Chapter 166: Inquiry

The female zombie who claimed to be Gao Yan occupied Hu Tao's body, and she could switch at will, completely controlling the initiative, and before we could think of a way to separate them, we could only 'cooperate' with her.

Gao Yan then showed us her ability, only to see Hu Tao's facial muscles twitch for a while, and then his face became rounded, his eyes were smaller, and the bridge of his nose was higher.

If this technique is absolutely sought after in peacetime, the appearance of the face will change by 40% without using a knife at all.

Hu Tao originally looked honest, without impressive facial features, and the 40% change in appearance was enough for him to successfully blend into the black market.

With him showing up, the rest of the people can be turned into carry-on items to follow, but the number is still limited to a relatively safe 3 people.

Because I was going to spread the news, not to do business, I planned to go and come back quickly, so I didn't bring anyone else, just me, Cao Baoyang and Hu Tao on the road.

In fact, this kind of work of releasing news can be handed over to others, Hu Tao knows that he took the initiative to make this request, and it is obviously inappropriate to hand it over to others to do it for him.

As for me, the black market is no better than other places, there are many fish and dragons in it, and there are many masters, putting aside the danger of the black market itself, what if I am most worried about Gao Yan, what if she is parasitic and addicted, and she is transferred from Hu Tao to another person?

When she chose to parasitize on Hu Tao instead of me, I temporarily acquiesced that her abilities were ineffective for me, but it was difficult for others to say.

I've had the infection ability of mutant cells, so I'm very concerned about her being able to parasitize, and who knows if she'll take the opportunity to develop a second person she can control.

Hu Tao has no sense of her presence, but she can share his memories and energy, and whether she says that the cooperation is sincere or fake, I must be wary.

After Gao Yan finished speaking, she fell silent again, Hu Tao's expression did not have a pause when the characters changed, and the next second he answered the question before Gao Yan came out with the original rich male voice.

"Captain, Sister Xiaorou, I'm not afraid of danger, let me go!"

"P, who is afraid? Are there any bad seeds among us? Long Tao looked like he hated iron but not steel: "The captain and Sang Rou are not here to ensure everyone's safety. ”

Hu Tao hurriedly shook his head, "No, I didn't mean that, I understand-"

Gu Yu waved his hand and said, "I know, you want to save more people, so let Xiaorou accompany you to the black market and spread the news." ”

"Ugly words are ahead, we are only responsible for spreading the news, not for persuading people to flee." I rarely showed such a serious expression in front of them, so Hu Tao listened to my words, nodded obediently, and did not raise any further objections.

By the time all their injuries had healed, it was the end of April, and the temperature was still hovering below zero, and they still refused to cross the 0 degree line.

I went out with Hu Tao on the morning of the day, the sky drifted small snowflakes, in the morning turned into goose feather snow, this winter snowfall is surprisingly large, appropriate snowfall is good for spring ploughing, but the snow is thick to the extent that one person is high, in some areas it is a snow disaster, also known as a white disaster.

In areas where animal husbandry is the mainstay, if the snow layer in the pastures is too thick, animals such as cattle, horses, and sheep will have no grass to eat in the spring, and the damage caused is quite serious.

The beautiful snow scene has become a life-threatening white charm, and the earth has not seen spring flowers bloom for a long time, which is not a good thing for either animals or people.

Since the last time we left, the black market must have undergone some changes, so I took Hu Tao to find the settlement near the black market, which is inhabited by traders who come in and out of the black market every day.

Located about 10 kilometers from the black market, it is easy to walk or bike, and on the basis of the original village, the vendors have also built public bathhouses and restaurants, and there is no threat of zombies and mutated animals, and the village is full of life.

Cao Baoyang turned me into a backpack, carried by Hu Tao, and he himself became a pendant on the backpack, while Hu Tao held two jars of pickled vegetables from his mother, so we swaggered into the village, this place is not as strict as the black market, and identity cards are required to enter and exit.

Because it was originally a tourist area, the houses in the village were newly built in recent years, the low-rise bungalows were replaced by new residential areas, the streets were wide and clean, and the bright sky-blue buildings did not lose their luster due to the outbreak of the disaster.

On the contrary, because of the occupancy of the vendors, it is more vibrant, the clothes drying on the balcony, the piles of roadside sundries, etc., all give it a strong atmosphere of life.

It's noon, and the vendors who go out to do business settle their lunches in the black market, so there are not many people walking around the streets, and occasionally women with children and old people doing handicrafts can be seen in front of a building.

In this kind of weather, your hands are frozen when you wear gloves, and it must be quite painful to work without gloves.

Every two streets, there is a bright red banner on the side of the street, tied to the trunk of a tree or hung in front of a residential building, with the following words: No private trading, violators will be prosecuted.

After my psychic ability broke through the first level, I no longer need to turn people into puppets if I want to obtain the memories of others, I tried it in Border Trade City before, and I successfully obtained the memories of a member of the search team, and he was not stupid after that.

