Holding a kitchen knife in one hand and a funny Squirtle toy in the other, Zhang Ning quickly walked down the stairs and returned to the flower bed downstairs.
Shan Pao's body was still well covered by shrubs and branches, with no trace of movement.
He took off the covering of the giant dog in twos and twos. He thought that the giant dog was still unable to move as before. However, as soon as Zhang Ning removed the bush covering the dog's head, the mountain gun turned his head and stared at the big brown dog. Looking over, the huge dog's face was full of fear.
"Hey, can you move now? Why are you looking at me like this? I will eat you..."
Seeing the fearful look on Shan Pao's face, Zhang Ning couldn't help but feel angry at this stupid dog. If Shan Pao hadn't tried to die and stepped on his chest to dent it, the dark blue tentacles on the back of his neck probably wouldn't have penetrated Shan Pao's body. , not to mention almost sucking it into dog meat jerky.
After recovering from previous serious injuries, Zhang Ning also roughly understood the functions of the tentacles on the back of his neck and the scales on his body.
Before the injury, the scales growing on Zhang Ning's chest and neck were all uniformly dark black. However, after being severely damaged by the explosion, the scales that were not blown away by the explosion turned into a gray color.
This was exactly the same as his behavior when he recovered from his injuries after falling from a high altitude. Based on this, it can be judged that the scales growing on his body should have a certain storage function.
Similar to a camel's hump.
It is known that camels can survive for two weeks without water and more than a month without food. The reason is that the humps on the camel's back can store a large amount of fat.
These stored fats can be decomposed into the nutrients needed by the body when the camel cannot get food to maintain the camel's survival needs. It is because of this characteristic that the camel received the nickname "Ship of the Desert".
The scales on Zhang Ning's chest and neck are very similar to a camel's hump.
It's just that the camel's hump stores fat, and its scales store a substance that can quickly heal injuries.
"These scales don't seem to be able to recover on their own. After the last fall and high paraplegia, all the scales turned white in order to recover from the injury."
"This shows that the black substance stored in the scales can indeed quickly heal injuries. However, the last time I was dropped by the big bird, the fall was really hard, and the reserves in the scales were almost exhausted. Some of the scales are even showing signs of falling off.”
"In the end, it turned black again after absorbing the black liquid in the zombie bodies and being fed rainwater by Brother Yu."
Zhang Ning searched the memories in his mind and carefully recalled what happened when the color of his scales changed.
As the memories were dug out bit by bit, the understanding of scale armor gradually became clearer.
"It seems that these scales are equivalent to a first aid kit for me. They can absorb the black liquid in the zombies and the substances in the rain to store substances that can quickly heal injuries. When I am seriously injured, the substances inside will be released. To achieve the purpose of recovery and healing..."
Muttering to himself, Zhang Ning suddenly made a fist with his right hand and tapped the palm of his left hand, with a surprised expression on his face.
"Old Swan, doesn't that mean that as long as the scales on my body are pure black, I have two lives? That's awesome..."
But there was no surprise on Zhang Ning’s face.
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How long did it last? Soon he rubbed his chin with one hand and began to think.
"In addition to providing a certain amount of defense, the scale armor also functions as a blood pack. So what is the function of the tentacles on the back of my neck?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Ning couldn't help but reach out and touch the back of his neck. At this time, the dark blue tentacles had changed from the petal state back to the shape of finger-thick tentacles. It seemed that they had sensed the fingers reaching out in advance and wrapped around them very docilely.
"This feels really strange. It's obviously a part of my body, but I can't completely control it..."
He sighed softly and stopped teasing the tentacles on the back of his neck.
Judging from what has happened so far, the function of the tentacles should be to absorb blood from living organisms.
When the subject's own movements are restricted or the central nervous system loses control, the dark blue tentacles will obey the control of the autonomic nervous system and respond to the surrounding environment.
Zhang Ning knew very well that if he had not been knocked unconscious by the mountain cannon, the blue-black tentacles would not have penetrated into the giant dog's body, let alone forcibly absorb the opponent's blood, causing the mountain cannon to look miserable and paralyzed now.
"By the way, since these tentacles can absorb the blood of living things, can they also absorb the black mucus inside zombies..."
Zhang Ning's eyes lit up as an idea suddenly popped into his head, and he couldn't help but want to catch a zombie and test it out immediately.
