Journey to the Rose

Ruan Xi couldn't remember that this was the first time he saw the ground fission with his own eyes.

Apparently, the prophecy from the gods once again simply destroyed part of a city.

After entering Dawn City, according to Wen Kai's search for the best route through the city, their vehicles drove on the rumored most prosperous central axis avenue in Dawn City.

The street lights on this road are brighter than the city logo at the entry point. It is huge and transparent, making the sky over a road almost like daytime, like continuous sparks illuminating the entire city.

Ruan Xi saw the disaster approaching three-quarters of the way.

Because he saw the street lamps behind him were collapsing and sinking one by one until the light source disappeared, and dust higher than human beings was flying up from the ground. Telephone poles, optical cables and buildings were like dominoes, moving the whole body.

The developed city switched back to its original appearance in an instant, dark and chaotic.

Due to the terrain, Dawn City is more developed than the previous two cities, and the residents received the news faster, and most of the residents had fled early.

All that remains are residents who are unwilling to leave or believe in the prophecy.

They ran, waved, and screamed hysterically under the dark clouds, and they called for help to every passing car, and there was a steady stream of sunny thunder roaring in the distant sky.This is a bad omen.

Ruan Xi looked anxiously at the dazed crowd on the sidewalk in the distance.

"Dudu-"

Lu Zhenghe's headset rang.

Ruan Xi looked up and found that there were seven or eight students wearing middle school uniforms in front of them not far away. They looked about ten years old, just the age of youth and vigor.As in the rumors, their eyes glowed slightly, and the light source was flickering.I don't know if it was affected by tears, but they were like wild cats begging passers-by to feed them.

"Young master, can you take it?"

It was Wen Kai who was asking.

With his lips pointed at the microphone, Lu Zhenghe sighed in his heart, and said calmly: "Take it, how many can be saved. After this fission is over, we will talk about other things when it is safe for the time being."

Generally speaking, strangers are not allowed on their special vehicles, but there are not so many rules and regulations at the moment.Now that we have encountered it, life is paramount as long as we can protect ourselves.

Wen Kai's voice was full of joy: "Yes."

"Help me tell Ruan Xi!" Li Shen shouted hoarsely into the headset, as if he had ridden his horse for a few kilometers and was about to go to the cloud from the ladder, "If we all survive this time, he can teach me With a knife? I saw him fight with a knife today, it's too awesome!"

"I didn't turn on the headset to raise my voice," Lu Zhenghe reminded him, "but I will tell Ruan Xi."

Lu Zhenghe lightly lightened the accelerator and did not step on it so hard, leaving enough room for Wen Kai and Li Shen to rescue.

And Ruan Xi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had already put on the veil very quickly.What he can do now is not to cause trouble for Lu Zhenghe and the others, everyone is protecting each other, he can't be a drag.

Ruan Xi looked ahead.

He saw the emergency double flashing lights of the pickup truck, the pickup truck was parked on the side of the road, and several young students were hurriedly queuing up to get on the truck.

Maybe it's because I didn't take physical education classes well, and I was always lazy during physical training and tests. Some of them seemed to have insufficient strength, and they couldn't reach the huge cargo trunk of the pickup truck.Li Shen was anxious, so he had to open the door and get out of the car, and used his strong and muscular arms to help the students get on the car.

The throttle was re-ignited, and Noah's Ark, which carried them away for their lives, set sail.

The outline of Lu Zhenghe's face was hazy against the background of dawn in the city.

Ruan Xi remembered that once he was driving in the rain and fog.

It was the year when he had just learned to drive. He robbed a car from his family and wanted to go on the road. He didn't know where his destination was. Maybe he wanted to find Lu Zhenghe's whereabouts while wandering.

The section of road just outside the city was very wide, and he drove freely, until God sent a devastating rainstorm, which raised the sea level of the Suli Sea, and for the first time since the establishment of the city, the entire ground of Abze City was almost submerged by water.

At that time, Ruan Xi parked the car by the side of the road, watching the wipers move stupidly and mechanically, as if the audience watching him were waving their arms vigorously, mocking his cowardly behavior of leaving home.That night after the rainstorm, Ruan Xi turned around and returned to his Ruan's Manor.

Memory pauses.

The loud noise continued, like rolling thunder.

The dust raised by the fission of the ground made the already cloudy sky in Dawn City even more cloudy. Ruan Xi raised her head to look through the skylight, but found that the skylight was closed by Lu Zhenghe.

He turned his eyes forward again, to the trembling children in the car. In the dark, Ruan Xi couldn't see their faces clearly, but could only vaguely recognize their figures and their pairs of magical, night-vision bright eyes. Eye.

Ruan Xi suddenly rejoiced that the city of dawn would never light up, and it hid the traces of the victims very well.And these children who are at the age of unconstrained fantasy will never know the tragedy of their death. This is a blessing in misfortune.

"ended."

An hour later, the ground was again pressed the pause button.

After counting the food in the backpack, Ruan Xi took some of Lu Zhenghe's favorite purple potato bread, tuna and cranberry sandwiches, canned beef, etc. and put them aside.There is no shortage of goodies leftovers, full of sweet treats, breads to store away for a while to ward off hunger.

"We still have a lot of food, share it with those children?" he asked.

"Okay," Lu Zhenghe replied, "Remember to save some of your favorite food."

"I kept some of your favorite food."

"You already know what I like to eat?"

"Beef, you said. Well, and some sweet bread, I guess. I saw you took a few extra bites last time."

"Exactly."

"I want to eat cheese bacon, cheese fried chicken, cheese French fries... preferably with a cup of sour plum soup."

