347, Mutant 10
The physical examination was actually very fast. Although the number of survivors was large, at five o'clock in the afternoon, it was finally their turn. It's midsummer, when the days are longer than the nights. The sun is still shining at five o'clock, but it turns red.
Zheng's mother drove her car into the fence. After parking the car, she was guided to the large open space in front. There were many people in the open space now. They were standing upright, and the sun in the west stretched their shadows to a long and slanted angle.
"What are you doing? Don't you need to check your body?"
"You guys follow me."
Yu Heng was led to a vacant place, and the soldier with a gun said to him: "Stand straight and don't move."
He stood still, but looked around with his peripheral vision. Others were standing like this, and then a soldier walked over with a stick. The stick looked different. The soldier was standing next to the shadow of a man holding the stick, and then liquid spurted out of the stick and fell to the ground.
"Okay, go and register over there."
"Just, that's it?"
"That's right, let's go. Come next."
This seemingly childish detection method revealed something indescribably weird. Yu Heng turned his head and looked at his own shadow. The soldier next to him looked at the water stains on the ground and motioned for him to leave. The test passed.
"Excuse me, what is the principle of this?"
Brother Bing did not answer: "You can go, you will know later."
The family reunited with uneasy eyes: "What does this mean? It's so strange. I always feel weird." This incident had the biggest impact on Zheng Hengli. You must know that she had lived in this base for almost two years in her previous life. Years ago, there was no such detection method.
"Spray water on the shadow? What kind of operation is this!"
"Okay, okay." Mother Zheng said, "Let's go, don't block other people's way."
After passing the inspection, they could drive forward. Yu Heng was really curious and looked outside. In the open space, the confused survivors dispersed after passing the inspection. This open space was so big that the car had to go around it, which was equivalent to making a big circle.
He heard a girl say: "I won't accept the examination, I want to go out!" So he turned his eyes and saw the SWAT police with live ammunition surrounding him immediately, and immediately controlled the person as soon as the handcuffs came out.
The girl struggled vigorously: "I won't enter the safe zone, let me go! Forced buying and selling is illegal!"
"Madam, if you refuse the inspection, we can temporarily detain you for obstructing the security order of the safety zone and force you to undergo a test."
Zheng Hengli came over with a look on her face: "Wow, is that girl a mutant? Mom, stop the car, let's take a look over there."
Almost all the cars next to it stopped, wanting to take a look. The soldier leading the way quickly urged: "Go quickly, there's nothing to see. Don't block the road behind." Seeing the car owners driving slowly, they felt helpless and sighed: "There's really nothing to see."
"Ah!" the crowd exclaimed!
Yu Heng held his breath and watched the girl being controlled, and then the liquid, which had no effect on him or the Zheng family, made a sound like sulfuric acid corrosion when it fell on the girl's shadow.
"Ah, let me go!" the girl screamed, struggling angrily and kicking her. What was even more shocking was that under the influence of the liquid, the shadow seemed to actually feel pain and began to twist violently! No one could imagine that the shadow turned out to be the shadow of a human being under the sun. It was too twisted, like a ball of twisted dough!
"Oh my God!"
The girl's body shape suddenly changed, and her long hair twisted like a water snake. A bag trapped the girl. The moment it was trapped, the shadow under the girl's feet disappeared.
The crowd started making noises in fright, and the soldier leading the way blew his whistle: "Move forward quickly! Otherwise, you will have to go out and queue up again!" After threatening them, everyone watching the excitement hurriedly left.
In the car, Zheng Min patted her chest, unable to calm down completely: "What the hell is that? It's incredible!"
"Yeah, her shadow is like magic!"
"Mom, transform!"
Even though they were far away, the chatter still continued. After getting out of the car, other people around were still chatting and seemed very excited. Mother Zheng's mood was not very high. She parked the car at the designated place and then directed the children to move their things. "You don't have to move everything. Let's take down the mattresses and quilts first." A large bundle of bedding was unloaded from the roof of the car and moved into the temporary residence.
