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

Wu Jiaxu's eyes fell on Hiiragi Jing. He had already learned about this young mercenary operator who was similar in age to Zero Nine from different channels, including Hieragi Jing's resume in JD Abandoned City. Hear.Ujiaxu is more willing to believe his own eyes than the information from others.

He originally thought that this hired operator who was valued by the researcher named Han Nianling would be so outstanding, but he had to be disappointed after witnessing her fighting against mutants. Perhaps youth is the highlight of this mercenary and represents the future. She has promising growth potential, but despite this, her personal abilities are still only slightly above average in terms of combat.

Perhaps it is because of the high expectations for Hiiragi Jing and the evaluation standards that regard Ling Jiu as a comparison object. However, Hiiragi Jing's performance is still just a qualified mercenary in Ujia Xu's view. No matter how young he is, his potential requires sufficient training. Only time and luck can ferment.

Such a person dared to question his own behavior. Ujiaxu showed his disdain unceremoniously: "What qualifications do you have to interfere with the command operations within the Southern Federation?"

"You are wrong, Captain Wu, of course she has the qualifications." Ren Xi's voice suddenly came from behind them, and they saw Ren Xi taking care of her short hair while walking towards them. It seemed that she had just finished her hair. He came out of the tent, "It's not just her. Ever since the Southern Federation and the reclamation camp reached a cooperation agreement, every participant in the operation has been qualified to intervene. During the agreement, we were still covering up our comrades. This is your side." Are you sincere in your cooperation?”

"Or is it that the Southern Federation simply didn't pay enough attention to us?"

"I'm sorry, Researcher Ren, I think you may have misunderstood something. We have always been extremely sincere to the Newborn City. Captain Wu was too anxious just now, so he didn't make it clear." Just as Wu Jiaxu was about to refute Ren Xi's statement While speaking, Jiaheng's voice came from the other side. As a member of the patrol team, she had noticed the situation here from the beginning. "The purpose of doing this is precisely for the Newborn City."

Jiaheng's voice blocked the words that Ujiaxu had pushed to his lips. Judging from Ujiaxu's face, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with Jiaheng's intervention, but this dissatisfaction was limited to the expression of his expression. Obviously he is the leader of the team, but it seems that the man named Jiaheng is the real leader of this kind of team.

"Misunderstanding?" Jiaheng's appearance forced Ren Xi to muster up her energy to deal with it. Both she and Hiiragi Jing had reached a consensus on the other party's shrewdness.

"Captain Wu's gaffe just now was due to the fact that we detected an extremely strong dark energy reaction. The intensity of this reaction is very similar to the dark energy that caused the destruction of the JD city last time. It is the accompanying energy magnetic field that is mature when a special ether-like substance is born. The roars of those beasts happened to prove this point. Researcher Ren must not want a similar incident to happen in a dense forest so close to the New City. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous. While the impact of its energy reaction is still in its early stages, it will trigger more Isn’t this the same idea behind removing him as a researcher before a major turmoil?”

"If you don't believe it, you can also ask this mercenary who has had the experience of JD destroying the city." Jiaheng's words could not help but direct Ren Xi's eyes to Hiiragi Jing, which made Hiiragi Jing have to nod and admit Jiaheng's There is some truth in what he said.

In fact, Ren Xi has no objection to the Southern Federation's insistence on taking action regardless of the danger, but most of the members of the search team are suffering from the aftereffects of the activation potion. If the people from the Southern Federation are allowed to leave, Lu Shengyang's few It would be difficult for a ranger team to undertake all the defense work of the camp. The departure of the Confederate team would be very detrimental to both parties.

Jiaheng was very aware of the worries in Ren Xi's heart. When the other party was hesitant to make a decision, he put forward his prepared plan: "Let's do this. I will provide five team members to assist in the safety work of the camp."

Just before Ren Xi frowned and questioned, Jiaheng immediately added: "Don't worry, such powerful dark energy is like a vortex in a river. Every mutant beast caught in the influence will be involuntarily attracted to the center of the vortex like a fallen leaf on the water. The camp is still some distance away, and the threat of mutant beasts to the camp has been greatly reduced, and these manpower are enough to deal with the next danger."

Of course Ren Xi will not be convinced by the guarantee of 'enough to cope with the danger', but the special etheric substances over there are also in urgent need of solution. Even if all members of the Southern Federation stay, it is impossible to eliminate all dangers. Considering the actual situation of the current team, the Southern Federation A proposal from one party that is willing to contribute may be the best way to implement it.

