Prologue (1/2)

War

War had destroyed an era, war has also created a neorld

No one knohen the night were not completely dark

Under the night, two dots eht were floated slowly in the air

The area around these fireflies was full of thickened, dark green color and putrid smell water Even in the corner which the firefly couldn't shi+ne, the sewage also eht, illuminated a small area around it Compared with its unbearable filthiness, the deadly radiation was the e

Inside the se, all kinds of dirty trash floated or sunk There were rags, which couldn't figure out original color, rusty metal cans and some rotten carcasses of unknown anie rats appeared froe and disappeared in the dark It looked like the radiation enough to kill a e rat However, occasionally, a few pieces of meat fell from the body of the rat If someone observed carefully, they could see that the e rat wasn't immune to the radiation

Two red dots flew a fewsteel bea was reflected fros, half - collapsed wall, as well as the wreckage of the car which was scattered around

Under the night, everything in the world ereen fluorescence

This kind of place, fifty years ago, it was called the ruins, fifty years after, it was called the city

The fire was lit suddenly in a near corner Crazy and hysterical cries intertwined together, quickly rushed to this place

The red dot was frightened It quickly spread out four transparent wings, vibrated it rapidly and flew up high A fire just shi+ned over, irradiated a huge, larger than oneaway

Thethe torch didn't pay any attention to this beetle He just ran and folloith the crowd in the front of him, and roared like a beast sporadically

The fire quickly went away, and the beetle returned to hide in the dark Then, a sharp wind blew suddenly and the giant beetle screamed bitterly Its sound was sharp like the needle Its arthropod legs, which were sharp as knives, scratched to the s vibrated desperately; but the beetle still was being pulled inside the darkness

Then, corresponding with its screa sound

Inside a dark alley, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded, then an extreme panic woman rushed in As soon as she entered the alley, she i on the wall

The whole body was covered in a black blanket, its head lowered, so no one could see the true face According to the small size of the body, it looked like an 8 or 9 years old child

The woure after a few strides She pushed the swaddling which she was holding tightly in her hand in the blanket wrapped around this body, begged with a cry: ”Please, save her”

The fluorescence from a puddle under the wall shi+ned the woh to see that was a very young and beautiful face Her appearance was about twenty; she had a rare, delicate and white skin in this era It was beautiful enough to make most women jealous and want to cut some knife on her face Her neck was also perfect; from the lower jaw, a curve line drew a near-perfect curvature, then extending all the way down It suddenly raised on her coe Her clothes were very transparent and only a few buttons were buttoned Half of her plues could be seen vaguely through her shi+rt On her shi+rt, there was a small stain of water Probably she just fed her child milk

She only stopped a second, didn't wait for this person respond, then she suddenly stood up and ran to the depth of the alley After she ran about ten ic screaht, this screams spread very far The frenzied crowd not far froure out that is about excitement or joy Less than a minute, numerous torch illus wearing ragged clothes; their faces were mixed of cruelty and excite to each other and also chasing to the depths of the alley

A stout-looking guy wielded his nail bat; his arh the crowd, pushed other people in front of hi, he yelled: ”When we catch that woht with me, I will smash his head!”

Behind hihed noisily The volume of his authentic mockery wasn't commensurate with his body ”Come on, Black Duncan! That wo on her body! Do you dare to poke her? Are you not afraid that your member will rot inside her body when you just insert partially?”

Black Duncan also yelled back: ”That is nonsense, I am able to resist more radiation than you!” However, there was hesitation clearly in his voice

His hesitation h out: ”Black Duncan, who hadrotten already? But its size and your body are really disproportionate!”

Black Duncan roared angrily, yelled back: ”I don't fucking care! Who think theirs are larger, do it! Anyway, I quit!”

Suddenly souy already has rotten half! If I can screw a fine-skinned woman like her, even it will rot completely it will be worth!”

