Time in a collapsing world

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Alicia's stomach rumbled slightly. Obviously, half the fruit couldn't fill her stomach, so the two decided to set off on the road to find lunch.

"Theophel, wait for us here, and you'll be back soon~?" Alicia stroked Theophel's hair and said.

Theofel looked at Li, who nodded after a slight hesitation, so he stayed where he was, leaving only Li and Alicia to search for food.

After walking for almost half an hour, I didn't see much food along the way, but there were a lot of mutated beast corpses, and most of them died from gunshot wounds. It seemed that humans had specially cleaned up the beasts in this area.

"gun……"

Li had this part of the impression in his mind, and looking at the "bloodstains" under some beasts that had not yet completely solidified, he understood that this meant that there were humans nearby.

Humans...are they going to find them?

Suddenly, when the concept of [human being] appeared in his mind, a sharp pain suddenly came from his mind, and along with it was a huge murderous intention.

What's this?

Li clutched his head. He didn't understand the source of this feeling, but he knew that if he didn't want this situation to get worse, he shouldn't get close to humans, or even think about it.

"Li, do you have a headache?"

"without……"

Facing Alicia's worried gaze, Li shook her head slightly.

"Well... you must tell me if you have a headache. I know which herbs can effectively treat headaches." Alicia warned, feeling a little like an adult.

"I know."

Li nodded, but she didn't think Alicia's herbs could solve the problem.

……

"Li, listen, there is the sound of running water!"

After walking for a while, Alicia said in surprise.

"..."

Li listened carefully, and indeed, the sound of water flow seemed to be a small stream, and there might be aquatic products such as small fish and shrimps in the small stream.

The beasts on land have mutated, but in the water... there should be survivors, right?

With this thought, the two people immediately ran towards the direction where the sound of water flow came from.

Li took the lead to push aside a certain bush, and what came into view was a crystal clear stream, and there were just a few small tails exposed at the bottom of the stream through the cracks in the rocks.

Is this upstream or downstream from where they bathed last night?

Li was thinking about this problem when Alicia behind him suddenly stepped on a pebble. She accidentally fell forward without standing firm and hit Li's back with her body, knocking him undefended into the stream. among.

"..."

After spitting bubbles in the water for a while, Li stood up and looked at Alicia with an innocent face on the shore expressionlessly.

"Li, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Being stared at by Ri, Alicia could only apologize sheepishly.

"……fine."

Climbing up from the stream, Li stood in front of Alicia with her wet body.

"The fish got away."

Li said calmly, it would be strange if the fish didn't run away under such a big movement.

"Ah...then our lunch..."

"Let's look for it again."

Li sighed tiredly for the first time and threw her soaked shirt on the shore. She went into the water again and moved rocks one after another, trying to find some small fish and shrimps lurking underneath.

"Li, let me help too~?"

"better not."

Li didn't quite believe her.

"Oh……"

Alicia had no choice but to squat on the shore, supporting her head with her hands, and looking at Li's busy figure with her big eyes unblinking.

Bending down, lifting rocks, throwing rocks, bending down again, lifting rocks... This cycle should be very boring, but for some reason Alicia found it extremely enjoyable.

"……what are you laughing at?"

Li seemed to hear Alicia chuckle like a silver bell.

"I'm laughing... Well, Li, you're so pretty!"

Alicia didn't know why she was laughing, she just felt inexplicably happy.

"..."

I don't understand this strange girl's brain circuit at all.

After that, Li started moving rocks to look for fish again, but every time he moved, Alicia laughed once, which made Li's movements a little stiff, and she thought she had done something strange.

"...You go play in the mud."

Finally, Li couldn't bear it any longer and scooped up a large ball of sand from the bottom of the stream and threw it to Alicia.

"Um...Li, do you dislike me?"

Alicia picked up the mud and held it in her hands with a sad tone.

"No, I just think you and Niba are more compatible..."

"???"

"what happened?"

"Li, you really dislike me!"

"?"

This time it was Li Kou's turn to ask questions.

"...Did I say something wrong?"

Seeing Alicia hugging her knees and looking pitiful, Li quickly asked, "Isn't it normal for children to play in the mud?"

"Li, that's what you meant..."

After such an explanation, Alicia immediately regained her mood.

"...otherwise what else could it mean?"

Li didn't understand at all.

"Forget it, just play with mud, let's see if I can make a cute glass for you~?"

With that said, Alicia started making it, and Riya could just concentrate on finding lunch.

……

At the same time, Teofel, who was on standby, suddenly heard the sound of propellers above his head. When he looked up, he found a military helicopter hovering above its head, and on the helicopter, several soldiers were He held the gun and pointed it at himself.

"An unnamed Honkai creature was found, please give instructions." The soldier reported to the other end of the communicator. After receiving the [Destroy] command, he quickly waved his hand, and all the soldiers immediately opened fire, with countless bullets. Pouring towards Theophel.

"Roar---!!!"

Teofel, who was relatively friendly to Li and Alicia, did not have the same attitude towards humans, so after a roar, its lying body suddenly jumped up, and in an instant it reached the height where the helicopter was hovering. Height, before all the soldiers could react, he slapped the entire helicopter to pieces, and a violent flame broke out in the air.

Teofil landed gracefully, but before he could relax, he heard more propeller sounds coming from him. Judging from the sound, at least dozens of helicopters were heading here.

"Roar……"

His sharp eyes glanced at the direction where Li and Alicia were. After struggling for a moment, he turned around and fled towards the distance instead of leaving behind.

It doesn't want humans to discover the existence of Li and Alicia.

The helicopter behind it quickly followed after seeing Teofil's actions.

The samples of the alien Honkaiju beasts are very precious, and they will not give them up easily.