The survivors' convoy stopped on the road, with various vehicles gathered in a circle.
Taking advantage of the terrain, Chi Ruanfan could see that private cars and buses were surrounded inside, while outside were large trucks and green off-road vehicles.
Chi Ruanfan's sight fell on the green off-road vehicles, which were common military off-road vehicles in the Haicheng base.
This was the only road nearby. They had already seen the convoy, and the people keeping watch over the convoy must have also spotted them.
Turning the car around and leaving at this time would seem suspicious.
"Zhu Zi, remember to keep quiet."
Chi Ruanfan took the sunglasses and put them on Jinzhu, while making a gesture for silence.
Jinzhu nodded obediently.
After spending a long time with Chi Ruanfan, he also learned some body language.
Chi Ruanfan took off the water gloves on his Jinzhu jacket, drove the car over, and stopped next to a military off-road vehicle with its lights on.
As soon as the car stopped, a young man in dark green combat uniform jumped out.
The young man was holding a gun in his hand. He looked through the lowered car window and saw the clean and tidy clothes of the two people in the car. His eyes were fixed.
His sharp eyes swept across the two people's exposed skin, and paused for a moment on the sunglasses worn by the man in the passenger seat, before the young man asked:
"Where are you two going, brothers?"
Chi Ruanfan's eyes naturally revealed joy and trust, just like the reaction of most people when they saw military personnel in the early days of the apocalypse.
He said, "We have family in City C."
Of course the family members are fake. Chi Ruanfan’s family died before the end of the world, and Jinzhu’s family is far away abroad with no news from them.
He said City C simply because City C is close to here.
No matter where this convoy's destination is, they can quickly go their separate ways.
Hearing that Chi Ruanfan was going to City C, the young man said:
"Our convoy is going back to Haicheng and will stop in City C for a while. Why don't you go with the convoy? It will be safer."
Haicheng…
Chi Ruanfan whispered these two words in his heart.
Was the Haicheng base established so early
I wonder if those people who betrayed and killed him in the previous life have entered the Haicheng base this time.
Chi Ruanfan was thinking about the faces of those people when they pushed him into a desperate situation, but his face showed only pure joy.
"Really? It would be great if we could go along."
The young man was talking to Chi Ruanfan, but his eyes unconsciously drifted to the man in the passenger seat.
This person gave him a feeling of being too cold to be alive. He had been standing here for such a long time, but the other person didn't even move a muscle on his face. And those sunglasses...
"Why is this brother still wearing sunglasses at night?"
"The red moon is too bright. He can't sleep with the light on."
Chi Ruanfan called out "Bamboo" in a low voice and reached out to take off his sunglasses.
With the help of sunglasses and body as a barrier, Chi Ruanfan's fingers lightly passed in front of Jinzhu's eyes. This was a gesture with eyes closed.
Jinzhu closed her eyes obediently.
Chi Ruanfan took off his sunglasses and gently pressed the back of Jinzhu's neck, pressing her into his arms.
Chi Ruanfan took advantage of the situation and embraced Jinzhu, looking back a little embarrassedly and said:
"Sorry, my boyfriend is exhausted after a long day of driving."
Boy friend
The young man opened his eyes wide, looking at the cold and hard man, and buried himself in the gentle man's arms like a big bird, and even raised his cold, white, slender legs with prominent joints to hold the man's waist.
The steely straight man holding the gun shuddered all over, even taking a step back uncontrollably, and said stiffly:
"Please park your car here and have a good rest. We will set off with the convoy tomorrow morning."
After the young man finished speaking, he quickly returned to the green SUV and slammed the door.
He actually wanted the other party to park the car farther away.
The convoy was arranged in a circle, with the cars carrying ordinary people in the middle and the trucks transporting supplies and their cars outside, forming a protective circle.
The cars were next to each other, and the gap between them was just enough for a person to pass through. It was impossible for an off-road vehicle to drive into the protective circle.
They had no choice but to let the other party stay closer to their car so that they could take action in time if they encountered zombies.
"What's wrong?"
