Prologue: Tinder
Take a deep breath, and the cold air blown by the air conditioner mixed with the metallic breath fills into the lungs, relieving the tension in the heart at all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ Info's eyes fell on the "reckless" miniature submachine gun in his hand, this short and light weapon was his usual old buddy, not only a sharp weapon on the battlefield, but also full of memories.
Mondstadt traveled on a transport plane to the Rowman Black Base, codenamed "Bear's Den", with the help of the Antarctic Federation, and that is why he asked to go along. However, the battlefield was approaching and the operation was about to begin, but he had no intention of focusing on the mission.
Jeffrey ......
"Where am I, what's wrong with me?"
Their first encounter was in a state of embarrassment, and in the firelight, in the wreckage, and in the chaos, he saw a vague silver-white figure, blue eyes as beautiful as jewels, and the girl seemed to be an angel, coming to him.
"You hurt your head, I bandaged it for you. β
"Thank you...... You are ......"
"It's not safe here, can I go?"
At that time, he had amnesia, and he had almost forgotten about the operation of the bakery, and he never imagined that the girl who accidentally saved his life was the target of the operation.
"All pay attention, the vanguard has reached the flank of the base and blocked the fire on its area five kilometers wide, and the electronic jamming has paralyzed the external communication and air defense system of the 'Bear's Den,'" the captain of the third detachment of TASA began to countdown, "In sixty seconds, we will land at the target location, in order to cover our comrades on the main trunk road, and exert all the strength of our TASA!"
There was an inspiring roar from the cabin, but Mondstadt didn't show any solidarity, he still wandered in his memories.
Crawling through snowdrifts and trees to get out of sight of the enemy, commanding inexperienced refugees against the encirclement and interception of the Luo Lian army, and navigating the death zone full of ED infected, his memory slowly recovers and all that he sacrificed quietly departs.
What I saw with my own eyes during that period was engraved in my mind. There was no life on his exhausted countenance, just a tired and indifferent look around him. Even so, even when she was ravaged by war and her life, she would still be angry, cry sadly, be confused, and smile at the end.
"Thirty seconds!" the squad leader reported the countdown. Mondstadt stood up, strapped the backpack he had used to parachute on, and stepped into the line.
He couldn't forget the last wordless confession, she kissed him, smiled slightly, and then turned away, heading ahead of the fierce war. He didn't understand, he was obviously just a soldier of the Antarctic Federation, a member of the fight for her hidden relic technology, and there was no reason to save him, let alone put himself into Luo Lian's cage again in order to keep him alive.
And......
Sirens rang throughout the cabin, shattering Mondstadt's dreams. Memories were interrupted, and he hurriedly grabbed the nearest handle, ready to meet the impending crisis.
"Missile approaching! Missile approaching!"
Damn Luo Lian, do you still have hidden anti-aircraft firepower......
With a strong impact, accompanied by a loud bang, the transport plane began to spin in the air. To avoid being thrown out, Mondstadt grabbed the handle, and he clearly felt the pressure of the rapid fall of the fuselage.
"We're crashing, repeating, we're crash......ing!
For a moment, nothing could be heard, nothing could be seen, it was completely dark.
What brought him back to consciousness? Mondstadt couldn't say, the sound of burning fire, or the slightest relief from pain.
When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a sky polluted by gunsmoke. He couldn't help but be taken aback: the fuselage had broken in two, and the first half was gone.
The body of his companion hung from the seat, and there was a pistol on the holster at his waist. Mondstadt tried to crawl forward to reach the pistol.
He was still a step late. Footsteps were heard from the broken hole in the wreckage of the transport plane, and a few seconds later, two Luo Lian soldiers dressed in urban camouflage military uniforms appeared. They looked slightly older than Mondstadt, and one of the soldiers, who had a scar on his mouth, stepped forward and stomped on his arm, which was reaching out for a pistol.
"Hmm......"
Mondstadt glared at the Luo Lian soldiers, who were smirking and taunting in strange dialects he didn't understand. Mondstadt struggled, striking the soldier on the ankle with his fist, but the other man did not move. Probably tired of it, the soldier lowered his rifle, the muzzle of which was pressed against the top of Mondstadt's head, his fingers pressed against the trigger.
