People's Federation will live forever

So, perhaps out of a necessity of expectation or fear, a spark ignites the world, and with satellites and radars detecting the light of the plume of the first ballistic missile rising from the ground, everything is no longer No cover-up, and nothing can stop it anymore.The world has been ravaged by the most tyrannical power that human history has ever mastered, no, that has never been mastered—the most expensive devices developed by the most intelligent minds and most advanced technologies of human beings, with one and only one goal, That is to better create pain for one's own kind!

Most of the galaxies recovered by the information team of the Ministry of Industry and Research from the many satellites and the space station that was about to fall into the atmosphere and burn up stayed in 2013-satellite records show that the number of ballistic missiles that have been detected synchronously across the globe is within a very short period of time. The time broke through three digits and started to approach four digits, assuming that these missiles all carry multiple sub-warheads... How many cities are there on this planet?

Who caused this doomsday?Renlian is not interested and it doesn't matter, humans here have the ability to make cleaner nuclear bombs, but they didn't do it - the radiation produced by fission energy is a force that can cause more pain to the enemy. Contrary to Renren, They literally scoured the world to find all the nuclear materials to arm themselves, and they wanted to make this world beyond redemption.

They did it, the world has been struggling in the catastrophe for 20 years, the disaster has changed all the people on this land forever, and it has also changed the nature - this world is cruelly revenged on human beings, and the distorted nature is burning with destructive power to human beings. Endless hatred, using countless mutated monsters to fight back against the surviving people.Human beings can only grit their teeth and bear the bitter fruit caused by themselves, and linger on in order to survive.

But not everyone forgets... I still remember the days before the war.

I still remember that life at that time was not what it is now, people could live on the surface, and we were still the masters of this world at that time.

We build huge cities out of glass and steel, we cross oceans at will, we conquer even the skies, there were 70 billion of my kind, we are not here to live in tunnels, I was born to be I will never forget the smell of fresh air.

But they were wiped out in the last war. As the surface turned into ashes, burned out and covered with monsters, the remaining 5 people had to go underground to live hard.One day, maybe the radiation on the surface will dissipate, and our children and grandchildren may be able to see the light again-but I, I still remember the days, I can't accept the fate of dying in a tunnel, and I don't care if people think I'm crazy , because as long as there is a fragment of the old world, I will find it, because in despair and hope.

I choose the latter.

"boom!"

A thick puff of smoke rose from the homemade bullets, and the acrid smoke polluted the vision on the cracked goggles, but at this moment Artyom didn't even have time to wipe the goggles, the huge black shadow It covered the top of the head, and the soldier could only do his best to throw himself to the side, narrowly dodging the sharp claws that could scrape pebbles, and raised his gun tightly.

The double-barreled shotgun spewed out thick smoke of black powder, and no one could see whether there were rust and metal nails besides the lead bullets flying out of the gun chamber, but as long as this Nosalis could be torn apart, it would be destroyed The thick skin of the monster known as the Darkwatch punched into its flesh and bones, and with a little luck it would destroy its guts.

Standing up to two meters high, the black-skinned beast let out a shriek that tore the eardrums. Just now, it hit the monster's left shoulder impartially, and half of its body was pulled down, unable to stand on all fours. The double-barreled shotgun was too late. After reloading, Artyom pulled out the revolver from his waist, pressed down the hammer and aimed at the monster's head.

Within five meters, Artyom never missed a shot—more than five meters depends on the conscience of the weapon dealer when he made the bullet.

Nosalis' head exploded red and white, but Artyom hadn't pulled the trigger yet.But he didn't panic but turned around immediately, held the handle of the revolver with both hands to suppress the recoil that was about to erupt, and with the flashing fire from the muzzle, the cylindrical bullet spun and knocked into the forehead of another jumping monster. It entered through the eye frame and brought out a piece of skull fragments. The monster that hadn't gotten close jumped up and didn't get up again. The pile of rubble regained its tranquility.

And there were already five Nosalis corpses lying on the ground, which wasn't too bad a result.

"Artyom, the library is just ahead of you, don't tell me you don't know what's there!"

The female voice on the radio shouted in dissatisfaction, and Artyom folded the double-barreled shotgun, took off the revolver cylinder, loaded new ammunition respectively and carefully kept the shell casings, no resource was allowed to be wasted.

In the end, the ranger carefully checked the radio transceiver carried on his back. The hand-rolled antenna was a little bent due to the battle, but the good news was that it was still usable.

