long night fire

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"Why?" Long Yuehong asked in amazement.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"You have too much contact with it, and you are also yourself, so you don't realize the preciousness of this technology.

"Of all the forces, currently only our company and the 'White Knights' can stably carry out genetic improvement and produce the corresponding stock solution.

"Think about it, a person who is tall, strong, fast, responsive, well coordinated, strong in balance, strong in immunity, strong in self-healing ability, extremely energetic, has outstanding eyesight, and has a good talent for firearms. To ordinary people, isn't it like the darling of heaven? Isn't it synonymous with danger?

"However, don't rush to be proud. Some forces extremely reject genetic technology, thinking that it is a blasphemy against nature, heaven, and gods, and is the main reason for the destruction of the old world."

Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"And those who are stronger than the genetic improvers are those who have undergone genetic modification. They often have some abilities that humans do not possess. In this regard, those sub-humans who have been deformed by pollution have similar performances. I even saw It is the second person who can complete photosynthesis by itself and does not need to eat for three months.

"However, the technology of genetic modification is still very immature, and the failure rate and death rate are quite high. Don't try it lightly."

The second person is a normal human being, but was polluted and deformed in the catastrophe that destroyed the old world.

Although a large number of them died completely not long after being contaminated, some survived and passed on their aberrations to their offspring.

These people are discriminated against by normal humans, expelled from the settlement, and insultingly called "subhumans".

Due to changes in their bodies and similar encounters, people inevitably hated normal human beings, always carrying resentment that was difficult to resolve, and the two sides gradually developed into sworn enemies.

Under such circumstances, the term "subhuman" really spread in the dust and became a "scientific name".

However, in the New Era many years after the destruction of the old world, strong pollution still remains in some places, and the distortion has not disappeared from human beings, and new sub-humans are still being created.

Of course, most of the subhumans today are the result of natural reproduction.

"There are such subhumans..." Long Yuehong knew what subhumans were, but she had never heard of the subhumans described by Jiang Baimian.

Jiang Baimian let out a "hmm", glanced at Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong respectively, and said as if nothing had happened:

"In addition to those just mentioned, there is another kind of people who can be called dangerous, even very dangerous."

"What kind of person is it?" Long Yuehong was extremely curious, and so was Shang Jianyao.

Both of them have more or less understood what they said before in textbooks and training, but no one has put the corresponding content together from the perspective of "dangerous human beings".

Jiang Baimian lowered his head and smiled and said:

"Awakened."

"Awakened..." Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao repeated in whispers.

Jiang Baimian raised his head, looked at the two of them and said:

"Awakened refers to the human beings who have undergone strange mutations for some reason, and they all have some strange and terrifying abilities.

"Some people once thought that the abilities of some awakened people should be described as funny, but later, it turned out that no matter how funny the ability is, in the right scene, it can become very scary.

"So far, no force has figured out the law of the emergence of awakened people. All experiments to artificially create awakened people have failed. Therefore, the number of awakened people is very rare and it is not easy to encounter them. I did not rush to tell them before. you.

"Ah, by the way, this is knowledge that needs to be kept secret."

Long Yuehong asked worriedly:

"Team leader, you have said that the awakened one is so strong, if you encounter it, how should you deal with it?"

Shang Jianyao was silent and did not speak.

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"Except for a small number of very powerful awakeners, the abilities of most awakeners have a limited range, and this range is not large.

"Based on this, if you encounter them, try to distance yourself first and use a gun to solve the problem remotely."

"That's it..." Long Yuehong began to imagine the corresponding scene.

Shang Jianyao nodded slightly, as if thinking about something.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian added another sentence:

"Also, don't just pay attention to these dangerous humans. Our bodies are too fragile. If we are careless, seven or eight-year-old children will have a chance to kill us."

……

Bai Chen rode a heavy motorcycle, and after going around for a while, he went deep into the swamp along a seemingly soft road.

Ten minutes later, a small red dot appeared on the road in front of her.

Gently shaking red dots.

This is a warning.

Note 1: Quoted from "You Are Not Really Happy" by Mayday.Originally, in order to prevent harmony, I made this book completely empty, but sometimes, in order to arouse resonance, I still quote and adapt some realistic poems or lyrics, so that after everyone reads it, the corresponding melody and lyrics can be generated in their minds. picture.This is necessary for some of the later scenes.

Chapter 27 水围镇

Bai Chen immediately slowed down the speed of the heavy motorcycle, looked up and looked ahead.

A hundred meters away, there is a reddish-brown wall, which extends to both sides as far as possible, and turns to the rear at the end of Baichen's line of sight, as if to enclose them together.

Most of the bricks of this wall are mottled and old, but there are also a few that look very new, as if they were fired in the last year.

There are rusty barbed wire fences on the top and outside of the wall, and there is only one road to pass through.

Between the barbed wire and the wall, and on several wooden racks erected behind the wall, there are guards with dirty clothes and messy styles patrolling with guns.

The one who warned Bai Chen was the guard standing on the tallest wooden frame. He was wearing a yellowed and stiff shirt inside, and was wrapped in navy blue, padded jacket-like, bulky clothes that looked very fluffy.

