After discussing with Lin Tanying last night, combined with the memories of his lifetime, Deafyang has roughly understood the changes that have taken place in the world around him.
There should be an unknown virus that infected him and Lin Tan. Lin Tanying was fine. After being infected, he maintained his previous physical characteristics. Except for some memory loss, there seemed to be no changes.
But he lost his mind at the initial stage of being infected with the virus and killed his wife and children with his own hands.
And in the end, he turned into the appearance of a child, with eight tentacles growing out of his lower back.
This unknown virus does not seem to have specific infection characteristics and does not kill the host. Instead, it coexists with the host in another way.
After learning this, Deafyang did not feel that he was any closer to the truth, but instead felt that there were some increasingly confusing trends.
Fortunately, he and Lin Tanying were not in a hurry to solve their doubts. The current priority was still to gain a foothold in this city.
Therefore, after the two felt the fluctuation, they both chose to put aside the matter of returning to the ruins and continued to wait for the development and changes of things in the children's clothing store.
During the period when the mental fluctuations were coming, Lin Tanying keenly sensed that the intensity of the mental fluctuations was not very violent, probably because the radiation center was far away from their location.
In other words, the children's clothing store where they are located is very likely to be located on the boundary of the coverage area of psychic fluctuations.
Of course, this is just Lin Tanying's intuitive judgment. In order to specifically detect the source of the fluctuations, the girl still needs to open her mental vision and investigate carefully.
But the deaf sheep prevented the girl from opening her spiritual horizons.
Because in his eyes, if the other party is able to release mental fluctuations, he must be a being similar to Lin Tanying, and Lin Tanying's act of opening up his spiritual vision is tantamount to lighting up a bright light for the other party in the darkness. lights.
If the other party is not hostile, then everything is fine.
But if the other party is hostile, the girl's behavior is tantamount to giving an experienced hunter a bright target to shoot at.
So the two of them just kept crawling, moving slowly towards the outer edge of the mental fluctuations. After they could no longer feel the impact of mental power, Deafyang breathed a sigh of relief and climbed up together with Lin Tanying and Soldier No. 1. to the nearest building.
Since it is impossible to open up the spiritual vision for long-distance exploration, we can only adopt a simple method - stand high and see far.
Since the power supply to the entire N City has been cut off, the elevator in the building cannot be used. After the car-level zombie soldier No. 1 climbed up the stairs, three figures, one large, two small, finally stood on the edge of the building's rooftop, heading towards Look carefully in the direction where the mental fluctuations are coming from.
Although as Lin Tanying said, the two of them could not clearly see what was happening in the distance with their eyesight, but it was still generally certain that Deafyang's guess was basically correct.
On the street a thousand meters away, a large group of zombies gathered in a dark mass and were moving quickly towards the other end of the road.
"There is nothing wrong with letting Private One serve as your eyes to investigate, but if the two of us encounter unknown dangers while Private One is leaving, it will be difficult for me to guarantee your safety."
Compared to the impatience and childishness of the girl, the deaf sheep, who looks more like a child, is very calm and patiently explains his thoughts.
Deafyang himself didn't know why he was so careful to protect the safety of the girl around him. It felt wonderful, as if he had regained consciousness.
A strong bond was then formed with the girl.
If you have to make an analogy, Lin Tanying in front of you is his daughter. As long as you can protect her safety, Deafyang is willing to give her life.
"Your eight tentacles are not just for decoration. I feel that you may not be as good as the strong Soldier No. 1 in terms of combat power, but with your brains, you should have no problem protecting me."
The girl pouted. The boring waiting and observing seemed to have exhausted her patience, and the image began to move closer to the little girl who was playing rogue.
"GIB 1 is too big, and the target walking in the neighborhood is too big. If you really want to know what's going on down there..."
The deaf sheep put his right fist under his chin and began to seriously consider the girl's suggestion.
"Oh, it's okay. Private No. 1 is so strong. He can kill anything he encounters with one punch. He can't beat him, and he can escape very quickly. They are just a group of undead. With my control, Private No. 1 will definitely be able to I can handle it easily..."
Seeing that Deafyang was beginning to consider his own ideas, Lin Tanying had an excited expression on his face and started chattering non-stop.
However, the deaf sheep did not take the girl's words seriously, but considered it from another aspect.
In terms of pure combat effectiveness, Private Soldier One's body and strength are indeed far superior to Deaf Sheep's, but Private Soldier One's size is too large and is not conducive to concealment.
