Chapter 28: Illusion
As the zombies outside the hospital were cleared away, the people in the team began to gather outside the hospital gate.
Luo Mei, Ji Yan and Ye Ziang came back not long after.
Seeing that their lips were chapped and their faces were pale, Yu Yao gave each of them a bottle of water.
Ye Ziang and Ji Yan obviously didn't expect Yu Yao to give them water, and their expressions showed some surprise.
"Thank you, Yu Yao."
Ye Ziang knew what the value of this bottle of water was now.
But he was so thirsty and hot that he couldn't bear to return it, so he had to accept it shamelessly.
Yu Yao waved her hand to signal them not to be polite, and then focused her attention on the hospital.
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Before entering the hospital, Sang Yi asked the psychic in the team to investigate the situation inside, and the conclusion was: there were zombies, and there were especially many on the first floor.
The psychic's ability level is not high, and the range of his mental power is small, so he has not found any survivors on the top floor yet.
After Sang Yi understood the general situation inside, he nodded and quickly assigned the formation.
When they were about to enter the hospital, Sang Yi led a team of soldiers and pushed open the bloody and flesh-stained door of Lincheng Second Hospital.
Yu Yao was still looking at the map of the hospital interior when she noticed the door was pushed open.
The red dot on the first floor was in commotion for a moment, then quickly returned to calm.
But when they stepped through the door, they were surprised to find that there was not a single zombie in the hospital.
The interior of the hospital is so clean and tidy that it makes people feel like they are in the time before the end of the world.
Yu Yao frowned, and for a moment, she even doubted whether the map in her mind was accurate.
The others also showed strange expressions, and some even cast strange looks at the psychic user just now.
However, Yu Yao's suspicion only lasted for a moment before she dispelled it.
Putting aside the accuracy of the map, this clean and tidy hospital itself is unreasonable.
Looking at the map again, there were densely packed red dots around their group.
Even some little red dots have infiltrated into their team!
Yu Yao looked at Luo Mei and found that she was also frowning, and her raised fox eyes were full of vigilance and suspicion.
She is a psychic and also noticed something wrong here.
The two looked at each other, and Yu Yao remembered that the communication function among game friends was somewhat similar to mind communication, so she tried to call Luo Mei in her mind.
"Amei, can you hear me?"
Luo Mei was stunned and looked at Yu Yao with surprise.
Yu Yao knew that she had heard her own consciousness transmission, so she explained: "This is a consciousness transmission, you can also try to reply to me."
"ah?"
Luo Mei responded subconsciously and took a breath.
Yu Yao hurriedly said, "Calm down."
Luo Mei: "Mmmmm! You are awesome, sister!"
Yu Yao: "Don't get excited yet, we are trapped in an illusion, and there are zombies all around us."
Luo Mei: "That's what I said! I thought there was something wrong with my mental strength!"
As Luo Mei responded, she had already quietly clenched the broad-bladed knife in her hands.
Unfortunately, stupidity apparently does not take over everyone's brains.
There are many people who also feel that something is wrong and unreasonable.
For example, Sang Yi, Ye Ziang and Ji Yan, as well as some people with more flexible brains.
They all noticed the abnormality here, so they didn't dare to act rashly.
But there were still a few young people who couldn't help but exclaim in amazement when they saw the scene before them, and some even wanted to leave the team to look around!
"Don't move!"
"Don't walk around!"
The warnings from Sang Yi and Captain Fang sounded at the same time. Yu Yao and Luo Mei's faces changed and they took action at the same time.
The afterimages of the horizontal sword and the broad-blade knife fell in front of Captain Fang and Sang Yi respectively.
As everyone was surprised, they heard two sounds of heavy objects falling.
But there was clearly nothing in front of them!
Now, even a fool can see that something is wrong here.
But it was too late, because the mental zombies in the hospital had realized that they were exposed!
The second before the zombies rioted, Yu Yao had no time to think, and quickly took out a disposable weapon she had just obtained, the [Demon-Repelling Umbrella], and threw it to Luo Mei.
"Amei, hold the umbrella!"
The Demon-Repelling Umbrella has the function of repelling demons and evil spirits. When opened, it can form a protective shield. The range and duration are determined by the ability of the person holding the umbrella.
With Luo Mei's current ability, she can only open a ten-meter shield for about five minutes at most.
The moment Luo Mei received the demon-repelling umbrella, she opened it without any hesitation.
As the scriptures on the umbrella that exorcised evil spirits unfolded, a shield glowing with golden light quickly opened up, protecting everyone inside.
At the same time, the sounds of zombies being flung away and falling were accompanied by the angry roars of the zombies.
It’s easy to guess what was bounced off by the shield!
The shield has a limited range, and some people stand too far to be protected by the shield.
Those who reacted quickly ran into the shield range, while those who reacted slowly were inexplicably injured without knowing it.
