Chapter 64
The closer you are to crowded areas, the more active the zombies are.
They wandered on the road in groups of three or five, hindering Wen Xin's progress.
Wen Xin tried to use a small wooden stick as a fixed support, untied the elastic bandage, wrapped the injured ankle tighter, and then forced it to touch the ground.
As soon as my feet touched the ground, I felt a sharp pain.
Apparently, the injuries had not healed well after days of running around.
Wen Xin is still bearable.
Even if he couldn't bear it, he had to endure it and try to break through.
I haven't seen a single living person for so many days. Either this area has become a notorious no-man's land, or it has been looted so thoroughly that even scavengers are unwilling to come and try their luck.
Judging from the fact that Wen Xin searched three houses today but found nothing, it is most likely the latter.
This means that if he continues to stay where he is for safety, he will end up wasting his time and it will be difficult for him to wait for rescue.
Before long, Wen Xin was confronted by six zombies.
Among the six, one had half of its body missing and was wriggling on the ground half-dead.
Two of them were closer to the edge of the intersection, so Wen Xin carefully took out a plastic baby toy that made sounds and led them to another road.
The remaining three nearly cost him his life.
The zombie's bloody mouth was right in front of him, and Wen Xin used a crowbar to jam its teeth to prevent the zombie from biting him further.
But this zombie is extremely strong.
He was wearing a sports T-shirt and tight pants, his muscles were bulging, and he was wearing a sports watch on his wrist. It was obvious that he was a fitness enthusiast.
Wen Xin killed the other two with great difficulty, and was already exhausted when facing the third one.
In the confrontation with the fitness zombie, his hand holding the crowbar also sank down towards his face little by little.
What was even more terrible was that Wen Xin caught a glimpse of a figure approaching on the ground from the corner of his eye. It was crawling towards them with the help of its two arms and panting.
It was the zombie with half of its body missing!
Although it cannot stand up and run, its movement speed is not slow.
As if sensing Wen Xin's incredulous look, the zombie raised its head and opened its mouth, revealing its only remaining front tooth.
It instinctively gave a menacing, sinister smile to the prey that was about to be caught.
But because the mouth is leaking air, it looks like it is grinning at people, which is very funny and the intimidation effect is greatly reduced.
Wen Xin almost had a tantrum.
You don't even have your legs, are you still so strong despite your disability?
There are wolves in front and tigers behind, and it seems that there is only one way out for Wen Xin: death.
“Ah!”
At the critical moment, a grape-purple figure jumped out from the shadows and hit the head of the fitness zombie who was in a stalemate with Wen Xin like a cannonball!
The gravity on his hands suddenly loosened, and a hint of surprise flashed across Wen Xin's eyes.
In that half a breath of time, he looked at the fitness zombie who had temporarily lost his sense of direction because the little guy hugged his entire head, and his body instinctively made the best choice.
——I can’t run away, I can’t run away, this is an opportunity!
Wen Xin raised the crowbar in his hand with a quick, accurate and ruthless move. Without any trembling, he stabbed it accurately and powerfully into the throat of the fitness zombie.
The little panda was agile and originally planned to run away after hitting the thing.
Before it rushed out, it also had a long and tangled psychological struggle.
Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are determined by God. Whether Wen Xin can take the opportunity to escape depends entirely on his luck.
Who would have thought that the young man's skills were so top-notch that he could kill the zombie directly!
Wen Xin saw the little guy fall down and reached out to catch it.
Glancing at the figure on the ground still crawling forward, he limped over with the crowbar in hand.
The half-zombie looked up as if it had sensed something and found the young man looking at it with admiration: "I will learn from you. Goodbye."
The zombie instinctively sensed something was wrong and glared: "Roar——"
Phew.
Wen Xin acted without hesitation.
The little panda curled up in the young man's arms shuddered subconsciously when he heard the voice.
How could anyone be like this, speaking softly on the surface but actually being cruel and ruthless.
But where can it escape now?
Wen Xin had been ambushed once before when he was holding it, so he grasped the panda's paws in anticipation and supported its little butt with his arms, leaving its hind legs free.
