wild animal planet

After a moment of silence, Ah Liu nodded.

Ling Lu breathed a sigh of relief.He was originally worried that the other party would not be so easy to get along with, but the young man standing in front of him now looked honest and docile, not like a prisoner at all.He was wearing a gray one-piece overalls, with his head bowed, and his long black hair almost covered half of his face.It seems that the prisoners who come here to serve their sentences do not need to be restricted everywhere like they are in prisons.

It was also Ah Liu's obedient appearance that made Ling Lu, who had an excellent memory, fail to recognize him.

"Sir, just call me Ah Liu." As he lowered his head and spoke, Ah Liu was already thinking about it secretly.

"Ah, I'm not some kind of officer." Ling Lu immediately shook his head in denial.

He rolled his eyes in his heart, of course Ah Liu knew he wasn't.He is 24 years old this year, and Ling Lu, who looks six or seven years younger than him, looks like a young master who doesn't know much about the world. For a while, Ah Liu is really not sure, what the other party is doing in this hellish place.

Ling Lu was taken aback for Ah Liu's sharp slander.Through his eyes, Ling Lu saw the light surrounding Ah Liu, which quickly changed from white to a slightly provocative orange red.Obviously, Ah Liu on the opposite side of him didn't realize that Ling Lu had seen through his tricks, and he was still pretending to be an honest person while making complaints secretly.

Ling Lu could only look away in embarrassment, and then forced himself to divert his attention, cutting off the connection with the other party's inner world.After all these years, Ling Lu has gradually understood the truth that people have two sides, one side is for others to see, and the other side is sometimes not so beautiful.

As for Ah Liu's judgment on him, he was completely wrong.Ling Lu is not an innocent, ignorant greenhouse flower. From time to time, he is forced to spy on the worst moments in people's hearts. Even so, Ling Lu still looks at the world with kindness and trusts others, which is not easy thing.

Drawing a 'safety line' for himself and Ah Liu in his heart, shielding the other party's mental feedback, Ling Lu turned his gaze back and explained: "Ah Liu, I am Ling Lu, and this is Captain Zhao Mingwei. This time, I came to learn about the attack more than a week ago."

Ling Lu's eyes seemed to have seen through everything, and Ah Liu was inexplicably flustered, but he quickly calmed down and pretended to be surprised: "You mean the attack by the mutated beast wave?" Before Ling Lu could answer, he quickly He nodded again and took it on his own, "I remember, I remember! I will never forget such a terrible thing in my life!"

The last sentence, Ah Liu really came from the bottom of his heart.

In order to shorten his 20-year sentence, Ah Liu took the initiative to come to this desolate quarry where birds do not lay eggs.Prisoners who applied for self-exile like him were sentenced to ten to 20 years in prison, and the Federation would only approve their applications if they were not convicted of vicious crimes such as homicide or rape.

The prisoners all wear tracking bracelets made of special alloys, and all of them are voluntary, so it is almost impossible to escape.Moreover, if this quarry goes further, there will only be a large piece of desolate and desolate wasteland. Unless you are tired of working, no one will be stupid enough to run into the polluted area to seek death.

The work here is unpaid, and it is almost isolated from the outside world, but at least three meals a day, the days are boring but not miserable.Ah Liu and other prisoners start work on time at seven o'clock every day, rest for one hour at noon, and end at six o'clock in the evening. They work ten hours a day, and then return to the prisoner's dormitory, eat, take a bath, and sleep.Work and rest are very regular.

But one night more than a week ago, this pattern was broken.

From the depths of the uninhabited polluted area, a large number of mutated beasts emerged continuously, and this quarry was on the route of the beast tide at that time.It can be said that Ah Liu, who was hiding behind the dormitory window, watched those mutated creatures pass by from a very close distance.He also witnessed the bloody scene where two guards came outside to investigate because they sensed that something was wrong, and they were torn to pieces by the herd of beasts.

The only thing that made Ah Liu, who was almost terrified, was that the target of the herd was obviously not this quarry. The dark mutant creatures were like a hurricane passing through, and soon headed towards No. 20 No. [-] settlement up.

"I was hiding behind the window, and the beast looked like the leader. It was completely black, and its eyes were silvery white like ice. It was separated by a wall, less than five meters away from me! I think it should have seen it. I..." Ah Liu had lingering fears, and became a little distracted.In fact, within three seconds of staring at the creature, Ah Liu was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, and lost control of his thighs.At that moment, he seemed to have returned to the nightmare many years ago, being stared at by the ferocious silver-eyed monster, the monkey howled and screamed beside him, but he was too scared to move.

After Ling Lu listened to his description, he exchanged a few words in a low voice with the captain Zhao Mingwei beside him.

"Dr. Ling, it seems that we need to notify Minghu City. That thing probably sneaked into the city somehow after the beast horde attacked." Zhao Mingwei whispered.

