The two men nodded. Although it was dangerous to leave the team, for mercenaries like them who were licking blood on their heads, there was no place in the doomsday that was not dangerous.
One was walking in front with a torch in his hand, while the other took out an old-fashioned hunting rifle and watched from side to side with vigilance.
The two of them walked back directly along the way they came, and their dull footsteps slowly walked away, and everyone fell into silence.
Under the dim torch light, it seemed a little quiet and empty. The winding vines crisscrossed on the corridor seemed to have come alive at this moment, turning into a blood-mouthed beast and swallowing everyone in one bite.
Xiaowen, have you heard anything?
The woman turned her eyes to the middle of the team, and the thin boy with a slightly pale complexion.
Everyone also turned their attention to the boy. If anyone in the team could detect the movement of the missing girl, only this boy named Xiaowen would know.
That's because he has a pair of unique ears, just like what he did before at the entrance of the botanical garden. The unique hearing that mutates can allow him to hear many subtle movements that ordinary people cannot hear, and even infrasound waves can detect them.
This is also the reason why women have to pay for the price to hire this boy named Xiaowen.
Due to the full spread of the zombie virus, basically all survivors have to rely on the base to avoid the corpse tide in order to survive.
Under this pressure, many people take risks and try to find ways to evolve, such as those mutated zombies.
According to a theory at Xiaowen's base, some humans can also evolve more perfectly like those mutant zombies, by swallowing the crystals in the mutant zombies.
Of course, the cost is also very expensive. Not to mention the cost of killing a mutant zombie, the action of swallowing the crystal of a mutant zombie can make 95% of people become irrational monsters because of being infected with zombie viruses.
The remaining 5% of people will be lucky to survive the infection of the virus because of some unknown force contained in the zombie crystal, and evolve various incredible abilities.
Depending on each person's physical constitution, the abilities evolved are also very different. Some people can greatly improve their physical fitness and become Little Superman, while others have evolved tails, and more have evolved some strange abilities.
For example, their vision is enhanced, comparable to a falcon, or being able to breathe underwater, etc., are different, and Xiaowen is one of them.
However, this is also the act of swallowing the zombie crystals directly. Even if you are lucky enough to withstand the virus infection, you will lose some ability because of a high probability. For example, Xiaowen loses the ability to speak.
According to later research, perhaps it was because when he swallowed the zombie crystal, although the power in the crystal helped him resist the invasion of the virus, the powerful destructive power of the zombie virus still changed some of his genes and caused a mutation.
Although he lost the ability to speak, it is worth it to someone like him to obtain such a very practical skill.
After all, with the ability brought by hearing evolution, he has the opportunity to be hired and receive more rewards. At least he doesn't have to survive in the base like ordinary people, or risk his life to go out to find food.
Compared to those who died by swallowing the zombie crystals, Xiaowen thinks he is still very lucky. Haven’t you seen a lot of people take the risk of swallowing the zombie crystals? Haven’t they all become monsters that are not human, not ghost?
Looking at the woman who hired him, Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, nodded, and then shook her head.
What does this mean? Are you hearing the movement or not?
The woman frowned, obviously not very satisfied with his answer.
Seeing the woman's face dissatisfied, he quickly waved his hand and made several gestures.
Captain Han, Xiaowen, meant that he just heard a subtle sound, as if something was twisting together, but it soon disappeared. With the addition of everyone's footsteps, it quickly disappeared, and it was difficult for him to judge.
A man whispered humbly and said to the woman in the lead with a flattering smile.
Why don’t you report such an important thing before? You will only tell me about such a dangerous place if something happens?
Han Yàn was a little angry, and his expression was extremely dissatisfied when he stared at Xiaowen.
The thin boy shivered, his face revealing a little fear. Everyone remained silent and slowly took a few steps away from Xiaowen who was staring at him.
Captain Han, don’t be impulsive. Xiaowen is just a moment of negligence. With so many people’s steps, it’s hard to judge. Please forgive me. Besides, this kind of thing requires his ears to judge the situation!
A man next to him quickly said with a flattering smile.
Han Yàn glanced at Xiaowen with a deep expression, and then said in a bad tone.
I'm going out to settle the score with you. Now I'll listen carefully to Lao Qian and the others' movements. Now it's so quiet, don't tell me that you can't hear clearly.
A man pulled Xiaowen, who was a little stunned, and quickly asked him to lie on the ground to listen. Not long after, the boy got up, shook his head with fear, and carefully observed his expression, as if his legs were trembling nervously.
What's going on?
Bang bang bang...
