Chapter 48 Am I not worthy of knowing the truth? Broken Leg...
"I'm sorry, Zhou Qin." Gou Chong burst into tears, his eyes filled with pain, "You shouldn't have saved me that day."
Zhou Qin wanted to say something, but he knew he probably wouldn't be able to utter it anymore. He could feel the mysterious force blowing the hair at his temples and about to penetrate his brain.
However, at this moment, Ji An's arrow finally caught up. It shot at the mysterious power and instantly shattered the energy.
At the same time, Ji An's second arrow also reached the zombie king. The zombie king exerted a lot of force to block it, but it was simply unable to stop the arrows released by Ji An with unstoppable force. He had no choice but to stretch out his arms to block Ji An's arrows.
Ji An's arrow pierced the Zombie King's arm and pierced through its bone. The Zombie King let out a scream, and immediately countless zombies rushed up and surrounded the Zombie King.
Before Zhou Qin could feel the joy of surviving a disaster, his body was pushed forward again by a huge force and fell into the pile of zombies. Ji An, who was aiming at the zombie king and preparing to shoot the third arrow at him, had to retract his bow and arrow and turned to pull Zhou Qin, trying to pull him back before he was caught by the zombies.
But the zombie also discovered Zhou Qin who was stabbed in the back. It was as fast as Ji An and used its long nails to scratch Zhou Qin.
The man and the corpse were moving at the same speed, and were about to fall on Zhou Qin's arms and legs almost at the same time.
The only difference is that if Ji An grabbed Zhou Qin, he would not hurt him. But if the zombies' long nails scratched him, they would immediately pierce Zhou Qin's leg bones, leaving two bloody holes.
The blood holes left by zombies are not just two blood holes. They are the zombie virus that can infect a person's blood throughout the body in just three seconds.
Both hands were about to touch Zhou Qin's skin. It was only a second at most. Zhou Qin could do nothing but wait for the zombies to pierce his leg bones and look at Gou Chong with despair for betraying him for the second time.
At this moment, Gou Chong was also looking back at Zhou Qin with a painful face, and his eyes reflected the despair of his good brother.
Just when Ji An and the zombies grabbed Zhou Qin at the same time, a wind blade with the power to cut through the sky and destroy the earth fell at the same time, instantly splitting Zhou Qin in two.
The zombie grabbed the calf, its long black nails covered in dirt digging deep into the calf bone. Ji An grabbed Zhou Qin's arm and pulled back all parts of his body except the calf.
Ji An was hit by Zhou Qin, and he staggered and fell backwards. A big hand made of wind gently grabbed Ji An, and with a little force, lifted Ji An up.
Ji An held Zhou Qin and stood up. Looking at Zhou Qin's broken leg, he felt both relieved and scared.
If Gu Jinsheng's wind blade had landed a little later, even just a second, the zombie's nails would have pierced deeply into Zhou Qin's leg bones. At that time, even if he had snatched Zhou Qin back, it would have been too late, and the zombie virus would have entered Zhou Qin's body.
If Gu Jinsheng had too many concerns and hesitated, and chose not to cut off Zhou Qin's calf but to cut off the zombie's arm, then at this moment, the Zhou Qin he rescued would have something that did not belong to him - the broken arm of a zombie deeply embedded in his flesh and bones.
Zhou Qin was also finished.
Fortunately, Gu Jinsheng made a prompt decision and chose to cut off Zhou Qin's calf, cutting off his tail to survive, thus saving Zhou Qin's life.
Zhou Qin is truly a tough guy. The pain from his broken leg was so severe that he couldn't even stand up even with Ji An's support. He just sat down on the ground, sweat all over his head, as if his whole body was washed with water. But after screaming once, he stopped screaming and endured it by biting his back teeth tightly.
Ji An took out the first aid kit from the space, took off his gloves and quickly washed his hands with alcohol, then put on new sterile gloves, and then took out the tourniquet and tied it on Zhou Qin's broken leg. To prevent infection, Ji An directly poured a bottle of alcohol. The alcohol poured on the broken part was no less painful than breaking his leg again, and Zhou Qin screamed in pain and rolled on the ground.
