All Heavens Unlimited Base

260. The Shrouded Shadow

The ox cart stopped at the intersection of a small village, which is what Hardy called Shisongzhuang. The village was built on a relatively flat mountainous land. There are some sparse trees in this mountain area. I don't know if the name Shisongzhuang comes from that.

"Thank you, Hardy. Then we'll see you later." Chunyuyan jumped off the bullock cart and waved to Hardy.

However, it was only then that he discovered that there were two oxen pulling the ox cart, and it was clearly a ox with two heads! This made him stunned.

Hardy also waved his hand and said, "Okay, young man, see you next time! Old Gracie, this young man is my friend, you have to treat him well!"

He said the latter sentence to another old man with a big brim hat next to him.

The old man is also a very open-minded person. He smiled and said: "No problem! My wife has already made a delicious razor blade soup. This young man and his girlfriend will definitely be full."

Hardy finally nodded to Chunyuyan, waved his whip, and drove away in the double-headed ox cart.

"Let's go, young man, come and taste my wife's handicraft." Gracie old man brought over a tattered aluminum pot filled with thick soup, which seemed to be a crop similar to barley.

Chunyuyan picked it up and took a sip, a strong aroma of wheat filled his mouth, but it was still a bit astringent. In terms of taste, it is naturally not as good as rice porridge, but...

Chunyuyan looked around without any trace, and there were some very dilapidated houses. This feels a lot like a ruined city, where the ruins of the houses are repaired with wooden planks and iron sheets, which is barely leaking. Moreover, those iron sheets are rusty, and there are molds everywhere on the wooden boards, which should have been for a long time.

In such a village that is not even considered a refugee camp, one cannot expect too much to be able to eat such thick soup.

Yiyi also took a bowl of razor blade thick soup from the hand of the old lady, and drank it in big gulps.

The old man Gracie looked at Yiyi lovingly, then looked at Chunyuyan, and asked cautiously: "You guys really got drunk last night, and then Old Hardy sent you here?"

Chunyuyan secretly wrote down this key point in his heart, but he didn't show his face at all, and replied naturally: "Yeah, I heard from Old Hardy yesterday that we drank a whole case of rum. Actually, I was drinking it at first. Beer, I don’t know when I started drinking rum.”

As he spoke, he rubbed his forehead rather annoyed.

After hearing that he was indeed drunk, the old couple were obviously relieved, and the old man's attitude warmed up.

"Where are you from, boy?" Gracie asked.

"My adopted daughter and I are working as mercenaries in Washington DC." Chun Yuyan also got some information from old Hardy before, and he learned and sold it to make up one for himself.

Grassi's face changed suddenly, and even the hand holding the bowl visibly shook, "Are you... from the gunman?"

Chunyuyan looked at him blankly, "What is the gunman?"

"It's also a group of mercenaries." Grassi was clearly organizing his words carefully.

"No, my mercenary organization is called Wolves. We mainly take on the jobs of caravan guards." Chunyuyan replied.

Gracie breathed a sigh of relief again, "Oh...the wolves, right? I haven't heard of it."

"Is this girl your adopted daughter?" The old woman asked strangely, "Is there not that much difference in your youth?"

Yiyi has been very unhappy with the idea of ​​adopting a daughter since just now. She hugged Chunyuyan's arm and said displeasedly: "I am my father's daughter! Not an adopted daughter!!"

Chunyuyan sighed softly, and once again displayed his Oscar-level acting skills. Touching Yiyi's hair, he said pitifully, "We grew up dependent on each other..."

There is no need to say too much, this demeanor and expression have already explained everything.

As expected, Gracie and his wife got the answer Chun Yuyan wanted them to get, nodded, and looked at the two of them much softer.

After this small embarrassment was resolved, the atmosphere among the few people became much more harmonious, and they chatted while drinking the thick soup.

Their topic first started with Old Hardy. It turned out that Grassi and Old Hardy had run a caravan together before. But then they encountered looters, and Gracie was shot in the knee during the firefight, so they returned to the Federation to live a life of farming.

