Chapter 59: The Mutant Lynx
Now, there are a total of ten people in Zhang Yan's team.
Among these ten people, three of them were specially selected by Yan Zhuo for Zhang Yan to be teammates, Yan Zhuo said that these three people have different intentions and need to be warned.
Along the way, Zhang Yan quietly observed the three people.
There is a man who claims to have been the captain of the traffic police brigade, named Lin Zongheng, thirty-three years old, and is a stranger. From him, Zhang Yan can see some unique advantages of soldiers, but at the same time, there are also some annoying shortcomings.
Maybe he became a leader at a young age, he seemed very arrogant, and he was a little disdainful of Zhang Yan, so this arrogance was even more obvious.
Whenever Zhang Yan made a decision, Lin Zongheng always couldn't help but come out and pick and choose, always wanting to prove that Zhang Yan was wrong, and he was right.
His threat to Zhang Yan is probably that he has always been unconvinced by this leader.
And if you want to convince him, you can only do something really useful and use grades to shut him up.
There is another middle-aged woman named Miao Lanhua. This middle-aged woman is a bit nagging, misanthropic, pessimistic, and likes to sneakily take advantage of it, and her hands and feet are not very clean.
The place where she needs to be guarded against is probably her petty theft.
However, Miao Lanhua is just an ordinary person and has no special abilities, so Zhang Yan is not too worried about what bad things she can do.
The last one is a sophomore male student, his name is Qin Yingwei, and he is an anomaly. He seems to be the most normal and cooperative, with no obvious shortcomings other than a relatively small amount of talk.
But Yan Zhuo learned through the spiritual force field that he despised Zhang Yan and Yan Zhuo very much.
Because they had charged him fifty crystal nuclei before, and he was a person who was very protective of his property, these fifty crystal nuclei made him unable to eat and sleep well, and he was haunted and resentful all day long.
Even if Zhang Yan had promised that these crystal nuclei would be returned in the form of food, Qin Yingwei felt very angry.
For Qin Yingwei's mentality, Zhang Yan felt very helpless.
You can't let her keep this group of people for nothing, right?
For Zhang Yan, her resources are indeed enough to support these people for a few years, but the key problem is their attitude towards accepting resources.
At first, they will feel a little indebted and embarrassed.
But when the time for free is getting longer and longer, they will slowly become numb and gradually develop the idea that they should be, thinking that Zhang Yan is a selfless and good person, so they should provide resources for free, and when the resources are broken, more resentment will rebound.
Shengmi en's hatred, Zhang Yan didn't want them to have such lazy thoughts.
And with the crystal nucleus in exchange, they will feel that they have exchanged the crystal nucleus, and the relationship between the two sides will become more balanced, and without the benefactor and the beneficiary, people will feel that it is an exchange, not a charity.
Moreover, Zhang Yan can also stop losses in time when the relationship is really irreconcilable, and only needs to use the sentence "This has reached the value of those fifty crystal nuclei" is enough, and will not mention moral issues, and the reasons are also sufficient, and it will not cause people to be emotionally unhappy.
Most of the time, managing everything with benefits is the simplest and most effective.
Among these three people, Zhang Yan is also the last Qin Yingwei who is most worried.
The one who hides everything from the bottom of his heart and does not reveal it is the most dangerous.
However, for the time being, Zhang Yan didn't have time to pay attention to the three of them.
Zhang Yan led everyone to walk in the knee-deep snow, and she walked at the forefront as a trailpasser, using her long knife as a snow clearing machine to clear the snow and obstacles on the road ahead.
At this time, Zhang Yan's several years of outdoor experience finally brought her some of the temperament that a leader should have.
She calmly explored the way, and with her experience, she found a relatively easy path in the snow, all the way to the foot of a nearby mountain.
On the way, Lin Zongheng, who was very unconvinced by Zhang Yan, took the initiative to choose another path in order to prove himself, and deliberately did not go with Zhang Yan and others.
It's a pity that before he walked a few meters away, Lin Zongheng fell into a snow pit more than one meter deep, and the whole person was buried alive by the snow.