It's just that I can't control people's minds, and if we can, we can save trouble this time, just transmit the idea of impending disaster to others, and force them to believe that I am alone.

Of course, it is not as easy to obtain memories in the minds of normal people as in puppet people, and the memories obtained from the search team member are only a small fragment, after all, I can't follow others all day for continuous memory retrieval.

Now we need to find some internal information from the locals, Hu Tao walked into a restaurant on the street at my behest, and the food that can be sold in the restaurant is really limited, Hu Tao symbolically ordered a bowl of white porridge in order to attract the boss closer.

When the porridge was served, I could only see a few pieces of vegetables floating on the surface of the rice soup, which were suspected to be instant noodle wraps, and Hu Tao stirred it twice with a spoon, and turned up a few large rice grains that were not in the shape of rice from the bottom of the bowl.

Although it was lunch time, there were very few diners in this restaurant, and Hu Tao took the opportunity of the boss bringing porridge to stop him and talk.

The boss took a cigarette handed to him by Hu Tao, and the uncle, who looked to be over fifty years old, immediately sat down opposite Hu Tao with a smile, and he naturally saw the two jars that Hu Tao put on the table.

Hu Tao pretended to be a new businessman and asked the boss about the way to sell goods, and the two chatted back and forth, and I took the opportunity to 'scan' the boss's brain.

Psychic Attack focuses on attacking, and it's like an axe that's handy for chopping wood, but it's too difficult to use to create a Lotus Flower.

Therefore, the gentle use of this ability is more mentally and time-consuming than the intense use, but fortunately, the boss is very interested in Hu Tao's two jars of pickles.

As far as he can remember, no one is allowed to buy or sell at will, except in the black market, or in possession of a special approval certificate for the black market.

The owner of this restaurant also has to go to the black market to buy ingredients, and every shop in the village has a black market record, and the black market owner does not allow illegal stalls in the village.

Any unregistered shops or stalls found in the village will be regarded as 'illegal' and will be cleaned up by the 'village management'.

The so-called clean-up is very different from the pre-apocalyptic world, although the boss has not seen the fate of these people with his own eyes, but the legend unanimously agrees that these people are dead.

"Uncle, I see that there are no fortifications outside your village, what if there are powerful zombies running in?" After Hu Tao finished chatting about business, he talked about safety again.

"Hehe, there are still powerful zombies around here, some of them have also been caught, if you know how to have abilities, it is better to join their capture team, and go out to sell you 10 jars of pickles." The boss put the cigarette under his nose and sniffed it vigorously twice, then carefully pinned it behind his ear, grinning at Hu Taole with a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"What is the capture team, catching zombies? Do you give more money? Hu Tao pretended to be very interested and asked.

At this time, the middle-aged man at the table behind Hu Tao suddenly got up, paid and walked out of the door of the restaurant.

"Brother, you looked at that person just now, that's the Alien, but it's not professional, it's a scattered team. The owner of the market has his own arrest team, and ordinary people with special abilities can't get in even if they spend money, so the treasure hall in that market, and the things sold in that place are all brought back by the boss's arrest team. Like the scattered team just formed, let's call them the wild team here, you can go to fight mutant beasts, fight the meat, and sell it if you want to eat it. ”

I remember the last time I saw Li Duo, he was exchanging the meat of the mutant beast for daily necessities, and it is estimated that he is a member of the wild team in the mouth of the boss.

At that time, our actions were full of danger, and we did not even have a place to stay, because we were afraid of endangering him, so we did not mention the matter of joining the gang with him.

I thought I'd invite him if I was lucky enough to meet him again this time, but if he was doing well and didn't want to change jobs, I wouldn't force it.

The boss and other customers in the store ran out, and lowered his voice to quote the price, hoping that Hu Tao would leave the two jars of pickles.

Hu Tao naturally didn't agree, without these two jars of pickles, he didn't have the props to mix into the black market, although the props are not the most important, you can also have an ability, but the ability is more eye-catching than pickles, we must be low-key on this trip.

"Cheng, business is not benevolent, brother don't forget to take care of my business in the future."

"No problem, then I'll go first." Hu Tao dried the rice soup in front of him in one gulp, stood up and walked to the door.

Before he walked a few steps out of the door of the restaurant, a figure suddenly flashed next to him, and he took two steps closer and stopped Hu Tao, who subconsciously hugged the pickle jar in his arms.

This person is a middle-aged man who ate in a restaurant before, the boss said that he was a wild team ability, he didn't talk to Hu Tao when he was eating in the restaurant just now, and now he came out to carry out a raid, what does it mean?

Hu Tao obviously had the same question as me, he flashed to the side, and asked vigilantly, "Something?" ”

The middle-aged man looked left and right, as if he was guarding against someone, and made sure that no one was passing by this road at this time, so he said, "Do you want to join the arrest team?" ”

Hu Tao frowned, then let go again, exhaled, and said, "Hey, scare me, I thought you were going to grab pickles." ”