He didn't answer the other end of the radio during the whole process. On the tower of a factory in the ruins of steel, a tall woman standing on a high place put away her sniper rifle. Sounds like a beauty.

"Artyom, don't be angry, okay. I apologize for what I said before. I just want to say that it's too dangerous. The storm is very strong recently. There may be a snowstorm. It's dangerous to come to the city at this time. You Did you see, how can there be so many Nosalis on weekdays?"

But the woman still didn't get a response, and she seemed to be used to Artyom's behavior, which would happen every time they quarreled, Artyom, a dull gourd, refused to say anything, and had to take the initiative.

Stubborn and childish, but she knew that this taciturn man actually had a very delicate heart, and he must have his own reasons. He had something that most people in the subway didn't have, and that thing was called dream.

And the dream-seeking man started to move forward after getting ready. This made Anna, who was still a little ashamed that she didn't understand her husband enough, anxious and angry, so she could only jump off the sniper platform with a sniper rifle in her arms. He ran to catch up, shouting while chasing.

"Artyom, I asked Dad. The scouting soldiers saw a flash of light in the sky yesterday, but it was just a shooting star. There will always be shooting stars in late autumn, but they are not aircraft!"

PS: The setting that can be announced now-there is a three-year gap between the stories of Dead Space 1 and 2, and poor Isaac was locked up in the Titan space station for nearly three years.And the war between the People's Federation and the United Earth has broken out for two years.

And the chain of events won't be very long, I just hope it's exciting enough for everyone to enjoy.

Code Name: Black Domain Event Chain A·⑵Go out and see for yourself

[From any building in the city, a large area of ​​​​the burned forest can be seen, and the remaining black trunks are abruptly lined up on the ground, like some form of tombstone.

Old people say that in the past, Moscow was known as a city in the forest. At that time, the sun was not covered by black clouds, and there were no frequent strong winds except in winter. There were birds singing in the green woods. And one can easily walk in the woods without fear of getting hurt--people talk about the past a lot, because for those who have experienced it, it is all good in life, they are afraid of forgetting, afraid of their children, who Children who were born and raised in tunnels will forever lose their understanding of the old world, thinking that the world was born in such a dirty and dangerous way, and that human beings can only live in the subway.

But this is how things seem to be going, the old people are dying, and the young people who have lived through the pre-war days are gradually forgetting, maybe in another ten years, our morals and our society will look different, People are no longer interested in restoring civilization but doing whatever it takes to survive...now they are, they just want to survive, there is nothing wrong with wanting to live, I can't blame anything.

But that's not how I want to live. 】

Traveling through this accursed land, even being careful won't keep you safe.

The sky in Moscow is extremely gloomy, and the thick clouds are too thick to melt away, but the winter sun can find some small gaps to cast mottled light spots.You may be tempted to reach out and let the sun shine on the leather handmade protective clothing gloves like holding a spring, but a foul-smelling white smoke suddenly emerges from the black blood stains on it, which makes people put away their hands immediately like an electric shock return.

The Geiger gauges are clattering and clacking, the radiation is invisible but always accumulates in the airtight low places, and these places will suddenly heat up like a fire and cannot stay for long.Sealed protective clothing can only be regarded as the thickest clothing possible, and it is made of cloth and animal skin leather filled with high-density materials such as lead plates. What is the effect?It's fine if you don't die.

The radiant heat is easy to burn and difficult to clean, but Artyom is used to it, so he didn't touch it.The air in the city is always flowing in ups and downs. After the nuclear explosion, a large amount of radiation black ash was produced in the atmosphere, and it was these ash that covered the sky and turned the world in front of us into a dark tone. Inhaling them is fatal. Artyom, who had been marching for an hour, stopped in a safe place and fumbled in his backpack for a new canister.

Taking this opportunity, Anna, who had been chasing after her, finally came to Artyom's side. On the moss-covered steps in front of the half-collapsed building, the husband and wife sat down for a short rest. White ice crystals began to float down.

Snow, this is "how many snows this year?"

"I don't know, but this year is 2035."

Anna stretched out her hand to catch the small ice crystals, melting one by one on the glove, but the snow couldn't stop getting bigger and bigger, until it could cover Anna's hand with a layer of white.

"Scientists in Polis told me that radiation will use the self-purification function of the earth, and it will enter the atmospheric circulation and water circulation. The snow falls on the ground, covers the radiation dust, and then turns into water and evaporates into the clouds, which will also bring the radiation dust into the sky. , so as long as there is atmospheric circulation, it will not be spared."

