under the tower

The deformed man who killed his grandfather also has an identical mark on the back of his neck...

The imprint of this color is very special. At first glance, it seems to be a beating, or a birthmark or something, but in fact it is the same as the skin color of those deformed people who lost their minds in the suburbs. The skin is necrotic and rotten, but it is not broken. It is the rottenness that spreads from the inside of the body...

He vaguely remembered that this person used to be the steward of the Ji family, named Qi He.

Qi He was a newcomer last year. He is not outstanding in appearance, but he works very neatly. Ji Xi usually calls him Brother Qi politely.

Ji Xi suddenly hugged Yan Yi's neck from behind, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and cold sweat broke out.

Yan Yi: "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?"

Ji Xi lay on Yan Yi's broad back, leaned into his ear and whispered four short words: "Carry me. Go quickly."

Yan Yi didn't quite know what made Ji Xi so serious, he quickly put him on his back, and walked forward with a pace that didn't seem unusual but quickened.He tilted his neck slightly and asked in a low voice, "Where are you going? Go home first?"

"No." Ji Xi was still shaking, the cold sweat on his body stained Yan Yi's hands and the back of his neck, he could only breathe heavily, trying to calm himself down.

He had already run from Shencheng to Beicheng, but these damn deformed people still refused to let him go.

Scenes of family members being disemboweled flashed before his eyes, and he seemed to be able to smell the disgusting smell of blood in the air...

"Did you go out with a gun?"

"No, but a pocket knife."

"..."

From the corner of Ji Xi's eyes, he saw that the man named Qi He was getting closer to them, but perhaps because he was afraid of the crowd around him, he stared at Ji Xi with dark eyes, but did not make a move immediately.

Two thoughts flashed through Ji Xi's mind at the same time.

There were people everywhere in the inner city, Qi He didn't dare to reveal his identity, unless he kept hiding, he would find him sooner or later.

... It's better to settle everything once and for all, so as not to worry about it in the future and cause endless troubles.

Ji Xi had an idea in his mind, and immediately said to Yan Yi: "Leave the city."

Yanyi carried Jixi on his back to the deserted eastern suburbs, and Qihe followed closely behind them, very close at hand.

"Young Master." Qi He giggled, the corners of his mouth opened to the extreme to form a strange arc, and even his complexion seemed to gradually turn blue-gray, "It's pretty fast to escape."

Yan Yi stood in front of Ji Xi and looked at this man with unpredictable eyes: "Who are you?"

"He is a deformed person, don't be touched by him."

Ji Xi came out from behind Yan Yi, his whole body was trembling at an abnormal frequency, his blood was like magma, and a huge hatred boiled in his chest: "Yan Yi." He almost said through gritted teeth, "There is no you here." Leave me your knife, and then go back to the city as if you saw nothing."

Yan Yi had an unbelievable look on his face: "Is he a deformed person?"

In front of him, Qi He had already pounced on him. In just a few seconds, the bruises on his body expanded rapidly, causing the color of his entire skin to change rapidly, showing a complete grayish white. His mouth was wide open, with sharp claws and fangs Stretch, with the roar of a wild beast, spoke human language: "Hahaha, so scared? But it's a pity, neither of you can leave today, let's die together!"

Ji Xi rolled around on the ground, avoided the attack, and shouted: "Yan Yi, give me the knife!"

Yan Yi didn't follow suit, he quickly stood in front of Ji Xi, took out his dagger and pierced the man's vitals.

However, Qi He's action speed was much faster than the ordinary abnormal people hunted by Yan Yi. Yan Yi's knife missed and counterattacked, Yan Yi quickly avoided it.

Ji Xi's whole body seemed to be on fire, and the feeling of boiling blood did not decrease but increased. He felt as if his whole body was about to explode, and he kept convulsing. This feeling was very strange, but very familiar

...as if he had experienced countless times in the past without memory.

The high fever had already made him almost completely lose his mind, his eyes fixed on Qi He who was fighting with Yan Yi in front of him, the world turned blood red, and only this deformed man was in his field of vision.

Kill him, kill him, kill him!

Deformed people are wrong and evil. It is these deformed people who destroyed the Shencheng base and his home.

Ji Xi got up from the ground, the pain or any feeling no longer existed on him, he pinched Qi He's paws and the back of his head like a madman, Ji Xi couldn't see his appearance, but Yan Yi didn't realize it stopped.

Half of the boy's pale face in front of him was covered by rhombus-shaped silver metal pieces, and his fingers that were in direct contact with the deformed man also showed a silvery texture. Those metal pieces seemed to grow on Ji Xi's body suddenly, Spreading up from the position of the heart, his dark blue eyes looked hollow and innocent among the silver metal, and the whole person looked like some kind of inorganic creature, looking terrifying and weird to the extreme.

