Chapter two hundred and ninety-four: new monsters appear
The sun was high, and Xu Ye stood on a hill. Because the terrain here was a bit high, he could already see a small county town in the distance.
The three characters "Shicheng County" are carved on a large stone entering the city.
This place is relatively remote, and it seems that the economy is not very developed. Xu Ye followed the path on the mountain to the road in Shicheng County.
After walking a few steps forward, there was a big iron sign erected on the side of the road, with the words "Welcome to Shicheng County" written on it. However, there was a lot of blood on the iron sign, which made the welcome words seem more counterintuitive.
A little more horror.
Needless to say, although Shicheng County is located in a remote area, it has not escaped the intrusion of the virus. Xu Ye thought to himself that no place in the world would be able to avoid being destroyed by the virus.
Continuing to walk a few steps forward, Xu Ye looked around with some confusion. For some reason, this street was completely silent, and there was a strange atmosphere permeating it.
"This damn place is so quiet? Where are the zombies?" Xu Ye murmured in a low voice and looked at the surrounding environment. There were tall and short houses on both sides of the street, most of which were brick houses or even tile houses.
It can be seen that the economic situation here is indeed not very good.
But that's not the point. The key is that Shicheng County is too quiet, right? Only the ground is occasionally stained with a little dark brown stuff. Xu Ye is very familiar with it. This is the color of dried blood.
This also made the atmosphere in the entire county seem even more weird and terrifying. Xu Ye frowned in silence. The first place he came out of was so weird. Xu Ye suddenly had an ominous premonition for the rest of the journey.
This is a county town after all, and there should be at least 100,000 people there. Even if the vast majority of people are infected, it shouldn't be so quiet. At least one or two zombies should be seen, but at a glance, the entire road is...
Not a single living creature was seen.
But since everyone is here, it is impossible not to go in. Xu Ye feels that since he has to go in sooner or later, there is nothing to hesitate, so go in and take a look.
Walking on the quiet streets, Xu Ye looked around. Although the economy here was not good, it was only compared to L city.
There are still many dilapidated cars on the road, and all kinds of garbage are scattered all over the place, but this is the end of the world, so naturally no one will come out to clean it.
Continuing to walk forward, Xu Ye suddenly saw a stooped man with messy hair, his back facing him, squatting on the ground with his head lowered, grabbing an arm and chewing on it.
"Hey, big brother, what are you doing?" Xu Ye's heart that had been worried relaxed slightly. Looking at this place now, although I don't know what the reason is, the number of people or zombies in the entire county has become scarce.
Even though I got up, I was certain that this was not a dead city and there must be living people here.
The person squatting on the ground and chewing his arm is naturally not a living person. You don't need to think about it to know that it is a zombie. A living person will definitely not be chewing his arm.
"Uh-huh!" Xu Ye didn't deliberately lower his footsteps. The zombie in front heard the sound, suddenly paused in his eating movements, and then slowly turned around.
A face covered with disgusting pustules was exposed in front of Xu Ye, and the zombie had a piece of barbecue in its mouth, which made Xu Ye feel slightly nauseous in his stomach.
"Huh? This is a Level 2 evolved zombie?" Xu Ye thought to himself. The zombies as a whole are evolving. When the apocalypse began, the ground was full of Level 1 ordinary zombies, but now zombies generally start at Level 2.
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As for the number of awakened humans, there are not too many. One reason is that not everyone can awaken, and the other is because zombies are too powerful for ordinary people.
"Roar!" The zombie man's face was covered with black and red blood, and he was extremely ferocious and disgusting. Xu Ye had killed many zombies, so he was already immune to this.
The zombie let out a hoarse roar and rushed over fiercely. Xu Ye raised his hand slightly, and a piece of iron on the side of the road suddenly flew into the air and slashed straight at the zombie.
"Tsk!" The zombie man rushed past Xu Ye, rushed out a few meters away, and then fell to the ground with a "pop", his head rolled far away, and his mouth was still opening and closing unconsciously.
A small fireball popped up from his fingertips and burned the zombies into ashes. An energy crystal flew into the air, leaving only a pile of ashes on the spot.
After killing the zombie, Xu Ye suddenly understood that although Shicheng County didn't know why it was so quiet, it seemed that it was just because there were more living people and fewer zombies.
There is also a possibility that at the beginning of the end of the world, all the people here have moved to other places.
After sizing it up, Xu Ye suddenly raised his feet and walked towards the place where the zombie man was squatting just now, and frowned as he looked at the pile of things on the ground.
The thing eaten by the zombie man just now was not a human corpse! It was the corpse of a strange creature. The skin of the corpse was black, and its appearance was somewhat similar to that of a human. Its head shrank into a ball, and it had a mouth full of fangs.
It looks like a malformed little beast!
This thing was obviously not human. It was probably killed by the zombie just now. Most of the monster's neck was bitten off.
The monster's entire head had only a layer of skin connected to its body, and its belly had been torn open by zombies. What surprised Xu Ye was that the internal organs of this thing were also black!
"Mutated beast? Or evolved zombie?" Xu Ye thought to himself.
Xu Ye didn't worry too much. Judging from the fact that this monster could be killed by an ordinary zombie, this monster was not very powerful and would not pose much of a threat to the survivors.
After observing for a while, Xu Ye continued to walk aimlessly on the street for about ten minutes. Apart from encountering a zombie, Xu Ye didn't find any trace of human beings.
"Coo, coo" However, at this moment, a strange cooing sound suddenly sounded from the alley behind the street, and then a burst of rapid footsteps reached Xu Ye's ears.
Xu Ye turned around and saw a total of five monsters rushing out. These monsters were only a little over one meter tall, with dark skin and heads about the same size as Xu Ye's palm.
Their faces were full of excitement, and each of them grinned with their big mouths full of fangs, and disgusting mucus was flowing out of their mouths, just like starving ghosts who had seen delicious food.
Looking at the group of little monsters rushing towards him, Xu Ye frowned suddenly. What kind of monster is this? How come he has never seen it before!