Epoch of Twilight

Luo Yuan took a look at Wang Xiaguang's condition, then raised his saber and walked out of the room.

There were five people who came, all of them were quite old, the oldest one was in his 60s or 70s, and the youngest was in his 30s or 40s. Compared with ordinary people, they seemed mature and stable. Seeing Luo Yuan come out, although there was still some uneasiness in his eyes, he was quite calm.

They originally didn't want to come, and no one wanted to face this murderous character, but they were forced to come here by others. When Wang Xiaguang's family was dealt with, they voted for it, and now they have to pay the price for it.

"You and Wang Hongbiao are both from Donghu City, right?" One of the old men said, forcing a gentle smile on his face.

Luo Yuan sneered: "Stop talking nonsense, are you here to die?"

The old man's face remained unchanged, but he was relieved in his heart. As long as he didn't use the knife as soon as he met, he was most afraid of the kind of murderous lunatic who would kill without saying a word. He had a smile on his face, showing a trace of respect just right, and carefully considered his tone, and said: "The few of us hope that you will stop killing innocent people, there may be some misunderstandings in this!"

"Misunderstanding?" Luo Yuan snorted coldly. He glanced at everyone, and these people should be the investors of this base.

Although he had already guessed that there was something hidden in it, but then, the truth surprised him.

"There is indeed some misunderstanding!" The old man sighed, and a lingering fear flashed in his eyes: "Speaking of which, we are all friends with Wang Hongbiao, some of them met recently, some of them started dealing with each other very early, and even had some business contacts. Everyone knows the basics, and the friendship is not to say how deep, but at least they can be regarded as friends.

This small base has also been planned for a long time, and I wanted to leave a retreat for myself. I thought it would not be used for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be used soon.

After moving to the base, everything was normal at first, but gradually, Wang Hongbiao began to change strangely. He became fond of eating raw meat. At first, he ate it secretly, and then he ate it in front of others. His appetite grew, and finally Eating more than a dozen catties of meat a day was not enough, and my mind began to become abnormal, a little crazy, and the way I looked at people changed. Only now that I think about it, I realize that this is the way I look at food again.

Although we were weird, we didn't care. We have also heard the rumors of an evolutionary. At that time, we thought he was crazy because he wanted to become an evolutionary. But after a while, people in the base disappeared, and as time went by, more and more people disappeared.

The father of Shen Shaochong you just killed is one of them. So people feel worried and afraid of being the next one. In the end, we conducted a comprehensive investigation and installed cameras everywhere. Finally, one day we found him in the bathroom. There was blood everywhere. He was as crazy as a beast. Biting a corpse.

He became so powerful that even bullets had little effect on him. After the clothes were torn off by a dying person, we found that some parts of his body were covered with scales. Although he was killed in the end, But we also paid seven or eight lives here. "

He told a good story and told it right away.

When Luo Yuan heard that scales had grown from Wang Hongbiao's body, Luo Yuan's face changed slightly, and he was a little puzzled. Could it be that the evolution failed? But this kind of thought flashed through his mind, and he said coldly: "Is this your explanation?"

The old man sighed and stopped talking.

Even if the old man didn't say anything, Luo Yuan would be able to guess that the hateful people began to retaliate against the mother and daughter. Luo Yuan never dared to underestimate the darkness of human nature. He looked at the group of people, the knife in his hand tightened again and again, and murderous intent flashed in his heart from time to time.

Everyone held their breath, their faces turned pale, and their hearts began to feel uneasy. Many people had already quietly held the pistols hidden in their pockets, and several figures with guns appeared in the corner. They were obviously prepared for the worst. preparations,

"How did Wang Xiaguang's mother die?" Luo Yuan said suddenly after a moment of silence.

"Maybe we got the news, and before we could do anything, he committed suicide that night!" The old man swallowed and said with difficulty.

"Wang Xiaguang..."

