abyss rose

Today's dungeon base, apart from abandoning the car to protect the commander and surviving with a broken arm, is already powerless to deal with the current endgame.

From the day when the black vines grew wildly with the spring rain, silently climbing and covering the six ground signal towers, and causing the thick fog to spread above the base, the base army has made countless efforts.

Facts have proved that the growth rate of black vines in the growing season is too alarming.

As long as it is not cleaned thoroughly, the signal tower will be covered with black vines again after one night.

And after the base was reduced to a foggy area, herds of beasts and giant beasts of unknown levels appeared many times, which made it even more difficult to recover the signal tower.

Before getting through this growing season, it is almost a dream to regain the signal tower.

This is something that even the military with a well-reserved combat power cannot do. How can a mercenary team with only a few people do it?

Chai Yuening was silent for a long time, her mind was full of the phrase "worst plan".

In the past few days, she has heard similar words more than once, and every time she hears it, it is accompanied by the sacrifice of countless people.

She was always the one who couldn't do anything.

She couldn't help asking herself in her heart.

This time, do you still want to be that powerless person and escape to the next safe place to avoid danger?

In this small room, not only her, but everyone else was also silent with their own thoughts.

Several voices of persuasion came from the other end of the communicator.

Chai Yuening didn't know how to respond.

After an unknown amount of time, the death-like silence was gently broken by a calm voice.

Chu Ci: "When shall we go to the main city?"

At that moment, everyone's thoughts were pulled back.

They suddenly realized that they had no choice at all, because even if they chose to stay, they would not be able to save anyone in the face of the base's decision to abandon the outer city and die with the beast tide.

Chai Yuening came back to his senses, shook the hand communicator vigorously, and responded in a deep voice: "No. 13 mercenary team, the whole team... There are six people in the list, and now apply for the right of passage in the main city."

Xue Zhou: "The information has been verified and the application has been approved. Within six people, those who are not infected are allowed to enter the city. Please transfer as soon as possible."

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The moment someone knocked on the small door of the temporary housing, Youlan was stunned.

Pushing open the door, I saw four familiar faces outside.

The kid who couldn't speak human language the least, just said, "Boss You, pack up your things and get ready to go."

"...What's the situation?" Youlan asked in surprise, "I haven't even warmed up the stool yet, so it's going to be cold here?"

As soon as Youlan finished speaking, she saw the person who helped her move things into the house a few hours ago, passing by her side, like four burglars who robbed the house, and took everything that could be brought, including sheets and bedding, into the house. All the things used for walking were moved out of the room.

No one explained anything to her, so she could only follow them downstairs in a daze, and was urged into the car by Lonicera who was sitting in a wheelchair downstairs in a daze.

She didn't see Du Xia in the car, so she pretended not to notice it, and didn't mention it at all.

The things that were brought down from upstairs were thrown into the back cabin by four people, and then six people in one car set foot on the road to the main city.

Most people would not know that the military stationed in District [-] is withdrawing to the main city in batches at this moment.

On this seemingly ordinary day, military armored vehicles slowly drove away from the abandoned outer city, carrying people and heavy supplies, where the residents of the city could not notice.

The armored vehicles of the No.13 mercenary team followed them quietly.

The tunnel ahead is dark and long.

As if to ease the atmosphere, Lao Xiang, who was sitting in the driver's seat, had to forcefully smile and praise the good car at hand from time to time, and by the way, praise Yulan who let him touch this good car.

Lu Qi asked curiously: "If our team wants to buy this car, how much money will we have to save, Boss You?"

Youlan sighed: "It was quite expensive a few days ago, but now it may not be worth the money."

Old Xiang was puzzled: "Huh?"

You Lan: "It's like this in the outer city. The owner of the car is probably going to mutate before he dies."

Lonicera: "..."

Old Xiang: "..."

Lu Qi: "..."

Chai Yuening stood up and walked towards the back cabin.

With the hatch closed, the conversation between the cockpit and rest cabin no longer has anything to do with her.

She lay on the rolled up quilt, letting her chaotic thoughts take over her completely.

Suddenly, the cabin door opened and closed again, Chu Ci walked in lightly, and sat down beside Chai Yuening.

Chai Yuening glanced at her, bit her lower lip unconsciously, and after a few seconds of silence, tried to raise a tired smile: "You are not here to comfort me, are you?"

Chu Ci asked back, "Do you need it?"

Chai Yuening smiled: "Say a few words to listen to?"

Chu Ci: "As you said, when it comes to life and death, people can only take care of themselves."

Chai Yuening: "Yes."

Chu Ci: "Just because you can't save those people doesn't mean that those people died because of you."

Chai Yuening: "Yes."

"If you hadn't blocked the ventilation system that day, maybe even the main city would have fallen by now." Chu Ci said seriously, "You have done everything you can."

Her tone was calm, and her comforting words were very ordinary, so ordinary that Chai Yuening couldn't help but wonder, if she grabbed someone from the side of the road now, would she be able to speak more touchingly than her.

But it was just such ordinary words that made her feel a little better.

