Indescribable cyberpunk

in the dark.

A strong wind whipped up from the ground, startling a dozen strange-looking birds that flew into the dark sky high in their cries.

There are ferocious beasts running rapidly among the ruins.

He jumped over the slightly shorter obstacle and ran into the ruins of a tall building. Although it was in a collapsed state, it was still almost a 90-degree steep slope. He did not avoid it at all. His sharp claws crushed the protruding rocks. Under the gray-black hair, The terrifying power that Qiu's knotted muscles exploded all the time made it feel like walking on flat ground even on this "cliff".

When you zoom in closer, you can see that there seems to be a person sitting on the back of this terrifying beast.

On the saddle cushion made of gravel, Zhu Jue sat cross-legged, with the three-month sword placed horizontally on his knees, and his back against the cushion. The air that was whistling in front of him was completely dispersed as soon as it reached him, so even if the wind chime ran away, No matter how fast he moved, he was still sitting very stable on top.

The distance from the settlement to the polluted area was not far. Although there were various obstacles along the way, at the speed of the wind chimes, Zhu Jue saw the dilapidated sign of North 3 District appearing on the street in just two or three minutes.

"Wind chimes, slow down!"

Bending down and patting Feng Chi's forehead, the surrounding scenery gradually returned to its original state.

Ouch~

Moving closer to the street, the wind chime shook its head and roared excitedly. The three flexible tails behind it swung wildly, flying away the nearby gravel.

Recently, the wind chime has been following Zhu Jue with its petite figure. It has long wanted to find a chance to stretch its muscles. Therefore, after leaving the settlement, it took over the job of a scavenger and returned to its original strong body. Zhujue made rapid progress all the way.

Lifting his feet sideways, the scavenger immediately extended a platform on the left side, held Zhu Jue's soles in the air, and carried him down.

The wind chime did not change back immediately, but rubbed against Zhu Jue's side, and Zhu Jue let it go. Anyway, with its fur color, as long as it was well hidden in this environment, no one would be able to find it, and it would not be discovered later. He still has to go back.

Observing the surrounding environment through the camera glasses, compared to the barely neat street plan of Community No. 37, Community No. 40 is undoubtedly much messier. The map stored in the audio-visual stick is only marked with rough icons because there is no network. Zhu Jue was unable to check his real-time location and could only rely on intuition to find the location of the contaminated area.

Fortunately, we are not completely clueless. There is a disgusting stench in the air. The same smell has also been smelled in Zhujue No. 37 Community.

The contaminated area is nearby.

"Wind chime, can you find the source of the smell?"

When it comes to the sense of smell, wind chimes are undoubtedly more sensitive than the sense of smell.

Woo~

He raised his head and smelled the smell, and his T-shaped black sinuses swelled. After a while, he whimpered a little aggrievedly. He was obviously disgusted by the smell. He turned his head over and put it on Zhu Jue's shoulder, twisting it twice, and waited. He hugged and rubbed it for a while before retracting it, wagging his tail and walking forward.

After walking forward for a few minutes, Zhu Jue suddenly saw a small Ferris wheel standing in the middle of the road, about tens of meters high. Several completely scrapped mechanical dolls could also be seen in the nearby ruins, with their limbs drooping and their faces torn apart. , revealing its dusty parts. From its obviously youthful shape and the scattered lace skirts that were mostly crushed by stones, it is not difficult to tell that this place should once have been a commercial street with a small amusement park.

Dispersing his senses and approaching the contaminated area, he had to be on guard against the infected bodies hiding in the dark. However, what surprised Zhu Jue was that until he walked through most of the street, he still could not detect the existence of any infected bodies or even living bodies.

In fact, from the time he entered North 3 District until now, he has not even seen the corpse of an infected person.

This is not a phenomenon that should occur in a polluted area.

Feng Chime put his head on Zhu Jue's waist from behind, urging him to move forward, then bypassed the latter and ran towards the viaduct in front. As if he had discovered something, Zhu Jue quickly lifted his heels.

After boarding the escalator, which was no longer in use, and stepping on the fence on the side of the overpass, the smell became stronger and stronger. Zhu Jue took out a telescope with night vision function from the space ring.

"Finally found it!"

He tightened his grip on the telescope and whispered to himself.

About a hundred meters away, among the ruins of three high-rise buildings arranged in a zigzag shape, a black-purple infection layer was spread among them, covering the buildings and streets, creeping slowly and strangely.

