The glimmer of the morning light crossed the eaves of the porthole and illuminated the sleeping side face of the lamb.

As if sensing the touch of light, she moved her long eyelashes, stretched out her small hands lying in the cryo-dormant pod, and yawned unconsciously.

"Are you awake?"

A soft voice came from my ears.

"Hmm." Subconsciously responded, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and stared blankly at the porthole.

The sky was a brilliant red, and the rising morning sun floated above the sea of clouds, spreading a soft glow through the thin atmosphere. It's already dawn?

Just as she was in a daze, a soft voice came from her ears again.

"The morning in heaven comes earlier than on the earth, and it will be more spectacular to see from the deck...... It's still pitch black, but the sun has risen in the distance."

The lamb looked to the side and saw that the big sister who always helped her check her body was sitting next to her and looking at her with a smile.

Memories of last night are coming back.

Suddenly there was a loud noise outside, and then the sister took her to the infirmary, locked the door, closed the curtains and lights, and told her not to make a noise no matter what was going on outside.

She did so very obediently, stayed by Yin Yin's side, listened to the sound of thunder outside, and then waited and waited, and fell asleep before she knew it.

Actually, nothing happened outside, right?

She looked at the porthole that was already open and blinked softly, the beautiful sunrise was so thrilling no matter how many times she watched it, she couldn't take her eyes off.

It's a view she's never seen before at Pinecone Farm.

Sometimes she couldn't help but think that if she stayed in that place for the rest of her life, she would never see such a view.

At this time, Xiao Yang suddenly noticed that it was not only himself and Sister Chen Yutong in the room, but also a strange sister with two ponytails sitting in front of the cryogenic sleep cabin next door.

There was a clear tear stain on that beautiful cheek, which stood out in the sunlight over the eaves of the window, and I thought I had been crying for a long time.

The lamb couldn't help but be silent.

In that cryo-dormant pod, there must be someone who is very important to her......

As if noticing her gaze, the older sister looked up.

The moment he met his gaze, the little lamb who was afraid of life hurriedly looked away, stared straight out of the window, and pretended not to look at this side.

However, the sister didn't stare at her for a long time, and soon looked at Chen Yutong who was sitting next to her, and said in a hoarse voice.

"I don't understand...... Why are you pretending you're dead?"

Chen Yutong sighed.

She had planned to hide from Jiang Xuezhou until she left the airship, but she didn't expect that she would suddenly rush into the infirmary with a group of people last night.

In the face of this unimagined reunion, Chen Yutong didn't know what to say for a while, so he looked at his friend who was shocked and stunned, pointed to the sleeping lamb and put his index finger to his lips, and then made a gesture of please.

I have to say that this is a lame reason, after all, the corridor is next to it, and if there is anything to say, you can go outside and say it.

However, Jiang Xuezhou probably didn't know how to face this friend who "came back from the dead" but kept himself in the dark, so he nodded.

The people of the company quietly left the infirmary after putting Night Ten in the hibernation pod, and the silent two sat there until dawn.

「...... If you don't, you won't be able to leave the swamp." Knowing that he would have to face her questioning sooner or later, Chen Yutong sighed, no longer avoiding her inquiring gaze, and looked at the ceiling above his head and said.

Jiang Xuezhou looked at her with a complicated expression.

「...... Why do you have to get out of there?"

"If you want to say why......" Chen Yutong thought for a moment and gave her a helpless smile, "Actually, there is no special reason."

It's like the whole academy is united, counting on the "joy" of escaping the barren land under their feet to a distant land

Garden" can get rid of all difficulties.

Naturally, there will be some inconspicuous prospector who will pin his hopes of escaping from the shackles of fate on escaping from the swamp.

She also learned later that she was not the first to flee from the Academy, and that people had been leaving it for the past century and a half.

Including the white dove that ran to the southernmost part of the desert in the Djobar Mountains to write the book "Oasis Under the Djobar Mountains".

They had all made a small contribution to the barren wasteland with their superior knowledge, and she didn't think it was something to be ashamed of.

But.

Jiang Xuezhou couldn't accept it.

The former most trusted friend turned out to be a traitor, and what made her even more unacceptable was that she actually said that there was no reason.

"There's no reason to ......?"

I really couldn't bear to bully my sad friend, Chen Yutong thought for a while and replied in relatively mild terms.

"Well, if I had to find a reason, I just couldn't see hope."

Hope?"

