At the entrance of the semi-underground food city, Qin Luo seemed a little nervous. On the surface, he said that he was going to search for things with Mo, but in fact they wanted to send everyone away so that they could see if a certain number of mutant mice had gathered below. If there are really a lot of mutant mice, he and Mo will deal with them as soon as possible after killing them; if there are so many that even Mo can't handle them, maybe there will be trouble tonight. After all, all the zombies surrounding this floor have been cleaned up. Without those zombies, it will be easier for mice to get in and out. Even if they knew there were rats inside that were going to attack them, it was impossible for them to leave overnight. Not to mention that it's not easy to leave when there are too many people, but the four of them alone, except for Mo and Dai Tianqing, are playing their lives with the exception of the four of them in the urban area at night.
Qin Luo's hand holding the Mongolian knife was slightly damp with sweat. He has always hated mutated mice and bugs, and it made people feel disgusted when they looked at them. But after these creatures mutated, they were enlarged a lot, and they looked even more disgusting several times.
Mo felt his heart beating faster and took his other hand.
Qin Luo didn't refuse, and was carefully guarded by Mo, walking slowly all the way down the stairs at the entrance.
Although the Food City is semi-underground, the surrounding area is relatively tightly closed, and the light that can penetrate is very limited. It was almost sunset, and it was getting dark outside. Halfway down the steps, Qin Luo had to take out a flashlight to turn on the lights.
The commercial building was closed for more than a month in an emergency, and the evacuation of personnel was in a hurry, and a lot of garbage was not disposed of. It has been rotten and moldy after being placed for such a long time. At the beginning, the air-conditioning and exhaust were still on, barely allowing the air to circulate, and maybe it could disperse the smell. Right now, the whole city has been cut off for several days. In such a closed space, Qin Luo and Mo couldn't help but frown and vomit before they could even walk down the stairs.
With the light of the flashlight, Qin Luo could see the stall closest to the stairs. There are some things piled up on the bunk, and the bamboo sticks strung together can be vaguely seen, but the things on them have been glued together, and the state of food has long since disappeared.
Qin Luo took a photo with his flashlight and found nothing unusual, so Mo took his hand and walked to the next bunk.
After walking through seven or eight stalls in a row, Mo lowered his voice slightly and said, "There are some big rats on this floor, but not many. It feels a little strange. They haven't even moved since we came in."
Qin Luo frowned. The initial size of the mutated mouse was indeed relatively larger than that of the same kind. But the limbs are very stiff, and the movement is slower than that of a human being who first turned into a zombie. But their adaptability is much higher than that of zombies. You may see them like puppets one day, and they can attack quickly the next day. Moreover, they are also sensitive to flesh and blood. If they feel the breath of humans, even if their bodies are still very stiff, they should definitely not even move in the corner.
In the last days, animals began to mutate half a year later, which was far less rapid than it is now. Compared with their astonishing population before, the mutated mice have been reduced countless times, but they are even more ferocious. Basically, they can grow to the size of a half-sized pig, but their lifespan has been shortened. There are very few adult mice that can live for more than three years, but the size of adult mice that are more than two years old is comparable to that of a normal adult pig before the end of the world. Moreover, they have a strong appetite, and there are very few things that cannot enter their mouths.
Mo walked a few more steps, and suddenly grabbed Qin Luo, and said in a low voice, "There seems to be something downstairs, which is preying on big rats below, and it doesn't seem too small."
Qin Luo was a little puzzled, and said softly, "Could it be that the wild cats nearby were led here by the mice?"
The process of the end times is accelerating now, but it will still be gradual. It is impossible for some mice to suddenly become larger in size, surpassing many of the same kind. It is very likely that they are some wild cats that have also mutated and increased in size. If they are them, Qin Luo thinks that there is Mo, and they will not be difficult to deal with.
The two walked through a few more stalls, and the ground became more and more messy. It seemed that the rats grabbed the garbage and food below everywhere. The ground was sticky, and it was still uncomfortable to step on, even through the shoes. Qin Luo held up the flashlight and shined it around, while Mo Ze carefully sensed it. Because it was separated by a floor, the distance was not close, and the thing just passed by in a flash. If you think about feeling it again, you have already run out of the range of perception.
