The Last Alchemist

Chapter 240 No Man’s Land at the Pier (12)

"Bang~"

There was a gunshot, and on the bridge of a stone arch bridge near the dock area, the head of a ghoul that was eating carrion suddenly exploded like a watermelon.

A few seconds later, about 50 meters away from the ghoul, Rosen, wearing thick leather armor, walked out from behind an overturned truck.

He walked quickly to the ghoul, kicked the ghoul's limp body, raised his head and said in the direction of the roadside: "Is this the last monster in the dock area?"

A few seconds later, Mobius's hoarse and deep voice came from the roadside: "That should be it."

Rosen walked to the side of the road and sat down on a stone pillar that was darkened by fire. He took out the magazine and loaded new bullets into the large-caliber musket in his hand: "Now it depends on what Veronica will gain. "

A dark shadow flashed around him, and Mobius walked out of the darkness, arrived at the stone bridge, and stood with his back against the guardrail of the stone bridge: "Rosen, are you really planning to rebuild Nerogard?"

Rosen raised his head and glanced at Mobius: "What, is there a problem?"

Mobius raised his hand and pointed at the dock area with ruins everywhere: "Of course there is a problem, it's a big problem. You see, when we came all the way from the west of the city, the buildings in the city were basically destroyed, but the survivors were Not a single one was found. This city has become a no man’s land.”

Rosen was silent. Indeed, the matter was much more serious than he thought.

If you want to rebuild Nerogard, restore the city to its former glory, and even take it to a higher level, what you need most are people, a large number of people, at least one hundred thousand. But now there is no one alive in the city. With more than 300 people on the ruins of the college, it is impossible to accomplish anything.

Mobius continued: "In my opinion, the wisest choice for us now is to leave this ghost place as soon as possible. Find a place that is isolated from the world and where no one can find it to settle down. With more than 300 people, naturally we cannot build a large city, but building a warm and comfortable shelter is still possible.”

Rosen was still silent. He listened quietly, holding a piece of linen cloth in his hand and wiping the dust on the gun body.

"Rosen, what exactly do you think?" Mobius asked.

Rosen put away the gun cleaning cloth and pulled the bolt of the gun again. After confirming that everything was normal with the gun, he smiled slightly: "I didn't think so far. I want to drive the monster away from Nerogard now. It's best to drive that monster away." The big lord was also killed. It won’t be too late to talk about reconstruction after there is no threat from monsters in this area.”

Mobius rolled his eyes: "Okay, I talked nonsense again."

At this time, slight footsteps came from the other side of the stone bridge. They both turned their heads at the same time and saw Veronica jumping off the roof of a dilapidated wooden house. After landing on the ground, she took two steps forward. It offsets the impact of falling. Then, Veronica turned and walked towards Rosen.

Rosen waved his hand to Veronica from a distance and asked loudly: "Winnie, how is the situation over there?"

Veronica spread her hands from a distance: "It's strange. I didn't find a single survivor, and I didn't find any traces of survivors fleeing Nerogard in large numbers."

Mobius asked: "This is the dock area, and the survivors probably escaped through the waterway."

Veronica has already walked to Rosen. Compared with before, she is much thinner and her figure is not as plump as before, but her whole body is still full of a charming atmosphere, especially when she stares at people. , his eyes are as gentle as water, as if he wants to talk to you. If a careless young man were to take one look at her, he would immediately lose his soul.

Although Rosen was not unconscious, when Veronica came to him, he still lowered his eyes habitually and avoided her gaze.

Veronica leaned on a broken boulder, folded her hands on her chest, and glanced at Mobius with disdain: "The water is full of water ghosts. If there is no one to protect you, what is the difference between walking by water and committing suicide? You yourself Look at the water around here, aren’t there enough sunken masts?”

Indeed, almost the entire dock was destroyed, and the waterway was completely impassable.

Rosen was listening and suddenly said: "There are no survivors, and not many people have successfully escaped from the city. Then there are only two possibilities, one is to find a place to hide, and the other is to kill them all. If it is the third If possible, given the density of the population in the dock area, we should be able to see a large number of corpses, but this is obviously not the case.”

Although they could see corpses all the time when they came here, the density was far less than that from the west of the city. But in Nerogard City, the dock area has the highest population density in the city, so there should be more corpses.

"Needless to say, he must have been eaten by a ghoul." Mobius curled his lips.

Rosen immediately shook his head: "Impossible. We fought all the way and only killed 80 monsters at most. I know the food intake of various monsters. Even the strongest and most edible werewolves can eat up to 80 monsters in a day. 2 adults, we haven't been here for half a month. Even if the monsters here are allowed to eat, it will be enough to eat more than 3,000 people. But as far as I know, the dock area has the largest number of residents. Nearly 30,000 people!”

Veronica agreed with Rosen's speculation: "The matter is indeed strange. Most people did not escape, but a corresponding number of corpses cannot be found, so there is only one possibility."

Speaking of this, she glanced at Rosen, who nodded slightly: "At present, this is indeed the only possibility."

Veronica continued: "The survivors hid in a very hidden place. Moreover, from the few traces I observed along the way, the number of survivors is quite large, at least more than 5,000."

Mobius firmly refused to believe it, and he subconsciously shouted: "Five thousand people? How is it possible? This is not a small number, how can there be no trace left. Besides, more than half a month has passed, what do these people eat? What do they drink? They definitely don't have Rosen's ability, it's impossible to conjure food out of thin air."

Veronica sighed: "What you said makes sense, I also know that this speculation is incredible, but this is the only possibility, otherwise everything can't be explained."

"But" Mobius was still not convinced.

Rosen waved his hand: "Don't argue, man, everything is just speculation at the moment. We have to continue to investigate the real situation. Besides, Nirogard is known as the city of wisdom, and there must be many powerful people hiding there, and there may be many aliens like you. These people usually look no different from ordinary people, but when monsters attack, they may help."

"Hmm~~~" Mobius was convinced by this sentence: "If there are aliens to help, it is indeed possible. What should we do now?"

Rosen stood up and put the musket in the holster on the outside of his thigh and buckled it: "Such a large number of people disappeared out of thin air, there must be clues left, we didn't look carefully enough before. This time, we should be able to find useful clues if we search carefully."

If they can really find this group of survivors, they will get a huge help.

Seeing that Rosen had made up his mind, Mobius could only shrug his shoulders: "Well, I hope our efforts will not be in vain."

The three began to act separately again.

Rosen continued to walk forward along the broken stone bridge, and in front of him was the once prosperous dock. At this time, there was only a ruin left, with all kinds of goods scattered everywhere, many of which had already moldy and rotten. From time to time, brown-black coagulated bloodstains could be seen on the ground, and occasionally some broken human limbs could be seen.

As he walked, Rosen suddenly saw a figure flashing quickly behind a pile of goods in front of him.

He was startled, and immediately pulled out the musket on the side of his leg, squatted slightly, and walked forward with his whole body alert. As he walked, he shouted: "Hey~ man, are you okay?"

There were subtle breathing sounds and slight heartbeats from behind the pile of goods. Judging from these sounds alone, there was no difference from ordinary people, but it was not ruled out that it was a disguise deliberately made by the monster.

Rosen became more and more vigilant, because many high-level monsters looked basically the same as ordinary people. If the opponent was an assassin-type monster like the ghost baby with extremely fast speed, he could be finished if he made a mistake.

Finally, Rosen stopped 30 meters away from the pile of goods: "Man, I have no ill intentions, can you come out and talk?"

There was no response, but the breathing sound was still behind the pile of goods.

Something is wrong.