Chapter Twenty-Five: The Living Corpses Litter the Winter House (Part II)
"Tell me what's going on, do you recognize a young man named Barry, a worker, tall, brunette."
Arnold leaned down, took the man in his arms, and shouted in his ear to keep the man from losing consciousness.
At the same time, separate a pipe from your own heat lamp and connect it to the person's heat lamp. What a terrible thing happened to make this man pull out of the city before he even had time to charge the hot lamp that allowed people to stand in the ice and snow.
And the wound on his leg, Arnold couldn't think of what kind of creature could attack humans in the city, these bite marks, the more he looked at them, the more they looked like human tooth marks, and he couldn't help but have some subtle fear in his heart.
Compared with the attack of wild beasts that do not know whether they exist, the mutilation between people and people is what Arnold fears the most.
"Leave, leave this cursed city. An explosion occurs in the energy tower of the Winter House, and someone pulls back a pile of bones hanging from the outside with rotting flesh. We thought it was human bones, but the mayor told us to dispose of the pieces of meat and heat them up for people to eat. ”
After the person in his arms had a supply of heat, he finally pulled back a life, but half of his face was pale from the cold, and the whites of one eye were rolling from time to time, and he couldn't recover in a short time.
Arnold hurriedly asked, "And then, did you really eat the same kind of meat?" ”
"A lot of people ate it, and I was a cook in the room, and I secretly kept some normal food for myself, and I didn't eat it. And after people used these carrion processed foods, the city finally settled down. A lot of people looked confused until the night when there were reports of people being attacked, but people were so strange that they didn't care what was attacking them. I wanted to report to the mayor, but I was afraid that people would find out that I was stealing food. Until two days ago..."
Speaking of this, the person in his arms coughed violently, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and one arm stretched out blankly, pulling towards the void in the air, and hung down weakly after a moment.
He died, and he tried to say a lot just now, but it was just a return to the light, and the strange secrets of the Winter House were not revealed, so they could only let Arnold and the others explore it themselves.
"Captain, should we inform the lighthouse first?" Out of an abundance of caution, the players made recommendations.
Arnold shook his head and said, "The mayor has already given the order to go directly to the Winter House." I'd like to see what happened to the House of Winter! ”
The team was powerless to stop Arnold's decision, so they had to bury the worker who had escaped from the Winter House.
The five of them packed up and walked towards the nearby Winter House.
The wind and snow quickly obscured the traces of their previous presence here, something that Arnold and the others did not know, shortly after they left.
The pile of burial mounds began to tremble, and the arms that had been withered suddenly rose up, and the palms of the hands remained in a grasping position, and then the dead body was brought to its feet. The eyes on the face have completely lost their brilliance, and there is no expression.
Only the jaw that kept stirring, as if eager to chew on something. The resurrected corpse stood in place for a few minutes, seemingly attracted by something, and walked in the direction of Winter House City.
The injured leg grew stronger, and the speed that supported it became faster and faster, gradually changing from walking to running.
Above the snow, the resuscitating dead were running, and the cold weather did not affect its movement in the slightest. Will these dead be the only things alive in this endless frozen ground in the near future?
New London, Li Jianghao looked at the time, at this time the reconnaissance team should have entered the Winter House, and there will be news soon. He's tried to get stuck in time for a day when people just got off work, and he could have an entire night to ease people's moods.
If the news of the fall of the Winter House came in broad daylight, the mood of the people would not be good for the whole day. If there is another production safety accident, it will really make it worse.
But at this time, people are drinking in taverns, or resting at home, and things are much more manageable. After all, it is also a busy day, and during the default rest time, people's bodies do not actively produce too many extra behaviors physiologically, resulting in more fatigue and avoiding accidents.
But until late at night, the tavern was closed, and there was still no news from the lighthouse, which made Li Jianghao, who was ready to meet the first sudden drop in hope, pounce.
He was relieved and headed for the lighthouse.
The hot air balloons released by the lighthouse hang high in the air, and at night, the reflection of the lenses used as signposts is not very dazzling.
The liaison took advantage of the reconnaissance team's exploration, and the various locations hand-drawn on the original map were very clear, the winter house was just below the coal mine, and the distance was very close, it didn't make sense that it had been so long, and the reconnaissance team had not yet arrived at the location of the winter house.
"Mr. Mayor, you better go back and rest first, and I'll let you know as soon as the news comes from there." The liaison officer said enthusiastically, he was also very excited that the mayor had come here to care about the work so late.
Seeing this, Li Jianghao could only say helplessly: "I hope there will be no danger, thank you for your hard work." ”
The liaison shook his head busily: "It's not hard, sir, my work here is much easier than those manual jobs, just receiving news through the lens every day, drawing maps and reports." ”
As soon as the liaison officer's voice fell, and Li Jianghao was about to leave, he saw the lenses on the lighthouse flickering, and the frequency of the signal flashing was very fast, which was obviously very urgent news.
"Sir, this is the frequency of the red flag, I'll check it right away!" The liaison only glanced at it, and was frightened by the frequency of the flicker, such a distance of flickering meant that the scout team was in great danger in the field, and could even ask to return directly despite the mayor's orders!
Li Jianghao hurriedly followed, watching the liaison pick up a pen and paper to record the frequency of the signal, translating it into one letter after another, and the information transmitted by the signal also appeared:
"Calling New London! This is Scout Team 1, our point of contact in the coal mine. The House of Winter has been destroyed, and the people here have a disease, bite people when they see them, and treat the living as food! Captain Arnold was bitten, but we managed to escape. Those sick monsters can run in the snow! We relied on sleds to escape temporarily, but dozens of monsters followed us and were already heading towards the mine. We're here to fight to the death and stop the monsters from discovering their way to New London. Goodbye, my compatriots, remember, don't send anyone here! ”
The liaison quickly finished writing the urgent news delivered from the front, his expression became flustered, and he seemed to be distracted by these messages, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only look at Li Jianghao behind him.
The latter's expression was cold, his eyes twitched slightly, and he ordered word by word:
"Let them return immediately, notify the nearest hunter team to return, and prepare to go to the steel bridge to meet them!"
The liaison officer was stunned for a moment and asked, "Mayor, you?" ”
"I'll go with them!"