Chapter 34: Self-blame
After several hours of searching and cleaning up, the zombies in the subway station are finally up to par, and the miracle badge shows that only 16 zombies have not been killed. But these fish that slipped through the net didn't know where to hide, and it would take a lot of time to find them one by one by two people, so Ma Le stopped pursuing perfection and left directly.
Back at Takajo's house, Ma Le went to Soichiro Takajo to hand in the task, and according to the contribution, he got 13,000 credits and 4 merit points, and Shangguan got 2,000 credits and 1 merit point. That amphibious vehicle also became a trophy recognized by the urban warfare system.
Soichiro Takashiro asked about the news of Poison Island Tsuiko, Ma Le and Shangguan were silent, Chairman Takashiro was a smart person, and he guessed it at a glance, so he didn't ask any more. Ma Le was in a depressed mood, and he didn't have the heart to talk more, so he reminded him, "There may be remnants of zombies, let the survivors pay more attention." Then he took Shangguan and left.
After Ma Le left, Soichiro Takashiro groaned for a while, and said to the empty room: "I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that this guy is really an ordinary guy......"
As soon as the words fell, the sliding door behind him opened, and Hayakawa Jiro walked out respectfully: "President, I guarantee with my life, the story of Tanaka's fight against zombie elephants I described before is absolutely not the slightest false!" ”
"Now I believe it!" Soichiro Takashiro sighed and said, "For the task of cleaning up zombies, I originally planned to send at least thirty heavily armed people, but I didn't expect this guy to complete it with two students...... It's good to save the weapons from the police department! ”
Ma Le and Shangguan returned to their respective rooms early, although it was still afternoon, but such a series of battles was a little unbearable for Shangguan, who had an ordinary physique, and he rested early. And Ma Le didn't want to continue to do any tasks, just lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling in a daze.
As the protagonist, the news of Poison Island's death was passed to other adventurers as soon as possible, but because Poison Island had already intervened in other missions, her death did not deduct credit from others, and only Ma Le and Shangguan were implicated. Although they were very curious about the cause of death on Poison Island, the ghost deer didn't dare to touch Ma Le's moldy head. Only the old dog vaguely guessed some clues, not to mention Ma Le, even if it is a poison island man, he is also a master, if there are only ordinary zombies, this trip should be nine out of ten. Such heavy losses are only related to the hippos they let go...... Therefore, the old man reminded the others: "In any case, we can't say that we have seen those hippos!" ”
Between the characters in the plot, the news of Poison Island's death also began to spread, after all, there were three people when they entered the subway station, and only two were left when they came out, and no one could guess what happened. For this reason, Komuro Takashi and others came to question Ma Le, but he was rejected on the grounds that he was unwell.
Ma Le has been thinking about Poison Island in his heart.
It's not because of how important this purple-haired girl is to Ma Le, or because of how good the relationship between the two is. Although Ma Le admits that among the characters in the plot, he has the most contact with Poison Island and has the best feelings, and he is just a first friend. He is an adventurer, just a passerby in this world, if Poison Island Tsuneko has lived safely to the end, maybe after a few worlds, Ma Le will forget her......
But now it's different, this girl is dead, and she died in front of Ma Le! Adventurers are also human beings, and under the premise of giving priority to interests, they will also crave emotional care, and no one will be better off watching a friend die in front of them, not to mention, Ma Le still has a way to save her!
That's right, just death is not enough to move the bloody baptism of Ma Le, the most important thing is that he has a panacea in his hand, but he is reluctant to take it out. As an adventurer, this kind of behavior is understandable, but as a human being, Ma Le can't accept such a self. He used to be stupid enough to rush to an abandoned construction site with a watermelon knife for a friend's phone call, and then find two dozen guys carrying two watermelon knives on the other side...... The result can be imagined, several people were chased out of a few streets by dozens of wolves, and they could escape with their lives. It's humiliating, it's dangerous, it's exciting, but it's also painful!
The era of youth and frivolity is gone, and Ma Le knows that he has changed, become a philistine, become practical, and become sleek. But he always believed that if a friend called him again, he would definitely turn out the watermelon knife with a missing blade and rush over without hesitation, of course, before that, he would call the police......
But today's incident made him very awkward, in the face of his dying friend, he had the ability to save her, but he chose to ignore it, and hypocritically left a broken knife, in the name of helping her fulfill her last wish, is this a man's job! Even if she is a plot character, even if she is really fake, she is indeed a friend of his Ma Le!
People can't be resurrected after death, as an adventurer, there are still a large number of rewards in this world waiting for Ma Le to dig, where there is time to entangle, let the purple-haired girl sink into the darkest abyss in his heart. Ma Le gouges away the distractions and finds three blue treasure chests from the storage space, which were dropped when he killed the zombie hippopotamus. Three boxes, a total of three ten-centimeter-long fangs, two bottles of hippopotamus red sweat, in addition, an unprecedented white quality dagger. Needless to say, the animal must have been some unlucky guy who died in the belly of a hippopotamus.
