Embers Ad Infinitum

Looking down at the map and the laurel crown that fell next to it, and thinking of Han Wanghuo's account of the origins of the fish-men and mountain monsters, Jiang Baimian was silent for several seconds and laughed at himself:

"Why do you feel like you've become a villain?"

Without waiting for Shang Jianyao's response, she sighed again:

"But there is nothing wrong with the current townspeople of Hongshiji defending their homeland..."

…………

"This fucking world!"

Seeing the mountain monster in front of him completely lose its breath and turn into a corpse, Long Yuehong was silent for a long time and cursed in a low voice.

He stood up and walked back to Bai Chen. While loading the grenade gun, he sighed sincerely:

"Now I understand Shang Jianyao's ideal of saving all mankind more and more."

Han Wanghuo, who was not too far away from them, had sharp ears and looked over in surprise.

After equating the three words "Shang Jianyao" with that strange young man, he felt that everything was so natural.

It’s not surprising that people like that have any ideals.

Bai Chen heard the last words of the previous mountain monster and responded:

"Other people's grudges, right and wrong, have nothing to do with us. It's enough for me to do my own thing."

She paused and added:

"How can we save the entire human race just by relying on a few of us?

"Even if you have the friendly ability like Song Warner, and it is a hundred times a thousand times stronger, you can make the humans in this area trust each other and stop killing each other. After we leave, everything will slowly return to its original state."

Because Han Wanghuo and another member of the town guard were present, she originally said that the "reasoning clown" could only create false peace, but instead used the warning Song He as an example.

Long Yuehong was silent for a while and said:

"What we are doing now is not meaningless. If we don't figure out the reason for the destruction of the old world, and if we don't find the true origin of 'Wuxin Disease', even if the 'Salvation Army' can really fulfill their ideals and build a beautiful new world, At any time, things like "unintentional disease" may break out again, and the situation will be back to the current situation, or even worse.

"I think Shang Jianyao also thinks the same way. First find out the 'cause' and then cure it completely."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Han Wanghuo felt more and more strange.

Although he had previously judged that this should be a team of ruin hunters from a big force, he did not expect that what this team wanted to do or have such ideals was so "ambitious".

Can the four of them achieve such an ideal? This is something that neither "Prime City" nor "United Industries" can do... Han Wanghuo shook his head silently and kept monitoring the Yu-man Mountain Monster's position.

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After sighing, Jiang Baimian said to Shang Jianyao:

“A quick search for anything else, we need to evacuate.

"The charge of the fishmen and mountain monsters has come to an end. It won't take long for them to organize manpower to come over to check the situation."

Shang Jianyao folded the map neatly and put it back into the pocket of the tall fishman's tattered cloak.

Then he pulled out a bunch of odds and ends.

There are dried fruits, rhizomes of certain plants, crudely packaged green sugar, and a few thick and long needles.

At this time, Jiang Baimian had walked to the edge of the parking lot, picking up the gun he had discarded, and looking back.

Scanning the items in Shang Jianyao's hand, she frowned slightly.

This was somewhat beyond her expectation.

Without wasting any time in discussion, she quickly came to one of the Redstone Town Guard members who was wearing an exoskeleton device.

These are ordinary people. Unlike those who have undergone genetic optimization or even modification, they have not shown any signs of waking up until now. Even if Jiang Baimian squatted down and pushed her body, it had no effect.

Fortunately, Fecal was prepared... Jiang Baimian quickly took out the biological agent for first aid and injected it into the vein of the Hongshi Town Guard member.

After Shang Jianyao helped the murloc put the laurel wreath on the branch, he walked back a little, turned off the small speaker, and put it into his tactical backpack.

At this time, the female town guard members wearing exoskeleton devices finally woke up.

After opening her eyes, the first thing that caught her eye was the mask of a delicate monk.

For the townspeople of Hongshiji, this was not something to be alarmed about. She asked hurriedly:

"You are?

"Where are the enemies?"

Jiang Baimian first shouted to Shang Jianyao:

"Give that one a non-card, too."

She was referring to the Town Guard member wearing another exoskeleton device.

After giving the instructions, Jiang Baimian smiled and said to the woman in front of him:

"We are mercenaries hired by Captain Han.

"The enemy has been dealt with."

"Solved?" The female town guard wearing an exoskeleton device blurted out in shock.

That monster like a god and a demon was solved by these two humans?

Wearing an exoskeleton device, she was as fragile as a baby in front of the monster.

"Yes." Jiang Baimian watched as Shang Jianyao picked up the clothes he had used as bait and walked to another town guard member. He smiled and replied, "I have to thank you for this. If you hadn't attracted him, With his attention, most of his guards were cleared, and we couldn't succeed at all."

