Across the shelves, I could hear the chaotic and noisy footsteps not far away, as well as the nervous and short shouts of the opposing team members:
"It's a mutant zombie!"
The suppressed low roar came, and then, the sound of the ability casting broke the air, and the sound of the shelves collapsing followed.
Xie Shili's eyes darkened slightly, and he turned his head to look in the direction from which the shouting came.
It has been nearly a month since he left the Dawn base. Before he left, human beings had only heard rumors that there might be mutant zombies, and were unwilling to believe that zombies might also mutate. However, only a month passed. The existence of mutant zombies seems to have been fully accepted by human survivors.
At the same time, Xie Shili became more and more sure of his previous inferences.
The reason why there are not many high-risk zombies in Dawn Base is mainly because the large city around it is City A, and City A has this high-level zombie sitting next to him.
It hunts with a very high efficiency in the city, not only reducing the number of zombies in and around A city, but also sharply reducing the number of mutant zombies around it, which makes the dawn base the most stable in the north, and its development is relatively stable. Rapid human base.
The human survivors at the base are blinded by this false pretense of peace and are too indulged in the illusion of safety.
This also made Xie Shili curious.
Now, the high-level zombies have left City A.
There will never be an existence with such overwhelming power in City A again. The suppression brought by high-level zombies will disappear, and the number of mutant zombies will inevitably emerge again - just like the rest of the country.
At that time, where will the humans in the base go
How will those betrayers deal with it
Xie Shili had some expectations.
Ge Xiu raised his head and sniffed the smell in the air—
The smell of fresh blood, the smell of rotting corpses, the smell of goods mixed in the store, the power users, and…
The smell of mutant zombies.
But the strange thing is that the taste of the other party is looming, as if it is deliberately concealed by some method.
Mutated zombies with hidden attributes
Ge Xiu narrowed his eyes and stared thoughtfully at the direction of the sound. He took a step and walked towards the center of the mutation.
Passing through the layers of messy shelves, the power user team was tensely stalemate with the mutant zombie.
It was a huge zombie. From the limbs to the torso, it seemed to be bluish-black and swollen after being immersed in water for a long time. The half-rotten features were blurred by the swollen cheeks and forehead. The belly of the ragged clothes was so thin that it was almost transparent, the dirty gray skin was covered with terrifying purple lines, and a pair of pale gray pupils stared at the human in front of him.
It looks unwieldy and bloated, but it moves eerily fast, accurately dodging the powers that are cast at it every time.
The next second, a shocking scene appeared.
Weird fluctuations appeared on the purple-black skin of the mutant zombie, and a layer of reflective material like fish scales spread and fluctuated on its body, and then, within a few seconds, it disappeared in place.
Ge Xiu's step forward suddenly stopped.
He raised his head suspiciously and sniffed the air.
- He can't smell the smell of that mutant zombie anymore.
"alert!"
"Be careful it's invisible!"
Liu Ling lowered his voice and commanded solemnly:
"Everyone is surrounded by the center! Cover the position in front of you with a wide range of abilities, don't give it a chance to approach us!"
All kinds of abilities exploded in front of me, flashing in the gaps in the blocked windows of the mall.
But such indiscriminate coverage always misses inadvertently.
A team member who was casting a thunder-type ability was caught off guard by it, and was dragged towards the shelf with a scream.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of flesh being torn, accompanied by painful screams, rang out among the shadow-covered shelves, and crimson blood spurted out instantly, and the dirty floor and most of the shelves with goods were dyed red. Then came the tingling sound of chewing and swallowing.
Everyone is like a big enemy, and the circle of defense is even narrower.
At this moment, Liu Ling saw from the corner of the eye that a pale-skinned young man in a black sweater walked over from the shelf at the other end.
Liu Ling recognized the young man as one of the two unexpected visitors.
He accelerated his voice and shouted: "Be careful! This mutant zombie has the ability to be invisible! Go and call your other companion!"
To Liu Ling, Xie Shili was the more threatening one among the two.
As for the other, because Xie Shili blocked it too quickly, in fact he didn't fully see it, but due to the protective and defensive posture of the opponent's subconscious, Liu Ling was in experience, thinking that the two were dependents and dependents. The relationship between people - this kind of relationship is very common in the last days, one person sells the flesh and beauty, and the other person gives material and protection.
Therefore, in order to express his respect for the strong, Liu Ling did not pay too much attention to the young man who was behind Xie Shili.
Liu Ling originally thought that the other party would run away in a panic, or call his protector quickly.
What he alone did not expect was that the young man just glanced at him indifferently, and then walked towards the dark shelf where the chewing sound was heard.
At some point, the vague swallowing sound in the shadows disappeared.
There was silence inside.
In the huge shopping mall, you can only hear the regular "da" and "da" sound from the soles hitting the ground, and step by step toward the darkness.
"You're dying?" Liu Ling lowered his voice and shouted anxiously, "Hey..."
But just after half a syllable of the last word came out, Liu Ling was pulled hard by Cheng Si, who was standing behind him, who was in charge of vigilance: "Boss, do you think that something is wrong with that man?"
