A slender figure loomed on the top floor of the Diwang Building in the city center. The glass was broken and his figure swayed in the wind.
He had short hair and was dressed in black. His face could not be seen clearly in the dark.
He stared at the patter of acid rain outside the window, feeling dazed.
Before the end of the world, there were many people in the world. Walking among the bustling crowds, there would always be an inexplicable sense of unreality.
Some people enjoy the excitement, while some people rack their brains to learn how to speak in order to survive in the hypocritical excitement.
After a busy day of work, one person returned to his single dormitory alone in the moonlight and the evening breeze, and ate takeaway in a daze.
The long night is like poison. Human life requires not only food, but also abundant spiritual satisfaction.
He is lonely, but he enjoys being alone.
Only those who have loneliness can have their true self. This is something he firmly believes in.
A black shadow rushed over from a distance, but the man did not dodge.
This dark shadow crashed into his arms.
Touching the furry German shepherd in his arms, a smile appeared on his face: "Xiao Hei, you are so dark. If I hadn't heard the sound, I wouldn't have been able to see you."
The man rubbed the dog's head and remembered that on the third day after the apocalypse broke out, he picked up this two-month-old German shepherd in a room.
The whole body is completely black.
At first, he just wanted to keep the food he had stored up, but after raising it for a while, he got used to being alone, and he actually felt like he and the puppy were dependent on each other.
When I was most nervous about food, I still didn’t kill it to eat dog meat.
He didn't kill the dog. After a while, the dog actually brought him many surprises.
.......
After touching the dog's head, the man said: "It's almost time, let's go hunting!"
The man was carrying a gun and a black bag, and slowly walked towards a part of the building.
The man's nickname is Ant, and he is a retired special forces soldier.
The battle before the end of the world left behind the psychological trauma of the war, so he later became anonymous and hid in the city.
He walked lightly, wearing night vision goggles, in this building several hundred meters high.
This building was once the king of buildings in Shenzhen City before the end of the world.
At one time it was the tallest building in the city.
He walked silently, as if he were a ghost in the night, coming and going without a trace.
The German shepherd on his right has four paws, and he puts them down carefully every time.
One person and one dog came to a hall at the corner.
As soon as I entered, I smelled the smell of bird droppings.
The man stood at the door without entering, took a deep breath, and then held his breath.
In the hall, there is a group of crows building their nests and making their home inside.
Perhaps because the weather was too hot before, many birds began to choose to build nests in high-rise buildings in the city.
This hall is filled with crows.
The window not far from the hall is open.
The man held his breath and slowly walked towards the group of crows.
One step at a time, two steps, approaching silently.
The patter of rain outside became an excellent aid for him.
He didn't dare to walk too fast. If he walked too fast, the sound would scare away the crows.
Finally, more than ten seconds later, he was less than three meters away from the group of crows.
Suddenly one of the crows seemed to notice it and flew up.
Immediately, other crows were alerted, and a large group of crows flew outside with a clatter.
It's too late to say it, but it's soon.
When the man saw the crow flying with lightning speed and a strong wind, he immediately put a piece of cloth in his hand over it, and then pressed it up.
Swish——
The piece of cloth directly covered the four crows. Just as they were about to fly up, they were suppressed by the man's hand.
The man moved very quickly. After wrapping up the four crows, he immediately covered the four corners tightly with his hands and body so that the covered crows could not escape.
at the same time.
As the first crow flies.
The dark-skinned German Shepherd Xiaohei also rushed over like an arrow.
Biting the crow's head directly with his teeth, click——
One bite broke the crow's neck.
This is not over yet.
After biting the crow's neck, it quickly rushed to the window, jumped into the air, and bit the wing of a flying crow.
This crow flaps its wings, full of desire to survive.
He tried hard to escape, but his wings were bitten and he was pulled down by Xiao Hei.
Wow——
The feather of this crow that was bitten by Xiao Hei instantly fell off.
The crow wanted to seize the opportunity to escape, but Xiao Hei, who was biting a feather, gave it no chance to escape.
Two paws directly grabbed the crow.
Boom——
Xiao Hei grabbed the crow and threw it heavily to the ground.
After landing on the ground, Xiao Hei grabbed the crow's neck with both claws, lowered his head, and clicked.
The second crow was bitten to death.
And that man at this time.
Looking at the crows struggling crazily under the cloth, without any hesitation, he slapped one of the crows to death through the cloth like a swatting game with a gopher.
Then he continued shooting and killed the remaining three.
The force of the slaps was very strong. After four slaps, the cloth stopped moving.
Bada——
The man saw Xiao Hei holding the carcass of a crow and throwing it at his feet.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiao Hei, I caught more than you this time."
Xiao Hei didn't seem too happy. He ran to the window and picked up another crow, waving his little tail proudly.
It's so dark that you can't even see it looking different.
But the man, wearing a night vision goggle, was able to see its sultry appearance and said with a smile: "Wow! Xiao Hei is so awesome!"
Then he touched the puppy's head.
Xiao Hei's dark dog face showed an extremely useful expression.
