Under the different gazes of everyone around them, Qiu Xuan and Xiaolu walked on the narrow and dirty streets without squinting.

After coming out of the rotten prison cell, it was this run-down-looking town outside. The scale of environmental management and so on is not comparable to the previous Chuanliu Town, and because of the plague, it looks even more deserted and old, and the residents who are outside at a few o'clock are wrapped in wide robes and look numb, perhaps this is why those people chose a room here as a torture room.

"This place doesn't look like it's as big as your bus." Xiaolu pursed her lips and commented.

"What can be done by what life compels." Qiu Xuan tentatively pressed the bruises on her body, and obediently let go of her hands and stopped touching them after grinning in pain. "Aren't you going back to the necklace?"

"Are you talking about human words, huh, Miss Qiu Xuan?" Xiaolu raised her beautiful eyebrows and looked at her in disbelief. "If you use it up, you will lose it, and you won't even say thank you, is it really a prostitution?"

"Thank you, thank you, when will you go back?"

Xiaolu shook her head.

"It's so boring to stay in the necklace, I used to have nightmares to talk to me, but now there's nothing."

A tattered child suddenly ran in front of them, and Qiu Xuan subconsciously gave way to the side, and heard a gunshot at the end of the dirty street. She looked solemn, and quickly pulled Xiaolu sideways and hid in a deserted small shop on the side of the road.

A few soldiers in familiar heavy hazmat suits swept by, grabbing a resident with a little rough hand, and asked sharply, "Did you see a black woman walking by with a monster just now", and after getting a panicked no, he raised his hand and pushed the townsman to the side.

Qiu Xuan hid herself behind the old counter and quietly showed a pair of eyes to observe the situation outside, and when she saw the soldiers walking towards the next person in a rough voice, she retracted her head to the counter and suddenly asked to the side, "Then do you regret it now?" ”

"Well, what?" was bored fiddling with the metal gadgets covered with cobwebs in the display case, and Xiaolu was stunned when she heard this. "Regret what?"

"A lot. In order to gamble on himself and become such a monster, to participate in the mountain villa game, he had to bind himself to me and continue to walk in multiple planes...... If you don't want to live like this anymore, I'll give you freedom when I find a way. ”

Bang!

The two people hiding behind the counter dodged nimbly at the same time, and several deep bullet holes hit the position where they were squatting just now, Qiu Xuan carefully poked out half of his head to confirm the number of people, and flicked the knife on the handle of the knife in one direction with the thumb of his right hand.

A few bullets instantly hit the place where the knife hit the ground, and in this gap, Xiaolu's figure suddenly flashed behind the soldier, her sharp fingertips instantly transformed, and her arm stretched out and directly stabbed the soldier's heavy protective suit.

"Let's go!"

The dead gray claws that belonged entirely to Wendigo picked up Qiu Xuan almost at a careful angle, and Qiu Xuan quickly flipped her wrist to withdraw the thrown sub-knife, turned over and rushed out of the rain of bullets after Xiao Lu.

Monsters with terrifying faces scurried through the dirty streets, and Qiu Xuan ran under the cover of her massive size, and in the midst of the increasing number of casualties, she saw the panicked eyes of the townspeople who had taken refuge in the safety corners of the roadside early.

She paused, and when she was around the corner of a chaotic market, she suddenly ripped off the pure black rainproof cloth covering the ceiling and covered her and Xiaolu's heads.

"What are you doing?!"

"Change back, quick!"

Wendigo paused, and finally the white light turned back into a slender and slender woman. Seeing the opportunity, Qiu Xuan threw the tarp backwards again, pulled Xiaolu and turned around and turned into the long, narrow and chaotic residential building that resembled an old alley.

The two of them randomly picked a dilapidated building and ran upwards, the old staircase creaking and creaking in an overwhelming way. So they had to slow down and walk with bated breath through the abandoned floor.

