Chapter 77 The Ultimate Utopia, the Obsession of Advanced Fusion!
It’s late at night.
The rain began to gradually subside, with only sporadic raindrops left.
The battle has just entered its most brutal and intense stage.
From time to time, artillery shells whizzed past the buffer zone and smashed into the occupied areas, flattening large areas of infected bodies and surrounding buildings. The flames of the explosions exploded in the rain, illuminating half of the night sky.
Inner city.
Beneath the foundation of a spire-like building, a deep underground passage leads to the wartime nerve center of the entire Happy City.
Communications Headquarters!
The images collected by the drone swarm from all corners of the city are analyzed by the processor at the top of the spire and transmitted to the underground command room in real time.
Inside the vast command center, hundreds of display screens are simultaneously broadcasting real-time images of the city blocks, each section of the outer buffer zone, and the edge of the happiness defense line.
In front of the screen, staff in uniform shuttled back and forth, tapping their fingertips back and forth on the operating table, issuing orders based on the situation in each area.
"Four areas in the inner city are at the peak of the outbreak. Quickly dispatch the Happiness Corps to suppress it!"
"Seventeen advanced fusions have already climbed over the wall. The target has been located. Please deal with it quickly!"
"Buffer Zone A-5 is on the verge of collapse. Please confirm whether further cleanup is necessary?"
"Buffer Zone A-7 is on the verge of collapse"
"Buffer zone C-15 has detected changes in the size of the infected body. The infection intensity has increased to catastrophic level. Please dispatch the Blood Dragon Legion for support!"
"Two fusions detected in buffer zone B-3. Infection intensity has increased to catastrophic level. No response measures are in place!"
"Activities by civil organizations have been detected in buffer zone B-7. The infection intensity is decreasing, having been reduced to the epidemic level, ranking third in terms of the rate of decline!"
“.”
The harm caused by contact-transmitted infections is not limited to the buffer zone; the inner city is also not immune.
Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of the Happiness Corps is not in vain. Even when facing a fusion body, it can suppress it in a head-on confrontation.
In addition, Director Liu has already brought his men there.
Even the strongest super fusion body is separated from the mother source by an insurmountable gap in strength. With the strength of the extraordinary, it is only a matter of time to eliminate these intruding fusion bodies.
At the same time, pieces of intelligence about the buffer zone were also analyzed and selected.
The bad ones will naturally be suppressed.
The good ones were immediately sorted out and sent to the third room next to the command room.
Boom boom boom.
"Come in."
The door opened, and the clear sound of the guzheng overflowed like flowing water. The circular command screen in the room was adjusted to a static ink painting. The cold blue light in the corridor was dispelled by the soft warm yellow wall lamps, forming a sharp contrast with the chaos outside.
Next to the sandalwood tea table.
Three old men in long robes with gray hair on their temples sat in a triangle, one making tea while the other two chatted.
The mist flows out from the spout of the purple clay teapot, transforming into magical clouds, and then falls into the tea soup along the curve of the cup, spreading amber ripples.
"What's going on again?"
The two old men who were chatting stopped talking and looked at the opened door and the staff who walked in.
"Elder, a civil organization has been established in another area of the buffer zone and is clearing the infection wave."
"oh?"
Taking the tablet handed over by the staff, the elder glanced at it casually, but his eyes became serious the next second.
On the screen, an array of more than 300 people was advancing steadily.
Although the scale is not as large as the two areas sent before, nearly a thousand people have been organized to sweep the surrounding areas, but the overall discipline is comparable to the Blood Dragon Legion!
The infected bodies rushed out from the corners of the block and were knocked down by precise shooting before they could get close.
This is amazing.
Because people who have not been trained will only panic and fire when attacked, and it is impossible for them to trust their teammates so calmly.
But what surprised him even more was that as soon as the infected body fell to the ground, someone immediately stepped forward to cut up the body and quickly put the source of infection into the containment box to prevent the spread of secondary infection.
Their professionalism is comparable to that of the new recruits of the Blood Dragon and Cross Legions who have been trained for several months.
"Which area is this?"
"B-7." The staff member replied immediately.
Passing the tablet to the old man beside him for inspection, Elder No. 1 thought for a moment and asked doubtfully, "Should this be the Tianyuan Community?"
"I remember that many elderly people from the disbanded pioneer corps were resettled in this area, but can these people organize this kind of team?"