The shouting person was a skinny and als rapped around his body There were numerous rotten wounds on his emaciated body His head was nearly bald, there were only a few hoary hairs on it He breathed heavily while running; there was a harsh sound came from his chest, which is similar to an old wind box He just barely kept up with the crowd, but under his belt, his dark stick was as hard as a short and thin iron bar It stood abruptly on his belly

The ss rushed out froone, the darkness, again, dos, which were full of violence and pornography, the only thing left was the shaking white skin of this woman They didn't notice that the shade near the corner is a body Even if they knew that, they wouldn't pay any attention, because it is too si the last moment These people were everywhere in this era

Not too far froher, ically scream of a woman Shortly after, her screas' laugh went up higher again and again, and coed woman's voice

In the dark valley, the body covered in a black blanket suddenly moved He lowered head slowly lifted; froht out Partially of its hand was exposed fros; and its tender outline clearly showed that was a juvenile's hand However, its skin was extre, and it is completely out of tune with the environment around Under the blanket over his lowered head, there was a point of deep jade green color It was his eyes, which were focused on the infant inside the swaddling

This infant didn't cry nor cause trouble A pair of big blue eyes was also looking back at the regiirl, her sh, and her skin was pristine like the highest quality crystal It was clearly different from other babies affected by radiation in this era; there were a lot of black, blue, gray chunks on their skin Her lips also had very rare perfect curves Overall, she was very beautiful, especially for a non-weaned baby

He blinked his eyes a few tiirl's face also flashed Finally, he stretched out his hand, loosened the tightened swaddling a little, so the baby could hear the sound around, which was the sound of thugs' gasp, as well as the occasional outbreak woic scream

That slender, fair-skinned hand and fingers acted like dark clouds in the night, only appeared a split second, and then returned to the blanket

The baby’s head tilted slightly, her ears shook lightly, collected the sound around, and listened very focus Now he noticed that there were two separated tips on top of her ears, which er than other normal human ears by a half

This tyranny and pro With a burst of an extreradually becae fla around with the spread of dense s fire sometime could reached about ten meters in the air At this time, this fire could even disperse the darkness in the alley for a moment

Near the puddle of sewage in the alley, nothing was left The child that had been wrapped in a deep black blanket has disappeared

The sun rose as usual The blazing sunlight penetrated the thick gray clouds, and shone on the black and yellow ground Suddenly, a strong wind bleay a sray clouds, allowed the sun to shi+ne doithout obstructions Iround fled away to find the shade Soround caves to avoid this deadly sunlight The only thing that didn't fear this sunlight was a tall plant, its pale steht caht as possible Then it grew crazily with a speed could be noticed by bare eyes

Bang, Bang! Waves of loud sound broke the quiet round very hard by an empty iron pipe, yelled around with a hoarse voice:”Work! Wake up, you bastards! Let the old Hans see how many lucky people left today!”

Hundreds people iround, then rushed to him But when they were five meters away from him, they stopped automatically It looked like there was an invisible barrier that didn't allow thereenhorns who didn't know the situation was still pushi+ng ahead Several brawny guys around immediately scolded: ”New people stay behind! Squeeze for what?” The new people didn't have any time to react They immediately ate soround People around instantly added their fists and kicks without any syroup of brawny people threw these greenhorns, which were beaten to nearly death, out e of the crowd, and also bitterly spat a few mouthfuls of sputum on them

Old Hans, who had been used to see these atrocities, just shrugged indifferently He wore a leather jacket which was completely lost its luster; inside was a piece of crimson dark red plaid shi+rt On his lower body, there was an oily jean and a pair of ees around, earing like the beggars, Old Hans was si A silver badge was pinned on his chest The background of the badge was a city afar, and at a middle, there was a hostile tank In the sunshi+ne, this badge shone quickly and beca There were al them, there was fear, there was respect, butthe meat

Faced with hundreds of olves, Old Hans didn't show the slightest fear He stood behind a table le iron, and took out some food cans, which their brands couldn't be seen from the wooden chest behind He threw it heavily on the table, and yelled out with all his rams of ore for five cents! Price of food is similar to yesterday! You bastards are very lucky, today I have some food cans! Let's see who from you can take it! Line up, no squeeze, one by one!”

