Merit Book·Xinghai

"Huh...huh...huh..."

Mia lay on the ground, trying to restrain her shortness of breath due to nervousness, staring straight ahead through the narrow opening in front of her.

She knew that Grandpa was hiding at another nearby hole, but because of the angle, she could only vaguely see the reddish-brown stone protruding beside the hole.As a result, loneliness and panic swept over the sky, and the sweaty hand trembled, and it was almost impossible to hold the crudely made stone axe.

Outside this narrow cave, a monster that looks like a rotten tree root is slowly rummaging for food. It is two people tall, and its sharp claws gently stroke the ground. The hard stone is like tofu. Cracked, and a pothole more than half a foot deep appeared on the ground.The monster dug again, and pulled out a slender brown worm that was constantly writhing from the ground, stretched out its barbed tongue, and swallowed the thing into its mouth, barely chewing it. .

Mia's scalp tingled for a while, and deep fear was involuntarily revealed in her eyes.

That monster, whose scientific name is the Kolo Lizard, was a ferocious monster that even an army would have to dispatch at least two elite teams to deal with in her previous cognition.But here, it is one of the weakest creatures other than humans, and it is also the only ration that she and grandpa can hunt.

This is Mia's first hunt. For this day, she has been exercising in the dark and gloomy underground cave for half a year, but when she really faced the actual combat, she realized that her strength is so weak, and her preparations are too weak. Far from adequate.The scales on the Kolo lizard are so hard and thick, she doubts whether the stone ax in her hand can cut a gap in it, and the claws and teeth are so sharp, as long as they are scratched, they will either die or be injured .

Mia involuntarily flinched, but then immediately became firm again—grandpa is already old, if she keeps being a useless drag, then sooner or later, she will kill her only relative.In order to prevent the tragedy from happening, she must become stronger as soon as possible, be able to be independent, and become a strong person that grandpa can trust and rely on!

Thinking of this, infinite courage seemed to surge up from the bottom of my heart, and the trembling of my arms suddenly stopped.At this moment, the Kolo lizard suddenly let out a terrifying howl, its huge head was shaking, dark red blood flowed down its cheeks to the ground, and one eye had turned into a blood hole, because there was a fist-sized The stone is deeply embedded in it.

Mia was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that it was Grandpa who had already launched an attack, so she rushed out without thinking, jumped up high, raised the stone ax with both hands and slashed down!

"Hi-yah!"

The stone ax slammed heavily on the scales on the back of the Kolo lizard, sparking a stream of sparks.

"It happened!"

When her body fell to the ground, Mia had already realized that the attack she had launched hastily slashed on the hard carapace on the back of the Kolo lizard, which did not cause the slightest trauma to the monster, but caught the attention of the Kolo lizard. The force is drawn to himself.The Koro lizard turned its head, and the other scarlet eye stared at Mia who fell to the ground. It opened its mouth wide, and the stench almost made the girl faint.

"boom!"

Seeing that the monster's gleaming teeth were about to bite Mia's body in half, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the side, and punched the Koro lizard heavily on the jaw.As if being hit head-on by a high-speed car, the upper body of the Koro lizard involuntarily raised, and a hoarse growl came out of its mouth.And the black film didn't stop, it rushed to the Kolo lizard like lightning, almost embraced the ugly monster, and punched the softer abdomen of the Kolo lizard several times, "Boom boom boom" several times. After the sound, the Koro lizard fell to the ground with a bang, thick red liquid overflowed from its mouth, its limbs were still twitching, but it gradually lost its sound.

Although this black shadow that rushed out suddenly killed the fierce beast that ordinary people would turn pale upon hearing it, it didn't look strong or cool. He had white hair and a thin figure. Hunched, covered his mouth and let out a few suppressed coughs, like an ordinary old man who was dying.

Mia, who was stunned, hurriedly got up from the ground, held the old man's arm, and shouted with shame and grievance: "Grandpa..."

"Don't be in a daze." The old man Mi Dong coughed twice, waved his hands and said, "Clean up quickly, the commotion was too loud just now, we have to leave quickly."