Nodding his head, Ling Lu agreed.The testimony of Zeng Liuzhi once again cleared the suspicion of Dandan from the side.Indeed, a mutated creature very similar in appearance to Dandan appeared. It was witnessed more than a week ago, and it caused a bloodbath on the night of the fireworks celebration in Minghu City.

"Thank you, Liu." Even though the other party was a prisoner, Ling Lu still thanked him earnestly.

"Are you leaving?" Seeing that Ling Lu and the others were about to leave, Ah Liu was in a hurry. He hurriedly said, "I know an area where those mutant beasts often move. If you want to investigate, I can help lead the way!"

This quarry covers a huge area, and its east and south sides are directly connected to the polluted area.Sometimes in order to complete the task of surveying and marking, Ah Liu would often drive the mech to approach or even reach the outer edge of the contaminated area.And on a few occasions, Ah Liu deliberately walked further within the range allowed by the positioning bracelet. Through the detection system of the vehicle, several times he found sporadic signs of mutant beast activities.

Although it took a risk, it seems definitely worth it now.

Originally, the prisoners in the quarry and the mutated beasts in the polluted area stayed on their own territory, keeping each other in check. After that large-scale beast swarm, the quarry was no longer so safe.Ah Liu cherishes his own life more than commuting his sentence. He doesn't want to die in this ghost place for no reason. He has to plan for himself and get out of here as soon as possible.

The arrival of Ling Lu and the others was just an opportunity.

Regarding Ah Liu who volunteered, Ling Lu and Zhao Mingwei asked the director Zhou Cheng who accompanied him for advice.Considering that there are many mountains nearby and the terrain is complicated, if someone who is familiar with this area can lead the way, it will indeed get twice the result with half the effort.Zhou Cheng, who was eager to get close, was naturally happy to push the boat along.

To remove a prisoner from custody, under federal law, he must go through strict approval procedures or be sponsored and accompanied by a local government official.Of course Ling Lu and the others didn't have time to wait for the review and approval, so Director Zhou naturally became Ah Liu's guarantor.

The Baxia transport plane, which was on standby at the settlement, soon arrived over the quarry after receiving the order from the captain Zhao Mingwei.The plane landed on a flat open space. Apart from Linglu and the woodpecker team, Zeng Liuzhi and Zhou Cheng also boarded the transport plane.

Flying at the lowest cruising speed, after the transport plane changed and adjusted its course several times, the group finally arrived near the coordinate point pointed out by Ah Liu.The engine roared, and the transport plane slowly landed on a sunny flat land beside a lake.

It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there are few people. The dark green lake is like a piece of fine emerald embedded in the mountains.As far as the eye can see, the surrounding barren hills are covered with dense vegetation.Different from ordinary trees, these lush vegetation located in the polluted area, if you pay close attention, you can find many unusual things.

"Following this lake to the east, there is another larger lake, and there is a valley in front of the lake, and many mutated creatures living in the valley will go to that big lake to drink water." After getting off the transport plane, for Proving that he wasn't lying, Ah Liu immediately explained to Ling Lu who was traveling with him.

Although he vowed, in fact, Ah Liu felt a little nervous, because strictly speaking, it was his first time to come to this place.In the past few times, he climbed to the top of a certain mountain in the quarry, and through the observation equipment, he observed signs of mutated biological activities from a distance.

"Be careful."

Just as he was getting nervous, Ling Lu stretched out his hand to grab him.Two steps forward, Ah Liu almost crashed into a bush on his right.

Facing Shang Ah Liu's incomprehensible gaze, Ling Lu smiled, pointed at the inconspicuous shrub, and explained: "This is Northeast tea currant, also called mountain hemp seed, lantern fruit, but now this The strain is a variant, have you seen the red net pattern on its leaves and fruit?"

Picking up a dead branch from the ground, Ling Lu covered his mouth and nose, motioned Ah Liu and Zhou Cheng to back off, and then used the branch in his hand to poke the bush of plants more than one meter high.The branches and leaves rustled, and the fruits that looked like strings of small blue lanterns cracked one after another in the vibration, bursting out clusters of blood-red smoke.

The smoke had a stench, even though Ling Lu reminded them to back off, Ah Liu and Zhou Cheng could still smell it, and couldn't help but spit it out.

"This thing is poisonous?!" Zhou Cheng, the very timid and fearful chief, exclaimed with a pale face while vomiting and trembling his throat.He began to regret, why did he have to wade into this muddy water when he was so good.

There was a smile in Ling Lu's voice, and he immediately comforted the two of them: "It's okay, this kind of smoke will only make you sick if you smell it a little bit, and the symptoms will be relieved soon. Unless it is a large amount of inhalation in an instant or direct accidental ingestion, it is possible Cause poisoning coma."

