Chapter 22: The Walking Dead
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The four people who stayed behind were well hidden, quietly waiting for the others to return. Zheng Jiayi, who was suddenly provoked by a sound, became uneasy.
Xu Yiyi felt the tense atmosphere around her, and asked uneasily, "So Jiayi?" â
"There's walking corpses approaching nearby." Zheng Jiayi, who was originally sitting on the ground, has changed to a half-squatting posture.
"Don't move here. I'm going to make a round! After saying that, Lu Xinwei left with a knife.
watched Lu Xinwei walk in the direction of the movement. Zheng Jiayi's heart instantly calmed down a lot.
"Jiayi. There's a question I want to ask you. Xu Yiyi was a little hesitant, and after glancing at Wang Jun, she couldn't help but ask, she had always wanted to ask this question, and she had wanted to ask it for a long time.
"I'll go over there too!" Wang Jun felt the embarrassment of the atmosphere, so he took the initiative to ask for help and got up to leave.
See that there is no one else. Zheng Jiayi actually has a bunch of questions to ask Xu Yiyi.
"Yiyi, how much did you listen to the story that Xiao Xiao told before? It's also so weird. Can you believe it? Without waiting for Xu Yiyi to ask anything, Zheng Jiayi asked a bunch of questions first. Although it was already two days ago, she still felt that she needed someone to talk about the depression in her heart.
"Believe!" A simple and neat answer.
"Huh?" Zheng Jiayi didn't wait for the long-awaited complaint, and for a while she didn't know where to start with the full of complaints.
"I said I do." Xu Yiyi thought that Zheng Jiayi didn't hear it or didn't hear it clearly, so she answered again seriously.
"Oh! Oh! All right! Zheng Jiayi's original idea was ruthlessly crushed. She decided not to complain about her idol's 'story' in front of brain-dead fans.
"Why don't you believe it?" Xu Yiyi asked rhetorically.
Zheng Jiayi was bitter in her heart, how could she believe this kind of story. And she never thought that Xu Yiyi would ask this question that seemed so obvious to her. looked at Xu Yiyi with a confused face, and wondered if the Xu Yiyi mushroom in front of him was not in a good position.
"What Xiao Xiao said is true. But now it's the end of the world. There's nothing more to hide. Xu Yiyi looked at Zheng Jiayi's increasingly disgusted expression, and continued to say seriously: "Xiao Xiao is a hunter. Me too. It's a pity that my life is not as good as hers. â
Wait! Zheng Jiayi shook her head in her heart, she hadn't successfully digested the previous story, and suddenly another story popped up. Her brain capacity was running out in an instant.
"Hunter? The kind of hunting? The kind of Orion that the book talks about? Zheng Jiayi said, paused, and continued: "Xu Yiyi, what is your family doing here?" Is there still such a profession in these days? No wonder you're so good at kung fu? However, shouldn't this kind of body and technology be passed on to men and not women? Zheng Jiayi felt that such an ancient and legendary profession must still have the shadow of the feudal era.
Xu Yiyi waited for Zheng Jiayi to finish her guesses, and then continued: "It's not what you think."
"Then the wolves and tigers you brought back were skinned and sold, or sent to the zoo?" Zheng Jiayi didn't give Xu Yiyi a chance to interrupt her at all. She was so curious. Today, in the twenty-second century, there is still such an old and legendary profession.
"I said it's not the kind of hunter who hunts!" Xu Yiyi raised her voice and ruthlessly interrupted Zheng Jiayi's self-congratulatory speculation.
Zheng Jiayi vaguely felt Xu Yiyi's anger and quickly closed her mouth. Let's stop laughing at ourselves and listen to Xu Yiyi's correct explanation.
"Hunters are those who specialize in hunting things that are not human, but appear in the world in human form." Xu Yiyi said, adding: "It's those things in Xiao Xiao's story." â
"You said it, that's just the story!" Zheng Jiayi deliberately accentuated the word story.
Xu Yiyi rolled her eyes and explained angrily: "I'm here to match your train of thought." Those things are real, not legends. All stories and legends come from reality. â
Zheng Jiayi thinks Xu Yiyi's words are good. She has always been a theist, and thinks that all legends must exist in zĂ i, or at least once in zĂ i, before they can be passed down in stories or other forms. Thinking of this, she nodded unconsciously.
"You believe it?" Xu Yiyi was a little excited. Although she is not a real hunter, her intuition tells her that Zheng Jiayi is not an ordinary person. So when Xiao Xiao first talked about what everyone was about to face, she always thought that Zheng Jiayi didn't ask questions from beginning to end because she understood Xiao Xiao's words.
"Nope!" Zheng Jiayi hurriedly cleared up the relationship, and then added: "I just think what you said makes sense. However, what Xiao Xiao said, I still have to digest and digest it. â
Xu Yiyi looked at Zheng Jiayi in front of her in confusion. Although she came from a family of hunters, she was not able to inherit the abilities of hunters. She can't tell the difference between humans and aliens with the naked eye like other hunters do. But since even Xiao Xiao didn't see anything wrong. Then Zheng Jiayi must have no problem. It's just that Zheng Jiayi doesn't care about hearing or smelling. Unusual in every way.
"What are you looking at?" Although she didn't do anything bad, Zheng Jiayi was still a little weak by Xu Yiyi.
