Looking at the distortion prompt, Xu Le knew something was wrong.
This is the headquarters of the Zion Progressives. How can something happen here? Is Zion going to be breached
And the hint just now also has an explanation. Ordinary humans and level 1 extraordinary beings will be deformed into level 1 monsters after death.
But if it exceeds this level, then their hint is distortion.
The two people who died within a certain area were both above level 1.
Xu Le could not sense the location of the corpse. At most, he could sense the fluctuations of mental energy. The person with excessive mental energy was moving quickly near them, but his movements were very irregular. Xu Le could not determine the other party's exact location.
"Xu Le, come and take a look down." Ai Li, who was standing at the window, suddenly said.
"Downstairs?" Xu Le walked quickly to the window.
Only when he got here did he understand why they were unaware of the situation outside. The 8th floor of Zion Progressor was a special closed environment.
The windows and walls here have very strong sound insulation effects, and Zion's feet are already in chaos.
The police cars of the law enforcers and guards were chasing a bluish-white monster. There were a lot of these monsters. They were chasing the law enforcers while killing the few ordinary pedestrians left.
Because the distance was too far and there was a window between them, Xu Le had no way of determining what kind of monster that thing was, or even whether it was a monster at all.
Looking at the white thing from afar, Xu Le always felt that it looked very much like a human, but with a very big head.
Their behavior... How should I put it? Xu Le felt it was weird, just like a police and gangster movie from his previous life.
But Xu Le had been a night watchman and knew law enforcers. A normal chase wouldn't lead to this kind of situation. In short, the scene before his eyes looked fake.
"How could something weird suddenly appear in broad daylight? Today is only the 29th, and there are still at least 33 hours before the Black Tide. And I feel like those law enforcers and the weird are acting."
Ai Li glanced at Xu Le and hesitated:
"You talking to me?"
Xu Le: …
"No, I'm talking to the air."
"What did you just notice?"
"Someone died in the building. A special mental target was moving quickly. Logically, even if something happened down there, the nurses and law enforcers here should have informed us. Why did it suddenly disappear?"
Ai Li hesitated for a moment.
"Did he die at a certain moment?"
"I don't think any monster would rush here and kill the nurses, leaving us two behind."
"You care about the little nurse?"
"I care about every life." Xu Leyi said sternly.
"Okay." Ai Li nodded.
"Let's go, let's go out and take a look first."
"good."
Ai Li went out first. Although most of her conventional weapons had been taken away, the most important mace earrings for her were still there so as not to affect her combat effectiveness too much.
She led the way and Xu Le followed behind.
The situation on the floor is unclear now, so Xu Le gave up the idea of summoning a few zombies.
After all, no matter how weird the ancient sounds are, there are ordinary people in the building, such as the young nurses.
Many people cannot accept the fact that there are many zombies in Gu Yin.
The two came to the nurses' station. Some reports were still on the table with a pen next to them. The contents of the reports seemed half written.
"It looks like something went wrong or something happened during work. Did you find anything?"
After Xu Le made some analysis, he turned to look at Ai Li. Her detection ability was very strong and would definitely be useful at a time like this.
But after coming here, Ai Li has been frowning.
She suddenly turned her head and moved closer to Xu Le, sniffing him.
"Were you in heat before?"
Xu Le:
The dog is going too far.
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to try if there was anything wrong with my nose." Ai Li said calmly.
"Something's wrong with your nose? You mean the smell is wrong?"
Xu Le responded quickly, and Rei nodded.
"Yes, the smell here is wrong. Apart from the smell of the two of us, there is no smell of other people left here. This is obviously abnormal.
After all, everyone has a unique scent, and even if they leave, their scent will remain here for a while."
Hearing what Ai Li said, Xu Le frowned slightly.
Was the smell erased? Or was the situation here different from what he had originally imagined
"Keep going, don't stop, at least explore the whole floor."
"good."
The two of them continued forward, one in front of the other. Not only was there no one there, but according to Ai Li, there was no smell left on the entire floor.
The smell was not just human body odor. At least under normal circumstances, the hospital area would have some smell of medicine and disinfectant, but there was none of that. It was filled with a dead silence.
