Lin Ci almost instinctively grabbed the other party's fingers and pulled them back, and then twisted the other party's arm, only to see that it was Colonel Kvydov. was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly let go of him, and said, "Colonel, why are you here?" ”

Kvydov grinned, grabbed the almost broken hand and scolded: "You bastard, how did you get so much strength, I just came back from the command." Don't run around, follow me back to camp, there's a mission we need to do right away. ”

Lin Ci could only honestly follow him back to the camp first, but unexpectedly, after the colonel returned to the camp, he announced a mission, which made Lin Ci overjoyed.

It turned out that in recent days, due to the sharp reduction of soldiers, it was necessary for the exploration group to escort a batch of supplies out of the city. This is undoubtedly a good opportunity for Lin Ci to leave the city.

In the afternoon, the exploration group followed the main force out of the city of Port Greene.

Coming out of the armored gate, the Aare River in front of it was in flames, and an armored bridge was erected on it, and vehicles were constantly passing over the bridge.

Entering the reconquest zone on the opposite bank, the vehicle stopped on a street. Lin Ci got out of the car with the other soldiers, and while helping to unload the supplies, he found an opportunity to leave quietly.

But when he turned a corner, he bumped into the red-haired Merry.

Lin Ci was stunned and thought of countermeasures.

Merry raised his hand and said, "I just want to tell you that Lofort's pensions were sent down in the morning, and I have already sent them to his brother, you don't have to worry, I will take care of them." ”

"I'm relieved to hear you say that." Lin Xi smiled with relief.

Merry turned sideways, pointed to a remote alley, and said, "If you go from here, you won't bump into people." Good luck, Wai. ”

"So are you." Lin Ci ran into the alley he pointed out and quickly walked away. Soon he came to the place Kate had designated, a garage.

Sure enough, there was a full tank of fuel inside, and Lin Ci found the key under the seat cushion. A moment later, he drove out of the garage, bypassing the route of the army into the city, in the direction of Engelberg.

In the city of Port Green, in the command building, Rhine walked briskly with a gloomy face.

He pushed the door open and saw Archer and several assistants gathered in front of a computer screen, and Rhine shouted, "Doctor, I'm here." ”

The Doctor poked his head out of the crowd and waved his assistant away, and Rhine stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Are you sure you're not mistaken?" ”

"I've had the computer compare it, and the similarity is!" Dr. Ancher opened a few photographs, which appeared a little blurry and, from the point of view, should not have been taken intentionally.

It was only randomly photographed, and from the photo, it was one of the sections of the armored wall, and a giant appeared on it. Next to the giant was a figure of a man. He was raising a demonic arm and throwing his fist at the giant.

"It's ......," Rhein looked at the doctor.

Ancher quickly switched to another computer and opened the file, revealing the Super Shellbreaker that appeared yesterday in the defense war.

However, it is not a photograph, but a computer-drawn diorama. Archer pointed to the screen and said, "I call it the Shellbreaker type, and the lines on its chest are just one word, which is very vivid, isn't it?" ”

"Getting to the point."

"Well, this big fellow was thrown by the mother beast on one of our walls yesterday. There is no doubt about this guy's destructive power, but strangely, it didn't take long for it to be killed. ”

"I checked the people in charge of that section of the wall that day, and I found something even more incredible. The people in charge of protecting that section of the wall were only members of the exploration team. So I was very strange and deliberately drew materials related to that section of the city wall at that time. ”

Dr. Ancher turned back to the first computer and said excitedly, "Then I found this from one of our drones, originally I just wanted to use the drone to get information about the mother beast and the type, but I didn't expect to take these pictures." ”

"Look at this man, there is no doubt that he was the one who brought down the beast. Do you think he looks familiar? That's right, after computer comparison, he is very similar to the important sample we kept in the base culture tank, and our test specimen not only escaped, but also came to Green Harbor. ”

"He's right under our noses!"

Rhine's expression instantly turned cold, and his eyes shot a scorching light, and he shook the hand with the prosthetic leg and shouted, "Send someone to the exploration team for me at once and detain our experiments." Wellington, just in case, called him too. Just this time damn it, tell him not to kill the test subjects again, even if our test subjects should be able to be resurrected! ”

"Send a special combat team immediately, and then call Wellington to the outside of the city, and be sure to bring me back the experiments."

