Volume I, Section 10
The purse was picked up again and again, and thrown down again and again. Zombies are only interested in fresh flesh and blood, but they don't scrutinize the texture of the briefcase with the precision and sophistication of the most discerning woman, whether it is genuine leather? Or artificial leather?
These hungry creatures gobble up and eat very cleanly. After a few minutes, all that remained of the three bodies was a pile of disconnected bones, covered in pitted tooth marks, and even the ligaments and slightly brittle parts were scrambled out. The zombies began to turn their attention to the blood that remained on the ground and inside the body. The briefcase, which was stained with some shredded flesh and blood, was once again the target of the corpsesโโโโ they were obviously very hungry, and there were at least hundreds of zombies who smelled blood but did not squeeze into the food circle to taste the meat. They look like hungry ghosts crawling out of hell, lying on the ground licking blood with their tongues, and nibbling back and forth on hard bones that they can't chew. As for briefcases...... It kept passing among the corpses. The zombies that are received later, or picked up, will always be searched back and forth in a more careful way. They licked very hard, and they didn't let go of the blood clots that penetrated into the cracks of their skins.
It feels like a semi-dry sponge, sucked in by mouths hungry for food in turn. So much so that half an hour later, the briefcase had been torn beyond recognition, revealing a bulletproof inner layer made of high-strength Kevlar material.
It's a useless discard. It was constantly picked up by countless zombies and discarded casually. With the stalled jeep as the core, the entire square has become a dining hall for thousands of zombies. The clothes, bones, and scraps of flesh on the deceased's body were scattered from the center of the corpse. The zombies gathered outside wanted to squeeze in, but the zombies inside firmly occupied the best feeding position. Every food-related object will arouse the strong curiosity of the zombies on the periphery, and then it will be discarded...... In this way, in the monotonous process of repetition, the tattered briefcase gradually moved away from the hustle and bustle. A zombie hovering at the edge of the square picked it up, and after making sure it had no edible value, howled in annoyance and threw it behind him.
It was thrown high and landed on top of another zombie impartially. The torn part of the edge of the bag happened to get stuck in the zombie's hair, and under the action of gravity and inertia, the two were tied tighter and tighter. The purse could no longer be dropped, and it swayed back behind the zombie's brain. From a distance, it looks like a new oversized bow with a very special color and appearance.
Su Hao slowly narrowed his eyes, staring at the zombie who was unaware of the subtle changes in his appearance from other similar kinds. It turned abruptly and walked towards another street on the side of the square.
"It turns out that this is the truth of the matter......"
According to the information of the future world, the military sent a whole reinforced company to escort the road from the base to the airport. The sudden encounter with a huge crowd of corpses engulfed all the escort troops. Just a few minutes before the accident, the officer protecting the prototype sent a distress signal, and the base sent all the reinforcements within its capacity. However, no one expected that the briefcase containing the potion would be taken away by the zombies in such a strange way and lost.
The location tracker attached to the handcuffs had long since been ripped off, the briefcase had become unrecognizable, and the zombie with the leather bag would not attract anyone's attention. If it weren't for lurking nearby and seeing the whole process of the incident, I'm afraid it would be difficult for Su Hao to imagine that โโโโ thing wrapped in countless dirt and mud and hanging behind the zombie's head like a discarded rag was actually a precious treasure that was sought by countless people in the future world and the military also offered a heavy reward.
The city is huge, and no one knows where the zombie is going. The old civilization system has completely collapsed, and even with a few fully equipped infantry divisions, the military will not be able to search the city densely packed with millions of zombies. What's more, it was also mentioned in the computer file: at this time, the base was able to send only more than 200 armed personnel. They couldn't break through the corpse tide in a short period of time, let alone come here.
Looking at the zombie that was gradually moving away, Su Hao only felt that his heartbeat was intensifying, his thinking consciousness was occupied by fanaticism and excitement, and his palms were full of cold sweat, slippery, clammy and cold, very uncomfortable.
"That's my chance. I've been looking forward to the opportunity for a whole century, from the future to the present, and I've spent a lot of energy in exchange for it......"
He muttered, pulled open his backpack with a slightly trembling hand, took out a packet of zombie rot and internal organs that had been prepared in advance, tore open the seal, and poured it down the sides of his shoulders and poured it on his body.
The zombie at the beginning of the virus outbreak is a creature with very low consciousness and perception. Their perception of the outside world comes entirely from their sense of smell and hearing, and their vague vision can only barely judge day and night. As long as you lower your breathing rate, don't exercise vigorously, control sweat secretion, and apply foul-smelling pus and carrion on your body, you can deceive zombies to a certain extent. Misleading it into believing that you are your own kind.
This simple camouflage technique will gradually become ineffective as zombies and viruses mutate. When they evolve into "-2" or higher, their visual and tactile abilities are enhanced. It will become more and more difficult to continue deceiving.
