Scarlet Dawn [Apocalypse]

Time advances to late night, the starry sky is refined, and a white full moon rises slowly at the end of the rolling sand sea.

Suddenly, there was a deep tremor from the depths of the earth, as if something was about to break through the shackles and break through the sand. A crack broke through the desert surface, and the unstoppable sand poured down like a torrent, and the huge hum shook the eardrums. The propellers shattered the thick night, and a small aircraft lifted off vertically, smoothly separated from the embedded apron, and broke through the sky in an instant.

The strong feeling of overweight pushed Bai Yi hard into the seat, but he rested his chin on his elbows and propped his elbows on the armrest, as if he was unconscious. His dark eyes were watching the world beyond the porthole, and his thoughts went back to the events that ended hours ago. That meeting of six——

When Silverson asked the question "Do you still remember Teacher Quincy's evaluation of me", he almost simultaneously recalled Su Chen's almost joking "someone once said", and then Conrad Jing who was asked Jing and Silvison looked at each other for a few seconds, and a cold and slow voice sounded——

"He said that feelings are the most fatal flaw in you."

Quincy Nofiler is a person who has never been officially mentioned. Bai Yi's understanding of him only exists in the information revealed in ordinary conversations. He should be a prisoner exiled by Lothar to the prison of the distant galaxy before the establishment of the alliance. , how could it be possible to meet Su Chen who was born two centuries ago?

Puzzled, Bai Yi reached out and pressed his sore forehead, and simply stopped thinking about it.

Since boarding the aircraft, the division of labor between the several people has been clearly defined. Winnie and Angela served as the pilot and co-pilot of the flight respectively, and they entered the cockpit directly as soon as they boarded the aircraft; Silverson stated that he would explain some coordination details to Conrad alone. , but Bai Yi guessed that he probably wanted to talk about Quincy Nofiler.

Right now, only he and Snow are left in the cabin. The latter is busy sorting out the materials, and the sound of his fingers tapping on the keyboard has never stopped. Bai Yi feels a little bored, and he has completely become an idler. I slid down a bit, and just as I closed my eyes to prepare for a rest, I only felt a vibration from the communicator on my wrist.

Bai Yi tightened his brows suspiciously, and turned on the light screen with his fingertips. The expected hidden ID did not appear. He stared at the familiar name for a second, then closed the porthole and looked down at the ground.

The blue light emitted by the screen hits the porthole, and the glass reflects the man's familiar and joking text message——

LittleCC: Hi, you are flying over my head~>.

At the same time, on the roof of a small hotel on the outskirts of Cairo City, Su Chen was smoking a cigarette, narrowing his long and narrow phoenix eyes, a little scarlet fire was flickering in the night, he was lazily sitting on the stone railing , with his legs dangling leisurely, still wearing the uniform he left the foundation with, except that the neckline was open and the hem of the shirt was pulled out from the belt. Without the meticulous attire of the regular team members, this sort of slovenly slovenliness instead It is more suitable for his frivolous and uninhibited taste.

On the terrace behind him, a highly decomposed zombie is wandering around aimlessly. This is Su Chen's pet that he caught in the morning to pass the time. Every time when the other party approaches, he uses an apple to tease it. It is just like how it teased Bai Yi when it was orienteering, but it's a pity that zombies are not interested in things that don't smell like human blood, so they just dangled straight in front of Apple.

The zombie walked away again, the light screen of the communicator went dark, and the other party didn't reply. Su Chen took a big bite of an apple, and didn't know why he sent this message to Bai Yi, probably because he was a person who would die if he didn't speak. Chattering, or having sex with zombies is really unresponsive—leaving the Special Forces, only the zombies who don’t want to eat him are left around, so boring~

Holding the cigarette butt between his fingertips, Su Chen blew out a smoke ring sadly, and then blew it away even more boringly. He glanced at the still communication device again, thinking that this kid is too realistic. On the spot, even saying hello is ignored!

He extinguished the burnt cigarette butt on the stone platform, slid his finger on the light screen to call up a communication ID, a beeping sound came from the headset, and when he lit the second cigarette, the other party connected.

