Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

Before today, she had never thought that she would face such a choice one day.

What made her even more terrified was that when she stood in front of this horizon, her first instinctive choice was to give up the train and shift the weight to Shen Qinyin's side.

As if she could read her thoughts, Shen Qiyin further dissuaded her, "Sister, you swore to bring them to Huaibei Province alive. Your teammates need you too. Now it's time to fulfill your oath."

"..."

Lin Qiutang moved her lips, wanting to say something, but Shen Qinyin stretched out her finger and gently touched her lips.

"I believe we will not die like this. One day, mankind will defeat the end of the world."

After saying that, Shen Qiyin turned her head away and no longer looked into Lin Qiutang's eyes.

She was worried that if she continued talking, Lin Qiutang would give up everything and leave with her.

Lin Qiutang still has unfinished responsibilities, and it is not time for her to die yet.

No matter what, one of them must survive. Shen Qiyin doesn't want her to die with her.

She looked at the pale Zhou Yun and said softly, "Doctor Zhou, you should leave with the convoy. You are a doctor. There will definitely be many places in Huaibei Province that need you."

"I know..." Zhou Yun wanted to say something comforting, but at this moment, all she could do was smile bitterly, "Good luck, Qiyin."

"Well, thank you."

"Protect yourself and come back alive."

"I will."

Shen Qiyin nodded, and finally turned her gaze to Tang Miao and Xiaoxiang.

Seeing them, Shen Qiyin laughed unconsciously and asked, "I won't say anything corny. Anyway, no matter what I say, you two won't leave me, right?"

"Of course. Didn't we agree to die together?"

Tang Miao blinked at her and lowered his voice: "If you die, what's the point of me living?"

"My core program is to protect your safety," Xiaoxiang replied calmly but firmly, clutching his chest. "Leaving you goes against my logic. If you die, I will automatically execute the destruction program."

"You two are so heavy..."

Shen Qiyin couldn't help but complain.

Then she took their hands, one on each side, and said, "Let's go."

With the simultaneous use of telekinesis and Xiaoxiang's propulsion device, the three of them leaped up like flying swallows and rushed into the night beyond the torches.

Watching their backs gradually disappearing into the darkness, Lin Qiutang fell to the ground as if all her strength had been drained away in an instant, tears unconsciously filling her eyes.

"Sister, what should I do..."

"If you are still alive, please protect Qiyin and keep her safe..."

Chapter 90 Returning to Yunlan City and Confronting “It”

The fog in Yunlan City has mostly dissipated.

No, that's not accurate.

It should be said that most of it was swallowed up.

The black tide has spread from the southwest and has encroached on nearly two-thirds of the city. Currently, only a small part of the east and north of the city is still surrounded by fog.

For Shen Qiyin and Tang Miao, who have mental resistance, the pollution value of the fog no longer poses any threat in a short period of time. Even Xiaoxiang, whose qualifications have not yet fully awakened, can remain active in the fog for one to two hours.

If it's a long-term battle, this amount of time is certainly not enough, but based on the speed at which that thing is devouring the city, everything will be over in less than an hour.

Shen Qiyin felt a little strange. The thing chased her madly at first, but when she approached it actively, it slowed down.

It's as if he's deliberately waiting for his prey to die.

But it’s a good thing this way, as it can help Shen Qiyin save some trouble and energy.

Shen Qinyin flew in the air, overlooking the dead silent street below.

The black tide can devour any problem, including cars, street furniture, urban buildings, and even dead objects on the ground.

But it seemed to have certain requirements for the targets it devoured. This kind of dead things did not arouse much interest in it. Otherwise, Shen Qiyin would have seen a huge pit with nothing left.

Because that thing would invade her consciousness through the vision of her third eye and pollute her cognition, Shen Qinyin would only open the perception network once every ten seconds, and then close it after quickly sensing whether there were any threats around to avoid being polluted by that thing.

And every time she activated the perception network, she used a very simple device, the psychic detector, to detect whether she was approaching the black tide.

