Chapter 161 New Village
Su Ming fired several shots in succession, all hitting the infected person's abdomen. A large number of white insect eggs flowed out from the wound in the abdomen and scattered on the ground. Su Ming could see the empty abdominal cavity of the infected person through the telescope, with almost no internal organs inside.
"Look, no wonder he doesn't suffocate. He probably doesn't have lungs at all." Su Ming handed the telescope to Flora.
After Flora finished watching, Xia Xiaoyu grabbed the telescope and observed it carefully.
"How disgusting, it's really a zombie." Xia Xiaoyu muttered.
Su Ming reached out and took the telescope from Xia Xiaoyu and began to observe carefully.
He saw that the infected man's spine had been broken by the shots he had just fired, and now his upper and lower bodies were connected purely by flesh, but his lower body was still kicking violently.
"The body tissue is fragile and can be shattered by bullets , but the way he controls his limbs is not through the central nervous system in the spine. His spine has been shattered, but his lower body is still moving, and very violently.
That is, breaking his spine will not stop the infected from moving.
But he should still use his bones to support his body, so after breaking his spine, you should be able to see a zombie with a broken and bent upper body but the lower body still able to walk normally.
If the other party chooses to crawl under such circumstances, I think the speed should be faster, but of course, it is definitely slower than normal walking. "
Flora frowned when she heard this. Su Ming's explanation stimulated her imagination, and that strange scene had already appeared in her mind.
"Let's see if he can still move after his brain is smashed." Su Ming said.
"Bang!"
Su Ming shot the infected person right between his eyebrows, and he stopped moving instantly.
"Looks like he's dead." Su Ming put down his gun and breathed a sigh of relief.
The current situation is not too bad. As long as they are cautious and don't let the infected people get close, their small team can completely suppress them with modern weapons.
"Isabella!" Su Ming shouted.
——It was very quiet all around, and Isabella did not appear.
"Isabella!" Su Ming called again.
Still no response... Isabella is ineffective.
"Maybe the minister is using it." Xia Xiaoyu guessed optimistically.
"Impossible. Why would the minister use Isabella now? She has no reason to occupy Isabella. The biggest possibility is that this world cannot call out Isabella." Su Ming said solemnly.
"No way, is it possible that containment objects can become ineffective?" Xia Xiaoyu couldn't believe it.
"Don't think of excuses. The most important thing is to accept the reality. We can't test the harm of the infected in more detail now. We can only do a simple and cautious test ourselves."
"Isabella can't come out?" Flora asked.
"Um."
"So what do we do now?" Flora asked.
"We can only do a simple test first." Su Ming repeated what he had said to Xia Xiaoyu before.
Su Ming knew very well how terrible it was to not be able to use Isabella. This meant that they could not get any help from the outside world. Even with powerful thermal weapons, the ammunition would eventually run out. At that time, they would have to rely on their own strength to fight those dreamers and infected people.
Moreover, without Isabella, a lot of information would be unavailable.
Originally, Su Ming planned to use Isabella's immortality to test the toxicity of the infected's body fluids and various other details, but now it is no longer possible. If they want more detailed tests, they have to capture living things.
"Want a test?" Flora asked.
Flora knew that the intelligence obtained from the test was valuable, but she also understood the importance of timing. Testing takes time, and this time may cause the situation to develop in an unfavorable direction.
Whether to hurry up and travel, or spend time testing the corpse, this choice can only be made by Su Ming.
"It's an accident, the village won't burn down, let's save some energy." Su Ming said decisively, "Go east to the next village."
"Su Ming, no one here can see me anyway. I can go to that town and get two sets of clothes. Maybe I can hear some interesting information."
"Don't go, it's too dangerous. There's no need for us to take the risk. Let's hurry up!"
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Su Ming took Flora and Xia Xiaoyu and walked eastward. Halfway through the journey, Alice could no longer walk, so Su Ming had to carry her on his back.
After using the Ultimate Humanity, Su Ming felt that his body had been greatly strengthened. The long-distance journey did not bring him any fatigue, only hunger.
At night, everyone arrived at the Yitiantian Canyon, and Su Ming decided to spend the night there.
The narrow terrain here is conducive to their defense and can also prevent them from being besieged . In this place, the grenades prepared by Xia Xiaoyu can make the enemy have no escape.
Of course , Su Ming had other reasons for choosing this place. In this canyon passage, there was an angle that slanted upward and rose high. The view there was better and he could see farther away.
"Let me guard the whole night." Su Ming said to Flora.
