Chapter 97 “nest”

The aircraft landed in front of the hill.

Douglas and Lieutenant Ning sprayed the scent-masking agent on the aircraft, and Devin said hoarsely: “We will help watch the aircraft. If there are monsters approaching, we will know for sure.”

Adjutant Ning asked: “Don’t you live underground? How do you see the aircraft on the ground?”

Di Wen smiled: “Don’t treat us as normal human beings, we are already watching you now.”

Qiuling was quiet and lonely, and it seemed that there was nothing there, but Adjutant Ning shuddered, feeling that there were countless pairs of eyes watching him.

After the odor masking agent was sprayed and the camouflage cloth was covered, Douglas stayed on the aircraft, and the others followed the Mole Man to the west of the hill.

There is a large piece of messy long grass, almost reaching the chest of an adult male, it is a mutated species, the edges are jagged, and there is a bloodstain when you scratch it lightly.

They look good with hidden murderous intentions, they are fluffy golden and full of vitality under the morning light.

The military uniform is strong enough to resist cutting, and the Mole Man has thick fur, which allows him to move around flexibly.

The Mole Man hunched badly, and moved forward on both hands and feet. When he entered the grass, Shi Yuan couldn’t see them at all, and his tail was bent in confusion.

He could only follow Lu Tinghan closely.

And Lu Tinghan walked forward, following the undulations of the long grass—when the Mole Man passed by, the grass bends softly, like a school of fish passing under a golden ocean, you can’t see the fish clearly, but you can catch them Nice water marks.

“Sha la la—sha la la—”

“Sha la la—sha la la—”

It was the rustling of long grass.

The deeper you go, the more you feel like you are in a boundless ocean.

There are undoubtedly many stories hidden in the Mole Man.

Without the army and without the city, they still survived.

go further.

If you can’t see the hills in the distance, you will definitely get lost in it… Although it’s not the right time, Shi Yuan feels that they are like the protagonists in the script, stepping into a mysterious kingdom.

“Lu Tinghan.” Shi Yuan whispered.

Lu Tinghan: “Huh?”

“I like it here. If only it wasn’t infected, we could roll here together.”

Lu Tinghan patted his head.

Stepping on the golden grass, they came to a hill.

The Mole Man rushed forward, digging out the dirt with his sharp nails. The soil piled up higher and higher, and the entrance to the ground appeared, dark and full of earthy smell.

“Follow me.” Di Wen said, “Be careful.”

Everyone quickly understood the phrase “be careful”.

The Mole Man’s passage was so low that they had to stoop forward, and they couldn’t hit the flashlight too hard. Shi Yuan didn’t dare to wag his tail anymore, as he would scrape the dirt and dirty the scales of his tail.

He whispered to Lu Tinghan, “I’m definitely going to wash my tail.”

Lu Tinghan: “I’ll wash it for you.”

Shi Yuan: “…Forget it.” If Lu Tinghan was asked to help, it would be more than just washing the tail in the end.

Lu Tinghan raised his eyebrows.

Adjutant Ning was even more unfortunate.

He followed Chi Yongge, bending over. This posture was very awkward, and he straightened up without paying attention: “…Ah!”

He hit the sharp stone on top of his head, his skin was broken and blood oozes out.

Chi Yongge quickly sprayed him with hemostatic spray.

“Hiss… how far is it?” Adjutant Ning’s forehead was burning.

Di Wen’s voice came from far ahead: “Hurry up.”

After walking down for more than ten minutes, a vision suddenly opened up.

A spacious space, they are on the bottom floor.

Looking up, this space is an irregular circle as a whole, with layers of soil as its walls, riddled with holes everywhere, and there are countless entrances to underground passages, which lead to nowhere. Messy and organized honeycomb frames.

Lu Tinghan raised the flashlight.

Dim lights swept across, and there were more than a dozen pairs of reflective eyes at the entrance of each passage.

Countless mole men crowded high in the sky, silently examining the visitors.

Here is their dynasty.

At this moment, Chi Yongge’s goosebumps arose.

Di Wen blew a long whistle, and the Mole Man above her head dispersed. And the Mole Man at her feet rushed out and began to organize the cans and guns he brought back.

“Di Wen!” A voice came, and another hunched mole man jumped out of the tunnel and walked quickly, “Who are they?!”

He’s a male, articulate, and much more rational than the average Mole Man, the same as Devin.

Di Wen replied: “People from the alliance.”

“Alliance?!” The man wondered, “The alliance still exists?”

Lu Tinghan said, “It’s right in front of you.”

The man looked at Lu Tinghan and his party repeatedly, his cloudy eyes almost fell out, and he stammered, “You, how did you come here? Why did you come here? How is the alliance? How many people are still alive? Are there still people out there? Abyss and monsters? Isn’t it…”

Di Wen interrupted him: “Don’t ask so many questions, sit down and talk about it. This is General Lu Tinghan,” she looked at Lu Tinghan and the others again, “This is Gerald.”

The man said, “Ivan Gerrard, I was a teacher and I still am.”

