Chapter 14: Midyear Festival
Mo Nan remembers watching a horror movie before, which detailed the Midyear Festival.
The 15th day of July is a ghost festival; Legend has it that the dead souls and ghosts are not allowed to survive, and they are very bitter in hell, and they want to survive, but they can't find a way. And on this day, if the dead ghost can hold a river lamp, he will have to live.
At that time, the male protagonist of the movie said to the female protagonist: "Maybe this road from the underworld to the yang world is too dark, and if there is no light, you can't see the road ahead." Therefore, it is a good deed to put on the lamp, which shows that the living people have not forgotten the dead souls and ghosts. ”
It's a pity that some later regulations led to the fact that most of the horror movies made in the future ended with psychosis, dreaming and the like.
And the meaning of the Midyear Festival has also become a day when various horror movies are released, and the audience ridicules and vomits.
In addition to the older generation, who still have goodwill and faith to maintain the old traditions, the younger generation is mostly distorted by the media, etc., which distorts the meaning of the festival.
Dr. Qi told her that science is just one of the ways to explain various natural phenomena at the moment.
As a researcher, Dr. Qi has always been interested in some paranormal phenomena, and can find solutions to the problems she encountered in her research from some legends.
Just like in the last days, when I was resting and chatting, I heard Mo Nan vomit badly, aren't zombies a kind of zombie? Why can't you use black dog blood, glutinous rice or peach wood sword to deal with it?
So I extracted some ingredients from these things, and let everyone add them to the weapon, which really played a role in increasing the damage to the zombies.
Later, Mo Nan mentioned that he had watched an old movie, where the apprentice of the Taoist chief was bitten by a zombie, and then he was fed glutinous rice to remove the corpse poison, and the Taoist chief was spit out all over his face with glutinous rice. Dr. Qi silently used glutinous rice as a raw material to develop an antidote, and the results were not bad.
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On the 14th of July, the villagers all put down what they were doing and began to make serious preparations. There are already some villagers burning paper, incense and candles on the roadside, and surpassing the wandering spirits.
Monan once again thought of his family, friends, and those who had died in the last days. Finally, I thought of the original owner of this body.
Towards midnight that night, Monan came to the river and took out the finished river lantern from the belt space, lit the candles in the lamp, and put them into the river one by one.
The river lanterns flowed down the river, dotted with stars and twinkling, illuminating the whole river.
She stood by the river and mourned silently, not realizing that since she arrived here, Brother Mu had been standing aside and guarding until she returned.
The sad Mo Nan returned to the bamboo courtyard and saw Terry sleeping on all fours in the small basket, and laughed out loud. The depressed heart was instantly warmed by the little cute pet.
After tidying up a little, I quickly fell asleep.
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Monan found himself back in the place he had dreamed of last time, in front of the research compound.
I saw myself walking towards the research compound with my assigned lunch.
The lightning supernatural stopped her who was about to enter the compound: "Now the base is under attack by zombies, and it is under martial law, so you are not allowed to enter!" ”
It's a bit of a new face, "You're a friend from the G City base, right?" I'm Monan, and I'm an assistant in this research compound. This is my permit, and I'm going to deliver food to the doctor. ”
Then she held up the lunch box she was holding in her hand and opened it for the other party to see.
But the thunder powerhouse didn't say anything, just blindly intercepted her. And said viciously: "Don't go in, otherwise you will be unkind." ”
"I'm working here, and now I'm just delivering food. Dr. Qi had a bad stomach and couldn't go hungry. ”
"You can't go in."
That's how I'm going to go in, you can't get in for a few minutes of conversation.
The thunder powerhouse was in a panic, and suddenly activated the skill, and a thunderbolt struck in front of her. A dark pit appeared on the ground, and the smell of burning came from the air, which was very unpleasant.
Mo Nan realized that something must have happened, and before Kuaide told her about the attack on the base in G City, and also told her about the strange phenomenon.
She hurriedly took out the whistle in her trouser pocket and blew it with all her strength.
The sound of beep ~~~~ broke the solemn atmosphere.
The thunder powerhouse was frightened, and trembling activated the skill again, and a thunderbolt struck Mo Nan.
She tried to dodge, but she didn't succeed.
Maybe it's because he's already activated one ability just now, and the second thunder isn't too powerful.
Mo Nan lay on the ground, the sound of sizzling in her ears, and the smell of burnt flesh, but she still tried to blow the whistle.
Beep, beep, beep and beep.
A few minutes later, another lightning struck her, and her body was snapped up, and the whistle fell to the side.
And in the laboratory, Kuide and Major General, who were preparing to ambush the enemy, were taken aback when they heard the whistle.
They had already predicted that there was something wrong with the gang and had made arrangements accordingly.
The group of people in G City must have been uneasy when they came to the 515 base, and through the observation of these days, they judged that the other party's purpose should be the antidote to be completed, so they decided to plan it.
Preliminarily, the other party should have a high-level wind ability.
And in the last week, there was a wood-based ability in Base 515 that successfully broke through to become a high-level ability. So the major general planned to let the people of the brigade lure out the high-level wind system, and then encircle and annihilate it, while they ambushed the rest of the people in the base.
