The scout team that was sent out consisted of five people.
After all, every horse is an extremely precious asset. Although there have always been stallions breeding this cold-resistant horse breed, the birth rate cannot keep up with the loss rate outside the wall.
The team members who are sent to perform this kind of scouting mission know very well that they can be said to be the so-called cannon fodder. With only a gray mask and no corpse chasers around, there is no doubt how dangerous it is to operate outside the wall. After all,
Gray masks have no deterrent effect in front of foreign spirits. They are just pure consumables.
On the tree in front of you, you can still vaguely see a mark carved by the Black Corpse Team in the past.
Dell turned back and said to the four team members behind him: "Okay, let's move on. The activities of the alien spirits have always been relatively regular. As long as they don't encounter anyone wearing a mask, their migration speed is very slow. As long as there are no people in this area,
With the supernatural beings, the large army will be able to move out quickly."
Even though he said this, everyone's voices were a little trembling.
After all, every one of them is likely to die here. Their only comfort is that after their death, their families will receive generous pensions. Within the wall of total economic collapse, only food and gold can now
It's considered hard currency. If it weren't for food, no one would do such work.
"Fortunately...there are no supernatural beings active here..."
"Stay alert at all times."
After walking in the ice and snow for a while, suddenly...
The horses stopped in unison.
"Um?"
This situation made the leader Dale extremely uneasy. He pulled the reins, but the horse remained motionless.
These horses have been rigorously trained, and it is completely unusual for this to happen. Moreover, there are few similar precedents in the past records of the Black Corpse Team.
Of course, it is difficult to determine whether there is really no precedent. After all, the death rate of the Black Corpse Team is too high. Few active members who often move outside the wall can survive for more than two years, and once a person dies, there is no record.
Keep it.
"Dale, what should we do?"
The other four people also started to panic.
"this……"
Dale put his hand into his arms and grabbed the flare gun. Once any abnormal situation occurred, he would fire the flare in time to warn the large troops behind him.
"Do you feel any colder than before?"
Dell was still calm and said to the four people: "If it's colder, it's the Face Melter."
A man named Dick behind him shook his head and said, "Well, it's so cold outside, we can't feel any changes."
The five people continued to try to control the horse, but the horse refused to move forward no matter what.
These horses are extremely tame, so none of the five people carry whips. As a result, they cannot control the horses and have to walk.
Walking outside the wall is simply asking for death. You must know that only riding a horse can guarantee that you can exceed the speed of the alien spirit. The alien spirit will not hunt the gray mask very fast. The vehicle is outside the wall because there is no gasoline supply.
, sometimes horses are more important, after all, fodder is much easier to obtain than gasoline.
"Turn around!"
Dale knew very well that if he continued to move forward, he would be courting death. The abnormality of the horses could be regarded as important information, and returning here would not mean that he had failed to complete his mission as a scout.
"Leaving now?"
"You still want to stay here?"
"No, no, of course not!"
After Dell issued this order, it can be said that everyone was relieved.
"Let's go, let's go quickly."
So, the five people began to turn around. Sure enough, as soon as they turned around, the horses started to move.
"Dale," Dick said to him, "I remember my grandfather said to me that animals have a much stronger sense of danger than humans. Could these horses have sensed some kind of danger? What if we just kept going?
If so, what will happen to us?"
What will happen?
Just thinking about it makes Dell feel horrified.
After running for a while, I returned to the tree I marked just now.
"Um?"
But at this time, Dell took a look, his eyes showing a look of shock.
I saw that the X mark on that tree suddenly disappeared!
This discovery left Delton stunned and unbelievable.
"Who would erase the mark that was there just now?"
"Dale, maybe it's not this tree, right?"
"Impossible!" Dale pointed to the trees in front of him and said, "I clearly remember..."
Then, he could no longer speak.
There is no precedent for the horse's abnormality and the removal of this mark in the past records.
He began to have intense fear.
Regarding supernatural beings, the government has produced numerous research papers for decades, but even so, there are still many unsolved mysteries. Once an unknown situation is discovered, even a veteran member of the Black Corpse Team, Dell will feel his scalp numb.
.
At this moment, he suddenly looked into the wind and snow beside him.
The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and now the visibility is getting lower and lower.
Dale only felt that his throat was extremely uncomfortable. In this environment, breathing itself was quite uncomfortable.
"Go, go quickly! Go at full speed!"
As long as the horse runs at full speed, ordinary supernatural spirits cannot catch up.
"General" supernatural spirits...
The five horses began to run quickly in the snow, following the marks they made along the way, and ran in the direction of the large army. As long as they reached the large army with a large number of corpse chasers and high-level masks, everything would be fine.
Finish……
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Dong Xie took a sip of hot coffee.
Here is inside a RV of the team heading out of town this time.
RVs can be said to be a luxury among luxuries. If it were not for this expedition, the government would not have allocated it to the Black Corpse Team. And for this trip, there were three RVs in the fleet.
Originally, only captain-level figures in the army and corpse exterminators could ride in the RV. Dong Xie and Mu Ziyi were not eligible to enter. However, David was very interested in the two champions and runner-ups in the survival competition, so he invited
They got into the RV.
"Do you two have any plans to become corpse chasers?"
David was very straight to the point.
"Corpse chaser?" Dong Xie asked knowingly: "About corpse chaser, we only know that this is a high-risk profession..."
David nodded and said: "However, the profession of corpse chasers within the wall is currently very unpopular. In fact, the most difficult thing about cultivating corpse chasers is not the technology, but the accumulation of experience. The understanding of the movement trajectories and habits of strange spirits.
Wait... Congressman James plans to increase the salary and allowances of active corpse chasers and upgrade them to senior government civil servants. In the future, corpse chasers will be exempt from most taxes, and the government can pay for your medical and pension insurance."
Nicole, who was sitting next to him, was surprised: "I haven't heard you mention it before? Did the captain or Opap tell you?"
"Everyone has mentioned to me that these bills will be implemented next year. Moreover, government funds will be more inclined to the training of black corpse teams and corpse chasers."
"Tax-free...and medical insurance..." Nicole was very excited when she heard this: "These two points alone are enough to attract many people!"
Living in a country where taxes are not heavy and there is universal health insurance, Dong Xie is not very impressed by this. But for Nicole, it is not that simple at all. Inside the wall, the word tax is simply a nightmare for countless people.
It can be said that if 90% of the existing taxes are exempted, many people may still be able to survive by chewing bark and grass roots. And medical insurance is simply a fantasy for people in gray masks, even after being insured
If you suffer from a disease, you will not be able to reimburse even a penny of medical expenses.
In Nicole's memory, her grandfather was one of the rare veteran corpse collectors who used his accumulated savings to purchase critical illness insurance. However, when he was being treated for gallstones, the insurance company said that his grandfather had concealed his family medical history (however, when filling out the form,
The insurance company also did not allow them to fill in their family medical history at all), and in the end the surgery had to be paid out of pocket. The large premiums paid to the insurance company every year were all wasted.
For the poor, the most terrifying thing besides hunger is illness. The lack of adequate medical resources is an important reason why the average life expectancy of people inside the wall is less than 40 years old every year and the population has been growing at a negative rate.
David was still planning to say something, when suddenly there was a voice outside the RV.