Wilderness Age

The hope of returning home is at hand.

As long as they jump into the crack, they can set foot on the land of the earth and return home, and everything in the big crack has nothing to do with them.

After the initial panic passed, the Doblins' eyes lit up and they shouted excitedly: "Drive the gonads into the cracks! Then they won't threaten the mother tree!"

"What should we do, let's go?" Ding Sheng asked Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou.

Labrador was a little tangled, he wanted to follow Chu Xingzhou Yuze back to the earth, and he also wanted to see the amphiphagia wiped out and the mother tree safe, although Jaquel said that this battle does not need a larva like him Doblin was involved, but he couldn't feel comfortable leaving either.

The two looked at Suo Tianyou again.

Chu Xingzhou called out his name.

"You go."

He pulled a section of the root of the mother tree and wrapped it around his wrist, leaving a firm statement.

Whether it is Labudoduo or Suo Tianyou, they are all their friends.

The two were silent for a moment, and Chu Xingzhou said, "Persist until tomorrow morning."

Yu Ze: "What if the passage is closed?"

Chu Xingzhou: "Waiting for the next opportunity."

Yu Ze: "It doesn't matter to me."

Ding Sheng: "Listen to you, if you are brothers, fight to the end together."

The three of them decided that Labrador first threw himself into Chu Xingzhou's arms, and then rubbed against Yu Ze, "Thank you."

Suo Tianyou has already used the wind ability again, he only has goats in his eyes, and at this moment, only this goal is worthy of his all-out efforts.

But he didn't roll the amphiphagia into the crack as the Doblins thought.

"Hey Drifter, you got it wrong! The rift is here, it's the most efficient way!"

Suo Tianyou turned a deaf ear to it. Unlike Doblin, who fights all battles to defend the mother tree, his goal has never been to "drive away" the gophers, but to eliminate them.

He is avenging Xi Wei.

"The gonad must be killed."

"I want to see them disintegrated in the mist and destroyed."

"If you must stop me, I don't mind setting a fire right now, including the mother tree."

Suo Tianyou was overstretching himself, using Kuangba's wind blade to dismember the phagocytic worms and suppress their vitality.

The Doblins were cursing, but they also cooperated with Suo Tianyou. After all, if one gopher was released, more gocheids might fly back in the future.

If it can be done without harming the mother tree, it is also what Doblin would like to see if they are trapped here and then wiped out.

The battle lasted for a long time, and Suo Tianyou acted as the main force, trapping a large number of amoebas in the wind.

For the overflowing bugs, the silky spider webs thrown by Yu Ze and the Venus Flytraps thrown by Chu Xingzhou can both catch and delay their movements.

There are also countless doblins who are checking for leaks and making up for the gaps, so as to prevent the phagocytosis from swallowing the heart of the mother tree and multiplying rapidly.

It is difficult to distinguish day and night in the underground cave.

But when the temperature gradually dropped and the cool moisture infiltrated the rock wall, they knew it was morning.

The mist floated up, carrying the fresh air of vegetation and leaves, covering the central mountain range, flowing slowly in the criss-crossed veins.

The activities of the amphiphagia gradually stagnated.

They were disintegrated into white light spots in the milky white mist, and the Doblins moved swiftly to crush the big gophers, speeding up their demise.

Everyone is working hard.

The white mist gradually became thicker, and gradually faded with the passage of time, and then stayed in the cave for a long time, enveloping everyone in it.

The Doblins cheered and celebrated the final victory.

Labrador rushed towards Jacquil, and turned around him briskly a few times: "Jacquil! We succeeded, and the amphipods were wiped out!"

Jaquel: "Yes, little Labrador, the legendary Doblin has won another battle! You can continue to divide and grow up, and I can live for a long time! Children, this is our victory!"

He bumped the little light group with his fist: "Now you can safely leave with your human friends, I know you want to go to Earth, go! Bring the legend of Doblin to the new world!"

Labrador bid farewell to Jacquel, flew back to Chu Xingzhou briskly, and then fell silent under Chu Xingzhou's signal.

Because some people are going through pain.

Suo Tianyou walked towards Xi Wei with heavy steps, turned her over, and hugged her in his arms.

