There are many similar abandoned cities across the land in this era.
Based on a certain safety mentality, more people, even if they gather together, like to choose villages or camps.
Regardless of whether there is real danger in such a town, just the feeling of being empty and huge makes people feel uneasy.
However, strictly speaking, such an abandoned city is actually safe.
When the Beginning Crimson Moon appeared in the sky, a large number of madmen appeared in the world. The collapse of civilization and the disappearance of order were all related to these madmen. They once became the most terrifying predators in the world, and also became the nightmare of those who lived through that era. Until now, there are still people who are deeply afraid of the wilderness and those dark, abandoned cities.
But by this time, the madmen who were running around the entire land had been almost wiped out.
Occasionally there are one or two, both of which are rare animals.
And as far as Lu Xin knows, the kind of Pollution Source that appears because of Mental Mutation often appears in densely populated big cities or gathering points. Such empty but deserted cities do not have the basic conditions for the birth of such a strange phenomenon.
Although...
Looking up, under the layer of mist, buildings were looming, like unknown guards. The quiet city sits there in silence. There seems to be something unsettling hidden in the invisible place, quietly sharpening its claws.
... it's really scary.
One by one, trucks drove into the city shrouded in mist.
Each car is almost ten meters apart, and when walking on the main road, it is customary to keep a distance of 100 meters.
In this way, even if they encounter an ambush, they will not catch them all.
"Uncle, this city looks very fat..."
Old Zhou in the driver's seat looked at the dark houses around him with some greed.
"I don't know where I will rest at night. It would be nice if I could run over and search around..."
Lu Xin looked around and nodded silently.
A city like this is huge and empty, and there must be countless valuable things hidden there.
Even if such a city must have been visited by many desert search teams, they must not be able to clean it all.
"Hehe, don't be greedy, kid..."
Old Zhou promptly educated his nephew. "You know, in the past, in a city like this, people searching for waste would have to hide away."
Little Zhou and Lu Xin both looked at him curiously. "Why?"
"You two young people don't understand, do you think?"
Old Zhou was very proud and said to Little Zhou, "Roll a cigarette for your uncle..."
Then he began to tell, "Everyone knows that such a city is fat, but there are also many dangers. In the past, the world was full of madmen running around. The madmen in the wilderness are easy to clean up. They can't run fast and they can't use guns. A group of people with guns can easily kill them. But in the city, there are too many corners. One will suddenly appear out of nowhere, hold you and start to chew..."
"..."
Lu Xin tried to understand it and determined that what Old Zhou was talking about should be a terrifying scene.
But why does it sound a little inappropriate?
"What did I think? He's just a lunatic. I've seen him in the circus. He's not that powerful. He can't even beat a hunting dog..."
Little Zhou After hearing this, he disapprovingly put the cigarette he was going to hand to his uncle into his mouth.
"Hey, you are such a young man..."
The uncle suddenly stared. "You were born in a good time, and you have never seen those crazy people in a bad time."
"In the years before you were born, during the most chaotic period, how many people were eaten by madmen?"
"Your uncle and I, that's how I met your aunt at that time. Fortunately, we have good marksmanship. I can shoot wherever you point. It's not my fault. Back then, a dozen lunatics surrounded me. I only had one gun and four bullets, but I remained calm in the face of danger and shot several times..."
"..."
Lu Xin was intrigued and asked curiously, "What next?"
Old Zhou stared. "Then I ran and started shouting for help..."
"..."
Lu Xin was silent, and showed contempt along with Little Zhou.
"I'm pretty awesome. Let me tell you, how many people are so frightened that their legs tremble when they see a madman. We are different. We run very fast and shout for help loudly. Then again, if I hadn't shouted for help so loudly, how could I have met his aunt?"
Old Zhou said proudly, "The shouting is worth it. I have a wife and a daughter all of a sudden..."
"..."
Little Zhou listened thoughtfully. "So Auntie didn't accuse you unjustly when she said you have a habit of peeing your pants?"
Old Zhou was angry. "What are you talking about? Give me the cigarette..."
As Old Zhou recounted his heroic deeds, the truck gradually entered the city.
You generally don't drive too fast in the city.
Although the road explorers who came before have determined that there is no problem driving on this road through the city, and some minor obstacles have been cleared, the big car still drives very carefully. In the thin mist, I walked slowly through the silent steel forest.
The wind swirled through the city, fluttering the curtains in the windows.
Although it's broad daylight, this kind of empty and desolate city still makes people feel a little scared.
Little Zhou pressed his face against the car window, swallowed, and said, "I wonder if there are any crazy people in these empty houses..."
"Tsk..."
