Chapter 74: 074 End Times (Twenty)
Linshui Village is located at the boundary between Beicheng and Ancheng.
Geographically, it is under the jurisdiction of Beicheng.
Two years after the end of the world, Tengyun Base is almost the largest and strongest security zone in the world.
For villages like Linshui, which belong to the jurisdiction of the base, the base will send teams of supernatural beings to clean them up from time to time.
It is no exaggeration to say that all places within the Beicheng area are much safer than other cities.
After Lu Ruanruan and Wang Ping reached a consensus, they guessed that the situation might be worse than what he described in a few words.
She drove her own Hummer at the end of the convoy led by Wang Ping, and Yuan Yuan sat in her car.
They have already entered the territory of Beicheng, and there are not many zombies encountered along the way.
The two had cooperated tacitly before, but now they can deal with it with ease.
"Sister Lingyao, do you think the captain and the others are overly careful? Didn't we go to Linshui Village to investigate the situation. There will only be a level 6 zombie inside. With the strength of our team, we can't hunt it down, but escape is more than enough."
Yuan Yuan pointed at the raised protective iron sheet of the convoy in front, curled her lips disapprovingly: "There are still ten kilometers away from Linshui Village, and they look like they are facing a big enemy. Damn, aren't they scaring themselves?"
Lu Ruanruan turned the steering wheel, stepped on the accelerator unhurriedly, and hit a red-eyed zombie that was rushing forward.
She took the time to glance at the convoy in front of her, and quietly pushed off the protective iron sheet.
When the light in the car dimmed, Yuan Yuan let out a sigh: "Sister, why are you making a fool of yourself? You are a southerner and you may not know that our northern city is no more dangerous than other cities. Our boss, every once in a while, um... anyway... A batch of zombies will be cleared regularly...The base is his base camp, and many high-level zombies have been wiped out by him...So our place is much safer than other cities."
Hearing Shi Yan's name, Lu Ruanruan raised his eyebrows, pretending to be surprised, and echoed: "I heard that the Shi team was powerful in Yuncheng before, but I didn't expect him to be broad-minded, with a heart for the common people, and hunted high-level zombies everywhere. The group of people who survived in the last days relieved a lot of pressure."
Yuan Yuan was drinking water, but suddenly he choked when he heard your words, the military kettle fell straight down.
With a "bang", it hit Jiao's feet. Yuan Yuan held his feet and groaned.
"how?"
Lu Ruanruan raised his head and glanced at the rearview mirror, seeing Yuan Yuan holding his feet, grinning in pain.
Can't help laughing: "No injury?"
Yuan Yuan quickly shook his head. As a supernatural being, he recovered from this bump very quickly.
She rubbed her ankle, and looked at Lu Ruanruan with a strange expression.
Asked her tentatively: "Sister Lingyao, you... used to be a loner?"
Lu Ruanruan was taken aback for a moment, and flicked the broken hair on his forehead: "Well. I have been staying in the mountain city before. You know, the mountain city is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the traffic is blocked..."
Before Lu Ruanruan could finish explaining, Yuan Yuan had automatically figured out the reason.
He muttered in his mouth: "No wonder, our boss's method of cleaning up zombies can already be described as cruel, and such a compliment as open-minded can hardly be applied to him..."
The girl's voice was very low, but it did not hinder Lu Ruanruan's excellent hearing ability. She stayed in the space for two years, and it was not for nothing, in order to eliminate the zombie virus as soon as possible.
In addition to practicing every day, he is practicing, forcibly practicing ancient martial arts to the acquired state.
Even if she doesn't have supernatural powers now, her strength is no problem against a level nine zombie.
Not to mention, Yuan Yuan's murmur at close range, as long as she wanted to hear it, could hardly be hidden from her ears.
Lu Ruanruan took the latter's look into his eyes, and asked vaguely: "How does the Shi team usually kill zombies? Have you followed along?"
Yuan Yuan shook his head, as if he was a little scared, shrunk his neck, glanced left and right, and said to Lu Ruanruan in a low voice: "Sister Lingyao, after you find your lost brother, do you plan to stay in Beicheng for a long time?"
"Of course." Lu Ruanruan turned the steering wheel and said meaningfully: "North City has your time team, and the place with him is the safest place in the world."
