manynovel Chapter 10 Smell
Chapter 10 Smell
What was that sound?
Xu Yang stopped in his tracks.
A sharp shriek came from afar, a sound that abruptly stopped, like the sound of a chicken being slaughtered, disappearing before it could be clearly heard. Wait… this seems to be the same sound I heard when I met Lily.
Just as he realized this, Lily explained from beside him, "They're howling zombies; their howls attract their own kind."
"No, look in the direction."
Xu Yang stared intently at the direction of the sound, which was where they had rested earlier. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are they coming for us?"
Lily frowned slightly, a hint of unease creeping into her heart.
"Let's go first."
Without hesitation, the two quickened their pace...
About fifteen minutes later, Lily, fiddling with the ends of her hair, said in a cold but urgent tone, "Something is coming towards us."
The little girl's face scrunched up, but Xu Yang didn't doubt the accuracy of the information and quickly asked, "How's the speed?"
"Faster than us."
"..."
Xu Yang looked troubled.
At this moment, there was an unobstructed wilderness in front of the two of them, with only some scattered grass and trees in the distance, and no place to hide from the pursuit.
Are we going to have a chase in a place like this later?
He stopped and looked at Lily: "We can't find anywhere to hide up ahead. We have to go back, back to town."
Lily frowned. She had stopped at the edge of the road before Xu Yang could speak, and was now considering how to break the deadlock.
"Which direction is it in?" Xu Yang asked.
Lily squinted, seemingly trying to discern, and pointed to the route they had taken. "Following us, the same route."
Xu Yang was taken aback. They had never made any noise while traveling, and they had deliberately avoided areas where monsters gathered.
How did they get here? Through human touch?
That doesn't make sense either. Ever since I applied the slime, my scent has become more than just foul. How could the monster possibly recognize a human's scent under these circumstances?
It's a dog, isn't it?
Wait, that's not right.
Xu Yang's pupils dilated as he suddenly thought of a possibility: although the foul-smelling slime could pollute the smell of a place, making it impossible for living beings to discern the exact location.
Staying in one place is fine, but they are moving around now, and the smell along the way is quite strong. Isn't that a kind of alternative guidance?
Something still seemed off, but Xu Yang had no time to worry about anything else. His immediate priority was to get out of there as quickly as possible. He glanced at the routes leading into the town and began to consider which direction would be safer, as there were quite a few obstacles.
At this moment, Lily suddenly spoke up: "Let's go around to the center, there are more monsters there. Stay close to me, we'll lure it there too."
Xu Yang was taken aback at first, then his eyes lit up.
Shifting the blame eastward? No, it should be called using one wolf to devour another.
He was about to agree when he realized a problem: "Will monsters fight each other?"
However, Lily had already started running away with him, saying, "It might not be a monster."
Not a monster?
Xu Yang suddenly realized why things had been amiss. Monsters don't have brains; they only act on instinct. Why would they chase after targets that emit the aura of their own kind?
Therefore, what was chasing them was probably intelligent life, as the strong smell of slime gave them a general location.
Is it a doomsday convoy?
Xu Yang almost instantly remembered the name; it was the name of the raiding organization he had learned when he first met Lily.
Lily, however, thought even deeper than he did; a gray figure flashed through the girl's mind.
It was just an intuition.
The two quickly headed towards the town center...
Meanwhile, on the other side, on the bustling streets...
Gu Xian, who was charging around recklessly, was very unhappy. He felt like a dog. The person in front of him was tethered to him with a rope called "scent".
In particular, the rope looks like it has something stuck to it.
That awful smell, it was really awful.
He followed the scent all the way to the edge of town—but then, looking back, he saw the scent drifting all the way back into the town…
In that instant, the young man's blush outweighed all the sweet words he could utter.
"You really think I'm a dog, huh?!"
Gu Xian's forehead veins throbbed. He kicked the zombie in front of him aside and sprinted toward the center.
He'd had enough!
……
At the same time, on the second floor of a detached small building.