"Goodbye, permafrost garbage. It was the only word Mondstadt understood.
A warmth spilled over his face, and the smell of blood then stimulated his sense of smell. However, Mondstadt realizes that he is not dead, and the pressure on his arm is released.
It was the soldier who died, his eyes wide in panic and fear, his left hand clutching painfully over his throat, which was still spurting blood. The culprit who slit the soldier's throat, a mechanical hand, gently pushed the twitching body away. A man in white stood there, wearing a filter painted with skull patterns, looking down at Mondstadt with his faintly glowing eyes. Behind him, an even smaller figure climbed up, with a pair of canine ears on its head and eyes of red and blue, which looked like the tactical humanoid of an old model.
"Can you walk?" said the man in white, unable to hide his youthful and powerful voice, even though he lowered his voice. This, like his appearance, is extremely inconsistent with his gray hair.
Mondstadt pondered for a few seconds and replied, "Well, not only can I go, but I can also shoot." β
After he finished speaking, the man in white took the pistol from the holster of the dead body and handed it to him.
"Who are you?" asked the man in white as he handed him his pistol.
"Mondstadt," he replied, as he put his pistol away and took the assault rifle from the dead Luo Lian soldier, "Special Operators of the TASA unit. Who are you?"
The man in white seemed to know exactly what Mondstadt was saying, and the expression on his face didn't change.
"Continue your mission, Mondstadt," he did not answer Mondstadt's question, "we will assist you." β
Mondstadt said nothing more, and now he had to rely on these two unknown men to achieve his goals. Since they saved his life and didn't show hostility, although they were also the ones who had their sights on Jefuti, the priority now was to find Gefuti.
He was going to see her no matter what......
"Master, look!"
The tactical humanoid beckoned them over, leaning on the roof of the metal faΓ§ade. Mondstadt leaned over her, looking in the direction she was pointing, but he saw nothing but a thicker faΓ§ade and reliefs on it.
What exactly did she find......
"Elevator entrance? Looks like an emergency transport aisle. The man in white said, "Well done, G41." β
Mondstadt realized that the fancy pattern of the faΓ§ade was designed to hide the entrance to the emergency passage, and that it would be difficult for anyone who did not know the base to find a door hidden here.
Of course, this also shows that if they enter it, they will no longer face ordinary Luo Lian soldiers, but elite troops.
The elevator slowly rose up, and the Luo Lian troops who were heading for reinforcements on the main road quickly rushed out from behind the raised gates, and after they had all walked some distance, the three of them came out from behind the column and entered the elevator.
Entering the lift, Mondstadt discovers that the control of the lift must be operated from an external console, and there is a surveillance camera in the corner of the ceiling that watches everything inside the lift. At that moment, he just thought it was stupid to rush into the elevator.
However, the man in white still did not change his face, he whispered to no one to say anything, and after a few seconds, the elevator miraculously began to descend.
Mondstadt was thinking that they might have an inner deal when the man in white patted him on the shoulder.
"Take advantage of this time to report to your superiors, except for the two of us, of course. β
Mondstadt restarted the communicator, and the screen flashed twice, indicating that he had a communication request.
It was Colonel Kampfeld, the commander-in-chief of the TASA unit, who presumably had made several attempts to contact the downed squad.
Accepting the communication request, an old and majestic voice immediately came from the other end.
"This is Colonel Kampfeld, the TASA commander-in-chief, can you hear me, Squad 3?"
"Colonel, I'm Mondstadt. β
"Mondstadt, are you alright?
"I'm fine," Mondstadt glanced at the man in white, leaning against the elevator door, ready to fight, and his tactical figure, who tilted his head to look at him, "the others aren't so lucky......
"Is that so......" Colonel Kampfi sighed heavily, "how are you doing?"
"I've found the base's secret transport passage and am diving inside, and I'm currently judging that it's going deep underground. β
"It's too dangerous for you to go alone. β
"I'll find Gerfti, Colonel, as soon as I can, and convince her to move with us. We don't have time, and if we continue like this, neither the comrades on the main road nor the comrades on the flanks of the base will be able to hold on. β
"Alright then," Compromised Colonel Kampfi, "you go ahead with your mission, and the rest of our three detachments will converge with the outer forces from the inside and destroy the enemy's garrison from the inside out." β
"Yes!"
