The actions of both parties stopped at that moment. Wu Qi's long knife sank into Renee's chest, and Renee's lightsaber also penetrated Wu Qi's body.
Half a second before that, Renee used her second-level special ability "Dragon Bone" to change the shape of her bones. The snow-red liquid bone sealed and solidified the blade just when the long knife was about to pass through the gap between the ribs. The two blades that penetrated the bones of her left shoulder were also swallowed up by the liquefied bones she controlled.
But the sharpness of the long knife was still unstoppable by the sternal shield that closed the gap. The long knife penetrated Renee's sternal shield and stabbed where the heart should have been.
Renee and Wu Qi both made the same move when they were fighting each other, which was comparable to "exchanging lives", that is, they used their atavistic organ control power to shift the position of their hearts.
The long knife did not pierce Renee's heart, but the light sword did not burn Wu Qi's heart. Just ask Wu Qi to move his mind, and the blade of the long knife that breaks through the sternum shield can separate the blade and cut Renee's heart into pieces in an instant. The same was not true for Renee. She turned her wrist slightly to the east, but the lightsaber would have touched Wu Qi's heart, which was close at hand.
Wu Qi and Renee's faces were very close to each other. Wu Qi's gaze was slightly higher, and his eyes met Renee's from Zai Dong.
The thoughts revealed in the eyes of the two men somehow coincided with the similar thoughts of the other party. The two of them seemed to know the meaning of the wrong side by heart, and the movements of their legs remained the same.
When people with the same atavistic power fight each other, the heart is no longer the key to killing the opponent with one blow. Even if the heart is destroyed, they have secondary organs outside their bodies that can replace the heart's pumping function and regenerate a heart. Not much difficulty.
If Wu Qi and Renee really wanted to kill the other person, their knives or swords would aim at the wrong person's neck.
"What's that?" Renee asked who won.
"Hmph." Wu Qi snorted coldly. With a force of his legs, he forcefully pulled the long knife out of Renee's chest.
Renee also pressed the button on the handle and withdrew the laser-firing lightsaber.
Both of them put away their weapons, looked at each other, and then stood 2 meters away.
"Let's call it a truce," Renee suggested.
Wu Qi said calmly: "It depends on whether I am worthy of his trust."
"It was despicable of me to do that." Renee was unhappy. The implication of Wu Qi's words is that unless she can make him trust her, there is no guarantee of a true truce. At present, the only way to make Wu Qi trust her is to tell her the true purpose of coming to the occupied area.
Although it was previously agreed that she would reveal her purpose only after she lost, Renee didn't think there was anything to hide about the purpose of her trip. In the previous battle, did she take a chance and vent her dissatisfaction that "Wu Qi hit her with a knife as soon as he came and did what she originally wanted to do in the 'Eastern War Letter'?" Wu Qi avenged his shame.
Now that the fight is over, she can accept the draw.
"It's okay to tell me the purpose of his coming to the enemy-occupied area, and I'll ask for a truce. And just because he mentioned a truce, it doesn't mean he's not willing to fight me, Minghong?" Renee said, her tone almost pointing at her legs. Touching Wu Qi's nose.
"I know." Wu Qi said calmly. His tone has always been cold, making it difficult for people to hear the emotional fluctuations hidden in the cold east.
So Renee told Wu Qi about their team's mission to come to the occupied area to investigate the Gray Queen and the "zombie virus". The identity of their unit was hidden in the appearance, and there was no mention of belonging to the Northern Army. She couldn't expose the identity information she was asking for easily. Even if Wu Qi wanted to know, she wouldn't tell it.
After Wu Qi heard about the appearance of the Gray Queen, Renee also guessed that the battlefield where the Gray Queen came was a battlefield at the human border, and the military uniform Renee was wearing showed that she was extremely likely to be at that border. soldiers.
"He has already stated his purpose. Otherwise, he would hunt me down and specifically enter the occupied area. But I have been escaping into the occupied area for several months, and I am still alive." Renee said while observing Wu Qi micro-expressions.
In the final analysis, excluding the first battle, Wu Qike's survival in the dangerous occupied area for so long is a miracle worthy of Renee's exploration and understanding. Moreover, Wu Qi was alone, operating alone in the wasteland. Renee also wanted to know how his teammates were doing.
"You can live as long as you have strength." Wu Qi answered briefly and directly.
Renee thought to herself what an answer that was, then crouched east to get a dagger and started to break down the flesh of the giant mud fish. Wu Qi watched for a while, then walked to the other side of the giant mud fish and helped Renee break it down.
The downpour gradually turned back to a drizzle, and the only sound left in the quiet air was the sound of rain falling to the ground, which was like the sound of a dagger cutting the flesh of a giant mud fish.
