She noticed that the surrounding environment was undergoing subtle changes - more and more crows were gathering from all directions, densely packed on broken eaves, electric poles and collapsed walls.
Long before they approached the pile of corpses, these scavenging birds had been wandering around sporadically, but Patchouli hadn't paid any attention to them - after all, rotten meat always attracted scavengers, and there were always flocks of crows around every pile of corpses.
But at this moment, the number of crows is increasing at an alarming rate.
Attracted by the carrion?
No, not even one of the crows landed on the carrion corpses.
They just stayed around and stared at them, but there was no hostility in their eyes.
In the blink of an eye, the number of crows had gradually become terrifying, and the surrounding eaves were already covered with a black mass.
Moreover, the size of these crows is obviously larger than normal.
"..."
The magic light flowed through Patchouli's fingertips.
Although we don’t know what these crows affected by the virus will do, it would definitely be a good idea to drive them away or simply kill them.
"Hey wait Patch."
But Lingyi stopped Patchouli in time.
"I should know these little guys."
"?"
Ling Yi raised his Flash Blade and pointed it at the mountain of chopped corpses: "Go!"
The crows immediately became excited. They flew into the sky one by one, circled around Patchouli and Lingyi, and kept making high-pitched calls.
Soon after, more crows gathered, and their number seemed to cover the sky and the sun. At least the area around Lingyi and Patchouli had become completely dark.
Lingyi frowned. These crows were too excited and therefore a little too noisy.
"Be quiet and do what you are supposed to do."
The cries of the crows suddenly stopped, and then they landed on the pile of corpses in large numbers and began to devour the rotten flesh.
"You actually trained a group of pets?"
Patchouli was surprised.
"Well... I didn't train them. They're just a bunch of smart little guys."
Lingyi briefly talked about her fate with these crows and vultures.
She was just chopping off the zombies' heads, chopping them wherever she went. After chopping so many, she didn't know when these crows started gathering around her.
This was the first time she gave orders to these crows, and she was a little surprised that these little guys could understand what she meant.
"And I didn't expect them to recognize me. Their bodies have clearly changed. Logically, they should be monsters transformed by the virus, just like the zombies."
Ling Yi looked at the familiar scene of crow feathers falling on the corpses, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
The harmonious picture between humans and animals always makes people happy.
Well, that's what this guy would do.
Patchouli sighed, surprised yet not so surprised at the same time.
"What are you going to do with them?"
98. Goodbye crows, Lord Crow, Lord of Crows!
These crows seem to be zombies as well, and they need to eat a lot of corpses. Even if they don’t eat corpses, they still need to eat meat.
How does Ling Yi plan to feed them? Their existence will undoubtedly threaten the remaining humans. Just because they can live in harmony with Ling Yi doesn't mean they can live with humans.
“The food was okay...”
There are many corpses in this world, and even if these corpses cannot be eaten, there are still many animals.
These crows are simply returning to the food chain, but the height may have changed.
"The problem is the virus they carry..."
After the zombie virus outbreak, many animals are still alive.
Except for those animals that have been specially modified by the company, other animals are not infected by the virus and will only be killed by zombies as meat. However, zombies will not attack animals if there are humans to eat.
This was something Ling Yi noticed while chopping zombies.
But the crows now are clearly also affected by the virus.
Lingyi put away the Sky Blade and turned to Patchouli and said, "Help me check the physical condition of these little guys. If they are harmful to humans... then eliminate them all."
Although I am a little reluctant.
But if she really wants to take action, she will not show any mercy, after all, it is just a group of birds with some fate.
She raised her hand and casually waved to a crow that was pecking at carrion: "Come here."
The surrounding crows all raised their heads, their scarlet eyes fixed on Ling Yi like countless rubies.
They didn't move, just watched quietly until they confirmed that Lingyi was looking at one of the crows.
The other crows then turned their attention to the chosen companion.
The crow that was named flapped its wings and flew up, slowly approaching Lingyi.
Its feathers shone with an unnatural oily sheen in the dim light, and its beak and claws were covered in sticky rotting flesh. Scarlet blood plasma congealed on the tips of its claws, making slight popping sounds as it dripped.
Lingyi and Patchouli frowned at the same time - they had already cast air purification magic, and a faint mint halo lingered around them, completely isolating the stench.
But even if it didn't stink, no one would want to touch the rotten meat.
She raised her hand and pointed to an open space not far away: "Forget it, just stop there."
The crow seemed to have fully understood the instructions. It flapped its shiny black feathers and flew to the designated location precisely.
It landed on the dusty open space, tilted its little head and looked around, then jumped twice on the spot. Its scarlet pupils shone with an eerie luster in the sunlight, but it seemed particularly well-behaved, as if waiting for further orders.
The surrounding crows remained silent, hundreds of pairs of blood-red eyes watching the scene curiously.
Patchouli pushed her glasses and turned a page in the magic book in her hand. A purple magic circle flowed at her fingertips, emitting a faint fluorescence.
Lingyi took out a scanner gun from Kuinai's (Earth Blade) equipment, and shot out a dense blue beam from the muzzle to scan the crow.
