Gene of Brilliant City 13 Division

Chapter 613 Prologue. Chapter Zero Blank 2156. Snow

February 2155, 11

On the snow-capped mountain, under the gray sky, in a mountain forest, several deer are digging through the snow with their hooves, trying to find edible plant roots. The deer are looking at everything around them warily.

In a clump of withered plants, a black muzzle sticks out. In the clump, there are two people, one big and one small, wrapped tightly and thickly, an old man and a little girl whose face is flushed from the cold.

"Tasia, come here."

The old man handed the gun to the girl next to him little by little. The girl held the cold and piercing butt of the gun, but could not pull the trigger. She watched a young deer playing beside the doe in the herd of deer in front of her, without knowing it at all. Nearby dangers are approaching quietly.

"Son, don't hesitate, if you hesitate, you will fail, shoot."

Tasia's family hadn't caught prey for many days in a row. They had to catch prey and use the meat to exchange some food in the largest nearby human shelter, Winter Fortress, in order to survive.

Tasia's family is a hunter family living near this mountain range. After the disaster that almost wiped out human beings, his great-grandfather and his family fled here from the city with difficulty.

Tasia likes to hear some ancient stories told by her great-grandfather most. She is 16 years old this year and has to take care of everything at home. When I was just sensible, it was snow-white.

In Tasia's world, there is only white, and there is a touch of sadness on her red face, and the hand holding the trigger is pressed down little by little.

bang
Accompanied by a loud noise, a lot of boulders rolled down the mountain immediately, the deer herd scattered, and the grandpa and grandson came out of the grass in a hurry.

"Climb up to Tasia."

Grandpa yelled, Tasia hugged a thick tree, and climbed up directly. Grandpa followed closely behind. The two quickly climbed to a high place. Many people slid under this thick tree snowflake.

"No chance!"

Recently, there are fewer and fewer animals that can be hunted. Originally, the sixty or seventy families in the vicinity followed the rules. They must not kill all the animals. Ten years of cold winter has almost driven everyone to a desperate situation.

"I'm sorry Grandpa!"

Tasia began to cry sadly, but at this moment, Tasia saw a hand in the snow, which was already purple from the cold. Seeing that Tasia was about to go down, grandpa stopped her. she.

"Don't go down to Tasia, it should be the person who died on the ridge before, washed down by the avalanche."

The rustling snow is still flowing, and there is a possibility of a second avalanche. We have to wait until the situation stabilizes, then go down slowly, and then leave quietly.

Tasia had seen the dead man many times, but she always felt that the fingers of the person holding out her hand were moving. It was almost dusk and the light was poor. At this moment, Tasia exclaimed.

"The people under Grandpa are not dead, they are doing it."

Grandpa who was observing Liuxue shook his head.

"Don't be silly."

However, when Grandpa saw Ji Mo from the corner of his eyes, he snatched the gun from Tasia's hand in an instant, and pointed it at the man who really sat up, his whole body was tattered, and his bare skin was purple from the cold. In the snowy day, he only wore a thin leather jacket, which was also tattered, covered with bullet holes, and only a pair of ordinary trousers underneath. The man seemed to be too cold to bear it. , sneezing, shivering.

"But grandpa, this man is so handsome."

Tasia said that she had never seen such a handsome man with silver hair and a strong body. At this time, the man stood up, smiled and looked at the grandpa and grandson on the tree, and said hello.

"Hey, I just walked on it and fell into an ice hole, and was washed down with the avalanche, my name is Gene!"

As the man said, Grandpa finally put down the gun. At this moment, Gene squinted behind him, and suddenly a black thing jumped out. The grandfather and grandson were startled. This kind of wolf looks like a wolf, but it is actually a mutant. Animal beasts, very ferocious.

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The gun rang out, and the grandpa and grandson stared wide-eyed, seeing the monster standing upright in the air in front of them, while incredible blue particles floated from the man's eye sockets, and the monster was stuck in the air.

"I'm a little hungry, let's bake this and eat it first."

click
Accompanied by a crisp twisting sound, the monster's neck was broken, and Jin picked up the monster weighing hundreds of kilograms with one hand, leaving his grandpa and grandson stunned.

Gene turned his head to look at the grandpa and grandson on the tree, and bowed with a smile on his face.

"What is this place!"

After a while, the grandfather and grandson took Gene down the mountain and told him that this place used to be a backing town in a certain country in Eastern Europe, but now many people are stationed here.

"Jin, aren't you cold?"

Tasia looked at this strange handsome man, and really couldn't understand it. In such a big winter, it was strange that he was not frozen to death in such a dress, and looking at this man's appearance, it seemed that there was something special about him. Strength, at this time, Grandpa was worried in his heart, because he instinctively felt that this man was very dangerous.

