Ni Ji pulled the trigger and a bullet fired with a bang.

The hit was missed, and the monster in front of the window quickly jumped away, climbed up the pillar, and looked at him over its head.

It was a strangely deformed creature, not very big, with a combination of various biological features on its body, including colorful fish scales, long tentacles, insect compound eyes, and human-shaped lips and jaws.

A strange figure, wearing a human female's retro long skirt, a black veil on the head, and all kinds of strange insect legs dragging under the skirt.

It is both deformed and ugly, yet has a weird and fusion of beauty.

From the moment they entered the hall, it stood on the stairs and watched the two of them quietly.

A powerful mental force stung Ni Ji's brain nerves. He endured the severe pain and shot at the mutant in front of the window.

The bullet missed the monster, and the round rose window on the steps was shattered.

The dreamlike colorful light in the hall dissipated, revealing the high sky outside the wall.

"Oh? You blocked my mental invasion, Sentinel." said the monster hovering on the castle dome.

Its huge compound eyes stared at Ni Ji for a while.

"I see. You have reunited with your guide. You remain loyal to her and subconsciously resist all other consciousnesses from entering your spiritual sea."

"It's really interesting. Humans always have a lot of strange emotions and rules, such as love, loyalty, and jealousy. These emotions are sometimes very fragile, and sometimes inexplicably strong."

"But how long can you hold on? Look behind you. Your guide has fallen, and all your companions have fallen too."

Ni Ji didn't need to look back, he knew what was happening behind him.

When they just entered the door, he and Lin Yuan must have seen a terrible vision.

First, they saw their dead companions, and Lin Yuan threw himself into his arms and cried bitterly. Then, somehow, they returned to the underground shelter.

Lin Yuan wrapped her arms around his neck and began to kiss him.

It seems that they no longer need to do anything, they can just take their time and spend unlimited time indulge in happiness.

The same strong smell of pheromones, Lin Yuan's fingers, Lin Yuan's skin, the feeling of Lin Yuan trying to bite his ear, all exactly the same, not the slightest bit different.

But when he realized something was wrong, Ni Ji fired the gun reflexively.

That's not Lin Yuan, no matter how much the imitation is.

The feeling of Lin Yuan invading his mental picture remained in his consciousness, in his ocean, and melted into every grain of sand and every drop of water.

Even though it only happened once between them, that feeling has already solidified on the seabed and been engraved deep into their nerves.

No one can pretend to be someone else, not even the most powerful spirit being can do it.

Ni Ji woke up from the sound of gunfire and saw the real environment in the house.

The luxuriously decorated lobby is furnished with a set of soft sofas.

Nicole was lying on the sofa with her eyes closed. She was in an unclear state and could barely detect a faint breath.

Du Yuanyuan fell under the pillar at her feet, and Yun Luo and Rachel were lying on the ground a little in front of her.

Lin Yuan held the armrest of the sofa with one hand. She stood there, closed her eyes, and did not move.

Just stand next to yourself.

The enemy's mental attacks are like invisible sound waves, invisible and intangible, coming in waves.

It was a powerful mental attack that he had never encountered before. It made his mind shake and he felt unbearable pain.

Ni Ji's gaze swept across Lin Yuan's fingers pressing on the leather sofa.

His whole body tensed up and he was in combat readiness.

In a secret corner of my mind, I can't help but recall the feeling of this hand touching me.

It is both cold and merciless, and also hot as iron.

When the external mental attack was becoming unbearably painful, Ni Ji subconsciously focused his attention on that palm.

The hand pressing on the sofa was obviously small, delicate and beautiful, with slender white fingers.

But she once clamped me down, letting every part of me burn in her hands.

I have experienced both pain and extreme pleasure. I cannot forget the intense feeling of being paraded and manipulated.

It's embarrassing to say it. But every time the enemy's mental invasion brings pain and trance.