"They set off, just now~" Su Chen said with a smile: "Sure enough, it's Hill's style. His plan should be to spend two to three days to figure out the terrain, and then divide into two routes to respond to the outside. You have to be careful." , this guy is not the type to leave quietly~"

Bai Congxi hummed and said, "I know."

"It's so cold—" Su Chen said dissatisfied.

"You shouldn't use voice communication," although Bai Congxi said so, but Bai Congxi still had that kind of gentle and smiling voice, without the slightest intention of reprimand, "I won't answer it next time."

Su Chen looked up at the night sky, and said with a sigh, "I'm just too lonely."

"After getting along with humans for a long time, it is really easy to get used to being separated suddenly." Bai Congxi said.

"Hill is a great vampire, and Bye is a decent human, Father, I don't think I'm used to getting along with humans, but—" Su Chen suddenly paused, with a thoughtful expression on his face , He remained silent for more than a minute, during which Bai Congxi waited quietly.

"Do you need me to give you a word?" Finally, Bai Congxi couldn't help asking.

Su Chen rubbed her hair depressedly, "No, after studying for so long, I can figure it out..."

"Don't force it too much..." Bai Congxi smiled, and suddenly said with emotion: "Even today, I still think that there is nothing wrong with making a virus. In my eyes, its essence is just ribose and protein, but making the virus have I was wrong about consciousness and intelligence, maybe one day the mutants will become more perfect and evolve into an independent species, and by then—"

"Father—"

The playful smile receded, Su Chen's voice was very soft, and his tone became slightly serious.Bai Congxi didn't mind being interrupted by him, but said apologetically, "I forgot for a moment."

"I don't care if the mutant will become an independent species, I'm human anyway!" As soon as the words came out, Su Chen felt a little guilty again, and then his voice weakened a little, whispering: "At least I have been trying to become a human being!" Humans, Father, it is a great invention that the D virus can have consciousness and intelligence, I—"

He felt empty in his heart, his voice was so weak that it could be ignored, and he said quietly as if talking to himself: "I... It's not your mistake..."

"Well, you are a special variant evolved from the self-improvement of the D virus," Bai Congxi still heard, "it's a unique surprise given to me by God."

Hearing this, Su Chen raised the corners of his mouth silently, and a smile from the heart finally appeared on his face that would have a three-point smile even if he didn't smile, "I always like to listen to you, even if the opportunity is not A lot, but the idea never changed, do you know why?"

Bai Congxi chuckled, "Why?"

"Because, you can tell a lie as if it's the truth~ Unlike me—" His eyelashes drooped, and his soft dark eyes looked gentle, "Everything I say they think is a joke, it's really hard to be a human being."

Bai Congxi said patiently: "What I just said is true."

"Really?" Su Chen didn't believe it at all, "Then why did you abandon the 'surprise God gave you'?"

Bai Congxi smiled, "I just want to make him more meaningful."

"Look, it's just one sentence and I'm serious again!" Su Chen sighed suddenly, then shook his head indifferently, his hair that was originally neat was thrown into a mess by him, but he joked lightly: "Forget it Forget it, you human beings are too complicated, I can't play with you, I'd better make a simple virus~"

"By the way, are you ready for Bye's body?"

Bai Congxi: "It will probably take a few days before the hibernation is lifted."

"The other time is coming soon, right?" Su Chen asked, "Nine?"

Bai Congxi hummed, and said, "The Nine created by fusing Xiaoyi's gene with the D virus is also an unexpected surprise. I'm looking forward to it waking up."

Su Chen smiled knowingly, "You call it a surprise, but they all ended up miserable."

"Perhaps." Bai Congxi said.

"You guys surnamed Bai are all cold-blooded," Su Chen clicked his tongue and added, "And you're so cold-blooded!"

Bai Congxi: "It seems that Xiao Yi has bullied you?"

"Him?" Su Chen couldn't help raising her voice, took a big bite of an apple angrily, and said vaguely, "Because of Hill's partiality, he bullied me a lot! He didn't reply to my messages, it's just hateful!"

Bai Congxi: "Did you contact Xiaoyi? What did you say?"

"'You are flying over my head'~" Su Chen happily repeated.

"..." The bishop was a little speechless. After a moment of silence, he asked: "Your location is hundreds of kilometers away from the alliance's foreign base. The aircraft should have entered the stratosphere at a corresponding altitude when it passed by. of?"