In order to save this embarrassing scene, Lin Zongheng's ability is to control the temperature, so he turned up the temperature nearby, so that the water in the snow pit thawed instantly.
But after the melting snow water, the snow pit turned into a muddy puddle, and Lin Zongheng waded up from the muddy water in embarrassment, and his body was already soaked.
It looks worse than falling into the snow.
When several other people were laughing at Lin Zongheng, Zhang Yan, the team leader, silently took out a men's coat from the space ring and handed it to him:
"Replace this one to warm up."
Looking at the clothes Zhang Yan handed to him, Lin Zongheng's face was a little red, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or annoyed.
He confiscated his clothes and didn't speak, but silently returned to the team and followed Zhang Yan, without mentioning the words "acting alone".
Lin Zongheng suffered a loss, so he became a little more restrained and no longer worked against Zhang Yan.
He manipulated the temperature around him, turning himself into a humanoid heater, drying his clothes with his abilities as he walked.
Zhang Yan finally cleared her ears for a while.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yan found a flat place, and after making sure that this was the downwind outlet, she began to prepare food.
The Earth-based Abilities on the team used their abilities to create earthen stoves, tables, chairs, and boards.
Zhang Yan took out various matching cooking utensils from the space ring, and a few people without abilities quickly picked up some firewood, and then piled up the wet firewood next to the humanoid heating forest to dry.
The Fire Adeptus lit the stove and boiled a pot of hot water to warm everyone up.
After warming up, a few other abilities casually did some chores.
When she was working, there were all kinds of small problems, and Zhang Yan was responsible for dealing with them.
A team member ran to her with a carrot in distress:
"Captain! I want to shred, but it's too much trouble to cut with a knife! What to do? ”
Zhang Yan spread her palms and "transformed" a wire scraper.
Another team member asked Zhang Yan curiously:
"Wang Ming caught a fish from the river just now, I want to make fish hot pot, are there rattan peppers and soybean sprouts?"
Zhang Yan "transformed" a large handful of rattan peppers and a bag of soybean sprouts.
Later, Zhang Yan provided such as hot pot base, lamb chops, okra, bone marrow, yellow throat, hairy tripe, and frozen fish balls...... and other ingredients, boiled a pot of hot pot, plus a plate of cold okra, and a plate of cold salad with three shreds.
These are not essential foods in the last days, but, she has.
Seeing that Zhang Yan could take out anything, Lin Zongheng walked up to Zhang Yan, raised his eyebrows, and looked like he was deliberately trying to embarrass her:
"My stomach is not very good, I want to make some brown rice tea to drink, and I want to go with orchid seeds, do you have it?"
Zhang Yan expressionlessly "transformed" a box of brown rice tea, plus a bottle of orchid seeds.
Lin Zongheng looked like he had seen a ghost:
"Why do you stuff everything into the space?! What a waste of space. ”
Although he was so disdainful, Lin Zongheng still asked Zhang Yan for a teacup, made a cup of tea, and used his ability to heat the warm water to boiling, it seemed that he was quite happy.
The earth-based adequacy combined the stove and the table to make a hot pot table, and when everyone gathered around the table to prepare the ingredients, only to hear a "pop" next to it, followed by a scream.
It turned out that the guy who was in charge of mixing the dipping sauce slipped his foot and broke the porcelain soup bowl with the dipping sauce in his hand, he looked at the debris on the ground a little helplessly, as well as the big bowl of dipping sauce that was spilled on the ground, and he was about to cry in distress.
Jin Peipei, who had been busy beside him, hurriedly arrived, pressed his hands into the fragments of the porcelain soup bowl, and used his ability to restore the porcelain soup bowl to the state it was in a minute ago, and the dipping sauce that had been sprinkled on the ground disappeared from the snow without a trace, and returned to the bowl again, clean.
Zhang Yan and Yan Zhuo often cook hot pot when they go out to kill zombies, because this is the most convenient and fast way to cook, and they don't have to think about other people's tastes.
