Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

Fortunately, the other parts of his body were not seriously injured, except for a scratch on his face caused by his reckless actions just now.

Although it was just a small wound, there was still a risk of being exposed in this highly polluted area. Hiiragi took out a trauma patch from the medical bag hanging on her waist to isolate the wound from the air.

Without any protection, it was a miracle that the result of a free fall of nearly ten meters was just a sprain of the right elbow joint. Or did you mean when did your resistance ability become so good?

"There should be no problem with this treatment..."

Her fingers pressed lightly on the rough surface of the wound patch to confirm that it fit closely with the location of the wound. However, the unusual sense of dissonance always made her feel that something was wrong, as if... something was missing.

When her eyes caught something lying next to her, she finally realized the reason...

Her gas mask came off! ! !

Hiiragi stared blankly at the gas mask on the ground, unable to react for a while.

Failure to wear a gas mask in such a highly polluted area is tantamount to suicide. In particular, the risk is directly proportional to time. The longer the time, the higher the risk.

She didn't know how long she had been unconscious without the gas mask coming off, but it was clearly beyond the acceptable safety threshold.

She shuddered when she thought that she would be tortured by that terrifying mutated disease and that she would be worse than dead. That was an outcome she absolutely could not accept.

However, the gas mask was severely damaged and shattered due to being hit by falling rocks. Hiiragi didn't even have a way out for repairs.

how so……

Hiiragi touched her pocket with a livid face. She was very sure that she had no other spares.

I don’t know whether I am lucky because I was not hit by a falling rock or unlucky because my gas mask was damaged by a falling rock?Regardless of whether the gas mask is intact or damaged, it is an unchangeable fact that you have inhaled excessive amounts of polluted air.

Even if you replace your entire respiratory system with a new one, it won't help. The pollutants have already penetrated into every aspect of your body, causing irreversible changes in your body.

Thinking of this, Hiiragi adjusted her mentality and comforted herself in her heart: the high risk of mutant disease outbreak does not mean that it is inevitable, and the small probability of immunity is not an absolute dead end...

Even if you are really infected with the mutated disease, you can just kill yourself before the onset of the disease. After all, I have experience in death. It’s just that if I die again, is it a true sleep or a connection to another world? ?

I don’t know whether the urgency of the situation at hand overshadowed the fear of death, or whether the self-comfort of self-destruction began to take effect. After giving up the obsession with polluted air and continuing to breathe, I finally faced the topic.

Where is this place?

By observing the environment, you can initially judge that you are in a subway station in the abandoned city of JD...

The subway...

While silently reciting these three words in her heart, there was a bitterness in Hiroyuki's throat. Besides the shock, there was also an unreal sense of illusion. Who would have thought that a trip to JD's abandoned city would gradually spiral out of control and become like this? .

First she breathed in a lot of polluted air, and then she fell into a subway station she knew nothing about. One desperate situation after another kept pushing her towards death.

Chushengcheng did not fully understand the surface layout of JD Abandoned City, and she had very little knowledge of the underground facilities hidden deep underground. At least she had no idea that such a place existed under her feet.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the al-Qaeda government's strict blockade of high-level intelligence has led to a lack of information in this area among the public.

"Hey! This is the stone. If you hear me, please reply. If you hear me, please reply..." Hiiragi tried to establish contact with other team members, but after repeating the communication headset several times, there was no response. She had no choice but to give up and save some words. , the method of consulting researcher Han Nianling will definitely not work.

Whether it was due to damaged headphones or signal interference, this meant she lost contact with the rest of the squad.

Hiiragi looked up and saw that the cracked cracks in the ground above her head shed some weak and dim light, so that the place would not be completely dark. It was obviously impossible to get out from above her head, so she had to find another way.

"Let's go..."

Said to herself in a low voice, Hiiragi stood up after her body's mobility was almost restored. There were only two of the original eight full extended magazines left on the carrying equipment, including the bullets hung on the gun. A total of seventy or eighty shots were fired, which shows how intense the battle against the zombie wave just now was.

There was also a cracked hunting knife. These were all she had left. Whether it could support her out of the subway was not yet known. The only thing she could do now was try hard.

Turning on the light switch, the light hanging on the barrel returned to stable light after flashing for a few times. The line of sight was extended through the illumination of the light. I was on a certain platform of the subway. I could clearly see it under the illumination of the light. There is still quite a lot of dust floating in the air.

Even if she was lucky enough not to have an outbreak of the mutated disease, she would still be suffering from pneumoconiosis. However, the thick dust on the ground also showed that no other living creatures had been active here for a while, so she was safe so far.