"Man is an animal that needs to live on hope, and if he doesn't see hope, he will feel pain. You may not feel that feeling, no matter how hard you try all your life, you're just an inconsequential, dispensable E-class, dispensable prospector. It's like the most inconspicuous piece on the chessboard, which can only move forward according to the set rules, and go to a place where you don't know where you are."

Jiang Xuezhou pursed his lips.

"I also became a D-rank ...... through hard work."

"I don't deny your efforts, in fact, I admire your persistence, because it's a quality I don't have, but I don't envy it...... I just want to live my life, that's all."

Looking at Jiang Xuezhou, who wanted to argue something, Chen Yutong smiled and looked at the increasingly dazzling morning sun outside the porthole.

"You know what? Before I left that swamp, I didn't even know that there was a very different kind of existence in this world besides the AI that followed the rules, and they were more like living people than they were programmed, and they had their own ideas...... It was common two centuries ago, but now it's taboo."

Jiang Xuezhou bit his lip and put forward a different opinion.

"I agree with Dr. Conclusion, that unrestrained AI is very likely to cause serious disaster...... A tool can only be a tool, and it should not have an ego."

Chen Yutong looked at her and asked rhetorically. "What about people?"

Jiang Xuezhou was stunned, I don't know why she suddenly said this. 「...... People?"

"Well," Chen Yutong nodded and said in a relaxed tone, "I've thought about whether people born as tools should have themselves or not, I haven't had an answer for a long time, so I'm going to look elsewhere.

"If I stay in the swamp, I'm afraid I'll be D-rank at most in my life, right? Haha, don't think I'm bragging, it's a different matter if I'm a researcher, but I'm still confident as an explorer...... After all, in addition to the researcher who needs to be promoted, as long as the prospector works hard to live, there must be a way to be promoted."

"But alas, I don't want to be a D-class at all, or even just a D, I don't want to be labeled at all. Don't you realize? In this game of snakes, no matter how long the tail is eaten, no matter how many servants you can summon and how many resources you have, as long as you are still on this pyramid, you will never be able to control your own destiny.

"I don't have any interest in manipulating other people's lives, I don't want to be manipulated by others, and I don't want to go to an inexplicable place to die for inexplicable reasons, I just want to be an ordinary person, study what I am interested in, and if I have to die, it makes a little more sense to die, that's all."

"Luckily, though, I've found my paradise, not dozens of light-years away, just below my feet. Here, if my research happens to be of interest to others as well, I will be given enough attention. It doesn't matter if I don't, I can entertain myself, as long as I don't get in the way of others, and no one cares about me."

"In terms of life, it's really not like this

I went to college, but I was quite satisfied with my current life, there are many things that are not found in the swamp, and there are so many interesting people, these are not miracles that can only be created by abundant resources, but human imagination and creativity....... If you really can't understand it, it's better for the alliance to give you more."

He said a bunch of words without paying attention, and seeing Jiang Xuezhou looking at him dumbfounded, Chen Yutong suddenly burst out laughing and said jokingly.

"Ah, even though I say so, don't follow me, I don't want to teach a good boy badly."

She knew her friend.

Unlike a lazy "bad woman" like herself, she is more like an obedient girl, not only has extraordinary talent, but also is serious and hard-working enough, and has a firm enthusiasm and determination to improve the rank.

The promotion channel of the college is open to her, and her future can be said to be bright, and it is really possible to become a B or even A in the future, and it is the core research department of the college.

After all, her current mentor is from the Research Division, and her future promotion is also a logical thing.

Jiang Xuezhou stared at Chen Yutong intently, was silent for a long time, lowered his head and said.

"I'll keep it a secret for you...... We haven't seen it on an airship." Chen Yutong smiled and said sincerely.

"Thanks."

Her family is still living in a settlement under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Commission, and she may not have received a pension from the Science and Technology Commission.

If the academy knew that she was still alive, the scene would probably be a little embarrassing.

It is unlikely that she will go back in this life, but she still hopes that her family in the wandering swamp can live a good life and not be affected by herself.

Jiang Xuezhou silently turned his head and looked at the sleeping cabin in front of him, his eyes full of sadness and complexity.

At this moment, she suddenly felt her hand being grasped. She looked up, a hint of surprise in her eyes.

I saw that the child who had woken up from a deep sleep was holding her hand, looking at her seriously, and said in a glutinous voice.

