Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

Modar's hand stopped in the air hesitantly.

The voice of the Devourer continued to calmly persuade: "If you warn them, what will they use to reward your loyalty? Maybe it will raise your military rank, let you change from an ordinary guard to a high-ranking guard, maybe just verbally Praise, maybe not even rewards of this magnitude, because in their view, this is your responsibility. You should be very clear that no matter what you do, you will not be trusted again."

Modar finally clenched his hand into a fist and slammed it on the wall next to him, and said with a bit of self-deprecation: "What about you, if I take the risk of betraying them, what kind of benefits will you give me?"

"I can fulfill all your wishes. In the virtual world, you will be able to do whatever you want, and you will never have pain and regret. You will get everything you want without paying any price. No matter what you want In that world, you can be a king or a god, you can do whatever you want."

"But those are just illusions, what's the point?"

"What is illusion and what is reality? All your senses can know is reality. Virtual life must be the end point of all civilization evolution. How do you know that what you think is reality now is not simulated by a more advanced civilization? phantom?"

Modal was silent.

The Devourer urged in an unhurried tone: "My interference will be discovered soon, you still have one minute and 20 seconds to hesitate, after this minute and 20 seconds, you will lose this hope of getting rid of fate forever." Opportunity. And, if He Xiao knows that you have had contact with me, how will he deal with you?"

The last sentence finally made Modar make up his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what exactly do you want me to do?"

"Go into the lab and kill Celeste, that brat who doesn't recognize any relatives and doesn't know how to be grateful, he is the source of your shame and humiliation, and he is defenseless now, the closest guard to him is you , You still have 2 minutes before the other guards come over."

Modal swallowed, "Even if I kill him, I won't be able to leave alive."

"Don't be obsessed with life and death. Your body is just a useless burden. Believe me, my promise will be fulfilled. Only by giving up your body can you usher in eternal life."

The Devourer's convincing tone encouraged Modar, and he finally made up his mind and unlocked the laboratory door.

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When He Xiao was around, the Devourer's tentacles could not affect any signals around him. Now that He Xiao is half a world away, it is not difficult for it to interfere with Masi, but it must not be disturbed by anyone at the same time. Sensing that something is wrong with Marth requires all of its attention to do so.

"Master." In the Blue Shield base, Case called He Xiao who was busy with other things, "My connection with Mars has a delay above the normal range."

He Xiao frowned: "Sure enough, the Devourer made a move, notified all departments to enter a state of emergency, and asked Fu Yunlan to return to the defense base immediately."

He looked at the screen in front of him motionlessly, with a rare look of anxiety on his face, but now he couldn't do anything.

In order to lure the Devourer to take action, Celeste deliberately put him into this embarrassing situation where the far water cannot save the near fire. At this point, He Xiao can only hope that there will be no mistakes in Celeste's plan After all, he couldn't afford such a loss.

In the Chinese sub-base, all electronic equipment has fallen into the control of the Devourer. Since He Xiao was already on guard against this move, all lethal weapons are mechanical or have purely manual safety devices, regardless of whether the Devourer Anyone who wants to do anything can only go through the hands of humans, and humans are precisely beyond the direct control of the Devourer.

He can only control human emotions with weak bioelectricity just like controlling zombies.

It's a pity that for most people, reason will always prevail. If there is no specific thing to stimulate, no one will do irreversible things just because of temporary mood swings.

The Devourer can only bide his time.

It imitated Masi, and continued to make all equipment and data operate as usual, and none of the base staff realized what was happening in the isolated laboratory.

Modal has already approached Celeste, he now has the power of a super soldier, and can easily break Celeste's neck even with bare hands, but he still holds the gun tightly in his hand, as if seeking some kind of courage As if, the bolt of the gun was pulled vigorously.

Celeste heard the movement and looked back at Modar.He was wearing a white laboratory robe, with only a test tube and a pair of tweezers at hand, and as the Devourer said, he was defenseless.

Just one shot at him and it's over.

Modal's breathing became heavy.

Celeste just looked at Modal like this, without fear or panic, just asked calmly: "Are you going to push me to death again, Daddy?"

