Journey to the Rose

This ear-piercing roar erupted in the throat of an ogre city dweller.

He was already sitting on the ground, covered in blood, there was no room for resistance, unable to stand up, but his hands were frantically waving above his head, avoiding.

His abdomen seems to have been pierced by Lu Zhenghe with a bullet with a large diameter, leaving a terrifying hole. The monster's vigorous muscles are still bulging, and under the condition of the injury, the body bends into a twisted radian.

The little bird that Song Shumian turned into hovered beside this man, attacking him with extremely fast and fierce speed and strength.

Wen Kai was momentarily stunned.

This person... Has Song Shumian seen it before?Otherwise, how can it be targeted like this?

He couldn't see clearly, and couldn't understand whether a bird's eyes would burst out with vigorous and hot hatred, but he could clearly feel that the bird was desperate.

Even at any cost, the little bird lowered its flying height, circled around the monster, and charged forward in a swooping posture, trying to peck the opponent's eyes blind with its sharp and deadly beak.

The roar that pierced the battlefield was over for more than ten seconds, and the monster screamed again, covered its blood-spitting eyes, tilted its body, and fell to the ground.

Song Shumian has a...

Although Wen Kai worked in the army all year round, he couldn't imagine that a sheep-like person like Song Shumian could do such a cruel thing.

After the monster fell to the ground, the other ogre city residents visibly panicked, and all ran towards this side one by one.

Lu Zhenghe seized the opportunity, calmed down, squinted his eyes, and fired several shots in a row with excellent aiming points, hitting the ogre city people's heads again and again.

After he finished shooting, their rescue party had an advantage in time, and they were already bold enough to rush to the front, smashing the lock of the container with a stone on the side of the road.

Lu Zhenghe also wanted to rush up to help, but was pulled back by Wen Kai, saying that he can't rush up now, and those of us who attack from a long distance need to stay here to see if there are any other ogre city people who are still alive. come over.

Ruan Xi, who was on his back, seemed to agree with Wen Kai's point of view, and patted Lu Zhenghe's back lightly with a small pad to express his affirmation.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lu Zhenghe had to admit that at such times, Wen Kai was always the one with the clearest head.

The locks of the containers were opened one after another, and Li Shen was the last one to come out.

He didn't suffer any injuries, but he ate too little, didn't have the strength to walk, and his body was still a little weak.

But seeing that the battle was not over yet, he suddenly regained his energy, raised his hand and clenched the dagger, rushed behind Lu Zhenghe, swiped the knife horizontally, and stabbed the sharp blade straight into the throat of an attacker. Blood spattered onto Lu Zhenghe's scope.

"Young master, wipe it off." Li Shen was so frightened that he tore off the clothes around his waist, "You can't beat it if it gets dirty."

"..."

Lu Zhenghe stared at him for a while, the corner of his mouth moved, as if he couldn't say anything about reunion, he just felt a big stone in his heart fall to the ground.

"It's so cold." Li Shen touched his exposed abdominal muscles and whistled at Lu Zhenghe, "I have to help."

He tore off the clothes around his waist, quickly put on his coat, and ran to Wen Kai's side.Wen Kai took out an arrow from behind, and was about to bow, when Li Shen grabbed his wrist.

Li Shen had never seen Wen Kai use his bow or crossbow, so it was a novelty, and he joked, "Your posture is wrong."

Wen Kai gritted his teeth and glared over, "You idiot, get lost."

At the same time as the voice fell, he let go of his hand, and the sharp arrow flew away like the wind——

In the blink of an eye, a bow and arrow ruthlessly pierced the neck of a man from Ogre City not far away. Wen Kai watched helplessly as the man landed on his face and fell down. It is indescribably fun.

Dozens of eggs have been piled up on the ground, and there is not a single corpse in sight.

In order to vent their anger, someone raised a long stick as a weapon in their hands and swept across the ground. The fragile egg shells were all broken, and they were broken into powder in the valley, and scattered in all directions with the wind.

"Don't, don't..."

Youcai, the captive who escaped from the container, fell to his knees on the ground, flustered, with tears in his eyes, not knowing which egg to hold for a moment, he stood there in a daze, and suddenly burst into tears.

Wen Kai had to be moved by this, thinking, maybe the person who came to save him died...

In the process of escaping, anything cruel may happen.People who accompany you at the starting point may not be able to go hand in hand to the end.

