The ground was still slightly hot and the sentinels were running very fast.
The two guides rode on the two fastest spirits, Lin Yuan sat on the back of the killer whale, and the black unicorn carried Nicole. In the blink of an eye, it felt like the group had run to the horizon.
It got dark quickly, the heat in the air disappeared, and beautiful flowers bloomed one after another on the ground. The hard-soled military boots trampled through the sea of flowers, crushing countless petals.
The footsteps were as dense as drumbeats. They had to hurry and could not waste even a second.
The alternation of day and night here is quick and irregular; it is said that the shortest night is only a few hours.
When the sun rises, the high temperature will kill all life exposed on the ground. No living thing can survive under such scorching sunlight.
The densely populated residential area is only around the square. The pillars are very far away, with a few bunkers scattered along the way.
Therefore, Lin Yuan and his group had to run all the way to the next underground building where they could avoid the sunlight before the next sunrise.
The location was provided by Payne, but whether they could arrive safely depended on their abilities.
The journey to the Pillar is the most dangerous road to death. Even the local residents of Food Panda City, who are known for their speed, do not dare to go there easily.
Over the years, the mutants living here have moved further and further away from the pillars, and many newly born little mantises no longer have any idea what the pillars are.
After running for several hours, I saw the first bunker on the map that I could take shelter in from a distance.
The colorful stone roof stands out from the landscape.
When they arrived, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The first to arrive was Ni Ji. The black figure flitted to the front of the bunker, took a look around, and reached out to lift the remaining cover on the colored stone roof.
Rachel took advantage of the situation and leaped in. Her long golden braid flashed at the intersection. A moment later, she heard a signal from the deep bottom confirming that it was safe.
At this moment, a white dot symbolizing death appeared on the horizon.
The white light was moving at an extremely fast speed. Wherever the terminator passed, everything was burned. Flowers, soft grass, flying insects, and ants all died in the strong sunlight, and nothing was spared.
In the blink of an eye, half the earth turned white, and the scorching line between life and death was approaching at lightning speed.
Ni Ji, who was guarding the entrance of the cave, did not show any panic. He stepped firmly on the open roof and reached out his hand towards Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan jumped off the killer whale's back while flying in the air. Ni Ji caught her, held her hand, and threw her into the bunker - this was the fastest way.
Nicole hesitated for a second, then also jumped down with her eyes closed. She was caught and thrown directly in.
Yunluo and Du Yuanyuan followed one after another.
When jumping down, Du Yuanyuan looked up and saw Ni Ji's tall and thin shadow still standing at the entrance of the cave, pulling out the long knife from his waist.
A distorted creature was running towards them from a distance, being chased by the Twilight Line.
Possessing racial talents and extremely fast speed, a strong sense of crisis forces it to become extremely ferocious, raising dust and petals along the way, and its sharp sickles swiftly crisscrossed and slashed at the humans standing at the entrance of the escape cave.
Through the narrow skylight, Du Yuanyuan saw the bloody light of Ni Ji's knife. The knife was swung out, leaving a streak of blood among the stars and flower petals.
Blood stained the entrance of the passage, and Ni Ji's black boots were still standing there steadily.
Du Yuanyuan cursed quietly in her heart, and she was considered to be convinced by Ni Ji.
The sentinels are all proud in their own way, and they only respect the truly strong.
This was the first time that Ni Ji joined their team, and he wasn’t even familiar with everyone before.
But whether a warrior is truly strong, steady and reliable cannot be compared on the training grounds. It can only be revealed on the battlefield.
You can't panic in times of crisis, and you must be careful in busy times.
During the charge he was at the front, during the retreat he shouldered the responsibility of being the last one to fall back.
With tacit cooperation and a strong sense of the overall situation, he is a partner that everyone on the battlefield is willing to rely on.
No wonder Yuanyuan looks at her personal terminal every day, waiting for him to come along.
Ni Ji stood at the entrance and took a last look around.
He made sure that nothing would suddenly jump out and destroy the closure of the safety door the moment he entered. Then he jumped into the bunker and raised his hand to close the top cover.
The killer whale swam around outside, and its huge figure disappeared just before the sunlight hit it.
