The setting sun is like blood, covering the wilderness, and the time for scavengers has come.
Yunying woke up with cramps and pains in his abdomen. This familiar feeling has occupied most of his life and memory. Scavengers call it hunger. It is said that it is an eternal curse left by the Creator to all living beings!
This time I can't find food again, so I won't be able to survive tonight.
As for tomorrow? Yunying never thought about this question.
Because tomorrow is too much for the scavengers.
Yunying struggled to climb out of the hole where he was hiding, and when his feet stepped on the hot and barren land again, he felt a strong dizziness. The surrounding ancient ruins are broken walls from different eras, and there are also fragments of remains that have fallen from other worlds. They have once built brilliance, but now they have become worthless garbage, buried and forgotten by the gravel of time in this wilderness.
The thin figure of the young man is so small and lonely in the dusty sky, the wind blows his messy black hair to cover his immature face, his thin body is wrapped in a few dirty rags, his rough skin is covered with old and new wounds, except for a pair of eyes Bright and clear, he is no different from ordinary scavengers.
Yunying is only fourteen or fifteen years old.
The life of scavengers is very simple. They spend nearly 20 hours a day in burrows to avoid the scorching heat and cold, and only crawl out in the morning and evening to search for food in the ruins. Day after day, year after year, life seems monotonous, but it is a great happiness for scavengers, because once repetition and monotony are interrupted, it means death.
Yun Ying couldn't help thinking of the old man.
The old man is an alternative scavenger who has gone through vicissitudes. He not only understands the characters of the old era, but also knows things that scavengers don’t know. He likes to tell stories and collect useless things, especially the tools, pictures, and words of the old era. The only thing that can be shared The object is Yunying, they are each other's only companions and friends.
The sun rose as usual that day, and the old man failed to climb out as usual.
At least the old guy was lucky, because Yunying buried him for him.
Yunying couldn't imagine what it would be like when he fell down now. Although this skeleton has no flesh, the red-eyed scavengers are never picky. Those crazy butchers will definitely chop him into pieces, smoke them and hang them on rusty iron hooks. Some of them will be eaten by themselves, and some of them will be exchanged for some moderately polluted drinking water.
This is the wilderness. You can eat anything and do anything to survive.
Yunying sometimes envies them, but the old man once said that if even the last of humanity is abandoned, there is really no hope for human beings.
very hungry!
I can't move anymore!
Yunying wandered among the ruins dragging his weak body, like a straw swaying in the wind, which might fall down at any time. The scavengers have already searched the ruins, how easy is it to find some food
Did you get nothing again
Will this be the last time I see the sunset
Yunying couldn't help but sit down and look at the horizon. The setting sun was like blood, soaking the desert. A goshawk soared among the clouds in the sky. His eyes showed deep envy. He named himself Yunying at the beginning, hoping to be like Free as an eagle in the clouds... After all, is it extravagant
It's not the last moment yet.
Can not give up! Can not give up!
At this time, a burst of compact and hasty steps came to his ears, causing Yunying to stand up like a frightened cub, pull out a piece of sharpened iron, and stare ahead vigilantly. In this turbulent and crazy age, hungry scavengers attacked the same kind every day, and most of the weak children like Yunying were the targets of persecution.
Sure enough, with hurried steps, three scavengers in ragged clothes rushed out frantically.
Yunying's expression changed and he took two steps back. He is so weak that even a gust of wind can blow him down. If the three scavengers attack at the same time, there is absolutely no chance of him being spared!
etc!
No, not right!
Although the three of them had ferocious faces, they were not murderous. They did not have the aura that a hunter should have, but were full of frightened and desperate prey.
It's not an attack, it's an escape!
Just as Yunying had an ominous premonition, a large group of black figures rushed out after the scavengers. There were more than a dozen of them, about the size of wild dogs, with scarlet eyes, and they were ferocious and frightening.
Yunying's blood froze in an instant, and his brain exploded, leaving only one thought that originated from the soul and came from instinct:
run!
