Ancient Gene [End Times]

Qin An and the others packed up their outfits and went out with the team to have a look. They were also curious about the difference in combat power between the mutant animals here and their mutant animals.

They are not afraid of any danger outside. There are mutated animals around, and their own mutation is very high, so there is no need to care so much.

Zhang Yang left the south gate, turned back and walked east.When we arrived at the open space to the east, we looked up and saw a person leaning against the corner of the wall, it was none other than Qiu Ling.

Qiu Ling's waist-length hair was cut off, and the hair left just reached her shoulders. In the past, Qiu Ling's hair was always tied behind her back, but now it is draped over her shoulders, covering most of her face.

"Aunt Ling?" Zhang Yang called someone and ran over.

"Are they going out?" Qiu Ling asked.

"Well, four of them went out." Zhang Yang said.

Qiu Ling didn't speak any more, and turned back to the villa.Zhang Yang was a little strange, he tilted his head and couldn't figure it out, so he just gave up and continued kicking his own ball.

After Ke Chenguang woke up in the morning, he saw that Bao Xinyu was still sleeping, so he lay on the bed and looked at Bao Xinyu for a while.In the end, Bao Xinyu woke up from hunger, and the two of them dressed and washed together, and went downstairs to find something to eat.

The villa was already empty, and there were only two people left.Ke Chenguang opened the refrigerator, cooked noodles, added more vegetables and diced beans, made fried eggs, and made some cold salad.

The food for the two of them was obviously much better than that of the other four who could only eat buns.

Now Bao Xinyu wished he could turn into a rabbit, his eyes were red when he saw Cai, and he was devouring it so deliciously.

"You talk about Brother Qin, what can they do." Bao Xinyu swallowed a mouthful of noodles and said.

"Look around, it's quite big here. Let's go out for a walk in a while, and get familiar with the environment first. It seems that there will be no more problems in Qixi's side in a short time."

Ke Chenguang is a person who thinks very clearly.

Qin An and the others followed the members of the clan and sat on the backs of mutant animals to shuttle through the mountains. Occasionally, they encountered mutant animals attacking them, and they were basically subdued by the mutant animals easily.

Except for some bumps on the mutated animal's back, they had almost no effort to make a move, as long as they applauded beside them.

Qin An has sharp ears and eyes, and he always pays attention to the people around him who can command the mutated animals. He can hear those people with whistles in their mouths. The sound from the whistle is usually inaudible to humans, but the animals can hear it clearly. This time, six mutated animals were brought out. , Under the command of the whistle sound, the cooperation was perfect.

This is much better than when they only cared about chaotic combat.

These animals, not only can completely rely on command to complete the battle, but also cultivate a certain tacit understanding with each other.They are not only fighting tools, but also teammates who cooperate with each other.

Seeing the six mutated animals work together to kill a giant mutated wolf, Qin An walked two steps over and looked up at the mutated animals beside him.

Among the six mutated animals, the shortest one is a tabby cat, which is also close to seven meters.And it is the most flexible in battle, catching prey by surprise.The biggest one was a border shepherd, about nine meters tall. Qin An stood in front of its legs and looked up at it. The mutated dog lowered its head, touched Qin An's face with its nose, and the exhaled breath formed a wave.

After all, there are people beyond people and beyond.

At sea, they saw even bigger creatures, and here, they saw the tacit understanding of the mutated animal army.

It turned out that their team still had a lot of room to grow.

Qin An rubbed the dog's cheeks. The dog was so big that even his two arms couldn't hold half of the dog's head.

"Do all the mutated animals here grow so fast?" Qin An asked.

"The animals raised here used to be bigger than the ones outside. Now that we have intentionally bred them, it is normal to raise them bigger than the ones outside." The leader of the team laughed, "What you saw today is the place where these mutated animals are housed. The upper part was used to raise livestock, and the lower part was used to hold wild beasts. These places were used to detain prisoners in the early years, but now they are no longer used. The sensible ones are directly tamed, and the ones that are not easy to tame, or those that are naturally violent, are just Put it down first and take your time."

"Prisoner? Were there any prisoners here before?" Qin An asked this question, but he actually felt that his question was a bit naive. It is said that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. There are so many people living here, who can guarantee that? Wouldn't one or two scumbags be born?

"The last prisoner there was before the founding of the country." The leader said, "But none of them are our own family members. Since our own family members were born, we have never had second thoughts about this family. It has been like this for thousands of years. The lowest level, originally It is for the treacherous and evil people. We can’t lock up ordinary prisoners, but we will not show mercy to those who have caused large-scale human casualties. Especially in times of war.”

