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The waste of the apocalypse
Chapter 301: The Beast Transforms into a Human (17)
Thinking of this, he began to feel around, moving towards the direction where he felt Long Taigu was, in order to determine the terrain around him, and hoping to touch one or two hard objects to use as self-defense weapons. According to his speculation, there should be a wall not far from him, if Long Taigu had indeed taken him across the roof before.
"Come on, if you want to be a superior person, you always have to suffer. When I was in the research institute, the suffering I suffered was thousands of times more than what you have now. So even if you successfully awaken, you are still just a breed that is slightly better than ordinary humans, just like the difference between broiler chickens and native chickens, there is only a slight difference in the texture of the meat, and you are destined to become my food!" I don't know what the reason is, even at this time, Long Taigu is still chirping and saying desperate words, without any intention of reminding Zhang Yi because he wants Zhang Yi to successfully awaken, as if everything in front of him is just an interesting game, and Zhang Yi's life and death are not that important.
Zhang Yi ignored him and didn't care about being angry at the contempt and malice in Long Taigu's words. The only thought in his mind was to survive. Try to survive! As long as it's not the last moment, he won't give up.
His hand finally touched something, but it was not a wall, but glass. However, before he could distinguish it, the wind blew behind his head. A zombie had approached and pounced on him. Zombies don't need to use their eyes. In such darkness, he obviously suffered a lot. He couldn't exert half of his strength, not to mention that he had nothing in his hands at this time. Therefore, he didn't use his hands or feet to resist, but rolled over to avoid the pounce. He didn't want to avoid it, but his rolling body hit another pair of legs.
There were more than one zombies approaching him.
I don't know if Baixia, where the weather is obviously a bit abnormal compared to other places, has had a rainstorm, but this zombie is obviously not the first generation of zombies with stiff joints and slow movements. Although Zhang Yi knocked it down, it was not afraid of pain and reacted quickly. It took the opportunity to grab his legs and turned its head to bite.
There was no light in the night after the apocalypse. Zhang Yi's eyes were completely useless, but with his keen intuition of danger, he raised his hand and accurately caught the zombie's neck. When he felt the touch on his hand, he didn't hesitate at all. He grabbed the zombie's head with his other hand, crossed his hands, twisted its neck, and then pushed it forward and smashed it towards the first zombie that rushed over. He quickly retreated in the direction where he touched the glass.
With Long Taigu watching from above, he would definitely not let him hide in the house, so he didn't think of breaking the glass and taking shelter in the narrow space inside. He just thought that he could lean against the glass wall to reduce the attack from one side and avoid being besieged.
Crack! His hand pressed something and there was a crisp breaking sound. He was stunned for a moment, and the first thing he thought of was a dry branch, but he quickly overturned this guess because he touched tattered clothes.
It was a human corpse that had turned into bones.
Zhang Yi didn't have much feeling about this. Anyone who has seen too many dead people and bones will slowly become numb, and fear and pity will become luxuries. But the next moment, he was moved, because his hand pressed something again. When he released it, it hit the ground with a subtle sound, the sound of metal hitting the ground. He
reached out to pick it up, but it was a kitchen knife, pressed under the skeleton. Maybe this person was killed by this kitchen knife, or maybe he was fighting zombies with a kitchen knife before he died. Because he couldn't see it, he couldn't tell. But it didn't matter. What mattered was that Zhang Yi finally didn't have to face zombies with his bare hands anymore, even if it was just a kitchen knife whose sharpness was unknown.
With something in his hand, he felt much more at ease. Zhang Yi quickly stood up and leaned against the glass wall before more zombies came. As
soon as he stood firm, more zombies rushed over, but this time there were more than one or two.
The knife was neither easy to use nor sharp, but Zhang Yi had been practicing with the knife for nearly a year, swinging the knife thousands of times a day. Not to mention a broken knife, even a piece of wood, he could use it to cut off the neck of an ordinary zombie. However, he suffered a loss because he could not see. He could only try his best to maximize the role of his ears and rely on his body's keen intuition of danger to capture the direction of the attacking zombies and the location of their heads to determine the direction of the knife.
"Tsk tsk, not bad, you can even use a broken knife. But it's far worse than my previous self, when I was in the army..." Long Taigu's mouth seemed to be always busy. While watching the fun, he was also nagging and recalling the past.
Because he was not used to this way of fighting, Zhang Yi's movements were a bit clumsy. Long Taigu's voice disturbed him a lot. He couldn't help but feel a little impatient, and his error rate was very high. Even if he tried his best to avoid it, he was still injured.
Seeing that he was injured, Long Taigu screamed, but the emotion conveyed in his voice was certainly not worry, but joy.
"Ouch, were you bitten by a zombie? Don't be afraid. If you are infected with the zombie virus, as long as you hold on, there is a high chance that you will awaken your superpowers. Back then, I was also..." He started to brag about his experience of awakening his superpowers and then being transformed into an alien beastman.
The pain made Zhang Yi calm down, and he began to try to get rid of all the noises that would interfere with his judgment and affect his emotions, and he was fully focused on fighting the zombies. He didn't know if Nan Shao could find him before he could become a zombie, but as long as he had a trace of reason left, he would not give up.
Time was slowly passing, and the wounds on his body were gradually increasing. The first injured part began to feel numb and itchy. Kicking away a zombie corpse with its head chopped off, before the next one came close, Zhang Yi leaned tiredly against the glass wall behind him, panting heavily, his head dizzy from time to time.
On the roof, Long Taigu was still chattering, saying that when he was in high school, he was rampant on campus, and even the teachers were afraid of his glory.
Zhang Yi turned a deaf ear to the sound, feeling his body temperature rising rapidly, as if his internal organs were being roasted by flames. The hunger came suddenly and violently, and he realized that the corpse poison had begun to take effect. He actually had no hope that anyone would be able to arrive in time, but when he thought of his son, who had been apart for a long time, and Nan Shao, who might go crazy after his death, a strong sense of unwillingness surged into his heart.
He didn't want to die! And he didn't want to die in this way!
All the unwillingness turned into a roar, and with a strong desire for life, Zhang Yi swung a kitchen knife to meet another wave of zombies rushing over.
Perhaps it was because he didn't need to worry about whether he would get hurt, and he didn't need to calculate when the corpse poison would start to take effect. He put down everything just to fight for a glimmer of life. Because he was completely focused, his ears became clearer and clearer, and his knife swung faster and faster, and gradually forgot everything around him, including Nan Shao and Zhang Ruiyang, including the corpse poison that had begun to take effect in his body.
"Hmm?" Noticing his madness, the head of Long Taigu, who had been talking almost to himself, had a gleam in his eyes, as if he was surprised. "Such good physical strength? Not worse than the awakened ones." However, he soon returned to his indifference. For him, Zhang Yi had been poisoned by the corpse now. Even if his physique was good, if he couldn't survive, it would be completely worthless.
Either awaken or be torn into pieces by zombies. It only left Zhang Yi these two ways, no other choice. Zhang
Yi didn't know, nor did he need to know. He had never expected anything from Long Taigu from the beginning. And at this moment, he would not pin his hope of life on anyone except himself.
I don't know whether it was the accumulation of usual times that had reached a peak, or the catalytic effect of the corpse poison, or the strong desire for life. At a certain moment, Zhang Yi felt as if a layer of membrane that tightly wrapped his whole body and even his five senses from the inside to the outside suddenly broke, and an indescribable sense of relief came over him, and the whole world seemed to be much brighter.
Before he could appreciate this change, a vague distribution map of the zombies around him suddenly emerged in his mind. It was not what he saw with his eyes, but was outlined by his more acute hearing, smell, and touch. Maybe it was not as clear as seeing it, even the faces and number of the zombies, but it was already a great surprise for him.
Hunger and fatigue were still there, and seemed to be even worse. Even the rotting corpses around him made him want to take a bite, but his body felt a blood connection with the tattered kitchen knife in his hand, which seemed to be scrapped at any time. He could see the thickness of the knife back, the blade defect, the twisted handle, the rust spots and weakness of the blade. At that moment, he knew clearly how to use the knife and from which angle to quickly and steadily eliminate the opponent, and to minimize the wear on the blade. If he had only vaguely worked towards this direction before, then now he had achieved this perfectly, even better than he had hoped.
"Huh? Did he awaken? It doesn't seem like it." Long Taigu saw the scene of killing zombies like chopping melons and vegetables below, and could feel Zhang Yi's ease. He couldn't help but be a little surprised, so he raised his voice and asked directly: "Hey, who, what superpower did you awaken?" If he really awakened, then there was no need to continue watching, and he could go back home.
Zhang Yi was so hungry that his head was dizzy, and his stomach and intestines seemed to be burned by digestive juices. How could he have the energy to answer it? He felt that if he didn't find something to stuff into his stomach, he would probably starve to death before being dismembered by the zombies.
Once the body's needs reach the extreme, reason will give way, giving the initiative to intuition, and then will exclude all rational considerations and meet the needs in the most direct, simple and fastest way.
This is the situation Zhang Yi is in now. He tried hard to restrain the urge to grab a zombie and take a bite. Putting aside all the considerations about Long Taigu's mind, his body quickly retreated, broke through the glass wall, and then chopped the zombies rushing towards him while searching quickly inside.
Fortunately, this is a small supermarket and it has not been looted. Zhang Yi quickly touched a bag of bread. Even though it was moldy and there was no taste of bread at all, he still ate it quickly. However, this was not enough. He kicked a zombie away and continued to search.
Biscuits, candies, drinks... no matter what he caught, no matter if it was spoiled or not, all the food was stuffed into his mouth.
While he was searching for food, more zombies followed in.
"You can't hide!" Long Taigu was dissatisfied with Zhang Yi's disappearance from his sight. However, when he flipped down from the roof and climbed into the small supermarket along the ceiling, he found that in just a few minutes, Zhang Yi disappeared. A
sharp light flashed in its eyes, and then it laughed like an eagle, which made the zombies below go crazy.
"Hide and seek... hehe... hide and seek, I like it... hehe... you have to hide well, if you are caught, you will be punished!" It was very cautious and did not enter the zombie group to search, but hung upside down on the ceiling, slowly searching the zombie group below.
Chapter 302: The Beast Transformed into a Human (18)
"What do you think I should punish him with? One hand? No, no, only legs will make him want to escape. Then punish him with two legs. I haven't eaten enough yet... Oh, you're making me drool. You must hide well. The harder it is to get something, the tastier it is... Hehe..." As it spoke, the spider's mouth suddenly opened and spit out a strand of silk that went straight to the zombies below. It accurately passed through the gaps between the zombies and brought the corpse lying on the ground to one side.
There was nothing under the corpse, but it was not angry. It retracted the spider silk and continued to search with interest.
The small supermarket was only more than 100 square meters, and there was a small storage room inside. Long Taigu would certainly not miss the best hiding place in the storage room, but he did not find anyone there.
"Could it be that he awakened the earth-related supernatural power and escaped from underground?" It muttered in confusion, and the spider silk suddenly flew out of its mouth and shot towards the piles of goods that were stacked to the ceiling next to the storage room.
Almost at the same time, a cardboard box on the top of the cargo pile flew out, just blocking the spider silk that was shot over. Then a figure flew out, grabbed its forelimbs with one hand, and chopped it with a kitchen knife in the other hand like lightning, landing between its two heads.
"Ahââ" Long Taigu was in so much pain that both of his heads were raised at the same time, and his mouth and mouth opened at the same time, letting out an extremely shrill scream. The foot that was holding the ceiling loosened, and he fell to the ground with Zhang Yi.
Its back was covered with armor, and its chest and abdomen were covered with eight strong and sharp spider legs. The only weakness was between its two heads. Unexpectedly, it was discovered and successfully used by Zhang Yi.
Before it could fight back, Zhang Yi hooked one of its legs that was waving randomly due to falling, and the knife was not yet exhausted, and suddenly changed direction, and actually cut off the spider's head. As the bodies of the two fell to the ground, the smelly blood from the severed head gushed out, splashing his head and face.
"You..." Long Taigu's eyes, which seemed to be always just a slit, suddenly opened wide at that moment, blood oozing from the corners of his eyes. His shrunken hands grabbed Zhang Yi, and his eight spider legs were waving. Although they were still sharp, they revealed an inexplicable sense of weakness.
Zhang Yi gritted his teeth, ignoring the torture of hunger on his stomach, the severe pain caused by the fall, and the zombies that had already pounced on him. He seized the opportunity and raised the kitchen knife in his hand again. Before Long Taigu could finish his words, he cut off its head with one knife.
When the huge spider body stopped moving, Zhang Yi was still a little dazed.
This mutant spider man who almost wiped out their entire convoy died just like that? Wasn't it too easy?
He doubted that he used the knife that was almost completely broken to chop Long Taigu's soft abdomen a few more times until the knife was completely broken. Seeing that there was indeed no reaction, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he found that there was a spider leg poking at his stomach, and there were zombies pounced on his back and bit him.
There were zombies all around, so densely packed that the passage was blocked. However, because of this, the number of zombies that could kneel down and bite him was very limited.
It was impossible to get out. Not to mention that it was difficult to squeeze out, even if he got out, he would probably have to face an endless stream of zombies. And there was another thing, he was very hungry! Trying hard to endure the hunger that seemed to burn his stomach, Zhang Yi calmly judged the direction, then pulled out the spider leg fiercely, covered the hole in his stomach with one hand, and used the other hand to forcefully pull away the zombie legs that were blocking him, get rid of the zombie on his back, and struggled to get through to the storage room.
Until he closed the door of the storage room, pushed a lot of things to hold it up, and found food piled up around him, Zhang Yi, who was covered in wounds and collapsed to the ground, still had a feeling of unreality.
Because Long Taigu was a beast-turned-human, and because of its various calculations on the convoy, Zhang Yi had set a high level for it that was difficult to surpass from the beginning. Even though he was thrown into a pile of zombies, and even though he later felt that his abilities had improved significantly, he never thought of going back to kill it. It was not until he retreated into the small supermarket and found the storage room and the pile of goods next to it while looking for food that he suddenly had this bold idea.
Because Long Taigu had spider silk long-range attack restraints and liked to go high, he had to find a way to get close to it before he could talk about fighting. At that time, I don't know if it was a blessing or he was forced into a desperate situation, but he didn't hesitate at all. As soon as the idea came up, he had already endured the strong hunger and smeared the rotten blood and rotten flesh of the zombies he had killed before on his body to cover up the smell, so as to avoid being discovered at the first time, and then climbed to the top of the pile of goods and hid behind a cardboard box.
He knew that if Long Taigu didn't see him, he would definitely check the storage room, and he certainly wouldn't come from the ground where zombies were everywhere, so the most likely thing was to come from the air. Once he got close to the storage room, it would be the best time for him to attack.
Of course, the ability to hide on top of the pile of cartons so quickly was also due to his more sensitive body after the ability was upgraded. Before the upgrade, even if he had this idea, he probably couldn't do it.
There was nothing wrong with the plan, and the action was sharp and decisive enough, but Zhang Yi didn't have much hope. He had the idea of ââââmaking a living in a deadly situation. He was mentally prepared for a fierce battle, and of course he was also aware that he would be quickly solved by the opponent, so it felt like a dream to kill Long Taigu so easily.
But when he calmed down and thought about it for a while, he understood the key.
