Invasion [6]
The last soldier he found died standing up.
His dead body was far different from the size of normal humans.
Like a patchwork of queer creatures, or a giant twisted statue. In short, there was no human appearance at all.
Only half of the face with scars remained the same, with lowered eyelashes, as if calmly gazing at a belated comrade.
Ni Ji stood in the shadow of the giant tower, looking up at the familiar face.
All the people on the military field, following Ni Ji's gaze, looked at the final appearance of the soldier together.
That Sentinel went berserk.
Everyone whispered this word in their hearts.
In the final battle, this Sentinel used his abilities excessively, beyond what he could bear.
After crossing that boundary, he couldn't control the urge of spiritual power, and finally his consciousness slipped into the abyss, and he fell into complete madness.
In his crazy world, his spirit and body merged indiscriminately, turning him into a monster through and through.
Crazy. It was a nightmare hanging over the heads of every low-level sentinel.
Every sentinel was like a dancer stepping on a sharp knife, and no one knows when they will step on the air.
With a snap, the fuse blows.
Thus, it became such a distorted monster.
The berserk Sentinel was long dead.
But he stared down like a huge black tower, covering all the people in front of the screen in a shadow.
There were some thin and broken sounds on the military grounds.
There was that unlucky recruit who was crying quietly.
Some started swearing.
More people whispered and seriously discussed the reasons for the tragic death of these soldiers.
The world on the screen was still dead silent.
The captain quietly opened the hand of the dead comrade, picked up the gun in the palm of his hand, and loaded bullets one by one.
He remained silent and said nothing.
He took that gun and load it, went over the corpses of his teammates and moved on.
At the foot of his dead comrade, there were three words carved in blood, "Researcher".
And the screen lit back up.
Appeared at the border of the polluted area, only a few hundred meters away from the "door" where the exit was located.
The researcher clutched his backpack tightly in his arms. Standing in front of Ni Ji while sweating profusely, with a flattering smirk.
He didn't even look panicked, as if he felt that everything was still under control and could be resolved through negotiation.
"I said I said, I said that's it, you put the gun away first." He wiped the sweat from his forehead, opened a corner of the backpack, and showed it to Ni Ji, "Do you know what this is? Chrysanthemum jade, alive insect jade, it’s such a big piece.”
He looked around, afraid of being peeped even in this no-man’s land, he lowered his voice and approached Ni Ji, “It’s very rare, and it’s priceless. The lord above got the news and specially appointed me to come in and pick it."
Insect jade was a special kind of crystal stone that could only be born in heavily polluted areas. Some say they were the core of the tainted area, others that they were the eggs of some twisted god. Those monsters would not allow someone to take away insect jades.
No matter what the reason is, in fact, as long as someone brings insect jade close to the "door", the monsters in the entire polluted area would be awakened by something, and they would start to panic collectively, rushing towards the location of insect jade one after another.
This is why, insect jade in human hands was very rare. There are only a very small number of people who understand these characteristics of insect jade.
Ni Ji's calm voice sounded, "So that's how it is. I just found it strange. They insisted on dispatching an entire Sentinel team to protect you, and even paid more than before." His voice sounded the same as before, calm, clear, as if without any special emotions.
"What kind of reward is that little amount of money? Do you want a guide? Let me tell you, that's not impossible." The huge screen was occupied by his greedy and proud face.
The 'little amount of money' he said was the hope in the hearts of countless soldiers. For this, they risked their lives to protect him all the way.
"Why didn't you tell everyone in advance?" Ni Ji asked.
He always asked questions.
"This is a routine operation. You don't know that's all." The researcher stretched out his fingers and rubbed them together. "This is a private job, you know it? How could it be possible to announce publicly that it was going into the pockets of those people. Besides, if the soldiers knew in advance, it will be easy for them to do bad things."
Maybe it was Ni Ji's peaceful attitude, or maybe he really didn't think it was a big deal to kill a few Sentinels.
As he talked, he even dared to reach out to reach Ni Ji's shoulder.
"Captain Ni, you are capable. I will introduce you. Do you want to be transferred to the imperial capital? Your soldiers are still amazing. I heard that the teams that came here before have all failed.
"Didn't you see that soldier of yours? At the last moment, the beast turned into a huge iron bear, which was as tall as a tower, which shocked me. He killed all the remaining monsters, and I was able to successfully run to here."
A sudden gunshot interrupted his words.
The man screamed and fell to the ground clutching his bleeding knee.
The priceless insect jade rolled out of his backpack and rolled into the dust at his feet.
The pitch-black gun barrel in Ni Ji's hand moved and aimed at a certain position on his lower body.
"No, no. You can't do this." The researcher's voice was hoarse with fear, and he said quickly, "Don't shoot, don't shoot, I was forced to, I can't disobey those people... ah!"
The second shot elicited an even louder scream.
The shattered wailing sound did not travel too far, and it could not comfort the innocent souls everywhere.
It just made the male Sentinels in front of the screen tighten their skins and clamp their legs unnaturally.
The following picture had been circulated many times in front of everyone.
It was just a different perspective.
When watching it at first, everyone felt that the deceased who begged for mercy was very pitiful.
Now with a different perspective, everyone just thought that Ni Ji's attack wasn't hard enough.
The man cried bitterly, crawled on the ground, held up the chrysanthemum jade that was exchanged for the lives of countless Sentinels, thinking that he could use it in exchange for his own life.
