Luo Kai followed closely to Xiao Zhuo and Erya's home. He didn't see any trace of living people. The scene was equally shocking. There were broken corpses and ferocious beasts everywhere.
He sighed inwardly. When he arrived at the city center, he stopped and looked at a tall building that was still standing. There was a person standing on the top of the building.
The vertical pupil between the eyebrows of the person flickered with a trace of silver light from time to time. It was unusually eye-catching in the dark night. It was Su Chengbo. He also escaped the pursuit of the ferocious beasts. But why did he return to Longyang City?
Luo Kai hesitated for a moment. Then, he jumped onto the tall building.
Su Chengbo knew of his arrival. He didn't say anything. He looked down at the ruins of the city that had become hell on earth. After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "It is said that before the catastrophe, people farmed animals industrially. The animals were completely reduced to machines. They were bound in a narrow space. They spent their short lives in tension, illness, pain, and struggle. Is everything now a punishment for mankind?"
He turned to look at him, "Some people say that the appearance of the ferocious beasts is the result of natural selection. What do you think?"
Luo Kai didn't expect that Su Chengbo would ask such a question. He thought for a long time before he said, "Nature will always maintain the balance. If something destroys the balance, I think some things will become inevitable."
Su Chengbo's expression didn't have a trace of dejection. The silver light flickered between his eyebrows. He seemed to be a little excited. He nodded and said, "That's right. The way of heaven is to take away the excess and make up for the deficiency. The key is the word 'balance'!"
Luo Kai walked in front of him. They looked down at the ruins together and said, "Heaven and earth are heartless. They treat all living things as straw dogs. Whether it's a human or a ferocious beast, there's no difference to heaven and earth."
Su Chengbo took out an exquisite wine flask from his bosom. After taking a big gulp, he handed it to Luo Kai. "The world is vast and boundless. You should go out and take a look."
Luo Kai smelled the intoxicating aroma of the wine, and his gluttony was aroused. He took the wine jug and drank a big mouthful as well. As soon as the wine entered his throat, he knew something was wrong. This was because the wine was like boiling lava, and it was so hot that he couldn't help but tremble violently. In an instant, his whole body was like a cooked lobster, and he was sweating profusely.
But then, an extremely comfortable feeling rose from every cell in his body, making him feel as if he was on cloud nine. It was truly wonderful. He couldn't help but ask in surprise, "What wine is this?"
Su Chengbo chuckled and said, "This is my Three-Eyed Race's secret Orange Light Wine. Today, I wanted to invite you to taste it, but you didn't come."
Luo Kai didn't speak anymore. He silently looked at the boundless night. He didn't know why, but now he had a strange sense of intimacy with the darkness. It was just like the feeling the water gave him. Moreover, the darkness could enhance his perception. Once it was night time, his range of perception was at least a third larger than during the day.
"Well, little fellow, we'll meet again if fate wills it."
Su Chengbo seemed to know the reason why he didn't go. He sighed and disappeared into the boundless night.
Luo Kai also jumped into the night. He had to settle Little Zhuo and Erya in a safe place before he could leave the country with peace of mind.
Soon, he came to the hiding place in the suburbs. As soon as he got close, he smelled a strong smell of blood. Little Zhuo and Erya were fine, but there was an extra body of a mutated rat the size of a house cat on the ground.
"Uncle, I … I killed a big rat!" Although Erya's face was pale, her voice was very excited.
"Very good, little girl, you've finally grown up." Luo Kai praised her, and then briefly explained the situation in the city.
The eyes of the two maidservants glistened with tears. They knew that their family members had most likely met with misfortune.
Luo Kai comforted them, "Don't worry, I think many people survived. They should have fled to Jinlan Prefecture. We'll set off early tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, Luo Kai went to the city to get a fuel truck and food. He called the two girls who didn't sleep all night to get on the truck and drove in the direction of Jinlan Prefecture.
The road was also full of groups of mutated creatures wandering around. When they heard the noise, they immediately swarmed over. There were hyenas that they saw last night, but more of them were strange deer with sharp teeth.
Luo Kai got off the truck with a gloomy face. There were so many mutated creatures around, so he had to end the battle quickly. His chest rose and fell violently. He shook the Dismemberment Blade in his hand and rushed into the group of mutated creatures. Under the flash of the blade, broken limbs and remains flew everywhere. No mutated creature could block his blade. Within a few minutes, dozens of mutated creatures were killed.
The two girls looked at him with admiration. Luo Kai was simply omnipotent in their hearts.
In this way, Luo Kai had to get off the truck and clean up the surrounding mutated creatures every once in a while. At noon, there was a faint sound of artillery fire in front of them. The mutated creatures gradually became sparse. Wheeled armored vehicles shuttled through the wilderness. A large number of soldiers relied on the armored vehicles to clean up the pursuing mutated creatures.
Gradually, the road became crowded. Countless refugees formed a winding curve that was several kilometers long.
Luo Kai looked up at the sky. There were many Winged Men in strange equipment flying in the sky. Unlike the Winged Men who were only used for reconnaissance and communication, these Winged Men were holding silver guns in their hands. There seemed to be some kind of mechanical skeleton extending from their backs to control the wings.
The vehicles couldn't move. Luo Kai got off the truck with the two girls and squeezed into the crowd. They slowly moved along with the flow of refugees.
Boom!
A fighter jet that was cruising in the sky was attacked by a group of black-winged mutated birds. It fell diagonally to the ground, landing heavily in the midst of a group of refugees. There was a huge explosion of flames, followed by heart-wrenching screams.
The armored vehicles on the ground and the Winged Men in the sky both noticed the group of mutated birds and opened fire at the same time. High-speed machine guns spewed out tongues of flame. Countless mutilated bird corpses fell from the sky as if it was raining blood.
Along the way, they were attacked several times. Most of the attacks came from the sky. Occasionally, a small hill would suddenly bulge up from the ground. From the hill, a dense swarm of mutated rats would rush out and attack the crowd.
Fortunately, these mutated beasts were not strong individually and were easily defeated by the military's firepower.
Luo Kai frowned. This kind of suicidal attack was simply unreasonable. Even ants would drag out their lives. Animals were also rational. They also had fear and cherished their lives.
Unless … unless there was a force controlling them to attack humans.
In the afternoon, Jinlan Prefecture could be vaguely seen in front of them. However, the group stopped.
Luo Kai saw a middle-aged man with white eyebrows standing beside the sentry post in front of him. It was Old Fu. Luo Kai heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. It was good that the two girls beside him were taken care of.