Chapter 8 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Ouroboros
Chapter 8
When the video found in the communicator was played by Ji Yushi, everyone shuddered.
The man in the video was also showing signs of change just like the drifter and the management staff just now—– His eyes were grey and turbid, his skin was covered in prominent blue-green blood vessels and he clamoured to tear his wife apart.
“The video was recorded one month ago.”
Unlike the others who expressed shock, Ji Yushi’s tone was calm.
He acted very brave and mature, as if the person who couldn’t unscrew a bottle cap just now wasn’t him.
“Zombies!!”
“If it’s really a zombie, how many of them are out there?!”
“Fuck, no wonder it’s so weird here!”
“That was a video from a month ago!”
Familiar sounding exclamations sounded in the office.
As the teammates discussed, Ji Yushi only silently took another sip of water. Only then did the terrible feeling of powerlessness fade. He spoke slowly, “The communicator has no internet, but I just received a message. It was probably sent to us.”
“The message was sent to the deceased’s communicator, but the message is for us?”
“Yes.”
“Open it.”
Song Qinglan said.
Ji Yushi turned on the holographic projection.
[Welcome Guardians from Star Era 1456. Welcome to PU-31.]
[The transfer this time has been locked in. Unlocked after mission is successful.]
[Mission mode: Ouroboros.]
[Mission rule: Death elimination]
At this moment, Tang Le shouted, “Everyone, look!”
Outside the window, a black wall suddenly appeared, connecting the sky with the ground. It spread all the way from the direction they had just come from.
“Beep——–” The communicator let out a final reminder.
[Mission objective: Chaser of darkness.]
Everyone was horrified.
Amidst all the discussions, Song Qinglan found a broom and poked it into the black wall. When he took it back out, the part of the broom that had pierced through the black wall was completely gone, as if it was ‘eaten up’.
“What did the mission rules say?”
“De-death elimination.” Someone answered.
“It’s good that we know.” Song Qinglan turned to everyone and said sternly, “Pick up your weapons and try not to die on me. Since we can’t go back anyway, let’s figure out what this PU-31 is.”
*
“What’s wrong with Advisor Ji?”
Duan Wen looked back at Ji Yushi who had already returned to the middle of the team. He stood there, tall and straight, and was very silent. He didn’t look like he was the one who was scared just now by the corpse in the management office.
Through the private communication channel, Song Qinglan suggested lightly, “Ask yourself?”
Duan Wen let out a small sigh, “Forget it. What if he asks me to open a bottle for him?”
Song Qinglan’s tone changed slightly, “So?”
One wouldn’t pluck a hair from a tiger and Duan Wen also didn’t dare joke with his captain, “Uh, I will still help him. It is our responsibility to help our teammates.”
Song Qinglan assessed, “Less useless talk.”
Duan Wen: “In fact, I hope that we can be more friendly by the time we return to write our reports so that our ratings don’t drop because of the team’s disharmony……”
Duan Wen was still chattering when Song Qinglan suddenly stopped and made a fist gesture.
“Wait.”
His voice sounded in the public channel.
Everyone looked ahead.
On the roads of the deserted and uninhabited city, a group of people appeared.
It was the end of summer. The morning six o’clock sun passed through the concrete forest, casting a golden glow on the charred asphalt road.
The dazzling light was like a dividing line, dividing between the mortal world and hell.
It was a group of zombies.
They didn’t notice the small squad quietly approaching in the distance and their attention was on the bloody corpse in the centre. Excited growls emitted from the depths of their throats as they scrambled to eat it like wild beasts.
The flesh, limbs and internal organs were all torn apart and devoured. The terrible sound of chewing could clearly be heard from a distance of only seven or eight metres.
“Ahhh!!!”
A scream sounded.
Behind the squad, a woman frantically rushed out of a building and closely following behind her were twenty or thirty zombies, reaching out trying to tear her apart.
That scream alerted the feasting zombies ahead.
The squad watched those feasting zombies toss the corpse aside and rush over towards them!
“Fuck!”
Someone cursed and soon following that, someone said, “Save her!”
‘Bang, bang, bang’. Several gunshots sounded. Three or four zombies behind the woman fell and at the same time, the other teammates also opened fire at the zombies rushing towards them.
The sound of gunshots echoed through the silent and empty city. Like a drop of water falling into a pan of hot oil, countless zombies emerged from the shadows!
“Go, go, go!!”
“Hurry!!”
The gunfire was deafening.
“Cap Song?!” Duan Wen shouted, “Let’s go!”
Song Qinglan stood in place. He seemed to be waiting for something. His body exuded a compelling aura.
When the woman was just a few steps away, a cold light flashed, and the woman suddenly fell onto her knees, collapsing onto the ground.
With the cover of the teammates, Song Qinglan strode over and pulled out his military knife from the woman’s forehead.
Fresh blood flowed out from the woman’s wide-open eyes. Her grey and turbid eyes were just like those of the zombies that were chasing after her a few seconds ago. Part of her ear was missing and there were also clear tooth marks there.