It was dark, and dark clouds obscured the moon.

To the southeast, the base camp of the military headquarters.

In the rainstorm, the steel gate flashes red LED lights and slowly opens.

In front of the gates, there were serpent-like military vehicles parked in an orderly manner, and they were the team returning from a mission in the city.

The heavy steel gate didn't open very slowly, but even so, a figure who was supposed to be wearing a handsome black combat uniform, but at this moment, which was about to be torn into a beggar's outfit of cloth, opened the door from the tail car and came down.

The thunder and lightning that exploded in the sky reflected his gloomy weather-like countenance.

If it weren't for the centipede-like scar that was distorting, even if this face was stained with gunpowder dust, the evaluation of outsiders at a glance would still be: handsome.

"Major Qin, what's wrong?"

On the military vehicle in front, a Class A sharp knife captain got out of the car and asked.

Qin Youde patted the tattered cloth beggar clothes on his body, gritted his teeth and said: "It's okay, I'll go in first, you sort out the equipment and supplies according to the established arrangement, and at four o'clock tomorrow morning, regardless of whether the rain stops or not, everyone will set off on time." ”

Without waiting for the other party to reply, Qin Youde rushed towards the steel gate, his body jumping high, and every step that fell to the ground would splash a lot of water.

Qin Youde saw the gap in the gate and jumped into the safety zone.

The spotlight was aimed at the sudden flash of black shadows, along with various large-caliber weapons behind the city gates, and even three anti-aircraft guns.

"Don't be nervous! It's Major Qin! ”

"Don't be nervous! It's Major Qin! ”

After the leading commander saw Qin Youde's iconic centipede scar, he quickly raised his hand and waved his hand around and shouted.

In the salute of the soldiers who turned into shock, Qin Youde's figure galloped all the way and soon came to the core of the security zone.

A place surrounded by tall walls.

The walls are reinforced by mages on the earth magic side, and are equipped with anti-concealment items purchased from merchants.

Everywhere you look, tall towers, there are beastly soldiers on the lookout for outsiders at the twenty-fourth hour.

This is the most heavily defended place in the depths of the security zone, and it is also where many important buildings, the Demon Seed Research Institute, and the combat command room are located.

Qin Youde glanced at the entrances and exits where there were many people, and with a turn of his footsteps, he came to an unmanned security access control, and only then did he enter it after verifying the fingerprints of his pupils and the identification of the beastly soldiers guarding behind the door.

"Major, they are all waiting for you in the combat command room." The beast soldier looked at Qin Youde, who had a gloomy face, and said.

"Thanks, I see, come later."

Qin Youde looked at the beast soldier carefully, his eyes were guilty for a long time, and after being silent for a long time, he pulled out a bitter smile, and then walked towards the communication room opposite the combat command room.

Along the way, the people who came and went were all with the rank of major or above, and they all looked at Qin Youde who was running in a hurry with doubts on their faces, not knowing what happened to this Major Qin, who was known as the next commander.

In the past, after he returned, he would go to various staff offices for office work as soon as possible, and finally go to his small office to deal with some affairs, and then sleep directly on the small bed in the office, and set off in the early morning of the next day, and came back again, repeating the cycle.

There used to be a female fan of Major Qin who would stay on his path every day, just to see the 'beautiful face'.

But today, they are destined to be disappointed.

Qin Youde ran into a communication room that was guarded by a special person.

"Major!" After a second lieutenant inside saw Qin Youde pushing the door in, he quickly got up and saluted.

"Well, what's the current route in the North City?" Qin Youde returned the military salute.

"We can communicate normally at the moment!"

"Okay, you go out first, I have something to communicate with over there." Qin Youde waved his hand and motioned for the second lieutenant to go out.

After the latter went out and closed the door, Qin Youde quickly dodged to the wired phone and dialed the phone.

As Basro became more and more distressed about the loss of his people, he wanted to break the city quickly, and he sent a large number of demon seeds into the city at any cost without giving humans time to develop.

Under the destruction of those 'endless cuties' in Qi Rin's eyes, this is the last route between the base camp and the northern city.

During the long wait, the silence of the pin drop in the communication room could be heard.

Finally, there was a response on the other end of the phone.

"I'm Qin Youde!"

"Call your major general to come and talk!"

Qin Youde's eyes were sharp, he gritted his teeth, and the centipede scar on his face was twisted and crawling.

After another long wait, Qin Youde didn't know what he heard, and scolded the other end of the phone angrily: "Are you fucking shit??? ”

"Do you know what you're doing!!?"

"If I had known you were doing this."

