under the tower

Ji Xi broke out in a cold sweat reflexively, he subconsciously bent over in desperation, and rolled around on the ground, narrowly avoiding the claws of that deformed man.

"Ho...ho...!" The mutant's bulging eyes flashed fiercely, and he rushed towards him again.

Ji Xi didn't have time to react at all, but the more anxious he was to use his ability, the more he couldn't use it.

Ji Xi got up from the snow-soaked mud with the fastest speed in his life, turned around and ran away without caring about his wet clothes.

The deformed man howled, chasing after him, Ji Xi was thinking of countermeasures while running.

How to do?

A single deformed person would not be very difficult to deal with, but the voice of the deformed person would attract his companions. This must be resolved quickly, otherwise it would be troublesome if all the nearby deformed people were attracted.

Ji Xi suddenly remembered the knife that Yan Yi left him, which he had casually put in his pocket before.

Ji Xi breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down. He slowed down and turned into the depths of the woods. When the deformed man who was chasing him was only a step away from him——

Knife up and down.

Ji Xi cut off the thing's head neatly, and a rotten and cracked face rolled to the ground.

Ji Xi didn't take another look, and left quickly.

At that moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, remembering the sentence that Yan Yi casually mentioned before, that Ji Xi didn't pay much attention to himself——

"...The rules in the industry, you can't go out of the city after it snows."

You can no longer go out of town after it snows.

Ji Xi felt as if a boulder had fallen from his heart.

Why can't you go out of town after it snows?

The movement of the deformed man just now was played back in front of him, and he clearly saw that thing staring at him with a chilling and greedy look, and then stepped over the red line left by the barrier agent.

Why did he clearly confirm in advance, but the blocker suddenly failed?

Is this the meaning behind that statement?Because the outside becomes more dangerous after the snow, so any mercenaries are strictly prohibited from leaving the city after the snow...

What about Yanyi and the others?

Ji Xi remembered that their task location was a large abandoned warehouse, so did they know that it was snowing outside now?

At this moment, he saw four black figures with familiar shapes running indistinctly on the hillside in the distance.

Are they back?

Ji Xi stood in place, the four figures were getting closer and closer, it was indeed them.

Yanyi's face was covered with mud and ashes, and his expression looked very serious: "Ji Xi, take the things, we have to leave quickly."

Ji Xi handed him his backpack: "But the tent hasn't been confiscated yet."

"It's too late." Yan Yi said, "I don't want the tent, let's go."

Ji Xi was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

"I'll explain to you later." Yan straddled his bag onto his body and grabbed Ji Xi's arm, "Do you have the strength? I want to run."

Ji Xi nodded, and was dragged by Yan Yi to almost gallop.

This is not at all the slow speed when they came, and the physical exertion is not of the same order at all.It was only then that Ji Xi realized that they had deliberately slowed down their pace to take care of him.

Ji Xi didn't run far and started to exhale, but he still gritted his teeth and didn't stop. Yan Yi felt that his strength was exhausted, so without saying a word, he directly picked up the man with one arm, half hugging and half carrying Then, the speed remains unabated.

Mao Hei cast a sideways glance at Yan Yi with a condemning look, he was too lazy to complain, he knew that the situation was urgent.

Ji Xi was dazed by that blow, he carefully adjusted his body balance, wrapped his hands around Yan Yi's neck, and encircled Yan Yi like he was grabbing driftwood.

After a while, he really felt that his conscience couldn't bear it, so he whispered into Yan Yi's ear, "Are you tired?"

"It's okay." Yan Yi answered two words concisely, without saying anything else.

Ji Xi opened his mouth and lowered his head.

Yan Yi patted him on the back twice, his movements full of comfort.

It was completely dark, and they were still on their way.

Ji Xi obviously felt that Yan Yi was also starting to pant heavily, but he was very restrained, and he didn't make any unnecessary sounds. Only Ji Xi who was in close contact with him could feel the rapid ups and downs of his body, and the man's body and Sweat running down the back of the neck.

"Take a rest, we have already walked ten kilometers." Mao Hei said in front.

"Row."

They had just come down from a mountain, and in front of them was a flat land with a wide view, which was relatively safe.

As soon as Yan stopped, he slowly put Ji Xi on the ground.

"Just rest for 5 minutes, we can't wait any longer." Yan Yi said.

"Yes, we have no objection." Mao Hei smiled jokingly, and pointedly glanced at Ji Xi's direction, "Anyway, you are the most tired."

Ji Xi looked at Yan Yi: "Why are you in such a hurry? Is it because of the snow?"

"Yeah." Yan Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, and calmed down his breath, "I must return to the city as soon as possible, and I won't be able to go back any later."

"Will the base be closed after it snows?"

"No." Yan said, "After the temperature drops to a certain low point, the aberrant person's perception of heat will be significantly enhanced, according to the scientific research institute."

