Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

hub station.

The gloomy loess stretches all the way to the sky within the field of vision, and the sand and dust blown up by the strong wind dye the sky and the earth into one color.

Since the Fog Man's rampage, few people are still active in the wilderness.

It's just that some people seem to be exceptions.

Seven or eight people covered in travel dust were trudging on the wasteland with their feet deep and shallow.

On their feet are boots that reach to the knees, which are sturdy and reliable, very suitable for long journeys, and they look like adventurers at first glance.

It's just that their experience doesn't seem to apply to hubs.

Two of them were already close to coma and had to be supported by their companions to continue moving forward.

One of the two leaders was a woman with long burgundy hair and brown-black round-framed goggles. Her lips were slightly cracked, but she just resisted not licking them with her tongue to avoid losing more moisture.

Next to her is a man with a similar appearance, who seems to be the woman's brother.

‘Yuke, how far do you think we have to go? ’ The companion who was currently riding on the man spoke with difficulty in a confused voice.

"Come on, we have to go to the front... to resupply..." Yu Ke pushed him hard and said, "Stop talking."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he felt his throat was burning.

Yu Ke and his sister Salik looked at each other through their goggles, and both saw the confusion and helplessness in the other's eyes.

They formed a team of adventurers and wandered in the border land, heading west, intending to go to the west coast of the legendary continent, where there was an endless ocean and many abandoned laboratories, and it was said to be the birthplace of many creatures.

A few people planned well before setting off. They bought a map drawn by a merchant and knew that the journey would pass through the territory of the Holy Kingdom, and that the holy villages along the way could be used to exchange supplies.

However.

Their maps are outdated.

The sacred villages along the way have been turned into ruins and bandits' lairs. Let alone supplies, they have been attacked without interruption.

They fled all the way.

After getting rid of the bandits, they bumped into a team led by a paladin.

Fortunately, there are no foreigners in their team, and the Holy Kingdom is quite friendly to the men of the Sons of Greenland. Before setting off, they bought a scripture book at a high price and gained a lot of scripture knowledge so that the secret would not be revealed easily.

Yu Ke and his sister Salik are both sons of the Scorched Earth, so another companion went to negotiate with the Paladin, hoping to get some help.

The conversation went smoothly at first, until a priest in the other team quoted a verse from a scripture to give them a blessing. Their companion, because of his strong memory, also quoted a verse from a scripture he had read in reply.

However, they saw that the other's priest's expression immediately changed, and what they got in exchange was no longer water and bread, but a paladin's cross sword.

After escaping death, they were puzzled.

In order to avoid a similar situation from happening again, a companion kidnapped a Holy Kingdom servant at night.

After questioning, I found out that their scripture was called "Holy Light" instead of "Holy Fire". It was a pagan version of the Eastern Continent, and it was an absolutely banned book in the Holy Kingdom.

That night they burned it and started a fire.

The successive changes had caused their route to deviate to an unknown place, and they could only rely on the stars to guide them and head west.

There should also be a chain of hive villages there, and their traders would be happy to host adventurers along the way.

If it weren't for the fact that their team wasn't full of talented people, each with their own strengths and strengths, they really wouldn't be able to hold on until now.

It's just that no matter how powerful people are, they can't withstand repeated hardships. Now, not only their materials, but also their physical strength and spirit are close to exhaustion.

"There, I see the city." Suddenly, an old man in the team spoke.

He has silver hair and the wrinkles on his face are clearly visible.

But the old man's body was extremely strong, and the leather armor on his body was embedded with iron plates. This kind of armor was generally only suitable for short-distance travel protection due to its heavy load, but the old man wore it and followed the others all the way.

He is the most powerful person in the entire team. If it weren't for this old man, the team of several people would not be able to escape from the paladin's attack.

It is said that the old man is a retired mercenary. He has regarded this westward journey as the last journey in his life. He was silent along the way. When he spoke now, he immediately gave everyone hope.

Everyone followed the sound and saw the outline of a city looming in the wind and sand.

Even the two companions, who were already extremely weak, cheered up and held their weapons on the ground with a strong breath, speeding up and rushing forward.

But when they got closer, they were dumbfounded.

This place is already in ruins.

…

"Brother Lu, are you interested in these people?" Peipei squatted on an abandoned roof and looked at the people leaning against the wall not far away. He was a little curious: "This looks like a group of ordinary people." Refugees."

The entire roof was tilted in an awkward manner, but he still squatted steadily and only used one hand to hold on to a protrusion for assistance.

Also on the roof with him was a young man with white hair.

The Brotherhood was entrusted by this young man and has been paying attention to the strange refugees coming and going from the hub recently.

"That's right." Lu Meng was also identifying carefully.

What does it mean... If it were before, Peipei would have made this complaint.

But since he met Brother Lu again, he felt a lot more pressure in his heart.

As time passed, Old Tang gradually revealed Lu Beiyou's identity and intention to some trustworthy brotherhood members.

Only then did Peipei realize that pickpocketing and lock-picking were not Brother Lu's main occupations, and that others were more powerful in fighting.

The experiences I had with Brother Lu along the way also proved this point.

On a night that was originally full of dangers, those troublesome fog men were all solved one after another.

If it weren't for the moment when a person's physical strength is not exhausted, Peipei doubts that his Lu brother can directly kill Fog Man's paddock.

He is just an honest locksmith (although the locks he opens are not his own), but when he really walks with such a vicious person, he will subconsciously be cautious about his words and actions.

"It's really her..."

Lu Meng saw a red-haired woman among the refugees in the distance.

The sunglasses-like equipment on her head should be the [Asheland Windproof Goggles], which are a product of the old era. They can protect the eyes in sandstorms and also have a bonus to the [Perception] attribute.

These exquisite gadgets are basically cultural relics brought back by the drifters who returned from the Land of Ashes, and are very popular among the nobles.

——Lu Meng didn’t want to steal the little girl’s equipment.

Her appearance, this outfit, and this time.

This was also a special character that could be recruited, and he was familiar with her story.

Lu Meng counted her companions, four or five of them had fallen down, leaving only an old man, a man, and Sharik himself who could barely move.

That man should be her brother.

Talk about it.

Her backstory is that all her companions died, and each one died in a more miserable way than the last.

Looking at their situation, Lu Meng could probably understand what was going on.

Salik was still a little immature at this time. Apart from his age, he probably had not yet experienced the baptism of his teammates offering sacrifices to heaven.

"Speaking of Brother Lu, what do you want to do with them?"

"Let's call them acquaintances." Lu Meng said, turning down the stairs, with Peipei following closely behind.

"And if you can come to the hub at this time, you should be able to know a lot about the situation outside."

Now that you meet her, give her a heads up.

He had thought about waiting for these people to faint before he came forward as an enthusiastic wasteland knight to save them all. This would make it easier to win trust.

If you don't get knocked out in time, just knock him out secretly.

But now after observing, Lu Meng found that the old man among them was quite strong, so it was better not to take this risk.

Just provide help in the form of normal transactions and state the needs of both parties clearly.

And it’s such a timely help...

It’s not too much to include a windshield as a bonus.

Thanks to the book friend Xu Yin for the 1500 point reward——