The oxcart stopped at the intersection of a small village, which is what Hadi called Shisongzhuang. This village was built on a relatively flat mountainous land. There were some sparse trees in this mountainous area. I don’t know Shisongzhuang.
Is this how the name Zhuang came about?
"Thank you, Hadi. We'll see you later." Chunyu Yan jumped off the oxcart and waved to Hadi.
However, only then did he realize that there were two cows pulling the cart. It was clearly a cow with two heads! This made him stunned.
Hardy also waved his hand and said: "Okay, young man, see you next time! Old man Grassi, this young man is my friend, you have to entertain him well!"
He said the last sentence to another old man wearing a big-brimmed hat next to him.
The old man was also a very open-minded person. He smiled and said, "No problem! My wife has already made delicious gravy soup. This young man and his girlfriend will definitely be full."
Hadi finally nodded to Chunyu Yan, waved his whip, and drove away in the two-headed ox cart.
"Come on, young man, come and try my wife's craftsmanship." Old man Grassi brought over a tattered aluminum basin filled with thick soup, which seemed to be a crop similar to barley.
Chun Yuyan picked it up and took a sip. A strong aroma of wheat filled his mouth, but it was still a bit astringent. In terms of taste, it was naturally not as good as rice porridge, but...
Chunyu Yan looked around without leaving a trace. They were all very dilapidated houses. This felt very much like a ruined city. The ruins of the houses were all repaired with wooden boards and iron sheets, and they were barely watertight. And those
The iron sheets are rusty and the wooden boards are full of mold. They must have been there for a long time.
In such a village that is not even a refugee camp, you can't expect too much to eat such a thick soup.
Yiyi also took a bowl of razor-sharp soup from the old lady's hand and drank it in big gulps.
Old Grassi looked at Yiyi lovingly, then at Chun Yuyan, and asked cautiously: "You were really drunk last night, and then Old Hardy sent you here?"
Chunyu Yan secretly noted this key point in his mind, but kept it completely silent and answered naturally: "Yes, I heard Old Hardy say yesterday that we drank a whole box of rum. In fact, I was drinking it at first
Beer, I don’t know when I started drinking rum.”
As he spoke, he rubbed his forehead in annoyance.
After hearing that he was indeed drunk, the old couple breathed a sigh of relief, and the old man's attitude became warmer.
"Young man, where are you from?" Grassi asked.
"My adopted daughter and I are working as mercenaries in Washington, D.C." Chunyu Yan also got some information from Old Hardy before, so he learned it and sold it to himself.
Grassi's expression suddenly changed, and even the hand holding the bowl trembled visibly, "Are you... the shooter?"
Chunyu Yan looked at him blankly, "Who is the shooter?"
"It's also a group of mercenaries." Grassi was obviously organizing the words carefully.
"No, my mercenary organization is called the Wolf Pack. We mainly take on some caravan guard work." Chunyu Yan replied.
Grassi breathed a sigh of relief again, "Oh... wolves, right? I've never heard of them."
"Is this girl your adopted daughter?" the old woman asked strangely, "You are not that big in age, right?"
Yiyi was very unhappy with the idea of an adopted daughter from the beginning. She hugged Chun Yuyan's arm and said displeasedly: "I am my father's daughter! Not an adopted daughter!!"
Chunyu Yan sighed softly and once again used his Oscar-level acting skills. He touched Yiyi's hair and said with pity: "We have grown up relying on each other..."
There is no need to say too much, this look and expression have already said everything.
Grassi and his wife indeed got the answer Chunyuyan wanted them to get. They nodded and looked at the two of them with much softer eyes.
After this minor embarrassment was resolved, the atmosphere between the few people became much more harmonious, and they started chatting while drinking soup.
Their conversation started with Old Hardy. It turned out that Grassi and Old Hardy ran a caravan together. But then they met the looters, and Grassi was shot in the knee during the exchange of fire, so they returned to
The Federation began to live a farming life.
