Chapter 50: Divergence
The night is thick like a curtain splashed with ink, and the darkness is oppressive and makes people feel a feeling of boredom in their chests, so people have hated darkness since ancient times. Because in the darkness there is something that people can't see, and the unknown is the greatest fear.
With a faint light, looking out at the thick dark depths in the distance, Shen Mu played with the seventh-order priest staff he had picked up before setting off, while trying to calm his nervous mood. After a conversation with the wolf, he revisited all the information about Resident Evil in a state of uneasiness, and then he realized that he seemed to have missed an important question.
The various zombies in Resident Evil in the original version, including other biochemical weapons, are all caused by mutations produced by the T virus and its variants mixed with the genes of earthlings. But what if the T-virus mixes with other human genes? For example, a third-order Predator, or a fourth-order flame mage?
In fact, Batu's mutation has proven this. At that time, Batu's mutated arm was able to block the attack of the 'Lightning Strike Gun' head-on, which shows that its defensive ability is extremely good, far exceeding Batu's strength. I didn't think much about it at the time, but now that I analyze it, it must be that there is a new hybrid mutation between the T virus and various professions, and a new type of zombie that has not existed in the original book has appeared.
And you must know that Raccoon City is not the first day to appear in the Mixed Metaverse, and they are by no means the first explorers to enter. If some of their professionals were infected with the T virus after entering here before, would they also mutate into new zombies like Batuu, or even more terrifying biochemical weapons.
In addition, there is one thing that Shen Mu wants to see the most, what if there are creatures from other planes who have also entered here? If the T virus is also effective for them, then I am afraid that it will mutate into a terrifying guy beyond imagination.
Let's hope the three laws don't appear here!
Shen Mu prayed silently, while closing his eyes slightly and seizing the time to start recovering the consumption of mana crystals. In the past few days, under the pressure of continuous high tension, the speed of condensation of his third mana crystal is very fast, and it will probably be successfully condensed within a day or two. This is one of the takeaways from this expedition.
The concept of time in meditation was very vague, and he didn't know how long it had been, but Shen Mu suddenly heard a rush of footsteps approaching. Alertly opened his eyes suddenly, he saw Han Fei running towards him anxiously, and said with some horror: "I don't feel right, there are more and more zombies gathered outside!"
Shen Mu frowned, and immediately got up and ran with him to the edge of the roof. For observation, several torches were lit here. Through the firelight, you can clearly see that a large group of zombies gathered downstairs are densely packed, and the number is roughly estimated to be more than a thousand.
"An hour ago, the zombies gathered here were not even half of what they are now. Han Fei pointed to the group of zombies that were still gathering below and said, "The speed at which they are gathering is getting faster and faster, and they have already started trying to climb upstairs five minutes ago. ”
Such a scene suddenly reminded Shen Mu of a classic scene in a movie, and instantly felt a thrill, and said urgently: "I can't stay here anymore." Wake people up and withdraw immediately!"
There are so many buildings in Raccoon City, these zombies just surround this one, it would be strange to say that it is a coincidence! This seems to confirm the conspiracy theory of wild wolves, they are really targeted, to be precise, by someone or a new type of zombie who has intelligence and can drive zombies and lickers.
That's bad news!
The news spread, and soon all the surviving people gathered. Looking at the zombies who had begun to try to climb upstairs, everyone's faces became very ugly.
"According to the plan I made before, let's go now!" Shen Mu vaguely seemed to see the figures of several lickers in the distance, and they disappeared into the darkness in a flash. But Shen Mu didn't think that he was dazzled, they must have been targeted by a large number of lickers.
They had taken this situation into account during the previous discussion and had made an evacuation plan for that purpose. Wan Hai used the height difference between the buildings to create a simple zipline, and the seven of them quickly dived from the air to the roof of the opposite building. Then Han Fei and the wild wolf quietly killed the two zombies and dragged their corpses up. Shen Mu repeated his old tricks, dismembering the zombies again, and using the flesh and blood of the zombies to make a disguise.
"Are you sure this is useful?" Wan Hai watched Shen Mu and them calmly hang the parts on the zombies on their bodies, and couldn't help but feel sick to their stomachs. The wild wolf is well-informed, but he can still be calm, as for Liu Wen, when she saw Han Yang tearing out the stomach pouch of a zombie, she vomited directly on the spot.
This familiar scene made Shen Mu and the others look at each other and smile, and then said in a gloating tone: "Of course, otherwise how do you think we survived!
"This thing is damn disgusting. Seeing that the wild wolf had already made a move, Wan Hai could only mumble twice, close his eyes and wipe his body ruthlessly.
