Chapter 981 Choice

Although there is no basis, Duanmu Huai feels that the core focus of this mission is most likely on the Salvation Army.

After all, look, doesn’t Joel also want to take Ellie to find the Salvation Army? There are no such coincidences in this world.

Well, probably not.

Better not.

The main and side tasks are as follows...

The reason why Duanmu Huai made such a guess, in addition to the overlap of tasks, was also because of these survivors——After that, Duanmu Huai determined that the next stop was to go to the Salvation Army, and the other survivors discussed it and decided He planned to stay and help the reconstruction of this gathering place. After all, after Duanmuhuai's trouble, the city was considered safe for the time being. At least there is no need to worry about zombie invasion in the short term. Even if it is a blood moon, considering that all the zombies around are wiped out, this blood moon should not pose much of a threat.

In addition, this gathering place currently needs manpower, and it also occupies such a good place as the oil warehouse. Komuro Takashi, a few students, and Aiden plan to stay here - after all, they can't help much if they go to the Salvation Army, right?

Since their stay did not trigger any special plot, it means that these survivors are not the core characters. Now the only ones left on the train are Joel and Ellie.

Since both parties have the same destination, it seems that the key to their leaving this world lies in the mission of these two people.

But why did Joel take Ellie to the Salvation Army?

Joel didn't know this either. He and Ellie were not related, and even at first, Joel simply regarded Ellie as his mission - but the two of them established some feelings along the way. But even so, when Joel asked Ellie why she wanted to find the Salvation Army, the latter still kept her mouth shut and said nothing.

This situation continued until they came to the city where the Salvation Army was located.

Compared with the previous gathering place where they only occupied a food processing factory and barely made a living, the territory of the Salvation Army is indeed large enough. They occupy almost half of the city and even built a towering city wall. You can see heavily armed soldiers everywhere. Patrolling with firearms, it seems that the Salvation Army is indeed quite developed.

"Okay, I think you all know what to do."

Duanmuhuai glanced at Mary, Ogis, and Qiu Wei, and then looked back at Joel and Ellie.

“Let’s send Ellie to the Salvation Army first—Joel, do you have any way to contact these guys?”

"certainly."

Joel nodded.

"That's good. After the people are delivered, you can do whatever you want. We will investigate the Salvation Army. If the Salvation Army really modulates humans to create mutants as we thought, then We will completely destroy this gathering place...Do you understand now?"

"Mr. Duanmu..."

After Duanmuhuai finished speaking, Mary quickly raised her hand.

"This gathering place looks like...there are a lot of people. Do we really want to completely destroy this place?"

"The Inquisition does not tolerate any heresy that creates aliens."

Duanmuhuai shook his head.

"I could give them hundreds of reasons to justify why they did it, but it makes no sense. The right means bring the right results. Remember, a lot of people who say we have to do this are mostly depraved. Start. The short-term benefits are far less than the long-term threats.”

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but think of those green-skinned orcs. The green-skinned orcs were originally created by the Ancient Sages as combat tools to deal with the Necrontyr and the Star Gods. In the end, the Ancient Sages just had to play with them and lost control. As a result, the green-skinned orcs have become an irreversible scourge in the universe...

Although for now, perhaps for humans, mutants can help them fight zombies and blood moons, but it is certain that in the distant future, these mutants will become the same disaster as the green-skinned orcs.

Of course, some people will say that if you can't survive now, then there is no future - but this is just sophistry. People can come up with a thousand excuses to rationalize what they do, but reality doesn't care about such small things. It is just as understandable that the Ancient Saints created green-skinned orcs to protect themselves, but this does not negate the fact that the green-skinned orcs eventually became as terrifying a threat as the Necrontyr and the Star Gods.

In fact, there are different opinions on this within the Inquisitor.

For example, a planet is contaminated by Chaos and is about to perish.

So at this time, the majority of the evacuees are civilians who have no skills and are basically coolies?

Or are they high-ranking officials and nobles with certain skills and connections?

Or, to be on the safe side, just kill them all with one kill without saving anyone?

