readytorunbook Chapter 399: Meeting in the Intertwined Years
Chapter 399: Meeting in the Intertwined Years
The man in front of Shen Bei was wearing clothes similar to prison uniforms.
Calling it a prison uniform is a bit of an exaggeration.
But this blue and white clothing is definitely not something a normal person would wear.
Some of them look like prison uniforms.
Moreover, it can be clearly seen that the man's right little finger was completely cut off for some unknown reason.
"Any last words?"
Shen Bei lit a cigarette and squatted aside to ask.
The man was in a trance for a moment, and used all his remaining strength to look at Shen Bei's strange armor.
That look... was like a primitive man who suddenly discovered aliens, with eyes full of confusion.
"You, you, you are not from here!"
The man's expression was uncertain, but his tone was firm.
Shen Bei nodded and said, "You are quite brave. You even dare to break into the regulated area. Where are your accomplices?"
"Wha, what?"
The man was visibly stunned, as if he didn't understand: "What is a rule area?"
He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and lay on the ground, gasping for breath.
In Shen Bei's opinion, it was obvious that more air was exhaled and less was inhaled.
"Are you stupid?"
Shen Bei raised his eyebrows and asked, "You don't even know the most basic common sense. How did your captain educate you? Tell me, which shelter are you from?"
"Shelter?" The man was even more confused. "I don't understand what you're talking about. But run away! The military is using us as test subjects! There's no good ending for us! Absolutely no good ending! Run away!"
Shen Bei: ???
Now it was Shen Bei's turn to be confused.
I don’t understand it at all!
What military, what experimental subjects?
They are all fleeing from the famine world!
Human experiments may still exist.
But the word "military" is too far-fetched.
The concept of a country has long disappeared, let alone a military.
However, Shen Bei felt a little moved. Why did it feel like... there seemed to be people living and active in this military base?
How can it be!
Shen Bei was frightened by his own thoughts and guesses.
This is a regular area and is not suitable for human habitation at all!
Why else would humans be hiding from Titans?
Shen Bei suddenly asked, "What year is this year?"
"2200 years." the man replied.
Shen Bei: ...
Know where the problem lies.
If we must calculate according to the old calendar, this year is the year 2304...
In other words, this man came from a hundred years ago.
Thinking of this, Shen Bei became even more confused.
So far, Shen Bei has only seen one person who survived from the old era to the famine-stricken world.
That was the guy named Chen Yu who was bewitched and lured by the SP template in the shelter, drank the structural gel, and survived by electric current.
According to estimates, he lived for more than 140 years.
But that can only be achieved by deconstructing the gel and completely changing the human body.
Obviously, the man lying on his back in front of Shen Bei had not undergone any transformation at all and had not drunk the structural gel.
After all, the blood that flows out is red, not black.
This made Shen Bei confused.
This man looks to be in his fifties, so by this calculation, he is over 150 years old.
But he doesn't look aged at all.
etc--
A flash of lightning suddenly flashed through Shen Bei's mind.
From the moment we entered the regular area, the roads on the ground were in great condition, with no signs of damage or weeds growing everywhere.
"So, time has stopped flowing in this regular area?"
Shen Bei pondered secretly: "No, if time stopped, it would have frozen the moment I entered. How could I move freely and still have thoughts?"
"Hallucination? Is this an illusion before my eyes?"
You know, the fog in this place has a hallucinogenic effect.
Shen Bei bit his tongue and felt a piercing pain.
The surroundings are still the same as before.
It's not an illusion at all.
When Shen Bei was about to ask something, he realized that the man had died silently.
"Are you so anxious?"
Shen Bei rolled his eyes.
This is dead...
Shen Bei sighed, took a look at the direction the man was going, confirmed his approximate location, and walked in that direction.
Sand, sand, sand...
The sound of footsteps rang out softly. In the quiet and gloomy fog, Shen Bei, holding the lightsaber tightly, walked alone in a certain direction.
There is no doubt that lightsabers are more practical here than guns.
As I walked along, there were no chirping of insects or birds, no sound of flowing water or wind. The world was quiet, and there was a dead silence in the thick fog. Apart from my own breathing and footsteps, I could not hear any other sounds. It was as if the fog was a forbidden place for life, and I was the only living creature.
Keeping the utmost vigilance in his heart, Shen Bei pursed his lips tightly and kept a close eye on the life monitoring radar in the visual mask, fearing that something would suddenly jump out from the fog.
With a crack, as if he stepped on something, a cracking sound suddenly came from under Shen Bei's feet.
It was a pile of scattered, large bones.
From the hideous shape of the skull in this pile of bones, it can be vaguely seen that it seemed to be some kind of very strong and ferocious beast in life. Judging from the size of the skeleton, it was comparable to an elephant.
However, for some unknown reason, although the appearance of these bones remained intact, the inside seemed to have been decayed for a long time and was full of holes. They would break and weather with a light kick.
"All the skeletons we've encountered along the way are like this. It seems those roots not only absorb flesh and blood, but they can even absorb calcium from the bones."
Shen Bei squatted down, picked up a piece of bone and looked at it.
Since he moved in this direction, he has encountered such skeletons more than once.
Most of these skeletons are strangely shaped and extremely ferocious, and they are the ferocious beasts that live in the wilderness.
However, judging from the marks around the skeletons, these ferocious beasts did not resist or struggle too violently before they died and became fertilizer for the underground roots.
"Even beasts with completely different biological structures can't avoid it. These mists are more powerful than I imagined."
Shen Bei muttered.
Just when Shen Bei was about to stand up and move forward, he suddenly took a step forward, and then swung the lightsaber in his hand without hesitation!
Suddenly, several thick roots emerged from the ground behind him silently, and attacked his neck like a poisonous snake, but were noticed instantly by Shen Bei who seemed to have eyes on his back!
With a few hissing sounds, the roots that had been coiling around like venomous snakes snapped and quickly retreated into the ground. Pale red juice spurted out, and the severed parts of the roots fell to the ground, twitching and twisting like a gecko's tail.
"Don't you remember?"
Shen Bei stood up with a sneer on his face.
After the fog's greatest hallucinogenic threat was ineffective against him, these seemingly terrifying root attacks were really nothing special.
This small setback did not affect Shen Bei's pace of progress. Without stopping for long, Shen Bei strode forward in the fog with lightsaber in hand.
As Shen Bei advanced through the fog, he discovered that there were more and more bones scattered on the ground, almost everywhere!
In addition to this, the frequency of attacks from underground roots became higher and higher along the way. Every ten or so meters, a bunch of roots would fearlessly emerge from the ground and wrap around Shen Bei!
"Anxious?"
Chi Chi Chi!
The lightsaber swiftly sliced through the mist, once again slicing through the Gordian knot. With a swift movement, Shen Bei severed the entangled underground roots. He looked into the depths of the mist, his eyes slightly brightening. "These plant roots seem to be blocking my way? What are they trying to protect? Is this instinct, or do they possess the same low intelligence as animals?"
Feeling that strange attraction that was ten times stronger, Shen Bei knew that he seemed to be exposed to something strange, and his eyes were full of excitement:
"Let me see what's going on!"
Shen Bei raised his foot and took a step forward, no longer moving forward steadily, but running wildly towards the depths of the fog!