Qiu Ling had never heard of such a thing.Qin An hurriedly asked: "Then what is the method?"

The leader thought about it and said: "I heard that it is a captivity, and he cannot see the light of day until he dies. Our family never kills, and we only do it when it is necessary, just like now."

"There is always a limit, what can be controlled and what can't be controlled." Qin An said.

The leader shook his head helplessly: "I don't know about that. It's not something I want to think about. This is something the patriarch has to consider. As for why the wicked are not imprisoned, few people in the clan can explain clearly. It is a matter of our parents and even grandparents. Now that the world is like this, we people think more than the patriarch, but we will do as the patriarch directs."

The average age of this family seems to have been half forgotten by the old man of time and space, or as if they lived in another dimension. The traces of time passing by them are very slow. For more than 100 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, for ordinary people, maybe There are five generations, but for this family, if there are three generations, it is considered early to get married and have children.

The concepts of age and age are different.

After hunting a few prey, it is a pity that they did not find any mutated animals that were still sane, so it was not a big gain.

Dragging the captured prey with a rope, everyone rode the mutated animal back.

There are relatively few people in the family now, and most of the clan members have left all over the world to work hard for the goal supported by the family. The rest of them dare not leave the clan for too long. Hurry back as soon as possible.

On the way back, Qin An purposely sat with the leader of the German Shepherd.There is a lot of space on Demu's back. Qin An touched the skin of the black back under his body, and said to the leader sitting in front: "How did Qiu Ling get out?"

Qiu Ling has been very abnormal these days, and after returning to this family, it stands to reason that in such a world, being able to go home and reunite with her family should be the most exciting thing.But judging from Qiu Ling's performance, it was obvious that she was not happy about it. On the contrary, her mood was even more depressed than on the way back.

After entering here, it can be seen that Qiu Ling gets along very well with her family, so why is she acting like this?No matter how dull Qin An was, he could still tell that something was wrong.

"That girl Xiaoling, she has never been a disciplined master since she was a child. I heard that because of some reason, the old man in the family scolded her a few times, and she ran away when she got angry. It happened that the patriarch was not at home at that time, and Xiaoling I hid on purpose, and waited until the world was in chaos, but I didn’t find anyone. But it’s good to be back now.”

Qin An thought about Qiu Ling's state in the past few months, and he knew that things were definitely not that simple.

Qin An smiled and said: "Looking at her appearance, she really doesn't look like someone who has been wronged. But she is quite stubborn, and I haven't seen her trouble anyone along the way."

It stands to reason.Qiu Ling was wandering outside in the troubled times, and she looked thin and weak, she looked like a little girl who was not yet an adult, even if she looked around for help, no one would think that something was wrong.But not only did Qiu Ling not say a single word of begging for help, but she tried her best to turn the tide several times.

Maybe he is really withdrawn in personality, and even has some flaws in dealing with others.But I have to say that this person is definitely a wonderful flower in this world.

The two words "Qihua" are neutral words in themselves, and it all depends on how to use them.Pa itself means flower, which means gorgeous.A wonderful flower is a wonderful flower, there is no other word that is more suitable for Qiu Ling.

The leader thought about it, sighed and said: "She can do it. She has to be strong since she was a child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was raised next to the patriarch. They live and eat together. The patriarch The older brothers and sisters love her, and they teach her things when they are free. It is also because of this that whenever there is something in the clan that takes her with her, she is afraid of embarrassing the older brothers and sisters, so she does her best to do things. "

Qin An thought over and over again before saying, "I don't seem particularly happy to see Qiu Ling come home this time."

The leader thought about it: "Maybe she is afraid of being scolded by the elderly in the family. The stronger this person is, the more he can't stand criticism. She came back because she wanted to do things for the family because of the troubles of the world, but she didn't like the elderly in the family." What you said to her. It would be nice to come back. Besides, there is no one who is serious and obedient. "

From this point of view, he also knew very little about Qiu Ling.

Even so, he revealed enough information to Qin An.

Back in the clan, Qin An did not forget to agree to Zhang Yang's words, and pulled He Siming to the south.

But just happened to walk across from Qiu Ling.

Qiu Ling changed her clothes and hairstyle, and she almost didn't recognize her when she saw it suddenly.

"Qiu Ling?" Qin An called out.

"I'm back." Qiu Ling replied.

"Why did you cut your hair?" Qin An asked with a smile.

