Chapter 73

The current situation was too strange, and no one dared to move forward rashly. The situation was unclear, so Xiao Li could only order everyone to find a place to set up camp and plan for the long term.

The Northwest Desert border was originally sparsely populated. According to the current situation, it was conceivable that the humans near the desert would be the first to suffer. Therefore, at the moment, there were almost no living people in the entire oasis near the desert, only scattered zombies.

Everyone found a high ground that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. After ensuring that it was safe, they set up camp.

Now that the apocalypse had just begun, whether it was Shen Muze's space or the small storage bag that Gu Bai helped to refine, the supplies in it were enough to ensure that more than 30 big men could live comfortably for a few decades.

Although the world was beginning to become chaotic and the situation was serious, when it was time to eat, they still had to eat properly. Everyone set up the pot and began to cook to fill their stomachs.

Gu Bai was a zombie, so naturally, he wouldn't eat human food. Xiao Li prepared a raw steak for him, which alleviated his need for flesh. After all, he was now a zombie, and if he didn't eat, his body would quickly become hungry.

He ate very happily. The voice in his head would restrain him from eating humans, but when Xiao Li fed him raw steak, it didn't. Finally, he didn't have to suffer from hunger.

After eating, he lay comfortably on Xiao Li's lap, patted his bulging belly, and signaled the man to rub it for him. He naturally didn't know that this was a habit brought from being a dog demon in the previous world, but he felt very comfortable and at ease.

"Awoo …"

When he felt comfortable, he squinted his eyes and howled. He hugged Xiao Li's arm and stretched out his tongue to lick the other's palm.

The soft and wet touch made Xiao Li couldn't help but reveal a doting smile. Although the surrounding subordinates were already used to it, they were still secretly surprised. How was this a zombie? It was clearly a dog!

"Hahaha, cousin, look, doesn't he look like the puppy we used to raise? The way he flips his belly and rubs it is so cute …"

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy sitting opposite suddenly stared at Gu Bai and laughed, saying everyone's thoughts.

However, it was enough for everyone to know this in their hearts. It was not good to say that sister-in-law was like a puppy in front of the boss. Everyone stared at him and shook their heads. They were not surprised. Everyone clearly understood this young man's character.

A bespectacled gentleman next to the young man hurriedly covered the young man's mouth and apologized to Xiao Li after the young man finished speaking.

"Boss, Qi Qi is still young and doesn't know how to talk. Please don't mind him. I'll take care of him in the future …"

"That's enough, Brother Liu. How many times have you said that? Who cares about that operation? This is all because you spoiled him!"

Ahu interrupted in a bad mood.

"That's right. My cousin dotes on me. What's wrong? Are you jealous? If you provoke me again, I'll ask my cousin not to give you any anesthetic when he treats you!"

The young man named Qiqi was very naughty. He hid behind his cousin and stuck out his tongue at Ahu, giggling happily because he had someone to back him up.

"Qi Qi …"

Liu Qing, who was usually a hooligan, helplessly patted his head at this moment.

Ahu couldn't do anything to him. He could only glare angrily and simply ignore him. His companions looked at this scene and covered their mouths to hold back their laughter. In a serious atmosphere, this was a good mood adjustment.

Xiao Li didn't care. Since he was born, he had been indifferent. He didn't understand Liu Qing's indulgence of his cousin before, but since he met Gu Bai, he could understand.

"Roar!"

Gu Bai, who was originally comfortably enjoying himself, heard the noise. Although he didn't quite understand what everyone was talking about, he instinctively understood that it was related to him when he saw everyone looking at him from time to time.

He couldn't help but turn his head to the side and roar fiercely at the crowd, pouting and baring his teeth.

He had long discovered that every time he was close to a human man, these people would stare at him and laugh strangely. Humph, what are you laughing at? Humans are so abominable. They actually laughed at zombies!

"They're not laughing at you. They're envious of you …"

Xiao Li almost instantly understood what he meant. He kissed his forehead to comfort him.

"Ao ao …"

The restless Bai was instantly appeased by this gentle kiss. He howled twice and laughed happily. He even took the initiative to hug Xiao Li's head and imitated him by kissing his face.

The surrounding people noticed this scene and turned their heads away. Watching a zombie and a human being being lovey-dovey was too much of a challenge. If this zombie got too excited and couldn't hold it in, it would be over for them …

The people around the fire were in a much better mood after rushing for a few days. There was a burst of laughter.

Shen Muze and his father, who were tied to the side, were depressed and heavy.

