Chapter 73
Even she is so stupid that she doesn't understand... why does family exist?
in the memories of these years.
All her moments that could barely be called beautiful seemed to exist only in high school.
As for family memories...
To be honest, she would rather forget than remember.
Ever since Qiao Youning can remember.
Her parents' smiling faces never appeared in her memory.
All her parents brought her was abuse and complaints day after day.
From time to time, he would beat her without any scruples for some inexplicable reasons.
As for her brother...
When she was three years old, her family learned to scold her with swear words. When she was in the first grade of elementary school, she even learned how to hit her from her father.
It can be said that she lives in that family and does not understand what dignity is at all.
She was like a servant, even worse than a servant.
But it's all over...
Completely over.
No more people would sneak into her rental house, pick the locks on the door and rummage through the lockers to get change.
No one would bombard her with phone calls every day, asking her to quickly find ways to make money and return home to fulfill her filial piety.
"Let's go."
Hearing this voice, Qiao Youning subconsciously looked back and saw Chen Jing standing not far away, smiling softly at her, with a trace of worry in his eyebrows.
Yes.
Chen Jing knew what she was thinking.
After all, the two of them have too much in common, so many times you can roughly understand it if you put yourself in their shoes.
"I know you must be very conflicted in your heart, but... some things are really unnecessary. Once it is over, it will be over. You have to live for yourself, right?"
"Um……"
Qiao Youning nodded timidly, ran to Chen Jing's side in a few steps, and followed him into the car.
"Where to go first?" Li Mobai glanced at Chen Jing who was sitting in the passenger seat, started the car and drove slowly toward the road he came from, "Go directly to Sentinel Ridge?"
"Let's go home and get our luggage first." Chen Jing's mentality was very calm. After all, he had known about the doomsday before, so he calmed down quickly after a brief shock.
Qiao Youning seems to be the same as before, her submissive character makes her not talkative.
Everything is arranged by them.
They won't hurt me anyway.
She thought so.
"Okay, then I will send you back to get your luggage first, and then go to Sentinel Ridge. After I get you settled, I will bring her back." Li Mobai said.
"You want to bring her back?"
Chen Jing glanced at Li Mobai calmly, the surprise in his eyes was well hidden, at least no one could see it.
"Yes, she has to go to work..." Li Mobai answered calmly and without missing a beat, "Even if the world ends, she still has to go to work, right?"
"Are you sure she still wants to go to work?" Chen Jing asked.
"Otherwise? Will we go to Sentinel Ridge to live with you? Will you support her?" Li Mobai said impatiently.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Youning, who was sitting in the back seat, quickly raised her head and waved her hands in panic, saying no, no!
"I'd better come back to work! I can support myself!"
Feed themselves?
Chen Jing sighed inwardly, feeling that this girl was horribly stupid.
to be honest.
Although Qiao Youning's IQ is indeed not low, it is limited to the field of "learning".
In addition, she can't even compare to Chen Jing in terms of thinking logic or basic emotional intelligence.
Therefore.
During the previous dinner at the class reunion, Chen Jing was still feeling in his heart that this girl could live safely and smoothly without being defrauded of money and sex... It was indeed the blessing of the God of Destiny!
But precisely because of her stupidity, Chen Jing couldn't help but worry.
At present, it is basically certain that Li Mobai is a transcendent of the [Ether Association].
He held this class reunion probably because of Qiao Youning, so...
"Is this your plan to send me back to Sentinel Ridge and then take Qiao Youning back to the city?" Chen Jing leaned his head against the car window and observed Li Mobai from the reflection in the glass.
What will he do to Qiao Youning?
Chen Jing thought about this issue for a long time, but no matter how he thought about it, Li Mobai was unlikely to harm her... After all, there was no grievance or conflict of interest.
The greatest possible.
It was nothing more than dragging Qiao Youning into the [Ether Association].
Although Chen Jing didn't have a good impression of that organization, he also felt that Qiao Youning joining it was indeed a good choice.
At least in this apocalypse...
Becoming a member of the [Ether Association] is much better than being an ordinary person, and the safety factor will definitely increase a lot.
"The clouds in the sky are rolling..." Chen Jing looked sideways at the sky and reminded calmly, "Although the rain has stopped... there should be other things appearing..."
"Whatever." Li Mobai had completely calmed down at this moment. Even if the road ahead was blocked, he still showed rare patience, "I feel that nothing will happen in a short time, as long as we are not so unlucky... "
"Space station, satellite."
