214. Searching for Relatives in the End Times (10) (1/2)
Chen Gang was dreaming.
He dreamed that he went back to before the end of the world, when he was just in love with his wife. At that time, his family was poor, he had just graduated and didn't have much money, and his parents were both born at an advanced age. Now they are old and need him to support them. Despite such poor conditions, his wife still didn't mind.
At that time, for the poor, every celebration was to go out to eat skewers. Before the end of the world, the aroma of barbecue always drifted into Chen Gang's dreams.
And now, he dreamed that there was a large bunch of skewers in front of him, fragrant and crispy. Just looking at the oily light, he felt that he was about to sublimate.
Since the end of the world came, eating meat has become an unattainable dream for most people. After all, zombie beasts can't be eaten, and mutant beasts can't be beaten, let alone eaten.
Chen Gang closed his eyes and swallowed his saliva in his sleep, imagining how wonderful it would be to bite into the meat and smell the fragrance.
This taste is really too real. He couldn't help but open his eyes and look at the skewers on the fire in front of him.
It smells so good, it seems real~
Feng Xinglu swept the skewers in his hand clean from top to bottom, looked strangely at the man who had been staring at the skewers on the fire since he opened his eyes, and turned his head to Cheng Miao and made a conclusion, "Is this guy scared silly?"
Cheng Miao is big and eats the most. He feels embarrassed when he is full. After all, this mutant beast is Liang Mingxuan, the woman he likes, and he is busy knocking on the wood he searched for.
After Wei Mingyan was injured before, he always felt pain here and there. He had to rely on Liang Mingxuan to help him walk. Last time, Cheng Miao heard him mention finding a wheelchair, so he began to recall the structure of the wheelchair and started to work hard.
He is hardworking. Before, Wei Mingyan used an ice pick to knock open the snail shell, and several people moved to live on the crab monster. The ladders and wooden doors for going up and down were also made by Cheng Miao.
Feng Xinglu is a good longbow shooter, but he is confused about this kind of delicate woodworking. Brother Yan was injured and had to control the crab monster. Sister Mingxuan went hunting everywhere, so he had to start studying cooking. He found several books on medicinal diet and supplemented the bodies of others in different ways every day.
Of course, he did not forget his job. On the first day of living in the snail shell, he knocked and banged everywhere to remove his monitoring tools from the car and installed them on it, determined to convert the snail shell into a vehicle that is not inferior to the car. Feng Xinglu is most proud of his satellite system. Unfortunately, the satellite system began to stop updating. When he walked along the originally planned route, he found that the bridge was broken and could not go through.
Feng Xinglu consciously smashed the signboard, so he began to look for humans more diligently, hoping to find someone who knows the way. Today, he just saw a convoy and didn’t have time to extend a hand of friendship. The convoy ran away non-stop. He was very depressed, but he didn’t expect that he would leave one person behind. He happily carried the person back.
This is a living map that I have finally found. It would be a pity if I get scared again.
"Hey, brother, brother, what is this?"
Thinking of this, he held the skewers in one hand and stretched out the other hand to make a three.
Chen Gang looked at it stupidly, "OK?"
"Fuck you!" Feng Xinglu slapped his thigh in frustration, "This guy is stupid!"
He doesn't even know the number three, he is really stupid.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped lightly on the back of his head. Liang Mingxuan, who had just woken up from a nap, yawned and warned, "Keep your voice down, Mingyan is still asleep."
"Hehehe Sister Mingxuan, you're awake. Look, this is the person we just found. We wanted him to lead the way, but unfortunately he's stupid."
"Stupid?"
Liang Mingxuan looked at Chen Gang in confusion. Before he could say anything, Wei Mingyan, who was resting on the inside, sat up, stretched lazily, and said nonchalantly, "If he's stupid, then it's useless. Throw him back where he was."
"Hey! Okay, Brother Yan, no problem, Brother Yan! I'll throw him back now!"
"No, no, no!!"
