Chapter 860: Radiation Zombies
"What do you want from me?" Lu Weiyi asked.
Neither of them said anything. Unable to wait for an answer, Lu Weiyi yawned and tears immediately appeared in his eyes. In their entanglement, Lu Weiyi suddenly remembered the purpose of Qin Jin bringing him here, "Do you know where there is a coal mine?"
"Coal mine? Didn't you start mining right after transporting it?" Wang Qing said it quickly and then felt embarrassed.
Liu Zhuo thought for a while, "There is one nearby, but most of it was transported to our village, and the rest are just some scraps." Liu Zhuo thought and pointed in a direction, "There used to be one in that direction, I don't know if it has been occupied by Jin Province. I've been there before and can show you the way."
"So when are you free?"
The two were silent again, and this time it was Liu Zhuo who spoke, "Our base is isolated from the outside world, and a lot of information is a bit delayed. Can you tell our colonel about some of the latest news outside?"
"It's easy for me to talk, but..." He raised his chin towards Qin Jin, "Aren't you afraid of them?"
"Even if I go with you, there is no guarantee that there won't be any accidents."
"Then let the leader decide. Can we go towards the village tomorrow?" Wang Qing smiled and stretched out his hand to make a request. "Please give our leader face. The mutant secret dog today is really not something we two can deal with."
This was exactly what he wanted, so Lu Weiyi agreed immediately. The "sleeping" Qin Jin opened his eyes slightly and fell asleep on his side again.
At dawn the next day, the little monkey woke up first. He reached out quietly to grab the branch, trying to swing himself out silently, but he ignored his own weight.
With a loud bang, Wang Qing and Liu Zhuo stood up at the same time, raising their guns towards the direction where the sound came from. Lu Weiyi turned over and pretended to know nothing, and Qin Jin didn't even move.
The little monkey didn't wake up the people at all. He threw away the branch in his hand that was pulled down by his weight, squeaked twice, and ran towards the jungle.
The two people who were awakened couldn't fall asleep anymore. After stretching their muscles, they thought about what to eat.
Before the two of them could come to a conclusion, the little monkey came back with a bunch of small animals in his hands.
After throwing it to the ground, it looked at Liu Zhuo with burning eyes. It recognized that this was the man who cooked last night. As the man and the monkey looked at each other, they miraculously understood each other's meaning.
"It really has become a spirit," Liu Zhuo muttered to the stunned Wang Qing, and resignedly picked up the mutant animal on the ground to take it apart and wash it.
So it was the delicious breakfast that woke Lu Weiyi up. While eating, Lu Weiyi told Qin Jin about their next route. Qin Jin had no objection, and after the meal, the group set off immediately.
Compared to Lu Weiyi's ability to eat barbecue, Liu Zhuo was obviously much better, so much so that when they set out again, the little monkey actually enthusiastically invited Liu Zhuo to sit on its other shoulder.
Liu Zhuo looked at the nearly four-meter height and the crazy movement of it jumping up and down, and expressed his refusal very subtly.
"Can you recognize the way back?" Lu Weiyi asked the two while comforting the little monkey.
"Yes, we often patrol this area and have marked the areas," said Wang Qing, walking in front to lead the way.
"The marks we left on the tree can help us find our way back," Liu Zhuo explained. Qin Jin stepped forward to take a look and found that their marks had penetrated directly into the trunk of the tree. Unless the entire tree was cut down, these marks would remain forever.
Compared with before, there were not many mutated animals encountered along the way, and they had obviously been cleared out.
Two hours later, Wang Qing said that the first attack was almost over. Less than half an hour later, dense gunshots were heard in the forest.
Wang Qing and Liu Zhuo's faces changed instantly, "Our village is the only one nearby."
The two of them ran towards the direction where the sound came from at the same time. Without Lu Weiyi saying anything, the little monkey immediately followed his newly recognized cook.
Passing through the towering trees, what came into view was the figures of several people supporting each other and running away. Chasing them were the same animals that had chased Wang Qing and the others yesterday, and behind those animals were some traces of zombies.
The gunshots came from the hands of several people who were following behind, but unfortunately by the time they arrived, their guns had become useless and had become firewood sticks.
After careful identification, Lu Weiyi found that they were the same few people, and the wounds left by Lu Weiyi's mental blade were still on their bodies.
"Liu Zhuo!" The man running in the front was the first to see the two people coming to support him. His eyes then locked onto Lu Weiyi and he excitedly shouted, "Base Captain Lu."
Well, probably he knows her.
Lu Weiyi sighed in his heart, if he had known, he would have dealt with these things yesterday. As the energy blade came out, he felt as if something was missing. However, as he watched the mutant animals fall, the zombies following closely behind chased after them.
Unlike all the zombies I have seen before, the group in front of me seemed to have herpes. Their skin was soft and fluid, as if there was a water-filled balloon hanging on their bodies, swaying as they walked.
