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MTL - The Legendary Mechanic (Transcendental Mechanic)-~ Fanwai: Budding Seed (2)
The world seemed to be messed up overnight.
Sudden flames of war swept over hundreds of countries, international conventions were completely torn up, powerful nations arbitrarily crossed borders, invaded small neighboring countries without warning, and launched unrelenting blitz warfare.
There are different opinions on the root cause of the war. The most talked about is the advent of a certain interstellar civilization, which brought knowledge to subvert the world, but other than that, the people don't know any details.
The attitude of more than a dozen powerful countries to start war is so resolute, as if they want to break an old era, shuffle the cards without breaking or standing.
Within a few months, sixteen small countries were subjugated, and countless people on Seablue became war refugees, some were displaced, and some were taken over by enemy troops and under centralized management.
As a small country bordering Ruilan, a strong neighbor, Golan does not have too many opportunities to choose his destiny. In the face of Ruilan's all-out military bashing, Golan was completely defeated within a few months, losing all the formed armed forces, and let Ruilan rudely ravage.
The city was devastated, and there were scorched building ruins everywhere, and deep pits were blown out of the ground. In some places, black smoke was still blowing straight to the sky, and sporadic gunfire sounded from time to time.
One by one, unkempt and ragged Golan refugees wandered among the ruins, hugged in twos and threes, some of their expressions were numb, like a walking dead, and some had their pupils shrunk, like a frightened bird.
Xiao En followed a group of refugees looking for supplies in the ruins, moving his body laboriously. He was covered with dust and mud. He hadn't been washed for many days. He was dirty and sloppy. He was as thin as a wood, with sunken eye sockets, extremely haggard and numb.
Ruilan's invasion was without warning. After the fire was washed the ground, ground troops were dispatched to station, step by step to wipe out the armed forces of Golan.
During this period, the importance of resettling Golan refugees is not high. The refugee camp has an upper limit. The Ruilan troops spend most of their energy on cleaning up the resistance. They just block the city and don’t have much energy to accommodate all the refugees. , At most occasionally airdrop a little material, so that a large number of Golan refugees can survive in the blocked city.
The city was bombed in the initial rounds, and Sean was lucky to survive, but he had already separated from Mag and others in the chaos. During this period, he could only move in groups with another group of refugees, looking for supplies in the ruins, or It was fighting with other refugees when Ruilan airdropped assistance, like a walking dead, just thinking that it would last a day.
But after this period of time, countless refugees have searched the city over and over again, and almost no materials can be found in the ruins. Survival has become more and more difficult, approaching the limit, and Xiao En and others are walking in the ruins everywhere. It can be seen that most of the corpses of the Golan refugees who died of starvation, thirst, and disease died in recent days.
After going through several ruins, there was still nothing to gain. Xiao En was already starving and staring at Venus. He sat down against the wall and sighed quickly, feeling that his body was extremely heavy, as if he was sinking into the mud.
"Are you okay? Can you continue to look for supplies?"
Boll on the side saw him sitting down, so he leaned over, panting and asking.
He is the new friend that Sean met in this refugee group, and he has taken care of each other and knows each other during this period.
"I'm so hungry... I have no energy..." Shaun made a hoarse voice from his throat almost on fire with thirsty.
"Get up quickly, or other people will find something and you won't have your share."
Boll went to pull Sean's arm, but he was also exhausted. Under the pull, he slumped and fell to the ground, gasping for breath, and the breath blew away a small piece of dust.
"Let me slow down, I'm too hungry..."
Boll didn't have the strength to get up, and simply arched a few times, leaned against the wall, and leaned against Sean sideways.
Xiao En tilted and almost fell down, but he didn't have the strength to push him away, so he could only close his eyes and hypnotize himself to relieve hunger.
At this moment, Ball suddenly spoke, his tone low and lost:
"Sean, do you think our army can still come to save us?"
"Definitely." Shaun opened his eyes with difficulty, his voice faint, but his tone firm.