They followed Devin and Gerald through another narrow passage.

The passage is the most primitive passage, surrounded by soil, and occasionally there are a few planks supporting the passage, other than that, there is no reinforcement.

Adjutant Ning touched the soil, and it was unexpectedly hard. He asked: “How did you reinforce the passage?”

Di Wen said, “Drool.”

Adjutant Ning withdrew his hand, and vigorously wiped the corner of Chi Yongge’s clothes.

At the end of the passage is another space, about the size of an ordinary living room.

A few Imperial Army flashlights were hung on the dirt wall as lights. They were dim and flickered from time to time, like a horror movie. And in the middle there was a low table, a few tree stumps used as chairs, and beside it an old kettle standing on a small fire, bubbling and bubbling.

They built a fire here.

The lack of oxygen underground makes it difficult for flames to burn and consumes oxygen quickly. But the air here is unexpectedly fresh, and there is even a faint wind blowing over the head.

Shi Yuan saw two passages above his head, going vertically upwards to the ground.

“We have studied for a long time before we can ventilate this place.” Di Wen sat on a tree stump, “The ventilation hole on the ground is hidden in the most secret place in the grass, guarded by our people. It’s just a waste of effort.” Drink some hot water and eat some hot food.” She smiled with the corners of her mouth pulled, “It’s a little bit like a human being, isn’t it?”

“I researched this ventilation channel.” Gerald picked up the kettle and poured water into the cup on the table. “Please sit down. I won’t invite you to drink tea. You must not be used to it.”

The cup was tattered, filled with suspected tree roots and leaves, and there was an uncommon light fragrance coming out of it.

He and Di Wen each took a glass and drank slowly. Di Wen let out a long sigh, feeling much more relaxed.

Everyone found a place to sit down, and Shi Yuan also found a tree stump he liked.

Lu Tinghan and Di Wen explained the situation to Gerald.

Gerald was amazed: “There are still cities in the Alliance! There are still human cities in this, this world!”

“We don’t have much time, and we need to find a livable underground city as soon as possible.” Lu Tinghan said, “At present, we are going to Dunton.”

Gerald hesitated: “You should know that the weather in the empire is bad, right? There are thunderstorms, tornadoes and sandstorms everywhere, especially in Leon.” He and Devin looked at each other, “We are also trying to get closer to the north , looking for a city, but the extreme weather there has never stopped.”

He coughed a few times, and continued: “Also, the Delta Abyss has been agitated in recent years, it is around Dunton, the infection is characterized by a ‘thunderstorm’, and the infection biota is electrically charged—like electric eels, they have two sides The asymmetric cell membrane structure, connected in series, opens ion channels to discharge. But they are tens of millions of times more powerful than electric eels. They appear in groups, are highly aggressive, and make the weather worse. Even if your aircraft can be used, you must Fly low and slow, go

It takes a long, long time. You guys… have to be mentally prepared. ”

What he said sounds like someone who has studied the abyss.

Adjutant Ning couldn’t help asking: “What did you do before?”

Gerald shook the broken cup in his hand: “It’s just an ordinary teacher. The Mole Man either has a short life or a long life, and Di Wen and I are both the latter. Staying idle in the ‘nest’ is also idle, I Researched a lot of… past data. Unfortunately, no cure for the infection was found.”

Lu Tinghan pondered for a moment, then asked, “Do you know the distribution of cities in the empire?”

Di Wen said, “I understand.”

Lu Tinghan: “If it takes too long to go to Dunton, we will consider looking for underground cities along the way, and when we find a suitable one, we will return directly to the main city of the alliance.” He paused, “Although, in this way, we cannot respond to Dunton’s request.” Communication, but also helpless.”

“Understandable.” Di Wen said hoarsely, “You want me to lead the way? Find the cities along the way?”

“Yes.” Lu Tinghan replied, “I believe that you also want to return to the city. We have aircraft, guns and ammunition, sufficient supplies, and… the means to avoid monsters along the way, this is your best chance .We have to cooperate.”

Gerald put down his glass: “I’m really curious, what is your ‘strictly confidential method of evading monsters’? Why doesn’t it take effect if there are too many people?”

— That actually refers to Shi Yuan.

Shi Yuan was holding a cup of tea made by Gerald, and was concentrating on studying a swirling leaf inside, when he heard this, his tail tightened.

He never hides his emotions, anyone can see a guilty conscience at a glance, but… no one would think about it.

Still the same sentence, who would have thought that the abyss would become a spirit?

But Lu Tinghan didn’t change his face, and replied deeply: “Military secrets.”

He wasn’t lying either.

The general’s spouse is of course considered a military secret.

It’s a pity that the military secret Shiyuan temporarily lacks the automatic pathfinding function, and the land general is actively repairing it.

Gerald didn’t delve into it. He probably thought it was a high-tech thing. He nodded and said, “I’ll discuss it with Di Wen, please give us some time. You can rest first, go back to the aircraft, or stay with us.” He smiled. Twice, “You may not be able to bear the environment here.”