Chen Gang's confused brain finally caught the three words "throw out", and with the cold wind blowing from the wooden door outside, he immediately realized that he was not dreaming, and quickly jumped up like a bouncing shrimp.
"There's a monster outside! A monster bigger than the house!"
He gestured in a panic, expecting to see the serious expressions of the people in front of him, but he met three pairs of eyes looking at him like a fool.
One of the pretty boys with fair skin even had some boredom in his eyes. Chen Gang watched him wave his hand and said, "I'll continue to sleep. Call me for dinner." Then he lay down again.
Chen Gang was stunned.
They, aren't they afraid?
After hearing that there was such a big monster outside, shouldn't they evacuate and move quickly in fear?
"Hey, brother, open the door and look outside." Feng Xinglu patted the frightened old man on the shoulder and decided to tell him the truth in a tactful way.
Chen Gang hesitated and opened the wooden door carefully.
As soon as he opened it, a gust of cold wind blew. He shivered with cold and stuck his head out to look outside.
High, so high.
While Chen Gang was still slowly thinking about what could cover such a high place in his frightened brain, he saw the hard and angular crab below.
Ah, this crab looks so familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere before.
When he saw it clearly, Chen Gang's legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees.
He was standing at the door and almost fell down. Fortunately, Liang Mingxuan pulled out a vine in time and tied him back directly.
His life was saved, but he was scared again.
When Feng Xinglu went over, he saw the man sitting on the ground, repeating, "Monster, monster..."
He immediately began to develop his eloquence, opening his mouth and talking.
"Eh? Brother, that's not how you talk. You know some people raise mutant beasts, the kind that they raise before the apocalypse, and after the apocalypse, they mutate and still follow their masters. We are in this situation."
The mutant beasts still follow their masters after the apocalypse...
Chen Gang knew about this. People come and go in the base, and the most impressive ones are often those teams, and the reason for their prestige is because of their own mutant beasts.
For example, in one of the teams, the captain raised a dog before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, the dog mutated successfully and became huge, but it never left its previous owner. Not only can it kill zombies, but it also occasionally hunts other mutant beasts when it goes out of the base to do tasks. How can it not be enviable?
But there are very few mutant beasts that still recognize their masters after mutation in the end of the world. Most of them are because their wildness was stimulated when they just mutated. It is good if they do not attack their masters at this time. Those who are still willing to follow their masters either have a good relationship between the master and the pet before the end of the world, or it is their nature.
For example, the cat raised by another team leader likes to run out of the base to hunt after mutation. It eats ten times and only brings prey back to the owner once. It is said that once, the cat brought a mouse as big as a washbasin to the captain after eating half of it.
Of course, the scene was weird, but in the end they still put the mouse in the pot and cooked it for a good meal.
Chen Gang's wife has always regretted that she had planned to raise a puppy at home at that time, but she had to shelve the plan because of pregnancy. In this world, it would be much easier to have a mutant beast as a helper.
Chen Gang spent nearly three months in the base. He has seen cats, dogs, hamsters, and foxes...
But he never thought that crabs could become mutant beasts that follow their masters.
"Look at you, you are surprised by what you have seen. It's just a crab, right? If you are still scared, just call it by its name, Mr. Krabs. If you think about it this way, will you be less afraid?" Mr. Krabs was the name Feng Xinglu enthusiastically gave to this new member. No one except himself was willing to call him that, so he couldn't wait to share it with Chen Gang. Feng Xinglu's attitude was too natural, so natural that Chen Gang really felt that he had little experience. He even began to doubt whether he had not really understood crabs. Maybe, before the end of the world, there really were people who liked to raise crabs... right? But the problem is, cats and dogs are still okay, but even if crabs are mutated, can they understand human speech? "This is not difficult. Come on, let me introduce you. The one who was sleeping just now is our Brother Yan, who has water ability. He can manipulate water to control Mr. Crab. This is Sister Mingxuan, who has plant ability. Look at the meat used for grilling skewers. They are all the monsters she caught. This is Brother Cheng, who is very strong and can kill more than a dozen zombies by himself." Chen Gang didn't really listen to the introductions that followed. Only Wei Mingyan's introduction remained in his mind. Water ability... can control mutant beasts? Doesn't their water ability have no killing power except for releasing water? Could it be a mutant water ability? Although Feng Xinglu usually looks noisy, he asked Chen Gang about his ancestors in less than half an hour after he chatted with him for a while, including the route to base e. Chen Gang temporarily lived in the snail shell with them until they found base e. Chen Gang, who was still thinking silently in his heart whether the group would think that it was a mutant beast invasion when they arrived at the base, soon lost the mind to think about it. Because he was already in shock.
