As soon as the words fell, Ning Yuan and Howard acted at the same time.

The thousands of shadows in the room instantly rioted, turning into shadow steel whips and striking in Howard's direction.

At the same time, his figure disappeared into the shadows, without a trace.

"Shadow Raid ......"

Howard's eyelids twitched, and he waltzed like a skilled dancer in the shadows.

After dozens of shadows flashed, he felt the hairs on his back rise before he could take a quick breath.

He jerked his head back and found that Ning Yuan was standing behind him, holding a hot knife in his hand, slashing in his direction.

The scorching heat distorted the air around him slightly, and he suddenly felt a fire burning in his nose, so he hurriedly retreated a few steps, dodged the blade, and drew his gun to prepare to shoot.

Ning Yuan slashed into the air with a knife, the force of the blade swing made it impossible for him to make the next move, seeing that the muzzle of the gun was aimed at him, he hurriedly took a few quick steps, kicked the pistol away, and then took advantage of Howard's empty door to cut out the second knife.

Just then, Howard's figure stepped forward and grabbed the blade with one hand.

Ning Yuan's eyes narrowed.

That's a thousand degrees Celsius!

Being able to grab it with one hand, it seems that Howard's ability is not simple.

After grabbing the knife, the corners of Howard's mouth curled slightly, and he stretched out his other hand and nodded towards Ning Yuan's forehead.

Looking at the fingers that were pointing at him, Ning Yuan hurriedly let go of the knife in his hand and fled into the shadow space.

Just after Ning Yuan disappeared, on the ground in the distance, I don't know when there was an extra automatic turret, and two automatic machine guns were mounted on the circular base, the muzzles of which were upside down, each of which was mounted with an oversized drum.

"Da Da Da ......"

Dense gunfire resounded throughout the space, and bullets sprayed in Howard's direction like water, making him unable to dodge for a while.

"Machine guns?" Howard stretched out a hand, spread his palm in the direction of the bullet, and said, "Stop!" ”

Suddenly, all the bullets hovered steadily in front of Howard, as if time had stood still.

"You're really beyond my expectations." Howard said with a smile: "Ever since you entered the control room, you've been delivering viruses to my main control system, and now you're using a machine gun...... It's been a wasted effort. ”

The shadows on the ground instantly rioted, and the dense shadows transformed into tons of silk threads, wrapping around Howard's body and tying him up.

"Got you."

Ning Yuan's figure walked out of the shadows and said with a smile: "Howard, you are very vigilant, each time you make contact with the ground, it takes no more than half a second, but now you have stood for more than two seconds. ”

"Haha, if you can't break my main control, you can only use this kind of indiscriminate tricks." Howard said disdainfully.

"If the firewall you control is broken by me, I can directly use the shadow to split your five horses." Ning Yuan smiled and said, "I'll give you a chance, do you want to escape together?" ”

"Do you believe what you say?" Howard snorted coldly: "Ning Yuan, I know who you are, you will only treat me as a consumable and throw me away when you use it." ”

"You're really wrong about me." Ning Yuan shook his head slightly: "I'm not a consumable, and I won't treat my people as consumables." ”

"Huh." Howard held his head high: "I'm not going to be your man." ”

"Why bother?" Ning Yuan lowered his head and sighed: "Stay here, you can only die, isn't it good to go out and see your family?" ”

"The Firmament is my home, and now my home, my people are dead...... When home is gone, what's the point of living? Howard said sadly.

"Then you shouldn't stop me, I'll live mine, you will die yours, don't you just go your own way?"

"You're an internal special forces, you'll never understand." Howard stood up straight and said with a proud face: "Sealing the Ancient Gods is the duty and mission of the Abyssal Ruins soldiers, and your actions are very likely to cause the Ancient Gods to escape, and I will not let you act." ”

“……”

Ning Yuan was silent for a while, and then sighed: "There are people like you in the army, and it seems that they are not rotten to the end." ”

"I'll just treat you as a compliment." Howard chuckled: "Twenty years ago, I was a small soldier at the head of the platoon, and I personally participated in the capture of the Heavenly Spirit...... Oh, at that time, it was not called the Heavenly Spirit, the official name was GOO341, and we all called it White Flower. ”

Ning Yuan closed his eyes and asked, "Back then...... It's a big price. ”

"Ninety-seven percent of the battle losses." Howard said the number in a flat tone: "The advance army of 800,000 people, the main force of 4 million people, and billions of drones, almost all of them are broken, bang, and they are gone in an instant." ”

"What a price."

"In that battle, there were more than 2,000 S-class abilities, 200,000 A-class, and nearly a million ordinary abilities, almost all of whom died...... All of them died before they were caught in a trap. Howard looked up at the smallpox, and his face showed a look of remembrance: "In that war, a giant battleship like the Firmament was a big artillery battle. ”

"I haven't been to a frontal battlefield......"

