No one spoke for a while.
In the city of wasteland three thousand years later, there are almost no traces left by human beings. Only some buildings that once served as the city skyline still stand. To be precise, they are frozen in place and cannot collapse.
And these wrecks have also become the nests of insects.
Cui Zuojing took a deep breath and murmured in a low voice: "No wonder it's a survival copy, it's pretty good to be able to survive like this."
Wang Que stood there, staring at everything in front of her, and seemed to be frightened. Cui Zuojing patted her on the shoulder and asked with concern, "Uncomfortable?"
Wang Que took a long time to regain her senses, she swallowed hard, and clenched her fists with her hand hanging by her side: "It's okay."
When Dong Linhai and the others saw the door opened, they also came over. They saw so many strange-shaped giant insects that seemed to be invading creatures. Everyone was stunned. After a while, Lin Hangzhi said, "Fuck, How else can we play? We're not going to go to the biochemical base under the siege of these things."
Cui Zuojing: "It's unfortunate to tell you, now it seems, yes, maybe at the biochemical base, there will be even more terrifying things."
Alan suddenly thought: "Have you played StarCraft?"
Dong Linhai: "I've played, these things... the boxes are basically made according to the standard Zerg."
Dong Zheng doesn't know much about video games: "How do you say it?"
Linhai: "In the galactic hegemony, there are three major races: human race, god race, and zerg race. The zerg have a place in the universe with their tenacious vitality and huge number advantage. I feel that if these worms are allowed to develop, after the end of the Ice Age , the humans outside the immigration system return to the earth, and things will become human races vs. Zerg races."
"Anyway, facing them head-on with our firepower is a dead end."
The light of the creatures emitted by the insect swarms in the ruins of the city was refracted by the ice and snow, and it looked a little good for a while. Cui Zuojing took a deep breath and said, "Don't stand stupidly, keep your spirits up and go quickly. I feel like saving a little time on the road, the real big head must still be in the biochemical base."
Everyone agreed and turned back to the supermarket.
Wang Que stood still.
She looked straight at the distant sky, at the end of her sight, the former Wanda Twin Towers stood, and in the middle of the two towers, a huge beehive hung.
As the darkness deepened, black and yellow bees continued to fly back to their nests from afar.
She seemed to hear a steady heartbeat, thump, thump, as the hive swayed in the wind, a little slower than hers.
That is the will of the swarm.
The permafrost under his feet was slightly turned up, and the translucent insects protruded from the soft fusiform body. In the breathing holes on the back, the delicate tentacles waved gently, sensing everything around them.
Seeing Wang Que not moving, Dong Linhai stopped and turned around and shouted, "Wang Que?"
The girl didn't seem to hear his voice at all, Dong Linhai scratched his head, but his hand touched the helmet.
He stepped back, reached out and patted Wang Que's shoulder lightly: "Don't look, go back."
Wang Que turned around as if waking up from a dream, and saw Dong Linhai's face under the mask, and was at a loss for a moment.
She didn't even know who she was.
The transparent worm that was dug out of the permafrost and touched her ankle was alarmed by Dong Linhai, and the figure disappeared as if it had melted. Wang Que shook his head, waved the hallucinatory scene from his mind, and smiled: "Okay."
Dong Linhai successfully found a few overturned bottles of compressed oxygen in the far corner of the supermarket. The protective suit can carry a total of four cans of compressed oxygen. Now everyone has used up one can, and they will be replaced with new oxygen. The few compressed foods on the body are distributed to everyone.
The water in the military kettle was freezing, so Cui Zuojing took the flamethrower and ignited the kettle from a distance, dissolving the water, and everyone just had a meal.
Wang Que was originally a picky eater, but when she came to the Pure White Realm, she deeply realized what it means to have something to eat. She endured the unsatisfactory taste of the food in her mouth and forced it to eat it with water.
There are several communities not far from the supermarket. The residential buildings exude the bioluminescence of Zerg, as if there are colorful lanterns hanging on the wall. Cui Zuojing had eaten something, and then returned to the door, picking up a piece of ice and chewing it in his mouth. Looking at the residential building from a distance, he was silent.
"What are you looking at?" Dong Zheng came over and stood beside him, with this unimaginable wasteland scene reflected in his dark pupils.
At this time, the man took off his gloves, and his hands were covered for so long, and he was not very comfortable.
"Those who hibernate in the hibernation cabin at home are probably all dead." Cui Zuojing swallowed the remaining small piece of ice, only to feel cold from the tip of his tongue to his stomach, "Even if the bugs can't break through hibernation They can also destroy the pipes responsible for the nutrient supply.”
Dong Zheng gave a low hum. According to the plan in the base, few terrestrial creatures could survive in this area during the entire Ice Age. The government has provided a special underground dormant area, but most people still choose to enter at home. Hibernating, they look forward to waiting a thousand years before opening their eyes, and the first thing they see is the familiar home and relatives.
But everything is in vain.
