Age Of The Sirens

Tang Yi looked around and found that Lee was standing in front of them alone, without any guards in sight.Without hesitation, Tang Yi strode forward and punched Lee. Lee received the blow firmly, and threw his head to the side suddenly, and lost his balance, took several steps back and fell to the ground. Lee felt dizzy, staring at his eyes, there was a smell of rust knocked out by his own teeth in his mouth, and hot and humid blood dripped down from his nose.

Wiping the blood from his nose with the back of his hand, he giggled.Tang Yi couldn't believe that this pervert could still laugh, and said viciously, "This punch retaliates to your last trick! If you mess with me again, I will let you go around!"

Getting up from the ground, his posture was still calm and unhurried, and he even made an expression of enjoyment against his red and swollen cheeks, "Sweetheart, you look so sexy when you are angry."

Just as Tang Yi was about to punch again, Lee suddenly raised a finger, "It's fine once, if you continue to be willful, I can't guarantee that anything will happen to Luo Yang."

Tang Yi held his breath, his fists froze in the air.This time it was Luo Wei who rushed over and grabbed Lee by the collar, "Hand over my brother!"

"Is this the attitude of begging for help?" With a look of "a child can't be taught", Lee grabbed Luo Wei's sleeve with two fingers and tugged.Luo Wei clenched his jaw, but he also knew that Luo Yang was in the opponent's hands, so he couldn't do anything to him at all.

After tidying up his clothes, he took out his pocket watch from his pocket, opened the cover and looked at the time, "Well, it's almost time, come with me if you want to see Luo Yang."

Tang Yi and Luo Wei looked at each other, and followed Lee cautiously towards the large double-door elevator.There were two soldiers with guns waiting at the door of the elevator. After Lee appeared, he naturally followed Tang Yi and Luo Wei into the elevator.Mozart's "Magic Flute" was playing in the elevator, and Lee shook his head gently enjoying the music, which made Tang Yi feel agitated.

Why would he be trapped in the hands of this pervert?Why is it that the white-haired siren's last look at him still keeps flashing in his mind?When did he who was free in the Army disappear?

The elevator descended vertically into the mountain. After the door opened, there was an astonishingly wide underground weapon factory in front of it. It was so tall that the ceiling could not be seen clearly, and it was difficult to find the end in all directions.Numerous tall fighter planes and armored robots are lined up neatly in rows, some mechanical arms are moving slowly and precisely in the sky, and the sparks of welding metal are flickering one after another.Countless soldiers and mechanics came and went, tipping their hats to Lee as they passed.

The advanced level of this factory is no less than that of the third base, or even comparable to that of the first base.Tang Yi didn't expect the rebels to hide their true strength so deeply. It's ridiculous that the third base has been propagating that the rebels have been wiped out.

What are they waiting for?

Lead them into an empty room where several rebel fighters are standing.Luo Yang was also among them, his hands were tied behind his back, and he was forced to sit on a chair.The moment he saw Luo Wei, he was so excited that he wanted to jump up, but his shoulders were firmly held down by the soldiers, so he could only shout "Brother!".

Luo Wei rushed over immediately, but was stopped by a soldier holding a gun a few steps away. Lee chuckled behind him, "Don't be in such a hurry. Before we can reunite you brothers, we still have some agreements to deal with."

Tang Yi said impatiently, "What on earth do you want to do? We will never join the rebels."

"Why? You've betrayed the Third Foundation, haven't you?"

"Even if I'm not from the base, I won't join you terrorists." Tang Yi sneered, "I'd rather go back to the base and turn myself in or hit my head to death."

The rebel soldiers all showed a bit of resentment and mockery when they heard his words, but only Lee laughed the most easily, "The base really brainwashed you thoroughly. You forgot, I used to be the chief wise man of the third base, yes The object of your allegiance."

"...My allegiance is to the system that can guarantee the survival of mankind, to my comrades-in-arms who fought side by side with me, not to you so-called wise men."

"Guarantee the survival of human beings?" Lee laughed like a big joke, laughing so hard that tears came out.His laughter made Tang Yi more irritable, the feeling of being ridiculed made him want to beat someone up.

