Chapter 421 Sunworm Threat
A bald man looked at the marshmallow, his eyes glowing green.
A survivor next to him kindly reminded him, "Did you see that over there?"
The bald man followed the direction he pointed and saw a centipede on the wall with a toothpick nailed to it.
"That was..."
"It was shot by the owner of the dog six meters away."
The bald man shrank his neck, not daring to look at the marshmallow again.
The survivors who left the base were still vigilant and wore masks to avoid inadvertently inhaling the blue mist. Indeed, many people found a lot of supplies, which was a big temptation for the survivors who dared not leave the base. One survivor found some medicine and redeemed more than 300 points!
Zhen Shuai was more concerned about the changes in the blue mist, and then found that the height of the blue mist was shorter and the concentration was greater.
Some people think this is a good thing, maybe one day the blue fog will gradually disappear; some people think this is a bad thing, I am afraid that the greater the concentration of the blue fog, the higher the risk, and they become more pessimistic about the future.
The voice of 004 sounded in Zhen Shuai's mind.
[Host, the drone is back. 】
Zhen Shuai looked up at the sky. After about ten seconds, a flexible black shadow appeared in his sight, flying steadily, getting closer and closer.
Soon a survivor discovered the drone.
"What is that?"
the soldiers on guard were told. As soon as they saw the drone, one of them immediately reported it to his superiors.
The drone slowed down only after it approached the gate of the base. After entering, it hovered about two meters high in the air and remained motionless.
Several other soldiers standing guard quickly formed a circle to protect the drone and did not allow anyone to get close.
Captain Guo quickly appeared with his people, walking in a hurry, with a little anxiety on his face, just hoping that the drone would bring good news. Walking to the drone, he raised his hand to hold it, and quickly left under the protection of the soldiers.
The mysterious drone caused ripples in the base and became a new topic of conversation among the survivors. Where the drone comes from and whether it will bring any good news are all their concerns.
Not long after, soldiers came to ask Commander Zhen to go. Shen Xingdu followed, but the soldiers did not stop him.
Arriving at the conference room, Commander Zhen saw that in addition to the regimental commander, the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander were sitting at the conference table. When he entered, everyone's eyes fell on him, as if he was going to be interrogated in three chambers. of.
Commander Zhen and Governor Shen Xing sat down at the remaining two empty seats with an unchanging expression.
The two chairs were left behind by coincidence, or perhaps Captain Guo guessed that Marshal Zhen would come in with Governor Shen Xingdu. If it was the latter, Commander Zhen couldn't help but guess that Captain Guo might be expressing goodwill or telling him that they knew everything about him and Governor Shen Xing.
But these are actually not important to Zhen Shuai. If Captain Guo really wants to harm them, he and Governor Shen Xing can leave immediately. Although the blue mist is very dangerous, the two of them only need to protect themselves, and at most Yao Zifan, if they want to leave here, there is no problem at all.
From the moment they appeared at the door, Captain Guo had been secretly observing their expressions, not missing any change in their expressions. But he was disappointed to find that he saw only peace in these two people. This shows that these two people are not worried that they will be disadvantageous to them. Are they ignorant or confident?
Captain Guo looked curious, "You don't seem worried at all?"
Zhen Shuai deliberately misinterpreted his meaning, "You are here in the base, what is there to worry about? Captain Guo, you are asking too much. The troops are the backbone of everyone in our base and our anchor. With you here, we feel very at ease." Captain Guo sighed, "Yes, we are responsible for five million people. You may have guessed it.
Yes, why did we invite you here?"
