Volume 2 Night City Chapter 18 Nana's Mandate (3)

"That's great!" After hearing Conya's words, Yugari asked excitedly, "Where have you seen it?" ”

"When we were doing the guild assessment task before, the woman I was looking for named Lin Jing was infected with this effect, I saw it in her diary!" Cornia said excitedly.

"And that kind of thing?" Yugari said incredulously, "I remember she was infected while investigating the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army laboratory. If that's the case......"

"That means that the revolutionary army is playing tricks behind the scenes." Miria said.

"In that case, we'd better get to the bottom as soon as possible. Otherwise, no one can say for sure what will happen. ”

"Well, the sooner the better." Miria agreed, "We must not allow this kind of werewolf with a 'virus' to appear on a large scale. ”

"Do you remember where you last found her?" Eugari asked.

"Of course, it should still be found." Konya replied in the affirmative.

"Then without further ado, let's hurry up and go to her to find out the situation, shall we? You tell me? Eugari asked.

"That's the best, but we'd better keep someone here. If the werewolf returns, you can catch or chase it away to prevent it from infecting others. Miria suggested.

"Well, let's do what Miria wants." Yugari agreed, "So, Conya, you tell us the approximate location, and we will take Li Yaqi to find her, and you can stay here to help drive the werewolves away, okay?" ”

"Okay, no problem." Konya said.

After a while, Nana also woke up. Yujiali briefly explained to her the future arrangement. Then Konya was left alone at Nana's house to protect the inhabitants of the village, while the others mounted their respective mounts and hurried to the East Vigil Forest to find Lin Jing.

"No problem, right?" As she walked through the forest, she asked Li Yaqi.

"Don't worry, there's an approximate location that Konya said, and she can definitely be found, as long as she's alive." Li Yaqi said confidently, "However, can we stop and eat first, it's almost time for lunch." ”

"......" Yugari pretended not to hear and continued to run on the rough road on the magic unicorn.

It was almost dusk when the Eugari and the others found the humble thatched hut that Cornia had spoken of.

"There's no one in there." There was still some distance from the thatched house, and Li Yaqi reported to Youjiali.

"Then let's go check in and see if she's still living here." After speaking, Yujiali led everyone into the thatched house. It was an extremely rudimentary room with little furnishings. When Eugari saw a booklet on the stone in the corner, she picked it up, flipped through it, and handed it to Miria. "This is probably the diary that Konya mentioned. It briefly records some research on alchemy, but it is all some daily experiments, and it doesn't seem to mention werewolves. ”

Miria took the journal and looked at it carefully.

"Let's go out and look around for her." Eugari said.

"No need." Li Yaqi said, "She is already on her way back, just talk." ”

"Then you go over and help her deal with the curse first, in case it really has the same contagion effect as the werewolf, it will be troublesome." Eugari said.

"Yes, yes. As soon as she came in, everyone was infected again, and I almost forgot. After speaking, Li Yaqi hurriedly ran out.

"I don't know if she can explain it clearly...... Yugari said worriedly.

After a long time, Li Yaqi walked back, followed by a slender woman with a silver-white high ponytail. Without waiting for the woman to speak, Yujiali hurriedly stepped forward and explained the matter of coming here to the woman in detail, and also inquired about the woman's situation, and determined that the woman in front of her was the person named Lin Jing that Conia said. Lin Jing listened to Youjiali's introduction, and her expression relaxed.

"Sure enough, I don't know how this guy explained to her." Yugari complained secretly.

"Is the situation that Jiali introduced just now related to what you investigated before?" Miria asked.

Lin Jing frowned, thought for a while with a serious expression, and then said calmly, "I think it should be the same thing." When we investigated the laboratory before, in addition to this infectious effect, we also found many human and werewolf specimens. I think they should have been working on it back then. But then we found the lab out of the blue, so they moved right after that. ”

"Do you know where they moved to?" Yugari asked with concern.

"Recently, we have investigated the approximate location." The woman said confusedly, "But because the terrain is too complicated over there, and I'm alone, I haven't found out the exact location yet." ”

"Is it in this forest too? Have you reported this to the Guild Alliance? Miria asked further.

"The location is also in the forest. About a little north-east, probably in a valley with a few mountains. I had reported to the Guild Alliance about the relocation of the laboratory, but the approximate location had not been found out at that time. Judging from the recent feedback from the Guild Alliance, they are also sending people to investigate this matter, but they have not yet found a specific location. ”

"It's urgent, why don't we rush over first, and let Yaqi see if we can detect it when the time comes." Eugari said.

