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Chapter 141 Dilemma (3)

When Zhang Yi saw that something was not right in the morning, he asked Pei Yuan to take a candle and check the pigsty under the bamboo building. After confirming that they could hide temporarily, they carried the food, water, weapons, bedding, and other items they had collected, as well as Jie Chen, down first. Then they threw a few zombie bodies in, waiting for this moment.

They set up a ladder and tried to hang the chopped zombie bodies densely at the entrance to cover up the smell of the few people as much as possible. As for the air in the pigsty, it was no longer so important in the face of life and death.

Everyone was exhausted. After doing all this, they didn't care about anything else. They each pulled a quilt and fell to the ground. Xu Jing didn't expect that after all the trouble, she ended up back in the pigsty. You can imagine how depressed she was. Fortunately, this pigsty should not have been used to raise pigs before the end of the world. Although it was dusty, it was still dry and had some random things piled up. The people pulled and pulled, and took some cardboard and wooden boards to pad their bodies, which was better than sleeping directly on stones.

Although there were wood and candles, they could not make a fire. They were already in a dilemma. Hiding here was only a stopgap measure and could not solve the fundamental problem. If the zombies kept blocking outside, when the food and water ran out, it would be their death. This was still an optimistic estimate. If before that, the zombies were not affected by the various covers above and broke through the entrance of the pigsty, or if the living Jie people found a way to set fire to the bamboo building where they were... But no matter what direction things would develop, at least they were not at the end of the road yet, and there was still a chance to catch their breath. They could hold on for a few more hours, maybe a few days, and during this period, who knew if things would turn around. The reason they chose to retreat was to wait for this slim chance.

"Are you hungry?" Nan Shao asked Zhang Yi in a low voice, and then went to find something to eat in the dark.

Zhang Yi grabbed him. After killing zombies all day, he almost never stopped. Zhang Yi felt that his hands were no longer his own. Nan Shao must be no better. "Stop it." As he said, he leaned over and squeezed together with him, pulling the quilt to cover the two of them. The clothes were stained with the zombies' putrid fluid and blood, but no one dared to take off their clothes to sleep, so they had to make do with it. Anyway, most of the time after the end of the world

, they were sloppy like this, and they were used to being sloppy. Nan Shao turned his face to feel Zhang Yi's breath, kissed his lips, and then suddenly laughed: "Do you remember, we did the same in that hotel in Ziyun County..." Such darkness, such crises on all sides, and such intimacy.

Zhang Yi laughed silently, how could he forget. The moment Nan Shao decided to live and die with him regardless of the danger, he knew that he would never be able to let go of this man. So, under the mood of thinking that they were going to die, although they were covered with wounds and exhausted, they still did not retreat and firmly joined together.

"What a pity..." He said two words in a low voice, and then there was no more.

Nan Shao seemed to be able to guess what he wanted to say but didn't say, and couldn't help but reach out and hold him tightly, smiling: "It doesn't matter, we still have a lot of time in the future." He didn't covet this momentary pleasure, what he wanted was forever.

Zhang Yi sighed silently, touched his hand, and clasped his fingers tightly, without saying anything else. But once again, he told himself to try his best to live, for his son, for Nan Shao.

In the darkness, the panting of the zombies was blocked by the stones, and the pigsty was so quiet that only the breathing of the people was heard, so although the two voices were small, they were still heard by others. Routa Chen rarely interrupted, and everyone had their own thoughts in this almost death-defying situation. Some people thought of the most comfortable time in their lives, some people thought about their beloved parents and relatives who they dared not think about for a long time but would never forget, and some people thought about their only failed mission. Routa Chen was wondering whether Bai Mei had ever liked him.

And two or three thousand miles away, Li Muran's situation was obviously much better than theirs. Sometimes, having superpowers is taking advantage, and superpowers are just suitable for the current situation, which is taking a big advantage.

When the alarm sounded, Li Muran didn't even care about what was happening outside. He quickly pounced on Song Yan, who was still lying still for some reason, and tore off the instrument lines on his body that monitored various physiological changes. He hugged him and disappeared in the laboratory.

The one who pressed the alarm was a researcher who found that he had left a research report and came back to get it. Because the walls of the laboratory were made of transparent glass, he saw the extra woman in the laboratory at a glance, and his immediate reaction was to reach out and press the alarm on his body, so he witnessed the whole process of Li Muran and Song Yan disappearing.

Therefore, when the other personnel in the laboratory rushed over with guns and the guards outside, they only saw the stunned expression of the researcher who sounded the alarm. The laboratory was very calm, and there was no sign of being attacked.

"What happened? Why did you sound the alarm?" A man who looked quite dignified asked with an unhappy look.

"No... It's gone!" The researcher pointed to the front laboratory where two people were standing and lying just now but now it was empty, and stammered, with shock and excitement in his tone. He was shocked that under such a heavily guarded ground, there was someone who could sneak in quietly and take people away under his nose, and excited that a new superpower might have appeared.

Following the direction of his finger, everyone looked over, and then their faces changed drastically.

"What's going on? Where is the person? Where did he go!" The man who started the questioning grabbed the researcher's collar and asked harshly. You have to know that the person is the focus of attention. If he disappears, the consequences will be disastrous.

After a long while, everyone finally figured out the whole story from the excited researcher's confusing words. Some were excited, some were frightened, and the man in the lead had an extremely ugly expression. He immediately turned around and ordered the guards: "Take your men to search the institute carefully from inside to outside, and don't let even a fly go." Then he took the researcher who first discovered it and said, "Come with me to Wei Jingchi's place. The things in the institute must not be spread."

While the atmosphere here was solemn and tense, in an abandoned house a few kilometers outside the base, Li Muran was busy putting clothes on Song Yan. It seemed that because of the injection, Song Yan's muscles were still tense at this time, as if he was enduring great pain, and he gave people the feeling that he could cause great damage to everything around him at any time. He couldn't do a slightly delicate job like dressing.

It was so cold that Li Muran had to help him put on his clothes. However, she felt awkward and a little nervous during the process, fearing that if she irritated him a little, he would suddenly punch her. Therefore, she gathered her supernatural powers at any time, just in case, she could run away if she couldn't bear it.

"Who are you?" After a few minutes, when Li Muran turned his face away and helped him put on his pants with great difficulty, a hand reached out and took over the zipper and buttoning work awkwardly, and asked hesitantly and cautiously. It was obvious that the effect of the medicine on Song Yan was beginning to wear off.

Li Muran breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then understood what he said. She turned her head to look at Song Yan in surprise, but she was met with a pair of strange and distant eyes. She was stunned. Although Director Song was not very kind to her before, his eyes were not like this. He was more stern like a teacher, which was why she always shrank like a quail in front of him.

"I'm Li Muran, Director." After thinking about it, she finally uttered this sentence. In the end, she thought that maybe Director Song didn't know her name yet, so she added: "It's the one who performed the last operation with you before the end of the world..."

"That bastard intern who seriously violated the principle of surgical asepsis and prevented me from saving people!" Song Yan's mind flashed with a picture, and she suddenly remembered it, but her face did not improve, but became colder, just like when she was pushed away by Li Muran.

Li Muran wanted to cry but had no tears. Director, you finally remembered it, but can you remember it more comprehensively?

"That person has turned into a zombie. If you get close to rescue, you will be bitten... or scratched." She decided to explain herself, although she didn't think so much when she pushed the person away.

"Zombies? Yes, zombies." Song Yan held his head with his hand, and waited until the chaotic and violent memories inside calmed down a little before speaking. His tone had softened a lot. "Thank you for saving me." It was not known whether he was thanking him for the push at the beginning of the end of the world, or for the current matter.

"No, nothing, Director, you also helped me a lot." Li Muran's face was a little hot. He was not used to being thanked so solemnly, and hurriedly changed the subject, "This place is too close to the base. I'm afraid they will chase us. Let's leave first."

"Leave?" Song Yan responded to her slowly after a while. He stood up with the help of the wall, twisted his neck, and began to rub his stiff wrists. "Why do you want to leave? How did you get me out just now? Can you send me back?"

Li Muran looked at him in astonishment, and spoke with difficulty after a long while: "Do you still want to go back?" He finally escaped, but he still wanted to fall into the trap. What on earth was he thinking? Is he still nostalgic for that place?

Song Yan hummed, moved his numb legs and feet, and looked at the sky that had already brightened. It hadn't snowed for a few days, but the sky was still gloomy, with no sign of the sun coming out. But even such a gloomy sky seemed so kind and lovely to him now. People always realize how precious something they once had is only after they lose it, and he was no exception.

"Some of my men were captured and must be rescued as soon as possible. Once I disappear, the people in the laboratory will probably be transferred immediately, and it will be too late if it's too late." He explained in a low voice. Another thing he didn't say was that since he had done something to him, he couldn't do it without giving anything in return.

"But my ability can only be used once. If I send you there, we won't be able to get out." Li Muran was reluctant. She came to save people. After saving people, would she be so stupid as to send herself in again? After the first time, people should have been on guard. Isn't this obviously walking into a trap? So she began to persuade him to give up the idea earnestly: "Mr. Lin An is still trying to save you. Why don't you meet him first, and then work together to find a way to save others..."

Chapter 142 Dilemma (4)

"Lin An?" Song Yan's expression, which had been relaxed, suddenly turned cold, and his eyes shot out a fierce and bloodthirsty light. "Do you know Lin An?"

Li Muran felt like she was being stared at by a wolf for a moment. Cold sweat broke out on her back. She was afraid of provoking him, and she finally controlled her steps to retreat. "Not... not really knowing him, I've only met... met him once... Isn't he your friend?" She stammered, feeling a little uneasy. It was the first time she knew that he could change his face so quickly.

When she finished speaking, the terrible feeling disappeared. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard Song Yan say in a deep voice: "Lin An hurt me."

"What?" Li Muran was startled, thinking that she had heard it wrong, but her intuition told her that it was probably the truth.

"Lin An's supernatural power is powerful, please help me remember it." Song Yan did not get angry this time, but said another sentence very patiently, but the second half of the sentence was a bit deeper and confusing.

Since he said it himself, Li Muran naturally would not doubt it. He nodded and agreed, reminding himself that Lin An was a villain who harmed his friends and should be kept away from him.

"How did you get into the institute?" After talking about Lin An, Song Yan did not immediately ask Li Muran to send him back, but asked another question.

Li Muran was still wondering why he was not curious about how he could use his superpowers, but he didn't know that he had forgotten the conversation they had had. After hesitating for a while, he answered honestly: "When I use my superpowers, the surrounding terrain and environment will appear in my mind."

"Idiot!" Song Yan suddenly cursed, "Don't tell anyone about superpowers in the future, even if they are the closest to you."

Li Muran was confused by the scolding at first, but when she heard the last sentence, she was immediately moved, so she responded with gratitude, even though she knew in her heart that she was not really outspoken. It was because he asked suddenly that she couldn't think of any other excuses for a while, and she still regarded him as a teacher, so she blurted out the truth. If it were someone else, she would probably remain silent even if she couldn't find an excuse.

"Help me remember the following words." Seeing that she was obedient, Song Yan nodded and said, "It's best to find a pen and paper to write it down."

Li Muran felt strange, but she didn't understand what the problem was. She was just a little embarrassed when she heard it: "Director, I don't have a pen and paper." Who would think of bringing a pen and paper now, especially since she was here to save people.

"You remember it first, and when you get to the research institute, you can find a notebook and a pen there, and then write it down." Song Yan said, seeming very persistent. It turned out that

she hadn't given up on returning to the research institute. Li Muran was a little frustrated and felt that the chatter just now was in vain, but she was in awe of him after all, so she agreed.

"The Dongzhou base is using people with special abilities for experiments." Song Yan began to speak word by word, as if this would deeply engrave these words in Li Muran's mind and make her not forget them. "They have developed drugs that can suppress the superpowers of superpowers, and extracted some special substances from zombies and mutant plants and animals, and injected them into the human body, trying to create a new human race and superpowers."

Li Muran didn't expect to hear such a secret, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold. Thinking of the scene he saw in the research institute before, he couldn't help but feel a strong anger, and subconsciously wanted to do something, so he was not so firm in opposing Song Yan's return to the research institute.

"Every eight hours, they will give me an injection of a superpower suppressant. This drug takes effect about half an hour after the injection. It can be inferred that its duration of effect is about eight hours and forty minutes. This drug can also be taken orally... can be taken orally..." When he said this, something seemed to flash through his mind, but he couldn't catch it because it was too fast, but it should be related to why he was sure that the superpower suppressant could be taken orally. If he couldn't think of it, he would stop thinking about it, so as to avoid confusion again. He then said what he wanted to remember: "In addition to the inhibitor of superpowers, they will also inject me with mutant biological extracts, so that I can neither live nor die... I will report them one by one. These must be written down word for word." Otherwise, he was afraid that one day he would forget even these hatreds.

"There is something wrong with my memory. Sometimes I forget or remember things wrongly. This should be related to Lin An's superpowers. You remember, but don't tell others." This matter cannot be concealed. It is better to know it by one person than by many.

Li Muran was feeling uncomfortable and indignant about his experience. Hearing this, he finally understood why he always asked him to remember it for him. He couldn't help but feel a strange feeling of being relied on.

"Remember it?"

Li Muran came back to her senses and nodded hurriedly, but Song Yan still asked her to repeat it again. After reminding her again, she had to take a pen and paper to write it down before she passed the test. It was quite similar to the feeling when she was the intern director of the hospital making rounds and analyzing cases.

"Now use your superpowers to check the situation of the institute and its surroundings." Song Yan said again.

Li Muran agreed, but suddenly remembered that Song Yan might not have eaten much, so he handed him the dry food and water he brought with him, and then began to extend his mental power to explore as he was told.

Song Yan had not eaten since entering the institute, and he was completely supplemented with some nutrients and water necessary for the body through intravenous injection. He was already hungry and his stomach hurt, so he didn't hesitate. He first opened the bottle cap and took a sip of cold water, until the water was slightly warm, and then slowly swallowed it. After drinking a few sips like this, he stopped, picked up the dry and hard cake that was almost like a stone, bit off a little, and held it in his mouth like drinking water before, and waited for the saliva to soften it before starting to chew and swallow. He hadn't eaten for many days, and he should have eaten some light liquid food, but now there was no condition for this, so he naturally wouldn't force it or waste energy complaining.

"The yard above is still the same as at the beginning, there is no movement." While he was eating and drinking, Li Muran reported the situation scanned by his mental power one by one. She is also a lazy person. When there are other capable people around her, she will throw everything to others to deal with, unless the other person is less intelligent than her, or has too many tricks, so she dare not trust them. Just like when she was with Zhang Yi and others before, she only followed orders and rarely made suggestions.

"There are many people searching in the institute with guns. If we go back now, we may run into them." For the sake of her own safety, she couldn't help but add a sentence at the end.

"Huh?" After searching for a long time, she didn't find anything special. Li Muran was about to retract her mental power, but for some reason, she tentatively scanned the bottom of the institute. Unexpectedly, she saw an even more incredible scene. "Director, there are two more floors under the institute. The first floor is for mutant animals, and there are also plants. The bottom floor is zombies, which are not the same as the zombies we usually see..."

Song Yan stopped eating, "Describe it in detail." He was in a trance most of the time during the few days he was locked up, and he didn't know that there were other levels under the institute. That was all he knew, and it was also what the researchers who were doing the experiment talked about when they were doing the experiment on him because they thought he couldn't get out again. It wasn't out of any good intentions, it was purely because they were proud of the research they were doing but couldn't share it with outsiders.

"The second and third floors are all cages of different sizes, and it's hard to tell what materials they are made of. Mutated animals and zombies are all locked up inside. Plants are cultivated in transparent nutrient tanks, but the nutrient tanks seem to be sealed, and the plants are much smaller than those outside. There are some very ferocious mutant creatures inside, some of which I have never seen before. As for the zombies, they are even more bizarre, some of them have squid-like tentacles growing on their bodies... No, they are actually more like vines of mutant plants, and some are crawling limply in the cages, like meat worms, and some have wings and look like birds..." At this point, Li Muran suddenly stopped, and after a while he looked at Song Yan in horror: "They can't be zombie mutants." What on earth are those damn researchers doing!

Song Yan's face turned as cold as a thousand-year-old ice, but he did not comment on this. Instead, he asked, "Are there any researchers on the second and third floors?"

"Yes, the second and third floors have larger spaces and more researchers, but I didn't see anyone coming up from below the past two days... Wait, let me take a look." Li Muran said doubtfully, and then seemed to remember something, and searched the entire second and third floors carefully with his mental power, and finally said with certainty: "Those people should eat and live inside, and there are rooms with kitchens and bedrooms on the other side." Thinking of Lin An's pale face and haggard look, Li Muran suddenly wondered if he had gone out from here. Being locked up in such a place every day, facing all kinds of perverted things, it would be strange if he didn't become a psychopath.

"Find the passages and how to open them between the three floors." Song Yan ordered again, and he picked up the cold and hard biscuits and continued to eat. His superpowers are already recovering, and his physical strength must keep up, otherwise all his ideas will only be empty talk.

The advantage of Li Muran's superpower is that all the passages cannot be hidden from her mental power, but how to control them, without someone to demonstrate, she can't do anything even if she sees it clearly. Song Yan asked her, who knew nothing about machinery and various electronic instruments, to find out if there were any self-destruct devices and monitoring facilities in the laboratory, but it was naturally in vain.

"You..." Song Yan wanted to lose his temper, but suddenly remembered that the other party was not his subordinate. In the end, he could only raise his hand and press his forehead, feeling sorry for such a magical ability. He didn't know that even if he really cursed, Li Muran would only listen obediently and would not leave him in anger. After all, he was her teacher, and the majesty of this teacher was not damaged in her heart because of his previous nakedness and memory loss.

"Count carefully, the number of researchers on each floor, and whether they are all carrying weapons." After calming down, Song Yan ordered again.

While Li Muran counted the heads as he was told, she inexplicably remembered that her teacher asked her to count the pulse, breathing and heart rate of the patient, and the more she counted, the more confused she became. This was really not a very good memory. She hurriedly collected her scattered mind to avoid being affected. But why did he let her find out so clearly? Did he really have to go back? Thinking of this, her face turned bitter, and she felt something was wrong no matter how many times she counted.

"You can't count?" Song Yan's patience ran out, and his tone became dangerous. It was obvious that the experiences of the past few days had made his already bad temper even more irritable.

Chapter 143 Dilemma (5)

It's here again! Li Muran shuddered inwardly. She was really tortured by his mood swings and had a nervous breakdown. This time, she didn't dare to delay any longer. She quickly counted the number of people and took the initiative to report the number and situation of those who were being held for experiments. Then, she finally saw the dangerous light in the director's eyes disappear as she wished.

"Brother Sheng is not here, and Miss Long Xia is not here either." After hesitating for a moment, she added something nosy and confessed everything she knew. "They were sent out by Lin Anxian... that... that bad guy to rescue you, and then there was no news. But they are not here. Are they being held somewhere else?" When she saw a few familiar faces in the institute who had left the base together to go to Xiling, she subconsciously thought that Xiao Sheng and Long Xia were also captured by Lin An and the base together. So when she didn't see them, she couldn't help but feel a little worried. She didn't like Long Xia very much, but she didn't dislike him to the point of wanting people to die. Besides, Long Xia didn't do anything bad to them except verbally despise them. As for Xiao Sheng, he took good care of them. She was afraid that they and more people had been killed in the experiment. Thinking of this, and looking at the miserable conditions of the subjects, who had finally survived the crisis of becoming zombies and awakened their superpowers, but ended up like this, she couldn't help but feel sad and angry, and she wanted to destroy the entire institute. But she was more self-aware. When facing a living person with real wisdom and powerful abilities, she could only use her superpower of escaping. There was really nothing else to say. If she really took Song Yan back to the laboratory, her superpowers would not be able to be used. At that time, she would either be a burden to others or be trapped in it and unable to get out, and become someone else's research subject, so she really didn't want to agree to Song Yan.

"How could they listen to Lin An?" Song Yan frowned and asked.

Li Muran shook her head. It was impossible for her to know these confidential matters. Even if she could explore mentally, she couldn't hear the conversation. After thinking carefully, she told Song Yan in detail what she had seen and knew, perhaps he could get some useful clues from it.

After listening to it, Song Yan thought for a moment and did not continue the question.

"When you left, was Yun Ze still there?"

"Yun Ze?" Li Muran was at a loss, "Who is Yun Ze? I don't know him."

The muscles on Song Yan's face were slightly stiff. After a pause, he tried to slow down his tone and said, "The one who used to follow me... have you seen him?" He was not so sure whether Li Muran had seen him or not. His memory of Li Muran seemed to be stuck in the operation that had not yet started before the end of the world. According to her, the two of them had dealt with each other later. He had some vague impression, but he couldn't think clearly.

"Oh...oh, that big brother, yes, he is here. He was there before I left, but I rarely saw him." Li Muran suddenly realized and answered hurriedly. She knew this, after all, that person still left a deep impression on her.

Song Yan was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Do you know my name?" Although it ended with the word "ba", it was definitely not a statement, but a question.

Li Muran was dumbfounded, thinking that the director would not forget her name, but she didn't know. When she heard others mention him before, they were talking about the director surnamed Song who was very good at neurosurgery but had a very bad temper. He was very strict at ordinary times, but he was very straightforward when signing and writing comments for the transfer department. Therefore, the interns assigned to him were both trembling and couldn't help showing off to other students. Normally, when the operation was performed, there would be a schedule of each operating room and time at the entrance of the operating room, and the name of the surgeon would be written on it. But that day, Li Muran was caught up at the last minute, and she was a little flustered. She didn't pay attention at all. She was afraid of going to the wrong operating room, so she kept remembering which operating room it was. As for later, no one would call Song Yan's name in front of her, even Lin An called him Da Song.

"I, I don't know... When I go back, I will find a way to ask you." She didn't feel guilty, and she suggested with consideration for the other party, thinking that if she went to find out, even if others thought it was strange, they would not think that he had lost his memory.

Song Yan looked at her silently until her eyes began to flicker and her face finally couldn't help but blush. When her mind was full of confusion, she finally spoke: "Song Yan. The roof of the house is Song, and the wood character is below. Yan is the inkstone of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Don't make a mistake." He was really afraid that one day he would forget his own name. It's not that he trusted Li Muran very much. The word trust seemed so ridiculous in the face of Lin An's betrayal, but it didn't mean that he should completely deny his own perspective on people. Not everyone can disguise themselves like Lin An, neither in front of others nor behind others, and he, Song Yan, is not a person who will be completely disappointed in human nature after suffering a blow.

Li Muran secretly wiped the cold sweat in his heart, agreed repeatedly, and repeated it in his heart over and over again, afraid that he would really forget it. After all, she couldn't call his name every time she talked to him, and she couldn't hear others dare to call it like that, so she couldn't do it without rote memorization. In addition to what Song Yan said before, she felt that even if the other party didn't emphasize it again and again, she had to find a pen and paper as soon as possible to write it down.

During the time they were talking, Song Yan had already finished eating Li Muran's dry and hard biscuit and drank a few sips of water. Then he asked Li Muran to go outside with him, found a stone on the spot, and asked her to draw the layout of the entire institute on the snow. He found a pile of metal objects in the house, and while listening to her, he used his supernatural power to pinch the metal into sharp thin blades two fingers wide and two thumbs long.

Li Muran was contradictory. She thought about it and couldn't think of a reason to convince herself to take him back, but she couldn't resist the pressure from his long-term high position. She couldn't help but follow the order and draw three large squares on the ground, representing the three floors of the institute, and then draw grids of different sizes in the boxes, and point out the names one by one. The drawing was very rough, but it was enough for people to understand at a glance. In the end, she still said with a stiff upper lip: "Director, I don't want to go to die, and I don't want to be experimented on." She saved him and did her best. If he insisted on going back, she couldn't persuade him, but she would never go.

When she said this, she was prepared for the other party to get angry or even use force to force her. However, Song Yan just glanced at her indifferently. Although he did not mean to condemn her, she felt inexplicably ashamed. It was not that she did not want to save people or even destroy the entire underground research institute, but she did not have the ability. She had always been a person who could do as much as she could. She would not do anything beyond her ability that would endanger her life, no matter how righteous or heroic she was. She was selfish, but she did not care. No one had cared about her since she was a child, and she could not take herself lightly. Therefore, although she was ashamed, she was very determined.

"If one day mutant animals also become zombies, neither me nor you will have a way out." Song Yan said calmly, without saying anything about what would happen to humans. It seemed that as long as she did not deliberately procrastinate or mention Lin An, his emotions could still be controlled.

"But if we go back now, we will die immediately." Seeing him like this, Li Muran became a little bolder and whispered back.

Song Yan ignored her and continued, "Your ability will definitely arouse the vigilance of those people. Although now is the time when they are most alert, it is also the time when they are most confused. Once they calm down, they will quickly come up with a way to deal with your ability." At this point, he paused, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "They must be very interested in your ability."

Hearing this, Li Muran couldn't help but shudder. The most direct thought in his mind was to run as far as possible, and he was unwilling to go back.

"No matter how far you run, as long as you can still use your ability, you may be discovered and do to me like Lin An did to me... You will never be able to sleep peacefully again. You are not naive to think that the survivors in various places will always be unable to communicate and exchange information like now, right?" As if knowing her thoughts, Song Yan cruelly broke her fluke mentality: "So, we can only destroy that laboratory and kill all those lunatics. Otherwise, not only you, but also more people will fall into such a cruel situation and die with regrets."

Li Muran squatted there, silent, her messy hair covering her eyes, making it impossible to tell whether she was persuaded or not. Song Yan didn't seem to care about this, but pointed at a certain point on the frame representing the second floor of the institute, "We landed here, this should be the control room, we will find a way to release those mutant creatures, when the alarm sounds, the passages on the first and second floors should be opened. We put on the clothes of researchers, sneak out in the chaos, rescue others, and kill our way out directly from the main gate. I believe it will give Wei Jingchi a big surprise and let the people in the base see clearly what is hidden inside. Just follow me closely, I will definitely keep you safe."

His plan was crude and simple, and Li Muran couldn't guess what the chance of success was, but she was still moved, not because of his plan, but because of what he said before, the institute had already posed a great psychological threat to her. She really didn't want to have to guard against others' calculations against her wherever she went in the future, that life would be impossible.

"If the mutant animals get out, many people will die." She murmured. If this plan really succeeds, many innocent people will die.

Song Yan shook his head and denied her idea: "Only release the mutant animals on the second floor, and the zombie creatures on the third floor must be destroyed. As for the mutant animals that escaped, with the power that Wei Jingchi has deployed outside, I believe it is fully capable of preventing them from escaping from the upper three areas."

Hearing this, Li Muran felt a little relieved. After thinking for a moment, she finally chose to take a step back. "You can go back, but let me sleep for two hours." Although he promised to protect her, she would rather rely on herself. After all, there are too many accidents. Even if the other party is sincere and capable, there is no guarantee that there will be no temporary problems. Compared to pinning hopes on others, she is still used to making full preparations.

Song Yan's lips curled up a smile, and he was slightly relieved. If Li Muran didn't agree, he really couldn't force her. He would occasionally do whatever it takes, but that would depend on people. Like this stupid girl in front of him, he felt that it would be too bullying if he really did that.

"Do you have crystal cores with you?" After he finished making weapons, he should need some crystal cores to supplement his superpowers.

Li Muran took out a handful from her backpack and gave it to him. "If you run out, there are more in the bag. Take them yourself." She was well prepared this time. She had more than enough corpse crystals, but she also considered that he might need them.

"Okay, go to sleep." Song Yan took the crystal core and waved his hand. Then he focused on making blades and ignored Li Muran. He didn't seem to worry about her running away.

The blades were made according to the number of people counted by Li Muran, double the number. One was to worry about making mistakes, and the other was to prevent unexpected situations. For disposable items, make more to be prepared. Just as he was concentrating on the task at hand, he suddenly heard a rustling sound. He was startled and quickly picked up the things on the ground and went back to the house. However, the doors and windows of this house were all removed, so it really couldn't provide any defense. Li Muran just curled up on the ground in the corner, looking very pitiful. He wanted to call her, hesitated, and finally decided to see the situation first.

The rustling sound was getting closer and closer. He leaned against the wall and looked at the direction of the sound through the open door. After a while, he saw a giant centipede with a barrel-like thickness of more than three meters in his sight. Just as he gathered his superpowers and prepared to strike it with a thunderbolt if it got closer, he saw the worm circling the house without stopping and crawling away quickly.

Song Yan didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the sound of the centipede crawling faded away. He didn't go out again. He found a refrigerator, a TV and other things in the house and turned them into metal plates to close the open doors and windows, leaving only one window for light, not to prevent mutant beasts, but to block the wind. Then he took the metal for making weapons and walked over to sit next to Li Muran, and continued to work beside her. Although this didn't make her warmer, it at least made her look less pitiful.

Thinking of a girl who hadn't graduated from college yet, running more than 200 kilometers alone to save herself, and curling up in an abandoned house full of dangers at night, he couldn't help but slow down his movements to make weapons. He lowered his head to look at Li Muran, who had messy hair, dirty face, but was sleeping very quietly. An indescribable complex feeling arose in his heart, but soon his hands' movements returned to normal.

Chapter 144 Dilemma (6)

Two hours later, a man and a woman appeared silently in the second floor of the underground research institute of Dongzhou Base, which was heavily defended. The three researchers who were concentrating on operating the instruments to collect blood, muscle and certain special tissue samples from the mutants noticed something was wrong. Just as they were about to turn their heads, they felt a chill on their necks. Before they could even feel the pain, they fell to the ground.

