Like Longcheng, Liaodu was also developed and built on a whole low-concave basin as the basic building surface. In fact, compared with Longcheng, the terrain occupied by Liaodu is more conducive to urban development. The open surrounding terrain surrounded by mountains on three sides makes the microclimate in the basin much warmer than in the plains. The two rivers that flow through the city also provide an abundant source of water for the residents here. Coupled with the abundant mineral resources contained in the hills surrounding the city, all of this made Liaodu an extremely important location in the Dragon Clan's territory. As an important town in the west of the race, Tianxiang naturally will not take it lightly. In addition to purchasing city defense equipment for Liaodu, he also ordered the military to station two entire regiments here, with a standing reserve of nearly 10,000 people. Even the most powerful weapon of the current race, the high-power particle cannon, is equipped with as many as twelve in Liaodu. Because, after all, this is a big city that feeds the 500,000 people of the clan. The city administrator of Liaodu is named Yang Yigang, a hunter who has followed Tianxiang since Liu Rui's old tribe. Counting it up, it also belongs to Tianxiang's old subordinates and old clansmen. For such a person, Tianxiang has always been very relieved. After all, they have already proved their sincerity with practical actions.

Seeing the team leader and others walking into the meeting hall, Yang Yigang and other main managers of Liaodu hurriedly greeted them.

"Get some water for the fighters to drink first." Tianxiang waved his hand and stopped the people who were about to open their mouths to salute. Jingzhi walked to the round conference table, took the cup of water and poured it violently, and only after feeling cleared up did he ask. There should have been a water supply point along the way. It's a pity that it's dried up. It's been almost a day, and Tianxiang has barely drunk a drop of water.

"Let's talk about it! What's going on? Having drunk enough cold water, he grabbed a plate of Lucca cookies from the table. As he gulped down the remaining water from his glass, he turned to the others and asked vaguely. "We don't know exactly what that is." Yang Yigang smiled bitterly: "Although I also went to the field to investigate, but to be honest. I'm afraid I don't know more land than others...... "Lijiatang Farm is a farming area located 80 kilometers northwest of Liaodu. The total resident population is 67 people. All of them were prisoners of war who had been incorporated by the conquered tribes. For the tribes who were ambushed, the medicinal methods used by Tianxiang were generally mainly based on labor. Usually around the major residential cities, he was mobilized to cultivate large arable land and rule by means of semi-slavery. In addition to the necessary living needs, all the proceeds will be handed over to the city's public warehouse. After five years of such servitude, the captives were able to be assessed as official members of the clan by the city administrator based on their usual performance. Enjoy the same treatment as all ethnic groups. Local farms can also be managed by the city or run their own. In this way, there was no need for much effort on the part of the community, and the POWs would usually voluntarily accept such placements. After all, they had seen with their own eyes the affluent life of the dragons, and all kinds of rights and interests that foreign hunters could not imagine. Especially for those hunters who used to have enough to eat, such a happy life is like a dream.

Therefore, despite the hard work of five years of hard labor, no one complained about it. Even. Some other small ethnic groups have also sent people to contact the major dragon cities and voluntarily accept this form of labor, in order to become official dragon people. Lijiatang Farm is one such labor farm. Sixty-seven hunters there were captured during the battle to conquer nearby tribes three years earlier. It is also a half-slave who can become a full-fledged member of the clan in two years.

However, these people can no longer be contacted. Twenty-six of them were confirmed dead, while the remaining 41 were completely lost, as if they had evaporated directly into the air. The mutation was discovered a week ago. Traditionally, there are no armed guards on the part of the city administration on the labor farms. This was done on the one hand to save manpower and on the other hand to test the loyalty of the laborers. After all, if such defectors are supervised by force, they may not have much credibility, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will undergo other changes in the future. Therefore. All labor farms have a wireless telegraph that communicates with the city. It is used to report all the events of the day, daily work, etc. Cities will also use this to judge the quality of farm operations. However, the Lijiatang Farm did not send a single telegram back for two consecutive days. This is the first time that Liaodu has managed all farms. Because, this can only mean two scenarios.

1. All the servants on the farm defected.

Second, there has been a major change on the farm. So much so that no one was able to send out a telegram alarm. Of course, there is a third scenario - the other party's wireless telegraph is damaged. As a result, the telegram could not be sent.

