By the time Ge Xiu finally lost interest in the little half-pack of cigarettes, a long time had passed.
He looked down at the scraps of paper and shredded tobacco on his hands, guiltily stuffed the empty cigarette case back into the locker, and then closed it with a "snap", as if he had done nothing. .
Ge Xiu turned his head to look out the car window.
Mottled sunlight shone from the gaps between the clouds, flickering brightly and dimly, changing as the wind blew.
Ge Xiu closed his eyes and sniffed the smell from the wind.
In the next second, he was slightly startled, as if he noticed something, and turned his head to look towards the end of the valley.
Goshula opened the door and walked out.
The increasing wind ruffled his hair, and the half-length black hair fluttered in the wind like a torn flag.
There is a faint rancid odor wafting in the air, which even humans who are not very sensitive to smell can smell it.
It's zombies, and there are a lot of them.
Ge Xiu closed his eyes and sniffed again—
The total number is more than 30,000.
The number of mutant zombies, four hundred.
and…
There are leaders. It is a high-level zombie that has evolved intelligence.
No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 also seemed to realize that something was wrong and began to slowly approach the vehicle.
Ge Xiu opened his eyes and stared thoughtfully in the direction the wind was blowing.
The thick clouds were blown to the center of the sky by the strong wind, and the mottled pale sunlight was hidden under the clouds, and the sky and the earth were instantly gloomy.
Dawn Survivor Base.
The lanky man sat restlessly inside the sentry.
He had also heard some rumors about the changes at the top of the Dawn base, about Xie Shili's disappearance and the new manager's ascendance. At the beginning, although people didn't talk about it, most of the survivors felt relaxed and happy. They prefer to build a peaceful life as before the apocalypse within the safe city walls, rather than being constantly whipped with a sense of crisis and driven outside the walls to expand the scope of the safe zone. However, when the era of mutant zombies predicted by Xie Shili came, no one could laugh anymore.
After several nearly tragic battles, Xie Shili's strategy when he took office was quietly restored.
Some people questioned the strangeness of Xie Shili's disappearance, but it was quickly suppressed.
In this day and age, the disappearance of a person or two is not at all uncommon.
Soon, the doubts disappeared.
The world is tough, living is a challenge, and no one bothers to get justice for a dead ghost.
However, the person who everyone thought was dead actually appeared in front of him.
Four hours ago, Xie Shili, the former founder of Dawn Base, the top powerhouse of dual-skills, entered through the door he guarded.
The lanky man was distracted and turned his head frequently to look into the wall.
But it was quiet inside, as if nothing had happened. From here, the waves in the base could not be seen at all.
The wind was blowing from the other end of the valley.
The sun overhead was covered in overcast clouds, and everything darkened.
At this moment, the man took a deep breath and frowned tightly.
The whistling wind is mixed with a faint smell of rancidity. Although in the end times, most people have become accustomed to this kind of smell, but in the safe area where human beings gather, this kind of smell still rarely appears.
Maybe it was blowing from a distance.
Men don't care.
At this moment, he saw a pale young man walking towards the base.
The man regained his strength and asked:
"Name?"
The young man just glanced at him blankly, without even slowing down his pace, he walked straight towards the base.
What? How dare you break through
The tall and thin man was angry in his heart. Not only did he not open the door, but he also pressed the warning bell at the door heavily. Hearing the bell, the team of power users who were stationed by the city wall skillfully gathered towards the city gate.
Ge Xiu looked at the group of power users standing in front of him, hesitant.
Should I just kill it directly
Although the wall in front of him is made of hard metal, in his opinion, it is extremely vulnerable, and he can easily break through the siege.
Ge Xiu quickly rejected the idea in his heart.
Not yet.
Although he couldn't clearly summarize what he felt, Ge Xiu was vaguely clear in his heart—
There are too many zombies this time, and there are other high-level zombies as leaders, then these tens of thousands of zombies are no longer a mess of sand, but a huge machine with a central control core, and his shock to zombies may no longer be possible. To function as before, if you want to enter the zombie group, you must have other existences to contain the large number of zombie groups.
The combat effectiveness of mankind cannot be weakened yet.
However, it's okay to give a little warning.
Ge Xiu turned his head to look at the man sitting in the post, and walked towards him calmly.
- This is an active post placed at the foot of the city wall. The outside is made of reinforced metal. Once a crisis occurs, it can be directly returned to the city through the simple passage behind.
The man's complexion changed greatly, he saw the other's cold gray eyes, and his heart tightened subconsciously, leaning towards the corner of the sentry.
There is a layer of protection here, you should still be safe...
"Thorn."
A harsh metallic sound rang in his ears.
The man stared blankly at the seemingly weak young man in front of him, while the other party was tearing apart the special metal on the outer layer of the sentry without changing his face. The balls of paper are generally vulnerable and are easily torn apart.
"You... what are you doing?"
The man's voice shifted in panic.
"I warn you… "
Before he could finish speaking, the young man leaned over and grabbed his collar with his hand.
The man subconsciously grabbed the opponent's wrist, but the moment his palm touched the opponent's skin, his whole body shuddered—it was too cold.