These refugees had already known the laws in here They lined up and went to the front of iron table, one by one Old Hans was like a butcher picking anilanced at their physique, skin and face, then said: ”You can, go there!” or ”You cannot!”

The greenhorn refugees, who got approval from Old Hans, instantly ran to the pile of tools, picked up a metal pickax and a back basket, then rushed to the mine one hundred meters far way They feared that if they acted a little slowly, Old Hans would treat them as useless, and said these terrible words ”You cannot!” The experienced ones, in contrast, walked very slowly, like they were in their own courtyard They knew that they had to hole day long in thestamina on the road was not a smart idea

”Why am I not chosen!” A thunderous roar pulled back everyone's attention An approxiht black man, which looked like a black bear, slammed the iron table and yelled to Old Hans

Old Hans pulled out a clean handkerchief and sloiped out the saliva sprayed in his face He pointed to an ulcer big as a cup on his black chest, and calo to themules After that, ork for me?”

”I can work! I want to eat, I also have to feed three children!” That black guy didn't pay any attention to Old Hans' word, he just kept sla non-stop

Old Hans knitted his eyebrows, nal to behind Just one bang and black guy's voice stopped He was staggered to see a huge wound on his chest; his voice was stuck at his throat and he couldn't say anything

Behind Old Hans' back, a bald brawny un Another loud bang, and hundreds of uy's chest, doubled the size of his wound and thoroughly penetrated his generous chest This bald brawny guy wore a horrendous wrinkly black suit, which also had so holes This suit was clearly a relic of a few hundred years ago There were total three brawny guys like him behind Old Hans' back

After cleaning everything on his face, Old Hans told back to the air, like that black a, your saliva is so fucking stinky!”

There were reed decreased and the fear increased noticeably in their eyes Souy and throw it a few hundred meters far away Shortly after, Rotten Wolves and Vultures, who could track to the scent of blood, would come and eat his corpse completely, even his bone would not been left

The line before iron table shortened quickly Before the sun rose coone to the amble their luck

”Nuht be tough” Old Hans groaned, then stood up and twisted his sore back When he was stretching his lazy waist half way, his action stopped immediately He pressed his hands on iron table, then leaned his body to the front, and looked at the child who only higher than this table a little

This child rapped in a very dirty blanket, which its original color couldn't be recognized Its face, his arms, every exposed outside part of its body rapped with dense cloth Only the left eye was revealed, and this child was looking for Hans silentlyThis child looked like an eight - nine years old kid, but Hans didn't know that child was a male or female

Usually, Old Hans would never waste any effort in this kind of clearly unqualified refugee He didn't operate a charity organization However, perhaps the bloody situation before softening his heart a little, perhaps the concern of labor lacking in this month, or perhaps the eyes of this kid; anyway, he just hesitated a little, then asked this kid: ”Do you also want to work?”

The kid nodded his head

”Alright! But first, tell me are you male or female?” Old Hans asked

”Male” Finally, this kid opened his e, his voice was low, but it also had an unusual and indescribable enigmatic attraction

”Good job, little boy, go there and take the tools Sirareatest favor Wearing like that, did you get sick already?Good, don't worry, at least there isn't any stinky scent on your body, and Old Hans' nose is very accurate Go to work, finish it early, then you can fill your stomach early When you couldn't work anymore, find Lame Peter, he will tell you how much e”

In the nagging of Old Hans, this little boy carried a higher than hiround, then gradually disappeared into the depth of the mine

When his body finally faded away, Old Hans shook his head heavily Suddenly he turned his head, asked the brawny man in the black suit behind him: ”Am I too wordy today?”

