Ash Civilization

Zhou Zhen and Xie Qiongning were immediately tense. They held their breath and did not dare to make any sound.

Even the lowest level [lesion stage] infected person cannot be dealt with by the first level compatibility!

Moreover, the current form of this infected person is very likely to have entered the [progress stage]!

Once discovered by the other party, they will definitely die now!

Zhou Zhen and Xie Qiongning hid motionless behind the load-bearing pillars. The Big White Goose infected person quickly walked to the side of the flashlight. Perhaps attracted by the light, it suddenly stopped.

Seeing that the infected person did not move forward, Zhou Zhen and Xie Qiongning immediately exchanged glances. No need for verbal communication, the two nodded at the same time, and both decided to take advantage of this moment to leave here quickly.

However, just as the two took a step back, the sound of kicking footsteps was heard again in the darkness.

This time the footsteps were very noisy and chaotic, and there seemed to be a lot of people.

Under the illumination of the flashlight placed on the ground, bloated and strange figures gradually emerged from the depths of the corridor.

The figure walking at the front had very strange proportions. It had a fat torso but a small head. It looked like it had taken off the hood of a doll suit. However, there seemed to be something moving around the other person's throat. ; Behind this figure, there is a dark silhouette, almost completely blending into the darkness. Its entire torso seems to be a human form without a doll suit, but below the legs, it is particularly dragging, as if it is dragging something, or like it is sticky. A big ball of dirt.

Next to these two figures, there is another figure, which seems to be a little cow, with only one leg, limping...

In the darkness, strange figures came out from all directions, all approaching the place where the light was emitting.

Zhou Zhen and Xie Qionning, who were hiding behind the load-bearing pillars, were vaguely surrounded by them.

Zhou Zhen frowned and immediately stopped retreating. In this situation, if he and Xie Qiongning continued to retreat, they would be easily exposed!

How strange!

The infected person is right in front. If those buyers don't run away quickly, what do they mean by coming this way?

Just as he was thinking about it, several buyers had already walked near the infected person.

The infected person seemed to have seen nothing and continued to stand in the light of the flashlight, looking aimlessly at the mathematics textbook in his hand.

The buyers who gathered also stopped not far away, as if they were collectively waiting for something.

Looking at the white ape, peacock and pink sheep at the front, Xie Qiongning was suddenly surprised, as if he had seen something incredible.

Zhou Zhen felt a little confused when he realized his wrist was suddenly grasped tightly. He was about to turn his head to look at Xie Qiongning, and then the next moment...

Zhou Zhen's eyes suddenly widened and he looked straight at another figure walking out of the darkness.

It was a middle-aged man wearing a gray round collar, long sleeves, and brown overalls. He had short hair, sparse eyebrows, and a plain appearance. There was a small cyan birthmark on his chin close to his neck. He was holding a large stack of mathematics textbooks in his hands. I walked out with some difficulty.

Huang Xurong!

The organizer of this illegal transaction!

He had just watched the other party being smashed into a pulp by the floor, but now he was standing there perfectly fine!

At this time, Huang Xurong put down the textbook he was holding stiffly, glanced at the infected person next to him, suddenly raised his hand, and snatched the textbook from the infected person's hand!

I don't understand the rules...

No... look...

Huang Xurong's hollow voice echoed in the darkness.

Heh...heh...heh...

The infected person surprisingly showed no resistance and only made a sound of unknown meaning, which seemed to be in reply to Huang Xurong's words. However, due to the disease, he could no longer speak normally.

Looking at this weird scene, Zhou Zhen suddenly thought of his experience at Jiwei Cinema...

At that time, Jiwei Cinema had become a digital forest. Luo Yuchen, who was staying inside, chatted with him about movies as if nothing had happened, without realizing at all the fact that he had become part of the digital forest...

At this moment, Huang Xurong and the infected... are the same!

Both parties are repeating the same habits as before!

Huang Xurong did not allow buyers to read mathematics textbooks at the trade fair, and the infected person immediately apologized after being interrupted by Huang Xurong...

Plus the [Penrose Ladder] that just appeared...

Digital forest!

It's a digital forest!

In the real three-dimensional world, [Penrose Ladder] cannot exist.

But in the digital forest, it is completely possible!

In the real three-dimensional world, the dead cannot be resurrected, but in the digital forest, life will not disappear out of thin air, but will only transform from one form to another...

Step, step, step...

While I was thinking about it, the footsteps behind me were already approaching, and the buyers who were walking slower were also approaching!

Zhou Zhen came to his senses immediately and was about to find a chance to break out. He took his hand and suddenly exerted force and led him to run in one direction.

Seeing that Xie Qiongning had found a way out, Zhou Zhen didn't think much and immediately followed him.

There was darkness in the basement with no light source, and he couldn't see clearly what was going on around him. Xie Qiongning, who was pulling him, was very fast and didn't make any sound.

Zhou Zhen also only used his toes to exert force, controlling all the muscles in his body and not making any movement to avoid attracting the attention of the infected person.

Soon, the two ran for a long distance. There was no light behind them, and they could not see the infected person or other buyers at all.

After listening carefully and confirming that the infected person was not chasing after him, Zhou Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said: This place may have become a 'digital forest'!

We are only digital compatibility on the 'first ladder' now, and we definitely can't escape!

It's best to find a safe place immediately and wait for rescue...

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The bright light of the miniature flashlight seemed to create a trapezoidal path in the darkness.

Xie Qiongning held her breath and concentrated, hiding in the shadow of the load-bearing pillar, motionless and making no sound.

There were shadows surging in the depths of the darkness. A number of strange-looking buyers kept coming from all directions, entering the light range created by the flashlight, and then stood silently, as if waiting for something.

Looking at this strange scene, Xie Qiongning suddenly asked in a very small voice: Shen Sheng, several of those buyers are actually dead!

I was at the scene and I can't be wrong!

Those dead people all have one characteristic, that is, their doll costumes are not complete.

Where did your doll costume go?