17. Just to follow in your footsteps
The faint oil lamp illuminated the room to the dimness. The sound of guests vaguely heard from downstairs.
Hans, who was sleeping in bed, frowned slightly, felt a little chill, and couldn't help but curl up a little.
This did not relieve her chills. The cold came like a tide, making her curl up like a shrimp. It seemed that someone who protected her was going away. The familiar loneliness and danger came again.
In the previous 16 years, she lived such a life every day. She was full of dangers and was displaced. Except for these two days.
And now, everything seems to be back to normal.
"don't want!"
With a scream, Hans woke up from the bed.
She searched everywhere in panic and felt relieved when she saw a figure sitting at the table with her back to her. Then she saw the figure shattering like a bubble.
"No!"
With a scream, Hans woke up from the bed.
When she found that it was a dream just now, she breathed a sigh of relief. She looked nervously at the table. There were a lot of supplies and equipment on it, but there was no familiar person.
Perhaps as yesterday, he went out.
Hans comforted himself, but he ignored his shoes and rushed out of the room in a panic, ran downstairs and rushed out of the hotel.
She didn't take anything and ran in the dark. The rough stones and sharp bulges on the ground pierced her feet and blood flowed. She ignored her and finally touched the gate of the nuclear bomb town after hitting the object several times. She struggled to push it open a hole and drilled out.
Nothing can be seen in the dark, as dark as ink. Only the sound of footsteps gradually moving away came from afar.
At night in the Wasteland World, most predators return to their nests to rest. But only most. A small number of them still come out to feed. These creatures either have owl-like visual talents, or use ultrasound to distinguish surrounding terrain and creatures. They may use bright light to lure other creatures to approach.
Wang Yao met the latter, and a little fluorescent light flashed like a ghost fire in the distance in the dark wilderness. It can be seen a few kilometers away. When approaching, Wang Yao turned on the flashlight and a hideous beast appeared under the pillar of light. He had no lips, his hideous sharp teeth were exposed, his fingers were thick and long, and his sharp teeth did not make people suspect that he could bite off human thighs in one bite.
The light is its nose. Like a deep-sea fish, it uses bioelectricity to make the nose light up.
Its limbs are very short and can only crawl at a slow speed. However, it can explode extremely powerfully in a short period of time, like a cheetah rushing out and swallowing the creatures attracted by the light.
It’s a pity that it came with an uninvited guest today.
Facing the creature within five meters, the mutant creature kicked out its hind legs without hesitation, allowing its body to rush towards its prey like a shell. It opened its huge mouth wide, and it wanted to bite the prey but didn't let go.
The response it got was a fist wrapped in black horny.
He swung out a punch, smashing the mutant creature's teeth to break, and his fist castrated and blasted into his mouth. He penetrated his throat and shook the internal organs and killed him with one blow.
Pull the corpse of the mutant creature the size of a wild dog down, and the black horny on the arms gradually melted into the skin. Blood dripped down the tip of the fist.
...
"What the hell is that? Is that ghost fire?" Two Germans spoke in a low voice in German at the entrance of a cave.
The cave was halfway up the mountain, leaving two night watchmen, and the others were buried in the sleeping bag. Special potions were sprinkled around to prevent mosquitoes from biting. The faint smokeless stove exuded warmth.
The cave was very quiet, and even the whispers at the entrance could be vaguely heard.
Below the cave is a wilderness. From here, you can see countless fluorescences distributed in this wilderness, flickering faintly.
"That's No. 89, a creature similar to a deep-sea fish." Another night watchman sat on a rock, holding an automatic rifle. He said as he reached out to take out a box of flattened cigarette boxes from his chest pocket, pulled out a cigarette from it, and then stopped moving. He greedily placed the cigarette at the tip of his nose and sniffed it, put it back on the cigarette box and put it back in his pocket.
"Generally speaking, as long as you don't get curious and come over to see, there will be no threat."
"They won't kill each other?"
"Generally speaking, not. There are always silly animals or insects that approach the past every night. And one prey is enough to keep it from eating for a week to two."
"It looks really leisurely, not even a natural enemy."
"Their biggest enemy is themselves. They move extremely slowly. At the same time, because of their predation traits, they can hardly touch their spouses in a short life span."
"I don't know when you will become a biology expert, haha." A low laughter came from the side.
"What are you talking about?" At this moment, some poor English came from behind.
"scheisse!" The two vigils were startled, and one of them cursed in a low voice: "Oh my god! I was so scared that my mother tongue was coming out."
"Sorry." The person who spoke was a little embarrassed. "It's time to change shifts, it's time for you to go to bed."
"Time flies so fast... Let's go back." Two Germans slapped their butts and jumped off the rock. The lights were not allowed to turn on, so they could only go back to the cave in the dark.
"What is that?" Another man saw the fluorescent light of the wilderness like stars and spoke out in confusion.
"Kuoyejun, that's No. 89, what shines is their body organs..."
The two leaned against the rock and said one by one, and listened one by one. It lasted for several minutes.
"Then..." Kuoyejun's confusion sounded: "What do you mean is that this kind of creature does not move normally, and will only wait in place?"
"That's right."
"Then why are these fluorescences approaching us?"
"Oops!"
...
In the dark wilderness, violent gasps and footsteps echoed. Hans didn't know where he ran, nor did he know where Wang Yao was. Maybe he ran away and went against Wang Yao.
The tingling pain of the bloody soles of her feet continued to spread into her brain. She tightened her teeth and allowed her to leave shocking bloody footprints on the ground behind her.
She had enough of a displaced life and a life of stagnation. Just when she knew she was about to die, Wang Yao appeared and rescued her. She didn't know anything and had no combat power. She could only be a wanderer and pick up something to eat or something that she couldn't eat around the nuclear bomb town.
She felt safe beside Wang Yao, as if he was afraid of nothing.
"Where are you...please don't leave..."
It seemed that the prayer was received and a fluorescent light suddenly lit up a hundred meters away.
Hans showed surprise on his face and accelerated to run there.
"I'm here! Wait, wait for me! Don't abandon me!"
...
"Um?"
Wang Yao turned around and looked at the wilderness. The fluorescent light was like the stars in the night sky. A trace of doubt appeared on his cold face.
"What's wrong?" Xiaowu asked.
Chapter completed!