How to survive in the wasteland of human cubs

The cold wind was piercing, and the breath turned into white mist, Feng Chen sat with his back to the bow of the boat, blocking the wind for Yan Bubu.

The hovercraft sailed past Haiyun City, and he found that after only one night, the flood subsided a lot, and some ruins that had been submerged in the water were exposed.

Haiyun City no longer looks like a vast swamp, some buildings dotted out of the water, showing that it was once a bustling city.

"The sea level is dropping, and the floodwaters are pouring into the sea, and they are rapidly receding. The extremely cold weather is coming soon," Lin Fen said.

There is a huge cargo ship parked at the pier, which is about the same size as the previous hive ship, but there are not so many multi-storey rooms.

There are several hovercraft on the sea next to the freighter, and people are boarding under the command of soldiers.

When Feng Chen and his ship approached, the other hovercraft moved out of the way and let this ship go first.

Those noisy voices disappeared, and the people on both sides of the boat looked at Feng Chen and Yan Bubu in his arms with complicated eyes.

A gust of wind blew, and the blanket covering Yan Bubu's face was blown away. He quickly covered it with his hands, but there were also some whispers in his ears.

Feng Chen didn't look at them all the time, but just stared at the piece in front of him indifferently.

The hovercraft stopped at the cargo ship's gangway. Lin Fen and Yu Yuan boarded the boat first, and Feng Chen followed behind with Yan Bubu in his arms.

When he stepped on the gangway with both feet, a strange man's voice suddenly sounded not far away.

"Major General Lin, I want to say a few words to you."

Lin Fen kept walking, and replied without looking sideways: "If you have anything to say, wait until the boat sails."

"Major General Lin, everyone knows that the child you're holding behind you has been bitten by a zombie, so what do you do when you get on the boat?" The man continued.

Feng Chen paused, and looked at the man who spoke.

The man exchanged glances with him and then looked away. He had obviously seen the way he was about to kill yesterday, but he insisted on continuing: "Major General Lin, everyone knows the horror of zombies. If you let that child aboard, if something happens, If so, the sea is all around, and there is nowhere to escape if you want to, the boat is full of people..."

Lin Fen didn't stop for half a step, and continued to walk up, but there were seven or eight voices in the crowd.

"Major General Lin, if the child is a patient with a fever, no one will have any objections. But he was indeed bitten by a zombie. When he passed in front of me just now, the blanket was blown away by the wind, and I saw his face was blue. Yes, this is about to turn into a zombie."

"Major General Lin, I'm not a person who doesn't know what to do. Thanks to you and the Western Union Army, we can survive until now and go to the central city. If it's still the old cruise ship, you want to take a zombie child away, I'm ass No one will be placed. But now it is a freighter, there are no isolated rooms, everyone is crowded together, whoever is bitten, the consequences are unimaginable..."

An old man also shouted: "Major General Lin, I know you pity that child, and I pity him too. The young Miao who was just unearthed has only seen the sun for a few days. I am old, and I can't die. It doesn't matter, but there are children on this boat. It's not that I'm cruel, but if this child is let on board, what will the other children do?"

Feng Chen kept looking down at his feet, as if he didn't hear it, but the fingers under Yan Bubu's body were trembling slightly.

Yu Yuan, who was walking in front of him, was afraid that he would be angered, so he turned around and comforted him in a low voice: "It's okay, don't listen to them."

Feng Chen raised his head, and there was no anger on his face as Yu Yuan thought. Instead, he pulled the corner of his mouth into an ugly smile: "I'm not angry. If I were them instead, I wouldn't be relieved."

After being silent for a while, Yu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said nothing.

With someone taking the lead, others will follow suit, and the voice of opposition is getting louder and louder, and the words are getting worse and worse.

"A child who is obviously going to die, why do you want to take it on a boat to harm other people? When the time comes, the whole family will be buried with him."

"The child's life is his life, but ours is not?"

"I really don't understand why you bring a zombie aboard."

……

Feng Chen only hugged Yan Bubu and walked up step by step, as if these words were not about the two of them.

Among the various voices of anger, condemnation and pleading, there was a child's shout mixed in, which seemed a bit abrupt at this moment.

"I know, it was you bad guys who threw him away, and he was bitten by the zombies. But he is very powerful, he can catch the Kanzer lizard, he is my classmate, he will not turn into a zombie..."

