Apocalyptic Dark Age

After the northern wilderness people are the Ross people. The land of the Ross people has not been peeped by the wilderness. After the implementation of the lunar migration plan, the land of the Ross people has been reduced to a marginal area. Basically no one is willing to go there except Xing Wuming's research base. Anastasia also used Gaofeng as an excuse to ask for a lot of aid supplies, but these aids were completely stopped after Gaofeng disappeared.

Originally, there were not many hot springs for the Russian people to produce food. With the change of climate, many hot springs gradually dried up and they were unable to grow food. This made the Russian people's food even more tense. In addition, a large number of wild beasts died of hunger. The attack made planting more difficult, and the Rus people had a hard time. In the past, they could have crossed the raging snow storm to rob the desert people. Now with Xian Zhao's thousand-man escort, the Rus people did not dare to take action. Caused a large number of people to disappear.

The first people to starve to death were the old and the weak of the Rus, and then the small tribes. Later, even the large tribes were in crisis, and Anastasia had nothing to do about it, because the control of food in the wilderness was extremely strict. Nine, no one can provide food, not to mention that the Russians do not have rare minerals to exchange with the wilderness.

As more and more people starve to death, the hearts of the Russian people are also restless. They don't think too much, they only see with their eyes. They see Xing Wuming and other biologists' faces glowing red every day, and their The family had only one piece of skin left. They saw that Xian Zhao's guards ate three meals a day, but their children could not eat one meal in three days and did not even dare to walk. They were afraid that they would fall down and never get up again.

Anastasia went to the wilderness again and again and returned without success. The only assistance she could get was to maintain rations for hundreds of people in the palace. These rations were enough for the normal operation of the palace, but they were unable to allow 100,000 Russians to have a sip of porridge. , the city was once brightly lit, and the bustling baking shops no longer had their fires burning day and night. The aroma of food had not been smelled for a long time. There were no pedestrians on the streets, only corpses lying on the street.

The girl walking on the street did not receive a respectful salute from the Russian people, because except for her and Huo Meier, there was no living person on the street. Frozen corpses appeared on the roadside every now and then, like fallen wooden stakes. , every time a corpse is found in the field of vision, the girl's heart will twitch, and Huo Meier's eyes no longer ridicule and gloat at the beginning, and become sad.

When the two girls walked through the corner of the street, they heard panicked footsteps in front of them, followed by the collision of wooden doors closing. Occasionally, they could hear rapid breathing from behind the doors. Although they didn't know what happened, At least bring a bit of life to this cold city.

But when Anastasia saw the reason for living, she wished her eyes were still blind. In the darkness of the street, a corpse with only its head and bones intact was mocking the hope in her heart. , there is no blood on the ground, the skin and fascia remain on the bones, the stiff cheeks, the eyes are empty and lifeless, it is obvious at a glance that they are starving to death. Anastasia has seen many Russians who died of starvation, but their flesh was cut. This was the first time she encountered one with only bones left.

Standing next to this corpse, Anastasia felt extreme despair in her heart. She was the Ice Queen and the beacon that guided the Russian people. But now, she could only watch more and more Russian people starve to death. What? She couldn't do anything, and this feeling of powerlessness made her even more desperate than facing the Abyss Demon Eagle.

Huo Meier was wary of a large number of surrounding people, and a delicate amethyst dagger was quietly held in her hand. She was keenly aware that many greedy and hungry eyes were converging on her and Anastasia from all directions. These people were hiding behind doors and windows. , driven by primitive instincts driven by the burning hunger in their bellies. Compared with the starving dead who don't have much meat, Huo Meier and Anastasia's slender bodies can allow them to have more meat for the pot.

"No, let's leave quickly. They are already crazy with hunger and cannot recognize you as the Snow Queen..."

The increasingly obvious sense of crisis made Huo Meier's body erect with goosebumps, but Anastasia's whole body seemed to be sluggish, motionless, and she heard a shrill wail like a ghost's cry. Amidst the roar of the wooden door being knocked open, several people heard it. A thin figure rushed out like a pack of wolves, and then countless black figures rushed out of the door, roaring like a tsunami, and rushed towards the two girls. Some were so hungry that they fell alive during the charge. They were trampled to death, but no one stopped and they still rushed towards the two girls...

Huo Meier took Anastasia, who was completely stupid, and rushed into the palace after all the hardships. Her whole body was covered with black blood. After the horrific massacre by the palace guards, countless hungry men and women fell in front of the palace. In the square, corpses were piled up into hills, and the blood flowing like a river finally made more people calm down. The corpses scattered all over the square divided the palace and the hungry subjects into two different worlds.

The sky turned from light to dark, then from dark to light again, and the day passed by in a daze. Anastasia always stood at the gate of the palace without moving. In the reflection of her eyes, there were still the corpses covering the square. Huo Meier also stayed by Anastasia's side with indifferent eyes.

No matter how many Russians die, Huo Meier will never frown. She will never forget that valley, the mountain peaks made of countless bones, and the thousands of women who became slaves of the Russians in the piles of corpses. If it weren't for the scale clone, her fate would be 10,000 times worse than the Rus people in the square.

After a long time, Anastasia's delicate body swayed slightly. Huo Mei'er stepped forward to support the Snow Queen to prevent her from falling to the ground due to weakness. A cold little hand suddenly grabbed Huo Mei'er's wrist, and the little hand seemed to The extremely powerful force made Huo Meier, who was the Xianjun Jialuo, feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Mei'er, tell me how to get more food..."