"Hmm... Arrange ten drones to go there. I need the entire battle footage, without missing anything."
"clear."
"Wait, who is this person?"
The staff member nodded and was about to leave when he was suddenly stopped by the second elder who pointed at the tablet.
When the screen zoomed in, a figure was vaguely seen surrounded by a crowd in the center, seemingly giving orders.
"It's the Inspector."
"Inspector?" The three elders looked at each other, surprise flashing in their eyes.
"Which prosecutor?"
"According to the list submitted by the checkpoint and the records of nearby supply openings, it's Inspector Cheng Ye."
"Cheng Ye?" The three elders frowned slightly, and then showed a look of surprise at the same time.
"Could it be Cheng Long?"
"It's him. I remember his name. It's Cheng Ye."
"Isn't Cheng Ye a waste? Why..."
As he spoke, the elder who was making tea had already called up the complete information on the screen.
Of course, the so-called completeness and the completeness they want are two different things. The latest record stopped on June 1st, and there was only one record that Cheng Ye passed the inspector assessment in May, and his score ranked second among all inspectors in history, second only to Deputy Station Chief Harlin.
Later, due to the wave of infections, the checkpoints had not yet synchronized the latest information from June.
"How did he get in touch with those people in Tianyuan Community? Was it because of the favors Cheng Long left behind?"
"Well"
Being stared at by the elder, the staff member broke out in a cold sweat. How could he know this?
A few seconds passed.
The leading elder suddenly thought, "He should have used drone assistance, right?"
"Yes."
"Go, pull up his full video. I want to see it."
"Yes, sir!"
The staff members rushed away as if they had been pardoned.
However, unexpectedly, the three elders paused for a moment and then stood up at the same time and walked towards the command room.
Staying in the room and waiting for news was too slow. They were already impatient to know what had happened to Cheng Long's "useless" son.
Is he going to replicate the same blockbuster drama as Cheng Long did back then?
"Hello, elder!"
“Elder!”
“.”
On the way to the command room, the elders' status was extremely transcendent.
No matter how busy a person is, when they see the three people coming, they will immediately put down their work and greet them respectfully.
"Where's B-7? Get him out from the beginning!"
The three of them stood still and the staff immediately switched the screen.
However, after only a few seconds, Elder No. 1 suddenly stopped them, "Locate that fusion!"
"yes!"
The scene quickly rewinds and freezes on the fusion body lying on the outer wall of the tube building.
As a torrential rain of bullets hit, the fusion body let out a painful roar and involuntarily activated its extraordinary abilities, but was shocked by the shouting of the crowd the next second.
"Right here, stop!"
The elder shouted, and the scene paused.
Even through the noise and snowflakes, one can still see the strange state of the fusion body at this time.
Half of a human face could be seen faintly in the twisted mass of flesh and blood, as if trying to break free from the monster's body, with an expression of unbearable pain on his face.
"It's actually a high-level fusion?"
The second elder showed a strange look, "Compare the resident database and find out who this face belongs to."
"Matching."
Primary and intermediate fusion bodies will only retain the instincts of humans in their previous lives and part of their subconsciousness.
But at an advanced level, the form of the fusion body is close to the symbiotic state of the extraordinary person, and can temporarily gain some thinking ability.
If one can take one more step forward and fully awaken oneself, he will become a difficult and extraordinary earthbound spirit, living on obsession and possessing the same thinking ability as a normal person.
It’s a pity that even though humans are fully prepared, only a few can enter the ranks of extraordinary beings, let alone the fusion bodies who want to take this step.
Even with a million advanced fusion bodies, it is not certain that a single person can be born.
"No match. Facial details are blurred. Unable to retrieve the corresponding target from the database."
"Then locate it!"
"Location in progress. Oops! This fusion is moving at high speed. Its position is B-3. It has driven two primary fusions forward, heading towards B-7. The straight-line distance is 713 meters."
"Um?"
The three elders were shocked at the same time, "Analyze the fusion target."
"Results are in. There's a 97% chance that this fusion entity has marked Inspector Cheng Ye as evolutionary food."
Evolutionary food?
Not only did the three elders look slightly gloomy, but the other staff members in the command room also felt a tightness in their hearts.
There are only two situations in which a target can be marked by a fusion body.
