Embers Ad Infinitum

When the "Old Tune Team" noticed the pale face, he shrank back and disappeared from the window.

"He's coming to the bottom." Jiang Baimian made a judgment based on the bioelectric signals.

Long Yuehong, who was wearing the "Black Marsh Iron Snake" bionic smart armor, heard the words, turned her body to the corresponding position, and looked at the situation there through the goggles.

The buildings here have a strong classical charm. The doors on the first floor are quite high enough to let the legendary giants in, but they only open the lower half. The windows above are also arched, and the balcony is narrow and purely decorative without any practical value.

After a quick glance, Long Yuehong said thoughtfully:

"Does he also want to attack us?"

It’s impossible to come down and meet fellow villagers with tears streaming down your face, right?

Shang Jianyao has said that that guy has no human consciousness at all, and he is not the kind who deliberately hides it!

As soon as Long Yuehong finished speaking, a figure flashed out from the half-open lower area of ​​the first floor door corresponding to the window.

He was wearing the uniform of the regular army of the "First City", but the surface was severely damaged, revealing pale skin and a few tan muscles. The areas where the clothes were still intact were also wrinkled, as if they had been soaked in water and suffered damage. Allow to dry naturally.

The figure's eyes lacked any energy or focus, and were obviously bulging outwards.

He just stupefied and tried to pounce on Bai Chen who was closest to him without any cover.

IQ is very problematic, even worse than animals... Isn't this using yourself as a target? Long Yue was full of slander, but he reacted immediately.

He picked up the "Berserker" assault rifle and fired a short burst.

Da da da!

The figure was hit by bullets one after another, and there were exaggerated wounds on his body.

Parts of his body were even directly torn apart, separated from the main body, and fell to the ground with sticky liquid.

However, the figure was still rushing forward. Apart from his balance being affected to a certain extent, there was no sign of serious injury at all.

Boom!

Jiang Baimian fired a rocket.

The fire enveloped the figure, causing him to be completely torn into pieces and turned into numerous corpses.

Because the distance was relatively close, the aftermath of the explosion inevitably swept towards Bai Chen, but at the end of their strength, they were completely unable to deal with the "Chameleon" bionic smart armor.

Jiang Baimian dared to use a personal combat rocket launcher, so he naturally considered whether he would accidentally injure his companions.

As soon as her voice subsided, she frowned slightly:

"Xiao Bai, please check the body and be careful. I sensed that the weak bioelectrical signal has not disappeared."

"Strange." Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin.

It's all exploded like this, but it's still alive? Long Yuehong was quite worried about Bai Chen, but due to the provisions of the combat manual, he on the other side had to take on the duty of vigilance to guard against possible attacks around him.

Bai Chen, wearing the "Chameleon" bionic smart armor, held the "Orange" rifle and carefully walked to the corpses.

She was about to squat down and check the situation when a black light suddenly jumped out from the body including the head and went straight to her body.

It's like a long black wire.

when!

The black light failed to penetrate the "Chameleon" bionic smart armor, hit the surface and slid down.

Bai Chen grabbed it, shook it a few times, and said:

"A strange bug."

"Iron worms?" Jiang Baimian guessed uncertainly.

This is quite different from the iron worms in her impression.

Ironworm is a parasite that inhabits rivers, ponds and other places and infects targets through water sources.

After it completes its parasitism, it can control large arthropods, allowing them to find water sources "on their own" and drown themselves.

But now, this bug can actually affect the human body, and seems to continue to act as a "central nervous system" after the host dies, feeding on the remaining nutrients.

In addition, it also shows the characteristics of forcibly changing the host.

As a former wilderness wanderer, Bai Chen probably knew about wireworms and asked hesitantly:

"How to deal with it?"

Jiang Baimian hesitated and said:

"Kill it. Without the corresponding collection device, it can't be wrapped directly in your hand, right? It will actively pierce the skin and penetrate into the body."

She made a reasonable inference based on the insect's behavior just now.

"Are you from a biological company?" Shang Jianyao heard this and said, "He was heartbroken."

Jiang Baimian didn't pay attention to him at all, watching Bai Chen tear the insect into several pieces, throw it on the ground, and crush it into a pulp with his feet.

