322 Toad Man (IV)
Someone is here to kill people
"Someone died again!" Voices were heard from the quarantine area, and there was a commotion over there.
Pei Shu and Bai Cheng looked at each other. As teammates, they needed to follow the order Zhu Ning had just given, find the source of pollution hidden in the crowd, and figure out what was going on.
Pei Shu inquired about the news, Bai Cheng checked the corpse, and Lin Xiaofeng was transparent, making him the most suitable person to collect hidden information in the crowd.
The newly discovered deceased was named Jin Shan. She was Guo Zilin's companion and they both wanted to go to Utopia.
The person who found her was assigned to search the garage. When he lay under the car, he only saw a dark shadow at first.
Then he heard a beep and was startled by a toad jumping out from under the car. He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was just a toad. He had never felt that these things were so scary.
He lay down and looked at the narrow bottom of the car, and suddenly his pupils shrank.
There was a person hanging under the car.
His heart was beating violently and he almost cried out. There was a toad-like figure lying on the ground with his limbs facing upwards and his back to the ground.
She seemed to be avoiding some monster and wanted to escape in the chaos, but the sandstorm outside was so fierce that there was no way to escape.
She had been dead for a while. The killer stabbed her neck very cleanly and efficiently. She had six knives stuck in her body and was holding her body under the car like a specimen.
Because of the strange death, many people came to watch. Bai Cheng tried in the crowd, but the corpse was still out of control.
Soon they found Guo Zilin's other two companions. Under the eyes of a group of psychics, the pilgrims would be very weak even if they were infected.
The remaining two people also died. Wang Wei died of bone shrinkage. When he died, his bones penetrated his skin, as if he had fallen into a thorn bush, with no intact skin at all.
Qin Yazi died of drowning and was found dead in the drinking water area, drowned headfirst.
Now the bodies of the three people are placed in a row. They all had smiles on their faces when they died, and they all seemed to be relieved.
An Chi checked it again and said, "It seems that they were not killed by the same person."
These three people died at the same time that Lao Liu was murdered. They may have been killed by three murderers who were hiding in the crowd.
This proves that this is not a single-line transmission at all, but a multi-line transmission, and the number of infected people must be more than is known now.
An Chi: "One of the murderers is a bone manipulator, one is skilled in bayonet use, and the other should have been close to the drinking water area."
After An Chi finished speaking, someone snorted coldly and asked, "How are you going to find it?"
"Take off your helmets one by one?" They were clearly dissatisfied with An Chi's leadership. "How do you plan to get everyone to take off their helmets in this situation?"
"An Chi, I'm letting you take charge of things temporarily, but I'm not asking you to control me. We're all in the same industry, so don't do anything stupid."
An Chi felt a lot of pressure and there was no expression on her face. She didn't want to be in the spotlight, but someone had to do this.
An Chi's ability is gigantism, which is a bit limiting as he cannot use his fists and feet in a confined space like a shelter.
Everyone should be asked to take off their helmets and look for any symptoms of infection, such as bumpy skin, a toad in their mouth, or the sound of a toad.
These are the rules they have figured out, but An Chi is only taking over temporarily. These people with special abilities can listen to her or turn against her at any time.
If Anchi were to conduct a large-scale screening, she would definitely be the one to die.
So Zhu Ning would never be the scapegoat. In the movie, the leader would definitely be the first to be sacrificed by the angry crowd.
An Chi could only say: "Throw away the body first."
It is not a solution to leave the infected person here. There are no more clues about the body. We have searched everything we should, and we don’t know if the body will come back to life. It is best to throw it away.
This decision did not harm anyone's interests, so everyone followed it.
They opened the window again and threw out three more bodies. Dust accumulated at the edge of the window. In just half an hour, they had thrown out five bodies.
Four pilgrims and a bounty hunter.
A feeling of unease spread. An Chi did not announce the conclusion he had reached, but everyone who could walk to this shelter must not be stupid.
There is something fishy going on within them.
Everyone can realize this, the infection is still going on, and now everyone looks like a ghost to them.
There is no one in the crowd with overwhelming strength, and no one can force his identity to be verified.
In fact, Pei Shu always thought that Zhu Ning was the best person to take the lead. As long as she showed her face and intimidated others with her identity as a demon inside the wall, she could temporarily make people submit.
Next, lift up everyone's helmet and question them carefully to quickly find the outliers.
But this is very dangerous for Zhu Ning, and Zhu Ning was the first to be infected. Except for Pei Shu and a few other teammates, it is impossible for others to believe in an infected person.
Pei Shu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of the answer that had been bothering him for a long time. Why was Zhu Ning the first one to hear the toad's call? The reason why she was infected might not be complicated at all.
It’s just that the source of pollution is very smart. It directly kills the potential leaders of the crowd.
The people in the shelter are only getting more and more chaotic. This is the first time Pei Shu has encountered such a source of pollution that is completely unconventional.
What's its purpose? To watch people kill each other?
It arranges the rhythm of the plot and creates chaos at the right time, like a good stage director.
It was still hiding in the dark, watching them guessing each other without any clue.
Something that is contagious enough that even Zhu Ning could be infected without knowing it.
It can cause hallucinations and sneak into people.
A source of infection that is well-planned, intelligent, and very proactive, but it also proves one thing.
The source of pollution is not strong. The real strong ones are like the water ghosts on the Homecoming. It has nothing to do with you if I kill you. You will die just by touching you.
But where is the source of the pollution? Zhu Ning ordered Pei Shu and Bai Cheng to find the source of the pollution, but they still have no clue.
beep--
Pei Shu suddenly heard the call of toads. Since Lao Liu's death, Pei Shu could also hear their calls. He guessed that he had been infected.
