Chapter 12: Die with Your Eyes Open (I)
9th hour, 4 p.m. sharp.
The Hummer finally arrived at the Hudson Building on 145th Street.
Shen Yi parked the car on the side of the road. Gentleness spread out the map and checked the building's information: "This building is a shopping mall, but it is now closed. The building has a total of 34 floors, with a construction area of 432 square meters and a total of 12 exits. After the battle, if the situation is not in their favor, the mutants will definitely retreat and flee. Somehow must be found to cut off all their escape routes, and we need enough people to solve the problem, and we must not let one go. ”
Hong Lang said to King Kong: "Women are much more ruthless than men. ”
Without waiting for the gentle whip, Hong Lang had already laughed and fled automatically.
"Manpower is not an issue. Shen Yi also smiled.
He took out the Medal of Honor.
The Medal of Honor reflected a pair of energy screens in front of Shen Yi's eyes.
"Please select the number of soldiers you need to summon, 30 blood points per elite soldier and 15 blood points per ordinary soldier. Once you've chosen the soldiers you want to summon, you can form them in separate formations so that you can summon them directly next time. ”
A row of avatars was displayed on the energy screen, which was the British paratroopers who had fought side by side with Shen Yi at the Arnhem Bridge. Each soldier's avatar is also attached to their attributes, specialties, age, etc. Elite soldiers have different attributes and perks, but the difference is not much, with an average stat of around 10. The following is attached: For every level of elite soldiers, all attributes are increased by 1 point, and specialty attributes are increased by 3 points. One skill can be learned in every five levels. Skills require adventurers to spend Gory Points to provide them with learning, and the skill bar is capped at 3.
Shen Yi is free to choose the soldiers he needs to recruit from the list to serve him.
Lieutenant Colonel Frost and Major Ralph are also listed, but Frost's recruitment price is 100 Blood Points, and Skill 1: Inspired. Increases ranged damage by 10% and increases defense by 1 for allied soldiers within 100 meters of the surrounding area, the effect is limited to soldiers of the 2nd Airborne Battalion, and the priority of skill effect is 10, and the priority is increased by 1 point for each level. Skill 2: Blessing. Instantly restores a badly wounded and dying soldier to health.
Major Ralph Recruitment Price 80 Blood Points, Skill: Death Battle. When the health of a soldier of the 2nd Airborne Battalion drops below 30%, the attack damage is increased by 20% and the defense is increased by 5, which is only effective for the soldiers of the 2nd Airborne Battalion, and the priority of skill effect is 10, and the priority is increased by 1 point for each level.
Frost or Ralph dies in battle, dropping 10 and 8 Medal Intimacy. For each level of the two officers, they will increase their full attributes by 2 points, their specialty attributes by 5 points, their skill level will increase by 1 level, and their recruitment price will be doubled. Frost can learn one skill every 3 levels, with a maximum skill slot of 5, and Ralph can learn one skill every 4 levels, with a maximum of 4 skill slots.
Frost or Ralph can be resurrected after death, but each person only has one chance to resurrect, and resurrection requires three times the summon points.
As for ordinary soldiers, they only have specialties and attribute introductions, no avatars and names, and an average attribute of 7 points.
Shen Yi first chose Frost and Ralph, then selected 60 elite soldiers, and then 60 ordinary soldiers, paying 2,880 blood points. This is thanks to the fat man, otherwise the bloody points he prepared would not have been enough to summon so many soldiers.
Medal of Honor Message: Please select the summon method.
1: Direct Summoning. After being summoned directly, the soldier will appear directly by your side.
2: Airborne Summoning. After being summoned by Airborne, the Soldier will appear in the mission world as an airborne person, designated by the summoner to land anywhere within a kilometer of the field of view.
Shen Yi chose to summon directly.
The next moment, Lieutenant Colonel Frost, Major Ralph and one hundred and twenty heavily armed British paratroopers suddenly appeared beside Shen Yi.
The originally empty street was suddenly crowded with more than a hundred big men.
