"Do you know why they like to drink this water so much?" The beard leaned over to Chen Mo's root and asked.

Chen Mo shook her head, although she was still very scared in her heart, her body did not tremble uncontrollably like she did just now. Wu Fei saw the bearded man move his hands and feet, and hurriedly shouted a warning and abuse, but the beard did not refute, but just erected a food instruction to her to be quiet. Wu Fei also felt that this beard was not simple, so she had to shut down and continue to watch him play tricks.

"Hey! This is what we found! The leading young man shouted in dissatisfaction after seeing that the beard was harassing Chen Mo.

"Get out of the way, little brat, I didn't move, it's your turn?" The bearded man roared, and his momentum immediately overwhelmed the youth, and the young man had no choice but to give in.

"Look." The index finger of the bearded beard in front of Wu Fei pointed in the direction of the waterhole, "See?" ”

Chen Mo followed the direction of the man's finger and saw a small cluster of bright green aquatic plants growing at the bottom of the clear water, and after a serious look, Chen Mo found that not only the bottom of the water, but also many similar plants by the pool. It was a cluster of lettuce-like plants, but the color was greener than lettuce, and it even felt as if it was glowing green, and there was also a green stamen with a yellow head, and there was a lot of yellow dust scattered around the stamen.

Chen Mo had a bad premonition, she wanted to retreat, but bumped into the bearded man's sturdy body. She was startled, and at this time, the man's big and broad hand pressed heavily on her shoulder, but the man did not do anything wrong, but pushed her towards Wu Fei, and ordered the opponent: "Tie them up with the two people we just caught." ”

After receiving the order, the two bearded men stepped forward and booed Chen Mo and Wu Fei towards the back of their ranks. Wu Fei looked back at the young people beside the pool, and after drinking the water in the pool, they all had satisfied smiles on their faces, as if their souls had been liberated. Beard and a few other adults also walked to the edge of the pool, squatted down, washed their faces with water, and took a few sips. Although not as intoxicated as the youths, it could be seen that they were enjoying themselves quite a lot. Wu Fei couldn't help but think of the mysterious sacrificial rituals in some ancient tribal legends. She was curious and scared of the water, but no matter what, she had to admit that there were many more secrets in the Dead City Forest than she had imagined.

Chen Mo and Wu Fei were rushed to a car that had been burned down to the metal skeleton, and a man and a woman were locked in the car. The blackened skeleton of the car was placed in front of them like a cage, and Chen Mo and Wu Feidunsheng's disgust constantly resisted the movement of their bodies, not wanting to take another step forward. Just as the two were pushed and moved forward, the two men and women who were being detained looked up at them, but they didn't expect it to be Uncle Zhong and Liao Daiping. Chen Mo and Wu Fei, who were reluctant to be locked up just now, suddenly got into the car cage, and the four of them hugged each other excitedly, as if they had forgotten their current situation. Although the two men escorting the guards didn't understand why Chen Mo was like this, they could easily complete the task given by the beard, so they stood a little farther away indifferently, took out a kettle that was estimated to be the pool of water, and drank it with a smile.

"Why are you here?" Liao Daiping, who looked embarrassed, said in surprise, "Are the people in Qingshan okay?" ”

"We withdrew to the hexagonal tower, Chen Mo and I and some people came out to search for the survivors in the safe zone a few days ago, and after the search, some of them returned to the hexagonal tower with the wounded survivors, and Chen Mo and I still had ...... A fighter goes into the forest together to find the wreckage of a downed plane. It was only now that Wu Fei and Chen Mo realized that they didn't even know the name of the soldier who had given his life to save themselves just now.

"What about the warrior?" After Liao Daiping asked, Chen Mo and Wu Fei were inevitably gloomy, and she realized that she had asked a question that she shouldn't have asked, so she changed the topic and said, "We were supposed to evacuate in an armored car that night, but I didn't expect Li Si to suddenly appear, kill our guards, kidnap me, and ask us to drive the car into the forest." ”

"The car driven by Battalion Commander Yang, he later took advantage of Li Si's inattention and deliberately crashed the car into a tree. In the process of fighting between the two of them, Battalion Commander Yang was shot twice and did not survive, but Li Sicai also realized that the situation was wrong and ran away. ”

"He's dead." As soon as Uncle Zhong's words were finished, Chen Mo took over and said coldly, "Huang Weizheng killed him." ”

"What? Huang Weizheng? And what about them? ”

"It's time to go back to Wanxiang City." Chen Mo wiped the tears that couldn't help but shed as she spoke. Seeing Chen Mo bowing her head and sobbing aggrievedly, Uncle Zhong gently held her in his arms like a benevolent father.

