There was a strong smell of blood, and then he saw a white cloth standing at the entrance of the camp. On it were written in blood "Those who betray the master and surrender to the enemy will be killed!" Several big characters. Seeing these big blood-red characters, Song Xin's head suddenly went numb.
"Oops! Something happened!"
"Someone attacked the camp, where is the elephant!?" Song Xin suddenly raised his head and looked at the Chinese army's tent deep in the camp. "Could it be that the elephant broke his promise and escaped to spread suspicion?" Song Yu guessed road.
"Search!"
Song Xin gave the order and led people to approach the gate of the camp and saw several corpses hanging on the antlers. The bodies of these people were pierced by antlers, their arms were stiff, and their tattered sleeves were stained red with blood and became hard. The internal organs and blood scattered on the ground had long since cooled and dried up.
"They were suddenly attacked and fell to death on the antlers by a huge force." Song Yu took a look and made a quick judgment.
The soldier at the gate of the camp was apparently thrown to antlers and impaled to death. Song Xin pinched the chin of a dead corpse and saw that the man's eyes were wide-eyed, still retaining the frightened look he had before his death.
The head of another dead soldier beside him fell not far away, with bloodshot eyes glaring at Song Xin and others. His other eye was pecked out by something unknown, leaving a black bloody hole. Except for Song Xin and Song Yu, everyone felt a chill behind them. Their steps couldn't help but slow down, as if someone was dragging their backs for fear that they would walk in.
"Midweek! Come here!"
Song Xin summoned Zhou Zhong and ordered him to send someone back to the camp to report the news, while he and the remaining soldiers continued to check the situation inside.
"Sir, please look, this man's head... seems to have been torn off." Zhou Zhong calmed down, sent a few messengers back to report the news, then walked to the head on the ground, examined it carefully and said.
"Huh?" Song Xin walked up to the corpse on the antlers and took a closer look. The broken part of the man's neck was intertwined with canines. It was not a flat wound like a sword, but more like someone had torn off the head.
At this time, Song Yu whispered: "Sir, I'm afraid this was not done by humans, but by ghosts and monsters."
"Go in and take a look."
With an order, the two hundred people dispersed to search. Soon after, a few frightened soldiers stumbled back, "Sir! There are many people behind, and they are all... dead!!!"
Song Xin frowned and followed the pawn to the back of the camp. He was instantly stunned by the sight in front of him.
I saw a large tent surrounded by densely packed corpses, piled into several hills several meters high, with hundreds of people in each pile. Thousands of flies were feasting on the pile of corpses.
I don't know whether Song Xin and the others were making too much noise or for some other reason, but the black flies flying into the sky with a buzzing sound gathered into a black tide, lingering on the corpse. Then the flies rushed straight towards Song Xin and the others. The soldiers were shocked and swatted at them hurriedly, but the flies seemed to be under control and desperately burrowed into their ears and mouths.
As the saying goes, it's not very lethal, but it's disgusting. Many people swallowed flies and vomited in disgust.
This is a fly that eats a dead body...
Song Xin's face sank, and he raised his hand to throw out two balls of flame, which flew into the flies and exploded in the air, instantly turning most of the flies into ashes. Everyone suddenly felt the pressure drop suddenly and hurriedly cleaned the dead flies in their ears and nostrils.
At this time, someone saw that the top of the corpse mountain seemed to be pushed open by something.
"Then...what is that!?" He raised his hand and pointed. Everyone looked over and saw that the corpses on the top of the corpse mountain were pushed open by something from the inside. Several corpses rolled down, and then they saw several shadows coming out of it.
These things look like a pack of wild dogs from a distance.
Zhou Zhong also thought they were wild dogs, so he covered his nose and said, "Sir, these are probably the wild dogs nearby, attracted by the corpse. I'm going to drive them away right now."
As he said this, he called on a few more courageous soldiers to draw their swords and prepare to drive them away. Song Xin suddenly shouted: "Stop, don't go over!"
Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment, glanced at Song Xin doubtfully, and then turned to look at the mountain of corpses. But this time he saw it clearly, and he was so frightened that his legs became weak and he rolled to the ground.
Ran back.
"Ghost...ghost!!!"
In everyone's frightened eyes, they saw those "wild dogs" suddenly standing up. They have a head that looks like a human but not a human, but the body is like a strong teenager, and the legs and arms are like a wolfdog. Especially their dark red bodies look like skinned people, with dark red blood vessels all over their bodies.
When Song Xin saw this monster, the "Record of Ten Thousand Lives" in his consciousness buzzed, and information about a monster was instantly revealed.
"Ghoul!?"
At the same time as he received the information, Song Xin's hand was already on the hilt of the sword at his waist. Song Yu's expression also became serious. He didn't expect a ghoul to appear here.
Although this kind of thing is called a ghoul, it is not actually a ghost, but a human being. People who mutate after eating the carrion of the same kind. To be precise, they were a group of crazy mutants. Later, people discovered that this was actually a mutation caused by a virus. In today's troubled times, the population has dropped sharply, the land is barren, and many people have no food to survive, so they want to kill corpses. Over time, they became crazy and bloodthirsty, lost their humanity, and became neither humans nor ghosts.
The ghoul on the opposite side roared when he saw a stranger approaching, and dozens of them spewed out from the top of several corpse mountains like lava erupting. They jumped down the mountain of corpses one after another, and stood up with a hunched body. They were as tall as a teenager, with blood vessels bulging on their thick limbs. They roared low and spread out, forming a semicircle between the crowd and the mountain of corpses, as if they were beasts protecting food.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers dared not step forward. Although they had swords in their hands, they still shivered and retreated. When the ghoul saw the people on the opposite side retreating and knowing that they were timid, it roared even more ferociously. He began to approach everyone step by step.
"Haha, it looks like it's a litter, so I'll take care of you today."
"Midweek, form the formation." Song Xin ordered in a deep voice.
But most of the soldiers were so frightened that they turned a deaf ear to Song Xin's words. Seeing how stunned they were, Song Xin sighed secretly in his heart. It seemed that they still needed more training. What he wants are soldiers who carry out orders unconditionally, not those who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
He originally wanted to kill these guys casually, but then he thought about it. This was also an opportunity for them to practice mid-week. Song Xin believed that after this fight, they would definitely be able to complete a transformation.
"Zhongzhou, form the formation!" Song Xin shouted again. At this time in the middle of the week, he just woke up from a dream and hurriedly ordered the formation. According to the usual tactics of the Han army infantry, they divided into groups of thirty people in the shape of a work, and protected Song Xin, Song Yu, and Zhou Zhong among them.
The ghoul was obviously a little surprised. He didn't expect that these people actually looked like they were going to fight, and the momentum of their approach came to an abrupt end. They looked at Song Xin and Song Yu in confusion, as if they smelled a threat.
"Hoo" a ghoul growled, then turned around and jumped onto the mountain of corpses. He roared as if giving an order.
Song Xin sneered. These monsters actually maintained a trace of human sanity and were very sensitive to danger.
Song Xin locked his glasses on the ghoul on the top of the corpse mountain, picked up his bow and nocked an arrow, and with a dull sound of the bowstring, a flying arrow shot through the head of the ghoul leader like a gust of wind.
Before the leader understood what was going on, he lost all hope and rolled down from the mountain of corpses.
"Song Yu, do it."
Before Song Xin finished speaking, Song Yu's body suddenly turned into a shadow and rushed in front of a ghoul. The monster only felt a flash in front of its eyes, and then it began to spin. After it stopped, it saw its slumped body.
When the soldiers saw that these "monsters" could actually be killed, the drumming in their chests gradually calmed down.
At the same time, Song Yu took action again, blowing the heads of the two ghouls in front of him with two palms. He also raised his palm, and the machine gun shot out seven or eight spikes. The ghouls were unable to dodge, and were hit in the head one after another, killing them.
