The north wind was howling, and the yellow sand was blinding.

The sky had grown darker at some point, and Qianyue subconsciously pursed her cracked lips. The atmosphere was inexplicably tense.

A man with a wound on his waist walked out of the bushes. Although his face could no longer be seen, Qianyue still recognized him at a glance through his clothes and wounds.

It was the same one she had just encountered when she was getting distilled water.

But now, nearly ten minutes had passed since she discovered the other party, and the other party had obviously changed from a "still conscious player" to a complete infected person.

Six infected people approached them from all directions. The scorching heat seemed to be overcome by calmness, replaced by an increasingly heavy heartbeat.

Qianyue gestured to Hulu, signaling it to move away from the battlefield. Meanwhile, the three of them subconsciously gathered back to back, their nerves tense.

At this moment, Qianyue suddenly saw a gun, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at the person next to her.

Du Yue: "Take it."

Qianyue refused: "No, you keep it."

Du Yue: "He has a gun, I have a knife."

The implication was that he was worried because Qianyue had no weapons to defend herself, not to mention that she was the only girl there.

But after hearing this, Qianyue mistakenly thought that he was afraid that she would hold him back.

So, in the face of Du Yue's astonishment, Qianyue calmly took out her own from her backpack -

Big iron shovel.

“Thanks, but I have this.”

As he said this, the person who had poisoned Qianyue suddenly rushed towards her. At the same time, the other infected people seemed to have received some signal and launched an attack at the same time!

Seeing that the infected person was about to approach, Du Yue was about to tell Qianyue to come, but Qianyue swung the shovel without thinking. Because Du Yue had already taken a step forward, she also shouted:

“Get out of the way!”

Du Yue subconsciously retracted his foot to make way.

At the same time, Qianyue's iron shovel fell on the infected person with a "bang", but because she paused for a moment because she was concerned about Du Yue, she was still a step late and was dodged by the infected person.

The shovel scratched a wound on the infected person, but it did not have the effect Qianyue had imagined. Ji Tong helped with another shot, and a pool of fishy green liquid exploded.

The three of them quickly retreated.

Qianyue frowned immediately: "Tsk."

Du Yue suddenly felt guilty: "..."

He had actually intended to protect Qianyue, but he hadn't expected her to react so quickly, and ended up doing more harm than good. He didn't know why, but he felt like that voice was a sign of disapproval for him being in the way.

Ji Tong nudged him with his elbow: "What are you staring at? Hurry up and do it!"

Du Yue instantly calmed down and quickly picked up his weapon to attack.

In fact, at that moment just now, Qianyue really thought so.

She has always been used to fighting alone. When she was a child, she was like a wolf cub in order to protect herself and her brother. She subconsciously did not have the idea of ​​waiting for others to protect her.

Therefore, the moment she saw the infected rushing towards her, her first reaction was to pick up a weapon and fight!

“Bang!”

Qianyue used at least 100% of her strength in that shovel blow. The unfortunate guy's head exploded into a firework in the air, but after two seconds, he still staggered towards them.

Obviously, broken limbs are no big deal to them.

These players became unrecognizable long after being infected, and it was impossible to tell who was who. Similarly, their vital signs also changed.

Ji Tong cursed again: "This kind of thing is the most fucking troublesome, and there are so many of them at once!"

Du Yue chopped off the arm of an infected person: "Be careful. They won't disappear in less than an hour. Attack their limbs as much as possible."

Although it may sound a bit cruel, this is the only way to deal with this kind of unkillable monster.

Otherwise, they would crawl over and attack - because that's how they are set up.

However, these monsters are very agile, and it is not easy to remove their limbs when they are besieged.

Time passed minute by minute. One of the infected people turned into white light and disappeared after the time was up, while two of them had their limbs completely removed and fell in the sand, unable to move.

Similarly, the three of them were inevitably injured.

The sky above her head darkened at some point, and Qianyue gradually felt dizzy.

She didn't dare to be careless and quickly called for help: "Help me hold it up, I need to apply the medicine."

Before she could finish her words, a soft light suddenly shone on her head. Qianyue was stunned for a moment, then realized that Du Yue was a doctor.

He understood the "medicine" Qianyue mentioned as the medicine that restores health.

But just spray the pesticide, why touch her head?

Du Yue calmly withdrew his hand, as if he was just doing it casually and had no other thoughts - after all, he was taller than Qianyue.

Qianyue was anxious to drink the mental suppressant, and without thinking much about it, she quickly took out the last bottle from her backpack and drank it, then continued to fight.

However, what she didn't expect was that although she herself didn't pay attention to it, this series of actions was seen by another person in the distance.

On the sand dunes in the distance, a man in exotic clothes was sitting astride a tall camel. He was just about to put away the telescope in his hand, but a casual glance made him freeze in place.

At the moment when his gaze paused, the man placed his hand on the top of the woman's head, and a healing light immediately lit up. In the small circular field of vision, the woman seemed to be stunned for a moment, but did not resist.

That look of trust and tacit understanding seemed completely different from the impression he had of the person who always loved to make fun of him.

