Chapter 62 Hatching Little Zombie 4 Feeding
062 Hatching Zombie Eggs 4
In the surveillance footage, the zombies wearing black short-sleeved shirts and casual jeans walked around in a swagger.
That aura that suddenly became vibrant, unlike the dull speed of its peers around it... huh? huh???
Everyone stretched their necks and widened their eyes.
...What's going on?
The zombie walked and walked, reached out to touch the bag on his waist, suddenly turned his head and saw something, and stopped.
It bent its elbows and touched its chin.
Such a humane action?!
The next second, the zombie turned around, crossed the street, and entered a house on the opposite side of the street.
"What is it doing? Hurry, drone, catch up!" Zhao Lushan urged.
The R&D staff came to their senses, took aback, and quickly flew the drone over.
On the big screen, the picture began to move forward rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it became pitch black - there had been no living people in the ruins area for two years, and of course there was no electricity, so once you entered the building it was pitch black.
The R&D staff had sweat on their foreheads as they operated the drone back and forth, but the picture was always dark and they could not hear any sound. They had no idea what the Tyrannosaurus Rex was doing.
Everyone started discussing it crazily.
"What's going on? What happened to the Tyrannosaurus just now?"
"Why does it seem to suddenly... come alive?!"
"How is it possible..."
He Lin sat quietly on the chair the whole time.
He stared at the dark screen for a while, then gave the order: "Get out."
The R&D staff didn't react immediately.
Zhang Mu translated: "Let the drone fly out and get back to the street."
However, when you can't see anything clearly, finding the way out is also a problem.
The R&D staff spent a lot of time trying before the moonlight reappeared in their field of vision.
The street full of wandering souls in the ruins area reappeared in their sight, and then they found... the Indominus Rex had appeared!
It sat down on the street in the moonlight, holding a straw basket, some cloth and a bamboo mat in its hands.
"What is it going to do?" Xu Lin was also extremely shocked. He had never expected to see such a scene when he sent the drone over today. "Zombies have almost no awareness of using tools. How could it come up with these things?"
"Brother Xu, you observed it a few days ago, and it didn't show this symptom?!" Zhao Lushan pointed at the screen in disbelief.
Xu Lin shook his head repeatedly, but immediately realized——
A few days ago, they were using ordinary drones.
See and hear.
As long as you appear in that area, "people" with ears and eyes will immediately notice it.
But this also means...
His expression changed slightly as he looked at the zombie on the big screen that they had known for more than half a year and could be considered an "old friend"...
...Indominus Rex, it has human consciousness.
...Before this, it had been pretending to be a zombie... ?
*
Just as the group of humans far away in the sky saw, Lu Jiu was indeed holding a straw basket, some cloth and a bamboo mat.
He just passed by the house on the street and suddenly remembered that there seemed to be these things in it. As for what these things were used for - of course, they were used to build a nest for the little dinosaur eggs.
Lu Jiu felt suffocated carrying the little dinosaur egg in his waist bag every day.
Even if you ask him to hold it in his hands for 24 hours, he will still feel tired.
When I put it on the ground, it feels uncomfortable.
So make a bed and let this kid lie on it by himself.
The ruins area is very quiet at the moment. At this point, there will basically be no more drones coming over.
Lu Jiu simply unzipped his waist bag, took out the little dinosaur egg, and placed it at his feet.
He patted the eggshell and said, "First, breathe some fresh air and absorb some moonlight here."
Silver threads immediately extended from the eggshell, and small tentacles stretched towards the sky, as if stretching.
…
The monitoring room is ten kilometers away.
The crowd was shocked.
"What did it take out?"
"Is that an egg??"
"How can it have an egg? Is it a chicken egg or a bird egg?"
“What a beautiful flower and gorgeous eggs!”
"Shit, could it be a dinosaur egg?"
“…………It’s just a codename for Tyrannosaurus Rex, not the real Tyrannosaurus Rex!!”
"By the way, did it just talk to this egg?"
