Chapter 92: Under Despair
Puff~
A crimson-skinned child fell to the ground with a sound like a horn to give orders, and the children who followed Isabella fell to the ground one after another, and a yellow-brown poisonous mist quickly rose from their combat uniforms.
Isabella froze in place, she stared at what was happening in front of her in a daze, she had not seen the children of the same initiator die on the battlefield, but she had never heard of this strange way of dying with conspiracy everywhere.
'It's all my fault, if I hadn't let Olivia come to Yingzhou, they, they wouldn't have died. β
"Isabella ~ Isabella!"
Olivia shook Lori's thin shoulders vigorously to bring her back to her senses.
Olivia, who was wrapped in protective clothing, said solemnly: "Now is not the time to be sad, let's escape first!" Remember what I just told you? β
Isabella's eagle eyes pierced through the yellow-brown mist, opened her small mouth, and said, "Follow Olivia, don't go near them." β
Olivia nodded, glanced around, and whispered, "The helicopters should all crash." β
"I only saw two fires." Isabella said.
"Can you tell which side is thinner in the fog?"
Isabella didn't say a word, but cheered up, her sharp eagle eyes trying to pierce the fog and judge the situation in the distance.
Soon, Isabella said in frustration: "No way, there are too many trees in the forest, if it's a plain, it's fine." β
Olivia recalled the direction the helicopter was heading and said, "Go north and you'll be able to return to Sendai." β
"Shall we go, then?" Isabella unleashes her senses to the maximum, always on the lookout for threats around her.
"Let's go!" Olivia narrowed her eyes slightly, they had been in the suburbs of Berlin, Germany, and they had swept through many stage 4 archelogs, and Olivia believed that with her and Isabella's abilities, they could also get out of this realm of protozoa and successfully return to Sendai.
"Rescued! Rescued! β
Suddenly, there was a shout from the firelight not far away, and Olivia saw several figures dragging a man wearing a gas mask over.
"Olivia." Isabella stood in front of the girl and asked in a low voice, "Shall we go?" β
"Wait."
"Miss Olivia!" Captain Sendai had a serious face, pointed to the man who was rescued behind him, and said in a deep voice, "He is the pilot of the No. 3 helicopter." β
Olivia bowed her head and motioned for the other to continue.
"Soon after we left, he was attacked by the archatica, which were not afraid of steel plates and expulsion potions, and one of the helicopters was scrapped and the remaining two flew away"
The Sendai captain was silent for a moment and said, "He said that in the forest in the direction of Sendai, there is a large amount of yellow-brown poisonous fog, unless it rises to a height of two thousand meters, those poisonous fogs will erode the parts of the helicopter."
With our equipment, it is almost impossible to break through these poisonous fogs. β
Olivia clasped her hands to her chest and looked as if she were asking, 'What the hell are you trying to express?' β
"The pilot said that the poisonous fog to the south is thinner, and we may be able to break through in that direction."
"North?"
"Well, we are about 130 kilometers away from Sendai, and we are still more than 160 kilometers away from the only urban area in the south, 'Tokyo', so it is more appropriate for us to go to Tokyo according to the current poisonous fog! When the fog thinned, we had to restart the radio and call home for support. β
"Tokyo." Olivia's brain was running at high speed, and she had memorized the map around Sendai in her mind before she came, and if the poisonous fog was like what Captain Sendai said, it was indeed time to break through in the direction of Tokyo.
But since she set foot in the place where Libra once haunted, strange things have happened one after another, making her unable to believe these Yingzhou people.
"Great, sir, please, please take us out!" The grizzled pilot ran to Olivia's kneel, crying bitterly, "I have a five-year-old daughter at home, and if I die, she won't survive."
Olivia was indifferent, and a chill flashed in Isabella's eyes, she had been through so many battles, and she had not killed those mad humans on the battlefield.
Who knows if what they say is true or false.
The pilot, who was only wearing a gas mask, hurriedly took off his helmet, raised his hands in front of Olivia, and said, "My lord, I have a take-off recorder here, maybe it can help you." β
"I've got a notebook and a line!" A scientist following the group raised his hand.