However, most of the others present had not been so extravagant.
Because of many of the ingredients that Zhang Yan took out, they were already out of stock in the safety zone.
Even the eyes of a high-ranking family member who used to live in the villa area lit up:
"You've even saved Yellowthroat? I've been thinking about this for a long time, and my dad didn't get it for me. It's so much more than last night's dinner! ”
Zhang Yan didn't have any expression, and said calmly:
"I've found a lot of small shops that no one dares to go to, and basically, I have everything here. As long as there are people working every day, then I can make sure that we all have meat to eat. ”
It sounds a bit fun to use food to lure others to work hard for them, but in fact, most people work to eat better and live better, especially in these last days, which makes these two things even more tempting.
Therefore, most of the people at the table were smiling, and they were very satisfied with Zhang Yan's promise.
Jin Peipei's eyes when she looked at Zhang Yan were also shining.
Jin Peipei even began to think about whether Ouyang Jiaojiao had not taken the whole class to drive away Zhang Yan and them at that time, would they have been able to live a few more people?
After all, what her classmates did was really not calm, and the various choices made by Ouyang Jiaojiao, the class leader, were also wrong.
It was originally a delicious and hearty meal, but Jin Peipei felt like chewing wax.
If only they were alive!
Wouldn't it be nice if she could turn back the clock of the whole world......
Remembering those dead classmates, Jin Peipei's heart was full of sentimentality.
Others were in the best of interest.
On a windless sunny day, the winter sun shines on their bodies, and although the air is still cold, with a hot hot pot, their bodies and hearts are warm.
In this icy and snowy place, a hot pot in the open air actually gave them the illusion of an outing.
It's really a laid-back and comfortable thing to see in a long time.
They ate and chatted about their abilities, and when it came to Kim Pepe's abilities, a young man couldn't help but joke:
"I'm a little curious, you can turn back time on an inanimate object, then...... Does count? If you turn back the clock, can the turn back into food? Then wouldn't we be able to eat another hot pot?! ”
The people at the table who asked this question laughed, and several people who were disgusted couldn't eat.
Jin Peipei also forgot to be sad, was amused, and explained seriously:
"This doesn't seem to work! It's okay to turn back into food, but the energy absorbed and digested by the owner of the will also be transferred, and the owner of the will still be hungry, even if you eat it again, the effect will be the same, in vain. Oh, but if all the is collected after this hot pot meal, we can still have another addiction, as long as you don't have any obstacles in your hearts. ”
Hearing Jin Peipei's answer, a few more people who were disgusted couldn't eat, everyone laughed and scolded, and some people began to clean up their dishes.
With the presence of people with special abilities, it is easier to even wash the dishes than others.
Lin Zongheng melted a bucket of snow water, and he could still use hot water to brush the dishes in the cold, which was simply a supreme enjoyment.
When there were only a few people left at the table, Zhang Yan suddenly noticed a problem: the wind direction here began to change.
Before, they were in the downwind outlet, but when the meal was over, it became the upwind outlet.
Although the wind is small, their smell will be diffused as well.
Zhang Yan had an ominous premonition, and hurriedly urged everyone:
"The wind has changed, hurry up and eat, and then close the table!"
The few remaining people who were still eating hurriedly emptied the hot pot, one person stood aside with a bowl, and the others began to collect the pot and other utensils.
The life in the safe zone for a while has made them develop the habit of thrift and thrift, they eat very cleanly, and even the hot pot soup has been drunk for more than half of it, so they clean it up very quickly.
In less than three minutes, they quickly cleaned up the scene, and then Zhang Yan asked the Earth Adepts to remove the table and pile up some snow at the place where they were picnic to cover up.
After dealing with all this, Zhang Yan immediately led everyone out of here to find a more hidden and suitable place to dig a hole.
Ten minutes after Zhang Yan and the group left, a beast came out of the bushes.
It came from the opposite direction of Zhang Yan and the others left, it looked like a cat, with huge claws, a thick skeleton, two pinches of pointed hair on its ears, and its body was close to that of a large dog, with golden hair, which was particularly dazzling in the snow.
