Ark Chess Player

"...What pharmaceutical company could have such excellent equipment and such outstanding combat personnel as a security contractor?"

"Given the circumstances, both girls and boys need to take good care of themselves when they go out." Huang shook his head helplessly. "If only we had known that even pharmaceutical companies would be hostilely acquired—anyway, you understand what I mean."

"……yes."

Yeti One nodded slowly, and smiled, but with a bitter taste in his smile.

"If only they could use all that time spent fighting to farm. If they could plant one more season of red wheat, at least half the infected in the settlement wouldn't have to go hungry. If it weren't for hunger, they wouldn't have gone to that village, been tricked into the empty granary, and locked inside. Their wails, their prayers, their roars—no matter what they made, it couldn't reach anyone else's ears, and they ended up starving to death... Sigh."

"Stop talking."

Big Bear hugged his sentimental brother, and the two looked at each other in silence.

Huang silently clenched her fists. Anyone with eyes could see the plight of the infected, but most people simply didn't care about their lives. She cared, but she couldn't change anything; she could only fight for the infected.

"This world is the same everywhere," Huang said softly.

"Yes...I could feel my older sister's presence!"

Yeti One's sadness vanished, and not only him, but the other two felt it too.

The Yetis's magic originates from Frostnova; when the Yetis leave Frostnova, they are merely ordinary sorcerers. As for those earth-shattering spells, Frostnova alone could actually control them more perfectly.

Huang was startled and subconsciously quickened her pace; she hadn't forgotten what Amiya had told her.

Amiya never mentioned launching a surprise attack on the Yeti squad now, because as a battlefield commander, she had a strong sense of self-discipline. She would determine the tactical objectives and then consider everything with the core mission in mind.

If we ambush the Yeti team now, the Yetis will definitely fight back fiercely, which will only increase the unpredictability of the Doctor's rescue plan.

"Light?"

Huang was surprised to find that the concentration of Originium was not as high in the area near the center of the ruined city.

Amiya stood at the edge of the light curtain; one step would take her to the center of the plaza.

"Amiya, what's wrong? Hmm? What's that sound of fighting..."

Huang gazed into the distance, his pupils gradually contracting.

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"How much longer can you hold on?"

The ground floor and the upper layer completely collapsed, the extent of which was no different from a massive explosion in a ruined city.

Amidst the ruins, the Patriot, his armor shattered, stood firm, his shield and spear always behind him, untouched.

Before him, Lin Lu, whose body had seemingly regenerated countless times, coughed up pieces of broken organs to prevent his breathing from becoming suffocated. He stood upright in the pit, his hooded helmet, which Amiya called a full D32 steel helmet, was half cracked open, revealing dark eyes filled with fierce fighting spirit.

"I can play with you all day long."

"interesting."

The patriots are laughing.

Beneath the terrifying skeletal mask, he was laughing maniacally.

Lin Lu has already earned his approval. He's a man with that kind of strength, responsibility, and commitment. Plus, he's the person Yelena likes, and the only person in the world who can touch Yelena openly without getting hurt... What's wrong with a son-in-law like that?

Throughout Patriot's life of fighting, he had rarely encountered such interesting people.

The last person he recognized and respected was General Helag.

"continue?"

"continue."

"very good!"

The patriot exclaimed that he hadn't fought for himself like this in a long time.

For decades, he fought for Ursus, for the infected, for many people, but never for himself.

At this moment, Patriot felt as if he had returned to a distant past. Who hasn't been young?

"It's about to start, Attorney Lin!"

"Don't die by accident, old man!"

"--Bang!!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the two collided again at almost instantaneous speed, stirring up a gust of wind.

A powerful gust of wind swept around, and Frostnova, having regained her mobility, raised her arm, turning ice into a shield to block it in front of her.

The ice shield was washed by the aftershocks of the attack, and cracks appeared on it in an instant, but it was still able to hold on.

Patriot and Lin Lu initially held back their strength in their battle, but once Frostnova was able to protect herself, they became like wild beasts unleashed, slaughtering each other and unleashing a bloodbath.

As the wind blew by, Huang, standing at the edge of the center of the square, stared in disbelief.

"Amiya, we're here to rescue the Doctor, right?"

"Ah."

"Is that person a PhD?"

"Ah."

"I see, haha..."

Huang scratched the back of his head and let out an awkward but polite laugh.

Is that a PhD?

