Although the members of the Ranger Corps, including his wife Anna, have killed people and seen frozen corpses, they probably have never dealt with corpses specifically - maybe there is no such person in the entire team.
But when Xie Yuan served as the captain of the security team and the captain of the agricultural team at his own subway station, he often had to deal with the corpses of humans and monsters.
In subway tunnels, corpses are a good thing, and they are also a continuous renewable resource and a substitute for many industrial raw materials.
Unlike the carcasses of ordinary domestic animals that are used for food, because the subway world still has residual civilization, and due to the fear of mutation, the carcasses of humans and monsters will basically not be eaten directly unless absolutely necessary.
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Except for the corpses of most humans and monsters, which are cremated and buried, the rest are used as industrial raw materials:
The protruding fat layer can be used as oil for lighting and lubricant; most of the skin and meat can be used as fertilizer after high-temperature fermentation to promote the mushrooms to grow stronger and have strong disease resistance (a little better than fermented manure) ; The bones will be ground into powder, which can be used as trace element additives when making knives to make metal products sharper; the fermented organs left behind in the end can also be used as feed for cockroach breeding cages when making protein blocks. It is the favorite of cockroaches.
Even... Xie Yuan also tried to cut off the perfectly fat and thin biological tissues of humans and monsters, smoke them and then seal them as bacon to prevent food shortages and use them as food reserves - but Xie Yuan and the people at the exhibition station never used them. It has not been sold to outsiders.
Of course, in order to sort these bits and pieces, one must learn anatomy and have excellent knife skills in order to accurately separate the skin, flesh, organs and bones of the corpse for use.
Xie Yuan has been doing this job for ten years.
Speaking of which, this is the real reason why Xie Yuan was able to perfect the deboning knife technique in just ten years.
He is already familiar with every tissue in the human body and the monster's body, and he has reached the level of a cook and a ox.
Talking about the slight smell that permeates the air, because to make feed, the raw materials must be fermented at high temperature, which is actually equivalent to cooking the corpse.
The fermented biological tissue can be broken down into amino acids, which is the key to making mushrooms thrive.
However, even the outside of the fortress began to be slightly filled with corpses...especially the smell of cooking human corpses, which meant that human flesh must be cooking here all the time.
The smell was actually stronger than the smell of human flesh in his fermentation room, and even more fragrant!
Is there any place where human flesh is boiled every day? Except for the guys who eat human flesh as their daily staple food, basically all the people in Amantoli are cannibals.
No wonder they were in such a hurry to arrange for the train to enter the customs - this is their best food!
Haha... alas! Miller didn't know if he could accept this. Xie Yuan couldn't help but feel ironic and sad about Armantu's self-destruction, and he was also worried about Miller's breaking of his faith this time.
I wonder if my old father-in-law can hold on this time.
But looking at Miller who was obviously over the top, Xie Yuan still shut his mouth and let Anna and Miller have a good dream first.
Dreaming, dreaming, as long as you wake up, you will know that this is just a dream.
On the contrary, the old colonel's temporary arrangements were very meticulous. After getting permission to meet, even though he was uncontrollably excited, he still did not lose his vigilance.
First, most of them and the train were stationed at a safe distance, and then even if they were about to go down, they arranged for Sam, Idiot, and Crest to stay at the gate as a reserve team, waiting for response.
Of course, the verbal reason is also very normal: "There is no need for so many people to enter the government to meet the leader, so the two elite veterans only need to be with the driver Kleist."
For this reason, even as a minister who wanted to eat all the guests, he could not find any reason to object - if everyone was invited, it would only cause unnecessary variables, and the gain would outweigh the losses.
The old colonel's prepared behavior was like that of an old fox, subconsciously taking countermeasures to deal with any wrong situation and carefully maneuvering the Wannian Ship.
This is the stress psychology of a senior GRU agent - vigilance, being on alert at all times, and no excitement can erase this.
Of course, it was not so much that Miller was wary, but rather that the influence he received from working in the GRU department for many years planted a deep anchor in his heart, and he could not easily forget it no matter how high up he was.
However, as soon as the elevator was moving downwards, the conversation between Miller and Anna's father and daughter proved that Miller really treated the audience with great solemnity.
"Are you ready to speak?" Anna asked her old father worriedly, "Reporting to the minister is no joke."
"Ah! Don't bother me!" Miller waved his hand to express his headache when he heard this, "I've been preparing all night!"
