Chapter 1910 Overwhelmed and Slow Growth
Today is definitely not a happy day for Zhou Shang.
Originally, he was just as comfortable as playing an RPG game, and he was completely unprepared for a major test, but the test came to him so suddenly. It would be strange if he could be happy.
It is the nature of children to love surprises. But the premise is that it is a surprise rather than a shock. To use an analogy, it would be a pleasant surprise if the rats he was dealing with now who called themselves the Hand could honestly jump in front of him and let him do a big job. However, a sudden appearance like Dormammu's and causing the entire city to fall into complete disorder and chaos is called fright.
Relying on the divine power inherited from his father and the magical powers learned from Smith Zhou, Zhou is still not affected by Dormammu's chaotic mind. However, this can only save himself, not others.
New York, without the support of any law and management force, is itself a chaotic and lawless place. And under the impact of such chaos, it immediately turned into a truly hellish scene in the blink of an eye.
Crazy human beings fight and fight without any reason at all. Endless destruction, fire and gunfire everywhere. All these are intertwined and reflected in Zhou Shang's eyes, making him completely at a loss.
If he was dealing with a group of gangsters, or a strange organization like the Hand that didn't know what to do, Zhou Shang wouldn't feel at a loss at all. Because it's very simple, he doesn't intend to say anything humane to these people, just like encountering hostile monsters in a game, just push them all the way.
Insignificant little characters broke legs and knocked off hands, allowing them to provide a little operating capital for the major hospitals in New York that are still running. As for the bosses who have done all kinds of bad things, he doesn't mind giving them a chance to be reformed again. Just like what his grandfather Smith Zhou said, the human soul can be reincarnated, and there is no doubt that reincarnation is the best way to change your mind. Few people have committed all kinds of evil in this life, and they will be like this in the next life. If this is the case, all kinds of torture in hell are the best treatment they can enjoy.
Zhou Shang has always carried out what he considers a heroic career in this simple and direct way. In his imperfect worldview, punishing evil is promoting good. So as long as you are fighting against evil, then what you are doing is the right thing. As for other more complicated things, he didn't care, and he didn't have the energy to care about them.
This idea cannot be said to be wrong, but it cannot be said to be completely applicable to all situations. It's like the current situation, facing a large group of smugglers who have worked so hard to come to this city, a large group of ordinary people who are risking all kinds of risks to make a living in this dark city, even though they are now more crazy than anyone else The gangsters come more viciously,
But let him kill them painfully because of this, Zhou Shang said that he really couldn't do it.
Yes, he can't. Even if he saw with his own eyes that the old woman on the opposite side was tearing at a man's neck like a beast, and pulled the fleshy trachea from it, he still couldn't convince himself to deal with her.
Because he knew the old woman, when he was touring the city at night, he would occasionally go to the restaurant run by the old woman to have a not bad Texas food.
As a traditional Texan, the old woman came to New York to settle down with her son. At that time, her life was considered rich, after all, his son had a decent job. Opening a Texas BBQ joint in what was once Midtown Manhattan is not something your average chef can do.
Unfortunately, the invasion of aliens and the occurrence of nuclear explosions destroyed all this. Although the hard-working restaurant of their family was preserved, neither the old woman's son nor daughter-in-law survived. They only left the old woman with a five or six-year-old granddaughter, and this restaurant. And it is not an easy task to use this restaurant to feed a child who is waiting to be fed.
Assuming that this is the old New York, the old woman can easily bring up her children without running a business, just relying on the rental of houses. But now, in this dark city that has been devastated, hard work can only barely obtain the capital that allows them to survive.
The city is full of bastards and poor people who can't afford food and clothing. It is impossible to expect them to spend as much as the New Yorkers in the past. It is completely normal to even order a large table of dishes and end up with a king's meal.
Although the old woman has maintained the usual toughness of Texas women, she can still use the ancestral Wincheston to shoot a precise rapid fire with eight shots in three seconds, but this can only threaten ordinary miscellaneous fish, not Those organized gangsters. After all, she wants to make a living, and it is impossible to take risks to fight against these bastards in order to make a living. Even if she doesn't care about her own life or death, she still cares about the safety of her little granddaughter. Therefore, the embarrassment of life can be imagined.
The appearance of Zhou Shang can be regarded as an opportunity for change. Because he likes meat, Zhou Shang has a soft spot for this Texas restaurant. After every exercise, he would run over to enjoy a sumptuous supper. Of course, just like ordinary people don't like to be disturbed when eating, he doesn't like to be disturbed by a pile of offal when enjoying supper. Therefore, after several conscious sweeps, he basically let the nearby gang know the rules.
Of course, the old woman didn't know this. All she knew was that the young man was a polite, nice lad. Never cheated her poor old woman. And every time he came over, the punks around him could spend a lot of time in peace.
As a weather-beaten old man, the old woman made guesses about the situation. Generally speaking, apart from the policemen who deal with them, the only ones who can make these scumbags docile are people who are more vicious than them. There were no police officers in this city, and the old woman naturally couldn't guess that it was Zhou Shang who came to repair these little bastards who couldn't get on the table. So she just subconsciously thought that this good boy was a young man who had gone astray, a guy with a high status in the gang.
Logically speaking, this has nothing to do with her. And if Zhou Shang has such an identity, it will not only bring her financial help, but also allow her to get a certain degree of protection. This is a matter of great benefit and no harm, so she should be happy to see it come true. But this old lady didn't have such an idea. On the contrary, every time she communicated with Zhou Shang, she was euphemistically warning him about the benefits of leaving gang life earlier.
