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During the extremely long journey, the convoy encountered three waves of aliens, large and small.

Attrition has also surged from the initial one-tenth to three-eighths.

The road behind has been completely shrouded in dim light, and all the vehicles finally stopped at a position 1000 meters away from the target location.

The people in the car got down one after another and gathered in the open space in the center, listening to the report of the statisticians: "A total of 48 casualties were caused by all types of work, 15 were killed in battle, and 33 people were killed by alienation infection. Among them, there were 3 scientific research personnel and 5 logistics personnel. people, and the rest are combat workers.”

Compared with direct death in battle, the casualties caused by alienation infection are obviously more serious.

The cold numbers fell into everyone's ears in the silence, and each tired face showed no expression due to gradual numbness.

The extravagant emotions of sadness and fear have been gradually worn away along the way, and now there is only one thing that needs to be done for them, and that is to successfully bring enough tissue samples back to the sentry post.

The commander-in-chief in charge of this operation was Chi Dehai, the captain of the third corps, who was specially dispatched from the high-level guard post by the defense team.

Probably aware of the atmosphere at the scene, he smiled and clapped his hands to try to cheer him up: "Let's all get started! We have arrived near the destination smoothly, and as long as we can get the most tissues, we can go home!"

"Understood!" There was a neat and unified echo from the team.

It sounds a bit forced to smile, but no one cares too much about it in this situation.

After all, even the morale boosted by pretending to be calm is better than nothing.

"All teams pay attention to protecting the scientific research personnel." This was the last instruction issued by Chi Dehai.

In fact, from a certain point of view, the scientific research team is the core force of this operation.

If there is no on-site verification in advance, no matter how many alien organizations they bring back through this operation, as long as it is not a valid sample, it will be meaningless.

In the next second, Ying Xize saw people from the seven groups gathered together.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the other members looked at him with such a strange and subtle look.

It was a strange passion that could not be described.

"Our team will need to clear the way at the front later, and beware of being attacked by new alien groups." Su Fengzhou looked at Ying Xize and made arrangements, "You and Zhuo Yu will stay in the second queue later, and we will be there after ensuring safety." A signal will be sent to you, and sampling will be arranged at that time."

The tone of his speech at this time is obviously very official, and it does not have the usual annoying tone of teasing and ridicule.

After meeting Ying Xi Ze and nodding his head after speaking, he still looked at him steadily and asked, "Any other questions?"

With four eyes facing each other, Ying Xi Ze saw the dense blood in Su Fengzhou's pupils more clearly.

After thinking about it, I still reminded one more sentence: "Squad, your state is a little bit wrong."

In a word, the eyes of the seven groups around Ying Xize who were originally on Ying Xize all turned to Su Fengzhou.

Feeling the worry in the eyes of his teammates, Su Fengzhou said: "I'm fine now."

The tone of voice was light, as if there was nothing to worry about.

"That's good." Ying Xize did not insist on his point of view.

"Let's go." Su Fengzhou waved to the team members after speaking, and walked towards the meeting point of the nine groups who had been waiting impatiently not far away.

Zhuo Yu, who was the only one who was still there, looked at Ying Xize's eyes as he watched him leave, and leaned to the side and whispered: "Ying Gong, don't worry, I'm still here, and I will definitely protect you."

Ying Xi Ze withdrew his gaze after hearing the words.

Looking at the young sunny face, a rare smile appeared in his eyes: "How to protect it, use your sniper rifle?"

Zhuo Yu scratched his head, quite honestly: "I'm afraid the sniper rifle is not very good, those monsters don't eat bullets at all. But since I have promised the boss to protect you, then I will definitely do what I say, even if I spare this one Xiaoming must also complete the task!"

Promise Su Fengzhou to protect him?

A look of surprise flashed across Ying Xize's brows, but he quickly covered it up calmly.

Looking at this young man who was three or four years younger than him, he smiled silently: "You are still young, so protect yourself first."

1000 meters is a relatively appropriate distance.

After all, they still need to rely on these means of transportation for the return trip, which can reasonably avoid some damage rates.

Some people were left to stand guard at the stopping point of the vehicle, and as the leading troops started to set off, the following teams followed one after another.

Ying Xize and Zhuo Yu, as the tail of the vanguard, were surrounded by members of the second echelon.

Gradually approaching the destination, the situation on the scene was gradually seen.

Everyone's complexion inevitably became more and more ugly.

In the dim yellow environment, the clearest thing is the pale bones scattered around.

