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Chapter 1843 Hell Training (This cat begins to evolve into a super fat cat)

For the survivors, the following days were like hell.

They originally thought that once they opened their eyes, their daily lives would be turned upside down in an instant, and that struggling to survive every day was already hard enough. But soon, Duanmu Huai told them with facts that there are many sufferings in this world that are worse than death.

Whether in games, movies, TV or novels, survivors who want to survive in a city full of zombies usually try to keep their footsteps as light as possible and sneak around like thieves to avoid attracting the attention of the zombies. Not to mention that the zombies in this world are very fast, each one is as fast as a sprinter. Once you are discovered, you will be caught up and knocked down before you can even run.

However, Duanmu Huai did the opposite. Basically, when he arrived at a place, he only said one sentence.

"Go, clean up the zombies inside."

At first it was parks and squares, then it became shopping malls, and then apartments... The more people there are, the denser the zombies are. The survivors were naturally very resistant to this. What a joke, they had finally survived, not to fight the zombies!

However, the figure of the guy who was made into a mechanical servant swaying in the back quickly dispelled everyone's thoughts of resistance. Duanmu Huai also said that if they did not obey, they would be made into mechanical servants - after all, mechanical servants were still obedient.

Of course, at the beginning, there were people who wanted to escape in the chaos, but in fact, Medea was always watching from high altitude. If anyone tried to desert, she would be caught and made into a mechanical servant.

After two more mechanical servants were added, the others resigned themselves to their fate.

For these survivors who were just living their daily lives before, Duanmu Huai's teachings really put a lot of pressure on them. He was not the kind of ghost sergeant that everyone imagined, who would beat people to death and then order them to run circles and do sit-ups as punishment. But everyone would rather Duanmu Huai was that kind of ghost sergeant, because he was scarier than a ghost sergeant!

Duanmu Huai believed that people can't teach people, but they can learn things after being taught. So although he would explain the precautions to everyone before the battle, he would not emphasize them in particular. After that, he would signal them to try it themselves. So everyone had to bite the bullet and go, and then they encountered zombies. Some people's brains went blank and they collapsed to the ground in fear, while others had a mental breakdown, messing up the formation that had been arranged with great difficulty.

Needless to say, the zombies just rushed over and started biting people. If it were in a movie, this would have resulted in the entire group being wiped out.

But Duanmu Huai said...Want to die? Not that easy!

That's right, once something like this happened, Duanmu Huai wouldn't even care. He would just watch coldly from the side, and then when he saw that almost everyone was killed, he would let Mianmu Sanatori and others step forward to clear the area, and then let Medea be responsible for saving people. Medea's healing magic was naturally extremely powerful, and it was much more useful than any medicine. As long as you were not bitten to death, you could be saved.

But for the survivors, they would rather be bitten to death!

He was bitten half to death, then rescued, and then released to be bitten by zombies again.

What kind of torture is this!

You might as well give me a quick death by shooting me.

Oh, Duanmu Huai will not be shot, he will only be made into a robot servant.

Under this extreme hellish training, these survivors fought for their lives. In just a few days, they quickly mastered the skills of forming a team to fight zombies.

But that’s not all. After the survivors were finally able to clear an office building without any injuries, Duanmu Huai congratulated them on passing the first stage of training. Then came the second stage—they had to engage in close combat with the zombies!

Give each person a machete, and then go up and chop. No guns are allowed!

So for the survivors, even more hellish training began.

Compared to using guns, close combat is more stimulating, especially the feeling of a knife slashing at a zombie, so much so that many survivors couldn't stand it at first. But as always, people can't teach people, but they will learn after being bitten by zombies a few times.

Although Duanmu Huai's training was indeed painful, except for a few mentally weak people, all the other survivors persevered.

The reason is simple, that is... they are really not afraid of being infected!

That’s right, as long as they wear the emblem of the Inquisition and then use Medea’s magic treatment, even if they are bitten by zombies, they will not be infected, let alone turn into zombies!

It is precisely because of this that they cannot leave here. Even though Duanmu Huai’s hellish training is so hard, most people endure it silently.

After all, they have suffered so much just to survive, not to become zombies or robot servants in the future!

In this way, Duanmu Huai and his team stayed in this urban area for about a week, and the number of survivors increased.

But what made Duanmu Huai speechless was that most of them were women and children.

When asked, most of the time they said their father went out to find food and medicine for the family, then went out alone and never came back.

There are also couples in this situation, where the man leaves and never comes back, and the woman left can only curl up at home, shivering and waiting to die.

How to put it... For Duanmu Huai, it’s such a waste.

If I had stayed, wouldn't my team be stronger now?

Never mind, it’s the same now.