"This is the second team...... Yes, yes, yes, we lost it. The giant monster was suddenly gone, and we don't know where it went, and we're searching in Area C right now...... Yes, report any movement as soon as possible! ”

On the staircase that seemed to have no end in sight, Qiu Xuan listened to the intermittent report of the search soldier on the communicator outside the building that was not very soundproofed. She touched her chin and thought about something, and heard Xiao Lu, who had been being pulled behind her, speak softly.

"I chose to like him, I chose to participate in the mountain villa game, I chose to sacrifice myself to become this monster, and I chose to help you win. Since everything has been a good choice for me, isn't it too hypocritical to regret it now? ”

"You say that I want to save face and refuse to admit that I have the option of failure, or if I am too paranoid, whatever it is. But I don't regret it, really, I don't regret it, Qiu Xuan. ”

Qiu Xuan turned her head to look at her from the towering and long steps, and Xiaolu also looked up at her, her expression calm as the little girl who clapped her hands and sang "Caged Bird" in her previous memories.

"What do you say that if you can find a way, you will give me freedom, Qiu Xuan, you can't even achieve your own freedom, how can you promise the freedom of others?"

"However, I am willing to accompany you on the quest." Xiaolu suddenly laughed, and for a moment, the intermingling of light and shadow eclipsed her. "My whole life has always been traceable to be confined to that small inch of the world, Jiang Han trapped me in the name of love, and the mountain game trapped me with the desire in my heart, even myself, why not be willing to be the bird trapped in the cage under the banner of 'love'?"

"But you're different, Qiu Xuan."

"Maybe one day in the future, maybe when I die with you at the hands of those rulers, I may regret it for a few seconds. But before that, show me, Qiu Xuan. Let me see how far you can go, let me know that there is more to this world than possession and domination in the name of 'love', and let me see what true freedom looks like. ”

“……”

"Tsk, don't think so highly of me." Qiu Xuan was silent for a while, then turned her head to look at the pitch-black beams hanging in the air. "If you really die with me in a certain world at that time, you will regret it."

"If one day you really kill me, I will swallow you alive with my last breath."

Qiu Xuan: ???

"Just kidding." Xiaolu patted her shoulder from behind, "Don't have psychological pressure, just work hard." It's the first time that everyone is not a person, cannibalism, and you get used to it while eating. ”

Qiu Xuan: "...... Please keep your distance from me in the future, thank you. ”

Originally, I was still worried about Xiaolu's psychological state, but after such a simple conversation, Qiu Xuan was a little relieved. Who knows what will happen in the future, one step at a time, otherwise what can be done.

Ten minutes later, they climbed to the top of the building.

Qiu Xuan used some force to pry open the metal lock of the old rooftop, and with a burst of dust, the dilapidated rooftop covered with cobwebs appeared in front of them.

"It's been a long time since this place was inhabited." Xiaolu coughed lightly and waved the fine dust in the air, wandering around with some disgust, trying to find a place to reluctantly get down.

"Be quiet." Qiu Xuan reminded softly, seeing that she was a little impatient but still waved her hand in a measured manner, so she stopped walking to the edge of the rooftop and cautiously showed her eyes to observe below.

In the narrow passages of the complex residential buildings, which are in a zigzag shape as a whole, two search teams of about 10 people each can be clearly seen, and how many of them are behind and inside the blocked buildings will not be mentioned for the time being.

The two teams cooperated tacitly, and once they noticed that there was a sound coming from one floor, the search soldiers divided into several teams, one responsible for entering the building to search, and the other responsible for guarding the door to block people.

It seems that they can't find out that we are in this building, otherwise it will be troublesome to force a breakthrough, and then we will have to let Xiaolu transform into Wendigo. But the problem now is that once you transform into Xiaolu, the conspicuousness of the target will expand several times, and even if you can break through for a while, the troops that will be attracted one after another will be a big problem.

As for the exit of the town...... Qiu Xuan looked away a little, and suddenly saw something, and was slightly stunned.

"Grass, Qiu Xuan...... Qiu Xuan! ”

was in a daze, and his consciousness was awakened by Xiao Lu, who was pacing this side at some point. Xiaolu's face was a little ugly and pointed down to indicate that she would look, and looking in the direction she was pointing, Qiu Xuan's expression sank suddenly.