After the communication was completed, the man in white and his tactical humanoid waited on either side of the door, and Mondstadt hurriedly grabbed his rifle. The elevator gradually stopped, the two layers of gates opened one after another, and the man in white and the tactical figure quickly turned around and ran out of the elevator to confirm the surrounding situation.
"There's no one on the left. β
"There's no one on the right side either!"
Mondstadt stepped out of the elevator and felt like he was in another world. It wasn't quite what he had in mind: not underground caves, no dripping stalactites here. It is not a man-made base, and there is no metal reinforcement of the inner walls. The flat and smooth stone walls are seamlessly inlaid with strips of glowing crystals, providing a dim light. Non-combat vehicles used to transport minerals sit quietly in place, some carrying ores on their backs.
Monument has only seen it in expansions, and this is the first time he'd seen it in person. They were probably in a cube of space, and if it was just a stone, it would be flat and square in no way than the current level could make.
Directly in front of them was the gate to enter the interior, and the road on the right, he guessed was the lane where the transport vehicles transported the raw materials to the processing, and it was going up, so there was no point in exploring. The problem is that the door to them is closed, with no sign of opening.
This time, the man in white did not let the gate magically open, but walked to the stone wall on the left. He struck it twice with his robotic hand, and then ripped off an iron plate - the entrance to the ventilation duct.
"Come down, there's plenty of space to walk upright. The man in white jumped into the ventilation duct first, and then turned back to them.
Ventilation ducts aren't a panacea, Mondstadt thought, God knows where they'll go.
The man in white looked very sure, but in fact the pipe was not long. After walking a certain distance, they need to climb a ladder, turn left and crawl for about three meters, and they are at the end.
The light coming from the mouth of the pipe indicated that there were people in the space below, and it was estimated that they were all Luo Lian's soldiers. The man in white put the gun down for a while, stretched out his right hand and grabbed the baffle of the nozzle, while his left hand reached under his coat, not knowing what to find. After a few seconds, he pressed the baffle down, and his left hand quickly threw a canister-like object from the mouth of the pipe, shining brightly. Immediately after, the man in white grabbed his gun and jumped down, only to hear a few muffled sounds, and then there was no movement.
Mondstadt exited the ventilation duct and saw four corpses lying on the ground. They arrived at the checkpoint, where the man in white only placed his robot on the table, while the operating system ran on its own, as if the things here were obedient to his words and obeyed his will.
"Found it. The man in white suddenly said, "G41, you stay here." Mondstadt, follow me. β
Without waiting for Mondstadt to ask a question, the door to the checkpoint opened with a bang. Mondstadt had no choice but to follow him, leaning against the guardrail on the side of the driveway, sneakily moving a distance of fifty meters, clinging to the guardrail without moving. After a while, Mondstadt heard movement in the driveway, and three cars whizzed past them, stopping at the checkpoint.
They seem to be in a hurry. Mondstadt thought as he listened to the sound of a long horn. He and the man in white both poked their heads out slightly to look at the situation of the enemy in the driveway, and finally the enemy got tired of waiting, and a Luo Lian soldier got out of the car and walked towards the checkpoint with great vigour. The soldier knocked on the door, but when he saw no response, he cursed. At this time, the door suddenly opened, and the soldier leaned back, and there was no movement.
The man in white raised the gun, folded a metal rod from the gun, and looked at it closely, and it turned out to be a piece of barrel. A thin slice was also placed behind the scope, presumably a secondary scope for magnification. One second it was an assault rifle, and the next it became an anti-materiel sniper rifle. The man in white took the lead, quickly pulled the trigger, and the bullet shot silently, piercing the machine gunner on the roof of the SUV. His second shot followed, and the target was still the gunman in the turret.
Three companions were killed, and the Luo Lian soldiers in the car reacted and encountered an ambush. They opened the door and tried to use it as cover to fight back, but the men in white and the tactical figures flanked them back and forth, and before they could get out of the car, they fell in a pool of blood.
"Kill all confirmed," the man in white whispered to the communicator, "to begin touching the target." β
Mondstadt's heart shuddered. He understood what the man in white meant when he said this.
