Chapter 48 Chapter 48 This is a mutant army.
Seeing this scene, Lu Ning was slightly stunned, feeling a sense of déjà vu.
She subconsciously turned her head and saw Ye Mian still sitting safely in the passenger seat with no change in his expression. Then she understood - the reason why she drove the car here was not entirely a choice made in desperation.
Wang Xu was a little confused. He had not expected that there were so many evolvers hiding in this town, nor had he thought that he would just find a random place to hide and happen to break into someone else's stronghold.
"This...are we going to get off?"
Ye Mian had already taken a rough look at the circle of Evolved Beings that had surrounded them, and did not find any strong hostility. Most of them were just afraid of Dahei who was sitting obediently in the cargo compartment, and were more curious and inquisitive about the three people in the car.
Hearing this, he opened the car door first: "Get out, since you are here, you have to say hello."
greet?
In this case?
Wang Xu got off the car with a confused look on his face. When he saw Lu Ning bringing Dahei down from the back, he couldn't help but take two steps forward, trying to block the three-headed dog, which had become larger and more terrifying after its evolution.
"Who are you?"
The person asking the question was a short-haired woman dressed neatly and capablely. Her every move revealed her remarkable physical strength. Perhaps she saw that Lu Ning was also an evolver with a solid foundation, so she shifted her attention from Dahei.
However, the defensiveness in his brows and posture did not decrease in the slightest.
But what she didn't expect was that Lu Ning took a half step back and stood beside the girl who came around from the passenger side, apparently indicating that this not-so-old girl was the one who had the final say.
"Excuse me, we are just here to look for someone," Ye Mian nodded politely, "By the way, I want to ask, what is going on in Dannan Town? Are you all trapped here?"
"Looking for someone?" The short-haired woman looked at the combination of three people and one mutant beast, her expression calm, "Not to mention that 90% of the locals here have become mutants or been eaten. Even if you find the person you are looking for, there is no way to leave here."
When she finished speaking, the man beside her couldn't help but show some pity in his eyes: "Now not only us, but also you, will be trapped in this Danan Town."
It wasn't just the two of them who were so pessimistic. After confirming that Ye Mian and the other two posed no threat, the others also showed heavy expressions, as if their concerted efforts to confront the enemy just now were just a last-ditch struggle.
Seeing this, Wang Xu suddenly became even more panicked. On the one hand, it was because he was trapped, and on the other hand, he didn't expect that his skills would become ineffective. Without luck, why would the boss use him?
He looked at Ye Mian in shock and fear, but found that she and Lu Ning were not panicked at all, but both had thoughtful expressions.
After a while, Ye Mian asked calmly, "Can you tell us what the situation is?"
The short-haired woman neither had any expectations for Ye Mian and the other two who seemed to be calm, nor did she laugh at them for not understanding their current situation and being so calm. She just nodded and said, "Let's talk upstairs. It's not safe downstairs."
As soon as these words were spoken, the others retreated back into the building quietly, just like before.
Ye Mian followed the short-haired woman and her group into one of the buildings, and climbed silently all the way to the eighth floor before stopping.
There are some simple protections and traps on the stairs and windows of each floor. Although they will not cause any harm to the mutants, it is inconvenient for most of them to climb the stairs. In addition, the lower-level ones have no idea of avoiding in an orderly manner. These things are enough to make every high-rise building an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack position.
The problem lies in food and water, which means they either get trapped to death in these high-rise buildings or are discovered by mutants when they go out to search for supplies.
Watching Lu Ning tie Dahei up in the stairwell, the short-haired woman took Ye Mian and others into one of the houses. Most of the furniture inside had been moved out, leaving only the necessary tables and chairs. It looked like a place specifically used for meetings.
"Gong Lan, this is my husband Nie Jianping."
After introducing himself, Ye Mian looked at the two of them specifically.
[Gong Lan (Evolver), [Initial Skill]: Duel (Force the enemy to attack only you)]
[Nie Jianping (Evolver), [Initial Skill]: Hardening (makes the skin indestructible and invulnerable to swords and guns)]
However, it is not just because of these two skills that they can become the backbone of this group of people, but more because those people call them "teachers" and respect and admire them from the bottom of their hearts.
"We entered this town about a week ago," Gong Lan recalled. "Like you, we saw almost no mutants in the town at that time, so we thought they were cleared out by other evolvers passing by."
"But soon, we were chased by a large group of mutants that suddenly appeared. After torturing us to exhaustion and capturing some of our companions, they retreated as if they had received some orders."
"But when we tried to escape from this town, they surrounded us from all directions, and it was a cat-and-mouse farce again."
