Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 127: Pregnant?

When the team left Caohe Town, all the residents of the town ran out and knelt on the ground to see them off as if they were kneeling to gods.

Perhaps for Chen Jian, this was just a simple transaction with the settlements within his territory.

But for them, it was a resurrection from the dead.

What are a few piles of plastic?

If the Mechanicus were to do the same thing, they might even have to take away more than half of Caohe Town's population as a price.

In comparison, the actions of the Chinese Army in Huangshi City can no longer be called merciful.

It's simply a gift!

Chen Jian ignored the people who were kneeling, and after simply organizing his equipment, he got on the cat car and left.

Their next destination is Susong Town, 60 kilometers away. The plan is to rest in Susong Town for one night before continuing on their way.

There is a considerable section of damaged road along the route, so it is difficult to travel quickly.

In order to arrive before dark, they had to hurry.

The cat car sped away, Ji Xing and Zeng Yi changed seats, Chen Jian operated the PDA while speaking to Zeng Yi:

"Xie Liu found something special in the Terror Demon's camp. I didn't ask her to bring it here, but the drone took photos of it."

"Look at this."

Chen Jian handed the PDA to Zeng Yi and said:
"This is a dried human arm, which was made into an ornament by the Terror Demon."

"There is a clear tattoo pattern on the arm. According to Xie Liu, this should be a unique tattoo style on the female demons of Huadu."

"How about it, do you think it looks like that?"

“No need to be like it, this is it.”

Zeng Yi nodded affirmatively, and then said:

"The tattoos of the Flora Siren are very special. Although each one is different, the style is very obvious."

"Only they would have such tattoos - but why does the Terror have the arm of the Flora Banshee in his hand?"

"They dare to attack Huadu? Impossible?"

"We'll talk about this later."

Chen Jian slid his PDA to switch to the next picture, and then continued:

"This is a headband made from a human spine. Do you notice anything different?"

".No difference, but it seems to be made quite delicately?"

Zeng Yi replied thoughtfully.

"Yes, it is too exquisite. This headband of the spine clearly shows signs of fine processing. It is not something that those clumsy horror demons can make."

"Adding to that highly intelligent group of demons we saw earlier, I now suspect that either Huadu has gathered together the highly intelligent demons they found, or they have found some way to improve the demons' intelligence."

"However, the former is more likely."

"Come, look at the third one."

"This is a single-shot rifle with an inscription on it indicating that it came from someone in the Anqing City Defense Team."

"This gun should have been snatched by the Terror Demon during the conflict with the Anqing City Defense Team, but the question is, how did it appear here?"

"Caohe Town is nearly 200 kilometers away from Anqing City. If the Terror Demons can bring things here, it means that their power has expanded to the limit and even started to split and expand outward."

"I'm afraid this is not a good sign."

Hearing Chen Jian's words, Zeng Yi nodded slowly, and then said:

"maybe."

"The migration of blood skeletons is random. Their instincts will prompt them to pursue fresh blood and more killings."

"If the human settlements near the Anqing ruins cannot meet their killing needs, it is normal for them to migrate to other areas."

"The presence of this gun here cannot simply be concluded as a 'bad omen'; it could even be a good omen."

"Perhaps it means that Anqing City has curbed the expansion of the power of the Terror Demons and forced them to other areas."

"Reasonable."

Chen Jian nodded and said:

"But no matter what, we can be sure that the demons here are related to Anqing, which also means that they are migrating on a large scale."

"That's possible. There will be more traces of terrifying demons in the place we are going to next."

“The closer you get to Anqing City, the more serious the problem is likely to be.”

"We have to be ready."

"Small groups of Terrors are easy to deal with, but we haven't really fought against large-scale Terrors yet - we must be vigilant."

"clear."

Zeng Yi subconsciously tightened the gun in his hand, while Xie Liu beside him interrupted:

"The overall number of Terror Demons is not as large as that of Water Ghosts. According to our previous estimates, the limit for the entire southern part of the continent is about 10 Terror Demons."

"And most of these Terror Demons are scattered in various areas, so the scale of each Terror Demon camp will not be too large."

"If we eventually find that the size of the Terror Demon Camp near Anqing City exceeds a certain threshold, then there will be a problem."

"I don't know what Huadu is doing, but I always feel that perhaps their deal with the Blood Skull is related to the common fertility worship between the two parties?"

"possible."

Chen Jian took back the PDA, and after a moment's silence, he said:

"According to what you said, the Terror Demons are a species with a very high fertility rate and a very high mortality rate. It is possible that Huadu could use them as research subjects."

"However, we will discuss these issues when we get to Anqing."

"clear."