It is obvious that although Long Taigu is good at hiding and has a special ability to affect other mutant creatures, his own combat power is actually very ordinary. It was just that Zhang Yi and the others, because of Song Yan and Nan Shao, subconsciously regarded all the beast-transformed people as powerful, and its ferocious appearance led to the previous misunderstanding.
In this way, many things can be explained. No wonder Song Yan chased it for so long, but it just hid and did not fight back; it was even more no wonder that it was too cautious, and it actually followed the caravan for so long, but never took action, and finally used other mutant creatures to make the caravan fall into chaos before secretly kidnapping people. And it didn't attack Sanjia Village, I'm afraid it was not because of its comrades, but because the people of Sanjia Village were too strong and there were too many people, so it was not easy to provoke.
Zhang Yi couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. If Long Taigu had the fighting power of Nan Shao or Song Yan, I'm afraid it would not be it but himself lying outside at this time. Risking one's life, risking one's life, in fact, the ending is often only the first two words, and he was extremely lucky this time.
Maybe it was the rotten flesh of zombies that he had smeared on his body before, or maybe it was the blood that Long Taigu sprayed on his body before his death that completely covered his smell. The zombies outside stopped making any sound after knocking on the door for a while, as if they had lost their target.
Zhang Yi's tense nerves relaxed slightly, but he didn't dare to open the door and go out. It was dark outside, and with his current physical condition, he couldn't find a way out of the city among the zombies, so he simply didn't think about it at all. His stomach hurt so much that the pain from other places bitten by zombies seemed insignificant in comparison. His clothes were wet and sticky. It was his own blood, mixed with Long Taigu's and zombies', and it smelled so bad that it made people want to vomit.
But Zhang Yi was so tired that he could hardly open his eyes, so he didn't care about these things. He just tore the packaging and stuffed things into his stomach that was like a black hole, telling himself not to sleep. If he slept, he might never wake up. However, no matter how much he stuffed, he was still very hungry, his body felt like it was on fire, and the pain gradually became numb. This made him realize that he had not awakened, and the corpse poison was still invading.
I can't make it any longer. The hand pressing on his stomach could feel the slippery wriggling of his intestines underneath. This thought flashed through Zhang Yi's drowsy mind, without sadness or fear. I might turn into a zombie before I die, or I might die from the wound on my stomach or excessive blood loss, and then turn into a zombie.
Anyway, there is only one ending. He thought so, but he still insisted, trying to keep himself awake. His increasingly weak hand still pressed tightly on the wound, and from time to time he increased his strength, so that the sudden pain stimulated his increasingly confused brain, and his other hand kept stuffing things into his mouth.
It seemed that someone was talking to him in his daze, but apart from mechanically repeating the above actions, he was unable to make any response.
When she regained consciousness, she was back at the camp, surrounded by familiar faces. Her hunger and burning sensation disappeared, but her stomach was still full. The sky was whitening, the bonfire was extinguished, and there was still smoke.
Li Muran did not come out of the rift until midnight, and she could use her superpowers. After all, they were the first to encounter the mutant zombie, and they stayed in the smell it emitted for so long, so they were naturally much slower than Nan Shao. As
soon as she recovered, she immediately began to search for Zhang Yi and others, and also wanted to contact Nan Shao and Song Yan. Who knew that after searching for a long time, she only found Zhang Yi, who was covered in wounds and dying, and the others were all missing. She couldn't help but have a bad premonition in her heart. She asked Zhang Yi a few questions, but didn't get a reply. She was worried, so she brought him back for treatment first.
After Zhang Yi woke up, he saw that the one who treated him was the healing superpower in the team, and subconsciously asked, "Where is Nan Shao?" Because as long as Nan Shao was there, he would not allow others to treat him.
When he heard that Nan Shao had transformed into a beast and left because of his disappearance, he was silent for a moment, glanced at Zhang Ruiyang, who was standing next to him with tears on his face, and then spoke again, but not to continue asking about the matter.
"Where are Meng Yuan and the others? Have you found them?" This was just a casual question. In his opinion, Meng Yuan and the others were not far away from him, and they were all together, so it should be much easier to find them than himself. With Li Muran's ability, it shouldn't be a problem.
Unexpectedly, Li Muran shook his head with a gloomy look.
Shen Chi, who had been standing next to him, couldn't bear it any longer, and asked with a fluke: "How did you run to Longkou City, which is dozens of kilometers away? Didn't Meng Yuan and the others go with you?" Maybe Meng Yuan and the other four were not with Zhang Yi. You know, they are awakened after all, and their strength is not worse than Zhang Yi. If Zhang Yi can survive, they may be able to survive.
Zhang Yi was a little surprised when he heard this, "They are in the basement of a house not far from where I am hiding." After thinking about it, he added: "In a cave next to the basement." Could it be that they were too hidden that they couldn't be found?
Hearing his detailed instructions, the people who were not very hopeful at first couldn't help but cheer up and looked at Li Muran.
Li Muran frowned unconsciously. She was always careful. In order to avoid missing something, she would search every zombie group and every house, both above and below the ground. She didn't know how many basements Zhang Yi mentioned, but she didn't see anyone. But she was also lucky, thinking what if she overlooked it, so she followed Zhang Yi's instructions and searched the underground of every house within ten kilometers around the small supermarket where he was. However, the result was not too unexpected, and still nothing was found.
"I didn't see any cave." She looked back at everyone's expectant eyes with some disappointment and guilt.
"Impossible, it's right next to the basement." Zhang Yi wondered, and when he said this, he pushed away the psychic who was still treating him, struggled to sit up, picked up a few stones, and based on his memory, he laid out the small supermarket on the ground, the route that the spider man Long Taigu had walked, and finally located the location of Long Taigu's lair, and made a rough estimate: "It will definitely not be more than two kilometers. Long Taigu is already dead, and if no other mutant creatures appear, they should still be there."
Li Muran naturally hoped that everyone was alive, so he searched according to his speculated direction, but the result was still not ideal: "We found three basements, but we did not see the stone cave."
Just when everyone could not hide their disappointment, the sick ghost who had come nearby suddenly asked: "What does that cave look like?"
Zhang Yi had also begun to be confused, wondering if it was the corpse poison or blood loss that caused his memory problems. Hearing the voice, he remembered that the sick ghost was knowledgeable, so he described in detail what had happened to him and others, the spider man Long Taigu, and the situation of the stone cave, even the strange runes on the stone wall in the cave, hoping to get an answer from him.
After hearing this, the others were still shocked by Long Taigu's methods, but the sick ghost showed a rare smile on his face, as if relieved.
"Take me to the basement." He turned to Li Muran and said.
In the end, Zhang Yi and Shen Chi also went together. After treatment, Zhang Yi was out of danger, but he could not move freely, but he did not need to walk, so there was no problem with following.
The process was relatively smooth. Although they found the wrong place at the beginning, they returned to the roof of the small supermarket with the spider man's body and quickly reached the basement under the guidance of Zhang Yi's memories.
When the flashlight illuminated the basement, Li Muran knew that she had missed it. Not only her, but everyone saw the simple wooden door that was squeezed in the corner by messy debris. The wooden door was slightly open, and a faint light could be seen from inside. However, when she closed her eyes and used her mental power to explore, she found that she could not detect the existence inside the door as before, as if there was only an abandoned wooden door there.
She was surprised and told everyone about her discovery. Others just thought it was weird, but the sick ghost's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he walked into the wooden door first.
Inside was indeed a stone cave, full of spider webs, bones, and the strange runes mentioned by Zhang Yi. Of course, Shen Chi and Li Muran first noticed Meng Yuan and the other four who were hanging in the air like a big cocoon. At this time, the four were still trying to save themselves. The tail of one of them was stuck to the head of Meng Yuan's cocoon. Meng Yuan had stretched out half of his upper body at this time. The intact hand struggled to pull out a few fingers and was struggling to help his companions tear the cocoon silk. One person's cocoon was stuck horizontally on the spider web, and the adjacent one was shaking left and right, trying to knock him down.
When everyone came in, both sides were stunned, and then they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Meng Yuan and the others were of course because they found that it was not Long Taigu who came in, let alone an enemy, and Shen Chi was because he saw that the four were fine.
The sick ghost didn't care about these. After scanning the runes on the wall of the eye hole, he focused all his attention on the altar in the middle. When Shen Chi and others found a way to rescue the people and came over, he turned to Li Muran and said, "I found what I want. The deal between you and me ends here."
The author has something to say: There are three issues in everyone's comments. The first is the northwest. The northwest actually refers to the northern area of ââQinzhou and the area of ââBaixia Huangzhou, which is generally called the northwest. The second is that in Chapter 299, Long Taigu mentioned that there are two people in Zhang Yi's team. These "two" do not refer to the people in the Baixia base, but to Song Yan and Nan Shao, who are beastmen like Long Taigu. The third is the cover. I can't remember which website I put my cover on, and my computer broke down before, and I didn't save the picture, so I just ignore it. It shouldn't affect reading the text.
Chapter 303: Beasts Transformed into Humans (19)
Li Muran was stunned. Zhang Yi was stunned. Shen Chi and the others were also stunned. They
had gone through so much hardship along the way, and no one knew where the end was. They only knew to go west, west, and it seemed that they would never reach the destination. Who would have thought that they would suddenly be told that it was over? They were not mentally prepared, and instead of being relieved, they felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness.
"Is this what you are looking for?" It was Zhang Yi who came to his senses first, and couldn't help but point at the altar and ask. Although he felt that there was something unusual about this cave, the altar looked very ordinary. It would be a bit disappointing to say that the sick ghost had been looking for this.
The sick ghost looked at him and didn't want to answer at first, but he didn't know what he thought of and changed his mind.
"It's in here. If you want to see it, you can open it." As he said this, he bent down and brushed the dust off the altar with his sleeve. After a dazzling operation, a moment later, the altar quietly split from the middle amid his violent coughing that seemed to be caused by excessive consumption, and it was divided into eight petals, opening like a lotus.
In the center of the flower is a blue-gray natural stone cup. There is no oil in the cup, but there is a blue flame as big as a child's fist burning quietly. At the moment of seeing the fireworks, no, it should be said that at the moment when the altar cracked, it seemed that a prehistoric beast was released. A huge sense of threat rushed towards them, making Zhang Yi and his companions' scalps numb, and their hair stood up. They froze there, as if they would be swallowed up in one bite if they moved a little.
"This is the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame." The sick ghost stopped coughing and said. He looked at the flame with eyes that were not as fearful as Zhang Yi and his companions, nor was he cautious, but full of love.
"The reason why the temperature in this province is higher than other places, and the mutant plants are rare, is precisely because of its existence." It seemed that this flame made him feel very comfortable, and even his speech became much smoother, without much breathing and pausing. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps because he felt that he should give an explanation to the people who accompanied him all the way, he took the initiative to explain in detail before others asked.
"It needs to absorb vitality to grow. I guess before the end of the world, this city was hot and barren, plants were not easy to survive, and the life expectancy of local people was shorter than in other places."
Shen Chi and others are C2 people, in charge of intelligence, and are familiar with the situation in all provinces across the country. Although they don't know whether the reason the sick ghost said is true, the latter part is generally good. Baixia has many desert valleys and hot climates. It is not to say that there is no grass or trees at all, but the vegetation is indeed very sparse, and the survival rate of crops is also very low, but it has always been attributed to the poor land and lack of water. Therefore, this province is one of the poorest provinces in the country. It was only after the development of the country that the tourism industry was vigorously developed with the unique landforms and desolate monuments as viewing points, and people's living standards gradually improved. However, even so, the average life expectancy of people in Baixia Province is only 45, which is 20 to 30 years less than other places. But if all this is caused by the small flame in front of him, he still doesn't believe it. After all, he is so close, and except for the inexplicable fear and depression in his heart, he doesn't feel how hot it is.
"This flame has spirit and can be restrained by itself, otherwise the entire Baixia Province would be a scorched earth." As if he had seen through his thoughts, the sick ghost said calmly. "If all living things were destroyed, it would not be able to grow."
"This Burning Sky Flame should have been discovered by someone ten thousand years ago, but because it was still very weak at the time, that person did not take it away immediately. Instead, he used the Covering Sky Stone and set up a ban to completely cover its aura, allowing it to grow here by itself and collect it when it matures. But I don't know what happened, or the time is not right, and that person has not appeared yet."
As the sick ghost speculated, ancient scenes appeared in everyone's eyes, as if they were listening to a legend.
"He can take out such a large piece of Heaven Covering Stone, and he can see the spiritual flame but not take it. This person's origin must be extraordinary." The sick ghost murmured, as if talking to himself, and then he returned to his normal voice again: "This Heaven Covering Stone can not only conceal the secrets of heaven and block the exploration of spiritual consciousness, but also make people subconsciously ignore it and everything around it. This is why you can't detect it." He said this to Li Muran. And he has been unable to figure out what he is looking for and the specific location, which is also because of this reason. It was only when he saw this stone cave that he suddenly understood.
Speaking of this, he thought of Long Taigu who had followed them all the way, and even he only felt it slightly, but did not calculate the signs: "The spider man has lived here for a long time, and he must have carried pieces of Heaven Covering Stone on his body, which can hide his traces, so it is difficult for people to detect." Otherwise, with the keenness of the alien beast, Song Yan could not have chased it for so long without finding it.
He felt that he had explained enough, and his eyes fell back on the flame in the stone cup, with a faint smile on his lips: "The Burning Heaven Flame contains a lot of vitality. I want to use it to temper my body and repair the destroyed spiritual veins. It is not appropriate for you to be here, you'd better leave. Once I awaken it, everything in this cave will be burned to ashes."
"What about outside the cave? Will other places be affected?" Zhang Yi asked. Whether the sick ghost's words are true or false will be verified soon. What he needs to confirm now is whether this flame is as powerful as he said before, and once it spreads, it will turn the entire Baixia into ashes. You know, Baixia still has a survivor base, and Nan Shao Song Yan, who has no idea where he ran away to.
"I will perfect the prohibition and prevent its aura from escaping from the area where the Heaven-Covering Stone is located." The sick ghost replied, "But once I completely merge the Burning Sky Flame, the temperature of this province will drop and become the same as other provinces and cities, and there will be more mutant creatures." At this point, he paused, as if he understood Zhang Yi's concerns, and then said, "But this is not necessarily a bad thing, because if the Burning Sky Flame continues to exist, not only will the life span of the people in this province be greatly shortened, but its neighboring provinces will also be slowly affected."
It was not easy for him to explain this step, not to mention that Zhang Yi and others knew that with his ability, even if everyone wanted to stop it, they probably couldn't stop it, not to mention that there was no reason to stop it. Although the temperature dropped sharply, the survivors of Baixia Province were not prepared and would definitely encounter some difficulties. But they couldn't help with this matter. Even if they notified it in advance, it was not certain that anyone would believe it. Even if they believed it, they couldn't explain the reason. Therefore, they could only hope that the survivors of Baixia and the base had heating supplies in view of the situation in other provinces.
However, after experiencing the first arrival of the apocalypse and the subsequent rainstorms, the survivors have greatly improved their physical fitness and tolerance, and it should not be a problem to get through the temperature drop. Besides, no matter how poor Baixia is, it is still a big province, and relevant materials are definitely indispensable, but it takes some hard work and time to search.
"Then we will wait for you in the city. How long do you need? I will pick you up then." Li Muran said. She actually knew that the sick ghost said the deal was over, which meant that they could leave, but she pretended not to hear this. She really hoped that the sick ghost would be willing to go back with them after he recovered. Not to mention his ability, she had already regarded him as the most respectable friend and elder after traveling together for so long, and she was reluctant to part with him.
