Chapter 4: Uninvited Guests
The instant he turned around, Xu Qing swept behind him quickly.
He saw that seven or eight feet away, there were seven people in different positions, approaching themselves in a starry fashion.
These seven people were all adults, both male and female, dressed mainly in leather jackets, dark gray in color, with many leather bags hanging.
Each had weapons on them, each scattered.
Three of them held bows, two of them held knives, each other did not leave their backs to each other, seemingly on the defensive.
There is also a person with gloves on his hands, walking alone, the location is the center.
As for the person who spoke in a strange tone, it was a tall and strong man.
This person was carrying a huge battle axe and was the closest to Xu Qing.
His body was extremely sturdy, with a hideous scar on his face and a full beard, and at the moment, with cruelty in his eyes, he was taking big steps between smiles, approaching Xu Qing.
All of this was what Xu Qing saw after a single glance.
His pupils contracted, and his mind instantly analyzed that these people didn't look like a whole with each other, but more like a temporary group.
This could be clearly seen from their positions and their defenses.
And the identity of these people, Xu Qing has also already guessed that they ...... are scavengers!
South Phoenix continent is not lack of scavengers, most of them are ferocious and there is not much bottom line to speak of, everything is nakedly the weak and the strong.
Obviously this time the forbidden area blood rain stopped, the boundary opened, around the scavengers were attracted to flock to.
For them, although the forbidden zone is dangerous, but this is the person who survives at the tip of the knife, the resources contained in the empty city are enough to make them red-eyed.
Even if most of the materials are contaminated, there are still things that have value.
In the midst of his mind's rapid rotation, Xu Qing's body swayed, about to leap away from one side.
However, the big man approaching him, seeing Xu Qing trying to run, the ferociousness in his eyes became even more intense, a bloodthirsty smile in his caricatured smile.
"Want to run? I love abusing little brats like you the most, you should have quite a few items in that leather bag of yours, Team Lei, this brat, give it to me."
The cruelty in the big man's eyes seemed as if it could be dispersed from within his pupils, forming an intimidating presence, and with his tall body as well as his battle axe, the sense of oppression was immense.
At this moment, he rushed in with large strides, and his right hand battle axe was even swung up and thrown directly in the direction that Xu Qing wanted to leap to.
With a whistling sound, the battle axe cut through the distance between the two sides, instantly approaching from mid-air.
The big man had a lot of strength, and his movements were not slow, but Xu Qing's speed was even faster, and almost at the moment when this tomahawk arrived, his body accelerated violently to the side to avoid it.
The battle axe whistled past in front of him.
The wind whipped up on Xu Qing's face, blowing some of his disheveled hair up, revealing the cold and stern wolf-like eyes under his hair.
In the next instant, Xu Qing's body obediently rolled on the ground, not fleeing, but arriving close to the big man, his right hand lifted, and an ebony black iron stick directly appeared in his hand.
With the advantage of not being as tall as the other party, Xu Qing's entire body leapt upwards, the iron stick in his hand from the bottom to the top, rushing towards the big man's chin!
This was all too fast, Xu Qing's skinny body, as well as his previous actions of trying to escape, all formed a natural cover for his strikes, so much so that the big man also had a sense of life and death crisis at this instant.
But after all, he is experienced, at this moment in the face of a big change in the upper half of the body violently leaned back, narrowly avoided the iron stick, but the chin was still cut out a blood scar.
But not waiting for him to burn with anger, Xu Qing looked indifferent, and his left hand quickly drew out the dagger from his calf when he missed the blow.
When the big man's upper body leaned back, he directly lowered his body and smoothly stabbed the dagger into the back of the big man's right foot.
With a poof sound, the dagger penetrated through the straw shoe, pierced through the flesh and nailed directly into the soil!
The big man's complexion twisted, intense pain attacked the whole body, miserable screams suddenly came out, just want to counterattack, but Xu Qing is too flexible, after the shot the body shot backward beside a broken wall bunker, the whole person crouched there, ready to fire.