"We didn't touch it either. Shen Shaochong is arrogant and arrogant. He wanted her to kneel and submit, but we didn't expect her to be so stubborn and refused to submit even if she died. Although we knew about this matter, we didn't expect Shen Shaochong to do this. level." As a man, he naturally knew what Luo Yuan meant, he said hastily.

The dead are afraid that no matter how much sewage is poured, they will not justify it. Luo Yuan knows that there must be people involved in it, and these people may not be as innocent as they say, but so what if it is clear, how many more people will be killed? Or kill all the people in this base?

At least Wang Xiaguang is still alive now. As for her parents, he has never met her and has no feelings for her. He waved his hand and said wearily, "Get lost, before I don't want to kill you."

Everyone quickly dispersed, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that their backs were already drenched.

"Wait!" Luo Yuan said suddenly.

Everyone was startled and almost ran away, but they still held back, the old man turned around, suppressed his fear, and said respectfully: "Little brother, if you have anything to say, just say it, as long as we have it, You can take it all, money, gold, diamonds, food, supplies are not a problem."

Perhaps for ordinary people, these things are very attractive, but for Luo Yuan who is about to leave East Lake City, they are of no great use except to add burden.

For this great migration, Luo Yuan didn't plan to bring too much food even if it was food. If everything was taken into consideration, all kinds of supplies would not be enough for an off-road vehicle. And even in cities, the roads in most places are already impassable, and most of the things can only be thrown away by then.

"I'm not interested in these. Is Wang Hongbiao's body still there?" Luo Yuan asked. The strange changes in Wang Hongbiao's body aroused Luo Yuan's great curiosity.

The old man hesitated for a moment, hesitant to speak, but looked at the crowd, even if he didn't say it, someone would say it, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, yes, it's in the laboratory freezer."

"Laboratory?" Luo Yuan said.

The people who can live in this high-end community, except for some wealthy people, are mostly the elites of Donghu City. Except for some well-known people who were sent to the underground base run by the government, there are quite a few people who were previously unknown but made a lot of money. Write on the list and stay. For example, some personnel in the experimental department of the enterprise.

"Take me to have a look." Luo Yuan said, ignoring the panic of these people.

It was empty inside, with very few laboratory equipment, mostly test tubes, chemicals, and almost no large equipment. Even Luo Yuan, a layman, felt that it was a bit too crude.

He knew in his heart that before the fall of Hedong City, trade had been interrupted, and most materials were under control. This kind of research equipment could not be bought even with money.

The laboratory was empty, and it wasn't until Luo Yuan came in for more than a minute that a researcher in a white coat was dragged in timidly.

"Where's Wang Hongbiao's body?" one of them asked.

"It's... in the freezer, I... I'll take it out now." The white coat stammered, and he hurried to the freezer.

Luo Yuan noticed that there were a lot of small labels on the freezer in the mortuary, on which were written the names of various mutant beasts and mutant insects, but they were all low-level creatures, and they could only get these things with their abilities. .

The white coat pulled out one of the cabinets, pulled out a corpse wrapped in a plastic bag, and then opened the plastic bag.

The corpse inside has been dissected without any accidents, the chest cavity was opened, and the skull of the head was also removed, revealing the gray-white brain with ravines inside. What caught Luo Yuan's attention most was that his chest, thighs and arms were covered with Resembling reptile scales. Such icy scales grow on human bodies, which makes him feel a little hairy.

He suddenly reached out and touched it, and a string of information appeared in his mind.

"The corpse of a mutated human being;"

"Level: Level 1 mutant;"

"Weight: 68kg;"

"Evaluation: His genes mutated under the influence of mutated organisms' genes during evolution to form new genes!"

The white coat felt that Luo Yuan seemed to be interested in this corpse, and said cautiously: "We found that his body has undergone a huge mutation, the skin is very tough, and the general scalpel is useless at all, you have to use a saw to get it." The pores were closed, the hair fell out, the nails became hard, and the inside of the body also changed. The villi in the stomach became denser and twice as long as ordinary people. It can be imagined that his digestion speed is very fast. And he Two hearts, one big and one small, appeared in the body, and the blood flow speed is 1.5 times that of ordinary people..."

