Volume IV, 161: Counterattack
From the contents of this report, it is not difficult to see how dire the situation that Fieldland faced at that time, almost to the point of extinction.
It seems that if we do not implement measures that are contrary to normal morality, we will not survive until we are rescued, and we will completely collapse.
But in fact, the situation after the end of the day is even more difficult than you think, if it weren't for the song that started from the bottom of our hearts in the last time, maybe we would have died long ago, instead of telling you what happened at that time.
- The above is from the memories of a survivor who witnessed the incident in Fieldland.
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After Gu Bernard took away all the witchers, in the face of the frenzied killing of the aliens who entered, the ordinary humans living in the underground passages had no ability to resist at all.
Even if their physique has increased a lot because of the mutation process, and even if there are still many guards equipped with suicide bombing devices, what they can face is a demon who is more powerful than an ordinary lord-level devil, as well as many middle-level aliens led by it, as well as those evolutionaries who have long been prepared for suicide attacks.
With a huge disparity in strength, the tragedy that happened here is simply unbearable to witness.
Almost like an autumn wind sweeping away leaves, from the first passage of encountering these aliens, to the dozens of passages that followed, the thousands of lives living within, under the ravages of evil, all turned into lifeless corpse fragments, and the blood spilled stained a real path of death.
The cowards scattered in all directions in the rear, screaming and crying to tell more people. What they feared most was coming.
The brave man raised his weapon and stood in the way of it weakly, then it was torn apart fragile and cruel, and continued to be like the corpses on the ground.
It wasn't until the guards who had already had a frontal lobotomization arrived.
Watching the footsteps of death getting closer and closer, they opened their dumb but determined gazes, and used their ugly bodies to form human walls to block the attacking aliens.
They shouted the name of hope, and then slammed their fists into the sensors with resolute flicks.
At this moment, the blood is burning, and the flesh is roaring.
With the countless flames and body parts that exploded, they told the intruders the sound of their own protection. They will never take a step back.
Because there are others behind them.
It can be heard by the names they shout. Among them are their relatives, their lovers, and their friends who are familiar with each other. This is the most important memory they have ever loved and lived here, even if they have become a monster who cannot return to normal human life. They don't want to just give up. Give up what you care about most. even at the cost of his life and future for this.
Under these huge roars that erupted at the cost of their lives, not only the passages were shaking, but the aliens were also trembling.
In the face of the explosion and the collapse of earth and rocks. They had to pause their tracks, greedily and regretfully watching the delicious flesh slip away from their mouths.
However, for those who have just survived the imminent footsteps of death, there is nothing to be thankful for.
Listening to the explosion that sounded in the rear, tears of sadness flowed from their eyes.
When a person is willing to die to protect you, even the most cold-hearted person can't help but be moved. Moreover, previous experiences have already taught them why these dead people became like this.
Countless people secretly asked themselves, and the heart-rending pain was transmitted in the hearts of everyone who survived.
For what we will be so powerless.
For what we have to watch others die for themselves.
Why can't we stand up bravely, stand in front of those aliens, and use our weak but strong strength to tell them, I am not afraid of you, I can protect others.
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At this moment, countless voices rang out from the bottom of these people's hearts.
It's as if the human race has been asking since the beginning of the wilderness. In the face of the harsh natural environment and the powerful natural predator beast, this most urgent desire for change led them to create writing tools and build a powerful civilization to unite and protect all people; This most sincere unwilling anger allowed them to burst out with the most powerful power, defeat nature, defeat all beasts, and become the true masters of this worldly realm.
At this moment, it was as if there was a force that heard their cries, which sounded in the passage, in everyone's ears, and then resounded in the bottom of their hearts.
"Lately, I've been tossing and turning and having trouble sleeping"
"Looking forward to the day when we can break through the darkness"
"Don't hide in a dark, damp sewer"
"You don't have to be afraid, you can only cry silently"
"For the sake of my family, I began to pray as sincerely as I could"
"I'd rather give up the world of drunken gold"
"I'd rather give up that materialistic life"
"If only we could break through the darkness and look to the light, yes, to the light!"
"Life is like a vine that winds and stretches, but the moment of passing away is carrying the next continuation"
"Faith is like a rushing river, and a short silence is accumulating energy for the next outbreak."
"I have no energy, but I have no fear"
"I'm scared, but hopeful"
"I believe that this world has not been buried by despair, and my eyes still shine with the most persistent pursuit"
"Looking forward to the day when we can break through the darkness and look to the light, yes, look up to the light!"
