Time: 4 days after the virus spreads
27% of the total number of infected people
After dealing with Doctor Grande's matter, Li Ang honestly worked as a general at the Red Crown Base for a day, and went to Karen's residence again in the early morning of the fourth day.
He didn't show up for two whole days, so Karen put aside her little thoughts and adopted a business-like attitude: "Alex gave me a part of the virus sample yesterday, and it has been taken away by the Black Watch people. What's the next step?" what to do?"
She is currently very satisfied with her position and Li Ang.
I just want to use you, not sleep with you, don't be too pretentious.
"The next time Alex comes to see you, tell him that the number of samples is insufficient and more is needed, especially the key substances produced from the deepest parts of the infected lair."
Karen looked embarrassed after hearing this: "Is this going too far? What will he do if he finds out?"
"You can't turn back anymore, do as I say." Li Ang said in a very calm tone: "After you finish this, go to Red Crown, Black Watch will protect you."
Karen subconsciously asked: "What about you? I mean you are no longer responsible for protecting me?"
She didn't mean anything else, she just felt that with Li Ang around, her life would be more secure.
After all, Karen has been with Alex for so long, and she knows his character too well. He is smart, strong, egotistical, and vindictive. Once he finds out that he has been cheated, he will definitely come back to trouble her.
Li Ang understood her uneasiness at this time and said with relief: "We will arrange for you to leave New York as soon as possible and go to a place where he will never find you."
But Karen still frowned: "Maybe what you said at the beginning was right. Alex is no longer the same person."
Then, she seemed to have made some kind of decision: "What do you think? I join Black Watch?"
not so good.
In Li Ang's view, there is no difference between joining Black Watch now and joining the Fruit Army in 1949.
"I advise you to think carefully before making a decision. Black Watch is not a Boy Scout. It's just about selling cookies."
Karen sighed: "It's true, I just don't know what to do."
She curled up completely on the chair, her eyes were red, and she exuded a weak and weak temperament.
Li Ang turned a blind eye to this scene: "After the matter has been explained, it's time for me to leave."
When Karen saw this, she immediately stopped pretending and said angrily: "You are really a stone-hearted person!"
Li Ang didn't bother to pay attention and walked directly towards the door.
As a result, when he opened the door, he saw Alex who was about to knock on the door.
Okay, no need to leave now.
"coming?"
"coming."
Li Ang gave way: "Come in."
Alex walked into the room with an expressionless face and said hello to his ex-girlfriend.
A few minutes ago, he was still thinking about how to deceive people, and then the victim came, making Karen very nervous and even stammered a little when he spoke.
Fortunately, Alex didn't pay attention and was only thinking about the virus.
"How was the sample analysis? Did you find a solution?"
Karen stabilized her mood, and with Li Ang sitting next to her at this time, she gained some confidence and said loudly: "Something went wrong. The samples you got back are not enough, and a very critical substance is missing. I think you have to make one more trip."
"With this, I can reverse the virus and cure you completely."
After giving her reasons in one breath, she added: "I'm sorry."
Then he lowered his head, hiding his complicated eyes.
This apology contained Karen's regret and guilt for the betrayal, but Alex didn't think too much about it, simply thinking that she was blaming herself for not analyzing the results.
"It doesn't matter. As long as I can cure this thing, it doesn't matter how many times I run."
Li Ang took over the conversation: "If you need help, please come to me at any time."
Only then did Alex realize that there was an infected person in the same situation as him in the room: "How is your sample collection going?"
Li Ang said in a relaxed tone: "The situation is similar to yours, the progress bar is stuck."
"You don't look anxious at all." A slightly suspicious look appeared on Alex's face: "Isn't your infection more severe than mine?"
Li Ang said with profound meaning: "If the source cannot be solved, it is useless no matter how anxious we are."
Alex realized something instantly: "You mean that woman?"
Li Ang did not rush to explain, but first signaled Karen to avoid it: "Cover your ears, knowing that being too clear is not good for you."
Karen heard this and went into the kitchen obediently. She would not eavesdrop any more this time.
Li Ang then continued: "Through my observation during this period, Elizabeth is a human-shaped poison tank. All infected people in New York, including you and me, originated from her."
