Chapter 131 Struggling Forward
There was a second half to her sentence, which everyone knew perfectly well, but no one dared to say it aloud.
Is it possible for us to become like that?
These people are desperate criminals; they are not afraid of death, but they would never want to live as such creatures.
The team fell silent again.
Mingzhao was no less shocked than the others.
In her previous life, she had only heard that people with low sanity levels would turn into monsters, but she had never actually seen one.
Although Xiao Wei had also mutated, she became more beautiful, so it didn't have such a big impact.
These monsters, however, truly reveal a certain fate for humanity.
Guo Shengli broke the silence.
"What nonsense are you thinking? How could a person mutate like this directly? Even if it really is a human, it's still an infant. It must have mutated from birth."
After thinking about it, the group realized that this was indeed the case.
Only then did I relax.
They hadn't gone two steps when they were attacked again.
This time, the danger comes from the seawater.
A creature that appeared to be the size of an adult human crawled out of the water on all fours and attacked Chen Xin, who was closest to it.
The petite Chen Xin nimbly dodged the attack.
He Jun stepped forward and dragged the monster away, while Ming Zhao shot it in the head again.
Judging from the skeleton, the monster is an adult male.
His mouth protruded forward, and his eyes were positioned on both sides, like a real crocodile.
His limbs, like those of a crocodile, had degenerated into short, powerful ones.
The strangest thing is that he also had gills growing on both sides of his neck, which explains why he was able to stay submerged in the water for so long without being discovered.
As they went further, the density of monsters increased, and He Jun and Guo Shengli, who were blocking their way, were both injured.
Fortunately, the injuries were not serious, and these monsters did not carry any toxins or viruses, so after being packaged, they could continue their journey.
Then, the sliver of sky above them completely disappeared, and they entered the depths of a cave that they had previously been unable to detect.
Although it is a cave, a small opening appears from time to time in the stone ceiling above, revealing a little light.
The headlamps on the heads of the several people were also very powerful, illuminating the area in front of them as bright as day.
He Jun walked behind the group, his headlamp illuminating the area behind him to prevent the monsters from attacking from behind.
Once inside the cave, the monsters became much stronger.
He Jun will find it difficult to control them directly using his close combat skills.
Several times, with the help of others, they finally managed to subdue the monster, a perilous situation indeed.
However, they soon discovered that these monsters did not seem to have the same keen senses as the monsters outside.
They often wait until a group of people are very close before launching an attack.
Moreover, these monsters were either drinking water by the water, resting on rocks, or lying on the stone pillars above their heads.
In short, none of them seemed to be deliberately hiding themselves like the monsters outside.
This gave Mingzhao many opportunities.
She switched to a sniper rifle, handing the pistol to Guo Shengli and He Xin, who, although not as accurate as her, were still capable of using it.
Mingzhao secretly activated his Clear Vision and killed all the monsters from afar.
These monsters are really not very smart. Their companions were killed, but they just stood there dumbfounded and didn't react at all.
As they continued forward, the trench gradually narrowed, making it increasingly difficult to fight the monsters.
Although Mingzhao would kill the monsters beforehand, the group had to keep moving forward to prevent the monsters behind them from catching up.
This also allows some to slip through the net and launch attacks against the crowd.
These well-hidden monsters are often too late to be discovered by the time others realize what's happening.
So Guo Shengli and He Xin switched from pistols to stun guns.
This is why He Jun, who was in charge of close combat, was not seriously injured.
After walking a while longer, a large rock appeared in front of them, blocking the way forward.
Accompanied by He Jun, Chen Xin walked to the stone, tapping it here and there, and took out several strange detector-like devices to examine it.
Then, after tapping a few inconspicuous rocks, the large rock slowly rose up.
The moment the stone rose and the scene before them appeared, Mingzhao and his group were instantly stunned.
The creatures behind them were also stunned for a moment.
The monsters were still the same monsters, but their humanoid forms became more pronounced, and the deformities were not as severe.
Moreover, they are gathered together by the fire, sharing their food.
These monsters were mostly dressed in simple cloth or animal hides, and some were even dried on stones next to the fire.
These monsters gathered in twos and threes, and if you ignored their deformed bodies, they really did look like primitive people living in groups.
The monsters froze for only a second, and then several of them let out a piercing scream.
The scream sounded somewhat like a human, but it didn't sound like a normal person could make.
Guo Shengli immediately realized what was happening and told everyone to retreat behind the large rock.
Chen Xin kicked a small rock on the side, and the large rock fell down, blocking the way between the group and the monster.
At the last moment, the monsters on the other side seemed to realize what was happening. Several strong and muscular ones appeared to be about to rush over, but they were blocked by the rocks.
"What should we do? Run?"
He Jun asked Guo Shengli.
Guo Shengli gritted his teeth, "We can't run away. We've come this far; if we go back now, all our efforts will be wasted."
As he spoke, he turned to Mingzhao, "Liu Jing, don't you have a machine gun? Take it out, let's each take one and charge out."
Mingzhao hesitated for a moment. If she really was Liu Jing, she might have refused.
Taking out a machine gun now would create a huge commotion, and if something even more terrifying happens, we'd be finished.
Besides, money is always available; it's not worth risking your life for it.
But she is not Liu Jing, she is Ming Zhao.
She must complete this instance and access the core secret, or she will be trapped in it forever.
"Okay, I'll give you the gun and bullets."
The four men carried a total of two machine guns, but Guo Shengli carried them because He Jun needed to fight.
Mingzhao assembled the gun; this skill was stored in Liu Jing's muscle memory, and she quickly completed the assembly.
Mingzhao and Guo Shengli each took a machine gun and aimed it at the large rock.
Chen Xin pressed the mechanism on the stone and quickly hid behind the two of them.
As soon as the crack in the rock appeared, a short but strong monster crawled out.
Mingzhao did not hesitate and fired immediately.
These monsters seemed fearless, charging forward to kill them even as they faced a hail of bullets.
Unfortunately, the monsters were still mortal beings, and most of them were riddled with holes by machine gun fire.
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