The man wrapped the four crows under him, together with one of the crows that Xiao Hei had picked up, in cloth and walked out of the hall.
This time I gained a lot.
This place is a temporarily stable hunting ground for men.
Every time I come here after a while and hunt crows for food.
Naturally, he also knew that by closing the windows, he could harvest more crows, but that would be killing the goose to retrieve the eggs, which would only be enough for a short period of time.
But as long as he controls the number, and kills a few of them each time at intervals of one week, he can continue to obtain food.
This crow hunting ground was also discovered by Xiao Hei.
This was a surprise brought to him by Xiao Hei.
Return to the top of the building and close the access door on the top of the building.
Then he locked it with a chain and walked straight to an innermost room.
This building covers a huge area.
The area of one floor is thousands of square meters.
After he walked to the innermost room, he closed the door tightly again.
After entering, I relaxed.
The room was filled to the brim with some things.
There were some cans, some water in large barrels, and various tables and chairs, which he split and piled into a pile to use as fuel.
The man hung his satchel by the door.
Then he habitually placed the rifle in a weapons warehouse on the ground next to the door.
This arsenal contains all the weapons he has collected since the end of the world.
Among them were two rifles, three pistols, two long knives, a spear, and a bag of bullets.
After hanging the rifle.
The man took a few pieces of wood from the pile of tables, chairs and benches that he had chopped up, and then tore off a large pile of cotton scraps from the messy sofa.
Xiao Hei behind him was wagging his little tail proudly, following behind the man. He had a black dog face with no expression, but looking at his tail spinning like an airplane propeller, you could feel that this man was at this moment.
The little black dog is in a good mood.
The man was in a good mood and sat on the carpet in the hall of the room.
Then he pulled out an iron bucket from the side.
I touched the keychain on my waist. There were various gadgets on it, such as multifunctional knives, fire sticks...
The man took out the fire stick, put it close to the cotton he had just brought, and rubbed it.
Kaka——
When the fire stick is rubbed, sparks fly out.
The cotton was quickly ignited, and a cloud of white smoke rose up.
The man carefully held the ball of cotton and blew it gently.
Wow——
A small flame appeared.
In the firelight, the man's face was also illuminated by the firelight.
Gently put the cotton in the iron bucket, and as the flames burned stronger and stronger, the man immediately placed two wooden sticks into it.
The fire burned bigger and bigger.
Xiao Hei watched the appearance of the fire and stared blankly. He didn't even feel the crow falling from its mouth and onto its lap.
When the man saw the fire burning, he quickly took out a small iron pot with a triangular fork, poured some water into it, and put it on the fire to burn.
Then he plucked the feathers of the crows, and the feathers of these crows were plucked out in a few strokes.
嘤嘤嘤——
The man felt a ball of fur next to him, rubbing against him.
Seeing Xiao Hei holding a crow in his mouth, under the firelight, Xiao Hei's eyes had a hint of "I want it too."
The man smiled.
Pluck the two crows that Xiao Hei killed together.
These hairs were not wasted, but were put into the fire to be burned as fuel.
Then he took out his dagger, briefly processed the crow's internal organs, dug out the crow's stomach, rubbed it, and then threw it to Xiao Hei.
The other offal is thrown into the iron pot for steaming. The crow's offal is rich in iron and other nutrients.
Then the carcasses of these crows were pierced with steel bars and placed horizontally on the fire to smoke.
There were six crows in total, four his and two small black ones.
This is their food for three or four days.
After being smoked, it can be stored for a longer period of time.
Xiao Hei also likes cooked meat.
It is more dangerous to eat this crow raw, and we don’t know what pathogens it may carry. It is safer to cook it.
Night is still the same.
He hasn't seen the sun for a long time.
He still remembered that a few days ago, he and Xiao Hei watched the sunset on the roof of the building.
The sunshine seems to be a memory from a long time ago.
As the flames burned, the man put the crows on the fire to smoke, then sat on the sofa with blankets and watched the flames quietly.
Next to him, Xiao Hei didn't make any fuss. He lay down at his feet, his ears flattened down, and he followed his master to watch the flames.
The fire crackled and burned.
These woods are all high-end logs.
There are also some precious and famous trees before the end of the world, such as pear tree and agarwood.
But now they have only one identity, fuel.
The soup containing the crow's offal is cooked.
Xiao Hei bit a dog bowl and took it over.
The man got some water and some internal organs into the basin, and reminded him: "It has just been boiled, it is very hot."
Then he took the iron pot himself.
He took out an iron spoon, dug out some crow's internal organs, put the soup in his mouth.
At that moment, he looked at the firelight and the dark night outside the window.
My heart suddenly felt empty.
It seems that he is talking to himself, and he seems to be talking to Xiao Hei:
"Why does crow taste like dusk?"
.......
He hadn't seen the sun for a long time, and he hadn't seen the dusk for a long time.
The long dark night is a catalyst for emotions.
The loneliness that penetrated his bones gradually overwhelmed him.
If a person stays in the endless darkness for too long, he will long for sunshine and light.