Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 35: Poisoning (for collection)

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"Look, look, I said earlier that this is an extremely bad decision." The automatic handwheel was spinning in Lucy's fingers, and the light from the pattern on the gun body gradually receded, leaving two faint golden halos under the night. After that, it disappeared like a bubble. Lucy put the gun back into the holster on her waist, and used a dagger to pick up the grilled steak, and ate it slowly.

She ate carefully, and she ate a steak for 20 minutes before she patted her stomach and was about to leave. Lucy put out the bonfire with sand, looked at the two corpses again, and then turned around and left. But after walking two steps, she suddenly let out a soft "Ouch", and the hand holding the tree trunk trembled a little.

Just now there was a cramping pain in my stomach, and a little blood melted in my mouth. She couldn't help opening her mouth to cough lightly, and coughed up a few wisps of blood. The blood splattered on the white palm, with a purple luster in the scarlet red. Lucy frowned, it wasn't something that ruined her stomach, but poisoning!

But she couldn't figure out, when did she get poisoned

The night passed, and the day came quietly. It was still in the morning light, and patches of mist moved with the wind, like a veil flowing leisurely between the rocks and trees. The east is dew white, everything is just waking up, and the lazy morning light coats the forest leaves with a layer of platinum luster. A dash of morning light penetrated through the leaf gaps of a tall cedar, and gradually slid down to the bottom of the tree. There is a cluster of shrubs at the bottom of the tree, and the shrubs are slightly swayed by the morning breeze, revealing a deep and dark space behind.

It turned out to be a tree hole.

A sabre-toothed wolf jumped down a short slope, lowered its head and sniffed something on the ground with its sensitive nose. The saber teeth of the violent wolf pulled out two shallow marks on the ground, no matter if it was a leaf or soil, if the saber teeth were slightly dragged by it, it would split open quietly. The violent wolf came all the way to the bush, raised its head suddenly, and then used its two front paws to push open the bush, revealing a tree hole that was as tall as a man behind.

In the tree hole, a figure could be vaguely seen curled up.

Allen suddenly opened his eyes, and an extremely dangerous feeling crawled into his mind like a little snake. The cold and greasy touch made him feel drowsy.

Then he saw Violent Wolf's animal pupils glowing with a yellow luster.

Almost without thinking about it, the tactical long knife turned into a bolt of lightning and pierced Violent Wolf's eyes. No matter what kind of danger, eyes are always one of the few weaknesses. The violent wolf was no exception. This violent wolf just found its prey, so it couldn't be happier. Suddenly the prey suddenly attacked, and the long knife stabbing towards the eyes made the wolf jump back in fright.

Allen took the opportunity to drill out of the tree hole, pointed the long knife forward, and held the handle of Kuantu's knife with the other hand. He lowered his body slightly, bowed forward, saw the ground with his feet, in a posture ready to attack. This posture made the violent wolf feel very familiar, and suddenly it realized that the prey in front of it did not feel like a human being, but like its own kind, or some kind of close relative.

That was the posture of the snow wolf before pounce!

Saber-toothed wolf, a third-level dangerous species. Specialized in strength and speed, the saber teeth are hollow and contain poison sacs, which release nerve paralyzing toxins when biting prey. Information about this dangerous species quickly flowed through Allen's mind, and the source of the information was naturally the "Illustrated Book of Creatures" that Hughton gave him. Naturally, Allen focused on the most dangerous pair of weapons of the wolf.

Saber Tooth!

The violent wolf growled in a low voice, it was very hungry. In the past week, it has only hunted one horned deer. It has been since the last meal

For more than 5 days, it has been filling its stomach with water in the past few days, and its fat has dropped rapidly due to hunger, and it has almost reached the dangerous warning line. If it can't eat any more, it will starve to death in no time.

The human juvenile in front of him didn't have much flesh in Violent Wolf's eyes. But he is well-proportioned, and the muscle fibers would be more abundant by common prey. More muscle fibers mean more energy can be converted. Eating this young man is enough for Violent Wolf to survive another week.

Although the teenager also made him feel dangerous, hunger overwhelmed this feeling. Then the hair around the wolf's neck suddenly exploded, which was the signal to attack!

Allen's pupils dilated slightly, and his body was lowered. At this moment, the violent wolf rushed over, and its speed was even a point or two faster than the Joe who was good at using a tactical long knife yesterday! Almost at the same time, Allen suddenly moved sideways, but there was still a bloody light on his shoulder. Clothes were torn, and several cuts were torn in the shoulders. The violent wolf missed a single hit, but jumped and pounced flexibly. It adopted a zigzag trajectory, and the movement was faster than lightning!

It was another strong bite, this time, Allen used a spin step. The body spun like a spinning top, almost dodging the path of the violent wolf's pounce. Allen's eyes turned cold, and the tactical commander stabbed with lightning, pierced the violent wolf's left paw, and nailed it to the ground together with the pad under its paw.

