The wind was strong, and the gravel outside hit the tent, making a rattling sound.

The man looked at Ning Zhe's hungry gaze and chose to compromise: "What you want is in the iron box on the table!"

"Bang!"

After hearing this, Lin Xun rummaged around on the table and quickly found a matchbox-sized crystal cube covered with strange patterns: "Brother Zhe, I got the thing!"

"brush!"

Ning Zhe raised his arm slightly and aimed to hit the man on the head.

"Wait! Can you let me say something?" The man saw Ning Zhe's actions and spoke quickly: "You are just refugees. Getting this chip will have no effect, and I am from the Dark Horse Company.

People! Have you heard of Dark Horse Company? We control the water source market of more than twenty fortresses and are the largest water selling company in the northern wilderness! As long as you are willing to return the chip to me, I can take you into the fortress and give you a

Identity as a city dweller! How about it?"

"Gulu!"

When Lin Xun heard the man's words, he swallowed and his body trembled with excitement.

Being able to stand out from the barren refugee areas, pass through the barrier that separates the two worlds, and enter the fortress to become a city dweller is a long-cherished dream of tens of millions of refugees.

The rumored fortress has inexhaustible resources and unlimited drinking water, which is a hundred times better than the refugee area.

"Bang!"

Without saying a word, Ning Zhe dropped his arm heavily and knocked the man unconscious.

…

A few minutes later, the figures of Ning Zhe and his party disappeared into the wind and sand like ghosts, quickly widening the distance from the camp.

The wind has stopped, and the scattered plants in the desert emit weak fluorescence. The stars are bright in the ink-stained sky, and the Milky Way can be clearly seen. However, the group of people running around for a living have no intention of paying attention to this beautiful scenery that has nothing to do with survival.

At the entrance of a cliff, Ning Zhe looked at Li Dongbao beside him: "Dongbao, can you confirm that these people who are trading with us are reliable?"

Li Dongbao smiled honestly: "Don't worry, the person who contacted me this time is my cousin. His parents died of illness when he was very young. It was my parents who raised him. At that time, in order to earn more food for everyone,

, my father sells blood, and my mother sells milk, do you think there can be any problems with this kind of relationship?"

Ning Zhe saw Li Dongbao's determined expression and didn't ask any more questions. The six of them were brothers and sisters, and Li Dongbao would never lie to him.

"Brother Zhe, there's something I really don't understand. The man before clearly promised us that as long as you return the chip to him, he would take us into the city. Why did you refuse?" Lin Xun thought about it and still felt this way.

The matter bothered me, so in order not to have a negative impact on Ning Zhe, I chose to ask him privately.

"The fortress is very majestic, but the peace it brings does not belong to us. Even if you enter the fortress, you can only be its builder, not its enjoyer. Besides, I don't believe that person's words. The knife on his neck is

Sometimes, he will surrender to us, but once we enter the city, we become a mouse in his hands." Ning Zhe looked forward and responded in a calm tone: "Life in the city may not really be suitable for us.

Everyone says that it is a paradise where everyone is equal, but how can there be any paradise in this wasteland? Rather than going in and being a slave in captivity, it is better to live in the wilderness. At least this way, you can take your life into your own hands.

inside."

"We have never entered the city, how do you know that the people in the city are slaves?" Lin Xun asked sideways.

"For so many years, the people who have been able to enter and leave the fortress are all big shots. Have you ever seen ordinary people come out?" Ning Zhe asked rhetorically.

"Oh... what a pity. I originally thought you would agree to that person's request and take me into the city! In this case, you can also meet Sister Xiaoyu. To be honest, we are in the refugee village together

After living for so many years, I really didn't expect that she was the daughter of a big shot in the city, and that she would be taken into the fortress by mercenaries." When Lin Xun said this, he suddenly looked at Ning Zhe: "Brother Zhe, I think Xiao

Sister Yu must have forgotten you! Otherwise, how could she not have any news and not send anyone to pick us up into the city! All childhood sweethearts are lies!"

"Don't talk nonsense, Xiaoyu is not that kind of person!" Ning Zhe looked calm: "In this troubled world, many things are beyond our control."

…

The group of people marched under the night, quickly entered the canyon, and stood in front of a fork in the road.

"Brother Zhe, we are here. We climbed up the hillside in front. There is a wooden house, and the connector is waiting for us there!" Li Dongbao observed the direction through the terrain and pointed to a fork in the road on the left.

"Let's go, let's trade as soon as possible, and then return to the refugee village. Don't spend the night outside." Ning Zhe heard the wolf howl echoing in the canyon, nodded with a vigilant expression, and took the lead to walk forward, but after just a few steps, his footsteps stopped.

There was a sudden pause, and then a painful expression appeared.

"Azhe?!"

"Brother Zhe! Are you okay?!"

When several people nearby saw Ning Zhe's appearance, they all gathered around him.

At this moment, Ning Zhe had collapsed to the ground. Not only was his face covered in cold sweat, but his body temperature was also frighteningly high. His black pupils were slightly glowing red like a beast, looking extremely weird and terrifying.

"Damn it! Has that strange disease found you again?" Lin Xun saw Ning Zhe looking like this and shouted to the people next to him: "Water! Get water quickly!"

"I have it!" Li Dongbao saw this and took off the water bag from his waist.

"Take off brother Zhe's shirt! Cool him down with water!" Facing Ning Zhe who suddenly fell ill, Lin Xun very experienced began to give instructions to several people.

Everyone hurriedly helped Ning Zhe take off his shirt, revealing his strong muscles and scars all over his body, especially the huge claw mark on his back that spread from his left shoulder to his right waist, which was even more shocking.

The temperature difference in this desert is huge. The surface temperature during the day is over 50 degrees, while the temperature at night is extremely close to zero. When Li Dongbao poured water on Ning Zhe, a light mist actually appeared.

In this wasteland, it seems that nothing is more precious than water, and no one is willing to share the precious water with others. For the refugees who have not washed their faces for three to five months, pouring water on their bodies to cool down

, is quite a luxury thing.

But everyone was willing to use the water on Ning Zhe.

Ning Zhe is the default leader of this group of hunters, not only because he can bring this group of people to eat, but also because he is the strongest among them, and he is the only one in the refugee area near Fortress No. 87 who has hunted

Bear people.

After the mutation of radiation, today's bears are no longer the creatures of the old world. Not only are they huge in size, but they are also made of steel and iron and are indestructible. Even the fully armed transport team in the fortress does not dare to easily provoke a bear.

No one knew how Ning Zhe did it. Everyone just saw him dragging a huge bear carcass back with a sledge, and then it fell like a bloody man at the entrance of the market town.

It was Lin Xun who sold the bear skin in exchange for the life-saving medicine for Ning Zhe.

From then on, Ning Zhe was left with this strange disease that happened from time to time. Every time it happened, his eyes would be red, his body temperature would rise, and he would look extremely ferocious. Even the best doctor in the market town couldn't notice it.
Chapter completed!