Rebel Demon King

Chapter 1021 Broken World (5)

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The smoke from cooking is curling up above the wasteland, and the bonfire is like a falling morning light in the dim light of the sky before dawn.Gradually, at the end of the flat field, the sun poked its head out, and the clouds hidden behind the night gradually emerged from the sky, layer upon layer like white sails going out to sea.

Sitting in front of the self-made "slate stove", Cheng Mo is like a blogger who is engaged in outdoor eating and broadcasting, showing off his cooking skills with all his strength.And Athena and Khaled used the iron skewers as forks, and ate around the stone stove. No one thought that the ordinary lamb skewers and baked naan would be so delicious when heated by the stone. .

Khalid was chewing mutton and baked naan, like a squirrel wrapped in pine nuts, he exhaled white in the cold air, and said with a happy face: "Mr. Reketska, where did you learn this?" The way of cooking is really great! I have never eaten such delicious lamb kebabs and baked naan.”

Khalid's voice was slightly muffled because he still had unswallowed mutton in his mouth, and with his big-tongued Saudi accent, it sounded like an out-of-focus photo.

Cheng Mo had to ask, "What are you talking about?"

Khalid swallowed the mutton in his mouth, rolled his throat in satisfaction and said, "I praise your cooking skills, it's incredible! I never thought that such delicious food can be made with stones."

"Thank you."

Khalid looked down at the charred and blackened stone slab, then used an iron skewer to pick up a piece of mutton and a piece of baked naan, and asked curiously, "Where did you learn this method?"

"Inspired by teppanyaki. The earliest cooking method originated in Spain. In order to cook freshly caught fish, the crew at sea invented the way of frying seafood on a teppanyaki. Later, this method was passed on to Japan and was recognized by Japan. Carried forward, they not only improved teppanyaki, but also added chef juggling performances, making teppanyaki a fashionable and high-end cuisine."

"The chef... is actually performing acrobatics?" Khalid was very surprised.

"Yes, like using a spatula to pick up eggs repeatedly, like a clown throwing a ball, toss it several times, and then put the spatula upright, so that the egg just falls on the upward blade and is split in half, but The shell will not be completely broken, it will be stuck on the spatula, only the egg liquid will flow to the iron plate along the sides of the spatula, and the chef will use the egg liquid to draw a beautiful figure, frying a seemingly artistic sexy egg"

Khalid was dumbfounded when he heard that, "In the future, I must try the real teppanyaki and watch the chef's performance." Khalid took a bite off the oily mutton on the iron skewer and the charred pork belly. A piece of bread, shaking his head with his eyes closed, "Take my grandpa, mother, older sister, and younger sister together."

"There must be a chance." Cheng Mo said as he moved the fried mutton cubes and scones to Athena's side with iron skewers, so that she could eat them easily.

Athena, who was standing beside Cheng Mo, handed the iron sign to Cheng Mo, and said in a low voice, "I'm full."

"Okay." Cheng Mo, who was sitting on a rock making stone slabs, took the iron skewer, and after holding it in another hand, he took out a tissue from his pocket and held it to Athena naturally.

Athena took the tissue and wiped her mouth.

Cheng Mo took out a plastic bottle from the bag at his feet and shook it. He raised his hand and gave the plastic bottle to Athena, "There is no coke, only cactus juice, which is also very greasy."

Athena stared at the plastic bottle in Cheng Mo's hand. The green juice was rippling in it, showing a gorgeous and unusual natural color in the morning sun. With this bottle of fruit juice, accompanied by a small and refreshing copywriting, it is definitely a poster that can detonate the social network, but it is a pity that Athena is not a literary girl.

She took the plastic bottle and immediately felt a burst of coolness. It was obvious that Cheng Mo had used his skills to freeze it. She unscrewed the bottle cap and took two gulps. The poor impact of the mutton, and the sweet and sour taste greatly relieved the greasyness of the mutton. When the cold and viscous juice slipped into her mouth, she felt the cells in her body tremble slightly. This feeling It's like drinking ice in summer, as if every mouth is opened, a comfortable pleasure spreads all over the body
"Why do you feel happy?" Athena was puzzled. She raised the bottle and looked at it. Yesterday she ate prickly pear fruit and thought it tasted mediocre. Why did she drink silently squeezed juice today, but it gave her such a deep feeling? satisfaction?
"I mean you asked me yesterday if you had honey and lemons, and you bought so many prickly pears from me. So you squeezed juice for Ms. Wendy!" Khaled laughed, "Mr. Reckzka, a German man Are they all as gentle as you? I thought German men were all serious and rigid men of steel."

