Why it never ends

Chapter 998 Misunderstanding

The heavy impact of the collision with the ground caused Eucalyptus to lose consciousness briefly. When he heard someone calling his name again, danger was already imminent.

Hazel pulled the broken window sill on the second floor, shouting at the top of her lungs to urge Eucalyptus to wake up quickly - not far away, a new round of killing machines was approaching again, the sound was getting closer and closer, and it was almost about to pass the intersection of this street.

Eucalyptus stood up unsteadily, blood gushing from her forehead, soaking her hair.

"Eucaly, jump up! Catch me!" Hazel grabbed the wall with both hands, suspended half of her body in the air, and stretched out her feet towards Eucalyptus.

Eucalyptus' eyes turned blue, and she felt the world in front of her was still shaking. She heard the gunshots and Hazel's proposal. Even though she hadn't figured out the situation, her body had already subconsciously started to ask for help. She held her head and looked up, reaching out to Hazel's legs. Before she could take a step forward, a strong man who ran from somewhere else rushed towards her, knocked Eucalyptus to the ground again, and grabbed Hazel's ankle.

"Let go, you bastard!" Hazel yelled.

"Stop talking nonsense, old man! Pull me up!"

Hazel gathered her strength and kicked the man right in the face. He screamed and fell again.

At the corner of the street, the gray-white square killing cars had already entered everyone's sight. One of them turned towards the street where Eucalyptus was, and quickly fired at several people who were fleeing on the street.

"Eucalyptus, come on, catch me!"

Before she could finish her words, a series of bullets hit the brick surface of the building in front of Eucalyptus, and the flying stones scraped her skin. She jumped several times but failed to catch Hazel's feet.

There are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets.

"Take good care of the children..." Eucalyptus covered his head and looked at Hazel with difficulty, "I... I will come to you later--"

She quickly fled to the alley not far away.

"Hazel... help me take care of the kids!"

“Eucalyptus!”

A volley of bullets flew towards Eucalyptus' back, and before being hit by them, Eucalyptus dodged into a dark alley.

……

The moonlight enveloped the wilderness.

Li Ge continued to move forward under the guidance of Sahame. She felt that she had run about 200 kilometers and was gradually approaching the Weihotun Plateau in the middle of District 12.

Sahame's voice became weaker and weaker, and her consciousness became more and more blurred. Rico tried to wake her up from the edge of sleep several times, but it became more and more difficult.

Suddenly, several familiar figures appeared in front of them, and they approached quickly, trying to block Rico's way. However, when they recognized Rico's face and the injured on her back, everyone immediately removed their voice-changing devices.

"Rico!?"

"... Pascal? Eugene? Xiaosko?" Rico called out the other party's name in surprise, "You are all alive!"

Several people wanted to hug each other. Sahamei weakly raised his eyelids and took a look, letting out a very light hum.

"I'll bring Sahame back!" Li Ge said, "She's seriously injured and needs immediate help to stop the bleeding!"

"This way!" Several people immediately changed their formation and led the way.

Everything at night seemed to be a repeat of the day. After a quick climb, Rico arrived at an entrance at the top of a mountain - just like the Awad Prison where she and Hesta had gone in the morning.

Soon after entering the room, Pascal and Eugene took over Sahame, and Xiaosko put a blindfold on Rico. Rico felt that he was taken to an elevator with very complicated procedures, and then quickly sank.

Two minutes later, Sahame entered the emergency room.

Li Ge's heart finally settled down - although she didn't know where this place was, since it had similar facilities to the base, she didn't have to worry about anything. The medical methods at the base were extremely amazing, and as long as the person was not dead when he was sent here, he could basically be saved.

Only then did Rico free his hands to hug his former companions. They talked about their experiences during this period and choked up several times and couldn't speak anymore - a few of them did survive, but there were many more people who stayed in the Faialar Desert forever.

When other mercury needles heard that there were new people coming tonight, they also rushed over from other places to say hello. Li Ge shook hands with them one by one and listened to them introduce their original units and the opportunities for joining here.

It was just that during this process, Rico kept looking at her watch. She was not very interested in socializing with strangers, and she was more concerned about what was going on in Hesta than listening to these people discussing their lives before the Fayaral Desert.

That level of gunfire certainly couldn't hurt Hesta, but what about Eucalyptus? What about the two children? Victoria was supposed to be watching a fairy tale play with them tonight, but she ended up fighting with Sahame. I don't know what the situation is in Emanlia now.

"Okay." Rico interrupted the man in front of him, "It's late now."

"Look at me! I didn't even notice the time," the man smiled apologetically, "It's time to rest. I'll accompany you to the time-restricted recovery area first. When you can move around on your own, I'll take you to our dormitory areas. You can pick a place by yourself and see which functional areas you like to be closer to—"

"I'm not staying here overnight." Rico said, "I have to go back."

“…Where are you going back to?”

"Emanlia," Rico replied, "I have friends over there, so I can't stay here for long."

All the mercury needles present changed their expressions.

The mercury needle who had been trying to chat with Li Ge turned his gaze intriguing: "...did you remove the chip when you came here?"

"I took it off. Sahame told me that I have to take off the chip when I come here, and I can't wear the bionic arm." Li Ge raised his hands, jumped lightly, and kicked his feet left and right. "But my limbs are all original, so you don't have to worry."

"Then why are you going back!" Eugene raised his eyebrows, "If you go back now, you will be arrested and sent to prison immediately!"

"...We have to go back first." Rico said, "I won't tell anyone where I went tonight, you can rest assured."

In silence, several mercury needles quietly moved their positions, blocking the path to the exit.

Li Ge was keenly aware of the change in atmosphere. She looked at the people who had suddenly entered bullet time and whispered, "It seems you are not going to let me go..."

"Do you have to go back?" Xiaosike was so anxious that tears were about to fall. "Since Sahame brought you here, she must have something to say to you. Why don't you stay with her in the emergency room for one night? Just one night--"

"No need." Rico said, "If you want me to join your organization, I can give you an answer now..."

Rico took half a step back.

"impossible."