Start a Core Pod

  Chapter 196 Rat Infestation

  Although what they saw in the town was already very serious, when everyone left the town and continued along the road, they soon saw an even more shocking scene.

   "This... what is this?"

  Looking at the big fat pigs piled up on both sides of the road, Bambi's eyes widened in surprise, and he asked anxiously.

   "Aren't these pigs human food? Why would they..."

   "Probably because these pigs were infected with the plague, so they were slaughtered... But then again, what's the point of putting them here like this?"

   Staring at the corpses of hundreds of big fat pigs on both sides of the road, Duanmuhuai also frowned. Although it is natural to kill poultry infected with the plague to prevent the spread of the plague, it is also important to deal with it afterwards. You throw it directly by the side of the road, it is simply a large source of infection—maybe the plague in the town they were in before was infected by the corpses of these pigs.

   "Master Knight!"

  However, at this moment, Lorena screamed suddenly, she took two steps back, and stretched out her finger forward anxiously.

   "Well, that pig seems to be moving!"

"oh?"

   Duanmuhuai raised his head and looked towards the direction of Lorena's finger. It was already dusk, and except for the light of some torches and the searchlight on Duanmuhuai's power armor, it was almost dark. Under the light of the pure white searchlight, everyone saw a big fat pig lying on the ground not far in front of them, and it seemed that it began to move its body gradually. Its head turned slightly, as if it wanted to turn to Duanmuhuai Like this side.

  Dead spirit pig? There shouldn't be such a funny thing in this world.

  However, at this moment, a horrifying scene happened.

I saw that under the searchlight, the soft and swollen belly of the pig suddenly began to squirm, as if something was burrowing inside, and the next moment, the pig's belly burst open, and then hundreds of them were like a tide. The black mouse screamed and rushed out of it, rushing towards the crowd!

"ah---!!"

  Girls are afraid of mice, and the girl next to Duanmuhuai is no exception. Bambi screamed and hugged Duanmuhuai, turned her head and curled up in his arms. Meanwhile, Lorena and Audrey also turned pale at the moment, and retreated hastily. Only Augis still sat quietly on Duanmuhuai's shoulder, her expression unchanged.

   "Get out!"

   Duanmuhuai naturally wouldn't let the group of mice rush over, he let out an angry roar, and then took a step forward. Then the flame of the soul erupted from Duanmu Huai's side in an instant, directly igniting everything in all directions. Soon, hundreds of wriggling mice were engulfed by the flames and disappeared, and those dead pig carcasses that were also burned by the flames burst one by one at this moment, and more mice gushed out of them, as if they couldn't stand the flames The erosion screamed and fled in all directions.

   "This, what the **** is going on?"

  Looking at the swarms of fleeing rats all around, Lorena's complexion was pale. Although this missionary priest is considered powerful, she is helpless because she does not have the wide-range attack skills like a mage. And obviously, in the face of tens of thousands of mice, it is useless to rely solely on the holy book in hand.

   "Tsk, it's getting more and more troublesome."

   Duanmu Huai looked around, and could see that although the rats were far away from the pile of burnt corpses, they were still lingering not far away. There was a dense "squeak" sound, and under the night, the red light spots from the eyes of these mice could be clearly seen, and it was even more terrifying when they gathered together.

"use this."

  Duanmu Huai took out a few grenades from his armor pocket while talking.

"This is?"

   "Incendiary bomb, just unplug it and throw it among the rats."

While speaking, Duanmuhuai pulled out the latch in his hand, and then threw the incendiary bomb forcefully, and soon there was only a "bang", and the flame burst out from the group of rats, covering nearly a hundred rats in an instant. into the fire. But this is not over yet, the rats themselves seem to have the property of igniting the fire, the flames spread among the rats in an instant, but these rats do not seem to be stupid, they almost escaped from their burning companions at the fastest speed, Gathered together again.

   "Woo..."

  Seeing this scene, Lorena turned pale, and Audrey stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, as if she was about to spit it out.

   "Strange, it looks like they're intelligent."

  Ojis said lightly, and Duanmuhuai nodded.

   "No surprise, the hive effect... the more the number, the higher the IQ, especially these are not ordinary mice..."

As Duanmuhuai said, without stopping, he took out incendiary bombs one after another, and threw them directly into the group of rats. Soon, more and more rats were engulfed by the flames, and finally Duanmuhuai When there was only a big circle of fire left, the remaining mice chose to retreat. They turned around and went straight into the forest without a trace.

   "Okay, let's move on."

   It wasn't until the mice left that Duanmu Huai looked back and spoke.

After that, everyone continued to move forward, but the situation along the way was not much better. In the end, Duan Muhuai found a dilapidated hut by the side of the street, and then used gravity gloves to play with Minecraft to build a house—although still It is a boxy coffin, but for Duanmuhuai, it is enough to be able to accommodate people now, and the rest will be discussed tomorrow.