"Well, we were just at the gate and saw the drone coming back." Zhen Shuai asked, "I wonder if the drone brought back any news?" Captain Guo's face He showed a
bit of joy, and then a bit of worry, "The drone found the base where Director No. 1 is located. They saw the content we recorded, and also recorded new content for us, conveying a lot of news. The most important one is is the information about Blue Mist. We will announce this on the radio later. It doesn’t matter if I tell you now. Because the base where the No. 1 leader is located has relatively complete research equipment, they have made great progress in the research on Blue Mist. Follow. The blue mist from the meteorite is not a simple mist. It is actually countless transparent blue bugs, which are invisible to our naked eyes. These bugs were named "sun bugs" by Chief No. 1. Sun bugs like sunlight. They can absorb the energy in the sun and reproduce with it. The reproduction speed is very fast. The more sunlight they absorb, the darker the color will be. These bugs also like human flesh. As long as they enter the human body, they will quickly digest it. It fell off, leaving only blood..."
Zhen Shuai rubbed his arm in discomfort.
Shen Xingdu's face was expressionless. There were tens of thousands of strange and bizarre creatures in the world of cultivation, but the tiny sunworm was not enough to move his face.
Captain Guo took a sip of tea, and Deputy Zhao continued.
"Once humans inhale the blue mist, they will definitely die. Even if their exposed skin accidentally touches it, they will be invaded by sunworms. They will also die, but at a relatively slower rate. What's even more frightening is that sunworms Any part of the body can be seamlessly connected to other sunworms. Two sunworms can become a larger sunworm. The more sunworms are connected, the larger the blue mist will be, which also means that once they launch an attack , the attack range will be larger."
Zhen Shuai asked: "What's going on with the meteorite? Why do the sunworms return to the meteorite at night? Why do the meteorites get bigger and bigger?" Commander Guo and Deputy Commander Zhao looked at each other.
.
Commander Guo said: "This was not mentioned in the news sent back by the drone."
Zhen Shuai felt strange, "Since the base of the No. 1 leader has studied the blue mist, it will definitely not let go of the meteorite. Why not?" Mentioned it?"
"Maybe their research has not made progress, so they didn't mention it." Captain Guo guessed.
"Really?" Zhen Shuai did not hide his suspicion. He doubted Captain Guo's guess and also suspected that Captain Guo just didn't want to say anything.
Captain Guo said: "It is indeed not mentioned. However, since our drone can contact there, we will definitely contact you again in the future, so let's put this aside for the time being. The reason why we came to you is for the drone. "
That's it," Deputy Zhao took over. "It was Chief No. 1 who mentioned the drones and asked us if we had more drones so that we could contact more bases and get more information." More information can help mankind better cope with more difficulties that may arise in the future. Can you tell us where this drone came from?" Zhen Shuai said without hesitation: "I picked it up." The audience in the live broadcast room
Overjoyed
.
[How to lie without hesitation, just watch the anchor. ]
"Picked it up?" A battalion commander raised his voice in disbelief.
"I picked it up. You should know that I am just a college student who has just graduated and has not found a job yet. I picked up this drone on the way to Longdu. I studied it and found that it is quite interesting. It's very useful. At that time, I was thinking that if I couldn't find a job, I would become a network anchor, so I could use this drone. I'm so handsome, and it would only be a matter of time before I became famous! Unfortunately, there is nothing now. ! Alas!" Zhen Shuai looked at everyone calmly, his eyes unavoidable. At the end of the sentence, he scratched his head with regret and helplessness.
Everyone was silent for a while.
The audience in the live broadcast room fell down laughing.
[Drunk jelly grass is given to the anchor Rocket ×12! My handsome man, are you afraid that you secretly took the Best Actor at some point? 】
【"xiang0571" gave the anchor chocolate ×9999! What I like most is watching anchors fool people in a serious manner! 】
【"Riverside Crescent Moon" gives the host a yacht x 66! Give him a small reward to show his appreciation! 】
【"Excuse me with money" and give the host a plane x 99! 】
【"Hunter" gives the host's villa ×520! 】
【"Faesel Ibn" gave the anchor a sports car x 666! 】
...
Captain Guo has nothing to say. There is nothing that can be done about the past. Even if he knows that Commander Zhen is lying, there is nothing he can do about him.
"Okay, we get it. Xiao Wang, please send Marshal Zhen and Teacher Shen out."
"Yes."
After watching Marshal Zhen and Governor Shen go out, Zhao Shangying sighed and looked at Captain Guo, "Guo Tuan, just let them go like this?"