The sentry relied on the memories that Lin Yuan brought him and the strong feelings he recalled to resist the mental invasion of the foreign enemy.

It is like an iron anchor thrown into the sea, embedded in the deep seabed. No matter how violent the sea is, or how huge the waves are, it can always hold the swaying ship on the sea tightly to prevent it from capsizing.

Even though the enemy was powerful, he had already endured the invasion of another guide and had the most intimate relationship with him.

Therefore, it was able to resist stubbornly. That ocean was no longer willing to tolerate the forced mental invasion of others.

When all the sentinels fell, when Lin Yuan was trapped in a mental battle and unable to move.

Ni Ji had a cold expression on his face as he stood beside Lin Yuan, aiming his gun steadily at the "enemy" on the roof.

The killer whale swam out from the ground, holding Yunluo in its mouth and Rachel on its back, carrying them all to the vicinity of the sofa.

The mutant climbed to the top of the pillar, with its upper body stretched out horizontally, its long skirt hanging down, its body graceful, and it snorted softly.

The pair of compound eyes no longer looked at Ni Ji and his spiritual body, but stared closely at the motionless Lin Yuan.

It was as if one or two sentinels were insignificant to her. She didn't even bother to use her energy to attack him mentally.

She was only interested in the guide who was stuck in her mental picture and remained motionless. She focused all her attention on Lin Yuan.

The castle's ground is cracking. Something is coming out from the ground.

Like the one encountered in the battle under the Ferris wheel, a deformed creature broke out of the ground with no heartbeat, no breathing, no emotions or any physiological reactions.

It shook off the dirt on its body and slowly crawled out from the shadow in the corner.

Then another one.

One after another, the ferocious mutants crawled out, emerging from the rooftops, from the ground, from the shadows behind the pillars, and slowly approached.

Ni Ji pulled out his bone-white dagger, stained it with his own blood, and turned it into a red blade.

He took a step forward, alone with a knife, facing the enemies emerging from the ground.

No one can help, and we cannot retreat a single step.

Behind him are his fallen comrades and the people he must protect at all costs.

A mutant suddenly leaped down from the shadow of the dome and pounced on Lin Yuan, who was standing still, from behind. Its long, steel-like claws flashed with a cold light.

The killer whale guarding the rear let out an angry cry and swung its tail to slap the hideous mutant away.

The twisted monster was thrown hard against the stone pillar and fell to the ground with a scream. The solid stone pillar cracked and bent.

But those knife-like claws also left several bloody wounds on the killer whale's black back.

Enemies? Very fierce, strong in combat.

The killer whale did not cry this time. Its small eyes stared with a fierce light and its sharp little teeth bared, allowing the special blood of its spirit body to drip from the wound.

It knew that there was no one it could act coquettishly to this time.

Lin Yuan and his tentacles are fighting in the spiritual world, and no one will touch his head.

So it became that fierce and powerful sea beast, without any pain.

There were more enemies attacking from the front. Ni Ji held on tightly to the small sofa and faced the enemies attacking from all directions.

He and the killer whale were soon injured.

The light inside the castle was very dim, like a dark nightmare.

The powerful mutants dormant underground continue to emerge one after another.

This is the castle of the Queen of Zombie City, the pillar of the entire polluted area. How could it be a truly quiet and beautiful deserted paradise?

Deep beneath the ground, countless powerful distorted creatures sleep and guard the castle.

The blood-red knife shadows kept lighting up in the darkness, illuminating Ni Ji's blood-stained face.

The cry of the killer whale was distant, and a strong black figure was swimming in the air. Blood dripped from its body and dissipated into the void.

The scene gradually became bloody and ugly. Sticky liquid was left behind in the smashed insect abdomens. The severed insects' leg nerve reactions had not yet disappeared, and they curled up on the ground and twitched.

There were simply too many enemies, surrounding us one after another, and the circle was shrinking.

Ni Ji didn't even have the space to move. Even if he took a step away, his comrades would be exposed and unprotected behind him.