“Can’t drones record sound?”
"cannot……"
"Is there anyone who knows lip reading?!"
Relics area.
Lu Jiu spread the cloth layer by layer in the straw basket, trying to make it as flat as possible.
When it was halfway laid, he pressed it with his hand and found it was very soft.
Then spread the straw mat on top.
A simple nest is ready!
He put the little dinosaur egg on it.
As soon as the little dinosaur egg touched the table, it rolled twice, looking like it was enjoying it very much.
Lu Jiu smiled.
He poked at the eggshell.
"Lu Chenxi, it's you, right? Have you turned into a little dinosaur in this life?"
The monitoring room is ten kilometers away.
“It laughed!!”
"The Indominus Rex is laughing!!"
"It, it's going to hatch this egg???"
"No, where did this egg come from? Is it sure it is a fertilized egg?!"
In the picture, the little zombie picked up the basket of vegetables, stood up and staggered away.
It went into a building.
The drone followed it all the way outside the building and waited on the street for a long time, but it was not seen coming out again.
I flew upwards, but couldn't find any zombies in any of the windows.
Everyone in the monitoring room was very excited.
"No, when did it become like this? It has always been pretending in front of us?!"
"So is it confirmed to be conscious?"
"Isn't this proof enough?! It can talk and act, so it's still not a human?!"
"So is it recovering as an adult?"
"No way, it still looks like a zombie!"
"That's why it doesn't dare to expose itself in front of us. If it is discovered by any base, it will be captured and taken back for research!"
Zhao Lushan looked dazed.
"Oh my god, so this guy was really wearing flowers in his hair in the supermarket that day..."
No wonder, no wonder the Tyrannosaurus Rex was able to rush back to the ruins area from the supermarket in just half a day. It turns out that it is not an ordinary zombie... ?
This astonishing discovery caused the monitoring room to go into an uproar for a full ten minutes.
After recovering, Xu Lin's expression turned serious.
This was the first time they observed zombies possessing human consciousness, which was an important discovery for defeating the zombie virus.
He asked He Lin: "Catch it back?"
He Lin was still staring at the screen and did not answer the question.
Xu Lin asked the base consultant again: "What do you think?"
The consultant thought for a moment and said, "I don't think we should be so hasty. We'd better first figure out what level of consciousness it is at."
"Is it that except for its appearance being different from ours, its other inner consciousness and cognition are no different from ordinary humans? Or is it that it only has some human consciousness now, but still has the urge to hunt when it sees a real human?"
Zhao Lushan immediately said: "Before, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would attack us when it saw us!"
Consultant: "We can't be sure when it became conscious. Maybe it was just an ordinary zombie at that time, and then it regained consciousness when we didn't notice it."
He continued with what he had said before.
"If it only has some human consciousness now, then it can only be considered an evolved zombie. But if, apart from its appearance, its inner self is no different from ours... then I think we shouldn't treat it the same way we treat zombies. The so-called 'capturing' will not be conducive to subsequent communication and research."
Xu Lin listened and nodded: "That makes sense."
If the Indominus Rex is human at heart, then they should treat it the same way they treat humans.
At the end of the world, countless humans abandoned civilization and self-restraint, allowing themselves to turn into outright beasts, but this was not the case with their Base No. 1.
Even at the end of the world, they want to be human beings.
*
The unexpected discovery made everyone in the monitoring room unable to sleep.
He Lin ordered the dismissal of some people, leaving only the technical backbone.
Because this matter was discovered unexpectedly, the news was bound to leak out. Even though they closed the door, Zheng Yu and his subordinates still came over after hearing the news and asked them what their plans were.
He Lin didn't look back, and Xu Lin and Zheng Yu explained.
Then Zheng Yu didn't go to sleep. He asked his subordinates to make him a cup of tea and found a stool in the monitoring room to sit down.
He glanced at He Lin.
The bright light in the monitoring room shone on the man's handsome face, but it could not reveal what was going on in his deep and narrow eyes.
