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Chapter 1847 Emergency Assembly (I will be out on business again in a few days)

For those young survivors, the days in the Tribunal were even more oppressive than they had imagined. It could even be said that some were worse off than death.

Their daily work is to train and then go out to clean up the zombies. And they found that in the Inquisition, all the troops are basically separated by gender (Note: Duanmu Huai directly adopted the division method of the Star Realm Legion during the Empire period. The legions are all composed of a single gender. As for why the Empire did this, the players don’t know. Of course, many players still like this method)

After all, for female players, a legion of handsome guys is extremely cool.

And for male players, a legion of beautiful women is even more exciting.

Except for Alice who was assigned to the stay-behind group because of her young age, everyone else was assigned to different teams. And for them, everything they experienced in the trial court completely overturned their original cognition.

It was not until they actually entered the Tribunal that the survivors discovered that this was the largest shelter they had ever seen. There were nearly 300 people in the entire Tribunal, and all of them were organized into teams. Their task was to go out every day to eliminate zombies and clear out the enemies around them.

The first thing that surprised them was the weapons.

Those laser guns drove the military geek completely crazy. He held his gun and couldn't figure out how it was made. Not to mention that the energy storage method of these weapons was quite incredible. He took out an empty laser magazine, threw it into the fire, and waited for it to "cook" before taking it out.

Then there was the battle. During the battle, the first thing that surprised the survivors was the reaction of these soldiers when facing the zombies. Generally speaking, it is difficult for everyone to fight against zombies. After all, if these zombies bite or scratch you, you will be infected. In addition, there is no antidote, so it can be said that it is a situation of certain death.

Therefore, many people were restricted and unable to move freely when fighting zombies.

But the soldiers of the Inquisition were completely different. They didn't care about the zombies' bites at all. After joining the combat team, the black-haired boy saw with his own eyes that a veteran was attacked by a zombie while trying to protect others, and was bitten hard on the arm. He felt like the sky was falling at that time. He had seen other companions in other shelters abandoned by others after being bitten by zombies, and he thought it would be the same here.

However, to the boy's surprise, the other party did not take it seriously at all, just disinfected and bandaged it, and then continued to fight. The other people in the combat team did not take it seriously, and continued to chat and laugh with him, as if they did not care at all that this person might turn into a vicious zombie in the next moment.

But soon, they explained the situation to the boy.

Under the protection of the Inquisition, they don't have to worry about contracting the virus.

"We also think this is ridiculous, but it is true."

During the break after training, the man who was chatting with the boy had a complicated expression on his face, but he still explained it to him.

"Many of us have been bitten. Logically, we should all be dead, but we are not dead. As long as we wear the holy emblem, it seems to protect us from harm..."

Having said this, the soldier lowered his voice.

"To be honest, before the world became like this, I didn't believe in those things. If someone told me that the plague was a virus spread by an evil god, and that the Inquisition was sent by God to fight against the evil, I would definitely think that they were trying to scam people out of money. But... you have to admit that this thing is really useful. Although I don't understand why this thing can prevent us from being infected with the virus, at least it is really useful."

"So, what's going on?"

"I don't know either. I'm afraid only the Lords of the Inquisition know what's going on."

"Do you really believe what they say?"

Looking at his companions, the young man asked uneasily.

"Which ones? Are you talking about the story where the Stain of Corruption spreads the virus and attempts to turn the world into a corrupt and ugly garden, and the Inquisition is here to protect humanity and eliminate the evil?"

"Ah."

The young man nodded. He would know that this was not difficult, because the shelves in the inn that were originally used to place travel guides were now filled with these booklets. They told the story of the evil god called the Stain of Corruption, as well as introductions and illustrations of various demons, as well as the mission of the Inquisition, various rules and practices.

To the boy, this didn't look like a sermon from an organization, but more like a game setting book. This made him feel very fresh. Before the end of the world, the boy had seen some religious organizations that preached. Without exception, they all said stupid things like the end of the world was coming and only those who believed in their gods could be saved.

But the Inquisition's brochure does not have such content. It is more like a game manual, with the background setting of the final boss, its methods, and what we should do as "players". It also includes an explanation of the religious symbols of the Inquisition - the intact skull represents the purity of human beings, the hammer is the symbol of the Inquisition, and the gear represents the machinery of human civilization. Therefore, the skull, hammer and gear are the three symbols that appear frequently in the Inquisition.

"Honestly, I don't know."

The man shrugged.

"If it were in the past, I would think it was just a lie by a religious liar. You know... angels, demons, evil spirits... I have lived in this world for so many years and have never seen such things. But this Inquisition... it's hard to say."

He raised his head and stared at the bookshelf where pamphlets were placed not far away with a complicated expression.

"You know, if I really meet a Great Unclean One on the battlefield in the future, I will kneel down and pray to God on the spot... No, the Inquisition will bless me..."

The young man remained silent. The manual of the Inquisition also described in detail the enemies they were about to face. According to the manual, these zombies were actually just the lowest level of plague zombies under the command of the terrifying evil god. Above them were terrifying enemies such as plague bearers, rotten flies, Nurgle beasts, and great unclean ones.

In addition to this, they will distort all living things in this world and turn them into ugly and corrupt ones.

