Apocalyptic Island - Chapter 14

Chapter 14

The fish person’s skin looked even more slimy and disgusting. Wen Yishu couldn’t help but let her imagination run wild. Where was Ling Shuang?

Had she already been eaten?

Even she, who was on guard, would not have noticed without their warning. What about Ling Shuang?

No one noticed her missing. Had she been eaten?

The people outside had walked away. The light spots on the quantum computer stopped in a corner, seemingly wondering why they couldn’t see her.

You Ning put her hand down, looked out the window, and after confirming that they had walked away, she pulled down the cover and led Wen Yishu inside.

The two of them sat face to face in the light of the flashlight. You Ning was the first to speak: “Why did you come down? Are you hurt anywhere?”

Her voice was very soft, as if she was forcing it out of her throat, but Wen Yishu could still hear the strong concern in her tense tone.

She shook her head: “I’m fine. I messaged you, why didn’t you reply?”

You Ning let out a long breath and pointed at her quantum computer with her finger: “I was looking outside and didn’t notice that you messaged me.”

Wen Yishu was thinking about the people outside and couldn’t help but feel a little anxious. After seeing that she was fine, she couldn’t help but stand up to message them and walk toward the door.

You Ning grabbed her and slowly shook her head at her: “You’d better not go out now. As long as this Variant hasn’t found a target, the people around it are safe.”

Out of trust for her friend, Wen Yishu stopped.

Indeed, the Variant did not attack people at the beginning. She wanted to send the message, but You Ning stopped her again: “I suggest you don’t. Now that they haven’t discovered the Variant, the Variant won’t riot.”

Wen Yishu concluded two points from this: the fish person’s attack characteristics. She felt that You Ning was right. The fish person who tricked her before was also like this.

Wen Yishu did not ask her in detail why she knew. Just looking at the central lounge, she knew that this must be a lesson learned with blood and tears.

Of course, she also noticed if the person in front of her was abnormal. You Ning looked completely normal and was the person she was familiar with.

She didn’t know how far the fish person’s change had progressed. If it could answer questions like You Ning, then humans were truly finished.

The consequence of not being able to distinguish between a companion and an enemy was that everyone would be killed. However, You Ning told her that this was just a low-level illusionary method. Only people who were blinded by the illusion at the same time at the scene would not be able to see the person next to them.

As soon as another person appeared, this illusionary function would fail and would not affect the person who saw it. This was also the reason why You Ning dared to pull her in.

Wen Yishu messaged Ling Shuang, feeling a little uneasy. The light spots on the map started to move again.

But Ling Shuang’s message came: “Xiao Wen, where are you? I got separated from you.”

At this moment, she realized that Ling Shuang’s “where are you” was not just referring to her, but that she was also separated from the main group.

Wen Yishu thought about getting Ling Shuang over first and then waiting to make a long-term plan about the light spot outside.

But the fish person would no longer give her time. Footsteps were approaching again.

Wen Yishu heard the conversation faintly coming from outside the door: “I thought it was here. Why is it gone?”

Huo Xiaoguan’s voice was a little confused. The footsteps stopped at the door.

The one-way glass push door at the entrance opened a small crack. The blue light from the screen shone on the faces of a few people. The lights in this part of the corridor seemed to be broken and never turned on. Only the parts of their bodies above their heads could be seen.

The scene looked a little bizarre. Wen Yishu turned to look at You Ning and whispered: “There’s no other way. We have to fight. I’ve already attacked this fish head before. It’s just a matter of one kick.”

You Ning was still a little nervous. Although the two of them still had a lot of information to confirm, the people were already at the door, so there was no way to continue talking.

The two of them had already set their sights on the door. Bai Mi’s display goggles locked onto the door in front of her in an instant.

Wen Yishu could almost imagine the sound of Aix ringing in her ears.

She took a deep breath, made a quick decision, and opened the door. It was now!

The two of them rushed out at almost the same time, with a tacit understanding from years of cooperation.

Wen Yishu almost arrived in front of them, and Bai Mi and Huo Xiaoguan were pushed away by her. She kicked the fish head.

Huo Xiaoguan only saw Ling Shuang being kicked hard by Wen Yishu with a look of surprise. Her face was deformed from the pain. She didn’t know if the fish person’s weight was too heavy, but this kick only made it retreat two steps and didn’t create much distance between them.

Seeing that its identity was exposed, the fish person no longer pretended. That completely changed flat head opened its big mouth and pounced on Wen Yishu.

You Ning grabbed her shoulder and gave it another hard kick. The recoil also made her retreat two steps.

This time, the fish person was sent flying very far, like a broken wooden bucket. It rolled a few times on the ground and finally hit the wall and stopped.

Wen Yishu high-fived her: “You’re amazing, Xiao Ning!”

The corners of You Ning’s mouth curved up: “It was just a matter of convenience.”

Huo Xiaoguan stepped forward excitedly: “Xiao Wen, are you okay? What’s going on? Where’s Ling Shuang?”

Wen Yishu: “She got separated from you. Didn’t you notice?”

Huo Xiaoguan’s face instantly turned pale. This “Ling Shuang” had been with them all along. She didn’t even know when she had separated from her.