The sick ghost glanced at her, not knowing whether he could see through her thoughts. He was silent for a moment, then looked at Zhang Yi again, and finally said: "Ten days at the fastest and one month at the slowest. You don't have to come, I will find you." He did not reject the retention in her words.
Li Muran was happy all of a sudden. Zhang Yi was a little puzzled. He felt that the sick ghost looked at him strangely, as if it implied something that he was not willing to delve into. Moreover, when he asked about it, the other party also looked at him like this. He felt uneasy in his heart, and was also concerned about Nan Shao's situation, so he subconsciously avoided the question. He made up his mind that as long as the sick ghost didn't speak, he would never take the initiative to ask. As
soon as Li Muran led everyone away, the sick ghost did not delay any longer, closed the wooden door, cut his finger, and repaired the damaged rune with his own blood. In fact, he didn't want the breath of the Burning Sky Flame to leak out more than Zhang Yi and others, because that would definitely attract Qin Xuan's attention. It was also thanks to the existence of the Covering Sky Stone, otherwise when Qin Xuan was refining this planet, he would have discovered the Burning Sky Flame and would not have left it for him. Although the Spirit Flame is of little use to cultivators who have already entered the Dao Realm, if it consumes the lives of a star field to cultivate it and let it grow into a Divine Flame, even the Dao Zun would probably be tempted. He believed that with Qin Xuan's character, he was capable of doing such a thing.
The place where the stone cave was opened was obviously the weak point of the entire restriction. Because of the long time, it gradually lost its function and was dug by ordinary people. It was also because of this. Otherwise, even if he could explore the secrets of heaven, he would not be able to find his vitality.
The only pity is that this Burning Heaven Flame is still a spiritual flame. The vitality contained in it is only enough to repair his destroyed spiritual veins and use spiritual power, but it is not enough to support him to fully recover to his strongest state and break the wasteland confinement. But it is also fortunate that the Burning Heaven Flame is still a spiritual flame, otherwise this small waste star would have been burned long ago, and how could he encounter it.
Thinking of this, his mind was calm and peaceful, without resentment or joy. He raised his foot and stepped into the stone-shaped petals formed by the cracks of the altar, sat down cross-legged, pinched the seal with his hands, and slowly reached out to the quietly burning flame in the center.
Zhang Yi and others returned to the camp. Although Meng Yuan had a broken arm, he was still alive after all. In the end times where death is always present, being alive is lucky. Therefore, everyone, including himself, did not dwell too much on this matter.
What made Zhang Yi anxious was that Li Muran did not find Nan Shao. Not only Nan Shao, but also Song Yan was nowhere to be found. Li Muran's current detection radius has reached 100 kilometers, which means that if the two of them did not encounter a special existence like the sky-covering stone that made her unable to sense, they had already run away from 100 kilometers.
However, given the strength of the two, neither Zhang Yi nor Li Muran was worried about their safety. What they were worried about was that they would meet people from the Baixia base. According to the spider man Long Taigu, the survivors of the Baixia base were obviously not very friendly to the beastmen. If the two met, it was hard to guarantee that nothing would happen.
"Muran, I have to trouble you for a while. Let's go find them." Zhang Yi had to do this. He knew that if Nan Shao couldn't find him, he would definitely go crazy. Therefore, even if his body had reached its limit and his injuries needed treatment, he could only hold on, because it would be difficult for someone else to call Nan Shao back. Fortunately, Li Muran's ability made it easy to find people, so it shouldn't take much time.
Li Muran was also thinking about Song Yan, so even if Zhang Yi didn't ask, she would have gone alone. It would be better to have Zhang Yi accompany her at this time.
They were going to find someone, not to fight, so Shen Chi and others didn't need to go with them. Zhang Yi said a few words to Shen Chi, entrusted Zhang Ruiyang to him, and left with Li Muran.
It was already bright, and the defense facilities of the camp had been completely built last night. The caves that had been dug for emergency shelters were enlarged, and they slept inside at night, which was much safer than the open air. Even Daqing got in and swaggered to occupy a large area. The hero of this time, Dudu, huddled in the innermost corner, and Yangyang huddled with it, chirping non-stop. Dudu had slept too long, and Zhang Ruiyang had a lot to say to it. Even though he had been tossing and turning all night, he was now relaxed because of Zhang Yi's return, and his eyelids began to fight, but he was still holding on.
Shen Chi only took a look, shook his head, and didn't urge him. After the little guy couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep half lying on Dudu, he went over to wrap him up with a quilt and let him sleep in the same place. After
Leng Fengchen learned that Bing Gui had found what he wanted in Longkou City, he left quietly without saying hello to anyone. Along the way, he had never been integrated into the team, and no one cared too much about his departure. At most, they frowned and thought that he was too lonely.
However, after struggling for a while, Yuan Jinshu did not sneak away while Bing Gui was temporarily too busy to take care of him. He decided to wait and see. If the weather really changed as Shen Chi and others said, he'd better behave honestly. Otherwise, it would prove that the man was not as powerful as imagined, and it would not be too late to find a way to turn over. And the man surnamed Leng would definitely go there, and maybe something interesting would happen, and he might get a bargain.
As Yuan Jinshu guessed, Leng Fengchen was running on the way to Longkou City at this time. He followed the westward journey in order to find out how true the words of the sick ghost were and to understand the details of this person. Now that he heard that his goal had been achieved, of course he had to go and see the situation in person. Moreover, he was still very curious about the thing with such arrogant and second-rate names as the Heaven-Covering Stone and the Heaven-Fen Flame. He just didn't know if it was as magical as people said.
However, he also knew himself well. He knew that Li Muran and others didn't like him, so he was too lazy to look at their faces and ask them to take him there, but went to look for it himself. Anyway, from their words, he could hear that the sick ghost would stay there for quite a while, which was enough for him to slowly search.
Of course, he was not wandering aimlessly.
Longkou City, the small supermarket, the corpses of zombies and spidermen, and the nearby cellars, just these few points were enough for him to find his target quickly.
Chapter 304: The Beast Transformed into a Human (20)
Zhang Yi and Li Muran thought they would be able to find Song Yannan Shao soon, but the fact was that Li Muran had used up all his powers that day and had not been able to find the two of them.
Since entering Baixia, unexpected things have happened one after another, making everyone feel a little tired. It was already past noon, and there was not much time left before dark. Li Muran's powers needed time to recover, and Zhang Yi needed to continue receiving treatment. There was no car, so the search had to be put on hold for the time being.
"Who cured me of the corpse poison?" The massive blood loss, serious injuries, continuous battles and fruitless searches had brought Zhang Yi to a very dangerous critical point both physically and mentally. Before closing his eyes, he asked a question that puzzled him. But he did not wait for the answer and fell into a deep sleep.
Everyone who heard this looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, Shen Chi looked at the one who was still treating Zhang Yi and asked, "Yu Feifei, when can you treat the corpse poison?"
Yu Feifei is the only healing psychic in the team. His real name is Yu Hui, because in his hometown dialect, Hui is pronounced Fei. Once his father called the army and asked for Yu Fei, Yu Feifei. At that time, it was his comrade who answered the phone, so the name Feifei spread throughout the company in a blink of an eye. Later, he was asked to C2, and this nickname came with him.
"I can't." Yu Feifei answered without raising his head. "Last night, I was only concerned about saving his life, and I didn't care about anything else. When he came to his senses, his body temperature had dropped, so there was no need to detoxify. I think he has awakened."
In the entire team, in addition to Nan Shao who can rely on his supernatural power to remove the corpse poison and pull back those who have already turned into zombies, another person who has a chance of awakening people infected with zombie corpse poison without turning into zombies is Yuan Jinshu, which is also the reason why Song Yan didn't kill him at the beginning. As for whether Bing Gui and Leng Fengchen can do it, no one knows, because they never mentioned it. But none of these people touched Zhang Yi yesterday, so it can be confirmed that his corpse poison removal was not caused by external interference.
"If he awakens, he should feel it himself." Shen Chi denied this speculation. "And his physical condition has not changed significantly." You can tell by the speed of wound healing.
"Is there anyone who has survived the outbreak of corpse poison but has not awakened?" Lou Nan touched his chin and asked.
"I haven't met it yet." Shen Chi answered, then raised his eyebrows: "Have you seen it? Who of you has seen it?"
Lou Nan shook his head, and the others were silent.
For this question, everyone didn't get too entangled. All kinds of things can happen in the end of the world, and it is not impossible to have special cases. Being able to survive, survive the outbreak of corpse poison, and not lose limbs is the most important thing. As for awakening, it is just an additional benefit. It is good to have it, but you don't have to take it too seriously if you don't. What is more worrying is the whereabouts of Nan Shao and Song Yan.
What they didn't know was that Nan Shao and Song Yan had become prisoners of others and were taken to the border of Baixia and Huangzhou, which was beyond Li Muran's search range.
It was not accurate to say that they were prisoners, because the people who took them there were a group of beast-transformed people who were of the same kind as them, and they were not treated as prisoners.
This matter started from last night.
Nan Shao had never completely completed the fusion of beast and human nature, and there was still a large amount of ant mother power in his body that could not be digested. The reason why he looked better than Song Yan was because Zhang Yi was always by his side. When Zhang Yi disappeared, the unstable side of his character was revealed.
Under the intense emotional fluctuations, ant transformation occurred completely unconsciously. If the ant mother gene had not been fused, or if Zhang Yi was by his side when he transformed, even if he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, he could try to calm himself down, so as to find a rational way to solve the problem. However, the fact is that Zhang Yi's disappearance caused him to transform uncontrollably into an ant, and he couldn't even stay awake, let alone stay calm. Even though he always thought this kind of reaction was very stupid, he became the stupidest person in his eyes without hesitation when he heard the bad news.
After turning into an ant, Nan Shao did not forget that he wanted to find Zhang Yi, but he could no longer make rational analysis and judgment, and look for clues. Instead, he was like a headless fly, bumping around everywhere, running farther and farther in confusion.
It just so happened that Song Yan was at a critical moment of the struggle between animality and humanity during this period. His temper became much more impatient. He was very self-aware and did not let Li Muran go to accompany him overnight. In addition, he had been chasing the spider man without success, which made him even more like a leaking gasoline barrel, which would explode at any time. It was just
that I didn't know whether the hostility between the beastmen was deep, or whether Nan Shao and Song Yan were born to clash. The moment he felt the breath of Nan Shao who had turned into an ant, Song Yan, who was already at the critical point of animality, seemed to feel provoked, and chased after him without thinking.
At first, Nan Shao was focused on finding someone, so he didn't pay any attention to him. Since he could fly, Song Yan, who could only run on the ground, had no choice but to chase him. He was determined not to give up until he killed him. Later, as the time of ant transformation increased, Nan Shao's consciousness became more and more confused. He felt more and more clearly the strong hostility emanating from Song Yan behind him, as if countless needles were piercing his brain. It just so happened that Song Yan found a shortcut to climb up a high ground and jumped down to rush towards him.
People who have transformed into beasts are naturally fierce and warlike. How could they bear such provocation? So, all the thoughts of looking for someone, beast, human nature and reason were thrown behind their heads. Nan Shao opened his claws and fought with Song Yan.
However, the strength of the two people at the moment can be said to be equal. One is good at fighting, and the other has special abilities. They have lost their reason and rely entirely on instinct to fight. No one can gain the upper hand in the fight. Instead, they made too much noise and attracted the attention of a team of survivors.
It was a coincidence. Nan Shao's flight route was not towards the Baixia Base, but slightly to the south, and missed Longkou City perfectly.
This team of survivors came out of the Baixia Base to do a mission. There were more than 200 people. It was a temporary team composed of people from several small forces in the base. Because it was too far from the base, and it took four or five days to go back and forth to complete the mission, they had to sleep outside at night. When
Nan Shao and Song Yan were fighting, they happened to pass by not far from their camp, which immediately attracted attention. For safety reasons, the leader immediately picked 20 people to go with him to check the situation. When they found out that it was actually two alien species - in the Baixia Base, beastmen are also called alien species, which is not a good word. When they found out that it was two alien species fighting, their minds suddenly became active.
Just as the spider man Long Taigu said to Zhang Yi and others, the Baixia Base was deeply harmed by the alien beastmen in the desert continent, and directly issued a task to eliminate the alien species. Of course, it is not like Long Taigu who calls it the God-killing Plan. In fact, in the eyes of the survivors of Baixia, all alien species can only be called monsters and should not exist in this world. Even if they are all killed, there is no psychological burden at all. At the beginning, Long Taigu was hunted by the people of Baixia Base, and he hid in the sky-covering stone in his cellar to get rid of it. Gradually, he discovered the function of the stone and took some fragments with him, so later neither Li Muran nor Song Yan could find him.
The Baixia Base has rich rewards for tasks related to killing alien species, so these people saw two alien species killing each other, and inevitably had the idea of ââââfishermen benefiting. So they kept lurking nearby and waited until both of them were injured, and then they immediately took action without saying a word.
In theory, with Song Yannan Shao's keenness, even in the battle, it is impossible not to notice someone approaching. But the two had already lost their minds, and were so eager to kill that they only had one thought in mind: to kill each other. Not to mention that the survivors were careful enough and made almost no sound, even if they made a louder noise, they probably wouldn't be noticed by the two who were already in a frenzy.
So far, one of them had lost his vitality and looked old, and the other had broken limbs and even one-third of his neck. Facing the siege of more than 20 elites, no matter how ferocious he was, he could only stare blankly. The pity was that the two were not in their right minds now, with fierce light flashing in their eyes. They had no fear or regret at all, and they didn't realize how stupid and childish their previous behavior was.
"Catch them alive." The leading survivor saw the two people's appearance, and changed his mind.
It's not that Baixia Base doesn't want to capture the alien species alive, but the alien species are powerful and fierce and violent, so it's difficult to catch them alive. Most of the time, the result is that both sides suffer losses, so people later gave up this idea and just focused on extermination. But now there is such an opportunity, the leader is naturally unwilling to give up, you know, living alien species are more precious than dead ones, and the reward is not as simple as doubling.
The process of arresting was so easy that it was outrageous, and this became a stain that Nan Shao and Song Yan were ashamed to mention for the rest of their lives after they regained consciousness. They even kept it a secret from Zhang Yi and Li Muran, and didn't leak a single word.
The people of Baixia set off to return to the base at dawn. At this time, Zhang Yi woke up and was taking Li Muran and others back to the place where the Earth Covering Heaven Stone was to rescue Meng Yuan and others.
Song Yan and Nan Shao were locked up alone in the back of a small truck that had been reinforced by a gold-type superpower. To prevent accidents, they were tied up even though they were on their last breath. The ropes were made of mutant animal tendons, which were difficult to cut with a knife or an axe.
The two were still not clear-headed at this time. Even though they were dying, they were still ferocious and could not move. They were tied up, otherwise they would probably fight.
Because of the abnormal climate and the existence of the survivors' base, the road in Baixia was still unobstructed. Everyone knew that as long as there were no accidents on the road, they would be able to return to the base around noon. This trip not only completed the mission, but also had unexpected gains. The atmosphere in the team seemed very relaxed.
