As soon as exclusive troops from the Dream system joined the battle, the battle immediately lost its suspense.

It didn't take them half an hour to end the battle, not fifteen minutes, to be exact, it took them only twelve minutes and fifty-seven seconds to kill the enemy on the ground.

The three students of the Tree of Origin were on board the HDST-012 Dream Hunter · D] After the integrated transport ship, in the belly compartment several stories high, I saw the launch timer.

It was because they had faced those enemies that the three of them were shocked by the timing.

Especially the two students of Brother Hui, they still remember the information on the materials -

[Armored Wurmian], a crazy and cunning mid- and lower-level creature of the Turbidity Abyss, non-elite individuals generally cannot be promoted to the third order.

They are extremely physically powerful, possess many body-enhancing abilities, have the ability to project armor from a distance, and some use tools and weapons.

They have a strong fighting instinct, they like to fight more and less, they like to confuse and trap their prey, they worship victory, they worship the honor of war, but when necessary, they will even beg for mercy or run away.

Of course, most of them don't speak the lingua franca of reality.

In short, while these Argonians can only be stupid targets when attacking, they are formidable and cunning horror hunters when they enter low-security close-range encounters.

But just now, the three students witnessed nearly a hundred horror hunters being efficiently dismembered.

And to deal with them, the forces of the system have also been depleted.

Several beast-type drones were completely destroyed, and the "clone" army of nearly 100 people was now left with only a few remnants cleaning the battlefield.

Even Wang Shui had to admire the calculation of the battle situation by the dream system, and from the very beginning, the system was only ready to put "enough" troops to control the cost.

This was a tragic battle, except for those "soldiers and slaves" who disappeared like snowflakes, and both sides showed strong combat and tactical literacy.

Especially those "clone" soldiers, they don't have a third-order level, let alone the strong physical fitness of the wurmians, and their firepower is only enough.

What they have is a fast and efficient way of fighting, tacit coordination and teamwork, and a fighting style that is not afraid of death.

"They're crazier than the creatures of the Turbidity."

With this in mind, the three students followed Wang Shui and entered the passenger area of the integrated transport ship together?

Compared to the tragic battlefield outside, no one expected that in this obvious military transport ship, there would be a general store similar to a bar, or rather, a club?

Wang Shui walked into the hall with the three of them very familiarly, and then found a small table in the corner to rest.

"That's it, we have to wait for a while to return, after all, the battlefield below still needs to be cleaned, and according to the ship's public schedule, [Dream Hunter· D] I'm going to send a few more orders, but I won't stop this time.

In about an hour, we will arrive at the nearest [C-Class Command Center]. ”

While speaking, Wang Shui called the mechanical attendant again and asked it to deliver the tablet terminal for ordering for the three guests.

The list of goods on the terminal immediately grabbed the attention of the two male students, but Wang Shui and Mia fell silent.

But soon, as if thinking of something, the student "Zero Moon" suddenly began to talk to Wang Shui:

"Uh, this, Mr. Bluewater? Won't you tell us a little bit about your company? And this transport ship? ”

Compared with the initiative before boarding, Wang Shui now seems to be very tired, and casually perfunctory:

"There is a detailed explanation in the customer instructions on the tablet terminal."

This level of perfunctory, of course, could not stop Zero Moon from continuing to talk, and a few minutes later he said:

"Huh! Mr. Bluewater, I just received a notice from the school that a letter from the student council says that they have settled the final payment! ”

"Oh, that's pretty good." This time Wang Shui was even more perfunctory, he shrank into the sofa, and his voice was much quieter.

Don't blame him for not reacting, after all, this task has nothing to do with him at all.

Wang Shui just saw the public mission itinerary, guessed a little, and then went down to pick up Mia.

In fact, Wang Shui had already run away.

After killing the priest of the [Dissolving Purple] Church, Wang Shui quickly left the city.

While Mia and the others were investigating the black clinic, Wang Shui had already boarded the light rail train back to the inner city.

As for the backlog of tasks that have not yet been settled, he already plans to help Mia to complete it remotely, after all, with important information, the [Origin Tree Higher School] should pay enough attention to it.