On the gray floor, Xu Yang and Lily sat facing each other. In front of them was a jar containing some grayish-black liquid, which was the foul-smelling slime.
Xu Yang said, "Lily, as we just discussed, apply some to your body first, and then spread the rest elsewhere to disperse the scent."
The girl didn't hesitate and immediately put some sticky liquid on her clothes, much faster than Xu Yang the first time.
In fact, as a local, Lily is no stranger to these scent-masking items, and she even carries some scent-masking agents in her own bag.
The only special thing is that the one in Xu Yang's hand is really—
It has a strong flavor, no further explanation needed.
So much so that her own props became some kind of...unique perfume?
……
Xu Yang leaned against the window.
Below, several deformed figures wandered and lingered in the street, and rustling sounds came from some more secluded corners.
A scene brimming with vitality, where all things flourish.
Lily, meanwhile, quietly went downstairs with the slime on her body and, with her extraordinary senses, managed to mark the surrounding buildings with her scent without any major incidents.
Based on previous speculation, the unknown pursuers might be using scent to determine their approximate location. Even if the description of the foul-smelling slime is enough to obscure all other scents, it's still better to have multiple scent sources just in case.
This eliminates the possibility of the other party directly beheading the victim.
"How much longer until it arrives?" Xu Yang turned his gaze back to the girl who had just returned to the second floor.
"ten."
"Ten minutes? Still—"
"Nine"
"..."
Both of them squatted down by the window from the bottom of their hearts.
Xu Yang opened the guide, feeling somewhat worried. The "guards" on the street below actually looked more like cannon fodder.
Zombies, Zombies, Meat Hook Zombies...
Xu Yang shook his head inwardly. Based on his experiences over the past two days, he had temporarily categorized the monsters into three levels.
Level One Representative: Brainless Zombie - Can be killed with hands.
Level Two Representatives: Thorn-Bodyed One, Zombie Beast - Run Fast with Legs.
Level 3 representative: The high-energy creature that broke through the wall of the shelter - It's good to be alive.
And right now, all the players below are top-tier. Can you really survive alongside this bunch of insects?!
"Lily, are you sure there are any bigger ones around?"
"have."
The girl stared intently out the window.
Xu Yang wanted to say something else—
dong dong dong...
The two men fixed their gazes ahead, and the strong figures sprinted to the street corner before stopping.
Gu Xian stood at the entrance, his face still flushed from the strenuous exercise, or perhaps from anger. Sensing the strong smell emanating from the tip of his nose, he already felt a pang of regret.
I'm here to kill people, not to swim naked in a cesspool!
The good news is that the mutation gave him a sense of smell far more powerful than that of a monster, and he determined that the source of the scent was here.
The bad news is that the mutation gave him a sense of smell far more powerful than that of a monster, and he... was a little suffocated.
At that moment, Gu Xian understood a principle: when torturing animals, it is best not to choose skunks.
On the bright side, once you get used to this feeling, anger will become as endless as malice, which is a good thing, just as the pleasure of revenge comes from hatred.
Rage overwhelmed his mind!
His leather boots crunched over the broken pebbles as he walked down the street without a care in the world. Why should he care about anything?
Is that it?
A zombie lunged at the figure.
boom!
Gu Xian ended the fight with just one punch, and then looked to the other side.
Could it be it?
The meat hook zombie swayed its body.
call out!
An arm swung towards the man, but the bone claws on it hadn't yet hooked onto the enemy—
Snapped.
Gu Xian grabbed the monster's forearm and pulled hard. With a snap, the shoulder joint was torn off.
The zombie lost its balance and fell to the ground.
The burly man walked over.
boom!
The "perfect score football" exploded against the wall. Gu Xian coldly withdrew his foot, and the corpse next to him stopped twitching. He looked at the next "earthen chicken and clay dog".
……
Within minutes, the "guard team" below, which was beginning to take human form, had been almost completely wiped out.
Xu Yang broke out in a cold sweat.
Is this a human?!
He glanced at Lily out of the corner of his eye; her eyes were also solemn, but she showed no sign of panic.
"They're here."