Eternal Night

Chapter 205 After the Third War
The three of them had no idea what Wu Xianxiao was saying, but they didn't care. They seemed to think Wu Xianxiao was a madman.

At this time, the driver of the pickup truck in front of him who was repairing it suddenly ran over. The driver was a middle-aged strong man with a big beard. He shouted urgently: "Oh no! A huge thing is approaching us! Run, run!"

The three of them were shocked, and immediately their faces were filled with despair.

This is the desert Gobi, and outside there is a storm. Where can they run to? How far can they run?
As soon as the bearded middle-aged man finished shouting, the three people immediately felt the ground shaking, and then a huge great white shark head jumped out from the sand, roaring silently at the broken pickup truck and everyone.

"It's really amazing. Why is the shark head combined with the submarine? And this submarine is too small, right? I also saw it eating. Where did the flesh and blood go? Could there be intestines or something inside the submarine?" Wu Xianxiao looked at the shark submarine in front of him, and he said to the four frightened people in amazement.

The four of them all looked at him as if he was a madman. The two young men shouted at the same time, "Is this the time to talk about this?!"

Wu Xianxiao spread his hands and complained: "What else can you say? Ah, your meat is so attractive to it, ah, your legs can't run away, ah, this car broke down at a really bad time."

The four of them glared at Wu Xianxiao.

Then at this moment, the shark submarine suddenly jumped into the air, jumped up to a height of four or five meters, and fell from above, biting Wu Xianxiao directly.

The four of them were stunned.

"Grass mud horse!"

"I'm easy to bully, right?!"

At this moment, a roar came from the mouth of the huge shark head, and the four people heard a bang, and half of the shark head exploded directly. Wu Xianxiao hammered with one hand, hammering the rotten shark's mouth open and knocking the shark head flying up, then he stepped on the ground the moment he landed.

It should have been soft sand, but when Wu Xianxiao stepped on it, shock waves rippled out, as if he was stepping on concrete. Then he jumped ten meters high and kicked the flying shark's head hard, actually blowing it up with one kick.

The shark's lower body, which was the submarine, began to twitch and bleed, with red blood mixed with black oil. Wu Xianxiao was still not satisfied, and kicked the submarine's hull from above, bending it upside down, revealing many mechanical parts and flesh and blood debris.

"Isn't that possible? Come on, have fun!"

Wu Xianxiao cursed angrily and slapped the submarine hull with his hands. In fact, he was still complaining about others, but who knew that the target of this shark submarine was actually himself?
This is really embarrassing.

The four of them were completely stunned, their eyes almost popped out of their heads.

After a while, the middle-aged driver said in disbelief: "It's actually true... Super soldiers really exist. I thought it was a joke..."

Wu Xianxiao then walked towards the four people. All of them were trembling, but Wu Xianxiao did not get too close to them. Instead, he said from a distance: "Don't be afraid, I'm fine."

No, what do you mean by no weapons?

The four of them didn't dare to speak, but Wu Xianxiao didn't approach quickly, but walked slowly. Their emotions also stabilized a little, and they knew that Wu Xianxiao had no ill will towards them, otherwise he would have knocked them to the ground with one slap.

When Wu Xianxiao approached, one of the young men immediately asked, "Brother, how did you do it? You penetrated the shark submarine with your bare hands!?"

Wu Xianxiao thought for a moment and said, "Eat and sleep on time, have a regular work and rest schedule, and practice martial arts well."

Sister Li immediately waved her hand and said, "Don't say these useless things, my friend, why don't you hurry up and pick up the shark tooth? We'll use this car to take you to town, but we'll get one tenth of the reward, okay?"

Wu Xianxiao was stunned for a moment, and Sister Li thought that she was asking too high a price, so she immediately said, "One twentieth... one fiftieth! We need fuel to drive this car!"

Wu Xianxiao waved his hand and said, "No, what I mean is, I heard you say before that the reward was so many tons... What kind of currency is this ton? Why can currency be described in tons?"

The four of them looked at each other, confused for a moment. After a few seconds, the middle-aged driver suddenly exclaimed, "Are you the pre-war sleeper?
Wu Xianxiao was stunned. He immediately thought of himself as a future person frozen in the 21st century. With this calculation, he could indeed be considered a pre-war sleeper. Even if he was not the so-called pre-war sleeper in this world, the difference was not too big.

He nodded in response. The four people had complicated expressions, but they also let down their guard. Sister Li immediately called out, "Don't talk about this for now. Woof woof, ladder, come on, let's go and bring the tooth back!"