The three of them approached the sedan in the middle of the SUV, when a young girl got out of the car. She stood up, the silver-white waterfall flowing behind her, and the thin dress rested limply on her well-proportioned body, making her slightly weak. The dark blue eyes turned, and the expressionless pretty face was calm and vigilant.
"Mondstadt?" Naturally, the girl recognized him at a glance, and her tone fluctuated slightly.
"Jeffrey!" Mondstadt almost shouted, "are you alright?"
"Well, who are they?" asked Jeffrey in her usual cold tone, indicating that she was wary of the two strangers.
"This ......" was not a wise choice to break off the partnership at this juncture, but Mondstadt wanted to explain, but he couldn't say anything.
"We're here to help you, don't worry. The man in white said.
"You know me?"
"I've read the text description. β
"Okay, mercenaries?"
β...... You will know this when we get out of here alive. The man in white said and walked towards the gate.
Intuition tells Mondstadt that Jeffetti guessed wrong. Every one of his brain cells can't analyze what this man is from, it's completely unknown territory. To find out the true identity of the man in white, I'm afraid I can only obediently follow what he says. Fortunately, the only thing that is clear is that the man in white is not on Luo Lian's side.
"We can't go out right now, Noyelu is still inside. β
If Mondstadt heard me correctly, it was Gefti's "sister". Truth be told, Mondstadt doesn't have a crush on Noyero, but he can't let another subject go.
When the man in white heard this, he stopped.
"Well," he sighed, "we're going to save our 'secondary target.'" β
The man in white then walked to the other side of the driveway, and in front of him was a glowing river that exuded an abnormal aura.
Did he mean to cross the river?
The man in white jumped onto a pipe about twenty-five centimeters above the water's surface, which, like the other two parallel pipes, extends from the dam at the source of the river.
The humanoid girl jumped along without hesitation, and Mondstadt had no better way to do it, jumping forward and landing firmly on the pipe. He looked back and saw that Jeffrey was already in mid-air.
"Watch your step," the man in white admonished, "no one knows what will happen if you fall." β
They walked cautiously along the pipeline, and the speed was not slow. Since the man in white was quite sure, Mondstadt and Jeffetti just had to follow suit.
The pipes run all the way to the small factories on the other side, where the transported liquids are loaded into metal storage tanks, diverted, passed through different treatment systems, and finally filled with barrels of different colors.
Obviously, this is a collapse fluid treatment plant, where Luo Lian extracts the raw solution from a river of death that flows from the ruins, and then treats and dispenses it according to different uses. TASA can be said to be the special forces of the Southern Union, and Meade's comrades have nagged about Mondstadt a lot, so he naturally knows the strategic position of the collapse liquid at the moment.
It's not strange that there's this stuff in the black base.
In the blink of an eye, when Mondstadt's gaze reopened, there were already several more bloody bodies on the ground. The man in white waved the order, and the tactical figure went to plant explosives on the storage tank.
It's impossible for this guy not to know the consequences of doing this, but his expression is very calm, I'm afraid that even if the collapse liquid leaks to the surface, he will destroy this place.
The man in white walked to the door of the workshop, poked his head out to spy outside, and raised his hand to signal them to stop. Mondstadt heard the movement as well, and the vehicle stopped.
"It's an elite garrison, they're searching the ruins. Jeffetti said.
"And they found the body. The man in white added, as if he could see with his own eyes what was going on outside.
After a minute of silence, Mondstadt walked out of the gate without knowing how the man in white was sure that the enemy had left. He followed the group and found that the garrison, which was supposed to be at the entrance to the ruins, was nowhere to be seen.
The goal of the men in white was very clear, they passed several buildings, but they did not enter to check. Eventually, they made their way to the largest structure to date and slipped through a nondescript entrance.
Despite wearing a combat suit, the air-conditioned air-conditioning and reflective floors made Mondstadt's hairs stand on end, not to mention the thinly dressed Jefti. He took one of Jiefuti's hands and followed the man in white step by step, staring around with wide eyes, his index finger holding the trigger ready to be on standby.
This research institute has long been a mess, but the man in white is still at ease in action. In the face of enemies running around, the men in white can always find a way out under their noses, and as for the overhead camera, it is almost non-existent.
