Chapter 001: Alan
The dawn of the calendar is 423 years.
On the first Sunday of June, the black and yellow earth fell silent.
In one corner of the land, a stone moved, and a rock scorpion nearly a meter long arched open and crawled out. After Daybreak, 50% of the original planetary species on Earth have completely disappeared. However, most of the remaining creatures have evolved into dangerous creatures.
The surviving humans, calling these creatures "dangerous species".
The rock scorpion was looking for food, and a huge aura suddenly rose from afar. The aura was so great that it was like a mountain coming from the sky. When the scorpion looked up, he saw a shadow creeping in.
The shadow is so vast that it stretches almost the entire horizon. It moved at a slow but constant pace, casting a shadow on a floating island the size of Texas, one of humanity's greatest creations since Daybreak. Powered by the energy of the Rubik's Cube, the floating island of Babylon constantly orbits the planet like a near-Earth satellite according to a set orbit.
It wasn't until evening that the floating island of Babylon became a silhouette in the distant sky. At this time, the Gobi was lively again. Some of these dangerous species, such as the rock scorpion, are gradually moving towards the western edge of the Gobi, where there is a small town where the people make a living from mining. Humans, on the other hand, are the best food in the eyes of dangerous species.
The town is small and inhabited by hundreds of people. The houses are simple, and the iron shacks that can protect them from the wind and rain are already mansions. More often than not, there are bungalows built haphazardly with wooden planks and rusty iron sheets.
On the outskirts of the town is a ring of barbed wire, with a wooden fence sharpened at one end. They are effective in preventing some low-level dangerous species from breaking into the town, and at night, three or five hunters act as guards, holding torches at the exit of the town.
The night wasn't necessarily completely dark, in the wilderness outside the town. Blue, green, red, a little bit of strange fluorescence is swimming. Suddenly, a rough gunshot rang out from the entrance of the town, and the sound of gunpowder and guns echoed across the night wilderness, so that the fluorescence that swirled in the night was much less.
One wears a cowboy hat and a patched checkered shirt. A man in a pair of frayed jeans and legs in oil-stained boots is putting away his double-barreled shotgun, which still emits smoke. He was in the prime of life, with gray-blue eyes, and a blue beard as hard as steel thorns on his well-defined face.
"Damn, there are more and more dangerous species." The man cursed in a low voice.
"Come on, Uzi. You're the best hunter in our town, and the more dangerous species, the more you earn? I think you're stealing fun. A bald-headed black man quipped, with an eyepatch pinned to his left eye and a mechanical prosthetic leg under his right leg. The black man carried a submachine gun, which was second-hand, but more powerful than the shotgun in the cowboy's hand.
"Shut up, Pig. I'm serious. Cowboy said a little annoyed.
"Okay, Pig, don't mess with Uzi, he's not in a good mood right now." The last hunter, with a miner's hat on his head and a leather jacket on his body, looked a bit unconventional. He played with a dagger in his hand, and the dagger swirled between his fingers as lightly as if it were spiritual, reflecting the firelight in the dark night, pulling out circles of orange rainbow light.
The black man patted his head and laughed, "By the way, I almost forgot that tonight Lannie seems to be giving birth." ”
"It's not the worst, Pig. The biggest problem is that our Uzi boss doesn't seem to even kiss Lannie's little mouth, but they are about to give birth. ”
Then an arrogant and slightly sarcastic laugh sounded at the entrance of the town, and then Uzi's angry voice echoed in the night sky: "God above, if you don't shut up, I'll stab your assholes with this gun!" ”
However, instead of working, the angry shouting made the two of them laugh even louder. Just as Uzi was about to act, a woman's scream rang out from the town. Hearing this scream, all three hunters looked into the town. The black man sighed, "I don't know which bastard had such good luck to be able to take Lanny's hot girl." But that bitch actually abandoned a woman like this, and she really wasn't a fucking man! ”
The knife-playing hunter looked at the cowboy and said in a deep voice, "What are your plans, Uzi?" Lanny is no longer a girl, but a mother. ”
"No matter who she is, I will take care of her!" Uzi's tone is irrefutable.
Under the dark night, at the entrance of the town, a soft sigh that seemed to be absent drifted away with the wind.
In a reasonably reasonable tin house in the center of town, several middle-aged women circled around a bed.
"A little more force, Lanny. I can already see his little head. ”
"For God's sake, hold on a little more."
"Yes, exactly. Use the strength of your belly, miss! ”
Production is so difficult, but this is only the first hurdle that the new life has to overcome. Fortunately, this little life has a strong mother, and with a hoarse cry, a new life is finally born.
"Behold, it's a boy." A woman with short hair wrapped the baby in a tattered blanket and placed him in front of his mother's bed.