"That is to say, not only will the repellant that blocks the smell fail, but the base where the most humans gather will also be frantically surrounded by abnormal people looking for it." Yan San added on the side. He looks more like a clean and gentle scholar.

"On the one hand, because the barrier agent is useless, it will be very unsafe for us to spend the night in the suburbs at this time."

"On the other hand, the snow means that the temperature has entered a very dangerous range, and the coldest time is when the snow starts to melt, not yet."

"We must return to the city before the temperature drops to the lowest point, otherwise—"

"Otherwise you may see the spectacular scene of the base being besieged by deformed people, boy." Mao Hei smiled darkly, "That amount, tsk tsk, is enough for you to die [-] million times."

"Don't scare him." Yan Yi lowered his face, "It's not like we haven't encountered this kind of situation before, and things may not be so bad."

"I know, I know." Mao Hei raised his hand in a gesture of surrender, "You are the boss, you can do whatever you say. The boss blesses us to return to the city safely."

The group hit the road again.

His face was covered with wind and frost, and the cold wind blew on his body like a sharp sword while running. Ji Xi saw that Yan Yi's hair was covered with pure white snowflakes. If you didn't look at his face, you might be mistaken for a white man. The old man who turned his head.

This is already the fourth hour of their high-speed march. Due to excessive physical exertion, they have almost drank all the mineral water, and they are still at least halfway away from the Beicheng base.

In order to reduce the burden, they threw away all the useless materials in the bag, but Ji Xi was hugged tightly by Yan Yi, the body temperature of the two of them was transmitted to each other, between the tight chests, Ji Xi felt Yan Yi's violent heartbeat , and always held his arm firmly.

In the twilight of the morning, they finally approached the Beicheng base in the gradually rising sun.

As long as they passed the last mountain, they had reached the jurisdiction of the base, which was the suburban plain they often visited.

"Wait! Be careful—" Yan Yi suddenly shouted, his voice was already hoarse, and his voice was unbearably hoarse.

Thanks to this reminder, Mao Hei, who was rushing to the front, reacted very quickly, and jumped back, and the three deformed people who rushed from the side in a crowd rushed to nothing.

Mao Hei immediately took out his dagger and slashed at it, but his physical strength was also severely exhausted, and his hands were unstable, and he only cut off half of a deformed man's arm.

Chi Miao hurried forward. Although he looked thin and malnourished, he struck like lightning without any hesitation. Immediately, a knife was inserted into the head of a deformed person, and the brown-green liquid exuded a disgusting smell. Erupted from the brain of the deformed man, the deformed man fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and did not move.

Mao Hei and Yan San took this opportunity to draw their swords and cut off the heads of the other two deformed people.

Chi Miao confronted the deformed man head-on just now, and kicked the head aside with a big hole in his face: "Okay... let's go."

"Wait." Yan Yi frowned tightly and stopped him, "We can't go this way, let's go up the mountain."

The road Yan Yi mentioned was the one they took when they went there. There are two connected mountains at the border of the plain, and there is a narrow path about three meters wide between the two mountains. From here, there is no need to climb the mountain. .

They ran all night, and everyone was exhausted. At this time, there was absolutely no reason to ignore the shortcut and insist on taking a long way.

"What's wrong?" Ji Xi asked suspiciously.

"Aberrants seldom get together. Those few things just now..." Yan Yi said in a low voice, "It makes me suspect that the condition of the base may not be good. To be on the safe side, I'd better go up the mountain and take a look."

Mao Hei's face was already the same as his name: "Damn, it won't be so unlucky, I really got what I said, this way of death is really similar to a thousand cuts, what evil did you do in your previous life?" ah……"

Yan San rolled his eyes at him: "If you want to die, you die yourself, I won't accompany you."

Mao Hei: "What the hell are you..."

"Okay, why are you arguing?" Yan Yi said with a cold face, he seemed the calmest compared to the other three, "Let's go."

This mountain is not particularly high, and it took a few people about half an hour to reach the top of the mountain. Its location is very special, facing the main entrance of the Beicheng base. Looking down from the top of the mountain, you can clearly see the entire Beicheng base, even Some people commented that if it was placed before the end of the world, it must be an excellent tourist attraction with an endless stream of tourists.

It's a pity that no one is in the mood to appreciate this magnificent beauty now.

The mountains are green tomorrow, the snow has stopped, a few clouds are floating in the clear blue sky, there is not much snow on the ground, the clear and cold mountain wind passes through the forest, the golden sun is like the holy light of heaven, Passing through the white clouds, it shines on the clear ground.

Ji Xi couldn't believe her eyes——

Not far below, with the Beicheng base as the center, countless dark and distorted figures are surrounded by layers of small but surprisingly large black dots. At this moment, on the sunny and green land, the square Beicheng is built. The base is like a huge ant nest, presenting a kind of creepy beauty.