It's a lynx.
The lynx walked slowly to the place where Zhang Yan and them had a picnic before, and sniffed the snowdrift with its nose.
After sniffing it for a moment, it sneezed, licked its lips, and bared its teeth with a low growl.
The golden lynx's gaze locked on the direction in which Zhang Yan and they were leaving, and with a bow, they ran quickly and chased after them.
It is strong, with large and powerful claws, but it walks on the snow without a trace, and runs silently.
……
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yan finally found a suitable starting point.
The terrain is very secluded, not far from the previous village, and it is only a twenty-minute walk from the village.
There is a small hot spring nearby, which used to be a hot spring resort, but now it is abandoned.
Previously, because the village was too close to Guanyintang, Zhang Yan felt that it was inconvenient to be too close to the army, so they might as well move to this hot spring resort.
Zhang Yan sent a few people to stay in the hot spring resort, and she took a few people back to inform the incident.
The people brought by Zhang Yan include Lin Zongheng, Miao Lanhua, and Qin Yingwei.
Yan Zhuo stayed with the others at the resort.
Although Yan Zhuo said that the three of them were not qualified teammates, Zhang Yan needed to confirm it herself.
So, she had to take them all the way and observe all the way.
On the way back to the village, the atmosphere between the few people was really bad.
Zhang Yan is not very good at finding topics, and Qin Yingwei is also a stuffy gourd who only secretly hates Zhang Yan.
Lin Zongheng said a few words occasionally, and he was also looking for Zhang Yan's thorn.
Miao Lanhua never stopped talking all the way, and praised her sons, daughters, grandchildren, and grandchildren, and Zhang Yan was about to memorize her family's family tree.
It's just that these nagging have no value at all, they just make people feel a pain in the brain.
Miao Lanhua seemed to be able to see that Zhang Yan and the others were bored with her, but she just couldn't hold back her words, and she had to shake out any trivial life.
By the time they finally saw the village, it was already dark.
Zhang Yan's mood suddenly became uneasy.
The instinct that only comes in times of danger is back.
Feeling this sense of crisis, Zhang Yan subconsciously opened her compound eyes and looked back.
At this glance, she just saw a "big cat" hiding in a tree to look at her, and if you look closely, it should be a lynx.
When Zhang Yan spotted the lynx, the lynx immediately knew that she was exposed.
Now that it's been exposed, the best thing to do is to strike immediately!
The lynx roared, shook off its claws and jumped off the tree, and pounced on Zhang Yan!
Zhang Yan spread out her twin blades, her eyes staring coldly at the lynx.
As soon as she switches to a state of focusing on combat, Zhang Yan's brain will become extraordinarily calm and her reaction will be extraordinarily agile.
Because she was not sure whether the lynx in front of her was an ordinary lynx or a mutated lynx, Zhang Yan's first reaction was to block the lynx's attack.
The lynx's claws slammed into Zhang Yan's long knife, only to hear a "ding" sound, the lynx was bounced out, and Zhang Yan was also knocked back half a step.
The lynx's claws were undamaged, and Zhang Yan's knife showed a shallow scratch.
Apparently, it's a mutant lynx!
Zhang Yan's eyes shone brighter.
Alien beasts? This challenge, she loved!
In the safe zone, she fought all over the invincible hands, and the second-level zombies had no pressure to fight, and only the alien beasts were left who could fight.
Zhang Yan had a calm smile on her face, the sword was like weaving, and her heart moved with the knife.
The lynx didn't expect to provoke a hard stubble.
It fought desperately with Zhang Yan, but it was a lose-lose situation, and no one took advantage of anyone.
The lynx attacked Zhang Yan first, and it scratched Zhang Yan's arm, and Zhang Yan soon left a knife on its front paw as well.
The lynx bit Zhang Yan's shoulder again, and Zhang Yan stabbed the lynx in turn in the position of her collarbone.
No matter where the lynx hurts Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan will return it in the same way, even the position of the return fire is the same!