Although the girl has full control over the actions of Private Soldier No. 1, with Lin Tanying's temperament, she would be cautious not to walk arrogantly in front of the corpses, let alone conceal her body in such a way as to infiltrate.
Moreover, without the control of the girl, Soldier No. 1 is just a mutated undead that only relies on its own instincts and cannot adapt to changes.
Once the opponent discovers the whereabouts of Soldier No. 1, Lin Tanying's position is likely to be exposed, and there will still be a great risk.
So if you have to go and see what's going on, the best person to explore is Deafyang himself.
"I go."
Two crisp words came out of the little boy's mouth, interrupting the girl's chatter.
"you go?"
Lin Tanying seemed a little surprised by Deafyang's decision and asked for confirmation.
"Yes, Private Soldier One is currently the strongest combat force and should stay by your side to protect you."
"My body is smaller, and compared to Soldier 1, my movements are more flexible. I am suitable for lurking. I can observe events without being discovered by the other party."
"Even if you encounter irresolvable danger, you can evacuate immediately. I will not instinctively move closer to you like Soldier One and expose your whereabouts."
What Deafyang said here "instinctively moves closer to Lin Tanying" is actually a behavior that only zombies will do after being recognized by general-level zombies.
Without the control of generals, all followers recognized by general-level zombies will rely on their instincts to move in the direction of general-level zombies. This behavior that seems to protect the master is actually considered to be a form of protection in another sense. The specific location of the general-level zombies was revealed.
However, because Deaf Sheep has independent consciousness, he can resist the instinct in his heart to a certain extent. Although he will eventually move closer to Lin Tanying, at least compared to Soldier One, he can buy a lot of time.
"Okay, then you have to pay attention to safety. Also, you are my brother. Even if you are in danger, I will not leave you alone! So you
Don't do those weird things. "
Lin Tanying's face was full of seriousness, but she looked like a child pretending to be serious and learning the way adults speak, which looked a bit funny.
"oh."
The deaf sheep responded lightly, without any change of expression on his face, but there was a warm current flowing through his heart.
Perhaps his immature sister is his last bond in this absurd world.
"Let's go!"
Before Deafyang could collect his emotions, the girl slapped him on the back, almost pushing him off the edge of the rooftop.
"what are you doing!?"
Fortunately, the tentacles on his body caught the edge of the rooftop in time, and the deaf sheep was prevented from falling down the stairs.
"Um, I'm sorry, aren't you going to jump down directly? I think it will be faster..."
The girl smiled sheepishly, seeming a little sorry for her recklessness.
After all, for her, the only way to go downstairs is to control Private Soldier 1 to jump down, which is quick and easy.
It’s also very cool.
"You will die if you jump..."
Deafyang glanced at the street downstairs. It was roughly estimated that it was nearly two hundred meters away. If he jumped like this, even if he didn't fall to pieces, he would probably suffer comminuted fractures all over his body.
"Share my vision, don't touch anything else."
Sighing helplessly, Deafyang ordered, turned around and walked quickly towards the corridor.
"Okay, brother Deafyang, please be safe. Sister, I'm here waiting for you to come back!"
The girl waved her hand behind her, and the next moment, Deafyang felt a consciousness enter her mind, sharing everything she saw.
"It moves pretty fast."
After muttering something in his mouth, the tentacles on his body scattered one after another. Seeing that everything was ready, the deaf sheep no longer walked on two legs, but used eight tentacles to shuttle forward in the corridor at an astonishing speed.
"I heard you say last night that gathering those low-level undead also requires a lot of mental energy, right?"
During the journey, Deafyang's consciousness was not idle for a moment, but communicated with Lin Tanying in his mind.
The name Undead was the result of a discussion between him and Lin Tanying yesterday, because they did not want to call humans infected by the virus "zombie". After all, they themselves became what they are today after being infected by the virus. , calling yourself a zombie always sounds a little weird.
After weighing it, we came up with "undead" as a replacement for "zombie".
Because in the limited memories of Deafyang and Lin Tanying, they were both people who died once after being infected by the virus. Beings who came back from the dead could only be called the undead.
"Yes, if it is a subordinate that I have not approved, although it can be controlled, the whole process requires a lot of mental energy. After it is over, I will become very sleepy and want to sleep."
Lin Tanying's voice was transmitted directly into the deaf sheep's brain. The whole process was like communicating on the phone, without any obstacles.
"So the large-scale gathering of the undead must have discovered something valuable, otherwise the existence similar to you on the opposite side would not have wasted a lot of mental energy to do some meaningless things..."
