the beginning of the end

Chapter 83

"Qiangguo, you have also seen it, and I will not hide it from you. Although I am a supernatural being, my younger brother is just a mutant. Now he is injured and his strength is not strong. Besides, I have a four-year-old son. You can only drag you down. I hope you will think carefully about this matter." Although Zhang Dashan wanted to join Mu Qiangguo and his team, he didn't want to drag them down either.

"Brother Dashan, don't say these words in the future. If I was really afraid that you would be dragged down, I wouldn't have said the invitation just now." Mu Qiangguo stopped, looked at Zhang Dashan, and said with a serious expression. Shen Xi stood Next to him, he nodded.

Zhang Dashan felt that Mu Qiangguo and the two really wanted them to join, but the more sincere the other party was, the more he was afraid of dragging the other party down.

Seeing that Zhang Dashan was still hesitant, Shen Xi said: "Brother Dashan, don't worry, we also have three children at home, Xiao Ming will definitely not be lonely when he goes to our place."

When mentioning his son, Zhang Dashan couldn't refuse at all. After thinking about it for a while, he nodded in agreement.

After persuading the stubborn Zhang Dashan, Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi felt much better.

The three speeded up, and after a while, they arrived at the place where Zhang Dashan placed his younger brother and son.

When the three of them arrived, Zhang Xiaoshi was talking to his nephew. From a distance, he saw the eldest brother come back with the two people before him. He happily said something to the nephew in his arms, and then turned to Zhang Dashi's Fang Fang called out: "Brother."

Zhang Dashi responded, walked to his younger brother and son in a few steps, and hurriedly asked, "Are you all right?"

Zhang Xiaoshi shook his head to express that it was all right, he quickly looked at Zhang Dashan and asked, "Brother, why did you come back to the mutant wolves so soon?"

"They're all dead." Zhang Dashan replied casually, seeing Mingming sitting up from his younger brother's arms, calling out to his father, he hurriedly smiled at his son.

And Zhang Xiaoshi was stunned when he heard Zhang Dashan say that those mutant wolves were dead. He glanced in the direction of Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi.

Mu Qiangguo felt Zhang Xiaoshi's gaze and smiled at him.

Zhang Xiaoshi also smiled stiffly at Mu Qiangguo.

Even if everyone is fine, Shen Xi said to Zhang Dashan: "It's getting late now, let's go as soon as possible, the smell of blood here is too strong, maybe it will attract other mutated animals in a while, and it will be troublesome at that time." gone."

Mu Qiangguo supported Shen Xi's words, and Zhang Dashan nodded in agreement.

Knowing that Zhang Xiaoshi had an injury on his leg, Mu Qiangguo stepped forward and helped Zhang Dashan pull the sled together. The two of them pulled the sled together, and the speed was much faster. Shen Xi walked at the back to prevent safety.

Returning along the original road, Zhang Dashan picked up the food and clothes they had thrown on the snow just now, Shen Xi was behind, and took the opportunity to collect a few corpses of mutant wolves and put them in the space. The fur of the mutated wolf is used to make clothes for the son, several children in the family, and the old lady.

On the way back to the base, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo didn't intend to go with that group of people, it would only slow down their speed.

Mu Qiangguo told Zhang Dashan about his idea, and he had no objection. Moreover, Zhang Dashan also wanted to rush to the base early so that his younger brother and son could have a good rest. Especially his younger brother Zhang Xiaoshi, whose legs could no longer stand in such a cold, icy and snowy place. Rido stay.

Shen Xi thought about it, and with their current speed, they should be able to reach the base at noon tomorrow at the latest.

The five of them didn't stop to rest at noon, and they ate casually for lunch, which was also the dry food brought by Zhang Dashan. When Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo appeared, except for a sword held by one of them, the two of them tried to save Zhang Dashan's family. , and have no time to take out the things in the space.

Moreover, Zhang Dashan took out these tortillas, and he didn't know how to preserve them, but they were still emitting heat.