Suddenly Qin Luo's foot slipped, as if he stepped on something, and his whole body was tilted by it. As soon as Mo Chang stretched out his arms, he took him into his arms, and wrapped his arms around Qin Luo's waist. Mo's hand was slightly cold, but it made people feel at ease. Qin Luolue struggled to get out of Mo's embrace, but Mo did not let go. Qin Luo was a little helpless, and secretly thought, "This guy is like an awkward child sometimes, and there is no one else at the moment, so let him hug him if he wants to." '
With a flicker of the flashlight, Qin Luo shone at his feet. The thing just now was very soft and slippery, and it didn't look like garbage at all. In the dim light, there was a four or five inch flat and dirty thing mixed on the sticky ground. Because of Qin Luo's stampede, a disgusting trajectory was drawn. The things were filthy, if Qin Luo hadn't stepped on and slipped, it would be hard to tell him apart from the debris on the ground. Qin Luo kicked it carefully with the toe of his shoe, which looked like it was torn from some animal in terms of texture.
"That's a human tongue." Mo suddenly said softly.
Qin Luo immediately retracted his feet, and his whole body was shaken with goose bumps.
Mo continued, "It smells a bit weird..."
Said Mo Mo moved his nose, turned his head to look around. His night vision is strong, and he quickly makes new discoveries amidst the filthy garbage. Pulling Qin Luo along the way, he found a pile of unknown objects in a relatively hidden place at a certain stall. That pile of disgusting-looking things exuded a faint fragrance. After getting closer to it, the rotten and disgusting smell in the air was instantly swept away. However, Qin Luo could still tell that those things were stained with some light green slime, and they were human clothes, shoes and hats.
Mo carefully sensed that there was no danger there, so he got closer to Qin Luo.
With the light of the flashlight, Qin Luo could see that the clothes were dirty and tattered. Although there were some light green mucus on them, he could still see the black and purple stains on the clothes. It should be the blood of the infected, because only the blood of the infected is black.
Qin Luo took a deep breath. Obviously, in the basement of this commercial building, there are things that can feed on zombies. This was unheard of in the last days he experienced.
Mo was also a little surprised, "These zombies seem to have been eaten by something, and that thing can't digest these clothes."
In the early days of the end of the world, zombies dominate, and the city has almost become a nest of zombies. Although many supernatural beings have evolved among humans, zombies are also constantly evolving. After the mid-term, blood races and berserk werewolves appeared one after another. Their combat effectiveness is very powerful, and they can tear zombies apart. But it is absolutely impossible for them to devour the flesh and blood of zombies. Because people who mutate into zombies don't have any life energy in their flesh and blood, so they are just a pile of rotten flesh. Zombies evolved gradually in the later period, and some mature bodies were able to compete with berserk werewolves and vampires. But ten years after the end of the world, Qin Luo has never heard of any creature that feeds on zombies.
"Be careful, something is coming up."
Before Mo could finish his sentence, Qin Luo swiped his arms, and retreated nearly twenty meters away. He stood sideways, staring at a direction in the darkness, sharp nails popped out of his left hand, and his right hand was still around Qin Luo's waist, protecting him tightly.
Qin Luo couldn't quite adapt to Mo's sudden speed, and suddenly felt dizzy for a while. Fortunately, Mo's teleportation distance was not long, and it stopped soon, otherwise Qin Luo felt that his internal organs would twitch, or even completely shift.
Qin Luo didn't have Mo's night vision ability, so he slowly moved the light of the flashlight to the direction Mo was staring at. The range that the flashlight can irradiate is so dim that nothing can be seen.
But the dangerous aura emanating from that place is already so strong that even Qin Luo can easily sense it, so it's no wonder that the keen Mo will be on the verge of a formidable enemy.
But after waiting for a long time, there was nothing in that direction, as if the dangerous breath that burst out just now was just an illusion of two people.
"It hasn't left, but I can't feel it anymore..." Mo frowned rarely.