Captain Guo shook his head, "Let them go, it's useless to hold them captive."
Zhen Shuai turned his head and glanced at the closed door and left.
When he passed by the door of Yao Zifan's room, he saw that the door of the room was open and Yao Zifan was bandaging a girl's wound.
"Zifan."
Yao Zifan saw him and greeted him quickly, "Brother Zhen, Brother Shen, you are back." "
What's going on?" Zhen Shuai asked at the door without going in.
Yao Zifan glanced at Yue Xiumin sheepishly, "Her name is Yue Xiumin. We used to live in the same district. I accidentally bumped into her when I was going to eat just now. Her leg was injured, so I took her with me. Come here and bandage it."
Yue Xiumin greeted with a blushing face, "Mr. Zhen, Teacher Shen, hello. Actually, I have nothing to do, I just scratched my skin a little." "Well, you are busy."
Zhen
Shuai hugged Shen Xingdu's arms. Back to the room.
"Yue Xiumin must have taken a liking to Yao Zifan." Commander Zhen quietly told Shen Xing.
Shen Xingdu glanced at him, asking him how he knew.
Zhen Shuai took out a watermelon platter from the system space and fed him a piece with a fruit fork. "We are not going to the cafeteria in the ninth district to eat now. How could the two of them meet by such a coincidence? If I hadn't guessed If it's wrong, Yue Xiumin must have been secretly watching Yao Zifan."
An audience member sighed in a comment.
[The anchor is so keen, it’s a bit scary to think about it! Probably nothing could escape his eyes. 】
This comment caused countless people to echo it.
Zhen Shuai just had time to gossip, and then said: "If you don't talk about this, it has nothing to do with us anyway." What he didn't expect was that this matter really had something to do with him!
Chapter 422 Ready to leave
A new broadcast arrived as promised, detailing the characteristics of sunworms. Everything that was not told to Zhen Shuai was clearly stated on the broadcast.
In the blood of people who died after inhaling the blue mist, those sunworms were indeed dead. This was because there was no sunlight in the base. If a human who inhales blue mist is out in the sun during an attack, these sunworms will not die. This makes the survivors very happy. Otherwise, countless sunworms that have entered the base with the help of humans will be scattered everywhere, and because of their almost transparent color, it is difficult to find them, and all survivors in the base may suffer.
To put it simply, sunworms are very active in places with sunlight. In the absence of sunlight, they can only survive by attaching themselves to meteorites. This is why the blue mist returns to the meteorite at night.
The troops also speculated on the reason why the blue fog became thicker in color and shorter in height. The sunworms may be digesting the energy they have inhaled for so long, and they are likely to become more dangerous after they finish digesting.
But these cannot stop the survivors' desire to explore the outside world. Rumors about the food and drinking water crisis in the base are getting more and more intense. People are impetuous. Only by having more supplies in hand can the survivors feel safe. Especially for survivors who have children, the children will cry if they are not fed enough or not well fed. These children are the little princesses and young masters of the family. They have never suffered such hardship before. Parents are now reluctant to let them endure hardship, even if it is for the sake of their children, they have to give it a try. They wrapped their bodies tightly in clothes and tried to stay as far away from the meteorite as possible when searching for supplies.
Since the sunworms were bound to die after entering the base, the troops changed their previous nervous attitude and became supportive of the survivors walking out of the base. If they can find supplies, it can relieve their pressure to a certain extent.
Afterwards, Commander Guo once again sent a drone to the base where Chief No. 1 was located.
However, the drone did not come back for a long time this time.
As the owner of the drone, Zhen Shuai immediately learned the reason. The drone was requisitioned by the base of Chief No. 1.
Two more days passed and the drone had not returned. Captain Guo guessed the reason and could only smile bitterly in return. Drones can indeed play a greater role in Chief No. 1's base. He just hopes that if there is any latest news there, don't forget to tell him.