"But what about you?" The Southern Federation team only has 26 people in total. It is already short of manpower and has to leave five people. In the face of such a dangerous situation, can this manpower really cope with the ongoing danger?

"Researcher Ren is overthinking. Of course we cannot have a head-on conflict with mutant monsters. We have special detection methods that can effectively detect potential dangers within a range of 2000 meters. As the monsters are approaching the ether-like material, in order There will be a fierce battle before competing for and destroying the rival mutant monsters, and we just need to take advantage of this moment to move quickly to avoid the crisis."

Putting aside Wu Jiaxu, the Jiaheng in front of her would definitely not risk her own life to get into a dangerous situation. This shows that she has enough confidence in this operation. Just when Ren Xi opened her mouth to agree to this operation, Jiaheng suddenly spoke again. Added a request.

"Since this mercenary named Hiiragi Jing has experience in JD's operation to destroy the city, I hope that she can also participate in our operation. Her experience and guidance can provide us with a lot of help."

"no!"

The most surprising thing is that this verbal rejection was actually said by Ujiaxu, who is also from the Southern Federation. His eyes were fixed on Jiaheng, and his deep frown was filled with his protest against Jiaheng's condition: "What on earth are you going to do? You should have read the contents of the agreement with the Ministry of Science. Even you should respect my reserved rights."

"Do you have any objection?" He turned his head to look at Wu Jiaxu. Jiaheng's face still retained the smile he had when facing Ren Xi, but Jingjing could clearly detect the change in Wu Jiaxu's breathing at this moment. He shouted urgently, with complex emotions of anger and fear constantly struggling on his face, "This is an order."

The last four words defended the final judgment of Ujiaxu himself. Gritting his teeth, Ujiaxu could only lower his head and silently swallow Jiaheng's order that could not be refused.

Discord and disputes within the team are the side that should not be exposed to outsiders. However, at this critical moment, personal authority is the most influential factor in Ren Xi's decision-making. Let his prestige be reflected and increase the credibility of his words. He Weng exchanged key promises for Ren Xi's compromise. At the same time, Jiaheng was no longer willing to continue this kind of house-playing role-playing for the purpose of accommodation.

Let Hiiragi risk his life to follow them to such a dangerous place? !It can't be Jiaheng's fight or guarantee just now. There is absolutely no way Ren Xi can agree to this.Just when she was about to refuse on the grounds that "Hiiragi Jing is Han Nianling's personal operator", Hiiragi Jing on the side suddenly spoke up.

"I see, I'll go."

"Hiiragi Shizu?!"

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I'll worry about the camp first."

The stunned Ren Xi never expected that Hiiragi Jing would agree. Facing Ren Xi's surprised look, Hiiragi Jing recalled the smile that reassured her.

In fact, as Jiaheng said just now, if there is that kind of blue light pillar, it will create a chaos here that is the same as the JD Abandoned City, or slightly smaller. The monster is very likely to attract witches here. For the recent The newborn city just around the corner will pose a huge threat.

Hiiragi is selfish. She doesn't care about the Newborn City base government. It's just a place where she has lived for two years. But she will selfishly consider the people around her, Shang Shu, Sister Fei'er, Ren Xi, and others. That Han Nianling...the existence of these made her have to face up to everything that was happening in this dense forest.

Surprised by Hiiragi Jing's decisiveness, she still achieved her goal. After selecting the five team members responsible for assisting, she immediately led the team deeper into the dense forest, looking at any of them who looked at her numbly with a slight apology. Xi waved, and Hiei Jing quickly followed the people in the Southern Federation.

"This is the Southern Federal tactical noise reduction headset. This is a tactical night vision device. The specific debugging has been completed and the wearing method is very simple..."

Hiiragi Jiaheng was very considerate in providing the tactical equipment used by his team for joining the accompanying team. Hiiragi Jing had experience in using similar tactical equipment, so he quickly learned the initial functions.

Compared with the night vision instruments used in the past, the images currently used are clearer, and the noise-canceling headphones are also very sensitive in capturing the wind and grass. This should be one of the confidences of the Southern Federation in daring to walk in the dark.

But what Jiaheng revealed about the method of detecting danger within 2000 meters, Hiiragi himself was quite interested in.

"It's time, Ujiaxu..."

Before he had gone far, Jiaheng's voice made Ujia Xu's shoulders tremble, and he turned his head as if to observe Hiiragi's reaction, but Jiaheng's eyes made him dare not make any more unnecessary moves. I no longer have the intention to disobey Jiaheng's words.

