Gu Jun struggled, groped, and searched in that darker place.

The blood on his body is still constantly spilling out, and his dilapidated body is more like a sieve, anything can pass through his body.

Gu Jun didn't know how long he stayed in it, but he had a lot of patience.

Relying on some vague impressions and auras in his distant memory, he finally found a certain door.

When he jumped out of the darkness, he finally crossed the distant sea level and saw the distant and prosperous city in the darkness, with bright lights and noisy fireworks.

Gu Jun didn't know if he was frightened when he was picked up by passers-by on the beach in a coma, and he didn't know how the people in the hospital treated his wounds.

I don't even know what kind of method these people used to find his parents for him so quickly after he disappeared for so many years.

But anyway, he finally came back.

Gu Jun was lying on the hospital bed, feeling the slight scorching pain from the sun shining on his skin outside the window, so he couldn't help showing a slight smile.

"What can I do? When he recovers from his injury, he must still go to school! I don't know how he got here all these years, and whether he can keep up at school."

"The medical expenses are really expensive. You said that the people in the police station are real, so can't you help us pay for it?"

"When I'm talking to you, I know how to pretend to be a dead person. I don't even have an idea. What's the use of you?"

Amidst the quarrels between his parents, or the unilateral accusations, Gu Jun smiled and fell asleep again.

After returning home, it took Gu Jun a long time to get used to getting along and communicating with people again.

For a long time, his parents were worried about his mental problems, and sent him to Children's Hospital for psychological consultation.

But for Gu Jun, such a consultation is meaningless.Because he couldn't really open up and communicate with the consultant.

If he really told the truth, he would probably be sent to a mental hospital.

Just like when he gradually grew up again in this real world and adapted to the life of ordinary people, when he recalled the past many years again, even he himself would think in a trance that it was just what he did. A dream that was too long, so unreal, and so frightening.

Fortunately, Gu Jun has the optimism he inherited from his mother and the perseverance from his father. He tries hard to adjust himself to the real life that he is not used to.

After that, he completed the life goals he had set for himself in that world—going to school and working.

Of course, there are more things that he couldn't complete in the past, such as falling in love and making friends.

You see, how beautiful the real world is, and how can it be compared with that exquisite but empty cage.

"Tch——what are you in a daze for?" Liang Xiao thumped Gu Jun's shoulder helplessly, "I'm talking to you about business. You are a social animal every day, and your girlfriends have run away several times, really. Why don't you consider coming out and doing it with me?"

"I don't think about it." Gu Jun ruthlessly refused.

"Why——" Liang Xiao couldn't help but screamed, "I have money, and you have skills. We can make money easily together. You don't have to be so tired, and I don't have to be whispered by my parents all the time. Don't you think this is the best of both worlds? Why do you always refuse to agree? "

"Because I plan to retire." Gu Jun said while playing the game in his hand intently.

Liang Xiao was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said with a smile: "What's the reason for retirement? You've only worked for two years and then retired. Are you saving enough money and planning to go outside?"

Gu Jun shook his head, and smiled slyly at Liang Xiao, "Guess?"

Seeing the teasing smile on his face, Liang Xiao couldn't help but push him, and smiled deliberately pretending to be wretched: "Tell me, did something good happen to you? Could it be meeting the right girl?" right?"

Gu Jun rolled his eyes and said, "That's all you have in your mind."

"Hey, hurry up and say it," Liang Xiao said impatiently, "If you don't say it again, I'm going to tickle you!"

Gu Jun trembled subconsciously when he heard the words, then quickly moved his buttocks out, and warned: "I tell you, I'm the last one, if you dare to touch me, I'll beat you to death later!"

"You hit me, you hit me, you hit me!" Liang Xiao clung to him stubbornly, paying attention to not daring to greet the itchy flesh on his waist.

Gu Jun was made helpless by his disturbance, and the game in hand was soon over.So he simply threw the game console away, took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff before turning to him and said, "Didn't you always say that you wanted to take me to the bar to learn more? How about it, are you going tonight or not?" ?”

Liang Xiao is a frequent visitor to the bar, and he often hooks up with girls there, but what he plays is what you want and what you want, but he still abides by the rules of the game.

It's just that Gu Jun didn't like this, and never accompanied him to this place.

Seeing Gu Jun speak now, although Liang Xiao was a little surprised, he still enthusiastically took him to a bar with a better environment that he often went to.

As soon as Gu Jun arrived at the bar, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.

