Chapter 48 The Next Person(1/2)
"Second person?" After hearing this noun, words such as "vicious", "vicious", "deformed", "dirty", "source of pollution", and "hate of humanity" appeared in Long Yuehong's mind.
Although he had never met someone again, the textbooks and the people around him said so.
Jiang Baimian seemed to be able to sense what Long Yuehong was thinking at this time, and said "ah":
"Second humans are essentially the same as humans, at least not in isolation from reproduction."
Before Long Yuehong and others could speak again, she continued to say:
"The group of people in Black Rat Town survived the first winter after the destruction of the old world by catching and eating rats. It is said that at that time, the mice in that area were crazy and all came out from the ground, all over the mountains and fields. Some of them were frustrated, some had red eyes, and some attacked the living creatures around them indiscriminately.
"Uh... I'm going too far, let's talk about the group of people in Black Rat Town.
"After spending the first winter, because the pollution in the area they originally lived in was too severe and the death of a large number of residents, they chose to leave and migrate here.
"Unfortunately, the nightmare did not end there, their bodies gradually changed, and, perhaps because they had eaten too many distorted mice, they became more and more like mice. Ha, I am not an expert in this field, and I have not done any research. I just said it casually.
"Anyway, their hair became darker and more, their bodies were always hunched, and their nails became harder and sharper...
"After several generations of reproduction, the residents of Black Rat Town are generally less than 1.4 meters tall. They like to live in caves and are very good at digging. Correspondingly, the types of their food have become more complex. At the same time, they fear the strong sunshine and can only move in the early morning, evening and night.
"They also have a lot of good variations, such as being very talented in machinery and electronics. Some old-world electrical equipment was originally broken, but after they tinkered for a while, they could barely use it. Of course, the premise is that there are corresponding wires and parts."
Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian said "Oops":
"I almost forgot to remind you that you should not say the three words 'Black Rat Town' in front of them. This is the code name given to their settlements by some wanderers in the wilderness. It is strongly discriminatory, and those people in Black Rat Town are the kind with stronger self-esteem. In the company, they can't say anything about hatred for the second person, but dislike, contempt, and rejection are definitely indispensable, so I followed this title."
"Then why did the company accept them?" Bai Chen, who was driving, couldn't help asking.
As a former wilderness wanderer, she has encountered several human hatred and unreasonable attacks. In addition, the other party can bring a nightmare appearance, she has a serious lack of favoritism for this group and sometimes even treated it as a wise and dangerous creature.
Jiang Baimian said silently:
"The residents of Black Rat Town do not have too much resentment towards humans, and they usually regard themselves as normal people.
"If it weren't for their sensitivity, inferiority complex, and the company's internal employees were biased against the second person, the company might gradually absorb them instead of being a peripheral vassal.
"In fact, it's not considered a vassal, it's closer to a cooperative relationship. We use weapons, ammunition, old clothes, and certain food to exchange for valuable things they have collected. At the same time, they will send important news from the Black Swamp wilderness back to the company via radio. Yes, the company collects old clothes from you for similar transactions."
Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian paused:
“The company will also recruit volunteers from certain experiments in Black Rat Town.
"In this regard, the residents of Black Rat Town are very enthusiastic, and they are willing to give everything in exchange for the opportunity to become normal people in the future."
Jiang Baimian did not add her feelings to the narrative, but Bai Chen still sighed:
"In the dust, the stain on company reputation is always associated with biological experiments.
"Before you were in-depth, I heard a lot of rumors, full of fear of similar experiments, fearing that one day they would be arrested by the 'Pangu creatures' and sent to a secret place, becoming victims of evil experiments, fearing that they would be tortured to mentally collapse, physically distorted, and become monsters, and even death could not die as a human.
"And the people in Black Rat Town will actually take the initiative to sign up for experiment volunteers..."
After hearing Bai Chen's words, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong discovered that the company actually had such an image in the eyes of outsiders, just like the villain in some stories on the radio show.
This is completely different from their perceptions since childhood:
They have always believed that the company is a paradise inside, but the outside is in dire straits.
Jiang Baimian laughed at the sound:
"You can hear that this fear has been suppressed in your heart for a long time, so I said so much in one breath."
She then raised her left arm and made a elbow bent:
"This electric eel-type biological prosthesis is the result of experiments, and so is genetic modification.
