Chapter 414 We Can’t Become Sinners
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The commander of the Silent Legion team turned his head and saw a figure covered in fire standing beside him.
Follow him and watch the huge "Flood" being killed in front.
At this moment, as if noticing his gaze, the powerful man retracted his gaze and turned to look at him, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing eight teeth, and gave what he thought was a gentle smile:
"Hello."
Wow wow wow…
The rest of the team reacted quickly and pointed their weapons at the sudden stranger.
However, before they could actually fight back, the team commander raised his hand to stop them.
He did not sense any obvious malice from this group of people.
And judging from the situation, they don't seem to be traitors to humanity, nor are they heretics...
"Who are you?" asked the squad commander.
Hearing this electronic synthesized voice that was indistinguishable between male and female, Colin didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "The company sent me to perform a special prop recovery task."
As he spoke , he took a look at this group of "survivors"...
It can be seen that this group of people are wearing a special airtight armor all over their bodies. Their height is a very standard two meters. Except for the logo on their shoulders, it is difficult to recognize which one is which.
After hearing what Colin said, the team commander was puzzled: "Company?"
Didn't recognize him? Could he not be from the company?
Colin raised his eyebrows, but soon noticed that the emblem on the chest of these people's armor should be the emblem of the expeditionary force he saw earlier, so it should be correct...
Moreover, this group of people more or less have the "aura" that only employees have.
Of course, the most important thing is...
Just after seeing this group of people, the mission was refreshed.
[Event 8: Communicate with them, obtain as much intelligence as possible, and through them, sneak into the "Core Area B" at the right time to find and recover the props...]
[Note: The time is roughly within three hours, please understand the specific situation. ]
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If there is a mission "guarantee", it can be basically confirmed that they are our own people.
After thinking for a while, he changed his words and said, "The full name is 'Bonfire Camp Special Item Collection Company'..."
Hearing this, the team leader was puzzled for a moment, then seemed to have just reacted, and his body trembled: "You...are you the people sent by the company? The company is still there?"
Upon hearing this, the other personnel also seemed surprised and even their grip on the guns became unstable.
If they weren't wearing full-body armor, Colin felt that their expressions would be quite interesting.
"It seems that the company's voice has been missing for too long, so no one has remembered it?"
The thought came to Colin, who nodded.
"It's really... That's great. The people from the company are still here. Our persistence is not meaningless..."
The squad leader and commander uttered incoherent words, his hands trembled, and he clenched his fists again. Then, after some unknown psychological change, he finally let out a long sigh as if relieved and unclenched his fists.
When the other party pronounces the name, they can confirm it through some items implanted in their minds.
These people... are colleagues!
“Why are your emotions fluctuating so much? It’s just…” Feeling the emotional changes, Colin had a feeling that this guy in front of him would die with a smile at any time.
"I wonder what you are going to recycle?" The team leader and commander seemed to have put aside all doubts and spoke.
"An item related to time. It will cause time in certain places to regress. The people affected may repeat this process over and over again..."
Colin was afraid that they didn't understand "Time Reversal", so he briefly explained some related effects.
"Is it related to time..." The captain immediately realized what Colin was talking about.
After all, the entire starship’s famous “reversal” happened because of this thing.
All the anomalies that wanted to leave were trapped here as if for eternity because of its power, and unknowingly , the same thing happened countless times.
But before he could say anything.
Boom boom…
The earth shook slightly.
Several people looked up and saw a large amount of twisted and distorted waves of flesh and blood rushing towards them.
Seeing this, the captain's face under the armor changed color. He spoke quickly and handed something on his chest to Colin:
"It's a massive flood! You guys run away first, take this sign and head in that direction..."
"What about you?" Colin took it subconsciously.
"We will help you lead these things away as much as possible. According to their habits, they will prioritize tracking the group with the largest number of people. Go over there and you will soon meet the execution team. You will be safe then. Then tell them that you have met 999178534220121511..."
As he spoke, the team leader put his hands on his helmet and took it off, revealing a pretty, but slightly asymmetrical female face with short gray hair...
It's like a realistic oil painting that has been roasted by flames, which makes it look a little awkward.
At the same time, a large group of other team members also took off their helmets.
"Hiss..." After seeing their appearance clearly, Colin and the four mobile eyes behind him were stunned.
It’s not that this group of people look so stunning.
It’s because they, regardless of gender, look so similar, as if they were cast from the same mold.
The only discordant part is that the appearance is somewhat distorted...
However, without paying too much attention to this matter, Colin shook his head: "I thought you had some other tasks to arrange. If it's just this, just follow me."
If these twisted lives continued to fight with him for ten days or half a month without interruption, they might indeed kill him.
But, as long as you find the direction...
Colin spread his hands, sighed and laughed, shaking his head: "These little things can't pose any threat to me. With my strength, I am enough to ensure the safety of everyone present."
"Don't be careless, this is a large-scale... complex..." The team leader named with a long string of numbers was about to say something.
The next second, a giant pillar of fire fell from the sky, enveloping everyone.
And it was at this moment that she seemed to realize something and noticed that the brightness here seemed to be much higher than usual...
I slowly raised my head and saw a huge "sun" with a diameter of hundreds of meters above my head.
The flames hanging from it made them feel the warmth they had never felt since they were born.
"Don't worry and follow me. My brother Shunzi never dies when he is on a mission." Seeing that they still had concerns, "Newbie No. 7" on the side hurriedly reminded them.
Then, Colin did not stay any longer and led the charge directly.
The others looked at each other, and finally followed Colin and followed behind.
Although they are not afraid of death...
But if they have a choice, they won't deliberately sacrifice themselves.
