Chapter 72: Acquaintances, killing insects, information levels skyrocket!
Boom.
Thunder explosions came one after another, shaking the entire floor of the tube building.
The heavy rain formed a line, and we knew without even looking that the buffer zone would be flooded again.
The closer we got to the Stand Starfish explosion, the more frequent the gunshots outside became, sometimes even lasting for a minute or two before stopping. We didn't know which group was exchanging fire.
But the B-7 area fell into an eerie calm, almost the same as usual.
Time passes by minute by second in the sound of rain.
Cheng Ye didn't take off his armor. He lay straight on the bed, closed his eyes and rested, trying to accumulate as much energy as possible.
As the rain grew heavier, the pointer of the humidity meter hanging on the wall had already jumped to 95% without anyone noticing, and was only 3% away from the value that would trigger the explosion of the substitute starfish.
However, this is only the humidity indoors. As for the outdoors, it has long been soaked by continuous rain, far exceeding the activation conditions for the substitute starfish.
"You haven't announced the news yet?"
The defense alarm rang, and Cheng Ye reached out and turned it off.
He breathed anxiously. It was already 23:00 and there were only forty minutes left before the outbreak, but the news of the third wave facing all residents was still hidden.
Is it possible that you don’t plan to announce it to everyone this time?
However, just as this idea came into being, Defense Communication was shaken again, and finally there was news.
“Here I come!”
Cheng Ye stood up, and the first thing he did was not to check the message, but to check his equipment again.
After confirming that everything was ready, the security door was locked.
Only then did he pick up the defense communication app and click on the glaring red warning message.
[Happiness City A-level infection wave warning]
Dear residents of Happiness City, hello! I am the city lord, An Happiness.
[At this moment, I speak to you with the heaviest yet most resolute heart.]
As the city lord, I must be honest with all residents: Despite the life of Station Master He Fei, who sounded the alarm for us, and despite the Institute's utmost efforts, the source of infection, codenamed "Alternate Starfish," has still breached Sanctuary City's defenses.
First of all, I want to express my deepest apologies to all residents. Our prevention and control measures have not fully responded to the surge in infections, and the drugs we developed have not been able to completely eliminate the alternate starfish.
But secondly, I want to convey to all residents the belief that we must win. This wave of infection isn't the end of Happy City, but the ultimate test of our community spirit. Today, the invasion of the Stand Starfish may cost us dearly, but as long as we get through it, each of us will be one step closer to the door to ultimate happiness.
[Now, I need every resident to take action immediately. I will send all the information simultaneously.]
[You have 40 minutes to prepare. Fight, unite, hide, all the choices are in your hands]
【.】
It was not as earth-shattering as imagined. City Lord An Xingfu's tone was calm as if he was announcing a trivial matter.
It seemed that this was not a moment of life and death for Happiness City, but rather a test that required the participation of everyone.
What responded to him was a brief silence.
And more than ten minutes later, there was a sudden outbreak of sharp gunfire.
Unlike the previous minor fights that were only heard sporadically in a certain area, this time the gunshots completely covered all the inhabited areas in the buffer zone!
Everyone fired their guns as if they had a tacit understanding. The explosions mixed with the thunder outside the window and even covered up the sound of rain.
Chaos is coming!
Dong..
Dongdong
In the empty corridor of the tube building, there were bursts of chaotic and hurried footsteps.
This is very strange, because the people who are eligible to live here are at least the second batch of people whose information has been released.
There was no trouble when the ban was lifted before, so there is no reason for things to suddenly get out of control when all information is lifted.
"Is someone coming?"
Cheng Ye stood up, his body slightly pressed against the wall.
Several footsteps suddenly stopped outside the door, followed by a dull knock on the security door.
He never expected that the first door to be knocked on the fifth floor of this tube-shaped building would be his own.
"Brother, open the door! The infection is about to break out outside, let the three of us go in!"
A quick voice hit the door panel, and before the words were finished, another voice sounded:
"We can prove we're not infected! Open the door and take a look. We definitely don't have a starfish mark on our heads!"
"We're all family. Your security door is so strong. We have strength in numbers. It's definitely safer to stay here than anywhere else!"
