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"——Lu Corps?"

Ghost's voice brought him back to reality.

Lu Ze closed his eyes, clenched his right hand into a fist, hung down by his side, and said hoarsely, "What happened next?"

Ghost glanced at him, and then said: "After about two months of melee, the situation in the old city gradually stabilized. Because the entire East District was in the core area of ​​the bombing at that time, there were no remaining buildings or infected bodies. There are many, so the remaining infected people are divided into three spheres of influence: the North District, the South District and the Upper West District. In fact, it is nothing more than setting up fences in the blocks to which they belong. jurisdiction, then life and death are at your own risk."

Ghost paused, as if he was thinking about something: "The Lindsay I met just now is the leader of the North District. I did her a favor a few months ago, so I can still set foot on the territory of the North District. As for the other Yes... the Southern District is the largest area in the three districts. The leader is Lao Wei. I only met him once and heard a little about his style of work. In the rest of the Upper West District, the person in charge is called Jacques. If I You guessed right, your team member, Wu Zhuo, should be in their hands."

"You know this person?" Lu Ze keenly caught the disgust in his voice.

"Not so much, but I have dealt with him a few times." Ghost frowned: "The rose imprint we saw when we tracked this morning is their logo. The gorgeous rose that grows from the rotten soil, The petals are always as red as blood."

After a pause, he continued: "Do you still remember the 'herd' that passed by last night? Those things were probably attracted by the movement of Jacques. His territory is the smallest, and the people under his hands are relatively small. Less, so I have been trying to find ways to expand my strength."

"What do you mean?"

"I remember that there is such a record in the previous historical materials: there is a kind of Gu breeders in the [-] mountains in the south. They went to the mountains and forests to catch all kinds of poisonous insects since they were young. After they were caught, they were raised in jars. After a period of time , put dozens of different types of poisonous insects together and let them kill each other, only the one that survived in the end is qualified to be used to refine Gu King. Jacques did almost this kind of thing."

Lu Ze slowly had some bad premonitions.

There is a mocking smile on the corner of Ghost's mouth: "He will set a trap outside the defense area, hang the flesh and blood of freshly infected bodies on it, attract nearby herds of beasts, and let them start killing each other after they all fall into the trap." After all, there is only so much food, whoever can survive the fight of the same kind is the strongest, and is also eligible to enjoy the final prize."

"Fresh...infected body?" A somewhat terrifying guess appeared in Lu Ze's mind.

Ghost glanced at him: "Sometimes they also use some rotting corpses from the roadside."

Lu Ze clenched his teeth and did not speak.

After a while, he spoke again, his voice a little slow: "What about you?"

Ghost was stunned for a while, and some did not follow his train of thought: "Me?"

"What role did you play in these things? Why are you independent from these three parties, and no one touches you? What do you use to ensure your own survival here? Are you infected with those people? body?"

Ghost was silent for a few seconds, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "There are so many questions, Captain Lu."

Lu Ze stood still and stared at him firmly: "I can't take my people to cooperate with someone I can't trust."

"Believe it or not, don't you already have the answer in your heart? Since you went to see Lindsay with me. Captain Lu, I have given you choices, including now. If you think you can't trust me, it's very simple, go out of the city, Take the rest of your team and stay far away from here. Going back to the base is just a mission failure. After all, this is an almost impossible mission from the beginning." Ghost still had a smile in his eyes, but his voice was a little bit A little colder.

"However, I can still answer two questions for you. First, I am not an infected body. Second, the reason why they don't move me is because the site on the Lower West Side is mine. Now, it's your choice. So far, it’s better to take a trip into this muddy water and use your existing resources to gamble on an unknown result.”

Ghost also stood still in place, turned around and stared straight at Lu Ze, his gaze was still calm as usual.

Lu Ze's scrutinizing gaze fell on Ghost, but he didn't answer right away, and the two fell into silence for a while.

- "click"

Suddenly there was a slight movement behind Ghost.

The moment he looked back, Lu Ze had stretched out his hand and pulled him to his side, put his other hand on the place where the dagger was at his waist, and cautiously took half a step forward: "Who's there?"

They are now standing at a crossroads on the north-south main street. A one-way street runs through from east to west. Only two concrete piles are left on both sides of the road from the bombed overpass. Large pieces of cement The cornerstone blocked the way.On their right was a dilapidated building, and the remaining half of the sign on the lintel showed that it was once an express hotel, and the noise was coming from the lobby of this express hotel at this moment.

Ghost stood half a step back from Lu Ze's side, his eyes swept over his shoulders, and silently fell on the source of the voice.