The visibility in thick fog is less than 30 meters, and the distance of the detector is also in this range. The value displayed above still remains between 25 and 35, which is the normal pollution value for fog.

There was probably no living thing in the entire city. On the empty streets, there were only the footsteps of Shen Qiyin, Tang Miao, and Xiaoxiang.

After walking like this for about twenty minutes, Shen Qinyin's sensory network finally gave feedback.

Something was approaching at a distance of about two hundred meters.

"Be careful, something's coming."

After Shen Qiyin used the perception network to "scan" the thing, she immediately withdrew the perception network and took Tang Miao and Xiaoxiang to change direction and turn into another street.

But before they had gone far down the street, the same feedback came from the edge.

It seems that I have been surrounded by the things released by that thing.

Shen Qinyin took a deep breath and slightly increased the strength of the hands holding the two people.

One step, two steps, three steps...

The three of them continued to move forward, and within the perception network, the thing was getting closer and closer.

After a while, a slight sound, as if some sticky object was stepping on the floor again and again, sticking to and separating from the ground, came faintly from the fog.

Shen Qiyin concentrated her energy, strengthened the sensing ability of her perception network, and scanned out the general outlines of those things.

Less than fifty meters away from them, there were a dozen or so human-shaped figures, completely black and like they were made of black foaming clay, walking towards them.

Those humanoid objects moved very slowly, and because the fog blocked her vision, Shen Qiyin could only rely on her perception network to roughly locate their specific positions.

The sound of "pat pat pat" like mud falling kept echoing, and became louder and louder as the distance between them shortened.

Tang Miao began to activate his blessing ability to provide Shen Qinyin with an amplification effect. Xiaoxiang also seemed to sense the approaching danger. The electromagnetic rifle on his right arm emerged from under his skin, faintly flashing with a translucent blue electric circle.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters...

Those things have entered the visible range of the fog, but are still invisible to the naked eye.

But what was strange was that the three people floating in the air could see one conspicuous black footprint after another right below them.

These footprints seemed to be made of black clay, as if an invisible being was walking slowly. The black footprints appeared as it landed and disappeared as it lifted its foot.

As the three people passed over them, the owner of the footprints paused briefly, then changed direction and continued to slowly chase their flight path.

Are you deliberately provoking me?

Shen Qiyin was certain that the thing was probably enjoying the feeling of "playing" with its prey.

When facing ordinary people and those with qualifications, or even entities of the level of the Girl in the Rain, the Black Tide swallowed them up like "kicking a stray dog ​​to death".

But when facing Shen Qiyin, it seemed to show great interest and deliberately dragged out this hunting duel.

From this point of view, Shen Qiyin believes that the intelligence level of Kuroshio may have surpassed all entities seen so far.

What kind of "creature" is it? Is it an entity more powerful than the Green Haze or the Girl in the Rain, or a "phenomenon"? Or is it a "mysterious entity" of the same kind as the fog?

Speaking of fog, Shen Qiyin is currently thinking about a question——

That's why the black tide swallowed up the fog.

Since the Black Tide possesses a certain degree of intelligence and has not swallowed up objects such as buildings, cars, and street facilities, it at least shows that it has certain requirements when choosing targets to devour.

The fog meets this requirement.

If the "source" behind the black tide and the possible "source" behind the fog are regarded as one species, then it seems that these things are also like entities, competing for territory and fighting with each other.

Oh, the fog that sweeps across the world...

If my guess is true, then how powerful must the thing that releases the fog be?

The three of them continued to fly slowly forward, and Shen Qinyin shortened the time interval of the perception network scan from ten seconds to five seconds.

Shen Qiyin discovered that the thing seemed to allow her to explore it freely. Even if she activated her third eye again, the other party would no longer use her vision to pollute her cognition.

The surrounding streets were shrouded in fog, and only the usually conspicuous billboards could be vaguely seen.

Restaurants, internet cafes, gyms, yoga studios, grocery stores...

