Epoch of Twilight

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The bonfire jumped happily in the dark, licking the bottom of the pot non-stop.

"So, a batch of people set off before the earthquake?" Luo Yuan asked.

"Yeah, it was originally intended to be loaded, but the omen of the earthquake was very obvious, so I changed my mind temporarily!" A middle-aged man put his arms around his daughter and said softly, his face was full of palpitations and fears of the rest of his life after a catastrophe. Fortunately.

The child in his arms seemed to be about three or four years old. At this time, he couldn't bear the drowsiness and fell asleep. Looking at her frowning brows and sometimes tense body, it seemed that she had dreamed of something terrible.

Luo Yuan looked away and continued to ask: "Do you know how many people escaped from Motu City this time?"

"It's not very clear. It was very chaotic at the time, and the time was urgent. The train was seriously overloaded. There might be 20,000 or 30,000 people on the train." The middle-aged man was silent for a while and said. His name is Cui Weichuan. Before the earthquake, he was a grass-roots government employee. When the migration happened, almost all the civil servants were dispatched to maintain order, so he had some understanding of the situation.

Nine survivors were rescued this time, including children. Fortunately, except for one who was unlucky and his left arm was cut off by the collapsed rock, the others were not injured.

The injured survivor was healed hastily by Luo Yuan's will, and the bleeding has stopped, but the left arm can no longer grow back.

"The soup is here, let's drink the soup first." At this time, Huang Jiahui interrupted their conversation, and together with a few women, put a bowl of thick soup next to each of them. strong fragrance.

"Thanks!"

"Thanks!"

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The faces of the few survivors were grateful. After drinking the soup, their ashen faces quickly flushed, and their spirits improved a lot.

After chatting with them for a while, Luo Yuan gave them two tents to let them have a good rest.

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In the middle of the night, Luo Yuan was lying in the tent, eyes open, in a daze.

According to what they said, the situation was better than expected. Considering that the train departed at 8:00 p.m. and the earthquake came at 4:00 a.m., the journey of nearly eight hours was enough to escape the impact of the earthquake.

This means that at least one fifth of the people escaped this catastrophe. These people include all students, researchers, engineers, and some soldiers who maintain order.

This made Luo Yuan and the others slightly relieved. At least Zhong Chuqiang and Deng Chao were not among the dead, but Huo Dong, Cao Lin, and Mo Wenwen were still alive and dead. What Luo Yuan admired was that Mayor Song and The vast majority of civil servants did not choose to leave, but stood firm to welcome the earthquake.

"You said, if we didn't leave at that time, would we have died too?" Huang Jiahui asked suddenly.

Luo Yuan was silent for a while, and said: "Stop thinking about it, go to bed early!"

"But I can't sleep, and when I close my eyes, the appearance of those familiar people seems to be clearly in my mind, but now they have become corpses, Huo Dong, and Cao Lin, I don't know what is going on now? "Huang Jiahui said emotionally, and finally, her voice gradually choked up.

Luo Yuan sighed and said: "This is the end of the world, haven't we always come here like this!"

"But... this is the reconstruction area." Huang Jiahui said weakly.

"Maybe it used to be, but it's not anymore, this place has fallen!" Luo Yuan said with a heavy face: "Go to bed early, we have to get up early tomorrow."

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On the vast grassland, there was a violent turmoil, and countless mutated beasts rushed forward. After a while, two huge giant beasts gradually appeared on the horizon and walked towards this side quickly.

It has been four days since we set off again.

Because there were a few more survivors, including the wounded and children, the speed along the way was dragged down a lot, but even if they were in a hurry, they had almost reached their destination.

According to the map, there is still about half a day left, that is, before the evening, they will be able to reach Hope City.

After arriving here, the impact of the earthquake on the side of Motu City has been negligible, and there is no trace of damage in the surrounding area.

In the distance, a large number of construction vehicles and heavy trucks galloped wantonly on the grassland like a long dragon, kicking up patches of dust that lingered for a long time. Several huge gantry cranes stood tall on the construction site next to it, and there were densely packed construction workers below. , Almost like ants, wriggling on the ground, there are more than tens of thousands of people.

And such construction sites are lined up in an endless distance, and there are no less than seven or eight of them within sight.

The foundations of several giant fortresses have been laid, and the superstructure is being built. Obviously, the reconstruction area of ​​the large-scale evacuation will re-establish defenses here.

Before Luo Yuan approached, a military vehicle drove towards this side quickly, stopped at a distance of 50 to 60 meters from the giant beast, and shouted with a nervous expression on its electric horn.

"Comrade, this is an important military area, refuse to approach, please go far away."

