Zheng Sheng walked along the Survival Highway for a month. During the day, the sides of the highway were covered in thick white fog, and at night a red moon appeared, making it frighteningly dark.

Under normal circumstances, you can hardly see anything around you except for the road under your feet.

But now, a tree has appeared in the thick fog by the roadside, completely out of place with its surroundings.

Upon closer inspection, the white mist around the tree was faintly visible, and the flesh and blood of the corpse under the tree seemed to have been eaten by something, leaving only the clothes and an empty skeleton.

The skeleton looked extremely eerie in the shadows beneath the tree.

Next to the body, there were two large hiking backpacks lying on the ground, filled to the brim.

At the opening of the backpack, a pile of food was scattered about: various biscuits, chocolates, drinks, instant noodles, fruit...

There was even an old-fashioned hunting rifle on the back of the corpse.

Food, water, and guns!

These are all good stuff!

……

This must be the body of a survivor, whose backpack was full of supplies, who died unexpectedly by the roadside.

Moreover, the body was very close to the road, and the backpacks and supplies were scattered in places less than a meter from the road, almost within reach.

Greed began to spread among the crowd; many in the line had been starving for a long time and were on the verge of starvation.

"There's lots of food right by the roadside, who wants to go get it?"

"There's also meat and fruit in this big bag. If we're careful with our food, it'll last us at least a month."

"But the captain just warned us not to leave the road easily."

"That's weird, what if we encounter something weird?"

"It's just by the roadside, only a few seconds away from the highway, it should be fine, right?"

In the crowd, Zheng Sheng stared at the corpse by the roadside, his eyes fixed on the gun behind the body.

He can still afford food, but that hunting rifle is a rare commodity. In the apocalypse, having a gun could probably save his life in a critical moment.

Moreover, he can add points to it, making this old-fashioned hunting rifle a powerful weapon of his own.

but……

The greed in his eyes flashed only briefly before Zheng Sheng carefully retreated behind the crowd.

Something is wrong!

Why is there fresh fruit in the backpack?

The body had been dead for who knows how long, yet there was fresh fruit in the backpack. Why hadn't it rotted?

Normally, fruit next to a corpse would rot much faster and wouldn't look so fresh and tempting.

Zheng Sheng glanced down at Xiao Heizi beside him again. He noticed that Xiao Heizi was completely different from usual, with its ears perked up and in an aggressive posture, as if there was something terrifying in the crowd.

"System, how many survival points are needed to upgrade this skeleton?"

Zheng Sheng silently recited the command, and a notification sound quickly echoed in his mind.

[Would you like to consume 108,000 survival points to enhance the roadside ghost?]

10...8...survival points? Zheng Sheng gasped.

What kind of monster is this?! It needs so many survival points?!

Zheng Shengqiang suppressed the trembling in his body, tried his best to calm the fear in his heart, and silently turned around so as not to disturb anyone.

run!

If we don't run now, we're definitely going to die!

Just as Zheng Sheng was leaving, the people who had been gathered in the crowd finally made a decision.

"If you guys aren't going, I will. I haven't eaten for days, I'm going to starve to death sooner or later, let's take a gamble."

"I'm going too. The bold get rich, the timid starve. It's right by the roadside. If you miss it, you'll never have another chance."

Once someone started, those who had been hesitant began to stir, and instantly more than a dozen people stood up.

In the crowd, the old woman who had previously sold herself also greedily looked at the supplies next to the corpse, and then pushed the old man next to her.

"Honey, hurry, or we'll miss out!"

"If you manage to get food and water, I'll take good care of you tonight. Don't you want to try it?"

As the woman spoke, she pointed to her large mouth and gave him a flirtatious wink.

Even when pushed forward, the old man did not back down, because he originally wanted to go himself.

He's 59 this year and retired early, so he exercises in the park every day. He's a well-known fitness grandpa in the park, the kind who can do amazing feats on the horizontal bar.

He believes his physical fitness is no worse than that of young people, and may even be better!

Food was running low, and he had to feed two people, so he had to seize this opportunity.

Soon, the old man and more than a dozen people stood by the roadside. There were men and women among them, all of whom were starving.

Everyone guessed that there was danger, but with so many people, if they really encountered something strange, they might not die as long as they ran faster than others.

Besides, it's so close, only a meter away... If I'm quick, I can escape back to the road immediately... I should be fine...

Looking back at the frenzied crowd, Zheng Sheng didn't hesitate and continued running with Xiao Heizi.

It wasn't that he didn't want to save people, but this was the first time he had encountered something so terrifying and bizarre.

If he had stepped in to stop everyone, he might have been the first one the monster would have eaten.

Besides, many people are starving to death, and even if you try to persuade them, they will still take the gamble.

"Everyone rush in, whoever grabs it first keeps it."

Suddenly, someone let out a low growl, and a dozen people rushed towards the skeletal corpse by the roadside like madmen.

It's only a meter from the road; if you're quick, it only takes a few seconds.

Just as everyone rushed off the road...

Sudden.

The thick fog around the corpse suddenly dissipated, revealing corpses scattered all over the ground, covering an area of ​​dozens of meters in radius.

The head, the rotting limbs, the foul-smelling intestines, the hair, the eyeballs... all were mixed together!

It turns out that these supplies were actually piled up on a mountain of corpses!

Some people were so frightened that they stood frozen in place, trembling with fear, but many more were already on the verge of their deaths and there was no turning back.

Food is readily available, ready in just a few seconds!

Just as someone in the crowd grabbed the supplies on the ground, the corpse that had been sitting by the tree suddenly raised its head, its empty eye sockets like black holes, staring intently at the crowd.

A chilling aura enveloped the area, and black mist, like silt, seeped from the corpses. Suddenly, the painful wails of countless innocent victims filled the air.

The skeletal corpse suddenly opened its mouth wide, its jaw drooping dramatically to its chest, and countless pale arms, like wriggling, disgusting maggots, poured out of its mouth in a frenzy, numbering in the hundreds.

In an instant, the surroundings were covered with pale arms, and a strange tentacle flower bloomed in the sky, like an octopus, or a "white sunflower" pieced together from corpses.

Seeing this bizarre scene, the people who were scrambling for supplies could no longer control their fear and began to run frantically toward the road.

"How bizarre! How truly bizarre!"

Having spent so long on the road to survival, hunger seemed to have made them forget the horrors outside the road. Now, however, the memories of the eerie and terrifying events came flooding back like a tidal wave.

How bizarre! It's so terrifying!

With just one breath, six people were covered by countless pale, large hands, layer upon layer. As the dense palms covered their entire faces, the six people were slowly dragged into the darkness in extreme fear.

"Help me! Help me!"

far away.

Upon witnessing such a horrifying scene, Zheng Sheng turned and ran even faster.

"Damn it, you little black guy, stop yelling and run!"

After seeing the strange creature, Xiao Heizi, who had been baring its teeth and barking incessantly with its black fur standing on end, turned around when it heard its owner's voice.

The owner had already run far away.

"Woof woof..."

Little Blackie whimpered twice, tucked its tail between its legs, and quickly followed.

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