In the bushes in front of him, two people were lying crookedly.
One leaned back against a sturdy tree trunk, and the long, thick willow branches hanging down from his head completely covered his head and face, while the other fell to the ground slantingly, with a silver-plate-sized mutant animal jumping up and down beside him.
Hearing the footsteps here, the mutant animal raised its head alertly, and Yin Yiliu saw it clearly. It was a huge mutant squirrel, with a pair of small red eyes showing a fierce light, and its mouth was aimed at them. Shouted sharply.
Looking at the scarlet face and the corners of the mouth of the mutant squirrel, she glanced at the ground and realized that the two should be dead.
"Go ahead and take a look?" Zhao Qiyang asked.
Jin Yang in front of him nodded, "Pay attention to the surroundings under your feet."
This forest is eerily tight, and the deeper you go, the more dangerous it is. No one knows what else is waiting for them, so they have to be careful.
The few people took a few steps forward carefully. Jin Yang was tall and had good eyesight. When he saw the man lying on the ground, his chest was blurred with blood, and his cheeks were bruised and rotten, which blocked Yin Yiliu's vision behind him, and the little girl was not allowed to see it. to this cruel scene.
Several people couldn't help but gasp when they saw the man's tragic state, "This person should have been stung by a wasp, it's all turned into a sieve, it's too miserable."
The mutant squirrel saw that these tall human beings were not retreating but advancing, thinking that they were going to shoot food with him, and suddenly stretched out its claws and screamed to pounce on Jin Yang's face.
The fluffy tail on its back was like a huge thorn ball when it was fried, and it lost its cute image in the past. Jin Yang frowned and raised his arm directly.
A layer of pale golden scales slowly emerged under the skin of his arm, directly smashing the mutant squirrel that flew over. After falling to the ground, he quickly clawed the ground and hid in the tree canopy beside him.
Seeing the mutant squirrel run away, Zhao Sihui endured her disgust and walked under the giant tree, glanced at the corpse under the tree, and turned her head: "It doesn't look like this person was stung by a wasp, he should be... dead. quite a while."
Yin Yiliu was a little curious, and stuck out her small head from behind Jin Yang and glanced there.
I saw that the man had a serene expression, and his face was covered with a layer of green moss-like plants, which seemed to have been around for a while; the top of his head was a dense and prosperous rattan, which looked a little weird.
The two of them were obviously wearing some kind of special combat uniforms, but for some reason they died very differently.
Zhao Qiyang muttered: "It's strange, these two are not in the same team."
Jin Yang said:
"It shouldn't be. Although the combat uniforms are similar, they are different. One has been dead for a long time. This should be not long ago."
Hearing what he said, everyone looked carefully and found that it was indeed the case. Although they were all uniforms of the same color and style, the man under the tree had a small badge on his chest, which was very inconspicuous when it was covered by layers of green moss.
The other man did not have any marks on his body, and the positions of their pockets were not the same. It was obvious that the man who was stung to death by a wasp was alone.
Jin Yang didn't look any further, and patted Yin Yiliu's little head behind him.
"Keep walking, and we'll stop and eat if we can't meet anyone."
Several people nodded. Although they couldn't see the sun, they could feel it according to the passing of their physical strength. It was already afternoon, and the surrounding sky was even more gloomy.
Yin Yiliu couldn't help but look back at the man who fell to the ground, feeling a little embarrassed.
I don't know if he got lost with his teammates or ran out alone, just a few kilometers away, he was about to escape from this jungle, but died so miserably at the end.
Zhao Qiyang lost a lot of blood because of the parasites on his back, and his face was pale. In addition, he didn't eat after walking on foot for so long, and he felt a little dizzy for a while.
He took out a water bottle from his bag and took a big gulp. Yin Yiliu, who was in front of him, heard the sound of "Xixi Susuo", and saw the big boy's unsightly face.
She thought for a while, then glanced at Lin Jia's body, then slowly unbuttoned her backpack, pretended to cover it up, took out a Snickers bar from the space, turned and put it in Zhao Qiyang's hand.
"Brother Zhao, eat something."
When the little girl spoke, her voice was milky, and her little paws were white and soft.
Zhao Qiyang grinned, "Thank you Tutu."
Seeing that Zhao Qiyang had picked it up, Yin Yiliu ran to Jin Yang's side again and followed him slowly.
They walked for about half an hour and still saw no sign of anyone, so under Jin Yang's suggestion, they found a relatively empty tree to rest under a tree.
The black wolf is like a ghost along the way. It followed the Xuyang team not far or near. It was happy when it reached the jungle. The small mutant animals encountered on the road all entered the wolf's mouth, so there is no need to worry about it. food problem.
Zhao Sihui carried the gun on her back for most of the day, and her shoulders had been sore for a long time. She gave the prepared food and water from her bag to the other teammates, and Lin Jia also had a share.
A few people nibbled bread on this mineral water
, No one dared to take it lightly, and no one complained.
While chewing, Zhao Qiyang asked Jin Yang next to him: "Brother Jin, if we can't find it, will it be possible to stay in the woods forever?"