Old Hardy did not forget his brother. In the following years, he would receive several orders from the federation every few months, and then come over to see him and bring him some small things.
It is precisely because of this that Grassi did not reject Chun Yuyan and the two of them too much. During the conversation, he hinted that people in the Federation are basically a bit xenophobic. As for the reason,
Grassi didn't say.
Chunyu Yan had already heard about the so-called Commonwealth from Old Hardy before. The so-called Commonwealth was a separate administrative region established by the British hundreds of years ago when the United States was still a colony, also called the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This was once one of the most developed industrial areas in the United States and maintained a semi-independent relationship with the United States. In the subsequent war, it was also a key target of nuclear bombs. After the war, the Federation seemed to still exist for a while.
, then completely disappeared, but the residents here still habitually call this place the Federation.
Chun Yuyan's speaking skills were naturally unparalleled. In addition to extracting a lot of information, he also made the old man and old lady laugh. Grassi also took out a bottle of treasured 'UISCE BEATHA' whiskey and met Chun Yuyan.
Yan and Yiyi drank everything together.
Under the influence of alcohol, Grassi took out his guitar, smiled at Yiyi and said, "Let me sing a song for this cute and beautiful little girl!"
Chunyu Yan also clapped his hands and laughed.
Grassi's wrinkled fingers, still stained with black soil, plucked the strings of the old guitar and sang, "Like an earthquake, starting to roll."
I felt my world shake, out of control.
like a world war starting to brew...
Baby, it's just you."
"Hahahaha!" Grassi greeted Yiyi with a big smile, "Baby, it's just you~~!"
"Hahahaha!" Chunyu Yan also laughed while clapping, Yiyi leaned her head on his shoulder, and the old woman danced awkwardly with a piece of rough black bread in her hand. The atmosphere was harmonious.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden bang! There was an angry knock on the door, and a hoarse voice was heard saying in a low voice: "Grassi! What are you doing so late? Do you want to...
…”
Grassi's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly put away his guitar and said to Chunyu Yan: "It's too late, it's too late, go to sleep, go to sleep!"
The old woman also hurriedly started to clear away the dishes.
Chun Yuyan was in high spirits. When he saw Grassi's performance, his heart suddenly sank. He asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? It should be only about 7 o'clock in the afternoon, right? Did something happen?"
Grassi looked at him deeply, but sighed and did not answer, "The old woman will squeeze in with me tonight. You can go sleep in her room." After saying that, he picked up the old guitar and trembled.
walked away.
Chunyu Yan and Yiyi looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion.
"I hope you will have an undisturbed dream, good night." Grassi dropped a somewhat strange sentence, returned to the bedroom and closed the door with a bang.
When they came to the old woman's room, the two of them sat on the narrow and worn-out bed, but neither of them had any intention of sleeping. Chun Yuyan would never sleep in the same bed with Yiyi, as this would make him a beast. Yiyi didn't care.
, but she was very energetic and couldn't sleep.
Grassi... seems to be hiding something? Why do you have to go to bed after seven o'clock in the afternoon? Why can't you make a loud noise?
At this moment, a system prompt that had never appeared suddenly came.
[The mission begins. The ultimate goal: to eliminate the shadow hanging over the Federation.]
[Secondary goal: Experimenters are asked to explore on their own, and rewards will be given based on the completion of the secondary goal. ]
[Task period: No limit, but it will affect the score of task completion. 】
[Tip 1: This world is a single-player mode. You are the only experimenter to enter. If you successfully complete the ultimate goal and score above A, the world will automatically be bound to you and become your exclusive world. 】
[Tip 2: During the task, the experimenter is not allowed to leave the Boston area.]
[Tip 3: After the experimenter monopolizes this world, based on the experimenter’s power development in this world, expansion tasks will be gradually released to expand the areas that the experimenter can go to. When the experimenter’s power rating reaches the national level, the entire
The world will be completely open.]