Cold as a dead body, or a stone without temperature.
But in the next second, the man's brain fell into a blank, and he couldn't continue to think about anything:
"Ahh-!!!!"
He was thrown against the city wall with a heart-piercing scream.
Ge Xiu withdrew his gaze.
He chose the location early in the morning. The place where the human landed was a pile of debris that could buffer. Although he might still break an arm or leg, or a rib or two, at least his life would be safe.
It happened so fast that the people in the power team didn't even react, and everything was settled.
They carefully observed the young man in front of them.
The visitor is not good.
And based on the strength he showed earlier, I am afraid it is very difficult to deal with.
Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, the young man suddenly frowned and turned his head to look at the other end of the valley.
He turned around without warning and walked away.
The power user team was slightly taken aback.
They didn't expect the other party to give up the fight at the critical moment and chose to leave directly. Just as they looked at each other, they heard the heart-piercing shout from the man who had just been thrown on the city wall above his head: "Mourning... Zombie tide. !!"
city wall.
The tall and thin man limped on one leg, stretched out his hand to cover his severely aching bones, his face was pale, and his pupils were slightly enlarged in horror, staring at the end of the valley in the distance.
The crowd of black zombies rushed towards the base, unable to see the edge at a glance, so densely packed that one could not help chilling down the spine.
The dark clouds overhead had completely covered the sun, the sky was overcast, the sunlight was swallowed up, and the heavy clouds pressed down, making it hard to breathe.
The man fell to the ground with a thud, shaking uncontrollably.
finish... finish...
The first zombie wave appeared a month and a half ago. The B city base in the east was destroyed in that zombie wave, leaving no survivors.
Then, the second time, the third time.
Every time, the zombie tide will engulf a base, and the power users of each base will desperately resist and fight. However, every time, the base will be completely destroyed, and the safe area where humans can move is getting smaller and smaller. According to the last two The power users who survived the zombie tide revealed that the zombie tide is completely different from the usual zombie groups. They are more purposeful, and unlike those scattered zombie groups that are easily attracted by the sounds and sounds made in other directions, they even Will take the initiative to attack the ability user and destroy the living force of human beings-some researchers believe that the zombie tide may have an organizational core.
However, so far there is no strong evidence to support this speculation.
In any case, the arrival of the zombie tide often means the decline and destruction of a base.
The man got up from the ground tremblingly and stumbled towards the city, all he wanted to do was escape from this place that was bound to be destroyed.
The news of the zombie tide spread quickly in the base.
People are panicking and order is in chaos.
The air was filled with the smell of fear, and everyone was scrambling to get out of the back door left behind the base, but just as they brought their wealth and wealth and were about to squeeze out the escape route, the road in front of them was suddenly blazing. engulfed by fire.
The person rushing in front was so frightened that he stepped back and tried to put out the sparks on his body in a panic, but as soon as he left the passage, the flames on his clothes were instantly extinguished.
"Puff".
A bloody head was thrown on the open ground and rolled towards the feet of the people.
People backed away, and there was a terrified gasp in the crowd.
- They recognized this as the head of their current base leader.
"The management is lax, the sentry is lax."
The man's low and calm voice sounded from above their heads: "I didn't get the news until the zombies came to the door - this is the dawn base after I left?"
Everyone looked in the direction from which the voice came.
Beneath the thick overcast clouds, the stern-faced man stared at them condescendingly, and the powerful aura was so heavy that it was almost impossible to breathe.
Everyone stared at him dumbfounded,
Xie Shili...
Really Xie Shili!
A wave of murmurs rose and fell through the crowd, and everyone had disbelief written all over their faces, as if watching a ghost that shouldn't exist in this world.
Xie Shili lowered his eyes and looked at the embarrassed, terrified people below, and sneered:
"A plate of loose sand."
His fingers moved slightly, and the flames followed his instructions like a domesticated pet, splitting a passage in the middle.
Xie Shili coldly ordered:
"The fifth and sixth squads of superpowers organize women and children to evacuate the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled."
"Yes." The team leader responded subconsciously.
"The seventh team of power users, organize all ordinary people with fighting ability, take weapons to the city wall, and contain the zombies."
"Yes!"
"The rest of the power users, follow me out of the city to meet and create time for evacuation."
"Yes!!!"
There was a tsunami-like response from the crowd.
They were still wandering just now, and the eyes of those who wanted to escape lit up. They frantically looked at Xie Shili, who had miraculously come back to life, as if they had finally found the backbone and the savior—all the old and new subordinates were executing his orders smoothly, naturally , as if he had never left.
outside the city.
Ge Xiu quietly stared at the dark crowd of zombies in the distance.
A pair of gray eyes flashed with inhuman, cruel animal nature, bloodthirsty genes roared in the bones, tearing all the shackles fiercely.
A fiery desire burns in his eyes.
Eager to bite and fight.
Ge Xiu smelled it, and an extremely attractive and powerful smell came from the center of the zombie group.
Somewhere, he heard the call of instinct.
- eat it.