Human Shackles

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"Boom!" The pouring rain kept pouring.

In Yunling Province, there is a dilapidated small stone building near the Jinxiu River. A bonfire is being lit in the small building. There are about a dozen ragged people huddled beside the bonfire. These people are either half-grown children or people. There were some old people with white hair and a few thin women. Although the small building was dilapidated, it separated the violent storm outside.

Heavy rain has been falling for several days, and the people in the small building are hungry, but they dare not search for food in the heavy rain, because terrible monsters will appear in rainy days, and the monsters will disappear only when the sun is shining.

There is no shortage of food in today's world. As long as you are careful and experienced, you can easily find various starchy plant roots and highly nutritious tree sap in the mountain forests full of dense plants. If you are lucky, you can also find some Fruit as sweet as honey.

The abundance of food has not only brought about changes in people, but also animals have become more terrifying. In the wild environment, even the weakest animals have their own secrets of survival. Not only are they extremely intelligent, they have also evolved various abilities. A strange ability, and the smaller the animals, the more asymmetrical abilities they have evolved, such as venom.

Just as they were anxiously waiting for the heavy rain to stop, they suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming from outside, and several figures approached the small building despite the heavy rain.

The people in the building immediately panicked. People in this world are more terrifying than ferocious beasts. Since the Eastern Yuan Dynasty had a war with the Hai tribe in Xinyi Port three years ago, the world situation has continued to deteriorate, and mutated biological groups in the sea have become frequent. After attacking the coastal areas, humans were forced to move inland, but the inland areas were not safe either. Wars broke out almost in turn in the four ferocious beast war zones. Although it was not a large-scale war, the ferocious beasts had penetrated into the hinterland of the human race, and the entire human race was plunged into Surrounded on all sides, there is no safe place.

The frequent climate changes that followed caused a large-scale reduction in food production, unprecedented scarcity of materials, and blocked transportation. The major lords were like islands cut apart by endless dense jungles.

In addition, various weird things are also spreading in human society, called monsters, which are more terrifying than ferocious beasts. After all, ferocious beasts do exist, and no one knows what these monsters are.

When the social system is in chaos, the world will also be in chaos. Various gangs of robbers blatantly occupy villages and towns, driving out all the old, weak, women and children who cannot work. This group of people originally lived in a nearby town called Qubo Town. place, but recently a bandit gang suddenly arrived and occupied the town and drove them out.

A teenage boy took out a gun from his underwear and said to an old man with white hair in fear: "Uncle Yan, what should we do?"

The white-haired old man's expression remained unchanged, he took out a hardwood bow from his side, shook his head and said: "We have nothing, there is nothing worth worrying about, there is no need to be afraid."

The heavy iron door had no blocking effect at all. It was pushed open with a creak, and three figures were revealed. In the middle was a young man with gray complexion. On his left and right stood a giant with a wide robe. Their appearance was covered tightly. All of them were two or three meters tall, tall and strong, especially the person on the right, who was as fat as a ball, and his robes were bulging.

The man glanced at everyone in the room and said softly: "It's raining heavily outside, sorry to bother you." His voice was soft and rustling, which made people feel very comfortable.

The visitor didn't seem to have any ill intentions. Uncle Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "No interruption, no interruption, please do whatever you want."

The tall giant on the left put down his baggage, squatted on the ground, and mechanically took out pieces of meat, which was soon spread all over the floor.

The fat ball-like giant on the right was a little impatient. He lay on the ground and wanted to reach out his big hand to get it, but was slapped by the man. He whimpered pitifully and did not dare to move anymore.

The man scanned around and saw that there was no firewood available. He went out again and came back after a while, carrying a large bundle of dry firewood on his back. People secretly wondered where he got so much firewood on such a rainy day.

He slowly lit the fire to grill the meat, and soon the aroma of the meat filled the small building. Everyone stared eagerly, swallowing heavily.

The teenage boy tugged on Uncle Yan's clothes and whispered: "Uncle Yan, they have a lot of meat."

"Yes." Uncle Yan nodded slightly, hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Friend, we have some firearms here, can we exchange them with you for some food?"

Hearing this, the little boy hurriedly hugged the gun in his arms. They had many guns, but they were all damp and rusty. Only the one in his arms could still be used. He wanted to say he didn't agree, but was blocked by the oily flesh. Attracted, caught in the battle between heaven and man.

