Time: Day 4 after the spread of the virus

Total number of infected people: 27%

After dealing with Dr. Grande's affairs, Leon honestly served as a general at the Red Crown Base for a day, and then went to Cullen's residence again in the early morning of the fourth day.

He didn't show up for two whole days, and Karen put out the little caution in his heart, with a businesslike attitude: "Alex gave me a part of the virus sample yesterday, which has been taken by the Black Watch people, what should I do next?" ”

She is currently very satisfied with her position.

I just want to take advantage of you, not sleep with you, don't be too self-conscious.

"The next time Alex comes to you, tell him that there are not enough samples and that more is needed, especially the critical substances produced in the deepest part of the infestation's lair."

Cullen looked embarrassed when he heard this: "Wouldn't this be too much, what will he do if he finds out?" ”

"There's no turning back, do as I say." Leon's tone was very calm: "After doing this, you go to the Red Crown, and the Black Watch will protect you." ”

Cullen subconsciously asked, "What about you?" I mean, you're no longer responsible for protecting me? ”

She didn't mean anything else, she just felt that with Li Ang here, her life safety was more guaranteed.

After all, having been with Alex for so long, Karen knows his character too well, smart, strong, self-contained, and vindictive, and will definitely come back to trouble her once he finds out that he has been deceived.

Leon knew her uneasiness at this time, so he was relieved, "We will arrange for you to leave New York as soon as possible, to a place where he will never find you." ”

But Karen was still worried: "Maybe you were right, Alex is no longer the same person." ”

Then, as if she had made some kind of decision: "You say. . . How about me joining Blackwatch? ”

Not very well.

In Leon's view, there is no difference between entering the Black Watch now and joining the Fruit Army in 49.

"I advise you to think carefully before making a decision, Black Watch is not a Boy Scout, you can just sell cookies."

Karen sighed, "That's right, I just don't know what to do anymore. ”

She curled herself up completely in her chair, her eyes reddened, and she exuded a weak and powerless temperament.

Li Ang turned a blind eye to this scene: "After the matter is explained, I should also leave." ”

Seeing this, Karen immediately stopped pretending, and said angrily, "You are really hard-hearted! ”

Leon didn't bother to pay attention to it, and walked directly towards the door.

As a result, as soon as I opened the door, I saw Alex who was about to knock on the door.

Yes, I don't have to go now.

"Coming?"

"Here we are."

Leon got out of the way: "Come in." ”

Alex, with a blank face, walks into the room and says hello to his ex-girlfriend.

A few minutes ago, he was still figuring out how to deceive people, and then the victim came, causing Karen to be nervous and speak with a little stammer.

Fortunately, Alex didn't pay attention and only thought about the virus.

"How's the sample being analyzed? Have you found a solution? ”

Karen stabilized her mood, and Leon sat next to her at this time, which gave her a certain confidence, and said loudly: "Something is wrong, the samples you took back are not enough, and you lack a very critical substance, I think you have to make another trip." ”

"With it, I can reverse the virus and cure you completely."

After saying the reason in one breath, she added: "I'm sorry. ”

Then he lowered his head and hid his complicated eyes.

This apology contains Cullen's remorse and guilt for the betrayal, but Alex doesn't think about it that much, simply thinking that she blames herself for not analyzing the results.

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can cure this thing, it doesn't matter how many times I run."

Li Ang took over the conversation: "If you need help, feel free to find me." ”

Alex reacted at this time, and there was an infected person in the room who was in the same situation as him: "How are your sample collections over there?" ”

Li Ang said in a relaxed tone: "It's similar to you, the progress bar is stuck." ”

"You don't look like you're in a hurry at all." Alex already had a slightly suspicious look on his face: "Aren't you more infected than me?" ”

Li Ang said meaningfully: "The source can't be solved, no matter how anxious you are, it's useless." ”

Alex instantly realized something: "You mean that woman?" ”

Li Ang didn't rush to explain, but first motioned to Karen to avoid: "Cover your ears, knowing too well is not good for you." ”

Cullen obediently went into the kitchen when she heard this, and she said that she would not eavesdrop on anything this time.