Yuan Yuan threw a look at the two of you how can you be so innocent, lowered his voice a little bit, and kindly reminded: "Sister Ling Yao, you must not learn from me, you can't worship blindly. I have liked countless idols before, But many celebrities and idols are created by screen characters, idols often turn over in private...have never seen real people, and all hearsay can only be regarded as preliminary influences. It cannot be used as a criterion for judgment."
It's all said for this sake, of course Lu Ruanruan understands what she means. Raising his eyes, he exchanged a glance with the girl in the rearview mirror, then quickly looked away, pursing his lips pretending to be disappointed: "Yuanyuan, did the team treat you badly in private?"
Yuan Yuan choked: ...
She didn't know what to say for a while, and saw the goddess she had just found suddenly pulled her lower lip, looking unhappy.
Yuan Yuan didn't care about being heard by anyone at the moment, and confessed honestly: "Sister Lingyao, in fact, the boss and I haven't met face to face."
"Huh?" Lu Ruan raised her eyebrows softly.
Yuan Yuan blushed a little: "But I'm not someone who gossips behind my back. Anyway, Boss is quite dangerous."
Lu Ruanruan's fingers tapped on the steering wheel, thinking of the plot given by the system, she was in a terrible mood. , she whispered absurdly: "How could that be?"
Yuan Yuan raised his head and looked around the window, and explained cautiously: "Boss often hunts high-level zombies, sister Ling Yao, do you know why?"
Lu Ruan shook his head softly.
"Because there is a female zombie raised in Tengyun Base, the boss has fed it with the crystal nucleus and artificial blood of high-level zombies over the years."
Lu Ruanruan looked over in shock: "??"
Yuan Yuan met her gaze, and smiled bitterly: "Actually, this matter is not a secret, and you are only surprised that you, Sister Lingyao, have no news. There is an ice coffin in the exclusive laboratory of the current team, and there is an ice coffin inside." Female zombie. That is the lover of Team Shi, who was accidentally planted by zombies to become a first-class zombie two years ago. When Team Shi was looking for it, this female zombie was accidentally headshot. Team Shi went crazy for her, In order to revive this female zombie, he did everything possible, he did not hesitate to cultivate a tenth-level zombie king, but also used the crystal nucleus in the mind of a high-level zombie to hang her life."
"Just a month ago, the female zombie in the ice coffin was miraculously resurrected. Maybe it absorbed the energy of up to 10,000 high-level zombie crystal nuclei, and the monster advanced. The night it opened its eyes, even The Shi team almost failed to control it. Some experts predicted before that the IQ appearance of a tenth-level zombie is no different from that of a human being, and the power level is equivalent to a tenth-level supernatural being. Once the power is fully awakened, even the Shi team will be helpless it."
Yuan Yuan's tone was a bit helpless: "The time team...he raised a tenth-level zombie that is about to evolve. Once it transforms successfully, it will bring disaster to mankind. Therefore, the captains of the major bases jointly dispatched and went north one after another. When you come to our base, you will have your first confrontation with the current team in a few days... According to the current team's personality... alas... In short, it is bloody. Sister Ling Yao, please remember that in the base, try to avoid the current team as much as possible , he's in a bad mood recently, I'm worried that you've bumped into him recklessly."
The girl frowned, exhorting thousands of times.
Lu Ruanruan stroked the steering wheel and thanked Yuan Yuan.
However, the mood is not as calm as it seems on the surface.
[I'm just a little curious, is this apocalyptic plane so different? In order to prevent me from completing the task, you have set up many obstacles. It's just a plane of the end of the world, are you too nervous? 】
system:【…】
Since Lu Ruanruan disappeared for two years and reappeared, the system rarely spoke.
It seems to have changed the system, almost getting rid of the shortcomings of being a chatterbox.
Seeing that it was silent, Lu Ruanruan continued to stimulate it in a neutral manner: [If you don't speak, it means I guessed it right. How about changing the subject to ask you? Did we know each other before? I seem to vaguely remember that I used to be an excellent fast traveler. 】
The system was so shocked that it couldn't utter a word, it stammered and asked in a trembling voice: [Host, what are you talking about? 】
[Are you pretending to be garlic with me at this time? ] Lu Ruanruan smiled: [Not long ago, after I woke up from the space, there were many fragments of memory in my mind... Xueba, Doomsday Boss, President, Immortal Venerable...]
Lu Ruanruan's voice stopped abruptly, and her ancient martial arts mentality broke through to the acquired state.
While being reborn, it also possesses an ability: inner vision.
While meditating and practicing the exercises, Lu Ruanruan found that there was a shackle-like restriction in her mind. She tried to uncover it, but there was no way.
