"It's impossible to cure them. Their internal organs have basically decayed. They are essentially dead. I'm afraid there is some external force maintaining their movements. I can vaguely feel a sense of connection, but it's too weak. It seems that this should not be the zombie crisis I imagined."
Using an enchanted knife to cut open the chest of a monster, Lin Yi keenly noticed that the blade in his hand, which could damage spirits, killed the monster that should have been killed only by a headshot. Then, when investigating the internal structure of the creature, Lin Yi discovered that its internal organs had completely rotted away, and it could no longer function. Not only that, in the stomach of the creature, Lin Yi also found some traces of magical transformation, but due to the damage caused by the dagger, the traces had now become incomplete.
Out of caution, Lin Yi found a few more monsters whose heads he had shot to investigate. He cut open their chests and abdomens without using the engraved dagger, and found similar traces. These abnormal energy traces that had almost completely integrated into the flesh and blood could not be discovered by others, but in Lin Yi's vision, they were as clear as a naked Iino Miko, and he could see the clues at a glance.
Ahem, that’s not right, that’s not right. This example is wrong. Why did I think of that girl?
"Um, zombie crisis?"
Linglan, who was standing next to Lin Yi, showed an uncomfortable expression because the scene in front of her was too disgusting and bloody, but she still forced herself to continue observing. At this time, she asked curiously. By the way, Lin Yi subconsciously covered her eyes to prevent her from seeing the appearance of these bloodthirsty zombies, which was protested by her. Linglan did not want to be treated as a child because of her petite and young age, but hoped that Lin Yi would treat everyone equally, which was why she was here to watch Lin Yi dissect and observe these monsters.
"Well, it's a very popular story model. Because of a virus or curse, the dead come back to life and become bloodthirsty monsters. They can also infect others by biting them and turn them into their own kind, and in this way they continue to expand their group. If you analyze it in detail, there are many unscientific and untenable aspects, but some people like to watch this type of story. Ah, but unfortunately, because the story style is relatively bloody and cruel, it is not suitable for family-friendly styles, so the number of movies and animations of this type is relatively small, and they don't sell very well."
As he spoke, Lin Yi shook off the blood on his hands and looked up at the sky.
The clouds are gathering and the sky is growing darker.
It looks like it's going to rain.
The investigation of the corpse has now yielded a rough conclusion. First of all, this thing is indeed a curse-like thing with the ability to spread. Lin Yi guessed that the parts of these monsters from the head to the stomach were transformed by some special power, which can transform the meat they eat into some kind of energy or transmit it to a certain place. Otherwise, this cannot explain why these monsters will not swell up even if they eat a whole person.
The physical fitness of the infected will be greatly enhanced by this strange curse-like power. Their strength, speed, and explosive power will far exceed the limits of human beings. Some special changes will occur in the area from the brain to the stomach, but their body's ability to withstand is still within the bearing capacity of flesh and blood. They have no way of resisting the attacks of guns and cannons and the chops of sharp blades. Their flesh, tendons, and bones are even more fragile than normal people. Lin Yi estimated that ordinary humans could easily chop off their heads with a machete.
"So, to sum it up, these things are transformed from humans, and they are monsters that cannot be reversed, so we might as well just call them zombies. Then, the people bitten by them should be gradually transformed into their kind, and finally become the same as them. Also, this transformation should take a certain amount of time, so the people who have just been bitten will not be transformed immediately. Such unlucky people will be marked as prey by these zombies, and will be hunted down and eaten, just like the several people around who had their internal organs eaten."
"The flesh and blood eaten by these things, I speculate, should be converted into energy, and then spread out through some invisible energy network. They are collecting something through cannibalism, but it is not clear what they are collecting at the moment. I think if we, the saviors, cannot find the key to the problem, perhaps this gathered energy will eventually hatch something, and by then it will be the prelude to the destruction of the world. It is time for this volunteer mission to be transformed into a formal mission."
"And now, as participants in the voluntary mission, we have been deployed in advance. Although the zombies of this scale are quite powerful, they have definitely not reached the level that can cause a civilization crisis. What we have to do is to find the root cause and solve the problem in one go."
Within fifteen minutes of the mission starting, Lin Yi successfully found the target direction of this mission.
The unique innate ability of energy resonance has been increasingly showing its strength to Lin Yi as it gradually awakens.
I really don’t know to what extent this ability can reach after it is further released and truly demonstrates its power.
"It's such a monster..."
A little bit, it reminded me of some files I had seen before.
Regarding the Reunion Movement, and the enemy named Mephisto who has been confirmed dead, according to records, the other party has a unique Originium skill that can turn people infected with mineral disease into monsters similar to these zombies. Of course, it's not just Mephisto. According to some recent information updated by Rhodes Island, it seems that there are people with similar abilities in the Sarkaz, people who have the ability to transform people into monsters, and they are more terrifying than Mephisto. It's just that Suzuran's authority cannot access this information, so she only knows some hearsay.
