Although there is no basis, Duanmu Huai feels that the core focus of this mission is on this Salvation Army.

After all, you see, didn't Joel take Ellie to the Salvation Army too? There are no such coincidences in this world.

Well, there shouldn't be.

It's better not to have it.

The main quest is not divided into such .........

And the reason why Duanmu Huai is so conjecturing, in addition to the overlap of missions, is also because these survivors——— after that, Duanmu Huai determined that the next stop route is to go to the Salvation Army, and the other survivors discussed it, and planned to stay to help this gathering place rebuild, after all, after Duanmu Huai made such a fuss, the city is currently safe for the time being. At least there is no need to worry about zombie invasion for a short time, even if it is a blood moon, considering that the zombies around it have been swept away, this blood moon should not be too threatening.

In addition, this gathering place currently needs manpower, and it occupies such a good place as the oil warehouse, Komuro Takashi and a few other students and Aiden plan to stay here——— after all, they can't help the Salvation Army, right?

Since they didn't trigger any special plots when they stayed, it means that these survivors are not the core characters, and the only ones left on the train now are Joel and Ellie.

Since the destination of both parties coincides, then ......... It seems that the key to their departure from this world should lie in the mission of these two people.

Only, why did Joel take Ellie to the Salvation Army?

Joel didn't know about this, he and Ellie were not related, and even at first, Joel simply regarded Ellie as his task——— but the two of them have established some relationships along the way. But even so, when Joel asked Ellie why she was looking for the Salvation Army, the latter kept her mouth shut.

This continued until they arrived in the city where the Salvation Army was located.

Compared to the previous gathering place where they only occupied a food processing factory and barely survived, the territory of the Salvation Army is indeed large enough, they occupy almost half of the city, and even built a towering city wall, and you can see heavily armed soldiers patrolling with guns everywhere, it seems that this Salvation Army is indeed quite strong.

"Okay, I think you all know what to do."

Duanmu Huai glanced at Mary, Ogis, and Rose, then withdrew his gaze to Joel and Ellie.

"Let's send Ellie to the Salvation Army first——— Joel, do you have a way to get in touch with these guys?"

"Of course."

Joel nodded.

"Well, after we send the people, you can do whatever you want, we will investigate the Salvation Army, and if the Salvation Army really does what we think, modulating humans to create mutants, then we will completely destroy this gathering place......... Now you get it? ”

"Mr. Duanmu........."

Duanmu Huai's voice fell, and Mary quickly raised her hand.

"This gathering place looks ......... There are a lot of people, are we really going to destroy this place completely? ”

"The Inquisition does not allow any heresy to exist that creates alien shapes."

Duanmu Huai shook his head.

"I could give them hundreds of reasons to justify why they do it, but it doesn't make sense, the right means bring the right results, and remember, most of what many people say we have to do is the beginning of the Fall. The short-term benefits are far less than the long-term threats. ”

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but think of those green-skinned orcs, the green-skinned orcs were originally created by the ancient saints to deal with the fear of death and the star gods, but in the end, the ancient saints themselves just got rid of it, and the green-skinned orcs who lost control became an indelible scourge in the universe.........

While for now, mutants may be able to help humans fight zombies and blood moons, it's certain that in the distant future, these mutants will become just as catastrophic as the greenskins.

Of course, some people will say that if you can't even live now, then you can't talk about a future——— but this is just sophistry. People can come up with a thousand excuses to justify what they do, but reality doesn't care about such trifles. It's as if the Old Saints were right to make green-skinned orcs to protect themselves, but that doesn't erase the reality that greenskinned orcs have turned into a threat as terrifying as the Death-Dreads and Star Gods.

In fact, there are also differences of opinion within the judges.

For example, a planet is polluted by chaos and is about to perish.

So at this time, are the civilians who are evacuated in the vast majority, but have no skills, and are basically coolies?

Or a high-ranking official and nobleman with certain skills and connections?

Or just to be on the safe side, no one will save them and kill them all with one extermination?

Each inquisitor has his own different approach, some people think that they can save as much as they want, and some people choose to save the nobles from rational analysis, after all, ordinary civilians have no skills and abilities, and the nobles still have some ability, right?

