm leeward place to set up a camp, and began to drive nails into the soil.There was little gravel in the soil, so Zheng Qingmiao and Lu Man could drive the whole nail into the ground with bare hands without any effort.

When they were building a bonfire with stones, Zhang Qingyan, who had not been seen for a long time, finally appeared, and came back with a large bundle of firewood tied with a whip.

The hot flames kept devouring the firewood, and after forming charcoal ashes, Zheng Qingmiao threw a few sweet potatoes into it.Seeing this, Lu Man also threw the pancakes and jerky into it, and covered the stone board tightly.

Through the gaps between the layers of stone slabs, there are still warm fires coming out. The early spring is chilly, the night is getting darker, the surface temperature is very low, and Lu Man's trouser legs have been wet by the dew on the ground.

They hadn't talked all day, for fear of making a noise and bringing over the wrong monster.It wasn't until the bonfire was lit and sweet potatoes were eaten that Zheng Qingmiao broke the silence.

"Oh, I haven't spoken for a day, I'm suffocating." He said, holding the scorched sweet potato in his mouth, tearing the skin and meat apart.

"Can you talk after lighting a fire?" Lu Man asked curiously after peeling off the dark skin with two strokes.

"Monsters dislike fire, as most beasts fear fire. But only dislike."

Zhang Qingyan ate sweet potatoes slowly, her tone was as calm as ever.

"Unless you are hungry, most monsters will not take the initiative to approach the fire source. There are also a small number of exceptions, and I have encountered it once before." Zheng Qingmiao is a core member of the hunting team after all, and he is well-informed. He talked about his past experience That's a no-brainer.

"That night when it was my turn to watch the night, a fluttering moth as tall as half a person flew over and jumped straight at our campfire. The pattern was like a human face, with thick hair all over the body, and tentacles as long as arms! It fluttered He came over with his mouth open and wanted to bite my head, but I cut off the whole head with a knife. You don’t know, that black juice sprayed all over my body... It was so disgusting that I didn’t eat for a few days.”

"Bugs are scary." Lu Man nodded approvingly, and continued to gnaw a few mouthfuls of delicious sweet potatoes.

"He's afraid of bugs." Zhang Qingyan poked him shamelessly.

"How can I, Zheng Qingmiao, be afraid of bugs? It's just too disgusting!" Zheng Qingmiao looked at the unpeeled sweet potato in his hand, and suddenly lost his appetite.

"Lu Man, if you meet a monster in the wilderness, don't kill it so recklessly like Zheng Qingmiao."

Ignoring Zheng Qingmiao's protest that "I was just scared that time", Zhang Qingyan continued to explain to Lu Man:

"Lu Man, do you know how monsters are formed?"

"I heard from Uncle Lu that a plague broke out 30 years ago. Many animals were infected with that virus and mutated into monsters." Lu Man replied after thinking for a while.

"That's right." Zhang Qingyan nodded in agreement, "It can even be said that the corpse left by the monster after death is more harmful than when the monster was still alive."

"I heard from my parents that when the catastrophe happened 30 years ago, only a few animals turned into monsters, which did not pose a threat to the siege at all."

"But at that time they didn't foresee that the monster's corpse was also infectious to the virus. By the time they reacted and carried out centralized destruction, the virus had already spread among various animal populations, and the situation gradually got out of control. Although they are now living in the wilderness The normal animals in the world are close to extinction, but the practice of destroying the corpse after killing a monster has been handed down to this day."

"It's not that monsters can't be killed, but it's very troublesome to deal with after killing them. It takes a very high temperature and a long time to eliminate the virus activity. It can't be fully burned by ordinary bonfires alone."

"I was forced by my father that time. He kept saying that it was for my own good. Why would I carry the body of the big moth on my back? Back to the gate of the village."

Zheng Qingmiao's complexion was still a bit bitter when he recalled it, and his tendons couldn't help trembling, as if he had inadvertently recalled the intoxicating touch of that flesh-on-meat experience.A smile flashed across Zhang Qingyan's face.

"Of course, the difficulty of handling dead bodies is only one reason."

"Is there any other reason?" Lu Man continued to ask curiously, having come into complete contact with this knowledge for the first time.

"Of course it's hard to kill." Zheng Qingmiao and Zhang Qingyan said in unison.

"Monsters are all ordinary animals. Animals are strong and weak, and monsters are the same." As the forward of the hunting team, Zheng Qingmiao has rich experience in dealing with monsters.

"The attack power of a monster is linked to the strength of the original animal. After carnivores like lions, tigers and wolves are alienated into monsters, they are more dangerous to humans. And weak aggressive monsters like moths are less threatening. It will be much smaller."

"Like the moth last time, it is one of the very few monsters that are easy to kill. Most monsters are difficult to deal with, with amazing strength and speed, and super regeneration ability. Competing between humans and monsters to die first is tantamount to egg vs. The rock is harder than anyone else. Therefore, if you encounter monsters, avoid them if you can.”

"Brother Qingmiao, what kind of monsters do you encounter most often in the wilderness?"

"Near Qingmiao Village, there are mostly spiders and other weakly aggressive insects. Going to the city, there will be more types of monsters, but we rarely go there, it's too dangerous."

"why?"

"There are wolves near the urban area. A large pack. Wolves have a very sensitive sense of smell, and they will rush over if they smell any meat. For a little one like you, there might be nothing left between their teeth..."