"Why are they all eggs?" Li Shen asked.

"No matter what kind of city people are, here, dead creatures will return to their original form." Wen Kai said, feeling a little flustered for some reason.

"That's it... Since everyone has almost come out, let's withdraw!"

After quickly inspecting the battle situation, Li Shen took the "ghost crossbow", dragged Wen Kai back quickly, put his fingers in his mouth, and blew a long whistle at Lu Zhenghe.

The latter understood, freed one hand, and touched the kitten behind him to see if it was still alive and kicking. The kitten felt his touch, and moved its buttocks to let him touch it.

The valley is narrow and long, and it is not difficult to retreat.

The hard part is the fear that other ogre city people are ambushing behind them.Because no one is sure whether the act of collecting "sacrifices" at the entry point is an organizational act or an act that is being done throughout the city.

Lu Zhenghe remembered that Wen Kai said before that the people of Ogre City are used to living together, and each has its own leader. The leaders are chaotic, and they are very prone to internal strife.

There were so many gunshots here, and there were only thirty or forty people who came to support the people of Ogre City, which meant that it was only a small-scale cannibal organization.Other ogre city people just turned a blind eye to this.

"Go forward," Li Shen yelled, "Don't go back!"

"What's wrong?" Lu Zhenghe turned his head in a hurry, sweat dripping from his forehead.

Li Shen was so exhausted that he didn't even have time to catch his breath, and he said intermittently: "I, when I was locked up, I heard those monsters talking about it. There is a shortcut leading to Peace City. If anyone If you don't want to do it, you can escape from here..."

"It's okay to walk," another person who joined the battle for the rescue stood up, supported his companion, and worried, "but are we sure we have cleaned up these monsters?"

"It's too late now..." Wen Kai hadn't finished speaking.

In the ears, there were waves of dull wailing from the earth.

Suddenly, a ray of dazzling white light flashed across the sky, and small rocks on the top of the mountains on both sides began to fall towards the middle of the valley.

Anyone with a little bit of escape experience can feel that this familiar situation has returned...

Wen Kai was startled.

I have been exhausted in the rescue for the past two days, and the ground fission has not happened for a long time, so I have completely forgotten to survey in advance.

He and Lu Zhenghe's eyes instantly met, and the other party understood, turned around and grabbed Gu Zirong's collar, dragged the child who was about to faint from the fight, and hurried towards the direction Li Shen pointed.

As long as you get out of this canyon, the city of peace is outside.

This fortress is "unofficial", a road specially opened up by this small organization.

"There is no smell of sea breeze yet." Li Shen moved the tip of his nose.

Wen Kai nodded, and said calmly: "The last fission was in Jewel City. Even if it starts to collapse from Jewel City, we still have a long way to go... It shouldn't be so fast, hurry up."

The "remnant" group of people stepped up and ran towards the end of the valley, and the shaking of the ground continued.

Because it is trembling, the road on the ground is not easy to walk on.

Lu Zhenghe hugged the straps that bound the kitten Ruan Xi to his body, stroked the kitten's soft back with his palm, looked at the sky from time to time, always felt that the cracks in the two mountains were about to close, and they were constantly moving closer in the middle.

Song Shumian was above everyone's heads, as if he was tired from flying, his wings were waving more and more slowly, and his altitude was getting lower and lower.

Wen Kai wanted to take it into his arms, but as soon as he stopped, the little bird became very aggressive and told him to leave quickly.

soon……

They came to the end of the valley.

Everyone stopped to take a breath, and the frontier was less than 30 meters away.

As long as you pass the stone tablet shaped like a battle ax, you will arrive at Peace City, which is the junction of the north and the south.

It symbolizes peace and friendship, and the residents are kind-hearted and open-minded. They like to help guests from the north and the south. It is called "the peach blossom garden in 26 cities that never fights".

"Meow."

Because the kitten was hung on the body for too long, it couldn't hold on anymore. Its tail wobbled, protruding from the hem of Lu Zhenghe's training uniform.

From afar, it looks like there is a pendant hanging under the young master's camouflage uniform.

"..." Lu Zhenghe tucked his tail back calmly.

"Ruan Xi, don't come out in a hurry." Li Shen was out of breath. As soon as he started running, he felt that the "ghost crossbow" was like a burden, completely restricting his legs and feet. "Not yet Totally safe..."

