Chapter 1772: The Dead City
If you were just a Muggle, it would be impossible to operate normally in such a world.
"Safina, remember what I said before? Wait a minute, don't get too far away from me! β
Harry stopped the masked girl who was walking in front of him, and when the other man returned to him, he frowned and walked cautiously forward.
However......
"It's too quiet, there's no sound at all," Harry said hesitantly, "and it looks like the harbor is empty." β
"yes!" Neville nodded.
Not only Harry, but the other four except Safina had all seen the battle of the army of living corpses at the beginning - those high-level living corpses were not mentioned for the time being, ordinary low-level living corpses were walking aimlessly almost all the time. As long as they are there, some movement can be heard more or less.
Even if there were enough of them, even ordinary people could hear the rustle of their feet moving around from a distance.
"Anyway," Harry thought for a moment, "let's head north and see what's going on in the cityβbut seriously, even Weymouth, so far from London, has become an empty city...... Oh, what an unimaginable catastrophe! β
"Do you need to talk about that?" Ron sighed as he followed, "I remember saying that my greatest wish in life was just to work hard and earn more gold Galleons, and I was teased by Fred and George that my ambitions were as 'ambitious' as Flober's caterpillar...... But now it seems that such a simple wish may not be able to come true. β
Ginny, who was on the side, heard him say this, but instead of arguing with him as usual, she just shook her head and said:
"Everything has really changed, and I actually think what you say is becoming more and more philosophical."
Perhaps this slightly pessimistic topic made people's hearts become heavier and heavier, and everyone couldn't help but close their mouths and move forward step by step in silence.
Of course, of the six of them at the moment, Safina was the only one who was still a little absent-minded.
"This ...... What exactly? β
As she walked, she took out several transparent glass test tubes in succession, pulled out the wooden corks one by one, and shook them gently in the air in front of her.
At first glance, the tubes look empty, but in fact, there are some remnants of liquid in different colors and states at the bottom of each one.
These are all reagents for detection, and as soon as they come into contact with a substance with the corresponding properties, they will react immediately.
However, Safina found that no matter what kind of reagent, there was no movement in the dense fog here, which made her feel more and more uncertain the more she tried.
As the group advanced some distance through the fog, Harry, who had never noticed anything unusual, couldn't help but feel a little irritated. He turned his head and looked at Safina, who had been beside him trying to analyze the mist, and then couldn't help asking:
"How? What's the catch? β
However, before Safina could answer, Ginny, who was also paying attention to the other party, shook her head for her.
"So far, at least, there have been no changes that can be called harvest."
Ginny was apparently a good learner of potions, and although she couldn't tell which agents Safina was using from the outside, she could at least understand what the other party was doing.
"Well," Safina said slightly, "without the use of any spells, these simple tests are the limit, and they obviously don't give any reliable feedback. β
"Then put those tubes away for now!" Harry immediately waved his hand and said, "Look! We've been able to see some of the buildings, go and see if there's anyone inside...... Well, I mean, there are no living corpses. β
As he spoke, he pursed his lips again and added:
"Although, I don't have much hope for it!"
He said this for nothing else, just because it was still so quiet, so quiet that there was still a dead silence around him, and just walking on this road made people feel a little creepy.
"If we still can't find anything in these roadside buildings, I think we'd better ride a broom and expand the search area!"
Before he could finish speaking, Harry beckoned everyone to leave the road, turning towards the shops and buildings that gradually appeared on the side of the road.
Hearing this, Safina asked, as she put the tube back in the medicine bag on her waist:
"Then can I also use spells to assist in detection?"
"No," Harry said immediately, "the broomstick isn't going to cast much of a magic reaction, but the spell is too loud. Believe me, after facing Helmo so many times with Maca, I've learned one thing β don't take any chances. If we didn't know how to drive, I wouldn't even want to use a broomstick to get there! β
It was probably Harry's last sentence that alerted Ron, who then turned to Safina and asked:
"You can even drive a boat, Muggle cars should be fine, right? Or you'reβ"
"No, I won't," Safina said with a wave of her hand, "I used to drive the boat a lot when I was a child, but the car was gone. Do you think that a car is more convenient than a disfigured illusion? β
"Oh!" Ron patted his head and said with some annoyance, "Just because I didn't ask." β
"Quiet!"
As they spoke, they had already walked into a mall under Harry's lead. As far as the eye can see, you can see that the surroundings are messy, and many goods are scattered on the ground, but there is no half of a human figure.
Harry listened for a while after telling them to stop talking, but as before, he didn't hear anything.
But at this moment, Hannah, who had not said anything, suddenly pointed to a shelf next to him and said:
"Neville, Harry, look here-"
Hannah's voice was a little high, so that everyone thought she had found some enemy, and quickly raised their wands. But when they looked closely, they were a little puzzled - they didn't see anything strange there.
"Hannah, what's wrong?"
"The goods here are gone," Hannah immediately explained, "and the shelves next to them are all gone, and the biscuits here are gone, has anyone been here?" β
When Hannah said this, everyone was immediately stunned. Indeed, most of the other things around are still there, and at most they have fallen to the ground, and it is indeed a little suspicious that so many cookies have disappeared.
"Besides, the guy who came here was obviously in a hurry," Ron nodded, "and there wasn't a single living corpse here, and he could have picked whatever he wanted, but he just picked up a bunch of dry biscuits near the entrance." If it were me, I would definitely go back in. β
And it was at this moment that everyone finally heard an unusual sound coming from outside the mall.
"Bang!"