"Anxia, you have many connections, why don't you contact your friends at the police station and see what happened!"
"Jiang Yan, no matter what, I hope you can contact the government to see if there are any abnormalities in the temperature this time, and what exactly happened."
"Li Ming, you and Wan Mei take good care of everyone here. You don't need to do anything for now; just be the housekeeper."
"As for Gu An, you come with me. We'll go to the city and see what's going on. If things are like this here, the situation in the city must be even worse."
Early in the morning, Jiang Ruan assigned tasks to everyone for the day.
Yesterday, Jiang Ruan and Gu An had a long and intimate conversation, during which they confessed their feelings for each other. However, the heat emanating from their feet caused their expressions to change drastically.
They ran outside together to check the temperature of the ground under direct sunlight, and were stunned when they discovered that the mercury thermometer had exploded.
The decision was made in order to verify the speculation.
“Okay, Ruan Ruan, I’ve already asked. They said it’s a secret and we can’t tell them normally, but they can tell us if we can help with something.” An Xia stared at the message that popped up on her phone and read it aloud.
"We must convey these words to them!" An Xia said earnestly. "If the matter is indeed true and there is no falsehood involved, then we will not hesitate or be stingy in extending a helping hand to them!" Her tone was firm and powerful, which made people admire her.
“Okay, I’ll send it right away!” Anxia quickly replied.
Immediately afterwards, she took Gu An in a specially made car to the city. Along the way, there were many accidents caused by the high temperature. Cars were scattered everywhere, their bottom wheels had melted and stuck to the ground, mixed with clothes of unknown people, and corpses were just placed in obvious places.
The high temperature brought not only burns, but also fermentation. The strangely shaped corpses on the ground, which had been scalded to death, hit by objects, or otherwise killed, were covered with blood and sores, and were swarming with flies. They moved quickly and were not afraid of the heat, mercilessly sucking the blood and bones of the dead from their wounds.
Those people with no wounds exposed, face up, eyes bulging, their bodies, noses, eyes, mouths, etc., became their entry points, swarming with flies and maggots like bees building a nest, and emitting a foul stench.
Jiang Ruan coughed dryly after being choked.
Gu An patted her back, then took out a handkerchief with a fresh scent and handed it to her, "Using this to cover your face will make you feel much better, at least you won't feel so uncomfortable."
Jiang Ruan looked up at him, but he didn't react at all. She covered her hands with a handkerchief and muttered, "It seems that this body hasn't been subjected to the harsh environment of the previous life yet, and it's not used to the smell. It will be fine in a while. But you don't seem to have any reaction."
Gu An smiled, reached out and wiped the sweat from Jiang Ruan's forehead as she coughed forcefully, and said, "You're used to it, it's nothing!"
"Used to it?" Before I could ponder the meaning of those words, the car shook violently and then came to a stop.
Jiang Ruan looked ahead but saw nothing.
"Qingfeng, what on earth happened!" Gu An's face was frighteningly grim. His arms were tightly wrapped around Jiang Ruan in his embrace, like iron clamps. The terrifying scene just now still lingered in his mind—Jiang Ruan was almost injured. If he hadn't reacted quickly, the consequences would have been unimaginable. At this moment, his eyes were filled with anger and blame as he stared intently at Qingfeng, who was sitting in the driver's seat.
Qingfeng felt Gu An's burning gaze and his heart tightened. He knew he had made a grave mistake, putting Gu An and Jiang Ruan in danger. Facing Gu An's questioning, Qingfeng lowered his head, his voice trembling slightly, and said, "I...I'm sorry, brother. I don't know why the car suddenly went out of control. I tried my best to brake, but I still couldn't prevent the accident..."
Gu An snorted coldly, clearly dissatisfied with this explanation. He frowned and continued to press, "Was the vehicle checked beforehand? Were there any other unusual circumstances?" Qingfeng gritted his teeth and answered truthfully, "The car was checked beforehand, and no problems were found... However, something black suddenly appeared in front of us. I didn't have time; I had to get out and check it out..."
Gu An listened to Qingfeng's explanation, but his anger did not subside in the slightest. However, it wasn't entirely directed at Qingfeng. He knew that Qingfeng, as his most capable subordinate, possessed extraordinary reaction speed and efficiency in maintaining a high level of concentration and handling unexpected situations.
Therefore, this accident was definitely not as simple as his mistake.
Jiang Ruan was feeling unwell from the smell and her reaction time was much slower. After the sudden incident, she pinched her thigh hard without thinking, and she has gradually recovered.
She pulled Gu An down with her, and they saw a dark thing in front of the car. After looking closely, they finally saw what it really looked like.
A black, rather muscular, wild dog-like creature.
"What is that? It's blocking my way and almost caused me to have an accident. I'm going to kick it! Watch me!" Qingfeng raised his foot and was about to kick it hard.
To his surprise, he was thrown back after just one kick, nearly falling onto the corpse. He gasped and quickly moved back, still shaken.
"This...this...boss, this thing is a bit strange!" Qingfeng pointed at the object in front of him, his eyes revealing an incredulous light.
"What do you think?" Gu An ignored Qingfeng and instead turned to Jiang Ruan beside him, thoughtfully providing her with a mask to prevent the outside smells from bothering her.
"This seems to be a type of zombie explosion. If I'm not mistaken, the high surface temperature stimulated the zombies that were hiding below. When they are in extreme fear, they produce a huge amount of toxins in their bodies, and these toxins accumulate in their bodies until they push them out of the ground."
In other words, what we're seeing now is a corpse exploding. Judging by its appearance, it will self-destruct within half an hour. The toxins released will harm people and plants within a five-kilometer radius—a completely detrimental event!
Jiang Ruan was very familiar with this thing. In her previous life, when she came to find the antidote for the poison in Du Ning's body in order to save him, she encountered it once. At that time, she thought it was a zombie and casually chopped it down.
Unexpectedly, the smoke from the explosion blinded him, and it took him several days to recover.
So when she encountered this thing again, she observed it with perfect clarity, her mind swiftly analyzing the situation and preparing a countermeasure.
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