The young and beautiful wife looked at Artyom: "Artyom, if the radiation dust can reach anywhere in the world, how many people can survive the radiation except Moscow with the protection of the subway?"

Artyom didn't speak, he took out the radio transceiver from his backpack, put one hand under his arm, and climbed up the building's fire escape.

"Artyom, where are you going?"

"Above, the higher places may have a better signal."

Ten minutes later—

White noise of electric current crackled from the transceiver. Artyom kept adjusting the antenna and frequency, but there was nothing except the fluctuation of white noise.On the rubble of the apartment building, Anna, who had been lying on her stomach for a long time, and guarded with a rifle, sighed slightly.

"Artyom, I don't hear anything but the noise and the sound of the Geiger counter. Do you know why? Because this is a dead world... oh, and this winged thing in the sky."

Black shadows spread their wings and flew over the heads of the two, and the huge winged monster roared, announcing the ownership of this piece of sky.Carefully lowering their heads so as not to be noticed by the monster, the two slowly shrank back from the pile of rubble. Anna was very unhappy, while Artyom had disappointment written on his face.

"Go back, Artyom, if you let Dad know that I went out with you to find the signal, and even ran into the restricted area of ​​the Hanseatic, he will kill me, okay?"

Artyom wiped the dust off his mask and said suddenly, "Anna, what did you see in the scope just now?"

"What else? Snowdrifts, ruins, and an angry demon."

"Yes, this is it!" Artyom seemed to have caught something, "The devil has no natural enemies in this area, but that monster looks like it's looking for something everywhere."

"Maybe that demon was shot recently? This kind of thing always happens." Anna was a little absent-minded. In her opinion, it's no big deal. "If you're looking for something different from usual , looking at it with obsession is very unusual, even just now you were attacked by five Nosalis in a row, it seems very unusual."

Speaking of this, Anna also hesitated a little: "Artyom, the station area we passed just now is often raided by Hanseatics, there shouldn't be so many monsters."

"These creatures seem to have been stimulated by something. They are not from this urban area, but from the forest in the restricted area. Something drove them out of the restricted area!"

"Restricted area, I have never been here before, why is this restricted area?"

"The outskirts of Moscow have been off-limits since the Hanseatic was founded. The Hanseatic has never explained it. There is no subway there. Only God knows why."

Artyom once again climbed up the pile of rubble. The ex-ranger took out his military binoculars and looked at the angry demon in the sky. Anna, who was beside him, didn't understand, but also looked through the sniper scope with him— —The demon at the top of the food chain hovered in the air for a long time and kicked its legs very anxiously, as if trying to throw something off.

"Look at that shiny thing on that foot. Is it an arrow stuck in a demon?"

This is not because the telescope can see clearly, but because the arrow pierced into the flesh flashes an unknown light source rhythmically.

"It looks like a pre-war technology, a military tracker." Anna took a slight breath, "I don't think Hansa has the ability to control demons, and why? Artyom, you are right, There's something here that's beyond our imagination."

Then, feeling that she had come into contact with something that might be bad, Anna hesitated: "Artyom, we should go back right away and ask Dad, maybe he will know..."

But Artyom firmly rejected Anna's idea: "If Colonel Miller knew, then the reason why he didn't tell us must be because he couldn't tell us, or the colonel wouldn't know either."

"Artyom..."

"Listen to me, Anna." Facing his bewildered wife, Artyom pressed her shoulders, "No matter what it is, it means that some of the previous prejudices are wrong, and there is something in the restricted area. We don't know, and it could mean somewhere other than Moscow..."

Before Artyom finished speaking, there was a scream of wild beasts in the sky—the huge demon was trying its best to flap its wings to raise its height, and its furious appearance seemed to be about to have a duel. In the middle, it was seen that the monster flew towards a small shadow from a higher altitude.

It was not a creature, but a white streamlined aircraft. Artyom and Anna could see it clearly, because the shape of that thing was very similar to an old-time fighter plane, but it was very small, like a model in a children's palace.However, the demon that rushed over was easily dodged by the little thing, not only dodged but also circled around the monster a few times.There is a barrel-like launcher under the belly of this small aircraft. The short arrows are probably fired from here. The power is not great, but every time it makes the huge demon howl in pain, but the monster's physical strength seems to be damaged by it. Fly to the ground uncontrollably.

"No, it's going to run out of our sight!"

Artyom put down the binoculars and didn't hesitate any longer: "That's the edge of the restricted area, I'm going to have a look."

"Artyom, are you serious? In this weather, a snowstorm is coming!"

