Wasteland Survival Code

Chapter 553 Strange Meat Mask
Compared with the jewelry area, the clothing area of ​​the Century Commercial Building is even more of a mess. Models made of plastic or plaster are lying on the ground in a mess, mixed with the corpses, and many expensive clothes are torn into pieces. cloth, and the ground was covered with layers of black carbonized substances.

After all, diamonds can't fill your stomach, but clothes can be used to keep warm-whether you wear it or burn it.

The ventilation system in the shopping mall seems to be still working. In order to prevent natural disasters such as fires and earthquakes, the ventilation system of this large underground building is equipped with a large-capacity battery. Therefore, even if the power supply of the entire shopping mall is cut off, hiding in the The people in the mall will not suffocate to death.

Qi Lin took off his breathing mask, but when he took the first breath of air, his brows suddenly frowned.

Not only did the special smell not dissipate, but it became even more intense.

Cheng Yanqiu also took off his breathing mask, and when he smelled the smell in the air, his face instantly became as ugly as Qi Lin's.

All these signs can only explain one problem, the thing emitting this smell is probably hidden in this underground shopping mall.

"You should have encountered more mutant creatures than me. Can you analyze what it is from the smell?" Cheng Yanqiu kept his voice very low, for fear of disturbing anything.

"The ones I have dealt with are all those on the surface. The evolution route of the monsters underground is completely different from the ones above. I have never seen anything similar to those humanoid monsters in the game just now." Qi Lin shook his head.

Qi Lin couldn't tell what this stench was, it was a bit like rotten egg white, mixed with the smell of burnt rubber and a faint smell of blood.

"There is a bank on the third basement floor of the shopping mall. There are two shotguns in the bank. Since the iron door is locked, no refugees can snatch it. However, when we passed by last time, we pried open the door of the bank, but We didn’t take those two guns away, they should still be there.”

"It's better to have a gun than bare hands." Qi Lin nodded. The shotguns left in the bank are most likely the guns of the escorts of the cash transport vehicle. Judging from the weapon configuration of the escorts of the Huaxia Cash Transport Vehicle , are basically 18.4 mm caliber Type 97 police anti-riot guns. Although this gun is a little less powerful than military weapons, it can still cause decent damage to mutant creatures when shooting at close range.

The two quickly found the small bank on the third floor and successfully obtained two Type 97 shotguns.

However, the problem of ammunition shortage still exists. Originally, the escorts of the cash transport vehicles would not carry much ammunition. Bean bag bombs.

Qi Lin and Cheng Yanqiu each distributed ten rounds of deer ammunition. As for bean bag ammunition, which could not even penetrate a thick coat, they simply ignored it.

There are three floors in the underground part of the Century Commercial Building. They are currently on the third floor at the bottom. This is mainly the jewelry area, the clothing area, and a "big pharmacy" that sells various health products. It took the two of them nearly 10 minutes to find the The entire third floor was searched, but nothing was found except for the lingering stench.

Finally, they came to the escalator leading to the second floor.

"The smell here is stronger again, it seems to be on the top." Qi Lin judged.

"Well... To be honest, I've never heard of a guy who can spread the smell so widely." Cheng Yanqiu's face was full of dignity.

"By the way, how long has it been since you last passed by here?"

"Probably...a year ago."

"One year, hell... Is this a 'foreign account'?"

"It's not necessarily... When we came last time, we didn't search every corner here, and we missed many places." Cheng Yanqiu said.

"Well, anyway, what is supposed to come will come—Huh?"

As soon as Qi Lin stepped onto the escalator, he realized something was wrong.

The floor tiles on the second basement floor of the entire shopping mall are covered with a thin layer of fleshy film, which reminds Qi Lin of the creeps that he saw in the lair of the Assassin spider mother, but this layer of fleshy film It is also different from the creep, its thickness is less than half a centimeter, and the patterns and patterns on the floor tiles below can even be vaguely seen through the flesh membrane.

On this layer of meat membrane, every ten centimeters there is a translucent tumor-like structure like a blood bubble formed by a burn, and some clear light yellow liquid accumulates in this small tumor.

"What is this?!" Cheng Yanqiu was also shocked and stopped walking.

"I don't know, I feel... this layer is alive..."

As Qi Lin said, he broke off a piece of hard aging rubber from the handrail on the first floor of the escalator, and threw it straight ahead.

The rubber block fell on the meat membrane, and slid out for another ten centimeters until it hit a blood bubble before stopping.

Qi Lin and Cheng Yanqiu held their breath and waited quietly... However, after three or four minutes, nothing happened.

"It seems to be all right? I'll go over and have a look, you stay where you are."

Qi Lin said Cheng Yanqiu said, and then cautiously approached the edge of the fleshy membrane.

The feeling of stepping on the first foot was very slippery, and there seemed to be a layer of sticky secretions on the meat membrane. In addition, Qi Lin also found that this layer of meat membrane was very tough. Step on it, but when the foot is lifted, the squashed meat membrane will return to its original shape.

Qi Lin squatted down and poked it lightly with his fingers. It felt like a layer of elastic rubber. Other than that, he didn't find any irritative reaction to the outside world.

As for those blood bubbles, the liquid inside is the secretions covering the meat membrane. Qi Lin pierced one with the tip of the steel pipe, and the liquid immediately flowed away.

In terms of properties, this thing is somewhat similar to glycerin.

"It's really weird..."

These secretions are slightly corrosive, but they are not strong. If they are exhausted, they are stronger than the toilet cleaners that can be bought in supermarkets. Direct contact with the skin will not cause much harm.

The source of that stench is obviously not the liquid secreted from this layer of meat membrane. Although the liquid also has an unpleasant stench, it is obviously different from the stench in the air.

After confirming that the meat membrane was not aggressive, Qi Lin and Cheng Yanqiu began to walk cautiously towards the depths of the second floor of the shopping mall.

The more they walked in, the more weird they felt—this thin film of meat not only covered the floor and the counter, but also stuck to the ceiling, and that special secretion would come from the top of their heads from time to time. The top drips down.

As for the corpses that can be seen everywhere, they are completely wrapped up, with almost no skin and hair left, only the severely dissolved muscles and deformed bones are left.

Qi Lin suddenly felt that they had walked into the stomach of a giant beast. These secretions were the stomach acid of the giant beast, and those corpses were the food residues of the giant beast that had not been fully digested.

The feeling of uneasiness is getting stronger and stronger, and Qi Lin's subconscious is constantly urging him to leave this place—but the problem is that the entrance to another stronghold is on the basement floor, and to go to the basement floor, you have to Must pass through here.

(End of this chapter)