Chapter 12: Into the Tiger's Den
Ying Ran frowned: "In the city, I said that you should bring people, but you don't agree." There are not only xenomorphs in there, but there may also be other abilities. Maybe you can ignore their abilities, but what about the guns in their hands? You are no more ...... now than you were before What if something goes wrong? ”
Li Zhen shook his head slightly: "First, just because I'm dead doesn't mean I'm dead, there are many other me." Second, I didn't die that easily. ”
"I still don't know the bottom of my heart." Ying resolutely shook his head, "I don't even know what that kind of spiritual energy of yours does...... And last night, Yeguan Liu Wei didn't get rid of you. ”
"Heh......" Li Zhen shook his head helplessly, "One day you will use this method to dig up all the things I know about the Tao." So...... Look. ”
He held out a hand and shook it.
Black nails. The fine black nail shards covered his palms with a clattering of his movements, and then faded immediately.
Ying was dumbfounded: "Your ability has been restored?!" ”
"Don't you feel familiar? It's yours. Li Zhen sighed, "I'll borrow yours." When I get closer, I am what the enemy looks like. ”
"You...... This is your second psychic ability. Ying Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Zhen smiled and did not speak.
At daylight, the two men arrived at the outskirts of the forward base.
As far as the eye could see, there were bloody stumps all over the ground. Many of the firearms were discarded on the ground, some of which were already in tatters, others that appeared to be intact. In the distance, there are figures wandering in twos and threes, like lonely ghosts in hell.
It was an alienated human being. Not yet awakened.
Li Zhenzhi told a lot of things, but there was still some news from the defenders of Zamboanga's ruins and Kozon.
For example, the "transformation" of Ueno Kanyanagi.
The headquarters of the Gate of Truth has moved into the Fallen Zone. Because no matter how strong they are, they can't cope with the blows of the combined forces of all countries, and they can only be safe and sound if they are sheltered by the aliens.
And they seem to have been preparing for this day for a long time - there are not a few people like Ueno Kanyanagi.
They developed a certain potion. Ordinary people will be stimulated with a strong amount of force after the injection and will be able to stay awake. If the person with the ability is injected with that kind of potion, he will become more powerful, and at the cost of overdrawing his vitality, he will use one of his abilities to the extreme.
Li Zhen thinks it all has to do with the "Spear of Longinus" – a delve into that stuff that has benefited the crazy people. Perhaps their original intention was to find a way to transform people into "species", but they got a by-product by mistake.
And if those things are injected into the xenomorph's body, the "Awakened" will appear. No longer confused, but regained the consciousness of the human mind. Although the emotional aspect has become very different, it can still exert full power when combined with a strong physique—compared to ordinary people and ordinary xenos.
However, so far humanity has not found any way to create the current situation - in the absence of species. Alienating ordinary people. The kind of person who Kanyanagi in Ueno can't do it. The doppelganger of the species will not be able to come.
Li Zhen and Ying resolutely separated on the periphery, and then walked in alone.
There are many craters on the ground, and the craters are mixed with the corpses of dead xenos and normal humans. He passed by a crater and noticed a slight noise inside, so he took a look.
Two xenomorphs are eating.
The xenos also spotted him. Fearfully stepped aside. Li Zhen frowned and walked over.
Two minutes later. Explosions were heard in the west. It should have been a decisive disturbance - he was not only responsible for the injury. He also has to be responsible for attracting some attention, so that some of the Truth's Door Capable people will rush to hear the noise, and save themselves some trouble.
The closer you get to the base, the more xenomorphs appear. Some of them were dressed in tatters. Probably from the sea. Others, dressed in torn Imperial Army uniforms, mingled with their former enemies and let out a muffled "ho-ho" sound.
This is a crowd defense tactic, but there are also commanders.
Li Zhen discovered a neatly dressed xenomorph. He sat on a broken barricade sandbag and seemed to be in deep thought.
He walked into the crowd like a walk, the nearby xenos cowering to make way for him, and he walked over to the Awakened.
The guy who was thinking felt the inexplicable pressure and suddenly looked up. Then a deep voice was heard: "Take me in." ”
The Awoken opened his mouth blankly, his eyes showing a look of fear and hesitation. Li Zhen realized that in the vicinity of "that person", their consciousness seemed to be a little more determined. Then he said, "Go." ”
The Awoken finally stood up, froze in place for a few seconds, and turned to lead the way.
