The drifting city of the last days

When did people disappear?Everyone looked a little flustered. Before the fight with the ant colony just now, everyone was there.

"Have you noticed anything?" Liang Wen turned to Huahua and the three members of the second team.They should have been watching the whole battle just now.

Huahua and the others looked at each other and shook their heads, "No. I haven't seen them since they rushed in." The width of this passage can only accommodate two people side by side at most, and everyone rushed into the ant colony one after another. After passing by, the whole body was covered with ants, and the light was dim, so it was difficult to tell who was who.The only thing that is certain is that no one returns early.

"I didn't see anything unusual either." Qi Liang saw Liang Wen's gaze turned to his side, and quickly answered.

"There is no trace of them nearby." Shao Yunfan closed his eyes, his field of vision was pitch black, except for a faintly exposed corner of the spiritual vein, there were no mutants, let alone five mutants.

"So, there are only two possibilities now. First, the five of them were gnawed by the ant colony without leaving any bones. They took them away." Qi Liang blinked and said calmly.

"Wipe!" Someone scratched his head anxiously. No matter which of these two possibilities, it makes people feel creepy.

Although the smell of blood in the cave was very strong, it could not prove anything. After all, seven or eight people in the team were dripping with blood, not necessarily the blood of those five people.Moreover, even if those ants eat people, the possibility of swallowing the bones together is too small.Luo Zhen looked thoughtfully at the deep and dark passage that had been covered by an army of ants just now, so the biggest possibility was that he was taken to another place.

"But why are there five of them?" Wu Fei asked puzzled.Whether they were dead or kidnapped, why were those five people the only ones?

"I guess it's pheromones. It is said that ants can leave pheromones on the "food" they find to inform their companions. Maybe, when the five of them were bitten, those ants also left some kind of pheromones, and it won't be because the wounds heal And disappeared." Qi Liang signaled the mutant in front of him to take off his coat, and lowered his head to help him check the wound on his shoulder.

"I am also more inclined to this idea." Luo Zhen nodded towards Liang Wen.The bitten person should be like a target locked on by an infrared sight, an inescapable target.Was the ant colony just now attacking them or looking for those five people?

Hearing their words, everyone unanimously shone their flashlights on the surrounding cave walls, as if they were facing an enemy, what?Those small black spots crawling endlessly may be the instigator?

"Attention everyone, re-check whether your clothes are tightly tied and whether there are any wounds on your body. You must try to avoid being bitten." Liang Wen clapped his hands and said, "Relax for half an hour, and wait for everyone's wounds to heal. After replenishing, we will immediately pursue along the passage." When necessary, only those five people can be sacrificed, and the most important thing is to complete the task.

The air in the cave became inexplicably tense, and everyone armed themselves from head to toe, regretting that they didn't bring diving suits and insecticides when they came in.Someone took out a box of panacea, and was scrambled to apply it all over. Even if it didn't work, at least it could provide some psychological comfort.Only Xiaoxi was not afraid at all. As the natural enemy of ants, he wished that the ants would take the initiative to come to him.

"I, I seem to have been bitten." Someone touched his ankle and shouted in horror.

"Skinny man, what are you shouting about, remember to walk next to me later." Li Ji tapped the man's shoulder with the back of his knife, as if he thought he was ashamed.Making a fuss out of a molehill, when did the members of Team No. [-] become so timid?The boss and him are both here, so what are you afraid of!

Qi Liang signaled that person to go and line up, and was going to help him take a look later, and by the way, was going to check carefully to see if he could find anything unusual.

Luo Zhen didn't speak, and walked to Shao Yunfan and sat down. Liang Wencai was the commander of this team and had the highest decision-making power. He could only protect his own people as much as possible.

Wu Fei sneaked into Wu Shi's ear, "If he is really captured, will it be too late if we don't go after him now?"

Wu Shi rubbed his head, "Don't worry, if you are caught, I will definitely rescue you."