Talking and laughing all the way, no one noticed that Nan Shao, who was locked in the back of the car, had a third of his neck that was slowly growing back together. He had a lot of vitality in his body, some from the ant mother, some absorbed in the later battle, and some from Song Yan. Among them, the amount of vitality from the ant mother and Song Yan was the largest. This vitality was enough for him to heal himself dozens of times. In comparison, Song Yan was in a more miserable situation. His life force was taken away, and even if his injuries were minor, there was no way to repair them. It can be predicted that if Nan Shao had not regained his sanity by the time he fully recovered, he would be the first to suffer.
Two mutant beasts were dealt with on the way, and several people were injured, but not seriously. They had already been used to disassembling the mutant beasts, leaving the skin, bones, horns and thorns, and throwing away the meat. They were familiar with this routine and were very familiar with cleaning up. For the people in Baixia Base, there was no shortage of food, so there was no need to risk eating mutant plants and mutant beast meat, but they could get some useful materials from the mutant creatures and bring them back to exchange for what they needed.
During this process, Li Muran had explored this team, but ignored it. No matter how she thought about it, she could not have imagined that Nan Shao and Song Yan could be captured alive by ordinary survivors, especially since this group of people did not look like they had been through a hard battle. As for the small truck, she thought it was loaded with supplies.
"It seems a bit cold." At about eleven o'clock, one person shrank his shoulders and said casually.
"I think you're missing a woman. Do you want to find a girl to warm you up?" The people in the car joked.
"Sister Fei, hurry up, get on!" People like to make trouble wherever they go. If there is a woman traveling with you, and this woman is cheerful and straightforward, then she will easily become the center of the joke.
"What's the big deal? Sister Bao is with you, come along, I'm more than enough to warm you two." The woman called Sister Fei has a hot temper and immediately sprayed back, causing everyone in the car to laugh.
"I also think the temperature is a bit low. Is it going to snow like other places?" A man sitting in the corner frowned in the midst of the noise. Perhaps his expression was too serious, and everyone was unconsciously quiet for a moment, subconsciously feeling the changes in the temperature around them.
"Hey, it seems so..." Someone began to respond.
"It's a bit cold. Is it really going to snow? I don't have much coal left at home." Someone began to worry.
In fact, in view of the various unexpected changes in the end times, the Baixia base still reserves a large amount of heating supplies, and the survivors are more or less prepared in this regard, so they are not too anxious in the face of the obvious drop in temperature. But after all, the climate here has always been relatively warm, and even if individuals are prepared, they will not have too much, so they have to start thinking about the troubles they will face if the weather really changes.
"Okay, drive faster and return to the base early. Those who are cold should put on more clothes..." The leader said, and he also began to feel cold. Fortunately, they often carry one or two sets of clothes with them as replacements, considering that fighting may cause damage to their clothes, which came in handy at this time.
Chapter 305: The Beast Transformed into a Human (21)
As they were talking, the convoy passed a narrow pass and suddenly a rumbling sound came from the nearby mountain. Before everyone could react, several huge rocks rolled down the steep slope one after another. A bus full of people was directly crushed. Even though it was modified, it could not withstand the impact of the huge rocks falling from a high altitude. The bus and the people inside were all flattened.
The car behind did not brake and was crushed. The driver calmly controlled the car and just avoided the danger of overturning. The next moment, another rock hit the rear of the car and threw it out. Equally unlucky, the front of another car behind was crushed by the same rock. Driven by the rolling momentum of the rock and the momentum of the car, the rear of the car stood up with the deformed front as the fulcrum and turned over.
Not only that, because of the terrain and the lack of prior preparation, even if the people in the convoy had discovered the danger, they had no way to avoid the continuous rolling of rocks in a short time.
In the end, the convoy was divided into three sections by the boulders and damaged vehicles. Six of the thirty-two vehicles were lost, but the car holding Song Yan and Nan Shao was ranked third from the bottom and escaped.
However, before the survivors could celebrate their luck, more than a dozen humanoid creatures of various shapes rushed over at the same time as the boulders, rushing over in the horrified eyes of the crowd.
Bang! A specially reinforced off-road vehicle was smashed by a punch. Like a signal, the battle broke out at the same time.
An hour later, the boulders blocking the road were cleared, and the convoy set off again, but the original thirty-two vehicles became ten, and the extra ones were all destroyed, and the drivers were replaced by beastmen called aliens in the Baixia base. There were only some residual bloodstains and traces left by supernatural weapons at the original place, proving that there had been a very fierce battle there.
Nan Shao and Song Yan were rescued, but they were not untied, because they were still in the state of ferocious beasts who had lost their minds, and were very unfriendly to the beastmen who rescued them.
Except for a truck full of the bodies of the survivors, which was driven by a beastman and continued to go towards the Baixia base, the remaining nine trucks went in the opposite direction. After passing through the pass, they drove in the direction where the survivors' convoy came from, and then stopped at the fork in the road. They waited until the beastman who drove the bodies away on foot over the mountains and ridges to catch up, and then continued to move forward, heading towards the deserted island.
"I didn't expect to meet two of my kind." A beastman with sharp bone spurs on his arms, back, and legs drove, and glanced at Nan Shao who was thrown on the back seat, and muttered with a curled lip. It can be said that he was talking to himself, because in the whole car, apart from Nan Shao, he was the only one.
In fact, there were only sixteen people in total, ten of them drove, and the other six, except for the two people guarding the prisoners, there were four squatting in the back of the truck with Song Yan, because they were all large in size and could not fit in ordinary cars.
Obviously, this was an ambush with a strong purpose. And judging from their familiar methods, it should not be the first time they have done it.
The pass where the battle took place is a must-go for several directions to the Baixia base. As long as the cleaning work is done well afterwards, an ambush there will hardly fail, because no one knows that these alien species are not just brutal and mindless killers.
The alien beastman's nest is at the junction of Baixia and Huangzhou, 500 kilometers away from Baixia base and 452 kilometers away from the pass where the two sides fought. With the arrogant speed of the alien beastman and the road conditions of Baixia far superior to those of other provinces and cities, it will take less than four hours to arrive. Halfway through the journey, the sky suddenly began to snow.
"Wow, it's snowing?" The beastman who was driving reached out of the window, caught a snowflake, and his eyes lit up. "If this Baixia is as cold as Huangzhou, maybe the mutant plants will grow wildly. At that time, hehe..." By then, the whole Baixia Province will be lively. Let's see if those bastards can still chase them everywhere like they are now.
At the same time, Li Muran and Zhang Yi, who were looking for people everywhere, Shen Chi and others who were squatting in the camp waiting anxiously, and Leng Fengchen, who was standing on the top of a high-rise building in Longkou City, looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky, all had very complicated expressions.
No matter how knowledgeable and special the sick ghost was before, people had reservations about his words. After all, the truth he said was completely beyond the acceptance of humans on the earth civilization that took the path of science and technology. The inherent worldview formed under the subtle influence of modern education cannot be overturned. But now that the weather has changed suddenly, the meaning contained in it is very terrifying.
All those who have heard the truth can't help but think of a picture in their minds: a huge human hand holding a glass ball, inside the ball are a group of ants struggling to survive in the face of various man-made disasters, and outside the ball is a human who is silently observing them.
Can the ants pass through the barrier formed by the glass? Even if they can pass through the glass, how can they escape or fight against the human who can crush them with just one finger?
No one wanted to answer these two questions. Belief or not seemed to no longer matter. Unless there was a possibility that ants could turn into humans, no one would dare to think seriously. Of course, there was still a glimmer of hope, which was placed on the sick ghost. As for now, everyone can only follow the routine and do what they should do. Thinking too much would do more harm than good.
When the beast-transformed man brought Nan Shao and Song Yan back to their nest, the snow was so heavy that it blocked their vision, and there was a thick layer of snow on the ground. Nan Shao's neck had fully grown and began to repair his life-threatening injuries. Song Yan was not so lucky. His vitality was almost sucked out by Nan Shao. Now he was so old that he only had one breath left to hang on. How could he have the energy to heal himself?
It was just that Nan Shao was not sober at the moment, otherwise he would have mocked him and said he deserved it. Who asked him to take the initiative to provoke himself?
The car stopped at the foot of a mountain. A dozen beastmen got off the car. One of them carried Nan Shao, one carried Song Yan, and the remaining beastmen each carried two captured survivors and began to walk up the mountain. As for the survivors who could not be taken away, they were still detained in the car, waiting for the next person to take them away.
The road up the mountain was covered with heavy snow, but this did not have much impact on the beastmen. They were not picky about the road. Whether it was a gentle slope or a steep cliff, or an ice crack or snow pit, they were as flexible and agile as walking on flat ground. The group disappeared in the snow-capped mountains in a blink of an eye, leaving only a string of footprints of various shapes, which were soon covered by the snow.
"Fuck, you are looking for death!" As they were walking, the man carrying Nan Shao suddenly threw him away, cursed angrily, and kicked him twice.
"What's wrong, Zheng Jun?" The beastman walking in front turned around and asked, his face covered with toad-like pimples showed displeasure, obviously unhappy that his companions delayed the journey.
The beastman named Zheng Jun pointed at Nan Shao, who was glaring back at him with a violent look on his face, and couldn't suppress his anger. "This bastard is trying to trick me!"
The person who asked the question looked at Nan Shao and saw that he was tied up like a dumpling, with his mouth stuffed. It was impossible for him to bite anyone, let alone do anything else. So he said impatiently, "How can he trick you like this?" Even though it was obvious that if he wasn't tied up, the guy would really pounce on him without any hesitation. But the beastman's temper is like this, and it's not surprising to have such a reaction, but it doesn't mean that the other party really did anything.
"He..." Zheng Jun opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know how to describe the feeling. Seeing his companion's distrustful eyes, he was furious and gave up. "Anyway, I won't take him with me. I can take anyone except him! If you want to take him, you can take him by yourself. If you don't, just kill him!"
The person who asked the question was the leader of the team. He was better at controlling his emotions than the others in the team. He was too lazy to waste time on this matter and directly changed hands with Zheng Jun. After the change of hands, the team sped up, but he soon realized something was wrong.
The vitality of the beastmen is quite strong, and it is difficult for them to notice the slightest loss. However, if they continue to lose and do not feel it, they would not have survived until now. Nan Shao is now a hedgehog, who pricks anyone and has no reason at all. So the same situation happened again, and he was thrown on the snow again, but the leading beastman did not hit him, but squatted down and studied him carefully for a moment, and then stopped touching his body with his hands and dragged him with a rope instead.
"I didn't lie to you, haha..." Zheng Jun, who had already walked to the front, saw it and smiled gloatingly, "Why don't you solve it? It's a nuisance to carry it with you."
"It's useful." The leader did not explain more.
Zheng Jun shrugged and did not ask more questions. In fact, he didn't care.
The end of this trip is an inconspicuous cave on the cliff halfway up the highest mountain among the mountains. Even though the beastmen act quickly, it took almost two hours to get there. The entrance of the cave is not big, and there are signs of artificial expansion, which is obviously for the convenience of larger beastmen to pass.
At the entrance of the cave, there was a beastman with an eagle head and a human body covered with feathers, standing on the lookout. He saw his companions coming back from afar, observed for a moment, and made sure there was nothing unusual, then he let out a sharp whistle. A moment later, a team of beastmen came out to greet them. After a brief conversation with the returning beastmen, they crossed paths and ran down the mountain. The returning beastmen carried the captives and continued to walk deeper into the cave.
All the way down, there were many icicles and ice waterfalls, crystal clear, and under the illumination of the torches inserted on the cave wall, they glowed with a deep blue light. There were many forks in the cave, and if there were no torches to guide the way, even the alien beastmen would get lost.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they passed through an arched ice door, and the front suddenly became bright, and a huge cave appeared in front of them. The ice cave was so high that the top could not be seen. There were inverted ice cones and ice stalactites, densely packed and shadowy, and the tips shone brightly under the firelight, like stars in the sky. In the spacious cave hall, there are round and square icicles standing upright, and some places are occupied by ice curtains or ice sculptures of various shapes. It is magnificent and magnificent, with flowing light and colors, making people feel like they are in a crystal palace.
In the middle of the cave hall, there is a square fire pit built with stones. At this time, there is a fire burning in the pit, and the flames are blazing. It is the only source of light here. The fire pit can only illuminate a limited range. The places that are a little further away or blocked by icicles and ice curtains are still dim, and no one knows what is hidden.
The air in the cave is flowing, and even with the fire burning, there is no feeling of suffocation.
There are some beastmen squatting or sitting near the fire, as well as ordinary humans. Some of them are dealing with the corpses of mutant beasts, some are repairing and polishing weapons, and some are hiding in the dark to do unspeakable things, making sounds that make people restless. But generally speaking, there are not many beastmen in the cave, and the number of ordinary people is even smaller.
The return of Zheng Jun and his group made the whole cave lively, but only one person jumped down from an ice platform and walked over here. The others were still doing their own things, just looking over here with different eyes. The
person who walked over was tall, dressed in military uniform, and looked gentle and handsome, just like an ordinary soldier. But wherever he passed, whether it was ordinary people or beastmen, they looked at him with awe.
His name is Teng Jin. He is not an ordinary human, but the first beastman who successfully completed the fusion of beast and human nature completely by his own will. He is also the leader of this place and the only person who has the final say.
"What's going on?" He didn't look at the ordinary human who was captured. His attention was only on Nan Shao and Song Yan. The state of these two people made him feel strange.
"I picked it up when I was hunting rabbits." The beastman who dragged Nan Shao answered, and then pointed to Nan Shao, "This guy has a very special ability."
Teng Jin squatted down in front of Nan Shao, ignoring his fierce and bloodthirsty eyes, stretched out his hand to pinch here and there, and studied it carefully.
"Boss, what should we do with this?" shouted another beastman who was in charge of taking care of Song Yan.
"It's useless. Just find a place to throw it. Whether it can survive or not depends on him." Teng Jin said without turning his head. His eyes fell on the broken ant leg that was growing on Nan Shao. Suddenly he remembered something and added, "Loosen the rope for him." As he spoke, his eyes suddenly became fierce. His right hand suddenly turned into a black sharp claw and pierced into Nan Shao's chest.
Under attack, Nan Shao's body tensed up because of the pain. He let out a muffled roar in his throat. The violent aura in his eyes became stronger and seemed to burst out.
Teng Jin didn't care. His claws stayed for a moment, feeling the strong vitality and healing trend in the other's flesh and blood, as well as his own rapidly fading vitality. After making some judgments, he withdrew his hand and watched the claw hole he left heal quickly. He couldn't help but exhale and stand up.
"Amu, untie him and find two people to vent their anger first." He took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, which had returned to their original state, while speaking to a beastman who was watching not far away. It was obvious that he was very confident in his own strength and was not worried that Nan Shao would not be able to be suppressed after he was freed. This order was issued after understanding Nan Shao's strength, and it was obviously not out of unreasonable arrogance.
"Yes." The beastman responded, walked over and picked up Nan Shao and walked to the center of the cave hall.
"Choose a man and a woman, good-looking, and preferably willing. If you can survive, your status will be improved, equal to that of the beastmen." Teng Jin raised his voice slightly and gave one more word of advice, which made people feel that he valued Nan Shao.
Chapter 306: Beast-Transformed Man (22)
The names of beast-transformed men have not been unified among the people who have survived in various parts of China. Zhang Yi and his companions simply call them beast-transformed men according to the explanation of the sick ghost. The Baixia base calls them alien species. Teng Jin directly calls them beast-men. As for other names, there are many different names, but they are generally understood by name.