But the man who was already trembling with excitement didn't take it all into his eyes at all, his eyes were red, as if he had just shed tears: "I can't miss this opportunity, I swear I'll take a look, no matter what happens I will come back safely, you will wait for me here, okay?"

"Artyom, you... wait, I won't wait here, I'm going too!"

Snowflakes were falling, and the Moscow sky was sombre that it was about to fall.The Moskva River that used to rush under the steel bridge has been frozen in the extreme cold, and the road is also covered with a thick layer of snow. Strong winds are blowing from the gap between the ruins and the wrecked cars on the street. Every step forward on this road They are all struggling.The two people who were close at hand in the blizzard could only switch to unlimited electric communication.And slowly they also gradually reached the edge of the restricted area-the so-called restricted area is the place on the other side of the Moskva River. Before they got close to the two, they heard the roar of some kind of big guy from the wind.

"Be careful Artyom, no one has ever been to this place, we don't know what will be here!"

"Low down...the demon fell near here, I...I seem to see it!"

On the edge of the railing of the broken bridge, the huge demon landed on the roof of a car and was still twitching.About a dozen short arrows were densely inserted into the monster's body, but it did not die but fell into a coma-like state.

"Maybe it's an anesthetic, someone wants to catch a demon?"

They didn't see that weird machine here again. Artyom put the shotgun on his shoulder with one hand, and carefully stepped forward to hold an arrow and draw it out. It was not difficult, but both of them were surprised when he got it. They found that the arrow was the best workmanship they had ever seen!

The silver arrow body is only as thick as a human little finger, and its whole body is silver as if it were made of silver. The surface is so smooth that it can reflect Artyom's eyes and the shock in his pupils.

It is a high-tech creation. The arrow body is a storage device. There is a barbed arrow at the front end, and there is an electric shock warning symbol if you look closely. Artyom is most shocked by the tail of this thing—— How could he, who has seen missiles at a distance, fail to recognize that this is an extremely miniature version of a booster?With a touch of your finger, the spout can be rotated at multiple angles?

"It's so light, maybe aerospace-grade alloy, Artyom, the people in Polis will definitely be willing to pay a high price for this thing!" Anna was also fascinated by it, but she immediately looked around vigilantly, "This is not something that can be bought in the subway." The things made are unlikely to be creations before the war. What about the aircraft, will it monitor us in the sky?"

"Anna, since the people behind the scenes will stun the 'administrator' instead of killing them, it means that they are likely to be near us, or at least on their way here... Let's go, we have to stay away!"

The blizzard was howling, but the two who were about to turn around heard a familiar roar. A mole-headed monster the size of a black panther jumped from the abandoned car, opened its mouth wide and pounced on Anna!

Artyom's shotgun made a loud noise, and the bean-sized bullet smashed Nosalis's head into pieces. The scarlet and white greasy quickly froze into ice slag in the extreme cold, but they couldn't stop Nosalis one after another. Lis jumped onto the roof of the car and surrounded the two of them.

"It's the herd, we're blocking their way."

"We're upwind, more likely they smell us... Run, Ana!"

Another shot of buckshot killed a jumping mutated mole, and Artyom threw away the shotgun that had no time to reload again, and the revolver went "bang bang bang". Three bullets hit the same monster, causing blood to splatter, but nothing Hitting the vital point only caused the monster to recede with serious injuries, and the other monsters roared and rushed forward.

"Damn, there are too many of them, at least fifteen!"

The semi-automatic sniper rifle fired several times, and Anna only had time to knock down one of them before being surrounded by two outflanking ones. One of them, Nosalis, jumped up and bit the rifle that Anna raised to block it. The heavy monster overwhelmed it. The female warrior, while Anna was struggling to resist, the other Nosalis came rushing forward, opening that foul-smelling mouth with two sharp fangs!

But the monster ran and fell to the ground. At some point in the neck, a saber had been stabbed into an artery—Artyom, who came running wildly, pulled out the knife and stabbed it hard into the ribs of the monster who was attacking Anna. With a twist, the saber tore a big hole and blood gushed out. The monster fell down with a groan, and Artyom, who helped his wife up, looked up and found that they were surrounded.

"Stand behind me."

Artyom held the revolver in his left hand and the saber in his right to protect Anna: "Fight for one shot at a time, scare them away and we will have hope..."

During the blizzard, about ten Nosalis surrounded the two of them.These monsters are crazy enough, but their habits are like a pack of wolves who know how to divide labor and cooperate to hunt. Half of the monsters tried to go around behind the two of them, making tentative small advances but then retreated quickly, taking three steps forward and one step back. getting closer.

