337 Tadpole Mole (End)
◎The wall-leaving ceremony is completed◎
Snap——
Zhu Ning's neck was broken and her skull cracked. She knelt on the shore, experiencing the process of being shattered again and again. Pei Shu was the last one to go into the water. Zhu Ning forgot how long they had been there.
What does it feel like to experience a collapse of humanity? It's when you feel that people are no different from objects, and that living people are like stones on the roadside.
Zhu Ning lowered her eyes, and the water reflected her shadow, as well as the dense swarms of alien species behind her. If this was a painting, she could hardly even see the background, as the picture was filled with black.
The black slime devoured the alien species and would reappear after being bitten off. The situation was at a stalemate and Zhu Ning became a supporting consumable.
Zhu Ning's hands fell to the ground. The polluted area had drained away her special powers. Her spine was gradually melting, and her body was covered with tadpole moles. It wouldn't be long before she would become polluted.
If that day comes, the black slime will give up on her, and the red tentacles in her chest will disappear with it. She will disintegrate on the spot, scattering into a pile of mechanical and pollutant garbage.
Zhu Ning's body was overloaded, much like she was playing tug-of-war. Her opponents were hiding in the darkness, at least there was a team of them, but she was alone.
Zhu Ning was pulled forward and couldn't stop several times. He was almost dragged into the abyss by the invisible opponent.
Suddenly, her eyelashes trembled, and she felt that the indestructible enemy seemed to have cracked into a very narrow gap.
It's so narrow that one would think it was a figment of one's imagination.
Puff——
Lin Xiaofeng picked up the knife twice and dropped it again. Pei Shu and Bai Cheng were trying to help her steady herself.
Several people were almost unable to hold on. Life outside the wall was like this, hovering between life and death.
The third time Lin Xiaofeng picked up the knife, her bones softened, causing her to tremble, and the previous training suddenly became meaningless.
The source of pollution was in front of her, and she wanted to kill it. She stabbed it hard, and the black mole cracked into a very narrow gap, and only the tip of the knife was stuck in.
Lin Xiaofeng's feet slipped, and the inner wall of her blood vessel was punctured and she struggled violently, as if the earth was shaking and the inner wall was contracting. She knew she had to speed up, because Zhu Ning couldn't hold on for that long.
She only had this one chance, and all that was left was one final strike.
Lin Xiaofeng grabbed the knife handle with both hands. If she couldn't hold it, she would hold it with her mouth. The blade sank into her blood vessels. She had no strength left, so she used her shoulder to hold the knife handle tightly, not wanting to loosen it even a little bit.
Her body was weak and she felt dizzy, unable to see clearly what was around her. Pei Shu probably said something to her. Bai Cheng pushed her shoulders hard, using one hand to resist the gradually contracting blood vessel walls.
The three of them would be crushed into meat paste. Lin Xiaofeng's body was unstable, he slipped and got up again, maybe swimming. At that time, he was really like a tadpole. Unfortunately, he didn't learn how to be a good tadpole, so he fought back in a mess, like a child learning to fight for the first time, he didn't know the moves, he just wanted to knock the opponent down.
A fishy-smelling liquid gushed out and sprayed all over her face. It wasn't blood, but more like fermented mud at the bottom of a pond. This stuff was even more disgusting than the stuff in the sewer.
Lin Xiaofeng didn't know what he was doing. The softer his body became, the more excited he became. He was even a little hyper.
So this is the source of pollution. It doesn’t feel special, just like a piece of rotten meat.
The deeper Lin Xiaofeng's dagger sank, the more the blood vessels struggled, and the water surface surged like a dragon rolling.
Lin Xiaofeng was thrown up and then fell down. She tied her hands to the dagger and stabbed it inaccurately, hurting herself instead. Her hands were covered in blood.
Slowly, the struggle of this mass of blood vessels slowed down, and the heavy blood vessels smashed into the mud. Lin Xiaofeng knelt with his hands still tied to the dagger, and all his strength depended on it.
She couldn't see where Pei Shu and the others were, and all she could see was the source of pollution. She had cut a hole in the black mole, and she was stunned, like an unlucky person who had won the lottery for the first time and thought he had seen it wrong.
The next second, there was a loud bang.
Thousands of contaminated spores gushed out from the incision and rushed towards him, creating a whirlpool in the water, which made Lin Xiaofeng a little dazed.
Contaminated spores floated around, like people passing by, converging in one direction.
When Lin Xiaofeng came to her senses, her face was covered with tears. It turned out that she was crying. She wanted to wipe her tears, but found that there was a dagger tied to her hand.
The bones that were polluted and alienated are growing back together, the tadpole moles are losing their vitality, and the effects of the pollution are gradually dissipating.
Lin Xiaofeng was too tired, her forehead resting against the inner wall of her blood vessels which had not yet softened. She had a quiet personality, and she was also quiet at this time.
She killed the first source of pollution.