But this does not prevent her from seeing some fragments of the outermost layer of the shackles. So after seeing the contents of the fragments, she seemed to have discovered a new continent...
Every frame of these memory fragments is her own...but it seems that the way of behavior is not exactly like her...
Even if the picture he saw was only ten frames, Lu Ruanruan was sure that it was his past.
Lu Ruanruan's expression remained unchanged, and he sneered: [Total, can you explain to me. Why do so many strange scenes appear in my memory, among them is a sentence, I remember you said to me "Congratulations, you have successfully completed the ninth world and entered the final mission plane "Returning to the World".]
Lu Ruanruan deliberately paused, playing with taste: [What is the backtracking world? Could it be for me to re-experience the road I had traveled. And the purpose is to do everything possible to prevent me from completing the task, so whether it is the last world or this world, you have tried every means to set up many obstacles. It seems like all of your weird behavior can be explained if explained that way. 】
The sound of the system's breathing gradually became rough in Lu Ruanruan's mind.
It asked in a sharp voice: [You...how...why would you know? 】
Lu Ruanruan shrugged; [Ah, this... I just doubt it, but your current reaction gave me a definite answer...]
The system choked, and then there was a crackling sound of electromagnetic current leakage.
After getting the information he wanted, Lu Ruanruan took the initiative to cut off the brainwaves. She only saw the ten outermost frames, and the system's words were just a fragment of it.
It should have been tested a long time ago, but the current system has fewer and fewer words, and it is rare to get useful information
So Lu Ruanruan could only look at the opportunity, throw out some known information, and set up a system.
Surprisingly, her guess was almost right.
This is the so-called "returning to the world". What she lost is probably a part of her locked memory. Now that she thinks about her previous muddle-headed personality, Lu Ruanruan can't help breaking out in a cold sweat.
She took out two lollipops from her pocket, threw one to Yuan Yuan, and bit off the wrapping paper herself, holding it to her mouth.
With a lollipop lying in her hand, Yuan Yuan smiled brightly. She had long been familiar with the goddess's habit of holding a lollipop in her mouth. Seeing her giving her candy now, she cherished it and stuffed it into her pocket.
"Sister Lingyao, snacks like lollipops are becoming less and less. Even a superhuman like me who often goes on missions can only get one or two in remote urban areas. Our base is hard to buy, so save yourself Next time, don't give it away casually."
Lu Ruanruan raised her eyebrows and teased her: "Yuanyuan, have you eaten too much? Lollipops are basic materials, and many space-type superpowers should have reserves."
Yuan Yuan's small face was slightly wrinkled, and he sighed old-fashionedly: "Oh...you don't know, Boss Shi raised the price of lollipops in our base by himself..."
Lu Ruanruan's eyes flashed a hint of surprise: "What a coincidence, he also likes candy?"
"No..." Yuan Yuan replied decisively: "The wife of the Shi team likes to eat it, so he monopolizes all the candy in the entire North City, waiting for her to wake up and feed her..."
Lu Ruanruan: ...
Good guy, with the deepest affection. Creepy.
These days, for a woman who can only become a zombie no matter how hard she tries, and a man who is an enemy of all human beings, love really goes deep into the bone marrow.
He is such an affectionate and powerful man, how should she attack him?
Lu Ruanruan lowered her eyes, thought for a moment, and Shi Jing's face appeared in her mind, and asked calmly: "Yuanyuan, have you heard of the name Shi Jing in the base? He owed me a few years ago." A sum of money, and told me that he is the younger brother of Team Shi, I thought about it and just came to ask for it.”
Yuan Yuan was taken aback, and asked in confusion, "Shi Jing? Who is Shi Jing? Haven't you heard of it? Sister Lingyao, you must have been cheated. Our eldest son has no younger brother..."
"Huh?" Lu Ruanruan stepped on the accelerator heavily, and the vehicle accelerated in vain, and it seemed that it was about to rear-end with the convoy in front.
She wiped the brakes urgently.
Yuan Yuan couldn't sit still, and he threw himself forward in inertia, and was about to ask, when Wang Ping's voice came from the walkie-talkie on his waist.
"Attention all motorcades, we will enter Linshui Village in one minute."
