XXXVI. The Beginning of Evolution

A seemingly peaceful night has passed.

Shin and Hotaru took turns keeping watch all night, and it was still five o'clock in the morning, and Shin and Hotaru ate the food prepared by Haru and looked at the lights in the distance.

"Looks like something big is going to happen today." Xin said lightly.

Hotaru also nodded.

"Shall we find a good place to check it out?"

Hotaru shook her head, she didn't really want to take risks, and this time there were too many variables.

Shin nodded, feeling that Hotaru had grown up, and was very pleased.

"And where do you think we should go?"

"Get out of here, it's not our goal." Hotaru looked at the channel.

"Okay, listen to you."

Xin nodded, but his heart was not as relaxed as it seemed.

Since I strengthened myself, it seems that everything is not as difficult as before, I have become stronger, my equipment has improved, and there is even a human form by my side.

To tell the truth, I am floating, unstable, and I will be fatal in the last days.

Fortunately, Hotaru reminded herself today that she is not a saint, nor is she a bad person, she is just a weak existence, and she has no capital to mix in other people's affairs.

"Let's go." Shin sighed and said to Hotaru.

Hotaru smiled and nodded.

Then, Shin and Hotaru escaped the sentry and left the town before dawn.

Outside the town were the corpses of some reapers, all of which were bitten marks.

"They're killing each other?" Hotaru was a little surprised.

"No, it's not that simple...... Shin took a deep breath, "the path of evolution begins." ”

"Evolution?" This is a novel word that Hotaru heard.

"If you're lucky, you can meet it. But you also have to be mentally prepared. Although it was a joke, you could also hear the solemnity in the words.

As they walked forward, there were more corpses, and both Shin and Hotaru realized that something was wrong.

"It's going in the right direction." The letter asked, opening the gun's safety.

"That's right, 20 kilometers ahead you can get to Moon Bay." Hotaru searched the map in her head.

"Then there's only one possibility." Several large and smaller reapers, both large and small, appeared in the letter's field of vision.

"Something is in the way."

"Da Da Da!"

After the letter was finished, he opened fire, but the small reaper was so fast that he couldn't shoot at all, while the big one was not afraid at all.

"Tear up!"

Shin's left arm was torn and sparks sparked. And the little reaper who hit the letter had a crack in the scythe hand at this time.

"I'll go, so hard." Shin couldn't help but laugh as he looked at his left arm, which had been playing with it without damage.

Hotaru was okay with the Swift Reaper, but the Giant Reaper still had to take a detour.

In the seconds when Shin wandered, Hotaru's pressure doubled, and she glared at Shin.

Shin, realizing that now was not the time to study, pulled a steel needle from his waist.

Why the waist? Because the letter felt that the enlarged leg was in the way, he changed positions.

With a strong throw, the steel needle pierced through the giant reaper's skull and stuck into the ground.

The other reapers, who didn't feel any particular way, continued to attack the two of them.

It seems that although there has been some evolution, it is nothing more, and the IQ has not changed.

Finally, the two Swift Reapers, attacking Hotaru at the same time.

Hotaru raised her spear in one hand and drew her dagger in the other, attacking the Reapers.

The action is swift and clean.

"Whew!" Hotaru let out a sigh and wasn't even sweating yet.

The letter smacked his lips, worthy of the "silver killer".

The letter is not over yet, and it is a little tricky.

"Need my help?" Hotaru found a place to sit down and asked, tilting back.

Xin raised an eyebrow in the face of naked mockery: "No need! ”

Then he pulled out two steel needles and jumped forward, directly inserting the steel needles into the giant reaper's brain, and then raised his chin at Hotaru.

Hotaru, on the other hand, changed her legs and continued to, while holding her chest and nodding, somewhat satisfied with Shin's performance.

Then the letter was embarrassed, and he was going to take out the steel needle.

"If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't be handsome."

After some effort, the steel needle was finally removed, but the mucus on it was really disgusting, and there was a strange smell.

"Do you want to go straight to Moon Bay next?"

"Yes, we also have a stronghold in Moon Bay." Hotaru pondered.

"Anyway, don't you have to pass the matter back to Command?"

Hotaru thought for a moment, "True, but I have priority transfer objects. ”

"And in order?"

"That's right, I've been instructed to collect information and pass it on to the creator first." Hotaru looked at the letter and didn't hide it.

"Are you okay with me?"

"It depends on my mood." Hotaru smiled.

Shin and Hotaru continued to move forward, not yet noticing a tail trailing far behind them.

It was the leader of the Reapers, but he had changed significantly, with dark green markings on his body and three more chains on his tail, which were hooks. At this time, he was staring closely at the two people in front of him.

The closer he got to Moon Bay, Shin's eyelids began to jump frequently.

"What's wrong?" Hotaru asked, looking at the letter that had stopped.

"I feel something is wrong, scan the surroundings." I haven't felt this feeling for a long time.

Hotaru also listened to the words and began to scan the surroundings.

"I didn't find anything out of the ordinary."

Shin frowned, it couldn't be that he had made a mistake. That's either the other party has a means of shielding, or the distance is a little far.

"Expand the scope."

