About becoming a magical girl

They continued walking, and soon, they came to the so-called "exit" - a heavy metal gate.

But it was obvious that someone had already visited here, the hydraulic valve was twisted and broken, and the metal gate was forced open to the two sides to allow one person to pass through. The roots of the vines protruded out along the crack of the door, and the outside was still pitch black. Obviously, this door does not directly lead to the outside world.

Repis and Triris looked at each other.

"Let me come."

She flexed her ten fingers, and the gauntlet made a crisp and hard friction sound, and she passed through it first.

Triris and Lin followed closely behind, and nothing happened.

They came to the bottom of a well that looked like a well, and when they looked up, they could see a glimmer of light.Repis didn't borrow the hanging ladder, but jumped straight up, and the silver light under her feet flickered before jumping out from the bottom of the well.

Keeping her feet on the ground again, Leipis looked around vigilantly, but she didn't see the enemy, and all kinds of experimental equipment were in front of her eyes.

"here it is……"

"ICS Institute."

Trilith came to the ground one step later, frowned slightly, and checked the positioning information on the bracelet—the bracelet had received the communication signal again since they left the ground.

A trace of suspicion flashed in her eyes.

"Why are we here?"

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109: confluence

Deep underground, unknown underground space——

Afnir stopped at the connection between the tunnel and the underground space, staring motionlessly at the huge cylinder in the center of the space.

The "dust" floating in the air moved slowly, but nothing strange appeared, and Evenier could not find any clues after observing for a long time.

She turned to look at Yanila Si and the others.

"Can you find the location?"

"Well, you can take a look."

Efnir squatted down beside Yani Lasi, and Yani Lasi clicked a few times on the combat electronic map, and several arcs centered on several nodes gradually expanded, and then stagnated, and several intersection points of the arcs connected the surrounding area. an area.

"We're probably around here."

Efnir took over the electronic tactical board from Yanilasi.

"From the map, the area we are in is a few hundred meters northeast of the Sakai Monument Management Office, and there are no special buildings on the ground. There are water towers and wheat fields on the ground, and there is also a planting management base."

"Water tower?"

"This is it."

There is a small dot marked with a triangle on the map, and Yanilas points out her finger, and the information of the water tower is immediately displayed.

"This water tower seems to have been completed in the war years of the old century. It was an important water storage facility. Later, it continued to exist here as a relic of the war years and was reused after the establishment of the former Sakagawa garrison."

"War..."

Evenier pursed her lips and remained silent.

What happened in the old generation is too far away from the present. The brilliant civilization of human beings in that era has been wiped out in the dust with the advent of white hole erosion. The books left over from the old generation record sporadically a corner of the gorgeous territory of human civilization at that time, and Evenier can’t know the whole picture from it. Despite being defeated, she still stubbornly told the story of that unreachable era to Evenier.

The wars of the old generation... Maybe they didn't think that human beings would be forced to this point by the sudden crisis.

No, maybe not quite.

It is the same in this era. Dirt and darkness breed in the decadent corners of the city. Outlaws have always been active in the dark backside of the city. Besides, there are also a group of people like "Apostles"?

Such things as "war" may be unavoidable.

"Is there anything special about these nearby wheat fields?"

"These plantations were demolished and reconstructed from the original residential areas, and I think this may be an explanation for the existence of the tunnel."

"Perhaps... In short, mark this location and find someone to search in detail after you go out. If you are lucky, you may find something new."

"Then we..."

"Let's retreat first." Evenier pursed her lips, then shook her head again, "This place is too weird, now is not the time to investigate, and it's almost time to meet up with Lapis and the others, we can talk to them Let’s exchange information, maybe there will be some new discoveries.”

Although Efnir didn't seem to be affected by that strange phenomenon, she couldn't leave Yanilas and others who had lost most of their strength to go in and explore alone, otherwise Yanilas and the others would be in danger if they were attacked by mutants.

"I'll send you out of here and return to the ground to ask for support—I believe that there is a special way to block that phenomenon. At least we have seen that this place was originally a huge underground research institute. In other words, there were people here, so you must have a way to enter it."

"Perhaps that kind of thing only works on proxies?"