In fact, the Tree of Origin does take it very seriously.

But what Wang Shui never expected was that before he entered the city, the war broke out first.

The entrance to the crystal dome has been sealed, the inner city is not allowed to enter and exit, and the inspection of entering the city is also extremely strict, making it seem that Wang Shui must use spatial ability to blend in.

But now the space management of the inner city is not ordinarily strict.

However, just as Wang Shui was thinking of a way, the system's [War Call] announcement resounded very happily through the work channel of every awakened person.

Wang Shui had to rush to the nearest system block, and then under the nearby allocation, he boarded the [Dream Hunter] in a daze.

[Dream Hunter] integrated aerospace carrier, a super base ship that supports dual-purpose air and space, is one of the core families of the system on this planet.

Now the [Dream Hunter] has been lifted into low-earth orbit and turned into a temporary spaceport.

And Wang Shui is now riding the [Dream Hunter · D] The integrated transport ship is only a part of the entire Dream Hunter, and now this transport ship has become an important mobile tool, supply center, and mobile castle of joy for the awakened.

Yes, they are joyful.

War is, of course, a feast for the system and the Awakened.

As a war hound of an alien civilization, the system can gain a lot of wealth and resources from war, as well as political benefits.

And the awakened can naturally eat meat with them.

Especially the local Awoken, they are so!

Since their rebirth, they have been begging for a living in the middle of the megacity, and they rarely have the opportunity to stay in the inner city, and they are completely unable to integrate into the inner city of the locals.

Dangerous work and poor living conditions make the awakened here particularly depressed.

And now, their jobs haven't changed, they're still dealing with those abyss creatures, or some other dangerous thing, and their pay hasn't increased much.

But the overall amount of tasks has increased more than tenfold!

Yes! Finally, you don't have to compete with your peers for those trivial tasks!

Yes! Finally, you don't have to eat the leftovers of the big hunting group!

How can they not be happy? How can you not binge?!

They even have to shout "Long live war"!

However, Wang Shui is really unhappy, because he is still in the punishment stage and can only take on the backlog of tasks...... Therefore, the settlement news of the [Tree of Origin] is nothing to him.

However, Wang Shui was not so depressed, after all, he did not live by doing tasks in the first place.

What Wang Shui cares about most is the war itself.

Now he only hopes that the war will not disrupt the order of the inner city, and he still has to obtain the [Scholar Certification] and collect the wool of the [Russell Family].

Every [Scholar Certification], that is a billion standard currency research funds, to concentrate on a few of them, is not much better than being a bounty hunter.

Just when Wang Shui wanted to rest for a while, the ship's radio suddenly woke him up.

[Dream Hunter D Ship Announcement - The transport ship will depart in five minutes, and all departments will immediately make preparations for coordination. 】

The concise and crisp announcement sounded three times, and the awakened people who were resting nearby did not react, only Wang Shui suddenly stood up.

He glanced at the three students and whispered:

"You three stay here first, don't run around, I'll be right back."

After Wang Shui left, Ling Yue immediately complained to the two of his peers:

"Wow, it seems that these are all awakened people from the [Dream System], I heard that they are all reborn from other worlds, hey, do you think they will have memories of their past lives?

Moreover, most of them seem to be humans, and there are no strange creatures? ”

"You go and ask someone casually, you won't necessarily be beaten anyway." The student known as "Old Blue" casually said perfunctory.

He was indeed a little calmer than Zero Moon, but only a little.

The reason why he is so quiet now is because of the [Dream Hunter· D] on the list of goods attracted him.

As for Mia, she has been in a daze since she sat down.

It didn't take long for Wang Shui to rush back, and he had just sat down. D] and set off.

Wang Shui, who was still thinking about how to return to the inner city, was still a little unmotivated, but inadvertently, his gaze met Mia's gaze.

"Go out and talk?"

It was Mia's initiating invitation, and she seemed to have adapted to the Mind Network communication.

However, Wang Shui still replied with some tears and laughter:

"Do we need to find a separate place to talk with this way of communication?"

