The sky was vast and quiet, and a pitch-black night shrouded the entire land in a silent atmosphere. Because of the power outage, the bustling and bustling city in the past seems to have completely exterminated all living things and has become a dead city. Only now and then a faint glow of candles came from a few windows of the building, which was quickly extinguished again.
In such a silent environment, a silver and black Land Rover Range Rover was galloping across the road, heading south. The appearance of this car seems to be no different from ordinary vehicles, but there is a little abnormal bulge on the roof. If you look from the inside, you will find an extra protruding metal shape box, which is tightly attached to the entire ceiling.
Not only that.
Every corner inside the car shone with a faint silver light, and occasionally the moonlight shone in from outside, making it even more dazzling. In order to save the car's solar energy resources, the air conditioner was not turned on. The cool night wind blew through the car window, blowing Jing Xia's hair back.
Sitting in the specially improved super car, facing the wind, Jing Xia snorted comfortably, causing the man in the driver's seat to glance at him.
In the back seat of the car were a white-haired old man and a beautiful and charming sister Yu, who were already asleep with the windows facing one side. At this moment, only Ji Chuancheng, who was driving, and Jing Xia, who was in the passenger seat, were still asleep.
"You can rest for a while." The deep and magnetic male voice suddenly sounded, the voice was very low, as if worried about disturbing the rest of the people behind.
Jing Xia was taken aback when he heard the words, then turned his head to look, and said with a smile: "If I fall asleep, you will be left alone. What if you are tired and your hand is unstable?"
"I won't be tired."
The teasing smile suddenly froze on his face, looking at the profoundly handsome side face of the opposite person, Jing Xia curled his lips. He glanced at Qin Chu and Steward Wang in the back seat, and after confirming that they were both asleep, he turned his head to Ji Chuancheng's ear, and said in a low voice, "Why didn't you let me sleep today?" Tell Sister Qin about it? Or...you want me to keep it a secret from everyone. "
As soon as the car left the urban area, the field of vision immediately widened. There is no pedestrian on the empty road, and the moonlight penetrates the thin clouds and shines on the vast land, illuminating the road ahead of the car.
The warm exhalation sprayed on Ji Chuancheng's ears little by little, but he still looked calmly and looked ahead quietly. Just when Jing Xia thought that the other party would not answer her question, she suddenly heard another sigh: "Qin Chu already knows what she should know, and I have already reported some things that can be told temporarily to the The country, but there are many more things... even the government can't solve it now."
Jing Xia was taken aback.
"If it is true as you said, the future will develop to such a degree. Because evolution has no rules, no one can guarantee the talents acquired by the country. Moreover, since you also said that evolution is basically completed By the time the state machinery had collapsed and the military had never appeared…”
Jing Xia immediately interjected: "That's right. When the first wave of beasts came, almost one-third of them died. Many evolutionary abandoners died in that battle, and at that time there was no country The appearance of people in the field, let alone a well-trained army. And after that... it never appeared.”
The fingers holding the steering wheel gradually tightened, and Ji Chuan's dark eyes also deepened a bit. In the small carriage, there was only the faint sound of breathing, breaking the silence that froze the air.
After a long time, Ji Chuancheng pursed his lips and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the army should have been wiped out before the beast tide started, or... most of them were killed or injured."
Hearing this, Jing Xia suddenly opened his eyes wide and exclaimed: "Why?! Evolution is really non-selective. You have judged this way later. It is impossible to provide special care for people in the army. , so..." As he spoke, even Jing Xia himself felt a little confused: "No, you mean... this is not caused by the external environment at all?"
At some point, a towering tree completely fell to the ground, occupying almost four-fifths of the ground. Ji Chuancheng frowned and brushed past the car body. He glanced at the hollow part of the tree's root, and then said: "This tree is at least a hundred years old. Judging from the degree of collapse at its center, it The collapse of the tree should be caused by evolutionary failure. Then why, the other trees on both sides of the road now have no other abnormalities at all?"
Hearing this, Jing Xia turned her head and looked out the window. Under the cool and bright moonlight, there are tall plane trees planted on both sides of the road in the suburbs. Most of the leaves showed a strange crimson color. It was clearly in the thick of summer, but layers of white spots had already appeared on the trunk, which looked weird and abnormal.
Jing Xia immediately understood: "These trees have already evolved!" After speaking, he suddenly remembered: "The strongest plane tree failed to evolve, but these ordinary-looking plane trees seem to be evolving without any problems. It turns out... Lin Shen's conjecture may be right."
