Chapter 41: 41st

The human skull rolled hurriedly to Shen Shi'an's feet. He didn't need to take a closer look and immediately discovered that it was a zombies' skull.
The left hand quickly dropped the backpack, holding the sword handle with his backhand, the cold light flashed, and the sword came out of the sheath.
The "stop" man was so anxious that he wanted to rush over to grab the head and didn't dare to act lightly. He could only look at Shen Shian and begged "Don't kill him, I beg you don't kill him. He hasn't harmed anyone, I just want to take him with me. Capital "
Shen Shi'an paused and carefully looked at the head of the head that was cut off from the throat. The broken part was tightly wrapped with black canvas. The blood vessel air cavity was not visible. A circle was usually worn on the mouth to prevent it from biting people. Penny masks cover a part of the face, but if you look closely at the eyebrows, you can find some similarities with young men.
This human head is obviously zombified, because the brain has not been destroyed, and it still maintains the basic activity and the desire for flesh and blood. Even if the mouth is covered, it still rolls on the ground and tries to bite and eat.
The most surprising thing is that there is no sign of decay and decomposition on this head, and the age is not more than 15 years old. If it is not the clearly visible black and blue blood vessels under the skin and the turbid and congested eyeballs, it looks like it has passed unknowingly. Any way to hide the normal teenager below the neck. The rancidity and smell of the zombie head were very light, and they were actually tightly packed in the backpack, so Shen Shi'an didn't notice it, but the smell was much earlier than his sensitive search.
He thought that the children had been staring at other people's backpacks because they were mischievous and unruly, but he did not expect that the dog spirit had long noticed danger, so he exposed the zombies hidden in the dark.
"Mr. Shen," the man saw that Shen Shi'an stopped his motion and hurriedly continued. "I'm really not malicious. I don't want to hurt someone with this head. You also saw it. His mouth was covered and he couldn't bite. I I ask you never to kill him. "
Shen Shi'an glanced at him, shouted the child to himself, then stepped back, the sword re-entered the sheath, and said to the man, "Pick it back."
The man seemed unbelievable, but immediately lifted his head up, gently and carefully, and even carefully wiped the dust off his head. But the human head has no reason and no consciousness. After being transformed into a zombie, all that remains in the body is only the craving for fresh flesh. Therefore, even if this zombie's head had anything to do with a man before his death, this time also Don't remember, struggling fiercely in the man's arms trying to bite.
"Shh, shh" the man touched his hand on the zombie's hair. Incredibly, the zombie was really quiet, and let the man hold it in his arms and no longer move.
Shen Shi'an's sight was condensed. This was the second time that he had witnessed tonight. The man successfully soothed the emotions of the zombies. But how can he communicate with the zombies?
"Thank you," the man said to Shen Shi'an. "Thank you." He knew that this was not an easy decision. The terrible aspects of zombies and zombies viruses need not be repeated. A living zombies' head is undoubtedly an explosive bomb. No one can be sure when it will detonate and affect itself. In his place, I'm afraid I can't easily accept such an occasional bomber's bomb with him for several hours. The so-called hidden danger, naturally, the sooner it is removed, the better. So he sincerely appreciates the other party's willingness to stop when he can easily solve the hidden dangers. For him, this is more than everything.
Shen Shi'an shook his head and said, "Sit down and talk about some questions if you want. I want to ask you questions."
The fire was swaying in the small and large shops, and the beep sound of the occasional burst of firewood was clear and audible. Shen Shi'an took the child and sat with the man on either side of the bonfire.
"Introduce yourself again," Shen Shi'an said. "My surname is Shen, and my name is Shi'an. This is my son Shen Xun." The reason to dare to report the full name is because the other party's situation must avoid the crowd and it is impossible. After entering the security base, it is naturally impossible to know that the military is looking for someone called "Shen Shi'an."
"My surname is Chen, called Chen Nan," the man paused, and pointed to the backpack that had become bulging again. "That is my brother, Chen Jiamu."