In front of this neurotic old man, even the man in black, as sturdy as a bull, had to take a step back, then hurry shook his hand firmly

Old Hans dry laughed twice, then talked: ”You are very suards But you should know that at this place, I aent of the coee in an instant like you kill a dog, but I also can turn you into the sa as them in tomorrow You should also know that I am quite old, and old man usually has some eccentric characteristics You only need to fulfill your own thing, is it clear?”

”Understood, Mr Hans!”

”You should call me Your Excellency Hans!”

”Understood, Your Excellency Hans!”

Old Hans, hu froated steel and iron nails Even in the to kilometers away, this kind of room which could protect the user from wind and rains completely would be treated as a luxury house

The sunset came very quickly The Rotten Wolves, who had slept a whole day in starve, started waves of howl Then they began to wander around, try to find some prey to fill their stomach

In the squeaking sound, Old Hans pushed the metal door of the flat roo nap, he felt much better Not too far away, the mine was empty Workers had left and took their ration and returned to their living places already When the sun went pass the horizon, longer than one round tunnels With the combination of their powerful jaws and their sharp and solid incisors, they could break two centimeters thick iron bar easily by one bite Even the hardest rock was nothing in front of them Luckily, when the sun rise, Violent Gopher would hide in the deep underground and slept in there, so theseore

At the saure appeared at the entrance of the cave The little boys, while carrying a basket of ore as high as himself, tottered out

Old Han's eyelid jue He looked at that child dragged the basket of ore on his back to the scale, then put near the huge heap of ore and finally took the record from the fores wrapped on his body was stained with red, yellow and miscellaneous blue from the mine dust

Looking at the little boy, Old Hans walked to behind of his flat roo shed, next to the steal rooled to ram body He yelled: ”Come here, little boy!”

The little boy calance, then blehistle and told: ”Not bad, little boy! You had done more than most adults! Coe? Do know recognize these words? You know it? That's good, even nize half of the words on this list Hey, don't look at this side, you couldn't exchange the ite down from this line”

Peter used his rough finger to draw a line across the long list The boy looked to the list; his eye stopped at the ”drinking water” coluht was blocked by Peter's rough finger

”This is it” The boys used his fully wrapped finger to point to the list

Peter called out at once: ”Ah ha, rank 3 drinking water Little boy, you ht? I heard that the body of the nobles is too tender, so they could only drink pure water Yeah, that is it, that kind of water without any impurities, without any radiation!”

”This is it” The boy still pointed to the list His voice didn't have any fluctuation Many people would have some doubts that whether it was an artificial voice

Peter shrugged, took out a can of beverage from the bunch of wooden boxes behind He threw it to the boy: ”Here you are! Rank 3 drinking water, luxury kid”

Little boy carefully hid the beverage can inside his blanket, then turned over Saw that, Lame Peter scratched his head, then took out aas a fist, then gave it to the little boy: ”Hey little brat,Take this, brat Remember that you owe La tomorrow!”

Little boy received that bread, hid it carefully in his blanket again, then bowed deeply to Lame Peter After that, he walked into the darkness

In the Wilderness covered by darkness, dozens of wolf-like eyes atching over hi sounded another after another

”That little brat today worked very well, should we pay hied Perhaps it was half of a bread”

”I bet that inside his blanket is a huge piece of roasted Violent Gopher!”

Nearby thereenhorns! Do you know the rule of the land of Old Hans? In his area, no one is allowed to rob the exchanged item”

The previous sound appeared again, clearly showed its owner's disobedience ”Old Hans? What could he do? I can beat tens old man like that at once!”

The lazyhis ass, you are not qualified!”

The greenhorn, as just criticized, still wasn't convinced He didn't know that lazy ue, that man blehistle and yelled loudly: ”Boys, kill that trouble maker then feed Rotten Wolves by his corpse!”