Song Yan did not waste time picking up the makeshift knife. He asked Li Muran to use his mental power to monitor the surrounding situation. He walked to the surveillance camera and a bolt of lightning struck it, burning all the surveillance equipment connected to it. Just as the power supply of the monitoring center of the institute was affected and it fell into darkness and panic, Li Muran and Song Yan had already hurriedly changed into the white coats of researchers.

He glanced at Li Muran and found that her messy hair and face that could no longer be seen as her original skin color were in stark contrast to the white coat she was wearing. He frowned slightly, and finally endured the discomfort in his heart and turned to study the operating instruments.

Li Muran didn't notice his subtle expression change, she put all her energy outside. After two hours of sleep, her mental strength recovered a lot. In addition to the time she took Song Yan just now, she could use her supernatural power once more. Even so, after returning to this unpleasant place, she still felt that her nerves were tense. Just

when the sharp alarm sounded for the second time in more than two hours in the entire underground research institute, Song Yan had found a way to open the cages that imprisoned the mutant animals. In addition to the strict defense, the design of the entire research institute was designed for the members in the institute, so the instruments related to the experiment were not deliberately made complicated and cumbersome. Although fingerprints were required to open, if they were already opened, as long as you could understand the foreign abbreviations, you could still find out the simple method of use through some of the above markings.

He quickly opened one cage after another here. When Li Muran was sure that the person closest to them was still separated by several doors, he began to put some notebooks and pens on the table into his backpack. It wasn't because of Song Yan's previous request for her to find paper and pen. Finding paper and pen was too easy. As long as she could return safely, she could find plenty of them in any shopping mall. She was wondering if there would be some important things recorded on them, and she could take them back to consult with others. Song Yan was even more straightforward. He directly cut off all the power in the control room, and then used his metal ability to destroy the equipment, took out the storage chip, and stuffed it into Li Muran's hand. From appearing in the control room to destroying it completely, it took less than two minutes, and there was no chance for the possible automatic attack or even destruction system to start, which made Li Muran stunned.

Bang! The whole institute seemed to shake, and before anyone could think about what was going on, it shook again.

"It's the mutant animals that are knocking on the door!" Li Muran said after using her mental power to explore. "Those plants seem to be starting to grow." Her tone was calm, but her heart was not calm.

There were more than ten mutant animals locked up on the entire second floor. The few that Li Muran had seen before were all very powerful. One of them was the skinless monster with wings that Nan Shao and Zhang Yi had encountered after the rainstorm. It was just that Li Muran didn't see it that time, so he didn't recognize it. The strange monkey didn't stand out among the group of violent mutant animals, which showed how terrifying these mutants captured by the research institute were. I don't know what material they used to make the cage, but it was able to trap these mutants with great destructive power. If this material could be made into weapons, humans should have more chances of winning when fighting mutants. But obviously there are not many of this material, at least the metal doors outside can't stop these mutants. When Li Muran explored, two doors had been destroyed. The researchers who were caught off guard and didn't escape were torn into pieces by the angry monsters and swallowed.

At the same time as the five researchers with submachine guns rushed to the control room, the passages between the first and second floors opened as Song Yan expected. Most of the researchers ran upstairs, and they were crossed by fully armed guards. These guards had been searching for Li Muran and Song Yan on the first floor before, so they arrived in time.

"Stand behind me." After listening to Li Muran's description, Song Yan said decisively, and at the same time melted the two broken instruments into a metal plate about five or six centimeters thick to block the two people. If they go out at this time, they will definitely run into the researchers who rushed over face to face, so it is better to save some energy and wait here. As soon as

it was done, the door of the control room slid open silently on both sides. As the lights on the corridor illuminated the control room that was plunged into darkness due to the destruction of the power supply, the flames formed by the continuous firing of bullets by the submachine gun swept in. The bullets hit the metal plate made by Song Yan, making a clear clang, but not a single bullet penetrated. Li Muran stood behind Song Yan with a machete in her hand. She was only a little over 1.6 meters tall, and with the thinness caused by malnutrition in the end of the world, her whole body was completely blocked by Song Yan's tall and majestic figure. I don't know if it was because Song Yan's back looked too calm, but she didn't feel nervous at all when she was shot by five submachine guns.

At the moment when the round of shooting stopped briefly, Song Yan suddenly shouted, picked up the metal plate in front of him, and threw it towards the door with all his strength. He then pulled Li Muran and dodged behind an instrument. The metal plate spun out and collided with the bullets fired by the people outside in a panic, sparks flew everywhere, but it did not stop its momentum of spinning outwards at all. After a moment, screams were heard, followed by a bang, and the metal plate fell to the ground. The surroundings instantly became quiet, with only the angry howls of mutant beasts from a distance and the gunshots that became less real because of the distance.

"There is still one alive, but his legs are pressed down." Li Muran said.

However, in the blink of an eye, one of the researchers who was still holding a submachine gun and jumping around had his skull flipped over, two had their necks cut off, and one was smashed into a pulp. The remaining one was about to die. The metal plate stained with blood and red and white brain pulp and flesh lay quietly on the ground, and the sharp edges flashed a cold light under the light.

From the time they came in to now, less than ten minutes, a total of eight people died. They are eight living people, not zombies. Li Muran felt uncomfortable, but said nothing. Song Yan didn't give her a chance to attack, which was a kind of care. As for whether some of these people were forced, whether there were old and young women and children in their families, and whether they had to rely on them to survive, she didn't dare to let herself think deeply. She knew very well that when they came here, either they would die, or she, Song Yan and the survivors who were used for human experiments would die. There was no third choice.

"Follow me!" Song Yan called her and ran out first. When passing by the researcher whose leg was pressed, he threw out a metal knife to help him relieve the pain.

Li Muran had expected him to do this, so she could only follow him with a stiff neck and quickly move her legs, without looking at the wide-open eyes of the researcher who died with his eyes open. If it were her, she would do the same. She didn't want to be shot in the back because of a moment of softness. Now that the beginning has been made, it is ridiculous to talk about sympathy and pity.

If it were in the past, Song Yan would have memorized the entire layout of the research institute drawn by Li Muran in his mind to facilitate his actions and adapt to changing circumstances. But his memory center is now damaged, and even if he memorizes it, there may be confusion, so he can only rely on Li Muran's guidance to decide what to do next.

There is only one way to the first floor, and it has been blocked by mutant animals and armed guards who rushed in. Song Yan was not in a hurry to go up, but took Li Muran to finish up on the second floor and eliminate all the researchers who escaped

. "The mutant plants are growing too fast, and the laboratory is about to be filled up. They are still growing up and down and on all sides. The roof and the ground have also been corroded and cracked. If we don't leave quickly, I'm afraid we will be trapped here." Li Muran said breathlessly while trying to keep up with Song Yan. "And... there are also zombie creatures below. Will they be released?"

The researchers in the laboratory were not very powerful. Although they were armed with weapons and some of them had superpowers, they were not strong enough in front of the battle-hardened Song Yan. Moreover, there was also Li Muran, who had the ability of mental detection, who was assisting them in reconnaissance. They were often killed by surprise before they found the enemy. This was also the main reason why Song Yan was so eager to take action without any manpower and without full preparation. Once the opponent was prepared, the advantage of Li Muran's superpowers would be gone, and he would not be able to take advantage of it. Even if he really pulled all his men to attack the base, it would only result in a lose-lose situation. In the end times full of dangers, it would be tantamount to seeking death. Moreover, because of his accident, Lin An took over temporarily. After returning, there would be more troubles to solve. If he delayed, he didn't know what changes would happen to the situation here. It was better to solve the problems of the institute sooner rather than later. Therefore, even though he knew it was risky, he still insisted on coming.

After hearing Li Muran's words, Song Yan was silent for a moment, and then asked her to see where the escaped mutant animals were.

"They have already reached the first floor. They have all dispersed. They are chasing after the guards and researchers... They ignored the people locked up in the lab." In order to investigate clearly, Li Muran stopped, leaned on the wall next to him, bent over and took a breath. When he said the last sentence, there was a hint of relief in his tone.

"Are there any survivors on the second floor?" Song Yan asked. None of those researchers can be left alive. If they are left alive, it will be troublesome. It is hard not to covet what they are studying, especially for ambitious people.

"There are two more, but they are entangled by mutant plants... Ah..." Li Muran said. Before she had time to be frightened by the scene she saw, she felt her waist tightened, and then she was carried on Song Yan's shoulders. The walls on both sides of the corridor were retreating rapidly, swallowing her screams and leaving behind the mutant plant stem that broke through the wall and stretched towards her like a demon.

"You are too slow." Song Yan explained simply. I don't know if he was physically fit before, or if he also had a speed mutation. He ran as fast as the speed-mutated meat tower Chen, and maybe even faster.

Li Muran felt a little uncomfortable being carried, and a little uneasy, but at this moment time was truly equivalent to life, and saving one more second meant one more life. She originally felt that she could not keep up with Song Yan, so naturally she would not struggle or make a fuss because of face or embarrassment. She simply used all her energy to explore the situation around her and upstairs and downstairs.

Chapter 145 Dilemma (7)

The footsteps of the runners made a rapid thumping sound on the corridor, like the sound of a war drum beating on one's heart. The purple-red vines stretched and entangled, the metal walls cracked, and the snow-white crystal branches stretched out from the cracks, and then grew palm-like leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye. The slippery mucus dripped from it, and the metal and concrete structures where it splashed melted at a speed visible to the naked eye like ice and snow under the sun, forming a series of uneven holes. The cracks spread like a spider web, swallowing up all the humanoid creatures they encountered, and then blooming one gorgeous and enchanting flower after another.

The lights in the corridor went out without warning, and the surroundings were pitch black. For the first time in his life, Song Yan felt the threat to his life very clearly. Under Li Muran's guidance, his speed increased by nearly twice again, and the vines behind him followed closely, as if they would pounce on them and entangle them as soon as they stopped. However, when he arrived at the passage leading to the first floor, he suddenly stopped.

There were no mutant beasts or people, but the remaining smell of blood, the bullet shells and discarded weapons under his feet showed that there had been fierce battles here. But these were not the reasons why Song Yan stopped. He stopped because the passage collapsed. The passage was blocked by

scattered bricks and stones, large pieces of reinforced concrete, and the alloy wall skin several tens of centimeters thick that was torn and drooped by sharp claws. Can't see. Can't see anything, but there are deadly mutant plants chasing behind, and there is no way out in front.

Song Yan put Li Muran down, his chest heaving sharply. There is no word "give up" in his life dictionary, but there is no way out.

"Pick a position for me to get through to the other side." He tightened his hands and said to Li Muran calmly, just like when he opened the skull on the operating table and found that the tumor was wrapped around the cerebral artery. It's not that he didn't think that after two hours of sleep, Li Muran's ability might be used once or twice, but seeing that she didn't show any intention to use it, he gave up the idea. The collapse of the passage was unexpected, but since he decided to come back, he was prepared to deal with countless fatal emergencies, so he didn't feel panicked, but quickly thought of ways to save the lives of the two people or even escape.

"In the middle of the left side, there is only a metal plate stuck diagonally, and then in the lower right corner, there is a large cement slab on it, and there are some broken bricks and sand below, about one meter wide." Li Muran answered quickly. Although her ability can be used, she is not sure if she can still lead people, and she will not use it unless it is absolutely necessary. Unlike Song Yan, because her mental power is not restricted by darkness, she can clearly see the vines and branches behind them that are spreading towards them like snakes. In terms of mentality and calmness, she certainly couldn't compare with Song Yan, who had worked in surgery for more than ten years and performed countless major operations. So she was already panicking at this moment. Before she finished speaking, she climbed up the collapsed object blocking the front, aiming at the metal plate. Unexpectedly, Song Yan grabbed her vest.

"Look carefully, is there anything on the metal plate?" Song Yan asked, and at the end, he added: "Don't worry, we won't die here."

Maybe it was because his last sentence, "As long as you think about it carefully," actually didn't have any real guarantee, or maybe it was because of his overly calm attitude. In short, Li Muran was unconsciously affected and forced herself to calm down. She carefully checked the top of the metal plate as instructed. This look made her sweat cold on her back, and she was glad that he pulled her in time. It turned out that the metal plate fell from the ceiling, and because it was stuck there, it blocked the bricks and stones that fell from above. If the two of them opened the metal plate, the most likely thing to happen is that the broken bricks and stones that were blocked above would all slide down, not only filling the gap, but also burying the two of them.

"What about the lower right?" Hearing her description, Song Yan did not have any emotional fluctuations, as if he had already expected it.

"The cement slab is very large, and there are bricks and sand on it, so it can't be moved." The externalized mental power noticed that the vines of the mutant plants had slid past the turn and were getting closer and closer. Li Muran answered while trying to remain calm, but her palms were already sweating.

"If we take off the things below, will it collapse? Is it big enough for one person to pass through?" Song Yan threw out one question after another.

"It won't collapse. Maybe... maybe it can." Li Muran's tone was not so sure. In fact, if it was her, she should be able to get through, but Song Yan was a little embarrassed. This is why she didn't choose that position at the beginning. "You might get stuck." Finally, she added a sentence.

"Then squeeze in." Song Yan said lightly, then threw down a sentence and looked behind, then followed the direction she pointed, his hands were metalized, his legs knelt on the ground, and he quickly dug out the broken bricks and cement blocks under the cement board.

Squeeze in? Li Muran was a little embarrassed, it was not like taking a car, where you could just squeeze in and sit down. But reality did not allow her to think too much, because among the sounds of Song Yan digging bricks and stones, she also heard the rustling sound of vines growing and extending. It's getting closer. She couldn't help but hold the machete in her hand tightly, no matter what, she had to fight.

But before the vines got closer, a ray of light suddenly came through the lower right corner of the originally pitch-black corridor. It was not particularly bright, but it would never make people mistake it in the dark. The blocked corridor was unblocked.

Li Muran was refreshed, and before he could say anything, he felt himself being pulled, and then he couldn't help but rush to the light.

"You go first." Song Yan had stood up at some point, just blocking her.

Now was not the time to be polite and give way. Li Muran didn't say anything. He leaned down to stuff the backpack and machete first, then crawled into the cave entrance, and reminded Song Yan: "Director, Fujiko is almost here, three meters, three meters... no, a little more than two meters."

Song Yan hummed, took off his white coat and thick cotton jacket, and touched a piece of metal wallboard torn off by the claws of the mutant beast on the pile of rocks behind him. In fact, there was no need to remind him. He had seen it clearly the moment the light came in. Although Li Muran blocked the light again at this moment, he had already figured it out in his mind, and he was no longer like a blind man who couldn't figure out the situation around him like before.

The tunnel, which was only a little over one meter long, was not long. It was easy to get through after climbing up twice. However, the surface of the reinforced concrete slab above her head was uneven, and there were broken ends of bent steel bars. Li Muran's hair got caught as soon as she entered. She didn't dare to waste time to slowly untie it. Moreover, the place was cramped and she couldn't lift her hands to do it. She could only grit her teeth and break free. Enduring the pain of her hair being pulled off, she moved forward. She learned her lesson and lowered her head lower to avoid getting caught again.

On the other side, Song Yan was ready to attack as soon as the mutant vine came to about half a meter in front of his feet. He knew too well how powerful the mutant plants were. If he missed the attack, it would definitely cause a crazy counterattack. So it was better to leave after one attack. After all, the roots of the mutant vine were not here. Even if he had the ability, he couldn't kill it. Moreover, there were other mutant plants following closely behind, eyeing them covetously, and he would not be allowed to stay here for long.

"Director, I'm fine. There's no one here. The mutant vine is about 1.5 meters away from you." When the light came through the tunnel in the lower right corner again, Li Muran's voice came from the other side, which seemed a bit dull and distorted because of the barrier in the middle.

Song Yan had already seen it. The mutant vine's ugly purple-red vine with tumor scars, which was thicker than an adult's arm, was growing slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was not crawling from somewhere else, but it was really growing. Once the tumor scar stuck to the place it passed, it would stick tightly and not move, and then a new section of the vine with tumor scars would grow from the front.

How this thing attacked people and how terrifying it was, Song Yan didn't want to know at all. After Li Muran spoke, he attached a layer of lightning to the metal spikes he had already pinched in his hand, and stabbed the mutant vine that was closer at a lightning speed. At the same time, he twisted his body, bent his body and kicked his legs close to the ground, and shot through the slightly narrow tunnel like a sharp arrow.

Li Muran was standing with his back to the cave entrance, on guard. He was frightened by the fierce way he passed through. Before he could react, Song Yan jumped up and carried him away.

Bang! The sand and stones behind him flew, the ground shook, and a lot of cement bricks and stones fell from the ceiling. It was the enraged mutant vine that broke free from the metal thorns, and suddenly grew several meters, and hit the pile of earth and rocks that blocked the passage fiercely. If Song Yan moved slower, the two would probably be buried under the pile of bricks and stones that collapsed to this side.

He ran up to the first floor and made sure that the mutant vine could not catch up for the time being. Song Yan slowed down his pace a little, but did not put Li Muran down, but asked her to show the way to find the imprisoned superpowers. There were still some places on the first floor with good lights. Li Muran soon noticed that Song Yan's upper body clothes were gone, his back was bloody and fleshy, and a large layer of skin was scraped off. Finally, he understood what he meant by squeezing. He couldn't tell what he felt for a while, but just motioned him to put him down, and then took off his white coat and handed it to him. There was nothing he could do about it. Her clothes definitely wouldn't fit him, and she had to wear them herself. The only thing was that this white coat was stripped off from a male researcher before. It was already too big for her, so he could put it on.

Song Yan was not polite either. He took it and put on the white coat while quickly following behind Li Muran who was running fast. He didn't even frown at the wound on his back. He had suffered such pain in the laboratory before, so how could he care about such a mere flesh wound.

The corridor was full of smashed lights, scattered guns, bloody limbs, damaged walls and ceilings, and slippery mucus, all of which showed how fierce the battle was here before. The two of them couldn't care about these things at the moment. They could still hear the gunshots from time to time, the unique sound of the superpowers, the roar of the mutant beasts, the shouts and screams of people... The battle was still going on, and they didn't get away. They didn't have much time. If they didn't take this opportunity to rescue the people, it would be a lot of trouble when the opponents reacted.

The first floor of the institute is in a well-shaped layout, with walkways crisscrossing horizontally and vertically, and glass-walled laboratories on both sides. At first glance, there is no difference, and it is easy for people who come here for the first time to get lost. At this time, the glass walls of some laboratories have been broken, and there is no one inside. In the intact walls, you can see the experimental subjects imprisoned on the experimental table, either calmly or violently. Whenever they encounter this, Song Yan and Li Muran will stop their rushing steps, break the door of the laboratory and rescue the people inside. Those who are willing to follow them can follow, and those who want to find a way out can do so. It's just a pity that some experimental subjects have lost their breath because they couldn't survive the experiments again and again. When they bypassed several mutant beasts and fought with the base army that came to support them and arrived at the dark room where more survivors were imprisoned, Song Yan's eyes had turned red because of what he saw along the way, probably because he recalled everything he had experienced, and behind them were three men who were only wrapped in a surgical singlet around their waists, although they looked pale and haggard, but murderous. Perhaps they knew that they were not strong enough to escape and take revenge, so none of the rescued survivors left alone.

Li Muran contributed the food and water in his backpack, and the three of them shared a little. There was not much food and water, but they did not finish it, obviously wanting to leave some for the survivors behind.

Chapter 146 Dilemma (8)

The darkroom is a basement-like place between the first and second floors of the institute. Unlike other rooms on the surface, it is impossible to find it if you are not careful, so Li Muran simply calls it the darkroom. There are more than 20 survivors in the darkroom, including people with special abilities, strong ordinary people, and some of Song Yan's subordinates, but Xiao Sheng, Long Xia and others are not seen.

As early as when the institute changed, the survivors in the darkroom noticed it, but the darkroom has a special structure and ordinary people cannot open it. The superpowers of the superpowers are suppressed, so no matter how excited they are, they can only stare blankly.

"Every few hours, they will spray the drug that can suppress superpowers into the room. Even if we hold our breath, it will be useless." The subordinates were surprised and happy to see Song Yan appear, and even more ashamed. They came to save the boss, but they didn't expect that the boss would save them. However, they obviously knew the priorities and had no time to feel ashamed. Instead, they didn't wait for Song Yan to ask, and told him what they thought was important before walking out.

"The drug that suppresses superpowers can not only be injected intramuscularly or orally, but can also be absorbed through the skin and respiratory tract to take effect." Hearing this, Song Yan frowned, turned his head to look at Li Muran, and said something.

Li Muran nodded slightly, indicating that he remembered it. So Song Yan asked about Xiao Sheng and others again.

Several men were a little surprised when they saw Li Muran, and they couldn't understand why she was here, but Song Yan had no intention of explaining, so they naturally couldn't ask. They were much luckier than those survivors who were locked up in the laboratory. They were probably afraid that their physical condition would deteriorate, so they had two meals a day, no shortage of food and water, and they were still wearing clothes. Only everything that might cause damage, such as portable weapons, was searched away.

"We were caught as soon as we sneaked into the base. We thought we might see you, so we didn't resist. Later, we were sent here directly. We didn't see Brother Sheng and Miss Long. They attacked and harassed outside the base, and maybe they didn't get caught." Obviously, they knew very little.

"When will your superpowers be restored?" Song Yan asked. Now was not the time to recount the past, so he asked only the most important questions.

"The time for spraying the mist has passed. Maybe because of the chaos outside, no one can take care of us." A subordinate answered. "There is no precedent. We can't estimate the specific recovery time, but it is estimated that it will not exceed half an hour."

"Fuck, even if I don't have superpowers, I can slap those wicked things to death with one slap!" A man waved his arms and shouted angrily in a foreign dialect.

Song Yan glanced at him and saw that he was a stranger, so he ignored him and said, "There is no time." There is no time to wait for them to recover their superpowers and physical strength, and there is no time for him to do more things. If they don't leave before the mutant beasts are solved, when Wei Jingchi's people are free, the mutant plants will occupy the entire research institute, and they will all die.

Compared with most superpowers, Song Yan's superpowers are much stronger, but a lot of them have been consumed before this. Although he has been holding the crystal core in his hand to replenish it, it still can't keep up with the speed of consumption, so the longer he stays, the more disadvantageous it will be for them.

Still under Li Muran's guidance, the group hurried to the exit leading to the ground. Those who couldn't keep up supported each other. The people locked in the dark room were sent in blindfolded, and they didn't know what kind of situation they would face in the future. When they saw the miserable situation in the laboratory, they all gasped, not knowing whether to be angry or thankful.

"There are still people in five laboratories, but there are mutant beasts over there." Li Muran held back and decided to say it. The presence of mutant beasts meant that there were soldiers from the base. She knew very well that if they went over, it would not only be very likely to attract the attention of the mutant beasts to themselves, but also expose their existence to the eyes of the base. Although the base may have known that someone was messing around, it was just a guess, and the reaction caused by seeing it with one's own eyes was definitely very different. However, even though she knew it clearly, she still couldn't pretend that she didn't see the existence of those people.

Song Yan's steps paused.

Save or not save? This was originally a simple matter, but now it has become a difficult problem in front of everyone.

"Do you want to save them?" Song Yan looked down at Li Muran who was following him closely, and asked with a calm expression, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Li Muran was a little embarrassed. You know, she was not so willing to come to the institute. "Aren't we here to save people..." They are so close, we can't save some and leave some behind.

"What about you?" Song Yan turned his head and looked at the others. As if he wanted everyone to see the current situation clearly, he added: "If we leave immediately, our chance of survival is 50%, so if we go to save people, it will drop to 10%." Of course, he was not exaggerating. The reason why he estimated it so low was that the combat effectiveness of the people rescued at the moment was less than half of the usual level, and all the pressure fell on his shoulders.

"Go, why not. We are unlucky. We encountered such a time and such a group of inhumane devils. After all, we are all in trouble. We can't be saved while watching others die in the hands of those bastards." A man who looked gentle and scholarly said.

"Yes, we were going to die, but now we have a life, what is there to be afraid of!" Someone immediately agreed.

Song Yan's men did not say anything, obviously they would do whatever Song Yan said. There were also some people who did not say anything. After a while, a bearded man spoke up, "You saved our lives, you say."

"Then save it." Song Yan said without hesitation, with a casual look, as if it was not a big deal for him. Unexpectedly, as soon as

he said this, someone objected, "I'm sorry, I can't help if I go, so I won't go." After the man finished speaking, he turned around and ran away, as if he would be pushed to die if he was a little slower.

The faces of the others changed, and before they could speak, another young man who was haggard but still had a very handsome face also said, "I won't do anything that is obviously going to kill me." After saying that, he turned his back and waved his hand, and actually walked away in such a dignified manner. Although he made the same choice as the previous one, his attitude was like two extremes.

"Bah! You cowards!" Someone spat and cursed.

Song Yan was not angry, nor did he try to stop the two from leaving. Instead, he said to Li Muran, "Draw a layout of this floor and mark our current position." At the end, he added, "Keep it simple."

Li Muran didn't know what he was going to do, and didn't ask much. He took out a stack of papers from his backpack, took out a piece of paper that hadn't been written on, and put it against the wall next to him. He drew all the passages on the first floor and the names of important places in a few strokes, and then drew a circle where they were.

Song Yan took the paper, handed it to a subordinate, and said, "Find a place to hide and wait for your superpowers to recover. Muran and I will go to rescue people. We will meet at the exit in fifteen minutes. No matter whether we arrive or not, and whether your superpowers have recovered or not, you must leave immediately."

"Mr. Song, we will go with you." The subordinate didn't take the map, but said anxiously. The boss has risked his life for them, so how could they still shrink back.

"I've already said that you'll rescue us if you say so, so why don't you count us?" The bearded man was unhappy.

"Let's talk about it when you're no longer a burden." Song Yan said impatiently, without giving others a chance to object, he slapped the map directly on his men, and then motioned Li Muran to follow him.

Li Muran was stunned for a moment, and hurried to follow, but after a few steps, he turned back, left some corpse crystals for those people, and then ran to catch up.

Song Yan's men touched their heads and looked at each other. They didn't dare to say anything more, but they made up their minds that if they didn't see anyone when the time was almost up, they would go back to look for him. As for the others, they looked at each other, not knowing whether they should follow. Finally, the scholar-like man spoke: "This... Mr. Song's words are not pleasant to hear, but they are indeed the truth. We will be a burden if we go, and too many people will attract attention. It's better to find a safer place to wait for the superpowers to recover so that we can help."

The bearded man raised his thick eyebrows, as if he wanted to say something. The scholar said again: "Now there are not only superpower warriors from the base in this floor, but also ferocious mutant beasts. Let alone now, even when they were in the best condition before, who of you dares to guarantee that you can deal with them?" What he didn't know was that there were also mutant plants growing ferociously. Song Yan didn't have time to tell them.

The bearded man choked, and then listened to the scholar continue: "Death is not terrible, but it must be worth dying. Even if we die here today, we must tear off a layer of skin of the surname Wei." The last sentence, his tone was sinister and resentful, which was very inconsistent with his image, making everyone who heard it shudder, and for the first time look at this weak scholar-like man. But it must be said that this kind of him finally made others put down their hesitations, and even the expression of the bearded man eased a lot.

Regardless of how they find a place to hide and recover their physical strength and superpowers, let's just say that Song Yan and Li Muran rushed along the corridor to the laboratories that had not been broken into by the mutant beasts. Li Muran used her mental power to explore the surroundings and even the mutant plants downstairs while walking, and described it to Song Yan at the same time. However, in just half a day, her mental power exploration has been almost perfect, and it must be said that she was forced by reality. She felt that if she stayed with Director Song for a few more days, the use of superpowers would probably be exaggerated, but she really didn't want this kind of improvement method that tied her head to the belt.

Bang! A fireball flew over the aisle and hit the glass wall not far away, with fireworks splashing everywhere. Through the glass walls, one could see a mutant beast covered with thorns surrounded by a dozen superpower warriors, with both sides evenly matched. The mutant beast was blocked from moving forward, and it could not do anything to the superpower warriors who already had experience dealing with it, so it was scratching the alloy glass wall next to it with its claws in frustration, leaving several deep marks. And just inside that glass wall, there lay a still-living female experimental subject.

How could they get through? No matter how they got through, they would die.

At that moment, Li Muran suddenly regretted it. She felt that she was so stupid. Why would she take the initiative to say that there were still people who could not be saved. If she hadn't said it, maybe they would have left the institute and stood outside where they could breathe the fresh cold air.

Chapter 147 Dilemma (9)

"Follow me." Song Yan's deep voice sounded in her ears, stopping the regret in her heart from growing. Li Muran fixed her eyes on the back of the man in a white coat in front of her with steady steps. She felt as if she had returned to the scene when they first met. At that time, he patted her shoulder while she was writing a medical record and said he was going to have surgery, then turned and walked away. She followed him like this. Because she couldn't see his face clearly, she didn't know if she had heard it wrong, or if she had followed the wrong person. She walked behind him uncomfortably and felt confused. Now it was the same scene, the same back, but her heart was inexplicably calmed down. It seems that when people are trapped in a dilemma and feel helpless, familiar people or scenes can help relieve their anxiety.

Most of the laboratories on both sides were affected by the battle, and the alloy glass walls were damaged. In the place where there were still two laboratories between the fighting people and the mutant beasts, Song Yan took Li Muran into a dilapidated laboratory next to it. There was blood everywhere, and all kinds of experimental instruments had turned into parts and fell everywhere. The laboratory table was overturned on the ground. Song Yan didn't even look at these, and walked directly to the glass wall adjacent to the next laboratory, stretched out his palm and pressed it, and the metal power was activated, directly breaking a hole in the glass wall that could allow one person to pass through. It turned out that although the alloy glass has high strength and hardness, it is a metal material after all, and the metal power is also applicable to it.

