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"The first thing I'm going to do in town is to take a shower right away, and then I'll have that old boy Brown go to the bar for a dip. ”

"I'm going to get a good night's sleep. ”

"If only there was a practice range, then Yeliu and I could have a good time. ”

"You guys are so noisy!"

drove towards Dawning City, and along the way, Feng and the others talked nonsense. Zero smiled and said nothing, Dawning City is the first city that belongs to him in the true sense of the word, and it is also the first city that belongs to everyone. Whether it's Zero or Kaede, this city gives them a great sense of belonging that can't be compared to those cities they have stayed in before. Even if it was Asgard, they wouldn't have such feelings.

That's what it feels like home.

Every brick and soil here is brought back by everyone's hard work, and it contains everyone's blood, sweat and feelings in it, which is naturally not comparable to other cities.

After crossing the Arc de Triomphe Bridge and following the road connecting the city to the bridge, the car passed the town that had faced the aliens during the day's westward expedition. Now the ruins of the town have been cleared, and the road is lined with open wilderness. A number of low shrubs can be seen on both sides of the road, and these bushes are arranged along the sides of the road and appear to be artificially seeded plants.

In a wilderness not far from the city, Zero saw the agricultural base of Jin. The soil here has been improved by gold, and some hardy labor crops can be grown. Three or five workers are turning over the soil with their instruments, while others are sprinkling seeds into the soil. At the back of the base is a greenhouse where you can see the exemplary rice fields that have been successfully cultivated.

This was a common image in the old days, but in this era, when you see these rice paddies growing on the surface. Everyone in the car, including Zero, was silent, and they all knew very well that these rice paddies were a symbol of hope.

Already at the gates of Dawn, the city is surrounded by a patchwork of defensive positions, with towering walls and metal gates separating the city from the wilderness. It's just that the gate is black, like the traces left by the burning of the high-temperature flames, and I look cold. When the gate opened, it was 14th Street, which had been invaded by Nicholas that day.

After the battle between Nicholas and Shuya, 14th Street has been reduced to rubble. The streets have now been cleared, but the dilapidated buildings on both sides still bear traces of the aftermath. Soldiers and workers are using equipment and manpower to remove the debris and load it onto trucks to send away. Seeing this, the convoy stopped. Zero was still in the driver's seat, and the others were on their feet.

Kaede was surprised, "What's going on?"

At the front of the street, an off-road vehicle drove up. The car came to a halt in front of it, and Brown jumped out of it, smiling in his way. Zero opened the car door and was hugged hard by this big man on the street. Letting go of Zero, Brown sighed, "It's good you're back, head." ”

"What's going on?" asked Zero directly.

"It's a long story, let's talk as we go. By the way, you have to meet someone first. If it's late, I don't know if I can see it. Brown's face darkened.

Zero's heart sank when he heard it.

Zero changed to Brown's car, and Dahan drove the car directly in the direction of the comprehensive research base. The base was basically the territory of Eva, Kord, and Victor, and the three of them were engaged in different researches in this base. At the beginning of the construction, Beyonnise planned the area of the base for them. So that they do not interfere with each other, but when they encounter any problems, they can communicate immediately.

The car eventually stopped in front of the Victor's drug research institute in the base, and Brown walked into the institute with zero haste while the others waited outside. Brown led Zero straight to a room deep in the institute and pushed the door open, where Victor was so busy that he didn't even have the time to look back. The room was filled with instruments, several of which were used to sustain life.

On a bed next to Victor, there was a young girl, whose silver hair had lost its luster and was distressingly dull.

Brown coughed dryly, and Victor turned around. First you see Brown, then you see Zero. Victor was obviously surprised, and then smiled bitterly: "It's good that you're back, come and see her." ”

Zero walked over and was visibly short of breath when he saw the girl on the bed: "She...... Is she ......?"

"That's right, Moni. Behold, I haven't seen her for a few years, and she's all grown up. Victor pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "More than half a year ago, she came to Dawn City to look for you. But you've already left the mainland, but Monie hasn't left, she's staying here and waiting for you. He also helped Brown a lot, this kid is already a very powerful person. But now ......"

Zero reached out and swiped lightly across Mony's little face, feeling the astonishing body temperature of her body. Zero said calmly, "Who did it." ”

Despite their calm tones, Victor and Brown were chilling at the same time. The calmer Zero is, the stronger the killing intent. After a few moments, Brown replied, "A guy named Nicholas, who calls himself a prophet." Just last night, he attacked us. Many people were wounded, and Mr. Casirio had been killed in battle. In the end, it was Moni who fought hard to repel him, but she herself fell. ”

"Mr. Casirio ...... too" Zero's pupils shrank, and the depths of his pupils almost erupted into flames: "Good, good." Nicholas, I made a note of it. ”

He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked, "How is Moni's condition?"

