The Retrogressive Era

During the evacuation at the subway station, No. 5 arrived in time with the army aboard Tianlong No. 2. After Tom put down Lu Qiuman, he rushed back to the carriage with a team, hoping to kill or capture Zhao Xifeng and Yu Liangjun. However, when he returned, these two people had already disappeared. Given the arrival of a second wave of attacks, Tom had to lead his team back to the Tianlong to escape.

It has been over three months now, and I never expected him to see Zhao Xifeng and Yu Liangjun again, let alone these two who are so close to Zhang Meng.

Tom couldn't help but ponder, how far away was he from Jiangxia Village now? Did he just go around and come back here?

However, it's useless to delve deeper into this at the moment. I've fallen into this mutant camp, and the leader of the camp hasn't dealt with him yet. The situation is really not good. Thinking about the situation in the shelter of the Haiwei Mini Industry, Shen Jiayi and his friends also have potential crises.

The apocalypse... is truly a breeding ground for moral decay.

Another two punches interrupted Tom's contemplation, as the tall man grabbed his head and pointed it at the short man Zhang Meng's face covered in pus. The pungent smell made him very uncomfortable.

"Tom, don't worry, I won't let you die so easily. Although we're going to have sex tonight, who said you saved me before? I will..." Zhang Meng smiled proudly and patted Tom's face. "I will treat you well, hahaha. Now, let's open your eyes and understand the current situation."

Then the tall man tied him to the metal cross in the square where the campfire was located, with a torch next to it. The greedy mutants sat around, excitedly looking in one direction.

This is a glass shed with a height of 15 centimeters, not like it was manufactured before the disaster. The surrounding houses vary in height. Thinking back to the situation when he was released earlier, Tom inferred that there should be one mutated person who could shape rocks or cement, which is why he later "artificially" created this building.

I saw the mutant people staring in the direction of a two-story building. The door opened and a circle of white flesh walked out.

February in Morikawa City is still extremely cold, but thanks to the construction of the glass shed, the heat emitted by the burning campfire spreads throughout the shed, making it warm and cozy. Even if those women are naked, they still won't feel cold.

It's not right to say it's naked. Every woman has a bit of a fig leaf to some extent. Thanks to this little concealment, it was impossible to see from a distance, thinking it was all naked, which made people look forward to it. Upon closer inspection, it actually obscured the key areas, evoking imaginative thoughts.

They were holding plates filled with various types of food, and as soon as they took a few steps, they were rushed forward by mutated people, carrying food with them.

Chaos but with a certain degree of order, this is the conclusion Tom drew from looking at the scene before him.

Just now, in order to show off to him, Zhang Meng raised his hand and burned one of his companions. However, at that time, the others remained silent and seemed accustomed to it. It can be seen that although this fierce figure is small, its prestige is very high. I just don't know if the current situation with rank in the chaos was also maintained by Zhang Meng.

Tom's guess has no further basis, and he is not available at the moment. Because he noticed that as the ground began to shake, the mutated people who were close to the campfire stood up and retreated, and the woman who had just been pressed under her body was easily carried away by them.

After a minute of shaking, a circular area with a radius of about 100 centimeters centered around the campfire collapsed. It's not the kind of ground structure collapse, but like CG animations in movies or games, the entire ground sinks steadily, quickly forming a pit with a diameter of 200 centimeters and a depth of about 30 centimeters.

It's another pit, Tom can probably guess what the next scene is. This deep pit seems to be a masterpiece of rock shaped mutants, and it must be done this way frequently. The torches that were surrounded earlier have now become markers on the edge of the deep pit. No wonder those mutated people easily arrived outside the pit just now.

The deep pit below is not empty, and there are actually two doors on the surrounding walls. The two doors quickly opened, and a man with a waist around him timidly walked out.

This is a normal person, unlike the mutated individuals with pungent odors and pus all over the pit, they are very normal ordinary people.

I saw Zhang Meng standing by the edge of the pit, laughing wildly and waving his arm. The campfire under the pit suddenly burned fiercely, and two walls of fire quickly broke out, each rushing towards two ordinary people. The two of them screamed in fear and hid behind the back door. However, the door had already been closed, and they could only cry bitterly as they hammered it.

The fire wall approached them but stopped, then bypassed them and reached the corner of the wall, continuing to extend until it burned the entire edge of the deep pit into a circle.

"Tom, did you see it? Hahaha!" Zhang Meng was extremely proud and went crazy. "They were begging for mercy from me, and they were scared to pee, just like Li Qiang did back then."

Tom felt that these mutants were too inexperienced to save by abusing their abilities for the sake of a sense of ritual and showing off their might.

"You two listen, my fire circle will slowly shrink. If you don't want to be burned to death, kill the other person. When one of them dies, the fire circle will go out." Zhang Meng raised his arm and shouted, "If you want to become the chosen one, you need to eliminate others. Kill them!"