The young mother looked wearily at her own flesh and bones, her little bloody face, her slender nose, and her big bright red eyes were curiously looking at this strange world. His lips pursed into a knife-like line, with a little stubbornness. Unlike other newborns, he doesn't cry or make trouble, and it's too eerily quiet.
Several women next to them talked a lot, and they didn't close their mouths until they were glared at by the short-haired woman. The short-haired woman said softly, "Lanny, he's your son." Have you already thought of a name? ”
The young mother nodded, looked at the baby, her eyes were full of mixed emotions, but she spat out a sentence in a voice as soft as the wind: "Alan, his name is Alan." ”
When she heard her mother's voice, the baby's expression froze slightly. Then he turned his head to look at the woman who had given birth to him. Finally, the pursed lips took up an arc.
He smiled.
Seeing this immature smile, my mother felt that the fire in her heart seemed to have subsided a lot.
In June of the year 423 of the Dawn Calendar, Alan was born, and the first picture he remembered was his mother's beautiful and tired face. And what people remember is the baby who didn't cry, but no one knows it. Allen, who was just born, already has a memory!
The world is still moving at its own pace, and the gears of time are turning. The nobles of the floating island of Babylon are still having fun, and Mobile, who has just been elected as the new president, has just finished a feast of festivities, and in some inconspicuous corner of the earth, an extraordinary life is born.
Fate always likes to leave a small surprise when people are not expecting.
On the last Saturday of late autumn in the year 428 of the dawn calendar, the sound of clanging sounded in the town.
It was a rallying cry for winter supplies, and as a woman walked down an alley with a large bag of food, a couple of men sitting on the corner nodded and followed.
It's getting late, and night is falling.
In the alley, the woman had spotted the stalker behind her. She quickened her pace, and just as several men were about to make a move, a double-barreled shotgun suddenly reached out from the shadows in the corner, and the jet-black muzzle immediately silenced them.
As he had done five years ago, Uzpin, still dressed in a cowboy outfit, stepped out of the shadows with a shotgun. He was smacking a cigarette on his lips, and it was running out. Uzi spat the cigarette butt up and said in a deep voice, "Get out of here!" ”
Under the threat of firearms, several men gradually retreated and disappeared into the alley. Uzi then put away his gun and walked towards the woman: "I came back in time. Lanie. ”
The woman lifted her headscarf, revealing a beautiful face, and she sighed, "I owe you another favor." ”
"Don't do this, I'm still counting on your free treatment when I'm injured." Uzi lifted his cowboy hat with the muzzle of his gun and smiled openly.
"Come on, I'll carry it for you, it looks heavy enough."
Cowboy takes the bag from Lannie and walks with her back to his house in town. It was a simple tin house, but it was strong enough to keep out the snow and ice in winter. As soon as he entered the house, a small figure crashed into Lannie's arms. Lanny crouched down and picked him up. Under the light was a five-year-old child, but he was a little stronger than children of the same age.
has a rare pale gray short hair, under the reflection of the light, the pale hair is radiant, like thousands of star fireflies.
The boy's childish face already has a knife-like outline, and it is conceivable that when he grows up, he must be a handsome man. It's just that now there is a small bruise on the child's cheek, which makes Lanny frown: "What's going on?" ”
There was a hint of panic in the boy's eyes, and then he looked at Uzi as if asking for help. Uzi smiled and shrugged, indicating that there was nothing he could do. The boy had to bite his lip and said, "Today Moss next door said that I was a white-haired pig, so I ......"
He looked at Lanny, who had a stern expression. The boy had to continue: "So I punched him in the nose, and he pushed me to the ground, and I accidentally hit it." But don't worry, Mom, I've already cleaned up that guy, and he won't dare to scold me anymore in the future. ”
Uzi whistled, "Yes, Alan. Moss, that little guy seems to be a year older than you. ”
"To be right, he's 13 months older than me!" The boy corrected.
Lannie gave Uzi an angry look, and the latter obediently shut up. She sighed, touched the child's hair and said, "Alan, not everything can be solved with fists. Besides, you're always going to run into guys who can't win, so what are you going to do then? ”
The boy's big bright red eyes rolled and blurted out, "I'll run away, and then I'll come back when I'm older and stronger, and then come back to make him look good!" ”
Then he said triumphantly: "But Mom, there is no guy I can't win yet." The things Uncle Uzi taught me were so easy to use. ”
Uzi's face suddenly became embarrassed, and when Lanny turned around, he smiled bitterly, "I only taught him something to protect himself, really." ”
"Well, I suddenly remembered that Pige had something to discuss with me, so I'll leave first."
The cowboy fled, looking at the man's back, Lanny shook his head: "Come on, it's time for us to eat." ”