Chapter 44: Stopping the Calamity? If only I had become a scourge myself
Elysium has a central avenue called "New Life".
From the city gate, it leads directly to the castle lord's mansion.
The closer you get to the center, the more valuable the land becomes.
Every 100 meters, whether it is a shop or a house, the price doubles exponentially.
Prosperous, noisy, and enthusiastic, it is the main theme that follows all the way from the city gate to the city lord's mansion.
But Elysium today is clearly different from what it used to be.
There was a dead silence on this avenue of rebirth.
Well-equipped undead infected lined up on either side, greeting their king.
"Jarvis, slow down."
Jiang Lu sat in the back row and ordered: "Early in the morning, don't let the sound of the engine disturb the citizens, it is so quiet, they must have slept soundly." ”
Jarvis: "......"
The residents of the high-rise buildings along the street on both sides of Xinsheng Avenue leaned on the windows and looked at the cars slowly passing below in fear, as well as the demonic young man in the back row, and they did not dare to come out.
They couldn't imagine anyone other than demons who could drive the infected.
It is natural that someone would want to rebel.
There was a sudden explosion ahead, and the wave of flames swept over many of the infected soldiers.
Hundreds of death squads consisting of warriors and sheriffs broke through the weak defenses and rushed to Jiang Lu's car.
But that's about it.
Before they could chant the slogan of the charge, they were dragged into the ground by the feet of the infected hidden underground, revealing only a head.
There are monsters in front of you, monsters that are impossible to defeat!
As soon as such a thought came to mind, hundreds of death squad members heard the people in the car say lightly: "Hey, I'm here to join this family, not to destroy this family, don't be so excited..."
They regarded Jiang Lu's words as an insult to them, and they were so ashamed to say so much when they hit their homes, which was simply arrogant.
Anger overwhelmed reason, and even more overcame fear.
Even if they die, they want to shout something: "You put..."
But before he finished speaking, Jiang Lu waved his hand: "I said that you can't hurt people, move a little to the side, don't stand in my way." ”
They were stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that Jiang Lu had not spoken to them again from beginning to end.
The so-called don't get excited turned out to be just to let his minions not hurt them, those who rushed to the battlefield with the determination to die.
Bitterness welled up in my heart.
There are even people who have lost their will to fight, and their exposed heads are full of lost souls.
"I'm sorry, Jiang God King, I can't let you have fun..."
The infected, who had been blown away by the explosion, stood up as if nothing had happened, and stood guard again, as if nothing had just happened.
The inhabitants on both sides who witnessed everything were already covered with fear.
Unless they ignore the use of weapons of mass destruction by innocent people, there is nothing left to stop the demonic march below.
What made everyone even more desperate was that by now, the people in the City Lord's Mansion were still pretending to be dead, and they didn't react at all.
But in fact, the City Lord's Mansion had already fallen into chaos.
The ministers were arguing and arguing, trying to figure out how to stop the catastrophe.
The young lord sat on his throne, oblivious to what was happening before him.
His eyes were blank and he muttered something in a low voice.
"Fun! Hey! The bearded old man didn't quarrel with the bald uncle..."
After receiving the news of the fall of Elysium, the owner of the Oasis Company, the largest chaebol of Elysium City, who rushed here as soon as possible, looked at the stupid puppet city lord and sighed, and easily bypassed the hall and came to the basement through a secret passage.
In front of the magnificent stone gate that exuded an ancient atmosphere, an old man lay on a hospital bed, his body full of tubes, and he was like a candle in the wind.
"You're here..."
The old man didn't know anything about the outside world, and struggled to smile with a win.
"His descendants are not as calm as he is."
The owner of the oasis had a strange expression: "They haven't come yet, but strange people have come." ”
"Strange people?" The old man took off the oxygen mask on his face, revealing shriveled skin and eagle-sharp eyes: "Not the key?" ”
"No, but he can drive the intested."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"That's true." The oasis owner shrugged: "He was originally an undercover agent I selected, but somehow, he only went for two days, and today he took the infected to fight back against Elysium, and now it has completely penetrated, it should not be far from here." ”
The indifference on the old man's face disappeared, replaced by a trace of panic in his heart.
He realized something.
"So you're here for..."
"You know, my father and Jing Hong have always been very good brothers, but when he was forced away by you, my father chose to stand by and watch, and this matter has always been a lingering haze for me."
The owner of the oasis smiled self-deprecatingly: "I don't understand, how could my father do such a thing with such affection and righteousness, I often wonder, if it were me, would I choose this way, I think the answer should be no." ”
"Hmph." The old man snorted coldly: "You and your father are also the same dog, if you really think so, how can you deceive his descendants?" ”
"No, you're wrong."
The Oasis Master shook his head and corrected solemnly, "The reason why I did this is because I believe that you, who have been guarding the gate of God, will be able to lead us to the wider world after opening it, more than the exiles.
It's the ubiquitous infected people in the desert that have always bothered us, haven't they? But now that the contradiction itself has been resolved, and the infected have been proven to be controllable, in that case, your value is not so important. ”
"You!" The old man was so angry that he began to cough violently, and he could not speak at all.
"As long as we can master this technology, we can get out of this wasteland and find other oases with more resources, which is why I changed the name of the company to Oasis after my father's death."
The owner of the oasis raised his hands a little sickly: "The new life of the last days is coming, and I believe that under the guidance of God, I can see a more wonderful world in my lifetime!" ”
He fell into a frenzied euphoria, and his whole person almost trembled with excitement, but he didn't notice it at all, and several shadows on the ground stretched out their claws and broke through the ground.
"Found it..."
"This is it..."
"Go and ask the master..."
The eerie whispers pulled the Oasis owner back from the excitement to reality.
The moment he saw these intelligent inpatients, he realized that he was afraid that the City Lord's Mansion had been controlled.
Sure enough, after a while, heavy footsteps came from the dark passage.
Before anyone saw it, they heard it.
"It's so good to be able to hide."
Jiang Lu, who was holding Jing Lan, walked down the steps step by step, and the infected people half-knelt on the ground to greet him.
The old man on the hospital bed heard the movement, but because he couldn't turn over, his face was full of urgency.
And the owner of the oasis involuntarily took two steps back because of the sense of oppression on Jiang Lu's body.
He clearly saw that even if he was obscene to himself, he was like a girl in his arms, every time he went down the stairs with Jiang Lu, his body would tremble with fear.
I don't know where I got it, it's really pitiful.
Cold sweat ran down his forehead, and the owner of the oasis looked at Jiang Lu who was approaching, and was in awe.
Jiang Lu saw the old man on the hospital bed at a glance and whispered a few words to Jing Lan.
Jing Lan, who came back to his senses a little, looked at the old man suspiciously, and then said with tears in his eyes: "It's him!" I have a picture of my great-grandfather with him at home, and I know him even if he turns to ashes! ”
Jiang Lu understood, stretched out his chin and pointed at the old man, and instructed the infected people around him.
"Go, give me his oxygen tube!"