"She is key to explaining the virus in our bodies."
"Are you interested in working with me to deal with her?"
After hearing these words, Alex thought for a long time: "I'll think about it again. Besides, you said before that she took you in, why do you want to deal with her now?"
Leon knew very well that Alex was currently only interested in what happened to him, and Elizabeth was too far away for him.
But Li Ang will help him make up his mind as soon as possible.
"Not only did she take me in, she also wanted to control my brain. Why do you think I should deal with her?"
Alex grasped the point: "Can she control other infected people?"
Li Ang looked like you didn't know this: "Of course, except for you and me, all other infected people are under her control."
Alex nodded thoughtfully: "I know."
Afterwards, the two chatted for a long time, mainly because Li Ang was deliberately guiding Brother A to think of Elizabeth as the mastermind behind the scenes.
It wasn't until Li Ang felt that it was almost the same and stopped this kind of ideological indoctrination.
In the end, it doesn't matter whether Alex believes it or not, he just needs to leave a seed in his heart waiting to germinate.
"I'm going to the lair to collect samples, do you want to come with me?"
Brother A sends you a team invitation.
Li Ang declined: "I have other things to do, and I may have to go again after a while."
"Then leave your share to me." Alex's tone was still cold, but the words he said were heart-warming.
After that he left.
Li Ang waited for a while, and then suddenly jumped up from the sofa, urging eagerly: "Karen, hurry up, hurry up, we should go!"
Karen, who heard the sound, came out of the kitchen and said hurriedly: "I didn't hear a word!"
"Who cares about this?" Leon commanded: "Tell Captain Cross to take action immediately."
"Oh okay." Karen went to get the communication equipment.
Blackwatch usually gives her tasks through Cross, so the two can keep in touch.
Li Ang connected to the hive consciousness to find Elizabeth, and said straight to the point: "Lend me some of your hunters."
Elizabeth was busy spreading the virus at this time, and was a little confused when she suddenly received a message.
"What do you want them for?"
"It's definitely not for eating." Li Ang replied immediately: "It will be of great use if you borrow it, and I will definitely not let you suffer afterwards."
Elizabeth reluctantly agreed: "Okay, is 20 enough? Or 30?"
Li Ang was not picky: "It's all fine, it's up to you."
Elizabeth gave him a small portion of the nest authority that could be withdrawn at any time: "Okay, now you can control them."
Li Ang sensed it carefully, and indeed sensed the presence of 30 hunters. There was actually a hunter leader among them, and they were not far from him.
"You are so thoughtful! Although you can't be my mother, I can respectfully call you Sister Bai."
"Thank you, Sister Bai, no Aunt Bai!"
Elizabeth passed back a string of garbled characters, obviously not knowing how to evaluate his behavior.
After a while, she asked again: "Did you just meet Alex again?"
The status of the two virions in the infected group is very strange. Even Elizabeth can only detect their locations, but cannot know what they have done.
Not to mention controlling them like any other infected.
So Elizabeth was curious.
Li Ang saw people talking nonsense and ghosts talking nonsense: "Let's contact the brothers, there is something else here, hang up first." After saying that, he exited the mother's nest consciousness.
Elizabeth was somewhat angry, feeling that he did not respect her, the mother of the virus.
He's been pleasant for too long, it's time to teach him a lesson.
On the other side, Leon learned from Karen that Captain Cross had launched an operation, so he immediately controlled a group of hunters and rushed to Dina's hiding place in the west of the city center.
And Karen was arranged by him to go to the Red Crown.
Dina's hiding place is a house left by her friend before leaving New York. It is in ordinary condition but secluded enough.
When Alex was usually away, she used the journalism knowledge she had learned to search for useful information on the Internet, which invisibly helped her brother a lot.
Only the last plan failed.
McMullen, who was supposed to check out the infected's lair, unexpectedly canceled the plan at the last minute, leaving Alex with a wasted trip.
Although this incident was completely unexpected, Dina still felt that she had not investigated clearly, so she began to work harder to find clues.
In the end, she actually found something useful.
In 1969, there was an armed rebellion in a small town called Hope, Idaho. First, the militiamen massacred civilians, and then the army killed the militiamen. In the end, there was only one survivor left in the entire town of Hope, named Elizabeth Green.
