Journey to the Rose

"I'm smothered..."

After holding back for a while, Ruan Xi pulled off the veil, exposing his mouth and nose, and took a few breaths. He gasped, then turned his head and asked Lu Zhenghe, "Why did he call us two young masters just now?"

"..."

Not knowing how to answer for a moment, Lu Zhenghe could only say: "Maybe it's a kind of respectful title for them."

Ruan Xi said "oh", turned her head, and muttered in a low voice: "This is too respectful."

Lu Zhenghe covered his lips with the back of his hand uncomfortably, and said very calmly, "It's nothing."

But in his heart there is a little cartoon stickman clamoring crazily with gongs and drums:

——I am the young master!

—We are married now!So you are also the young master!

From childhood to adulthood, Ruan Xi was very well protected by the Ruan family in Abze City, so he hadn't traveled far. Even though he was fleeing, he would still feel novelty about everything on the road.

So he quickened his pace, followed Lu Zhenghe, and asked again: "Are all prophets old?"

"Not necessarily, the one just now may only be in his thirties."

"In his thirties? But he looks like an elder in his 70s or [-]s."

"The prophets in the city of curse know too much."

"So God is punishing them?"

"Well, the secret must not be leaked. The lifespan is reduced, and the appearance is getting old soon."

Ruan Xi continued with a hundred thousand whys: "Then why do they want to be prophets?"

Why do you want to be a prophet?

Like why did we get married, why did I lead troops in the Northern Union?

Lu Zhenghe thought for a few seconds, turned his face, and looked at Ruan Xi with a soft and sharp gaze, "It's like everyone has a mission to be born into this world."

Whoa, so profound.

Ruan Xi nodded, feeling that Lu Zhenghe became more and more mysterious after the reunion.

They didn't go on for long before they saw someone else appearing on the road.

This person was dressed very similar to the prophet who had just left. Her gray hair was tied in a bun, and she looked like she was about to reach her sixtieth year.She stared ahead, her gait was light, but she didn't intend to walk this way.

Not knowing who was coming, Lu Zhenghe was more vigilant, so he turned slightly sideways and walked in the front position, covering most of Ruan Xi's body.The combat uniforms on them are heavy and hot, which can provide good concealment at night, but only heat remains during the day.

After observing, Lu Zhenghe lowered his voice and said, "It looks like another prophet. But it's not mine."

"Well, it shouldn't be mine either." Ruan Xi's eyes fell on the road ahead from beginning to end.

"Really? Why don't you ask?"

"I figured it out and stopped thinking about the future. If I knew what tomorrow would look like today, how boring would it be today? It is best for me not to look forward to and not to escape Yes." Ruan Xi rarely smiled, "Is it a brave way to face the unknown?"

"Yes," Lu Zhenghe said, "You are very brave."

"Actually, I still kind of want to go over and ask."

"Want to know what?"

"I want to know where my fiancé is now, is he still alive? However, his brother has come to arrest me, but he didn't respond, maybe he is dead. Could it be that I killed him..."

"..."

Lu Zhenghe didn't speak, but followed behind silently, without refuting.

After spending some time with the prophet, after returning to the central square of the city, the sun had completely risen.

Ruan Xi saw that their pickup truck was parked side by side with the previous giant black off-road vehicle.

Li Shen was holding the hose for refueling the diesel car, and all the sweaty hair was brushed to the back of his forehead.

His mighty "ghost crossbow" hung from his back, his arms and knees were well protected, and his boots were tightly laced.Li Shen finished refueling the vehicle, turned his head and saw them trotting from a distance, and waved.

Wen Kai, who was counting supplies, also got up and smiled at them.

Ruan Xi didn't slow down, but continued to walk forward with his head held high. Although the black veil covered most of his face, his grandeur still couldn't be concealed.

He smiled calmly.

Ruan Xi was looking at Lu Zhenghe's face with the last ray of sunrise in the desert today.

Orthodox, handsome, impeccable spirit, when he is not speaking, there is always a hint of gloom in his eyes, sometimes mysterious, sometimes simple, it is hard to believe that this is a man who has been in the military camp for a long time.

On the other hand, Wen Kai and Li Shen, who have the same identities, are more like characters who drink heavily and eat meat among men.

Forget it, think of something else.

Speaking of which, his impression of the north is the top of the snow-capped mountains that once appeared in pictorials.

White snow fell on the green hills, and another year of wind and snow blew, turning the green into dark gray rocks exposed outside. The people living in Zenith City all have a kind of passionate destructive drive, regeneration and degeneration.

When he was a child, he heard his mother tell the rumors about that city, saying that there is no sea water at the border, no scorching sun, only thin clouds and mist surround the mountainside, and a god who never goes down lives on the mountainside; There are frozen rose seeds buried in it, and the roses that break through the ice will bloom with more delicate vitality in the spring of the second year.

They walked up to the car and switched vehicles again.

"We need to go to the next stop, Dawn City."

Lu Zhenghe stepped on the pedal of the off-road vehicle with his well-polished combat boots, and looked at the open space not far away, "The other fugitives left earlier than we thought, and there are not many people in the central square now."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his finger, pointed to the northeast direction of curse city, and continued, "The city of dawn is over there, and the road is flat, so it is easier to walk. But the sky over there is different from this side."

Ruan Xi looked in the direction his finger pointed.

Obviously, the sky above Dawn City presents a dull purple color.

On the top of the sky, the sun seemed to be suppressed by something, and only discreetly leaked out circles of light golden waves, which could not play any lighting role at all.

