"Looking at the mission requirements, even if I don't want to ruin this life-and-death love, there's nothing I can do."
Shaking his head, Colin dragged out the extremely long imitation Han sword from the "storage room".
He took the initiative to remove the effects of the props that reduced his presence...
Then, flames rolled and exploded on his body.
It was at this moment that the "ghost witch" wearing an intricate black Gothic lace dress, who was standing next to the "corpse" of the former employee, looked at Colin for the first time. The beautiful eyes on her delicate face met Colin's gaze.
She seemed to recognize Colin's identity and knew that he should be a member of the company, so she did not attack him immediately.
The confrontation lasted for several seconds before Colin spoke: "He's already dead. If possible, I hope you can let it go and let me help him get rid of it, instead of continuing to exist in this state..."
Although this employee's flesh and blood still exists in this way, his essence has long been dead, more thoroughly destroyed than brain death. His genes have also been completely distorted in the collapse that has lasted for who knows how many years.
Even if there were cloning methods, it would probably be impossible to clone anything...
Even from a metaphysical point of view, Colin couldn't feel the existence of any soul in this body.
So there really was no chance of rescue.
At least from Colin's point of view, there is nothing that can be saved... No, it seems that it is not impossible.
Colin suddenly remembered a terrifying existence...
"If Red Moon takes action, there might be a chance. After all, the Father of the Ocean was just a pile of rotten flesh filled with pollution that had been rotting for who knows how many years. It's a miracle that he was resurrected."
"If He were to take action, there might be a chance to save this pile of rotten flesh in front of me."
"but……"
Let "Red Moon" come here to rescue people?
Colin is not so naive. It is good enough that the guy does not come to make trouble. Instead of fantasizing that he can save people, it feels more reliable to let "0-09·Hunger" give up the desire to "eat".
Of course, this is just his opinion, and the probability that the young female ghost in front can accept this statement is almost zero.
But if there is a chance, he still wants to try to communicate to solve the problem and avoid conflict.
But, unfortunately...
Before Colin finished speaking, he heard a sharp female scream that sounded like tinnitus.
A swelling and tingling sensation came over my mind...
"It seems that the negotiation cannot be successful. However, is this some kind of mental attack?"
Colin felt a headache and tinnitus, but he didn't think it was a big problem.
Although the attack effect is not weak...
However, compared with facing level 0 containment objects and ancient gods, it is too weak.
With his mental resistance, he didn't take this attack seriously at all.
At the same time, seeing that the attack had no obvious effect, the "Ghost Witch" disappeared into the air. The surrounding scene became extremely dim at this moment, and the shadow effect seemed to become countless times thicker, and a shrill and strange laughter echoed in the carriage.
Countless strange and dark creatures wearing thorny chains emerged from the thick darkness.
In addition, there are dark needles shooting out from various corners...
Feeling the eerie aura above, Colin knew that if he was stabbed, even by just a needle, the outcome would not be good.
"The surrounding scene changes very quickly... I feel that this method is a bit like the 'field' that only level 8 officials can use..."
"Compared to the 15% release on the train, it is indeed much stronger now. I am afraid that even if a D-class personnel comes, it may not be easy to deal with these things. It is worthy of being a graduate of 'Script Heaven'."
After secretly commenting, Colin grasped the sword and chopped it hard, and a sword-like flame was swung out.
The dark atmosphere around seemed to be torn apart.
Colin was about to detonate the flames on his body, but a sense of crisis flashed in his heart, and he quickly turned around and drew his sword.
"clang!"
The heavy sword chopped down on a pair of exquisitely curved short blades inlaid with obsidian.
"interesting."
Colin glanced at the pair of slender hands holding the short blade.
With his brute force that could easily overturn a bus, he was unable to suppress the out-of-control prop for a while.
The stalemate lasted less than a second, and countless chains and needles attacked from all around. At the same time, the "Ghost Witch" stared at Colin again, trying to launch a strong enough mental attack at close range.
If this attack succeeds, even Colin will have to pay a price.
But before she could complete this series of measures.
Colin puffed up his mouth and suddenly blew out a breath. After the breath was blew out, it turned into a flame that engulfed the "Ghost Witch".
"Ah!" With a scream, the "Ghost Witch" faded away again and her figure disappeared.
"In my life, the thing I fear least is a sneak attack from behind."
Colin muttered in his heart that he had done a lot of homework in order to avoid being stabbed in the kidney.
After forcing the "Ghost Witch" to retreat, the flames on Colin's body burst out further, following the "crack" that had just been torn open, and completely broke the surrounding "field" that had not yet been fully formed.
