The four walked into the city of Vernal,

Edmund's brief analysis of the upcoming 'hunt plan':

"Only two months after the False Moon Incident, the occasional remnants of the 'Moonmelter' grew up in the ruined city without a leader.

Unless you have a gentleman's foundation like Mr. Li, plus take a whole bottle of secret medicine, you may become a "seriously ill person".

Other moon-dwellers who have been transformed from ordinary citizens can only reach the level of "sick" at most. I believe that most of the survivors are still in the early stages of infection and are not yet fully conscious.

The ruins of the urban area that have been swept by the organization once should not be much more threatening than Green Lake Town.

Thinking about the "time", we can slowly increase the speed of hunting. Before the time limit expires, get as many moonskins as you can to increase your stacks. ”

As Edmund gave an analysis of his actions, he reached out and scratched the pinhole in his neck.

The skin around the pinhole has grown white hairs that resemble those of mice.

Yi Chen also pretended to scratch the pinhole position, pretending to be uncomfortable.

He didn't tell the team members that Little Grape had sucked the pathogen out of the arteries at the first time of the injection.

The reason is simple, this is to be able to share the stress with Edmund.

After entering the city,

Rather than searching aimlessly for the Moonborn, the four of them made a definitive heading to an area.

The destination is the area where I had a 'peep' when I rode through the city by horse-drawn carriage yesterday...... Peering into the source is most likely the target of everyone's hunting.

But

No one has explored a suspicious building, ruins, or sewer.

Instead, they deliberately chose to walk back and forth in conspicuous areas such as open roads, broken building tops, and intersections, pretending to be seriously investigating.

It's only been ten minutes since this kind of hangout.

An eye between the teeth suddenly opened, and the little grape felt the peeping sensation again.

"Hooked ~ southeast, Old-John Theatre...... There seems to be more than one, and there are multiple grapes looking at this place at the same time. ”

The team did not lean directly over when they received this important information.

continue to pretend to investigate,

Naturally, it turned into a side street that just blocked the theater.

Click!

Dagbert removed the manhole cover with the abbreviation "W.N" of the city of Vernal.

When the four of them fall into the sewers one after another, the scene below is enough to describe 'hell'.

A large number of mutilated, decaying flesh stumps,

or floating among the foul-smelling canals,

or piled up in the aisle,

It can be seen that during the 'false moon incident', many citizens who were not affected by the moonization chose to take refuge in the sewer as soon as possible...... But in the end, it is still inevitable to die.

It didn't take long for everyone to find fresh 'traces' in the sewers.

According to the blood stains left on the ground,

and rummaging between some of the corpses,

It's almost certain that something is permanently moving in the sewers, and that some good corpses are selected for food or other purposes.

Touching the nearest blood stain that had not yet dried, Edmund's eyes lit up,

"There's a windfall...... Deal with the guy who fell down the drain first, and then head to the theater. ”

Along the trail of blood,

Everyone is more or less nervous or excited about the 'unknown'.

After all, this is the first time to face this kind of rare 'moon disease', which is fundamentally different from the 'ichthyosis' in Green Lake Town.

These rare diseases have the potential to confer unexpected abilities on those infected.

"...... here"

The team seems to have a special ability to track, quickly locating a rusty iron gate.

Behind the door, there is a fork in the sewer space, which once belonged to the residence of some urban homeless people.

When you peek into the depths through the iron gate, you can still see a faint firelight, and you can almost tell that something is hiding inside.

Pour the lubricating liquid you carry on the door shaft to ensure that the process of opening the door does not produce any noise,

Turn off kerosene lamps,

The path against the side wall gradually deepened,

The light of the fire projected from the depths became brighter and brighter, and even the hoarse cries of some firewood could be heard.

At the same time, a huge monster shadow was cast onto the wall of the passage, looking like a four-legged beast, gnawing on the corpse.

"Get ready!"

When the four of them came to the deepest place, they were not monsters.

Rather, it was an old man shirtless, wrapped in rag trousers, with a thin figure and silver hair falling around his waist.

He was sitting cross-legged in front of the campfire he had built, grilling the limbs he had just gathered.

There is a rather conspicuous "moon mark" on the back of his neck.

Next to the old man sat a white Chihuahua, enjoying the fragrant barbecue meat handed to him by the old man.

If you leave aside the source of the meat, such a picture is quite warm.

"Oh...... Are there any guests coming? If you just happen to be passing by and don't mind the environment and food here, you can come and sit, eat, and chat.

If you're here with a purpose, wait a minute.

She hasn't had such a good appetite for a few days, so let her eat more before she goes on her way. ”

Yi Chen didn't feel any hostility for the time being,

He motioned for his teammates to stay still, stepped forward, and sat cross-legged by the campfire.

"Wait for William to talk...... He seems to have had such an experience. ”

Having the experience of killing the enemy together last night, Captain Edmund acquiesced in such behavior,

Of course

His right hand had already fallen to his waist, and the bullet would shoot as soon as the old man showed any hostility or made any suspicious movements.

Before the campfire,

Yi Chen noticed that the old man's face, which was full of traces of age, had a pair of silver eyes of the same color as his hair...... Such a special eye structure is so hungry that the small grapes are constantly seeping saliva.

When the old man handed over the food, Yi Chen took it very calmly,

But

He didn't eat it himself, but handed it to his 'pet' like the old man...... Although the small grapes are the staple food of eyeballs, they are also happy to accept other fleshy qualities and are not very picky eaters.

Yi Chen looked at the old man's silver eyes and first threw out a question:

"Why don't you get out of here?"

"The sewer is my home, and with more food and more comfort than before, why leave? Even if I leave, where can I go? Become someone else's food? ”

Yi Chen continued to throw out questions: "We have also found some survivors who are 'similar' to you among the ruins of the city. Why are they still here? ”

"You're talking about the guys gathered at Old John's Theatre.

Recently, more and more survivors have begun to gain sound consciousness, and everyone is invited to the theater for what is known as a 'leadership screening'.

They also came to invite me...... I'm not very interested, though.

I guess after they elect a so-called 'leader', they will organize everyone to leave together." After all, if you want to find a new place to live, it is more effective to act together. ”

"Leadership Screening."

Quite important information,

If what the old man said is true,

Yi Chen and the others didn't need to run around, because all the moonkeepers had already gathered in the theater.

"Do you know how many people are in the theater?"

"It's not clear...... I'm a homeless guy and don't care much about the above things.

In other words, you should be a special human who came here to clean up the remnants of the "False Moon Incident", that is, those of us who survived by chance, right? ”

"That's right." Yi Chen did not deny it.

"It shouldn't be just the four of you, are there more humans up there waiting to clean up the city?"

When the old man said this,

Yi Chen glanced keenly at his silver eyes and responded with a smile:

"That's right.

We're just a reconnaissance team at the front, and once we've identified the remnants of the city's ruins, we'll immediately notify the larger forces to come and clean them up quickly.

Also, I'd like to criticize you for your poor acting.

At first, I deliberately revealed some information about the theater in order to lower my defense.

Halfway through the conversation, I couldn't help but tentatively ask if there were any other companions on the ground besides the four of us.

As far as possible, he dissociated himself from the theater, but he also happened to set up his 'lair' on the sewer road near the theater and must pass by.

He even deliberately left a faint light of fire and blood stains so that passers-by could notice it.

It's too deliberate, old gentleman~

If I'm right, you're a member of the theater, a watchdog in charge of the sewers, right? ”

As soon as the words fell,

A silver bullet had already hit, into the back of the old man's head.