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Frost Star paused, then said without hesitation, "There's a discrepancy on this question. Petrova and I grew up in the guerrillas. However, the Snow Monster Squad spun off from the guerrillas."

Fan Yu's doubts were answered: "Okay, I think I understand."

"Do you want to know anything about the guerrillas?"

Fan Yu thought of Tallulah's previous expression and couldn't help but laugh. "Tallulah wanted to join the guerrillas before, but then... forget it. Let her talk about it herself after she gets here."

Frost Star opened her mouth, her curiosity hanging in the air, leaving her speechless.

2 hours later.

During the waiting time, the infected people led by Talulah, Alina and others arrived in the city as scheduled following the marks left by Fan Yu along the way.

The snow monster Petrova, who had finished trading supplies early, looked at Fan Yu and Shuang Xing from a high vantage point, gazing at their direction. The two people who had been sitting and chatting stood up...

They came to the streets in the central area of ​​the city. Dozens of people led by Tallulah were standing in the sunken cement pit where Fanyu and the snow monster had faced the elite vanguard of the empire, looking at the red ice and the large number of corpses.

"These cross-sections and burnt limbs..." Alina stared at the corpse on the ground, feeling a little strange.

She had seen similar scenes before. The first time she saw it, she vomited her lunch and was haunted for a few days. Later, as she saw it so many times, she became numb to it.

Tallulah raised an eyebrow. "According to Grandma, only the young man I brought back could fight this way. But the ice here... could freeze nearly half the city. I'm afraid there's a very powerful enemy."

Frost Star and Fan Yu, who were standing on a higher ground, came over. Upon hearing this, Frost Star couldn't help but say to Fan Yu, "She seems to know you very well. But didn't you say that their name wasn't 'Sun'..."

"Tallulah is a little rebellious." Fan Yu said subtly.

He didn't know that when Tallulah was not with him, she and Alina privately joked about the name "young man"!

"Shall we go down then?"

Fan Yu smiled and hummed, "Of course."

Wow!

A stone slipped and Tallulah seemed to sense something and looked to the side. Familiar faces came into view, including a Carters woman with a horizontal scar on her face.

Seeing the two of them appear together, Tallulah's expression suddenly became serious.

Chapter 34: Flame and Frost, Light and Shadow

Frost Star, who came down, seemed to feel the aura released from Tallulah, and her face, which was relaxed while negotiating with Fan Yu, became serious again.

The two people who had never met each other could feel the lingering magical aura from each other at this moment.

[This Carterus is ice (this Drake is fire)]

Frost Star sensed the magical aura of red dragon fire on Tallulah, and Tallulah also sensed the source of the layer of ice that she was curious about just now, which came from the bunny girl next to her young man.

Her gaze fixed on her family, and she raised her brows. "Go ahead and explore the way. I never told you to turn this place into this."

Fan Yu spread his hands and said, "I didn't want to be like this, but since they were targeting us, I was forced to defend myself."

Frost Star, who was standing by, heard this and couldn't help but secretly criticize: "What he means by defense is to kill all the enemies?"

Tallulah was no fool. She looked around at the bloody scene, a familiar sight she'd long since grown accustomed to. She'd previously thought Fan Yu's methods were bloody, but as she got used to them, she realized they were indeed quite efficient.

However, to her chagrin, Fan Yu did not choose to come back to discuss the matter.

"Act alone, I've told you many times. Don't act secretly behind my back!" Tallulah said lightly.

Fan Yu did not respond to this, but told Tallulah and Alina everything that had just happened.

In this ruined city, the Infected Patrol acts as bait to lure the Snow Monster Squad to the city, while the city hides the vanguard elite troops from the Ursus Empire, who are actually waiting for them.

After hearing this, the expressions on their faces suddenly changed, and they no longer had the thought of scolding Fan Yu.

Alina looked troubled. "Have the things we've done along the way touched the nerves of Ursus?"

The Empire's elite vanguard troops——

Anyone living in Ursus would be familiar with this. After the Four Emperors' War, this army could be considered one of the core royal powers of the new Emperor of the Ursus Empire.

In the past few months, they have been fighting like guerrillas in villages and cities along the way, defeating the nobles who oppressed the infected, and clearing out the enslaved troops in the wilderness, including the buildings and facilities of some city-states, which have not escaped their cleanup.

