After Duan Moyan escaped from the collapsed ruins, she took advantage of the early morning fog to run in the woods for several hours. At this time, the survival skills she had worked hard for for many years in the apocalypse came into effect. She did not leave any clues, because she did not want to be caught by anyone.

A force is found.

Duan Moyan didn't stop for a moment until the sky was bright. At this time, she had already climbed a mountain away from the original lumber workshop.

The water was gurgling. Duan Moyan squatted by a clear stream, using her fingers as a comb to clean up the caked blood on her face and hair. Some broken hair fell from her palms to the ground along with the water. She used it carefully.

Mud and rotten leaves buried it.

In the short term, she doesn't want to inform people in the Federation yet. She wants to see this real society with her own eyes without filters.

While Duan Moyan was thinking, he checked the weapons he had just received from the Dawn Organization: the rattlesnake gun and dagger he took out from Shelly's pocket, and a law enforcement pocket gun he took from Bart. These

The things are not really abundant, but they can provide her with the most basic protection of force.

She still remembers the people's eyes that were so bright when she left.

Duan Moyan thought so, and after a while, she suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps in the jungle behind her, as if stepping on scattered leaves.

"Who, come out!" She instantly tightened her hand/gun at her waist and turned around. After a while, a figure moved in the bushes.

He pushed aside the lush branches and took two steps outside. He seemed to be nervous and didn't dare to get too close. So he stood in the middle of a bunch of bushes and let Duan Moyan have a clear look.

Unexpectedly, this person was not the suspicious person she thought he was hiding quietly in the forest, but an ordinary civilian boy.

He was wearing old work clothes that had been washed white, and his exposed wrists and face were very thin. His messy bangs covered his eyes. Looking at his face alone, he was only about sixteen or seventeen years old, about the same age as her.

The surroundings were quiet, with only the sound of gurgling water and sparse birds and insects. The two people looked at each other through a few meters of bushes.

He Nan moved his lips, and it took him a while to find his voice, "Miss... do you need help?"

Duan Moyan remained silent and met her scrutinizing eyes. He Nan lowered his head nervously, not daring to look up at her. He even raised his hands to indicate that he had no weapons.

"Please rest assured, I don't mean any harm." He Nan took a small step forward, exposing his body to the sun. "There are wild beasts around here. It's very dangerous. Is there anything I can do to help?" Alone.

A young girl alone is really inconsistent with the barren mountains and old forests.

Duan Moyan didn't say anything. She stood up and walked half a circle around him, her eyes darting up and down, her right hand always holding the gun in her pocket tightly.

The person in front of him had the unique youthfulness and immaturity of a boy of this age, and from his body, Duan Moyan did not feel the chaotic and crazy genetic talents. His whole person was like a calm lake, a beast depriving life in the eyes of others.

Transformed into a mutated body, it was like a mud cow entering the sea and disappearing without a trace.

Duan Moyan looked at him warily. There were neither farmlands nor pastures near this ghost place. Normally, no civilians would come into the mountains. Besides, she had just been attacked by a missile launched by an unknown force. The appearance of this young man was unexpected.

As if seeing her doubts, He Nan stumbled and said: "This is the B32 forest farm on the border of District 10 and District 11. Going over there is the boundary of Ningwutuo in District 11. Along this

A small stream can quickly pass through the mountains and forests. At the foot of the mountain is the h818 rural road, which is the shortest way to the city."

"My name is He Nan. I was born in Chao City. My father passed away not long ago. I buried him in my hometown and just returned to Ningwutuo today."

"Why are you walking in the forest?" Duan Moyan asked, "Do you know me?"

He Nan blushed and clenched his clothes with both hands: "I don't have the fare to take the Skytrain, so I can only walk on the mountain road... You, I'm sorry, I really don't know you. I don't go online very often, so I don't have much information.

"

At this time, Moyan noticed that he was indeed carrying a luggage on his body. The main reason was that it was too ugly and shabby, and the color was too old to be seen, so he didn't notice it for a while. And the young man's big hands were covered with calluses.

, and it does look like it has been worked on all year round.

She glanced at him a few more times. Her gaze was so intense, and she had never seen a young girl before, that the root of He Nan's neck turned red. Duan Moyan then put his hand down from the handle of the gun.

"It's okay. I'm not a special person. I happen to be leaving this mountain forest. If you don't mind, we can go together." She looked at his reserved look and added, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you.

you."

He Nan was stunned for a moment, then silently puffed up his thin chest: After all, he is also a man... There is something strange about these words coming from the mouth of a young girl.

As the sun rose, the two of them sat down by the stream. He Nan took out an old pot from his backpack and boiled water in the stream.

There was only a small fire, but the flames were steady and undying. His movements were skillful, and it was obvious that he had been camping frequently.

He Nan squatted obediently by the stream, using the hot flames to warm his body. Because he had grown quickly, his trouser legs had become shorter, so he worked hard to remove them.

The mountains were silent, and the water surface was roaring and bubbling. He Nan threw in a few mint leaves and forced himself to stare at the pot, but he always turned his eyes to the side uncontrollably.

There, the mysterious girl was sharpening her knife.

Duan Moyan's expression was focused and cold. She stepped on a big stone and sharpened the fine iron dagger with both hands. She rolled up her sleeves, revealing a pair of delicate and powerful wrist bones.

There was a sense of mystery all over her, but He Nan knew she couldn't ask.

"Miss, there are not many troops stationed in Ningwutuo. If you need to contact the federal government, you need to go to Ningcheng, which is farther away..." He Nan said hesitantly.

