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.
不?能打擾到她，不?能讓她分?心，自己是一步都不?能再退了。
倪霁吐掉了口中的?血，移開目光，握緊了手裏?的?刀。
不?知什?麽時候，微涼的?觸手跑出來了一只，勾住倪霁的?手指，安撫性地摸了摸哨兵的?手背。
倪霁睜大了眼睛。
在那一瞬間?，那一點勾了勾手背的?輕微觸碰，幾乎像一個大大的?擁抱，安撫了他懸空而焦慮的?心。
林苑從來沒有像現在這樣在戰鬥中陷入如此被動的?狀況。
在倪霁的?印象中，林苑的?精神力強大而可?靠，幾乎無所不?能，從不?曾在戰場上示弱。
像此刻這樣，完全無法顧及自己身體安危，徹底陷入精神力膠着戰鬥的?情況還是他第一次看見?。
說不?擔心幾乎是不?可?能的?。
也只能守護着她的?身體。期待着她能給出一點點自己還平安的?暗示。
小?小?一只觸手，輕輕一下觸碰，讓倪霁焦慮的?心一瞬間?變得?安定。
沒有精神力的?撫慰，也沒有任何疏導，林苑分?不?出精力給他別的?任何幫助。
只是那樣輕輕摸了摸他的?肌膚。
失血和傷痛帶來的?嚴重影響仿佛都在那一刻褪卻了，哨兵覺得?自己還可?以無限支撐下去。
雖然這只是一種精神上的?幻覺。他當然不?可?能無限受傷失血，還永遠守在這裏?。
但至少在這一刻，他又重新站穩了，握緊了手中的?刀。
致命又血腥的?戰場。倪霁沒能忍住悄悄回握了一下林苑的?觸手。
昏暗的?古堡，破碎的?花窗，影影倬倬圍上來的?敵人?。
哨兵站在敵人?之中，悄悄捏一捏小?小?的?觸手，從小?小?的?精神觸手上汲取力量。
仿佛這是他的?能量石，治療液，可?以無限續命，随時随地治療自己的?傷和痛。
被他握在手心的?觸足很舒服地蹭着他的?肌膚扭動，等他松開自己，重新殺向戰場的?時候，才滿足地扭下來。
它扭動着爬行上了沙發，小?小?的?一只分?成?細細的?幾縷，鑽進了哨兵杜園園的?眉心，鑽進了沉睡不?醒的?妮可?眉心，鑽進了沙發上幾位昏迷不?醒的?哨兵們的?腦海中。
……
杜圓圓在哨兵訓練室中做着射擊訓練。
這本來是她的?日常，只要?不?上戰場，幾乎每一天她都是最早一個入場訓練的?哨兵。
有那麽一句話，她奉為經典，在訓練場上多流一分?汗，戰場上就少流一分?血。
只是今日不?知道為什?麽，常規的?訓練而已，卻搞得?心神不?寧，失誤了很多次。
仿佛有什?麽很重要?的?事情被忘記了。
“圓圓，圓圓。”
槍械的?轟鳴聲中，有人?喊着自己的?名字。杜圓圓摘下耳罩，側目看去。
是一位和她從少年時期就混在一起的?哨兵兄弟，
她很清楚地記着他的?名字，記得?他的?精神體是一種小?狗。
但此刻也不?知為什?麽，看他的?面?目卻有一點模糊。
“圓圓，我有些話想對?你說。”那位哨兵看着她，露出小?狗一般濕漉漉的?眼神。
于是杜圓圓忘記了心中的?緊張不?安，把?護目鏡拿下來，等着他繼續說話。
心底深處卻有一股悲哀的?情緒升起，好像知道即将發生一些很令人?傷感的?事。
對?面?的?哨兵在她的?目光中移開視線，扭捏了一下，精神體的?尾巴沒能控制得?出，從身後冒了出來，還搖了搖。
最終他漲紅了面?孔表白。
細述他藏在心中許久的?妄念，說他偷偷把?愛意埋藏在心底很多年。
“可?是我們都是哨兵。”杜圓圓比劃了一下自己的?身高，她甚至比那位戰友更高一點，兩人?都是高挑又強壯的?戰士。
“你知道的?，我雖然喜歡異性，但我從不?願意屈居人?下。”
“我只求一夜，哪怕只有一夜。”那人?這樣說，“我可?以遷就你的?喜好。”
他說最後這句話的?時候連耳朵都紅透了，聲音很小?，但語氣很堅定，像是在心中演練過了無數次。
他們認識了很多年，是很熟悉的?夥伴，知道對?方的?興趣，愛好，口頭禪，乃至戰鬥和殺人?的?方式。