Feng Chen turned his gaze slightly, and saw the little fat boy Chen Wenchao, his face flushed, being hugged by Chen's father, and he was yelling at the people beside him.

Chen's father reprimanded him loudly, and he burst into tears.

"He is my classmate, take him away."

"Wow...he's not a zombie."

Several children's voices followed suit.

The sound became louder and louder, and Lin Fen finally stopped when he got halfway to the side of the ship.Feng Chen glanced at him, then stopped in his tracks, but still stared indifferently at the spiral staircase in front of him.

Lin Fen turned to the people on the hovercraft, with an air of calm and prestige, the voices suddenly became quieter.

"This child is not an ordinary person. Before being bitten by a zombie, he was going through the last step of evolution into a guide. It can also be said that he was already a guide at that time. This should be the reason why he has not turned into a zombie, so don't panic too much. .”

Someone continued to ask.

"But Major General Lin, someone saw his face just now and said that he already looked like a zombie, so even a special soldier may turn into a zombie after being bitten, but he is slower than ordinary people, right? And he is A special soldier turned into a zombie after boarding the ship, so who can stop him?"

"That's right, it's so scary for ordinary people to turn into zombies, but what if special soldiers turn into zombies?"

"I don't understand, Major General Lin, why did you insist on bringing him on board?"

Lin Fen remained silent with a sullen face, while Yu Yuan approached the side of the boat and shouted, "Shut up, all of you!"

He had a handsome appearance and was usually gentle with others. It was the first time he yelled angrily like this, and everyone shut up.

He pointed to Feng Chen beside him: "This is his elder brother. He suffered a lot of injuries yesterday. If the wound on his chest was a little bit closer, he would be dead. He is only 13 years old! He is also a child! He can't get an adult People's protection, but in turn, to protect you!"

"He entrusted his only family member to your care, and it turned out like this. You have no right to keep them from boarding the ship. No one is entitled, including our Western Union Army."

Yu Yuan's voice fell behind, and no one spoke again.There was only a gust of cold wind blowing through the cargo ship's cabin, whining non-stop.

Lin Fen raised his wrist to look at the time, and said in a deep voice, "I've heard you say so much, and I've heard what you mean clearly, so now I'll share my opinion."

"Time is running out, we must set sail immediately. Man, I'm going to take the ship, if you think the ship is dangerous, you can choose not to go on the ship. That's it."

"That's right." He turned his head and looked at Feng Chen again: "He is my soldier now, the Western Union Army. Yesterday when he received the military order to carry out his mission, he handed over his brother who was in a coma to other people. Who took over at that time? Anyone, whoever has received a military order to look after his younger brother."

"If it was forced by the situation, there would be no way for an accident to happen, but now it is someone of you who threw his brother away, which led to the current consequences."

"During a soldier's battle, anyone who abandons and indirectly causes an accident to a soldier's relative should be convicted of murdering a soldier's family." Lin Fen ordered the soldiers not far away, "Find those people, arrest them, and send them to a military court in the central city." .”

When the crowd heard this, they immediately exploded into discussions.

"Murdering the army is a crime, it's too serious."

"This is a felony. They didn't directly hurt the child. Is this appropriate?"

"Governing troubled times, use heavy codes. Extraordinary times and extraordinary incidents should be dealt with exceptionally. Otherwise, what will other soldiers think? Will it chill their hearts? I think this heavy punishment is quite appropriate."

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Lin Fen didn't care what those people were talking about, and walked up to the deck.Yu Yuan squeezed Feng Chen's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Go, we'll go up too."

Feng Chen remained silent from beginning to end, as if he was listening, but also as if he didn't hear anything.As he walked, he wrapped the blanket inside, and wrapped Yan Bubu even more tightly.

"Major General Lin, I'm really wronged. I didn't bite the child like this, but a zombie. Why did I murder a member of the army... What's the difference between such a big crime and letting me die directly?" A voice suddenly rang out from the crowd. There was a sharp cry.

"Yes! I just want to let you die, and I can let you die now. My soldier is working hard, and you stabbed him in the back. But you didn't stab him, but our entire Western Union Army!"

Lin Fen suddenly turned around and yelled violently, his expression was cold and stern, and he exuded the strong coercion of A-level sentinels and superiors.

"But you should be thankful that I am a soldier. No matter what the chaos outside is, I will abide by the military rules so that you can still stand here at this time."

"Major General Lin, I was wrong, please forgive me, Major General Lin..."

