Although Jiang Yun'er was still a little girl, the lingering melancholy between her brows made Yin San'er feel distressed. He wanted to give her to a good family, but found that all the more than ten villages and towns he passed along the way were deserted.

, like a ghost town.

In the evening, they came to a town. There was also no one in the town, and a group of stray dogs looked at them with evil eyes. They entered a hotel with an open door as a temporary place to stay.

Originally, Yin San'er wanted to make a fire to cook, but Jiang Yun'er took the initiative to take over the cooking job. Seeing him standing on the bench stir-frying vegetables, Yin San'er felt sad for no reason, and took the initiative to light the fire, add firewood, and pull

Bellows.

There was wine in the shop, but he didn't dare to drink it. Seeing Jiang Yun'er's little face was always gloomy, he told a few funny stories, finally making this innocent child laugh.

"Can I call you brother?" the little girl asked softly, holding the corner of her clothes, her tone full of unconfidence.

"Okay! Okay! I will call you Xiao Yuner from now on!" Yin San'er said happily. Faced with Jiang Yuner like this, how could he refuse?

"Brother! Brother!" Jiang Yuner's first voice was clear and sweet, but the second voice was accompanied by a louder voice. The dark clouds in the sky gathered together, creating roaring thunder and dazzling lightning.

"Xiao Yun'er, my brother will protect you from now on!" Yin San'er watched the little girl's tears keep falling, but she was suppressing her cry. She felt uncomfortable in her heart, so she took her into her arms and said vowedly.

Against the backdrop of thunder and lightning outside, a heavy rain enveloped the town as expected.

It was late at night, dogs were barking, the moon was obscured by dark clouds, and there seemed to be some whimpering sounds floating in the wind.

The sleeping little girl suddenly sat up and whispered: "Brother!" Yin San'er opened her eyes and saw Xiao Yun'er standing up straight and walking out of the hotel with strange steps.

The street was pitch dark. The little girl walked barefoot on the cold street, still whispering "brother" in her mouth, letting her little feet step on the cold water. The lanterns on both sides of the street lit up one after another.

The light emitted by the lantern was dim, with traces of black air lingering in the blur.

Jiang Yun'er walked to the door of a gambling house. The gambling house was in a dilapidated state and must have been burned down by a fire not long ago.

"Creak, creak, creak" as if someone was walking out on the broken floor. The little girl raised her head and looked in, her eyes dull, only those two words were still murmuring in her mouth.

A big hand full of pustules tore open the broken door, and something was about to break out.

Yin San'er, who had been following Jiang Yun'er here, couldn't bear it any longer: no matter what, the thing that is about to come out of the dilapidated gambling house is not a good thing. He quickly picked up Jiang Yun'er and retreated quickly.

Xing. An angry and harsh roar came from the gambling house, and a thick arm suddenly stretched out and grabbed them.

"What kind of monster is this?!" Yin San'er thought to himself. He hugged Jiang Yun'er and ran away.

A big meat ball that was more than ten feet tall suddenly rolled out of the gambling house. Yin Saner looked carefully through the dim light and saw that it was a meat ball. It was clearly a monster composed of countless hands overlapping each other. It rolled and roared.

He chased them at a very fast speed.

The street lamps on both sides of the street were occasionally smashed into pieces by the whizzing meat balls. Two fleshy whip-like tentacles protruded from the meat balls. The tips of the tentacles were as sharp as knives. The strange thing was that there was a piece of paper below the tips.

It looked like a flat human face, the face was twisted, and it also gave out a weird smile that made people's hair stand on end.

Yin San'er had never seen such a weird and terrifying thing before, and his heart became hairy as he walked faster and faster. However, the meat ball rolled extremely quickly and quickly caught up with it. As it approached Yin San'er, it stabbed out its tentacles repeatedly.

San'er held Jiang Yun'er with one hand, pulled out a big knife with his thick right hand, whittled, chopped, stabbed, and teased, and fought with the monster together.