The shaking firelight covered his face, making his whole person look a little uncertain, but that wolf-like eyes, which the firelight could not cover, with vigilance and ferocity, looked toward those scavengers.
All of this happened too quickly, Xu Qing's age and form were so disorienting that many of the scavengers were so careless that they didn't react immediately.
At this moment, they were all showing fierce glares, and the three who had opened their bows were even sharpening their eyes in an instant.
Xu Qing, hiding behind the bunker, did not look at the not far away screaming miserably, struggling to draw out the dagger of the back of the foot of the big man, but swept through the three bow holders, and ultimately looked to stand in the center of the position of the person with gloves.
This person was an old man, although his clothes were similar to the others, but his gaze was the sharpest, and on him, Xu Qing vaguely felt the obscure fluctuations of spiritual energy.
More so, from its location, as well as the instinctive gaze convergence of other people around, Xu Qing had more or less judged in his heart.
The other party ...... should be the temporary leader of these scavengers.
Xu Qing looked at the old man, mentally analyzing, while the old man was also looking at him, with what appeared to be some strangeness within his eyes.
Soon the old man moved his gaze away, looking at the incinerating flame that was still rising not far away, there was some silence.
At this moment, the big man who had drawn out his dagger had rage raging in his eyes, and the entire person let out a roar as he charged towards Xu Qing.
"Little brat, let's see how I'll get you killed!"
Xu Qing's eyes narrowed, revealing a stern aura, and he was just about to make a move, but right at this moment, an old voice came calmly.
"Enough!"
These two words, seemed to possess a deterrent, causing the roaring big man to have to stop and turn back to look at the person who had spoken.
The one who spoke was none other than the old man with gloves that Xu Qing had just looked at.
"Team Lei ......."
"This child should be a survivor of the slums outside, the gods have all netted on it, so don't make a move, let's go."
"But ......" the big man's eyes have a strong unwillingness, he believes that he was just careless before, if he really made a move, he has the certainty that within a few breaths, he will crush Xu Qing's neck.
So just as he was about to open his mouth, the old man gave him a faint look.
"Do I need to say it a second time?"
There was a struggle within the big man's expression, but in the end, he lowered his head.
Only when he lowered his head, his afterglow looked towards Xu Qing, who was hiding at the bunker, and a killing chance flashed across his face, then with a grim expression, he turned around and limped towards the old man.
This killing chance, Xu Qing felt it, his eyes narrowed slightly, vigilantly looking at the group of scavengers, gradually walking away.
But just after they walked out dozens of feet away, the old man in the middle had his footsteps stuttered and turned his head, not knowing whether he was looking at Xu Qing or at the burning hot flames of the pile of cremated corpses, and after a long time, he suddenly opened his mouth.
"Child, are you willing to leave here with me?"
Xu Qing froze, and he noticed that in the other party's words, he was talking about me, not us.
So he fell silent, his gaze sweeping through the group, while the old man was also patient and didn't rush, standing at a distance and waiting for an answer.
Until after more than ten breaths, Xu Qing swept through these people many times, looking at the old man, and then at the big man who had been injured by himself and had a grim face.
A strange aura flickered in the young man's eyes.
He slowly stood up without speaking, slowly approaching them.
Seeing Xu Qing walking towards them, the old man smiled and turned around to continue on his way, while the others all gave Xu Qing a deep look and walked along with him.
Just like that, Xu Qing followed this group of scavengers, watching them search for things of value within the city.
During this time, he learned the nickname of that hideous big man, whom the bystanders called Brutal Bull.
This person had also swept past Xu Qing many times, and there was a grim aura in his eyes.
But it was clearly restrained, as if he wasn't in a hurry, waiting for the opportunity when the old man who had stopped him from striking wasn't there.
And it was as if he was also certain that such an opportunity would definitely come along the way in the future.
Xu Qing pondered for a moment, thinking of the big man's greed, so with his familiarity with the city, he gave these scavengers some help.
Xu Qing's gesture was low, causing these scavengers to search for things of value faster and find more items.
And the crippled ox was clearly greedy, wanting to take more even though he couldn't hold it on his body and exceeded his own load.
