Chapter 27: The Strength of the Soul System
I visited about a dozen of them, but they found nothing, and when the two visited the last one, there was an accident.
This family is different from other families, the father of the missing baby is an awakened person from the military department, but due to the military department, the father cannot return to Nandu for a short time.
And they are twins, according to the mother, who woke up in the middle of the night that night to witness one of her children being swallowed by the corpse of a cannibal mother.
"Swallow it in one bite?" Ning Qiu was a little stunned.
Although babies are not big, how can they swallow them in one bite?
Zombies are formed by human infection with viruses, and ordinary zombies are indistinguishable from human forms.
Including the swift corpse and giant corpse that Ning Qiu had seen, the body was also based on the human being and mutated.
So Ning Qiu is very strange, a zombie that can swallow a baby in one bite is a zombie or not?
"The father of the child has a mission to do, I am afraid that he will not be able to come back in a short time, I beg you, you must help me find my child." The child's mother burst into tears and was heartbroken, if she hadn't had another child to take care of, she would have collapsed long ago.
In fact, many mothers are very emotionally out of control when they learn that their children are missing.
During a previous visit, there was a child's mother who took out a kitchen knife directly from the kitchen to fight with Ning Qiu and them, and blamed them for the incompetence of these awakened people, which is really unreasonable.
"We will definitely do our best in this matter, but you also know that your child has been missing for five days, I'm afraid it will ......"
As soon as she heard this, the child's mother couldn't cry even more, but she was the wife of an awakened person in the military department, and she still heard of zombies somewhat. The child has been missing for five days, and even if the body of the infant mother is found, there is probably no reason to survive.
"I'm sorry, but we want to know more about what happened that night, and we hope you can be more specific, which will also make us more productive." Han Shiyu knew that the mother didn't want to recall the scene of that night, so she also felt sorry when she said this.
The mother wiped away her tears and said, "I have two children alone, so I have to get up several times every night, and that night, I was about to cover the children with a quilt, but when I opened my eyes, I saw a vague black shadow in the room. At first I thought I was dazzled, but then I saw it open its mouth and swallow my baby in one gulp. ”
"Wait, a big mouth on your belly? Did I hear me right? Ning Qiu interrupted.
The mother nodded and said, "Yes, its mouth is on its belly, it's very big, and it's ...... And I feel that its body shape looks like a pregnant woman. ”
"Pregnant?"
What happened after that was that the corpse of the baby-eating mother quickly fled the scene, and it left directly from the door of the house, Ning Qiu and Han Shiyu also checked the door of the house, and still found traces of unlocking.
The two said goodbye to the mother, and after returning to the Yaoguang Club to report to work, they went directly back to the apartment.
Gong Ting's side led the team over last night, and only saw the back of the baby-eating mother's corpse and was escaped by it, which is equivalent to finding nothing.
"Could it be that as I guessed, this zombie has learned the art of picking locks, damn me, isn't that a thief?" Ning Qiu lay on the sofa in the living room and said with a look of surprise.
Han Shiyu had just come out of the bathroom bath, wiping her wet hair, and wearing a thin white pajama dress, Ning Qiu's blood was suddenly surging.
"Will you pick the lock?" Han Shiyu asked.
"No, it won't."
"That's it, even you stupid can't pick the lock, do you think this zombie is smarter than you?" Han Shiyu gave him a blank look.
"......" Ning Qiu was a little speechless, but he just said casually, and he didn't think that zombies could really open the lock.
Soon after, Han Shiyu's phone rang.
"It's Lin Mou."
They had already reported the visit to Lin Mou, and with Lin Mou's knowledge level, they were also surprised when they heard that the stomach of the baby-eating mother's corpse opened its mouth.
However, according to the records of various zombie sightings, the shape of the baby-eating mother's corpse does look a bit like that of a pregnant woman.
There are also many books that mention that the baby-eating maternal corpse is a zombie infected by the virus by a human pregnant woman, and after advancement, it becomes a baby-eating maternal corpse.
"I've checked all the records about zombies, and none of them have big mouths on their stomachs, but some zombie beasts have had this kind of mutation, but I think it's obviously impossible for a corpse beast to hide in a city for a month." Lin Mou said.
"Captain Gong, haven't they seen that zombie over there?" Han Shiyu said.
"That's the strangest thing about me, because the captain told me that what they saw was not a cannibal mother at all, but a ...... Velociraptor corpse. ”
Hearing this, Ning Qiu, who was lying lazily on the sofa, jumped up all of a sudden.
"Impossible, how could a swift corpse appear in the city?"
The swift corpse Ning Qiu had seen it, it was the lowest level of advanced zombies, but it was only stronger than ordinary zombies, and it would never be possible to mix in the city, otherwise the city would have been in chaos.
There was also silence on the other side of the phone, I don't know if Lin Mou knew something, or if he didn't want to say anything.
