I could tell the metal was heavy; the sound of it hitting the ground was powerful. The sound wasn't far away; in the silence, I could tell it was probably just one street away.
After a crisp sound of something hitting the ground, there were a few sounds of metal rubbing and dragging on the ground. Soon, another slight crisp sound was heard.
Qi Mi followed the sound.
After passing through a small alley, the wide main street suddenly opens up.
It was obvious there had been a battle here. A long gully suddenly appeared on the cement road, nearly a meter deep at its deepest point. Several broken limbs and arms were tucked into it, likely belonging to monsters that had failed to advance. On the road, seven or eight monsters had been chopped in half, leaving only a bloody mess of wreckage.
Many of the walls, doors and windows on both sides of the street were also broken. Only a sharp weapon of a certain weight could have left such marks.
Looking up, Eva's long sword lay alone on the ground, its leather sheath some distance from the blade. Both were stained with blood, attracting mutant cats and dogs to lick them. The noise just now must have been caused by these things accidentally.
This location is some distance away from the bus outside the city, and if the children are noisy, you really can't hear the sounds of fighting.
Qi Mi looked around and frowned even deeper.
There were so many monsters to kill that it was hard to imagine how many Eva encountered.
All the life-saving weapons were left here, could it be...
Her heart skipped a beat and her feet suddenly felt cold.
After a careful search, fortunately, Eva's camouflage down jacket was not found on the ground, which meant that the monsters did not eat her on the spot, and there was still some hope of survival.
Qi Mi walked towards the big knife.
The mutated cat and dog were startled, their fur immediately stood on end, and they bared their fangs ferociously, intimidating her not to come forward.
"roll!"
She was too lazy to bother with these little creatures, so she waved her knife to drive them away, picked up the long knife and scabbard on the ground, put them together and carried them on her shoulder.
Looking around, there were roads everywhere, and for a moment I really didn't know which direction to chase.
As she stood there, hesitating, she suddenly heard a noise coming from an alley. Qi Mi reacted immediately and turned around, her scimitar about to fly out in a split second. After seeing who was coming, she froze for a moment and she put the knife away.
It’s Qiao.
His legs were not fully healed yet, so he could only lean against the wall and limp his way out. Seeing Qi Mi, his eyes flickered and he looked away: "They were taken away, in that direction." As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction for Qi Mi.
"They?" Qi Mi sensed something was wrong and his voice deepened. "You said Yu Shan was also taken away?"
Joe nodded as well.
Qi Mi suddenly realized something and looked at the white bandage on the ground. She remembered that the injured mutant lion had a bandage like this on its leg. Now that she saw it, she realized that when Yu Shan had manipulated the mutant lion to attack, she was ultimately defeated by the monster and had been completely sucked dry.
She stared at Qiao Ye for two seconds, then curled her lips and said, "How come you're okay? Or do those monsters have a choice and only catch women and not men? Don't tell me that Eva was captured to save your girlfriend."
Qiao also knew that Qi Mi was teasing him. He glared at her unhappily and said coldly, "I covered myself with my shadow, so those monsters didn't notice me... I wanted to save Shanshan, but there were too many monsters. I thought about it carefully and decided that I should leave someone behind to report the situation—" He paused, his tone suddenly becoming tougher. "If I hadn't been here, how would you have known which direction they were taken?!"
Qi Mi felt funny: "Then I should thank you?"
"Whatever you say... Now the lives of these two people are uncertain. If you want to be sarcastic to me here, go ahead!" Qiao also limped out, his face so cold that water was about to drip out.
Are you still unhappy? Qi Mi looked at him speechlessly. The situation was urgent, and she was too lazy to waste time here. She turned and walked in the direction he had just pointed.
She walked in front and Joe followed behind.
In the silence, there was only the sound of two people's footsteps.
Although Qi Mi really didn't want to talk to Qiao Ye, in order to find out what happened just now, he could only ask again: "Briefly tell me what happened just now."
Qiao paused, thought for a moment, and finally replied, "Shanshan and I were looking for food when we were suddenly surrounded by a bunch of monsters. There were hundreds of them, big and small, so densely packed together. I wasn't paying attention, and Shanshan was dragged away by a monster. Just as I was about to give chase, that foreign woman arrived and started fighting the monsters... As you can see, they were both dragged away by the monsters."
Qi Mi paused and turned back: "How many hundreds of monsters did you say there were?"
Qiao nodded and paused, "There are definitely hundreds of them. They're everywhere, including on the roof."
"Can they speak human language? Didn't you hear any information?"