Qin Luo also felt that the other party must not be a simple character, and he could hide so much that even Mo couldn't sense it.
Just as he was thinking, suddenly there was a sudden sound of wind behind him, Mo's body turned around, and the sharp nails of his left hand pierced in that direction. In the dark, Qin Luo heard that something seemed to be cut off by the ink, and fell to the ground, the sound was not too loud but could barely be heard. However, Mo's movements were too fast, and Qin Luo was moved by his arms, and soon became dizzy again, unable to distinguish the movement around him.
Mo looked around vigilantly, and the thing attacked him with many tentacles that looked like vines, but it didn't know where it was hiding. The tentacles cut off by Mo twitched a few times on the ground, and then squirmed, and hooked and hooked their tails slightly, as if they were hooking their fingers at Mo, asking him to follow. What's annoying is that those tentacles are all squirming away in different directions. Even if Mo wants to go there and repair the hidden body thoroughly, he can't do it. The corner of Mo's mouth twitched, that thing seemed to have an IQ, it was clearly teasing him, it was really abominable.
Qin Luo felt the food in his stomach churning, plus the basement and its terrible air, if he stayed any longer, he would definitely vomit it out.
Mo also noticed his discomfort, and slowly moved towards the entrance of the passage with his arms around his waist.
Suddenly another gust of wind hit the two of them, and Mo cut off a bunch of tentacles that were sneaking up again. This time the tentacle did not slip away, but followed and swam around the two of them. Some of the tentacles wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get close to Qin Luo, but Mo swept them away in time.
Although Qin Luo was very uncomfortable, he still held the flashlight to take pictures of those wriggling tentacles. The tentacles looked a little emerald green in color, if they weren't still writhing, they would have been finely carved emeralds. They seem to be able to absorb light sources, and when Qin Luo removes the flashlight, they can still emit a faint fluorescence. Qin Luo sniffled, and he vaguely felt that the surrounding air seemed to be much better than before, and the nasty smell weakened. It seems that these tiny tentacles are changing the bad air around them.
Mo frowned tightly, the tentacles cut off by him had already formed a circle around him and Qin Luo, as if trying to trap the two of them inside. The most irritating thing is those little emerald green things, which can't stop moving at him, full of provocation.
Qin Luo looked at those tentacles that couldn't stop moving, and asked Mo in a low voice, "Is the surrounding air quality much better?"
Mo nodded lightly, "This thing seems to have a purifying effect, but I don't know if it has any other offensive power. If it swallows all the zombies, it must be not easy."
Qin Luo nodded in agreement with Mo's statement.
According to common sense, scavengers basically do not eat living things, but this does not mean that they will not kill living things, or wait for them to rot after being trapped to death. Besides, this thing eats zombies, who knows what it will look like after being infected. Although it didn't show any strong attack power at the moment, the fact that it feeds on zombies is enough to make Qin Luo and Mo full of vigilance.
Many tentacles of that thing were still swimming on the ground, but Mo looked into the darkness again. Qin Luo vaguely heard some clicking sounds, as if something was biting the bones with its teeth.
"Be careful, a big cat is coming." Mo reminded in a low voice.
Qin Luo guessed just now that the not-so-small thing Mo mentioned was probably a mutated cat. After all, it is instinct for cats to catch mice. There are so many big mice here, it is normal to attract a few cats.
He raised his flashlight and took pictures in the dark. Sure enough, a big cat stood there, staring at the two of them. The corners of Qin Luo's mouth twitched. Mo was right about a big cat, but this was already about the size of a half-big tiger. Can it still be called a 'big cat'? It should be called a giant cat.
It was an extremely ugly big cat, with many pieces of fur falling off the whole body, and the fleshy skin underneath was exposed like alopecia areata. A mouse tail was exposed from the corner of the big cat's mouth, and it twitched a few times in reflex, before being rolled by the cat's tongue and put into its mouth. Then the big cat took a few steps in the direction of the two of them. He was so huge that he couldn't hear a single sound. Qin Luo couldn't help but wanted to retreat, because it stared at the two with fierce eyes, as if the two were already food in its mouth.