There had been no task prompts before, and Chunyu Yan was wondering. Now it seems that he needs to realize that something is wrong in this place before he starts issuing tasks.
What exactly is the shadow that hangs over the Federation? How can it be eliminated?
Compared with the previous clearly stated goal of living until January 1st in the world of "Resident Evil", now this task is really very vague and there is no clue at all.
This simply means throwing him into this world and letting it develop!
Chunyu Yan sighed softly, looked at the leaky door, and had no choice but to put his mouth to Yiyi's ear and whisper: "The goal of our mission this time is to eliminate the shadow hanging over the Federation. We don't have a clue yet.
, we need to investigate more.”
When he was talking, a faint fragrance from Yiyi's body came to his nostrils. The smell was very light, but it smelled very good. It seemed that it was not the smell of perfume, but her own smell. Chun Yuyan quickly pulled away a little.
some distance.
"Grassi and the others were very scared just now." Yiyi said.
Chunyu Yan nodded and said: "Yes, no matter what, there is obviously something that scares them. Since they have no clue about the mission, let's start from here!"
"Want to go out and take a look?" Yiyi asked.
"We're not going out tonight. We'll go meet the villagers tomorrow and talk to them. It won't be too late to take action after that." Chunyu Yan said.
Yiyi nodded and leaned his body on Chun Yuyan's shoulder again, his head almost touching his face, and his silky black hair hung down like silk.
Chunyu Yan had no choice but to maintain this posture, constantly suffering the torture of the warm-smelling nephrite in his arms, and began to regret why he didn't bring a game console to pass the time.
"Dad... Yiyi really wants to stay like this forever." Yiyi said softly.
If you don't call me daddy, maybe we can stay like this forever... Chun Yuyan complained in his heart. But since you call it daddy, then I...well, it seems that we can still stay like this forever...
Chunyu Yan stopped the random thoughts in his heart, put his arms around Yiyi's shoulders, and said softly: "Be good, daddy will always be by your side to protect you."
"No... Yiyi wants to protect dad. I... am very powerful." Yiyi said.
"No matter how powerful you are, you are still my daughter. Dad will always protect his daughter, so... Dad must always be stronger than his daughter." Chunyu Yan's heart began to calm down, enjoying the tranquility.
"Well... Dad is always the best..." Yiyi's voice became smaller and smaller, and then her body completely relaxed, leaning against Chun Yuyan, and she fell asleep.
I don’t know how long it took, but Chun Yuyan suddenly became alert. He turned around suddenly and looked directly into an eye in the hole in a wooden board on the wall!!
"Who!!" Chunyu Yan shouted loudly, stood up and rushed over.
However, only a bang was heard. Yiyi was faster than him. He kicked a big hole in the wall and rushed out like lightning!!
When Chun Yuyan stepped out, he saw Yiyi standing in the yard, with a panicked young man stepping on his feet. Judging from his tattered clothes, he seemed to be from the village. He looked about ten years old. He was looking at the big hole in the wall.
With a face full of fear, "Don't...don't kill me...don't kill me..."
"Who are you? Why are you spying on us!" Chunyu Yan asked sharply.
"I...I..." The young man's eyes flickered, and his eyes kept swaying between Yiyi's body and the hole in the wall that she kicked out, but he couldn't form a complete sentence.
The noise here woke up the Grassi couple. He walked over with a flashlight. When he saw the young man being stepped on by Yiyi, he exclaimed: "Casper? What are you doing here?"
"I...I saw outsiders here, so I wanted to come and see what they were doing!" The young man finally thought of an excuse.
However, Chun Yuyan saw his true intention from his twinkling eyes - it was just to covet Yiyi's beauty. In this post-war ruins, people like Yiyi are indeed extremely dazzling.
Some villagers were awakened and came over to watch. Seeing that things were getting worse, the young man named Gaspar had a sinister look in his eyes, pointed at Yiyi and said loudly: "She is a synthetic person!!