In just half a minute, the helicopter shot appeared in front of Olivia's eyes.
"What kind of monster is that!"
"Take off! Hurry up and take off! β
"Inform the squad!"
"No, it's too late, take off first and then notify!"
"My God, what is the origin of these fogs, it can't be where Libra is still hiding and secretly releasing it."
"Oh no, these poisonous fogs are extremely corrosive and out of control!"
"Quick!"
"ε²~ε²ζ~"
Olivia was watching the screen with a yellow-brown haze that was about to fill the screen, and there was no end in sight until the helicopter fell, but the direction to the south suddenly became clear.
"Miss Olivia," Captain Sendai said, pointing to the clear picture, "this place is more than fifty kilometers away from us at most, and when we get here, we can use the radio to contact the headquarters for support." β
"The poisonous fog is fixed?" Olivia glanced at him.
The captain said, "Of course not, but there is a little hope, it is better than waiting for us to die here." β
"Humph!" Isabella said, "Why should we go with you?" β
Captain Sendai's face turned a little ugly, and he immediately said, "Miss Isabella, you are our honored guest, of course we must do our best to ensure your safety, this is a death order from above."
Although it seems that you are protecting us, this is also our careful thinking, with a powerful civilian guard like you by our side, we have a better chance of escaping safely. β
"Yes, Miss Olivia," said one of the team, "or you tell me the right direction, and I'll follow you through." β
"But I think it's better to face south, and even if the headquarters doesn't rescue in time, we can go to Tokyo."
"Miss Isabella, I know you don't like me because of the protective suit, but in the current situation, should we put aside our prejudices for a while? When I get to Sendai or Tokyo, I'll make amends! β
"Make amends to me? The most important thing you should make amends for is the beginning who has followed you and toiled for it! Isabella pointed to the silent children lying on the ground not far away, her angry fingers trembling slightly.
The man knelt down without saying a word, "Kuna, it's my fault, it's all my fault that I didn't buy protective clothing, but don't worry, I will take care of your sisters in the outer area." β
The man didn't get up after kneeling, but turned the direction directly with his knees, and said to the silver-haired Lori: "Since Kuna became the initiator, she has been helping her sisters who are not talented, and almost one-fifth of the remuneration we get for each action has been taken by her." Here's a picture they took. β
The man took out his mobile phone, and the screen showed a group of children in plain dresses standing on the ruins with a big smile, and the man was among them.
"Please help us!" The man sat down again, but he was wearing a protective suit, and it was quite funny to do this set of actions.
Isabella didn't speak, just clenched the teeth in her mouth.
Whew~
The faint sound was captured by Olivia, she looked up, it turned out to be the sound of the pilot's gas mask, at this time the man's face was red, and in an instant it turned the color of pig liver, and the whole person seemed to be grabbed by a big hand around the neck, and in less than three or five seconds, he lay on the ground and was silent.
The look in the pilot's eyes before death made Isabella's hair stand on end, and the expression seemed to say: 'It's all your fault!' It's all because you've been stalling here! β
Olivia doesn't worry about the protective clothing she bought, she and her little Isabella's protective clothing are top-notch products, and they can physically isolate the virus emitted by Libra.
Suddenly, Olivia thought of something, and her eyes glanced at her own initiator.
The protective surface layer behind Isabella had been corroded by the kid named Fuji Qi just now, and those circular corrosion craters seemed to be still seeping into it.
Olivia's heart tightened, even though the Initiator was much more resistant to the poisonous mist than the average adult, so many Initiators had died in front of his eyes before. It made her think of something bad.
"Let's go south and set off at once." Olivia covered the hole in Isabella's back with her hand, even though she knew that it didn't help much, but it was a little comforting.
"Good! Let's go! Captain Sendai was very excited and hurriedly gave the order.
Isabella glanced strangely at her promoter, and then thought of Fujiqi as well.
"I'm fine." Isabella grinned at Olivia.
With more than fifty kilometers of forest roads and complex terrain in the ruins of the city, Isabella, who is the starter, is fine, but Olivia and Captain Sendai are a little uncomfortable.