This is only possible for a person with super powers. If an ordinary person were to be tortured like this, he would be half dead if not dead.
Ji An used snow-white gauze to bandage Zhou Qin's wound. Almost at the moment the gauze was wrapped, it was soaked with blood again and turned bright red.
"Retreat!" Gu Jinsheng carried the people on his back and released the van. Everyone got in the car immediately. Even Gou Chong, who had been sitting on the ground stupidly after stabbing Zhou Qin in the back, as if he was oblivious to everything happening around him, was pulled into the car.
The car was driving, Ji An was sitting at the window, and looking over here, the zombie was holding Zhou Qin's thigh and biting it madly. Big mouthfuls of flesh and blood were torn off and chewed in the zombie's mouth. It seemed as if it had been hungry for hundreds of lifetimes, and it swallowed the flesh voraciously without even chewing.
Even while eating the food, its eyes were still fixed on Ji An and his group. Ji An's eyes met the zombie's, and he could clearly see the disgusting greed in the zombie's eyes.
At this time, a thunder ball as big as a millstone flew out from the car, burning with thunder fire that seemed to be able to burn away all the sins in the world. It rushed straight towards the zombie. The zombie wanted to resist or escape, but the fire poured down, and in the blink of an eye the zombie was burned into a pile of scorched earth.
Including being held in the arms of a zombie and being bitten to pieces in seconds, with the leg bones and calf burnt to ashes.
The calf that was bitten by zombies like that is useless even if you take it back. It is full of zombie viruses. Even if it is well preserved and frozen, it cannot be used anymore.
Even if such a calf is reattached, there is almost a 100% chance that the owner is a corpse and no longer a human.
"Zhou Qin, this is the anesthetic I carry with me. I'll pour it on some gauze and put it over your mouth and nose. Let you smell it for a while, and you will fall asleep. Why don't you try it?" The pain of a broken leg is too painful. Psychics are also human beings. They feel the same pain and have the same tolerance. They are just more resistant to pain than ordinary people.
However, when faced with the torture of pain, being more resistant is not a good thing, but means suffering more pain.
Zhou Qin shook his head and refused. He couldn't speak. His mouth was stuffed with gauze, because they didn't want him to bite his tongue due to extreme pain.
Zhou Qin's eyes searched around in the car and finally found the person he was looking for - Gou Chong.
Gou Chong's body was tied up like a dumpling by various materialized supernatural powers. No one allowed him to sit in his seat and just threw him in the narrow aisle of the car.
Gou Chong did not struggle or speak, like a walking corpse without a soul. His eyes were lifeless, staring straight at a certain spot on the ground. No one knew what he was thinking about, or if he was thinking about nothing.
When Zhou Qin saw Gou Chong like this, he suddenly closed his eyes, with a look of pain on his face. It was unclear whether it was because of being betrayed by a friend or because of the pain of a broken leg.
Gu Jinsheng drove the car himself on the way back. He drove very fast, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and almost reached the maximum speed of the car. This was the end of the world, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road so people dared to drive like this. If it was before the end of the world, he would have knocked down a dozen people in minutes.
But the speed was really fast. They returned to the Jing City base in less than half the time it took to get there.
It was also a coincidence that Wan Xueying had just returned from trading jade with other bases and bought a large amount of jade at a low price. She was in a good mood and saw Gu Jinsheng and his car coming back. She went over to greet them and said, "Boss, you guys are too fast! It turns out that the difference in advanced abilities is a huge gap..."
Before Wan Xueying could finish her words, she saw Gu Jinsheng's blood-stained protective suit and his solemn expression. At the same time, she smelled a strong smell of blood.
Such a strong smell was definitely not the blood splattered by the zombies when they were killed. The source of the blood must be in the car.
Wan Xueying's face suddenly changed, and her good mood disappeared completely. "Who is injured?"
At this moment, the first person that came to her mind was Ji An.
Then he quickly denied it. Ji An's mental strength was so strong that he could challenge others at a higher level. If he encountered danger, even if he couldn't win, he could at least escape. What's more, he had their boss to protect him.