Luo Yuan slowly withdrew his palm. In a sense, mutants are no longer human beings. He felt a little lucky that he didn't accidentally become such a monster when he evolved.

Luo Yuan glanced at him and asked, "Why are you studying these things?"

The face of the white coat froze, and cold sweat poured out: "We... are studying the mysteries of human evolution. I think this form is the direction of human evolution."

Luo Yuan was noncommittal. In the past, this kind of experiment might be called evil, but now it is too normal. With the support of the righteousness of human survival, it is unknown how many bloodier, more inhumane, and more evil experiments have been staged in various laboratories. Compared with those, it is too mild and rainy here.

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Luo Yuan left the laboratory, finally picked up Wang Xiaguang who was still asleep, and left.

There is a comfortable life here, abundant supplies, and a lot of clean drinking water. The food alone can feed more than a hundred people here for twenty years. Even he once had the idea of ​​staying here and not leaving, but in the end he gave up after thinking about it.

Luo Yuan has seen the corrosion rate of cement under the erosion of the roots of mutant plants. The villa outside has been crumbling in less than a month, and the concrete floor has turned into mud. Although the base has strong defenses, it will not be safe for long. Maybe in a year, maybe in less than half a year, this base will seep and collapse.

To stay here is to leave eventually, but it will certainly be more dangerous then and now. And after a long time of comfort, the will gradually wears off, and at that time, the mentality that I have now is no longer there.

Luo Yuan closed the iron cover, took one last look, and walked resolutely into the distance with Wang Xiaguang in his arms.

He was careful all the way, avoiding the powerful mutant beasts one by one, almost triggering a fight several times, but he was lucky to escape. Three hours later, he finally returned to the villa without any danger. Huang Jiahui was a little surprised to see Luo Yuan holding the woman back. Before she could ask, Luo Yuan said, "This is my former colleague. let's go together."

Cao Lin and the others glanced at each other without speaking, and the atmosphere was a little weird.

"The one you mentioned?" Huang Jiahui remembered, and she glanced at Wang Xiaguang.

Luo Yuan nodded: "Go and tidy up the empty room, and then cook some porridge, she has been hungry for several days!"

"En!" Huang Jiahui responded, sighed inwardly, turned and left.

She secretly read Luo Yuan's text messages. Since the mutation, there are only a few Luo Yuan's text messages, and most of them are sent by her. Naturally, she knows exactly what she thinks about Luo Yuan , it seems that there is another competitor, although Luo Yuan seems to have no interest in her.

Wang Shishi pursed his lips, looking unhappy, with a sense of crisis in his heart, and kept turning his eyes around Wang Xiaguang. When Huang Jiahui cleaned up the empty room, he saw Luo Yuan hugging Wang Xiaguang to the bed. After taking off her coat, she carefully covered her with the quilt. Finally, she couldn't hide what was on her mind, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Luo, who are you?"

"Didn't I just say that this is a former colleague?" Luo Yuan didn't answer.

Wang Shishi pouted, and said sourly in his heart: "A colleague can't represent anything! You must like her, otherwise how could you be so careful? You already like me, how can you like others."

Luo Yuan's feelings for Wang Xiaguang are a bit complicated, he likes and is also moved. A woman, especially a good-looking woman, silently misses you behind her back. This feeling is really hard to describe in words.

When I was working in a foreign trade company before the end of the world, because of his handsome appearance, unique temperament, restrained personality and hidden self-confidence, coupled with his hard work and diligence. It is easy to attract the attention of young women. When he first felt that Wang Xiaguang had a good impression of him, he was also moved, but considering the gap between the two families, he began to alienate deliberately. The embarrassment of making a check.

But he didn't expect the other party to be so persistent. Luo Yuan didn't know how to deal with this situation.

He had some headaches and said, "Be careful not to be heard by Jiahui."

Wang Shishi opened his mouth, but couldn't speak at once, and after a while, he lowered his voice and said, "I'm not afraid when I hear it."