After a long time, Lin Mou said, "Have you heard of the Spirit God Sect? ”
Han Shiyu's face changed suddenly, she was born in a big family and knew some things that many ordinary people didn't know at all.
"It's likely that this matter is beyond the capabilities of our team, so the captain is considering whether to abandon this mission." Lin Mou said.
"Give up? What about the corpse of a baby-eating mother? If we don't get it out, a baby might go missing every night. Ning Qiu's face was grim.
Han Shiyu nodded, everyone understands this kind of thing, but they are only a one-star squad now, and they can barely complete a two-star task, but if this task involves the Spirit God Sect, I am afraid it is not as simple as a two-star task.
"We can apply for a more senior squad in the regiment to continue this mission." Han Shiyu said.
"This matter has already been applied, and the other squads in our regiment still have tasks in their hands, so they can't be separated at all." Lin Mou said helplessly.
No one wants to give up the mission, because once the mission is returned to the Mercenary Association, it will definitely cause some damage to the mission completion rate of the Flare Mercenary Group.
Moreover, every task received in the Mercenary Association has to pay a deposit, and if the task cannot be completed, the association will deduct a part of the deposit.
Sleepless all night, Ning Qiu lay on the bed tossing and turning, and he couldn't help but think of every family he visited, the kind of family's thoughts about their children, the despair of losing their children, he couldn't help but think of many pictures of the disaster in Hengcheng.
When he came to the Yaoguang Club the next day, Gong Ting looked at the expressions of the team members and said, "I know that everyone doesn't want to give up this task, so I discussed it with Lin Mou and decided to try it one last time." Of course, it's all about care. ”
Gong Ting served as the team leader, and he was the one who didn't want to give up the task, so after discussion, everyone began to set off in groups.
"Ning Qiu, you don't want to participate in this mission." Afterwards, Gong Ting said to Ning Qiu.
"Why?"
"You're the weakest in the team, and you don't have any actual combat experience, so this mission is extraordinary. Rest assured, if the task can be completed, you can also get a share of the commission. Gong Ting said.
Most of the strength of the team members is between the junior intermediate and high ranks, and Ning Qiu joined with the primary and junior instrument soul system, so Gong Ting believes that his strength is the weakest.
Mainly because of the useless Horcrux, the team members unanimously agreed that it was a relatively sharp kitchen knife, and once it was fought, it would not be of any use at all.
"Captain, Ning Qiu's strength ......"
"Needless to say, I've decided on this matter, let's get ready and start acting." Gong Ting said.
"Boy, congratulations on getting a chance to get something for nothing." Zhang Xiao glanced at Ning Qiu and said disdainfully.
After the team members set off, Ning Qiu stayed in the club a little depressed, and Lin Mou was responsible for collecting information and directing behind the scenes, so he didn't go with him.
"Is your Horcrux really only capable of repairing itself?" Lin Mou put the laptop on his lap and said while tapping on the keyboard.
"At the moment, it seems like this." Ning Qiu found a magazine out of nowhere and flipped through it boredly.
"But I've read a lot of information about the awakened people of the Instrument Soul Department, their Horcruxes have very powerful abilities, and the Southern Military Academy in the Southern Capital has also awakened a genius of the Instrument Soul Department." Lin Mou said.
"Oh? Is his Horcrux powerful? Ning Qiu asked curiously.
"It's not so powerful, it is said that on the tenth day of his awakening, he can fight with the intermediate awakened, and he can still gain the upper hand, which can only be described as a pervert."
"So powerful?" Ning Qiu was stunned, he could fight with an intermediate awakened person in ten days after awakening, and he could still have the upper hand, this strength was too rebellious.
Why is his Horcrux so weak?
After Ning Qiu had slain the giant corpse and the screaming cat corpse before, the blood line in the big sword had reached nearly seventy centimeters or so, and he had always felt that this blood line could bring him unexpected surprises, although he didn't know what would happen.
"There is no one in ten thousand awakened people in the soul system, I have always believed that people who can awaken the soul system are definitely geniuses among geniuses, for example, ordinary awakened people fight by releasing abilities, and they are not good at hand-to-hand combat with zombies. But the Soul Awakened are different, whether they are a means of releasing abilities remotely or fighting zombies in close combat, they are very powerful. Lin Mou said.
Ning Qiu has a deep understanding of the ability to fight in close quarters, and the sharpness of the big sword to cut zombies is like cutting tofu, but when it comes to long-range ability release, it seems that he does not have this ability for the time being.
"Don't be discouraged, the Horcrux itself is an incredible existence, and although you don't think it's useful right now, maybe you haven't discovered its power for the time being." Lin Mou said with a smile.
There was another person who said this, that is, the archdeacon of the Awakened Alliance, but in the mood at that time, Ning Qiu felt that the archdeacon was comforting himself.