I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

"Once the personnel are properly settled, Aled, you will test everyone first and find out the cause of the mutation as soon as possible."

After Huo Linyuan finished speaking to Aled, he turned to look at Wen Yi and said, "Let's go to the central city to check the situation."

"What about me?" Seeing that he didn't mention her, Qi Yan asked anxiously.

Because they were indoors, Qi Yan opened the protective shield.

"Yanyan, stay in the base. I will be back soon." Huo Linyuan touched his head.

Qi Yan has grown a lot recently, and is visibly bigger than before.

"But I want to go to the concentration city with you." Qi Yan frowned, secretly unwilling to act separately from him.

At this time, the other two had already left the control room and went to make preparations.

"The situation over there is still unclear, so it will be easier to act with fewer people." Huo Linyuan explained patiently.

"But the Kokura has strong attack power. If we encounter a monster, I can help." Qi Yan argued.

Now Huo Linyuan can’t drive the mecha. Even if he can fight a hundred people alone, what can he do? What if he is facing tens of thousands of monsters?

"I know Yanyan is very powerful, so I hope you can stay here and protect Aled and these survivors."

Qi Yan never expected him to say this, and couldn't help feeling touched.

Qi Yan had always thought that she was a fragile person in Huo Linyuan's eyes and needed protection at all times. She never expected that one day she would hear him ask her to protect others.

Although he knew that this was most likely an excuse made by Huo Linyuan to prevent him from taking any risks, Qi Yan couldn't help but feel a sense of mission in his heart.

"I will protect the base, and you must come back safely." Grasping his fingers, Qi Yan promised seriously.

Huo Linyuan smiled slightly: "Okay."

-

Before setting off, Huo Linyuan called Wen Yi aside.

"Can the base's defense system still be activated normally?" Huo Linyuan asked.

Wen Yi clicked on the terminal: "Okay, I've checked it, there's no problem with the defense system."

Hearing the expected answer, Huo Linyuan's eyes darkened.

"Is there something wrong?" Wen Yi keenly noticed that his reaction was wrong and asked immediately.

Huo Linyuan briefly recounted the process of discovering the survivors and what Abel had said.

After listening, Wen Yi quickly grasped the key point: "The defense system is not damaged, which means that the base was breached because of an internal problem. This person is hiding part of the truth."

"This is only part of it. Let's hold off for now. No matter what, the most urgent task is to find out what happened here as soon as possible." Huo Linyuan did not discuss the issue in depth.

In fact, he noticed something strange from the moment he entered the cave.

The people inside could recognize them as military personnel at a glance, which meant that someone had been monitoring them since they landed.

Since these people knew it, then other survivors would know it as well. However, when they found the military rescue team, no one came out to ask for help.

And judging from the reactions of those people, they seemed to have a strong hostility towards the military.

This is what Huo Linyuan cares about the most.

Putting away his thoughts, Huo Linyuan added: "In addition, strengthen the base's defense system and let the combat team closely monitor these survivors."

"Yes."

Since the concentration city was dozens of kilometers away from the military base, they drove a combat vehicle.

Wen Yi was in charge of driving, and Abel sat in the passenger seat as a guide.

Looking at the scenery outside the window that was rapidly receding, Abel asked anxiously, "Sir, are we the only three going there?"

Wen Yi did not answer. Huo Linyuan in the back seat closed his eyes as if he was resting.

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Abel's eyes flickered, and then he heard him say: "The Central City is now controlled by a man named Sonato. Before the outbreak of the epidemic, he was a well-known bully in Helka."

"After the outbreak, they organized a group of people to burn, kill, loot and commit all kinds of evil."

"They are so numerous now. If there are only three of us going, I'm afraid we will be outnumbered."

"Are you scared?" Wen Yi looked ahead, and without waiting for his answer, he immediately asked in a stern voice, "What is the first rule as a soldier?"

Abel straightened his chest and answered in a resounding voice: "Loyal and fearless!"

After saying that, he changed the subject and said, "I am not afraid. As a soldier, I should always be prepared to sacrifice my life. Compared to my teammates, I have lived too long."

"I am just worried. You two are new here and are not familiar with Helka's situation. The rescue team is the hope of all of us. As your subordinates, I should stop you from taking risks."

He spoke sincerely, Wen Yi turned his head to look at him, and then said:

"They are just interstellar bandits. They are nothing to be afraid of. You don't have to worry."

If this statement was spoken by someone else, it might sound a bit arrogant, but the people sitting in the car at this moment are the top two on the interstellar combat power list, and they do have the ability to do so.

However, the reason why Wen Yi said this was not to show off, but as a test.

Sure enough, hearing his words, Abel was obviously relieved, and then he smiled easily:

"I am overthinking. Since the two officers are able to go there alone, they must have extraordinary strength."

During the rest of the journey, Abel was no longer as tense as before. Instead, he took the initiative to tell Wen Yi about the situation in the concentration city.

-

military base.

Aled collected blood from all the survivors and was now analyzing the blood in a makeshift laboratory.

Qi Yan was helping out on the side.

Suddenly, Aled said "Huh".

Qi Yan quickly drove the Kokura over and asked, "What's wrong, Grandpa Aled?"

"Yanyan, use your mental power to sense these two blood samples and see how you feel." Aled held the two test tubes in front of Qi Yan.

Although Qi Yan didn't know what his intention was, she still did as he said.

When Qi Yan's mental power came into contact with the first sample, he subconsciously felt resistance and couldn't help frowning.

"Manic, restless, bloody, violent... I feel really bad." Qi Yan expressed her feelings truthfully.

Hearing this, Aled handed another one to him: "Take a look at this one."

Qi Yan probed his spiritual power into the test tube as before. This time he waited for a moment before saying, "This one is calmer than the previous one. Although it is also filled with restless and irritable elements, it seems like something is suppressing it."

After listening to him, Aled couldn't help but murmured, "It is true."

"Grandpa Aled, did you discover something?" Qi Yan asked.

"The first blood sample you just came into contact with was from the monster we captured in the abandoned building before, and the second one was from a survivor of the base." Aled replied.

Qi Yan was puzzled. What could this prove?

But before he could ask the question in his mind, he suddenly realized that mental power can generally only sense mental power, or objects related to mental power.

For example, mechas, potions, or some instruments and equipment that require mental control cannot directly sense ordinary objects.

But now he can sense the elements in the blood sample. What does this mean?

There are ingredients in it that stimulate mental power!

After coming to the conclusion, Qi Yan finally understood what Alaid wanted to express.

Seeing that he had figured out the key, Alaid couldn't help but smile with relief.