Returning from the abyss

Chapter 374 Winter

As soon as the door was opened, a gust of chill rushed over, making the three of them shudder.The temperature in the Winter Garden was the lowest and it was not unexpected. Lu Ning let out a sigh of relief, and a white mist visible to the naked eye formed in the air.

The body temperature is about six or seven degrees Celsius, but Lu Ning didn't say it. This is not something she should be clear about the role she is playing now.

"Do you feel that the Winter Garden is quite different?"

Maoyou looked into the two corridors while rubbing his hands. Everything around the Winter Garden was chilling gray and white, which was much less colorful than the other three gardens.The two corridors also have a different impression from other gardens. First of all, one of the corridors is completely blocked by the room in the middle.

"Let's go this way." Lu Ning pointed to the unblocked direction, "This road should lead to the internal branch corridor."

"How do you tell the difference?" Maoyou looked around in astonishment, "The configuration of this corridor is completely different."

"The corridor on the left hand side of the elevator in the big garden is always going to the branch corridor, because the basic structure of each floor is the same." Lu Ning stepped forward, "Let's quickly find the supply point here and put on winter clothes, otherwise it is easy to freeze and accident .”

"Haha... I hate winter the most." Maoyou hurriedly followed.

What is winter like in this world?Lu Ning searched for information from those fragments of memory.This little girl has survived many winters, and it seems that the coldest weather is nothing more than that.

Because the danger level of the suburbs in winter has been greatly reduced, many people are able to bravely go to nearby places to collect some food.For example, tubers buried in the soil, small bushes that bear fruit in the snow, and even small animals and insects that crawl out for food in winter are all edible.

Even in the alleys, there are only people who come to distribute food in winter. Although it is only black gray and cement-like liquid food, it has no taste, but because the consistency is high enough, people will not feel hungry for a day—if there is no activity.

There is also the central area that is always bright. Lu Ning now knows that it is called the "master brain".

In a blink of an eye, the three of them had already reached the intersection leading to the branching corridor, and saw that the two rooms in this corridor were in the shape of two arrows, pointing to a mission machine in the middle and corresponding to the entrance of the branching corridor , This is a two-star mission. Lu Ning swiped it and found that she could accept it directly.

[Task level two: Obtain two second-level props. 】

It's similar to the mission of Golius, except that this mission is obviously losing money. In other words, it's not worth doing if you don't get it by killing and inheriting.

"A tricky task." Lu Ning gave Maoyou and Pingna a look, and then walked towards the entrance of the corridor.

"Lu, is there something hidden in the two arrows pointing at this machine?" Maoyou asked.

"This machine is a whole. Any secrets can only be written on the surface. If it is related to the whole map, we can't see it now." Lu Ning didn't look back, "I've drawn it on the map, don't worry. "

The basic structure has not changed, and the branching corridor of the Winter Garden is no different from the other three, the only difference is that it feels colder.Lu Ning glanced sideways at the glass door leading to the courtyard. The courtyard on this side was as if the mountains were covered by heavy snow. Everything was covered by snow. It is conservatively estimated that the thickness of the snow layer alone is half a meter deep. I can't tell what the original things are, they are all big and small snow bags.

"How can this enter people!" Maoyou wailed as he looked at the snowflakes still fluttering in the air.

Lu Ning didn't open the door, but stood at the door and observed carefully.The footprints left in the snowflakes have been almost covered, but after all, they are a little different, and the traces can still be seen.She can roughly see that there is a fierce battle taking place here relying on the terrain of the entire courtyard. What is weird is that the only two entrances and exits in the courtyard, that is, the glass door on this side and the elevator passage on the other end are full of snow. There was no trace of anyone walking by.

"Lu! There is a one-star mission here!"

Maoyou had already run into a deeper part of the corridor, and soon started yelling.

"Content?" Lu Ning asked casually.

"There are three different levels of missions at the same time!"