"You just said, you want to take this one, you want to take your brother to Beijing"
Chen Nan nodded, probably because the biggest secret was exposed. At this time, he simply unloaded all precautions. "I am a student of the provincial sports school in province b, and a first-level athlete of the provincial track and field team. At the beginning of May this year, there was a large national In track and field competitions, as long as you get a good ranking, you may be selected for the national team. I promised my brother to fight for the national team and take him to live in the capital. He has always wanted to visit the capital.
"Your parents"
"There are no parents, only me and my brother."
Chen Nan did not explain in depth, and Shen Shi'an did not continue to question. He paused and said, "When did your brother become infected?"
"From the beginning of the virus outbreak." Chen Nan lowered her head slightly, stared straight into the firelight, with a low voice, with the low and dumbness unique to young people. "The sports school is fully enclosed training, and you ca n’t leave school at all times. I can't contact the outside world privately. I make a phone call about once a week and go home every half a month. If it is near an important event, the training is more busy, and it is common to not contact the outside world for a month or two. My brother He caught a cold before the virus broke out, but he never told me. I did n’t return home because of training for 28 days. I made two phone calls in the middle and found no abnormality. After the virus outbreak, I was in a hurry. I hurried back, only to find out that he had become a zombie. "
When he returned home, he saved a neighbor. The neighbor told him that Jiamu had caught a cold for more than half a month. He took a leave from school to go home for medical treatment, but the situation was getting worse and worse, he was so weak that he couldn't afford to stay in bed. Can't do it. Fortunately, the neighbor discovered that something was wrong and called the property manager to open the door, which only made him eat a warm meal. But even so, it failed to save his life after the virus broke out.
Shen Shi'an was silent for a while to calm the other side. After a short while, he continued, "If your brother is suffering from the flu, so after the virus broke out, it became the first source of zombie mutations. There is no sign of rot on your head, do you know why? "
Chen Nan shook his head. "I thought about this question, but couldn't find the answer." For some time he even wondered if this meant that Jiamu was "alive" in some way, but he had witnessed that Jiamu had no sense of fresh flesh. His crazy desire and indiscriminate attack are enough to break any of his fantasies.
"I found that you seem to be able to soothe his emotions. Can you communicate with the zombies?"
"No." Chen Nan paused suddenly. After a moment, it seemed as if he finally made up his mind to Shen Shi'an. "I have the power."
"What kind of power" moved in Shen Shian's heart
"I don't know exactly how to define it, but I can give birth to plants." Now that I have opened my mouth, I will say everything. "The potatoes I used to change instant noodles with you are born with abilities."
Sure enough. Shen Shi'an secretly exhaled.
After discovering that Chen Nan collected seeds purposefully and the potatoes were obviously new, he made two guesses. One was that the other party had the same portable space as he could grow, and the other was related to plant growth. Power.
But Shen Shi'an ’s portable space was acquired before the end of the world. Aside from the shocking spiritual springs and exercises, the existence of portable space itself is mysterious and difficult to explain with common sense. There is another person in this world who has the same The probability of space is too low. Under the premise that humans can evolve after the end of the world, it is more reasonable and reasonable to attribute it to abilities.
The reason why he did not ask actively, once this kind of thing is too private, even if he asks the other party in the previous situation, it is impossible for him to tell him, but it will strengthen his alertness to the incident. Moreover, if his guess is wrong, the other party is really I just met a vegetable field with good luck. I collected seeds for self-reliance in cultivating the fields in the future, and rashly asking about powers or space-related things would most likely cause the other party to associate, ignite the upper body, and expose their biggest hole cards.
Now the other party is willing to speak frankly, which is the best result for Shen Shi'an. Chen Nan is the second power man he has met since Ms. Dong in the library, and the power is related to plants, so he has too many questions to understand carefully. "Are there any restrictions on your ability?" He asked Chen Nan, "For example, how long does it take to spawn a potato and how many?"