"How can that be possible? What if you get sleepy and fall asleep?"
"No, I'm good at staying up late, so just go to sleep." Su Ming said, "If you're worried, I can wake you up in the middle of the night and we can keep watch together."
Flora hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay, then I'll go to sleep. Wake me up if you can't hold on."
"Go to sleep." Su Ming looked at Xia Xiaoyu, "You go to sleep too."
"Are you really keeping watch alone?" Xia Xiaoyu asked.
"Well, it's better to be cautious tonight." Su Ming replied.
Although he had only been here for a day, Su Ming already knew how dangerous this place was. It was filled with strange beliefs. There were three known "gods" so far, namely the God of Dreams, the God of Plague, and the God of Hope as mentioned by the old man.
The God of Dreams and the God of Plague are undoubtedly evil gods, but Su Ming also doesn't think that the God of Hope mentioned by the old man is a good person.
Now I just hope that the reason for the white fog has nothing to do with these three gods. To be honest, Su Ming doesn’t want to confront these three gods at all.
A mere follower of the God of Plague is already so troublesome. If he encounters the real deity, he may not be able to win even if he activates the annihilation mode... Moreover, Su Ming feels that the god the other party is talking about is not on the same level as the enemies he has encountered before.
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The next day, everyone continued their journey early in the morning and finally arrived at the second village around noon. The houses in this village were much more magnificent than the tree houses Su Ming had seen before. It was almost a mountain village.
Around the village, there is a wall made of huge wooden stakes. The long wooden wall surrounds the entire village.
At the base of these wood pile walls, there were many signs of burning and charred human bones.
Su Ming could imagine where these bones came from. They should be the bones of the infected.
In addition, there is a specially dug ditch about ten centimeters wide in front of the wooden village gate, extending to the left and right to the distance. No one knows what it is used for.
Su Ming withdrew his gaze, stood at the entrance of the village and looked inside, and saw many ordinary wooden houses.
Several children playing at the door were stunned when they saw Su Ming, then turned around and ran towards the village, shouting in an unknown language as they ran: "Jili Lasdala! Jili Lasdala!"
Before long, people came out of every house in the village, and soon dozens of them crowded at the entrance of the village. They were wearing cloaks similar to the tattered cloak the old man had worn before. They were all pale and thin, and everyone looked severely malnourished.
Before Su Ming could speak, a man from the crowd stepped out and said in standard Chinese: "Hello, strangers. May I ask... was there anyone who guided you?"
"There was one, but he is dead. He asked us to come here." Su Ming replied.
"Oh, so that's how it is... It looks like a lot of things have happened." The other party nodded repeatedly, as if he had realized something.
"That man said he was sent by the God of Hope to help us. Can you help us too?" Su Ming asked.
"Of course! Of course! Helping outsiders like you is the will of my God. This world is very dangerous, you should already know that. Let me briefly introduce the important things to you two later... This little friend can also listen." The pale and thin man looked at Alice.
Alice opened her eyes wide and looked at the other person, then reached out and held Su Ming's hand.
"Oh! You can call me Sarah." The man introduced himself.
"Then find a place quickly. We also want to know what is going on here." Su Ming said bluntly.
Sarah nodded, said a few words to the people behind her in the native language, and then looked at Su Ming: "Okay, please follow me."
Sarah led Su Ming into the village. Su Ming saw many people staring at them. Some of these people were wearing shabby clothes and were very thin, but some of them were of normal build and wore normal clothes.
Su Ming initially thought that this village was also divided into classes, those who were dressed normally were of high status, and those who wore tattered cloaks were of low status.
But soon, Su Ming denied his previous thought.
Those who seemed to be dressed normally seemed to respect those who were wearing tattered cloaks, because the ordinary people all stood behind those who were wearing cloaks and did not dare to get too close to them.
Su Ming looked towards the houses on both sides. There was a stable at regular intervals between these houses. The sound of horses snorting could be heard from the stables.
This scene made Su Ming even more puzzled. This village looked extremely poor, but they could actually afford to raise horses.
"Please come in. Have you eaten yet? If you don't mind, you can have a simple meal here."
Sarah welcomed Su Ming and his group into a wooden house and asked someone to bring food.
Soon, someone brought baked potatoes, a plate of bacon, and plenty of water.
"Please use it," said Sarah.
Su Ming looked at the bacon and potatoes on the plate. There was a lot of them. He picked up a piece of bacon and put it in his mouth. Although it tasted rough, it had a unique flavor. The seasoning of the bacon was surprisingly good.
