Apocalyptic Paradise

Chapter 29

"Did you sleep well?" Yuan Dingfang asked with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Very good. However, you are too thin for a pillow." Chen Zhuxia said seriously.

"I'm sorry, I can't grow meat at this stage." Yuan Dingfang's tone also became playful.

While talking, they got out of the car to move their bodies, and then they made breakfast—vegetable stew.Compared with the high spirits of last night, today's Chen Zhuxia has returned to his former calm and indifference.Yuan Dingfang was not surprised.

For several days, the weather was fine and sunny.The patches of green on the road from time to time are very exciting.

After driving westward for a few days and changing a few cars, they managed to drive to the vicinity of Turpan at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

"Let's stop here." Chen Zhuxia said.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Yuan Dingfang stopped the car.Now Yuan Dingfang said the most: "Okay, okay, listen to you. What do you say."

Seeing this situation, Chen Zhuxia seemed to think of something again, and said with a smile: "You have been in the army for a long time, will you habitually obey orders?"

"Really? I really didn't pay attention, it seems like this." Yuan Dingfang's face showed a faint confusion.

"My dad used to be like this." Chen Zhuxia recalled with a nostalgic expression.Yuan Dingfang found that she likes to talk about her past and experiences recently.Sometimes I will ask him.Originally, his experience can be regarded as ups and downs, but it is a pity that his language expression ability is limited, and even the ups and downs of events are very boring to say from his mouth.In comparison, he still likes to listen to her.

To Chen Zhuxia's questioning, he replied: "Before the age of 6, I can't remember clearly; from the age of 18 to 18, I went to school until I graduated from high school; from the age of 20 to 26, I was an ordinary soldier; from 26 to [-], I was a special soldier; from [-] to now, Kill and flee."

"No more?" Chen Zhuxia asked unwillingly.

"When I was 18, my parents died of illness." Yuan Dingfang added in a sad tone.After that, the two were gripped by some sentimental emotion together, and they were silent for 10 minutes.

"You are alone, and I am alone." Chen Zhuxia said to himself.

"After this disaster, there will be a lot more people like us." Yuan Dingfang thought she was nostalgic for her life experience, and quickly comforted her clumsily.Chen Zhuxia smiled lightly.

The two of them simply had breakfast, and then began to explore the surrounding environment.

The Tianshan Mountains seem to be close at hand.From a distance, the huge snow peaks soaring into the clouds stand in the dark blue sky.Glittering in the sunlight.White clouds cast cloud shadows between the snow peaks.The melted snow water rushes down from the cliffs, splashing beads all the way, and finally converging into pools and streams.

They temporarily settled down near a water source.The surrounding area is empty.The famous Grape Valley also became a mess due to the huge disaster.The houses by the ditch are crumbling and desolate.

The two checked it out and found a house that hadn't collapsed yet and settled down.

"What shall we do next?"

"Farming." It's spring, and it's a good time for farming.

Chen Zhuxia took out seeds and tools from the space, and the two started working every day.Yuan Dingfang made simple nets and fishhooks with a few existing tools, and caught fish in the pool. He actually caught a few for him, and the two finally improved their lives.

With the skill of fishing, they catch more and more fish.While fishing, they also went to the woods near the Tianshan Mountains to pick wild vegetables and other food.The physical strength of the two began to recover slowly. After half a month, the two had lost the image of ghosts and began to look like human beings.After they got familiar with the surrounding situation, Yuan Ding conveniently started hunting in the forest not far away. If he was lucky, he would bring back pheasants and ducks, and he gave Chen Zhuxia the good meat from chicken legs and breasts.

"Animal meat is also a little different from before." Chen Zhuxia said while biting the meat.

"Come together and eat."

"By the way, we have encountered mutant animals before, you have to be careful." Chen Zhuxia persuaded.

"It's okay, I have a sense of proportion." Yuan Dingfang replied.

The two work at sunrise and rest at sunset every day.Because there was no electricity at night, candles and flashlights had to be saved, and they went to bed early when it got dark.Although there are many vacant houses here, the two are used to living together, and no one proposes to separate.They each occupy a wooden bed.There is a clear distinction between Wei and Wei, and there is nothing wrong with each other.

Yuan Dingfang sometimes asked in confusion: "Have we always been like this?"

"It's good to be like this all the time, but I'm afraid it can't be like this." Chen Zhuxia comforted him calmly.Even though the vision never happened again in that ancient book, she felt inexplicably in her heart that this was not the end of the disaster, but a beginning, perhaps even worse.Despite this premonition, she can't do anything. What is personal strength in the face of nature and the natural and man-made disasters of the whole world?It's just trying my best to get the chance to survive.

The next morning, when Chen Zhuxia woke up, she was alone in the room.When she went outside, she still couldn't see Yuan Dingfang.He may have gone hunting again.Yuan Dingfang has often gone hunting recently, and he can come back safely every time.But this time, she was a little uneasy.Next, nothing goes well.Fishing fish run, hoe hoe to vegetable seedlings.After similar situations happened one after another, Chen Zhuxia couldn't take it any longer.She took out the pistol that had threatened Song Yunhai and her machete, and walked to the woods where Yuan Dingfang often went.

The more he walked in, the more uneasy Chen Zhuxia felt.She speeded up and ran forward, at this moment, a rumbling sound came from a distance, like thousands of troops and horses stepping on the ground together, and the ground was shaking.

Chen Zhuxia stopped in horror, trying to figure out what was going on.

The sound is getting closer.

"Zhu Xia, hurry up, don't follow me!" Yuan Dingfang, who looked like a man of blood, suddenly rushed out from the bushes, and shouted anxiously, "Go in!" Before he finished speaking, he heard a shock coming from behind him. The roar of the sky.Chen Zhuxia opened her eyes wide. Out of the woods in front of her, there were large animals like wild boars full of tiger fangs, and many other animals that she couldn't name.

These animals roared at them together, opened their bloody mouths and approached them step by step.

Chen Zhuxia was stunned for a few seconds before reacting immediately.He raised his pistol and kept scanning.However, the skins of these animals were unusually thick, and shooting them did not cause fatal injuries, but instead angered the herd even more.Yuan Dingfang looked at Chen Zhuxia with a wry smile, his gaze was very complicated, filled with feelings of reluctance, blame and inexplicable.Suddenly, he turned around and ran west.Sure enough, a large herd of beasts chased after him.Because the smell of blood on his body was extremely strong, the instinctive sense of smell of animals drove them to chase after him.

"Ding Fang—" Chen Zhuxia shouted at him hoarsely after realizing it.However, her voice was quickly drowned out in the hooves and roars of the beasts.

Chen Zhuxia followed his example and ran in the opposite direction.She hoped to attract the herd too.Unfortunately, no, not even one.Herds also have blind obedience, they like to follow the beasts to do the same thing.

What about Yuan Dingfang?What should he do?Her heart seemed to be bleeding.Originally their food was enough, why didn't she stop him from hunting?Why didn't she let him figure out the situation before going to the forest?What should we do now?They have gone through so many hardships and twists and have not fallen down. Are they going to die under the mouths of these animals?

No, it must not be like this!She didn't care about blaming herself, and she picked up her mood and chased after him in the direction he had just left.

(End of this chapter)