After eating, Shen Xi remembered something. After seeking Zhang Dashan's permission, he received all the food on the sled into the space, so that everyone could go faster.

Seeing Shen Xi showing this hand, Zhang Xiaoshi's eyes glowed, and he looked at Shen Xi excitedly. Even Xiao Ming in his arms seemed to be infected with his uncle's excitement, his eyes sparkled as he watched the strange uncle in front of him perform magic.

As for Zhang Dashan, while he was excited about the fact that Shen Xi revealed the space power in front of their family, he was completely relieved. He finally had hope for the days to come, and for Mu Qiangguo, his former comrade-in-arms, he was completely relieved. Even more grateful.

Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi did not explain Zhang Dashan and Zhang Xiaoshi's idea that Shen Xi is a person with empty abilities. After all, the two sides have not reached the point of mutual understanding. Dashan and the others will know sooner or later.

After driving all afternoon, when it was getting dark, the five of them directly lived in a three-story concrete house that survived the snow.

Seeing that the bottom was obviously buried by something, Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi went straight up to the second floor, opened the broken window on the second floor, and then pulled Zhang Xiaoshi and Mingming who was holding his neck up, while Zhang Dashan followed Mu The cloth rope handed down by Qiang Guo climbed up.

We tidied up a room on the second floor and used a few boards to block the broken windows to prevent the wind and snow from blowing in, so we could barely accommodate people.

After packing up, it was completely dark.

Shen Xi took out a candle from the space to light it up, and then took out a charcoal-burning stove.

Mu Qiangguo raised the fire, and everyone was roasting around the fire. Taking advantage of the fire, Mu Qiangguo asked Shen Xi to take out a pot, took out some ingredients from the space again, and cooked a big pot of hot noodle soup. , but a few people ate very deliciously and were very satisfied, and finally even drank up the soup.

After the meal, a few people chatted for a while, Mingming in Zhang Xiaoshi's arms started to feel sleepy, Shen Xi saw it, and directly took out a few quilts from the space, when they cleaned up the room, there happened to be a dilapidated wooden bed Bed, barely sleepable.

Zhang Dashan spread the quilt on the bed, which was just big enough for three people to lie down.

Because they were sleeping outside the base and not living in the space, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo discussed with Zhang Dashan. The three of them planned to take turns to watch the night. Zhang Xiaoshi was injured and had to take care of Mingming, so he couldn't participate if he wanted to.

Actually, it is fine for Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo not to sleep for one night, but with Zhang Dashan's character, he would definitely not agree.

Mu Qiangguo insisted that Zhang Dashan go to rest first, and he and Shen Xi took turns. When the time came, he would naturally wake him up, which was also a disguised form to let Zhang Dashan rest for a while.

Zhang Dashan reluctantly agreed.

After Zhang Dashan fell asleep, he wondered if the burden in his heart had lightened. He slept very deeply this time, and Shen Xi only woke him up when it was almost dawn.

After Zhang Dashan got up, he didn't say anything, but when he made breakfast in the morning, he didn't let Mu Qiangguo interfere at all, and he took care of it all by himself.

After eating, Shen Xi collected the things in the room, and the five of them set off quickly.

At noon, the five finally arrived at the base.

The guard at the gate has been changed, and after entering the base, Shen Xi always feels that the atmosphere inside is not right.

Shen Xi led the way at the front, and a few people walked directly towards home. They didn't meet anyone along the way. It stands to reason that when the weather warmed up at noon, there should be the most people, but he and Mu Qiangguo were alone on the way back. I have never encountered any, and there are not many voices in the base.

When passing by the market, the place that is usually the busiest is empty now.

Both Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo sensed the abnormality of the base, and their brows became more and more frowned. Even Zhang Dashan felt something was wrong. Looking at Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi who were walking in front, they didn't speak. Happily talking to Mingming on the sled, the meeting also remained quiet.

At this time, there was a loud "bang" in the distance.

The direction of the voice is exactly the direction of Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo's home.

The two looked at each other and ran forward quickly.