Compared to the 2nd Airborne Battalion in the World War II mission world, the soldiers who were summoned were more serious, with cold expressions and quick behavior. If the soldiers of the 2nd Airborne Battalion were still flesh-and-blood men before, then now they have become loyal soldiers who only obey Shen Yi's orders.
Each soldier has a walk-around device, and Shen Yi can directly command them through the walkie-talker, or he can choose to delegate command and have the battalion commander Frost execute it on his behalf. It stands to reason that there are no such advanced communication facilities in the World War II world, but after becoming a summoned soldier in the Medal of Honor, the soldiers of the 2nd Airborne Battalion automatically have this kind of equipment, which can be regarded as the only standard equipment ahead of the time.
As soon as Frost appeared, he saluted Shen Yi: "Frost, the commander of the 2nd Airborne Battalion, reports to the commander, please give combat orders." ”
"Divide your soldiers into three teams. Team 1 is responsible for guarding the building, blocking anyone who comes out of the underground garage, and killing anyone who escapes without my buddies and me. The second team is deployed throughout the street, ready to intercept anyone who may be in our way. The third team followed my buddies in to carry out the order. Shen Yi ordered in a deep voice: "The execution time is three minutes, and it will be carried out immediately." ”
"Do as you command, sir!" all the soldiers shouted at the same time.
These soldiers may be far inferior to adventurers in terms of personal qualities, but they are well-trained, good at coordinated operations, resolute in carrying out orders, and have excellent psychological qualities. Paratroopers have always been made up of the best soldiers, otherwise they would not be able to accomplish the heavy task of penetrating behind enemy lines, and such a work of ambushing an ignorant enemy with superior forces is a piece of cake for them, and at the same time it is commonplace.
With a wave of his arm, Frost launched a hundred and twenty paratroopers at the same time, and although they were numerous, they were not in the slightest hurry. Frost made only a few gestures, and the paratroopers split into two teams. One team of paratroopers stormed into the building, driving the people away and defending the ambush point, while the other team set up a defensive line in the street, and in just two minutes it was all in place, turning the entire street into a murderous and dangerous place.
After completing this step, Shen Yi said with some interest: "You can do the rest, I will wait at the door with the fat man." ”
King Kong and the others said: "You're not going?"
"Somebody has to be on guard to make sure our backyard doesn't catch fire. ”
"That's ...... kill value"
"Just leave a few alive and bring them here. Shen Yi said lightly.
"But this is not fair to you......" Hong Lang hesitated.
"Go ahead. Shen Yi interrupted Hong Lang's words: "It's decided, Luo Hao, give them spiritual armor, and next time as long as there is a battle, they will do it." If you dare to just put armor on yourself, then you just hold your head and tremble...... I'll just shove the muzzle of the gun into your ass/hole and pull the trigger. ”
The fat man nodded repeatedly.
Blessed with spiritual power armor, the three of them walked towards the underground garage in the building.
It didn't take long for gunshots to ring.
The massacre officially began......
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Shaking the seat behind his back, Shen Yi was half-lying in the Humvee, his hands crossed behind his head, and a cigarette in his mouth, and the smoke rose in a curling manner, drifting into the air one by one.
Shen Yi looked at the sky with his eyes straight into the sky, as if he was thinking about something.
The little fat man sat respectfully next to him.
The flame on the cigarette butt flickered and burned downwards one by one, showing that the smoker's mood was as uncertain as the light of the fire on the cigarette butt.
As the ash grew, the fat man consciously reached over and let the ash fall into the palm of his hand.
A small bit of cigarette ash fell on Shen Yi's face, and the fat man hurriedly and carefully wiped it off for him.
Shen Yi squinted at the fat man and felt funny.
"Do you know why I don't want to go in?" he asked the fat man.
The fat man shook his head.
"Because I don't like to attack people who don't have much to fight back. If you can...... I'd rather my opponent be a formidable enemy than sneak up on some innocent mutant like I do now. Damn Bloody City is giving us adventurers a fight*. ”
"But you're doing it anyway. The fat man replied boldly.
