Mermaid Effect

"Wart anemone" sat in the sweltering LYD-1 type porcelain foil armored vehicle and wobbled along with the vehicle.

The air was filled with the stench of men and gunpowder, making people dizzy, and he felt sick, and the "old bird" sitting opposite him, a "man-of-war jellyfish" sneered at him slightly maliciously.

"What's up, boy, do you need a barf bag?"

After he finished speaking, he giggled to himself, not paying attention to the fact that the other people in the carriage did not respond to this lame tease.

This is the first time the Wart Anemone has been on a mission—indeed, the entire car is.

They are the subsidiary forces of "Poseidon", and the meaning of subsidiary forces is: rookie gathering place.Until today, before they were rudely driven into the car by the instructor, "Wart Anemone" had only participated in seven drills and five assessments, while the others... "Wart Anemone" inspected the car and decided that they were at most Only two or three more drills than himself.

This is illogical.

Wart Anemone thought uneasily.

Affiliated units like them should not have been sent to the scene so quickly before they became full members, and judging from the performance of the previous instructors, this time the call-up was also without warning.Everything shows that this is not arranged... but that the official army may be understaffed when facing a certain event, so it recruits immature auxiliary troops, and these "invertebrate creatures" go to assist.

However, "Wart Anemone" knows how strong the official "Poseidon" army is, and can embarrass them as a "big event". What kind of terrible event would it be...

"Om-"

At this moment when "Wart Anemone" was deep in thought, the video call system inside the vehicle was suddenly turned on.

After a burst of white noise, a serious face appeared on the screen.

"I'm Barry Jerrys, Commander of 'Poseidon' Central America Region," "Wart Anemone" observed his face, realizing that the man with the cauliflower ears should be a recipient of the Purple Heart, He may have seen his reports somewhere.It's just that there is no official smile on the face of the person in front of him now, he looks cold and calm, with a chilling ruthless light in his eyes, "Just half an hour ago, we caught A The super-escaping target—Experiment 7371, the suspected mutant Rand Sievers, and the 'Prince'—the struggle between them caused the urban rail terminus of Emerald City to collapse, and it was preliminarily determined that there were more than 1000 civilians And 170 two 'Poseidon' members buried in vain..."

Accompanied by his narration, someone in the carriage gasped lightly.

The "wart anemone" exchanged a look with the "man-of-war jellyfish" unconsciously.

Things are bad.

Anyone who has dealt with the authorities can hear that the collapse of the station caused a series of explosions, the entire building collapsed, and the city rail derailed...

It is unlikely that the more than 1000 buried civilians will be able to climb out of the rubble alive.On the other hand, the fact that the three "Siren" test subjects caused such heavy casualties just by relying on their own physical strength made people feel vigilant.

"Wart Anemone" couldn't help but recall the tragic scene of 911/[-]. He still couldn't be as calm as the commander, so he couldn't help clenching his teeth.

At the same time, he looked around at the weapons packed full of weapons in the entire carriage, and he was already prepared in his heart—the battle with the three biological weapons would be cruel, and there was a high possibility that there would be heavy casualties.

……

It was precisely because of this kind of psychological preparation that when "Wart Anemone" saw that young man, what filled his chest was not anger... but surprise.

Oh, that's not to say the scene wasn't miserable, of course.

In fact, the tragic situation at the Emerald City Central Station has attracted attention for a long time. The scene is full of flying smoke and dust, gravel, muffled noises from time to time, and some people are crying and moaning sparsely.

The once magnificent brick-red building has now become a sunken, huge pothole full of wreckage.

However, at this time, it was not the firefighters or members of any emergency department running back and forth on the gravel, but the "Poseidons".The black special combat uniform that once made "Wart Anemone" proud looks like a ghost from hell at this moment, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

No sirens, no talk... no rescue.

Everyone held weapons tightly in their hands, and even outsiders like "Wart Anemone" could tell that the "Poseidons" were looking for something early.

A little farther away, a dense blockade wall has been set up, blocking people's horrified eyes from the outside.

And on the airwaves, channels throughout Kansas have been warned.

No one will be allowed to pass on the true circumstances of the explosion.

