Chapter 27: The Diary (II)
"Showa 20, September 30th. ”
"The failed explosives didn't blow the barrier open, and the black barrier wasn't damaged in the slightest. ”
"We officers went to check on the sleeping knights, and the sleeping knights hadn't changed in the slightest, but I always felt wrong, as if there was less black mist in the barrier. ”
"Somehow I felt a chill, and when I returned to the command position, I put on a military coat and barely suppressed the cold. ”
"This time the sappers are going to add the mortar shells, in short, all the ammunition and explosives that are not currently needed, they are gathered together, and they are determined to blow up the barrier. ”
"Showa 20, September 31st. ”
"Crazy, everything is crazy like the most absurd nightmare, this time the barrier was not blown up, and the black mist inside filled the entire research area, even the periphery. ”
"That barrier reflected almost all of the blast impact it received, and that blast yield could not be completely avoided even if they were hiding from a distance, and many researchers and soldiers on the edge of the research area were already killed by the blast impact. Thankfully, the sappers remembered the strength of the structure here, otherwise we might all have died from the collapse of the building. ”
"There was still some black mist in the barrier, but it was very light, and the least of the good thing was that we could see the knights - they were covered in black armor, and they didn't know their faces under their helmets, and their armor was draped with capes and smocks, and after a long time it had maintained a white undertone, and it depicted a shield in the center of a black cross, on which was painted a black dragon with teeth and claws. ”
"We have no place to bury and cremate the bodies of the dead, so we can only leave them in their original places - tomorrow we will find a way to collect them after we have finished recording the research materials of those knights. ”
"I heard that the SS seemed to be very uneasy, and that they took up the duty of vigilance, and I felt that they had some bad premonition about the black mist and the corpses of the dead. ”
"Showa 20, October 1st. ”
"I'm writing today's journal after we've barely managed to hold the perimeter of the research area, and the nightmares I've had in my life don't add up to as horrible as today's. ”
"The corpses are moving because of the black mist that spreads out, they not only make us feel mentally cold from the heart, but also make the corpses of the dead stand up again and attack the living, damn it, they are not afraid of bullets at all, I saw with my own eyes that a living corpse was pierced through the chest by a light machine gun, and it continued to move in our direction as if it was fine! In the end, we had to close off most of the survivors in the study area before we were able to completely wipe out the remaining scattered living corpses. ”
"We cremated the bodies of the living corpses in case they stood up again, and the remnants of the researchers warned us that the corpses of those who died in this commotion should be disposed of in the same way, as long as the black fog here is not cleared, anyone who dies here will become like this! I saw hundreds of living corpses attacking where I was, and other places are probably not bad, but we only killed more than forty people because of the accident! Where did the extra come from? And their tattered costumes are also strange, definitely not what I've ever seen. ”
"The SS casualties were not significant, and their automatic firepower helped us to withstand the onslaught of the living corpses, giving us time to seal off the research area. As for the origin of the other living corpses, one of the researchers told me that in addition to the knights, they also found another pit with a large number of corpses, but there was no such barrier protection, and the corpses were not of much research value, and they had planned to wait for the knights to come up with some results before transporting the corpses back to China, and these ancient corpses have become our most difficult enemy. ”
"Showa 20, October 3rd. ”
"The metal door to the isolated research area was constantly ringing with the sound of something knocking, the living corpses desperately trying to get out. Because the Major General was killed by a living corpse two days ago, it is now Inohara Daisa who commands us, and he tells us to take out as many weapons, ammunition and marching supplies as possible from the warehouse, and prepare for battle and evacuation, and the car soldiers also prepare the trucks as much as possible, and who knows if we can hold this place when the time comes. ”
"The metal door looks like it can last a week, the claws of those living corpses are so hard, like a military shovel, we need to set up a line before it is broken by the living corpses, and be ready to evacuate in trucks and motorcycles at any time, even if we do, it is likely to surrender to the local forces or the Soviets, but that is better than facing these dead corpses who have come back from the dead. ”
"Although there is still a more or less death aura at all, these pervasive ghosts seem to be only faintly in my room, at least because of the isolation of the metal door, and they don't feel too cold. ”
"Showa 20, October 5th. ”
"After two days and two nights of preparation, we temporarily modified the defensive position in the square to face the defense of the base, and cleared out everything that could be used in the warehouse. ”
"According to the report of the SS sentry who monitored the metal door, there was already a visible crack in the metal door - we did not expect that these living corpses could beat it like this in two days, and we had to speed up. ”
"The only thing we're thankful for is that our family isn't here"
"Showa 20, October 6th. ”
"The metal door was broken, and in the middle of the night, the living corpses broke the metal door alive with their claws. Caught off guard, the SS and most of the soldiers were attacked and killed by living corpses, and a small number of survivors and those of us who were not on the front line were trapped in the officers' quarters, and the researchers opened the doors to the outside world to escape. ”
"The dead were all dead, and the researchers who wanted to escape alone were killed by a pure white living corpse. The living corpse was unlike any other, it ran as fast as a human, and sometimes it was even much more agile than a cheetah, and those who were targeted by it would involuntarily slow down, and then be slapped to death by it with one of its paws, and we had finally mastered the three ways to kill them completely, such as dismantling them, breaking their hands and feet, and smashing their heads, but we were running out of bullets, I only had my katana in hand, and the southern pistol was out of bullets. ”
"Showa 20, October 7th. ”
"The food in the room has been eaten, and there is a beaker of boiled water left. ”
"The other people trapped in the other room have not moved, presumably killed by the living corpses. ”
"Showa 20, October 8th. ”
"Water Water"
"Showa 20, October 9th. ”
"I don't know when I'm going to die of thirst, so I'll write as much as I can with the best strength I have: no matter who comes here, if you can see my diary, tell Hoshino Gardenia, who lives in Tokyo, that I love her and my son Rentaro Hoshino. ”
"I seem to see them"
Feng Longde turned another page, but there was no text behind it, all of which were yellowed paper.