Qin Luo suddenly remembered the tongue of the person he accidentally stepped on just now, and wondered how many people this big cat had already eaten. Otherwise, it would never have shown such a greedy expression, and the corners of its mouth were even drooling.
Mo looked coldly at the big cat that was gradually approaching. He had already sensed that there were a few big cats that were not too small, running towards them.
The Mongolian knife in Qin Luo's hand was slowly raised, and the big cat shrank back slightly, which was the prelude to its imminent culling.
Sure enough, the cat shrank back suddenly, and then rushed towards Qin Luo and the others. Mo had already swung his left hand like lightning, and his sharp nails swelled by a full foot.
But the body that the big cat culled was paused in the air, and then drew a trajectory to the side. It hit the ground with a bang, which made Qin Luo bewildered for a while. However, Mo could clearly see that many green tentacles suddenly appeared in the surrounding air, trapping the big cat violently.
The big cat seemed unwilling and struggled to stand up, but it seemed to be pulled by something and failed to get up several times. The big cat let out an angry hiss, extremely sharp and piercing. Soon Qin Luo heard several other hisses, as if responding to its call. He looked around nervously, and sure enough, several mutated big cats appeared. Although the size is not as large as the one just now, it is not too small, and they all look very fierce.
However, those big cats just yelled at the pulled big cats, and did not leave to rush over. Although Qin Luo was nervous, she was also more curious.
He slowly moved the light of the flashlight towards the struggling big cat, and soon saw countless green vines wrapping around the cat. After being found by the light of his flashlight, some of the vines waved slightly in his direction, which surprised Qin Luo.
The big cat let out a sharp neighing sound again, this time with a bit of a feline growl sound, and the big cats next to it heard it and immediately shook their bodies. Qin Luo could see that they were obviously afraid of those green tentacles, but they seemed to be forced to attack by some kind of threat.
The emerald green tentacles were not very thick, almost like children's fingers, but they looked unusually flexible. After strangling the big cat, no matter how hard it struggled or bitten, it was firmly trapped.
The other big cats finally plucked up their courage and pounced on those emerald green tentacles. The tentacles stopped swinging immediately, and bent slightly to one side. Qin Luo immediately felt in his mind that its movements resembled a person who tilted his head and thought. In the next moment, those tentacles merged together suddenly, and several huge green things as wide as door panels appeared. With the sound of howling wind, he patted the big cats rushing over.
The big cats didn't seem to expect it at all. After a pause, they instinctively wanted to run away. But the green tentacles were not merciless, and it was a violent blow to the head and face. The big cats were wailed by the big meow, but the thing was getting faster and faster, as if it was addicted to playing.
Qin Luo tugged at Mo's skirt, "Can you see what it is?"
Mo frowned, "I can't see the body of this thing, but it reminds me of something."
When Mo was in the research institute, he once smoked several researchers. One of them is not low-level and was seconded from another sub-institution of the institute. In that person's memory, there are these emerald green tentacles. It's just that those broken tentacles were far less flexible, and were sealed in a glass jar, which the man seemed to call 'Evolution 3000'.
Mo Zheng wanted to tell Qin Luo what he knew without letting Qin Luo realize that he could absorb other people's memories while absorbing blood. Mo vaguely felt that this ability was unique to him, because Dai Tianqing was a blood clan he converted with blood, so he also possessed this ability. But this ability itself carries an indescribable sense of repulsion. He didn't know how Qin Luo would feel when he knew about it, and whether he would feel uncomfortable, so he kept hiding it.
Before Mo could organize his words, the tentacles over there had already beaten the big cats to the ground, and they couldn't even give birth to the desire to escape. One by one paws hugging their heads, wishing they could retract themselves into the ground.
The huge tentacle seemed to feel bored, and slowly stopped flapping. After wriggling a few times, it divided into countless thin tentacles. Those tentacles first teased the bound big cat a few times as if teasing, and then pulled the big cat towards Qin Luo, the ink cartridge. The big cat struggled in vain not to be pulled by it, the tentacles shook a few times as if angry and tightened suddenly. The big cat was strangled, and immediately lost the ability to resist, and was dragged three meters in front of the two of them.