Continuing to walk forward, Ai Li suddenly stopped, and when she raised one hand, Xu Le clenched the black staff.
"What's going on?"
"There is a sound in the toilet. Listen carefully."
The two of them walked slowly towards the toilet. Xu Le's hearing was not as good as Rewi Alley's, but the floor was too quiet at this moment.
As they approached, Xu Le did hear some noises coming from the toilet.
Gurgle, gurgle! Kacha!
It feels like a dog gnawing on a bone.
But now the question is, is the thing inside a dog? What bone is it chewing
"Smell of blood, keep some distance from me."
"good."
Ai Li had silently grasped the mace in her hand, and she walked calmly towards the toilet, while Xu Le turned the black stick into a black gun and followed her.
In front of a toilet cubicle door, Ai Li suddenly swung out his mace, and the impact of the iron rod instantly shattered the door.
A hairless bloody dog with a large number of blood vessels appeared in the sight of the two.
After the door was broken, it immediately turned around and rushed towards Ai Li, but was knocked to the ground by Ai Li's stick.
As he screamed, a large amount of blood spurted out of his body.
Ai Li reacted very quickly. She immediately grabbed Xu Le and stepped back to prevent the blood from spilling on them.
Xu Le didn't hesitate and raised his gun and shot.
Bang bang bang!
The bullet fired from the gun shot the bloody dog in the head and killed it.
A fishy smell instantly filled the air, and Ai Li grabbed Xu Le and took a few steps back.
After arriving at a relatively safe area, Xu Le couldn't help but ask:
"Is there something wrong with that blood?"
"I'm not sure, I just feel that the dog's blood is too pungent. It's obviously rotten but full of vitality, so I think it's necessary to avoid it."
Blood that was foul yet full of vitality... Xu Le nodded slightly.
The two men returned to the toilet, and the food that the blood dog had eaten was completely exposed in front of them.
Wearing blue clothes, waterproof boots and gloves, he looks like a cleaning staff.
It is impossible to tell what she looked like before her death from the corpse. The only thing that can be confirmed from her figure and slightly graying hair is that she is an older woman.
There is no need to say more about the gnawing sounds just now.
"Let me take care of the body."
"good."
Golden lightning flowed through Xu Le's hands. Even without kerosene, his ability was enough to barely deal with the corpses.
While Xu Le was cleaning up the body, Ai Li checked several other toilet cubicles. After confirming that there was no threat, she walked to the sink and prepared to clean the blood on the mace.
She turned the tap...
Squeak!
As if something had slipped, the faucet turned several times but no water came out.
Broken? Ai Li frowned slightly.
She walked to another faucet and turned it on, but the result was exactly the same as before.
The faucet was slipping and no water was coming out.
"What's wrong?"
After handling the body, Xu Le discovered that something was wrong with Rei Ai. When he came over to ask, Rei Ai shook his head:
"Nothing, just no water in the tap."
"No water?"
Xu Le hesitated for a moment, then he turned the faucet, but this time water came out.
"Yes, I have."
Ai Li looked at Xu Le in confusion. At such a close distance, Xu Le naturally felt her gaze.
"You mean, it wasn't there when you twisted it just now?"
"That's what I mean."
The sound of water splashing continued. Xu Le wanted to turn off the water, but after turning the faucet, the same situation occurred as Ai Li.
Slipping, can't close.
What's going on? Xu Le looked up at the mirror in front of the pool, only to find a charred corpse standing behind him.
The distance was so close and the situation was so sudden. Even with the Soul Tree to absorb his mental energy, he couldn't help but feel his heart pounding.
"grass!"
Ai Li on this side has already made a move. She kicked the charred corpse on the waist. The huge force of her kick made her kick almost break the charred corpse in half.
Such a weak body? It doesn't seem like a monster's body at all. Even a level 1 zombie wouldn't be so fragile.
Xu Le took another look at the charred corpse. This charred corpse was the one he had just dealt with. The cleaning clothes on her body still had traces of being burned by lightning.