The wailing stopped abruptly, and the man was gagged by the soldiers and taken away.No one else in the boat spoke a word, they were so quiet that they didn't even cough.

Several people stepped onto the deck, but Feng Chen stopped, looked at Lin Fen's back and called out, "Major General Lin."

Lin Fen turned back to look at him: "What?"

Feng Chen licked his dry lips, and finally asked the question he had been thinking all the time: "Major General Lin, I want to ask, what would you do if he really turned into a zombie on the boat?"

After he finished asking this sentence, he stared at Lin Fen without blinking.

Lin Fen didn't answer decisively this time, he frowned, as if Feng Chen's question stumped him.

Feng Chen didn't urge him either, and just waited quietly, as if waiting for a verdict.

A full minute passed before Lin Fen looked at him. Although he didn't say anything, the heaviness in his gaze had already given Feng Chen the answer.

He pulled up the corners of his mouth and smiled, but that smile only made those present feel sad.

"I'll stay with Yan Bubu, we won't board the boat." Feng Chen lifted the corner of the blanket from Yan Bubu's face and looked at him softly, "I know he might persist until the central city , but it is also possible to completely turn into a zombie on the road. There are so many people on board, if he really turns into a zombie, he can only be killed. I will not take him to risk, we will stay in Haiyun City, so that Even if he becomes a zombie, I will guard him and will not let him be killed."

A few drops of rain fell on Yan Bubu's bluish face, Feng Chen stretched out his fingers, and carefully wiped away the water stains.

"Not on the boat? How can I do that!" Yu Yuan said anxiously, "Do you know what you're talking about? The low temperature is coming soon, what should you two children do if you stay?"

Feng Chen looked up at Yu Yuan, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will find a solution."

"What can you do? What can you do?" Yu Yuan reached out to hug Yan Bubu, "Don't worry about Lin Fen, even if Little Curly turns into a zombie, I won't let anyone kill him. Bind him with ropes all the way to Canterlot."

Feng Chen didn't let go, but his tone became more relaxed: "Colonel Yu, thank you. In fact, we all know that there is no way to treat him in the central city. The cipher box is still with me. I have traveled for more than ten days on the road, and I will get the cipher box for treatment." I don’t know how long the research will take, if he wants to turn into a zombie, he won’t be able to wait for that day. Besides, it’s impossible for the central city to accommodate a small zombie, so it’s better for us to stay.”

Yu Yuan's hand froze.

Feng Chen is right, it is absolutely impossible for the central city to allow a zombie to enter the city.

If Yan Bubu goes there, there will only be one result.

Everyone on the deck fell silent. Lin Fen walked forward slowly, leaned over to look at Yan Bubu's face carefully, and asked in a low voice, "His name is Yan Bubu?"

"Yes." Feng Chen said.

"It's still annoying." Lin Fen shook his head disapprovingly.

Feng Chen smiled: "I think everything is pretty good."

"What about you? Feng Chen?" Lin Fen raised his eyebrows and asked.

Feng Chen nodded: "Yes, my name is Feng Chen."

Lin Fen stretched out his finger, touched Yan Bubu's forehead lightly, and leaned into his ear and whispered: "Annoyer, I only eat sick children, so you must get well soon."

Yu Yuan suddenly turned his back and raised his hand to cover his face.

Lin Fen straightened up, looked at Feng Chen and said seriously: "Even if the extremely cold weather comes, I believe that with your ability and tenacity, you will be able to get through it safely. I will send the people on this boat back to the central city, and I will send someone to Come pick you up."

Feng Chen thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "If Yan Bubu is ready, I will take him to the central city in the future. If we didn't go...you don't need to pick him up."

Lin Fen pondered for two seconds, then stretched out his hand and rubbed Feng Chen's head: "Okay, then Yu Yuan and I will wait for you all the time."

Yu Yuan walked over with red eyes, took out a small notebook and handed it to Feng Chen.

"There is an unlock code for the supply point, enough for you and Little Curly to eat and drink. The flood is receding quickly, and it is estimated that in two days, you will be able to enter without diving. There is also a small warehouse in the supply point. There are military supplies such as anti-pressure diving suits, and the unlock code is also written inside. By the way, there is Lishi temperature control equipment in Haiyun Tower, which can always ensure the temperature in the tower, and you can live in it. Haiyun Tower Almost all the mutants on Yunshan have been killed, but we must also pay attention to those sporadic ones..."

