30% for option 1, 40% for option 2 and 30% for option 3.

……

[Option 2]

[Walk towards the west with a flashlight]

……

Is Xue Ying still human?

Zheng Zhuo couldn't give an answer to this question.

If Xue Ying can be saved, Xue Ying's [Radio Technology] skills will play an increasingly important role in the future. But the other possibility is to venture to the rendezvous and end up seeing the other person show off their newly erupted teeth – not a good rendezvous experience.

And walking towards the coast, the road is long, and there are many uncertainties in between.

“（…… Someone on the west side is using a flashlight. ）”

Zheng Zhuo looked at the voting results and pondered.

(That must be people.) I don't know why they chose to enter before dawn, if they came to rescue us, but at least it was definitely people. ）”

Judging from the current information, Zheng Zhuo did not think that the fish-like monsters, the giant pythons, or the mysterious forces that drive people crazy in the dark could be the use of flashlights.

After a brief conversation with Chu Huairen, the two of them moved towards the position where the flashlight was shining.

(Wait, it's best not to show me a fish-like man with a flashlight in his hand.) ）”

It would definitely be the funniest hellish joke of the century.

Zheng Zhuo was thinking crankily as he pushed aside the grass.

The two of them moved forward as lightly as they could for more than ten minutes, and the light of the flashlight became more and more obvious. The other party apparently noticed their flashlight and approached this way.

Soon, with the rustle of the grass shaking, two panicked faces appeared in the bushes.

It's Professor Lin Wen and Mr. Wang!

Zheng ...... Zheng Zhuo! Huairen! ”

The two were covered in blood and their faces were pale. Professor Lin Wen's left foot was lame, and Wang bent over and covered his abdomen with his hand for oozing dark liquid.

Seeing that there were only two people coming, and they looked like this, Zheng Zhuo's heart suddenly sank.

He knew there would be no rescue.

"What's wrong with Shitai? What about Xiao He? Chu Huairen asked. He tried to keep himself calm, but his trembling tone still showed wavering.

"Midnight...... In the middle of the night, we heard Xue Ying calling the names of the two of you......" Wang couldn't stop trembling and said, "We thought the three of you were back, but as a result, the result was ...... appeared...... Monster...... Xiao He walked in the front, and he was ...... by the monster I was the only one who fled into the jungle with the professor...... Xiao He ...... He...... I didn't see him......"

"......" Zheng Zhuo and Chu Huairen were silent. They already knew the answer: He was not saved.

"Monster...... The monster is gone...... We can only keep running...... What about Xue Ying? She ......"

"It's better not to ask." Zheng Zhuo said, "Let's think we are the only ones left." ”

"We just heard the monster." Chu Huairen gritted his teeth and said, "It is faster than you, and it has already gone to the east." We're getting out of here now. ”

Zheng Zhuo nodded. He used [identification] to see the two of them.

The materials of the professor and classmate Wang are all flickering behind the [name], but they have not yet turned into a monster-like [■■■■■■].

Zheng Zhuo is willing to think that the two of them can keep it up in a short time.

As for the others...... If it is said that Shen induced the transformation because of the injury of the physical function, and Xue Ying induced the transformation because of the injury of the mental will, then ...... Is it possible for those sailors on board to be in these 24 hours......

"Go to the beach."

Zheng Zhuo said heavily.

"Back to the research ship. We have to leave right away. ”

……

Convergence of two by two. Before they met each other, they still had a glimmer of anticipation. However, after meeting each other, only fear and deep despair are left in their hearts.

They've been moving forward, they've been moving forward. The morning sun rises above the sea and hides behind the cloudy sky.

But there was still light all around. The light allowed them to see the beautiful signal tower of the [Future Beautiful] in the distance.

The four of them thus held on to the last of their strength. They desperately moved forward, getting closer and closer to the ship, and they stumbled, pushing aside the last clump of miscanthus -

And then.

Hope was ruthlessly shattered.

What appeared before my eyes was a hellish sight.

……

In the ears, hoarse, high-pitched screams mingled with human wails. The beach near the docking point of the research ship was stained crimson with foul-smelling vomit.

The crew members who had not disembarked had come to the ground at some point. The iconic crew uniform was still worn on the body, but underneath the uniform, it was replaced by a completely different limb. The limbs were thin and long, covered with scales and spines. The slime oozed from the cracked parts of their bodies, reflecting a dirty light under the gloomy sky.