"For the sake of my family, I began to pray as sincerely as I could"
"I felt love from them and discovered that they can burn like a river. Spread to every dark corner"
"Hope is our love, it comes from the deepest desire of our hearts, and it brings light"
"I watched the darkness fade away, recalling what we learned in fear and despair, those persistences, those desires, those demands"
"I believe that in the future, we don't have to be afraid of the darkness, we can always look to the light, yes, to the light!"
The song seemed to tell them the answer, how to do it. in order to change these powerless things.
"Lately, I've been tossing and turning and having trouble sleeping"
"Looking forward to the day when we can break through the darkness"
"Don't hide in a dark, damp sewer"
"You don't have to be afraid, you can only cry silently"
"For the sake of the family. I began to pray as devotedly as I could"
Inexplicably, a person began to sing along with the voice that sounded in his heart.
"I'd rather give up the world of drunken gold"
"I'd rather give up that materialistic life"
Then there are the voices of two people.
"As long as we can break through the darkness and look to the light. Yes. Look up to the light! ”
Then ten, hundreds, thousands, and countless others began to sing this song that reflected the emotional desires of their hearts.
In the song, "Life is like a vine that winds and stretches." The moment of vanishing is carrying for the next continuation", they think of the family members who risk great danger to go out to find food just so that they can be fed, and they think of the family members who protect them every time they encounter danger, and they are no longer afraid to escape. Gradually, he clenched his fists.
When they sang "Faith is like a rushing river, and a short silence is accumulating energy for the next outburst", they remembered their grief and prayers when they saw their lives pass suddenly, and remembered their desperate desire and efforts to change when they heard that their family was starving.
When they sang "I have no vitality, but I am fearless", they remembered those who had undergone a frontal lobotomy and became stupid but had the will to die, they no longer feared death, and their eyes gradually flashed with the same will.
When they sang "I am full of fear, but hope", they remembered those who had been turned into vegetative people and lay in the safe passage, no longer confused about the future, and their faces gradually had the same hope.
When they sang "I believe that this world is not buried by despair, and my eyes still shine with the most persistent pursuit", they no longer feel cold when they think of the parts of themselves that let them persevere, and their hearts gradually become warmer.
When they sang "Hope is our [love], it comes from the deepest desire of the heart, it brings light", they remembered their belief that they would live with their loved ones to the fullest, that they would no longer be bothered by the process of mutation, and that their bodies gradually radiated a striking light.
And when they sing, "I watched the darkness fade away, recalling what we learned in fear and despair, those persistences, those desires, those demands", invisible and illusory bands of light extended from their minds, and then converged in the same place.
A vast space full of pipes for the treatment of sewer sewer water.
Here, too, a voice that gathered the voices of many people, but had only one intonation, sounded.
"The day is clear, and the night is boundless;"
"There is nothing to hide;"
"The evil party is different, afraid of my holy light;"
"The emblem is always there, and the light is always shining;"
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In total, more than 200 voices of varying severity chanted the Green Lantern version of the oath here.
However, it's not that they suffer from non-cosplay insaneness, but there is a very important reason for them to do so.
As the tone of the oath grew louder and louder, the insignia of the Order of St. John began to glow white, and under its influence, the inhuman features on their bodies, which had been transformed by the mutation process, slowly returned to normal, and after a dozen oaths, they had finished taking the oath a dozen times. They have been completely restored to what they should be as human beings.
"Very good, everyone here has no problem, you have confirmed what you have said, you are sincerely willing to do everything for the human beings outside, otherwise the Holy Emblem will not be triggered, thus stimulating the positive energy inside."
Looking at the completion of this scene, Mr. Liu showed a satisfied smile, and then asked these people cautiously.
"But I still have to ask you one more question in the last time, do you really want to join the chengguan army, you have to know the way. Once the oath is completed next. You will never have a chance to withdraw, and the price of breaking your oath is to be incinerated by the positive energy that is drawn from within the emblem, and you should be aware of the mortality rate of your predecessors. It's only been a little over five days. It's almost all over again. You need to think it through. ”
However, in the face of Mr. Liu's big question of life and death, more than 200 people of different ages, genders, and skin colors responded with the same firm tone.
"I do!"
"Well, since you're so determined. Then wait and read it with me. Mr. Liu nodded, solemnly took out a golden and simple box (the kind of the holy treasury), put it on the platform in front of him and bowed a few times, and silently recited some unclear sentences, and then opened it, took out the oath note left by Chen Xi inside, and planned to guide these people to read the oath together.
