Updated: 2012-07-03

In the open space in the middle of the work area, Old Jack raised his hand and gestured, and immediately, the chattering crowd gradually quieted down.

Old Jack cleared his throat, pointed at Hans, and said, "Today, I have unfortunate news for you. Just last night, Hans, the, violated the poor girl!"

Although everyone had vaguely guessed what was happening, when the truth came out of Old Jack's mouth, it still caused an uproar. Many men scolded Hans, but they didn't know whether they were sympathetic to Lida or annoyed that Hans had taken the lead from everyone.

Zero also clenched his fists, and Lida's misfortune could be said to be indirectly caused by him. If he hadn't pushed Lida out of the door last night, it might have been a different ending.

But it's a foregone conclusion, and even zero can't change Lida's upcoming fate.

Old Jack waved his hand again, and after calming everyone's emotions, he angrily pointed at Hans and said, "This cheap dog ignores the rules set by my old Jack, how do you say you want to punish him?"

After a short silence, I don't know who shouted "Throw it into the wilderness to feed the wolves" first, followed by the voice of approval.

Hans, who was kneeling in the field, swept over these people with a vicious look. Like a ferocious dog about to devour people, he opened his mouth and let out a low roar. Zuihou, his gaze fell on Old Jack.

Old Jack looked at him without pity, as if he was looking at a corpse wolf in the wilderness: "Do you hear that? You broke the rules first, I won't kill you, but I want to make you more uncomfortable than death." ”

"I'm going to kill you! And you, one day, I'll come back and kill you all!"

Hans yelled like crazy, and tried to rush up and bite Old Jack. But he was kicked to the ground by Zuo Ge next to him, and gave the mad dog a few blows with the butt of his gun, knocking him to the head and bleeding, and Hans could only kick the ground in vain.

Old Jack waved his hand, and Zuog called two soldiers, who picked up Hans and escorted him out of the work area. Hans's fate can be assured, he will be thrown out of the wilderness by the base, and the records of this man will be published through the computer network within the Parkland chaebol, and Hans will never be able to enter the various branches and bases opened by the Parkland chaebol.

Hans was carried away, still muttering indistinctly at the people of the base. Naturally, there were quite a few men who gave him two punches as he passed, but the soldiers did not stop him. There is never forgiveness and mercy for those who break the rules.

When Hans left, there was only one Lida left on the field. Old Jack looked at her and sighed, "Lida, the prettiest woman in our base bar. The poor woman, according to the rules, should have received a large sum of money to heal the damage caused to her. But"

Old Jack stopped talking, as if the next words made it difficult for him to speak. Everyone hesitated when they saw that Old Jack, who usually acted decisively, knew that it would definitely not be a good thing next. Sure enough, Old Jack said something that shocked everyone.

"Unfortunately, though. Hans's mean dog who didn't know where he was infected with the virus, and Lida, who had a relationship with him, we tested the alarm signs of a level 3 virus in her. ”

Again, the noise rang out.

For the ubiquitous virus, it is strictly divided by the standards of major companies in Shijie. Like the danger of monsters and the safety of food, the degree of harm to the human body caused by viruses is also divided into ten levels. Virus infection above level 3 not only means that the infected person is certain to die, but also that the virus infected with the body is contagious, so it is already within the scope of major harm.

For people with a level 3 or higher virus infection, there are usually only two ways to go. The first is to be shot on the spot and completely incinerate the bodies of the infected with high-temperature flames, and the second is to isolate and rescue, but the Z7 base does not have the conditions and jishu to cure the third-level virus infected, and as for sending it to the Parkland headquarters for rescue, neither the base nor Lida has that qualification.

The Parkland chaebol is unlikely to spend a lot of money and drugs to cure a barmaid at a fringe base.

Old Jack's heavy gaze fell on Lida's body, and he sighed, "Child, I hope you can understand my current feelings. I would never want to abandon you if I could. But now, for the safety of the rest of the base, I can only ask you to leave the base!"

Leaving the base means facing the infinitely dangerous wilderness alone. With a Level 3 virus, Lida will not be taken in by any bases or companies, and that is no different from death.

Lida's body shook slightly, but she was strong enough not to fall. She nodded solemnly, with tears in her eyes.

Old Jack sighed again, turned around and waved his hand. Zuoge walked up, shaking his head, and took Lida's hand in the direction of the exit of the base.

The crowd automatically separates from the two sides, making way for a passage.

At the passage, however, Zero straightened up. Lida's body shook slightly when she saw him.

Zog led her to Zero's side.

