Chapter 195: Rats
Although the situation they had seen in the town before was already very serious, when the people left the town and continued along the road, they soon saw an even more shocking scene.
"This ......... What is it? β
Looking at the big fat pigs piled up on both sides of the road, Bambi's eyes widened in surprise and asked uneasily.
"Aren't these pigs human food? Why would they ........."
"Probably because the pigs were infected with the plague, they were slaughtered......... But then again, this is not buried or burned, so what's the matter with just putting it here? β
Staring at the corpses of hundreds of big fat pigs on both sides of the road, Duanmu Huai also frowned. While it is natural to kill infected poultry in order to prevent the spread of the plague, it is equally important to deal with it afterwards. You just threw it on the side of the road, it's just a large source of infectionβββ I can't figure out the plague in the town where they were before, because of these pig carcasses.
"Knight-sama!"
However, at this moment, Lorena suddenly screamed, she took two steps back, and held out her finger in a restless way.
"Well, the pig seems to be moving!"
"Oh?"
Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked in the direction of Lorena's finger, it was already dusk at this moment, and it was almost dim except for the light of some torches and the searchlight on Duanmu Huai's power armor. I saw that under the light of the pure white searchlight, everyone saw a big fat pig not far in front of them, lying on the ground, seemed to gradually begin to move its body, its head turned slightly, as if it wanted to turn to the side of Duanmu Locust.
Necromantic pigs? There should be no such funny thing in this world.
However, at this time, a terrifying scene happened.
I saw that under the searchlight, the soft and swollen belly of the pig suddenly began to squirm, as if something was drilling in it, and then the next moment, the pig's belly suddenly burst open, and then hundreds of black rats like a tide screamed and poured out of it, rushing towards everyone!
"Yikeβββββ!
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Girls are afraid of mice, and the girl next to Duanmu Huai is naturally no exception, Bambi directly screamed and hugged Duanmu Huai, turned his head and shrank in his arms. And Lorena and Audrey were also disgraced at this time, and hurriedly stepped back. Only Ogis was still sitting quietly on Duanmu Huai's shoulder, and her expression did not change in the slightest.
"Fuck off!
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Duanmu Huai naturally wouldn't let this group of rats rush over, he roared angrily, and then took a step forward. Then the soul flame instantly erupted from Duanmu Huai's side, directly igniting everything in all directions. Soon the hundreds of wriggling rats were engulfed in flames and disappeared, and the dead pig carcasses that were also burned by the flames burst open one by one, and more rats poured out of them, screaming and fleeing as if they could not bear the erosion of the flames.
"W-what the hell is going on?"
Looking at the fleeing rats around her, Lorena's face turned pale, although this missionary priest was also considered powerful, but unfortunately she did not know the large-scale attack skills like a mage. And it was obvious that in the face of thousands of rats, the holy book in the hand alone was useless.
"Tsk, it's getting more and more troublesome."
Duanmu Huai looked around, and could see that although the rats were far away from the set of corpses that had been ignited, they were still lingering not far away. There was a dense "squeak" sound, and in the night, you could clearly see the red light emitted by the eyes of these mice, and the gathering together was even more terrifying.
"Use this."
Duanmu Huai said as he took out a few grenades from his armor's pocket.
"What is this?"
"Molotov cocktails, just pull out the latch and throw it into the rats."
While speaking, Duanmu Huai pulled out the bolt in his hand, and then threw the incendiary bomb hard, and soon only heard a "bang", and the flames suddenly burst out from the rat group, and nearly a hundred rats were shrouded in the fire in an instant. But that's not all, the rats themselves seemed to have the nature of ignition, and the flames spread in an instant in the rat colony, but the rats didn't seem to be stupid, they escaped from their burning companions almost as fast as they could, and gathered together again.
"Woo..............."
Seeing this scene, Lorena's face turned pale, and Audrey reached out to cover her mouth, as if she was about to vomit.
"It's weird, they seem to be intelligent."
Ogis said in a surging voice, and Duanmu Huai nodded.
"Not surprisingly, the hive effect......... The more there are, the higher the IQ, especially since these are not ordinary mice........."
Duanmu Huai said in his mouth, his hand did not stop, he took out one incendiary bomb after another, and threw it directly into the rat group, soon, more and more rats were swallowed by the flames, and finally waited until there was only a large fire ring around Duanmu Huai, and the remaining rats chose to retreat, only to see them turn around and go directly into the forest, without a trace.
"Alright, let's move on."
It wasn't until the rats left that Duanmu Huai retracted his gaze and spoke.
After that, everyone continued to move forward, but the situation along the way was not much better, and in the end, Duanmu Huai found a dilapidated hut next to the street, and then used gravity gloves to play Minecraft to build a houseβββ although it is still a boxy coffin, but for Duanmu Huai, it is enough to live now, and the rest will be talked about tomorrow.