The few of them said no more, and the cat cart moved forward. Zeng Yi and Li Shi used the cold weapons they carried to kill several unknown small monsters, and the road was unobstructed from then on.

At five o'clock in the evening, the convoy had approached Susong Town. Several people were still staying outside Susong Town, with Zeng Yi entering to communicate internally.

This is also a small settlement with a population of only a few hundred people, but because it is located on the edge of Longgan Lake and has developed fishery resources, life here is obviously much more affluent than Caohe Town. A large number of wind turbines towering into the sky stand on the shore of the lake. Although most of them are completely rusted, collapsed, twisted, and no longer rotate, at first glance, the highly modernized equipment still gives Chen Jian a strong sense of contrast compared to the extremely primitive towns and villages.

Chen Jian suddenly began to understand why the Mechanicus Church regarded "Trinity" as their image of worship.

Not to mention them, even Chen Jian himself couldn't help but be shocked when he stood under the huge wind turbine blades.

While waiting outside, Chen Jian saw several residents walk towards the wind turbine that was still in good condition and barely turning, light a bonfire, and start a strange dance.

The dancer's body is covered with white paint, and her arms are stretched out and spinning continuously, as if imitating the movement of fan blades.

The people around him raised the still burning sticks and knocked out sparks in the air.

Whenever a strong wind blows, the fan blades above our heads turn, and the sharp friction sound is accompanied by excited cheers.

This scene even made Chen Jian feel a little creepy.

People, imitations?
What kind of environment creates such a belief?

After a moment, this simple "sacrifice" was declared completed.

Several people picked up the scattered torches and walked back to Susong Town. At this time, Zeng Yi, who had finished the communication, also returned to the team.

"No problem. We are staying here for one night as businessmen."

"Some merchants from Susong Town occasionally come here to trade metal materials with them. They are no strangers to merchants."

"There are accommodations specially prepared for businessmen here. I just went to see them. They are quite clean."

"How about going in now?"

"Let's go - is there anything unusual with the people here?"

"Not found yet."

Zeng Yi shook his head and replied:
"They worship the 'wind wheel' and electricity, but the funny thing is, there is no trace of electricity being used here at all."

"Probably a long time ago, everything related to electricity here was taken away by the Mechanicus."

"Including batteries, wires, etc."

"In short, this is just an ordinary settlement, except that the beliefs are a bit strange."

"clear."

Chen Jian nodded and led the team towards Susong Town.

When the cat car's headlights came on, all the residents here looked at them curiously, with a bit of envy in their eyes.

They worship electricity, but they don't have electricity.

Perhaps they can only see the "miracles" created by electric current from outsiders.

It's also ironic.

Walking into the preparation room of Susong Town, Lei Jie suddenly said:
"You said, there are so many wind turbines here, and the main parts are obviously not removed. Can we dismantle all of them, and then convert the generators into water wheel type and bring them back to Yellowstone?"

".This unit is hundreds of years old. Can it really still be used?"

Chen Jian asked with some doubt.

"At least the permanent magnets inside won't demagnetize easily, which is a good thing."

"You can consider updating it on the PDA as a clue."

Chen Jian placed the flight 201 in his hand on the table in the room and changed the subject:
"Let's not worry about the generator issue for now - don't you really notice that this town is a little bit unusual?"

"I found it."

He Shuo took off his helmet and said:
“There are too many pregnant women here.”

"Yes."

After Chen Jian finished speaking, everyone finally reacted.

Ji Xing suddenly realized:
"Indeed. It seems like every adult woman we see is pregnant and already showing it."

"Logically, they shouldn't be so concentrated. Are the people here so special?"

".Special as hell."

Chen Jian rolled his eyes at Ji Xing, then said:

"Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's affected by some factors we don't know yet."

"Anyway, this has nothing to do with us."

"It's too late now. Let's go around town early tomorrow morning and see if there are any supplies that can be traded."

"If there is, we will trade. If not, we will just leave."

"As long as we get here and explore the way, it will be fine."

“No follow-up plans for now.”

"what!!!"

Before Chen Jian could finish his words, a heart-wrenching howl suddenly came from outside the door.

Everyone subconsciously grabbed their weapons. Chen Jian leaned towards the bed, listened carefully for a few seconds, and then said:
"A woman's voice."

"Xie Liu, go out and take a look."

"Everyone else stay where you are!"

"clear."

Xie Liu flipped out of the window, and Ji Xing followed closely behind.

Chen Jian wanted to stop him, but the other party's figure had already disappeared.

He frowned in dissatisfaction, but could only stay where he was and wait.

A moment later, the two returned from the main entrance.

She spoke:
"It's in labor."

"But...something seems wrong!"

(End of this chapter)