In the shocked eyes of Hiei Jing, Wu Jiaxu took out a syringe the size of an index finger from his pocket. The liquid seemed to be mixed with fluorescent powder and flashed in the dark. Shake it a few times to make the precipitation even. spread.

"Zero-nine..."

In response to this low call, Lingjiu obediently handed over his arm...it was full of pinholes.

Chapter 42 The Elite of the Southern Federation

The slender arms are covered with dense pinholes, and the girl's supposedly delicate skin is full of rough pits and layers of folded dead skin. This is not the first time Hiiragi has witnessed the scars on the girl's arms, but regardless of what she sees, No matter how many times I felt the heart palpitations, I couldn't get rid of them.

Looking at the arm stretched out in front of him, Wu Jiaxu had already turned a blind eye to the scene in front of him. Without any preparation or consideration, the half-finger-length needle sank into Lingjiu's arm in an instant, and then Wu Jiaxu lifted up and held the needle. With his arm, he directly pushed and pressed the piston handle with the palm of his hand. Even the tube part that could not penetrate the skin squeezed out a circle of red marks on Ling Jiu's arm under this strong pressure.

In less than a second, all the liquid medicine was pushed into Ling Jiu's arm. Ujiaxu's rough injection technique made Hiiragi's gums sore. As the person involved, Ling Jiu didn't even have eyes during the process. Blink, does it mean you don’t have the pain-sensing nerves you should have?Or maybe this seemingly slender body has become accustomed to such pain...

The clean syringe that completed the injection was put back into his pocket by Wu Jiaxu, and at this moment Lingjiu suddenly held his head with both hands, his bent body was shaking violently, and weak but painful screams came from his throat from time to time. The sound of "ho ho" is the bubble sound squeezed out of the throat during painful struggle.Although the imaging flaws of the night vision device made it impossible to see specific details, Hiiragi still noticed that just at Lingjiu's temples, the swollen blood vessels laid out like a grid were beating one after another as if they were about to break through the skin. With.

Not just the temples, but also her cheeks, neck, arms...the blood vessels all over her body were like mutated living creatures parasitic on the human body, causing the host to squirm in endless pain at the last moment of escape.

"You, what did you do?"

Hiiragi, who finally couldn't stand the scene in front of her, asked. Jiaheng, who had foreseen this a long time ago, was not surprised by Hiiragi's speech: "It's just to temporarily give her more power. You can understand it as the Southern Federal Ministry of Science A specially formulated physique revitalizing potion for Zero Nine.”

Special spark potion?Can this kind of medicine, which causes the user such pain, really be used on this girl?

"Don't worry, Ling Jiu is not as fragile as you think." Jiaheng waved his hands easily as if he had not seen Ling Jiu's performance at all. Such an understatement made Hiiragi Jing feel an uncontrollable anger welling up in her heart, but she still Reasonably tell yourself that these are the internal affairs of the Science Department, and your status is not suitable for interference.

What is slightly comforting is that Lingjiu's pain lasted only a few seconds. Lingjiu, who had regained his composure, put down his hands and stood up again. His restless blood vessels also calmed down again. He looked unchanged from before the injection of the medicine... No, Zero Nine’s eyes!

Those pupils were flashing with fluorescence just like the medicine, and the rest of the whites of the eyes were also covered with spiderweb-like blood threads at this moment. The changes visible to the naked eye seemed to be limited to the pupils, but Hiiragi could faintly feel zero There is an even more strange change in Jiu's body.

This strangeness made Hiiragi feel uneasy in her heart. Something was opened, and fresh vitality was injected into the inside of this tattered doll. And in it, there seemed to be a trace of rebellion heading in another unknown direction. There is an unknown keyhole hidden at the end of that direction...

"Reijiu, report your findings."

"Yes."

Obviously Lingjiu just stood there motionless, but Wu Jiaxu seemed to turn a deaf ear to the additional request. What made Hiiragi even more incredible was that Lingjiu actually answered.

"There is a group of headhunting wild dogs at one thousand two hundred meters in the one o'clock direction. The limit of the search range in the nine o'clock direction is unknown. There is an aura infested by swift and powerful zombies..." The next second the reply was so fluent that it didn't look like he was making it up. , and Wu Jiaxu and Jiaheng both showed their serious foreheads. Are they really planning their next move based on the content of Lingjiu's answer?

Could it be that the so-called special means of detecting within a range of 2000 meters that Jiaheng claimed... was Lingjiu himself? !

What kind of technical means does that tube of medicine contain from the Ministry of Science?Why was the target of its injection chosen to be Zero Nine?

