Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 2063 - 2126: An Island Fraught with Peril
After slashing all the snakes to death, Li Yifei carefully used his sword to hook open the clothes of the deceased. It was the body of an adult man. Looking at his corpse, Li Yifei sighed in his heart. Judging by the clothing and equipment, he was a comrade. Although not from the same unit, he had died here forever.
Li Yifei silently saluted, looked around, and found only this one body. One of his hands was even on the trigger, but the bullets in the gun had already been spent. Li Yifei felt a bit of sourness in his heart and was wondering whether to bury his comrade on the spot when he noticed some movement on the corpse’s belly.
He picked up his sword and aimed it at the belly, saying, "Forgive me!"
The sword’s tip sliced open the belly, and Li Yifei saw something that further troubled him; the corpse’s insides were empty, just a few scattered remains, and a swarm of black snakes. These snakes were very small, only a few centimeters long and extremely thin. It seemed like the large black snakes had laid eggs inside the corpse, and when the small snakes hatched, they fed on the internal organs to grow.
As a human being, Li Yifei found it hard to accept other creatures laying eggs and hatching them inside a human.
With a few strikes of sword energy, Li Yifei killed the small snakes. His mood was already quite poor. Using the sword, he dug a pit on the nearby beach, pushed his comrade’s body into it. Unaware of his name or origin, Li Yifei could only bury him hastily here, hoping to bring him home if he ever got the chance in the future.
After tidying up, Li Yifei noticed it was getting late. He was still some ten kilometers away from Xu Shanshan’s location. The coastline here was gentle, and Li Yifei could see far into the distance. But after walking a little over a kilometer, he saw several more bodies, wearing the same clothes. The surroundings bore signs of a fierce battle, and spilled blood had dyed the beach red.
There were a total of three bodies, and each had met a tragic fate. One corpse was relatively intact, with eyes looking towards the woods and the gun in its arms aimed at the forest, as if warning others: "That forest is dangerous."
Or perhaps suggesting that others had entered the forest.
The dead cannot speak, so Li Yifei could only guess. Seeing three more comrade corpses made Li Yifei’s face turn grim. However, there were no signs of black scales or heart removal like those killed by the strange monkeys. These people were simply wounded severely with large open injuries.
Another new creature! Li Yifei sighed. These were the members of the first team to land on the island, totaling eight. But now four had died here. Li Yifei didn’t linger long, planning to come back to bury them if he had time later. For now, he had to quickly reunite with Xu Shanshan.
Continuing along the beach, Li Yifei suddenly spotted a human figure about half a kilometer away. There were many rocks blocking the view, but Li Yifei could tell it was a person.
The figure was moving as if fighting something, clearly wielding a knife or similar weapon. Seeing this, Li Yifei hurriedly accelerated towards them. No matter who it was, as long as they were alive, Li Yifei intended to save them.
Covering five or six hundred meters at full speed, Li Yifei sprinted over. With his speed, he could have broken world records if he participated in the Olympics, reaching the rocks within a minute. However, upon arrival, the person had disappeared.
Where had they gone? Li Yifei jumped onto a large rock, beginning to search hurriedly. He was sure he hadn’t misseen; the person was even clothed. But upon jumping up, it seemed as though they had vanished.
No, not vanished—Li Yifei saw someone standing between several distant large rocks, leaning against one and looking at him.
Jumping from rock to rock, Li Yifei quickly reached the person, crouching on a rock to observe them.
It was a male face, around twenty-five years old, about 1.75 meters tall, but his face and body were covered in blood. Holding a military knife, Li Yifei’s heart skipped a beat. This was one of the eight-person squad. Although Li Yifei did not know him specifically, the clothing was unmistakable, and he carried a gun on his back.
Upon seeing Li Yifei, the man’s body began to tremble.
Li Yifei jumped down, saying, "Don’t be afraid, I’m one of us. I’m from the Flying Hawk Squad."
The man was clearly in a daze, likely from fright and poor physical condition. Moving gently, Li Yifei reassured, "Don’t worry, I mean no harm. I’m here to rescue you!"
The man’s face was heavily bloodstained, with two large scabs on his cheeks, and his body emitted a rotting smell. Looking at his clothes, his abdomen, shoulder, and thigh bore multiple wounds, one arm notably swaying as if broken.
