by Chen Ran
And after being injected with the virus by the living corpse, the incubation period would depend on the quality of the person's body, Su. An Adept could use their own strength to force the virus out of their body. As for normal people, their bodies would mutate in at most two days or at least ten minutes. One of the mutation's reactions was to feel hot all over. However, Zog and Yue Yang had never heard of the symptoms of one's body turning red during the process of mutation, but this was unheard-of.
Zog quickly checked Zero's neck, but didn't find anything similar to a tooth mark on his body, which meant that he wasn't attacked by the living corpse. As a result, his current physical condition was even harder to explain.
However, the symptoms of redness and fever disappeared as quickly as they came. In just a minute or two, the red tide had subsided and Su Ming's body temperature returned to normal. Just as she was unconscious, Tony walked over, looking at Zog, he suddenly raised his spear. The muzzle of the gun was pointed at Zero. Tony was a little hesitant, as if she was hesitating about something.
"Put the gun down." Zog said indifferently.
Tony said: "Head, he might be infected, we …"
"Don't make me say it again, put the gun down!" Zog roared, and roughly pushed Tony away. Then he said in a deep voice, "We owe him our lives, fellow. If he really turns into a monster, I'll kill him myself. But I can't do it now. I won't allow you to shoot until I confirm that he is in danger.
"Understood, boss." Tony lowered his head and said.
Zog walked back to the side of Zero and said, "Help me lift him up now, we'll leave this damn city immediately."
Regarding this suggestion, Tony naturally would not oppose it. His best friend, Carr, was already eternally sleeping in the hospital's basement. Before long, all of Carr's flesh and blood would be devoured by the living corpse, and only his skeleton was left to prove his existence. How sad it was, despite the fact that death played out every day in these turbulent times, and tears of sorrow had become a luxury. With that extra strength, you might as well use it to struggle for survival. That way, you'll be able to live for a few more years.
Therefore, although Tony was sad, it did not show on his face. He silently came to Zog's side and carried his 0 points with his party leader, walking out of the town with his unconscious body.
The accident happened when they were turning the corner of a street.
A figure suddenly rushed out from the abandoned laundry, with a rusty blade in hand, he stabbed it down towards Tony.
Everything happened so suddenly, Tony had no choice but to raise his hand to parry the blade, and his arm was immediately pierced by the blade. He shouted and let go of Zero. Then, he raised his machine gun and fired at the figure.
The man's chest immediately turned red. He kept backing up, and finally fell into the laundry space without a sound.
Tony cursed as he pulled out the blade in his hand. There was rust on the blade, maybe some sort of virus. If Tony did not deal with it soon, his life would be in danger. However, they did not even have the simplest tourniquet. The appropriate medical conditions could only be provided by the base. Tony had no choice but to take off the lining of the protective suit, tear off a strip of cloth and tie it to his arm to prevent the blood from flowing too quickly.
However, their troubles did not stop there. One figure after another emerged from the shadows of the streets. Their clothes were ragged and their eyes were fierce. However, there were no changes to his body, his eyes were normal, and he was not a monster like the living corpse.
"mob?" Zog raised his machine gun.
mob meant trouble, and no small amount of trouble. Although these people were not as bloodthirsty and easy to kill as the living corpse, they were wandering the wilderness and were comparable to wild dogs.
"Boss, it seems to be the group of people we met on the way here." Tony whispered.
Zog nodded his head, because the mob in front them was the man who had shot at them from the side of the road.
A man with a full beard was holding a gun that he had obtained from who knows where. He was obviously the leader of this group. The man made a gesture, and the dozen men with machetes and iron rods immediately scattered and surrounded him.
The distance between the two parties was only about five to ten metres. This distance was enough for Zog and Tony to kill a few of the mob s, but not enough to completely annihilate them.
"What are you guys doing?" Zog asked, hoping that the humanoid beasts could understand the human language.
The leader of the mob pointed his gun at Zog and said with a vague tone of voice, "Car … The key! "
Zog suddenly regretted, maybe when he met this group of mob, he would have had them annihilated. However, that time, he did not want to cause any trouble. What he did not expect was that trouble would come knocking on his door right now. As expected, the mob came for the chariot, but the key wasn't in the car, so they couldn't drive away. As a result, they came to the city to search for the rest. But even though he knew, Zog was unable to change the truth.
Of course, they could not give the keys. Not to mention without the car, three hundred kilometers was more than enough for Zog and the others to walk on for a day or two. Furthermore, even if they took the keys, the mob would not let them off. Zog and the others' clothes, guns, and drinking water were all incomparably precious materials. This could be seen from the greedy eyes of the mob, and there was no mercy to speak of in the wilderness.
Right now, Zog could only hope that Allen had not gone too far away and that he would be able to strike the leader with a spear. Without a leader, this group of mob were without a leader, and it would be much easier to fight them and flee.
Maybe the god had heard Zog's voice. The leader of the mob, who was standing straight straight straight a moment ago, suddenly sprung up in the next moment as blood blossomed from his chest. Then, the sound of a sniper rifle could be heard from afar.
