Chapter 48: Zombies
Everyone got out of the car, Bith opened the trunk, took out a small plug-in gas stove, and connected it to the car cigarette lighter. Pour in the water and add the instant noodles. While waiting, as a stranger and nobleman, Bith found some dry wood and started a small fire. This fire was mainly intended for Angela. Even in the opposing camp, Bis showed his demeanor.
After four hours of continuous travel, the driver was tired, the passengers were also tired, and it was pleasant to be able to walk on the ground, even if there was heating in the car, Angela still chose to get out of the car, although she no longer felt cold after putting on the down coat, but Biss was grateful for her thoughtfulness. Only Huang Ye is unhappy, the person you want to love is Fang Shi, not Bis.
Fortunately, Fang Shi was more like a captain, and gave Angela a noodle first, and the cold winter can have such hot noodles and hot soup, which definitely exceeds the benefits brought by a small fire. Sure enough, Angela tasted the noodles differently and asked Fang Shi, who said that she blanched them first, and then used some extra seasonings. The two sat side by side on the wood and had a non-nutritious exchange about taste. Because the wood is very short, it is also very close. Huang Ye is very satisfied with this.
When everyone had noodles in their stomachs, Angela was very diligent in collecting the food bowl and knives and forks in a bag, and then washing them when there was water. From this point of view, Angela herself does not have the frame of a saint, and is very willing to do what she can. According to the holy woman recorded in the books, the work of doing chores and the like was done by someone else.
The five of them sat in front of the fire, or chatting, or in a daze, or thinking about their own business. At this time, a man walked slowly from the fork in the road, and everyone looked at him together. Although it was night, I could still see it more clearly because of my thoughts.
This is a middle-aged man, his body and face are covered with a paste mixed with snow and soil, and his clothes are in tatters, like a person who has just escaped from a mud pit, and the most powerful thing is that he has not frozen to death in this situation.
Fang Shi, as the captain, stood up and greeted: "Sir, are you okay?"
The middle-aged man shook his head, Fang Shi helped the middle-aged man to sit by the fire, only to see that the middle-aged man's calf pants were all broken, there were many scars on his muscles, and there was a smell of clean water on his body.
Bith took a step to the left, stopped in front of Angela, and spoke: "Fang Shi, be careful, something is wrong with this person." ”
Fang Shi didn't suspect it, took a few steps back to Angela's side, and observed the middle-aged man together, the distance between the two sides was no more than three meters. The middle-aged man didn't seem to notice the vigilance of several people, and sat on the wood, clasped his hands on his knees, and looked down at the flames quietly.
Fang Shi asked, "What's wrong?"
"The smell of formalin is often used for embalming corpses. If you look at his clothes and pants, it's a black suit. "He's probably a zombie, the kind of zombie that crawls out of the graveyard." "The zombies that Birth is talking about should be zombies in the word.
Zombies are not the same as ghosts, ghosts have ghosts, and they have ontological self-awareness. A zombie has no ghosts and souls, he is just a moving corpse.
Fang Shi said: "So he has something to do with the matter we want to investigate?"
Biss: "I don't know. ”
Fang Shi asked, "How are zombies formed?"
"Various. Beth watched as he watched, and replied, "The most common zombie is formed by witchcraft, but if he is a zombie, he doesn't seem to be manipulated. ”
Among the few people, only Huang Ye was still sitting, and said: "The zombies in the West are different from our Eastern zombies, they are mostly disposable. In the Cold Weapon Age, wizards manipulate corpses to enter local camps to spread plagues. I think the zombie ran too far and got out of the wizard's grasp. ”
"What is the role of zombies in modern times?" Fang Shi did not know much about Western zombies.
"Heavy labor such as carrying goods and digging the land can be done by zombies, which are extremely powerful, and their bones and flesh are blessed by the magic array, so that they can work day and night without sleep. You can also work in some areas with strong radiation, such as special metal mines...... "The most valuable thing in the future is not talent, but zombies, who can not only serve their owners like robots, but also have flesh and blood......
Speaking of this, Bith took a few steps forward, touched a handful of zombies' clothes, looked at his hands, and said, "Is there a spar mine nearby?"
The hedron mine is a kind of ore strictly controlled by the Human Alliance, and the magic circle of the ninth branch trial house uses refined hedron energy. Hedron mines are very scarce and risky to mine because they contain a large amount of radon gas, which can cause irreversible damage to the human body. Depending on the mind, it can protect against the damage of different concentrations of radon. The Human Alliance has three hedron mines that are still operating, all of which are excavated and mined by supernatural beings with high telekinetic equivalents, but mining takes a considerable amount of time and energy, and as supernatural beings, not many people like to engage in this industry. In addition, the content of spar elements that can be refined in each mine is very small, and the spar has become very precious, and it can be said that it is priceless.
The spar has many functions, the most important is to drive the magic array, and the magic array assisted by the spar doubles the power, which can also greatly reduce the mental power consumption of the person who arranges the array. At the same time, wearing a spar with high purity for the cultivation of telekinesis equivalent has a considerable buff effect. The center of the goddess emblem worn by Bith is made of hedrons. Depending on the purity, volume and use of the hedron, the hedron also has a different lifespan. If you wear a spar for mental cultivation, you usually need one a year.
The demand for hedron is very large, but the production is very small, and the three mines of the Human Alliance are close to exhaustion. At present, there are no very large stock of spar mines, most of which are scattered, and can refine a few small or medium-sized spars. The need to dig hundreds of meters deep and then carry out dangerous mining efforts has made hedron the number one luxury in the world of anomalies.
Hundreds of years ago, there was a precedent for using zombies to mine hedron mines, but with the development of human civilization, wizards who could manipulate corpses, known as necromancers, have disappeared. The only known one is a necromancer named Kale, who was wanted by the Alliance for manipulating the corpse of a former bishop and lost his hands. Huaxia travel repaired, and a pair of gold earrings fell into the hands of the shapeshifter Dangdang, who also became a wanted criminal in the alliance because he helped the arrested Carlisle escape.
Judy asked, "Are you sure?" If so, then call for Alliance reinforcements, most likely two League wanted criminals lurking in the West.
"Not sure. Bethes replied, "There are some natural phenomena in the books that can also cause zombies. ”
Fang Shi said: "Yes, there are many relevant records in Huaxia. I think we need to identify this gentleman first. ”