Death threats once again stimulate the potential of life!
A new force squeezed out of this nearly exhausted body, Yunying didn't identify it carefully, let alone clearly identified it, as long as he understood a little bit - this is a mutant beast, a ferocious mutant beast, this is a terrible prey By.
Scavengers are just the bottom predators in this desert and even in this ruins. How can they fight against the terrifying mutant beasts
One of the slowest women fell first.
"help me!"
"help me!"
"Help me!"
The monster bit its neck with its sharp teeth and tore it violently, and a large stream of blood spilled out like a fountain.
The second, the third, the black shadows scrambled to gather, covering the woman's whole body in the blink of an eye, the flesh and blood were bitten and torn to pieces, and the abdomen, intestines and internal organs were dragged out together.
So bloody, so cruel, so terrifying!
The short but extremely shrill screams shot at the three of them like life-threatening talismans. Some mutated beasts that didn't get any food continued to chase the rest of them. Their speed was too fast, and within three or two seconds, another scavenger was rushed.
"ah!"
"No!"
The sound of gnawing bones and tearing flesh made Yunying feel cold all over his body!
When Yun Ying turned into a corner in a panic, a scene appeared that made him feel even more desperate. The ruins in front of him blocked the road. This is an impassable dead end!
what to do
what to do!
The third shrill scream sounded.
The last scavenger also fell.
Three or two mutated beasts leaped over the body of the scavengers, and rushed towards the helpless and thin boy like black lightning!
Danger! Danger! Danger! Yunying smelled a strong breath of death, even if he hesitated for a second, he would be doomed!
If you turn around, you will die!
I can only fight!
He rushed into the ruins desperately, and got into a deep and small gap.
Adults can't get in this place, but Yunying's thin body can barely fit in, and there is a rustling sound in his ears immediately - a mutant beast is chasing after him!
The stench from the mutated beast was clearly audible, and it was already close at hand!
Yunying got to the end of the slit and could no longer move forward. The monster hissed, which was a precursor to an attack.
There was a critical moment of death.
In desperation, he resolutely held the sharp iron piece and turned around. At this moment, the black figure rushed towards him, his scarlet eyes glowed cruelly, and his extremely sharp teeth were as sharp as a razor, trying to tear the delicious prey in front of him into pieces. .
Yunying roared like a beast and stabbed out, the sharp iron piece just pierced the monster's eyes.
The monster howled sharply and slammed into Yunying's body, leaving a few bloodstains on its sharp claws. Yunying pressed its head, and the space inside the ruins was narrow, so it couldn't move.
"Go to hell! Go to hell!"
Yunying was already more ferocious than a mutant beast. He frantically waved the iron piece and stabbed it on the head and neck more than a dozen times. A large amount of stinky blood sprayed everywhere, and his face, hands, and clothes were all covered.
The two monsters were circling outside but couldn't squeeze in. They heard the miserable howling of the same kind, and immediately turned around and left here. Yunying was half paralyzed in the narrow space, gasping for breath, his brain became dizzy from lack of oxygen for a while, and now even moving his little finger became a luxury.
When the madness is over, these languors come back, presumably because they have just been neglected, and they are now aggressively trying to get them back twice as much.
For the first time, he looked at the creature in front of him.
It has dark and shiny fur, long and sharp claws, scarlet scary eyes, a bit like a mutated giant rat, but no matter what it is, it has a full dozen catties of flesh.
food!
Yun Ying became excited again, cut open the monster's tough skin with an iron plate, tore a few pieces of fat meat and stuffed it into his mouth, it was sour, fishy, rough... For people in the wilderness, it was already extremely delicious.
Yunying lives on ants, beetles, and grass roots, and has not tasted meat for a long, long time. When the esophagus slides into the stomach, a warm feeling spreads throughout the body, and the spasm and pain in the stomach weaken, replaced by a sense of satisfaction that is difficult to describe in words!
