The two faced each other in silence.The light dust flew up and down, and the moonlight fell from the broken eaves, reflecting Xia Yinan's extremely beautiful eyebrows and eyes half-bright and half-dark, but the scars and blood all over his body inevitably added a bit of evil spirit.

He finally stood up and turned to look at Li Shuo: "It's the same as what you saw."

"...How many people know about this matter—knowing that if the exoskeleton is equipped for too long, it will be directly infected?" Li Shuo said slowly, "Does the scientific research team that has been studying the exoskeleton know?"

"For a small number of people, ordinary research is not enough to let them know this." Xia Yinan said, "You should also know that if this kind of thing leaks out, it will cause panic. No one knows what will happen in the station."

"Two or thirty years have passed, and there are only so few people who know about it." Li Shuo rubbed his eyebrows, "Although the alliance has been destroyed, I still have to sigh, they are really powerful."

"Most of the people who knew are dead now, and that's part of the reason."

Li Shuo said: "In the military education I received, after the exoskeleton is damaged, the 'letter' will be exposed to the outside and react with the air, instantly corroding the new metal of the exoskeleton. Now that I think about it, these are all nonsense, there is no corrosion at all. , the exoskeleton is directly integrated with them."

He frowned again: "No, even if this is the case, it's impossible that no one has discovered it for so many years."

Xia Yinan put the dagger back into its sheath: "Most of the enemies at the station are infected. Only when they are in a hard fight, they will ignore warnings and have no time to take off the exoskeleton in time. Mutations will only occur when the mental or physical condition is poor , which was exactly in line with the situation at that time.”

He continued: "They don't take enough damage to induce mutations, or get infected directly from the scars, with the exoskeleton completely intact - but any damage, the back of it, can explain the disappearance of the exoskeleton. .”

"Even if there is no fatal injury, it is directly because of the long-term equipment mutation that the exoskeleton has been equipped. In an emergency, the teammates have nowhere to verify whether they have been attacked before."

"Besides, the light exoskeleton is small in size and mass, and the mutation speed is very fast, and it can be completed almost instantly. It doesn't look much different from ordinary infections."

Li Shuo said: "So, all soldiers will think that the infection is due to the attack from the infected, and the exoskeleton is just damaged and disappeared. Until... I remember it was sc155, which clashed with the predators."

"That's right," Xia Yinan said, "He was also the reason I went to South Station. This kind of simple and fatal wound has never happened in the past few decades, even in other battles with predators , most of the exoskeleton was also damaged by the firearms.”

Li Shuo sighed: "So it was just an accident."

"Yes. If it weren't for his penetrating head injury, which caused little damage to the exoskeleton, and the corpse was discovered so promptly, no one would have suspected it."

"Did you know about this at the time?"

"I can't remember this part of the knowledge taught by the professor. I only learned about it later." Xia Yinan said, "After knowing it, I only remembered some fragments sporadically."

"Did you know about it in the research on d06?"

Xia Yinan was stunned for a moment: "Why do you think so?"

"I have an impression of Angela Cecil. Back then, the alliance had a project to cultivate special arms, and the project members were all people with powerful abilities. They were trying to find out how to induce more power from the abilities."

"Among them, when testing the ability to respond," Xia Yinan said slowly, "They used elite soldiers as a reference, allowing project members to fight against ordinary soldiers, or even officers, and you were among them."

Li Shuo said: "At that time I was fighting against Angela. Her reaction speed was very fast, it was not human level at all, and her strength was also terrifying. But she was not suitable to be a fighter. Her movements were scattered and her eyes wandered. Like a normal guy ripped off the street."

Xia Yinan said: "The fact is true. Before being discovered by the military department, Angela had been working in the medical center and had no combat experience."

Just as Li Shuo was about to say something, he heard human voices and the sound of a car's engine in the distance.

The reinforcements were about to follow their signal.

Li Shuo suddenly laughed, and the gloomy atmosphere just now was swept away.He said, "Let's go back and talk about it."

Xia Yinan nodded: "It's just that, I also have something to ask you."

Li Shuo rubbed his head casually.

"I have a head injury." Xia Yinan waved his hand away.

"Why are you so delicate?" Li Shuo clicked his tongue, "I didn't even say that my hand was hurt."

Xia Yinan gave him a blank look.