Mia, who realized it later, reacted, although she was a little annoyed and wanted to rub her hair, she quickly stabilized her mind, and then asked seriously:

"You'll continue to help me, won't you?"

"Of course, that's part of the deal."

Wang Shui didn't use more ambiguous terms, he was deliberately leading Mia's way of thinking and their relationship to the concept of [transaction].

This kind of guidance, although not conducive to deepening the relationship, is very suitable for Mia, who is a little self-defeating.

Wang Shui just wants Mia to see herself as a commodity, and it is a commodity that has been traded to Wang Shui, so that she will subconsciously stop self-harming behavior.

Applying the meme - [The "price drop" caused by hurting yourself will affect the "equivalent payment" of Aqua regia]

The soul that has been destroyed and distorted is difficult to treat with conventional care, and Wang Shui does not have the patience to slowly observe and prescribe the right medicine.

He just happened to pick up a very injured kitten, and as for whether the other party can survive, it depends on her own desire to survive.

After a brief review of the whole thing, Wang Shui also explained seriously and briefly:

"Actually, I'm more anxious than you, my task can't be settled for a long time, and the eight achievements are stuck in your affairs."

"As long as you are willing to contribute, it shouldn't be difficult to complete the task, right?"

"hou~ You think very highly of me, don't you?"

Regarding Wang Shui's ridicule, Mia is still very serious:

"I don't know your combat strength, so it's hard to evaluate, but your ability to find people is indeed very strong, much stronger than me.

The combat teacher sent by the school to support him was also very sensitive, but he seemed to care more about the creatures of the Turbidity, and he disappeared on the eve of the war."

"Hmm—the war was sudden, and it was clear that the rebels in Midtown had been preparing for a long time, and their activities were really intriguing.

Let's imagine that if we find out that the black clinic is the fuse of the whole war, then why would the rebel top brass choose to start the war immediately?

Are you worried about what traces we've found that will put the city council on guard?

Or are we speeding up something?

And what is the purpose of their war? Resource? Population? Or is it the city itself?"

Wang Shui suddenly let go of his thinking, and his jump made Mia a little dazed, but Wang Shui didn't seem to be off topic.

The thinking network of the two was silent for a while, and Wang Shui suddenly asked again:

"You're not afraid of death, right?"

"Hmm."

Mia's answer was short and forceful.

"Without further ado, I suddenly don't want to go back to the [Level 3 Command Center], and ending the mission early will save me from thinking about it, so let's get off the ship right now.

The war situation is very unfavorable to the City Council, but due to the size gap, the rebels must try to gain as much territory and resources as possible in the early stage to have a chance of victory.

Soon, the countless streets and alleys of Midtown will be transformed into a full-area battlefield of see-saw between the two sides, and we need to act before the artillery fire covers all traces."

At this point in the exchange of thoughts, Wang Shui suddenly stood up and said to the two brothers who were stunned next to him:

"You two, you should know how to get off the boat, right?"

The two brothers nodded dumbfoundedly, and then watched as the guy who had just met and was still wearing a silver-gray metal mask took away their beautiful schoolgirl.

"Uh...... Lao Lan, am I missing something? ”

"Missed the best age for a facelift?"

"Pinch the horse...... Don't talk nonsense first, the school girl ran away with a stranger, should we follow and see? After all, we're here to help investigate something. ”

Lao Lan replied with an idiot look, then lay back on the sofa and picked up the tablet terminal again.

However, he still added two explanations for the idiot brother:

"First of all, that was Brother Hui's mission, and we were just forcibly brought in to help.

Secondly, Mia took the initiative to go with others, she is an adult, and she will be responsible for herself.

The school only requires us to help each other outside of school, and does not ask us to interfere in other people's lives.

Finally, do you feel she needs our protection? There's a war going on out there, who do you think you can protect? ”

"What if she's going back to the war zone? The "temporary command center" we escaped from seems to have become a firefighting zone. ”

Zero Moon still wants to do something.

He doesn't know his own motives, which can probably be regarded as unique to young people, easy to get hot, there is no practical meaning and purpose, he just feels that he should do it.