"It doesn't work. It can't be cut into several pieces and turned into several pieces." Shang Jianyao looked disappointed.

This is not an earthworm... Long Yue, while blushing, curiously guessed:

"Is this a deformed iron worm?"

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"perhaps."

She pondered for a few seconds and then said:

"Coupled with the pile of green things before, I kind of suspect it's not an electromagnetic storm problem, but another reason."

Without giving Shang Jianyao a chance to guess, Jiang Baimian put forward his own idea seriously:

"Could these all escape from that secret laboratory?"

It's really possible... As soon as Long Yuehong had this thought, she heard Shang Jianyao say:

"It could also be from Home Reproductive Medical Center."

This, this cannot be ruled out at present... Long Yuehong feels that both sides are reasonable.

After getting rid of the strange bug, Bai Chen returned to the team.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian pointed forward and said:

"Any guesses now are all air-to-air. We'd better rush to the destination as soon as possible."

Several members of the "old tune team" gathered their thoughts and walked to the next block along the road littered with dirty vehicles.

After these two strange encounters, Long Yuehong discovered that the bionic smart armor is really good, and it is obviously better than the military exoskeleton device in protecting itself.

Plus, they're actually not heavy at all for full-body coverage.

For some unknown reason, the "Old Tune Team" failed to attract any dangerous creatures after firing several times, allowing them to smoothly enter the neighborhood where the Holm Reproductive Medical Center is located.

——As far as Bai Chen knows, urban ruins like this that have rarely been explored by humans must contain many dangerous things, including but not limited to "careless people" whose number has been reduced to a certain level, certain aberrant creatures, Wild animals and wandering robots that live off batteries and small generators. Once gunshots are heard somewhere, they will be more or less attracted and gather together, but the ruins of Wasteland 13 are as if they are completely dead, with only a few monsters remaining.

Step by step, an ancient four-story building ahead caught the eyes of Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others.

Its outer wall is a warm yellow color with large mottled patches and many green plants growing on it.

These plants also spread to the surface of the light box hanging vertically on the wall, showing their dominance with all their teeth and claws.

After careful identification, Long Yuehong read out the two dark red words on the top of the yellow wall that were not covered by green.

"Center...reproduction..."

"Is this here?" Jiang Baimian, who no longer had any confidence in his sense of space, asked his teammates.

Bai Chen nodded:

"It's here.

"Home Reproductive Medical Center."

…………

Nearly two hundred meters away from the Home Reproductive Medical Center, the rooftop of a building was overgrown with weeds and covered with bird droppings.

Welf, who was wearing sunglasses, a trench coat and a middle-parted hairstyle, put down his binoculars and said to Xu Lan next to him:

"The target is almost reached."

"Then get ready for action." Xu Lan, who was dressed as a cowboy with unfocused eyes, chuckled, "They may never have thought that the hotel owner had 'betrayed' their destination a long time ago, and that guard information was specially prepared by us. Those who stayed.”

Welf shrugged:

"This is our destination anyway."

While speaking, he glanced at the tablet computer held by Xu Lan.

Xu Lan nodded slightly and said:

“I lifted the restrictions before and followed them twice to confirm a lot of things.

"The woman named Jiang Baimian can indeed sense bioelectric signals as you said. The range varies depending on the terrain, between forty and seventy meters. Yes, you didn't forget much when you looked through your memory last time. Gather some useful information."

"My 'invisibility' can hide it from her, and she will be my first target.

"You take this opportunity to sneak into the area where you can modify the memory and make the two enemies wearing bionic smart armor our 'companions'.

"At this time, the awakened person named Shang Jianyao must have attracted my attention and tried to save Jiang Baimian or avenge her. Just in time, the two new 'companions' suddenly turned against him and attacked him at close range.

"In short, try not to distract the 'doctor'. The most dangerous thing here is Wu Meng. Without the 'doctor' watching, you and I might not know how we died."

Having said this, Xu Lan took a deep breath:

“I can’t hold myself back any longer. I saw too many asymmetries during the two previous follow-ups.

"I'm going to destroy it all!"