One is that the fusion body has a deep negative obsession with the target before alienation, whether it is greed, anger, or unwillingness. After alienation, it will launch an endless pursuit and devouring, trying to fill the gap of obsession.
For example, the hundreds of fusion bodies on the high wall before were obsessed with entering the inner city before they were alienated, so they would rush in desperately even if they died.
The other possibility is that the target itself is of extremely high value, such as a transcendental being, who can obtain huge energy in return after being swallowed. But how could Inspector Cheng be a transcendental being?
"Immediately pass the information about the fusion to him! Immediately synchronize all known data!"
"I want him to know that a high-level fusion has set its sights on him!"
Elder No. 1 spoke in a firm tone, without any hesitation, and directly ignored the "identity" that the three had previously discussed.
What Cheng Wu and Cheng Long did was considered treasonous and madly suicidal in the eyes of ordinary people.
But in the eyes of people like them who are at the top of power, those actions are a grand attempt worthy of applause and an adventure that they are happy to see!
On this road to seeking the ultimate utopia, on this road to realizing lofty ideals, human sacrifices are worthwhile, great, and should be praised!
Just like the plan they are currently implementing, even if the entire buffer zone is razed to the ground and all residents are sacrificed.
It is also just a great conceptual experiment, and perhaps there will be many more in the future.
As long as we succeed, all the sacrifices will be worth it, and we can change human history and end this damn wasteland era!
As for whether Happy City will collapse in this process, as long as these extraordinary people are still alive.
Unless there is a devastating wave of infection, it will just be a farce that can be easily suppressed.
After all, the power of the extraordinary people in this era has already undergone another qualitative change under the catalysis of the new S-5.
Today, they have reached a height that the "ants" of the previous era could never reach!
"Yes, sir!"
District B-7 is crisscrossed by six main streets and dotted with over a hundred buildings.
In addition to the electronics factory community and Tianyuan Shopping Mall, the Hongguang Hotel, the fruit and vegetable market and the two pedestrian streets have the most crowded traffic.
The pedestrian street has complex terrain and crisscrossing alleys, so Cheng Ye set it as the final target.
It was decided to give priority to cleaning the fruit and vegetable market and hotels.
During the advance, the attraction brought by more than 300 pieces of fresh meat was unimaginable. The infected bodies hiding deep in the alleys were attracted by the smell of meat and rushed out and pounced on the team without any active seduction.
The outcome is predictable.
Contribution points are as easy to earn now as they were before.
Three drones circled in the air, recording everyone's combat achievements in real time.
The three hundred people in the mall had their eyes bloodshot from killing, and without waiting for Cheng Ye's orders, they spontaneously formed a battle formation to fight back.
Either chopping with a long knife or shooting with a gun.
The prompt sounds rang out one after another, and before reaching the fruit and vegetable market, the information level had exceeded 50%!
"Form a formation and shrink!"
When they reached the edge of the market, Cheng Ye suddenly shouted.
The scattered battle formations suddenly retreated like a tide. The three hundred men who had just been fanned out shrank into a circular defensive formation in less than twenty seconds, with their gun muzzles pointing outwards to form an impenetrable firepower net.
"Meat, eat meat!"
"Meat"
The interior of the fruit and vegetable market is mostly made up of prefabricated houses. Because the rent is low, most of the residents are newcomers who have joined Happiness City not long ago. They are like a pile of loose sand and cannot organize any defense at all.
A strong smell of living people was smelled, and infected bodies suddenly began to rush out from the market entrance.
"Shoot, shoot!"
The words fell.
Da...da da da.
Four machine guns were set up with a bang, and flames spurted out of the muzzles like lawn mowers, knocking down hundreds of infected bodies in just a few seconds.
"Cease fire, start mopping up!"
The team instantly dispersed their formation, with eight people in each team and three teams in a group.
Cheng Ye didn't even need to take action himself, the team members cleared out the remaining enemies in an orderly manner, and every time an infected body fell, it turned into an exciting increase in information.
"S-lord!"
Surprisingly, there were survivors inside the market, who rushed out tumbling and crawling, their faces filled with relief at having survived the disaster.
"Find a place to hide the body, is that a problem?"
"No, no problem!"
Cheng Ye originally thought that not many people would survive, but soon he discovered that each wooden house could actually accommodate more than a dozen people.
