Pollution throughout the territory

So, after the team of 12 people finally arrived at the base of the scientific research team, they just took a shower and ate a full meal without even sleeping. After resting for two hours, they set off again and continued on their way in the cold wind.

The foot of the mountain was covered with snow, and the team's progress was much slower than on the ice field. Before setting off, they had contacted the scientific research team and told them that they and others were going there, but they had not waited for a reply.

According to the topographic map given to them by the base assistant, the team finally arrived at the other side of the mountain at night and found a leeward spot halfway up the mountain to set up a tent. Professor Qin tried to contact Ford every once in a while, but always failed. It's been a long time getting a response.

This obviously abnormal situation made Professor Qin start to worry a little, whether there was something wrong with the scientific research team, or maybe their communicator had malfunctioned.

The team got up early the next morning and set off towards the hilly area. Facing the dim light shining from the ice clouds, they also saw the scene that Professor Ford had mentioned before.

In front of you, roughly in the center of the mountain range, the main peak plunges straight into the sky, and around it, the ridges are in the shape of squares, guarding the main peak. It really looks like a building left by some ancient intelligent creature. Group - otherwise it would be unimaginable that nature would be so miraculous and coincidentally carve the mountains into this magnificent appearance over hundreds of millions of years.

At noon, Professor Qin contacted the scientific research team again to no avail, so he could only give up the idea temporarily. They were getting closer to the hilly area, and if there were no accidents, they would arrive in two hours.

As the terrain gradually leveled off and became less steep, the sleigh began to move faster. Just as they were focusing on the road, a strange mirage suddenly descended into the distant sky.

On the way here, they had seen at least a hundred mirage scenes, some of which were as lifelike as what they were seeing now, but although those scenes were real, they were far from as bizarre as this one!

A huge stone city stands in the sky. Its architectural style far exceeds the limits of human imagination. The piles of pitch-black stones not only reverse all geometric rules, but can even make people feel uncontrollably evil.

Most of the buildings in this city only have walls. From a distance, they seem to be composed of countless zigzags, like a maze. Many places have collapsed, and you can see the shape of a five-pointed star appearing in some walls. The spire, at the top of the spire, is connected to a bridge similar to a pipe, and further away, there is a huge, cylindrical shadow standing faintly...

The scale of the entire city was so overwhelming that it was like a scene that only appeared in myths, causing the entire team to stop subconsciously. Its appearance seemed to indicate that some kind of danger was coming.

The mirage scene gradually faded, but the appearance of the huge stone city was imprinted in everyone's minds, making them inexplicably afraid.

Xia Ren even had an illusion in his mind, as if he was in the center of those boulders, small and powerless.

It took him a lot of energy to finally get those visions out of his mind.

Xia Ren knew that if the system was here at this time, he would definitely see that his sanity was declining rapidly just now.

Therefore, those illusions may be real.

Seeing that the other team members were also in a daze, obviously not yet recovered from the scene just now, Xia Ren didn't know if they were also hallucinating in their minds, more serious, or had been contaminated.

In the text messages sent two days ago, Ford had named this place the Crazy Mountains, which couldn't be more appropriate.

"If you go any further, you may die."

When this idea appeared, Xia Ren couldn't help but tremble even though he knew it was a dream.

However, also because he was in a dream, he could not stop the team from moving forward. He could only follow them and wait to meet his fate.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the team finally saw the outline of the tent stationed in the ice and snow in front of them based on the map. However, after the mirage not long ago, the atmosphere among everyone was a bit silent, and no one could be happy.

As we approached the base, our ominous premonition was confirmed.

The husky pulling the sled seemed to smell something and started barking.

They found a large amount of blood stains under the snow, and several wooden stakes were driven into the ground, but the dogs that were supposed to be helping on the ropes were missing.

"keep going!"

Professor Qin didn't stop for much, and the team speeded up.

The closer they got, the thicker the smell of blood became in the air, and even the icy wind couldn't completely blow it away.

When they finally arrived at the base, the horrific scene in front of them made those who spent most of their time focusing on research and work cover their mouths, squat on the ground and vomit uncontrollably.

It is difficult to describe such a scene. Even the most brutal war is kind enough to compare with it.

Several tents had been damaged due to unknown reasons, and most of them collapsed. They had no time to take care of the situation inside the tents, because right in front of them, there was a large mass of... flesh and blood!

They were skeletons, some of which were larger and some of which were smaller. It could be seen that they belonged to humans and dogs respectively. The skin on the bones disappeared along with the muscles and internal organs. The corpses of humans and dogs were indistinguishably... ...mixed together!

Facing this pile of bloody skeletons, no one else dared to step forward because of fear. Only Professor Qin walked forward step by step as if he had lost his soul.

There were torn clothes scattered on the snow beside him. Professor Qin stumbled. He had no time to get up, so he almost crawled over and rummaged through the pile of clothes.

"ah--"

A cry that did not sound like a human being sounded in the cold wind.

He found a severed finger with a ring on it, exactly like the one he wore on his hand.

Wen Yan couldn't bear it, suppressing the fear and nausea in her heart, and stepped forward to try to comfort him, but now Professor Qin only had the ring in his eyes, and could no longer see anyone else.

Although Xia Ren had seen many deaths, this was the first time he encountered such a cruel scene.

He is much calmer than others. The first thing that comes to his mind is that he must find out the cause. Is it caused by humans or...

Although the former is unlikely, he has seen the horror of infected bodies and apostles. After human beings are contaminated and distorted, they are no longer human beings, but another kind of creature.

The tent was in a mess, and many devices were knocked to the ground. He found a communicator in one of the tents, and there was a text on the screen that was sent from the future:

"Don't come! Everyone here is starting to act strange. Clayman is muttering words of unknown meaning such as "The Ancient One", "Lord of the Polar Circle" and "Star Families". I tried to We tried to persuade him to no avail. Everything happened after we took those specimens out of the cave. There seems to be some kind of virus on the specimens that can affect people's minds. If the situation continues to deteriorate,"

This text is obviously a warning to their rescue team. The person who edited this text should be Professor Ford. He seems to have suffered such a drastic change that he did not even have time to send the message.

Xia Ren felt that he might have become one of the piles of corpses outside.

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