Ma Le pinned the dagger to his waist, threw all the materials into the storage badge, and then sat on the bed and began to run the Jiuyang Divine Skill over and over again.
Early the next morning, Ma Le stopped meditating, picked up Shangguan Yunhong, who was still lying in bed, said hello to the people of the Gao Cheng family, and drove the amphibious car in the direction of the sea airport.
The main sea airport is about 800 meters from the main island, which is only connected by a narrow bridge. Because of the outbreak of the zombie crisis, an arriving passenger plane deviated from course and directly crashed into the bridge, and the main airport lost contact with the main island, and the passengers and staff at the airport were also trapped.
The land route is not feasible, and the only way to do it is to take the water route. Normally, it is dangerous for amphibious vehicles to cross the sea, but until now, Ma Le can't care so much. What's more, with a sea area of only 800 meters, with his physical element, even if he swam over, he was afraid that Shangguan would not be able to bear it. Moreover, after all, I promised people to bring back weapons, and if I didn't drive a car, how could I transport things back.
By the way, when Ma Le negotiated with Yuriko Takashiro before, he didn't receive any tasks, but before this departure, the system suddenly prompted that there was a side quest, bring back weapons, the difficulty is more difficult, and the completion will reward 3000 credits and 2 merit points. Ma Le estimated that this was because Yuriko Takashiro didn't know his strength before, so he didn't hope that he would really bring back the weapon. But now it's different, he first killed the zombie elephant alone, and then cleaned up the subway station, his strength was affirmed, and the mission was officially issued.
Halfway through, Ma Le also passed by the transit station, where the fortifications at the exits had been built, and a large number of refugees were entering under the protection and supervision of a small number of armed men, and two of them recognized Ma Le and shouted: "Ah, Mr. Tanaka, look, that is Mr. Tanaka, the hero who cleaned up the subway station!" ”
Word of Ma Le's great deeds had already spread among the survivors, and a large number of survivors had put down what they were doing, and some even offered food to express their gratitude, which is rare in this time of scarce resources. Ma Le rejected the gifts one by one, and then was pleasantly surprised to find that the system prompted him that his reputation in the survivor camp had become worship! You can exchange the materials you find with the survivors for equipment and supplies, and of course, these things are recognized by the system and can be taken out of this world! Most of these survivors don't have anything good, but something is better than nothing.
But now Ma Le has nothing to exchange for around him, so he can only give up, say goodbye to the survivors, and sail to the beach.
Bed Lord Maritime International Airport is an important external transportation port of Bed Lord City, because of its special geographical location, it turned into an isolated island at the moment of the outbreak of the zombie crisis.
"This is the airport security headquarters, and I would like to report to you at the Maritime International Airport that there are currently a large number of fatal patients wandering around the airport, and it is very difficult to maintain law and order, and the only thing that can ensure safety is near the terminal! Also, I'm sorry that the police can't help you because of the number of people who have died because of the number of patients......
"If it is inconvenient for you to escape, please also find a place where the doors and windows can be firmly blocked, and if you need help, you can call this number: xxxxxxxx to inform you of the specific hiding place and number of people. If it's easy to escape, the condominiums are ready to contain survivors here! ”
"To emphasize, people who have been bitten by fatal patients are not contained, and to repeat, we will never contain people who have been bitten by fatal patients, and if we do not follow the instructions and rashly ram the terminal, we will shoot without warning!"
Announcements from the aviation building echoed over the airport, and a large number of zombies gathered under the loudspeakers. At the top of the end of a boarding hallway, two SWAT officers, a man and a woman, in uniforms and bulletproof vests, are watching the shape.
"Shoot without warning? That's just going to attract more of that...... If you want me to say, you should put them in one by one, and then kill them with a knife is the safest! The male officer laughed. His name is Tajima, he wears a peaked cap, carries an automatic rifle, is slender and athletic, and always has a playful smile on his face, and seems to have no idea about the zombies below.
The female police officer next to him was holding a sniper rifle, and she aimed on her stomach for a long time, then sighed and said: "Look at this amount, what is needed now is neither a knife nor a gun, but a bomber...... It's not safe here, so let's retreat to the terminal! With that, the female officer got up, put the sniper rifle behind her back, and drew a pistol to load. She was tall and good-looking, with a pair of goggles on her face, and her curled fuchsia hair was combed in a ponytail, leaving only a few locks hanging casually in front of her forehead. She moves neatly, her face is calm and confident, she is the ace sniper of the bed master city, Nan Rika!