Stocking up in space: surviving in a world of crisis

This scratch is not like a human palm, but the claw of a carnivorous animal.

"Are there any wild animals in Devil City?"

"There is no grass growing there, and there is no water flow. If there are wild animals, what do the animals live on? And after we entered the Devil City, we have not seen any wild animals, not even an ant or a bird. In fact, there are wild animals all over the world. There are such ghost cities, and there are several in our country, as far as I know, in southern and northern Xinjiang, it is a natural landscape formed by a special landform, a complex geographical environment, and a harsh climate."

Ye Fu nodded, "Indeed, I have read these records in the book. Devil City has always had many beautiful legends. There are rumors that Devil City is an ancient country that disappeared, and the souls of the ancient country wander in Devil City. People who enter Devil City find it difficult to get out, and there are rumors that Devil City is another magical world."

After Ye Fu finished speaking, he realized that the three of them were staring at her intently.

"what happened?"

"Sister Ye Fu, where do you see it?" Luo Yang couldn't help asking.

"In various novels more than ten years ago, or in forums, post bars, don't you know these rumors?"

Luo Yang shook his head, Han Feng frowned, "Could it be that there are ghosts in the world?"

"It's not so much a ghost, I think it's a problem with the magnetic field, hallucinations or disordered memories."

"But if it's just an illusion, how can I explain these scratches on my body?"

Han Feng exposed his arm, and there was a healing blood hole in front of him.

"There has never been a fight with my teammates. This kind of wound cannot be caused by humans. I think if there are no ghosts in Devil City, there must be wolves."

Ye Fu looked at the blood hole on his arm and felt uncomfortable all over.

The blood hole is like a curse symbol, and also like a bottomless abyss.

There was a voice in her mind telling her to stay away from Devil City and not to be curious.

"Don't get water on your wounds, be careful of inflammation and pus, anyway, we have to detour, and it doesn't matter what's in the Devil City, it doesn't matter to us."

Luo Yang nodded aside, "Sister Ye Fu said, Captain Han, your wound is so serious, you need to wear more clothes, if the wound becomes inflamed, you will have a fever, we are in the wild now, we must pay attention to our health."

"Thank you for your concern. The wound doesn't hurt. I brought medicine. Then shall we continue our journey tonight, or find a place to rest and start tomorrow at dawn?"

"Of course it's to find a place to rest. Driving in the dark is prone to accidents."

After chatting, the four of them continued on their way. Ye Fu and Jiang Rong were a little behind. They looked at each other and already knew what the other was thinking.

"Jiang Rong, the wound on Han Feng's body, what do you think is the scratch of an animal?"

Jiang Rong frowned slightly, "It looks like something caught by a wolf's claws. An animal like a wolf can survive in the harshest environment. Han Feng said that no grass can grow in the Devil City, but if the Devil City is big, what he sees is just It’s just a corner where no grass grows, I have another idea.”

Jiang Rong looked into Ye Fu's eyes and said word by word, "Do you still remember the group of savages who captured Qi Yuan and the others?"

Ye Fu frowned, "You mean, there are savages in Devil City?"

"This is just my imagination. When we killed those savages, I observed their physical characteristics. The savages, regardless of gender, are tall, with long arms, and their nails are as hard and sharp as wolf claws. Most importantly, Han The snow hole on Feng's arm looks like it was poked in with a finger and pulled out."

Jiang Rong reached out and squeezed Ye Fu's arm.

"The blood hole in Han Feng's arm is on the left side of the arm, which is what I look like. You see, when I hold your arm like this, the place where I press down with my thumb is the same as the position of the blood hole."

Ye Fu was enlightened, and I have to say that Jiang Rong observed more carefully than her.

"Why not normal humans, but savages?"

Jiang Rong chuckled, "It may also be a normal human being, but if a normal human wants to puncture the flesh of his arm and leave a blood hole, unless he has the same internal strength as the people in martial arts novels, it will be difficult to do so."

"I have another idea, too."

Ye Fu looked at Jiang Rong, and at this moment, Jiang Rong understood what she meant.

"Failed gene-edited humans."

"Do you think it's possible?"

Jiang Rong nodded with a smile, "This possibility is not ruled out."

It's all about imagination, Ye Fu doesn't have the spirit of adventure, and she doesn't have a particularly strong curiosity, not to mention that her sixth sense tells her that Devil City is very dangerous.

Riding horses to catch up with the two people in front, they were still on the Mongolian grassland at this time. In the evening, the fog began to dissipate, and there were many dilapidated earthen houses in the distance, and a few crooked electric poles were entangled by climbing vines. , The rain gradually stopped, but the clouds were overwhelming. Tonight or tomorrow, it is estimated that there will be heavy rain.

"Han Feng, is the way right?"

"That's right, did you see the red cloth on the electric pole in front? It's a mark we made when we came back."

Luo Yang gave a thumbs up to Han Feng, "You have two tricks, no wonder I said that I saw a lot of red cloth along the way. It turned out to be a mark, and you actually said it now."

Han Feng's serious face finally squeezed out a smile, "We are worried about the weathering of the red cloth. Where there is red cloth, we even made a mark with red paint. If I remember correctly, the mark in front is called a broken house."

The four of them rode to the pole, and the sharp-eyed Jiang Rong saw the words "broken house" written in red paint on a stone under the pole.

"The mark is here." Seeing that Luo Yang and Ye Fu hadn't seen the mark yet, Jiang Rong got off his horse and kicked the big rock with his feet.

"Really." Luo Yang was a little excited, he got off his horse and walked to the stone, took off his gloves and touched the crooked three words on it.

"At that time we stayed here for one night, it was the earthen house in front."

Leading the horse to the earthen house in front, Han Feng walked in. The earthen house was full of spider webs and even two snake skins.

"Let's go, the wind is low now, let's continue on our way to the junction of Ning and province, and we will find a place to rest."

Before dark, they had to enter Ning Province, and the scenery along the way could be saved to enjoy when they came back.

Ye Fu felt that her butt was about to be smashed, and when she stopped to rest at night, she had to go into the space to apply some medicine, her thighs were probably bleeding from grinding, but her skin was rough and fleshy, and she would be able to recover tomorrow.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the sky began to darken, and the fog appeared again.

The junction of Ning Province and Meng Province is just ahead, and the four of them headed towards the boundary marker at the junction in one go.

Seeing the red cloth tied on the boundary marker, Ye Fu and Jiang Rong clapped their hands in congratulations, and Luo Yang and Han Feng couldn't help laughing either.

"Today's journey is finally over."