Her face was pale, like a painting that had lost its color.

Broken transparent wings stretched out from her back, and the adult insect's remnant wings were deeply fused with her body, unable to be separated.

Dots of white spots and shallow lines appeared on her body, as if they were rubbings left on her body by amphiphagia.

Suo Tianyou hugged her, silent like a statue.

The real Xi Wei was dead before Suo Tianyou found her

Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou didn't know what to say to comfort them, so neither of them spoke, they were silent with him.

"Let's go." Finally, Suo Tianyou urged them to leave.

After more than ten hours, the crack still exists, but no one knows whether it will disappear in the next moment.

Chu Xingzhou: "Suo Tianyou, you..."

Before he finished asking, Suo Tianyou said: "I'm not leaving, I couldn't bring her back, I'll stay with her."

His voice was hoarse, as if tinged with blood.

In the silence, Ding Sheng was the first to respond: "Respect his decision."

Ding Sheng understood Suo Tianyou's choice. If Yu Ze hadn't told him the secret, letting him know that his two comrades-in-arms were most likely still staying in their base and hadn't been to the Rift World, Ding Sheng wouldn't have been alone. leave.

Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou looked at each other and nodded.

They understood Suo Tianyou's mood.

They can't help him.

"Goodbye."

"Take care of yourself."

As they walked towards the passage home, Suo Tianyou's figure gradually became blurred in the mist.

The Rift is ahead.

Yu Ze took Chu Xingzhou's hand, and the latter held him firmly, Labrador pressed against Chu Xingzhou, and Ding Sheng stood side by side with them.

"Let's go."

Several people jumped into the crack together.

They will finally return to their own world.

·

On the other side of the passage, the world is shrouded in ice and snow.

This is a harsh winter, the wild is silent, and all creatures are dormant in the snow.

Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou walked on this icy long road for more than ten days without meeting anyone.

The long journey seems to have no end.

If they hadn't met familiar houses along the way, saw the familiar words on the outer packaging of discarded food, and confirmed that this was their country, they would have wondered whether the rift had brought them to the extremely cold northern continent.

Having experienced it, all three of them understand what is going on now.

Soon after the appearance of the solar eclipse, the world entered into a polar night winter without the sun for several months, and the sun did not appear again until the next spring.

According to the time when they drifted into the crack world, it should be the end of winter now.

The more to this time, the more tormented moment.

After enduring a whole winter of severe cold and darkness, food shortages and lack of supplies, more and more people fell into despair, thinking that they would never see the sun again, and could not wait for tomorrow. Many people had serious psychological problems. There was a wave of suicides in the safe zone.

Even if they survived the winter, those who survived would have to go through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, competing for living space with more and more prosperous mutant creatures.

All bases are trying their best to maintain, preserve their strength, and preserve their hope.

The northern base is one of the most trusted bases among them. Under the leadership of the high-level, the entire base is difficult but orderly.

On this day, three strangers appeared outside the base.

Torches illuminated their dusty faces.

The first person showed a smile on his face, which is the most common excitement and joy for hard-working travelers when they see a safe base.

Behind him were two young supernatural beings, their eyes were curious, looking at the impregnable fortress.

These three were Yu Ze, Chu Xingzhou and Ding Sheng who had returned from the rift world. Under the guidance of Ding Sheng, they crossed the ice and snow wasteland and came to the northern base.

The guards at the city gate didn't know them, and treated them as supernatural beings who had come to join them, and greeted the three of them politely.

"You guys are very unfamiliar. Is this your first time in Rao City?"

Because the sun disappears, day and night can no longer be distinguished by the color of the sky, and the movement of time is also extremely difficult to detect.

The northern plain became the northern snowfield, and people made simple sleds to walk on the ice.

But apart from the regular hunting team at the base, very few people would choose to go out in such a climate.

Because of the harsh living environment, some small safety zones cannot continue, so one after another, many supernatural beings from nearby areas came to the largest northern base around the city. They took great risks to travel through the dark The ice field is nothing more than because it can no longer survive in the original base, so it has to take a risk.

As long as they are willing to abide by the order of the base, the northern base has always opened its gates to accept these people.

