Chapter 67: The Swamp of Death
"A total of 8 people participated."
After screening the people who participated in the operation, the knight said to Tang Mu: "The number of people participating this time is a bit small, which makes me a little worried about the success or failure of this operation. You're sure there's still food we're looking for in that warehouse, and we can't afford to lose any other partners
"No one is 100 percent sure, but this food grab must be carried out, unless everyone is willing to stay in the base and wait for death." Tang Mu could see the worry on the knight's face, it was no wonder that in the past, there were at least hundreds of companions with each operation, but now even a hundred could not be made up. He raised his head and looked at the people behind him, if this group of people all died on the way, it also meant that the underground base would suffer a devastating blow, and it would not be long before the thousands of people hiding inside who did not have much fighting spirit would starve to death and sink in the base.
"Don't worry, at least we still have a few reliable companions, Li Xin has never disappointed, and Catherine will not be too bad to be able to become a utopian leader." Tang Mu saw Li Xin and the others walking towards this side, and showed a happy smile. A strong and capable person is more than an armored team.
Tang Mu walked towards Li Xin, and the two greeted each other. The knight took the team out of the vast, and when he left the base, Li Xin had an extra blood-colored sickle behind his back, and the owner of the weapon was a warrior not long ago, so Tang Mu transferred it to him, and Li Xin also gladly accepted it, and he was arranged by the knight at the rear of the team to prevent the sneak attack of the mutant beast.
The team of nearly 100 people came out, each wearing tattered cloaks and weapons in their hands, and the whole looked like a beggar who had been going out to beg.
It didn't take long for Li Xin to see an ability person in front of him, walking a little shaky, as if he might fall down at any time, probably because he was hungry and hurried, and the sun in the sky was scorching and squeezing everyone's body. Even if you wear a cloak, you can't isolate the heat outside. Before they knew it, the team quickened their pace, and staying in the heat was a torture for them, and the longer they stayed, the more depleting their bodies were.
If a mutant beast suddenly attacks now, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable. Li Xin believed that Tang Mu would not have thought of these things, but now that everyone was hungry, they had to take this risk, in fact, they had to take this risk, otherwise there was no other way to live.
At the front of the line, the knights were urging everyone forward, and after being encouraged, the team sped up a few points. After a few minutes, one of them collapsed, the first and the second, and the knight had to take refuge in the shadows of a building.
As soon as he entered the corner of the shadow of the building, Li Xin felt that the hot fireball on the top of his head had finally disappeared, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and felt that his body had also been consumed. However, thanks to the scale armor on his whole body, he was able to isolate most of the heat, so that most of his combat power was retained.
Yayun next to "Drink water" handed over the water bottle, Li Xin took a sip, looked up and looked around the hall, everyone was resting against the wall, the whole team looked sick, not to mention that it was to arrive at the warehouse that Tang Mu said to carry food later, and even self-protection would become a problem at that time.
Yayun looked at her tired companion and said, "Maybe we should wait until the night is moving." â
"The people in the base can't wait for that time, and that time will be more dangerous, at least they don't need to be too protective of the sneak attack of mutant beasts under the scorching sun." Shihan walked over, his face was a little ugly, and said to Li Xin: "The knight and Tang Mu have decided to let those who can't keep up with the team stay here for the time being, and go back together when the team returns." â
Li Xin looked at Tang Mu and muttered, "Give up the burden?" â
Being left here, without the protection of the team, for those who are dying, is equivalent to death, and no one can guarantee that after everyone leaves, the mutant beasts will not attack them. No, those mutant beasts hiding in the shadows will not let go of this great opportunity, and those who remain will surely die.
Shihan heard Li Xin's muttering, her face became even more ugly, she knew that the people who were left behind would definitely die, but bringing them would undoubtedly drag down the other people, in the past, she might not let Tang Mu give up those burdens, but now she must have a choice, after all, she has to choose between a few people and thousands of people.
"You don't have to care, Tang Mu and the knight are right, in fact, if it were me, I would do the same." Li Xin said flatly.
"Is that a consolation?"
"No, I'm just telling the truth." Li Xin shook his head and drank some more water. Everyone had nothing to eat, so they had to drink water to satisfy their hunger, and if it hadn't been for the heavy rain of the past few days, maybe they wouldn't have even had anyone to drink.
After resting for a while, Li Xin cheered up and followed the team out again. This time, Li Xin and several people were arranged at the front of the team, which means that there is no one to protect behind, and those who are backward are destined to be abandoned, which is a bit cruel, and it is indeed a survival competition for the survival of the fittest for others.
Tang Mu worked hard and led everyone through the four streets in one go, not forgetting to avoid the danger of possible zĂ i on the way. I also encountered mutant beasts on the road, all of which were split in half by Li Xin's scythe. I have to say that there is a gap between Li Xin's strength and many people, with the strength he has, with the sharpness of the scythe, it is very simple to kill ordinary mutant beasts.