"Haha!" Anna suddenly found it interesting, and then began to ask her father, "Don't you think you should say something to Artem?"
"Yes... Artyom, you are right..." Miller looked helplessly at Xie Yuan. He knew that his daughter was serious, "I was wrong... Thank you for not giving up!"
When the elevator gradually showed that it had reached the bottom, Anna also thoughtfully tidied up her father Miller's appearance.
But in Xie Yuan's opinion, this is quite redundant... What kind of appearance do cannibals need?
Soon the father and daughter Miller and Anna stood at attention, but Xie Yuan began to lie next to Anna's ear... right behind Miller, but fortunately the old father-in-law didn't notice.
Anna was a little shocked, but she didn't refuse Xie Yuan's offer. She just patted Xie Yuan's thigh to indicate that it was not the right time.
Then she stiffly received a... flashbang in her other hand? !
"Be careful, if there is a problem, don't hesitate to throw it out." The voice was as thin as tinnitus, but Anna could tell it was Xie Yuan's voice, "I really don't want to tell Miller that we accidentally came to a cannibal's place. Camp... But it is estimated that we will not be able to escape without a fierce battle today."
Anna couldn't believe it - this was such devastating news!
"Ding dong!" Before Anna could move her seat, the elevator door officially opened.
"It doesn't matter so much!" Miller shouted and strode out first.
Before Anna could make any move, Xie Yuan took her shoulder again, patted her, and comforted her in a soft voice: "At this point, it doesn't matter if Miller doesn't give up."
"Don't worry!" Xie Yuan said it clearly this time, "I'll take care of everything."
Only then did Anna return to her normal expression. She just glared at Xie Yuan resentfully, then secretly put the flash bomb on the throwing object pendant, and walked out the second time.
Miller turned around and looked at Xie Yuan inexplicably, but everyone regained their composure, so they shrugged and continued to move forward. Anna followed closely, and Xie Yuan came last. In this way, the three of them arrived at an interview venue step by step after the second door opened.
Except for the gate at the back, there are thick red curtains on the left and right sides. According to Xie Yuan's induction, there are a lot of red and black aggressive life forms lurking inside.
Directly in front of them is an isolation curtain wall composed of three large pieces of glass. The glass is somewhat translucent, and you can slightly see that there are many devices inside emitting screen light when running.
The figures of several soldiers were standing in the darkness, feeling a particularly powerful pressure... Shit!
These people are also red and black aggressive life forms!
At this moment, "Click!" the reception room suddenly fell into darkness, and then "Click!" Strong incandescent lights appeared in front - a group of people stood as if welcoming new arrivals, looking down at the three of them.
Without any doubts, Miller stood at attention and saluted, and then reported to several "leaders" under the lights: "Comrade Minister! Colonel Miller, the commander of the Moscow Joint Special Operations Force, reports to you!
I request temporary shelter and supplies for my soldiers. We also have women and children in our party. Our soldiers are in good condition and ready to fight! "
"Women and children? Haha!" The "leader" in the middle suddenly walked out over four of them and laughed loudly, but this smile made people feel... very hungry, "Very good! It's been a long time..."
At this moment, after this person came down from the light and came to the light, the three of them could vaguely see the appearance of this person - a fat head and big ears, disheveled clothes, and a big belly under his tie and waistband.
Although the leader had a "hungry" expression on his face, Xie Yuan knew that this guy did not get fat - it was due to neurological diseases and endocrine disorders that caused the symptoms.
But this was not the time to dwell on this. Seeing a strange guy, Miller was surprised and asked warily: "Who...are you?!"
But instead of answering Miller, the senior official turned off the lights again!
But this time, there were a lot of animalistic howls in the darkness, and then figures suddenly jumped down——
"Anna, now!" Ignoring the hand that was about to grab him, Xie Yuan immediately closed his eyes and shouted, "Then everyone lies down!"
"Beep, beep, beep! Bang!" Suddenly something fell next to Anna, and then Miller, who was at a loss but heard Xie Yuan's shout, fell straight to the ground, and then flashed The bomb exploded.
"Peng!" A dazzling white light flashed.
"wind!"
"Ah!!!!" Then the cannibals who were about to grab Xie Yuan, who was standing still, suddenly felt a sharp pain in their arms, and then found that all of their hands... all fell off!
"Pfft!!!" Then the blood flowed out like a fountain.