The team leader looked at the man who was advancing like a bamboo and entering an empty space, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly:
"As expected of a direct member of the company, he is just as described in the historical materials, so strong."
They have been holding on since ancient times, generation after generation until now, and they are no longer the original group of people.
Nor did they inherit much of the original legacy...
When faced with many dangers, all they can offer is life and sacrifice.
After moving forward for about ten minutes, Colin suddenly heard a vibration in his ears. Immediately afterwards, he saw hundreds of armored vehicles of various models equipped with multi-barreled guns appearing in the endless ruins of the town.
Every shell that erupts from it can kill a large area of Flood monsters.
Amid the vibrating sounds of artillery fire, there were also unmanned machines that moved around like a swarm of bees, emitting scorching rays and plasma to suppress the waves of enemies.
The grand war scene before him reminded Colin of a word.
Steel torrent.
"The weapons are very advanced. Some of them make me feel threatened..."
Colin was inwardly surprised at the situation of this group of people. He had thought that the people here were weak.
But now with just these equipments, the strength is still up to standard.
"Yes, if they were too weak, they wouldn't be able to hold out for that long. But compared to the regular 'Zoo' army, their strength is far inferior."
Colin made a secret comparison.
At this moment, as if noticing Colin, the huge steel torrent began to adjust its bombing position, and a large number of drones, each about the size of a dog, flew over...
"Attention! Please follow the green light."
"Attention! Please retreat following the purple indicator light."
"Attention! Please follow the yellow light..."
Mechanical shouts came over and over again from the drones ahead.
Colin punched an anomaly with his left hand, and transformed the revolver in his right hand into an eight-foot-long sword. He held his breath and swung out a charged air slash with flames, tearing a path through these inhuman waves.
Then he looked at those things in the air and frowned.
"It's okay. Because of something, our signal transmission will be distorted. However, there is only a problem here. We just need to follow it..."
The team leader, who had a pretty face but a very long name, explained as he ran.
The man in front of them was faster than they had expected, and they had originally thought about giving him some assistance.
As a result, at the back, just keeping up with the opponent's speed required all your effort.
Hearing this, Colin didn't say much and directly followed the group of drones that were dishonest in words but honest in bodies.
Soon, he led everyone through the dense group of artillery shells and came to the huge group of tanks. He stretched out his hand and caused the fireball in the sky to shrink continuously, and finally turned into a bright orange-red fireball the size of a basketball, floating beside him.
Many people looked over at him with curiosity and interest in his power, but they just took a quick look and didn't come over.
In this huge torrent of steel, there was no other sound except the sound of the machines running.
As soon as Colin stepped into the advancing steel torrent, a tactical team immediately came to support him. They first transferred them to a relatively safe place, and then took the gray-haired tactical team leader away...
"Sorry, you need to wait here for a while, and leave those things outside to us." A soldier covered in armor walked over and said.
Colin nodded, indicating that it was not a big problem, and tore off the "fake strong man" on his body.
Although after the strength has increased, the negative effects are much smaller than said.
but……
I will be communicating with someone later, so it would not be appropriate to bring it with me no matter what.
The people at the scene did not make them wait too long. Ten minutes later, someone came and took them away quickly. After turning for a while on the battlefield where a large number of tanks were advancing, they came to a dilapidated mobile base vehicle.
At this moment, several people who had been waiting here for a long time stood up from their seats.
They looked Colin and the others up and down for a while, and their emotions seemed to fluctuate greatly. But after a while, the one sitting in the middle spoke:
"We don't have any exact names, only numbers. However, you can call me 'Night Owl'. Maybe this will make the conversation easier. Also, thank you. Your presence lets us know that our existence is not meaningless."
After a pause, without waiting for Colin to say anything, the expeditionary officer who called himself "Night Owl" went straight to the point:
"Your goal is to recover that special time item?"
"Yeah." Colin nodded.
"That thing... it is currently located at 'Core Layer B Area 3441 Area 301 Street', and it will only appear at certain times. Every time it appears, it will trigger a 'reversal'..."
As he spoke, he took out a paper document and handed it to Colin.
After reading the above content, Colin understood the meaning of "reversal", which means that at a certain time, there will be a certain degree of chaos in the entire starship at all times...
Former enemies may take advantage of this opportunity to return from the past.
Sometimes they leave something behind, sometimes they don't.
What the people stationed here have to do is to clear out these things that are left behind and prevent the heretics from truly returning.
"Do you have anything that can offset the effects of time? Without the corresponding items, we will not be able to successfully enter that place." Night Owl asked.
"I brought it." Colin nodded.
"Well, then according to the intelligence, the best time to leave is two hours from now. By then, we will do our best to assist you in entering and recovering the object."
It was about the same time as the mission prompt, so it should be correct. That is, they only provided help after confirming their identities, without mentioning any reward? Colin looked at them:
"Thank you. If everything goes well, I think I should be able to help you take a group of people away as the continuation and future of the civilization here..."
"If I apply, I should be able to take some people with me. It's one of the few things I can do." Colin added in his heart.
However, what he didn't expect was that after hearing his words, Night Owl shook his head.
"The war here is not over yet. We will not leave. Moreover, many of us have been marked. If any one of us leaves, it may cause extremely catastrophic consequences..."
“We can’t be sinners.”
"If one day the bell representing the victory of mankind really rings and we are still needed there, we will go back and rebuild our houses, our homes, one room at a time..."
"But we have not heard the bell of the prophecy yet. Everything is not over yet. The war is still going on. No matter how many houses are rebuilt, they will be destroyed."
"So... we're not leaving."
“In our eyes, colleagues, you are the future.”