…
All night long.
There were constant yawns in the monitoring room, with occasional idle chatter.
Zhao Lushan and Zhang Mu were almost unable to bear it anymore. The two young men had dark circles under their eyes and their heads tilted downwards.
On the contrary, the two middle-aged men, Zheng Yu and Xu Lin, were still in good spirits.
As for He Lin—he hardly even changed his sitting position.
"…What time does the Tyrannosaurus Rex have to sleep until?"
"Why didn't I realize before that zombies also have biological clocks..."
"No, you see, the other zombies have been hanging around for most of the night, only the Indominus Rex has gone to sleep..."
"He doesn't look very old. Is he a college student?"
"... Just ask who can tell the age of a zombie..."
"I just want to ask what time boys usually go to bed..."
"It's hard to say. If I play games all night, I can sleep until dark..."
"Is it playing games with ghosts? ... Never mind..."
As the morning light illuminated the sky, most people in the monitoring room fell asleep.
Various machines were kept running, with a slight ticking sound continuing.
He Lin glanced at his watch.
Seven o'clock in the morning.
He raised his head and looked at the big screen again.
"Isn't it time to get up?" Xu Lin said, rubbing his eyes.
"Wait two more hours."
"...Huh?" Xu Lin looked at He Lin who had spoken in confusion, his mind unable to wrap around what was going on.
Two hours later, he finally figured it out. What he wanted to ask was... How do you know what time the Indominus Rex will get up? !
…
Nine o'clock in the morning.
"It's out! The Indominus Rex is out!"
A shout instantly awakened everyone in the monitoring room.
Everyone opened their eyes and stared at the big screen, only to see the familiar little zombie walking out of the building with a small waist bag and dull eyes.
Those who had seen this guy's acting skills last night laughed good-naturedly, while Zheng Yu and his subordinates who came later stared at the screen without blinking, looking a little nervous.
Is it true?
Can zombies really...
In the picture.
The little zombie turned his head to the left dully... turned his head to the right...
Stretch your neck forward... turn your neck backward...
Well, the ruins area is very quiet.
Today, so far, there seems to be “no” drones coming to clock in for work.
The little zombie's expression changed, and his cloudy eyeballs immediately became bright.
It lowered its head, quickly opened its waist bag, and took out the colorful egg.
*
Relics area.
Lu Jiu discovered something last night—this little dinosaur egg needs to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon!
After absorbing the moonlight last night, the patterns on the eggshells have become more vivid!
"Here, it's the sun now, absorb it well," Lu Jiu taught as he walked towards the supermarket with the egg in his hand, "You must eat fruits and vegetables obediently today, do you understand? Otherwise, you won't have potato chips to eat in the future."
The tentacles that were stretching towards the air trembled and pressed against Lu Jiu's palm in a flattering manner.
Lu Jiu sneered.
"It's no use being coquettish."
He walked into the convenience store and went straight to the vegetable and fruit section, where he picked up a box of walnuts, a pumpkin and an eggplant from the dusty shelves. All of them were dry and rotten, and it was almost impossible to tell what their original state was except for their shapes.
He sat cross-legged on the ground and used these three things to surround the little dinosaur egg, leaving its tentacles nowhere to hide.
The monitoring room is ten kilometers away.
"What is the T-Rex doing?"
"This egg... wants to eat?!"
"No, how can an egg eat food?"
The R&D staff carefully operated the remote control to bring the drone closer to the strange egg on the ground.
Suddenly, everyone saw clearly... there were extremely fine threads sticking to the eggshell of this egg, and the other ends of these threads were attached to the fruits and vegetables, as if they were absorbing nutrients in this way.
Everyone was shocked.
“…Are you really eating?!”
"No, what kind of egg is this? A mutant bird egg?"
Zhao Lushan looked at this scene and suddenly murmured: "How long have these vegetables and fruits been rotten..."
There was silence in the monitoring room.
