Chapter 601 The Skeleton Corps Arrives! (1/2)

Before entering Jinchuan Province, Chu Guang thought that the problem might be more serious than he imagined, but he did not expect that it had deteriorated to such an extent.

The entire Haiya Province has entered the fourth stage of Naguo Corruption and has completely become a country shrouded in plague.

The tragedy that happened at Pinecone Farm was just a 03 number there. As long as the forerunners and the Holy Son in the Holy Realm have that idea, they can make any settlement in the parish what they want at any time.

In fact, the people there have become puppets who have lost their sense of autonomy.

"If that's what they say, it's going to be a very difficult issue... both scientifically and politically."

In the holographic image.

After listening to Chu Guang's retelling of the academy's research conclusions, Heya pinched her chin solemnly and fell into deep thought, and did not speak again for a long time.

The same goes for Chu Guang.

After a long time, he sighed with a headache and said.

"Blocking off the Haiyia Province is a compromise, but maybe the problem will be worse if it continues...and it's a pity that we don't have that many manpower, and there are not enough people to mobilize the entire alliance."

Heya asked softly.

"What about the businesses? Aren't they going to do anything?"

"On things that have no return, their efficiency is directly proportional to the cost. Only when the problem is serious enough that they have to do something, will they really make up their minds." The People's Association that Chu Guang interacts with most often The heirs are those on the East Coast.

To be honest, it is very pleasant to do business with corporate guys. As long as the returns are generous enough and core interests are not involved, they don't mind letting their partners take advantage. After all, favors are also an investment.

However, it would be naive to expect them to respond to a major crisis.

The legion tore up the contract a century and a half ago and almost penetrated the Sunset Province. The Supreme Council also said harsh words. It was not until the Alliance captured the Heart of Steel that these harsh words came to light. On board the Heart of Steel.

Chu Guang has already won the support of the council through Yi Chuan, and a batch of valuable aid is on its way.

However, Chu Guang himself felt that this request was simply a fantasy if he expected the company to help blockade a province that was thousands of kilometers away from the ideal city.

"...Can we only use nuclear bombs?" Heya said with a complicated expression.

"I can't think of a better way at the moment, but... we must at least solve the immediate problem first. At least Jinhe City and Jinchuan Province can still be saved."

As he spoke, Chu Guang looked at the porthole on the side of the captain's room. The gray mist-filled land loomed behind the floating clouds.

Currently, only this piece of land in the entire Jinchuan Province has been corroded by Naguo. After all, the ruins of Singularity City were once located here, and there are a lot of survivors and settlements there.

There are many uninhabited areas in the wasteland. There may not be a single settlement for dozens of miles. Occasionally, there are a few families, and they all live like savages.

In that kind of uninhabited land, it would be difficult for Naguo's erosion to rise to the second stage just by relying on the natural spread of animals.

It can be said that the plague called "Naguo" designed by the Torch Church is tailor-made for the vast majority of survivor settlements in the wasteland.

Noticing Heya's complicated eyes, Chu Guang suddenly thought of something, so he said in a comforting tone.

"Don't have too much psychological burden. Maybe your master Kallen was just bewitched or coerced by those people... She may not have caused these."

Although after meeting that Luo Gan, he felt that this possibility was very small.

Those people firmly believe in what they are doing, and even if they hesitate, it is only due to conscience hesitation about the means, not doubt about the final result.

They really believed it——

That world is a Utopia greater than the Age of Prosperity.

"No need to comfort me, I will ask her personally about this..." Heya took a deep breath and adjusted her emotions.

At this moment, she suddenly thought of something, looked at Chu Guang and raised her eyebrows, and dropped the topic in a teasing tone.

"Speaking of which, you haven't solved your own headache yet, but you have comforted me."

Chu Guang said with a smile, not caring about her teasing.

"You are our chief biologist. Without you, a lot of work would not be possible."

"Stop praising me. There are many people with more experience than me." Heya rolled her eyes, but her heart felt as sweet as honey.

