The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Wow! The noodles are so delicious!"

The girl picked up the last half of the noodles at the bottom of the bowl and swallowed it, sighing.

After hesitating for a moment, she blushed and held up the bowl. In order to make herself look less special, she tried to swallow it mouthful by mouthful - instead of slurping up the soup in the bowl.

It's just that her frugal behavior is destined to be so unique in this city where people don't care much about food and clothing. Although the diners around her didn't say it explicitly, Hua could feel that they were looking at her quietly with their peripheral vision, and there was still a trace of... uh, surprise? It doesn't seem to be accurate - strange!

Yes, that's the word.

It's like watching monkeys in the zoo learn to eat with utensils like humans.

Such an expression is indeed not hostile, but it is undoubtedly very uncomfortable, especially for a girl who is sensitive and closed because of her poor family background.

But...in fact, her family background is not bad, but since her father was attacked and injured by a zombie-like creature, her savings have been spent like water to treat his injuries.

The elderly store manager walked up to her and asked her with a smile if she wanted another bowl.

Another bowl?...

Hua touched her flat belly. To be honest, the noodles in this store were sufficient, but for her who had practiced martial arts since she was a child and could eat four bowls of white rice in one meal, it was indeed not enough.

Hua pursed her lips and instinctively wanted to nod.

Until she saw the sign on the table, she suddenly woke up - this is in Canghai City! One of the cities with the highest prices in the world!

The cheapest bowl of plain noodles here is almost double the price of the small town where her hometown is!

It was already the end of the month, and the living expenses were a bit tight. It would cost some money to take the subway back to school - if she had known, she would have stayed in school obediently...

So, she could only rub her belly, force a smile and refuse the store manager's kindness, and leave alone silently, walking in the city that never sleeps full of neon lights and bustling voices.

"Hey... It's less than ten kilometers from here to school. Why don't we run back... and save some money." Hua suddenly had an idea. "Uh... No, I'll get hungry very quickly after exercise, and it will be troublesome then..." Suddenly, a poster on a tall building in front of her caught her eye. "The opera "Crown of Thorns" written, directed and performed by the big star Eden will be performed on time tonight at the Canghai Grand Theater!" Hua listened carefully. Although there was still some distance from the theater, she could already hear a faint and sad song. "Is it a tragedy? Forget it... I can't listen to it anyway." She was in the most prosperous street in Canghai City. To use the words in the textbook, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are cars and horses like dragons. There is also something that is not in the textbook - the neon that renders the entire silent night sky into dark purple. Although it is not the first time to come to the city, Hua still feels at a loss when looking at such a lively scene. She remembered that her philosophy teacher had said that this was a lack of a sense of belonging, because there was no one to care about and no one to be cared about, because she had too little, so she was like a rootless weed. She drifted everywhere and made the world her home, but in the end she still didn't know where she belonged to or who she belonged to.

Hua shook her head, she felt that she was a little too sad and too emotional.

She looked at her watch, it was getting late, it would be better to go back to school early, if she was locked out by the dormitory aunt, it would be too...

She hurried towards the subway station.

After taking two steps, she pursed her lips, and finally ran towards another road.

Save some money...

"Some time ago, I heard someone at school say that zombie-like creatures also appeared in Canghai City? Uh... There is a section of the street with few people ahead, so you should be careful." Hua reminded herself secretly in her heart while running.

Compared to others who only regarded that creature as an "urban legend" or even wanted to "seek excitement", Hua did not dare to take it lightly, because her father was a real victim, and he used the wounds on his body to verify the existence of that creature - although Hua still did not understand why the coalition government was reluctant to announce the facts to the public.

"Ah! Help!"

The cry for help was drowned in the bustling voices, almost inaudible. But Hua's hearing was more acute, and she quickly determined that the source of the sound was the block she was about to pass!

Moreover, the cry for help seemed a little familiar?

Hua stopped at the entrance of the block and took two breaths. Since she came to Canghai City, she had abandoned her morning exercises every morning, and her physical fitness had declined to some extent. She felt a little tired after running only two kilometers.

"Sure enough, there is a problem."

She had only heard that this block was sparsely populated - just this point alone was a miracle in Canghai City, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

And what she saw now was not sparsely populated, but dead silence!

Compared to the bright daylight outside, there is a rare true darkness here. Only a few houses have their lights on. They should have heard the cries for help, but for some reason they chose to ignore them.

More rooms seemed to be abandoned. Many balcony windows were open. With the light from outside, you can see clothes hanging on the hangers, swaying left and right with the wind. At first glance, you might think someone has hanged themselves, which scared Hua.

The early summer evening breeze runs through the entire street, as if someone is sobbing in the dead of night.

"It's my life! Save me!"

This time, Hua heard clearly. She remembered that in school, two girls were discussing zombie-like creatures. Wasn't this one of them?

She really came here to explore!

Hua instinctively took a half step back, a little scared. But she quickly resisted the urge to run away.

Although she didn't know where she got the courage, she just clenched her fists, and she could still feel the calluses left by years of boxing practice on her fingers - these were a pair of hands that were completely different from those of other girls.

Just touching these calluses seemed to give her courage, so her body reacted before her brain - rushing straight towards the direction of the cry for help!