Looking at the two people who disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye, Zhang Dashan hurriedly followed with the sled.

When Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo arrived, a large group of people, about [-] people, were surrounding their house, confronting Du Ziteng and Yin Yi. The momentum of the two sides was about to explode.

And the loud noise they heard just now should be the sound of the huge mutant bear standing in the middle of the teams of both sides blasting a huge hole in the ground. Looking at the size and depth, it is not difficult to guess that the mutant bear The bear should be a mutant animal that has awakened a power-type ability.

When the two arrived, the mutated bear made a protesting sound in the direction of Du Ziteng and the others.

At this time, the attention of the two sides was on each other, and they did not notice the arrival of Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo for a while, and the aura of the two was well hidden.

Although I don't understand what's going on, the group of people outside are obviously much stronger. What's more, the leading mutant bear in the front obviously obeys this group of people.

Shen Xi observed for a while, and found that there were only more than 20 people on Du Ziteng's side, and most of them had bloodstains on their bodies, looking exhausted. It seemed that they had already endured a battle.

Among Du Ziteng's group of people, Shen Xi did not find the figures of Mo Cheng and the others, and the gate was tightly closed. Thinking about it, his son is still safe.

After observing the situation between the two sides, Shen Xi turned his head and glanced at Mu Qiangguo. Mu Qiangguo immediately understood the meaning from his eyes, nodded, and quietly approached the team in front.

The two of them stepped forward without any fuss, and directly attacked the nearest person. Before the opponent could react, they killed them with one blow. Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo killed four people in a row, all of them sealed their throats with one knife. Do not give the other party a chance to speak.

It wasn't until Shen Xi was about to deal with the next person that someone suddenly turned around and yelled at Shen Xi, and this group of people discovered them.

While the other party was in a daze, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo held long swords and killed several people in succession.

The other party's crowd was in chaos, and Du Ziteng and Yin Yi discovered it immediately.

Du Ziteng was the first to see Shen Xi's figure, his eyes lit up, and he exchanged a glance with Yin Yi, who happened to spot Mu Qiangguo's figure next to him, both of them had joy in their eyes, Du Ziteng turned directly to the rest of the people behind him, cheering The morale shouted: "Brothers, help is here, let's go together and kill them."

For a moment, the people on Du Ziteng's side started to fight back. Several of them directly confronted the mutant bear. With their delay, the rest directly bypassed the mutant bear and charged towards the opponent's team. Du Ziteng stayed behind to deal with the mutant bear. Yi took people to help Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo.

The two sides are in a state of melee, each using their own means to attack each other's fatal points, it is completely immortal.

Shen Xi noticed that the mutated bear was so powerful that Du Ziteng and the others couldn't last long.

Just when he noticed the mutant bear, the mutant bear suddenly went berserk, ignored the attacks of Du Ziteng and the others, and kicked towards the door of the house.

Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo threw away the people around them at the same time, and ran towards the mutant bear quickly. Mu Qiangguo directly shot the long sword in his hand at the mutant bear's brain, but it was still a step too late, and it was not reliable in the first place. The wooden door was directly smashed to pieces.

At the same time, Mu Qiangguo's sword directly pierced the mutant bear's head, and fell to the ground, making a loud bang, which made many people's ears ring.

There was also a scream in the room.

It was Mrs. Mu who heard the voice, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo rushed in at the same time.

"Mom." When Mu Qiangguo rushed in, the old lady Mu fell to the ground, a basin of water was sprinkled on the ground, and there was a hot towel in the basin.

Shen Xi stepped forward to help the old lady Mu, checked the old lady, except for a little fright, nothing happened.

But since he and Mu Qiangguo entered the house, they haven't seen the three big men in Mocheng.

Thinking of this, Shen Xi asked Mrs. Mu who had woken up, "Mom, Mo Cheng, Jianguo, and Shen Zhi are three now."

Hearing Shen Xi's words, Mrs. Mu pointed to the room opposite Shen Zhi and Mo Cheng in a bad mood.

The two had a bad feeling right now.

