The wilderness was as desolate as ever. No one knew where the scorching wind came from, but it would sweep past this dry and cracked land and disappear into the corner of the wilderness at some point.
A mutated cactus was trying hard to display its green horned body to attract some creatures. An Ant Eating Lizard didn"t seem to be very smart. After a week of not being able to find any food to eat, cactus represented water in its eyes and plant fibers that could temporarily quench the hunger.
Therefore, it crawled towards the cactus. When it came under the plant, the Ant Eating Lizard discovered that the thorns on the cactus were very soft. This was good, otherwise, if it couldn"t eat the cactus, it would be stabbed half to death.
The Ant Eating Lizard boldly opened its mouth and bit down on the base of the cactus. Stretching it out with its p.r.i.c.kly tongue into the cactus to suck water, it found that instead of drinking water, it felt like something had pierced through its tongue and mouth. The Ant Eating Lizard jumped in pain, its eyes turned to the cactus, only to see its smooth roots burst forth with countless sharp thorns like sea urchins.
After the eye was pierced, it became the last image the Ant Eating Lizard could see. In the darkness that followed, it felt more spikes burrow into its body, and then its blood and organs were sucked violently by the little things in its belly.
In the end, the Ant Eating Lizard died. As a result, it did not notice that the green cactus had now turned into a dark red color.
This was due to the Ant Eating Lizard"s help. Its blood and flesh would be able to nourish this mutated cactus for a few days.
The mutated plant didn"t have time to rejoice after it had eaten its fill. Suddenly, a military knife came down and cut a part of its body open before it fell to the ground.
A part of the ground cactus twisted and turned like a living creature, and the spikes on its body shot outward. However, the plant ceased to move due to the absence of its main body.
The sabre"s owner carefully removed the spikes that could pierce a cow"s skin. He then used the sabre to cut open the skin of the plant before peeling it open, revealing the part that was full of water. He cut the plants into strips and put them into his mouth one by one. After he finished sucking up the water, he swallowed the coa.r.s.e plant fibers into his stomach. To be honest, it wasn"t very tasty, but the fiber would at least make the stomach bag, which had been dry for three days, feel better.
It took him 10 minutes to finish the whole piece of cactus. However, it was obvious that he was not full yet. However, the mutated plant he had just attacked was nowhere to be seen. During the turbulent times, as everything was progressing very quickly, even the plants began to show signs of intelligence. He frowned, and had no choice but to endure the hunger and fire as he walked in the direction of Windmill Town.
The sterile bandage on his body had changed from a beige color to a dark yellow color, and his battle uniform was covered in dust. There were traces of mud on his face. If it were not for the obviously modified sniper rifle behind him, Zero would look no better than a refugee in the wilderness.
That day in the underground s.p.a.ce, after he drove the Six-Winged s.h.i.+p to break through the rock stratum, he realized that behind the rock stratum was a huge lake. However, the lake water was heavily contaminated and could not be used as a diet. The s.h.i.+p had used up almost all of its stored energy after breaking through the rock stratum. The remaining energy was insufficient for Zero to drive the s.h.i.+p out of the lake. When he got rid of the rock stratum, the intense friction caused some damage to the rear end of the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p. The lake water poured into the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p, and Zero had no choice but to leave first.
When he swam to the surface of the lake, he did not know where he was. Zero could only determine the direction according to the direction of the sun. After pa.s.sing through a forest, it took him two days to see the road that led from the Death G.o.d Ridge to Windmill Town.
Zero memorized the coordinates of the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p and planned to organize the salvage and research work on it when the time was right. Now, however, Zero would rather eat a tube of nutrients than this great plan.
However, right now he was still quite a distance away from Windmill Town, and with Zero"s current stamina, it was impossible for him to run as fast as he wanted. Therefore, he could only walk forward. The sunlight that was s.h.i.+ning through the clouds in the sky was dragging the shadow of zero along for a long time.
Shortly after nightfall, the men of Windmill Town began to rush toward the Waterwheel Inn in the town.
Of course, in this small town of nearly a thousand people, staying in a bar at night was a must. After a hard day"s work, what could be more satisfying in the evening than a few pints of cold beer? However, there was a slight change recently. Just two or three days ago, two women came to town. They were both very young, the youngest was only about twelve or thirteen years old.
The rare thing was that the youngest girl, with long, pale, Milky Way hair, was very good at dancing. At night, she would perform in the Waterwheel. Of course, you have to pay for the show.
At first, some of the local gangsters in the town wanted to collect protection fees for the two women. And the l.u.s.tful men would have preferred to taste the young dancer. Honestly speaking, although the girl wasn"t an adult yet, her pair of long and rare legs were enough to make people drool. However, the other woman was not someone to be trifled with. She was a black girl and always carried a weapon that resembled a moon wheel with her. And the strength of her beautiful legs, no less than a dancer"s, made the strongest man in the town blush.
After the first night when the black girl beat up most of the men in the bar, no one dared to have any bad thoughts towards the young dancer for the next few days.
After finis.h.i.+ng her show with a graceful dance, Monnie wiped the sweat from her brow and jumped off the stage. Then she walked to the corner of the tavern by the window. The Water Wheel Inn was packed with people, but the direction was very quiet. That was because a moon wheel murder weapon on the table had a stunning effect, and the owner of the weapon, Atasha, was drinking a bottle of beer until she started to feel a little drunk.
The Shapes.h.i.+fter girl had never tasted beer before, and after two days of trying to protect Monnie and visit the tavern, she suddenly fell in love with the thing in her arms.
Seeing how drunk she was, Monnie couldn"t help but sigh. Right now, no one knew who was taking care of whom. She walked up to Atasha and pushed her away. "Atasha, let"s go back to the hotel. We"ve already made enough money for tonight."
Monnie hadn"t had to worry about the money since the zero trip. Until Zero fell into the crevice. After a day of waiting and failing, the two finally chose to leave Death"s Ridge and head to the nearest Windmill Town. But when they got to town, they found they had no money on them. Monnie"s own savings had long since been spent on finding her mother in Phoenix City. As for Atasha, the Shapes.h.i.+va girl who lived in the mountains all her life did not know anything about money.
Helpless, Monnie could only dance in the tavern to earn the living expenses of the two of them.
"Yes." When she heard Monnie"s words, she staggered to her feet. Unexpectedly, he felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
Luckily, Monnie held her back, and with Atasha in tow and the girl"s weapon in one hand, the two of them squeezed their way to the door of the tavern. It was unknown if it was because he saw that Atasha was drunk or if it was because of his alcohol, but a bald man suddenly jumped out and blocked the two of them.
"Sir, please step aside." Monnie said politely.
The baldy laughed out loud and said, "I can get out of the way, but the two of you have to sleep with me."
"I don"t want to cause any trouble, so please step aside, sir." Perhaps it was because she had traveled with Zero for a period of time, but the current Monnie"s tone was much more forceful than before. Of course, she knew a word or two wasn"t going to get rid of the drunk, so the dagger she"d bought for herself appeared in Monnie"s hand.
The baldy whistled, "You still want to fight against laozi? I promise you"ll regret it. "
Unexpectedly, another cold voice sounded from behind the baldy. "I can also guarantee that you will be the one regretting it."
When the voice fell into Monnie"s ears, the girl"s eyes lit up because she knew who the owner of the voice was. Over the big man"s body, Monnie saw another man behind him.
He had a pair of very wonderful eyes. His left eye was pitch black, while his right eye was golden.
It was zero!