"You should go and see how miserable it is, and after you see it, you'll be like me." Howard said solemnly: "Something like the ancient gods should stay in prison forever, this is where they belong!" ”

Ning Yuan nodded and said seriously, "I'll go and take a look." ”

Howard shook his head: "You don't have a chance. ”

As soon as his words fell, a shrill alarm sounded in the control room.

"The engine self-destruct program is started, and the heavy nuclear fusion reactor is being overloaded, and it is expected that in two minutes, the temperature in the reactor will exceed the tolerance limit, and the core will melt."

"Please leave the ship immediately, the engine melt will cause a huge nuclear explosion, please escape within two and a half minutes, a distance of more than 500 kilometers......

Ning Yuan's pupils constricted suddenly.

"You ......"

"I've been talking to you for so long, isn't it just for the transfer of authority!" Howard laughed: "Really, if it weren't for the time it takes for the transfer of authority, I wouldn't have bothered to say so much to you!" ”

Ning Yuan gritted his teeth, he hurriedly ran in the direction of the machine-controlled computer, as long as a hard link was established, he would be able to crack the permission.

However, just as he was making a move, an alarm suddenly sounded in his heart.

Years of combat experience stopped him, and he looked at the slight crack in his spacesuit, and his face instantly turned ugly.

"Nanofilaments? Is this what you're capable of? ”

"yes, so you don't guess, I took a lot of effort to pause the bullet performance." Howard smiled and said, "Ning Yuan, it seems that your myth of undefeated is not true. ”

After saying that, these nanofilaments began to shrink, and they were going to cut Ning Yuan into countless pieces.

"These nanofilaments don't have a shadow, how do you crack the ......" Howard was suddenly stunned, he looked in Ning Yuan's direction and smiled bitterly: "It seems that the ability is really perverted." ”

"Shadow is a bridge that reflects reality, and as long as it exists, there will be shadows." Ning Yuan used his ability to firmly control the filament, making it impossible to move an inch.

"It's hard to control, after all, you're only an A-class." Howard said with a smile: "Although I am not S-class, my main control computing power is stronger than yours. ”

Ning Yuan tried to move, and found that he could only stop the contraction of the nanofilament, but could not control its deformation.

I'm stuck here and can't walk.

He said with a calm face: "So what, I will crack your main control and let you ......"

"Come on. The time is only two minutes. Howard said with a smile.

“……”

Ning Yuan fell silent.

This Howard, really......

The shadow beneath his feet began to climb up his calves, slowly enveloping himself.

Using the teleportation mechanism of Shadow Space, it should be possible to break these prisons.

However, after a short time when he leaned his body into the shadow space, he immediately retreated and asked in surprise, "How did you do that?" ”

"Haha." Howard smiled: "You're really sharp, I have an ability algorithm mounted, space-based." ”

"Spatial ......"

"To be honest, it's not very useful, my main ability is too weak, so I can only let the silk thread penetrate the space, and I may be torn apart by my own thread if I cross it myself, so ...... I envy you. ”

“……”

Ning Yuan's brows furrowed.

Trouble!

The Shadow Space Jump is where his biggest hole card is, and now that the space has been cracked, he can't think of any way for a while.

On the other hand, he figured it out a little.

It is the silk threads that carry spatial attributes, and they can't use shadows to move these lines, which has nothing to do with computing power.

Even if he broke Howard's main firewall and stuffed thousands of mining programs into his system to consume computing power, he would not be able to untie the nano chain.

Unless you crack the kernel of Howard's master...... That's even more troublesome, the firewall of the main control kernel will take half a day to crack, and people will have already vaporized by then......

At this moment, the airlock cabin of the control room suddenly opened, and Geng Lin's figure appeared behind the door, which made him overjoyed.

"Geng Lin! Be careful, this space is full of nanoblades! Ning Yuan shouted loudly, "You shrink and kill him." ”

Geng Lin glanced at Howard and nodded, and was about to make a move when Howard's words made her stop.

"You're going to kill a brigadier general! I am the head of the joint operation, your boss! ”

After seeing Geng Lin stop, Howard continued: "Now, I order you, kill him!" ”

Ning Yuan turned his head to look at Geng Lin who had stopped, and asked loudly, "Geng Lin, what are you doing in a daze!" Don't even listen to your captain? Hurry up and kill him! ”

"Don't trust you as a captain!" Howard exclaimed, "He's just using you!" ”

Geng Lin glanced at Ning Yuan, then at Howard, and said solemnly: "Brigadier General Howard, the captain is not that kind of person. ”

Howard glanced at Geng Lin and whispered, "Ah...... So you're doing it for you...... Then I really misread you. ”

"Geng Lin, do it!" Ning Yuan said: "If you don't use your hands, the engine will burn out!" There's no way we're going to survive! ”

