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

Lunch was almost over in a short while. Liao Yunyun hurriedly got up to check the black fog. At this time, the black fog had completely covered the entire outer circle, and only buildings above ten floors could be vaguely seen in the outer circle.

The black fog was moving towards the inner circle at a slowly advancing speed, and it was likely that it would pour in from the sentry post in the inner circle in less than ten minutes.

Liao Yunyun turned on her phone to check the group messages and found that the last message in the group message was posted half an hour ago, and the network signal was only weak at that time.

"This black fog seems to affect the communication network." Liao Yunyun frowned and looked at Gu Tongwan. She was still a little uneasy. She had lost contact with the people in the outer circle and had no idea about the current situation in the outer circle. She turned around and went to the bathroom to get the washbasin to continue watering the towel blocking the door, for fear that the towel would dry out due to the hot weather.

Gu Tongwan tried to call Xiaoli, but the call was interrupted.

It seems that the nematodes in the black fog affected the signal, but as to how these nematodes did that, we will have to wait for the base research institute to analyze the reasons.

At this time in the guesthouse, Xiaoli, Lanqin and the proprietress went up to the third floor. They had a feeling that the higher the place, the safer it would be, so they all went to the proprietress's room at the innermost part.

The tenant who originally lived on the second floor was temporarily resting in the utility room on the third floor under the arrangement of the landlady. Although the environment was a bit worse, the family said they were unwilling to stay on the second floor alone.

The boss lady's room originally had a large window. Usually the room faced the direction of the street and had excellent lighting. It was also the largest room on the third floor, about 30 square meters. It was divided by the boss lady into a small single room with one bedroom and one living room. The door curtain was made of strung plastic beads. The living room was about 15 square meters, with a double sofa and a small coffee table. There was a 19-inch LCD TV on the front wall, and the wall was also covered with wallpaper. In the center was a photo of the boss lady and her husband. Her husband looked ordinary but had a very straight body and a scholarly air.

The bedroom inside is only about ten square meters and has a double bed of about one and a half meters. However, because the boss's husband's job requires him to stay in the company for a long time, he only comes back once a week, or can find time to come back for four or five days a month. Even so, the relationship between the two is still very close.

After the martial law notice was issued some time ago, the boss's husband was asked by the unit to live in the unit dormitory until the martial law was lifted.

Although the proprietress had complaints in private, she was also very clear that she was able to open this guesthouse largely because of her husband's connections in the government. If it weren't for her husband's sacrifice, she would not have the good life she has today.

Whenever I think of this, I feel relieved. And once I get busy with work, those complaints are forgotten.

The floor was covered with gray carpet, and normally one had to take off shoes when entering the house, but because the situation was special, the proprietress no longer required that. She let Xiaoli and Lanqin sit on the sofa, while she stood in front of the window with her arms around her chest, looking through the glass window at the black object that had already poured into the block below.

"Aunt, come over and sit with me. Don't sit too close to the window."

Xiaoli was very afraid of this unknown black fog. She had watched a video played by the base government in the square. The scene of the black fog instantly devouring living things was still engraved in her mind. As a result, she had nightmares for half a month after watching the video. Now, thinking that the black fog was just a wall or a window in between, her tense nerves had reached a critical point.

The proprietress looked at the black fog below and felt more and more goose bumps. The nematodes hidden in the black fog were actually floating in the air, but they did not dare to go too far away from the black fog. At this time, the sun in the sky was covered by clouds, and the nematodes seemed more active without direct sunlight.

"Xiao Li, the previous information about the black fog at the base didn't seem to mention that nematodes are afraid of sunlight, right?"

Xiaoli huddled in a corner of the sofa. The fan was on in the room. She had just entered the room and was complaining that it was suffocating inside, but now she felt a chill enveloping her whole body from head to toe.

After coming to his senses, he realized that it was the lady boss who was asking him questions, so he thought for a while before replying, "It seems that I have heard that this type of insect doesn't like sunlight and is afraid of water."