This change was beyond everyone's expectation, the mob were stunned. Zog secretly praised Allen in his heart, but he threw Zero to the ground and bellowed: Kill them!
The machine gun in Zog's hand roared.
Chapter 12 - New Work
The battle quickly ended.
After the mob's leader was knocked to the ground with a single spear strike from Allen, the rest of the mob were stunned. Zog and Tony were the first to make their moves, the two machine guns roared and swept across the mob, causing many people to fall to the ground. Although some of the mob s had rushed out of the fire net, they were all killed by Allen who was hiding somewhere. Just like this, in less than two minutes of battle, the mob either died or escaped. The street quickly regained its tranquility.
Zog gasped for breath, and made a gesture: "Let's go, the sounds of the gunshots will attract the other things over."
It's going to be dark, and after dark the city will be dangerous. living corpse was not the only monster in the ruins, the mutated beasts were more aggressive in the night.
When dusk approached, Zog and Zero finally brought them to the chariot at the entrance of the town. Not long after, Allen also returned to the team. The few of them were exhausted, so they decided to rest by the side of the chariot. When Allen asked about what happened to Zog and the others in the basement, the young soldier lowered his head deeply when he heard that Carr and Holt had met with misfortune.
After that, Zog mentioned the butcher, and after knowing that Zero had actually killed this extremely ferocious monster by himself, the look Allen had when he looked at Zero had become somewhat worshipful.
Seeing this, Zog smiled.
In fact, Allen was a pretty good guy. This kid had a talent for shooting, so he was a little irritable, but which young man wasn't like this? But when he looked towards the zero point, this face that looked to be at most twenty years old made Zog shake his head. A stoic, silent, calm zero might be an exception. Zero was like a lone wolf. It was much more suitable for them to live in the wilderness.
"I'll tell you, I'll take a look at this guy's gun now, he shouldn't object, right?" Allen's gaze fell on the two M500 revolver s at Su Ling's waist. He had a natural love for firearms, and this kind of big caliber guy was more able to display the violence of a gun. Allen was even more unwilling to let go of them.
He did not bother with Zog's gaze as he reached out for Su Yun's waist. Just as his fingers were about to touch the gun, Allen's vision blurred and he did not know when Zero had opened his eyes. And that Zuo Lun who was originally tied to her waist, also came into his hands like a magic trick and raised it horizontally towards Allen.
As long as he pulled the trigger, Allen would not be able to dodge it at such a close distance. If that happened, he would be blasted away like a butcher with his head blown off by the M500.
"Don't act recklessly, zero. Allen has no ill intentions. " Zog jumped up and cried out involuntarily.
Zero seemed to not have heard Zog's words and his finger suddenly pressed down.
Allen closed his eyes and only heard the sound of a huge, violent gunshot. However, he didn't feel any discomfort at all. He opened his eyes and saw that the muzzle of Su Ming's gun had shifted to the size of a coin. But with such a distance, it determined the trajectory of Zero's bullets to fly past Allen's face.
Behind him, a strange splash sound rang out.
Everyone turned to look at Allen's back, only to see a figure falling down from the chariot. Allen turned to see that it was a man. However, his entire head had been blown to smithereens, but his body was still twitching uncontrollably. Although he did not have a head, but the blood stains on his chest and the man's back pointed out that he was the leader of the mob, whom Allen thought had been killed.
It was obvious that this man did not die on the spot. He did not give up and followed along, preparing to kill this young soldier when Allen was distracted. However, he was shot dead by the [Zero Shot] that suddenly woke up. In the end, he failed.
Allen looked at the sharp dagger in the corpse's hand and broke into a cold sweat. If it wasn't for the zero, the dagger would have stabbed deeply into his body by now.
He turned around, wanting to thank Zero, but the latter closed his eyes again and could only spit out one sentence: "We are even."
Hearing these words, Allen could not help but laugh bitterly, "Stingy fellow!"
When Zero woke up, he had already returned to the base.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of plump and straight peaks gently swaying in front of his eyes, wrapped in a white shirt. It was obvious that the master of Xiufeng was not wearing anything under his shirt. His sight was extremely good, and he was so close to it. As a result, he saw two pink bumps, and immediately, there was a change in his physiologically normal state.
"Eh? You're awake? "
A surprised voice came from above, the owner of the voice said again, "Wait a little longer, I …" "Ah …"
When he realized that the voice belonged to Lea, he couldn't help but want to sit up. However, he forgot that this person's entire upper body was about to touch his face. With a move of zero, his head was almost buried in the Xiu Feng. Lea who was caught off guard could not help but let out a scream.
"What's going on!"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Old Jack, who was chewing on his pipe, walked in, only to see Zero, who was sitting upright on the table, and Lea, who was covering her chest with a red hand.
He looked at Lea, but Old Jack did not say anything, and spoke to Zero: "You're awake? Very good, Zog told me your performance already. To be able to kill a butcher alone, you are indeed not bad. After Lea has treated your injuries, come and find me in the study room. I will give you the reward you deserve. "
With that, Old Jack left again. However, before he left, he gave a meaningful smile towards Zero.
The door closed.
