"Lair?" The refugees were a little curious: "In that case, why aren't the adult mutants seen?" It stands to reason that after the hatchlings are born, the adult mutants should not be too far away from them. ”

"What did you say?"

Hearing this, Su Hao couldn't help but sigh: "Adult mutant...... That's right! Why is there no adult mutant in the cave at all? ”

"Could it be that they were all eaten by those black scorpions?" Refugee speculation.

"Impossible!" Su Hao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "This nest is extremely huge. With just a few black scorpions, it is absolutely impossible. ”

The refugee didn't ask again. He just shook his head slightly in bewilderment.

A huge underground nest where no adult mutants have been found. It's a bit of a stretch.

Not only him, but even Su Hao had the same doubts in his mind.

A mutated creature is a social creature.

The larvae in the cave were apparently new. Not even out of lactation. At such times, it is simply impossible for the mother to stay away from them. Even if you have to go out to hunt, you will be accompanied by a significant number of adult mutants of the same group. It is impossible to be torn to pieces by a group of hungry black scorpions as you see for yourself.

The mutated biota that inhabits the town should be extremely large. Perhaps because of their rapid reproduction, they have even evacuated the entire underground of the town. Turn all the nearby buildings into your own terrifying lair.

Where did so many mutated creatures go?

Is it because of the shortage of food, causing groups to migrate?

Or are they under attack by predators? So that newborn hatchlings can give up?

This doesn't make sense.

Is it really as the refugee said: the large herds of adult gerbils have long been hunted by the black scorpion colony?

"Wait! Wait a minute...... Stop the car! Stop it! ”

The sudden order made people somewhat surprised. Especially the refugee sitting next to him looked him up and down with a nervous expression with a suspicious gaze.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I, I don't know ...... either"

Su Hao's hands stuck his head. Large drops of cold sweat oozed from the forehead full of green tendons. Together with the bulging eyeballs, it looks like a terrifying humanoid beast.

"Let's go...... You lead them...... Let's go, get out of here...... Fast! ”

"Here, what the hell is going on?" The young refugees, who had suffered a sudden change, were at a loss for a while.

"I told you to go...... Get lost! ! Get out of here! Yes! ”

Even an idiot can see that Su Hao's current state is not good. When he suddenly had an abnormality, he felt like a patient with a sudden onset of hysteria.

The refugee and the others next to him tried to come forward and hold him. But at a distance of a few meters, he was forcibly rejected from the circle by an invisible force.

This is a suppression of energy from the consciousness of the brain. Through the powerful thinking barrier, the young refugee, who was barely able to raise his head, was shocked to find that Su Hao, who was standing in front of him, had turned a blood-like red in his originally black and white eyes.

"Let's go! It's all ****** go! Get me out of here, get out of here! ”

"Obey orders and never exude any sense of resistance!"

The young refugee swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hurriedly shouted to the people who were gradually surrounding him: "Never disobey the orders of the leader? Let's go, get out of here! ”

Perhaps because of the passage of time, the young refugee could vaguely guess a little bit about Su Hao's consciousness fluctuations. Because of this, he was even able to discover that the thoughts that were scattered from Su Hao's body contained a strong and incomparably strong killing intent.

He believes that as long as he and the others take another step forward, Su Hao, who is close to a state of madness, will definitely draw his knife and slash mercilessly.

In such a situation, the wisest course of action is to follow the instructions and evacuate as much as possible.

The long convoy soon disappeared on the desert horizon. Looking at the people who had already passed away, Su Hao's face as hideous as a demon god actually showed a white smile.

He remembered a lot about this place.

about this world.

Although it may seem strange, I must have been here for a long time.

The people here are very familiar to Su Hao. Especially the young refugee, who should be his cronies. I just don't know why, I can't remember each other's names for a while, and I don't know what happened before this.

As for now.

Even Su Hao himself can't say clearly, what happened?

He only felt that his body was in a state of high tension. The muscles and skin, which are so hard that there are no wrinkles, have completely lost the most basic softness. It feels like a hard stone.

Dangerous!

This is the brain's latent consciousness that is able to sue sù his qiē.

Su Hao felt that there seemed to be an unknown demon lurking in his body. Hiding in the deepest part that the naked eye can't discern, he smirks and manipulates a qiē.

muscles, in the swelling.

skin, becoming more and more stiff.

