"Xenomorphs?" The sheriff took two steps back, his eyes alert.

Lin Ci's left hand was reconstructed, and in the blink of an eye, blood devouring appeared in everyone's eyes. Looking at the arm covered in armor, and the long and short spikes, everyone including the sheriff gasped.

Joe reached out to touch Lin Ci's arm, who gently pushed him away and shook his head.

Pete looked at the other people and hesitated, "What do you think?" ”

"He's a different species." The blindfolded young man said.

Pete put down the gun and muttered, "I have to let Momiji confirm, damn it, how can there be aliens here now." Hey, where are you from? ”

Lin Ci really didn't know the specific location of that base, so he could only smile bitterly: "Is this question important?" ”

"If it were anyone else, I'd definitely ask. But you're a different species, okay, we need you, want to come with us? We have something to eat. ”

"That's great, I'm hungry now."

Relieved of the bloody gesture, Lin Ci and Qiao got into the modified car, but it was a young woman who drove it.

The convoy was driving along the city, and Lin Ci looked at the dark streets on both sides and couldn't help but ask, "What's going on here?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that the end has come, and people have become monsters." Leanne said lightly.

"How long ago was that?" Lin Xi asked.

"How long? It's only four months. ”

Four months doesn't sound like a long time.

Lin Ci couldn't help but support his forehead, so where would they be now, Han Mengdie?

Moments later, the car stopped in front of a mall building. The mall has been completely closed, and barbed wire has been erected around the perimeter and sentry posts have been set up to resemble a military base.

There was a truck in front of the sentry post, and a man in a plaid shirt and carrying a submachine gun walked over. lowered his head and looked at Lin Ci in the car, frowned, and said, "Didn't you go to find those two little ghosts?" Why did you bring a stranger back? ”

"You should ask Sheriff Pete about that." Leanne patted the steering wheel.

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The man stepped back and gestured to the back, and the lever of the truck was lifted up to let the convoy pass.

The convoy bypassed the small square in front of the mall and drove into the adjacent underground parking lot. There were lights in the parking lot, Lin Ci was quite surprised, it looked like there was a generator working in the mall.

After casually stopping the car, Lin Ci got out of the car. Pete walked over and shoved the boy and said, "Joe, right away."

As they walked to the elevator, Pete took out a walkie-talkie and said, "Tell Miss Momiji to go to the management room on the fifth floor, and say that we will bring back another xenomorph, but we need her to confirm it." ”

"Xenomorphs?" A whistle sounded on the other side of the intercom, "That's a great idea, if there are two xenos, maybe ......"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, snap what I say!" Pete interrupted.

They took the elevator to the fifth floor, and Lin Ci followed them into a shopping mall management room. Before entering, suddenly two tall men from behind pounced. Catching Lin Ci was about to overwhelm him, Lin Ci snorted, raised his hands, and threw them away, and then said angrily: "What are you going to do? ”

"Don't get me wrong, they're just going to do a simple test." Behind, a gentle voice rang out.

Lin Ci turned around, and a woman stood at the door.

The woman had a metal belt diagonally around her waist, a holster on it, and a heavy revolver inside. Add to that a row of bullets next to her belt, and she looks like a western cowboy.

When she saw Lin Xi, she was slightly startled, and then said in Chinese: "Are you from Huaxia?" ”

Lin Ci nodded.

The girl walked over to Sheriff Pete and took a bag of things. Lin Ci glanced at it, it was gray-white powder, and he was surprised: "Lime powder? ”

"That's right, Lime." The girl said, "We stumbled upon xenos who were sprinkled with lime powder and became very violent, and it seems that they don't like this kind of thing. ”

"Those monsters are everywhere right now, and you can only be tested to confirm your identity."

Lin Ci was very shocked in his heart, and when he looked at the lime powder, he was surprised. Xenomorphs are very resistant to dry environments, and lime powder meets this condition.

"What's your name?" Lin Xi asked.

