Three people head
The sky above was like thick ink, and the broken bodies of people fell to the ground, all black and red. Chen Nuan's blood splashed on Jiang Ziyao's face, staining the corners of his eyes red. The mud had dried and fell off his face. He lowered his eyes and looked at Chen Nuan's body.
Her fatal injury came from her own supernatural power. The tip of the crossbow pierced her solar plexus and artery, causing heavy bleeding. When he bent down, he saw a white mark slowly forming from the pool of blood on the ground.
Jiang Ziyao took a step forward, over the arm on the ground. It turned out that a white insect had crawled out of Chen Nuan's ear. It crawled very slowly and was only as long as a finger. It was a bit difficult for it to break free from the red sticky liquid.
It was tiny and fragile, twisting its body and struggling, trying to escape and survive.
Jiang Ziyao remained silent, watching it fall down a flight of stone steps, shaking head and tail like a sieve. He lifted his foot, stepped on it, and crushed it into powder with the sole of his shoe, as easily as it would pierce a person's head.
It was completely over. He returned the bell to Chen Nuan's hand. His palms were slippery and covered with cold sweat. The bell shook and rang. During those nights lost in nightmares, did anyone miss their mother's lullaby?
The infected person who was originally aggressive now fell to the ground. Bian Chengsi kicked him with his foot, and only after making sure that it was just a pile of rotten bones did he boldly walk through the corpse. The whole village fell into silence, with only the sound of their living breathing.
Bian Chengsi lost his strength and collapsed to the ground: "It's okay now, they are all dead."
“There are no living people here.”
Jiang Ziyao said that what was alive were bugs wearing human skin and Chen Nuan's humanity. Chen Nuan had died long ago. She died on the night she was parasitized, or even earlier, and perished in the doomsday with her ideals.
"Brother Jiang." Huo Chi shook off the mud on his body and shouted, "It stinks here. Go inside first. You can't leave now anyway. I'll dig a hole and bury her."
Jiang Ziyao didn't move: "There is a bed in the room, go and rest if you are tired."
Bian Chengsi glanced at the two of them and added, "I'm not tired either."
Huo Chi looked at Jiang Ziyao deeply and stopped trying to persuade him. He groped in the dark, pulled the shovel out of the corpse, and started digging a hole to the side.
Bian Chengsi quickly got up from the ground and asked, "How big do you want to dig? Can I help you?"
"No need." Huo Chi said, "It's just one person, it will be quick."
"No one else cares?"
"It's already smelly enough, just leave it alone." Huo Chi sneered: "Besides, it's what it deserves, and it also caused us to fall into the pit."
Huo Chi recounted the story to Bian Chengsi as he dug, and in the end all he got in return was a flat laugh and silence.
The strong stench did not make their noses crooked. Bian Chengsi stood beside the corpse and asked, "Then how did you get out of that pit?"
Huo Chi suddenly smiled, he breathed a sigh of relief, and proudly showed the scar on his palm to Bian Chengsi: "As a man, you always have some medals on your body, right?"
Bian Chengsi saw that although there were only two bulging scars, the injury was in a very dangerous position, but he could still smile. He was a little impressed by Huo Chi.
"What about Jiang Ge?" he asked, "Is he injured?"
"How is that possible?" Huo Chi said loudly, "I'm still alive."
"That's good."
Bian Chengsi breathed a sigh of relief. So far, they had not suffered any losses. He then complained: "But I would rather suffer some flesh wounds. I have been locked in a pigsty and can only look at the faces of those infected people."
"Two full days."
Jiang Ziyao listened and smiled without saying anything.
Huo Chi didn't give him any face. He held his belly and laughed out loud, venting all his joyful emotions.
Bian Chengsi also touched his stomach, which was rumbling. He sighed in embarrassment, "Is there anything to eat here?"
"Yes!" Huo Chi replied quickly. He pointed into the room and said, "There's a jar in the cabinet. It's full of bugs. It's rich in protein. Do you want to eat it?"
The corners of Bian Chengsi's mouth quickly straightened.
Jiang Ziyao said something comforting: "Hold on for a while and go to the city. If we're lucky, we might be able to get to where we want to go."
Huo Chi moved Chen Nuan's body into the pit, filled it with soil, and patted Bian Chengsi's shoulder with his dirty hands: "Wait, Master."
In fact, it was a little difficult to find the way to the city. The vegetation here was very rich, at least much more than in the city center. Jiang Ziyao could only lead them in the direction of his memory. He thought that it would not be wrong to go north all the way, but that was not an easy road to walk on.
