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Chapter 157 Hunting Harvest
Although the hunting of mutant zombies went very smoothly this time, Shen Fei had more doubts in his heart.

The first is why anesthesia bombs have such a strong effect on mutant zombies, but not on ordinary zombies.

Secondly, these mutated zombies are so beautiful.

Yes, Shen Fei believes that these mutated zombies have biological beauty, and their mutated structure and organization are not like the result of natural selection, but more like they were deliberately designed.

The natural variation of organisms is due to the probability of error in the process of gene replication. This kind of variation is uncontrollable, and most of the variation is harmful rather than beneficial.

The background introduction said that the zombie virus broke out in 2020, but there is a time display on the base panel, and it is only 2023 now.

In just three years, so many zombies with various complex functions and no structural redundancy have been mutated. This is determined to raise the coffin of all biologists.

The field of vision here is wide. In order to prevent being discovered by zombies in the distance, Shen Fei did not stay. After putting away the food unit, he quickly hid behind the car.

Looking back, the black Bianhua was ready to move on, Shen Fei smiled and continued to explore the way.

Even if they were looking for mutated zombies, the speed of the two of them was not too slow, mainly because Shen Fei, who was exploring the path, controlled the speed of the team.

And the black Bianhua, who had been following closely behind her all the time, didn't ask any questions from the beginning to the end. She followed Shen Fei quickly, and waited quietly when Shen Fei stopped, as if she completely regarded herself as Shen Fei's entourage, only in the battle. Just to show the sense of existence.

And Shen Fei's performance did not disappoint her, he could always find the mutated zombies in advance, and the distance was also kept very well, which kept the two of them in an active state, and the whole hunting process was considered easy.

The two dealt with an assailant in a certain convenience store, and Shen Fei took cover on the shelf, cooperated with the black Bianhua, and attacked him in a sneak attack, releasing a black bullet.

Among a group of ordinary zombies, a spitter was found, where the terrain was relatively open, and the number of ordinary zombies gathered was around a hundred.

Shen Fei's evaluation found that the risk was relatively high, but the benefits were mediocre, so he decided to give up the loot, let the black Bianhua snipe him and then leave, reducing the danger for the subsequent zombie siege.

The black Bianhua agreed, and killed it effortlessly, using the longbow, but this time it almost caused a zombie riot, and the two fled in a hurry.

Afterwards, Shen Fei also made an analysis. The black Bianhua's sniping was not too loud, and the zombie group did not find the target at that time, but the zombies present were still roaring, which may be related to the number of zombie groups.

Shen Fei believes that when the zombies gather more than a certain number, the behavior pattern of the zombies may change.

Of course, these assumptions are all based on Shen Fei's perception of human beings, and they may not be accurate.

After the two left, the group of zombies screamed for a while, but they did not find the enemy, and then gradually calmed down. After no one noticed, a small sound of propellers came near the body of the spitter...

Afterwards, they also encountered a mutated zombie that overturned Shen Fei's cognition. It was a fat zombie. Before the two of them killed it, it sensed the danger and blew itself up.

Although Shen Fei asked himself that his whereabouts were not particularly secretive, he did not reveal himself before the attack, and the attack of the two was fast and powerful enough, but the fat zombie still blew itself up.

If it wasn't for Shen Fei's sudden alarm, temporarily forcibly changing the direction of the sprint, and instead quickly retreating, it might have been affected by the self-destruction of the fat zombie.

Although there is a high probability that it will not cause fatal injuries if it is affected, it will inevitably be infected by the virus and must return to the base for treatment. This will delay a lot of time, and it is not what the two of them want to see.

After checking the illustration book, this zombie is called the self-detonator, and it will self-detonate when it is close to the survivors or when it is threatened.

The reason why he overturned Shen Fei's cognition is because this kind of self-destruction mode has never appeared in any known species, at most it is the level of survival by docking the tail.

Self-destruction itself is not conducive to the continuation of the race, and natural selection will also eliminate this model.

And this kind of setting, Shen Fei has only seen it in games and film and television works.

Combined with a series of settings such as the stable mutation of mutated zombies, the base that can grow, and the items that will be exploded when killing zombies, it seems to be telling Shen Fei that this may be a game world.

However, Shen Fei still remained skeptical, because the Secret-seeking Eye told him that this world is real, not virtual...

One more thing, when Shen Fei was looking at the information in the self-destroyer's illustrated book, he found that there was another new type of mutated zombie in the illustrated book, the Pretender.

This kind of zombie can mimic ordinary zombies, but its destructive power is average, only slightly higher than ordinary zombies.

If nothing else, it should be a new type of zombie encountered by the bullet casings and Aletta.

Shen Fei also discovered that these zombies encountered later were more functional, and in terms of individual combat capabilities, they were not as good as the raiders encountered in the first stage.

If zombies are regarded as the same group, there are functional differences between different individuals, which is usually a characteristic of social groups, such as humans.

And did these zombies spontaneously produce this difference?
If yes, if zombies are social, then they must have a leader or a group of leaders, where is the leader?Are they the ones who command the tide of corpses behind them?

And if not, who is behind the scenes manipulating the different mutations of the zombies?
Everything is telling Shen Fei, accept it, this is a game world, as long as the world is virtual, no matter what setting is reasonable.

The black Bianhua noticed that Shen Fei's mind wandered from time to time, but since this did not affect the actions of the two of them, she did not intervene, and she also guessed that what Shen Fei was thinking about was different from what she was thinking. Is it consistent.

The hunting time agreed by the four players is three hours. After three hours, no matter what the harvest is, they will return to the base first to collect the spoils and information.

So he put his thoughts on hold for the time being, and the hunting operation of the two will continue.

With Shen Fei, a radar-like pathfinder, and a deadly sniper like Black Bianhua, the hunting efficiency of the two is surprisingly high.

Afterwards, two spiters, two deformers, a self-explosive, and a pretender were killed by their cooperation. The three-hour deadline was not too long, so the two decided to stop hunting and return to the base.

However, the loot props produced by one of the spitters and the self-explosive were not collected by the two of them. The reason was similar to the first time, and the risk of collecting was too high.

So the total harvest is 4 units of food, 1 unit of ammo, and 1 unit of medical kit.

(End of this chapter)