"I think so too, it's too late to wait for news from the Guild Alliance." With that, Miria turned her head to Lin Jing and said, "Then can you take us there?" ”

Lin Jing nodded, and then left the thatched hut with Youjiali. Everyone rode their respective mounts, and under the leadership of Lin Jing, they galloped towards the eastern part of the forest. After a long time, the sky gradually darkened, the trees beside the road became scarcer and the road gradually opened up. When he came to the valley surrounded by several mountains, Lin Jing stopped the magic warhorse, "It should be around here." ”

"How's it going? It's up to you, Yaqi. Youjiali said to Li Yaqi with anticipation.

"Hmm...... Leave it to me. Li Yaqi frowned and said, "I think it should be over there." But it seems to be a little scattered, and there are not many people. ”

"Over there?" Youjiali pointed in the direction indicated by Li Yaqi and said, "Then let's go over and have a look first." ”

Everyone followed Li Yaqi along the winding road of the valley.

"Turn around the corner in front of you and you should be able to see that there are about twenty or thirty people there, and there should be about that many people further on." Li Yaqi said.

Sure enough, as soon as they turned the corner, they saw a few torches flashing in the distance. In front of a very secluded cave, several wagons full of goods were parked, and a group of heavily armed soldiers were discussing something in front of the wagon.

They quickly ducked behind a rock, carefully watching the group in front of the carriage.

At this moment, at the entrance of the cave hidden by rocks and bushes, about twenty soldiers in black and gray armor were standing in front of three carriages. The two men at the head were dressed in special attire, one was dressed in light armor with black and red stripes, and a light red sword on his back; The one next to him was taller, more muscular, dressed in dark gray armor and unarmed. Opposite them, closer to the entrance of the cave, stood two rows of soldiers in blue and white armor, about a dozen or so men. Standing in the middle was a man in a white gown, with shaggy hair and a hunched back. It looks very sloppy, and people can't guess their age. He was saying something to the two men at the head of the group.

"If only I could hear what they're saying." Eugari said to herself.

"Yes." Lin Jing said that, and then chanted a spell, and a dark purple eyelid, black pupils, pale yellow eyeballs, and a fist-sized demon's eye immediately appeared in front of everyone.

Agari was startled and asked, "What......'s this?" What is this? ”

"It can be my eyes, and it can be my voice." Lin Jing said, letting go of the Demon Eye. The Demon Eye then slowly drifted towards the group of people in the distance, and finally hid in a bush near the crowd.

"So you're a psychic." Li Yaqi said.

"It's the kind of warlock who is good at all kinds of psychic spells and can summon a lot of demons with strange skills, right?" Miria asked.

"Yes, that's it. It's a completely different kind of warlock from Konya. Li Yaqi replied.

"I'll relay it for you." Lin Jing said.

"Ji Huo! What's going on?! The four truckloads of goods that were said to be good, why is there one car missing? And what is missing is the carload that develops the infection effect! The hunchbacked man shouted loudly to the two men standing across from him.

"Because there was a small accident, the truck will be delayed for a while, and it will be sent to you right away." Dressed in black and red striped armor, the man known as Ji Huo replied calmly.

"This is the second time! The last time the goods were returned to you because they were so bad, do you want me to report this matter to the doctors? The hunchbacked man yelled angrily.

"I guess it's not necessary to do that. In a few days, the truckload will be delivered, so don't alarm the doctors. Ji Huo said.

"Humph! What a bunch of rubbish, and this little thing can't be done well! ”

"Please be careful when you speak!" Next to Ji Huo, the burly man said dissatisfiedly.

"What? Do you have any comments?! The hunchbacked man roared, "If it weren't for the help of our revolutionary army, would your guild be where it is today?" Think about your position before you speak! ”

The burly man was about to refute a few words, but was immediately stopped by Ji Huo: "Stone Fist, retreat first." Then Ji Huo continued to say to the hunchbacked man: "My adjutant doesn't know the situation, and he is offended. That's exactly what you say. We will deliver the goods as soon as possible. With that, Ji Huo commanded the soldiers behind him to unload the goods to the ground. The hunchbacked man also called the guards behind him to start carrying the goods.

After a long time, the goods were safely moved into the hole, and Ji Huo said to the hunchbacked man, "Then we will leave first, and then we will determine the specific docking time for the goods." After saying that, after watching the hunchbacked man turn around and enter the entrance of the cave, he also took the adjutant Shi Fist and more than twenty soldiers, drove the carriage, and left quickly.

"What now?" Li Yaqi asked anxiously.

"I think the hunchbacked man should be someone who knows more about the revolutionary army of this plan, and if I can catch him, I should be able to ask a lot of things." "On the other side, there should be a higher-level guild that colluded with the Revolutionary Army behind the Guild Alliance, and this matter should be reported to the Guild Alliance." ”

"In that case, I'll catch the man who went into the cave, and I'll leave the rest to you." After saying that, Li Yaqi didn't wait for Youjiali to answer, and turned around and ran towards the cave.

