Chapter 9: Aftermath of the Beat Tide
Facts have proved that the camouflage function of the bunny suit is still very powerful.
It was clear that Gu Mi only wore a hat with bunny ears on top of her head. This was a flaw that could be seen at a glance, just like the glasses of a person wearing underwear in a movie in her previous world.
It's a very perfunctory disguise that pushes people's IQ to the ground.
But in this cave, from the old village chief to the three-year-old child who was coaxed by the rabbit-eared girl in her arms, no one doubted her identity as a rabbit orc.
And because of this, she accepted her easily.
They seemed to regard her with pity as a pitiful, weak girl who was forced to leave the group and wandered alone in the extremely dangerous Ekra forest.
Out of care for her fellow clan, the bunny-eared girl brought her back.
At this moment, Gu Mi was sitting next to the rabbit-eared girl with her knees bent against the wall, holding half of the bread she had stuffed herself in her hand and nibbling at it.
It's not that Gu Mi's eating behavior is too gentle, but this kind of dark brown bread, which is ground into powder with some kind of coarse grain, and then baked after secondary processing is very hard and hard to chew like a stone.
But these people who were frightened by the beast tide did not dare to make a fire to make soup, so they could only eat this kind of unbearable dry food with the few clear water in the cowhide water bag.
The only consolation was that the bread tasted surprisingly good, slightly salty with a hint of wheat.
Having experienced the increasingly severe living environment in the future, Gu Mi is well aware of the preciousness of food, so even if the bread is hard to eat, she has no thought of wasting it.
She silently looked at the refugees in this cave by eating the bread.
Yes, refugees.
After losing the village they depended on for their survival, these aboriginal people who had a family have all become the lowest refugees in the world. From then on, they have to live a precarious life in exile in the wild until they can find the next one who can Accept where they are, or...
fall halfway.
After experiencing the invasion of the beast tide, the number of people who survived in this cave was extremely small, including the old village chief and the rabbit-eared girl, only six.
Among them, the old village chief and an old woman with gray rabbit ears, wrinkled faces, and gray hair were the oldest.
The rest are all children.
Among them, the youngest should be only two or three years old, and the oldest should be no more than ten years old. The rabbit-eared girl who looks about the same age as Gu Mi is actually the only young man among them who is quite useful.
It's no wonder that the task of going out to inquire about news falls on her head.
Because there is no one else but her.
And it is very interesting that these people from the same village are all from different intelligent races.
It seemed that she was going to overthrow her previous conjecture, Gu Mi thought to herself.
This group of people accepted her so easily, not because of her disguise, but because they were extremely tolerant.
Among them, the old woman is a rabbit orc like the rabbit-eared girl.
The old village chief and the older twin boys both had long, pointed ears, and their hair was emerald green like vines.
It was just because of his age that the hair color of the old village chief began to approach the withered yellowness of fallen leaves, which was a feature of the gradual decline of vitality, while the hair color of the two little boys was still verdant green, exuding youthful vitality.
They come from the forest fairies clan.
The last little girl who was gently hugged by the rabbit-eared girl and coaxed to eat berries was a real human being.
She has an oriental face that Gu Mi is familiar with, with black hair and black eyes, and a tender white face, which is extremely cute.
The little girl may also think that Gu Mi looks friendly. At this moment, she is licking the sweet juice flowing out of the berries, and staring at her with curious eyes with clear eyes.
Gu Mi was taken aback.
She couldn't help reaching out and tentatively wanted to touch the little girl's cheek.
Not rejected.
The touch felt like milk jelly. It was silky and soft, and it didn't require any force to poke out a pit of flesh. Maybe it was a little itchy, and the little girl shrank her neck and laughed.
Eyebrows are curved, sweet as candy.
Too bad she didn't have candy on hand.
Gu Mi suddenly felt sorry.
"Little Angel likes you very much." The rabbit-eared girl whispered.
"Angel?" As soon as he heard the name, Gu Mi's subconscious reaction was that it represented the pure and flawless mythical species.
"What angel?"
However, the rabbit-eared girl was puzzled by this.
"Almost forgot..." Seeing her genuine doubt, Gu Mi realized that in this desperate world that was about to fall into eternal darkness, there was no such bright and beautiful mythical creature.
Even if there is, it is a fake and shoddy version.
Not wanting to discuss this topic in depth, she skipped it and said, "My name is Gu Mi, what's your name?" After
being reminded by Gu Mi, the rabbit-eared girl suddenly remembered that she had brought people back for so long, and she actually I haven't been introduced to anyone yet, so I quickly said: "My name is Tu Xiaosi, you can call me Xiaosi, that is my grandma, you can just call her Rabbit grandma, this is the head of our village, you can Call him Grandpa the Village Chief or Grandpa Sen, the two of them are Grandpa Sen's grandsons, the one on the left is Sen Bai, and the one on the right is Sen Hei, as for Little Angel, you should know him."
