Chapter 562 Bloody Rainy Night
However, although there are not a few voices of opposition, there are still a majority of people who firmly stand on the side of Eta, even if they may not be able to come back alive this time, even if this time The fault has nothing to do with them.
In fact, many people offered to follow Etta. Even many people who had made sarcastic remarks before silently stood beside Etta with their swords raised.
Most of the adults in the shelter are women, but none of them have a cowardly look in their eyes.
Obviously, as a leader in this camp, Etta Doyle has a lot of say.
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And her plan is actually very simple.
Go in the opposite direction along the road to meet them, and do everything you can to kill the Bloodsucker who is following them.
Or be killed by the Blood Hunter.
Both of these endings can actually ensure the safety of the shelter, because the smell of blood left by the boy along the way will not stay for too long, but if the blood collector is allowed to follow the blood trail and find the shelter, then Living corpses and evil creatures from the entire wasteland will flock here, leaving the survivors with nowhere to go.
As for the blood seeker, it is a "beast" that is extremely sensitive to the smell of blood.
However, before the plague spread completely, these beasts were also members of humans.
They did not turn into living corpses like other people infected with the virus, but when they were about to die, they transformed into beasts more terrifying than living corpses. And, after turning into beasts, they were infected with the virus of living corpses again and became An existence different from pure beasts.
In urban areas, the living corpses with a certain collective order are the most terrifying, but in the wilderness suburbs, these beasts are the real nightmare for survivors.
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So Eta and his party actually set out on the road with a determined mentality of death.
She brought her own son with her, because everyone needed him to lead the way.
Because of this, no one disobeyed Etta's decision.
This group of fearless women left the valley area where the shelter was located with limited weapons and equipment, and stepped into the muddy wilderness.
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The rain outside has weakened a bit at this moment.
But this is just brewing for a new round of heavy rain to come, because the dazzling arcs of lightning and the terrifying muffled thunder never stop flashing in the dark sky from time to time.
Maybe the blood circulation person can have a good meal tonight.
Oh no, maybe not.
Because, before colliding head-on with Etta's team on the same route, this blood circulationer with a clear gray-white body outline in the dark night seemed to have met someone else in advance.
This is a female human holding an umbrella and holding an old drawing in her hand.
The reason why she bumped into the Bloodseeker was, on the one hand, because she was also looking for the exact location of the shelter, and on the other hand, because she also carried a not-so-light smell of blood. .
Yes, the lady holding an umbrella in the rainy night is Emma who left the city.
She didn’t know that there were bloodseekers, predators that combined elements of beasts and living corpses, on the outskirts of the wilderness city.
But compared to the interception team from the shelter, Emma didn't show any panic when she noticed the outline of gray-white fur flashing quickly in the dense forest.
She was still holding the umbrella with one hand. After standing still for a few seconds, she began to retreat backwards calmly.
The beast seems to be very close at hand.
Emma could clearly hear the sound of the other party sucking the bloody air, as well as the sound of rough fur and bone spurs rubbing against the trunks of the dense forest.
But even so, her vision was still mostly blocked by the darkness and dense branches and leaves.
Continuing to stay in the forest would mean losing sight of her, so Emma immediately chose to retreat.
But her attention was not 100% focused on the movement in the dense forest. While retreating, she was always paying attention to the rhythm of thunder and lightning in the sky.
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It has sharp claws, bone spurs, rough mane, and a body structure that looks human but not human.
But the most chilling thing is the head that still maintains human form and its eyes...
In the dense forest, it crawls on all fours, but this is just a concealment method used by predators during hunting.
Emma's location happens to be at the edge of the dense forest.
She was walking backwards.
Because behind her is the road she walked on when she came here. It is the only terrain she has a vague impression of. In this almost suffocating confrontation situation, any bump or stumbling, even stepping into a pit and stumbling, is fatal, because in the eyes of predators, a momentary physical imbalance or distraction of the prey is an attack. signal.
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In this way, Emma always kept facing the beast hidden in the jungle, slowly retreating until her body was completely out of the jungle.
Hold an umbrella throughout the entire process. Although the wounds on her body were sending terrible pain signals to her brain, Emma still worked hard to brace herself to deal with the terrifying creature in front of her that could tear her apart at any time.
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Boom…
There was lightning, and the sound of thunder that disappeared for a few seconds and then started again.
It's like some kind of excessive countdown.
Emma had already retreated to the edge of a mountain stream and stopped.
She climbed up from here just now.
The beast in the dense forest is also approaching the edge of the jungle. If it takes another step forward, its hideous and terrifying figure will be completely separated from the cover of branches and leaves.
At this moment, Emma could already see those complex eyes that were both human and animal.
It seems that one night when she was solving the Noschia equation, she had seen such complex, bloody, and painful eyes in her dream.
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The heels of Emma’s boots had pressed against the edge of the rock.
She held the umbrella with her left hand and put her right hand in the outer pocket of her coat. She looked calmly at the scarlet eyes in the dense forest.
There was no trace of panic in her.
During the confrontation, he was still nodding his head in a small and rhythmic manner, as if he was calculating something.
It is a pity that this confrontation with dangerous elements and elegant temperament took place in a bad night, without any bystanders.
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Until a certain moment.
The night sky was split by dazzling arcs of electricity.
With the cold light of that moment, both the predator and the prey could clearly see each other's faces.
Emma let go of the umbrella in her hand and let it fall from in front of her.
The moment the falling umbrella blocked the sight of both sides, the beast pounced out at the most terrifying speed.
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The distance of more than ten meters was instantly shortened.
And a few seconds later.
After the light of the lightning faded completely, the accompanying thunder came belatedly.
Boom! ! !
But what exploded together with the thunder was the fireball on the edge of the mountain stream.
The broken stones, glass pieces, and gravel were swept away by the shock wave and flew in all directions, mixed with broken bone spurs, fangs, and broken eyes belonging to the beast.
The only thing missing was the elegant figure holding an umbrella a few seconds ago.
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Again, it is a pity that there are no bystanders in this confrontation between predators and prey...
Oh no, there are bystanders. .
The interception team from the shelter caught up with this last scene.
Before they heard the explosion and remembered it, they did not choose to rescue them. Instead, they just hid in the distance and coldly observed the fight between man and beast.
The reason is simple. They don't think that the woman walking alone in the wilderness is a normal person.
And even if she is not a living corpse, it is impossible for her to be able to deal with the blood circulation person.
The shelter has no obligation or need to risk the group's destruction to rescue a stranger.
The best case scenario is that the smell of blood produced by the Blood Hunter after killing this innocent passer-by will cover up the traces of the smell of blood left by the boy along the way. In this way, this passer-by who died tragically used her life to contribute to the shelter. The final contribution.
This is indeed cruel and indifferent, but for the shelter, it is the best option. They avoided a disaster at no cost.
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Until the explosion sounded at the edge of the mountain stream.
Everyone in the shelter was stunned.
Those who don’t know may think that the blood circulation person was struck to death by a thunder...
(End of this chapter)