"Wait a minute!" Eugari shouted. But Li Yaqi didn't seem to hear it, and soon ran into the cave. Eugari immediately got up and said to Miria and the others, "I must come along, and I can't let her go alone, because if anything happens, it will be bad." After saying that, Yujiali immediately chased after her.

After Eugari left, Blana looked at Miria with a blank face and asked, "Are we waiting here?" ”

"Of course not!" Miria said unhappily, "Let's go after those carriages." After saying that, Miria took Blala and Lin Jing to turn over and chase after the carriage in the distance.

Yugari came to the entrance of the cave, summoned her staff, and walked cautiously inside. The cave is quite spacious, with a few bright lights placed on the stone walls at short intervals. Yugari had been walking down the ramp of the cave for a long time. "It's so deep, no wonder it's hard for ordinary people to find it. It would be difficult for a normal hunter to reach this area, or maybe they have cast some kind of anti-detection spell." Yugari thought.

Suddenly, Yugari faintly heard a noisy scream coming from the end of the road ahead. "It's almost there. It's supposed to be Yaqi fighting, I'm going to have to hurry." Thinking of this, Yujali quickened her pace.

After a while, a half-open stone door appeared in front of Yujiali. Yugari first looked inside to observe the movement, and when she saw that there was no response, she walked in cautiously.

The scene inside shocked Yujali. It is a very spacious laboratory. Rows of tall containers filled with a dark green liquid were neatly placed around them, as well as various specimens of werewolves. There were all kinds of bloody and bloody organs piled up on the experimental table, which made Yujali feel nauseous and vomit when she saw it. There were several corpses of soldiers lying in the aisle, blood still flowing on the floor, and it looked like they had just died. There was an open silver-gray metal door in front of it, and there was a slight sound of fighting coming from inside.

Youjiali didn't stay here too long, just briefly confirmed the situation in front of her, and hurriedly passed through the metal door and continued to chase Li Yaqi. Along the way, there were some broken werewolf and human specimens, and in the middle of the road were the corpses of some freshly killed soldiers.

Coming to the end of the passage, Youjiali slowly pushed open the door, only to see that Li Yaqi was kneeling on the ground supporting the hunchbacked man. When Li Yaqi saw Youjiali coming, she explained to Youjiali with a sad face: "I didn't kill it, really!" Yujiali saw that the man who was wearing a white coat and hunched over before was now bleeding from all his knots, and he collapsed to the ground weakly, completely unable to feel the breath of life.

"When I chased him here, he was already like this, I didn't do it!" Li Yaqi explained desperately. At this moment, the man's body suddenly began to swell.

"Not good!" Li Yaqi shouted. Then, he immediately pulled Yugari and jumped away from the surrounding area. The man's corpse burst open in an instant, spurting blood and internal organs while emitting a large amount of dark green gas. At the same time, the entire cave began to tremble violently, and the surrounding experimental equipment and instruments began to crack.

"Get out of here!" Yujiali shouted to Li Yaqi. With that, the two of them quickly ran towards the exit of the cave. There were deafening explosions and collapses along the way. Huge rocks kept smashing overhead, and the flames from the explosion mixed with a large amount of dark green gas poured in like a tide.

As soon as Yujiali and Li Yaqi escaped from the entrance of the cave, the hill behind them collapsed completely. In the dusty valley, looking at the buried laboratory behind her, Yugari said in disappointment, "It seems that it is unlikely that you can collect any materials or clues from here." ”

By this time, Miria and Blana had already taken the path and overtaken the carriage in front. They rushed to the middle of the road, turned over and dismounted, and each of them blocked the carriage with his weapons.

"Who?" Stone Fist, who was sitting on a tall horse, looked down at Miria and asked proudly.

"You violated the rules of the Guild Alliance, secretly colluded with the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army, and conducted illegal transactions. Don't lay down your arms yet, and come with us to the Guild Alliance for interrogation. Miria said righteously.

"Hmph." After hearing this, Stone Fist sneered and said, "What is the Guild Alliance? We don't care about their regulations at all. We don't have time to play with you kids. With that, the surrounding soldiers immediately raised their weapons and surrounded them.

"You clean up the miscellaneous soldiers first. I'm going to pin down their captain. Miria whispered to Blala next to her.

"No problem." Brala took the "Dragon Slayer: Red Dragon Battle Axe" in her hand and took a battle pose, nodding in reply.

"Their adjutant, you can help deal with it." Milia said to Lin Jing behind her.

“……?” Miria found that no one responded to her, so she turned her head and found that there was no Lin Jing behind her, and there was no figure of Lin Jing at all.

"What about people?" Miria asked, surprised.

"I don't know. I don't know when I left. Blala replied calmly.

"Damn!" Miria scolded in her heart, "It's ...... to run away at such a critical time."