They chatted with Lu Man about the monster for a while, and seeing that Lu Man was full and drowsy from the warm campfire, Zheng Qingmiao urged him to go to sleep.

"Go sleep in the tent if you're sleepy, Qingyan and I take turns keeping watch."

"I can also keep watch." Lu Man opened his eyes wide, as if he was not satisfied with this arrangement.

"What kind of night watch, you just need to sleep well. Xiaoman, you are still growing up, and we uncles and aunts have already passed the puberty period!"

Zheng Qingmiao happily patted Lu Man on the shoulder, and only after she finished speaking did she realize that she seemed to have said something wrong.

Zhang Qingyan didn't respond, she just opened the curtain of the tent and fell asleep.

Lu Man stopped arguing, got into the sleeping bag, put his hands on his trouser legs, and slept straight.

"Master, Xiaoai can also help with the night watch, please sleep at ease!"

"Thank you, let me know if there is any abnormal situation." Lu Man only noticed Xiao Ai's existence at this time. The AI ​​housekeeper chatted a lot along the way, so he listened selectively and blocked most of them.

Xiao Ai said excitedly that she received it, and felt that she finally had some value in existence.

According to the reality of the employee handbook built into the system, after the AI ​​housekeeper is abandoned by the owner, it will be destroyed directly when it returns to the factory! Ta can't be easily abandoned by the master... Xiao Ai must continue to work hard and shine for the master!

Of course, nothing happened, and Xiao Ai was excited all night in vain.

Early the next morning, they walked out of the forest in a short while.Zhang Qingyan still didn't walk side by side with them, but kept a distance of several hundred meters.Without the shade of the trees covering the sky and the sun, there is nothing in front of my eyes. From a distance, I seem to be able to see the end of the front line of sight, and something suddenly protrudes on the horizon, rising like a sapling.

"That is the tower of the siege, and it is the core of the entire wall. According to Uncle Lu, it is as tall as the sky."

Seeing Lu Man staring at the small spire for a long time, Zheng Qingmiao explained in a low voice.

Lu Man also probably knew what happened after the catastrophe last night.

After the cataclysm, the city fell and the people evacuated, and the city became a breeding ground for monsters.

Human beings who didn't have time to evacuate or didn't want to leave their homes gathered together and established new settlements in places far away from monsters.

The siege was not called the siege 30 years ago, but had another name.The people who stayed behind have gone through three or four generations, and they have long forgotten the name they used, so they gave the city a new name - "Besieged City".

Lu Man looked at the end of the horizon, the spire that sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

I don't know if there is anyone there?Lu Man suddenly thought about this.

Maybe not?As Brother Qing Miao said, the core urban area is now a paradise for monsters, and it is difficult for humans to survive in that kind of place.

Maybe more?After all, Uncle Lu also said that human beings are like weeds, no matter how difficult and difficult they are, as long as they can see the sun and feel the rain and dew, they can take root and sprout, and grow tenaciously in the face of desperation.

The plains have a wide view, and it is easier to find road signs.

At the beginning, it was a branch firmly inserted into the ground, and another branch was attached to the branch, and the branch on the ground indicated the next direction of travel.In the future, it is estimated that the branches are used up, so it becomes a circle of crushed stones, and an arrow extends from the end of the circle to guide the way.

On the first day, Zheng Qingmiao was worried that Lu Man's physical fitness would not be able to keep up, so he deliberately slowed down his pace. On the second day, he realized that Lu Man could keep up with him effortlessly, so he strode forward without hesitation.

They walked for a while and rested for a while, and within half a day they came to the river, and the marked arrow pointed straight to the other side of the river.

Zheng Qingmiao had been here before hunting, and was familiar with the terrain, and it was easy to find the shallow part along the flow.

Lu Man politely rejected Zheng Qingmiao's proposal to cross the river with him on his back, lifted his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and stepped into the water.

Due to the heavy rain some time ago, the river swelled wildly, and even the shallows were quite deep.As Lu Man walked forward, the icy river water gradually rose from his ankles to his calves, and there was a faint tendency to reach his knees.The fine river sand on the soles of the feet was mixed with a few small sharp stones from time to time, pricking the soles of the feet, but Lu Man didn't feel any pain, only a little itchiness.

After walking a few steps, Brother Zheng, who was walking in front, stopped, as if he sensed something was wrong.Lu Man also stopped.

"There are monsters in the water approaching rapidly."

Obviously, the sensing range of the heat source sensing system for cold-blooded animals is narrower, shortened from the original 50 meters to [-] meters.Due to the inability to connect to the Internet to update, the functions of the current battle mode are very primitive and the functions are very limited.

"Give me the exact location." Lu Man frowned.

"At ten o'clock, 50 meters."

"40 meters."

"25 meters."

"Ten meters."

Zheng Qingmiao quickly made a "dangerous" gesture and stood still in the river.

The river ruthlessly passed between their knees.

For a moment, Lu Man felt something approaching him quickly, and the cold touch rubbed against his calf.Lu Man saw that the hairs on the back of Zheng Qingmiao's neck were blown up when he saw Zheng Qingmiao standing in front of him.

"It's right under your feet."

The author says:

While writing, I have to look up the pictures and information of worms, and I feel hairy... I am also very afraid of worms!

The more you write, the more it looks like the animal world (bushi