Chapter 122 Don't Be Nervous

"Congratulations, Lord Yuri, you are not contaminated."

The heavy helmet was taken off, and some dazzling light flooded into the field of vision, but it also swept away the darkness.

Yuri squinted his eyes, and when he was fully accustomed, he looked at the person in front of him. This was the person sent by the rear to detect pollution for them, named Hogni. He looked very kind, and always had a smile on his face, but this smile was out of tune with the overall tone of the camp.

After all, to put it in a broader sense, Hogni is here to decide life and death.

Judge the life or death of this team.

Once their pollution level is confirmed to be above the standard, the consequences are self-evident. Therefore, those who come to detect pollution usually bring an elite team with them. On the surface, they are to guard against various unpredictable dangers in the polluted area, but everyone knows what they are actually used for.

But this time, Hogni came alone.

He seemed not to be worried at all about this team that was likely to be infected. He greeted everyone when entering the camp and always had a friendly smile on his face. He took the minimum protective measures, as if just to let everyone see his teeth showing when he smiled.

Then he began to conduct pollution tests on everyone in the team.

The test results were also consistent.

No one was infected.

Everyone is healthy.

Yuri, the team leader, was the last one to be tested, and now he got the same result.

But he did not show the same expression of surviving a disaster, either crying or laughing, as the other team members did. He just looked at the helmet next to him that had just been put on his head. It was a portable pollution detector, a new product from a year ago.

Seeing that Yuri's expression didn't change much, Hogeni smiled even more. He joked in a relaxed manner: "Is it my illusion? Sir Yuri, I seem to feel that you feel very sorry that you have not been contaminated."

"Of course not." Yuri said, "No one wants to be contaminated. I'm just curious."

"What?"

Yuri pointed at the portable pollution detector and asked, "Given the pollution we may face, can we fully detect it with just an instrument like this?"

"Oh, Lord Yuri, with all due respect, you shouldn't doubt technological innovation," Hogen said. "You should know that this is the latest model. It can do everything that the older models could do, and it is more portable. I can bring it here by myself, which other models cannot do."

There is nothing wrong with Hogni's explanation.

Because the Devil Army itself is at the forefront of innovation, all emerging technologies are used on them.

Apparently, this time is no different.

But Yuri still had his doubts, but before he could say anything, Hogen spoke again: "Of course, you can also follow the old rules and let us conduct a second inspection of your team. This time we can do it like before, or use instruments that you trust more. These are all fine to me. It's just another trip, but..."

Hogen paused, then turned and looked at the camp outside the tent.

"But that won't be quick. It will take at least a week... Are you sure you want your men to wait even longer?"

Yuri was silent.

He knew that Hogni was telling the truth.

He and his team had been through too many things throughout the day today. After being attacked by pollutants one after another, their comrades had their heads cut off by emergency devices, and they themselves might have been corroded by pollution and had to wait for testing and judgment from the rear. Most of the team members had reached their limit of pressure.

But all this changed after Hogen's arrival.

It only took Hogen half a day from receiving the news to rushing here, and he completed the test for all the team members to let them know that they were not infected.

This undoubtedly brought great motivation to the team members who had already hit rock bottom.

At this time, if Yuri, as the captain, told them that the test results were inaccurate and that they needed to be retested and wait another week, he didn't know whether his teammates would completely collapse because of this.

To have such extreme ups and downs in emotions last for a week is too much no matter how you think about it.

After thinking about this, Yuri found that all he could do was nod.

"I understand." Yuri said, "No pollution, no pollution. This is a good thing."

"Yes, no one is contaminated. This is the best news." Hogen smiled. "It seems that you have also accepted the test results. Then please sign."

Hogeni handed over the confirmation letter that he had prepared long ago.

This is also one of the processes. As long as there is no problem with the captain, all inspection results need to be reviewed and signed by the captain.

It was not the first time that Yuri signed the confirmation form, but this time, looking at the words "test completed and results correct", he hesitated.

But in the end, he signed his name on it.

Seeing this, Hogen smiled again: "Although it was an accident, the result is not bad. At least it did not affect more people. Captain Yuri, you can relax a little and smile."

"Sorry, I'm not a natural smiler." Yuri signed calmly and handed the confirmation back to Hogen. "Also, although it's not contaminated, I still lost nine team members today, and the campsite we put so much effort into was destroyed. It's hard for me to laugh in this situation."

"Ah, indeed." Hearing Yuri's words, Hogen gradually stopped smiling, and then sighed and said, "You are a very responsible commander. Tianqin will also remember your sacrifice."

Yuri nodded, didn't say anything else, and stood up to leave.

To be honest, he didn't like Hogni's smile, it made him feel very uncomfortable.

But before he could walk out of the tent, Hogen stopped him and said, "Excuse me, Captain Yuri, when do you and your team plan to continue your advance?"

Yuri's body paused. "What did you say?"

"Do you need me to repeat it?" Seeing that Yuri had turned around, Hogeni smiled again and said, "It seems that it is not necessary."

"I don't understand you," Yuri said. "What do you mean by 'When do we plan to move forward?'"

"That's what it means literally." Hogen showed a surprised expression. "You and your team are not contaminated. Shouldn't you continue your previous work?"

Yuri looked into Hogni's eyes, not knowing whether he really didn't know or was pretending.

"The pollution is rampaging, and the pollution concentration in our original camp has reached the highest level in the abyss," Yuri said. "And most of our anti-pollution equipment has been destroyed. You want us to go deeper at this time?"