Only then did Lu Ning realize that the place where Maoyou was standing was in the corridor, and it was not a hidden place, but there were still missions left?Or... the entire round of tasks in the Winter Garden has basically not been picked up yet?

"Then we have to act quickly." Realizing this, Lu Ning immediately put aside the strange situation in the courtyard and pointed to the path, "Let's take a look inside, we haven't searched the room here from the beginning to the end."

According to Levanska, the structure of the rooms corresponding to this path is the same, one at the end and one on the left and right sides, a total of three rooms.Judging from the current distribution density of task machines, there is no reason not to set it here.

The width of the path was only a little over one meter, so it would be quite crowded for two people walking side by side, but after a short walk, they could reach the door of the room on the left. Lu Ning reached out to turn on the switch, but suddenly smelled a bloody smell.

This room—no, even a house—had two dead bodies in the hall.One had its head smashed in half and was lying sideways beside a recliner, the other was bandaged all over, clearly an exiled killer, with a gash through the heart conspicuously in the back, and his weapon was gone.

"It was a fierce battle. Several people here were blocked in the room and had to be beaten." Lu Ning could easily see the situation at that time from the blood stains and tear marks on the ground. "One died. , but it also created opportunities for other people to be assassinated, and they must have used some other means, but unfortunately the damage is quite serious, so I can't tell."

"The corpse... Has no one cleaned it up?" Aunt Pingna looked at the corpse beside the couch with some pity, "That's it..."

"Exposing corpses in the wilderness is a perfectly normal thing, not to mention that these people may only be joining forces temporarily. Didn't you see that everything on that person was also cleaned up? There is really no resource left."

The floor was covered with thick carpets, and the indoor temperature was a little higher than the cold corridor outside. Lu Ning approached the fireplace in this room, and brought the tongs from the corner.

"Now let's see..."

She tore off the bandage of the exiled killer with tongs. Mao You wanted to come up to help, but was stopped by Lu Ning.

"I remember you said that these guys are all transformed humans, right?"

"This is just a rumor, I don't know the specifics."

"Whether it's a rumor or not, you have to find out what happened to him. You can first check to see if there is a mission machine in the room, and look around."

Maoyou and Pingna walked into the small rooms on both sides of the hall to check, while Lu Ning carefully peeled off all the bandages wrapped outside, revealing the blue-gray skin underneath.

Although this matter seems to have nothing to do with the task or the main line of the scene, Lu Ning's previous experience made her feel that she must know more about the outside world.The original knowledge reserve of this identity can be said to be ignorant, after all, it is still struggling on the line of survival.But she wants to know more... about the outside world, about the class here, about the "Mastermind".

Before that, she had slightly seen the corpses of the other three exiled killers, but this time was an opportunity to examine them in detail.

From the point of view of body, there is no doubt that it has undergone a certain degree of biochemical transformation.

The bones and joints are extremely thick, and there are strange lumpy bumps on the surface of the muscles.Lu Ning cut open several bulges with a knife, and found that a metal sheet like a battery was buried inside.The limbs of the corpse looked well-trained, but what didn't match it was the dry feeling of malnutrition in the body and head.The wound was a fatal trauma to the heart, but the amount of bleeding was far less than expected, and it flowed out rather than spurting out.

The most obvious place for modification is in the brain.

This person's hair has been shaved, and there are more than 20 scars that have healed neatly and orderly across the entire head, which even reminds Lu Ning of the appearance of a Go board.On the premise of knowing that there is such a thing as repairing spray in this world, the ability to leave so many scars shows that the surgeon didn't even think about using that kind of prop on him.

Lu Ning pointed the dagger at a scar, thought for a while, and struck down.

It may be more thorough to replace this kind of thing with Ning Yeyi or Fujii Xueyin. After all, her main study direction is investigation and clues, and those two have really studied a lot of forensic science.

"Lu, I got a one-star... what are you doing?" Ping Na came out from a small room and was about to report when she saw Lu Ning's movements.

"If there's anything they have to move, it's the brain."