In most cases, men don't pay much attention to hairstyles, so there used to be so many jokes on the Internet that there are no differences between women before and after hairdressing.But Qiu Ling has changed so much that she almost changed her face.

"It's too troublesome to take care of, and it's a waste of shampoo, so I cut it." Qiu Ling touched the cut hair, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Does it look good?"

"You'd better tie up your hair neatly." Qin An said honestly.

Qiu Ling let out a chuckle: "Straight men are aesthetically pleasing."

With such a smile, there is somewhat of a shadow of the past.Qin An nodded and said, "I suspected that there was a replacement just now, but it's still the one I know."

Qiu Ling knew what they meant, her eyes were a little complicated, and she said, "You must ask about me and my brother."

These words made Qin An's face blush, and he said with a dry smile, "We know both of you here, and you are not here yet, so we can only use you to seek relationships with others."

"I know you don't understand, but there are many things you don't understand, this one is not bad. I don't fully understand now. My brother came here for his own purpose, and it doesn't matter to you Harm, you can rest assured about this." Qiu Ling said.

"But it seems that you are not very kind to you." Qin Andao, "You are very wrong along the way. I thought about it, you have repeatedly assured us of our safety, does it mean that this time there is really danger. And since you will bring us here, does that mean that it is not us who are in danger, but you?"

Qiu Ling's eyes were a little more surprised: "What else did you think of?"

In fact, Qin An couldn't be sure of his conjecture. He just piled up all the things that went wrong recently, and there was only one possibility left.

"I remember that before you met Qi Xi, you comforted Xinyu and said that you would bring him to your house to eat delicious food, but since you met Qi Xi, especially after Qi Xi asked us to come here as guests, your attitude It's always been weird. Then the problem probably has nothing to do with other people, it's because of your brother, right? Or, there is really something very important to this family in your forbidden area, and you are targeting us to record it s things."

Qiu Ling was not in a hurry to speak, but looked at Qin An and the two of them.Qin An and He Siming waited for her answer, but after a while they saw Qiu Ling smiling, but there was a bit of bitterness in that smile.

"To be honest, I don't welcome you here at all. Even on the way you came, I considered whether I should die with you, and I don't want to watch you come here."

In this case, neither Qin An nor He Siming could think of it.I don't understand, what kind of secret is hidden in Qiu Ling's heart, that she would have such an idea.

"Then what is the problem? Tell me now, we still have time to discuss solutions!" Qin An said, "I don't know what you are thinking, but since we are a team, there are many things that can be solved." We need to solve it together. I really treat you as a friend."

Qin An is enthusiastic, but he is not a saint. If he meets someone on the street who wants to jump off a building, Qin An will go to save him, but he will never ask him why he jumped off the building and help him solve the problem from the root.

But Qiuling is different.For some reason, seeing Qiu Ling's weird behavior at this time, Qin An had a ridiculous feeling that he was about to lose this teammate.

They have known each other since they were in Tibet. They fought side by side along the way, and many problems were solved smoothly under their feet.

Qin An didn't want to obviously get involved, but he couldn't do anything.He doesn't like to sit back and enjoy.

He Siming's eyes moved, and he said, "Still, this kind of thing, like the more secrets of your family, must never be known to outsiders."

Qiu Ling flicked her hair, her eyes were reddish, she looked more cheerful than before, and said: "Actually, it makes no difference whether you know it or not. Tomorrow around this time, you will go to the forbidden area. At that time, all of you Questions will have answers.”

Qiu Ling said again: "Don't think of me as weak, I am much stronger than you. I am very glad that you can say these things to me, but there are some things, there is no difference between knowing and not knowing. It's like I am with you now. You said that a comet is about to hit the earth. You have no way to change the trajectory of the comet, let alone install a star engine on the earth in such a short period of time to push the earth away. You can only watch the comet destroy the world. But I can’t do anything. When I don’t know, my head is full of suspicion at most, but after I know, there is only despair.”

Qiu Ling thought about it, and then said: "Of course, the word despair doesn't apply to you. That's all for me. Didn't you make an appointment to play with Zhang Yang? Let's go, I have something else to do. "

Qiu Ling still didn't say anything, but it also confirmed that Qin An's conjecture was correct.

Does Qiu Ling really want to open it?In other words, she didn't think about it, but she knew very well that she couldn't change anything.

It's like watching a comet come by.

Can everything be revealed tomorrow?

But after tomorrow, what will happen?

The two went to the villa Zhang Yang mentioned together.Outside the gate, pressed the call button and stood in front of the camera.