"The base system may indeed have been a miracle a long time ago, but it has long since decayed into a mess." Lee circled him slowly with his hands behind his back, "I don't need to say more, you should have seen how the base treats those People who dare to question their authority? The news you hear on the public information channel is all filtered and distorted information. You have no idea that the world has already changed. The base can no longer guarantee the survival of human beings. Instead, it will hasten the end of humanity."

With a snap of his fingers, images suddenly appeared on the walls around the room.

There are countless small screens, and there are scenes of many researchers conducting experiments.However, the experimental subjects on the screen are not ordinary things.

There are countless creatures with strange shapes that make people want to vomit just by looking at them.Those things—some even humanoid, but never human—should have been ghosts that existed only in the most horrific hells of human imagination, but were abruptly pulled into reality.

Tang Yi saw a pile of wriggling lumps of flesh and rice that were devouring a living person. Although there was no sound on the screen, that person's face distorted by extreme pain and horror would be his nightmare tonight.

"Ah, that's lev24, a wonderful variant. It's eating an inferior citizen whose loyalty value is only 10. Aren't you wondering where all the missing citizens have gone? In fact, in the sword The biochemical experiments in the world require dozens of test subjects every day, and just feeding some of these variants will consume more than a dozen living people."

Luo Wei widened his eyes, looking at those terrifying images, "Impossible..."

"These are the top secrets I brought out when I left Sharp Sword. You little soldiers never had the chance to see them in your life~ These are the weapons that the third base prepares to use against other bases. One day, the people inside Everything can be released." Lee paced slowly around the room, and suddenly stopped in front of a picture, and clicked it with his hand.The screen suddenly enlarged, occupying the four walls of the room.

On the screen, a researcher in a sterile suit injects an injection into a mid-Leviathan patient strapped to a chair.The patient had apparently entered the fifth day of his illness, his skin was severely festered, his eyes were bloodshot like two blood holes, and he occasionally struggled violently, showing his sharp teeth to the researcher.

Then Lee pressed the fast-forward button to skip to 10 minutes before continuing to play.

A miracle happened.The patient stopped struggling and sat obediently in his original position. The black lines that had spread on his face quickly faded away at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his pale skin gradually returned to light and full of vitality. Even his blood-red eyes disappeared. Gradually changed back to the original blue.

Both Tang Yi and Luo Wei froze.

This is...the antidote to the Leviathan virus mentioned by Lee in the terrorist attack...

"This piece of information was entered one month before I left. At that time, the Third Base already had the ability to cure patients in the middle and late stage of the original virus. However, the Third Base not only refused to share this technology with other bases, but even to itself The people in the base kept it secret. Even the researcher who developed the potion was secretly put under house arrest." Lee looked at Tang Yi, "Speaking of which, you have seen the researcher's deputy, Park Se-hwan, whom you rescued in Area 210 before. He was dispatched to the frontier at that time, so we got in touch with him. He didn't have the complete formula of the vaccine, so he could only tell us the basic principle of the vaccine. It's a pity that the base watched him very closely, and he worried about his daughter's safety , so he cut off contact with us. Later we used him as bait to lure Mercury there.”

Tang Yi frowned, "Pu Shihuan is also one of yours?!"

"Not really, he's just one of the countless people who are very disappointed with the base but don't have the guts to resist authority, just like you. But, he's a little braver than you."

Tang Yi's mind was in a mess.True, he had long been suspicious of the base.If that is really the only hope for human existence, why does everyone live so cautiously and fearfully?

Now, he is not too surprised to see that the third base really has a vaccine.

"The base you believed in no longer exists. The wise men in the sword will do anything to preserve the rights of themselves and their families. Today, the earth is exhausted. In order to compete for resources and the position of the leader, one of the five bases The battles between them have never stopped. It's just that those battles in the past were all under the water, between us wise men and the Ministry of Security, and now the movement is getting bigger and bigger, and you soldiers and civilians are aware of the Third Base and the The tense atmosphere between the first and second bases." Lee suddenly smiled brightly, and opened his hands, "Now, you have also seen how vibrant our Rome is. Even outside the system of the base, isn't it Can you live well? The base is not the only antidote at all."

Tang Yi admitted that he was really shaken in an instant.Although he didn't want to admit it, he had already developed a deep resistance to the base's system.So many lies, so many mutual betrayals, that's not a normal way to live.

However, this does not mean that he can forget the tragedy that happened in Kabukicho and the eyes of Rose before he died.

Tang Yi shook his head firmly and took a step back.

