Chapter 57: What's Trapped?
At midnight, in the empty auditorium, there was no sound except for the shallow breathing and the crackling of the fire.
Suddenly, a pair of eyes quietly opened in the darkness, and the man tilted his head slightly, looking intently.
Someone is missing.
Not finding anything else unusual, she closed her eyes again, not planning to do anything else.
The person next door, who felt he was being spied on, tensed up his body. After a while, when he saw that the other party did not make any further moves, he relaxed slightly.
At this time, two motorcycles appeared out of nowhere a few streets away from here. Someone got on the motorcycle and sped north.
These are the three members of the Chaoyang team: Lu Ming, Cheng Ming, and Zhang Rui.
Cheng Ming sat in the back, extended his mental power forward, and directed Zhang Rui, who was driving, to turn left and right, and pass through various deserted field paths and loess sand fields.
Luming followed the car in front closely and reacted extremely quickly to perform the same action.
In less than an hour, the three of them stopped in front of a park gate.
Unfortunately, the iron gate in front of them was locked. In order not to leave any traces, the three of them had to climb over the wall to get in.
Looking around, the park is full of large one-story bungalows with blue roofs and white walls, which are very ordinary factories.
The three of them passed the office building and headed straight for the factory behind it.
Cheng Ming stood at the door of a factory building where there were no zombies and pried the lock with familiarity.
This was not the first time Lu Ming had seen this, but he was still amazed at his speed. Moreover, Cheng Ming always had clear eyebrows and a calm expression when doing such vulgar things, which seemed incongruous no matter how he looked at it.
He opened the door and signaled Luming to come in. When there were no zombies, she usually carried out the collection activities alone.
The factory was pitch dark, but that didn't stop her from leisurely strolling around various obstacles.
She looked at the rows of tall, neatly arranged shelves filled with various products in front of her, and her lips curled up, almost laughing out loud.
I was so lucky that I found the storeroom right away! Hehe!
There are a wide variety of canned fruits and vegetables, fine grains and oils, bacon and sausages, salted duck eggs, preserved eggs, various pickles, and braised meats.
Just walk back and forth in the middle aisle, wave your hand and it's done.
After coming out and locking the door, the three of them came to a factory with fewer zombies. The door here was closed but not locked.
Zhang Rui picked up a cloth bag, which contained half a bag of food that would make him unable to eat for three days. His face turned misty as usual, and he created a thin sealing shield around Lu Ming and himself, wrapped them both inside, and slipped in.
Inside was a processing line. They saw that the machines were empty. They looked around carefully and found that there was nothing to take, so they left.
Zhang Rui was unable to condense the object back to its original state, so he had no choice but to collect the mist and throw it into the corner, leaving a pool of black and red debris in the corner.
Lu Ming felt something was amiss. How could the assembly line of a processing plant be so clean? Furthermore, the warehouse was full, and there were workers working on the assembly line. It didn't look like the plant had been unused for a long time. It was a bit strange.
Unable to figure it out, she took Cheng Ming to other factories to check the situation, and let the breathless Zhang Rui rest for a while.
Zhang Rui did not refuse. He leaned against the wall, crossed his arms and looked at their backs.
"Swish, swish, swish."
Not long after, he suddenly heard a strange sound, very small, but it felt like it was nearby.
Before he could take a closer look, he heard Lu Ming and Cheng Ming running towards him, shouting, "Run!"
He stood up without hesitation, turned around and ran back where he came from.
Lu Ming didn't stop until the motorcycle had sped for several kilometers. He looked back and saw that there was nothing chasing him. He then breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Rui stopped in front of her and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there something inside?"
Lu Ming and Cheng Ming looked at each other, wiped the sweat off their foreheads with lingering fear, waved their hands, and didn't want to talk.
Cheng Ming even "saw" it directly, and his scalp was tingling and his hair stood on end.
He thought he knew why the people at the base were trapped on the farm.
Because insects and animals have also begun to turn into zombies...
"What? How is this possible?" The others looked incredulous.
"Really?" Lu Ming pointed at Cheng Ming. "If you don't believe me, just listen to what he said. I only heard it, but he saw it."
Cheng Ming nodded coldly: "I'm not lying to you, they are so densely packed, big and small, you can't tell what they are specifically, but there are so many of them, crawling together, it's really a scene..."
He thought for a moment and then said, "Remember that time when we went to the Sahara? The scorpions there were even more spectacular than that time."
Gu Chao drove an off-road vehicle at the end of the team, frowning as he listened to what happened to them last night. Zhang Rui was driven to the front alone to be the driver of an empty truck.
