Qi Le

Qi Le was surprised when he heard the news from the barn owl.

After the previous battle, Gu Xuan disappeared without a trace. He was very sure that the underground bunker had been cleaned up, and there was no trace of corpses near District [-].In addition, the native ants are patrolling back and forth, and the black spiders transport goods in front of each district, and have contacts with most native species. If there are really advanced zombies on the border, they will not wait until today to find out.

Well, there is only one explanation, they came from other districts!

Could it be the zombies that broke through the barrier?

Thinking of what happened to the lynx, Qi Le's heart beat wildly.

If that's the case, I'm afraid District [-] will be in big trouble.

Thinking of this, Qi Le could no longer be calm, and immediately jumped on the aircraft, asked the barn owl to lead the way, and went to the zombie-infested area, determined to find out.On the way, I encountered native ants and black spiders who did not have patrol missions. I briefly explained the situation and asked the blue star boss and the long-legged ladies to go there together.

Father Cat made up his mind that as long as the visitors were not kind, no matter how many they had, they had to be dealt with quickly and wiped out all of them.

"Those zombies are at the edge of the forest." Yass flapped his wings and led Qi Le on the right front, keeping a body distance from the aircraft.

Alan flew a little farther, occasionally lowering the altitude, looking down at the ground, searching for the target.

"Those zombies gathered near the Death Lake and did not step into District [-]." Yas said while flying, "They are very vigilant. Since they are different from ordinary zombies, they are also different from the advanced zombies I have seen before."

"How to say?"

"When we passed over the forest, some of the zombies suddenly waved their arms, making a gesture similar to summoning, and the other zombies quickly retreated into the forest, and their actions were very orderly."

"orderly?"

"Yes." Yas hesitated for a moment, "Like an intelligent species."

Through the communicator, Ya Si's voice was heard clearly in Qi Le's ears.Listening to his description of the actions of the group of corpses, Qi Le's brows became more and more frowned.

As the barn owl said, these zombies are very different from ordinary zombies, and also have certain differences from advanced zombies.If I really want to choose a reference object, it is more like Gu Xuan who once occupied the eleventh district.

Hope he thinks too much.

Otherwise, the beast horde has not yet passed, and with this group of uninvited guests, the troubles in District [-] will be greater than he expected.

At the edge of the forest, the white-robed zombie stood by the lake of death, ignoring the poisonous mist lingering around, looking down at the reflection on the water, and remained motionless for a long time.

Zombies in military uniforms and skeletons surrounded them back and forth, and intercepted a strange beast that looked like a bison but had a lizard tail.

Seeing the wounds of the alien beast and smelling the smell of blood flowing in the air, the surrounding zombies roared excitedly.

The mutated bison had red eyes, pawed its front hooves vigorously, breathed air from its nostrils, straightened its corners, and rushed up angrily.

The zombies in military uniform became more and more excited, and they met them head-on without dodging or evading.With claws in his hands, he firmly grasped the horn of the beast, and his legs were strong, resisting the impact of the strange beast.Randomly exerting force with both arms, using the horns to control the head of the beast, and pulling it to the side, with the sound of bone cracking, the thick neck of the beast was twisted abruptly.

The skeleton zombie stepped forward quickly, inserted its sharp nails under the bison's neck, and turned clockwise to tear off the hard skin and muscles.Immediately, he grabbed the top of the strange beast's head, and with one force, the huge head was torn off.

No matter how strong the mutated bison is, it would die without its head.

boom!

The mutated bison fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The zombies who participated in the round-up swarmed up, lifted the scales on the back of the beast, tore off the hard skin, and began to dig for fresh meat.

"Roar!"

The zombies in military uniform roared, and their movements stopped at the same time.

The skeleton zombie looked up at her, then finally stood up, making way for the strange beast's chest.

The zombie in military uniform stepped on the body of the mutated bison, and with one hand formed a claw, piercing through the sternum of the beast, poking his whole arm in, and pulling out the bleeding heart.

The heart was steaming and seemed to be still beating.

All the zombies around looked over, their eyes full of longing.

"Roar!"

The zombie in military uniform let out a low roar and clenched his fingers.The dark red heart was compressed and contracted, and burst open from the inside, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

Minced meat and blood slipped from between the fingers, and the zombie in military uniform raised his right arm and licked along his wrist.