Li Muran was surprised and admired when he saw this, thinking that the director is worthy of being the director, and nothing is difficult for him. Maybe even if she didn't come to save him, he would be able to get out of here sooner or later with his own abilities.

However, the glass is transparent and can't block the view from outside. When the two passed through the last laboratory and arrived at the laboratory where the mutant beast was about to shatter the glass wall with another slap, the base power warriors outside who were besieging the mutant beast immediately noticed them. Or maybe they had already noticed the existence of the two, but they just didn't have time to pay attention to it for a while.

Receiving the vigilant and suspicious looks from those people, Li Muran's heart tightened. Just as he was thinking about how to escape, he saw Song Yan calmly gesture to the outside, then skillfully opened the ring that locked the experimental subject, and pulled a surgical sheet from the side to cover her.

The female experimental subject watched how the people in the laboratories in front of her were torn to pieces and swallowed by mutant beasts, and was waiting desperately for the same fate to fall on her, but she didn't expect to be free. However, the moment she regained her freedom, she did not escape or cover her body, but rushed towards Song Yan with resentment, as if she was going to die with him. However, after being tied up for a long time, her hands and feet were numb, and before she touched anyone, she fell off the experimental table first, and fell very awkwardly.

"We are not researchers here, nor are we from the base." Song Yan seemed to know why she did this, so he directly pointed out his identity as soon as he opened his mouth to avoid misunderstanding. The glass wall was soundproof, and he didn't worry at all that his words would be heard by people outside.

The woman was stunned for a moment, and seemed to be a little skeptical, but Song Yan didn't waste time explaining. He just said, "If you want, come with us." After that, he nodded slightly to the people outside, and took Li Muran to the next laboratory.

This time the woman didn't hesitate. She grabbed the middle single and wrapped it around her armpits, covering most of her body. Then, even if her legs and feet were numb, she still staggered to follow. Li Muran wanted to turn back to help her, but was stopped by Song Yan.

With a clear clang, as soon as they left, the glass wall of the laboratory was broken by the mutant beast, and the lightning fireballs and metal blades of the superpowers fell in with it, but they would no longer affect the three people.

"Director, we just came here like this?" Li Muran, whose legs were so soft because of too much tension that they felt like stepping on cotton, was still a little dazed, and didn't understand how things suddenly became so simple. "Are there your people among them?" Based on Song Yan's previous performance, she couldn't help but make this guess.

"No." Song Yan answered. He probably felt that after letting her do so many things, it would be unreasonable not to teach her something, so he said with rare patience: "I let them think I was from the research institute and came to take the experimental subjects out." He pointed to the white coat he was wearing, with an identity card pinned on the right chest.

Seeing that Li Muran was dumbfounded and still a little bit unresponsive, he couldn't help but bend his finger and knocked on her forehead, scolding: "Why are you so stupid! You have to remember that the more critical the situation is, the more you can't panic. As long as you stay calm, you can take the dominant position no matter how the situation changes, and things will not become out of control. Just now, it was because I was stable enough that I could bluff those people. Even if they had doubts, they had to think more. They were facing the mutant beast, how could they have the energy to distract them? Even if they recognized me, there was still a glass wall and a powerful mutant beast between us. There was plenty of time for us to leave calmly. What's there to panic?"

Li Muran was speechless when she heard it, and even forgot that she was knocked on the head, let alone the word stupid. After a long while, she said in a low voice: "It's hard not to panic." It's estimated that few people can do what he did under the eyes of the enemy. But having said that, she still remembered his words firmly in her heart, and it really benefited her a lot in the future.

The female survivor followed behind and listened to the conversation between the two. She nodded secretly, and her guard was reduced a lot.

"My name is Xin Lu, I have spatial ability. Thank you for saving me." Song Yan heard Li Muran's words and wanted to teach her a lesson, but he heard a slightly hoarse woman's voice behind him.

Spatial ability? They turned around at the same time and saw that the woman had a set of clothes in her hand and was putting them on. She probably felt that her ability could not be hidden from others, so she just said it openly.

"Do you have men's clothes? Director Song can wear them." Li Muran saw this and the first thing he thought of was this. He paused slightly, and remembered something else, "It should be softer. He has an injury on his back."

Song Yan glanced at her and said nothing, but his eyes softened a lot.

Xin Lu looked at Song Yan, confirmed his body shape, and then took out a silk long-sleeved underwear with a label on it, and a brown pullover sweater and handed it to him, "You need to wear a white coat, it's not suitable if it's too thick, I'll give you another coat when you go out."

Song Yan gave a look, and Li Muran took the clothes consciously, and waited for him to take off his white coat before handing him the silk underwear. His eyes unconsciously swept over his back, because it was just a superficial abrasion, and there was no bleeding, but the skin and flesh mixed with some mud and sand still made people feel shocked.

Xin Lu obviously didn't expect Song Yan to be injured like this. In addition to being surprised, the remaining defense in his heart was also put away.

The three people walked and dressed, and their relationship became much more harmonious. Xin Lu told her own experience. She did not belong to any force in the base, and her superpowers awakened relatively early, but the space was not large, only a dozen cubic meters. According to the time, she was captured and taken to the research institute before the mutant creatures and zombies rioted outside the base, much earlier than Song Yan. Perhaps it was because she had spatial abilities, but space was not very useful to the base, so she was captured for research. After all, the base already had two spatial abilities, one of which was thousands of cubic meters, and the other was slightly smaller but also more than 800 cubic meters. It would be a pity to use them for experiments.

After entering the institute, the researchers extracted her gene fragments and implanted them into the genes of the unawakened experimental subjects, trying to artificially awaken the spatial abilities. In addition, they forcibly injected crystal core energy that exceeded her original tolerance into her body, hoping to promote her spatial level in a short period of time.

"It's a pity that no matter whether my space has expanded or not, they will never know. If they have the ability, they can invent an instrument that can detect the situation in space." Xin Lu spoke of the various hardships she had experienced before in a very plain and concise manner, and only the last sentence was full of irony and stubbornness. It can be inferred that in order to know whether the crystal core energy injection was effective, those researchers must have used a lot of means to force her to confess.

While the two were getting dressed, they did not stop on their way, nor did they delay talking. After listening to Xin Lu's experience, Li Muran no longer doubted what Song Yan had said to her before in order to get her to return to the research institute. These lunatics would never let go of any special abilities.

The following rescue process was safe and sound because of Song Yan's calmness, and because most of the base soldiers' energy was focused on the mutant beasts, and there were no researchers around. However, this good luck finally ran out when the last person was rescued.

Seeing a group of base superpowered soldiers who hurried over, mixed with familiar faces of the researchers, and the other side finally solved the mutant beasts that were still stranded in the institute and reacted to catch up with them because of the heavy losses. The base soldiers who were trapped did not panic because they had received Li Muran's warning before. However, only they themselves knew that under the threat of the other party's guns, they really had no power to resist.

Xin Lu was very generous. She provided a set of clothes for each person she rescued, saving them from facing the naked people around them. At this time, the last person was still slowly reaching his hand into his sleeve.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Song?" A man in a white coat with glasses stretched out his finger to push his glasses up, looked at Song Yan mockingly, and recognized him at a glance. Anyone could see that under the sneer, there was strong anger and hatred suppressed. "You said you were leaving, so why did you come back? Do you really think this is a shopping mall? You can come and go as you please?" All their hard work was burned because of Song Yan. How could he not hate him?

Song Yan was originally thinking that every cell in his body would scream to kill them, but when they really appeared in front of him, he smiled.

"How can I just leave without thanking you for your hospitality?" He rarely smiled, but when he smiled, it was not stiff, which made people feel a little more handsome, although his appearance was not handsome. While speaking, he stretched out his hand and dragged Li Muran behind him without leaving a trace, obviously remembering his words to protect her.

This obvious protective action immediately touched Li Muran. She was the kind of person who would repay others for their kindness. She didn't even remember that if it wasn't for saving the other person, she wouldn't have to risk her life. At this time, she was killing zombies and collecting supplies with Yangyang and the others to prepare for Bowei. She just felt that the director was really good to her. She had to take him away when she escaped, so she quietly grabbed one of his arms from behind.

Song Yan thought she was afraid, so although he was not used to physical contact with people, he didn't shake her hand off.

"Humph! I want to see how you are going to thank us! Take them all away, and kill those who resist!" The man with glasses obviously didn't have the mood to talk to Song Yan, and waved his hand and said.

Either become a prisoner again, or die in battle. There were only two choices in front of the seven people. Of course, Li Muran was not one of them, but she didn't plan to do anything for the time being, before Song Yan made a decision. As for the remaining five people besides Song Yan, they had had enough of being treated as guinea pigs. They would rather kill a lot of people than return to despair again after getting hope. Just

when the atmosphere on both sides was about to explode, Li Muran suddenly cried out in a low voice. It turned out that her mental power detected that there were two groups of people rushing towards them. One group was the people who were rescued before, and the other group seemed to be the superpowers from the base, but one of them looked very familiar. It was the handsome young man who was unwilling to come with them to rescue people. At the same time, the mutant plants on the second floor had broken through the barrier between the two floors and emerged from several places.

"Don't do it, we won't resist." She knew that Song Yan would not ask her what happened at this time, and she could not tell her what she had discovered in front of the enemy. In a hurry, she shouted out, and the hand holding Song Yan's arm pulled hard, hoping that he could understand what she meant.

How stupid! Isn't it obvious that shouting like this will draw other people's attention to her? Don't you think about what kind of supernatural power she has? Song Yan almost rubbed his forehead, but he had to save the situation quickly. He shouted coldly: "Shut up, it's not your turn to speak here!" While scolding, he pulled her hand that was grabbing his arm off, but pushed her behind him calmly. Afraid that the stupid girl would not understand what he meant, he could only not give her a chance to speak again. Looking at the man with glasses opposite, he sneered: "It's just right. I also want to meet Wei Jingchi and ask him in person what's going on in this place!"

"What's going on? You should ask your best brother. I believe he knows better than anyone. Oh, by the way, I believe you will see him again soon. When he controls all your men, he will come back to personally handle the research related to you." The man with glasses said sarcastically. At the end, he probably felt that the scene was too satisfying, and he couldn't help laughing.

"By the way, Lin An's ability is so special, you won't be controlled by him, right? Otherwise, why don't you think about studying him?" Song Yan was not angered by him, but said lightly, as if he really thought of this question inadvertently.

The laughter of the man with glasses stopped abruptly. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to refute the other party, but seemed to find it meaningless. Finally, he said unhappily: "What do you know, stop talking nonsense! Take them away quickly!" The latter sentence he said to those superpower warriors. The verbal confrontation

between the two people eased the atmosphere a lot. The five people who had originally determined to die could not help but hesitate, thinking that it would be the same to wait until they got outside to take action. At least they could breathe a breath of air outside and take a look at the outside world. Even if the outside world was not so beautiful, it was at least free.

Li Muran felt that they stopped thinking about taking action immediately, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. No matter whether they understood what he meant, as long as they could delay time, it would be fine.

The group walked towards the exit. Because there were so many people, the footsteps were particularly chaotic and loud. Li Muran "saw" that the group of people led by the bearded man had passed through the broken glass wall and hid behind the various instrument test tables, while the base's superpowers, including the young man, were a little slower, and walked through the passage where the bearded man and his group were hiding without looking around. It was unknown whether they did not notice the people hiding in the dark, or whether they had other plans. On the other side, attracted by the footsteps and the smell of people, the mutant plants that had climbed to the first floor were also creeping towards them from all directions.

Li Muran became nervous again and unconsciously grabbed the clothes of Song Yan who was walking in front. When she first discovered that her superpowers also had the ability to detect spirits, she felt very excited and thought that she had the ability to see the whole picture, and her chances of survival increased a bit. But now she knows that seeing everything is not necessarily a good thing. At least before, she rushed blindly to survive, and was brave because of the unknown, but now she is a little timid. It's like the feeling of seeing a zombie is completely different from seeing a large group of zombies. She knew very well that this mentality must be overcome, otherwise she would be scared to death before she even fought.

Feeling the clothes on his back getting tight, Song Yan did not turn around, but reached over and grabbed Li Muran's hand, holding it gently, as if to comfort him.

Li Muran's nerves were tense at this time, and he had to pay attention to the two groups of people and the mutant plants. When he noticed his movements, he couldn't help but calm down, but he didn't think much about it.

Not long after, they met the second group of people who were walking straight towards them. After seeing who was coming, the people on the side of the glasses man breathed a sigh of relief, but they did not let down their guard, and the hearts of Xin Lu and the other five people dropped to the freezing point. Only Song Yan remained calm, and his silent eyes fell on the young man who was hidden in the crowd and had just met him not long ago.

"Boss Chang, how did you get in?" The glasses man didn't know him, but the captain of the superpower team next to him knew him.

"Mr. Wei sent us down to pick you up." Boss Chang was a middle-aged man, not tall, but with broad shoulders and thick back, looking as strong as an iron tower. Hearing the question, he said lightly, without waiting for the other party to question, casually glanced at Song Yan and the others, and sneered contemptuously: "Just a few people can make you guys fall to the ground, you are really capable!"

These words made the group of people's faces turn purple, but the other party could not be considered their people, and there were many things that could not be explained. The captain of the superpower team looked unhappy, "Boss Chang, don't think you are invincible just because you have a few people under you. Do what you should do, it is not your turn to teach us a lesson!" After that, he waved his hand and signaled everyone to move on.

The boss Chang seemed to be concerned about his identity and did not say anything. He just asked his men to spread out in all directions, as if to escort them. Seeing that he was so tactful, the people on the side of the man with glasses relaxed a little.

No one talked anymore. The heavy clacking sound of military boots stepped on the aisle, suppressing all other sounds. Just as they were about to pass through the road where the bearded man and his men were hiding, Li Muran suddenly stopped, causing Song Yan in front of him to stagnate.

"Who told you to stop, ugly woman!" A superpower behind him had lost a good friend when dealing with mutant beasts before. He had been holding back his anger for a long time and kicked Li Muran in the waist and cursed.

Li Muran was caught off guard and fell forward on Song Yan's back. Song Yan's face changed slightly, not knowing whether it was because of the pain in his back or because of anger. At this moment, the floor in front suddenly cracked, and a long vine sprang out from the ground, dragging an unsuspecting superpower warrior from the base down. Then, several plants broke out of the ground, waving their branches and vines in a show of force.

A shrill scream came from the ground, and soon became weaker. Everyone shuddered. The handsome young man who had left because he didn't want to go with Li Muran to rescue people was the first to react. He slashed the neck of the base warrior next to him with a knife, and shouted: "Do it!"

Song Yan's reaction was not slower than him. He kicked the wrist of a man holding a semi-automatic rifle next to him, and at the same time, his nails were sharpened and scratched across the throat of the man.

Everyone present, except for a few researchers, was battle-hardened. The difference in reaction speed was only one and a half seconds. Before the first two people who were killed fell to the ground, the base warriors had already started to fight back. Song Yan's men hiding in the dark and the bearded man and others also rushed out, and a group of people fought together. Because it was a close combat, those with guns in their hands were almost useless and were kicked down before they could raise them.

Li Muran's machete had been searched away before, so she had no weapons at this time. She had learned some fighting skills from Zhang Yinan Shao, but she forgot all of them in a hurry. She usually used a knife to chop zombies and deal with men with bad intentions. This was the first time she had to fight an enemy with bare hands, so she was a little flustered. Fortunately, she was always fierce. When she saw a researcher took out a pistol from his arms and pointed it at Song Yan, she didn't care about anything else and rushed over. She squatted and kicked the other person's leg like she did before when fighting zombies. When the person fell to the ground, she followed him and knelt on the other person's chest with one knee. She didn't forget to hold down his wrist holding the pistol with her hand, and clenched the other hand into a fist, hitting him in the face again and again. The researcher was actually also a superpower, but he was a water superpower, and he had no combat experience. He had the strength of a superpower, but he couldn't break free from Li Muran's suppression and was beaten to tears and begging for mercy.

Song Yan dealt with the man in front of him, took a look at him, and couldn't help laughing and cursing, "What a waste of time." At the same time, he stretched out his foot and touched the researcher's temple with his toes. The man twitched twice and then stopped moving.

Li Muran felt that the chest below his knees gradually stopped rising and falling. He was stunned for a moment, then raised his bloody hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and stood up a little dazed.

She killed again. The first time she killed a man who wanted to get into her shack at night. This time, this time... She couldn't think about it anymore, because her head was patted lightly, and she looked up and met Song Yan's unhappy eyes.

"Are you going to die if you are in a daze at this time?"

Li Muran stared at him blankly, and it took a long time for him to realize who he was. Then he looked around. The battle was over. It took only a few minutes in total. After all, everyone on their side had recovered their superpowers, and their combat effectiveness was not worse than that of the superpowered warriors in the base. What's more, they had an advantage in numbers, and everyone was full of hatred and anger. In addition, they were calculating without intention, so it naturally didn't take much time.

"Are there enough people?" Seeing that she finally came to her senses, Song Yan pressed his somewhat tense brows and asked.

The three experimental subjects who were rescued at the beginning were stripping off the clothes of the dead base soldiers and putting them on themselves. Boss Chang and the young man were talking to the bearded scholar and others, and the others were dealing with the mutant plants that were about to surround them. His question was incoherent, and everyone else was confused, but Li Muran knew what he meant. She tried to suppress the panic in her heart, lowered her head and counted the number of dead researchers, plus those who had been killed downstairs, those who were captured by mutant plants, and those buried on the third floor. Finally, she answered: "There are still 23. I don't know if any of them were eaten by mutant beasts."

Song Yan nodded and said, "Write down how each person died." After speaking, he walked towards Boss Chang and the others, leaving Li Muran standing there alone, silently sorting out everything she wanted to remember. When she leaves here, she must write it down quickly, otherwise there will be more and more, and she will definitely forget. Because her mind was filled with things, she didn't have time to think about the death of the researcher just now.

On the other side, everyone simply exchanged a few pleasantries. Song Yan and Boss Chang were both forces in the base, so they had naturally met each other. However, Boss Chang was closer to Wei Jingchi, which was almost equivalent to being recruited by him. This was also the reason why they were able to go down to the institute. As for why they suddenly turned against us, it was not the time to talk about it now. Besides, they could probably guess a little bit after seeing the young man, so after the three of them put on their clothes, they began to retreat to the exit.

With Boss Chang's guidance, it was very smooth to get out. Another reason for this was that Song Yan and others were secretly brought into the institute. Very few people knew about their existence, and most of them died inside. In addition, the upper area was in chaos due to the mutant beasts that escaped from the institute. In order to prevent his own manpower losses from being too great, Wei Jingchi temporarily recruited a lot of people from other forces to come and kill them. The large number of people gave Song Yan and others an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Although the number of people under my command is not as large as yours, Mr. Song, it is not small either. We can't leave all at once. Humph, if you dare to touch my people, I will not be ashamed to take these brothers with me unless I peel off a layer of Wei skin." After getting on the car smoothly, Chang Lao Da sent Song Yan and others out of the city without any danger. It was not until then that they knew that the young man was called Chang Xi, the cousin of Chang Lao Da. His superpower was telekinesis, which was also a very rare superpower. He had been missing for many days. He always thought that he was in danger, but he didn't expect that he would be taken to the research institute and almost became an experimental subject. Now he has only such a relative, how can he not hate him. Moreover, even if there is no such layer, the existence of the research institute is an existence that all superpowers hate and fear, and who doesn't want to eradicate it completely.

It turned out that Chang Xi escaped first, but it was to call for help. If it weren't for the help of Chang Lao Da, their escape would probably encounter a lot of troubles. It is more likely that some people would be defeated in it. Even if they really bit off a piece of meat from Wei Jingchi, they would still leave regrets. Now, except for some injuries, everyone escaped unscathed. This result was much better than expected. Even the scholars and the bearded man who had vowed to take revenge before, when they saw that there was hope of getting out alive, did not insist on staying. Hatred is important, but saving one's life is more important.

However, most of them have their own teams or relatives and friends. After escaping from the previous area, they dispersed and wanted to pass the news of the research institute back as soon as possible. Only Xin Lu did not leave. Xin Lu's accident was also related to the people in the previous team, so naturally she could not go back. She wanted to take revenge, but unfortunately she only had the ability of space. Apart from packing more things, her combat power was not as good as Li Muran, so she could only suppress her hatred temporarily and wait for the future.

As for Boss Chang, of course he also wanted to leave, but as he said, he also had hundreds of people, and it was not easy to get rid of them all at once, so he had to stay for a while longer.

Because they had to rush back to the base and send Song Yan and others to a place ten kilometers outside the base, Boss Chang left them a car full of gas and turned back. Before parting, Song Yan asked him to find out the news of Xiao Shenglong Xia and others, and he readily agreed. He knew very well that if it weren't for Song Yan, he might never know that his cousin was right under his feet, unable to live or die, and he was still working for his enemy.

After parting with Boss Chang and the others, Song Yan and his group drove all the way to Xiling. No one spoke. Song Yan and Xin Lu were both resting with their eyes closed. Only Li Muran was there, writing furiously in a notebook, fearing that she would forget the words that Song Yan had told her to write down.

When the car drove out of the base's security range and passed a fork in the road, three cars suddenly drove out from the side and surrounded them.

"Get out of the car! Don't try to resist!" Someone shouted coldly with a gun muzzle sticking out of the opposite car. Although there was a hint of tired hoarseness in the voice, the murderous aura revealed could not be underestimated.

Hearing the voice, Li Muran raised his head and looked outside the car, and the few people who closed their eyes to rest also opened their eyes. Xin Lu couldn't help but secretly cursed that she was unlucky. If she had known this, she might as well have joined Boss Chang. Maybe she would have a comfortable bed now instead of being hijacked here.

Song Yan looked at the people sitting in the car opposite through the car window with an indifferent expression, and his emotions fluctuated slightly. He felt that he should know the people opposite, but at this time he could not remember them.

"It's Brother Sheng, and Miss Long Xia!" Li Muran shouted in surprise, and grabbed his arm in a daze.

At the same time, the other people in the car also cheered. The man and woman sitting in the car opposite, who looked tired and haggard but still fierce, were not Xiao Sheng and Long Xia?

It turned out to be them, how could I forget them. Song Yan breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and pressed his forehead, feeling a little annoyed that he would forget some people or things from time to time. Until he noticed the hand that was still pulling his arm, he glanced to the side, and his expression, which was originally a little solemn because of forgetfulness, could not help but relax a little.

Xiao Sheng, Long Xia and others seemed to have noticed the abnormality of the car, and couldn't help but take a closer look. Suddenly, a look of surprise appeared on their faces, and they quickly put away their guns, opened the car door, jumped out of the car and walked over here.

Chapter 148: The Drum of the Jie People (1)

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound of the bamboo floor being slapped mixed with the sound of dragging footsteps made the people in the dark hold their breath. They only slowly exhaled when the banging sound passed.

This was already the sixth day. Every day they had to listen to the footsteps above their heads and the occasional banging sound of the floor, fearing that it was not strong enough and would be knocked open. Then they would have nowhere to hide. Although these zombies were stupid, their obsession with food was a headache.

The food they brought in could last for three or four days if they were frugal, but there was little water left. If they waited any longer, unless all the zombies retreated within three days, they would probably die of thirst first. Fortunately, on this day, although it took several times longer due to the lack of crystal cores to replenish the superpowers, Jie Chen's injuries were completely healed by Nan Shao. Not only did he not leave any sequelae, but he also seemed to feel much lighter, just like Zhang Yi.

"Brother Yi looks like he is ten years younger, so I must be in my 17s or 18s now." Zhang Yi's changes were noticed by everyone he knew. After knowing the reason, the little monk was complacent there, not worried about his current situation at all. It seemed that since they met, he had never shown a sad expression, even if he was treated as a pig like before, or later he was shot in the chest and lungs and was in critical condition. But the hoarse voice still exposed his current physical condition.

Because there was not much water brought in, in order to delay for a few more days, they planned to control drinking water from the beginning. Jie Chen was injured and lost blood and needed to replenish water. Even with more care, it was still the same. The situation of others can be imagined. Fortunately, Zhang Yi and others had all experienced the most water-scarce period at the beginning of the apocalypse. At that time, the scorching sun made half a bottle of water a day a luxury, so it was still bearable for now.

"At most, it's a pile of fresh cow dung that has just been pulled out." Xu Jing sneered and said hoarsely, but she was secretly surprised by Nan Shao's ability in her heart. Pei

Yuan laughed out loud. This experience of going from hope to despair, then from despair to hope, and then back to despair, was no less of a test for him than the death of his parents. If the death of his parents made him feel sad and painful, and he grew up overnight, this time it was more about his maturity in his heart. He lost his immature and jumpy youth and became calm and steady, and even looked at life and death calmly. Therefore, although the current situation is not good, he is still in the mood to laugh when he hears the conversation between the two.

"Amitabha, I think you, Mr. Xu, are a big flower." Jie Chen was not annoyed at all when he heard Xu Jing's words, but said with a smile.

Xu Jing was speechless for a moment. These words could obviously be considered good words, but for some reason she felt uncomfortable listening to them, but she had no way to get angry. The others were like her. Although they felt a little strange, they thought that this sentence might be a bit glib when spoken by a monk. Only Nan Shao smiled in the dark.

What is in your heart is what you see. The story of Su Dongpo and Foyin is not unfamiliar to many people, but Xu Jing has undergone rigorous physical training since she was a child, learned multiple languages, and learned skills such as gun combat, torture, and assassination. She has no time to waste on these unofficial history, anecdotes, religion, and Buddhism that are useless to her, so naturally she has never heard of it. Routa Chen usually doesn't even read books, let alone know. As for Zhang Yi and Pei Yuan, maybe they have heard of it, maybe they haven't heard of it. In short, it is the kind of experience that is forgotten with a smile, so how can it be associated with the conversation between the two people at the moment. Only Nan Shao, who has a wide range of knowledge and his glasses are not in vain, understood the meaning of Jie Chen as soon as he heard it, so he couldn't help laughing. Fortunately, he didn't say much, otherwise Jie Chen would probably be beaten up.

"There's not much water left. Let's drink a sip each. After we finish drinking, we'll go out. Instead of dying here in a cowardly way, we might as well go out and kill people!" Xu Jing said, "If you don't understand, don't think about it. Putting aside this topic, she seemed to remember that Zhang Yi and Nan Shao were different from Routa Chen and the others. What they said was what they meant, so she added, "You say."

"Agree." There's no need to consider this matter at all. They hid in the pigpen before, one because Jie Chen was seriously injured and couldn't fight his way out, and the other was that they had a bit of luck, hoping that the zombies would disperse after a few days if they couldn't find them. Now Jie Chen has recovered, and there is no sign of the zombies dispersing in a short time. If they wait any longer, they will only become weaker and weaker. When they want to fight their way out in the future, they will have no strength. It's better to go out and fight now.

Xu Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had decided that she would fight her way out even if they didn't agree, the hope of survival is always greater if everyone can be together. She picked up the remaining half bottle of water, drank a sip herself, and then passed it to Routa Chen, who was closest to her, followed by Jie Chen and Pei Yuan. It felt like drinking a beheading wine.

"Drink it all." When the bottle reached Nan Shao's hand, it was so light that he could hardly feel the weight. He didn't drink it, but handed it directly to Zhang Yi.

"Did you drink it?" Zhang Yi asked.

"Yes."

The conversation was simple, because the voice was hoarse and deliberately lowered, the others who were a little further away could hardly hear it clearly. Everyone was conserving their energy and waiting for the final battle.

Zhang Yi raised his head and poured all the remaining water in the bottle into his mouth. Nan Shao moved his ears and heard his movements. Just as a faint smile appeared on his face, he felt his dry lips covered, and a familiar smell rushed into his nose. He was stunned, and his lips subconsciously opened with the other party's movements, and he was passed a small mouthful of sweet liquid.

After making sure that he swallowed it, Zhang Yi silently withdrew, raised his fingers and gently touched his face, smiling slightly. Nan Shao had no choice but to chase after her and kiss her deeply before giving up.

Because they were concerned about the presence of other people, the two of them moved very lightly, and no one could hear the rare intimacy between them.

Pah! The sound of a lighter rang out, and the long-lost light appeared in the pupils of everyone who had been accustomed to darkness. Xu Jing lit the candle she brought down, and the dancing flame melted the white wax. She tilted the candle slightly, dripped a few drops of melted wax oil on a more protruding stone, and then put the candle on it. At this time, there was no need to worry about the zombies discovering them.

The six people looked at each other, without talking, and silently packed up the things they wanted to take away. In fact, there was nothing to pack, just bring weapons. Of course, if you put a layer of cotton wool pulled out of the quilt inside your clothes like Routa Chen did to increase your defense value, that would be fine. But apart from him, no one else did this.

Just as everyone was getting ready to go, they suddenly heard a rapid drumbeat. Because of the stone wall and the distance, it sounded like a thick cotton cloth covering their ears. It was not particularly bright, but it could not be ignored. Everyone

stopped what they were doing, slowly straightened up, and listened attentively.

"It's the sound of drums." Someone said.

It was the sound of drums. It was compact and rapid, like a heavy rain. Although it seemed a little dull because of the stone wall, it still made people's hearts beat fast because of the solemn and fierce meaning revealed in the sound, as if they were trapped in an ancient battlefield, with the sound of golden swords clashing and iron horses galloping. Zhang Yi and others felt that all the pores in their bodies were open, and they wanted to rush out immediately, let the torrent of war sweep them in, fight, fight, until the battlefield was stained with blood, and the cold moon was reflected in the wide pupils, taking away the last bit of heat in their bodies.

