Chapter 42: Growth and Helplessness
The question of where the evolution of zombies will eventually go is probably something that no one can answer.
Just like the strange arrival of the zombie virus, whether these zombies will evolve so unlimitedly, or whether under this seemingly terrifying appearance, there are actually some invisible hidden wonderful mechanisms that may suddenly make zombies fall apart overnight, these are unknown.
Just as the gap between reality and fantasy, no one knows how far the reality is.
Of course, in the past few days, in addition to traveling with the team, Su Ziyan has not given up the training of her abilities! After all, it is possible to run out of ammunition, and her ability depends on the water source, as long as the water source is abundant, it can be said that it is inexhaustible, such an energy-saving and environmental protection ability, of course, must be mastered!
Through the careful practice in the past few days, she has initially mastered the laws of the ability.
Now, she can use the external water source to perform simple casts, such as excitation of long cones or ice blades, she has done an experiment, and found that her limit state is to control the water source to form a "spike" with a diameter of two centimeters and a length of six meters, and the success of this experiment makes Su Ziyan very happy.
At a distance of six meters, it is already very promising, at least if she is on the edge of the water, she can ensure that she will not be attacked by zombies!
This achievement made Su Ziyan very excited, she couldn't wait to give her spike a more popular name, and the first thing that flashed in her mind was the title "Salted Fish Spike", which is a very graphic title, which means that the salted fish will also turn over.
But after thinking about it, I immediately excluded this low-end name, Salted Fish Spike, this name is not only low, but also has a rhythm of doing things!
Besides, the word salted fish is also very unsuitable for yourself, so it should be a mermaid!
Although Su Ziyan doesn't quite approve of her transformation, everyone has a love for beauty, and there is still arrogance that she should have.
In the end, she didn't hesitate for too long, Su Ziyan thought about it repeatedly, and decided to take the popular route and come to something simple and affordable, so the title of "Ice Thorn" became the name of her trick.
This name is not good-looking, but it is easy to understand and easy to remember.
Once you have a name, you have to continue to sharpen the power of the "Ice Spike", it is not enough to activate only one Ice Spike at a time, it is better to have two, of course, the more the better, but also according to your own ability!
After many attempts, Su Ziyan found that she would lose part of her physical strength when she cast her abilities, and a "ice spike" was activated, as if she had run a hundred meters, and after trying to stimulate more than 20 "ice spikes" in one breath, she finally recognized her limit!
This kind of physical exertion is equivalent to bursting out all the physical strength required for a two-kilometer run in one minute, which is simply impossible for ordinary people, and the body's metabolism cannot be so efficient. But for Su Ziyan, who has already transformed, this seems to be doable.
Today, she has significantly improved in terms of physical strength, agility, and explosiveness.
Su Ziyan estimated that in her current state, in terms of speed, the distance of a hundred meters only takes about six seconds, which is much faster than the world record, and in terms of explosiveness, don't look at her delicate and weak appearance, her bright wrist moved, and the force of a punch was one hundred and fifty kilograms, almost reaching the upper limit of normal men.
Because of this, even if she has seen the "powerful" of zombies these days, Su Ziyan's heart is still full of confidence, you must know that the head of the nest is also food, and the water hyacinth can also be rampant, and his physical fitness plus special abilities are also more useful skills in the current background, and the degree of "evolution" is not worse than that of zombies, and even better than a lot!
Every time she thought of this, she held her head high, and her heart was happy, but she ignored the physical and psychological discomfort caused by the transformation.
During the day, she actively participated in the zombie clean-up activities organized by Zhang Wenming, and cleaned up the zombies not far from her house. And in the evening, she took some time off to constantly work her abilities.
The hard work pays off, she keenly finds that her strength is improving little by little, this feeling of new changes every day, she enjoys it very much, and the whole person's mood has become very good.
While improving her physical fitness, she is also actively researching new abilities.
A simple "ice spike" is too monotonous, and the defense is also weak, if the enemy is besieging from all directions, her ice spike will inevitably be a little unable to parry, of course, if the ice spike can turn, the effect will naturally be much better! But at present, her mental power is not enough to make the ice spike in a state of high-speed activation turn too much.
There's also the issue of water, her ability can only be used by the physical water source, which is liquid water, and of course she also wants to mobilize the water vapor in the air, so that she can burst anytime and anywhere. But the reality told her that she didn't have such ability.
Last night, she meditated for a long time, trying to burst out of her full potential for condensation, and finally let her successfully condense an ice cube the size of a small thumb nail, but this ice cube was too small, Su Ziyan herself also understood that there was no attack power, so she couldn't help but be disappointed, sighed faintly, and threw the ice cube directly into her mouth, crunched and crushed, and swallowed it into her stomach.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a week has passed since the end of the world.
