monster he just wants to be a good guy

It's getting foggy.

The hunting team finally parted ways in front of the southern forest, and the large group returned to Qingmiao Village with prey and monster remains. Six people including Zheng Qingmiao went to Wulu Town to treat Uncle Liu.Originally there were only Zheng Qingmiao's team plus five members of Liu's father and son. Li Nan went to Wulu Town to buy something, so he went with them.

Wulu Town is far away from Qingmiao Village, and it takes at least seven days to go east from the southern forest.They drove all night, relying on Lu Man's sense of smell to correct the direction of travel, and did not set up camp until the moon rose directly above their heads.Uncle Liu's abdominal cramps became more and more severe along the way, to the point where he could not walk independently. Liu Kuangye, Zheng Qingmiao and Li Nan took turns to carry him.

When dawn broke on the fifth day, they finally saw the iron gray shadow of the wall.

Zheng Qingmiao stood under the wall and pulled the rope tied outside the wall. The iron ring on the top made a crisp sound of bells and bells. He raised his head and swung his established posture widely.

From this angle, it is not clear whether there is anyone on the sentry post outside the wall. They have waited for a long time, but the wall is still cold and indifferent.Liu Kuangye went around in circles while biting his nails, but it was Uncle Liu who was the calmest at this moment, and he stretched out his hand weakly to hold his restless son.

"Why doesn't Uncle Li open the door..." Zheng Qingmiao was also unavoidably irritable, her brows furrowed unconsciously.

"How about I go in and take a look?" Lu Man broke the unbearable atmosphere.

"How to get in?" Everyone looked at each other.

"Is there an alarm on this wall?"

"Probably not, the alarm device in our village was specially designed and installed by Uncle Lu."

Lu Man checked the height of the wall with his eyes and took several steps back.After that, everyone's eyes flashed, a black shadow flashed like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, Lu Man jumped over the wall like a dragonfly on water.The posture was extremely skillful, as if it had been rehearsed hundreds of times before, and even the edge of the corner of the clothes didn't even touch the top of the wall.

He landed in the sentry post, and there was no one there. He tried to shout a few times, but no one responded.

Lu Man didn't want to open the door rashly without permission, but it was dangerous for Zheng Qingmiao and the others to wait outside like this. He thought for a moment and pressed the door open button on the sentry console, but the door didn't move at all.He heard the sound of gears rattling, it should be that the gears were jammed.

"Brother Qingmiao—the button is broken and can't go up and down." Lu Man poked his head out from the sentry post and shouted down, "I'm going to find someone to help, wait a minute!"

Lu Man looked into the town from the sentry post, and saw square tofu-shaped and flat factory buildings one after another in the center, with high exhaust chimneys standing everywhere, and the exterior was full of cracks and old and yellow.All around, countless brand-new buildings have sprung up.Dilapidated industrial areas and newly built residential areas are clearly separated.

The houses and land within the field of vision are all dusty and devastated. They are not as colorful and vibrant as Qingmiao Village, and there is a mountain at the end.Wulu, a black town built under the foot of the mountain, got its name from it.

I heard Zheng Qingmiao say on the road before that the current "Wulu Town" is actually not a complete town, but just a comprehensive industrial park reserved by Wulu Town before the catastrophe.

When the catastrophe broke out, there were also many direct pollution sources in Wulu Town, and most of the town fell quickly.Those who hadn't evacuated retreated to the already high-walled park, and used the park as a base to rebuild their homes, retaining the original name of Wulu Town.

In addition to the military industry, this park is involved in industries such as pharmaceuticals and steel. Before the catastrophe, it had stockpiled a variety of sufficient materials.However, due to the serious land pollution, poor planting conditions, and the distance from suitable hunting grounds, every year or so, they will exchange supplies with the young crop village that specializes in hunting and planting.

Many supplies in the village, such as medical equipment, pens, kerosene, etc., were exchanged with Wulu Town.The raw materials used for the walls of Qingmiao Village were also provided by Wulu Town.

Lu Man quickly jumped off the sentry post and ran towards the nearest residential area, his nose fluttering.Perhaps because of the industrial park, he smelled a lot of strange and pungent smells.