The meat balls surrounded him and kept attacking. When one tentacle was cut off, two new ones sprouted. After a while, it turned into a hedgehog-like monster with tentacles all over its body, and it also said "Jie Jie Jie" proudly.

The strange laughter disturbed Yin San'er's mind. Gaps kept appearing on Yin San'er's sword, as if it might break at any time.

After a series of fights, Yin San'er secretly became anxious and wanted to sneak attack the meat ball monster with spikes. After thinking for a while, he gave up the idea. Suddenly he remembered something that Grandpa Gao said, and he suddenly had an idea.

He swung his knife to cut off a few tentacles again, shook the blood away with force, and wiped it on the blade with his hand. The monster saw his movements clearly, and actually retracted all its tentacles and rolled back.

How could Yin San'er let it escape? He used his body shape and jumped up high. When the big knife approached the meat ball, it suddenly lit up with a fiery red color, like a flame. The big knife chopped down, whether it was a densely packed tentacle or more than ten feet high.

The big meat balls were cut in half.

The "flame" on the blade ignited the meat ball, which made various strange screams, curled up and made a "bang bang" sound in the burning flames, like a firecracker, and the splashing grease carried a strong rancid smell.

When Jiang Yun'er came back to her senses, her face was full of horror. She covered her mouth with both hands. Tears kept rolling in her eyes. She even stopped breathing and her face turned red from holding back. Dark clouds pressed like a city to the roof, and a muffled thunder broke the silence.

, in the torrential rain, streaks of lightning kept striking on the rolling meat balls.

After passing through the valley, Jiang Yun'er would act like this when he was scared. Yin San'er quickly patted his back gently and said distressedly: "Xiao Yun'er is not afraid! I am not afraid anymore! Brother is here!" Then the little girl spit out a mouthful.

Angry, tears slowly flowed down her face, and she hugged Yin San'er's neck tightly, fearing that he would run away and never come back.

The tall and strong Yin San'er felt breathless as she hugged her neck like this, but he did not stop her. The meat ball monster finally made no sound, and only the heavy rain was raging in this deserted town.

Yin San'er picked up Jiang Yuner and walked towards the hotel. On the way, he looked at a three-story building with indescribable emotions flashing in his eyes. In an instant, he returned to normal. He lifted up his clothes to protect Jiang Yuner from the rain and returned to the hotel with the little girl in his arms.

among.

The next day, Yin San'er and Jiang Yun'er left the town and continued walking forward. Although they didn't know what was waiting for them on the road ahead, the two of them didn't seem too worried.

Since Yin San'er was a road addict, the route they took was not a straight line. On this day, Yin San'er and his wife finally found a village with people. The residents of the village and town were relocating in full swing, and from time to time, suppressed cries could be heard.

After asking someone about it, he found out that the beast tide at the border had broken out in advance and had destroyed more than ten cities in the border. The imperial court had assembled heavy troops in Tonggu City, fifty miles away from here, and all the villages and towns south of Tonggu City were ordered to retreat to

Tonggu City.

Yin Saner was stunned for a moment. He had heard from veterans in the military camp that beast tides usually only broke out once every ten years. It had just been three years since the last outbreak. How could it happen again so quickly? Moreover, ordinary

The beast tide can at most cause some damage at the border, but cannot break through the heavy blockade at the border.

This time, the beast tide has destroyed more than ten cities in a row, which is obviously much larger than before. The people in those villages and towns do not have tall city walls to protect them. Once the beast tide strikes, the consequences can be imagined.

He held the little girl in his arms and followed the flow of people towards Tonggu City. When he was sent to the military camp, he had passed through Tonggu City, so he still had some impressions of that place. The crowds were surging, and residents from other villages and towns kept joining the team along the way. These

People brought their families with them, and brought over some valuable and worthless objects, and even some livestock. The simple country roads were not wide enough at all, so new roads meandered through the countryside. People walked along the muddy roads.

I walked along the path indifferently, and the atmosphere was as low and depressing as the dark clouds in the sky.


Chapter completed!