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Chapter 24 The World of the Past (2)

Chu Ling, who had grown into an adult, gently stroked the tombstone of the man whom he was ashamed of all his life,
The memory seems to have returned to the time when the catastrophe just started,
The person who made him remember his whole life.

The self he hated.

The boy slept next to his mother's body all night, but the eyes of the uncle who was with him were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he hadn't slept all night.

Uncle wants to watch the night.

Sleeping on the wasteland is equal to death in this dangerous world.

The boy slept deeply, obviously he hadn't slept well for several days, and the uncle didn't specifically wake him up.

The boy's face was covered with tears, lying quietly on his mother's body,
The passing refugees still lined up in a long line, and one after another ragged refugees passed by them.

It was already noon, and the sun became venomous, bringing high temperature and death to the earth.

Time to go.

The uncle was thinking in his heart that he planned to take the boy with him, and he didn't want to watch the boy die here.

After the catastrophe, the temperature rose slowly like a python. It is not yet the highest temperature of the day, but the temperature is estimated to have exceeded [-] degrees.

You know it's not summer.

The uncle carried the boy who was about to collapse on his back, and wandered aimlessly towards the north under the cover of an umbrella.

The umbrella was picked up on the road, from the hand of a starving poor man,
When their group of refugees first left the city, in addition to the necessary bags, almost everyone carried an umbrella. After all, there had been signs of high temperature since then.

Rain is always needed, even if it's not for shade.

The boy has not had a drink of water for at least a day,
Uncle can see it.But there was nothing he could do,

Because he didn't have any water either, he drank all the water reserves before leaving the city, and he himself was very hungry and thirsty.

The uncle took off his inner shirt, tore it in half, and took advantage of the urge to urinate,
Wet the clothes and put the wet clothes on the head of himself and the boy,

Although there is a peculiar smell, no one will mind such a little smell in the face of life and death.

Thanks to the wet clothes, the uncle managed to find a cave before he was exhausted by the high temperature.

There are still a lot of small hills around, and I don't know who originally owned this cave, anyway, at least it belongs to them now.

He couldn't walk at all, and he was carrying someone on his back. In addition, he didn't have enough sleep, so he was already exhausted. Now he is just relying on his tenacious will to hold on.

After sitting down in the cave, the uncle put the boy down. He was going to rest in the cave for a while. He had to recover his strength and wait until the evening before setting off.

At that time, it will not be too sunny, suitable for traveling, and there will be light.

The uncle felt his head was groggy, and then he lay down on the small rocks in the cave.

He is too tired.

He didn't know why he listened to those refugees,

Saying that the North will have the last refuge of mankind,

He didn't know why he wanted to save the little boy in front of him,

This is a burden for yourself.

Maybe it's just for the only humanity left in my heart,

Or he couldn't bear to see the boy still wanting to be close to his mother when he was beaten.

This world shouldn't be like this.

The uncle shook his head and put aside the distracting thoughts in his head. Since he has been saved, he will save it to the end. It is useless to think so much.

So he turned his body sideways, facing the outside of the cave, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

The uncle was woken up by the boy's cries.

But the boy's cries sounded very weak. If there is no more water, the boy may not survive tonight.

The sky has gradually darkened, and the golden sunset is falling on the earth, which makes people feel infinitely beautiful.
If you still have time to spare.

And in this sunset, a figure carries another small figure on its back and walks slowly towards the north,
This situation can't help but remind people of a poem:

"The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the long river sets in the sun."

It would be even more beautiful if all the mummies that can be seen everywhere on the ground could be removed.

Maybe there is such a poet in this world.

But history does not know whether these will be remembered.

The boy was on the verge of death, his tender skin had lost its brilliance, and his lips were dark purple.

At last, the sky was completely dark, and the world put its own shroud on the whole desert,
But I have to say that the night at the beginning was very cool, at least there was no feeling of heat, the gentle evening breeze brought a little vitality to the uncle, the only remaining vitality,

If no water source is found, they will all die here.

However, they were very lucky, a piece of vegetation that was stained dark green due to the darkening sky appeared in front of them.

Where there is vegetation, there must be water!
At this moment, the only thing in the uncle's mind is to get close to it as soon as possible.

Drink water, replenish.

Unfortunately, this world is no longer what it used to be.

"Stop for me!" At this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared from the jungle at the side. It can be seen that they seem to occupy the land here as king.

The leading man had a cropped cut, was wearing a vest and a pair of army trousers, the scars on his face were clearly visible, and judging from the shape of the wound, it seemed that he had been scratched not long ago.

He was able to survive the infection of microorganisms!
The uncle's pupils widened slightly.

"I need water."

"If you have food on you, leave the food behind, and you can go drink water, otherwise." The leading man shouted, it was obvious that they were just robbing the food, and had no intention of hurting the man, just to survive.

The uncle's dry voice sounded again: "We... have no food."

"Go away if you don't have food! Can you drink this water?" A man with a mushroom head standing next to the leading man suddenly became furious and shouted loudly.

The leading man waved his hand, signaling Mushroom Head to stay calm.

"Of course, you don't have normal food. But we can also charge abnormal food here." The leading man said sinisterly, while casting his eyes on the little boy on the uncle's back. It was obvious that they had other ideas.

eat human.

In such a harsh environment, there is actually food everywhere.
Of course, the premise is that you have to let go of your conscience and be able to talk about it.

It is obvious that these people in front of them are already familiar with the road, and from the disgusting smell emanating from them, it can be seen that it is obviously not the first time they have done this kind of thing.

"Is there no other way...?" The man asked, he didn't want to hand over the boy to these scumbags, but there seemed to be no other way, and now he definitely couldn't run away if he wanted to, so he could only try to negotiate with these men.

"Haha, of course there is a way. Both of you can drink water now, and then stay here forever." The man said with a ferocious expression, his eyes were bloodshot, "One person, another person's water .”

It seems there is no way
The uncle put the boy down slowly, put him gently on the ground, and then said word by word: "If, I, must, want to drink?!"

The leading man took out a gleaming knife and said viciously: "Then you all stay here forever."

(End of this chapter)