More than ten people listened to his call, gathered together

After a short scream, the Wilderness returned to silence Everyone tried to sleep asout more ore

In the warehouse, Lame Peter couldn't see this boy's body anymore He pulled some hairs froo? If he would be eaten by rotten wolf, my five cents would have been a waste Hey, Old Hans, tell ht?”

Old Hans, as lending on the warehouse's wall, said: ”God knows”

Laan keeping up the records list and the food on the operating table His rerams body Lame Peter could walk inside the warehouse without a stick When he picked up the last record of the little boy, he just wanted to throw it away easily But, it looked like he reain, thenwater I don't knohy he wants this The radiation in the ea little pure water”

Old Hans took away the paper frolance, then crumpled it and threw it into the fire hole outside the warehouse

He coughed a few tio back and tell to Mad Dog Milde, from tomorrow, reduce the quota for every basket of this boy by 10 kilograive hiht”

Peter said: ”This seeainst the rules”

”He is raising a child” Old Hans lit a cigarette, which only remained a half; his sound seemed a little heavy

Peter looked up in surprise, said: ”What? How old he is? Why does he raise a kid?”

Old Hans breathed out a ring of smoke, said: ”For every child under three years old, if they can drink water without radiation and eat clean food, yes, da water continuously, they will not mutate, even when they become mature!”

Peter knitted his eyebrow, and said: ”Oh my God! I supposed that everyone will have to mutate! But how could you know that?”

Old Hans responded calmly: ”Because I also raised children”

Peter amazed: ”You have never told me about that! How old is he? May be he is twenty already Please, God bless hily as you”

Old Hans sh clean food and water for him He encountered mutation when he was five He couldn't make it”

Peter didn't knohat he should say After a long silence, he said: ”Sorry, old man I shouldn't mention it, you know… Oh, until now, I've never e to raise a kid”

Old Hans took a deep breath of sht outside of the warehouse, said: ”Bro, you don't need to say sorry with me This year, if it wasn't you, I would become the food for Rotten Wolves already I also wouldn't becoent”

Peter picked up a 50 kilogra as a pivot, juhest shelf He scratched his head again, then said: ”Actually, I didn't want to save you, but you know, at this tithen Defense was upgraded to level 2; that wolf leader couldn't kill ic Doh”

Old Hans gave the half of the cigarette, which was alo to sleep It is too late already, there aren't any woman would come to this place”

Peter inhaled the s until he couldn't bear it anymore Old Hans had returned to his roo sound; he knew that mean Han threw hireen box fro table He carefully took out froazine, which could be scattered at any tie; his breath became more heavily

The cover of this round The hot and sexy woazine, became a bit blurred However, it was still easy to see the title on it - PLAYBOY Under the cover, a sazine: February 1982

No ardless how many people disappear inexplicably, the sun always rose

The little boy was sione to the mine, came out when the sun hid under the horizon The a out was also as ed iteed was his debt; from five to ten

One h food, or perhaps his strength increased; his earning increased every day, and his debt also decreased gradually

Life in the Wilderness is monotonous and repetitive One year passed

In this era, being able to live a monotonous and repetitive life was a rare happiness In this kind of life, people hadn't to snatch food against Rotten Wolves; they also had low radiation food and water Was there anything else to expect? About boring, it was an extravagant topic, only the lunatic people would occasionally think about it

In the beginning, there were soee want to steal food from the boy, but his full-wrapped body scared theious diseases; which no medicine could cure These diseases had a sauest, under these wrapping, howhe could live, counted by days But when the deadline of the reenhorns, ere both courageous and stupid enough to following hiain, while the last one also lost the track of the boy In the dawn of the next day, the refugees found that guy was hanged, upside down, on the wooden pillar in front of the house of Old Hans The guard in black suit, used his double-barrel shotgun, fired full ten rounds toward him, but didn't let hiuard absolutely had talent