Chapter 18: The Monster at Heart

The next morning—

"Urgent notice! All members of the gatekeeper team, please gather in the underground playground of the military district within 30 minutes! Urgent notice! All the members of the goalkeeper ......" Suddenly a burst of siren-like announcements woke up the players.

"Sure enough......" said the captain as he sat up from his bed, muttering to himself.

"Alas! The whole wardrobe is white short sleeves and cargo pants, every day, and I really have enough to wear. E6 was shirtless, standing in front of the closet whining.

"Don't whine, E6! Please hurry! Don't forget to bring your own helmet and utensils. "At this moment, the captain has already finished dressing.

"Yes!" The team members replied in unison.

In the underground playground of the 803 Military Administrative District, the members of the seven gate teams and the instructors of the eight gate teams had already gathered on the playground and arranged there in order.

"What are the players of the Eight Doors team doing! Instructor Chen! Is this your student?! The warlord shouted.

"Sorry! It's my rereliction of duty! Instructor Chen gave a military salute.

At this moment, the members of the Eight Gate Team were rushing towards this place in unison. During the run, the neatness of the team was maintained, and the whole team looked unique. In the eyes of other teams, the eight teams are all pretentious guys. Moreover, what makes them very incomprehensible is why the team uniforms of the Bamen team are so special, saying that they are team uniforms are more casual clothes. The other teams are all uniforms of different styles.

"Cut, what a thing. Engage in special. A girl from the Seven Gates team whispered.

"Be quiet!" A boy next to him said.

"Wow, bmm—" The Eight Gatekeepers ran to a stop in their chosen position.

"Report to the instructor! Chief of War! We're late! The captain stepped forward and took the initiative to plead guilty.

"All team ......" Instructor Chen was just about to give the order to punish him, but the military chief waved his hand to stop and said, "I think someone must have slowed down the assembly. To put it another way, the sense of teamwork is still okay. Time is pressing, corporal punishment is waived, Instructor Chen. But! Don't take it as an example!"

"Yes!" Instructor Chen replied.

"Now, let's get down to business." The chief of military management immediately became serious, "Last night, at 11:44, the members of the Eight Gate Team, numbered E9, used their abilities to escape from the skylight room to the outside world. It has now been defined as an S-class deserter, led by capture, and if you don't give in, you will be killed! Hear me clearly! As he spoke, the warlord projected the portrait of E9 and Cen on the side.

Everyone was shocked by the commander's life's order, and the severity of the matter had exceeded the A-level level. The new team members who have only been in the Eight Gate team for more than a week have been defined as S-level, which has greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. Looking back at the past criminal record, the mission level of the deserter is defined as Aminus at most, although the difference between Aminus and S is only two levels. But the level of importance is even higher. Moreover, the capture rate of deserters is also quite high, and there has never been a situation where all eight teams have gathered in the past.

"For the sake of a mere member of the eight-door team, so exciting." It was the girl from the Seven Gates team again, muttering indignantly.

"Huh? Do you have an opinion? The military commander walked over to the queue of the Seven Gates, looked at her badge, and continued: "SN3? ”

"Yes!" SN3 replied.

"Then do you know why you want to set up a separate seven-door team?" The Warlord asked.

"To assist the Eight Gates in completing their mission." SN3 replied.

"Is that all?" The commander raised his eyebrows and questioned.

“…… Also because we only have at most one physical or other skill similar to the previous team. SN3 said this with a hint of disdain.

"It seems that your personality is very strong, but you still don't have the talent to become a member of the Eight Goal." The chief of the military was merciless, and SN3 had no excuse, just clenched his fists.

Ignoring SN3's emotions, he walked around in front and said, "Everyone has to be clear about their position, each department has its own unique role!" It's like the first team is the R&D department, the second team is the resource collection department, the third team is the supply and demand department, and you, the seven teams are the auxiliary departments. If you don't know how to get the most out of your role in the team, you're scrapped. The military commander said contemptuously.

