Chapter 320 Light and Darkness
Chu Xingzhou and Rong Lan used the hotel as their base to spend the darkest period after the earthquake. That was the peak of human death. Bodies were everywhere, bitten to death, starved to death, frozen to death, and infected to death. The freshly lived humans not long ago now have corpses on the streets like wild dogs, and the whole city is like hell on earth.
Due to accidental discovery of mutation ability, the two of them could at least not be starved to death. They would choose to go out to hunt some things during the day and stay in the hotel at night. Since the food could not be stored for too long, they could only eat one meal a day. A week later, the water in the hotel was out of water. They had prepared and stored a lot of water, but the water began to smell after three days, forcing them to leave the hotel and find a place close to the source of flowing water.
The two of them packed their backs and left the hotel anxiously. They decided to go to the expressway entrance to find a car that can be driven first. Since all sections of the city were either blocked or covered with weeds, the vehicles were not accessible at all, they could only expect the expressway to be smooth.
They escaped several waves of danger along the way, but they were still attacked by mutant animals, all of which were solved by Chu Xingzhou. Chu Xingzhou's power is increasing day by day. Although this rapid expansion method can make people become stronger and stronger, it is too fast after all, which makes them very worried that this power will suddenly backfire.
After walking for more than an hour, they saw the first living person today - a young woman. The woman ran towards them from the opposite street, with her unkempt face and her white skirt was already dirty. She was walking in a dim way, as if she would fall down at any time.
Then, four or five men chased her and shouted filthy words while chasing her.
The woman fell to the ground and fell to the ground and cried in despair. The man behind her rushed up and grabbed her and dragged her into the corner.
Rong Lan cursed inwardly, "Beast."
Chu Xingzhou took off his backpack and threw it on the ground, grabbed the knife and passed by.
When a man saw Chu Xingzhou, he said viciously: "Don't meddle in other people's business, who cares about it now?"
Chu Xingzhou didn't bother to say a word of nonsense, and raised his hand slightly, the man knelt on the ground with a pounce, as if an elephant was pressing against him, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"What's going on?"
"This kid is a mutant, you all dodge it!" A tall and thin man came over. He touched his nose and looked at Chu Xingzhou with a grim smile. "I haven't met an opponent yet. Let me try it with you." After saying that, his muscles suddenly swelled up rapidly, and his whole body became as burly and majestic as a gorilla.
Chu Xingzhou was slightly stunned, and Rong Lan shouted: "Singzhou, be careful."
This is the first time that the two of them have encountered a mutant except Chu Xingzhou in so many days. It seems that they have guessed well. There are also mutants among humans, but the number is obviously much smaller than that of animals and plants.
Chu Xingzhou looked at the mutated muscular man coldly. When the muscular man rushed towards him, he did not move. At the moment when the muscular man's fist was about to touch his face, the muscular man's movement suddenly stopped like a slow motion replay. The fist movement was forced to stop in the air, and his waist was hunched down unconsciously, as if he was being pressed by something.
The muscular man unconsciously left saliva on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes burst, and he said with difficulty: "You... the hell have you... done... what..."
Chu Xingzhou said in a cold voice: "Actually, I'm not sure, but based on my summary of the attack methods in the past few days, I guess it may be related to manipulating gravity."
"gravity……"
Chu Xingzhou kicked him to the ground with a kick, his eyes as if he was looking at a dead person, "I have never killed anyone, but trash like you will only harm more innocent people by living."
"No, don't kill me, please..." The muscular man was so scared that his face turned blue. Since he discovered that he had become a strong man, no matter he was a man or a mutant animal, he had never dreamed that this man didn't even touch him, and it made him feel like a huge rock pressed on him without any resistance!
Chu Xingzhou took his eyes away from him, and the next second, the muscular man's head exploded like a watermelon!
This scene scared his accomplices so much that they fell to their knees and begged for mercy.
Rong Lan frowned slightly in the face of this uncomfortable scene, but he did not sympathize with such a beast.
Chu Xingzhou could gradually feel whether there was mutant energy on others. He knew that except for this muscular man, everyone else was ordinary people. Even if they didn't kill them, they would not live long after losing the protection of the muscular man. So those people rolled and crawled away, and he ignored them.
Rong Lan walked over and patted Chu Xingzhou on the shoulder, "Singzhou, are you okay?"
Chu Xingzhou turned his head and looked at the corpse on the ground calmly, "I'm fine, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later..." He looked at Rong Lan with some concern, "Brother, I did nothing wrong."
Rong Lan patted his shoulder, "You are right."
Not far away, the woman in white was lying on the ground, sobbing quietly. It seemed that the blows over the past few days had scared her silly.
The two walked over and Rong Lan squatted, "Miss, are you okay?"
The woman slowly raised her head with trembling.
Although her hair was messy and her face was dirty, Rong Lan still felt familiar.
"Rong...Brother Rong?" the woman blurted out in surprise.
"Miss Sun?" Rong Lan was surprised. This woman was the rich daughter who had dinner with them the night before the end of the world. It was because of her that he and Chu Xingzhou would only quarrel that night.