Although the light was very dark, Grandpa Oleg carefully observed the man's body. There was no scar on his body, but there were a lot of blood stains, and the strangeness of this man made Oleg a little worried.

At this time, Tasia looked at the monster that Jean was holding with greedy eyes. This kind of very violent monster that suddenly appeared, many of them looked like wolves or tigers or something, very bloodthirsty, but fortunately their flesh It can be eaten, but eating it will have a certain impact on the human body, but in the case of this kind of food shortage, I can't care so much.

Moreover, the bones of this monster are very valuable and can be exchanged for some supplies, because there is an anti-viral component in the monster's bones, which can be made into medicine.

"I'm dying of cold, would you like to lend me your padded jacket, little sister?"

Gene just said so casually, Tasia was about to take off the padded jacket, but was stopped by Gene.

"I'm a little different from normal humans. I'm always completely lost."

Jean's idea at this time is to quickly return to the plateau called the Arena. Now that the situation in the Arena has stabilized, all forces have begun to cooperate to build the wall. Among them, their forces are the largest. The forces of all parties also began to gradually obey them.

"Mr. Jean, where are you from?"

Oleg asked.

"Come over from the Himalayas."

Oleg understood right away. He had heard from his late father that many people chose to go to high altitudes to survive in an increasingly deteriorating environment. Their family went directly to the plateau over the mountains, but it was too difficult and dangerous to cross the mountains, and they missed the best opportunity.

At the moment when the disaster strikes, the terrifying deadly virus is also raging the whole world. It is feasible for most people to go to the plateau by using transportation at the first time, but those who are slow can only go to the plateau in that chaotic era. To make a living, living in such a deep mountain is also the best choice for most human beings.

"You're stupid Gene!"

Tasia laughed, and Gene stopped Tasia and didn't ask her to give him a padded jacket. Along the way, Oleg asked a lot about that plateau, and Gene just told him casually, the current situation there Stable, there are tens of millions of people living.

This made Oleg extremely shocked. The sun has disappeared for decades, and even if it appeared, there was only a little bit of twilight, and these twilights are gradually dying out. In the past, some things could be planted on the outdoor land, but There is no sunlight now, and the plants are gradually dying. More than half of the plants in this mountain forest are already dead.

There are still some survivors on the higher peaks, but it has been more than 30 years. In such a bad climate, Oleg is very clear that those people may have died, and it can often be seen that accompanied by avalanches, Someone's body was washed down.

The sporadic twilight lights spread in front of Jin's eyes. He was a little happy. He didn't know how long he hadn't seen the light. He went to the Heaven's Punishment Pit to search for resources. At present, Gu Yi and Tang Rao discovered a new substance and started to work on it. Research, the research has achieved a phased success, and he shouldered the heavy responsibility of finding resources for the entire arena.

It’s just that when they came out, there was a team of 50 people, but on the way, those who died of illness, or died in a fierce exchange of fire with some places that still had remnants of forces, the final resources were obtained and the remaining 6 people were responsible for the resources. Bring back.

Gene originally wanted to go back with him. After all, he was a little worried and wanted to see his wife Ellie very much. However, on the way, Gene saw the light from the northern border of Asia. He did remember that place. There is a giant dragon lighthouse, so I decided to take a look at it by myself.

After bringing a certain amount of food and a locator, Gene set off alone. Unfortunately, on the way, Gene saw the light of the lighthouse go out.

After arriving at the lighthouse, bloodthirsty mutated monsters were everywhere in this huge facility. There were fierce battles, and dead people were everywhere. Jean was looking for people who might still be alive.

However, he was disappointed in the end. No one survived, everyone died. He once again saw the destruction of a human gathering place. After cleaning up most of the monsters and burying the dead people one by one, Jean left.

During the battle, the locator was broken, and Gene could only walk by feeling, but he didn't expect to go all the way, and went directly to Europe, which Gene didn't expect.

Looking at the grandpa and grandson in front of him, Gene could tell that they were hungry, and they had been hungry for a long time, and kept staring at the things in his hand.

"After going back later, eat to your heart's content!"

Tasia showed an excited smile, and finally entered the village. This village is not big, with [-] or [-] households. At this time, Oleg and Tasia had just returned. After someone heard the noise, several nearby families They came out one after another, looking at them eagerly.

Gene glanced and found that these people had some physical problems. Some people had some sarcoids and dark spots on their faces. It seemed that their health was not very good. It should be caused by eating some contaminated food for a long time.