The bones seem to grow dramatically, too. It seems to want to break through the limitations of flesh and skin, and completely break and appear in the air.

My body, exactly...... What's going on?

"Poof--"

Suddenly, a hard bone spur nearly a meter long suddenly erupted from Su Hao's back. Like a strange sword, it pointed diagonally at the hot sky ruled by the sun.

Su Hao, who was meditating, suddenly tightened his brows.

Spur!

Yes, I "saw" a bone spur that suddenly popped out of my body!

It's so clear that you can even touch it with both hands.

It's too real.

"Why, how can this be?"

Su Hao turned his head in horror and looked at the thorn spine behind him. He remembered that he had never had the idea of using his powers. However, why did bone spurs, which only appear in a combat state, appear at this time?

"Poof! Poof! ”

Before he could think about it, more than a dozen sharp thorn vertebrae pierced straight out from various parts of the body. That kind of strange situation made Su Hao look like a humanoid hedgehog with sharp thorns in his body at first glance.

It's horrible.

Without any warning, the bone spurs in the body would suddenly appear in combat mode. Could it be that this body no longer accepts the slightest control of the brain?

No, it's not just bone spurs. Su Hao was shocked to see that in front of his hands and chest, the exposed parts that were not covered by clothes were rapidly growing thick scabs like tortoise shells.

He is no stranger to this kind of thing.

Su Hao remembered that here, in this world, at the most dangerous time, his body also grew a similar thing. However, this hard thyroid material is the same as a bone spur. It is only when there is a battle that it quietly appears.

Bone spurs, main attack.

Carapace, main guard.

It's like mutated creatures.

There is no doubt that there must be dangers lurking in this vicinity that you are not aware of. So much so that your body reacts so violently and instinctively.

But what exactly is the danger?

Is it a horde of mutated creatures?

Or those mutated black scorpions?

Or is it some alien species lurking inside the town, unknown to him?

When human beings are thinking about a question and can't get an answer. tends to produce a kind of irritable feelings. At such times, if the mind and consciousness are deadlocked, it is easy to lead to confusion and impulsiveness.

Su Hao's current situation is like this.

His mind was very confused.

He didn't know exactly what was going on.

He could only rely on his previous experience, racking his brains to speculate as much as possible about the abnormality of his body.

In such a situation, the dominant consciousness of the brain soon becomes irrelevant in the chaotic multi-headed thinking. And the potential fluctuations in consciousness will also unceremoniously occupy the vacant main brain domain.

It's an instinct.

It's like when people are at a loss for what their minds. I always follow my usual consciousness and carry out all my movements. Once the activity of the brain returns to normalcy again, this situation, which is similar to being controlled by external forces, will naturally cease to exist.

Su Hao didn't understand, what did he want to do?

He just relied on a subconscious instinct to run fast on the vast sand.

Where is the destination?

I don't know.

Or far away. Or, close at hand.

More than half an hour later, he was standing on the top of a dirt hill near the town.

The terrain is so high that you can overlook the entire town and the surrounding area.

To be honest, Su Hao didn't know that there was such a hill. On the administrative map, there is no outline of the terrain that resembles a mountain range. To be exact, he should have been forcibly brought here by the latent consciousness in his body when his mind was in a state of confusion.

On the south side of the mound is the town that still remains deadly silent. There was no movement except for the wind-blown loose doors and windows.

What really stands out is the open space to the north of the mound, completely obscured.

Rolling mounds stretch from the side of the road. The view to the south of the town is completely blocked. If you don't climb to the top of the hill, take advantage of the height difference to overlook. You won't be able to find out what kind of mystery is hidden at the northern end, which cannot be seen from a normal angle.

Su Hao was completely brought here by the latent consciousness in his brain.

Danger signals have always left room for zài's thinking. The bone spurs that suddenly protrude from the surface of the body still maintain a fixed fighting form. He could even feel that the pieces of thyroid bone spreading from his back were rapidly growing and expanding in all corners of his body. It's like a hard piece of biological armor, looking for some kind of fixed trace, trying to completely envelop itself and submerge itself in it.

In the distance of the desert, on the horizon blurred by the steaming heat, a group of people walked in the distance.

Due to the refraction of light, the normal line of sight of the naked eye often produces the illusion of a certain range of dù for objects that are too far away. Especially in the scorching heat of the desert, too strong sunlight and heat waves rising from the ground tend to cause the air to refract the distant scene. The way of "mirroring" through guò suddenly appears in another place. This is what people commonly call "mirage".

