129/Seven Streams

It's 3 midnight now.

Even if the Apocalypse who was pulled into it tried his best, it would be difficult to save everyone.

Braving the black light, Lu Yan passed the school in X City. At the entrance of the school, several students in school uniforms lay on the ground quietly.

Around them, the butchers were like hyenas, eating in a circle, their eyes full of greedy blood.

‌Not all pollutants are eaten.

There was a contaminant in white shirts and suit pants, pulling these butchers off the ground in vain, over and over again.

A proctor card hangs on his chest. The eyes protruded from their sockets, and they were two long, like snails.

[This contaminant awakens clairvoyant and is now a civilian in the slaughterhouse. Before becoming a pollutant, he used to be a teacher in this school. ]

Even if it becomes ‌‌ pollutants, the fighting ability of snails is not strong.

The snail teacher was pushed away by the strong butchers and fell to the ground. As if feeling no pain, the snail rose again and again and pulled the butchers away from the students.

A butcher with a dog's head scolded, "Don't meddle in your own business, or else you can eat together!"

After speaking, he clenched his sharp teeth fiercely.

The snail teacher turned a deaf ear, and the young butcher was angry, he twisted its neck and lifted it up.

The butcher grinned, and stuffed the snail's head into the gap in the school iron.

The snail teacher's eyes were squeezed out of shape, and the whole person struggled in the air, looking very funny.

The surrounding butchers burst into laughter, and happy laughter sounded in the empty streets.

The pollutants here, even if they are not perfectly evolved species, obviously look more intelligent than the pollutants in the outside world.

The rabbit butcher in Lu Yan's pocket stuck his head out of his pocket and whispered, "Mom, I'm hungry."

Lu Yan held down the fluffy head of the doll rabbit with his hands and pressed it back: "Hold it up."

This little episode did not catch the attention of other butchers.

"Let the pollutants be hunted and killed, sooner or later, the creatures will become extinct." Lu Yan said slowly, "And then again?"

[Contaminants, downstream of their own food chain, have instinctive cravings. ]

[‌If you can't find the downstream, then you can kill each other. Just like the pollutants in the ocean, they still survive by swallowing the same kind, because it is difficult for ordinary meat to provide them with nutrients. ]

[I have reminded many times, no matter how similar it is. Humans and pollutants are two species with completely different physiological structures. Even if we look at it in an evolutionary way, the life forms of pollutants are more advanced, more adaptable to changes in nature, better able to survive in extreme environments, and more superior. ]

[Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated beasts and turned them into animals. When eating pork, someone asked if the pig would like it? ]

[Now it's just a prologue to evolution. According to the research of the institute, some low-level, social pollutants have evolved a simple way of communication, just like monkeys. After many years, pollutants will probably have their own language, writing, and even civilization. From the Cambrian to the Cenozoic, the creatures at the top of the food chain have undergone changes, such as strange shrimps, Dunn's fish, axolotls, and dinosaurs. These extinct creatures that were once at the top, do they really have no civilization? ]

[By human standards, they are pollutants. Taking pollutants to their own standards? ]

The system's behavior made Lu Yan feel a little bit.

[I know what I'm doing.  Sadly,] the system was sluggish, [even if the powder was taken by an open abdomen, it could not convince everyone that there was really powder in the belly of the pollutant. Tang Xun'an is not even a pollutant, and he has been wearing a bite stopper for decades. ]

[They are afraid of him. ]

[Sooner or later, I am also afraid of it. ]

Lu Yan has continued this question.

He avoided the crowd and walked towards the destination.

In Lu Yan's map, there are senior butchers from the slaughterhouse living near here, and there is a high probability that they will pass by here.

The map in his mind can show the locations of different NPCs, the Apocalypse is white light, and the pollutants are red light.

[‌‌. ] System said, [Remember to avoid Zhou Qiming. His talent is above the rules of the inner world, and if he gets too close, he can see the title above his head. ]

So, in Lu Yan's mind, there was one more blue light spot in an instant.

