In the end, Bai Duan was convinced, because after getting along with her for a period of time, he developed an instinctive trust in Nie Lanlei's words.
Unlike Bai Duan, who is an orphan, who just gets by and has only the most basic requirements for the quality of life, Nie Lanlei is obviously the kind of person who knows how to enjoy life and try his best to make his life better.
Of course, this does not mean that Nie Lanlei is corrupt and extravagant—in the last days, there is no qualification for corruption and extravagance. Bai Duan obviously felt the improvement of her quality of life.
After tasting the sweetness two or three times, Bai Duan has become obedient to Nie Lanlei's proposal. Although he didn't think it was necessary, when he thought about the soft, elastic and comfortable Simmons mattress that Nie Lanlei was talking about, he couldn't help but start to fantasize about the feeling of lying on such a big bed.
Soon, Bai Duan agreed to the decision to enter the urban area to search for supplies again, and specially trained the "mobile warehouse" golden monkey before setting off.
The golden snub-nosed monkey has a very high IQ now, and after two or three training sessions, it can fully understand the meaning of Bai Duan, which can be said to be unambiguous.
Bai Duan doesn't know how much space other space power users can have, but the space that the Golden Monkey possesses is obviously not small at all. It is more than enough to fit a military off-road jeep. As long as Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei don't empty the entire store, It can fully meet the needs of two people.
The golden monkey showed extreme excitement and pride that Bai Duan would bring him with him when he entered the city this time. Before Debai Duan set off, he had been bathed in the aggrieved and resentful eyes of the military dogs as if they had been abandoned.
After the preparations were completed, Nie Lanlei was in charge of driving, while Bai Duan carried the golden monkey into the passenger seat and set foot on the road to the city.
Driving along the winding mountain road to the outside of the mountain, the two of them didn't see any zombies along the way. On the contrary, there were a lot more humans than when Bai Duan arrived. It was probably because they were sensitive to the fact that there were few zombies here, so they lived here cautiously.
With humans, naturally there are troubles. Nie Lanlei was driving the car, and encountered several incidents where people tried to stop the car, but Nie Lanlei was obviously the kind of sideways and hard person, who ignored those people who were yelling and waving their arms on the road, and just kicked the accelerator , forcing them to escape to save their lives.
However, sometimes, even this kind of intimidation and brutality still doesn't work. It didn't take long before they encountered a desperate way to stop a car—or, in other words, were "forced" to die.
The winding mountain road is very narrow, and sometimes it can only accommodate one car. When there is a person lying on the road, the car can only press the person to pass. Of course, the roadblocker "lying" on the road obviously did not do this voluntarily. He looks sixty or seventy years old, skinny, sickly, and has no ability to survive by himself, so this kind of person should be respected and protected in the past society. The old man has become a drag that needs to be abandoned after the end of the world.
The old man was tied up all over his body, and he was completely unable to escape from the road by his own strength. He stared at the approaching jeep with tears in his eyes, his eyes were full of despair and panic, even though he struggled hard and twisted his body violently, it had no effect at all.
There is a saying that "those who are hard are afraid of being violent, and those who are violent are afraid of dying." Even if it is passive "not dying", the lethality is also great.
Nie Lanlei didn't care about crushing one or two people to death, but he didn't want to reveal his ruthless and murderous true face in front of Bai Duan. So, when approaching the old man, he had to step on the brakes, and with the superior braking ability of the military off-road jeep, he wiped the old man's clothes and stopped.
The old man was overly frightened, rolled his eyes and passed out, and the jeep had just stopped, and as Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei expected, more than a dozen humans with weapons quickly emerged from the dense bushes on both sides of the road and surrounded the jeep live.
Most of this group of people are young and middle-aged men, and there are several supernatural beings. They should have done a lot of burning, killing and looting, and they are full of banditry and blood.
Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei looked at each other, knowing that a battle was inevitable. The two got out of the car under the fierce yelling of the robbers. Bai Duan held the pistol in his right hand, and the surrounding plants fluttered, ready to go. It can put people to death.
"We don't have any supplies." Bai Duan didn't like conflicts with others, and showed the empty jeep slightly sideways, "Let us go there."
The robbers couldn't help showing disappointed expressions when they saw the empty car, but even so, they were obviously not willing to do a white job. The big man who looked like a leader looked at the military off-road jeep behind Bai Duan, his eyes were slightly bright, and he raised his chin and said in a rough voice: "Your car looks good, if you don't have supplies, leave it to us!"
Naturally, Bai Duan would not accept such a request, his brows were slightly frowned, and the murderous intent gradually rose in his heart. And the golden monkey in the car sensitively sensed the change of Bai Duan's mood, quickly got out of the car, jumped onto Bai Duan's shoulder, and pointed its sharp canine teeth at the canthus of the big man in the lead—obviously, it hadn't been with Bai Duan for a long time. Bai Duan fought side by side, and now he is ready to move.
The robber who had robbed him countless times was not afraid of Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei, but when he saw the monkey appearing suddenly, his expression changed suddenly: "Monkey?!"
"And...it seems to be that...golden monkey...?" Another thin and thin man added in a low voice, his voice trembling slightly, "It looks very special, I shouldn't be mistaken..."
After the words "golden snub-nosed monkey" were spoken, the faces of the robbers became even more ugly, and they even involuntarily looked towards the surrounding woods, as if they were afraid of seeing a group of monkeys popping up suddenly.
To survive in the last days, one must first learn to be ruthless, and second, one must have self-knowledge, and must not take chances.