The crowd gradually became agitated, and based on Pei Shu's experience, a small-scale bloodshed would soon occur.
At this time, someone walked towards Pei Shu. Pei Shu was a fire-type mutant and was very popular everywhere. Some people wanted to win him over, but Pei Shu refused.
The beeping sound is getting louder and louder. Where is it coming from?
Pei Shu walked into the bathroom. The shower room in the shelter was practical, with a row of shower heads installed, which could be blocked by drawing the curtains.
The bathroom was old, the walls were yellowed, and there were mildew spots on the curtains, but at this moment there was mist inside and no sound of water. Everyone was looking for the source of the pollution, and of course no one would take a shower at this time.
Pei Shu carefully pulled open the curtains, and after a swish, he met a pair of golden pupils.
It's the toad again. The toad's eardrum is bulging, and the sound it makes is very annoying.
There was more than one toad, and it looked like the path had been rained on, with toads running around on the road and people could easily step on them accidentally.
Pei Shu felt that his mental state had also deteriorated. He was uncontrollably anxious and wanted to crush all the toads so that they would immediately burst out their juices and stop squeaking.
Kill all the toads, kill all the people.
Pei Shu injected himself with a mental healing agent and was about to leave the bathroom immediately. At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a shadow out of the corner of his eye.
A figure appeared behind him. He couldn't see who it was through the shower curtain. Pei Shu remained motionless and paid attention to the movements of the person behind him.
Beep, beep, beep, the toad's call became louder.
Suddenly, the person behind him pounced on him. Pei Shu was prepared. Flames rose up, and he hugged the person with his backhand and threw him to the ground through the shower curtain.
With a thud, he grabbed the man's neck tightly and covered his head with a shower curtain. The man was not wearing a helmet, and the shower curtain only outlined his facial features, so he could only roughly be seen as a man.
The man's body was ice-cold, but he was incredibly strong. He had no special powers and kept struggling. He even turned over and tried to crawl away. Pei Shu didn't give him the chance. He pressed his palm on the back of his head and pinned him face down to the ground. The flames had already been released.
The air was filled with a strange burning smell. The man didn't even roar, and stopped struggling after a while.
Dead?
Pei Shu gasped for breath and felt that he was mentally unstable. He didn't want to kill someone so soon, but he couldn't think so much at that time.
In this contaminated area, after killing someone, the person will generally enter the other party's pattern and will soon become the next infected person.
But now that the person has been killed, there is no way to bring him back to life. Moreover, if Pei Shu enters the infection chain, perhaps he can get more clues and provide Zhu Ning with observable samples.
The strange sound of "dududu" seemed to have weakened a little. Pei Shu turned the dead man over, wanting to see who was trying to kill him.
After turning it over, Pei Shu was stunned. It turned out to be Old Liu?
Even though the face was burnt, Pei Shu still recognized it. It was really Lao Liu's face.
Wasn't he dead? His body was thrown out, so why is he here?
…
Zhu Ning listened to the commotion in the distance.
If I'm not mistaken, the death toll should have increased, and the number of strange creatures appearing in the crowd should also have increased.
Zhu Ning was imprisoned in the cage area, where only he and the murderer next door were left.
Zhu Ning stuck out his tongue and carefully observed his abnormality through the camera inside the helmet. The surface of his tongue was no longer red, but olive green, with dense small bumps growing out, forming the shape of a toad.
The toad was surprisingly large and was definitely alive. Its head had already emerged, and its two golden pupils were half exposed, as if Zhu Ning's tongue was the surface of the water, and a toad slowly emerged.
Zhu Ning's tonsils hung in his throat, expanding and contracting, making a buzzing sound.
Bang--!
The murderer next door suddenly slammed his head against the iron railings and roared, "I've tolerated you for a long time, scream, scream, stop screaming!"
He can hear, Zhu Ning thought. Pei Shu and Bai Cheng didn't know that Zhu Ning had a toad in his mouth, but this man could hear, and to him, the noise was unbearable.
The man was on the verge of going crazy, but Zhu Ning was not frightened by his roar. He walked to the railing, where they were only blocked by a thin iron railing.
The man reached out suddenly, but he couldn't even grab the corner of Zhu Ning's clothes. He was always just an inch away, which drove him crazy.
Zhu Ning sat down cross-legged and stopped observing her tongue. Instead, she began to observe the man, as if she had found her new experimental subject. She guessed that she must be a little weird now.
Because the man became even angrier and asked loudly: "What are you looking at?"
Zhu Ning said calmly, "I'm watching when you die."
The man was stunned, fear crawling up his back. People who have been infected usually find it difficult to control their emotions, except for monsters like Zhu Ning, who can remain calm even with a live toad growing in his mouth.
Zhu Ning added: "I'm watching to see if anyone wants to kill you."
Infection requires a chain. Whoever kills this man will get the "toad virus" from him. Zhu Ning wants to know who killed him.
She might be able to see the infection process and get more information.
The man shrank back and made a toad-like sound. Zhu Ning looked at the man as if he was looking at a fly, ready to stick his tongue out and grab him at any moment.
Now there is no one guarding the place. The staff is already scattered and it is not a closely coordinated organization.
If Zhu Ning wanted to kill him, no one would come. Similarly, if others wanted to kill him, Zhu Ning would not stop them. She would just watch and find the rules she needed.
Bai Cheng and the others guessed wrong. Zhu Ning was not unaffected by the pollution, but her high mental level made her madness not very obvious. She was going crazy in a stable and dark way.
The animal cage couldn't control her, the only one who could imprison Zhu Ning was herself.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard beside the cage, and someone came to kill people.
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