The captain, who was half-lying in the back seat, saw his team members coming back like they were escaping, yawned and said jokingly:
"It's so scary, is there a zombie in the car or something?"
The young man glanced outside.
The window of the black SUV next to him was slowly rising. Through the window that was not completely closed, he saw the man in the driver's seat lower his head and seemed to kiss him.
"hiss-"
The young man took a breath of cold air, turned his head quickly, rubbed the goose bumps on his arms, and replied with a pale face:
"It's much more terrifying than zombies. These two men actually..."
"What else do I think I have? Just this?"
The captain laughed, and just stood up, then lay back down again.
"In today's world, it's hard to say which will come first, tomorrow or death. For ordinary people, isn't it better to live happily every day?"
The young man didn't think that the two men were ordinary people, but when asked to say what was unusual about them, the image of two men hugging each other emerged in his mind.
He quickly stopped thinking and didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Inside the black SUV on the other side.
Chi Ruanfan held Jinzhu on his lap, and put his forehead against Jinzhu's as she lowered her head, and said in a low voice:
"I feel bad for Bamboo."
Night is the time when zombies are most active, but Jinzhu can only stay in the narrow car with him.
There is no such emotion as "grievance" in Jinzhu's simple world. When he saw Chi Ruanfan hugging him and touching his forehead, he excitedly rubbed against Chi Ruanfan.
People with special abilities only need to sleep three or four hours a day. Chi Ruanfan got enough sleep during the day and was not sleepy at all at night.
Because he was not sure if there were any people with special abilities in the survivors' convoy, he did not dare to say anything to Jinzhu casually for fear of being overheard, so he simply played the sticking and rubbing game with Jinzhu.
The young man next door was stunned when he saw the car shaking from time to time.
"Are you getting lively now?"
late at night.
Raindrops fell on the car window and the air became humid.
The rain is getting heavier.
The snoring, whispering and crying disappeared one by one, leaving only the sound of falling raindrops.
The night breeze blew in through the slightly opened car window, bringing with it an intoxicating scent.
Chi Ruanfan was immersed in it, whispering softly to the person in his arms.
At the moment when his fingertips were fiddling with the bamboo buttons, Chi Ruanfan suddenly raised his head.
Wait, what is he doing
In the convoy of survivors, when Jinzhu had not yet recovered her memory, he was actually preparing to do something with Jinzhu.
This is very wrong.
Chi Ruanfan lowered his head and saw Jinzhu nibbling on his neck, looking no different than usual.
It's just that the surroundings seem too quiet.
Chi Ruanfan turned his head to look out the window and found that the young man he had talked to before was leaning against the back of a chair, holding a gun, and fell asleep.
Is there a change of person on night watch
Chi Ruanfan looked around.
I didn't find the new night watchman, but I could smell a light scent of lemon in the air, which was very sweet.
Where did the lemon come from
Chi Ruanfan's eyes moved slightly, and with the help of the car lights, he saw that the fields beside the road were full of lush weeds.
Because of the terrain and rain, the bottoms of the weeds were soaked in water.
Lemon, weed, water...
Chi Ruanfan suddenly opened his eyes wide and turned his head to look at the map on the screen behind the steering wheel.
Between City Y and City C, there are three red dots marked.
The small red dot is the C-level mutant white tiger, and the two big red dots next to each other are the A-level mutant wormwood and the A-level mutant dragonfly.
Chi Ruanfan recalled the description of the mutated wormwood in his memories of his previous life.
Mutated wormwood is also known as psychedelic grass.
It is just an ordinary plant at ordinary times, but once it comes into contact with water, it will release a hallucinogenic smell with a sweet lemon scent.
Let all the creatures around it die in an illusion and eventually turn into its nutrients.
When all the clues are connected together, the answer becomes clear.
The wild grasses on the roadside were actually psychedelic grasses, and everyone in the convoy was caught up in their own illusions.
The reason why Chi Ruanfan didn't notice it before was because the A-level mutant wormwood only became notorious in the third year of the apocalypse.
Also famous is its symbiont, a water-type mutant dragonfly that is also A-level.
He thought that the psychedelic grass would not appear until one or two years later.