Duanmu Huai shook his head, then stood up and stretched. While sweeping the city, they also found a hotel to stay in. Although most of the humans had turned into zombies, the water and electricity were still there. Duanmu Huai was not just a whip without candy. A warm bed, food, and a hot bath were enough to relax these people's tired nerves.

Duanmu Huai walked out of his room, went to the next door and knocked on the door, and then Mary opened the door.

"Ah, Mr. Duanmu."

"Well, how's it going?"

"Nothing special... Miss Lumière is trying to make contact, but it seems that the situation is really bad. She can't even receive any meaningful communication frequency."

Mary shook her head and let Duanmu Huai come in. In the room, Lumiaire was operating through the terminal. Although no one knew what she was doing, at least she looked like the hackers in the movies, and seemed to be very busy.

"Mr. Duanmu, it seems like you will be staying here for a long time?"

"Huh? Really?"

"Yeah, in the last world, didn't you always try to find a way to lock onto the evil god and destroy it? This time, I thought you would rush over directly after knowing where the evil god is." "I thought so, but the problem is not that simple."

Duanmuhuai shook his head.

"Remember what the Inquisition's duties are?"

"Protect humanity at all costs, and eliminate all threats to humanity?"

Mary knew this sentence by heart.

"This is where the problem lies."

Duanmu Huai nodded seriously.

"From what we can see now, the Corrupted Filth has probably already infected the entire world. If we go straight to the Corrupted Filth's lair now, what do you think will happen?"

"………………?"

"It is very likely that a plague will break out all over the world in an instant, completely turning the world into its plague garden."

Duanmu Huai stared at Mary with a serious expression.

"The plague of the Corruption Stain isn't just some little thing in the movies that only infects humans and animals. Any living thing will be infected by the Corruption Stain and then assimilated. Then you can experience what it feels like to live in a shit pile. Not metaphorically, by the way, but literally."

"Ugh..."

Hearing this, Mary's face suddenly tensed.

"This is different from the situation in Tyrannical Wrath. If we don't find a way to kill as much corruption as possible, the situation will only get worse. But we can't do it alone, so we need manpower, and we have to leave seeds. At the very least, we need to leave a human anchor in this world."

"So Mr. Duanmu, you don't care about their weird statements?"

Hearing this, Mary frowned, while Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders. Of course he knew what Mary was talking about. In fact, among the survivors, there has been a rumor circulating recently that Duanmu Huai and others are messengers from the gods in heaven. They are here to save the world, and they are the chosen ones. Those cruel trials are also tests from the gods for them.

In fact, Mary could understand that this was an excuse these people made up, but... well, how should I put it... they were right by accident. After all, they had seen magic with their own eyes, and Medea could fly in the air, which didn't seem like something an ordinary person could do. Moreover, this world didn't seem to be a magical world, and there was no knowledge of this at all.

But she felt a little awkward in her heart. After all, although it was not the first time for Mary to save people, it was the first time for her to save people as a "messenger of God". Looking at the survivors bowing their heads and worshiping her devoutly, Mary always felt a little awkward.

"……………Aha."

Mary sighed silently.

"Do you need me to explain this to them? I know that if there is no guidance, spontaneous religious cults will become distorted to an unknown extent."

"Well, that's why I came to you, please."

"Okay, I'll find a way... Um, do we need to tell them about the universe?"

"No, most people only need a simple binary concept, good guys and bad guys, angels and demons. For them, this world alone is enough to keep them busy. There is no need to tell them too much about the universe. And if everything goes well, this will not be a problem they need to consider in the future. Just say a few things about the warp and the taint of corruption to let them understand the current situation."

"I understand... I'll find a way... to explain it to everyone in a way that's easy to understand."

Mary thought for a moment, then sighed silently and nodded.

"Actually, I don't really like this kind of religious atmosphere."

"I think the religious atmosphere of the Inquisition is also very strong."

Duanmu Huai looked at her in confusion. The Inquisition was a church where even its warships were flying. What was the problem?

"That was not what I meant."

Mary shook her head.

"Although we live in a church, in fact, everyone has more of a belief than a faith, to protect humanity, to guard humanity, and to destroy humanity's enemies. It feels like everyone is a colleague, but the people here seem to treat the Inquisition as some kind of religious organization, like believers praying for God's blessing... or something like that."

"Most people are like this. They can't tell the difference between belief and faith."

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"But no matter what, all we can give them is the motivation to fight to the end."

The same is true for the Astra Militarum. Fighting Chaos, Orcs, and Zerg, it is not enough to rely on the motivation of protecting humanity, so they need faith. Even if the Emperor doesn't care about them at all, at least shouting "The Emperor is above" can give them courage. For ordinary people, being able to do this is enough.

"In short, no matter whether it is religion or brainwashing, we must hammer a nail into this place."

Duanmu Huai stared at Mary and whispered.

"No matter what, we must not let this world become a backyard of corruption."