On the way back to the base, they will pass through T City, which has a population of 800,000. In order to avoid the hundreds of thousands of zombies inside, the base has cleared the highway viaduct that passes through the city.
They were going to take the viaduct, and there was a crowd of zombies under the bridge.
Therefore, they must go directly to the viaduct from the fork twenty kilometers before City T. When passing through that section of City T, they must stay as quiet as possible.
Of course, if they are unlucky, they may encounter high-level zombies, and a battle will be inevitable.
Qin Zhen and Yan Mingxu left with the troops, and now only Mu Tang, Ren Yulin, and Wanwan were left in Lu Yan's car.
"The way back is not as easy as it sounds, right?" Ren Yu said hesitantly.
Lu Yan held the steering wheel and did not answer.
From the corner of his eye, he watched Mu Tang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, leaning against the car door and falling asleep, still holding half a bag of uneaten crystals in his hand.
The bag became looser and looser as the fingers unconsciously moved, and it was about to fall to the ground.
A smile unconsciously appeared on Lu Yan's lips. While looking at the road ahead, he reached out and took the crystal from Mu Tang's hand and put it into the space.
At this moment, the roof of the car shook violently, a familiar "creak" sound came from the chassis, and a big furry tail hung out of the rear window.
It was because I was tired from running in the mud and sat down to rest.
Niba sat on the roof of the car with his chest raised and his head raised, his mouth wide open and his tongue sticking out, but he didn't breathe.
The habits he had when he was still alive are still with him. When he gets tired from running, he will stick out his tongue.
It has been a long time since it ran around like this. The tail hanging outside the window was swaying, and it could be seen that it was in a good mood.
Mu Tang was shocked awake by its jump. She rubbed her eyes and sat upright in a daze, muttering:
"Are we there yet?"
Lu Yan touched her head and said warmly:
"It's still early, you can sleep a little longer."
Mu Tang shook his head and exhaled:
"Won't sleep anymore."
Mudpa on the roof of the car sensed that his owner was awake and stuck the tip of his tail through the car window.
Mu Tang subconsciously hugged the big furry tail and took a deep breath. The next second Niba excitedly swung his tail, and his fur was everywhere in the car.
One of them even landed on Lu Yan's head.
Lu Yan sighed helplessly and allowed the two naughty children to have a friendly exchange. Finally, he suddenly thought of something and called Mu Tang in a low voice:
"Mu Tang."
Mu Tang was tightening Niba's tail to prevent it from moving. He turned his head when he heard the sound, and heard Lu Yan's instructions in his ears:
"Don't expose your mental restraint ability unless absolutely necessary."
Mu Tang tilted his head, and finally nodded obediently:
"good."
Then he asked strangely:
"Why?"
Lu Yan's voice was a little dull, with a hint of mockery:
“Things that are different from others often attract the covetousness and defense of others, and even plunder.”
Another thing he didn't mention was that in addition to the natural powers of the zombies they had seen so far, they also had mental influences similar to Mu Tang's.
All the superpowers possessed by human beings are of the natural type.
He couldn't guarantee whether mental powers were unique to zombies, and coupled with the strange man Mu Tang mentioned, he had to be extremely vigilant.
The base contains the largest database currently available to mankind. When you arrive at the base, many puzzles will be solved.
As he spoke, the entrance to the viaduct was already in sight.
The long motorcade in front slowly entered the viaduct from the entrance.
In order to ensure safety, the army sent three seven-person teams to break away from the team first to explore the road.
The twenty-one people exploring the path are all third-level superpowers. If they encounter danger, they can at least escape and then return to the main force to report the situation.
Qi Yang ordered the convoy to reduce its speed by another ten yards and to keep quiet.
The speed of the entire convoy can now be described as a tortoise speed.
The first fifteen kilometers of the road were quite normal, but as the convoy moved, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, and then the sky, which was originally bright and sunny, suddenly turned gloomy.
Black clouds rolled and curled in the sky, and it looked like it was about to rain heavily.
The sudden gloomy weather was like a black curtain, covering everyone's heart, making people breathless.
As the convoy moved forward, the surrounding temperature could already be described as cold as winter. A light frost formed on the edge of the windshield, and tiny droplets of water appeared inside the glass.
If it could be understood that it was due to weather changes just now, then it is obviously abnormal now.
Lin Wanwan stretched out her hand and touched it. Water droplets flowed down her fingertips into her sleeves, arousing a chill.