After a while, all the people in the village came out. More than 100 people surrounded them. Every household took out some scattered things and set up a big pot. This monster weighing more than 150 kilograms After being skinned, the villagers began to sit around and deal with it. During this period of time, everyone had a hard time.

The village seemed to be full of old people and children, and young adults were rarely seen. After getting a pipe and some shredded tobacco from a villager, Jean sat down and smoked leisurely. He was wearing an animal skin .

Tasia only had her grandfather and herself at home, and her elder brother went to Winter City, and would bring something back from time to time, but there was no news at all recently. Tasia's parents were unfortunately killed in the previous confrontation between the two forces. It was brought up by grandpa.

The villagers handled it very carefully, scraping off all the remaining meat from the bones and putting them into the boiling cauldron. Gene didn't say anything, saying that it was a welcome gift for everyone.

"Thank you Gene."

Tasia came to Gene, holding pieces of ice flakes snapped from the tree. Gene smiled at this shy and innocent little girl, and took the ice flakes with a smile.

Although Gene wanted to stay for a few days before leaving, but thinking about the situation in front of him, he decided to stay for a while.

Afterwards, Gene understood the situation a little bit. Winter City has a large area. It used to be a big town. After the disaster, the government that still existed at that time also came there and began to build walls. Most of the people ran to the mountains After more than 50 years of hard work, it was finally established more than 20 years ago.

Now that it has been 80 years since God's punishment passed, Gene is very clear that this place may not last long. The Atlantic Ocean should have been frozen in a large area due to the extremely low temperature, so the follow-up disaster caused by the impact in the center of the Pacific Ocean has not spread. , Gene asked some more about the virus, but the virus has only been a large-scale outbreak in the big cities, not here.

Seeing some old villagers trying hard to cut the bones, Jean walked over and held up a hand, only to see a blue light flashing, and instantly the extremely hard monster bones were cut into pieces Everyone exclaimed.

Under the inquiries of the villagers, Jin only said that he was just one of the people whose bodies had mutated on that plateau. Many people on that plateau had mutated and could use some similar superpowers. the power of.

Tasia was fascinated by hearing this, and looked at Gene with some longing.

"Gene, can you take me there?"

"Stop talking nonsense Tasia."

Oleg looked at Gene with some seriousness at this time, and Gene realized something and nodded hurriedly.

"Sorry Tasia, it's basically impossible to reach that plateau now."

Seeing Tasia's disappointed expression, Gene put one hand on her head.

"Tasia, can you arrange a place to sleep for me? I'm a little tired and want to have a good sleep."

Tasia hummed, and took Gene into her house, a three-storey log cabin, with a lot of wooden furniture in the house, which was neatly tidied up, and the floor and windows, including the walls, were fully booked. Animal skin, the room is much warmer, and the stove is still burning. Gene sat comfortably on the animal skin cushion and leaned back.

Tasia opened a room opposite the living room, which contained a bed.

"You can just sleep here, Gene, although it smells a bit heavy, it's warm."

Tasia turned her head and looked at Gene with some surprise. He had already fallen asleep with his head tilted. Tasia found a piece of animal skin to cover Gene's body, and tiptoed out.

As soon as she went out, Tasia took a jug of wine from an old man next door, drank a big gulp, smiled comfortably, stretched her nose to smell the meat, and the villagers began to sing Come on, many people here are relying on helping each other to maintain a minimum level of survival. Many people have not eaten any decent food for many days.

Grass roots, bark, leaves, and everything that can be eaten can hardly be found around here. If you want to go hunting in the deep mountains, you have to risk the risk of being attacked by such monsters and the physical strength required to travel long distances.

Recently, people who went hunting in the mountains did not come back for many days. Everyone knew that they had died in the mountains.

Oleg looked at Tasia, who was blushing and dancing among the villagers, and felt a little uncomfortable. He pressed his abdomen, and the lump was getting bigger and bigger, knowing that his time was numbered. .

His granddaughter is just 16 years old, and it is the beginning of a flower-like life. He must teach her granddaughter how to survive, so recently, he often takes his granddaughter to hunt in places where the return journey only takes one hour, for a month in a row. Finally came across some deer, but not bad luck, and met that weird young man in Gene.

In the midst of laughter, everyone squatted down with their bowls, happiness was on their faces, and they could finally drink a bowl of thick broth. This big pot was enough for more than 100 people in the village to eat for several days. Some people will eat sparingly, and they should be able to last for more than half a month.

Dark night
Like a curtain in the sky, Tasia and Grandpa sat by the fire at the door, and it was time for Grandpa to tell himself stories again.

"Tasia, what do you think? Yefim has been here before. Think about it. It might be easier to live in Winter City."