"You're right, they don't like sunlight and are afraid of water. You see, the sun was shining brightly this morning, but it was blocked by clouds an hour ago. This has accelerated the spread of the black fog. These nematodes have never left the black fog from beginning to end, and they cleverly avoided water sources. Look, there is a bucket of water next to Lao Zhang's shop that he usually uses to wash his broken car. The black fog obviously avoided it. It's so smart." The proprietress sighed, and her tone was more of fear and vigilance towards this unknown creature.

At this time, the black fog had spread to the second floor. The proprietress subconsciously wiped the wet towel on the window gap with her fingers. When she felt that water could still be wrung out of the towel, she breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when the black fog spread to the height of the second floor, it did not continue to move upwards, but instead continued to extend forward.

Lan Qin's character had been trained during the years outside the base to be even stronger than that of an average adult. Although he was afraid of this unknown creature, he still walked to the side of the proprietress and watched the black fog move towards the inner circle.

At this moment, a strange noise suddenly came from a trash can in front of the block, and several fat mutant rats jumped out of it. Those mutant rats were extremely large, as big as adult cats, with black bodies and even red eyes.

The pest control company had previously used rat poison, but unfortunately, it had little effect on the mutant rats. The mutant rats in the base are still rampant, and it is too difficult to completely eliminate them. Without affecting normal life, the base has not yet come up with an effective plan for the mutant rats.

The canned mutant rats on the market are actually artificially bred. This type of rat is very easy to breed and has a high survival rate, so it has been used as edible meat within the base.

However, products like mutant pork and mutton are difficult to cultivate, so there is often a shortage of supply and the prices are rising sharply. Ordinary people simply cannot afford to buy them.

The rats didn't seem to realize the danger was coming, and were still stealthily searching for something in the neighborhood. Perhaps because there was no human activity in the neighborhood during the smoking cessation period, these mutant rats became bolder and simply explored the neighborhood, even rummaging through different trash cans for food.

The mutant rats had been relying on sewer drainage and some kitchen waste, as well as sneaking into the back kitchens of restaurants at night to find food. During the smoking cessation period, every household kept their doors closed and all restaurants were closed. After staying in the sewer for a while, these mutant rats couldn't stand it anymore, so they decided to roam the streets openly.

The black fog was gradually approaching, and the mouse was still leisurely rummaging through the shop's trash can. As a result, only a sharp "squeak" was heard, and suddenly several winding nematodes in the black fog entangled the mouse at an extremely fast speed. As the black fog moved forward, a faint sucking sound could be heard in the air.

Lan Qin suddenly found that she had bitten her fingers unconsciously. She even felt that the black mist could instantly absorb all living things.

Wherever the black fog spreads, only a black area is left. The black fog will not dissipate. It may be that billions of nematodes are wriggling inside.

Lan Qin walked a little closer, trying to see some traces of the black fog on the second floor opposite. However, it was not easy to see clearly because it was more than ten meters away. So she glanced at the mobile phone on the coffee table of the proprietress, raised her head and asked the proprietress: "Auntie Man, can I borrow your mobile phone for a while?"

Although Aunt Man didn't know what Lan Qin was thinking, she still agreed.

The boss lady got this phone as a gift from her husband on their fifteenth wedding anniversary. She bought it a few months before the apocalypse. It is a certain fruit brand and has a very powerful camera performance. Even during the apocalypse, the boss lady took great care of it. One time when it broke, she ran around the base looking for a place to repair her phone, and finally spent several hundred points to get it fixed.

Lan Qin picked up her cell phone and took about a dozen photos of the opposite side, then zoomed in one by one. She saw that at the edge of the black fog opposite, there were thread-like worms about as thick as fingers clinging to the window, as if they were trying every means to get in through the gaps. However, because they were contaminated by something, the nematodes wilted in an instant.

"It seems that this nematode is really afraid of water, and it seems that this black fog can't climb up." Aunt Man said to herself.