"Yanhou, has the warning been conveyed?" After receiving a positive answer, Teng Jin turned to ask the leader of the outgoing team, the beast-transformed man who dragged Nan Shao back.
Yanhou's surname is Li. He has the genes of a mutant toad implanted in his body. His skin is thick and hard to break, and his defense is strong. He can secrete a toxin that kills people with blood. His jumping ability is far superior to that of ordinary people. However, like Nan Shao and Song Yan, he has not completely transformed into a beast. In fact, Teng Jin is the only one in the entire orc nest who is a real beast-transformed man. The others have more or less defects of one kind or another. This is also the reason why Teng Jin's strength can be stable over a group of orcs.
"I saw with my own eyes that the guards of Baixia Base took the letter back before they left." Li Yanhou answered respectfully. As planned, he parked the car full of the bodies of the survivors in the middle of the road one mile away from the gate of Baixia Base, and the letter written by Teng Jin was placed on the driver's seat. If a carload of bodies every day for several days is not enough to wake up the survivors of Baixia Base, then they don't care about the counter-killing.
In fact, their action this time is entirely for revenge. The cause is that the people of Baixia Base imprisoned another comrade-in-arms who was as completely beast-like as Teng Jin, and mobilized the entire base to eliminate the orcs.
After the end of the world, the secret research base in Huangzhou successively asked thousands of people to do experiments, and only 325 people came out alive. These 325 people include beast-transformed people, plant-transformed people, and corpse-transformed people. The first two are easy to understand. They are humans who have successfully survived by integrating mutant animal or mutant plant genes, while the latter is injected with mutant zombie corpse poison and stimulated human potential with special methods. When the corpse poison and the body's own immunity reach a balance, the benign factors carried in the corpse poison are stimulated to grow in a targeted manner, such as the special abilities of mutant zombies from the corpse poison, sensitive sense of smell and hearing, while suppressing their hunger, dementia and other reactions, creating another kind of super-powered human that is different from the super-powered.
The success rate of this kind of super-powered human is very low, even worse than that of alien beasts and plants, and has obvious defects, such as corpse body, irritability and bloodthirstiness, lack of interest in human food but must replenish energy, not as strong as ideal, etc., which can be regarded as a failed product of artificial transformation.
Three hundred and twenty-five alien creatures were in the chaos research institute, becoming the inducing factor, triggering the internal conflicts of the deserted island base, and eventually causing the destruction of the entire base, and then they scattered into the vast wilderness jungle. Among them, some alienated people did not think they were aliens, and still wanted to integrate into human society, so they left the uninhabited wasteland and came to Baixia. There were also alienated people who regarded humans as food and also migrated to places where there were survivors. Teng Jin belonged to the former.
But when Teng Jin arrived at Baixia, he had not yet completely transformed into a beast, and still looked like a half-beast and half-human. It was very terrifying for ordinary survivors who had never seen a beastman. In addition, some survivors who escaped from the wasteland were also in Baixia, and they were both afraid and hated them. Therefore, the entire Baixia base had a very bad impression of the alienated people and called them aliens.
Teng Jin was a very wise person. Although he always regarded himself as a human, he knew that his appearance might be difficult for ordinary people to accept. Therefore, he did not rashly contact the Baixia base, but chose to live nearby temporarily until the beast and human genes were completely integrated and he could switch between human and beast forms at will. But at that time, the malice of the Baixia base towards the alienated people had been fully revealed, and a clearing mission was issued.
He was not too angry about this, because he knew very well that the beastmen who were not completely transformed were not good when they lost their rational control.
However, various external factors and the influence of the beast genes in their bodies changed Teng Jin's mentality. He gave up the idea of âârelying on human form to sneak into the base and survive as an ordinary human. He began to want to gather the aliens scattered around to form a tribe that belonged to them. He knew very well that if he didn't want to be looked at differently by others and not be afraid of being exposed all the time, he had to live with people like him; if he didn't want to be discriminated against and suppressed, and treated as dirty rats that could be eliminated at any time, he had to have the power to compete with them.
However, the aliens were very individual and full of strong hostility. They would usually fight when they met, and it would be difficult to stop without killing one of them. It was a difficult thing to gather them together. But if they didn't gather together, even if their individual strength was very strong, far exceeding that of ordinary awakened humans, they still couldn't form a force that people could pay attention to. They could easily be defeated and eliminated one by one by ordinary survivors who had an absolute advantage in numbers and knew how to cooperate. So no matter how difficult it was, Teng Jin had to do it.
But it was really too difficult. He could subdue his kind with force, but he could never make them live in peace. As long as two or more alienated people met, war would inevitably break out and kill each other. If this continued, they would kill themselves first without anyone else's help. This really gave him a headache.
In the process, he met another orc, Guo Mingcheng, who had no external support like him and perfectly integrated the alien genes. With the addition of Guo Mingcheng, his psychological loneliness was reduced a lot, but getting along with incompletely alienated orcs was still a problem. Until by chance, they got a bottle of liquid medicine from the Baixia Base that could awaken ordinary people, and the opportunity finally appeared.
To be precise, it was a bottle of liquid medicine that was broken and spilled on the ground. The specific situation at that time was that a team of survivors from the Baixia Base was besieging an orc who was not completely beastified, and they were encountered by Teng Jin and Guo Mingcheng. Naturally, they could not stand idly by. The final result was of course that the team of survivors was annihilated. From this, we can see that even if the two wanted to integrate into the society of ordinary humans, their mentality had already changed. If it were in the past, they would never have killed them all after achieving their goal.
Back to the topic, during the battle, a bottle in the pocket of a survivor fell out when he fell, smashed on the ground and shattered, and the liquid inside spilled. The liquid seemed to have an effect not only on ordinary humans, but also on alienated humans with a keen sense of smell. Even Teng Jin and Guo Mingcheng could not control themselves when they smelled the smell. The rescued orc even pounced on it on the spot and licked it on the ground.
Later, it was proved that this liquid seemed to promote the intelligence of orcs who were not completely alienated. Once the intelligence was raised, even if they were still half-human and half-beast, they could control their various desires and impulses to a certain extent, and would not be completely dominated by instinct.
Therefore, getting as much of this liquid as possible became their primary goal. After the two of them discussed it, they finally determined that Teng Jin was still outside gathering the aliens scattered around, while Guo Mingcheng sneaked into the base as an ordinary human and tried to get the evolutionary fluid.
Now, in the entire beast nest, there are 52 orcs except Teng Jin. All of these 52 orcs rely on the evolutionary fluid sent by Guo Mingcheng to open their minds, and with Teng Jin's organization, coordination and pressure, they can live together. They are a considerable force. However
, no matter how careful Guo Mingcheng is, he still attracted the attention of others by exchanging so much evolutionary fluid through various channels. A month ago, the matter was exposed, and the orcs and Guo Mingcheng who went to get the evolutionary fluid were ambushed respectively. The orc died and Guo Mingcheng was captured. For this, Teng Jin was furious.
From Teng Jin's heart, he did not want to be an enemy of humans. After all, whether it was him or other orcs, they were once normal humans, and some human habits and concepts still remained in their hearts. Before, he had always restrained his orcs, and when he saw the survivors, he took a detour. As for the stupid orcs being killed, he turned a blind eye. He helped them when he saw them, and pretended not to know when he didn't see them. He didn't want to retaliate. However, he didn't like to cause trouble, but it didn't mean that he had to endure it when he was bullied. Moreover, the orcs were domineering and brutal. If he didn't react to this matter, he was afraid that he would be looked down upon by his orcs, and the people's hearts that were finally gathered would be scattered.
Therefore, when he got the news, he did not delay at all, and immediately drew up a counterattack plan and put it into action. Peaceful negotiations were completely impossible. The battle at the pass was just one of many revenges. As long as the Baixia base did not release Guo Mingcheng, this revenge would continue. For this reason, he also moved the beast nest to the difficult-to-climb snow-capped mountains on the border between the two provinces of Baixia Huangzhou to prevent being wiped out in one fell swoop. While
talking, Nan Shao's bindings had been untied over there, and the beastmen present climbed up the icicles, ice flowers and ice sculptures that could be seen everywhere in the cave hall, away from the ground. The few humans who were not many also found places to hide themselves to avoid being caught in the crossfire, but they could not help but secretly stick their heads out to watch.
In addition to Teng Jin, who was standing farther away, and Li Yanhou, who was talking to him, there were only Nan Shao, who had just been untied, and a man and a woman who were selected according to Teng Jin's instructions. The man and woman were indeed very handsome, but it was impossible to say that they were so beautiful.
Not counting the newly captured, there are only thirteen ordinary humans in the entire beast nest, eight men and five women. These people survived the counterattack during the previous orc-clearing operation. They survived not because of their outstanding appearance, but because of their strong strength and persistence to the end. However, surviving does not mean that they can sleep peacefully in the beast nest.
In the beast nest, except for Teng Jin, whose human and animal natures are completely integrated and whose personality is slightly different from before, he is not dominated by the animal nature. The others are considered to be stable and rational after being catalyzed by Baixia's evolutionary fluid. The animal nature still has an advantage, otherwise they would not have such a strange appearance. Aggression and sexual and desire are the two major characteristics of mutant beasts. Another characteristic is deeply rooted in their bones, that is, humans have an incomparable attraction to them, just like the attraction of humans to zombies, which makes them want to tear them apart and swallow them into their stomachs.
Orcs who have not completely integrated their beast and human nature will still be affected by the above three characteristics from time to time, but Teng Jin is more relaxed about the first two points. Orcs can fight with each other, but they cannot cause death. He doesn't care how to solve sexual desires, but he does not allow sadism. The only thing he firmly prohibits is eating people. Eating people means abandoning their origins, and the word "human" in orcs can no longer be preserved, and they will become pure beasts dominated by instinct. This is a situation that Teng Jin will never allow to happen.
So, in order to survive and not become the object of venting, desire, and desire of all orcs, the humans captured in the beast nest wisely choose an orc to rely on. Of course, there is another option, which is to challenge an orc. As long as he defeats the other party, even if it is a draw, in addition to not being able to leave, his status in the beast nest will change and he will be able to sit on an equal footing with ordinary orcs. But so far, no one has tried this option.
At this moment, this man and woman also have two choices. Either rely on their bodies to let Nan Shao vent his anger through sex, or fight until his ferocity is worn away. Of course, their lives are not guaranteed in this process, but Nan Shao cannot die. The only thing they don't have to worry about is being eaten alive.
Among the two, the man was forced, and the woman was willing, but whether they were willing or not, they chose the second solution very tacitly at this time. They are not weak in their own strength, otherwise they would not have lived until now. As for the first choice... As long as there is a sense of shame in their hearts, they will not want to be violated by an alien species in public, let alone a seriously injured alien species.
After exchanging glances and confirming what each other thought in their hearts, the two were ready to fight. One of them has a gold-type ability, and the other has a wind-type ability. The wind-type ability is slightly weak in attack, but it is agile and has the power of binding. It can be said that it is a perfect match with the gold-type ability that has the advantage of attack, and the combat effectiveness is greatly increased.
When Nan Shao was untied from the animal tendon rope, his wings had not yet begun to repair, and his broken ant legs had not yet fully grown. It can be said that his original agility was now less than one point. Even so, the moment he was freed, he still arrogantly pounced on the orc closest to him.
Chapter 307:
The Beast Transformed into a Human (23) If the orc followed his instinct, he would be happy to fight Nan Shao, and it would be even better if he could tear him into pieces. But Teng Jin was watching him, and he didn't dare to disobey Teng Jin's orders. Moreover, he finally had reason, and could control himself to a certain extent, and would not be completely driven by instinct and desire. So, he simply kicked Nan Shao who was rushing towards him towards the man and woman, and quickly left the scene, climbed up a standing Buddha ice sculpture, and squatted on it to watch the fun.
Unlike ordinary humans who are extremely attractive to orcs, there seems to be a strange repulsion reaction between orcs. If they fight each other, the more they fight, the more violent they will be. As long as they don't die, the violent anger will not dissipate. Just look at Nan Shao and Song Yan. Otherwise, with Nan Shao's current situation, any orc who is pulled out can teach him how to be an orc in a few minutes, and there is no need to waste two awakened people who have already surrendered.
The man and woman were well prepared. The moment Nan Shao was kicked, they did not hesitate and attacked immediately. The man bound Nan Shao with wind, and the woman jumped up, her right hand turned into a long metal spike, piercing Nan Shao's eyes. Neither
of them had weapons. Teng Jin did not remind them specifically, and the orcs who were responsible for picking people seemed to have forgotten. It was obvious that they did not expect the two to choose to fight. However, when the battle took place, Teng Jin and the orcs were not too surprised or angry, but just watched calmly.
The advantages of wind-related abilities are speed and concealment. As for the attack power and the binding power representing defense, with the time process of the end of the world and the speed of human evolution, at least for now, there is no one who can grow these two abilities to a level that makes people's eyes shine. If it were any other orc who was not injured or slightly injured and did not affect his actions, the man's wind-related binding power would not have much effect. But Nan Shao suffered a loss because his mobility was only one tenth of what it was. These two people obviously also targeted him, so they adopted such a tactic. For them, as long as they could stop him for two to three seconds, it would be enough for the woman to launch an attack.
Originally, before the battle, both of them knew that they only needed to fight and wear down Nan Shao's irritability to be considered successful. Who knew that at the moment of the woman's attack, whether it was out of instinct from fighting mutant creatures for a long time or because of her hatred for the orcs, she actually used the killer directly. The man who cooperated with her was startled and his hands trembled. Because of his unstable mood, the binding force weakened a little.
Teng Jin, who was watching from the sidelines, saw that his pupils shrank slightly, flashed a cold light, but did not move. Of course, he was sure to stop it at the last moment, but before that, he wanted to see Nan Shao's reaction.
The huge sense of crisis and the feeling of being bound made Nan Shao even more manic. In the absence of reason, his body was controlled by instinct, and his life ability operated subconsciously. Using the wind binding of the wind-type ability user as a bridge, he began to extract the opponent's vitality. At the same time, the eyelids were metallized to protect the most vulnerable eyes.
With a bang, the woman's metal thorn pierced Nan Shao's closed eyelids, making a crisp metal collision sound. She was caught off guard and was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth and decided to go all out and increase her strength. Even if the opponent's eyelids were also gold-colored, they were weak after all. How long could they block it?
However, at this moment, the wind-type superpower user subconsciously cut off the output of superpowers because he felt the passage of life. The wind binding without the source dissipated in the air in an instant. Nan Shao finally broke free, raised his newly repaired forelimbs, and swept away the metal thorn that posed the greatest threat to him.
The woman was shocked so much that her whole arm was numb, but she reacted quickly. After failing to hit him, she immediately retreated.
Nan Shao, whose animal nature dominated, felt provoked, so how could he give up easily? What's more, he was facing two humans who could arouse his bloodthirsty desire. He didn't even consider the impact on his half-crippled body. The only intact right thigh bent, and the broken wings spread out, suddenly ejected, and pounced on the woman closest to him.
The woman didn't expect that he could still make such a quick jump even in such a state. Her face turned pale, and she suddenly curled up and rolled on the ground to avoid the fatal blow. When she was about to breathe a sigh of relief and stand up, she suddenly saw that her shadow on the ground was covered by another huge shadow, and a sickle was raised high, ready to chop down.