Chen Mo, who was able to rely on, immediately released the suppressed sadness in his heart, and his tears were like a flood after the embankment burst. "Du Yuheng is also dead...... It was Huang Weizheng's ...... Why is this happening...... Du Yuheng is dead......"

Liao Daiping glanced at Wu Fei in surprise after hearing the news of Du Yuheng's death, and after Wu Fei nodded and acquiesced, she seemed to feel a little confused and remorseful, but her face was more of a hidden deep guilt. After a short break, Chen Mo and the others were driven back on the road. The rest of the road was much easier than before, although the street scene on both sides was still densely forested, but there was no dead silence just now, and the humid air seemed to be mixed with the smell of human and animal life. There were also a few mutants who were captured alive and trapped in iron cages on the road, their jaws were gouged out, their hands were cut off, and their bodies shook tiredly and meaninglessly, although they looked a little excited when they saw someone passing by, they were not as fierce as the mutants they usually saw.

Chen Mo involuntarily slowed down as he passed through the cage where the mutants were kept. While she was engrossed in observing the mutants in the cage, the bearded man walked up to her and said to Chen Mo like a docent leading visitors to a museum: "Don't have any sympathy for it, we are doing this to cover up our smell."

"Where are you going to take us?" Chen Mo's words were a little abrupt, she looked at the bearded man calmly, and there was no panic like a little girl just now in her eyes, but a more mature confusion.

"What do you say? A beautiful girl like you, where will I take you? The bearded man stroked Chen Mo's chin playfully, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth slanted, "I will take good care of you." ”

The expression of the beard and his words had actually told Chen Mo what would happen to them. At this time, they can only do whatever they want, so deep in the forest, it is impossible for anyone to save them, and the other party is so powerful that it is almost impossible to save themselves. In desperation, Chen Mo could only silently think about the way to escape and wait for the time to come.

It's getting late, Chen Mo has forgotten how long he has been gone, an hour? Two hours? Maybe more. At this time, they were exhausted, Liao Daiping's feet didn't know when they were still injured, the two men in charge of escorting had been impatiently urging, Uncle Zhong had no choice but to support Liao Daiping as much as possible.

Although they would encounter one or two mutants from time to time on the way, they seemed to hesitate to attack the survivors of the Dead City Forest, and it was not until the other party walked almost two or three meters in front of them that these unresponsive mutants realized that they were aliens and launched an attack; But they were killed before they could do anything. I didn't expect the mutants in the Dead City Forest to be so weak, not so much that the survivors in this group of forests were running away from the mutants and surviving, it was better to say that they were hunting mutants for a living.

The group escorting Chen Mo and them could be said to be swaggering through the forests of the dead city, although sometimes they would warn their young companions not to go near the leafy neighborhoods or damp and dark buildings. When the sun went down, they didn't even intend to look for shelter, but continued on their way through the forest. The dark sky was now full of stars, and although it was not illuminated by torches, it was possible to move forward by bright starlight after the eyes adjusted to the darkness. In the Dead City Forest, lighting a torch at night is like a gourmet shop turning on its signboard lights, attracting large numbers of mutants to approach.

Walking outside late at night after the first apocalypse, Chen Mo, Wu Fei and others were a little worried, but they couldn't help but admire the bright stars in the sky and the cold and dark streets. Is it the adventurous mind that is at work? The exhaustion of the aftermath almost made Chen Mo forget the feeling of walking outside at night, as if a child who had been locked in the house for a long time sneaked out to wander one night.