Then it could only be those newly promoted low-level psychics. These guys must have just been promoted and didn't know their place, so they took the initiative to provoke those high-level zombies who were much more powerful than them.
However, the next sentence stunned Wan Xueying, and she was completely confused and unable to react. "Zhou Qin's leg is broken, and he needs surgery immediately."
When the guards on duty nearby heard that the injured person was their deputy commander, they turned around and ran away without saying a word, not even bothering to pick up their hats that flew away.
There is a hospital at the city gate, which is specially prepared for the injured psychics who return.
First, serious injuries can be treated immediately, and second, it is convenient for isolation, so as to avoid transporting the injured to the city hospital, and finally the injured are infected with the zombie virus, causing internal infection in the city, and the consequences are unimaginable.
Gu Jinsheng didn't wait for the cart to arrive, he carried Zhou Qin on his back and rushed to the hospital.
Zhou Qin was already losing consciousness due to excessive blood loss. Despite this, he was still thinking, "Don't torture Gou Chong. I want to ask him in person."
"Okay." Gu Jinsheng agreed immediately, "Wait until you wake up."
When they rushed into the emergency room, the on-duty personnel had just explained the situation and were about to push a cart out for rescue. Now they directly put Zhou Qin on the cart and pushed him into the operating room.
Fortunately, before each mission, the base would check the blood type of the personnel on the mission to prevent accidents. Now, as long as the medical staff find the blood type results in the morning, they can immediately give Zhou Qin a blood transfusion.
The operating lights in the emergency room came on, and Ji An and the others finally calmed down.
Wan Xue's face was as dark as water. "What happened? How did Zhou Qin get injured like this?"
In the last few years, they had been working together for several years, and they all knew each other's strength. So when Wan Xueying noticed that someone was injured, the first person she thought of was not Zhou Qin.
Ji An replied, "Gou Chong stabbed him in the back."
Wan Xueying cursed and rushed out like a lioness who had lost her cubs, ready to avenge Zhou Qin. "You bastard, I'll kill him!"
"Don't go." Gu Jinsheng used his supernatural power to stop the man. "Before Zhou Qin passed out, he told us not to touch him. Wait until he wakes up and ask him yourself."
Wan Xueying burst into tears immediately, "Gou Chong is a bastard! How could he do that? Zhou Qin was not sincere enough to him. Last time, he gave up his own life for him and wanted to die with him. How could he treat him like this!"
No one could answer Wan Xueying's question, and there was silence in the corridor.
After a while, Kong Zhongcheng and Fang Rurong arrived. Fang Rurong was running with sweat all over her face and her shoes fell off several times.
Almost immediately after she arrived, she said to Gu Jinsheng, "Commander-in-Chief Gu, you know that my healing ability is only at level 4. I have absolutely no problem helping those with abilities lower than mine. I am very confident that I can even be reborn."
Fang Rurong looked embarrassed. "But if the patient is Commander Zhou, and he has just been promoted to the fifth-level initial superpower, I am afraid I am powerless..."
Gu Jinsheng patted Fang Rurong's shoulders twice to comfort her. "Don't feel stressed. We understand. Just do your best. If things can't be done, don't force yourself."
Fang Rurong's heart, which had been hanging since she received the task, finally settled down. When she learned that the injured person was Zhou Qin and needed her help with treatment, she felt a lot of pressure.
He is the deputy commander-in-chief of the base and the brother of the other three commanders-in-chief. If she cannot cure Zhou Qin, will they think that she has not tried her best and vent their anger on her?
In fact, it is impossible to provide treatment to a person at a higher level than oneself. Even if one is only healing a minor wound on the surface of a psychic of a higher level than oneself, the energy consumed may be much more than saving the life of a low-level psychic.
This is the difference in ability levels.
Wan Xue stepped forward and hugged Fang Rurong, "Thank you for coming. Just do your best and don't hurt yourself. There are other injured people waiting for you in the base."
This is true. There are few people with healing abilities, and even fewer zombies with awakened healing abilities.
