Chapter059
The outskirts of the foggy city are completely different from the city itself.
The place was desolate, the grass and trees withered. Looking up, one could see the massive weapons defending the border town. The weapons' construction seemed complex, filled with intricate copper gears, one inside the other.
Shi Jiu followed the healing army to their workplace. It was a hospital-like place, filled with various patients. Most of them were soldiers injured by the puppets outside. Shi Jiu also noticed that some soldiers had lost half of their bodies.
Healers can choose to work outside with the military or stay in the hospital. Generally speaking, working outside is more dangerous, so few healers are willing to work outside with the military.
So when they found out that Jiu had actually volunteered to go on the mission, they all opened their eyes wide in disbelief.
"My dear, you are new here, but I still have to tell you that going on missions is very dangerous." Standing next to Shijiu was an older female healer wearing a white protective suit.
"Thank you, I understand." Shi Jiu replied with a smile.
Seeing that Shijiu refused to listen to any advice, the kind lady shook her head and left.
Shi Jiu didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that he was assigned to the same team with An Qi and Qinglang.
"Captain Tuya, this is your team's healer."
Commander Tu Ya was a tall man wearing a jacket made of coarse cloth full of pockets and a strange hat with big glasses on his head.
He glanced sideways at Shi Jiu, frowned slightly, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Why do you always send us female healers?"
The soldier beside Shijiu replied in a businesslike tone, "It's all arranged by the higher-ups."
In stark contrast to Commander Tu Ya's mood, An Qi and Qinglang were delighted to see Shi Jiu arrive. An Qi even quietly waved at Shi Jiu.
The officer was in a bad mood, but he could not resist the arrangement from his superiors, so he could only accept the wine.
Shi Jiu saw Commander Tu Ya angrily walk to the side and complain to another commander, "This is so troublesome. Now they've brought two newcomers with them, and the healer they brought is also a newcomer. Don't they know our mission is very dangerous? They've sent us a few people who will hold us back."
An Qi also heard the applicator's complaints. She leaned close to Shi Jiu's ear and whispered, "This officer has a bad temper. I heard he was cheated by a female healer before, so he doesn't like female healers so much now."
Shi Jiu nodded in agreement, "I can see that."
On the city wall that Shijiu didn't notice, there was a silver-haired man standing there looking in her direction.
After a while, a gentle man wearing glasses came to his side. The soldiers around him greeted him politely when they saw him.
"Captain Naya."
Naya walked up to Wayne and asked, "I heard that you took the initiative to apply for this operation?"
Wayne said nothing.
Naya smiled, and looking down, he saw the team that Shijiu was with not far away. "What? Are you worried?"
This time, Wayne finally glanced at him and said coldly, "What's wrong?"
Naya raised an eyebrow: "Don't you know what's wrong with me?"
Wayne said calmly, "I don't know."
Naya chuckled: "I don't believe it."
Naya looked into the distance again: "But don't worry, my target this time is not your beloved fiancée, but you."
“.......”
"I'll give you some time to say goodbye to your precious fiancée. If you break the rules again, you know the consequences."
***
Shi Jiu soon had his first mission outside. Before the mission, Tu Ya seemed to be in a very bad mood and was very irritable.
An Qi and Qinglang looked at each other, neither of them knowing what was wrong with him.
After a while, Tu Ya walked up to them and said fiercely, "Go out and stay close to the team. Don't cause any trouble. Do you understand?"
An Qi nodded: "Okay."
Their mission this time was to go outside and collect some samples. The number of puppets had been increasing in the past few days, and the defenses in the city had become stricter.
They were able to get out only after passing through several checkpoints.
The journey was relatively smooth, and they quickly found the sample they wanted. However, Shi Jiu felt something was wrong. It was too quiet, and they didn't encounter any puppets. It felt more like a trap.
Commander Tu Ya was also very vigilant, and his tightly furrowed brows never relaxed.
"Did you hear any strange noises?" Anqi, who was beside Shijiu, whispered to Shijiu.
"Underground." Qinglang also heard it.
At the same time, Commander Tu Ya's voice appeared not far away: "Retreat! Be careful underground!!"