So, in this mission, will the enemy that will cause the world-destroying crisis be someone similar to the ones in the records?
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Lin Yi. Now, are you sure about the next course of action?"
After finishing her thoughts, Linglan looked at Lin Yi and asked, ready to continue her action.
Lin Yi raised his head, looked briefly into the distance at the street, then shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression.
"Next, well, let's run away first."
"Hey, running away?"
Following the direction Lin Yi was looking, the fox girl turned around and looked towards the far end of the street.
Then she saw densely packed bloodthirsty zombies, at least thousands of them, completely occupying the streets and advancing towards them like a tide.
buzz-
At the same time, Lin Yi had already started his motorcycle.
"Get in the car, it's time to run for your life, little fox."
Snapping his fingers, Lin Yi spoke to Linglan very calmly at this moment.
Chapter A-03: Direction~
Now that you have a motorcycle, of course you want to use it for racing.
This is an obvious truth. After all, if such a big thing is placed in the house, it must be used. It doesn't make sense to buy it as a decoration. Of course, although this is said, there are always exceptions, but at least Lin Yi is not one of the exceptions.
However, having said that, this thing still depends on the situation. It is indeed a good experience to go out for a ride on a motorcycle when you have nothing to do. But like now, being chased by a group of bloodthirsty, zombie-like monsters, riding a motorcycle in this situation may not feel very good.
Boom boom——
The roar of the engine, accompanied by the vibration of the car body, was unusually loud at this moment.
The [Mibao No. 1] on the front of the car reflected the light, and Lin Yi, who was driving, accelerated forward and quickly passed through the streets of the small town.
"Tsk, it seems that it's not that easy to get rid of."
From the rearview mirror of the motorcycle, Lin Yi could see the zombies running on the streets and rooftops. These creatures were extremely agile, easily jumping up to a height of several meters, and constantly moving between buildings at a very fast speed. In contrast, Lin Yi's motorcycle was greatly restricted. As the central area of the town, there were various vehicle roadblocks everywhere. In order to avoid collisions, Lin Yi had to constantly adjust the body of the motorcycle, and the speed could not help but slow down. As a result, he was unable to shake off the large group of zombies chasing him after three or four minutes.
We have to think of a way.
On one side of the sight, a zombie monster with festering bodies suddenly jumped up, jumped from one roof to another, rolled over and jumped up again, grabbed the window sill of a residential building on one side and suddenly jumped up, then landed on a bus on the side of the road and stepped on the body of the bus, then jumped up again and landed on the third-floor roof of the hamburger shop, then ran quickly and closely chased Lin Yi's motorcycle.
Like the fucking parkour master, are these guys really zombies? Did something else walk into the wrong set?
Lin Yi really wanted to complain like this, but considering that there was an underage girl sitting behind him, he finally decided to be as elegant and graceful as possible.
However, I will never be able to get rid of them if I keep running like this, I have to find a way.
"Lily, can you aim at the surrounding cars and detonate them?"
Lin Yi, who had thought of something, suddenly asked at this time.
"Well, that's no problem."
The fox girl, who was not used to this kind of transportation, hugged Lin Yi's waist, nodded reluctantly, and then stood up, holding Lin Yi's shoulders and standing on the motorcycle. In order to maintain her balance, Linglan had to put one hand around Lin Yi's neck and try to lean against Lin Yi tightly, so that she could free up one hand to use the staff and stimulate her own source stone skills.
"Mr. Lin Yi, to detonate these cars, I need to stimulate my Originium skills to a very high level. Even if I fail to destroy these vehicles, it will still generate very high temperatures and will delay any individuals passing by. So when I launch the attack, you must maintain high speed, otherwise the car will easily be trapped."
"Well, no problem. Then aim at the red car in front and I'll shoot when I count to one, two, three."
After a brief exchange, the two men, who had quickly completed the division of labor, fell silent again. Then the motorcycle roared forward and quickly passed a red car that was blocking the road under a huge billboard.
At this moment, Lily of the Valley waved her staff, and suddenly a bright white fire bomb was fired, hitting the car and directly blowing up the entire car on the spot.
In the flames of the explosion, dozens of zombie monsters that were chasing too closely exploded on the spot, their bodies torn apart by the shock wave. Then the billboard suddenly fell down, hitting a large group of zombies following behind, and crushing them with the sound of bones breaking.
And this is not the end. Lily of the Valley, who turned back to observe the situation, could clearly see that most of the monsters that ran out from the smoke of the explosion directly crashed into other cars or buildings at extremely high speeds, knocking over cars and crashing through walls with a roar, creating even larger-scale chaos.