The changes in the original video data were shocking enough, but I didn't expect that after arriving, the tragedy shown in the real scene was even worse.

Burial ground.

In other words, it is completely a mass grave.

"Here... what happened, what..."

Amidst the sound of panting, someone couldn't help murmuring, and even he himself didn't notice the uncontrollable tremor in his voice.

The further you go in, the more you can see the messy remains of limbs and bones.

The carrion that had been exposed on the surface for half a month had already had a somewhat sour smell.

On the skeleton that had been eaten away by flying insects, one could clearly realize that the remaining half belonged to a human head.

Crimson and dark green blood were viscously mixed.

It dries in the exposed air and is gradually engulfed by the surrounding yellow sand.

In such a dim environment, if you are not careful, you may step on the limbs of different people piled up in disorder.

The soft and slightly elastic touch seems to spread from the soles of the feet to the whole body in an instant. Even those frontline workers who have experienced many battles can't help it, and some people start to vomit frequently.

Zhuo Yu stood by Ying Xize's side from the beginning to the end, his fingers pulling his sleeves were as tight as his voice: "What the hell is this, how many people died?"

"46 people." Ying Xize recalled the information he had seen about the accident, and slowly reached out his hand to drive away the flying insects surrounding the body parts next to him, and his eyes stayed on the twisted bones connected with soft flesh , "Now it seems that nearly two-thirds of them died of alienation infection."

His voice was very soft, and he couldn't tell whether he was stating the facts or whether it was sad: "It seems that those aliens don't accept this so-called 'similar' added after alienation. Although these alienated people were not killed, Still can't avoid the fate of being completely eaten away."

"This is, it's been torn apart..." Zhuo Yu felt that the surroundings were suddenly chilly, and subconsciously tightened his collar.

Ying Xize had already opened the toolbox, put on protective gloves, and took out the sampling equipment inside.

Beside them, other researchers have also adjusted their mood as soon as possible, and have devoted themselves to their work one after another.

However, due to the excessive psychological impact, the hands holding the tools still couldn't help trembling slightly.

The busy figure becomes the most obvious dynamic in the oppressive environment.

However, after an extremely careful search, they did not get what they wanted.

The wreckage left at the scene basically came from the members of the defense team who died. Occasionally, some severed alien feet can be found, but they have completely dried up after so many days.

Alien cells will quickly lose their activity after being separated from the body, and the speed of decay and decomposition is even five to six times faster than ordinary human cells.It is precisely because of this amazing fragility that, from a certain perspective, it also adds great difficulty to the sampling work.

"All the heteromorphic cells have basically entered the end of the desiccation stage, and do not have the activity standard as a sample."

"During the period of suspicion, many pieces of alien groups passed by, and the tissue parts at the scene were almost devoured on a large scale."

"No way, none of them work! I'm a fucking idiot!"

"Report, the area around point 3 has been inspected, and no active samples have been found."

"Report, point 4 was not found either."

"Report, point 6..."

The news came one after another, making the commander-in-chief's brows furrowed a little more impatiently.

Everyone knows what it will mean to return empty-handed from this operation.

If we fail to develop countermeasures with the fastest efficiency, once a large-scale alien tide that is immune to lethal weapons breaks out, human beings will only be left to sit and wait to die.

This is undoubtedly a devastating disaster.

However, with the passage of time, the harvest that has not progressed, slowly shows that the possibility of them harvesting active samples is getting slimmer.

Chi Dehai turned his head to look at the two inspection department leaders standing beside him.

Xu Xuefeng gently tugged at the combat bandage wrapped around his palm, and his curled fingers slowly clenched into a fist.

Looking up at Chi Dehai's gaze, he didn't say much, waved his hand, and greeted the members of the nine groups not far away: "Hurry up, go and assist in sampling!"

On the other side, Su Fengzhou had already led the team towards the second echelon with strides.

There are his scientific experts there.

Ying Xize's sampling process was quite focused.

Carefully cut off the carrion with a knife to reveal the smooth cystic tissue inside. During the thinning and cutting process, it is necessary to avoid structural damage. Finally, it is necessary to identify whether the tiny part that remains has the sample qualification.

Right now, it is already countless times that he has discarded invalid samples.

Obviously every movement seems extremely slow, but the number of organizations that Ying Xi Ze completed the test is still the largest among all of them.

It can be seen that this scientific research expert is indeed quite obsessive-compulsive disorder. All the separated tissues are placed in several corresponding positions in an orderly manner. An indescribably weird feeling.