"The drum sound is a bit strange... Amitabha, what a sin." Jie Chen suddenly spoke, touching his long hair, feeling a little regretful, he still liked the feeling of a bald head.

As soon as he spoke, he immediately broke the spell formed by the drum sound. Zhang Yi and the others couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, feeling that the feeling just now was like a dream, and almost thought they were really dead.

"Let's not go out yet, wait until the drum sound stops." Zhang Yi said, then took a ball of cotton from Routa Chen, divided it into four small balls, gave two to Nan Shao and two to himself, and stuffed them into his ears, while signaling others to do the same. The drum sound was strange, so it was better not to listen to it as much as possible, so as not to be possessed again by accident.

The candle flame was dancing, causing the light and shadow in the dark pigsty to sway. The six people were sitting or standing, waiting quietly.

After about five or six minutes, the drumbeats that came through the cotton in the ear canal seemed to stop. Zhang Yi raised his hand to take down a cotton ball, listened for a moment, and then nodded: "Stop." As he spoke, he raised his hand to take down the other one, but he didn't throw it away, but put it in his pocket.

The others did the same. Because of this inexplicable incident, they didn't know what happened outside. After discussing it, everyone decided to act according to the original plan. Not to mention that the water had been drunk, they couldn't wait. Maybe something happened outside, which was their chance. Even if it wasn't, their situation would not be worse.

After checking the weapons again and sorting out the clothes to make sure it would not affect the action, Routa Chen moved the wooden ladder to the entrance, climbed up and took down the zombie body parts hanging on it, took a deep breath, and was about to open the lid, but was stopped by Zhang Yi.

"Wait a minute." Zhang Yi said. He was quick with his knife and was more suitable to be the first to go out than anyone else. Before Nan Shao could react, he had already climbed up.

"Hey, Brother Yi, even if you want to come up, you have to wait for me to go down before you go up. This staircase can't support two people!" Feeling the trembling of the wooden ladder, Routa Chen was anxious.

"Just don't move, you won't fall." While he was talking, Zhang Yi had already come to a place where there was only one step left from Routa Chen. He was taller than Routa Chen, and now it looked like the two of them were standing in front and behind.

Routa Chen really didn't dare to move anymore. Nan Shao looked up at them nervously, as if he would rush up to catch people as soon as he felt the stairs were in danger of breaking. Xu Jing picked up the assault rifle, clicked the safety, and pointed the gun upwards. Jie Chen and Pei Yuan stood aside, ready to rush up at any time.

"Open it." Zhang Yi said.

Perhaps because he was behind him, Routa Chen was not as nervous as he was at the beginning. He stretched out his hand to support the lid, and then suddenly shouted, and the lid and the zombie corpses piled on it were suddenly opened. The bright sunlight shone into the pigpen with candles. At the same time, Zhang Yi gently pressed Routa Chen's shoulder, stepped around the fat body blocking the front, stepped on the next step, and got out as flexibly as a swimming fish.

What was a little surprising was that the zombies in the room were not as crowded and dense as imagined, but a few scattered ones wandered there aimlessly. When they heard the sound, they immediately ran over here. But for Zhang Yi, these zombies were not a problem. When Routa Chen, Nan Shao and the others came out, the zombies in the room had been solved by him alone, and a group of zombies were squeezing in at the door. The six

people, led by Zhang Yi, followed by Nan Shao and Routa Chen, and finally Jie Chen, Pei Yuan and Xu Jing, formed a sharp knife formation and began to slowly advance outward. However, when they rushed out of the door and reached the corridor, they found that many of the thousands of zombies that had originally surrounded the bamboo building had dispersed, leaving only two or three hundred blocking the building, and the rest disappeared, as if they had never existed.

The hope of life appeared before their eyes again, and everyone was refreshed.

"Let's go!" Zhang Yi shouted, and then took the lead and stabbed into the zombie group like a sharp blade.

Chapter 149: The Drum of the Jie People (2)

Brakes squeaked, and two off-road vehicles with bodies stained with dark brown blood and bruises all over stopped at the foot of the mountain where the small Jie village was located. Seven people got out, two women and four men, all dusty and in a messy state. It was obvious that they had experienced many battles. If Zhang Yi and the others were here, they would definitely recognize the two people inside, Jin Mantang and Jiang Hang.

Jin Mantang was still the same, except that he looked a little tired, and there was not much change. On the other hand, Jiang Hang had completely lost the high-spirited look that Nan Shao had seen him that day, as if he was the best in the world. Instead, he looked as panic-stricken as a dog that had lost its home.

"I clearly heard the drums just now, but why is it so quiet inside? There is not even a ghost in sight? I thought this was a small survivor base." A man put his hand on his brow, looked at the village on the mountain for a moment, and said in confusion.

"Don't you think it's strange? People nowadays don't even dare to speak loudly, for fear of attracting zombies or mutant animals. Who is so stupid as to knock so hard, as if afraid that others don't know?" Another man came to him, looking a little solemn.

"Maybe they just want to tell other survivors that there are people here." The previous man answered.

The other man didn't comment, but turned back to look at the others and asked, "What do you mean? Do you want to go up?"

"Since we are here, we must go up and take a look. We don't have much food." The other people meant this, only Jiang Hang hung his head and said nothing, looking absent-minded.

Except for Jin Mantang, others didn't seem to care about his opinion, and even looked at him with a bit of contempt. Since the decision was made, the few people didn't delay any more, returned to the car, and went up along the winding stone road. Five or six minutes later, a suspension bridge hanging over the ravine appeared in front of them. After weighing the load-bearing capacity of the suspension bridge and the difficulty of retreating in case of unexpected situations, they decided to park the car on the suspension bridge side.

Beyond the suspension bridge is the entrance to the Jie village. A ram skull is hung on the ancient wooden village gate. This is the mark of all Jie settlements. Even though ethnic integration has occurred in the Great Jie Village and is not recognized by the pure-blooded Jie people, they have not abandoned this tradition.

The village gate was quiet and did not look like anyone was living there. The group could not help but be on guard and slowly walked inside along the bluestone road. After passing a huge village building that was like a pagoda, with more than ten floors and more than 20 meters high, small residential buildings made of rocks, bamboo and wood began to appear on both sides.

There were no people, no zombies. Facing the village that looked like a dead city, the few people who had experienced countless life and death difficulties and witnessed various terrifying and strange species in the end times could not help but feel a little scared. They did not dare to find a house to rest, but planned to search the entire village and decide whether to stay overnight after confirming that there was no danger. It was not until they saw two or three hundred zombies gathered in front of a remote bamboo building that they breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that there were zombies, but they had gathered here.

It would attract zombies, so there must be living people in the bamboo building. Everyone thought of this, but no one wanted to cause trouble and snatch people from hundreds of zombies, including Jin Mantang. You have to know that they escaped with great difficulty, and they were exhausted at this time, with only two or three superpowers left. It was no different from seeking death to face hundreds of zombies. So they just retreated quietly.

This time, everyone seemed relaxed and unhurried when looking for supplies and a place to stay in the village. Finally, they chose a small building of the Jie family farthest from the bamboo building surrounded by zombies to settle down. Some were on guard, some cooked, and prepared to have a good rest for the night, and decide the next day whether to continue on the road or go to rescue people.

"Damn it, zombies can't be killed, mutant animals can't be dealt with, and they don't even know how to cook, they just know how to eat...Eat your mother! Do you really think you are still the young master, trash!" During the meal, a man suddenly cursed angrily.

He didn't mention the name, but everyone knew who he was talking about, and they all looked at Jiang Hang, who had finished the first bowl in a few gulps and was adding the second bowl. However, Jiang Hang just took the bowl of rice and shrank into the corner, holding the bowl and gobbling it up, just about grabbing it with his hands, as if he was afraid that he would have nothing to eat in the next moment if he was slow, and did not respond to the man's insults. Everyone looked at him with contempt, and even Jin Mantang was a little disappointed.

"Coward!" The man who spoke pouted, feeling that it was a loss of face to be angry with such a person.

"Xiao Jin, why do you have to bring this loser with you? He has embarrassed you a lot because of Tang Tang before." Someone was puzzled.

Jin Mantang glanced at the person who asked the question, lowered his head and ate silently without answering. Sometimes, what may be a trivial matter in the eyes of one person may be a life-saving grace and a turning point in life for another person. Jiang Hang is like this to her. Jiang Hang himself probably doesn't remember it, and she has never mentioned it to him, but it doesn't mean that she will forget how she changed from a cowardly and timid girl who could be bullied by anyone to the one who can stand up straight and not flinch no matter what happens. It's a pity that she regards what he said as a criterion, but he himself has obviously forgotten it, otherwise he would not fall into such a situation now.

Because of Jin Mantang's consideration, even if the others don't like Jiang Hang, they only say a few words to vent their dissatisfaction, and dare not really do too much. Jiang Hang was not born rich or powerful. His family was not well off when he was young. Later, in order to enter the upper class, he was used to being looked down upon and ridiculed. So now that he has fallen from grace, he will not be ashamed to death when facing the strange looks and harsh words from others. The most important thing for him now is to fill his stomach. As for whether he is scolded, ridiculed, or abandoned, he can't care for the time being.

Apart from this little episode, the whole meal was quite pleasant. After all, after two days of hard escape, it was a luxury for everyone to have a hot and full meal and a place to rest that was temporarily safe. After the meal, the guards were arranged, and the rest of the people found a place to sleep or absorb crystal cores to replenish their abilities, even if it was still early before dark. But no one thought that after this sleep, the world would be turned upside down when they woke up.

While they were cooking and eating, Zhang Yi and his men had already rushed out of the zombie encirclement in front of the bamboo building and were running wildly towards the parking place in the village. Behind them were a group of zombies in bright clothes. The scene really looked like a scene of a bride being robbed. But there was no noise, no laughter, and no other sound except the hurried footsteps, the rapid breathing and the zombies' hoarse panting, like a panting. If Jin Mantang and his men were not so far away, they would definitely notice the movement here. If they had thought about saving people right away, perhaps there wouldn't have been those terrifying things that happened later. Unfortunately, there is no if. It's not that

Zhang Yi and his men don't have the ability to kill all the two or three hundred zombies, but they know that there are thousands or even more zombies hiding in some dark place in Jie Village. Maybe if they delay for a while, they will be surrounded again. This time, they can't have the same luck as before and hold on for five, six, seven or eight days. They have no food and no water. As for finding the remaining living people in Xiaojie Village and clearing them out to prevent innocent survivors from being killed, they have completely given up, at least with their current strength, they are not enough to do this.

However, what makes people angry and helpless is that when they ran to the parking place, they found that the car parked there had been knocked to pieces and it was impossible to drive it again. Even if Zhang Yi has the skill of stealing cars, he can't do anything when facing a pile of broken copper and iron.

"Fuck!" Xu Jing and Routa Chen cursed at the same time, and then glared at each other because of this rare tacit understanding.

Keep running. Seeing the zombies chasing them closer and closer, it seemed that they had no other choice but to continue to run for their lives. However, without a car, facing a group of tireless zombies, the chance of them escaping safely was too low. So their purpose was not to get rid of these zombies, but to leave the Jie village first, wait until they reached the main road, and then kill them all. After leaving

the village gate and crossing the suspension bridge, just as Zhang Yi and others looked back and saw the zombies chasing them from the other side, and were calculating whether they had time to break the suspension bridge, two off-road vehicles caught their eyes. This is really like someone giving you a pillow when you are sleepy, so why be polite. Zhang Yi opened the car door in a few seconds, and the first thing he looked at when he leaned in was the fuel gauge to make sure there was still fuel. Just as he was about to sit in, he suddenly stopped.

"This car has only been here for a short time." He said to others. There was no dust in the car, and the air still had the smell of people, which meant that the owner should not have left for more than three hours.

"Could it be the Jie people's own car?" Pei Yuan ran over and made a guess while looking at the situation inside the car.

Zhang Yi shook his head, "If it was a Jie car, it would drive directly into the village."

So the six people had to face a problem next, whether to drive away other people's cars, or stay to face the zombies that had already run across the middle of the suspension bridge.

"Well... let's go back and take a look." To everyone's surprise, Jie Chen, who rarely expressed his opinions on the action, spoke. His expression was a little hesitant, but his tone was faintly anxious, as if he was afraid that others would really ignore it and leave. Driving away is to cut off the road of life. Seeing someone in danger but not reminding him is tantamount to being an indirect murderer. He went from a young novice monk to a monk who received full precepts. Although he often did not follow the precepts, his concept of being kind to others was deeply rooted, and he really couldn't do anything to watch someone die without helping.

If you want to go back, the first thing to do is to kill all the zombies chasing you. Then, be prepared to face the thousands of zombies that may appear at any time. The monk is not unaware of this. Zhang Yi Nan Shao knows it, and the meat tower Chen Peiyuan and Xu Jing certainly know it too.

"Stinky monks are always looking for trouble!" Xu Jing cursed, and suddenly turned around to block the middle of the suspension bridge, facing the zombies chasing them, and turned back to shout: "What are you standing there for? Kill them!"

When she shouted, Jie Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran over to stand on her right, and Routa Chen filled in on the left. The three of them blocked the exit of the suspension bridge tightly. Zhang Yi and the other two had to stand behind to support and wait for substitutions at any time. The little monk was gentle in nature, not someone who was easily angry or anxious, but he was also not easily moved. However, at that moment, because of the support from his teammates without even saying a word, he felt a kind of excitement and heroism in his chest that could be called the courage to go through fire and water for these friends.

Chapter 150: The Drum of the Jie People (3)

There were a total of 212 zombies. If we calculate it for the six people, each person would have 35 zombies. This was not a lot for the few people who had killed countless zombies. However, zombies were not targets after all. They could not just stand there and be killed. Moreover, after the rainstorm, their agility had gradually become comparable to that of ordinary people. This made the difficulty of dealing with them more difficult. Fortunately, the zombies had no wisdom and only knew how to rush around. Moreover, Zhang Yi and his team were standing at the bridgehead and did not have to worry about being trapped. This was easier than leading them to the main road at the foot of the mountain and then killing them.

In fact, when Zhang Yi noticed that the two off-road vehicles had just arrived and the owners might still be alive, he did not plan to drive away. Although the law and order have collapsed and morality has fallen in the last days, all the ugliness that was originally suppressed has been unscrupulously revealed to the public. For survival, for life, for food, people have killed each other, relatives and friends have become alienated, and couples have turned against each other. However, there are always some people who have their own moral standards in their hearts. Even without the constraints of law and public opinion, they still remain the same, just to have a clear conscience. And there are also some people who force themselves to become hard and strong for the sake of their remaining relatives, lovers and close friends. Because of the existence of these relatives, lovers and close friends, they have retained a soft place in their hearts. Zhang Yi can be regarded as one of these people. Every time he makes a decision, he always thinks of Yangyang who is stranded somewhere, wondering if the little guy will meet a kind person, and whether he will encounter what they have encountered. Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you, so he didn't plan to steal the car and deprive others of the opportunity to live. That's why when Jie Chen asked to turn back, he knew it was dangerous, but he still didn't stop it. Times are not easy, and some things must be done by someone.

Compared to him, the others were simpler. Xu Jing felt that this matter was not a 100% sure thing, and she liked adventures, so she gave Jie Chen some face, because she liked the fake monk. And with Nan Shao and Rou Ta Chen's personalities, they could do without the car, and they were not afraid to do good things, but it was impossible for them to take risks to remind others. It was only because of Zhang Yi and Jie Chen that they didn't say much. And little Pei Yuan would not have any other ideas. As long as the boy knew that it was right to follow his brothers and sisters, he would not bother to think more unless he had to make a decision himself. So Jie Chen's proposal did not encounter any obstruction, and it was indeed mostly related to friendship. Everyone followed him, Rou Ta Chen Nan Shao and Zhang Yi, and it was not in vain that he was moved.

An hour later, Rou Ta Chen looked at his machete with a curled blade and looked a little annoyed. On the bridge and in the not-too-deep ravines under the bridge, corpses can be seen lying in all directions. The colorful ethnic costumes on the corpses make it look like a grand human sacrifice.

There are no more standing zombies, nor the expected zombies hiding in the dark have attacked, and there are no large waves of zombies chasing out, which makes everyone secretly relieved. However, even the swords transformed by metal superpowers still have gaps and blunt blades after several battles and beheading hundreds of heads. Compared with others, Zhang Yi has beheaded the most, but the bluntness of the blade is much better, at least he can behead dozens more. This is obviously related to his daily practice of swordsmanship, which makes Xu Jing look at him differently.

"It would be great if I had metal superpowers." Meat Tower Chen said.

"Without superpowers, are you going to die?" Xu Jing was so annoyed that she cursed. Because Routa Chen always likes to make such exclamations. When he was trapped in the pigsty, he kept muttering that it would be nice if he had earth-related superpowers, water-related superpowers, and when he was chained, he would say that it would be nice if he had metal superpowers, and so on. Everyone else was fine, but Xu Jing was a person who hated others' nagging. At this time, she was thirsty and tired, so her temper became even worse and she became rude.

Routa Chen curled his lips, but he knew not to provoke a woman who was angry, so he squatted aside silently with an expression of "I don't care about you", and followed the others to grab snow to wipe his hands, and then slowly chewed a ball of clean snow to quench his thirst and rest.

Where did most of the zombies in Jie Village go? This is a question that everyone has in mind. You know, before being trapped, they had searched the entire Jie Village and didn't see a single zombie. It was as if they appeared out of thin air overnight, and now they disappeared out of thin air. Although strange things happened frequently after the end of the world, Zhang Yi and his friends did not believe that someone could really produce so many zombies out of thin air, so the only explanation was that there was a place in this Jie village that could accommodate thousands of people, and it was extremely hidden. As for whether someone could really control the zombies, they did not dare to draw such a conclusion before seeing it with their own eyes.

After resting for more than ten minutes, several people returned to the village again. Originally, Zhang Yi wanted to leave two people to wait in the car to prevent them from passing by the survivors, and at the same time to serve as a lookout. If they encountered danger, they could escape more smoothly. If the enemy was unexpectedly strong, they would not be wiped out. Unfortunately, after a discussion and debate, no one wanted to stay. Jie Chen said that he was the one who proposed to go back, and there was no reason for him to not go. Xu Jing had no room for negotiation. As for Routa Chen and Xiao Peiyuan, they said that they felt safer following Brother Yi and Brother Shao, so they finally acted together. After all, this place was too weird, and separation was not necessarily a better choice, so Zhang Yi did not insist.

The village was still quiet, as if the pursuit of more than 200 zombies during their escape had never happened. The few people did not rush to find the survivors who had accidentally entered, but first searched the nearest houses for suitable knives, replaced the blunt ones they had used before, and then began to look for the target. It was not difficult to find people. As long as we combined the situation in the village before and the thoughts of the survivors who had just arrived here, it was easy to judge where they would choose to rest. So it didn't take a few people too long to find the bamboo building chosen by Jin Mantang and his friends.

"It seems that we are late." After checking the situation in the house, Zhang Yi's face was a little solemn.

The fire was still emitting residual heat. From the randomly thrown bowls and chopsticks and bedding backpacks, it can be inferred that there are about seven people, including women. It can be basically confirmed that they are not from the village, but there are no signs of fighting at the scene, indicating that they have lost the ability to resist when they were caught.

"It is estimated that they were knocked unconscious like when we came in. There are all kinds of strange things in this village." Routa Chen said with a grin after listening to Zhang Yi's speculation.

"Look for it again." Zhang Yi frowned and said, then added: "Try not to eat the food in the village." Since they even cooked and ate, it was obviously not like him and Nan Shao who were locked in the pigsty at gunpoint as soon as they came in, so what Routa Chen said was very likely. The Jie people were already prepared, so they had to be doubly careful.

"How to find it?" Xu Jing questioned, and then without waiting for others to answer, she said: "The village is so big, you can't find it all even if you look for it in the dark."

"Go there." Nan Shao stretched out his hand to hold Zhang Yi's shoulder, and before he spoke, he stretched out his hand to the village building where he had seen people before, looked up at the sky, and said. "If you can't find it there, evacuate here immediately." He didn't really care about those strangers, but he understood Zhang Yi's thoughts, so he came, but it didn't mean he wanted to lose his life here. They didn't know

the day and night in the dungeon. They were lucky that it didn't happen at night when they came out, but it was obviously not early. After two rounds of fighting, the sky had already darkened.

At this point, even if Jie Chen and Zhang Yi wanted to save people, they couldn't continue to insist. After all, it's not like their heads were chopped off by donkeys to sacrifice their own lives for a group of people they didn't know whether they knew them or not, and whether they were worth saving.

The six people carefully got down from the bamboo building, using nearby obstacles as cover and approaching their destination quickly and cautiously. The dusk was gloomy, and a thin layer of mist covered the bamboo buildings on both sides and the bluestone-paved stone steps on the street, which made people feel uneasy.

The village building they were going to was located at the top of the entire village. It looked close, but it took nearly ten minutes to walk up. When they got closer, they found that it was not an ordinary house, but a building that looked like a temple. The reason why it was called a temple was that there were no statues or portraits inside, but the walls and ceiling were covered with various strange patterns painted with dark red paint. When you suddenly see it in the dim light, you can't help but feel a little gloomy and cold. In addition, there were some pale sheep heads and animal bones hanging on the wall, dark bows and arrows, knives and forks, with simple and solemn shapes, and a breath of vicissitudes of time rushed towards you.

If it were in peacetime, seeing such a place, several people would probably be very interested in exploring it, but now they just felt gloomy, as if a man-eating beast would pounce out of the darkness at any time.

"Xu Jing, you and Pei Yuan guard outside, Xiao Chen and Jie Chen on the first floor, and Nan Shao and I on the second floor." Zhang Yi made arrangements quickly. There was not much time left, and it was impossible for them to search slowly together.

Xu Jing made an OK gesture, then quickly grabbed Pei Yuan's collar who wanted to follow in, found a place suitable for him to observe the surrounding situation and put him in, and found another place to put his gun.

This village building was obviously larger than the ordinary bamboo buildings they had seen before, and it was not divided into several rooms, but was connected from beginning to end. It looked very spacious, but because the ceiling was not high and there were no windows, it looked very dark. Coupled with the paintings and hangings on the wall, it gave people a very depressing feeling and they didn't want to stay any longer. This was also the reason why they had been here a few days ago but didn't leave a deep impression. The stairs leading to the second floor were set outside, and there was a platform surrounded by railings on it. On the platform, near the middle, stood a strange three-story tower-shaped building that was nearly two-thirds smaller than the temple below. It was like a hat that was too small, which made the whole village building look not so harmonious.

The door of the tower was closed, and there was a huge dark red ram's head pattern painted on it, which looked very strange in the dark sky. Nan Shao held Zhang Yi who wanted to go in, closed his eyes and felt for a while before letting go: "There is no living thing inside." Just like when he first awakened his superpowers, he could feel the existence of radish seeds. As his superpowers strengthened, his perception of life also became stronger, but it was still limited to close range. If it was 20 or 30 meters away, it would be useless.

No one went in to see what was going on. The two of them had this idea at the same time, but Zhang Yi's hand still stretched out. However, unexpectedly, the door did not open as expected. Zhang Yi added two points of strength, but still failed to push it open.

"Is it locked?" Nan Shao asked, after all, it was normal for no one to lock the door.

"It's not locked." Zhang Yi carefully checked the cracks up and down the door, shook his head and rejected his guess, "It should be bolted from the inside."

The two looked at each other, and their expressions became solemn. Nan Shao's superpowers would not be a problem, so the possible reason is that the people inside can avoid life force detection, or they are dead. Although they could not remember the details of the search a few days ago, they still remembered that they had opened all the locked or bolted doors they encountered. Therefore, this door should have been closed later.

"I'll do it." Nan Shao pulled Zhang Yi behind him and inserted the knife in his hand into the crack of the door. He probed up and down and touched the bolt. From the touch and the sound, it can be inferred that it is made of wood. This temple-like building seems to imitate ancient architecture everywhere, which provides them with a lot of convenience.

The blade pried for a while, and with a clang, the bolt fell to the ground. The door creaked and slowly opened a crack. The sheep's head painted on the door seemed to be torn apart, and twisted into a terrible shape in the dim light. The two held their breath unconsciously and tightened their muscles. As long as they felt something wrong, they would immediately take action.

However, until the door was completely opened, there was no sound from inside.

Chapter 151: The Drum of the Jie People (4)

The light shone into the dark room, and one could see some masks with strong colors and ferocious images hanging on ropes inside. The wind blew in, and they swayed back and forth. It was quiet and soundless, which made people feel a little cold. The two stood there for a moment before they walked in. As soon as they lifted the two masks that blocked their view, they stopped.

The room was not big. Even with the masks blocking the view, one could still see at a glance that there was a hole in the wall opposite the door that could accommodate two people walking side by side. Next to it was a huge wooden Nuo mask that was slightly larger than the hole. It was probably used to block the hole. I don't know if it was because the people went in too hastily or for some other reason, but they didn't put it back in place.

"There are bloodstains." Zhang Yi walked to the edge of the hole and took a closer look. Suddenly he squatted down, scraped the ground twice with his fingernails, and then put it under his nose to smell it, and said. "It's not from today."

"Let's talk about it after we get out." Nan Shao looked at the dark hole warily, motioning Zhang Yi to leave that place first.

As soon as the two retreated outside, they heard Routa Chen's voice from downstairs, trying to suppress it, "Brother Yi, Brother Yi, come quickly, there is a big hole here..."

The two looked at each other and walked downstairs quickly. When they got downstairs, they saw Xu Jing and Pei Yuan, who were originally guarding outside, standing by the door, paying attention to the surrounding situation and glancing inside from time to time. In the temple, a huge hole was opened on the wall facing the gate, about three meters long and two meters high, which was in the same position as the hole they found upstairs, but several times larger. Routa Chen and Jie Chen were removing the wooden board embedded on it, which was painted with abstract patterns to pretend to be a wall.

"Don't tear it down!" Nan Shao had just stepped into the temple when he smelled a strong stench of zombies. He was startled and stopped the two people in a stern voice. "Seal it up! Seal it up immediately!"

Routa Chen and Jie Chen were stunned for a moment, but knowing that he was not a person who liked to be startled, they thought he had discovered something terrible, and hurriedly put the removed wooden boards back together. If you master the skills, this wooden board is very convenient to install and remove. It is a bit like the door of an old store in the past, but it is more tightly closed. In addition, it is covered with patterns, so it is really difficult to find the cave behind. After all, before the end of the world, even the Xiaojie Village was not accessible to outsiders, let alone this temple that seemed to have a high status. It was good enough to be able to take a look from the outside, and it was impossible for people to search it carefully like Routa Chen and his friends.

"Brother Shao, what's wrong?" Patting the dust on his hands, Routa Chen and Jie Chen walked out and asked anxiously.

"Don't you smell it? Those missing zombies should be in there." Nan Shao felt his heart beating violently, and an ominous feeling enveloped him. This was a situation that had never occurred when he encountered the strange giant flower mushroom before, which made him very uneasy.

"I smell it. Aren't we going to find the zombies?" Routa Chen exhaled, touched his head, and asked in confusion.

"We are here to save people, not to find zombies!" Nan Shao gritted his teeth and said, wishing he could knock open his fat head to see what was inside.

"The zombies are all in there, shouldn't people be in there too?" Routa Chen replied. Obviously, he didn't have a head full of grass like Nan Shao thought. He had thought about it.

Nan Shao shook his head, raised his hand as if to cover his chest, put it down again, and just said: "We can't stay here anymore."

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yi noticed his abnormality and asked with concern.

"I don't feel well." Nan Shao said, looking out, his expression slightly anxious: "It's getting dark, we'd better leave now!"

"I don't agree." Unexpectedly, the first person to speak out against it was Xu Jing, "Mr. Nan, if you don't want to save people, you shouldn't have agreed to come in the first place. Now you have a clue, but you're leaving without even checking it out. Are you still a man?" She had always disliked Nan Shao, and now she finally exploded.

Nan Shao glanced at her coldly, obviously disdaining to argue with her about whether he was a man or not. He only cared about one person's opinion. His eyes fell seriously on Zhang Yi's face, and he asked: "Ayi, do you believe me?" There was no reason for the intuition of danger, and he couldn't explain it. He

actually asked this question! Zhang Yi sighed helplessly, stretched out his hand and shook his hand. He didn't say whether he believed it or not, but he clearly expressed his intention to stand by him. Even if he really wanted to go in and investigate, he would not go in if Nan Shao said he could not go in. Nan Shao would not harm him, let alone deceive him.

Nan Shao's eyes softened, and there was a deep affection as strong as fine wine. Xu Jing snorted and said two words with disdain, "Man!" and turned away.

Zhang Yi's old face was slightly hot, but he did not withdraw his hand, so Nan Shao laughed.

"Since you trust me, then listen to me." Nan Shao knew that if he left like this, Zhang Yi would definitely not let it go, so even though he knew that there might be some dangers far beyond expectations, he still made a resolute decision. "Ayi, you are good at fighting. You, Pei Yuan, and Xu Jing will guard here. Don't let anyone open this cave. Fatty, and the monk will follow me to go in through the hole above. I think the upper part is where people pass through." As long as Ayi trusts him, he dares to go in no matter how dangerous it is.

"What hole above?" Routa Chen couldn't help but interrupt.

Zhang Yi explained briefly and wanted to object, but Nan Shao glared at him and said, "Don't rush to refuse. Those zombies should enter and exit from this big hole. If we don't guard it well, we will have no way out. Do you believe the ability of the monk and the fat man?"

The two people who were named touched their noses and felt that it was better for them to remain silent.

Zhang Yi knew that what he said was the truth. Even if he was uneasy, he had to endure it at this time. He just held Nan Shao's hand tightly, just like his heart. "Be more careful." Apart from that, there was nothing else to say.