Carefully proceed along the road under your feet, leaving a series of footprints on the thick dust on the ground behind you. The glass used to isolate the platform and the glass is very strong. It is quite rare for it to be shattered on the ground. Most of them are even though they are densely cracked. Still stick to their respective positions.

There were a lot of corpses scattered on the ground, and there was no extra household garbage or survival supplies. These should be the passengers waiting for the subway, but they did not expect that a devastating blow would come faster than the subway.

Soon, Hiiragi found the stairs leading to the upper level. The middle of the stairs was destroyed by falling rocks. The electric stairs on both sides survived and looked quite strong. A piece was hung at the entrance of the stairs by an iron chain. The sign shook slightly.

"Subway entrance, one-way traffic..." He reached out and wiped away the dust covering it. Under the protection of the plastic glass, the white characters on a green background were still clearly visible.

It seems that this is the right way to go.

Going up the stairs, we came to an extremely spacious hall. Because it is hidden underground, the facilities here are relatively complete. At least the seats fixed on the ground still maintain the neat formation of more than 100 years ago. It is familiar. Despite the debris on the surface, the place still gives people a neat look.

Compared with the place here, there is much less dust here. In the dead silence environment, it always feels like the weak footsteps are infinitely magnified.

Keep exploring around with your eyes...

A row of snack and drink vending machines against the wall awakened Hiiragi's hunger. Although the broken window made it easy to get the food inside, Hiiragi would rather take a few bites of the compressed dry food he carried than touch the expired food. It has been a snack for more than 100 years, but this does not mean that Hiiragi will not imagine the taste of these things while they are still within the shelf life.

It's much better than her dry compressed dry food...

"If I could live in the pre-war world...even one year, one day would be enough..." Hiiragi sighed to herself.

There are no mutant beasts, no pollution, no harsh polluting climate, and no worries about hunger and cold. The vast world is the domain of human beings. These paradise worlds that humans yearn for in the new post-war era are actually the ones where humans actually lived and lived in the pre-war world. If it weren't for the remnants of the pre-war world that had been experienced all over the world, Hiiragi wouldn't be able to believe that these actually existed.

found it!

After several scans, Hiiragi quickly found what she was looking for: a diagram of the layout of this place.

It was hanging on the wall not far away. The texture of the plastic board was partially damaged, but most of the high-value information was still retained. Hiiragi quickly took out paper and pen and recorded it in the most original way.

A few sketches suddenly increased the value of this piece of paper a lot. Hiiragi even considered that after returning to the Newborn City, selling it to the intelligence department of the base government would get a large sum of money.

Just when Hiiragi was excited about how things went smoothly, a sudden pull from the back collar made her fall backwards and pulled her off the ground despite her struggles.

There are obviously no traces of biological activity around here!

The sudden attack was completely unexpected by Hiiragi, but she realized the reason when she saw the identity of the attacker.

It was like a disgusting creature in the shape of a lump of meat, parasitic in the cracks in the wall above its head, and the long tongue extending from its mouthpart-like organ was its way of dragging Hiiragi.

The long tongue seemed slender but powerful, or maybe Hiiragi's weight was too light. Soon Hiroyuki's feet were off the ground. Such a posture was difficult to deal with with a gun. She immediately pulled out the hunting knife and shot it with her backhand. Then cut off the tongue.

However, the tongue is extremely tough and the hunting knife is not sharp. No matter how hard Hiiragi Jing tries, he can't cut it off. It seems that he is aware of the fierce resistance of the prey, and the unknown meat ball moves faster and faster.

Damn it, are you careless?

Seeing that disgusting mouthpart getting closer and closer to her, Hiiragi was about to cut her clothes with a knife instead, but a gunshot ended the tongue's continuous dragging on her, and then the familiar feeling of weightlessness came, and then The feeling of falling was no longer unfamiliar to her.

Chapter 29 Subway: How to leave

Hiiragi reached out and hugged the back of her head and used a short period of time to adjust her falling posture as much as possible. She was also mentally prepared to deal with the impact from her back.

However, a few seconds later, the violent impact she imagined did not come. The hard and cold ground was replaced by a pair of hands supporting her. When the familiar scent of camellia entered her nose, she subconsciously closed her eyes because of nervousness and looked at her in surprise. Beside, the owner of the hands that caught her.

"Han...employer?"

The person who appeared in time and caught her to save her from the impact was Han Nianling. Unexpectedly, Sheng Jing also breathed a sigh of relief quietly in her heart. The appearance of an acquaintance made her psychological depression dissipate a lot.