"Reijiu, always update your findings... let's move on!"

As the team went deeper and deeper, Hiiragi became more and more convinced of Lingjiu's detection results. All they could hear were the roars of beasts coming from not far away, but after traveling around for so long, they had never encountered one. Any threatening mutant beast.

"Wait a minute, behind us at five o'clock...some kind of existence is approaching quickly, so fast!"

Lingjiu, who suddenly sounded a warning, had not finished speaking when a hurricane came from behind. The sudden strong wind almost gave Hiiragi the illusion that his feet were in the air. The branches slapping against each other above his head made people feel... The heart was broken in fear, and the hurricane subsided in a moment, leaving behind dust and fallen leaves flying all over the sky. A sharp and piercing roar left a lingering sound that could not be taken away even if it fell through the cracks.

Corrosion monster bird? !

It had been a while since the last time he saw the body of the corroded monster bird in the nuclear wasteland of JD Abandoned City, but Hiiragi Jing could not forget the image of the giant beast soaring in the sky.

Regardless of whether the members of the team knew about it from manuals or witnessed it with their own eyes, everyone felt a lingering fear about the strange corrosion bird passing above their heads just now.

"It didn't take long for you to attract such a big guy?" Jiaheng, who was muttering to himself, did not look as relaxed as before. Fortunately, her judgment of her situation was not distorted by the appearance of the strange corrosive bird. "Don't worry, we are under the protection of these huge tree canopies. As long as we rely on these covers, the corrosion monsters will not dare to get close to the ground easily. Now keep going!"

"Is this... a railroad track?"

Hiei Jing took another step and suddenly realized that her step was not on soft mud, but on some kind of hard object. When she lowered her head and looked down, she unexpectedly discovered that there was an extra thread under her feet. The track seemed to have been blown away by the wind and waves caused by the Corrosion Monster just now, and the leaves and soil covering the track were blown away.

Mottled rust has corroded the track into shape, and the sleeper rails made of cement retain the scratches of the past.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly endless stretch of primitive dense forest was actually part of the former civilization. It seems that the tombstones of civilization are not just those abandoned cities.

"There are mutants...right in front of us."

The closer to the core of the energy magnetic field, the more situations the team encounters. Another report from Zero Nine refreshes the latest situation in the nearby area.

"How many are there?" This time Jiaheng did not choose to go around, but asked about the opponent's number.When this question came out of her mouth, there were sounds of the safety being pulled and flipped in the team.

"More than a dozen..." After all, Lingjiu's detection ability still has certain limitations. For her, the range of 2000 meters is just a rough grasp, but this is enough. When Jiaheng stretched out his hand and waved it down, ten The eight team members immediately divided into two teams of nine and moved forward with their guns raised. The sudden chilling atmosphere confirmed the elite qualifications of these team members.

what is that?

With green as the main line of sight, a white object suddenly appeared in the field of vision. It was constantly moving and changing irregularly, spreading and affecting Hiiragi's field of vision.

What exactly is that?

Hiiragi's original intention when she took off her night vision goggles was to check the lens, but when she left the night vision goggles display for the first time, she suddenly discovered that the mysterious object was not actually mysterious at all.

That's...fire? !

The truth of the object was far simpler than she imagined, and it also shocked Hiiragi Jing's heart even more.

Those mutants can actually use fire? !

Isn't the figure patrolling at the end of the jungle holding a burning torch?There were also many fires in other places in the dense forest.

Make and use tools, and use fire?He even calls himself 'New Humanity' in human language... New Humanity?Are they really some new type of human evolution?

When Hiiragi Jing was shocked by this discovery, the groping team members were close to their goals. In just a moment, one of the team members drew his sword and rushed into the mutant's side. The leaping figure was almost close to him. On the mutant's back, his left arm wrapped around the mutant's neck while using all his strength to thrust the dagger in his right hand into the mutant's eye socket.

solved? !

With the help of another team member, the huge body was brought down by Anhui. After witnessing the process, Hieijing came back to his senses and realized that his jaw had been so open that it looked like it was dislocated.

The long-distance observation allowed Hiiragi to more fully see the process of the Southern Federation members understanding the mutants, and they had another clean understanding after [-]. Even if it was a sneak attack, it was enough to be called wonderful. This kind of elite I'm afraid even the security team of Newborn City may be slightly inferior.

After they finished dealing with the mutant, the other team members also took action. One by one, they understood the mutants holding torches on the periphery and then quietly approached the gathering place of seven mutants in front.

