Chapter 09 Civilized Sinner 9
【Good morning, executive. 】
[What, what, is going on, you are being so kind again.] I woke up at the supply station early in the morning. The system's performance was completely different from usual, which made Yan Nan's heart alarm bells ring. Could there be another leak, right?
【hey-hey.】
What are you saying? Help me! This weird attitude is definitely a sign of bad luck.
[There is good news...] The system said mysteriously in a low voice.
[Is there another piece of bad news? ]
【hey-hey……】
[Don't keep me in suspense, just get straight to the point. I'll tell you the bad news first. I'm actually pretty strong.]
【The bad news is—we don’t have much time. 】
[What time?] The uncertain premonition really came true. Although there was a vague answer in his heart, Yan Nan still wanted to hear it from the system himself.
【Time to complete the mission...】
The system paused for a moment and read to Yan Nan the delayed letter he had just received from the headquarters. The time when this letter was sent was synchronized with the time when Yan Nan logged into the small world, but just when Yan Nan logged in, a sudden space-time chaos surrounded the entire small world, which directly affected the channel signal for communication between the system and the headquarters. Therefore, it was not until today that he received the delayed warning of the affair.
[This is an unspecified warning! System AS0813, receiving this message means that you and your assistant operator number AT0306 have less than thirty days left to complete the small world mission No. 0168...]
[My kind colleague from the Monitoring Department asked me to remind you that due to the uncontrollable space-time chaos and the impact of the entry of a second external force, the small world No. 0168 that he is responsible for observing has already seriously collapsed due to deviation from the main line... The small world on the verge of destruction will frequently refresh various differences and dangers that deviate from the original, and the difficulty of survival and missions will be greatly increased. A big improvement. It is obviously not enough to just want to complete the mission according to the original book... If you and your executor are unfortunately killed in it, I, oh no, he - a kind colleague from the Inspection Bureau, will promise to help you two reincarnate with good fortune in your next life... Well, no matter what, whether the mission is successful or not, please be sure to withdraw to the headquarters before the small world completely collapses. I wish you success. Over. 】
[That’s it…] The system has finished.
The air in the room was silent. After a moment, Yan Nan spoke with difficulty, "So... what about the good news?"
[The good news is that due to the special circumstances, the headquarters gave us the green light to proceed. We can skip the complicated levels in the middle and directly enter the final stage. After all, if this is a level-breaking game, the final reward will naturally drop after the big boss dies.]
[So, where is the final battle? ]
【Hold on.】
As soon as he finished speaking, a map slowly unfolded in the system space. Yan Nan took a quick glance and found that this was a real-time map in the small world, and a red triangular warning sign was standing in the center of the map. Yan Nan stared at it for a while, and a few lines of small words slowly emerged under the red sign -
Tocalama Chemical Plant.
Status: Abandoned.
Danger level: one star.
Presence of zombie swarms: None detected at this time.
Is there any pollution source: No pollution source has been detected yet.
Are there any extraterrestrial life forms? None have been detected so far.
Not far from the red warning sign, there is a small green direction sign representing Yan Nan.
[That's it?] Looking at the low-key, dark building on the map, Yan Nan slowly raised his eyebrows. [You really act like it's a game.]
The system calmly put away the map, and its rambling words were full of familiarity and nostalgia. [Of course there is a reason for this. The main god who created the earliest batch of auxiliary systems was a holographic game designer. Although he has disappeared for a long time, many of the things he designed have been preserved.]
After Yan Nan finished listening, he was silent for a long time. The system thought for a while and spoke again, [Actually, it’s not a big problem for you to retreat now. After all, this is your first time on a mission, and newcomers always have some immunity. If you decide to give up, start building the space transmission coordinates now. It only takes three days for us to...]
Yan Nan stood up and interrupted the system's kind suggestion. He didn't want to hear these sad words about retreating. No matter what, he didn't want to declare his first mission a failure. [Publish the mission first.]
【OK.】 The system followed the operator's advice to the letter.
[Director's duties: Develop serum? Improve experience? Make friends? Save the end of the world? Such a slow and slow business model is outdated. The turbulent time and space chaos! The survival adventure full of dangers! The countdown clock rings at midnight. Brave young man, go and save the world and create miracles! Success or failure depends on this one move——]
[Please clear the Tokalama Chemical Plant before the collapse. Pick up the virus serum 0/1 dropped by the final boss. ]
When the mission was revealed, Yan Nan smiled and said, "Hey 0813, interrupt me for a second. Don't you think your style has changed a lot now?"
[This is what I look like when I activate the emergency state. Please do not tease the system operator. ]
[Okay, what about the side quests?]