"It's my turn to create a field..."
Colin let the flames on his body spread, preparing to pull out the hidden "Ghost Witch" and restrain her.
But at this time, when the flames spread to the fat "corpse" of the former employee, the "Ghost Witch" who had been hiding reappeared and stood in front of its body. A thick black aura burst out from her body, preventing any flames from touching the "corpse".
"It seems that I can only offend you."
Colin dragged the Han sword and rushed forward, slashing at the opponent's hostile gaze.
Although he himself is not good at using any moves...
But it doesn’t matter, great effort can produce miracles.
Moreover, this "Ghost Witch" should be better at hiding, assassinating, and sneak attacking, but in order to protect her former owner, she had to fight Colin head-on and was severely restricted.
Amid the clanging sound that lasted hundreds or thousands of times, like hammering iron, the "Ghost Witch" began to lose the upper hand.
The black mist on his body became much thinner, and his body became somewhat transparent...
Finally, Colin found an opportunity and held the flaming greatsword, secretly using a "heavy strike·unparalleled strike".
Before being touched, the "Ghost Witch" did not seem to realize that this move seemed no different from an ordinary attack. It was not until the moment she realized something was wrong and wanted to increase her strength to fight back.
But unfortunately, it was too late...
The only way to survive is to temporarily escape from reality and avoid it.
But in this case...
The master behind him will be hurt.
In an instant, the giant sword wrapped in flames rolled and cut the somewhat transparent body of the "Ghost Witch" in half.
The flames that followed directly swallowed it.
Amidst the shrill screams, the "Ghost Witch" disintegrated into a pool of dark mist and disappeared.
And its overly weak state seemed to trigger the remaining protocol again...
Then, with a clang, a dagger inlaid with obsidian, like a work of art, fell into the carriage.
But compared to the ones I had seen before, all the gems on this dagger were broken and no longer brilliant.
"call……"
Colin took a deep breath and did not pick up the broken prop. Instead, he looked at the body in the train carriage that should have died long ago. He stretched out his hand and pointed it at the other party, and a raging fire burned from the fat.
The fat "corpse" struggled desperately and roared in pain, but unfortunately it was of no use.
Within a few seconds, the noise became less and less.
However, at this moment, the dagger that fell to the side let out a sharp female scream.
Then a slender grabbing the ground in front, and crawled into the flames again, allowing the flames to ignite itself. Finally, next to the fat "corpse", the half-broken body reappeared.
He held the twisted and deformed head in his arms.
Seeing this, Colin was silent for a moment, then took out a small bottle of "Fire Bearer" grease and poured it directly on top -
With the fire he has now, there is no doubt that he can burn corpses.
But if we add a prop left over, it would be a little bit not enough.
Looking at the two figures in the firelight, Colin couldn't help but think in his heart, if this former employee had a last moment of life at this time, and said a final farewell to the out-of-control prop that protected him, perhaps it would make up for a lot of regrets...
It’s a pity that such a touching scene never appeared.
Ten minutes later, in the intensified flames, the out-of-control tool and its former owner were burned to ashes.
Amidst the large amount of ashes, the only thing left was an irregular black gem.
However, before Colin could pick up the thing, an invisible vortex appeared and sucked the object into it.
"Ah... this is the immoral thing for me to do. Shouldn't I be the one to receive the legacy?"
Colin blinked.
However, just as the thought came to my mind, I saw that after the gems were recovered, the events in the mission were shown as completed.
Then another new task popped up in my mind...
This time it is not a small task, but an independent task project.
[Event: "Complete the recovery of C-level employees' leftovers" has been issued to the "Task Bar."]
"This simple and direct task title is obviously about Ms. Rabbit, but in the end, we still have to contact that C-level employee."
Kelin was not surprised, but he was wondering who the guy who persuaded people to quit on the train was...
While thinking, he opened the details page of this task.
[Complete the recovery of C-level employees’ belongings]
[Description: In this destroyed fragmented world, the company has mastered the method of determining the specific location of all the dead, but using this method will trigger a series of unknown situations. ]
[Requirements: Please be prepared. Before the mission officially begins, stay by the campfire, wait for the mission to officially begin, and quickly enter the "other world" of the area to complete the task of inheriting and receiving the remains of the former company's C-level employees.]
【Hint: The remaining time is "2 hours, 59 minutes, 57 seconds". 】
[Note: The recycling of this item will have a huge impact on the current situation. It has been confirmed that when this mission officially begins, enemies such as the "Red Moon" followers, some of the will and demon vassals of the "Original Demon", and the "Bonfire Stalker" will appear with a 100% probability...]
