Chapter 36: The Forest

The forest seemed to be forever covered with a viscous haze like a white veil, even when the sun had fully risen. The sunlight shining on the haze creates a dreamlike illusion, and it looks extremely beautiful.

Tranquility, beauty, and it seems that it will continue like this forever.

"Hiss......" A painful moan suddenly broke the peace.

Bei Huan frowned and looked at the team member who was rolling on the ground in pain, this was the first injured person of their team to enter the forest. Beside her was a mutated creature charred by He Li, who looked like a wild cat, but the size of a tiger.

The man on the ground had a shocking cut on his chest, his clothes were completely torn, even his ribs were shattered, and the internal organs could be clearly seen inside the wound. This wound may be saved if it is in the survivor base, but it is definitely a dead end here.

What's more, his wounds are still deteriorating rapidly.

The area around the wound becomes dark red at a rate visible to the naked eye, collapses, and oozes a yellowish pus. In just a few minutes, his entire chest had completely collapsed, leaving only the broken sternum supporting a layer of flesh.

The virus germs carried by these mutant creatures are more terrifying than the zombie virus, at least they can live for a few more hours if they are hit by the zombie virus, and they are not so painful when they mutate, they will only feel exerted, and they will not die of endless pain like being scratched by biochemical creatures.

"Hiss......" The man who fell to the ground groaned with lack of oxygen, his internal organs had begun to rot and shatter, gradually turning into pus and blood rolling down, he looked at everyone with a look of help, but no one was moved, everyone knew that he had already got a ticket to hell issued by the god of death, and no one could save him.

He Li turned his head to the side, she and Xingyu were also powerless, the effect of the cell regeneration liquid was not at all something that ordinary people could bear, and if the buffer was added, the effect would not be enough to treat. What's more, the use of cell regeneration liquid also needs to clean the wound, and the wound of this wounded soldier is already impossible to clean at all, and if it is forcibly cleaned, it will only hasten his death.

"Ah...... ...... hiss" came from the man's mouth with a muffled, dry hissing sound, he struggled in pain, but to no avail, one of his arms was already completely infected by the virus. The skin on that arm began to crumble, pus and blood gushed out, and his arm quickly dried up like a leaky balloon.

"Hiss......" The man hissed twice in pain, his eyes revealing a look of despair, as if he had made up his mind, and felt the saber at his waist with the hand that was temporarily intact.

"Poof!" The man didn't know where he got the strength, raised the knife, and stabbed himself in the head.

If you can't bear the pain beyond death, you choose to commit suicide......

The man's body shuddered suddenly, then stopped struggling, and gradually turned into a pool of blood. Only the blood from the man's head wound was still slowly rolling down, which was bright red.

He Li sighed lowly, and with a wave of his hand, a flame enveloped the corpse that was almost pus and blood.

The fire burned brightly, as if it could purify everything.

In just a few tens of seconds, the corpse turned into ashes.

A soldier went up and carefully collected the ashes, his face showing no sadness, only insensitivity. But it seems to be a much sadder thing.

……

After this time, everyone was a little more cautious, but the forest didn't seem to let go of the third squad, and danger came again and again.

"Boom!" With a deafening explosion, the flames engulfed a large tree with its branches and claws, and in the burning flames, the tree could be seen writhing wildly.

"Plants are starting to mutate!" Xingyu's face was a little solemn.

This means that the mutation has spiraled out of control, and the likelihood of more terrifying mutated creatures has increased again.

……

"What is this?" One of the soldiers in the squad screamed sharply, and then fell straight down, turning the whole person into a dried corpse. This is the third person in the squad to fall in the forest.

The culprit was a python-like leech that was three or four meters long, and it drained the blood of an adult in just a few seconds.

The leech was later frozen into a popsicle by the star shower and shattered to pieces. Just in case, let He Li burn it all to ashes.

……

By noon, the third squad had lost three of its members, and counting the one who died in the village, there were only six soldiers left.

However, it is not only sacrifice, there are not many mutant creatures that have fallen along the way, this place has also been cleared, and there are even a few mutant creatures that have reached the third level, which are not weaker than the mutated boar in the village.

"Sister, it's not far from that place." Xingyu stopped a few steps slightly, and whispered to He Li's side.

"Seems like so." He Li nodded slightly, she also heard a slight roar of water not far away, and she also knew that there was only one water source in this forest - that was the waterfall.

Now the problem is to find a chaotic time to slip by.

He Li nodded slightly, thinking.

The ground shook suddenly, as if there had been an earthquake.

"Everyone, be careful, there's something!" Bei Huan suddenly shouted, "Under the ground!" ”

Bei Huan pulled and pushed with both hands, and a large rock was completely overturned, and a black shadow flashed underground.

"Boom!" He Li took over directly, and a stream of flames rushed into the ground, but it didn't hit.

"I'm coming!" Bei Huan shouted in a low voice, his hands pulled weakly, controlling the power of the ability.

A spike three or four meters long suddenly appeared on the ground, and a nearly five-meter-long insect was suddenly pushed out.

With a dark shell, a knotted body, and dense feet, the appearance of a centipede is extremely rounded and smooth.

Malu, also known as millipedes.

He Li knew what it was almost instantly.

I didn't think that insects could mutate so hugely, and it was troublesome.

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