In the forest full of yellow-brown poisonous mist, the usual common protozoa has lost its trace, and everyone seems to be walking in a strange misty forest.
Even without the interference of the intestines, during the long journey of several hours, there are promoters who have run out of oxygen and cannot keep up with their physical fitness and choose to stay in place and wait for rescue.
The team around Olivia has also changed from a dozen people at the beginning to less than five.
"Huh~Huh~" Another person in the team said in despair: "Captain, I, I'm running out of oxygen, can you share it with me?" β
Captain Sendai said, "If I hold on a little longer, I won't have much oxygen." β
The team member simply stopped, "Captain, mark a spot, I'm here waiting for your rescue." β
The captain nodded, and the other team members moved forward in silence.
"Olivia, are you tired?" Isabella, who is extremely physically fit, is in good shape, and through the mask of the protective beard, she can see that the pretty face of her promoter is slightly pale.
Also, wearing protective clothing and trekking for dozens of kilometers in the forest full of poisonous gas, without water and food supplies, is already about to drain the girl's physical strength.
"Okay, you've got to save some strength." Olivia watched Isabella's back from time to time, the area around the corroded craters had been blackened by the poisonous mist, and the second layer of protection had been tinted yellow-brown.
Her untorn protective clothing is slightly better, but the overall appearance is overshadowed, after all, they have spent a lot of money to buy the most advanced protective equipment for the possible Libra.
In the crowd led by Captain Sendai, the outermost side of their protective clothing had already condensed into a gray-brown scab-like substance, as if the surface of the protective clothing would be completely shattered if it was touched lightly.
After another hour or so, a man with a mist on his protective mask asked with difficulty, "Team, captain, how far is it?" β
The captain estimated and replied, "It's not far away!" There are still four or five kilometers at most, everyone hold on! β
"Four or five kilometers." There was a look of despair on the man's face.
The rudely dressed team members around them looked at each other, and the successive attritions along the way had already cast layers of shadows in their hearts, and it only took an opportunity to detonate the emotional bomb in people's hearts.
"Whew~ Yes, there is this fog, and it can't be said whether it's good or bad, at least, at least. We didn't encounter the original intestines along the way, otherwise, otherwise."
"Shut up!" The captain turned his head and scolded, but he was stunned for a moment, and he saw that the team member was winking at him frantically, and his eyes were clearly Olivia and Isabella.
The captain shook his head slightly and said loudly: "We're almost there, hold on!" β
It was getting dark, and even Isabella could barely see the color of the poisonous mist, and for eight hours of walking through the forest, everyone did not enter a drop of water.
"Captain." The team member who blinked earlier said hoarsely: "We've walked another six kilometers, haven't we arrived yet?" β
"It's coming!" The captain was not sure, but judging from his experience, they had already walked nearly sixty kilometers! This is not the same distance as previously judged!
"Captain." The man stopped and said, "It can't be that the poisonous fog is spreading to this side of Tokyo, right?" β
The captain was silent for a while, and then said, "The wind is blowing to the east, so there's no reason for it to spread to Tokyo."
"Heh~ The direction of the wind is only one of the factors, who can know what this poisonous fog is? At first, it was better to go directly to Sendai, walk fifty or sixty kilometers, and maybe the headquarters learned that we were missing and sent someone to rescue us. β
"It's useless to say this, the poisonous fog has no root, it will disperse sooner or later, just stick to it until then."
"Is there really no root?" The team continued to walk forward and sighed: "Miss Olivia and Miss Isabella are worthy of being the strongest in the international IP ranking of 177, and we can't compare at all. β
"That's also something that comes from repeated training." The captain said, his heart was in his throat.
In the gloom, he could faintly see the remaining teammates making noises, muffling out the sound of pulling out their weapons, and even turning on the safe.
He knows what his teammates are up to.
The hope of being rescued after a fifty-kilometer march is gone, the oxygen could run out at any moment, kill the starter, snatch their advanced protective suits, and have a chance to live.
Merely.
The captain didn't have time to think about it before a deafening gunshot rang out in his ears.
Bangββ!
(End of chapter)