He can only use his own sword, his own flesh and blood, and his own spiritual body to block all the malice and attacks in the darkness.

Ni Ji took a step back, his heels touching the sofa. He glanced at Lin Yuan behind him with the corner of his eye.

In my heart, I was calculating how long I could hold on.

One of his legs was broken, so he could no longer make big jumps. The blood from his arm fed the long sword, and he began to show signs of excessive blood loss.

Lin Yuan behind him remained motionless with his eyes closed.

In such an environment, she did not make a sound, did not open her eyes, and none of her tentacles appeared.

Apparently her battle in the spiritual realm was so fierce that she had no time to be distracted.

I don't know how her battle situation is.

I can't disturb her, I can't distract her, I can't retreat even a single step.

Ni Ji spat out the blood in his mouth, looked away, and tightened his grip on the knife in his hand.

At some point, a slightly cool tentacle came out, hooked Ni Ji's fingers, and soothingly touched the back of the sentry's hand.

Ni Ji's eyes widened.

At that moment, the slight touch of the hand that hooked the back of his hand was almost like a big hug, soothing his suspended and anxious heart.

Lin Yuan had never been in such a passive position in a battle like he was now.

In Ni Ji's impression, Lin Yuan's mental strength is strong and reliable, almost omnipotent, and he has never shown weakness on the battlefield.

This was the first time he had seen a situation like this, where he was completely unable to take care of his own physical safety and was completely immersed in a battle dominated by mental strength.

It's almost impossible not to worry.

I can only protect her body, hoping that she can give me some hint that she is still safe.

A small tentacles, a gentle touch, made Ni Ji's anxious heart become calm in an instant.

Without any spiritual comfort or guidance, Lin Yuan couldn't spare the energy to give him any other help.

Just gently touched his skin.

The serious effects of blood loss and pain seemed to fade away at that moment, and the sentinel felt that he could hold on indefinitely.

Although this is just a mental illusion, it is impossible for him to be injured and bleed infinitely and stay here forever.

But at least at this moment, he stood firm again and held the knife tightly in his hand.

The deadly and bloody battlefield. Ni Ji couldn't help but quietly shook Lin Yuan's hand.

The dim castle, the broken stained glass windows, and the shadowy enemies surrounding them.

The sentry stood among the enemies, quietly pinched the tiny tentacles, and drew strength from the tiny spiritual tentacles.

It was as if this was his energy stone, a healing fluid that could prolong his life indefinitely and heal his injuries and pain anytime and anywhere.

The tentacle held in his palm rubbed his skin comfortably and twisted, and only when he released himself and returned to the battlefield, did it twist it off with satisfaction.

It twisted and crawled onto the sofa, and the small strands split into several thin strands and drilled into the eyebrows of sentry Du Yuanyuan, into the eyebrows of the sleeping Nicole, and into the minds of several unconscious sentinels on the sofa.

…

Du Yuanyuan was doing shooting training in the sentry training room.

This was her daily routine. As long as she was not on the battlefield, she was almost always the first sentry to enter for training.

There is a saying that she regards as a classic: the more sweat you shed on the training ground, the less blood you shed on the battlefield.

But I don’t know why today, it was just a regular training, but it made me restless and I made many mistakes.

It seems like something very important has been forgotten.

"Round, round."

Amid the roar of gunfire, someone was shouting her name. Du Yuanyuan took off her earmuffs and looked sideways.

A sentinel brother who had been hanging out with her since she was a teenager.

She remembered his name very clearly and that his spirit form was a kind of puppy.

But at this moment, I don't know why, his face looks a little blurry.

"Yuanyuan, I have something to say to you." The sentry looked at her with wet eyes like a puppy.

So Du Yuanyuan forgot the nervousness in her heart, took off her goggles, and waited for him to continue talking.

However, deep down in my heart, a feeling of sadness rose up, as if I knew that something very sad was about to happen.