Exploring this strange subway alone, especially after the attack just now, caused a lot of psychological pressure to her. The depression caused by the special environment underground is completely different from the environment on the ground, and it is more closed and unknown. Space and dim light will inevitably produce fearful emotions in the limbic system.

Han Nianling did not directly respond to Hiroyuki's words. Instead, after putting Hiroyuki down and seeing the other person's empty face, he immediately took out the spare gas mask from his waist and pressed it hard on Hiroyuki's face, although he lowered his voice. But one can still hear the anger in Han Nianling's stern questioning: "Where is your gas mask? Is it too long to live in a polluted area without wearing a gas mask?"

Han Nianling's anger burned Hiei Jing inexplicably.Even that night, when he was interrupted by the male research institute after working hard all day, Shihan Nianling kept his composure and did not show any obvious anger. But now, he was angry just because he did not wear a gas mask. .

"My mask is damaged...don't press hard, it hurts!"

Hiiragi Jing quickly supported Han Nianling's hand. Han Nianling pressed so hard that it probably left a funny red mark on her face. However, despite being scolded, Hiiragi Jing still felt sorry for Han Nianling in her heart. The behavior is full of gratitude.

Hiiragi Jing will not be so sentimental as to think that she, a little mercenary, has caught the eye of this senior researcher. The other party is just protecting the strength of the team to increase the chance of getting out of trouble, and she herself also controls Han Nianling. Required intelligence information.

However, she did receive help from Han Nianling, and this would not change. Even if she was tricked by Han Nianling several times before, she could not erase her gratitude.

After fastening the stretch strap of the gas mask at the back of her neck, Hiiragi accepted Han Nianling's kindness. Although it was impossible to reverse the pollutants that invaded her body, with the filter of the gas mask, the stimulation that had been torturing her sense of smell was The sexual smell has finally faded a lot, and the breath of fresh air has relieved the burning pain in the respiratory tract.

"Then you won't take remedial measures? The biggest source of pollution in the air is the floating pollution particles in it. Don't you know the emergency method of using wet cloth to isolate it?" Han Nianling's voice was lowered, and his anger faded slightly, but he was not afraid of it. Jing's explanation calmed him down completely.

"But it's too late."

Hiiragi Jing forced a smile on her lips, but after putting on a gas mask, Han Nianling couldn't see the change in her expression at this time: "I fell into a coma for a period of time, and I just woke up not long ago. During that period, the amount of polluted air inhaled can no longer be compensated by a wet cloth, it is just a difference between 90.00% nine and 90.00% nine point nine."

"This is the life of a mercenary. Every mission is always accompanied by death. It is not unexpected to be favored by death one day, and... maybe what I am experiencing now is another dream..."

"You can't tell, but you can see clearly." After being silent for a while, Han Nianling seemed to have no other words to say. He could only make a faint comment to Hiiragi Jing after regaining his composure.

"Now let's think about how to leave the subway. By the way, how did you find me?" Realizing that her words had cooled the atmosphere between the two, Hiiragi immediately brought the topic back to reality, She didn't want to stay here for a second longer.

Han Nianling didn't speak but walked up to Higgin Jing and reached out to reach Higgin Jing's back and touched her lightly. Then she spread her hand in front of Higgin Jing's face. In the middle of Han Nianling's palm, she Lying quietly was a metal piece about the size of Hiiragi's fingernail.

This square metal piece looks like a small aluminum piece, with a lightbulb-like device in the center constantly flashing a faint red light.

"This is... a signal transmitter?"

Even though she had never seen such a gadget before, Hiiragi quickly guessed its purpose.

"Yes, I tracked its signal and found you right here, being caught by the parasitic vine."

"Parasite vine?"

Hiiragi glanced back at the ugly creature on the ground that was shattered by bullets. The broken pieces of flesh were still stained with green mucus.

"It looks like animals can actually be classified as plants. They are mutant individuals of carnivorous plants. However, after the mutation, its prey is no longer limited to small insects. It is especially common in dark and humid places. You are lucky to be caught behind your back. The sharp barbs hooked the back of the neck.”

Bing Hiijing was not surprised that she was secretly equipped with a signal transmitter. On the contrary, she was surprised that Han Nianling, who was so shrewd, did not leave such a back-up plan.

"But..." Han Nianling hadn't finished his words yet. He stared at the weak and frequent red flash on the signal transmitter, and said with Hiiragi Jing's puzzled eyes, "The situation here seems to be a little different..."

