Apocalypse Tree of Hope

Chapter 101 New Year's Eve
There was no sun in the sky, and the blue became extremely pale, blending with the white clouds all over the sky, and the whole sky looked white and opaque.

Lin Rantong and his party gradually moved further and further away from Changle Town.

Behind him, Du Fei led a few people to stand at the entrance of the town, and not far away stood Ding Mo and his little brother and sister.

Thinking of the dozen or so apples, Du Fei secretly sighed in his heart, these people don't know where they come from, they even have this kind of fruit that is already a luxury item, although he is one of the leaders of Changle Town, there is no such fruit here. Fruit, I heard that the five major bases have it, but there are very few people coming from there, even if they come, it is impossible to bring it with them. This is the first time I have seen such a fresh fruit after the end of the world.

Du Fei looked at the girl Ding Mo standing not far away, and thought of what the girl who was the captain said to him before leaving: "Please take care of Ding Mo and those two children, Brother Fei, we will cooperate again in the future." Opportunity."

If she said that before, he didn't take it seriously, but after they were able to produce even fruit, he felt that the strength of this team was unfathomable. Anyway, it is easy for him to take care of a few people.Besides, that Ding Mo himself is also a wood-type power user, even if there are no such reasons, it is worthwhile to win over.

Ding Mo looked at the backs of Lin Rantong and the others as they walked farther and farther, until they could no longer see them. He sighed a long time, then greeted Du Fei, and led the two brothers and sisters to the town. She still needs to live here for a while to earn more crystal cores. Now that she has learned how to use crystal cores, she needs more crystal cores.

Back at the hotel, Xiao Ming suddenly found a cloth bag with a mouth tied from under the pillow, handed it to Ding Mo and said, "Sister, when Sister Lin leaves, let me give this to you."

Ding Mo stared at the small bag for a long time before taking it, and gently opened it. There were dozens of beautiful crystal nuclei emitting light red light dazzled her eyes.There was a flash of water in her big eyes, and she muttered to herself: "I'm leaving today, I don't know if I can see you again."

"Rantong, it's getting colder and colder." Tang Tang rubbed his hands and said.

It has been three days since everyone left Changle Town, and as they went west, the chill that was still on the tail of winter became more and more obvious.

The winter clothes brought from Changle Town are already worn by everyone. The adults are all wearing warm clothes and sportswear outside. Although they are still a bit thin, their physiques are not ordinary people, which makes them more resistant to cold. It is enough.

The two children wore an extra sweater underneath, and their little faces looked flushed and energetic.

Seeing that the sky was getting late, everyone chose an open place to stop and start pitching tents.

This tent is quite big, there is no problem staying more than a dozen people in it, and the material is thick and strong, so everyone can stay inside at night, which is much better than before.

Tao Haiyang sat not far from the tent, built a bonfire to keep warm, and looked at the people who were setting up the tent from time to time, with a pitiful expression like that of an abandoned puppy.

Except for Ma Xiaoyan who looked at it a little bit unbearably, the others have habitually ignored it.This guy has been with everyone for three days. He is so fast that he can't shake it off. Seeing that he didn't affect everyone, everyone didn't make a sound, but when he proposed to join, he was still rejected by Lin Rantong. .

Since even Ding Yu and Wang Xing, who were born and died with Wei Xiuning and were rescued by herself, can trick everyone, then why should she believe this man who appeared out of nowhere?Who knows what his purpose is, besides, he seems to be a speed mutant, even if the Ivy team wants to recruit new players, they don't want to find him.

After being rejected by Lin Rantong, Tao Haiyang was like a wounded little animal, following the crowd with his head drooping, resting when everyone was resting, and rushing when everyone was on their way.When everyone was eating, he watched helplessly as everyone was eating hot steamed buns, and he took out a handful of hard jerky from his bag and gnawed on them.

"Fortunately, we asked for this tent, otherwise we would have to suffer at night." Tang Tang said as they sat in the tent after cleaning up.

At this moment, Liu Yu asked uncertainly, "Sister-in-law, is it Chinese New Year today?"

Huh?As soon as these words came out, everyone made up their minds, and sure enough, today is New Year's Eve.

Chinese New Year is supposed to be the busiest and most festive day, but if Liu Yu hadn't reminded us today, people would have forgotten it a long time ago.

In any case, this is the first New Year that everyone gathers together after the end of the world. Thinking of this, Lin Rantong took out a cutting board, flour, cabbage, and a piece of animal meat from the space.

"Sister Lin, do you want to make dumplings?" Ma Xiaoyan asked excitedly.

"Yes, everyone is here to help." Lin Rantong said with a smile.

The atmosphere was mobilized, and everyone kneaded noodles, rolled out skins, and made stuffing. After a while, small and exquisite dumplings filled the board.

Even Wei Xiuning wrapped it clumsily, but found that there was too much vegetable stuffing to wrap it up, he touched his face helplessly, his face was covered with flour, An Ran pointed at him and laughed "giggle".

But Dashan did well, made a dumpling that was two sizes fatter than others, and put it there. Ma Zhi smiled and said, "Little fat man, this dumpling looks a lot like you."