The remaining mutants were sitting around a bonfire. The ground around them was covered with a pile of hay and animal skins, and a crude fence was actually erected nearby.

"They should be guarding here..." Jiaheng whispered with a serious face, "It seems that these mutants should have reached the closest point to the ether-like material. Next, they will resist the approach of the mutant beasts on the periphery, just to wait. The final mature moment of ether-like matter, this actually saves us a lot of trouble."

"Okay, let's shoot."

"puff!"

Almost at the same time, more than a dozen faint sounds from the dense forest overlapped together. Each mutant's head spattered two splashes of blood accurately, and the body that was about to die without a struggle slowly fell down. There was also a mutant. The man extinguished the bonfire in front of him.

"Clear complete!"

The captain in charge of the unified team simply and clearly conveyed their results to Jiaheng. They are elites and deserve to be elites...

Chapter 43 The city swallowed by the dense forest

The rapid-fire bullet penetrated into the hard skull, and the strong high pressure brought by the instantaneous cavity squeezed the plasma out of the passing cracks.For a moment, there was a faint white smoke floating around my head, and the remaining moisture in it seemed to have been evaporated by the instantaneous high temperature.

again……

The closer we get to the direction of the light beam, the tighter the mutant defense becomes. The mutant guards and the terrain of the dense forest limit the means of detour. For the rest of the journey, we can only rely on Zero Nine to find the mutant defense. weakness.

Fortunately, they were not the only ones heading towards the light beam. The mutant beasts that were also attracted by the light beam were also constantly colliding with the mutants' defenses. Along the way, they had seen the battlefield where mutant beasts and mutants were strangled together more than once. Some were blocked by trees. The bodies of mutant beasts were stabbed to death with a spear, and the bodies of mutants were also bitten into several pieces.

Many powerful mutated beasts used their own strength to directly break through the passages approaching the light pillar. With these passages, the team's progress became smoother.Even if they can make and use tools, and even use fire, these mutants are still in their primitive stage. Mutants whose communication basically relies on roaring are extremely slow to respond to the gaps that are breached everywhere. Even if there are sporadic mutants surviving, they will hardly pose a threat. .

After killing another mutant who was left alone after fighting on the battlefield, the way forward became clear again.

"Uh... uh..."

At this moment, Lingjiu, who was walking in front of Hiiragi, suddenly stopped. He bent down and supported the tree trunk beside him and vomited continuously. However, only a little saliva and acidic water came out. Lingjiu, whose face was flushed, gasped rapidly. She stood up and scratched her neck painfully, but the collar tightly around her neck restricted her from further harming herself.

"Lingjiu?! What's wrong with you, Lingjiu? Are you sick?"

"It's just that the medicine has taken effect."

Ling Jiu's sudden abnormal behavior startled Hiiragi Jing. Just when Hiiragi Jing was at a loss, Ujia Xu's voice came. Ujia Xu, who had been almost silent along the way, actually took the initiative to explain, with a tone of voice. Mixed with a hint of inexplicable dissatisfaction: "She will not have low-level symptoms such as illness."

Get ill?Low-grade symptoms?

Although he didn't know what Wu Jiaxu meant, his calm tone made Hiiragi feel particularly dissatisfied.Ujiaxu didn't care what Hiiragi's opinion was. He lowered his head and reached into his pocket again to take out another brand-new syringe. It was obvious that Ujiaxu wanted to continue the effect of the medicine in Lingjiu's body.

Do you want to continue...

Even though she didn't understand these medicines, Hiiragi could still tell from Lingjiu's reaction the damage the medicines had done to her body.Even the safest activation agent must be injected at intervals of more than five days to minimize side effects. If this inexplicable experimental drug is injected twice in a row, the injection interval will be less than 10 minutes. I'm afraid it will cause deeper harm to Ling Jiu who is already like this.

Even if she kept in mind that her identity had nothing to do with the Southern Federation team and others, she could not convince herself with such a reason. Hiiragi Jing, who could no longer sit back and watch, involuntarily moved her steps and said before Ujiaxu approached: "Captain Wu, Zero Jiu’s condition looks very bad, should this injection be carefully considered?”

"Consider?" He could see that Hiiragi Jing was dissatisfied with his behavior, but he did not expect such direct interference. Jiaheng's statement had completely lost the face he had worked hard to maintain, even for such a small mercenary. Do you dare to point fingers at him?

"Put away your overflowing sympathy. Don't forget where we are now. There may be huge dangers anywhere around us. How can we move forward without her detection ability? Should we use human lives to pave the way? ?”