Mo still cautiously stared at the pile of wriggling little things, although they seemed to be showing favor, but who knew if this was some kind of trap.
The tentacles tied the big cat there, and the rest leaned towards the two of them. Mo waved his left hand mercilessly, the sharp nails seemed to be able to cut through the air. The bunch of little tentacles paused, as if they were distressed by his inhumanity. A few seemed to want to sneak past Mo to touch Qin Luo while he was looking at the pile of tentacles, but it was a pity that Mo cut them off in a few strokes.
In the darkness came a small animal's coquettish whimper, and the severed tentacles kept rolling on the ground like a spoiled child.
Mo Leng snorted, and kicked away those tentacles that tried to approach Qin Luo by rolling.
Although Qin Luo felt that those emerald green tentacles were harmless, he didn't dare to touch such a weird thing casually.
In the depths of the food city in the darkness, suddenly there was a chirping and chirping sound. Those emerald green tentacles on the ground quickly swam towards the place where the sound came out, and soon disappeared without a trace.
After a few dodges, Mo came out of the down passage, and Qin Luo was dizzy after a burst of acceleration, and had to rely on Mo to breathe.
"There may be a lot of zombies crawling in here, I'll send you up first, and then go down to see what it is." Mo put his arms around Qin Luo and suggested.
Qin Luo shook his head and chuckled, "I can still deal with a few zombies, but the thing below is too strange, you must be careful and don't be careless."
"What happened to you?" Dai Tianqing's voice came from the communicator.
Qin Luo explained softly, "I don't know what kind of creature it is yet, but there are many green vine-like tentacles, which are not too difficult to deal with. Mo plans to go down and have a look."
Dai Tianqing also gave a few worried instructions, and the communicator became quiet again.
Qin Luo also noticed that the thing below was trying to get close to him several times, and Mo was protecting him so he couldn't help being restrained, so it was better for him to wait here and let Mo see what it was. Based on Qin Luo's understanding of Mo, it would not be trapped by some tentacles. What's more, the physique of the blood race is strong, even if there is any poison in that thing, it is impossible to have any effect on Mo.
Mo felt carefully, and in a large area, he didn't lose his movement. Only then whispered, "You stay here and don't go far, I'll go back as soon as I go."
Qin Luo nodded, and Mo's figure flashed and disappeared into the dark passage.
Qin Luo leaned against the wall, holding a Mongolian knife in his right hand. On his left is the passage entrance, and on his right is an empty space around the corner. Qin Luo took out an emergency light from the space, turned it on and put it at his feet. In this way, not only can you see the other side of the open space, but also the entrance can be seen for a long distance. Such a long distance is enough for him to take precautions, be alert, and deal with any possible dangerous situations.
"Qin Luo, what's the situation with you?" Mo's voice came from the communicator.
"No, it's very quiet. Where's your side?" Qin Luo asked Mo while looking at the guards on both sides.
In the ten years of life in the last days, he has become accustomed to this state of constant vigilance. Besides, it is much safer here than in the late end of the world, so he is not nervous.
"Except for some broken tentacles popping out occasionally, I haven't found it for the time being. However, there are still some pieces of clothes here, but they should all mutate into zombies." Mo Hui said.
Qin Luo was about to reply, when he turned his head and saw the entrance of the passage again, suddenly a light flashed in front of his eyes, and something approached him. The speed of that thing was really too fast, even though Qin Luo had swung the Mongolian knife in his hand to block, his body was still quickly wrapped around him. The next moment, he was lifted from the ground. After a few shakes, he fell into a pile of furry things.
"Qin Luo, why don't you speak..." Mo's voice was a little nervous, just now he vaguely heard Qin Luo's breathing suddenly increased.
Mo suddenly became uneasy, and walked out of the entrance of the food city in a few dodges. A rechargeable emergency light was placed alone by the wall, but Qin Luo was nowhere to be found.
The author has something to say: Explanation: A stall is a small store or shop. (I don’t know if you are familiar with this word, please explain.)