Chapter 9: Strange Mutants

Whew!

With the throw of a torch, the gasoline on the floor burst into flames, engulfing the whole house full of corpses and the dilapidated grocery store......

"A bunch of brutes!"

Looking at the blazing fire, Zheng Yuanqing gritted his teeth and let out a mixed roar;

He didn't want to kill, but there were always people who forced him to do it;

First Wang San, then the search team...... He doesn't kill people, he is the one who is killed, and even giving a pleasure is a luxury; It seems that in the last days, people with a little strength take pleasure in killing people and are proud of killing people!

"I don't understand the human mind;"

At this moment, the guide, who had been silent, suddenly spoke in a very puzzled tone:

"The earth has entered the end times, and mankind is on the verge of extinction, but why do the surviving humans still kill each other? This is true not only of this world, but also of those worlds that claim to be advanced civilizations! Even many advanced civilized worlds were simply destroyed at the hands of mankind itself! ”

"If humans can stop cannibalism, with the hundreds of thousands of survivors in Yoshihara City, at least half of the urban area can be recovered from the zombies, right?"

"But why would they rather kill each other than fight zombies?"

Why......

yes, why!

Zheng Yuanqing couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, he couldn't answer the guide's question at all; To be honest, he himself could not understand......

Before the end of the world, he was just an ordinary otaku, and he cowered even when he fought;

But now......

The ubiquitous fighting forced him to learn what ruthlessness is, what ruthlessness is, and what heart is like iron! also forced him to practice the ability to kill!

In other words, every eschatological person who has lived to this day is a master murderer!

How long will these days last?

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time;"

"The search squad, huh? I don't believe you have the power to find out from a pile of coke that I did it; ”

"Next, the settlement, Chen Mazi!"

Zheng Yuanqing took a few deep breaths and didn't think much about it, then ran all the way to a haystack in the distance, pushed out the hidden motorcycle from it, and then galloped towards a barren mountain in the distance, and a few minutes later came to a small settlement in the mountain col;

However......

Crunch!

The screeching sound of brakes echoed in the dead silence of the col, and Zheng Yuanqing, who had just driven up the last hill, suddenly braked the motorcycle;

"Why is it so quiet? Could it be that the settlement has been attacked by zombies? Zheng Yuanqing suddenly tensed his nerves, slowly pulled out five consecutive shots, and then carefully stepped off the motorcycle;

At this moment, I saw that in the narrow and gloomy col, there was no unusually no figure; There was not a single sound in the dozens of huts made of thatch, mud, and broken bricks, and there was an eerie dead silence everywhere in the whole settlement;

It's only morning, and even if everyone goes out to hunt corpses, at least a few sentry will be left; Even if the settlement is attacked by zombies, there should be corpses left;

But nowadays......

Call!

A gloomy mountain wind slowly blew by, and Zheng Yuanqing couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp.

He didn't even smell the slightest bit of blood!

Not even the slightest rancid smell!

"No danger has been found within 1 kilometer of the settlement, and no bodies or anomalous traces have been found;"

"However, since the guide cannot detect whether there is any danger in the shack, it is not recommended for you to enter;"

If you don't enter, you can't do it......

Zheng Yuanqing shook his head slightly when he heard this, he knew very well that there might be danger in those shacks;

However, the destruction of the corpse consumed almost all of his reserve gasoline, and the next shuttle would not be until 3 days later, and the only remaining gasoline would not last long;

And the strong mobility of the motorcycle is his biggest advantage at present!

Therefore, he had to enter the settlement, because within a few kilometers of this, only Chen Mazi still had a Jinbei car to and from Chengshan Port, and only he had some gasoline in reserve;

After observing for a while, Zheng Yuanqing slowly walked down the hillside and cautiously entered the settlement;

Crash......

Crash......

Heavy military boots stepped on the gravel on the ground, echoing with a terrifying soft sound;

Zheng Yuanqing hunched his waist, held two handfuls of five consecutive hairs, and walked through the narrow aisle between the shacks step by step, but the more he walked, the more he felt his scalp tingle;

There were no living people, no corpses, no blood......

There are not even traces of a fight and a struggle!

The whole settlement was quiet, as if it was a legendary closed door**, there was no sound, only the broken crockpots and the traces of water that had not yet evaporated showed that there were people living here a day or two ago;

But now......

