Chapter 872 Dispersion
The buildings eroded by time have fewer traces of humans. They are covered with trees and weeds, and mutated animals roam around. There are occasional zombie crystal cores, and they maintain a balance between each other. Only Lu Weiyi is like an alien among them - not only will he be attacked by mutated animals, but he will also be stared at by zombies.
This seems to have become a cleansing against humanity, making people increasingly unable to see the future.
Cheng Qi kept silent, guarding against occasional attacks from mid-air; Qin Jin controlled the surrounding zombies to find out the situation; Lu Weiyi, Zhang Qing and Li Guang, who had been busy all day, had almost exhausted their powers, and sat on the mottled roof to rest. Li Guang would give Zhang Qing a crystal core after a while, and Zhang Qing would absorb it almost non-stop regardless of the level.
For him, this should be the process of the fragments of consciousness re-condensing. Seeing that he seemed to have absorbed too much and there were black earthworm-like things constantly moving under his skin on his face, Lu Weiyi didn't know whether he should say that he deserved it.
Probably understanding what he meant, Li Guang explained, "The relationship between zombies is not as simple as you think. It is instinctive to resist high-level zombies, and it is also instinctive to disobey them."
"It's like a group of lions chasing the lion king. They obey the lion king, but are also ready to strike a fatal blow when the lion king makes a mistake." Li Guang smiled at him with his head tilted. The missing half of his face and the intact side formed two completely different expressions. "Nature is always fair. No group is perfect."
Lu Weiyi stared at him for a long time, and at this moment he finally looked past the zombies' appearance and saw their inner selves - it turned out that they were also worried about the future.
"A zombie gave me some information. The place we are looking for is not far from here." Qin Jin, who was standing like a statue to get information from the local zombies, strode over with a more complete map in his hand. "There was a big oil field over there before the end of the world. Do you need anything else? We will set off tomorrow?"
"Oil field? Oil?" The drowsy Lu Weiyi woke up immediately, "Okay, do you have any specific news?"
Qin Jin shook his head, looking a little confused. "You've been busy for a few days. Don't keep watch tonight. Go to bed early. We will set off early tomorrow morning."
Lu Weiyi has visited almost all the manufacturing plants, big and small, in the city recently. Not only is he physically tired, but his supernatural powers have also been greatly consumed. He didn't bother to be polite with others. He just gave the little monkey and the three mutant giant wolves a few words of advice and then nestled among them.
"Aren't you feeling hot?" Qin Jin was speechless.
In August, the temperature would not drop much even on a cool night. The mutant giant wolf had to rely on the ice cubes made by Cheng Qi to dissipate the extra heat brought by its fur. Lu Weiyi, who crawled inside, felt like he was covered with a thick quilt, and he felt hot just by looking at him.
“Isn’t this a sense of security?”
Lu Weiyi's eyes narrowed into a line. Even though Qin Jin promised that nothing would happen, he still buried himself in the mutant giant wolf's hair, making sure that not even a strand of hair was exposed. Lu Weiyi went straight into the space.
The space contained the body of a mutant squid that he had specially placed there before. It was rich in energy, and even if he did not absorb the crystal core, his supernatural powers would recover quickly once he entered it.
After setting the alarm, Lu Weiyi fell asleep.
Worried about what might happen outside, Lu Weiyi only set the time for four hours. However, when he was woken up by the alarm clock and went out of the space, he found that the security barrier that was originally surrounded by three mutant giant wolves and little monkeys was now completely empty, without even a shadow of a zombie left around.
"Qin Jin?" Lu Weiyi shouted around without giving up. In the silent night, only the calls of unknown birds could be heard, carrying an eerie feeling.
"Little monkey——?" Lu Weiyi shouted, but still got no response.
After walking around the area, I could only see that everything was a bit messy and I couldn't tell what exactly had happened.
Lu Weiyi stood alone on the roof of a tall building, and suddenly he suspected that he had not slept for a few hours, but for several centuries. This was the first time in such a long time that he did not go into the space to restore his supernatural powers at night. Who could have thought that such a thing would happen.
Thinking of the map Qin Jin was holding and the magnetic field corrector that he had not yet fully mastered, Lu Weiyi suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Threads of mental power flowed out from his body in all directions, but there was no sign of any human figure within several kilometers. In the thick night, he couldn't be sure which direction they went.
Lu Weiyi had to choose between waiting for someone where he was and going into the space until dawn, and he chose the latter without hesitation.
When he woke up after another two hours of good sleep, it was just getting light outside, the summer morning breeze was just right, and he could hear the sounds of various animals getting up and being active. Before Lu Weiyi could say a word of admiration, a mutant animal immediately attacked him.
"..."Lu Weiyi.
For the first time, he felt that it was a good thing to have those zombies with him. At least he didn't have to do such things himself in the past.
The energy turned into invisible blades that wrapped around him, creating an invisible shielding space for him. Any creature that approached would be caught in a meat grinder with flesh and blood flying everywhere. It was extremely terrifying to see from a distance.