The angry Dashan blushed, pouted and ignored him.

Lin Rantong glanced at Ma Zhi reproachfully: "Ma Zhi, why do you even bully Dashan? Dashan, you are very powerful. I didn't see Brother Wei Xiuning, you made a face full of flour, and the dumplings still opened their mouths!"

The corner of Wei Xiuning's mouth twitched, and he took a dumpling wrapper that was one size bigger and picked up the dumpling in his hands with no expression on his face.

Not long after, bowls of steaming dumplings were placed on the table.

"Little sister, what are you looking at?" Ma Zhi couldn't help asking when he saw his younger sister frequently looking out from the transparent observation point of the tent.

Lin Rantong followed Ma Xiaoyan's gaze, and saw Tao Haiyang sitting alone by the campfire, slowly gnawing on the dried meat, while looking in the direction of everyone's tents, with a lonely expression on his face.

"Captain, can you give him a bowl of dumplings?" Ma Xiaoyan finally couldn't help but asked.Tao Haiyang's appearance reminded her that she and her brother looked at Lin Rantong and the others eagerly. She was really glad that she met them earlier.

Today is New Year's Eve, thinking of this, Lin Rantong said to Ma Xiaoyan: "Call him in."

A big smile appeared on Ma Xiaoyan's face, but she slowed down after running out, with a sullen face, and said to Tao Haiyang who was looking at her suspiciously: "Come in and eat dumplings." After saying this, she turned and walked back, You don't even need to look to know that Tao Haiyang is following up.

As soon as Tao Haiyang came in, his eyes were fixed on the steaming dumplings.

In fact, everyone had known Tao Haiyang for a few days, and he didn't feel too abrupt when he came, so he greeted him and started eating together.

After a while, everyone was full and patted their swollen stomachs one by one, planning to start unshakable cultivation.

Since Lin Rantong told everyone about the speculation that people with abilities of the same level are divided into four stages, Ma Zhi's inquiries in Changle Town have also confirmed this fact. People with abilities of the same level are indeed divided into four stages: junior high school, high school, and peak.

After investigation, the current strength of everyone is like this: Lin Rantong is the second-level high-level, Wei Xiuning is the second-level early, Xia Yongjia is the peak of the first-level, Ma Xiaoyan, Ma Zhi, and Tang Tang are all the first-level high-level, and An Ran is the first-level middle.

As I said before, the improvement of supernatural powers is not only dependent on cultivation, individual differences are different, and the speed of cultivation is also different, which is the so-called aptitude problem.But at this initial stage, the crowd is not considered to distance themselves.

In general, the average strength of the Ivy Squad is definitely in the upper middle position among many mercenary squads. Of course, in terms of the number of people, 5-10 people, this can only be a team with the smallest structure.

"Are you still here?" Xia Yongjia looked at Tao Haiyang and asked in surprise.

Tao Haiyang said to Lin Rantong with a smile all over his face: "Rantong, take me in, we are so familiar, it's cold outside alone." He shrank his shoulders pitifully.

Lin Rantong looked at him angrily and amusedly. This is the kind of person who pushes his nose and puts on his face. The people who are rescued on the way, such as brother and sister Xiaoming, are different from those who want to be partners. The choice he made was a lot more careful. Now everyone has not accepted him. It will be very inconvenient for him to live in a tent with everyone.

Thinking of this, Lin Rantong was heartbroken, and replied: "You are full of dumplings, it must be much warmer outside than when you only ate jerky two days ago, and it won't be cold."

"Rantong, you, you are too cruel." Tao Haiyang shouted, blinking peach blossom eyes, as if hurt.

It's good that he didn't blink his peachy eyes, but Lin Rantong thought of that Zhou Mingxin in a blink of an eye, and his face turned cold: "Are you going out?"

Tao Haiyang saw that Lin Rantong was serious, so he had to stand up, turn his head three times a step, and reluctantly walked out.

"How come in the end of the world, there is still such a handsome man, who has a handsome face for nothing!" Tang Tang shook his head and sighed.

Ma Xiaoyan opened her mouth, but finally said nothing.

Lin Rantong was even more lazy to answer this topic, so he might as well practice more with this time.The Yaoguang base is so big, there must be a lot of masters inside, and strength is the prerequisite for everything.

Unexpectedly, not long after everyone started practicing, Wei Xiuning moved and grabbed the collar of the person who was barging in, and he saw that it was Tao Haiyang.

Tao Haiyang quickly said: "Brother, take it easy, it's me!"

"Why did you come in again?" Tang Tang asked.

Lin Rantong looked at him coldly and did not make a sound.

This time, Tao Haiyang put away his lazy and smiling expression, and instead said with a straight face: "A group of people are coming this way!"

What?After walking for the past few days, this is the first time I met a stranger on the road. Not only did everyone not encounter any surprises of the same kind, but they became alert. Sometimes mutant beasts are not scary, zombies are not scary, the most terrifying thing is instead It's the same kind.

Sure enough, through the transparent observation port of the tent, Lin Rantong found that quite a few people were walking towards the direction where everyone's tents were located.

At this time, it was already dark!

(End of this chapter)