It is a pleasure for anyone to be recognized for their hard work, and she is certainly no exception.

Feeling that she was in a better mood, Chu Guang smiled and nodded.

"Knowledge and experience can be accumulated slowly. You are irreplaceable for the alliance... The basic situation is what I just said. The call will end here. It's getting late. Go to bed early. ”

Heya curled her lips.

"The same goes for you. You just got rid of the trouble in Boulder City, and in the next moment you are running to Jinchuan Province. Don't tire yourself out."

Chu Guang laughed.

"Don't worry, my body is still quite strong. It's not like you don't know that."

Do not know why.

This guy who always liked to make fun of him for not being a human being turned red inexplicably and disappeared from the holographic image with a sigh...

…

A pure white virtual space with warm white light emitting from the ceiling.

Some flowers and plants have grown on the white floor, but the grass blades are all white, swaying illusively in the room where there is no wind.

The crystal clear outline is like a corpse flower blooming on a corpse...

Standing in the center of the room, Jiang Xuezhou looked around and quickly saw the girl sitting in the corner with her knees in her arms.

There was no expression on her face, she just sat there quietly, staring at the floor in front of the toes of her shoes, as if thinking about something.

Jiang Xuezhou hesitated for a while, and finally decided to greet her with a normal opening remarks.

"How are you?"

Yinyin raised her head and looked at her, nodding slowly.

"Yeah, I'm fine...just a little confused."

"Doubts?" Jiang Xuezhou put his hands on his knees, leaned down and said in a soft tone, "My name is Jiang Xuezhou, I am a researcher at the college... Can you tell me your doubts? Maybe I can help you answer them."

"It's not impossible." Yinyin rested her head on the invisible wall behind her and stared at the strange sister in front of her. "The elder brother called the manager told me that Grandpa Luo Gan put this strange room He gave it to me and allowed me to live, who should have died, but..."

There was a trace of confusion in those bright eyes. Yin Yin tilted her head unconsciously and said something completely inconsistent with her age.

"What am I?"

What is it?

Jiang Xuezhou was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously.

"Of course you are..."

"It's Zhao Yinyin, I know my name," Yinyin interrupted her and sighed softly, her expression seemed a little distressed, "But I don't know whether I am me now or the old grandfather's memory. in me.”

Jiang Xuezhou looked straight at Yinyin sitting in the corner, his mouth slightly open, unable to believe that this was what an eight-year-old girl would say.

Seemingly seeing the surprise on her face, Yinyin smiled sheepishly and drove the troubled expression away from her face.

"I'm sorry for saying some strange things. This is my personal trouble. Please don't take it to heart."

Jiang Xuezhou didn't know how to answer, so he could only nodded lightly.

"We... will help you get out of here as soon as possible, please give us some time."

"Well, I believe you. It would be great if we could go out and play. Xiaoyang and I have made an appointment to hide and seek together." A smile broke out on Yinyin's face, as if the previous worries did not exist at all. Topic: "You have something to do with me, right? Can you tell Yinyin what it is?"

Jiang Xuezhou nodded a little ashamedly.

"Well, I do have something to ask you. This can save many people's lives... Of course, you can refuse if you don't want to. Just tell me the truth about what you know."

She thought it would take some time for this little girl to open up to her, but to her surprise, Yin Yin nodded generously and looked at her with a smile.

"No problem, I'll tell you everything I know, just ask!"

She didn't want to repeat the mistakes she made by not being honest.

She has understood it after dying once.

After looking at the little girl blankly, Jiang Xuezhou came to his senses and said "thank you" in a hurry with a blushing face, and then began to ask.

In fact, before coming here, she had already learned about Naguo's related information and research from her mentor.

This inquiry is mainly focused on some basic information about Pinecone Wood Farm, including some of the patient's behaviors in the early stages of infection, changes in the overall atmosphere of the entire settlement, etc.

She tried her best to state the relevant issues in a way that children could understand, and Yin Yin answered honestly one by one after listening.

