Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

This extremely narrow corridor is located between the rock walls. If you don't look carefully, you might mistake this cave entrance for a natural depression. But when you get closer, you will find that a cold wind is blowing out from inside, and that wind has a strong and obvious smell of blood and decay. The stench that Liao Yunyun smelled before was probably coming from here.

Although Liao Yunyun was wearing a mask and a scarf, she couldn't help but pinch her nose subconsciously and complained in a low voice: "Ugh, this smell is so bad, I am vomiting, it is even more fishy than a slaughterhouse."

Chen Yanxi took the lead and stretched out his long legs, stepping easily into the cave with one foot. However, due to his tall stature and long legs, he felt very restrained when moving inside. At one point he was even unable to walk normally. He could only lower his head, bend over, and move forward slowly, supporting himself on the rock wall with both hands as much as possible.

Seeing that he had already gone in, Gu Tongwan did not delay any longer and did not ask what was inside. Instead, he jumped up tacitly.

After entering, Gu Tongwan discovered that this small passage was actually slightly larger than it looked. However, even so, she still needed to lower her head, so it was estimated that the passage was at most 1.5 meters high, but the entire width was less than one meter, making it difficult for a tall person like Chen Yanxi to enter.

At the bottom were Yan Fan and the two dogs. The two dogs were big and strong, and it took them some effort to get in. Their tails sticking out of the cave entrance kept shaking, and they were breathing heavily with excitement as soon as they got in. If they hadn't been at the bottom, they would have run away happily long ago, especially when the fishy smell became stronger and stronger. The factors in the mutant beasts' bodies were completely activated, and blue supernatural waves kept rolling in their brown eyes.

"Wait, what are these?" Liao Yunyun stopped and looked at the ground. She found a small object on the dark ground. After picking it up, she found that it was a lighter.

"Lighter?" Liao Yunyun held it in her mouth and tried to light a fire, but unfortunately the fuel in the lighter had been used up, and no matter how hard she tried, only faint sparks could be seen.

"Maybe someone has been here before." Yan Fan, who was following behind him, stroked the soil on the rock wall with his fingers and found that the soil here was more moist than before, and the rock walls on both sides were still constantly oozing liquid, which meant that the deeper you went inside, the greater the humidity.

Chen Yanxi glanced at the scraps of cloth on the ground not far away, and pursed his lips coldly, "It should be prey."

Gu Tongwan also saw the scattered pieces of clothing on the ground at this time, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind, and he blurted out: "Those people were regarded as prey by the male snow ape mutants responsible for foraging. After being bitten to death or fainted, they were dragged into the monster's lair."

"They treat humans as bait, set traps, and hunt on the ground. Judging from this series of behaviors, the IQ of these snow ape mutants has even surpassed all the mutants we have seen so far, and they are even better than the mutants that have been living underground. Does this mean that the combination of snow apes and mutants is successful?" Liao Yunyun carefully put forward her opinion. She is not a biological researcher, but she has reported a lot about mutant creatures over the years, so she has a certain understanding of mutant creatures. Generally speaking, the higher the level of the mutant creature, the purer the crystal core in the body, and its IQ can even be comparable to that of humans. They even have their own tribes and certain behavioral abilities.

"These creatures with intelligence and high intelligence are no more dangerous than those with special abilities, so we must be careful. If the situation is not right, we must run to survive."

As the fishy smell became more and more obvious, another hidden deep hole in the wall suddenly opened up and appeared in sight.

No matter how long it has been, when they think back to the scene they saw in the cave today, Gu Tongwan and his group still find it weird and terrifying.

That was definitely a scene that made her physically more uncomfortable than watching a horror movie. Liao Yunyun pressed her hands tightly against her mouth to prevent the scream from escaping her throat.

Although he had seen the remains of mutants slaughtering humans before, and thought that was the bloodiest and most horrifying scene he had ever seen, he did not expect the scene before him to be no less terrible than what he had seen then.