Amid the roaring sounds, Linglan saw more and more zombie monsters crashing into the surrounding buildings, cars, road signs and other things on the street. The smoke obviously interfered with their visual senses, and their fast movement speed made it difficult for them to stop. So for a while, the zombies were dancing wildly, and the sound of houses and vehicles being smashed could be heard everywhere.
Then, Lily of the Valley noticed that the monsters that had crashed through several houses or cars in succession suddenly fell to the ground, struggling and twitching, with their bodies extremely deformed, as if all the bones in their bodies were twisted and broken, and they could no longer move.
This is how the same thing?
The little fox girl blinked, not understanding the reason for a moment.
"Well, it's pretty much what I guessed, so it's confirmed."
Lin Yi, who observed this scene from the rearview mirror, nodded slightly, not at all surprised by the situation.
After all, this was a possibility that was expected. In the previous dissection, Lin Yi had already discovered that the bone structure of these things was much more fragile than that of normal people. With such strong strength, agility and burst, but the body structure was not as good as that of ordinary people, it would be easier to be damaged under intense exercise. According to this idea, Lin Yi let Linglan create the chaos just now, and the result was just as he judged. After these monsters who turned into demolition workers caused several destructions, their own bodies would reach their limits and fall to the ground, becoming waste that could only struggle and crawl.
From this point of view, as long as you can find a complex and changeable terrain environment, it is easy to knock these things down. However, although the weakness is easy to find, the physical strength of this thing is really outrageous. Judging from these overturned tanks, this thing is probably a direct legion charge to eliminate the local resistance, right?
However, despite this, the specific situation of this world cannot be determined.
Lin Yi carefully took note of the flyers he had investigated before. From the content of the flyers, this tourist city discovered a flu-like infectious disease about a week ago. The local government therefore required residents to self-isolate at home and ensure the rationing of supplies. But at the same time, Lin Yi also found some protest lists scattered on the ground. From the lists, it can be seen that this infectious disease had been discovered at least a month and a half ago, but at that time, in order to ensure the income during the peak tourist season, this matter was concealed, and all attempts to report it were blocked. It was not until a large-scale outbreak occurred a week ago that it was finally suppressed and began to self-isolate.
These government leaflets seemed to be distributed once a day, along with various daily necessities, but Lin Yi only found the ones from two days ago at the latest, which means that these zombie monsters started to appear sometime the day before yesterday. Well, considering that the distribution time shown on the material list is twice in the morning and afternoon, it is also possible that these things appeared at night three days ago.
Next, well, we have to find a way to confirm whether there are any survivors in this city.
In addition, we have to find a way to confirm whether these zombie monsters have only broken out in this city or have spread to all parts of the world.
The general layout of the entire Columbus Island, the population distribution, and a series of other things. There are many possible situations, and there is still a lot of information that needs to be further collected. Some things cannot be confirmed immediately for the time being, and a goal must be set first.
Then the first goal was to reunite with the other teammates. In addition to the two of them, there were three more rescuers active in this island city. If they had come here earlier, they might have known something he didn't know.
as well as……
"Come to think of it, you can probably let go of my neck now. I'm a little out of breath."
Lin Yi frowned slightly and looked in the rearview mirror at Linglan's little face which was still carefully observing the surroundings.
"Oh, sorry, Mr. Lin Yi, I didn't notice."
The little fox was stunned for a moment, then quickly apologized, loosened his arms around Lin Yi's neck, and sat down again. His nine long tails shook slightly a few times uneasily.
"There's no need to apologize. After all, it was a very critical moment just now. And like I said, even the lowest level Spark-level mission is still full of dangers. As rescuers, we must carefully choose our targets and take actions cautiously. We must not underestimate our opponents."
"Yeah, Mr. Lin Yi, you are right. I was a little rash when choosing the mission before."
This is probably the advantage of having a good teammate with a good kid. The other person will think seriously about the truth you tell him at the first time, and will definitely agree with him if he is right, and will never insist on arguing with him.
Lin Yi thought so in his heart, and after confirming the coordinates of the nearest teammate, he sped up and disappeared in the distance of the dilapidated street.
Behind him, a leaflet that was fluttering in the wind suddenly fell down when it was close to the ground, with a slight dent in the middle, as if it had been stepped on by an invisible person.
And the next moment, in another breeze, the leaflet flew up again and continued to drift towards the depths of this desolate and silent town.
In the silence, between the overturned car and the cracked road, there seemed to be something, looking in the direction where Lin Yi and Linglan left, but it seemed that nothing existed, and there was still nothing here.
Chapter A-04: Confluence~
"Phew, this way we can get rid of them temporarily. These guys are not easy to deal with."
The man with his hat worn backwards exhaled lightly, stretched his body, and looked into the distance behind him at the zombie monsters that were running back and forth violently on the streets of the town.
