Chapter 126： Doomsday Extra Story (4)

After a long time, Mu Feibai murmured and asked, "Why can't we go back together? Can't we end the survey?"

Qiu Yu looked at him sharply.

But after a while, it gradually softened again.

He took a deep breath slowly and said, "If you want to go back, you can go with them. I didn't intend to take you with me on this mission."

"I don't want to go back!" Mu Feibai said anxiously, "I don't think you have to take this risk! In the few battles just now, it was obvious that the mutated beasts were guarding there. There must be something there. Let's take this news back. Isn't that enough? Wait until next time..."

"I don't need to take risks?" Qiu Yu interrupted him, "If I don't go this time, I have to go in next time. We don't have so many weapons and ammunition to clean up the surrounding mutant beasts. The only way is to go straight with a sharp knife. Even Next time you come, next time you come, you can’t escape what you should do.”

Without waiting for Mu Feibai to refute, Qiu Yu said again: "There are some things that must be done by someone."

Yes, some things have to be done by someone.

Qiu Yu is such a person, he would rather face the danger of his own life, sacrifice everything of himself, and contribute his all to the future of mankind... even if that so-called future is just an illusory "possibility".

Mu Feibai stared at Qiu Yu, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.

That's right, from the time Qiu Yu made concessions for Oga of the Star Alliance, he should have known that Qiu Yu was such a person.

And it was Qiu Yu who he admired, admired and pityed.

"There is no time to delay." Qiu Yu's steady voice sounded in Mu Feibai's ear, "Get ready to go. Mu Feibai, you—"

"Together with you." Mu Feibai took a step towards Qiu Yu without hesitation.

Under the leadership of Qiu Yu, three extremely outstanding fighters rushed towards the central area of ​​the dense forest at extreme marching speed. Even if they were surrounded by mutant beasts on the road, they never stopped. When there are many people in the team, there are many advantages, and there are fewer people, and there are also advantages of fewer people. The marching rhythm is more flexible, and the command transmission speed is faster, which is more suitable for adapting to changes.

Soon, the four of them touched the border of the central area of ​​the dense forest—under a purple-brown mutated jungle that covered the sky and the sun, several clusters of green sprouts actually grew!

Qiu Yu was shocked, and immediately rushed forward, carefully digging up the small cluster of sprouts together with the soil below, and put them into the container prepared in advance.

The legendary new student... is actually real!

He suddenly felt a little dazed, as if he couldn't believe that things could go so smoothly, and he actually got the samples. Then all you need to do next is-

However, in the next moment, an exclamation accompanied by Mu Feibai's roar sounded behind Qiu Yu!

Qiu Yu felt something knocked away not far behind him. He turned around in astonishment, but saw a scene that shocked him—

Except for Mu Feibai, the other two soldiers who followed the team had problems. One of them was holding his neck, blood gushing out from it, and he was about to die. The other person was pinned to the ground by Mu Feibai, his wrist was broken, and the blood-stained knife fell to the ground. The person let out gasps of unknown meaning from his throat, his saliva was dripping, and he stared at Qiu Yu with red eyes. The container with the sprouts in his hand.

"Mutation!" Mu Feibai's voice was dry, "Human... mutated?!"

"Yeah." Qiu Yu quickly calmed down, "Kill him."

"...What?" Mu Feibai was stunned.

Without much nonsense, Qiu Yu drew out the dagger at his waist, flipped his wrist, and threw it like a throwing knife, stabbing firmly into the mutant warrior's throat.

The man struggled a few times for the last time, and finally fell limply to the ground, motionless.

Mu Feibai was still in shock.

Qiu Yu frowned, for a moment, then sighed softly: "I haven't seen you for many years..."

Yes, humans can mutate too.

In the first few years when the erosion disaster just came, the biggest threat to the social order was actually the mutated human beings, not the mutated beasts gathered in a large scale today.

It is said that at that time, densely populated cities were more like purgatory than the mountainous areas where erosion originated. Erosion mutations would spread everywhere through birds, mosquitoes, and even water sources, and it was almost impossible to guard against. If you want to live well, you can only clean the surrounding environment carefully and kill mosquitoes. All water must be boiled for more than ten minutes, including when washing clothes and bodies. There is a possibility of infection variants.

Human beings have been fighting against this weird and overbearing erosion mutation for more than thirty years, and finally developed a drug that can completely resist the mutation, saving human beings from the panic of mutation.

Qiu Yu remembered that when he was five or six years old, he saw a mutant human being during combat training, but he never saw it again. Gradually, everyone stopped talking about mutant humans, and their main enemies became mutant beasts and evil armed forces.

But he didn't expect that when he met a human mutation again, it was actually his own comrade in arms.

What's even more creepy is that in this area, the medicine that resists mutations has lost its effect.

Qiu Yu's eyes moved to Mu Feibai, and fell on his hands stained with bright red blood, his heart tightened.

"Wash your hands clean! Quick!" His expression changed suddenly, he strode forward, took out the drinking water hanging on his waist, unscrewed the bottle cap, and was about to pour it into Mu Feibai's hand—

But Mu Feibai resisted it.