Ren Yu also realized that something was wrong, and looked around through the car window vigilantly, holding Lin Wanwan's hand tightly in his palm with one hand.
Now there are only about two kilometers left to the bridge in T City, and people can even smell the faint rotten smell carried by the wind.
The team in front suddenly stopped, and Lu Yan stepped on the brakes.
Many survivors poked their heads out of the carriage and looked left and right in panic. One or two suddenly pointed back with frightened expressions.
Immediately afterwards, people got out of the car one after another, looking in the direction behind the motorcade with pale faces.
Lu Yan looked through the rearview mirror and saw that the driveway where there was nothing just now was now covered in heavy fog and the visibility was less than fifteen meters.
The originally ordinary haze in life has now turned into a giant beast whose true identity is unknown. It is entrenched on their retreat with fangs and claws, waiting for people to enter the beast's mouth.
A soldier riding a military motorcycle turned back all the way and shouted in a low voice:
"Get back in the car, don't talk! Get back in the car quickly!!"
Suddenly there were heavy footsteps beside the car, and then a huge furry figure appeared next to the jeep——
It's the mud that's back.
It seemed to have something in its mouth, and it lowered its head and placed the military green figure in front of the car window.
The man seemed to twist his neck uncomfortably, and then knocked on the car window that was covered with fog and water droplets.
Lu Yan pressed down the car window and it was Qi Yang.
Qi Yang stuck his head into the car window and said in a heavy voice:
"Something is wrong. The people who went to explore the road before have not come back, and they may be in danger. As you can see what happened later, we can't stay where we are, we have to go back to the base, so we can only move forward. .”
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows and motioned for him to continue.
Qi Yang looked a little embarrassed, but he still spoke:
"We want to take the things off its back. Carrying too many things will restrict its movements."
His eyes looked at Mud.
Although it is not stated explicitly, the meaning is obvious.
Lu Yan didn't intend to give him this face, so he made it clear:
"You want Niba to help you find the way?"
Qi Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"I'm not that shameless. What I mean is that if you untie the things on it, it can easily protect itself if it encounters a high-level zombie."
After a pause, he still said in a difficult tone:
"If that time comes, please help us protect some of the wounded."
When Qi Yang said this, his face was burning.
After all, his attitude toward mud has always been suspicion and vigilance, and he has never been in contact with it or gotten close to it like other warriors.
Everyone knows how dangerous high-level zombies are. If you are not careful, you will die without a complete body.
However, he still borrowed it from Lu Yan with a face and let it fight against high-level zombies for a group of people who were not friendly to it.
Lu Yan shook his head and said with no apparent emotion:
"I'm not its owner and can't make the decision. Besides, it understands everything you say. You can ask it yourself if it wants to."
This answer stunned Qi Yang. Communicate with mutant beasts? !
He turned around stiffly, stumbling and said to Niba:
"I want to ask you a favor... I want to ask you to help us take care of the wounded later. Do you know what a wounded is? A wounded is..."
Niba tilted his head and watched the man in front of him dancing around and saying some strange things to him, and he whispered impatiently:
"Woof——" No need to explain to me, I know what it means, it's a half-dead human like Qin Zhen.
However, Qi Yang obviously misunderstood its meaning and thought it was unwilling. He turned around helplessly to look at the people in the car.
Mu Tang flashed her big eyes, laughed out loud, and finally stood up to help him out:
"Niba, do you like those green people?"
Niba understood this time, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then touched Mu Tang's hand that stretched out the car window with his big wet nose.
Those people were the same as Qin Zhen. Niba could feel their kindness and had a good impression of them.
Mu Tang then asked:
"He wants you to join them later to protect Qin Zhen and the people with him. Are you willing?"
Niba flicked his tail, stood up and touched Mu Tang's hand with his nose.
Mu Tang turned to Qi Yang and said:
"It said 'OK'".
Qi Yang stared at them in a daze as they communicated without any barriers. When he heard this sentence, he almost didn't react.
After regaining consciousness, he quickly and solemnly saluted Niba:
"Thanks."
Mudba puffed out a breath from his nose and sprayed it on Qi Yang's face.
Qi Yang didn't care about anything else and quickly turned to Lu Yan and continued:
"Most of the things on its back can be discarded, but there is a small mechanical radar and a thermal imager. Can they be put in your car?"
Even Niba agreed. Lu Yan had no reason not to agree to this trivial matter and nodded.
Then he asked Ren Yu to get out of the car, and together with Qi Yang, he quickly unloaded Niba's things.
