The caravan attendants who were loading and unloading their cargo looked nervously around, feeling a hint of trepidation at the sudden mist that suddenly filled the surroundings.

Both the guards at the gate and the mercenaries standing near the truck clenched their rifles and guarded the surroundings, especially the grove to the north.

The townspeople exchanged glances and whispered in surprise.

"Foggy?" "How could it be afternoon?" "And the color ......"

"This color doesn't look like ordinary fog, so it shouldn't have any poisonous gas......

"Could it be the mutants?"

This speculation is not unreasonable, after all, the mutants had just been here the other day, and they were still deflated by the Alliance.

People's eyes gradually turned into panic, and they returned home one after another, conditionally found gas masks to put on, and unconditionally soaked towels to cover their mouths and noses.

Some green-skinned half-breed stood on the corner of the street, his frowning brow covered by a lowered hood, his right hand pressed to his chest.

He had half mutant blood in his veins.

And at the moment, this part of the blood is restlessly agitated...... The entrance of the town office.

Ma Hechang looked at the changes around him and the sky in a daze, a trace of panic was written on his worried face, and he whispered in his mouth.

"What the hell is going on?"

Standing next to him, Wei Ming did not speak.

This middle-aged pastor, who is usually very easy-going, seems to be a different person at the moment, looking at the sky with an expressionless face.

He seemed to have expected what was in front of him, and he was not surprised at all.

Ma Hechang's Adam's apple moved, looked at him, and suddenly felt that the person in front of him was a little unfamiliar, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart.

His lips trembled, and he opened his mouth tentatively. 「...... Old Wei?"

The priest withdrew his gaze from heaven and suddenly spoke to himself.

"It's the Holy Son."

Ma Hechang was slightly stunned, his face was even more panicked, and he hurriedly asked nervously.

"What did the Holy Son say?" The priest spoke slowly. "He didn't say anything." "He's just angry." Ma Hechang's breath stagnated. "Angry ......"

He didn't remember anything he had done to be sorry for the Son. Wrong-

If anything, there is actually one thing, they were very close to the alliance before, and let those soldiers stay in town for one night.

The alliance had a holiday with the church, and he had heard a little that if it was because of it, the Son did have reason to be angry.

But after all, it was a special situation, those green-skinned brutes had been killed at their doorstep, and if it wasn't for the Alliance's help, they might have already gone into the oil pot.

Should they surrender without resistance?

And why?

The torch had promised them peace and prosperity, and they had taken the preachers to take refuge, and the green-skinned brutes still appeared in front of them.

Who betrayed whom?

"The betrayal of the unbeliever has brought upon him divine punishment, and a green plague will envelop the earth, and soon all will see the boiling wrath......

Saying something of unknown meaning in a deep voice, Wei Ming looked at Mayor Ma, who was dazed and frightened, and continued in a meaningful tone.

"Send some people to the Pinecone Farm." "That's what happens to traitors."

A pinecone farmhouse in the middle of the mist.

Since most of the players were scattered around the settlement, and the survivors who gathered attracted the remaining players to the gate of the manor, the humble building was a little deserted at the moment, and only the entrance to the underground laboratory on the north side was heavily defended.

The moment the footprint hit the floor, the empty corridor rippled in a circle of translucent ripples

The silhouette of a streamlined exoskeleton.

Jet black

The eyepiece covered the man's eyes, and he was like a machine that carried out orders, without a word of nonsense, and raised the muzzle of the gun in his hand cleanly.

The moment she met the muzzle of the gun, Yin Yin only felt a surge of hot blood rush over her head, and her brain went blank as if it was down.

Time is like frost at this moment, and every second is infinitely stretched.

There was simply no time to think.

Almost instinctively, she hugged the lamb in her arms, twisted violently, and used her back to block it in front of her.

A sharp pain pierced her back, peeking out from under the side ribs, and her body swayed forward, narrowly missing the ground.

At the same time, she heard the short sound of gunshots. "Bang-!"