Tasia shook her head in disgust.

"That person who is almost 20 years older than me, how could I like him."

Oleg sighed. Yefim is a security officer in Winter City, and his family is much better than them. When he took Tasia to Winter City to trade furs for food a few months ago, he believed Yefim said that he liked Tasia very much and hoped to marry her. Oleg was very happy at the time. Although Yefim looked average, in this age, being able to marry a sheriff was considered a Fortunately for his granddaughter, he has no ability to create anything for his granddaughter.

"Grandpa, I think we should follow Gene to the Himalayas!"

As soon as Tasia opened her mouth, Oleg's face changed suddenly. He didn't know how the man named Jin endured such a harsh environment to come here, but ordinary people want to cross mountains and mountains and cross thousands of kilometers. The mountains are tantamount to asking for a dead end.

"No way, Tasia, you have such a delicate body, there is no way to cross mountains and ridges."

Tasia also nodded, and she just had a little longing in her heart. At this time, she picked up the bowl on the side, filled a large bowl of broth, and brought it in. Gene woke up at this time , yawned, drank the broth comfortably, and praised the taste.

"It's a pity there aren't some vegetables."

Just as Gene was speaking, seeing Tasia a little embarrassed, he immediately shook his head with a smile.

"This small bag of bones can be exchanged for more food?"

Gene looked at the small bag on Tasia's waist, which contained less than 20 bones.

"There are already a lot, which can be exchanged for 1 kilogram of flour."

Gene had an idea in his mind. He hadn't seen so many mutated animals on that plateau for the time being. Gene was somewhat interested in what the medicinal ingredients extracted from the bones of such animals could do.

"When are you going to change, take me with you."

Tasia excitedly ran out the door and asked for a while, then ran in.

"Grandpa said to go the day after tomorrow."

Gene raised his head and put down the broth. He hasn't eaten for many days, he thought for a while and said.

"Let's continue hunting tomorrow. If I help, it should be very rewarding. Tell me where there are so many of these monsters. I'll go and hunt some of them back."

Jin's idea is that the body of this monster has produced resistance substances to certain substances that cause mutations due to mutations, so there are ingredients in the bones that can be made into medicines.

Gene didn't have any biological detection equipment at hand, otherwise he was already interested and wanted to check the cell genes of this monster, and it seemed that he could only go to the city.

"By the way, Gene, can you tell me what's on that plateau!"

Looking at the innocent Tasia, Gene scratched his head and fell silent for a while.

"Where there are too many people gather, there will always be fights, and it's not a good place."

Tasia snorted.

Gene asked a lot of things afterward. The current population of Winter City is probably less than 20. Including the surrounding small villages like them, the number of people living on this land is less than 30.

There is a solar lamp greenhouse plantation in the city, but the output is average, only enough to supply the people in the city, and this place relies on thermal power to generate electricity. There is a thermal power plant in the west of the city, built on the edge of a coal mine In fact, the storage capacity of coal mines is still very large.

There is no currency here, only barter, and there are managers. There used to be large-scale conflicts in this land, and finally the smoke cleared, and people finally adopted a posture of mutual help. Alexei, the city lord, manages Winter City.

There are sheriffs and security officers in the city, which are equivalent to the army, but many of them are technical people, and they are also responsible for checking all the equipment in the city.

Gene probably already knew the structure of everything. Lying quietly on the bed at night, Gene became a little uneasy. He knew exactly what the fate of the people in this place would be.

I have seen too many human settlements finally go to extinction. Problems in the fringes are the beginning of the collapse of a human society.

Food will be unavailable one day, and the environment will continue to deteriorate. This is just the beginning. Gene has gone out to investigate many times and knows exactly what this means.

This place is not safe, Jean can see it from the ridge, from the strange light above the ocean, those harmful substances are slowly moving over, and will eventually come here, covering everything here.

At this moment, the door of the room was knocked, and Gene got up. After opening the door, Oleg was still awake, and he stared at Gene blankly.

"Jin, I just hope you stop talking to Tasia about that plateau."

Gene nodded.

"I promise."

Oleg said thank you, then walked up, almost fell, and Gene caught him.

"My health is failing, and my granddaughter is still young. The only way for her is to marry Yefim, the sheriff in the city, so that she can live a stable life in the next few decades. You know what I mean!"

Gene nodded.

"This is also a helpless thing. It is impossible for you to cross the mountains to go to that plateau. It is impossible to go around. I have not seen anyone who can survive the past for decades."

Oleg looked at Gene with some surprise, Gene smiled and bowed.

"Good night, Mr. Oleg."

(End of this chapter)