A bunch of strange things broke out of the ground. Their bodies were a little gray, and they looked more like zombies. There was some black mist surrounding their bodies.
These puppets are not scary, what is scary is the sudden appearance of a densely packed bunch of puppets.
Looking up, they saw puppets all around them, thousands and thousands of them.
Qinglang had already jumped onto the tree, his expression serious. In his hand was his weapon, a beautiful silver folding fan.
This place is not close to Wucheng. If you want to leave here, you can only rush out. Tu Ya was so angry that his eyes turned red. "I will fight you, damn puppeteer!"
The war is about to break out.
Puppets are difficult to kill. They are lifeless. Even if humans cut off their heads, they can still move freely. Their only weakness is the location of their heart. If the heart is destroyed, they will fall into a deep sleep again.
The surroundings were filled with puppet corpses. A gust of cold wind blew by, and Shi Jiu and his companions subconsciously looked up and saw a ghost-faced man appearing not far away.
The ghost-faced man has strange black runes all over his body. He is much taller than an ordinary person, with long arms and legs.
"Is it a zombie?" Shi Jiu said softly.
"What is this?" Angie asked.
"This is a high-level evolutionary level of a puppet, so he should be a leader." This time it was Qinglang who answered behind Angel.
When Qinglang became serious, he seemed to have matured a lot. His fighting ability was also very strong. His moves were quick, accurate and ruthless. He had killed many puppets.
In comparison, the performance of Shijiu is not as amazing as Qinglang.
Hearing the word "leader", An Qi's eyes widened slightly, "Leader?"
These days they have learned that most of the tasks that trainees have to complete are related to the leader.
Qinglang nodded and said, "Logically speaking, there shouldn't be more than three leaders here. Now is a good opportunity."
How could Qinglang miss such a good opportunity? He immediately rushed towards the zombie.
An Qi thought about it and followed Qinglang over.
By the time Shi Jiu reacted, the two had already rushed far away.
The leader was not someone they could handle, and Qinglang, being young and frivolous, inevitably underestimated the enemy. He fell into a trap.
The ghoul's fingers were sharp and they cut off one of Qinglang's arms.
An Qi wanted to save Qinglang, but she never expected that the ghoul would grab her neck as soon as she got close to him. She didn't feel much pain, but she just felt that her breathing was a little difficult.
As if they had received an order, the surrounding puppets became excited and began to attack the humans here frantically.
Although Tu Ya and his soldiers were powerful sorcerers, they were no match for the sheer number of puppets. If they couldn't find a way to leave, they would eventually be consumed and killed by these puppets.
"What should we do, sir? Should we activate the teleportation array?" someone asked anxiously.
"There are too many puppets now, and we can't turn them on at all!" The commander was almost mad.
An Qi was grabbed by the throat by the ghoul, and her face turned red. Qinglang couldn't stand it anymore, so he rushed towards the ghoul again and said provocatively: "Hey! Come at me if you dare!"
Just as he finished speaking, several golden arrows passed by him and pierced the zombie's chest.
The ghoul glanced down at the arrows in his body before looking at Tokisou who had attacked him.
Shijiu's eyes and hair changed again, becoming a beautiful golden color. In her hand, she held a bow and arrow.
The ghoul growled, seemingly angry.
The surrounding puppets became somewhat riotous and attacked Shi Jiu.
"Oh no, let's get out of here!" Commander Tu Ya shouted at Shi Jiu.
But the next second, a shocking scene appeared. Green vines quickly grew out of the ground, and those vines grew on the bodies of all the puppets. The puppets that were originally moving forward became unable to move.
The originally desolate and dim open space seemed to have turned into a lush green forest.
Crackling, crackling, the puppet's body gradually broke into pieces.
Qinglang was a little confused. He murmured, "What's going on?"
【Bullet comment】: Although I have seen it several times, I am still captivated by Ajiu's beauty every time!!
【Bullet comment】: Jiu's blonde hair and golden eyes are so beautiful!!!
[Bullet screen]: Ahhhhhhhhhh screenshots, screenshots, this is so cool!!!
A faint golden light emanated from the ghoul's body, and it gradually disappeared from the spot.
All the puppets disappeared and they were suddenly saved.