I couldn't tell whether they had a tacit understanding or simply didn't want to shut up. Both of them behaved very quietly. A few minutes later, Wu Qi finished cutting the fish meat he needed, and watched Renee take out a huge mesh bag and fill it with several times the amount of meat. The fish cut by Renee was obviously not allowed to be taken back to eat with her teammates, but Wu Qi was alone.
"Do I have a fire? If you don't mind, you can go back with him. They have a camp there." Renee said.
"Come back with me, and then be surrounded and controlled by my army comrades, and finally escorted back to Xinjing?" Wu Qi said without emotion. His relationship with Renee was about whether they could reach a consensus and attack each other's "enemy". There was no such thing as going back to camp with the "enemy".
"He didn't mean that." Renee said softly instead of loudly retorting.
The air returned to silence again. The division of the giant mud fish has ended. If they don't act together, the two of them will naturally go their separate ways.
There was a hint of Renee that she didn't want it to end like that. The low probability of meeting Wu Qi again in the occupied area was as if it was destined. If they were separated that simply, she would never see Wu Qi again.
If all Wu Qi's teammates had been buried in the wasteland of the occupied area, Wu Qi would be left alone. How long can Wu Qi live alone? Taking ten thousand steps back, Wu Qi is unlikely to die for the time being, but even if he kills one level three plague species after another, no matter how strong he becomes through atavistic evolution, he will not be able to cross the human border. Staying in the occupied area with no future in sight, living in confusion, and being swallowed up by the occupied area as time goes by; those who lived before are probably no different from the plague species.
Bringing Wu Qi back to Xinjing is not Renee's mission, but it is also what Dr. Greg has always wanted. And out of complicated personal feelings, Renee didn't want Wu Qi's future to be like the life of a plague species. Wu Qi may not be a good person, at least when they were enemies, he didn't kill her immediately after defeating her, but saved her life. The same was true just now, he had no intention of killing her.
Renee seemed to hear the voice of her heart's desire.
"Whether he invites me or not, the choice is mine. Moreover, their camp is thousands of kilometers away from the human border. None of Chongqiu's tasks have been solved. Chongqiu continues the mission with a time bomb, then Why is it cocoa?" Renee said.
"I just said that our camp is a thousand kilometers away from the human border. Where is it?" Wu Qi keenly captured the crucial geographical information in Renee's words and asked.
"Beyond the northwest border of human territory, about 1,200 kilometers northwest," Renee told Wu Qi truthfully, and then said in a different direction, "Don't I even know where I've been?"
"Don't we have positioning technology?" Wu Qi asked rhetorically. He quickly thought that if it was 1,200 kilometers northwest of human territory, then the base closest to him would most likely be the Midnight Base.
Pushing the other way around, Noah's base should be in the southwest!
It is very difficult to determine the general direction. Wu Qi thought about it and glanced at Renee's face again.
Renee's team has positioning technology, which may help him find the location of Midnight Base. The information on the five human survivor bases must not be known to the Third Supreme Court. Once the Third Supreme Court is on guard, their success rate in launching a surprise attack at the border crossing in the future will be greatly reduced.
Overall, whether he can make a profit by working with Renee, and how much help that double-edged sword can bring to him, all depends on how he uses it.
At that time, Renee turned around and stepped forward. She turned her back on Wu Qi and said, "Since there is no chance to continue the action, let's go our separate ways. I hope I can live longer in the occupied area."
"Wait a minute." Wu Qi took a step forward and was immediately side by side with Renee.
Seeing Wu Qi chasing after him, Renee raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile. Her smile was more beautiful and moving than countless women in the world. Even Wu Qi, an enemy, always thought that Renee's beauty was worthy of his recognition.
"Did I change my mind and ask for help?" Renee smiled.
"Wrong, why don't you lend me a favor?" Wu Qi replied.
... ...
After the rain stopped, the lead clouds in the sky dispersed layer by layer. The sky became clear again. Because of the rain in the east, the dust in the air and the strong isovirus were pressed into the soil by the rain, making every breath feel fresh.
Wu Qi followed Renee until he saw a green mountain forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. It was the first time Wu Qi saw the mountainous terrain after a day of action in the wasteland; after entering the enemy-occupied area, Wu Qi's only impression of the mountainous forest was during the escort mission in the No. 130 mining area.
Bu Nao Wu Qi was not surprised by this. The most likely habitat for creatures like giant mudfish is swamps. Swamps usually live deep in mountains or close to mountains. And where there are mountains and forests, there are streams and rivers.
Wu Qi naturally has a sense of intimacy in Cuoshanlin. The mountains and forests are rich in resources, and there is no shortage of water and food. The environment allows him to perfectly display his skills as a hunter. There are many powerful plague species that live in the mountains and forests, and they may be dangerous to others, but Wu Qi never considers this, because Wu Qi's survival skills can help him master a lot of intelligence, and intelligence equals safety.
The mountains and forests are not a paradise for hunters who are strong enough like Wu Qi!