He is tall and has long legs, and his body is covered with a thin layer of muscles. Although he looks a little thin on the outside, sharp-eyed people can quickly observe the tight muscles on his body from his walking.

Liang Xiao called a few friends who usually play better, and they gathered for a table.

A few of them came from rich families, and they could be seen from their clothing and behavior, and soon there were beautiful young ladies who came to the door on their own initiative.

There was another sitting next to Gu Jun, it was the first time he met such an active girl.

However, he didn't care too much. He chatted with the girl for a few words, but unexpectedly found that the two of them were able to chat very well.

And just when he was considering whether to invite the girl next to him to have a good night together tonight, Liang Xiao, who was having fun with the friend next to him before, sat down on the other side of the girl and started chatting with her.

Liang Xiao's family is quite wealthy, he is a frequent visitor to nightclubs, and he has a charm of his own.Although the girl was more interested in Gu Jun, she couldn't resist Liang Xiao's temptation.

Besides, Gu Jun didn't make much determination at all. Seeing Liang Xiao acting like this, he sat on the side and watched with a smile, but he didn't interrupt.

Seeing Gu Jun like this, the girl also understood what he meant, so she turned her head and chatted with Liang Xiao.

It's just that everyone played until midnight.When it was almost time to get up, Liang Xiao didn't extend an invitation to the girl, but put one hand on Gu Jun's shoulder, and led him out of the bar.

"Are you interested?" Gu Jun leaned against the car, smoking a cigarette, and said with a smile, "It's like a child who snatches away toys and doesn't play with them."

"I saw that you couldn't handle such a young lady, so I helped you, okay?" Liang Xiao frowned and said, "They are all playboys, how can you play with them? It's your first time, drink Just drink and play for a while, how can anyone get started so quickly."

Gu Jun breathed out the smoke ring indifferently and said, "Didn't you always ask me to come out and try it? You said that you don't have much fun in life, and you will regret it when you get old."

"Then you are not old yet, you should think it over carefully, know what you want, and then decide whether you want to play or not! I am different from you," Liang Xiao said, "It doesn't matter if I get married or not, anyway, my parents Can't control me either."

Liang Xiao's parents divorced and remarried.Although they still care about this son very much, they can't control it somewhat.

Gu Jun took a last breath of the cigarette, threw the cigarette butt under his feet, and crushed it with his toes, "Okay, let's go back."

"Where do you go? Where is yours, or where is mine?"

"I'm not going to your kennel." Gu Jun smiled and said, pushing Liang Xiao into the car.

Then the two returned to his rented apartment, took a shower and fell asleep.

But the next day, he was woken up by Liang Xiao.

Gu Jun opened his eyes dimly, and had a severe headache due to lack of sleep.

He asked helplessly: "What's wrong?"

It's just that Liang Xiao's face was very ugly.

He stood by the bed, holding a piece of A4-sized paper in his hand, pointed to a line of writing on it and asked solemnly: "What does this mean?"

Gu Jun reluctantly raised his head and opened his eyes to look at the piece of paper.

There are some blurred color images on it, and there are a few lines of writing below.

It took Gu Jun a while to recognize what it was, and then he threw his head back on the pillow, rubbed his forehead with his hands, and said helplessly, "Brain tumor."

"That's why you want to retire and go to bars?"

Hearing his friend finally admit it, Liang Xiao showed an incredulous look on his face, "How far is it now? Is there any possibility of a cure? What treatment plan did the doctor give?"

Hearing this, Gu Jun rubbed his eyes vigorously, then let out a breath slowly, and sat up from the bed.

Looking at his friend with a serious face, he had to correct his attitude and seriously replied: "Malignant advanced stage, there is no cure rate, only conservative treatment plan, nothing more than delaying time."

"How did this happen?" After hearing Gu Jun's words, Liang Xiao's face was pale, and his face was full of disbelief, "You obviously look so healthy, and your schedule is much better than mine——"

"So remember to do more physical examinations." On the contrary, Gu Jun reminded him.

It took Liang Xiao longer than Gu Jun to finally accept the news.

But then he started to stare at Gu Jun, urging him to go to the hospital, take medicine, and undergo various treatments every day.

"Why don't you move in and live with me?" Liang Xiao suddenly mentioned one day, "I'll ask an aunt to cook three meals a day for us two."

Gu Jun shrugged his shoulders.Recently, he has re-learned Liang Xiao's stubbornness. As long as he is not too demanding, he is now almost obedient to the other party.

Only in this way, Liang Xiao was willing to let the two of them have a better life for a while.

