In the afternoon in Jiang City, the breeze was gentle.
A tiny glare flickered slightly on the balcony of a high-rise apartment. The man looked up at the direction of the sun, then looked at the time on his watch, and then closed the sunshade of the astronomical telescope.
In the distance, the city under the clouds was dead silent, and in the sky, the huge mass of clouds was like a mountain, standing still.
Beep, beep, the watch reminder sounded.
It was 17:00 in the afternoon, and there was still an hour and a half before dark.
The man pulled up an iron chain, and a special alloy iron gate rose outside the original French window, and the light in the house was gradually swallowed up.
The sunlight shone through the gaps in the alloy plates into linear strips of light, reflecting the living room filled with supplies.
Buzz buzz buzz~
A strange sound sounded, and the man stopped his hand and listened.
In an instant, his face changed.
He took his short knife for self-defense and put it on his waist, then carefully went out and climbed up the stairs to the rooftop.
A helicopter flew low from a distance, and the huge rotor sound gradually became deafening.
Whoosh!
The man took out a long water pipe from somewhere, tied an orange rag on the top, and waved it quickly towards the helicopter.
On the helicopter, the girl wearing headphones saw the orange color and silently rubbed her fingers on the window.
"Mr. Wen?"
The captain in the front row also saw the orange on the roof at this time, and turned back to ask tentatively. The man called Mr. Wen was a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes. He glanced out the window and closed his eyes with an indifferent look. "Fantastic things, who cares about the life and death of these poor guys!"
The captain was silent.
The middle-aged man noticed the girl's gaze and said loudly, "Why, are you overwhelmed with sympathy?"
"Remember, they are different from us. If tomorrow is the end of the world, we will be the last to die. Do you understand?!"
"Tsk~"
The girl looked cold and looked out the window, disdainful of the middle-aged man's words.
Woo~
A helicopter whizzed past in the sky.
The man on the roof in the distance looked at this scene, put down the long pole, and looked leisurely.
"Damn it, what a good plane, what a pity..."
...
Woo woo woo!
A few minutes later, a rapid alarm suddenly sounded on the helicopter.
"Danger of stall-danger of stall"
"What's wrong!!"
"The lift was suddenly lost, maybe it encountered an unknown cyclone." The young co-pilot's expression changed drastically, and he maintained the flight posture anxiously.
The sudden situation made everyone panic.
"We are in the air, and now in broad daylight, did we encounter something weird?" The middle-aged man in the back row who was originally calm shouted first.
The captain looked at the airborne radar, but found nothing unusual. At this time, the light in the cockpit suddenly changed, as if covered by a shadow. He noticed something and quickly stretched his head to look up at the sky.
This sight immediately made his pupils shrink, and his whole face turned pale.
I saw a strange black shadow looming in the huge clouds above my head, covering the sky and the sun!
The clouds rolled and the wind suddenly blew up!
The helicopter was caught by a huge suction force and was increasing in altitude uncontrollably.
"Warning! Warning!"
"Oh no! Captain! What should I do!"
The co-pilot, who still didn't know what was going on, looked at the captain in panic, but found that the other party had been attracted by something at this time, so he also looked in the direction of his gaze.
The thin clouds continued to dissipate, and as the altitude continued to rise, the two people in the cockpit finally saw the black shadow in the clouds clearly.
The black shadow in the clouds was actually... a huge humanoid mummy!
The humanoid mummy floated in the clouds in the air at a downward angle, covering the sky and the sun. Only most of the torso that was exposed in the clouds was at least more than 10 kilometers long under visual observation!
The giant corpse was motionless. At first glance, it looked like a floating continent. It was gray and black, and one could even clearly see the dry skin wrinkles like the deep valleys. Its dark and empty eyes had no life. It floated above the city with a strange sense of oppression.
"Ahhh~!"
At this moment, screams suddenly rose from the out-of-control helicopter!
The girl in the back row was pale, and her pupils were gradually invaded by darkness.
The hurricane tore the fuselage of the helicopter. This industrial product weighing several tons was like a speck of dust in the air.
The invisible suction instantly swallowed it up, and soon it disappeared into the clouds.
On the roof of the building in the distance, Lin Xian looked at this scene with a slightly gloomy face.
Buzz~
At this time, the skyline flashed with a mysterious light. Lin Xian reacted, spat "Fuck", and then immediately set off to return to his residence.
Pull the window shutters, spray deodorant in the corridor, and close the iron door.
Wait for the night to come.
Didi, didi.
At 18:45, a mysterious light flashed outside the window for the second time. The sun set and the whole city was swallowed by darkness.