It's over. This thought flashed through her mind, but she saw that the sickle paused, as if something was stopping it from falling.
"Huh?" Teng Jin, who was watching from the side, narrowed his eyes in confusion and continued to watch.
Nan Shao originally wanted to kill this woman who had once threatened his life, but when his ant's feet were raised and fell, a vague but familiar figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and someone seemed to be telling him that he couldn't do this.
Can't do this, can't kill people... The words that kept repeating in his mind like chanting scriptures made him very irritated. He didn't want to pay attention, but that figure made him feel very important, and he wanted to capture it and see it clearly.
The battlefield changes rapidly, so there is no room for distraction, even if it is only for a short time. Seeing that the opportunity was rare, the woman simply gave up escaping and raised her metalized dagger without hesitation, stabbing it into the unhealed wound on Nan Shao's body. For most survivors, the orcs' defense was difficult to break, but Nan Shao in front of him was obviously not one of them, because some of the wounds Song Yan inflicted on him, which were not life-threatening, had not yet healed. The woman was not a novice, so she naturally knew how to hurt the other party more easily. Regarding her own life, she would not be curious or soft-hearted because of the other party's hesitation for a moment. Even if this was not fatal, as long as it could weaken the opponent's strength, it would be considered a success.
At this time, the male wind-type ability user also came to his senses, risking his vitality to be damaged again, and immediately threw another wind-type binding to Nan Shao to help the woman escape. If the woman died, he would be powerless against Nan Shao, and he saw this clearly.
The pain drew Nan Shao's attention back. A bloody and fierce light flashed in his eyes. The wound contracted, and when the woman tried to pull her hand away, it clamped her metal spike. The ant foot slowly but firmly raised, and in the woman's horrified eyes, it fell on her head.
The wind man was sweating profusely, and found that even if he tried his best, he could not restrain Nan Shao, who was stimulated by the pain and went crazy. He could only delay it for a while. Seeing that the woman was about to be split in half, the sharp ant foot like a sickle stopped in the air again.
Teng Jin couldn't help but exclaimed. If the first time was an accident, then the two times in a row, does it mean that Nan Shao still has self-control? Just as
he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Nan Shao roar something hoarsely and sharply, and the ant foot flipped, changing from chopping to slapping, and slapped the woman away. Then, he no longer cared whether he was still fighting, and didn't care about the wound gushing with blood, and sat down on the spot.
The woman who spat out blood after landing understood that the other party was showing mercy, or she would have been in trouble after the first encounter, so she hesitated after getting up from the ground, not knowing whether to continue. The male wind-type supernatural person stood not far away, his face pale, and hesitant as well.
Fortunately, Teng Jin waved his hand at this time, motioning them to go down. The two of them immediately felt as if they had been pardoned, and fled the battlefield without hesitation.
"What two words did he just shout?" Teng Jin asked Li Yanhou in a low voice.
Li Yanhou shook his head. That sound was too vague, maybe it was just a meaningless roar, after all, orcs are like this, they always like to roar a
few times whether there is something or not. Teng Jin felt that it was not that simple, but he did not ask any more questions, just stroking his chin and paying attention to Nan Shao's situation. The orcs who were watching waited for a while, but nothing happened. They felt bored, so they dispersed and continued to do what they were supposed to do.
Nan Shao realized what he was shouting after he accidentally shouted those two words.
Zhang Yi. It was Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi was missing, he wanted to find Zhang Yi. When this consciousness was captured, his originally chaotic brain gradually began to regain clarity, from yesterday when he learned about Zhang Yi's disappearance, to later when he was in a daze and had a life-and-death fight with Song Yan, and was taken advantage of by others, to later when he was rescued by a group of orcs and brought here, all kinds of things emerged in his mind slowly but clearly, like peeling off silk threads from an onion.
He calmed down completely. But it wasn't over yet. He found himself uncontrollably recalling the time when he encountered the ant plague when he went to Yunzhou with Zhang Yi and his friends.
The people he met at that time, the words they said, the group confrontation during the ant plague, the despair of everyone unable to escape, he took the initiative to attack, countless flying ants pounced on him, his body was gnawed, healed, gnawed again, healed again, the loneliness and psychological activities at that time, and then met the ant mother...
It was like time was reversed, returning to that period again, including the months in the ant mother's belly later. The only difference was that this time he was not only a witness, but also a bystander. He remained sober from beginning to end, knew what he was doing, and knew his state.
It seemed like a long, long time had passed, but in fact it was only more than an hour. He finally exhaled, moved his body at will, his wounds healed, his broken limbs and wings were repaired, and then the ant shape changed and converged. After a while, he returned to human form. Except for his long hair, there was no trace of ant-likeness left.
"Give me some clothes." He opened his eyes and said to Teng Jin, who had been waiting there with a strange light in his eyes, without any politeness.
Teng Jin was not angry at all, and motioned Li Yanhou to get a set of clothes. They would also store some supplies, such as clothes and bedding, but some orcs were too big to wear them, so they could only find ways to cut and sew them again. Of course, such delicate work is a very painful thing for orcs who don't have much patience, so the role of the captured survivors is revealed. Regardless of whether they can do it or not, they are better than orcs.
"Where are my companions?" After putting on clothes, Nan Shao continued to ask.
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orc who brought Song Yan back was a very thoughtful orc. When Teng Jin said to just throw him somewhere and let him fend for himself, he took Song Yan directly to the ice cave on the top floor of the cave.
The ice cave is specially used to freeze corpses. Whether it is orcs or ordinary humans, they are all placed here after death. Of course, ordinary humans are those who are brought back to the beast's nest alive and then die, and they will be put in it. If they are fighting outside, the bodies of the survivors will not be brought back. As long as they are not sent outside the base as a warning for revenge, they will generally be buried on the spot. The bodies of the orcs will be brought back and solemnly placed in the ice cave to freeze.
Teng Jin did this, of course, not to keep the bodies for exhibition or to store food, but to consciously let his orcs form the habit of respecting the dead. After all, the process of forming orcs is the process of breaking all the ethical and moral boundaries inherent in humans. Teng Jin does not want the orcs to lose their sense of awe while having strong strength. That would not only be a disaster for the surviving humans, but also not a good thing for them.
Some people like to examine others, while others pay more attention to self-reflection. Teng Jin obviously belongs to the latter. It is precisely because he noticed the changes in his own mind that he paid special attention to this. Moreover, so far, it is not clear whether the orcs can reproduce the next generation. If they can, the offspring will still be ordinary humans, or will they carry their existing orc characteristics. He had to consider more, and he could not let the relationship between orcs and ordinary humans reach the point where water and fire cannot be mixed.
The ice cave is almost close to the top of the mountain. There are many holes that connect to the outside world, which allows cold air to flow in. Although there is no rain or snow, the temperature is as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius. Even cold-resistant orcs cannot stay there for long. The orc thought that Song Yan would definitely die, so he brought him up and threw him into the ice cave without leaving him alone, saving the trouble of pulling him up after he died. You know, a dead person is heavier and more difficult to carry than a living person.
Although it is called an ice cave, it is actually not full of ice walls and icicles like the place where the orcs live below. It is just that the temperature is low and it is very dry. The only ice is the seven frozen corpses placed inside, two ordinary humans and five orcs, leaning against the wall like coffins. There is light leaking in here and there. Although it is not bright, even ordinary people can barely see things in the cave.
If he is not injured and his body is full of vitality, such a low temperature will have some impact on Song Yan, but it will not be too big, at least not too big in the short term. However, his condition is very bad now. His resistance is so low that he is probably not as good as that of ordinary awakened humans. The low temperature reduced his metabolism, slowed down his blood flow, and gradually separated his chaotic thoughts and irritable emotions from his body. His originally rapid breathing slowed down, and he felt sleepy.
At this moment, a figure sneaked in. He first looked around carefully to make sure that no one else was there, then he picked up a stone from the nearby mountain wall and threw it at Song Yan, who was not far away. Seeing that he did not move, he approached carefully.
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"Hey, are you dead?" He poked Song Yan with the tip of his knife from a distance and asked in a low voice.
Under external stimulation, Song Yan's eyelids, which had already drooped, slowly lifted up again. The fierceness in his eyes remained, but it was vague and erratic.
The man seemed to be startled and hurriedly stepped back, but after a moment, seeing that Song Yan did not react any more, a trace of excitement flashed across his eyes. He approached again, patted his face with the back of the knife, and sneered: "What are you looking at? Do you believe that I will dig out your eyes?" He said so, but he did not really do it. It was not that he did not want to, but that he did not dare.
Affected by the temperature, Song Yan's reaction came very slowly. The process of his breathing changing from slow and weak to rapid took too long, so naturally it could not make people feel scared.
After making sure that there was no danger, the man became unscrupulous. He spat on Song Yan's face and tried to knock on his scale-covered body with the blade. He found it difficult to cut through. He sneered, turned the tip of the knife, and suddenly stabbed into the unhealable wound left on his body by Nan Shao.
"You dogs! Disgusting monsters! Aren't you very powerful? Come... come and kill me?" The man's eyes showed strong hatred. He stirred the knife in Song Yan's wound and cursed. Maybe it was because of excitement, maybe it was because of fear, maybe it was because of the cold, his voice and body were trembling, and he couldn't help it.
After a few seconds, Song Yan's muscles all over his body slowly contracted and twitched because of the pain. His eyes gradually became bloodshot, and a frightening violent and violent aura rose.
"Does it hurt? Does it hurt?" Seeing his reaction, the man was not afraid, but hummed a low laugh, suddenly pulled out the knife, found another wound and stabbed it again. Pulling out, stabbing again...
"Do you know how disgusting I am? I'm a man, but I'm lying under you bastards like a bitch... Fuck! Come on, I'll fuck you!" The curse words squeezed out from between his teeth, very low and light, but it did not reduce the resentment and hatred contained in it at all. The man's eyes were also red as if they were dripping blood. "
You damn beasts, do you know that my wife is still waiting for me to come back? If I'm not here, how can you let her, a woman, live! If she... I will make sure you are buried with her!"
"Damn it, how can I have the face to go back? How can you let me face her? Ah? I look like a bear... I hate you so much! I really want to tear you bastards into pieces..." Speaking of his wife, the pain in the man's eyes deepened. He lost control for a moment, threw away the knife, and directly used his hands and feet to punch and kick Song Yan. Finally, he roared hoarsely and pounced on him and bit his neck.
These injuries were completely insignificant to Song Yan, and were not as painful as the pain caused by the previous stabbing with a knife. Especially the hard scales on his neck, the man bit it and almost broke his teeth. Not sure if it was because of the toothache or because of the grief and anger in his heart, the man bit his neck and suddenly cried out, tears falling.
The tears quickly condensed into ice drops in the low temperature, hanging on his face, which made him alert all of a sudden.
He stood up, picked off the tears on his face, and looked down at Song Yan, who was maddened by his series of actions, showing murderous intent, but unable to move. His expression was much calmer, and he said softly: "I wish you good luck." After that, he picked up the knife that fell on the ground, wiped off his traces, and then turned away.
He was very cautious, not only to prevent himself from being frozen and slow to move, but also to worry that someone would come. Even though he still had a lot of resentment in his heart, he tried to restrain himself and did not dare to stay for too long. He hated the orcs, but he also wanted to live. He had to go back to see his wife alive, so he would endure any humiliation.
What he didn't know was that after he left, Song Yan's scaly claws that had been hanging on the ground limply bounced for a moment, and then returned to calm, but his blood-red eyes that were full of evil spirits became deep, and the frenzy in them was slowly dissipating. He didn't know that he was already in danger the moment he lost control and bit Song Yan's neck.
Song Yan's eyes fell on the seven ice coffins directly opposite him, and the orcs and ordinary humans inside still maintained the appearance when they died. Some were in pain, some were relieved, some were still fierce, and some were confused and helpless, with strange shapes, just like this world.
When Nan Shao was taken to find Song Yan, he was still a little uneasy, afraid that he was dead, but when he found that although he looked like he was dying, he was still breathing, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a gloating smile appeared on his face. If he hadn't been worried about Zhang Yi, I'm afraid he would have been ridiculed and nagging.
He didn't choose a place, and Nan Shao directly transferred his vitality back to Song Yan in the ice cave. He was too lazy to take advantage of this, and he would return as much as he had drawn in the beginning. After such a fight, the two's strength and physique were obviously greatly improved. Nan Shao was so anxious that he delivered vitality violently and rapidly. He didn't feel reluctant, and Song Yan actually accepted it easily.
"Okay, don't play dead. You stay here, I'll go find Ayi." Seeing Song Yan's wrinkled and loose body gradually tightened, full of strength and vitality again, but still maintaining the beast form, closing his eyes and seeming unaware of everything around him, Nan Shao exposed him unceremoniously, and then without waiting for him to react, he turned around and said to Teng Jin very quickly: "Give him a set of clothes, one size larger than mine. Tell him if you have anything to say. I still need to find someone and will come back when I find him." Obviously, Song Yan was directly mortgaged to the other party.
He was not stupid. The other party saved them, it is impossible for him to save them without any purpose; even if he really didn't have any ideas, he, as the one being rescued, couldn't be silent. But now he was anxious about Zhang Yi's disappearance, so he didn't have the mind to dwell on these things, so he simply let Song Yan stay to deal with it. As for Song Yan's situation, how could he not know it? Since he was willing to let him inject vitality into him and didn't go crazy after he fully recovered, he must have successfully merged with him like him, and it was completed before they came. As for why he didn't react, he could understand. He was embarrassed, ashamed, and embarrassed!
After saying that, he turned and walked away, and said to Song Yan as he walked: "Don't worry, I won't tell Muran." In this matter, he felt that the two should have a certain degree of tacit understanding.
"Do you want me to prepare a car for you?" Teng Jin looked at Song Yan on the ground, thought about it, and suddenly raised his voice to ask.
"No, he likes to fly." This time it was Song Yan who answered him. Song Yan finally opened his eyes. In addition to the appearance, he was as clear as Nan Shao expected. Noticing Teng Jin's strange expression, he added: "Flying is faster."
"It's snowing outside, and it's snowing hard." Teng Jin couldn't help but remind him. Flying in heavy snow may make you lose your way.
Song Yan stood up, patted the dust off his body, and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, he's very capable... With Zhang Yi as a beacon, he can't be lost anywhere."
"..." Teng Jin was a little unsure whether his words were a compliment or criticism, and whether there was a hint of revenge.
"Don't worry about him. Teng Xiaojin, can you give me a set of clothes first, preferably one that no one has worn." Song Yan looked at the tattered animal skin around his waist that was stained with a lot of mud and blood with disdain, and said. He was really fed up with the animal form. "I
'll give it to you when I go down." Teng Jin withdrew his attention, responded, and walked down first. However, after walking two steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around with his eyes almost popping out, stared at Song Yan for a few seconds, and then showed an expression that was almost horrified.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" At that moment, his gentle and calm mask broke, and he couldn't speak except for a series of swear words.
"Teng Xiaojin, you are capable." Song Yan was speechless. Compared to Nan Shao, he knew that Li Muran would be fine, so he was not in a hurry to go back, not to mention that he met an old friend at this time. Although this old friend almost watched him die without helping, he still gritted his teeth when he thought of it now.
