Chapter 106 Aftermath
Riots broke out in the surrounding area.
The mutants, freed from restraint and control, swarmed out from every corner, screaming and roaring.
Monsters surged in like a tide, accompanied by constant artillery fire from all sides.
The fire phoenix circled overhead, then swooped down, flames flowing down from the edges of its wings, dazzling and leaving a brilliant trail in the sky.
Because of its extreme destructive power, it is only released by the main body at special times.
As soon as the Fire Phoenix arrived, it greeted the Azure Phoenix with great excitement.
Unfortunately, the little blue phoenix, perched on the guide's head, completely ignored it.
Why can't I shrink?
The Fire Phoenix questioned its true form: "If the Azure Phoenix can shrink, why can't I?"
[I'd rather be a peacock.]
Xie Tu really didn't want to deal with it. Protecting this batch of data and blocking the mutants coming from all sides was no easy task.
Rabbit and Song Liang hurriedly jumped out of the car and rushed over to help.
Duan Xi and Tao Haohao stood on the roof of the car, using firepower to suppress the monsters that kept surging forward.
If Team Zero doesn't move for half a day, the reinforcements must have already noticed the presence of supplies.
The distant sounds of artillery fire gradually drew closer, while the rumbling of vehicles came and went, as sentries from the base arrived and lured away the nearby mutants.
Yun Zhao was protected behind the man, and she still wore the diamond bird at her waist.
She wanted to help, but was afraid of making things worse.
Missing the monster is a minor issue; hitting your own people is a much bigger problem.
For some reason, Yun Zhao's gaze fell on Qi Ling again.
The mutants seemed to treat him as one of their own, and none of them attacked him.
He walked through the monsters, safely reached the armored vehicle, laboriously climbed onto the roof, and then squatted there with his head in his hands, motionless.
They are quite self-aware.
The battle lasted a long time.
Over time, the sentinels' mental realms and spiritual entities began to be eroded by the black energy to varying degrees.
The idle little bluebird flapped its wings perfunctorily and continued to rest inside the main body's head.
The reinforcements from the Dawn Base cleared the perimeter and finally arrived to join them, thus saving the data.
By the time the nearby mutants were cleared away, it was already dark.
Qi Ling crouched motionless on the roof of the armored vehicle, curled up in a ball, trying to minimize his presence.
But it's impossible to hide it forever.
The arriving sentry team immediately spotted a strange mutant crouching on Zero Team's armored vehicle.
Duan Xi and Tao Haohao guarded him to prevent him from being shot in the head by unsuspecting sentries.
The sentinels were shocked to see Qi Ling, who was in a half-human, half-monster state.
"Captain Xie, what's going on?" The adjutant in charge of this operation, surnamed Zhou, pointed at Qi Ling in shock.
Xie Tu's eyes were sharp as an eagle's. "This is classified information. Please have Lieutenant Zhou instruct that it not be publicized until the results are in."
There weren't many sentry teams that arrived nearby, only about ten, and they were all senior sentries from Dawn Base, so they should know the importance of the situation.
Lieutenant Zhou realized the seriousness of the situation and nodded repeatedly, "Okay."
A mutant species emanating black mist yet retaining its consciousness is unheard of. If it were to become known to everyone, it would likely cause a huge uproar.
Xie Tu frowned, also wondering how to settle Qi Ling.
He looks like he can't even stay in a tent; the constantly dripping black slime will corrode the tents in the camp.
Staying outside for too long is also not appropriate.
A mutant that retains its sanity is bound to cause chaos.
Xie Tu made a decision to return to base immediately. "I'll trouble Lieutenant Zhou to follow up on the follow-up matters..."
The contaminated zone on the 28th is not far from the base; if we drive fast, we can get back in a few hours.
Xie Tu was still talking on this end.
The group of people on the other end had already gotten into the car.
Everyone was starving after not eating all day.
As soon as they got on the bus, they started looking for food in the boxes.
Yun Zhao took out a packet of instant noodles from his backpack, crushed it, sprinkled on the seasoning, and shook the packet vigorously while holding the opening closed.
Qi Ling stood on the roof of the car, bent down and knocked on the window. Feeling the gazes from all sides, she asked nervously, "Officers, will you send me to the laboratory after we get back?"
Such plots were common in the novels he used to read.
The protagonist possesses extraordinary talent, is imprisoned in a laboratory and subjected to all sorts of inhuman torture, before being reborn to seek revenge...
Yun Zhao was still fiddling with her instant noodles when she heard this, she said, "It's hard to say."
Qi Ling: "..."
"Your condition definitely requires the researchers to examine you."
The rabbit comforted him, "But don't be afraid. As long as you haven't eaten a human, the captain should protect you."
As the base's only S-class sentinel.
Xie Tu wanted to protect a person, oh no, he wanted to protect a mutant, which was just a matter of a word.
"I've never eaten anyone, I've always stayed in the air-raid shelter..." Qi Ling hurriedly explained, still feeling uneasy inside.
The outside world was too unfamiliar to him.
He saw the sun he hadn't seen in a long time, but the surrounding scenery was desolate and ruined.
In the distance, the city ruins, once bustling, are now nothing but broken walls and rubble. The remains of skyscrapers are scattered on the ground like the fallen body of a giant.
On the wasteland, vegetation is sparse, mostly polluted land where no one can grow. A few tenacious wild grasses struggle to survive in the cracks.
Occasionally, a gust of wind would blow by, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Qi Ling felt completely unfamiliar with this land, unable to find any trace of what she had known before.
The decline of human civilization is more serious than he imagined.
Tao Haohao was prying open a can of luncheon meat. "Then what are you afraid of? Go back and let the researchers check your body to see if they can control the mucus on your body. Otherwise, you won't even have a place to live."
The slime was so corrosive that he was practically a mobile chemical weapon.
Yun Zhao was slightly moved upon hearing this, as she had only tested it on Major General Qin before.
But Qi Ling's situation is different.
It's unclear whether her spiritual threads can control the dark matter on Qi Ling's body.
She was itching to try it.
However, there were too many people around, so the senior sentries were outside the vehicles, checking the documents they had brought out.
"Let's go back. You can stay at the research institute for a couple of days, and then we'll think of a solution together."
Yun Zhao didn't want to display her abilities in front of so many people; her status as an S-rank guide was already enough to attract attention.
Upon hearing this, Qi Ling had no choice but to accept his fate, though he still kept the letter he had written in mind.
"Whom did the officers originally intend to give that letter to?" Qi Ling asked tentatively.
Duan Xi shrugged: "I don't know, you'll have to ask our captain."
Who knows what the captain is thinking?
The words had barely left his mouth.
Xie Tu, having already explained things to Deputy Zhou, was walking this way.
Qi Ling quickly asked him, "Captain Xie, that letter..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
Xie Tu clearly knew what he was thinking and said calmly, "Your Qi family should have descendants. It's not certain yet. I'll ask when we get back to the base."
Qi Ling said he also has twin sisters.
If nothing unexpected happens, the researcher surnamed Qi at the base is likely a descendant of one of his sisters.
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