There are still people who won't save anyone——— after all, you can't be sure how many cultists or chaos-contaminated residues there are on that planet, so just be on the safe side, just kill them all with one extermination order, and then there will be no trouble.

As for who chooses the right thing, it is not clear to say, and everyone's thoughts are different, ———so everyone wants to do what they want to do, how to do it, and what to do.

However, in the eyes of many Inquisitor players, such as the Salvation Army, they basically have to be destroyed directly.

The reason is simple, today you can create mutants to save humanity, tomorrow you can corrupt the dirt of human faith? This kind of thing is like taking drugs, once it starts, there is no turning back, you tell me that you will reform your ways, and believe that you will have a ghost.

By the way, Duanmu Locust tends to throw the extermination order directly.

After all......... Highly efficient.

"Alright, let's go."

After Duanmu Huai decided on the policy, he waved his hand at Joel, who was a little speechless, but this was indeed his mission, so he had to take Ellie towards the door of the Salvation Army in front of him.

"Hey, who are you? What for? ”

When Duanmuhuai and his party walked to the gate, soon there were soldiers on patrol blocking their way, Duanmuhuai glanced at it and found that these soldiers themselves had nothing to say. On the contrary, the mutants behind them ——— actually wore equipment similar to power armor!

Good guys, this Salvation Army is also cos Enclave isn't it?

Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the mutant opposite. The mutants I met at the gathering place before didn't have this kind of "heavy equipment", so they were like running around the streets naked in pants. Now it seems that those mutants are probably just cannon fodder, and the regular army is here.

Whether these mutants have an IQ or not, Duanmu Huai doesn't know, but looking at these mutants wearing power armor and holding a Vulcan cannon, they obediently stand behind the soldiers and look well-trained......... It seems like that's what happened.

Here Duanmu Huai was looking at the mutant soldiers of the Salvation Army, and Joel was also finished talking to the guard in charge of the gatekeeper, he took something, the other party examined it carefully, and then looked at the girl next to Joel.

"Is that her?"

"That's right."

"Okay, you can come in........."

The guard nodded, then looked behind Joel——— to be exact, Duanmu Locust.

"By the way, the power armor that this mutant wears is very special, it's a new model?"

“………………………”

Duanmu Huai said that he would wait for Lao Tzu to go in and figure out the situation here, and then clean you up when he came back.

But fortunately, the other party seems to have handed over Duanmu Huai to Joel as the client of the Salvation Army, and the mutant soldier responsible for protecting Ellie did not ask for his identity. Duanmu Huai was also happy to be pure, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb there. As for Mary, Ogis and Rose, Joel said that they were companions they met on the road, and when they saw that they were a few weak girls, they didn't pay much attention to them, and just let them in.

Passing through what appeared to be a tin covered gate, the group entered the Salvation Army's base camp, which, at least from the outside, was much livelier than the previous gathering place. There are pedestrians everywhere, and quite a few mutants can be seen walking around.

Duanmu Huai observed it and found that these mutants were basically divided into two types, one was wearing a full set of power armor, and it seemed that they were all doing the work of guards. The other is the one who wears big pants, and they are basically coolies. I'm not moving bricks or carrying wood, helping to repair houses or something......... It's like that.

"Looks like the mutants here get along well, huh?"

Mary looked around carefully, and then said her thoughts, while Duanmu Huai sneered.

"The Star Alliance and the human race were still facing the forerunners together, but the result was that the human race was sold before it changed hands."

If it is not my race, its heart will be different, and Duanmu Huai will never compromise on this point.

The unity of the nations of the galaxy is a matter for politicians, and the Inquisition is responsible for those who are not of our race, and their hearts will be different.

To put it bluntly, the court is a white-faced ...............

Under the leadership of the guards, the group walked through the street and came to a gate in the inner part of the city——— Well, I have to say that this place is really a bit interesting, looking at the heavy gate in the middle of the cave in front of me, well, if it is gear-shaped, the locust at that end can find a shelter company to invest in at this time.

Unfortunately not.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ———!!"

The heavy door opened, revealing a neat metal passage inside, and the crowd saw several men in hazmat suits from head to toe come out, almost trotting all the way to Ellie.