"The new equipment will arrive soon," Hogen said. "You don't have to worry about that."

"...Have you developed protective gear that can resist the pollution of the Abyss?"

"Of course not. It's still the same as before." Hogen smiled, "But we believe that those alone are enough, because the abyss has not moved, and the pollution you face is not as high as you think."

Yuri was surprised that Hogeni would say such a thing, which made him angry: "Why do you dare to make such an inference?"

"It's very simple." Hogen slowly showed Yuri the confirmation letter that he had signed less than a minute ago, and the ink had not even dried yet, and said, "Captain Yuri, you and your team suffered such a thing, but there is no trace of contamination in your body. Isn't this the biggest evidence?"

When he heard this, Yuri was stunned at first, thinking he had heard it wrong.

But the unchanging smile on Hogni's face made him realize that he had not heard wrong, so his face instantly turned gloomy and murderous intent surged in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Yuri stared at Hogni. "You said we are not contaminated so that we can continue the mission?"

"No, no, no, Captain Yuri, you got the cause and effect wrong," Hogen said. "It's because we didn't detect any pollution from you that we concluded that the pollution concentration was not that high, and thus hoped that you could continue the mission... Ah, it shouldn't be hope, it's an order, Captain Yuri."

"Whose orders?"

"Are you kidding me?" Hogen put the confirmation letter aside and took out another order from his pocket. "Who else can command the devil army?"

Yuri immediately took the order from Hogni.

When he saw the familiar seal on the order, his expression first became surprised, and then gradually became ugly.

"Any more questions? Captain Yuri."

Yuri took a deep breath.

He knew that from the moment the order was handed out, he had no way to refuse.

Even if he didn't sign the confirmation, he had no way to refuse.

Because this is... the highest order.

Once this order is rejected.

He will also become a rebel.

But why did it turn out like this?

Although there was nothing wrong with the process, Yuri felt a strong sense of disharmony and uneasiness in his heart.

Why is that?

Yuri looked up at Hogen and asked, "What are we looking for if we continue to go deeper? A more concentrated source oil, or the purification source crystal that Xiaoxing once lost?"

These were the only two he could think of.

But Hogen shook his head and chuckled, saying, "No, neither of those. Captain Yuri, what you are looking for is a special box... or a piece of meat. Mainly, it is just a piece of meat. It may be in a box, or it may not be."

"What piece of meat?" Yuri frowned slightly.

Hogni slowly stretched out his tongue covered with white spots.

"This kind of meat."

…

"Bang".

Once again, Ju was pushed against the wall.

Her tiny body due to extreme malnutrition hit the hard wall, and her face twisted in pain, but she still managed to hold back her groan, still looking down at the boys who surrounded her with contempt that was inconsistent with her age.

One of them was the fat boy who was ambushed by her timed egg explosion yesterday.

The fat boy had a ferocious expression. Seeing that Ju dared to look at him, he slapped him in the face.

"Look, you still dare to look?! You really don't know how to write the word death, right?"

After being beaten, Ju was about to do something, but before he could do anything, his hands were held down by the other two boys.

"You're not going to pull out some weird stuff to trick me, are you?" the fat boy said, "Do you think I'm a fool? You want to use the same trick on me twice?"

Ju curled his lips.

In fact, she didn't have any better solution.

Normally, she would rarely end up like this.

If it were usual, if she was in trouble, she would definitely stay up all night to develop new self-defense items, just like the timed egg explosion yesterday, so that she would not suffer any loss.

However, a special situation occurred last night.

The appearance of Gerard left her with no time to deal with these things, and she even forgot that there was such a group of people.

Otherwise, she would have to make an "anti-injury armor" to make those who beat her suffer.

Instead of being powerless like now.

But even if you don't have the ability to fight back, it's okay to talk back.

So Ju continued to look at the fat boy with contempt.

"You're so angry?" He kept looking down, "Could it be that the egg explosion yesterday was really successful? Um... I can't be a father anymore?"

Ju's reaction naturally made the fat boy's expression even more distorted: "You little bastard, you really don't know how to live or die."

Then he began to command others.

"You, stand guard outside the alley. If you spot a patrol with skeletons, make a sound to alert us."

"You, cover her mouth."

"As for me..." The fat boy took out a sharp piece of metal from his arms, "I'll teach her a profound lesson... How about carving 'I was wrong' on her face?"

"Brother, why not carve 'Daughter of a Sinner'?" another little brother shouted, "Or just carve 'Rebel', so that everyone knows who she really is."

"Yes!" The fat boy clapped his hands. "It can't be better than this."

Then he looked at Ju again.

"What do you think? I don't think you have any objection. After all, you are a rebel and a sinner of Lyra!"

Ju didn't say anything, but continued to look at him calmly, with little emotion visible in his eyes.

But this did not make the fat boy merciful. He slowly put the blade against Ju's face. When he was about to exert force, he suddenly saw a huge shadow appear in front of him.

Someone was standing behind him.

However, before he could turn around, he felt a pain at the back of his head and immediately fainted.

The same thing happened to the remaining thugs. One of them just turned around and ran into a bulging sack head-on.

Then there was a muffled sound and he fell down.

Orange was saved because of this.

She looked at the person who came with some surprise.

"Don't be nervous." Gerald said, "I'm here to pay you back."

...Pay back the money?

Ju lowered his head.

Looking at the purse in Gerard's hand... it was still dripping with blood.

I'm stuck. I'll just make 4,000 today.

(End of this chapter)