Sure enough, not long after Ling Lu finished speaking, Ah Liu and Zhou Cheng, who were still nauseated just now, were panting and feeling much better.Both of them were a little surprised. Ling Lu was young, and he didn't seem like the kind of desperado who would go to the polluted area to try his luck. How could he know such remote knowledge?

Captain Zhao Mingwei also came over at this time, and she handed two bottles of water to Zhou Cheng and Ah Liu, and said, "You two should go back to the cabin to rest first. After we find out the situation nearby, we will think about it." Shall we continue to go further east?"

In order to avoid the situation in the desert before, Zhao Mingwei and her team came prepared this time and were more cautious.They released their automatic detectors and began to conduct a preliminary detection scan of the situation within a few kilometers of the surrounding area.

"It will take a while." Zhao Mingwei explained.

Having vomited to death just now, Zhou Cheng and Ah Liu both had lingering fears, so of course they nodded in agreement.The remaining Ling Lu checked the surrounding environment roughly again, and after confirming that there was no problem, he hurried back to the cabin with his eggs in mind.

The metal box containing the balls was still placed in the cargo area of ​​the cabin, Ling Lu squatted down, entered the password on the touch panel, and the door on one side of the box opened.

"Eggy, how do you feel?"

It was different from the last time, this time Eggy was lying quietly in the box, squinting slightly, it seemed that she was closing her eyes and resting her mind.The closer the transformation period is, the weaker the usually domineering Eggy will be.Every mutation is when it is most vulnerable, and of course, it is also the most violent and dangerous time.Any disturbance could be regarded as a threat by Eggy. As soon as the transport plane took off from Minghu City, Ling Lu repeatedly emphasized to Captain Zhao Mingwei that no one should approach the cargo compartment.

Eggy's eyelids opened a little, and when she saw Ling Lu, she immediately let out a gurgling sound from her throat, expressing her grievances to Ling Lu and acting coquettishly.

Big eyes, bone pain.

Huh, the wings are also uncomfortable.

The huge wings that could have been folded behind his back were drooping weakly on both sides at this moment, knowing that Eggy was very uncomfortable, Ling Lu couldn't help feeling distressed.The space of the box was large enough, Ling Lu simply got in, he held Dandan's head, touched its ears, chin and the sides of the neck, these are the parts that usually make Dandan feel most comfortable.

Within reach of the tentacles, Eggy's originally smooth outer scales became rough and stiff at this moment.Before long, this hardened metallized shell will become a cocoon, completely enveloping the egg.Based on previous experiences, Ling Lu knew that that would be the time when Eggy would be most defenseless.

Big eyes, I want to hear the story of the little mermaid.

Being hugged by Ling Lu, Eggy felt a little more comfortable, and her whole body didn't seem to hurt so much.It grunted softly, rubbed its head against Linglu, and made a request confidently.Just like when I was a child.

For her beloved prince, the Little Mermaid exchanged her human legs with her beautiful fish tail. Every step she took was like dancing on the tip of a knife.

During the first transformation, Ling Lu told Dandan various stories over and over again in order to divert Dandan's attention and make it less uncomfortable.Probably because the transformation process is also full of pain, Dandan's favorite is the fairy tale of The Little Mermaid.This habit has continued to this day.

Ling Lu laughed, he stroked the head of the pet in his arms, and told the story that he could already recite backwards.Eggy fell asleep in the middle of the talk.Transformation needs to consume a lot of its physical strength, seeing it fell asleep, Ling Lu heaved a sigh of relief, relaxed his movements, and he tried to leave as carefully as possible.

When he got outside the cabin, Ling Lu looked up at the sky and found that it was almost evening.

"Dr. Ling, it seems that we have to spend the night in the field again today." Captain Zhao Mingwei stepped forward and said aloud.

"Captain Zhao, how is the situation?" Ling Lu counted the time, and the automatic flight detector should have transmitted the data back.

"Less than seven kilometers to the east, there is indeed another lake and valley, and a fairly dense purple bio-energy reaction has also been detected." Zhao Mingwei replied.

Ling Lu's expression brightened, and he said directly: "So, there is a great possibility that there is a habitat for mutant creatures."

"That's right." Zhao Mingwei nodded, and said again, "For the sake of safety, Dr. Ling, I will wrong you to spend the night in the cabin tonight. Once the detectors placed nearby find abnormalities, the plane can take off directly. If If there are no accidents, I will send a team to investigate the situation tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I see."

At this time, Ah Liu, who sneakily overheard the conversation between the two, began to regret it.God knows that the so-called investigation by these guys is actually true.Not only do they have to spend the night in the dangerously polluted area, they also plan to go deep into the lair of mutant creatures tomorrow!Meeting a group of desperate lunatics, he was really unlucky for eight lifetimes!

It felt like Ah Liu, who had his head pinned to the waist of his trousers, was thinking non-stop in his heart, and he had already started to think about whether he should just run away.