"Don't worry." Nan Shao smiled. He had Zhang Yi, so he would naturally cherish himself more.

Unlike Zhang Yi, Xu Jing had no intention of listening to Nan Shao's arrangements. She grabbed Jie Chen and replaced him. Jie Chen's protest was ineffective. Seeing her go, Zhang Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Xu Jing's fighting ability is obvious to all. Apart from the swordsmanship, he himself is far behind her in terms of skills. With her around, Nan Shao and his group will be much safer. Nan Shao frowned, a little worried that this woman would mess around, but he knew that it was useless to say anything to her, so he didn't say much.

When the three climbed up to the second floor and walked into the open door, the night had completely fallen. There were no stars or moon, and even the last ray of light was swallowed by the darkness of the end of the world, but neither team lit up anything to illuminate. Only in this way would they be safer, of course, provided that the zombies were not released. Darkness has no effect on zombies at all.

Pei Yuan was still young after all, and even though he had seen zombies and mutant creatures, he still felt scared squatting in the temple in the dark. His mind kept popping up the abstract pictures he had seen before, the animal bones, and the big hole that had been opened that seemed to be able to swallow everything. He felt as if something was blowing air on the back of his head, and it was chilly. He couldn't help but call out Brother Yi and Brother Monk, and got a response from the two. He groped his way to their side and felt better. To say that he is timid is definitely not true, but people are always inexplicably more afraid of everything they can't see, even if they know there is nothing.

Because they were afraid of someone appearing or zombies approaching, they didn't dare to talk. They could only concentrate on listening to the movements around them, and even tried to breathe lightly to avoid missing the slightest sound. Fortunately, it was cold, otherwise it would be difficult for people to stay awake in such pure darkness.

Nan Shao and his group were much more nervous than them. They had to explore the way to avoid falling into any pits, and to guard against people or zombies that might appear at any time. The three of them walked very slowly. Fortunately, the road was flat and nothing happened. After walking for about ten minutes, a faint light appeared in front. When they got closer, they could be sure that it was a fire. There should be people with fire, so they couldn't help holding their breath and became more careful.

When they walked over, they found that it was an oil lamp lit on the mountain wall. Except for the first section, there was an oil lamp lit at intervals. The light was not particularly bright, but people could still see the smooth jade-like ground that was trampled and the uneven mountain walls on both sides that were blackened by the oil lamps. Time has left traces here, telling all visitors about the vicissitudes of life it has experienced.

When they arrived at the light, the three people not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but their spirits and muscles all over their bodies became more tense. After all, although the darkness blocked their sight, it also provided them with protection. Now if someone appeared in this uncovered cave, there was no other choice except to confront him directly.

Their worries were obviously not unnecessary. Not long after they stepped into the light, footsteps sounded in front of them. Even though they were mentally prepared, the three people were still stunned. The one who reacted the fastest was not Nan Shao, but Xu Jing, who had experienced many more thrilling scenes than this. Xu Jing quickly made two gestures to the two of them, signaling Nan Shao to lean sideways into the shadows next to him where the light was not enough, and Routa Chen to retreat directly into the darkness before. She herself stepped on the potholes on the mountain wall and flipped to the top in a few steps. She supported herself with her hands and feet and watched the direction of the sound like an eagle.

Although Nan Shao and Xu Jing disliked each other, fortunately he was not a male chauvinist and knew that he could not compare with her in this aspect. In addition, he did not have the speed ability like Routa Chen, who could retreat to the darkness without making any sound in the blink of an eye, and he could not climb to the top of the cave as easily as Xu Jing. So he did not hesitate to follow her instructions and lean sideways to try to keep himself close to the mountain wall. Although it did not have much hiding effect, at least it would not be discovered at first glance. Just

as the three of them hid, a thin figure appeared in the depths of the cave. The footsteps were heavy, but very different from the zombies' slow and dull sounds. They didn't seem to be attracted by their smell or wandering aimlessly, so the possibility of them being zombies could basically be ruled out. The figure was holding something in each hand. When they got closer, not to mention Nan Shao, even Xu Jing, who killed people without blinking before the end of the world, couldn't help but feel terrified.

That thing was nothing at all, it was a man with his legs cut off. Blood was dripping all the way, with a strong fishy smell. The man hung his head, obviously not dead, and could still groan in pain from time to time, but he looked very weak.

None of the three people who entered the cave were good people, but when they saw this scene, they still gritted their teeth and their anger soared.

Chapter 152: The Jie Drum (5)

As they got closer, the man's face was illuminated by the light of the oil lamp. He was not as ferocious as they had imagined, nor was he ugly. He was just very ordinary, just like an ordinary person. The only difference was the Jie's characteristic short nose and high brow bones, which made it easy to identify him at a glance. He also looked far from handsome. However, it was this ordinary face with the same ordinary expression that made people feel even more frightened when compared with the object in his hand.

This was a fire-type mutant. Nan Shao judged by the color of his vitality. After observing the colors of the vitality of various life forms for a long time, he roughly summed up some experience. In addition to the rare superpowers, he can now distinguish the colors and strengths of the five common superpowers such as gold, wood, water, fire and earth. At the same time, he also knows that except for the zombie crystal core, which can be absorbed by all superpowers and mutants, the crystal cores of mutant plants and animals can only be absorbed by them if they correspond to the color of the superpower's vitality. At least, apart from himself, he has not seen a second superpower who can absorb any crystal core regardless of whether it is raw or cold. Perhaps, this is the most special thing about life superpowers.

This is a master. While Nan Shao judged the other party's superpowers, Xu Jing, who was supporting the top of the cave, made another judgment based on the other party's walking gait and eye expression, and concluded that if he did not take the initiative, once the other party noticed Nan Shao's existence, it would be difficult to deal with him without alerting other people in the cave.

However, just as she had this thought, she saw that person suddenly stop, kick forward with his right foot, and a tongue of fire brushed past Nan Shao who was clinging to the recess of the mountain wall, and rushed into the darkness. Nan Shao and Routa Chen immediately disappeared without a sound, and because the cave ceiling was not high, even Xu Jing could not escape being exposed. The three knew that it was bad, but they saw that the person did not shout or be surprised, as if he had known about their existence, and seemed to be completely unconcerned about their existence. The tongue of fire under his feet turned into a fire whip in an instant, slowly rolling towards Routa Chen, Nan Shao, and finally towards the cave ceiling.

They had seen many Nan Shao with fire-related abilities, but this person was the first one to use his feet to emit fire and use it so skillfully. At this time, because of the bright flames, they immediately noticed that the other party was barefoot, but they could not think too much, and everyone tried their best to run or roll to avoid the flame whip. With a sizzling sound, the smell of burnt hair, cloth and flesh drifted in the narrow cave. The three of them dodged the first round of attacks in a panic. Although they were not roasted like suckling pigs, their bodies were more or less burned with blisters and their skin peeled off.

Xu Jing did not expect to suffer such a big loss before getting close to the enemy. She cursed in her heart. Before the opponent's second attack arrived, she had already climbed down from the top of the cave like a monkey, and drew her knife to slash at him fiercely and swiftly. Before, because the two parties were quite far apart, she could not take the initiative, allowing the opponent to take the initiative. But when she dodged the fire whip, she moved forward a distance. The enemy was right below, so she would not be polite anymore. At the same time, Nan Shao also took the opportunity to dodge and moved forward a lot. Seeing that the man's attention was drawn to Xu Jing, he immediately seized the opportunity to rush over. When dealing with a fire-type supernatural being, the closer you are to him, the more he will be afraid of him. After all, once the flame is released, it will not recognize anyone. For him, whether it is fighting with force or supernatural powers, it will only work when he is close. As for Routa Chen, he ran far away. When the flames approached, he ran back and forth desperately. When he came to his senses, he had already escaped from the cave. He pouted, rubbed his face, gathered up his courage, and walked back again. He was afraid of death, but one of them was the evil woman and the other was Brother Shao. He could not abandon them. If he abandoned them, how could he have the face to go back to see others.

I don't know if the Jie man was born lacking in a certain sense or too calm. He was still calm under Xu Jing's sharp knife. He raised his right hand and directly put the person in his hand into her downward blade. Xu Jing's movements were imperceptible, and she assessed the situation in her mind in a flash. She twisted her waist suddenly, and as she fell to the ground, she turned the knife in her hand and changed her move to cut the Jie man's legs. However, although the Jie man looked slow and unhurried, he was not polite at all when he started to fight. However, her stagnation of less than a second had given him an opportunity. He kicked his feet on the mountain wall next to him and kicked her in a row. Two fist-sized balls of blue flames burned on the tip of his toes. Although they did not look as powerful as the previous flames, the temperature was more than ten times higher. Wherever they touched, the rocks cracked and turned into ash. Xu Jing dared not resist. As soon as she stood up, she was forced to retreat again and again, blocking Nan Shao who rushed over a step later, and had to retreat with him.

Such a high-temperature flame is difficult for ordinary fire-type psychics to emit. Even if they can emit it, it will consume a lot of psychic power and cannot last long. Therefore, they dare not use it in war unless they are forced to do so. But seeing how this person made light of the heavy task, it seemed that he was not worried about running out of energy at all. If he was not worried, then Nan Shao and the others should be worried. The tunnel was not wide. Although it could accommodate two people walking side by side, when a real fight broke out, it would be difficult for others to intervene except for the two enemies, not to mention forming a siege. So although there were three of them, they actually had no advantage at all. And fighting alone, this person was very powerful and had strong energy. After only this round of fighting, the three knew that they were no match for him.

The longer the time dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for them. Nan Shao quickly analyzed the situation of the others and made a resolute decision. Originally, in order to be absolutely sure, he wanted to get closer before launching his supernatural power attack, so as not to alert the opponent if he missed the attack, but now it seemed impossible to get closer. If he was any slower, Xu Jing, who was the first to be hit, would be roasted into charcoal ash by the flames. Now he could only gamble everything on it, hoping that this Jie man would not be much stronger than the Jie people they had met before in terms of life supernatural power, otherwise...

Otherwise, he did not think about anything else. His mental power controlled the supernatural power to turn into a sharp thorn and pierced directly into the opponent's brow where his vitality was the most vigorous. He had used this trick countless times, but this was the second time he used it on a person. The first time was when he killed the accomplice of the rat-faced man when he left the Bowei base. At that time, he felt very relaxed, but this time he was not sure.

The Jie man, who was attacking continuously without giving Xu Jing any chance to counterattack, suddenly staggered, and seemed to be about to kneel on the ground, but stopped halfway, straightened his bent knees, turned his head slightly, and looked at Nan Shao behind Xu Jing with a cold look. This was the first time he looked at someone directly after the two sides met. His eyes seemed to be poisoned, full of malice and anger, as if he wanted to cut Nan Shao into pieces.

Xu Jing didn't know what happened, but she couldn't miss the opportunity. Seeing this, she immediately jumped up and chopped the machete in her hand straight at the opponent's head. There was no tricks at all, and she was full of unstoppable momentum. Success or failure depends on this knife. With the previous lesson, even if the opponent uses the person in her hand as a shield, she will chop it without hesitation.

Obviously, the man really wanted to repeat the same trick, but just after raising his right hand a little, it fell down again weakly. He could only watch Xu Jing's knife cut across his brow, leaving a deep blood mark on it.

Nan Shao, with his eyes filled with super powers, watched the crimson mist between the Jie man's eyebrows explode into countless light spots, and finally disappeared without a trace. Even his vitality also dissipated in an instant. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that although this Jie man was much more powerful than those super powers he had met before, he still couldn't resist the attack of his super powers.

"He's dead." Seeing that Xu Jing seemed to want to cut the man who was still standing there, Nan Shao told her, meaning that she should not waste her energy.

Xu Jing ignored him and slashed the machete horizontally, directly cutting the Jie man's head off the ground before stopping. What was surprising and terrifying was that the headless body was still standing, as if something was supporting it.

"Damn, why are you pretending to be a hero!" Meat Tower Chen, who had no chance to attack, squeezed up and kicked the corpse to the ground, and stomped on it twice in anger, because the three people's bodies were burned and tattered, and his eyebrows were burned. Of course, the most important thing is that the evil woman was burned. Although she looked fine, he was just unhappy.

Nan Shao ignored him, bent down to rescue the man held in the hands of the Jie people, stopped the bleeding, and stabilized his vitality. The man's legs were right next to him, and it seemed that they were cut not long ago. He could use his supernatural power to connect them, but the timing was wrong. He would face more dangerous situations later, and he could not use all his supernatural powers on this man. In fact, if it was not for asking some questions, he would be willing to give the other party a quick death.

"What happened just now? Did you do something?" After Xu Jing signaled Meat Tower Chen to be alert, she squatted beside Nan Shao and asked in a low voice. She couldn't understand why the other party, who was having the upper hand, suddenly stopped. The only explanation was that Nan Shao had made some moves, otherwise he wouldn't be so surprised. It seemed that he was much more powerful than she thought.

Nan Shao knew that they would have to cooperate later, so he didn't hide it from her. He hummed lightly as an admission, but he didn't want to say more. Instead, he looked at the man whose breathing was weak but had stabilized, and asked: "Answer me a few questions, and I will connect your legs after we rescue the others." Fearing that the other party would give up on himself because of what he had experienced, and would say nothing, or even plan to drag a few unrelated people to be buried with him, he promised him a benefit first to give him hope to live. There will be concerns only when there is hope. What people fear most is despair. Once they are desperate, they can do anything.

Hearing this, the man opened his eyes, which had been tightly closed, and a light seemed to shine in his dark pupils, "Are you willing to save...save us?" After getting Nan Shao's affirmative answer, he told everything he knew without waiting for questions: "My name is Chen Dong, we escaped from the Bowei base... There are seven of us in total... and there is also a healing psychic. As long as... as long as you save them, my leg can also be saved..."

"Healing psychic? What's his name?" Hearing about the healing psychic, Nan Shao's heart moved and he interrupted him.

"Jin...Jin Mantang." Chen Dong took two breaths before saying his name. After all, he lost too much blood. Even though Nan Shao had stabilized his vitality for him, after speaking a few words in one breath, he still felt weak and fainted.

Jin Mantang! The moment he heard this name, Nan Shao was shocked. He sighed that the world was too small and knew that this rescue operation could not be abandoned halfway.

"Are they all still alive? Are they injured?" He abandoned the idea of ​​retreating at any time and continued to ask.

"Alive... all alive, not injured... If they hadn't been tricked, it wouldn't have happened... wouldn't have happened..." Chen Dong's eyes were filled with strong resentment. "There are only three of them... just three of them." He raised his hand slightly and pounded it weakly on the ground, feeling that he had nowhere to vent his grievances.

After hearing the number of people, Nan Shao and the other two looked at each other, but they didn't feel relieved.

"Are you seven people, except Jin Mantang, not all of them are superpowers? How could you be controlled by three people?" Nan Shao got to the point.

Chen Dong smiled bitterly, put away his resentment, and answered: "They are all... all tied up and hung in the air... below... below are countless zombies. If you break the rope... you will be fed to the zombies... who dares to move?"

"The zombies are in here?" Xu Jing couldn't help but ask in surprise when she heard this. If that's the case, how can they save people?

"Yes... no, no... the zombies are down there..." Chen Dong said a few words, but he felt that it was not clear enough, so he simply described the terrain inside. "It's very big... very deep... very deep. From here, there is a... platform. The zombies... the zombies are down there... about five or six meters high, and they can't climb up..."

This confirmed Nan Shao's previous guess. The hole down there was the hole the zombies entered, but the two holes were connected. In other words, as long as they kept a close eye on the exit, they wouldn't have to worry about being surrounded by zombies again.

"Where do they want to take you?" Nan Shao asked another question. If they were feeding the zombies, why not just throw them down? Why bother taking them out? As for the Jie people eating themselves, there was naturally no need for that.

This question made Chen Dong shudder. He obviously knew what he was going to face. After a while, he suppressed his fear and hatred and said in a trembling voice: "They plan to use me to lure out half of the zombies below... They say... They say there are still a few survivors trapped in a bamboo building... They want to let the Corpse God starve them to death..."

"Corpse God?" Nan Shao grasped this term sensitively.

Chen Dong panted for a while before nodding slightly, "They call zombies... Corpse Gods, and... And they look very respectful..."

At this point, Nan Shao and the other two finally grasped three important pieces of information. First, there are probably only two Jie people left; second, because the other party has too few people, they can't take care of both sides, and they don't know that they have escaped, and they even slaughtered the hundreds of zombies that besieged them; third, and the most important point, is that the Jie people need to use living people and strong bloody smells to lure out the zombies, which means that they can't control the zombies at will as they guessed.

After reaching these three conclusions, the huge sense of oppression that the mysteries of Jie Village had created in everyone's hearts finally dissipated a little. Although they knew that the Jie people had some means to deal with zombies, at least they could not command and use them at will. This alone could make them feel much more at ease. After all, no matter how many zombies there were, they had no wisdom after all. This was the main reason why humans could barely reach a certain balance with them after struggling for nearly a year. Once they could be controlled artificially, the destructive power they caused would be immeasurable. If the people who knew how to control zombies happened to be people with bad intentions like the Jie people, coupled with the threat of mutant creatures, there would be no place for humans in this world.

That was all Chen Dong knew. After all, they had been captured not long ago, and the three Jie people spoke in their tribe language most of the time, which he could not understand at all. And since he didn't even have the opportunity to take action, he naturally had no idea what the remaining two Jie people were capable of.

Seeing that they could not get any more questions, Nan Shao and the others left Chen Dong where he was and continued to walk inside. The reason why they didn't send him out to be looked after by Zhang Yi and the others was because Chen Dong smelled too much blood. If he went outside, he might just fulfill the Jie's wish and lead the zombies out of the cave, which would cause trouble. Fortunately, there was light in the cave, and there was a Jie corpse that made Chen Dong hate him so much that he could vent his anger. He didn't have to worry about him going crazy.

"I think something is wrong." After walking a distance, Nan Shao suddenly spoke up, because his panic didn't dissipate at all. "Why didn't the Jie man make a sound to warn us from beginning to end?" "

What's there to think about? At first, he thought he could deal with us and didn't think it was necessary to notify other people. Later..." Xu Jing glanced at Nan Shao, thinking of his superpowers, she couldn't help but feel a little wary, "Later, he should have been unable to make a sound." She was just speculating, but obviously didn't expect that she would hit the mark. It turned out that the Jie man was famous for his ferocity in his tribe before he awakened his superpowers. Although he was taciturn, he was extremely conceited. He thought he could deal with the three people by himself. And it seemed to be true. Under his terrifying high-heat flames and excellent skills, Xu Jing and the other two could not even get close to him, let alone fight back. Did he need to notify his companions? Of course not, if it weren't for Nan Shao's superpowers. So when Nan Shao's superpower attack was successful, it was too late for him to regret. However, even in that situation, he not only did not fall down, but was also able to determine who the attacker was at a glance, which shows how terrifying his strength is. If Nan Shao hadn't caught him by surprise, it would be hard to say whether he could have been ambushed.

This explanation makes sense, but Nan Shao's feeling of uneasiness has never been relieved. He chose to believe in his intuition, there should be more terrifying people or things waiting for them inside. He thought of the person he had seen before who was not a superpower but had a stronger vitality than a superpower. Could it be him?

Chapter 153: The Drum of the Jie People (6)

The cave was very quiet. Whether it was because of the low ceiling, the claustrophobic environment, the thin air, or psychological reasons, the further they went in, the more depressed they felt. They even felt like they couldn't breathe. Although Xu Jing looked like she didn't care, she had also experienced life and death several times. Even though she seemed to have a good grasp of the situation inside, she didn't dare to be careless. Many times, people often die because of laxity, carelessness, and arrogance, not because of lack of ability. No

matter how long the road is, it will eventually come to an end. No matter how far the journey is, it will also have an end. Soon, the front suddenly opened up and a huge cave appeared. Everything was just as Chen Dong described, but it was even more shocking than what he described to the three people.

This cave was like a hollowed-out mountain where the Jie Village was located. It was extremely spacious. They were just a protruding rock halfway up the mountain. Going up was a gradually narrowing mountain pass. A steep and narrow stone staircase was built according to the mountain. Going up was into the darkness, and going down was a suddenly expanding slightly concave cave bottom, which was as large as five or six football fields. There were densely packed zombies near the rock, as many as seven or eight thousand people. The distance from the rock where they stood was not only five or six meters high as Chen Dong said, but at least fifteen or sixteen meters. Chen Dong might have been in a state of panic, so he felt that the distance was frighteningly close.

The reason why he could see so clearly was that torches were inserted around the huge mountain wall. About a meter below the torches was a half-meter wide path, which seemed to be forcibly carved out of the mountain wall. It should be used to step on and insert torches. Because of these torches, although the cave could not be said to be brightly lit, it was more than enough to see more than ten meters up and down. Against the backdrop of firelight and darkness, their location was like a small boat in the sea before a storm, small and fragile.

Surprisingly, the two Jie people mentioned by Chen Dong were not seen on the rock platform. There was only an altar standing there alone, with a few unidentifiable offerings placed in blackened bowls. On the mountain wall on the other side of the altar, a three-meter-tall three-headed portrait was painted with black and red paint. The upper body of the portrait was bare-chested, with muscular and full of strength. The middle one was a human head with the distinctive features of the Jie people. On the left shoulder was a sheep's head with a slanted horn, and on the right shoulder was a vulture's head, staring at all the weak creatures crawling at its feet with ferocity and greed. There was still a trace of dark red blood on the edge of the hooked beak, as if it had just had a full meal. The color of the portrait was dim, and some places were even a little blurry. It was obviously very old, but even so, there was still a sense of ferocity and fierceness rushing towards it, suppressing people to the point of being a little breathless.

The three of them were a little daunted, and they didn't know where the Jie people had gone, so they didn't want to stay here for long. They just wanted to save people as soon as possible and leave.

"The people are here!" With Chen Dong's reminder and a few very obvious thick ropes tied to the stalagmites on the side of the mountain wall, Routa Chen easily found the people hanging in the air. It may be that the number of Jie people was too small, and there was no time to transfer them.

Nan Shao walked over and first looked at the zombies waving their claws upwards and salivating. Seeing that they were all wearing gorgeous ethnic costumes, it was probably certain that they were the group that had besieged them before. Then he bent down to look at the hanging people and found Jin Mantang among them. He was also very surprised to see someone he had never expected. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and without much hesitation, he said to Routa Chen; "Save the people first." No matter where the two Jie people went or what conspiracy they had, their ultimate goal was to save people. As for the others, before they could predict the other party's next move, they could only fight against it and counter it.

To be cautious, they pulled up Jin Mantang first. Nan Shao had a very good impression of this honest and grateful girl. Of course, the most important reason was that she had saved Zhang Yi. Just for this reason, even if she was more arrogant and bad-tempered, Nan Shao would probably still think she was good, not to mention that she didn't have these problems.

"We are all family." Jin Mantang, who was rescued, looked pale, but she was not injured and her special abilities were still usable. It was obvious that she was scared. Fortunately, she knew that the situation did not allow her to slowly catch her breath and regain her composure, so she helped Nan Shao and the others to confirm the identities of everyone. "One Jie took Chen Dong out..." When she said this, her lips trembled, obviously remembering the bloody scene of Chen Dong's leg being broken in front of them. She calmed down and continued, "There were two others who were there before. Later, they seemed to be talking about why the corpse god below hadn't moved for a long time, and whether something had happened. They muttered a few words and then stopped talking." Because they were hanging under the rock, they could only hear some noises with their ears, but they couldn't see anything, so they couldn't provide more useful information.

This place was in full view. On the way here, they didn't meet anyone else except the Jie who carried Chen Dong, so the other two Jie people were likely to have gone up the steep ladder on the edge of the rock when they realized something was wrong. This matter can be put aside for the time being. Nan Shao and the others are now concerned about whether they will be mixed with fakes and rescue people who shouldn't be rescued. After hearing her words, they no longer hesitated and began to pull others up one after another. There were five people hanging, including Jin Mantang. It turned out that in addition to Chen Dong, there was another person who was also disemboweled in front of them, his brain core was dug out, and then thrown down to feed the zombies. No wonder they all looked pale, they were really scared. The Jie people's purpose was probably the same, they wanted to psychologically crush a few people, so that they would not have the slightest thought of resistance, and then they could do whatever they wanted. Compared with ordinary people like Nan Shao who originally had a large number of guns and ammunition, the Jie people seemed to be more attractive to the superpowers, which was the main reason why they temporarily took away a large group of zombies to lure Jin Mantang and others in.

Whether it was intentional or not, Nan Shao left Jiang Hang to the last one, but when he pulled the fourth person up, a low drum sound suddenly rang out in the empty cave. The drum sound came from the top of the cave. Although it was low, it seemed to be continuous because of the echo, and the rumbling sound made people's eardrums tremble and their minds unstable.

The two parties were familiar with the drum sound. Jin Mantang and his men came to Jie Village just because they heard the drum sound. However, because they were too far away, they did not feel it as deeply as Nan Shao and his men. So they were a little surprised to see Nan Shao and his three men change color when they heard the drum sound, and each of them took something out of their pockets and stuffed

it into their ears. "Hurry up." Nan Shao said to Routa Chen, and then looked at the three people who had been untied. "You'd better plug your ears with cloth. There's something wrong with this drum sound." After that, he ignored them and worked with Routa Chen to speed up to pull the remaining two people. He really didn't expect the rescued people to come to help, because the three of them were still too weak to stand up.

Of course, women would not be asked to do the physical work of pulling people up. When Xu Jing and his men were rescuing people, she had already circled the rocks and confirmed that there was no other path except the steep path leading to the top of the cave. She swept the plates and bowls on the altar to the ground, set up the only assault rifle she brought with her on it, and pointed it at the steep path. It was useless against the Jie with fire ability before, because I was afraid that the gunshot would alert the people inside. Now, of course, I don't have this worry.

At the same time, on a cement-polished flat ground on the top of the mountain, a skinny old Jie man wearing a strange outfit of a ram's head and sheepskin, holding two hammers in his hands, was calmly hitting the sheepskin Jie drum on the stone base in front of him again and again, as if he didn't care about what was happening in the cave below. Next to him, a tall Jie youth faced two bungalows and used his ability to make the mutant plants not far away slowly climb up the house, and finally wrapped up the whole bungalow.

It turned out that the steep stone stairs in the cave connected to the top of the mountain. Because the exit was a little roundabout and blocked by rocks, even if a torch was lit on it, the light would not penetrate below.

Outside the exit was the top of the mountain, with a small flat land surrounded by mutant plants. On one side of the flat ground, there were two low bungalows built with stones. They were originally the residence of the old Jie people, but they were used as other places after the end of the world. On the other side opposite the houses, at the edge of the cement ground, there stood five giant green cocoons made of mutant iron vines. The mutant iron vines were very strong, and they could not be cut by knives, axes, fire, or lightning. They were the most solid and difficult to break when used as cages. However, as the drums beat slowly and heavily, the mutant iron vines slowly loosened and retreated as if being driven away by something, revealing the humanoid creatures inside.

"Go down the mountain now, open the door of the Corpse God, and leave immediately. Before the Jie God unifies the earth, never tell anyone that you are a Jie." Seeing that the bungalow was tightly sealed by the mutant plants, the old Jie man paused in beating the drum and said to the young Jie man.

"Master, what about you?" the young Jie man asked.

"I am a master, and I should sacrifice myself!" The old Jie man's voice was calm and indifferent, as if he was saying something that was a matter of course.

"Master..." The young Jie man's eyes were a little red, and he wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by the old Jie man.

"Don't say anything more, being able to sacrifice yourself to the gods is the supreme honor of being a master. Go." After saying that, the slightly interrupted drum sound continued again, and the sound penetrated the sky, as if carrying the vicissitudes of the Jie people's thousand years of history.

The young Jie man really stopped persuading, knelt down and kowtowed to the old Jie man, then stood up and quickly disappeared into the mutant forest next to the top of the mountain. He is a powerful wood-type supernatural power, and the mutant plants will not only not hurt him, but can also be used by him. So the mutant forest is a dangerous place for others, but it is a smooth road for him. Going down from here is beyond the enemy's expectation.

After the young man left, the drum in the hands of the old Jie people became more and more urgent. The iron vines that had stopped retreated again like snakes, faster and faster, and finally released the five zombies that were entangled and bound in it. The five zombies were dressed in costumes like other Jie zombies, two women and three men, with dull eyes. The difference was that the color of their skin was really strange. One was pitch black, as if rolled out of coal, and the other two were green, which made people think of green-faced fanged ghosts. But their canine teeth were really sharp and exposed from the corners of their mouths. Another one was grayish white like stone soil. Only one looked relatively normal, except that the firelight occasionally flashed a metallic luster on it. As soon as the zombies were free, they pounced on the only living thing in the field.

The old priest was not frightened. He calmly put down his drumstick and then prostrated himself to the zombies that rushed towards him. He was covered with sheep heads and sheep skins, and really looked like an old sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"I offer my body to the gods. May the light of the gods cover the earth and my people..." The old voice trembled as he prayed, but his gods did not give him the opportunity to finish his wish. He tore him apart and ate him up in a blink of an eye. I don't know if he regretted everything he had done or doubted everything he had firmly believed in when he took his last breath.

The situation of sharing the food was harmonious, but when only one head was left, several zombies started fighting each other. This might be something the old priest did not expect. He tried his best to support these five high-level corpse gods, hoping that through them and the nearly ten thousand low-level corpse gods below, the Jie people would become the rulers of the earth and restore the glory of their ancestors. However, he did not expect that because of his own head, his own people would kill him first.

