The city is like a dead steel beast.
It lay quietly on the ground, and the fierce north wind howled and rolled through the empty and dead bridge buildings.
The stench of stench wafts in the sun, and the whole city is like a slowly decaying skeleton.
The roar broke the dead silence in the city.
Countless zombies with pale skin, mutilated limbs, or disembodied bellies poured out from the dark corners of the city. There was no trace of rationality in their gray and dirty eyes, only greed and hunger for fresh blood.
They sniffed the odor from the wind, their stiff, rotting faces filled with appetite, hoarse growls squeezed out of their throats.
Under the domination of the foraging instinct, countless zombies gathered in the spacious streets, gathered into a filthy tide, and rushed in the same direction.
The monotonous and chaotic footsteps echoed through the streets, densely packed—a sight that would make the scalps of any surviving human feel numb.
The faint blue ice cone condensed in mid-air, broke the air, and rushed forward with the sound of the fierce wind. The sharp tip accurately pierced the fragile skull of a zombie in an instant, and the dark and sticky brain burst out. The half-corrupted body stagnates for half a second, then collapses with a bang.
Xie Shili moved his fingers.
He can feel that his abilities are slowly recovering. Although he is far from reaching the peak level, his basic self-protection ability is already there.
More zombies rushed over.
From Xie Shili's point of view, you can see that the streets with this place as the core and extending towards the distance are densely packed with zombies, and they are still pouring in from all directions, with a tireless attitude , waving his rotting hands in this direction one after another, his dead gray eyes full of longing.
- This number can annihilate any powerful power user team.
Xie Shili's eyes narrowed slightly.
The second ice cone condensed in the air for several years, whistled, pierced the heads of two zombies in a row, and then suddenly disappeared into the air.
It has been more than a week since Xie Shili woke up outside the hospital.
They passed through two small towns, one village.
And here is the first large city they pass through after a week of trekking.
During this period of time, Xie Shili was able to observe the whole process of the "predation" of these high-level zombies up close, and clearly realized the role he played in this almost perfect hunting system.
He is the "bait".
It is a walking blood food that can attract more zombies.
At the same time, with the passage of time, he gradually gained a deeper understanding of the internal structure of the zombies that "hijacked" him.
- And the more you know, the more frightened you become.
Xie Shili raised his eyes and looked at the four zombies beside him.
They roared, skillfully smashed the skulls of the zombies around them, then threw the corpses aside, and continued to pounce on the zombies behind, operating as efficiently as machines that would never tire.
These four zombies only possessed low intelligence, but they were able to obey their leaders, and even suppressed their instinctive appetite and did not attack Xie Shili.
Although they play the role of hard labor and tool people without complaint, perhaps because the number of spar absorbed is far more than other ordinary zombies without leaders, so the combat effectiveness is very amazing, in the face of ordinary zombies It can be completely crushed almost without suspense.
Xie Shili estimated that even if they were singled out to fight against the group of power users, they might not fall behind.
And the core of this collective—
It was the high-level zombie that looked like a young man.
Xie Shili turned sideways neatly, avoiding a zombie that was attacking him, and then twisted its neck.
He raised his eyes and swept away without a trace.
The high-level zombie was not far from him.
It pressed the head of a mutant zombie with its blue-white fingers, and extremely brutally crushed the hard and strengthened skull of the zombie with its bare hands. The remaining limbs of the mutant zombie twitched for a while, and then they were thrown aside without reluctance.
Xie Shili had no doubts that it created this tightly-organized, hierarchical small organization.
The wisdom displayed by this high-level zombie shocked him.
Whether it is to use humans as bait to attract other zombies, or to outflank and exterminate later, it is so skillful and sophisticated that it is like a battle-hardened tactician.
To make matters worse, Xie Shili still couldn't figure out the opponent's strength.
The week he was forced to stay by his side was the week he had seen the most mutant zombies—those mutant zombies that were once considered alarmist by the survivors in the base appeared almost every two days.
However, no matter how powerful the mutant zombies are, this high-level zombie can always defeat it easily.
Then it will smash the heads of the zombies with an almost nonchalant attitude, and use the spar of different colors in the opponent's head as a trophy, or throw it into a backpack, or eat it directly into its mouth.
And the scariest thing is...
Just like the power user, each mutant zombie often has its own special ability, or speed, or strength, or the manipulation of elements.
However, Xie Shili has never seen the other party show this ability.
Every time, it crushed other mutant zombies mercilessly with absolute power, as if these zombies were not qualified to force it to use its own abilities.
