Epoch of Twilight

After entering the jungle, the light suddenly dimmed, as if entering evening from daytime. The layers of leaves on the top of the head completely block the light, giving people an unusually cold feeling.

From the outside, the jungle looks very dense, and it seems that it is impossible to pass through. In fact, there is no shortage of roads here, and all kinds of animal roads, large and small, criss-cross and extend to endless distances. These animal paths have been trampled repeatedly, forming unusually solid roads, on which even weeds and moss cannot grow.

On both sides, a large number of trees have been knocked down recently, and they are in a mess, obviously because of the beast tide just now. There are bloodstains and bones left on the road, but few corpses are seen. Luo Yuan saw countless ferocious beetles under the bones and scattered as the giant lizard approached.

His heart was heavy as he watched. The eruption of the volcano obviously didn't make all the creatures leave the area, but some creatures that were slow to respond to danger or moved slowly still stayed.

The giant lizard kept advancing along a wide animal path. Along the way, you can see all kinds of strange big trees and old vines and huge fungi growing in the shade and colorful.

Although everyone looked terrified, their eyes were looking around curiously, a little dizzy.

After the end of the world, creatures have started to evolve frenziedly. The variety of species has reached an astonishing level. All creatures are evolving towards diversity as much as possible. Even the same creature may develop hundreds or even thousands of species. evolution category.

Most of the categories are eliminated in the competition, and the ones that survive continue to evolve and go round and round...

Traces of human buildings can be seen everywhere on the ground, and these traces vaguely show that this place was once a human territory.

The monitor lizard kept walking forward, and it seemed quite peaceful along the way. It was almost difficult to see a mutated creature. Except for some quieter insects, the surroundings were quiet, and it seemed very quiet.

After walking for two hours, it was completely dark, Luo Yuan looked at his watch. It was only three o'clock at this time. At this time in the past, the sun was far from setting, and it would be at least two or three hours before dark, but now, it has already darkened.

Not only because of the dense jungle here blocking the light, but also because of the volcanic eruption, a large amount of smoke and dust obscured the willingness of the sun.

Luo Yuan patted the monitor lizard's shoulder to make it lie down, then took the unconscious Wang Xiaguang from Huang Jiahui's hand, turned over and jumped off.

Several other people also slid off the monitor lizard's back one by one, their feet softened, and several of them fell to the ground. The breath of the monitor lizard's dark blue creature was not so pleasant. For a long time, the extreme mental depression and physical exhaustion had already made their hands and feet weak.

Luo Yuan held Wang Xiaguang in his arms and looked around carefully. The ground here is flat and there are not many traces of buildings. Luo Yuan guessed that this area should have been a farmland.

Before they knew it, they had already walked out of the suburbs.

It's a pity that the map was also lost with the luggage, and it was impossible to tell where this place was. He had already lost his way, but he could guess that this place should not be too far from the highway. Luo Yuan forgot to glance at the north side, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.

Huang Jiahui trampled to death a bug that was trying to climb up to her instep, and there was a cracking sound, like a small firecracker exploding. She drew back her feet and frowned, "Are we going to live here tonight?"

Sleeping in the jungle is a big problem. There are no tents, no abandoned buildings, and even a little basic protection. If you sleep here in the open air, you may die before dawn. Although it is very peaceful here, it does not mean that there is no danger. Many mutated insects and some mutated beasts that have not left still remain in this jungle and have not left. Even an inconspicuous bug might kill them.

Luo Yuan shook his head: "It's best for us to find the cave of the mutated creature and stay there for one night. If we can't find it, we can only dig a hole ourselves, or simply sleep in a tree hole!"

Everyone's hearts were heavy, and there was a trace of anxiety on their tired faces.

Even before the end of the world, it was extremely dangerous to live in a forest where there were very few people, let alone now, even Huang Jiahui began to regret why she persuaded Luo Yuan to move to the west, but until now, nothing but walking After coming down, it is impossible to turn back, the volcano behind is still erupting non-stop, turning back is death, and there will be a glimmer of hope if you continue walking.