Two days later, the blue mist completely returned to the meteorite, quietly covering the surface of the meteorite, like pieces of blue gems, some big and small, with different shapes, shining with blue light in the sun, beautiful. People briefly forget that they contain huge murderous intent.
For two days in a row, Lan Wu was in this state.
Zhen Shuai had reason to believe that they had entered a relatively stable growth stage, and perhaps the time had come for him and Shen Xingdu to leave.
He picked up a stone and threw it at a meteorite, hitting the meteorite accurately.
The "blue coat" on the meteorite was disturbed and expanded instantly, as if a blue net was cast out, catching the stone instantly. This was quite fast, taking less than two seconds! When the sunworms on several nearby meteorites heard the movement, they also exploded and turned into several clouds of blue mist. Using the meteorites as support points, they swayed back and forth, as if searching for the source of the sound. After finding no results, they returned to silence. The blue net that captured the stone realized that it was just a stone, not food. It opened the net neatly, threw away the stone, and returned to the meteorite to lie down obediently, waiting patiently for the next prey.
The survivors who saw this scene swallowed nervously and were silent for a long time.
Zhen Shuai stroked Ling'er who was standing on his shoulder and said quietly: [Ling'er, I need your help. Are you confident you can evade their pursuit? 】
Spirit Eagle nodded his little head confidently.
Zhen Shuai smiled slightly, picked it up with both hands, and sent it into the air.
"Go, Ling'er, be careful! Once you find something wrong, fly to a place where the sun can't shine."
The onlookers looked at each other.
Li Junyang and Chu Zigang were both in the crowd.
Li Junyang asked in a low voice: "Brother Gang, what do you think he is going to do?"
Chu Zigang squinted at Zhen Shuai's back, "If I guessed correctly, he wanted to use the eagle to measure Lan Wu's attack distance. ."
"What?" Li Junyang was surprised, "Is that eagle that smart? Isn't he afraid of sunworms eating it?" Captain Guo and Deputy Zhao also came to the door at some point
.
"It seems like this kid can't stay in the base any longer." Captain Guo pondered.
Deputy Zhao said: "You mean he is leaving? No way? He is not afraid of death?"
Captain Guo only said: "Keep an eye on them, and we will see them off when they leave."
Deputy Zhao was very unhappy untie.
Captain Guo did not explain, but watched the black eagle spread its wings and fly above a meteorite, and let out a sharp cry.
In an instant, a blue net wider than a human's open arms flew out of the meteorite. It quickly moved towards the black hawk, and then suddenly moved towards the center, trying to net the black hawk.
Fortunately, Black Eagle was not slow either. He shrank his body, flapped his wings, and jumped two meters away, narrowly escaping the blue net. In the eyes of everyone, the distance between the blue net and the black hawk is only ten centimeters at most when it shrinks, and the two almost pass by! Everyone couldn't help but sweat for Black Eagle.
The audience in the live broadcast room were too nervous to speak out.
But the attack of the sunworms has not stopped yet. The blue net was retracted and turned from a round net into a slender blue ribbon, which gradually stretched. One end was still connected to the meteorite, but the other end was unable to connect to the black eagle. He chased him relentlessly, twisting in the air as the direction of the black hawk changed.
The audience in the live broadcast room was stunned. Although the situation was very urgent, they had to admit that this picture was very stunning. I saw that the blue ribbon and the blue sky and white clouds were in perfect harmony with each other. If an uninformed person saw it, who would dare to say that this is not a beautiful and moving picture?
But no one at the scene found it interesting, and they made a series of thrilling calls!
The black hawk has not given up teasing the sunworm yet, and flies higher and higher while chirping. The blue ribbon followed closely behind, getting longer and thinner, until it was only as wide as a palm, and at this time it was at least ten meters away from the ground.
Everyone was extremely frightened. How could such an attack distance not scare people?
Zhen Shuai secretly ordered Ling'er to stop making sounds. The "ribbon" seemed to have lost its direction, and its dancing movements stopped. After waiting for a while, there was still no movement, so it slowly retracted and returned to the meteorite.