Cheng Mo denied it angrily, "I just want to give you a chance to make more money."

Khalid thought it was true and scratched his hair, "Really? Thank you so much."

Cheng Mo said "you're welcome" as if nothing had happened, but Athena remembered that she asked Cheng Mo yesterday if he could buy a Coke, and he went down to ask Khalid, and then told himself that he had to bear it when he went upstairs, and only in Damascus, Then he went downstairs again, and it was a long time before he returned to his room.Athena couldn't help but think of what Khalid said, and she remembered the noon when she said goodbye to her mother. She always wanted to know what it was when her mother made her dessert for the first time Feeling.
Athena was holding the cactus juice in a daze. Suddenly, she was a little curious about what Cheng Mo was thinking when he was making food for her.

Is food and love really related?

She felt that next time she needed to peek into Cheng Mo's heart quietly.

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When the sun showed half of his red face in the sky, Cheng Mo also finished his breakfast. He was just about to push aside the slabs placed on the rocks and put out the bonfire when he heard Khaled shout in a hurry: "Lei Don't move, Mr. Kotzka. Let me, let me."

"What's wrong?" Cheng Mo asked.

Khalid smiled shyly and said, "I think this stone slab must have some magical power. I have to take it away. When I get home, I can also use it to cook stone slabs for my sister."

Cheng Mo thinks that Khalid really loves his sister, but yes, Afafu is indeed a cute little girl, even a person like Cheng Mo who doesn't like children thinks Afafu is super annoying people love.He could understand Khalid's mood, but he still looked at the dark slate and said truthfully, "This is just an ordinary slate."

"How is it possible? I have never seen such a flat natural stone slab. This is a miracle in itself."

"Okay!" Cheng Mo couldn't tell Khalid that he used the "Seven Sins" to cut this stone slab, so he could only shrug his shoulders and say, "I think you think it's particularly delicious because the firewood smoke will Wrapping the meat can increase the unique smoky taste, which has little to do with the slate, maybe the slate is weaker than the iron plate or the temperature conduction of direct grilling, which is more conducive to locking the fat and moisture.”

"I don't really understand these principles. I don't know anything about cooking." Khaled picked up a piece of firewood and extinguished the campfire, "However, it is really incredible to find such a stone slab in such a wilderness. Maybe it is a cultural relic. In the future To be an heirloom in our family! Even if not, it would be great to bring this delicious experience to my family."

"Don't remember the truth. Remember to use firewood when the time comes. If possible, you can use cedar branches. Cedar branches are rich in fat, which will bring a more unique flavor to the barbecue."

Khalid looked surprised, "Mr. Reketska, you know so much, you even know that we have cedar trees in Syria!"

"I just happen to be more interested in trees." Cheng Mo felt that he had talked a little too much, paused, and immediately changed the subject, "It seems that you attach great importance to your family."

"Of course, my father is dead, my grandfather and mother are old, and I am the head of the family. "Hadith" teaches us that men should accompany and love their families and lead them to live a good life."

Cheng Mo is aware that Saint Laurent religion attaches great importance to the family and emphasizes the maintenance of family stability. For the converts of Saint Laurent religion, it is a virtue to prioritize family members instead of themselves. This concept is deeply rooted in the beliefs of this religion. among those.

Of course, everything, including life, can be sacrificed for the "creator". This extreme concept is also deeply rooted in the hearts of believers, like a stamp of thought. (Ideological Seal: Refers to a concept in the science fiction novel "Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin, invented by Wallfacer Bill Hines. It makes people devout and firm in a certain belief.)
Cheng Mo has always had a negative view of "religion", so he had no intention of discussing it with Khalid. He went to another bonfire and put out the fire, waiting for Khalid to put away the slate and prepare to go on the road.