[In addition 1: "Exiled Demon", "Son of Voice" followers, "Destiny Society", "Kunshan Secret Realm", "End of the World Revelers", etc. will be 100%...]
[Additional 2: "Immortality" Research Institute, "Mirror World"...]
【……】
[In addition 9……]
…
"hiss……"
The first half of the mission was normal, but the precautions in the second half made Colin's scalp tingle.
What the hell is this recycling?
Why do so many troubles come suddenly?
And what are these...
"Shit, this mission is just our group, with a few extras, what are we going to do? I feel like even if we liberate '0-09·Hunger' it's a bit of a stretch..."
Colin looked at the first row with an expression on his face. He didn't recognize the other organizations, but these followers of "Red Moon"...
If they summon some of the power of the "Red Moon", it may not be impossible to fight against the "hunger".
Plus a bunch of other miscellaneous stuff...
It's simply impossible to fight!!!
But at this time, Colin noticed that after "the other 6", it was mentioned that their purpose of coming was not the same. Some came to stop the company from recycling, and some came to obtain other things, such as being interested in the source of the "ghost train" disaster...
There may even be some enemies of my enemy, but not my friends.
Finally, there are some who may simply be there to watch the show, but if they have the chance, they probably don’t mind grabbing a spot.
"Why does it feel like a hodgepodge of people who buy 0 yuan for a lot of fun?"
Colin felt overwhelmed as he looked at all these gazes.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that the attack on these train carriages was probably not just bad luck, but was most likely related to the things that were to be recovered now.
Taking a deep breath, Colin checked the time and quickly returned to the campfire.
As soon as he came over, he saw the "Son of Sexual Abuse" and others with extremely bad faces.
Even without speaking, Colin could seem to read from their faces, "We are just fucking E-class. How can we be qualified to undertake such a mission?"
"Brother Shunzi, are you sure you can complete this mission..." "Son of Sexual Abuse" spoke quickly.
The "Additional 7" of the mission mentions that they will provide help as much as possible, but it does not say what kind of help they will provide.
The only person they can rely on now is Brother Shunzi.
“I’ll do my best.”
Colin shook his head, indicating that he was not sure, which made the others look even worse.
Although the mission clearly states that there will be no death, it does not say whether it will make them live a life worse than death.
"Don't worry about it for now. Since the mission has been sent, there should be a chance to complete it. It's just that the difficulty may be a little greater than usual."
Colin, who usually does a lot of boring tasks, is calm and knows that Ms. Rabbit will not give him tasks that are impossible to do.
Then, Colin asked, "Do you know anything about the forces mentioned in the mission?"
It seems that the only people he comes into direct contact with here are the followers of "Red Moon" and the demons...
As for others, I have heard of some of them, for example, the "Tianming Society" seems to be one of the official's mortal enemies, and seems to have always had ideas about the "Book of Numerology". As for the others, some of them I have never even heard of.
After hearing Colin's words, several people looked at the "besides" carefully again.
"I have seen the followers of the Son of Voice. They seem to be able to manipulate sound waves and control vibration attacks. So when these people appear, you must be careful of the sounds around you, because what you say may be changed. At the beginning, we kicked over their "holy grail" or something according to the mission requirements and destroyed their rituals..."
"I've come across this 'demon' before during a mission abroad. It seems that its brain is not normal, but its physique is very strong. Later, we roasted it into charcoal and handed it over according to the company's requirements..."
"I heard that other employees of the 'End Revelers' burned down their lair..."
“…”
Several people gathered around the campfire, discussing the information they knew, and then as they talked, they all felt something was wrong -
Why does it seem like everyone has been persecuted or indirectly persecuted by "Bonfire Company"?
"Are there any friendly beings up here?"
Colin touched his chin and suddenly asked a question.
"It may be possible..." "Grand Emperor" spoke:
"The people in the 'Kunshan Secret Realm' seem to be able to control strange beasts. The last time we met them, they seemed friendly. Will they be friendly this time as well?"
"Ah? Are they friendly? Then why did we have a mission when we were in F rank to blow up all their eggs under a factory..." "Emperor Sun" on the side was very surprised.
After hearing his words, everyone present fell silent.
"Oh, forget it, I'm not sure, let's look back..."
Colin rubbed his forehead, and after chatting for a while, he did not continue the discussion.
After sharing all their intelligence, they only recognized less than half of the names in the mission. For a considerable number of them, they had no idea where they came from...
There are too many people who have been persecuted by the company.
Colin suspected that there was a high probability that someone other than those on the list might show up.
The company may not even know how many things it has offended.