Cui Zuojing and Dong Zheng leaned against the door together, looking side by side at this frozen world like an alien scene. Soon, Dong Zheng noticed something and frowned: "Why don't those bugs come here?"
"what?"
Dong Zheng: "The building here has been preserved, there is not much snow and it is sheltered from the wind. It should be a good place to live, but from the time we entered until now, all we have seen are some small insects that are not aggressive. "
"Ah." Cui Zuojing said calmly, "Maybe there are some big creatures hidden in a certain floor of this building that no other insects dare to approach."
Dong Zheng: "..."
"Don't worry." Cui Zuojing comforted, "We'll just stay here for a while, and since the things that may exist have not come out to collect us until now, it proves that it may still be sleeping, and... If you want to leave, I don't think it's much safer outside than here."
Dong Zheng had to admit that what Cui Zuojing said was reasonable. If they go out now, they will be greeted by hundreds of millions of bugs of all kinds, so it's better to hide here.
Cui Zuojing picked up two more pieces of ice and gave one to Dong Zheng: "Wait a while and see if I can walk through the drainage pipe again. It's too dangerous outside, and I can't guarantee the safety of all of you."
"The drainage system of the biochemical base is definitely not the same as that of the city. It may not be possible to reach the destination from the pipeline."
Cui Zuojing thought for a while: "Yes, anyway, I don't recommend walking to complete the rest of the road, at least in the city, you can't walk on foot."
Dong Zheng: "I'll think of a way."
The face mask of Cui Zuojing's helmet was open, and his cheeks and nose were frozen red. Dong Zheng couldn't hold back, he stretched out his hand, and touched his face with the back of his hand: "Aren't you cold?"
"It's okay." As soon as Cui Zuojing finished saying this, his nose tickled and he sneezed earth-shatteringly.
He rubbed his nose, and in the gradually widening smile of Dong Zheng's lips, he mumbled embarrassingly: "Okay... it's a bit cold."
As soon as Cui Zuojing put down the mask, he caught a glimpse of a black thing flashing past the wall.
"Snake!" The young man recognized the species of the slender figure at once, his eyes flashed brightly, and he left Dong Zheng to chase after the snake, shouting, "Wait! I'll improve you guys. Food!"
Before Dong Zheng could stop it, he saw Cui Zuojing chasing after the snake, and his figure disappeared behind the shelf.
He frowned and chased in the direction Cui Zuojing left.
Can other carnivores really survive when the world is full of bugs
The snake crawls very fast, Cui Zuojing is chasing after him slowly, always feeling that he can catch the snake's tail in the next second, but every time it is a little short.
Going around countless shelves all the way, Cui Zuojing reached out his hand several times with confidence and failed to catch the cunning snake, which made him extremely annoyed and ignored the problem that Dong Zheng noticed at the first time.
The teenager chased all the way to the entrance of the underground parking lot. He jumped down the stairs a few steps and stepped into the same dark and spacious parking lot.
The figure of the black snake hid in the darkness and disappeared.
At this moment, Cui Zuojing finally realized that something was wrong.
The intuition he had developed over the years in the fight to the death told him that there was a problem.
Without taking another step forward, Cui Zuojing stared at the darkness ahead, slowly retreating step by step, never leaving his back to the unknown.
He retreated all the way to the top of the stairs, then turned around abruptly and ran to the center of the supermarket, where everyone gathered.
On the way, Cui Zuojing turned around the shelf, one did not stop, and directly bumped into Dong Zheng, who was running after him.
The two collided with each other, Qi Qi staggered back two steps, stretched out his hand very tacitly, and pulled the other side.
"what happened?"
"There seems to be something in the underground parking lot." Cui Zuojing breathed calmly, and when someone was around, he didn't have to rush back in such a hurry, and said angrily: "I'm so funny, I just chased after thinking about it. , isn't it just a snake, what's so good."
Dong Zheng raised his eyebrows, he was silent for a moment, and said, "Is the idea of chasing the snake just now really your own idea?"
Cui Zuojing looked at him, and a "?" slowly appeared on his head.
He recalled his performance just now and had to admit: "It's really too impulsive, but if you say that something is controlling my consciousness, I can't not feel it, and I've added a lot of mental points. ."
Dong Zheng shook his head: "I don't know, it's always good to be cautious."
The two walked side by side in the direction of the others, and below the supermarket, in the underground parking lot on the lowest floor of the entire building, the black snake followed the boy's trousers and climbed all the way up his shoulders, entrenched on his shoulders. , kissed Tang Ji's profile with a kiss.
"I didn't get fooled." Tang Ji put his hands in his trouser pockets, and said regretful words in a tone that was not regretful at all, "Then I prepared such a big gift for nothing?"
Not without gain though. Tang Ji narrowed his eyes. This snake was the embodiment of part of his soul. Through the eyes of the black snake, he also saw everything the snake "sees".
If he hadn't misunderstood, Cui Zuojing's rookie owner had the prisoner's coat of arms of the Blood Deed on the back of his hand.