" Brother Tian, we're almost there!"
Chu Feng saw his uncle's village, but the desolate atmosphere brought by the strong wind made him feel uneasy.
Xiao Tian and Chu Feng walked along a narrow path with obstacles, seeing a lot of bloodstains and broken bones along the way.
Soon, Chu Feng led the way to his uncle's house.
"Uncle!"
Bang! Bang!
Uncle! Are you there?
Xiao Tian looked around and frowned, saying, " Fengzi, I have a bad feeling."
Chu Feng's expression changed drastically. He knew very well that Xiao Tian's words were bad, and that his jinx was very likely to come true!
"The door's unlocked, let's go in!"
"I heard some noise inside. Could it be your uncle?"
The two entered the house, where the light was dim, and they could only see a pair of bright green eyes.
"Damn it! Brother Tian, you've got a terrible mouth! You're absolutely right!" Chu Feng's face darkened, and he gripped the Taiseki tightly in his hand, ready to throw it at any moment.
There's blood there; it seems your uncle is in grave danger.
Aww!
The owner of those bright green eyes was a mountain wolf, though it's gotten a bit bigger now.
Smelling the scent of a stranger, the mountain wolf pounced and howled.
Xiao Tian and Chu Feng exchanged a glance and opened the door in perfect unison.
"Run!"
The Gate of Opening, the door closes, in an instant!
Bang!
Fortunately, the gate was made of iron, with excellent sturdiness! Xiao Tian and Chu Feng gasped, only to see the wolf's head pierce through the iron gate.
"This guy's teeth are damn white and incredibly sharp!"
"What are you standing there for! Smash those little monsters that've been delivered to the door!"
Neither of them hit the wolf's head with the stones, knowing that the wolf's head was very hard; instead, they hit its jaw.
The gate was shaking as Xiao Tian and Chu Feng relentlessly pounded the wolf's jaw with stones, which had a slight effect. Blood and foam gushed from the wolf's mouth as it struggled to break free from its unfortunate situation of having its head stuck in the iron gate.
"Be careful, don't get bitten by this thing!"
"Damn it! Can't you kill him? Let's run!" Xiao Tian looked at Chu Feng.
Chu Feng's ruthlessness kicked in, and his brain raced.
"This dog is trying to bite us! Let's give it some food!"
Chu Feng thrust the stone directly into the wolf's mouth, intending to kick it and pull out its head. The wolf, enraged, turned vicious, its eyes flashing with ferocity, and it viciously bit Chu Feng's arm.
However, because Chu Feng and Xiao Tian had killed two strange birds on their way here, his strength had inexplicably increased, his nerve reflexes had improved, and his awareness had sharpened. He released the stone and quickly pulled it back.
Aww!
The wolf took a bite and gripped the stone tightly, its sharp, hard teeth piercing through it, filling most of its mouth with stone.
"Now's the time! Brother Tian!"
"Got it! Hahaha!" Xiao Tian quickly raised his foot and, together with Chu Feng, kicked the wolf's jaw.
Bang!
Awooooo!
The wolf howled like a dead dog! Tears streamed down its face from the pain! Its instinct was to pull its head back, but the crucial problem was that its head was stuck in the iron door, and it still had a lot of stones in its mouth, so it couldn't pull its head out at all. To make matters worse, its four paws were kicking the door and the ground for leverage.
Sizzle!
A gash appeared, accompanied by the sound of bones breaking!
"Haha! This wolf cub seems to be doomed!"
"It's still breathing, young master, keep smashing it!" Xiao Tian swung a rock and kept smashing it into the wolf's eyes and jaw.
A few seconds later, the wolf died from excessive blood loss due to a ruptured carotid artery, and could no longer move.
"Hoo." Chu Feng exhaled a long breath, feeling that his body had become stronger.
" Brother Tian! I feel like my strength increased because of killing these wolves and bird monsters! Could it be that we're grinding monsters and leveling up? Damn! The basics of online games have come to life?!"
Chu Feng was dumbfounded.
"That should be it! I feel so good! This is like turning the tables! For the peace of the planet, I swear, I will kill all these beasts that harm humanity! For the experience bar!"
"Hey! Brother Tian, let's go somewhere else first."
" Chu Feng?!"
"There's a living person here, someone who recognizes you, Fengzi." Xiao Tian turned his head, searching for the source of the voice.
Chu Feng's gaze shifted, and he quickly spotted a friend, Zhou Quan, who had climbed out of the yard and was quite overweight!
Zhou Quan! What are you doing here!
Zhou Quan, with tears in his eyes, was about to run over when he suddenly saw the wolf's head by the iron gate and couldn't help but cower in fear.
"You beast! It's this guy! He ate... ate my uncle!"
"You're Fengzi, your friend isn't very brave." Xiao Tian raised an eyebrow.
Chu Feng said in a low voice, "Not everyone is as oblivious as the two of us."
Let's go somewhere else.
Inside a room, Chu Feng comforted Zhou Quan and inquired about the situation.
Zhou Quan had come to visit his relatives more than half a month early. During the few days of global upheaval, Zhou Quan had witnessed too much. Perhaps because of his high survival skills, it seemed that he was the only one alive in the entire small village.
"Many people drove off! My cousin and the others abandoned my uncle and drove away! I swear! I almost thought I'd never see you again!" Zhou Quan trembled, tears welling in his eyes.
"Fatty! I'll make you cry your mother's money!" Xiao Tian sneered.