A thick fog like ink was spreading wildly, the roller shutters of the shops were closed, and a thin layer of dust accumulated on the ground in front of the doors.

A gust of cold wind blew, rolling up a few fallen leaves on the ground, making a rustling sound, which was particularly harsh in this dead silent environment.

Suddenly, Shen Qiyin stopped flying.

Located at the edge of the perception network, there was an extremely huge outline, crawling towards her little by little from the edge of the perception network.

The invisible fog in the distance is being slowly eaten away by the outline, revealing the "empty" city street scene.

But everyone knows that the place where there seems to be nothing is filled with invisible black tides.

It seems that thing finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Chapter 91: The Real Desperate Situation

On the railway leading to Huaibei Province, a green train is speeding through the fog and under the pursuit of a black tide.

A large number of pre-prepared oil drums have been neatly stacked on top of the carriage, and special flamethrowers have been evenly distributed among the qualified people and military and police personnel who have not yet lost their minds.

The special carriages for combatants used to house those who were nearly severely contaminated or seriously injured by strange beasts were no longer as clean as they were originally.

A pungent smell of gunpowder mixed with the smell of sweat and blood filled the carriage, making people feel sick.

Everyone's faces were filled with fatigue and despair. Several wounded soldiers lying flat in the corner closed their eyes, whimpering with pale faces, and their skin, which had been cut by the strange beast, revealed bleeding wounds.

In front of the train, the fog was like surging waves, constantly "slapping" the windows, as if countless wronged souls and evil spirits were wailing in it.

The oil drums on the top of the carriage collided with each other in the violent shaking, making a "clang clang" sound.

Like a death knell from hell.

Lin Qiutang leaned against the oil barrel, holding a protein bar in his hand, biting it one bite after another, not even bothering to chew it, and swallowed it hurriedly.

Time is very tight and she must hurry to recover her strength.

Twenty minutes have passed since Shen Qinyin left.

About ten minutes after the other party left, a large number of strange beasts emerged from the fog ahead.

There are not only beast-shaped monsters like hyenas and jackals, but also powerful second-level monsters like the two-headed falcon.

Although there were still a dozen investigators left on the train, the long battle and exhaustion had greatly reduced their combat effectiveness.

In the last monster attack, they lost two qualified people and more than a dozen ordinary special forces members in succession.

This includes Cheng Rui, who has mastered fire and has superb swordsmanship.

As someone who can control fire, Cheng Rui has an advantage far beyond others when dealing with the black tide and those two-headed falcons. Therefore, many times he is like Chu Tieshan, always leading the charge and guarding the front.

Originally, he, Chu Tieshan, and Wu Dalong, who was also a telekinetic manipulator like Lin Qiutang, were on the front line. The three of them cooperated well and defended tightly, so dealing with an ordinary tide of strange beasts was not a problem at all.

But this time, there were three double-headed falcons.

Everyone has experienced how powerful that thing is. If Chu Tieshan had not been holding the front line and Shen Qiyin had not launched a surprise attack, just one of them would have been enough to give them a headache. If there were two of them, they could deal with them by splitting up the battle lines and dealing with them separately.

But three...

The final result was that the three double-headed falcons were temporarily repelled at the cost of the lives of Cheng Rui, another qualified person, and a dozen special forces members.

They knew very well that the fog gave the double-headed falcon extremely strong recovery ability, and it might not be long before they would catch up again.

Nearly half of the hundred or so members of the official organization have been lost since the start, and many combat positions have become vacant.

In the absence of combatants, some stronger survivors volunteered to go to the front line.

While they filled the gap in combat personnel, it was clear to everyone that this did not actually improve their defensive strength.

If this were a battle between humans, ordinary people would be able to form combat effectiveness as long as they could shoot, and could even defend a point single-handedly.

But the enemies they faced were not wild beasts and ordinary people, but strange beasts that could never be killed and a fog that was impossible to resist.

Faced with these things, no matter how many people there are, they will be of no use.