Liu Wen, a little girl, also has a ruthlessness, and she doesn't seem to want to be underestimated. After spitting up, he fell directly to the ground and rolled on, staining the zombie's minced flesh all over his body.
This building is only four stories high, and Shen Mu and the others climbed down directly along the wall. Maybe it was because the movement was a little bigger, and several zombies around stopped and looked over here.
Wan Hai nervously picked up the axe and wanted to strike first, but was stopped by Shen Mu, and then motioned to everyone not to move, holding his breath like a sculpture and quietly letting a few zombies look up and down.
At this time, this zombie flesh and blood disguise made meritorious service again, and several zombies sniffed violently with their noses, and turned around and left after finding no problems. Shen Mu and the others also secretly sighed and quietly left from the path on the other side.
"It's really useful!" Wan Hai was a little surprised, and he didn't feel so disgusting when he looked at the zombie parts hanging on his body.
"Useful only for this lowest level. Shen Mu whispered: "We don't have much time, let's go our separate ways and don't stay too far away." ”
It stands to reason that it is safest to act together in this environment, but their maps are drawn according to their own memories and are not accurate, and it will be too delayed to find the past if they act together. It's just right to split into two groups, just keep the right distance and make sure you don't get broken one by one.
Shen Mu, Wild Wolf and Han Fei were in groups of three, and Han Yang and Yueqing were in groups of four. The two groups alternately probed and returned immediately after discovering that they had identified the wrong path. At first, it was all going well, and it didn't take long to explore half of it. However, in the second half of the exploration, they finally ran into trouble, and a large group of zombies blocked their path, as if they were waiting for them here.
So there are only two options left in front of them, either go around or go through.
Bypassing seems safe, but it takes too much time and you have to face unknown dangers. So they have only one choice.
"Go through, slow down!" Shen Mu took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and then took the lead and took the initiative to walk into the zombie group.
The others also had scruples, so it could be seen that Shen Mu took the lead and walked in, and he had no other choice but to grit his teeth and follow in.
It's a tightrope walk on the abyss. Very nervous but you have to keep absolute calm, little by little through the gap between the zombies, trying not to touch them.
Fortunately, there were no moths in the middle, and the group finally passed through safely without danger.
"Alas, I remembered. Seeing the broken street lamp on the side of the road, Han Fei suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "I remember this street lamp." From the front street, turn left and you will find an antique shop. ”
"Are you sure?" Shen Mu asked.
"Sure!" Han Fei nodded affirmatively.
With the right direction, the team travels much faster. And Han Fei was indeed not mistaken, after crossing the intersection and turning left, they saw the antique shop again.
Returning here is equivalent to determining where you are now, finding the sign to get out, and then the next road is much easier.
"The route when I came in was clear, and there were only two turns. In front of the antique shop, Shen Mu put the map on the ground and gestured with his hand: "I remember that when we came, we walked for more than three hours, and if we speed up, we can go out in about two hours." I don't feel good, don't stop in the middle of everyone, speed up and we'll rush out in one go. ”
"Alas, wait a minute!" Han Yang suddenly interrupted Shen Mu's words, pointed to the antique shop and said, "I think we still have time to go in and bring those antiques." Millions, you don't want to go home empty-handed, do you?"
It was already the third time they had passed by the antique shop. Before, Shen Mu and the four of them finally brought out a large bag of antiques each, but they were chased by lickers and killed, and they all threw them all halfway in order to escape. When I went back just now, I thought I could pick up some, but I didn't see any of them. In other words, all the hard work before was in vain!
However, at that time, because there were only four people, only a small part of them were taken. A large part is still in the store, worth at least a few million. At this time, there were seven of them, and the wolf's storage ring, which should be able to almost empty the remaining antiques in the store.
"It seems that it won't take long to loot some more things!" In the face of the huge amount of money, Han Yang was not the only one who was tempted, and Han Fei was also a little eager to try.
In fact, this can't all be blamed on their greed, asking for money and dying. In the case of Han Fei, when he shot so many special arrows when he killed the Licker, each of them was burning money! If he went out empty-handed like this, let alone making money, he would lose hundreds of thousands of yuan! Who would be willing?
But Shen Mu refused after a little hesitation, shook his head and said, "No, it's too dangerous!
If it hadn't been before talking to the wild wolf, Shen Mu might not have been able to help but go in. But now he feels like it's a naked trap, waiting for them to take the initiative to drill into it!
"But...... I want to go in!" Han Yang's attitude at this time suddenly stood up, and he stiffened Shen Mu's decision head-on with an unusually tough attitude.