On the contrary, Liang Xiao did not expect that Gu Jun would agree so easily.

When he just graduated from university before, he also proposed that the two of them live together for a while, but Gu Jun was not so easy to talk to.

Seeing this, he couldn't help being happy again, and then pulled Gu Jun who was lying on the bed playing games and said: "Then let's go to the supermarket to buy something!"

"Wait, wait, wait for me to play well!"

"What are you playing? Go shopping first, you can also play in the car."

As Liang Xiao said, he hurriedly pulled Gu Jun out of the door.

"It's already so hot that I don't even feel it at home." Liang Xiao pushed a cart and walked towards the daily necessities area while saying, "I have toiletries there, but I still need to buy some new ones , buy some food by the way, after all, we have to start a business at home."

Gu Jun nodded indifferently.

This supermarket is in a shopping mall, and the location is quite close to the city center, but there are not many people.

After all, it was daytime on weekdays. Except for Liang Xiao, who was not short of money, and Gu Jun, who had just quit his job recently, most of the people in the same supermarket with them were housewives or retired old ladies. Occasionally there are a few students who seem to skip class.

"When we live together, you will have time to cook soup for me. I haven't had your soup for a long time, and I want to die." Liang Xiao said, planning how to fill the refrigerator again.

"Just use your strength to order me. I'm a patient, so you're fine." Gu Jun said dissatisfiedly, throwing a few canned fruits into the cart.

After coming back for so many years, he still can't change his habit of eating junk food.

It's just that he lost it carefully, for fear of being seen by Liang Xiao's "mother".

Sure enough, as soon as Liang Xiao saw the canned food in the cart, he immediately threw it back, "You think your life is too long, right? You still eat this kind of food now."

"Isn't it because you don't live long, so eat as much as you want?" Gu Jun said with a smile, "Only two cans? Just let me taste it!"

Liang Xiao felt depressed when he heard the words, but he knew that Gu Jun was just playing cheap tricks.

It's just that he had no choice but to follow this routine, so he could only throw the two cans back into the cart with a dark face, and then immediately pushed the cart away from the food area, leaving Gu Jun wandering leisurely behind him with a satisfied expression on his face .

But at this moment, Gu Jun suddenly felt a flash in the corner of his eye.

He looked up and saw a row of windows on the north wall of the supermarket close to the ceiling.

Although the windows were closed tightly at this time, they couldn't block the sudden bright light outside.The light was so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it, but it lasted for a short time.

When Gu Jun came back to his senses, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

However, there was a faint uneasiness in Gu Jun's heart. This feeling was surprisingly familiar, but it was different.

"Did you see the window flicker just now?" Gu Jun turned his head and asked Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao looked at Gu Jun with some doubts, and then looked at the row of windows together with him.

But at this moment, the row of windows suddenly darkened in front of the two of them, and then they heard a faint scream coming from nowhere.

Both of their faces changed.

Most of the other people in the supermarket hadn't noticed anything yet, only a young woman standing not far from them held her son in her arms, watching the row of darkened windows vigilantly.

But immediately Gu Jun heard what seemed to be a large dense mass of objects, falling on the top of the supermarket.The crackling and bang bang finally attracted everyone's attention, and the screams were getting closer.

Everyone in the supermarket showed curiosity on their faces, but except for the row of windows, the whole supermarket was a closed building, so they couldn't see outside.

Gu Jun thought for a while, and regardless of whether the items in the cart had not been paid for, he quickly climbed over the fence of the cash register and ran out towards the exit of the supermarket.

The aisle of the supermarket is directly connected to the shopping mall outside, and through the architectural glass of the shopping mall, he can know what happened outside.

At this time, most people in the supermarket looked at Gu Jun and Liang Xiao who was following him in surprise, only a few young people thought about it and followed.

And then they, together with Gu Jun and Liang Xiao who arrived first, stared dumbfounded at what happened outside.

The first thing that caught their eyes was the suddenly darkening sky and the panicked people on the street.

Through the dim light, several people could see that the people downstairs were running around, trying to hide in nearby buildings.

But what made them panic was not the sudden dimming of the light around them, but the "dark clouds" that covered the sky and covered the entire sky.

Those dark clouds moved very fast, and they rushed towards the pedestrians on the road in large swaths.

And then those people will scream shrill, but the screams can't last long.

Looking carefully, Gu Jun found that it was not dark clouds, but a group of black-feathered red-beaked birds that were larger than ordinary birds.