Although they still coveted the off-road jeep behind Bai Duan, the robbers gave up their intention to rob, and immediately got into the bushes without even saying a harsh word. Before leaving, the leading man took a deep look at the license plate number of the off-road jeep, and at the faces of Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei, as if he wanted to remember their message firmly.
Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei looked at this group of people with inexplicable expressions, not knowing what happened. Bai Duan turned his head to look at the golden monkey on his shoulder, which was restraining its attacking posture, raised its hand and nodded its head: "What the hell did you do? Why did they run away as soon as they saw you?"
The golden monkey was tipped back by Bai Duan, but it still easily maintained its balance. It even raised its hand to grab Bai Duan's fingers, thinking that he was playing with him.
And Nie Lanlei walked to the front of the jeep, dragged out the old man who was almost crushed under the wheel, and untied the rope on him.
At this time, the old man had already woken up from his coma, and his whole body was shaking like chaff. He still hadn't recovered from the horror just now, and he didn't even have the strength to get up.
From time to time, he would look fearfully at the golden monkey on Bai Duan's shoulder, but he didn't dare to look directly at it openly, he just glanced at it from the corner of his eye, avoided it, and glanced again.
Seeing the behavior of the old man, Nie Lanlei raised his eyebrows: "Do you know this monkey?"
"...Of course I know, there are no people around here who don't know." The old man nodded, and lowered his voice cautiously, "It, it is the monkey king, and it will lead monkeys, dogs, and other animals to kill zombies. The nearby zombies were basically killed by them, and they were particularly powerful... Many people have witnessed it, and I saw it once with my own eyes, and that scene..." As if recalling that scene, the old man shuddered obviously, and the expression in his eyes The mood became more and more terrified, but he silently closed his mouth, not daring to continue, as if he was afraid that the golden monkey would understand.
Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei looked at each other speechlessly, and had to admit that the fear of these people was justified.
Even though the relationship with these animals is very close, Bai Duan also feels that when they cull the zombies, the scene is really bloody and brutal. People with weaker psychological endurance will probably have to have nightmares for several days in a row , From then on, keep away from all animals.
However, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. Seeing others fear these animals so much—especially her close friend the golden snub-nosed monkey—Bai Duan is still a little unhappy: "They help you kill zombies so that you can live here with peace of mind, don't you?" Thank them?"
"... Thank you?" The muscles on the old man's face twitched, and he nodded quickly and heavily, "Of course we are grateful! Special thanks!"
Bai Duan: "………………"
—Hehe, I really don’t feel any gratitude from you at all.
Losing the desire to continue the conversation, Bai Duan waved her hand to signal the old man to leave, while she bent down and got back into the passenger seat again.
The old man obviously didn't want to go back to the group of robbers who used him as a roadblock. He subconsciously grabbed the car door, wanting to beg Bai Duan and Nie Lanlei to take him with him, but before he could open his mouth, he was staring at the golden snub-nosed monkey , suddenly retracted his hand in fright, and moved out of the way tremblingly.
Nie Lanlei twitched the corners of her mouth, got into the driver's seat, started the jeep, and quickly left behind the old man who was watching them off.
In the passenger seat, Bai Duan hugged the golden monkey and smoothed its golden and beautiful fur, with a bit of dissatisfaction in his tone: "Although the way they kill zombies is indeed...a bit cruel, it's still a bit cruel to human beings." kind of protection."
"But there is a saying that 'if you are not of my race, your heart must be different'." Nie Lanlei doesn't think there is anything wrong with humans being afraid of animals. "In the eyes of humans, animals kill zombies not to protect them, but for the sake of the zombies." The crystal nuclei in the brain—of course, it is true.” After a pause, he bent the corner of his mouth, “Actually, not only do zombies have crystal nuclei in their brains, but also supernatural beings have crystal nuclei in their brains.”
"... What do you mean?" Bai Duan looked sideways at Nie Lanlei, as if he had realized something, but he was not sure.
"The goal of animals is the crystal nucleus. Although they only kill zombies now, humans who also have crystal nuclei will definitely think—whether one day, animals will expand their hunting range, just like killing zombies to get crystal nuclei now. And start killing humans?" Nie Lanlei blinked, her tone soothing and calm.
Bai Duan opened her mouth, but couldn't find any rebuttal. Finally, she fell silent and looked down at the snub-nosed monkey sitting in her arms and combing its hair.
"If there is such a day, what will you do?" Nie Lanlei asked softly.
Bai Duan pursed his lips, his eyes full of confusion: "I don't know... I've never thought about this question." After pondering for a moment, he sighed softly, "If they were as close to me as before, I would probably... The two don't help each other, right? I don't have any sense of responsibility to save the world and help the people, not to mention that at that time, even if I want to intervene, it probably won't be of much use... "
"Indeed." Nie Lanlei freed a hand and rubbed Bai Duan's hair, "At that time, this has become a struggle for survival between races, either you die or I live. It may be a foregone conclusion, so it is the most sensible choice to correct your mentality and not get involved."
Nie Lanlei's palms were very hot, and the movements of touching the top of Bai Duan's head were gentle and steady, full of soothing power.
Bai Duan raised the corners of her mouth subconsciously, her depressed mood suddenly relaxed a lot, but she quickly raised her arm and pulled the opponent's hand off her head: "What are you doing? It's not big or small!"
Nie Lanlei withdrew her hand, hummed softly and complained, "If you use it, throw it away", but the smile in his eyes grew stronger.
Bai Duan moved his body a little uncomfortably, only to feel that the atmosphere in the airtight car suddenly became sticky and ambiguous, and his heartbeat was a little uncontrollable and chaotic—just like his messy thoughts at the moment.