Who knew it would start hunting so early
Chi Ruanfan pressed the horn button, trying to wake up the person who was trapped in the hallucination.
The sound of the whistle and the rain echoed far away, but no one responded.
Even Jinzhu continued to gnaw on his shoulder without raising her head.
"You are also confused?"
Chi Ruanfan lowered his head, held Jinzhu's face, and looked him in the eye.
Jinzhu's eyes were as calm and almost dazed as ever, and Chi Ruanfan couldn't see anything.
He parted Jinzhu's lips to make sure the water braces were intact. Just in case, he also put a pair of water gloves on Jinzhu.
Chi Ruanfan hugged Jinzhu tighter.
Under such circumstances, he couldn't possibly break up with Jinzhu, but the others...
Without intervention, those people will simply become food for hallucinogenic weeds and mutant dragonflies.
Chi Ruanfan used his special abilities to condense ice crystals.
With the crisp sound of ice breaking, ice crystals hit the body of the green SUV.
Some ice crystals also passed through the half-open car window and hit the face of the young man sleeping in the car.
The young man did not react.
Chi Ruanfan shifted his gaze and looked towards the psychedelic grass in the field, continuing to mobilize his supernatural energy.
Since you can't wake up someone who is trapped in hallucinations, just destroy the source of the hallucinations.
This psychedelic grass will only be A-level in three years, and now it's only C-level at best. It's a mutant plant that relies on illusion attacks, so it shouldn't be difficult to deal with.
Chi Ruanfan controlled the water temperature in the fields, dropping it sharply to below zero degrees.
The water at the bottom of the magic grass condensed into ice.
The icicles spread along the roots, stems and leaves of the psychedelic grass that were wet by the rain, and eventually sealed the entire bunch of psychedelic grass in ice.
A mutated plant that can only work with water as the medium is easy for Chi Ruanfan to deal with.
I just don't know if the mutant dragonfly that lives in symbiosis with it is there.
Chi Ruanfan was on high alert when he felt the temperature of the surrounding environment suddenly rise.
Looking towards the direction of the psychedelic grass ice sculpture, I saw that the ice was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The psychedelic grass and the water dragonfly were actually linked together so early.
Chi Ruanfan was thinking about it and was about to freeze the magic grass again, but he saw the Jinzhu in his arms turned into black mist and dissipated.
"Jinzhu?!"
Chi Ruanfan was startled and sat up straight, turning his neck to look for Jinzhu.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of white beside me.
Chi Ruanfan looked back and saw Jinzhu sitting safely in the passenger seat.
Chi Ruanfan did not relax at all, but instead his heart was tense.
Because this Jinzhu was wearing his favorite white shirt during school days, his eyes were still black, lively and smiling, completely different from the zombie Jinzhu's calm and almost dull eyes.
This is an illusion.
Chi Ruanfan made a judgment immediately.
He went out of the car.
But I found that there were bamboos everywhere outside the car.
There is Jinzhu wearing a neat suit, there is Jinzhu wearing casual clothes, there is Jinzhu shrouded in black mist, and there are more Jinzhu with red eyes and a dazed look.
In addition to Jinzhu, there are also the enemies who killed him in his previous life.
Chi Ruanfan automatically ignored these people.
"Jin... Zhu?" Chi Ruanfan called out.
All the Jinzhu looked at him at the same time.
Some of the Jinzhu stood still, while more of them walked towards Chi Ruanfan together.
Even Jinzhu, the man in a white shirt next to him, unbuckled his seat belt and leaned towards him.
"Are you tired, Xiaoruan? Let me drive." Jinzhu, who was wearing a white shirt, stretched out his hand and covered Chi Ruanfan's hand which was holding the steering wheel.
The touch of their hands was so real that Chi Ruanfan's breath stopped and he immediately pursed his lips, guarding his heart and telling himself that this was an illusion.
He looked at the Jinzhus walking out of the car one by one, trying to identify whether they were real or fake.
"Don't want to drive away? Then let's do something else."
Jinzhu, who was wearing a white shirt beside him, said this, leaning over and kissing his chin all the way down.
