Scarlet Dawn [Apocalypse]

Two hours later, the surface world ushered in a brand new evening, and the fiery red sunset slowly sank into the end of the sand sea.

The ancient city of Cairo across the Nile River was awakened on the eve of nightfall. This is the edge of the border between the city and the desert. There are not many modern buildings, and religious domes and white houses can be seen everywhere. After hundreds of years of natural erosion, it has become Dilapidated and old, exuding a peculiar smell of rotting corpses.

The whole street still maintains its pre-apocalyptic appearance. Vehicles are parked in disorder on the road. Zombies roam among them, dragging their mutilated bodies, and let out disgusting gasps and growls from time to time.

After nightfall, the temperature began to drop. Su Chen was wearing Silveson's coat and stood alone on the corner of the street. He took a step back to make way for a zombie who happened to pass by. Walked over in a jerk.

The rancid smell in the air has not dissipated for a long time, Su Chen glanced at the back of the zombie, and his face became a little ugly - because it is the same kind, the zombies will not treat him as food, so they will not attack.

In the final analysis, he just occupied the human body, and in essence, he was still a virus mutant through and through.

The behavior of the zombie seemed to remind him of his true identity. Su Chen was very upset. He drew out the cross sword, turned around and quickly followed him.

The zombie walking in front was unconscious. With a puff, the dagger pierced through the skull and leaked out from one of the front eye sockets. Disgusting pus mixed with brain matter dripped and fell on the ground. The body of the zombie was crooked, leaving only The jaws of the lower skeleton opened and closed, let out a purring moan, and then fell limply to one side.

"I am human, if you don't eat me, I will kill you."

Shaking off the dirty blood on the blade, putting it back into the sheath, Su Chen kicked the corpse next to her feet, muttered something in a low voice, then walked happily through the vast crowd of corpses, and walked into a dilapidated house with a hotel sign on it .

On the second floor of the old hotel, Su Chen casually opened a door. The guest room was dirty with hundreds of years of dust, but he walked in without paying attention, and fell headfirst on the bed.Closing his eyes, he lay quietly for a while, then suddenly turned over, turned on the light screen of the communicator, and sent a voice request to a communication number whose ID was also hidden.

After a few seconds, the application was approved, Su Chen chuckled, and said without apology: "I'm really sorry, Hill found out that mine is a level-eight mutant~"

There was silence in the headset, and the other party seemed to be thinking. After a long time, a deep male voice sounded, with a smile that didn't make sense, and said, "Do you want to come back?"

"Not yet," Su Chen said happily, "Don't worry, what you promised will be done."

The man hummed gently and asked, "How is Hill now?"

"It's much prettier than those photos in the study~" Su Chen replied.

"Where's Conrad?"

"Someone told me that the question put at the end is often the one that gets the most attention. You are really partial~"

The man laughed softly, his mellow voice seemed to have some kind of unique charm, he didn't care about Su Chen's rudeness, he just corrected him and said, "Actually, the last thing I want to ask is the ninth-level mutant."

"He." Su Chen touched his swollen cheeks, and said with a smile, "Bye is very strong, and he is already too violent before swallowing Nine~"

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Not long after Su Chen left, Snow's voice request was sent to Silverson's communicator. Silverson just glanced at the ID and handed the communicator to Bai Yi. He casually pulled out a chair and sat down. He took out a cigarette and lit it, and took a deep breath.

Bai Yi is not clear about the relationship between Silvison and Su Chen, and no one has ever mentioned it to him. A blood race who came from afar, a mutant who can be regarded as a human being, for more than a century. There is no second human being who can get so close to Ervison, and Su Chen also admitted that Hill is his only friend, and parting ways today means that many things will never go back.

No one was serious about the high-sounding fight just now. It didn't take long for Silvison to throw Su Chen to Bai Yi. Su Chen didn't even touch the hilt of his sword from the beginning to the end, and Bai Yi was only a symbolic one. After killing time for a while, he finally said, "You can go."