At this time, the sun was about to completely jump out of the horizon, and a wisp of misty mist diffused in the sky, blurring the orange light, making the sun seem to be smudged away.

Suddenly there was a faint roar in the ears, and the earth trembled slightly.Cheng Mo stood on the side of the co-pilot, looking into the distance.

The field of vision above the wilderness is wide, and the horizon is like a half-circle panoramic view. The weed piles and rolling low hills have been inlaid with a layer of flowing golden borders by the morning glow.A veil-like mist rose below the sun, like rolling waves. He fixed his eyes and saw that below the waves was a convoy consisting of more than 20 jeeps with machine guns and pickups with rapid-fire guns.

The speed of the convoy was extremely fast, and it rushed out of the blurred halo of the rising sun in an instant, as if suddenly jumping out from the center of the sun, from a row of black shadows to becoming extremely clear.

Cheng Mo condensed energy in his eyes, and judged that the convoy was coming in their direction, and suddenly knew something was wrong. The other party's target was probably them, not the checkpoint behind them.

"Khalid, drive away immediately." Cheng Mo shouted in a low voice, but when he turned and opened the door, he saw Khalid standing on the side of the cab just raising his hands. The stone slab, regarded as a future family heirloom, fell on the wasteland, making a cracking sound.

"It seems that I can't go!" Khaled trembled.

Cheng Mo took a closer look, and it turned out that the machine guns in the outpost beside the checkpoint had also been aimed in their direction.Although no one in the post jumped out and said clearly that you are not allowed to run, you don't need to think about what happened.Originally thought to be able to protect them, the government army happened to be the one who sold the news.Cheng Mo is used to strong winds and waves, and he is not too surprised that Syria's situation will be corrupted to the point that there will always be Freedom Army appearing in the main road, and he still colludes with the government
Right now is not the time to think about these things. The most important thing in a war-torn place is the unexpected.In fact, he has also considered whether to find a security team, but it is more dangerous to do so when there is no one he can trust, so it is better to keep a low profile and go on the road.

At this time, Athena also noticed the abnormality, pressed the window, and stared at the direction where the dust and smoke billowed.

Cheng Mo raised his hand to push the glasses, only to remember that his pair of plain glasses fell into the Mediterranean Sea two years ago, he put down his hands, did not look at Athena beside him, and said in French: "Not yet It's really bad to go out [-] kilometers and then something happens."

There was no emotion on Athena's face, she just said coldly: "Kill them all?"

"Kill them all?" Cheng Mo was more or less resentful of Athena throwing away his own Uroboros, he rolled his eyes, "Now you are not the god who blocks and kills gods, and the Buddha blocks and kills Buddha's list Number one, Athena, you are just a Celestial Dragon who is stronger than ordinary people, and you are [-]% sure to kill them when facing an army of hundreds of people?"

Athena didn't care about Cheng Mo's seemingly teasing sarcasm, observed the coming convoy, and said lightly: "Maybe you will be injured, but since they came to your door, you can only try it." Said Athens Na turned around, as if picking up something, then opened the door and got out of the car. She stood by the door and said, "Wait and protect yourself."

Cheng Mo lowered his head and saw Athena hiding a few iron picks in his sleeves. He squinted his eyes as he looked at the approaching convoy, and various thoughts flashed through his mind. Do it."

"If you don't do it now, it will be even more difficult to deal with when you get in the car."

"Killing them all won't solve the problem, and maybe it will cause more and bigger troubles." Cheng Mo shook his head and said, "Anyway, they didn't intend to kill us, there is a high probability that they received a report that two people came. Stupid Germans, so they rushed over and kidnapped us to blackmail the German government for a sum of money."

"so troublesome."

"The simpler the problem-solving method in mathematics, the more wisdom is needed. In reality, the simpler the solution is, the more strength is needed. In the case of insufficient strength, you can only carefully examine the problem first, use known conditions, and find Find the best solution to the problem, which is the same as doing a math problem”

"so what?"

"So, we have to look at the group of people first and see what their purpose is. Maybe killing them all is not the best choice. Besides, even if we want to kill them all, we can't do it in such a conspicuous place."