"I... stick to my choice."

But Luo Wei hesitated.Not just because of Lee's lobbying, but because his brother is still in their hands.He looked at his terrified younger brother, glanced at Tang Yi guiltily, pursed his lips tightly, and failed to give an answer.

Looking at their brothers, Tang Yi somehow remembered the time when he and Tang Ya were young.

Tang Yi didn't blame him, nodded to him comfortingly, and then turned to Lee, "This is only my choice, I hope you don't embarrass other people. They have the right to choose."

There was no anger, not even surprise.He shrugged his shoulders, "It's a pity, but I won't force you to accept it right away." He walked up to Tang Yi, and suddenly grabbed Tang Yi's left wrist.Just as Tang Yi was about to struggle, he was suddenly held down by a soldier's shoulder.He felt Lee stick something on his watch.

It was a small oval object.The moment it was sucked onto the watch, there was a strange hissing sound from the dial, and a burning smell permeated, and then the dial was suddenly dark.

Tang Yi was taken aback for a moment, not understanding why his watch was destroyed.

"The watch that the base gave you has a tracking system. Although the signal of the base has been blocked here, it is better to wear this kind of thing less." Lee stroked Tang Yi's wrist ambiguously, and lightly unwrapped the watch. He got down and threw it to the soldiers behind Tang Yi.Then he took a step back, smiling alluringly, "Then, my little sweetheart, I will come to visit you soon."

Tang Yi was still confused about what his words meant, and suddenly felt a sharp stabbing pain in the back of his neck, and the paralysis from the electric shock quickly spread throughout his body, his eyes went dark, and he fell into a coma.

Tang Yi didn't know how long he slept.His consciousness fluctuated in drowsiness, and he vaguely remembered that he had dreamed of the deep ocean, where Mercury held his body and was suspended in the turbulent tide.In the misty light, the sea monster's focused and expressive eyes enveloped him layer by layer like the warmest moonlight.Then, the sea monster slowly let go of its hand, swung its slender and elegant fish tail, and retreated little by little.He remembered that he stretched out his hand, wanting to catch Quicksilver, wanting to call his name, but when he opened his mouth, he could only spit out a string of pale bubbles.

But Mercury's eyes became alienated and indifferent, he shook his head at him, turned around, and swam into the darkness of the deep sea.

Tang Yi was brought back to consciousness by a dull pain.He wasn't sure if the pain came from his head or his heart.

The whole body is very heavy, like being pressed by an invisible stone.With throbbing pain in his temples, he groaned and opened his eyes.

Above the head is a mottled and dirty wooden ceiling, with a crumbling light bulb hanging on it, exuding a somewhat decadent orange light.

There was a hard bed board under him, and the sheets were dry and stiff.This is a small room with simple furnishings. There is only a desk, a wardrobe, and a row of dirty cabinets nailed to the wall. There are some black mold spots on the wooden wall next to the bed. A stale smell wafts through.

He tried to move his arm, but found that there was no restraint.However, when he sat up, he felt a slight pain in the back of his neck.

He reached out to touch the back of his neck, and his body froze for a moment.

Under the skin of the nape of his neck, he felt a small, hard bump.He determined that the rebels had implanted something in his neck while he was unconscious.

what is that?Tracker?

He had heard before that the base would implant trackers in the bodies of key surveillance elements, and as long as the opponent left the set area, he would receive an electric shock and send an emergency signal to the security department.I never thought I would have such a day.

A deep depression churned up in his stomach, he bent his knees, and rubbed his tired face with both hands.Now he seems to have lost interest in where he is and how he will be treated by the rebels.Anyway, it can't be broken anymore, right?

In less than a week, everything he knew and had before was gone.And he didn't even have time to sort out his aching emotions, he could only be pushed to the present by the continuous development of changes.

Maybe that's good, he won't have time to think about the things...and people he lost.

He found a set of clothes on the bedside, a simple shirt and trousers.The base military uniform on his body was already dirty after so many days of climbing and rolling. He wrinkled his nose when he smelled it, and quickly changed his clothes.Walking around the house, I found some toiletries in the cabinet, but there was no electronic equipment in the whole room, not even a computer.There were several dull-coloured clothes and shoes and socks similar to his own in the closet.

Tang Yi tried to push the door, but found that the door was not locked.