Although he has been alienated, he should have regained his clear consciousness and should be able to speak. However, Li Zhen was not interested in talking to him, and stopped directly to this guy.
"Let's go." He urged again.
The Awoken looked at him blankly and pointed his hand forward.
In front is a small three-storey building. Once here, you're already inside the advance base. It is said that it is a base, but in fact there are no underpasses and no tall buildings - the army occupies a small town in ruins and then places the division headquarters in one building.
Next to the three-story building are low-rise buildings and ruined vehicles, barricades, heavy weapons, and scattered firearms.
Behind them were large tracts of xenos, and around them were ruined streets, but forward, there seemed to be an invisible force field that isolated the xenos, and only short figures could be seen—this dwarfness was of course relative to ordinary people.
Those are normal human beings. Or an ordinary person who has been injected, or an injectable person. They have guns in their hands and seem to be on guard.
The three-story building that the awakened were referring to was particularly badly damaged, as if it had undergone a baptism of intense artillery fire. This means that this is most likely the former division headquarters.
The awakened person was asked by some kind of force to move forward, so Li Zhen drank away the dozen or so xenomorphs in front of him and walked in with his empty hands.
Once free from the xenomorph wrap, his form stands out in the slightly empty streets.
The patrolman more than ten meters in front immediately noticed him, hesitated for a moment before raising his gun and issuing a warning: "Stop! ”
Their hesitation is well-founded. Ordinary people or people of ordinary ability cannot come here unharmed from the encirclement of the species, only those who have been transformed like them can.
But Li Zhen was wearing the combat uniform of the Imperial Army. Coupled with the explosion that seemed to have come from the west, the men reacted instinctively.
Li Zhen ignored them and continued to move on.
He walked calmly and calmly, but the three patrolmen were a little confused. They shouted twice in a row and didn't shoot until Li Zhen walked up to them and showed a smile: "Take me to meet him." ”
The patrolman saw his face clearly, slightly stunned.
Of course, the Empire spares no effort in promoting him, and the Gate of Truth will also get the news. But the Gate of Truth is in the fallen zone, and it will not take out this kind of thing and make a big deal about it, so only a few people know what Li Zhen really looks like. But one of the three got some information from the "few" and was stunned at the moment.
Li Zhen pointed at him: "Do you recognize me?" That's easy to do. Walk. ”
He commanded the three men like xenos.
And the three of them really turned around and led the way for him after some hesitation. But one of them was so sad that he was about to go crazy.
Because he felt that he could guess the identity of the other party, and knew who it was. But at the same time, he wondered what he was like the other two, and he could make it through the alienation zone unharmed. He felt that the other party might have some connection to his side—his tone was unmistakable and unmistakable, not at all like an adversary.
It's always confusing for big people to do things, and he even wonders for a moment...... Is this a spy planted within the Empire?
In fact, I think more about it, what is it like to say that he is dead, and now he is standing in front of him? Is there really any conspiracy?
A lot of thoughts filled his mind, and a lot of doubts filled his mind. And certain doubts were infinitely amplified by a certain influence in his consciousness, and finally drove him to turn around involuntarily and lead the way for the other party like a servant.
Perhaps his chaotic mind has not yet realized that this is actually a higher form of "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages".
Because some of the ingredients he injected into his body resonated with Li Zhen, he also had the same "fear" psychology as those aliens. But he's a normal person with an active mind, not an instinctive type — a fear that is obscured by more complex thoughts.
But that doesn't stop his subconscious, instinctively expanding certain thoughts, such as "maybe he's really ours, played a play before and is back"—infinitely.
So under the influence of the coercion of a higher-level species, he subconsciously suppressed his logical thinking and made this decision to "pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages" for him - just like a normal person who will subconsciously force himself to believe in a certain "happy ending" when he is worried about something.
However, he himself was not even aware of this at all, and there was only one thought in his heart when he was struggling and hesitating-
Am I obsessed?
So what Li Zhen said was-
"Do you recognize me? That's easy to do. ”
In fact, there were other patrols in the vicinity of the three-story building. But what they saw was that the companion was leading the way for an unarmed man. Although the man's Imperial Army uniform looked rather eye-catching, he was able to follow the three heavily armed patrolmen uneventfully......
It's better not to ask yourself about this kind of thing. (To be continued.) )