However, after leaning over to take a look at the picture on her phone, Xiaoli staggered back, "It's really disgusting. I can't bear to watch it anymore. I just want to know when this black fog will dissipate."

"Let's wait for the base to send out psychics. If this thing is really afraid of water, at least we have to mobilize all the water-type psychics, or start a helicopter to spray water mist down from above." The proprietress pondered.

***

About fifty kilometers away from the base, a dozen jeeps were speeding on the winding mountain road. In the leading black jeep, Liu Hun steered the car and stepped on the accelerator, then glanced in the rearview mirror. Only Chen Yanxi, who was still wearing a mask, was sitting in the back seat. Geng Zimo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, took out his mobile phone and tried to refresh the network, but unfortunately he couldn't connect.

"Is the situation at the base really that serious? Has the black fog completely invaded the city?"

They received a notification an hour ago that an unknown black fog had appeared a few kilometers outside the base. Upon observation, they found that the black fog was exactly the same as the "black fog of death" that had appeared in the depths of the northern forest.

However, they did not encounter the "black fog of death" when they were carrying out the operation to suppress the beast tide, which means that the black fog did not emerge from the forest. So where was the source of the black fog?

They were full of doubts, but also worried about the safety of the base, so after receiving the satellite call, the "Hunters" led by Chen Yanxi and Shen Lian's "Light Chasers", plus thirty outstanding guards, immediately rushed back to the base to solve the black fog problem.

In the other car sat Ye Ziqiu, Fang Tang and Xuyang. The three of them had been tense since they got in the car. After receiving the news, they immediately perked up. After all, the base was related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. They had not encountered the strange black fog when they were in the capital base, but Jiangcheng was indeed weird everywhere. Not only was there a large forest in the north that lost its magnetic field as soon as you entered, but there was also inexplicable strange black fog, as well as the huge blood vines they encountered when suppressing the beast tide before.

All this shows that Jiangcheng is an extremely strange place. No wonder the top leadership asked them to transfer an S-level guard team to the second district. The reason was that they wanted to investigate the secrets hidden in Jiangcheng over the past few years.

"No, the network is still down, and I can't get the latest information." Xuyang shook his phone helplessly. In fact, he wanted to learn about the current situation of the base through the Internet, but unfortunately the network could not be connected.

"Don't look at it. If we could get in touch, the top leaders wouldn't have asked us to rush back immediately. The information we have now is that there are nematodes in the black fog that can corrode living things, and they don't like sunlight and are afraid of water. However, there are no more than fifty water-based esperants in the base at the moment. If I remember correctly, there are no S-level water-based esperants yet, and there are only six A-level water-based esperants. Even if all of them are deployed, they may not be able to suppress the black fog."

Ye Ziqiu closed her eyes, still holding her pistol in her hand. She had been at the forefront of the beast tide suppression operations during this period of time, as part of the assault force. In addition, the operations day and night consumed a great deal of her mental energy. Now she could only take a short rest in the car.

"Sister Zi Qiu, please drink some nutrient solution later, otherwise your body may not be able to take it." Xuyang advised softly.

Ye Ziqiu just uttered "hmm", but the fingers holding the pistol suddenly tightened.

Fang Tang took out several compressed biscuits from his backpack and ate them happily. He probably saw Xuyang looking at him, so he took the initiative to pass them to him and said with a silly smile: "Want to eat? I have a lot here."

Xuyang smiled bitterly and could only shake his head, "Brother Fang, you should eat by yourself. I'm not hungry."

Sometimes I admire Fang Tang very much. Among the few people, except for the captain, Fang Tang seems to be the only heartless one. He seems to remain calm in any critical situation, but he executes every mission perfectly.

No wonder this is the nature of a ruthless person. After all, he is a ruthless person below the S-level captain. Even the Light Chaser Shen Lian is afraid of him.

The car drove for more than an hour. When more than a dozen cars were several hundred meters away from the base, they found that the entire base was filled with an uneasy atmosphere. This atmosphere made all the psychics instantly increase their mental strength.

It seems that things are not going well in the base! Something is in the base.