Zhou Quan stared longingly at Xiao Tian, and for a moment, he stopped crying.
"Fatty, this is Xiao Tian, a fellow traveler I met on the way here. Brother Tian, this is Zhou Quan, my college classmate."
Hello, Brother Tian.
Xiao Tian patted Zhou Quan on the shoulder and comforted him, "Buddy, take it easy. With the global changes, being alive means you're lucky. Although Fengzi and I avenged you, you still need to live a better life afterward. Don't become a burden to us."
Zhou Quan couldn't help but exclaim, "I'm quite strong too! I can kill monsters too!"
"Alright! Fatty, get your fighting spirit up!" Xiao Tian looked at Chu Feng and said, " Fengzi, next time you encounter some weakling monster, kill it half to death, then let Fatty finish it off, so it'll help him gain some strength."
"Mm." Chu Feng nodded.
"What does that mean?" Zhou Quan was completely confused.
Chu Feng explained how killing monsters could make him stronger.
"Wow! So that's how it is! We're doing this online game monster-fighting thing in the real world now! That's hilarious!" Zhou Quan gasped.
"Is there still a signal in the village? Are there cell phones? Are telephones and TVs still working?"
Zhou Quan stood up and said, "Come with me. The TV still works where I was hiding, and it can receive a few channels."
The three moved to a different location.
Soon, they arrived at a large house. The house was nicely decorated, but it was in a mess. Obviously, the owner had discovered the strange changes in the world and had limited time to escape, so he didn't have time to clean up.
This place has a generator.
The TV turned on, but the picture was just static. After finding the remote and changing several channels, the official C channel appeared, but the picture flickered and the signal was unstable.
The sound was also intermittent!
"Satellites in outer space have been Destruction by mysterious celestial plants. Scientists cannot explain what these Parasitism, which parasitize the moon, the void, and Entanglement our planet, are... Currently, terrifying phenomena are appearing all over the country and even the world. Domestic and wild animals are mutating and attacking humans. In many areas, these phenomena are expanding, and previously unseen mountains and regions are appearing."
"Disasters are happening all over the world. I wonder if the systems in various countries still exist." Chu Feng frowned.
"We have just received a report. We would like to remind those who can hear our voices and see our messages not to be afraid, but to try their best to survive. It's not just poultry that are becoming stronger; some humans have also developed special abilities. They are Evolver. Under the leadership of the nation, our country will surely restore order as soon as possible..."
"Below is a clip we received from the official Z City war zone!"
"Birdman? Holy crap!" Zhou Quan and Chu Feng were dumbfounded, while Xiao Tian feigned shock.
"This winged Evolver who can fly freely was originally the deputy commander of the war zone. Now he can easily kill some mutated wolves, jackals, tigers, and leopards. His seemingly beautiful wings are incredibly strong and can withstand the damage from heavy artillery and large-scale firearms."
As the broadcast on Channel C ended ten minutes later, Chu Feng, and especially Zhou Quan, were left with a Jiujiu sense of unease.
" Awakening Evolver! I'm so damn envious!"
"I wonder how we'll Awakening." Chu Feng frowned. He and Xiao Tian had only become stronger at killing monsters, but if they actually encountered that strange wolf again, they would still be food to be eaten.
"Interesting, you Evolver! Fatty, Fengzi, did you hear that? Our first priority is survival! Now we should gather the food from all over the village into a few places and check if anyone is still alive!" Xiao Tian said.
" Brother Tian is right. We need to act quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to get things done once it gets dark. Besides, I also need to go home to get some things. I'm going home to see my uncle, and it was also because my uncle asked me to come back to get some things."
"Wow, your uncle isn't going to give you a lot of money, is he? It's just a pity."
Chu Feng rolled his eyes. Money? What use is money in this era? Food is money, isn't it?
As for what his uncle asked him to come back for, he didn't know what it was, only the location.
"Let's split into two groups! Fatty, you've been in the village for over half a month, you should be familiar with it by now."
Zhou Quan nodded.
"Fatty, you take Brother Tian and go collect food first. I'll go home to get my things, and we'll meet here later!"
"Okay, it's settled then! You Fengzi, you'd better live!"
Chu Feng and Xiao Tian exchanged high fives, and Chu Feng laughed, "Don't worry, I cherish my life."
Chu Feng was somewhat familiar with the village, after all, he used to live here, and his ancestral home was located here.
Chu Feng returned to the ancestral home through the back door. Following the instructions in his uncle's phone call, he went to the room where his great-grandfather used to live, which is now a storeroom, and searched around.
"Is this the box? It looks very old-fashioned, quite old, an antique. It's just a pity, are antiques still useful these days?"
Chu Feng frowned, opened it, and found that it contained soil with a pungent, strange smell, as well as three seeds that had sprouted a little bit.
What is that?
"Fine, since Uncle ordered it, let's take it!"
Chu Feng glanced around the storeroom and took out a large, long wooden box.
After opening...
"Sure enough! The bows that my uncle, grandfather, and father used for hunting when I was a child are still well-preserved. Now it seems that these bows are made of extraordinary materials."
"Um?"
Chu Feng's face turned green. He couldn't draw this bow when he was a child, but now he was very strong and could only barely draw it a little. To draw it completely would probably take all his strength.
"What's the story behind this thing?"
Meanwhile, Xiao Tian, who was collecting food with Zhou Quan, discovered a red dot approaching the village using a map-wide cheat.