frightfiction Chapter 550 Attempting to Crack
Chapter 550 Attempting to Crack
Ordinary zombies, after making a piercing sound, will usually react with excitement in the area where the noise is coming from, and maintain this excited state to attack indiscriminately in an attempt to find prey.
Only after an aggressive search and the zombies fail to detect any food will they return to calm and resume their wandering.
This process of heightened arousal, whether long or short, is related to the zombie's olfactory instincts.
But the zombies in the Burning City Hospital are very different from ordinary zombies; they seem to have vision and thought.
If we analyze its recent actions, we should go through the following steps: perception – sensing something intruding – hearing – hearing the sound of the tin can – vision – judging the visual scene, and finally de-escalating the alert state.
This process is something ordinary zombies don't possess, which is what makes it so terrifying.
If zombies roaming in the parking lot or other outskirts have such abilities, it's hard to say whether the zombies inside the hospital building possess intelligence.
Zhang Zhiheng looked as if he had seen a ghost, and asked in a trembling voice, "This...is this right? How could this possibly be right?"
The glimmer of hope that had been rekindled by Leng Yuexiu's attempt to break the barrier was quickly dimmed again upon witnessing the strength of the unknown "domain."
For a fleeting moment, Su Jiancheng considered turning back to the teleportation array outpost to seize a position, repair the teleportation array, return to headquarters to gather equipment and manpower, and then go to rescue her teammates.
They've been too passive in getting to where they are now.
Choosing such a fallback option is tantamount to abandoning Gray and Wu Wei in the wildlife sanctuary.
Leaving aside whether they could return through the damaged teleportation array, even if they did, without any explanation or closed investigation, it would be virtually impossible for them to escape and return to this land.
That's why it's said that once you have this thought, it's equivalent to abandoning your teammates.
Su Jiancheng's eyes flickered, then he looked away and silently stared at his toes, lost in thought.
Apart from Zhang Zhiheng, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.
The electromagnetic vortex on Leng Yuexiu's finger continued to operate, and under his deliberate intervention, it underwent subtle changes compared to its previous form.
Bai Mengyan kept replaying the dynamic trajectory of the tin can after it broke through the "domain" boundary, trying to use the rules of the spatial system to break it.
She could sense a familiar energy at work inside, not just the magnetic field.
Is it vanadium?
For these zombies with lesions to "evolve," there must be a significant amount of nitric acid in this area, without a doubt. But what about the others?
Bai Mengyan became curious about what was happening inside.
Leng Yuexiu shares the same thoughts as Bai Mengyan, and this is perhaps worth exploring further.
Bai Mengyan turned to look at Leng Yuexiu, her tone rising in a way that contrasted sharply with the deathly silence around her.
"Looks like we can still find some things through testing, right?"
Before Leng Yuexiu could say anything, Bai Mengyan continued, "Since your electrostatic field can shield the things inside, creating an area that shields energy fluctuations shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Leng Yuexiu raised an eyebrow. As he withdrew his fingers and clenched them, the magnetic field vortex used for the simulation test vanished without a trace of energy fluctuation, as if it were a ghostly creation.
Seeing Leng Yuexiu nod, Bai Mengyan smiled and continued, "I've also figured out some things. Perhaps I can make up for the half of the difference in your simulated magnetic field."
Leng Yuexiu lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then turned to Su Jiancheng and said, "You guys stay here, we'll go to the corner room over there to test. If there's anything, come knocking."
He looked at everyone present again, “Remember, do not release any supernatural abilities, and do not have several people absorbing the crystal energy at the same time. Try to remain silent.”
Without any objections, Leng Yuexiu took the lead and walked out, saying, "Xiao Cheng, come along too."
The three left, while the rest remained, looking at each other in bewilderment, unsure of what the others had discerned, and could only discuss the possibilities in hushed tones.
After the rabbit absorbed the crystal energy and its damage was basically restored, it returned to the team and, unsurprisingly, was questioned by the others about what it had seen.
……
On the other side, the three entered a secluded small room hidden by the building structure. The room was only about ten square meters in size. After closing the somewhat dilapidated door, Leng Yuexiu used minimal fluctuations to activate his lightning-type ability, and in a short while, a small shielding magnetic field was set up.
To ensure the functionality of the magnetic field, Bai Mengyan used her spatial abilities to throw and catch objects within the field, while Cheng Kaixi also used light to convert into a kind of electromagnetic pulse for testing.
After ensuring there were no energy fluctuations spreading from the outside and determining the energy limit that the shielding magnetic field could hold, Leng Yuexiu also stepped inside.
The three discussed the "domain" formed by the superposition of multiple attributes, with Leng Yuexiu mostly explaining the principles and operations.
After some theoretical derivation, the three of them began to experiment together.
Leng Yuexiu first constructed a similar magnetic field vortex, and Bai Mengyan incorporated the concept of the spatial system. After the spatial system and the magnetic force were integrated, Cheng Kaixi's light system was transformed to supplement the strength of the magnetic force.
After all, Leng Yuexiu's lightning-type level is not high. He alone has to support the base of the entire magnetic field vortex. It's fine for the current small scale, but if it has to support everyone, the consumption will be huge. This is also the key reason why Cheng Kaixi needs to cooperate.
A gloomy "simulation domain" was created between the three of them, and Leng Yuexiu put in the different materials he had prepared in advance.
Half a plastic bottle, an aluminum can, and a ceramic bowl—different materials—all exhibit different results due to environmental factors.
They need to first preset a series of relevant parameters as references. After recording the shape changes of these different materials, they also need to put the same materials into the real "domain" for testing. Only when the data is aligned can the crack be considered complete.
Of course, no one has ever been inside, and there is no precise data. The approximate results they simulated still need to be fine-tuned during the actual operation to infinitely approach the state inside the magnetic field in order to achieve perfect concealment.
While the three of them were working diligently, their teammates outside, through Rabbit's explanation, finally glimpsed a glimpse of the truth.
Su Jiancheng asked with a serious expression, "You mean the one locking onto you is a strange old man in a white coat, who looks to be around 50 years old and has bite marks on the side of his neck, staring at you?"
The rabbit continued with certainty, "He must be an infected person, but he retains a certain level of rationality. I don't know how to define his condition."
"When I observed him, he was fiddling with reagents. Just when I thought he was a survivor, he noticed my spying and precisely locked onto me. I wasn't sure if he could see us. My feeling was that he was very suspicious of my presence and wanted to find out."
The rabbit was still recalling what it had seen in that short period of time, trying to glean some truth from the details.
He gave a ridiculous look, "I even think he deliberately let me off the hook..."