The battle with the zombies had consumed too much of Wen Xin's energy, and he was feeling a bit overwhelmed.
He looked at the messy surroundings, fearing that the two zombies that had been lured away might come back and catch him off guard. So he simply gritted his teeth and walked a little further in pain.
Finally, he sat down in a relatively safe corner, leaning against the wall, and took a deep breath.
The little panda couldn't stretch out its claws or move.
The next second, the young man, who had recovered from the shock, seemed to notice it and raised his hand.
The little panda was so scared that it kicked its legs and almost screamed.
Until Wen Xin used the tip of his thumb to carefully wipe away the dirt.
Finally, he rubbed the round head in front of him and said, "Thank you."
The little panda raised his head in panic and met Wen Xin's smiling eyes.
Even though that face was messed up in the struggle and looked a little ugly, it couldn't hide the bright light in his eyes.
"If you hadn't suddenly shown up to help me, I would have probably died just now."
The little panda reacted by slamming its head into his arm.
If you know how to be grateful, why don't you let it go?
"As a reward, I'll grill some meat for you later. You can eat as much as you want."
Little Panda: “!!”
When it comes to barbecue, the little panda immediately forgets his fears and slurps his saliva uncontrollably.
Wen Xin, who had raised Tuanzi, was touched by this and felt a tenderness hidden in his heart.
He couldn't help but smile, patted the little guy again, and put it firmly on the ground.
Perhaps it was because Wen Xin's patting action was so gentle and soothing that it made people feel comfortable.
After landing, the little panda hesitated for a moment, turned around, and suddenly lay on the young man's thigh.
"What's wrong?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the little panda climbed up his clothes and onto his shoulders.
Wen Xin felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when his cheek was stroked by its big, plush toy-like tail.
He raised his hands and supported the panda's hind legs to prevent it from losing its balance and falling down. He smiled helplessly and sighed.
"If you want a ride, it's faster to run."
Wen Xin said, patting his legs, which were shaking with pain, with a crowbar: "My feet are injured, and I can't carry you."
The little panda sniffed here and there, and finally fixed its gaze on Wen Xin's chest.
As soon as it stretched out its claws, it was discovered by Wen Xin.
The latter restrained its restless little claws, took the black scales out of the pocket on his chest, and held it in his palm to prevent it from being touched: "Want to steal something, little guy?"
Who would have thought that the little panda opened its mouth and uttered clumsily some human words.
"Number One scales, why do you have them?
Number one?
Wen Xin was very smart and felt that she had heard this name somewhere before, but she just couldn't remember where.
He then explained: "This scale was left to me by an important family member. Do you know it?"
"You're lying." The little panda hung on his shoulders, his face full of disbelief. "You're a human, how can you be family with mutants?"
"Mutants..."
Wen Xin was also familiar with this word, as if someone had taught him that non-human mutants are collectively called mutants.
For example, those mutant rats.
But mutant mice don't talk like pandas.
He patted the other person on the head and said, "People like you who are good at talking are of higher rank, right?"
The little panda raised his head proudly: "Of course, I am A-level."
Wen Xin asked curiously, "What level is that number one?"
Hearing this, the little panda immediately became alert: "Don't you know No. 1? Why don't you even know its level?"
The little panda didn't expect that he guessed wrong again.
The scales of No. 1 are the strongest among all the mutants. Even when they are still in the development stage, they cannot be pried off with tools.
The little panda once suspected that Wen Xin was a new researcher at the base, because in addition to No. 1, he also had the aura of no less than five other mutants.
The aura of those mutants was weaker than that of No. 1, and was almost completely suppressed, so it couldn't tell who they were for a moment.
It is rare for humans other than researchers to be exposed to so many auras at the same time.
But the researchers' contempt for mutants is deep-rooted, and those with a conscience cannot have a smooth life in that hellish base.
There was no contempt in Wen Xin's eyes.
He may know Number One.
The little panda wanted to find Number One. Although it had never seen Number One and only remembered his breath, it remembered that Number One was recognized for his good temper.
The most important thing is that No. 1 does not eat mutants.
Who would have thought that Wen Xin didn't even know what level No. 1 was!
The panda shut itself off.