Lan made a bold guess.

"You see, we will be affected in the exile posture, but once the synergy is released, the feeling will disappear immediately. Is this a way?"

"Maybe...but we can't do a rigorous test."

This conjecture is indeed possible, but Evenier is unwilling to take them to take risks—the combat power of Yanilas and others has dropped sharply, and they don't have enough self-protection power if they encounter any danger.

The best way is for the unaffected Evenier to investigate alone, which is what Evenier planned.

Therefore, it is necessary to send Yanilas and others back before conducting an investigation, and then mobilize manpower for support.

Always be cautious.

Besides, Evenier is very concerned about the suspicious traces she found on the side of the cylindrical building. It seems that someone has visited here before, and the other party is likely to be a member of the apostles. It is probably because of this reason that Evenier dare not take Yanila and the others to take risks.

"Let's go, don't keep Lapis and the others waiting. Can you still act?"

"Well... it's just that there's nothing wrong with acting."

"Follow me, I will open the way."

Ephnell took the lead and walked ahead.

……

Go back to the tunnel and go all the way. When you return to the original meeting point, only Trilith is waiting here.Triris seemed to have been waiting here for a while, twirling her hair in a circle in boredom, and when she saw Avenier, she immediately waved to Avenier.

"Yo, you guys are here!"

And she immediately noticed that something was wrong with Yanila Si and the others.

"Wait, are you in any trouble? Why did you cancel the attunement?"

"Some troubles," Evenier glanced at Yanila Si and the others, "Let's go out and talk about it."

"Well," Trillis nodded, "It happens that Repis also has something to say to you in person."

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"Xijian-san, your sister is back!"

In the temporary ward, Hua Zuoqin put down the half-cut fruit for Xue Nai, and told Xue Nai the news with joy.

Xue Nai sat up from the hospital bed, but the pain in her whole body still made her feel reluctant.

"...Where is my sister?"

"It's at the headquarters now, and I just learned about it from Miss Xiqi."

——In fact, after the restoration and restart of the Sakai monument system in the former Sakagawa area, the Sakai monument system in the former Sakagawa resident area and the downtown area of ​​Xijing was connected again.

Immediately afterwards, the central city of Xijing sent a large number of engineering teams, heavy firearms combat troops, and research departments to the Qianbanchuan resident area to assist in the reconstruction and investigation of Qianbanchuan.As one of the most authoritative researchers and the head of the medical department in Xijing City, Yuki Xiqi naturally followed the large army, and at the same time, she also brought along Huazaoqinyin, who is now her only assistant. .

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110. Discussion

The deployment of follow-up support troops is part of the original plan.

Because the range covered by the mobile shielding system carried by the "train" cannot support the actions of large-scale troops, whether the number of troops is too small or the formation of troops is too dense is not conducive to the troops' operations outside Sakai, so only the initially selected advance troops are added to the pre-war missions outside Sakai.

During the attack of the apostles and angels and the follow-up city cleanup and erosive body confrontation, these troops have lost nearly 40.00%, which can be described as a heavy loss. Therefore, after the situation was brought under control, Jiusheng Maji assigned the deployment task immediately. , One hour after Avenier and the others left the temporary station, the large force had already entered the urban area of ​​the former Banchuan garrison, merged with the original combat troops and stationed near the temporary station.

Xiqi Youji and Huazao Qinyin are among them.

As researchers and medical workers, the first thing they did when they came here was to conduct physical examinations for all the injured agents, and then performed some treatments. After that, Hua Zuoqinyin was ordered to stay in Chennai's ward to take care of them. Chennai.

As for Yuki Xiqi, he came to the prison in the train early, met with the "apostles" who were being held, and then got some samples of mutants and a "holy relic" from the adjutant.

Compared with medical work, in fact, Yuki Xiqi's more important work here is mutants and holy relics.

The holy relics used by the apostles this time are different from the ones seized before. To some extent, they are all very valuable intelligence resources.Not to mention "variants", as special life forms that are rarely observed, every threatening "variant" is a special source of intelligence that researchers must pay attention to.