Zombies are not intelligent and are only interested in fresh flesh and blood, especially living people. They are not interested in their own kind. What's interesting is that they eat what they can eat and walk away when they don't. At most, they wander around for a while in places that smell of blood or people. They never fight with their own kind. Even if they see a piece of meat that their own kind is chewing, they will just pounce on it and share it with it. There will be no disputes between them. In this way, they are more friendly than humans. So these five zombies actually killed each other because of a head that had lost its vitality and was not too fresh. From another perspective, the old Jie people's way of worshipping gods was successful. He made the zombies without any emotions have a desire for exclusivity.

The war was fierce, but it didn't last too long. In the end, the normal zombie won. Three zombies were killed and one zombie escaped. The zombie that escaped was the gray-white one. When it saw that something was wrong, it turned around and ran into the cave. The victorious zombie ignored it, but decisively inserted its sharp claws into the old Jie man's head, stirred it for a while, and finally took out a crystal core from it and swallowed it. Then it did the same thing and took out the crystal cores from the other three zombies' heads and swallowed them. During the whole process, although it still had a zombie expression on its face, it exuded a very happy feeling all over its body. If someone saw this scene, they would be horrified and uneasy.

——The

drum sound suddenly stopped, and only the echo was still echoing in the cave. When everyone was in doubt, Xu Jing, who had been monitoring the stone stairs, suddenly said, "What is that?" However,

when everyone looked up, there was nothing worth noting except the gray-white mountain wall and the deep darkness.

"Nothing. Are you dazzled?" Routa Chen asked. The cave was dark. Although there was a torch, it was very likely that he would be dazzled after staring in one direction for a long time and feeling depressed.

Xu Jing stared at the direction where she saw the thing before and looked carefully a few more times, even around, but there was indeed nothing. She, who always prided herself on her eyesight, could not help but hesitate.

At this time, everyone was pulled up, but because they were hung for too long and were too frightened, except for Jin Mantang who was pulled up first, the remaining four people could not stand up, so they could only wait until they recovered a little before going out. Seeing Xu Jing's expression, everyone in the group breathed a sigh of relief, only Nan Shao looked unhappy.

"Each person helps one, and leave here immediately." He made a decisive decision. If the cave passage they came from could only accommodate two people walking side by side, he would suggest that each person help two people, so that he could spare some hands to deal with the enemy at any time, but now he could not care about so much, just hope to leave this place that made him uneasy as soon as possible.

Everyone present had suffered a lot here, and absolutely no one was reluctant to leave this place. Hearing this, there was not even a sound of objection, and they wished they could grow wings and fly out directly. Jin Mantang walked over and pulled Jiang Hang up. She didn't know if Nan Shao's companions knew about the bad things Jiang Hang had done. In order to prevent no one from carrying him in the end, she decided to take the initiative herself, so as not to embarrass others and waste time.

Nan Shao didn't have time to care about Jiang Hang at this time. Although he was humiliated at the beginning, he finally got Jin Mantang's help. Not only did he help him save the dying Zhang Yi, but he also treated several companions. It was a fair deal. He didn't have so much free time to take revenge on Jiang Hang afterwards, but if he had the chance, he could consider doing it. The current situation was complicated and unclear, so how could he have the mind to think about these things. If he could leave this place safely, he would be willing to not bother Jiang Hang again.

Jin Mantang took Jiang Hang away, leaving two men and one woman. The woman was naturally handed over to Xu Jing. After the woman was pulled up from the rock, she was so scared of falling down again that she rolled and crawled until she reached the inner wall. When she saw Xu Jing coming over, she was afraid of delaying other people and being left behind, so she was clinging to the wall to stand up. At this moment, she saw Xu Jing walking towards her, and her face suddenly changed. She felt uneasy and was about to ask what happened when she felt her scalp tighten, as if a hand grabbed her hair, and then her shoulder hurt so much that something bit her hard.

Chapter 154: The Drum of the Jie People (7)

The woman had water-related abilities and had experienced countless battles, but she had no weapons at the moment. The moment she felt attacked, she reflexively threw a water ball at the zombie. Unfortunately, no matter how powerful the water ball was, it could only knock people unconscious, but it had no effect on the zombie. At the same time, Xu Jing had already raised her gun and pulled the trigger.

The zombie seemed to be able to sense the danger and disappeared again the moment the bullet arrived. This was not the most surprising thing. What was more surprising was that the bullet also disappeared silently.

Did it hit or miss? Where did the zombie that suddenly appeared go? These two questions came to everyone's mind, and the woman didn't care about her weak legs and rolled away from the cliff. Xu Jing did not immediately help her, but searched the cliff with the gun, even the shadows between the altar and the cliff, but found nothing. She leaned forward with the gun in one hand and pulled the zombie up with the other hand.

"Let's go." Nan Shao didn't rest either. He checked around and found nothing. He suppressed his uneasiness and said. It wasn't an illusion just now, but they couldn't be trapped here because of a zombie that appeared out of nowhere. Zombies can live without food and water, but they can't. Besides, Zhang Yi is still outside. If there is another zombie like this, he won't feel at ease. However,

after he spoke this time, the others didn't respond immediately. A man said in a trembling voice: "I saw that thing drilled into the mountain wall... It can drill around in the mountain wall, how can it drill around in the stone..." His words were incoherent, and he was obviously scared. This is also the case. The fear of zombies gradually diminished due to the improvement of human's own ability and courage, but when they suddenly became stronger than expected and knew how to avoid danger, what could the slow-progressing humans use to fight against them?

Not only him, Jin Mantang and others also felt a deep despair in their panic, which might be related to their mental state not yet recovered. After all, those who have survived until now are mostly people with strong character. If their previous experiences had not caused a serious psychological blow to them, how could they lose confidence before the battle even started?

"It's a superpower... It must be an earth-related superpower." Jiang Hang said suddenly. Normally, he should feel ashamed, embarrassed, or on guard when he saw Nan Shao, but he didn't know if he was scared too much, plus the dangerous situation, he seemed to have not seen this person from beginning to end. At this time, he was not even like when he escaped from Bowei and was with other people, no matter what happened, no matter how others ridiculed and insulted him, he kept silent. He actually rarely expressed his own opinions. He himself has an earth-related superpower, so he is very sensitive to it.

"I haven't heard of an earth-related superpower that can come and go freely underground and in stones." As if he didn't want him to be ridiculed by others, Jin Mantang raised the question first, but he believed it in his heart. The earth-related superpower can change the shape of the soil at will, build earth walls, form earth spikes, and condense earth into stone. Maybe he really has the same ability as Tu Xingsun, but no one has mastered it yet.

"Zombies don't need to breathe, and they're not afraid of pressure. If they have earth-related abilities, they can easily get into the soil and rocks, and they can stay there for as long as they want." Jiang Hang said, his heart began to pound, and he felt vaguely that he might be able to rescue his uncle.

After listening to his analysis, everyone was silent. If the zombie was really like he said... No, I'm afraid it was like he said, it had evolved earth-related abilities. If there was more than one zombie with abilities, more than one zombie with earth-related abilities... At that moment, they seemed to see the end of their annihilation.

Nan Shao rubbed his forehead and felt that he couldn't think about it anymore. Standing here was just waiting to die, so he might as well give it a try. So he shouted again: "Go!" After speaking, he helped a man up and took the lead to walk to the passage they came from. No matter how many evolved zombies there were, standing on this suspended rock was not a good choice. If a fight really broke out, they had to be careful not to fall into the zombie group below, and there would be no way to survive. As for the steep ladder, the zombies came down from there and were clinging to the rock wall, so it was not necessarily safer. In fact, they had no choice but to retreat into the cave immediately. As soon as

he left, Routa Chen and Xu Jing followed him. No matter whether the others understood or not, or how scared they were, they had no right to object, because they could not think of a better solution, not to mention that they had to rely on others to get through the current difficulties. If they did not follow closely, would they wait to die here?

"My name is Zhao Dong. If you see something wrong with me later, just kill me immediately. I can't do it myself." The woman who was bitten by the zombie said to Xu Jing. After recovering from the initial panic, she had calmed down.

Xu Jing glanced at the woman and found that the corners of her lips were pale. Obviously, she was not afraid, but she was afraid and could still say such words, which was admirable, so she hummed as an agreement.

"Thank you." Zhao Dong smiled and paused. Seeing that the other party had no intention of introducing himself, thinking that he was about to die, it would be meaningless to ask, so he talked about other things. "My family is in Qingzhou. My parents turned into zombies at the beginning of the apocalypse. I have a brother who started working at the age of fifteen to support my schooling..." At this point, she raised her hand to wipe the tears from her eyes, and then continued: "He has been doing a small business in Zhongzhou Changshi for the past two years. He was too busy to go home during the New Year, and we don't know his specific address." Naturally, we don't know whether he is alive or dead. But Zhao Dong didn't say this. No matter how unrecognizable the world has become, he is still willing to hold on to a glimmer of hope.

Xu Jing and the others listened quietly, no one spoke, and they all knew that she was telling her last words. A superpower will not become immune to zombies just because he has survived a zombie transformation. Otherwise, what would be so scary about zombies?

"My brother's name is Zhao Chun. If you meet him one day, please tell him... tell him..." What to say? Tell him that you have been looking for him for a long time and haven't found him? Tell him that he and his parents are dead? Or tell him to live well? At that moment, Zhao Dong suddenly didn't know how to continue. Because her brother's family conditions were too poor, his father was laid off, his mother had a long-term illness, and he had to support her to go to college. He was in his thirties and had not yet married. If she died, he would be the only one left in the world. Rather than let him be sad and desperate, it would be better to say nothing. While

she was hesitating, Routa Chen suddenly interrupted and said, "Zhao Chun? Zhao Chun is in the same group as us. When we left Ziyun County, he also came out. I don't know..." At this point, he couldn't help but look at Nan Shao.

After searching for a long time without finding her brother, Zhao Dong was immediately excited when she heard the news about him. She instantly forgot about her own situation, but seeing Routa Chen's hesitation, her heart was hanging again. Fortunately, Nan Shao didn't let her wait too long.

"Zhao Chun is now in Ronghe County." Nan Shao continued, but before Zhao Dong could breathe a sigh of relief, he added, "He has not awakened his superpowers, and one of his arms is broken."

The joy that had just risen from knowing that her brother was still alive was as fragile and ethereal as smoke, and was blown away by the cold wind in an instant. Thinking of her brother who had taken on the burden of the family before he reached adulthood, not only did he not awaken his superpowers, but also lost a hand, Zhao Dong would have burst into tears if it wasn't for the wrong occasion. However, at that moment, she knew that she couldn't die yet. If she died, how long could her brother last in such a harsh environment?

For her brother, she must not become a zombie. She thought fiercely. Perhaps this was what Nan Shao, who never cared much about the lives of others, wanted to achieve by saying that, for the teammates who had fought side by side.

Although they were talking, everyone did not relax their vigilance and entered the tunnel one after another. Considering the problem of defense, several groups of people adjusted their order before entering. Xu Jing, who was holding a gun, supported Zhao Dong and walked in front. In the middle were Jin Mantang and Jiang Hang, followed by Routa Chen and another man, and Nan Shao supported people and walked at the end. In any case, block the front and back first. If the zombie really came out from the stone wall in the middle to attack people, then they could only respond improvisationally, or... leave it to fate.

However, just as the group led by Routa Chen entered the cave, Nan Shao heard footsteps coming from the direction of the stone stairs. Papapapa, as fast as drum beats, with noisy echoes, which was obviously different from the zombies' sluggishness. He thought it was a Jie man. Just as he looked up, he saw a man wearing a Jie nobleman's sky-blue long robe embroidered with intricate patterns, a colorful belt, and fresh blood on his face and body. He seemed to have fallen from the sky, jumped over the distance between the stone stairs and the altar, and grabbed him with his dark and sharp claws.

Nan Shao's reaction was not slow. He almost immediately pushed the person he was supporting into the cave, and at the same time swung the machete to chop at the claws that had already arrived in front of him. There was a clear sound, as if chopping on steel, without the feeling of entering the flesh. The recoil made his wrist numb and there was a sharp pain in the tiger's mouth. Nan Shao knew that it was not good. Taking advantage of the moment when the machete's force caused the other party to pause slightly, he rolled to the side and avoided the fate of being pierced in the head by the steel claws.

Gold power! This thought flashed through his mind. In the moment they passed each other, he saw clearly that the other person was a zombie, not a human. But he didn't have time to think about it. The zombie rushed over again, and its movements were no less flexible than humans, and even faster than most people.

At this moment, a gunshot rang out, and Xu Jing pulled the trigger again, aiming at the head of the zombie that suddenly stuck out its upper body from the mountain wall on one side of the passage and bit Meat Tower Chen. The bullet disappeared again like a drop in the ocean, along with the zombie. Meat Tower Chen was startled and broke into a cold sweat. He hurriedly stood back to back with the person he was supporting, and looked at Xu Jing with gratitude in his eyes.

For a moment, everyone was panic-stricken, like a frightened bird, and every tree and grass was an enemy.

A little earlier than this, Zhang Yi and the other two who were guarding the temple below heard footsteps, followed by a faint flickering fire.

The footsteps of a person. Zhang Yi could easily tell that it was not from any of the three of them, Nan Shao. Needless to say, Nan Shao's was purely out of a feeling that belonged to the two of them. No matter how Nan Shao changed, he could tell. As for Xu Jing's, probably because of her job, her footsteps were always as nimble as a cat. If you didn't listen carefully, it would be hard to tell. Although Routa Chen had the ability to speed, he didn't use it very often. So because of his body shape, his footsteps were very heavy, as if he was stamping off a layer of fat on his body with every step. Even if he used his ability, it would only speed up the frequency of this heavy footsteps, and it would not reduce or weaken.

Almost immediately, Zhang Yi made a decision, whispered a few words to Jie Chen and Pei Yuan, and then quickly hid behind the door. As soon as he hid, the firelight shone into the temple, and Jie Chen and Pei Yuan, who had no time to act, were immediately exposed to the eyes of the visitor.

The person who came was a Jie youth, holding a torch in his hand, wearing a sheepskin coat, thick jeans, and mountain boots. He was not dressed as solemnly as the Jie zombies, but he could quickly blend into the crowd even if he walked outside. Although his appearance had some Jie characteristics, China has always had many ethnic groups, and this slight difference would not attract the attention of others.

"You lowly Han dogs, you dare to trespass on the holy land of the Jie people, damn it!" The young man was slightly surprised when he saw the two people, and then he showed a ferocious and angry look and shouted. Before he finished speaking, a green whip suddenly jumped out of his right sleeve and swept directly at Jie Chen and the other two who had put away their panicked swords and were on guard.

Damn it! Even Jie Chen, who never swears, couldn't help cursing in his heart when he saw this thing that suddenly appeared, let alone Pei Yuan, whose most direct reaction was to roll and crawl to the side to avoid it. Zhang Yi, who was hiding in the dark, was also surprised, because the light was too dim, and he couldn't tell what it was for a while.

With a muffled sound of "puff", Jie Chen's knife chopped on the green thing, not only did it not hurt at all, but the thing actually went up along the blade, and in a blink of an eye, it wrapped around the entire knife, and was about to wrap around Jie Chen's hand. Jie Chen hurriedly let go and stepped aside, but at the same time he also recognized what the thing was.

"It's a mutant bean vine! It can suck blood, be careful!" He shouted loudly. He and Pei Yuan were familiar with this thing. When the plants just mutated, the first mutant plant they encountered was it. At that time, Pei Yuan almost died in its hands, and it was Qiao Yong's fireball that solved it. But now the three of them are all unawakened, where can they make a fireball.

Oh, right, fire... He suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and his eyes fell on the torch in the Jie man's hand. He immediately had an idea and shouted, "Xiao Yuan, grab the torch!" Although he shouted to Pei Yuan, he was actually telling Zhang Yi.

Pei Yuan had suffered from this bean vine before, but he still ran while groaning. No matter how scared he was, he knew that with this man blocking the door, they couldn't escape at all. Even if they escaped, when this man opened the hole, Nan Shao and the others would be finished, so they had no choice but to fight desperately.

Hearing the two people's answer, the Jie young man had a sneer on his face, stepped into the temple, and unexpectedly threw the torch in his left hand, hitting Jie Chen who said he wanted to grab the torch. However, Jie Chen was not happy but shocked, because along with the torch, there was another bean vine thrown out from the man's left sleeve, like a heavy whip, slamming on the ground, shaking people's hearts twice. Two people were exhausted from dealing with one, and two were not going to kill them?

Seeing that the two were in more and more danger, Zhang Yi, who was hiding in the dark behind the door, did not make a move. Instead, he closed his eyes and tried to restrain his breathing. He just followed the footsteps in his ears and calculated the other party's position silently.

The two mutant bean vines seemed to grow out of the Jie young man's body. They listened to him very much and hit wherever he pointed. They could also fight together, forcing Pei Yuan and Jie Chen to jump around without any ability to fight back. There was nothing they could do about it. Not to mention that the two had not awakened their superpowers, even if they were superpowers, except for the fire and ice superpowers, they could not do anything about this extremely tough bean vine. Back then, even Shi Pengsan's gold superpowers took a lot of effort to scrape off a layer of its skin, which was not a big deal. So they could only try their best not to be entangled by it. In order to cover for Zhang Yi, the two of them ran and jumped in the temple, dodging here and there, shouting and attracting the attention of the Jie young man.

The temple was very large. Although the Jie youth's ability was very strong and he could command two mutant bean vines at a time, it was obviously limited by the distance. When the two exchanged glances, one fled to the east and the other fled to the west, they were inevitably in a panic for a moment. However, he made a decision in just a moment, no longer paying attention to Jie Chen, and walked a few steps inside, commanding the bean vines to focus on the younger Pei Yuan, while the free bean vine directly hit the wooden board blocking the entrance of the cave on the mountain wall. He was not afraid that Jie Chen would not come back to rescue him. Even if the other party was greedy for life and feared death and really didn't care about the life and death of his teammates, he still stood near the door. These tribesmen who killed him forced the priest to invite the high-level corpse god in advance and sacrificed themselves. None of the Han dogs would think of escaping from here.

Sure enough, seeing his intention, Jie Chen no longer cared about escaping and turned back to stop him.

A cold smile appeared on the corner of the Jie youth's lips, and the bean vine in his left hand turned instantly, rolling towards Jie Chen who had rushed to the nearby in a hurry. It turned out that his target from the beginning to the end was Jie Chen, which was why he changed his moves so quickly. Jie Chen's reaction was not slow either. He could not stop because he was running too fast, and he had lost his weapon, so he simply rolled over and barely avoided the attack of the bean vine. The lost knife was not far away. He was about to roll again to get the knife in his hand, but he felt his body tightened. He was actually caught up by the mutated bean vine with an extremely fast speed.

The bean vine grew thorns and pierced into his flesh and blood when it touched his skin. Jie Chen did not dare to pull it with his hands, so he ignored it and struggled to crawl forward to get the knife. Pei Yuan was busy at this time. Seeing that Jie Chen was in danger, but he could not help, he was extremely anxious and could not help but glance at the place where Zhang Yi was hiding. Although

the Jie young man was doing two things at the same time, he was extremely sharp. He immediately noticed Pei Yuan's subtle movements. He knew that something was wrong. Before he could turn his head, he turned the bean vine in his right hand and pulled it towards the place where Pei Yuan's eyes fell. But he was a step too slow after all. When he felt Jie Chen's steps were disordered, Zhang Yi had already prepared to attack. When Jie Chen rolled on the ground and was entangled, attracting most of the attention of the Jie people, he suddenly opened his eyes and dodged and swung his knife.

The head fell to the ground.

The wood-type superpowers don't have the steel armor of the gold-type superpowers, and they are still flesh and blood. Under Zhang Yi's sharp knife, they are no stronger than the necks of zombies. The Jie youth was too confident in his superpowers, or perhaps the embarrassing reactions of Jie Chen and Pei Yuan greatly inflated his self-confidence, so even if he felt something was wrong, he didn't move. So Zhang Yi sent him to his most respected priest unceremoniously, and he no longer needed to escape, and he no longer needed to lower his status and hide among the Han people, whom he considered extremely lowly.

Without the support of superpowers, the mutant bean vines quickly withered and died. Jie Chen realized it after a while, and did not take the knife. He stretched out his hand and pulled off the vines that had already climbed up his head and face and were drilling into his ears. Then he climbed up, touched the blood on his neck and face that was pierced by the vines, and could not help chanting a Buddhist mantra: "Buddha has mercy on me, I almost went to see the Tathagata!"

Pei Yuan had already realized what he had done wrong in his panic just now. He was in no mood to laugh when he heard his words. He just bent down silently to pick up the knife and handed it to him. He was ashamed and annoyed, and silently vowed that he would become stronger.

After solving this Jie who could drive mutant plants, Zhang Yi did not feel much relieved. Instead, he felt a kind of frightened feeling, always thinking that something might have happened to Nan Shao.

"I'll go up and take a look, you two stay here." He stopped and said to Jie Chen and the others without hesitation, and then reminded them: "Don't stay here, go outside. If someone comes, first determine the opponent's strength. If they are too strong, run away immediately, don't hold on."

Jie Chen and Pei Yuan looked at each other and nodded in response. Since the appearance of this Jie man, they also felt that the situation was more serious than they had imagined. If Nan Shao and the others could not come back, they could not leave again. No matter how much they said at this time, it would be useless. They could only wait quietly.

Chapter 155: The Drum of the Jie People (8)

The battle here has ended, but there is another strange atmosphere in the cave.

Seeing Nan Shao in danger, Xu Jing hurriedly fired to help. However, she fired two shots in a row, each of which hit the target. Instead, it aroused the zombie's anger and it turned around and rushed towards her. In order to fight against the zombies hidden in the mountain wall, the people who entered the cave had formed a long and tight line with their backs against each other. Xu Jing was blocked at the innermost part. As soon as Meat Tower Chen pulled up the man that Nan Shao had pushed in, he felt a sharp gust of wind rushing towards him. He screamed, leaned back to avoid the claws that were attacking his face, and kicked out with his right foot.

The sound of broken bones rang out, and Meat Tower Chen's fat and heavy body was thrown out, bringing down several people who were leaning against him and whose feet were already weak. Only Xu Jing, who reacted quickly, escaped. The zombie only took two steps back and stopped. Just as it was about to continue chasing, a stone wall suddenly rose up in front of it, blocking its way.

"Damn bastard, who did this?" Xu Jing was furious when she saw that Nan Shao was actually separated from the zombie that couldn't be killed even by a gun.

Jiang Hang pushed away the person who was pressing on him with a pale face and sat up with difficulty. He raised his hand to indicate that it was him, as if he didn't feel the other person's anger. He took a breath and said, "It won't be able to hold it off for long." Although he had superpowers, he didn't use them often in the past, and it was useless. After using it once, he felt that the little strength he had just accumulated was gone.

As if to confirm his words, the stone wall that had just been erected hit the ground and a hole was broken, and the zombie stretched out its metallic claws. Xu Jing didn't have time to scold Jiang Hang anymore, and raised her gun and fired a few more shots. The zombie roared, and with a bang, the stone wall was completely broken.

Xu Jing noticed that there was a fist-sized hole on the zombie's shoulder. It should be caused by the bullets she had just fired at one place. She was refreshed, but before she could repeat the trick, she saw a shocking scene. It turned out that the zombie's wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zombies can heal themselves! Xu Jing felt her head buzzing and she was stunned. She watched the two men who were pinned down by Routa Chen and couldn't get up throw fireballs at the zombie that had already passed through the stone wall like crazy. The flames burned the clothes and hair of the zombies, and then went out automatically without causing any substantial damage. She couldn't help but feel deeply tired and powerless, as if there was a mountain in front of her that she could never climb over.

Everyone else was dumbfounded. Even Routa Chen, who was holding his right leg and howling in pain, stopped talking and stared at the Jie zombie who was burned naked and black and was walking towards them with cold sweat.

Boom! Boom! The rapid heartbeat sounded in her ears, like thunder, and she didn't know whether it was her own or someone else's. Faced with the approaching danger, the invincible opponent no longer cared whether to expose their backs to the enemy, and those who could move began to struggle to crawl deeper into the cave. Jin Mantang touched the machete that Routa Chen had dropped on the ground and took it in her hand. She tried to pull Routa Chen with her other hand, but failed because he was too heavy. She was about to throw the knife away and use both hands to drag him, but Jiang Hang, who was sitting next to her in fear, suddenly moved and came over to help her drag him. Jin Mantang was very surprised. She knew how selfish and bastard this man was. Although she had always been sure that he had some conscience because of her past memories, she was still surprised when he really showed it. But now was not the time for her to express her feelings. She was stunned for a moment, then she clenched the knife in her hand again, and the other one pierced Routa Chen's armpit, and the three of them moved back with difficulty. For zombies, this tiny distance may only take one or two steps to cross, which is useless, but for humans, it is an instinctive way to survive. As long as there is still a breath left, they will never sit and wait for death.

At this time, Xu Jing also came back to her senses and stepped back two steps. With a bang, the bullets were fired continuously, trying to stop the zombies from approaching. The zombie seemed to know the power of the bullets and knew how to dodge, and raised his hand to cover his head. Therefore, Xu Jing could no longer let the bullets hit the same place in a hurry, and there was no way to cause slightly more serious damage to it. It was only a few steps away, and it was about to cross it in a blink of an eye. The zombie suddenly paused, and then it gave up the prey in front of it with a roar and turned around to pounce on Nan Shao.

It turned out that Nan Shao had time to catch his breath, and seeing that the sword, gun and fire could not hurt this zombie, he simply used supernatural powers to attack. Zombies are dead people, and they should not be considered as living things. However, there is a faint black mist slowly rotating in the middle of their heads. This is a question that has always puzzled Nan Shao, because his ability can also cause damage to zombies. Although the damage is less than that of other living things, it cannot be fatal in one blow, and it is not as good as using a knife to cut, but it can work anyway. So, are zombies still considered as living things, or is his ability not only effective on living things? You have to know that the name of this life ability is just a casual mention by the girl named Han Ling, and it does not mean it is true.

Of course, he does not have time to dwell on this issue at the moment, but he has no other choice but to give it a try. But what is surprising is that his ability is obviously more threatening to this zombie than bullets, otherwise it would never abandon the few people who have no power to fight back and turn around to deal with him. What shocked Nan Shao even more was that at the moment of using his supernatural power, he found that this zombie was different from other zombies. It was surrounded by a thin layer of white vitality.

This was simply ridiculous! It was like a dead person coming back to life.

Sizzle - Nan Shao dodged the zombie's fierce claws and heard a sharp scraping sound. Looking back, he saw that there were ten grooves on the mountain wall where he was standing just now. This shows how sharp and powerful the zombie's claws are. If he was caught, he would probably be torn in half.

A sharp cold wind brushed past his face. In just a blink of an eye, the zombie's claws attacked again. One after another, without giving Nan Shao any breathing space. Because Nan Shao had been dodging close to the mountain wall, the stone wall painted with the statue of the god was soon left with deep and shallow scratches of varying lengths.

There was not much space on the rock, and it was very hard to dodge. If he was not careful, he might miss a step and fall into the excited zombies below. However, even so, Nan Shao still felt fortunate. He was glad that although this zombie had some intelligence and emotions, it was still very different from a living person, and it did not retain the abilities it had before. Otherwise, if it could fight like the Jie man he met before, he would have been better off waiting to die.

Of course, this kind of happiness was just a kind of self-consolation in helplessness. After all, although the zombie's attack moves were simple, it was fast, and its claws were sharp and its skin was thick. Apart from dodging, Nan Shao could hardly distract himself to fight back. In the chaos, he used several supernatural attacks but failed to cause damage to it. If this continued, his supernatural power would soon be exhausted. So he stopped wasting supernatural power in vain, dodging while anxiously thinking about how to deal with it.

At this time, the few people who were supposed to provide support in the tunnel were huddled together with their backs to each other, looking solemn and ready to face a great enemy. Xu Jing held the gun in one hand, and her eyes searched slowly and carefully from top to bottom and on the mountain walls on both sides. It turned out that one of them was missing, a man named Sun Min. No one noticed when and how he disappeared.

"He just attacked the zombie with my superpowers..." The only man whose name was unknown muttered in a trance. He was the first person to notice that Sun Min was missing, and he was really scared. I believe that no matter who it is, if they find that their companions have suddenly disappeared without a sound, their reaction will not be too calm, let alone in such a situation.

The others couldn't help but feel numb when they heard his words. This man and the missing Sun Min both had fire superpowers. Although the situation was critical just now, they also saw the fireballs thrown by the two. But in just a moment, the man disappeared. No one would doubt that Sun Min had escaped first. After all, it takes a lot of courage to leave the team at this time. Moreover, the distance from this section of the passage to the bend is at least 30 to 40 meters. It is impossible for such a big living person to run without making any sound. He doesn't have wings. Therefore, the only possibility is that the zombie who has been hiding in the dark for a long time has made a move.

This fucked up world, zombies are all fucking spirits! Xu Jing cursed in her heart, but didn't say it out loud to add to the panic of others. She threw the knife that she couldn't use temporarily to the man who was talking. It seemed that only he and Jin Mantang still had some fighting power among the few people. Jin Mantang had Routa Chen's knife in his hand, so she could naturally give hers to this person. Not to mention helping, at least it could calm his emotions.

Sure enough, the man calmed down a little after getting the knife. Xu Jing ignored him and looked towards Nan Shao while being alert to the situation around her to see if she could help. If they could work together to deal with this zombie in the open first, the threat of the remaining one should be greatly reduced. I hope there is only one invisible zombie.

