above the galaxy

Chapter 21 Mirage!
"Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!"

"Flame Shrine, open the door quickly."

"Are there any strangers in the family? No? Then who are you?"

"Dare to run? Kill him, shoot the arrow... shoot the arrow"
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In the human gathering area of ​​Hate Mountain, the gates of one family after another were shouted or smashed open by a motley army of gray robes and predators from the Flame Shrine.

They're like robbers, oh, they're
These robbers ran amok, broke into the house and searched for a while, and then groped the person for a while, and even opened the person's mouth to see if the teeth are good. When they leave, they will take the sheep and think that the house is still worth something. things to take away.

Some took away goods, and some took away people.

Struggling and being beaten, resisting and being killed.

The people in the gathering area have become accustomed to this. As long as the fist does not fall on their own heads, then everyone will sweep the snow in front of the door, and who cares about the frost on others?
Alive, everyone is working hard to live!

It's just, why do people from the Flame Shrine feel a bit like predators today?
boom!
boom!
boom!
The gate of a small stone courtyard was beaten heavily, and the voice of a middle-aged old woman came over: "Here we come. Who is it?"

"Flame Shrine." The gray robe outside the door shouted: "Open the door quickly, don't wait for us to break the door!"

The thick wooden door was pulled open from the inside, and a wrinkled middle-aged old woman stood at the door, smiling obsequiously, and said, "It turns out that the gods have sent you here. I don't know what orders the adults have?"

"Why is it so stinky?" The gray robes couldn't help but took two steps back.

They looked at the old woman in front of them, and found that she was black-headed and black-faced, with disheveled hair like a chicken coop, and tattered clothes like straw.He was wearing a piece of patched clothes, and his whole body exuded a strong sour smell that made people want to vomit.

What was even more disgusting was that there was a group of flies flying around her head, chirping non-stop.

"Don't come here." The gray robe pointed at the middle-aged old woman, covered his nose and asked, "What's the smell on you? How long has it been since you took a shower?"

"Returning to God Envoy, our mother hasn't bathed for a month and a half. It may also be two months. You also know that there is only one water point in the entire Henshan gathering area, and it is too far away from us. Every time our mother and I go to Carrying two buckets back is only enough to eat and drink, so why would you want to take a bath?" The middle-aged old woman replied with a "sincere" face.

"You still have a daughter?" A gray robe asked with his eyes shining.

"Yes, yes, her name is Ning Ning." The middle-aged old woman turned around and shouted into the door: "Ning Ning, Ning Ning, come out quickly, there are distinguished guests at home."

Then, a skinny girl with a black head and black face who also exuded a sour smell came out. She waved away the flies in front of her, her voice was like a mosquito humming, and she glanced timidly at the gray robes of the Flame Shrine. Said: "Mom, what's the matter?"

"My lords, this is my daughter Ning Ning. Our mother and I depend on each other for life." The middle-aged old woman smiled and introduced: "Ning Ning, come and say hello to some of my lords."

When the gray robes saw the hideous and terrifying scar on Ningning's face, the look in their eyes disappeared instantly, and they backed away with embarrassing expressions, and said, "There's no need to come here, just stand there and talk. Except for you two, the family Is there anyone else?"

"No more. My wife and I are the only ones in our family, and no one else is willing to come." The middle-aged woman said. "The gods made the Lord able to enter the door and search."

"You stink like this, who wants to come?" The gray robe scolded: "Stop searching, just search. How can a master of air control hide in this kind of house? The smell will stink to death."

"Walk, go, the next one, it's really bad luck."

"Yeah, I've never seen such an ugly woman before."

"I thought it would be fine as long as it was a woman, but now it seems that it really doesn't work."
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When the group of gray robes walked away cursing, the middle-aged woman slowly closed the door.

After closing the door bolt, he collapsed powerlessly on the door panel and gasped for breath.

"Scared to death really scared me to death"

"The people from the Flame Shrine are so fierce, they can do anything."

"What's there to be afraid of? Don't they also have one nose and two eyes?" An Ning snapped her fingers, and the flies around her disappeared instantly.

Mirage!
These flies were all transformed by her secret technique.

"Oh, you didn't see the things they did. It's simply not something that humans can do. Animal things that are not as good as pigs and dogs."

The middle-aged woman cursed aloud, as if she was worried that the partition wall had ears, she couldn't help lowering her voice, and whispered, "It's strange, they rarely went from house to house to find people, what's the reason for this time? What's the matter?"

"I don't know." An Ning shook her head with a thoughtful expression.

She just heard them say, "How could a master of air control hide in this kind of house?" Could it be that they were searching for a master of air control?

"Nizi, what are you thinking?" The middle-aged and old woman asked aloud.

"I'm going to take a shower." An Ning said.

"Oh, what a bath, those gray robes haven't gone yet. You washed off the skunk juice on your body, what if those gray robes come knocking on the door again?" The middle-aged old woman said aloud: " It's a mess outside, and Bandit Tang may not just pass by the house today."

"Just wash."

"Damn girl. Mom won't listen to anything."
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Bandit Tang was chipping wood to make birds, and Fenghuang was watching Tang Bandit's little birds.

When the wooden bird was assembled in Tang Bandit's hands, and then flew to the sky staggeringly, Tang Bandit and Fenghuang jumped up excitedly and shouted and shouted happily like children.

When the wooden bird's buttocks smoked and fell down quickly, scattered all over the ground and the parts were burning, the two of them looked depressed and sad, like poor children who were about to do a hundred math problems or were beaten up by other classmates.
Fenghuang found that he had gradually adapted to life in the old land, wearing the clothes of the old land, eating the "food" of the old land, having friends and partners here, eating and sleeping with them, grabbing water with them Hunting, also follow them happy or sad.