There are at least more than 5,000 zombies gathered in the square, and more zombies are coming from the neighboring streets. Although Su Hao's bones and nerves had been modified, it was impossible to deal with such a huge group of corpses. If he wanted to get the prototype potion, he could only choose this extremely dangerous, but it was the only feasible way at the moment.
After all, he's not really an enhancer yet......
Su Hao opened a box of military oil paint, and began to paint his face against the window glass. Immediately afterward, he loaded the assault rifle into his backpack, covered it with a dirty cloth that had long been indistinguishable from its original color, and poured rotting pus on it. Then, dodge out of the window, clinging to the drain pipe on the wall, and sliding to the ground.
His back is hunched and his neck is receded, and the camouflage effect makes the whole person look like a small camel. Of course, except for Su Hao, no one will know that it is actually a backpack that has been treated by shape.
There are zombies all around.
They tilt their heads, bare their teeth, and stagger like a group of patients with polio who are recovering from polio. Any abnormal sounds will attract the attention of zombies, and mosquitoes, flies, and ants will also make them spend a lot of time chasing and observing. The foul-smelling and bloody mouths seemed to be squirming at any moment. The exposed body surface is littered with cracked skin, and decaying muscles and fat are turned out, exposing blood vessels and ligaments. These body organs, which were originally full of moisture, are gradually drying up, and the edges are blackened, brittle, and solid.
Su Hao cautiously walked among the corpses. His steps were light and soft, but his movements seemed clumsy and slow. If you don't pay special attention, it's hard to see that he actually moves faster than a zombie. The thick covering, as well as the rotting pus that covered his body, kept his smell and body temperature from leaking. He tried to hold his breath as much as possible, and the amplitude of his body movement did not cause the blood flow to accelerate. These cautious actions made it difficult for the terrifying creatures surrounding him to detect his presence. Only the occasional zombie passing by would sniff hard in confusion, trying to find the actual source of the suspicious smell.
's eyes have been following the zombie with a leather bag but no idea. It had left the square and entered a street lined with plane trees.
Suddenly, there was a deafening roar of engines in the sky.
Su Hao only felt that his gaze was stunned, and he immediately sped up, passed through several zombies, and approached the edge of the square.
There is no need to look back, he also knows that it is a military helicopterโโโโ no one will let the prototype potion go missing, and the military will definitely trace the cause and effect of the whole incident. Archival records show that investigators searched the vicinity of the square for months. The military intelligence department tried to restore the scene at that time, but it had to be stopped due to the large number of traces destroyed, as well as time and conditions constraints.
The shrill roar of the engine instantly enveloped the entire square. The high-speed rotating helicopter propellers kicked up a cloud of dust, forming a circular wave of dust in the center of the square. The corpses, attracted by the loud noise, which clearly did not belong to their own kind, raised their heads and stretched their hands to the sky, gathering in the vertical area closest to the plane.
Su Hao turned around and glanced at the helicopter hanging in the air from the gap between the corpses. Machine guns can be seen on either side of the open hatch, and an officer yelling at the zombies with anger on his face. Another soldier carried a camera, and the camera slowly swept through the corpses. This irritated the dense zombies in the square more and more, and their howls became louder and more excited. In order to shorten the distance between them and the helicopter, the zombies began to use various objects on the ground. They climbed into jeeps and even crowded each other stacking arhats. A pair of cracked, rotten gray palms stretched straight out, but they still couldn't touch the landing gear at the bottom of the plane.
The officer's roar grew louder and louder, and the roar of the engine completely overshadowed his volume. The helicopter began to reduce its altitude, at a distance of about ten meters from the ground. Su Hao, who had already left the square, turned his head again, and happened to see that the heavy machine guns on both sides of the engine room were adjusting their orientation, and the muzzles of the black holes covered the corpses into range. The soldier in charge of the shooting had a furious look in his eyes, and he couldn't wait to pull the trigger, and the muzzle of the gun erupted with thick tongues of fire.
"Clickโโโโ"
A rain of blood immediately erupted in the corpse group, and the zombies standing on the roof of the jeep became the first target. They fell from the top, and more zombies continued to climb without fearing death. Su Hao didn't know if he had become a target of attention, but he was sure that the helicopter hadn't caught up and the machine-gun bullets hadn't been sprayed at him. They seemed to just want to disperse the zombies in the square and get the bloodstained jeep.
Walking into the street shaded by plane trees, Su Hao immediately ran wildly along the corner of the house next to the sidewalk.
This angle is very discreet. He wasn't sure when the reinforcements sent by the military would arrive? I wonder if the helicopter will fly close to the street and search the area around the square?
He runs very fast, there are not many zombies on the street, and when the sense of smell and sight conflict, the zombies need time to judge the information they capture. Su Hao didn't waste even a second, and in the blink of an eye, he had rushed out nearly a hundred meters away, approaching the target at an incredible speed. Along the way, several zombies instinctively turned in the direction he was traveling, hesitating to figure out if it was companions or food.