"It takes about 20 minutes to spawn a potato, and now it can spawn up to four a day." Chen Nan answered honestly, adding that after thinking about it, "but not all four can be eaten, and one must be left to be germinated as a seed. . "
Shen Shian's heart jumped violently, and he couldn't help but clenched his palms for a while. "You mean, you can use the power of potatoes to spawn potatoes, and you can use them as seeds to spawn new potatoes."
Chen Nan nodded.
Shen Shi'an's throat knot moved up and down, her palms sweating slightly, and her head looked down at the children.
Chen Nan's ability is similar to the effect of spiritual spring water on plants in space. But the resulting crops can be replanted, which is not possible in space.
Shen Shi'an tried it as soon as he came out of the library, but whether it is cherry, tomato, or the same as potatoes, as tubers are used for asexual reproduction of sweet potatoes. Once grown, the seeds are planted into the black land again. It will be decomposed and recovered by the soil as an ineffective part like a bare tomato plant.
In other words, no matter how good the variety of crops cultivated in the space is, it is impossible to carry out secondary reproduction. Otherwise, he doesn't need to rush to collect seeds, just leave the tomato seeds and cherry pits and plant them again.
Chen Nan's ability has the effect that space is scarce but cannot be achieved. This raises a question: If it is a plant that Chen Nan cultivated with abilities a second time or even multiple times, can it be planted in the space? Simply, it is to take one of the cherries in the space to Chen Nan at this time. , He gave birth to a new cherry tree by the cherry core, so can the seeds borne on this cherry tree survive in space?
If it can, it means that if they cooperate with each other, he and Chen Nan will have the highest quality and continuous source of seeds.
Of course, this is just an idea. His understanding of Chen Nan is still close to that of a stranger. If cooperating with the other party means bearing unpredictable risks, he would rather eliminate any possibility of cooperation. Although the collection of seeds is slightly delayed for the trip, it is not too much trouble. The safety of the Lingquan and space is the top priority. What's more, among the remaining hundreds of millions of survivors, this kind of ability that can give birth to plants is definitely more than just Chen Nan.
Shen Shi'an quickly stabilized his mind, and continued to ask, "You came here to collect seeds just to use the power to spawn as food."
Chen Nan nodded, not knowing why a few grievances and a hint of fear suddenly appeared in the look. "I don't want to eat potatoes anymore."
Shen Xun interjected, "You have only been eating potatoes"
"Well," said Nan Dao. "I only brought potatoes when I left home, and then I was afraid to go to a crowded place because I was carrying Jiamu. Today is the first time I went into a store to collect seeds."
The child's face was immediately filled with sympathy too bad brother.
Shen Shian asked "How long have you been away from home"
"Today is the thirty-fifth day."
"Thirty-five days, only eat potatoes"
"Well. I cook it when I have it, and I eat it when I'm raw."
Now even Shen Shi'an had to sympathize with him. It was no wonder that his face was so thin and slobbering that he smelled the taste of instant noodles.
After thinking about it for a while, I think something is wrong, but why the seeds you collect are all radish and taro? Compared to tomato melon, it tastes better.
"Because I can only produce tuber vegetables, others cannot bear fruit because they cannot pollinate."
Unable to pollinate
"When you give birth to plants, do you have to give birth in one breath, or can you stop at any stage halfway?"
"You can stop."
"Then why don't you stop after the plants have bloomed and manually help the petals pollinate and then continue to spawn so that it can bear fruit."
Chen Nan's face was empty for a moment. "I didn't think about it."
There was an awkward silence by the campfire for a while.
About half a minute later, Chen Nan touched his nose to break the silence and looked up to Shen Shi'an. "I know that you are collecting seeds. Do you have the same ability as me to give birth to plants?"