Su Hao couldn't judge: What he is seeing now is the real scene? Or hallucinations that have occurred or have occurred.

The crowd that was slowly approaching on the horizon stopped about a hundred meters from the mound.

These people look very tired. Although the appearance of the other party is not very clear, you can deeply feel the hunger and thirst they are suffering from the other party's stumbling and clumsy movements.

"Plop tom---"

A man with no body collapsed between the hot sand. Unable to stand up again.

Soon, the second, the third...... More and more people fell to the ground, paralyzed like a pile of weak mud.

It's so tired, it's so tired.

At this time, if you can have a sip of water...... No, a drop of water, just a drop of cool drinking water is needed to save a life from the line of death!

Su Hao stood there steadily, motionless.

He understood: these people were not dead.

Yes, they are very tired and on the verge of dying at any moment. But no matter what, they are still alive. Still struggling. Still wheezing. Still fighting with his last strength, he moved slowly and with all his strength towards the place where there might be hope for survival.

They're crawling. With the last clear consciousness in his brain, he slowly crawled on the sand that was burned by the blazing sun.

To save them, it's actually very simple.

Only a jug of water is sufficient.

I don't know why, in Su Hao's heart, he didn't mean to help these poor people at all.

These people, all of them, are enemies.

This is how the thinking consciousness sues itself.

From the sheath behind his back, he pulled out his sharp sword. The elbows of the arms also gave rise to a pair of bone blades that shimmered with a miserable white light. A pair of bloodshot red eyes were staring at the people who were getting closer and closer not far away.

Even Su Hao himself felt strange: why did he subconsciously adopt this form of fighting? And, like a great enemy?

Those refugees are just a group of ordinary people.

They were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to speak, and it was impossible for them to pose any threat to themselves. Even if the other party has a gun in his hand, it will not cause the slightest harm to himself who can liquefy at any time.

However, Su Hao still maintained the most vigilant defense. He felt that every cell in his body had fully functioned to its most active state. It was as if he was facing a group of powerful opponents that had never been seen before.

This situation made him feel very confused. However, it is impossible to escape the control of latent consciousness.

The refugees on the ground are still struggling forward.

Every time they climbed closer, Su Hao's heart would always throb like it had been hit hard by a giant hammer.

Clearly, they are the source of the danger.

But how could these hungry guys who didn't even have the strength hurt me in the slightest?

Two completely different consciousnesses swirled back and forth in Su Hao's mind. Confusing the otherwise clear veins. In desperation, he could only stare at the figure of the other party lying on the ground. Don't worry about it for the time being.

"Boom---"

A sudden burst of sand and dust from the ground obscured the originally clear view. At the same time that there was a trilling sound in his ears, Su Hao was surprised to find that just north of his position, a piece of ground that should have been flat had been concave at some point. From the pitch-black cave tens of meters wide, like a tide, tens of thousands of huge mutant biota poured out.

This is no ordinary mutated creature, but a variant with distinctly rat and scorpion characteristics.

Their skin was so festering that it was already bleeding yellow pus. Large patches of bacteria-corroded muscles slowly peel off from all parts of the body like a soft paste. Even the various organs that were barely wrapped in the flesh and skin had turned black and green. Slipping out of the holes in the body that can't be filled, spilling out.

However, they are still alive. Still with his mouth wide open, the sharp fangs in his mouth were raised high. Aiming at the dying people not far away, he gnawed viciously.

There is no doubt that this is a group of xenobiotics that have mutated after being contaminated.

Tens of thousands of mutated creatures that are almost hungry.

More than a dozen humans who were so tired that they couldn't even walk.

Even if you don't have to think about it, you can clearly know the final outcome.

For some reason, Su Hao only felt that the situation of these mutant creatures seemed to be extremely dangerous.

He also felt very strange: the previous collapse of the sand should have exploded at the same time. It seems to be just an illusion of oneself. Because, from beginning to end, except for the howling wind, I didn't hear any superfluous movement at all.

Whether it's a rampaging mutant creature or a dying human. It's as if a silent pantomime is being staged.

This, what the hell is going on?

Could it be that this is really an illusory "mirage"?

But why is it so true?

