Offer your allegiance to Chaos!

After the game ended, there were only three people left in the conference room: Ashe, Hemo, and Serea.

Ashe sat at the conference table, sorting out the materials given to him by the doctor.

At the end of the meeting, Rhodes Island approved Ashe's plan and was willing to provide material and information assistance. The information mainly refers to the map, soil, hydrology, and information on the tribes of wandering infected people in the wilderness outside the Dragon Gate.

In the continent of Terra, due to the existence of natural disasters, humans mainly live in mobile city-states. There are basically no fixed small towns. There are no roads or supply points in the wilderness. There are only scattered small villages and infected tribes expelled from the city. scarce and dangerous.

In addition, Terra does not have artificial satellites and GPS, and the origin stone often interferes with the magnetic field, and the compass often fails, so the map of the wilderness area is quite blurry, mainly relying on iconic natural landscapes such as mountains and rivers as relative coordinates.

Moving in the wilderness, even finding water sources has become a difficult task.

The most troublesome thing is that because Ashe can't reveal the current situation to Ms. Sicily, he can't use Wei Yanwu to obtain the most detailed wilderness information within the scope of Longmen's activities. Relying on these collected by Rhodes Island adds a lot of difficulty to the task out of thin air.

As he watched, he let out a helpless sigh.

However, this is not the most terrible thing.

Out of the corner of Ashe's eye, he glanced at Hemer and Serea beside him.

From the moment Saria entered the meeting room, Hemo sat upright and kept his eyes fixed on her. He didn't even glance at her, as if she didn't exist at all.

Serena was the complete opposite. She was sitting in the corner of the meeting room halfway from Hemer, but even when she was apologizing to everyone in Rhodes Island (running away just after joining the job), she still took aim at Hemer. Looking back and forth, the composition of eyes is complex, like a pie chart.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, I just got slapped half a day ago, and I have to form a team to find the child, who would not be embarrassed?

In particular, Ashe did not seek Hemo's opinion before sending a message to Saria...

"that……"

After a long silence, Ashe pulled her head out of the mountain of materials, coughed lightly and said, "Serea, please sit here first, so that we can discuss the next action."

Saria hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Hemer on Ashe's left.

Hemer didn't look up, he was still flipping through the documents with a calm expression.

Serena just got up and sat on Ashe's right side.

"After half an hour, Rhodes Island has sorted out our equipment and supplies, and it's time to set off. Let's make a long story short."

Aixi coughed again: "I took a rough look at the information, and the environment in which Longmen is currently located is relatively harsh. It consists of a large plain and a few hills. The climate is relatively dry, and water sources are scarce. Most of the water sources are wandering infected people. , wilderness robbers and bounty hunters, we don't know Ifrit's course of action, but there is a high probability that no matter how we go, we will encounter more than one wave of trouble...in the natural sense, and in the social sense."

"Leave the looters to me." Ashe was separated from Hemer, Saria's mood calmed down, and her tone returned to calm: "Most of the people who will be active in the wilderness are not worth mentioning. , can be dealt with with one punch, and what really needs to be guarded against is Ifrit... Regardless of whether her consciousness is in control or not, let’s call her Ifrit for the time being. All in all, the biggest danger can only be her Brought, but, still leave it to me."

"I defeated the Balrog once, and I can defeat it a second time."

"That's why I asked you here." Ashe smiled.

What the two of them said actually meant to sing a double reed - Hemer hadn't expressed his attitude towards Serena's joining from the beginning to the end. Although Ifrit is currently in crisis, she probably won't object, but the two of them still Some murmured, so they specially emphasized the significance of letting Saria join.

After finishing speaking, the two glanced at Hemo in a tacit understanding.

"Compared with how to defeat the enemy, I still think that how to find the opponent is the biggest problem."

Hemer finally raised his head, pushed his glasses, and said in a calm tone: "The natural environment is harsh enough, and Ifrit can still hide her tracks in the environment, even if she herself said that the purpose is to lure us In the past, I also doubted whether I could find the clues she left behind."

"Well, we can only wait until we get to the place to see the situation." Ashe smiled wryly, "Maybe we can find a small note once we get to the 1000-meter location where she disappeared?"

"About this, I should be able to find her." Serena hesitated for a moment and said.

Ashe and Hemo both turned their heads to look at her.

"Did she leave a note for you?" Ash wondered.

"No, not a note, but..."

Serena thought about it: "A new origin stone skill that I have mastered. I got it in the Balrog incident. I can recognize the breath of the Balrog."