These deeds, combined with all the previous things, made it seem natural to be targeted.

"But... the situation this time seems to be more than just that."

Alina looked at Fanyu, and Fanyu looked back at her and they looked at each other. Only the two of them knew.

There are deeper reasons for this deployment.

For example, Tallulah killed the Duke of Koschei of the Empire, and killed her way through the group's military operations while fleeing.

“…” Tallulah stood there in silence.

She thought of the 'prophecy' Koschei had spoken to her when she had killed him, about how she would eventually follow his path and no longer feel angry about the war.

I lived in the village hiding my identity for several years, but I didn't expect that as soon as I decided to take action, the events of the past would come back to me like a shadow.

Compared to others, she was the only one who knew better that the troops sent by the Ursus Empire were not just because of the actions of the "Infected" who did those things that they didn't care about at all.

The more likely possibility is Kosice, one of those people who cannot be called "people" at all, and who are directly under the emperor's guards, the "Emperor's Blade."

"Are you starting to feel the pressure?" Fan Yu asked with a smile.

Tallulah was stunned for a moment, and gradually came back to reality from her thoughts.

Facing the gazes of Fan Yu and the people around her, the loneliness she felt faded considerably. She snorted at Fan Yu's teasing, "What kind of pressure is that? If we really had to consider that, we wouldn't have left the village in the first place."

After she finished speaking, she stopped dwelling on the topic and turned to look at Shuangxing: "You are the 'snow monsters' in the rumors, right?"

Shuangxing nodded, feeling a little surprised: "I didn't expect you already knew about us."

Tallulah: "There are special channels for information transmission between the infected. We are buried in the corners of various cities. You should know this better than us."

"..." Frost Star's eyes moved slightly, and she was surprised that Tallulah would say that.

She understood what Tallulah was saying. The infected in the Ursus Empire were being persecuted by the empire. Aside from those who were discovered, those who had lost their homes were forced to band together for warmth. Based on this premise, every city could be said to have some hidden groups of infected people operating outside the official system.

Such groups do not understand each other and are wary of each other, but sometimes, as Tallulah said, they will trade information and supplies with each other.

The same is true for the ruined city that Frost Star came to this time!

Froststar tried to ask: "Are you infected?"

"It doesn't matter as long as we have the same ideas." Tallulah paused and said slowly.

Frost Star snorted and said no more.

Fan Yu, who was standing nearby, stepped forward and said, "So, we've arrived here. What's our next plan of action?"

Talulah paused in her conversation with Froststar and glanced around. They were in the "recessed" part of the city, and looking up, they saw many infected people in cloaks or tattered clothes hiding in the ruins.

Tallulah didn't hesitate: "Of course we should gather them together! But..."

At this point, Talulah was very good at observing people's words and expressions. She noticed that the infected people in this city were not looking at her, but at Fan Yu beside her.

Tallulah didn't hesitate at all. She said to Fan Yu seriously, "You've already done the fighting this time. So it's only natural for you to convince them. It'll be much easier this way."

Fan Yu: "Me?"

"Well, you are our 'Mr. Sun' after all!" Talulah said with a faint smile.

Fan Yu turned to Miss Elafia beside him: "Alina, you are better at this, right?"

Alina noticed the troubled look on Fan Yu's face and stepped back, saying she could do nothing to help. "Tallulah is right this time. You've killed so many of the Empire's elite. You, Mr. Sun, are undoubtedly the most suitable person to speak to the infected here."

In a sense, the leader of their group is Tallulah.

However, the dozens of people they have gathered now are most likely composed of Talulah and Fan Yu.

The way they both act is like light and shadow!

Chapter 35: Che Guevara

Tallulah's way of doing things is always to act directly.

It makes people feel like a burning flame, which is irresistible.

The way Fan Yu acted during this period was more like a character who was meticulous about everything, like Tallulah's shadow. All the problems left behind by Tallulah would be silently handled and solved by Fan Yu.

But now, they have to choose another way for the development of this city.

Fan Yu held his chin in his hand and said, "This is a bit difficult for me."

He has never been good at expressing things like declarations and leading assemblies with words. Often, Fan Yu prefers to express himself through actions, so that people can be infected by the actions and join the team.

However, the current battle was over, and he could not incite the infected people around him in the same way he had incited Petrova before.