At this time, Nan Shao had been forced to the edge of the rock. He was in an extremely dangerous situation. If he was not careful, he would end up being torn to pieces and eaten by zombies. Xu Jing was just trying to find a suitable angle to make sure that the zombie would not hit Nan Shao after being hit by the bullet, when she saw Nan Shao suddenly squatting and kicking the zombie's right knee as it rushed towards her again, then nimbly slipping under its armpit. Although this zombie was intelligent, it had no idea of ​​the dangers caused by non-living things like cliffs. With this charge and the kick, it immediately fell off the cliff. No matter how nimble it was, it could not drift in the air or do somersaults in mid-air, and it could not escape the fate of falling.

Xu Jing was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but she saw Nan Shao suddenly lying on the ground and reaching out to grab the zombie's left ankle.

Crazy! Her heart skipped a beat, and she didn't understand why Nan Shao would do such a thing. Although she didn't expect this zombie, which couldn't even be shot, to fall to death, it would at least give them some time to breathe. But now... She frowned. Although she didn't agree, she was helpless because she couldn't rush over to stop it.

Nan Shao didn't know that Xu Jing was gritting her teeth in the cave behind her, wishing she could rush up and kick him down with her. He held the protrusion on the rock with one hand and the zombie's foot with the other hand to prevent himself from being dragged down. In fact, at first he led the zombie to the edge of the rock with the same idea as Xu Jing, but soon realized that with the speed of the zombie's iron claws, it was afraid that it would not only not die from falling, but would also climb up the mountain wall quickly, and they would still have to face it then. This was still a relatively ideal result, because at least it bought a little time, and the worse development was that it couldn't come up and chose to go out from the passage below, and then Zhang Yi and the other three would be in big trouble. Therefore, he had to change his mind immediately and decided to kill it even if he had to use up his superpowers and mental strength and become a fool. However, just as he was about to concentrate his superpowers to attack the zombie's brain core, his mind suddenly changed and he turned to absorbing its vitality. As for the absorption of vitality, he could only use it when he had to come into contact with a living being, and this time just met the conditions.

The zombie was suddenly suspended in the air. Perhaps it felt dangerous or uncomfortable, and began to struggle desperately in a panic, and tried to turn around and climb up. Nan Shao could hardly hold it. Fortunately, the edge of the hanging rock here was only about half a meter thick, so its upper body fell in the air and had nowhere to land. Otherwise, it was hard to guarantee that it would not use its steel claws to grab the side of the rock and climb up.

Nan Shao's feet groped on the stone ground behind him, and finally felt that he was stuck somewhere, which barely helped him stabilize his body. He breathed a sigh of relief and focused more on absorbing the zombie's vitality. What surprised him was that the absorption process was very smooth. As soon as his ability came into contact with the weak vitality of the zombie, he actually felt a kind of familiarity that made him feel very close, as if those vitality and his were from the same source. When the two met, they easily merged together without any stagnation, which was better than the feeling when he absorbed the mutant flower mushroom.

He felt that his vitality was slowly becoming stronger with the process of absorption, just like eating and getting the most suitable nutrients.

Strangely, the vitality of this zombie seemed very weak. From the beginning, the vitality attracted along the place where the person and the corpse came into contact was also very little, but it was endless, as if there was no end. As long as he could absorb it, Nan Shao was not afraid of slowness, but the reality did not allow him to take it slowly, because the zombie obviously also felt a huge threat and struggled more and more violently, causing him to almost slip several times. He had to pull out his other hand that was holding the ground to help, but his foot was still dragged away from the stuck place and began to slowly slide down.

It was a cold day, but sweat was soaking Nan Shao's forehead, and then dripped down his nose onto the rocky ground. He finally encountered an opportunity to strengthen his vitality, and he was unwilling to let go, but his body was already partially suspended in the process of resisting the zombie's struggle. Even if he wanted to pick up the zombie at this time, he was already powerless. If he hesitated any longer, he would probably be dragged down and fall. That was not the result he wanted after he had spent so much effort and even used himself as bait to lure the zombie off the cliff. Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and was about to let go, and at the same time, he gathered all his supernatural powers to deal a fatal blow to the zombie at the moment of letting go, when he suddenly felt his left ankle tighten. He was startled at first, but soon relaxed because of the familiar feeling.

"Don't worry, the zombie has been dealt with." Zhang Yi's calm voice sounded in his ears, which made Nan Shao's originally worried heart completely calm down, and concentrate on absorbing the zombie's vitality.

It turned out that when Zhang Yi came in, the first person he met was Chen Dong and the body of the Jie man. Chen Dong knew little, so he didn't waste too much time there. He went straight in, and then he saw Xu Jing and the others gathered together like frightened birds. Because he appeared suddenly, Xu Jing almost shot him with a gun. Of course, because there was no barrier between the cave and the cliff outside, he also saw Nan Shao's crisis at a glance. From the heart, he naturally wanted to help Nan Shao first, but seeing five or six people all crowded in the cave with panic, leaving Nan Shao alone outside to deal with the zombie, this was not in line with common sense, so he suppressed his anxiety and decided to find out the situation first. It was also a coincidence that the zombie hidden in the mountain wall actually took advantage of the moment when Zhang Yi appeared and everyone was distracted and wanted to repeat the old trick, emerging from the ground to drag Jiang Hang down. In terms of hearing and alertness to danger, Zhang Yi was obviously better than Xu Jing. This was also due to the painstaking training of his mind and five senses during the time when he was paralyzed and lying in bed. Therefore, as soon as the zombie moved and before it broke through the stone wall, his ears moved and he had already drawn his knife. When Xu Jing noticed the situation and pulled the trigger, his knife had already pierced the top of the zombie's head just after it emerged from the ground. Xu Jing's bullet followed and shot through its forehead. So this sneaky and cunning earth-type supernatural zombie that made a group of people suspicious was solved in a seemingly easy way. After the cheers of astonishment and surprise from the crowd, Zhang Yi finally knew the reason why they were trapped here, and couldn't help but say that he was lucky. Having solved a big problem, he didn't care about the finishing work and ran directly to Nanshao, and finally caught the person before he let go and gave up the rare opportunity to advance his supernatural power.

Zhang Yi didn't know why Nan Shao had been holding on to the zombie, but he believed that Nan Shao must have his own reasons. Since he had no more worries, he could let go and do his own thing.

After a while, Xu Jing, who was sure that there was no other danger, also came over, pulled the rope that had tied Jin Mantang and others before, and wrapped it around Nan Shao's waist a few times, and then stood behind the two of them to guard and defend them. At this time, she also noticed something unusual and knew that Nan Shao might be doing something very important to him. She was too lazy to ask, since they were together, she would help.

After about half an hour, or even longer, the zombie that Nan Shao was holding on to struggled gradually smaller and weaker, and finally stopped moving. After a while, Nan Shao let go of his hand, and the zombie fell into the surging zombie group below, knocking down several zombies, and then was stepped on by other zombies who squeezed up, and could no longer turn over.

Zhang Yi quickly pulled up Nan Shao, who had most of his body sliding down. Nan Shao did not get up immediately, but turned over and lay on the rock with his eyes closed as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

Chapter 156: The Drum of the Jie People (9)

Jie Chen and Pei Yuan waited for a long time but Zhang Yi and his men did not return, nor did they wait for the other Jie people. They could not help but feel sad. Jie Chen was the saddest. He thought that if he had not suggested returning, they might have spent the night in an abandoned house far away from the small Jie village, where everyone was there, eating hot food and chatting from time to time, instead of being like now, with no one except him and Pei Yuan knowing whether they were alive or dead. At that moment, he doubted everything he believed in for the first time. He felt that he might be wrong.

He looked up at the dark sky without a trace of light. He had not seen the sun, moon or stars for a long time. If the Buddha was really merciful, how could he bear to stand by and watch the world suffer so much? If everything was karma, what kind of heinous crime could turn so many innocent and kind people into cannibalistic demons, and let those real cannibalistic demons still live to harm the world?

"Xiao Yuan, you stay here and I'll go up and take a look." When he said this, Jie Chen was extremely aware of his cowardice. He knew that if Zhang Yi and his men were annihilated, he would never have the courage to leave the Jie Village again.

"Brother Monk, don't think about leaving me behind." Pei Yuan followed without saying a word. He was afraid of death, but he was more afraid of one person. He didn't want to watch the person he trusted wholeheartedly die in front of his eyes again after his parents, and he was the only one alive. That feeling was too painful.

Jie Chen wanted to persuade him, but Pei Yuan had already rushed out of their hiding place and groped his way to the second floor of the village building. He sighed helplessly and hurried to catch up.

What happened next was a great surprise to them. They saw that Zhang Yi and his men were all still alive. Not only that, they also saved several people. Although Routa Chen's leg was broken and everyone was injured, and it was said that one person was missing, compared to the annihilation of the army they had thought of before, it was still an ideal result that far exceeded their expectations.

Because Nan Shao had not woken up, and there should be no danger for the time being, everyone remained where they were. Jie Chen and Pei Yuan went to carry Chen Dong over. After obtaining Zhang Yi's consent, the crystal core of the earth-type zombie was given to Jin Mantang, so that she could recover her superpowers as soon as possible, so as to treat the broken legs of Routa Chen and Chen Dong. But surprisingly, she couldn't absorb it. Not only could she not absorb it, but the man with fire superpowers... Oh, his name is Wei Shi, Wei Shi, Zhao Dong, and Routa Chen couldn't absorb it. The only one who could was Jiang Hang, who Zhang Yi disliked very much.

Because of Nan Shao's humiliation, even if Zhang Yi attributed most of the reasons to himself, it didn't mean that he didn't hate Jiang Hang. He would rather keep this crystal core back to Ronghe for any of Xiong Huawenbin and others than give it to Jiang Hang. But he still gave in. Because he heard that the missing person might be hidden in the rock wall by the zombies, and now only Jiang Hang had the hope of finding the other person, even if so much time had passed, the person might have suffocated to death, or been gnawed by the zombies until only bones were left, but he couldn't stop everyone from finding him.

Time was slowly passing. Zhang Yi sat down beside Nan Shao with his knees bent, looking at the zombies trying to climb up the rocks. His expression was calm, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Xu Jing handed the task of watching Zhao Dong to Jie Chen and Pei Yuan, who came later. She climbed up the steep ladder on the cliff to the top of the mountain to take a look. She saw the relatively fresh remains of the old Jie people's priest, the three zombie corpses whose crystal cores had been taken out, and the house wrapped in mutant vines like a green coffin. She did not try to provoke those mutant plants. After making sure there was no danger, she returned to the cave and prepared to go up again after dawn.

Jiang Hang was still absorbing the crystal core. Jin Mantang and Wei Shi had recovered a lot of their physical strength and spirit. Because Chen Dong's legs were completely broken, Jin Mantang's current ability was not enough to help him connect them, so he could only temporarily stabilize his vital signs, and then began to treat the broken right leg of Meat Tower Chen.

Zhao Dong's condition was getting worse and worse. The wounds caused by zombies cannot be treated by the healing system, and cannot even heal them, but they will stop bleeding automatically and tend to heal, but they will quickly turn black and emit a foul smell before they really heal. After being bitten, the time required for zombies to transform will vary according to the individual's physical constitution and willpower. Of course, there may be some other factors that are not yet determined. For example, food.

"Is there anything to eat?" Zhao Dong's face was gray, but his body temperature was abnormally high, and his eyes began to be a little distracted. He asked this question in a daze, and then he seemed to realize what he was saying, laughed at himself, and shut up.

The few people with her had lunch at noon, and they were full at that time. Later, when they saw their companions being torn apart alive and fed to zombies, they vomited everything. At this time, the danger was lifted, and they immediately felt hungry. Zhang Yi and the others were even worse off than them. They had just eaten some dry food before leaving the pigsty. After several battles, there was no food left in their stomachs. Fortunately, after the apocalypse, enduring hunger has become an instinct, and it is still possible to hold on until dawn to find food. But Zhao Dong was obviously hungrier than them, and she was already hungry to an unbearable degree, otherwise she would not speak. People who have experienced being scratched and bitten by zombies know that the pain of high fever and the collapse of muscles and bones in the whole body is accompanied by hunger. At that time, you want to grab everything you see and put it in your mouth. The smell of living people that you usually don't feel will become unusually sweet. At this time, apart from being able to get food that can burst the human stomach and strong self-control, there is no other way to resist the desire to eat. When reason completely disappears, it will become a zombie that pounces on living people.

"I'll go find it." Just when everyone was silent, Jie Chen suddenly said.

Several people looked up at him. Zhao Dong was fully focused on resisting the smell of living people around her that was full of temptation to her, but she didn't hear it, so she didn't say anything to stop him. Pei Yuan had been with the monk and had noticed his abnormality earlier. He couldn't help but look worried at this moment. He said without thinking, "I'll go with you."

Jie Chen waved at him, took a torch from the rock wall, and said, "No one should follow me." Then, under Xu Jing's frown and Zhang Yi's puzzled eyes, he quickly walked out of the cave.

"I'll go." Wei Shi stood up and said. His physical strength had recovered, and his supernatural powers had also recovered to a large extent, so he couldn't just sit here stupidly like the injured. He didn't know Zhang Yi and the others, and they didn't have to save him, so since he had recovered his abilities, he should do his part. In the end times, if you don't even have this kind of vision, then you're not far from death. He has

fire supernatural powers, so it's certainly more reassuring for him to go than Pei Yuan. Zhang Yi and Xu Jing, who were a little confused, didn't say anything. It would be better for someone to go and check out the situation outside, so as not to be caught off guard again.

"What's wrong with him?" Xu Jing asked Pei Yuan. The monk obviously looked wrong.

Pei Yuan shook his head, but soon said, "Maybe I'm too worried about you." His intuition told him that this might be the answer.

Xu Jing didn't quite understand, but Zhang Yi did. He sighed in his heart. Not to mention the little monk, he was also under great psychological pressure before. He was afraid that the proposal to save people would make his teammates make unnecessary sacrifices. In that case, he probably wouldn't forgive himself even if he died. It's just that there are not many humans left now. If they can't unite and help each other, and only care about the life and death of themselves and those around them, I'm afraid they won't be able to go far in the end.

Fortunately, Jie Chen and Wei Shi didn't encounter any danger and came back soon, bringing a large carton of food and water. They were all cans that had never been opened, biscuits and mineral water, so there was no need to worry about drugs in them. Everyone got some, and Wei Shi carried the rest to Zhao Dong, opened a can of yellow peaches, didn't eat it himself, and didn't care about his dirty hands, so he grabbed it and stuffed it into her mouth.

Zhao Dong still had a glimmer of rationality at this time, but she almost bit Wei Shi's hand. She felt that the yellow peach, which should have been extremely sweet, tasted like rotten food. If she hadn't forced herself to hold it back, she would probably have vomited it out.

"Tie me up... Hurry up!" The companions around her attracted her more than the delicious food. She knew she could not hold on any longer. She swallowed the food in her mouth with difficulty. She urged in a hoarse voice, her face ferocious. Although her whole body was burning hot, she had to use all her will and strength to suppress the pain and the desire for fresh human flesh. Her face was getting grayer and grayer. There was not even a drop of sweat on her forehead that should have been sweating profusely.

Wei Shi did not say much. He stood up and pulled the rope tied to the altar, but before he could pull it over, Zhao Dong could not bear it and rolled to the ground, his swollen nails digging into the rocks.

"Don't tell my brother that you have seen me..." She raised her head and tried to look at other people, but unfortunately her eyes were blurred and she could not see anything. Her voice was so hoarse that it began to approach the panting of zombies, making it almost impossible to hear clearly. But she still decisively made a decision for her own fate before she completely lost her voice: "Do it."

Jie Chen and Pei Yuan who were guarding her both stepped back a little. For the first time, Xu Jing felt that the gun in her hand was so heavy. Logically speaking, the two of them met by chance and had no friendship. She didn't even know Zhao Chun. She felt a little regretful that the other party had turned into a zombie, but for some reason, she felt very uncomfortable, and even had an indescribable sadness. However, no matter how much she or others hated and resented such an ending, they had to do what they had to do.

Just as Xu Jing slowly raised her gun and was about to pull the trigger, a hand reached out to stop her.

Nan Shao woke up.

——

Nan Shao used a method that seemed very simple to him now, extracting some of Zhao Dong's overly active vitality, and curbed the process of zombie transformation. Then, with the restoration of the remaining vitality in Zhao Dong's body, her tissue cells that had been transformed into a zombie not long ago and still retained a few active cells began to slowly reverse. Even if she herself did not have the ability to reverse, Nan Shao could use the vitality to warm her and make her fade away from the zombie state.

Of course, even Nan Shao himself could not have imagined that the rescue operation, which was supposed to be a life-or-death rescue, would actually bring him a great fortune. His vitality was more than doubled, which led to a significant improvement in his five senses and various physical qualities, almost like a mutant, which was equivalent to a combination of speed, strength, vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It was really something he had never dared to think about before. And his own superpowers seemed to have broken through a level. The veil that originally covered it was finally lifted, and everything about life was clearly laid out in front of him. In addition, he seemed to... seem to have another superpower. However, compared to the shock given to him by the improvement of his life superpowers, this can be temporarily put aside.

Nan Shao found that what used to be a group of mists in his eyes now completely revealed its true nature. As if he had a perspective, the human body unfolded a magnificent picture scroll in front of him, muscles and bones, internal organs, meridians and blood vessels, blood flow, lymphatic network, and even cell division and death, just like an independent small universe, with mountains and rivers, sun, moon and stars, life sprouting, and endless cycles. The mist representing vitality is the energy accompanying the generation of new cells. As cells age and die, this energy will disappear and be replaced by new cells. He can't tell whether the energy is generated first or the cells are divided first, but he can be sure that the stronger the energy, the more vigorous the cell division activity will be. On the contrary, cell division will be inhibited. The

process of zombieization is because the life energy surges in a short period of time, causing cell division to accelerate, change the physique, and stimulate individual potential, but this change is too drastic, which will cause severe pain and require energy far beyond imagination, and generate a lot of heat at the same time, which is also the reason for fever and hunger. When the body cannot provide the most basic evolutionary energy, the dividing cells will die quickly until the body completely loses its vitality, but the feeling of hunger remains. As for what factors determine the success or failure of the transformation or evolution in this process, and why after the complete transformation, there is a special preference for the smell of living people, these are what Nan Shao cannot know at present. But this does not prevent him from coming up with a way to stop and reverse the transformation.

Facts have proved that he succeeded.

Because of the dual fatigue of body and mind, Zhao Dong fell asleep, but her complexion has returned to normal, and the hard claws on her hands have disappeared. Shock is not enough to describe the mood of the people present, because they have realized that as long as Nan Shao is there, they may no longer have to worry about being scratched and bitten by zombies at any time in the battle as before.

As the key figure of everyone's attention, Nan Shao was eating with his belly open at this time, and Jie Chen and Wei Shi went out to move food to satisfy him. The evolution of vitality and body consumed a lot of his energy. He was really hungry, and his stomach did not swell after eating so much.

"Brother Shao, you look handsome again." Pei Yuan stared at him for a long time and suddenly said. His facial features have not changed, but they seem to be more three-dimensional, and his body shape seems to be more perfect. Even if he sits there casually, he gives people a feeling of being vigorous and full of strength. It's as if he has been fine-tuned. The person is still the same person, and he has not changed beyond recognition all of a sudden, but the overall feeling is indeed more eye-catching.

Nan Shao was stunned for a moment. He could feel the powerful force flowing in his body, but he didn't really believe that his appearance had changed in such a short time, but he still confirmed with Zhang Yi: "Really?"

Zhang Yi smiled and nodded. So Nan Shao laughed, and his whole body exuded a joyful breath. He still didn't believe it, and didn't care about the change in appearance, but Zhang Yi's approval made him very happy.

Once he was happy and full, he simply reattached Chen Dong's broken leg. Because of the breakthrough in his superpowers, it was not easy for him to reattach the leg, but it was no longer as strenuous as when he was healing Zhang Yi. It was not until the sky was bright that the two legs were connected. He even took over what Jin Mantang had not finished, helping Routa Chen to connect his fractured right leg perfectly, and even removed the sequelae of the previous injury in Wangyang Town. On the other side, Jiang Hang, who seemed to have a breakthrough in his supernatural power after absorbing the corpse crystal, lived up to everyone's expectations and got the lifeless Sun Min out of the stone wall next to him.

Although one person died, this rescue operation was finally considered to have achieved a good result.

Chapter 157: The Daughter of the Jie People (1)

The dead are gone, but the living must continue to walk, even if it means walking in hell.

The sky outside gradually brightened. The torches that had been burning all night had mostly gone out, and the huge cave became dim. Everyone had eaten, so they were no longer in a hurry to find food, but were thinking about how to deal with the nearly 10,000 zombies below.

Even if Nan Shao could reverse the transformation, he could not revive the dead, so he had no way to deal with those who had completely transformed into zombies. At least, he did not have this ability at the moment. Moreover, the Jie people who had left a psychological trauma on everyone were not masochists, so who would think of taking the trouble to save them? Why save them? To harm others?

So, in the end, everyone reached a consensus and prepared to burn them all to death, so that they would not run out of the cave in the future, or evolve like the two zombies before, and who knows how many people would suffer.

To set fire, you need something flammable and combustible. As everyone was preparing to look for it, Xu Jing suddenly remembered the strange green coffin on the mountain. She felt that she could not rest easy until she found out what was inside. So she, Nan Shao and Zhang Yi went up to check it out, while the others went to look for firewood, gasoline and other things.

It was already daylight, and there was a moderate amount of snow outside. The four bodies were lying there in a mess. Their strange appearance made people see their abnormality at a glance. Zhang Yi walked over and looked through it carefully for a long while, then grabbed the snow beside him and wiped his hands while saying to the two people: "The old man was first eaten clean by the zombies, and then his skull was broken. Judging from his clothes, he should also be a Jie. There were fresh flesh and blood residues in the mouths of the three zombies, and they must have participated in sharing the food. Several zombies had scars from scratching, biting and tearing on their bodies, and their necks were broken. They had obviously experienced a big battle. From the remaining cloth and flesh color in their nails, it can be seen that they killed each other. The holes in their skulls were not caused by sharp weapons such as knives, axes and pickaxes, but more like..." He curled his fingers into claws and gestured at the head of the nearest zombie, which just coincided with the wound.

Finally, he concluded: "From their appearance, these three should also be evolved zombies, and they are very likely to be together with the two zombies we encountered before. I don't know why..." At this point, he paused and added his own guess, "Perhaps they wanted to obtain the crystal cores in the skulls of this old man and his kind, so they killed each other, and in the end, the zombie you, Nan Shao, defeated won. As for the other one, judging from its previous cunning and cowardly performance, it is likely that it used its supernatural power to hide when it saw that it could not win." His guess was not groundless. After all, one of the two zombies could not be killed even by a gun, and the other was directly chopped by Zhang Yi. It was clear who was stronger and who was weaker. And the hole on the skull was obviously only made by the zombie that could scratch grooves on rocks, and the reason why the earth-type supernatural zombie was excluded was not only because of its cowardice, but also because Sun Min, who was dragged into the rock wall by it, had a few pieces of meat missing, but his head was still well preserved and not damaged.

If all his speculations are true, then the question arises. First, do living people also have crystal cores in their brains like zombies? Do all people have them, or are they limited to those with special powers? Secondly, why do zombies know and snatch crystal cores from humans and their kind? Is this related to their evolution? Finally, if crystal cores are related to the evolution of zombies, then what kind of terrible situation will humans face? How can they save themselves?

The three of them thought of these things, and they couldn't help but feel helpless and heavy in their hearts, because whether it was the verification process of these questions or the impact on humans if the answer was yes after the results came out, they were not what they wanted to face. After all, smashing open the head of a zombie is a completely different feeling from smashing open the head of a human who died without being transformed into a zombie. And if it is confirmed that there are crystal cores in the human head, these crystal cores may promote the evolution of zombies, and may also enhance the abilities of those with special powers. At that time, the enemies faced by humans may not only be zombies and mutant creatures, but also their own kind, or even companions. Such a scene is chilling to think about.

"Three people, not one less." After a while, Zhang Yi continued, and then looked at Nan Shao: "Nan Shao, the person you said is not a superpower but has more vitality than the other two superpowers, is he this old man?"

"It was too far away that day, and I couldn't see clearly." Nan Shao shook his head, and didn't even go forward to identify him carefully. "And he's dead." If he died, he couldn't be identified by vitality.

Therefore, whether there are other survivors in the entire Xiaojie Village is still an unanswerable and disturbing question.

Zhang Yi stood up and began to look around the open space out of professional instinct to see if there are any other clues.

"This thing is a bit strange." He finally noticed the rectangular green mutant vines that Xu Jing mentioned, and walked over.

"Ayi, be careful of the mutant plants." Nan Shao warned, and walked towards the drum on the stone platform, reaching out to brush off the snow on it, "This is the drum." As he said, he picked up the hammer on the side and knocked it casually.

Dong! The drum sound penetrated the air and was so loud that even he was startled. He stopped immediately to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Zhang Yi was also startled. He turned around and saw his reaction. He couldn't help laughing. Nan Shao was tickled by his laughter. If Xu Jing hadn't been there, he would have rushed over to get mad.

Xu Jing didn't have time to pay attention to them. She was observing the object that was taller than a person and wrapped in mutant vines from a distance, just like Zhang Yi. Because of the light problem last night, plus its shape and color, it looked eerie like a big green coffin. Now, after taking a closer look, he found that it might be wrapped in a huge long strip of rock, or... a stone house?

"It seems to be..." Zhang Yi was a little confused and took a few steps forward to see more clearly. Nan Shao was frightened by his bold action and broke into a cold sweat. He left the drum, walked over quickly, and grabbed the man.

"Don't get so close. You'll know what it is when I kill this mutant vine." He said helplessly, his voice revealing an indulgence that he himself didn't even realize.

Zhang Yi heard it, and was stunned for a moment, then his ears felt hot, and he felt inexplicably coaxed like a child, but he felt warm and indescribably happy in his heart. Of course, if another man spoke to him in this tone, he would probably get goose bumps.

Xu Jing also looked at Nan Shao in surprise, and suddenly found that this man was really good to his lover, so good that she, who originally disliked him, couldn't help but want to bless him... In fact, she didn't quite remember why she disliked him, maybe he was too handsome.

"No need..." Zhang Yi was curious about what was in there, but he didn't want Nan Shao to risk his life for it. Besides, who knows if the outer vine cover is really opened, there will be other dangers inside, such as evolved zombies. But before he could finish his words to stop it, he saw a shocking scene.

Xu Jing was also stunned with him.

It turned out that when Nan Shao approached, the mutant vine seemed to have seen something terrible, and began to retreat at an astonishing speed like a tide, and finally all shrank back to the roots at the edge of the open space and huddled tightly together, as if trying to hide itself, but even so, the size was still considerable. A stone house appeared in front of the three people.

Nan Shao originally wanted to try out his recently broken through supernatural power on this mutant vine, but now seeing that it was so tactful, it would be difficult to do it, after all, it had never shown any intention of attacking them from beginning to end.

"Is it afraid of you?" Zhang Yi finally came back to his senses and was very surprised.

Nan Shao touched his chin and showed an ambiguous smile. He didn't say yes or no, but turned to Zhang Yi and asked in the tone of a child asking for candy: "Is your man powerful?"

Zhang Yi was embarrassed, and didn't even dare to glance at Xu Jing's expression. He slapped Nan Shao on the back of his head and said unhappily, "You're so unruly." Then, fearing that Nan Shao would continue to pester him, he quickly changed the subject, "I don't know what's inside." He was about to walk towards the stone house, but was stopped by Nan Shao again.

Nan Shao sighed in his heart, thinking that Xu Jing was too bright, even if she didn't speak. He didn't know when he would have the chance to be alone with Ayi. He was thinking these things, but he said, "There are living things inside." The reason why he said it was a living thing was that he could feel it without the interference of the mutant vine, just like he sensed the existence of the radish seeds at the beginning, but he didn't have a perspective eye, so it was impossible for him to penetrate the closed door and stone wall to see the situation inside, and he couldn't be sure what the life inside was. Hearing

his words, Xu Jing, who was still upset about the conversation between the two, decisively raised her gun, and at the same time raised her toes, and kicked a fist-sized stone out, which hit the door on the right with a bang. The door didn't break open, but it made a loud muffled sound.

The three stood there, waiting. Nan Shao moved slightly, hiding Zhang Yi behind him without leaving any trace. Zhang Yi looked at his tall and solid back, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and a gentle look appeared in his eyes, but he didn't rush forward, but pricked up his ears, paying full attention to the stone house and the movements around, so that his lover would not have any worries.

They didn't wait for long, but it was unexpected. The door of the stone house didn't break open suddenly or remain motionless as imagined, but was slowly opened. However, it was the door on the left that opened.

A woman stood there.

A particularly beautiful woman.

The woman was wearing a sheepskin coat that was longer than her knees, shearling boots on her feet, and a large wool scarf with plain colors and patterns wrapped around her head and shoulders, revealing only a fair face. The whole person's dress was different from that of people in the city, but it was not completely the same as the ethnic style, but it didn't look strange. This woman also has high cheekbones, deep eyes, and a small round nose, typical Jie facial features. Logically speaking, she does not have a good appearance, but she has an indescribable charm. Her facial features put together give people the feeling that you want to look at her again and again, and the more you look at her, the more beautiful she becomes.

Chapter 158: The Daughter of the Jie People (2)

The woman's eyes fell on the corpses on the ground, revealing a trace of sadness and undisguised relief. After a pause, she looked at Nan Shao and the other two and said, "Come in." After saying that, she turned around and went back to the house without waiting for a response, as if she was not worried that the three would harm her.