A few deafening gunshots sounded in the corridor, which was the very familiar sound of hunting rifles. Everyone's expressions changed suddenly. Several mercenaries took out their weapons and looked around, waiting for Han Yàn's orders. The remaining cannon fodder survivors were so scared that they were trembling and regretful.
Follow us immediately and go back together, I want to see what it is.
Han Yàn's face turned black like a pot bottom. There was no clue at all in this action, and he didn't see the target's shadow, so this kind of thing happened.
But it was not the time to hesitate at this moment. She pulled out the pistol at her waist and rushed to the front, behind them were mercenaries almost holding weapons, and finally the survivors of cannon fodder.
Everyone moved in the direction of the source of the gunshots, but since the two mercenaries sent out to find the missing girl, there was no movement, and there was not even a shout.
Stop, something is wrong!
After running for a few minutes, Han Yàn waved his hand and everyone stopped panting.
The gunfire distance just now should be very close. We ran so far and were almost back to the previous experimental greenhouse. Why didn’t there be any trace?
Han Yàn instinctively noticed something was wrong. Logically speaking, they had not entered the corridor for a long time, so the two mercenaries sent out could not have gone too far, so why did there be no trace at this moment?
Xiaowen's face looked a little strange, then poked Han Yàn's arm and pointed to a dark place more than ten meters away.
Han Yàn took a torch and aimed at the direction Xiaowen pointed. Under the dim torch light, there was no abnormality. It was exactly the same as other parts of the corridor, with thick vines.
Slowly walking into the place Xiaowen pointed to, and suddenly, Han Yàn found a charred trace on the vines next to the corridor, which looked like something had burned and a faint smell of gunpowder.
At the same time, the mercenaries next to them were also very skillful in searching, picking up a few tiny pieces from the ground and handing them to Han Yàn.
It's not wrong. The hunting rifle used by Lao Qian and Lao Song are just like this. The workmanship is rough. It seems that they must have fired here just now.
Han Yàn took the broken eggshell and could still feel a little warmth on it. It was obviously just whipped out.
Adding the burnt black marks on the vines next to it, the source is already very obvious.
Waving his hand, the two men held a long machete in their hands and chopped down directly at the wall of the corridor.
Cruff, bang.
The sound of a bit dull machete slashing sounded, and the vines were cut off bit by bit. Han Yàn's heart was a little relaxed, and it seemed that the worries in her heart were completely redundant.
One was walking in front with a torch in his hand, while the other took out an old-fashioned hunting rifle and watched from side to side with vigilance.
The two of them walked back directly along the way they came, and their dull footsteps slowly walked away, and everyone fell into silence.
Under the dim torch light, it seemed a little quiet and empty. The winding vines crisscrossed on the corridor seemed to have come alive at this moment, turning into a blood-mouthed beast and swallowing everyone in one bite.
Xiaowen, have you heard anything?
The woman turned her eyes to the middle of the team, and the thin boy with a slightly pale complexion.
Everyone also turned their attention to the boy. If anyone in the team could detect the movement of the missing girl, only this boy named Xiaowen would know.
That's because he has a pair of unique ears, just like what he did before at the entrance of the botanical garden. The unique hearing that mutates can allow him to hear many subtle movements that ordinary people cannot hear, and even infrasound waves can detect them.
This is also the reason why women have to pay for the price to hire this boy named Xiaowen.
Due to the full spread of the zombie virus, basically all survivors have to rely on the base to avoid the corpse tide in order to survive.
Under this pressure, many people take risks and try to find ways to evolve, such as those mutated zombies.
According to a theory at Xiaowen's base, some humans can also evolve more perfectly like those mutant zombies, by swallowing the crystals in the mutant zombies.
Of course, the cost is also very expensive. Not to mention the cost of killing a mutant zombie, the action of swallowing the crystal of a mutant zombie can make 95% of people become irrational monsters because of being infected with zombie viruses.
The remaining 5% of people will be lucky to survive the infection of the virus because of some unknown force contained in the zombie crystal, and evolve various incredible abilities.
Depending on each person's physical constitution, the abilities evolved are also very different. Some people can greatly improve their physical fitness and become Little Superman, while others have evolved tails, and more have evolved some strange abilities.
For example, their vision is enhanced, comparable to a falcon, or being able to breathe underwater, etc., are different, and Xiaowen is one of them.
However, this is also the act of swallowing the zombie crystals directly. Even if you are lucky enough to withstand the virus infection, you will lose some ability because of a high probability. For example, Xiaowen loses the ability to speak.