At this time, Yuki Xiqi received a notice from Maki Kuo that Efnir, Yani Lasi and others had returned and brought back more mutant samples.

Xiqi Youji told Hua Zao Qin Yin the news.

At this time, the Interim Command——

Yuki Xiqi pushed open the door, and there were already several people waiting in the temporarily opened command room. In addition to the researchers, there were Yanilas, Evenier, Leipis, and other agents who participated in the mission during the tunnel investigation.

Jiusheng Maji stood in front of the big screen with her hands behind her back, thinking about something, she turned around when she noticed Xiqi Yuki.

"commander."

"You're here earlier than I thought. I heard about your ability from Concubine Masaki before, the young and promising researcher Miss Xiqi Yuki who has not been appreciated," Kuo Maki nodded at her and motioned her to sit down. "There are some things here that need your help, and I hope you won't refuse."

"Of course, this is my job. It's just that Lieutenant General Masaki thinks too highly of me. I'm just doing my best. Maybe I can't meet your expectations."

Yuki Xiqi used to be one of the unique new generation of researchers in the Central Province, and was famous in the medical field for a while, but her voice fell silent again later, and then came to Xijing City as a supporting researcher, and she continued to work on her research.

Although there are not many people in the central province who know her because of the silence of more than two years, but as a famous researcher of the younger generation, she is by no means in vain, and she can do it when conditions permit. He is also the absolute chief researcher of Xijing City to do research work that many others cannot complete.

Since they are not in the same branch, Yuki Xiqi and Asaki Kuo are not strictly subordinates, so their attitudes are more casual.

After exchanging a few simple greetings with Maki Kuo, Yuki Xiqi sat down.

"Hello," Xiqi Yuki just sat down, and Lapis stretched out her hand to her, "I'm Ming Asakura, code-named Lapis, leader of the funeral bird team in Suzuta City."

"I have known you for a long time. Thank you Suzuta City for your help this time. You can call me Yuki Xiqi, the chief researcher and head of the medical department here."

"Haha, nice to meet you, Dr. Xiqi, actually we met before."

"us?"

"It's not just you, I also knew about Evenier, but I finally got to see him today, so I know Xijing City's Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger."

Seeing that Xiqi Youji still had a puzzled expression, Leipis smiled and didn't say much, and they exchanged a few words, and the two knew each other.

Then Yuki Xiqi greeted Avenier and the others again, and finally heaved a sigh of relief when they saw that Avenier and the others were all fine.

"Okay, let's get to the point."

Jiusheng Maki said.

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"...Are you saying that the entire underground tunnel area including that strange space is all the area of ​​the 'ICS Research Institute'?"

Yuki Xiqi frowned, with suspicion on his face, "Have you concealed the existence of underground tunnels and underground spaces... This is too unbelievable. Although I haven't had much contact with 'ICS', but in my I have the impression that they might do such a thing if they are conscious.”

Her words were also the voices of the others present, including Maki Kusou, who was always expressionless, who also showed a trace of concentration. After Evenier and Repis left the underground tunnel and joined, they immediately exchanged their respective information, and then discovered an astonishing fact: the underground tunnel area, including the huge underground cavity that Evenier, Yanilas and others went to, were all affiliated institutions of the ICS Research Institute.

In other words, it is an unknown secret research institution.

"ICS...Integrated Institute of Subtropical Plant and Ecological Science..."

Jiusheng Maki flipped through the documents in her hand, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she raised her head to look at Efnir, Yanilas, and Lapis.

"There are no mistakes or omissions in this information, right?"

"I can't be sure, but this is the information we extracted from the internal data of the 'ICS Research Institute', and there must not be much discrepancy."

The person who spoke was Lapis. After they separated from Evenier, they explored all the way. The location where they finally came out of the tunnel happened to be the hidden passage at the bottom of the "ICS Research Institute".

Moreover, the crashed train carriages and rails found in the underground tunnel by Avenier and others also confirmed this point.

"There is also that strange underground space, which seems to deprive the power of the second generation of agents - we have not yet determined the mechanism of action of this phenomenon, nor can it confirm whether it has the same effect on the first generation of agents, so far The only one who didn't get disturbed was me."