Chi Ruanfan was so frightened that he opened the car door and got out in panic.
The real Jinzhu was nearby, how could he be deceived by an illusion.
As soon as Chi Ruanfan got off the car, a cloud of black fog surged in and condensed into a bamboo in front of him.
“Roar~”
This Jinzhu hugged him and rubbed against him.
"bamboo?"
The rain fell on Chi Ruanfan's face, and he slowly stretched out his hand, wanting to hug the person in front of him.
Suddenly, he remembered that he had made a gesture to keep quiet with Jinzhu, and he had not indicated that he could speak. Jinzhu listened to him so much, so it would behoove her not to roar.
Chi Ruanfan ruthlessly pushed away the Jinzhu in his arms, looked up and saw one Jinzhu after another coming towards him and surrounding him.
"Bamboo?" he tried calling again.
This time, all the Jinzhu seemed to know what he was thinking, they kept their mouths shut and said nothing.
The illusions of the psychedelic grass are all based on the images in his mind. Whatever he thinks Jinzhu looks like, that is what he sees.
All the Jinzhu in front of Chi Ruanfan looked exactly the same, except for a few with obviously different clothing.
Ruan Fan was so dazzled and dizzy that he felt dizzy.
No, we can't be led by illusions.
Chi Ruanfan condensed an ice shield around his body, ruthlessly separating himself from Jinzhu, and then looked in the direction of the psychedelic grass.
The psychedelic weed is gone.
Not only did the psychedelic grass disappear, but the convoy, roads, and fields also disappeared.
Under his feet was a sea of pink and white flowers. Small white, pink and red flowers bloomed one after another, spreading to the sky, and the fragrance of flowers filled the air.
And there was only one Jinzhu left around him.
It was a dazed looking zombie Jinzhu, who was lying on his ice shield, scratching his head and trying to get closer.
Jinzhu was so close to him that as long as he removed the ice cover, he could hug and roll with Jinzhu in the sea of flowers.
They can cuddle up with each other and do all kinds of intimate things.
Chi Ruanfan pursed his lips and closed his eyes.
The psychedelic grass wants to drown him here, drown him with love.
As long as he ignores all the abnormalities, he can live happily here with Jinzhu.
But this kind of happiness that leads to death is not what he wants.
Chi Ruanfan activated his special ability and ice began to spread from under his feet.
No matter how the hallucinogenic grass creates illusions, as long as he is still trapped in the illusion, it means that the hallucinogenic grass is next to him.
All he had to do was stay close to the ground and freeze indiscriminately.
After a few minutes, the scent of the flowers disappeared and the sound of rain gradually increased.
Chi Ruanfan opened his eyes.
Through the ice cover, he saw the survivors' convoy in the morning light, and also saw the ice spreading from his feet to the center of the field.
Jinzhu stood among the ice sculptures of psychedelic grass and reached out to crush a leaf of psychedelic grass covered with thick ice.
Afterwards, Jinzhu turned into black mist and rushed towards Chi Ruanfan.
He condensed a human figure outside the ice cover and stretched out his hand. In the center of his hand lay two crystal cores, one blue and one green.
Chi Ruanfan smiled.
Yes, this is his brocade bamboo.
When encountering mutated animals and plants, Jinzhu would definitely rush in front of him. How could she possibly stay by his side and ask to get close to him
"Ahh—"
The person in the green SUV sneezed and was about to wake up.
Chi Ruanfan immediately removed the ice cover and took Jinzhu back to the SUV.
He held Jinzhu in his arms and used his special powers to dry the water off their bodies.
Then he reached in and took out a small square chewing gum box from Jinzhu's pocket and put the two newly obtained crystal cores into it.
Of course zombies don’t eat chewing gum. This box is full of crystal cores they collected, which are also Jinzhu’s snacks.
"Hiss, why is it so cold?"
When the sound of the car next door came, Chi Ruanfan had already covered Jinzhu's eyes and let the other person lie down on his shoulder.
He used the water mirror space to bring a blanket from the back seat, covered the two of them with it, and closed his eyes.