Gasoline Town is as its name suggests, and the streets behind the gray city walls are filled with the smell of fuel.

There are many people walking on the street, but most of them are thin and malnourished. They wear the same coarse cloth robes and hoods, which also have a strange smell.

Jeeps parked on the street were equipped with machine guns or flamethrowers. Women and children silently unloaded the trophies from the trunk and put them away carefully.

Different from federal society, in this land, soldiers drive rough and durable vehicles to hunt or clear out hordes of mutant beasts. All the trophies they get will be handed over and then uniformly distributed according to merit and status.

Fighters get the most, followed by managers, then ordinary men and women, and finally the elderly and children.

Here, "respecting the old and loving the young" has become a luxurious and naive term. When the whole town cannot get enough food to fill everyone's stomach, it is best to give priority to keeping soldiers and combatants strong. Excellent solution.

Shen Bai walked around and asked a few questions from time to time. As long as it was not a secret, Tie Laowu would tell the truth.

When he walked to the central area, Shen Bai's mind had already sketched the general appearance of Gasoline Town.

——With a large number of people and a lack of resources, we are always facing the risk of invasion by mutant beasts and aberrations.

Although he felt sad about this kind of scene, Shen Bai still felt that this was more in line with the image of "doomsday" deep in his heart.

It's not like last month, when I accidentally traveled to the Darkest Age, where people's lifestyle was very "ancient" and there were even darts, without any trace of being transformed by science.

Shen Bai has always been puzzled by this matter and can't figure out why people in the darkest era forgot the weapon "technology".

Along the way, he talked a lot, knowing that in this era there were already sprouts of martial arts.

Tie Laowu said that when the convoy went out hunting, he often met people from other towns. While bartering, the two parties would also exchange information.

"People in the southern city say that we humans can practice cultivation. By constantly devouring mutant beast meat and exercising hard, we can gain huge strength. They say this is martial arts. Some people can fly into the sky and fight against mutant beasts the size of mountains. , and can even fight against the aberrations!"

"When I heard this, I didn't believe it at all. The meat we eat in Gasoline Town is just a weak mutated beast. After eating it for so many years, we haven't seen any increase in strength."

"I asked the man a question, but he was not annoyed. He just handed me a pamphlet and said that in the early stages of martial arts, specific digestion and exercise tips are needed. Mutated beasts must also be processed to remove all impurities. , The nutrients should be kept on top.”

"He said that human beings can practice martial arts and become as strong as the aberrations! Those geniuses who have opened up the path to martial arts have spread the practice to various towns and bases in the human race, putting martial arts methods in the hands of everyone."

"I'm dubious about this statement, but the mayor has decided to give it a try no matter what."

"Mayor?" Shen Bai suddenly smiled and said:

"Your mayor's surname is Luo?"

"Exactly! Mr. Xiaobai, how did you..."

"When I travel around, I also inquire about things. I accidentally learned about Mayor Luo, and I admire him very much."

Shen Bai laughed and entered a house in the center of the town with Tie Laowu.

This house is not very different from that of ordinary people, except that the roof is very high. In this era, most people don't even have enough to eat, and may be reduced to food at any time, so they have no intention of creating class divisions.

Shen Bai followed Tie Laowu in and saw the dying old man in the dark room.

Gasoline Town also has electricity, but during the day, the power supply to residents' residences is only from 6 to 9 pm. If you want to light up during the day, you can only use candles made from the grease of mutant beasts. This kind of light source is dim and has a strong smell. Bad smell.

Mayor Luo was sitting on the chair, his body hunched, breathing unevenly, but his eyes were still bright.

"Mayor." Tie Laowu stepped forward, picked up the blanket that fell on the ground, and covered the old man.

"It's too cold. Don't freeze. I'll ask the people below to scrape a layer of grease and light a fire at night to keep you warm."

"Forget it, I want to meet the ancestors, so don't waste the hard-earned loot." Mayor Luo waved his hand, refused, and looked at Shen Bai:

"What a handsome young man, Xiao Wu, is this a new resident who has joined our Gasoline Town?"

Tie Laowu's eyes lit up:

"Mayor, this is Mr. Xiaobai, he is a warrior! That rumor is true!"

"Oh? What did you say..."

Bang!

Before Mayor Luo could finish speaking, Shen Bai picked up the pistol from Tie Laowu's waist and pulled the trigger in front of his face. The faint smell of gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the bullet with considerable kinetic energy and lethality was sunk. Bai bites it, and between his white teeth, a bright yellow bullet is like a candy that can be manipulated.

Seeing this scene, Mayor Luo was so excited that he almost stood up, but after all, his legs were diseased and it was difficult to walk. In the end, he could only stretch out his hand tremblingly and hold Shen Bai's strong shoulders:

"God bless humanity! We can really have power!"

Shen Bai supported him with his backhand and comforted him:

"Mayor Luo, with martial arts, human beings' lives will surely be much easier. If cannons and bullets alone can't defeat mutant beasts and deformed mutants, we will transform ourselves into the same ferocious monsters!"

The old man took a few deep breaths:

"I have been waiting for the opportunity to counterattack all my life. I thought this would be a distant hope, but God has mercy on me and I can see this great invention of martial arts during my lifetime... Alas, after I die, I will bring this good news to my ancestors. Old friends who take a step forward, they will be able to rest in peace even if they are overwhelmed."

When Mayor Luo said this, he paused and looked at Shen Bai:

"This...Mr. Xiaobai, are you a martial arts practitioner from the southern city?"

"Yes." Shen Bai lied without hesitation:

"I have just started practicing martial arts, and I don't know many things yet. However, as martial artists of my generation, once they achieve success, they will travel around and use the blood of the aberrations to hone their will."

"Well said! Unexpectedly, the effect of martial arts is so obvious. It can make people resist the power of heat weapons in a short period of time..."

A short time?

Shen Bai was slightly startled and realized something. He asked tentatively:

"Mayor Luo, you just learned about the existence of martial arts? I thought this matter had spread far..."

"It's really not long. It's only been five months."

Chen Bai was secretly stunned. There is a classic question in the history of the Federation, which is "What is the sign that mankind has entered the era of chaos from the darkest era?"

There is only one standard answer, and that is the invention of martial arts.
Chapter completed!