Chapter 797 Wen Jing Disappears
"Captain Lu, our captain has been gone for five hours and hasn't come back yet. Can you help find him?"
Lu Weiyi stood up and looked over, and saw that their team, which originally had more than 50 people, now had less than 30 people left. He suddenly turned his gaze back and found that there were still many people in their team, and relaxed slightly.
"Because..." Ning Yuan winked in the direction of Gu Qingji and said, "I asked the people in my team to be responsible for hunting, while Wen Jing and Su Yan's team will be responsible for finding out the geographical location and patrolling."
The animals that are deformed outside are all the lowest-level animals. They usually don't eat these low-level animals, so it doesn't have much impact on them. Hunting is actually the easiest thing for them.
If it were based on the original team's strength, their team would have been better off taking care of the others, but Gu Qingji's situation was unclear and Ning Yuan didn't want to split the team. Wen Jing and Su Yan probably understood as well and didn't object. Who knew he hadn't come back for so long?
"When was the last time you saw them?" Ning Yuan asked.
"Five hours ago, Captain Wen returned and brought this." Su Yan, who followed, took out a signpost and handed it over. "He said that we are now in Songyang City before the end of the world, but we are not sure how much the earth's crust has shifted, so we need to find some other evidence."
Ning Yuan took it and took a look. This was a city sign that could be seen everywhere before the end of the world, with the street name written below it.
"You didn't say where exactly you were going?"
"No, they just said it might be a little far and we don't have to wait for them to eat," said the person who came for help.
Lu Weiyi took a look and saw that it was already around four o'clock in the afternoon. Normally it would get dark around seven o'clock in this season, but night fell early in the dense forest and the sky was basically invisible around six o'clock.
That means they only have two hours.
Lu Weiyi really didn't want to care about it. Although he only gave out a part of the energy, he could still clearly feel the weakness of his body. It was not a feeling that could be made up by simply replenishing the crystal core energy. It was more like a part of the body was missing.
But if we ignore it, it would be unacceptable.
"I'll take some people out to take a look, you guys..." Lu Weiyi turned his head to look at the team, and saw that everyone stood up. Ning Yuan shook his head bluntly, "We can't separate, we must act together."
"Yes, if we separate at this time, who knows what might happen. To be on the safe side, we should stay together," Xu Sa agreed.
With Wen Jing's previous experience as a lesson, Su Yan also nodded in agreement.
"Okay, pack up and leave in a quarter of an hour."
The entire basement was immediately filled with the sound of things being put away. Lu Weiyi turned around and saw Xu Sa handing him a steaming rabbit leg.
The cumin flavor is strong and very appetizing. "We have all eaten, you should hurry up and eat something before leaving."
Lu Weiyi took a bite and gestured an OK to him. Just as he was about to check on Gu Qingji's condition and arrange for suitable people to protect him, he saw Gu Qingyue anxiously searching around, his movements as if he had lost something important.
"Looking...looking for...what?" Liu Rui pushed Gu Qingji aside, helped him put on protective clothing, and asked.
"I..." Gu Qingyue opened his mouth and closed it again without saying a word. It seemed like something private, so it was not easy to ask other questions.
Lu Weiyi motioned Ning Yuan to ask if he needed help. He saw the two of them whispering to each other. Ning Yuan's face changed, which made him curious. "What is it?"
"Yes..." Gu Qingyue took out a piece of white gauze from his pocket and said anxiously, "Your...the crystal core you gave me is gone."
"Qingji, it's useless. I kept it carefully and said I would return it to you when you woke up, but I just found out... I can't find it."
"Maybe we found the wrong one? I remember it didn't have..." Ning Yuan hinted to him that the original piece was covered with blood, but the gauze he was holding in his hand was clean.
"It's this, really. I was afraid of losing it, so I kept it close to my body in the inner pocket of my chest." Gu Qingyue also noticed something was wrong, but he was sure that no one had ever touched it.
"You keep it close to your body?" Lu Weiyi picked up the gauze and took a look. There was only a tiny amount of energy left on it, so weak that it could not be detected without careful feeling.
"right".
"Are you feeling unwell?"
Lu Weiyi's question was puzzling, and Gu Qingyue shook his head.
"Well, pay more attention to yourself and tell me if anything happens," Lu Weiyi said as he put the gauze away.
Hearing what he said, I knew it was normal to disappear, so Ning Yuan asked directly the reason.
"The SSS crystal core is just a ball of energy and it will dissipate over time. When I return to Laoshan and take you to hunt it once, you will know after experiencing it yourself," Lu Weiyi did not hide it.
"Yisan...disappeared?" Gu Qingyue looked a little sad. His eyes inadvertently glanced at Xu Saningyuan and saw that the two of them lowered their eyes and were speechless.
Lu Weiyi didn't think much about it. He nodded and arranged for someone to take care of Gu Qingji. He also had time to turn around and ask about Yu Mengchu's physical condition.
Although the other party said casually that it was no problem, Lu Weiyi saw her pale face and decided to hurry up and send them back.
After packing up their things quickly, the group left the basement while it was still daylight.
Not long after going out, they found the mark left by Wen Jing. They followed the mark all the way and kept seeing the corpses of attacked zombies and mutated animals along the way. Although some were already incomplete, they still showed the traces left by the opponent's supernatural powers.
After more than twenty minutes, more traces of the city began to come into view, including broken roads, tall buildings knocked apart by trees, and various stores whose words could not be clearly seen due to erosion by wind and rain.
"Do you think there are any supplies in a place like this?" Someone in the team suddenly spoke as they were crossing the street.
"There is no sign of a search here."
Everyone's attention was focused everywhere, so they could naturally see this situation. If it was the early days of the apocalypse, people might be excited, but at this moment it did not arouse anyone's interest at all.
