Chapter 83 A Striking and Passionate Soul

Yu Jun's loud curses echoed in the command hall.

His outburst of anger was public, because the command center had been packed with people since morning.

Many of the team members who were withdrawn to the base but were still able to move around spontaneously returned here.

The screen only showed the leaderboard that rarely changed anymore; the rest was black. But people still stared at the leaderboard, straining their ears to listen to the reports and mechanical voices coming from the second floor that revealed the battle situation.

Some people are worried about the base and themselves, while others are worried about others.

I'm nervous about the people who have entered my heart in just a few days, or perhaps I'm just nervous about those admirable and respectable warriors who are facing the demons to protect the base!

The shouting only drew attention; everyone's attention was focused on the battle.

Someone stood up and asked directly into the command center on the second floor, "Has the fighter jet crashed? Do we... still have a chance to retaliate?"

"What the hell is this?!" Yu Jun slammed the door open from the second floor, ran down the stairs, and out the first-floor door.

His anxiety was neither concealed nor concealed.

He's trying to escape from South China Base No. 1!

The uproar in the hall lasted only a moment before silence fell. Everyone stared at Yu Songyi as he walked out of the command room, silently waiting for an answer.

"I don't know." It seemed as if white hairs had suddenly appeared at Yu Songyi's temples.

"I don't know if there's still a chance to fight back. Maybe we... should trust the soldiers on the front lines."

"How can humanity survive these 20 years of apocalypse without hope?" he said slowly, walking down the stairs and sitting at the same table where the South China team had once sat.

A heavy silence fell over the hall once again. Someone clasped their hands together and pressed them against their forehead.

May you return home.

Many people murmured, "May you defeat your powerful enemy and return home safely!"

The pilot can no longer go home; the fireworks in the sky are fleeting, and a person's life ends just like that.

Qi An stared blankly at the sky for two seconds: "This AI is completely unreliable..."

Another "Weaver Girl" set is ruined!

But there was still a sound in my ear:

[I...am not scrapped yet! I'm incredibly reliable! The enemy...was too strong, how can you blame...me!]

Qi An was a little shocked that his headphones were so waterproof... Perhaps this wasn't the time to think about that.

But the sound from inside the headphones said:

Did you know that my control unit is waterproof?

Qi An was taken aback.

You shouldn't have left your backpack on the shore... The shore was ablaze, and I... didn't know how to protect myself from fire!

After a moment of stunned silence, Qi An immediately understood the crux of the matter and was filled with regret, self-reproach, and immense anger!

"Why didn't you say so sooner!" she roared!

It's possible that both controllers have the same "Blue Star" data backup. Perhaps through some program, the data can be transferred, allowing the intact first controller to control the second drone swarm!

But the spot where she threw down her backpack had long been engulfed by flames!

I... went into the water myself! I already said I'm...reliable!

Lan Xingxing's words surprised Qi An once again.

Does the controller have legs? Does it have a robotic arm that can open the backpack? Or does it simply drag the backpack and roll it into the water?

Her tactical backpack is waterproof too!

but!

[But!] The broken voice angrily said, [I swim... nowhere near as fast as you! You... are cheating, aren't you! I... need saving right now!]

Qi An immediately realized what it needed to be saved—there were birds and insects in the sky, and fish and insects summoned by the Ash Priest in the river!

A huge number of fish and insects!

Qi An immediately leaped back into the water, and as he did so, he saw people about to land on the opposite bank.

When the first two missiles detonated in the air, the massive shockwaves caused all the bubbles floating above the forest to burst.

All the survivors survived thanks to this river.

The river is wide and deep, because during the dry season, the current is not rapid, but the shallow water absorbs fire and waves.

They chose this location to release "Weaver Girl" because of this!

Qi An immediately tuned in. Indeed, all the equipment they brought with them this time was top-of-the-line, representing the pinnacle of human technological advancement.

Her earphones are not only waterproof, but also have an independent nanochip, allowing them to connect directly to the Starlink network without being connected to a mobile device!

Qi An pressed the unified command channel—with traffic restrictions and no overlap between channels. When she could hear the AI's voice, it meant that the channel had been forcibly switched.

She asked who the person on the shore was, and the person on the shore immediately turned around.