Even a seasoned hunter would not dare to face a crazy herd of beasts. At this moment, Artyom was full of regrets. He should not have taken Anna with him at such a risk...

At this time, two monsters were attracted by the fainting demon next to them. Although they were instinctively afraid at first, their appetite soon overcame...the non-existent reason.These "radiation hyenas" dare to eat anything, and they can't wait to open their mouths to bite the devil——

Puff, pop.

The heads of the two monsters exploded abruptly, not only did they explode, there were more than a dozen blood-spitting holes on their bodies, and their corpses lay on the spot before their stinky mouths touched the demon.

It's... "Artyom, look up there, there's someone!"

There are people, there are people, but not like normal people.It was a figure standing on the scrapped steel frame of the broken cable bridge. The blizzard made him a little unclear, but he could see that the other party was holding a strange rifle in his hand and wearing heavy armor——outline and swimming The armor of the cavalry is not the same, is it the Hanseatic?

The man didn't speak a word, a faint light came out from the rifle, and then there was the continuous scream of arrows piercing the air.Whoosh whoosh, the short arrows that fell from the sky pierced the bodies of Nosalis one after another, and a few more arrows flew past the two of them for them to see clearly.It is very similar to the one on the demon, but different. When these arrows attack, a little fire will burst out at the end of the tail, making the moment of penetration very powerful, and the goal is lethality.

And these arrows were still turning, and several arrows circled in front of the two of them, avoiding the two of them and hitting the monster behind them.Accompanied by the sound of slight gunshots, thirty or forty "tracking arrows" were fired like a storm, and the herd of beasts that surrounded the two of them had all fallen into a pool of blood, and the man above also put down his gun, as if This massacre had nothing to do with him at all, so he nodded calmly to the two people below.

Looking at the corpses all over the floor, Artyom felt that his heart was about to jump into his throat. He was extremely excited but also extremely calm. He blocked Anna first, and then raised his head:

"Thank you for saving us, who are you?"

The other party didn't respond, and just when Artyom was about to shout again, the man suddenly stepped out of the towering steel frame.

20 meters, the figure fell at a high speed, but suddenly a very powerful airflow burst out just before landing!The cyclone blew away the snow and the two couldn't help but take two steps back. When they opened their eyes again, they found that there was an extremely tall soldier standing in front of them. He needed to raise his head to look at each other. The reason for such a high height is that the armor on his body seems to be made entirely of metal, and Artyom still can't understand how such a heavy armor moves.

"Who are you, you are not from the Hanseatic, nor from the subway!"

Artyom yelled, he took a step forward but was stopped by the giant's hand, and the eyepiece of the helmet glowed red, as if to indicate that he had better not approach.

"Are you from outside, somewhere other than Moscow?" Anna approached, "If you want to kill us, you can ignore it just now, but you saved us, so can't you talk to us? We always thought that the outside world has It's over, but that's not how it works, is it?"

"The outside is not being destroyed, but it is flourishing, isn't it?" Artyom had a feeling, "Aren't you a Russian? You are a foreign soldier, because the war is not over yet, are you here to occupy Moscow? Then Listen to me, we're not soldiers, and we don't want to be in any wars!"

The giant cast a shadow over the two of them in a domineering manner, and seemed to have a sudden reaction after hearing this sentence.At this time, two aircrafts that I had seen before appeared in the sky at some point. These drones, which were actually the size of a car when viewed closely, pulled a net from their abdomen, and the demon that was entangled and about to freeze to death slowly rose. empty, while the other hovered over the edge of the bridge—

"You want to lie to me? You are not soldiers, but your army will come over soon, armed with live ammunition, and has been looking for me for two days, and has been hindering my work."

It's Russian, yes, but it's an electronically synthesized voice. If it weren't for the emotion in the speech, it would make people think that this is a future robot.After the armored soldier sneered, he didn't seem interested in caring about the two of them. He walked to the bridge on his own, and jumped onto the back of the drone. .

"You people are not hospitable at all. I have no interest in dealing with you. Since you are still alive, get out of here. No one will save you a second time."

The drone took off, and Artyom yelled to wait, and he stretched out his hand to the soldiers who were gradually rising by lying on the railing: "Wait, please, tell me what's going on in the outside world!"

The person on the back of the drone didn't even look at him, the heavy-duty aircraft slowly accelerated forward, but at this moment, Artyom suddenly started running—running desperately in the direction of the aircraft along the bridge and shouted loudly against the blizzard while running:

"We never left Moscow!"