Read Novel Full Chapter 869: The Herders ( 2 )
Chapter 869: The Herders ( 2 )
Seeing Pei Yixie was so angry, the fire in Li Sikai’s heart suddenly disappeared. He let out a chuckle and rubbed her head. "Alright, you already injured their legs. There is no need for you to be so angry."
Pei Yixie was disgusted by those people’s thoughts and said, "Brother Sikai, you are too kind. Those people should be killed. They deserve to die. You don’t know how dirty their minds are. This is not the first time for them to do this kind of thing."
When he heard her words, Li Sikai went silent for a moment and asked, "Are you saying that they not only thought about this but actually did it before?"
Pei Yixie nodded and asked, "Brother Sikai, we don’t have anything to do right now. How about we go check the surrounding area and help those pitiful people?"
Raising his eyebrows, Li Sikai said, "When you first joined the team, you were not this kind-hearted."
"Back then was back then. Now is now. I have learned to be an upright person from you," Pei Yixie spouted rainbow farts without blushing at all.
Li Sikai looked at her mischievous smile and shook his head helplessly. Although she was not as calm as before, this was also good. As a teenager, she should act like one. Being naughty and mischievous sometimes was fine.
"We should inform the Captain first and bring more members with us. We are unfamiliar with this area, so it’s better to be more careful."
Hearing this, Pei Yixie knew that he had agreed. Besides her brother, Zhang Yuan, and Qin Luzi, the one who held authority was Li Sikai. As long as she could get one of them to go with her, she was sure that her brother would agree.
With this thought, she nodded and said, "I will go ask Brother Fu to go with us."
Li Sikai nodded and petted her head, "Go ahead."
While Pei Yixie went to recruit Fu Guai, he went to find his Captain.
Seeing his arrival, Jin Xuyan asked, "What’s wrong?"
Sitting beside him, Li Sikai said, "Captain, I want to go out and investigate something."
"Did you find something from that group?"
He nodded and explained, "I noticed signs of mutation in several of them. Also, Yixie said that they captured a lot of women and men."
Jin Xuyan went silent for a moment and asked, "Are you worried that they used those people for breeding?"
They had gone to conflict areas where war had been raging for years and witnessed countless acts that trampled on human rights.
That was when the world was still ruled by laws. Now that the order had collapsed, they could imagine the worst-case scenario was actually happening.
Li Sikai nodded and said, "I also feel something is wrong with this place. It has been almost a year since the apocalypse. By rights, the supplies should be able to last for three to five years."
"But when we checked the buildings before, we found nothing, which means that this area has been swept clean. Without supplies and farming, how did those people survive?"
Without the need for details, Jin Xuyan understood his meaning.
When they arrived, the number of mutant beasts was not low, and they were also of a high level. If they survived by hunting mutant beasts, it would be impossible for the mutant beasts to grow so strong.
With all the hints connected, there was only one answer: cannibalism.
Reaching this conclusion, Jin Xuyan’s eyes turned cold. After a moment of silence, he said, "Bring more members with you. If the situation is dangerous, retreat first."
"Understood."
After he received his Captain’s permission, Li Sikai called Feng Yun, Cheng Rui, and Jian Ziqin to go with him. Added with Pei Yixie and Fu Guai, there were a total of six members going on this investigation mission.
Since the road was damaged, Feng Yun took out the motorbikes from his space. He had filled the tanks before, and it was more than enough for them to travel far.
They checked their emergency supplies and weapons before they rode the motorbikes and left the building.
At the same time, Jiao Lizhi and Du Beiye had reached the city center.
It took them a long time to map the city because they stopped to kill scattered zombies, mutant plants, and mutant beasts. Besides that, they also collected some supplies and underground gas tanks from the gas station.
The supplies were mostly contaminated by the zombie virus, but it was not a problem for them. As long as they were stored in Jiao Lizhi’s space, her System would turn the virus into energy and absorb it.
As for the underground gas tanks, they took them away because they didn’t find any survivors even after they traveled for more than 50 kilometers.
Standing under the road sign, Du Beiye turned to her sister and said, "Sister, something is wrong with this place."
Jiao Lizhi nodded and replied, "From the information we have, this Second Colony should have more than 12 million people."
"Considering the zombies trapped in the building and those we killed just now, the number does not even reach 50,000. It is impossible for so many people to disappear suddenly."
After a moment of pause, she thought, "Could it be that these people were captured by the Organization or taken by those bugs?"
Du Beiye thought about this possibility and nodded. "The chance for this to happen is high. Those bugs love to eat human flesh. Thinking about it, they are no different from the zombies."
When Jiao Lizhi heard this, a thought flashed in her mind, but it disappeared before she could grasp it. She frowned but didn’t insist on thinking about it now.
"Gaia, scan the area. See if there is a hidden Sthanam mine."
Hearing this, Du Beiye was taken aback and asked, "Sister, are you saying that there is a Sthanam mine in this place?"
"The Great Commander said there are two mines in this place. The reason I came here is to take away the crystals," Jiao Lizhi nodded.
Du Beiye looked at her sister for a moment before she said, "Could it be that the attack on Red Cliff Base has something to do with these mines?"