Su Hao's whole person seemed to be one with the wind, he quickly rushed to the target zombie, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and the sharp blade slashed flat against the zombie's scalp, including the leather bag, and the entire hair on the back of his head was shaved off.
This series of movements is too fast for the zombie's blurred vision to be captured. The strong, rancid smell hinders their normal mental awareness. Even the target zombie didn't realize what was happening. It only felt an object leap behind it, and its head lightened. The strange wind, mixed with the unique fresh breath of human beings, was instantly covered by the familiar rancid stench.
The running figure, drawing a line at the corner of the street without a trajectory, quickly disappeared into the depths of the reinforced concrete buildings......
Su Hao ran like a cat.
He avoided the area where reinforcements were most likely to search, making his way around the interior of the building and around the edge of the fence. Modified bones and nerve centers provide a constant supply of energy to the body, and the frequency of oxygen exchange is minimized by increasing the lung capacity by several times the average lung capacity. He accelerated suddenly, but always paid attention to the thickness of the dust in the landing area, and tried to choose a dry hard ground that left no traces. Although it was an irregular change of direction, the speed was still palpitating. After about fifteen minutes, the distance between him and the square was more than two kilometers, no one was tailing, and there were no zombies around.
Su Hao jumped into the residential building on the side of the road, chose a vacant room with a false door, made sure that there were no zombies, and the owner did not know where to go, and walked in.
The house was messy, and there was a musty smell that hadn't been cleaned in a long time. Su Hao went straight through the living room and forcefully broke the water pipe on the kitchen wall, using it as a latch to seal the entrance to the room. Through the window, I watched the street outside, which was still silent. He sat down on the couch, leveling his breathing and calming his fast-beating heart. It wasn't until everything was calm again that he took out his leather bag and placed it on the coffee table in front of him.
Su Hao ignored the tattered part of the outermost layer, tore the zipper, took out a heavy metal box from his leather bag, and opened it.
In the center of the shockproof partition filled with foam, a spiral hose with an injection needle lies quietly. It contained about thirty milliliters of liquid, which shimmered in a dazzling blue glow in the sunlight shining through the window.
"This is the prototype potion?"
Su Hao silently looked at this tube of blue liquid, and suddenly an indescribable throbbing surged in his heart. Even he couldn't tell what it was for, disgust? Or anticipation? Or maybe it takes too much effort to end up getting it, but it doesn't produce the bland that it deserves joy?
He rolled up the sleeve of his left arm, took out the tourniquet from his backpack, tied it to the upper end of his arm, and inserted the syringe with the closed sleeve removed directly into the blood vessel, calmly watching the whole process of the blue liquid being pushed into his body.
There was no expected scene of intense cell movement, and everything was uneventful. Perhaps because the bones and nerve centers were strengthened, Su Hao did not feel pain or stimulation. It's like injecting a bottle of the most ordinary saline, quietly blending in, being quickly absorbed, and immediately transformed into a part of the body.
Su Hao showed a puzzled look on his faceโโโโ in the future realm, he had seen many scenes of injecting genetic pills and evolving from an ordinary person to a first-level strengthening person. It was a painful process, with foreign hormones doubling the number of red blood cells and dilating blood vessels and muscle fibers by 30 percent in half an hour. The sudden strengthening of the bone makes the whole person suddenly increase in height, the physique becomes larger, and the skin is instantly broken, revealing the muscles and new skin mucous membranes...... Many people have different attitudes towards taking genetic drugs, largely because the fortification process is too painful. There are even people who cannot withstand the intense stimulation, and the nerve center collapses on the spot and dies.
Raising his left hand, the skin was still smooth, and pale cyan blood vessels appeared near his wrist, as if nothing had happened.
Su Hao suddenly felt fearโโโโ he traveled through time and space to return to the present, and everything he spent his energy doing was for this mysterious prototype potion. If it doesn't work, it doesn't have as powerful as expected...... Me, what should I do?
The muscles in his cheeks began to twitch, and dense sweat oozed from his forehead. Su Hao's face became extremely ugly. He was very hesitant, and his mind was suddenly filled with unprecedented despair.
He couldn't feel the amount of forceโโโโ and every muscle of the strengthened person would expand exponentially, which was the most obvious manifestation of the rapid division of the body's cells, and it was also the most obvious difference in appearance between the strengthened person and the ordinary person. Now, his body is very calm, and the injection of the blue potion is like a pebble thrown into a deep pool, and there is no splash.
"No...... No! This, that's not true...... It's not really โโโโ."
Su Hao's eyes revealed a look of horror, and he didn't know how Lu Dao should describe his feelings at the moment. Just as a man in search of treasure digs up a mausoleum and finds it empty, just as a chemist's experiment to exhaust his money has no results, his heart falls straight from the top of the clouds...... Empty and cold as stone......
The sun gradually set from the sky, and darkness covered the earth again.
Su Hao, who was sitting on the sofa, did not move. It was as if he had been transformed into a sculpture. Doesn't think, and doesn't have life.
"Why is this happening...... For what? โ
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