Zero looked at this woman, almost squeezed a few words out of her mouth and said, "What I owe you, I will pay back!"

Lida smiled.

She slammed into Zuo Ge, pulled out the pistol at his waist, and pointed it at Zero.

Everyone's faces changed drastically, except for zero.

Zero stood motionless, standing on the spot like a stone statue, silently looking at the jet-black muzzle pointed at him.

"You're wrong, Zero. Lida smiled poignantly: "Some debts can't be repaid, because, I want you to owe me forever!"

The muzzle of the gun turned, pointing it at his temple.

Zero finally bent and slammed forward.

The board machine is snapped.

But he was still a line late.

Just as he was about to catch Lida's pistol, the poor woman shot herself. Lida's head swayed to one side, the kinetic energy of the bullet lifting her legs off the ground and falling to the side.

Her corpse fell lightly to the palms of a pair of hands.

It was Zuoge's palm, and he caught Lida's body from behind, preventing her from touching the scab of this earthly world again.

Zero's hands were stretched out in the air, and he caught nothing. After a long time, he withdrew his hand and whispered to Zuoge, "xiexie." ”

Zuoge nodded, shook his head again, and looked complicated.

Lida died, her body was incinerated, and the remaining ashes were packed into a box and buried in a public cemetery behind the base's living quarters. A not-so-beautiful tombstone bears witness to the existence of this beautiful woman, and the photo on the tombstone shows Lida smiling lightly.

A bouquet of small goose-yellow flowers was placed in front of Lida's grave, and Zero stood up and bowed three times to the tombstone. This bouquet of flowers was collected by him in a day, under strong ultraviolet rays, almost all over the wasteland within nearly 100 kilometers of the periphery of the base, and shooting several corpse wolves. This represents a little bit of zero thought, even if Lida can no longer receive it.

He looked at the woman in the photo and gently read the name "Lida" back and forth three times. Zero knows that this woman will never be forgotten in this life, and she will occupy a corner of Zero's heart. No matter how small that position is, it will never die.

As Lida said, it was a debt he owed her. A debt that can never be repaid.

In the days that followed, calm returned to the base. In addition to being with Leah every day, Zero also gets two hours of practice. For two hours, Zero was constantly familiarizing himself with his abilities in the base's soldier training ground. The first-order Liliang Enhancement allows Zero to punch 700 pounds of force, and the furious kick force is about 3,000 pounds, which means that Zero can easily kick and bend a steel plate, while also distinguishing him from ordinary people.

As for the first-order defense enhancement, Zero only did a simple test. He stabbed his thigh with his dagger, but at the moment when the dagger entered the body, the muscles of the thigh naturally rebounded, so that the dagger zuihou only entered the body for less than 3 centimeters. And the force of zero is enough to pierce the entire dagger into the human body.

Zero even thought about shooting himself with a gun, but eventually gave up on the crazy idea.

And these data, naturally, he secretly collected them in private, but he didn't dare to do it openly in front of the second person.

During this time, the elder Jack returned to the Parkland headquarters for a routine report, and Zero asked him to order 50 rounds of special ammunition for the M500. With a first-order Liliang strengthened physique, Zero has the confidence to control the ferocious recoil of this pair of large-caliber revolvers.

Time passed day by day, spring went to autumn, and two years passed in a blink of an eye.

It's spring again.

For the old days, spring symbolized the awakening of all things and was a season of good wishes. In the turbulent new era, spring has the same symbol, but the things that wake up are not so beautiful for human beings.

Mutant creatures that have fallen asleep because of winter wake up in the spring, and the fire of hunger in their bellies will make them even more violent.

In the vicinity of base Z7, the most common creatures are corpse wolves. This carcass-feeding scavenger is mutated by infection with corpse poison or other viruses. They are much larger than the wild wolves of the old era, and after several generations of genetic inheritance and transformation, they are already the third generation of corpse wolves, and the adult male wolves weigh up to 40 kilograms.

They have become stronger and more resistant to radiation. It is quite an irony that in turbulent times, beasts are far more suitable than humans to changes in the surface environment.

It's spring, and hibernating wolves are waking up from their slumber, roaming the mountains in search of food. In the base's previous records, when corpse wolves can't find enough food, they tend to attack human settlements in groups, causing a lot of trouble.

So on this morning, Zero appeared on the hill a kilometer away from the base and began the third hunt for corpse wolves. This is the base's newest mission, and every ten corpse wolves are worth a dollar. Although it is not much, Zero believes in the principle of gathering sand into a tower.