Some people even had inexplicable bite marks on their cheeks and necks, which was shocking and extremely terrifying!
Screams came one after another. Yu Yao calmed herself down and used the Sky-Covering Stone to quickly find the source of the illusion for them.
She only had five minutes.
After five minutes, Luo Mei could no longer hold on, and everyone was left facing invisible zombies, with nothing to lose!
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The Heaven-Covering Stone is indeed a god-level amulet, the ancestor of illusions. In just two breaths, Yu Yao identified the source of the illusion.
A huge butterfly that is pale purple all over and sparkling with colorful light!
A very beautiful butterfly, as beautiful as a piece of exquisite work of art.
It landed on the relief mural in the hospital's triage hall, and every time it flapped its wings, it emitted bursts of colorful smoke, like a dream.
After the end of the world, humans, animals, and plants all underwent different mutations.
When humans are infected with the virus, they will turn into zombies or mutants, and animals and plants will turn into mutated animals and plants.
Zombies produce crystal cores that can be used by humans for cultivation.
Animals and plants produce blood crystals and emerald crystals respectively, which can be used to provide each other and their own kind for cultivation.
Therefore, in the early stage of the apocalypse, unless the zombies and mutated animals and plants have no reason and IQ, both sides will kill each other in a blood-thirsty manner.
Or maybe there were too few humans to be distributed, and the two sides were caught up in a fight, but they did not kill each other at other times.
When necessary, they will cooperate with each other to deal with humans together, like now.
Under the control of a certain psychotic zombie, this mutant butterfly actually cooperated with the zombie.
Because fresh human flesh and blood can provide energy to all mutants.
But there are also some mutated animals or plants that are kind to humans. For example, some domestic pets before the apocalypse will still be loyal to their owners after the apocalypse.
In short, mutated animals are another complex system besides humans and zombies.
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After Yu Yao discovered the mutated butterfly, she quickly took out a gas mask and put it on.
He noticed that there were red dots gathering towards him, and while he used the Cloud-Stepping Step to dodge, he took out a small crossbow and aimed at the mutant butterfly, shooting three arrows in a row without hesitation.
The mutant butterfly sensed danger and quickly flapped its wings to avoid it.
But a crossbow arrow still pierced half of its wings, revealing its figure in front of everyone.
Yu Yao's actions completely angered the zombies in the hospital's triage hall, and various sieges and supernatural attacks followed one after another.
Yu Yao had to observe the location of the red dots around her and dodge based on instinct.
Ji Yan discovered that Yu Yao was delayed by invisible zombies and the mutant butterfly was about to escape, so he quickly condensed an ice blade and hit the mutant butterfly.
Sang Yi's fireball also arrived at the same time, but was still dodged by the mutant butterfly.
Although they missed, the actions of the two did block the mutant butterfly's movement to a certain extent, delaying its escape.
Their actions also reminded the others who were protected by the Demon-Repelling Umbrella that they could no longer stand by and watch, so they all used their special powers to surround it.
Soon, it staggered and fell under the siege of these supernatural attacks.
Yu Yao aimed her crossbow at it, ready to end its life.
A wind blade came at her at high speed, cutting a deep wound on her arm, and blood gushed out instantly.
"Ayao!"
Luo Mei's face changed, and five minutes passed quietly. Luo Mei's supernatural power could no longer sustain the consumption of the Demon-Repelling Umbrella.
She shook for a moment with a pale face, and the demon-repelling umbrella in her hand turned into a pile of elusive sand like weathered stone, falling to the ground.
Many people who saw this scene felt so heartbroken that they almost bled!
Yu Yao didn't bother to look at all this.
The injured arm did not move at all, and a crossbow arrow was shot out quickly and accurately, nailing the mutant butterfly, which was already at the end of its strength, to the huge statue behind the triage desk.
After shooting an arrow, Yu Yao jumped back, put away the crossbow and replaced it with a knife, and cut off the claws of the zombie that suddenly appeared in front of her face.
The other knife connected seamlessly and chopped off the zombie's head.
Once the mutant butterfly died, the illusion disappeared and everything around it returned to its original appearance.
A dilapidated hospital, broken corpses, blood and flesh all over the ground, and countless zombies!
Everyone finally saw the zombies. Even facing so many zombies, they felt a sense of surprise that they had survived a disaster.
As expected, everything is afraid of comparison.
Although zombies are scary, they are a small problem compared to the invisible zombies!
Now, everyone can let go and join the battle, using superpowers, firearms, and cold weapons.
Among these people, Yu Yao was the calmest.
Because she knew that there was a psychopathic zombie in the hospital that was cooperating with the mutant butterfly.
Otherwise, when everyone is confused by the mutated butterflies and doesn't know there are zombies around, the other zombies will not be able to suppress their instinct to attack humans.
Maybe it felt that Yu Yao had ruined the good thing, and now this mutant zombie was treating Yu Yao like this...
Hate it to the core.
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