"Actually, I was just thinking that there may still be people alive in those lost urban areas. They must be waiting for rescue, but the base has decided to abandon them." Chai Yuening seemed to be choked up suddenly, "If Du Xia is still alive , she must be waiting for us, but I... I can only keep running away."

She didn't want to choose to back down at this time, but she had to choose this way.

Because she knew that even if she turned around from now on, she could bypass many obstacles and go to the fifth district, and the self-destruction program of the outer city that was about to start would not be delayed by a single minute because of her.

As the captain, if she makes such a decision at this time, she is just leading everyone to die for the sake of loyalty.

"I have no other choice." Chai Yuening sighed with a wry smile, closing her eyes as if to escape.

Waking up is really tiring, and she wants to sleep well.

The roads at the base are leveled, and the cars drive smoothly without any noise.

But just like last night, Chai Yuening didn't sleep well.

Every time she opened a slit in her eyes in a daze, she could see someone sitting beside her all the time.

In a daze, she seemed to hear the man calling her name, and said something softly.

The sound is too small, so small that people can't hear it.

When she regained consciousness again, she saw Chu Ci leaning gently on her shoulder, with her eyes closed, sleeping very peacefully.

In the evening, the car drove into the main city.

After successfully passing the infection test, entrusted by Xue Zhou, the strange officer who came to greet them specially drove ahead and led everyone to a brand new residence.

On the way to the temporary residence, Lu Qishen pointed to a huge blue building that looked like a cauldron lid outside the car window, and said to Lonicera: "That is the virtual ecological zone, where all the food in the base comes from."

Liandong responded softly: "It's almost time to go in and have a look."

Lao Xiang comforted: "There will be a chance."

Liandong lowered her brows and eyes, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes: "There are also people who will never have another chance..."

Everyone has seen life and death too many times, and no one will cry because they have lost someone.But those things that are suppressed in the bottom of my heart can't be ignored without saying anything.

Chai Yuening wanted to say something and change the topic a little, but found that everyone didn't seem to be shy at all, instead you chatted on this supposedly heavy topic sentence by sentence.

"Hey, it's hard to say that we can live for a few more days, what are you doing to be sad?" Lao Xiang said, yawning, "We are mercenaries, and we put our heads on our belts, so we don't care if we die or not." It's a matter of a moment, when our life ends, if the place where the corpse is lying can really be turned from the ground to the ground, it won't be a bad thing."

"Is this the open-mindedness unique to the old man who is almost 50 years old?" Lu Qi asked.

"Are you polite?" Old Xiang asked back.

Youlan sighed before the old and the young started to quarrel: "You mercenaries are used to seeing life and death. I am afraid of death. I am so afraid that I will never go to the ground to see it... I thought that as long as If you stay in the base honestly, you will be able to spend your life in comfort. Now it’s good, everything is gone..."

As she spoke, she couldn't help asking: "You said, with so many people in the outer city, did the base really give up when they said they would give up? If the self-destruct system in the outer city is really activated, those people who are still alive will be killed. They were all given by the base's own people..."

Youlan's words suddenly stopped here. Although he hadn't finished speaking, everyone already understood.

Liandong suddenly raised her eyes and asked, "Do you believe in miracles?"

"Does it mean to pray to God from now on?" Youlan asked, "Which god do you believe in? The old world, the ancient east, or the ancient west? If the beliefs are different, maybe you can pray to each other, maybe which one will really open your eyes." Woolen cloth?"

Liandong choked for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, it's not prayer."

"I have learned about the history of the base. The Floating Void City and the Dungeon agree that if there is only one human base left in the world, then the fate of mankind will be completely reduced to a lone boat in the cosmic torrent, with nowhere to go."

"Therefore, the two bases once agreed that mankind, as a community of destiny, is more difficult and dangerous, and the more we must unite, no matter which side is in a desperate situation, the other side must do our best to help."

As Liandong said, a glint of hope flashed in his eyes: "Although the two bases have rarely communicated, our signal towers have been lost for so long. Is it possible that the floating city has noticed?"

She asked cautiously, as if self-deceiving: "Is there a possibility... Before the outer city is blown up, we can wait for the active rescue of the floating city?"

Chai Yuening felt very uncomfortable for a moment.

She knew that if the outer city was blown up, it would be really impossible for Du Xia to come back. Liandong was unwilling to believe all of this, so she was still expecting a miracle until now.

But are there really miracles in this world?

She seemed to be looking forward to it, but her rationality told her to give up these useless expectations, otherwise she would only be more disappointed.

But at this moment, a voice sounded softly.

It was Chu Ci who had been silent for a long time.

"It's possible." She said, looking up at Chai Yuening, "So we need to give them a little more time."

"What's the meaning……"

"I mean, we can prevent the self-destruct program from starting."

Chai Yuening couldn't help but gasped.

If the officer in the car in front heard this, all the people in this car would have to squat.

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The author has something to say:

Chai Yuening: I have no other choice.

Chu Ci: No, you have.

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(Source of this book: Dragon Phoenix Internet)