Chapter 262 Silent Comfort

In just a moment, several zombie beasts pounced in front of Shan Changcheng, opened their mouths and bit his shoulders, waist, and thighs, tearing off layer of flesh in the splatter of blood.

It was as if he was going to tear the person to pieces alive, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, it was extremely brutal.

The high wall was finally completely raised, and with Shan Changcheng's best efforts to block it, the zombie beasts were unable to jump over the wall and chase the Qiu Li people.

Dan Changcheng had lost too much blood, and the zombies instinctively pursued the scent of blood, and were not so interested in the Qiu Li people.

On this side of the wall, Qiu Liren could clearly hear Shan Changcheng's flesh being torn apart, his limbs being torn off, and the sounds of the zombie beasts chewing.

A blood mist spread before his eyes. Qiu Liren turned around mechanically and staggered forward.

It would be nice if one of the two people was not a man.

If unions between men had not been rejected from the beginning, things would not have developed to this point.

If we could cherish the time when each other is alive, at least not treat each other with cold words, then we might not feel so painful that we cannot breathe, and the whole world will not become dim.

Qiu Liren didn't know how long he walked along the river beach before he completely escaped from the forest and was rescued by a team sent by the base.

After returning, he fell into a coma due to his serious injuries and woke up more than half a month later.

Qiu Ming was also seriously injured and took a long time to recover.

More than half of the people who were traveling with them died, and only a few escaped.

Gao Jianyi and others originally decided to use missiles to flatten the forest and kill all the zombies and zombie beasts, but the highest-ranking scientist in the base did not allow it.

There are a large number of resources in the forest, including water, minerals, medicinal plants, soil microorganisms, etc., all of which are in short supply at the base.

Rather than destroying it, it should be utilized.

Qiu Liren never cared much about what happened afterwards.

Some time ago, after recovering, he went back to the canyon and found the earthen wall of Shan Changcheng.

There were only remaining pieces of clothing, a small amount of finger bones, and large patches of shocking black and red blood at the scene.

That’s right, with so many zombie beasts, not to mention the bones, even the blood on the ground was licked again and again and swallowed clean, right?

That day, Qiu Liren stood alone for a long time beside the bloodstains, under the backdrop of the blood-red sunset.

At night, in the office of the administrative building.

Jingchen made a cup of tea and handed it to Jin Mohan.

"Anyway, this is what happened. Old Dan...Dan Changcheng is dead." When Jingchen said this, his expression did not fluctuate at all.

No matter how difficult the fact is to accept, it is not an excuse for him to have such volatile emotions now.

Jin Mohan blew away the tea leaves, took a sip of tea, and frowned in thought.

"Are there a lot of zombies in that forest?"

"I asked Qiu Ming's entourage, and they said that the forest was originally the only way back to the unified base. In order to protect the trade caravans, the zombies were cleared out."

Moreover, if there were really a lot of zombies, Qiu Ming and others would not be able to stay there openly.

The zombies appeared suddenly. They approached in a very strange way, killing the patrolmen silently and catching everyone off guard.

There were too many high-level zombies, and Qiu Ming and his gang were outnumbered. They were lucky to be able to survive.

What puzzled Jin Mohan even more was why there were so many zombie beasts in the forest and why they were attacking people so wildly.

Even though most wild animals have sharp claws and strong bodies, they are still afraid of humans. As long as humans do not actively provoke them, they will choose to take a detour and avoid direct conflict.

This is the natural result of natural selection and ancestral accumulation, which makes animals instinctively avoid humans who stand at the top of the food chain.

Even after becoming zombies, these beasts are still the same. Influenced by their genes, as long as there is no stimulation of the smell of blood, they rarely attack people who can use weapons in large groups or on a large scale.

A situation like what happened the night the Unified Base was attacked should not happen.

When Dan Changcheng and Qiu Liren escaped, there should have been no blood on their bodies. Even if there was blood, it would not have attracted thousands of zombie beasts.

Unless someone was deliberately controlling them, Jin Mohan couldn't think of any reason why the zombies would attack humans in an organized and purposeful manner.

The primary suspect in that night raid was, of course, the Viper base.

When talking about the Viper Base, Jin Mohan thought of the mysterious butler beside Wang Zhengzhu.

He had heard Jingchen and others talk about the Tuxedo Man, and had also heard them speculate that the Tuxedo Man could control humanity's greatest enemy - the zombies.

But what kind of special powers does the man in the tuxedo have, and why can he control zombies?

Besides him, are there any other capable assistants under Wang Zhengzhu who can control zombies or zombie beasts?

In the absence of sufficient information, no one could guess the answers to these questions no matter how hard they tried.

After learning about Shan Changcheng's situation, Jin Mohan took another sip of tea and said to Jingchen, "You can go home now."

When it comes to getting off work, Jingchen relaxes a lot, stretches and complains, "If the unified base hadn't suddenly come over, I would have gotten off work and taken care of Aliang at home."

Jiang Liang has been in poor health since childhood. It is a miracle that he has been able to survive this long in the apocalypse without catching a cold.

Therefore, when Jiang Liang developed a high fever this time, Jingchen was extremely anxious and worried about him all the time, fearing that Jiang Liang would fall ill and not be able to recover.

Seeing that Jin Mohan was still reading documents and had no intention of going home, he asked in a frivolous manner, "Boss, you still want to sleep in the office? Your wife won't let you go home?"

Jin Mohan clenched his fists expressionlessly, "Want to die?"

"Hehe, I don't want to. Good night, boss. See you tomorrow." Jing Chen didn't want to die. He took off his armed forces uniform, put it on his arm, and ran away.

After Jingchen left, the lights in the administrative building went out, and only Jin Mohan's office had the lights on.

He was looking through reports from various departments when he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

It was a very familiar voice. His eyes suddenly changed from cold to gentle, and he looked up at the person who came.

"Baby, unhappy?"

Jiang Zixuan walked in and closed the door.

She looked unwell, and after entering the room she sat down on the sofa exhausted, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Jin Mohan walked over and sat down next to her.

"I heard from Jingchen about Shan Changcheng's situation. If you are really upset, you can cry in my arms. You will feel much better after crying."

Jin Mohan knew that telling Jiang Zixuan not to be sad would undoubtedly have no effect.

I don’t know if it’s because she’s a mother or she’s just sentimental, but her baby is very gentle and finds it difficult to accept the death of someone close to her.

Jiang Zixuan had been with Shan Changcheng for a long time, and they had supported each other. It was impossible for her not to be sad about Shan Changcheng's departure.

She was different from him. Her heart was soft and warm, so she could melt the layer of ice around his hard heart.

Jiang Zixuan sighed, and suddenly threw herself into Jin Mohan's arms, wrapped her arms around his waist, and buried her face in his strong chest.

"Qiu is very sad."

She let out a choked whimper like the cry of a little animal, causing Jin Mohan to frown as well.

To others, he would say coldly that life and death are determined by fate, but to Jiang Zixuan, he would only gently rub her head and comfort her silently.

(End of this chapter)