"Thanks for the help, the speed and power of these things are ridiculous, it doesn't feel like something that should be expected from a Spark-level mission."
Ethan, who was standing next to the man, also took a breath and spoke in a slightly helpless tone.
"Well, I can only say that volunteer missions are like this. Unexpected things often happen. Maybe someone did something before us that caused these things to mutate. After all, we have no way of knowing the disturbance level during volunteer missions. And, Deacon St. John, the G-level savior."
The man driving the motorcycle named Deacon// stood up straight and stretched out his hand to Ethan.
"Ethan Winters, G-Class Savior, it looks like we'll be partners in this mission from now on."
Ethan also stretched out his hand and shook hands with the man, his eyes sweeping over the other's equipment.
He looks like a biker, with the three-headed dog of hell on his clothes, and tattoos on his neck and chest, giving people a feeling of "Is this guy a gangster and not easy to mess with?" However, his facial expression and attitude towards speaking and doing things are still very easygoing. After all, he is also a savior. No matter how he looks, the essential difference is not that big.
Also, this person has a lot of interesting-looking weapons on him, such as a homemade mace wrapped with nails and tape, something that looks like a bomb made from cans and some electronic tools, and a light machine gun and a shotgun on his back with homemade silencers hanging on them. He seems to be a rescuer who is very good at hands-on work.
After taking a rough look at the other party's situation, Ethan smiled and withdrew his gaze.
While observing his companions, Deacon also observed Ethan's situation. He noticed that the man was carrying a backpack, and the Magnum pistol on his waist had obviously been privately modified, and it was a considerable degree of modification. Some traces of wound healing could be seen between his fingers, with only faint white marks left. But the outrageous thing was that judging from the size of the white marks, it seemed that the man's entire finger had been cut off and then glued back together. It seemed unlikely, right?
Deacon denied his thoughts without hesitation. After all, the savior in front of him was also a G-level like him, and should be an ordinary person without any special abilities.
In fact, this was indeed the finger that Ethan had cut off during the last rescue mission, and he used nutrient solution and glue to stick it back together. As a fungal virus parasite, as long as the cut part was not particularly important, he could stick it back and it would grow back in a short time.
If there was enough time to communicate, Ethan would not mind sharing his special abilities with his companions so that they could better cooperate to complete the task. However, the zombies wandering in the town did not go away and were slowly approaching their area. Therefore, to be on the safe side, they only took a short break to pack up their things and then continued to move away from the town.
The direction they were heading was the cross-sea bridge connecting the main island of Cologne and its secondary island.
Since the small town here is difficult to enter and it is difficult to obtain intelligence, then try to investigate the situation in the urban area. This kind of strategic problem is still easy to choose.
While the two rescuers were leaving, on the other side, in the central area of the town, a burst of fierce gunfire continued.
"Come on, you bastard, come on."
In the thick smoke, the zombie monsters were howling and rushing around.
The gunshots rang out one after another, and each time they could accurately take out several howling zombie monsters. The attacker was obviously quite patient, and each shot was made within the range of the smoke. Once the smoke was about to dissipate, he would quickly add a smoke bomb to ensure that these crazy monsters had no way to find his specific location.
After more than twenty minutes of fighting, hundreds of zombie monsters fell to the ground. Their mutilated corpses covered most of the street, and the stench was enough to make people faint.
In the dissipating smoke, a manhole cover was slowly removed, and a white-haired old man in green military uniform climbed out, throwing away a gun that had been deformed after long-term continuous shooting and was emitting bursts of smoke. As for the sewer where he had just hidden, as long as he went down and took a look, he could see two broken guns and densely packed bullet shells that almost filled the sewer passage.
Obviously, this street was a trap area specially set by the old man to hunt these things. He must have conducted several hunting operations here before, so this is the reason why it has become like this.
“It’s quite tiring.”
As the old man spoke, he lit a cigarette, stretched his body, picked up a rifle, put it on his back, and walked among the fallen corpses.
At this moment, a zombie monster that had lost both legs roared and pounced on him from behind, but the old man dodged it by bending down. Then the old man took out a pistol from his waist and fired three bullets at the creature's head, completely opening its skull and ensuring that the guy was dead.
"Treat the infection, one bullet at a time. Well, it seems like there's more than one, but that's it."
The old man smiled softly and didn't care about the large number of zombie monsters that he had spent a lot of time and effort to kill. He just stood there waiting.
It didn't take long before he finally found the person he was waiting for.
"This is a really big area. It's quite impressive."
Lin Yi, riding a motorcycle, slowly stopped at the entrance of the street. In front of him was an old man standing alone among the broken corpses. It must be said that although it is not clear whether this old man has any extraordinary power, his posture alone makes people feel strong.
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