"Cut, it's not clear who will save whom! I'm a naturalist." Wu Fei raised his chin, but his tone was a bit forceful, and his face turned pale.The way he hates the most in this world is to die in the dark.

"Even if we can't save it, I will die with you. I promise you that I will never leave you alone." Wu knew the shadow in Wu Fei's heart. Before he was ten years old, he took Wu Fei to see seven or eight psychological problems The doctor said the same thing, he can't change the past, he can only promise the future.

Wu Fei raised his eyes to look at Wu Shi, and muttered aggrievedly, "Then why didn't you come?"

Brother, why don't you come?Five-year-old Wu Fei asked countless times in that dark night with his arms around his knees.From hope to disappointment, even on the verge of despair.

"Xiao Fei, I'm sorry." Wu Shi was stunned for a few seconds, put his hands on Wu Fei's shoulders, stared into those bright eyes, and apologized to him solemnly.That seemingly willful and unreasonable complaint may be the shadow that still remains in Wu Fei's heart, but more importantly, it is the only outlet for Wu Fei's guilt many years ago.He has confessed countless times that he shouldn't be stubborn to go to the piano class, at least, he should have rushed there earlier, but he doesn't know how to express it to Wu Fei. Back then, he was just a stubborn and unspoken child.

"I'm just... just say it, brother, don't take it seriously!" Wu Fei looked away uncomfortably, and staring at Wu Shi's eyes again, he was about to cry in embarrassment.The person closest to you in the world is always the one who tolerates you the most, who always makes you unscrupulous, and who always makes you trust and give unconditionally. Twelve years later, the last shadow in Wu Fei's heart finally dissipated.

The remaining seventeen people continued to grope along the passage. When the cave diverged into two forks, Liang Wen chose the one marked by Luo Zhen without hesitation.

Everyone walked cautiously in the dark cave, carefully avoiding those white fluorescent spots. After about four, five, and 10 minutes, they still ushered in the second wave of mutated ant colony's attack.

This time the ants came from behind them silently along the roof of the cave. Without Shao Yunfan's special ability to warn them, they would be caught off guard by the menacing ants.

After a short period of panic, Luo Zhen and Zhang Junjiu at the front of the line returned to the back of the line and teamed up tacitly to defeat the ant colony that was ambushing them.

"Damn! The thin man is gone." Li Ji thrust the big knife on his shoulder into the ground, and looked around fiercely.Right under his nose, the person disappeared?

Huo Yun's face also became a little ugly, and he didn't even hear any cry for help.That mutant is not weak, otherwise he would not be selected into this team. What kind of situation can make him unable to make a sound?

A few mutants in the cave began to nervously check their necks, hands and feet. Next, it won't be their turn, right?

"Don't worry, I have a solution." Qi Liang said suddenly, "I wiped something on him just now, now you can try to find it by following the smell." Qi Liang took out a small porcelain bottle and turned his head full of hope. Looking at Wu Shi and Liang Wen.The noses of their two animals are the most sensitive, and this matter can only be left to them.

Wu Shi's face turned dark, is this asking them to be tracking dogs?

Now that things are up to now, I can only try to catch up with them. If the number of people in the team decreases like this, there will be very few people, and the rest will be unstable.After getting rid of this group of ants, he can go to the Lingmai Center with peace of mind.Liang Wen took the small bottle in Qi Liang's hand and smelled it, a pungent smell of alcohol mixed with the fragrance of flowers.

Wu looked at the bottle with disgust, "What?"

"The perfume that failed to make." Qi Liang put the bottle cap on without shame. This was a Mother's Day gift that he originally wanted to give to his mother. The main raw material was the petals of Blue Mountain.

Liang Wen and Wu followed the trend and ran in front at lightning speed, followed by everyone.After twisting and turning around several narrow stone caves, everyone finally came to the cave that suddenly opened up everywhere.