Creatures that had once been crew members screamed and wandered the shore.

"So...... All ...... How could it be ......"

Zheng Zhuo, Chu Huairen, Professor Lin Wen, and Wang were all stunned by the scene in front of them.

"No, no—"

Mr. Wang shook his head and stepped back......

And then.

A large, scaly hand stretched out from the jungle grabbed him.

"Professor? Zheng Zhuo? Huairen? Xiao Wang—"

The "thing" behind him made Xue Ying's voice.

It hugged Wang's hands and shoulders tightly and pulled him back. Its tone was weak, covered by the hysterical screams of Wang, but it made Zheng Zhuo more creepy than any other voice in the world.

Hurry –

Zheng Zhuo heard a buzzing echo from his skull.

Fast!

Zheng Zhuo and Chu Huairen ran to the beach, and Professor Lin Wen limped behind.

Zheng Zhuo looked back, but saw an even more terrifying scene.

In the distance, a familiar figure approached along the shore. It was wearing Ho's clothes.

And the jungle on the other side swayed.

Initially, the monster that Shen transformed into appeared behind the layers of vines. He had somehow pulled out the stake from his stomach, and the disgusting contents flowed out of the hole, but he could still move.

Zheng Zhuo only felt a wave of dizziness. Inside my head, it was as if something was screaming. He began to feel his body hot and cold......

(Oops!) ）”

He bit his tongue hard to bring back his senses—

The worst happened.

Zheng Zhuo lowered his head. He saw that the inside of the wounds on his left arm and right hand was growing in clusters of irregular scales.

Come on! Come on!

Can't stop any longer! He moved his feet again, followed by Chu Huairen and Professor Lin Wen, who passed by, and ran towards the fire ramp of the research ship.

Gotta get on the boat! Get out of here!

……

The trio got closer and closer to the gangway, and they saw some of the crew gathered at the bottom of the rope ladder.

The men looked terrified, but they seemed to be conscious! Their fish-like status is also far less pronounced than that of the soulless fish-like crew members who roam the shores.

At the lower end of the rope ladder, the still conscious crew members gathered there, and everyone did not dare to make any sound. Behind them, there are still people who have not yet been fully transformed, but their sanity has completely collapsed. They stood or cried, kneeling on the beach.

Among these people, Zheng Zhuo saw the captain.

Thankfully, the captain is on the more conscious side!

"Captain!"

Zheng Zhuo, Chu Huairen, and Professor Lin Wen ran under the rope ladder at this time.

"It's you!" The captain's face was bloodless, and he whispered, "Wake up in the morning, I don't know why, everyone is standing on the beach!" Sleepwalking—some people, became—"

"I'll say that later!" Zheng Zhuo whispered, "Get on the boat!" ”

[Identification] is opened.

……

【■■■■■■】

Aggressiveness: 20, 23, 27......

……

Zheng Zhuo saw that their aggression was constantly rising.

His forehead was covered with sweat. He understood a fatal thing: these half-fish on the beach had just been transformed, and they didn't know what was going on. But soon—a few minutes, even a few seconds—like Shen and Xue Ying, they will begin to crave human flesh and blood—

"We're going to get out of the boat, Captain." He said to the captain as calmly as he could, "Just a few of us." ”

If the only remaining personnel on the research ship want to survive, they must abandon the rest of the crew and leave the port immediately!

"No, no—" The captain's head was also covered with beads of sweat, "there are definitely not enough men!" Without enough people, navigation, overhaul and docking can become big problems—"

There are not enough manpower.

However, now these crew members who are standing still and have thorns all over their bodies, and the crew members who are crying and kneeling on the ground, can they really be regarded as "human hands"?

What to do?

……

【Question】

[Arrived at the research ship!] However, some of the crew members have begun to change to an indescribable form. Which crew members to abandon? 】

[Option 1]

[Abandon the crew that has been completely transformed]

[Option 2]

[Abandon the crew who has been completely transformed + the crew who has begun to grow scales but still retains their sanity]

[Option 3]

[Discard the crew that has been completely transformed + the crew who has not yet been transformed but whose sanity has completely collapsed]

[Option 4]

[Discard the crew that has been completely transformed + the crew who has given birth to scaly spikes but still retains their sanity + the crew who has not yet been transformed but has completely collapsed their sanity]