First of all, these people can still maintain a normal pre-apocalyptic diet, two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, one soup, and white rice, which he has never eaten since the apocalypse.
When Chen Gang took the white rice handed over by Feng Xinglu with trembling hands and tasted the familiar taste, this nearly thirty-year-old man almost cried.
He didn't expect that just pointing the way, these kind people would give him such a good meal.
After asking Feng Xinglu and knowing that this was indeed a reward for him, Chen Gang was careful to only eat a little at the bottom every time he ate, and put the rest in the plastic bag he had been holding in his arms. Fortunately, the weather was too cold now, and the crabs were moving fast. When he arrived at the base, he could give these foods to his relatives.
However, what Chen Gang didn't expect was that the things that shocked him were not just these.
After the end of the world, humans changed from three meals a day to one meal a day. Even so, they were still careful to save money, fearing that they would have nothing to eat after eating too much. In this snail shell, basically in addition to the three meals, Feng Xinglu always had to find a way to make some snacks or tonic soup to keep ready at any time.
According to Chen Gang's observation, in this small team, Feng Xinglu was responsible for reconnaissance and cooking, Cheng Miao was responsible for reaching the new place to clean up the zombies blocking the road, and Liang Mingxuan, who had short hair and a cold face except for her younger brother, was the one who went to find food.
Among these people with various skills, the one Chen Gang envied the most was Wei Mingyan, who also had water-based abilities.
He worked the least and liked to enjoy the most. The wheelchair that Cheng Miao had been making was for him. Even if Feng Xinglu was still working hard the moment before, if the boy called him, he would immediately get up in a hurry to make him delicious food. The 24-hour warm tonic soup was prepared for Wei Mingyan.
Chen Gang was not jealous, but felt that this good-looking boy was lucky to have such a good sister who always put him first, and the other people in the team also took care of him because he was young.
Even Feng Xinglu, who was obviously older than the boy, jokingly called him Brother Yan.
They both had water-related abilities, but they had different fates.
Mr. Crab's walking speed was amazing, as Feng Xinglu said. Within two days, he had walked to a place not far from the base.
The huge crab slowly moved towards the base, and soon attracted the attention of the patrolmen.
In the base, the alarm was quickly raised.
Ordinary people hid in their homes or cellars in panic. Adults covered their children's mouths to prevent them from making any sound. No matter what the men were doing the moment before, they would quickly take their weapons home to protect the women and the elderly, with vigilance on their pale and thin faces.
Several major forces in the base immediately began to make preparations, and all the attacking abilities were summoned, ready to start a fierce battle at any time.
Even at this time, intrigue was inevitable.
"Lao Liang, the survival of the base is at stake now, why did you only bring these two ugly people? Are you hiding something?"
A man with a warm smile was talking to the expressionless square-faced man beside him. He was smiling and his tone was like a joke, but there was a hidden edge underneath.
"Mr. Wang, you are joking."
Liang Weimin was still the same, his facial expression did not change, "I see that you have brought a lot of people, but they seem to be some without superpowers, right?"
"I remember that Mr. Wang has the most superpowers in the base, and they haven't come yet. Could it be that you sent them to do something else?"
Wang Xing's smile was still the same, laughing, "How could it be, I'm not like you, Lao Liang, who can't even protect himself, but still sends people out to find his family, and he's not afraid that someone will take advantage of the loophole."