【Side quests include:】
1. Turn hostility into friendship! Please convince the plot character Song Yanghui to put aside his prejudice and go with you to the Tokalama Chemical Plant to defeat the final boss.
2. Let's forget all grudges with a smile! Please convince the important protagonist Yuan Qing to put aside his prejudice and go with you to Tokalama Chemical Plant to defeat the final boss.
[Oh, so you want me to persuade those two guys to go with me? ]
【It's a kiss like this. 】
Yan Nan sat back down: [I think... we can discuss the specific implementation plan of the retreat.]
【That's not what you just said.】
[It was just a joke.] Yan Nan smiled, he stood up and walked to the door, stretched out his hand to press the doorknob, [I just said that, why would I be a deserter...]
After all, although this is just a novel world, every blade of grass, every tree, every person and every thing are real and no different from reality.
With a click, the door slowly opened, and the faint morning sun shone on Yan Nan's face. The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, and he squinted his eyes, enjoying this rare peaceful moment. Life, as brilliant as a song, how could he watch such a beautiful world go to extinction?
He loved it all so much—
Yan Nan's smile came to an abrupt end.
In front of his sight, a tall, muscular and handsome man had his hand on the door. He blocked most of the sunlight, and the shadow cast by his body almost enveloped Yan Nanlong.
"Good morning, Dr. Yan." The man had a joking expression and a frivolous tone. He looked at Yan Nan casually, with cruel malice hidden in his eyes.
Destroy the world.
But the world obviously won't be destroyed before the collapse day comes. So he still has to face reality.
"Hah, good morning, Captain Song." Yan Nangan laughed twice, he gripped the door handle in his hand, and finally resisted the urge to slam the door shut and slap him in the face.
Song Yanghui curled his lips perfunctorily, "Everyone is ready in the temporary meeting room, and now they are all waiting for you, Captain Yan.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. Can we hurry over there now?" Yan Nan apologized insincerely, his mind was already on other things.
The man looked at him deeply again, then nodded, "Come with me."
——
The two footsteps in the corridor, one light and one heavy, were almost completely synchronized.
The day was quiet, without any noisy sounds, except for the occasional flapping of the wings of a red-eyed crow.
Yan Nan looked at the man leading the way in front of him, without stopping.
Song Yanghui had a younger brother who was young but very strong. He was Song Yanghui's only relative, and Song Yanghui almost always kept him by his side.
But he did not die from the zombie virus in the end, but died after Yan Nan injected him with a drug.
The man in front of him suddenly stopped, walked into the door, and then turned sideways to make room for Yan Nan.
A gust of wind suddenly blew from behind Yan Nan, blowing his long hair into disarray.
Everyone in the room turned their heads. Yan Nan looked up. The room was not big, with a square conference table and a few people standing or sitting. The man closest to the door was a man with a crew cut and a vest. He leaned against the edge of the table, lowering his head and wiping the gun in his hand. He glanced at him and then looked away.
There was a young woman sitting by the window with the short Yan Huai, looking at him casually and curiously. Yuan Qing slipped into the dark shadows and sat at the end of the room.
When Yan Nan looked over, he felt that his two wolf-like eyes were staring at him.
When he looked into Yuan Qing's eyes, he seemed to have walked into an unknown forest in the darkness.
The moonlight shines through the gaps in the woods, casting mottled shadows.
The chirping of insects faded away, and the sound of the wind died down.
silence.
Heavy fog
Eye.
A pair of eyes staring at him in the darkness.
Look at each other.
"...Honestly, I don't think it's a good decision to go to the South Base right now."
"Of course you don't think it's a good idea, after all, you always want to break away from the group and be free."
"Do you like being controlled every day?"
“…”
"And to be honest, what does the life and death of ordinary people have to do with us? We have already separated, so why should we get involved?"
"Who hasn't been an ordinary person? And this is what the boss meant."
"Hey, why are you using your status as boss to bully others?"
"Weren't you the one who changed your mind first?"
"Don't make noise, don't make noise."
Two men in the room started arguing, and when the argument was about to turn into a physical fight, another woman hurried to divert the fighting.
"What do you think, Dr. Yan?"
A strange voice suddenly read out his name, pulling Yan Nan out of his strange associations.
He looked blankly in the direction where the question came from. It was the woman sitting by the window. She had a serious expression and asked seriously.
"I...?" Yan Nan pointed at himself and the woman nodded. Yan Nan thought about it and it seemed that she was the kind-hearted Sister Qi Lan that Song Yanghui had mentioned before?
Why did she ask him suddenly?