If a person with healing abilities wants to advance to the next level, they can only rely on their own training.
Therefore, reaching level four already makes one a high-level psychic.
Now there are people going out on missions in the base every day, and people are also injured every day, but there are only a few people with healing abilities, and the energy that can be consumed is limited. So in some ways, Fang Rurong is no less valuable than Zhou Qin, and the base cannot do without her.
Kong Zhongcheng also came out to express his position, saying that Zhou Qin would not make things difficult for her if the cure was not successful. At the same time, Fang Rurong bowed deeply and said, "No matter what, please try your best. Success or failure is his fate. We will definitely not make things difficult for you."
With the words of the three commanders, Fang Rurong felt at ease to enter the operating room. About half an hour later, the lights in the operating room went out, and Fang Rurong and Zhou Qin were pushed out at the same time. Both of them were lying on stretchers, and both of them looked pale.
The only difference is probably that Zhou Qin was on an IV drip, while Fang Rurong was not.
"How about it?"
Everyone gathered around and asked.
The doctor took off his mask and said, "With the help of Ms. Fang Rurong, we successfully stopped the bleeding for Commander Zhou. Ms. Fang Rurong also healed Commander Zhou's wound, eliminating the risk of infection.
Commander Zhou is no longer in danger of death and will probably wake up soon. But his legs cannot be saved and he will probably have to use crutches in the future.
As for Ms. Fang Rurong, her supernatural powers have been over-consumed and she needs a long period of rest."
Gu Jinsheng took the lead, and Kong Zhongcheng, Wan Xueying, and Ji An'an all bowed deeply to Fang Rurong to express their gratitude, "Thank you."
Although it sounds simple, just let the wound heal. But it is a wound of a broken leg. If it is not healed quickly, it will be very dangerous in the apocalypse and may be infected at any time.
Fang Rurong wanted to stand up and help the people, but she couldn't get up because her superpowers were over-consumed. She could only accept the greetings from these superpower users who could be said to have the highest status in the base.
Wan Xueying said, "Leave this to you first. I'll send Fang Rurong back."
"Yeah." Gu Jinsheng responded.
At this time, several people had already changed out of the protective clothing they wore when fighting zombies outside and were wearing disposable sterile visiting suits. However, they still didn't dare to get close to Zhou Qin. After a quick look at his condition, they asked the medical staff to push Zhou Qin into the isolation room.
The base stipulates that all personnel returning from outside will be isolated for seven days if they have external injuries, and three days if they do not have external injuries.
Just now, when Fang Rurong and Wan Xueying came into contact with them, they were wearing isolation suits and isolation masks.
Now that Zhou Qin's condition is stable, everyone dispersed and returned to their respective isolation rooms to rest.
Ji An and Gu Jinsheng were isolated in an isolation room. After returning, Ji An said to Gu Jinsheng, "Did you notice that today's zombie group is different from the zombie groups we faced before?"
Ji An kept thinking about this on the way. "This group of zombies is clearly organized and disciplined. At certain moments, they can even suppress their hunger instincts as zombies and obey orders."
Gu Jinsheng also noticed this, "The problem lies with the Zombie King."
"Yes." Ji An said: "I suspect that the zombie king of that group of zombies is a psychic zombie."
Gu Jinsheng looked towards Ji An suddenly. Psychic zombies were extremely rare, just as rare as zombies with healing abilities.
And because these two kinds of abilities are weak at the beginning and need to develop, and the zombie group is not a friendly group. Sometimes they will even cannibalize their own kind if they don't get food for a long time. Then, the zombies with the weakest psychic and healing abilities are the best targets for those zombies.
Even if psychic zombies and healing zombies were born, they would be eaten by the zombies themselves before being discovered by human psychics.
If a psychic zombie can survive its weakest time and grow into the zombie king of a zombie group, then this psychic zombie must not be underestimated.
Ji An's thoughts were far deeper than these. He said solemnly, "Have you noticed that this group of zombies is very disciplined? When they found out that our group and Zhou Qin's group were stronger, they didn't fight with us and went to besiege the relatively weaker mutants.
