Chapter 386: Devoured Humans
The monsters smiled gently, and there was not even any hostility in their expressions, like kind elders, like Bible-reading believers.
As they approached, it was difficult for even the most well-trained soldier to take such a uniform step, and the ground shook slightly with their footsteps, followed by an indescribable oppressive force, like two self-moving walls slowly squeezing towards them, crushing bones and crushing internal organs.
The monsters, however, are "normal" when they look at their appearance.
It's just that this so-called "normality" at the moment is a complete "abnormality".
The few people in the center of their circle wept, screamed, begged for mercy, and hysterical, but could not even calm their usual gentle smiles.
The monsters finally walked in front of those people, and the man who was standing at the front weakly lowered the wooden stick in his hand and collapsed to his knees. They slowly stretched out their hands to the man, and the gesture had a hint of holiness that only saints have, like a priest who holds holy water and baptizes sinners—
Their hands pressed against the man's face, making contact with the man's skin.
As a result, the man's body began to dry up little by little, and his flesh seemed to be absorbed by the palms that touched his body, and melted away as quickly as a snowdrift in the sun.
At the end of his life, a smile was actually squeezing out of the man's face, and that smile carried an indescribable surprise, which made people subconsciously think of the most devout believers who witnessed the opening of the door of heaven, and made people think of sinners who were saved from the stake at the last second......
His tongue had long since melted, and no onlooker could know what he saw in that last moment.
With that impeccable gentle smile, the monsters caressed the man's face like sculptures carved by a peerless genius, until the last strand of flesh on the man's body was gone, and his empty clothes fell to the ground.
There was a bustle and noise, and then at some point everything returned to silence.
Soon, the streets echoed with the sound of uniform footsteps, and the monsters smiled as the ground shook
Leave.
On the ground at the corner of the street, only a few worn-out clothes remained, not even a drop of blood remained, and those people completely disappeared from this world as if they had evaporated from the world, and there was no trace of them.
If it weren't for witnessing all of this with his extraordinary abilities, He Yuyao wouldn't even think that the shabby clothes were still a few living humans a few minutes ago.
It wasn't until the team of monsters completely disappeared at the end of the street, and until the soles of his feet clinging to the ground could no longer sense the shock caused by any uniform footsteps, He Yuyao stood up with a sigh of relief, and motioned for the people behind him who were covering their mouths and huddled together to follow him.
It was a good thing that she already knew what had happened to those who had disappeared, at least she was no longer ignorant of the ways in which the monsters preyed, which was undoubtedly a crucial piece of information, and she was somewhat prepared against the strange abilities of the infected in the future - at least, to avoid any direct physical contact with them.
"Come on, everyone, turn around and walk a short distance to our safe house." Approaching the end, He Yuyao finally breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her voice and said to the people behind her.
The adventure was coming to an end, and the girl's steps were a little lighter, and she took the lead at the front of the group.
She turned the last corner of the street, facing the harsh sunlight, the safe house less than fifty meters away in a straight line, and the middle-aged man standing in the sunlight with a gentle smile.
The blood flow in He Yuyao's whole body instantly coagulated.
The middle-aged man also saw He Yuyao, the five mouths on his face smiled even more brightly, and the golden light flashed in the seven eyes.
……
"Hey, hey, can you hear me? This is Safe House 29, this is James's 207th attempt to contact since the outbreak of the plague, we are members of the Su family's 'Enforcer' branch, the original team is 7 people, there are two people now, and 57 civilians in the safe house, if anyone can hear it...... I'm going to you, did you squeak? We have no fresh water and no food! Every time I collect supplies, one person dies, the day before yesterday it was Dior, last week it was Jason...... And brought back a large group of survivors who didn't have a fart! Can you do it or not?
Can be heard! I don't care about you! Bastard thing! Go to hell! ”
There was still the familiar rustle in my ears, and there was no response from anyone, and there was no hope.
James ripped off his headphones in a fit of rage, almost smashing the radio station in front of him with a punch, but he forced himself to pause at the last second.
Although he ushered in hope again and again, he knew very well in his heart that this radio station was really the last hope of this so-called "safe house".
Just in his hysteria, there were no lies. During this time, teammates almost literally died in front of their eyes one after another, and every time the two of them went out to collect food and fresh water, someone would be left behind because of the chase of those monsters...... After that, he never saw anyone who left behind.
You don't have to think about the ending to know the ending.
Today, when the fresh water and food are once again exhausted, only himself and He Yuyao are left. This time, it was impossible to send two people, because the only person who would use the "blessed radio station" was himself, and he had to stay in front of the radio twenty-four hours a day for any possible news.
He was worried all the time about whether He Yuyao would be able to come back smoothly, before the girl left, he had repeatedly warned her that she didn't need to continue to collect the survivors, only food and fresh water were enough - there was really no way to shelter more people in the safe house, the enchantment laid by Su Qian'er herself was originally only used to cover up the aura of no more than ten people, but at this moment, it needed to cover up nearly sixty people, which was already seriously overloaded, and James himself didn't know how long this enchantment could last.
However, he also knew that with He Yuyao's kindness, I was afraid that no matter how many times he admonished her, she would still bring some survivors back.
In all fairness, even if you have hardened your heart, if you see a helpless child, you will still be tempted to help.
"Go and see, she's supposed to be back too......" James swallowed the second half of the sentence back into his stomach, not wanting to think about the bad possibilities at all.
He Yuyao will definitely be fine, she has always been so kind, the world will not treat her like that.
Just as he was about to stand up, the radio suddenly went off—