"I won't give you the beast soldier anything!"

Qin Youde's roar stopped for a while, and he didn't know what was said on the other end of the phone, his face became more and more angry: "You fart!" ”

"I shouldn't have disobeyed the commander's orders to give you bestial soldiers in the first place!"

"Those soldiers gave up everything and just wanted to fight for humanity for a tomorrow! You."

"You're fucking assing!"

"You're drinking to quench your thirst!"

"Aha??!!"

"Good! Well said! ”

"Bow down to enter the game and take advantage of the momentum to build momentum, so that you can plan the situation and turn over, and the instrument is unfavorable, you can borrow it."

"You don't have to pay back what you borrowed, do you???"

"What's in your head???"

"Seek things with the way, and achieve things with virtue! You"

"Don't tell me that! It's not just Nan Zhili who is gambling with all human beings! I'm telling you! You're coming back from the precipice now."

Qin Youde's words came to an abrupt end.

Because the phone was hung up over there.

Qin Youde's face was calm, and his eyes were gloomy.

The hand holding the phone couldn't stop trembling, and even the ugly centipede scar on the face was constantly twisting and deforming.

Click!

The phone was clenched in two by him, and it fell to the ground with a thudding sound.

"Whew"

Qin Youde took a deep breath and turned around to prepare to go to the combat command room, where many people were waiting for him.

Suddenly, the door was slammed open.

A drenched birdman barged in.

It's a human sparrow.

"Uncle Wang, you."

Qin Youde frowned, and before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a sparrow: "Righteousness!" Righteousness is not dead! ”

"Youyi has been found!"

Qin Youde was stunned for a moment, the distorted centipede on his face slowly stopped moving, and his gloomy eyes finally eased up and he smiled: "Take him to my office, tell him to sleep well, and I'll come to him later." ”

After Qin Youde finished speaking, he stepped out of the door and prepared to go to the combat command room.

At this time, Renque looked at Qin Youde's hurried back and said, "Youyi may know the news of the skeleton man!" ”

Qin Youde's leg that stepped out of the threshold hovered in mid-air, motionless.

For about two seconds, Qin Youde's face was as usual, but his hands were clenched into fists, and he strode away: "Bring him to the combat command room!" ”

Ever since the over-predicted commander needed medical equipment to hang the dead, the operations command room was set up above ground, not deep underground.

The huge room was filled with generals and school officials with various expressions.

Looking around, it seemed that only Qin Youde, who was waiting for something with a calm face, was the smallest.

In the center of the room is a huge Nanzhili simulant sand table, and various miniature buildings above it are lifelike, and various small flags are all over the sand table.

Outside the sand table, there was a circle of generals sitting around the sand table.

Behind the generals, there were two rows of officers.

Behind the school officer, there are four walls covered with colorful maps.

On one side is a map of the footprints of the daredevils who have gone deep into the fog several times.

On one side is the current demon species occupation point and alien clearance point of Nanzhili, as well as the distribution range of the strongholds of the folk survivors.

On one side is the trajectory of the skeleton man.

And finally, there's the world map.

Every day, countless orders radiate from here, and each command affects the fate of countless people.

The heavy door opened silently.

With a depressed face, Qin Youyi, who was wearing a beggar's suit like Qin Youde, walked in.

The eyes of everyone in the room were focused on Qin Youyi, and some people's eyes wandered back and forth between Qin Youyi and Qin Youde.

If you are an ordinary person, you may be nervous when you see so many generals looking at you.

But Qin Youyi, who grew up in the academy since he was a child, is naturally not afraid of these.

Qin Youyi looked up at himself, his gaze attracted by the map titled [Skeleton Man].

He didn't know how important this conference room was, but he knew that on the way here, there were three steps and one sentry, five steps and one post, and from time to time you could see canned people patrolling and vigilant.

Coupled with the fact that so many generals gathered, it seems that this conference room is very important

Such an important place, but there are footprints you have walked

Qin Youyi, who was staring at the skeleton man map in a daze, suddenly thought of something.

The Skeleton Man's map is large and has many lines, each with a different color under the line marked with a time node.

It's like some kind of chart.

Qin Youyi saw a line at the top of time.

That line.

He's seen it!

When he was first on Shu Mountain, next to the stinky corpse mountain, Qi Rin, who was holding instant noodles, listened to the song and wrote and drew on a piece of paper.

The dense linen is also marked with the words "A1, B2, C3".

Later, Qi Rin carefully folded the piece of paper and put it in his arms.