But he didn't hear the movement of the monster, nor did he sense the approaching danger.Along the way, he saw a lot of transparent viscous liquid on the ground, wondering if it was some kind of industrial waste.

When I came to the residential area, the houses were sealed tightly with iron doors and windows, and there was silence.

"Is there anyone? I'm from Qingmiao Village. The gate gear of the fence is stuck. Now our team is locked out. Can someone help?" Lu Man could feel the sound of people moving in the house, but no one came for him Open doors and windows.Maybe his voice wasn't loud enough for them to hear.

Lu Man continued to shout, this time louder: "Is anyone there? Is Uncle Li there?"

He saw that the windows of several rooms were pulled open a small slit, and a few pairs of eyes glanced out through the slit, and then closed the windows tightly again, as if they were afraid that the outside air would leak in and pollute them generally.

This was the first time Lu Man met a living person outside of Qingmiao Village, but the people in Wulu Town were different from what he imagined, they seemed extraordinarily indifferent.

Lu Man blinked, not discouraged, and was about to continue shouting, when he heard a clear and thin voice calling him:

"Stop shouting."

He turned his head, and saw the window behind him opened a small crack, and a girl's face was half exposed.Her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes are all white, and her pale pink pupils and lips are the few colors on her paper-like face.

"Uncle Li is dead."

Her voice became smaller and smaller, approaching a murmur: "Let's go while the sun is still there. Otherwise, the fog will come."

What is fog?Just when Lu Man was about to question her, a man's voice came from the room: "Wan'er, who are you talking to?"

She closed the window silently, and the surroundings fell into dead silence again.

When Lu Man raised his head, the sun was just hanging in the sky, scorching like fire, pouring warm sunlight on the earth without reservation.

Why are you leaving?How did Uncle Li die?What about the sun and the fog?

He was full of doubts when he suddenly heard footsteps in the distance, it was Zheng Qingmiao and the others.

"Xiaoman!" Zheng Qingmiao waved to him first, Zhang Qingyan followed beside him, Liu Kuangye, Li Nan and others supported Uncle Liu to the rear.

"Seeing that you haven't come back, we walked around the wall for a while, and found a big hole in the wall not far away, so we came to find you along the hole... Are you in danger?"

Lu Man shook his head: "Not yet."

Zhang Qingyan observed the tightly closed doors and windows around her, and frowned.Zheng Qingmiao and the others also noticed something was wrong.

"what happened?"

Zheng Qingmiao patted on the door tentatively, they were all a few old acquaintances he knew before:

"Hey, Xu Ming! Wang Dali! What are you doing in the house?" The only answer to him was the clang of the iron door.

In fact, the hunting team only came here two weeks ago, and Wulu Town was not like this before.The noisy crowd and the bustling market all disappeared, replaced by closed iron doors and windows, and peeping sights from the window cracks and door mirrors.

"It's his grandma, Zheng Qingmiao, what are you doing here now...you guys go away!"

"No, some of us are sick, where does Dr. Lin live?"

Seeing how they looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, there must be some potential danger.But Lu Man didn't notice that the monster was approaching at the moment. Besides, they still had something to do, and they had to finish it before they could leave.

The window opened quickly, a stubby finger stretched out, pointed in a direction, and the window snapped shut. "As for it... It's like guarding against thieves." Zheng Qingmiao was speechless.

They followed the direction he pointed to a certain house opposite.Lu Man recognized that this was the location of the only girl who spoke to him just now.

Zhang Qingyan knocked on the door: "Doctor Lin, we have a patient who is in urgent need of treatment, can you come in?"

After a long silence, someone asked behind the door, "Is there any stock?"

Liu Kuangye hurriedly answered: "Yes, there are many!" Uncle Liu lay on his back, already unconscious from the pain.With urgency in Liu Kuangye's tone, he lifted up the string of prey tied to his waist.

A shadow suddenly appeared in the door mirror inlaid on the iron door, and the people inside the door were looking at the prey in their hands.

"Did you encounter fog when you came here?" His tone suddenly became severe.

"No. It was sunny all the way when we came here, and it was clear at night without fog." Lu Man looked at the door mirror with a sincere expression, and looked directly into the other's eyes through the thick iron gate. Zheng Qingmiao and others next to him They also nodded.

