Quanzai Cone

The boots creaked as they stepped into the thick snow.

The snow that had been falling all night has stopped, and the sky seems to light up a little, which makes the mood a little easier.I followed Zhijun's footsteps, like a toddler, wobbly, not as stable as him.

There are fewer and fewer traces of man-made repairs around. Although I had a rest all night, I was still a little mentally ill and it was very difficult for me to walk up.Breathing out a mouthful of white mist, I looked at Zhijun's back climbing straight forward, sighed and smiled.

After camping out last night, none of us mentioned that sudden confession.

I think now is not the time to discuss relationship issues, and Zhijun probably prefers to treat this as an "April Fool's Day surprise" that only lasts for one day, and don't bring it up after the night-in order to prevent me from really asking him for a reply Or to emphasize my heart, as long as I opened my mouth, he would change the subject endlessly. It wasn't until we set off this morning that we finally communicated normally.

...There is no need to be so afraid, "mind reading" is not "hypnotism", and I can't force him to like me.

I pursed my lips silently, crossed the last steep slope, climbed up a gentle area, and stood beside Zhijun.

The terrain around here is broken and steep, with ravines and ravines, and bridges are built at every turn. It is simply a bottomless pit that swallows manpower and material resources. It is hard to imagine how much effort Umbrella spent to open the road.

It should be the last bridge in front of us.The narrow bridge, which only allows two people to pass side by side, just blocked the main road to the outside, and at the end stood a gate made of steel.The door was open, and the guard booth on the side was empty. I don't know where the staff on duty went after the accident happened.

Zhijun looked back at me, and walked up the bridge first as usual.I'm one step behind him, clutching the shotgun I'd picked up during the reassignment.

Halfway through, a barrier rose without warning at the bridgehead that was left behind, blocking the way back.

The system prompts intermittently sounded: [The base and the research institute have fallen, and the surviving managers are requested to report to the headquarters immediately at the communication tower.The one-way traffic restriction is on, and the bridge self-destruct procedure will be activated when going in reverse. 】

Immediately I raised my eyes to check the front door, and saw that it was still wide open, so I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It seems that we are not far from the communication tower." I said to Zhijun.

Zhijun still didn't dare to answer my words, nodded and quickened his pace, but stopped suddenly after walking a few steps, slightly sideways to block me.I stopped in doubt, and in the next moment, I caught a strange figure jumping on the bridge deck in twos and threes, blocking the way.

It can be vaguely seen that the skin of the humanoid mutated monster has peeled off, and the flesh and blood are knotted and swollen, exposed to the air, constantly oozing dirty black liquid.Its joints and bones were distorted, and it stood crookedly in front of us. The half of its human-looking face grinned ferociously, and roared: "You, these two troublesome bastards! I will tear you apart!"

The protruding eyeballs turned wildly, and it ran towards us on all fours!

Zhijun and I had to step back a few meters to get out of the way. Although we were not hit by the strange man, a system warning was triggered.

[Please go to the communication tower and report to the headquarters immediately!Please go to the communication tower and report to the headquarters immediately!The bridge self-destruct procedure is activated! 】

The synthesized sound was cold and chilling, followed by the collapsed bridge deck behind him——

My heart sank, seeing that the exit door on the opposite side was slowly closing, my thoughts turned rapidly, and I lowered my voice and said hastily: "I will come out as a swordsman, as long as I can cooperate well, it is enough to open a gap and rush over... Jun!"

As soon as the remaining half of the sentence "There is no need to confront it head-to-head", the person standing in front of me had already rushed out. I was shocked, and I reflexively stretched out my hand to grab it, only grasping nothingness, and I couldn't help but blurted out.

Zhijun didn't pause at all, and ran straight into the strange man, and was immediately lifted by his shoulders locked by it.The strange man laughed hoarsely, and was about to smash him to the ground when he swung it up, but suddenly stopped.

A syringe full of silver potion was pressed against its arm.

"This is..." The eyeballs that stopped turning fixedly stared at the cracked potion that would completely shatter with just a light grip, a trace of fear flashed in the pupils, and the strange man froze.

"It seems that we have dealt with each other before, Mr. Guard." Zhijun looked down at it with his feet in the air, not at all like the one controlled by others, and the corner of his mouth raised a sarcastic arc, "As long as you touch this potion, your consciousness will immediately disappear. You will fall into chaos, you will either go crazy and jump off the cliff, or you will be unable to move and die under the mechanism - if you are willing to obediently give way, I will not ask for trouble to face the monster that may run away... two ways, which one do you choose ?”

Zhijun's hand holding the syringe was as steady as a rock, allowing the black blood spilling from the weirdo's arm to stain his fingers.The two sides looked at each other and fell into a silent tug of war.

I didn't dare to get too close, I could barely see Zhijun's side face, his eyes were slightly lowered, his eyes were cold, with the indifference of a gambler when he had nothing and put all his eggs in one basket, it was creepy.

Frightened by such an expression, the weirdo gradually wavered, glanced anxiously at the approaching collapsed mechanism, and a few seconds later, with a roar, he dropped Zhijun and quickly jumped away.

Zhijun, who hit the bridge deck, coughed a few times, waved his hand to stop me who rushed over to try to help him, and got up by himself.The agency was close at hand, so we didn't have time to say more. We rushed towards the exit one after the other, and finally slipped out of the door that was about to close at the last moment.

After a short walk, I stopped on the snowy slope and watched the bridge plunge into the abyss, pursed my lips and turned to face Zhijun.

He is still coughing.

Silently, I took out the water bottle and handed it to him. I didn't stick too close. After drinking the water, I saw that he gradually stopped coughing and panting before I said, "...don't choose such a dangerous method next time. I can obviously help."

Zhijun was noncommittal, and said lightly: "I observed it before I approached, and that guy still retains a human nature that can be used."

Before I could say anything else, he naturally took over the conversation.

"Let's go, we'll be there soon."

I had no choice but to shut up and keep up, and the uneasiness in my heart became more and more intense.

Looking back now, Zhijun made a lot of extreme maneuvers during this journey, he was literally walking on a tightrope... Sometimes he was forced to do so, and sometimes, even if there was a safer option, he would rather take a big gamble. Do not value your own life.

He won the bet before, but after that?

I was full of worries, thinking that he must correct his dangerous thinking, and unknowingly arrived at a dead forest.

When I regained my senses, I looked at the woods that could grow so thickly and densely in the polar region, and my eyes turned to Zhijun.

He was staring at the road sign in front of the woods and examined it carefully. I leaned over and saw the word [communication tower] marked on it at a glance, and I couldn't help being pleasantly surprised.

"Just walk through this forest!" I cheered.

Zhijun narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the vast dry forest, took off the grenade gun on his back, and poured cold water on me.

"There's something wrong with this woods, be careful."