Even the plague zombies come in several varieties, there's the bone-breaking plague, where bones grow like crazy all over your body. The zombie chickenpox, where your body is rotten and covered in chickenpox. The two-faced worm, which turns into a zombie first, then turns back into a human, and then turns into a giant worm. And the destroyer plague, which drills into every hole in your body to lay eggs, and then sprays more worms out of you...

Frankly speaking, just seeing these descriptions made the boy feel itchy all over. This is even scarier than a horror story.

Not to mention that the Inquisition even detailed the circumstances under which each variant of the plague was created and the exact mode of action.

This reminded the boy of some disease explanation pictures hung on the walls of hospitals when he visited them before. This caused a great psychological trauma to him as a child. But at least those diseases were traceable and understandable.

But what the Inquisition described...sounds more like something from a horror game.

“Ding—Ding—Ding—” At this moment, a bell suddenly rang. Hearing the sound, the man next to him stood up.

"Emergency assembly? What happened?"

"gather?"

"Yes, it's an emergency meeting. Weren't you paying attention when you came in?"

The man grabbed the boy up.

"Once the bell rings, we are required to return to the team immediately and gather in the square in front of the station. Pack up and let's go! I don't want to get kicked by the captain for being late!"

Opposite the inn, which was the base, was a small park. It was usually a place for a walk to cool off, but now it had become the gathering place for the court of justice. The two hurriedly ran out of the inn and came to the park square opposite. Some people had already gathered there. The boy hurried back to his team and looked around. Soon he saw the girls he was familiar with also running out. The two sides greeted each other and then obediently returned to their respective teams.

The young man came to his senses and began to look to the other side. The first person he saw was Duanmu Huai. This tall giant was standing next to him wearing a terrifying armor that looked mighty and scary. He folded his arms and said nothing. On his shoulder sat a petite girl.

In fact, everyone has been privately speculating about the relationship between Duanmu Huai and the girl. At least it seems that they are definitely not father and daughter. And the girl is usually very cold. She basically stays with Duanmu Huai and never appears in front of other people.

Next to Duanmu Huai was a girl with golden hair and heterochromatic eyes. She was holding a notebook and writing something down, occasionally chatting with the people next to her. The boy remembered that her name was Mary, and she was one of the most familiar people in the entire court. She was mainly responsible for conveying the orders of the judge to everyone, and also telling them the doctrines of the court.

The girl Mary was talking to was called Lorena. She was dressed like a clergyman, and in fact, she introduced herself as a nun. However, no one thought she looked like a nun. The thing that impressed the boy the most about this girl was... her training.

That's right, Lorena was in charge of the training of the entire Tribunal. Whether it was running drills, exercises or special training, she would be responsible for supervision and training. To be honest, in the boy's opinion, training with this girl was super scary. Because when you are exhausted after doing ten push-ups, seeing that the other person can do a hundred push-ups without changing his expression, and she is a girl younger than you, that kind of frustration... well, it hurts more than a knife stabbing your heart.

Next to Lorena, the girl staring blankly at the sky is Myoume Sanatori. The boy didn't know how powerful she was, but after joining the team, he was sternly warned by others not to provoke this girl, because she could really attack people without hesitation.

It’s just that the boy has no impression of this yet. At least now he just feels that the other party is just a somewhat strange girl.

Further to the side are the most familiar Medea and Irisviel. They are both very loved by others. After all, these two are mainly responsible for helping others with treatment. Even some troubles with broken limbs, they can easily save them with those strange means, like magic.

No need to take medicine or get an injection, it will be fine in an instant.

This is what anyone would expect.

But what surprised the boy was that next to them, there was a red-haired girl. She was holding a drawing and muttering to herself as if she was looking at something.

"Who is that red-haired girl? Why haven't I seen her before?"

The young man quietly asked the man next to him, and the latter turned his head and looked in the direction he mentioned.

"Ah, that's Ms. Naruse Mio. She's back? I guess we have to move then."

"move place?"

"Yeah, oh, you didn't come at that time so you didn't know. Miss Naruse Mio has been out during this period, mainly to investigate the surrounding buildings."

"What is she investigating this for?"

"Then I don't know."

The man shrugged.

"After all, there are more and more people here, and we are running out of room. It's almost time to move. Our team once accompanied her on an investigation before. If I'm not mistaken, then this emergency meeting is likely related to this matter."

As they were talking, the others had already gathered in the square, and at this time Duanmu Huai also came over, staring at everyone and scanning them. Just feeling his gaze, the others had an inexplicable sense of oppression and fear, but they still gritted their teeth, straightened their chests, and stood there.

"Okay, let me make it short."

Duanmu Huai spoke.

"I think you have also noticed that there are more and more people here. For the city, expansion is not a good option in this environment, so we decided to transform this place."

Transformation?

After hearing this, the others were confused. Are they asked to become carpenters now?

Soon, someone raised his hand.

"Do you need us to prepare, Your Excellency the Inquisitor?"

"Need not."

Duanmuhuai waved his hand.

"I called you out for one reason only. Just stand here and don't go anywhere."

"???"

Hearing this, the others were even more confused, but Duanmu Huai was obviously too lazy to explain. He just turned his head and looked at Naruse Mio.

"I leave it to you, get started."