Shen Shi'an thought for a while and nodded. "You can understand that, I do have a way to accelerate the growth of plants, but the specific details are complicated and it is not convenient to disclose them in detail. I'm really sorry." Since the existence of the ability to promote plants, does it mean The fruits and vegetables grown in the space can be taken out in the future.
The other side spoke frankly, but he had some reservations. Shen Shian felt a little guilty, said apologizing to Chen Nan, and admonished, "It's not just you who has evolved a power after the end of the world, but only more and more. Abilities will be your biggest hole cards in the last days, and you must never reveal them to others in the future. "
Chen Nan laughed. For the first time under the orange flame, the young man's face revealed the kindness and heartiness he should have been most common at this age. "I know. But you are different. I am not afraid to tell you that you are a good person."
Shen Shian "" Where did this come from?
Think for a moment and pull the topic back again. "You said earlier, the reason why you can soothe your brother's mood is related to your ability."
Chen Nan nodded. In order to prevent Shen Shi'an from understanding, he simply said from the beginning, "After I returned home and found Jiamu became a zombie, I started to have a fever that night. I thought I would also become a zombie. I died at home with Jiamu. I didn't expect to stumble for two or three days, and after waking up, I found that I had a power. Later, I decided to take Jia Mu to Beijing and fulfill the agreement between him and him. Because his zombies turned It's so obvious that I can't take him everywhere, so after discovering that the zombie will not die as long as it doesn't hurt the brain, I tried to cut off his head and put a mask on him to prevent him from biting. Just now In the few days I left home, I often encountered other survivors on the road, and Jiamu started to frantic as soon as he smelled the survivors. I was afraid he would be noticed. I once covered the backpack tightly. I was surprised to find that as long as I go He puts a power into his head and he will be quiet. "
"Enter Ability"
"Yes," Chen Nan worked hard to think about how to explain. "After I evolved the power, it was like an extra thing that didn't exist in my body. This thing can be used to promote plants, and it can also be input into other objects. For example, Jiamu ’s head. It ’s like, it ’s like the internal skills performed on TV. Do you have this feeling?

Shen Shi'an understood. This is similar to the aura in his body.
Through Chen Nan's remarks, at least two conclusions can be drawn. One, contacting the statement of Ms. Dong in the library, it seems that the evolution of abilities and mutation into zombies have the same step, that is, fever. But whether it is Ms. Dong or Chen Nan, both of them have fevers after the virus outbreak. As for the people who had a cold and fever before the virus outbreak, it seems that there are no exceptions, all of them have become zombies. I don't know if there is any connection.
Secondly, the power of the psionicist, like the spiritual spring water in his space, has an attraction similar to or even more than fresh flesh for zombies. Shen Shi'an does not doubt that if he feeds Chen Nan's brother with spring water, he should also be able to temporarily soothe his head.
The problems raised from this conclusion are very many and very complicated. Is there a relationship between the power and the spiritual spring water? The spiritual spring water is essentially a liquefied aura. His exercises can be advanced after absorbing the aura. Can you advance? Why are zombies interested in abilities and spiritual spring water? After consuming abilities or spiritual spring water, can zombies also be advanced to further mutate. He has also become a key target of zombies
These problems are too many and too chaotic to be understood for a while. What is certain is that the reason why Chen Jiamu's head did not rot is that it should not be related to the ability that Chen Nan gave him.
It is not a wise choice to rush to Beijing with a zombie head that can no longer be called "alive" and is highly likely to undergo further mutation. But Shen Shi'an had no choice, nor did he stand to persuade the other party to give up the idea.
Can I still feel the fetters of family, and willingly give everything for this, isn't it the biggest difference between humans and zombies?
He looked at Chen Nan. "You came all the way." Chen Nan's home is less than two hundred kilometers away. According to Chen Nan, he left the home and went on a journey 35 days ago. As the crowd walked a long way, this speed could only be matched by walking.
Chen Nan nodded and shook his head. "At the beginning, I was riding a bicycle for a while, but the tire burst and I couldn't find a place to repair it. Then I could only walk."