"Therefore, in life, we will always face some problems that we don't want to face but have to face, no matter where we are. Shen Yi shrugged helplessly: "We can't resist, but at least we can stay awake." ”
He looked at the fat man and suddenly said, "This kind of behavior is always incomprehensible to you, right? ”
The fat man nodded lightly: "I'm afraid of death, as long as I don't die, let me do anything." ”
"But don't people always have to die?"
"But it would be nice to live a few more years. ”
"Do you think it makes sense to live a few more years like this?"
The fat man was dumbfounded.
Shen Yi sat up, took out the cigarette butt in his mouth and sent it to the fat man's face, with a slight sound.
The cigarette butt burned a small bubble on the fat man's face.
The fat man didn't even dare to move.
"Look at you, do you think it's meaningful to live like this? As long as I want, I can play with you as much as I want, you don't even have the right to resist. Do you think it's worth it?" Shen Yi glared at him.
Angry and indisputable!
The fat man shuddered: "I...... I do not know. I'm just scared ......"
"Why be afraid?"
"I ......"
"Because that's your instinct!" Shen Yi immediately said, "But you have to understand that the reason why people are human is because we have both reason and emotion. On the one hand, we are emotional creatures, governed by emotions and dictated by instinct, but on the other hand, we are also rational beings, knowing what to do and what not to do. A lot of times we can and should overcome some bad instincts! Now I ask you, do you know why death is terrible?"
The fat man shook his head blankly.
"Because it's impossible to look back, can't be experienced. Human beings only live once, and after death, they cannot be resurrected. So no one alive can tell you what death is. And because of this, you will never have an experience of it until it happens. The hardships of survival in ancient times have imprinted the fear of the unknown in our genes, and it is this fear that produces caution that allows human beings to thrive and thrive. Therefore, we maintain great caution about the unknown, the unexperienceable, the irreversible, and turn into fear. This is the essential reason why life should be afraid of death! So death is a natural part of the flow of life, indispensable, and not terrible in itself. The reason why we feel that death is a terrible thing is because we don't understand it, we can't repeat it, we can't experience it, we can't reverse it...... Do you understand?"
The fat man looked at Shen Yi in a daze, he didn't understand why Shen Yi was telling him this.
Shen Yi sighed: "What I just said is the law of things on the earth, but this is a bloody city. A place where death is not something that cannot be repeated, a place where death is not a place that cannot be experienced, a place where death is not a place that cannot be turned back......"
Looking at the fat man, Shen Yi patted his face, due to the fat man's high physique, the small bubbles on his face were disappearing rapidly.
"Luo Hao, I just want to tell you that the new world needs new rules and a new psychological adaptation process. Your fear of death and danger is meaningless here. Instead of helping humanity to thrive as it did on Earth, it will become an obstacle to your growth. Therefore, this mental function, like the bodily function of painful feelings, has become a meaningless existence, superfluous and unnecessary. You have to learn to throw it away. ”
"But I ......"
"I know, you have a sense of danger. But that only makes you feel dangerous, not that you fear it. These two are completely different, right?" Shen Yi smiled: "Didn't you say that the feeling is like not giving you the feeling of parachuting you down from a height of tens of thousands of meters? Yes, it is indeed terrifying." But if I were in that environment, I would simply enjoy the scenery created by the rapid fall while trying to light a cigarette under such a strong wind, I would flip in the air and change my tricks, and even unbutton my pants to pee into the sky, laughing loudly...... It's not death that's really scared, it's your own heart. Try your composure and restraint in the face of great danger, and if you can do it, you will always grow. ”
Speaking of this, Shen Yi lay down.
"Do you know what the difference between a man and a woman is?" he said in a languid tone, "when women close their eyes and scream when they are confronted with stabbing knives and guns, and when men are confronted with threats in their faces, they open their eyes and roar." Think about it, Luo Hao, when you are in danger, do you have to open your eyes? ”
The fat man sat stunned like a thunderbolt, motionless.