This safe area is very large. The room assigned to them is an ordinary six-person dormitory with bunk beds. After they moved in, there was still a bed available, so they temporarily used it to store their luggage and moved all the things in the car in one after another. .
"I'll wait for your father outside, Minmin. I'll leave it to you, my eldest sister and my younger sister." Zheng's mother stepped on the accelerator and sped away. Zheng Min was worried: "I don't know where my eldest brother is, why did he disappear like this?"
Liu Taotao hugged her legs in confusion: "Mom, I'm thirsty." Zheng Hengli was anxious looking at the appearance of the safe zone that was different from her previous life, and said: "Let me go out and have a look and ask around. Don't worry, sister-in-law, this It’s very safe inside, I’ll be careful.”
"No, your mother won't let you go out! Let's wait until sister-in-law comes back!"
Zheng Hengli refused. She clearly remembered this day. It was on this day that Fang Shiyu encountered difficulties. If she wanted to get the other party's protection, she must seize the opportunity to show favor.
Seeing her niece run away without looking back, Zheng Min was extremely anxious but had no idea what to do. She grabbed Yu Heng and said, "Little sister, please be good, okay? We'll wait for your parents to come back at home." "Okay."
Soon it was dark, and all the doors of the safety zone were closed. Zheng's mother had no choice but to come back. Seeing that Zheng Hengli was not at home, she asked about it. Zheng Min felt ashamed and said, "Hengli went out and I couldn't take care of her."
"Why is she so ignorant!" Her husband was missing, and her eldest daughter was still so troublesome. Zheng's mother was exhausted and scolded a few words. In the end, she went out to look for her. After all, she was her biological daughter! After searching for half a night without finding her, Zheng's mother broke down and cried. Yu Heng advised her, "It seems that the eldest sister has a plan. She will definitely come back safely." "What plan does she have? If she was really sensible, she wouldn't run away. She is trying to kill me!"
On the first night in the safety zone, the Zheng family stayed up all night, except for the young Liu Taotao. The child couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep holding Zheng Min. In the darkness, Zheng's mother was sobbing softly, she suppressed her voice and didn't want others to hear. Yu Heng sighed, hoping that Zheng Hengli could think more about Zheng's mother and stop acting impulsively.
Early the next morning, Zheng's mother went to the police. The new missing alarm time limit in the safe zone was 24 hours, so she returned empty-handed. Yu Heng took the initiative to say: "Mom, I'll go find my eldest sister."
"Don't go out, you stay at home and listen to your aunt, okay?"
Yu Heng had to nod. Zheng's mother's mental condition was already very bad, and he couldn't be the last straw that broke her back.
Since he couldn't go out, he practiced at home. Zheng Min watched him and saw that he had been very obedient in the dormitory, and he was relieved. She now hoped that her eldest brother would come back quickly and her eldest sister would be found quickly.
Zheng's mother gave gifts of cigarettes and alcohol at the gate and asked the people at the gate registration office to help her keep an eye on it. If she saw her husband, she would tell him her current address and let him find him.
"Don't worry, big sister! If your husband comes in, he must be registered. You have the same household registration, so you must be assigned together." The people at the registration office refused to accept her gift, but Zheng's mother forced it. After this was temporarily settled, Zheng's mother was free to look for her eldest daughter, but the safe zone was so large that she couldn't find her by wandering around aimlessly.
Yu Heng and Zheng Min took Liu Taotao to wait in the dormitory for a day. At noon and in the evening, they locked the door and went to the big canteen two streets away to eat. Because they didn't have Zheng's mother's ID card, they couldn't help her pack.
It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that Yu Heng heard the movement outside the door. When he opened the door, it was Zheng's mother and Zheng Hengli, and there was another man. A stranger, so he took a few more glances. The man looked to be in his early thirties and looked strong, but his lips were white due to injuries, and his right hand was still covering his stomach.
