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Xu Jiu became an idler.

It is "free", not "immortal", even if Xu Jiu is indeed staying up late to chase drama recently...

There are many reasons for this situation.

AIB's investigation of the parasitic beast incident fell into the bottleneck. Even if part of the intention of the main messenger behind the scenes was speculated, it was still difficult to find the key clues to the problem.

The leveling work was temporarily shelved due to the chaos in Wasteland, as the previous film crew did not dare to enter Wasteland after receiving the wind, which made Xu Jiu lose the opportunity to make quick money.

Xu Jiu, who is about to go to the unexplored relics of the special area soon, is not interested in going to other special areas at this moment to perform missions.

The process of even more how Gloria’s weapon building is extremely cumbersome. From time to time, it is necessary to exchange opinions with Xu Jiu and obtain some of his body data, so as to tailor this weapon that will become her signature weapon in the future.

In order to ensure the smooth forging of weapons, Xu Jiu can only temporarily act as her mannequin, coordinating with the reporting of various data that he simply does not know what to use.

No matter what, in the next few days after the black claw wolf attack ended, Xu Jiu has hardly left his house.

As a result, after being accidentally discovered by Vanessa, he was forced to call out to conduct routine patrols around Yusui Town.

Because the weather is not bad, Xu Jiu didn't refuse either. Instead, he happily pushed his motorcycle to set off. It is not a problem to be bored at home.

However, this patrol mission, which was meant to be free and easy, was quickly destroyed by an elk corpse half-buried in the snow.

The soles of the boots ran over the snow, making a creaking sound, and Xu Jiu walked around the corpse for a half circle.

The neck of the corpse has rotted and collapsed into a void of flesh and blood, and a part of the mutated flesh remains on the edge. Xu Jiu's gaze scanned the surrounding snowy ground. No trace of other creatures was found. It should have been It was buried by Xiaoxue two days ago.

If he remembers correctly, this is the fifth parasitic beast discovered in the past three days with only a part of its trunk mutated, and judging from the wound, the insect egg most likely has hatched.

"Where is the source...How is this deer parasitized?"

Mumbled a word, and the left hand flicked over, and the flames rose from the corpse , Xu Jiu returned to the motorbike, informed Vanessa in Yusui Town of the situation there, and left to return.

Wait for Xu Jiu to come to the gate of Yusui Town government again.

There is actually a large group of people here, most of them are half-old children, apart from this are some old people.

Naturally, what attracts these people is not a disaster, but the government's dressing up for the New Year. For the residents of Yusui Town who have never participated in the New Year, it is undoubtedly a novelty. Not to mention the government’s announcement one day in advance that the holiday will begin this afternoon, and it will give every household some meat.

For many people here, meat this thing can only be eaten two or three times a year.

Finding a secluded place to stop the motorcycle, Xu Jiu watched a group of children happily everywhere, and the elderly nearby kept calling.

It's almost the same as the New Year in the previous life...

Xu Jiu, who stopped on the other side of the street, looked at the scene ahead in a daze. After a while, he bowed his head. He let out a mouthful of white mist, and then stepped past the crowd.

There is an evergreen shrub covered with red cotton wool in the open space in front of the door. I don’t know where it was dug. There are some firecracker scum mixed with broken snow around it.

Not far away, two people worked together to carry a few boxes of fireworks. On the truck next to them, there was a whole fan of pork and various other ingredients. Obviously they had purchased it again recently, otherwise there would not be this quantity.

Xu Jiu walked in with his hands for a few steps, and then a smell puffed up his nose. Whether it was a government official or someone from AIB, he met with a smile on his face. Meaning, the solemn atmosphere of the first two days was swept away.

Yes, today is New Year's Day.

Vanessa exceeded the specifications and fulfilled her previous idea. She bought a lot of things out of her own pocket, and also invited other staff in the government. After all, they have also been under a lot of pressure during this period.

Of course, the situation is not as relaxed as the atmosphere displayed by the Yusui Town government.

“It’s best not to fire fireworks. The light and sound will attract some wasteland ominous beasts’ attention in the dark. Don’t forget that our purpose is to alleviate the current tension, not to cause more trouble. "

Only when he walked to the door of the office, Xu Jiu heard Vanessa’s voice from inside,

"In addition, while the dinner was going on, several guard towers in the town must Someone is on duty...draw lots, including me, the safety of the town needs to be guaranteed."