Luo Yuan pulled out the saber, and walked into the dense jungle cautiously. The branches and thorns on the road were easily cut off by him under the sharp blade. Ten minutes later, when he passed a sloping field, he stopped suddenly. It was a camouflaged cave entrance covered with thick vines covered with thorns. The large leaves of the vines completely covered the cave entrance. It is easy to be overlooked, and there is not even a single footprint near the entrance of the cave. Luo Yuan took a closer look and found that there were traces of passive movement in the soil above, which was hard to detect. A cave, I am afraid it will not be found at all.

The IQ of animals is sometimes difficult to describe. Under the harsh laws of nature, their instincts often do amazing things. Because they can't do this, they will be eliminated. This kind of cave is more hidden and safer than man-made caves.

He gently pushed aside the vines, the hole was not very big, it was only 1.45 meters high and 70 centimeters wide, and he couldn't even straighten his waist when he walked in. However, there is nothing extravagant to expect in this situation now. It was getting darker and darker. If he couldn't find a suitable cave, he could only choose to sleep in a tree hole. At that time, he might not be able to sleep all night.

"You wait here first, I'll go in and have a look." Luo Yuan said.

After all, Luo Yuan didn't wait for everyone to talk, so he walked into the cave with a low body. The inside was pitch black, exuding an indescribable smell, like some fishy smell, and like the rotten smell of corpses, which made the cave People were faintly sick, the surface of the cave was very smooth, and the inside was winding and extending underground. Luo Yuan walked almost hundreds of meters, and when his patience was about to run out, his eyes suddenly opened up.

This is a space of tens of square meters.

There are large and small white bones piled up in the middle, but there is a place in front of the white bones that is very clean, with fluffy dry grass neatly spread on it, and there is an obvious depression in the middle, which is obviously the place where the cave owner lives.

After Luo Yuan declared it safe, everyone walked into the cave one after another in the dark. After Huo Dong lit the lighter, and looked at the spacious space with the faint light of the fire, a relaxed smile finally appeared on his tired face.

"Great, I didn't expect to find such a place. I thought I was going to sleep in a tree hole?" Wang Shishi said with a pale smile, his spirit was lifted, even better than when she first moved into the villa. Be happy too, as for the stench of the cave and the pile of bones next to it, it's not worth mentioning in front of a relatively safe place where you can spend the night.

"The tree hole is too dangerous. Didn't you see how many bugs there are along the way? When I saw those colorful bugs, my hair stood on end. If Boss Luo didn't knock down the bugs one by one, I would have been bitten. Already." Huo Dong also laughed.

"But it's too dark here, Huo Dong, you and Lin Xiaoji, go outside to find some hay and dead branches, and then light a fire!" Luo Yuan interrupted because Huo Dong was not too fond of flirting.

Huo Dong and Lin Xiaoji did not refute, and walked out of the hall with their knives in hand without hesitation.

"Will it be too smokey if I light the fire?" Huang Jiahui waited for the two to leave before asking.

"No, there is no wind here, as long as it is lit close to the outside of the hall, the smoke will not be too large, and the smoke from the fire can also prevent bugs from crawling in through the hole outside." Luo Yuan said.

After Luo Yuan finished speaking, he sat down. He just relaxed, and the painful cold sweat was running down his face. He really couldn't hold on anymore.

"Brother Luo, what's the matter with you?" Cao Lin had been paying attention to Luo Yuan, and seeing that he was not in the right state, she hurriedly asked.

Luo Yuan closed his eyes and shook his head: "It's okay, let me rest for a while!"

Everyone looked at Luo Yuan's pale and weak face. It was obvious that he was seriously injured. Thinking that when he was on the road before, he even asked Luo Yuan to open the way to avoid another danger, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"Let's keep our voice down and let Luo Yuan sleep for a while." Huang Jiahui said softly with moist eyes.

"I'm going outside to find some food!" Seeing that he was the only man standing around, Chen Xianfeng said uncomfortably.

Huang Jiahui was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Chen Xianfeng to be so courageous, but considering that being alone is very dangerous, she said: "Wait a minute, let's go together when Huo Dong and the others come back."

Chen Xianfeng was obviously not used to talking to beautiful women, his face was flushed red, and he was speechless in a dull manner.

