"Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan! What's wrong with you!"
"Drop the human you're holding!"
"Drop it, or we'll open fire!"
"..."
Wrapped in Andrea's tentacles, Lin Yuan couldn't hear the outside clearly, only Kong Cheng's voice.
Old Kong is awake?
Wait, who are they going to shoot at?
Thinking about Andrea's current state, Lin Yuan quickly patted her tentacles.
"Andrea, that's enough, they are my companions."
Hearing Lin Yuan say this, the tentacles that had enveloped him finally loosened.
His vision returned to normal, and he saw Kong Cheng, gun in hand, moving rapidly towards them from a distance.
"Old Kong, Old Kong, don't attack, don't attack, I'm fine!" Lin Yuan waved his hands as he jumped, indicating he was alive and well, not missing any limbs.
Seeing this situation, Kong Cheng lowered his gun, though he remained suspicious. Even though they had used heavy machine guns to help the "monster" next to Lin Yuan during the recent fight.
However, caution was always necessary, especially since intelligence indicated this was the stronghold of the Eternal Life Cult.
Seeing the approaching rescue team members spread out for reconnaissance, Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Andrea.
"Has Wang Xiaoxin... separated from her body?" he said, unsure himself.
The explosion had turned both her and Elsa into bloody, lifeless fragments. He wasn't sure if Wang Xiaoxin had heard his words clearly.
"Hoo... hoo," Andrea could still only make sounds like this, but the tentacles behind her stretched out, slowly unfurling.
Inside, a fleshy mass wrapped in a net-like tissue was still pulsing slightly, like a heart.
"At least she's still alive. We can freeze her and wait until we create a body regeneration device to revive her. I still have her hair; even if that doesn't work, finding a bad person to forcefully possess her body is also an option."
Lin Yuan's words were undoubtedly dangerous. If such actions were exposed, he might be charged as an accomplice to crimes against humanity.
Andrea made a couple of sounds, knowing he was unaware that the "inheritance" left by the Eternal Life Cult included a body regeneration device.
The tentacles coiled around Lin Yuan's hand, pulling him to the side of the blood pool, and pointed to the strange device whose surface blood had not yet dried.
Then she tugged at Lin Yuan's hair.
"Hmm?"
Andrea's actions were not hard to understand. Recalling the appearance of two Elsas earlier, Lin Yuan realized that what he was looking at was the body regeneration device.
Dubiously following Andrea's guidance, he cleaned some flesh and blood from the device, then placed the hair and the fleshy mass containing Wang Xiaoxin's consciousness inside.
As soon as he let go, the hair and the consciousness mass floated within the device. Lights like those from a scanner swept over them, and some incomprehensible icons lit up on the instrument.
However, the most central pattern was clear: a silhouette of a female human form, accompanied by a string of garbled code, clearly indicating that there was something else involved.
This was likely the "immortal tissue" that contained Wang Xiaoxin's consciousness.
After the device finished its analysis, a compartment on the left opened, presumably to prompt him to insert the "raw materials" for creation.
"What should I use?"
Andrea didn't respond, but instead picked through the ground around them. Soon, she gathered a large pile of flesh and blood, which appeared to be less severely mutated.
When the collected "raw materials" met the criteria, the two compartments slowly closed. Lin Yuan knew that "rebirth" had begun.
Andrea also stood by, making no move. Seeing her like this, did she intend to just let it be?
"Aren't you planning to create a body for yourself? If you need my blood, I can provide it."
Lin Yuan hadn't forgotten how Andrea had almost drained him dry at hsAC.
"Hoo..." Andrea tilted her "head" and looked at Lin Yuan for a few seconds. She also felt that a human form was better, so she hopped away to collect raw materials. There was a lot of scattered flesh and blood on the ground; anything that wasn't completely mutated could be used.
At this moment, Kong Cheng walked over. After observing Lin Yuan's condition, he handed him an earpiece.
"Take this for now. If anything unexpected happens, we can contact each other. Comrade Wu Tian has already gone back to see your son. After you're done here, we should pull out."
Kong Cheng probably guessed what Lin Yuan was trying to do, but he didn't say much. Anyway, specialized personnel would come later to clear the battlefield, and these strange devices would eventually end up in Chinese laboratories.
As for the wABL's intentions, he hadn't found any clues so far; at least, they were very obedient to orders until now.
"Thanks, Old Kong. I'll treat you to barbecue when we get home."
"Hey, it's nothing. But there's a new Chinese restaurant that opened in the Shuzhou Safety Zone recently, let's go there for a feast then."
"Okay, no problem."
The device was running smoothly, but Lin Yuan didn't see the final result; Andrea pushed him out.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a shame, what a shame." Lin Yuan smacked his lips, whistling as he stood guard for them.
"Wu Tian calling Lin Yuan, if you can hear, please respond." Wu Tian's voice came through the earpiece, along with the babbling sounds of a child.
It seemed they had already reached their destination by sleigh.
"Wife. Why did you leave without a word? Weren't you afraid I'd die down here? You really break my heart, boohoo."