"Then I'll see how you solve the problem." Athena let go, and the sharp iron picks slipped from her sleeves and fell into the low grass at her feet.

Cheng Mo thought to himself: "I don't mean to tell you to ignore everything!" But at this time, he didn't want to admit defeat, so he stopped discussing with Athena.The two people stood side by side leaning against the side of the pickup truck calmly, watching the convoy approaching with turbulent sand and dust.

But in a moment, with the roar of the engine, the jeep and pickup, which seemed to be painted with a layer of dirty yellow paint, showed a half-moon shape and stopped not far from Cheng Mo and Athena, and the motorcycle team behind the car rushed away. Coming up, the knights wearing sunglasses and covering their faces with scarves twisted the handle vigorously, and the engine roared and raised a large cloud of dust, surrounding them in the center.

Those knights looked like bandits who robbed houses in the punk wasteland. Unfortunately, their mounts were not sci-fi enough. They were all broken things, which made people very entertaining.

This kind of scene was countless levels worse than Cheng Mo being besieged by a group of cyborgs driving a modified car in Denmark, so he didn't find it scary at all, but felt a little secondary and funny. He calmly glanced at the motorcycle The "red, white, and green" tricolor flag, thinking: "It turns out to be a Queer German"

A worn-out Hummer in the middle dismounts a man in the traditional garb of a queer Depeshmeg warrior. The shirt is a woolen tunic, and the trousers are breeches with a wide bellyband, on the right side of the wide bellyband A .45 caliber automatic pistol is inserted, and a combat knife is inserted on the left.His hair is relatively thin and messy on his forehead. His eyes are not big, but they are still the standard size, probably caused by long-term use of sniper rifles. His shallow beard is almost full of cheeks, and his appearance is a bit like that of Yi Lak. Former commander Saddam Hussein.

The man who looked like Saddam stood in front of the Humvee and yelled a few words, and Khalid on the other side ran over. He obviously recognized which side the Freedom Army belonged to through the flag. He raised his hands and walked towards the man, stammering, "Is Dr. Azar there? My father knows Dr. Azar."

The man looked up and down at the sweaty Khalid, and said with a blank expression: "Dr. Azar died in a battle with the Jihad Brigade last year."

Khalid tilted his head in pain, "Sorry, I."

Before Khalid finished speaking, the man looked at Cheng Mo and Athena standing behind him and asked, "Who are they?"

"They are not lighthouse people. Really, there are passports in the car." Khalid said quickly, he waved his hand, and said sincerely, "I am very sorry for the death of the doctor. He also treated me when I was a child."

The man said coldly: "I asked you who they are? It means what they do, I don't want you to tell me which country they are from!"

"They're just ordinary tourists!" Khaled pointed to Cheng Mo and Athena, "I wanted to go to Lebanon, but I went to Syria by mistake. I'm sending them to Damascus and then to Lebanon." Khaled He raised his hand, "They are not lighthouse people, and they have no malice towards us, Syria!"

"Tourists who entered by mistake?" The man sneered, "No matter what the reason is, as long as they are heretics, they are guilty."

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The motorcycle riders who kept circling around had stopped, surrounded them, and raised their guns for vigilance.The noisy wasteland returned to calm, which allowed Cheng Mo to hear the conversation between Khaled and the man clearly.However, Syriac and Saudi are obviously the same language, but there are not small differences in grammar and pronunciation. It is roughly similar to the difference between Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese. It is obviously the same language, but it is difficult Understand, Cheng Mo can only guess the approximate meaning based on the pronunciation.

Combining the expressions and movements of the two people, as well as the current situation, Cheng Mo heard the content of the conversation between the two people closely, so when Khalid walked back dejectedly, Cheng Mo asked directly: "What do they need?" ? Money? Weapons?"

Khalid stopped in his tracks, hesitated and said, "They need medicine." He lowered his head to avoid Cheng Mo's gaze, and said in a difficult tone, "As long as you cooperate with the pressure on the German government, let the German government or the charity If the organization donates a batch of drugs, it won’t do anything to you.”

Cheng Mo nodded and said in a low voice, "Khalid, there's no need to feel guilty, it's none of your business, you tell them, as long as they let you drive back, we will cooperate."