There was a tremor, the power went out in the research institute, and the man in white ran wildly as if he had heard the start signal, turning the corner and flashing into a workshop. Jeffetti was the last to enter, and the man in white immediately closed the door and locked it to prevent any enemies from suddenly entering.
"Oh my God......" Mondstadt gasped as he glanced inside the workshop, "These are all ......"
Hearing what he said, the others turned their heads and fell silent.
In front of them were rows and rows of humanoid bodies, mechanical arms that were like threads pulling puppets, holding their delicate bodies in place. Their eyes were closed, and they fell into a deep sleep of curse, which they would only wake up from if the spell was properly undone.
They will be born into this world.
Mondstadt noticed that the figures were identical to Gefti, with silvery-white hair, and could even be found looking almost identical. Looking at Jeffrey's incredible face, he was sure that there must be something about these figures related to Jeffrey.
"Master...... you?" said the figure of the man in white softly.
I saw the man in white gently brushing the ends of a humanoid's hair, as if he wanted to reach out, but stopped moving. His brow furrowed slightly, his gaze locked on the humanoid's tightly closed eyes. Mondstadt saw the indifferent man's fury, the flames burning in his pupils.
"What do you know?" asked Jefti suddenly.
The man in white took his hand back.
"A lot. G41, you go and plant the explosives, and I'll take them to Noyero. β
Noyeru was not far away, at the back of the workshop, in a cell attached to a laboratory with all sorts of strange equipment. She was lying on the bed when they arrived, and when she saw Gefti through the glass window, she sat up.
The iron door of the cell opened easily, and before Noyeru could say anything, the shackles on his hands were unlocked. A questioning gaze reached out to Gerveti, who simply shook her head, indicating that she was also confused.
"There are such people in Nanlian, why didn't they get us out sooner?" asked Noyelu dissatisfied.
"He's not our man. β
"Huh, who is this guy?" the tone dropped suddenly, and the momentum of the embankment was immediately revealed.
Mondstadt couldn't answer.
"I thought you outcast. The man in white said mercilessly.
"I don't have the ability to activate the ruins, but I'm still useful to them, to do some experiments or something, or to take your heads. β
"Are you used to listening to your tone?"
"How is that possible! There is nothing else to do but endure......
The tension came to an abrupt end, and the man in white stopped confronting Noyelu and walked to the door of the laboratory with his gun in hand.
"You go to the workshop, there should be humanoid equipment there, and you have changed your prison clothes. He commanded forcefully, "Mondstadt, contact your superiors. β
Mondstadt called to Team TASA. β
"This is Colonel Kampfeld. "The communication was quickly connected, accompanied by the sound of gunfire.
"Colonel, I've been in contact with two test subjects, and I'm in stable condition preparing to find a way out of here. β
"Really? That's great!" The Colonel, who had always been steady, couldn't help but admire when he heard the good news, "We're heading inside the base to meet you at the underground entrance." β
"Yes, I see. β
After the communication was completed, the two test subjects also changed their equipment, and the man in white pushed open the door and leaned out, pulling the trigger.
"Let's go, we've found out. The man in white urged.
"Hey, don't you have any nervousness, don't you have any nervousness?!"
The man in white ignored Noyelu and turned a corner and opened fire without hesitation, killing the Luo Lian soldiers who stopped them.
They didn't have a chance to shoot. As soon as Luo Lian's soldiers encountered them, they died at the guns of the men in white or tactical humanoids. As if they knew when and where the enemy would appear, they simply raised their guns and fired with them, even in close combat. The elite of the dignified Luolian black base was beaten by the two of them.
"Is there a plan for evacuation?" asked Mondstadt.
"This way. The man in white replied, pushing a new magazine on.
Mondstadt didn't know how he did it, and it was as if all the details were in the Whiteman's plan, and whatever happened was not an accident. However, as a human being, there is a limit, and it is impossible for him to take all the possibilities into account, and it is impossible to take them all into account in advance......
Unless, he's a god. The only one who knows and does the best is God.
Damn, now is not the time for crankiness...... But what if you have to face these two people next......
"Mondstadt!"
He was pulled, and a shuttle of bullets flew behind him, and by the time he came to his senses, he was already in the elevator.
"Thank you......" Mondstadt thanked him, realizing that it was the man in white who had saved his life.