Shen Shi'an Road "From here to the capital, there are thousands of miles away."
Chen Nan smiled. "I know, but I have to give it a try. I promised Jiamu before the end of the world but I didn't do it. I want to realize it after the end of the world." He was ready to die halfway, this journey Nominally to fulfill his agreement with Jiamu, in fact, it is also for himself.
He couldn't stay at home anymore. For more than a month, he can't help thinking about it again and again, asking himself if he can go home once, if he can find Jiamu's abnormality, if he can take Jiamu to the hospital in time, if he can do well Taking care of Jiamu does not give him a chance to get sick. Can Jiamu still be alive and well? He dare not imagine how Jiamu can, under the circumstances of being seriously ill, still disguise with his best efforts when talking to him. Normal, I dare not imagine how the weak Jiamu survived every day during his absence. How many times did he not know the illness before the flu and what evil he had suffered? With only the competition and honor left in my mind, leave the most important brother behind
He has to do something, he has to start the journey. He promised Jiamu to take him to see what the Forbidden City looks like, then this is his only goal now. Perhaps the day he died halfway was his end and liberation.
Chen Nan looked at Shen Shi'an, "Where are you, where are you going?"
"Beijing," Shen Shi'an said, "I'm going to find two people."
Chen Nan was a little surprised, and at the same time, he was a little clear. "That must be someone who is very important to you." Because it is important enough, I was willing to take countless risks and meet each other.
After a conversation, the mutual understanding deepened a lot, and the atmosphere was much more harmonious. Shen Shi'an did not expect that Chen Nan was not yet eighteen years old, probably because he was physically strong in training all year round, and his personality was more stable and restrained than his peers. It seemed to be older than his actual age.
Integrating the information he obtained in his heart, Shen Shi'an suddenly remembered one thing: "Have you ever touched the nucleus of a zombie?"
"What" Chen Nan looked confused, "What crystal nucleus"
Shen Shi'an thought for a while, "Wait for me." Then he said to the child, "Be obedient and sit here and don't run around." Then he took the sword and went out.
About ten minutes later, holding the sword back, handed a bright transparent nuclei to Chen Nan "this."
Chen Nan connected the crystal nucleus with curiosity, and looked at the fire. "This is what looks a bit like a diamond."
The voice didn't fall, and the crystal nucleus in the palm suddenly seemed to be a nutrient-dried fruit, turned into a handful of white ashes, and fell cleanly.
Chen Nan's eyes widened "I did nothing"
Shen Xun also opened his eyes wide, why he can absorb
Shen Shi'an's eyes brightened, and he was not completely surprised by this result. "Describe in detail, what happened?"
Chen Nan frowned and tried to think "I just feel that this crystal nucleus is pretty, and then the power in the body suddenly moved without knowing why."
Shen Shi'an said, "Take a closer look at whether the power in your body has increased."
Chen Nan closed her eyes and quickly reopened again, reflecting the astonishing light of fire. "Not much, a little bit, probably a tenth of a potato, but it rose."
Shen Shi'an said with confidence.
The nucleus of a mutated zombie can promote the recovery of the spiritual spring, and it can also promote the ability to increase the ability. Although he could not directly absorb the crystal nucleus like Chen Nan, he could enhance the exercises through the restored Lingquan, which was essentially the same.
"Can you absorb the nuclei, right?" Chen Nan also responded, "You just said, this is the zombie nuclei."
Shen Shian nodded. "The mutant zombies grew out of your mind. Do you know the mutant zombies, that is, the speed and response ability are much faster than ordinary zombies."
"I know, but there hasn't been a head-to-head battle."
"Why?" He walked all the way for more than thirty days, and supposedly he should encounter mutant zombies.
"They don't run as fast as I do."
Shen Shi'an was still a little confused at this time, but soon in the process of searching for mutant zombies and collecting crystal nuclei the next day, he deeply understood what Chen Nan meant by
run fast without me
.