It took Song Xin and Song Yu less than three breaths to kill all these monsters. The ghouls were obviously enraged, roaring and charging towards the crowd.
The soldiers were encouraged by Song Xin and Song Yu, and they were no longer afraid at this time. After a few breaths of rapid movement of the formation, they
Collide with the ghoul.
After this encounter, they realized that although these monsters looked very fierce, they fought without any rules, just like a group of wild dogs. They rushed ten steps in front of the formation, and a burst of crossbow arrows flew out, shooting down several ghouls in an instant, and then the spears followed closely to complete the last hit.
Against well-trained soldiers, these ghouls stand little chance.
It turns out that we can kill monsters too!
An idea arose in the minds of many soldiers at the same time, and at the same time, their confidence surged.
After a while of fighting, only three ghouls were still able to move. Seeing that their kind were killed, they jumped onto the mountain of corpses to escape. In an instant, a flying arrow followed closely and pierced the back of the ghoul's head. The forward momentum of the ghoul was pushed back by the huge impact. Its entire body actually flew directly over the mountain of corpses and landed on the ground. On the other side, the dead can no longer die.
The soldiers were all stunned and looked at each other. Seeing that Song Xin had already set the second arrow, the soldiers' throats rolled. They all knew that only a hard bow could have such great power.
The last two ghouls jumped onto the mountain of corpses without their lives, and then a burst of crossbow arrows came like raindrops, turning them into hedgehogs.
Zhou Zhong was the first to react and shouted excitedly: "Okay! Have fun!"
This roar made the soldiers come back to their senses and look at Song Xin with admiration and admiration in their eyes. If it weren't for Song Xin's encouragement, they would have suffered heavy losses.
"My lord is mighty!"
"My lord is mighty!"
They raised their weapons and shouted, seemingly forgetting the terror and stench just now.
"Burn these corpses to avoid attracting more monsters." Song Xin did not want to explain too much to them, and gave a simple order. Zhou Zhong was stunned and said, "Sir, weren't those monsters the ones who killed these people?"
Song Xin shook his head, "These things are called ghouls. They were attracted by the corpses here. They were originally living people like us. They became like this after eating the corpses of the dead because of hunger."
"A living person!?" Seeing Zhou Zhong and others' expressions of disbelief, Song Xin smiled and continued:
"They may have been fugitives or deserters in the past. They hid in inaccessible places because they were afraid of being caught and executed. Because they lacked food and clothing, they often fed on corpses. That's how they ended up like this."
"No wonder they can still stand up, just like a child." Zhou Zhong said with lingering fear.
"If you eat the same kind, you will be punished by God." Song Yu said.
Song Xin nodded in agreement. In the time and space he came from, many strange diseases came from this way. For example, the prions that cause mad cow disease came from feeding cattle the same kind of meat. Some strange diseases among primitive tribes in Southeast Asia. It is also due to prion infection from eating human flesh. But Song Xin had no intention of teaching them about microbiology.
Song Yu and Song Xin walked straight into Manxiang's camp. As soon as he entered, he saw a tall body kneeling on the ground, holding a spear that had been broken into two pieces tightly in his hand. His body had been pierced by spears and his blood had dried.
"This is an elephant, his head is missing," Song Yu said.
Song Xin walked up to a corpse with a sullen face and saw that Man Xiang's empty neck was covered with uneven scars and black ash at the wounds. This wound was all too familiar to him.
Song Yu also saw the clues, turned around and whispered to Song Xin, "It's Yanluo."
Song Xin clenched her fists, "It's Liu Jing, that bastard! He actually shot back."
Only Liu Jing's Yan Luo could kill so many people in just a few hours. The ghoul will only follow the scent of corpses, and will never rush into the military camp to kill living people.
"Don't, don't kill me!" Suddenly a sudden voice came into Song Xin's ears, and there was actually a person hiding behind Manxiang.