He ate until his shriveled stomach puffed up again.
Finally stopped eating, his face was full of happiness.
The mutated beast had gone far outside, and Yunying was going to drag the prey he had personally killed back to the burrow. The ten catties of meat was enough to last for many days.
Just as Yunying dragged out the prey, a voice as thick as a beast came.
"Put down the meat!"
Four or five adult scavengers stood in front of them, the first one was very strong, with a hideous scar on his face, full of viciousness and hostility.
These people may have heard the movement here, so they lurked around and waited, hoping to pick up a few bones, but they happened to meet the child who was carrying the prey.
The plump meat made them all red-eyed.
Scar shouted, "Put down the meat!"
Yunying's silent expression is wild and full of danger like a lone wolf. The two sides are like beasts confronting each other in the wilderness. In fact, in this era, the boundary between man and beast is already very blurred.
lay down
In exchange for my life, you let me let go? !
Yunying didn't say a word of nonsense, like a young animal that was completely enraged, he threw a punch at one of them in the face recklessly.
No suspense.
After all, Yunying is a half-grown child, how can he be against several adults? The result of such resistance is to be beaten in turn, and then watch the prey that has been beaten with life being snatched away.
Night fell.
The young man was scarred like a defeated stray dog fleeing to the burrow. He didn't have any complaints or anger towards the scavengers who snatched the prey. As a child who grew up in the camp, he had already seen clearly the nature of the wilderness.
There are no principles in the wilderness, strength is the only law!
The strong can have more food, slaves, women, and the weak are destined to be enslaved, trampled, and plundered. This is the wilderness. In this world, in this era, in this place, there has never been any reason to say that being weak is a sin in itself!
The moonlight sprinkled into the hole like water, and a blanket could not resist the severe cold. He was curled up in the cold, and the pain all over his body prevented him from sleeping peacefully.
Yun Ying sat up tossing and turning, picked up an iron box, and blew away the thick dust, like holding a treasure, carefully took out some colorful things from it.
He stared at these things with obsessive eyes. They were pictures that the old man had worked so hard to collect during his lifetime, and they were evidences of the existence of the old era. Years of erosion by time had already made them somewhat blurred.
Every time I see them, the little heart hidden in the chest will be touched.
Every time I see them, the pain, hunger, and ailment all over my body are relieved a little.
Every time I see them, no matter how desperate and dark, there is always a ray of light flickering.
The distant old times!
What kind of dream world are you in
People at that time were clean and handsome, cities were prosperous and rich, there were no dangerous and terrifying mutant beasts, no ferocious mutants, and no scavengers struggling to survive in the wilderness.
Is that era really over
Does such a place still exist in this world
There is a fire burning in Yunying's dark eyes - he is eager to go to the camp and the wilderness!
This idea is like a steel seal firmly branded in the depths of the soul. It has been produced since a very young age. The old man once asked him: Why? The camp is dangerous, the ruins are dangerous, and the wilderness is even more dangerous. It is a road that must die!
"Who made me born in this world!"
"Since the world chooses me, I have the right to take a good look at it!"
"One day, I will search for that heaven-like place. If I can take a look at it, if I can kiss that piece of land, I will have no regrets even if I die immediately!"
The old man was silent then.
From then on, I took the child with me, gave him food, and taught him how to read. Struggling on the verge of life and death these years, not only did the thought not disappear, but it became more and more intense!
The old man said that some people are born free eagles, even if they grow up in a chicken coop, they will one day fly their wings... Is there really a chance
Now you can't even get out of the ruins, not to mention the boundless and dangerous wilderness.
The old man often talks about "fate". Everyone has their own destiny, and no matter how they try to escape, they cannot escape.
Is this my destiny? I do not believe! There was an indescribable heat in the eyes of this young man who had been tortured by the wilderness but was still full of rebellion. He put the iron box under his head and finally fell asleep in a deep sleep amidst physical and mental exhaustion.