Such a huge monster is very rare even on the battlefield. It is definitely not ordinary people who can sit on it, but they have to do it. This is a construction site, and most of them have only undergone military training Ordinary people, if they are allowed to get close, it may cause violent commotion and fear. Once an accident occurs, no one can bear the responsibility.

"I just migrated from Motu City. I don't know the situation. Comrade, please show me the way." It was obviously not respectful to speak while sitting on it, Luo Yuan quickly jumped off and walked over.

"Are you from Motu City?" Seeing Luo Yuan approaching, the officer's expression improved a lot, and he asked curiously, "I heard that it was near the epicenter, and the entire Motu City collapsed."

"The situation is far more serious than you imagined. It's really hard to say. By the way, did a group of people from Motu City migrate here in the past two days?" Luo Yuan didn't want to say more, and turned to inquire about the news.

"I'm not sure about this. You can only go to Hope City to find out the situation." The officer said, "Your two war beasts will affect the construction workers, so you can only take a detour. Come with me."

The military vehicle led the way, and the two giant beasts quickly followed.

The size of the two giant beasts is more than ten meters high, which determines that even if they are just walking, their speed will not be slower than the military vehicle in front of them.

All the way around the construction site, the military vehicle stopped. The previous officer poked his head out and enthusiastically pointed out the way: "Walk more than two hundred kilometers from here, and you will see Hope City."

After saying goodbye, the group headed towards the direction pointed by the officer.

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"The sun is so hot recently that my skin is peeling off."

After entering here, everyone's originally gloomy mood obviously relaxed a lot.

Wang Xiaguang rubbed the skin on the back of her hand, and complained that not only the back of her hand, but also her face was mottled, with exfoliated dead skin everywhere, which looked very scary.

The others were not much better. After the earthquake, the sky finally cleared up. It was sunny for several days in a row. They had just come out of the shelter in the dark. After seeing the sun for a moment, everyone was still happy at first. It disappeared without a trace like ice and snow under the sun.

The sun was extremely venomous, and in just a few days, everyone's skin was exposed to dead skin.

"Is it because we have stayed in the refuge for too long and haven't been exposed to the sun for a long time?" Huang Jiahui asked. She glanced at Luo Yuan and Chen Jiayi with envy and jealousy. These two people have not changed at all.

Naturally, Luo Yuan has a strong physique and is not afraid of the sun's ultraviolet rays. As for Chen Jiayi, it was because of the parasitic moss that she was like a duck to water in this kind of environment. She was a little more energetic than when she first came out, and she looked radiant and radiant.

Facing Huang Jiahui's strange gaze, Luo Yuan was there, and there was nothing strange on her face, while the tender-faced Chen Jiayi was a little restless, like a frightened bunny, she quickly retracted the moss on the top of her head, blushing slightly Explained: "It's because the sun is getting stronger now, not because of not being in the sun for a long time."

"But it doesn't feel that hot. It's almost farther than the time after the thunderstorm." Zhao Yali also joined the topic. Women always have endless topics about skin-related problems.

"This is what the moss on my body told me, and I don't know very well." Chen Jiayi said timidly.

"It should be because the ultraviolet rays are too strong." At this time Zhang Wu said suddenly, his mind has been relaxed a lot during this period of time: "Before the end of the world, I was a donkey friend for a while, running around all over the country, and going After going to Qinghai-Tibet, the temperature there is not high, but the ultraviolet rays are too strong, and after staying for a period of time, several layers of skin fell off."

Luo Yuanting frowned slightly. This is not a plateau. The air is thin. This is the Tarim Basin. Especially after the sea level rises, the altitude here does not exceed 1,000 meters, and now the plants are flourishing, the biological explosion is happening, and the air concentration is also low. Much higher than before the end of the world.

He looked up at the sky, since the end of the world, the sky has become blue and clear, like a perfect sapphire, but now, the sky seems to be a little dark and dark, even in the daytime, you can faintly see a little bit of stars, like this The sight is chilling.

In fact, long before the bug swarm started, Luo Yuan had already felt an inexplicable strangeness. The originally familiar environment seemed to be gradually changing, although the changes every day were very weak, almost insignificant. Cha, but has always been unswervingly reversed.

Perhaps, the bug swarm and even the previous earthquake were inseparable from this change.

It is impossible for the upper echelons of the reconstruction area to be unaware of such an obvious change, but it has been kept secret. Even Mayor Song of Motu City seems not to know much about it. The only answer may be that the consequences of the change are far more difficult than imagined.

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Hurrying all the way, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a magnificent city that looks like a war fortress is already in sight!