Like a ghost.

It's definitely not possible to approach it directly like in Community No. 37. A battle just broke out in Community No. 39 above. The Ouroboros organization must be on guard now, and Zhu Jue doesn't want to alert the enemy.

Now that the infection area has been confirmed, the location of its core bone tree has naturally become the next target to be observed.

It stands to reason that surrounded by Z-shaped buildings, the empty space in the center is undoubtedly the best place to place the bone tree. It is blocked on three sides, leaving only one empty space, and it is easy to defend. However, I stood here on the overpass and looked through the telescope for a few minutes. I wish you the best. Jue never saw the existence of the bone tree.

Is it behind the building?

The height of the overpass is less than 10 meters, and obviously the situation behind the building cannot be seen. The Ferris wheel behind it becomes the best observation deck at this time.

I spent some time standing on the top of the Ferris wheel and had a panoramic view of the polluted areas in the distance.

Looking across the building, Zhu Jue was surprised that he still couldn't find the existence of the bone tree!

As the core of the infected area, the bone tree must be in the center. The coverage of the contaminated area in front of us may be larger than that of Community No. 37, but it is limited to this. You must know that the height of the bone tree is at least about 6 meters. , it is impossible to hide in a building. Such an obvious target should be visible at a glance under normal circumstances.

Jingle bell bell~

The cell phone rings.

"Hello?"

The scavenger took out his cell phone from his pocket, connected it and put it to Zhu Jue's ear.

"Zhu Jue, we have contacted the Ranger organization. They are in the settlement and there are many people. The situation is a bit strange. They seem to be preparing for a large-scale battle."

In the alleyway full of debris, Suzi and Gu Yinxing stood behind several plastic boxes, observing the people on the street outside who were debugging weapons and carrying ammunition.

When they were walking around the settlement, they accidentally saw the dense fire here. After getting closer, Gu Gingxing recognized the marks painted on their weapons.

"fighting?"

Turning the telescope, Zhu Jue thought for a while and then said,

"Are they planning to attack the infected area? They shouldn't be that stupid, right?"

"No, it's not an attack, it's a defense. They are building fortifications, and there are machine guns in the windows of the houses on both sides of the street."

Gu Yinxing grabbed the box with both hands and turned her head to see as much as possible of the situation on the street.

Dang rang~

Perhaps out of impatience, Gu Gingxing subconsciously applied more force with her hands, causing the already loose plastic box to bend. The empty bottle inside fell to the ground, making a few crisp sounds as it rolled.

"Who's there?"

People who are in a state of war are highly nervous, and the sudden noise will not unexpectedly attract attention.

"Sorry. What should I do now?"

Turning his head, Gu Gingxing's face turned red due to embarrassment.

"Zhu Jue, I'm afraid we have to contact the Ranger organization in advance."

Mozi waved her hand, indicating that they would not retreat. They were not here to cause trouble. Leaving at this time would make the Ranger organization think that they had evil intentions.

"Handle it yourself as long as it's safe. I have some situations here, so hang up now."

On the other end of the phone, Zhu Jue also discovered some special circumstances.

Since the bone tree has not been found for a long time, Zhu Jue thought about finding an infected person to follow, and he would eventually be able to find the bone tree.

The infected bodies were not difficult to find. He raised the magnification of the telescope and scanned the ruins of the three buildings. Zhu Jue soon discovered their whereabouts.

Yes, they are!

In the empty floor of the ruins of the building, a rough count of nearly 20 terrifying infected bodies stood.

There are slender infected bodies that look like mummies that I encountered in Community No. 37, and there are also infected bodies with black and purple pustules, and dozens of tentacles growing on both arms. There are also some that even Zhu Jue has never seen before, and that are difficult to describe in words. monster.

They stood on the outer edge of the empty layer, crowded together, hidden in the darkness, motionless as if they had received some order.

Zhu Jue had never seen this situation before. The bone tree was not there. Why did these infected bodies gather together?

at some point.

The body of the infected body at the front suddenly leaned forward and fell under the force of gravity. Its actions were like a start signal. Other infected bodies around it also began to move forward, jumping out of the air layer and swinging. With an ugly posture.

It was at this time that Zhu Jue suddenly discovered that there were infected people "jumping" in the other two buildings.

Obviously, the large-scale occurrence of this weird behavior is not because they think they are too ugly to think about it.

Someone is controlling the gathering of these infected bodies!