"After a few times, we finally realized that this was an army of mutants. The lower-ranking ones were soldiers, and the more powerful ones were leaders. They might all be loyal to a more powerful mutant who could think and command."
"The reason why I say it's possible is that we haven't seen the more powerful mutants yet, but they are indeed organized and disciplined, and can appear and disappear in an instant."
Hearing this, Ye Mian couldn't help but frowned slightly. Although she had seen mutants gathering in groups in the industrial park last time, they were still somewhat scattered, and there were clear boundaries between the intermediate mutants, and they would not easily approach the advanced mutants.
But now it has directly become an army, with the clear purpose of attacking and capturing prey.
It can be seen that mutants can not only evolve and upgrade, but also evolve much faster than them.
After thinking for a while, Ye Mian asked, "How many leading mutants have you seen?"
The couple sitting opposite each other looked at each other, their faces becoming slightly uglier. After a long while, Gong Lan spoke again: "There are at least twelve of them, because this town has four exits, and each exit has three leaders leading the team to block it."
Twelve! ?
Ye Mian frowned even more tightly, looked at Lu Ning who also had a serious expression, and Wang Xu who was already frightened and stunned, and sighed secretly.
If she was alone, she could escape at any time, but now she was trapped in Dannan Town with Gong Lan and her group.
But there is no use being pessimistic.
After calming down, Ye Mian asked, "Besides you, are there any other evolvers in this town?"
"Yes," Gong Lan nodded, "There are two other groups of people gathered together like us. One group is not good people, and the other group looks like the survivors in the town, not very strong in combat."
Any survivors?
It seems that if Qi Shu's wife and daughter are still alive, they are probably among that group of people. If not... then I can only bring back bad news.
"Have you ever thought about working together to fight your way out?"
Hearing this, Ye Mian and Gong Lan looked at Lu Ning together. Seeing that Ye Mian had no intention of stopping him, Lu Ning continued, "I have fought against intermediate mutants twice before, and I should be able to hold back two of them. As long as you can quickly deal with the rest, you can break out without attracting other mutants."
"this……"
Gong Lan and the others were not clear about Lu Ning's strength. They were half-believing and half-doubting, and they did think about the feasibility of this method.
After a while, Nie Jianping, who had been silent the whole time, shook his head and said, "It's unlikely that we can cooperate. On the one hand, the three of us were deliberately separated, so it's difficult for us to get together to discuss tactics. On the other hand, when there are discordant voices in a team, there will never be unity."
This discordant voice should refer to the group of people who are not good people.
Just as Ye Mian was thinking this, he heard Gong Lan say in a deep voice: "Those people are all gangsters, criminals, and people who don't do their jobs properly. It's impossible for them to follow orders. We have to be careful that they will deliberately sell us out for supplies."
Lu Ning looked at the two of them, then looked at Ye Mian who was shaking his head slightly, and said nothing more.
They are outsiders who just showed up today. It is difficult to convince them just by words. Instead, they need to see it.
Having already explained the specific situation in the town, Gong Lan and the others neither thought that Ye Mian and the others could change anything, nor did they completely let down their guard against them and Dahei. They simply gave the empty house to them to rest and said nothing more.
——Their own supplies have long been in short supply, and it is impossible for them to be so kind as to share them with others.
After the two of them left, Lu Ning asked in a low voice: "What should we do now?"
Ye Mian leaned back in his chair and looked out the window at the gradually darkening sky. After a while, he suddenly said, "The idea you just had is indeed not feasible."
"Hmm? Why?"
"Have you forgotten?" Ye Mian turned his head to look at her, "There is also a high-level mutant here. It needs to keep eating to increase its strength. How could it watch the food it raised leave the town?"
Just now Gong Lan only said it was a possibility, but when Ye Mian said this, it was confirmed.
Lu Ning subconsciously thought of someone, and after hesitating, he said, "Should we go find someone to help?"
There weren't many people they could find. Ye Mian knew who they were referring to without asking. She thought for a moment and said, "Well... it's not very appropriate, but it's still okay to go over and borrow some things."
Lu Ning also understood that the situation in this town was too bad and asking for help would be tantamount to harming people, so he immediately gave up the idea.
"Borrow what?"
"A weapon that can attack from a distance and also make noise."
After hearing this answer, not only Lu Ning, but also Wang Xu beside him was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what it meant.
Action is worse than thought, Ye Mian stood up and said, "I'll go there and be back soon."
Before leaving, he reminded them again: "If they ask, you can say that my skill is teleportation and I went to explore other places."
"good."
As soon as the words fell from his ears, Ye Mian appeared in a spacious open space. He looked up at the gate of the industrial park on the slope, feeling a little helpless.
She originally just wanted to maintain a friendly trading relationship with Wen Yuan, but now she still owes him a favor.
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