It seems that three or four hundred people in the entire settlement disappeared out of thin air overnight!

"Isn't it haunted?"

Zheng Yuanqing swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, it was not that he had never seen empty settlements, even those settlements that had just been slaughtered by corpses, he had also entered, but his heart had never been as full of fear as today;

It is clear that it is not the zombies that are slaughtering the entire settlement, but an unknown factor......

The unknown is the most terrifying!

However, until Zheng Yuanqing walked to the center of the settlement, he did not find the slightest abnormality, as if the unknown factor had long since left;

When it was finally confirmed that the surroundings were safe, Zheng Yuanqing cautiously approached the large shack in the center of the settlement, which was the only one that could be called a house, that is, Chen Mazi's residence;

Squeak......

The dilapidated door slot made a screeching sound, Zheng Yuanqing slowly pushed open the door, and only stepped in softly after not finding danger, but then-

"Who!"

At the moment of stepping into the door, Zheng Yuanqing turned around abruptly and raised his gun to the corner of the wall, but then gasped;

The dimly lit room was gloomy, the tables, chairs and beds were still in place, and on the tattered dining table there was even a plate of half-eaten tortillas......

The whole room looked no different from the outside, but Zheng Yuanqing found a limp corpse in the corner......

Or simply-

A complete human skin!

"Damn it! What the hell is this doing? ”

After a short period of shock, Zheng Yuanqing regained his composure, then gently closed the door, plugged in the door bolt, and then took out a strong flashlight to shine on the human skin, followed by a tingling of scalp;

It wasn't just a full human skin, but-

It's a complete human skin!

This skin is so complete, not only the hair and nails are intact, but even Zheng Yuanqing can recognize from the pockmarked face that this person is the leader of the settlement, Chen Mazi;

However, at this moment, Chen Mazi was only left with an empty skin, as if it had been completely sucked dry, and even the bones had disappeared!

After confirming that it was just a pair of skins, Zheng Yuanqing resisted the urge to stomach and walked over cautiously, squatted beside the skin, and carefully checked the cause of Chen Mazi's death;

Three years of struggle in the last days have long taught Zheng Yuanqing a truth-

Experience is often more important than strength!

Knowing the cause of death of the deceased is one of the most important experiences, and only by summarizing the various causes of death can we discover the hidden dangers through clues and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

Soon, Zheng Yuanqing found a thin layer of transparent material on this skin, as well as on the nearby walls and ground; The whole skin is tightly sealed in the corner of the wall by this layer of transparency;

"According to the guide, this hyaline substance is formed after the coagulation of mucus secreted by living organisms; The liquid is not corrosive, so it can be inferred that its function is for hunting; ”

"According to the analysis of the remaining gene fragments in the mucus, this organism belongs to the first-order variant; However, since many creatures have mutated into new species in the last days, it is impossible to determine what kind of creatures they are; ”

Level 1 variants......

Can't be sure what creatures!

Zheng Yuanqing couldn't help but slowly frown when he heard this;

Level 1 variants, which seem to have a clear hierarchy, are actually a very vague concept;

Originally, the power system of mutants was divided into zombies, and those who had just mutated from humans to zombies were called first-level mutants, and every time the zombies evolved from then on, they would increase by one level, until Zheng Yuanqing knew the "fifth-level zombies";

But as the end times got longer and longer, animals began to mutate, and all kinds of mutant beasts appeared; But the variety of animals itself is extremely diverse, which also makes the mutant beasts equally complex; For example, a mutant rat is still not an opponent of ordinary humans, but a first-class mutant pig can't even do anything with a Type 95 rifle!

Moreover, mutant beasts seem to be much more interested in zombies than humans, and rarely come to trouble humans; So I've only seen mutant beasts and zombies fighting, but I've rarely heard of anyone who has really competed with mutant beasts;

In this way, humans can't divide the level of mutant beasts at all, and can only generalize them into the zombie hierarchy system;

Therefore, Zheng Yuanqing couldn't judge how powerful the murderer was at all, he could only infer from the fact that no one in the entire settlement survived, although the murderer was a first-level mutant-

But I'm afraid......

Even the second and third level awakened people can't help it!

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