May 23, 2016. Philippines, Zamboanga Ruins.

Zhang Kesong stood on the street, bathed in the blood-like skylight.

The long ponytail was neatly tied behind his head, and he wore only the most ordinary black executive uniform. The two silver stars of the lieutenant on his shoulders shone slightly in the skylight, and a little ash was slowly falling.

What was once a bustling street was completely destroyed a year ago. It is now flanked by several meters of broken walls and ruins, and the street is pale gray several centimeters deep.

She stood there for two minutes with her eyes closed, her whole body like a stone sculpture.

Until a man next to him whispered, "Where?" ”

She didn't speak, just put her index finger to her lips and shhh

The man fell silent, clenching his assault rifle in his hand.

After another minute, the girl opened her eyes, and there was no panic in them.

She whispered, "Three o'clock, gun up." ”

Without hesitation, the man next to him put his gun on his shoulder and aimed at an empty intersection at three o'clock.

"Three, two, one, shoot."

The intersection is still empty. But the girl's voice had an unmistakable flavor, and the man did not have the slightest suspicion of her instructions. As the last word came out of her mouth, the man's fingers pulled the trigger.

A point shot.

Bullets flew towards uninhabited intersections.

And then......

A gray afterimage suddenly rushed diagonally from the end of the intersection, as if deliberately bumping itself into a bullet—

Boom. The bullet hits the opponent's head. A splash of blood. The running man was like a shabby sack that had shrunk to the ground, and half of his face had been lifted off.

"Call it a day." Zhang Kesong turned around casually, bowed his head slightly and walked into the distance.

But the man hesitated for a moment, walked quickly to the intersection and shot the corpse in the heart. Then he turned around and chased after him, and whispered, "There should be another one." ”

"It's dead." The girl smiled.

So the two of them fell silent. After walking side by side for a while, the man said, "Actually, it's very dangerous here, I suggest you evacuate early." Li Zhen...... If you're still there, I wouldn't want you to do it. ”

The girl glanced at him and shook her head slightly: "Nothing dangerous. There are armies on the coast, and there are so many people on the periphery. There are two people here today, which is already a lot. The number of xenos awakened by the Gate of Truth is limited. He was almost dead here. ”

The man frowned.

The girl smiled again: "What, now even you are shaken?" ”

"It's not shaken, it's ......," he sighed, "it's been a year." ”

"It's only a year." The girl's face turned serious. "I said he wasn't dead. He just didn't die. I waited for him for a year. I don't mind waiting another year, or ten years. ”

"But ......"

"Definitely!" Zhang Kesong stopped abruptly, his eyes widening. "If you're here to persuade me to go, I can tell you I'm not in danger here. If you had come to tell me that Li Zhen was dead, I could tell you that he was not dead. What else do you have to say? ”

Ying Ran stopped his steps and was slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "Okay." I don't talk anymore. But I didn't come to see you. In a week's time, we will try to clear the stronghold on Island 36, and there may be remnants of the enemy coming from the sea, so you have to be careful. ”

"Hmm." She retracted her expression and regained her calm expression. After walking for a while, he asked again, as if chatting, "How's that thing?" ”

"The results are in. The North Court said that the knife was very close to the composition of the species, but it had been artificially processed. Our people have been confirmed to have flowed from the Gate of Truth, and it seems that they don't have much to keep them. The people at the Gate of Truth said that that thing can 'kill gods'......" Ying Ran frowned slightly, "I don't know if Lu Dao is what Li Zhen said before, his secret that can destroy the species." ”

Zhang Kesong nodded noncommittally, and was about to say something, but suddenly paused.

The next moment, she quickly pulled out the pistol on her waist and pointed it behind the ruins beside her—

A soldier who was about to jump out of it let out a low cry and leaned slightly, nearly hitting the muzzle of his gun.

Zhang Kesong glanced at him before retracting the gun: "What's wrong?" Done with things in the east? ”

The soldier glanced at the pistol at her waist and calmed his breath: "Report, we found a human skeleton. ”

"Human bones? What's ...... about this" Zhang Kesong was only halfway through his words, and his eyes suddenly widened, "Human bones? Intact? ”

"Yes!" The soldier replied excitedly.

Zhang Kesong glanced at Ying Resolute and found the same light in his eyes. So he whispered, "Take me!" ”

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the scene as the soldier had spoken.

The bones had been exhumed - the thing was housed in a freezer. There are also several safes next to the freezer, as well as ...... A large number of gold bars.

