Edge of Pure Land Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Beautiful things

The drone sounded a cold mechanical synthesized voice: "Dear First Class Soldier Lu Fuji, you have successfully joined the investigation combat sequence. You have four hours to prepare! Combat readiness materials and equipment have been distributed, please pay attention to check them! Four hours Afterwards, please gather at the sixth apron!”

After Lu Buer was promoted to military rank, even the armament system was a lot more polite to him. He slowly returned to the frontline camp with the supplies exchanged from the military depot.

 What came into view was the tragic battlefield.

 In the dark wilderness, a huge holy light curtain can be seen.

Countless white ghosts were blocked outside the light curtain like a tide, and their rotting bodies gathered together, which can only make people think of the evil ghosts in hell.

It's really terrible.

The injured soldiers on the front line were basically carried to the infirmary, so there was no priest to treat their injuries before. In this situation, the medical system must be overloaded, which is understandable.

On the towering turret, the city-burning cannon mounted on the high wall was still smoking.

Black smoke billowed, and there was a faint scream of terror.

 Some people crawled out of the smoke.

 As if there is a big insect chasing behind you.

Shika Fuji was stunned for a moment, thinking that the guy looked familiar.

 But when he saw the black coal-like face covered with dust, he didn't dare to recognize him.

 “Brother Lu, save me!”

The guy seemed to have seen his savior and collapsed and cried.

Lu Fuji was startled, but saw what was chasing behind him.

It was impossible to determine what species the other party was. I saw it dressed in red and landing on all fours, crawling on the ground at a very fast speed. From time to time it made a strange and unruly laugh, shouting at the top of its lungs: "My good student, don't run away." Ah! I'm your teacher! Stop and let the teacher take a good look at you! Don't come back!"

A group of mechanics were chasing behind like zombies, their mouths were full of laughter.

 “Damn it, there's a White Walker!”

 “What White Walker, that's Archbishop Reiner!”

 “What? What happened to his old man?”

“Maybe he's crazy, there is no normal person in Noah's organization.”

Lu Fuji looked at this scene blankly, not knowing what exactly happened.

José used him as a pillar and fled around him.

Archbishop Rainer chased after him frantically.

“Brother Lu, help me kill this old man! Are we still brothers?”

 “Boy, help me catch this stupid head, I will reward you heavily!”

We haven't seen each other for a day, what happened?

While Lu Fuji was confused, the mechanic who caught up behind told him the whole story.

The so-called city-burning cannon is a new type of artillery manufactured by the Noah Agency. They apply extraordinary power to modern technology to create an ultimate weapon called the Alchemical Armament, which can cause large-scale damage to the White Walkers. Killing and reducing the frequency of close combat between soldiers.

 However, the use of this weapon requires the infusion of life energy by the evolver.

 That is to say, artillery is needed to operate it manually.

 But it was the lack of technology that caused the city-burning cannon to explode.

The main reason is that the alchemical matrix of the city-burning cannon is not universal, and the hidden attributes of each soldier are different, which will directly lead to a fault similar to a short circuit.

With a bang, it exploded.

 “It's none of my business if your weapons explode!”

"With your joining, it won't explode! Although I can be regarded as half a non-attribute evolver, I still have some attributes left after all, and I am not purely without attributes. But you are different. Your attributes are very... It's clean, let the teacher test your purity!”

 “I don't, I refuse!”

"You are a precious non-attributed evolver! Joining the army is not your path. Only by following me can you show your value! You are destined to become a great mechanic, and your hard work will be imprinted on the machine. , it's like injecting soul into them. They roar, they roar, they cheer! They are like your children and will travel to every corner of the world!”

This crazy old man is actually a little romantic when describing the work of a mechanic.

 It seems that he is indeed a person who loves this career very much.

 But He Sai didn't appreciate it at all and ran away crying for his father and mother all the way.

Lu Fuji probably understands.

José was captured and made into an artilleryman for some unknown reason.

 Fortunately, I was not injured or killed, but I was frightened.

 Archbishop Reiner discovered the genius of the mechanic and then lost his mind.

　　"You take your time and play, I'll go back and get busy."

 The deer is happy.

Anyway, the war on the front line is tense, and even high-level talents may die at any time. Coupled with the terrifying threat of the evolutionary chain of the Creation Brood, no one knows what will happen.

 Including him, all we can do is find ways to become stronger and survive.

 It would be a good thing if He Sai could leave the front line at this time.

Although Noah's Agency seems a little unreliable, their status is still very high. As long as He Sai can hold them on their lap, they won't have to worry about it for the rest of their lives.

  After all, he is the genius that Noah said.

 At the door of the tent, Anne looked at this scene awkwardly, at a loss.

"Don't worry about them. When you get tired of running, there will always be someone who compromises."

When Lu Fuji saw this woman, he ordered: "Tell him for me and let him get to know her carefully before he considers it carefully. But no matter what he chooses, I respect him."

Anne was stunned for a moment, responded softly, and then lowered her voice: "Please go back and see Si Xian's child. She... seems a little abnormal today."