Xiao Si enthusiastically followed everyone to Gu . Rice introduced a circle.
Because the number of people was relatively small, Gu Mi simply memorized it, matched the names of the people, and greeted them one by one in a friendly way.
Except for the old village chief, everyone's response was not very enthusiastic.
It is also understandable that they have just lost their homes and relatives, and are still immersed in sadness and fear for the future, and they can't pay attention to the stranger Gu Mi for a while.
Inexplicably, the atmosphere at the scene fell silent again.
After a while, a childish little milk voice sounded timidly: "Sister Xiaosi, where are Angel's parents?"
The innocent child who is only two or three years old still does not understand the sadness of the loss of a loved one, or she may not know it at all. Her homeland was trampled and destroyed by mad beasts, and her parents and the rest of the village died heroically to protect their little fire.
Tu Xiaosi couldn't explain the truth to the little girl, so he could only force a smile and say: "They... they went to a far, far place, and they couldn't come back to find Little Angel for the time being, so Little Angel should be obedient and good in the future. Grow up, or when Uncle An and the others come back and see that you are still a small one, they will be angry, you know?"
"Understood, Angel will be obedient." The
little girl smiled sweetly at Rabbit Xiaosi , bowed his head obediently, and no longer asked where his parents were.
But Gu Mi clearly saw the tears in her eyes that she couldn't shed.
When the child is still young, does he really know nothing?
With a sigh, Gu Mi made a decision in his heart, looking at the unfinished bread on hand.
Just for the kindness of this half of the bread, let's send these old and weak women and children to the nearby village.
Of course, she is only responsible for the delivery. As for how the group of people will enter the new village and survive in it after delivery, that is their business.
She is not a philanthropist after all.
In fact, Gu Mi's escort commitment is very heavy.
To put it bluntly, without Gu Mi's help, it would be almost impossible for this group of people to find the next shelter alive through the forest full of monsters and dangers.
Night fell gradually.
The cave was also plunged into a silence that could be heard dropping needles.
This is not because everyone fell asleep, on the contrary, almost everyone opened a pair of awake eyes, quietly staring at the only light source in the dark cave.
That narrow and winding hole.
The faint moonlight poured in slightly from the entrance of the cave, and what it could illuminate was only a little bit around the entrance of the cave, and other more spaces were still engulfed in darkness.
The old village chief and others were hiding there.
They used the darkness to hide themselves and the silence to hide their existence, just praying that the next disaster to come would pass quickly and not affect them.
However, everything has to be prepared for the worst.
Gu Mi and Tu Xiaosi were arranged by the old village chief in the deepest part of the cave to hide with the children.
Above their heads, there is a narrower passage that winds upwards.
If you don't have to fly, it is basically difficult to reach the channel opening.
However, thanks to the amazing jumping ability inherent in the orcs of the Rabbit tribe, Gu Mi watched Tu Xiaosi experiment, and if she worked hard, it wasn't that she couldn't jump up with a child in her arms.
They don't know where to go, but they are the only way out.
The old village chief and Grandma Rabbit, each holding a cane and the only kitchen knife, stood on the left and right at the place closest to the entrance of the cave. Like two door gods, they firmly and fearlessly guarded the front of the children.
Once there is any danger, they will be the strongest line of defense. Even if they fight for this old life, they will give the children a chance to survive!
Time has been stretched infinitely in the long wait.
Suddenly, a roar that penetrated the clouds resounded through the sky.
The aftermath of the beast tide has begun!
After each beast tide, there will be one or two aftermath of the beast tide within one to three days.
The aftermath of the beast tide is not as terrifying as the main beast tide, but it is also very dangerous. The most important thing is that the time and frequency of the aftermath of the beast tide are unstable, and it is easy to hit some unprepared or poorly prepared territories by surprise.
Especially the territories established by the survivors.
When the whole world is connected to the Internet in the future, everyone realizes that the territories of their survivors were initially built, and many of them were destroyed by the aftermath of the beast tide.
Because of the inequity of information with the aborigines and the lack of information in the initial stage, they had no idea that after all the hardships they fought against the main beast tide, there was still such a sudden aftermath of the beast tide.
To the extent that the defense is not as good as it is, and people are destroyed like this, and there is no grievance yet, which is also very hard.
Fortunately, the old village chief is an experienced old village chief.
He had long anticipated that there would be a follow-up to this disaster, and the racial talent of the forest goblin made it easier for him to obtain the information he wanted from the forest, so before the aftermath of the beast swarm came, he did everything he could. the best arrangement.
Even if the viability of this arrangement is extremely slim.
But it's better than sitting still.
The moment the roar started, Tu Xiaosi shook violently and subconsciously held Gu Mi's hand.