"Little sister, go to bed!" Zheng's mother came in with a dark face. The first sentence was to urge Yu Heng to go to bed, and the second sentence was to Zheng Min: "Minmin, you go to bed too." Both of them saw that Zheng's mother was in a bad mood, as if she was burying firecrackers that would explode at the next moment, so they climbed into bed honestly without asking any more questions.
Yu Heng lay on the bed and saw the light of the candle on the lower bunk. Zheng's mother lowered her voice and assigned the bed: "... You sleep with me." She also heard the man's muffled groan because of pain when he lay down.
Now the public bathroom was closed, and Zheng's mother did not say anything about taking a shower. After arranging it, she opened the door and left it open brightly.
Zheng Hengli asked: "Why are you opening the door?"
"Shut up and sleep!"
The door was wide open, and some cool breeze came in, but mosquitoes also buzzed in, hitting the mosquito net all the time, which was particularly noisy. Yu Heng couldn't sleep either, so she lay there and guessed the man's origins. It is absolutely impossible for Zheng's mother to bring a strange man home. You can tell from her opening the door. She is still very defensive. After all, if there is no man in the family, it is not safe, but there will be gossip from others. Opening the door will have a small effect.
Then this man is linked to Zheng Hengli. What is this little girl thinking? Going out for a day and a night just to bring this man back? There must be something wrong with this man, which is worth Zheng Hengli doing. But just now he looked at the man's face by candlelight and felt that the other person's eyes were a little gloomy. He hoped that Zheng Hengli would not play with fire and burn herself. He would have to find out her opinion later.
Zheng's father has been missing for two days. If his previous observations and guesses are correct, Zheng's father should not come back. The women in this family, the only male is too young, and they need to be more careful and steady to survive.
The next morning, Zheng's mother sent the man away. Zheng Hengli wanted to follow, but was slapped by Zheng's mother. The slap was so powerful that it not only stunned Yu Heng and the others, but also stunned Zheng Hengli, who forgot to cry.
Zheng Hengli burst into tears only after her mother rushed downstairs. Zheng Min had already suppressed her doubts for the whole night, so she quickly persuaded her and asked about the man. It turned out that the man was saved by Zheng Hengli, and the place was really far away! The safe zone is very large, and the dormitory area assigned to their family is in the east, but Zheng Hengli ran to the west to save people! It is said that the man's name is Fang Shiyu, who was held down in a dark alley by a mutant and was almost bitten to death. Fortunately, she went in time and only her stomach was scratched by the claws. If she was a little later, her stomach would have been pierced.
Zheng Hengli was a little excited as she spoke: "My shooting skills are also very good! People in our family are really gifted." Then Zheng's mother arrived and happened to see Zheng Hengli dragging Fang Shiyu out of the dark alley. According to Yu Heng's understanding of Zheng's mother, she would never take her home. No matter whether it was a patrol soldier, a service station or a hospital, Fang Shiyu could be settled.
"You begged mom to take Fang Shiyu home?"
Zheng Hengli said: "You don't understand, Brother Fang will have a great future. Isn't there a saying that the affection in the humblest times is the most important? Brother Fang will definitely remember my kindness to him!"
Yu Heng: "..." He suppressed the feeling of powerlessness in his heart and asked: "How do you know Fang Shiyu will have a great future?"
"I... Anyway, I know." Zheng Hengli looked up. Even though she tried her best to suppress it, her face still showed obvious complacency, like an ostrich with its head stuck in the sand, thinking that it was flawless, but in fact, all its details were exposed.
Couldn't Fang Shiyu see such a scheming and simple mind? Who wouldn't care and investigate the strange girl's earnest performance? Zheng Hengli even used a gun.
He held his forehead, deeply feeling that Zheng Hengli was very capable and excitedly brought back a hidden big trouble to the family. Such a hidden danger, who knows when it will explode. He eagerly looked forward to Zheng's mother coming home to see if she could bring back any news.