In the city under the black curtain, strange whispers sounded in the dark alleys, and piercing roars echoed in the darkness. Terror is coming, and weirdness is coming!
Inside the house.
The record player played soft jazz music. Lin Xian, wearing an apron, slowly opened a can of beans in the kitchen. On the electric stove, tomato beef brisket soup exuded an alluring aroma.
A green cilantro on the chopping board was a gift from the rooftop botanical garden today. On such a day, green always makes people happy.
Sprinkle the chopped cilantro into the pot, and don't even let go of a small piece of the knife.
Outside the window is a desperate and empty night. There is a sound of pacing under the floor. There seems to be something weird breathing deep in the dark corridor...
As if accustomed to it, Lin Xian calmly arranged dinner and ate quietly under the candlelight.
"The sunrise time has been extended to 12 o'clock. There should be less than 5 days left before the next polar night."
Lin Xian was eating on the table while recording something in his diary.
The main function of the battery and generator in the storage room is to keep the refrigerator working and the alarm system.
Lighting is a hindrance, after all, the light in a dark city will undoubtedly turn his shelter into a beacon.
After dinner, Lin Xian began to sort out today's harvest.
"Two cans, two bottles of water, oh, and a bag of expired potato chips..."
Strangely, the food and water did not take up too much in the huge backpack, but some strange sundries were left.
Several broken mobile phones, a stereo, a broken razor, and a hair dryer.
These wastes were treasures in Lin Xian's eyes.
I saw him raise the corner of his mouth and put his hand on the speaker. Suddenly, a faint fluorescence appeared in his hand and pupils, and his hair moved without wind, as if a strange power appeared. After a while, the fluorescence disappeared, and the speaker he touched suddenly decayed into a small handful of brown ash and fell to the ground.
[Swallowed successfully, mechanical source point +1, mechanical swallowing skill proficiency +1, additional reward: your strength increases by 1]
[Current Mechanical Heart Level LV.1 176/500]
[Tip: Upgrading the Mechanical Heart can get special skill rewards, and when the Mechanical Heart reaches LV3 LV6 LV9, you can get mysterious awakening]
[Basic attributes]
[Strength: LV1 22/50]
[Speed: LV0 28/30]
[Defense: LV0 15/30]
[Current basic skills]
[Mechanical swallowing LV.1 265/300]
[Mechanical manufacturing LV.1 112/300]
[Mechanical scanning (passive)]
[Mechanical repair (passive)]
[Mechanical operation (passive)]
The familiar light screen lit up in front of him, and Lin Xian's eyes were happy. He didn't expect that a broken speaker actually gained 1 point of strength.
Don't underestimate this 1 point of strength attribute.
Since the strength was upgraded from LV.0 to LV.1, he has undergone earth-shaking changes.
He used to be just a college geek with thin arms and legs, who had trouble even carrying a bucket of water, but now, he can almost do a hundred one-handed push-ups in one breath. The change is so great that it is astonishing.
At first, Lin Xian thought that his ability was useless, but now he feels that there is a lot of room for his ability. If his strength and speed can continue to upgrade, then he may not lose to those mutants with physical body mutations in his future combat power.
[Swallowed successfully, mechanical source point +1]
[Swallowed successfully, mechanical source point +1]
The few broken mobile phones behind did not have attribute values again.
"It seems that a more powerful guy will bring better results..."
He sighed. He had tried to swallow a car engine before, but he only succeeded once. That time, he directly increased 20 mechanical source points and gained 5 attribute bonuses.
But now the reason why he chose to start with these small things and must take them back to the apartment is very simple.
The larger the mechanical structure, the longer it will take him to swallow, and it will be extremely energy-consuming.
That time when he swallowed the car engine, it was like encountering a terrifying ghost wall. Not only did it take more than an hour, but it almost exhausted him. Lin Xian was really glad that he was not bitten to death by zombies or ghouls in that situation. It was already a blessing in disguise.
Since then, Lin Xian has been well aware of the truth that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and he believes in safety first and survival.
However, what he didn't expect was that after he swallowed the hair dryer, the light curtain in front of him suddenly flashed with golden light.
[Swallowed successfully, mechanical source point +1, mechanical swallowing skill proficiency +1, additional reward: you get the wind cannon skill! ]
[Wind cannon LV.1, condense air at the fingertips, instantly release, causing certain damage. ]
"Skill?!!"
Lin Xian's pupils shrank. This was the first time he got a skill from mechanical swallowing.
"I didn't expect that swallowing ordinary things would actually produce skills?"
Hair dryer... wind cannon? ?
What kind of logic is this.
Lin Xian suppressed his excitement, condensed his thoughts, raised his fingertips and pointed at the sofa in the distance, and gently pointed!