Unable to control the people outside, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo took the old lady Mu directly into the room of Shen Zhi and Mo Cheng.

When the door was opened, a strong smell of blood filled the nostrils.

Everyone in the family gathered in the room.

Mu Xibao was the first to find the father and father behind the old lady Mu, and rushed over like a small cannonball. Shen Xi hugged his son at once, and he was really relieved when he saw that his son was fine.

Mu Xibao didn't know if he was frightened, he hugged his father's neck tightly, and didn't say anything.

Shen Xi stroked his son's shoulder distressedly.

Looking at Shen Zhi and Mu Jianguo lying on the bed, Mu Qiangguo finally understood why he didn't see them outside just now.

Shen Xi walked to the bed with his son in his arms, and found that Mu Jianguo and Shen Zhi were seriously injured, and Mo Cheng didn't look well. The bone in his right wrist was broken.

Yin Yi, who has healing powers, is fighting outside now, so it is impossible to come in and heal the two of them.

Moreover, with his healing ability, it may not be possible to heal the injuries of two people at once.

Shen Xi frowned, looked up at Mo Cheng, and asked, "Did Brother Du change the two crystals for you?" Not so much.

Mo Cheng nodded and said, "It's on me."

After hearing Shen Xi's words, Mo Cheng also guessed what he wanted to do, and hurriedly took out the crystal from his body and handed it to Shen Xi.

Shen Xi handed the son in his arms to Mu Qiangguo to hold him, took two crystals, and asked Mo Cheng to wake up Mu Jianguo and Shen Zhi who had their eyes closed.

Hearing Mo Cheng's cry, the two endured the pain, finally regained their senses, and opened their eyes.

When Shen Zhi saw Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo beside the bed, his eyes were still bright, but he didn't have the strength to speak out, which made Mo Cheng feel very uncomfortable.

Shen Xi told the two about the crystals, and after they blinked in agreement, they directly disintegrated the crystals with a fireball blessed by spiritual energy, and fed the liquid inside to the two.

Sure enough, the injuries of the two men recovered quickly when they were visible to the naked eye.

It was the first time for Mrs. Mu to see such a scene, she looked at all this with amazed eyes, but she didn't make any sound.

After recovering from his injuries, Mu Jianguo suddenly let out a howl, curled up his whole body, and seemed to be enduring extreme pain.

After a while, Shen Zhi also showed the same expression as Mu Jianguo.

"Don't faint, keep your mind." Shen Xi said sharply.

Both Shen Zhi and Mu Jianguo were holding on to the tearing pain in their bodies, as if their bodies were about to explode, they tried their best to stay awake.

At this time, there was another loud noise outside the house.

Shen Xi looked out with his spiritual sense, and his eyes immediately became sharp.

"You guard them, I'll go out with you, Brother Mu." Shen Xi quickly said to Mo Cheng,

Mu Qiangguo kissed his son and handed him over to Xia Lei who followed him every step of the way. He knew that Xia Lei would take good care of his son because of how much he cared about him.

Moreover, Xia Lei is now the only person in this room who is not injured and has combat abilities.

As for Mrs. Mu, there is another big girl to take care of.

Mu Qiangguo touched Xia Lei's head, this time, Xia Lei did not refuse.

Xia Lei took the baby's hand, and also touched the baby's head. The baby didn't reject it at all, just like before, he smiled softly at the big brother. Xia Lei raised the corners of his mouth.

After hearing Shen Xi's words, Mo Cheng nodded to Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo.

Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo turned around and left the room.

Outside the house, both Du Ziteng and Yin Yi were seriously injured. There were only a dozen people left behind who fought together just now. These people also had injuries on their bodies, and they tried their best not to fall down.

Compared with the opponent's number of only ten people left, it is indeed much better.

When Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo came out, they saw Du Ziteng and the others opposite, a gentle-looking man riding on the back of a tiger, looking at a group of them with ignorant eyes.

As soon as Shen Xi and the two appeared, the man spotted them.

"So I hired two helpers." The man looked at Shen Xi and the two of them and smiled.