Without waiting for the female town guard member to respond, Jiang Baimian urged:

"The enemy's large forces will come soon. We have to get out of here as soon as possible."

Seeing that her companion came to life after being rescued by the mercenary wearing a monkey mask, the female town guard member said sincerely:

"Thanks."

"You're welcome. One of the purposes of rescuing you is to use you as bait to attract enemy fire and make our journey back easier. Anyway, you are wearing an exoskeleton device, so there shouldn't be any problems." Jiang Baimian smiled. He stood up and smiled like a fox. Unfortunately, this was all blocked by the mask.

The female town guard member didn't know how to respond.

Ten seconds later, she and her companions ran out of the parking lot behind the Science and Technology Building and returned to the area of ​​Al Supermarket and Sixth Day Mall.

This undoubtedly attracted the attention of the fishmen and mountain monsters, and some cannonballs and bullets flew towards them.

With the help of the power of the military exoskeleton device, the two town guard members easily avoided the attack, jumped onto the collapsed building in a few clicks, and disappeared from the enemy's sight.

The existence of the two exoskeleton devices concealed the sneaking of Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian. They made a small circle and easily climbed to the top from the side of the collapsed building that was not visible from the enemy's position.

After approaching the original fortification, Shang Jianyao shouted loudly:

"It's us! It's us!"

This is not only to prove your identity to avoid being accidentally injured, but also to notify your companions to provide fire cover.

Of course, Jiang Baimian originally planned to use the walkie-talkie to notify, but Shang Jianyao just opened his voice and shouted.

She could only sigh helplessly and retract her hand from the armor belt.

Soon, with the help of fire cover, they returned to the room where Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were.

At a glance, he saw corpses, blood, bullet holes and traces of explosions everywhere. Jiang Baimian nodded to Long Yuehong and said:

"Well done."

Being able to survive in the face of a large number of enemy charges is a commendable thing in itself.

"Indeed." Bai Chen also agreed.

Shang Jianyao gave a thumbs up. If he didn't wear a mask, Long Yuehong should be able to see his sunny smile.

"The main thing is everyone's cooperation." Long Yuehong said modestly, happily and embarrassedly.

At this time, Han Wanghuo asked:

"How's the situation over there?"

Seeing that Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian could come back alive from that terrifying fish-man awakener, he raised his evaluation of their strength by several levels.

Getting ahead of Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao sighed and said:

“I couldn’t play him a lullaby.

"It's not in the speakers."

"..." Han Wanghuo felt that the other party's answer was incorrect.

Jiang Baimian immediately replied:

"It's been solved, no need to worry about suffocation suddenly."

"Resolved?" Han Wanghuo asked in surprise.

Even the unsophisticated part of the townspeople can tell from the encounter just how terrifying the awakened subhuman is, not to mention a "senior hunter" like Han Wanghuo:

One hundred meters away, suffocating hundreds of humans at the same time is an ability only possessed by messengers of gods or incarnations of the devil!

Even if Bishop Renato is still here, he can't do anything similar.

And this kind of sub-human awakened person was actually solved by two normal humans with nothing special except their height and appearance!

"Yeah." Jiang Baimian nodded, "Without your fire cover and those two military exoskeleton devices, we wouldn't even be able to get close."

Frankly speaking, if there were not two military exoskeleton devices to attract attention and deal with the guards, she would consider finding an opportunity to give Shang Jianyao an "electric shock" and drag him away without "disturbing" the fishman. The Awakener.

Han Wanghuo fell silent, his eyes moving back and forth between Shang Jianyao and the others.

At this time, he began to feel that this group might really be tracing the cause of the destruction of the old world and doing many things that the big forces could not accomplish.

Where do they come from? Han Wanghuo had such a question in his mind.

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In the parking lot behind the Science and Technology Building, a mixed team composed of fishmen and mountain monsters arrived as reinforcements.

The first thing that caught their eyes was the corpses lying on the ground, either complete or mutilated.

Their hearts tightened, and they quickly entered the depths of the parking lot, and soon saw the tall fishman.

He was lying on the ground, his eyes were closed, his body was covered in blood, and he was no longer breathing, but the laurel wreath on his head was still neatly worn.

"God's envoy..." the leader of the fish-men whispered in horror.

In their eyes, the God Envoy is the most powerful human being in the world. Without his powerful performance, the mountain monsters would not be so cooperative and obedient.

But now, he was dead, having begun to transform into a god, and was killed by a small team sent by the enemy.

In the unspeakable silence, a fishman shouted as if he had a mental breakdown:

"demon!

"They sent demons!"

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Just when the members of the Redstone Town Guard were worried about the second wave of attacks by the human coalition, the fishmen and mountain monsters began to retreat.

With three sharp whistles, they put away their artillery and other items, and retreated out of the ruins of the city like a tide.