"Six years. Is there anything that won't break down in that long?"
"What a pity."
"Think about it, this place has not been searched. Doesn't that mean there are no living people around here?"
“…”
The crowd fell silent again, and no one spoke for a while.
Until they passed a tobacco and alcohol store and left clear footprints inside.
Li Qing and Su Yan entered quickly and after checking the footprints on the ground, they saw thick dust on some fallen shelves, indicating that something had been taken away.
"They...are not going to collect supplies, are they?" Su Yan frowned.
"Not very likely." Li Qing shook his head as he looked at the zombies that sporadically appeared on the streets to attack them, as well as the mutant animals that occasionally jumped out. The Ruthless Team was the largest team in the Mengbei Base, and Wen Jing would not be dazzled by such things.
"It could just be by the way." Li Qing walked a few steps inside cautiously and gestured to Su Yan, "There are boxes in the back that haven't been moved."
"It seems they are in a hurry" and only have time to take a few bottles at the door.
Just as the two were wondering what was happening, they heard someone outside shouting, "Long San."
Hearing the fear in the voice, the two of them quickly went out and saw that the team's stay attracted more zombies, and one of the people in the team was shouting at the zombies.
Among the zombies who were exposed to the wind and rain and wearing tattered clothes, there was one whose clothes were particularly new.
"They are the people who followed Wen Jing," Su Yan explained. He walked a few steps back to the team. The zombies had been shot dead and their bodies were dragged over. Someone was checking their injuries.
"He was bitten by an animal. Judging from the bite marks, it seems to have been caused by a large beast."
"After being injured, he was attacked by zombies."
After reaching this conclusion, the people who stayed in Wen Jing's team all looked unhappy, especially with Su Yan and Li Qing's inferences.
"Could they be injured and have to come out to look for alcohol?"
After all, this thing can save lives at critical moments.
"Speed up!" Lu Weiyi gave the order while releasing his mental power to search. Finally, a thousand meters away, he saw a place where a fight had obviously taken place.
He led his men there quickly, and the group quickly cleared out the surrounding creatures before observing the surroundings.
The city is built of reinforced concrete, and there are more plants growing in the green belts in the past. Even if they spread everywhere now, they will not become a disaster.
There were mottled bloodstains on the ground, and there were also traces left after a supernatural attack.
"There is animal hair here. Can anyone recognize what animal it is?" A man who was climbing a tree to check asked, holding a bunch of yellow hair cut off by a sharp weapon in his hand.
"Is it a cat's? Rural cats seem to have this kind of fur."
“There are also yellow dogs.”
"Dogs can't climb trees, right?"
"Will the cat hurt them?"
“Maybe there are more.”
Some people were arguing, and Xu Sa hesitated for a moment and looked at Lu Weiyi, "Look at this... Does it look like monkey hair?"
He was quite impressed by this thing, after all, he almost lost it to a monkey.
Lu Weiyi immediately stepped forward, pinched it and took a look, "A little bit, but I'm not sure."
"There are traces of hands grabbing here." Xu Sa looked at the traces on the tree branches, moved his lower body, jumped and grabbed a branch with both hands, then swung towards the tree next to him with one hand grabbing another branch.
He turned around after a moment and said, "It's probably because the claws climbed up and left marks."
"Mutated monkeys? I wonder how many there are..."
"Not only that, there is a footprint here, shaped like a plum blossom..."
Someone was shouting from the place where the flower bed was collapsed. When they turned around, they saw several huge footprints on the ground.
"It's a cat's paw, for sure," someone said immediately.
"Such a...big cat?"
One paw print is bigger than a basketball. If it is really a cat, how big would the cat be?
"It could also be a tiger or a leopard."
"Here, there is one here too... what do you think left this?"
Everyone was looking around for a discussion. Lu Weiyi stood on a slightly higher place with Zhao Gang and others, keeping an eye on the surroundings at all times.
"Do you feel anything is wrong?" Zhao Gang looked around, walked up to Lu Weiyi and whispered.
"There are very few mutated animals," Lu Weiyi replied, his eyes casually sweeping across the air.
Compared to the mutant animals they encountered yesterday, this place is cleaner than Yueban Bay. Although there are still some, they are very few.
"Yes, I think so too..."
"Don't look around," Lu Weiyi reminded in a low voice, and then asked, "What kind of bird is that in the sky? It's circling over us for the fifth time."
Zhao Gang was startled by his sudden reminder. Hearing his question, he immediately steadied himself, carefully glanced up into the air, and looked elsewhere. "It looks like an eagle, but I'm not sure of the species."
"Do you think you were trained to patrol?"
“I don’t know” just feels a bit weird.
But he never misses the crisis brought by the feeling, "Li Qing".
"Um?"
Hearing the call, Li Qing immediately trotted over and a sniper rifle was immediately stuffed in his hand, "Shoot down the bird in the air."
Li Qing didn't ask the reason. He just glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, loaded the gun and fired in one go.
Unfortunately——
The gun didn't fire.
Lu Weiyi quickly changed one for him, but the eagle in the air was obviously not right. It let out a rough voice and flew away.
"Kill it."
As Lu Weiyi's order fell, the roars of zombies suddenly came from all directions. It sounded like there were quite a few of them, and they didn't even know when they approached.
The scattered crowd gathered together immediately, and the guards launched an attack at the eleventh moment. Li Qing's gun accurately hit the big bird's wings, and the bird flapped its wings and fell to the ground.
Lu Weiyi immediately stretched out the small green branch to bring the bird back, but when the big bird was about to land, it was caught by several birds that suddenly flew out from the ground and disappeared into the ruins.
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