The three looked at each other, and the first one to take a step was Xu Jing. Perhaps it was due to a feeling between women, she intuitively felt that the other party had no hostility. Seeing this, Nan Shao and Zhang Yi followed.

The stone house was about 30 square meters. There was a narrow wooden bed in one corner, and the rest of the space was filled with food. There was also a small compartment blocked by a bamboo curtain, which was probably used to solve the problem of grain. The woman dragged out two long benches from under the bed, wiped them with a handkerchief, and brought them to the three people.

Seeing such a large room of food, even though the three people were used to it, they were still shocked. Of course, it was not because of the food, but because of the woman's nonchalant attitude. After all, she didn't look like a simple girl who didn't know the world, but she really didn't care. In addition, the few people also found that there was a small window pane on the wall separating them from the right room. The window pane was blocked by wooden boards, so they couldn't see what was happening in the other room. However, Nan Shao could feel that there were also living beings on that side, and there were more than one, so he showed a wary look on his face. The two sides were originally hostile, and there was no need to hide it.

The woman noticed the doubts of the three people, took the initiative to walk over and open the wooden board, and then stepped back slightly to let them see clearly: "They are the only few women left in my tribe."

Hearing the noise, two women's faces were squeezed in the window, and then they were quickly pushed away and replaced by other faces. Without exception, these women looked at the few people with ferocious hatred, and some even tried to reach out to grab them, and some people knocked on the wall hard, while shouting angry curses.

The woman pushed the hand that was stretched out back, sealed the wooden board again, turned around and walked back to the bed and sat down.

"You two have such a good relationship." She looked at Nan Shao and Zhang Yi and suddenly said, with deep envy in her eyes.

It turned out that when she went to open the wooden board, Nan Shao had pulled Zhang Yi behind him, and Zhang Yi's shoulders and neck were tense, and the veins on the back of his hand holding the knife were bulging. It was obvious that he was ready to take action at any time to block the danger for Nan Shao. She saw the reactions of both of them, so she said this. But for Zhang Yi and others, this sentence was a bit unreasonable. After all, the relationship between the two parties was not peaceful enough to say such a thing.

Fortunately, after the woman said this, she stopped talking, and didn't care whether others answered or not. She even took the initiative to introduce herself without waiting for questions.

"My name is Adi Gawa, and my Chinese name is Ge Yuanxiu." When she mentioned her Chinese name, her eyes showed a look of nostalgia and loss, but soon she returned to indifference, "I am the granddaughter of the priest of Xiaojie Village." She raised her hand and pointed outside the stone house. Her fingers were slender and smooth, not at all like the hands of a woman who had struggled in the end of the world. "The priest is the old man lying on the ground."

Zhang Yi and the other two were shocked. Although they were not the murderers of the old man, they still subconsciously put themselves in the position of the woman's enemy. But strangely, Ge Yuanxiu did not have hatred and anger when she said this. She was very calm, so calm that people could not imagine that she and the old man who was eaten clean by zombies and even had his head opened would have such a close relationship.

"You want to seek revenge on us?" Xu Jing asked suddenly. Because she found that since the appearance of this woman, they have been led by her nose, which made her feel a little bad, so she suddenly asked an unexpected question to break this situation.

However, Ge Yuanxiu ignored her and continued, "More than a hundred years ago, the greatest priest of our tribe, Badola, predicted the coming of the end of the world."

Even though Nan Shao and the other two knew that they shouldn't waste time here, they were still attracted by her words. Of course, there was another reason, that is, the women in this room made them a little difficult.

"The priest Badola said that in the hot month of the ancient Jie spirit, 1,500 years after it fell asleep, darkness fell, the stars fell, and the cannibal god became the master of the world." Ge Yuanxiu clasped his hands on his legs, looked at the three people quietly, and repeated the priest's original words. The ancient prophecy was a little frightening and weird against the background of the knocking on the stone wall and wooden board next door and the endless scolding of the woman.

Nan Shao frowned, and he didn't believe it in his heart. Xu Jing almost said to fool the ghost directly, but fortunately she endured it. She believed that even if she really said these words, the woman in front of her would act as if she didn't hear it. Zhang Yi thought about it, dragged the bench over, and sat down. Nan Shao saw this and did not sit down, but stood behind him as a protector.

"The priest Badola not only predicted the coming of the cannibal god, but also left a way to feed the cannibal god and make it grow stronger." Ge Yuanxiu continued.

Hearing this, Nan Shao and the other two were moved. Zhang Yi asked, "Did you create those evolved zombies?"

Ge Yuanxiu nodded slightly, ignoring the angry looks of the three people after hearing this, and said calmly, "We Jie people have the custom of cannibalism, so the walking dead and cannibalistic zombies in your eyes are actually a kind of evolution of human beings in our eyes, and they are on the way to becoming gods."

Corpse gods, dressed up, all for this. Zhang Yi and the others vaguely understood the actions of these Jie people, but understanding does not mean understanding, especially the custom of cannibalism. We are all human beings, and no one is born to be eaten by you. Just because you have this ghost custom, do you want to obediently offer meat?

Seeing their disapproval, Ge Yuanxiu actually laughed. Although her smile was a little strange, it was undeniable that this smile immediately made the three people present blink their eyes, and they felt like spring flowers were blooming. Unfortunately, it was short-lived, and she turned back to her original expressionless face.

"I also think this custom is not very good." She sighed and said faintly. "But what can I do? I am also a Jie."

Maybe because of her appearance and peaceful attitude, the three people really didn't have any bad feelings towards her, but they didn't want to waste time listening to her complaining and gossiping. Xu Jing leaned back against the door frame with her arms folded on her chest, and asked impatiently: "Why do you want to tell us this? Let us let you go?"

"Are you going to kill us?" Ge Yuanxiu asked instead of answering.

Xu Jing was speechless. Although she felt that these Jie people deserved to die, they were all women, and they all looked like women with no fighting ability. How could she do anything? Thinking of this, she subconsciously looked at Zhang Yi and Nan Shao. Seeing that their expressions were as tangled as hers, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are seven women in there, and three pregnant women." Ge Yuanxiu added, and then looked at Xu Jing with eyes as warm as lake water.

Hearing this, the three people's expressions became more subtle. They were not afraid of facing vicious mutants and zombies, nor would they show mercy to the cannibalistic Jie men, but it was really difficult for them to attack a group of women who had not attacked them, or even pregnant women.

Ge Yuanxiu saw their reactions, smiled slightly, and then said: "I don't need to ask you to let me or anyone else go." These words were very light, but they revealed an indescribable arrogance that made it impossible for people to feel disgusted.

Zhang Yi suddenly stood up and walked out. Since he didn't plan to kill them, staying any longer would only be a waste of time. As for how these women would live in the future, they couldn't care. Seeing him leave, Nan Shao and Xu Jing obviously figured it out and followed him.

"Please wait a moment." Ge Yuanxiu, who had been calm all the time, finally lost her composure and stood up and shouted.

Seeing this reaction, Zhang Yi knew that this woman might have something to ask them for. He thought to himself that you have found the wrong person. How can we help the Jie people? The reason we didn't kill them was because you are women and you didn't show any intention of attacking us.

Although he thought so, he still stopped and wondered what this woman was planning.

Seeing him stop, Ge Yuanxiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She didn't dare to talk about anything else and went straight to the point: "I think you should know something." This time she didn't stop to wait for the other party to ask, and said directly: "The method of offering sacrifices to the corpse god."

In other words, how to make the zombies evolve. Zhang Yi, who wanted to interrupt her and say that there was nothing they needed to know, paused. Zombie evolution is an established fact. Escape can no longer solve the problem. The sooner you figure it out, the better it will be to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible. As for why the woman told them and how true her words were, they would judge for themselves.

"Please sit down." Seeing that they were moved, Ge Yuanxiu sat back and pointed to the bench and said. After the three of them sat down, she spoke again. "The corpse god and mutant creatures will generate the stone of the gods. I believe you should know this."

"Are you referring to the crystal core in the zombie's brain?" Zhang Yi asked. But he frowned secretly in his heart. He always felt that these Jie people were superstitious and liked to relate everything to the gods. He didn't know where all the years of scientific and cultural indoctrination had gone. But considering that they even eat human flesh, they probably didn't learn this cultural subject very well.

Ge Yuanxiu nodded, "That's it. I don't know if you know that there is actually one in the human brain, right here." She nodded between her eyebrows, "But only people with special powers have it, ordinary people don't. So we think that ordinary people are abandoned by the gods. And the crystal cores of people with special powers are the same as the crystal cores of mutant creatures, but they have different colors because of their special powers."

The argument about ordinary people in her words made Xu Jing a little irritable, and even Zhang Yi felt uncomfortable. It's not that they care about the fictitious gods, but because it is this argument that divides the post-apocalyptic human beings into different levels, causing the unawakened to be inferior and discriminated against wherever they go. But they have to admit that the information revealed in these words is extremely important, answering a question that Zhang Yi and his friends had before. I believe that no one knows more about the human body than the Jie people, and it is also very easy to verify, so the other party should not deceive them on this.

"What does this have to do with zombie evolution?" Zhang Yi asked, putting aside his thoughts.

Chapter 159: The Daughter of the Jie People (3)

"Low-level corpse gods are only interested in the flesh of living people, but living human flesh does not do them any good. They just eat like us, because they are hungry, so they keep eating. If you want them to grow into high-level corpse gods, you must feed them with divine stones. Divine stones will allow their rotten flesh to revive, give birth to spiritual wisdom, and also give birth to divine power. The best stone to feed them is the stone of the superpower." Ge Yuanxiu said in a low voice, and then smiled faintly, "The so-called divine power is actually similar to the ability of the superpower, but with the same superpower, the corpse gods will be much more powerful. Because they don't need to breathe, and they are not afraid of pain."

Nan Shao and Xu Jing have a deep understanding of this, and what they didn't expect was that the evolved zombies were actually fed by humans, and they used the crystal cores in the superpowers' heads. This fact once again made people feel angry at the Jie people's cruelty.

"In fact, it is not only best to use the divine stones of the superpowers to feed the corpse gods, but also for humans themselves, using the divine stones of the same type of superpowers to improve their superpowers is also twice the result with half the effort, much better than absorbing the divine stones of zombies and mutant plants."

With a bang, the three people seemed to have something exploded in their ears, making them feel a deep tremor and fear. Using the crystal cores of the same type of superpowers to improve their superpowers... The hidden worries that had arisen in their hearts when they saw the corpses outside finally broke out. The end of the world is difficult, the law and order have collapsed, and the existing survivor bases are mixed. The same is true for the survivors themselves. In order to survive, to become stronger, or even to stand at the top of power, there are always some people who do whatever it takes. If this news is leaked, or if it has been discovered by some people, you can imagine how terrible the consequences will be. And why Ge Yuanxiu told them this is worth pondering.

"You will definitely think that I have bad intentions." Ge Yuanxiu smiled slightly, but did not argue for himself, but said: "I want to get something." He reminded them because he was afraid that his actions would cause them to misunderstand and be attacked. After she finished speaking, she paused for two seconds before standing up. Without taking off her shoes, she stepped directly onto the bed, reached into the gap between the roof and the wall, fumbled for a while, and took down a palm-sized box.

"I once went to college in Beijing." She said as she opened the box.

The three were very surprised. Their dislike for her because of her previous words inexplicably decreased by two points. Perhaps they felt that this person could still be communicated with, rather than blindly superstitious and barbaric. Of course, that was all, so no one took the initiative to ask her which school she went to.

"I met a man there and gave birth to a son for him." As she spoke, she took out a photo and looked at it with a soft and loving gaze, full of longing.

Seeing her eyes like this, the three were surprised and felt an indescribable feeling in their hearts. If they hadn't met her here, who would have known that she was a Jie?

"But we in Xiaozhai Jie cannot intermarry with outsiders, especially Han people. Even going out to study is because I am the only granddaughter of the priest and will take over the position of the priest in the village in the future, so I enjoy privileges. Other women in the village can't even speak Chinese." Ge Yuanxiu stared at the photo, and couldn't bear to look away, as if she wanted to deeply imprint the person in the photo in her heart. "If the tribe knew that I gave birth to a child for a Han man, Ai would be in danger, so I fostered him in a family in Ronghe County. I don't know..." She tightened her lips slightly, and after a moment she raised her head reluctantly, "I actually want to ask you three for a favor. If you see my Ai, I hope you can take care of him." As she said that, she tightened her hand holding the photo, and after a long while, she took two steps forward and handed it to Zhang Yi. Maybe Zhang Yi made her feel more reliable.

Zhang Yi glanced at the photo and found that it was a boy of about four or five years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, very fierce. Except for his fierce eyes, like a wolf cub, he was not like the Jie people they had seen before. He didn't want to take it at first, but after seeing the photo clearly, he couldn't help but reach out his hand. He suddenly regretted that he didn't take Zhang Yangyang's photo with him when he left home. He didn't think about what happened at that time, so how could he care about these things.

"How old is the child?" Perhaps because they were in the same situation, he couldn't help asking.

Seeing that he was willing to take it, Ge Yuanxiu's face relaxed slightly, "Eight years old." After a pause, she added: "This is a photo from last year. We Jie people don't grow much when we are young. We don't grow up until we are in our teens, so we look a little small."

Zhang Yi frowned, because he thought that the child was so young and was fostered in another family, and he didn't know if he was still alive.

"Why don't you go and look for him yourself?" Xu Jing couldn't listen anymore, and her heart was full of contempt. In her opinion, this woman was really hypocritical. She pretended to be a loving mother and son, but it had been a year since the end of the world, and she hadn't gone to find the child. It was obvious that she was afraid of death. If it were her, even if she didn't have the ability, she would go to find the child at all costs.

Hearing this, Ge Yuanxiu couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. She didn't want to explain at first, but changed her mind and said something that no one could understand: "Because I am a Jie."

What is the reason? Can Jie people just ignore the life and death of their own children? Then what's the point of giving birth to them? Anger surged in Xu Jing's heart, and she snorted. It seemed that she felt there was no need to talk to such a person anymore, so she turned around and left.

Not only she couldn't understand, but Zhang Yi and Nan Shao couldn't understand either. It's just that Nan Shao didn't care about other people's affairs at all. He stayed because Zhang Yi was with him, so he didn't say a word from beginning to end. It was not until much later that they met a mixed-race woman of Jie and Han who was very familiar with the Jie people and learned about Ge Yuanxiu's true experience that they realized that Ge Yuanxiu was not unwilling, but did not dare. She was afraid that she would not be able to control herself and would kill her son with her own hands, so she would rather leave him to others to take care of, and even never told the child that he still had Jie blood in his body.

"This is for you." Fearing that Zhang Yi and the others would die like Xu Jing, Ge Yuanxiu hurriedly took out a piece of black iron from the box and handed it to Zhang Yi. "This is left by the priest Badola. It is said that there is a great secret related to the end of the world. It is useless for me to keep it, you keep it, maybe it will come in handy one day."

The piece of iron was about two centimeters thick, five centimeters wide, and ten centimeters long. It was black and had no luster. There were strange patterns engraved on it, which could not be seen at all if you didn't look carefully. It felt heavy in the hand, with a bone-chilling coldness, and it was unknown what metal it was made of. Zhang Yi took a look at it and handed it to Nan Shao for research.

"Why?" he asked. The two parties were clearly hostile, and it could even be said that they were also the murderers who killed her people and indirectly killed her grandfather. Why could she sit here and talk to them calmly and seemingly without any grudges, not only telling them a lot of useful information, but even entrusting her son to them? Wasn't she afraid that they would kill her son?

Ge Yuanxiu shook her head and said nothing. Instead, she put down the empty wooden box and took down a sheepskin drum hanging on the wall. This drum was exactly the same as the one placed on the stone outside, but it was much smaller, only half the size of a basketball. She looked at Nan Shao who looked up alertly and said, "Your superpower is the same as mine. I wonder if you know that the drum sound produced by superpowers can control mutant plants?"

Nan Shao's face was startled, and he stood up and asked warily, "How do you know that my superpower is the same as yours?" He had seen Ge Yuanxiu's vitality since she appeared, and found that except for being more vigorous than ordinary superpowers, there was no other performance. Therefore, he determined that the other party was the person he had seen before, but because she did not show any hostility, he had been holding back and wanted to know what she was planning. But he did not expect that the other party had superpowers.

Zhang Yi also stood up, with the same doubts in his heart. He has been working in criminal investigation for many years and is confident that he can judge people very accurately, but he can't see through the woman in front of him.

"Our superpower can see the aura of other people and mutant creatures, and then confirm the other party's superpowers by the concentration and color of the aura." Facing the oppression emanating from Nan Shao, Ge Yuanxiu seemed unaware and said frankly: "The reason why I can be sure that you and I have the same superpower is because my grandfather also has this superpower. Your aura is the same, and you should be stronger."

The Qi she was referring to should be the vitality that Nan Shao saw. In fact, there is no definitive answer to this question. If Nan Shao had not been inspired by Han Ling to call his ability the life ability, then he might have directly called the fog that surrounded the life form Qi.

After hearing her say this, Nan Shao basically believed it. Only then did he know that his ability was manifested in this way. He would probably not fail to recognize it again when he met it in the future. At the same time, he thought that the reason why the zombie he met last night had a weak vitality and a fast recovery ability was because it ate the brain core of the old man? If so, then it can be explained.

"You were the one who beat the drum yesterday morning?" Zhang Yi asked.

Ge Yuanxiu shook his head, "It was my grandpa." "

In addition to controlling mutant plants, can the sound of the drum also control zombies?" Zhang Yi asked immediately. He had thought that he might not be able to find the answer before, so he temporarily put this question aside. Now that the other party took the initiative to bring it up, he didn't want to miss the opportunity to find out.

Ge Yuanxiu hugged the small drum to her chest and said, "How can it be possible? If it could work, my grandfather would not have sacrificed himself." She was frank and frank, "The primary corpse gods have not yet awakened their minds, but they are particularly sensitive to the smell of living people, the smell of blood, and sounds. As long as we do something about it, we can persuade them." Zhang Yi didn't ask about the previous siege by zombies, so she didn't say anything either, but it was almost the same after saying this.

Zhang Yi frowned slightly, because he thought of Chen Dong, and combined with Ge Yuanxiu's words, he could probably restore the truth of their previous siege by zombies. Presumably, the Jie people used the wounded people to lead the zombies to the village tower where they lived at night. After seven or eight days, they thought that most of them should have died. In addition, they wanted to lead Jin Mantang and his men into the village, so they used the drum sound to lead the zombies back to the cave. The remaining hundreds of zombies were not led away by the drum sound because they were closer to the village tower and could sense their presence, so they kept lingering. This also solved the doubts of Jin Mantang and his men. Otherwise, it would be quite frightening to hear the drum sound from an empty village without even a zombie.

Chapter 160: The Daughter of the Jie People (4)

"This is simply insane!" Zhang Yi could not suppress his anger and cursed.

Ge Yuanxiu smiled and did not care. She knew that outsiders would not understand the kind of abnormal pride that runs in the bones of the Jie people. Even she herself, during the years when she was studying abroad, was very disgusted with her own people's barbaric and bloody behavior and their ridiculous perception that they were superior to other ethnic groups. She even made up her mind to get rid of it all, but who would have thought that she would get such a result. Thinking of the past, a trace of anger and hatred flashed in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.

"Since you are not interested in this drum, forget it. This supernatural power has thousands of variations, and it should be more useful to figure it out by yourself. After all, it is not convenient to carry a small drum everywhere." She said to Nan Shao. Finally, she looked at the two and asked, "What else do you want to ask? As long as I know, I will tell you everything."

From the beginning to the end, her attitude was very sincere and gentle, and she even told you a lot of useful information for free. She only said her only request once, without begging more, or even using it as a condition to threaten. Facing such a person, even if Zhang Yinan Shao hated the Jie people, he couldn't continue to vent his anger on her.

"What is his full name?" Zhang Yi raised the photo in his hand and asked.

Ge Yuanxiu couldn't help showing a hint of joy on her face, and answered eagerly, "Ayi, his name is Ge Ayi." Then she said thank you excitedly. She knew that the other party had agreed to her. Don't think she was really careless. In fact, since the three people appeared, she has been observing and testing them. When she mentioned that there were several pregnant women next to them, she noticed the reactions of the three people, and she was sure that they were not the kind of vicious people. Not only that, they should be of excellent character. This is why she dared to entrust her son to them and revealed some very important information to them without reservation. If it were a different group of people who showed any bad intentions towards her and the woman in the next room, she would have killed them silently with her supernatural powers. She was a Jie, and she never knew what it meant to be soft-hearted.

Zhang Yi shook his head, put the photo in his pocket, and walked out with Nan Shao. There was no goodbye, and there was really no need to say goodbye. They were not on the same path to begin with, and they had such a relationship before. It would be inappropriate to say goodbye politely.

Just as the two were about to enter the cave entrance, there was a sudden earth-shaking explosion behind them. The ground shook. Nan Shao subconsciously jumped forward and pressed Zhang Yi under him. He felt the pain on his back from the stones that fell from time to time, but it did not cause more serious injuries. After a while, the vibration disappeared. Looking back, he found that the stone house that had originally stood on the open space had become a pile of ruins, with broken limbs and corpses scattered everywhere. The woman who had just spoken to them in a gentle voice had turned into a pile of burnt flesh and blood that could not be seen. The two looked at each other in shock.

The cold air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and burnt meat, which could not be blown away by the mountain wind.

At the same time, more than a hundred kilometers away in Ronghe County, a little guy wrapped in green-skinned vines and holding a bulging cloth bag quickly got under the ruins of a collapsed building and disappeared in a blink of an eye. Following him was Nan Wei, who had disappeared for a long time. Less than fifty meters away from them, a large group of zombies were chasing them, and zombies also gathered at the other end. Nan Wei was carrying a large outdoor backpack on his back. He wanted to get in directly like the child, but he got stuck as soon as his head went in. He was so anxious that his face turned pale and sweated profusely.

"Throw it away, idiot, throw away the bag on your back!" The child who had already crawled a distance ahead looked back and reminded loudly in a bad mood.

Nan Wei's eyes flashed with a trace of unwillingness and a strong reluctance, but the zombies were behind him and he could not afford to hesitate. Gritting his teeth, he stepped back slightly, then straightened up, pulled down the straps of his backpack and threw it aside. At this time, the zombies had already run half the distance and were about to catch up with him. He didn't care to look at the food he had collected with great effort, and quickly crawled into the cave.

This was a gap between the reinforced concrete slab and the bricks and stones, or in other words, the lobby of the original building, but it was sealed by the collapsed walls and ceiling and the mutant big-leaf vines on all sides, leaving only the low passage that Nan Wei and

his friends had to crawl through when they came in. As soon as Nan Wei came in, someone came up and stuffed a bunch of green-skinned big-leaf vines outside, and then blocked the entrance with wooden boards and stones. "Damn it, I've never seen anyone as stupid as you!" After drinking a large bowl of water, the child who came in first tore off the green-skinned big-leaf vines on his body and pointed at Nan Wei and cursed. He was only a little taller than Zhang Ruiyang, dark and thin, as if he had rolled in a coal pit. If Zhang Yi and the others were there, they should be able to recognize him as the child in Ge Yuanxiu's photo, Ge Ayi. Although he was very young, he spoke in an old-fashioned manner. What was particularly surprising was the vicious light in his eyes.

Including Nan Wei, there were a total of four people in the cave. In addition to Ge Ayi, there was an old man who had lost both legs and a little girl who was two or three years old. The old man's legs should be an old injury, because he walked very skillfully with his two hands, and he even had a special rubber pad. He was not the family that raised Ge Ayi, but the grandfather next door, and the little girl was his granddaughter. I don't know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, in the early days of the apocalypse when many strong people couldn't survive, they, the old and the child, actually survived, and the little girl even awakened the water-based supernatural power. And they were able to live until now because of Ge Ayi.

"I told you to wrap some stinky vines around your body, but you fucking hate the stench. You fucking want to feed the zombies with your delicious smell! I told you not to use that big bag, but a smaller one, and not to put too much stuff in it, just carry it, but you fucking didn't listen. You made it so big, why don't you throw it away! Why aren't you insisting on carrying the big bag now? I didn't pick you up to raise a freeloader, you fucking are worse than Jian Jian, Jian Jian can even bring back two bags of biscuits when she goes out with me, what the fuck can you do? You're so pissed off!" Ge Ayi scolded him.

Nan Wei's face turned red and white, his hands clenched into fists, and he wanted to slap Ge Ayi and teach him a lesson, but he didn't dare. He had seen Ge Ayi's fierceness and cruelty, and he didn't want to wander around alone anymore. It was too painful to be afraid of zombies catching up, and to worry about the mutant plants and animals around, and not being able to find food and water, and not being able to sleep no matter how tired he was. He originally thought that Nan Shao would come to find him, but he never came. He would rather be insulted by this kid who was eleven or twelve years younger than him than go back shamelessly. He felt that he had lost all his face, but he still wanted to maintain the last bit of self-esteem in front of Nan Shao. Anyone could look down on him, but not Nan Shao.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Ge Ayi seemed to be less angry, but he still scolded for a few minutes before stopping. During this process, the old man and the little girl did not say a word. The little girl was scared, but the old man felt that Nan Wei deserved to be scolded. A young man with good hands and feet, who was young and strong, dared to complain about everything in this situation. He went out and couldn't get anything back. He was even worse than himself. I don't know how he was raised.

There was a fire burning in the small cave, and smoke drifted out from the gaps between the ruins. There was a stench in the cave, the same as what Zhang Yi and the others smelled last time, but not as strong. It turns out that this stinking vine only emits a strong stench at night, but it will be restrained during the day, almost like a zombie. If its branches and leaves are removed at night, the strong stench will be retained. The ruins are entangled by this stinking vine, becoming a place that no zombies will visit. Before finding this hiding place, Ge Ayi and the other two had been hiding in the county town like rats that could not see the light, and they never had a day of peace. Because they discovered the wonders of this stinking vine, the three of them would wrap themselves with the stinking vine leaves they got at night when they went out to look for food. Not only did they feel much safer, but the brave ones like Ge Ayi even dared to walk through the zombie group in a dignified manner. The green thing Zhang Yi saw last time was him.

When Zhang Yi and his team entered Ronghe County, Ge Ayi noticed them. After observing them in the dark for a long time, he gave up the idea of ​​taking Grandpa and Jian Jian to join them. After all, the three of them were in a very special situation. Not to mention whether others would accept them, even if they really joined, they would probably be looked down upon and treated coldly. It was better to be as comfortable as they are now. But he still wanted one or two people with decent abilities to join. It was too hard for him to take care of an old man and a child alone. So after discovering that Nan Wei had left Zhang Yi's team, he had been watching silently, watching how Nan Wei was chased by zombies, how he was thirsty, hungry and cold looking for food, and how he was lucky to avoid the attacks of mutant plants and animals. He didn't show up until the other party was about to collapse, and took him back. He was very sure that he was fully capable of dealing with this person, and he was not afraid of being betrayed by him and harming Grandpa and Jian Jian.

It seemed incredible that an eight-year-old child would think so much, but for a child who had been fostered in someone else's home and suffered oppression and beatings since childhood, it was not surprising, not to mention that he had experienced a year of the end of the world. He had to survive, and he had to survive with his grandfather who was the only one who was kind to him, and Jian Jian who liked him to carry around everywhere. Unfortunately, he was young after all, so when he was observing Nan Wei, he didn't realize that this person would be a hindrance. Now he wanted to skin this idiot who attracted the zombies alive.

"Flatterer, don't think I'll forgive you if you don't say anything. There are so many zombies blocking the way outside. What do you tell me to do? We didn't bring anything back. We only have so much food and water, and the firewood is only enough for today. Do you want us to freeze to death or starve to death?" The anger that had already subsided was like being poured with oil when he saw the few remaining survival supplies in the cave. Ge Ai pointed at Nan Wei and questioned him aggressively. He had to go out at least three times a day, one time to bring food, two times to bring fuel. Before Nan Wei came, Jian Jian and grandfather would sometimes go out with him. Jian Jian was basically useless, and grandfather could still carry some things, but it was a little inconvenient to enter the cave. Now that Nan Wei was here, he didn't plan to let Grandpa and Jian Jian go. But he didn't expect that this person was not even as good as Grandpa and Jian Jian.

"I'll go and kill them all." Being scolded by a child who was only as tall as his waist, even the most shameless person would not be able to bear it, not to mention that Nan Wei still had some pride in his heart. He finally interrupted Ge Ayi's seemingly endless insults and said coldly. When he said this, he thought of all the experiences after the end of the world. Regret, anger, resentment and other emotions filled his heart. He felt that Nan Shao's gentle smile was gradually fading away, and his heart gradually became cold.

Ge Ayi was stunned. He probably didn't expect Nan Wei to have such courage. His original dissatisfaction disappeared immediately. Maybe it was influenced by the Jie bloodline, he always liked brave people more. Even if the other party was not capable, he didn't object at the moment, but took out a sharpened steel bar from a pile of debris next to him and handed it to Nan Wei.

"Use this to deal with the zombies that have entered the cave. Don't go outside. Remember to poke their eyes." His tone softened a lot. "We'll wait for you to come back before eating."

For a moment, Nan Wei felt as if he was facing an adult man who had experienced the battlefield like Qiao Yong, not a skinny black monkey who was only eight years old and needed to lower his head to look. He couldn't regret it anymore, and didn't want to regret it. He took the steel bar from Ge Ayi's hand and walked outside, with an unprecedented heroic spirit of calmly going to death and the pleasure of thinking about how much Nan Shao would regret and suffer when he learned that he was dead.

Ge Ayi didn't know that he was still thinking about those messy thoughts in his mind at this time, so when he saw his imposing back, he finally got rid of some regrets and felt that this big brother was still okay.