She didn't dare to make any sound, and she never said a word of fear, but Gu Mi could clearly perceive the fear that was forcibly suppressed in her heart.
In fact, Tu Xiaosi, who was already sensible and witnessed the destruction of the village with his own eyes, is the one who is most afraid of this beast tide.
But she didn't dare to show any negative emotions in front of her companions, because compared to her own emotional breakdown, she understood more clearly that as the only remaining young man in the village, all of them could only rely on her. .
If even she fell, it would be really hopeless.
There was a rumbling sound from outside, which was the grand grandeur of the galloping beasts.
Even the earth trembled.
However, Gu Mi was extraordinarily calm.
She turned her hand and patted the back of Tu Xiaosi's hand, without deliberately lowering the volume, and said calmly, "Don't be afraid." When the
words fell, she let go of Tu Xiaosi's hand, got up and left the safest hiding place, and walked towards the cave step by step. Mouth, past the stunned old village chief and grandma rabbit, and slowly came to the only light source.
Slowly draw out the two knives.
The silvery blade of the blade was sprinkled under the moonlight, reflecting the sharpness of the deep cold.
Deterred by this momentum, the old village chief and Grandma Rabbit could not help but take a step back and widened their eyes in shock.
"Girl Gu, you..." As soon as the
words started, they were interrupted by a bright silver sword.
I couldn't see how Gu Mi made the knife, but when the blade fell, there was already an extra body of a beast with a corpse under her feet.
I don't know when this small magical beast got in, but before it could attack anyone, unfortunately, it became Gu Mi's ghost.
And, it's not the only unlucky monster.
In the aftermath of the beast tide, there are so many wild beasts, some petite beasts with sensitive five senses or ordinary beasts can find that there are several delicious prey lurking in this hidden cave.
Relying on the advantages that other beasts do not have, they rushed in full of joy, thinking that they could have a full meal, and no matter how bad they were, they would be able to satisfy a violent desire to kill.
Unexpectedly, it became a food delivery.
Still sent in batches.
The strength of the beasts in the aftermath of the beast tide is lower than that of the main beast tide, and the number of beasts among them is also rarer, and most of them are hovering between the first and fifth levels.
With Gu Mi's current level 9 strength, coupled with the natural barrier at the entrance of the cave, which limits the number of monsters that come in each batch, it was really easy for her to kill her.
You don't even need to use skills.
With simple basic attacks and skills, he can kill beasts like chopping vegetables and melons.
Rabbit Xiaosi and others have stared blankly from behind.
She didn't expect that the person she picked up at random was actually such a big killing god.
But I have to say, this is really...
"So handsome!" Sen Bai next to Gu Mi's back exclaimed in admiration. The little boy's eyes were bright and full of yearning.
He also wanted to become as powerful as that sister!
Hearing Sen Bai's words, the other children nodded in unison. At this moment, their young minds deeply understood the meaning of power and longed for it.
Only Rabbit Xiaosi, she stared absently at the corpses of monsters all over the ground, her eyes turning red before she knew it.
Thinking of the ruined village, the villagers who died tragically, and the father and mother who died in the beast's mouth to protect her...
I don't know where the courage came from.
Rabbit Xiaosi suddenly jumped forward, snatched the kitchen knife from grandma's hand, and slashed at a fox-shaped beast with a fierce face, several times in a row, and each time he tried his best, until he was splashed all over his body. Blood, until the other party was completely dead, she suddenly released the handle of the knife, took a few steps back, and fell to the ground, stunned.
"Get up!"
A loud shout suddenly sounded, shocking Rabbit Xiaosi's soul back.
She raised her head in a daze, and saw Gu Milli landed with a knife, chopped off the two rat-shaped monsters that took advantage of the opportunity to attack her, kicked her feet, and kicked the kitchen knife she dropped back to her, cold to her. Mei shouted: "Since you chose to fight, get up for me and continue to kill!"
Since she wanted to fight, she lost the qualification to be protected.
Realizing what Gu Mi meant, Tu Xiaosi didn't complain. She gritted her teeth, picked up the kitchen knife, got up, and continued to rush up to help cut down the monsters.
She is very weak, and can only deal with first- and second-level monsters at most.
But she is fighting!
She is fighting to protect the villagers!
Unconsciously, the expression in Tu Xiaosi's eyes has changed.
Gu Mi noticed this, but didn't say anything, except that his subordinates would occasionally reveal one or two low-level monsters to Rabbit Xiaosi to deal with.
The battle didn't last long.
It may be that he realized that Gu Mi and others are not easy to deal with, and the instinct to survive finally prompted reason to return from the brink of madness, or it may be that the aftermath of the beast tide has passed.
The beasts no longer rushed in desperately, and gradually began to fade away.
When the light broke.
The aftermath of this round of disaster has finally come to an end.