There is no skin visible on the face. There is only a layer of peeled skin. The inner tissue has fallen due to gravity, leaving behind tumors of varying sizes.
This half-human, half-ghost appearance is even more disgusting than a zombie.
As they were hit by the energy blade, the pus inside gushed out, spraying indiscriminately in all directions. Lu Weiyi quickly used his mental barrier to block the people in front of him. The little green branch that had not been used for a long time quickly reached into their heads and harvested the crystal cores.
As the surroundings fell silent, a strong stench filled the air. It had been a long time since he smelled this smell, and Lu Weiyi was choked so much that he retched for a moment.
Some of the people around him even vomited directly, while Qin Jin and the other zombies even took a few steps towards the pool of mucus on the ground that was blocked by the mental barrier, squatted down and observed it closely.
"Thank you, Captain Lu," the man who had called out Lu Weiyi's name before thanked him and introduced himself, "I'm Political Commissar Zheng Xian. I had the honor of studying in Yueban Bay before and later awakened my special powers and returned to the team. I heard that you have been in seclusion and upgraded. It's great to see you upgrade safely."
"Thank you," Lu Weiyi greeted them. After asking, he found out that they were out looking for Wang Qing and the others. They had not returned since they came out last night.
He looked at Wang Qing and gritted his teeth, "Your wife found the military and asked the colonel to save you."
Wang Qing looked guilty. "I'm sorry, Political Commissar. The doctor said my wife can't continue to be ill. I..."
He didn't continue talking, and Zheng Xian just glared at him and said, "Go back and accept your punishment."
"yes".
"And you." Zheng Xian looked at the silent Liu Zhuo. Liu Zhuo laughed and changed the subject to look at the person he was carrying. "What's wrong with being patriotic?"
"I was injured. We need to go back as soon as possible." Zheng Xian hadn't yet recognized that the people around him were zombies. He asked why Lu Weiyi was here. Liu Zhuo pulled him aside to explain a few words and also told him the identities of Qin Jin and others.
Zheng Xian looked over there unconsciously, and after a moment he said, "Let's go to our outpost first."
At this time, Qin Jin had also stopped, and the group headed towards the village again. Lu Weiyi felt that Qin Jin must have discovered something, so he jumped off the little monkey, stood beside Qin Jin, and asked him what was going on.
Qin Jin glanced at him with a half-smile, "Perhaps you shouldn't explain to me why your ability doesn't seem to have been consumed at all?"
"..."Lu Weiyi.
He remembered the strange feeling he had when he rescued people before. Usually, it was the zombies under Cheng Qi and his group who took action, but this time, none of them moved. In the end, Lu Weiyi was the only one using his supernatural powers.
With this kind of consumption, his abilities wouldn't be exhausted, but he shouldn't be that relaxed either. However, he acted as if nothing had happened, which aroused Qin Jin's suspicion.
As expected of a soldier who retired with Zhuang Mingxu, he has such a strong insight.
Lu Weiyi didn't want to share his guesses, especially since their identities and positions were still uncertain. Such trump cards were kept for last.
He said confidently, "Of course it's because I have strong superpowers."
He raised an eyebrow and looked at the zombies, showing his "don't mess with me" attitude so vividly that they couldn't tell the truth from the false for a moment.
"Most of the zombies just now were level B, and some were even level A. They underwent such changes, probably because of the impact of the radiation." Lu Weiyi thought of Xu Xiao's situation he had seen before, and guessed in his heart, jokingly, "Now you don't have to worry about radiation causing the death of the zombies."
"The current situation shows that they will only melt, not die." At this point, he thought of the impact of zombies on humans, and suddenly turned his head to look at Qin Jin, "Does the pus contain energy that can infect humans?"
Qin Jin was silent for a while and nodded.
Lu Weiyi took a breath of cold air when he thought of the scene of pus spurting out after the abscess was cut. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and used his mental barrier to protect several people, otherwise these low-level psychics might have been infected on the spot.
"It seems that you zombies are really the product of evolution. If such radiation touches a person with super powers, he will definitely die on the spot." But those zombies are still "alive", which is horrifying. It may mean that as the radiation increases in the future, humans and super powers will die, but zombies will be the ones who survive in the end.
"You call that 'being alive'?" Qin Jin's voice was extremely cold, and anyone could hear the displeasure in his words.
Lu Weiyi didn't want to offend him and ignored him.
Zheng Xian and the others who heard their conversation also looked unhappy. He had already learned from Liu Zhuo what had happened outside in the past year, which made him even more uneasy.
"How did you encounter these zombies?" Qin Jin looked at Zheng Xian.
Zheng Xian shook his head, "We were being chased by those dense dogs, and those zombies followed us halfway..."
"It should be after I was injured." Liu Aiguo on his back said in a weak voice, his face looked pale, as if he had lost too much blood. There was a simple bandage on his thigh, and the place where the bandage was tied was slightly dented, as if a piece was missing.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