"Deputy team Li sent an urgent notice just now. Just an hour ago, after the members of Group 6 entered Linshui Village, they lost contact with the headquarters. Deputy team Duan has now adjusted the danger index of Linshui Village to level three. Remind everyone that there may be hidden dangers in the villa area." with something else"
"Now the task of entering the village is adjusted as follows. First, find the source of danger. Second, get in touch with the members of the six groups. Of course, safety is the first, and the task is the second. Please reply if you receive it."
Yuan Yuan said "received" to the walkie-talkie, and his face became serious.
"Sister Lingyao, you belong to the type of close combat, and the danger index of the monster is unknown now. Enter the village in a while, and you will follow us closely."
Lu Ruanruan did not refuse, Wang Ping's team of supernatural beings focused on teamwork. Although she went north with them before, her real strength was still reserved. In the eyes of Wang Ping and the others, her strength was at most the level of a sixth-level supernatural being.
Lu Ruanruan couldn't explain easily, so he nodded, silently parked the thunder car at the entrance of the village, and followed the group of supernatural beings in front of him into the village.
The entrance to Linshui Village is a very narrow field ridge, and fifty modified cars of various sizes are parked at the entrance of the village.
According to the analysis of the dry and wet traces of the soil on the wheels, at least two groups of people entered the village within a few hours before they entered.
But the entrance to the village was silent and deserted at the moment.
Wang Ping has rich experience in outdoor survival, he frowned, and immediately ordered everyone to wear body armor.
The twenty supernatural beings were divided into three groups. The long-range attacking supernatural beings walked in the front to explore the way. The physics department supernatural beings such as Clairvoyance and Shunfeng Ears walked in the middle to find out the situation.
The last batch of supernatural beings were power-type supernatural beings, fighting in close quarters.
Lu Ruan fell at the end.
After using the five senses to search the situation of the whole village back and forth, his face gradually became condensed.
She walked from the end of the team to the front, stood in front of Wang Ping, and reminded, "Captain Wang, do you smell the strong smell of blood in this village?"
Wang Ping's muscles were tense. In fact, not only he, but also everyone showed an expression of facing a formidable enemy.
Because the strong smell of blood from the tip of the nose could hardly be concealed and penetrated into the nose.
Seeing him nodding, Lu Ruanruan didn't talk too much nonsense, and straightforwardly stated his guess: "I heard from Qian Feng and the others before that I didn't see any suspicious creatures in the village, except for a sixth-level zombie..."
Qian Feng and the others are supernatural beings with awakened hearing and vision in the team.
They could see and hear the whole picture of the village. Wang Ping had heard the report before, and had long suspected that there was something weird about the village.
Especially the people in the previous six groups were even stronger than them. If they were all folded in front of a level 6 zombie, it would be impossible to analyze.
The surroundings of the village are extremely quiet, like a dead city.
Wang Ping hummed, motioning for Lu Ruanruan to continue.
"I don't think the danger lies in this level 6 zombie, it is very likely..."
Lu Ruan's tone paused: "Mutated plants..."
When she mobilized her five senses to inspect the village, she found that a platform for sacrifices seemed to be built on the flat ground in the middle of the village.
On the platform made of cement, an old locust tree was planted strangely.
The old locust tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, its roots are intertwined, and it stands firmly in place. Among all the villages with dry plants, only this old locust tree is thriving and full of greenery.
And after careful inspection, the soil where the old pagoda tree took root was impressively filled with human heads as nutrients.
Lu Ruanruan's scalp felt numb, and she almost instantly confirmed the identity of this old locust tree - a mutated plant. d
Only two years have passed since the end of the world, and the evolution speed of zombies and the mutation speed of plants have far exceeded Lu Ruanruan's expectations.
So much so that Wang Ping and the others didn't find it strange that she even discovered the existence of mutated plants.
Instead, he methodically arranged fire-type superpowers to explore the way ahead. Wang Ping changed the formation of the team after being reminded by Lu Ruanruan.
All the plant-type and fire-type powers were dispatched to the forefront, and they did not forget to call the headquarters to ask for rescue.
Unfortunately, due to the interception of part of the communication in this village, many calls for rescue were made, but they were finally connected, but they could only reach the communication station closest to Linshuicun.
It was a man who answered the phone.
In a critical moment, Wang Ping couldn't control the identity of the other party, so he directly explained the situation to him, and asked the other party to help submit support information to the headquarters.
Surprisingly, the answer given by the man opposite was that they were not far from Linshui Village, so they simply took a detour.
Wang Ping repeatedly warned that the village is dangerous.
The other party turned a deaf ear, remained silent for a second, and simply reported his identity.