No matter what the young man asked it, it didn't listen seriously.
Wen Xin wanted to ask more about the black scales, but seeing that the little panda suddenly fell into sadness and got no response after calling it a few times, he just let it be alone.
After the break, the little panda was still in a daze.
Wen Xin didn't tell the kid to get down. Instead, he held onto the wall, holding a crowbar in his hand, and stumbled forward.
Fortunately, the little panda quickly came to its senses from the shock, jumped off the young man's shoulder, and ran out quickly.
Not long after, it came back with the wooden crutch that Wen Xin had been unable to hold in its mouth.
Wen Xin was a little surprised. He picked up the cane, tilted his eyes again and said thank you.
In accordance with the promise made earlier, Wen Xin made a simple trap in the resting place to catch mutant mice.
We used the scent of the black scales as bait and ended up catching quite a lot, five in total, enough for the little guy to fill his belly.
As the bonfire lit, the panda's eyes began to light up.
Wen Xin had just finished grilling the meat and sprinkled the seasoning on it when two furry little paws impatiently stretched out from the side and snatched it away.
回頭一看，小熊貓一口咬在了肉上面，呼哧呼哧吃得開心，完全不怕燙。
溫辛忍不住搖頭笑了一下，用小刀繼續處理剩下的老鼠屍體。
他随口問道：“看你的力量不小，速度也不慢，還是只A級的變異體，為什麽不自己打獵來吃？”
溫辛一個沒有力量加成還扭了只腳的人類，都能對付三只變異老鼠，小熊貓沒道理要跟在他身後撿漏。
聽到這話，小家夥的眼神飄忽了一下。
溫辛：“打不過？”
“沒有，能打。”小熊貓忍不住委屈地說，“但它們會咬我，痛。”
似乎不想将自己說得很懦弱，它強調了一句：“真的，很痛。”
小熊貓曾經痛過很多次，不止沒有免疫麻木，反而愈發懼怕這種感覺。
導致後面，遇到一些弱小的生物時，它也不敢輕易下手，經常餓肚子。
剛才為了救溫辛沖出來，真的花了它很大的勇氣。
溫辛立時就想起了曾經在對方身上摸到過的傷，靜默了一瞬，說了句：“抱歉。”
跟着将手裏的烤串遞了過去。
看到又有一串烤好了，小熊貓很快丢掉剛才的不高興，興奮地站起來抱住樹枝。
又發現溫辛一直都在幫它烤，沒有動過嘴。
它咬着爪子糾結了半天，一臉肉痛地将烤串遞了出去：“你也吃啊……”
溫辛擺了擺手，謝絕了小熊貓的好意：“我不吃，吃了會生病。”
野外的老鼠不知道攜帶了多少病菌，人類的消化和免疫系統沒法克化。
小熊貓怔然了一瞬，再看過來的眼神，仿佛青年是什麽易碎品。
溫辛：“……”
不知道是不是他記錯了，印象中，團子們也愛用這種眼神看着他。
很快，小熊貓就吃得舒服了。
它往後靠在石頭上，滿意地拍拍圓滾滾的肚皮，眯着眼睛發出細微的呼嚕聲，惬意十足。
溫辛保持了他薛定谔般的好運氣。
上一刻他遇上幾只喪屍，差點身亡，下一刻就在路邊發現了家小診所。
所有的藥櫃玻璃都被人從外破開，裏面的藥品不翼而飛。
溫辛仔細檢查，又進入裏面卧室，在一般人都不會注意到的櫃子頂上，找到了一瓶還沒用完的雲南白藥，兩包止咳藥，以及一板創可貼。
他拆開繃帶和支架，咬着唇瓣給自己幾乎腫成饅頭的腳踝噴藥。
回過頭來，就看到了小熊貓憨态可掬的樣子。
溫辛不由得露出懷念的眼神。
小熊貓一擡頭，就看見了他溫潤如水的眼神，心裏騰升起了一抹異樣的感覺。