"Breath?" Hemer frowned and said, "Operator Serena, scientists shouldn't use such ambiguous words. Is it biological pheromones or Originium skill fluctuations? How many meters is the range of action? Will it be affected by atmospheric movement or humid environments?" Interfering?"

As soon as Hemer had a face-to-face conversation with Saria, he began to take on an aggressive look, and even changed to a cold official name. Saria was dumbfounded for a while, and Ashe quickly smoothed things over: "Serena didn't say that it's a newly mastered Is it? After defeating the Balrog, she didn't have a chance to continue practicing, it's normal to not know the parameters, the point is to have a direction."

"Hmph." Hemo actually understood that she was deliberately finding fault, so she looked away and said nothing.

Serena also fell silent.

"Okay, we have the answers to the two main problems of finding the enemy and solving the enemy. If there are any new problems, let's explore slowly after we hit the road."

Ashe wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. Now that Hemer has acquiesced in Saria's joining, this unnecessary pre-war discussion meeting can be declared over.

He habitually said the closing words:

"So, do you have any other opinions? Without us—"

I regretted it halfway through.

"Have."

Hemer raised his head again, as if a cold light flashed across his glasses, he stared straight at Saria.

"Ah... what's your opinion?" Ai Xi wanted to slap herself, and just pull the two of them out and walk out. Ask me a fart!

"The vehicle that Rhodes Island is about to subsidize to us is a large RV produced by Raytheon Industries. It is equipped with an automatic driving function, right?"

Hemer said: "If I remember correctly, this kind of car has enough space to separate two living quarters, and I request that the three of us be strictly quarantined accordingly."

"How strict?" Ashe's mouth twitched.

"The large living area is set at the rear of the caravan. It should maintain a relatively sterile environment and be equipped with a full set of medical equipment to prevent possible deterioration of your condition on the way. As the attending physician, I will take care of you around the clock."

Hemer said indifferently: "The small living area is at the front, and Serea operators are responsible for route decision-making, assisted driving, road scouting, enemy response, water supply and vehicle maintenance. Due to the nature of the work, there is a high probability of contamination with germs, such as No accidents, do not enter the rear area, all communication is carried out through communication equipment."

"Ah, this—" Ashe was dumbfounded.

Isn't this too cruel?Do all the dirty and tiring work by yourself, and don't let your wife and children take a look. What kind of devil tool person?

But before Ashe could figure out how to reject Hemer's outrageous request, Saria couldn't fix him with a single sentence.

"it is good."

Serena didn't even blink her eyelids, she even showed a helpless but relieved smile as if she was relieved.

"...Okay, let's make a decision first."

Ai Xi held back for a long time, and could only nod her head, who would make one willing to fight and one willing to suffer?

Anyway, that's the plan.

However, after 5 minutes, the three of them deeply realized what it means that the plan cannot keep up with the change.

"Sorry, it's our maintenance that's not working—"

In the garage of the logistics department, Amiya was sweating profusely looking at the RV that the mechanic had tossed and failed to start, "It was fine during the inspection the day before yesterday, why did it become like this in a blink of an eye... I'm really sorry, If you can't wait until the repairs are done, you'll have to use another, smaller motorhome that's just been tried and started."

She pointed to the smaller RV in the corner of the garage.

It seems that not to mention the two living areas, after installing the medical equipment, the three of them might have to squeeze into a big bed.

The three of Ashe were silent.

"Hey, actually, the smaller models don't have much difference in performance. They are all produced by Raytheon Industries. The Originstone engine can withstand full-speed driving for [-] hours. There is also a backup energy source in the car. The only problem is that the space is a little smaller. .”

Amiya didn't know the real reason for the silence of the three of them, and hurriedly explained: "But if the regular food is replaced with compressed food, it will still be enough... Um, are the three still not satisfied? How about I contact Longmen immediately On the other hand, the urgent purchase of a large—”

"No, there's no need." Ashe quickly waved her hand: "I don't really want outsiders to know about this operation, so let's take this one."

He didn't care about Hemo's reaction anymore, anyway, the reality was like this, he had to admit it, and he had to admit it if he didn't.

"Oh, that's really great." Amiya breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately waved her hand: "Hurry up, hurry up, move the medical equipment and supplies to this car!"

Looking at the garage that was busy again, Ashe, Hemo, and Saria looked at each other in blank dismay.

The plan that had just been finalized was subtly shrunk by a large circle in various senses.

