Chapter 75

This old woman, who looked to be over eighty, if not a hundred, seemed to have lived from the destruction of the old world until now.

She had lived in this long-dead city until now.

Moreover, her eyes were clouded, and her gaze was fierce, like that of a wild beast, displaying the most typical characteristics of a "Heartless."

A "Heartless" actually spoke, albeit with great difficulty, pausing after each word, but still speaking!

This was a sign of human intelligence!

For a moment, Jiang Baimian felt both panic and fear, as well as a strong interest.

One of her ideals was to figure out the mechanism and transmission patterns of the "Heartless disease."

At this moment, the old woman, wearing a dark knitted cap and a black woolen dress, with a face full of wrinkles, took two steps forward.

The swaddled bundle in her arms turned a quarter circle, from facing her chest to facing upward.

Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and the others instinctively looked over, using the flashlight's beam to see what was inside the swaddled bundle.

The first thing that caught their eyes was a small, white skull.

Below the skull seemed to be more white bones, but they were only faintly visible due to the red and blue swaddling.

This was the skeleton of an infant.

The old woman had been holding this skeleton for who knows how many years.

At that moment, Jiang Baimian felt as if her heart was being tightly gripped by a hand named "Fear," about to stop beating.

She, Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Shang Jianyao stood rooted to the spot, their faces pale, bodies stiff, unable to move a step.

Suddenly, Jiang Baimian noticed that Shang Jianyao's expression had instantly returned to normal, even becoming very serious.

Shang Jianyao ignored the old woman and looked at Jiang Baimian, asking seriously:

"Why didn't you shoot?"

"Why didn't you shoot?" Jiang Baimian mulled over these words, sensing something was off.

In just a couple of seconds, she realized:

In such a dangerous place, in such a oppressive environment, it was impossible for her to discern whether the "Heartless" around her had any intention to attack. Once she sensed an electrical signal or saw a figure, she would immediately shoot to eliminate the hidden danger before it could act.

But just now, she had clearly sensed the electrical signal and seen the old woman's figure, yet she did not reflexively raise her hand to shoot, allowing her to take two steps forward.

What did this mean?

Thinking about this, Jiang Baimian was suddenly startled and instantly shifted her attention away from the old woman.

Almost simultaneously, she sensed another electrical signal approaching at high speed.

But when she looked in that direction, there was no one there.

Jiang Baimian, no longer bound by fear, raised her right hand holding the "Ice Moss" and pulled the trigger at the predicted location.

With a bang, the eerie old woman and the terrifying infant skeleton that Bai Chen and Long Yuehong had seen disappeared as if they had never been there.

Under the flashlight's beam, they saw deep in the room, several tables were pushed together, and a woman in a red short winter coat lay on them.

The woman's black hair was messy and greasy.

Her eyes were clouded, filled with bloodshot, and her gaze was abnormally fierce, as if she had only animal instincts left.

This was a "Heartless."

Her washed-out short winter coat was not zipped up, exposing a belly that was prominently bulging with visible hair.

Her lower body was bare, covered only by a tattered quilt.

Her legs were drawn back and spread apart, in a position that would seem strange to a normal person.

Long Yuehong was a bit confused, but Shang Jianyao, who had attended multiple gatherings and partaken in the sacrament many times, immediately made a judgment:

The "Heartless" woman was giving birth.

"Heartless" also have the instinct to reproduce.

In the direction where Jiang Baimian's bullet was heading, there was a man.

He wore a white tank top, with tanned skin and very dense hair in some areas.

His black hair was tangled, his face covered in a continuous beard, and his eyes were equally clouded and extremely fierce.

The scene that the "Old Tune Team" had just seen, the old woman they encountered, was actually an illusion!

Jiang Baimian's shot did not hit the male "Heartless," who seemed to have sensed the danger in advance and leaped up with a powerful push from his feet.

Bang, bang, bang. Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen, having reacted, raised their guns and pulled the triggers.

The male "Heartless" preempted them by a second, kicking off the corridor wall to change his position.

He rebounded upward, grabbed the edge of the ceiling hole, and pulled himself in with both arms.

Bang, bang, bang! Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian did not stop, firing continuously upward.

The male "Heartless" always managed to react correctly in advance, as if he had some kind of strange premonition.

Long Yuehong, although his reaction was a bit slow, did not remain idle. He held his assault rifle, his nerves on high alert, monitoring the female "Heartless" in the room to prevent her from attacking.

He did not shoot because he had also noticed that she seemed to be giving birth.

At this moment, Bai Chen, with a slight movement of her eyes, suddenly turned and aimed her gun at the female "Heartless" in the room.

She remained as calm as ever, with no trace of pity on her face.

The next second, the corresponding section of the ceiling in the room suddenly fell, heading straight for Bai Chen's head.

The male "Heartless" in the white tank top followed, leaping down and pouncing on the female "Heartless" on the tables.

His broad back muscles bulged and extended upward, like a butterfly fully spreading its wings, almost tearing the tank top.

Bai Chen, as if she had anticipated this, rolled to the side before the ceiling fell.

Jiang Baimian, understanding Bai Chen's intention when she turned toward the room, did not waste the opportunity and quickly pulled the trigger.

With a bang, a golden bullet flew a short distance and struck the male "Heartless" just below his left shoulder.

He promptly bent his back to avoid the heart area.

The wound caused by the bullet was not as large as Jiang Baimian had expected; the superhuman muscles seemed to effectively limit the damage.

Jiang Baimian, who had been through many battles, did not let her surprise affect her and fired another shot in quick succession.

This time, the bullet hit the male "Heartless" in the back of his thigh, splattering fresh blood.

With a thud, the male "Heartless" fell to the ground.

The female "Heartless" on the makeshift "bed" struggled to look over and let out a sharp, mournful cry.

In the midst of the mournful cry, Jiang Baimian saw the male "Heartless" rapidly disintegrate into a mass of writhing flesh and blood.

This flesh emitted an unimaginable aura of fear, making Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen's legs tremble and weaken, unable to support themselves.

They fell to their knees, one after another, their bodies tightly contracted, unable to react further.

Throughout this process, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Bai Chen struggled hard against the overwhelming fear, but only managed to slow down their bending.

This made them feel an uncontrollable sense of despair.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao's mind suddenly jolted, and he uncontrollably jumped up.

He then sat cross-legged, his expression extremely serious, as if pondering some philosophical question.

Jiang Baimian's heart stirred, and she asked with difficulty:

"What are you thinking?"

Shang Jianyao nodded slightly and answered seriously:

"I'm thinking about why, in the illusion, I felt that Qiao Chu wasn't that charming."

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