MTL - How to Feed an Abyss!-Chapter 7 knotted tail

Wang Yu knew very well that she had done something wrong and it was irreversible.

She thought for a few seconds, and decided to turn the tide of trouble, and said gently: "Shi Yuan, otherwise, you can go and play with Lu Bafang, he is in the tent next door to us. He is much more fun than me."

"Okay." Shi Yuan said.

Without the slightest doubt, he really went to find Lu Bafang.

Wang Yu stood in the wind for a while, then squatted down to pick up the coin, and whispered, "I can win five million if I put it upright."

With a snap of the fingers, the coin flew up and lay flat on the ground with a slap.

Wang Yu tried back and forth many times, but the coins were still lying there. She was depressed: "What's going on, how could it be like this, it was obviously very decisive just now..."

And Lu Bafang was cleaning the guns in the tent, unaware of the heavy responsibility Wang Yu entrusted to him.

Shi Yuan poked his head open the curtain of the tent, went in and handed the compass to Lu Bafang: "Your egg."

Lu Bafang forgot about it, and thought for a while before he realized that he didn't answer it, and it didn't matter if he didn't answer it. Finally, he took it over and said, "Thank you."

Shi Yuan: "I can't find the other egg, sorry."

Lu Bafang: "...Thank you."

Shi Yuan sat next to Lu Bafang the whole time, and only after he finished wiping the gun did he ask, "Do you know where Lu Tinghan is?"

He still wants to get him back.

"I don't know." Lu Bafang said.

Shi Yuan asked: "Is there really no way to find him?"

Lu Bafang must be grateful when he remembered that Shi Yuan was rescued by Lu Tinghan. He said: "Lu Lu will come back by aircraft. It may take a few hours. We may see him after we see the aircraft land. Of course, you don't have to thank him in person. Just take a look at him from a distance." enough."

"Okay." Shi Yuan was very happy, and automatically ignored Lu Bafang's last sentence, "Then what are we doing now?"

Lu Bafang thought for a while: "Have you eaten yet? It's so cold, let's go have a bowl of potato soup first."

So Shi Yuan followed Lu Bafang and asked as he walked, "Why can't we take a flying machine?"

He still wanted to give it a try.

"There are very few aircraft, either to carry out bombing or to carry high-ranking officials." Lu Bafang said, "The money should be used wisely, right?"

"Will you get on a flying machine one day?" Shi Yuan asked.

Lu Bafang smiled: "Maybe! I admire the land general very much. If I were him, I would take an aircraft when I go out to buy groceries, enjoying the feeling of being in the sky. Of course, this day may never be the case hahahahaha .”

"Not really." Shi Yuan said.

Lu Bafang paused, suddenly moved, that he was so favored by Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan heard from Xie Qianming that there might be spirits in the sky after death, and he sincerely comforted Lu Bafang: "You can fly in the sky after you die."

Lu Bafang: "..."

Lu Bafang: "Shi Yuan, you are still a little bit scary every now and then."

Shi Yuan:?

When they arrived at a black tent, Lu Bafang opened the curtain, and a gust of hot wind with the smell of meat rushed towards them. Inside the tent, there is potato broth rolling in a huge thermos bucket. There is not much meat, and a few spots float on the noodle soup, with rice and bread next to it.

Lu Bafang talked to the cook for a few words, got two bowls of soup and bread, and took Shi Yuan to the next tent to find a place to sit. As soon as he entered the tent, Lu Bafang paused.

"What's wrong?" Shi Yuan asked.

"Nothing, come in."

Folding tables and chairs were placed in the tent next door, and only a group of soldiers who had just returned from patrol were eating.

The first thing Shi Yuan heard was the "creaking" chewing sound. The sound was viscous and loud, and everyone who heard it would feel that it must be a piece of fresh and juicy meat.

When Shi Yuan looked over, the bearded man was holding a piece of raw meat, blood dripped down his fingers, he chewed hard, knocked bones to **** the blood, his eyes shone with excitement like a beast. Like the one-eyed dragon, his face has snake scales, and when he speaks, two fangs are exposed, and a forked tongue is faintly visible.

The soldiers at the same table with him were all reinforcements from the city, and they did not eat raw meat, but they were also different from ordinary people: some had antlers, some had hands like wolf claws, and some had bird feathers on their calves.

They sat lazily and gorged themselves, as if they didn't care about their surroundings. They were clearly unarmed, but Shi Yuan could smell the blood of monsters on their bodies, and heard the screams of monsters. Those hot smells and screams passed through time and space, overwhelming Pounce on him. He could feel that this group of people was different from ordinary soldiers, they had killed many, many monsters, so many that Shi Yuan could not imagine.