"What's the use of surviving!" Howard shouted at Geng Lin, "Geng Lin! You are a warrior of our ruins! You should know what your captain is up to! When the old gods come out, everyone will be finished! ”

"Geng Lin, I promised you, we will live together!" Ning Yuan said loudly: "You have served in the army all your life, and you deserve to have your own life!" ”

"The old gods come out, you live a fart!" Howard snorted coldly and said, "Geng Lin, now that I am the captain of the Firmament, I have absolute command over you!" Take my orders! Kill him! ”

Geng Lin glanced at Ning Yuan, then lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Shut up! Howard! ”

"Hurry up!" Howard ignored Ning Yuan and shouted loudly: "The life and death of the abyssal ruins are on you!" Geng Lin! Do it! ”

After hearing this, Geng Lin's figure instantly shrank, and then turned into nothingness.

Ning Yuan knew that this was Geng Lin's ability to activate his own ability, shrinking himself into a molecular form, which was no longer visible to the naked eye, and even the ultra-high-resolution mechanical prosthetic eye could not capture Geng Lin's figure.

He never expected that Geng Lin would make this choice.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Geng Lin...... In fact, I never want to order you, your life is an order except for an order, I take you to the beach to play, you are stunned like a machine...... You shouldn't be like this. ”

Howard smiled and said, "It's good, Geng Lin, you still remember the responsibility that the military uniform represents!" We, the people of Yuanxu, will never compromise with the ancient gods, kill him, he is not worthy of being your captain! ”

"Fuck duty! Geng Lin, you are only seventeen years old this year, a girl of your age should be enjoying life carefree! Ning Yuan said angrily: "Geng Lin, don't let the army's brainwashing program control you, you are free!" ”

"No one will be free! We are born with limitations! Howard sneered and said, "Geng Lin, you are a member of the army, you have been for the rest of your life!" It is your destiny to obey orders and carry out tasks! ”

"Fuck your fate!" Ning Yuan scolded: "Howard, fuck you! Geng Lin is only seventeen years old this year! She shouldn't be used like garbage! Geng Lin, survive! ”

"Hahahaha." Howard laughed out loud and said to Ning Yuan: "She won't, you don't know her, and surviving is a kind of torture for her." ”

Ning Yuan shouted angrily: "What are you talking about! ”

"If my guess is correct, she should be a custom-made embryo of the army, the kind that grew up in the army as a baby, this kind of child, whose brains have been washed by the army, in their hearts, without a task, there is no value, like death."

"You ......"

"You let her escape and live that kind of life without orders, this is Ling Chi for her, and she should be very scared now." Howard smiled and said, "I'm afraid you'll take her to live......"

"What did you say?" Ning Yuan frowned: "Geng Lin, you, do you really think so?" ”

There was silence in the air, and there was no echo.

"Hahahaha." Howard laughed out loud and said to Ning Yuan, "My order is a relief for her, don't you understand?" ”

"I'm ......" Ning Yuan closed his eyes, his mouth filled with bitterness.

In retrospect, the Geng Lin he knew was indeed the same as Howard's mouth.

He is a man who sees commands as if they were his life.

He thought for a moment, and then said bitterly: "Geng Lin, if you really choose to kill me...... I don't blame you, may we all have rest. ”

Howard sighed as well: "Yes, may we all rest in peace." ”

Immediately after, he said loudly: "Come on, Geng Lin, kill him and free yourself!" Your fate is like this, follow the instructions ......"

Before he could finish speaking, several black spikes emerged from his body, each of which was free of blood, and the wound was tightly gagged.

Then Geng Lin's figure appeared in front of Howard.

"You ......" Howard's eyes widened, and he looked at Geng Lin in a daze: "You, shouldn't you be ......"

"My captain ordered me to live." Geng Lin said expressionlessly: "Live freely." ”

Ning Yuan raised his head and looked at Geng Lin in horror.

Didn't he just order her to live?

Where do the two words freedom come from?

He thought for a moment, then laughed knowingly.

Geng Lin......

As her words fell, the black rods were gone, and blood gushed out of Howard's wounds.

"Don't struggle, my main control system has been destroyed by me." Geng Lin looked down at Howard: "Goodbye, Brigadier General Howard." ”

After a moment, Howard fell to the ground with his eyes glazed over, staring feebly at the sky.

Ning Yuan stepped forward and gently closed his eyes for him: "Howard, as a veteran who has fought against the ancient gods head-on, I respect you, but I'm sorry, you and I are not all the way, may you rest in peace." ”

Then he stood up and said to Geng Lin: "We have to hurry up, we can't let the core melt ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked away by Geng Lin.

"Geng Lin! What are you doing! ”

"Captain, next time, don't doubt me again."

(End of chapter)