What made Xu Le more curious was, if the corpse was not deformed, how did she stand up? Was it some kind of ability to control the corpse
As if he could see that Xu Le had ulterior motives, Ai Li hesitated for a moment and walked to the side of the corpse.
He picked up the mace and smashed the charred corpse into two pieces, then broke her legs.
The attack was so ruthless that Xu Le's eyelids twitched.
But Ai Li didn't care. She once said that she could fight under any conditions, and she was not joking.
If she discovers something that affects the members, it is one of her responsibilities to eliminate these influences during the battle.
This is what she has been trained for since she was a child.
"Well, if she can still stand up again after this, then it's not a problem I can handle."
Xu Le pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure out how the corpse stood up. Judging from the current situation, many things on this floor could not be explained.
"Let's go first, go downstairs and see what those white things are and confirm the current environment."
"good."
After disposing of the cleaning staff's body, Xu Le's corpse transformation prompt was reduced.
But the reminders from the Son of Gu Yinduo still continue.
Under the influence of the Sons of Ancient Indo, the region is undergoing unpredictable changes.
"Were the bodies here cleared away by that person?"
Xu Le was not quite sure which Son of Gu Yinduo was interfering here, and whether the bloody dog just now was related to the Son of Gu Yinduo.
Ai Li acted too quickly, and he didn't even check the specific attributes of the blood dog.
When he arrived in front of the elevator, Xu Le looked at it and hesitated slightly.
"What's wrong?" Ai Li looked at him.
“We don’t know the exact situation inside the building, nor do we know whether it is really chaotic outside and what the extent of the chaos is.
When there is still a lot of information that is not confirmed, I think we should not take the elevator. The risk is too great. Let’s take the stairs.”
"Reasonable."
Both of them were very vigilant, so they immediately agreed with Xu Le's proposal.
The 8th floor is not very high, so it doesn’t take long to walk down.
Walking down the stairwell, the two moved quite quickly. Facing the light in the stairwell, they went downstairs quickly.
But not long after, Ai Li suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"We've gone down to the 6th floor."
"Hmm? There should be another layer."
Ai Li shook her head slightly. She stood at the handrail of the stairs and looked down.
"From here, it looks like there should be more than one floor."
Xu Le also came to the handrail. When he looked down, he found that there were still many flights of stairs below.
His eyesight was pretty good and the lighting in the stairwell was bright, so he could see clearly that the remaining floors were still 6-7.
And they should be between the 7th and 8th floors, which means that if the basement of the Zion Progressive Guild Building is not particularly outrageous, then they should be going in circles.
Trapped in a maze
"Do the Zion Progressives have a deep basement? After all, there are so many researchers here, and they must all like to play with some weird things.
Are there any forbidden laboratories or something like that? I heard that such places are usually in basements. "
Xu Le couldn't help but look at Ai Li, hoping that Gou Zi could give him an answer.
But when Ai Li heard him say that, his lips twitched without any other expression. Xu Le, this guy, always used official business to ask about personal matters...
"There are indeed forbidden experiments, but for safety reasons they are all placed in the upper area, which is above our heads."
“I see!”
Xu Le pinched his chin and made a thinking expression.
"What should we do now? Should we go back?" Ai Li asked.
For warriors, situations like being trapped in a maze are indeed very difficult to deal with. In short, warriors are not very good at solving puzzle-like situations.
However, Xu Le was not too anxious. The so-called ghost wall could actually be easily broken when there were two people present.
As long as one person stands still, the other person can go down.
Unless there really is a powerful force that can distort space, otherwise, this method is not difficult for a warlock to crack.
"That's not necessary. Spell - Forbidden Summoning Array."
With a bang, a zombie appeared.
It walked downstairs with firm steps. When the first zombie went down one floor, the second zombie had already been summoned by Xu Le.
Soon, one zombie after another walked downstairs like pushing a train.
Xu Le summoned 10 in total, which was the number he could control relatively stably at his current level. Although he could have summoned more, it would have been too much of a mental burden on him.
As the 10 zombies cleared the way and headed downstairs, the sticky feeling in the air gradually became stronger.
