Deep in the Living

Chapter 14

【One hour ago】

Valley,

Rody first found the wooden box in the tree hole.
Because the locust tree in the mansion was cut down and the body was burned, the corpse refining ceremony was forced to be interrupted.
At this moment, there were bursts of roars coming from deep in the tree hole.

Extending the camera further inward along the tree hole, you will arrive at a hidden cave where the coffin deep inside has been pushed open.

Then the camera returns to the tree hole.
A dry hand that was festering, black, and cracked on the surface stretched out from the tree hole. It was obvious that 'it' was not perfect yet.

Even due to its failure to 'absorb' its blood relatives, its own consciousness could not be fully restored.

……

Inside the mansion.

The crowd who had been staring at the paper window for a long time did not wait for any dark shadow to arrive, nor did they hear any footsteps.

Rody suddenly realized something.
He quickly walked to his own backpack, hung the machete with a leather sheath and a fixed chain around his waist, and held the silver chainsaw box in his right hand.

Even though he didn't say anything, everyone followed suit and took up their self-defense gear.

Gao Yuxuan only had a field knife.

Anna wanted to take the entire backpack with her, but considering that the target had not appeared yet, it would be a waste of energy to run around with it on her back, so she ended up only taking the tactical hatchet.

As for Wu Wen,

She had not taken out any self-defense gear since going up the mountain. She was currently reaching into her backpack, groping for something, and took out something very long.

The cold light flickers,

An eight-sided Han sword forged with modern technology is held in the hand, and the overall style is mainly simple, straight lines and rectangles.

The black hilt has vertical grooves outlined on it.

Extremely narrow diamond-shaped hand guards.
The scabbard is also black, and with the help of modern magnetic technology, it fits the hand guard perfectly, forming a seamless whole. At first glance, it looks like a black metal stick with a strong sense of lines.

Everyone completed simple arming and put on white masks.

There was no communication between the four of them, as everyone seemed to already know where they were going and what they were going to do.

Walk down the second floor of the mansion and walk along the corridor to the familiar backyard door.

The stench was still there, but this time the four of them didn't seem to smell it and didn't feel any physical discomfort.

Standing at the door, I used the flashlight to look at the backyard under the night sky. Overall, everything looked normal as before.

However, the felled locust tree fell between the carcasses of pigs and cows, blocking the view and making it impossible to see what was behind the trunk.

Unlike the sound of gurgling rain in the afternoon which can cover up a lot of ambient sounds, the rain in the middle of the night is much smaller.

The silence allowed everyone to hear a subtle and discordant sound coming from deep in the backyard, the source of the sound being blocked by the fallen locust tree.

The monitor quickly put her index finger between the masks, signaling everyone to follow her and move forward quietly.
Slowly moving forward in the sticky substance with almost silent steps,

Any smell or touch no longer interfered with thinking, and everyone's attention was focused on the strange and discordant sound behind the tree trunk.

The closer we get, the clearer the sound becomes.

That was the sound of bones and flesh being torn apart, and hard objects being chewed.

When the four of them arrived in front of the locust tree and reached out to peel away the branches that blocked their view, they were all stunned, as if they had been suddenly given a critical illness notice by a doctor, and could not believe what they saw.

Although everyone has more or less imagined similar scenes in their minds in advance,

But when the real picture is brought in front of you and you really taste the "flavor", the impact is completely different.

The black cloth has a bagua-shaped button sewn on the center line.

The head above the collar is the sick middle-aged man in the photo.

The face is covered with dark blood vessels.
Hanging with granular pustules left over from the disease that occurred during his lifetime,
The cloudy and white eyes are blind to the whole world.
He just stood there straight.

With his arms stretched out horizontally, he thrust a rotten bull's head in front of him. His teeth, which were permeated with black mist, were biting and sucking the filth between the bull's head, absorbing the remaining Yin Qi in it.
The corpses of pigs and cattle around him were basically eaten up, and the unfinished parts of the ritual were replenished as much as possible.

Perhaps because the bull head in his hand was about to be sucked dry,
Perhaps it was because of the closeness of the four people.

Snapped!
The cow's head, only bones left, fell to the ground.
The black cloth shoes stepped on the mud and carried the body to jump hard.
By jumping, you can rotate your body.

His milky white eyes were facing the fallen locust tree, and he seemed to see four pairs of young people spying on him through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

To be precise,

It must have smelled the scent of a living person that was not an animal.

This thing doesn't jump around slowly like in regular zombie movies.

His feet gradually stood up, with only his toes touching the ground, and his body kept leaning forward at 30 degrees.
slide!

As if boosted by Yin energy, the tip of the shoe slid across the filthy backyard, quickly approaching the peeper behind the tree.

【Perspective switch】

When the zombie tilts its head,

The four people who were spying also knew that they were exposed.
They will then need to make a decision in a short period of time.

Fight or retreat?

Should we face the enemy directly in the backyard, or choose another area?
However, they had already thought about this problem when they went downstairs. Escape or retreat were impossible.

Since the ritual has been interrupted, now is the best time to kill this thing.
Delaying time will only make the zombie more perfect, and everyone will become more tired in the process of hiding and escaping.

of course,

You can’t stay in this sacrificial site, the backyard, where zombies have a natural advantage.

The open space in front of the gate where corpses were burned before is a very good combat area.

"go!"

The four of them started running as the zombies chased them. The squad leader and Roddy's starting speed were almost the same, Anna followed closely behind, and Gao Yuxuan was at the end.

The squad leader was the first to cross the backyard covered with sticky substances. When he stepped on the floor of the mansion and was about to speed up further, he unexpectedly discovered that Rody beside him was missing, and it seemed that he had voluntarily fallen to the end of the team.

Her eyes above the mask did not show any fear of being chased by zombies, but instead contained a kind of relieved smile.

The evacuation of the group went relatively smoothly. After all, they were all top athletes. Even the slowest one, Gao Yuxuan, could run 11.9 meters in seconds, a speed that could barely ensure that they would not be caught up by the zombies.

In front of the house,

The earth pit where the bodies were burned yesterday was filled with rainwater, and a few charred black bones were floating on it.

When the zombie chased everyone to this area, his nostrils smelled the scent of blood lingering in the air. Instinct drove him to temporarily change his target and come to the pit where the bones were floating.

Just when he felt that his relative's flesh had been completely destroyed and could not be absorbed, a deafening roar like that of a wild beast came from his throat.

However, just when the zombies' attention was distracted, someone from Team 4 launched an attack.

A tactical axe, sharpened to a sharp edge and engraved with famous military and civilian industrial logos, drew a perfect straight line in the air and chopped vertically.

Click~
The axe fell on the zombie's shoulder,
The sharp axe blade only penetrated less than three centimeters.

Anna was so frightened by the hardness of the opponent that she was speechless. It didn't feel like she was chopping flesh at all, but rather something between stone and metal. Her arm was slightly numb from the recoil.

Whoosh!
Drawing out her axe, Anna quickly distanced herself and shouted:
"This thing is extremely hard. It's hard to kill it with regular physical attacks. I'm going to go back to the bedroom to get something. You guys hold me back first! I'll be back soon."

Anna suddenly thought of a great way to deal with the zombies and ran back to the mansion.

Although the previous slash did not cause any damage to the zombie, it still posed a lot of threat.

The zombie's head immediately turned towards the direction Anna left, but this direction had already been blocked by another prey, and bursts of roars were heard at the same time.

(End of this chapter)