The indifferent, completely indifferent expression, the pale to utterly unhealthy complexion, and the gray, inorganic cold eyes.
The rest of the squad also noticed the oddities in each other.
However, the eyes of the other party were clearly rational, and they never attacked them, nor did they show any hostility.
The facts before them made the subtle doubts in their hearts teeter, swaying from side to side, unable to fully gain a foothold.
Although mutant zombies will also have certain intelligence, but zombies that have evolved to be extremely close to humans and can suppress the impulse to eat cannibals? It was a fantasy, a fairy tale that no sane person would believe.
The next second, a gust of wind came from the shadows!
No one could capture the trajectory of the mutant zombie. They could only see that the young man standing in the center of the field suddenly assumed a defensive posture, blocking the force from the front, and the huge blue-purple zombie appeared for a moment. .
The young man took a step back unsteadily, the smooth ground was crushed by the sudden heavy pressure, cracks like spider webs spread suddenly, and a layer of tile fragments and mud arched from his heels.
The shocking force shocked everyone.
But the young man seemed to be fine, he straightened up slowly, and turned his head to look around the entire venue.
Liu Ling was secretly shocked.
The opponent may be a local enhancement, or a power-type ability user, he can block a blow from a mutant zombie, obviously the level is not low.
At first, he really misunderstood, actually thinking that this young man was a dependant who sold his beauty to make a living.
Ge Xiu frowned slightly.
As a fellow of the same kind, he can feel that the opponent's ability is stronger than all the mutant zombies he has ever seen. Although he still has an absolute advantage, it has an extremely cunning ability - when it is invisible, it will He also completely concealed his breath to avoid Ge Xiu's detection, and then attacked from other angles.
Somewhat tricky.
Next, the zombie launched several attacks in succession, but Ge Xiu was always able to catch the wind from its body at the last moment, and swiftly resolved and resisted its attacks.
The venue is a mess.
Shelves fell, floor tiles were lifted, crushed goods and blood were everywhere.
Ge Xiu thought about how to solve the other party in his heart.
—Although he only captured the breath of the opponent at the moment when it was close, the fragrance emanating from the spar in the head had already made him salivate.
Somewhere, Ge Xiu was subconsciously clear.
If you can eat the spar of this mutant zombie, you may get a qualitative leap.
He swallowed his saliva and started looking for the other person in the mall.
At this moment, without warning, Ge Xiu felt a powerful force coming from in front of him, threatening and unavoidable.
The mutant zombie was obviously aware of the reason why his previous attacks had failed. This time, it successfully avoided the roar of wind caused by the rapid attack and successfully came to Ge Xiu.
Ge Xiu took two steps back a little embarrassedly.
The black sweater on his body was torn by sharp claws, revealing the pale skin beneath it that had not been seen for a long time.
Four paw prints were branded on it, and a little bit of dark blood slowly flowed out of the cracked opening in the skin.
"Quick... Look at him!" Cheng Si saw this strange phenomenon with sharp eyes, and could not help but gasp, stretched out his hand and grabbed Liu Ling beside him.
Gossi lowered his head.
He raised his hand and lightly stroked his torn sweater, the soft fabric slipped between his fingers, closed together, and then spread again forcelessly after his fingers left.
- This is the food reserve for him to choose.
Ge Xiu raised his head expressionlessly.
He slowly closed his eyes and used his nose to capture and analyze the subtle changes in the composition of the air—human, corpse, zombie, dead, living—doors, windows, shelves, commodities.
Finally, Ge Xiu suddenly realized that the opponent's only weakness.
greedy.
A common problem unique to zombies.
They can never restrain their appetite, and as long as there is food around, they will rush up irrationally, never caring about the possible consequences.
Ge Xiu's eyes swept across the dark shelf.
- Before attacking himself, the mutant zombie ate a person.
It gnawed off a piece of flesh from the human neck, gnawed off his carotid artery, and pulled out his steaming heart—in its own mouth, between its teeth, on its claws, and on its body, it left unstoppable Completely veiled human blood.
Gossi closed his eyes again.
This time, he began to look for the smell of blood in the air.
The pale-faced young man stood quietly on the blood-stained ground, as if giving up resistance, slaughtered at the neck, silently waiting for a new round of attack from the other side.
Time passed by minute by minute.
Every second passed by as long as a whole century.
The rancid air was filled with a thick smell of blood, so heavy that it seemed impossible to flow, and the pressure was overwhelming.
Sudden.
The young man suddenly opened his eyes.
He raised his hand, grabbed something in the void fiercely, and slowly gathered his blue and white fingers.
A faint stream of light appeared in the air, and then, as if something had gone wrong in the empty background, a huge zombie with bruised and swollen skin slowly emerged on the ground that was originally empty.
It growled, struggled, roared, trying to break free from the other's shackles.
But the young man's slender arm was like cast iron, and he couldn't move even a little bit.
Ge Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly raised his arms.
With just one hand, he lifted the three-adult-sized zombie into the air and let its swollen legs kick in the air - but he couldn't escape the opponent's grip no matter what.
The corners of Ge Xiu's lips moved, and an icy smile was fleeting.
- caught you.