In fact, he had asked Chen Xi what he was doing to prepare such a tedious and redundant act, and the relevant oath directly told him that he was doing such a mysterious and secretive thing, but Chen Xi's answer made him think deeply.
"Rituals may seem redundant, but the tedious steps are a very important experiential process for human beings, which can make people's minds sink into silence in a solemn atmosphere, slow but solemn rhythms, fade away from the restlessness of daily life, and think about the meaning of what they are going to get and what they want to do.
In the process, it can force you to be more determined to do so. And this is usually the root of our persistence in one thing. Religious ceremonies, the coronation of secular powers, and the rules of apprenticeship are all for this purpose. ”
Mr. Liu has to admit that Chen Xi is very reasonable, like when he gave up a lot of things to pursue his music dream, he also hesitated and regretted it every time, but after picking up the guitar and playing those songs that made him sprout this music dream, the anxiety and irritability disappeared magically. It was probably in that ritualization process that I once again figured out the meaning of perseverance, and my pursuit of giving up so many things to do so.
As this thought arose, Mr. Liu's movements also became sacred, and he hoped that this ritual would bring these chengguan members a stronger determination, so that it would be beneficial for themselves and ordinary humans outside.
But when he opened the rolled parchment and glanced up, Mr. Liu's eyes widened. He almost said the words in his heart: "Chen Fala, you TMD play with me, you actually use this thing in a different guise, you don't take Kuang me with you to die!" ”
But the arrow has to be sent on the string, and it has reached the last step, how can it be stopped. What's more, how could a few seconds be enough for him to think of a good oath.
As a last resort, Mr. Liu had no choice but to lead everyone to read it: "I voluntarily swear to join the chengguan army guarding the fate of mankind, uphold the concept of love, follow the ethics of justice, fulfill the obligation to eliminate aliens, implement the principle of harmony, strictly abide by the purity of faith, protect the balance of the world, be loyal to mankind, fight actively, fight all my life for the cause of resisting the invasion of hell, be ready to sacrifice everything, and never betray." ”
At this time, the 300,000 Dao Dao containing the most sincere and beautiful wishes in the world have all gathered here, and they are hanging over everyone's heads. And when everyone gradually finished reciting the oath to join the urban management force, the huge power of faith and willingness was immediately poured into their bodies and slowly integrated into it.
Then, the kind of miraculous thing that Mr. Liu was expecting happened.
Originally, most of these people could only be regarded as ordinary in appearance, but with the stationing of willpower, they gradually changed to a handsome and dazzling direction, and the temperament exuded by the whole person also changed from ordinary to a warm and comfortable feeling.
"It's really an unexpected turning point, except for Professor Padarik and Fala Chen, who created the virus, no one would have thought that the [Seven Deadly Sins] can not only develop in the direction of mutation through the generation of negative emotions, but if there are enough good thoughts gathered, it can also make people change to the state of angels, and improve the strength of these people again." Mr. Liu silently sensed.
After all the faith and willingness power was infused, the strength of the more than 200 chengguan team members present was no less than that of the evolutionaries and demon hunters who had been recruited at the beginning, and even higher. Because there is also a difference in quality between the wills, the more emotionally pure the faith and the more devout the wishes of the faithful, the stronger the wills. And after all the torment of fear, despair, powerlessness, and so on, most of the 300,000 people in the sewers at this time burst out with emotions that were almost as pure and fervent as some fanatical believers.
"I think you have already felt the strength surging in your body, so please remember that you carry all the hope of the 300,000 people outside." Mr. Liu reminded solemnly, "Then you should know what to do!" ”
"We will not let them down!" More than 200 people answered in unison.
"Very well, then I will give you another sharp weapon to eliminate evil and aliens." Mr. Liu said with the attitude of a mentor who is not enough to be conscientious, but to give everything.
I saw that he didn't know where to take out a golden box, but this time Mr. Liu was already mentally prepared, and after opening it, he was not frightened by the contents inside, although this also made the corners of his mouth twitch uncontrollably.
"This triangular linen-like thing is called the [Red Scarf], but don't be fooled by its shabby appearance, the dark red parts on it are not printed, but dyed red by the blood of the ancestors who sacrificed to exterminate the aliens, and it contains their unfinished will and faith, because it is too firm and strong, so wearing it around your neck can help you resist most of the alien attacks, and you will no longer be confused by the illusions and hidden abilities that are cast, and now, I will also give it to you." (To be continued......)