The mutated people around gathered around the pit and cheered excitedly, "Kill me!"

The two of them looked at the fire circle, then at each other, and then turned their gaze to the two short swords that had just been thrown next to the campfire. They swallowed their saliva, and one of them rushed forward to grab a weapon. The other person slowed down for a while and only then did he react when he saw his opponent move, running towards another weapon.

They are indeed just ordinary people, Tom speculates that before the micro disaster, they were even working boys or white-collar workers. The Miniature Cataclysm turned them into little people and threatened them with various insects and beasts, allowing them to exercise their skills. However, they were still just ordinary people, and Tom even judged that they did not have any abilities.

The two of them immediately entered a state of combat with weapons, from probing each other at the beginning to boldly attacking one side at the back, and it only took half a minute.

However, it turned out that the attacking side was a bit hasty and confused by their enemies. Surprisingly, the attacking side sold a loophole, which led to the attacking side vigorously swinging and cutting into the air. Instead, the enemy took the opportunity to cut off their arm and chest with a knife. The screams of pain, curses, and triumphant laughter excited the mutant onlookers, who also burst into hearty laughter, as if the fans had seen a beautiful goal.

Tom was tied to the edge of the pit, so he could clearly see the situation below, and even vaguely hear the two of them cursing. It seems that these two people are still familiar with each other, cursing each other for being despicable and shameless, while laughing at each other for being foolish and naive. The trembling expression just now quickly turned into madness and anger with the first blow of blood.

Subsequently, the two continued to attack, and both sides fought back and forth. Soon, both sides were injured. As the circle of fire gradually shrank, they became even crazier and their attacks became more aggressive.

Zhang Meng sneaked up to Tom and, amidst the noisy cheers of the mutants around him, leaned in his ear and said with a smile, "Do you see, Tom? All of these people are crazy about me. The mutants can fight for me, and the wealthy people who used to be high above me kill people to seek my forgiveness. The winner can survive and wait for the next PK. The loser will become our glorious midnight snack."

Tom looked at the mutated people around him, each looking excitedly at the bottom of the pit. Besides the ancient Roman style duels that excited them, there was also the reward of enjoying the loser, no wonder everyone was so honest.

"I should have fed you cookies as soon as we met," Tom said angrily.

Zhang Meng, however, didn't take it seriously. He laughed and said, "There is no such thing as' If 'in the world, Tom. I heard you are an Awakener, holding a crystal all day to use your powers. Now that you don't have a crystal, I don't know how powerful you are."

Tom spat at him and said, "Then let's have a one-on-one fight. I'll make you regret it."

Zhang Meng smiled and wiped away the saliva from his face, but was not angry. "Hahaha, do you think I would be so foolish? Don't worry, in the future, you only have two choices: either we will eat you directly, or you will decide the next person to be eaten for us below, hahaha."

"I won't let you achieve your wish."

Zhang Meng turned around with a wild laugh.

Quickly, the battle ended with one of them being stabbed down and pressed against the wall of fire, shouting loudly in pain.

The fire wall quickly extinguished, and the man still holding his short sword sat on the ground, panting heavily. As for the losers, they turn into fiery figures and roll on the ground.

"Good luck!" Zhang Meng cheered loudly, while the other mutants jumped up excitedly and interjected, "Tonight we'll eat chicken! Tonight we'll eat chicken, hahaha!"

Undoubtedly, Zhang Meng's duel environment imitated a famous chicken eating game, where the poison circle was changed to a fire circle. Finally, it was decided that the only survivor would be, and ending with "good luck, eat chicken tonight".

The door on one side of the pit opened, and the winner didn't care about enjoying the pleasure. He quickly threw away his weapon and ran into the door hand and foot. At this moment, Tom noticed that the mutated people who had just surrounded the pit were sitting on both sides. The mutated people on the side with the door tightly closed jumped down in joy, fighting for the dying person who was still on fire.

It seems that before the duel began, the mutant stood together on one side of the main gate, which is considered a bet on the outcome. The side that loses in buying is qualified to end up enjoying the flesh and blood of the loser.

The losers were torn to pieces under the fierce competition of the mutant people, and even a few even started fighting for one of the flesh bones, but their fighting seemed to be moderate and not excessive.

The bloody and terrifying scene frightened the women nearby. Some covered their faces and dared not look, while others huddled in tears. However, a few seemed accustomed to it and instead took the initiative to flatter and serve the mutants, depending on the situation, in order to please them and prevent themselves from falling down and becoming food.

At this moment, Tom realized that insect eating was already very bloody and cruel, but when faced with human eating, the sadness and anger made him even more palpitated. At this moment, Tom finally realized that the miniature disaster had changed not only the human living environment, but also the creation of a new race.

The era of cannibalism has returned.