The area of ​​seven or eight meters was filled with human and snow ape torsos. Due to the heavy bleeding and the fact that some limbs had rotted away, it was difficult to identify whether they were arms or calves. One could only vaguely determine that part of the snow ape's body with white fur was mixed in with these broken limbs.

Aoao and Tutu have been baring their teeth in a certain direction since they came out of the cave. Their hair is standing on end due to the stress reaction, and there is electric current lingering all over their bodies.

Gu Tongwan raised his head following the two dogs' gaze, and suddenly his whole body stiffened because of the object hanging above his head.

Objects resembling blood-colored cocoons were hanging from the ceiling, and blood vessels were faintly seen flowing through a thin film on the outside. Through the translucent texture, one could vaguely see something wriggling inside.

The flashlight slowly shone along the top of the square cave, and I found that there were dozens or even hundreds of objects densely hung there. People with trypophobia would get goose bumps when they saw it.

"The spores of the snow ape mutant are produced from the mother, which means the female mother must be nearby." Chen Yanxi waved the cold frost in his hand. It seemed that he did not use any strength, but he could easily cut off one of the spores on the top.

With the sound of "plop" as the spores fell to the ground, a yellowish-brown liquid was seen flowing out of the huge object, accompanied by a disgusting fishy smell.

Liao Yunyun couldn't hold back her curiosity and took several steps forward. Her years in the news department had made her interested in anything she had never seen before. She held the pistol in her left hand and reached for the cell phone in her pocket with her right hand.

"Click"

Because of the darkness, the phone's flash automatically corrected the photo. I don't know if it reacted to the light, but the thing inside the spore began to struggle violently. A piece of skinny hand that had not yet formed hair but had a strange appearance broke through the thin film on the outer layer of the spore and appeared in the air. Liao Yunyun was so scared that she almost threw her phone away.

"What, what is this?" Liao Yunyun subconsciously stepped back, then remembered the pistol in her left hand, so she quickly aimed the gun at the creature that was trying to pierce through the membrane.

"The snow ape mutant came out of spores. Judging from its size, it is still an immature form." There was a hint of coldness in Chen Yanxi's eyes.

Gu Tongwan looked at the dozens of spores on his head and asked, "How long does it take to become a complete body and get rid of the spores normally?"

"Half a month" Chen Yanxi's cold frost rose again, and this time two more spores fell.

Although the top of the cave is more than ten meters high, the spores do not immediately break into pieces when they fall and hit the ground, which means that the creatures inside the spores have very strong body structures.

Gu Tongwan's face became increasingly cold. She first raised her submachine gun and shot at the monster that had struggled to expose half of its head. Because her vision at the moment was as bright as day, she tried her best to shoot it in the head.

Liao Yunyun was startled by the sound of the submachine gun, but quickly calmed down and fired her pistol at one of the monsters that was also trying to come out of the film.

In addition to the spores on the top, there are also some spores around this cave, but these spores are smaller and the spores on the outside are not translucent but abnormally bright red.

"Oh, what are these?" Liao Yunyun stepped back too quickly and found that she had stepped on something soft. When she lifted her foot, she could still feel the sticky texture.

The moment she lowered her head, the flashlight above her head happened to shine at her feet, and she found that the small spores crushed by her foot were not living creatures at all, but heads with distorted and deformed features.

The head had been corroded by the acidic digestive fluid in the spores, leaving only half of it. The skin on the face was also melted, with only an eyeball hanging outside.

Liao Yunyun was so scared that tears came to her eyes, but she still held the gun tightly in her hand. She caught a glimpse of Yan Fan next to her using his supernatural power to release seven or eight ice cones, and each one hit the spores above her head very accurately.

With the sound of "click" coming one after another, the spores above the head were soon knocked down, and the exploding spore solution splashed on everyone's computer trouser legs. Liao Yunyun suppressed the nausea in her heart and readjusted her posture. At present, all the visible range was illuminated by the flashlights of several people, so it took her some time to see the situation clearly again. Fortunately, her reaction to emergencies is now much faster than before. As she exerted force on her wrist, the muzzle was moved back to the spores that had just fallen on the left.