"Brother Rong!" Sun Qingqing grabbed Rong Lan's sleeve as if she saw a life-saving straw and burst into tears.
Rong Lan sighed. Looking at her embarrassed look, she also knew how bad she had been in the past week. It was a miracle that a weak woman could survive until now in such a purgatory place.
Chu Xingzhou also squatted and saw that she was indeed Sun Qingqing. Although he had no good feelings for her, it was not her fault for them to quarrel. Moreover, although he had only had one meal, he was acquainted and it was hard to leave it alone.
The two helped Sun Qingqing aside, and Chu Xingzhou took out water and a vacuum-packed biscuit from his backpack. Sun Qingqing's eyes shiny, and she grabbed the biscuit and swallowed it. At that dinner that day, she had outstanding cultivation and conversation. At this time, she was just a hungry disaster victim.
Rong Lan reminded her: "Eat slowly and don't choke."
While eating, Sun Qingqing burst into tears, looking really pitiful. After she had enough, her emotions stabilized. She told her experiences during this period intermittently.
After the end of the world, she and her father kept hiding at home and dared not go out. Later, she was so hungry that she had no choice but to go out to find food. However, her father was strangled to death by a kind of weed. She wandered alone for several days. The reason why she did not die was because she had mutated, but this mutated ability could only protect herself and had no attack ability.
"You have mutated too? What is your mutated ability?"
Sun Qingqing said: "Smell, my sense of smell has become extremely sensitive. You can smell dangerous things across a few streets, so I avoided those mutated animals." She choked and said: "But I forgot... there are people who are worse than beasts. Fortunately, I met you, otherwise..."
Chu Xingzhou murmured: "So there are so many ways to mutate."
Rong Lan patted her on the shoulder, "Ms. Sun, although your ability cannot protect yourself, it can still play an important role. Can you help me avoid danger or hunt targetedly? Are you willing to go with us? We will do our best to protect you."
Sun Qingqing nodded vigorously with tears in her eyes, "Even if... even if you don't let me follow me, I will follow me, otherwise I won't live for a few days."
Chu Xingzhou was not happy with such a light bulb at all, but he had no reason to refuse. Rong Lan was right. Sun Qingqing's ability was very useful and could greatly increase their chances of survival.
They found Sun Qingqing's set of clothes and shoes from their backpacks and asked her to change it.
She changed her clothes, wiped her face with water, and tied up her messy hair, revealing a small face that was not very beautiful, but beautiful. This kind of fair and delicate woman with a slight silence and slim figure can arouse men's desire to protect her. Chu Xingzhou felt so upset when he saw Rong Lan was so polite to her. He knew that Rong Lan was different from him. Rong Lan didn't like men. If Sun Qingqing dared to steal the most important person, he might kill her.
Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Sun Qingqing shook her hair embarrassedly, "I'm in a mess now..."
Rong Lan smiled lightly and said, "It doesn't matter, we are all ok."
She cleared her throat, "Brother Rong, Brother Chu, thank you for saving me. I owe you a life. I will try my best to help you with my ability and not let yourself become a burden."
Rong Lan admired such a smart and current affairs woman. He nodded, "Let's live together."
Sun Qingqing said: "What are your plans next? My father... has passed away and there are no one I care about at home, so I can go anywhere."
"We want to go back to Shanghai, and now we plan to go out of the city expressway to see if we can get a useful car."
Sun Qingqing sighed, "I just met a couple who came back from the expressway entrance two days ago. There were almost no cars available there. Even if there were power outages, the gas pump at the gas station could not be used and the car had no place to refuel, and would break down halfway. They said that the sides of the expressway had almost become primeval forests, and everything was available, which was several times more dangerous than the city."
Chu Xingzhou and Rong Lan looked at each other, and Chu Xingzhou said: "We can't refuel at the gas station. We can still get oil from the mailbox of other cars, but this does not guarantee that our oil will be enough to the next city."
Rong Lan nodded, "Yes, the road is full of uncertainty. If it really breaks down in the suburbs, it will be too dangerous."
Sun Qingqing said: "I understand your mood to go home. If you have to go, I will follow you. However, I suggest you don't leave now. My sense of smell is evolving every day. Every day is more sensitive than yesterday, and the range of perception is farther. Brother Chu, your ability is definitely growing. Since that's the case, why don't we wait until our ability becomes stronger and ensure that we can leave without any mistakes? After all, saving our lives is the most important thing now."
Chu Xingzhou said: "You are right, and I have an idea."
"What's the idea?"
Chu Xingzhou looked at the muscular man who was shot in disgust. "It seems that small groups with mutants as the leader have appeared in the city. Since people can find people to follow this kind of garbage, why can't we? The power of the three of us is too weak. Humans are group animals. Gathering enough different types of talents can exert a hundred times of strength, increase the chance of survival, and fight against mutated animals and plants together. As long as they can form a certain scale, whether it is food, cars or gasoline, there will be a way to solve it."
Chapter completed!