He looked at his body. The broken shoulder bone on his left side had been disinfected and fixed with a bracket to help the bone heal. The wound on his right thigh had also been sewn, and the needle technique on the wound was exquisite. He was satisfied that he was unable to do better even if he tried.
He looked at Lea and asked, "Did you treat my wound?"
Lea's face was flushed red. The strange feeling of having her sensitive parts touched by Su Yun did not subside, she only nodded.
"Thank you, and just now …" "Sorry …" Zero sincerely said.
"Forget it, you didn't do it on purpose." Lea's face was flushed red, but she finally managed to choke out one sentence.
Coming down from the operation table, Lea handed him a set of clothes. It was a white shirt. It was old, but it smelled clean. With Lea's help, he wore the shirt. Having changed out of his military uniform, he looked less heroic and more refined, which made Lea's heart tremble slightly.
In fact, Zero was not beautiful, but he was very handsome. The rarely seen deep outline of the Oriental, coupled with his silent and calm appearance, made Zero look like a marble statue of a famous expert. Quiet, dignified, and inviolable.
Now that he had changed into a shirt, he felt slightly more gentle. It was like a bottle of ancient wine, intoxicating one to the point of infatuation.
"Your face is so red. Are you sick?" Seeing Lea's face that was as red as an apple, Zero frowned and asked.
Lea was both angry and amused. She cursed in her heart, "Idiot," and pushed Zero out of the operation room.
When Zog and the others drove the chariot back, Old Jack listened to Zog's report from the study room. At that time, Lea was also there. When they heard from Zog that Zero had killed a butcher, she and Old Jack were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths. The butcher was not an ordinary person. He was just an ordinary warrior who didn't have any special abilities, yet he was able to kill such a powerful monster. Whether it was Old Jack or Lea, Zero's position in their hearts immediately shot up.
But in Lea's heart, she saw Zero as her idol and a hero. As for Old Jack, he should be considering how to spread this news, in the end, it would spread to the ears of the higher ups in the Parkland's valve, in order to increase his own weight in the future.
No matter what, the story of Zero had already spread throughout the base. Any young woman would have already regarded Zero as their ideal destination.
A warrior that killed a butcher on his own. Was there a better man? This was probably the voice that belonged to the woman in charge of the base.
Naturally, Zero did not know about this. After leaving the operation room, he passed through the laboratory and arrived at Old Jack's study. Zog was also present in the study. When he saw Su Ming, the leader kindly nodded at him, then left the room.
"Zog followed me for many years. He is intelligent and brave, a talent that isn't many. Originally, with your achievements, you were more than enough to be the head of the base. But with Zog already in this position, I do not wish to replace him. So you see, I can only assign you to something else. " Old Jack looked at Zero, trying to find any reaction in his face.
It was a pity that Zero was like a deep pool. Its surface was calm, causing Old Jack to not know what he was thinking about.
However, based on Old Jack's understanding of Zero, he did not make a sound, and did not object to his arrangements. Thus, Old Jack said, "Holt is already dead, and there's even one Carr. Now that the base doesn't have enough soldiers to maintain security, I can't send more people to protect Lea. "I don't know, are you interested in taking care of my granddaughter?"
Zero was a little surprised.
After all, to Old Jack, or perhaps this base, he was just an outsider. However, to let him protect his granddaughter right now was equivalent to seeing zero as his trusted aide. This was something that he had never expected. However, looking at it from another angle, it was not hard to see how much weight Zero held in this old man's heart.
Being Lea's bodyguard was definitely a relaxed and enjoyable job. Zero couldn't think of a reason to oppose this. Moreover, Lea was so
similar to the woman in his dreams. Zero also had the feeling that he wanted to get close to Lea.
Old Jack laughed and took out a money pouch from the drawer, tossing it onto the table. "Here, this is the reward for your mission." The materials that you received from Holt previously will not be deducted from your compensation. And because you killed the butcher, I gave you an extra 50 yuan as a reward. "
Zero took the purse into his hand. This was his first income. Although it was not much, it was very significant.
"Oh right, there's a celebration dinner tonight. To be able to take back the necessary medicines with such a small number of casualties, you have done a great service. It would be great if you could attend tonight. " Old Jack smiled.
Zero shook his head and said, "I don't like liveliness."
With that, he picked up the purse and turned to leave. Old Jack could only shout out, "Don't forget to find Lea, she will bring you to your new room."
However, Zero had already pushed open the door and left. It was unknown if he had heard it or not. Old Jack looked at the closed door and muttered, "What a weirdo."
Chapter 13 - Yan Fu
Because the Silver Tree City's battle record, Zero's position in the base had been improved, so they were given an independent suite. Although there were only two rooms in the small room, it was already a luxury in the base. After thanking Lea for his guidance, the beautiful girl took her leave. Zero looked at his new home and felt touched.
He could no longer remember his own past. Whenever Zero tried to remember, the pain in his central nervous system was so intense that he had to give up. And now, the only thing that could help him find his past was that hibernation chamber. That was the only clue he had right now. However, Zero knew that the hibernation chamber was already kept by Old Jack. Unless Zero continued to raise his status in the base, Old Jack would not easily spit out the technology from the old era.