The grass in front of me is very dense, which is not a good sign. Normal grass will wither under the infection of the virus, but the grass here grows very lush. The deeper I go and the more I step on it, the more I feel that there is a murderous intent hidden in it that cannot be underestimated.
But Jiang Ziyao saw traces of pressure on the grass, which were left by people moving. They were very shallow, indicating that there were not many people.
"Are you sure you want to follow the direction people are walking in?" Bian Chengsi asked. He didn't want to step on the well rope for fear of being bitten by a snake again.
"This direction is correct." Jiang Ziyao nodded: "There is only one straight line, that is a person, not a zombie, maybe it is them."
"who?"
"The people who were chasing you," Huo Chi replied, "They must have searched for us along this river, but they didn't find the village, which means we missed it."
"Look carefully." Jiang Ziyao looked forward and took a step forward: "I would rather they are still alive and kicking than seeing corpses."
To be kind to your enemies is to be cruel to yourself.
Bian Chengsi was puzzled: "Why?"
Huo Chi laughed and said, "You are really not smart. What Jiang Ge meant is that, compared to an unknown enemy, don't you prefer to face an opponent you have fought with before? And a defeated opponent."
Bian Chengsi understood now.
But further back, the grass was incredibly tall. They were all about 1.85 meters tall, but the leaves of the plants were taller than them. They had to look up to see that their roots looked like cones.
"What a big dandelion." They opened their eyes wide and became more alert.
The top of the plant is a white spherical achene, similar to a dandelion seed, which is already mature. The rhizome is very thick and looks like an enlarged version of a herb, but it is obviously a foreign species and its harmfulness is unknown.
Huo Chi asked in a low voice: "Do you want to go forward?"
Bian Chengsi pointed at the traces on the ground and said, "Someone has already gone in." He did not suggest changing the route: "The view here is not good. If you go around it, you might get lost."
Jiang Ziyao just asked: "How is your ability recovering?"
Bian Chengsi replied: "It's enough to protect myself."
Having said that, Huo Chi simply stepped forward and removed the annoying roots and leaves: "Then keep going forward. We've seen so many disgusting things, there's nothing to be afraid of."
They eventually made the same choice as their predecessors. After all, someone had helped them explore the way, so how could Jiang Ziyao be willing to waste it?
Following the traces, they seemed to have reached a deeper place. Their sight was surrounded by dandelions, with tall, upright leaves at the roots. Their pursuit was interrupted.
The ground they were standing on was very messy. Jiang Ziyao saw the remaining knife marks, which were obviously caused by Fang Yanghui's supernatural power.
"It's them." Jiang Ziyao is now certain that Rosen and others have been here. He frowned solemnly. There is no corpse on the ground, only a little bloodstain, but no human figure. There is no trace. Several people are missing in this piece of land out of thin air.
Huo Chi was puzzled: "Could it be possible that it flew away with wings?"
Bian Chengsi was also asking, he could smell blood: "What did they fight with? Grass? Were they eaten and turned into nutrients? What kind of alien species could wipe them out?"
It's not impossible that the whole group will be wiped out. If they are affected by Kong Xiang and encounter alien species here...
"Brother Jiang." Huo Chi looked around and said in a deep voice, "Let's just go straight through! The distance ahead won't be too long, just do it!"
It will take some time to get through this vegetation.
"Wait!" Jiang Ziyao yelled at him.
Huo Chi, who was leading the way in front, immediately stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Didn't you notice? The height of that thing compared to us has become lower." Jiang Ziyao said. The distance between the dandelion achenes and them began to get closer without anyone noticing, and they seemed to bend down silently.
His reminder caused the herb to behave strangely. The circular shadow grew bigger and bigger. Suddenly, the roots and leaves of the dandelion began to shake, and its seeds fell like parachutes. There were too many and too dense to hide.
Jiang Ziyao felt a chill on the back of his neck. The seeds had already stuck to their bodies and couldn't be cleaned off no matter how hard he tried.
The top of the dandelion falls from the sky. It looks like a ball from a distance, and like a human face from up close.
They gasped, and human heads came into their sight. There were three heads in total, starting from the neck and completely embedded in the top of the dandelion. They were none other than their old acquaintances.
The facial features were so distorted that it was almost impossible to tell where they were, but it looked strangely like the person was smiling.
boom--!
The moment he lowered his head, there was a loud bang and the ground shook. The roots of the dandelions popped out from the ground. They were thinner than the ones on the surface. Jiang Ziyao rolled to the other side suddenly, but his waist was still entangled. Three people were attacked at the same time. They were like fish being hung and lifted up by the line.