Hearing this, Lu Zhenghe laughed, "What kind of match do you have?"

"A doomsday match."

Ruan Xi had no choice but to look around at the harsh surroundings, and had to thank her hometown for having an extremely clear blue sky, "Why didn't you see a single restaurant?"

"We haven't left the city yet," Lu Zhenghe comforted him, knowing that the food along the way was very bad, and the two of them were often hungry, "Why don't you find a bookstore and buy a cookbook. I'll learn it later. Fried chicken can be cooked for you."

Ruan Xi never imagined Lu Zhenghe wearing an apron, because he is now wearing an armed belt, "In the future? How long will it be?"

"The day the end ends."

Although the smile was very faint, Lu Zhenghe didn't seem to be joking. His eyes fell on the steering wheel, and then on Ruan Xi's drooping eyelashes, but he quickly moved away when the other party looked up, and finally fell back to the steering wheel.

He could see from Ruan Xi's eyes that the other party agreed to his invitation and acquiesced to his proposal.

"The people who fought with us just now... are from the Wei family, right?"

The redness in Ruan Xi's eyes spread out, reminding Lu Zhenghe of the crystal clear color of the pomegranate after peeling it off.

"Did you recognize it?"

"Guess."

"Do you have any personal grievances with them?"

"..." There was only a moment of silence, Lu Zhenghe couldn't think of other words to answer, so he nodded and said, "Yes."

He didn't intend to explain or expand on the idea, Ruan Xi was very interested, and didn't like to inquire about people who had nothing to do with him, so he didn't ask any more questions.

He just mumbled, "I thought it was just for me."

"Of course it's not just you, so we have to stand together. Alright. Give me the backpack, and I'll share some food. Li Shen must have eaten all the food in the car."

As Lu Zhenghe said, he asked Ruan Xi for a backpack full of food.

After opening the car door, he warned Ruan Xi who was sitting quietly: "No matter what happens, don't get out of the car. The people of Dawn City are smart and have sharp eyesight, and it is very likely that they will know you through the veil."

Ruan Xi sighed and said with a helpless smile, "Those are all children."

"Not even children." Lu Zhenghe frowned, and his tone became serious again, "It's still an adolescent child."

"I see, let's go." Ruan Xi reassured him.

With his feet on the ground, Lu Zhenghe suddenly became childish, turned his head and lay down by the car window and smiled at Ruan Xi, "You said, if you survive, tell me the story of Su Lihai."

"Okay." Ruan Xi nodded and agreed, "I can also tell you the story between you and Su Lihai."

According to his observation, Lu Zhenghe is not very good at getting in touch with younger generations.

Lu Zhenghe threw the food into the cargo box of the pickup truck, turned around and ran towards the off-road vehicle.

He has always been very alert, even when he was running, he bent over and installed the aiming equipment. The steel-hard m4 carbine/gun on his body was inseparable from him. Ruan Xi had to deeply doubt that this was Lu Zhenghe's first Two forms.

I can't count how many days ago the day we met.

From that day on, he stayed with Lu Zhenghe every day and repeated the same thing - running for his life.

The morning light leaked from the clouds and spread to the crimson purple of the entire Dawn City.

A dawn kid in a school uniform rolled over from the pickup truck and ran to catch up with Lu Zhenghe, holding unopened condensed cocoa bars in his hand.

This is a specialty of Dawn City, because people living in the dark are good at making food with the same deep color.He raised his arms high and shouted something.His voice was not thick, so Ruan Xi guessed that he hadn't changed his voice, probably because he wanted to give the special food from his hometown to this kind-hearted man who saved their lives.

It's a pity that the first ray of morning light failed to bring a good meaning, and Ruan Xi didn't wait until Lu Zhenghe safely crossed the distance of only ten meters——

He waited for a gunshot to break the silence of Dawn City.

This noise surpassed all other noises, making the people in the front and rear cars tense instantly.

Instead of the first ray of morning light, the first shot hit the boy's chest with precision.

The blood seemed to have been compressed in a balloon, and it splashed out explosively after being traumatized.

The boy staggered a few steps, staggered, gaited unsteadily, and finally fell down like a puppet on broken strings.

There was a vibration in the cargo box of the pickup truck, and there were some unclear shouts, harsh and eager, it was the boy's companions who were exchanging his name.

Lu Zhenghe turned his head and fell to the ground with the fastest reaction speed, but it was still half a beat behind the second shot.

The second fatal shot hit Lu Zhenghe's calf.

He fell too eagerly, lying on the ground in a slightly weird posture, and could only desperately crawl towards another shelter that could be covered.Even if that bunker is just a road pile.The one closest to him was obviously an off-road vehicle, but Lu Zhenghe didn't go that way. He closed his eyes, knelt and used his legs, and put the only gun/bracket in his hand that could attack from a distance, panting heavily, and didn't even have time to check injury.

And the fish slipping through the net?

Lu Zhenghe regretted that he left too hastily, did not carefully clean the battlefield with a flashlight, and even implicated an innocent child who was rescued here.

no solution anymore.

Even if he couldn't see clearly now, he couldn't rush back to the car.

It was quiet all around.

Lu Zhenghe squinted his eyes, his sharp gaze wanted to pierce through the thick fog under the cloudy sky.He held the gun in one hand, folded his five fingers together in the other hand, and pressed the palm firmly to a certain position on his heart.

He was afraid of the second shot, and for the first time he was so afraid of the fulfillment of the prophecy.

——May God bless my omega.

After thinking about it, Lu Zhenghe made a wish before the battle and added another sentence of disrespect:

— fuck the prophecy.

Dawn · 21 He and Su Lihai.