When she looked down, she saw beautiful clothes stained red with blood, and a lamb with wide eyes.

Faintly, in her trance-like consciousness, she heard a heart-rending cry-

"Don't!"

Lamb......

She tried to speak, but only blood gushed out.

The man seemed to be about to replenish the gun, but for some reason mechanically lowered the muzzle of the raised gun, and pulled out a dagger dipped in blood and walked towards her.

Intuition told Yin Yin.

The man's goal didn't seem to be himself. By the way, speaking of which......

In the entire estate, only the lamb seems to have been unaffected by Nago.

She vaguely understood something, if Nago was really important to the Torch Church, they would definitely not want the Alliance to research an antidote, and it was normal for them to target the lamb.

And after all, everyone became like that last night, in fact, because of Naguo......

Obviously, such a simple truth is there, but for some reason she has never found out, and even counted her father's death on those people, thinking that it would be good if those people never came.

Cause and effect had been planted a long time ago, and they had planted it themselves, and those people were the same whether they had been here or not.

Her father easily believed those people and gave everything to them, which was why he died.

And she was the same, and until the end she believed in the Son, and now he was going to kill her best friend.

In the end, she is the sheep in the sheepfold...... "Run......

The hot liquid streaked across her cheeks, and she didn't know if it was blood or tears of remorse, and with the last of her strength, she left the words in her friend's ear.

The crumbling consciousness finally couldn't hold on any longer, and fell forward with her body, into the endless abyss.

However, to her disappointment, the lamb, who had always been docile and obedient, did not listen to her and ran away obediently this time, but was still doing meaningless things, bandaging her wounds with clothes that could not stop bleeding.

The shadow of the human figure fell on the two of them, and looking at the tips of the shoes that were close at hand, the lamb's neck stiffened, and he put away his trembling hands, faced him, and knelt on the ground.

"Please...... Don't hurt Yin, save her, I, I can die for her......

The man did not speak.

He was the executioner of the Inquisition, codenamed "Mountain Falcon", and that

Unlike some of the Executioner squads that work part-time defense missions, they are more like lone killers than units on special combat missions.

There was only one person to be terminated in this mission—the antibody carrier who survived band 03.

If it weren't for the bishop who said that the little girl named Yin Yin had a "holy area" implanted in her head and asked him to spare her life, he would have sent both of them away with a shuttle.

But......

Why would a bishop do that kind of superfluous thing?

There should be a lot of sanctuaries in this settlement, is there anything special about this one?

He didn't understand. But I didn't plan to think about it.

body

For the sword of the Church, he only had to follow the instructions of the forerunners and sweep away the heresies that might thwart the great plan.

In the face of civilization, one or two lives are insignificant.

Looking at the hand reaching for his hair and the dagger close at hand, the lamb's shoulders trembled uncontrollably, and he closed his eyes in fear.

However, the expected pain did not come, and there was a roar

A whistling sound of breaking the air ran through the corridor.

The dagger in its grip was startled, clenched its fists and slammed into its back, colliding with the speeding black shadow.

The force was beyond his imagination, and he staggered and took two steps backwards before he stopped.

And the moment he saw that face clearly, the whole person was even more stunned for half a second.

He remembered the man.

He distinctly remembered slitting the guy's throat with a dagger, and with another guy wearing an exoskeleton.

It's just that for some reason, the guy who should have been cool came back to life at the moment, and the scar on his neck was gone, replaced by a scarlet centipede-shaped scar.

The centipede-like scar didn't look like anything on his body, like a large piece of gauze stuck to his neck, and blood could be seen slowly oozing under the agitated flesh membrane.

The man held a short knife in his right hand and held the dagger he had stabbed, and with a hideous smile on his face, he spat bloody on his helmet.

「MMP！ Fortunately, Lao Tzu was equipped with a biological prosthetic body...... "Before that, the Kidney Fighter and the Murder Dagger were equipped with exoskeletons, okay

The dog thought that he couldn't pretend to be a useless iron lump like those two two goods, but he felt that something was missing if he didn't pretend to be anything.