"I'm willing to challenge the ability to parse E9." SN3 didn't say anything, stepped forward, and looked firmly at the military chief. There are only four members of the auxiliary department this year, and although SN3 is assigned to this team, she has never agreed with this kind of "classification" like labeling from the bottom of her heart. And the army has always refused to veto the members who take the initiative to challenge, and everyone has such a right.

"Are you sure?" The Warlord asked rhetorically. Generally speaking, teams are not allowed to compete with each other if they have the same or similar physical or other skills, but for this kind of active challenge, it is a different story......

"Sure!" SN3 replied, though Captain SN1 behind her tried to stop it.

"Alright, now put on your eye helmet. I'll pass in the analyzed E9 data, and when you think you can start, you can control it with your mind. The scenario simulated by the brain will be projected to all the goalkeepers and will not guarantee your **. Comments? The warlord asked. Although the eye helmet also has the function of simulating situations, it has a higher degree of fitting of the experience and is more taxing on the body, so it is not used in daily training.

"No problem! Let's go! SN3 said impatiently.

"Okay, you can start now." As he spoke, the commander of the military department imported the electronic information in his hand into the SN3's eye helmet.

"Zizizi—" The sound of electricity.

"The simulation scenario is fitted." After SN3 hears the AI's completion report. She was instantly in a barren land, the wind was blowing smoke and dust, there were a few withered yellow plants around her, and the sky above was purple and gray.

"It's ...... What the hell place. SN3 looked around and muttered to himself.

"Huh?" Suddenly, in front of SN3, the back of a girl appeared, and she was standing there, looking at the deep sky, her long hair fluttering messily.

“E9??” SN3 asked uncertainly.

"You see, the color of the sky is so beautiful. Gray clouds, with a faint purple light. Cen ignored her, still watching.

Suddenly, Cen's right hand, which had been hanging down, was raised.

"What are you doing!? Put your hands down! SN3 warned.

Cen didn't turn his head, only paused slightly, then raised his right hand upwards and opened his palm, as if he was "catching" something.

At this moment, SN3 had already rushed up, ready to attack, but when she rushed to her side, she didn't notice any threatening moves.

"Whoa—" a sound like a stream of water.

"What??" SN3 subconsciously raised his head. Directly above, a waterfall of blood was left in the crack of the clouds, and they went straight down, seeing that they were about to be impacted by this torrent. SN3 instantly dodged backwards, and at this moment, the waterfall turned out to be small and thin, poured into Cen Palm, overflowed from the palm, and lay on his arm, dripping on the barren ground......

"Put your abilities away, don't you think it's dangerous?" Cen still didn't look back, just turned his back to her.

Her words shocked SN3, could it be that she still has eyes behind her back? Furthermore, how did she know that this was her ability?

"Boom-" Cen inhaled.

"Hmm. The air is full of your murderous energy, the kind of naivety that wants to prove yourself......" She put down her right hand, turned her head, tilted her head slightly, looked at her and said, "This, in a way, we are still a little bit similar." ”

"It's just a simulation, don't say it like it's real." SN3 quickly rolled over and jumped up, kicking forward.

With a "huh-" sound, Cen's body suddenly disappeared. SN3 stomped on it.

"Cut." SN3 looked around, but there was no sign of her around. Could it be that this is one of her abilities?

"Ahem." Before she could react, Cen stabbed SN3's arm into her body. Suddenly, a mouthful of blood sprayed onto her face. SN3 was dumbfounded.

"It turns out that you can ossify the skin. What an interesting ability. As he spoke, Cen reached out and touched SN3, whose face was covered in blood and terrified.

"Go away!" She flicked her arm violently, and suddenly Cen's afterimage was cut and disappeared into thin air.

"What's the monster in you?" Cen's voice echoed throughout the "world".

"Boom-boom-"

I saw that in front of SN3, a towering giant broke through the ground from the ground, and its eye sockets were deep-set, and it didn't even have eyes, but ...... But he was weeping......

He held the tongues of countless people in his hands, and slammed these heads that had already been smashed beyond recognition, smashing them to the ground again and again. Suddenly the brain bursts...... Flesh and blood stained the sky......

She looked closely, and the giant's face was somewhat similar to herself, but those heads, but were they? Her...... Mother and ......?