Cluster!
A very subtle sound of breaking through the air was heard, and the pillow on the sofa seemed to be hit by something transparent, and suddenly exploded, and the cotton inside scattered like snowflakes!
"Fuck!"
Lin Xian's heartbeat accelerated. Just now, he deliberately did not use too much force and air, just to worry about causing too much noise. At this time, he simply tested it and thought that if he used all his strength, it would definitely have a certain degree of lethality.
...
In 2069 AD, the day of apocalypse came, and thirteen "swallowing areas" with a diameter of about hundreds of kilometers appeared in various parts of the world, which were officially called "Star Abyss".
Since that day, "Star Abyss" has been like some unknown life form, spreading radiating black curtains around, and is vividly called "Dark Tide" by the world. Every other day, the area swallowed by the dark tide will expand by hundreds of kilometers, and the day will begin to shorten. After reaching a certain cycle, the covered area will enter the polar night!
Under the polar night, climate disasters change, biological infections, corpse tides break out, and unknown weirdness descends from the abyss!
Humans are forced to start a large-scale migration to escape the dark tide!
After the end of the world, a small number of people were affected by the radiation from the Xingyuan annihilation zone and developed various superpowers, which gave them a great advantage in the survival test. Lin Xian was one of them.
Soon, survival groups dominated by superpowers began to emerge like sparks.
"Jiang City reports that the six monitoring teams in the northwest and southwest have all disappeared. Notify all survivors to flee to the east!"
"The [Oasis] fleet, founded by the supernatural brother Liu Wei, will depart at 16:00 tomorrow from Walmart in Baicheng District. Only those aged 16-50 with good physical fitness are accepted. The elderly, children, women and children are not accepted. However, those who carry firearms or have a large amount of supplies can bring an additional family member..." "
[Jiangcheng Bunker] welcomes all supernatural beings and beauties. We are rooted in the bunker of the military nuclear facility in Jiangcheng. There are more than 300 people with a clear division of labor and can withstand the polar night..."
"I'm in Room 1304, Block A, Mingwang Community. There are sufficient supplies and the house has been specially renovated. We only take in beauties aged 16-30, and ugly ones are not accepted..."
"Ananda is the messenger sent by the God of Creation to cleanse the evil thoughts of the world. As long as you have a repentant heart, you can join our Paradise Church to avoid disasters. If you sincerely offer water, food, and pure girls, the Savior God will not harm the innocent. If you seek salvation from suffering, you can contact 139..."
"I'm Professor Wang from the Jiang City Research Institute. After calculations, Jiang City will be swallowed by the polar night again in 5 days. This time, there will be no sunrise... Hahahahahaha, it's over, physics... so ridiculous, no one can escape, no one can escape... Hahahahaha!"
In the darkness, Lin Xian slowly adjusted the radio. There were more and more extreme contents. It seemed that after experiencing the first polar night, most of the survivors in Jiang City had already fled.
The polar night that lasted for 21 days had turned Jiang City, which originally had a population of over a million, into a living hell. Who knew how long the next polar night would last, and whether their supplies would last until dawn?
"Infinite Train Recruitment Plan - Build a fully armed heavy train and rush along the 320,000-kilometer orbit around the star!"
Lin Xian opened his phone and looked at the post he posted on the local forum before the last polar night. Most of the few replies were sarcastic.
"You've seen too much Snowpiercer..."
"Brother, the global power grid is basically paralyzed. How can it run without electricity?"
"Even a gas turbine locomotive consumes at least 50 liters of oil per hour. With so much oil, wouldn't it be nice to drive an off-road vehicle?"
"A doomsday fun person will immediately be honest when encountering a broken track..."
"Ideals are full, a mobile iron fortress, not afraid of encountering a zombie tide, but unfortunately fantasy is fantasy after all, there are too many unrealistic things."
"Stupid 13."
The post said that he was building a fortress train that included living carriages, material carriages, medical, planting, energy, production and other functional carriages. Members are being recruited one after another, and the requirements for members are extremely high. Either they have superpowers or they have professional abilities that can match these carriages.
A fully armed and unstoppable heavy train escapes the polar night eastward along the 320,000-kilometer orbit around the star. Even if it stops halfway, the fortress-like body armor can resist the zombie tide and strange attacks in the dark!
This is romantic enough and crazy enough!
However, after the polar night, most of the network and power facilities have been paralyzed, and no one has responded to this post for a long time.
Except for some survivors who can be heard on the radio station holding on to the shelter,
the whole Jiang City is lonely.
Please pay attention to the new book!
(End of this chapter)