   "It's the first time I've seen that kind of scene."

Sitting by the campfire, Lorena still looked terrified. It was no wonder that tens of thousands of mice surrounded them in black, and they seemed to have some kind of clear will. This kind of thing is really scary .

   "I remember when you were in Mordheim, you didn't seem so scared, did you?"

  Duanmu Huai looked at Lorena curiously. The priestess girl went to Mordheimer with him and fought against the Ratman there. He thought Lorena would not be afraid of the Ratman.

   "Of course I'm not worried about the rat man, but the rats are too small... If you're not careful, they will get in..."

  While talking, Lorena looked around anxiously.

   "Master Knight, there is no problem here, in case we are sleeping..."

   "Don't worry, I've made all the preparations, those rats won't be able to get in."

Seeing Lorena's little girl-like appearance, Duanmu Huai also laughed. Just as he told Lorena, he also strengthened the house. Even if the group of mice can dig holes, they can Can't get in.

  Of course, he could also understand Lorena's worry, after all, if he woke up and found a mouse on his face, it would be an absolute nightmare.

   "Tea, please."

At this time, Audrey also prepared dinner. Unlike others, she basically worked as a maid. Audrey carried a small bag with her-although it looked only the size of a handbag, it contained There are a lot of things, including food utensils and so on... Duanmu Huai is really curious if this is the kind of space pocket in the online novel.

But I have to say that Audrey's craftsmanship is really good. Duanmuhuai's requirements for food are actually not high. Although he is a strong man, he eats a little more food than ordinary people. The food is purely for nutrition. Before, it was no problem for him to eat dry food alone.

  Although the dry food in this world is dried meat and the like, it is not impossible to eat it with water.

  But... Duanmu Huai will not refuse if he can eat well.

   Like now.

   "Sting..."

The meat steak in the pan on the bonfire was emitting the aroma of fat. Smelling this aroma, both Bambi and Lorena calmed down. Audrey sat quietly in place, skillfully cutting the meat with the tableware in hand. Opened the cooked food, put it on a plate, and handed it to Duanmuhuai first, then to Bambi, Lorena, and Augis—the latter of course refused.

  She doesn't need to eat.

   "I didn't expect it to have reached this level."

  Duanmu Huai picked up the fork and put the meat into his mouth, and started talking at the same time.

   "Those mice..."

   "Sorry, Lord Knight, I don't want to say this while eating."

"All right."

  Looking at Lorena's expression, Duanmu Huai also shook his head. He really didn't expect that this missionary priest would be afraid of mice... Of course, to be honest, anything that reaches a certain amount is scary. Even Duanmuhuai himself felt that there were so many rats that made people feel creepy.

   Of course, it would be just as disgusting to be a cockroach. Although he always scares others, it doesn't mean that Duanmuhuai himself has no fear.

   After dinner, everyone rested in front of the bonfire, and then fell into sleep.

   Duanmu Huai is the same.

  But when he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

   "———————!!"

  The first thing Duanmu Huai saw was a barren landscape. When he stood up, he could see ruins everywhere. Without a hut of his own, and no one else here, the whole world looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland after a nuclear explosion. The wind mixed with yellow sand covers the sky, and the shadow of the sun can hardly be seen.

   "Squeak!!"

  Suddenly, a series of cries sounded, Duanmu Huai stopped and looked forward, then, the strong wind gradually dissipated, the yellow sand that had originally obscured his vision receded, and a city appeared in front of Duanmu Huai.

  It was a city that Duanmuhuai had never seen before.

  From the point of view of style, this should be a city in this world, but it is not the city Duanmuhuai has been to.

   But the city has been destroyed.

  The entire city is a mess everywhere, all the buildings have collapsed, and there are corpses everywhere—these corpses are all human beings, their skins have been torn off, their flesh and blood have been gnawed off, revealing a lot of bones.

  Duanmuhuai didn't see anything, but he could feel that under the ruined walls of those buildings, countless malicious eyes were staring at him.

  He stepped forward.

   "Cheep...cheep..."

  In the deserted ruins of the city, the sound from the ground echoed, but Duanmuhuai didn't care, he just walked forward step by step until he came to the square of the city.

At this moment, the whole city suddenly began to tremble, and then, countless mice rushed out of it, and they quickly condensed into a huge, giant-like mouse with long, twisted hair like a cow. He just stared at Duanmuhuai coldly, and Duanmuhuai also stared at it with widened eyes.

The moment the two eyes met, the huge mouse suddenly trembled, and then it let out an angry howl, but the next moment, the body that made up the huge mouse collapsed instantly, and at the same time, the whole world also collapsed. It was dark again.

   Duanmuhuai opened his eyes, staring coldly at the extinguished bonfire in front of him.

  Really interesting, challenge book isn't it.

  Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai raised the corners of his mouth.

   "Then I accept your challenge."

  (end of this chapter)