Human Shackles

A Bin dragged his tired body forward in the dark wilderness.

One year has passed since the Day of Destruction. Thick volcanic ash and radiation clouds are like a thick sunset, covering the entire sky, without any light shining on it.

Without sunlight, the source of life's survival is lost, and everything is gradually heading towards destruction.

It has only been a year since the Doomsday, and there are still some survivors of the disaster, including humans and ferocious beasts. A Bin is one of them. He was once a human general responsible for guarding the underground. Because he is tens of thousands of meters underground, I survived the Day of Destruction by luck, but when I finally returned to the surface, I saw a world of endless darkness.

A Bin glanced at the watch on his wrist. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and it would be "dark" in another hour.

Although the earth has entered a permanent dark period, it is still divided into day and night. The main difference lies in the temperature. During the day, the outside temperature will be higher, but once at night, the temperature will drop to nearly 200 degrees below zero.

The effects of low temperature and high temperature are completely different. The average human saint can easily withstand high temperatures of thousands to tens of thousands of degrees, but cannot withstand the low temperature of minus two hundred degrees.

Low temperature will reduce the activity of cells and gradually paralyze the nerves. Even with all the divine power, they cannot be used until they are frozen and crushed.

So people look for food during the day and must return to their nests once night comes.

After the catastrophe, the earth not only lost sunlight, but all kinds of energy also disappeared. The remaining creatures could not rely on energy to maintain their lives. They all returned to the most primitive stage of life, that is, looking for organic matter to satisfy their hunger.

Even a peak saint-level creature like A Bin would find it difficult to move around in temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero. If he could not return to the cave before dark, he might freeze to death in the wasteland.

After the Destruction Day, all the creatures that can survive will be different, but they cannot escape the exchange of energy with the outside world.

Occasionally, some of them can pass through the thick volcanic ash and radiation clouds in the sky and reach outer space, but they are unable to carry out long-distance space travel. The distance between the stars in the solar system is often tens of millions of kilometers, which is prohibitive.

At the earliest time, Abin also passed through the clouds and tried to find the human Ark, but after flying around for a long time, he could not see any trace of the spacecraft. It was obvious that the Ark had either been destroyed or had escaped from the solar system.

His last hope was shattered, and he had no choice but to return to Earth to survive.

When the watch hands approached six o'clock, A Bin finally returned home. He opened the thick wooden baffle, revealing a winding downward staircase.

This rock step reaches nearly a thousand meters into the ground and runs through the heart of the mountain.

A year ago, there were thousands of people and dozens of saints in this gathering place. However, in just one year, the number dropped sharply, with only a few dozen people left.

Most of them died in an internal fight. At that time, due to lack of food, some people targeted their own kind, and a large-scale fight broke out.

Many people died in that battle, and basically only the saints survived. But even if the saints wanted to survive in this desolate and silent dark world, it was not easy.

Because during the day, there are not only humans looking for food outside, but also powerful beasts!

People came back one after another, and most of them sighed and returned empty-handed. Even the saints, without food and external energy supplements, all became like flesh and bones, listless, and their physiques may not be as good as before. Ordinary people.

A Bin was one of the few who gained something. He dropped a small animal carcass that looked like a cat or dog on his back and ordered to a skinny woman: "Go and deal with it. Pour more water and boil it." Soup."

The woman hummed gratefully and dragged the body towards the kitchen.

Others looked at her with envy. Handling corpses was a good job. Not to mention the delicious bones and meat, the blood clots, flesh and skin alone were extremely nutritious.

The bonfire was lit, and the beating of the flames gave this cold world some warmth. People gathered around the fire and looked eagerly at the broth cooking in the pot.

You must know that the firewood and coal that ignite the flame are also organic matter. For saints, they can be used as food to separate nutrients. Therefore, firewood is also very precious. The fire is only lit when cooking.

A Bin took out a small leather bag from his arms, poured a pinch of salt into the meat pot, stirred it, then scooped up a spoonful of broth, not afraid of burning it, drank it in one gulp, smacked his lips, and said : "Okay, it's time to eat." He took out an iron bowl and filled almost half of the meat pot with it.

Others watched eagerly but did not dare to say anything. Whoever gets the food has the right to distribute the food. This is the rule of survival in the future of destruction.

Individuals queue up to ladle broth, and their status can actually be seen from the queue order.

There is no doubt that A Bin has the highest status, followed by a one-eyed man, then a blue-skinned sea tribesman, then a skinny old monk, and then a woman with long braids.

The five people had almost finished all the meat, leaving only broth in the pot, but even the broth made other people's eyes glow green.

In fact, there is no shortage of food on the surface. Some vegetation remains and even organic soil can be used as food for saints. However, these things are too short of oil and water and have no nutrition at all, barely enough to prevent people from starving to death. Find bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com

A Bin did not finish the meat, but left a small portion for two women. There were ten women in the gathering place. As a symbol of status, he had two fixed spouses.

All of these women were originally the flowers of the army and the pride of heaven, but now their appearance is not flattering. Almost all of them are dirty and skinny, making them unable to have any desire. But the long night is too long. I'm lonely, how can I get through it if I don't do something?

After venting his energy, A Bin fell into a deep sleep, but he was soon woken up by the cold. It was surprisingly cold at midnight today. The cold spread from the surface to the ground. People gathered together and shivered. They did not dare to sleep. Because once you fall asleep, you may never wake up again.

Occasionally, a lethal cold current appears on the surface, freezing everything wherever it goes. Once encountering this cold current, even people underground may freeze to death.

"Something is coming." An earth saint suddenly spoke with a trembling voice.

As soon as the words fell, the entire mountainside shook violently, and the shaking was very regular, one after another, as if something huge was walking across the surface.

Everyone held their breath and did not dare to make the slightest sound. A creature that can move at extremely cold nights is definitely not an ordinary creature. It is most likely a kind of god. Today's ferocious beast gods don't care who you are. All organic matter is. It's their food.

On the earth today, the life of god-level creatures is actually more dangerous. Not only do they need to find food, but they are also being hunted by an unknown existence. A Bin and the others once saw a powerful ape-like ferocious beast being killed by several gods. Humans in silver armor rounded up and strangled them alive.

Those silver-armored humans were extremely terrifying, but fortunately, they didn't seem to care about their own holy-level humans and let them fend for themselves.