In either case, it is enough to arouse the vigilance of the management of Liaodu. What's more, the radio search results of the wireless monitoring station in the city showed that the telegraph of Lijiatang Farm was completely connected and had not been blocked at all. Therefore, Yang Yigang deduced that there could only be two other extremely bad things that happened on the farm. At that moment, he sent an armed team of 100 people from the city to the farm as fast as possible to find out.

"As a result, only twenty-six bodies were found?" Hearing this, (the fastest update) Tian Xiangdong asked.

Yang Yigang nodded: "The search team searched all over the area around the farm for ten miles, and finally found some broken corpses. As for the others, there is no news at all. ”

"Are these laborers armed?" After thinking for a moment, Tianxiang asked again.

"Yes, according to the Temporary Regulations on the Placement of Prisoners of War, they are already in their third year of normal labor, and since a year ago, they have been issued with five M5G43 assault rifles, as well as 300 rounds of ammunition."

"And what about these weapons? Are they also missing all the time? Tianxiang frowned. No, it's strange that all weapons, including guns, are all in the daily life area of the farm. There is no trace of being used. Even, it hasn't been removed from the gun carriage yet. Speaking of this, Yang Yigang paused, however, there was only one exception. It was the rifle of the watchman located on the observation tower of the farm. When we got there. There was only a stain of congealed blood on the tower, and empty bullet casings all over the ground.

"So of all the people on the farm, only the sentry has ever shot with a rifle?" Tianxiang touched his chin and asked thoughtfully. That's true. ”

"Did you bring back all those corpses?" After squinting his eyes and thinking for a long time, Tianxiang turned to Yang Yitian and asked.

"It's all shipped back, and now it's all in the cold storage of the city hospital."

"Take me to see it." As a major city, Liaodu has six hospitals, scattered around the city. Clansmen who have received computer medical training from Base 2 also take on the role of doctors and nurses. Although they are not very experienced, they are not so unfamiliar with this strange and special industry with the keen perception ability of hunters and the result of strong knowledge after computer training.

At least, it's up to the task. The 26 bodies recovered from Lijiatang Farm are currently parked in cold storage in the basement of the Second Hospital of Liaodu.

Speaking of which, the establishment of hospital cold storage is still a whim of Tianxiang for a while. If it weren't for the fact that he saw so many detective bookcases in the library and was influenced by them, he probably wouldn't have had such an idea. After all, it would be better to build a warehouse with these materials to store food than to build a room dedicated to refrigerating corpses. However, for this idea, Computer Two is quite in favor of it. Because. According to the view of the ancients, instead of inexplicably looking for the source of the disease in the living, it is better to study a corpse that died of disease. At the very least, it would save a few more people.

Now, Tianxiang and a group of people were standing in the cold morgue, looking at the row of dead bodies lying in front of them. "The cause of death was due to trauma." Yang Yitian, who was wearing a mask, pointed to a corpse in front of him with his eyes open and a pale face, and said to Tianxiang: "We have carefully examined every wound. It was found that the cause of death was a cut in the throat. Eleven of the dead had smooth cuts. The other ten appear to have been killed with rather blunt knives. Because, compared to the former, their wounds are ruptured larger, and they are torn quite badly. ”

"What's the matter with these little wounds?" Tianxiang pointed to the numerous holes on the corpse and asked, "Was it there when you found it?" Or was it caused in transit? "It was there when it was discovered." Yang Yitian hurriedly explained: "To be honest, I have also had doubts about this kind of wound. It's just that I didn't dig deeper. ”

Tianxiang carefully examined the corpse in front of him. It was a strong man in his mid-thirty-five or sixteens. Despite the fact that the wound in the throat area is extremely large. But this is still not the most noteworthy part of the deceased. For in contrast, that face, the face of the dead, is evidently more appealing to the observer than a hideous wound. Fear, panic, fear...... Words like this are not too much to use on him. From the deceased's eyes to the present, the muscles that have tightened due to tension, the superficial skin that has stretched to the extreme, and the condensed blood vessels that have protruded beneath the cortex, all of these things have unmistakably told those who saw him how much fear he had encountered before he died。。。。。。 There are so many things to fear in the dark world, and as a hunter who has to run for food every day, no matter how fearful, he has to suppress his inner fear and face a powerful opponent for a piece of food. Therefore, although fear is a normal physiological expression for them. However, an old hunter who has lived in the dark world for more than thirty years must have experienced too many strange things that three generations of humans could not imagine. Think about it, what else in this world could be so horrified for him? Not only him, but all the 26 corpses parked in front of Tianxiang showed the same horror, their hands, feet, and facial expressions all showing an exaggerated distortion. It's extremely uncomfortable to watch. And, quite weird.