Duan Moyan finally sharpened the knife, and she rinsed the sharp blade: "It depends on the situation, I want to stay here for a while. By the way, your family is short of thugs...isn't it, short of handymen?"

He Nan was dumbfounded: "Ah? My family, my family only has four brothers and me, no one else. Miss, you..."

Seeing Duan Moyan looking at him, He Nan hugged her knees tightly, and she was immediately dumbfounded: "If you want to come, I am very willing, but the conditions are relatively difficult and may not be suitable for young ladies to live."

Duan Moyan tested the blade with her fingertips. She looked at He Nan who was still sitting as a primary school student and smiled: "Thank you for taking me in. I will repay you, but please don't call me Miss. My name is Momo."

.”

"From now on, I am a man, and I will be your brother from now on."

Under the sun, she grabbed the long ponytail on the back of her head with her left hand, held the knife in her right hand, and made a neat stroke in mid-air. The silver light flashed, and the long, silky hair fell in the wind, leaving only a neat section.

.

He Nan saw the broken hair scattered in front of his eyes. He was frightened by this sight and did not dare to move. Duan Moyan looked at the water and saw that her hair was straight to her ears. She still didn't look like a man, so

He raised his hand and waved the knife again.

This time, He Nan's eyes were a little weak. He witnessed it with his own eyes: What does it mean to destroy a flower with a ruthless hand?

Duan Moyan took a photo of the stream again and was satisfied. She casually brushed off her short hair that had been chewed by the dog and had jagged canine teeth. There was even signs of baldness in a certain area, revealing a light-colored scalp.

She turned back and smiled heartily at him: "Okay, let's go."

He Nan's eyes turned dark, and he stood up unsteadily: "Oh, okay, okay, young lady, no... little brother?"

Duan Moyan touched his chin: Well, just fine.

The two of them set out on the road together. He Nan was familiar with the terrain. He chose trails in deep mountains and old forests, weaving through rocks and canyons. The trails were short, safe, and difficult to be discovered.

When a group of legionnaires blocked Area 10, they two little caterpillars sneaked into the nearby Area 11.

Duan Moyan had her head shaved and covered her face with a mask. She was wearing a man's jacket that she had received from the organization. She walked in a rough manner and looked like a skinny tomboy next to He Nan.

Both of them had long legs and walked quickly along the forest. Duan Moyan picked up a wooden stick to drive away snakes and insects in the grass and asked: "You said you are from Chao City, then why don't you and your relatives stay in your hometown?

Are you going to run here? Is Ning Wu Tuo good?"

He Nan walked a little ahead of her, looked at the road carefully, and smiled shyly when he heard this: "Chaocheng is a third-level city, and Ningwutuo is a fourth-level city. There is no industry here, but it is developed because it is close to the water source.

Steel is smelted, it's very poor, and there are no women living there."

"My father couldn't pay the rent in Chao City, so he brought us here. He was a worker in a parts factory during his lifetime. According to the law, a citizen's son inherits his father's business after his death, so I must take his place." He Nanxuan

Said slowly.

Duan Moyan was stunned when she heard this and looked from the side. The young man's face was pale and thin, and from his expression, she could not see any trace of anger, but only calmness and stability.

The two walked for more than an hour before finally leaving the forest. They continued walking along the winding and dilapidated country road for a while, and gradually they could see a small city next to a lake. Between the houses, a tall chimney stood.

There, billowing smoke kept coming out.

Ningwutuo is a fourth-level city, which is similar to a small county town before the Earth. It has a small population because it is surrounded by mountains and the transportation is blocked. In addition, there are no advantageous resources, and the economy is very backward. It belongs to the federal fringe area.

This incident tells us how important it is to develop local specialty industries, Duan Moyan thought so when walking into the gate of the small county town.

Simple and old buildings are built next to each other. Most of the men walking on the road are workers in work clothes. There are many children running dirty on the road. There are not many middle-aged people and above, and there are almost no elderly people.

The entire town relies on the smelting plant to run like a clockwork gear.

When they walked through a gate, He Nan blocked her behind him and whispered: "Be careful from here on. The boss in Ningwu Tuo is not a garrison, but the foreman of several factories. They are local gangsters."

, it’s a gray area and is not easy to mess with.”

When Duan Moyan heard this, he glanced over and saw a few strong men with ferocious animal genes guarding the gates of those factories. They had cigarettes in their mouths and they didn't know what they were talking about. Some of them were dragging lion tails behind them.

, some of them have two horns on their heads, and they gather in twos and threes, just shy of getting a tattoo of "I am a bad guy" on their faces.

"Occasionally, cases of child theft occur, and we have always suspected that it was them." He Nan said.

Duan Moyan was shocked: "Child trafficking often happens?" She suddenly remembered the labor team she had seen in the Chenxi organization before.

"Child abduction and trafficking has always existed, and it has been banned repeatedly. If a boy is caught, he will usually be sold to do hard work. If he is a girl, he will be fetched a high price on the black market." He Nan said, "I saw the news, some time ago 21

The legion seems to have destroyed a human trafficking gang on the border and captured their boss. Because of this, these people have restrained themselves recently."

Hearing this, Duan Moyan cast meaningful glances at the factory foremen.

Ningwutuo is a typical urban model under the modern federal political system, where humans are divided into three, six, and nine grades.

In the largest open space near the lakeshore, the tallest chimney and factory in the city are built. It is dark like a steel monster. And in the vicinity that gradually radiates, there are small houses one after another, built together, which are ordinary

Resident's home.

The farthest ones are on the outskirts of the wilderness, where there are only shabby houses and thatched shacks for shelter. They are slums, where the poor and those whose genes are on the verge of violence live.

He Nan's home is between the two.
To be continued...