"It's going to get better...... The doctor said that as long as the hatch can detect a vital signal when the hatch is closed, the light is green." It's different from Yin....

The lights of Yin Yin are out.

But the lamb will not be discouraged, she will always wait for her to wake up, and then tell her what happened during this time.

Feeling the warmth coming from the palm, Jiang Xuezhou felt that his mood had recovered a little, and a smile appeared on his sad face.

「...... Thank you." Oh, yes.

The guy is still alive, not really dead, just very badly injured and can't wake up for the time being.

It doesn't matter if you can't stand up again.

Jiang Xuezhou made up her mind in her heart, she must let this guy wake up, even if it is to change his whole body, even if it makes him become "Xiao Wang".

This time-

Let's just replace her to save him!

At the same time that Jiang Xuezhou clenched his fists, Hurricane and Fang Chang, who were standing at the entrance of the hospital, glanced at each other, with strange expressions written on their faces.

After waiting for a long time, they didn't wait for the NPCs in this room to come out, and they didn't have a chance to pull out the power supply of the ICU for Ye Shi.

But then again.

Is it still necessary to pull out? The two made eye contact. Tempest: "Doesn't look like a bug.

Fang Chang: "Well, it's still a little different from Luo Yu's incident, this guy is just not dead, not dead and alive.

Tempest: "Do you need to mend the knife?" Fang Chang smiled.

"Tsk, although this kid is quite annoying when he gets cheap and behaves, but for the sake of father and son....... It's better to spare his dog's life.

Tempest: "....."

The morning sun rises over the horizon, and the Iron Heart floats above the clouds.

And at eight o'clock sharp, the artillery was fired.

The various corps deployed in Geumhe City rested overnight

Whole, under the cover of shelling, launched a fierce offensive towards the Champion Biological Institute.

The flames of the explosion continued to buzz over the concrete ruins, and the surface bunkers of the Qi tribe were papier-mâché with garbage.

The green heads hid in the shadow of the ruins, and the faces were invariably full of horror.

The weak expression was almost the same as that of the prey they teased.

Only now it's their turn to be the prey. But the Alliance is civilized and benevolent after all.

The Great Administrator does not intend to play tricks on these beasts who have been put on the execution ground, and the hammer of judgment will grant them an equal death! "Forward !!"

Leaning out of the turret of the Chimera, the mole roared loudly into the headset and gave the order to attack the rest of the vehicle and the infantry accompanying the vehicle.

"Teams are heading towards the Institute!"

"Show these cowards who only dare to sneak attack! What does a real Iron Fist look like?"

The players who followed the pace of the chariot shouted in high spirits.

"Whoa!"

"Kill!!"

"Crush them!!

The barrels of the 37 guns roared continuously, and the thumping of the cannon was like a beating war drum, and every flicker of a tracer brought a bloody rain.

Under that fierce attack, the positions built by the Qi tribe on the streets were like paper paste, and they were poked in a few moments.

Listening to the deafening sound of cannons, gunfires, and shouts of killing in the distance, Gomore, dressed in sacrificial robes, stared blankly at the sky and muttered to himself.

"Why...... Why are you still there!?"

Yesterday at nightfall, the head of the clan, Garn, led more than 10,000 batwingmen to launch a surprise attack on the Iron Heart, and now the fortress should have been taken......

However, the dense cannon sound was no different from yesterday morning, and it fell on their heads with great precision.

So there is only one possibility...

Despair grew to the point in Golmore's eyes.

"No...... It's not true, it must be something wrong."

He hugged his wrinkled face with trembling hands, and his chapped lips quickly chanted the "incantation" that Luo Gan had given him.

Soon, a pale golden glow that only he could see was cast on him.

However, it was not Luo Gan who stood in that light, but an old man wearing an exoskeleton.

The man's name was Arzu.

He was the apostle sent by the Church to succeed Luo Gan, and he was also the man who gave Garn the biomass armor and the command of more than 10,000 batwingmen.

Gommour had seen him, and when he saw him, he asked anxiously.

"What the hell is going on? Why...... Why is it different from what was said?! Why is the Iron Heart still firing at us?"

Arzu stared at him in silence, waiting for the elderly mutant to finish, then looked away.

"We've done our best, but it's a pity that your child is a piece of waste, wasting countless years of our hard work and years of business...... Honestly, this hole card was originally intended for the sons of the War Construction Committee, but the idiot played the card like this, and I really have nothing to say."