Lu Ning held the dagger steadily and cut along the scar, and soon opened the brain of the corpse.

"vomit!"

Maoyou, who happened to come out from the other side with nothing, immediately covered his mouth and let out a retching sound when he saw this.

It was a brain that even a layman like him knew was absolutely abnormal.

A layer of net-like substance exuding gray-black luster covers the outer layer of the brain, and a small claw stretched out from the edge of the net is firmly grasping the front lobe of the brain, and the whole brain is faintly pink The color is so bright that it even makes people feel a little bright, as if they are still alive.

If Lu Ning had been mentally prepared, the corner of her eye twitched at this time, and she quickly threw away the dagger and retracted her hand.

"Don't show me! Ouch! Is this thing alive or dead? I've never seen such a disgusting thing... Ouch!!"

Maoyou leaned on the wall and retched, but unfortunately it had been several hours since the last time he ate, so he couldn't vomit anything.

"What is this?" Ping Na also stood in the corner with a look of disgust, not wanting to come over at all.

Lu Ning stretched out the tongs and pulled the "net".

Not moving.

"Should be dead."

"Damn too... vomit! Don't look at it, can we get out of here quickly? I can't get this thing out of my mind!"

"Row."

Lu Ning didn't want to take a second look at all. It seemed that there was always an illusion that if this thing was wrapped around her brain, she would slowly poke out her claws...

No, I really can't think about it anymore.

The three of them rushed out of the room as if fleeing, and even rushed into the innermost room in order to stay away from the other side room.

Surprisingly, and somewhat naturally, there were people inside.

It was a woman with short brown hair and a western face. She was wrapping the wounds on her arms and legs with torn clothes, and she was stepping on the stool with one foot, completely unafraid that someone might come in suddenly.

"Wow! I'm sorry!" Maoyou screamed and turned around immediately, but the woman continued to wrap the cloth strips around the wound without caring.

"What are you panicking, am I not wearing any clothes?"

She was indeed still wearing the night clothes of Spring Garden, but half of her arms and legs were cut off.Lu Ning could see that she had obvious muscle lines on her body, and the skin on her arms and legs was also wheat-colored, obviously she kept exercising.

"Hello." She greeted cautiously, and there was no second person in the room, which meant that this woman was probably a lone ranger.Those who can act alone in this environment must be very capable.

"Okay." The woman tied the cloth strip in a knot, bit off the rest, then stretched her legs and shrugged at the three of them, "My name is Rosa, Rosa Kress, from the city wall. What do you call it?"

It was easier for Lu Ning to deal with such a straightforward appearance.

"Lu, these two are my companions, Maoyou and Pingna."

"Oh." Rosa nodded, and pointed to a hut behind her. "There is an arsenal, and you can find winter clothes suitable for activities here. That's why you came here, right?"

"Yes...are you alone?" Mao You responded, and suddenly asked again.

"What? Chasing me?" Rosa raised her eyebrows, "You're too short to meet my standards."

"not me……"

"Hey, boy, don't ask such a question if you don't mean it. There are rules for talking outside the city wall. Did your boss explain it?"

Rosa lifted a cotton coat from under the stool, shook it twice, and then put it on her body.

"Sorry. What we want to ask is, do you act alone in this garden?" Lu Ning took the question.

"Yeah, because it's troublesome to take care of others. Of course, sometimes it's not too convenient. For example, when you don't have enough stars and can't afford a spray, you can only heal your wounds." Rosa took out another pair of jeans and began to give Put it on yourself.

"Then do you know what happened in that room ahead?"

"I don't know, everyone was cold when I came here." Rosa pouted, "The gang of corpse pickers are professional enough, there is not even any leftovers, and I dare not take the bandages on that stupid big man , I had no choice but to come and tear off some clothes.”

"So you don't know anything about the situation in the garden now?"

"What do you want to know? Isn't it just living, collecting [-] stars, and going out." Rosa swiped her finger and counted, "Other than that, it's all details."

(End of this chapter)