Froststar had a different opinion on what Talulah and Alina said: "We want to integrate the infected people in this city? I don't think it's necessary."

Tallulah couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "Why?"

Frost Star snorted coldly, "Except for those who originally lived nearby, the infected who could come to the border from other parts of the empire are not good people. Not to mention that this abandoned city doesn't have many people to begin with.

Some of those who gathered here sought protection from the guerrillas in the wasteland, while others simply saw the opportunity between here and the frozen snowfields to make their lives easier. Even today, the elite Imperial Vanguard troops' infiltration would have been impossible without the help of these guys, who could have helped them both from within and without.

Frost Star spoke without any concealment, just like tearing open a scar that people did not want to touch, causing many infected people who were secretly observing to change color. Even some infected people in the team gathered behind Tallulah felt a little guilty.

"If you want this group of people to follow you, what you need is not the power of lobbying, but strength," Frost Star said frankly.

Tallulah frowned. "This approach simply renders many things meaningless. The infected are all one group..."

Frost Star couldn't help but glance at Fan Yu at her innocent words, her eyes seemingly asking, "You are so decisive, but your leader is an idealist?"

"That's enough. Everyone has their own way, and mine is somewhat different from yours. But this is something we can understand!" Talulah interrupted the conversation and continued to Froststar, "I have a request. You have connections with the guerrillas. Can you let me meet that 'patriot'?"

Frost Star looked puzzled: "Why do you want to see the old stubborn man?"

"The guerrillas are the largest infected force in the frozen snowfields. Perhaps we can cooperate and build a home for the infected. The infected won't have to hide here and there, and won't have to face the imperial patrols. They will have their own home and a voice of their own on the Terra continent!" Talulah said calmly.

But her voice brought a sincere passion to the many infected people behind her.

Even Froststar and the Snow Monster Team found it a little unbelievable when they heard her talk so brazenly about "creating a home for the infected."

In the Ursus Empire, most of the infected are now scattered. Faced with the empire's harsh attitude towards the infected, most of the infected just keep silent, flee, and then are dragged into the mines in despair.

When Froststar was young, her family, once her bloodline, suffered the same fate. They were oppressed and toiled on the frozen snowfields until they died from an outbreak of mineral sickness. If she hadn't met the old stubborn patriot, she might have been reduced to a pile of Originium dust by now.

No one in this land has ever wanted to unite a group of patients infected with terminal illnesses or even contagious diseases.

Even the guerrillas who adopted their snow monsters were only able to provide assistance.

Not to mention Tallulah's vision of creating a homeland for these incurable infected people. That would mean going against the Ursus Empire's policy of expelling the infected, and even against most of the forces on the entire Terra continent.

"Do you know what you are saying?" Frost Star couldn't help but ask.

Tallulah said seriously, "Of course I know. During my travels, I saw a happy family of three. Their child was infected by Originium while climbing a mountain, so they had to send him away. We only meet secretly every day."

Even so, they were caught by the infected patrol team. The children were sent to a department specifically responsible for the infected, and the parents were labeled criminals under the law for harboring the infected.

"I once saw a teacher who was educating and enlightening many illiterate children in the countryside. Because he was infected, he was shot by a patrol and died in front of a group of students."

"Alina's experience, and the experiences of our compatriots here, including me..."

Having said that, Tallulah took a deep breath.

She seemed to be protesting against all the common sense of the world, dissatisfied with all the conventions that people were accustomed to: "Who stipulated that infected people cannot decide how to survive?

If there is such a force, we must fight against it.

If there is such a voice, we must use our own voice to fight it.

This is what we have been fighting for all along the way!"

Tallulah's words were small but powerful.

Her voice was fully conveyed to the minds of Frost Star and the Snow Monster Team, which moved the Snow Monster Team.

Even the infected people who had already heard similar words and followed the team were still infected after listening to Tallulah's will again.

A feeling of blood boiling surged from the bottom of everyone's heart.

Fan Yu and Alina exchanged glances, each revealing a strange emotion. They had already heard Tallulah's thoughts.

It has to be said that Tallulah was born with a talent for oration. If Alina spoke these words, she would appear very kind and gentle. If Fan Yu spoke them, they would probably be too cold and not contagious enough.

But in Tallulah's mouth, it seemed to be natural, without a trace of affectation.

Her voice is touching and full of power like a fighter!

"So, do you want to join us and fight together?"