As he said that, he followed Lu Zhenghe's gaze and kept observing the surrounding environment to see which place was most likely to have ambushes.

It seemed that the only thing left in the world was the loud noise of the ground trembling, and the gravel from the top of the mountain fell violently, but this time the fission was far away from them.

According to the echo of the loud noise, Lu Zhenghe guessed that the city of Maze should have been cracked...

Everyone else was still taking a breath, but Lu Zhenghe didn't think it would work, he carried Ruan Xi on his back.Ruan Xi was almost suffocated by the simple "sling" made of rope, and her paws were shaking.

He took a deep breath, quickened his pace, hugged the kitten in his arms, and ran towards the border stele.

"Young master!" Li Shen shouted, "You wait for us..."

Wen Kai had almost rested, put his hands on his knees, and wiped his sweat: "Let's go, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's follow him."

When he lifted his foot, he froze for a moment.

He heard the trembling sound of the bowstring, which was the sign that the string would be tensed before the bow and arrow were ready to be loaded.Wen Kai subconsciously turned his head and looked at Li Shen: "You..."

Li Shen's "Ghost Crossbow" was perfectly placed on his back, but he wasn't holding it in his hand at all.

And Wen Kai forgot that the reason why the "ghost crossbow" is called a "ghost" is because of its silence.

There was only a sound of "嗖——", and the extremely loud sound of arrow strings cut through the day and shot directly in their direction.

Seeing the arrow point coming, Wen Kai subconsciously reached out and grabbed Li Shen's sleeve, and the two of them rolled on the side of the nearby rock, knocking their heads on the stone surface, grinning in pain.

Wen Kai was too shocked to speak.

It's fucking hard to protect themselves, they are about to die, these man-eating devils are still thinking about their prey...

Blood flowed from Wen Kai's forehead, and the scarlet color almost covered his eyelashes, but he had no time to wipe it off.

The arrow did not miss, but shot into the bird's wing feathers a few meters away from them.

Song Shumian's transformed bird fell to the ground.

Lu Zhenghe watched the little bird fall to the ground, with a soft sound, the wings that were still waving slowed down, his breathing fluctuated, and he was so weak that he was about to melt.

There was a moment of silence in the valley.

Wen Kai froze on the spot, Li Shen had already pounced on him, but Wen Kai stretched out his hand and dragged him back: "Don't go over there!"

"Bang-bang-!"

Another two gunshots pierced through the valley. Lu Zhenghe stood far away and saw the defeated soldiers lying in ambush behind him at a glance. After the two shots were shot in the head, his eyes moved to the dying bird.

Lu Zhenghe subconsciously glanced at his bosom, the kitten didn't seem to know what happened, and his mood didn't change, his paws tugged at his neckline, as if he really wanted to come out.

"Ruan Xi," Lu Zhenghe exchanged glances with Wen Kai first, then lowered his head, and pressed his head, "I'll take you out of bounds first."

After he finished speaking, he turned and stepped out.

Li Shen's eyes were very red, and he turned his head to stare at Wen Kai, unable to speak. Wen Kai tried his best to resist the urge to curse, and calmly said: "Now we can pass. Just now, the young master hasn't shot the attacker, if you Take another arrow, then why..."

"Is now the time to talk about this?!" Li Shen said angrily.

"Don't be so fucking messing with me." Wen Kai's eyes were red, and his heart ached so much that he didn't dare to look at Song Shumian. "On the battlefield, when facing healthy soldiers, wounded, and sacrificed soldiers, the order of rescue There are rules, you know better than me!"

Gu Zirong was far away because of the broken back, so he rushed over at this moment, holding the pierced bird with both hands.

The little bird was groggy, eyes half-opened, unable to speak a word.

Its eyes have been looking ahead, which is where Ruan Xi is, the direction out of the city.

"What, what should I do?" Gu Zirong's eyes widened, "Is there still...?"

Now that Song Shumian is still in the form of a bird, Wen Kai has no way to strike, and dare not draw the arrow.Because once it is pulled out, it will definitely be a blood hole, and the bird's too small body can't support such a big damage.

If it is a human being, as long as the arrow is not at the vital point, it can definitely be cured.

"Transport out of the border first." Wen Kai made a quick decision, tore off the bandages prepared in advance in his arms, and carefully picked up Song Shumian, "Hold on, we will take you out."