Each inquisitor has his or her own different approach. Some think they can save as much as they can, while others choose to save the nobles based on rational analysis. After all, ordinary civilians have no skills and abilities, but nobles still have some ability, don't they?

There are still people who don't save anyone - after all, you can't be sure how many cultists or Chaos-contaminated remnants there are on that planet, so just to be on the safe side, just kill them all with one extermination order, and then there will be no further trouble.

As for who made the right choice, it's hard to say, and everyone has different ideas, so--everyone thinks how to do it, and what it looks like.

But in the eyes of many Inquisitor players, the Saviors should be wiped out directly.

The reason is simple. Today you can create mutants to save humanity, but tomorrow you can believe in the corruption of humanity? Falling is like taking drugs. Once you start, there is no turning back. You told me that you will change your ways, but I don’t believe you.

By the way, Duanmu Huai tends to issue an extermination order directly.

After all... efficient.

"Okay, go."

After Duanmu Huai determined the policy, he waved to Joel. Although the latter was a little speechless, this was indeed his mission, so he had to take Ellie to the gate of the Saviors in front of him.

"Hey, who are you? What do you do?"

When Duanmu Huai and his group walked to the gate, patrolling soldiers soon blocked their way. Duanmu Huai glanced and found that there was nothing to say about these soldiers themselves. On the contrary, the mutants behind them were wearing equipment similar to power armor!

Wow, this Savior Army is cosplaying as the Enclave, right?

Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes and carefully looked at the mutants on the opposite side. The mutants that he met at the gathering place before didn't have such "heavy equipment", which was equivalent to running around naked in shorts. Now it seems that those mutants are probably just cannon fodder, and the ones here are the regular army.

Duanmu Huai didn't know whether these mutants had intelligence or not, but seeing these mutants wearing power armor and holding Vulcan cannons and standing obediently behind the soldiers with a well-trained look... It seems that it really is the case.

Duanmu Huai was looking at the mutant soldiers of the Savior Army, and Joel had finished talking to the guard in charge of the door. He took something, and the other party carefully checked it, and then looked at the girl next to Joel.

"Is it her?"

"Yes."

"Okay, you can come in..."

The guard nodded, and then looked behind Joel--to be exact, it was Duanmu Huai.

"By the way, the power armor this mutant is wearing is very special, is it a new model?"

"…………………………"

Duanmu Huai said that he would wait for me to go in and figure out the situation here, and then come back to deal with you.

Fortunately, the other party seemed to have regarded Duanmu Huai as a client of the Savior Army and handed him over to Joel to protect Ellie's mutant soldier, but did not ask about his identity. Duanmu Huai was also happy to be quiet, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb. As for Mary, Ogis and Jiawei, Joel said that they were companions he met on the road. Seeing that they were a few weak girls, the other party did not care too much and let them in directly.

Passing through the gate that seemed to be covered with iron sheets, the group also entered the base camp of the Savior Army. At least from the outside, this camp was much more lively than the previous gathering place. There were pedestrians everywhere, and you could see many mutants walking around busy.

Duanmu Huai observed and found that these mutants were basically divided into two types. One was wearing a full set of power armor, and it seemed that they were doing the work of guards. The other type is the ones wearing big shorts, basically all coolies. They are either moving bricks or carrying wood, helping to repair houses or something like that... It seems like that.

"It seems that the people here get along well with the mutants?"

Mary looked around carefully, and then expressed her thoughts, while Duanmu Huai sneered.

"The Star Alliance and humans faced the Forerunners together, but in the end they just sold out the humans."

Those who are not of my race must have different hearts, and Duanmu Huai will never compromise on this point.

The great unity of the galaxy is the business of politicians, and the Inquisition is responsible for those who are not of my race.

To put it bluntly, the Inquisition is the good guy...

Under the leadership of the guards, the group crossed the street and came to a gate inside the city - well, I have to say that this place is really interesting. Looking at the heavy gate in the middle of the cave in front of them, well, if it was gear-shaped, Duanmu Huai could now find a shelter company to invest.

Unfortunately, it is not.