"You are Qin Yan" In the base, there is no one other than Qin Yan who can control mutant animals. It is not difficult for Shen Xi to guess the identity of this person.

"Sure enough, he is a smart man, no wonder he killed one of my partners as soon as he came back." Qin Yan didn't find it strange at all when Shen Xi revealed his identity, and said casually looking at Shen Xi.

"I heard that you also raised a mutated cat. Originally, if you obediently handed over that mutated cat, there wouldn't be so many troubles today. I didn't expect that you have such a good relationship with Du Ziteng and Yin Yi. The two of them gave up the chance of escaping and defended your family like this." Qin Yan said mockingly without knowing what.

"For a mutant cat, you killed so many people." Shen Xi frowned.

"Now the entire base belongs to me. What I can't get, others don't deserve to have. Since you don't obey me, why should I keep you? When you are all dead, the remaining people will just be my Food for these partners." Qin Yan said with a grim face.

"You thought that without my order, the guards at the base would let the two of you in so smoothly." As if realizing that her expression was too ugly, Qin Yan immediately recovered her composure.

This man is simply a lunatic who can change his face faster than turning the pages of a book, everyone thought at the same time.

"Don't forget, your subordinates are also human beings." Shen Xi challenged.

"You don't need to sow discord, they just want to use my ability to control the base, everyone is mutually beneficial. However, if you are dead, they will naturally have a good place to go." Qin Yan said coldly.

"You````" After hearing Qin Yan's words, he stood with him, and the only remaining leader beside him immediately pointed at Qin Yan.

Qin Yan patted the mutant tiger who was sitting down, and the mutant tiger swung its paw at the man, and the man's body was instantly scratched into several pieces.

Those who were with the leader and the rest of them all ran away in a panic when they saw it. After the battle with Du Ziteng just now, these people didn't have much power and strength left. Now seeing Qin Yan even his own people Everyone wants to kill, there is no reason not to escape.

Unfortunately, Qin Yan also did not give these people a chance to survive.

Before the rest of these people ran far, several mutant tigers came out of the darkness one after another.

After a while, screams followed by screams resounded in all directions.

Du Ziteng and the others looked at Qin Yan's eyes and couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

Qin Yan smiled, and seemed very satisfied with their reaction.

Shen Xi didn't want to talk nonsense with Qin Yan. While his attention was elsewhere, he and Mu Qiangguo glanced at each other. They both raised their right hands to hold the sword hilt, and filled their left hands with spiritual energy. The swords shot at Qin Yan together.

Qin Yan's reaction was extremely sharp, he quickly patted the mutant tiger under him with his hand, and quickly dodged it.

But he was also completely enraged by the actions of Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo. Following his anger, the sound of "tapping" running quickly sounded behind him, and three mutated tigers rushed up from other directions, staring at him intently. Follow Shen Xi and others.

Unexpectedly, this Qin Yan, with such powerful abilities, could control four mutated tigers at once, and I don't know where he found these mutated tigers.

But compared to the other three, the one under him is even bigger, and it should be the most powerful among these mutant tigers.

What Shen Xi didn't expect was that during the battle, each of the four mutant tigers had awakened their abilities, no wonder Qin Yan was so rampant just now.

Of the four mutated tigers, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo dealt with one each, and the remaining one was handed over to Du Ziteng, Yin Yi and the others. Qin Yan sat on the mutated tiger and watched with cold eyes, moved towards the gate calmly, and He didn't participate in the battle, and the mutant tiger under him walked slowly, also looking lazy, as if he had no interest in this kind of battle at all.

After Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi killed a mutant tiger one after another, Qin Yan finally lost his composure and stared at the two with cold eyes.

When Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi turned around at the same time and looked at Qin Yan, Qin Yan smiled coldly at them, turned around and jumped off the mutant tiger's back, and rushed into the house.

Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo's expressions changed drastically at the same time, and they arrived at the door in a blink of an eye.

The mutant tiger guarding the door stood in front of the two of them.