The entire diary of Jiro Hoshino, a member of the Kwantung Army, came to an abrupt end here.
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"A soldier who persevered until the last death, even if he was once an enemy of the land, but this did not detract from his glory. Looking at the whole diary, Caroline said nonchalantly.
"Anyway, I feel that the arrival of this Kwantung Army officer here was a tragedy from the beginning. Feng Longde sighed, "Anyway, we know what's going on here. ”
The Mysterious Knights from an Unknown Era to the Present?Their emblem is a shield with a black dragon painted with teeth and claws embedded in the center of the black cross?According to Caroline's knowledge of the Teutonic Empire that Caroline had popularized to herself a few days ago, this symbol resembling the Teutonic Knights in medieval Europe means that this is the regular army within the Teutonic Empire, and through the vague description in the diary, these sleeping knights are the knights to which the Teutonic Knights belong.
What that black mist is naturally revealed: the breath of death is a good medicine for the undead and the prototype of the dragon spirit like Feng Long de Caroline, but it is an extremely uncomfortable and terrifying existence for the life race - in a place where the death breath is strong, the life race will first feel the cold from the soul, and finally will be eroded by the death breath to lose its vitality, and the body and soul will be reincarnated into undead creatures.
The whole thing is based on her own account and Caroline's analysis: during World War II, the Japanese army discovered these things in the deep valley of Qixing Mountain by accident to subvert the history textbook. In order to study and understand the origin of these things, they also wanted to see if they could develop some black technology - Feng Longde thought that the latter was mostly the idea of the Japanese army, so he set up a research base inside the mountain in the deep mountains and old forests to study these sleeping knights and the protective shield. In order to speed up the research, they may have also shared information with Nazi Germany, so that the SS came to make soy sauce.
The final result is also very clear - the simple and crude blasting method is not good, which directly triggers the leakage of the death breath in the protective shield, and provokes the defensive measures of the protective shield: according to Caroline, it is the elemental splashing caused by the fire element to the impact of the explosion, which directly causes casualties; The SS and researchers were killed, and the truth was hidden under the snow of the Northeast, until now it has been revealed by an avalanche.
The pure white living corpse mentioned in the diary made Feng Longde frown, and found that things were not so simple-Nima's and Caroline communicated in the soul connection, and found that this was not the steel corpse witch! The pure white skin color means that its body strength is also close to steel, and it has formed a soul heart, and it also has the most basic wisdom and self-awareness, and the speed is not slower than that of ordinary people, and the most important thing is that the damn natural ability gravity technique! Feng Longde's body is not immune! How did this thing devour the breath of death and raise the strength of the soul to the heart of the soul in just a few days! Feng Longde said that he wanted to worship it as a teacher!
"In the end, it is inevitable to fight head-on with the steel skin corpse witch" Feng Longde and Caroline searched other rooms, but found that these rooms that were broken through by the corpse witch were messy and did not have anything of value, but the room where the owner of the diary died in the end was not broken into by the corpse witch, so they still kept a diary.
After searching the officer's quarters, the two of them didn't search the soldiers' quarters - the corpse witches there were all gathered in groups, Feng Longde couldn't beat them, Caroline's black scythe couldn't be used in such a narrow area, and if she released her magic, it might cause the building to collapse, and in the end, she had to leave it alone.
Vigilantly approaching the entrance to the research area, the two of them did not continue - there was no lighting in the entire area, and Caroline had always released a magic ball of light elemental light for lighting, and if she continued to move forward like this, it would be easy to attract the attention of the steel-skinned corpse witch who might still be inside.
In fact, Feng Longde was quite curious: You said that Caroline is a soul heart at its peak, and she is also a half-undead creature, so why can she use light magic? Feng Longde suspects that Caroline is estimated to have a divine resistance talent
Sensing the fluctuation of Von Lund's curiosity in the soul connection, Caroline silently said in her soul: "My body is composed of various elements, and naturally includes the light element - just as your body is made up of biochemical viruses. My body does not react to the light element, and your body is directly immune to elemental magic, but if the divine magic and light magic act directly on the soul, we will also be hit hard, for example, if I release light magic, although the body will not be counterattacked, but the soul will still react to it - so I will never use too advanced light magic. ”
Feng Longde nodded, and then asked in his soul, "How can we get in?"
"Don't withdraw," Caroline shook her head slightly, "your soul is not strong, and you still rely on the naked eye to observe the outside world, and you are no different from a blind person if you remove the magic light ball"
"Alright, let's go inside. Gripping the paratrooper shovel in his hand and sorting out the assault rifle on his back, Feng Longde was ready for battle: his combat idea was to harass him with long-range fire when the time came, and as for whether he could kill it, it depended on whether Caroline would intervene halfway, otherwise it was likely that the first undead king in the history of the Teutonic Empire to be killed by the Steel-Skinned Corpse Witch was talking about himself