The sentry on the opposite side looked away from her and twisted his body. He couldn't control the tail of his spirit body, which emerged from behind him and swayed.

Finally, his face turned red and he confessed.

He described in detail the delusion that he had hidden in his heart for a long time, saying that he had secretly buried his love deep in his heart for many years.

"But we are both sentinels." Du Yuanyuan measured her own height. She was even taller than her comrade. Both of them were tall and strong warriors.

"You know, although I like the opposite sex, I never want to be inferior to others."

"I just want one night, even if it's only one night." The man said, "I can accommodate your preferences."

When he said the last sentence, his ears turned red and his voice was very low, but his tone was firm, as if he had rehearsed it in his mind countless times.

They have known each other for many years and are familiar partners, knowing each other's interests, hobbies, mottos, and even ways of fighting and killing.

But not? Not including this kind of thing.

The two of them spent a very pleasant and crazy night.

Unexpectedly, just like on the battlefield, the two of them were equally suitable for this matter, fitting in perfectly and having a tacit understanding.

The excitement is thrilling, everything is unforgettable,

Du Yuanyuan even thought that since he liked her, they could establish a relationship in the future.

Anyway, I am not from a noble family, and I have never dreamed of getting a guide matched by the country.

It was happily decided.

When he comes back from the contaminated area this time, I will find a good time and a slightly romantic environment, tell him that I am interested in him, and ask him if he is willing to live together from now on.

After that night, the sentry went to the contaminated area, a place that was not particularly dangerous, to carry out a not-so-difficult escort mission.

But he did not come back.

The sentinel with the spirit of a Doberman, the wet eyes of a puppy, who was willing to settle down between beds, failed to return from the contaminated area.

Du Yuanyuan finally came to her senses. She thought about how he had made a desperate confession to her before he left on his mission. How he had abandoned all his self-esteem and catered to her without caring about anything else while lying on his bed.

Deep within that madness, there lies a decisive sadness.

How come I didn't notice it at all?

When hearing the sad news, Du Yuanyuan behaved like all her comrades-in-arms. They observed silence for a moment and then stopped asking any more questions.

It is very common for sentinels to die in contaminated areas, and this happens almost every month.

No matter how sad something is, if it happens too many times, people will become numb.

Like everyone else, Du Yuanyuan remained silent for a while after hearing the news, without even shedding a tear.

But she took her equipment and sneaked into the contaminated area alone. After searching for a long time, she found the remains of the dead sentinel.

The iron-eating beast's sharp claws dug up the rubble and unearthed the sentinel's corpse.

His body was incomplete, having endured tremendous suffering during his lifetime, and only his head was intact.

The sentry's body had its eyes closed, its hair a mess, and its face pale. It seemed that he had been dead for a long time.

There is no trace of the look of that night when she called out her name with red eyes.

Du Yuanyuan looked at him for a while, then pulled out a knife and cut off his head.

【Round】

There was a strange voice calling her name, and a cold feeling invaded her forehead.

Du Yuanyuan was in a trance for a moment, and seemed to be more awake, but a kind of rage tightly gripped her heart and she couldn't wake up.

She carried her lover's head and left the polluted area.

He found a brain tank system on the black market, cut out his beloved's brain with his own hands, put it into the instrument, and saw the scene before his death.

Du Yuanyuan saw a diary with a pen writing quickly on it.

The contents of the diary had no heading and no signature, only a few scattered sentences, but Du Yuanyuan inexplicably felt that it was written for herself.

"I always feel that there are many things wrong with this mission. This feeling is very bad, and makes me worry that I may not be able to get out of this contaminated area."

"My dearest, from what I know about you, after I die, you might want to get to the bottom of this matter."

"Then why don't I write down what I know so that you don't have to go through the trouble of investigating. Of course, if I'm not dead, I would destroy this notebook."