A scorching heat rushed over my head.
In the dim basement, several people could hear their companions' heartbeats and breathing.
The first step they took in this strange place was barely safe.
It was a scorching hell outside, but this small bunker for taking shelter was dug very cleverly.
Staying at the bottom, you don’t feel stuffy or too hot.
But there was no water here, and the food they brought with them had to be eaten sparingly. Everyone stopped moving, sat on the ground, and rested against the cold wall.
The dim bunker seemed especially quiet. Something on the surface seemed to be on fire, and the sound of burning grass and wood could be heard faintly in the cool underground.
Nicole couldn't help but think of Payne again, the mutant with emerald eyes.
We just met, and he died so soon.
She didn't know why she kept thinking about him along the way.
The mutants were originally the greatest enemy of mankind, and they were mortal enemies. When she first encountered the human-headed mutants on the airship, she thought the mutants were the most terrifying monsters in the world.
But they had long conversations and enjoyed music together. He was a polite and gentle boy, whose eyes sparkled with desire for the unknown world.
He is a living being with flesh and blood and emotions just like me. There is no way to simply regard him as a monster.
Nicole closed her eyes, leaned against the wall and hummed the song "The Devil". In the song, there was a young man who was struggling unwillingly for his fate before his death.
The pungent smell of blood from the wedding banquet seemed to still linger in my nose.
The racial characteristics of the Pang-eating creatures were so bloody that they ate and devoured the gentle boy alive.
Nicole is a very emotional guide, and things like this make her want to cry.
But no one cried, including Lin Yuan, who was sitting next to her, so she didn't want to show her weakness and closed her eyes tightly, tears welling up in her eyes.
She admired Lin Yuan very much. Why was Lin Yuan, who was about the same age as her, so calm and composed
Yuan Yuan is always so calm. Even when she encounters such a sad thing, she can still face it calmly and calmly. She is much more mature than me.
How enviable.
A small hand reached out and held her hand.
Nicole opened her tearful eyes and turned to look at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan sat side by side with her in the corner. Her porcelain-white face had no expression and her eyes were dark and lifeless.
"Actually, I want to cry too, but I haven't learned how to cry yet," said Lin Yuan.
In fact, I envy you too. I also want to learn how to cry, how to be sad, and how to love someone.
The two looked at each other, one with tears on his face and the other with a blank expression.
The sentries in the bunker couldn't help but look up at them.
Both guides were sad. Guides are gentle and considerate people. Yuanyuan and Nicole are both.
Ni Ji was sitting far away, stroking a handful of grass leaves that he had picked at some point, and weaving a praying mantis. His slender fingers paused and he looked up at Lin Yuan.
He knew that Lin Yuan was not as cold as she thought.
The heart is warm and the hands are warm too—no one knows it better than him.
Lin Yuan sat in the corner, her porcelain-white fingers interlaced on her knees, her skin under the candlelight was coated with a layer of smooth glaze, like jade.
It was exactly the same as in my dream.
After going through that small storage room where only the two of them were.
I dreamed of her several times. I dreamed that her eyes were staring at me, and I dreamed that I was held in her hand.
I shouldn't have such dreams, but how can people control their dreams
Ni Ji lowered his head, flipped his fingers, weaved the little praying mantis, and held it in the palm of his hand.
The bright green grass weaves thin wings.
Creatures who are like moths to a flame for a night of pleasure.
The sun set again.
After resting, the group set off on the hot ground.
When we were halfway there, we saw a huge Ferris wheel in the sea of flowers from afar, with colorful hanging boxes slowly rotating.
The Ferris wheel was a bit strange, with an unusually tall figure hanging upside down on the top of the colorful Ferris wheel, lying on the entire huge Ferris wheel.
Everyone stopped.
The sentinels had good eyesight and they identified it from a distance and found that it was not a living creature, but just an empty shell.
The shed skin of a giant carnivore, translucent, hangs upside down high.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and quickly passed under the Ferris wheel.
The attack happened suddenly.
The sea of flowers beneath his feet cracked open, and a huge monster rose out of it.
Not only did the sentinels not receive any advance warning, even the tentacles did not hear the slightest emotional fluctuation.