After assigning tasks to the team members, Su Fengzhou saw such a scene when he walked over.

In the end, I couldn't help complaining: "Teacher Ying, are you here to set up a stall?"

Ying Xize paused for a moment while holding the knife, and looked up, the sharp point happened to be pointing in the direction of Su Fengzhou, with the same cold tone as before: "Are you free?"

Su Fengzhou couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "Now, it's a bit."

He lowered his eyes and glanced at the obvious tiredness in the other person's brows. He also knew that the high-intensity journey these days was a bit harsh for such a pampered researcher, so he bent his long legs and squatted down: " Or, do you want me to let Zhuo Yu take you back to the car to rest for a while? I’ll just take over here. After all, I’ve always been good at knife skills, and I usually have a good hand when cutting special shapes. Just teach me a little bit, and I’m sure I’ll wait until you sleep. When you wake up, you can clearly divide the various organizations for you."

The attitude sounded quite sincere, but Nai Heying Xi Ze obviously didn't intend to appreciate it: "With your red eyes so red that even rabbits feel ashamed, I believe that you are planning to cut yourself rather than cutting tissues."

"Tsk, don't underestimate me, how do you know if you haven't tried it?"

As if directly aroused to win, Feng Zhou stretched out his hand without saying anything.

Ying Xize really couldn't catch this kind of sentinel who would be reckless if he didn't agree with each other, and was accidentally squeezed aside. After enduring it, he asked speechlessly: "...Why don't you go to sleep yourself?"

Su Fengzhou didn't raise his head, and replied quite casually: "I'm going to sleep, who will protect you?"

Ying Xize didn't speak any more.

He didn't really go back to the convoy, but just looked down at Su Fengzhou's decent operation, and couldn't help correcting a few sentences from time to time.

In fact, the distance between the two is already very close.

We could faintly hear each other's breathing.

If it weren't for the inappropriate tone of the environment, the picture can be called a quiet and beautiful time.

Su Fengzhou is really talented in this job, and I don't know if it's because he has been fighting and killing for a long time, so he really likes this kind of content of experiencing life, and he looks very interested.

Ying Xize watched Su Fengzhou completely dispose of another piece of heterosexual tissue, and was considering whether to boast, when a small voice fell into his ears, and he suddenly looked into the distance.

At the same time, Su Fengzhou raised his head sharply.

The movements of the two were almost in sync, and the original calm demeanor was gone.

As if to appease their perception, the guards around had already shouted from a distance: "Level [-] alert! Level [-] alert! There are aliens appearing——! At least a wave of B-type aliens! Everyone is on alert—!"

Class B, the largest they have encountered since this mission.

It is already a very high-intensity disaster type.

But from another perspective, such a development also means another possibility.

If this group of aliens happened to be the same group that the death defense team encountered, it might be possible to break the deadlock of not being able to obtain valid samples.

Regardless of life and death, sampling is the main purpose of this operation.

As for whether or not to go back, from the moment he decided to enter the depths of the burrow, he was already doomed to resign himself to fate.

Everyone held their breath in the tense mood.

Looking in that direction, one can see strange figures floating indistinctly in the already drowsy environment.

More and more, more and more dense...

Like the waves coming in layers, with the sound of depressing approaching footsteps, they gradually filled the entire field of vision.

Terrifying, trembling, like the moment of encountering a demon at dusk.

Gunshots have already sounded at the forefront, and the smell of blood suddenly spread.

There was a sudden chaos around.

Su Fengzhou had already put down the sampling tool in his hand, and when he stood up, he subconsciously looked at Ying Xize, who happened to be looking at him too, their eyes met.

In such a chaotic scene, the whole world seemed to be subtly quiet for a moment.

Some monsters have already plunged into the crowd, and Sen Ran's fangs have opened the prelude to the disaster.

"Stay here and don't move, I'm going." Su Fengzhou tightened the special metal knife on his waist, but just as he turned around, his hand was grabbed.

Su Fengzhou turned his head inquiringly, but Ying Xi Ze didn't look at him.

His distant gaze stayed fixed on the alien monster that was gradually approaching, and his pupils seemed to be filled with these hideous figures.

I don't know what Ying Xize thought of for a moment, his face turned pale in just a moment: "Be sure to cut off the tissues where the tentacles are."

Just when a gust of wind passed by, the extremely light-colored hair on the side of the cheeks fluttered slightly.

Xu Huan's tone was clear: "Otherwise, you will be reborn infinitely."