In addition, Xie Shili also noticed that no matter where the other party goes, even if the surrounding are just ordinary low-level zombies, they will dodge subconsciously.
… as if instinctively dreaded it.
He couldn't imagine how the opponent's strength had reached to make those zombies with low IQ who only acted on instinct fear this.
At this moment, the high-level zombie seemed to sense something, and turned to look at Xie Shili.
Beyond the layers of carrion and blood, the eyes of the two collided in mid-air.
Xie Shili was stunned for a moment, and quickly withdrew his eyes in a little embarrassment.
I don't know if it's because of the fact that the level is too high, the other party's face shows no signs of decay at all, and, I don't know if it's Xie Shili's illusion, the other party seems to be becoming more and more human-like.
It stood calmly in the sea of blood on the mountain of corpses, with a few drops of dark blood splattered on its pale cheeks, and there was no emotion in its misty light gray eyes.
—Cold, alien, cruel.
But I don't know why, but Xie Shili couldn't help recalling that the other party held his fingers and looked up at the scene when he came.
He gritted his teeth, hard ice covered his knuckles, then raised his fists and savagely pierced the head of a zombie next to him—the action was brutal and brutal, as if he was venting.
The skull shattered into several pieces under the sudden increase of force, and the viscous brains flew out in all directions, and even the spar inside was directly destroyed.
But this obviously doesn't have much effect.
Xie Shili felt that the index finger and middle finger of his right hand gradually became hot, as if there was still a cold and soft touch on it. Live feeling irritable.
Gossi tilted his head.
During this period of time, he could always catch the reserves and observe himself obscurely, and he seemed to be very preoccupied every time.
why
Are you hungry
After all, he would be very unhappy every time he was hungry.
That's why I collect more spar, to ensure that I can grab a handful and stuff it into my mouth at any time.
Ge Xiu grabbed two zombies that were trying to get around him, and slammed their heads hard, the sound of skull shattering sounded, the two zombies twitched twice, and then stopped moving.
While digging for spar, he thought seriously.
Last purchase…
It seems like a week ago, in that supermarket near the hospital...
Ge Xiu thoughtfully swept the empty shopping bag hanging on No. 2's body, and suddenly realized.
Oh!
Since zombies have a vague concept of time, Ge Xiu has not noticed the passage of time.
It turns out that it has been so long since the last time I found something!
Zombies can survive for a long time without eating, but humans are different. They are very fragile and can die easily if they don’t eat for a few days.
Ge Xiu carefully looked at the human standing not far away. His sight passed through the other side's narrow waist, slender and strong legs, and his well-proportioned and explosive back. His heart ached.
… Thin.
The food reserves at home must be hungry and thin.
He is simply an incompetent breeder! !
Ge Xiu made a decisive decision.
He released the breath that he had deliberately restrained during this period of time, and the stagnant pressure field suddenly spread.
Driven by the desire to eat, the zombies who fell into madness gradually slowed down. No matter how low their intelligence was, they could still judge the absolute power of the same source. The instinctive sense of fear overcame the appetite, and the turbid eyeballs trembled under the pressure. Like flies that have been dispelled, they quickly fled from the source of the pressure center to the surrounding area, but in just two or three minutes, the crowded streets occupied by the corpses were emptied, leaving only the empty space covered by the rotting blood and water. Swing the ground.
No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 shivered and stepped back in fear in their bones.
Although they are no longer those low-level creatures without IQ, they can't resist that terrifying, irrational sense of oppression.
The sight of the street being suddenly emptied is too shocking.
As a human being, Xie Shili couldn't intuitively feel the horror of high-level zombies like zombies, but he could still perceive the deep and solid pressure, cold and dark, which could make almost any creature horrified.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the other party approaching him vigilantly.
Xie Shili's brain was running fast, imagining all the possibilities.
Why did it suddenly stop hunting
What exactly is it trying to do
The high-level zombie with the appearance of a young man walked to Xie Shili's side and stared at him with a pair of indifferent light gray pupils. Then, it stretched out its hand and grabbed Xie Shili's wrist.
Xie Shili was startled by the cold touch on his wrist.
He lowered his head, glanced at the blue and white fingers holding his wrist, and then looked up at the zombie standing in front of him.
I saw it tilted its head and pointed to the tall building in the distance.
The signboard hanging on the high-rise building has been tattered, but the large characters once printed on it can still be recognized:
Department Store.
Xie Shili:
The author has something to say: Xie Shili didn't expect that he would be cared for by zombies one day.
- and it feels really cool