She even learned several bad words.

For example: Dog things!

Aren't dogs cute?She had a dog on Nova.It was a snow-white bichon, and its name was Qiuqiu.

But Bandit Tang said this as a curse, so let Bandit Tang's answer prevail.

When the escape pod just fell here, her heart was full of tension and fear, as well as uncertainty about the future.Fortunately, she met Bandit Tang, and she was carried back by bandit Tang. Xiaopang used "carry".
Then, she lives like a real wasteland kid.

In the past, she prayed all the time, praying that the person who picked her up would appear quickly.

Now she still prays, but she is not as urgent and flustered as before.

In such a chaotic world where life is like nothing, she actually felt a sense of security and warmth.

"Failed again." Bandit Tang looked at the charred wooden sticks under his feet, and said regretfully, "I don't know when I will be able to fly, and I may never be able to fly."

"It's already very powerful. You can see that it flew so fast just now that it has already flown to the top of the tree." Fenghuang said comfortingly. How did you do this?"

"Self-taught." Bandit Tang said aloud.

"So powerful?" Fenghuang widened his eyes and said, "On Xinxing, mechanics who know how to make and design machinery are highly respected. Tang Bandit, you have to work hard, maybe you can become an outstanding machine in the future." Where's the mechanic?"

"What's wrong? You want to take me to Xinxing?" Bandit Tang asked aloud.

"I'm not that capable."

"How can I become a mechanic if I can't go to Xinxing? On the old soil, there is no systematic knowledge preparation, no practical equipment, and I can't even find a handy tool." Live well. Making these gadgets is just my personal hobby, to pass the time when I am bored. Otherwise, what else can I do? I can’t keep hunting or hitting stones like Xiaopang.”

Bandit Tang looked at Fenghuang and asked, "What do young people on your new star usually do?"

Fenghuang thought for a while and said: "Students have to go to class, and adults have to work. However, in our spare time, we will go to sing karaoke, go to disco, and watch some celebrity concerts. Sometimes we will invite some friends to Drink a cup of coffee or have an afternoon tea. Of course, I often go to Mirage Paradise, the world is too big, it seems that I can never finish it.”

"What's your favorite thing to do?" Tang bandit asked.

"I like watching movies the most." Fenghuang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "No matter what kind of movie it is, I like to watch it. Action, love, funny, and science fiction movies."

"By the way, you can also use AI technology to change faces, and replace the faces of movie stars with your own, just like you are in the movie. You can also use brain-computer interfaces to enter games or videos to increase realism. empathy."

Bandit Tang was dumbfounded, and remained silent for a long time before saying enviously, "It's only been a few hundred years since I left Blue Star. I didn't expect Xinxing to have developed to such a degree. It's great."

Bandit Tang pointed to the ancient forest in front of him and said, "Look at our place, it's either acid rain or monsters, even these seemingly inconspicuous little flowers and grasses are very poisonous, and a little carelessness can hurt people."

"There is no law to restrain, no morality to guide. There are only people who eat people and people kill people. This planet is hopeless, and neither are those of us who live on this planet."

"Maybe one day, everyone on this planet will die, and human beings will become extinct. But this is not important anymore, the hope and continuation of human beings are on the new star."

"Tang bandit." Fenghuang felt a sense of sadness stuck in his chest, wanted to comfort him, but didn't know what to say.

Because she knew that Bandit Tang was telling the truth.

Moreover, the anthropologists on Nova have also done research, and have written countless analysis reports on the environmental degradation and human living conditions on Blue Star.

All the reports have a common point in the end: the humans on the blue star will become extinct.

"Don't comfort me." Bandit Tang laughed and said, "While you are still alive, you must enjoy life. For example, I can do some small handicrafts, An Ning can draw, and Xiaopang can hit rocks. Oh, Xiaopang Hitting rocks is not a personal hobby, it's for a living."

"I don't think I can see the day when human beings are extinct. Even if I see it, I can't change anything. This is the fate of us people. Who made us born on Blue Star?"

"There must be a way." Phoenix said firmly.

Tang bandit shook his head, put the dogleg knife in his hand into the knife bag, and said, "Let's go, let's go hunting. If you don't bring something back today, you won't have anything to eat tomorrow. You probably haven't experienced the feeling of being hungry." Do you like it?"

Fenghuang shook his head and said, "Indeed not."

"Then we have to work hard." Bandit Tang said: "However, you still have to be careful. Try not to use your whip as much as possible."

"Are you worried that they will follow the clues to find you?" Fenghuang said.

"When you use the whip, it will naturally hurt the flowers and plants in the jungle. It is impossible to have such sharp weapons in the Hate Mountain gathering area. They will know that we live nearby when they find those cuts."

"I understand." Fenghuang nodded and said, "Even if I don't use that whip, I will definitely catch more prey than you."

"Impossible, I'm an old hunter, you're just a rookie."

"Then let's compare."

"Okay. What about the loser?"

"The loser has to prepare a gift for the winner."

"Anything is fine?" Bandit Tang asked.

"Anything is fine." Fenghuang said: "However, it is a gift that you really want to give to the other party, so you can't just take one and deal with it."

"Of course we have to prepare carefully." Bandit Tang said, he originally thought that if he lost, he would just randomly pluck a few wild flowers from the grass.

"Then let's start." Phoenix said.

Bandit Tang nodded, and then ran ahead with a gallop. He knew where he could find his prey.

Not to be outdone, Fenghuang followed Tang Bandit closely.

She knew that Bandit Tang knew where to find the prey, so she wanted to grab the prey in advance.

She wants to use practical actions and fruitful results to let Tang bandits know that in front of Yuqijing, the hunting skills he boasted about are not worth mentioning at all.

(End of this chapter)