Then Su Chen left. After the voice disappeared, it seemed that the whole world became quiet.

Bai Yi breathed a sigh of relief and pressed the switch. Snow didn't know that there was a change of people here, so he said directly: "Boss, Colonel Su Chen has a problem, he attacked all of us, and then left—"

Bai Yi said, "It's me, Hill is resting."

Snow was startled, and immediately asked, "Is Boss injured?"

"No, he's just... a little tired." Bai Yi said: "For the written report of this mission, you must write clearly about Colonel Su Chen's undercover identity, especially the fact that he seriously injured his teammates twice and let go of the seventh-level mutant Ann. These two things about Geer. And the list of survivors stationed in foreign bases will be counted as soon as possible, and the alliance will be notified to come over to deal with the aftermath. We will return early the morning of the day after tomorrow.”

"Hold on--"

Bai Yi was slightly stunned, looked up at Silverson, and asked, "Is there anything that needs to be revised?"

Silvison put out the cigarette butt on the table, stood up and kissed him directly on the forehead, then took the communicator and pressed the temporary shield, and whispered: "Your arrangement is very reasonable, but you forgot one thing. Something—" Bai Yi shook his head suspiciously, and Silvison smiled slightly and reminded: "You need to change your body in a week, and we don't have time to return to the hive."

Bai Yi was suddenly stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was wrong, and said: "This matter cannot be known to others. I am worried that the 'innovators' have other purposes. It is not clear whether we can come back smoothly. It’s best not to involve the team members.”

"I think so too."

After finishing speaking, Silverson unblocked and turned to Snow and said, "The return date has been postponed for two weeks. Members of the two teams will assist in completing the restoration of the base. The rest will be done as Bye said."

"Yes, Captain." Snow paused, as if he didn't know whether he should say it now, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "There is one more thing I need to tell you."

Silverson: "Say it."

"When Bye was fighting the second-level mutant, there was a human child on the field. I don't know if you still have an impression?"

Hearing this, Silvison and Bai Yi glanced at each other quickly, and Bai Yi asked, "What's wrong with him? Could it be a virus infection? I forgot something just now. All survivors must undergo a blood test for the virus immediately. On the way we came in I once met an infected base officer. He could still retain a certain amount of intelligence and consciousness under the condition of high decay. It is very likely that it is a new type of virus developed by the 'innovator'. The result is unknown. You'd better find someone to collect some The body fluid samples will be handed over to the Central Academy of Sciences for specific examination after returning home."

"I'll arrange that," Snow said, "but what I want to say is that the officer you met was Lieutenant Colonel Blake, who was in charge of this foreign base, and he happened to be the father of the child."

Bai Yi fell silent for a moment, and recalled the scene in that passage involuntarily in his mind——

It turned out that the words "save", "please", and "take care of him" in his mouth were all referring to his children. No wonder he struggled to his feet for a chance to speak even though his shoulder was pierced by Ian.Bai Yi pursed his lips tightly and remained silent for a long time before asking softly, "Does that child know he's dead?"

"He saw the body when the team brought it back," Snow said.

"How is it now?" Bai Yi asked.

Snow wondered: "Holding the corpse, neither talking nor letting go, Winnie coaxed it, it's useless..."

"What are you doing? That person's whole body is highly rotten. If an ordinary person has an injury on his body, he will definitely be infected!" Bai Yi became angry when he heard this, and ordered: "No matter what method is used, immediately separate him from the corpse. The victim is locked in an isolation room until the results of the blood test come out, find someone to look after him, especially that child!"

"Yes……"

The voice was interrupted, Bai Yi returned the communicator to Silvison, and said, "Let's go, go back and have a look."

Silvison pushed open the door, motioned Bai Yi to go out first, and asked casually, "Are you worried about that child?"