The people inside the door were silent for a long time, as if they were considering the credibility of Lu Man's words.

The small window next to it suddenly opened, and a skinny hand stretched out from inside: "Inspect the goods first."

Liu Kuangye seemed to be grasping at straws, and was so anxious to hand in all the prey tied to his waist. As soon as he handed in the end of the rope, the people inside started to pull in frantically, as if they wanted to snatch it away. Same.

Lu Man grabbed the other end of the rope just in time.

"Doctor Lin, inspect the goods carefully." Zhang Qingyan's tone was cold.

"Give the goods first, then treat the disease, don't drag it down." The other party is also holding on tightly.

There was a stalemate between the two sides for a long time. After Zheng Qingmiao nodded, Lu Man let go of the other end of the rope, and there was a rustling sound from inside.

After a while, the door opened slightly.A haggard, skinny man with dark blue eyes was hiding in the shadow behind the door, looking at them with vigilance.

"Enter."

Large clouds in the sky drifted with the wind, slowly drifting in the direction of the sun.

It was the first time that Lu Man saw a normal person eating as much as Uncle Liu who was parasitized by insect eggs.

Dr. Lin waited for the rabbit meat to be cooked and sprinkled some coarse salt, then buried his head and started to chew it. He swallowed it almost without chewing, like a hungry ghost who hadn't eaten for more than ten days.When he ate the meat, he did not forget to tear some meat into shreds and put it in front of the girl next to him.Compared with her father's gobbling, Lin Wan'er chewed slowly and ate more politely.

After he had eaten his fill, the man finally raised his head. Only then did Lu Man notice that his cheekbones were high, and the skin on his cheeks was sticking down. It seemed that he had been hungry for a long time.

"Where is the patient?" He stood up, burped, wiped his hands with a damp cloth, and walked inside.

Liu Kuangye hurriedly followed, and put the unconscious Uncle Liu on his back on the only bed in the inner room.

"Doctor Lin, please, please save my father..."

Dr. Lin took out the bag from the cabinet, opened it to take out some kind of powder, applied it on his hands for a while, and then brushed the sterile gloves on his hands.The moment he put on the gloves, the sense of decadence disappeared from him.Dr. Lin skillfully pressed Uncle Liu's stomach with his fingertips, his brows became more and more wrinkled.

After a while, he flipped the gloves over and took them off, and threw them into the disinfectant next to them.

"It can't be cured."

Liu Kuangye was stunned for a while, then rushed forward and grabbed Dr. Lin by the collar, his eyes were scarlet: "What do you mean? I ate everything into my stomach and now tell me it can't be cured?"

His force was so strong that Dr. Lin's head hit the wooden cabinet, making a muffled sound.Uncle Liu, who was lying on the bed, was disturbed by the movement and groaned twice.

Zheng Qingmiao stepped forward to restrain the emotional Liu Kuangye, and asked, "Why can't it be cured?"

Although they had no direct contact with Dr. Lin before, Village Chief Zheng spoke highly of him.Back then, Village Chief Zheng was scratched by wolves and almost hurt his eyes, so he came to see Dr. Lin for treatment.

"I don't have any anesthesia." Dr. Lin staggered a few steps, "His abdominal mass is huge, and he had to use a knife. If you just force it, you will die from pain."

Liu Kuangye opened his mouth, but no sound came out of his mouth.

"Aren't there anesthetics in the factory?" Zhang Qingyan kept as calm as possible, with beads of sweat appearing from the corners of her forehead.

Dr. Lin was a little dazed: "It's ruined, it's all ruined. The mine was dug and collapsed, causing things that shouldn't be messed with..."

Lin Wan'er stood on the small chair, looked out of the door through the door mirror, and suddenly murmured: "Here we come."

Lu Man, who had been guarding the door for them in the hall, also stood up when he heard the movement.Through the door mirror, the world outside the door seemed to be contained in glass beads, and he found that he could no longer see the building opposite him clearly.

It's getting foggy.

The author says:

晚安！感谢在2022-02-0323:33:09-2022-02-0501:28:03期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦——

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!