The result was that the few traces left on the ground were completely lost.
Even though he knew that most of the attacks they suffered every day were caused by him, Lu Weiyi could finally feel the intensity of the attacks personally.
Given the current suppression of superpowers by the outside world, it won't be long before his superpowers are exhausted.
I am unfamiliar with the place and don't know the surrounding situation, so it would be extremely difficult to get along with them.
Especially since we don't know what happened to them, it's unrealistic to wait there.
Just as Lu Weiyi was hesitating, he heard gunshots suddenly coming from the distant horizon.
There were definitely gunshots in the no-man's land, and it felt like seeing a ghost.
Lu Weiyi didn't bother to check the surrounding situation. While he could still identify the direction, he quickly ran towards the direction where the sound came from.
Accustomed to the wind-like speed of the little monkey and the mutant giant wolf, Lu Weiyi hasn't run on his feet for a long time. He still feels a little uncomfortable when he does this occasionally.
With the blessing of SSS-level supernatural powers, Lu Weiyi soon arrived at the direction where the sound came from. Of course, the reason why he did not get lost was because the sound was intermittent and never stopped. This allowed him to arrive successfully under the premise that the magnetic field seriously affects the sense of direction of living things.
He was prepared for the possibility of facing various dangerous situations, but the Qin Jin in front of him was walking slowly in the field that looked like a field with Sang and the small animals he had been waiting for. He could vaguely make out that what was planted in the field seemed to be corn.
But no one takes care of it. Now is not the growing season, and the densely packed corn stalks are nearly two meters high, but there is not a single cob of corn.
Three giant mutant wolves lined up in a row. Qin Jin and several other zombies sat on them. The little monkey followed slowly behind them. They didn't look like they were in any danger at all, which made Lu Weiyi even more confused about why they left.
"Qin Jin?" Lu Weiyi shouted and rushed towards them, and saw Qin Jin seemed to be startled and shouted, "Don't go——".
Before he could finish the rest of the words, Lu Weiyi, who had returned to the team on his own accord, appeared in front of him. "What did you say?"
He stood on tiptoe in front of Xiaobai, touched his head, and looked up at Qin Jin.
"..." Qin Jin.
He gritted his teeth, "How did you get here?"
"I walked here..." Lu Weiyi didn't finish his funny voice, and his expression gradually became cold. The surroundings were different from the cornfields he saw, but dense forests, as if the moment he entered, they had appeared in another space.
"Is this an illusion?" Lu Weiyi could only think so.
Qin Jin shook his head, "We have already circled several mountains here. No matter which direction we go, we will eventually return here. I was thinking about whether I could use the gunshots to alarm you and maybe we can get out."
As a result, someone came running over directly.
"..."Lu Weiyi.
Lu Weiyi felt ashamed and recalled the scene he saw, "I saw you in a cornfield, and there seemed to be signs of crushing around you."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and attacked the tree next to him. After a moment, the tree was cut off with a clang. The sound of the branches falling to the ground did not sound fake at all.
"I tried it and it can be ignited," Qin Jin said.
"What happened last night?" Lu Weiyi was not in a hurry to go out, especially since there was no trace of mutant animals here, which was much better than being attacked outside. He patted Xiaobai to signal him to stop, and took the initiative to sit under a tree. "I came to find you early in the morning. We haven't eaten yet. Do you want to join us?"
"Replenish some water, there are no animals here, and they have nothing to eat," Qin Jin pointed at the four following them. Zombies can go without food and water for a short period of time, but the mutant animals have been carrying them, and the amount of exercise is huge, so just replenishing water is not enough.
Lu Weiyi took the prey from the space and threw it to the three mutant giant wolves. The three immediately carried it to the side. The little monkey was dissatisfied and asked to eat cooked food. Qin Jin broke the tree next to him, lit a fire, and roasted it for him himself.
This was the first time he cooked for the little monkey. Lu Weiyi looked at him strangely. Qin Jin didn't explain anything and talked about what happened to them in the middle of the night.
After Lu Weiyi rested for a while, the other zombies also found a place to rest. With them around, Qin Jin never stayed up late. Even though zombies didn't need much sleep, he still maintained a good schedule as a human being.
In the middle of the night, Qin Jin suddenly felt a palpitation, which had never happened to a zombie before, and it woke him up immediately.
Looking around, there was silence all around. The four mutant animals were fast asleep, and the other zombies also seemed to be in a deep sleep. Even Cheng Qi, who was on guard, was leaning against the wall without any reaction.
At first glance, there is nothing strange, but upon closer inspection, there is something weird everywhere.
Qin Jin said to the three giant wolves who were walking towards Lu Weiyi and wagging their tails to beg for food because they were hungry, "Wolves' vigilance is already very strong, and after the mutation, it has only increased, not to mention the little monkey... not to mention along the way."
"Besides, the possibility of Cheng Qi being distracted while keeping watch at night is almost zero, let alone falling asleep."
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