...this is a dangerous group of people!

Can't be discovered by them!

Before he had time to take a closer look, the man with wolf claws fell on him.

A cold, critical look, like a knife, wanted to pierce his skin to cut his soul.

Shi Yuan froze.

His appearance was so unusual that the man stared at him for five or six seconds before looking away.

Anthropophobia intensifies.

Shi Yuan was nervous and frightened, a knot curled up at the tip of his tail.

"Don't stare at them." Lu Bafang said to him in a low voice, "They came with the land general, and they are his capable men."

Shi Yuan followed Lu Bafang to the corner with his tail curled up, and buried himself in the potato soup.

The group was talking and laughing loudly, and the pale-skinned man with antlers said, "...you're going to stick a knife into its third joint, twist it like this, and the head comes off."

"What do you think about so much?" Wolf Claw tossed the apple in his hand, "That little head will shatter when you twist it, the bones don't even break your hand." He lifted the apple high, held it tightly, and the flesh was squeezed until it burst Juice dripped into his mouth.

"Rude." Antler folded the napkin slowly, "Don't cry and call your mother next time, please send me to rescue you." Rolled around twice, "Without me, we wouldn't be able to bring back a single mutant."

Shi Yuan opened his eyes wide.

What rolled on the table turned out to be the head of a monster!

The head of the giant bird was staring straight ahead, not looking back. Wolf Claw said: "Why, you want to watch it appetize? This can't compare to the bear head last time!"

A group of people burst into laughter. The antlers lowered their heads and stroked the knife amidst laughter, it was a good knife, the cold air was still there, and the knife vibrated clear, it was it that cut off the monster's head.

They continued to discuss the monster, and Shi Yuan vaguely heard words such as "burning", "electric shock", and "dismemberment".

And he could feel that he was looked at from behind by those people several times.

The soup was delicious, the gravy was boiled into the potatoes, and it was soft and fragrant after a bite, but Shi Yuan became more and more nervous, and his knotted tail became tighter and tighter, wishing to escape immediately.

Time Yuan: qaq

Humans are really scary!

Fortunately, after six or seven minutes, the group of people went out, and only Shi Yuan and Lu Bafang were left in the tent.

Only then did Shi Yuan heave a sigh of relief.

After taking the last sip of soup, Lu Bafang explained: "They are 'mutants', with a special system, and ordinary people can't control them. Of course, they probably don't think much of us."

"...mutant?" Shi Yuan was confused.

"Yes." Lu Bafang nodded and glanced at him, "Shi Yuan, you are also a mutant. The wolf claws and antlers on them are all sequelae of infection. They were infected and received treatment, but left behind These...monster-like features." He explained, "For ordinary people, the aftereffects are illnesses, but for gifted people, the aftereffects actually strengthen physical functions—their strength and reaction speed are superior to ordinary people. .”

After speaking, he quickly glanced at Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan suddenly understood: These humans thought that his horns, scales and tail were also sequelae of infection, and they were still very serious.

That's why he was able to blend in with the crowd.

But they are really natural, and Shi Yuan likes them very much.

Shi Yuan hugged his natural tail and rubbed it, feeling more at ease, thinking, humans are really at a loss of 100 million without tails.

Lu Bafang added: "They are special troops, and they all have weird personalities, somewhat with the characteristics of infectious agents. They are only moved by the command of the general. Usually we rarely see them."

Shi Yuan thought for a long time, and said, "Then Lu Tinghan is so pitiful. Surrounded by such a terrifying group of people, he is so scared every day."

Lu Bafang froze for a moment, then suddenly smiled. He seemed to hear something completely funny, laughed until his body trembled, laughed until the table trembled slightly, shook his head and said: "Shi Yuan, the general will not be afraid, how could he be."

Shi Yuan was confused.

Lu Bafang didn't explain, shook his head with a smile, ate the remaining bread in two bites, and looked behind him: "But your... um, why is your tail knotted?"

At the top of Shi Yuan's tail was a knot.

"I was a little scared just now," he explained.

"Ah, I can understand. To be honest, I am a little scared of them." Lu Bafang comforted him, "Don't worry, they are definitely not bad people. They have already left, you can untie it, I think you are very uncomfortable."

"I'll try." Shi Yuan said.