This light spot is outside the range displayed on the map, representing Zhou Qiming.

When he was about to arrive at his destination, the doll rabbit in Lu Yan's pocket suddenly became excited: "Mom, mom!"

Lu Yan covered its mouth: "Don't be noisy."

"Uh, woo!"

For the first time ever, the rabbit butcher listened to Lu Yan.

Holding its own scissors, it jumped out of Lu Yan's pocket.

The rabbit doll fell freely, fell to the ground, and fell several times.

It patted the dust on its body and jumped forward with its short legs.

The doll has short legs and can't run very fast. It has excellent jumping ability. After a few dodges, it can run dozens of meters away.

System: [It's Li Ping, who was also pulled into the inner world. ]

A red dot lights up on the map, which is the location of the rabbit butcher.

Lu Yan didn't like unplanned changes, so he stood where he was, frowning slightly.

[If they don't go, they will probably die. ]

Lu Yan thought for a moment, and finally, in the direction the rabbit butcher left, he followed  .

Li Ping pushed the last person beside him into the basement.

‌ holds a gun in his hand. This is a weapon produced by the Fifth Research Institute, which enables ordinary people to fight against low-level pollutants.

All staff of the prevention and treatment center have undergone staff training before joining the job. One of the compulsory courses is the use of firearms.

The teacher who teaches marksmanship explained it this way: "When the Apocalypse is not enough, we can also go to the top when we are in danger."

Li Ping has a talent for awakening, and her marksmanship is very good. Along the way, relying on this gun to deal with several low-level butchers.

Many nights when she couldn't sleep, Li Ping got up and went to the shooting range to practice shooting.

No reason. Li Ping thought that if she had the current conditions 17 years ago, she might not have watched her child be taken away by a doll bear.

This is the underground warehouse of the mall for storing goods. Not only is there thick iron, but there is food in it.

In the distance, Shen's footsteps could be heard. And the sound of the axe hitting the wall.

That's the goat butcher hanging around.

A staff member holding a child looked panicked: "Professor Li, won't you come in?"

"We'll hide here." Li Ping closed the door and whispered, "I'll go and divert the pollutants away."

As a staff member of the prevention and control center, Li Ping has far more understanding of pollutants than these ordinary people.

Iron can't stop the goat butcher, something needs to divert his attention. These butchers are not very intelligent. ‌‌ is led away, and there is a high probability of not coming back.

The man's hand came out from the gap: "Professor, I'll go."

He is also a staff member of the prevention and treatment center.

Li Ping glanced at the child in his arms: "I'll go. Both my parents died, and I have no husband and no children."

After finishing speaking, close the last seam of the warehouse.

There is no signal in the world at all, and everyone is in a state of disconnection.

Therefore, even Li Ping could not contact Yanbei.

Li Ping clenched the gun in her hand and went all the way to the top floor of the shopping mall. Fear made her adrenaline surge, and she had the sanity to destroy her.

I scanned the surrounding environment and deliberately kicked over an iron trash can.

This trash can is at the elevator entrance of the shopping mall. It is round and rolls down the stairs for several floors.

The next second, Li Ping got off the elevator, went from the top floor to the first floor, and ran to the exit of the mall.

Upstairs, the teased goat butcher let out an angry growl.

When Li Ping came to the entrance, she heard a loud noise of glass breaking from overhead.

The Goat Butcher leaped from the roof. He has horns like a buffalo, and is nearly three meters tall. His massive muscles are like solid stones, distributed on its body, and he holds a blood-stained guillotine in his hand.

His hooves were on the ground, and the tarmac was deeply dented.

The fear reached its peak in an instant, and Li Ping heard her own heart beating like a drum. ‌ raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger without hesitation, aiming at the butcher's eyes.

‌Good luck.

Under normal circumstances, at a distance of more than ten meters, it is difficult to hit such a small target, and even more, it is impossible to see the whole picture of the goat butcher at all.

 This moment, under the threat of death, Li Ping awakened.

A faint white halo appeared on his body.