"It's strange. Before we set out, all my teammates and I thought that this was just an ordinary mission to escort researchers to a contaminated area for investigation. The team's configuration was very simple, with only a few sentinels. Everyone was very relaxed and felt that this would be an easy and safe mission."

“It was not until just before we set off that I inadvertently learned that the person we were escorting was not a researcher, but a guide.”

"He's not just a guide, he's just a very young child."

"Why would we send such a young guide who has no fighting ability into the contaminated area?"

"After we came in, the captain told me that we were not going to the outer circle, but to the core of the contaminated area, to where the pillars were. When we arrived at the core area, we were even ordered to leave the child alone. This was too cruel and horrifying. I had to object."

"Guides are the treasures of the Empire. Even for sentinels like us who are in urgent need of guidance from guides, it is rare for us to see a guide on weekdays."

"Why did such a ridiculous thing happen? My dear, I feel like a group of evildoers and accomplices. I am sacrificing an innocent lamb to the devil."

"But the captain doesn't allow us to ask any more questions. He doesn't let me say anything, just obeying orders. I can't listen to him this time. I have to find out the whole story."

"My dear, I have a very dangerous feeling, but if I can get out alive, I think I must investigate this matter thoroughly..."

The diary will not appear again.

There are only some fragmentary "pictures".

On the battlefield, there are terrifying deformed creatures, long tentacles extending from the pillars, a child's crying face, and the commander swinging his long sword at his own people.

And countless red blood

………

The next moment, Du Yuanyuan appeared at the training ground, raised her gun and started shooting.

The memory was erased. She went back to that day.

A familiar and close comrade came to her side, wagged his tail and expressed his feelings to her.

【Round】

The voice that had been calling me repeatedly suddenly echoed in my mind again.

【Wake up, Panda】

[No? Do you want to find out the truth and avenge him? ]

[You just go through this night over and over again, wandering between happiness and pain]

[Hey! If you don't wake up, the big fish won't be able to hold on. Nicole, the big cat, and the unicorn will all die! ]

Something struck her head like a whip, and someone was calling her.

Du Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then she looked up and heard the person in front of her say to her,

"I just ask for one night, even if it's just one night."

Du Yuanyuan looked at the person in front of her for a moment, took off her glasses, reached out and rubbed the dog's ears that protruded from its head.

In front of everyone in the training ground, she leaned in and kissed him.

"I'm sorry, I should have made it clear to you at the beginning. I want to give you more than just one night."

She let go of the man who was stunned by her kiss.

Touch his forehead and apologize to him.

"I'm leaving. I can't stay with you in your memories forever."

"If there is anything you don't understand, I will check it out for you and make it known to the world."

…

Ni Ji stepped on the mutant's head and pulled out the blood-red long knife. The blade was too sticky and the hand holding the knife was slipping.

The vision was covered with blood red, and it was too blurry to see clearly.

He didn't even have time to catch his breath or wipe the blood before a new mutant crawled out from the ground.

The ferocious monsters opened their mouths wide, and one had not yet completely crawled out of the ground, while the other one was already hanging down from the ceiling on a silk thread.

Ni Ji raised his sword again, his arms trembling. He tore off a piece of cloth and tied the sword handle and his palm together.

"You take a break? Let me do it."

The female sentry's voice sounded from behind.

A giant iron-eating beast fell from the sky and flattened the two mutants with its butt.

It was Du Yuanyuan. She had come to her senses from her confused mental state.

The giant panda's spiritual body powerfully joined the battle, rolling back and forth on the battlefield, tearing apart countless mutants with its bare hands.

Ni Ji heaved a sigh of relief and swayed his body. He supported himself on the ground with the tip of the knife, trying hard to keep himself from falling. A strong arm reached out from behind and supported him.

The Golden Lion Rachel held Ni Ji's arm. His long golden hair was broken and scattered, his face was stained with blood, and he looked angry.

"You step back for a moment and let us do it," he said.