Chapter 17 Jing Yuan and the First Kill

Jingyuan looked up and saw that the sky was gloomy and covered with dark clouds.

He was walking on the cobblestone path of Shili Sunny and was about to go out.

I looked at the mechanical watch on my wrist. It was only 9 o'clock in the morning. Not a ray of sunlight could shine through the clouds to the earth. The dark clouds made people feel depressed. The tree trunks on both sides of the road were tilted by the strong wind. The dead leaves were free of charge.

The ground flew to the ground.

It seems that a heavy rain is coming.

When he got up in the morning, he found that the "swelling" in the status bar had disappeared, and there was no longer a description of "the damage was 1.5 times." This was reflected on his body. His skin became firm again and no longer looked like the first time.

One day like that, one click will lead to a trap.

Perhaps it was the effect of the mango, but anyway, his health reached 27 points, and his condition was as good as ever.

In the early morning of the next day, there was no unconscious sleepwalking like the first day, maybe because there was no sunshine today, or maybe because he closed the curtains.

After he opened a can of luncheon meat, he went out alone carrying a rifle, a pistol and a homemade long gun. He didn't take Xiaobai with him. He just planned to find a zombie nearby to practice his skills.

“It’s not really going to rain.”

Looking at the gloomy sky, he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

If it rains, his perception will be hit in all directions.

Needless to say, vision is like a person with high myopia. It is naturally more difficult to see clearly in dense rain and mist.

But it's not a big problem. He doesn't rely on vision now.

The problem is that his sense of smell and hearing will be interfered by rain. Rain will cover up the surrounding smell, and the sound of falling raindrops will also weaken his ability to hear and identify locations.

Heavy rain is definitely not a good thing for him.

He was a little afraid of getting caught in the rain. The rain in this area seemed to be acidic. Where he walked yesterday, many roads and soil had traces of long-term erosion by acid rain.

Those few zombies that have been in the open air for several years are the victims of acid rain.

For example, the zombie cluster in Shunxiang Supermarket was hiding indoors, so the degree of decay was not obvious. And the zombies he saw outdoors were almost rotten to the point of turning into a puddle of mud. Acid rain made them decay twice as fast.

Increase.

So he was afraid that the rain would have an impact on him if it fell on him.

"Go and come back quickly."

He followed the route he took yesterday and passed through the gate of Shili Yangguang.

After exploring all afternoon yesterday, the surrounding map was already very familiar to him.

But he suddenly stopped. Unlike the empty streets yesterday, there were zombies visible to the naked eye wandering outside.

1,2,3,4

Including the dying zombie paralyzed on the roadside, there are four in total wandering on the road.

They walked aimlessly, like a group of lonely ghosts.

"Did you come from that way?"

Jingyuan looked at the end of the road. There was a residential area over there. Like Shili Yangguang, it had not been bombed. At least in his field of vision, he did not see any collapsed buildings or high-rise ruins there.

"But why didn't we see them wandering around yesterday?"

Yesterday, he spent the whole afternoon picking up garbage outside, and he didn't even see a wandering zombie. The few zombies he encountered just stood there stupidly, waiting for him to make a noise when he got close to him.

Is it because of the sunshine?

Jingyuan looked up again.

The only difference between today and yesterday is the sunshine.

It was a sunny day all day yesterday, with plenty of sunshine always shining on the land.

So, sunlight will make zombies inactive, and conversely, on cloudy days, zombies will slowly become active?

Or is it due to temperature changes?

Jingyuan thought that there must be a reason for suddenly seeing zombies moving.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, it’s like when the sun comes out in winter, there will be more people in the park, but when it’s cloudy, you won’t see anyone.

It seems that we need to pay extra attention on cloudy days in the future.

The wind became stronger again, blowing Jingyuan's bangs upward, revealing his broad forehead, and the ropes on both sides of the hood of his sweatshirt floated behind him in the wind.

Sand and soil were flying, and tiny pebbles on the ground collided among a hazy layer of gravel fragments.

Wuwuwu, the wind sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling echoed in the streets.

Jingyuan grabbed the two ropes on his sweatshirt and tied a knot in front of his chest.

The weather was not suitable for going out. It looked like the rainstorm was about to brew and it would pour down soon. Fortunately, he didn't run too far.

He stared at a zombie walking directly opposite, untied the hemp rope around his waist, and took off the spear on his back.

I went out just to test the gun, and it just so happened that it didn’t take much effort.

Before it rains, kill two hot hands first.

The zombie was about fifteen meters away from Jingyuan. Jingyuan slowly walked towards it while observing, not rushing to attack first.

This is a zombie with intact limbs. All the hair on the scalp has fallen off, leaving only a few dry hairs. It is shriveled and fragile. It walks slowly like an old man. Its jaw seems to be dislocated and cannot be closed, revealing a jet-black hair.

There are fangs, sharp nails on the hands, and black blood vessels protruding from the rough skin like sandpaper.

Taking a closer look, this appearance is indeed very scary.

Only then did Jingyuan realize that this zombie was not wandering aimlessly, it was attracted.

The sound of wind, the rustling of leaves, and the collision of stones on the ground. When these sounds appear around it, it will follow the sound and change its direction.

The direction of these noisy sounds keeps changing, turning it into a fly scurrying around.

Jingyuan felt that his approach could not arouse the zombie's interest.

Even if he walked within five meters of the zombie, it would still chase the ethereal environmental sounds. As long as Jingyuan didn't make a loud noise, it would treat Jingyuan as nothing.

It seems to regard Jingyuan as a kindred spirit.

Jingyuan raised his arm and smelled the smell on his body. There was no rancid smell, but there was a musty smell that seemed to have been left in the attic for a long time and had never seen the sun, as well as the smell of soil, gunpowder smoke and dried blood.

Is it because he doesn't have the breath of a living creature, so he doesn't take him seriously?

Sure enough, what attracted the zombies yesterday was the aura of living creatures on Xiao Bai's body.

After verifying his conjecture, he decided to take action.

The barrel of the gun hit the asphalt and made a crisp buzzing sound.

The zombies were immediately attracted to him and came over screaming.

Jingyuan took a deep breath, held the water pipe gun tightly with both hands, and waited for the zombies to enter his attack range before thrusting out with all his might.

There was a flash of black light, and the gun tip penetrated deeply into the zombie's sunken eye socket, exploding its protruding eyeball.

The zombie's claws suddenly clawed wildly, but the 1.5-meter barrel kept it at a safe distance from Jingyuan. No matter how much it waved its arms, it could only catch the air and the barrel.

The vitality of zombies is really tenacious. Even if the tip of a gun pierces its brain, it will not die immediately.

Jingyuan looked at the ugly monster struggling in front of him, clenched his teeth, and twisted his wrist violently, causing the tip of the spear that penetrated the zombie's skull to stir.

Finally, the zombie's arms dropped down and completely lost its movement.

He pulled out the tip of the iron spear, and the eye socket turned into a deep black hole, with black and sticky blood slowly flowing out.

The zombie slowly fell to the ground, its head facing Jingyuan, with a white eye without a pupil, and a black hole dripping with black blood. The two extreme contrasts made Jingyuan feel a chill in his heart, but then

He held the barrel of the gun tighter.

He raised his head and looked at the other two zombies not far away. They followed the sound of the wind and came to a cypress sapling. They stretched out their hands and unconsciously scratched the leaves on the branches.

Taking firm and slow steps, Jingyuan approached them step by step from behind.
Chapter completed!