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◎The corners of the new era, she was hollowed out◎
Continuing to walk forward, this time it took much longer to come up than the first time, and Yan Xunzhi gradually felt the stuffy and roasting feeling.
The cooling system in her helmet kept running, yet every breath she took felt like a puff of hot air. As the ice shell gradually warmed, the chill from her latex gradually faded. Walking on the sand was exhausting, and her own movement was generating heat.
Yan Xunzhi exhaled a long puff of hot air, feeling a little dizzy and uncomfortable. He stopped and felt like vomiting.
Her mouth tasted bitter and her chest was churning. She bent down unconsciously, and nausea spread to her throat.
There was no way she could vomit anything out. Going to the ground was the military's daily task, and the food would not be improved. She had digested the little bit of food she ate long ago.
Yan Xunzhi squatted on the spot, stiffened his exoskeleton, broke the chain, and leaned against the exoskeleton without exerting any effort.
During the calm period, vision was far-reaching. Kong Wei maneuvered the heavy exoskeleton forward, leaving behind a trail of footprints sunk deep into the yellow sand and then filled with quicksand. Yan Xunzhi looked at the faint footprints and thought, "Let's rest for a while and chase them later."
Anyway, she is both a sentry and a speed type, so she runs faster than Kong Wei.
But squatting there and watching Kong Wei's relentless pace, without even glancing back to see if she was keeping up, Yan Xunzhi actually had such a pitiful, delicate feeling -
Why don't you pay any attention to her?
Didn't the link scout who came up together notice that she was feeling unwell and fell behind?
She felt not only a tightness in her chest that made it hard to breathe, but also a strange sour sensation, like a kitten's paw, scratching her.
He watched Kong Wei go away, and soon he would go over the hill. If he didn't chase him, he would be out of sight. Yan Xunzhi sighed, dragged himself to his feet, and suddenly thought of a saying: The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
She was startled and quickly pinched the seedling to death.
She was so hot and stupid! She was actually expecting an S-rank officer to drop his mission and come over to care for her? She was just thankful she didn't report her as a hindrance!
This self-fright was no small matter. Yan Xunzhi broke out in a cold sweat and immediately felt refreshed. He didn't care about the fever caused by exercise and ran over.
Only when he was behind her did Kong Wei raise his eyelids slightly, his gaze still searching. A hint of surprise rang out from the helmet communication. "Why are you rushing over here in such a hurry?"
Yan Xunzhi didn't want to admit that he had just been self-absorbed again, so he said shyly, "I'm afraid I'll lose you..."
Kong Wei said "oh" casually.
However, beneath the fully obstructing helmet, her brows curved slightly. She wanted to say something, but stopped herself. Finally, she smiled and said, "...You are so obedient."
Why are you still teasing me? Didn’t you repeatedly emphasize that I should keep up? Yan Xunzhi’s ears turned red, and the heat from his body completely evaporated, and Kuku was coming out.
The latex suit was not breathable and she felt like she was about to be suffocated.
The culprit's expression changed drastically, like turning the pages of a book, and he seamlessly switched to the next completely unrelated topic. "It's just right, come and take a look at this."
Yan Xunzhi could only ignore the boiling of his blood and came forward with his head held high, "What..."
Then the gaze fixed.
A dried corpse was lying flat in the shallow pit under Kong Wei's feet.
Calling it a mummy isn't quite accurate, though in this sweltering climate, someone dying on the ground would undoubtedly be drained dry. But this corpse was still wearing a sweatsuit, with only the left hand, where it was damaged, looking like a mummy. The unexposed areas were bulging with sweatsuits, as if it had simply been lying there tired.
Yan Xunzhi saw the name tag on her tracksuit: A57874.
When she first differentiated, she was not sensitive to these numbers and only knew that she was an A-level guide.
Kong Wei paused at the name tag for a while, then suddenly took out the folding rod from his waist, unfolded it, and moved the corpse a few times with interest.
“So early.”
This sentence was abrupt and inconsistent. Yan Xunzhi followed behind, trying to connect the dots, a little confused. "What do you mean so early? Is this a guide that differentiated very early?"
"No." Kong Wei squatted on the ground, turned to look at her, and thought for a while, "The first time you went to the ground to kill a foreign creature, you looked at its eyes. Do you remember what they looked like?"
Those eyes, a mixture of yellow, green, and black, were so unique and strange that it would be hard to forget them. Yan Xunzhi nodded, "I remember."
Kong Wei then continued to stir the corpse, "So you know why there are more and more sentinels splitting up in the Federation?"
She changed the subject again in a calm tone, almost making Yan Xunzhi dumbfounded, "What?"
But she was still on a mission to seek the truth. After a pause, she felt that since the senior officer had brought it up, it must be something that could be discussed. She pressed the issue, "So... is it the same with your experimental class?"
Kong Wei paused, "...the differentiation in the experimental class doesn't count."
“…”
If you can't even count your outrageous statistics, then what's the point of talking about it?
Yan Xunzhi suddenly lost interest.
Kong Wei wanted to draw her attention back, and pursed his lips and said, "The experimental class and this are two different things, so let's not talk about them for now. But I promise that if I succeed in the future, you will be the first to know."
The word "first" was clearly very appealing to Yan Xunzhi. She chose to keep turning her head for two seconds, maintaining her "don't try to buy me off" persona, then smoothly turned back, "You swear."
The debts owed to the senior officer, which I will tell you about later, are too many... She needs some, at least some psychological comfort to maintain her trust.
Kong Wei almost laughed out loud, straightened his throat, raised three fingers, and asked her, "Who did you swear to?"
