There are still four bright spots visible on the map. In addition to the one rushing towards Qiu Shi, there are three more who are fighting with Xing Bi and A, B and C.
Qiu Shi could already clearly see the face of the biochemical body rushing in front of him. He should be pretty good-looking, but there was surprisingly no memory on this face. Qiu Shi had seen countless faces, and seen countless beautiful, ugly and ordinary ones. There was never a face that made him think he would forget it if he blinked his eyes.
He also aimed his sight at the face that was about to disappear after reading. At this distance, there were several trees in the middle. As long as the face moved slightly, he might miss.
He needed closer distance.
There was still chaotic noise in the earphones, so he turned his head and rubbed off the earphones.
While aiming, he could also see the dots on the map in front of him.
Xing Bi suddenly broke away from the fight and rushed toward him. A, B, and B suddenly closed together, blocking the remaining biochemical bodies that wanted to follow Xing Bi.
Then Xiao C's green dot and a bright spot of the other party disappeared at the same time.
Xing Bi appeared in Qiu Shi's field of vision. The complex terrain in the woods made it impossible for him to simply jump up, kick him down, and then attack the back of the neck as before.
He could only ensure that the man continued to stay on Qiu Shi's shooting route.
"Shoot." Xing Bi said.
The biochemical body that was kicked in the back by Xing Bi suddenly rushed towards Qiu Shi, and was perfectly magnified in the scope.
Xiao B's bright spot on the map disappears.
Qiu Shi shot the biochemical body in the neck, and black liquid splashed out.
Xing Bi turned around at the same time as he fired, and leaned forward suddenly with the help of inertia, and he violently swung out an unknown object in his hand.
Only then did Qiu Shi notice that Xing Bi's gun was no longer in his hand.
The opponent's biochemical body has very strong combat effectiveness.
The thing Xing Bi threw was a rock, which hit the gun that had been knocked out of the opponent's hand by Xiao Jia. The gun bounced off and landed in front of him.
Xing Bi took a step forward and picked up the gun, and he and Qiu Shi simultaneously raised their guns and aimed at the opposite side.
There was silence all around.
Returning to the dead silence when they first entered, they could no longer even hear the tiny sounds of fungal growth. Qiu Shi could only hear his own breathing.
The biochemical body opposite had no weapons. Two people stood behind Xiao Jia. One of them pinched the back of Xiao Jia's neck, causing Xiao Jia to lose his ability to fight.
Although no one spoke, the scene at this moment was very clear. The opponent had no weapons and used a small armor as a shield to block him.
This position is very precise. From their perspective, if they want to shoot, they will hit Xiao Jia first.
Qiu Shi didn't know what to do if he encountered such a situation in other missions, but in fact, he knew clearly about this mission. He knew before departure that A, B, and C were used to ensure the safety of him and Xing Bi. Those gangs When people sent these three second-level people into the lair, they had no intention of letting them go back.
But the three silent Level 2s, their tacit cooperation on the road, and even the precise containment in the end to ensure that Xing Bi could escape and rescue him, all made him hesitate at this second.
"Shoot." Xing Bi spoke, his voice low and hoarse but firm.
Qiu Shi didn't hesitate, and he couldn't hesitate in this situation.
He fired at Xiao Jia's neck. This shot could penetrate Xiao Jia and hit the target behind him.
But the moment Xing Bi spoke, the two biochemical bodies of the opponent let go of Xiao Jia and rushed out to the right when Qiu Shi's gun rang out.
Qiu Shi hit Xiao Jia.
Xing Bi also fired and moved half a meter to the right. The two biochemical bodies that rushed to the right were hit and fell to the ground almost at the same time as Xiao Jia.
The battle was over in this second.
"Fuck your ancestors." Qiu Shi cursed in a low voice, rushed over and kicked the two biochemical bodies hard.
There was some indescribable anger in his heart. Xing Bi had already predicted that the other party would escape before he asked him to shoot, so this could be said to be a perfect coordination, but he still had some anger that had nowhere to vent.
When he fired, the other party let go of Xiao A, giving him the illusion that he didn't actually need to kill Xiao A. But the reason why it was an illusion was because if he didn't shoot, the other party wouldn't let go of Xiao A. Xing Bi also had no chance to kill both of them with one shot.
This is an endless cycle.
So he was panicking.
"Do you know why they don't have names?" Xing Bi said.
"Get out." Qiu Shi said.
"Are you leaving?" Xing Bi dragged A, B and C out from among the other party's people and put them aside.
Qiu Shi put on his headphones again and tried for a long time, but still couldn't get in touch with the headquarters.