Qin Youyi still vaguely remembers that in order to ease the atmosphere, he also said that everyone said that words are like people or something

Until this moment, in the room where the big people gathered, when I saw those lines again, and the words that were shrouded in circles on them, and next to them, were marked with notes: the place where the XX demon seed appeared, and the time of death data analysis

Qin Youyi realized one thing later: those chaotic lines are not simple!

"So you've been in the chest."

"What the hell are you?"

"Hey"

When Qin Youyi, who was surging in his heart, looked at the map blankly and sighed in his heart.

The people in the conference room kept observing his movements and expressions.

Qin Youde saw his younger brother's unconsciously clenched hand, and smiled slightly in his heart.

He took two steps forward, walked up to Qin Youyi and asked directly: "The situation is a little tense, and there will be a big change in Nanzhili in the near future, I am about to carry out a mission, and I need the help of the skeleton people." ”

Qin Youyi looked at Qin Youde silently and was silent.

Qin Youdefu asked again, "Do you know the skeleton man?" ”

Qin Youyi's eyes flashed a hint of loneliness, and he slowly lowered his head and shook his head, "I don't know." ”

"Do you really not know?" Qin Youde's hand on Qin Youyi's shoulder shook slightly.

"Brother"

"I don't really know the skeletons."

Qin Youyi's lowered face was extremely lonely, and a deep voice came out of his mouth.

From meeting the human sparrow, until entering the security zone and meeting those enthusiastic officers, and now seeing Qin Youde.

Everyone asked him the same question: Do you know the skeleton man?

Qin Youyi didn't care about other people's inquiries, what he cared about was Uncle Bird Wang, who watched him grow up, and his brother Qin Youde.

"Okay, you go and rest first." Qin Youde was not reluctant, he was worried a lot at the moment, he just smiled and patted Qin Youyi on the shoulder: "Have a good rest, I'll go to you later." ”

When Qin Youyi walked out of the conference room with the guards, he heard the voices of the big people behind him:

"If we can find the skeleton man, we are willing to devote all resources to cultivating him and them!"

"If he is willing to join the military, a candidate for the God-making Project, we can also consider him!"

"The cataclysm isn't even an appetizer right now! You can't go far alone! We believe that when he knows about the information we have, he will definitely join us! ”

"We can also put out the God Creation Project, the Overseer Project, as well as the post-sequence modules, secret realms, sequences and other important rewards!!"

The voice behind him was so loud.

Qin Youyi, who was so big that he hung his head and stared at his toes, seemed so small under the many impassioned voices.

Qin Youyi walked out of the conference room with his head hanging down and didn't say a word.

Before he knew it, he walked through the steel corridor and to the outside of the complex amid the whispers of the crowd.

The rain was still falling, and the sky was overcast.

"I'll sit here for a moment."

Qin Youyi said something to the guards leading the way, and then sat down on the steps.

I don't know if it's raining too much, or if the drainage pipes are congested, and the water is so deep under the steps that it is calf deep.

A slender branch drifted along the water, and Qin Youyi stretched out his hand and grabbed it.

Grabbing the branches, he recited an obscure incantation, and a blazing fireball appeared, and he used it like a child to burn the tips of the branches into charcoal.

Immediately, he used it as a pen and drew unidentified circles on the steps.

Qin Youyi didn't know what the military was looking for Qi Rin to do, but he knew that Qi Rin seemed to have a certain grudge against the military, otherwise he wouldn't have refused to contact the military all the time, he had seen many times the skeletons blocking the way to the soldiers who went to talk to Qi Rin, and the skeletons didn't pay any attention to the words of those people who wanted to see Qi Rin.

He didn't know if Qi Rin would clash with the military.

I don't know if what those big guys said in the end was temptation, temptation, or what.

After all, since he was a child, he has heard too many words like this that draw a big pie, but in the end he breaks his promise for the sake of the overall situation.

Qin Youyi's mind is now in turmoil, and his thoughts are numb.

But even so, he still remembered one thing, he didn't know Qi Rin.

It's not that Qi Rin and himself have a conflict of ideas that leads to a gambling style of ignorance.

It's that I don't want to destroy what Qi Rin has been doing because of my own factors.

Although he once said to Qi Rin that he never knew him, he always remembered what Qi Rin was like to him, which was sincere, frank, and what he had desperately longed for since he was a child.

The sound of treading water kept ringing in his ears, and an emaciated officer in a hurry came from the rainstorm in the distance.

They carried all kinds of documents in their arms, and rushed into the huge steel building behind Qin Youyi, those documents were firmly wrapped in their military uniforms, and for some reason they didn't have umbrellas.

The hurried pace is as if if a second late would result in countless people dying for it.