"Hmm!" It's not that Mia doesn't understand this truth.She promised, looked at Mi Dong worriedly, and grabbed the old man's arm with both hands, as if she wanted to pass on her youth and strength to the other party, then let go, and the two trembled slightly They quickly skinned and deboned the Koro lizard's body, cut off as much edible meat and internal organs as possible, tied them up with a few rags and ropes, so that they could be taken back to their temporary shelter.

Not long after, the huge body of the Koro Lizard had turned into piles of scales, broken bones, pieces of meat, and the like. Only one head remained ferocious as before.Seeing that today's work is about to be completed, Mia couldn't help showing a somewhat relaxed expression. Suddenly, her waist tightened, and she was thrown to the side. The extremely fast speed even made her eyes go dark, and she regained her senses. At that time, she found that she had moved a distance of more than ten meters in an instant.

Seven or eight arrows were nailed to their original positions, and the huge force even caused most of the arrows to miss the ground. If Mia was still in place, she must have turned into a corpse at this time.

Mi Dong held the girl in one hand, and in the other hand held a leg bone removed from the Koro lizard. His face was as cold as iron, with murderous intent in his eyes, and he looked coldly at the dozen or so people who suddenly appeared around him. personal.

These people were dressed in rags, and some even wore a piece of colorless animal skin around their waists. Their expressions all carried the madness and cruelty of desperadoes.Their weapons were also very simple, only three or four of them held homemade bows and arrows, most of the rest were made of stone tools or animal bones, and one person even had bare hands, only ten nails were very sharply ground.But the shabby appearance does not mean that they are weak. On the contrary, being able to survive in this place proves the strength of these people.

——It's just that there are always some people who dare not swing their weapons at monsters even in desperation, but choose to regard their own kind as their prey.

Because of human intelligence and emotions, sometimes it is much easier to hunt than single-celled beasts.

Judging from the positions of the attackers, they were headed by a strong man with a bald head. This man also had the best bow and arrow in his hands. At the same time, he had a short knife ground from animal teeth pinned to his waist.

The bald head smacked his lips, as if he regretted the futility of the sneak attack.His eyes flickered, assessing the degree of threat Mi Dong showed to him just now, after hesitating for a moment, he lowered his head and said, "Put this thing down, you can leave."

In his opinion, such a decision is probably very magnanimous, but there was a flash of anger on Mi Dong's face - in the past, no one had dared to talk to him like this, but the girl in his hand was soft and trembling slightly The body of Mi Dong annihilated the sudden killing intent in his heart, hesitating for a while, Mi Dong led the girl back slowly, keeping his eyes on the attackers all the time, not daring to leave his back to them.

The same was true for the attackers, even though the two of Mi Dong showed signs of retreating, none of them relaxed their vigilance, and the bow and arrow in the bald-headed hand always moved with Mi Dong's movement.Only Mia looked at the piece of meat that was gradually moving away, and her expression could not help showing a bit of unwillingness and desire.

"and many more."

Seeing that Mi Dong and the others were about to approach a hole about three meters square on the ground, the bald head suddenly shouted, and everyone suddenly raised their vigilance, and the air seemed to become tense.

The bald head put down the bow and arrow in his hand, took a few steps forward, picked up a bundle of bright red meat on the ground, threw it vigorously, and threw it at Mi Dong, and said at the same time: "It's not good to let you work hard, you take these go."

Seeing the lost things returned to her hands, although it was only a few tenths of the original, Mia still showed joy because of this unexpected joy, and even her perception of the bald head improved a lot.But Mi Dong's face became even uglier, but he didn't say much, took the meat, took a deep look at the bald head, and was about to jump into the cave with Mia.

At this moment, one of the bald men accidentally raised his head and exclaimed, "Tang Yu!"

The sudden sound made everyone stunned, and one of them almost shot the arrow in his hand.However, after a short reaction, everyone put the confrontation behind them, looked up at the sky in unison, and showed ecstatic expressions together.

In the sky, hundreds of thousands, even millions of white dots appeared out of thin air, and gradually became larger, forming a veritable shower.The pure white "raindrops" fell to the ground at a leisurely speed, occupying the entire sky and the sight of everyone on the ground in a short while.