Compared with Chen Mo and Wu Fei, Liao Daiping, who is already a frightened bird after a series of turmoil, is much more nervous. She kept looking left and right, every sound in the darkness made her nerves tense. "Are you crazy? It's already night, why don't you find a place to hide? What if you encounter a zombie! ”

"Take it easy, big sister." The young man who killed the soldier shrugged his shoulders disdainfully and sneered, "It's a big deal to throw you out as bait, how about it?" ”

"You ......"

"Shut up!" As soon as the beard roared, Liao Daiping immediately shut up, and the whole person shrank into a ball, not daring to say anything. The beard may also be trying to convince people, he calmed down and said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't yell and scream, those zombies won't attack us." With that, the beard patted the kettle tied around his waist, suggesting that there was another mystery hidden in it.

"Poof." A slight signal sounded at the front of the group, and everyone fell silent for a moment, only to see a young man trotting out of the front, his steps light like a hare and a light turf to the beard and a few other fellows who seemed to be able to speak in the group.

"There are people camped about a hundred meters ahead." Xiao Young whispered while wiping his sweat, "It's not our people. ”

The bearded man glanced at the two adult men beside him, turned his head to Chen Mo and smiled at them: "Since the plane fell, not only you outsiders, but also many people in this forest are fighting that pair of tattered ideas. ”

"Aren't you interested?" Wu Fei asked rhetorically.

"I'm not interested, in order to fight for that bit of garbage that has fallen, you outsiders have bothered a lot, but so what? The world is already like this, and we only think about how to survive in this forest. The beard replied in a low voice.

"Do you live by drinking the polluted water like a drug, killing everyone who resists you?"

"Watch the words, little girl." The beard seemed to be restraining the anger in his heart, and he stared at Wu Fei with wide eyes, "That water is the guarantee that we can live until now, and it won't be long before you beg me to give you a drink." ”

"I won't drink it even if I die!"

"I'll see." The bearded beard didn't think much of Wu Fei's words, he looked up at his subordinates who had already left, only to see several figures disappearing into the darkness in front of him.

Uncle Zhong quietly approached Chen Mo, looking at the girl who was still strong after suffering blows again and again, staring intently at those who lived in the last days and returned to the primitive, he whispered: "Don't give up hope, this group of people think they control the forest, but in fact, the forest controls them, and we will have a chance to defeat them." ”

"Well, I think so too." Chen Mo turned her head and looked at Uncle Zhong with a smile, she did not force a smile, but sincerely agreed with Uncle Zhong's point of view.

At this time, there were panicked screams and screams from the front, although there were no gunshots, Chen Mo could hear from the screams that seemed to be choked by water to his throat, that someone had died tragically under the knife. This cruel voice was like pouring cold water on the little hope that Chen Mo and Uncle Zhong had received. After a while, the killers were back in the group, and they simply high-fived and slapped their shoulders back to their original state, as if nothing had happened before.

"Why...... Obviously, you will be so easy for such a horrible thing as killing people...... So take it for granted? Chen Mo raised her head and looked at the bearded man, her eyes twinkling in the starlight seemed to ask the bearded man to give a reasonable answer immediately.

"Why, you want to know why, don't you?" The beard paced in place, suddenly pulling Chen Mo's hair, and at the same time ordered the other companions to bring Wu Fei and the others, and they came to the camp that was already in disarray. The bonfire that had not yet been extinguished was still burning, and the bearded man left Chen Mo in front of the three corpses lying flat next to the bonfire, "Look carefully, you will get the answer later." ”

The beard gestured to one of his companions, and a man opened his jug and poured a few mouthfuls of water into the mouths of the three corpses, cutting off the feet of the three corpses, before stepping back with the others. They surrounded Chen Mo and Wu Fei, Liao Daiping, and Uncle Zhong in a large circle, staring at the corpses as if a primitive tribe was waiting for the high priest to cast a spell. The three bodies were stabbed in the chest and died, and their eyes didn't have time to close, still maintaining the horror of the last second before they died.

Chen Mo and the others looked at each other, although they didn't know what would happen next, but they always had a bad premonition. After a few short minutes, Liao Daiping noticed that the fingers of one of the corpses seemed to twitch, which she thought was a hallucination, when the corpse suddenly let out a lazy moan like waking up from a dream. Just as Liao Daiping and the other three were surprised, the other two corpses also "came to life". The expressions on their faces faded away, replaced by a few seconds of sluggishness, and when they saw a real living person, they instantly became excited; Because his legs were cut off, he could only crawl, but he still did not give up crawling to Chen Mo and others.

