"I think he might... have no reason to fight anymore," Amiya said, rescuing the Doctor from an awkward position.
"Amiya, do you think he could have evaded the attack with magic?"
Huang's question made Mo Zhi's eyes light up. Was it possible for Faust to land on the island?
But, the next second, Amiya's words shattered her unrealistic fantasy, "I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing? I just feel sorry for that kid. With my ability to see through people at a glance, he's not a bad person." For the straightforward and fiery Da Miao Miao to make such a judgment, it was evident that Faust was not inherently bad.
"It's too late to say anything now," Gravel interjected.
"It's not too late," Amiya retorted. "The tragedies buried in the past are now bearing fruit... and we still have the ability to prevent future tragedies."
"..." Gravel: "I'll go retrieve his crossbow."
Watching Gravel's retreating figure, Huang Miao Miao scratched her head in confusion, "Has she become enlightened?"
"Don't you know her past?" Amiya asked back.
"She didn't tell me? We're not that close."
"Her parents were Oripathy scholars. They researched Oripathy for the Infected but died in a conflict between the Infected and the authorities," Amiya explained softly.
"She just thinks that what we're encountering is no different from what she encountered."
"Gravel is much more sensitive than you think. She probably just doesn't want to express it."
Perhaps only the sensitive Amiya could understand Gravel's inner thoughts. Even Mo Zhi, upon hearing Gravel's words, was initially quite angry.
"If she doesn't say it, how would I know..." Today's Miao Miao was being stubborn.
Then Gravel encountered people from the Supervision Department wearing red. Seeing the red, Mo Zhi's heart skipped a beat.
Who knew if these people had the same attitude towards the Infected as Kurokasa?
"Is he your friend?" the person in red asked.
"I don't know." Gravel eyed the newcomers warily, "Who are you?"
"It's dangerous to be friends with the Infected," the person warned calmly.
"I don't care if my friends are Infected."
"Is that so... My condolences."
"Why are you asking me this?"
"Because I'm very afraid you'll become friends with the Infected." After saying that, the person in red disappeared.
Amiya, lacking an omniscient view, did not witness this scene. She received new communications: there was a new passage at the bottom of the slum, figures in black raincoats, and... the Snow Cruel Squad, converging with Reunion members who had fled into the slums.
Hearing this, Mo Zhi panicked.
"Holy crap, the Snow Cruel Squad is going to meet Kurokasa?"
"Damn it, no!!"
Sensing that something was seriously wrong, Mo Zhi was completely dumbfounded. The worst had indeed happened.
The Snow Cruel Squad, led by FrostNova, encountered the Kurokasa organization, which viewed the Infected as necrosis. This would inevitably end with one side being annihilated.
Immediately after, the perspective shifted to what happened before the rescue of Amiya with Huang.
What a clever ploy of "feigning retreat to advance." The players were anxious, yet the designer was leisurely filling in the previous plot holes.
However, Mo Zhi patiently continued to watch.
It was described as a flashback, but it was actually the main story, presented in a reverse chronological order.
A very unique storytelling method.
Soon, she discovered that these were also things she hadn't experienced.
Moreover, they were stories involving FrostNova, which immediately put her on high alert.
The otaku goddess must find a way to join the island.
Receiving her orders, Huang led her squad to Ruin No. 14, while Huang herself, along with the pilot, flew to the ruins above in the aircraft named 'Bad Guy.'
At this moment, Shining called, stating that she had arrived at the entrance of the ruined city and had rendezvoused with her squad.
Shining wanted to discuss the rescue operation with Huang. At this time, Chen was still exploring her old residence and had not yet engaged in a fierce battle with Mephisto of the GSC.
However, Huang had no intention of wasting her breath with this young lady. She gave the pilot a meaningful look (a wink) and then leaped from a height of 400 meters.
This was so like Huang!
Below, Amiya and the others were fleeing, their path blocked by collapsed buildings ahead, requiring clearance work before they could continue their escape.
At this moment,
"Is Amiya there?"
A powerful voice boomed through the communicator.
Amiya (eyes wide): "......"
Jessica (sad cat face): "......"
Rhodes Island Operators (confused): "...... Uh."
Hearing the voice, everyone was stunned. That familiar loud voice...
"It's over, they actually sent her." Frostleaf closed her eyes in resignation.
Seeing the familiar operators, Mo Zhi finally brought up the flashback from Chapter Four. She hadn't seen Frostleaf and Meteor, etc., for two chapters.
However, they seemed to be quite... vexed by Huang Miao Miao?
The Doctor looked puzzled. Frostleaf, with her usual intellectual demeanor, acted as a commentator: "An operator named Huang, who can dismantle everything around her and make everyone sweat."
Sweat...
The viewers immediately became alert, with all sorts of suggestive images flashing through their minds.
Mo Zhi nodded in agreement. Fortunately, she had already obtained Huang and read her files in advance. Otherwise, Chapters Five and the first half of Chapter Six might have been a bit confusing, and she wouldn't have understood Huang's personality until this point.
*Caw!*
"That's right, it's me! The last evaluation was a bit off."
"Stop... Stop joking around." Amiya, getting down to business: "Huang, where are you? We need your support."
"Above you, about two hundred meters away, I'll be there soon!"
"Huh?" Amiya's expression at this moment: (；oдo)
On the other side, the Snow Cruel Squad was closely following. They also saw Huang descending from the sky. "Is that... a machine that can move in the air? Is this also their equipment?"
"Ensure they cannot descend," the White Rabbit FrostNova said calmly. "Before Rhodes Island reinforcements arrive, eliminate this Rhodes Island squad; do not let them cross the river."
"Wait a moment."
Seemingly realizing something, FrostNova immediately shouted a warning: "—Get back!"
"She jumped down again?" Meteor's use of "again" was particularly apt.
"She jumped down again." Frostleaf also understood Chinese characters.
"......" Amiya.
"Amiya, if you want, I can take you for a jump too!" Huang Miao Miao on the communicator said with unusual excitement.
"If possible, I'd rather not." Every cell in Amiya's body resisted, but she didn't know that before this, Huang Miao Miao had already taken her for a jump.
No wonder Huang was so happy earlier; it turned out her scheme had succeeded.
A cat taking a rabbit for a high-altitude bungee jump without protection.
"Everyone, let's go meet Huang," Amiya said with an unusually serious expression when discussing business. She looked at the Doctor with concern, "Doctor Mo Zhi, no matter what she says later... just nod."
【......?】
Before anyone could respond, a loud 'boom' was heard.
Instantly, rocks scattered, and dust billowed.
Through the dust, a figure holding a black box descended with a thud, half-crouching in a massive crater, the brilliance in their left eye sharp and domineering.
Snow Cruel Squad members (mouths agape): "The one who fell... is..."
"......a person?"
......