Immediately, it was like pouring cold water into a boiling oil pan.

If you look down from a high altitude at this time, you can see that the entire planet is completely boiling because of this "rain".

Although there are many "raindrops", they are very rare compared to the spread of the planet, and sometimes you may not see one in a radius of tens of miles.Therefore, to be able to seize this "opportunity" requires the ability to accurately judge its location, strong competitiveness—or combat effectiveness—and a little bit of luck.

And these few, the bald team is not lacking.They have lived here for a long time, and with their rich experience, they can tell that there is a raindrop in the sky that will fall nearby.The bald head made a decisive decision and immediately said: "Let's go!"

A group of people didn't even give alms to the Kolo lizard meat they had snatched before, and rushed to the place where the white dot was about to fall as fast as possible, and the body covered by the rags revealed an imposing momentum .

In the blink of an eye, there were only grandpa and grandson Mia left in the vicinity.

Only then did Mi Dong let go of Mia.The girl landed on the ground, turned to look at the old man, and said hesitantly, "Grandpa, we..."

Mi Dong coughed twice, and then said: "No hurry." He quickly hid all the bundled pieces of meat, then looked at Mia with longing eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's go and have a look too, the camera Do things. But when you get there, you're going to..."

"I understand." Mia said quickly: "I will find a place to hide first, I will not be impulsive, and I will not cause you trouble."

Mi Dong added: "If I want to say run, you run for your life immediately, don't worry about anything else, can you do it?"

Mia bit her lip, nodded and said, "I see." She understood what Mi Dong meant—if he was in danger, she should immediately drop him and run for his life.The girl agreed with her mouth, but she was secretly thinking: If even her grandfather is dead, she is alone in this hellish place, even if she is lingering on her last breath, what's the point of living?

Mi Dong didn't say anything.The girl's thoughts were written on white paper, and it could be seen at a glance that Mi Dong felt a little helpless, but these words were just his habitual exhortations, and they didn't have a strong taste.Because Mi Dong is very confident, he doesn't think there are many people on this planet who are stronger than him. Even if he can't beat him, he can always escape with a little girl.If it wasn't for Mia who was by his side just now, as for the bald group of people, he could have kept them all with one hand.If someone thinks that he is weak because he is old and sick, it is a big mistake.

When the two arrived near the predicted landing point, the sugar rain was still slowly falling in the space, and dozens of people had already surrounded the area. Everyone looked nervous, with weapons in their hands ready to go.The other groups of people in twos and threes knew that they had little hope of gaining something, but they were reluctant to leave. They lingered nearby, hoping that when the sugar rain fell, they could fish in troubled waters.

Mi Dong and the two hid in the distance, and Mi Ya looked up at the falling ball hundreds of meters above, slightly dazed.

This is the first time she has seen people's feast on this planet - sugar rain.

Spectacular, beautiful, leisurely.

...and despair.

"Grandpa, is that how I came here?" Mia asked softly.

"...Well." Mi Dong replied in a low voice.

Mia was silent.

During this period of time, she tried her best not to recall the past life, not to think about the reasons for all this, desperately mastering the skills to survive in this place, forgetting the past, and not looking forward to the future, just trying to survive Live every day now.But now, this white rain suddenly awakened all the memories and pains. Thinking that she had fallen into this hell so irretrievably, Mia's body trembled slightly, and her tightly clenched hands were dripping. The blood fell on the ground without noticing it.

Mi Dong sighed silently, but didn't say anything - no matter how painful it was, she had to get through this level by herself.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the sugar rain finally slowly fell to the ground, and there were more sneaky figures nearby.When the giant white sphere was still seven or eight meters above the ground, someone finally couldn't hold back, jumped up high and grabbed the "raindrop", and ruthlessly tore off a large piece of white floc from it.

It was like stabbing a hornet's nest. Many people rushed up in a swarm, and quickly tore the white ball into pieces. Some people couldn't wait to stuff the white floc into their mouths and ate it hungrily.But the bald head, Mi Dong and other more powerful contenders did not move.