After asking the last question, Jiang Xuezhou held her chin and fell into deep thought. Yin Yin, who was looking at her intently, suddenly spoke in a pleasant voice.

"You look a lot like that sister."

Jiang Xuezhou was stunned for a moment and stopped thinking.

"That...sister?"

"Yes." Yinyin nodded slightly and looked at her with bright eyes, "A sister has asked these questions before... She seems to be a doctor in the alliance, the sister who often checks Xiaoyang's body. "

Doctor?

Although he felt a little strange, Jiang Xuezhou didn't take it to heart. He nodded and said thank you, then waved goodbye to Yinyin.

The Heart of Steel's infirmary.

Standing next to the fully enclosed freezing chamber, Xiaoyang looked at Jiang Xuezhou who had taken off the neural connection device with a worried look on his face, and asked in a low voice.

"Yinyin...is she okay?"

Putting the neural connection device on the table beside him, Jiang Xuezhou cast a soft gaze at the lamb and said.

"She is a little lonely, can you please spend more time with her?"

The little sheep nodded sensibly.

"Well... I will stay with Yin Yin and tell her what's going on outside until she wakes up."

Looking at that well-behaved look, Jiang Xuezhou couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, stretched out his right hand and touched her little head lovingly.

"So good."

Looking at the crescent-shaped eyelashes and the glowing smile, she felt that the fatigue and unhappiness of the day had been cured.

hateful!

I really want to keep one!

But she was just thinking about it, and had no real intention to take the little girl back to the Wandering Swamp.

Although the college has extremely wealthy material conditions, that is only for the researchers of the college. For ordinary people who cannot generate "value beyond production", it is a completely different matter.

In the settlements managed by the Science and Technology Committee, although the average survivor will not starve to death, they can only guarantee basic survival nutrition. Apart from fighting a way out in the only assessment, there is basically no hope of change.

She heard that there were a few settlements that implemented governance methods outside the rules of the Science and Technology Committee. The families of senior researchers mainly lived there, and the purpose was to ensure that excellent genes and thinking patterns could be passed on to the next generation.

But she was just a D-class researcher, and she couldn't even send her own family there, let alone people who were completely unrelated.

After the visit to Yinyin ended, Jiang Xuezhou retreated from the ward and gently closed the door.

However, as soon as she came out of the door, she saw a certain disgusting guy, her whole face suddenly fell, and she crossed her arms and stared at him with cold eyes.

"I came here with permission from the administrator."

Forced to take two steps back by the murderous intent that was visible to the naked eye, Ye Shi scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and muttered.

"I know."

"Then what are you doing here?" Jiang Xuezhou raised his chin slightly and said with cold eyes, "Do you have to say that? I have no interest in caring about the rags you made. It's better to steal your technology than face it. Paramecium is in a daze——"

"sorry."

"..."

He didn't expect this guy to apologize at all. Jiang Xuezhou couldn't help but paused in the middle of his harsh words and looked at him in slight shock.

Ye Shi's eyes drifted to one side, he was too embarrassed to look at her face.

Because it's really embarrassing.

He also just learned from the mission system that this guy came here with her mentor to help.

It was when I was in Dawn City.

Not only did he suspect that she was a spy, but he also asked her why she came now... Thinking about it carefully, what she said was indeed inappropriate, at least it shouldn't be said to her by herself.

Before going offline, he received a look from his sister. He hesitated for a moment, and finally crawled out of the dormant cabin, deciding to explain the matter clearly before exiting.

"I said some very outrageous things before, and I can't lie to people and say that was not my intention, because I did think that way at the time, and I thought it triggered a hidden mission or something... But please allow me to take those words back. , it was my fault for jumping to conclusions without investigating clearly, which is why there was such a big misunderstanding.”

At this point, he was a little unconvinced and felt as if he had given up, so he couldn't help but add in a low voice.

"Of course, this is not entirely my problem. Just say no to whoever you are here for... You're so sneaky, and you asked me to take you around, and you talked about secrets, missions, etc., I It’s not just a misunderstanding.”