The guards reminded them that first-timers should go to a specific place for inspection and registration accompanied by the base staff, those with supernatural powers should go to the supernatural beings management office, and ordinary people should go to the residents' management office of the base.

The basic management system of the base is consistent with Ding Sheng's memory.

On the way to be taken for inspection, Ding Sheng couldn't help looking around, hoping to see an acquaintance, which made the staff leading the way suspicious of him.

Ding Sheng apologized and explained that he was just too excited.

When he was about to reach the checkpoint, Ding Sheng saw a group of people passing by across the road.

A look of surprise appeared on his face, he put his hands around his mouth and shouted like a trumpet: "Old Ma—Xiao Yang—"

The two people whose names were called looked back, and one of them stretched out his head to look intently, his eyes widened, and he pointed to this side, saying, "Ding Sheng! It's Ding Sheng!"

The group of people quickly ran over, crossed the road in a few steps, came to Ding Sheng and surrounded him.

"It's really you!"

There were voices of surprise one after another.

"We all regard you as a missing person, where did you come back from?"

"You don't know that the old horse would sigh every day when he talked about you, and he would disappear if he said he was alone!"

"You bastard, do you know that you're driving people to death!"

Seeing the familiar comrades in arms and hearing the caring words, Ding Sheng was happy at first, and then couldn't help but shed tears.

The comrades-in-arms were reunited, and they were very happy.

These people were just about to take Ding Sheng back, but the staff who had just guided them stopped him and reminded him to go through the formalities for entering the city.

"Oh oh oh you are a newcomer now, hahahaha!"

The comrades coaxed him to the management office and gave him a guarantee.

There were acquaintances in the base, and the registration of the three of them went smoothly.

Ding Sheng introduced Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou to several people.

"Chu Xingzhou?"

The reaction of these people when they heard Chu Xingzhou's name was the same as that of Ding Sheng back then.

Ding Sheng laughed loudly: "Haha, you guessed it? Where's the boss? Go and tell the boss, his brother has been found!"

The comrades-in-arms were all excited, as if their relatives had found it: "That's really great news!"

They were brought to a small building, slightly north of the center of the base, where Chu Xinghe lived and worked.

Chu Xinghe happened to be out at this time, and they started talking while waiting.

"Are you also supernatural beings?" This is one of the questions everyone is most concerned about and curious about.

Ding Sheng knew that for the current comrades in arms, they didn't know who he would be after the end of the world, and they needed to get to know him again. He also discussed with Yu Ze, Chu Xingzhou, and kept the matter of Yu Ze's rebirth as a secret. The voice will not tell anyone, but Chu Xingzhou and Yu Ze will disclose it to Chu Xinghe when the time is right.

Ding Sheng also said that he had to report some information he had to Chu Xinghe, but he only reported it to Chu Xinghe alone. As for how to deal with the information after obtaining it, it was up to the leader to decide.

So now, when chatting with his comrades-in-arms, he also concealed part of the truth, only saying that he was accidentally wandering outside, met Chu Xingzhou Yuze by chance, and introduced the tortuous experiences of the three of them and their respective abilities to everyone.

Ding Sheng praised Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou vigorously.

"The combination of the two of them is a legion!"

Yu Ze's space factory and Chu Xingzhou's ability to catalyze the growth of plants ensured that the three of them would have no shortage of food, clothing or use no matter what the situation was, and Ding Sheng believed that they would be able to play their best when they came to the base. The effect is even greater.

While chatting lively in the room, someone outside shouted: "Boss is back!"

Not long after, the sound of steady footsteps came, and a man with a face similar to Chu Xingzhou's, but with a more mature temperament came in.

He caught sight of the outstanding young man in the middle of the crowd, his usually serious face softened, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

"Xiaozhou."

"elder brother!"

Chu Xingzhou stepped forward a few steps, the joy of being reunited with his relatives made his eyes turn red.

Chu Xinghe's hand patted his shoulder twice.

After a while, the two let go of each other, and Chu Xingzhou introduced to Chu Xinghe.

"Brother, this is Yu Ze."

Seeing Chu Xingzhou's eldest brother for the first time, Yu Ze felt a little nervous.