"I'll try." Hotaru expanded the scanning range, and sure enough, she found an abnormal signal, "Found it, two hundred meters behind us, the other party's speed has increased." ”

The letter is ready to be greeted.

"100 Meter ......"

The letter can clearly see the appearance of the other party, it is the leader reaper, but it is also clearly evolved.

And the evolution is very high, as I have seen in the life of Shin.

At 30 meters in the game, the leader leaped over the top of Shin and Hotaru's heads, and the barb on the tail headed towards Shin and Hotaru.

Hotaru reacted quickly and ducked to the side, and Shin narrowly dodged over. The two seized the opportunity to deliver a round of firepower at each other.

While the boss isn't as skinny as the Giant Reaper, it takes very little damage.

Shin and Hotaru have a tacit understanding and attack separately.

The leader turned to Hotaru as he flicked his tail towards the letter.

Shin leaped backwards and fired a few shots at the tail. Fortunately, it just looks like an iron chain.

However, the tail suddenly stretched out and pumped towards the letter, and the letter was caught off guard, directly under the ribs. Although it has been strengthened, it is still a weak area under the ribs, and it cannot withstand such a draw from the leader reaper.

The letter thinks that it should be two broken ribs, and there is no problem for the time being.

"Ahem!" Coughing up a little blood stasis, Shin stepped forward again, because Hotaru's condition was not very good.

Hotaru moves quickly and shoots at the boss's joints, but with little effect. Until one magazine was finished, it did not play a substantial role.

I didn't have time to reload, so I could only pull out the short knife and force it. The moment Shin was whipped away, the leader's tail was already swinging in front of him to attack Hotaru.

Shin seized the opportunity to empty a magazine, attracting the tail to the back. And the leader was also fooled.

Seeing the opportunity, Shin nailed a tail to the ground with a steel needle.

The leader is worthy of being a reaper with an evolved IQ, and the moment the first tail is nailed to the ground, he gets rid of Hotaru's entanglement and wants to turn around and give Shin a blow.

"Hold him back!" Shin shouted at Hotaru.

Hotaru slammed down on the leader's back, and a short knife plunged directly into its body.

"Aangβ€”"

With a wail, the leader kept shaking his body in an attempt to break free of Hotaru. But the letter nailed its tail to the ground again.

The chieftain knew that the situation was not good for him, so he cut off his two tails and tried to escape.

And Hotaru because the knife was inserted at the wrong angle, and during the leader's run, he fell down with a piece of meat.

"It's okay!" Shin swallowed in a rough breath.

"It's fine." Hotaru patted the dirt off her body, then took out a small bottle and filled the piece of meat.

"You're keeping this for research?"

"No, I'll take it to the people in the Moon Bay stronghold and send them somewhere to do research."

"What do you think of this reaper just now?"

Hotaru remembered the few times her short knife touched the opponent's scythe, and now her hand was still trembling slightly, and replied:

"Its attack method is very simple, but its attack power is very strong, and with its intelligence, it will definitely be more difficult to deal with in the future."

"Yes, that tail is like having eyes...... "Xin covered his ribs, and it should be blue and purple if nothing else.

"You're hurt?" Hotaru looked at Shin clutching his ribs, a little worried.

"Little things, I'm very resilient." The letter was a bit casual, but it really hurt.

"Then let's take a break and move forward, I'll see if I can contact the people in Moon Bay." Hotaru stepped aside, holding her head with one hand, adjusting the wavelength of the signal.

And the letter also sat aside to rest, and it was a pity to let the reaper run away, otherwise it could be dissected.

"Got in touch?" Watching Hotaru slowly approach, Shin asked.

Hotaru shook her head, "No, but I transferred the data up." ”

Shin looked at Hotaru and didn't speak.

"What's wrong?"

"I think you're talking too much."

Hotaru pursed her mouth slightly, and turned her head.

……

And in the city where the Tiger Battalion is located, it is now a sea of fire.

"What about the two men!?" Chen Shuang shouted weakly.

"Definitely already ran!" Wu Lian roared angrily as he opened fire.

"I miscalculated, I didn't expect there to be people from the royal family." Chen Shuang was a little depressed at this time.

Wu Lian ran out of bullets and threw the gun to the side, then grabbed Chen Shuang's head and said:

"You can't give up, you must not give up! Turn back into Chen Shuang and you can live! Wait for me and I to take you hostage, they won't do anything to you! ”

"Then you're going to die!"

"I'm dead now, and I can't run away." Wu Lian pulled out an ugly smile.

"Ceasefire!"

Liu Zheng shouted at the place where Wu Lian and the others were: "Captain Wu, surrender, hand over Chen Shuang, I can give you a whole corpse." ”

"Don't move!" Wu Lian held a knife against Chen Shuang's neck at this time, and pressed slightly, "If she comes over again, she won't want to live." ”

"Instructor Liu, shoot! Don't let the chaos run away! Although Chen Shuang had tears in his eyes at this time, he was extremely resolute.

Then his face was hot, and Wu Lian's hand holding the knife also fell. Looking back, Wu Lian at this time was already out of breath, and there was a hole in his head.