"Are these gadgets not used for too long?" Qiu Shi said. "I suspect it's not interference, but their stuff is almost broken."
"It's best not to break," Xing Bi said. "If it breaks, it needs to be re-implanted."
"Shut up." Qiu Shi adjusted his weapons. "We don't have any more death squads. Be careful later. If there are more than two targets, run away."
Xing Bi glanced at him.
"Did you hear that clearly?" Qiu Shi said.
"Yeah." Xing Bi responded.
After taking a few steps forward, Qiu Shi added: "Thank you just now."
"Save you?" Xing Bi said, "You're welcome, my mission includes keeping you alive."
"You're really good at interrupting chats," Qiu Shi said. After thinking about it, he asked again, "Why?"
"There are still first-level potential guards," Xing Bi said. "Qiu Shi only has one at the moment. You know that, right?"
Qiu Shi said nothing.
Without the three suicide squads, the surroundings seemed a little empty.
Qiu Shi still kept a distance of more than ten meters behind Xing Bi, staring at the map in front of him. He could only be grateful that the map was not broken, and the details on the map were still being updated.
As they went deeper into the nest little by little, the black fungi attached to the surroundings seemed to be thickening. They even felt a little soft when their feet landed on the ground, and the sound of growth slowly became clearer.
Xing Bi stopped, and a long strip appeared on the ground in front of him, also wrapped in black.
Qiu Shi felt a sense of nausea when he looked over. He could tell from its shape that it was the body of a person lying on the ground.
When he looked forward, he felt that his body was a little stiff.
On the ground in front, there are black human bodies covered with fungus scattered all over the place.
"Breathing." Xing Bi said.
"It can't be detected on the map." Qiu Shi clenched the gun in his hand. This should be very close to the center of the lair.
"Only breathing," Xing Bi said, reaching out and tearing away the black covering of one of the bodies' heads, revealing the face of the body. "There is no heartbeat."
When Qiu Shi leaned over to take a look, the man's closed eyes suddenly opened and even blinked twice.
"Holy shit!" He cursed under his breath and stepped on the head.
The skull under his feet was obviously no longer as hard as a normal human being, and it shattered with a click.
Qiu Shi did not pause, and took two steps forward. While staring at the map in front of him, he crushed the head of another body with his foot. No matter what it was, these monsters with no heartbeat and only breathing were all products of this lair. .
After stepping on him three times in a row, Xing Bi pulled him back.
"Go to the back." Xing Bi said.
Qiu Shi immediately retreated behind Xing Bi, and then raised his eyes to look in the direction of Xing Bi's gaze.
Then he raised his gun and pointed it at the humanoid thing in front of them that was still not shown on the map but stood strangely in front of them.
The reason why he said it was a humanoid figure was just because the pile on the ground were all human beings. Qiu Shi reasonably speculated that this thing could only be a human figure.
It’s just that the outline is completely invisible. The whole body of this thing is covered with thick black fungus. In the few sparse beams of light, you can see that the fungus on its body is still growing, and there is constantly something like black dust. Falling from it.
"What is this?" Qiu Shi asked in a low voice.
"Source." Xing Bi said.
"Mission accomplished," Qiu Shi said decisively, "Let's go."
He didn't want to have any contact with this thing at all. Since the task was to find the source of infection, and Xing Bi said that this thing was the source, that was fine.
"Then you have to be able to walk." Xing Bi said as he took a step back.
The thing suddenly raised an arm, as if pointing at them.
Xing Bi stopped.
It is indeed surprising that it actually has limbs. From the outside, this thing already looks like a whole structure, and when it raises an arm, it is more certain that it is a humanoid object, a person, or a biochemical body.
Symbiotic.
Symbiosis can actually reach this level.
"Are you referring to you?" Qiu Shi asked.
"Referring to you." Xing Bi said.
A few seconds later, the answer appeared on the map in front of Qiu Shi.
No one is pointing.
More than a dozen bright spots appeared behind the symbiote at the same time, rushing towards them in a semicircle. The speed was very fast, and the distance was too close. They could already be seen in the field of vision before Qiu Shi even warned him. They are.
"Stand back and shoot," Xing Bi suddenly rushed forward, "Don't stop."
Qiu Shi stepped back and fired at the symbiote, hitting the thing's head. It just shook.
Judging from the speed, the things that rushed out were all biochemical bodies. The semicircle formation quickly gathered, and they all surrounded Xing Bi, who was rushing towards the symbiote.
Qiu Shi did not pause and continued shooting, hitting him again, this time in the neck.
But he could only roughly judge the location. The thing had grown into a ball, and he couldn't tell where it was.
Then came the third and fourth shots without interruption.