Looking at the broken down large RV, Ashe sighed with complicated emotions.

Is it really broken because of poor maintenance?

Ashe thought of Ifrit's malicious smile before leaving.

But it is meaningless to investigate the reasons. The problem is how to face the reality and adjust the plan.

"I can sleep in the driver's seat."

After a long while, Serena said "tactfully": "This can barely separate them."

"..."

Hemo remained silent, and after a long time, slowly shook his head.

There is no way, the human heart is still fleshy after all.

she says:

"It's only a few days, let's make do with it."

Chapter 57 Don't close the door when you go to the toilet

What do you mean by making do with it? Sleeping is not about making do with it...

Ashe muttered in his heart, he had already foreseen all kinds of conflicts that would break out on the journey, but he had no choice but to have no second choice.

After packing up, another 10 minutes later, Ashe was finally able to board the RV.

The first impression is that it is small.

The main reason is that various medical devices occupy too much space, and the originally relatively spacious living area has been built into an ICU. There are a lot of electrocardiograms, blood oxygen monitors, infusion stands, etc., leaving the place for the bed to be occupied by Ami. Ya forcibly stuffed three small beds into them, which were tightly pressed together, no different from a big bed.

Ashe lay down on the bed and asked Hemer to help him install various monitoring instruments, while Saria stood in the corner, and the atmosphere between the three was subtly quiet.

"Okay, the final inspection is completed, and it is confirmed that there is nothing missing. The three of you can go."

Amiya stood at the door of the car, waved her hand and said, "Bon voyage."

The RVs produced by Raytheon Industries are all self-driving. Sereya only needs to plan a rough route on the handheld terminal, and it can automatically avoid obstacles ahead.

The route from Rhodes Island to the port is automatically installed in the database without any arrangement. When the car drove to the place where Ifrit disappeared, Selea got out of the car, stood outside for a while, and then came up. Route reset.

"I can trace back to 3000 meters away." She said: "Ifrit seems to be walking in a straight line. Every 3000 meters, I will open the ventilation window of the driver's seat and check the breath again."

"Pay attention to the air control to filter out germs." Hemer nodded.

Ash also breathed a sigh of relief.

The biggest problem, is not a problem anymore.

So, this journey officially begins.

……

……

To be honest, it really wasn't a pleasant journey.

At least it's completely different from Ashe's impression of "a family of three going out for a hike".

It has been an hour since we drove out of Longmen Port, and the air inside and outside the car is still as dull as when we set off.

Outside the car, the midsummer heat blazes the ground. On the wilderness, except for the sparse weeds and small trees, there is no scenery to be seen. The purely wild road conditions, even under the shock-absorbing suspension system produced by Raytheon Industries, The RV was also a little bumpy.

In the car, there was no laughter or laughter. Ashe lay on the bed in the middle, closed his eyes (pretending to) rest, and Hemer sat next to him, flipping through the medical books in his hand. Take a look at the data of the blood oxygen monitor.

Serena was even more embarrassed. She sat far away in the corner diagonal to Hemer, staring out the window in a daze. Every three kilometers, she got up and went to the driver's seat to confirm the route, but Evely But it seems that Te walked in a straight line all the time, and he didn't even need to move the terminal.

——Although it has not been confirmed, Ashe is still sure that she is not looking at the scenery outside the window, but looking at him and Hemo secretly through the reflective window glass.

This is too embarrassing.

Halfway through, more than once, Ashe wanted to raise her eyelids and find a topic to break the silence, but she turned around several topics in her mind, but couldn't find a suitable one.

Forget it, I'm not here for an outing anyway, as long as conflicts don't break out, let's keep it for now, finding Ifrit is the most important thing.

In the end, Ashe had to come to such a conclusion.

However, this conclusion also leads to another question at the same time - if the situation remains unchanged, then even if Ifrit is found, can Selea win with just one punch?

With her eyes closed, Ashe called out the Book of Selene again.

The black mud polluted by negative emotions still covers most of the book, but it is less visible to the naked eye than it was when he just woke up—probably due to the fact that Hemo and Saria are by his side now.

That is to say, the method of Amy—assuming that it was written by Amy for the time being—was effective.

Since the method is effective, should we try every means to speed up the dispelling of negative emotions and awaken the Book of Slaanesh?

This question conflicted with the previous conclusion, causing Ashe to fall into a huge entanglement.

However, what he never expected was that he would soon no longer have to worry about it.