Ni Ji pulled the trigger and a bullet fired with a bang.
The hit missed, and the monster in front of the window quickly jumped away, climbed up the pillar, and looked at him sideways with its head.
It was a strangely deformed creature, not very big, with a combination of various biological features on its body, including colorful fish scales, long tentacles, insect compound eyes, and human-shaped lips and jaws.
It had a strange body, and was wearing a retro long skirt of a human woman, a black veil on its head, and all kinds of strange insect legs were dragging under its skirt.
It is both deformed and ugly, yet has a weird and fusion of beauty.
From the moment they entered the hall, it stood on the stairs and watched the two of them quietly.
A powerful mental force stung Ni Ji's brain nerves. He endured the severe pain and shot at the mutant in front of the window.
The bullet missed the monster, and the round rose window on the steps was shattered.
The dreamlike colorful light in the hall dissipated, revealing the high sky outside the wall.
"Oh? You blocked my mental invasion, Sentinel." said the monster hovering in the castle dome.
Its huge compound eyes stared at Ni Ji for a while.
"I see. You have formed a bond with your guide. You are loyal to her and subconsciously resist all other consciousnesses from entering your spiritual sea."
"It's really interesting. Humans always have a lot of strange emotions and rules, such as so-called love, loyalty, and jealousy. These emotions are sometimes very fragile, and sometimes inexplicably strong."
"But how long can you hold on? Look behind you. Your guide has fallen, and all your companions have fallen too."
Ni Ji didn't need to look back, he knew what was happening behind him.
When they just entered the door, he and Lin Yuan must have seen a terrible vision.
First, seeing his dead companion, Lin Yuan threw herself into his arms and burst into tears. Then, somehow, they returned to the underground shelter.
Lin Yuan wrapped her arms around his neck and began to kiss him.
It seems like they don't have to do anything anymore, they can just take their time and spend unlimited time indulge in happiness.
The same strong smell of pheromones, Lin Yuan's fingers, Lin Yuan's skin, the feeling of Lin Yuan trying to bite his ear, were exactly the same, without the slightest difference.
But as soon as he realized something was wrong, Ni Ji fired the gun reflexively.
That is not Lin Yuan, no matter how similar the imitation is.
The feeling of Lin Yuan invading his mental picture resides in his consciousness, in his ocean, and is integrated into every grain of sand and every drop of water.
Although it only happened once between them, the feeling had already solidified on the bottom of the sea and was engraved deep into their nerves.
No one can disguise themselves, not even the most powerful spirit.
Ni Ji woke up from the sound of gunfire and saw the real environment in the house.
There is a group of soft sofas in the luxuriously decorated hall.
Nicole was lying on the sofa with her eyes closed. Her condition was unclear and she could barely detect a faint breath.
Du Yuanyuan fell under the pillar at her feet, and Yun Luo and Rachel were lying on the ground a little in front of her.
Lin Yuan put one hand on the armrest of the sofa. She stood there, closed her eyes, and did not move.
Just stand beside you.
The enemy's mental attacks are like invisible sound waves, invisible and intangible, coming in waves.
It was a powerful mental attack that he had never encountered before. It made his mind shake and he suffered unbearable pain.
Ni Ji's eyes swept over Lin Yuan's fingers pressing on the leather sofa.
His whole body tensed up and he was in combat readiness.
In a secret corner of my mind, I kept thinking about the feeling of this hand touching me.
It is both icy cold and ruthless, and also scorching hot like an iron.
When the external mental attack was too painful to bear, Ni Ji subconsciously forced his attention to that palm.
The hand pressing on the sofa was obviously small and beautiful, with slender white fingers.
But she once clamped me down, letting every part of me burn in her hands.
I have experienced pain and extreme pleasure. I can't forget the strong feeling of being patrolled and manipulated.
It's shameful to say it. But every time the enemy's mental invasion brings pain and trance.
The sentry relied on the memories that Lin Yuan brought him, and the strong feelings of the memories, to resist the mental invasion of the foreign enemy.
It is like an iron anchor thrown into the sea, stuck deep into the seabed. No matter how stormy the sea is or how huge the waves are, it can always hold the ship tightly to prevent it from capsizing.
Even though the enemy was powerful, he had already endured the invasion of another guide and had the closest relationship with him.
Therefore, it was able to resist stubbornly. The sea was no longer willing to tolerate the forced spiritual invasion of others.
When all the sentinels fell, and when Lin Yuan was trapped in a mental battle and unable to move.
Ni Ji had a cold expression as he stood beside Lin Yuan, pointing his gun steadily at the enemy on the roof.
The killer whale swam out from the ground, holding Yunluo in its mouth and Rachel on its back, carrying them all to the vicinity of the sofa.
The mutant climbed to the top of the pillar, stretched out its upper body horizontally, with its long skirt hanging down, its body graceful, and snorted softly through its nose.
