Chapter 862: Meeting on a Narrow Road

Christmas Eve.

For people living on the ground, it is a peaceful and harmonious night. Couples come to the streets, listening to Christmas Eve songs and taking photos with the Christmas tree. In the brightly lit house, parents and children gather together and enjoy happy family time.

Just as people are enjoying peace and joy, a bloody and cruel war is unfolding deep underground.

The ultimate battle between humans and ghouls.

For ghouls, they have nowhere to retreat. District 24 is the last refuge for ghouls. Once they lose this place, they will be completely destroyed - and this is also the purpose of the Countermeasures Bureau.

That is to completely eliminate ghouls at all costs.

If it is on the ground, then the ghouls may be able to use the wide space to deal with humans. But in the narrow underground tunnel, they can no longer do so. Then the means of fighting are very simple and direct - the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.

Only the one who survives to the end is the winner!

The sound of gunfire and screams echoed in the narrow tunnel. A ragged woman hid in a cave at the back of the tunnel, hugging her daughter tightly. Listening to the roars and screams from outside, she clenched her teeth and her face flushed, while the girl in her arms was pale and trembling as she hugged her mother.

"Mom, Dad, he..."

"Ah---!!!"

However, before the girl's voice fell, a scream suddenly came from the tunnel. Hearing this sound, the girl panicked.

"Dad---Woo---!"

But the moment the girl opened her mouth, the woman covered her mouth. She looked at the dim tunnel outside, was silent for a moment, then lowered her head and looked at the child in her arms.

"Leave here quickly, child."

"Mom, but Dad..."

"Mom will save Dad."

As the woman spoke, she stood up with a serious look. She looked at the child in her arms, reached out her hand, and wiped her little face.

"Hurry, listen to mom, run into the tunnel, don't let anyone find you, mom will meet you after she rescues dad, okay?"

"………………Yes."

Hearing the woman's words, the girl stretched out her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then nodded, and then she stretched out her hand and hugged her mother.

"Mom, you must come back…………"

"………………Yes, mom will definitely come back."

Hearing the girl's whisper, the woman smiled and stretched out her hand to touch the girl's head.

"Go…………"

"Yes…………"

The girl nodded, then she let go of her hands, looked at her mother reluctantly, and then turned around and quickly disappeared into the depths of the dark tunnel.

The woman just stood there, silently watching her daughter's figure, until she completely disappeared in the darkness, the woman turned her head again and looked forward. Then her body began to twist and deform, and the blood-red pupils in her dark eyes shone with crazy light. A long tail emerged from behind the woman, and then the woman who turned into a ghoul jumped up and ran to the wall like a creeper, and then rushed forward quickly with her limbs moving!

Passing through the dark tunnel, the gunshots at this moment have become scattered. The woman can see that in front of the tunnel, the white-uniformed investigators and soldiers of the Countermeasures Bureau are holding up flashlights and moving forward, and the ground in front of them is bloodstained and torn bodies are everywhere.

The most eye-catching one is a sturdy ghoul lying in front of the tunnel. Its body is like a hill, almost blocking half of the tunnel entrance, and at this moment the soldiers are trying to move the body away so that they can continue to move forward.

"Roar————!"

Seeing the corpse, the woman's eyes flashed red again. She screamed and rushed over. At the same time, the woman's tail shot out like a spear, directly piercing through several soldiers of the Countermeasures Bureau who were decomposing the corpse.

"There are more here!"

"Hurry up and shoot!"

Faced with the sudden attack, the soldiers of the Countermeasures Bureau were also shocked. They raised their weapons and aimed at the woman to attack. However, the woman dodged their attacks again and again at a rapid speed, but it was obvious that the soldiers of the Countermeasures Bureau were not completely unprepared for this.

"Throw grenades!"

Accompanied by an order, several soldiers soon rushed forward, took out grenades and threw them near the woman. These were not ordinary grenades, but special white phosphorus bombs. Ordinary grenades and flames had no effect on ghouls at all. Only this cruel weapon could cause them enough damage.

"Hmph!"

Looking at the grenade thrown at her, the woman sneered in her heart, and then her tail swung out suddenly, hitting the grenade directly and bouncing it back. The soldiers were hit by the grenades that bounced back before they could dodge. With the sound of explosions, the burning flames completely engulfed the soldiers, and they fell to the ground in despair, screaming.