Anastasia no longer has the nobility and elegance she once had. Her haggard little face is filled with frightened and desperate eyes. These eyes stare at Huo Meier with pleading eyes, like a drowned person eager to grab the last life-saving straw. Huo Meier frowned slightly, then shook her head helplessly and said:

"Don't beg me, I can't produce food. My tribe was attacked by the Rus a few years ago, and 30,000 people were captured. But in the end, less than 3,000 survived, and the rest were all eaten by your people. Well, since they can eat my people, what’s wrong with eating their own people?”

Huo Meier's words were absolutely cold and heartless, but they told the truth. The people in the northern wilderness were slaughtered as pigs and sheep by the Ross people. So what's the big deal if the Ross people eat their own people? Although Huo Meier exterminated the Ross tribe that broke through the wilderness, the violence and savagery still remained in the bones of the Ross people. When the torment of hunger could no longer be suppressed by the tribal order, the horrific bestiality that broke out was a reappearance of yesterday. .

"Is there nothing we can do?"

Anastasia still refused to give up, but could not get any more response from Huo Meier. Huo Meier stayed with Anastasia not because she had nowhere to go, but because she did not want to return to her former subordinates, which would make her emotional. Excited and constantly recalling the despair she once felt, she also doesn't mind sitting back and watching the Russians sink in despair.

I don’t know when, there were many swaying figures in the square, like lonely ghosts. They were all old, weak, women and children who were hungry and out of shape. These people did not participate in yesterday’s crazy chase, or they did not They are not qualified to be hunters, but they are the weakest prey. At this time, they were rummaging in the center of the corpse, but with sharp knives in their hands, they cut off pieces of black-green meat and put them into the packages they carried.

If it were yesterday, Anastasia would not allow her people to do this. Even the savage Russians have their own pride and cannot eat the corpses of their own people even if they starve to death. But now, she has figured it out. The queen will become food in the eyes of the hungry, and class and order will completely collapse. For those who are about to starve to death, the punishment brought by breaking the rules is far less terrible than hunger. Death may be a kind of relief, but it is a hunger that burns the stomach. Inescapable torture.

"What would you do if you were me?"

After not eating for a day and a night, Anastasia's stomach had begun to twitch, and there was a faint palpitation of panic. Even if her sight was filled with all kinds of ugly corpses, it could not calm her down. This made her realize the horror of hunger, and also Some understand how hungry people crave food, but unfortunately, she can't produce food.

Huo Meier had been watching with cold eyes. When Anastasia asked her, her eyes rolled, showing a hint of cunning:

"If I were you, the first thing I would do is not sympathy and pity, but to ensure my status. You used to be able to get food and supplies, so the Russians respected you and obeyed you. But now, except for the maids and guards of the palace, Or who recognizes you as the queen? Without the identity of the queen, who will care about you? "

"It's still a matter of food, right? If I can't give them food, they won't obey me. If I didn't have strong guards to protect me, they would have rushed in long ago and dragged me into the mire, humiliating me..."

Anastasia sighed. She was a very smart woman. She could become the queen of the Rus people not only by relying on the prophecy ability passed down by blood. Huo Meier was right. Even if she had any ideas, she would not be able to do so. On the premise of food, they will not be respected, and they will even encounter more terrible dangers.

"It's not that there's nothing you can do. There's no food, but you can keep them full. But even if you keep them full for the time being, what will you do in the future?"

Huo Mei'er said this not with good intentions. She only wanted more people from Russia to die. How could she think about Anastasia? But she is also a friend of the Snow Queen, and a little mention will not violate her bottom line.

Anastasia's whole body was shaken, as if a warm current suddenly entered her heart, eliminating all her hunger and fatigue. She took the initiative to hold Huo Meier's hands, and with extremely pious eyes, begged Huo Meier to find a solution.

"It's not that the Russian people have no food, it's just that the food is in the hands of the big tribes. You brought this food back, but it's a pity that it has not been distributed to the Russian people who really need it."

Hearing this, Anastasia's snow-white face turned red with anger, and her big blue eyes exuded an icy cold air. She understood what Huo Meier meant. The food production in the wilderness was at its peak two years ago, and the Ice and Snow Queen Like squirrels spending the winter, they tried their best to store various materials and food in their hometown, but most of the food was distributed to the tribes on a per-person basis, and most of them were in the hands of a few large tribes.

Anastasia didn't know how much food she would need to bring back from the wilderness. The Ross people were originally a tribal alliance and managed autonomously according to ethnic groups. Both management rights and the distribution of materials were in the hands of the tribal leaders. Now they have the firepower. After Mei'er reminded her, she remembered that the various tribes under the royal city had not paid taxes for almost three years.

"Do you understand? You think wholeheartedly about the Russians, but they may not take you seriously. Your goodwill has fueled their ambitions. Maybe they have begun to prepare to overthrow you and prepare for the next queen. After all, you Let the people of Russia surrender and live in the wilderness, it is the sinner in the heart of the people of Russia..."

Anastasia's ears were ringing and her mind was blank. She couldn't hear what Huo Meier said next. She was not an idiot. Everything Huo Meier said was true. The royal city should have cut off food three years ago. Because no tribe turned over food to the royal city, thanks to the food she brought back from the wilderness, part of it was left in the royal city as a reserve. The Rus people in the royal city were also dissatisfied with her and deliberately concealed the fact that the tribe was delaying tax payments, or the management of the royal city. All of them were bribed by tribal leaders,

"No matter how much food you ask for from the wilderness, you will never be able to satisfy people's desires. No matter how much benefits you obtain for the Rus people, they will not recognize you as a traitor. This is already true when you admit that you are the mistress of the wilderness. It's doomed, haha, isn't it ridiculous? You gave everything for the Russians, but they think you betrayed them? "

When Anastasia woke up from her dizziness, Huo Meier's words of ridicule and hatred floated clearly in her ears, causing her vision to go dark and she lost consciousness.