With the expansion of the past few days, the field under Su Ziyan's control has increased, and a "field" shaped area with a length of 50 meters and a width has basically formed.
In this area, there is no zombie attack, and everyone's life is somewhat guaranteed. Moreover, after a few days of running-in, everyone's ideology has also changed from the past peaceful era to the extraordinary state after the end of the world.
Reality is the best teacher, the environment forces everyone to change their mentality, many things do not need to be urged at all, and everyone has a very high motivation to complete, which goes without saying.
After all, everyone is a grasshopper tied to a thread, one is prosperous, one is lost, it is a very clear fact, for their own safety, unity, self-improvement is the imprint engraved in the hearts of all people.
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On this day, the thin morning light rises with the morning sun, and the blue-gray that permeates the distant mountains dissipates little by little with the arrival of the sun.
The rising sun should be the most energetic time of the day, but at this moment, Haizhou City does not seem to be peaceful, the restless land is still in the battle between life and death, and there are people everywhere who are risking their lives to survive in the zombie crowd. They were young people, old people, or children, all panting, just to escape from the city that had been shrouded in death.
As a suburb of Haizhou City, Shanmu Town is in a much better situation, but overlooking the whole town, you can also feel a heavy twilight.
On this morning, Su Ziyan and the others gathered together again, this kind of routine "meeting" is basically held once a day, but unlike the previous times, this meeting seems to have encountered a problem, and no one spoke.
Su Ziyan wrinkled her brows with a pensive look, and after a while, she raised her head and said: "In terms of materials, I have searched all the places that can be searched now, and if you want to find it again, you can only go outside Shanmu Town, but this is a little inefficient, and it consumes a lot of oil!" ”
At the beginning, Su Ziyan and the others brought a barrel of oil when they set off from the Chengdong Police Station in Binhe City, and now this barrel of oil has been used up, but fortunately, they have replenished some from the only gas station in Shanmu Town. As there are more and more nimble zombies out there, the difficulty of various actions is also increasing.
At this time, even if there was an explosion-proof car as a cover, Su Ziyan and the others did not dare to go outside easily.
In case the explosion-proof car breaks down when it is outside, it will be a dog, and for the sake of safety, you must come up with a safe way!
Zhang Wenming raised his head and said, "Can we put the collection of materials aside for a while?" Let's not go out these days. ”
Su Ziyan nodded: "Take some time to observe the zombies' reactions, it's okay." ”
The others thought about it and did not object.
The materials they have collected these days are enough for more than 30 people for several months, and from the perspective of consumption, there is really no need to go out in the short term.
The only trouble is the lack of vegetables and fruits, these are things that cannot be stored for a long time, and in the case of the power grid has been cut off, they are the same things as meat, which cannot be stored for a long time.
Now that the power grid has been cut off, the drinking water can no longer keep up, but fortunately, there are many wells in every household in Sujiakou, so there is no need to worry about the lack of water.
Moreover, there are no fresh vegetables and fruits and people can not starve to death, it is a big deal to replace them with various canned food, although the taste and pattern are a little worse, but where can people manage so much when they are in a hurry!
"There's also the issue of ammunition, go out these days...... Although we have tried to refrain from shooting, there are some places where we can't shoot without shooting, so our ammunition is also running out quickly! Jiang Yan had a worried face, followed closely after Su Ziyan, and immediately raised another very practical question.
Without ammunition, the guns will become burning sticks, and when the time comes, won't the murderous zombies tear the current food alive?
This is a very urgent question, Zhang Wenming frowned, and there is no other good way in a short time, which is probably to fall into the situation where it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice.
Su Ziyan opened her mouth on the side, almost telling her about her abilities, but reason finally took over, and the self-interested idea of self-preservation still made her not speak.
The whole room fell silent, and after a while, Zhang Wenming had to sigh in a low voice: "Now it seems that we can only try not to use guns!" ”
In fact, there is another way to choose, that is, to rush to the urban area of Haizhou City to get ammunition, but this idea swirled in my mind a little, and it was immediately rejected.
Everyone understands that the zombies in the city are not joking, and now they are in the countryside, and they are all struggling, and when they get to the densely populated city, aren't they killing themselves? Unless they can find a large ammunition depot, it will be a bargain.
At this moment, there was a sudden movement outside, followed by the shouts of several people.
Su Ziyan and the others were stunned for a moment, Su Ziling stared at her round eyes, and murmured, "It seems that something is being shouted outside......
"yes, I heard that, too!" Jiang Yan stood up with a spirit, "Let's go, let's go out and have a look first, don't be attacked by zombies!" ”
"Phew, don't say bad things with your crow's mouth!" Su Ziling glanced at Jiang Yan fiercely, and immediately got up and walked towards the outside of the house.