Chapter 77 Preparing for Transfer

In the message, Su You gave the location as Kotka.

It is a famous entertainment city in Country A. Hundreds of film and television works are developed and put on the market every year, and there are countless film and television companies and brokerage companies.

Therefore, Kotka is also known as the city of stars. Every year, tens of thousands of young people come here to pursue their dreams and hope to become famous overnight.

What Li Sennian is worried about is that there are too many permanent and floating populations in Kotka, and many people are affected by the T virus.

The city behind had been reduced to ruins after being hit by storms and earthquakes.

In this situation, the information he received showed that the situation in Kotka was extremely serious. The survivors not only had to deal with storms and earthquakes, but also had to accept the fact that their fellow human beings had turned into zombies who had no reason and only knew how to gnaw on flesh and blood.

The base transfer point is located in the Polly Mountains in the south of the city. The terrain there is high and the mountains were formed a long time ago and are solid. If it is the base transfer point, it is indeed a good place.

The problem is that the port city where he is now is located north of Kotka, and air travel to there has been completely banned. Private helicopters are affected by communications and volcanic ash and are no longer safe.

The only way to get there is to take a cruise south and then drive to the Polly Mountains.

In this case, it is hard to say whether you will encounter unknown dangers on the road.

"Grandpa, look at the plants in this photo. They seem to be different from the ones we have seen before."

While having dinner, Selena took out a photo taken with a CCD. Although it was obvious that there was a filter, the old vine tree in the garden in the photo looked even more eerie.

Its vines are blood red, with sharp thorns, swaying in the wind, but if you look closely, you can see that the vines near the trunk are curled up into a ball, bulging, as if wrapped in the corpse of some large animal.

"Isn't this a Piranha Plant?" Serena's mother looked over, frowning in thought. "I remember only Piranha Plants have this habit, but doesn't this plant live in tropical rainforests?"

Li Xiannian took the photo and pursed his lips before saying, "Is this the garden behind the manor?"

"Yes, this afternoon, I wanted to take some photos in the garden as a souvenir, but I didn't expect to find this scene deep inside."

Serena tapped her temple lightly. "I heard from the housekeeper who looks after the manor that one of the gardeners recently went missing. He was originally thought to have been washed away by the heavy rain, but he was too busy repairing the manor to investigate."

"You mean the old vines in the garden eat people?"

Li Xiannian's expression became serious, and he immediately summoned the manor's steward and asked him to take people to investigate the garden.

He thought for a moment and then reminded her, "Remember to bring some weapons with you. I remember there are some knives in the collection room. You can bring those too."

After all, it was Selena who discovered this matter. After the incident in Snowe City, Selena showed extraordinary courage. Li Xiannian was very fond of this granddaughter.

He tapped his cane and said with a smile, "Selina, how about you take responsibility for investigating this matter thoroughly?"

"No problem, Grandpa." Serena nodded in agreement. "Can I bring my classmate Michael with me?"

Li Xiannian smiled and glanced at the young man not far away, who had also moved across the sea with them for refuge.

"sure."

Selina actively followed the old butler's pace and took out many swords from the collection room.

She had specifically chosen a set of Xiaguo Tang swords, already sharpened. The blades were thick, ancient, and incredibly sharp, as if hammered from some dark iron or stone.

At the same time, this is also my grandfather’s treasured collection.

"Wow, this is a really cool knife set!"

When Michael looked over, he found that the hilt and scabbard were carved with exquisite patterns. Under the light of the flashlight, there was a very dark glow, which was very majestic.

"Selina, when did you learn to use a knife? How come I didn't know?"

Michael sighed, after all, they were childhood sweethearts, and he had no idea when Serena learned this technique.

After hearing Michael's words, Serena, who was still young after all, had a little pride in her eyes. "My grandfather sent someone to teach me when I visited him during the summer vacation. I didn't expect it to come in handy now."

Michael pinched his chin and nodded in agreement. "That's right. There might be a lot of zombies in Kotka. I have to step up my shooting training. I can't let you guys down."

"Yeah." Selina saw that Michael still had the same relaxed expression as usual and had no intention of exposing him.

When the biochemical crisis occurred in Snow City, his parents were on a business trip and could not be contacted, so he stayed with them temporarily.

A series of disasters followed, and communications were interrupted, making it impossible to contact each other.

Even Michael, who is always optimistic, must feel extremely lost.

Serena sighed silently.

The group took their weapons and equipment and went to the garden.

The night was pitch black, without moonlight or garden lighting.

As the weather cools down and after the storm, there always feels like a strange cold wind floating in the air.

They turned on the flashlight and saw that most of the plants in the garden had withered and their branches were drooping as the temperature dropped.

The black-gray volcanic ash that settled on the ground covered the original brown color of the plants and the land. Even the insects disappeared, and the place seemed somewhat dead.

"It's that old tree." Selena raised her hand and pointed.

In the depths of the entire garden, the only thing full of vitality is the old vine tree in the corner.

Although its blood-red branches drooped and sharp thorns stuck to the vines, it still swayed softly in the wind, giving off a strange sense of vitality.

When you get close to it, you can seem to smell a faint smell of decay.

"What's that smell? It's so awful." A servant fanned his nose at the strange smell and complained, "It's simply unbearable."

The old butler weighed the hunting rifle in his hand and said, "Everyone, be careful and stay safe."

They stopped when they were about three meters away from the vines forming a wall.

Selina gestured, and the old butler lit the gasoline-soaked fire in his hand and threw it over.

The rest of the group continued to spray gasoline on the vine wall, exacerbating the fire.

After being exposed to the gasoline flames, the vines showed no signs of abnormality at first. However, when the fire burned fiercely, most of the vines began to twist violently like snakes, and fled frantically towards their roots not far away.

Some of the uninjured blood-red vines noticed the hostility of the humans in front of them and rushed out from the ground frantically.

(End of this chapter)