Xie Xuan herself was quite optimistic. Now her body was completely replaced by white mycelium. Only a small part of the devouring ability remained in her body, and most of the rest stayed in her shadow.
So far, they can still get along harmoniously.
"I'll leave my story for now." Xie Xuan retracted her mycelium. "Has six days already passed outside? What's the situation with the other teams?"
Zhongming said, "In another hour, seven days will have passed. Ji Lan and the others left the red line two days ago. Before they left, they asked the people at the C7 base to leave a message for us."
Chongming and his men received news about the C7 base just as they left the area.
They had agreed to hand over a team that had gone missing a year ago the next morning, but when the people from the base arrived the next morning, they were also missing.
After discovering that their coordinates had disappeared, Ji Lan also contacted the base, but they had no other choice but to ask the people at the base to keep in touch with them at all times.
Chongming played the voice message left by Ji Lan. It was recorded when they were about to leave the red line, and the sound was not clear at all.
But the general meaning was still understandable, which was that they were about to leave the communication range. There were only six teams left out of the 19, including them. The other three teams returned after completing the second collection mission, and one also started to return after completing the third collection mission.
If all goes well, Team 1 will return after completing the fourth mission.
Ji Lan also asked Xie Xuan and the others to complete the mission and return to the red line and immediately contact the people at the C7 base.
She said it with great confidence, as if Xie Xuan and the others would definitely come out of the field alive, and would definitely walk out of the red line and come back alive.
The game automatically stopped playing after the voice message ended. There were only two points left on the map, one was them, and the other should be the team that Ji Lan mentioned that would return to the wall after completing the third task.
Xie Xuan couldn't help but sigh. They had inexplicably slept for seven days. Although it was only October, if they encountered such areas at random, it would be a question whether they could go back before the snow season began.
No matter what, we still have to hurry up.
But it was too late to travel today, so Xie Xuan said, "Let's rest today and get up at the same time tomorrow to travel."
Xiao Yao nodded and said, "No problem. Do you want to take a shower first?"
Xie Xuan was about to nod when she suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Song Zhixian: "Is your heart okay?"
Song Zhixian said, "No problem. Can't you feel it?"
Xie Xuan nodded and shook her head. "I have too little devouring ability in my body now, and the connection with the ability in your body is not as clear as before. I'm glad you're okay."
Song Zhixian felt that what Xie Xuan said was extremely unreliable, but he didn't say anything.
Xie Xuan was the first to take a shower, followed by Song Zhixian and Xiao Yao, and Chongming continued to keep watch.
According to him, he didn't need to sleep, but he slept for six days and had already slept all the sleep he would ever get in his life.
After all three of them lay down on the bed, the RV entered sleep mode.
But none of the three felt sleepy. Everything happened too suddenly and ended too suddenly, as if a gust of wind had blown past them.
"Xie Xuan, so what did you do to cause this strange infected creature to release us?" Xiao Yao couldn't help but ask.
"I... didn't seem to do anything?" Xie Xuan said, "I gained a new ability. I killed my other self, got my shadow back, and was planning to go find Song Zhixian when I suddenly realized everything around me had changed."
Song Zhixian, who slept on the upper bunk of Xiao Yao, also joined the discussion. "Actually, I've been wondering what the behavioral logic of this infected creature is."
Xie Xuan hesitated and said, "Didn't they say not to try to understand the logic of the domain? Especially outside the wall, there is no logic at all."
"That's the theory," said Chongming. "But this strain doesn't behave like a wild strain. It's producing infections within it that mimic ours. And they're not just imitations; these infections are capable of acting on their own."
"That's right," Song Zhixian agreed. "Some fungi born outside the wall might be able to create very anthropomorphic scenes after eating a lot of people, but they are basically just pure imitations."
Xie Xuan thought of the red nematode that nearly wiped them out last time. "Was it the same with the red nematode last time? It clearly created more people in the field."
"That's because this strain was created at the very beginning of the infection," Song Zhixian said. "It simply records everything that happened in this town at that time, adds a bit of distortion, and presents it to you."
Xie Xuan reluctantly accepted Song Zhixian and Chongming's theory, "So you are now suspicious..."
"This infection could have been created by the New Humans," Chongming said. "But if that's the case, we need to reassess the threat they pose to us."
The infected creature has existed in this town for at least a year. To some extent, it can be said that it has the prototype of Bai Ze. Moreover, it is placed so close to the C7 base, as if it is deliberately luring the team at the base to go in and cultivate this infected creature.
Song Zhixian's thoughts were obviously similar to Chongming's.
If it was really created by the new humans, not to mention how their technology has developed, just say that they deliberately used the people in the garrison and the development department as free consumables, District Six will not let it go.
"Should this matter be reported?" Xie Xuan asked.
Song Zhixian and Chongming said, "We will take care of it."
Xie Xuan was silent for a moment. She felt that being a captain was quite undignified.
Song Zhixian is connected to Si Xun, Chongming is connected to Xie Yuheng, and Xiao Yao is connected to the ecological organization. She is the only one who knows nothing and is completely a test subject.
Xie Xuan sighed silently, and suddenly felt something wrapped around his arm.
Xie Xuan was startled and almost shouted "enemy attack".
But in the dim light, she saw a dark hand emerge from her shadow and wrap around her arm, as if to comfort her.
Xie Xuan: ...Thank you, but no thanks.
Xie Xuan felt that her shadow had become much more clingy after it appeared, just like when there was only a little black cat at home, the kitten was fearless and acted like a spoiled brat, but after adopting a little white cat, the little black cat started to let people pet it.
Song Zhixian and Chongming were still talking, but Xie Xuan suddenly fell silent. Song Zhixian paused and asked, "Xie Xuan, are you going to sleep?"
"No." Xie Xuan said, "My cat is just sticking to me."
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