This feeling is so obvious that even a warrior like Ai Li can clearly sense it:
"What's going on?"
"I can't hold it anymore. The illusion is going to explode." Xu Le said as a matter of course.
The effect of this illusion requires additional calculations for each additional person, if there is no sufficiently complete spell formation, or if there is a formation but it is not perfect enough.
As the number of individuals in the illusion increases, the mental burden on the sorcerer who creates the illusion will increase exponentially.
Ten stably moving zombies, plus the two living people Xu Le and Ai Li, are enough to bring down this temporarily constructed illusion.
"You mean, this place is man-made?"
"The illusion is man-made, but the dead are not. Those people are really dead."
No matter how powerful a sorcerer is, he cannot directly interfere with Xu Le’s ancient sound multi-vision, so people really died here, and more than one person died.
Sizzle!
As the sense of stagnation in space disappeared, the zombie at the bottom had already crashed into the wall.
"Ah! Zombies, there are zombies here!"
Soon, Xu Le heard screams downstairs. It seemed that Xu Le’s zombie had been discovered.
Ah, it’s a little nurse.
Xu Le rushed forward without saying a word, knife in hand, and slashed at his own zombie.
Phew!
The corpse's head flew up and rolled to the ground.
"I've killed the zombies. It's okay now."
As Xu Le spoke, he patted the nurse's back to comfort her.
Ai Li's mouth twitched as he walked down from upstairs. Xu Le's acting was really too exaggerated.
"Thank you, Mr. Xu Le. Where is the body?"
"The guards will take care of the bodies." Xu Le said as he finished summoning the zombies.
"Is that so?"
At this time, the young nurse was feeling uneasy. She was holding some medicine bottles in her hands and it seemed that she wanted to go upstairs.
"Why didn't the nurse take the elevator?"
"Elevator? Oh, you mean the elevator, that one is broken and they're repairing it."
"I see. I just saw the entire 8th floor..." Xu Le hesitated.
"What happened on the 8th floor?" the young nurse looked confused.
"Nothing, let's go back to the 8th floor together." Xu Le shook his head and gave up talking.
"Okay." With someone following her, the young nurse became bolder.
Xu Le winked at Ai Li, and the two followed the young nurse back to the 8th floor.
When they returned to the 8th floor, they suddenly found that everything had returned to normal.
Ai Li opened the door of the utility room, took out a bottle of disinfectant, opened it and smelled it, then said:
“Everything is back to normal, the smells are back.”
Xu Le nodded. There were few people in the ward on the 8th floor. After all, this was Gu Yinduo's isolation ward. There were not so many polluters among Gu Yinduo's descendants.
Generally speaking, even if there are any, they will either be killed on the spot by law enforcers or secretly hidden away by warlocks for research. Very few of them actually end up here.
The three young nurses at the nurses' station were all there, which made Xu Le feel a little relieved.
These young nurses are ordinary people. It would be terrible if they died here for no apparent reason.
But just as Xu Le had this thought, he saw the prompt again.
Under the influence of the Sons of Ancient Indo, the region is undergoing unpredictable changes.
At this point, the time had already exceeded 10 minutes, so Xu Le didn't know whether the previous corpse transformations had occurred or where they had occurred.
There was nothing unusual about the environment on the 8th floor at the moment. Only the continuing beating of the ancient sound and secret language reminded him that the situation just now was not an illusion.
“That should have been the warlock’s special interference ability. Now that the ability has been cracked, everything has returned to normal.
But there are still some differences, let’s go to the bathroom and take a look.”
"good."
The two of them hurried to the restroom, although it was strange for the two of them to go into the men's restroom together, at least that's what the guard on duty nearby thought.
After arriving at the restroom, Xu Le discovered that the door that had been destroyed by Rewi Alley had been restored to its original state.
Everything that happened before was as if it had never happened.
The smell of shit in the toilet filled Xu Le's nostrils. He glanced at Ai Li secretly. Even he could not stand the strong smell. He didn't know how Ai Li could remain calm.
But soon, Ai Li's eyes became sharp.
“It still smells like blood.”