It was Feng Xu! He immediately recognized Qi An, turned around, and swam towards her!

"We can't use guns, we have to use melee weapons. Two people won't be enough." Feng Xu only said this one sentence.

His expression was extremely serious. The dangers they faced during the Battle of the Mother Nest were no less than what they were experiencing now, but Feng Xu's expression was much more serious and cold!

He pressed the earpiece and said a couple of sentences.

Qi An also pressed the earpiece to confirm that Yu Shuang and Zhao Bohan were on the shore she had just landed on.

After speaking, Feng Xu stripped off his tattered protective suit in the water, leaving only his inner combat uniform, and swam forward.

He was swimming downstream. Having grown up in this water town, he was an excellent swimmer and swam dozens of meters in the blink of an eye!

Qi An quickly followed.

Her headphones automatically switched channels again, the sound reminding her:

Forward...forward, almost there! 100 meters ahead.

Hurry! The Ash Priest is...recovering. With Starlink's snail-paced transmission speed, the drones are practically...demented. I can't hold it down for more than a few minutes!

The water became warm, and the smell of pollution hit them. Qi An had already seen the first fish-like insect with a large, thick tail, and Feng Xu had already touched it!

Not only him, but several other people jumped into the water one after another.

Everyone held knives and stepped forward, their combined strength resembling a sharp dagger piercing into the ranks of fish and insects!

The crimson color instantly spread across the river.

The lush green gradually gave way to a vibrant crimson, the water surged and limbs rose and fell, everything was dull and silent yet bloody and violent.

Qi An was somewhat shocked. She saw that there was more and more bright red blood. After surfacing to take a breath, she dove down and grabbed the legs of two team members, purifying both of them at the same time!

They all seemed to be looking down, their eyes already submerged in the water, their gazes unable to convey anything more.

Feng Xu plunged his dagger into the gills of yet another burly fish-like insect, kicked it aside, and swam further ahead.

He is the leader and the strongest human fighter in this area; there is no doubt about that!

A wave of fish and insects that had been pushed aside all swarmed towards him.

The tentacles shot out slowly underwater, but dozens or even hundreds of tentacles, like deadly, dense seaweed, wrapped around him!

But he had successfully dived to the bottom of the river and dug out a round, white robot from the real seaweed!

Qi An had already taken another breath. She was helped to surface for air by a teammate, a teammate whose name she didn't remember, by pushing her legs up.

When she came down, the water was a mixture of red and green, and she could no longer see the team members.

But Feng Xu was like the stem of a sea anemone. He swam out alone, his tentacles and fish and insects like petals, radiating outwards and intertwining behind him!

Qi An could still see him clearly, and he could see that his slender body was already wrapped by countless tentacles, and those petals were about to turn around and devour him!

A stalk of tentacles suddenly grew from behind Qi An, like her tail fin. With a flick of her wrist, it quickly transported her to Feng Xu's side!

She grabbed Feng Xu's hand and then hugged his head.

The water churned so violently, yet her purification remained so stable.

Feng Xu's one hand was already tightly bound by tentacles, while his remaining right hand embraced Qi An, burying his face deeply in her chest.

He wished he could have Qiao Zheng's superpowers.

In his perception, this moment would become thick and dense, thick enough to envelop his entire life.

Feng Xu pushed Qi An away, and at the same time, stuffed the round robot into her arms.

With the muscles of his only remaining hand tensing, he forcefully pushed Qi An upwards!

Before Qi An could react, her body had already floated up, and below in the darkness, countless tentacles and countless fish and insects engulfed Feng Xu!

Qi An's tentacles, which had retracted behind her, grew back. She waved her tentacles and was about to dive down without hesitation!

But in the gaps between the swarming worms, a glimmer of light flashed, then a bright flash!

The blue and white light was like pulses, or like thousands of swords and halberds extending from the dark clouds, piercing through the bodies of every fish and insect in an instant!

Like an overly dense sea anemone suddenly disintegrating, each petal stiffened and fell apart, swaying with the waves.

The person inside the flower was revealed, and it was no longer a complete human form.

The bright red blood broke through the foul, murky green, vividly spreading across the water like a striking and passionate soul...