The woman didn't care about this at all. She flashed again and attacked the investigator at the back of the team.

However, what the woman didn't expect was that when she passed through the soldiers struggling in pain, the soldiers covered by the flames of white phosphorus bombs rushed over and hugged her tightly!

"What are you doing, damn it, let me go!"

The woman was also shocked to be caught by these soldiers. Her tail swung again, and then several soldiers' heads were randomly knocked out. However, the other soldiers still bravely moved forward and grabbed her fearlessly.

"Investigator, do it!"

"Kill this ghoul!"

"Don't worry about us!"

"You guys...!!"

Hearing the roars of the soldiers who grabbed her and lay on her and endured the flames of white phosphorus bombs, the woman was also shocked. She saw that the soldiers who grabbed her looked at her without fear, fear and despair. On the contrary, there was only firm will and anger!

"Go to hell, man-eating monster!"

"Huh---!"

A spear came forward and pierced the woman's head directly, making a big hole in the back of her head. The woman's body shook for a moment, and then slowly fell backwards. At the moment of falling, she was looking at the tunnel behind her.

I hope... you can survive... my daughter...

Then, the woman's world was completely swallowed by darkness.

The flames burned fiercely, and the search officer holding a spear looked at his colleagues who were holding the ghoul tightly and sacrificed for it. He lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then he raised his head and looked forward.

"Keep going, this time we must completely eliminate the ghoul!"

"Yes!!!"

There was almost no light in the dark tunnel.

The girl stumbled and ran, her mind was blank, she had no idea where to go or who to find. But the girl firmly believed that her mother would come back, and she would bring her father back to her side, and they would live a happy life together again...

"Mom... Dad... Ah...!"

Just as the girl turned the corner, she suddenly bumped into something extremely hard, which made the girl fall backwards and sit on the ground. At first, the girl thought she had hit a door or a pillar, but when she looked up, she saw that the person standing in front of her was a terrible warrior wearing black steel armor from head to toe. It stared at the girl coldly, and a scarlet glow emanated from its helmet.

"Ah--!"

Although the girl didn't know what it was, her instinct still made her jump up and turn around to try to escape--at the same time, a cold light flashed.

The girl's head flew out in a rotation, then hit the wall and fell to the ground, while its body took half a step forward like a baby learning to walk, and fell to the ground.

The iron warrior retracted his gaze, held the power sword in his hand tightly, turned around and continued to move forward.

This is just a corner of the battlefield. Here, both the ghouls and humans have gone crazy. Humans will never allow any ghoul to survive, and in order to survive, ghouls must kill all invading humans.

"Damn it, how could this happen...!"

After repelling the human offensive again, the blue-haired boy gritted his teeth. It was beyond their expectations that the Countermeasures Bureau would dispatch such a large number of troops, but it was reasonable to think about it carefully. However, what they couldn't understand the most was the will of these soldiers. In normal times, facing the unbeatable ghouls, these lackeys of the Countermeasures Bureau would have fled long ago. But this time, no matter how many people they killed, there were still people who rushed to them without fear of death.

"Damn it..."

The blue-haired boy looked at his right hand and spat. That was the injury he had just suffered. At that time, he grabbed a soldier and wanted to force him to beg for mercy, but the latter laughed and pulled the grenade, blowing off the blue-haired boy's arm. Although it healed quickly, the other party's momentum still shocked the blue-haired boy. He seemed to discover for the first time that humans had such a terrifying side.

And this was not just an isolated case.

From every battlefield, the blue-haired boy could hear similar reports. Humans were not afraid of death at all. They were just like crazy, filling this huge battlefield with human lives, and coldly implementing the strategy of never giving up until the ghouls were eliminated. Although the ghouls were indeed powerful, they were outnumbered after all. Even if ordinary cooperative soldiers who seemed to have no threat at ordinary times, if they risked their lives to entangle the ghouls, the ghouls would not be so easy to break free.

"Why... ..."

At this moment, the blue-haired boy only felt extremely sad and angry in his heart.

Why, you must exterminate us? Why, you don't want to let us go even if you fight for your life? Can we really not be allowed to live in this world?