Chen Jing murmured, and a terrible suspicion suddenly appeared in his mind.
"I always feel that there must be some reason why those things fell down..."
"There must be a reason."
Li Mobai opened the car window and lit a cigarette, frowning and staring at the traffic lights ahead.
"Everything in the sky has fallen down... no... to be precise, it's extraterrestrial... those human creations wandering in orbit... maybe that hand is targeting humans... trying to block something..."
Hearing Li Mobai's analysis, Chen Jing felt a little surprised and couldn't help but start looking at him again.
After all, in Chen Jing's memory, Li Mobai has always been a fool, the kind whose biceps grow into his head... How could he analyze to this point? ?
But it has to be said that his analysis coincides with Chen Jing's.
Those things fall off.
It only means that "they" want to seal humans off the surface.
If there are still manned spacecrafts performing missions in the universe during this period, they might also be photographed by "them"...
Suddenly, the car Chen Jing and the others were riding in suddenly paused, causing the cars behind them to start honking their horns and yelling at the street.
"What are you doing?!" Chen Jing subconsciously tightened the seat belt on his chest.
"Heaven...fuck..."
Li Mobai seemed to be frightened. After saying this, he restarted the vehicle and drove forward.
"What's going on in the sky..." Chen Jing looked away from Li Mobai and turned his head to look at the sky outside the car window.
It's about dozens of kilometers away from the city.
In that wet rain and fog.
A "huge human-shaped shadow" standing tall and tall on the ground stood there, its heavy torso like a mountain looming, exuding a suffocating pressure.
"That is……"
"They..."
Chapter 80 The haunting Santana
Ever since the city was shrouded in heavy rain, a lot of scarlet mist appeared in the sky. Even now that the rain has stopped, the mist has not dissipated.
That huge figure came out of the fog.
Its general shape is similar to that of a human being. Its limbs are distinct except for its torso, and its neck is towering in the clouds. Its facial features cannot be clearly seen... not to mention whether it has a face or not.
"Calm down..." Chen Jing clutched the seat belt on his chest tightly and kept comforting the panicked Bai Aji, "It won't attack us now..."
"It's them!" Baiaji's trembling voice was enough to prove how scared it was, "I can't mistake this smell!"
"It'll be okay..."
Chen Jing firmly believed that the old man would not lie to him. If the reality was really related to the "Biological Leap Exam", then most of the strange creatures that appeared were not here to attack humans.
Therefore, Chen Jing felt that the reason why they came here was simply to keep an eye on the human race and restrict them within a controllable range...
Just like this.
Maybe in the eyes of "them", this planet is just a temporary prison.
If the human race passes the exam and successfully achieves biological leap.
Then all is well.
If you don't pass the exam...
Then it would probably be much easier to eliminate them like this.
"What a great job."
Chen Jing suddenly felt like he was being compared to others, because he knew that there was no room for negotiation in this exam, and "they" would not ask you if you wanted to participate... In short, there were two ways.
Pass or die.
…
Go back to the rental house and pick up your luggage.
Chen Jing and his group continued to rush towards Sentinel Ridge.
It was late at night.
But it was still bright in the dark sky. Perhaps it was the strange halo created by the moonlight passing through the clouds. The entire sky was as crimson as blood.
Those creatures that looked like giant shadows remained motionless after appearing, standing in place like human-shaped mountains...
Chen Jing didn't know how many monsters there were, but he was certain that...the number of these things should be far beyond everyone's imagination.
Chen Jing alone saw hundreds of them along the way.
They are like mountains looming in the mist. The closer you get to them, the stronger the sense of oppression becomes. Even an old descendant like Chen Jing feels suffocated.
Fortunately, these giants did not block the way out of the city.
"I guess we'll have to arrive at Sentinel Ridge early tomorrow morning..."
Li Mobai took out the last cigarette from the cigarette case and held it in his mouth. He looked up and glanced ahead at the endless traffic. He opened the car door with a helpless expression and walked out.
"I'm going to have a cigarette. I'll come back when there's movement in front."
"Go ahead."
Hearing the sound of the car door closing, Chen Jing leaned back on the U-shaped pillow and looked sideways at the "giants" all over the city.
At this moment, Li Mobai had already yawned and ran to the green belt. While stretching and stretching his muscles, he looked at the road conditions. Seeing that the national highway ahead was blocked, his expression was obviously a little headache.
"Chen Jing..."
"Um?"
When he heard Qiao Youning suddenly calling him, Chen Jing sat up straight, turned his head and looked back.