Chapter 273 Red-Eyed Giant Rat

Life in the mountains is pleasant, and the survivors in the city below the mountain are gradually adapting to the changes.

Especially since the safe period appeared.

Although we couldn't run too far in two hours, and the supplies in the nearby city had been looted over and over again, and there was nothing useful left, it was good to be able to go out and take a breath.

Of course, there are also many people who are always on edge, fearing that an unknown disaster will suddenly strike in the next second.

After all, everyone has been suffering in the end times for so long, and everyone knows that God is fickle.

But the days passed, one month, two months, three months...

But the temperature remains the same.

It's cold when it should be, hot when it should be, and the length of the safe period has never changed.

In a blink of an eye, polar day has lasted for ten months, far exceeding the half a year that everyone had previously thought.

Some people think that the temperature will never change again and humans will live with three temperatures per day.

However, some people think that the polar day has just lasted a little longer and is no different from previous disasters. It will end, and of course, new disasters will come.

But no matter what, humans have slowly figured out the most suitable way of survival for themselves during the polar day.

But that's how life is. Every time you see a little bit of hope, some sudden accident will happen and break the current peace.

Just when everyone had finally struggled to adapt to their current life, another disaster occurred that almost destroyed everything.

At first, no one noticed that the disaster had come quietly, like a huge net that had been woven and was bound to catch everyone.

On this day, the safe period had just ended, and Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci had just returned to the cave after basking in the sun outside.

She took out the calendar and circled the number again.

Today is the tenth month and twentieth day since the beginning of polar day.

It’s almost a year, and I don’t know whether the polar day will end in more than a month.

At this moment, she was actually a little conflicted.

I was looking forward to the end of the polar day, because the cave was really stuffy, and the combination of ice and fire was hard enough to endure. But when I thought about the unknown disaster that would happen after the end of the polar day, I felt that the days to come might not be much better than now.

Shi Jiaojiao just took out her tablet and wanted to kill time by watching TV series.

But before she pressed the play button, she heard a rustling sound coming from the door.

How can I describe that sound? It sounded like something was gnawing at the door, or like nails scratching on a blackboard. It was very upsetting to listen to.

Mu Ci also frowned and came to the door.

As we got closer, the movement outside became more obvious.

If you listen carefully, you can hear a squeaking sound.

Shi Jiaojiao's face looked a little unhappy. There was a lot of noise outside, and if she wanted to check, she had to open the door. After all, she didn't have X-ray vision.

But she still hadn’t forgotten the locusts from last time. A tiny insect could become a man-eating creature. Who knew what the hell was outside this time? And what if it ran into the cave after opening the door?

She thought about it and decided to take the iron door out of the space and move it to the door with Mu Ci.

Then he picked up the walkie-talkie and asked about the situation on the other end.

Wang Jia looked puzzled, then leaned over to the door and listened for a long time before answering, “There is no sound from my side.”

Shi Jiaojiao frowned and said, "We can't let our guard down. You guys should also take out the iron gate and block it."

After hanging up the intercom, she stood at the door without moving.

Maybe because there is an extra door blocking the sound, the sound is much smaller, and you can't even hear it if you don't listen carefully.

Mu Ci came over and pulled her aside: "Don't think about it. We'll know if there's anything until tomorrow when it's safe. If it's really a disaster like the locusts, there's no way Qin Jun wouldn't call us."

Shi Jiaojiao nodded.

But why is there no movement from Wang Jia's side?

Could it be that the ghosts outside would pick on people?

What the two didn’t know was that the city was in chaos during the safe period.

At first, a survivor who went out saw a dark shadow running through the street and thought he was seeing things.

After all, since the end of the world, except for domestic pets, all wild animals, birds and insects have disappeared completely, as if they had disappeared collectively.

When it appears again, it becomes a disaster, such as cockroaches and mosquitoes during extreme heat, or locust plagues during polar day.

But before, most of them were insects, and no other animals had become a disaster.

So when someone sees such a large black shadow appear, they are first filled with fear and terror.

Is this the new disaster?

But looking at that dark shadow, what followed was joy, excitement, and ecstasy.

In the past, some insects were edible and some were not, but none of them had any meat. But now it’s different. That black shadow is so big, it must be all meat!

In an instant, the fear in my heart disappeared.

Many survivors were eager to make a move, and some even relied on their numbers to excitedly surround the shadow, trying to catch it.

But no one expected that it wouldn't be long before the relationship between prey and predator was reversed.

When the shrill screams rang out, the people who were busy trying to catch the black shadow were still confused.

But then another scream was heard.

Then it was as if a switch was turned on, and screams and wails followed one after another.

Someone was so frightened that he fell to the ground, trembling all over as he watched the scene in front of him, and then screamed, "Rats! Rats are eating people!"

At this moment, everyone finally saw the true face of the black shadow.

Rats, or rather giant rats, are as big as pre-apocalyptic cats.

The teeth were sharp and one bite would definitely leave two bloody holes, but the most terrifying thing was the pair of blood-red eyes.

To be honest, rats are not scary. After all, we have lived in the apocalypse for so long and have seen everything. To them, rats are meat that comes right to their doorstep!

But how can these fat and strong ones be called rats? They are obviously poisonous rats!

As soon as you get bitten, you will fall to the ground in the next second, and then a large group of rats will pounce on you.

In just a few minutes, a healthy person was reduced to a skeleton and blood all over the ground.

Someone reacted, gritted his teeth, stood up and ran towards the shelter.

But there were too many people trying to catch the rats, and in the panic many people were bitten by the rats and fell to the ground the next second.

The smell of blood also attracted many rats hiding in the buildings.

In an instant, looking around, the ground was full of corpses, mice busy eating, and swarms of rats chasing after him.

Some people were tripped by the corpses, some were dragged away and used as meat shields, and some screamed and wailed unwillingly so they dragged others to die with them.

The red sun above our heads watches humanity’s struggle and death with indifference and ruthlessness.

After the safety period ended, the shelter closed its doors.

There were teams of soldiers guarding the door, all with heavy expressions on their faces.

At this time, even if someone escaped from the rat's mouth, they could not escape the scorching heat.