His assistant turned away and went to carry out his orders. Rhine walked up to Ancher, patted the other party's arm and said, "Doctor, this time I don't care what method you use, even if you slice him and study him, you have to find out the secret of his immortality for me." ”

Ancher stopped talking, but nodded anyway.

Soon Shauna returned and reported, "Mr. Director, we have already checked, and the target is currently missing. ”

"What do you mean by being nowhere to be found!" Rhine almost jumped, and the feeling of repeatedly missing Lin Ci made him almost crazy.

"When our men got to the outer city, they couldn't find him."

"Damn, can't you just hurry up and investigate where our experiments were? Or do I have to go find it myself? Rhine said angrily, "Find it for me right now!" ”

Shauna pushed her glasses and walked out rather coldly. Rhine thought for a moment, squinted his eyes, and said, "I remember that our Mr. Experimentant has a few friends, yes, they are still in Green Harbor. Let me think about what they're called......"

Rhine spun around, snapped his fingers, and called someone outside the office. He said to him, "Go and call Smith and ask him to keep an eye on Kate and Twilight for me, and if they do anything, don't disturb them, just report to me." ”

"Yes!"

Back in the office, Rhine stood by the window, his gaze becoming more and more gloomy.

A car drives on a lonely road.

The mountains are dotted with white peaks, which are even whiter against the greenery of the large forests at the foot of the mountains.

Lin Ci clenched the steering wheel and stared ahead.

He had already left Port Greene and drove along the road to Engelberg, where Dark Phoenix was. At this rate, you can get to that place in the evening.

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As time passed, the sun gradually set in the west, and Lin Xi looked at the fuel tank, which was about to run out.

He slowed down, remembering that he had seen a street sign pointing to a small town nearby. Sure enough, it didn't take long to see a fork in the road, which led to a nearby town by an asphalt road.

The town was eerily quiet, and Lin Ci drove slowly into the town, driving around the streets of the town, and the sound of car engines startled a flock of crows.

The quarry birds chirped and flew into the air, flying away like a dark cloud. In the end, Lin Ci found a gas station, although Kate prepared some gas for him, but considering that he had to go to Basel, Lin Ci planned to use it if he could.

He drove the car into the gas station, turned off the engine, and Lin Ci jumped out of the car. He tried the tanks one by one, and it was no surprise that he couldn't find a drop of gasoline.

Just as he was about to leave, an old man came out of the gas station store, wearing an oil-stained shirt and jeans, holding a rifle in his hand, pointing at Lin Ci and saying, "Hey, where are you from!" ”

Lin Ci frowned, didn't answer, just retreated towards the car.

The old man moved quickly, still not expecting to put away his gun, and shouted, "I said, sir, will you stop first?" Everyone in this town calls me Jack. ”

Lin Ci pointed at his gun, and said with a slight change in his face: "Can you put that thing down?" ”

The old man immediately reacted, and hurriedly put down the gun and shouted, "Are you looking for gasoline?" I have it at home, you come with me. I only wish you could take my two granddaughters away, there is not a single working car in this place right now, we are stuck here! ”

"Listen, Jack. I can't take you with me, it's not safe where I'm going. Lin Ci opened the car door, "So, let's say goodbye here." ”

"Nope! No! The old man raised his gun and pointed it at Lin Ci a little uncontrollably. We've had enough. Every day you have to be scared, and you don't know when a monster will suddenly jump out. Moreover, we are running out of food, and if we don't leave here, we will only starve to death. ”

"Sir, please take my two granddaughters, they deserve to live. As long as you take them away, I can give you whatever you want. ”

Lin Ci looked at the old man, nodded after a moment, and said, "I can take you away, but only to the next town, or to get you a car on the way." As for what will happen to you in the end, I can't guarantee it. ”

The old man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he put down his gun and said, "Yes, I accept this proposal." ”

Old Jack got into the car and showed Lin Ci the way, and after a while, Lin Ci drove to his house. The old man's home was almost a fortress, with abandoned cars piled up in a circle and barbed wire fence on the perimeter, leaving only a small door. The old man stood outside the small iron door and knocked it several times with a certain rhythm.