Lin Cong shook his body and said, "Ah, if everything could turn into a zombie, that would be too scary." He imagined the scene and suddenly felt unwell.
"You mean if you get bitten by a mosquito or ant in the future, you might turn into a zombie? That's really hard to guard against." Yan Wei sighed.
Everyone went from being unable to believe it to feeling sympathetic. If this continued, life would become even more difficult for humanity in the future. There wouldn't be many bugs left, would there?
"According to the deputy captain, those people might be trapped because of this. Should we still go and rescue them?" Someone asked the key question.
Several people looked at Gu Chao.
He was silent for a moment. "Go. Even if we have to retreat, we have to let these people know about this situation."
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The passenger door of the military truck was opened, and a man in green camouflage uniform climbed onto the roof.
He held up the telescope and looked towards the farm not far away.
It is called a farm, but it is actually just a small courtyard with a wooden gate with "Jiahe Farm" written on it. There are a few small buildings, and the others are not very clear as they are blocked by towering trees.
Very quiet.
It's too quiet.
There was no roar of a large group of zombies as imagined, nor any other strange sounds.
But the more this happens, the more nervous I become.
If it wasn't a large number of zombies, then what exactly trapped them?
The green army played dead and frowned.
"Battalion Commander! Some of them want to withdraw from the mission, please come down and take a look." A soldier below shouted anxiously.
Fuck! He couldn't help but curse in his heart.
He jumped down swiftly, pushed aside the little soldier, and walked behind the people who were arguing.
"What are you arguing about? Who wants to quit?" he shouted.
The captains of the three teams stood up. Lu Ming took a look and found that the first two were not surprising. One was the team that went to hide next door, and one was the gloomy man. The last one, she raised her eyebrows, was the red-haired beauty.
"Reason?" he asked coldly, his face full of frost.
He had anticipated this situation before coming, but he still couldn't help but feel angry.
You can't blame others. The trapped people have no relationship with them, and now there is such a strange scene. It is understandable that some people retreat, but they still feel powerless and tired in their hearts.
It doesn't matter, even if it's a dangerous place, even if he's alone, he will go in.
The beauty spoke first: "Sorry, the situation here is beyond our ability to handle, so we sisters will not go in."
The other two men also agreed with her statement, and the gloomy man added: "We'll go back first."
Without waiting for the green uniform to react, he called a few teammates and walked towards the car.
The other man was wearing a black suit and a hat with the brim pulled down low, so his face could not be seen clearly.
He didn't say anything, but stood aside with his arms folded, posing like the beauty, indicating that they would wait at the door.
So in the end, there were only five teams ready to go in.
The man in military uniform and Lu Shaoyang each led their men and headed towards the gate first.
Behind them were the Uncle Team and the Chaoyang Team, with the gentle man Li Wenbin leading the team at the end.
I could hear the slowing footsteps of the people around me, and the cool morning breeze brought a shiver to my ears.
Walking into the half-open wooden door, Lu Ming looked up at the wooden sign above, feeling a little nervous.
She knew that animal mutation was inevitable, and there must be something very difficult to deal with.
Dozens of people advanced slowly along a dirt road as wide as a car. Each of them looked around vigilantly, ready to raise their weapons at the slightest sign of trouble.
Lu Ming walked beside Gu Chao. Both of them were close combat and consciously acted as vanguards.
At this moment, she heard a "thump" and stopped subconsciously.
Gu Chao frowned and tilted his head to look inquiringly. She listened carefully but heard nothing.
She shook her head to signal that he was fine, and the two of them took a few quick steps to catch up with the team.
The road was not long, and no matter how slow they slowed down, they still reached the end of the road.
Directly in front of him was a parking lot with several cars parked in a mess. The ground was covered with broken glass. Several zombies lay on the side with bullet holes on their foreheads. A familiar stench lingered in his nose.
There is a staircase on the left. Looking down the stairs, there is an open space. On the open space sits a large bungalow with the words "Chess and Card Room" written on it.
To the right of the open space, not far away, are several two-story white-walled buildings. A large pond connects the two places. A raised cement road runs through the pond, with low wooden railings on both sides of the road to prevent people from falling into the water.
Everyone went down the stairs. The man in the green uniform gestured towards the bungalow. Several soldiers stepped out and went inside to explore the way. When they came out, they gestured - [Safe, no one inside]
So, it’s in the small building.
Everyone turned their eyes to the small building in front of them.
Lu Ming frowned and looked at the pond. Thinking of the sound she had just heard, she felt a little uneasy. She always felt that there was something strange about this area of water.
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