"What a fool, what a fool to keep your hair on?" said Jefti coldly reproached.
Damn, who just called his name worriedly......
"I said, where are we going?"
"The unloading platform on the third floor," replied the man in white, "has a lift for vehicles. β
As soon as he finished speaking, the elevator door opened, and he was the first to step out.
"Wait a minute!"
Noyeru grabbed the arm of the man in white.
"What is the unloading platform on the third floor? How can you know this strange structure?"
In the face of her questioning, the man in white replied very calmly: "I also found out not long ago. β
"Huh, it's not an undercover agent sent by Nanlian, who are you?"
"In the current situation, you should be concerned about how you are going to get out alive. β
Breaking free from Noyelu's grasp, the man in white continued to make his way to the elevator as he had said. They walked up and the lift immediately began to descend, but very slowly.
"What's going on? If we go down like this, we'll already be surrounded, right?"
"No, the institute is a cage, and the people inside can't get out now. β
Having seen the magic of the Man in White, Mondstadt believed what he said. Sure enough, when they finally landed, the enemy did not pour out of the institute.
However, the situation is still treacherous, and it is not the peripheral troops of TASA who are rushing from the direction of the entrance of the ruins, but the elite garrison of the "Bear's Den".
"I can't help it," the man in white said as he opened fire to stop the enemy from approaching, "Let's go, let's retreat into the ruins, there is no place to hold here." β
They first went to the cave behind the research institute, and taking advantage of the terrain there, the man in white planned a counterattack, and the troops of the Killing Row Union did not dare to step forward for a while. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Luo Lian garrison used soldiers equipped with a strong AA-01 exoskeleton, and the heavy fire of bulletproof armor shields and machine guns barely suppressed them.
Facing the Luo Lian elite who were approaching, the man in white threw an incendiary bomb and motioned for them to continue deeper into the ruins. An orange curtain of light rose, fending off the rain of bullets and successfully covering their retreat, and the enemy did not catch up for a moment.
"Whew...... ...... Mondstadt gasped and ran at full speed as they came to a facility deep in the ruins.
"Look at you're fine, why are you going to die after running a while?"
Mondstadt smiled wryly. Jeffetti had said the same thing before, and in response he teased back. However, this time he was too embarrassed to say it, because he was the only one gasping.
The man in white stepped up the steps and took a slight look at the facilities in front of him. The facility is clearly a ruin, as it was not built by man, but more like it was carved out of a single piece of stone. Mondstadt couldn't figure out what it was for, and the man in white didn't seem to care, so he climbed to a higher position and set up his sniper rifle.
After a few minutes of silence, the first gunshot Mondstadt heard came from above his head. He looked in the direction he had come, and the Luo Lian soldiers were falling one by one with the sound of gunfire, even the ones equipped with AA-01.
Several shots were fired, but the number of enemies increased. It seems that they will not give up to the death.
Mondstadt's side also raised her sniper rifle to help the men in white stop the enemy's advance. The number of fallen Luo Lian soldiers gradually increased, and only then did they realize that it was unrealistic to continue to approach brutally, so they hid again.
With just a sigh of relief, Mondstadt almost burst into a rage. He forgets that their opponents are a bunch of post-apocalyptic fellows who are fanatical believers in Roxatism, and few fanatical believers are sane.
The elite of the Bear's Den took a more brutal approach, using the AA-03 firepower platform, a massive quadruped combat mech, to neutralize and approach them.
As soon as the mecha appeared, its main battle cannon erupted with fire, and the cannonball directly slashed off a third of the facility, and the man in white fell down along with the scattered stones.
"Master, are you alright?"
"If you don't hit directly, you can't die. The man in white crawled up, his white coat stained red with blood.
AA-03 fired another shot, once again hitting the upper part of the facility, while the soldiers began to take advantage of the opportunity to close. They wanted to capture Jefti and Noyeru alive, so AA-03 wouldn't attack them directly, but in this case, it was only a matter of time before they were captured alive.
Mondstadt looked at the Man in White, who was the only hope except for the outer forces of TASA.
Unfortunately, he was also suppressed by AA-03's artillery fire, and the pestle couldn't do anything there.