The faces were so twisted that at first glance, it was almost impossible to tell whether it was a face or something else. After all, intertwined entangled facial muscles. The facial features have been changed to their original position. Death? It's possible, but it's not always possible. After all, all hunters face an unknown death almost every day. There are so many things that can kill them. So that's not a good but reasonable explanation.

Enemy? It is also possible. But what kind of enemy is it, and who is it that can make them so fearful? In fact, as early as when he heard Yang Yigang's introduction, Tianxiang had already preconceived the figures of two old opponents in his mind. Humanoids - Corpse people. After all, the xenomorphs that have dealt with dragons the most over the years. Except that bugs are them. The possibility of being humanoid is large. This kind of creature that was created and destroyed by ancient humans and re-reduced to the tools of the gods against humans has a bitter hatred for human makers. Therefore, if it is said that it was humanoids who caused this bloody case, Tianxiang did not feel strange at all. Because, although the mass of the humanoid population completely disappeared a few years ago, the humanoid settlements that could be found were destroyed by themselves not long ago. But no one can guarantee that there will be no remnants of humanoids on this vast earth. There is absolutely no guarantee that it will not repopulate as a new race. Therefore, if it is in a defenseless situation and does not even have time to pick up a gun. Agile humanoids are definitely capable of killing all the laborers on the farm in a fairly short period of time. After all, that's what they live on.

However, judging from the wounds on the deceased's body, it does not seem to be humanoid. Their attack method Tianxiang is very clear, and it can only be a few simple actions of smashing, grabbing, and sweeping. Sharp claws sweep over the human body, leaving at least three or more blood marks. And all the wounds of the corpses. All of them are cracked in one bite. There is only one explanation for this result - the humanoids who started only possess a claw tip. Such an explanation is obviously too absurd. Moreover, the humanoid attack method is quite savage. They often like to tear people to pieces and take them away for food. Leaving a large number of corpses at the scene like this is clearly not their usual practice.

So, could it be a corpse? For corpses, Tianxiang can be said to be both familiar and unfamiliar. He is familiar because he has already read the test questions stored in the cold storage many times, and he has memorized every tiny detail of the appreciation. He was strange because he had never seen a real corpse. I didn't dare to recklessly carry the body in the cold storage outside to see if he would really be resurrected...... What's more, from the mouth of the hunter who had encountered the corpse land, Tianxiang had already understood how terrifying the destructive power of this strange creature was. Corpse people are simply synonymous with undead creatures. The only way to kill them is to destroy their bodies completely. Even those who survived his attack and infection were determined not to let go. Because, in time, these infected people will re-evolve into new corpses.

None of the dead found in Lijiatang Farm showed signs of being infected. Based on this, Tianxiang can conclude that this tragedy was not committed by corpses.

So, what exactly is causing so many deaths? And where are the forty-one missing laborers?

There are really not many clues left for me to find。。。。。。

"As soon as I found out about the situation, I sent two battalions of troops to search the site of the incident and around the city. However, no suspicious clues were found. We've even used scent search bugs and still haven't gotten anything。。。。。。 Looking at Yang Yigang, whose expression was a little lonely, Tianxiang gently patted him on the shoulder. Because, if you can't even find something that smells like a stomath, it will be extremely difficult for humans to find it. You know, that kind of specially trained little beetle with a keen sense of smell is far better than the ancient canine search experts!

"Are there any unusual findings after the autopsy?" After a moment of silence, Tianxiang asked again.

"No," Yang Yigang shook his head: "Except for normal visceral bleeding and broken bones, no suspicious points were found. "And what about the heart?" Tianxiang pointed to the deceased's face, which was distorted by fear.

"There is no problem with the heart either. Although the degree of contraction is beyond normal standards, it is not fatal. ”

"In other words, although they were severely frightened before they died, the cause of their fatality was these wounds?" Tianxiang said solemnly.

"That's true." Yang Yigang nodded seriously. "In this way, you arrange, bring the necessary equipment and manpower, and go with me, and set off after a while. Go to the scene of the accident and maybe find something else that you didn't notice. ”

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