Chapter 837: Martyrs
After returning to the arsenal without danger, there were two more seriously wounded among the five people, Lao Gang's condition was better, but he was severely dehydrated, accompanied by anemia caused by hunger, he was fed some gruel stewed with compressed biscuits, plus medicine in the helicopter, and woke up after a night.
And Wang Liang is more miserable, although his physique is far beyond ordinary people, after all, it is a hundred days of broken muscles and bones, not to mention that he has two cracked ribs, one rib broken into three, without any medical equipment, Wang Dalong and Bob used battlefield first aid measures to bandage his bones, and after two injections of antibiotics, he can only rely on his own recovery.
According to the original plan, the group was going to leave for Wang Dalong's farm as soon as they found Lao Gang, but now with two seriously injured people, the long journey would definitely not work, and the departure time was postponed by two days.
When Lao Gang completely recovered his spirits, he told the monsters he encountered by luring away the zombies in a tone with palpitations, Lin Xiao's understanding of the apocalypse became more profound, and it turned out that unconsciously, the airspace was not safe!
According to Lao Gang's account, he parted ways with Wang Dalong that day, relying on a diesel-powered pickup truck, although he was hanging a large group of zombies, he was in danger.
The movement speed of those zombies is not fast, on this kind of muddy road, the pickup truck can drive to about 40 yards, and when he sees that he can get rid of all the zombies by driving more than ten kilometers further, Lao Gang suddenly saw the sky not far away, and there was a black dot that was getting bigger and bigger!
At first, Lao Gang thought it was a human-made flying machine, or a drone, and he was still wondering if he could find a way to attract the attention of the aircraft so that he could be helped.
But when he saw the black spot in the sky, he almost didn't bite off his tongue!
What kind of flying machine is the black dot! It's a goshawk that doesn't know if it's mutated or evolved!
"You've all seen the Condor Heroes, right? The old eagle inside is not enough to see in front of the goshawk! That's how Lao Gang described it.
As for why Lao Gang was not eaten by the goshawk, Lin Xiao made a bold guess based on Lao Gang's account.
Compared with zombies, there are many more ways for animals to evolve, such as devouring the flesh and blood of zombies, or devouring the crystal nucleus in the zombie's head, or receiving the baptism of the blood moon.
And the goshawk that I just met, I'm afraid I've already tried all three! Therefore, its body shape can be so exaggerated, and it knows that the flesh and blood of zombies can provide it with more energy than the flesh and blood of ordinary humans!
Therefore, the goshawk will attack first, and eat the zombies chasing after Lao Gang's car, and finally attack the pickup truck driven by Lao Gang.
At this time, the dangerous primeval forest has been dealing with all his life, Lao Gang got out of the pickup truck early, found a big tree in a panic and climbed up, hid under the dense branches and leaves, and did not dare to come out of the breath.
And the goshawk didn't find Lao Gang, and after searching around to no avail, he threw fire on the pickup truck, and finally grabbed the pickup truck with his claws and flew away!
After the goshawk left for a while, Lao Gang dared to come down from the tree, first cleaned up the traces left by his hurried escape, and then returned to the trunk in fear, fixed himself with his belt, and prepared to survive the night, and then make plans at dawn.
After that, Lao Gang's suffering had just begun, there were goshawks in the sky that would appear at any time, the roar of mutant beasts came from time to time in the dense forest, and there were many wandering zombies around.
And this wait, it was enough to wait for almost a week!
"Alas, I really didn't expect that it was Xiao Lin who saved me in the end!" Lao Gang looked at Lin Xiao, tears flowed on his thin face.
Lin Xiao didn't know how to comfort Lao Gang, so he could only gently pat him on the shoulder, and when his emotions calmed down, he asked, "Master Lao Gang, you have already walked out, why do you want to come back?" ”
"Hey! I'm a bad old man, my wife left early, my son died on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang before he got married, and in the end it's just your apprentice and my kiss, I think it's so dangerous outside, it's better to hide in the primeval forest, so I'm ready to come back and tell you what happened outside and make other plans! As he spoke, the corners of his eyes began to moisten again. He misses his son who left the world early.
The first time he heard Lao Gang mention these sad pasts, Lin Xiao was also a little surprised, according to the previous memories of this body, Lao Gang has always been very optimistic in front of him, but he didn't expect that behind that leisurely and optimistic, there was such a sad past.
"Salute to the martyrs!"
Wang Dalong stood up solemnly, although in his old age, his body that had been blessed made his salute not very standard, but his serious face, if there were tears rolling in his eyes, all told of sincere admiration and respect.