"You can't keep it even if you go. There must be an attack by the herd, and it is still troublesome in the end. "

Pushing in, Xu Jiu glances at the two people at the desk, and then says,

"Let’s go, there’s nothing going on tonight anyway, I’m about to blow the hair. "

"You?"

Vanessa obviously didn't expect Xu Jiu to make a statement suddenly, got up from the seat, and signaled his subordinates to leave the room first.

"Why, do you think I can't keep it?"

Xu Jiu sitting on the sofa looked towards the crowd outside the window and answered.

"If you can't keep it, others in Yusui Town may be able to keep it, but...Forget it, it would be better if you want it."

Vanessa, who was saying something, realized that Xu Jiu’s emotions were a little bit wrong, and she changed the subject very simply.

"Just now, I sent a message from Wushan Gathering Point. We submitted a message to the black claw wolf in the past. The insect egg has hatched!"

"How do you say?"

"The hatched adult insect egg is completely different from the parasite that caused the biological mutation. This is the photo they sent back. ."

Handing the phone to Xu Jiu, Vanessa took a seat opposite him.

What is displayed on the screen is a close-up photo of insects. Its appearance is different from any insect in Xu Jiu's impression. It is somewhat close to a butterfly with its wings removed, and its head is also Without compound eyes, it was replaced by a wriggling mass of disgusting flesh.

Not only that, Xu Jiu also found several thin gray-brown wings on its back.

"Hey, I can fly, no wonder the speed of transmission is so fast...If they have already done this, don't you have any countermeasures, just wait?"

This kind of Flying Insect's reproductive ability needless to say, in Xu Jiu's view, if they continue to spread, sooner or later, people living in wasteland will also be affected.

"We have already started to take action. The life cycle of this insect is very short, from hatching to death only a few hours. As long as there is no parasitic wild beast around the mobile city, it can effectively avoid it. Threats."

The laboratory in Wushan Gathering Point is undoubtedly more professional than Yusui Town. It has figured out some of the characteristics of these insects in a very short period of time, and also bought time for the processing of AIB.

dong dong dong ~

Vanessa was about to continue talking, when there was a knock on the door.

"Captain, a batch of goods has just been delivered from the bureau, and you need to receive it. The mayor also wants to see you..."

" It seems that you are very busy. After all, it’s New Year’s Day. I won’t bother me. I’ll go home to catch up and take over at the post at night."

Xu Jiu knew he should go.

This is obviously not the time to chat.

Vanessa didn't mean to stop Xu Jiu either. She knew that the latter was not interested in mixing up these chores, just looking at the back of the other person leaving, feeling a little frustrated inexplicably.

......

Wait until the evening, Xu Jiu carried a boiler and a dozen boxes of ingredients and went straight to the sentry tower in the middle of Yusui Town.

Sentinel towers in small towns like this are naturally very simple. In order to ensure the view, apart from a high-power searchlight, there is no cover at the top, only a canopy that can be used at any time.

But this also makes the space that was originally only about 13 square meters spacious, and the weather today is good, although the night breeze is cool, it can't be for Xu Jiu today. What is considered.

Use the tools and wood left by the night watchman to set up a bonfire, and set up a boiler full of bone broth.

Raise your foot and kick a few boxes of fireworks to the edge. Since the guard has become Xu Jiu, there is naturally no saying that these fireworks cannot be set off.

Xu Jiu sat cross-legged on the edge of the sentry tower, holding a pot of honey in his hand, letting the cold night breeze blow the corners of his clothes and half-length black hair, staring at only one on the horizon In the sunset of third, the line of sight flickers from the surrounding streets.

The sudden holiday and the government’s act of supplying meat have undoubtedly greatly increased the enthusiasm of the people. In addition, I don’t know who proposed the idea. A small art evening will be held in Yusui Town. Many people drag their families to the warehouse in Yusui Town.

The city made of steel and cement has a sense of liveliness in the movement of people.

With one hand propped on his chin, Xu Jiu leaned over, slapped his lips suddenly, raised his head and poured a gulp of honey.

Somehow, it's not as sweet as the one I drank before.

Wasteland's dusk in winter is always very short. Xu Jiu hasn't finished drinking a pot of honey, and night has fallen.