Moreover, Zhang Yan became more and more courageous, and she didn't care about the wounds on her body at all, because there were people in her team who could heal injuries.
But the lynx could not heal its wounds, and it continued like this, and the lynx began to retreat.
The purpose of the lynx is only to catch a prey to fill its belly, it does not want to fight hard.
Zhang Yan is really fighting with it!
Realizing the lynx's intention to escape, Zhang Yan was even more unsparing, and stabbed the lynx in a vulnerable place with a knife.
Seeing Zhang Yan rolling into a ball with the lynx like a beast, using all means to fight regardless of the image, Lin Zongheng and Qin Yingwei were dumbfounded.
This ...... It's kind of scary.
And the mutant lynx was also forced to be anxious, and finally used all his levels to fight with Zhang Yan.
Its eyes are scarlet, its claws dance rapidly, its force heavier and more fierce, and every attack carries a gust of wind!
When the mutant lynx also began to fight hard, Zhang Yan's physical strength was slightly exhausted, and she couldn't stand it.
She took the time to shout—
"Help me!"
After shouting, he focused his attention on the lynx again, and killed the mutant lynx.
Miao Lanhua, who had no ability, had already turned white with fright, and she took advantage of the lynx's focus on Zhang Yan, retreated step by step, hid behind a big rock, and shouted towards the distant village-
"Someone! Help! Something is wrong here! ”
Miao Lanhua's sharp voice came in handy at this time, and the entire valley echoed with Miao Lanhua's screams, and the eardrum of the person who pierced the person was in pain.
Zheng Ziye's team had already returned from the village, and when they heard this sound, there was also a noise in the village, and at the same time, someone quickly came.
Although Zhang Yan asked them to help, Lin Zongheng and Qin Yingwei didn't know how to help.
Lin Zongheng's ability is to control the temperature around him, and if he wants to attack the lynx, he must be very close to the lynx, but he is mortal in the flesh, and he doesn't have Zhang Yan's skills, as long as he gets close, he will definitely be torn by the lynx!
Qin Yingwei's ability is flames, and if he makes a rash move, he will definitely hurt Zhang Yan.
But I don't know what Qin Yingwei thinks, when he knew that he would hurt Zhang Yan, he still used his fire ability.
A huge fireball conjured up and smashed into Zhang Yan and the mutant lynx!
And the direction of the fireball was obviously smashed towards Zhang Yan's position!
Lin Zongheng saw at a glance that the direction of the fireball was wrong, and shouted angrily-
"Are you crazy?!"
Qin Yingwei frowned:
"I just didn't aim at ......"
Zhang Yan realized the danger in an instant.
She was very cruel to herself, and her first instinct was to open one of her arms, deliberately let the lynx scratch it, and then made a feint to guide the lynx to pounce on herself.
The lynx was fooled, and the next moment, Zhang Yan and the lynx changed positions.
The fireball that was originally aimed at Zhang Yan just now also happened to hit the lynx's back at this time.
Lynx and Zhang Yan fought for a long time, although they were not lightly injured, but at least they could fight evenly, and the feeling of fighting was not much different from fighting between their kind.
But to the flames, the lynx is very annoying!
Seeing the lynx on fire, Zhang Yan was also afraid of being affected, so she rolled and retreated to the side.
The lynx on his back on fire glared at Qin Yingwei angrily, roared resentfully, rolled on the snow to extinguish the fire, and then took the opportunity to flee quickly.
Seeing the lynx fleeing, Zhang Yan looked back at Qin Yingwei.
There was anger in her eyes.
She walked straight to Qin Yingwei and asked him coldly-
"Did you just deliberately aim at me?!"
If she hadn't discovered this, Zhang Yan would not have been able to dodge it with agility.
Qin Yingwei frowned, twisted his head away, deliberately did not look at Zhang Yan, and looked rebellious.
Seeing this attitude, Zhang Yan was really angry, and with a flick of the long knife, the tip of the knife was only one centimeter away from the tip of Qin Yingwei's nose:
"Do you dare to do it but don't dare to say it?"