At this moment, Mondstadt suddenly noticed that the walls of the facility were emerging in the form of circuits of light, and that they were climbing up little by little, and the floor of the facility was already covered with this pattern.
"What is this......"
As the circuits spread throughout the facility, an orange glow filled the view. After the light faded, Mondstadt opened his eyes and was surprised to find that the entire facility had vanished into thin air.
Finally...... What happened?
Everyone looked at all this blankly, only the faces of Jeffetti and the man in white changed.
"What's wrong?" asked Mondstadt.
"I don't know...... The voice in my head told me...... "Gerfti grimaced," the ionization shield of the ruins...... Expired ......"
"What do you mean?"
Jeffetti didn't reply, but the mutation in the ruins gave Mondstadt the answer. A yellowish mist emerged from the ground and quickly enveloped the place close to the ground. The Luo Lian soldiers who assaulted them began to wail and fell to the ground one after another and convulsed, and the unaffected soldiers fled immediately.
"How could it be ......?"
The cloud of collapsed particles is starting to leak out......
"Mondstadt, have you been genetically modified?"
"Yes, yes, but it's not about me......
If a cloud of collapsed particles were to rush out of the earth's surface, the consequences would be unimaginable...... After all, the Beilan incident is something that exists in his portfolio, and he really has to face this kind of disaster......
"Just have it. The man in white said.
He's the only one who's still calm.
Some of the fallen soldiers did not move, while others got back up, their muscles mottled with purple gelatinous objects.
"Oh no, these soldiers are infected. β
Mondstadt has seen even more terrifying ED infected, but for now these out-of-control soldiers are troublesome enough.
"Don't get too far away from me, try to stay within ten meters. β
"Hey, what are you doing!"
"We've got to take advantage of this opportunity to get out and move fast. β
The man in white spoke, and began to act. Noyeru babbled, but followed as everyone else.
The Luo Lian soldiers, who were showing acute symptoms, noticed them and turned to face them, roaring like wild beasts. However, the strange thing is that these infected people did not dare to approach them, as if there was an invisible force that grabbed them to death.
Whatever kind of magic it is, it's a good thing. Immorally, because of the leakage of the collapsed particle cloud, the situation was suddenly reversed.
They made their way almost unimpeded, killing aggressive ED infectees they encountered along the way, while Mondstadt tried to contact Colonel Kampfel. Presumably due to the collapsing particle cloud, no matter how many communication requests Mondstadt made, it was not answered.
Back at the secret transport entrance of the ruins, all around are traces of the battle between the infected and the uninfected Luo Lian soldiers. The gates have long been opened, and they just need to take the freight elevator back to the surface and join the TASA outlying forces.
Presumably, the comrades-in-arms are fighting to the death with the remnants of the Luo Lian army, and they must hurry up to support......
The man in white stopped abruptly and did not take another step.
"What's the matter?" asked Noyeru impatiently.
"Xk-Hades 3. β
The joy of victory in my heart vanished at once.
Mondstadt's mind went blank.
"Huh? What are you talking about? β
The XK-Pluto-3 air-to-surface ballistic missile, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon of our time, will undoubtedly be destroyed in an instant if it directly attacks the "bear's den".
"They plan to drive molten plutonium directly into the ruins and evaporate all the collapse fluid. β
"Are you trying to coax us?!" Noyeru said angrily, "how could such a thing happen!
"Then tell me, is there anything else you can do to stop the cloud of collapsed particles from spreading?"
Noyeru couldn't answer.
"Unfortunately, it looks like we can't go to Antarctica. β
"No! You ......"
"There are two minutes left, and I'm not going to die here. If you don't believe me, stay and find out. The man in white said, "Another ......"
"Huh?"
The man in white grabbed Gefti's arm.
"She can't die here, she has to go with us. β
"Jeffrey!"
"Sister!"
The man in white removed a pencil case-sized device from his backpack and threw it on the ground. A crack opened in the device, and a blue-purple substance floated out of it, gradually condensing into a rippling mirror.
Jephti's gaze was fixed on Mondstadt. She didn't resist, and disappeared into the violet mirror as the man in white did.
"Hey, what are you doing!"
Noyeru shouted.
βοΌοΌβ
"Now, we can only bite the bullet and ......"
"Hmmm......"
The two of them took a step towards the erratic violet mirror......