"I'll give you this, all of it, and spare my life. You can exchange it for a lot of money, a lot of money if you take it out. It will allow you to rise to a higher position and go to the imperial capital without monsters.
"People always have to be angry for themselves, why should they be angry for a few low-level Sentinels, anyway, they always die quickly..."
The third gunshot sounded in the silent pollution area, and hit the amber stone.
It shattered the priceless stone and pierced the person holding it begging for mercy.
Amber stone fragments were scattered all over the ground, and a strange unformed creature screamed sharply. It wriggled out of the fragments, dragged its strange umbilical cord, and crawled a few steps on the gray-black ground, gradually losing its life, and became rigid.
The video stopped abruptly here, followed by large expanses of snowflakes.
"God. This is actually true! He really broke the chrysanthemum jade!" Seeing this, the clerk in front of the window jumped up, clapped her hands and cursed, "This stupid trouble, idiot. No, he is just crazy!"
She watched the whole thing, indifferent to all the death, sacrifice, and wrong. Only when she saw the stone shattered, she clapped my hands and shouted, heartbroken.
The Sentinels on the military grounds were also bluffed by Ni Ji's attack,
"Oh my God, he smashed that insect jade."
"Is he so stupid, that thing is very valuable, right?"
"You are the stupid one. As long as the things are brought out, they will fall into the pockets of those people sooner or later. Why let them get what they want."
"Or do you think that Ni Ji will come out holding this piece of jade and hand it in with his own hands. Stepping on the bones of his brothers as a ladder for promotion? Captain Ni is not that kind of person." The Sentinel who said these words forgot that he had not long ago just said that Ni Ji was not a good person.
Soon someone realized,
"He was wronged, let him go!"
"Yes, you have wronged him, let him go!"
"Yes, it's too much, you tortured him like this!"
"Release him. Let him go immediately!”
A piece of dirt smashed onto the glass on the second floor of the office.
One after another, clods of dirt were thrown up.
The anger of the Sentinels had already been ignited, and the wind blew across the audience.
Some people directly raised their legs and walked towards the torture rack.
The non-commissioned officer who was interrogating wanted to stop him, but the female Sentinel who had yelled the loudest before came up and slapped him on the ground.
"This innocent person, where did you just say you were going to send him?"
She rode on the fallen sergeant, raised her fan-like palms, and scratched the man's face several times back and forth.
"You are so reckless and wronged people. A strong man like him was almost tortured to death by a villain like you. I am so mad, see how I beat your big ears!" She didn't remember that she also followed suit before, also said in a dirty tone that she would take care of him.
Another veteran who had been the captain came over, held her shoulders and whispered, "Don't stay here, drag him to the corner."
So, three or five people dragged the interrogator with swollen cheeks to the corner.
Others rushed onto the rack and began to smash the chains, trying to put the dying Ni Ji down.
More people filled their chests with anger that had nowhere to vent, and rushed down the office building of the Military Control Office.
They smashed the glass, asked for his release, and demanded an explanation.
The crowd was excited and burned like a fire.
They were all ordinary Sentinels from the lowest level.
At such a moment, once they gathered together and roared, it made those officials sitting in the office, high above them, feel terrified.
The timid voice of the clerk soon sounded on the radio,
"It is true that he has been wronged. We have also been deceived. We will release Ni Ji immediately."
"Yes, he will be acquitted and released immediately. Please take it easy, everyone."
After this chaotic farce ended, Lin Yuan's entry and departure procedures were barely completed.
When she came out, it was already the time when the setting sun was shining.
Roy led Lin Yuan and stood outside the gate of the military control office waiting for the passing bus. He looked at the orange sunlight on the street, and still couldn't recover.
"I said, Xiaoyuan," Roy asked, "I always feel that something is wrong. Did you take care of him on purpose?"
"No." Lin Yuan said calmly, "Everything is the truth."
She was still the same as before, quiet, with no interest in anything.
After a while, she raised her tender little hand and gestured with her index finger and thumb, "I just concealed something for him a little bit."
"Really?" Roy's eyes lit up, "I feel that some part of the video are cut off abruptly. Tell me what it is?"
Lin Yuan didn't answer his question.
She turned her head to look at the alley where the side door of the Military Control Office was located.
Roy's eyes followed the past.
In that narrow alley, a small door opened.
Two people came out carrying a wounded Sentinel. They put down the obviously seriously wounded Sentinel, and quickly closed the door and went in.
The Sentinelwas wearing a soldier's coat, and leaned against the dark earth wall for a while. As if unable to hold on, he leaned on the wall with one hand, and slowly sat down next to the wall.
Roy squinted his eyes for a while, very surprised, "It's him, that Ni... Ji? The people in the officer's office are too much. They tortured like that, and found that they were wrong, so they just bandaged them casually and threw them out." Roy was a very sympathetic person, so he discussed with Lin Yuan, "He doesn't seem to have any family members who will come to pick him up. Xiao Yuan, should we help him?"
Lin Yuan looked at the dark alley.
There, the Sentinel leaned against the earth wall, sitting in the half-light spot, making her unable to see the expression on his face clearly.
Lin Yuan watched for a while. Something mysterious came back to her feet from the direction of the alley.
"I don't think it's necessary." In the end, Lin Yuan withdrew her gaze, "The person he wants to wait for is not us."
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