"You're crazy!" Mu Feibai's face was full of disbelief, "Is the drinking water used to wash your hands?!"

"Release!" Qiu Yu said anxiously, "You touched his blood, you must wash it off! You don't even know how powerful erosion and mutation are!"

"I've already touched it." Mu Feibai snatched the water bottle from Qiu Yu's hand, screwed the lid back on and handed it back, "I already had a wound on my hand, and his blood had already splashed in, if it mutated, it would be contagious... I can't escape."

Qiu Yu had never felt this way before, as if a knife had been stabbed into his heart, the pain rushed to his limbs instantly, and his nose and eye sockets felt sore.

It's not like he hasn't lost a comrade in arms, even just now, he personally killed a comrade who was unfortunately infected with the mutation.

But...why?

Why did he think that Mu Feibai might also be infected with the mutation, but he didn't know what to do for a moment?

This is the child he rescued, the child he watched grow up, and the child he taught and trained.

How could he watch this child being corroded and infected...to become such a monster who lost his humanity and only knew how to hunt and bite instinctively.

Mu Feibai raised his hand towards Qiu Yu.

Then he took it back silently, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Brother, the sample has been taken, can we return?"

Qiu Yu swallowed his dry throat, and wanted to say something, but in the end he only uttered a dull voice: "En."

Mu Feibai took two steps back, and said with a smile: "On the way back, remember not to turn your back on me. If you find out that there is something wrong with me, just... just like killing him just now... just don't hesitate."

Qiu Yu blinked hard twice, suppressing the strange soreness and heat.

However, neither of them expected that the return journey would not be smooth. The herd of mutated beasts that had been preventing them from approaching the central area of ​​the forest before actually started to prevent them from leaving, chasing and intercepting them along the way, more violent and dense than before.

In addition, Mu Feibai suddenly developed a high fever for some reason, and his whole body was a little dizzy, breaking out became an extremely difficult task.

Mu Feibai always thought that he was stained with mutant human blood, and he didn't know when he would lose his humanity, so he never dared to get too close to Qiu Yu.

After breaking through the mutated beast group again, Mu Feibai looked at the few wounds on Qiu Yu's body to protect him, feeling bitter in his heart.

"Captain." He called out in a low voice, "You...go on your own."

Qiu Yu suddenly turned around, feeling a little angry for some reason: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Mu Feibai was so hot that his whole body was weak, he was staggering to the point of being unable to stand up, and his voice was a little weak: "I'm holding you back...you alone...break through, it's faster than taking me with you, and it's also safer."

As he said that, he fell back suddenly, leaned against a piece of purple-brown mutated vines, panted, and continued: "You said it yourself, among us... There must be one person... to understand what he saw. , Take the collected samples... safely back."

The truth... is this truth.

Qiu Yu knew very well that Mu Feibai was right. Given the current physical condition of the two of them and the violentness of the mutant beasts around them, the success rate of breaking through alone is higher than fighting side by side.

And he has not experienced the cruel situation of having to abandon his teammates.

The roar of the mutant beast and the sound of footsteps approached again.

Mu Feibai looked at Qiu Yu with tenderness in his eyes: "Captain, let's go."

However, looking at Mu Feibai like this, what came to Qiu Yu's mind was the big boy lying on the bed who was seriously injured, holding his hand and pleadingly—"Brother, don't leave me..."

Qiu Yu closed his eyes.

When he opened it again, there was bitterness and helplessness in his eyes.

When the first mutant beast rushed out from the dense forest, Qiu Yu approached Mu Feibai without hesitation, and threw his backpack out with his hands!

He pulled Mu Feibai up, he couldn't help but put Mu Feibai on his back, regardless of any blood stains, and rushed out of the beasts' encirclement when he found a gap.

"You...!" Mu Fei was stunned, "You still have samples in your bag, why... lost them!"

"Shut up!" Qiu Yu gritted his teeth.

Mu Feibai struggled again: "I have a fever... Maybe I really got infected... It's too dangerous for you to carry me behind your back, hurry... put me down..."

This time Qiu Yu didn't speak.

With Mu Feibai on his back, under the siege and interception of the mutated beasts, he tried his best to fight for a way out.

By this time it was already dark.

According to the plan, they should have returned to the outskirts of the dense forest long ago.

However, the herd did not leave this opportunity for Qiu Yu and Mu Feibai.

—When he was forced to a dead end by the mutated beasts for the last time, Qiu Yu took Mu Feibai and accidentally fell into a sinkhole covered by plant branches and leaves.

When he felt weightless under his feet, Qiu Yu couldn't help laughing at himself:

After so many years of fighting, he thought that he was used to seeing life and death, and would no longer be influenced by any emotion to judge the battle situation... But he never thought that he would also be in chaos because of someone.

Even, even the task was given up.

He actually...will throw away the hopes of all mankind for that one person.

If an unprofessional fighter like him really died here, even if he was scolded by the world, he deserved it.

It's just that it shouldn't hurt a good boy.