Yan Yi showed a dazed expression for a moment: "Ji Xi...you..."

Qi He was firmly clamped by Ji Xi's hand, and he couldn't even move. The next second, Ji Xi didn't answer Yan Yi's question, but swung the deformed man to the ground with his head pressed, and kicked hard. Step on it hard.

His movements were jerky and clumsy, as if he didn't know what to do with the deformed man, and he kicked the deformed man again, muttering: "Go to hell...go to die..."

Yan Yi woke up instantly after a brief hesitation. He picked up the dagger and stepped forward, cutting off the deformed man's head.

After that, the world returned to silence.

After Qi He died, Ji Xi fell into a state of powerlessness. He opened his eyes without focus, and the diamond-shaped metal plate on his face gradually faded until it disappeared completely.

When reason regained the dominance of the body, he saw the obvious shocked expression in Yan's eyes, which almost never fluctuated.

"Yanyi, listen to me..."

"Ji Xuan, the top leader of the Shencheng Base, is my grandfather. I am the only child born in the Ji family in the past 50 years, and I am also their only heir." Ji Xi looked at Yan Yi's face like a bean Trying to explain, "So after I was born, they had high hopes for me. For my safety and the continuation of the family, they carried out some technical and safe genetic modification when I was young."

"Don't be afraid because of what you saw just now. I'm not a monster. I just accepted some experimental transformations. Isn't this very common in modern society? Many leaders in the upper echelon of your North City should have done such technological improvements. This is just to help Humans are better evolved..."

"Enough." Yan Yi frowned, and for the first time interrupted Ji Xi's words in an obviously impatient tone, "I'm just an ordinary person, if you don't understand these things, you don't need to tell me."

Ji Xi choked for a moment, and asked pitifully with a sad expression: "Are you angry? Do you want me anymore?"

At the same time as he said these words, Ji Xi's brain turned rapidly, and he began to think about another situation and coping strategy, if Yan Yi insisted on kicking him out, how would he find another hiding place afterwards.

He wasn't sure how many deformed people were chasing him. Although the new ability that was stimulated on him just now seemed to be very effective as an attack skill, he also needed to rest after all, and it was impossible to guard against it even in his sleep. This means that he must find a shelter as soon as possible, or enter the central government of Beicheng Base, and use the power of the army to protect himself...

Yan Yi didn't know what Ji Xi was thinking, he just kept silent for a long time, and finally sighed heavily: "I didn't say I don't want you, I just..."

"...Forget it." He said, "My tone is not very good, sorry."

"But what about this freak? Does he know you?"

"Hmm." Ji Xi blinked and said, "Yes, he used to be my servant. I know you must be weird, but that's the truth. He is a deformed person pretending to be a normal human. It's true. .”

"Just now..." Ji Xi pointed to Zhiyan's pea-shaped smart assistant with his right ear, "Did you receive a reminder to get points for killing deformed people?"

Yan Yi shook his head sullenly, his expression was gloomy.

"The detection equipment can't identify this new type of abnormal person. Let me call it a 'new type'. The Shencheng base was occupied by these abnormal people. They killed my family, and I was the only one who escaped."

Ji Xi briefly described the situation at that time.

Yan Yi listened with a gloomy expression, while Ji Xi continued to fan the flames.

"Since the instruments can't detect their existence, how many such abnormal people are mixed in the Beicheng base now? Are all the normal-looking humans really still human?" He said in a tone of fear, "Huaguo's largest The two human bases are Shencheng Base and Beicheng Base. Shencheng Base has fallen, and I really don’t want this to happen again in Beicheng.”

"My grandfather told me before he died that we still have a trusted friend in the Beicheng military region. As long as we find him, we can eliminate the abnormal people lurking in the human base in advance. The tragedy at the Shencheng base will not happen, and everyone will be saved."

"Everyone will be saved." Ji Xi repeated in a confident and reverent tone, "Yanyi, can you help me? I have no relatives or reasons here. You know, on my own, even the North City Center The gates of the district cannot be entered."

"I'm just a mercenary." Yan paused, then said in a deep voice, "I can't help you."

Ji Xi showed a pitiful expression: "But apart from you, I have no one else I can trust. You said that I ran to the street and dragged people to tell them that deformed people had infiltrated the base. Would they believe me? I would be treated as a mental illness Grab it."

Yan Yi was silent for a while: "...Let me think about it."

Ji Xi smiled from the bottom of his heart, he knew Yan Yi couldn't refuse.