Chen Mo and the others didn't know why the three mutants who deceived the corpse would only attack them instead of the other forest survivors who were surrounding there as if watching a play, but at this time they didn't have time to think about this, Uncle Zhong casually picked up a thick wooden stick that had not been burned out in the bonfire and hit the head of the closest mutant fiercely, but the mutant was only knocked back more than a meter away and quickly crawled back with both hands like a monster that had been cut in half.

Uncle Zhong wanted to repel the approaching mutants again, but he didn't notice that one of the mutants broke through his defense line and rushed towards Wu Fei. Wu Fei took two steps back, and finally fell to the ground, seeing that the mutant was about to catch up with her, when Chen Mo suddenly appeared and knocked her away, but he became the target that the mutant was about to pounce on.

Just as the mutant was about to pounce, it suddenly froze in place, and everyone was stunned to see what was like a miracle. Not only the mutant who wanted to attack Chen Mo, but the other two mutants also stopped moving, as if they were statues in place. Their resentful gaze was fixed in one direction, toward the bearded man; This, of course, also gave him the creeps. Just as everyone's eyes were focused on the bearded man's body, a strange muffled sound came from behind him, and almost at the same time, he seemed to be stabbed from behind by something, and he threw himself forward and convulsed. Behind him, a speck of blood spread instantly, just like the fear of the others.

Immediately afterward, another person was knocked out by a concealed shot in the other direction. The forest survivors who had formed a large circle suddenly scattered, but all they saw were that they were constantly killed by bullets from different directions along with the mutants. Some ran a little farther and tried to hide the plane in the dark, and there was no more sound after a scream. In just two minutes, the person who was arrogant just now had now turned into a lamb to the slaughter, leaving only the young man who killed the Qingshan soldier standing stupidly in front of the bearded corpse.

In the darkness in front of him, two green dots of light slowly appeared, swaying slightly from side to side and approaching him. The young man trembled like a ghost at the sight of a ghost, and his whole body was cold, like a cool breeze from the underworld passing through the cracks in his body. The rustling of footsteps on the grass approached methodically. A figure that was not too tall gradually revealed its original form, and the person that Chen Mo had never dreamed of was standing in front of them.

"Yuheng......" Chen Mo rushed forward despite the dissuasion of Wu Fei and others, and stopped a few meters away from Du Yuheng, "Du Yuheng, is it you?" ”

Du Yuheng's face was shrouded in the haze from hell, and his angry gaze looked directly at the young man in front of him, he did not answer Chen Mo, but continued to approach the young man who seemed to be stiffened into a stone statue by a dementor. Staring at the young man with those green magic pupils, he warned, "Give me to honestly clean up your people and disappear, otherwise I will eat you." ”

The young man nodded tremblingly, his gaze did not leave Du Yuheng's eyes that were no different from those of mutants. Du Yuheng roared suddenly, and the young man was like a beaten mourning dog spread on the ground. At this time, Xie Tao, Ban Zhiyu and Liao Yuan, who were hiding in the dark, also came out one after another.

But everyone did not hug each other like the friends who were reunited after a long time in common sense, but focused their attention on Chen Mo and Du Yuheng. Du Yuheng stood behind the bearded corpse, while Chen Mo stood by the bonfire, and she cared about Du Yuheng's eyes that did not belong to human beings, as did Wu Fei, Uncle Zhong, and Liao Daiping. Du Yuheng also seemed to be deliberately avoiding Chen Mo's gaze, hiding between the light of the bonfire and the afterimage of the night, standing next to the corpse, he was as cold as a "resurrected" mutant.

"Is that you?" Chen Mo didn't know what to say, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he repeated the question just now.

Du Yuheng hesitated for a long time, and finally looked at Chen Mo guiltily, just wanted to open his mouth but swallowed the words back into his mouth, and after thinking twice, he still replied in a self-deprecating tone: "I don't know ...... either."