它好奇地問：“你說自己，失憶啦？”
溫辛重新纏好了繃帶：“對。”
小熊貓：“那你，記得名字嗎？”
溫辛笑了下：“記不清了。”
“好可惜。”
經過這段時間的相處，小熊貓已經将他當成不用怕的友好人類，替人惋惜地說道：“如果你記得，就可以去前面的城市，找人幫忙回家。”
城市近在咫尺。
按照腳程，溫辛應該用不了半天就能抵達交通閘道。
以防小熊貓被人發現，受到攻擊，他打算在進城前和對方分別。
以後有機會，再出來繼續給小家夥烤肉吃。
可聽小熊貓的意思，對方似乎對城市裏的事情很熟悉，對人類也不是特別排斥。
小熊貓卻奇怪地看着他：“你不知道嗎？這裏是變異體的地盤，人類反而是最少的。”
溫辛确實不知道。
他的腦子突然刺痛了一下，忍不住用手按了按，皺起眉頭來。
——東邊曾有大量的蛇群聚集，疑似被S級變異體黑蛇統轄着。
小熊貓看溫辛臉色不對，瞬間有些緊張：“你沒事吧？”
失真的噪音漸漸從耳畔消退，溫辛的臉上恢複血色，他喃喃自語道：“我想起來了。”
小熊貓沒想到自己說句話，青年就恢複了記憶，順勢問他：“你想起什麽來了？”
溫辛緩緩放下手，平複激蕩起伏的心情，情不自禁地望向不遠處的城市。
“我家有只團子，是條漂亮的小蛇，就在東部地區最大的迷霧沼澤裏。”
小熊貓呆了呆。
它糾結道：“蛇，那邊确實有很多蛇。”
“可迷霧沼澤是七號的地盤，它最讨厭人類了，你過去的話只有死路一條。”
如今的變異體分為兩種。
一種是從基地裏跑出來的，受過研究人員的迫害，大部分都極度讨厭和仇恨人類。
一種是自然界中的生物由不明因素影響，身體自然發生了異變。
目前來看，這種情況出現的概率很小。
只是一個不好，就會出現像變異老鼠一樣完全沒有理智的怪物。
如果不是有人親眼目睹了一只看起來普普通通的烏鴉，在短短幾天時間內體态暴漲，身子跟着出現不同程度的異變，沒人會想到第二種可能。
東部地區是變異體的樂園，也有不少人類活躍的痕跡。
但那些人類只能接觸第二種感染出來的變異體，畢竟後者和人類的仇恨不是很深。
遇到第一種就是死。
小熊貓例外，它出生沒多久，基地就被炸開了一個大窟窿，後來它逃出去，裝死躲過了追捕，對人類的感情很複雜。
溫辛聞言，不由自主地陷入了沉思。
在他看來這确實是一件棘手的事。
萬一沒能成功見到阿綠，自己反而被蛇群咬死了，那就得不償失了。
溫辛向來不恥下問。
看小熊貓懂得比較多，他便求助道：“那你知不知道有沒有什麽辦法，可以讓人類順利地進入迷霧沼澤？”
如果人類完全進不去，溫辛記憶裏看到的紀錄片就不會被人拍下來了。
小熊貓努力琢磨了一會兒，居然真的想到了一個點子。
“有辦法！你僞裝成wen xin就行了。”
乍一聽，溫辛還以為自己暴露了。
他很快反應過來，沒有表現出心裏的驚訝，自然地做出疑惑的表情，重複提起小熊貓說的名字：“wen xin是誰？”
“是個人類，但也可能是變異體，很多人都說不清。”
小熊貓看了看溫辛那張滿是灰泥的臉：“你去之前，可能得先把自己的臉給洗幹淨，如果長得好看的話，沒準它們就收了。”
溫辛聽着怪怪的，什麽叫長得好看就收了，模特選美嗎？
小熊貓糾正他：“不是，是大家都在找一個叫wen xin的人，這個人有一大特征，就是長得很好看，找到的話，會有很多獎勵。”
溫辛疑惑：“如果只以好不好看作為标準，那不是有很多人會上趕着冒充？”
小熊貓理所當然地點點頭：“是啊，所以去的人很多，你要排隊。”
“不過你不用擔心，七號對名字叫wen xin的人類都很寬容，就算你是冒充的，它也不會殺了你，最多讓手底下的蛇咬你兩口作為懲罰。”
溫辛：“……有毒嗎？”
小熊貓覺得青年突然變得傻乎乎的：“當然沒毒了，有毒人類不就死了嗎，那就不是寬容了。”
溫辛大概是腦子被撞過還沒有恢複正常的原因，居然覺得它說的有幾分道理。
綠團子沒咬過他。
溫辛看了看自己的手臂，很難想象，蛇的四根尖牙咬在上面會是種什麽樣的感覺。
聽說就算是無毒的蛇，被咬之後也會引起傷口腫脹痛癢。
少頃，溫辛又略微慶幸地想。
咬就咬吧，和擅自闖入沼澤林繼而沒命比起來，這個結果似乎也可以接受。
等到快抵達交通樞紐站的時候，溫辛發現自己慶幸得太早了。
因為這裏的人真的太多了。
除了天性愛築巢的變異體，大部分變異體都沒有堆砌堡壘自守城池的想法。
它們更多會标記氣味，釋放特意生物氣息，以此劃分出明确的地盤。
而利爪和尖牙，就是守衛地盤最好的武器，只要有人來犯，保證叫敵人有來無回。
所以，溫辛沒有在這一座城市的邊緣看到高聳入雲的城牆。
一個瓷白的拱橋狀大門自天空橫跨兩邊馬路，落腳在道路兩旁，粗看至少十幾米。中間有個大圓廣場，保留了最基本的整潔和幹淨。
單看這環境，足夠賞心悅目。
但要是加上兩邊排隊的人群，那簡直叫人頭皮發麻。
放眼望去，幾百米開外全是烏泱泱攢動的人頭，完全看不到隊伍的終點。
溫辛可算知道自己之前在鄉鎮裏為什麽沒有遇到一個人，感情這附近的人全都跑到這兒來了！
他壓低聲音對肩膀上的小熊貓說：“你不是和我說人不多嗎？”
小熊貓也完全沒想到。
變異體的領地信奉弱肉強食，它怕挨打，偶爾才會來一次城市。