He runs too fast.
Trained by Lingquan water and exercises, Shen Shi'an now runs about three times faster than before carrying portable space. Usually, he can run a hundred meters in about four seconds. This speed can be further increased when the exercises are fully operated.
But Chen Nan's speed was faintly faster than him. The whole person was lightning fast, let alone the mutated zombies. Shen Shi'an had to use some real effort to catch up with him, and he was really amazed.
Facing Shen Shi'an's compliment, Chen Nan was a little embarrassed. "I specialize in the 100-meter and 400-meter sprints in the track and field team. I have been training since the age of seven or eight, and have been practicing for almost ten years, definitely faster than ordinary people. But now this speed is only available after the ability is obtained. I didn't even think about it before. "If you can have this speed when you are in the provincial team, what other domestic competitions will you participate in, which will directly win the world record.
Shen Shi'an thoughtfully. He knows that the physical fitness of human beings has been continuously improved since the last days, such as Li Cheng and Miao Miao, who met in the library, but they have not improved as much as Chen Nan. Chen Nan's amazing speed is inseparable from the basis of his perennial training. Secondly, once he has evolved his abilities, his physical fitness seems to be one step higher than that of ordinary people. For example, Ms. Dong, when the power broke out, she threw out two strong men who weighed more than three times her weight.
However, although he runs fast, Chen Nan's combat experience is obviously inadequate, and his fighting ability is slightly better than that of Miao's richest man. It is estimated that a child will not be a problem to hit him like twenty. Especially for the weapon, there was only one running water pipe that was almost worn away. Shen Shi'an couldn't see it. He took the aloe thorn from the space and made him a thorn stick.
Shen Shi'an spent a total of three and a half days in the town, collecting a total of two hundred and one nucleus of zombies, and successfully restored the Lingquan water to the thickness of a Wahaha straw. During the period, Shen Xun repeatedly proposed that he wanted to help show off his mighty power. Shen Shi'an did not agree that he was suspicious, or the heart of a villain. He and Chen Nan had only known each other for a few days. They were not completely informed. There were too many abnormal places on children. It is best not to expose it.
In addition to the crystal nucleus, the clean water source also collected more than a dozen tons. As long as he put his hand under the opened faucet, he could directly send water into the water container in the subspace. So much water was sufficient for a long time.
Having eaten at noon that day, he and the children planned to start off again.
Chen Nan hesitated for a long time, and finally came to Shen Shian, "Brother Shen, can I follow you?"
Shen Shi'an is the first person he is willing to trust after the last days. In the past few days, he has known each other, got along well with each other, and the other person is just like him who has the ability to give birth to plants. The destination is also Exactly the same, no matter what measure, they are rare peers.
But if you really want to travel, the other party has a car and food, and the force value is still super strong. No matter how you look at it, you have taken advantage of it, not to mention that he still has a zombie head in his bag that everyone can't avoid. Worried about Shen Shi'an's unwillingness, hurry up and say, "Brother Shen, don't worry, I won't eat and drink. I can collect or grow my own food. I will give you one, no, two, no, three spar each day. The reward for the ride, if you encounter any danger, you don't need to worry about me, I will run by myself. Usually I will be optimistic about Jiamu without giving you trouble. If you need me to do anything, just say that I can make fire and chop firewood. "
Shen Shian placed the child in the co-pilot seat and bent over to fasten him with a seat belt. After closing the door, he turned and looked at Chen Nan. "Zombie crystal nuclei are not so easy to obtain."
Chen Nan hesitated, then came to understand. It's impossible to say no disappointment, but still nodded. "I see. Brother Shen, be careful all the way, I wish you find what you want as soon as possible"
Before the words fell, I saw Shen Shi'an opened the back door of the off-road vehicle. "But it is more than enough to add another person to my car." An error occurred, please refresh and try again