但不?包括這種事。
兩個人?度過了很愉快又瘋狂的?一個夜晚。
出乎意料的?，幾乎和在戰場上一樣，兩人?在這種事情上也同樣适合，契合無間?，默契得?很。
興奮得?令人?戰栗，一切都讓人?難忘，
杜圓圓甚至想，既然他也喜歡自己，以後可?以把?兩人?的?關系确定下來。
反正自己不?是貴族出身，也從來沒有肖想過能夠得?到國家匹配的?向導。
就這麽愉快地決定了。
等他這次從污染區回來，就找一個好的?時間?，稍微浪漫一點的?環境，告訴他自己對?他也有意思，問他願不?願意從此在一起過日子。
那一夜之後，那個哨兵去了污染區，一個不?算特別危險的?地方，執行一道不?算難的?護送任務。
但他沒有回來。
那位有着杜賓犬的?精神體，有小?狗一般濕漉漉的?眼睛，願意在床笫之間?遷就自己的?哨兵沒能從污染區回來。
杜圓圓這才醒過神來。想到他在出任務之前孤注一擲地和自己表白。在卧榻上舍棄一切自尊，不?顧一切地迎合自己。
那種瘋狂深處，藏着決絕的?悲哀。
怎麽就完全沒有發現呢？
聽到噩耗的?時候，杜圓圓和所有的?戰友表現得?一樣，默哀沉寂了片刻，便不?再過問。
哨兵犧牲在污染區是再正常不?過的?事，幾乎每個月都會?遇到。
再悲傷的?事情重複得?多了，人?都會?變得?麻木。
和所有人?一樣，杜圓圓聽到了這個消息之後，只是沉默了一會?，甚至沒有掉下一滴眼淚。
但她獨自帶上裝備，悄悄潛入了那個污染區。收尋了很久，找到死去哨兵的?遺骸。
食鐵獸的?利爪刨開廢墟，将哨兵的?屍骸挖掘出來。
他的?身體是殘缺的?，生前承受了巨大的?苦難，只有頭顱完整。
哨兵的?屍體雙目緊閉，頭發亂成?一團，臉色灰敗，已經死去了很久。
完全看不?出那天夜裏?，紅着眼角喊自己名字的?模樣。
杜圓圓看了他一會?，抽出了刀，将他的?頭顱一刀割下。
【圓圓】
有某個奇怪的?聲音在喊她的?名字，一種冰涼的?感覺入侵眉心。
杜圓圓恍惚了一下，精神似乎清醒了一些，只是一種狂怒緊緊攝住她的?心髒，讓她無從掙脫醒來。
她提着心上人?的?頭顱離開那片污染區。
在黑市上找到一個腦缸系統，親手将心上人?的?大腦剖出來，放進儀器中，看見?了他臨死前的?畫面?。
杜圓圓看見?了一本日記，一只筆在上面?迅速地書寫。
日記的?內容沒有排頭，也沒有署名，只有零散的?一些句子，但杜圓圓莫名覺得?那是寫給自己看的?。
“我總覺得?這一次任務有很多不?對?勁的?地方。這種感覺很不?好，讓我擔心自己或許出不?了這片污染區。”
“我最愛的?人?，以我對?你的?了解，在我死後，你或許會?對?這件事刨根究底。”
“那麽不?如由我把?自己知道的?寫下來，也省得?你費盡心血調查。當然，如果我沒死，那我應該會?毀了這本筆記。”
“很奇怪，出發之前我和所有的?隊友們都一度認為，這只是一個護送研究員到污染區調查的?普通任務。隊伍的?配置很簡單，只有幾位哨兵，大家精神很放松，覺得?會?是一次輕松安全的?任務。”
“直到出發前，我無意間?得?知，我們護送的?不?是研究員，而是一位向導。”
“他不?僅是向導，還只是很小?的?一個孩子。”
“為什?麽，我們要?把?一位毫無戰鬥能力，如此年幼的?向導送入污染區？”
“進來之後，隊長才告訴我，要?去的?不?是普通的?外圈，而是去污染區的?核心，去柱所在的?位置。我們到了核心區域，甚至被命令将那個孩子獨自留下。這太殘忍了，簡直駭人?聽聞。我必須提出反對?。”
“向導是帝國的?珍寶。就連我們這些急需向導疏導的?哨兵，平日裏?都很難得?見?到向導一面?。”
“為什?麽會?發生如此荒唐的?事情？親愛的?人?，我感覺自己像是一群惡徒，幫兇。正在把?一只無辜的?羔羊獻祭給魔鬼。”
"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.