"How could they have been unable to find them, they could still fly or not." Zhao Sihui rolled her eyes at her brother.
"Having said that, this place is so evil, it's really hard to say what's going on."
He shook his head, worrying that there was another sister Lin Jia who was eager to find her husband, so he didn't say anything sentimental or pessimistic.
Yin Yiliu nibbled the bread silently beside her. She had one more happiness than others. The diced carrots that Jin Yang cut for her before she left were thrown into the space before they were eaten in the helicopter. Now they are still fresh. of.
She put diced carrots in the bread and ate it very happily. Bai Shengsheng's cheeks were covered with dry breadcrumbs, which Jin Yang silently wiped away with his fingertips.
On a whim, she bent her brows and leaned over to Jin Yang's side and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to eat carrot duck?"
Jin Yang shook his head, his eyes were a little gentle, he took out a water bottle from his bag, and said in a low voice, "Eat slowly, do you want to drink some water?"
The little girl nodded. After taking it, she was drinking "ton ton ton" while holding the water bottle. Suddenly there was a faint noise in the woods beside her. The long ears on top of her head trembled, and she immediately looked over there.
Jin Yang also heard subtle noises, but he was obviously more concerned about the water stains that overflowed in front of Yin Yiliu, and after busy cleaning her up, he reminded in a low voice, "Don't eat yet, there is something."
Hearing the words, the Zhao siblings quickly picked up their burdens and looked around vigilantly. Zhao Qiyang wiped the corners of his mouth and stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
Zhao Sihui, who was behind him, was a little worried, and saw him wave his hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't come near, just take a look."
He walked in front of the banyan tree, slowed down his steps, and held his breath as he approached the source of the sound. Sure enough, he heard a faint "suo" sound in the grass, as if something was struggling.
He picked up the dead branches on the ground with one hand, and carefully removed the tall and dense weeds on the ground, and suddenly a mutant creature was revealed.
Jin Yang and the others also packed up their things and walked to his side, Yin Yiliu looked down and saw a fat animal struggling in the grass against the roots of the tree.
It sank into a black iron clip like jaws. Seeing the nearby humans screaming "squeaky", the more it struggled, the tighter the clips tightened, and it quickly drenched its body with blood.
"Is this a trap?" Lin Jia asked after looking at it for a while.
Jin Yang nodded and looked around. It seems that there are indeed traces of evolutionary people around here. At least they have stayed here before, and they have also set up traps. I don't know how long it took to catch a mutant beast.
"It looks like a mutated vole, it's not a threat." Zhao Qiyang lost interest, threw the dead branches in his hand on the ground, looked at Jin Yang and asked, "Shall we go now?"
"Let's go." Jin Yang looked at the sky, "Further in is the Third Ring Road. Although these buildings have been destroyed by mutant plants, they can always find a place to stay."
Everyone felt that this was justified, and their anxiety was relieved a little. Only Lin Jia, who would encounter a living person along the way, was inevitably a little anxious.
I don't know if it was Yin Yiliu's illusion, but she always felt that the more she went deeper into the center of the city, the more foggy she felt in front of her, as if there was a thin layer of fireworks lingering around her.
But when she calmed down and looked at it carefully, the jungle was still the jungle, and nothing had changed.
She wrinkled her nose, is it her own illusion
And the further you go in, the taller the surrounding vegetation, and the roots of all kinds of plants protruding from the soil under your feet are protruding.
Zhao Sihui was extra careful after one pass, she complained; "The road conditions are really difficult to walk, and they are all gravel."
Jin Yang has been observing the surroundings, he suddenly pointed to a giant tree beside him, "Look."
There were a few shallow cuts on the tree trunk, like cuts made by a knife, but it could also be the claw marks of other mutant animals. Jin Yang was paying attention to the small details around him along the way.
When he saw such irregular scratches on the trunk for the third time, he determined that this was the trace left by humans, and it was likely that the evolutionary team who entered the jungle was depicting it, recording the journey in and making it easy to go out.
"Not only is there one tree, there are two similar trees before. These mutant plants are the thickest and most conspicuous around. Obviously, this is a road condition sign."
"But there are road signs, why didn't anyone come out?" Zhao Qiyang scratched his head.
Jin Yang's face became a little heavy, and he suddenly said: "We may have overlooked some things, do you remember what it was like when we walked out of M City?"
Several people tried hard to recall, but did not find anything wrong, Yin Yiliu puffed up her face, and suddenly thought of where this faint feeling of disobedience was.
She suddenly raised her head to look at Jin Yang, and said somewhat uncertainly, "Zoo!"
Jin Yang nodded, and it seemed that the little girl also realized it.
What happened to the zoo, Zhao Qiyang still didn't understand, and Lin Jia was even more confused.
Zhao Sihui, who frowned and thought, suddenly widened her eyes and said in a trembling voice, "When we came here, we said that there is a wildlife park in M city, and they all escaped after the apocalypse."
When they passed through M City, they did encounter various mutant beasts, and they were in danger.
However, after walking for so long, they hardly encountered any large beasts, and the surroundings were very strange.