She rushed through the dead streets, and a girl wearing a white shirt and a denim top tied around her waist to make a skirt ran towards her, crying and shouting.

When she saw a figure appearing in front of her, she obviously ran faster... But when she discovered that the figure was a girl about her age, she instantly fell into despair.

But Hua didn't notice all this, her eyes were all focused on the darkness behind the girl.

"It's just like what my father described. His skin color makes him look like a dead person, but his movements are extremely sensitive and violent!"

The dead man brandished a kitchen knife and was about to catch up with the fleeing girl. Hua ran two steps quickly, suddenly jumped up, rolled forward and passed over the girl's head, and then hit the dead man's head hard with his heel.

"Click!"

The dead man's face collapsed in an instant, and Hua felt a sharp pain in his heels. However, after landing, she just adjusted her body shape slightly, and then rushed into the dead man's arms. First, she hit the opponent's wrist with her left elbow, knocking her down. The kitchen knife in his hand flew away, and then he punched his chest and abdomen with his right hand.

"Cun Jin!"

The dead man was suddenly hit, and he instinctively wanted to give up his strength and retreat, but Hua did not retract the fist he just punched. Instead, he turned his fist into a claw, grabbed the dead man's broken collar, pulled it back, and then It was a top knee that hit the opponent's lower abdomen, causing it to retreat continuously. Then Hua took a step forward and used the heel of his palm to hit the dead man in a way similar to an uppercut. on the chin.

"Crossing the river in white clothes!"

This is the name of the move.

She looked at her opponent with a hint of expectation...

"Uh...how can you still stand up?"

Compared with before, Hua's strength has increased a lot, because he knew that the opponent was a monster and did not deliberately hold back.

"The skull and jaw are shattered, and the forearm of the right hand should also be broken. How can it still stand up! Doesn't it feel pain?"

What's even more frightening is that as a growl and teeth grinding sounds came from the darkness, more and more black shadows came out.

"Is this the kind of monster my father is facing!"

Hua's fists were not loosened, but they were already shaking a little.

Then her wrists tightened, and a pair of small hands that shook even harder grabbed her.

This made her wake up instantly - she did not necessarily and could not defeat these monsters, what she had to do was to escape!

"Run!" she shouted, holding the girl's hand and running wildly.

"The place where we just entered the neighborhood is not far from here, just..."

Hua pulled the girl and ran back along the original road, and unexpectedly encountered another group of dead soldiers at the corner.

"!"

Before the dead men could react, she kicked the leader over, but this also revealed more dead men in the streets and alleys...

Hua gritted her teeth. It was no longer possible to return the same way. She felt vaguely that she was afraid she didn't want to stay here.

But it was too late to regret. She could only drag the girl and run around in the dark. More and more dead soldiers were gathering from all directions, and there were fewer and fewer routes for them to escape...

"I...I can't...I can't run anymore..." The girl she rescued gasped for air, her footsteps getting heavier and heavier.

"Leave me and run away alone, I really can't run anymore!"

Hua did not respond, but suddenly stopped.

The moment she stopped, she staggered and her body leaned directly on the girl.

"Hey! Why don't you run away!"

Hua took a breath of air, bent down and touched her heel. It seemed that the bone was cracked, and running here was her limit.

Besides...

Hua pointed in front of him.

There was a high wall in front of them.

"Ooooh! It's over, it's over! I'm sorry, God, I shouldn't pursue excitement! Ahhhhh!"

Hua bit her lip, calmly and desperately pulling her back until her back was against the cold wall.

The dead warriors surrounded the two of them, picking their teeth directly with their sharp teeth, as if they were already preparing to enjoy the feast that was about to follow.

"If you step on my shoulders, maybe you can turn over." Hua originally wanted to say this, but a strong sense of despair came over and drowned out all her words.

Fear? Maybe there is. But it's more of an indescribable emotion.

Different from the crying and fussing of the girls around him, Hua slowly closed his eyes and prepared to face what was coming next.

"They are all low-level dead soldiers, Ai Li, leave them to you."

Suddenly, a cold male voice came from above.

The voice sounded a little relieved, as if something that was both sure and uncertain finally happened - relief after the dust fell to the ground.

Hua Moran looked back and saw a figure standing on the high wall at some point. His silvery white hair was fluttering in the evening wind, and the moonlight was hidden behind him, turning into a lonely figure.

And when she turned her gaze back to the front, she was dressed in white and had a touch of pink hair in front of her.

The weirder thing is...she is holding a...bow?

Does anyone still use this kind of weapon these days?

"You really can summon people...Mikael...I also want to go back and listen to the play..."

The pink girl complained nonchalantly, ignoring the dozens of dead soldiers surrounding them.

"Then resolve it quickly. The play has only reached the second act. It's perfectly late to rush back before the ending."

Men have the same attitude.

"Okay~" The girl called Aili smiled and turned her head to look at the two shivering girls behind her. "You guys did a great job! Leave the rest to me!"

Then, the girl gently twisted the bow string. Her movements were elegant but not slow. Like gorgeous flying flowers, she shot countless pink arrows in an instant.

Pieces of crystal burst out from the bodies of the dead soldiers who were hit, like blooming crystal flowers.

That was the first time Hua saw such a bright and flawless crystal.