"Holy crap, what kind of performance is this?"
Mo Zhi jolted up from her chair, her head practically shoving into the screen.
"Is this the designer's trick?"
"Letting the Doctor, who fell into the pit, have some alone time with FrostNova, and then using the Doctor's silver tongue to convince FrostNova, touch her softest core, and successfully invite her to the island?"
If Mo Zhi wasn't worried, the audience outside the screen certainly wasn't.
'This Doctor's heart is stable as hell, I even feel like laughing.'
'This is where a meme should be.'
'Everyone else is like !?!. Me (calmly falling):.....?'
......
It wasn't that everyone lacked concern; it was just that as the protagonist, the Doctor was guaranteed to be fine, and FrostNova even more so. If the Doctor was in danger, she wouldn't be.
Exusiai, who had rushed to intercept the Doctor, found an empty spot. She looked at the members of the Snow Beast Squad running towards the same location.
"......"
The two parties met and stared at each other, an awkward atmosphere filling the air.
Two opposing factions, their commanders both having fallen into a pit, were now gathered together. What to do?
"What? Where's FrostNova?" Exusiai broke the silence first. "...Your commander fell too?"
"...Yeah." A Snow Beast Squad member awkwardly scratched his head and deliberated, "Maybe we should just not fight?"
He looked at Amiya, the second-in-command: "Rabbit of Rhodes Island, how about we temporarily cease hostilities? Actually, we didn't really want to fight you guys in the first place."
At this point, the audience completely lost it!
'??? Hahahahaha, this is so funny.'
'Damn, this is too hilarious!'
'Laughing so hard, it's so absurd. Two subordinates watching their commander fall.'
'??? This conversation is so silly, let's not fight, what the heck.'
'Holy crap, why is this so funny, it's absurdly hilarious!'
......
Even without seeing the detailed footage, they could imagine a scene so awkward it would make their soles peel off.
Similarly, Mo Zhi's face turned red from holding back her laughter.
One moment she felt like crying from emotion, the next she was laughing so hard she wanted to cry. She felt like she was going insane.
She quickly shifted her attention to Amiya. "But everyone..." Amiya replied with a worried expression.
"Mephisto told Big Sister that you killed Alex, so Big Sister is very concerned about your next actions," the Snow Beast Squad explained.
Alex was Frost.
"I'm very sorry, Frost was indeed killed by me," Amiya said apologetically.
"Sigh..." The Snow Beast Squad member sighed heavily.
"Originium Infected shouldn't be enemies with each other. I'm sorry."
"What's there to be sorry about? You were in combat at the time, weren't you?"
"Yes."
"Then let's cease fire. Big Bear, what do you say?" He turned to his companion beside him.
"Huh? *Usakian curse (Suka blyat?)*!"
The person conversing with Amiya replied, "Big Bear says he's fine with it."
"I don't think that's what he said," Frostleaf added a jab from the side.
This sent the audience rolling on the floor with laughter.
"Why do you... want to cease hostilities?" Amiya asked.
"Look, the leaders of both our sides are rabbits," the person explained earnestly.
Mo Zhi finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck!!"
"These people are too funny!"
"It would be even better if FrostNova could bring her subordinates to the island together."
"This is fun!"
Not only Mo Zhi, but the entire Rhodes Island side was also dumbfounded by the Snow Beast Squad member's explanation.
Exusiai (surprised face): "...Ah?"
Frostleaf (holding her forehead): "Something in my mind seems to have collapsed."
Jessica (cute and clueless): "Ah?"
Frostleaf commented mildly, "The Snow Beasts of the frozen plains are actually like this."
"Wh-what?" Jessica asked, confused.
"They shouldn't be cold-blooded, merciless, like blocks of ice," Frostleaf seemed to have her worldview shattered, sighing with her head thrown back, "Ah, I can't accept this, this isn't the Snow Beast I imagined."
"...That's prejudice," the Snow Beast Squad member said seriously. "Little rabbit, listen to me."
"We don't care about the outcome of the battle, or where you're going. We care more about Big Sister's life."
"You also care about your teammates' safety, don't you?"
"Yes, we didn't infiltrate the abandoned city to harm anyone," Amiya nodded solemnly.
Amiya wasn't too shocked; she could read people's emotions and empathize with them.
Mo Zhi could understand everyone's shock. Indeed, not just Rhodes Island, but the entire world of Terra likely had a stereotype of the Reunion Movement.
They believed everyone in it was cold-blooded, merciless, cruel, and brutal, devoid of human decency.
Even if the Snow Beast Squad hadn't stained their hands with the blood of Rhodes Island members, they would likely have been very cold.
Now, through in-depth communication, they discovered that wasn't the case. Their warmth was no less than that of Rhodes Island, and their feelings for their Big Sister FrostNova were no less than anyone at Rhodes Island's feelings for Amiya.
Each of them was a living person, not a numb killing machine.
If every Infected could be like this, why would prejudice and arrogance not be eliminated?
Confirming that Amiya and her group weren't orchestrating some 'Reunion Movement Grand Hunt,' the Snow Beast Squad member let down his guard and complained, "If our Great Father Patriot hadn't said the Reunion Movement needed unity, we would have dealt with Mephistophe and the squads involved in his operation."
"Ah..." Amiya stared blankly, was that something that should be said out loud?
However, this also showed the fundamental difference between FrostNova and her Snow Beast Squad and other Reunion Movement factions.
"Shall we dig this place open together?" While Amiya was still in a daze, a Luo Yang shovel was handed over.
......
In the pit.
[Wake up!]
The prompt lit up, and Mo Zhi decisively clicked it.
Doctor: "Wake up!"
......?
?: "Wake up... wake up!"
"Come here, Adam! Get some warm water!"
Dad...
?: "Ah..."
?: "She's alive! That's great, she's still alive, she's still alive, thanks to the ancestors!"
?: "Adam! Hurry!"
Dad... Dad...?
?: "Dad? I... Yes! I am Dad!"
?: "Okay, okay! I am Dad, that's right!"
?: "Don't sleep, don't sleep! Grab Dad's hand, don't let go!"
Dad... I'm so... cold...
?: "Don't sleep, daughter, my daughter! Live!"
?: "Her temperature is dropping! Mishka, think of something!"
So cold...! Dad, I'm so cold!
?: "Daughter, my daughter! Hold on!"
Dad, don't... don't leave me again...
10:48 AM Chernobog City Sector 'Zone 14' Abandoned Ruins Basement Upper Layer
It wasn't until scenery appeared in her vision that Mo Zhi realized this black screen, scrolling dialogue was FrostNova's memory.
This should be some fragmented memory of her being rescued as a child.
And the stranger who rescued FrostNova in the memory was clearly not her biological father, because when the unconscious young FrostNova called out "Dad" for the first time, the man obviously froze.
He even repeated it questioningly before realizing and accepting the identity of "Dad."
Based on the current intelligence, this "Dad" is very likely the one known as Great Father Patriot, Boduo Kasit.
Young FrostNova was saved by Patriot and kept by his side ever since.
Perhaps the already weak FrostNova had fainted after falling into the deep pit, and then her memories were triggered by the Doctor's words.
After sorting everything out, Mo Zhi looked at the camera with a smile:
"Brothers, FrostNova's life story is about to be revealed, the grand show is about to begin!"
......