"What on earth did this C-level employee have on him? It's just recycling, but why would it attract so many guys? Brother Shunzi, what exactly was the mission you just did alone?" "Foul Mushroom" in the team looked puzzled.
After these words were spoken, several people looked at Colin at the same time, trying to get some information from him.
Unfortunately...
"I don't know either. The mission just now wasn't special..."
Colin did not hide anything and told the story of the "Ghost Witch" and her former owner. The people who heard it were envious and felt that there was actually true love for this thing...
After saying this, he brought the topic back:
"But I guess that even if we recover a lost golden item, it may not cause such a big reaction, so the value of the thing in the other party's hand may be higher than the golden item..."
As he spoke, Colin became more and more confused. If the value was so high, why didn't the company recycle it when it was at its peak?
Instead, I waited until now, when I only had three or two kittens, to remember this matter...
"Taller than the golden item..." Several people murmured to themselves when they heard it.
Then, "Newbie No. 7" sighed, "Oh, this shit, it feels like it's not much better than the out-of-control copy."
"Hehe, it seems that this time, there is a high probability that we will become 'former employees', or become copies for E-level personnel to brush..." "Fol Mushroom" laughed at himself.
However, although they felt extremely stressed, they did not give up completely.
After all, according to Brother Shunzi, it's not that there's no chance of completing this task, it's just that there are a few minor difficulties.
Of course, although in essence, this mission only appeared because of Brother Shunzi...
However, most of the employees present were rescued by the company at their most desperate moment, and they have all experienced many events. They know that now is not the time to share the blame. Since there is still a glimmer of possibility of victory, they cannot give up easily.
As we further deepened our intelligence exchanges, time passed little by little...
When the time came to the third hour, Colin and others noticed at the same time that there was suddenly a piece of letter next to the campfire.
At the same time, they had another inspiration in their minds:
"Throwing the letter directly into the bonfire to burn it means the mission has officially begun. If you don't throw it in, the mission will also officially begin ten minutes later, but it will be a bit passive."
"Let me open it."
After saying that, Colin walked forward, picked up the letter on the ground, and threw it into the bonfire.
With a whoosh sound.
The bonfire completely ignited the letter in an instant.
Then, as if it had received some kind of blessing, it burned violently and expanded rapidly at this moment, exploding to a height of a thousand meters in an instant, engulfing everyone present in the flames while continuously pouring flames into the sky.
The rotating colorful auroras in the sky gradually dissolved due to the reflection of the fire.
Thus a rift appeared...
The surrounding scene also became more distorted at this moment.
Everything is in a vortex...
There are a large number of colorful mineral crystals of various sizes around, like twisted buns.
now……
Colin and others knew that they had entered a deeper "inner world".
At the same time, a complete map appeared in the minds of him and other employees present.
There are more than a dozen "X" marks on this map, and there are more or less brighter red dots in each mark.
The five of them are also in an "X" mark.
"The 'mark' is the carriage, and the dots are the employees. There are more than thirty dots. It seems that not every employee is in the 'inner world'. Some are on the surface..."
Colin understood the meaning of these things almost immediately.
Then, almost subconsciously, he focused his attention on an "X" mark which should be at his nine o'clock position, not the farthest but not the closest either.
There is a bright spot there that is slightly larger than the "X".
The mission instructions also told him...
That's where the C-level employees were.
"It's starting to work... not good!"
Colin opened his mouth and was about to move when he suddenly felt that the world filled with weird whirlpools around him shook, and then an extremely magnificent and powerful wave was descending from somewhere in the dome.
The horror of this aura was enough to make several people feel extremely nervous just by feeling it.
“Crack…”
Amidst some kind of faint sound.
A picture emerged in Colin's mind. Above the sky, a part of the "vortex" suddenly became alive in a strange way, and then grew two hands, tearing itself open, exposing the deep and dark starry sky...
And in the deep darkness, a blood-red light emerged, and a terrifying existence not much smaller than a celestial body was approaching.
During its arrival, many meteorites or other things that were close to it all came to life...
Then, utter strange praises and follow along.
"What the hell, what the hell, what the hell, wasn't it supposed to be 'Red Moon Follower'?! Why is it Red Moon that's here?"
"Fuck, again? Fuck again, fuck me!!!"
Two different terrified voices came out from the two halves of Colin's brain.
How the hell is it possible to defeat this thing that comes in person? !
However, just as the blood-red light was about to shine in from the hole, a hazy gray fog emerged, blocking the blood-red light. At this moment, from the depths of the gray fog, a pale and monotonous train whistle sounded from afar...