It's really embarrassing to talk about it.

Although he knew that the alliance was not easy to deal with, he lost to this group of guys from the wild road, and his face was indeed a little unbearable.

I can only blame that Luo Gan.

If it weren't for the fact that guy suddenly dropped the burden on his shoulders and disappeared, they wouldn't have been as embarrassed as they are now.

Or if you were in command from the beginning, you wouldn't lose as much as you do now.

Unfortunately, we couldn't recover the remains of the biomass armor.

Otherwise, you will be able to fully understand what happened at that time.

Gomore didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, he just felt that his unrelated appearance was a bit like it

It's going to dump the pot.

Looking at Alzu in a daze, he asked in a trembling voice. "That...... What do we do next?!"

"What's next?" Arzu smiled, "Whatever you want."

"It's ...... whatever"

Looking at Alzu, who was about to leave, Gormour vaguely guessed his intentions and stopped him in panic.

"Wait...... What about the core of Nago? Don't you want it?!" Hearing the Nago Core in the lab, Arzu's brow was not

You twitched, and said with a gloomy face.

"We're here to keep it, but the question is that we're here, can you keep it—"

Before he could finish speaking, Gomore interrupted him with a rapid voice.

"We haven't lost yet! We still have people, and we can fight! Just keep fighting...... The Mere Alliance will not be our opponent!"

Even if every last drop of blood is shed!

As long as there is one person alive, the hope of reviving the glory of Singularity City will not be extinguished!

Gormore has this confidence.

Even if he was the only one left, he was confident that he would breed another tribe!

Arzu looked at this hideous old fellow, and there was a sudden hint of pity in his calm eyes.

What a poor guy ....

In fact, he is one of the few sober mutants in this absurd and stupid tribe, but what is the use of a person's sobriety?

At this moment, he is like a gambler who has lost all his chips and does not want to recognize the reality, he should have realized that this was a big gamble.

Thinking that this old thing was the patriarch of Singularity City after all, and maybe it would be of some use, Arzu said casually.

"If you want to live. Go south, and the Church will give you a new job."

Gomore rejected him without thinking about it.

"No! I don't want to go! I just need you to help us—" Then you can fight as hard as you can."

Looking at this confused fellow, Arzu impatiently threw down the sentence, and then disappeared silently from the empty street under the gaze of his desperate eyes......

The southernmost point of Geumkawa City.

Three sneaky figures gathered together, like rats hiding in the sewers.

The noise of artillery can no longer be heard here.

I heard that the Alliance has breached the main entrance of the Champion Biological Research Institute, and is engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the mutants stationed in the building.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

The outcome of the war was decided last night.

"Kill ...... Hey, hey, kill...

Tang He, whose facial muscles were twitching, was still babbling in his mouth, with an oozing smile on his face.

He had always been like this, and the tapir didn't pay any attention to him, just staring at the apostle named Arzu in front of him.

"What about Luo Gan? We haven't found the guy yet...... Do you just want to leave?"

Arzu, who was standing in front of the executioner, said calmly.

"We've used up our last hole card and we've lost this

It was only a matter of time before the Diocese of Geumha-City fell...... Does it make a difference if you can't find Luo Gan?"

The expression on the red tapir's face was indifferent, and he said word by word. "I will not spare any traitor."

"Then you can go to him, it's your job too, and I only care about the final plan." Arzu turned expressionlessly, and walked towards a pitch-black shadow not far away.

He knew that the alliance would not just give up, and that they would continue to move south once they had gained a firm foothold in Geumcheon Province.

And according to their previous urine, they will definitely pull as many people as possible into their chariot, and companies and colleges will be involved.

This is the battle of faith. It's also a battle for survival.

This war will not stop until one of the parties is completely destroyed.

He'll fight the old days until the very end, and if these crippling bugs still won't embrace the glorious evolution—then die!

The tapir stared in the direction Arzu had left, gritted his teeth and turned around, leading his not-so-brained partner in the other direction.

He didn't care about the plans of those divine servants, and he didn't care about what evolution or not, it wasn't something that could be done in a day or two.

As the sword of the Inquisition, it was his lifelong belief to cut down unfaithful traitors for the Church, and he would carry it out until the end of his life.

As if sensing the murderous aura emanating from his body, Tang He's eyes flashed with fanatical light, and his mouth was shattered.

"Kill ......"

He doesn't care about anything.

He just wants to slaughter the whole city!