Lu Fuji was surprised. Today he finally investigated the clues of the Corpse Cult, but he still couldn't figure out the origin of the girl.

 I didn't expect that she would have another problem so soon.

 There was no light in the dark tent, and there was a faint rustling sound.

Through the faint light outside the window, Lu Fuji could see the slim girl curled up in the corner of the bed, seemingly smearing something on the bed board with the charcoal in her hand.

 She was so absorbed that she didn't realize anyone had come in.

 Lu Fujian did not choose to disturb her, but polished the lighter.

The light illuminated the bed board, but he was stunned. Because the bed boards are all made of charcoal paintings, the holy mountain dripping with darkness reaches into the sky like a devil's horns. Thousands of black substances spread down like blood vessels, and finally outline a shocking totem that looks like It is a deformed lotus.

Under the holy mountain are terrifying demons. The lines she uses are very simple, and a few strokes can depict an abstract horror. The smudged black is like the devil screaming.

These devil's deeds are like lotus vines!

Lu Sixian is very focused and serious when painting.

  No, it's more ferocious than serious.

She was still mumbling something, as if she was possessed by an evil spirit.

 “Sata, Abalua…Sata, Abalua…”

Lu Fuji's scalp was numb. The fact that this little girl appeared in the warehouse while sleepwalking was scary enough. That state was obviously uncontrollable. He just didn't know when it would happen and what kind of weird behavior he would do. Come.

 Until this moment, she even shouted the slogan of the corpse-eating cultists!

Sure enough, Lu Fuji's guess was correct.

Lu Sixian is indeed related to the Corpse Food Cult.

If it weren't for the difference between men and women, Lu Fuji would have wanted to see if there was any rot on her body.

Of course, the dark matter in his hand did not beat.

 The probability proves that this girl is clean.

 “Lu Sixian? Lu Sixian?”

 Lu Fuji had to interrupt her.

Lu Sixian turned her head and stared at him with empty eyes.

 “Why do you draw these things?”

 “Having a nightmare.”

 “Why do you need to write down things in nightmares?”

 “Because of fear.”

 “Aren't you afraid of drawing it?”

 “My mother taught me to draw. Drawing can help me relax.”

 “What does the slogan you shout mean?”

 “Not a slogan.”

"what is that?"

 “Immortal faith.”

Lu Sixian raised a green-white finger and pointed at the painting on the bed board.

 Lu Fuji turned his head and looked around, and saw the totem of the Mother Nest of Creation.

At this moment, he understood what the zombie cultists were shouting.

 Immortal faith!

 Are you talking about the Mother Nest of Creation?

 He hesitated for a moment, then stood up and recorded the drawings on the bed board in a small book. Then he wiped a wet rag and wiped away all traces on the bed. It must not be exposed to the outside world.

Unexpectedly, once Lu Sixian stopped painting, she would start to tremble, as if she had seen something terrifying, and would move backwards on the bed with her hands and feet together.

Lu Fuji was startled and hurriedly grabbed her hand.

Unexpectedly, she was like a stressed kitten and scratched his wrist.

Lu Fuji's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the gurgling blood on his wrist.

 The power that this little girl burst out is indeed very strong.

 No wonder he was able to kill the worker in the warehouse with one blow.

Lu Sixian huddled in the corner with a frightened face and buried her hair in her arms.

 Looking at this scene, Lu Fuji seemed to see himself back then.

He was silent for a moment, and finally handed her the paper and pen, and said softly: "Okay, I'll let you draw. But don't draw such horrible things, okay? Just let the things in nightmares die. You can draw something beautiful."

Lu Sixian took the pen and paper, her hands were still trembling and her red lips moved slightly.

 “There is no beauty, there is no beauty…”

Lu Buer shook his head, stretched out his hands to hug her, and sighed: "How could there be no beauty? In fact, I was also a patient once, suffering from an incurable terminal illness. But it is those beautiful things that support me in my life. Things. For example, your childhood home, your parents, the chirping of cicadas and stars in summer, the sunshine and snow in winter, the popsicles that cost 50 cents each in front of my house when I was a child, and the people we played football with in the yard. Little friend.”

“Even if those things are gone, they are particularly beautiful precisely because you have lost them, right? And one day, you can get them back.”

 In fact, Lu Fuji is not very good at coaxing children, and the lies he tells are all lies that he does not believe.

However, Lu Sixian really calmed down and no longer acted so panicked. Instead, she silently raised her head and drew a few strokes on the paper.

 Sun, plains, mountains.

 The river and the wooden house, the pasture and the fence, the sheep and the sheepdog.

There are also three little people holding hands.

 Lu Fuji became relieved when he saw this scene.

 Sure enough, the little girl still has some beautiful things in her heart.

 But the next moment, he suddenly realized something.

 This is obviously not something that can appear in urban areas.

 With Lu Sixian's identity and status, it is impossible to leave Linhai City.

Then where did she see these?

 It can't be another nightmare.

"This is where?"

 Lu Fuji touched the girl's head and asked softly.

Lu Sixian curled up silently in his arms, her voice low.

"Home."

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