Lao Lan is more realistic, he doesn't want to be responsible for anyone's life.

"Go back to the war zone, go back to the war zone, that's her own choice, do you still want to accompany them to die? If you have time to make spring, it is better to take a look at these weapons and ammunition.

Don't you really say it, the special ammunition here is really cheap, and the variety is even more ridiculous, but this mercenary company has so many small workshops? The brand is so miscellaneous. ”

Lingyue, who originally wanted to say something, was also cooled by Lao Lan's attitude.

Indeed, he is more responsible for his own life.

Mia, on the other side, didn't know what the two seniors thought, and after confirming to Wang Shui that the two seniors would indeed go to the edge of the inner city, she was worthy of the school's teachings.

Mia followed Wang Shui for a long time before finally arriving at a large cabin, where many people were packing some boxes, and no one cared about their activities.

"Our landing capsule is there."

Wang Shui suddenly pointed to two tall metal cylinders not far away, and then walked over with Mia.

A huge metal cylinder more than three meters high, with a diameter of about one meter and a half, is an upright "bed" in the open mechanical structure.

Mia knew about it, it was a board used to protect the pilot in some small spaceship, and it was taught in school.

She roughly understood what this cylinder was, but she didn't understand what Aqua regia meant.

"Why do we need a landing capsule? This thing is not ......"

"Something that protrudes into the atmosphere from outside the planet? Indeed - so, where do you think we are now? ”

Wang Shui gently pushed the confused Mia into the landing module, and slowly explained while helping her fix her body and check the binding parameters:

"We had two reasons why we had to use a drop pod -

First, we are now at an altitude of about 100,000 meters. D] is returning to the mothership before it goes to the C-Class Command Center, but it won't send us back to that area in any case. ”

"But I remember, you're free......"

Wang Shui hurriedly pressed Mia's mouth, and pinched the other party's cheek hard, and then said viciously:

"Empty your head! Don't talk nonsense if you shouldn't say it, it's okay, it's getting more and more chaotic on the ground now, and you can't go back to understand it in a conventional way!

That's the second reason why we have to use a landing capsule!

The place we are going to has just experienced a brief firefight, and now the entire [Midtown F19· There are no outposts and observation points in the A8 division, and the situation inside is very unclear, so we need to use some special means to force our way into the depths. ”

"Well, you don't think so!"

Mia suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but Wang Shui had already tied her up, and by the way, he took the space secret card called [Dangerous Goods Warehouse] from her waist.

"Hey, looks like you've guessed it. Let me tell you another piece of trivia -

The active landing module is equipped with six mixed-fuel rocket engines, which are exactly the same as those found on some medium-range ballistic missiles, so if we just flatten the launch angle a little and then unload the thrust reverser, we will get a very large booster hollow shell! ”

After that, Wang Shui closed the hatch for Mia, who couldn't move, very intimately.

Although Wang Shui did have some bad taste for playing tricks on Mia, he didn't deceive Mia, after all, he also got himself a landing module, and they really wanted to go back like this.

At this point, some mechanical knowledge is required.

Wang Shui, a former mechanic, quickly unloaded a total of six thrust reversers (three per landing module).

After putting away the rocket, he used alchemy to restore the appearance and weight of the landing capsule so that there would be no accidents when launching.

"We're not going to fall to our deaths for nothing, are we?"

Mia's careful inquiry came from the thinking network, she didn't believe Wang Shui, she was just a little weak after seeing Wang Shui really unload the thrust reverser rocket.

Over there, Wang Shui had also entered his landing module, and after he finished binding the parameters to the system, he replied very cheerfully:

"Don't worry, these two landing modules are N hand goods that I bought at a great price, and the awakened use them for their own ninety-nine new, and only by relying on the security system inside, there is a survival rate of at least sixty percent!

Hey! I've wanted to experience it for a long time! Duo burst into the atmosphere and launch! Wuhu!"

Tom – Tom –

Unbeknownst to the entire ship, two scorching metallic meteors have begun to break through into the atmosphere.

It's a pity that above the thick clouds, no one can appreciate their madness.

(End of chapter)