Of course, there are also some pot-bellied officers who walk slowly, and there are handsome men or tall women holding umbrellas next to them.

Most of them are officers on the logistics side, and many of them are drawn from the military-civilian joint defense brigade.

I know that some of them are good and bad, but I can't help it.

Some people died too much.

It's too early.

There are rows of chairs on the steps, and some of the people who come to do errands or those who have finished their errands sit on the chairs and talk leisurely like afternoon tea.

"What's going on with that guy over there, look at his clothes, it shouldn't be a military uniform, why is he here?"

"Maybe it's just coming down from the battlefield, the mental consumption is overexerted, and the brain is not normal."

"Be quiet, no matter who it is, don't get yourself in trouble."

Near the row of chairs, a crowd soon gathered, and they all looked at a figure in a beggar's suit sitting on the steps, with all kinds of flesh and dust attached to the clothes on his back.

The beggar held a charred branch and drew an unknown circle symbol on the steps.

This is a way for Qin Youyi to pass the time from childhood to adulthood.

He didn't like the preferences of most of the children in the compound, and he didn't like Qin Youde's preference of studying hard in the house.

So most of the time, he's alone.

The soldiers standing guard next to him, and the officers who came and went, all noticed Qin Youyi.

They don't understand why a dirty-dressed person is here.

They didn't mean to look down on people if they weren't dressed well, they just wondered, behind them was the combat command room, so heavy, why was there such a person squatting here?

If the status is important, you should talk about big things with those senior generals in the combat command room.

If your identity is not important, how can you be here?

Soon, Qin Youyi's identity became a new topic of conversation for those who were busy in the chairs.

"Shhhh An officer who knew the inside story mysteriously gathered around and was ready to listen to the gossip: "This person is the younger brother of Major Qin Youde, and he is the commander's aunt and nephew!" ”

"Wow!"

"I see!"

"Shhh

"Didn't you say he was dead?"

"No wonder!"

When Qin Youyi's identity was revealed, everyone's eyes were never puzzled and cautious, curious, and so on.

In an instant, it became warm, respectful, and friendly.

There was even a high-ranking logistics officer with a big belly, regardless of his identity and the contemptuous eyes of his colleagues behind him, he quickly ran to Qin Youyi and asked for warmth.

It was as if they had forgotten that they had kept their distance from such a beggar.

But no matter how enthusiastic this senior officer was and how superb his words were, Qin Youyi had never heard of it, and he drew his circle silently.

The senior officer didn't say anything, just said to himself, expressed his name, where he served, and where he needed help, and then left.

After he left, there were also some people who came to make friends regardless of their identity.

What's more, he took out a pen and paper to write down his name and position, stuffed it into Qin Youyi's pocket as if he was a nervous disorder, and then left to do what he came here.

And Qin Youyi has always been unheard of, and he has always only thought about one thing in his mind:

From the beginning of encountering and encountering human sparrows, to the way back to the safe zone, to entering the safe zone, to coming here, in the combat command room.

All the words of the people are talking, do you know the skeleton man?

He may be lying!

Are you level?

Are you skilled?

He is the younger brother of Major Qin Youde!

He's the commander's aunt and nephew!

Scold! He is the second generation of the military!

"Why?"

"Why didn't anyone say a word to me, I haven't eaten enough in the past few months, those monsters outside are scaring you, don't be afraid when you go home, what do you want to eat at night?"

"When I first met that person on Shu Mountain, he didn't ask anything when he was busy planning for the future, the first thing he did was not to ask me how capable I was, to ask me what my identity was, but"

"Gave me a bucket of instant noodles."

"Although he later said it was interest, he never asked me any questions about my family background, nor did he take advantage of my lucky talents."

Qin Youyi, who had a lot of thoughts in his head, got up slowly, and looked around at the eyes cast by those various figures from childhood to adulthood.

He remembered his father's words: self-cultivation and righteousness, always quiet, chaos in trouble, no growth in the end, self-denial, can become oneself.

There is another brother who said to him: the weak talk about feelings, and the strong talk about value.

Many people who have heard it since he was a child and always think it is bullshit.

For a moment, his mood seemed to change dramatically.

Qin Youyi threw out the branch in his hand, and he looked at the world fog under the rainstorm in the distance.

"Realize that the past is not admonished, and those who know the future can be traced."

"I seem to know I'm wrong"

"Heh, it's a big deal to mess up, you can't die anyway, it's just right to die!"

"The utopia you want can only be taken by yourself after all."

"How do you take it?"

"Fight!"

"Fight!!"

"Rest until you die!!"