"Not the same?"

"Obviously the pollution index is similar to that on the surface, but the ability to interfere with signals is much stronger. There should be some kind of special energy field here, and it is most likely an accompanying force field of ether-like matter..." Han Nian Ling Shuohe pointed to his ear, "Even the special band signal of the communication headset can be completely blocked within the theoretical effective distance. Your signal source has been enhanced and processed to be looming and very weak. It took me a lot of effort to find it. .”

"Energy force field? Ether-like?" Han Nianling's words made Hiei Jing full of questions. Needless to say, these are definitely knowledge areas that the civilian class cannot have access to.

"Let's go. I can't complete the research here alone. Let's go meet the others first. I have tracked the source of another person's signal." Han Nianling waved her hand as she spoke. A watch-like thing on his wrist was flashing red like the signal transmitter just now. That should be Han Nianling's signal tracking device.

With the subway plan that Hiiragi had just copied, the two of them had a clear understanding of the layout of the entire subway station. In addition, since there were no monsters, the two of them quickly took action.

The subway station where they are located is one of the transfer stations where two subway lines are connected. It is more complicated than ordinary subway stations. Many places in the passage are blocked by falling rocks and debris from the sky, but it is good. In most areas there is more than one connection.

Going along the passage in the hall is the platform of another subway line. As the two approached, the red dot on Han Nianling's wrist flashed more rapidly.

When a light from the lighting appeared in the darkness, Hiiragi recognized the person's identity at a glance from the figure behind it: "Xiao Liu."

Hearing someone calling, Xiao Liu immediately turned the light, and the light clearly reflected the two people out of the darkness. Xiao Liu couldn't hold back the suppressed excitement in his voice: "Stone! Boss Han!"

The loud shouting echoed in the subway station. It wasn't until Xiaoliu finished shouting that he realized that the noise he had caused could easily lead to accidents and dangers. It was obvious how the young mercenary felt about being alone here. scary.

However, neither of them had the intention to blame Xiao Liu for his recklessness. They had more important things to ask: "Where is your uncle? Where are the others?"

"I thought my good uncle was the only one who fell... The stairs leading to the surface were buried by nearby collapsed buildings. My uncle asked me to stay here and go deeper along the tunnel..."

Xiaoliu's body was still trembling slightly, and his voice could not hide the cry. This period of waiting had almost exhausted his courage.

The passage to the surface is buried?

This news made their situation even worse. It might be impossible to leave the subway in a short time.

What's even more admirable is Uncle Lin's courage. The subway tunnel is no better than the outside. At least you can get some light through the cracks above your head, but the subway tunnel is different. It's really so dark that you can't even see your fingers. , the illumination of just one lighting lamp is extremely limited.

The courage to venture into that unknown area alone is not something that ordinary people can possess. It can be seen that Uncle Lin intends to go to another subway station through the subway tunnel to find a way to the surface.

"How long has Uncle Lin been in here?"

"Probably...for a while."

"What about the others?"

"I don't know, neither Crow nor Four Zero fell off..."

"Let's go quickly and follow Uncle Lin to meet him in time." Interrupting Hiiragi Jing's questioning, Han Nianling had already walked towards the stairs leading to the platform. After experiencing the incident in the gymnasium, Han Nianling She has regarded Uncle Lin as the most important combat force in the team. An experienced mercenary's role in the outside world is stronger than she imagined.

At present, it seems that bringing together scattered forces is an important means to break the deadlock.

Chapter 30 Uncle Lin’s mark

Hiiragi Jing has reason to believe that the Newborn City base government does not know much about the subway lines in JD Abandoned City. Even Han Nianling, a senior researcher, knows very little about this place.

Their initial understanding of the JD Abandoned City Subway only came from the subway route map they saw on the transfer platform. Fortunately, this understanding was very valuable. At least after looking at the map, they knew where they were going. In what direction.

But even so, Hiiragi, who thought she was mentally prepared for everything when she actually stepped into the dark tunnel, still couldn't suppress her rapidly beating heart.

The temperature in this place tens of meters underground is not very high, not to mention the subway tunnel without any sunlight. The cool breeze blowing on the face penetrates the skin and transmits the chill deep into the heart.

In pure darkness, people's visual range is limited to the range of the lighting, and even the light of the lighting can only tear apart a small visible area in the darkness, in order to allow teammates around them to identify their position. The fluorescent stick inserted in the waist was almost completely buried in the darkness, and even the general outline could not be seen clearly, only a slightly cramped faint halo.