Zhen Shuai breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that sunworms did not have vision, but mainly used sound to identify the direction of their prey. As long as you can stay quiet, avoiding them shouldn't be a problem.
Not only him, but other people also saw the talent. They were fortunate and at the same time became very interested in this smart black hawk, and they were also envious of the master Zhen Shuai.
The black hawk glided back and stood gracefully on Zhen Shuai's shoulders.
Zhen Shuai rubbed its head in reward, took out a handful of dried meat from his pocket and fed it.
"Xingdu, let's go back." He looked at Shen Xingdu and said.
Governor Shen Xing nodded.
Chu Zigang suddenly realized, "They are planning to leave the base!"
Obviously, the "leaving the base" that Chu Zigang said was not leaving the base temporarily, but leaving for a long time!
The rest of the survivors were shocked, and then they exploded, talking to each other, making it easy to talk.
"There are sunworms everywhere now. Aren't they looking for death?"
"Even if we leave, where can we go? It's harder to survive with just two people outside! At least you can stay in the base without worrying about food and drink." ... Back at the residence, Zhen Shuai asked Shen Xingdu to clean up first, while he went to pick up
Yao
Zifan called over.
"Zifan, Xingdu and I are ready to leave here."
Yao Zifan said quickly: "Brother Zhen, I'll go with you!"
"No." Zhen Shuai decisively refused.
Yao Zifan was anxious, "Brother Zhen, just let me follow you! I have been exercising during this period. I can protect myself and promise not to hold you back!" Zhen Shuai reassured: "Don't be anxious first
. Listen to me. We are leaving this time to pick up my parents and my eldest brother in Yunhai City. We will come back. The governor and I will go faster. Before we leave, I will make arrangements for you. , we will leave all our supplies to you, and I will say hello to the people in the army and ask them to take good care of you. When we come back, we will take you with us to another place." Zhen Shuai's thoughtful arrangements made Yao Zifan
panic Feeling a little more at ease, he asked in a low voice: "Another place? Does it mean the base where the No. 1 leader is located? Brother Zhen, do you have a connection?" Zhen Shuai smiled and nodded, "It's a good place anyway. Do you believe me
? ?"
Yao Zifan nodded without hesitation, "Of course!"
This incident also aroused heated discussion among the audience in the live broadcast room.
[Yao Zifan is so lucky to have a golden thigh! ]
[Rather than saying that Yao Zifan is lucky, it would be better to say that the anchor is interesting. Speaking of which, Yao Zifan didn't do anything great for the host and Brother Shen, but since the host agreed to protect him, he really arranged everything for him. 】
Yao Zifan watched Zhen Shuai and Shen Xingdu pack their things with some reluctance.
Zhen Shuai and Shen Xingdu were very fast. Because they wanted to leave all the supplies to Yao Zifan, they only packed their clothes and common items. They only sorted out two bags, which they could carry on their backs and hit the road easily.
Commander Guo, Deputy Commander Zhao and two deputies stood at the door.
Commander Zhen was a little surprised, "Captain Guo, Deputy Commander Zhao."
"Haha, we're here to see you off." Commander Guo said with a smile.
Zhen Shuai raised his eyebrows. He didn't think that he, an ordinary person, had any qualifications to work with a regiment leader and a deputy captain to see him off. However, he knew in his heart that Captain Guo still had a glimmer of hope for him. He hoped that for the sake of being so unassuming, if he still had drones or information about drones, he could hand them over. Come out, if it really doesn't exist, he will just walk a few more steps, and there will be no loss.
Zhen Shuai still admires Captain Guo. For this base, the leader really did his best.
"Captain Guo, you came just in time. I have something to trouble you with. We plan to go back to Yunhai City to pick up our family. Before we leave, we want to entrust my friend to you to take care of me. Maybe we can meet again on the way. I picked up the drone and will definitely bring it over when the time comes."
Many viewers in the live broadcast room coughed.
[Ahem, when did drones become so easy to pick up? Anchor, please tell us where you picked it up. I want to pick one up too. 】