Especially Shen Muze, when he saw the naughty boy named Qi Qi, he remembered himself in his previous life. He was also like this, relying on his father and Brother Wu's favor to support him. He was willful and naughty.

He was even worse than this boy. At that time, everyone hated him not only because of Su Yu, but because of his willfulness and his young master's temper. So everyone liked the well-behaved and sensible Su Yu.

"Xiao Ze, do you know why things turned out like this today?

Because you're too stupid … "

In a trance, he remembered what Su Yu said to him when he left the base before he died.

At that time, he didn't understand and only felt angry. But now that he thought about it, he suddenly realized that Su Yu was right. He was too stupid.

Su Yu didn't need to fight for anything. Su Yu should have received his father's love, and at that time, his father still loved him. It was just that he was too stupid and lost everything he had.

Shen Muze thought about it blankly. There was an indescribable regret in his heart. He faintly realized that he might have done something very wrong.

… … …

After a night's rest, Xiao Li led the people around the Black Desert to search for research early in the morning.

According to Shen Muze, this desert was the root of the apocalypse. All the zombies mutated because of the erosion of a kind of 'demon energy'. The only way to save the people who turned into zombies was to get rid of the thing that emitted the demon energy.

But to be able to cause such a terrible situation, it was definitely not something that ordinary people could deal with. Everyone's heart was actually trembling. The only comfort was that Gu Bai, the renegade zombie, would help them to be alert of the approaching zombies and kill them.

After searching for a week, everyone finally found something suspicious. In a corner of the desert, they found a huge flashing red light screen.

That strange light screen was like a semicircular glass bowl that was upside down on the ground. The people outside couldn't see what was going on inside, but everyone could instinctively feel the danger.

"Boss, look, there is a black liquid flowing out of the light screen!"

Someone exclaimed. Everyone quickly took out their binoculars and looked over. Sure enough, there was a black liquid flowing out of the light screen and the ground.

The liquid was thicker than the one they saw at the edge of the desert. It seemed to have a strong corrosive effect. The sand was bubbling and emitting white smoke.

Along with the black liquid flowing out, everyone heard an unusually terrifying and mournful sound. They didn't know what kind of animal made the sound, but it was so loud that it hurt their ears.

There was no doubt that this was the source of the apocalypse!

Everyone was horrified. This situation was too strange. At first glance, they knew that it was not ordinary. It was like the monsters on TV. No matter how strong they were, they were just a group of ordinary people. How could they deal with a mysterious monster?

"Ao Ao!"

Just when everyone was horrified, Gu Bai suddenly became restless. The demonic energy in his body seemed to have been stirred up since he arrived at the northwest desert. When he arrived here, it felt like he was being summoned.

After becoming a zombie, his movements were easily controlled by the demonic energy in his body. Therefore, under the strong summoning, he couldn't control himself and immediately jumped down from a high place into the black sand.

"He jumped down …"

Everyone didn't have time to react and exclaimed. The bubbling black mud was obviously more corrosive than the zombie's saliva. No matter how ferocious the zombie was, his body was still human. He would be completely corroded if he jumped in.

Xiao Li's heart tightened, but then he relaxed because Gu Bai didn't get corroded after jumping into the mud. Nothing happened. It was as if he was standing in an ordinary swamp.

Seeing that Gu Bai had jumped down and was running excitedly towards the light curtain, Xiao Li looked at the light curtain and also took action.

"You guys stay here. No matter what happens, don't come down …"

After giving the order, he also jumped down.

"Boss!"

Everyone exclaimed again, but when they saw that Xiao Li was fine after jumping down, they sighed in relief.

Even a human and a zombie were fine after jumping down. Everyone guessed that the black liquid was just scary, but not dangerous. They couldn't help but walk down the high ground, wanting to go in and take a look.

But when someone touched the liquid with a tree branch, the branch was instantly corroded and melted. Everyone covered their chest and stepped back in horror.

Obviously, only Gu Bai and Xiao Li were unharmed. Helpless, everyone could only listen to Xiao Li's order and stay where they were for the time being …

On the other side, after Gu Bai jumped down from the black sand, he quickly ran towards the red light curtain.

His mind was in a mess at the moment. He only felt that something was calling him. The demonic energy in his body was forcibly controlling his movements. He couldn't even hear Xiao Li's call behind him and couldn't control himself.

The moment Gu Bai entered the light curtain, the demonic energy in his body seemed to be sucked away by something. The purple veins on his body also disappeared.

"Master, is that you?"

With an extremely excited voice, Gu Bai suddenly opened his eyes and regained his human consciousness.