Turning, Li Yifei sheathed his sword and raised his hands, realizing the man viewed him warily.
"Listen, I’m speaking in Chinese; we’re allies!" Li Yifei softened his tone, slowly moving closer.
The man repeated some strange sounds, which Li Yifei heard as something akin to "our people," but the voice was bizarre and hoarse.
Nodding, Li Yifei said, "Yes, I’m one of you. I’m here to save you. Where are the others? I’ve already found four. You’re the fifth, and there should be three more!"
"One of us!" The other person repeated, this time the pronunciation was slightly more normal. As his head slowly raised, Li Yifei couldn’t help but gasp. There was a very visible wound on his neck, and this wound...
Li Yifei twitched at the corner of his eye. The person’s neck had a horizontal wound, looking as if it had been cut by a sharp object. The wound was so deep that the trachea and esophagus seemed to be severed, explaining the strange voice.
No wonder he had been keeping his head down earlier. Li Yifei understood and wanted to quickly help his comrade with the wound. The wounds he saw were clearly infected, and maggots were even breeding inside. But just as Li Yifei prepared to move closer, he saw the other person suddenly slashing at him with a knife.
Clang! Li Yifei blocked the knife and split it with a sword strike. The knife fell apart, and simultaneously, the hand holding the sword also flew off.
Hiss! Li Yifei took a sharp breath again, about to apologize and say it wasn’t intentional, when he saw the flesh at the person’s severed shoulder had long since festered.
This is... Before he could react, the person’s arm was severed, but there was no pain. Instead, he lunged at Li Yifei, his other hand already lost, leaving him to pounce with his mouth open,
Li Yifei retreated several steps, watching the person stagger and fall to the ground, his head detaching from the impact.
I... Watching the detached head still opening and closing its mouth to bite, Li Yifei suddenly thought of a creature—zombies, or rather, the living dead, a common trope in films. And yet, here he was facing a real one.
Although the other person was his comrade, it was clear he had been possessed by something, or controlled, allowing him to move and speak even when dead.
It’s uncanny! So uncanny that Li Yifei shook his head. Earlier things hadn’t frightened him, but this person made his spine tingle with a hard-to-describe fear rising from his gut.
On this island, there seems to be a virus that can turn people into zombies, or some kind of evil magic, or perhaps some mysterious creature!
Li Yifei sliced open the person’s body with his sword, discovering that his internal organs were also long decayed, emitting a foul stench. Li Yifei’s heart skipped a beat.
Shanshan, wait for me; I’m coming for you!
The death of comrades made Li Yifei sad and angry, but if something happened to Xu Shanshan, he would collapse. Brandishing his sword, Li Yifei disregarded the corpse, leaping out of the rock pile and running towards Xu Shanshan.
He didn’t care about wasting True Qi, employing all his body techniques and dashing away like lightning. After running over ten kilometers, Li Yifei finally saw a marker on the beach, relaxing upon seeing it,
This marker was left by Xu Shanshan, indicating she landed here. Li Yifei even saw a trail of footprints wandering for a long time, eventually leading toward the tallest tree by the sea, suggesting Xu Shanshan intended to climb up to look for him.
"Shanshan! I’m here!" Li Yifei shouted with all his might.
After waiting for a while, Li Yifei heard no reply. He found a trail of footprints; had Xu Shanshan entered the forest?
Without thinking, Li Yifei hurried in. This island is full of uncanny things, and Xu Shanshan has less experience...
Rushing in about a hundred meters, Li Yifei saw a marker. The sky was already darkening, and in just a few dozen minutes, it would be completely dark here, so Li Yifei had to hurry.
Charging forward several hundred meters, Li Yifei suddenly saw a corpse, not a human one, but a creature over three meters long resembling a lizard, somewhat like a Komodo Dragon, but with a horn on its head, half a meter long.
The Komodo Dragon was already dead, its head pierced with several holes. One glance told Li Yifei that Xu Shanshan was responsible.
The wounds were sword wounds, and only a weapon like Blue Glow could pierce the rough skin of the Komodo Dragon.
It seemed Xu Shanshan had expended considerable effort dealing with this Komodo Dragon. The surroundings were full of battle traces, with sword energy crisscrossing and many small wounds on the Komodo Dragon’s body. This girl, such a waste of True Qi!