Dina was overjoyed to find this clue and was going to record it and tell Alex.
But just as he was about to move the cursor and click save, the floor beneath his feet suddenly shook.
Immediately afterwards, not only the floor, but the entire house began to tremble, and there was an overwhelming creaking sound.
Dina suddenly panicked, got up and hid in the corner farthest from the sound.
A few seconds later, in her horrified eyes, a giant smooth-skinned monster broke through the wall and broke in.
The monster was as tall as two people and occupied the small room as soon as it entered. There were blood stains everywhere on its body, some of which had dried up, while others were so fresh that they were still smelling.
It opened its huge mouth full of sharp teeth and roared at Dina.
Although Dina is a little bolder, she is still an ordinary girl.
His face was pale from fright, his whole body was weak, and he couldn't think of anything except screaming loudly.
The leader hunter used his forelimbs to grab the annoying little thing in front of him, but he did not hurt her, but directly broke through the wall on the other side and left.
The dilapidated hut was in a mess, with broken bricks and collapsed furniture on the ground.
Only the table where the computer was placed was intact, and the computer screen that was not turned off still showed the news that Dina had just browsed.
A few hundred meters away from the hiding place, there is the rooftop of another building.
The leader of the hunter gently placed Dina, who was so frightened that she fainted, in front of Li Ang, and then stepped aside respectfully.
While confirming Dina's situation, Li Ang said: "Tell your brothers to stay nearby and wait for Alex to come back."
The leader growled in agreement and used the nest to inform the nearby ordinary hunters of the mission.
In order not to leave memories of him in the minds of the hunters, Li Ang never showed up. He only gave orders through the leader and maintained a single line of communication.
Now that the matter is done, the only thread should be cut.
"You come closer."
The hunter leader's IQ is equivalent to that of a human being, but it never thought that someone who could completely control it would kill it. This was illogical, so it crawled in front of Li Ang obediently.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, a claw as sharp as a knife penetrated its chin and penetrated into its brain stem.
The wound was bleeding profusely. The hunter leader kept blinking and subconsciously clasping his limbs to the ground, as if he still didn't understand what was happening.
It wasn't until a searing and severe pain spread throughout the body that it let out a dry and hoarse roar.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The sharp claws that penetrated the head shattered the brain. The collision of the claw blades was like a death knell, and the ears were filled with the sounds of broken bones and crushed flesh.
The strip-like tendrils wrapped around the body of the hunter leader at some point, dissolving its body at an extremely fast speed and turning it into nutrients of black light.
At the last moment of his life, the leader, who could not resist, howled with unknown meaning, as if he was accusing him.
Its voice was rough and wet, its vocal cords dissolving.
In just a few seconds, the leader's huge figure disappeared. Li Ang burped with satisfaction and withdrew his claws and tentacles.
He picked up the unconscious Dina and jumped off the rooftop.
The brood consciousness kept sending messages from Elizabeth, but Li Ang ignored them and returned to the Red Crown as quickly as possible.
Sneak all the way until you enter the general's office and transform into Randall.
Put Dina on the chair and pick up the phone on the table: "Call Karen Parker to my office."
Not long after, a slightly cautious Karen knocked on the door and came in: "General, are you looking for me?"
Li Ang said simply: "Give you a chance to atone. Take care of her during this period, but don't reveal her identity to anyone."
Only then did Karen see the girl with her eyes closed on the chair: "Dina? How could she."
As soon as she finished speaking, she consciously closed her mouth.
The more you know, the faster you die.
Immediately afterwards, Li Ang called a soldier to help Karen carry Dina back to her residence at the base, and ordered a small team of black guards to station around the residence.
After arranging everything, he called Dr. Grande to the office again.
As a result, before the doctor came, he received a call request from Captain Cross. After the call was connected, the captain said apologetically: "I'm very sorry, sir, I couldn't catch Alex and let him run away!"
I’ve seen everyone’s feedback about the lackluster plot and slow progress recently. It’s mainly due to the need for foreshadowing in the early stages. Now the foreshadowing is almost complete, and the progress will be accelerated next!
(End of chapter)