Shi Yuan and the others did not return to the aircraft in the end.

Lu Tinghan was very interested in the Mole Man’s “nest”, so he led Shi Yuan through the intricate tunnels. Di Wen called a mole man named “Morgan” and led them through every corner of the “nest”.

Morgan’s features were also wrinkled, and there was some black fur on his limbs, but his voice was very young.

He said as he walked, “Let me think about where to show you… Oh! I see!”

He nimbly got into a tunnel, and everyone bent down, following behind with difficulty, and went to a new space.

There were several rows of rotten tables and chairs neatly placed there, which were pulled out from some ruins. Mole men sat at the table one by one. Their fingernails were too long, and they were struggling to hold pencils and charcoal, writing and drawing on paper.

They wrote the script of the Empire.

On the wooden shelf next to it, there were several piles of tattered books.

This scene is very inconsistent, like a group of beasts… learning about human civilization.

The Mole Man’s night vision ability is good. It was completely dark here, but only after they came came the dim light.

“They were doing Mrs. Gerald’s homework,” Morgan said.

Shi Yuan asked, “Are you learning to write?”

He remembered that when he was rummaging in the garbage dump to find something to learn, it was a bit similar.

He became angry again at the thought of garbage, and stared at Lu Tinghan.

Lu Tinghan:?

He pondered for a while, he didn’t have any garbage to throw away, somehow he messed with Shi Yuan.

“Yes, learn to write and read.” Morgan replied, picking up a book called “Imperial Standard Language”, “They are the new generation of mole people, descendants of the old batch of infected people. This infection has changed The genes have been passed down, and so have I. I was born like this and have never seen the sun.” He nodded his head with his index finger, “Lucky

Yes, I’m a little better than them. But Mr. Gerald and Di Wen never gave up and kept teaching them. ”

He also explained: “They are just too beastly, not really stupid. The new generation who work a little harder can read and write, and can even use simple firearms. As for the others…”

He hesitated for a moment.

Chi Yongge asked: “What’s wrong?”

Morgan said with difficulty: “Gamma Abyss represents ‘reproductive mania’, and we are also its infected, but not completely. I heard from Di Wen that the first batch of infected people did not intend to give birth, and they did not want to leave the pain to the next generation.” One generation, but when the spring breeding season comes…they have no choice. So, many Mole People are newly born.”

Chi Yongge was taken aback, and subconsciously asked: “Ah, then will you also…”

He didn’t feel offended until the words were out of his mouth, and stopped suddenly.

“I’m fine, reason can overcome instinct.” Morgan didn’t mind, “Mr. Devin Wen and Mr. Gerald are the same. We are a minority.” He hesitated again, “Continuous reproduction of the next generation is a terrible thing. Even more frightening is the problem of inbreeding…”

Several people’s expressions changed.

Shi Yuan didn’t quite understand, so he looked up at Lu Tinghan.

Lu Tinghan explained to him: “Human inbreeding is likely to cause genetic defects.”

Shi Yuan: “Is it serious?”

“Um.”

Morgan said with some difficulty: “At the beginning, this phenomenon was very common. Later, Devin gathered all the mole people together and separated them as much as possible during the breeding season. At least, close relatives would not stay together, leaving them alone. The last dignity. She put in a lot of hard work to alleviate the situation, and then Teacher Gerald found several herbs, mixed together, which can effectively reduce the ‘breeding frenzy’.”

“Every spring, we light herbs in the caves. It smells like dead fish, but it works, and we’ve had many breeding seasons.”

Hearing this, Chi Yongge breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good, that’s good. I’m a doctor, can I take a look at those herbs?”

“Of course, I’ll talk to Mr. Gerald later.” Morgan replied briskly.

They stayed so long that the dim light of the flashlight made the Mole Man anxious.

Morgan took them away from here, and said as they walked: “Mr. Dewen and Gerald are the greatest people I have ever met. Especially Dewen, without her, everyone would have died long ago.”

Lu Tinghan said: “You call her ‘Diwen the Kingslayer’.”

“Yeah.” Morgan shook his black fur, “The king ordered all the Mole People to be executed. Fortunately, we survived because of her.” He smiled distortedly, “Look, I can still talk to you like this , other people can write and read, how can we say that we are not human? We are no different from the so-called ‘normal humans’, we all just want to live. We are still inheriting civilization!”

They circled back to Gerald’s little fire.

Gerald took out the herbal medicine, Chi Yongge took it, and looked at it carefully.

He frowned slightly: “How about these materials…”

“Yes, it’s rough,” Gerald said. “I’ve tried many times and found all the documents I can find, and this is the only way I can do it.”

“No, no, no, that’s not the problem.” Chi Yongge was stunned for a while, speaking quickly, “Isn’t this one of the most basic ingredients of an inhibitor?”

He suddenly realized a question, an incredible question that no one had thought of: “Could it be that the empire didn’t develop an inhibitor at all?! You haven’t used it?!”

Gerald and Morgan looked blank.

Morgan said, “Is there such a thing?”

Gerald said, “Grass!”