You came to me first just because my door is safer than others?
Cheng Ye was slightly stunned and did not respond.
Take a step back and use the Defense Pass to enter the Disaster Module.
Apply for drone control permission
【Application in progress】
[Application successful. The nearest drone is 273m away and is on its way.]
Although he couldn't go out at the moment, he had a way to see what was happening in the corridor.
As the surveillance drone flew over, images began to appear on the Defense Communication screen.
The rain was like a curtain, and the images sent back by the drone were full of noise due to signal interference.
But he could still see through the corridor glass that the three people guarding his door were holding pistols in their hands.
Two of them were leaning against the wall beside the door, one on the left and one on the right, while the other one was squatting slightly, with the black muzzle of his gun aimed at the shooting hole on the security door.
It is not difficult to imagine what would happen if he opened the shooting hole and looked out.
After a pause of one or two seconds, the drone camera turned slightly to the side, cutting the profiles of the three people into the picture.
What made Cheng Ye's heart sink was that he was not unfamiliar with the three faces in front of the door.
The man squatting and aiming at the shooting hole was the boss who sold him the door a few days ago.
Standing on both sides were the two young men who were responsible for delivering the goods at that time.
"Is it them?"
Cheng Ye was a little dazed.
Scenes suddenly flashed through my mind.
Two young men were sweating profusely as they carried the security door. He took out two happiness coins with a face value of 5 from his pocket and handed them to them. The two men immediately grinned and kept saying words of gratitude. They looked like honest and kind people in the neighborhood.
But at this moment, in the drone footage, the two men's faces looked ferocious and crazy no matter how you looked at them.
etc.
Is this still a human being?
That evil and ferocious expression seemed to have completely lost its humanity, leaving only the most primitive greed and plunder, as well as a trace of hunting instinct that treated others as prey.
"Brother, are you scared? To be honest, I have the key to your door."
The boss paused, his tone suddenly becoming tough. "Don't push us. We just want to survive. You live in this tube-shaped building, and you have such a good security door. Look at the installation work. It must have cost a lot of money to hire someone to install it."
"It's such a safe place, it can obviously protect many people, what's wrong with letting us in?"
"Yeah, brother, we held the door for you, have you forgotten?"
"We're good people, you know, we're good people, we're going to protect you."
The two young men sang in unison.
Good person?
Cheng Ye put down the defense communication, and suddenly he felt a nameless anger rising from the bottom of his heart.
What are pests?
This is what Master Tian calls a “pest”!
These are the "pests" that Mr. Qu refers to, those who have no ambition and only know how to snatch food from other people's mouths!
"roll!"
A suppressed growl came from inside the security door.
"roll?"
Finally hearing a response, the boss laughed grimly, "Brother, you're not dead, I thought there was no one in there, you scared me to death, I lied to you, I don't have the key to this door!"
"If there's really no one in here, there's really no way the three brothers can get in."
"Look. No, listen. I have three homemade smoke bombs. If you don't open the door, you'd better open the window quickly to avoid being suffocated."
BANG!!
Before he could finish his words, the security door was pushed open from the inside while the boss looked at him in a daze.
"What?"
He subconsciously wanted to pull the trigger, but a strange-looking gun suddenly appeared in his field of vision. The black caliber of the gun seemed to be several times that of the defensive pistol in his hand?
This is
boom!
It wasn't a gunshot.
The whole wall was shaking.
What would happen if a 12.7mm buckshot bullet exploded at a distance of less than three meters?
A deafening roar sounded, and under the stunned gaze of the two young men, their boss's head disappeared?
It turned into minced meat, broke into pieces, and scattered onto the walls of the tube building.
The remaining half of the torso was leaning against the corner of the wall, and red foam was gushing out from where the skull had disappeared, forming a crooked pool of blood on the concrete floor.
"court death!"
A huge monster rushed out from the door.
It is at least twice the size of an ordinary person and wears a black and silver protective helmet.
They just raised their guns, but the black shadow was extremely agile, beyond its size. With a light grab, it stretched out its hands like lightning, grabbed their necks, and lifted them above its head like chickens.