Khalid rolled his throat, still lowered his head and said in a low voice: "They didn't mean to embarrass me."

Cheng Mo smiled, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he opened the car door, picked up the backpack, took out a stack of euros wrapped in plastic bags, walked over and stuffed them into Khalid's arms, "Then Get your reward and hurry away!"

Khalid didn't answer, he looked up at Cheng Mo, and said with shame: "Mr. Reketska, I agreed to send you to Damascus, but I"

Cheng Mo put the money into Khalid's coat pocket, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, just do your best."

Khalid's eyes were red, "Mr. Recketska."

Cheng Mo didn't like such a mother-in-law. He raised his hands and walked towards "Saddam", and said loudly in English, "Can you understand English? I need to talk to your leader."

The man didn't speak immediately, he stared at Cheng Mo and glanced up and down, his eyes were cold and ruthless like a goshawk looking down on the prey, and the two broom eyebrows added a bit of fierceness, as if he might pull out the gun stuck in his waist at any time The battle knife slit his throat.Cheng Mo also saw the same temperament in Muhammad Oweis, the cold temperament honed in the war for many years.

When Cheng Mo was about to approach, a young man in a wool hat stepped forward to stop him, groped around him, found two pistols and took them away before allowing Cheng Mo to move forward.

When Cheng Mo calmly walked in front of the man, the man squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice in English with a strong accent: "You are not a passenger who strayed in."

"Of course." Cheng Mo said without hesitation, "But the specific situation is more complicated, and our identities are indeed quite special."

"It doesn't matter how special it is. We have to get what we want"

"My partner and I are Interpol." Cheng Mo lowered his voice, "In order to investigate the case of drug trafficking, we got on a ship carrying arms by mistake, so we had to disembark at Latakia."

"Interpol?" The answer was beyond the man's expectation. There was a little surprise on the stern, dark face engraved with vicissitudes, and even his vacant eyes widened a little.

As soon as Cheng Mo saw the flag of the Kurdish people, he knew the identity of "Interpol", which not only won him a lot of things, but also greatly relieved his survival crisis. More or less, in order to win international sympathy, they will not do anything too outrageous.Especially the organization of the Queer Germans has a relatively good reputation in the world. They will definitely not kill two Interpol and cause an explosion of public opinion in the international community.

"Yes, I also have an Interpol certificate on me. If you have the Internet, you can also call to check."

"I'm not trying to extort money, it's just that the lighthouse man betrayed us, not only cut off our supplies, but also cut off the supply of medicines, we are in urgent need of medicines now." The man's voice softened, "For our brothers and sisters, I do not have choice"

"Understandable." Cheng Mo shrugged his shoulders, "If you just need medicine, we are willing to help you get what you need."

"Thank you." The man said, and then he extended his hand to Cheng Mo.

Cheng Mo also put down his hand and held it together with the opponent's hand. It was a strong and extremely rough hand, so that Cheng Mo could clearly feel a kind of strength. He exerted a little force and said seriously: "We also It needs to be treated reasonably."

"We Kuerde people have always been warm and generous to our friends." The man also squeezed Cheng Mo's hand tightly, "My name is Tamer Haji Muhammad."

"My name is Leon Recketska. You can call me Leon Recketska, because there are too many people named Leon."

Tamer made a gesture of invitation, "Mr. Reketska, then I am very sorry, first please go to our base with your companions and sit down, and when we successfully get the medicines we need, I will personally Send you to Damascus."

Cheng Mo revealed the identity of "Interpol" not because he hoped that the other party would let him go, but because he hoped to gain proper respect. As for the matter of drugs, he believed that as long as Athena could contact the "Black Death", the problem would definitely be solved. not big.The important thing is to let the other party feel that he is not an ordinary person who can be manipulated at will, or a fat sheep who can blackmail without a bottom line.

"Wendy!" Cheng Mo turned around and waved to Athena, waited for a while beside the pickup, and Athena, who was getting impatient, walked over with a cold face.