Some people were clearing the streets in the distance, and there were one or two injured people in the car.As for the vehicle that hurriedly drove at the front, it looked like it had been modified, and it was aggressive. It couldn't even wait for the small obstacle to be completely swept away before it ran over fiercely.

That car was Nichkhun's favorite car, and he called it a little wife-level existence.At this time, the one sitting at the front of the car and holding the steering wheel was himself.

The car bumped badly, and the debris on the ground was also sharp. It was a miracle that it was able to drive all the way without overturning or blowing out the tire.

Li Shuo said: "What will the peacock think if he realizes that he is on the little wife and his hair is messed up?"

"Didn't he have an exoskeleton? How did you see his hairstyle?"

"Feeling." Li Shuo said confidently, "Based on what I have known for many years, if he looks like a monkey rushing to reincarnate like this, he will definitely not be able to take care of his hair. If you don't believe me, you will see later."

Xia Yinan: "...No, actually I'm not interested in other people's hairstyles."

Sure enough, Nichkhun was the first to discover the two people in the building, stepped on the brake with one foot, then came out with claws and slammed into the outer wall of the building.

"Wait, don't...!" Before Li Shuo finished speaking, the entire wall had been pulled down by the hook claws, and it was thrown into the air and shattered into pieces.

Nichkhun lost his focus in the air, but he finally came up.The height was not enough, so he scratched the floor of the highest floor and climbed up in embarrassment.

As soon as he came up, he and Chuan Mingliang, who had been dehydrated and deformed with cracked skin, came face to face, staring wide-eyed.Even though the head armor was still there, Xia Yinan could feel Ni Kun's momentary loss under the impact.

Then he quickly came back to his senses, it was rare that he didn't care about his gaffe, stood up and shook off the gravel: "Are you all alright?"

"I think it's okay, at least the hands and feet are there." Li Shuo replied.

Nichkhun paused, the hasty tone just now disappeared.He put on his usual arrogance and beating, and said, "That's right, barbarians have strong vitality."

Li Shuo shrugged: "That's better than a peacock with messy hair."

Just when Nichkhun was about to refute, he heard the shouts of the support troops coming from below, and he stopped his mouth angrily.

The three got on the off-road vehicle and brought Chuan Mingta's body with them.The bright moon is still high, the rest of the vehicles are still searching, and their convoy is already on the way back.

On the way, Nichkhun was surprisingly relaxed, and even talked a little more than usual, chattering endlessly, bragging about how successful he was in commanding the rear.

The soldier on the co-pilot said cautiously: "Station Master, you have been tossing around for most of the night, would you like some water?"

Nichkhun smiled: "This little effort is what everyone should pay for the station. I just did my duty."

The soldier was stunned for a moment, and continued to be cautious: "The station master is right. But do you need some water, or should I drive instead?"

"You need to get a better understanding of the atmosphere in this severe situation and the strategy we have formulated." Nichkhun continued on in a self-satisfied voice, "These are precious treasures for your learning and priceless treasures for your progress. "

The soldier was bewildered, but nodded hurriedly.

Li Shuo held on to the last bit of energy behind and said, "Why do you ignore others, Peacock? They are asking you something."

The soldier hurriedly said: "It's all right, the station master is really tired today. When the explosion just happened, the station chief rushed out of the command room to prepare for the rescue, and he couldn't hold back. After setting the position, he took the risk to lead us, and immediately rushed over from the main force, fearing that it would be a step too late."

Nichkhun stopped smiling instantly, and said, "Shut up."

The soldier shrank his head and dared not speak, not knowing what he said wrong.

Li Shuo laughed wantonly from behind.The veins on Nichkhun's forehead twitched a few times, but in the end it didn't break out, and he said awkwardly, "You're lucky, you can still come back."

They returned the same way.The obstacles along the way were almost cleared, and the injured were in urgent need of treatment, so the speed of the car was increased, and the moonlight mixed with the refreshing evening wind rushed towards our faces.

This is the midsummer of 2172, 29 years have passed since the exoskeleton was put into use, and it has been three years since they lost contact with the outside world.

"For the glory of mankind."

Once upon a time, this was the solemn oath of every Alliance soldier.

The exoskeleton shone with cold silver light under the moon, and the ruins of the military headquarters in the distance were crumbling like giant dying beasts, concealing several old secrets.

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