Everyone's heart was moved, and when they looked at the scene in front of them, they felt... a little pitiful.
Supplies are in short supply in the end times, but almost every base will set aside a piece of land for planting and breeding.
No matter how much food the people living in the base are allocated, at least what they eat every day is fresh.
They haven't yet reached the point where they have to eat this zombie food.
But at this moment.
The poor little zombie sat alone on the floor of the supermarket in the ruins area where there was no living person.
The only thing that accompanied it was a strange egg.
And this poor little dinosaur egg, which it had picked up from somewhere, was absorbing the poor fruits and vegetables.
“…It’s too bad to eat.”
Someone said.
The discussion became heated again, but the topic went in a strange direction.
"Speaking of which, does the Tyrannosaurus Rex need to eat? If it needs to eat, then does it... only eat these?!"
"No way, that's not something that humans can eat."
"It's just afraid that humans will use it for experiments, so it would rather eat these than get close to humans..."
“How pitiful…”
"It even plays dumb in front of the drone..."
"Should we find a way to take care of it?"
"Yes, even if it's hard to contact it for the time being, we can still provide it with some assistance and protection—"
The last sentence had just fallen.
In the picture, the little zombie seemed to suddenly hear a sound, and he stood up suddenly and turned his face to the side.
It is as alert as a small animal.
The next second, it bounced up and turned into a shadow and disappeared from everyone's sight!
The R&D staff was stunned and quickly controlled the drone to catch up. As soon as they flew out of the supermarket, they saw an extraordinary scene——
The zombie took off into the air in the sunlight, flying high, and grabbed a bird flying through the air with its sharp claws!
Bird feathers are scattered.
It landed on its feet and ran back to the supermarket excitedly. It threw the bird that it had crushed to death in front of the little dinosaur egg and opened its lips to say two words, which sounded like "eat quickly."
Suddenly, in the monitoring room: “………………”
It doesn't seem like it needs much protection.
Zheng Yu frowned. "Nonsense! How can we just let it stay in the ruins? If other bases discover its secret, they will come to snatch us away!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Lin said, "Other bases are using ordinary drones. As you know, Old Zheng, their scientific research capabilities are far inferior to ours, and they cannot develop stealth drones like ours in a short period of time. The Tyrannosaurus Rex is very smart. When it encounters those ordinary drones, it will disguise itself."
Zheng Yu: "But how long can we observe like this?"
The base advisor said: "I think we can try to have friendly contact with the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but not face to face. Again, we need to observe it for a while to see what its level of consciousness is. If we have initial contact, we can drop some supplies."
Zheng Yu: "What supplies are being dropped?"
Xu Lin: "Daily necessities?"
Zheng Yu: "It's a zombie. Does it need to wash its face and brush its teeth? Or does it need to use air conditioning or an electric fan?"
Xu Lin: “Uh.”
Base advisor: "We can send some food and water over."
He turned to look at the core figure of Base No. 1 who had remained silent the entire time: "Boss, what do you think?"
He Lin stared at the little zombie in the picture.
After a moment, he opened his mouth, reported a list of supplies, and issued an order.
*
A wonderful day starts with observing the ruins area.
For those who are responsible for this work at the bases, this job has long become a pleasure.
Early in the morning - well, it’s not really “early” since it’s almost ten o’clock in the morning - they were either sitting lazily on their chairs with their legs on the table, or biting into meat buns while fiddling with the remote control.
Several drones flew across several kilometers and entered the target area from all directions.
Hey, that drone in front has a flower on its fuselage. It must be the base in the north that is as small as a fingernail.
The drone accelerated and flew over, circling the opponent.
Brother is here again today.
The other party turned the drone and crashed into it.
Go away, I don't want to bother with you.
There was another buzzing sound behind me.
I turned 180 degrees and saw, wow, a black one came. If I remember correctly, it was from the base that was very unsociable. Every time there was an online meeting, the boss of that base couldn't say a word for an hour.