"You are Yu Ze, I heard Wu Wei talk about you."

The eldest brother has a low voice and a leadership style that is not angry and pretentious, but he treats Yu Ze very kindly.

Yu Ze didn't know how Wu Wei introduced himself to Chu Xinghe. He is Chu Xingzhou's eldest brother and the closest relative of Chu Xingzhou. Does he know the relationship between Chu Xingzhou and himself?

"You can call me big brother like Xiaozhou," Chu Xinghe said.

Yu Ze obediently used this title: "Brother."

While Yu Ze was still thinking in a mess, Chu Xingzhou stood beside him, took his hand, and almost wrapped his hand in his palm.

He blinked at Chu Xinghe: "Brother, we are a couple."

Chu Xinghe was helpless: "You still like to show off so much."

This younger brother loves to swear ownership in front of his elder brother since he was a child.

When I was a child, I loved the thing I loved, but now I am the person I love.

Wu Wei had already let him through the wind, but this time it was his younger brother who personally introduced him, and Chu Xinghe nodded solemnly.

His younger brother sometimes acted too naively and not prudently, but Chu Xinghe knew that he was absolutely serious about matters of relationship.

After introducing his lover, Chu Xingzhou also cared about his friends.

"Has Wu Wei arrived at the base?" He asked Chu Xinghe.

"Yes, they came here a few months ago, so I heard about you." The news at that time was not good news, no one knew what would happen to Chu Xingzhou and Yu Ze, and whether there was a possibility of finding them back. , but Chu Xinghe stabilized Wu Wei, and called a think tank to start the research and analysis of the crack.

He did not give up hope, and finally waited for his loved ones back.

"I came here first when I got the news. I have already sent someone to notify them. He will be happy to know that you are back."

When they were reunited, Ding Sheng and a group of comrades had already retreated. At this time, Chu Xinghe called people in again and asked Chu Xingzhou and Yu Ze to arrange rooms.

"The three of you have just returned to the base. I'm afraid the journey will not be easy. Don't rush to explain the situation. Go to rest first, familiarize yourself with the place, and you can relax for a few days when you get home."

The phrase "I'm home" made several people feel differently in their hearts.

Chu Xingzhou nodded heavily: "Yes."

Yu Ze also said: "Thank you, brother."

Chu Xingzhou suddenly thought of something, and said, "I live with Xiao Ze."

Chu Xinghe turned his head and glanced at them.

Chu Xingzhou looked straight back, and even deliberately put his arms around Yu Ze's waist in front of his brother, and put his chin on Yu Ze's shoulder.

Yu Ze's face burned a little, but he didn't refuse.

Chu Xinghe withdrew his gaze, and told the person in charge, "Let's arrange it according to what he said."

Chu Xingzhou smiled and said, "Thank you brother!"

Yu Ze: "..."

Xiaozhou is not like this usually, did he activate some hidden attributes in front of his relatives...

They were arranged to live on one of the first floors of the small building where Chu Xinghe lived. The whole building has four floors. Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou had four rooms on this floor. Because of Chu Xingzhou's request, they were placed in one bedroom.

On the fourth floor, there is an attic and a sky garden the size of half the roof.

The old things of the Chu family were stored in the attic, and when Chu Xinghe came to see them, he took Chu Xingzhou to have a look.

"At the beginning of the end of the world, I went back home. The house was severely damaged and mutated beasts took over. I snatched everything I could salvage, but there wasn't much left."

Chu Xingzhou carefully scanned the items in the box and put them away again.

The sky garden is currently idle, and Chu Xinghe has no time to take care of it.

"I heard that you have wood-type abilities? This place is just right for you to play."

Today's world has few adults and people, and under the premise of ensuring safety, everyone in the northern base has enough living space.

Those who survived often aroused great enthusiasm for planting, and tried planting in gardens, balconies, and roofs. However, under today's climate conditions, the success rate is extremely low, cold, and lack of light. Only Mutated plant seeds selected by wood-type supernatural beings and agricultural experts.

In addition, ordinary people and people with other attributes can only hope that the crops they plant will suddenly mutate and adapt to the new ecological environment spontaneously.