…
The contaminated spores broke through the pond, and the tadpoles swimming on the surface lost their vitality and died one after another.
Everything in Fengyu Village is disappearing: the strange chickens in the chicken coop, the dog tied with an iron chain, and the sign of the farmhouse slowly fading away.
Fengyu Village had been abandoned for at least eighty years, and every household was in ruins. Some people had fled for their lives in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to pack up their belongings and head to the nearest federal relief facility. Some people might even have boarded the Homecoming train.
They escaped the pollution in the village, boarded the Homecoming, and fled into the Federation. They thought they could take a breather at the human survivor base, but ended up waiting for a new round of pollution.
Some villagers chose to stay and thus became one with Fengyu Village.
The pollution gradually dissipated, the village continued to fade, and the whole village was like a revolving lantern. The past history scenes passed by and disappeared in the long river of history.
Even if the pollution disappears, the alien species will not disappear with it.
Lin Xiaofeng felt that his lost supernatural powers and physical strength had returned, and he could gradually see his surroundings clearly. The bottom of the pond was a mess, with rotten meat piled up like a mountain.
She felt a lightness on her back and was dragged upstream by Pei Shu's arm. If she hadn't retreated in time, she would probably have been crushed to the bottom of the water by the rotten flesh.
With a splash, they emerged from the water. Pei Shu dragged her body and put her on the shore, then came up himself.
The protective suits of several people were damaged to varying degrees, with water seeping in, making them feel as if they were filled with lead, making their bodies extremely heavy.
Lin Xiaofeng couldn't think so much, his mind was full of what happened to Zhu Ning?
She remembered that the alien species would not disappear, and they were all ready to come up to support. When she opened her eyes, she should see dense crowds of alien species.
Pei Shu said that superpowers can kill alien species, and Lin Xiaofeng planned to attack the nearest one as soon as he came out of the water.
But Lin Xiaofeng saw nothing. The shore was empty, with only a bamboo forest and no one in sight.
She realized that this kind of creature was invisible and could only be reflected by the water surface. Then she looked at the water surface and saw that the polluted area had revealed its original form, which was a dilapidated fishing village. Only the shadows of the three of them were reflected on the water surface.
There is no Zhu Ning.
Lin Xiaofeng is fully awake. Where is Zhu Ning?
She was a little anxious, wanting to find Zhu Ning's shadow. The alien species were so powerful and so numerous. Did Zhu Ning not hold on until Lin Xiaofeng killed the source of the pollution? Did she die together with the alien species, sacrificed?
Lin Xiaofeng's mind was in a mess and her heart was pounding. She wished she had been faster just now. She didn't try hard enough.
Lin Xiaofeng's face was covered in tears. No matter how strong a ten-year-old kid could be, there was a limit to how strong he could be. He felt as if the sky had fallen and the world was dark and gloomy.
"Hello--"
A familiar voice came from behind. Lin Xiaofeng was stunned for a moment, turned around quickly, and saw Zhu Ning sitting across the river.
She had taken off her helmet and looked disheveled. She had already shaved her head like a crazy lion, and now it looked even more unsightly.
There was a mass of wriggling black mucus on Zhu Ning's back. It must be because he had finished eating and the black mucus was "going home".
The rare contaminated spores were still gathering towards Zhu Ning, and she was like a well-fed cat.
Lin Xiaofeng realized that the village had a wide water system. They had been groping underwater for so long that they had already found their way to another place. The place where they came ashore was not the same place where they got off. Zhu Ning was on the opposite side.
And if Lin Xiaofeng paid a little attention, he would have noticed that she came up from the bamboo forest.
Moreover, to find Zhu Ning, one only needs to look for the direction of the contaminated spores. If the contaminated spores move towards one place, there must be someone devouring them. Bai Cheng and Pei Shu are old hands. They understood the trajectory of the contaminated spores at a glance and didn't think about it at all.
Lin Xiaofeng's nose was about to burst with snot, and he felt a little stiff at this moment. He was pushed by Bai Cheng before he could move forward.
Zhu Ning was so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger. It was as if he had just finished planting rice seedlings and was squatting on the edge of a field to rest.
After the other three recovered their strength, they moved faster and came over to meet Zhu Ning.
Lin Xiaofeng walked up to Zhu Ning and only then did she feel that it was real. Did she catch up?
Pei Shu took off his helmet. The protective suit was too heavy, so Bai Cheng had already taken it off completely.
Zhu Ning asked, "Where's Xin Baicheng?"
Bai Cheng quickly replied: "Dead."
Her expression was extremely indifferent, as if it was not her who died, but someone else.
Pei Shu asked while wringing out the water from his clothes, "Where are the alien species?"
There isn't a single one around here, it's so clean it looks like it never existed.
Zhu Ning: "I'm done eating."
Pei Shu paused, "You're really not picky about food."