"It's been so long, do you really believe it?" Boll panted and said hoarsely: "Ruilan is coming so fiercely, and Gelan is already overwhelmed. How can there be time to rescue us? It is better to count on Gelan to send troops to rescue us. Count on Ruilan to accept refugees on a large scale, so that we can at least survive..."
Xiao En gritted his teeth: "How can you count on the enemy... When they encountered other refugees before, didn't they say that Ruilan was cleaning refugees? Occasionally, they would send ground troops to capture a group of refugees in the city. The Lan refugee camp transported corpses out of the camp for cremation. Who knows what happened."
Boll was weak: "As long as I can give me a bite of rice, I can do anything..."
At this moment, a faint noise sounded not far away. The surrounding group, Xiao En and others, and fellow refugees who were searching for the ruins gathered in the past, as if something had happened.
Several fellow refugees who were in a better condition walked to the two of them, pulled Sean and Poll up, and asked.
"How about it, can you still go?"
"It's okay..." Xiao En shook for a moment, leaning on the wall, and asked in confusion: "What's going on over there?"
"We met another group of refugees, and everyone passed by, lest others would think about robbing us of our supplies."
Several people answered and rushed over with Sean and Boll.
There are too many refugee groups lingering in the city. Most of the refugee groups help each other to prevent others from being robbed. Even if everyone is the same refugee, some people can’t survive and don’t care about others who are dying. Will not let go of any life-saving straw, it is not uncommon to **** each other and kill each other.
Xiao En and others quickly came to the back of the crowd. They saw that there was another group of refugees who were not big or small. They were also skinny and haggard. The two sides were confronting each other, watching each other vigilantly. In the middle of the two groups were their respective groups. Several representatives of the more prestigious are getting together to negotiate.
Xiao En scanned the opposite side, and was taken aback suddenly, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
In another wave of refugee gangs, he suddenly saw the figures of several buddies such as Mag, and even though they were ragged, he recognized them at a glance.
In these days of hiding in Tibet, Sean never missed a few friends who had scattered. Because the ruins of the city were too large, and various communication signals were blocked by Ruilan, he always searched to no avail. He was always worried about Ma Ge and others met unexpectedly, and unexpectedly met by chance today, without suffering.
"Mag...Mag!"
Sean was surprised, ignoring the others, raised his arms, and called Mag's name in a hoarse voice.
Because of her weakness, she couldn't make a loud voice, but it still attracted the attention of some people.
Mag, who was not far away, moved his ears and cast his eyes in confusion, looking for who was calling his name.
But at this moment, the harsh engine roar suddenly sounded, from far to near.
"Tututututututu-"
I saw an armed convoy of Ruilan rampage on the badly damaged streets of the city, drove straight toward this side, and seemed to lock its position.
"Ruilan!"
"Run!"
The two refugee gangs were so frightened that they fled in panic and dispersed.
Sean's voice was immediately covered by the riots, and Mag waited until his best friend did not see him, turned his head and ran. Although Xiao En wanted to chase after him, he was panicked when the Ruilan motorcade was approaching fast, and he could only run away with the refugee group on his side.
At this moment, the Ruilan convoy came to kill in mighty force, and groups of heavily armed Ruilan soldiers got out of the car and chased the refugees separately.
At the same time, the armed convoy turned on the loudspeaker and shouted in a deep voice at the escaping refugees:
"Stop running, stop fighting, we will take you to the refugee camp, as long as you are obedient, Ruilan will provide supplies to ensure your survival!"
Some refugees have had enough of this kind of life, and they have already supported them to their limit. Hearing the words, they vented their hearts and fell to the ground weakly. They stopped running, and let the Ruilan soldiers who came up behind them hold them.
There were also some refugees who did not believe in Ruilan and continued to run wildly. However, they were exhausted, unable to run away from Ruilan soldiers, and fell to the ground one by one like rabbits caught by others.
With the help of the refugees behind to delay the footsteps of Ruilan soldiers, Xiao En almost used the energy of feeding and ran into the ruins, but his body had reached the limit. He knew that there was absolutely no way to escape if he ran like this. Suddenly saw the gap between the building fragments, I simply chose one to go in, praying to avoid it.