"I didn't see it~" Su Chen said reasonably, "I just estimated that the time is almost up, so I'm just going to send a message to tease your son~"

Bai Congxi smiled helplessly, and said, "It's meaningless for you to stay there any longer, come here as soon as possible."

"Don't worry~" Su Chen said, "He's coming soon~"

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Looking down from the porthole, there were only endless dark gray clouds. Bai Yi's first reaction was that he was tricked, but after thinking about it, he felt that the timing was extremely accurate, and Su Chen was always unpredictable——

Leaning back in the seat again, wrapping up the blanket, Bai Yi took a breath and relaxed. During this period of time, accidents followed one after another, many things were revealed, and many new questions were born. He felt that his brain was exhausted and his whole body felt a little Not quite sober.

The light screen had been off for a long time, he turned on the communicator again, thinking about whether he should give Su Chen something back, at this moment a hand was put on his shoulder without warning, Bai Yi was thinking about things absently, This time, he didn't realize that he was taken aback by the other party.

Bai Yi breathed a sigh of relief after looking back at the person coming, and said, "It's you..."

"Otherwise, what do you think?" Silvison sat down next to Bai Yi and looked at him with a smile.

Just now, the first reaction was that Su Chen came out, and Bai Yi himself felt that it was subtle, it seemed that after getting along with that guy for a long time, he would leave a shadow in his heart - without answering the question, he took off the communicator, and from the light screen Find out the message from Su Chen not long ago, and pass it directly to Silvison.

The major general glanced at the unnutritious content and the collection time, the smile in his eyes deepened, and he said thoughtfully: "At first, I was wondering if Ah Chen exposed himself so happily because there were other people in the team. Undercover, now it seems that there are indeed people."

This... I originally wanted to tell him that 'Su Chen is still around', but Silvison was not surprised at all, but thought more—!

Bai Yi suddenly felt depressed. He didn't say that he really didn't think about being an undercover agent... After all, the rest of the team members are all familiar with Sylvison's confidantes. The ordinary players don't have much contact with them, and Su Chen's team is even more familiar. It's the second time we met, I can't even remember the name, if I have to say who is suspicious...

Bai Yi didn't dare to make wild guesses. After quietly going through it in his mind, he asked, "Who do you think it is?"

"Before I answer this question, I can tell you one thing." Silverson looked directly into Bai Yi's eyes, and his tone was as light as ever, "The premise of participating in this mission is absolute secrecy, so until the aircraft leaves the base, the theory No one on the Internet should know that 'someone is leaving', not even Conrad's vice-captain."

Bai Yi's brows tightened, "That is to say, on the surface it was Colonel Statham who came to take over the recovery work of the base, but in fact he had planned to hand it over to César for a long time?"

"Well, Major Cizell only found out about it less than 5 minutes ago, but that's not the point," Silverson said, "Have you noticed that I didn't mention the need for complete secrecy to you? "

Bai Yi was stunned, and quickly went through the things that happened in the past few days in his head. He felt his heart tightened uncomfortably. With the clarity of the pulse, the cold feeling came from the bottom of his heart and gradually spread to the internal organs.

Silvison could see what he had realized, but he didn't point it out, but continued to ask in a persuasive way: "I know you won't tell anyone the secret about yourself, but have you ever had 'soon to be' with anyone? Go out', or 'come back and talk about it' kind of dialogue."

Bai Yi pursed his lips hesitantly, took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, "How long have you suspected him?"

"It's been a while—" Silveson admitted.

"He is the person who has the most contact with you besides me, whether it is the mutants occupying your body for the first time, the 'Innovator' invasion on Genesis Day, the accident of the holographic military exercise, or the latest mission, his existence or It more or less contributed to certain coincidences becoming inevitable."

Accompanied by Sylvison's narration, all the accidents so far have been connected together. In an instant, Bai Yi felt a bad feeling of being deceived, just like the death of the previous life, and Crowe, who was protected by him, De finally shot him in the heart.

Although there was no harm this time, the identity reversal itself was an unforgivable betrayal.

"Who were you messaging the day Conrad's team arrived?"