"But speaking of it..." There was a bit more sarcasm in his eyes "I remember, don't you have a pair of children? Why? Haven't you found them yet?"
"Yes, it's so hard to find someone in this world. Maybe you won't see them in this life, but don't be discouraged. Anyway, you're not too old, just have a few more."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Liang Weimin's face with satisfaction, and he was proud in his heart. Everyone knows that Liang Weimin's biggest weakness is his sons and daughters. As a result, his sons are all well by his side, and Liang Weimin hasn't found any of them. He can't even protect himself, but he still has to send people out to look for them. Isn't this waiting for someone to stab him?
Thinking of this, Wang Xing's smile became more kind.
He won't give up such a good opportunity. When Liang Weimin, who is blocking the way, goes down, won't the large number of granaries under his control be his own?
With the help of the inside and outside, as long as nothing unexpected happens this time, we will definitely...
"Dad! The mutant beast has come over, but it looks like there is someone on it, so it must have an owner."
Wang Xing's son ran over from the door with excitement in his eyes, and whispered in his ear, "If we recruit this person, our chances of winning will be even greater."
"A mutant beast with an owner?"
Wang Xing's face flashed with joy. If such a large mutant beast recruited its owner...
"Let's go now!"
Seeing the father and son walking away quickly, the people behind Liang Weimin hurried forward, "Sir, let's go and take a look too. If we can recruit the owner of such a large mutant beast, we can definitely turn the tables!"
"Now most of our manpower has been lost, what can we do? Recruit? "Liang Weimin sighed, and his expression revealed the fatigue that had just been covered up. "How are the injuries of the brothers? Don't be reluctant to give them medicine. Let them rest well before they are cured. The Wang surnamed didn't succeed this time, and he will definitely come again next time. "
"Several people have left, and the things have been sent to their families. Sir, are we really going to let that Wang surnamed slaughter them? He just has a few more beasts under his hands..."
Liang Weimin shook his head and said tiredly, "Let's go, let's go and see. If the owner of this mutant beast is really recruited by Wang Xing, we can only leave here. "
In fact, he wanted to leave a long time ago, but every time he was about to leave, he would always think of his children. If he really left, what should Mingxuan Mingyan do if he can't see him when he comes back.
As long as he, as a father, is still here, he can protect these two children, even if only one comes back.
But if he doesn't leave now, I'm afraid they will never see each other again.
Liang Weimin pressed his aching temple, hiding the worry in his heart, and his face showed a blank expression again.
He absolutely cannot fall, even for the sake of the two children.
I hope the owner of this mutant beast will not be recruited.
The crab stopped 300 meters away from the gathering base. It would be unsafe for both parties if it was any closer.
To show his enthusiasm, Wang Xing led his team of superpowers to greet them with a smile on his face, and Feng Xinglu took Chen Gang down to communicate.
Although Wang Xing was a little disappointed to learn that the superpower who controlled the superpower beast did not come down, he still made up his own momentum of being courteous to the wise and humble, and talked about how he was the only one in the base and how rich in resources.
But no matter how hard he tried, the superpower in the snail shell upstairs had no intention of opening the door.
Wang Xing hated him for not knowing how to respect him. Just when he was feeling irritated, he saw Liang Weimin coming with people in a blink of an eye, and his voice immediately became higher.
"Old Liang, aren't some of your men injured? Why did you come to such a dangerous place outside the base instead of going to see them?"
Liang Weimin pretended that he didn't understand his insinuation that he couldn't protect his men, and pulled the corner of his mouth to reveal a smile, "I heard there is a rare crab mutant beast, come and see it."
See it?
You want to recruit it.
Wang Xing sneered in his heart, mocking his overestimation of his own abilities.
No one is blind. Liang Weimin is like this, how could anyone be willing to follow him.
Just thinking about it, the wooden door above, which had been silent all the time, suddenly opened.
Under the sight of several people, the boy's head popped out and shouted crisply.
"Dad!"
The author has something to say: The first ten little angels will send red envelopes, good night everyone
I'm going to my grandma's house tomorrow, so the update will probably be very late