The pair of compound eyes no longer looked at Ni Ji and his spirit body, but stared at the motionless Lin Yuan.
It was as if one or two sentinels were insignificant to her. She didn't even bother to use her energy to attack him mentally.
She was only interested in the guide who was stuck in her mental picture and didn't move. She focused all her attention on Lin Yuan.
The ground of the castle was cracking. Something was coming out from the ground.
Just like what they encountered in the battle under the Ferris wheel, a mutant with no heartbeat, no breathing, no emotions or any physiological reactions broke out of the ground.
It shook off the dirt on its body and slowly crawled out from the shadow in the corner.
Then another one.
One after another, hideous mutants crawled out, appearing from the rooftops, from the ground, from the shadows behind the pillars, and slowly approached.
Ni Ji pulled out his bone-white dagger, stained it with his own blood, and turned it into a red blade.
He took a step forward, alone with a knife, facing the enemy emerging from the ground.
No one can help, and we cannot retreat a single step.
Behind him are his fallen comrades and the people he must protect at all costs.
A mutant suddenly jumped down from the shadow of the dome and pounced on Lin Yuan who was standing still from behind, its long, steel-like claws flashing with a cold light.
The killer whale guarding behind let out an angry cry and swung its tail to slap the hideous mutant away.
The twisted monster was thrown hard against the stone pillar and fell to the ground with a scream. The solid stone pillar cracked and bent.
But the knife-like claws also left several bloody wounds on the killer whale's black back.
The enemy is fierce and has strong combat power.
The killer whale did not cry this time. Instead, its small eyes stared fiercely and its sharp teeth bared, allowing the special blood of the spirit body to drip from the wound.
It knew that there was no one to act cute to this time.
Lin Yuan and the tentacles are fighting in the spiritual world, and no one will touch its head.
Then it turned into that fierce and powerful sea beast, suffering no needless pain.
There were more enemies attacking from the front. Ni Ji held on to the small sofa tightly and faced the enemies attacking from all directions.
He and the killer whale were soon injured.
The light in the castle was very dim, like a dark nightmare.
The powerful mutants dormant underground are endless and emerge one after another.
This is the castle of the Queen of Food City, the pillar of the entire polluted area. How could it be a truly quiet and beautiful deserted paradise
Beneath the ground, countless powerful distorted creatures sleep and guard the castle.
The blood-red knife shadows kept lighting up in the darkness, illuminating Ni Ji's bloodstained face.
The killer whale's cry was distant, and a strong black figure swam in the air. Blood dripped from its body and dissipated into the void.
The scene gradually became bloody and ugly. The smashed insect abdomen left behind sticky liquid, and the severed insect legs had not yet lost their nerve reaction, and they curled up on the ground and twitched.
There were simply too many enemies, one after another, closing in on us, and the encirclement was shrinking.
Ni Ji didn't even have the space to move. Even if he took a step away, his comrades behind him would be exposed and unprotected.
He could only use his own sword, his own flesh and blood, and his own spiritual body to block all the malice and attacks in the darkness.
Ni Ji took a step back, his heels touching the sofa. He glanced at Lin Yuan behind him.
I calculated in my mind how long I could hold on.
One of his legs was broken, so he could no longer make big jumps. The blood from his arm fed the long sword, and he began to show signs of excessive blood loss.
Lin Yuan behind him remained motionless with his eyes closed.
In such an environment, she did not make a sound, did not open her eyes, and not a single tentacles appeared.
Apparently her battle in the spiritual realm was too fierce for her to be distracted.
I don't know how her battle situation is.
I can't disturb her, I can't distract her, I can't retreat even a single step.
Ni Ji spat out the blood in his mouth, looked away, and clenched the knife in his hand.
At some point, a slightly cool tentacle came out, hooked Ni Ji's fingers, and touched the back of the sentry's hand soothingly.
Ni Ji opened his eyes wide.
At that moment, the slight touch of the back of the hand was almost like a big hug, soothing his anxious heart.
Lin Yuan had never been in such a passive situation in a battle as he was now.
In Ni Ji's impression, Lin Yuan's mental strength is strong and reliable, almost omnipotent, and he has never shown weakness on the battlefield.
It was the first time he had seen a situation like this, where he was completely unable to take care of his own physical safety and was completely stuck in a mental stalemate.
It's almost impossible not to worry.
All he could do was guard her body, hoping that she would give him some hint that she was still safe.
A small tentacle, with a gentle touch, calmed Ni Ji's anxious heart in an instant.
Without any spiritual comfort or guidance, Lin Yuan couldn't spare the energy to give him any other help.
Just gently touching his skin like that.
The severe effects of blood loss and pain seemed to fade away at that moment, and the sentinel felt that he could hold on indefinitely.
