In the moonlight, they were ragged, like refugees. Of course, there will be no refugees rushing in the middle of the night. The complexion of these people was surprisingly pale, but their eyes were glowing red. There are more or less rotten muscles on the body, and even serious white bones can be seen.
They are zombies, humanoid monsters. Likes to be active at night, hunting humans and all living creatures for food.
Now, these few living corpses were walking unsteadily on the road. And Zero saw, behind them, more living corpses came out from the direction of Silver Tree City.
"There are thirty, or even more." Ji An put down the infrared telescope and said worriedly.
Teddy said nervously: "Then what should we do, shall we leave now?"
"No, let's see the situation." Zero directly denied.
Naturally, the living corpses would not come out for a walk, and since there was no food outside Silver Tree City, it was impossible for such a group of living corpses to come out in such a mighty way to prey. Two years ago, there were not many living corpses in Silvertree City. After the leader of the living corpse and the butcher who acted as a thug were killed by Zero, the social system that was initially formed has been destroyed. Without a leader, the living corpses that lost their restraint either died in cannibalism, or left Silvertree City for a farther place.
Now these thirty or so living corpses should be the entire number left in Silver Tree City. Now that the living corpses are all out of the nest, it is more appropriate to say that they are collective migration rather than predation. Silver Tree City no longer has any extra food to provide for the living corpses to survive, unless they eat their own flesh and blood like the old living corpse that Zero saw. Otherwise, due to hunger, the remaining living corpses would definitely fight among themselves, and the surviving living corpses would not live long.
These undead people just used the night time to hurry. During the day, they will hide in the shade, or simply bury themselves in the ground, and wait until dark to continue their journey. This is an unknown journey, and the end point may be a few kilometers away, or thousands of kilometers away, or... there is no end point at all. Who knows.
The fire at the camp had been extinguished, and everyone was hiding in the car. As long as there is no accident, the migrating corpse group has a high probability of ignoring them. But seeing the team of living corpses getting closer and closer to the road towards the farm, Ji An and the others became nervous. Zero frowned. The living corpse is a monster with a very sensitive sense of smell and hearing. Once these people get nervous, their body temperature will rise. If it makes any more noise, it will have to fight the horde of living corpses.
Although with our own combat power, it should be no problem to wipe out these thirty or so living corpses. But in this way, Zero can't guarantee that there will be no casualties. At the very least, women and children with weaker physiques can hardly escape the bite of living corpses.
The living corpses were busy on their way, but they really didn't notice a green leather car parked beside the abandoned farm not far away. So the people in the car were relieved to see the living corpse gradually passing by.
It's just that the god of luck seems to have left suddenly. Because a living corpse in the middle of the line stopped suddenly, he sniffed something vigorously, then turned around stupidly and looked in the direction of the car. Then, the living corpse broke away from the team and walked towards the farm waddlingly.
"Damn, get ready to fight." Ji An cursed in a low voice, and opened the safety lock of the pistol at the same time.
Once fired, the sound of the gun will definitely attract the attention of other living corpses. Don't look at these things walking slowly, but once they find food, they can run faster than rabbits and move more flexibly than monkeys. And in such an open place, even if there are anti-aircraft machine guns in the formation, it is difficult to ensure that the living corpses cannot pass through the firepower net.
Fighting meant casualties, but now they had no choice.
However, Ling's hand was pressed on Jian's gun: "Don't shoot, I will come as soon as I go."
After speaking, Zero floated off the car like a ghost without sound. Like a cautious cat, he lowered his body and sneaked towards the lone living corpse under the cover of bushes and dirt slopes.
A few meters away from the living corpse, Ling hid under a short tree, watching the living corpse approaching silently.
Five meters, four meters, three meters... The distance kept getting closer, but Zero's breathing became more and more slender until it became silent.
The living corpse came under the tree, and his keen hearing detected a strange noise in the tree. The voice was very soft, but it couldn't hide it from him. The living corpse raised its head, but saw a flash of white light, and then lost consciousness.
Zero's feet hooked upside down on the branches, and when the living corpse passed by, he dropped the dwarf tree, and pierced the living corpse's eyebrow with the dagger in his hand, destroying the nerves in his head and stopping the living corpse's function. He jumped down the tree lightly, put his back against the living corpse lightly, clasped his shoulders with his arms backhanded, and then lifted the real corpse behind the tree.
Seeing Ling quietly dealt with a living corpse, the faces of the people in the car became a little unnatural. Especially Jian, he couldn't help but touched his neck, and rejoiced that the head was still on his neck. And after this zombie was dealt with, no other corpses approached, and the people in the car were really relieved to watch their team go away.
I passed the night without any danger, before the sun came out during the day. The green leather car started, waking up many people who were still asleep, and then turned around and drove towards the road to continue the unfinished journey.
When Zero and the others continued to go to Leimut, a convoy arrived at the Z7 base at the same time.
The convoy consisted of two composite armored vehicles, one behind the other, with an old-fashioned black car in the middle. The black sedan looks ordinary, but its inner layer is armored with composite materials, which is strong enough to withstand strong impacts. The cost of such a car with such a stylish appearance and practical nature is not higher than that of an armored car, and it can be regarded as a luxury.
An hour before the convoy arrived at the base, Jieto, who was temporarily in charge of managing the base, waited outside the base with the surviving miners. It was the convoy of the Parkland chaebol, and Jieto heard that this time it was a big shot.
The convoy stopped at the gate of the base. Two big men in black suits got on and off the car, and they opened the door respectfully. When a pair of dark military boots stepped out of the car door, Jieto and everyone bowed their heads deeply.
Stepping out of the back seat of the car was a young man. He looked only in his twenties, with short, blond hair. He was wearing a dark red leather robe with a high collar. The leather robe was exquisitely crafted, completely different from the rough clothing of this era. The chest of the robe has black patterns. It was a pattern of long swords and shields, with the taste of old-time knights. As for the cuffs of the robe, there are two rounds of black patterns on each side, embellishing the robe even more luxuriously.
The entourage of the young man was half-bent, not only out of respect for the man's identity, but also out of respect for the organization represented by the robe.
That organization is called the "Dark Council", and this robe is the uniform of the armed group "Scarlet Knight" that belongs to the organization!