So he had an idea, learned from mosquitoes to find Xiao Yu, and got himself a biological prosthetic body.

It is said to be immune to a critical wound and to speed up HP regeneration in battle, with the only price being experience decay. Thanks to him, he installed one.

Otherwise, the stab in the neck just now sent him away.

The falcon didn't understand what he was saying, but just looked coldly at the scolding man in front of him, and kicked him in the chest, trying to pull out the distance and shoot with a gun.

The good dog who had been kicked in the chest snorted, and it felt like a train had hit the cuirass of the exoskeleton, squeezing all the air out of his lungs.

However, he did not let the killer succeed, locking the lower limb joints of the exoskeleton of the "Type 5" light cavalry to resist this kick, and then kicked his legs violently, and his hands pounced on his thighs, trying to push him to the ground.

The mountain falcon, who couldn't get away, was shocked, and while controlling the balance of his center of gravity, the dagger slammed into the man holding his right leg.

The dagger pierced in the place where it was never covered by armor, deep

It plunged two inches deep into the good dog's shoulder blades, and although it didn't hurt, it still made him grin for a while.

Seeing that he didn't let go, the mountain falcon mercilessly continued to stab several times in a row, almost poking the non-critical places on his back that were not protected by armor.

In the end, it is the perception department, and the physical fitness is not as good as the good brother of the strength department and the physique department, and the good dog who wanted to trip this killer to the ground did not get him alive or dead, but instead made his back bleed, and he was poked in the eyes I don't know how many.

"... It's really playing."

Glancing at the little girl lying in a pool of blood, the good dog gritted his teeth and slammed into the window on the side of the corridor near the patio.

Anyway, one life in three days, keep it now, sooner or later you will regret it!

Smack

The glass of the window shattered outward, and it fell from the second floor to the open space of the patio with a crisp sound like a bell.

The sound of the fierce fight was enough to attract the attention of the other players in the vicinity of the annex, and someone should be coming here soon.

The good dog stared at the killer who had not said a word from beginning to end, and his arms and legs slammed into force, dragging him out of the window.

"Let's go together—!"

Caught off guard and taken out of the window, the falcon didn't expect this guy to do this trick at all, and stared at this madman in surprise.

Fortunately, he was quick-eyed, reached out and grabbed the edge of the window, hung it outside the window, raised his left foot and kicked violently at the man who was holding his right leg.

This height, of course, will not fall to death.

But his mission is the lamb that carries the antibody, and if he falls from here, he will definitely not have a chance.

Unable to break free from the man holding his right leg, the falcon gritted its teeth

He threw away the dagger and was about to touch the frag grenade hanging from his waist, but he saw a successful smile on the bruised face under him.

"Let's go to hell together!"

Just now, he unplugged the fuse of the last plastic bomb on the exoskeleton strap - this last bomb is also an old tradition of the Burning Corps.

A plume of green smoke billowed from beneath the exoskeleton's breastplate.

The mountain falcon's expression froze slightly, and before the look on that face could turn into horror, the flames and smoke of the explosion instantly engulfed the two of them.

The windows of the entire hallway were shattered.

Because the explosion was outside, the shock wave did not spread into the hallway, but even so, the lamb who had just tried to help was knocked to the ground.

"Hmm!"

Ignoring the pain that was about to squeeze out his tears, the lamb struggled to get up from the glass shard-covered floor, looked at the broken window in fear, and then at Yin Yin, who was lying in a pool of blood, and bit his lip and limped over.

The shocking pool of blood made her no longer have any hope for the one in 10,000 possibility, but she still stretched out her trembling index finger and put it on Yin Yin's lips......

Didn't breathe.

Lowering her hand, she only felt a whirlwind in her head, and her whole body collapsed on the ground.

At this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps in the hallway, and she saw a lot of people rushing towards her, including the researcher's sister who had drawn her blood, and other people wearing exoskeletons.