Old Hardy didn't forget his brother either. In the following time, he would receive a few orders from the Federation every few months, and then come over to see him and bring him some small things.

It was also because of this that Grassi did not reject Chunyuyan too much. During the conversation, he vaguely hinted that people on the Federation side are basically xenophobic. As for why, Grassi did not say.

Chunyuyan had already inquired about the so-called federation from Old Hardy before. The so-called Commonwealth is a separate administrative region established by the United Kingdom hundreds of years ago when the United States was still a colony, also known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

It was once one of the most developed industrial areas in the United States and maintained a semi-independent relationship with the United States. In the subsequent war, this was also the key target of nuclear bombs. After the war, the federation seemed to exist for a while, and then completely died out, but the residents here still habitually call it the federation.

Chunyuyan's words were naturally incomparable, he not only obtained a lot of information, but also made the old man and the old lady laugh. Gracie also took out a bottle of 'UISCE BEATHA' whiskey from his collection, and drank it clean with Chunyuyan and Yiyi.

Taking advantage of the alcohol, Gracie took out his guitar, laughed at Yiyi and said, "Let me sing a song for this cute and beautiful little girl!"

Chunyuyan also clapped his hands and laughed.

Grassi's wrinkled, black-stained fingers plucked the old guitar's strings and sang, "Like an earthquake, starting to roll.

I felt my world shake, out of control.

like a world war starting to brew

Baby, it's just you."

"Hahahaha!" Gracie greeted Yiyi with a big smile, "Baby, it's just you~~!"

"Hahahaha!" Chunyuyan was also laughing while beating time, Yiyi leaned his head on his shoulder, and the old woman danced awkwardly with a piece of rough black bread in her hand. The atmosphere was harmonious.

But at this moment, suddenly boom boom boom! ! There was an angry knock on the door, and a hoarse voice said in a low voice, "Grassi! What are you doing so late? Do you want to..."

Gracie's expression changed drastically, he quickly put away the guitar, and said to Chun Yuyan: "It's too late, it's too late, go to sleep, go to sleep!"

The old woman also hurriedly began to pack the tableware.

Chunyuyan was in high spirits, seeing Gracie's performance, his heart sank suddenly, and he asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? It should be around 7 o'clock in the afternoon now? Could something have happened?"

Gracie took a deep look at him, but he sighed and didn't answer, "The old woman will squeeze with me tonight, you go to sleep in her room." After speaking, he held the old guitar and trembled. walked away.

Chunyuyan and Yiyi looked at each other with doubts in their eyes.

"I hope you have a dream that will be undisturbed. Good night." Gracie said something strange, and went back to the bedroom, closing the door with a bang.

When they came to the old woman's room, the two sat on the narrow and shabby bed, but neither of them intended to sleep. Chunyuyan would never share the same bed with Yiyi, otherwise he would become a beast. It didn't matter to Yiyi, but she was full of energy and couldn't sleep.

Grassi... seems to be hiding something? Why do you have to go to bed after seven o'clock in the afternoon? Why can't it be loud?

At this moment, the system prompt that has not appeared suddenly came.

[Mission begins. The ultimate goal: to remove the shadow that hangs over the Commonwealth. 】

[Secondary goals: The experimenters are asked to explore by themselves, and rewards will be given according to the degree of completion of the secondary goals. 】

[Task duration: unlimited, but it will affect the score of task completion. 】

[Tip 1: This world is a single-player mode. Only you, an experimenter, can enter, and if you successfully complete the ultimate goal and score above A, this world will be automatically bound to you and become your exclusive world. 】

[Tip 2: During the mission, the experimenter is not allowed to leave the Boston area. 】

[Hint 3: After the experimenter monopolizes this world, expansion missions will be gradually released to expand the area the experimenter can go to according to the degree of development of the experimenter's power in this world. When the power rating of the experimenter reaches the national level, the whole world will be completely open. 】

Chunyuyan was surprised that there had been no mission reminders before. Now it seems that he needs to realize that something is wrong with this place before he starts to release the mission.