So turn your view back to the front.
Suddenly, the picture turned downward and shook violently, and the ground kept getting bigger and bigger on the screen.
Before the people in the monitoring room could react, the screen turned pitch black.
…………The plane crashed? ?
He pressed the remote control frantically in disbelief, but the picture didn't change at all.
He put down his legs, sat up straight, and pressed a contact button on the console.
The person who answered the phone was the person in charge of the monitoring room at the northern base of the plane with flowers on the fuselage.
"My drone crashed, did you see it?"
The other party seemed stunned for a moment: "I was just about to call you to ask, my drone seems to have fallen too!"
The two were in strange silence for a moment.
One of them immediately contacted the person in charge of the black drone.
"Hey, hey, hey, it seems that both of our drones just fell down. How about yours? Are you still alive?"
The other party was silent for a moment, then said, "I saw your two planes fall down by themselves."
“…”
"……?"
"……Then??"
“And then I crashed, too.”
There was a sudden silence on the communication platform.
…………Early in the morning, the ruins area is haunted?!
*
The ruins area seems to be haunted.
——This conclusion was reached by several bases nearby that have the ability to fly drones every day.
How else to explain why everyone's drones crashed automatically shortly after they flew into the ruins today? !
I didn’t see any zombies jumping up to attack them, nor did I see any crazy birds flying around over the ruins area, so it must be haunted!
These bases held emergency meetings to discuss whether to send drones for reconnaissance again or wait and see.
The former. The current situation in the ruins area is unclear. If they fly another drone there and lose another one... that would be a huge loss!
The latter...how long do we have to wait?
So some people asked, should we send someone to the ruins area to take a look in person?
Everyone looked at each other, you looked at me and I looked at you.
...Are you looking for trouble? If the ruins area is really haunted in broad daylight, they would be scared too, right?!
Finally, everyone thought, isn't there a Base No. 1 nearby? Let's ask Big Brother what he says first.
So calls were made to Base No. 1.
The liaison officer at Base 1 answered the phone and said, "Eh? Oh, actually our drone was also lost! That's right, it's like this. Recently, a very ferocious zombie has come to the ruins area. It moves very fast. You can't even see its shadow when it runs or flies. It specializes in attacking drones. Our drones were all destroyed by it! Don't fly your drones over there recently!"
"Ah? You need a code name? Yes, yes, such a ferocious zombie should be taken seriously. Hmm, what code name should we use?"
The liaison officer glanced at the black-haired man sitting in the corner of the monitoring room with a hint of teasing in his eyes.
“Ahem, let’s just call him,” the contact officer looked up at the sky, “Bad Pterosaur!”
*
Lu Jiu discovered that no drones came to the ruins area all day today!
It is also possible that he had been here before, but he was in the supermarket and didn’t see it?
It’s troublesome when there are drones, but it feels a bit lonely when there are no drones.
Lu Jiu walked on the street of the ruins area, shaking his head.
Never mind. At least I can stop acting for a while.
After the little dinosaur egg had its fill, it lay comfortably in the palm of his hand, basking in the sun.
Lu Jiu was a little envious of it.
"111, how many days have we been in this world?" he asked boredly.
The small system recalled: "It seems to be the seventh day?"
One week.
Lu Jiu touched his belly.
After becoming a zombie, the body no longer needs to eat.
There is no one in the ruins area, and there is no food edible by humans.
Although my stomach is not hungry, my mouth is really lonely.
Lu Jiu truly missed that man. Where was that dead man?
He walked towards the rest building out of boredom, and suddenly he discovered... in the distance, at the exit of the ruins area, on that empty sandy road... there seemed to be something lying on it?
Um?
He put the little dinosaur egg into his waist bag, zipped it up, and ran over quickly.
There were no people or cars at either end of the road. Lu Jiu walked over and took a look, then opened his mouth in surprise.
…It turned out to be a fresh watermelon, a bag of toast, two cans of beer, and a bag of dried fish?
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