"Wart Anemone" observed the situation at the scene, felt an indescribable pain and coldness in his heart, was this the "Poseidon" he served and was proud of?He couldn't believe it...

"click" -

A sound of stone sounded at this moment.

"Wart Anemone" turned its head and saw a concrete prefabricated slab taller than a person erected in the ruins.

He was startled, and quickly pointed the weapon in his hand at the board.In the next second, the prefabricated panel fell to the ground with a bang, and another burst of yellow-gray dust rose up...

After the smoke and dust fell, a black-haired youth appeared in front of the "Wart Anemone".

At the very first moment, he even thought that young man was an ordinary human survivor—his face was as pale as paper, and his body was crumbling.

And he held a young child in his arms.

The child's head was hanging limply on the youth's elbow, and it seemed that there were no signs of life.

"She needs help...she needs help..."

The young man said to the "wart sea anemone" with a sleepwalking voice.

Something wasn't quite right about him, but the Wart Anemone genuinely and unquestioningly thought he was just a human being—until he saw the tiny, dense scales on the young man's arms and the back of his hands.

Cold sweat burst out of his back.

"Target found!"

"The wart anemone felt that his voice was starting to change, he said into the communicator, and aimed his gun directly at the young man."

Soon, more muzzles appeared.

But the young man, no, to be precise, the young man named Rand Sievers seemed to be unaware of it.

Under the eyes of the terrified "Poseidon", he hugged the corpses of several other people from the dark ground and the cracks in the gravel.

"They, they need help..."

he said, eyes as dull as dull plastic buttons.

Until a long time later, the "wart anemone" still remembered the look in that person's eyes.

In the next few decades, whenever he sees the word "despair", the eyes of that young man will inexplicably appear in front of him.

That's pure, real despair.

……

10 [-] minutes ago -

When Rand heard a girl's desperate scream, he suddenly woke up from that chaotic and viscous, sleepwalking state.

He and Munster happened to be very lucky to be in the safe triangle formed by the two cement slabs when they collapsed. It was so dark that you could feel the smoke and debris hitting your nose with every breath. mucous membranes.

There was no movement in Munster, it fell silently at Rand's feet, and there was only the faintest ups and downs on his chest.The "Prince" has completely turned into something like meat sauce, and the slightly disgusting touch on Rand's hand told him that this is exactly what he caused.

However, Rand is now completely unable to focus on the "meat sauce". Munster terrified him, and he instinctively stepped back. His vision in the dark allowed him to see the scene. Everything—the wreckage of many.

Rand was breathing heavily like he was having an asthma attack, and he felt like he was going crazy.

"No, what the hell did I do," he murmured. "For God's sake, what have we done!" In the chaos, everything that Rand did is still firmly imprinted in his mind, the cracks caused by the fighting, the ultrasonic attack... plus the city track The pressure caused by the operation of the structure.

They... directly caused the collapse of the station!

There was no time left for Rand to sink into his own pain and panic, he saw a little girl, her screaming had weakened, she was desperately calling for her mother, even though her mother was right next to her (Crushed in two by a huge stone), he heard someone moaning in pain, blood gurgling down between the dirty clods...

Rand squeezed toward them in a trance, removing the coverings from the men.More than anyone, he wanted these victims to live. The amazing power of the mutation gave him some convenience, but it didn't help him delay the death of those buried.

During the short period of time they waited for the rescue to arrive, they gradually weakened their voices...

"No... don't do this..."

Rand thought he was crying, but it was strange that when he touched his cheek, he only felt dust and dried blood clots all over his body.

Under such circumstances, the arrival of "Poseidon" made Rand lose all courage to resist.

In front of those terrified warriors, he did not make any act of resistance, but instead was as docile and gentle as a lamb.

"I won't resist..." Rand heard himself speaking to the special forces present in a voice that seemed numb under excessive grief, "I won't resist, I will listen to your arrangements, please... Quickly rescue these people...they need help..."

He didn't know if those people had heard his words.

In the next second, anesthesia bombs shot at him like raindrops, sinking into his body.

The moment he lost consciousness, Rand felt an indescribable relief.

Maybe this is what he really should choose... the path he should choose before everything started.