It was as if a huge dead monster was sleeping underground, and suddenly woke up and broke out of the ground when they passed by.
A mantis in nature looks like a weak, small and insignificant insect in front of humans.
But the mutant with a human face and an insect body, the size of a mountain, broke through the soil and slowly stood up, giving people a sense of oppression as strong as mountains and seas.
A triangular head with a humanoid face looked down from above with cold eyes. He slowly stood up and blocked the way for the crowd.
Two frosty steel blades extended from the flesh and bones of the powerful forelimbs, like the giant scythe of the god of death.
Lin Yuan and her group of six had a chance to win against such a large distorted creature, but they could not afford to waste time. Regardless of victory or defeat, the lives of the six people would be lost.
Rachel was the first to make a judgment.
The spirit body of the golden lion stepped out from the void, shaking its golden mane, and rushed towards the human-faced mantis with a sharp blade.
"You go first," he said.
Having been on sentry duty for many years, this is not the first time he has made such a decision.
The last time, when the contaminated area spread, he let his teammates and the civilians go first, trapping himself in the contaminated area, where he suffered greatly and almost died.
To this day, when faced with a crisis, the golden lion still leaves the hope of survival to his companions without hesitation.
It’s okay, just consider it as returning this life to Guide Lin.
The two extra years of life are well earned.
Rachel thought as she ran towards the scythe.
Lin Yuan, who was sitting on the killer whale's back, subconsciously turned her head to look at Ni Ji. She didn't know why she chose to look at Ni Ji first at this time.
Ni Ji pointed at himself and her with his black-gloved finger and quickly made a tactical sign language.
The consciousness of that sentence translated into language is: You and I stay, they go first.
The killer whale was moving very fast, and the distance between the two people was quite far. There were messy flying flowers and leaves between them, and the giant monster that was slowly approaching.
But Lin Yuan felt that he could clearly see Ni Ji's eyes.
His eyes were firm, without the slightest doubt, and carried a hint of the arrogance of someone ready to take a big gamble, and the courage of someone going all out.
If it were the two of us, there would still be hope of survival.
If you can do it, take a gamble.
Lin Yuan knew why she looked at him. He was always the same as she imagined.
The killer whale stopped, Lin Yuan closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened them again, his pupils turned golden.
She stood on the killer whale's back, the strong wind blew her long hair, she stretched out her pale fingers, pointed forward, and spoke.
"You go ahead and wait for us in the bunker ahead."
The sound was apparently very soft, but it sounded like the sound of a church bell, ringing in the minds of several sentries at the scene.
Confused mind, can not be disobeyed,
Rachel rushed towards the mutant. Yun Luo and Du Yuanyuan, who had just stopped, were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes gradually became confused.
As if they had forgotten the mutants in front of them and the difficult-to-solve dilemma, they turned around and rushed in the direction away from the battlefield, increasing their speed.
Only Lin Yuan and Ni Ji stopped.
The unicorn was extremely fast, and before Nicole could react, it had already gone far away.
"Xiao Yuan!" Nicole's uneasy voice came from the wind.
When she passed by, Lin Yuan's tentacles suddenly appeared, squeezed her palm and then let go, conveying his thoughts to her.
"Wait for me, I will catch up with you sooner or later."
"Take care of the sentinels, and perhaps we'll meet at the end."
The companions left.
Maybe they would be angry, but this was an apology that they would only need to consider after Ni Ji and he could survive.
It's been a long time since we fought side by side, and this feeling is really nostalgic.
Ni Ji and Lin Yuan exchanged glances across the sea of flowers.
The danger of this battle lies in time. The sun that burns everything may rise at any time, and every second that passes means the lives of two people.
A bet, letting the teammates go first, using the lives of two people as chips.
Can't lose.
Ni Ji drew his sword, and the bone-colored white sword turned red after drinking blood, and he rushed towards the monster.
You won't lose.
Lin Yuan stood on the killer whale's back, his eyes full of golden light, turning towards the mountain-like monster.
The huge creature as tall as a mountain lowered its cold face like a mask and looked down at the two tiny humans who were like reptiles on the ground.
(End of this chapter)