The black mucus behind Zhu Ning has not returned yet. This thing is really magical. Pei Shu saw it split into dozens of pieces with his own eyes. How did such a big mass live in Zhu Ning's body?
And how did Zhu Ning split? Pei Shu frowned. The calmer Zhu Ning acted, the more abnormal he felt.
Zhu Ning seemed to have experienced something, but did not share it with them.
Zhu Ning narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you afraid of me?"
Pei Shu: “A little bit.”
Being able to eat pollution sources and alien species, Zhu Ning, as an experimental subject of Yongsheng Pharmaceutical, almost represents the highest level of man-made creatures.
What exactly is Zhu Ning’s perception of himself?
Zhu Ning said nonchalantly: "You'd better not be afraid, I might not be able to resist eating you."
Pei Shu was silent for a moment. Aliens have the instinct to devour fear. He still remembered the scene he saw before going into the water. Zhu Ning gritted his teeth and told him to leave quickly, otherwise he might eat people.
This is not a joke.
Zhu Ning smiled, as if he had succeeded. Bai Cheng raised his eyebrows, feeling that something had changed in Zhu Ning, but he couldn't put his finger on it for a moment.
She noticed with her sharp eyes that there was a crack on the back of Zhu Ning's neck that had not yet healed. When the black mucus was wriggling, Bai Cheng could just see the white bones inside.
The bone was broken into many pieces, which must have been very painful. However, Zhu Ning did not even look like she was in pain. Bai Cheng leaned towards Zhu Ning calmly, handed her a towel, and covered her.
There could be many reasons why Zhu Ning didn't say anything to prove it was inconvenient. She might think it was a personal matter, or she might feel that as the captain, she couldn't complain to the team members. Bai Cheng didn't need to ask, he could just block her.
Zhu Ning yawned, wrapped the towel around himself and pretended to wipe the stains off his body. At this time, the black mucus had returned and all the polluting spores in the air had been absorbed.
Bai Cheng and Pei Shu were both exhausted. Their physical strength had returned, but they were mentally exhausted. They often walked in polluted areas, and their lifespan was several times longer than that of others.
Zhu Ning glanced outside the village. There were shadows covering the shadow of some creature.
She knew that the alien species were nearby. She couldn't devour all of them, and most of them had retreated. More alien species were gathering in the fishing village. After purification, the pollution concentration here was 0. Aliens coexisted with pollutants, and she smelled an extremely unfamiliar smell.
The aliens kept a distance from the fishing village and were watching her, but Zhu Ning was not afraid at all. The aliens did not look at her like food, but like one of their own kind.
It's really weird that both the aliens and the pollutants think she's one of their own kind.
Zhu Ning retracted his gaze and asked, "Is it over?"
Pei Shu and Bai Cheng briefly explained what happened underwater in a very organized manner, and Zhu Ning understood it immediately.
The source of the pollution turned out to be a mole. It looked like someone had a mole removed and threw it from the operating table into the river, and it mutated.
Pei Shu said that the blood vessels below might be providing nutrition to some creatures. Regarding Pei Shu's statement, they need to go into the water again to see the current status of the blood vessels before they can be completely sure.
Let’s continue after we have rested. Pei Shu is very good at this. They are going to collect information outside the wall.
Lin Xiaofeng offered to participate, and Pei Shu said he would take her with him.
Zhu Ning glanced at her sideways, but actually couldn't see anyone. Lin Xiaofeng used to wear a red hat, and Zhu Ning knew that she could find him by finding the red hat.
Now Lin Xiaofeng was wearing protective clothing and the helmet panel was open, so Zhu Ning could only see a transparent area when looking through the panel.
Lin Xiaofeng sat obediently next to Zhu Ning, not caring about her injuries. She still held a dagger in her hand, like a little kid seeking credit, but she didn't want to get too close and stand out, as that would be too uncool. She wanted Zhu Ning to discover her himself and praise her.
Come and praise me, I am not holding you back, don’t abandon me, I am very useful.
The little girl couldn't hide her thoughts, and Zhu Ning knew what she was thinking without even seeing her expression.
Zhu Ning was immediately struck by this. This little girl was so adorable. In contrast, the aliens didn't seem to care. She remembered that Lin Xiaofeng had just come ashore and was circling anxiously, probably looking for her. If Zhu Ning hadn't spoken, Lin Xiaofeng would have been so anxious that he would have died.
It’s so nice that there is someone who always puts her first and always looks at her.
Zhu Ning rubbed Lin Xiaofeng's head and said, "Wow, that's amazing."
Lin Xiaofeng's lips curled up, and she felt that if she were a cat, her tail would be raised high. Zhu Ning was never stingy with praise and stretched out his hand to high-five her, "Congratulations!"
Emotions are contagious. They finally felt the relief of surviving the ordeal. Bai Cheng and Pei Shu also came over to pat her, "Congratulations."
Congratulations on becoming a qualified explorer outside the wall. The ceremony of leaving the wall is completed.
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