"Very bad. Come and see ......" Victor brought Zero to his working brain, and a light screen showed the cells in Moni's body.

Seeing that those alien cells were invading Moni's own cells, Zero felt that this picture was familiar, and suddenly said, "Discordant?"

"It's like, but not quite. Victor shook his head and said, "These foreign cells, I'll call them communicators for the time being." You see, the communicators are not like the disorder, they are more apt to sow than to invade. Look here......"

The Doctor points to one of the zoomed-in images, in which the communicator quickly dies after invading the cells. However, the invaded cells started from the invasion point and appeared with a black halo. This halo will gradually spread and eventually cover the host's cells.

"See, it sows the seed and dies on its own. But the seeds take root in the new soil and quickly change the soil. Victor muttered, "These things are actually modifying Mony's cells, adding a new piece of genetic code. It would be nearly impossible to break through this code in a short period of time, and in this case, Mony's changes cannot be reversed. What we don't know is what will Monie become when all of her cells are transformed, a new species, or a monster? Only one thing is certain, and then she won't be Monie anymore. ”

"I see," Zero said......, standing up, "Let me see what the hell she's provoking these things there." ”

"I'm afraid only Moni herself knows about this kind of thing. Victor said.

"No, I have a way. ”

Only then did Victor notice that Zero was originally just a golden eye in his right eye, but now, a pair of eyes had turned golden. He couldn't help but say, "Your eyes ......"

"Well, someone's gift. Zero pointed to his left eye and said, "It has an ability that goes back in time." ”

Victor's mouth opened wide.

Walking over to Moni's bed, Zero reached out and gently pressed the girl's cheek. A new symbol rises from the left eye, and it spins slowly. And spin faster and faster, and finally spew out golden flames from the symbol. Zero and Monie shook at the same time, and their spirits were connected. In Zero's mind, images flew by, and it was the left eye of the god flipping through Moni's memories.

Eventually, the scene stopped, and Zero saw Moni and the boy with the strange beast pupils in a mountain forest, surrounded by tall, mysterious ancient trees that could not be named. Around them were dense figures, and a sturdy man approached. He looked like an adult human man, but his eyes were also a pair of animal eyes.

He came to Mony's side and crouched down, holding a clear test tube between his two fingers, which contained a drop of black liquid. He said something in a language that Zero didn't understand, and finally said in human language: "The seed of the Black God has been sown in you, and you already have a great power. This is the medicine that makes the seed a great tree, but after drinking it, you will become a servant of the black god completely, and your body and mind will no longer be your own. Therefore, do not drink the holy medicine casually. ”

The image fades quickly, zero disconnects from Moni's psyche, and the swirling symbol in his left eye stops, and finally disappears into the depths of his pupil. Zero closed his eyes, and a few important words left over from the time he had just traced Mony's past echoed in his mind.

Black Earth, Amanda Man, Black God, Seed, Elixir!

These words form an important clue to why Moni has grown to such heights in just a few years. And the repeated word "black" in it gives zero a vague hint.

"Victor, get ready, let me give Moni a blood transfusion. Zero said.

Victor frowned and said, "She didn't lose blood......"

"I know the truth, but my blood should be able to drive out the so-called spreaders. "That's the purpose of zero.

Victor stopped insisting and got up to prepare the equipment for the blood transfusion for the two of them. Brown stepped back and waited outside for the results. Zero sat on a chair next to Mony's bed, looking at the girl's side face, as if the days of wandering in the wilderness had returned to him. At that time, two people, a gun, and Lala were all there was to a wandering life.

Moments later, Victor injected the catheter with a needle into each of the two men's veins. Zero closed his eyes and felt his blood flow through the device into Moni's body. Then he used his will to manipulate the memory groups in his blood, allowing them to generate a countermeasure against the situation in Moni's body. The memory group immediately became functional, capturing one of the spreaders and beginning to invade to break its genetic code.

However, when the memory group invaded the communicator, Zero opened his eyes with a shock. In his eyes, a little dark shadow appeared. Shadows rolled like flames, and red rays of light appeared like eyes, and Zero heard a beastly roar.

He knew that he had guessed correctly, and that the so-called black god was indeed related to Prosius. If this is the case, then the so-called seeds and elixirs should be the heart of darkness that Agradis wants him to find!