Yan Xunzhi didn't really believe in ghosts and gods, and was a little confused for a moment, stuck for a long time, "...Tudigong?"
They were born underground, so is the God of Land the greatest god?
Kong Wei said calmly, "I am Kong Wei, and I am here as the Earth God..."
"Wait a minute." Yan Xunzhi thought it would be safer to pray to a few more gods. Although she felt that Kong Wei swore so casually, he probably didn't believe in ghosts and gods. "There are also Kitchen Goddess, Queen Mother, and the Virgin Mary..."
Kong Wei suppressed his laughter and added, "And the Kitchen Goddess Group, the Queen Mother, and the Virgin Mary swore that if the experiment succeeds, my Link Sentinel Yan Xunzhi will be the first person besides me to know. If I break my promise..."
She looked at Yan Xunzhi, waiting for her to make a request.
Yan Xunzhi had a lot to say, but when he got to the end, he suddenly felt discouraged.
What should I say? It's too harsh. What if she's not the first to know? Besides, she doesn't really want to know...
He felt that if he had said it too lightly, his momentum would have weakened. His heart was churning for a long time, "...just give me all your little treasury!"
This doesn't involve human lives. The money is gone, but with Kong Wei's income, he should be able to become rich again soon!
To put it bluntly, she had no hope at all.
Leave two roads in front and back, making it convenient for everyone to enter and exit.
"Okay." Kong Wei clearly didn't believe it, but he swore it with all his heart. "If you break your promise, I will give all my property to Yan Xunzhi."
Then she turned back and said, "Now we can talk."
Yan Xunzhi longed to go back and forth a few more times, acting like a reserved leopard, nodding her head nonchalantly in agreement. But she was also really worried that Kong Wei would get angry, so she quickly shook her leopard head up and down.
"If you read the book carefully... but I know you definitely didn't, when we first used EV to distinguish the sentinels' direction, the ratio of sentinels to guides was slightly higher. Then the ratio of guides climbed, and then until now, the number of guides has been declining, while the number of sentinels has been increasing." Kong Wei said, "EV potions have been constantly adjusted according to the needs of the ground."
I just don’t read books, I’m not an idiot… Yan Xunzhi could only curl his lips to express his dissatisfaction under the cover of his helmet, “I know.”
Kong Wei said "oh" with a rising tone, which seemed to mean: Oh? You actually knew that?
Yan Xunzhi couldn't stand it any longer, "I'm not a fool!"
Kong Wei laughed out loud, and Yan Xunzhi almost turned off the helmet communication for her - if it were someone else, she would have rolled her eyes, turned it off and left!
Surrendering to the tyranny of the S-rank, she had already cowardly upgraded to a ninja.
Kong Wei finished laughing and said, "The number of sentinels has been increasing, partly because the Federation believes that the creatures on Earth have lost their minds."
"The Sentinel Link increases combat effectiveness in both directions. After the Guide Link is established, the Sentinel's mental power can be directly used to kill the opponent's mind. However, if the alien object loses its mind, it is just an empty shell. Even if the mind is killed, it will not stop attacking. The Guide's effectiveness is greatly weakened."
It only becomes a pendant for detection and increasing the combat effectiveness of sentinels.
It’s useless, so there’s naturally no need to cultivate so many.
Yan Xunzhi thought of the ferocious monster that was like a giant tiger, with empty eyes and no rules, biting whoever it hurt. He was not too surprised by the claim of dementia.
But suddenly remembering that the alien creature was killed by a mental gun, he was a little unsure, "What about the alien creature last time..."
The alien object just now materialized into a bullet and directly injured and killed it, but the alien object before had no injuries on its body. The bullet clearly penetrated its head, and it looked like its mental power had been killed.
Kong Wei hummed in approval and reminded her, "You know, I put that foreign object there on purpose..."
Yan Xunzhi was stunned. "You're not conducting experiments on the ground, are you? That alien object is your new test subject. Do you want to use it to restore your sanity and regain your position as a guide?"
"..." Kong Wei laughed, "So I am such a bad person in your heart."
I just think he's a ruthless person who will do anything to achieve his goal. Yan Xunzhi wiped his sweat silently, "...No."
"I'm not that capable." Kong Wei said, "Survival of the fittest is just the secondary evolution of the earth. The Federation believes that it is inevitable that the alien creatures on the ground will gradually lose their intelligence in such harsh winds and sands. Countless experiments, observations and history have also proved this..."
"But behind their backs, the world has changed."
She held out her hand and asked, "Are you scared?"
"What are you afraid of?"
"insect."
Yan Xunzhi shook his head. The underground was damp, and historically, half of their nest had been dug up... All kinds of insects were common, and I'd never heard of anyone being afraid of them. Kong Wei's question was unnecessary.
However, she seemed to be asking just a routine question, without even turning around to look at the action answer she had come up with. She had already clicked twice and opened the helmet lock of the corpse.
She stepped back, her voice cheerful. "Actually, I didn't expect to encounter this. I've always had bad luck in this area. You're really lucky."
What do you mean by good luck? That doesn't sound like a good thing. Yan Xunzhi leaned over to take a look.
Even though she was used to it and prepared, her scalp still tingled when she saw the scene.
The face under the helmet was densely packed with countless long worms!
【Author’s words】
A little digression, writing is not easy, please collect and interact with the message ~~ I have not signed a contract and have no exposure, I really rely on love to generate electricity, if there are readers who post the latest reading but do not collect it, it will be very hurtful... Although I know that reading is really useful recently, I still ask for a collection TT
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