A moment later, the test results appeared in front of the two.
Patchouli's purple eyes narrowed slightly, and her tone was filled with surprise. "The surface of the body is contaminated with the virus, but inside the body... the virus is only in the flesh and blood that was just eaten. The main body shows signs of being affected by the virus, but it is not infected with any virus."
The scanning results on Lingyi's side are the same.
She looked at the data on the scanner and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "They've eaten so much infected flesh and blood, and yet they're not infected... These guys can actually purify the virus?"
Patchouli closed the grimoire and calmly analyzed, "Their constitutions seem to have some kind of natural rejection mechanism for the harmful parts of the virus. Perhaps it's some unknown physiological characteristic...but this is just a preliminary conclusion."
Ling Yi nodded, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and there was a hint of playfulness in her tone: "It's quite interesting."
She put away the scanning device and returned her gaze to the leaping crow.
"There's no need to remove them for now, but... this is just the first test. Whether they're allowed to survive will depend on subsequent evaluations."
Simply not being infected by the virus doesn’t mean much; there are more considerations as to whether it will harm humans.
After all, these crows were affected by the virus, their size increased and their claws became sharper.
If they attack humans, even if it is just a single individual, it can pose a great threat to ordinary people.
Although, she did not see the black mist representing evil on these crows.
"Let's go, clean up the city first, and then go see the survivors."
........
A faint blue light suddenly flashed, and thousands of survivors were teleported to a desolate open space in a dizziness.
Before their eyes could focus, they found themselves in an unfamiliar environment, crowded with equally panicked faces - hundreds of strangers, each with confusion and fear.
Normally, such a large-scale mutation would be enough to cause chaos.
There are also many old enemies and grudges among the crowd, and screams and arguments should be heard one after another.
However, at this moment, the open space fell into an eerie silence.
Everyone was held captive by an invisible force—unable to move or speak, the best they could do was make expressions to express their inner emotions.
And beneath their feet, a light blue magic circle slowly rotated, and the magical light wrapped around like a chain, blocking everyone's movements and sounds.
There was a suffocating sense of oppression in the air, and time seemed to have stopped.
The survivors' eyes were filled with fear, and sweat was streaming down their foreheads, but no one could wipe it away.
In this dead silence, a huge explosion suddenly came from the direction of the city.
Flames were rising everywhere, a huge mountain of corpses suddenly collapsed, several buildings were like collapsed building blocks, and strange lights flickered in the city.
People couldn't understand what was happening before their eyes, but everyone knew that something terrible had happened.
About ten minutes later, the bed owner's room gradually quieted down.
Then a low dark cloud drifted out from the city and headed towards the survivors.
A hoarse crow's cry pierced the silence.
"Gah-"
For the survivors of Bedmaster City, this sound was like a death knell, so familiar that it made them shudder.
That was the cry of a flock of crows circling around the mountain of corpses - whenever they appeared, a horrific mountain of corpses would follow.
The pupils of the crowd suddenly constricted, and their heartbeats accelerated wildly in their chests.
Fear surged like a tide, but was suppressed by the magic circle.
Some people tried to struggle, their veins bulging, but they couldn't even move a finger.
Some people wanted to scream, but no sound came out of their throats.
The feeling of helplessness bit at their nerves like a poisonous snake.
In the distance, the crows' caws became more and more frequent, like the whispers of countless ghosts.
On the horizon, a black flock of crows was slowly approaching, and the sky was gradually covered by their wings, casting a suffocating shadow.
99. A flock of crows and a mountain of corpses, that’s all crows!
At the end of the sight, darkness is creeping.
It was not the night that fell, but countless crows gathering into a wave.
They densely covered the sky, and the layers of black shadows tore apart the light. The flapping sound of their wings was like a downpour, like a rolling dark cloud.
No one could count them—thousands? Tens of thousands? All they knew was that as the low-hanging Living Cloud moved slowly, the land beneath them was plunged into a drowsy, flapping darkness.
The blood-red eyes of each crow flickered in the darkness, emitting an ominous chill.
The air was filled with the fishy smell of flapping wings, and the stench of decay and rust spread silently.
Occasionally, a crow would make a hoarse, shrill cry. The sound didn't sound like a bird's song, but rather like some kind of twisted laughter that made people's scalps numb.
A dark cloud of crows pressed forward, and the ruined city behind them fell into a dead silence - as if they had devoured everything in the city and then set their sights on these survivors.
Only two figures were vaguely visible under the flock of crows, and the terrifying crows were circling around them.
They are like the god of death and the witch, or like indescribable incarnations, foreshadowing the coming of judgment.
This time was not long because the survivors were just outside the city, very close to it. When the crows left the city, they immediately came to where the survivors gathered.
As a result, people could quickly see the two figures under the flock of crows.
It wasn't something indescribable, it was just two young girls.
However, no one really regarded them as ordinary girls. The crows circling in the sky and the feeling they exuded gave people a strong sense of inhumanity.
That, I'm afraid, is just some unknown evil creature in the guise of a young girl.
However, there were also many people who immediately recognized Ling Yi after the initial confusion and fear.
Fear and excitement were intertwined in their eyes.
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