"It's fine." Xu Yiyi shook her head, pretending to be half-smiling and said, "I just suddenly remembered the question I wanted to ask you just now." Jiayi, your hearing is so good. â
"yes!" Zheng Jiayi said without thinking: "If it weren't for this last world, I really didn't know that my hearing was so good." And although the sixth sense was quite accurate before. But since the end of the world, it seems that my intuition has become sharper. Do you think it is because this last day has brought out all the potential of human beings? â
Xu Yiyi nodded silently. Maybe, Zheng Jiayi is really better in some aspects. The human brain is the most amazing place. Everyone's characteristics are different.
"Wang Jun! Come here. What are you eavesdropping on over there? â
Xu Yiyi's thoughts were recalled by Zheng Jiayi's low scolding. Turning his head to look in the direction of Zheng Jiayi's finger.
Wang Jun slipped out of the grass. said with an innocent face: "I didn't eavesdrop, I didn't hear anything." I'm just embarrassed to interrupt you guys! â
"Alright. Come back. We're done. There's nothing you can't tell someone else. Zheng Jiayi saw that Wang Jun hesitated and didn't dare to approach. can only be reassured.
Wang Jun reluctantly moved to this side. He was a little afraid of Zheng Jiayi, not only that, he was also afraid of Xu Yiyi. He didn't know why he was so cowardly, but he was a little scared. No, it's awe.
"Wang Jun. Do you believe what Xiao Xiao said two days ago? Zheng Jiayi didn't wait for Wang Jun to sit down, and asked him. In fact, she still couldn't digest the story. She wanted to determine if the story was too incredible, or if she was too poor at accepting and understanding it.
"Of course I don't believe it!" Wang Jun blurted out, then suddenly paused, cautiously looked at the faces of the two girls in front of him, lowered his voice slightly, and said, "But if you believe it." I believe it too. â
"Poof-" Zheng Jiayi laughed, if it wasn't for the situation, she would really laugh until she leaned forward and back. She didn't know how a boy could be so stupid and funny.
"What are you laughing at" Boys always want to save face.
"No joke on you. I just think you're cute. Hahaha. Zheng Jiayi just wanted to explain, but she couldn't help it and laughed softly.
Xu Yiyi also covered her mouth and smiled, she had endured it very well, but suddenly she couldn't help it.
"Humph! Just laugh! Wang Jun doesn't have a temper. Twisted his face and laughed with them. A manly man, how can he be as knowledgeable as a girl.
"Laugh what a laugh!" Suddenly, a soft cry sounded from behind him. It's Lu Xinwei.
Zheng Jiayi and Xu Yiyi immediately shut up. They are too presumptuous. Anyone approached without even noticing. If it's a walking corpse, if it's an outsider. What to do? They all immediately blamed themselves. If something really happened because you weren't alert, even if you blame yourself afterwards, it's not true.
"I'm so close, you don't even notice. Putting you where you are is not making you laugh. Lu Xinwei's face turned pale, and he walked to the three of them and sat down cross-legged. Then he said, "There shouldn't be any walking corpses nearby." I'm not sure if a few fish will slip through the net from somewhere else after that. In short, cheer up the spirit. â
The three of them knew they were wrong. Quickly nodded again and again.
As the minutes and seconds passed, the three of them were like children who had made a mistake, bowing their heads in front of Lu Xinwei and not daring to pant loudly. Zheng Jiayi secretly raised her head and glanced at Lu Xinwei, and saw that he was lifting his sleeve watch. Hey, this guy still has a watch. It's still a good brand. Before the end of the world, almost everyone relied only on mobile phones. If it weren't for the sake of looking good or showing off, it is estimated that no one would have brought a watch.
"What time is it?" Zheng Jiayi saw Lu Xinwei looking at her watch, so she asked casually.
"It's past noon. If you are very hungry, eat first. Lu Xinwei put down his sleeves and looked forward uneasily, and a feeling of uneasiness suddenly rose in his heart. Xiao Xiao: They haven't been gone for too long.
The three people who were really hungry looked at Lu Xinwei with a slightly anxious expression. Suddenly, I lost my appetite. Qi Qi looked in the direction of Xiao Xiao and the others leaving. Expect familiar faces to pop up.
I don't know if my eyes are sour. Zheng Jiayi felt the grass in front of her move slightly. She quickly wiped her eyes with her hand and asked, "Did the bunch of grass move?" â
Zheng Jiayi's words made Xu Yiyi inexplicably alert.
Sure enough, the bunches of grass in front of him moved alternately. Getting closer.
Ahh
Zheng Jiayi let out a long sigh of relief after seeing what was in front of her. It's a mouse!
Xu Yiyi's vigilance did not decrease because of this. At the moment when the mouse suddenly jumped at everyone, a knife stabbed the mouse. The stabbed rat was still wagging its head and tail. It wasn't like it was because of pain, but simply because it wasn't dead.
Zheng Jiayi approached cautiously, turned her head to look at everyone in amazement, and said with a stammer: "Walking corpse rat"
Everyone looked at each other, and it was already difficult to parry just facing the human walking corpse. If there are still these animal walking corpses that suddenly appear from an unknown direction, it will be even more difficult to live well in the future.