Chapter 32: Team Formation
After several days of arduous trekking, the group finally arrived at the location of the institute. The length of this journey far exceeded the expectations of Chen Mofan and others, and at this time, everyone also deeply realized that riding a car and hiking are two completely different concepts.
As the situation became increasingly chaotic, they had to abandon their cars and walk after only a third of the day's journey. Carrying supplies, the crowd struggled along the road.
After being released from the police station, only three of the rescued girls chose to follow the crowd and continue on their way. The rest of the people, faced with the uncertainty of the unknown and the lack of a clear direction for the future, chose to go home separately.
In the end, the people who decided to go to the institute together to explore gradually formed three different team prototypes under the tacit understanding:
The original team of Internet café colleagues with Chen Mofan as the core: Li Xiaowei, Yu Boya, Xu Luoling, Liu Hui;
After Xu Hongcai began to emerge, he led a team of college students, including: Zhang Ting, Li Shuzhu, Xiao Bingding;
and three women who chose to join after regaining their lives, but did not have a clear tendency to take sides, and are still waiting to see the situation: trainee surgeon Hu Yuyan, pharmacology proficient Wendy (drug production), and female law enforcement Wang Yalan.
Liang Pseudo-Nan still looks like he is not interested in anything and doesn't care about anyone, but as he gets closer and closer to the research institute, the anger on his body begins to become more and more dignified with the naked eye.
Regarding Wang Yalan's identity as a female law enforcer, even Chen Mofan was surprised, but he didn't ask anything boringly.
Wang Yalan is a beauty, although the name of the enforcer is enough to bluff people, but in the face of a group of outlaws, the innate disadvantage of gender in combat and lack of defense, coupled with the unintentional sneak attack, some endings are predictable.
As time passed, especially on the seventh day of the mutation, all people began to exhibit characteristics that were different from those of humans, and their bodies underwent unprecedented changes. In the open-hearted exchanges with each other, everyone gradually learned the story of this female law enforcer.
It's embarrassing, but it can be summed up in a few words.
The mutated creatures that suddenly emerged from the ground caught the law enforcement team by surprise and suffered heavy casualties. The destroyed cells, the escaped criminals, and the incompetent law enforcers who used their lives to stall for time and run away on their own, and the broken she, the young law enforcer who sacrificed for the justice in her heart......
In the condemnation of everyone, Wang Yalan made a categorical oath: "When everything is over, I must send those people to court, they can't escape the punishment of the law!" ”
"I'm afraid it's harder." After Chen Mofan pondered for two seconds, he suddenly whispered.
Wang Yalan's eyes were firm and responded: "Justice may be late, but it will never be absent!" ”
"Heh~" Chen Mofan smiled lightly, without rebutting or justifying.
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The institute is located in an extremely hidden corner of the mountain city, where it goes deep into the mountains and old forests, almost touching the edge of the city.
Compared to the changes in the animals, the changes in the plants in the mountain town are even more striking.
Chen Mofan climbed a ten-meter-high tree with vigor and skill, using it as a commanding height to distinguish the direction.
In fact, the reason why the speed of the people along the way is unusually slow is because the plants grow too fast. Leaving the densely populated areas of the city, the roads and villages in front of them have been covered with dense weeds, obscuring most of their former appearance. These weeds are tall and tough, and if you drive in, you are likely to get tangled in them and cause accidents.
Standing on the top of the tree, Chen Mofan looked at the direction of the research institute on the offline electronic map. Ahead of him, a large area of dense primeval jungle appeared, and as the degree of genetic fusion continued to increase, his perception ability also increased. Now, as the body gradually departs from the human form, the strength of all people is far from what it used to be.
Chen Mofan jumped down from the tree, and during his physical activities, he felt the super regenerative recovery ability recovering most of his vitality after reshaping him.
"The destination has arrived!" Chen Mofan's eyes were firm and he looked at the pseudo-man Liang beside him.
"Well, Zhangjiawan Research Institute!" Liang's pseudo-male expression was unprecedentedly solemn.
"Let's go, then." After Chen Mofan got Liang Pseudo-Nan's affirmative reply, he nodded.
"I'm really tired after walking for so long." Yu Boya put the huge luggage that was as heavy as a mountain on his shoulders on the ground and stretched. Now he is more than two meters five in size, and he looks like a pig-headed butcher in a horror movie. With this body type, at first glance, he is a good coolie.
Of course, everyone else is carrying their own belongings, and everyone's strength and strength are far from what they were a few days ago.
"Luo Ling, do you want to sit down and rest?" Yu Boya put the burden on his shoulders again and smiled at Xu Luoling.
"I don't want it." Xu Luoling rolled her eyes in disgust and said with a little disgust.
Her figure was still slender, but a pair of bone blades as sharp as a praying mantis unexpectedly grew from her back. She was struggling to adjust and control the newborn limbs.
"Be careful, Lorring, your bone blade almost hurt me." Yu Boya dodged in time, and his tone revealed surprise. These bone blades are so sharp that even steel can easily cut through them. However, Xu Luoling obviously has not yet fully adapted to and controlled this nascent force.
In fact, at this time, everyone has completely changed their appearance, and they look like a group of subhumans of different species.
All their hopes were pinned on the kind of medicine that Liang Pseudo-Nan said could restore their human form, otherwise even if they left the mountain city, their inhuman appearance would not be able to return to normal human society.
Under the leadership of Liang Pseudo-Nan, they passed through a hidden stone gate in the belly of the mountain and entered the research institute. It was deserted, and the silence was heart-palpitating.
They carefully explored, and finally found a cable car in the depths that led underground. Chen Mofan tried it and found that the power supply of this research institute was still normal.
"The institute has an independent power supply system and relies on small nuclear reactors to maintain its operation." Liang Pseudo-Nan explained.
"It's advanced, but there's a familiar sense of unease here." Chen Mofan looked at the cable car and did not go up immediately.
"Resident Evil!" Everyone said almost in unison.
The story of Resident Evil, which can be called a classic among the classics, has created a terrifying scene of a post-apocalyptic world in the hearts of countless people. The cable car in front of you now bears a striking resemblance to the tram leading to the hive in the movie.
"Wouldn't it be called a beehive?" Chen Mofan frowned and asked Liang Pseudo-male.
"Maybe it shouldn't be...... "Liang pseudo-nan himself is not sure, "Anyway, we call it 'anthill' internally." ”
"What's the difference...... Liang pseudo-man's words made everyone feel a chill hit them.