Chapter 194 What's in the Mist
Xing Min's body this time is different from his brother in the last world.
Although his brother in the last world was in the advanced stage of cancer, at least he could walk and was not injured. But this time, due to some special reasons, he chose this body to possess, but when he entered, this body was almost dead.
His hands and feet were broken, four ribs were broken, his organs were severely bleeding, the back of his head was hit and bleeding, and he had a severe concussion...
He spent a lot of energy to stabilize this body. After being taken back to the villa by You Xi, he still had to allocate a little energy every day to stabilize his body, otherwise this body would continue to break down until death.
Youxi didn't want Xingmin to consume too much energy, so she didn't plan to go too far this time. At most, she would go from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain. Maybe she could check the situation of the resort troops.
Youxi didn't know how Xingmin did it, but he could tell the direction without dispersing the gray mist.
[You can understand it as a radar.]
For her questions, he directly delivered the message to her in a systematic way.
This world is difficult. According to her interpretation of the "Seven Hells", there are five disasters waiting for her. So she didn't want to waste star coins. She didn't spend 30 star coins to open the mind shielding function for a month like in the last world.
The benefits are obvious. Xingmin can answer her questions at any time.
As for the downside, there were a few times when she was thinking about: Jian Shou's abdominal muscles after training, Hei Mu's cold and restrained look when he wore white gloves to help her with daily chores, Yan Shang's gentle eyes when she obeyed her orders, Xi Yuan said proudly that he didn't need it, but when he heard that she wanted one-on-one guidance, he immediately showed an expectant expression... more or less, her thoughts would be inexplicably scattered.
People are not wooden. These four people are impeccable in terms of appearance, temper and loyalty, so she would occasionally think, why not just stay in this world for another ten or eight years?
Then at this time, she would always feel the emotions of another person.
[……]
[……? ]
[…………]
Every time, there was no word, but it just made her know that he was speechless at the moment.
When she looked back, she would usually find Xing Min standing on the top of the stairs, quietly looking at her.
You Xi: ...
Even though she knew he was a system, or perhaps just an AI with autonomous consciousness, she would inevitably feel embarrassed at this moment because he had a normal human body in the apocalyptic world and looked at her with a calm but deep gaze...
"Be careful, after the bend in the mountain wall ahead, it's the downhill road." Xing Min's voice rang out. This body not only looks good, but also has a nice voice. His voice is clean and clear, with a little magnetism that hits the eardrum.
"Yes." Jian Shou's voice rang out from the end of the team. There were
four people, You Xi led the way, followed by Xing Min, the third was Xi Yuan, and Jian Shou was the last.
With a distance of one meter, they couldn't see each other clearly, so from Youxi's perspective, when he looked back, he could only vaguely see the outline of Xing Min's protective suit, and couldn't see Xiyuan and Jian Shou clearly at all.
Fortunately, they were well prepared and connected to each other with a tough but flexible metal rope. If anyone moved or changed, the other three people would know it immediately.
The mountainside where the suspended villa was located was not large, and they had not encountered the blood-red software before along the way, probably because there were only a few teahouses and coffee shops nearby besides their villa.
Xing Min reminded them when he passed by the teahouse and coffee shop, and they also went closer to check, but unfortunately, the people who had taken refuge here were gone. The doors of the teahouse and coffee shop were open, and the gray fog spread a little inside. There were no bodies inside, but it was no longer safe.
As for where the people inside went and whether they were still alive, they didn't know.
The disappearance of people in these two buildings made the place less popular, which might be the reason why they didn't encounter the blood-red software all the way.
The visibility was only one meter. Youxi couldn't see the road ahead, and even the ground under his feet was not very clear. There was gray fog everywhere.
She checked before planning this action. The mist is not corrosive and non-toxic, but there must be some unknown ingredients in it, which makes it a hotbed for blood-red soft tissue.
In addition to the mist, each of them held a trekking pole in their hands, mainly to explore the way forward, so as not to accidentally step on any potholes or rocks on the mountain road.
Because Youxi was at the front, she used the trekking pole to the effect of a blind person. Because the road they were walking on was on one side of the mountain wall, the end of the trekking pole would occasionally rub against the rocks of the mountain wall, and she would use this to adjust the direction of advance.
Plop - a dull and subtle sound came, and the end of the trekking pole hit something again.
But this time, Youxi stopped instantly.
"What's wrong?" Xing Min, who was closest to her, immediately heard the change in her steps, "What's ahead?"
"I don't know, but it's definitely not a mountain wall." She recalled the slight touch when she touched it just now. Even through the trekking pole, she could still tell that it was not hard rock, but something softer, and it inexplicably made her feel nauseous.
But her trekking pole was hanging in the air just now. If it was blood-red soft, there was no reason to stay in the air.