They had already asked Dr. Qi to hide with the research materials in advance, leaving two Abilities and a special forces team with them. But because Mo Nan is not a researcher, he only informed her that she would have a holiday today and would not have to go to the research compound.
But I never expected that there would be a traitor in the 515 base.
Since the manpower was really not allocated, the mid-level fire-type ability was selected to take the shift. However, in order to be cautious, just tell him that there may be abnormal movements from the people in G City, and let him pay attention when he is on duty.
The other party knew that the people in the base already had suspicions, so they changed the plan of the robbery, and instead created chaos in the base, diverted others, and then secretly got the research materials in their hands.
As a result, there was a hole burned out of the gate of the base to attract zombies, and the protective power of the base was lured over.
Mo Nan was lying on the ground, and he had been struck by the lightning system, but because the energy was getting smaller and smaller, the damage was not as heavy as the first one.
She gradually couldn't hold on, but she was still desperately persevering, so that she could drag this person down. She knew that the major general had secretly arranged for someone to protect Dr. Qi, and it would be good to have one less enemy now.
It hurt so much that she began to think crankily to distract from it.
I remembered telling Kuaide before that the major general must carry a bag of soil with him. In this way, even in a place where there is no soil, he can use the soil he carries to attack the enemy surprisingly. Later, the major general really carried a bag of dirt with him.
In fact, it's just because she sees the disgusted appearance of the major general, who can't wait to jump into the water and wash it every time she uses her ability, and she has to clean the dirt on her body. I said that he should bring soil with him, even if he really couldn't help jumping into the water, it was muddy water.
This is an ordinary person with no special abilities, a little trick on a person who dislikes his own abilities.
I feel that my vitality is draining rapidly, but everyone hasn't rushed over yet, what should I do? Dr. Qi will be in danger!
When the fighters in the base heard the continuous whistle, they immediately assigned their men to rush back from the front of the zombie attack.
When they saw that the thunder powerhouse, he was still using thunder to slash Menan who was lying on the ground. Raise the gun in your hand decisively and shoot at the person who is still going to perform the ability.
"Bang... Bang bang...".
"Ahh
However, it was still too late, and by the time a thunderbolt went down in front of him, Menan was already dead.
So she didn't hear the peculiar footsteps, and she didn't know what happened next, and in the end she was desperate that she hadn't succeeded in holding the enemy back.
The patrolling fighters wore specially treated shoes, and the footsteps were peculiar. She once asked Kuaide curiously why she was wearing such shoes, and her voice was quite noisy. Kuada said it was for peace of mind, and when she heard the voice, she knew that their protectors were patrolling the neighborhood, but unfortunately she couldn't hear it anymore.
"Xiao Nan, hold on, you will definitely be fine. Quick, get someone from the medical team over right now. Come on! The familiar female warrior kept shouting with a crying voice.
Mo Nan, who had been standing by and watching the whole process, instinctively wanted to rush over when he saw that he was struck by lightning, but he couldn't move.
Dr. Qi always told her that everything must have a cause, and it turned out that she was so afraid of thunder, and the cause was here.
Seeing the thunder that hit her body one by one, although she was terrified, she couldn't help but be proud of herself. She was an ordinary person who dragged a stranger, it turned out that she succeeded, and the sense of despair like appendage slowly disappeared.
The major general and Kuaide, who were in tattered clothes and still hung colors, appeared with two corpses in their disgraced face after the battle. Originally, they planned to capture the two enemies alive for interrogation, but when they heard the whistle, they decided to fight quickly.
Who knew that this enemy didn't know how to hide his ability level, and it turned out that they were all mid-level abilities. The two sides were evenly matched, and the situation was deadlocked.
In the end, the major general used the soil he was carrying to form an earthen arrow and attacked and injured one of the enemies, and finally killed all the enemies with great effort.
When Kuaide saw the charred corpse of Monan, he immediately burst into tears and blamed himself. Why didn't you send someone to protect her, why didn't you remind her that she was too underestimated.
Dr. Qi, who was protected to a safe area and hid, also rushed over, holding her body and crying bitterly.
The soldiers in front of them reported that the zombies that broke into the base had been cleared, and the stranger who betrayed the base was also captured by the alien team that drove back.
A week later, Kuaide came to Menan's tomb and said, "Xiao Nan, the people from G City have already confessed. That fire-based guy was originally from G City, and he was an old acquaintance with that gang. They learned that we were about to develop an antidote, and they wanted to steal the recipe and take it to the big base in the north. This is a special merit that they can be exchanged for the highest level of treatment. ”
"And that so-called high-level wind ability is a lie, just a mid-level guy pretended, and the people from the G City base were also killed by them......
...... I told you a long time ago that a person like you who has no abilities, no physical strength, and zero combat effectiveness should stay in the rear, why are you so stupid. Why?" he sat down on the ground and wept bitterly.
This week, Monan has been observing the situation at the base, although her departure has made everyone sad. But the success of the antidote is like a shot in the arm, which cheers everyone up.
Standing beside Kuaide and looking at his tomb, she patted Kuaide's head with her hand, she had wanted to do this for a long time, but her height was a hard injury.
"I just want you all to be safe, please help me take good care of Dr. Qi. Goodbye, Hurry. ”