Ten minutes later, Huo Dong and Lin Xiaoji finally came back, each carrying a bunch of dead branches, and put them at the door of the hall. Lin Xiaoji was dragging a basket-sized frog with its head cut off in its right hand.

"We were lucky. We saw a frog in the grass. Fortunately, I had quick eyesight and quick hands. I chopped off my head with a knife, otherwise it would have run away." Lin Xiaoji said with a faint show off in his tone.

"Keep your voice down, don't disturb Brother Luo's rest." Wang Shishi said dissatisfiedly: "And this frog is too small, there are not many of us."

Lin Xiaoji's face froze, but Wang Shishi, who was talking, didn't bother with her anymore. He noticed Luo Yuan leaning against the wall, and asked, "Is Brother Luo asleep? I'll go outside to look for it. Let everyone go hungry!"

"It's too dangerous outside. Except for Wang Shishi and Cao Lin, everyone else should go together. Everyone can take care of each other!" Huang Jiahui said, pulling out her pistol.

"Sister Huang, let me go too, I feel much better already." Wang Shishi raised his chin, stood up and said, the previous battle gave her great confidence, her courage has grown a lot, and she is no longer as good as before Scared.

Huang Jiahui knew that Wang Shishi had a powerful mind, and they would definitely be safer if they followed, but considering Luo Yuan's safety, she still refused: "You can't go, you have to take care of your Brother Luo, in case of danger, I will do it with you around." can handle it."

Wang Shishi reacted and was afraid for a while. In her heart, Luo Yuan is the most important thing. She said without hesitation: "Then I will stay!"

Cao Lin hesitated to speak, but finally remained silent. Among these people, she is the weakest, what else can she do besides staying?

Not long after they left, Wang Xiaguang woke up. She coughed a few times and wanted to sit up.

Cao Lin hurried over to help her: "Are you awake?"

"Where is Luo Yuan, where is Luo Yuan?" Wang Xiaguang asked anxiously, his voice hoarse: "And where is this place? Why is it so dark?"

"Brother Luo is too tired and fell asleep. Let's keep our voice down so as not to wake her up. This is a cave. Everyone else is looking for food and will be back soon." Cao Lin said with a sigh.

"Sister Wang, what is your relationship with Brother Luo?" At this time, Wang Shishi suddenly asked.

Wang Xiaguang heard the voice of Wang Shishi. He didn't expect Wang Shishi to be there. He felt a little uncomfortable, but he tried his best to say in a calm tone: "We used to be colleagues, but we have a good relationship. You look so young, so you shouldn't be too old Bar?"

"I'm the youngest here, I'm only fourteen years old!" Wang Shishi said proudly.

Cao Lin looked incredible.

Wang Xiaguang was also a little dumbfounded, she really couldn't see that Wang Shishi was still so young, in her imagination, she should be sixteen or seventeen years old, and some people believed that she was even seventeen or eighteen years old, she quickly asked: "You are so young , does Luo Yuan know?"

Wang Shishi is not a fool, so he naturally understood what she meant, and said with a look of disdain: "Brother Luo already knew, so what? I just like Brother Luo!"

"How could he do this?" Wang Xiaguang muttered to herself with an expression of disbelief. At this moment, the glorious image of Luo Yuan in her heart collapsed.

Luo Yuan has been closing his eyes to rest his mind, at this time he finally couldn't listen anymore, he coughed a few times, his old face was a little red, fortunately, everyone couldn't see it in the dark, otherwise it might damage the image in everyone's mind, he hurriedly Opening the topic, he asked Wang Xiaguang, "You're awake, are you feeling better?"

Wang Xiaguang turned his face away, not wanting to talk to him, and then felt that this was inappropriate, and said in a muffled voice, "Don't worry, I'm much better!"

"Your physique is too weak. Will you drink some blood from a high-level mutant creature later? You should be fine in a few days." Luo Yuan cared.

"Brother Luo, you're not going to sleep anymore, did we wake you up?" Seeing that Luo Yuan knew to talk to Wang Xiaguang as soon as he woke up, Wang Shishi felt sour, and quickly changed the subject.