[Talent 309-Tracking Shooting]

The bullet threw an arc in mid-air, hitting the butcher's left eye.

The bullet exploded in its eyeball, and the Goat Butcher's field of vision was blood red.

"f**k! These are my eyes looking at the World Cup—"

If before, the goat butcher still had the mentality of playing with his prey, then at this time he was completely provoked.

It lifted its heavy axe, like a buffalo, and charged forward with its hooves. Stepping on the road, it made a sound like the ground shaking.

The distance between the two people was shortened to a terrifying level in an instant.

Shen's axe slammed into Li Ping's back, looked at the shadow on the ground, fell down decisively, and rolled around in confusion on the ground.

The axe slammed into the ground, splitting a deep gap.

The goat butcher simply put down the handle of the axe and stepped on Li Ping's body.

With its body, if this foot can be stepped on, Li Ping will be injured if he doesn't die.

It was a rabbit who jumped under its hooves with unparalleled precision at this time.

This rabbit is very small, and like it is a Class C pollutant, it is also a butcher in the slaughterhouse.

Butcher Rabbit raised his scissors, and the tiny blade pierced his hooves.

The goat butcher's feet were bleeding profusely, and it roared: "What kind of epilepsy?! ‌‌ Was fired from the slaughterhouse?"

Although there are occasional disputes among the butchers because of who the pigs belong to, there are pigs everywhere this evening. If you have time to fight with him, it is better to find prey. What's more, it has no grievances with the rabbit butcher.

A butcher who is fired is the same thing as a pig in the slaughterhouse.

Li Ping didn't understand why the two pollutants suddenly fought with each other, but she knew that now is a good time to escape.

He stumbled to his feet, ran forward, and turned back.

The goat butcher ignored the rabbit, raised his legs and continued to chase, but the rabbit butcher was very persistent, jumped up, and bit its throat.

The goat pinched the doll rabbit, and his arms were full of blue veins.

The doll rabbit opened his mouth and spit out white cotton wool from the gap of the needle and thread.

It bowed its head, bit the goat butcher's tiger's mouth tightly, and gulped down the goat's blood.

[Talent 144-Life Extraction]

Rabbit butcher is very different from other butchers. He has a tall body, terrifying strength and speed, and he is still the butcher of the slaughterhouse, because he has a high-ranking talent.

Blood poured into the body of the doll rabbit continuously. The eyes made of glass beads quickly grew a layer of nictitating membrane and eyelids.

It can blink like a real rabbit.

Ignoring the rules against killing butchers in the slaughterhouse, the goat smashed the rabbit in the head with one punch.

 One hand, and at this moment, hold its wrist.

Compared with the goat butcher's thick arm, Lu Yan's arm is so thin that it can be broken with a single snap.

‌His eagle-like fingers stuck into the flesh like a sharp knife.

Lu Yan forcibly pulled out a heart from the back of the goat butcher.

The heart is still beating, with thick blood vessels attached.

At that moment, the goat butcher smelled the dank, oceanic breath. The smell was familiar, he was sure he had smelled it before.

 It has never been before, and this kind of breath,  represents death.

The pollutant's blood was very viscous, and Lu Yan let go of his hand and let the dragon fruit-sized heart fall to the ground.

The butcher rabbit lay on the ground and choked on the goat's carcass: "Mom doesn't remember me."

The little rabbit finally called his mother again, which made Lu Yan feel a little relieved.

Lu Yan ‌‌‌, replied: "‌Should remember."

"However, my mother gave me a look."

Lu Yan is not very good at comforting people, so he narrated calmly: "Recognize it."

"I've become like this..." The little rabbit was so sad that he couldn't eat, "Do you still love me?"

Lu Yan thought for a moment.

His liaison officer in Yanbei was not very impressed. He had seen it once and vaguely remembered it as a middle-aged woman with a gentle expression.

Lu Yan put himself in his shoes, he did have children, but if Tang Xun'an became a pollutant, he probably wouldn't mind.

So he picked up the rabbit and put it in his pocket: "It's the one."