It is conceivable how dark the interior of the whole city must be, even in the daytime, there is no dawn.

The city is indeed quite mysterious.

Its mystery is different from Curse City. It is a small modern city in the south. It is close to the desert, but it has extremely good water resources. There are no mountains and hills. The whole city is almost flat, but because of the "forever Due to the lack of dawn, development in all aspects was extremely hindered.

"Wen Kai!"

Li Shen interrupted Ruan Xi's train of thought, and shouted, "Come on, Da...give Ruan Xi a science introduction about the City of Dawn."

Wen Kai, who was named, seemed to be a robot. He opened his mouth without pausing for half a second, "Dawn, the fourth city of the 26 land cities, is also known as the City of Dawn. It covers an area of ​​15 square kilometers. meters, with a total population of 1122. The city was founded in 2021 and has been an important pass from the south to the north since ancient times. It is a battleground for military strategists. In [-], it signed an agreement with the Northern Alliance to stop..."

"Culture, you say culture. Don't mention war, it's not harmonious." Li Shen winked at him.

"Oh! Culture," Wen Kai looked at the sky and began to think, "In this not-so-vast land, there are people who can only thrive here, but apart from artificial light, they don't have enough bright natural light all year round. , has a gene... er, it can be regarded as a genetic mutation, so the eyes have become accustomed to night vision."

"Then when they look at people in the dark, their eyes are like this," Li Shen answered, stooping, taking small steps forward step by step, approaching Ruan Xi, stretching out two fingers, pretending to shoot out of the eyes A ray of light said mysteriously, "It's shining..."

"..."

Ruan Xiyou was frightened and took a step back in confusion.

Lu Zhenghe, who was standing aside with arms folded, couldn't stand it any longer, and sternly reminded: "If you want to popularize science, do it well."

"Yes!" Li Shen and Wen Kai replied in unison.

Ruan Xi had to pay attention to this level of neatness and obedience, and subconsciously glanced at Lu Zhenghe.Naturally, Lu Zhenghe also looked at Ruan Xi with a "guilty heart" and smiled at him.For some reason, Ruan Xi always felt that Lu Zhenghe's smile was fake, it was forced, as if it came out from the corner of his mouth.

Speaking of the unusual eyes of the stranger, Ruan Xi asked, "Have you ever seen people from Dawn City?"

Wen Kai lowered his eyes and nodded, and replied softly: "Of course, many scouts in our northern alliance are from dawn."

Li Shen: "For example, the alpha he likes."

The next second, he ran away from Wen Kai clutching his buttocks, but Wen Kai kicked his butt hard with the hard front end of his military boots.

Eh?

Can an alpha like an alpha too?

The inherent thinking was broken, Ruan Xi couldn't help but looked at Wen Kai curiously, just feeling that something was wrong, just when he looked away, his eyes were gently covered by a warm palm.Lu Zhenghe's deep voice rang in his ears: "Human beings should advocate freedom of love. Let's go, it's time to leave here."

Well, this time the bastard Lu Zhenghe is right.

The huge black off-road vehicle accelerated out of the border of curse city.

The sun above the head has not yet risen to the highest point of the day, and the roar of the abyss has not yet been heard in the distance.

Ruan Xi was sitting in the co-pilot seat and was discussing with Lu Zhenghe that after the next city, he would drive, and after three cities, he would change to Lu Zhenghe.

Although Lu Zhenghe's physical advantage in terms of gender is far stronger than him, Ruan Xi also has the ability to drive a car alone for long distances.He said it several times, but Lu Zhenghe didn't agree, so Ruan Xi stopped talking.

He took out the sweet and soft purple potato bread from his luggage and divided it into two pieces. Knowing that it was not convenient for Lu Zhenghe to let go while driving, Ruan Xi divided Lu Zhenghe's piece into two halves again, and handed it to Lu Zhenghe's mouth in two parts.

They have left the desert.

The road leading to Dawn City is very spacious and flat, and there is not much traffic jam along the way.

On the contrary, the promotional billboards erected by Dawn City in the past years are particularly dense. One screen after another, they introduce the kiwi fruit that is rich in eyesight and eye protection, and introduce the 360-five-day continuous electric light bulbs they make and so on.

Until the communicator Lu Zhenghe placed near the gear lever vibrated——

"[D City Propaganda] Civilized visits, safe travel. The urban environment is special, please keep the battery and light sources around you 24 hours a day. If you need help, please dial: 12345. Welcome to Dawn City!"

Ruan Xi asked in surprise, "Is there a welcome text message?"

Lu Zhenghe nodded, "Yes. Although there is no one in Beast City, I also received a text message when I entered the country."

"Then you came to our abze city before, did you?"

"No. It feels like people in your hometown are not very hospitable?"

"Not at all?"

"I didn't receive it. If you don't believe me, go through my manuscript box."

"Okay. However, in the past few years, the control of various cities in the south has become less strict. There are many foreigners who illegally entered the sea from other cities. Some people think our place is good, so they simply stay. The population is counted every year. There are so many people..." Ruan Xi smiled, thinking of how good his hometown is, he didn't want to talk about it.

Originally, he thought that he would spend his whole life in that seaside metropolis full of fireworks.

Now, because of a huge disaster that cannot be avoided, he is going to the unknown north.

"Isn't it good to have too many people?" Lu Zhenghe asked him.

"Okay."

Ruan Xi's eyes lit up slightly when she thought of the interesting scenes of wearing a mask and sneaking into the street to join in the fun every time, "There are so many people."

Dawn·18 love defense battle.