"If you've tested it, I'll tell you again. Now, you turn around, close your eyes, and don't breathe. ”

Lin Xi did as she said, and the girl sprinkled a bag of lime powder on his body. After sprinkling Lin Ci's upper body to a gray color, after thirty seconds, the girl nodded: "It's okay." ”

Sheriff Pete gestured, and someone next to him had already brought water and poured it on Lin Ci's body, washing away the lime from his body.

"Can you tell me my name now?"

"Autumn leaves. Your name is ......"

"Lin Xi."

The girl turned to Pete and said, "Give him to me, I'll show him around first." You'd better strengthen your defenses, since there are gluttons, I don't know if there will be rippers. ”

"I will." The sheriff nodded.

Lin Ci walked out of the management room with her.

Momiji stopped in front of the elevator and said, "There are these monsters everywhere now, I'll talk to you later." Now let's get you acquainted with the environment, this is a shopping mall. We've been living here for four months and the mall has six floors. There are no people living on the first and second floors, and they are all defensive weapons. ”

The elevator door opened, and Hongye walked in with Lin Ci, pressed the third floor and said: "The third to sixth floors are residential areas, and there are about 30 people on each floor, but we don't raise idlers." ”

Lin Qiwan smiled: "I can do a lot of things." ”

"Of course, you're a xenomorph." Momiji smiled secretly.

Lin Xi was stunned: "You are also a xenomorph?" ”

Momiji didn't answer, but walked out, and Lin Ci followed behind her.

This is the clothing section of the mall, and you can see clothing stores everywhere, but now these stores have been converted into living places.

There are generators to supply electricity, but in order to save consumption, in addition to the main passage, lighting is more often used in other places, such as candles.

Lin Ci followed Momiji all the way through the many shops, and the people inside looked at him curiously. Momiji led him to a store and said, "Everyone has to work together, like Sergeant Pete, who is a retired police officer." After surviving the catastrophe four months ago, he is here in charge of our security. Another example is Mr. Adam, who was the manager of the mall and now manages the storage and distribution of supplies for us. ”

Momiji picked up a silver bell at the counter of the store and shook it, and a moment later a man came from behind. In his forties, he was dressed well, and said with a smile, "Miss Momiji, do you need anything else at such a late hour?" ”

"Mr. Adam, this is Lin Ci. He's our new partner. ”

The man named Adam nodded at Lin Ci, smiled kindly, and walked back to the warehouse in the back.

"What happened four months ago?"

Momiji's face darkened, and it seemed that the memories of that time were not pleasant for her. She pondered for a moment before she said, "A disaster has erupted. ”

"It was a very chaotic day, I was attacked by monsters, I survived, and after that, I noticed that my eyesight had become very strange, and I could sense movement from a hundred meters away. This allowed me to avoid a lot of dangers. ”

As he spoke, Adam came over pushing a supermarket cart. The trolley was full of things, including daily necessities such as toothbrushes and toothpaste.

After Lin Ci took it, the two went to the sixth floor, where there was a movie theater and many restaurants. Naturally, there are no movies to watch in cinemas now, and there are no chefs in restaurants for a long time.

Momiji looked a little embarrassed: "The third to fifth floors are basically full, and now you can only live on the sixth floor." I know a nice place that you might like. ”

Then she added: "There were really a lot of people hiding in the mall at that time, and it was here that I met Sheriff Pete." ”

Lin Ci pushed a cart full of supplies, puzzled, "Why do you want to stay here?" ”

"Of course we try to leave." Momiji smiled bitterly, "We can't leave the city, those monsters will keep attacking us." ”

"You mean, those xenos control the city."

"Yes." Momiji nodded, "And we found a phenomenon that when we retreat back into the city, they don't chase after them. Everyone had to stay in the city and wait for help. ”

"Help arrived quickly, a week after the disaster. A rescue team came to Bandle City to search and rescue, but when the rescuers entered the city, they were attacked by monsters. Many people died, only a small number survived. Some of them are now our bodyguards. ”

"There were several waves of rescue teams, the last time was half a month ago, and then they never showed up again."

Lin Ci frowned and said, "But I didn't encounter a single monster when I came, maybe they also left after the army didn't come to the rescue." ”

"Maybe, maybe not."

They stopped at the door of one of the rooms.