Jiang Xuezhou stared at him for a while and suddenly burst into laughter.

Ye Shi raised his head dissatisfied.

"Why are you laughing? I'm being serious, okay?"

He thought this guy would restrain himself, but he didn't expect her to laugh even louder.

"Ah hahaha! It's nothing. Since you are so candid, I will just pretend that the unpleasantness never happened."

Raising his right hand to lift the ponytail on his shoulder behind him, Jiang Xuezhou suppressed his arrogant nostrils and raised the corners of his mouth slightly instead.

"Actually, it's quite interesting. This was the first time I was sent to the bureau as a spy... although I was scolded by my instructor after I returned."

In fact, it didn't matter that she was scolded, but she felt a little sorry for causing trouble to too many unrelated people. Later, the city lord of Dawn City came to the trouble.

When I go back, I'll send a thank you letter to everyone at the Shuguang City Security Station...

Seeing Jiang Xuezhou regaining his energy, Ye Shi breathed a sigh of relief, with his usual silly smile on his face.

"Then... Anyway, the misunderstanding has been resolved. If you have any tasks - I mean, if you have any trouble or worries, you can come to me. I will go back first."

Looking at Ye Shi who was about to leave, Jiang Xuezhou subconsciously called out to him.

"Wait a moment!"

Ye Shi stopped and looked back at her with doubts.

"Anything else?"

"Um……"

Jiang Xuezhou looked to the side with some embarrassment, wrapped his fingertips around the end of his ponytail, and said sheepishly.

"You know...my mentor and I are here to solve the fruit collection problem, right? Because we D-levels are mainly responsible for the investigation outside, so there may be more occasions for attendance. Although, although I am also very strong , if you get serious, it’s not a problem to single out one or two hundred awakened ones, but it would be nice if there was someone to help with the tasks of serving tea, pouring water, and miscellaneous chores..."

Seeing that the guy listened for a long time and didn't say anything at all, Jiang Xuezhou gritted his teeth angrily and said the words completely in a self-defeating manner.

"Anyway, anyway...if you're not busy, could you please help me?"

Huh.

It’s such a small thing!

After listening to her chattering for a long time, Ye Shi finally understood and smiled heartily.

"Leave it to me! Although I can't help with serving tea and doing chores, I can still protect you! Don't worry, as long as I am still alive, I will never let you get hurt at all."

Unexpectedly, a straight ball was suddenly thrown at him. Xiao Jiang was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses, and his whole face instantly turned red into an apple.

"You, you, please be mentally prepared. I will not be merciful when I order people... Remember to write a suicide note!"

After stammering a string of incoherent words, Jiang Xuezhou ran away like a frightened rabbit like a gust of wind.

When she finally came to her senses, she found that she was already standing in the bathroom of her room, with water spraying from the shower head rushing onto her face.

Jiang Xuezhou regretfully wanted to punch himself, but he still didn't have the heart to do it, and finally the fist hit the bathroom wall.

Ahhhh!

What stupid things have I said!

She wished she could find a crack in the wall and hide herself in it...

Unlike the remorseful Xiao Jiang, this certain person didn't care at all about the unlucky "cruel words", and didn't even take them seriously at all.

Just kidding, who can be more venomous than him?

He could utter a lot of more insulting words and even make them into a poem. Even Fang Chang, the most eloquent person, was no match for him. He could only roll his eyes and shut up and play the game.

It's not that he's bragging.

As a Zaun player, he has never lost a match using his mouth.

What really puzzled Ye Shi was another thing...

Watching the NPC leave, he took out the VM, took a look at it, clicked on the taskbar, and scratched the back of his head.

"Weird."

Why didn't the task trigger?

Logically speaking, being a bodyguard for the academy's "special researcher" can be considered a hidden mission.

Ye Shi couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

Could this stupid planner have forgotten about me?