As a result, he, who was already injured, searched more than the others and carried heavier items.
It wasn't a big deal in the beginning, but as time passed, the big man's physical strength was obviously used up a lot, and his fatigue was far greater than everyone else's.
As for the area of the City Lord's Mansion, Xu Qing considered the old man known as Team Lei to be helpful to him, so he did not lead them there.
It wasn't until night was about to fall that the group finally left the city and set up camp within the slums that used to be outside the city.
They moved skillfully and set up six tents.
Apart from the knife-wielding duo who had one tent, the others were all alone, and they even lit up burning incense outside the tents, and there was also someone who took out some powder and sprinkled it around the surroundings.
Seeing that the sky is getting darker and darker, all kinds of hissing in the city began to echo, these scavengers all walked into the tents.
Only Team Lei swept his eyes at the lone Xu Qing, taking out a sleeping bag from the side and throwing it over.
"Burning incense can disperse the beasts, and the powder can avoid the weirdness, with your contribution today, with me here, the crippled bulls won't dare to beat you to attention, it's still safe here."
After saying that, the old man stopped paying attention and walked into the tent.
Xu Qing didn't say anything, just looked deeply at the old man's tent, picked up the sleeping bag and opened it, burrowing in.
But instead of sealing it, he left a slit in the direction of the scavenger's tent.
Late at night, the hissing and mournful sounds of the outside world, more and more intense, the eerie cries also indistinctly echoed, the ghastly atmosphere seems to be everywhere in the outside world.
It seemed that no one was willing to leave the sheltered abode at this time.
Only Xu Qing ......
He opened his eyes within his sleeping bag, motionless and waiting silently.
Until time passed and it reached the time period in the middle of the night when people were most asleep, Xu Qing slowly climbed out from within his sleeping bag.
His movements were careful, making as little noise as possible.
The hissing and mournful roars within the city echoed in his ears, but they did not distract him in the slightest.
After carefully climbing out, Xu Qing silently walked towards the tent where the big man's mutilated ox was located.
He wouldn't allow any hidden dangers around him that threatened his own life, and even if it was just a hidden danger, he had to find a way to get rid of it immediately.
This was the law that Xu Qing had learned with the lessons of blood as he survived in the slums. It was also the reason why he had agreed to follow this time.
Even the fact that he had prompted the crowd during the day so that they would reap a greater harvest was all because he could see the greed of the crippled bull, and wanted to make it more and more exhausted with its injuries so that it would lose its guard.
And the way he intentionally lowered his stance was also to paralyze the other party and make them negligent.
All of this was for the sake of striking now, at this moment, Xu Qing looked calm, gently approaching the tent, not making any rash moves, but first squatting there, listening carefully for a long time.
Into the ears of the purring sound uniform, continuous and stable, does not seem to fake, to determine these, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, slowly drew out his own iron stick, gently cut open the tent buttons, slowly drilled in.
The tent was dimly lit, and Xu Qing vaguely saw the remnant of the ox lying there, sleeping heavily, obviously the load during the day, coupled with the injuries sustained, had left it exhausted.
And the mentality of a strong man, also made the remnant of the ox in any case would not have thought that during the day with a pleasing and cooperative posture of the teenager, will be in the case of other scavengers are in the middle of the night risk to come.
So at the moment, he didn't know that he had an unexpected guest inside his tent.
Xu Qing looked at the sleeping crippled ox, cold gaze calm as the deep sea, gently approaching, until standing next to him, Xu Qing did not have the slightest procrastination, the right hand dagger flashed coldly, instantly in the bewildered crippled ox's neck, a hard cut.
The force was so great that the body was almost separated.
Blood spurted out in a flash.
The severe pain caused the crippled ox's eyes to open violently, seeing Xu Qing's expressionless face, his complexion revealing disbelief and horror, just about to struggle, but Xu Qing's left hand had already lifted up quickly, a hand pressed on his mouth, so that it was unable to emit half a sound.
And struggle, in this moment more and more intense, the remnant of the ox's eyes wide open, the whole body crazy convulsions.