Those birds all had blood-red sharp beaks and slender and sharp claws.With these two weapons, when they fly past a pedestrian, they can attack a pedestrian with bruises all over his body.

So many such injured and frightened passers-by fell down on the street.

No, not right!These passers-by didn't seem to have fallen down because of panic and injury—Gu Jun took another step forward, and found that the nearest middle-aged man fell to the ground, his arm in a short-sleeved sweater was already covered with bone bones.

But at this moment, the other party was unable to cry out in pain, because his throat had been bitten off, and the blood spattered on the passing black birds, but was soon swayed down by their smooth feathers.

The middle-aged man twitched a few times on the ground, and then stopped moving again.

This situation made the viewers, who were only protected by a layer of transparent glass, feel horrified.

And then the blackbirds found them.

When the blackbirds rained down on the glass windows of the shopping mall, the youngsters were the first to run back in panic.

Gu Jun couldn't help but took another step forward, and after carefully looking at the middle-aged man lying on the street, he followed Liang Xiao to the supermarket.

There are too many glass facades in this mall, it is definitely not a safe place.

Seeing that the glass was about to be smashed by those strange birds, Gu Jun and Liang Xiao ran back to the entrance of the passage, and after looking around for a while, they found the sliding door between the passage of the supermarket and the shopping mall.

But this door cannot be pulled directly with the arm, because the ceiling is too high, and it is simply out of reach.

Gu Jun hurriedly found a cashier, stretched out his hand to grab the other person's neck, and asked with a fierce look on his face, "Who can close this door?"

As he said that, he slammed his hands hard enough that the cashier's scream was locked in his throat.

However, his survival instinct still made him stretch out his hand, tremblingly pointing at a capable woman standing beside the service desk.

After that, Liang Xiao didn't need Gu Jun's order at all, and immediately ran towards the woman.

He made a more ruthless attack, directly grabbed two nail buttons from the clothes in the supermarket, and stuck them in the woman's throat, forcing her to enter the password at the switch of the sliding door as quickly as possible.

When the sliding door began to fall slowly, Gu Jun, who was standing by the door, heard a clear sound of glass shattering, and then a piece of black suddenly rushed towards the aisle. At this time, the people in the supermarket gradually Feel flustered.

Seeing this, Gu Jun took a deep breath, and after looking at Liang Xiao, the two turned their heads and jumped up on the spot.

The slender bodies of the two young men opened suddenly, and their amazing jumping ability allowed them to reach the sliding door that was still falling slowly at the moment when they jumped to the highest point.

The two of them used their own weight to make the sliding door fall rapidly, and the moment before the blackbird army passed through the sliding door, they completely closed the door.

The few blackbirds that passed through the sliding door immediately got into the crowd. Even though they hadn't seen the attack power of this strange bird, people still subconsciously panicked and dodged.

But Gu Jun didn't care about all this, and then dragged the supermarket manager and started running to the lower floor.

There was another exit on the lower floor of the supermarket, and he had to close the door before a large number of strange birds invaded.

Having seen the blackbirds rushing towards them before, this time the female manager of the supermarket didn't need to threaten at all, she cooperated very well.In order to keep up with Gu Jun and the others, she threw off the high heels on her feet.

But halfway through the lower level, they turned back immediately.At this time, panicked people followed behind them, and a group of strange birds fell behind them.

"There is another door on the second floor!" The female manager of the supermarket ran desperately while shouting at Gu Jun.

She saw a few bone-strewn corpses lying near the gate of the supermarket, and she already understood the horror of these strange birds in her heart.

"What's the password?" Gu Jun suddenly responded and asked anxiously.

"35782314." The female manager said without hesitation.Then she saw one of the two young men with a mask on her face, and her running speed suddenly increased as if she had changed gears. In the blink of an eye, she ran to the front and got on the escalator.

The female manager was so surprised that she almost tripped, but fortunately she was helped by Gu Jun beside her.But then Gu Jun let her go, and ran towards the escalator on the second floor at a faster speed.

At this time, Liang Xiao was already standing at the switch of the sliding door, and quickly pressed the code.

Seeing this, the female manager was so anxious that she couldn't even breathe.

She gritted her teeth, reached out and lifted up her tight skirt as if going all out, revealing her thighs and half of her buttocks in transparent stockings.

Then she was no longer restrained, and Sa Yazi ran forward, the expression on her face became ferocious due to the force.

After the sliding door started to activate, Gu Jun and Liang Xiao stood at the two ends of the sliding door, looking downstairs.

