"Undead Walking Corpse!" Scott murmured. Seeing Mia carefully covering the body, there was a hint of melancholy on his face. He sighed and said, "Clean up the room. This thing must be burned, or it will give birth to other demonic creatures."
Mia's lips moved slightly. She silently stood up, glanced at the woman's rotting face, and finally turned away to clean up the other usable supplies in the room.
Hearing Scott's words, Dudian was shocked and couldn't help asking, "What is an 'Undead Walking Corpse'?"
Scott looked back at Mia's back. Seeing her silently picking up the supplies on the ground and the table, he sighed and said to Dudian, "The Undead Walking Corpse is one of the demonic creatures of the Undead Clan. Its strength is extremely terrifying. It has night vision ability, and it won't perish even if it doesn't eat or drink! They like the smell of blood, so any creature that gets close to them will be eaten by them. Moreover, they can absorb the power of life from the flesh and blood they eat to enhance their own strength. In simple terms, the more people or animals they eat, the more terrifying these Undead Walking Corpses will become!"
Dudian couldn't help but ask, "Then how did they come about?"
Scott sighed and said, "They were all infected by the power of the devil. These Undead Walking Corpses were all human beings before they died. They just couldn't resist the temptation of the power of the devil and finally abandoned their souls. Although they obtained eternal life, they lost their personalities and all their memories from their previous lives and became the minions of the devil."
"Infected?" Dudian naturally didn't believe in any devil and repeatedly asked, "Was it infected by radiation?"
Scott didn't expect him to keep asking for details. He glanced at him and shook his head, saying, "Of course not. Radiation will only damage the body and cause some distorted changes, but it will never turn people into such monsters. They were infected by the power of the devil. This power is like a plague disease and can be transmitted to each other. For example, the 'Bone-eating Rat' that escaped earlier is a kind of low-level demonic creature. Once you are bitten by it, you will also be infected."
Dudian couldn't help but be stunned.
Transmitted to each other? Wasn't this just a virus?!
But how did this virus come about?
Could it be that something else happened in the world three hundred years ago when he was in a coma?
Scott let out a soft sigh and said, "These 'Bone-eating Rats' like to hide in dark corners and are often overlooked by the hunter masters. With our strength, although we can kill this kind of thing, if we are accidentally attacked by it and scratched, we will be infected and turn into an Undead Walking Corpse!"
Speaking of this, he glanced at Mia, who was picking up supplies, and sighed softly, "Mia's former husband was bitten on the arm by a Steel-haired Rat demonic creature..."
Clang!
A metal object in Mia's hand suddenly fell to the ground.
Scott was taken aback for a moment, sighed, and didn't say anything more. He said to Dudian and the others, "Everyone, go and clean up each room separately. Remember to be careful. These demonic creatures can smell the blood in our bodies. Although the one just now ran away, it must still be lingering nearby. Be careful that they hide in the dark and attack you. It's better for the newbies to form teams of four and take care of each other. Call for help if there's anything wrong."
His instructions were mainly for Dudian and these newbies. Although those scavengers from the consortium were not as good as their regular scavengers, they had been scavenging many times and already knew what they should know, so he didn't need to explain much to them.
Hearing Scott's instructions, the people behind dispersed. However, Mekin, Zach, Sham, and several other children standing in front saw the terrifying appearance of the Undead Walking Corpse on the ground and the huge size of the Bone-eating Rat earlier. They were all filled with unease. When had they ever seen such a bloody scene? For a moment, the knowledge they had learned in training seemed to be forgotten. At this moment, they just wanted to huddle together and stay close to Scott.
Scott looked at the pale and trembling faces of these children, frowned slightly, and said, "Scavenging is not such an easy job. Didn't your instructor tell you that? If you keep following me, you won't be able to pick up anything on this trip, which is like making a wasted journey. You probably don't know this yet, but if your scavenging results are at the bottom for several consecutive times, you will be expelled from the consortium!"
Expelled? Mekin, Zach, Sham, and the others turned pale. Gritting their teeth, they forced themselves to overcome their fear, gripped their weapons, and turned to leave.
Just as Dudian was about to turn and leave, Scott called out, "You don't have to follow them. Just follow me. I'll give you one-third of the things I pick up this time. You just need to learn how to scavenge well. No one will take you next time."
Dudian frowned and said, "I want to take a look alone. I'll call for help if there's anything wrong."
Scott was taken aback, glanced at him, and said, "All right, then be careful on your own."
Dudian nodded slightly and said to Mekin and the other two, "Let's go."
Mekin secretly gave him a thumbs-up. After the few of them left the room, Dudian saw that some people had already entered the other rooms on the second floor to search. He immediately said, "Let's go to the third floor."
Mekin, Zach, and Sham had no objections. During the three years of training, they had almost formed the habit of letting Dudian make all the decisions, big or small.
The third floor was also the top floor. The vegetation was sparse. The gray and turbid sunlight shone through the gaps in the broken windows and fell on the ground. There was a thick layer of dust piled on the floor. There were already dried bloodstains on the wall. All kinds of messy things were scattered in the corridor. There were several corpses lying on the ground. Some of their bodies were cut in half at the waist, and some of their heads were smashed by some heavy object. There were traces of blades on the wall. Apparently, hunters had been here before, and a battle had taken place.
Dudian noticed that the fingers of these corpses were all sharp claws. It seemed that they were all Undead Walking Corpses infected by the virus. Although he didn't know where this virus came from, there was no doubt that a virus with such astonishing effects could only be created by the world's top biological research institutes. Even, it was very likely created by "those guys"...
Mekin, Zach, and Sham saw the corpses on the ground, swallowed their saliva, and were a bit frightened. Although they had killed snakes, lizards, and other animals for food during training and had seen blood, that was the blood of animals. They had seen so much of it that they had become numb. But the ones lying in front of them were human beings, lives just like theirs!
This sense of fear made the three of them feel nauseous. They felt their limbs turn cold, as if these dead corpses would suddenly stand up and pounce on them to claim their lives.
Dudian was also a bit scared, but he tried his best to stay calm. With the help of the sunlight, he came to the front of the first room. The door of the room was open, and the anti-theft chain was broken. Apparently, it had been broken into by force. There were signs of a recent battle in the room. There was a pool of blood on the ground, and two walking corpses were lying on the ground, a young man and a woman. Their complexions were abnormally pale, to be precise, grayish white, a stone gray as if there was no blood. Faint blue veins were visible on their bodies. Their fingers were sharp, and their hands, feet, and bodies were dry and skinny, as if all the fat in their bodies had been sucked out, leaving only the muscle tissue.
A strong stench of the corpse came. Dudian put on the special mask for scavengers and immediately felt that the smell was much lighter. His voice was a bit muffled through the mask. He said, "Don't touch the corpses. First, look for other things around."
As he spoke, his gaze swept across the entire room and he immediately saw a laptop covered with thick dust.
Dudian stepped forward, brushed away the dust, and pressed the keyboard. It was easily pressed down. Apparently, the springs inside had rotted and broken. He closed the laptop, planning to take it back first and see if there were any usable parts after disassembling it.