But Xu Qing's hand was like an iron clamp, pressing it to death, and his right foot was even raised, stepping directly on the disabled ox's stomach, transforming itself into an arch, using the stable force to make the disabled ox's struggles useless.
As the blood continues to gush out, the crippled ox is like a fish that has left the water, slowly the meaning of despair surfaces strongly in its eyes, and even revealed a plea.
But what he saw was still Xu Qing's calm face, as for the sound of his body struggling, also in the outside world's hissing as well as the mournful roar, was covered up, could not be transmitted in the slightest.
Time slowly passes, until after a dozen breaths, the struggle of the remnants of the cow gradually weakened, and finally trembled, the whole person slackened, motionless, only open eyes, residual fear before death, gas dead.
Xu Qing did not immediately lift his hand, but waited for a while longer to make sure that the other party was really dead, only then did he let go of his hand, and after wiping away the bloodstains on it, he opened his leather pouch.
From inside, he cautiously took out the burlap-wrapped snake head, and carefully used the fangs of the snake head to poke through the skin of the remnant cow.
In the next instant, as the toxin spread, the corpse of the remnant ox was flooded with gusts of green bubbles and slowly melted.
After an incense stick was burned, the corpse completely turned into a puddle of blood and water, seeping into the ground soil.
Xu Qing silently watched all of this, began to organize the scene, and then disposed of the remnants of the crippled ox, making the illusion that the other party had disappeared, before drilling out of the tent.
The cold wind blew in his face, taking away some of the bloody odor that stained his body, Xu Qing looked up at the dark night, took a deep breath of the icy cold air, and slowly walked back inside his sleeping bag.
The moment he lay down in his sleeping bag, his heart was finally solid, the sense of security brought about by the hidden dangers being dispelled made him close his eyes and quickly fall asleep, but the iron sign in his hand was always tightly gripped, never letting go of the slightest bit.
The night was silent.
Early the next morning, the morning sunlight sprinkled down, reflecting on the earth, Xu Qing opened his eyes and quietly climbed out of his sleeping bag, his gaze seemingly randomly sweeping towards the tent where the remnant ox was.
In the next instant, his eyes contracted slightly.
The Remnant Bull's tent had actually disappeared.
Xu Qing sank inwardly, becoming even more vigilant.
Soon other scavengers also came out of their tents one after another in the early morning, the first to discover this matter, have been surprised, there are also people looking around unsuccessfully.
But because the remnants of the cow disappeared completely, even the tents are gone, so some people judge that the other party should be greedy city things left in the middle of the night, or other reasons, without saying goodbye.
In short within this forbidden area, too many reasons would make a person disappear.
It was a temporary team, and the crippled ox was alone, so soon these scavengers stopped paying attention to this matter, and there were some who looked towards Xu Qing, but they seemed to think that this matter couldn't possibly have anything to do with Xu Qing, and coupled with the fact that they were not obligated to investigate, they retracted their guesses.
Only the old man known as Team Lei, when he retrieved Xu Qing's sleeping bag, glanced at him with great meaning and spoke faintly.
"Now, still coming with me?"
With these words, which had far-reaching significance, Xu Qing was silent.
The old man didn't say anything else, calling out to the crowd, rushing under this early sun.
Xu Qing stood still for a moment, instinctively looking back towards the ruined city. Eventually turning his head, he looked at the old man's back, and after thinking about it, he took a step to follow, and as he walked, his gait gradually became a little firmer.
Six scavengers, a child, their silhouettes in the sun, was pulled very long ......
Far away, a wind blew by, drifting away the sighs and feelings as they walked forward.
"This is the divine holocaust, where the whole city perishes."
"The forbidden area in this world, one more ......"
"This is nothing, you guys have heard of it, seven or eight years ago in the northern region there was a large city, the gods opened their eyes and that area along with the city directly disappeared strangely, as if it had never existed."
The sound of the conversation grew fainter and fainter, and under the early sun, in the distant figure, the teenager was silent, silently listening, silently walking.
The further he walked, the further away he went.
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