She looked down at the hand that had just grabbed Ling Shuang’s and saw that it had become sticky. She disgustedly shook the mucus from her hand and then saw the message Ling Shuang had sent her on her quantum computer.

“Xiao Guan, where are you? I ran and then you were gone. How do we meet up? Xiao Guan, I’m a little scared. The monsters seem to be outside the door.”

The group opened their location sharing with Ling Shuang while they ran, and told her to wait for them where she was.

The terrain below was complex, and the people next to them were not necessarily safe. The only way was to use this笨办法 to identify whether the person next to them was a companion.

Wen Yishu simply took the flamethrower from her backpack and held it in her hand as a precaution. At this point, running seemed to have become a habit for her, and it was no longer so difficult.

She followed everyone’s pace closely. The two light spots were getting closer, but the lights in the corridor in front of them were on.

Wen Yishu had a bad feeling in her heart. Sure enough, the door to Ling Shuang’s room was already open, and there were three fish heads standing in front of her.

She was excitedly saying something to them. Wen Yishu saw it from afar. She looked at Bai Mi, sped up her pace with the flamethrower, and started spraying fire at the fish heads.

The smell of burnt rotten meat and stench immediately filled the air. Ling Shuang was pulled back by Huo Xiaoguan so she wouldn’t foolishly be engulfed by the flames.

She had just been in the joy of finding her companions. In a blink of an eye, a few identical people appeared and burned all the companions in front of her to death.

She felt like the experience she had just had was like a dream. At the same time, her hand suddenly started to hurt.

It seemed that not only her vision was fooled just now. She looked down at her hand and saw that it was smeared with blood.

A piece of flesh on her hand had been bitten off at some point. Huo Xiaoguan was startled. Looking at Ling Shuang’s teary eyes, she couldn’t say anything else.

Under the power of the flamethrower, the fish heads were quickly burned to death. But this was not like the plant-like Variants above. The mucus on them was only dried at first when it came into contact with the flames. Although it was painful, it did not cause any fatal danger.

You Ning added a few more stabs, and then it was finally completely dead.

The group walked into the open room and collapsed on the ground. Some rested, and some treated their wounds.

Bai Mi took out some gauze from who knows where in her backpack and bandaged Ling Shuang’s entire hand. Fortunately, the wound was not deep. Only a little bit of skin was bitten off. It looked scary, but the bleeding stopped quickly.

“Xiao Ning, have you seen the minister and the others?” Wen Yishu asked.

You Ning bit the water bag and took a sip, saying vaguely: “I don’t know. We were all in the central lounge, but after the Variant started to slaughter, everyone ran away. I don’t know where the minister is.”

Her eyes fell on the flamethrower in Wen Yishu’s hand. She asked: “This seems to be a controlled weapon, right? Why are you suddenly playing with this?”

Wen Yishu: “My team leader gave it to me. She got a gun license before.”

You Ning looked suspiciously at the woman who was bandaging Ling Shuang. Wen Yishu might not know this, but although the flamethrower license was said to be obtainable by anyone, it was impossible to get so many ammunition supplies without a military background.

Looking at how the two of them were just now, it was clear that they were not short on supplies.

Her family had connections in the high-level government of Rong City, and they might not even be able to purchase such controlled weapons on a large scale.

She had never heard of anyone in Rhine having this kind of background, let alone such a small team leader.

But there were many people here now, so You Ning could only quietly size up the other person.

Bai Mi’s figure was a bit thin. She was 1.7 meters tall, but she looked a little thinner than You Ning, who was the same height.

She seemed to have noticed You Ning’s gaze. Those extremely indifferent eyes looked over.

You Ning subconsciously avoided her gaze. Wen Yishu had told her that her direct superior was extremely cold in her dealings with people and did not socialize with people like them at all.

Those indifferent eyes only stayed on her for a second and then turned back, with no intention of saying anything more.

Looking at Wen Yishu who was frantically drinking water, You Ning couldn’t help but remember the rumor that Bai Mi was an android robot. It must be difficult to get along with such a cold person, right? A hint of sympathy arose in her.

You Ning leaned closer to her and said in a voice that was not too loud or too soft: “Come and live with me.”

Wen Yishu looked at her strangely: “What’s wrong? Are you scared to sleep alone?”

The two of them did not deliberately lower their voices, so everyone present could hear them.

Especially Ling Shuang, who stuck her head out and looked over. She also looked at the team leader who was bandaging her with concern.

She didn’t understand why Xiao Wen’s friend would try to poach a roommate at this critical moment, especially since her roommate was the team leader.

Bai Mi calmly cleaned the wound, applied the medicine, and bandaged it up, seemingly without any emotion from her words.

You Ning smiled a little at her friend’s words. Although she just wanted Wen Yishu to be safer by her side, she still went along with what she said.

“A little. It’s a good thing you came to find me today. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t know what to do alone.”

Wen Yishu was stunned when she heard this. She turned to look at her, trying to determine if her words were true from her eyes.

Ling Shuang was listening intently and didn’t notice that Bai Mi, who was neatly bandaging her hand, had inexplicably increased her force. She couldn’t help but cry out in pain: “Oh my god, be gentle! You’re cutting off the blood! Team Leader, you’re cutting off my blood!”

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