"It's the first time I've seen anything like that."
Sitting by the campfire, Lorena still looked like she had a lot of seasons, and it was no wonder that thousands of rats surrounded them in black, and they seemed to have some kind of clear will, this kind of thing was indeed quite terrifying.
"I remember when you were in Mordheim, you didn't seem so scared, did you?"
Duanmu Huai looked curiously at Lorena, the priest girl had traveled to Mordheimer with him, and fought the rat people there, and he thought that Lorena would not be afraid of the rat people.
"Of course I'm not worried about the rat people, but the rats are too small......... If you're not careful, they'll get in........."
As she spoke, Lorena even looked around uneasily.
"Knight, it's okay here, in case we ......... while we sleep."
"Don't worry, I've made all the preparations, those rats won't get in."
Looking at Lorena like a little girl, Duanmu Huai also smiled, just as he said to Lorena, he also strengthened the house, even if the rats could dig holes, they would not be able to enter.
Of course, he can also understand Lorena's worries, after all, if you wake up to sleep and find a mouse in your face, it will be an absolute nightmare.
"Please use tea."
At this time, Audrey also prepared dinner, unlike the others, she basically worked as a maid, Audrey carried a small bagβββ although it looked only the size of a handbag, but it contained a lot of things, including food utensils and the like......... Duanmu Huai is really curious if this is the kind of space pocket in the network.
But I have to say that Ao Daier's craftsmanship is really good, Duanmu Huai's requirements for food are not high, although he is a strong man, but he eats a little more food than ordinary people, for Duanmu Huai, food is simply used to absorb nutrients, and before, he simply ate dry food is no problem.
Although the dry food in this world is air-dried jerky and other things, it is not impossible to eat it with water.
But............... If you can eat well, Duanmu Huai will not refuse.
It's like now.
"Thorny ........."
The steak in the pan on the campfire was smelling of grease, and when they smelled the aroma, Bambi and Lorena calmed down, and Audrey sat quietly in place, skillfully cutting the cooked food with the utensils in her hand, and putting it on a plate, first handing it to Duanmu Huai, then to Bambi, Lorena, and Ogisβββββ latter of course refused.
She doesn't need to eat.
"I really didn't expect it to reach this level."
Duanmu Huai picked up the fork and forked the meat chops into his mouth, and began to speak at the same time.
"Those rats ........."
"I'm sorry, Knight, but I don't want to talk about that during dinner."
"Okay."
Looking at Lorena's expression, Duanmu Huai also shook his head, he really didn't expect that this missionary priest would be afraid of rats......... Of course, to be honest, anything that reaches a certain amount is scary. Even Duanmu Huai himself actually thinks that so many mice make people hairy.
Of course, it can be just as disgusting to be a cockroach. Although he always scares others, this does not mean that Duanmu Huai himself has no fear.
After dinner, they rested in front of the campfire and fell asleep.
It's the same with Duanmu locust.
But when he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
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The first thing that caught Duanmu Huai's eyes was a barren land, and when he stood up, he could see that there was a ruin everywhere around. Without their own hut and no one else here, the world looked like a post-apocalyptic wasteland after a nuclear explosion, with a wind mixed with yellow sand covering the sky, and the shadow of the sun was barely visible.
"Squeak!
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Suddenly, a series of cries sounded, Duanmu Huai stopped, looked ahead, and then, the wind gradually dissipated, the yellow sand that originally covered his vision receded, and a city appeared in front of Duanmu Huai.
It was a city that Duanmu had never seen before.
Stylistically, this should be the city of this world, but not the city that Duanmu Huai has been to.
But the city has been destroyed.
The whole city was in shambles, all the buildings had collapsed, and there were corpses everywhereβββ all humans, their skin torn off, flesh gnawed off, and white bones exposed.
Duanmu Huai didn't see anything, but he could feel that under the ruins of those buildings, countless eyes full of malice were staring at him.
He walked forward.
"Squeak squeak......... Squeak squeak..............."
In the empty ruins of the city, the sound from the ground echoed, but Duanmu Huai didn't care, he just walked forward step by step, until he came to the city square.
At this moment, the whole city suddenly began to tremble, and then, countless rats rushed out of it, and they quickly condensed into a huge, giant-like rat, it had long, twisted horns like a cow, and stared at Duanmu Locust coldly, and Duanmu Locust also stared at it.
At the moment when the two made eye contact, the huge mouse suddenly shuddered, and then it let out an angry howl, but the next moment, I saw that the body that made up the huge mouse instantly collapsed, and at the same time, the whole world became dark again.
Duanmu Huai opened his eyes and stared coldly at the extinguished bonfire in front of him.
It's funny, challenge book, right?
Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai curled the corners of his mouth.
"Then I'll take your challenge."