Tamer turned her head and said something in Syriya, and a heroic female soldier jumped out of the car. She was wearing a headscarf, with two picturesque eyebrows, a high nose bridge and a small face, unlike ordinary Syriya People are so rough and square, but they have a sharp chin like Asians, which is very beautiful.In terms of appearance, of course it can't compare with Athena's national beauty, but in Syria, she is definitely a great beauty.

Apparently she was popular with the Queer German army, and someone blew the whistle.The female soldier raised her middle finger at the whistler. Holding an M10 submachine gun, she quickly walked up to Athena, stopped Athena, and motioned for a body search, but just as she raised her hand, Athena threw her down like lightning. fell to the ground.

When the dust rose, no one around could react, and no one even saw clearly how the female soldier fell to the ground.Only Cheng Mo saw Athena's movements clearly, but he had no time to stop him, so he could only turn his head to Tamer with a wry smile and said, "Mr. Tamer, I'm sorry, my companion has a bad temper, I let her hold the gun by herself." Hand it over, there are so many of you, there is really no need to be afraid of a woman."

Tamer didn't figure out what happened, so he quickly said something to the female soldier who fell to the ground with Syriya, but he couldn't stop the beautiful female soldier from jumping up and attacking Athena again. There was no accident. She fell into the dust again.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Cheng Mo hurried over, stopped in front of Athena, and said apologetically to the angry female soldier in Saudi language: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, she doesn't like people touching her very much. , I asked her to hand over the gun by herself." Then he turned around and said softly to Athena in French, "Didn't you agree to watch me solve the problem? Didn't you deliberately make it difficult for me?"

"Then she can't touch me."

"Okay, okay." Cheng Mo nodded, "If you say no, you won't let me. Give me the gun, and I won't let her touch you."

Athena took out a pistol from the inside of the padded jacket and handed it to Cheng Mo. Cheng Mo took the gun and handed it to the angry female soldier. There were booing sounds all around, as if encouraging the beautiful female soldier and Athena to continue. fight.Cheng Mo's head was as big as a bucket, and he didn't care whether the other party understood or not. He smiled and said in Saudi language: "Your leader said that we are friends and guests. Is this how you Kurds treat friends and guests? Is it?"

The beautiful female soldier gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, as if she didn't intend to let it go, Tamer spoke, and she didn't know what she said. The beautiful female soldier snatched the pistol from Cheng Mo's hand, angrily He went away blusteringly.

Cheng Mo pulled Athena and walked towards Tamer's Hummer.The soldiers who had been watching the excitement from their vehicles also returned to their vehicles, and the motorbike team that had been turned off started up again. The tractor-like engine roared through the sky, and the team was ready to leave at any time.

When Cheng Mo and Athena walked up to the Humvee, Tamer waved to the two soldiers sitting in the back seat to get out of the way. The two soldiers quickly got out of the car and climbed to the side of the pickup truck with the rapid-fire gun on the trailer.

Cheng Mo grabbed the door handle and was about to get into the car, but Khalid rushed over, panting, and said, "Mr. Reketska, let me go with you! I can still play a little role." .”

Cheng Mo turned to look at Khaled, "Why don't you take the money and go back now? The money given to you is enough for you to go to Europa."

"I know, I know, it's because of this that I have to be with you all the more." Khaled said excitedly, "Otherwise, my conscience won't be at ease."

"You'd better think about what you're doing, no one will be responsible for your life and death." Cheng Mo said seriously.

Khalid hesitated for a moment, and said sincerely: "My father taught me that favor is not just a favor, but also a test."

Cheng Mo looked at Tamer who was standing by the co-pilot's door, and he thought it would be better for Tamer to decide this matter.

Tamer nodded and said, "He knows Dr. Azar, as long as he doesn't do anything wrong to us Querds, we won't do anything to him."

Cheng Mo smiled and said, "Then my companion and I should continue to take Khalid's car."

"No problem." Tamerton paused, then said in a cold voice, "But don't have any thoughts that you shouldn't have."

Cheng Mo ignored Tamer's threats. He pulled Athena back and walked towards Khaled's pickup truck. Khalid, who was covered in sweat, also followed in the footsteps of Cheng Mo and Athena.

A moment later, an ordinary pickup truck was caught in the middle of the heavily armed convoy and drove towards the depths of the wilderness.

(End of this chapter)