The violent wolf snarled in pain and wanted to break free. At this time, a black arc flashed in the eyes, and the anger and hunger in his heart melted like snow. No matter how angry a beast was, when its head fell to the ground, it naturally couldn't get angry. Allen held Kuantu's hand as steady as a mountain, and a crescent moon cut with the black sword cut off the entire head of Violent Wolf.

The wolf blood sprayed Allen straight, and he could even feel the hot blood dripping down his face.

In the bright red pupils, the flame gradually extinguished. Allen exhaled, put away Kuangtu, and pulled out the long knife with the beast's claws. Walking up to the violent wolf's head, he used a dagger to pull out the two saber teeth that were more than 20 centimeters long. The saber teeth of the violent wolf are very sharp, they can be used as short knives, and they can also be used to set traps. Especially the poison sac in the tooth is more valuable.

He took out his luggage from the tree hole again, put away the saber teeth, and continued on his journey without even wiping off the wolf's blood. The wolf blood on his body will have the smell of violent wolves for a certain period of time. The smell of the third-level dangerous species will make most of the low-level dangerous species detour, and Alan can save a lot of trouble.

Continue to advance towards the predetermined location, and the trees are getting denser. Two hours later, Allen climbed up a low slope, and the sun shone from behind, forming a golden patch on the grass slope, and the trees on the slope cast long shadows on the ground. Allen hid himself in one of the shadows, squatted on the grass slope and looked down, and a familiar figure slipped into his eyes.

Lucy.

The blond girl with twin ponytails was sitting on the grass and resting under a tall tree. Her complexion was not very good, there was a hint of blue on her pale face, and even the hand holding the pistol trembled slightly from time to time.

Allen frowned, left the shadows, and slid down the grassy slope.

When she heard the movement, Lucy immediately raised her gun, and her reaction was not slow at all. If you don't look at her face, you really can't see anything strange about her. After seeing clearly that it was Allen, she let out a sigh of relief and put down the gun, showing a forced smile.

"Are you injured?" Allen walked over.

Lucy -

Spreading hands on shoulders: "To be correct, it should be poisoned. But you look worse than me, are you okay?"

The wolf blood on Allen's body had dried up, turning into a dark red bloodstain. He looked at the wound caught by the violent wolf, where hemostatic spray had been sprayed. Now the wound is slightly closed, and the bleeding has stopped for a long time. He shook his head: "Skin trauma, nothing. But you, how did you get poisoned?"

"That's the problem." Lucy smiled wryly, "I can't remember when I was poisoned, let alone who poisoned me."

"Tell me about your current situation." Allen squatted down and said.

"This kind of poison is very hidden. I guess it is a chronic poison. Before I fought with two idiots last night, I remembered very clearly that nothing happened to my body. But after the fight, the toxicity kicked in. Now the toxin has been mixed into the poison. I suppress the blood with my own power, but it won't last long. If the toxin enters the heart with the blood..." At this point, Lucy made a gesture of cutting her throat.

Allen looked at her angrily, even at this point, Lucy still looked carefree.

"How much time is left?" Allen asked.

"Since the poisoning occurred last night, I have been using the source power to neutralize the toxin. Probably, I can still persist for 15 hours, and this is due to the fact that the toxin is not strong enough. Otherwise, it is just my little source power. "Lucy laughed, with a self-deprecating look.

"The other party dare not use too powerful poison, otherwise, your instructor will find out in advance. This is a slow poison, the purpose is to let you die in the death ring. In this way, that person can harvest your points. Allen stood up and looked around: "The other party should be very clear about the time of the poison's onset. Judging from the onset time, the other party will not leave you too far, and the distance should be controlled within a day's journey."

"But speaking of which, how will the poisoner determine your location? Unless..." Allen said in a deep voice, "The other party knows where you will go!"

Lucy Yizheng: "You mean Emily?"

Since Mike set up a plan to abolish Allen before the start of the death ring, Lucy broke with her small group, and only Emily remained by her side. Likewise, only Emily knew how they got together. More importantly, so far there has been no news of Emily being killed, nor has she appeared.

In this way, she is the most suspected.

Lucy couldn't believe it, but wasn't naive enough to deny the possibility. Although Emily looks kind and harmless, who can represent an administrative district to participate in the death ring, which one will be simple material. If she was really that innocent, she would have been killed in the training camp long ago. It's just that Lucy couldn't figure it out, how did Emily do it

"Stay here and don't move. It's best to find a hidden place to hide, so that no one can take advantage of it. Take care of yourself, and I'll find that person." Allen said: "Normally, the other person should There will also be an antidote so that it can still threaten you if need be."

"Actually, the best thing you can do now is to leave me. If you get involved because of this matter, I'm afraid even you will be in danger." Lucy shrugged: "In the final analysis, our alliance will last until Before killing others. Now, it is difficult for me to fulfill the duties of an ally."

(end of this chapter)