The dawn dispelled the darkness, and the light of the eternal day fell on the grassland. The green grassland stretched forward like a carpet, and could not see the end.
A group of white horned horses appeared in Xialei's sight. They were tall and strong, white all over, just like unicorns in Western mythology, representing nobility and Spring Festival, but without wings.
The appearance of sunflower startled the horned horses. They ran away with their hooves rumbling like cavalry charging in the ancient battlefield.
Sunflower slowed down and walked forward in the sunshine of the eternal day. On its back sat three people, the first is Xia Lei, the middle is the little girl, the back is Han Yifei.
"It's safe. We're out of the chase." Han Yifei took a long breath of relief and relaxed his tense nerves. He even suddenly lost the strength of his support. He fell off the back of sunflower and fell on the grass.
Xia Lei looks at Han Yifei, who falls on the grass, speechless. Then he pats Rihua's neck. "Rihua, you've been running for midnight. Have a rest."
"Well." A voice came out of sunflower's mouth, and then he fell on the grass.
Xia Lei jumped off his back and then picked up the little girl. He smiled and said, "the little guy is heavy. How old is he this year?"
"Uncle, I'm eight years old this year. My name is Koo Kexin."
"Ancient fragrance?" Charleston was stunned.
She is only one word from the name of the woman he is familiar with. Her name suddenly reminds him of that woman. But he knew very well that this little girl was definitely not that woman. She was only eight years old, and that woman had died on the earth.
"My name is Koo Kexin." Gu Kexin carefully said: "uncle, what's your name?"
Xia Lei just came back to his senses. He smiled and said, "my name is Xia Lei. You can call me uncle Xia."
"Uncle Xia, uncle Xia!" Ancient carnation's little mouth was sweet, and immediately began to cry.
Xia Lei reached out and patted Gu Kexin's little head. "Tell Uncle Xia where is your home? Where are your parents? "
Gu Kexin's little mouth suddenly turned, and she would cry again, "my father and mother All of them were eaten by the blue moon man. My grandfather escaped from the village with me, but he was caught by the man with black beard. They told me to go to the refinery, too. My grandfather was dead tired in the refinery. "
Xia Lei's heart is sour, and his eyes are moist.
Han Yifei said, "Mr. Xia, do you have any plans?"
"Go to the frontier city and give you to the rebels, and then I'll go to the dark forest." Said Xia Lei.
"And me?" Gu Kexin said anxiously, "Uncle Xia, take me with you. I can do anything. I can wash clothes and I can cook. You can teach me how to use a gun. I can fight with you and kill bad people. "
Xia Lei crouches in front of Gu Kexin and wipes the tears from her eyes. "I will entrust you to the rebels, and they will take care of you. Uncle Xia doesn't want to take you with him, but he can only walk alone. "
"Uncle Xia..." Ancient sweet tears came out again.
Xia Lei knows her feelings very well. She is lonely in the world. How can she not easily meet a person who can protect her, but also leave her? How can her heart not be sad?
"Don't worry, everything will be OK." Xia Lei holds Gu Kexin in her arms and comforts her. But he didn't know when the promise would come true. Perhaps, there will never be a time to cash in.
"Roar!" Sunflower shouts at Xialei.
"It's time we left." Xia Lei picked up Gu Kexin and said, "come on, uncle Xia will hold you up."
Han Yifei also got up from the grass. He went to Xialei's side and said, "don't worry, I'll take care of her for you. It'll be a reward for your help."
Xia Lei smiles at Han Yifei.
Between men, sometimes, there are some things that don't need to be said at all.
Rihua set out again and ran in the east direction. The place where it ran left deep footprints. Within a few days, there will be green weeds growing out of the soil.
Life is reincarnated every moment.
Half a month later.
The vast grassland was left behind, and a city appeared at the end of the field of vision. The moment I saw it, Xia Lei was shocked.
Huge tall buildings stood under the sky, some of them were blown up, some of them were covered with trees and vines. These buildings look at each other in the field of vision, and they can't see the end. This city is so big that even New York and London on earth are incomparable.
However, it is dead and has no vitality.
When the city was still alive, there were at least tens of millions of people living in it, but how many people still live here? Apart from the killing of blue Mooners, only food and water, as well as medical treatment, can kill the population. Therefore, even if there are people living in this city, it will not be much.