"Is that her?"

The leader looked up at the guard, and when he was confirmed, he reached out and grabbed Ellie.

"I'm waiting for you, follow me!"

"Wait, where do you want to take her?"

Of course, Joel didn't want to let people take Ellie away for no reason, and hurriedly wanted to catch her, but at this moment, the guard next to him suddenly pulled out a gun and pointed it at Joel, and pushed him back on the chest. Ellie, on the other hand, just glanced at Joel, didn't say anything, and silently followed the men inside.

"Damn, let me go, wait, what the hell are you going to do with Ellie!?"

Seeing Ellie follow the strangely dressed people into the door, Joel suddenly roared, and the soldier couldn't help but raise his gun to try to give Joel, and at this moment, suddenly a voice sounded.

"Alright, I'll leave it to me."

With this voice, everyone saw a brown-skinned black-haired woman walking over, the other party seemed to have a high reputation here, and the soldier saw the woman, and hurriedly saluted, and then turned to leave.

"Marlene ........."

Seeing this woman, Joel's face suddenly became serious. The reason is simple, this woman is the one who gave Ellie to herself in the first place......... He hadn't expected to see her again here.

"To be honest, I didn't expect you to be here......... It seems, maybe that's our fate, that child's fate. ”

Marlene pulled Joel up, then lit a cigarette for him, and spoke silently.

"Maybe it's my luck."

"Then I'm not very lucky."

Marlene shook her head.

"I sacrificed a lot of people to get back here......... Forget it, but for now, it's all worth it, thank you for sending Ellie over. ”

"And after that? What will happen to Ellie? ”

"You don't have to worry about her anymore, we'll take over."

Marlene stared at Joel, then at Mary and Ogis standing nearby——— perhaps she didn't think these girls were a threat.

"No, I'm worried, what are you going to do with that kid? Let me meet her........."

"Nope."

Marlene shook her head.

"She's getting ready for surgery."

"Surgery?"

Hearing this, not only Joel was stunned, but even Duanmu Huai, Mary and others were a little surprised, could it be that Ellie was sick? But I didn't see her have this symptom along the way?

Joel's complexion changed slightly.

"What the hell are you talking about? What surgery? ”

"You know, that kid is infected."

Marlene stared at Joel.

"The doctor told me that the germs in the child's body had mutated, so she was immune. As long as they can remove the bacteria from her body, they will be able to make a vaccine......... Save everyone. ”

"But ..............."

Hearing Marlene's words, Joel did not feel reassured, but became nervous.

"But the germs have spread to Ellie's brain..............."

“………………………”

This time, Marlene didn't speak, just stared at Joel, and nodded after a moment of silence.

"Yes."

“………………………”

At this time, Duanmu Huai and the others, who were watching all this, also understood, it was obvious that Ellie was also infected with viruses that could turn people into fungi, but the virus in her body mutated, making Ellie immune to this virus. The Salvation Army wants to produce vaccines through this.

The only problem is that the virus has infected Ellie's brain, which means that the Salvation Army doctor is going to do something to Ellie's brain.

And the result............... Well, just look at it this way, you can guess.

“…………………”

Hearing this, Joel was silent for a moment.

"Find someone else to do it."

"There is no one else, only her."

"I don't care about that!"

Joel lunged forward and grabbed Marlene by the collar.

"Ellie, she ..............."

However, before Joel could finish his words, the soldier next to him suddenly reached out, grabbed Joel's head, and pushed him to the ground.

And Marlene just looked at him.

"Joel, this is how fate has been arranged. Do you know? I used to think that maybe you would run away with her, maybe you would die on the way here, if so, then it was all the will of God, but you came here, and this is the result............... The vaccine can save everyone, and Ellie is the only one who suffers. ”

"Why......... It's her .........."

"No why, that's it."

Marlene lowered her head and shook her head.

"In short, you can stay here, and I will report to the general that your merits are enough to make you a full citizen of the city......... As for Ellie, Joel, forget about her. ”

With that, Marlene turned to leave, and the metal door closed behind her again.

And looking at this scene in front of them, everyone ............... I couldn't say anything.

(End of chapter)