Lin Ci saw a doorbell by the door, and Old Jack said: "In the past, we used generators to generate our own electricity, but then we didn't have enough gasoline, so we stopped everything we didn't need." ”

Lin Xi said "oh", and then the door of the house in the door opened, and a woman walked out. About twenty-three or fourteen years old, his long hair was coiled up, and he quickly ran over and opened the door. When she saw Lin Ci and the car outside the door, her eyes lit up, and she said happily: "What's going on?" ”

The old man invited Lin Ci in, cautiously closed the door, walked to the house, and introduced, "This is my granddaughter Maggie, this is ...... Oh, I forgot to ask your name. ”

"My name is Lin Ci."

The old man's granddaughter stretched out her hand heartily: "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”

There was another girl standing in the room, who looked to be slightly older than Maggie, and she was her sister Katki.

Lin Ci walked into their living room and said, "Time is pressing, maybe you can clean up, is ten minutes enough?" ”

"I thought we could have dinner and then leave tomorrow morning. You know, young man, it's too dangerous to travel at night. The glow of the headlights will attract monsters. Old Jack said, blinking, "And I'm going to heat up that roast chicken in the kitchen." ”

Lin Ci shook his head: "I don't want to rush at night, but there is one thing I have to do." So either you pack your things in ten minutes, and I'll take you away; Or, I'll leave on my own now, and you'll take your pick. ”

Old Jack looked at his two granddaughters, sighed, and said, "Okay then, let's pack our things." ”

At this moment, the sound of tire explosions suddenly sounded outside the house. Lin Ci hurriedly rushed out of the house to see that a tire of the off-road vehicle parked outside had burst, he frowned, and Old Jack also followed, saying, "It seems that your tires should be changed, fortunately, we have more here." Maggie, help this gentleman. ”

"Kaiqi, you follow me to find the right tire."

The old man called his eldest granddaughter back to the house together, while Maggie carried a toolbox and winked at Lin Ci and said, "Let's go, Wei." Don't worry, I'll fix it. ””

Coming to the door, Lin Ci used a jack to prop up the belly of the car, and then removed the tire. At this time, the old man pushed a tire over, and Lin Ci replaced it.

Suddenly, he felt a little dizzy. The whole world swirled in his eyes, and in a burst of intense stupor, he fell to the ground, and then vaguely saw a man approaching. He picked up a wrench and knocked it down.

Looking at the unconscious Lin Ci, the man smiled and said to Old Jack: "It's been half a year, and finally another fool has come." ”

Old Jack squatted down, searched for Lin Ci's things, and said, "Don't be idle, hurry up and get in the car to find out what you can use, and get all of them for me." Then tie him up so that he can be handed over to the messenger of the goddess of the night. ”

"I'll go and inform the messenger." Maggie patted Lin Ci's face.

When Lin Xi woke up, he found that he had tied an iron chain to a chair. At this moment, he is in the courtyard, alone in the starry sky.

"What's going on?" Lin Qi looked at Maggie and the man.

Maggie walked over, stretched out her hand and groped for Lin Xi's chest, while saying, "Are you our sacrifice?" ”

"Sacrifices?" Lin Ci was slightly surprised.

"That's right, it's the best of the goddess of the night."

"Goddess of the Night?"

"Yes. Her messenger accepts our offerings, and in exchange, the goddess of the night assures us that we will not be attacked by monsters. ”

Lin Ci was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood. The so-called goddess of the night in the mouths of these people is simply the dark phoenix.

Then I heard the cry of some kind of beast in the distance outside the door.

Old Jack became nervous and said, "Come into the house, the messenger is coming." ”

A few people ran into the house, they closed the door, and then moved to the living room to open the curtains and look at the forest in the courtyard.

At this moment, the iron door opened, and a man staggered in. He was dressed in a very ordinary shirt, his skin was horribly pale, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Lin Ci snorted coldly, and his left arm suddenly swelled, and the rapidly rising spikes and swollen muscles broke the iron chain at once. Seeing this scene, Old Jack and the others were startled and retreated one after another.