"This is the frontier city. It was built in the era of Shenglei a thousand years ago. It is a city in the east of human territory." Han Yifei also looked at a dead and desolate city in the distance. "At its peak, it had a population of more than 67 million, and it also played a very important role in Shenglei's millennium plan. In that plan, it will become a bridgehead city for human beings to expand into the dark forest. Later, the blue moon people invaded. Because of its special geographical location, it was almost the last city to be destroyed. "
"How many people still live here?" said Xia Lei
Han Yifei shook, "I don't know, but I don't think it will exceed 100000."
Xia Lei said: "100000, such a big city is not many, but from the perspective of food and water, this is a big number.". People here will definitely face the manhunt of blue moon people. How do they persist? "
Han Yifei smiled. "Haven't you been to a big city?"
"No." Xialei said it was the first time he saw a big city of human beings.
Han Yifei said, "it's not surprising that people in the city have already moved to the ground. Blue moon people usually come out to hunt with flying machines and rarely go deep underground. In fact, the population of blue Mooners is very small. They will not rush into the ground to take action. In that way, their advanced weapons will be greatly reduced, and they will also bring casualties. They are absolutely unable to accept casualties. "
Charley suddenly thought of a conversation with casiarouis. In that conversation, casiarouis said that isitabu's species are too few to bear heavy casualties, so isitabu will take action first to turn the earth into a safe hunting ground. Now Han Yifei also has this view, which is the same as Cassia Ruiz's view, which shows that the number of blue moon people is really small.
This makes Xia Lei feel relieved. If the number of blue Mooners living on the blue moon also reaches billions or more like human beings, then human beings really have no hope. This situation gives him a glimmer of hope, which is very important to him.
"Come on, let's go to town." Han Yifei said.
Xia Lei patted Rihua's neck. "Rihua, let's go."
But the sun flower did not move, it looked up to a further place.
Although he could not see what was in that direction, Xialei knew that he was looking at his hometown, resting in the forest.
Rihua lies down. This action is for three people sitting on his back to get down.
Xia Lei understood the body language of Rihua. He jumped off the back of Rihua and said, "come down, too. Rihua is leaving."
Han Yifei also jumped off the back of Rihua, and then caught Gu Kexin to help her return to the ground. Gu Kexin felt the scales on Sunflower's belly and asked, "Uncle Xia, where is it going?"
"It's going home," said Xia Lei
"And is it back?" Asked Gu Kexin.
Xia Lei smiled bitterly. "I don't know that. You and uncle Han go first. I'm separated from rihuadao."
"Uncle Xia..." Gu Kexin wants to say something else.
"But Xin, let uncle Xia and Rihua say goodbye. Let's go first." Han Yifei takes Gu Kexin's small hand and goes to the edge wasteland city.
Xia Lei came to Rihua's body and said, "give me a few days. I'll come to you after I've dealt with things. Wait for me in the forest of repose. I won't break my contract. "
A string of sounds came out of Rihua's mouth, but I don't know if it understood Xia Lei's words.
Xia Lei patiently drew some pictures on the ground, and then repeated what he had just said.
"Roar." The next day, he nodded his head, which seemed to tell Xia Lei that he understood.
"Wait for me." Xia Lei patted Rihua's neck and then turned to leave.
Rihua watched Xialei go far, then ran to the side of the edge wasteland. It has an instinctive rejection of human cities. It would rather spend more time than go through them.
Xia Lei catches up with Han Yifei and Gu Kexin, and they enter the border wasteland city.
The streets of the city are deserted, with wreckage of vehicles, chariots and even huge spacecraft everywhere. Some are discarded by people, some are relics of war. The traces of the explosion and the remains of the war seem to tell the story of the blood and fire of that year, as well as many people who died because of the war. Their spirits seem to be in this city, in the uninhabited building, in a dark corner, unwilling to rest.
A gust of wind blew, rolling up the garbage on the ground, some flying close to the ground, some being rolled into the air. Xia Lei's melancholy seemed to be rolled up, and his homesickness was aroused by the city full of foreigners.
How are the women at home?
How are the children?
Do women and children miss him in their days without him?
A lot of conjectures, each with a sad taste.
The desire to go home is still so strong, but when can I go back? Can you go back?
He has no idea.
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