Zhang Kesong walked up to an officer in a few steps: "What's going on?" ”

"Looks like this used to be a bank vault." The on-site commander said, "We used life detectors before, but just now the instrument malfunctioned, and someone took the wrong metal detector, and they found out." The vault had actually collapsed, and the freezer had been smashed open when it was dug up, so we saw ......"

Zhang Kesong and Ying Resolute had already walked to the skeleton.

It appears to be a human skeleton, the flesh has rotted away, leaving only a pale skeleton. The bottom of the freezer was carefully cleaned by the excavators, and there was nothing but a skeleton.

Ying Ran frowned slightly: "This thing...... In a bank vault? ”

"Expert, expert! What about people? Zhang Kesong shouted. A middle-aged man struggled to squeeze in from the soldiers on the perimeter guard, trotting all the way: "In, in!" ”

Zhang Kesong pulled him to the freezer: "Come and see - is this skeleton male or female?" ”

Ying Ran looked at the girl's eager look and sighed slightly in his heart.

Wish. Such an inconspicuous hope will soon turn into disappointment again. He doesn't know the practicality of experts - this can never be Li Zhen's bones.

In the form of the day, he could not have stuffed himself in the freezer and run into the bank vault.

Second, visually inspect the bones...... Before his death, his height was between 1.65 and 1.7 meters. And Li Zhen is about the same height as himself, and he will never be like this.

On the day he died generously, he was said to be tens of meters long...... How could it be preserved so intact under the bombardment of heavy artillery groups.

The experts' opinion is in line with him.

The man looked at it carefully, hesitated and asked, "Before the general's death...... How tall? ”

Checkmate.

The words now sounded in Ying Ran's ears, and he had mixed tastes.

Major General Li Zhen.

It was awarded posthumously to him - the results were not determined until six months ago. But no matter how complicated the process was, and how the empire and the royal family set a precedent for him-

That person can't even come back. In fact, this can be regarded as winning the name of Chiaki.

It's just that the guy left in a dashing and extremely tragic way, leaving only a name and a memory for his own people. When I came here a few days ago, I saw so many candles and bouquets near the warning zone on the outskirts of Zamboanga...... This man's name will remain in the hearts of many more.

It's a pity that nothing means anything - death is empty.

He let out a sigh of relief, and Zhang Kesong had already discussed the results with the expert.

Experts believe that this is a female skeleton, about 20 years old, and her height was about 1.66 meters before her death.

Zhang Kesong leaned down expressionlessly to touch the bone, and suddenly raised his head and asked Ying Ran: "What did the previous report say?" I remember one of the survivors saying that he once saw Li Zhen walk into a bank—"

Ying resolutely smiled reluctantly: "I don't see much, haven't you taken all the materials away." ”

Zhang Kesong continued to mumble to himself: "Kitagawa Qingming was no longer there before Li Zhen...... But he didn't go out of town during that time. Will he cremate her? No...... He can be born again on his own, and he has saved you, so he ......"

Zhang Kesong's eyes slowly lit up, looked at Ying Ran, and softly spit out four words: "Beichuan Qingming." ”

"But so many banks ......" Ying was stunned, and then realized that his words were stupid.

Zamboanga does have many banks, but not everyone has a skeleton in an underground vault! He subconsciously looked at the skeleton—

Haruaki Kitagawa?

What exactly does Li Zhen mean? If it was really her, Li Zhen felt that he could save her?

A thought came to Ying Ran's heart—the one he had given up before, but now it was getting stronger—could he try to save her? If she is saved, does it mean that all the secrets of Li Zhen's last time will be revealed to the world...... And people can know what exactly is the weapon that exterminates the species?

He realized the significance of the matter, and his face became solemn: "Identification of DNA ......"

But before he could finish speaking, he shook his head - electronic devices are still unusable today, how to identify DNA.

Zhang Kesong had already turned around and ordered the commander who led the team: "This thing will be sent to me with the freezer." Right away. ”

The commander saluted and immediately ordered his soldiers to get busy, and the rumbling roar of a steam engine suddenly sounded at the operation site.

Ying resolutely observed Zhang Kesong's every move, and smiled slightly bitterly in his heart. When I first met two people, I never thought that they would become what they are now. The quiet little girl in the past has changed a lot after learning the news of Li Zhen, even if Li Zhen is resurrected, she will not be recognized...... (To be continued.) )