Feng Chen took the notebook and put it in the bag, but he didn't take it out of the bag for a long time.He took out two cryptex boxes, read them in the light, and put one back in.

There is a small scratch on the real cryptex, I don't know when it was left, you have to pay attention to find it.

Yan Bubu could distinguish the two cryptex boxes at a glance, but he had to look carefully to know.

The eyes of the three of them all fell on the small silver-white box. The special metal shell had a slightly frosted feel, and the raindrops merged into crystal water droplets on the surface of the shell, rolling down.

"This is the cryptex box my father left at home, and now I'm handing it over to you." Feng Chen handed the box out.

Lin Fen didn't reach out to take the box, but only looked at him deeply: "I thought you would give it to me, but it was on the way to Central City."

Feng Chen understood what Lin Fen meant.

After ensuring the safety of him and Yan Bubu, he will hand over the cipher box.Regardless of whether it is the Eastern Allied Forces or the Western Allied Forces, as long as they can develop methods to fight the virus.

But he and Yan Bubu couldn't get on the boat. After being abandoned and injured, they had to stay alone in this flooded city, facing the coming extreme cold.

He is completely free to not hand over the cryptex.

"My father has always told me that I will be a soldier in the future, and my mission is to protect the United States of Earhart and the people of this country." Feng Chen glanced at the people outside the boat, and across the faces , "But I don't want to listen to my father, I don't want to save these people, I don't want to save at all..."

Feng Chen's eyes sparkled: "But there must be many Uncle Wu and Yan Bubu in this world. I don't want them to die, jump off a cliff or turn into zombies...I want them to live well, live well Go on, no matter how hard it is, you have to live."

His hand holding the cipher box was shaking all the time, and his knuckles turned white: "For them, I gave you the cipher box."

Lin Fen looked moved. He reached out to take the box, and said with some difficulty: "The world of adults is like this. They don't want to hurt you. It's just that at certain moments, they will make choices that are more in line with their own interests or more interests. Among them Including me."

"Maybe, I have some understanding, but I don't want to understand either." Feng Chen said.

The rain was pouring down, splashing little splashes on the deck.

Lin Fen looked at him quietly, and suddenly said, "Show me the Wuyu I gave you."

Feng Chen was startled, but he still took out the dagger and handed it to him.

Lin Fen drew out his dagger, the light of the knife was cold.

He pointed to a small scar on the handle of the knife: "This is left when my grandfather fought with wild boars when he was a child." He pointed to a broken skin on the scabbard: "My father fell from the mountain when he was a child. The dagger was hung on the branch, which saved his life." Finally, he held the scabbard to the light and let Feng Chen see it: "Did you see the characters inside? It was carved in it when I was your age."

Lin Fen put the dagger back into its scabbard and pinned it to Feng Chen's waist, but he didn't immediately stand up straight, and kept this posture and whispered in his ear: "I want to get the cipher box, but some things are Nothing to do with cryptex."

A drop of tear slid down Feng Chen's buried face, and fell into the rainwater under his feet.

He quickly raised his head again and took a deep breath: "Okay, let's go, it's still early, I'm going to find a place to stay."

Lin Fen hugged him and Yan Bubu, and there was a wave of fluctuation on his usually cold face: "You must be safe."

Feng Chen nodded and said, "We will."

Yu Yuan came to hug the two of them tightly again, with a choked tone: "We will wait for the day when we meet you in Central City."

Feng Chen replied hoarsely: "Okay."

Feng Chen turned around, stepped down the spiral staircase, and jumped onto an unmanned hovercraft.

The crowd who were still clamoring all closed their mouths after seeing his movement, and just watched in silence.

Feng Chen put Yan Bubu in the boat, paddled his oars towards Haiyun City, a few strange voices came from behind him: "It's us adults who owe you, I'm sorry, kid!"

The boy's thin back was straight, as if no wind or rain could bend him.The thick black coat was blown by the wind like an unfurled sail.

The hovercraft gradually disappeared from everyone's field of vision and turned into a mass of black dots, but during this process, the boy never looked back.

Feng Chen kept paddling his oars, until he heard a long ship whistle from a distance, and tears burst out.

He wept loudly and hoarsely, letting tears and rain blur his eyes, and then flowed into his mouth together.

He tore off the introverted and stable shell, and melted the fear and fragility of the 13-year-old boy into the torrential rain and tears.

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Don't worry, the two of them won't have a hard time, and Boo Boo won't be illiterate.