Xinqin

The original site is Qinzhou, 316 kilometers away from Zhezhu. It turned out to be a transit station connecting several small settlements such as Zhezhu, Baise, Banna, Hongji, Beihai, Zhanjiang, etc.

In the early stages of the recovery of relics' technology, mutated monsters were rampant, and there were forbidden areas everywhere on the earth, whether it was ocean or land.

Therefore, in terms of transportation, we can only vigorously develop space technology and relatively safe coastal shallow water transportation technology.

Large monsters in the ocean are often larger in size and rarely move in shallow waters.

However, in the early stages, both the distance and capacity of transportation are far from satisfactory, and the raw materials used for construction are often huge.

Therefore, when building these small settlements, places like Xinqin, which are close to the seaside and have a very superior geographical location, have become the first choice for establishing a transfer station.

After 4013 AD, the Alliance gradually gave up small settlements of less than 100,000 people.

Next to Xinqin, there was only a settlement in Zhanjiang. After losing the role of a connecting hub, Xinqin was also listed as a abandoned choice.

By 4084 AD, the fourth year after the swamp was abandoned, Xinqin's relocation work was completed, and there was only one space transport station and a shallow water transport station in the entire Xinqin.

And the reason why these two functions have not been abandoned is.

The tropical jungle behind Xinqin is a good place for exploration and animal and plant research. Every year, many scientists and explorers need to set out from here or obtain supplies.

There was a time when Xinqin was also known as the "Adventurer's Paradise".

However, with the rapid development of relic science and technology and the significant increase in space transportation capacity, even these two functions are in danger of being erased.

Now, Ma Ping'an is on his way to Xinqin.

Although it is only 316 kilometers from Swamp to Xinqin, it is a straight-line distance. If you follow this winding road that travels through the mountains and winding road, the actual distance is almost a multiple of 316.

Because Hu Si and Sisi were in poor physical strength, Ma Ping'an had already estimated that it would take at least one week to travel from Shui Ruan to Xinqin.

Although the trees next to the road were cut down and relatively sparse when the swamp was prosperous, the trees grew very fast in the tropical rainforest. Over the past few decades, they were not much worse than in the deep forest.

Ma Ping'an walked forward carelessly with his bag on his back, unable to stop thinking.

After walking for an afternoon, it was about 30 kilometers away from the swamp. The sun was very strong in the afternoon and the road was difficult to walk. Hu Si and Sisi showed signs that they could not hold on.

According to the map, there is an abandoned gas station ten kilometers ahead. It should be a good choice to rest for one night when you get there.

While thinking, I avoided a deep pit on the ground.

When building this highway, the main purpose is to transport some large building materials in the early stages of construction.

Most people who go out use space transporters. Because they don’t have much effect, the quality of the project is also careless.

After being abandoned for a long time, the road was full of bumpy cracks, causing a lot of trouble for the trip of the three.

Ma Ping'an couldn't help but scold her mother. With the ability of the second old man, the three old men must have some means of transportation hidden, but they insisted on hiking on their own.

Although I probably knew that this was a test, Ma Ping'an was still very unhappy.

Young people's emotions change quickly.

When he walked to a place where he could not see the swamp, Hu Si and Sisi had already abandoned the sorrow of parting and began to fantasize about a beautiful new life, and walked more excitedly.

But after an afternoon of running around, the speed of the two of them was much slower, and the happy little songs in their mouths were replaced by chubby yelling.

It took me more than two hours to walk the last ten kilometers, and it was not until it was dark that I saw the shadow of the gas station.

A more decent house was found in a pile of wreckage. Ma Ping'an found a pile of firewood from outside and lit it with a fire collector. The room suddenly became brighter.

Hu Si could no longer hold on, so he sat by the fire and took off his shoes and rubbed his feet.

Sisi also leaned against the wall and found a comfortable position to rest.

Although she really wanted to be with Ma Ping'an and with Hu Sizai, she felt embarrassed to be too intimate with him.

Ma Ping'an looked at her, smiled, reached out to take off her shoes, Sisi's face turned red, but she didn't struggle.

Sisi's feet were white and tender. After walking for an afternoon, a few blisters had already emerged from the soles of her feet.

Ma Ping'an found a medical tool from his bag and gently cut the blister. While asking gently, "Does it hurt..."

Sisi shook her head gently, her face full of happiness.

He could treat himself so gently, but what did these pains count?

Ma Ping'an took out another ointment, applied it carefully, then put her feet in his arms, and threw the ointment to Hu Si.

If you want a girl to be wholehearted and gentle and considerate at the right time, it is more effective than buying her a ten-carat diamond ring. Ma Ping'an naturally won't understand this.

Amid Hu Si's complaints about "forget the truth when seeing sex", "before the girlfriend first and then the friend later", the three of them started to chew compressed dry food.

During the arduous period at the beginning, this was easy to store, nutritious and compressed dry food was the main food for the residents, and it was also something that Ma Ping'an and his friends were used to eating since childhood.

Ma Ping'an has always suspected that the three old men must have a secret warehouse in the swamp, otherwise they hadn't seen them have any supplies for more than ten years, but they were not short of daily necessities.

Hu Si chewed a few bites, took another sip in a compressed water bag, shook his head, and said, "Brother Dama... This thing is really too unpalatable..."