"I'm worried about Ian." The two left the restaurant and walked towards the main control room side by side. Bai Yi said, "Ian was greatly stimulated when Lieutenant Colonel Black died, but he has strong self-control. That's why he didn't show it. But now that he knows that he still has a child, and those behaviors before his death are still related to this child, I'm afraid he's thinking too much."

Silverson smiled and said, "I thought you thought the lieutenant colonel's death was related to you, so you were in a hurry to go back and see his son. Besides, he seems to have asked you to take care of the child?"

Bai Yi rolled his eyes at him lightly, and said coolly: "I'm not a newcomer to the Special Forces on the first day. When I was on mission, I often saw orphans whose parents died or died. I sympathize with them. It's a pity for them. It’s really useless to say that.”

"It's really cold-blooded—" Silverson commented.

"This is reality, okay?!" Bai Yi corrected solemnly, and then asked, "What is the alliance's arrangement mechanism for orphans?"

"Reorganize the family, or enter the special forces, the child is too young, and can only be handed over to the relevant agencies, waiting for adoption, and someone can take him away." Silverson said: "But his father is a member of the Alliance. Lieutenant Colonel, although he is just an ordinary human being, after all, the military rank is placed here, so there may be some preferential treatment for orphans."

Bai Yi was suspicious, "For example?"

"For example, it will be recommended to families with better conditions for adoption, just like Ian" Silverson said.

Bai Yi was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately asked, "Is Ian the adopted son of Major General Field?"

"One of the side effects of genetic modification is the loss of fertility. It is impossible for Field to let his own son do this kind of thing. Ian is an orphan he adopted ten years ago. To put it bluntly, it is a person who replaced the Field family and worked for the alliance. A pawn," Silveson said with a sarcastic smile, "but fortunately, Ian is willing to be a member of the special operations team. My team itself is short of people. In fact, even if you don't tell me, I will." Ask Admiral Bryan to bring him here."

"Ian is indifferent, tolerant, thoughtful, excellent both in theory and in actual combat. Although the interpersonal relationship is not good, it is entirely because he doesn't know how to deal with it, not because he has a young master's temper, and I remember he once mentioned himself. Fear of the dark is probably related to certain childhood experiences." Bai Yi said with emotion: "Now it seems that the reason why he is so good is really not surprising at all."

Sylvison gave him a sideways glance, playing with the taste: "I remember that your interpersonal relationship is not very good either?"

"I... On the one hand, it's because of you, Major General. They think that I got the chance to airborne military academy by sleeping with you. Unfortunately, this guess has now become a reality," Bai Yi said calmly: "On the other hand I really don’t want to argue with those untrained brats—hey! You’re smiling so wretchedly because you want to hear about the part of our relationship that others misunderstand, right?!”

Silverson stretched out his arms to embrace Bai Yi, breathed a sigh of relief as if completely relaxed, and said, "Do you know what I was thinking when you were named and asked to fight the second-level mutant?"

Bai Yi didn't have to think at all, and blurted out: "If you are in danger, even if you violate the rules and give up the hostage, I will go up to rescue you."

Silvison stopped and looked at him with a little surprise, "How do you know?"

"When Angel finished announcing the rules, that was the only thought in my mind," Bai Yi said with a smile, "Although it's very selfish, there's nothing I can do about it—I'm a person who died once and was reborn with nothing. With you by my side, it is absolutely impossible to lose easily."

The corridors of the underground base were long and dark, and the young man's gentle voice was spread far away, with a subtle trill.The two walked slowly side by side, as if they were enjoying the short interval that each other was safe after the mission ended.

Just when Bai Yi thought they would be silent until they returned to the main control room, Silvison suddenly pressed him against the wall, raised his jaw, and kissed him very tenderly.This kiss was different from every other one in the past, it was neither deep nor plundering, and from the beginning to the end it was just a shallow touch of the lips together.

Bai Yi opened his eyes wide in surprise, but unexpectedly fell into the blue and quiet eyes, and then the two lips covering his lips rubbed together, and the man's deep voice sounded, and said softly: "I will never lose you!" , for whatever reason."