The injured Qinglang covered his bleeding arm and whispered in disbelief, "So the wine is really that powerful."
An Qi rolled her eyes at Qinglang and asked, "How else do you think Ah Jiu got to the first place?"
Qinglang said very seriously: "I thought it depended on the face."
An Qi: “?”
[Bullet screen]: Hahahahahahahaha Although I also admit that our Ajiu is indeed very beautiful!
【Bullet comment】: This kid Qinglang is so cute!!!
[Bullet screen]: Hahahahahahaha Ah Jiu has both good looks and talent!!!
Shi Jiu not only turned the situation around single-handedly, but also healed their wounds.
Several disabled people instantly became normal people, and the soldiers in the team were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths. Especially Tu Ya.
He never thought that one day he would be saved by a healer.
The mission was successfully completed and they returned to the military base.
The only bad thing was that Shijiu didn't get the leader's heart at all. Qinglang guessed wrong, and that zombie was not the leader.
As the sky gradually darkened, Shijiu stood quietly in an inconspicuous corner by the city wall, waiting for Wayne.
Soon, she saw the familiar figure walking towards her.
Having not seen him for a long time, Shijiu rushed towards him happily.
Wayne smiled and opened his arms towards her.
The evening breeze was cool, and Shi Jiu rushed directly into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"Have you eaten?" Wayne touched her hair and asked softly.
"Eat it!" Shi Jiu looked up at him and said.
"I'll take you somewhere." Wayne said mysteriously.
Wayne brought Shijiu to a particularly high position on the city wall. Looking down, he could see a large expanse of empty land outside the city wall.
"What's here?" Shi Jiu didn't find anything special.
"It will appear in a moment." Wayne said with a smile.
"good."
The two of them sat on the rooftop, Shijiu leaned his back in Wayne's arms, and lowered his head to play with Wayne's long silver hair.
"Your hair color is beautiful."
"Do you like it?" Wayne asked back.
"Of course." Shi Jiu didn't even think about it. "I like all yours."
Feeling warm in his heart, Wayne couldn't help but lower his head and gently kiss her hair.
The sky gradually changed color. Shi Jiu looked up and saw a blue-green aurora appear in the sky. The aurora slowly changed, and most of the sky seemed to have turned into a blue-green gem.
"It's the aurora!" Shi Jiu looked up.
"So beautiful." Shi Jiu looked up for a moment, then turned to look at Wayne behind him. A faint light fell on Wayne. Shi Jiu looked into his eyes, smiled, and asked softly, "How did you know the aurora would appear?"
Wayne just raised his eyebrows slightly, remaining mysterious.
After a while, Wayne answered her question: "Because you like it, so it comes."
Shi Jiu couldn't help but smile. She nestled herself in Wayne's arms again and gently held his hand. "Then when we get out and you're better, we can go out to see the cherry blossoms together."
"I remember there's a planet with really beautiful cherry blossom trees." Shijiu said, then looked up at Wayne and asked, "Will you go with me?"
"Yes."
Hearing Wayne's answer, Shijiu suddenly stood up and kissed the corner of his lips. Like a little fox who had succeeded, Shijiu smiled and said, "Then it's a deal!"
It was already midnight when Wayne brought Shijiu back to his residence. Since it wasn't the first time Shijiu had slept in his bed, it was natural for him to occupy it.
By the time Shijiu fell asleep, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
Wayne hadn't slept yet. He sat in front of the bed, looking at the girl sleeping soundly on the bed, then bent down and gently kissed her forehead.
If he were sober now, he would be able to sense that something was wrong with Wayne's condition.
Wayne tucked her in and quietly walked out of the room.
Outside the room, Naya was already waiting for him.
Naya looked at him for half a minute and asked softly, "Come back with me?"
"Um."
"Do you know what going back means?"
"Know."
Naya chuckled, "I didn't expect it was this human who made you accept the punishment so willingly."
"But you've done a lot of ridiculous things for her over the years."
"Be careful, the Lord God is very angry this time."
Wayne remained silent until Naya noticed the lipstick mark on his neck that hadn't been wiped clean. Naya was stunned for a moment, then looked away and murmured softly, "Tsk."
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