Tore off a piece of minced meat, saw the crystal nucleus caught between the valves, the zombie in military uniform licked his lips, hooked it out with his nails, just about to put it in his mouth, suddenly thought of something, paused, turned around and walked towards the lake .

"Give you!"

The blood-stained crystal nucleus was handed to the front, and the white-robed zombie suddenly woke up from contemplation, and looked at the zombie in military uniform in surprise.

"give me?"

"Correct."

"why?"

"There is no reason, I will give it if I want." The zombie in military uniform raised one arm and looked at him impatiently, "Do you want it? No, I will eat it myself!"

"want."

The white-robed zombie took the crystal nucleus and put it into its mouth with blood and minced meat.The sharp fangs opened and closed up and down, like chewing jelly, chewing the crystal nucleus to pieces.

Seeing him eat the crystal nucleus, the zombie in military uniform snorted, threw the heart in his hand, turned around and walked back to the prey, dug out a large piece of leg meat, and tore it vigorously.

After arriving at this great lake, the white robe became very strange, often standing on the shore of the lake in a daze.If you don't remind him, you can even stand for a day.

The zombie in military uniform was rarely curious, so he asked the other party a question.The answer he got was that he was looking back on memory.

memory?

The zombies in military uniforms became more and more puzzled.

Sometimes, fragments of images would flash in her mind, which were always incoherent, let alone make her stand in a daze.

But as more and more memories surfaced, the zombie in military uniform felt that his thinking became clearer and his emotions gradually became richer.In addition to appetite and survival, inexplicable thoughts occasionally appear in my mind.

To give a simple example, if it were in the third district, she would never give up the crystal nucleus and heart to the white robe, and would even snatch it from the opponent.

Today, God knows how.

After eating the last piece of fresh meat, the zombie in military uniform licked his fingers.

She doesn't think these changes are good, at least those redundant emotions make her irritable.But there is one thing, clear thinking can help her hide her tracks better, lock her prey, and enhance her combat effectiveness.

Leaving aside the part that upset her, overall, the change wasn't too bad.

The strange beast, which weighed nearly a ton, was eaten up by the zombies in the blink of an eye.The remaining bones were not wasted, they were picked and broken by skeleton zombies, sucking the bone marrow inside.

The smell of blood attracted more strange beasts, all affected by the beast tide, more fierce than usual, not afraid of any threats.

When the food was delivered to the door, the zombies would naturally not be polite. They basically came to kill one, and two to kill a pair.

The white-robed zombie also joined the hunting team, grabbed a mutant monitor lizard, held it high above its head, and threw it directly into the lake instead of throwing it on the ground.

"what are you doing?!"

Zombies in military uniforms can't see this kind of waste of food.The skeleton zombie also stopped moving, and looked at the white-robed zombie in confusion.

"There's something down there." The white-robed zombie wanted to explain, pointing to the center of the lake, "I want to try to see if I can go down."

Throwing out the giant lizard was to test his idea.

"thing?"

"what?"

The army uniform zombies and skeleton zombies looked at the lake together, puzzled.

They didn't understand why they didn't know what the white-robed zombies remembered.They have been staying together since the day they became zombies!

Become a zombie?

Four words flashed through my mind, and the zombies in uniform and skeletons were taken aback at the same time.

become a zombie...

Just as they fell into a trance, the white-robed zombie had already stepped into the water.He didn't know what was under there, but he was sure that there must be the answer he wanted in the water!

At this moment, the zombies hunting their prey suddenly let out a roar.

Along with the roar, a large group of black spiders and native ants suddenly emerged from the forest.

The black spider tapped its mouthparts and spit out spider silk without saying a word.

One end of the spider silk sticks to the tree trunk, and the other end is held by the black spider's leg, criss-crossing and connecting to form a seine net.

The black spider and the native ants teamed up, and the zombies would either go all out and fight the big sisters head-on, or they would turn around immediately and go back the same way, and never get closer to the eleventh district.

In the sky, an aircraft passed through the clouds and hovered directly above the lake of death, shrouded in fog.

The barn owl brothers did not follow and chose to stay outside the range of the fog.Without the protection of the shield, they dare not get too close.Even if there is an antidote, be careful.

Zombies in military uniforms and skeleton zombies were back to back, and they let out threatening growls at the same time.