Suddenly, the giant threw countless heads in his hands at her. They are like waves, one after another, surging and rolling towards SN3......

She was dumbfounded, her expression stiffened, and she looked like she had lost her soul. The body trembled uncontrollably, and the ossification of the arm instantly regressed to its original flesh color......

"Go on?" Cen walked towards her in this "wave" and said gloomily.

"Just like then." Cen sneered.

"Say no more!" SN3 panicked, and at this point she seemed to have lost control, and stabbed at Cen violently. Although he was stabbed, it was only an afterimage.

"What a kid who can't stand being left out in the cold...... You see...... Did you see that? With that, Cen's afterimage disappeared again. SN3 looked around in horror, almost losing his mind.

At this time, others in the underground playground are watching this happen.

"What the hell is this......" Dong'er couldn't believe what she was seeing.

"Is this the strength of the previous team?" SN1, the captain of the Seven Gates, couldn't believe that this E9 actually had the ability to materialize the monster in the opponent's heart. The rest of the squad were talking, and even the instructors of the teams were intimidated by this ability. This is probably the most powerful mental projection skill in several sessions.

"As you can see! That's why this deserter can reach the S rank! For the recipient, this mental projection is completely present. No one else can help in any way, and at the same time the E9 can perform other actions at the same time. The chief of the military management had a very serious expression.

"As long as there are human beings, there is no such thing as a completely mentally healthy person. As long as there is this weakness, it is possible to evoke specific cues, or to take advantage of severe PTSD. Do you make the defects of the psyche monster? The instructor of the Eight Doors team said.

"With the data that has been collected, it can only be explained to this extent." The warlord said.

Although speaking from experience, Instructor Chen does think that there are a few people who are special this year, including E9, E8, E5 and others. Indeed, compared to previous years, it has to be even better. However, I didn't expect this to happen, and it happened in just a few days of adapting and exploring myself. In addition, the task instructions of this high-level ultimatum deserter are really shocking. The Chief of Military Affairs has always been a very cautious person and is unlikely to make biased decisions.

"Instructor of the Seven Gates." The Warlord winked and motioned for her to forcibly remove SN3's eye helmet. At this time, SN3 is already in a state of disorientation in the simulated situation, and if it is not written down in time, it may lead to mental disorders, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.

"Plop-" SN3 threw his hands on the ground and knelt on the ground, panting for air. No matter how unconvinced she was, she did lose, to her own excessive self-confidence. She didn't expect that the difference between the seven-door team and the eight-door team was so far, whether it was from a psychological or physical point of view, this was a fact. Now, she even thinks that the Seven Doors team is a "redundant" team.

"It's not that the purpose of this time is purely to make the Seven Men team members feel that they are redundant. Each team has an aspect of their own unique function that is indispensable to completing the entire mission. I know you have objections to this mission, but I don't think anyone thinks that way anymore. The military commissioner said.

"SN3, do you know now?" The commander looked at her and reprimanded.

"Understood...... replied, slowly looking up at him. It seems that everything is really too simple for her.

"Do you have any opinions?" He glanced at all the teams.

"Nope!" The whole team replied in unison.

"Good! Now I'm going to talk about the combined front team members who went out to the mission! A team with captain O1 and team member O33. The second goalkeeper team, captain TO19 and team member TO2. Three-door team, only captain TE12. Four goalkeepers, captain FR30 and team member FR13. Five-door team, players FE4 and FE11. Six Door Team, Captain SX2. Seven Goalkeepers, Captain SN1 and Team Player SN3. Eight teams, all players are required. Didn't you hear me clearly! After counting the list of tasks out of the battle, the commander of the military commander shouted.

“Yes! Sir!” Although everyone agreed in unison, most people were extremely worried. The captain of each team was almost elected, which was inevitable. The other members are based on their daily performance. Everyone is new to this kind of thing, and they can't help but feel nervous.

"Good! Now give you thirty minutes. Thirty minutes later, all the list personnel assembled in the military district pathway! Anyone who evades the mission will be expelled or killed! The passage will only be open for 10 seconds! The quest information will then be automatically sent to your Eye Helmet! Disbanded now! With that, the warlord turned around and left.