After a while, two or three hundred people swarmed out, many of them holding simple weapons such as steel pipes and machetes.
It’s a pity that there is no leader and no one can organize a defense circle, so they can only wait for death in fear.
Cheng Ye stood on tiptoe and looked around, but couldn't see Chu Yunfeng. He thought he was not there.
"Just leave once you're done cleaning up, and let them clean up the rest."
"clear."
After cutting down the infected bodies in the vegetable market, Cheng Ye glanced at the panel and saw that the information level had reached 86%.
According to his previous estimate, the number is now completely sufficient, but unfortunately, it becomes more difficult to increase the information level as time goes by.
Many infected bodies have even stopped increasing their information levels, apparently because they have collected duplicate information.
"There are also hotels and pedestrian streets, which should be enough!"
There are plenty of weapons and bullets, and ordinary infected bodies can only be transformed into contribution points.
Leaving the fruit and vegetable market.
Soon, the Hongguang Hotel was also cleared, which was much easier than the vegetable market.
Most of the residents here are veterans who retired from the Corps. They have already built simple fortifications with furniture and steel bars, and are currently in a stalemate with hundreds of infected bodies.
In addition, there are quite a few infected bodies that have flowed in from area B-3 and are also circulating around.
When the team arrived, they only needed to provide support from the flanks, and the dense firepower instantly broke the tide of infection.
"It's the brother from Tianyuan Mall!"
The two sides got in touch, and Dalong seemed to be very familiar with the leader of the hotel, and started chatting with him while cleaning the scene.
Cheng Ye walked back and forth near the infected body, like a hardworking little bee, continuing to collect information.
From the initial 0.37 to the current 0.01 and 0.02, the information accumulated by ordinary people can no longer meet the requirements of the collector. Only occasionally will a 0.05 pop up to cheer people up.
Suddenly.
A number 0.13 popped up, and before Cheng Ye could be surprised, the panel sent a congratulatory message first.
[Detected that the information acquisition progress of trainee collector 'Cheng Ye' has reached 95%! ]
"95%?"
Jump to the collector interface and look at the gap that is only a little bit away from being filled.
Cheng Ye was overjoyed, and even the sleepiness from staying up late dissipated a little.
At this moment, it is already 2:41 in the morning.
More than two hours had passed since the battle with the fusion, and the infection warning level of area B-7 on the 3D map had dropped to yellow, standing out from the crowd amidst the glaring red light surrounding it.
As soon as the last pedestrian street is cleaned, we can be the first to declare that the infection wave has been eradicated.
Thinking that the difficult wave of infection was about to pass, Cheng Ye couldn't help but yawn and felt a little slack.
But the next second, these thoughts were driven out of his mind.
"It's not over yet. The fusion might attack at any time. We can't get trapped."
Patting his face, Cheng Ye took out the blue bottle prepared by Master Tian and took a deep sip.
Cool!
A cool minty smell rushed into my brain, and the fatigue caused by staying up late dissipated instantly.
It felt like I had a good night's sleep, and my mind was clearer than ever before.
"Sir, there are sixty brothers from the hotel who want to join us and sweep the pedestrian street."
Dalong walked over and scratched his head, not knowing how to explain. After all, the overall danger was under control now, and three hundred people were completely enough. One more person would get more contribution points.
Cheng Ye didn't care about this trivial matter, but just as he was about to nod in agreement and expand the team size again to reduce the probability of casualties.
bite.
The defense communication suddenly sounded.
He subconsciously picked it up, thinking it was an early warning of the surrounding infection wave, but the information displayed made him suddenly stunned.
【Happiness City Radio Station】
[Please note that the advanced fusion entity has completed biological positioning on you due to its strong obsession and marked you as evolutionary food. Please enter the combat state immediately. The fusion entity information is now synchronized as follows:]
[Advanced Fusion, Fusion Progress: 30%]
[Mastered Abilities: Screaming Impact, Rapid Regeneration, Massive Tear, Shell Defense (Click to expand details)]
[Current Status: Two primary fusion bodies have been driven towards you. It is recommended that you immediately deploy a defense line and find cover to counterattack!]
[Note: Please ensure that you have the means to interrupt the fusion's devouring behavior. If you cannot stop it from eating, you will not be able to effectively damage the fusion based solely on your current equipment and weapons!]
"Um?"
"Did you really tag me?"
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