"Boom boom boom boom---!!"

The heavy door opened, revealing a clean and tidy metal passage inside. Then everyone saw several people wearing protective clothing from head to toe walked out, almost trotting to Ellie.

"Is it her?"

The leader looked up at the guard, and after getting confirmation, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Ellie.

"I've been waiting for you, follow me!"

"Wait, where do you want to take her?"

Joel certainly didn't want to be taken away by someone inexplicably, and hurriedly wanted to grab her back, but at this moment, the guard next to him suddenly took out a gun and pointed it at Joel, pressing it against his chest and pushing him back. Ellie just glanced at Joel, said nothing, and followed those people in silently.

"Damn it, let me go, wait, what are you going to do to Ellie!?"

Watching Ellie follow those weirdly dressed people into the door, Joel roared immediately, and the soldier couldn't help but raise his gun to try to hit Joel, and at this moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Okay, leave this to me."

Accompanying this voice, everyone saw a brown-skinned black-haired woman coming over. The other party seemed to have a high reputation here. The soldier saw the woman and hurriedly saluted, then turned and left.

"Marin..."

Seeing this woman, Joe's face suddenly became serious. The reason was simple. This woman was the one who gave Ellie to him... He didn't expect to see her here again.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect that you could actually come here... It seems that maybe this is our fate, the fate of that child."

Marin pulled Joel up, then lit a cigarette for him and said silently.

"Maybe I'm lucky."

"Then my luck is not very good."

Marin shook his head.

"I sacrificed a lot of people to get back here... Forget it, but now, it's all worth it. Thank you for sending Ellie here."

"What will happen to Ellie after this?"

"You don't have to worry about her anymore, we will take over."

Marin stared at Joel, then looked at Mary and Okiss standing next to her - maybe she didn't think these girls could pose any threat.

"No, I'm worried. What are you going to do to that child? Let me see her..."

"No."

Marin shook her head.

"She's about to undergo surgery."

"Surgery?"

Hearing this, not only Joel was stunned, but even Duanmu Huai and Mary and others were a little surprised. Is Ellie sick? But I didn't see any symptoms along the way?

And Joel's face changed slightly.

"What the hell are you talking about? What surgery?"

"You know, the child is infected."

Marin stared at Joel.

"The doctor told me that the bacteria in the child's body have mutated, so she is immune. As long as they can remove the bacteria in her body, they can make a vaccine... and save everyone."

"But..."

Joel did not feel relieved when he heard what Marin said, but became nervous.

"But the bacteria have spread to Ellie's brain..."

"…………………………"

This time, Marin did not speak, but just stared at Joel, and nodded after a moment of silence.

"Yes."

"…………………………"

At this moment, Duanmu Huai and others who were watching all this also understood that it was obvious that Ellie was also infected with the virus that could turn people into fungi, but the virus in her body had mutated, making Ellie immune to this virus. The Savior Army wanted to produce a vaccine through this.

The only problem is that the virus has infected Ellie's brain, which means that the doctors of the Savior Army have to do something with Ellie's brain.

And the result...well, looking at this, you can guess it.

"……………………"

Hearing this, Joel was silent for a moment.

"Go find someone else to do it."

"No one else, only her."

"I don't care about that!"

Joel rushed forward and grabbed Marlene's collar.

"Ellie she............"

However, before Joel finished speaking, the soldier next to him suddenly reached out, grabbed Joel's head and pressed him to the ground.

And Marlene just looked at him.

"Joel, this is fate. Do you know? I once thought that maybe you would take her away, or maybe you would die on the way here. If so, then this is God's will, but you came here, and this is the result... The vaccine can save everyone, but only Elle was sacrificed."

"Why... It happened to be her..."

"No reason, it's just like that."

Marlene lowered her head and shook her head.

"Anyway, you can stay here, I will report to the general, your achievements are enough to make you an official citizen of this city... As for Ellie, Joel, forget her."

After saying this, Marlene turned and left, and then the metal door closed again behind her.

Looking at the scene before their eyes, everyone... was speechless.