The three of them were born in the army. They were indifferent to life and death, and they were quick to respond to any situation, but it was the first time they felt so at a loss.Wen Kai rushed to the front with the shivering little puffin in his arms, and Li Shen and Gu Zirong followed all the way.

There are already some people who have successfully escaped from the predicament at the border, and they are all watching this side curiously.

They all seemed to know that the dying bird was an omega.

"Song..."

Before Wen Kai had time to say a few words of encouragement, he saw a shimmering light in his arms, and the little bird slowly shrank its body, turning into a blue-black egg.

He subconsciously raised his head to look ahead.

Ruan Xi, who had turned back into a human form, stood at the front of the crowd, with Lu Zhenghe behind him.

He just got off Lu Zhenghe's body, and he didn't even have time to untie the straps of the bathrobe on his body, he just turned around in a panic, still talking to Lu Zhenghe: "How are they..."

Then he turned around.

The ground was still shaking, and countless small gravels flew down the valley, hitting the ground to form small pits of varying depths.

Wen Kai's legs were weak from running, and he couldn't hold on any longer, protecting the fragile egg, his knees trembled, and he fell straight to his knees.

Like a reflex, Lu Zhenghe wanted to cover Ruan Xi's eyes.

Fingertips pointing down, Lu Zhenghe's fingers brushed over the scar formed in the south of Ruan Xi's eyes, and then came to his arm...

These scars are Ruan Xi's medals.

These are his witnesses along the way, and it is a sign that he has gradually grown from a precious young master to being able to stand upright.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhenghe didn't say anything.

He moved his hand away in silence, pursing the corners of his lips.

If you want to talk about this journey, if Ruan Xi needs a brand that is painful enough, it must be Song Shumian.

·

When Wen Kai reached the border with the egg in his hands, the shaking of the ground had not stopped.

The moment she saw the egg, Ruan Xi's mind seemed to be gazing at the flowers, and a lot of pictures of the time she spent with each other popped up——

The studio of Nguyen Manor, the fountain in Ablaze City that sprays water on sunny days, the endless blue beach, the stars folded with handkerchiefs beside the terrace... There is a little boy in a dress who always hides sweetly behind the curtains smile at him.

Memories turned to glass, smashed to pieces with a single blow.

Ruan Xi was a little taken aback.

He didn't quite believe that this was Song Shumian's little egg.

Seeing him in a daze, Lu Zhenghe couldn't bear it, and quietly hugged his shoulder from behind.I can't say what I want to comfort, and I know it's useless to say anything.

"This egg... can it hatch?" Ruan Xi felt a stone-like thing in his throat blocking him from speaking.

"Take it with you first." Wen Kai muttered to himself with empty eyes, "I finally know why his key in Key City is a snapdragon that represents deception..." He turned his head and asked Ruan Xi: " Who was the man he poked blind? Have you seen it?"

Ruan Xi hadn't recovered yet, she was stunned for a while, her throat became more uncomfortable, and she said softly: "...that man is somewhat similar to Song Shumian's boyfriend. I suspect it is the man's father."

Li Shen squatted beside him without saying a word.

After a while, he calmed down a little, his eyes were red, and he walked over with a serious face, reached out to touch the little egg, and felt a cool touch.

His eyebrows were slightly raised, as if he was thinking: "Young master, those people we met on the river outside the gate of Holy City..."

"They're chasing Song Shumian," Lu Zhenghe frowned. "Their leader is from Ogre City. It stands to reason that they can't distinguish the smell of pheromone, so they can only track it with a tracker."

"Why are they chasing Song Shumian?"

"For a bite of omega meat. Because they haven't eaten it, they deified omega."

Wen Kai spat out these cruel words lightly, and he felt nauseous, and the vomit surging up from his stomach almost broke through the sky, "Besides, they must not only have taken a fancy to Song Shumian's omega on the road, there must be other victim……"

Ruan Xi knocked on the eggshell, shook it, and asked in a low voice: "Is there really him inside...?"

"Stop shaking," Wen Kai quickly stopped, "The egg white will be shaken later."

Ruan Xi was taken aback for a moment, and immediately picked up the egg in fright.

"Give it to me." Sighing, Wen Kai pointed to the inner pocket of his training uniform, and softly persuaded, "I'll take it with me first, and go back to the north to ask if there is any way."

He didn't know who this sentence was comforting.

It seemed to be comforting Ruan Xi, and it seemed to be comforting everyone present.

Peace·81 Deep winter in January.