"Second brother! Second brother Song!" Teng Jin finally shouted out, and the expression on his face changed from fear to surprise. He rushed over at once, originally wanting to give him a big hug, but in a very short time he estimated the size difference between the two, and finally jumped up directly, hung on Song Yan's body, and punched him twice. Before being thrown out in disgust, he let go of his hand and fell back to the ground.
"Don't talk nonsense, get the clothes first." Compared to his excitement, Song Yan seemed very calm.
Teng Jin smiled, but he quickly regained his composure, but he was still very happy in his heart. He has never been so happy since the end of the world.
Compared with the joy of the two people meeting each other, Nan Shao is not so happy. At least for now, he is not only unhappy, but also worried.
He came out of the beast's nest, and it was dark, and the snow was so heavy that he couldn't see anything. Unlike Song Yan, he was not locked in the back of the truck when he came here, and he could not see the outside. So now he can recall the route he took and judge how to go back.
It was cold and the mutant plants that were originally sparse in Baixia began to grow wildly. The mutant beasts howled excitedly in the quiet night, as if celebrating the arrival of their era.
Although it is easy to get lost in the air, if you drive back as Teng Jin said, it will take a long time to clean up the snow and mutant plants along the way. The four or five hundred kilometers will take at least ten days and a half months, not to mention the harassment and emergencies of various mutant animals on the road.
However, although Nan Shao decided to go by air, he did not rush into the dark night of wind and snow. Instead, after carefully considering the pros and cons, he decided to fly close to the ground and return along the main road. Although this is not as fast as flying directly, it also reduces the risk of getting lost. He was not familiar with Baixia. Once he got lost, in such a climate, he didn't know when he could find his way back.
His previous beast frenzy consumed a lot of physical strength. After that, he fought with Song Yan, repaired his broken body, passed the last stage of beast fusion, and gave Song Yan back his vitality. All these consumed a lot of energy. Although his vitality was still very abundant, his body and mind were already very tired. At this time, he was forced to fly back, and his speed was naturally not as fast as when his physical condition was at its peak. When he returned to the Yadan group where the convoy camped, it was already dawn.
It was still snowing heavily. The palm-sized snowflakes fell very lively. Everyone in the camp huddled in the dug hole, and they couldn't stay outside at all. Originally, they wanted to move to Longkou City, 50 kilometers away, but they were worried that Nan Shao and Song Yan would not find anyone when they came back, so they stayed where they were. However, if they waited for another two days and still couldn't wait for anyone, they would also have to move to another place, because it was very inconvenient to find heating fuel nearby.
When Nan Shao broke into the cave, everyone was startled and reflexively made a posture ready to fight.
"Dad!" Zhang Ruiyang's tender voice suddenly came from the depths of the cave, and there were also the sound of footsteps running towards this side.
Everyone finally woke up and recognized that it was Nan Shao, but there was still some hesitation in their expressions. Because Nan Shao still maintained the shape of an ant at this time, people were not sure whether he would be in danger. It was not until Zhang Ruiyang rushed over and hugged his dark and strong thighs, and was carefully picked up by him, that everyone felt relieved. Zhang
Ruiyang was so excited that he even omitted the two words "pumpkin" in front, but Nan Shao felt a different kind of attachment from it, and his heart was soft and messed, but there was a problem with the vocal organs of the ant-shaped body, and he couldn't ask all the questions in his heart.
"Dad and Aunt Muran are looking for you." Zhang Ruiyang was not afraid of his strange appearance at all. He hugged his neck, as if he knew what he wanted to ask. He first told him where Zhang Yi was going, and then chattered about what had happened in the past two days.
Nan Shao was relieved to learn that Zhang Yi had returned safely, but he was heartbroken when he thought of Zhang Yi's serious injuries, and he wished he could see him right away. Just as he was about to put Zhang Ruiyang down and go out to look for him, Shen Chi came over.
"You'd better wait here, so as not to miss him again. And it's not easy for you to find Muran with his special ability." Obviously Shen Chi saw what he was thinking. As for how he could see these things from an ant's face, it can only be said that it was out of some strange intuition.
Nan Shao hesitated, put Zhang Ruiyang down, and turned out of the cave. Shen Chi sighed, shook his head, walked over and took Zhang Ruiyang's little hand, wanting to send the child to a warmer place inside. Unexpectedly, Nan Shao, who had just left, turned back, but turned back into a normal human form. It seemed that he decided to follow the advice and go out to change his form and put on clothes.
Zhang Ruiyang shouted happily, broke free from Shen Chi's hand, and rushed over again, and was picked up by Nan Shao. Shen Chi smiled. When the others saw him return to his usual self, they relaxed and gathered around him.
"Song Yan is fine." Knowing what Shen Chi and the others were worried about, Nan Shao didn't keep them in suspense and took the initiative to talk about it.
Shen Chi was stunned for a moment and quickly asked about the situation.
Nan Shao picked out what he could say. Shen Chi vaguely felt that he was a little vague in some places, but he didn't care too much. As long as he knew that Song Yan was fine and had completely transformed into a beast, he would be relieved. Nan
Shao had no desire to talk and kept looking at the cave entrance. Seeing this, Shen Chi, who had already got the answer he wanted to know, stopped disturbing him. He said hello and walked away with the others. Nan Shao held Zhang Ruiyang and sat down not far from the cave entrance. Both father and son stared outside eagerly, waiting for the return of the same person.
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When the exhausted Li Muran had used up all her powers again and was about to return with the equally exhausted Zhang Yi, she suddenly cried out in shock.
"What happened?" Zhang Yi's heart tightened and he asked hoarsely. Please don't let anything unexpected happen again!
Li Muran pounded her chest hard before she let out a breath. She turned from surprise to joy and smiled at Zhang Yi, "Brother Shao is back!" When she was positioning herself just now, she happened to see Nan Shao and Zhang Ruiyang sitting at the entrance of the camp cave. She was caught off guard and was startled.
Zhang Yi was silent, with no reaction on his face. He looked very calm.
Li Muran didn't care whether he was speechless about her startled reaction or was so surprised that he was overwhelmed and couldn't speak. In short, she thought it was unnecessary for the two of them to stay there to exchange their feelings, so she directly activated the only remaining power to return.
Nan Shao was aware of it when Li Muran's mental power swept him. He had already stood up with Zhang Ruiyang in his arms. When he saw the two figures appear, he smiled. But the next moment, the smile froze on his face because he saw Zhang Yi's condition clearly.
Zhang Yi had not had a good rest in the past two days. He fought desperately the night before and was seriously injured and in critical condition. His body was greatly damaged. Although he was saved by a healing psychic, he was not fully recovered. Then he followed Li Muran to find someone without stopping. When Li Muran was replenishing his superpowers, he took the time to continue the treatment and recovery. However, he was always tense and did not dare to fall asleep, fearing that he would waste time and that he would have a hard time waking up. After two days and two nights in a row, his physical and mental state was naturally at its worst.
In fact, it was not just him, but Li Muran, who had already begun to be exhausted because of the huge consumption of mental power. This was something that short and intermittent rest could not make up for.
Zhang Yi looked Nan Shao up and down, and finally felt relieved when he saw that he was intact. As soon as his tense nerves relaxed, his body immediately had a chain reaction, and all kinds of discomfort surged up, making his eyes go black and he could no longer stand.
"Ayi!" Nan Shao didn't expect Zhang Yi to fall down as soon as he met him. He was so scared that his soul almost died. One hand was still holding Zhang Ruiyang, and the other hand hurriedly reached out to hug Zhang Yi.
"Dad!" Zhang Ruiyang was also scared and almost burst into tears. He quickly broke free from Nan Shao's arms and jumped to the ground by himself, fearing that he would block Nan Shao from saving people.
Nan Shao couldn't care about him at this time. He took a look and saw that he landed safely, so he focused all his attention on Zhang Yi, holding him and squatting carefully, letting him lean on himself and sit on the ground, while using his supernatural power to check his physical condition. Zhang Ruiyang squatted on the other side, watching with red eyes and concern.
At this time, the others saw the accident and gathered around.
"He is tired. Let him have a good sleep." The healing supernatural in the team looked for a moment and said. He had been treating Zhang Yi for the past two days, so he was relatively familiar with his physical condition.
Nan Shao didn't disbelieve him, but he still had to check it himself before he could rest assured. After a while, he was sure that Zhang Yi had no major problems except that he was a little weak, so he picked him up and walked to a warmer place deep in the cave. Zhang Ruiyang followed closely. Everyone else dispersed.
Li Muran had something to ask Nan Shao, so he followed for two steps and was stopped by Shen Chi.
"Song Er has been found." Knowing what she was worried about, he told her the news that Nan Shao had brought back. At the end, he comforted her, "Since he is fine, there is no need to rush. You should have a good rest first. Then we can decide whether to go find him or wait for him to come back by himself." Speaking of which, he was actually quite ashamed. In the past two days, because there was no car, and Nan Shao and Song Yan were in abnormal conditions, it was all up to her and Zhang Yi, a wounded man, to run around there, while they could only worry about it and could not help at all.
Hearing that Song Yan was with Nan Shao after he transformed into a beast, Li Muran felt a strange feeling in her heart. She felt surprised, but not so surprised. It was just that she couldn't imagine how the two of them could coexist peacefully. Because they were both in the beast state, could they communicate and cooperate?
But since Nan Shao said it was okay, and he was with a group of beasts, she still trusted Nan Shao very much, so she was relieved and no longer in a hurry to find someone. Besides, her superpowers were all used up now, so she couldn't rush. But she was
not like Zhang Yi. In order to replenish the number of superpowers, she would rest steadily when she rested, otherwise the effect of superpower replenishment would be very poor, so she didn't lack sleep at this time. Moreover, when she was looking for someone before, she overused her mental power, and her cerebral cortex was in a very active state. Even if she felt tired, she couldn't fall asleep. She could only walk around, do some idle things, and relax slowly. What's better than before is that she doesn't need to force herself to sleep now.
Nan Shao found that Zhang Yi's body was full of vitality and he didn't need to replenish it himself. He was a little puzzled. You know, he probably knew Zhang Yi's physical condition better than Zhang Yi himself. Before the accident, Zhang Yi's vitality was only slightly stronger than that of ordinary people. Now, both the activity and concentration are more than twice that time, and it is not worse than that of a superpower.
What happened that day? He was puzzled, but he didn't ask others. Instead, he found their quilts, took off Zhang Yi's coat, and talked to Zhang Ruiyang next to him.
"Don't be afraid, Dad is fine, he will be fine after he wakes up."
"Okay." Zhang Ruiyang nodded his little head.
"I want to sleep too, do you want to sleep?" Nan Shao felt that he couldn't hold on any longer, but he was still concerned about the child, afraid that he would be sad if no one paid attention to him.
Zhang Ruiyang shook his head, "I'm done sleeping." He scratched his little ears, thought about it and said, "Pumpkin Daddy, you go to sleep, I'll stay here to watch over you and Daddy. If you want to drink water, you can call me and I'll get it for you."
Nan Shao paused when he wrapped Zhang Yi in the quilt. He didn't think about the connection between sleeping and drinking water, but he didn't think much about it. He just didn't dare to let the little guy sit here dry and stupid, that would be too pitiful, so he said, "Then you can go play, but you can't go outside."
"I won't play, I'll watch over you." Zhang Ruiyang answered very seriously.
"Okay, then go when you want to play." Nan Shao no longer insisted. In his opinion, when they fell asleep, the children would naturally go to play when they were bored.
He always felt vaguely that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it when he thought about it carefully. It wasn't until he got into the quilt and held Zhang Yi in his arms that he suddenly realized that he seemed to be more nagging. No, it can't be said that way. It should be said that he was originally like this, but for a period of time, it was like a dream. Except for Zhang Yi, he felt very faint about other people, as if there was a layer of membrane between them. Now it was like waking up from a dream, and he regained clear perception.
So, this is also a side effect of complete beast transformation?
He didn't care much about it. After thinking about it, he put it aside. His nose was full of Zhang Yi's breath, which made him feel peaceful and soon fell asleep. He slept
until dark. Nan Shao's physical foundation was indeed surprisingly good. Just a few hours of rest made him become lively again. He squeezed Zhang Yi's hand in his arms, which was very warm. He felt relieved, but he also felt a little regretful that he couldn't have a private space for the two of them. He wanted to kiss his lover, but he had to worry about whether there was anyone next to him. After sighing, he opened his eyes and prepared to get up to find something to eat.
Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes, he met a pair of round black eyes, with the firelight reflected in them, flickering with brilliance, as if there were stars falling in them.
Because it was so pure, Nan Shao didn't feel startled, but smiled naturally, stretched out his hand from the quilt lazily, and touched the head of the owner of the eyes. Then he got up carefully, tucked the quilt for the sleeping Zhang Yi, and put on his coat.
"Yangyang has been here?" he asked softly.
"Yeah." Zhang Ruiyang nodded, handed over the thermos cup in his arms with both hands, and asked in the same low voice: "Pumpkin Dad, are you thirsty? Do you want some water?"
"I'm very thirsty. Fortunately, Yangyang is prepared, otherwise I would have to find it myself." Nan Shao put on his clothes, squatted in front of Zhang Ruiyang, took the thermos cup, and answered seriously in a slightly exaggerated tone. To be honest, he wanted to eat more now, but he was reluctant to refuse the child's kindness.
"Drink it, you can drink it all. After you finish, I will go to Uncle Daqing for more, and Dad will also have something to drink when he wakes up." Zhang Ruiyang reminded him seriously.
"Okay." Nan Shao unscrewed the lid of the cup and found that the water inside was still steaming. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart. It was really worth bringing up this son.
"Have you been guarding here all the time?" Thinking of the conversation between the two before going to bed, he asked casually while drinking water, and only after asking did he remember that he had just asked.
"Yeah." Zhang Ruiyang responded.
Li Muran saw the situation from afar, stood up and walked over. He just heard Nan Shao's question, and a helpless look appeared on his face: "Fortunately, Brother Shao, you got up, otherwise Yangyang would have to sit here for a long time. You don't know, since you went to bed, he has never left except to ask for water, and no one can make him leave. If everyone is asleep at night, he is still sitting alone, how pitiful." "
I will sleep too." Zhang Ruiyang couldn't help but interrupt. "I sleep next to my dad."
Nan Shao wanted to laugh, but also felt sad and surprised. Many feelings were hard to describe. He just felt soft in his heart. He couldn't help but picked up Zhang Ruiyang and kissed him hard on his little face.
Zhang Ruiyang was kissed inexplicably, but he laughed out loud, and his head tilted back, and was pricked by Nan Shao's newly grown stubble.
Nan Shao thought that the little guy might be scared by the sudden separation and disappearance from time to time, so he followed them without blinking. But he was helpless about this and couldn't guarantee anything. After all, there were frequent emergencies in the end times, plus some force majeure. It was really not what he wanted.
He was surprised not because he wondered how the little guy could have the patience to stay in one place for several hours. After all, he had not forgotten the earth cave in Wangyang Town where the child hid. He was surprised because he could not feel the little guy's existence whether in sleep or in the moment before waking up and opening his eyes. This cannot be explained by being too familiar and subconsciously ignoring this reason. You know, even if Zhang Yi appeared beside him, even if he was still asleep, he could sense it at the first time. But Zhang Ruiyang seemed to be integrated into the surrounding environment, so he couldn't sense it.
Of course, this feeling disappeared the moment Zhang Ruiyang saw him wake up. He vaguely suspected that the little guy had some kind of supernatural power without knowing it. But this can be seen by looking at it with supernatural powers, so there is no need to rush now.