This title reminded Modal of a lot of the past that he tried hard to forget. At that time, he and Avril were in love, Celeste was still young, and he especially liked to use biscuits to coax Celeste to call him daddy land.

He once loved Celeste as his own child, and this child was very trusting and close to him, why did it become like that?Was it the sudden chaos and fear that brought out the craziest side of human nature, or did his growing relationship with Avril make him lose patience with this innocent child?

By mistake, he pushed Celeste out of the car while fleeing.

That's what Celeste called him back then.

"Daddy, don't leave me, Daddy!"

Modal collapsed and dropped the gun. He hugged his head, knelt on the ground and wailed like a beast: "Why, why did it become like this! Avril, I'm sorry! I should have died in Merced with you, and I didn’t survive alone, look what I’ve done!”

Celeste looked at the collapsed Modar, sighed softly, and rang the alarm bell in the laboratory.

---

Modal was imprisoned in a confinement room. The influence of the Devourer on him has passed, and his emotions have gradually calmed down. However, he still needs to pass some psychological tests before he can regain his freedom.

Mars regained control of the sub-base, and began to check all possible data anomalies with lingering fear, and he didn't even have time to chatter.

Fu Yunlan also hurried back from the front line.

"It's so stupid, how could you let yourself take such a risk!" Fu Yunlan said excitedly, "How do you know that Modal will waver, maybe he won't stop at all? Human nature is the most difficult thing to grasp. Even the Devourer can't predict what a person will do in the next moment, if he really shoots you...if he..."

Fu Yunlan was a little bit speechless, Celeste put his cool hand on Fu Yunlan's forearm, and calmed him down and said, "I'm not actually taking risks, I know what I'm doing, Don't worry, Modar can't kill me."

"How can you be so sure?" Fu Yunlan frowned at him, "Can't you let me know what exactly are you planning?"

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that the Devourer is watching us all the time, and there are some things that you don't know because your subconscious reaction will let him see the clues."

Fu Yunlan looked at Celeste for a few seconds as if he was looking at someone he didn't know, and sighed dejectedly: "...I'm going back to the front line first."

"Since it's all here, don't rush to leave." Celeste grabbed his wrist, "Come and have sex."

Celeste is always so direct, Fu Yunlan said with some embarrassment: "It's still broad daylight..."

"What's the matter, no one dares to come in and disturb us."

Although Fu Yunlan still felt a little embarrassed, he couldn't refuse Celeste's temptation at all. The staff and soldiers outside were still busy with themselves, unaware that their emperor and general closed their doors in the office. Instead of discussing something serious, they are wearing uniforms and well-dressed, doing what couples love to do.

---

An hour later, Celeste was arranging his clothes in front of the full-length mirror contentedly. Fu Yunlan hugged him from behind, buried her face on his shoulder, and kissed his ears and cheeks with endless desire. Some of the dissatisfaction that was concealed, now there is only tenderness left.

"Don't you want to go back to the front line?" Celeste leaned back with all his weight.

"Don't be in a hurry, let me accompany you for a while." Fu Yunlan said with a smile.

"But it's time for Fang Jingyu to come back, I have to go see him."

Fu Yunlan's arms tightened unconsciously, and a complex emotion rose in her heart.

But before he could think more wildly, Celeste went on to say, "Let's go, let's listen to his action report together."

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The report Fang Jingyu brought back was quite surprising.

The old nest of the True God Sect - Eastern Europe is a place that even He Xiao can't go deep into spying. Although the Blue Shield base also sent several groups of well-trained spies, they all disappeared without a word.

In the past, He Xiao could only roughly calculate the general situation in Eastern Europe based on some data, but now, while the Devourer is devoting all his energy to assassinating Celeste, Fang Jingyu and others are flying in a "Fighting Falcon" plane, For the first time, he went deep into Eastern Europe and brought back the materials alive.

While they were still in the air, Maas processed the negatives from undisturbed film cameras to create a virtual model of Eastern Europe.

They have all seen the high-tech equipment and ultra-modern comfortable life of the Blue Shield Base. In their imagination, the headquarters of the True God Sect, which can compete with the Blue Shield Base, should be in a similar situation, but what they actually saw was shocking. They were taken aback.