The man turned his head and looked at them, shook his head and said, "You can't eat this meat."

Uncle Yan didn't say anything anymore. They were all old, weak, women and children, and there was nothing the other party could do if they didn't want to help.

After a while, the heavy rain gradually stopped, and the bright sunshine shone in. Uncle Yan looked excited and said to the little boy: "Xiaoyu, you look after the house." He put his hardwood bow on his back and led everyone out to search. Food, they haven't eaten for a long time. Without energy replenishment, it is difficult to resist the humidity and heat. Many people have developed strange diseases.

There were only a few patients left in the small building. The little boy held the gun and carefully looked at the three people on the other side. His eyes saw a discarded bone on the ground. The bone had been chewed clean, but there was still bone marrow inside. , can be used to make soup, fantasizing about the fresh and thick broth, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.

Just when he finally made up his mind and was about to pick it up, the man opened his eyes, his starry eyes flashing, and suddenly asked: "How long have you had this thing on your body?"

The little boy was stunned for a moment and hurriedly covered his neck. There were many wrinkles on his neck, like dead old tree bark. Not only him, everyone here had this strange disease, but some people had it. Things looked like moss, and some had mushroom-like spores, which all appeared because of the rain during this period.

After a while, the people who were collecting outside gradually came back, and the small building became lively again. Most of what was collected was some plant tubers and some bark. The tubers are food and the bark can be made into clothes and bedding. Now the weather is changeable, and there are Hail would fall for no reason at any time, and the temperature would drop to minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius. It would be impossible to withstand it without clothing.

Uncle Yan on the other side acted alone. He was a veteran hunter who had experienced many battles. He shrank his body all the way through the dense jungle reeds beside the river bank, and came to the edge of a large river. He had been hunting for more than ten days in a row. It rained heavily, and the water level of the river was so high that it was almost impossible to see the other side of the ocean.

He took out a small knife from his waist and rummaged through the reeds. The hard cores of some mutated reeds were no worse than metal. After a while, he found a lot and started making arrow feathers. His calloused hands were extremely dexterous. After a while, a large handful was made, and then he lurked among the dense reeds and stared at the surging water.

About ten minutes later, the target had been locked. The hardwood bow in his hand kept moving, making a sizzling sound. The sharp reed arrows shot into the water like a storm. There was no sound at all when they hit the water. The water immediately became turbulent. Bursts of blood emerged, and a large fish with black scales surfaced.

The fish was very big and could be eaten for several days. Uncle Yan dragged the big fish back to the house. When Uncle Yan came back, everyone came over to help. They asked Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com to cut the big fish into pieces. The snow-white fish meat was grilled eagerly. After a while, the fat of the meat began to sizzle, and the alluring aroma of the meat filled the air.

The fat ball-like figure over there seemed to have smelled the fragrance, and moved cautiously, trying to get closer with a shy face. By the firelight, you could see that it had an ugly ape face, not like a human, but more like It was a wild beast, but after moving a few steps, it was slapped on the head, whining and retreating again.

There have been many people with local mutations in the past few years, and people are not surprised by this. Uncle Yan raised his head and continued to sort out the fish skins. There is a shortage of clothes now, animal skins are extremely precious, and fish skins are very thin. , and full of toughness, it is very good whether it is used as a water storage bag or made into clothing.

"Uncle Yan, eat...eat."

Another half-year-old child came over with a clear voice. She was obviously a girl, but she had a stutter. She held a piece of fish and carefully handed it to Uncle Yan's mouth.

Uncle Yan's vicissitudes of life softened for the first time, and he said softly: "Xiaofan, be good, you eat first, and I will eat later."

The little girl looked back at the big fish that had turned into a skeleton, licked her dirty mouth, and whispered: "No... no more." They were so hungry, they could have eaten enough for several days. The fish and plant tubers were all eaten in a moment.

Uncle Yan rubbed the little girl's messy hair: "It's okay, I'll go get some more later."

After eating, everyone burped, retreated into the house one by one, and began to look for a place to sleep.

The sky was getting dark, and it rained heavily outside. When Uncle Yan walked to the door, he couldn't help sighing to God for blessings. If it weren't for this interval, they would have ventured to look for food in the rain, and there were strange things appearing in the darkness. , I couldn't help but shudder in my heart.