It was around 6:30 in the evening, and the winter sun in the north had already set. Coupled with the rising concentration of black fog in the air and the constant disturbance, it was completely pitch black.
"Are you still approaching?" Lin Wenjin whispered.
Yang Bensheng did not answer, looked serious, and nodded slightly to him.
Lin Wenjin asked strangely: "What's going on? We have cleaned up the surrounding area, and there is not even a single black corpse left."
"Smoke." Yang Bensheng said.
"It was caused by the fire?" Lin Wenjin suddenly realized, turned around and whispered, "But we have already destroyed it."
"It's no use, it's too late." Yang Bensheng shook his head and added, "Don't forget, there's also the smell on us."
"This guy's purpose is unknown, maybe he's looking for food?" Lin Wenjin guessed.
"Is it necessary to divert them away?" He continued his analysis, "It sounds like there is only one of them, so they can't be trying to annihilate us all."
But Yang Bensheng looked solemn: "I'm afraid I won't be able to lure him away."
"What should we do?" Lin Wenjin was worried and a little anxious.
"You definitely can't run away. There are more than just the two of us here."
"That's right, if this beast can't stop us, I'm afraid he will have his thoughts on other people."
Yang Bensheng gritted his teeth and said: "Old Lin, go and call the two children and tell them to hide in the back room first. There are also Qing Hua and the two girls. Go quickly!"
After a while, Lin Wenjin moved quickly and left again.
He found a few small pieces of pig iron from somewhere and gently rubbed them with his fingers. With a flick of his wrist, two pocket-sized fireballs came out of his hand and were thrown to both sides in front of him.
The miniature fireball enveloped the molten "iron juice" and fell to the ground, causing a splash of sparks. Tiny iron filings burned and cooled rapidly in mid-air, like the "iron flower" that has a long history in the Henan-Shanxi region, instantly lighting up the open space in the mist ahead.
In the gap where Lin Wenjin could barely react, a black figure rushed out from right to left, deep into the thick fog again.
"Brother Sheng, do you see clearly? What is it?"
Yang Bensheng shook his head slightly, but stared straight ahead and said, "It was too fast. I only saw a black shadow jumping to the left."
"It doesn't look like a black corpse, nor a human being." Yang Bensheng insisted.
Lin Wenjin whispered: "Do you want to retreat back into the house first? You and I are exposed outside, without any obstruction, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. It is too passive."
Yang Bensheng said: "No, if we don't deal with this guy once and for all, we will be really passive tonight. That guy will definitely try to pounce once, and now is a good opportunity for it. I don't think it will Missed."
"I'll deal with it." Lin Wenjin looked around vigilantly, "You have just successfully awakened your ability, and you are not yet fully familiar with it."
"I have an idea," Yang Bensheng said quickly, "Ah Jin, please cooperate with me."
The brief brightness caused by the "iron flower" soon extinguished without a trace, and the entire environment fell into darkness and silence again.
In terms of title, Yang Bensheng mostly jokingly calls him Boss Lin.
The name "Ajin" almost goes back to their student days. The male classmates they were acquainted with at that time had a close and sincere relationship with each other. Although they gradually lost contact later, they still left many memories.
More than twenty years later, Yang Bensheng called out this "title" again. In addition to being close, it also represented a kind of solemnity.
In the face of a dangerous situation, if they want to gain a glimmer of hope and survive the crisis safely, they must work together as two brothers.
Lin Wenjin said no more. He and Yang Bensheng stood back to back in tacit understanding, paying attention to the movements in the other direction.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes.
There was a sudden rustling sound in the black fog, and then there was no sound again. Lin Wenjin stared straight ahead - the source of the sound.
Unexpectedly, from behind him, there was a sound of breaking through the air and scratching on the ground!
That is the direction Yang Bensheng is facing!
At this moment, Yang Bensheng shouted: "Old Lin, fireball! Stop it!"
After saying this, Yang Bensheng immediately squatted down, and Lin Wenjin turned around at this moment, and used his evolutionary ability straight ahead without looking. Immediately afterwards, dozens of small fireballs roared out, almost covering a flat surface.
The fireballs are extremely tiny and are intended to be a deterrent.
Sure enough, the "thing" was a living thing. After feeling the high temperature of the oncoming fireball, it stopped in place, avoiding Shengsheng and the fireball plane.
It was actually a big black dog. It was clearly a large dog that was prohibited from being kept in the community.
And judging from its appearance, it is probably much stronger than what it looked like before the end of the world.
Thick hair clung to its body, and the big black dog stared at the two of them with a fierce look in its eyes. Under the glow of the remaining firelight, you can even see the saliva dripping from the dog's mouth to the ground!
Yang Bensheng did not hesitate. In fact, from the moment the sound of breaking the air appeared, he had already accumulated energy for this skill!
"Water prison, show me!"
Yang Bensheng shouted low, and slowly closed his fist with the five fingers of his right hand, and then a trace of water ripples appeared in the surrounding air!
Then a water prison curtain composed of five sides suddenly appeared one meter away from the big black dog, surrounding it.