It seemed that they knew they had been discovered, and the rustling noise inside became louder. After about half a minute, a somewhat thin figure walked out.

Although it is midsummer at the moment and the sky is bright outside, there still seems to be an invisible boundary at the junction of light and shadow, dividing light and darkness into two. The light outside cannot penetrate the darkness inside. Darkness cannot go beyond half a step.

That figure seemed to only reach Lu Ze's waist and abdomen, and seemed to be holding something in his arms, walking slowly step by step.

Lu Ze had already pressed the handle of the dagger at his waist, but when he saw the person coming, he paused and narrowed his eyes slightly.

It was a little girl who looked about ten years old, standing at the junction of light and shadow, with brown curly hair, dark skin, and a pair of round black eyes that looked very agile.She was holding a dirty teddy bear toy in her arms, and the original color of the dress could no longer be seen, and she could clearly see a festered skin on her left forearm exposed outside.

"Who are you?" Lu Ze took a step back and slowly pulled out the dagger an inch.

Ghost seemed to recognize the person coming, he pressed Lu Ze's arm, took a step forward, squatted down four or five steps away from the little girl: "Miao Miao, why are you here?"

The little girl tentatively took a step forward, raised her hands to cover her eyes as if she was afraid of being pierced by the sun outside, and then tilted her head, as if to identify the person in front of her.

Ghost stretched out a hand, and said patiently: "Miao Miu, it's me, did Lindsay ask you to come?"

The little girl bit her finger, as if she finally recognized the person in front of her, she took a step forward, and stretched out her hand gropingly.

Ghost took her hand firmly in his palm, squeezed the back of her hand gently, and said softly: "You're being naughty again, did I tell you before that you can't take off the bandage on your arm before it's scarred?" come down?"

The little girl seemed to think of something funny, her eyes were bent, and she seemed to be giggling in the next second, but there was no sound from her mouth.

At this distance, Lu Ze saw the wound on her arm. It was about 7 cm long. It seemed to be cut by some sharp weapon. Glow some dark red.

As if aware of Lu Ze's gaze, the little girl looked up in his direction, retracted her arms, and hid the ugly wound behind the teddy bear.

Ghost looked back at Lu Ze, and looked at the little girl again: "I'll take you home and re-wrap, okay?"

The little girl shook her head, and used her uninjured hand to break away the hand that Ghost was holding her. She flattened his palm with the palm facing up, and stretched out her index finger to make a few gestures on his palm.

Ghost frowned slightly: "Lindsay asked you to come and tell us?"

The little girl shook her head, nodded again, and then stroked his palm again.

Ghost didn't speak, but the little girl seemed a little anxious, turned around and pointed to a certain direction in the distance, and opened her mouth again, with a somewhat discouraged expression on her face.

Ghost's face slowly became serious: "Miao Miao, do you know that it's dangerous for you to do this?"

The little girl pursed her lips, her face half turned to one side.

Ghost sighed, and looked back at Lu Ze: "Captain Lu, Miu Miu brought good news. Your team member is still alive."

Lu Ze's eyes brightened: "Wu Zhuo is still alive?"

Ghost nodded: "Miao Miao saw it with his own eyes. Although he suffered some crimes, it seems that Jacques and the others don't intend to kill him so quickly."

The little girl seemed to understand their conversation, turned her head and tugged at Ghost's sleeve, and gestured at him for a while.

Ghost patted her head after reading it, and then said to Lu Ze: "Miao Miao came from the Upper West District just now, she saw Wu Zhuo locked in a cage in the yard by them, it looks like the result of last night's hunting Jacques is not satisfied, he has little time left."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Lu Ze's reaction and looked at the little girl: "If Lindsay finds out that you ran out without permission, you know how she will punish you, right?"

The little girl didn't take it seriously, and stuck out her tongue at him and made a face.

Ghost pinched her face: "We know, thank you for reporting, you go back quickly, let them re-bandage your wound. Didn't you tell me last time that you want a tattoo like Lindsay's?" ?"

The little girl nodded, raised her head slightly and glanced in Lu Ze's direction, then turned around and slowly retreated into the darkness. The short figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the darkness.

Lu Ze's eyes turned back to Ghost: "She is from Lindsay's side...infected?"

Ghost stood up from the ground: "Yes. Although she can't speak, she is the most flexible among Lindsay's investigators. She probably heard our conversation in the factory just now, and she quietly ran to the Upper West Side I went to have a look and found that Wu Zhuo was not dead, so he came to look for me."

Then he looked at Lu Ze: "How is it, Captain Lu, how are you thinking?"