What is the shadow that hangs over the federation? How is it eliminated?

Compared with the previous "Resident Evil" world, which clearly stated the goal of living until January 1st, Jiu Jiu, the current task is really very vague and has no clue at all.

This is simply the meaning of throwing him into this world and letting it develop!

Chunyuyan sighed softly, looked at the leaking doors everywhere, and had no choice but to put his mouth next to Yi Yi's ear and whisper: "Our mission goal this time is to eliminate the shadow that hangs over the Federation, and we don't have any clue yet. , more investigation is needed.”

When he spoke, a faint fragrance came from Yiyi's body. This smell is very light, but it smells very good. It doesn't seem to be the smell of perfume, but her own smell. Chunyuyan hurriedly opened up a little distance.

"Grassi and the others were very scared just now." Yiyi said.

Chunyuyan nodded and said, "Yes, no matter what, there is obviously something that scares them. Since we don't have any idea about the mission, let's start here!"

"Go out and have a look?" Yiyi asked.

"We're not going out tonight. Let's go meet the villagers tomorrow and have a chat with them. It's not too late to act after that," Chunyuyan said.

Yiyi nodded, and then leaned her body on Chunyuyan's shoulder, her head almost touching his face, her soft black hair hanging down like silk.

Chunyuyan had no choice but to maintain this posture, constantly enduring the torment of the warm and fragrant nephrite in his arms, and began to regret why he didn't bring a game console to pass the time.

"Father... Yiyi really wants to go on like this forever." Yiyi said softly.

If you didn't call me dad, maybe we could really be like this forever... Chun Yuyan complained in his heart. But since you call it that, then I... uh, it seems that I can go on like this forever...

Chunyuyan suppressed the wild thoughts in his heart, put his arms around Yiyi's shoulders, and said softly: "Hey, Dad will always be by your side to protect you."

"No... Yiyi wants to protect Dad. I... am very powerful." Yiyi said.

"No matter how powerful you are, you are still my daughter. Dad will always be the one who protects his daughter, so... Dad must always be better than his daughter." Chunyuyan's heart began to calm down, enjoying the tranquility.

"Well... Dad is always the best..." Yiyi's voice became smaller and smaller, and then her body completely relaxed, she leaned on Chunyuyan, and fell asleep just like that.

I don't know how long it took, Chunyuyan suddenly became alert, he turned his head suddenly, but met an eye in a hole in a wooden board on the wall! !

"Who!!" Chunyu Yan yelled, stood up and rushed over.

However, only a bang was heard, and Yiyi was faster than him, kicking a big hole in the wall with one kick, and the whole person rushed out like lightning! !

When Chunyuyan flashed out, he saw Yiyi standing in the yard with a panicked young man stepping on his feet. Judging by his tattered clothes, he seems to be from the village. He looks about ten years old. Looking at the big hole in the wall, his face is filled with fear, "Don't...don't kill me...don't kill me..."

"Who are you? Why are you spying on us!" Chunyuyan asked sharply.

"I...I..." The young man's eyes flickered, and his eyes kept moving between Yiyi's body and the hole in the wall that she kicked out, but he couldn't shake out a complete sentence.

The noise here woke up the Grassi couple. He came over with a flashlight, and when he saw the young man trampled under his feet one by one, he exclaimed: "Casper? What are you doing here?"

"I...I saw outsiders here, so I wanted to see what the hell they were doing!" The young man finally thought of an excuse.

However, Chunyuyan saw his real intention from his flickering eyes - it was nothing more than coveting Yiyi's beauty. Among the ruins after the war, people like Yiyi are indeed extremely dazzling existences.

Some villagers around also started to wake up and ran over to watch. Seeing that things were getting worse and worse, the young man named Gaspar had a stern look in his eyes, pointed at Yiyi and said loudly: "She is a synthetic human!!!"

The 4000-word chapter finally caught up.