The tire suddenly slipped on the ground and then stabilized immediately. The whole body trembled slightly, causing Qin Chu in the back seat to groan. Jing Xia turned to look at Ji Chuancheng in surprise, only to see that the latter was holding the steering wheel with one hand, turned his head, looked at him solemnly, and asked, "You just said... Lin Shen?"
"Yes, Lin Shen." Jing Xia replied naturally, he thought for a while, and then said: "Oh, you don't know. In my previous life, I didn't deliberately come to you, so when I met you, it was already It happened after the second beast wave. I joined Wu Jiqing's small team before, and Lin Shen was in it. Although his abilities are not very powerful, he has a lot of brains." Looking at Ji Chuan, he became more and more cold Jing Xia asked, "Eh...? Do you know him?"
There was an indescribably complex expression on Qingjun's face, and Ji Chuan opened his lips in a low voice: "Yes. He is one of the divisional leaders of the restricted area forces in City B."
"It turns out... Lin Shen still has such an identity, and he hides it so deeply." Jing Xia sighed, and suddenly received a cold stare, he had no choice but to wave his hand helplessly, and said, "Okay, okay , I will not talk nonsense. Lin Shen once guessed that for this global evolution of unknown reasons, individuals of different races have no evolutionary sequence, but individuals of the same race generally evolve from the lowest potential, and the last It is easy to complete. The higher the potential, the more backward the order of evolution and the greater the difficulty of evolution. For example, if there is the first individual to evolve among humans, then generally speaking, his ability will be lower than the average human line, and it is not easy to fail. Of course, at that time, Lin Shen only guessed that there was no data test, so we didn't worry too much about it."
The cold crescent moon hangs in the dark night sky, there are no stars in the sky, only a darkness that seems to swallow everything, ruthlessly covering the entire earth. Ji Chuancheng narrowed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and said: "According to this speculation, the more potential an individual is, the less likely it is to evolve. Then... maybe someone will also discover this problem and want to artificially promote human evolution."
As soon as the words fell, Ji Chuancheng stopped talking. But Jing Xia became curious and couldn't help asking, "A Chuan, what are you talking about?"
Ji Chuancheng replied blankly: "Nothing."
"..." After a long silence, Jing Xia glanced at Ji Chuancheng and said, "Do you think I will believe it?"
But seeing that the latter didn't seem to feel the sinister, ruthless, and ruthless gaze from the young man at all, Ji Chuancheng still calmly laid a cold face on the ground, staring straight ahead, and said intently: "You don't need to worry about this matter, you Now you can think about it carefully, after you find that S-rank white lotus mutant, whether you plan to boil it or braise it in brown sauce." After a pause, he glanced at Jing Xia's dumbfounded expression from the corner of his eye, and Ji Chuancheng continued in a calm tone Said: "Oh, by the way, it's still an S-rank white lotus mutant with ugly suckers and a bright white head with its own holy light."
"..."
Under the hazy and cold night, Jing Xia snorted coldly and turned away, and never looked at this poisonous guy again, it's considered invisible. But what he didn't realize was that behind him, the indifferent and elegant man was slightly curling his thin lips, revealing an imperceptible smile, which he quickly covered up.
A silver and black Land Rover was driving smoothly on the dark road, surrounded by flat farmland. The night wind is the loudest sound in the whole wilderness, blowing into the car from the car window, dispelling the summer heat. The young man sitting in the passenger seat had fallen asleep peacefully at some point, leaning to the left on the soft back of the seat, breathing softly.
A thin black coat suddenly covered the young man's body, completely blocking the cool evening wind. The bony fingers gently pulled the upper edge of the clothes, completely covering the young man's bare arms. I don't know where I bumped into, but the young man suddenly turned around with a grunt, and turned his back to the driver's seat.
"..." The man with one hand on the steering wheel was silent for a while, and finally he could only sigh helplessly, and whispered to himself: "A... S-level mutant white lotus? You won't believe it, then you think... I will Will you believe it?"
At this time, Ji Chuan finally relaxed a little from the eyebrows that had been tightly furrowed since he left the villa. He turned his head helplessly to glance at the young man in the passenger seat, and quickly moved away. It was just a quick glance, but the thin lips that had always been tightly pursed slightly curled up, and he smiled lowly.
The night wind is rustling, and the moonlight is cold.
A round of rising sun finally rises from the distant horizon in the east, sweeping away all the darkness covering the world, allowing the light to return to the earth again.
Jing Xia stretched slowly, and suddenly felt that his hands and feet were confined by the narrow space, so he opened his eyes, and suddenly realized where he was. All the drowsiness subsided, Jing Xia immediately turned to look: "A Chuan, we are here now..."
When her gaze touched the person in the driver's seat, Jing Xia's voice stopped abruptly.