It was originally a very loose knot, but the tails were curled together in a twisted posture, but Shi Yuan became more and more frightened when he couldn't hold it. As soon as he was afraid of the tip of the tail, he used force, and now it was completely knotted, and the scales were stuck tightly.

No matter how hard he tried, no matter how he tried to break it with his hands, he just couldn't untie it.

Lu Bafang watched anxiously from the side, and said, "I'll come, I'll come, I'll help you."

He grabbed Shi Yuan's tail with his upper hand, exerted strength carefully, and tried to separate the different parts by pulling. When a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back, the knot still didn't move at all.

"It's weird, why can't it be untied." He muttered, "It's stuck."

"Then what should we do?" Shi Yuan asked, looking at his own tail worriedly, "I've never tied a knot before."

"Don't worry, I'll think of a way." Lu Bafang said.

He took Shi Yuan back to the tent, took some water with a bucket, took another piece of soap, and told Shi Yuan: "When I was young, when I went out to play, my head got stuck in the railing, and my dad rubbed me out with soapy water." The person was rescued, but it's a pity that my handsome head was almost crushed."

Shi Yuan said, "Don't squeeze my tail."

"No, no." Lu Bafang agreed, pouring soapy water on Shi Yuan's tail, and continued to explain.

Not untied.

Lu Bafang went to ask for cooking oil again, and poured it on his tail.

Not untied.

Shi Yuan became more and more worried: "It won't be unsolvable forever, right?"

He doesn't want a knotted tail.

"Sure, there must be a way." Lu Bafang wiped the sweat from his forehead, sat on the chair, and drank a few mouthfuls of water, "We just have to try more. I don't believe in such a small matter. —”

They solved it together for more than 20 minutes, but it was fruitless.

After Wang Yu took care of the patient, she saw the two of them squatting together as soon as she came back, and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Lu Bafang told the story, and Wang Yu said, "What a big deal, let me do it."

Confident, she rolled up her sleeves and worked hard for more than ten minutes, but the knot was tightly entangled without giving in. She was also confused, and she sat down and murmured: "I've never seen a snake with a dead knot, how could its tail get stuck..."

The three of them looked at each other, helpless.

Lu Bafang rubbed his face and let out a long sigh: "Halftime break, halftime break, let me slow down and think of a way."

"You shouldn't have brought him close to the mutant, and see how frightened he is." Wang Yu continued to study the soapy water, still frowning.

Shi Yuan washed his tail clean, he was a little sad, but at the same time he thought that after so long, it's time for Lu Tinghan to come back.

Sure enough, after ten minutes, the knot hadn't been opened, and the three aircraft had already passed through the night with harsh sounds, and stopped in the open space to the west of the station.

The team is back.

Regardless of the knot, Shi Yuan trotted over, Lu Bafang chased after him and shouted: "Slow down, slow down, be careful!"

Shi Yuan saw the aircraft from a distance.

As night fell, the lights of the garrison were turned on one by one, reflecting the long night, and the pure black metal shell of the aircraft shone beautifully with the chill of the wilderness.

A large group of soldiers guarded around, silently stopped Shi Yuan, he was forced to stop, looked through the gap between them, and saw the one-eyed dragon and several mutants.

Shi Yuan's tail curled even tighter. If it wasn't for looking for someone, he would definitely turn around and run away.

So where is Lu Tinghan?

He stood on tiptoe and tried to find it.

After a while, there was a conversation in a tent, the door curtain was lifted, and the huge container inside contained a half of a tentacle, which was writhing in the transparent liquid, oozing green blood. Several people came out of the tent, including Xing Yifeng.

The soldiers stood up straight and saluted the people who came.

Among several unfamiliar faces, Shi Yuan searched anxiously, and finally saw Lu Tinghan. Followed by many soldiers, Lu Tinghan walked towards the aircraft. He was wearing a black overcoat with gold trim, the tail flapping in the wind, and his military boots were shiny. He took off the blood-stained gloves and handed them to Xing Yifeng, and someone immediately handed over a pair of brand new ones.

"Lu Tinghan!" Shi Yuan shouted.

This time, Lu Tinghan didn't hear it.

Shi Yuan yelled again, but they were too far apart. A soldier looked at him: "Where did you come from, go back!"

Lu Bafang who followed him explained, "He was rescued by our third team."

Soldier: "Don't get close, leave immediately."

Lu Tinghan went straight forward, and the mutants greeted them—they were the scariest people Shi Yuan had ever seen, their eyes were like sharp knives, with aggressive wildness. The infection changed their minds. Some people smelled the breath of the wind like beasts, some explored the darkness with bright vertical pupils, some moved their sharp claws, and their bones cracked and crackled.