Turn on the pre-downloaded video on the mobile phone and put it on the platform behind the searchlight. Xu Jiu sits on the bamboo chair by the bonfire, with Erlang's legs tilted, and the warehouse not far from the sentry tower is brightly lit.

At a certain moment, Xu Jiu straightened up suddenly and looked towards the stairway on the top side of the sentry tower.

Vanessa, who changed into the iconic light gray long trench coat uniform, lined with a high-necked sweater and a rice yellow trench coat, appeared in front of Xu Jiu with a lunch box.

"This is freshly made dumplings, and you have a share."

Put the lunch box in Xu Jiu's arms, Vanessa glanced across the top of the tower, and raised a hand to draw one The chair sat down with Xu Jiu's surprised gaze,

"Some things have not been finished just now, I don't like to drag things until 2nd day."

"Um... ...Okay, let's talk about it."

I opened the lunch box and looked at the dozen or so dumplings in it, Xu Jiu not even think, and poured them all into the broth.

"Wushan Gathering Point has issued a warning to all mobile cities within its jurisdiction, so that small mobile cities will be close, and large mobile cities will seek shelter."

Fiddle with the bonfire , Vanessa continues the unfinished topic,

"At the same time, AIB urgently mobilized a large number of cruise drones from the stationary city to put them into the mobile city of Wasteland, and began a carpet search. These insects must have The source..."

"Wait, can't directly use satellite positioning, the harsh environment on wasteland, can drones really work?"

wasteland The bird on the board may not to be trifled with. This kind of drone will probably be destroyed before it is effective.

"If satellites can be launched, do you think those two people can escape in front of us in such a huge Invader Grade parasitic beast in the walled city?"

Vanessa asked rhetorically. Then some helplessly said,

"We have tried to explore the world outside this planet, but the impact caused by the special zone is far worse than you think. As far as I know, so far There is no such stationary city that can launch satellites."

"Then you...how did you do it?"

Xu Jiu took out the one he took with him Communicator, he always thought that this thing relies on satellite signals, so that it can be used on wasteland without internet and signal towers.

"Of course it relies on Mobile City No. 001. It was built into a huge information transceiver at the beginning of its establishment. Like the subsequent six mobile cities, they are located at six gathering points. In wasteland, it is regarded as the core mobile city, and you also regard it as a mobile signal city."

"Number 001?"

"The serial number of the mobile city, which represents It is the first mobile city to be put into operation."

The topic was unconsciously a bit off. Vanessa didn’t seem to care much about it, just watching Xu who was putting strange-colored meat rolls in the boiler. Jiu,

"Is these the meat of the alienated beast?"

"Well, after I killed the alienated beast, I used to take part of the meat. The taste is very good. You have to say you want to come. Maybe I can also prepare a pair of chopsticks for you..."

Chang Rang~

Xu Jiu, who hadn’t finished speaking, looked at the opposite person and took out one. The lady who cut the short blade and cut the wood without anyone else, and made a pair of chopsticks in a short while, was speechless.

Even if the meat of Invader Grade alienated beasts is really rare, don't you need to do that?

"The investigation team that went to the special area of ​​B5 came back. They found a large number of corpses in the special area, which can be preliminarily judged to be a parasite breeding experiment, which is enough to prove that this is a long-planned experiment. Terrorist attack, the other party can survive in the sub-special zone for a long time, and their strength is extraordinary. We suspect that they want to create a parasitic beast wave on the Wusu wasteland."

Pick up each minding their own business. A box of vegetables next to it was poured into the boiler. Vanessa stretched her legs together and regarded the empty box as her rice bowl. Paused said again,

"I’m not used to lively scenes, add a pair of tableware, you Shouldn’t you mind?"

"Eat, I have prepared a lot."

Xu Jiu adjusts the phone to an angle where both of them can see, and then the voice Turn up.

"I'm not interested in beauty idols, you don't need to take care of them."

Taking up a piece of meat rolls, Vanessa said without raising her head.

"Cough cough, I'm afraid you are bored. Besides, this variety show is very beautiful."

After a dry cough, Xu Jiu turned the phone back to its original angle. Looking at the sparse stars and the bright moon in the sky

"The moon tonight is really unexpectedly round!"