Joe also thought about it: "I just heard them say something like 'Human women are perfect, they can be used to honor the vanguard officer', and then they started fighting. Nothing more was said."
"Vanguard Officer?" Qi Mi frowned. The monsters actually gathered together to form an organization?
Hundreds of monsters are really a bit troublesome.
She was thinking as she walked, and when she looked up, she saw a slender figure walking out in front of her calmly.
The young man was still dressed in black, which made his skin look pale. Under his slightly curly bangs, a black cloth was tied around his eyes, revealing only the lower half of his handsome face.
Lang Yu turned into a very small fly and crawled out of the wire mesh set up by Qi Mi. He hurried here and added a black cloth belt for fear that her two blood-red eyes would be recognized by him.
Relying on his vague vision and hearing, he looked around and fixed his gaze on Qi Mi.
Faintly, he saw Qi Mi tilting his head and looking at him with a scrutinizing expression, his face slightly wary and unfriendly.
Lang Yu thought for a moment and then took the initiative to greet him as if they had met by chance: "It's you? What a coincidence?"
"Yeah, what a coincidence!" Qi Mi sneered, emphasizing the word "coincidence." Last time, this young man had come and gone mysteriously... This time, he had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She didn't quite believe it was a coincidence.
"Why are you here?" Qi Mi walked forward.
Lang Yu: "Looking for someone. One of my companions went out to find food and hasn't come back yet. I came out to look for her."
When Qi Mi heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Your companion? How long has he been out?"
"It's been two hours, quite a while..." At this point, Lang Yu changed the subject and pushed the question to Qi Mi, tilting his head. "Are you interrogating me? And you, why are you here?"
Qi Fan: "I'm here to find a companion."
Lang Yu seemed to be thinking, his tone tinged with suspicion: "Are you here to look for a companion as well? What a coincidence?"
"?"
Qi Mi blinked, feeling as if his lines had been snatched away by someone else, and was speechless for a moment.
After staring at him for two seconds, she said faintly, "Maybe it's just such a coincidence."
After saying that, he walked straight around Lang Yu and went forward.
Lang Yu pursed his lips, a barely perceptible smile flashing across his eyes.
But he quickly calmed down, and with a stern face, he looked at Qiao Ye beside him and asked, "Are you here to find a companion too?"
Qiao also hummed: "My girlfriend was captured by a monster."
"Monster..." Lang Yu repeated softly, looking at the broken limbs and debris.
At this moment, Qi Mi suddenly stopped.
"I don't think we can rely on searching like this. We only know the direction, and the area is still too vast. Not only will we not be able to find them, but we might even alert the enemy. Since those monsters didn't eat them directly, but wanted to sacrifice them to some vanguard officer, I think they may not be in any danger for the time being..." As he said this, Qi Mi took off the big knife on his back and placed it in the corner of the wall. "We have to be caught by those monsters before we can accurately find them. At least I'm a girl, so I should be able to do it."
Lang Yu stepped forward and asked, "You mean... sting operation?"
"Yes, we pretend to be just looking for something in the city, and walk in that direction while searching. Maybe we can lure those monsters out." Qi Mi replied.
"No!" Qiao flatly rejected her suggestion, dragging his injured leg over, his face filled with anxiety. "How can you wait to save someone? If you waste even a little time, Shanshan will be in even more danger. Do you understand?!"
"Why are you so anxious? What were you doing earlier?" Qi Mi frowned impatiently and pointed at the open road. "If you're anxious, go find it yourself. No one's stopping you!"
"you!"
Qiao wanted to say something, but when he saw Qi Mi turned around and walked into a hardware store and didn't want to pay any attention to him, he had to swallow his words.
He paused, and just as he stared at Lang Yu and wanted to say something, he saw Lang Yu slightly raising his head, with an expression of "Don't talk to me", and walked into the store with his hands in his pockets.
Qiao also cursed inwardly and stood alone at the door sulking.
Qi Mi was rummaging through the various parts in the hardware store, making a lot of noise. Turning around, he saw Lang Yu standing by another row of shelves, his hands in his pockets. With his other hand, he picked up a few random things and played with them, glancing at them casually before putting them down again, like a rich young man inspecting the work.
After much thought, she decided that it would be safer to explore the boy's abilities, so she pretended to look for something and slowly moved to his side.
The young man was bending over to look at something, and his hand, half hidden in the sleeve of his windbreaker, dropped down. Qi Mi quietly raised his hand and moved closer and closer...
Just as their fingertips were about to touch, the boy suddenly raised his hand and uttered a soft laugh: "Sister, just act, why are you holding my hand?"
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