No one asked who they were, the door opened directly.The two went in, and when they reached the door of the villa, the door was opened first, and an uncle in his 60s and [-]s met his eyes.His face is very clean, if not half of his hair is gray, he would look younger.

"Xiao Yang is on the third floor, this way please. When you get to the second floor, please silence the two of you so as not to disturb the rest of the people on the second floor. However, the rooms on the third floor are very soundproof, so you don't have to worry about other things when you play. "

The decoration here is not much different from the place where I lived before, it is in a similar style.

All the way up to the third floor, the uncle led them to the innermost room.Close to the room, you can hear the voice of chatting inside.

The uncle came to the door, knocked on the door lightly, and there was a voice from inside, and then he opened the door and said to the inside: "Xiao Yang, the guest you were waiting for has arrived."

Zhang Yang stood up and walked over: "I just mentioned it, it's a coincidence."

Zhang Yang stood at the door, looked up at the two of them, and said, "Come in."

The two entered the room. There was a tatami mat at the end of the room, and a small square table was placed on the tatami mat.Sitting by the table was a woman with a ponytail and a serious face.

Unexpectedly, there were others, Qin An turned his head to look at He Siming, and then at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang introduced it naturally: "She is my second aunt, second aunt, this is a guest brought back by my seventh uncle. I am on vacation today, and no one will play with me, so I asked them to play cards with me."

Qi Xiu's second sister just sat there, her body straight, her face expressionless, just like a Buddha statue.

"The game is appropriate, don't be too lazy." Qi Yu's second sister said.

Her voice was as cold as her aura.

In fact, she is very good-looking. Of course, in this clan, Qin An and the others have never seen anyone who is ugly.

"It's a holiday today, and there are few people in the clan." Zhang Yang said helplessly, "I want Second Aunt to play with me, but you can't do anything."

Qin An could see the black line sliding down the forehead of Qi Xi's second sister.

The second sister Qi Yu stood up, got off the tatami mat and put on her shoes: "I won't bother you to play. You can talk to your seventh uncle yourself later."

"I remember it all." Zhang Yang sent Qi Xiu's second sister to the stairs, and then walked a few steps back to the room, and asked the two to sit on the tatami together and turn out the cards to play together.

He Siming found a seat and sat down, and said with a smile, "Your second aunt and your fourth aunt don't look alike at all."

Zhang Yang said: "My father and his brothers are seven, and their personalities are quite different. But after all, no siblings are the same. Do you know my fourth aunt? Ah, yes, you slept with her last night There. Why don’t you sleep with me tonight. I’m the only one on the third floor, and I can’t hear any noise from the downstairs. I’m going to school again from the day after tomorrow, and when you have time next time, you can leave.”

Qin An shook his head and said, "I heard from Qiu Ling that we have something to do tomorrow, so we'd better sleep with my friend tonight."

Zhang Yang was slightly stunned: "Do you want to go to the forbidden area?"

Qin An thought that the child would not know about it.He nodded and said, "I don't know what that means, I just know it's very important."

"It's really important. The family has been busy with this for the past few days. Uncle Qi has been busy since he came back. I don't want to be close to him for a while."

"So busy?" Qin An was so tired that he fell asleep on the bed last night. Compared with the others, Qi Xi was only a lot more tired, yet he still worked so hard.

"Everyone in the house is not busy except for the children and the elderly. My dad has been busy for seven days in a row. In the morning, due to some problems, he exhausted his energy and has not woken up yet. But in the past few months, this kind of thing is common. I’ll be fine when I wake up and eat enough.” Zhang Yang said, “I haven’t passed the exam yet, so many things won’t let me know. Although I don’t know, it’s not that I don’t have a concept. It won't help. Well, what rules are we playing?"

Randomly pick a game with simple rules that can be played by three people, and chat with a few people while playing.

Qin An would talk to him about the outside world, especially after the end of the world, while Zhang Yang would talk about the inside of the clan without saying a word.

Most of the things that he, a child in the left and right clan can know, are not too secretive.

"My dad told me that Aunt Ling is just too stubborn. Ten cows can't bring back what she is sure about. But she has never harbored bad intentions. She is not a bad person. She just left home At that time, most of the information about the outside world was from the Internet, and I knew nothing about the real situation. In fact, if she can come back safely, the old people at home will be relieved. If you can get along with her, I can be sure that you are not A man with a wrong mind. Of course, if you have a wrong mind, my seventh uncle will not let you in."

Zhang Yang's speech is actually no different from that of a normal adult, but he just looks at him who looks like a child, and he still can't help but feel a little dazed after watching him for a long time.