The whole place is three stories high and two to three hundred square meters wide. The wall of the cave they are facing is like a beehive densely dug out dozens of circular holes from top to bottom. The diameter of those holes is only about half a meter. , more than a dozen of the holes were stuffed with something like white silk, and the rest were empty.The other half of the cave wall is irregularly distributed with seven or eight openings about the same size as the passage they came from, either high or low, and it seems that they should be passages leading to other places.

Countless ants with white fluorescent spots on their abdomens are busy crawling around on the ground. If you don't pay attention, you may think that the ground is covered with a black carpet mixed with shining lines.

"It seems to be in those holes." Liang Wen turned around and said to the crowd.

"Damn, it's not like they are being used as food reserves!" Li Ji looked at the holes that were obviously stuffed with something.

"Go and have a look!" Luo Zhen built an ice bridge nearly two meters high in the air, signaling Liang Wen and the others to pass over it.In order to avoid being marked, it is better not to come into contact with these ants.

The originally orderly ant colony on the ground suddenly panicked, and then tightly swarmed to both sides of the ice bridge.When they ran to the middle of the cave, the ant colonies on both sides of the ice bridge began to climb up like arhats. After a while, they used their bodies to form two black ant walls more than three meters high. to rise above their heads.

Huahua frowned and swung his whip horizontally towards the ant wall on the left, Wu Fei threw two orange fireballs at the ant wall on the right, the ant walls on both sides quickly separated like a tide, and escaped the attacks of the two people unscathed Gather together in an instant.

The reunited ant wall formed a vague pattern, like a huge skull, staring at them viciously.

"If I wipe it, they will still scare people?" Before Li Ji finished his sentence, a "water column" gleaming with white light spewed out from the "mouth" of the skeleton, and went straight to Wu Fei who had attacked just now.

The ant wall on the other side also attacked Huahua at the same time.

"Hmph, are you afraid of being a grandfather!" Wu Fei gritted his teeth, red light flashed in his palm.

"Boom!" The red fireball collided with the jet of water in mid-air, burning the white thing into a black charcoal.

On the other side, Huahua dodged sideways in some embarrassment, and swung the green thorn whip back to try to cut it off from the middle. Unexpectedly, when the green thorn whip touched it, it would fester and turn black, and emit a rotten smell. , "Snap" broke into two pieces.Huahua exerted too much force, staggered and nearly fell down. Luo Zhen grabbed her arm and dragged her behind him. The white frost spread along the water column to the ant wall, and the ant wall spread out with a "pop". The icicles fell to the ground and shattered into powder.

"Little Taoist priest!" Luo Zhen roared, and Zhang Junjiu activated his own ability knowingly, and the entire cave was still in the gap of time.

Two streaks of white frost hit the ant wall, freezing them in place like amber, "Bang! Bang!", the ant wall exploded and shattered into dust.

The people who took a deep breath ran all the way to the other side of the cave. Liang Wen and Wu were distinguishing the smell. Lan Shan suddenly pointed to the corner of the wall, "There are human bones inside."

"Human bones?" Everyone looked over, and there were stones, bones, weeds, and insect wings piled up in the corner, just like an ordinary garbage dump.

Lan Shan stretched out the root system and fiddled with it a few times, "It should be an adult male." Then, he pulled back another thing, which was a piece of silver metal with a double-layer regular hexagonal pattern on it.

Liang Wen took the metal plate with an ugly expression, "They are the first batch of mutants sent over to rescue the expedition team."

"Come here, people are here." Wu Zhi shouted, pointing at the fourth hole in the third row.

Lan Shan stretched out the root system quickly, and tore apart the white silk-like thing, "Pfft!" The thing felt like a silkworm chrysalis, and a lot of sticky liquid flowed out after being pierced, with a sour and pungent smell , Lan Shan waited until the mucus was almost drained out before pulling out the contents, and it turned out to be a skinny man.It's just that his eyes are tightly closed at this moment, and the skin on his body has already turned blue-red.

"Quick! Open all the rest and see if the five people from before are still there!" Liang Wen hurriedly ordered the people behind him.The thin man was the last one to be dragged here, and the condition of the rest of the people may be even worse.