"..." Wu Tian on the other end of the communicator rolled her eyes and said grumpily, "Alright, alright, stop joking. I left because I saw you bouncing around like Sun Wukong!"
"Uh... hahaha, wasn't that to dispel Old Kong's hostility?"
"Yes, how much longer do you have? The fleet is almost here, try to hurry. That damn place might still have some strange things."
"Almost, it'll be finished in about 15 minutes." As soon as Lin Yuan finished the communication, his shoulder was patted.
Turning around, he saw Andrea. Wang Xiaoxin was now wearing clothes made of unknown material and lying in the compartment, not yet awake, but she should be soon.
"Old Kong, come help!"
Kong Cheng came over and his eyes nearly popped out when he saw another person in the compartment.
"This..."
"Don't worry about it for now. I'll write a full report later. Just take good care of her."
"Alright." Kong Cheng didn't argue and carried Wang Xiaoxin on his back. He glanced back midway.
Lin Yuan knew what he meant and shook his head, "It's too late. Their brains have completely atrophied, and their consciousness is gone. This device can only create a pile of inert flesh."
Elsa's tentacles had already sucked them dry into skin and bone frameworks, and their brains were empty. They could not be "resurrected" using this device.
Since it was already said, Kong Cheng knew it was beyond hope and continued to climb up with Wang Xiaoxin on his back.
Next, it was time to help Andrea. She couldn't operate the device alone.
The raw materials of flesh and blood were ready, but the compartment for inserting them hadn't opened yet. They had to wait for Andrea to place the tissue containing the consciousness into the other compartment.
Currently, there was only a small piece of flesh and blood inside, which seemed completely unmutated. He didn't know where it came from.
"Hoo hoo..."
Lin Yuan's hand was pushed away, and a viscous, slimy mass was spat into his palm.
Immediately, Andrea's body went limp, all her tissues, including her tentacles, lost activity and began to rot.
Although the "fleshy mass" in his hand was sticky, Lin Yuan, having survived hsAC, was no longer surprised.
Carefully placing the "fleshy mass" inside, he followed the same steps as before.
Wait for the scan to complete, then add the "raw materials," and press the start button.
"Chi—"
A few minutes later, Lin Yuan heard the sound of the compartment door opening and turned to look.
Good heavens, she hadn't woken up either.
And she wasn't wearing any clothes, not even the "biological clothing" that Wang Xiaoxin had on.
It seemed this compartment could only create bodies.
Although Andrea's figure was quite great, Lin Yuan only glanced at his son.
He swore, it was only a glance!
He took off his combat uniform and draped it over her, then carried her on his back.
Climbing out of the pit, he shouted to the team members who were still on alert.
"Retreat, comrades, leave this place to those who will follow."
"Roger that!! Move, move!" Kong Cheng's head peeked out from the cliff and made an ok gesture, indicating that everything was sorted above as well. This place would be left to the special teams of China and the New Eagle Federation for further reconnaissance and handling.
"Shasha..."
Just as Lin Yuan was about to climb the rope, a strange sound suddenly reached his ears, like the rustling of leaves blowing against each other.
But there were no trees here at all.
In his current condition, he couldn't hallucinate. This could only mean that his intermittently functioning senses had alerted him.
"Comrade, you carry the flamethrower and follow me. Also, lend me your handgun," Lin Yuan stopped a player as sturdy as Johnson.
"Yes, sir!"
"Whoa, Colt Python, is your name really Johnson?"
Taking the handgun, Lin Yuan was surprised for a moment, as the recoil of this handgun was not small.
"Sir, you can guess!"
"Okay, okay, let's have a good chat after we withdraw."
Recalling the method taught by Jiang Ziqi, he concentrated his mind and listened to the sounds within the ground.
Found it.
About 10 meters to his upper left, there was a faint noise. It had stopped now, probably waiting for Lin Yuan to leave. He had found the target, didn't make a sound, and was just approaching slowly.
Then.
"Bang!"
The immense power of the Colt Python directly blasted a hole in the ground, and an opening the size of a baby's fist appeared before them.
Without Lin Yuan's command, just a glance, the soldier carrying the flamethrower next to him pulled the trigger.
A torrent of fire directly blazed into the opening, and in an instant, the sound of bursting juice could be heard.
Lin Yuan stopped only after the flamethrower ran out of fuel.
Still not satisfied, he threw an incendiary bomb into it, then clapped his hands and left.
"This should quiet things down."
The footsteps gradually faded, leaving behind only the scorched white pit, and within it, the completely carbonized remains that were indistinguishable.
"Time to go home!!!"
"Sir, can I come to your place for hot pot? I heard that Chinese cuisine is especially delicious!"
"It's fine, as long as the higher-ups agree, we can have a gathering together."
"Oh, then let's forget it. My country is in a state of rebuilding, and it still needs me."
"You have a good sense of duty, comrade! Oh right, is your name really Johnson?"
"Uh... I have a friend named Ace."
"Oh ho ho ho! I understand, I understand..."
"Hahaha..."
"..."