Old Zhou couldn't help but laugh, "In what age are there still crazy people?"
"If there really is a madman, you can still make money. If you catch him and sell him to the circus, one will only cost you 100 yuan..."
"This is worth more than the rags we searched for..."
"..."
Lu Xin Listening, I couldn't help but feel a little moved in my heart. "Is there still such a business opportunity?"
"Du..."
Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded from ahead, which seemed extremely harsh in this empty city.
"What's wrong?"
Everyone who heard the whistle slowed down and looked around with confused expressions.
This kind of whistle is usually blown when there is an emergency.
"Dudu..."
The whistle suddenly became harsher and closer.
A group of veteran drivers saw a motorcycle in their field of vision and rushed over from the front.
In the car, a pathfinder was in a panic, holding a loudspeaker in his hand and shouting at the top of his lungs, "Evacuate quickly, retreat quickly..."
"There's a madman ahead..."
"..."
"What? Crazy?"
Lu Xin, who was looking at the abandoned city outside, and Little Zhou, whose face was pressed against the car window, were stunned for a moment at the same time.
For the first time, their expressions were even a little confused.
"Is there really a madman?"
What do you want to come up with?
Now, most of the madmen have long since disappeared. Occasionally there are one or two, but they are just destroyed by raising their hands and shooting a few times.
Now there is a madman in this city?
Shouldn't that be a matter of being caught and sold into a circus?
Even with this thought, Old Zhou suddenly changed gears and shouted, "Be careful."
The usual training and strict orders in the team worked.
Even though he still didn't know what happened, Old Zhou immediately decided to retreat.
It wasn't just him, the car more than twenty meters behind him and the car more than ten meters in front of him, the experienced drivers also reacted. However, the car body swayed slightly and then stopped. Their car body was too big, and it was difficult to turn around on the road in the city.
They could only retreat to the main road in the city before they could hope to turn around, but that would also waste a lot of time.
Old Zhou For a moment, I was sweating so much.
The habit of their team is to keep a certain distance, but not too far apart.
If the distance is too far, when attacked by some knights, part of it will be easily eaten by the other party, and it will be too late for others to save it. If you follow too closely, you may be plotted or surrounded at the same time. Therefore, keeping a distance of tens of meters while driving in a convoy is a habit they have developed over many years. But now, it has become their biggest weakness.
I can't turn my head, and I can't retreat.
It can be said that this abandoned city is a natural place to restrain their caravan.
"Damn it, stop thinking about it, I can't get out."
Old Zhou discovered this, picked up the gun with a clatter, and shouted, "Copycat guys, where are the madmen? Go with them."
"Where?"
Little Zhou also touched the gun and shouted, "Catch him and sell him for money!"
"Uh-huh!"
Before the two of them could finish their voices, suddenly there was a crashing sound outside the car, mixed with screams.
Looking down from the driver's seat where Old Zhou was, he could just see a gray shadow coming out. The detective who was riding a motorcycle and rushing forward shouting was directly thrown to the ground by the gray shadow, and he let out a horrified scream.
Such an unexpected scene immediately stunned the old Uncle Zhou nephew.
Seeing the way the man fell on the spy and hissed, they felt their hairs standing on end.
It was a tall man, or a humanoid monster.
He was wearing a gray and black one-piece suit, and his limbs were obviously stronger and thicker than others.
He has a bald head and a body with some unnatural distortion, but he is very fast and runs like a beast.
After he knocked down the spy on the motorcycle, he immediately opened his mouth and bit him.
The numbing sound of bones being chewed was accompanied by the sounds of flesh and blood being swallowed and painful cries.
Old Zhou and Little Zhou were stunned at the same time, their expressions a little dull.
The blood on Old Zhou's face receded at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had brought back some bad memories.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a ball of blood bloomed on the monster's bald head, and its body fell to the ground violently, twitching continuously.
The gunshot also woke up Old Zhou. He turned his head suddenly and saw Lu Xin retracting his body from the window.
There was still a wisp of smoke coming from the muzzle of his gun.
Just now it was Lu Xin who leaned out of the car window at an extremely inconvenient angle and shot the monster to death.
"Don't panic yet, wait in the car."
Lu Xin said something to Old Zhou, then retracted his body and pushed open the car door.
"You..."
Old Zhou was surprised. "What are you going to do?"
Lu Xin said calmly as he got out of the car, "I'll go see how many lunatics there are first."
"Ah, you..."
Both Old Zhou and Little Zhou were a little frightened by Lu Xin's behavior.
But Lu Xin didn't notice anything wrong.
Whether from the perspective of dealing with danger or from an economic perspective, my behavior is reasonable...
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