"There are more mutant beasts in the suburbs than we thought." Li Xin judged by the surrounding buildings, it is difficult to see forty or fifty-story commercial buildings here, most of them are buildings below ten floors. In direct sunlight, it looks like a ruin that has been abandoned for more than ten years. I thought that most of the mutant beasts in the city had been wiped out by the corpse eaters, and the closer I got to the suburbs, this idea was completely rejected.
During the second break, everyone had an extra piece of roast meat in their hands, and the food made by the Flame Adepts from the flesh of those mutant beasts, even if it was half-cooked and rough and difficult to eat, everyone was very happy to eat, and with this food, they saw hope again and reinvigorated their spirits. At present, there are no more than 73 people left in the team, and more than a dozen have fallen behind in the rush forward.
This journey was not possible to believe that the journey was smooth, and Li Xin and they finally ran into trouble.
There was a fault in the sturdy asphalt road, and there was a swamp in front of him, which blocked everyone's way, Li Xin frowned as he looked at the swamp that was constantly tumbling in front of him, bubbling with sticky mud, and that swamp was not exposed to the scorching sun, or too late.
He suddenly felt strange, looked down at the soil under his feet, his face couldn't help but change, and he hurriedly shouted, "Retreat." â
There was an immediate commotion in the ranks, and no one knew what had happened.
Retreat
Tang Mu heard Li Xin's shouting, and he also shouted, although he didn't know why Li Xin shouted, but he definitely wouldn't have no reason. However, it was already a little late, and the solid earth under their feet suddenly sank, and when they fled back to the asphalt road, they looked at the few companions who had not had time to escape and begged, and their hearts were a little desolate.
"Hurry up and save them, stack the ladder, hurry" Shihan reacted, called on the others to act quickly, and the people who were originally trapped in the swamp were rescued one by one, but no one thought that after becoming an ability, they would almost lose their lives because of this little trap.
"Help me, quick, help me, there's ...... down there" The one with the farthest ability was about to descend, and before he could finish me, his head sank. The others in distress were so frightened that they cried out for help.
But no one wondered how this swamp came to be.
Suddenly the water in the center of the swamp swirled into a whirlpool, and a large gray tentacle pumped towards the survivor's ladder.
Sure enough, it was not an ordinary mud field, there was some kind of terrible monster hidden under the swamp, and the lord of the swamp had finally found his prey, so how could he allow it to be taken away?
Everyone was startled by the sudden accident, and Wan Yu, the archer beside Tang Mu, was the first to wake up, and pulled the bow and shot a tentacle, saving everyone's lives.
The tentacles fell into the cement, splashing everyone with muddy water, but no one cared about it, everyone ran desperately to the asphalt road, afraid of being entangled in the tentacles and dragged like water.
"Come back soon."
In the chaos, I don't know who is shouting, the street has become a mess, Shihan saw that the situation was wrong, let the people who stacked the ladder evacuate quickly, and stepped on the solid asphalt road to make everyone feel a lot more relieved.
A large number of mud bubbles suddenly appeared in the swamp, and the originally solid asphalt road actually began to collapse, and some of the people who could not reach it accidentally fell in, and those trapped in the swamp were entangled in tentacles and dragged into the cold abyss, and the fluctuations and mud cannons that remained on the dirt floor told that there was once a person alive.
The faces of the others were horrified, and even the people who had the ability to save people by stacking the ladder retreated in a panic, trying to stay away from this dangerous place. It's a pity that the food is right in front of him, how could the lord of the swamp let them leave lightly, and several more tentacles slapped at several people, one of them grabbed the hands of the people, trying to pull dozens of people into the swamp.
At the moment of life and death, Li Xin suddenly made a move, jumped up on the shoulder of a capable person who stepped on the human ladder, and cut off all the attacking tentacles in a few blinks of an eye, saving everyone's lives.
Tang Mu and the knight arrived at the same time, cut off the tentacles under the swamp, and rescued the others. The knight reached out and grabbed the falling Li Xin, and suddenly several tentacles appeared out of the mud and wrapped around his feet, trying to pull him back into the swamp. After the knight felt the unusually heavy power, he subconsciously let go of his hand, and when Li Xin got rid of the trouble of the tentacles, he was about to fall in the swamp, and suddenly a long brown whip swung towards him, wrapped around his arm and pulled it back again.
"Thank you" Li Xin glanced at the person who had saved him with a whip just now, a young man with a yellow face and thin muscles, he looked a little panting, and it seemed that he had consumed a lot of his body just now. Li Xin didn't want to owe the other party a crowd, so he took out half of the barbecue that he intentionally left behind and threw it to the other party to express his gratitude.
The young man hurriedly caught the bag, looked at the charred barbecue inside, was stunned for a moment, looked up at Li Xin, his eyes were a little blurred, and said softly: "Is this really good?" â
The people next to him were a little envious, but they didn't dare to gnaw or be dissatisfied because they were afraid of Li Xin's strength.
"Let's eat" Li Xin nodded, ignoring the other party, he stood on the shore, running through the swamp in front of him. Another stone was thrown, but the mutant beast in the swamp never appeared, still hiding underneath and waiting for its prey to appear.
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