Is it really that we have only one way to destruction?

It was not until the taste of rust came from the corner of his mouth that the blue-haired boy realized that he had bitten his lips completely. He retracted his thoughts and prepared to fight again. However, at this moment, the blue-haired boy suddenly received a report from the front.

"Headquarters, we can't stop it, the Iron Demon... Damn Iron Demon...!"

However, before he finished speaking, the communication was interrupted.

"Is it finally here?"

But the blue-haired boy who heard the communication did not feel fear and confusion. On the contrary, he stood up and looked forward. In fact, from the beginning of the battle, the blue-haired boy received news from all over the battlefield—a group of tall, unidentified warriors wearing black steel armor appeared on the battlefield and ruthlessly eliminated all the ghouls in front of them. And the powerful power of the ghouls was useless to them.

After hearing these reports, the blue-haired boy immediately remembered that he had a conversation with the masked man before going to District 24.

At that time, the masked man always believed that a new force had entered here, and they came to eliminate the ghouls.

At that time, the blue-haired boy was still very confused about why the masked man could be so sure, and the latter also explained the reason. Recently, ghouls have been hunted and killed by search officers, which means that the Countermeasures Bureau must have more advanced means to deal with ghouls. But there has been no similar news, so if you think about it carefully, it is more likely that a new force will enter the scene.

After all, they have been fighting with the Countermeasures Bureau for so many years, and they are still very clear about the Countermeasures Bureau's little foundation.

However, the blue-haired boy has some doubts about the masked man's speculation.

"If this is true, then why do we know nothing about this emerging force?"

At that time, facing the blue-haired boy's question, the masked man just looked at him and said a sentence.

"Because they met their ghouls and died."

Now it seems that it is true.

However...

"I want to see what this group of people is so powerful!"

Clenching his fists, the blue-haired boy stared at the front. Soon, not long after, he saw two red dots appear in the dark tunnel. Then, the blue-haired boy saw a tall and burly warrior wearing black steel armor and a skull pattern on his chest. He strode over with a hammer in his hand. On the hammer, blood stains could be seen.

Behind him, a blonde girl in a dress was accompanying him.

"I didn't expect that there are people who are faster than us."

Looking at the bodies of the search officer and the soldiers of the Countermeasures Bureau on the ground in front of him, Duanmu Huai was also surprised.

"It seems that they are quite lucky."

"Is this considered good luck, Mr. Duanmu?"

Mary silently complained. Indeed, she was surprised that a team from the Countermeasures Bureau could reach the core area of ​​​​Zone 24 before Duanmu Huai, who had turned on the perspective map. But looking at the other side's annihilation, it is hard to say whether they are lucky or unlucky.

"Are you the mysterious force that came to destroy us?"

Looking at Duanmu Huai in front of him, the blue-haired boy glared at him fiercely.

"I want to see what you can do!"

As he spoke, the blue-haired boy jumped up, and then a light wing emerged from behind him, and the flying thorns poured out from it and hit Duanmu Huai directly. Of course, this kind of attack that is enough to penetrate the human body is not even a scratch for Duanmu Huai's armor.

"It's really interesting."

Just looking at the attack of the blue-haired boy in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but sigh.

"I didn't expect that I could encounter the same attack. I thought it was quite rare."

"What did you say?!"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's sigh, the blue-haired boy's heart sank. Although the kagune of each ghoul is different, when it comes to the same attack, the only person the blue-haired boy can think of is his twin sister. She also has the same kagune as himself, so naturally she can launch the same attack.

"Where have you seen an attack like mine before? Tell me!"

Thinking of this, the blue-haired boy distanced himself from Duanmu Huai and stared at him angrily. At the same time, his heart was trembling, because the blue-haired boy had a bad premonition at this moment...

Duanmu Huai didn't care about the blue-haired boy's question.

"I remember it was a blue-haired female ghoul, she fought hard at the time, but of course she couldn't survive a single blow from me, but her light wings were pretty beautiful, similar to yours... Could it be that you two are twins?"

"You bastard!!!!"

Hearing this, the blue-haired boy felt endless anger, which instantly erupted from the depths of his heart.

"I must kill you!!!!"

Accompanied by a roar, the blue-haired boy rushed towards Duanmu Huai again!