According to later research, perhaps it was because when he swallowed the zombie crystal, although the power in the crystal helped him resist the invasion of the virus, the powerful destructive power of the zombie virus still changed some of his genes and caused a mutation.
Although he lost the ability to speak, it is worth it to someone like him to obtain such a very practical skill.
After all, with the ability brought by hearing evolution, he has the opportunity to be hired and receive more rewards. At least he doesn't have to survive in the base like ordinary people, or risk his life to go out to find food.
Compared to those who died by swallowing the zombie crystals, Xiaowen thinks he is still very lucky. Haven’t you seen a lot of people take the risk of swallowing the zombie crystals? Haven’t they all become monsters that are not human, not ghost?
Looking at the woman who hired him, Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, nodded, and then shook her head.
What does this mean? Are you hearing the movement or not?
The woman frowned, obviously not very satisfied with his answer.
Seeing the woman's face dissatisfied, he quickly waved his hand and made several gestures.
Captain Han, Xiaowen, meant that he just heard a subtle sound, as if something was twisting together, but it soon disappeared. With the addition of everyone's footsteps, it quickly disappeared, and it was difficult for him to judge.
A man whispered humbly and said to the woman in the lead with a flattering smile.
Why don’t you report such an important thing before? You will only tell me about such a dangerous place if something happens?
Han Yàn was a little angry, and his expression was extremely dissatisfied when he stared at Xiaowen.
The thin boy shivered, his face revealing a little fear. Everyone remained silent and slowly took a few steps away from Xiaowen who was staring at him.
Captain Han, don’t be impulsive. Xiaowen is just a moment of negligence. With so many people’s steps, it’s hard to judge. Please forgive me. Besides, this kind of thing requires his ears to judge the situation!
A man next to him quickly said with a flattering smile.
Han Yàn glanced at Xiaowen with a deep expression, and then said in a bad tone.
I'm going out to settle the score with you. Now I'll listen carefully to Lao Qian and the others' movements. Now it's so quiet, don't tell me that you can't hear clearly.
A man pulled Xiaowen, who was a little stunned, and quickly asked him to lie on the ground to listen. Not long after, the boy got up, shook his head with fear, and carefully observed his expression, as if his legs were trembling nervously.
What's going on?
Bang bang bang...
A few deafening gunshots sounded in the corridor, which was the very familiar sound of hunting rifles. Everyone's expressions changed suddenly. Several mercenaries took out their weapons and looked around, waiting for Han Yàn's orders. The remaining cannon fodder survivors were so scared that they were trembling and regretful.
Follow us immediately and go back together, I want to see what it is.
Han Yàn's face turned black like a pot bottom. There was no clue at all in this action, and he didn't see the target's shadow, so this kind of thing happened.
But it was not the time to hesitate at this moment. She pulled out the pistol at her waist and rushed to the front, behind them were mercenaries almost holding weapons, and finally the survivors of cannon fodder.
Everyone moved in the direction of the source of the gunshots, but since the two mercenaries sent out to find the missing girl, there was no movement, and there was not even a shout.
Stop, something is wrong!
After running for a few minutes, Han Yàn waved his hand and everyone stopped panting.
The gunfire distance just now should be very close. We ran so far and were almost back to the previous experimental greenhouse. Why didn’t there be any trace?
Han Yàn instinctively noticed something was wrong. Logically speaking, they had not entered the corridor for a long time, so the two mercenaries sent out could not have gone too far, so why did there be no trace at this moment?
Xiaowen's face looked a little strange, then poked Han Yàn's arm and pointed to a dark place more than ten meters away.
Han Yàn took a torch and aimed at the direction Xiaowen pointed. Under the dim torch light, there was no abnormality. It was exactly the same as other parts of the corridor, with thick vines.
Slowly walking into the place Xiaowen pointed to, and suddenly, Han Yàn found a charred trace on the vines next to the corridor, which looked like something had burned and a faint smell of gunpowder.
At the same time, the mercenaries next to them were also very skillful in searching, picking up a few tiny pieces from the ground and handing them to Han Yàn.
It's not wrong. The hunting rifle used by Lao Qian and Lao Song are just like this. The workmanship is rough. It seems that they must have fired here just now.
Han Yàn took the broken eggshell and could still feel a little warmth on it. It was obviously just whipped out.
Adding the burnt black marks on the vines next to it, the source is already very obvious.
Waving his hand, the two men held a long machete in their hands and chopped down directly at the wall of the corridor.
Cruff, bang.
The sound of a bit dull machete slashing sounded, and the vines were cut off bit by bit. Han Yàn's heart was a little relaxed, and it seemed that the worries in her heart were completely redundant.
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