Outside the door was a narrow wooden corridor, with a few spots of moss on the dark and uneven ground.One side of the corridor is a wooden stair railing, and there are several other doors similar to his room on the other side. Some of the doors have numbers, and some of the numbers have fallen off, leaving only faint traces.He glanced back and saw "201" written on his door.

Is this a prison?Why is there a house number?Why is the door unlocked?Tang Yi was confused, and tentatively walked down the creaking stairs.

At the door on the first floor, there is an old woman about 70 years old who is peeling beans, and the light of the setting sun is like purple mist lingering in the air in the lobby.The old woman turned her head when she heard the noise, and said without any surprise, "You're awake."

Tang Yi looked at her in confusion, "Eh... who are you?"

"You can call me Grandma Zeng, I'm your landlord."

"……landlord?"

"That's right, aren't you a new refugee? It's a big deal, and the chief of the Allied Army personally sent you here." Grandma Zeng talked about the beans in the pods and squeezed them into the basket. , "According to the old rules, I will waive your rent for the first month, and then you will give me [-] coins every month thereafter. My place is dedicated to accepting new refugees. The rent is not high, but the environment is not much better. If you don't like it, you can find another room by yourself."

Tang Yi digested her words, blinked slowly a few times, "...I'm not a prisoner?"

Grandma Zeng glanced at him strangely, "Of course not, but I heard from the officer that your movement is restricted and you cannot leave the territory of Rome. Just be careful not to step over the boundary markers. That's right." Grandma Zeng suddenly stood on the apron Wiping his hands, he stood up with an ouch, and took out a Faith from his apron pocket, "This is the first month's food allowance issued by the Allied Army, and every new refugee has it."

Tang Yi hesitated to take the trust, opened it, and found a dozen Shibi cash inside.

This rebel is really strange. Not only did he not put him in prison, but he also gave him money.Is this just their way of winning people's hearts?

Or, he was afraid that if he stayed in the barracks, it would affect Quicksilver, so he just threw him out?If so, they would have overestimated his influence on Quicksilver.

What about the others?Are they also classified as refugees?

Although you can't leave Rome, isn't this level of freedom too high?He is a member of Siren Squad, isn't he their deadly enemy?

Seeing Tang Yi's bewildered expression, Grandma Zeng thumped her back, went back to the door and continued to sit on the pony to peel beans, "Young man, take advantage of the first month to find a job quickly, otherwise you will have nothing to do in the future." People are saved."

Tang Yi nodded hesitantly, and just turned around, as if suddenly remembering something, he turned around and asked, "Grandma, did the person who sent me here send me alone? Are there others?"

Grandma shook her head, her tone was firm, "No, you are the only one."

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Tang Yi took a large denomination of Shibi, stepped out of the small hotel tentatively, walked around the unfamiliar narrow streets and alleys like headless flies for a while, and ate bowls at an unbelievably simple noodle stall Roll surface.The strange taste and strange environment made him feel unreal.

Apart from the most basic electrical appliances, I have not seen any electronic information products in this city, not even a computer.Even the noodle seller just calculated the change on an old calculator that Tang Yi thought was fresh, and then found the change from a small box and gave it to him.

Tang Yi almost thought that he had traveled back several centuries.He couldn't imagine how to live in a place without computers.

But looking at the men chatting and punching at the table next to him, it seems that they are quite happy?

Tang Yi sighed, lowered his head and continued to pull the noodles into his mouth, sucking and sucking a few times.He suddenly remembered the scene where he took Shuiyin to eat noodles at his favorite ramen restaurant in Yandu, and forced Shuiyin to suck noodles with him.

With a bang, the tears that had been refusing to fall all this time, just dropped one unsuspectingly, splashing a small splash in the noodle soup.Tang Yi narrowed his nose vigorously, and wiped his face with his sleeve indiscriminately.He took a few deep breaths, suppressing the throbbing pain in his chest again.

It wasn't that bad, he told himself.

Although he still has a little understanding of the current situation, where is he not alive?

He had narrowly escaped death so many times, and now at least he still had a life, and he could definitely get through this.As for what will happen in the future, why think so much?

Too many plans, too many hopes, can only be used to disillusion in the end.

He decided to go to the rebel barracks tomorrow to ask other people's news. If he really has no idea, maybe it would be good to find a job first.

He still has to live.