"What happened?" Xi Yuan and Jian Shou asked behind her.
"There was something just now, it felt a little wrong, everyone gathered a little bit, in a triangle formation." The triangle formation that You Xi mentioned was the one they had drawn before the trip.
There were four people, she was in front, Xing Min, Xi Yuan and Jian Shou were lined up behind her, Xi Yuan and Jian Shou were alert to the left and right, Xing Min was alert to the back, she was observing the front, and at the same time, they kept this formation and moved forward.
The four people started to move again according to the planned formation, and soon, Jian Shou also frowned: "There really is something! My trekking pole also hit it!"
"The other party will move, it seems to be circling outside us, everyone be careful!" Xing Min also reminded.
At this time, Xi Yuan suddenly whispered: "Here!"
You Xi's reaction was faster than the wind, and she had almost swooped past at the same time as Xi Yuan spoke, and the unsheathed Tang sword appeared in her hand. She accurately stabbed into the gray mist, only to feel the knife soften, as if it had stabbed into... a pool of soft mud?
There were rocks on the mountain wall to the side of Xiyuan, and because of the rocks' protection, she chose to strike in his direction.
The thing was firmly nailed to the mountain wall by her Tang sword. Xing Min emitted a little light golden starlight, clearing a small area. The four people finally saw the thing hidden in the gray mist.
It was a deformed creature that could not be identified. Its whole body was covered with wriggling blood-red soft tissue, but this kind of soft tissue was different from what they had seen before. It was like... it was saturated with something and became swollen and softer, like blood bubbles, wriggling one after another.
The blood bubbles were shrinking rapidly where the Youxi Tang sword pierced, and some red and white liquid flowed out of it, which looked extremely disgusting.
Although the opponent's body was nailed, it still waved its limbs covered with blood bubbles, trying to break free, but its strength was obviously much weaker than before in the thick fog.
It opened its mouth, which was also full of squirming soft blood bubbles, but broken and hoarse syllables leaked out of the opponent's mouth.
"It hurts... help... help... me... kill, kill... me..."
Youxi was shocked.
This is actually a person!
"... Is he, is he a human?" Xiyuan felt hair all over his body.
"It's a person." Xing Min said in a calm voice, "These blood bubbles should be the changes caused by the soft tissue that was attached before."
"He's covered with blood bubbles. Before that..."
"Yes, his whole body should have been covered with blood-red soft tissue before." You Xi frowned. This unknown creature not only stalked people, but also used the human body as a breeding ground. It was more disgusting than she had imagined.
She was afraid that if she drew out the Tang sword, the opponent would fall into the mist, so she took the long dagger from Jian Shou, aimed at the opponent's head, and slowly stabbed it in, ending the opponent's pain.
You Xi drew out the dagger and the Tang sword, and the blood bubble man slowly fell along the mountain wall.
The surrounding gray mist gathered again and filled this small blank space.
Youxi returned the dagger to Jian Shou and looked at him and Xiyuan closely: "You can go back if you are afraid."
"It's okay. Aren't we going to the resort to inquire about the troops? How can we go back if we haven't completed the mission?" Xiyuan said firmly, "Let's continue."
**
The car's dashboard showed that the last fuel had been used up.
This convoy went out two days ago to perform a task of searching for supplies. Because the members on the trip were all elite members, and they installed remotely controlled flares at fixed points along the way, after they arrived at a nearby small warehouse with difficulty to find supplies, they relied on the flares to guide the way and gradually found the correct direction and drove back to the resort.
There was still some distance to go before the destination, but because the way out was difficult and we got lost several times, we had consumed a lot of fuel and could no longer start the car.
"Captain, we are not far away. Let's get off the car and carry the supplies ourselves!" Someone suggested. Because everyone had protective clothing and supplies had been distributed in the resort before, this proposal was quickly agreed.
The team members on the first car got off the car one by one, groped their way to the two cars behind, and notified the other team members.
Everyone got off the car one by one, found the folding carts, and began to unload and transport supplies.
The gray fog was too thick, and the busy team members could not see each other clearly. One team member had just pushed the fixed cart forward a few steps when he found that someone seemed to be blocking the cart in front.
"Who's in front?" The man couldn't see clearly, so he asked into the gray mist.
No one answered.
He was confused for a moment, and pushed the cart hard again, and this time he clearly heard the sound of the cart hitting the other side.
He was about to go around to the front to check the situation, when suddenly, a bloated and swollen blood-red arm stretched out from the thick mist and slapped the supplies on the cart with a bang.
I don't know if it was because of excessive force, but red and white liquid flowed out from under the swollen and deformed arm...