Although this was just a mental illusion, it was impossible for him to be injured and bleed endlessly and stay here forever.
But at least at this moment, he stood firm again and gripped the knife tightly in his hand.
A deadly and bloody battlefield. Ni Ji couldn't help but quietly squeeze Lin Yuan's tentacles.
The sentinel stood among the enemies, quietly pinched the tiny tentacles, and drew strength from the tiny spiritual tentacles.
It was as if this was his energy stone, healing fluid that could extend his life indefinitely and heal his injuries and pain anytime and anywhere.
The tentacle held in his palm rubbed his skin and twisted comfortably, and only twisted it down with satisfaction when he released himself and rushed back to the battlefield.
It twisted and crawled onto the sofa, and the small piece split into several thin strands, which drilled into the forehead of sentry Du Yuanyuan, into the forehead of Nicole who was sleeping soundly, and into the minds of several unconscious sentries on the sofa.
Du Yuanyuan was doing shooting training in the sentry training room.
This was her daily routine. As long as she was not on the battlefield, she would be the first sentry to enter for training almost every day.
There is a saying that she regards as a classic: The more sweat you shed on the training ground, the less blood you shed on the battlefield.
I don’t know why today, it was just a routine training, but I was so distracted that I made many mistakes.
It's as if something very important has been forgotten.
"Round, round."
Amid the roar of gunfire, someone was shouting her name. Du Yuanyuan took off her earmuffs and looked sideways.
He was a sentinel brother who had been hanging out with her since childhood.
She remembered his name clearly and that his spirit form was a puppy.
But for some reason, his face seemed a little blurry. "Yuanyuan, I have something to tell you." The sentry looked at her with wet eyes like a puppy.
So Du Yuanyuan forgot the nervousness in her heart, took off her goggles, and waited for him to continue talking.
Deep in my heart, a feeling of sadness rose up, as if I knew something very sad was about to happen.
The sentry on the opposite side looked away from her, twisted his body, and could not control the tail of his spirit body, which emerged from behind him and shook.
Finally, his face flushed as he confessed.
He described in detail the delusion that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, saying that he had secretly buried his love deep in his heart for many years.
"But we are all sentinels." Du Yuanyuan gestured at her own height. She was even taller than her comrade. Both of them were tall and strong soldiers.
"You know, although I like the opposite sex, I never want to be inferior to others."
"I only ask for one night, even if it's only one night." The man said, "I can accommodate your preferences."
When he said the last sentence, his ears turned red. His voice was very low, but his tone was firm, as if he had rehearsed it in his mind countless times.
They had known each other for many years and were very familiar partners. They knew each other's interests, hobbies, catchphrases, and even the way they fought and killed.
But not this kind of thing.
The two of them had a very enjoyable and crazy night.
Unexpectedly, the two were equally suited to this kind of thing, almost as good as on the battlefield, and they worked in perfect harmony and had a tacit understanding.
Thrilling with excitement, everything is unforgettable,
Du Yuanyuan even thought that since he also liked her, they could establish a relationship in the future.
Anyway, I am not from a noble family, and I have never dreamed of getting a guide matched by the country.
It was decided happily.
When he comes back from the polluted area this time, I will find a good time and a slightly romantic environment, tell him that I am interested in him too, and ask him if he is willing to live together from now on.
After that night, the sentry went to the contaminated area, a place that was not particularly dangerous, to carry out a not-so-difficult escort mission.
But he didn't come back.
The sentinel with the spirit of a Doberman, the wet eyes of a puppy, who was willing to accommodate himself between the beds, failed to return from the contaminated area.
Du Yuanyuan finally came to her senses. She thought about how he had risked everything to confess his love to her before he went on the mission. How he had abandoned all his self-esteem and catered to her at all costs while lying on the bed.
Deep within that madness, there lies a desperate sadness.
How come I didn’t notice it at all
When hearing the bad news, Du Yuanyuan behaved like all her comrades-in-arms. They observed silence for a moment and then stopped asking questions.
It is very common for sentinels to die in contaminated areas, and this happens almost every month.
No matter how sad something is, if it happens too many times, people will become numb.
Like everyone else, Du Yuanyuan remained silent for a while after hearing the news and didn't even shed a tear.
But she took her equipment and sneaked into the contaminated area alone. After searching for a long time, she found the remains of the dead sentinel.
The iron-eating beast's sharp claws dug through the ruins and unearthed the sentinel's corpse.
His body was incomplete, having endured tremendous suffering during his lifetime, and only his head was intact.
The sentry's body had his eyes closed, his hair was messy, and his face was gray. He had been dead for a long time.
There was no trace of the person who had called out his name with red eyes that night.
Du Yuanyuan looked at him for a while, pulled out a knife, and cut off his head with one stroke.