Is that a PhD?

The patriot who beat ACE and Souct to a pulp, and then went to fight that gentle, nerdy PhD to a standstill?

Huang suddenly turned to look at ACE and found that ACE had a calm expression.

"You knew all along that the Doctor was such a good fighter?"

"Three years ago, which elite operator hadn't been beaten up by the Doctor?"

ACE looked at Huang. As an elite who had only been promoted in the last two years, Huang was lucky enough to avoid the doctor's private tactical training.

"Do you see that Sarkaz?" ACE pointed at Patriot.

Huang nodded: "Mmm, mmm..."

"You'll be the one getting beaten up next."

"Hmm... Eh?!?"

Chapter 398 The Killer Series

"Boom! Thud!!"

It was less a collision of flesh and blood and more a violent impact of steel.

Lin Lu's tactical fighting skills were completely meaningless at this moment, because the enemy in front of him did not belong to the category of humans in a certain sense.

Gundam.

Gundam.

Demon King.

Dragon God.

Using these analogies to describe Patriot is not an exaggeration at all. He is probably the strongest single human being that Lin Lu currently knows of; even Talulah cannot defeat him. In this desperate situation, Lin Lu would rather fight Talulah than fight Patriot.

Patriot never used Originium Arts, which prevented Lin Lu's Extraction ability from activating. If his opponent were Talulah, he could have absorbed all of Talulah's magic and then crushed her with overwhelming power.

Unfortunately, Lin Lu's opponent was a tough, muscular man.

This guy's playing a basic attack style!

"Boom boom boom!!"

Tactical combat evolved into a reactive, exchange-of-strike style. Patriots employed a single, unadorned Ursus military-style boxing routine from start to finish, his punches and kicks simple yet powerful, unleashing a devastating force. Lin Lu, on the other hand, unleashed a myriad of moves: Rising Sun, Soaring Eagle, Rainbow Sunshine, The Call of the Times, Dancing Youth, and Unleashing Ideals. Their fighting styles were ever-changing, embodying the essence of martial arts, with calisthenics reigning supreme.

The two fought fiercely amidst deafening roars, causing the earth to tremble and mountains to shake.

Patriot suddenly erupted, his blood boiling from years of fierce fighting. His fist sank deep into Lin Lu's chest, creating a deafening roar. Lin Lu's body flew backward uncontrollably, seemingly wide open and powerless to retaliate, but Patriot was unable to take a single step forward.

"In this situation, you still have reservations..."

Patriot raised his hand and touched the armor on his chest. Cracks appeared on it, and fragments broke off as he touched it. From within the shattered armor, a dark color was faintly visible; his chest was already filled with Originium.

The patriot smiled, slowly shook his head, and sighed deeply.

"Even a general couldn't easily break this armor. You're really strong."

This steam-powered battle armor had accompanied him in battle for many years, but it was no longer repairable after he left the military and he could only maintain it himself.

I thought it would shatter when facing Wei Yanwu of Longmen, or... when facing Talulah.

Patriots had long known that Talulah had condoned Mephisto's heinous acts, and he also knew that the people of Upper Chernobog... and the people of this ruined city, had all met untimely deaths.

When Patriot confronted Talulah in a menacing manner, Talulah revealed Mephisto's location before he could even speak. Furthermore, Talulah publicly announced the stripping of Mephisto's leadership position within the Reunion Movement and granted Patriot the right to execute him.

Patriots realized that Talulah was playing the victim, using Mephisto as a pawn to consolidate her own position.

If it weren't for the fact that the banner of the Reunion Movement must not fall... at least not now! How could the Patriots possibly let Talulah go unchecked?

The leaders of the Reunion Movement may have changed long ago.

It seems now that I was destined to face a calamity.

Descending to the bottom of the plaza's basement, Lin Lu stretched a hand out of the soil and, bracing himself against the ground, slowly pulled his body, embedded in the rubble, out. He patted his tattered hooded coat, shaking off a cloud of dust.

Lin Lu took a gentle breath, and his collapsed chest gradually rose back to normal.

"One move."

Lin Lu raised his right index finger and said calmly, "If this next move doesn't kill you, I'll admit defeat, okay?"

"law?!"

Froststar's expression changed upon hearing this, and she looked anxiously at Patriot.

Whether it was Bo Zhuokas's death or Lin Lu's accident, neither was what she wanted to see.

"Come!"