The guard was carrying an automatic rifle and a black object like a pen in his hand.

The object emitted red light, which shone in front of Bai Chen, forming a small dot.

Bai Chen stopped the motorcycle, took off the helmet, and tried to push back the short hair that just passed the ears.

She is deliberately showing her identity as a woman.

This is not to charm or seduce anyone, but to make the other party relax and less nervous.

She is very clear that on the dusty soil, where there is not much order, even if guns can bring the dangers of men and women to the same level, they cannot really bridge the gap between the two sides in this respect.

Men are more dangerous than women, both physically and aggressively.

A stranger who is a man is far more intimidating than a woman.

During those years when Bai Chen wandered in the wilderness, she always showed two different states: when she needed to explore ruins, go hunting in the wild, pass through more dangerous areas, and trade with certain bandit groups, she would hide her long hair, Darken her face, change her attire, and make herself look like a man; when she is close to a settlement with a certain order, or dealing with relic hunters from big forces who care more about intelligence and old world data, she will show her identity as a woman.

When she was absorbed by the "Pangaea" and gained confidence, she could finally have a haircut that matched her ears, neither long nor short, according to her liking.

After placing the helmet in front of him, Bai Chen let the heavy motorcycle continue to move forward slowly.

During this process, the red spot of light kept swaying in front of her, landing on her motorcycle from time to time.This means that the opponent has aimed and is not careless.

When the distance between the two sides was reduced to 30 meters, Bai Chen tilted the motorcycle, put one foot on the ground, and shouted loudly:

"I'm here to find Mayor Tian Er Hetian!"

She repeated it twice, stopped talking, and waited patiently.

One of the guards on the wooden frame was separated, and it pedaled down along the slanted wooden board.

Five or six minutes later, an old man appeared on the wall.

He wore a furry dark blue hat, as if a bowl had been turned upside down on his head.

He has very obvious white hair at the sideburns, sunken eye sockets, thin face, and wrinkles where there are wrinkles, making him look very old.

However, his dark brown eyes are still bright, and his spirit is hale and hearty. It is Tian Erhe, the mayor of this settlement.

He was wearing a white and yellow T-shirt, a crumpled suit full of patches, and an army green overcoat that was too big and too long for his figure.

The lower part of his body is dark yellow woolen pants, and he doesn't know how many other pairs of pants are stuffed inside, which looks very bloated.

Tian Erhe looked at Bai Chen, carefully distinguishing for a few seconds.

"Ah..." He seemed to recognize the other party, but when he wanted to say hello, he found that Bai Chen was too far away, and he couldn't shout as casually as before.

He turned his head quickly, angrily said to the guard next to him:

"Give me my horn!

"Really, not smart at all!"

The guard responded aggrievedly:

"Your speaker has been out of battery for a long time, and the same type of battery cannot be replaced recently.

"I, I can call for you..."

Tian Erhe thought for a while and said:

"Shout for me: Bai girl, where did you die this year? I thought you were eaten by wild beasts!"

"Bai girl..." The guard suddenly realized, "Is it the Bai Chen who used to come here often?"

"Who else could it be if it wasn't her? I'm in my seventies, and my eyesight is getting worse and worse, so I can recognize it. You, a guy in your early twenties, why are you acting like a blind man?" Tian Erhe glanced at the guard. , cursed a few words.

Everyone in this settlement is used to Tian Erhe's temper, the guard didn't care about the scolding just now, and just muttered a few words:

"She looks much better than before...you can't recognize her unless you look carefully..."

Before Tian Erhe could stare at him, the guard opened his throat and shouted loudly:

"Bai girl, where did you die this year? I thought you were eaten by wild beasts!"

Bai Chen's expression softened unknowingly, and she responded loudly:

"Go somewhere else.

"Mayor, let me change something!"

This place is called "Shuiwei Town".Bai Chen heard from Tian Erhe that the name of the town came from before the destruction of the old world, and it got its name because it was surrounded by four rivers.

After the destruction of the old world, long-term melee, and multiple geological disasters, the nearby water flow has become a part of the Great Swamp, which provides a natural defensive wall for Shuiwei Town and brings enough concealment.

Only the residents of Shuiwei Town and the guests they once invited can find those seemingly mud-covered roads in the Great Swamp and arrive here in the maze-like environment.

Compared with those settlements that often had to migrate, Shuiwei Town, which has clean water and a lot of arable land, has been here since the destruction of the old world.

Tian Erhe wanted to talk loudly, but before he could actually speak, his throat was already itchy, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

"Come in, come in." He waved his hands helplessly.

The guard next to him immediately shouted:

"Come in! Come in!

"Hand the gun to the man at the door!"

Snapped!Tian Erhe patted him:

"Who asked you to add the latter sentence?

"Bai girl is someone you can trust!"

"But she hasn't been here for a year." The guard responded with a stiff neck.

Tian Erhe was silent for two seconds, turned around and walked off the wooden frame without saying anything.

Bai Chen didn't resist, and handed over all the guns on his back, the pistol on his arm belt, and the heavy motorcycle to the guard at the gate.

The iron-black door opened to the opposite side.