Li Ang continued: "Through my observation during this time, Elizabeth is a humanoid poison tank, and all the infected people in New York, including you and me, originate from her. ”

"If you want to explain the virus in our body, she is the key."

"Would you be interested in dealing with her with me?"

After hearing this, Alex thought for a long time: "I'll think about it again, besides, you said before that she took you in, why do you want to deal with her now?" ”

Leon was well aware that Alex was only interested in what was happening to him at the moment, and that Elizabeth was too far away for him.

But Leon will help him make up his mind as soon as possible.

"Not only did she take me in, but she also wanted to control my brain, why do you think I should deal with her?"

Alex gets to the point: "Can she control the other infected?" ”

Li Ang had an expression that you didn't even know: "Of course, except for you and me, the other infected people are under her control. ”

Alex nodded thoughtfully, "I see." ”

Subsequently, the two chatted for a long time, mainly because Leon was deliberately guiding Brother A and asking him to think about Elizabeth in the direction of the mastermind behind the scenes.

It wasn't until Leon felt the same and stopped this kind of indoctrination.

It doesn't matter whether Alex believes it or not, he just needs to leave a seed in his heart waiting to sprout.

"I'm going to the lair to collect samples, do you want to come along?"

Brother A sends you an invitation to form a team.

Li Ang refused: "I have other things, I may have to go back after a while." ”

"Then give me your share." Alex's tone was still cold, but the words he uttered were heartwarming.

With that, he left.

Leon waited deliberately for a while, then suddenly jumped up from the sofa and urged eagerly, "Karen, hurry up, it's time for us to go!" ”

Cullen, who heard the voice, came out of the kitchen and hurriedly said, "I didn't hear a word!" ”

"Who cares about you?" Leon commanded, "Tell Captain Cross to start the action immediately." ”

"Oh good." Karen went to get the communications equipment.

Blackwatch usually gives her tasks through Cross, so the two can get in touch.

Leon connected to the brood consciousness to find Elizabeth, and said straight to the point: "The hunters under your hand lend me a few." ”

Elizabeth was busy spreading the virus at this time, and she was a little confused when she suddenly received a message.

"What do you want them for?"

"It's definitely not for eating." Li Ang immediately replied: "It is of great use to borrow it, and it will definitely not let you suffer afterwards." ”

Elizabeth reluctantly agreed: "Okay, is 20 enough?" Or 30? ”

Li Ang didn't pick either: "It's okay, you can do it." ”

Elizabeth gave him a small portion of the brood that could be withdrawn at any time: "Okay, now you can control them. ”

Li Ang sensed it carefully, and indeed sensed the existence of 30 hunters, among which there was actually a hunter leader, and the location was not far from him.

"Well thought out! Although you can't be my mother, I can call you Sister Bai. ”

"Thank you, Sister Bai, no. Aunt Bai! ”

Elizabeth returned with a string of garbled characters, apparently not knowing what to make of his actions.

After a while, she said again, "You just met Alex again?" ”

The status of the two viroids in the infected population is so peculiar that even Elizabeth can only find out where they are, but she has no way of knowing what they have done.

Not to mention controlling them like any other infected person.

Therefore, Elizabeth was curious.

Li Ang saw people talking about people's words, and said nonsense: "Contact the brother's feelings, there is something else here, hang up first." With that, he withdrew from the brood consciousness.

Elizabeth was somewhat angry, feeling that he did not respect herself as the mother of the virus.

It's been too long, it's time to teach him a lesson.

On the other hand, Leon learned from Karenna that Captain Cross had launched an operation, so he immediately commanded a group of hunters and rushed to Dina's hideout in the west ———— of the city center.

Karen was arranged by him to go to the Red Crown.

Dina's hideout, a house her friend left behind before she left New York, is in a modest condition, but she's hidden enough.

When Alex was not usually around, she used the journalism knowledge she had learned to look up some useful information on the Internet, which invisibly helped her brother a lot.

Only the last plan failed.

McMullen, who was supposed to go to the intested's lair, canceled the plan and let Alex run away for nothing.

Although this incident was unexpected, Dina still felt that she had not investigated it clearly, so she began to work harder to find clues.

In the end, she really found out something useful.