Later we went over to help, and in order to tie up you, the strongest one, the zombies separated a part of the zombies to besiege you.
These are not instincts, but rather organized and disciplined commands.”
Gu Jinsheng agreed with this, "Intelligence."
The biggest difference between this zombie group and other zombie groups is not the level, but that there seem to be zombies in the zombie group that have evolved intelligence.
Maybe the intelligence is not high, but this is very scary.
People often insult others by saying "you are a zombie, you have no brains". This indirectly reflects the stupidity of the zombie group, and now the stupid zombies have evolved intelligence!
Ji An narrowed his eyes slightly. "Looking at the situation in the battle just now, not all zombies have brains. Most of them are still walking corpses controlled by instinct. They act more like they are following orders. So I think the problem lies with the zombie king. It should be the only one that has evolved intelligence. At present, its intelligence level may not be high."
It is very possible for psychic zombies to evolve intelligence. After all, psychic power is also called brain power.
"We must eliminate it as soon as possible." A zombie that has evolved intelligence must not be kept. If it is allowed to grow any further, it will definitely become a serious threat.
Ji An continued, "You were entangled by the zombies and didn't have time to fight the zombie king. I fought with it before, and the power it released was definitely a mental power. I don't know if it was too low level or the zombie king's intelligence was not enough. It only released its power based on intuition and didn't know how to visualize mental power and maximize its mental attack value."
“Don’t give it a chance to grow.”
Otherwise humanity will be in danger!
"Once Zhou Qin is stable, we will need to clear out the zombie king a second time." Gu Jinsheng made the decision immediately.
"good."
About five hours later, Zhou Qin woke up. Gu Jinsheng and Ji An put on sterile clothes and visited him through the glass window.
Zhou Qin was still very weak, but maybe because of the blood transfusion and the treatment by the healing psychic, his face was not so pale anymore and he didn't even need an IV drip.
But he still seemed to have no strength and could not move at all. He could only lie on the bed and look at them through the transparent glass.
Zhou Qin's lips moved, but his voice was too soft. Even though there was a radio at the bedside, Ji An couldn't hear what he said.
Gu Jinsheng didn't hear it, but guessed it, "We didn't touch Gou Chong. He is locked up in a solitary isolation room. When you can get up, go and interrogate him yourself."
Zhou Qin blinked to indicate that he heard it.
Three days later, Gu Jinsheng and Ji An were released from quarantine, and none of them were infected. Seven days later, Zhou Qin was released from quarantine, and was also not infected. At the same time, Zhou Qin's strong physical fitness allowed him to recover, although he was still a little weak, and he could be discharged from the hospital.
On the day Zhou Qin was discharged from the hospital, Gu Jinsheng, Ji An, Wan Xueying, Kong Zhongcheng and others arrived.
Perhaps because he had waited too long and wanted to know the answer too much, after Zhou Qin was discharged from the hospital, he went to find Gou Chong without exchanging many greetings with others.
At this time, Gou Chong had been taken to the interrogation room and isolated for four days.
No one took care of him during these four days. No one gave him a sip of water or a bite of food. The guards only had to make sure he was not dead and was still breathing.
Zhou Qin walked in. Gou Chong, who seemed to be fainting from hunger, woke up immediately when he saw it was him.
Gou Chong stared at Zhou Qin intently, then suddenly he grinned and said in a friendly tone, "Zhou Qin, you've lost weight."
It was as if nothing had ever happened between them.
However, this time Zhou Qin did not respond to him with a playful smile as he did in the past. Instead, he stood there with a cane with an expressionless face, looking at Gou Chong coldly, a coldness that was even colder than that of Gu Jinsheng.
Only when Gou Chong couldn't laugh anymore did Zhou Qin ask, "Why?"
Gou Chong closed his eyes, his voice was hoarse, his lips were cracked, "There's no reason, I'm just jealous of you, just kill me, everything is what I deserve."
"Tell the truth!" Zhou Qin suddenly shouted, "Gou Chong, you have hurt me like this and broke my leg. Don't you think I am not worthy of knowing the truth?"
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