"ah!"
The young man struggled frantically, punching the shadow's arm, but all he felt was cold, hard metal.
The moment their eyes met, the crazy and fierce light in their eyes suddenly faded away, leaving only bone-chilling fear.
"What. Monster. Are. You?"
The words fell.
An unimaginable and irresistible force came.
The two men's heads collided uncontrollably.
Before the severe pain spread, the "monster" grabbed me and smashed me against the corridor glass. I heard two vague words in my ears:
Pest!
Pests?
Crash!!!
Broken glass carried the human body as it fell from the fifth floor, and the screams were torn into pieces in the rain.
Several dark figures that were running towards the electronics factory area suddenly stopped and looked at the broken glass window.
All I could see was a broad, dark outline reflected in the hollow space.
It is not an infected body, but it is more oppressive than any infected body they have ever seen!
"Fuck, what the hell is that?"
"Could it be a fusion?"
The figures stopped in their tracks, licked their lips with difficulty, and scattered like birds and beasts the next second.
There is still half an hour before the outbreak of the infection. They just want to find a safe place to survive. No one wants to run into something that is more terrifying than the infected body and die in advance.
Bang.
The security door slammed shut.
Cheng Ye stepped inside, knelt on one knee on the ground, his chest heaving violently, and breathing heavily.
It was as if all the uneasiness and emotions were kept outside the door, allowing him to suddenly regain his lost sense of security.
As long as you don't look outside the door and don't think about it, those broken and bloody scenes just now will never have happened.
"I, killed someone?"
He stared at his hands, and the warmth of the two young men's necks seemed to still remain between his fingers.
But the next second, another voice exploded in my mind:
"No, I'm getting rid of bugs!"
There was no mercy or fear in the surging emotions, only the rage burning in the chest.
At this moment, he suddenly understood what murderous intent was.
That kind of instinct that comes from the heart and bursts out from the bone marrow cannot be controlled by reason and can only be vented through killing.
Boom boom boom.
There was another knock on the door.
Cheng Ye subconsciously turned his head and clenched the Thunderbolt 1 in his hand.
The piercing murderous intent seemed to penetrate the crack in the door, and the middle-aged man standing by the door shuddered.
"My friend, I am your next-door neighbor."
It’s the middle-aged man who delivers water.
Cheng Ye was slightly startled, but he heard the other party continue, "I have no ill intentions. These three people deserved to die, but we have to... um, clean up before the infection wave comes, otherwise this flesh and blood will attract substitute starfish infected bodies."
Finally, he hastily added, "I can do this kind of dirty work. We can endure hardships and are used to it."
"You, don't come out, or I will shoot."
After he finished speaking, more than ten seconds passed without any sound coming from inside. The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and waved behind him.
Then two more footsteps were heard.
Compared to cleaning up the "battlefield", it is obviously good news that your neighbor is a killing god.
In less than half a minute, the sounds of splashing water and mopping the floor became one and the same.
The remaining "half" boss was difficult to deal with, so the three people simply followed suit and threw it out through the hole in the glass. It landed heavily on the open space in the community, causing the residents on the first floor to curse.
"friend?"
"The dead man seems to be infected. Well, I put the source of infection he exploded at your door. See if you want to take it."
After saying that, without waiting for Cheng Ye's reply, the three of them immediately ran away, and then there was the sound of the door closing.
Source of infection?
It turns out the boss is already infected?
The footage sent back from the drone showed that the corridor had been cleaned thoroughly, with only some blood stains on the walls that were difficult to remove in a short time.
Slightly narrowing his view, Cheng Ye paused.
There was a small red starfish lying at the door, only the size of a fingertip and like a glass bead.
The source of infection for the substitute starfish actually looks like this?
Cheng Ye was stunned for a moment, picked up the storage box next to the door, opened the door a crack, and gently picked up the starfish with a pair of tongs to avoid secondary infection.
However, at the moment the clamp touched the starfish, the panel suddenly popped out.
[I have detected the dissipation of biological consciousness, which can be used to supplement information. Do you want to absorb it? ]
[This absorption can increase information level: 0.37]
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