The moment the biochemical bodies surrounded Xing Bi, he suddenly fell to the ground. The inertia allowed him to pass under the group of biochemical bodies. Then he kicked off the ground, and when he stood up, he punched the symbiote.
The first punch was aimed at the position where Qiu Shi fired the first shot, and it penetrated directly.
Then the second punch, also punched directly through the neck.
Qiu Shi quickly suppressed the muzzle of his gun, resisted the urge to curse, and aimed at the biochemical bodies that had collided with each other.
But after just one shot he stopped.
All the biochemical bodies stopped moving. As Xing Bi pulled his arm away from the symbiote, the biochemical body slowly fell to the ground at the same time.
Everything around seemed to be still.
"The shot is accurate," Xing Bi shook off the black liquid on his hand and looked back at him, "Partner."
"I'm fucking with your ancestors," Qiu Shi lowered his hand holding the gun at this moment. He couldn't curse anyone anymore, his voice was very calm, "If you do this kind of attack that relies purely on mind comprehension, I'll kill you again." Even though your legs are broken, I remember all the gestures, partner."
Xing Bi said nothing and looked ahead.
"The mission is over," Qiu Shi said, "You can take another step forward and handle it in the same way as above."
"Then you drag two people back?" Xing Bi asked, taking a step forward and looking back at him, "I have a good reason for taking this step now."
"Do you want to take this thing back?" Qiu Shi asked.
"You definitely don't need to take it back if it's not dead."
"Take it with you," Qiu Shi quickly took a few steps back. He really didn't want Xing Bi to drag the thing close to him in this way. "If you don't take it back, those people can let us do it again."
"Let's go," Xing Bi walked back and asked again, "Is it safe?"
"It's no longer safe or not," Qiu Shi followed him. Only Xing Bi's small red dot could be seen on the map in front of him. "Whether it's a human or a biochemical body, once the fungus is wrapped around it, the map on my map will be gone." It’s undetectable.”
"Can't you still contact the headquarters?" Xing Bi asked.
"Can't reach me," Qiu Shi touched the earphones, "It's fine, clean."
After walking forward for a while, the surroundings seemed quieter than when we arrived.
"Am I deaf?" Qiu Shi stopped.
"It should be." Xing Bi said.
"Do you have a language intensity option in the settings menu?" Qiu Shi looked at him.
"I can still hear it," Xing Biye looked at him, "but the voice is much softer. That's what you want to say."
"Yes." Qiu Shi sighed.
"This nest is dying." Xing Bi continued to walk forward.
"In other words, if we can kill these things in other nests," Qiu Shi said, "will the nests be destroyed?"
"This is just the smallest one." Xing Bi said.
Qiu Shi said nothing. Xing Bi dragged the thing and continued to move forward. He suddenly noticed that there was a tear in the clothes behind Xing Bi's right arm.
"Injured?" he asked.
"Yeah," Xing Bi responded, before he asked again, "I don't feel anything."
Qiu Shi stretched out his hand to open the rip in his clothes and took a look at the deep rip: "Then you can say that you are so close to humans that you don't even feel pain."
"It can also be simulated," Xing Bi said, "but it's best not to feel anything when fighting. If it hurts too much, you'll want to run away."
"Can it be so detailed?" Qiu Shi took a few steps and couldn't help but put forward something that he had thought of for the first time. However, due to the fact that there were always a bunch of people listening to his conversation with Xing Bi, he couldn't ask. question, "Then you...are..."
Xing Bi turned to look at him, and he didn't even have time to look back.
"I'm going to answer it," Xing Bi said.
"Grab it," Qiu Shi said.
"Both," Xing Bi said, "All kinds of feelings can also be simulated. Submersibles are just one type of biochemical body, and there are many others, not just for combat."
"Old antiques are pretty good at designing," Qiu Shi said.
"The mission is recorded." Xing Bi added.
"Thank you for reminding me before the next mission." Qiu Shi said.
On the way back, after passing the place where the previous battle took place, Xing Bi stopped.
"Want to take it back?" Qiu Shi asked.
"No," Xing Bi put down the symbiote, checked the back of A, B, and C's necks, and took out three small cubes from it, "Just make sure not to leave anything usable."
Qiu Shi said nothing and watched as he took out the small squares from the necks of several other biochemical bodies.
"Do you have one too?" Qiu Shi asked.
"Yes." Xing Bi said.
"Is this your power supply?" Qiu Shi asked again.
"No." Xing Bi said.
"Is it your brain?" Qiu Shi asked again.
"...There is still a gap between my imagination and that of humans." Xing Bi finished dragging the symbiote forward.
As they approached the edge of the lair, a rustling noise finally came from the headphones.