The little sheep hiding by the crack of the door quietly hid his head and imitated the big brother's actions and scratched the back of his head.

She just heard someone arguing in the corridor, and she wanted to see what was going on, and then she saw a scene that confused her.

Although I don’t understand what they are saying at all, I always feel that they are very powerful...

…

The long night finally passed, and as dawn rose from the horizon, the gray sky also lit up with a flash of white.

No matter how thick the fog on the ground is, it can't block the sun that rises as usual. Even if the warm sunshine is blocked by bad weather, it can't block the desire and yearning of all things for the sun.

On the distant horizon, the outlines of armored combat vehicles emerged from the billowing dust.

The torrent of murderous steel, carrying grenadiers with skulls on their breastplates, advanced in a straight line towards Jinhe City with high morale.

Since the war in Luoxia Province ended, each regiment has had a lot of time to rest or fish. So under the coaxing of all the good guys, each regiment designed its own regimental emblem, which was printed on the breastplate or shoulder armor of the exoskeleton as a painting.

Skeleton Corps, the emblem is naturally a skeleton.

Of course, during this period of rest, the brothers of the Skeleton Corps did not do anything else besides painting.

The "Chimera" wheeled infantry fighting vehicle dispatched in this operation was jointly designed by players from the Skeleton Corps and engineers from Goblin Technology.

This was learned from previous wars with the Legion - the Alliance's armored forces needed a fast, light vehicle that could carry light infantry forward at the pace of the tanks.

In the previous war with the Legion, the infantry of the Skeleton Corps usually sat on armed trucks, but the mobility of that thing was so poor that it was basically a dumpling with the fillings exposed. If there was a real fight, veteran players would rather run behind the tank than sit on that thing and get beaten up.

So "Chimera" came into being.

Its design refers to the Legion's "Hyena" reconnaissance vehicle, and the six pairs of road wheels and the front layout of the power cabin imitate the real-life WZ551.

In addition to a driver and a gunner, six light infantrymen wearing fully protective exoskeletons can be carried in the trunk.

The roof turret is equipped with a 37mm rapid-fire cannon with the same ammunition as an aviation cannon. The turret is also equipped with a "pigeon" missile launcher, which can pose a certain threat to heavy vehicles and large targets.

However, although this armored vehicle has built-in space, most of these veteran players are used to sitting in trucks and cannot stand the closed space.

One or two of them did not sit down if they had seats, but sat on top of the sports car.

not only that.

Even though there are only a few kilometers away from the battlefield, there is no trace of fear on the faces, only unbearable hunger and thirst -

"I'm ready to kill twenty-two of them! Are there any openings?"

"Haha, what Chimera killed doesn't count!"

"Tch, do I need to rely on that thing?"

"If you are captured alive by mutants, don't call daddy to save you."

"I want it!"

"Damn, do you have any backbone!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The shelling of the Heart of Steel will begin promptly at eight o'clock in the morning.

Whether it is the 37mm rapid-fire gun of the armored vehicle or the rifle carried on their shoulders, they are all loaded at this moment.

Leaning half of his body on the turret of the armored vehicle, Mole held a telescope in his hand and looked at the abandoned city looming in the fog.

Ahead is Jinhe City!

Throwing down the telescope and taking out the speaker, he raised his voice and shouted excitedly.

"brothers--!"

“Ahead is the Qi tribe’s lair!!!”

"A bunch of cannibals are having a feast and singing songs, and they don't realize what they've gotten into!"

"Let those green-skinned beasts see for themselves whether their incisors and bone residues are stronger or our tracks and gun barrels are stronger!"

Someone shouted at an inopportune time.

"Boss! We're here in an armored vehicle! No tracks!"

Ignoring the saboteurs, the excited Mole continued to shout at the top of his voice.

"Skeleton Corps! Forward--!"

"Throw death in their faces--!"

The watch's time hand was pointed at eight o'clock.

The cannons overhead sounded as expected!

Amid the deafening cannons, he was responded to by powerful shouts.

"Kill!!!"