The names of these two young men were so random that Wu Xianxiao immediately thought of Yamadea, no...Wangwang and Tizi, so should he call him Big Brother?

The middle-aged driver watched Sister Li and the two young men run towards the Shark Submarine. He then walked up to Wu Xianxiao and took out two hand-rolled cigarettes with a painful expression. He handed one to Wu Xianxiao and lit one himself, saying, "My name is Big Brother. What's your name, brother?"

Wu Xianxiao took the cigarette, rubbed it hard with two fingers, and the cigarette was lit directly. He was taking a puff when he heard the middle-aged driver's words, and he immediately spat out the cigarette mixed with saliva.

The big brother patted Wu Xianxiao on the back and said, "It's powerful, draw slowly."

Wu Xianxiao just coughed twice, and the blood in his body turned, then he stood up and said, "No, this has nothing to do with strength, okay? You... forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything, so you haven't answered me yet, what currency is ton?"

The big brother took a puff of cigarette and said, "Pure fresh water. All the bounties and all the monetary equivalents are for pure water. This shark submarine is the biggest scourge in this area. The Mercenary Association has tried to get rid of it many times, but it can dive into the sand and cannot be found after hiding. Therefore, its bounty price is very high, as much as 8,000 tons of pure fresh water."

Wu Xianxiao was stunned, then smoked silently.

The situation in this dream world was worse than he had expected.

The so-called equivalent exchange items are either precious and rare things, such as gold, or things that are necessary for human beings, such as food and cloth, or energy after technological civilization, such as oil, which can actually be regarded as half-equivalent exchange items.

And the equivalent exchange in this world is actually pure fresh water...

"Is there no ocean in this world?" Wu Xianxiao asked in a deep voice.

The big brother shook his head and said, "No, there is also the ocean. Otherwise, we would have died long ago and the earth would have become a barren planet. However, there are too many terrifying biochemical beasts in the ocean and they are too scary. It is absolutely unimaginable for life on land... Let's put it this way, can you imagine a 1,500-meter-long blue whale super battleship? This is still a medium threat among the ocean monsters, so there is no way to build a base or city on the coast, and naturally there is no way to purify the sea water." Wu Xianxiao asked doubtfully, "What about rivers and the like? What about rain?"

Big Brother smiled bitterly and said, "No, all the recyclable fresh water on land is gone. Since the mid-World War III, when the bio-beast craze began to appear, the environment of the entire earth has changed dramatically. All lakes and rivers have dried up, and except for very rare cases, it doesn't rain anywhere in the environment I know of. Now all fresh water comes from groundwater."

At this time, Sister Li and the other two were dragging a set of huge shark tooth frames with iron chains. The frames were about two meters long and sparkled with metallic luster.

Sister Li heard this and said, "Besides, the water now is not as good as it was before the war. In addition to being used for drinking and growing food, it is also the source of energy for all vehicles."

Wu Xianxiao asked in confusion: "What does that mean? All vehicles are now starting to burn boilers? Steampunk?"

The big brother smiled bitterly and shook his head. He waved at Wu Xianxiao and took him to the front of the pickup truck. He opened the lid and Wu Xianxiao saw a huge engine that was still smoking. The key point was that this engine looked really scary, because it was a combination of two-thirds machinery and one-third flesh and blood, and the surface of the engine was covered with blood vessels and muscles!
The big brother pointed at the engine and said, "This is already the second generation of fresh water powered engine. It is sold in the town. It costs one hundred tons of fresh water, or ten tons of food, or the equivalent of biological beast bodies and parts. It is not expensive, but it is not cheap either. This is the most expensive thing in my car."

At this time, Sister Li and the other two had already placed the teeth on the cart. The eldest brother began to check the pickup truck and took out a bucket of fresh water to pour it into the engine. Wu Xianxiao then sat on the rear panel of the cart.

"Let's split the profit 50-50." Wu Xianxiao said to Sister Li.

Sister Li, Wangwang, and Tizi were all stunned. They couldn't believe what they heard, but Sister Li didn't say anything euphemistic or modest. She immediately said to Wu Xianxiao, "Okay, I'll take your favor. I really need money. Four thousand tons is enough to buy a whole shelf of anti-inflammatory drugs... I will take you to my house later. I can let you sleep anytime you want."

Wu Xianxiao was just drawing the butt of his cigarette when he choked and started coughing again.

On the contrary, Sister Li, Wangwang, and Tizi thought that this was too normal. When they saw that Wu Xianxiao even choked on a cigarette, there was some disdain in their eyes.