Those flocs are just an optional addition to "Sugar Rain", what really matters is what's inside.They wait to see if those things are worth their while.

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Sugar rain is certainly not real rain.

That is the only way to obtain materials from the civilized world on this isolated, harsh, primitive and wild planet.

Many years ago, someone invented a strange sugar ball, which is white, soft, contains a small amount of sugar and relatively rich nutrients, and can expand rapidly in a short period of time, with a diameter of up to 30 meters. For a certain number of objects, the thick white sugar silk on the outside is both elastic and sticky, fireproof and waterproof, and can well protect the objects inside.No matter how fragile the object contained in it--a glass or a baby--even if it is thrown from a height of thousands of meters outside the planet, the impact force when it finally hits the ground is too weak to cause any damage to it.

Once this kind of sugar ball called "Marshmallow" appeared, it immediately became popular in the entire Landia Empire, and soon became the first choice for delivering materials to this planet.In the past, in order to avoid the possibility that the people on the planet could obtain technological products and transform them into spaceships, and then escape from the planet, the outside world has always used very primitive parachutes to drop various materials including people. Not many people cared about the casualties, but some supplies were seriously damaged when they landed, but many people couldn't bear it, so the welcome of cotton candy can be imagined.

However, this delivery method also has a disadvantage: without tearing off the layer of sugar wrapped on the outside, no one knows what is inside—it may be food, it may be clean water, it may be medicine, or it may be ... are people.

In a few breaths, the outer layer of sugar silk has been torn off by the hungry crowd, and a part of the inside is vaguely exposed.The bald head felt that the appearance of the thing looked very strange, and it was not any kind of material he had obtained from marshmallow balls.Hard texture, cyan translucent, that kind of feeling...Suddenly, he remembered a certain legend, his pupils shrank suddenly, and shouted: "Wait...stop!"

But the last layer of sugar has been torn off by anxious people, and the internal objects are completely exposed to everyone. Looking at it, most people are stunned for no reason.A moment later, a frightened, broken scream pierced the air: "Ice coffin! This is the ice coffin!"

With a bang, everyone fled in all directions as if they had heard the sound of a bomb.There are also a few people who asked blankly: "What is the ice coffin...?" But no one in the know is willing to stop and explain to them.No one is a fool. Seeing that everyone else is running for their lives, even if they don't know why, the rest of them will run away.

If you are not clever, you will not live long in this place.

What was left behind by everyone was a cabinet-shaped object more than three meters high. The light blue translucent material exuded a faint cold air. It really looked like a coffin made of ice, and a human figure could be seen inside of shadows.

"Grandpa, is there... a human?" Mia asked softly.

"It should be." Mi Dong said.After the two of them wandered on this planet, they didn't communicate with other people, so Mi Dong didn't know what the so-called ice coffin was.However, relying on his strength, he didn't run away in a hurry like others, but stayed in place to observe.He stared at the ice coffin that frightened everyone into panic, and didn't think there was anything special about it, just...

Mi Dong frowned.

Obviously even the figure of the person was blurred, but he suddenly had a feeling - the person in the ice coffin opened his eyes.

At this moment, the people who were desperately fleeing seemed to have made an appointment, and their feet slammed together, as if they were naked exposed to the ice and snow, a chill seeped into the bones.

In the next second, as if a bomb had exploded, the ice coffin instantly turned into steaming water vapor that rolled and spread out. In an instant, the entire area of ​​a hundred miles became misty. The milky white mist was thick and thick, and even the people around It all looks hazy.At the same time, an invisible wave spread, and all those who fled, wandered, and watched from a distance all lost consciousness in an instant.

Mi Dong didn't even have a chance to regret it, and just passed out in a coma.It was Mia who was beside him. A string of necklaces on her neck flickered and then broke. This short-term protection made the girl unconscious two seconds later than everyone else.

Before losing consciousness, she tried to widen her eyes, wondering what happened.

In the white mist, she vaguely saw a slender figure coming from a distance, as if stepping on the wind, stepping on the clouds, step by step, with a wonderful rhythm, as if it matched her heartbeat, and seemed to be just a dream A glimpse that can only be seen in the movie.