But the water surface that formed the "water prison" was extremely thin, like a piece of paper, which made Lin Wenjin frown and worry.
Fortunately, when the beast saw this unknown thing for the first time, he was a little frightened and could only retreat in front of the water prison.
But everyone knows that this state of affairs will not last long. Once it loses patience or wants to make a desperate move, it will break through the thin water and come out!
These thoughts flashed through Lin Wenjin's mind for just a moment.
After Yang Bensheng drank in a low voice, he immediately urged him: "Old Lin, fire net! Apply maximum power to the water prison, hurry!"
Fire and water have always been incompatible, and this arrangement is ridiculous!
But Lin Wenjin took action without any hesitation out of trust in his good brother.
He didn't leave any room at all. He raised his hand and sprayed out a net of fire, covering the entire curved surface of the water prison like a liquid.
At this time, Lin Wenjin discovered that the water prison was no longer the original transparent state, but had become more textured. It feels like two layers of film are formed on the inside and outside of the water prison.
He understood that this change must have been caused by Yang Bensheng's control.
The blazing white flames carried high temperatures and burned the entire surface of the water prison. In just ten seconds, the water prison membrane expanded like an inflated balloon.
Yang Bensheng tried his best to control and maintain the integrity of the water prison. Even though the tension of the water film was already strong, Yang Bensheng couldn't help but sweat dripping from his forehead and his arms trembling, as if he would lose strength in the next second!
"Membrane condensation heat transfer, Yang Bunsheng, what do you want to do?"
Lin Wenjin was anxious - the thermal conductivity of this high-speed heating method was several times that of dry air!
The air in the water prison heats up rapidly, making the mutated dog even more anxious. But when it tried to break through the water prison again, what it felt was scorching "wet saturated water vapor"!
In the expanded water cell membrane, the liquid water is gradually completely vaporizing!
But although the mutant dog retreated again, it would never sit still and wait for death. Maybe the next moment it will rush out with all its might, what should we do when the time comes?
At this moment, Yang Bensheng's fingers that were about to close suddenly opened!
His slightly curled hair was parted in threes and threes, and his original appearance in a blue and white plaid shirt only made people feel gentle and elegant. At this moment, Yang Bensheng tried his best to control his skills, and the rapid movement of evolutionary energy put a huge load on his body, causing the veins in his neck to bulge, like a ferocious monster.
He shouted hoarsely: "Steam explosion, go!"
At that moment, Lin Wenjin noticed that the steam layer between the two water films had lost the milky white color that water vapor should have and became completely transparent and colorless. It's like it suddenly disappeared!
"It turned out to be superheated steam!" Lin Wenjin couldn't help but widen his eyes.
The next moment, there was a loud explosion in the entire water prison, and white water vapor filled the air. The mutated dog only whined for a while and then became silent again.
It turned out that it was Yang Bensheng who removed the water film on the surface of the water prison at the critical moment.
The high-pressure superheated steam suddenly loses pressure. When there is a flame outside and low-temperature air inside, a steam explosion suddenly occurs!
The dry saturated superheated steam formed under high temperature and pressure has a temperature as high as 500 degrees Celsius, which is definitely not something that the low-level black corpse black beasts in the early apocalypse can withstand.
Not only biological limbs will be quickly destroyed and disintegrated under high temperatures. The spore colonies that parasitize living organisms are also defenseless at such high temperatures!
After the "Day of Arrival", the spore community coexists with the earth's indigenous organisms, and both prosper and suffer. The death of one of the newly evolved species formed by the two will be the end of the whole.
"How is it? Is it a corpse beast or a mutated beast?" Yang Bensheng gasped and asked Lin Wenjin who went to inspect the results of the battle.
He really had no strength, otherwise he wouldn't have just collapsed on the spot.
The other party came over and helped him up, and replied: "The mutated beast has no traces of corpse transformation on its body."
"Yes. Fortunately, it is a mutated beast. It has some intelligence, but it also suffers from it and misses the best opportunity to fight."
"If it doesn't delay the opportunity to fight, it will be the end of the game for us brothers."
Lin Wenjin smiled, and then continued to ask with concern: "How do you feel about having a baby brother?"
"It's okay, I'm just a little tired."
"Siege and strangle, thank you for coming up with such a once and for all idea."
Yang Bensheng weakly tugged at the corner of his mouth: "Of course I took the risk."
If it weren't for Lin Wenjin's protection and help, it would not be a good thing to go all out like this.
His behavior this time was not like what he had done before.
The situation forced him to make a desperate move.
"We don't care about taking the crystal core, just throw it where it is with the body." Yang Bensheng judged.
"It's better to go back and hide as soon as possible." Lin Wenjin said thoughtfully, "If you use fire skills at night, you might attract something else."
"Well, what you said makes sense." Yang Bensheng agreed, "Tell the girls and children not to sleep. Don't make any noise. Just spend tonight in peace."
He finally made up his mind: "Early tomorrow morning, we will meet Lang Hua and the others."