However, this did not stop a large number of cannibals from jumping into the audience room.
"Alas!" Xie Yuan had no choice but to pull out another scimitar, with a slight sigh on his face, "I really don't know whether you have a good life or a bad life, but you met me today..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Yuan suddenly disappeared in full view of everyone!
But in the dimness, you can always see a flash of metallic light.
"What's going on?!" The leader who just stood up didn't expect that his hunting plan, which was originally a sure thing, suddenly got out of control!
"Why can't you just let us eat you?" The "leader" gritted his teeth with hatred.
But through the isolation glass, nothing could be seen clearly - the people who came down originally came with torches, but the torches strangely fell into the darkness on the way down.
The only thing that could be heard was a sound that sounded like tearing cloth - but what was it causing?
There is no MG42 general machine gun inside.
The "meat eaters" isolated on the inside of the glass had no idea that a blood-soaked killing feast was erupting in the reception room separated by a double-layered glass.
Perhaps Anna was the one who felt it the most at this moment, because she actually felt small droplets of liquid constantly falling on her body.
Moreover, the floor was wet, and there seemed to be a thick liquid spreading on the ground - she no longer dared to think about it anymore, she knew what kind of liquid it was, but she couldn't think about it anymore, or she would go crazy if she thought about it anymore.
Artyom is killing these cannibals!
Although there was no sound of blades piercing the air, no sound of shooting, and no sound of enemies screaming... the only sound was like the sound of fabric tearing.
But Anna, who knew Artyom's abilities well, knew that this was the sound of Artyom using his best two knives to crazily cut the flesh!
"Can't think about it! Can't think about it..." Anna desperately hypnotized herself in her mind.
…
Artem is strong.
Anna had heard about it before she met him. In the past, when she heard about the Northern Monster Killer, she felt annoyed - how could a folk hunting master enjoy such great prestige.
Later, when I met him in person, it was already after the discovery of the D6 Fortress that the Rangers served as the operational headquarters.
At that time, she foolishly treated Artem as a "rabbit" and had not yet realized that her father Miller was secretly afraid of him.
Later... um... after a series of things like this, maybe because of the suspension bridge effect or something... the two people came together like this.
After marriage, the two people's life is still sweet and warm, otherwise Anna would not stay at the exhibition station so calmly - you must know that she is also a child of the battlefield and a person who is full of love for sniping. She would be happy to live a peaceful life.
But for some reason, the quieter Artem's life with her became, the more Miller became afraid of him - a completely unreasonable behavior.
She knew that Artyom was very strong and energetic—he was already the uncrowned king respected by several stations in the north. Of course he was very powerful.
This fear existed even until today, but Anna didn't understand, is it necessary to be so guarded against monsters?
But no matter who you ask, whether it’s your husband Artyom or your father Miller, they all talk about it—even the father said that you’ll know when you see it.
He said to Anna sincerely: "You see that Artyom really loves you, so I feel free to hand you over to him.
But Artyom...he is more than this side. If you see the other side of him one day and feel disgusted..."
Colonel Miller stared at Anna with a very serious expression: "I absolutely don't want you to see his other side, because you might not be able to bear it.
But this is not necessarily the case. If you really see it and you have any other ideas, be sure to tell me!
must! "
Miller emphasized his tone at the end.
As for Anna's question about why and what is the other side, Miller remained silent and just told Anna that before seeing her, don't care, don't ask, and live peacefully.
Since her father strongly begged Anna not to say anything, Anna tried her best to forget everything and live honestly with Artyom.
In fact, she had never seen any strange other side of Artyom, so she subconsciously regarded what Miller said at that time as concerns caused by their differences in ideas.
What happened later also proved that Miller and Artyom did not have the same ideas, and Anna had been working hard to be a mediator between the two.
Although there was not much progress, fortunately, the two of them were indeed at peace with each other - at least there was no apparent conflict.
But today... Anna just remembered Miller's words before, feeling the strong and tangy smell of blood, and touching the pool of blood that was gradually solidifying on the ground...
Cannibals are cruel and bloodthirsty, but unfortunately, as Artyom said, none of these people will be able to escape death if they encounter him today.
She just knew one thing today, or she just realized today the other side of her gentle, yet extremely combative husband that has never been revealed:
That is, he is a powerful humanoid killing machine that is not like a normal person, very bloodthirsty and has terrifying abilities!
In other words, he is a monster.
