023 Pathfinding and Identification of Little Experts
Ah Zhen nodded non-stop, wiping and wiping her hands on her face. I obviously wanted to wipe away my tears, but I wiped the blood on my face everywhere. In the end, Shen Yan'er took out a handkerchief to help her wipe her face clean.
"What are you doing with grinding and chirping? Don't go yet. Kou Xue's icy voice came stiffly. Shen Yan'er and Ah Zhen turned around at the same time, Kou Xuebing saw the two of them crying and mourning, she was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "What are you crying for?" β
Ah Zhen sniffed, clenched the crossbow in her hand and said, "I won't cry anymore." For the sake of Miss, I am not afraid of anything. As she spoke, in order to show her determination, she raised her crossbow slightly.
Unexpectedly, only listening to the sound of "boom", a crossbow arrow flew out of the string, grazed Kou Xuebing's neck and flew over, and finally plunged deep into the wall behind, half an inch deep into the wall. The defenseless Kou Xuebing was so frightened that she didn't dare to move for a long time.
"Don't move, don't move...... Kou Xuebing raised her hands to comfort Ah Zhen, who was already scared stupidly, and then leaned over with a more vigilant attitude than the walking corpse.
"Before I teach you how to shoot, I'll teach you how to lock it down...... "The road ahead is bumpy and difficult. Kou Xuebing lamented her life with worry.
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Alone, Yi Xiangxi, who was burdened with heavy responsibilities, also joined the team of Shen Yan'er and others for the time being. Everyone walked out of the supply warehouse together, and when they passed by the place where the incense burner was placed, Yi Xiangxi picked up the empty incense burner that had burned out of incense pieces and carefully put it away.
"Can't you keep it on?" Shen Yan'er asked.
Yi Xiang regretted not forgetting the act of recovering the incense burner, which proved that she must have other extra incense pieces on her. In order to pass safely through the dangerous herd of walking corpses, it is safest to keep the incense pieces burning all the time, and then hurry with the incense burner.
But Yi Xiangxi said: "The quantity is limited, don't waste it until the last resort." "The incense burner is more powerful than the exorcism card, and wherever the fragrance can be diffused, the walking corpses will retreat and make way for a safe path. The exorcism card can only work when the walking corpse is close to you and smells it.
The incense that burned in the tunnel just now had driven away all the walking corpses in the surrounding hundreds of meters. Shen Yan'er and the others walked all the way, and the surroundings were quiet and eerie. Occasionally, they could see a few walking corpses with pierced heads lying on the road, and the most terrifying thing was that they actually saw a group of walking corpses lying in the corner and gobbling something.
When Shen Yan'er saw clearly what the walking corpse was feasting on, she almost knelt on the ground and vomited. She covered her mouth with sour water, lowered her voice in horror, and said, "How can these monsters still eat people? The bloody scene made her heart tremble.
The walking corpses immersed in the "food" did not notice that Shen Yan'er and the others were passing gently from behind. Shen Yan'er and the others did not alarm them, but walked with light and soft steps like cats, and quickly left this place without a sound.
When she reached a safe place, Yi Xiangxi answered Shen Yan'er's question just now: "Cannibalism is the instinct of the walking corpse. Although they do not die, they do not eat, but their sole purpose is to search for living people everywhere and then eat them. β
People who are just bitten by a walking corpse and do not die immediately will soon become a walking corpse and continue to attack other living people. And those who were attacked by the walking corpses and failed to escape would end up like what Shen Yan'er saw just now, they would become food for the walking corpses and be brutally torn apart and eaten.
After successfully dodging the group of walking corpses who were "enjoying a big meal", the expressions on everyone's faces did not relax, and became more strict.
Yi Xiangxi reminded everyone: "We have already walked through the safety zone, and now there may be walking corpses around at any time, so everyone should be vigilant." As he spoke, he took the lead in drawing his sword and entered a state of preparation. The others followed her example and tightened their grips on their weapons.
The alert Kou Xuebing walked while checking the marks on the wall, stopping at every corner to ponder carefully. Thanks to the skills she had developed while hunting in the mountains, she had developed a knack for recognizing traces, and now it was all in handy.
Shen Yan'er curiously leaned over to take a look, only to see that the wall was messy and disorderly carved with various traces. Long and short, straight and curved, square and round, all kinds of strange shapes, just like looking at oracle bones.
"Can you find your way through these signs?" Shen Yan'er was skeptical.
The reason why Kou Xuebing was able to find the supply warehouse yesterday was because she had walked that road before, and the mark was also made by herself, so she could recognize it at a glance. But now this road Kou Xuebing has never been, and the marks are all left by others, so the ghost knows which road is right and which road is wrong.
This is not difficult for the experienced Kou Xuebing. "There's a lot of repetition here," she said. As he spoke, he pointed to a few. Shen Yan'er took a closer look and found that the marks she was referring to were all in pairs. The shape of the mark is the same, but the direction is one to the left and the other to the right, proving that the person who engraved the mark has tried both paths.
Kou Xuebing continued: "And the individual marks all point to the left, which proves that the person who walked on the left did not go around here again, so the left should be a living road." As he spoke, he pointed to a few more individual signs, and sure enough, they all pointed to the left.
Shen Yan'er suddenly realized, pinched her chin and nodded frequently while observing the mark. δΈqiΔAs Kou Xuebing said, all the marks pointing to the left are single. Shen Yan'er, who was suddenly open, thought about it further, but another answer popped up in her mind.
"However...... "She didn't mean to pour cold water, nor did she want to be a crow's mouth, but she was afraid that everyone would be killed by this optimism, and she had to remind Kou Xuebing of this cruel truth." There is also the possibility that all the people who walked to the left are dead, so no one comes back. β
"At this point, we have to take a gamble. Anyway, if you go to the right, you will definitely come back again. Kou Xuebing didn't need to be reminded by Shen Yan'er, she had already thought of this worst outcome, but at this point, they had no other choice.
After listening to the conversation between the two, Yi Xiangxi suddenly felt something, and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.
This sigh touched Kou Xuebing's nerves, and she suddenly thought of something, so she turned her head to Yi Xiangxi and asked, "More than fifty sweepers of the Wei family entered the mass grave from different entrances, but in the end, they were all able to gather accurately in the first supply warehouse, is it because you already knew the way in advance?" β
If Yi Xiangxi knew the route, everyone would be saved, but things were not as simple as Kou Xuebing thought. Yi Xiang regretted: "Only the young lady has a complete mass grave map, and the sweeper only knows some road signs and hints." β