Plants don't have eyes, but they can accurately find their locations. Jiang Ziyao guessed that this is the role of seeds. The seeds stuck to the body become the best locators.
Its rhizomes were very white and as numerous as octopus tentacles, enough to bear the weight of an adult. They were very powerful, like a python strangling its prey to suffocate it. Jiang Ziyao was suspended two meters in the air, and he saw a black hole opening in the middle.
It spat out some waste, and there was a bit of black cloth in its sticky saliva. Those were the clothes of Rosen and the others. No wonder there were no corpses. It turned out that the parts below their necks had been eaten and turned into nutrients, leaving only a bald head.
"Brother Jiang——!"
The fire started and the thunder exploded.
Huo Chi burned the roots that bound him and ran towards Jiang Ziyao as soon as he landed.
Jiang Ziyao's neck was strangled. He felt the liquid flowing, sticky and covering his skin through his clothes. It seemed to be corrosive, and a hole was dissolved in his clothes, but that was all. It did not have a strong offensive power.
"You want to play tentacle play with me?" Jiang Ziyao pushed hard with both hands. He smiled and said, "That won't work. Someone is jealous."
Huo Chi saw a long black shadow flash by, and Jiang Ziyao suddenly fell from the air. He immediately stretched out his hand.
Jiang Ziyao took out a shovel, turned around and swept it, cutting the roots from both sides. Facing the wind, his hair was blown messy, and he just jumped into Huo Chi's arms.
"I caught it!" Huo Chi rolled on the ground holding him. His face was dirty and there was a circle of red marks on his neck. He was breathing lightly. There was a hole in his clothes around his waist, and the exposed flesh was whiter than his face.
There was a flash of lightning, and several pieces of burnt black grass appeared on the ground. The plants actually gave off the smell of rotten meat. Bian Chengsi quickly followed and shouted, "There are too many! What should we do if we don't have enough energy to keep up?"
The roots and stems suddenly emerged from the ground. The earth was their natural battlefield. It was too passive for them to avoid sudden attacks all the time. Bian Chengsi asked anxiously: "Can the fire be started?"
Huo Chi had tried it, but the area he could cover was too small, and the dandelion put out the fire by hitting the ground, leaving it no chance to spread.
Jiang Ziyao sighed, "It seems that not only humans have brains."
He quickly got up from the ground, and the shovel in his hand turned quickly and smoothly: "Come and kill them all. As long as they can still move, I can kill them all."
A strong wind blew over and into the torn clothes around his waist, making him feel a little cold. Soon, something like a whip hit him. Jiang Ziyao raised the shovel, ready to shovel the roots opposite him in half, but a hand suddenly jumped out so quickly that he didn't have a chance to react.
The force was so strong that Jiang Ziyao's body shook.
Who?
The moment Jiang Ziyao's arm was grabbed, he knew that this was a dangerous opponent. His movements were so fast that they did not alert him enough, which surprised him.
"Huo Chi?" Jiang Ziyao turned his head and was startled.
He looked at Huo Chi in disbelief, and the other party squeezed Jiang Ziyao's wrist, pulled him to his chest, and placed his hand on his waist.
Huo Chi didn't say anything, his eyes were very deep. He just stood up straight, exuding a majestic aura.
Jiang Ziyao swallowed his breath. Huo Chi glanced at his red neck and his eyes darkened.
He didn't move, but just raised his other hand silently.
Even the roots of the alien species were retreating vigilantly. This was not the Huo Chi he was familiar with. Jiang Ziyao looked at his silent and stern face. He did not roar, but was calm and indifferent. However, his palms seemed to be burning, and that strange feeling appeared again.
Boom——!
The sound of the explosion was still shocking when it rang out again. This is the power that humans possess. They couldn't raise their heads under the explosion and covered their ears so that the thick smoke blurred their vision.
The rising flames this time were even bigger than the last time. Huo Chi used one hand to flatten out a road, and the vegetation was burned into an arc shape. Jiang Ziyao raised his head from the residual shock. In front of him were flying ashes and the broken limbs of dandelions. There were only black cuts on its body. It was killed by this blow.
The falling sparks became the brightest color in the smoke, just like the scene when the fireworks ended. Jiang Ziyao remembered the fireworks festival on the Guangqin Bridge. He and Huo Chi were watching the scenery on the bridge. That was their third year together, and Huo Chi cared a lot.
When the smoke in front of him dissipated, Huo Chi's eyes returned to calm, and Jiang Ziyao looked at the flames on the ground that condensed into a sentence and blew into his ears like the wind.
——I am missing you and waiting for you.
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