The man holding the telescope subconsciously pursed his lips.

He stared at the man's hand with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see through the telescope. Even the camel noticed his sudden change of mood.

After a while, the man finally withdrew his actions, and the woman raised her head to drink something, then joined the fight again.

However, when she made a move, she used her weapon to block the attack for the other party. The two of them advanced and retreated, and seemed to be cooperating very well.

As for the third person...

At this moment, how could he still see the third person?

The hand holding the telescope unconsciously clenched a little bit. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from his mind: "What's the situation? Why haven't your coordinates moved?"

Qi Feng was slightly startled, then put away the telescope as if nothing had happened.

If he hadn't been still pursing his lips, his expression would have seemed as if nothing had happened.

"Just now observing, the wind wall here is operating normally."

"Roger that," the staff member repeated, presumably recording it: "Coordinates 319, 236, Wind Wall No. 10 operating normally, expected to pass within ten minutes."

The other party paused. "We have checked 43 sites so far, and there are 21 sites left. Do you want to go to the next monitoring point immediately?"

Qi Feng did not respond immediately after hearing this.

He raised his head and glanced in the direction he had just been looking at, a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes that he himself did not even notice.

However, without the telescope, he could only see an oasis in the distance and the gray wind wall behind it. Its vague appearance was like a dreamy mirage.

Maybe it was because of the noisy wind and sand, but at this moment, his whole mood became very irritable.

"Boss?" The staff's reminder came to my mind.

Qi Feng came back to his senses and let out a sigh.

"Teleport."

A new mode was about to be activated, and he had to hurry up to ensure everything in the game was functioning properly. At this crucial moment, absolutely no mistakes could be made.

As for the strange feeling in his heart...

Although I was forced to suppress it, I always felt that it seemed to be more eye-catching.

It's like a seed accidentally planted in someone's heart, and now it's finally starting to stir. Perhaps once it breaks through the soil, it will become a towering tree.

On the other side, the three of them fought for nearly half an hour, and even Qianyue, who was very strong, was a little exhausted.

Ji Tong was the most ordinary one among the three. He could hardly lift his hands after being beaten so hard. "When will this end?"

“Swish——”

The blade flashed before his eyes, slicing down cleanly, and at the same time, an unwilling head exploded. Ji Tong subconsciously took two steps back, almost bumping into Qianyue's back.

The latter turned around reflexively and almost hit him with a shovel, but she reacted in time and quickly withdrew her hand.

Qianyue said angrily, "You are poisonous. You rushed over without saying a word!"

Ji Tong: "How could I have known that the guy would bite me with his mouth even though his hands and feet were chopped off! Besides, if his knife hadn't hit my nose, would I have been so scared that I stepped back?!"

Du Yue: "...Sorry, I was so anxious that I didn't pay attention."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qianyue suddenly swung the shovel——

Qianyue: "Get out of the way!"

Du Yue subconsciously moved aside, and Qianyue's shovel swept past him with a "snap" sound, and even one or two drops of residual venom splashed onto his clothes.

This is the truth behind the so-called "tacit understanding".

They fought indiscriminately, unable to distinguish between friend and foe.

Du Yue was a well-trained fighter, but the other two were only half-baked. The infected's attack route forced them to form a group, which led to the current situation.

02:42:17

The last infected person vanished in a flash of white light, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. Their tense nerves relaxed, and at the same time, a strong sense of fatigue surged back like a tide.

It has great staying power.

The three of them immediately ignored the heat and sat down on the ground. Their foreheads were covered in sweat, and the wounds on their bodies began to emit a faint unpleasant odor.

Qianyue clicked on her number page, and almost all the values ​​were bright red.

Player account: 3873

Name: Qianyue

Occupation: Beggar

Level: 5

HP: 25/150 [Infection]

Stamina: 31/135 [Hungry] [Thirsty]

Mental value: 15/115 [Mental Disorder]

[Infection] + [Insanity] produces a double effect, with health and mental value continuously decreasing at an increased speed.

“…”

You are mentally ill.

The next second, Qianyue shouted anxiously, "Does anyone have any psychotropics? I'm going insane! I'll trade you some cactus juice!"

Ji Tong almost spit out the water he had just drunk with a "Puff".

Du Yue silently handed her two and reminded her: "Don't use too much medicine for the time being. I will help you recover later."

"Thank you."

Qianyue stuffed the water bottle and the medicine that Du Yue had used on her before into his hands. She quickly drank the inhibitor and watched the value increase and decrease. Her mood suddenly became like a roller coaster.

It was not until the second tube was used up that her spirit value stabilized in the orange zone of 45.

Qianyue quickly took out a bottle of water from her bag and began to moisten her lips, drinking it in small sips.

As she drank, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

Qianyue: "What's going on with the sky over there?"

Ji Tong: "What's the weather like? Don't scare me, are you losing your mind?"

“…”

Qianyue was about to scold him, but she saw that the gray sky seemed to be still moving. Her face suddenly changed and she jumped up from the ground.

"Everyone get up! It's a sandstorm!"