Luo Yuan thought to himself, it’s because you talk too much, it’s not good to talk about something, you have to talk about this, otherwise how could I wake up, he glared at her, but unfortunately Wang Shishi didn’t see it at all, he thought so in his heart, his mouth was still Said: "I didn't fall asleep at first, how are you doing now, is your head still hurting?"

"It's much better, but the head has been a little swollen, as if it's about to explode, why don't you rub it for me!" Wang Shishi said coquettishly, as if intending to show off to someone.

Luo Yuan noticed that Wang Xiaguang's face was ugly and was about to get angry, but suddenly he remembered the scene of Wang Shishi desperate to save himself, and his heart softened: "Do you want me to rub a seriously injured person for you? Cao Lin, Please help her rub it!"

Cao Lin stood up with lowered eyebrows.

Only then did Wang Shishi remember that Luo Yuan was seriously injured, and hurriedly said: "Sister Cao, no need, no need, I'm already healed."

When Wang Xiaguang heard that Luo Yuan was seriously injured, his heart twitched. He was both distressed and worried, but bit his lip and kept silent.

After a while, everyone came back. Except for Chen Xianfeng who wrapped a bunch of things in leaves, the others had nothing but bundles of firewood.

Huo Dong lit the dry grass and added some firewood, and the hall was brightened immediately.

"Did you find something to eat?" Luo Yuan asked aloud.

"You're awake!" Huang Jiahui asked with concern, and then sighed: "There are not many animals outside now, and there is nothing to eat except bugs. In the end, I only found a bunch of cocoons on a tree. I don't know if I can eat it."

"You bring the cocoon and let me see?" Luo Yuan said.

Chen Xianfeng quickly handed over the things in his hands. These cocoons were very large, each one as big as a palm. There were nine cocoons in total, all of which were from the same kind of insect. The cocoons are completely different. Luo Yuan picked up one and pulled out the horse-chopping knife beside him. The sharp blade cut through the cocoon shell, revealing the flesh-colored pupa inside.

He secretly used an identification technique, and said: "It's completely edible, it's okay."

"Bring the frogs here too." Luo Yuan said again, no matter how cautious he is about what to eat.

Luo Yuan appraised it again, shook his head under the attention of everyone and said: "This is not edible, it will cause paralysis all over the body, throw it away!"

Everyone was shocked, but fortunately they hadn't eaten yet, otherwise they didn't know what would go wrong. They knew that Luo Yuan had the ability to distinguish food toxins, and they didn't doubt it, but Lin Xiaoji's face was a little unsightly. They didn't expect the food they had worked so hard to find to be poisonous.

Huang Jiahui felt a little guilty and said, "These pupae are not enough to eat, let's look for them again!"

"No need, it should be dark outside, let's make it a point today!" Luo Yuan looked at the time and said it was already five o'clock. These people can't see things in the dark, and they don't have perception. Letting them go out is like sending them to death.

The chrysalis scurried on the branches, and was quickly roasted, exuding a tempting aroma, even people who are disgusted with this kind of food, at this time, showed a look of excitement.

Each chrysalis weighs only three or two ounces, and the people who were hungry for a long time almost ate it in three or two bites. If this food is enough at ordinary times, but today everyone is shocked and afraid, and their physical strength is greatly exhausted. Padding the stomach, after eating something, the stomach is even hungrier.

Huang Jiahui deliberately left two for Luo Yuan, but no one objected, not even secretly dissatisfied, but felt that it should be taken for granted, and everyone knew that only when Luo Yuan recovered his strength, could everyone have hope of surviving.

The flames kept jumping and licking, making the hall flickering.

After eating a simple dinner, everyone looked at the jumping flames, feeling a little dazed in their hearts, not knowing where to go.

Everyone subconsciously carefully avoided talking about Ning Xiaoran, as if this person did not exist at all. She died so suddenly, she was still eating together at noon during the day, that shy and shy smile seemed to be still in front of her eyes, and suddenly turned into a corpse in the afternoon.

Everyone was afraid of being the next one, and died there quietly like her, the corpse was exposed to the sun and rain, and the corpse was violent in the wilderness!