Just when countless thoughts were turning in Su Hao's mind. The hungry mutant creatures had rushed to the crowd that was slumped on the ground. He opened his hideous mouth full of disgusting saliva and tore off pieces of soft fresh flesh with his skin.

Wrong...... Wrong! How could this be?

Su Hao suddenly discovered: these "humans" who fell into the depths of the mutated biota and had no chance of surviving. Their bodies didn't even shed bright red blood at all. In its place, there was a strange puddle of black pus.

They, they're not human at all.

It's a group of mutated living corpses!

Su Hao, who suddenly realized, finally understood: why the latent consciousness keeps emitting warnings of danger.

Whether mutated creatures or living corpses, they are incredibly powerful predators. To them, humans are nothing more than a pile of free-moving fresh meat.

But why are these living corpses so tired? Why did they leave the city and suddenly appear here?

This is not clearly in line with common sense.

The frenzied influx of mutant creatures has completely submerged all the living corpses in an instant. From a distance, the flat sand seems to be covered with a thick layer of gray and black velvet blanket. And the strange protrusions with irregular shapes among them are the mutant corpses that can't escape and are frantically bitten by countless hungry ghosts.

Do living corpses feel pain?

Do they fear death?

Su Hao didn't know the answer. He only felt like he was shaking. Uncontrollable strong tremors.

Any normal person would see this horrific situation. will all react in the same way.

In addition to fear, Su Hao also felt an incomprehensible confusion.

He felt that these half-dead corpses seemed to have come here specifically to send them to death.

The inner confusion did not last long. Just when hungry mutated creatures scramble to eat the few carrions they have. From the distant horizon, a thin black line appeared again.

Say it's a thin line. In fact, it is a conjoined body composed of countless combinations of tiny black dots.

It was a horde of corpses, a huge horde of corpses.

There were at least more than 10,000 living corpses, moving sharply from the same direction as before, towards the place where the mutated creatures were hunting. A human who can't even walk.

Even if you don't have to think about it, you can clearly know the final outcome.

For some reason, Su Hao only felt that the situation of these mutant creatures seemed to be extremely dangerous.

He also felt very strange: the previous collapse of the sand should have exploded at the same time. It seems to be just an illusion of oneself. Because, from beginning to end, except for the howling wind, I didn't hear any superfluous movement at all.

Whether it's a rampaging mutant creature or a dying human. It's as if a silent pantomime is being staged.

This, what the hell is going on?

Could it be that this is really an illusory "mirage"?

But why is it so true?

Just when countless thoughts were turning in Su Hao's mind. The hungry mutant creatures had rushed to the crowd that was slumped on the ground. He opened his hideous mouth full of disgusting saliva and tore off pieces of soft fresh flesh with his skin.

Wrong...... Wrong! How could this be?

Su Hao suddenly discovered: these "humans" who fell into the depths of the mutated biota and had no chance of surviving. Their bodies didn't even shed bright red blood at all. In its place, there was a strange puddle of black pus.

They, they're not human at all.

It's a group of mutated living corpses!

Su Hao, who suddenly realized, finally understood: why the latent consciousness keeps emitting warnings of danger.

Whether mutated creatures or living corpses, they are incredibly powerful predators. To them, humans are nothing more than a pile of free-moving fresh meat.

But why are these living corpses so tired? Why did they leave the city and suddenly appear here?

This is not clearly in line with common sense.

The frenzied influx of mutant creatures has completely submerged all the living corpses in an instant. From a distance, the flat sand seems to be covered with a thick layer of gray and black velvet blanket. And the strange protrusions with irregular shapes among them are the mutant corpses that can't escape and are frantically bitten by countless hungry ghosts.

Do living corpses feel pain?

Do they fear death?

Su Hao didn't know the answer. He only felt like he was shaking. Uncontrollable strong tremors.

Any normal person would see this horrific situation. will all react in the same way.

In addition to fear, Su Hao also felt an incomprehensible confusion.

He felt that these half-dead corpses seemed to have come here specifically to send them to death.

The inner confusion did not last long. Just when hungry mutated creatures scramble to eat the few carrions they have. From the distant horizon, a thin black line appeared again.

Say it's a thin line. In fact, it is a conjoined body composed of countless combinations of tiny black dots.

It was a horde of corpses, a huge horde of corpses.

There were at least more than 10,000 living corpses, moving sharply from the same direction as before, towards the place where the mutated creatures were hunting.