death of hope

Chapter 1071 "Psionic Storm" (144) The Madness of the End

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."

Drizzt hugged his daughter tightly, tears streaming down his face.

"Oh, I'm too old to see this..." The old woman made the sign of the cross on her chest, praying for the reunited father and daughter.

"I'm so envious... of being able to be hugged by my dad..." Junxiong sighed, "I wonder... if my family is still around..."

The crazy woman Anna went over and hugged Junxiong. She could only say the same thing: "Roy...Roy..." but she had expressed her feelings.

The reunion of the Eldar father and daughter was very touching, and anyone who saw it would shed a tear of sympathy, but the warmth could not change the fact that the survivors were in dire straits.

Li Ang decided to put the external threats aside for now; the most urgent task was to resolve the internal problems. The army was riddled with wounded soldiers, and there were simply not enough men left to guard the prisoners.

Li Ang pressed the gun to the pockmarked man's heart, and out of consideration for their past comrades-in-arms, shoved a Marlboro cigarette into his mouth: "Anything else you want to say?"

Unexpectedly, the other party was not intimidated at all, staring fiercely into Li Ang's eyes:

"Heh, so this is your last meal before execution? Stop with the fake niceties and just shoot! All you care about is your pretty girlfriend, you haven't cared about anyone else's life or death from the beginning, have you?!"

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Li Ang felt his eyelid twitch, and suddenly his anger flared up, partly because the man was ungrateful, and partly because he had been right.

"I shouldn't have given you a cigarette... You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth!"

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, he heard a sound:
"stop!"

Looking back, he saw the Eldar girl Evelyn Darkmoon looking at him pitifully, saying in broken Common:
"Please, don't shoot! The pockmarked man is so pitiful. His family betrayed him to the research institute, and he's become disillusioned and distrustful of everyone ever since..."

Yuna also woke up at this moment: "Although I don't know what happened... please spare him..."

"You don't understand!" Li Ang gritted his teeth and roared, "That ungrateful bastard tried to shoot you!"

"We're all pitiful people... why hurt each other..." Yuna looked blank, her voice hollow: "I... just want to be with Tetsuya-kun, I don't want to see you kill anyone..."

"But...but! That bastard..."

Li Ang did not put down his gun. He could not allow this cancer in the team to live, but he also did not want to hurt Yuna. He was caught in the middle and was in a difficult position.

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The pockmarked man paused for a few seconds, then burst into laughter: "Haha!"
That's hilarious! You think you're sympathizing with me?!

"A hypocritical, saintly saint! And a self-proclaimed Casanova, a pretentious gigolo—you two are truly a match made in heaven, a pair of freaks!"

His pockmarked face was contorted with rage, and his curses were harsh, but the guilt in his eyes was ultimately undeniable.

He stood up unsteadily, the cold muzzle of the gun pressed against his head.
Ignoring the fact that her hands were still bound behind her back, she frantically dashed out, only to be discovered by the monster shortly after she emerged from cover. Tentacles grabbed her and tossed her into their gaping maw, where she was chewed to pieces. Before turning to face her death, the pockmarked face saw something beyond reality in Yuna Jinguji:
Divinity.

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This self-destructive and insane act terrified everyone, leaving them speechless for a long time.
Fortunately, the monster was busy dealing with the corporate warriors and didn't come over to check the side of the wall.

"What's wrong with that pockmarked uncle? Has he gone mad?" Junxiong was still shaken and terrified.

The old woman snorted, "Who knows? What a selfish bastard! Oh well, he's done for!"

"That guy puts on a tough front, but he's probably actually quite fragile..." Drizzt mused.
"He was right about one thing: if we want to break through, we must rely on Zero's power."

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"What? You've just reunited with your daughter and you've already forgotten that everyone else was born of a mother and father too?! Why should Miss Yuna risk her life to save you?!"

Li Ang cast a hostile glance at him:
"Pointy ears! Are you trying to drive her to her death like that pockmarked woman?!"

"It's a misunderstanding..."

Drizzt shook his head: "The Terran humans' understanding of psionic energy is only superficial. Zero's talent is historical, even surpassing that of the Dark Elf Queen, but no one has taught her how to properly utilize her talent."
It's like the internal energy cultivation deviation in your human martial arts novels; she figured out her own unorthodox method, relying entirely on intuition. Every time she used her spiritual energy, it was like lifting a weight and throwing it out herself.
She disregarded her own health and was already frail, which caused her injuries to worsen. If it weren't for her strong self-healing abilities, she would have died long ago.

Seeing that Drizzt spoke logically and didn't seem to be making things up, Leon suppressed some of his hostility:

“Go on, but I’m warning you, Pointy Ears, don’t even think about using Yuna’s kind nature to help you and your father get out of this mess!”

“I betrayed my comrades who risked their lives for me, I’ve done enough heinous things in this life…” Drizzt smiled bitterly.

"Psionic energy can be used not only as projectiles, but also as shields, and has advanced control applications."
You saw that move where they snatched the gun from a distance, right?

"Of course, we're not blind."

"That kind of technique is called 'psychic power' by us Eldar in the Ark."

"Wow, that sounds pretty far-fetched..." Li Ang nodded warily, "Your daughter is in the research institute, why don't you use this method to escape?"

Drizzt pointed to his chin: "That's because I was the one who used telekinesis to disarm the pockmarked face just now."

Although Evelyn is an Elven, she is still too young to master such advanced techniques, but Zero can. As I said, her talent is legendary.

"Hmm, so what's the difference between you and the pockmarked face? You're just forcing Yuna to sacrifice herself!"

“No, that’s not what I meant…” Drizzt explained earnestly.

"If you were Joseph, you would understand. Simply put, telekinesis tests talent more than physical strength. The effect of telekinesis depends on the amount of psionic energy stored, but it does not actually consume that amount... Sigh... It's too difficult to explain to an outsider like you!"

"Hehe, am I an amateur?" Li Ang laughed.
"I was sixteen when I led an army, boarded the pirate ship run by your pointy-eared relatives, and hacked those pointy-eared witches to pieces with a chainsaw sword! What do you mean by that?!"