The man with wolf claws opened his mouth, talking to Lu Tinghan.

To Shi Yuan's surprise, in front of Lu Tinghan, no matter whether a strong man over two meters tall or a cold and pale man with snake scales, their unruliness and savagery were all cleaned up. The most disciplined fighter.

They look weird and respectful, so it looks like a pack of wolves are waiting around, bowing their heads and obeying orders.

Shi Yuan stared blankly at this scene.

He suddenly understood what Lu Bafang was laughing at.

Of course Lu Tinghan would not be afraid.

These terrifying human beings are willing, maybe only willing to listen to his command. They are the wolves who bite the enemy, they are the knives to assassinate the rotten, and they are Lu Tinghan's people.

The soldier urged him again: "Don't stand here, this is not the place for you."

Lu Bafang responded, stretched out his hand to pull Shiyuan, and said in a low voice, "You saw it too, it's too cold, let's go back."

The guards in front of Shi Yuan were expressionless, and their broad shoulders formed a solid line of defense. Mutants, heavily armed warriors and doctors in white robes surrounded Lu Tinghan, their epaulettes and badges were shining brightly, dazzling . There were so many people and the long night, it was impossible for Lu Tinghan to hear his shout.

The shadow on Lu Tinghan's face was as thick as an oil painting, and his hands were slender, powerful and deadly.

He didn't have the ostentatious vigor of a mutant, but he was taller and more heroic than ordinary fighters. He always seems to be graceful, whether he is pulling the trigger or lowering his eyes, listening to Wolf Claw's report, while slowly putting on his pure white gloves, there is no difference between killing and listening.

He walks forward and doesn't look back.

At this moment, Shi Yuan suddenly felt that he was far, far away from Lu Tinghan.

He had just found Lu Tinghan, but everyone was telling him that they couldn't be together.

Xing Yifeng said that the general was very busy and couldn't see you; Wang Yu said don't forget to call the general Lu, you really have no chance; even Lu Bafang said that you don't need to thank him in person, just look at him from a distance.

Shi Yuan once thought that Lu Tinghan was an ordinary person, and he could find him as long as he went to the city. He thought that during those ten years, Lu Tinghan was only in charge of staying at the observation tower, never involved in war, ordinary and unknown. Now he looks at Lu Tinghan from a distance, and understands that Lu Tinghan has done much more than he imagined—he is famous and powerful, the people around him are the ones he leads, and the distant city is guarded by him Shi Yuan may never understand the city, the bill he signed, his controversy, and his choice.

But Shi Yuan had nothing.

Except for a tail that was knotted out of fear.

In the past they were all alone, belonging only to each other.

Now his humanity was aloof and out of reach.

Shi Yuan just watched Lu Tinghan walk towards the aircraft.

He suddenly had a wonderful premonition: if he missed this time, it would be very difficult for them to meet again.

He felt that he had to be afraid of Lu Tinghan. Compared with those mutants, Lu Tinghan must have killed a lot more monsters.

But Lu Tinghan is his human being.

Lu Tinghan should touch his head, scratch his chin, and stay with him all day without getting bored.

He is really afraid of being alone in the abyss.

"...Hey! What are you doing?!" The soldier exclaimed.

Shi Yuan's movements were quick, and the cat lowered its body and jumped up suddenly, actually slipping through the weakest point of the guard. The soldier tried to grab him with his backhand, his hand reached his shirt, and he suddenly stopped—

Lu Tinghan looked this way and stretched out his hand.

With the palms facing outward, it is a steady and irresistible restraint.

The soldier's movements stopped abruptly, allowing Shi Yuan to pass by.

Countless people put their hands on the guns, and several black muzzles in the dark were aimed at Shi Yuan's eyebrows, and they all stopped because of Lu Tinghan's movements.

The north wind is cold, the wasteland is chilling, everyone's breath is white, but Shi Yuan is a ball of warmth.

Wearing a fluffy coat that didn't fit well, he came trotting all the way, with timidity and desperate courage, with warmth, heat, and a little bit of the smell of potato soup, he threw himself into Lu Tinghan's arms. The knotted tail swayed back and forth in front of Lu Tinghan's eyes, very cheerful, like a ribbon fluttering in the wind.

He was a little scared and looking forward to it, his eyes were bright, and he whispered, "Lu Tinghan, my tail is knotted, can you help me untie it?"