Although but but... Even though they saw with their own eyes that Wu Xianxiao crushed the shark submarine to death with a few punches, they still felt that Wu Xianxiao was very weak, just a pre-war good family boy who would cough even when smoking a cigarette.

Wu Xianxiao calmed down Daphne, who was pecking at him in his pocket and bounced to sit beside him, attracting the attention of Sister Li and the other two. At the same time, she was laughing secretly. Then she said to Sister Li and the other two, "Let me introduce you. Wu Xianxiao is considered a sleeper before the war."

Sister Li generously extended her hand and shook hands with Wu Xianxiao, saying, "Li Mucha, next to me are Wangwang, Ladder, and the one driving the car is Da Geda. We are C-level mercenaries, with our base in Liusha Town... You can ask anything you want, and we will tell you everything we know."

Wangwang smiled and said, "Four thousand tons, I'm willing to sacrifice my life for it."

Ladder also nodded seriously.

Only Wu Xianxiao felt a little sad.

Four thousand tons of fresh water may sound like a lot, but in the 21st century, it only costs tens of thousands of dollars, and these tens of thousands of dollars can actually make four people risk their lives...

Wu Xianxiao paused for a few seconds to dispel the sadness, and then asked: "Tell me about the war. Tell me as much as you know. I won't mind."

Li Mucha seemed to be the leader of these four people. She was smart enough. Just from her name, you could tell that she was very different from these three people. At this time, she was telling Wu Xianxiao about the past of this world.

World War III broke out.

Li Mucha herself didn't know exactly how the outbreak occurred, and that happened a hundred years ago. At that time, not to mention her, even her grandfather might not have been born yet.

In short, after the outbreak of World War III, the whole world started fighting. At the beginning, everyone was quite conservative and many super weapons were not used. However, as the war became more and more intense, this concern gradually disappeared.

In order to avoid a nuclear doomsday scenario, the strongest country at the time gathered the country's scientific strength to develop a global decay device, which could destroy all nuclear weapons in the world, including its own. Through this decay device, all radioactive materials on the surface and within a thousand meters underground would be decayed and decomposed. Even if there were radioactive minerals below a thousand meters, no country, including that country, would be able to possess nuclear weapons in a short period of time.

I thought that with the ban on nuclear weapons, this war would never become the end of the world, but...

"The biochemical beast has appeared."

Li Mucha said calmly, "That was eighty years ago. As for whether it was the first biochemical beast, that is not something I can know. Anyway, when the first biochemical beast appeared, all countries thought it was a secret weapon developed by the enemy, so they studied and robbed each other of the remains, blood, parts, etc. of the biochemical beast. Then they soon discovered that the biochemical beast was not a product of any country, its origin was unknown, and it was highly contagious."

"Its blood, parts, and even the gas it breathes are all infectious. All life forms infected by it, except humans, animals, plants, fungi, etc., will begin to merge with the inorganic matter around their bodies and eventually turn into killing weapons and various bizarre things. When countries discover this, it is too late to completely stop the arrival of the bio-beast craze."

"I've seen a video. It was taken in a city called Sydney when the bio-beast craze first swept the world. The rats on the ground had weapon frames split out of their backs, and then fired bullets to kill any humans in sight. The cockroaches on the ground fired lasers from their eyes to penetrate the walls. The birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and even the crabs, all turned into a combination of machinery and flesh."

Wu Xianxiao listened silently. The more he listened, the weirder it seemed to him...

Because this combination of organic and inorganic matter really sounds like the person who dropped the fragment of the Titan's Heart in his hand, that is, the giant.

"But we humans still have hope." Li Mucha said.

Wu Xianxiao looked at her in confusion. Before Li Mucha could say anything, Tizi and Wangwang excitedly said, "Chariot!"

Li Mucha said affirmatively: "Yes, chariot!"

"After the bio-beasts craze swept through, humans suffered heavy casualties. Almost all the original cities, countries, and tribes were broken up and destroyed. That was sixty years ago, and twenty years after the bio-beasts craze, the first super machine was discovered! It was infected with the bio-beast virus... maybe it was a virus, maybe it was radiation, anyway, it was infected by this thing and turned into a tank, which has a powerful combat power that surpasses most bio-beasts!!"

The big brother also shouted from the cockpit: "This freshwater power engine is also made by simulating the super machine engine, but it needs to use the materials and parts of the biochemical beast, and it is far less powerful than the super machine."

Wu Xianxiao nodded silently, and then he suddenly asked: "If super machine refers to a super-evolved tank or something, then..."

"What is a super soldier?"

(End of this chapter)