Zhou Shang could tell that this was a kind-hearted old woman. And in the face of such a kind-hearted old woman, even if she is indeed doing terrible things now, he can't treat her with cruel means like he treats those garbage.
This is the confusion in his heart, not just him, but anyone who can stay awake at this time probably has a confusion similar to his.
They didn't know what to do, how to stop this horrible thing. Ordinary people don't have such power, but Zhou Shang's difference is that he has such power, but he doesn't know how to use it.
This is normal. If a child is faced with such a terrifying emergency, if he can maintain his rationality and make a rational analysis that normal adults cannot do, would it be strange? Unless he was born again, or was born with a psychopath, otherwise this is almost impossible.
And since it's impossible, then you can't demand anything from him. It can be said that at this time, even if Zhou Shang turned around and left, no one would blame him. Because he is still a child after all, it is a wrong thing to force things on him that should not be undertaken by a child.
However, Zhou Shang chose to stay, because from his own heart, although he was a little at a loss, he was very sure that he should never leave like this.
He didn't want to run back so disheartened and face all this as a loser. Because he didn't want to show himself so cowardly at this time.
There are some childish reasons, but it has become the main factor for him to insist on staying here. And just as he was persisting in this futile way, the terrible things in front of him had already undergone changes that caught him off guard.
The crazy old woman ripped open the man's throat. Although she had won the final victory relying on her own weight of more than two hundred catties, she was not satisfied when she was bathed in dripping blood. She looked around and found that the new target was either too far away or blocked by disabled vehicles and flames. Out of instinctive fear of flames, she wanted to take a long detour. But at this time, the sound of beating from the dining room behind her suddenly attracted her attention.
At this time, the restaurant has already closed the door, so there will be no one else's voice inside, only the little granddaughter whom the old lady regards as a treasure. Of course, seeing it as a treasure is in normal times, but now, when the old woman and his little granddaughter are abnormal, will she still be the one holding it in the water for fear of flying, holding it in her mouth? I am afraid that the treasure that has been melted is something that no one can explain clearly.
It is difficult for Zhou Shang to have any good fantasies about this kind of thing, because he has seen with his own eyes how terrifying these human beings have become. Driven by madness, they are even more ferocious than the most ferocious beasts, and they don't even care about their own safety when they fight. It is really difficult to expect them to still care about their precious existence under this kind of madness.
To be honest, he was really worried that the old woman would kill his granddaughter. With the madness she showed just now, her granddaughter's small size of forty to fifty catties probably wasn't enough for her to tear it apart with one hand! Not wanting this kind of human tragedy to happen in front of him, Zhou Shang had already rushed up the moment the old woman rushed into the restaurant.
Seeing that the old woman didn't care about her granddaughter's position in her heart at all, she just rushed towards it as if she saw a small piece of fresh meat. Zhou Shangxian picked up the little girl who was also as crazy as a wild beast with one step, avoided her pounce, and then slapped her unconscious.
He thought it was over, but obviously, he underestimated the current situation. Crazy human beings don't discriminate between big and small. Although the little girl is a little girl who is two years younger than him in actual age, she can still act like a beast under the premise of inspiring the madness of the beast.
She would not be grateful for Zhou Shang's life-saving grace to her. On the contrary, when Zhou Shang hugged her, she opened her mouth almost immediately and bit Zhou Shang's neck, which was close at hand. past. It was very her grandmother, but obviously, she jumped to the wrong object.
Zhou Shang is not those poor ordinary people outside, he is a born demigod, a higher level above the evolution of species. The blood from his father endowed him with a superhuman physical quality, which is reflected in the strength of his body, that is, the strength of his body will never be lower than any kind of metal.
The solid body of steel caused the little girl to have a few big teeth smashed out as soon as she bit his neck. And looking at Rao like this, she still insisted on eating the little girl's film on her neck. While Zhou Shang stunned her with a flick of his finger, he also showed a strange expression.
"Is this what it feels like for a woman to kiss a man? It's weird, I don't know how Ada and the others would like to do this kind of thing with Dad."
Children his age must still not understand the wonderful interaction between men and women. So of course he wouldn't understand the gap between the two acts. Of course, this is not important, what is important is that he did prevent a tragedy from happening. This kind of thing gave him an indescribable feeling in his heart. Let him have a kind of excitement in his heart like clearing away the clouds.
He felt a sense of exhilaration, and at the same time he felt that he had found a way out of the problem. Yes, he thought of a way. With his superhuman strength, he could stop them as much as possible before the tragedy spread. Just like knocking out the grandparents, he can knock out every crazy person like this.
Of course, just being stunned is not enough. Because no one can guarantee that they will be able to regain their sanity after waking up. So, the best way is to tie them up after knocking them out. And after doing the math, this is obviously a somewhat huge project.
"How many people are there in New York City right now, Medusa?"
"Unable to count, but a conservative estimate is no less than 300,000..."
New York, which used to have a population of several million, now has only 300,000 people left, which is already a very low level. But after hearing this number, Zhou Shang still inevitably felt dizzy.
He has never counted more than five hundred in his life, and now it is really a challenge for him to kill 300,000 people in one go.
"Maybe I should come back another day? Maybe I should find someone else to do it for me?" With a small beating in his heart, Zhou Shang looked at the unconscious grandfather and grandson, and at the lunatics everywhere in the city. , he finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind to come.
"Well, 300,000 is 300,000. As long as I'm fast enough, this number will disappear soon. Believe in yourself, Zhou Shang, you can do it. Don't forget, you are a hero!"
With such self-encouragement, he had already put on the white armor he modified in front of all the lunatics. And with a white hurricane sweeping across the city, Zhou Shang's unique heroic journey has really begun.