There are traces of his four years of peaceful life here, and there are many memories. Xiaojing's first crying, the cigarettes Li Qingshui gave him, He Zhizhi's insolent laughter when he waved his one-armed iron hook...
All these things were completely gone from him. From the drawer of the bar counter, he found a box of cigarettes that Li Qingshui gave him before, and Liu Chang lit one and put it on his lips—he still hasn't learned to smoke for four years. , but it has become a habit.
When he was in a bad mood, he would light one, put it on the skin of his mouth and smoke it gently, and watch the burning smoke diffuse into his sight bit by bit, intertwining with the red mist to form a smoky scene.
Every time Liu Chang sees the smoky scene in front of him, he will think of a popular Internet word "floating cloud" in the previous era.
How much he wished that everything in front of him was just floating clouds. When the smoke cleared, he woke up from a big dream and returned to the previous world, and turned back to that simple high school student. The biggest trouble every day is the endless books and books. The beautiful girlfriend next to the little ruffian.
Whenever he thinks of these things, Liu Chang will always show a slight smile - although the muscles are already stiff, but thinking of these things, even those muscles that are not working well will become flexible at this moment.
Five minutes of sweet memories, mother, friends, and four years of peaceful life, the smoke cleared, the darkness was still there, and the noise outside was still extremely loud.
"Huh!" Expelling the breath from his chest heavily, and extinguishing the cigarette, Liu Chang shouted, "Let's go, let's go, most of the birds outside have passed!"
"Well, yes." He Zhizhi also sniffed the air, and shouted: "Let's go, let's go."
While shouting, the two led a few children out of the room together with Xiao Jing and Mo Sanpang.
Opening the iron door of the bar, the noise of the "buzzing" outside has been reduced a lot, and it is no longer a dark look. Looking up, the large flock of birds has become sparse, leaving only the cumbersome giant flying Mammals and slow-flying insects.
The sunlight can already illuminate the red mist, giving ordinary people an acceptable vision.
"Let's go." Carrying a big bag and holding a pistol, Liu Chang walked in the front.
There are not many people on the streets, because the passage of hundreds of millions of birds and beasts makes people panic, and people are afraid to wander outside because of their natural fear of darkness.
But now that the flock of birds had dispersed, there were still people in twos and threes who came out to watch, and there was even a vigilant person who had already packed his backpacks and followed the direction of the flock of birds to the north.
Not long after Liu Chang and his party walked out of the street, they encountered the same group of "backpackers", and the other party took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Liu Chang.
It was a young woman who was speaking with a teenager and a two-headed child.
"Hey, I said brother." The two met at a street intersection. After seeing Liu Chang and his party, the woman looked at the three children following behind Liu Chang, with a thoughtful look in her eyes, and then went straight to Step by step, he walked to Liu Chang's side: "How about walking together? Let's take care of each other."
"No, we can go by ourselves." Liu Chang glanced at the woman and continued on his way. The other party is too weak and has a child with him, so he is obviously a disadvantaged group. Going with her will not get any "care" at all, and it will only slow down his journey.
"Don't be so indifferent, we are all people with children." Seeing that Liu Chang didn't want to talk to him, the woman continued to chat.
"I'm not indifferent, it's not suitable for us to walk together." Liu Chang quickened his pace.
"Walking together will take care of you somewhat. You see, we all have children with us. We are obviously not bad people. Even bad people will be afraid of children and dare not make a move. Therefore, you will not have any worries when you join me and walk together. Yes." The woman was trying to convince Liu Chang.
"However, if I walk with you, I won't get any benefits, and you will delay my trip." Liu Chang continued to move forward, using his good eyesight, he found two or three smart small teams that were already following. The flock of birds marched northward.
"I won't delay your pace, I'm very fast." Liu Chang smiled at the woman, seeing that he was still not interested in cooperating, he continued: "Besides, I know the way very well. I study geology, geography and geomorphology. Yes, where do you want to go, I am very capable in showing the way."
"Oh?" Hearing the woman's words, Liu Chang slowed down a little.
Seeing Liu Chang's interested expression, the woman continued to introduce herself and said, "Look, I'm serious about geology and geomorphology, and I'm very familiar with Chinese geography, and I'm also good at distinguishing roads from mountains and forests, as well as terrain and water sources. It's very accurate, you let me walk with you, at least you won't go wrong, right?"
"Yeah." Liu Chang nodded after listening to the woman's words, and turned to look at the other party, "Then we have a good cooperation?"
"Well, happy cooperation." As the woman walked away, she reached out her hand to shake hands, but seeing that the other party was not interested, she put it down again.
"My name is Qingyin, what about you?" the woman asked.
"Oh, my name is Liu Chang." While talking, Liu Chang turned his head to He Zhizhi and said, "Let's go to the Huayuan community first and pick up Dr. Huang. After all, we are all friends. She also saved us, so we can't be left behind." gone."
"Okay." He Zhizhi nodded—Dr. Huang helped stop the bleeding when he broke his arm.
After explaining this sentence, Liu Chang continued to look at the woman named Qingyin, "Why did you find us? There should be other teams along the way, right? Why did you ask to join us as soon as you saw us? It seems a bit too hasty Some, and your surname is very strange."
"I've said the reason just now. We all have children with us." Qingyin smiled at Liu Chang, "It looks more secure this way."
"Really?" Liu Chang looked into Qingyin's eyes, "Should there be something left to say?"
"Hehe, a very sensitive man." Qingyin smiled, "Because you are powerful?"
"How did you find out?" Liu Chang recalled the scene when the two met just now—the other party only observed him for a second, and then took the initiative to talk to him.
"First of all, your pistol is very good, much better than the most expensive ones on the market." Qingyin analyzed: "Secondly, when you were fleeing, your eyes showed no fear, and you didn't respond to other troops. There is a look of guard, the first moment you saw me, you didn't show any nervousness, in the escape of the end of the world, if this kind of reaction doesn't mean that you are particularly slow, it means that you have great strength."
"And the third point is also evidence of your great strength. The four people behind you, no matter adults or children, showed no signs of panic. This is also an affirmation of you." The woman looked at her while analyzing The two children at the side and the rear, "It's just that these two children are a little strangely calm, and even speaking, the calmness in their eyes is far more than that of us adults. With all due respect, are these two children demented?" ?”