"There's a wounded here!" "Stop the bleeding for her!"

"Damn...... This guy is not breathing." "Where's the needle?! Somebody lend me one!" "Borrow a fart, I've got it here!"

In a trance, she heard the men shouting something, and picked Yin Yin up from the glass shards and blood on the ground and rushed to the stairs.

Chen Yutong squatted in front of her, hugged her shoulders hard, and said something in her ear with a crying voice.

Without a trace of joy for the rest of his life, the little lamb suddenly felt a sour nose, and all emotions poured out of his eyes.

She had never been so sad

......

Official website forum.

Although the city of Jinhe, which is 800 kilometers away from Dawning City, has become a mess, the forum in the other world is still very calm.

Brother Young Calf has found a new denning in the north of Deciduous City, where the thigh-thick yellow eel is a bit of a waste.

The Storm Corps has taken over the Jungle Corps' task of suppressing bandits, and Brother Springwater is sharing his thoughts on the xeno's lair and jungle warfare in the north.

As for the big eyes, I lost contact for a long time in Luoxia Province a few days ago, and I finally came back recently, and I also shared my travel experience on the forum, which is a strategy in another sense.

By the way, the people of Willante who are stranded in Pioneer City are total

After waiting for the parts sent from afar, he repaired the airship and embarked on the return journey.

Approaching the distant city of Triumph, the Battlefield Guys are both looking forward to and hesitating, and they don't know when they will be able to return home in the vest of a pangolin.

But overall, everyone's daily life is still very happy.

Night Ten, who went offline early, reported the situation in the group, and then had nothing to do, so he went to the forum to make a post when he was bored.

"...... The boat capsized in the gutter today."

Edge paddling: "What's wrong with you, brother?"

Irena: "Tell me, curious. (funny)

There was silence for a moment.

After being urged for a full minute, Ye Shi said reluctantly.

「...... Uh, got a knife on the way to trigger the mission." Spring Commander: "Poof......

Elf King Fugui: "Who can slash you with a perception system??"

Night Ten: "I wonder so much, I don't feel it at all, I and the good dog are gone in an instant, and I still see him being been."

wiped his neck...... There's something wrong with that guy."

Commander of the Spring: "Is it the Awakened of the Torch Church?"

Night Ten: "It's not as simple as the Awakened...... I feel more like that ......."

Edge paddling: "Which ???"

Night 10: "Frost and eclipse ......"

Unprofessional retort: "? A android warrior?!" Night Ten: "Hmm...... I've heard that the nature of the perception system is right

The integrated sensing of some kind of biological pheromones and the capture of environmental changes are not at all in the case of androids, and it is basically difficult for me to perceive them in advance."

Of course, it could also be a prosthetic person like Hea who has been implanted with a large number of biomimetic prosthetics.

Considering that the black boxes held by the Torch Church are mainly synthetic biomimetic organs, it shouldn't be difficult to get a prosthetic person out.

At most, it's just a matter of cost.

Commander Spring: "Hmm...... I don't know what you're going on, but what you say...... Isn't that annex dangerous?"

Night Ten: "I've already told the brother in charge of upline and downline liaison in the group, it shouldn't be fine...... But it's strange to say, why hasn't that brother come down yet, and he didn't die with me?"

The Burning Corps has always had the habit of arranging people to take turns on duty offline, so as to facilitate the timely exchange of information between the upper and lower lines, which is also the idea of Elder Brother Fang.

So as soon as he died, Ye Shi went to the group to tell the brother who passed the word about it, and asked him to go online to inform everyone that something was wrong with the annex.

But the strange thing is that Brother Dog hasn't bubbled up until now.

Ye Shi was wondering in his heart, and it turned out that Cao Cao Cao Cao was coming, and at the moment when he just typed this line, the ID of the good name let the dog pop up in the post.

"Gan! Lao Tzu and that boss are fighting hotly, are you flooding here?!"