Boll, who followed him, saw Sean's movements, and he was frightened. He also hurriedly hid in the cracks of the ruins of the building.
Xiao En only showed half of his face, looking at the situation outside in shock, watching the refugees outside being pushed down one by one, some of them struggled too intensely, and they were directly knocked out by Ruilan soldiers.
As his gaze turned, Sean suddenly saw Mag and other besties.
I saw that Mag and the others were finally caught up. Several Ruilan soldiers rushed up and smashed them on the cheeks of Mag and others with their rifles, knocking them to the ground, and quickly completed the subduing.
Xiao En was afraid and anxious, trying to find a way to save people, but his brain was in chaos and he had no clue. He looked at the heavily armed Ruilan soldier, his heart was trembling with fear, his legs trembled, and he never stepped out. On the contrary, his body shrank deep into the cracks, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out.
In the end, he could only watch as the blood-stained buddies were dragged into the car by Ruilan soldiers as if they were dragged to death by dogs, leaving a few winding blood stains on the ground.
Sean's lips were pale and trembling.
There was never a moment when he hated himself so weak that he couldn't do anything.
Before long, the refugees who were too late to hide were all caught by Ruilan soldiers. Soon there was a group of soldiers holding weapons and searching here.
Sean couldn't care about worrying about others, and subconsciously covered his mouth and did not dare to breathe.
At this moment, Boll, who was also hiding in the gap not far away, took the initiative to walk out with his hands high, trembling all over, plopping and kneeling on the ground, his expression on his face mixed with fear, anxiety, and hope.
"I... I don't resist!"
The Ruilan soldier went up to control Boll without saying a word, acting rudely.
Boll was in pain, and subconsciously turned his head to look at where Shaun was hiding.
Sean's brain was stunned. Before he could react, the sound of footsteps outside quickly approached, and a big hand slammed into the gap, grabbed his clothes and pulled hard.
He couldn't resist the strength of Ruilan soldiers at all, and he threw himself out, his clothes still being grasped by his solid arms, his feet glared like a flapping fish, struggling subconsciously.
But at this moment, another Ruilan soldier quickly stepped forward, and the **** of the rifle quickly enlarged in Sean's eyes.
Boom!
Sean's vision went black and instantly lost consciousness.
...
I don't know how long it took, the downed brain gradually restarted, and Sean only felt that his headache was splitting, and his forehead was burning.
Shaun opened his eyes with difficulty, only to feel that everything in his sight seemed to have a double image, as if it were blurred.
There were bumps on Thursday and Monday. He endured dizziness and looked around. He found that he was in a moving carriage, surrounded by some captured refugees, with a sad face. There were familiar faces from the same group as well as those from Mag's group. Strange refugees, it's just that Mag's best friend is not in this car.
"you're awake?"
Ball was also in the car and hurried over.
Hearing a familiar voice, Sean turned his head and looked at him, his eyes becoming quite complicated.
"You... forget it."
He originally wanted to ask Boll why he was exposed, and it hurt himself, but he had the answer in his heart before he could speak, so he didn't ask, just sighed.
But Boll lowered his head, whispered, and whispered: "You understand our situation, it is impossible to escape, and if you continue to wander outside, we will definitely starve to death and be taken away by Rui Lan, it's better... "
"Needless to say... my head hurts so badly, how is it?" Shaun was so flustered that he didn't want to talk about it anymore and moved away from the subject.
"It's swollen here, but it's okay, it's not a big injury."
"That's good."
Sean sat up, took a breath, struggling to the car window and looking out.
I saw the convoy drove out of the ruined area of the city and came to the original suburbs.
A continuous temporary camp appeared in the distance. It was one of the refugee camps set up by Ruilan, but in Xiao En's eyes, it was like a big mouth of a beast, waiting for its prey.
"Are we able to survive?" Shaun said uneasy.
Perhaps because there is no other way to choose, Boll seems to have grasped the only life-saving straw, leaving only blind trust in his own choice, nodding vigorously:
"As long as you are obedient and obedient, you will be able to."