Looking at his father, and then at Lao Gang, who quietly wiped his tears, Wang Liang also sat up straight, and performed official etiquette to Lao Gang: "Master Lao Gang, I will call you so with Brother Lin, the deceased is gone, the living mourn, don't be too sad, our current situation, if you are too sad, it will be annoying to hurt your body!" ”
Lao Gang nodded and didn't speak, he knew this truth very well in his heart, but how could some things be clear and reasonable, so he could not be sad?
For two days in a row, Lin Xiao and Bob took turns to go out to find food, coupled with the cooperation of the old wolf, a hunting expert, the food of the five people was not bad at all, Lao Gang's weakness had completely disappeared, and Wang Liang's body had recovered most of it, which couldn't help but make Lin Xiao sigh that the evolutionary was different.
"Don't envy us, this is the crystallization of that baboon's head, you take it!" Wang Liang took out two crystals from his pocket, the size of an adult's thumb belly, and there were also blood-red lines inside, but the blood-red color appeared clearer, and it seemed to be still flowing in the center of the crystal nucleus.
"Just give me one! Keep the rest for your dad! Lin Xiao only picked up one, after all, this is something that Wang Liang got back with a serious injury, so what's the matter if he took it all away?
After some excuses, Wang Liang had to put away the other one, and turned his head to look at Bob: "What about the genetic medicine you moved down?" Do you want to take it out and share it? ”
Bob was a little stunned, although he took away all the unused potions at that time, and did have the intention of using them with crystal nuclei, but this did not mean that he dared to take them out directly for use without clinical verification! Especially the comrades-in-arms who have just experienced life and death together.
"Are you sure, King? Although something magical happened to me, maybe this is just an isolated phenomenon? You must know that neither Lin nor your father will feel good if anything goes wrong! "In the past two days, Bob's Chinese ability has improved rapidly, and he no longer has that crappy and weird tone.
"I know what you're talking about! But we don't have time to verify! Wang Liang said this, he turned his head to look at his father's gray sideburns: "Whether it is my father or Brother Lin, I think they are very willing to use themselves to do this experiment, and if they succeed, they become stronger, even if they fail, with the effect of crystal nuclei, we can also be sure that they will not become zombies, at most they will become the kind of monsters you said, feeding on the flesh and blood of zombies!" ”
"Walter?!" Bob was a little unable to understand Wang Liang's thinking mode, in his cognition, it seems that becoming the kind of monster that feeds on the flesh and blood of zombies is far more terrifying than becoming a zombie, right?!
"Bob, let me ask you a question!" Lin Xiao walked up to Bob and asked very seriously, "The megalodon you talked about, after he became that kind of monster, does he still have his own clear consciousness?" ”
"Megalodon?" Bob was stunned, he didn't know why Lin Xiao asked so much, but he still said truthfully: "That's right, he does have his own independent thinking, but his thinking seems to have become a little extreme, or - crazy!" ”
"That's right! All these changes you are talking about, in a way, are the triggers hidden in the depths of that megalodon's personality, he has become extreme, crazy, not because of the medicine, but because of his own thinking pattern and personality! When Lin Xiao said this, he said with a bit of a god's aura: "Then let me ask you again, there is a sharp sword, this sword is invincible, the person who owns this sword can gain great power, someone gets this sword and starts to do evil, someone gets this sword and starts to do good, can you say that this sword is evil or charitable?" ”
"I ......" Bob was a little dizzy, he had to admit that Lin Xiao's words did inspire him a lot, and after a while, he felt that he suddenly became enlightened: "I understand, the sword you said has no distinction between good and evil, and the one who has the distinction between good and evil is the one who holds the sword!" Just like the potion in front of us, there is nothing wrong with the potion itself, it is only the person who takes the potion and the person who makes it! ”
Lin Xiao nodded, this Bob's understanding is still good! If this is placed in the years before the end of the world, maybe you can get the god certificate!
In the early morning of the third day, after a full meal of barbecue, Lin Xiao and Wang Dalong received the injection of genetic medicine together, and before receiving the injection, they specially explained to Wang Liang and tied the two with the strongest hemp rope, so as not to undergo some unpredictable changes and endanger the lives of others.
Lin Xiao looked at the dark blue potion, which was slowly injected into the veins, and felt the severe pain begin to spread throughout his body, and he hurriedly swallowed the crystal nucleus that he had been holding in his mouth for a long time.
Under the crystal nucleus, Lin Xiao's consciousness was still in a trance, this feeling was too familiar! Just like that time on the interstellar defense line, there are two waves of energy fighting in every cell inside and outside the body.