Although spores were scattered all over the ground, everyone still cooperated very well. Almost all the spores were knocked down by Chen Yanxi and Yan Fan. Aoao and Tutu were not idle either. From the moment they entered here, the two dogs resisted the urge to climb over the eaves and walls to get things down from the top of the cave. After seeing Gu Tongwan and others taking action, the two dogs bared their teeth and used their sharp claws to tear apart all the spores that were still wriggling on the ground.

After Liao Yunyun realized that there was no danger for the time being, she took out a glow stick from her backpack. This glow stick was purchased when she was traveling outdoors before the end of the world. It has been well preserved over the years. She originally intended to use it for lighting at home when there was no power supply. She never expected that it would come in handy here one day.

The entire glow stick has a wider range of illumination than a flashlight. At least now I can vaguely tell whether the person next to her is Chen Yanxi or Yan Fan, and I can finally see Ao Ao who is perfectly hidden in the dark.

While they were dealing with the mutant snow apes, Fan Yong and his group were cautiously groping forward in another corridor. Qin Si kept waving the flashlight in her hand. She only knew about Fan Yong and Qin Cong's plan a few minutes ago, so she pouted and asked, "How could there be energy stones in this damn place? You guys were not fooled. I think we should go back. There's no way to save the people. I don't know how those people will fan the flames after they go back."

Qin Cong kept his head down to check the detector in his hand along the way, and stopped from time to time to communicate with the man beside him.

Seeing that these men ignored her, Qin Si deliberately stopped as if she was sulking. She originally thought that someone would turn around and notice her, but as the footsteps in front of her gradually faded away, Qin Si suddenly realized that she was left in this dark corridor.

These damn men actually had no sympathy for women, and one was her boyfriend and the other was her brother. Tan Si was furious and afraid of everything around her, so she couldn't help but shouted anxiously, "Hey, wait for me, don't walk so fast."

I don't know if it was because I was too anxious, but I tripped while walking and fell flat on my face.

"Ouch, it hurts so much." He complained, but at the same time he felt his gloved hand touching something sticky. When he used a flashlight, he saw a lot of rusty red sticky liquid just half a meter away from where he fell.

Qin Si was stunned at first, and when she reacted, she found that the liquid was not only viscous but also gave off a familiar smell of rust. The thought that flashed through her mind made her almost forget to breathe.

Qin Si climbed up from the ground using both his hands and feet. He forgot about the pain from the fall and ran forward without caring about anything. While running, he did not forget to shout to the front: "Fan Yong, Xiao Cong, wait for me, wait for me!"

The people in front also noticed that Qin Si, who was alone, had not caught up, so they stayed there and waited for a while. Qin Cong was worried that something had happened to his sister and was about to go back, but he didn't expect Qin Si to run back from the darkness, panting while running, and still muttering: "There are monsters, there are monsters, there must be monsters here, let's run quickly."

Tan Cong and Fan Yong looked at each other in the dim light, and both saw suspicion in each other's eyes. Tan Cong asked patiently: "Sister, you can't talk nonsense now. We have come all the way smoothly, right? How can there be a monster?"

Qin Si then told them about the blood stains and human-like severed limbs she saw on the ground after she was tripped. She originally thought that this would alert several people, but unexpectedly, Qin Cong laughed when he heard it: Sister, my brother-in-law and I were walking in the middle of the street just now. If there were really blood stains underneath, we would have found them anyway. How could it be possible that..."

"Pfft!"

Originally, Fan Yong was also amused by Qin Si's words, and the other person laughed out loud. Qin Si's face suddenly turned bad, but when Qin Cong was halfway through his words, the expression on his face suddenly became painful, and then there was a slight sound like being twisted, followed by the sound of liquid splashing.

In full view of everyone, Qin Cong's head was separated from his neck.