上一次來，人就很少，完全沒有這麽多。
旁邊有人看到了溫辛手裏的拐杖，還有那只別扭點着地面的傷腳，心領神會地笑了一聲：“嘿嘿，小兄弟，你也是來領補助的？”
可見變異體在這裏真的很常見，就算看到溫辛的肩膀上趴着一只小熊貓，其他人也沒露出奇怪的表情來。
Wen Xin was still very cautious, and only when he actually saw a zebra mutant swaggering by did he breathe a sigh of relief and bring the panda over to line up.
Wen Xin and the little panda looked at each other.
Wen Xin asked politely with an expression of humility, "My friend and I are lost. We are not familiar with this place and are still looking for them. Big Brother, isn't this a reporting point for providing clues about missing persons?"
"Oh, you've found the right place, but there have been too many people claiming to be Wen Xin recently. They're already annoyed. So they might as well just give each of them some food and drinks to get rid of them."
Hanzi touched his chin and said, "It's a lot easier this way, but the same person can't claim it twice within a period of time, otherwise they'll be discovered."
Wen Xin: “…”
Listening to Hanzi's words, he immediately understood. It turned out that everyone else knew that Wen Xin was treated preferentially here, so they simply treated this place as a rescue station.
Even he was considered by the man to be desperate and came to beg for money.
Wen Xin explained awkwardly: "I'm not here to receive subsidies."
The man was surprised: "Then what are you doing here?"
Wen Xin couldn't say that he was trying his luck by impersonating someone in order to get into the Misty Swamp.
...If we really talk about his nature, he seems to be no different from a beggar.
Fortunately, Hanzi did not ask any more questions, as his attention was quickly attracted by the team moving forward.
The line was very long and Wen Xin estimated that it would take at least a day to wait.
But the crowd moved very quickly, and it took him almost half a day to get there.
Soon, Wen Xin found out why the queue was so fast.
The person in charge didn't even look at him. He impatiently threw out a package of food and waved his hand to shoo away flies: "Okay, you can go. Next one."
【Author’s words】
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