"Let's go eat." He held the little guy, tilted his head to signal Li Muran, and then walked to the crowd first.
Now there is no need to hurry, nor to find people in a hurry, and it is impossible to find supplies for the time being. They stroll around the camp during the day, sweeping the snow at most. Except for those who are still recovering from injuries and a few people who have a regular schedule, most people don't want to go to bed early, so they gather around the fire and
chat in low voices about all sorts of things. Li Muran was with them just now. The people brought by Shen Chi have good character and high quality. When there are women present, they will not make some inappropriate jokes casually, which will make people feel embarrassed. In addition, Li Muran's identity and supernatural powers are very special, and her personality is calm and a little shy. Except for the special ones, the men in the team will subconsciously take care of her. When she is around, the topics are naturally suitable for children, so the atmosphere is very warm and harmonious.
Seeing the three people coming, everyone consciously made room for them.
"Give me something to eat." Nan Shao said without hesitation as soon as he sat down. When Shen Chi motioned his men to get some, he added, "More, I'm really hungry."
"Brother Shao, what do you want to eat?" Li Muran suddenly asked beside him because he remembered something from the past.
Shen Chi thought she was referring to the types of food, and was about to say that there were only noodles and canned food, but Nan Shao glanced at her with a half-smile and replied, "Of course not grass."
Li Muran smiled awkwardly and stopped talking. Shen Chi and others were puzzled and didn't understand what was going on. After all, Nan Shao hadn't eaten any mutant plants since they came.
"Yangyang, do you want more water?" The water-based supernaturalist named Daqing asked when he saw Yangyang sitting in Nan Shao's arms.
"Yes, I've finished it." Zhang Ruiyang heard it and quickly took the cup from Nan Shao's hand, opened the lid and took a look. Seeing that it was empty, he said.
So Daqing successfully tricked the child over, and asked him to watch him put water into the stainless steel basin, and then asked the fire-type supernatural to boil it. After the end of the world, people either killed or tried to survive. It was easy for people to feel tired and bored, but children, especially those who were full of energy, innocent and cute, would make people feel peaceful and hopeful, so the adults in the team liked to bring Zhang Ruiyang with them.
Nan Shao only glanced at Zhang Ruiyang who was waiting for the water to boil, and then ignored him. While waiting for food, he began to talk about Song Yan in detail with Li Muran who was looking at him with expectant eyes. She has been following him like a tail, isn't it for this?
If he didn't have an experience that he couldn't talk about, he wouldn't mind talking about Song Yan in front of Li Muran. Unfortunately, he could only bury it in his heart silently and couldn't share it with others. A little depressed.
"When you can use your supernatural power, I will take you to find him." Nan Shao understood her feelings very well. Except for what he couldn't say, everything else was very detailed. After speaking, he promised.
Zhang Yi was fine, so he couldn't just leave Song Yan in the beast's nest and ignore him. He had to bring him back as soon as possible. Although Li Muran could go alone, he still owed someone an explanation. Regardless of whether he could become friends with those orcs, at least he couldn't create a group of powerful enemies for no reason.
"Brother Shao, you've changed, and you've become quite good." Li Muran couldn't help but say. He became the same as when we first met, much more easy-going, and considerate of others.
Nan Shao had already brought the bowl by this time. Hearing this, he raised his head and grinned at her, "Song Yan has also changed, he should be not bad either."
"..." Li Muran choked, his face couldn't help but get hot, and he was a little overwhelmed.
Chapter 310: The Beast-Transformed Human (26)
Song Yan did not expect Nan Shao to come and take him back in a short time. If he had not happened to meet an acquaintance, he would have had to consider how to deal with it so as not to offend anyone and get out safely. Of course, the best result would depend on whether he could attract a group of powerful allies. But now he does not need to consider these. There is no way, who made him lucky, this is something Nan Shao can never envy.
Therefore, he simply stayed and was not in a hurry to go back. Of course, whether he secretly wanted to wait for Li Muran to pick him up in person, no one knows.
Teng Jin was eager for him to stay, not only because Song Yan was a fully integrated beastman, but also because of their relationship.
The two were from the same compound, but Teng Jin was ten years younger than Song Yan. When he was two years old, his father died on a mission, and his mother was too sad and suffered from depression. A year later, she committed suicide. This was a deeply painful and not so glorious thing in the compound at that time. Little Teng Jin was raised by his grandparents, and the two families had a good relationship because his parents always took care of him by the ears. Song Yan, who was also young at the time, would carry a small lump on his back every time he went out to play. In comparison, Song, who had already entered high school and had a heavy workload, was lucky enough to avoid the fate of having a small burden.
Teng Jin grew up on Song Yan's back, so the relationship between the two was no different from that of real brothers. What's interesting is that although Teng Jin was brought up by Song Yan to play around, bully cats, scare dogs, and tease girls since he was a child, he didn't learn the naughty and mischievous spirit at all, but was quiet and gentle like a little girl. What surprised everyone was that such a weak and gentle boy was admitted to a military academy at the age of sixteen, and finally plunged into the army that represented iron-blooded masculinity without hesitation. Five years ago, he suddenly disappeared, only occasionally making a phone call or suddenly appearing in front of Song Yan, sometimes just looking at him and saying a few words, sometimes staying for more than ten minutes, never more than an hour, and then leaving again, it can be said that he is elusive and elusive.
Song Yan was born in the military, with a strong family background, and has a brother who is the head of C2. Naturally, he knows some of the secrets, so he never asked. After the end of the world, he really couldn't take care of it. Who would have thought that he would meet here.
"There are seven people in our team, and in the end, only I walked out. That time, five teams were selected, each of them was the top elite talent. Even if they are taken out now, they are still top combat forces, but..." Teng Jin said here, clenching his teeth, the veins on his clenched fists bulged, his eyes were bloodshot, and he exuded a strong sadness and murderous aura.
"Brother, do you understand? Do you understand? My heart hurts so much... What a good group of young men, they didn't die at the beginning of the apocalypse, they didn't die in the mouths of zombies and mutants, but died in the hands of humans themselves, just because their physiques far exceeded those of ordinary humans and they could withstand the experiment..." His voice dropped, his head drooped, and he seemed to be unable to control his tears.
Soldiers take obedience to orders as their first duty. Even if it is a mission with a 100% chance of death, they will not be afraid to face the difficulties, but dying in the laboratory, there is an unspeakable frustration and resentment. Especially when the apocalypse came and alien creatures were rampant on the earth, they could have relied on their powerful combat power to clear a place for humans to live, and even made a great contribution to restoring the world to its original state, but they just disappeared like this, worthless, and their only role was to create a group of monsters that were harmful to humans.
Song Yan was silent for a while, then suddenly reached out and slapped Teng Jin's head, saying unhappily, "Stop pretending." His words were sincere, and he was definitely really sad, but although this kid had been as delicate as a girl since he was young, his temper was actually as stubborn as a cow. If you want to see him cry, dream on, he'll probably get flipped over. Of course, this was not the reason why he was sure that he was pretending to gain sympathy, after all, people change. The reason he said this was because although Teng Jin's tear glands were fine, he couldn't cry. Even if he fainted from sadness and anger, he didn't know how to cry. He had been like this since he was a child, as if his emotions were not connected to the nerves that controlled his tear glands. So he couldn't be allowed to immerse himself in sadness all
the time, which would be a very cruel thing for him. "Brother..." Teng Jin shouted weakly, raised his head, and his eyes were indeed dry, without any signs of tears. "Do you dare to comfort me at this time?"
"How to comfort me? Lie on my back like when we were kids and carry you around a few times? I can do that." Song Yan's voice was cold, but he was joking.
Teng Jin shuddered. He was already an old man in his twenties or thirties, and he was healthy and pain-free. He really wanted to be carried around for two laps. He couldn't imagine that scene.
"I dare not."
Song Yan's eyes softened. He raised his hand to wipe his face and leaned back on the icicle. He didn't ask any more questions about the research on alien organisms. This was undoubtedly a scar in Teng Jin's heart that could not be opened. He believed that when the base in Huangzhou was destroyed, Teng Jin had done what he should do, but this did not mean that his mind would be at peace from then on. After all, even if all the initiators were killed, the dead could not be resurrected. As for the ultimate purpose of the person who initiated this research plan, and whether it was beneficial to human evolution, he would not comment or judge. In short, if you are not a witness to such things, you cannot understand the great pain in it.
"I have a temporary base in Yunzhou. Will you go back with me?" He did not make a dictatorial decision, but asked for advice.
While speaking, his eyes casually swept through the cave hall, and then suddenly stopped, stopping at a man who was squatting in front of a fire not far away and grilling meat. The man had his back to this side. He was not tall, about 1.7 meters. Because he was wearing thick clothes, his movements seemed a bit clumsy.
Teng Jin was about to answer, but he noticed his gaze and smiled, "The man's name is Shan Bing. He followed a mercenary team to kill Gu Tong and was encountered by our people. In the end, he was the only one who survived. He has a good eye and a good personality. After being brought back here, he was the one who integrated the fastest among all the survivors. What, you like him? He is from Gu Tong, it's a bit troublesome to get him here, but..." "
I'm not interested. Besides, I have a wife." Song Yan interrupted him and retracted his gaze without further explanation.
Feeling the gaze on him disappear, Shan Bing, who had his back to this side, relaxed his tense back, but his face was pale, his lips trembled, and sweat was soaked at his temples. At that moment, he almost wanted to fight to the death. He didn't expect that the man who looked dead could still survive. If he had known this, why would he do such a stupid thing just to vent his anger? Wasn't all his patience for so long in vain?
He knew very well that in this beast's nest, even if he risked his life, he would not have a chance of survival. Therefore, as long as he was not forced into a desperate situation, he would not expose himself even if he was worried. Now that the man did not expose him directly, no matter what the other party's reason was, he could only hope with a fluke mentality. Maybe the man's mind was a little confused when he transformed into an animal, and he did not see his appearance clearly?
Teng Jin had sharp five senses, and the nervousness of the single soldier did not escape his perception. However, he thought that the other party was worried about changing the beastman to follow, so he did not take it to heart, not to mention that his attention had been completely attracted by Song Yan's words.
"What? I have a sister-in-law? When did it happen? Why didn't you inform me?" Given their relationship, it was simply unreasonable for Song Yan to get married without informing him.
"It was not before the end of the world." Song Yan replied, and when he mentioned Li Muran, a trace of tenderness unconsciously appeared on his face. "You will see her soon." He knew that Li Muran would definitely come to pick him up, which was completely out of unfounded confidence.
"Where is she? Do you want me to send someone to pick her up? Or I can go there myself." Teng Jin swept away his previous decadence and asked very actively. Then he suddenly remembered something, paused, and hesitated again: "By the way, it's not that thing, right?" He knew about Su Hui's existence. When Song Yan was in college, he was still young, but at that time they were both studying in the capital and living at home, and there were almost no secrets between them. Song Yan was also amazing. He didn't treat him as a kid at all. He took him with him to play everything and never avoided talking. Maybe he had played everything he could when he was a child, and he couldn't touch the things he couldn't play when he was an adult, so he simply joined the army and didn't miss the outside world at all.
He had seen Su Hui before. She looked very pure and cold, like a flower from a mountain. Song Yan had a crush on her at first, but later, after knowing that his good friend Lin An also liked her, he decisively decided to keep her as a friend. Teng Jin still remembered what he said at that time. He said that he didn't like her enough to compete with his good friend for her. In that case, he should just not get involved, so as not to mess up the relationship between the three of them, which was both troublesome and unnecessary.
Su Hui later married Lin An. However, he once suspected that Song Yan was obsessed with her. Otherwise, why didn't he get married at such an old age? Now that the end of the world has come, the various obstacles that stand between the two of them are no longer a big deal. It's hard to guarantee that they won't rekindle their old feelings and get together. If that's the case, he has nothing to say, but he doesn't feel so happy. He always feels that the woman is not worthy of his brother. When it comes to looking at women, his brother is really not good enough!
"No." Song Yan glanced at him, wondering if he guessed his criticism.
Oh? Oh... Let's keep the last sentence above. Teng Jin asked again tentatively: "The same type as her?" Fake fairy to death?
"No." If it were before, Song Yan would have been impatient, but now he answered one by one in a good temper. "She is ugly and stupid, and very timid, like a little mouse... When you see her, don't be too enthusiastic, it will scare her."
Brother, are you sure you are not talking about a mouse but a wife? Teng Jin was dumbfounded, but when he said this, he clearly spoke with disgust, but people inexplicably heard some unspeakable tenderness. This is really weird. When did his brother's taste become so strange? Just when he was about to ask a few more questions, his hair suddenly stood up, and he felt like he was being spied on.
"She's here." Song Yan said, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly scanned the surroundings, as if judging the place where Li Muran would appear.
"What?" Teng Jin was stunned and subconsciously looked towards the exit of the cave.
"My wife is here." Song Yan explained absentmindedly, then suddenly stood up and ran out of the beast's nest.
Teng Jin didn't have time to think about it and followed him.
The teleportation location chosen by Li Muran was on the side of the snow cliff outside the beast's nest, which was a blind spot for the lookout beastman. This was decided after she and Nan Shao discussed it. It was hard to say whether the beast's nest was an enemy or a friend, so she naturally couldn't reveal her cards first, so that she could leave calmly even if the negotiation failed. After
turning around the snow cliff, she had to trek forward for hundreds of meters to reach the bottom of the mountain where the beast's nest was located. This section of the road was not easy to walk, especially for Li Muran. He took one deep step and one shallow step. If Nan Shao hadn't reached out and caught him in time, he would have fallen into the ice crevice several times. Although it wouldn't be really dangerous, it would also waste several times of his supernatural powers.
"I'll carry you." Nan Shao sighed. Even if he didn't transform into a beast, it wouldn't be a problem to carry Li Muran on his back for such a short distance. He didn't care about the difference between men and women. In his heart, Li Muran, who had gone through all the hardships together and protected Zhang Ruiyang with all her strength, was no different from his sister. He didn't care if he carried
her on his back. But he didn't worry, but Li Muran did. Although Li Muran knew that Song Yan had completely transformed into a beast, she didn't know whether his temper had recovered to the same level as before. If not, wouldn't he explode if he saw Nan Shao carrying him on his back? If he had recovered... then she would be even more unsure. For the sake of her own little heart, she firmly rejected Nan Shao's kindness and would rather walk step by step, even if she had to crawl, she would crawl to the top herself.
Soon, she knew how correct her decision was.
"How stupid and foolish." A cold voice sounded in her ears, and a big hand grabbed her collar from behind, saving her from another tragic step and rolling down the snow slope.
But Li Muran didn't feel happy at all, because the voice and tone made her subconsciously nervous, and the familiar restrained and trembling emotions suddenly emerged in her heart. She knew it was wrong, but she couldn't control it, and the main reason was that she was still not used to it.
Seeing her lower her head and not daring to look at him again, Song Yan felt a little depressed, but he didn't force her. He just turned his back and squatted in front of her, and ordered without rejection: "Come up."
Li Muran glanced at his broad shoulders and felt a long-lost sense of familiarity, so she quietly lay on him.
This was not the first time Song Yan carried her, but when she put her hands on his shoulders and then slowly hugged his neck, a warm and sweet taste that she had never experienced before suddenly permeated her heart, making her relax unconsciously, and the corners of her lips turned up.