"Xing Bi, Qiu Shi, heard the reply." It was Li Feng's voice.
Probably because he kept repeating this sentence, or maybe he was anxious, Li Feng's voice was completely mute, with a sad temperament: "Xing Biqiu heard the reply, heard the reply..."
"Word." Qiu Shi said.
Li Feng paused for a second before shouting again in a hoarse voice: "Qiu Shi? How are you doing? Are you injured?"
"Xing Bi and I are alive," Qiu Shi said, "the three second-level potential guards are gone."
"Reply on the completion of the mission." A female voice spoke, and it sounded like it was Colonel Xu.
"The mission is basically completed," Qiu Shi said.
"Have you reached the center of the nest?" Colonel Xu continued to ask, "Has the status of the source of infection been identified?"
In contrast, Li Feng, who first asked if they were injured, was much more humane, although Li Feng's concern was only due to the fact that they were the only partners who could carry out the mission at present.
"Where's Li Feng? Let him speak." Qiu Shi said.
"Director Li has gone to pick you up at the door." Director Zhang's voice came over.
"Prepare the isolation box." Xing Bi said.
"Ready," Director Zhang said, "Have you brought back the symbiote?"
"It may be the source of infection." Xing Bi said.
This symbiote brought out of the lair shocked everyone in the command.
After disinfecting the two of them, Li Feng stood in front of Qiu Shi, with a hint of disbelief on his face: "I originally allowed you to return to the bunker after today's mission."
"You don't have to make so many excuses to talk to me," Qiu Shi said. "The only reason I haven't been silenced is because no one can replace me."
"Take a break for half an hour," Li Feng glanced at Xing Bi, who was undergoing a preliminary inspection by Director Wu and his technical staff, "You have to attend a meeting in half an hour."
"Then what?" Qiu Shi asked.
"Then it will be decided. After the general personally participates," Li Feng looked at him, "many things are no longer controllable at the director level, and I don't know the specific next step."
"Then what can you control," Qiu Shi said, "can you control the safety of my brothers?"
Li Feng was silent for a while and replied: "I'll try my best."
"I still have something to ask you," Qiu Shi looked at Colonel Xu and Director Zhang who came out of the door, "You find time."
"Yes." Li Feng turned his head and looked at Colonel Xu, "I have a lot of experience to summarize from this mission. I hope to see your progress next time..."
"Qiu Shi, take a break and arrange a full physical examination for you." Colonel Xu stood in front of him and scanned him from top to bottom. "Your group's performance is still good today. In the case of technical problems, The mission was still accomplished.”
This group?
Qiu Shi stared at her and frowned.
She turned to Li Feng again: "Ask Director Wu to arrange the symbiosis experiment of the first-level submarine as soon as possible. Time is limited. The general is still waiting for the preliminary results..."
"What experiment? Who did it?" Qiu Shi interrupted her.
Colonel Xu gave him a somewhat unhappy look.
"Xing Bi? What kind of symbiosis experiment?" Qiu Shi ignored the change in her expression, "What do you want to do?"
"Qiu Shi," Li Feng reached out and lightly grabbed Qiu Shi's shoulder, "You don't have to worry about these."
"It's our lives that are at stake," Qiu Shi didn't look at him, but looked at Colonel Xu, "I don't need to care?"
Colonel Xu didn't say anything else to him, turned around and left, took two steps and said again: "The person you picked really has a personality, Director Li."
"Ashamed." Li Feng said.
Colonel Xu looked back at him.
"Leave me a way to survive," Li Feng said, watching Colonel Xu leave and then turning to stare at Qiu Shi, "I'm going to be transferred out of this project, and it won't do you any good at all!"
"I don't think you want to live much," Qiu Shi said, "please leave me a way to survive."
Li Feng said nothing and still stared at him.
"You want to use Xing Bi for a symbiosis experiment," Qiu Shi glanced over there. Xing Bi was walking into the box where he came from. "His hand is injured, so it's just for experiments, right?"
"Zhenzhen has been infected." Li Feng frowned and looked left and right, "He accepted the infection himself."
"What?" Qiu Shi turned his head in shock.
Over there, Xing Bi had already entered the box, and the staff were closing the door of the box. When he looked over, Xing Bi was also looking at him.
"Fuck|Your ancestor." Qiu Shi extended his middle finger to him.
Xing Bi smiled.
"To find the relationship between symbionts," Li Feng said, "experiments cannot be avoided. It is safer to choose the infection site yourself."
Qiu Shi turned back and looked at him.
"He has lived countless years longer than us," Li Feng said. "He has gone through countless things. Just worry about yourself."
