Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

Appearing in the outside world again, the place was the same suburb as last night.

Like Veldin’s box, Chen Xi also relies on a certain medium to enter his own wasteland - his own card.

However, he was not sure whether this thing would remain invisible after entering the wilderness, so he chose to enter in the suburbs. This would reduce the risk of exposure and would not cause unrest because of his sudden appearance in the town.

Holding Anya's hand, the two of them once again stepped into this place that could perhaps be called a town.

Because of the complicated situation in the town, Chenxi refused Anma's request to transform into a human form and hold Chenxi's other hand. As Anma groaned with regret, the nauseating smell of blood in the air grew stronger.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel that there are more eyes looking at me today than before, and there’s an inexplicable fierceness in these eyes.

After passing one low thatched hut after another, a figure suddenly rushed out from the blind spot behind Chen Xi and called him.

"Sir, please wait a moment."

It was an old voice that sounded somewhat familiar. When they turned around, they saw that it was the old man who had begged them for food yesterday.

"What's the matter?"

He turned around and immediately protected Anya behind him, put one hand on Daowu at his waist, and stared at the old man in front of him vigilantly.

"Thank you so much for believing in an old man like me and giving me food yesterday.

I managed to bring that thing back home, and it saved my little daughter's life. I told her about your story, and she said she wanted to thank the big brother who saved her life in person.

I wonder if you can agree to my last request, to see my daughter, so that I, an old man, can die peacefully."

"Are we familiar?"

As if he had not expected this to happen, the cold words startled the old man. The joyful expression on his face froze, his mouth opened and closed, and then he was about to kneel down again, trembling as if he had suffered a huge blow.

"stand up!"

It's really unbearable. If it was when he first came to this world, he would have followed without saying a word. But after experiencing so much, he now just wants to live his own life well and save or take care of the people he cares about. He really doesn't want to care about other trivial matters.

"I came here for only one purpose, to find the person in charge here. I have a child who's lost here, and I want to talk to her parents. Her name is Lovell."

When he heard the name, Chen Xi sensitively caught the flash of surprise in the old man's eyes, but he did not speak first, waiting for the other party's reaction.

"Okay, okay. I understand. I'm willing to take you to find her family, then..."

"I agree to your request."

"Thank you...thank you."

Chen Xi and Anya followed the old man from a distance. At this time, Anya couldn't help but ask:

"Chen Xi, why don't you just agree to him?"

Seeing the confusion and curiosity in Anya's eyes, Chen Xi explained to her in a low voice. However, what he didn't know was that Anya's curiosity was not about the question he had just asked, but about the subsequent experience and this small town that made her inexplicably excited.

"When this person came to us yesterday, he first set his sights on you, but today he called me first.

In a team, women are always easier targets to break through and are more likely to achieve their goals by showing weakness.

Since his target has changed today, it's very likely something else has happened in the interim. We must proceed with caution. If I hadn't sensed that this place contained no threats, I would never have agreed to his request."

Anya, who was a little confused after hearing what she heard, quickly forgot about it and followed Chen Xi obediently, continuing to look at the surrounding houses with curiosity.

The old man was leading the way in front. Following his steps, the houses around them became more and more inexplicably, and the disgusting smell in the air became heavier.

Then he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Chen Xi.

"I'm sorry, sir."

As he finished speaking, more than a dozen people armed with sticks, hammers, and machetes walked out from the surrounding houses one after another.

Greedy and bloodthirsty smiles rippled across their faces, and the dark red marks on their weapons seemed to record their past uses.

Chen Xi showed an expression of "as expected", and immediately spread his hands out in boredom.

"Anya."

"Roger that!"

The light blue snow mist turned into a huge ice sickle in her hand. Without giving Chen Xi any further instructions, she rushed out excitedly.

Screams came one after another, and the people who were knocked away drew a funny parabola in the air and landed in a circle about five meters away from Chen Xi.

After finishing everything, she dismissed the sickle and jumped to Chen Xi, looking as if asking for praise.

"Well done."

Patted Anya's head.

"But for people like this, remember to cut the grass at its roots."

After understanding Chen Xi's meaning, a guy who seemed to be the leader fell to the ground, covered his chest, waved his hands in fear and backed away.

"Wait...wait a minute!"

However, he was not given the chance to continue speaking. All he was greeted with was a snap of Chen Xi's fingers, followed by a wind blade.

Blood gushed out of the throats of more than a dozen people like a fountain, drenching the kneeling old man in tomato-colored sweat. Chen Xi, who activated the wind field, naturally didn't want to get any blood on himself or Anya.

Stepping out of the circle of corpses, Chen Xi came to the old man and leaned over to ask:

"why?"

A crack appeared on the completely red cheek, and words with a trembling end leaked out from it.

“My daughter died, she died in the famine.

And I ate her...

I don’t want to live anymore, but I have other family members who said they will provide us with food in the future.”

"Even if this is what you eat?"

Chen Xi pointed at the circle of bloody "food".

"We have no choice."

The old man's waist bent again, and he crawled on the ground with his body shaking uncontrollably. No matter what Chen Xi asked, he remained silent.

With a sigh, Chen Xi stood up, and with a flash of cold light, he rewarded him with the thing he desired most now - death.

The bloody head fell among the corpses with a bitter smile, on the only clean piece of land cleared by Chen Xi.

From a bird's-eye view, this place looked like a distorted work of art, but Chen Xi had no intention of appreciating this art which was a bit too advanced for him.

As for the people poking their heads out of the surrounding houses, it might be more appropriate to compare them to hyenas smelling meat on the grassland.

After letting out a long sigh, Chen Xi seemed to have changed his attitude. He took a deep breath and a bright smile suddenly appeared on his cheeks.

No longer cautious, he casually rushed into a hut with a somewhat crazy attitude and grabbed the trembling man living alone inside.

"Brother, can you please show me the way? How do I get to your place?"

Chen Xi was holding a whole bag of bread that smelled of butter and honey just out of the oven.

"Shall we go? It's just a simple matter of leading the way.

As soon as we get there, these will be yours. But don’t try to play tricks on me, or else…”

He signaled with his eyes to the circle of corpses behind him, but the man selectively ignored his threat and stared at the bread in his hand.

"Well, happy cooperation~"

She stretched out her hand with a smile, but the man in front of her was like a broken robot, with eyes only for the bag of bread that exuded fatal temptation.

Chen Xi, who was quite speechless, took out a piece from it, and the man's eyes followed Chen Xi's movements.

"go."

He casually threw the bread far away, and the man immediately pounced on it, grabbed the bread and swallowed it along with the sand and stones.

The man's protruding Adam's apple rolled up and down once, and then he opened his mouth and gasped for breath.

She watched him swallow the food with satisfaction, but before he could cast another eager look at her, a wind blade had already cut through his throat which was constantly opening and closing.

Without even looking at the fallen body, Chen Xi raised the bread in his hand and shouted to the people around him:

"Is there anyone still sensible? The conditions are the same, there's only one chance, first come first served~"

After the sound of blood splattering completely disappeared, the entire venue was silent.

After a long time, the dry sound of a wooden door suddenly rang out, and an even more shriveled woman walked out.

"I...I'll do it."

Throwing the bread in her hand from a distance, Chen Xi waited for her reaction. The woman caught the flying object, took a deep look at it, and then looked up at Chen Xi with a questioning look.

Nodding with satisfaction, Chen Xi took Anya's hand and continued on their journey. But behind them, after they left, the restless crowd quietly stuck their heads out, silently and quietly dragged away the corpses, and returned to their dark nest.