"How is it? After witnessing this with your own eyes, do you feel that it's not that scary?"
Bai Chen was silent and did not answer.
"...I understand." Jiang Baimian laughed at himself, "You are even more scared when you see me like this."
She let out a breath invisibly:
"There is one thing you said very well. Most of the volunteers' endings are not very good..."
In the jeep, the atmosphere suddenly became calm and no one spoke for a long time.
After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao, "resentful":
"Why don't you joke at this time?"
Shang Jianyao responded seriously:
"As a man who is determined to save all mankind, he never jokes about similar topics."
"...so." Jiang Baimian sat up straight again.
After a while, she pointed ahead and said:
"Turn left and into the mountain."
When we arrived here, a hill appeared in the Black Swamp wilderness, some of which could even be called small hills, and Black Rat Town is located in the mountains.
After driving along the bumpy road for a while, Jiang Baimian couldn't help but roll down the car window:
“Yes, the distance between up and down movements adds up to more than that of moving forward.
"If you go out like this, you will definitely have to overhaul the chassis when you go back..."
While complaining, Jiang Baimian suddenly closed his mouth.
She tilted her head slightly, sensed it carefully for a while, and her brows gradually frowned:
"There are very few electrical signals in the direction of Black Rat Town."
This has entered her sensing range, and it also shows that Black Rat Town is very close.
Shang Jianyao instinctively lifted the "Berserker" assault rifle and put it on the car window:
"Can it be affected by the abnormalities north of Yuelu Station?"
It is not close to Yuelu Station, but it is not too far. It can be reached in about half a day.
"Maybe." Jiang Baimian nodded, his tone obviously heavier than before.
"Team leader, do you need to wear an exoskeleton device?" Long Yuehong asked relatively calmly no longer as surprised as before.
"Yes." Jiang Baimian did not despise the unknown situation at all.
She immediately ordered:
"You come and wear it."
"Why isn't Shang Jianyao?" Long Yuehong blurted out.
"Shang Jianyao was going to follow me into Hei Rat Town, but the exoskeleton device couldn't get in. Well, I can't get in, but I just couldn't get it." Jiang Baimian explained a few simple words.
Shang Jianyao had no objection to this, remained silent, and was highly wary of the abnormality that might suddenly come.
After Long Yuehong put on the exoskeleton device, the jeep continued to drive.
Two or three minutes later, Jiang Baimian issued an order:
"parking."
She immediately pointed to the woods and shrubs ahead:
“The Black Rat Town is there.
"Long Yuehong opens the way."
"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong took the lead in opening the door and getting off the car.
After entering the relatively dense forest, the four of them walked forward for several minutes, they suddenly smelled a familiar smell.
That's the smell of blood!
"This is a big trouble..." Jiang Baimian immediately said to himself, as if he had thought of a possible development.
Holding a grenade gun, she accelerated slightly and walked to the other end of the woods.
There is a gray-yellow mountain wall there. The mountain wall is blocked by trees and weeds. There is a deep cave, and a stronger smell of blood radiates out from it.
"That's Black Rat Town." Jiang Baimian said with a deep but not low voice.
Just at a glance, Long Yuehong understood the reason why the exoskeleton device could not be used in Black Rat Town:
The entrance to the cave is only one meter and four meters high, and the exoskeleton device can not reach this level even if it shrinks and adjusts, and the cave will be significantly shorter.
In this way, when people wearing exoskeleton devices enter the Black Rat Town, which is essentially a cave, they are not even worth the waist, and their combat power will naturally be greatly reduced.
Before they got close to the cave, Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian looked to the left at the same time and saw two corpses under a tree.
The two corpses were very short, with a tendency to curl up, and their clothes were peeled clean.
Their nails were pointed and hard, obviously yellow, and there were a lot of black hair on their bodies. At first glance, they looked like giant mice in severely polluted areas.
However, those hairs are not dense, and you can see the pale skin below through them.
The two corpses had wide eyes, their remaining expressions were terrified and resentful, and their bodies were covered with blood that looked no different from normal humans.
To be honest, except for the thicker hair, shorter stature, weirder nails, and pale skin, Shang Jianyao did not think the two dead residents of Black Rat Town were essentially different from him.
To be continued...