[Round]
There was a strange voice calling her name, and a cold feeling invaded her forehead.
Du Yuanyuan was in a trance for a moment, and seemed to be more awake, but a kind of rage gripped her heart tightly, making it impossible for her to wake up.
She carried her lover's head and left the contaminated area.
He found a brain tank system on the black market, cut out his lover's brain with his own hands, put it into the instrument, and saw the scene before his death.
Du Yuanyuan saw a diary and a pen writing quickly on it.
The contents of the diary had no heading and no signature, only scattered sentences, but Du Yuanyuan inexplicably felt that it was written for herself.
"I always feel that there are many things wrong with this mission. This feeling is very bad, and makes me worry that I may not be able to leave this contaminated area."
"My dearest, from what I know about you, after I die, you may want to get to the bottom of this matter."
"Then why don't I write down what I know, so you don't have to go through all the trouble to investigate. Of course, if I'm not dead, I would probably destroy this notebook."
"It's strange. Before we set out, all my teammates and I thought that this was just an ordinary mission to escort researchers to a contaminated area for investigation. The team was very simple, with only a few sentinels. Everyone was very relaxed and thought it would be an easy and safe mission."
“It was not until before departure that I accidentally learned that the person we were escorting was not a researcher, but a guide.”
"He's not only a guide, he's just a very young child."
"Why would we send such a young guide who has no fighting ability into the contaminated area?"
"After we came in, the captain told me that we were not going to the outer circle, but to the core of the contaminated area, to where the pillar was. When we arrived at the core area, we were even ordered to leave the child alone. This was too cruel and simply appalling. I had to object."
"Guides are the empire's treasure. Even for sentinels like us who are in urgent need of guides, it is rare for us to see a guide on weekdays."
"Why did such a ridiculous thing happen? My dear, I feel like a group of villains and accomplices. I am sacrificing an innocent lamb to the devil."
"But the captain forbade us to ask any more questions, and didn't let me say anything more, just asking me to obey orders. I can't listen to him this time, I have to find out the whole story."
"My dear, I have a very dangerous feeling, but if I can get out alive, I think I must investigate this matter thoroughly..."
The diary no longer appears.
There are only some fragmentary images.
The battlefield, the terrifying deformed creatures, the long tentacles extending from the pillars, the crying face of a child, and the commander swinging his long sword at his own people.
There is also countless red blood
…
The next moment, Du Yuanyuan appeared on the training ground, raising his gun and shooting.
The memory was erased. She went back to that day.
A familiar and close comrade came to her side, wagged his tail and expressed his feelings to her.
[Round]
The voice that had been calling him again and again suddenly rang in his mind.
Wake up, panda.
[Don't you want to find out the truth and avenge him? ]
[You just go through this night over and over again, wandering between happiness and pain]
[Hey! If you don't wake up, the big fish will not be able to hold on. Nicole, the big cat, and the unicorn will all die! ]
Something struck her mind like a whip; someone was calling her.
Du Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then she looked up and heard the person in front of her saying to her,
"I just ask for one night, even if it's only one night."
Du Yuanyuan looked at the person in front of her for a moment, took off her glasses, reached out and rubbed the ears of the dog that had protruded from its head.
In front of everyone at the training ground, she leaned in and kissed him.
"I'm sorry, I should have made it clear to you at the beginning. I want to give you more than just one night."
She let go of the man who was stunned by her kiss.
Put your hand on his forehead and apologize to him.
"I'm leaving. I can't stay with you in memories forever."
"I will look into and investigate the things you don't understand for you, and make them known to the world."
Ni Ji stepped on the mutant's head and pulled out the blood-red long knife. The blade was too sticky and the hand holding the knife was slipping.
The vision was covered with blood red and was too blurry to see clearly.
He didn't even have time to catch his breath or wipe the blood before a new mutant crawled out from the ground.
The ferocious monsters opened their mouths wide, and before one of them had completely crawled out from the ground, the other was already hanging from the ceiling on a silk thread.
Ni Ji raised his knife again, his arms trembling. He tore off a piece of cloth and tied the handle and his palm together.
"Take a break, let me do it."
The female sentry's voice sounded from behind.
A giant iron-eating beast fell from the sky and flattened the two mutants with its butt.
It was Du Yuanyuan, she had come to her senses from her confused mental state.
The giant panda's spirit forcefully joined the battle, rolling back and forth on the battlefield, tearing apart countless mutants with its bare hands.
Ni Ji, who heaved a sigh of relief, swayed a little, and used the tip of his knife to support himself on the ground to prevent himself from falling. A strong arm reached out from behind and supported him.
The golden lion Rachel held Ni Ji's arm. His braid was broken, his long golden hair was scattered, his face was stained with blood, and he looked angry.
"You stand back for a moment and let us do it," he said.
(End of this chapter)