Night Ten: "Damn, what's going on?!" Aren't you dead?"

Good Dog: "Who told you that my grandfather is dead!" Let me tell you, Xiao Yu's resurrection armor is really easy to use! At that time, I was about to go offline, but my neck was hot and I stood up again!"

The Elven King Fugui: "??? Is that awesome?" Irena: "This hangs...... It's simply invincible, turn back to me

The whole one goes, too. (funny)"

Night Ten: "Wait, let's not talk about the resurrection of A, what's going on over there?! What the hell is that guy who stabbed us?"

He was more concerned about that little Lori.

As for whether the good brother is dead or not, it doesn't matter, anyway, everyone has a life for three days, and they have recently saved files, and if they die, they will die.

Good Dog: "Hell knows, that guy didn't pay attention to me, but it looks like he's going for the little girl with antibodies...... Damn, it's not that big with a human thing

You can do it!"

Night 10: "What about people? (Khan)"

Good dog: "You can't win, that guy has something, and he can't wait to give me five knives in a second, and the eight achievements are what kind of prosthetic people you said in your post!" But I reacted fairly quickly, dragged him out of the hallway and replaced him the old way."

Extralegal fanatics: "Contemptible people are new, just ask if you don't understand, what is the old way?" (curious)"

Good dog: "Hehe, when I live, my brother will teach you by hand." (shy)"

Just as everyone was discussing, Elder Brother Fang's ID suddenly popped up.

"Which of you is on the Iron Heart? or

in the game

Can you get in touch with the airship?"

Feng Qing: "(Raise hand)"

Fang Chang: "The whole direction of the Pinecone Farm is about twenty-five kilometers, near the exact coordinates (X-233, Y-365), our reconnaissance team witnessed a group of mutant troops, the size of which is about a thousand people, and found a small number of vehicles, the type is unknown, and the speed is between 10~20 per hour...... We're in radio silence, please help me report the coordinates to the Iron Heart."

Feng Qing: "Huh?"

Fang Chang: "What's wrong?"

Feng Qing: "It's nothing...... It's just that our regimental commander just went out to help you investigate, but now it seems that there is no need for it? 0.0」

Night Ten: "It's okay, we'll laugh at him for a while, and we won't let him go cold." (funny)"

Irena: "(funny)"

Ironheart, bridge.

Looking at the vast sea of smoke piled up on the ground in the distance, the captain standing by the floor-to-ceiling window couldn't help but frown.

「...... Visibility on the ground is so poor that our planes can't see anything."

Chu Guang looked at him and asked.

"Have you found the source of the fog?" The captain shook his head with a heavy expression.

"The opinion of the advisor we brought in from the Institute of Biology is ...... These occlusions may not be just fog, but spores released from the soil."

"Spores?" Chu Guang frowned slightly. The captain nodded.

"The advisor's claim is that, according to the clues she gathered from the front, the hyphae that lurk in the soil, animals and plants will release spores similar to the straelus variant under certain circumstances, but it does not have the same ability to exchange information through the spores as the mother nest of slime molds...... This is mainly due to the fact that some of the genetic fragments in its body originate from the mutant slime mold."

Chu Guang: "Is there a connection between the Nago fungus and the slime mutant mold?"

The captain hesitated for a moment.

"She thinks it's related, but the Naguo is probably not a branch of the slime mold variant, but artificially cut some gene fragments from the slime mold and grafted into the nucleus of some other species...... The research is still ongoing, and the consultant can't give me an exact conclusion."

Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.

"I see."

At this moment, Xiao Qi, who was sitting on his shoulder, suddenly raised his head and leaned closer to him to say something in his ear.

After hearing this, Chu Guang looked at the captain who was standing aside.

"The port side gun position and the bow main gun are preparing for fire, aiming at the (X-233, Y-365) coordinate area, correcting 500 meters due west, and advancing two kilometers to the west of the Xu Jin barrage."

The captain looked stunned when he heard this, and immediately answered without asking the reason.

"Yes!"