Momiji smiled: "You can stay here, I'll come back tomorrow." ”

"See you tomorrow." Although Lin Ci had doubts, it was obvious that the other party could not be at ease with him.

The woman turned to leave, walked a few steps and stopped, "I live in a Chinese restaurant in front, you can find me if you have something." ”

"Okay, thanks."

After Momiji left, Lin Xi closed the door and lit a candle on the table. Looking at the flickering candle flame, he still feels like he is in a dream.

It sounds like more than eighty percent of the people in Bandle City have turned into xenomorphs at that time, which is really terrifying. And, it seems, the same thing is happening in other cities. Thinking of that ground base again, Lin Xi couldn't help but think of a terrible thing.

That's the xeno-eradication plan, and it failed!

"In other words, is it the world of xenos now? That's pretty bad. ”

He fell asleep in a boredom, and he didn't know how long it had been, when the mall suddenly sounded the sound of an early riser.

Lin Ci got down from the sofa, washed up, and left the room.

According to Momiji, he found a Chinese restaurant.

"I wonder what you're capable of?" Lin Ci was a little curious.

Momiji smiled softly, then closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the pupil color of his eyes turned dark to red. In the bright red pupils, a silver cross pattern appeared, and it expanded slightly from time to time. Lin Xi was surprised: "This is your mutant form?" ”

"Yes, there were also some aliens among the soldiers who came to our rescue at that time, and their mutations were more obvious, unlike me, my ability was not very suitable for combat, but it was quite good for reconnaissance."

"I have television, it's like a humanoid telescope."

"Remote visual ......," Lin Xi muttered to himself.

The girl pointed to Lin Ci: "Okay, I'm done." Your turn. ”

Lin Ci stood up and said, "It's not so much that it's more intuitive to take a look at it directly." ”

When Lin Xi's left hand quickly turned into a demon-like arm, Momiji exclaimed. Even, she almost fell to the ground. She looked at the arm in amazement, the exaggerated palm, and the long and short spines on the shoulder.

Lin Ci waved his claws casually, those sharp claws dragged out red traces in the air, and when they slid past a table, the table immediately fell apart, and the cut surface was so smooth that it was chilling: "It's called Blood Devouring, it has a very huge power, and its claws are very sharp. I think even if it's an alloy, it can be torn apart. Anyway, so far, I haven't found anything that it can't catch. ”

"In addition to that, it has some capabilities. Like last night's attack on the Glutton's Blood King Gun is one of them, and in general, my Blood Devouring is more aggressive. ”

Momiji was stunned: "Bloody? ”

"Miss Hongye, Mr. Lin Ci, please come to the management room on the fifth floor."

At this time, the voice of Sheriff Pete sounded on the radio in the mall. The radio went off three times in a row, and it could be heard in every corner of the mall. Lin Ci looked at Hongye suspiciously, and the latter immediately said: "I probably guessed something, come with me, probably Lin Ci has your help." ”

The two of them came to the management room.

There was a table in the management room, surrounded by several people. Among them Sheriff Pete's warehouse of Adam, Lin Ci has already seen. The other two were strangers, they seemed to be studying the map, and when they saw Lin Ci and Hongye coming in, Pete raised his head and said hello: "Please come here, two of you." ”

If you look closer, it's really a map. The map is a local map of the metropolis, with a circle drawn on the location of Bandle City, and then a question mark is placed in several other large cities, such as the city. Among them, Greentown is a port city in the eastern part of the metropolis. As for the other cities, they are all larger cities around the metropolis. It seems that the people here are planning to leave Bandel City and travel to other cities.

"Let me introduce Mr. Lin Ci first." Pete patted one of the two strangers on the shoulder with a severe burn scar on his face and said, "This is Mr. Bourne, he's a good electrician, and he's all in the mall's electrical system. ”

Then there was a Caucasian man in his fifties, missing a right leg, and Lin Ci saw that he had a prosthetic leg. Pete introduced: "This is Lucy, and Lucy was originally a hunter. I don't have to say anything about his marksmanship, his son Roth is my deputy, and he went to the city yesterday to replenish food and hasn't come back yet. ”