The rest of the zombies quickly gathered in groups of twos and threes, and their actions were neat and organized.It's not at all like the zombies in my impression. When encountering threats from the outside world, they will step forward regardless of threats.

Even high-level zombies with independent thinking can't organize defenses quickly and effectively like them, and hand over their backs to their companions for protection.

Taking a panoramic view of everything, Father Cat's expression became more serious.

The white-robed zombie stood in the water, looking up at the aircraft, without any expression on his face.Rather than saying that he was thinking about countermeasures, it would be better to say that he was suddenly "trapped" by memories and entered a "crash" state involuntarily.

In combat, this is not a good sign.

"Roar!"

They found that the aircraft was approaching, but the zombies in white robes still did not respond. The zombies in military uniform roared anxiously, jumped up and rushed towards the lake.

Seeing a zombie rushing towards him, Qi Le's first reaction was to slide the control panel to raise the height of the aircraft to avoid a frontal blow.

After flying high into the sky, Dad Cat raised his paw and patted his head.He was inside the aircraft, and there was a protective shield outside, so even if he did collide, it would be the opponent who flew out.

The reason for making such a move was subconsciously linking these zombies with Gu Xuan.

It's no wonder that he had similar thoughts. These zombies are very different from the same kind, and they are too similar to intelligent species.

Thinking of this, Father Cat suddenly stopped.

Is it possible to communicate with each other?

Before Qi Le could figure it out, the battle on the ground had already begun.

The movement of the zombies in military uniforms was regarded as a signal to launch an attack. The black spider sprayed out the spider silk again, either wrapped around a sharp stone or a piece of wood, and the long legs pulled the spider silk, rounding the stone and the broken wood. Smash forward.

Relying on the accuracy trained by guarding the beasts, the long-legged elder sisters can throw stones with ease, and they are completely accurate with each hit, and they rarely miss.

High-level zombies are powerful in combat, and in terms of weight, they are not at the same level as strange beasts.Anyone who gets hit will definitely fly upside down on the spot.

After standing firm and looking down, you will find that a certain part of the body has "collapsed", and the shape depends on the edges and corners of the stone and the cross-section of the broken wood.

The zombies are a little confused.

Looking at the blue star beasts and the native species in each area, this is the first time they have seen this kind of attack.

Although it is not fatal, it will really affect the action.

After the black spider, the barn owl brothers and native ants launched attacks one after another.

The barn owl swooped down from a height and grabbed the lone zombie.You can't grab zombies off the ground, and you can disrupt their defenses.

Native ants don't need to use talents, they can cooperate with barn owls with only pincers and strength, divide and encircle their prey, and gradually destroy them.

During the battle, the barn owl and the ant colony found that these zombies were very different. They could grasp the rhythm of the battle well, find the right time to attack and retreat, and their thinking was so clear that they didn't look like zombies.

If it had just come out of the barrier, the dozen or so zombies might not have been able to do this.

However, as they walked out of the barrier, experienced the battle in the fourth district, and followed the lynx along the way, the buried memories gradually began to recover. Although only a very small part, they could completely change their behavior.

Facing such a group of zombies, not only the native ants and barn owls were puzzled, but even the black spider felt that something was wrong.

Are these still zombies?

Qi Le looked at it for a while, and suddenly remembered that Lynx had mentioned that when the tide of corpses happened, a small group of zombies did not attack the native species, but specifically intercepted the same kind.

Their behavior is completely different from other zombies.

At first glance, the cat dad thought it was unbelievable.But Lynx spoke with certainty, not at all like joking.

Perhaps these weird zombies are what they mentioned?

Thinking of this, Father Cat swallowed, weighed it several times, and made a bold decision.

The aircraft lowered its altitude and hovered over the battlefield for a circle. Through the protective cover, Qi Le raised his voice and said loudly: "Everyone, can I have a word?"

No response.

Both sides in the melee still have to do what to do.

At least on my side, I still looked at him a few times, and the zombies didn't even look at him.Even if he looked over, he bared his teeth and roared, ready to attack at any time.

The cat dad didn't give up, so he simply put away the protective cover, waved his paws twice, and based on the experience he learned from Guna, he accurately controlled the wind group and brought several zombies into the air one after another.

"Wait, everyone, don't rush to do it!"

Stopping the black spider and native ants, Qi Le spoke again: "Zombies, can I have a word?"

