Chapter 36: Take the initiative
Seeing that the only witness to this rumor suddenly fainted somehow, Si Tan rushed into the house with an arrow, and asked Si Moxue sharply: "What did you do?" Why did a good person faint all of a sudden? β
Si Moxue was also puzzled and argued: "I only said a few words, and I didn't do anything else. β
Si Tan knew that Si Moxue was telling the truth, and after Si Moxue entered the shack, he had been watching every move inside at the door, knowing that the reason for the witness's fainting was probably not related to Si Moxue.
But the good situation was about to reach a stalemate again, as the leader of the team, Si Tan was angry, and at the same time wanted to frustrate the arrogance that Si Moxue had shown since joining the team, so he couldn't help but scold Si Moxue: "You say what you are doing, you won't say a word." How did you get your status as a wasteland hunter, I'm afraid it's not cheating? β
Si Moxue lowered her head and said nothing, letting Si Tank reprimand, her face was unwavering, and she didn't look affected at all.
Just as Si Tan reprimanded Si Moxue, Liang Wenruo had already crossed the two of them and stepped in front of the unconscious witnesses.
He didn't know where he found a steel needle, and with a shake of his hand stabbed it into the eyewitness.
The moment the needle pricked, the man seemed to tremble for a moment, then sighed faintly and slowly opened his eyes.
Liang Wenruo maintained a posture of pressing one hand on him, and before the witnesses could react, he asked, "Let's ask about the 'alien beast'." "The voice is low but not deep.
The witness seemed to hesitate for a moment, opened his mouth to scream, and Liang Wenruo leaned over and whispered in his ear without knowing what to say. The man calmed down, and although his hands were still twitching nervously, he did not refuse the approach.
Seeing that the witness was not struggling, and seemed to be able to communicate, he also walked over and asked him, "Tell me what the 'strange beast' you see looks like." β
Hearing the word 'alien beast' again, the witness's face twisted violently, and then he slowly opened his mouth: "I saw that monster at night......"
One by one, the words came out of his mouth, forming a horrific story.
This witness usually sets traps in less crowded areas around the gathering area, and sometimes catches some smaller lizards, rabbits, etc., to improve the food.
That night, he remembered that the trap he had set a few days ago had not been checked, and that he had not seen a lot of meat in a few days, and that the trap was next to the gathering area, and it was only a few minutes away from it. So he put on his clothes, took a flashlight, and quietly climbed out of the fence of the gathering area, and walked towards the place where he had set a trap.
But that day, halfway through his walk, he always vaguely felt that something was wrong-
On weekdays, when it comes to night, there are always some insects and birds chirping around, and there is never any sound like tonight, there is a dead silence, as if all the living things here are dead.
He swallowed, hesitating in his steps, but it was close to where he had placed the trap, and there were only a few steps left.
Thinking of the possible prey in the trap, he settled down, and once again raised his legs with a flashlight and walked towards the place where the trap had been laid.
A stone appeared in front of him, and by going around it, he could see his trap.
However, he stopped......
"Click, click, click......"
It was the sound of chewing, and the intermittent sound of chewing came from behind the stone.
There's something behind the stone.
But he couldn't see what it was behind the stone.
The crisp sound of chewing echoed through the silent night, and a chill crept up his scalp from the tail of his spine.
He grabbed the stone, poked his head out of the side, and looked behind it.
The night was dark, and he had to squint to see what was behind the stones.
When he landed, goosebumps erupted on his back......
"What do you see?" Tank grabbed the witness's cold hand and asked urgently.
The rest of the crowd also craned their necks.
"That's, that's- ahhh The witness suddenly screamed, so sharp that the ear of the listener tingled.
He used his hands and feet together, frantically slapping the people around him, his whole body trembling violently and convulsing.
Si Tan and the others wanted to hold him down, but they didn't expect this madman to have so much strength.
During the scuffle, the witness's shirt was ripped open, revealing a bandage of black blood leaking from his stomach.
The witnesses broke away from the few people who tried to restrain him and hid under the bed.
"That's a demon from hell...... There were so many ghost fires around him, and its claws were so long......"
Witnesses shouted, dancing under the bed.
"No one can catch it, that's the return of the man who died in the nuclear war 70 years ago...... It will kill all the people in the agglomeration first! Then, you, you cowards hiding in the oasis, will be taken out of hell by him...... Giggle......"
As he spoke, he smiled maniacally, pinching his throat and laughing, his eyes red as if they were about to drip blood. In the midst of his frenzied struggle, his fingernails were turned over by the rough bed.
It doesn't look like a person, like a prey that has been cornered in a corner by a predator and struggles in despair.
"You, you, and you, will be captured by it and sent to hell, and there will be no reincarnation for eternity."
The witness stretched out his bloodied finger and pointed at the team members in front of him, sneering.
The junior hunters and trainee hunters in the team were all frightened by his words, and they huddled behind Si Moxue and the others, not daring to step forward.
"Vomitβ" The witness suddenly vomited, spitting out a large pool of bloodstained, foul-smelling black dirt that smoked the people in the room to cover their noses.
Breathless from the stench, and seeing that the witnesses were so mad that he could no longer ask anything, he called one of his team members to call a neighbor to take care of him, and he himself and the rest of the men left the hut first.
"We, what's next?" One of the team members asked timidly.
Si Moxue recognized him, he was the trainee wasteland hunter who collapsed on the street on the spot when he learned that he had been selected by lottery.
"I think we should take the initiative and go to the place where the person bumped into the 'strange beast' first." Si Tan touched his chin with stubble and groaned.
They didn't actually get much useful information from the eyewitnesses, and the only valuable thing in this chaotic conversation was to know where the witnesses had met the beast.
"But, what if we encounter a 'strange beast'?" The apprentice hunter said in a trembling voice, his lips trembling like autumn leaves.
As he spoke, he secretly pushed the team members around him, hoping that someone would stand up and help him speak.
"I also think we're too hasty now...... Let's take the long view first. Another member of the team said.
From the moment the first trainee hunter spoke, Stanley didn't speak, just looked coldly at the group of retreating team members in front of him.
"No, you have to go." Seeing that the third person was about to speak, Si Tan said indifferently, "Since the so-called 'alien beast' is eating, it must be a living thing. β
"Since it's a living creature, I can kill him." As a high-level wasteland hunter, Tank has his persistence and pride. That's why he was sent to lead the squad.
He stood on a ridge higher than everyone else, and looked condescendingly at the few people below: "If anyone retreats now, believe me, your punishment will make you prefer to die under the claws of the 'alien beast'. β
Having said that, even if the team members below were unwilling, they had to follow the tank and walk towards the place where the witnesses bumped into the "strange beast".