Later, Yu Ze rested in his room.

Chu Xingzhou went to find Chu Xinghe. The two brothers reunited after a long absence, and they had a lot to say.

The room was dimly lit with a candle lamp, which is also a scarce commodity nowadays.

This was their first night in the base, Yu Ze couldn't sleep, tossing and turning on the bed.

Because there is no day, it is night at any time, so the operation of the base is divided by the huge artificial hourglass and water drop clock to divide the timetable.

The water drop clock may also face the problem of freezing in winter, so people with water system abilities are required to maintain it.

Currently, Xiao Nineteen’s goldfish, Xiaohong, is doing a great job in this position, because only fish can stay in the water 24 hours a day and it’s not too tiring. The superhuman and Xiaohong take turns. Even if Xiaohong doesn't need it, he regards the water drop clock as his own territory, and staying inside is truly like a fish in water.

There will be a bell every two hours to inform the residents of the whole base of the time. From ten o'clock in the evening to six o'clock in the next day is the silent time, simulating the normal work and rest time, so that most people can maintain normal sleep.

The ten o'clock bell had passed for a long time, and Yu Ze heard the sound of the door being opened.

Chu Xingzhou walked over in a low voice and sat down by the bed.

Yu Ze pulled down the quilt a little, revealing his eyes, mouth and chin.

"Aren't you asleep?" Chu Xingzhou asked in a low voice, his voice hoarse.

He was facing the light, and there was a heavy shadow on his face, but Yu Ze could see something.

"No." He moved inside and lifted the quilt a little, "Are you coming up? It's warmer under the quilt."

Chu Xingzhou rubbed his hands, took a breath of heat, took off his coat and lay down on the bed.

Two people are next to each other in bed.

Chu Xingzhou hugged Yu Ze in his arms, and buried his face in his neck.

Yu Ze also hugged him, put his hand through his waist, and patted Chu Xingzhou's back like comfortingly.

In the extremely cold weather, the thick quilt cannot provide enough warmth for people. What warms people's hearts is their mutual body temperature.

"You and your brother have a very good relationship."

Yu Ze was very happy for Chu Xingzhou, and knew his regret, because while he found a relative, he also faced the fact that their brother lost his parents forever.

For Chu Xingzhou at this moment today, it must be full of joy and sorrow, full of emotions.

"He likes you very much." Chu Xingzhou put his mouth against Yu Ze's ear, and said to Yu Ze in a nasal voice, "He will also be your relative in the future." He chatted with Chu Xinghe a lot, about the past , about the present, about the future, and these, he also wants to share with Yu Ze.

"Because of you?"

"No, it's not because of me, it's because you're good enough." Chu Xingzhou said slowly, complaining half-truthfully, "My brother is a man who doesn't recognize his relatives when he's working."

It was the tone of a well-loved child in a family.

Yu Ze smiled: "It's still because of you."

If it was because of his abilities, he would have been considered a worthy recruit by the base, probably treated preferentially, like other bases he'd been to—not as a family member.

It's not like it is now, with a lover worthy of attachment, a reliable friend, and an elder brother who cares about him like a family member.

Without all of these, Yu Ze himself would be able to survive in this desolate apocalypse, but with all of these, he has more happiness, and has a reason and meaning worth living desperately.

After finally coming to the northern base, they vented their emotions in the sideburns, and the spirit and body of the two were relaxed like never before.

When the clock struck six o'clock the next day, Yu Ze seemed to open his eyes in a daze, and then closed them again in his warm embrace.

No one came to disturb them, not even Chu Xinghe.

In the first three days when they came to the base, except for taking one afternoon to have a closed-door conversation with Chu Xinghe, telling the experience of the three of them in the cracked world and the important information they knew in the previous life, they spent the rest of the time thoroughly discussing rest.

Ding Sheng returned to the team, and Wu Wei, Xiao Jiujiu, and Zhou Xiaotong were all in the base.

Chu Xinghe was very busy. Except for dealing with affairs at the office in the building in the morning, he spent the rest of the time running around the base until evening.

The base has made preparations for the winter, but no one expected this winter to be so long and so harsh.