In fact, the speed of the strange bird flying with all its strength was very fast, but probably because it was attracted by the flesh and blood of the people falling behind, the strange bird did not directly rush towards the second floor, but followed behind those people, enjoying the meal wantonly Feast.

This is like a popular saying on the Internet, people don't need to run faster than tigers, they just need to run faster than their companions who are also fleeing with them.

In the end, Liang Xiao controlled the gate and put most of the people and a small group of strange birds into the second floor of the supermarket, but shut out the sporadic screams.

As for the tired and paralyzed people, except for a few who seemed to have lost their loved ones in the disaster, the others were completely in no mood to care about the plight of the outsiders.

I was just glad that I escaped, but at the same time I was exhausted to avoid the attack of dozens of strange birds that followed.

But then Gu Jun reminded them: "There are windows on the north wall of the supermarket, so strange birds can still come in."

The people who had been staying on the second floor, although they heard the screams below, were not particularly aware of the seriousness of the matter, and just looked at them with masked faces.

But those who ran up from the first floor panicked again when they heard this.

The female manager of the supermarket, who pulled down her skirt again, hid aside and took a breath and said to comfort them, "Don't be afraid, it's not glass, it's a screen, and the outside of the screen is a wall, and those strange birds can't get in. When it was designed, it was just The effect of a window is created with the screen, and the screen shows the scene captured by the monitor from outside."

Hearing this, Gu Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief.Then he slowly sat down while leaning against the wall, his lips were shockingly pale.

Seeing this, Liang Xiao leaned down and asked, "Are you okay?"

Gu Jun covered his dizzy head, suppressed the nausea in his stomach and said: "I'll rest for a while, be careful of those black birds, try not to get hurt."

The supermarket manager who didn't know when came over took off his suit and covered his head and face, but handed them two bottles of energy drinks, and then shrank beside them and remained still.

Liang Xiao didn't care about her either, and just picked up the electric mosquito swatter that seemed to be brought up by a family member from the first floor among the many shopping carts.He held it in his hand and waved it a few times, feeling fairly satisfied with the hand.

Then he found a few more clothes to cover his bare hands, wrists, head and face, and stood guard in the corner where Gu Jun was, guarding against the attack of strange birds at any time.

The flying speed of this strange bird is very fast, and it is often difficult for ordinary people to keep up with their speed.

But although this kind of strange bird has strong attack power, it doesn't know how to defend and escape at all.

They will only keep chasing humans to attack, and as long as they fly low and enter the range of human counterattacks, a group of people can still hurt those strange birds.

The people who stayed in the supermarket on the second floor have already learned about the horror of these monsters from those who escaped from death on the first floor.

So everyone worked together, facing the dozens of strange birds that were released, and finally paid a considerable price to shoot down all the strange birds.

A few corpses of strange birds also fell at Liang Xiao's feet. Although the beaks and claws of the strange birds were sharp, their bodies were only flesh and blood.It just looks like an enlarged version of a normal bird, and not much bigger.

Even so, Gu Jun, who had recovered somewhat, looked at the thick dark blood flowing out of the strange bird, and for some reason still felt faintly uneasy.

Those strange birds didn't eat up the injured people on the street, but after eating part of the naked flesh, they discarded it, but they didn't know if there would be any impact.

Finally, all the threats were cleared away, and people began to stay in the supermarket in twos and threes in a somewhat helpless manner.

If you listen carefully, you can still hear small screams coming from outside the supermarket from time to time.Although they still couldn't see anything, it also made them feel uneasy.

"'Sister-in-law' and Lu Zi are fine." Liang Xiao put the phone in his pocket, handed the food from the cooked food area to Gu Jun, and said, "The two boys played all night in the black Internet cafe last night, then Not to mention the windows in the black Internet cafes, you may not even be able to find the doors, so you have escaped a catastrophe."

Gu Jun laughed when he heard this.He also called his father just now, and hung up when he heard that the other party was fine, "Where are your family members?"

Liang Xiao rolled his eyes, "Even if I die, they won't die either."

Even so, Liang Xiao finally called his parents under Gu Jun's urging.After confirming that they are all safe and sound, they are in the mood to fiddle with food.

At night, the lights of the supermarket are always on, and the electricity in this supermarket is manually controlled so that it will not be cut off at night.

And such a bright light will not only not disturb people who want to rest, but also make them feel safe.

The two took several quilts and put together a bedding, and after a tiring day, they leaned together and fell asleep.

It's only in the middle of the night that the danger really begins.

But all of this is a bit insignificant compared to what will happen on Earth later——

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