In 1969, there was an armed rebellion in a small town called Hope in Idaho, where the militia massacred civilians, then the army killed the militia, and finally there was only one survivor in the whole town of Hope, named Elizabeth Greene.

Dina, who found the clue, was overjoyed and prepared to record it and tell Alex.

But just as I was about to move the cursor and click Save, the floor under my feet suddenly vibrate.

Immediately afterward, not only the floor, but the whole house began to tremble, and an overwhelming squeak sounded sound.

Dina panicked and got up and hid in the farthest corner from the sound.

Seconds later, in her horrified eyes, a gigantic, smooth-skinned monster crashed through the wall and burst in.

The monster was more than two people tall, and as soon as it entered, it filled the small room, and its body was stained with blood, some of which had dried up, and some of which were so fresh that they still smelled.

It opened its bloody jaws full of fangs and roared at Dina.

Although Dina is a little bolder, she is an ordinary girl after all.

His face was pale with fright, his whole body was weak, and he couldn't think of anything except screaming loudly.

The leader of the hunters grabbed the annoying little thing in front of him with his forelegs, but instead of hurting her, he smashed through the wall on the other side and left.

The dilapidated hut was in shambles, with broken bricks and collapsed furniture on the floor.

Only the desk where the computer was placed was intact, and the unturned computer screen still displayed the news that Dina had just browsed.

A few hundred meters from the hideout, on the rooftop of another building.

The leader of the hunters gently placed Dina, who had fainted in fright, in front of Leon, and then respectfully stepped aside.

While confirming Dina's situation, Li Ang said, "Tell your little brothers, stay nearby, and wait for Alex to come back." ”

The leader growls in agreement, and uses the brood to inform the common hunters nearby of the mission.

In order not to leave a memory of him in the minds of the hunters, Leon never showed his face, and only gave orders through the leader, maintaining a one-line contact.

Now that the matter is done, it's time for the only thread to be cut.

"Come closer."

The Hunter Leader's IQ was comparable to that of a human, but it didn't think that someone with complete control over it would kill it, which was not logical, so it obediently crawled in front of Leon.

In the next second, a claw as sharp as a knife stabbed through its jaw and into its brainstem.

The wound was bloody, and the leader of the hunters kept blinking, and his limbs subconsciously clasped the ground, as if he didn't understand what was happening.

It wasn't until a scorching, intense pain spread throughout its body that it let out a dry, hoarse roar.

Unfortunately, it was too late, the claws that burrowed into the head shattered the brain, the claw blades clashed like a death knell, and the ears were filled with the sound of broken bones and flesh crushing.

Strip-like tendrils wrapped around the hunter's leader's body, dissolving it at a rapid pace, turning it into nutrients for black light.

At the last moment of his life, the uncontrollable leader howls meaninglessly, as if to complain.

Its voice is rough and wet, and its vocal cords are dissolving.

In just a few seconds, the leader's massive form vanished, and Leon burped contentedly and withdrew his claws and tentacles.

Carrying the unconscious Dina, she jumped off the roof of the building.

The brood consciousness kept sending messages from Elizabeth, but Leon ignored them and returned to the red crown as fast as he could.

Sneak all the way until you enter the General's office and don't take on Randall's look.

Putting Dina in her chair, she picked up the phone on the desk: "Call Karen Parker to my office." ”

Not long after, a slightly restrained Cullen knocked on the door and came in: "General, are you looking for me?" ”

Li Ang said crisply: "Give you a chance to atone for your sins, take care of her during this time, but don't reveal her identity to anyone." ”

Karen saw the girl in the chair with her eyes closed: "Dina? How could she."

Halfway through her words, she consciously closed her mouth.

The more you know, the faster you die.

Leon then called a soldier to help Karen carry Dina back to her residence at the base, and ordered a small team of Black Watchmen to be stationed around the residence.

With everything arranged, he called Dr. Grande to his office again.

Before the doctor arrived, he received a call from Captain Cross, and after answering, the captain said apologetically, "I'm very sorry, sir, I couldn't catch Alex and let him run away!" ”

I've seen everyone's feedback on the slow progress of the recent plot flatness.,It's mainly that you need to foreshadow in the early stage.,Now it's almost the same foreshadowing.,The next step will be to speed up the progress!

(End of chapter)