I don't know if it was because I had been delayed here for too long and didn't find the right direction or some other reason, the soldier who looked like the squad leader picked up the communicator and mobilized several other teams to come over. They used the tactics of crowds to blockade building by building, and did not let go of any corner where people might be hidden, and now they are guarding the bottom of the residential building where they are, and they will be searched in about ten minutes or so.

"When the countdown is due, I'll turn into a drag on them, and we'll fight our way out." Xiaolu whispered in her ear.

"You can't be reckless now." Qiu Xuan shook her head, "The existence of your Wendigo form is no longer a secret now, do you think that the people of the Academy of Sciences are so stupid that they will send ordinary soldiers over to die in vain?" I'm afraid that I have already prepared a plan to deal with you. ”

As she spoke, she dug into the small bag she had just brought back from Ah Da and pulled out two metal grappling hooks.

"Will it work?" She handed one of the sections to Xiaolu, "After firing on the eaves on the opposite side, it will automatically fasten, and then grab the rope and swing it over." ”

"Oh, I know this." Xiao Lu gestured twice in his hand, "I see that the mercenary group has used it, but I can't use it myself." By the way, why don't you ask me now why I didn't go back to the necklace? ”

"I took it for granted, I'm sorry." Qiu Xuan said, "You are also an independent person, of course, you have the right to choose how you should exist in this world. ”

"It's kind of like that." Xiao Lu snorted twice, her eyes turned around as if lingering, and then she returned the metal grappling hook to Qiu Xuan's hand. "Okay, even if it's for the safety of my own life, I'm not going to hold you back here. Call me when you're in danger, I'm always there. ”

Qiu Xuan looked at the thin wrist stretched out towards her, and her lowered eyelashes half hid the complex emotions in her eyes. After a long silence, she whispered, "...... Good. ”

With a familiar flash of white light, the position in front of him was instantly empty. Qiu Xuan carefully put the birdcage necklace around her wrist and wrapped it, sorted out her emotions, and went through the road map she had written down before in her mind, and stood on the steps on the edge of the rooftop.

The cold wind of the eighteen-story building stirred her sleeves, and the heads of the eager people at the bottom of the building were as small as ants. Qiu Xuan raised her eyes to look at the sky that was getting closer and closer, and suddenly raised her sleeve, and a steel rivet connected to the grappling hook hit the side wall of the opposite floor.

Let's go.

Simply mentally prepared himself, Qiu Xuan jumped out of the edge of the rooftop with one foot, like an eagle with wings stretched in the cold wind.

The hunting wind blew in her ears, and she half-squinted as the light and shadow of the town were quickly left behind, and for a moment she completely forgot the little hesitation that was already left.

The stained and cracked wall was getting closer and closer, and as the strong sense of weightlessness disappeared, she stepped vertically on the wall with her feet and pulled the grappling hook. Due to the cushioned inertia, the knee muscles were pulled and hurt for a while, but at the moment it was obvious that he couldn't care about this, his left hand went up to the edge of the balcony, and his legs turned over again.

Qiu Xuan took a quick breath, retracted the rope and turned to look at the rooftop she had just jumped on, the distance that was originally like a moat was nothing more than that now. In fact, Xiaolu said that she had only seen it but did not know how to use a metal grappling hook, so why would she use it? It's just a matter of summarizing Ling You's battles and relying on their own experience to grope around.

There wasn't much time left for her to be complacent, when a soldier spotted and shouted "People are there!" After that, she ran quickly on the rooftop on the other side, this time with a metal grappling hook that was fired almost instantaneously as she jumped off the edge.

Follow the route you have planned in your mind, constantly shuttling and jumping between the high platforms, and the more you get to the back, the more skilled you become, and the flexible body will drop the light and shadow of the whole town behind you. She is like a bird that never falls, and it is like performing a grand and absurd dance. The movement of the clouds and water made the soldiers on the ground only curse and chase after them, and for the last time, Qiu Xuan raised the transmitter in his right arm, shook it and then suddenly drooped.

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