There is no food to search for outside this season, but the hunting team will still go out to patrol every few days out of security needs, and occasionally bring back some mutant beasts that are so hungry that they have to come out to look for food. Come for extra meals, some are raised in captivity for meat storage, and a few people like it will be taken away as pets.

The heating of the base follows the heating facilities of the old city, but because of the limited fuel, the heating area is limited, and priority is provided to the elderly, weak, women and children in the central area of ​​the city.

Yu Ze and Chu Xingzhou were welcomed at the base. Regardless of their identities, their superpowers are too practical, and they can get supplies for every aspect of food, clothing, housing and transportation.Yu Ze will help the people in the base to process clothes and daily necessities for free. The quality is very reliable. He also works in the supernatural person management office. The base is responsible for providing raw materials. Yu Ze will produce medicines, weapons and various armors to equip the city. hunting party.

Chu Xingzhou picked out many seeds of cold-resistant plants and planted them in his roof garden, which was also fully decorated in the middle of winter. Labrador liked this small garden very much and announced that it was his territory.At the same time, he also helped to grow crops in the base's plantations, and contributed to the base's guarantee of food supply.

They gradually adapted to the rhythm of life in the base.

The eldest brother witnessed their wedding ceremony.

A small, intimate ceremony with just a few friends and relatives in their congratulations.

The location of the ceremony was in the small garden on the roof, and Chu Xingzhou arranged the venue himself.

They kissed with everyone's blessing.

Labrador flew around them like a little excited light bulb.

After the excitement dissipated, everyone moved to the downstairs hall to enjoy the dinner, leaving the newlyweds alone to enjoy the sweet time for two.

They sat in the garden, and the grass was covered with snow-white ice crystals.

Even Labrador walked away knowingly, Chu Xingzhou was very satisfied.

During the whole process, Yu Ze felt like he was walking in the clouds, floating lightly, and he was not very sober until now.

Then he heard Chu Xingzhou's chuckle, leaning on his shoulders, ringing in his ears, the melodious voice made Yu Ze itch from the tips of his ears to his heart.

"Thank you, thank you for coming to me, thank you for liking me, thank you for willing to spend the rest of your life with me."

Yu Ze is an introverted person, and he rarely expresses himself directly. When he received such a passionate confession, he didn't want to disappoint Chu Xingzhou, and didn't want his enthusiasm to be in vain.

So Yu Ze sent himself up.

It may have been his most impulsive, but in a moment like today, impulsiveness is allowed, even encouraged.

Although the weather was very cold, Chu Xingzhou felt that he had been ignited. He squeezed Yu Ze's waist, which caused a shiver in his body.

"Shall we go back to our room?"

Yu Ze hugged Chu Xingzhou's neck, and whispered in his ear.

They see the stars.

Yu Ze has not seen the stars for a long time.

The black mist falls, the black mist dissipates, the stars disappear, and the sun and the moon change.

Since the end of the world, they have been busy looking for a safe place to take refuge in countless days and nights. After the long winter, they lived in the dark night like everyone else.

But that night, Yu Ze seemed to see stars.

Bright, crystal clear, sparkling with hope.

Because it was so beautiful, he wasn't even sure if it was his hallucination or his dream.

After being exhausted to the extreme, he fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, when Yu Ze woke up, Chu Xingzhou was watching him from his pillow.

The early morning light trembled on Yu Ze's eyelashes, making him wonder if he was still in a dream.

He called out Chu Xingzhou's name, his voice hoarse from overuse: "...Xiaozhou?"

"I'm here."

Chu Xingzhou first kissed him lightly on the eyes, and then he left like a dragonfly touching water, and then said, "Look, it's dawn."

Wisps of light leaked in from the gaps in the curtains, and Yu Ze listened carefully, hearing faint cheers.

The base was full of joy. They finally waited until the end of the long winter. After that, it might not be smooth sailing, and there might be other new challenges, but they saw hope.

Yu Ze listened, and his heart was unconsciously encouraged: "Listen—"

Chu Xingzhou also smiled, but put his finger to his lips again: "Shhh—"

Yu Ze looked at him, and in the morning light, greeted him with a long kiss.

Together they have walked to the end of the long night and ushered in a new dawn.