Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

"Did you pretend to be dead? That's great. I really hope that you were awake when I killed you. Otherwise, killing a prey that doesn't scream and struggle will be boring." Fu Yunlan tore off the time bomb that Fu Yunlan had secretly activated from his belt, and threw it far away. Less than two seconds after the bomb hit the ground, a bomb with a diameter of three to four meters exploded on the ground. Big pit.

"Whether you want to die with me or just want to commit suicide, it's useless to play such a small trick." The mutant said with a smirk, "Actually, you should envy your two useless companions, at least they died well. It’s so painful, but you——I will break off your hands and feet one by one, then dig out your internal organs, and then crush the little sparrow you hid in front of you before you die, do you think this arrangement How about it?"

This was not an interrogative sentence, because his "prey" was obviously speechless, and Fu Yunlan couldn't move the mutant's iron pincer-like hands at all. It became more and more difficult to breathe, and his struggling movements became weak.

Seeing all this, Celeste still didn't feel scared, but thought calmly: Fu Yunlan is really not the opponent of the mutant, which means that he can't survive. This mutant seems to be keen In order to intimidate and torture one's "prey", it may be more sensible to end it by oneself than to fall into the hands of this pervert.

Even he himself was a little surprised by his calmness, as if the panicked teenager in the underground warehouse not long ago was a completely different person.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened, the mutant let go of Fu Yunlan without warning, and hugged his head in horror: "What... what?!"

He looked around for a while, and then left the scene with a posture of almost fleeing. At first, he was very slow, and his steps were a little staggering. Later, he ran faster and faster, and disappeared in the building after a few ups and downs. disappeared among the ruins of things.

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Celeste looked inexplicably at the direction in which the mutant was leaving, completely unaware of what happened.

After a while, he left his hiding place and climbed through the ditch with some difficulty to the road.

Fu Yunlan lay motionless on the ground after being thrown down by the mutant, life and death unknown, Celeste slowly approached him, just as his hand touched his mask, Fu Yunlan had instinctively grabbed Seli Ster's wrist, and at the same time swung out a fist.

Fortunately, his limbs were weak due to lack of oxygen at this time, and he happened to hit the glass mask of Celeste's protective clothing. Celeste just lost his balance and sat down on the ground. He looked at Fu Yunlan innocently and said: "...I Just wanted to make sure you were still alive."

Fu Yunlan was stunned for a while, then lowered her arms, coughed hoarsely, and then lay on the ground with all four limbs flat, panting for a while.

Seeing that he was having difficulty breathing, Celeste wanted to take off his protective mask, but Fu Yunlan held Celeste's hand and shook her head.

He breathed a little better, and asked Celeste in a hoarse voice: "Why did the mutant leave just now, did you see that?"

Celeste thought about it, and replied cautiously: "I don't know what happened, I just saw him leave you suddenly, hugged his head and said 'something', and ran away."

Fu Yunlan couldn't draw any conclusions from this description. He frowned and rested for a while, then got up without saying a word, and went to check on his teammates.

Crow and Punk had no signs of life at all, one neck was twisted off, the other's chest was completely sunken, and blood soaked the mask from inside.

Although I don't know why the mutants suddenly let them go, but this is not the time to breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate the victory. Next, there is this dangerous wasteland waiting for them. Ster took it back to Hummingbird Town and handed it over to his father.

Fu Yunlan clutched the place on her stomach where she was kicked just now, climbed down the slope with some difficulty, and pried off the deformed hood of the vehicle to check the condition of the car.

The car was remodeled from a pre-war bulletproof police car, and the original gasoline engine had been replaced by a battery.Gasoline, as a resource, has already been exhausted within a few years after the outbreak of a full-scale nuclear war, and the crude oil on the shallow surface has long been exploited by humans. After the war, no force or organization has enough strength And technology, can continue to exploit the crude oil that is buried deep in the ground or under the sea, so battery technology has become one of the few technologies that continue to develop after the war.

It's just that the modified battery is not very strong after all. Under the rollover and impact of the vehicle, the battery was squeezed and deformed, and the battery fluid leaked all over the engine compartment, making it impossible to repair it.

Fu Yunlan had no choice but to take out all the useful things in the car.

Celeste watched him motionless from the side of the road, and asked when he climbed up, "Has this car been modified?"

Fu Yunlan nodded.

"Has the stereo in the car been changed into a communication device?" After thinking about it, Celeste felt that maybe someone was playing a prank on him through the stereo. This is the most reliable explanation he can come up with so far.

"Audio? It has been broken for many years." Fu Yunlan said.

Celeste was silent.

Fu Yunlan doesn't seem like the kind of person who can joke, and there's no need to make such a joke with him.

So, is it true that he is hallucinating?Or……

Celeste looked at the car that was still overturned in the ditch, and his strong curiosity drove him to climb down to check it out, but his reason told him that if he really did this, there was a great possibility that he would be considered Brain problem.

It's not like he couldn't understand what the crow and punk said earlier. Even if a target whose "brain has been burned by nuclear radiation" is brought back, he can't do business. Fu Yunlan might just leave him here and leave him alone. At this level, Celeste still decided to be more cautious.

"Pack up your things, and throw away the useless ones to lighten the load." Fu Yunlan took Celeste's backpack out, "The car broke down, and the walkie-talkie didn't work, so we have to walk back to Hummingbird Town."

This backpack was brought out by Celeste from the laboratory, and he carried it all the way on the way to escape. Fu Yunlan didn't know what was in it, so he handed the backpack to Celeste, and started to use the toolbox The adhesive tape inside sealed the gaps on the protective clothing one by one. These gaps were all worn out in the fierce fighting just now. Simple repairs can be regarded as a means of protection that is better than nothing.

Celeste looked through the backpack silently. There were flashlights, lighters and other gadgets in it, but it was mainly food, which were packaged foods that had not been opened, such as compressed biscuits and canned food, and Half a bottle of water.

These were all prepared for him by his mother, Avril. At that time, their mother and son were trapped in the laboratory in the center of the military camp, and there were gunshots and screams everywhere outside. Try to find something useful and stuff it into his backpack. Although his eyes are full of fear and helplessness, he still encourages Celeste with a strong smile to persevere and wait for rescue.

Celeste's movements unconsciously slowed down—not because of sadness, but because he was surprised that when he recalled these things, he didn't feel sad.

"Move faster." Fu Yunlan urged.

Celeste came back to his senses, he flipped through, took out a hard drive from his bag and threw it away.

Fu Yunlan asked with some doubts: "What is that?"

"The lab's backup data." Thurlist said calmly, "it's already broken. Under the electromagnetic pulse caused by the nuclear explosion, the data cannot survive."

Then he threw away a motor with a strange shape. This motor took up almost half of the space and most of the weight of the backpack. Celeste had worked so hard to carry it so far, but now he didn't hesitate to throw it away.

Fu Yunlan guessed that it should be some kind of high-tech achievement developed by the laboratory. There are so many survivors nearby, and only Merced had a relatively complete laboratory before being "nuclearized". Invent something that can improve the current situation of human existence.

"That's the prototype of the water treatment equipment." Thelister said without waiting for him to ask. "It's just a failed semi-finished product, and it has been destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse."

Then he handed Fu Yunlan the backpack with only food and water left: "It's ready."

Fu Yunlan looked at the two discarded items with some pity. If they had not been destroyed and had been handed over to the right people, these items might be invaluable treasures to the survivors of the wasteland.

Unfortunately there is nothing if.