The team member was startled, and the next moment, a terrible blood-bubble face poked out from the thick mist, with a deformed and twisted mouth, and made a hoarse and broken sound: "Food...so much, food...mine..."
Even the trained team members were frightened and screamed at this moment.
He lowered his head and frantically searched for his weapon, but just as he grabbed the gun, the blood bubble man rushed towards him and threw him to the ground.
"What's wrong? Xiao Feng! What happened?" His terrified cry attracted the team members, but the fog was too thick, and the team member stumbled and finally walked over, and only discovered the weird blood-red monster in front of him when he got close.
He immediately reached for his weapon, but at this time another swollen blood-red figure rushed towards him from the side.
Almost instantly, the team members who were unloading and transporting supplies were attacked by many blood bubble men. These people seemed to be assimilated by the red software and could accurately identify the direction in the gray fog.
The soft tissues on some of the blood bubble people burst, spraying red and white liquids, which stained the team members' protective clothing, and condensed into new soft tissues after a while, and began to wriggle behind them.
"What is this!?"
"Be careful! Don't be knocked down by them! Start looting!"
"Start looting quickly!"
"No! You can't start looting, the fog is too thick, it will hit our own people! Use a knife! Use a knife!" The captain pulled out a machete and slashed fiercely at the blood-red figure that was throwing towards his team members. The
red and white liquid splashed out, but the blood bubble man did not fall down. It turned around and suddenly threw towards him. At the same moment, a second blood bubble man appeared silently on the captain's left and threw towards him.
At the critical moment, a sharp Tang sword pierced through the head of the blood bubble man beside him. The Tang sword was pulled out, and the swollen bloody figure fell down.
The captain also chopped the head of the blood bubble man in front of him in time, and the crisis was resolved. He looked to the side and saw a figure wearing protective clothing emerging from the gray mist.
"Are you troops from the resort?" The other party spoke, and it was a pleasant and quiet female voice.
"Yes!" Almost at the same time he finished speaking, the gray mist near them disappeared at an extremely fast speed, as if some inexplicable force pushed and cleared the thick fog in this small area.
The team members who were fighting with the blood bubble man were all shocked, but at the same time they also found that the blood bubble man, who was originally extremely powerful, seemed to have weakened in an instant! ?
"Hurry up and fight! Without the gray fog, they'll be weaker!"
"Be careful! Don't let them escape into the fog!"
The troops, together with the new recruits, worked together and finally resolved all the blood bubble people that were besieging them.
"Thank you!" The captain's eyes swept over the other side again. In addition to the woman who spoke, there were three tall figures beside her. But because of the protective mask, he couldn't see the other side's appearance clearly.
"Why are you staying here?"
"Our team went out to look for supplies. We were almost there, but because we ran out of fuel... we had to get off. If it weren't for you today, we would have suffered heavy losses! The most important thing is that we must bring this batch of supplies back. Everyone is waiting for us."
When the captain said these words, the thick fog around them came over again, and the people who helped them were also hidden in the gray fog and could not be seen clearly.
The captain took a few steps forward, without seeing the other side, but his feet kicked two heavy objects.
He squatted down to check, and then he found that the two things were actually portable fuel barrels, which contained the fuel they needed most at the moment.
"This is--" He stood up excitedly, wanting to thank the other party, but when he took a few steps and couldn't find the four people, he realized that the other party had quietly left under the cover of the thick fog.
Yes, they can travel in such a thick fog, have a way to clear the thick fog, and can immediately take out the fuel they need most. These people are not ordinary at all. In this doomsday, the more extraordinary people are, the more careful they have to be.
The captain carefully carried the two portable gasoline barrels and sincerely thanked them again towards the gray thick fog.
**
Later that day, the outgoing convoy finally returned to the resort safely.
They brought back the water supplies that everyone needed most. The command center immediately used the radio to convey this news to the public and told everyone to wait for the supplies to be delivered.
The team members who stayed in the resort were very excited. After being reminded by the team members who went out, they chose to drive a fully enclosed small truck to deliver supplies after wearing protective clothing and carrying weapons.
The delivery mission went smoothly, and they even rescued several trapped elderly people and a wounded and dying servant in a building on the edge of the resort.
Although the door of the building was open, because the doors of the two rooms were locked, the people inside were not attacked by the blood-red software.
After learning that the people who imprisoned them and robbed them of their food were missing, they took these people to a building near the command center, treated them, and redistributed accommodation and food supplies.
On that day, although the resort was still surrounded by thick fog, the people in each building once again raised hope for the future because of the newly distributed supplies.
However, such joy did not last long. That night, the people in the buildings were awakened by the cold one by one.
Someone checked the thermometer in the house and found that the temperature had dropped from more than ten degrees to below zero.
A low whistling sound came from the thick fog outside the building.
That was the sound of the wind.
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