The question came abruptly, no matter if they were trapped by the wind mass or the zombies left on the ground, they were stunned, and the roar was half a beat slower.They know their breed, but they feel awkward being called that in person.

Qi Le spread his paws, and he didn't know the other party's name, so he really had no choice.

Faced with this change, the native ants shook their antennae, expressing their bewilderment.The barn owl flapped its wings and flew closer, looking at Qi Le suspiciously.The black spider also stopped flying and flicking its silk, and tapped its mouthparts in the direction of the aircraft.

None of them understood what this raccoon dog wanted to do.

The white-robed zombie looked up at Qi Le, and said hoarsely, "What did you say?"

Hearing the answer, Dad Cat's ears instantly stood up, can he really communicate?

Eighth ward

Ethan the turtle had just inspected the territory, and was slowly paddling his forelimbs, swimming towards the fishing ground.

Behind him, a small group of sub-adult sea lions and seal pups are playing and playing, and there are also a few dolphins in the team.

Dolphins like to live in groups, taking families as units and forming groups of different sizes.

The family is headed by the older female dolphin. After the young dolphins become adults, the female will stay in the family and live with their mother, aunts and sisters, passing on and multiplying from generation to generation.

Males will leave the group and form alliances with other male dolphins to form different groups.

If there are no siblings of similar age, little dolphins will experience a period of loneliness after they leave home.This loneliness will continue until a lone dolphin with whom to keep company, or a group of males passing by, can be found.

The good news is that due to the existence of fishing grounds, a large number of true dolphins and bottlenose dolphins gather in the nearby waters, as well as a small number of right-backed dolphins and striped dolphins, and recently there is even a group of porpoises in the offshore.

Dolphins are social animals, and as more and more groups gather, the number of young dolphins will naturally increase accordingly.

The boys who left home this year will not need to go through the lonely waiting period to find a partner to go on an ocean adventure together.

Ethan is very tolerant of the cubs and doesn't mind the little dolphins staying in his waters for a while.

The dolphin matriarch is relatively strict. When the dolphins reach adulthood, they will be driven away.

According to the words of the matriarch, if you leave home, you should at least go to the ocean to swim a few laps, take a look around, and prove that you are strong enough and have good genes.Only in this way can they be favored by female dolphins and find a mate during the mating season, so that they will not be single for a lifetime.

"Even if you don't find a mate, you have to prove that you have the ability to hunt and feed yourself!"

The matriarch spoke earnestly, and the little dolphins nodded to be taught.

Ethan swam closer just in time to hear the matriarch educating her grandson.

The little dolphins lined up in a row, their tails slapped the water up and down, and spit out a bubble from their mouths from time to time, looking very cute.

The blue sky was cloudless.

With a few high-pitched calls, the frigate bird fluttered past.

These frigate birds live on a small island in the sea, next to seagulls.During the day, they seldom land, even in a storm, they can still soar with wings.

It's a pity that the frigatebird's flying ability is excellent, but its claws are not strong enough.Due to physical limitations, they can't go into the water. They either chase schools of flying fish, or they can only rob other species by virtue of their size and long hooked beak.

Throughout the nearby islands, they are the only native species of air that can prey on skuas.

During the breeding season, in order to protect their nests, other seabirds will take the initiative to reach an agreement with frigate birds. They prepare sufficient food, and frigate birds are responsible for driving skuas away.

Once the breeding season is over and the food source is cut off, the frigatebirds will have to go back to their old days.There are also some who leave the island to catch mutated birds and mutated turtles on land, or search for shells on the reef.If you are lucky, you can also pick up jellyfish and sea animals.

In short, as long as you have the heart, you can get food no matter what.

Knowing that the territory of the sea turtles has circled the fishing grounds, the killer whales and dolphins are searching for fish schools everywhere, and the frigate birds take the initiative to come to the door, hoping to exchange some sea fish with the information they have.

"We will go to the ocean to search for fish schools and bring you the news. If we want news about other species, we will also find a way."

After some consideration, the turtle agreed to the proposal of the frigate bird.As long as the other party's news is correct, sea fish is not a problem.

This time, the frigate bird brought another message.

"There is a fin whale swimming from the ocean, looking at the direction, the destination is this sea area."

Fin whale?

Turtle was very puzzled.

As far as he knows, it is now the breeding season for fin whales, and they all go to the second and first areas in groups.Now that he is alone, and even came to the eighth district, what exactly do he want to do?