Although judging from his previous experience, he could absorb the black mucus through his skin, but judging from the absorption rate, if he could absorb it with his tentacles, it would definitely be much faster than absorbing it with his skin.
And it won't give him a disgusting touch.
"As long as the tentacles can absorb the black liquid in the zombie body, I can quickly turn the scales on my body into a pure black state and fill up this blood bag!"
After understanding the function of scale armor, Zhang Ning was not only excited but also worried.
The scales can provide healing to the body in a pure black state, and can even restore the dying life to its original state, making his vitality as tough as an unbeatable Xiao Qiang.
But now the scales are in a gray-white state, and it is obvious that there is not much material left in the scales. If he is seriously injured again during this period, he may lose his life.
People are often like this. They don't care much about things they didn't have before, but once they have them and then lose them, they will cause anxiety in their hearts.
Zhang Ning really wanted to set out now to find zombies, or some animals that could allow him to absorb blood, so that he could restore the reserves in his scales as early as possible.
But the giant dog in front of him was obviously still unable to move on its own. Although it could lift its head, its body was still slumped to the ground as if it was unconscious.
After weighing the situation, Zhang Ning felt that waiting in the flower bed was not an option, so he decided to search the Chiyue community first to see if he could encounter some lone zombies.
"As long as I don't run into phase-level zombies or the self-destructing monsters from before, my safety should be guaranteed..."
He placed the funny Squirtle toy in front of the mountain cannon and reached out to stroke the furry dog's head again.
"Pao'er, you have a good rest here. I'm going to go hunting first. If you encounter any danger, just call me twice and I'll be here right away."
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I don’t know if the mountain cannon really understood Zhang Ning’s explanation. I saw it widened its brown eyes, whimpered a few times, finally answered, and then lay down on the ground obediently. , and stared at the muscular water-squirting tortoise.
After simply covering the giant dog's body with shrubs, Zhang Ning walked towards the depths of the community with a kitchen knife.
Chiyue Community is a small residential complex, so the internal area is not large. However, due to the lush greenery in the community, many locations are blocked by vegetation and cannot be seen clearly at a glance, so you need to go forward to explore.
Although the community was quiet, there were still a large number of zombies scattered everywhere. As soon as he rounded a corner, two slowly wandering zombies appeared in front of Zhang Ning.
Judging from their appearance, these two zombies should have been residents of the community. One of the zombies had very obvious male characteristics, but the other zombie made Zhang Ning feel a little confused.
Judging from the clothes, this zombie should have been a woman before being infected, because the zombie's ten fingers are all painted with bright pink nail polish, which makes it very recognizable.
Although the virus infection caused the zombie's nails to turn black and become longer, the bright pink nail polish did not fall off as a result. Instead, the blackened nails made it more conspicuous.
Not only that, there was also a bright red bra hanging on the zombie's tattered top. The style seemed to be more popular before the disaster.
But what surprised Zhang Ning was that the zombie's exposed chest was very flat, with no features that a woman should have...
"Is it possible that the breasts were flat before the infection? Or did the breasts degenerate after the infection?"
All kinds of strange thoughts suddenly popped up in his mind, but this did not make him give up his plan.
"Anyway, the gender of the zombies shouldn't affect my ability to absorb the black liquid in their bodies..."
After carefully observing the surroundings for a while and confirming that there were no mutated zombies lurking there, Zhang Ning walked out from the corner and walked straight towards the two zombies.
I have just observed that the eyes of the two zombies are covered with a layer of gray, and there are no strange things growing on their bodies. They must be secondary infections.
Faced with a secondary infected body that had no eyesight and could only rely on hearing and smell to find prey, Zhang Ning did not give up at all.
And most importantly, the secondary infected body will not attack him.
When we lured away the zombies around the Blue Moon Garden Community before, although the secondary zombies were attracted by the shouts from the speakers, they were only attracted, just like plants growing toward the sun and animals settling near water sources.
If the target making the sound is not the prey in their minds, these secondary infected bodies will not attack after catching up with the target, but will only wander around in confusion until the sound is no longer emitted, then they will disperse.
But the pure virions after mutation are completely different. In Zhang Ning's impression, these mutated zombies not only have visual abilities, but also further expand their hunting range, not only humans, but also "same kind" with special status like him ” will be attacked by them.
"Is it possible that pure virion zombies need to eat their own kind to evolve further?"
He lowered his head and looked at the gray scales on his chest, and suddenly a strange idea popped into his mind...
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