Ma Ping'an swallowed the things in his mouth and smiled and said, "What should I eat if I don't eat this?"

Hu Si licked his face and leaned over: "Brother Dama... There is something to eat in the woods outside. Go hunt one and get it here for a bake...

Hehe, that taste is no better than this dry thing?"

After Ma Ping'an trained with the three old men for two years, he often went to the dense forest to get some wild game to improve his food.

When he gets older, there will be no shortage of wild game every day.

Near the swamp, there are quite a few mutant monsters with huge size and delicious flesh. Killing one is enough for a dozen people to chew for a few days.

The old man's skills are also very good, so in recent years, the compressed dry food has become useless, and he has also made Hu Si's mouth a lot.

Ma Ping'an smiled, nodded and said, "Okay...I'll go now.

But when I was not here, some monster suddenly appeared, and I took you as a midnight snack. Don't blame me then..."

Although this room is quite complete compared to the few rooms next to it, there are still holes of large and small on the walls.

Just as a gust of wind blew, the fire swayed immediately, projecting the shadows of the three people.

Hu Si couldn't help but have a cold war, looked outside the house, and said in confusion: "This place is near the road, there will be no powerful monsters..."

Ma Ping'an shook his head, hugged Sisi with fear in his arms, then he strengthened his tone and said, "It's not that there won't be, but there must be!"

Feeling the girl in her arms trembling slightly, Ma Ping'an smiled and lowered her head to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, even if there are monsters, you can kill one by one. Just stay by my side..."

Sisi nodded vigorously, and then drilled her little face into his arms.

Hu Si didn't have time to look at the movements of the two of them. At this time, his voice was trembling with fright. He looked around and said, "Brother Dama... don't scare me... How do you see that there must be..."

While enjoying it, Ma Ping'an laughed and pointed to the holes on the wall and the houses that were only half of the tilted outside the holes.

"You can see it yourself. According to the records, the gas station was not officially stopped using it until the marsh was abandoned in 4080.

In my memory, there have been no earthquakes or other disasters near the swamp in recent years. If it were natural influences, would this concrete building have become like this in decades?”

As he said that, he pointed to some other marks on the wall and continued, "There are also these, you can tell at a glance that they were gun marks shot out with electric energy scattering guns. There are thirty-six such gun marks in the room.

If it is a small monster, it can be fatal with just one shot. There is no need to fire so many shots..."

Speaking of this, Ma Ping'an suddenly raised his voice, looked straight at Hu Si's back and shouted: "Ah... look at what it is behind him..."

Hu Sizheng listened with sincerity, and when he shouted, he screamed with a "ah", he jumped up and turned around to look.

There was nothing in front of me, but behind me, Ma Ping'an's laughter sounded.

Knowing that he had shaken it a little, Hu Si gestured, leaned hard, and sat down again, but this time he got closer to Ma Ping'an.

Seeing that he had become much more relaxed, Ma Ping'an moved to the side with a smile, but his eyes were still looking at the traces on the wall. What he said before was not intentionally scaring Hu Si.

As soon as he entered the gas station, he felt something was wrong, but further forward, it was even more wilderness. At this time, the night had already fallen, but he could only rest here.

Hu Si muttered a few words, and suddenly lost the desire to continue eating. He opened the box he carried with him and found many fragments of things.

But Ma Ping'an didn't know what was inside, so he leaned over curiously. The box was full of various tools and some strange metals, and there was nothing else except these.

Ma Ping'an looked at Hu Si a little surprised. He originally thought that the box was just some clothes, but he didn't expect it to be all these things.

After roughly estimating the weight of these things, I couldn't help but have a higher evaluation of my brother.

Hu Siren is thin and slim. In recent years, he has been soaking in machinery and oil every day with the second old man. His skin looks dark and thick, but his hands are extremely slender and beautiful, and he is extremely flexible when moving.

After a moment, the fragments of metal objects turned into gun-shaped objects. Ma Ping'an took a look and said strangely: "Oh, the mini version of the heavy electric scattering gun..."

Hu Si raised the mini gun and gestured twice, and said proudly: "Don't underestimate this gun. Although it is ten times smaller, its power is only half less..."

A joy flashed through Ma Ping'an's eyes and said with a smile: "No, good, then I'll go to bed. You're responsible for protecting us..."

Hu Silima had a bitter face and quickly handed the gun over and said, "...I can pretend but I can't use it...Brother Dama, it's better for you...you come..."

Ma Ping'an laughed and said, "Okay, okay... Well, this thing will be useful in the future, but it is not necessary today, so you will still hold it.

If there are really monsters, they must be very big. Aiming is not necessary. You can always do it by pressing the launch button..."

Hu Si looked at him strangely and said, "Then if there are really monsters coming today, what are you using?"

Ma Ping'an whistled, picked up the fire-getter from beside the fire, shook it, and smiled, "I'll use this!"

At some point, the bright moonlight was blocked by the clouds, and the three of them were drowsy in the room. It seemed that the fire seemed darker.

Sisi was already sleeping in Ma Ping'an's arms. Hu Si yawned and slowly closed her eyes. She was still holding the mini electric scattering gun tightly in her arms.
To be continued...