mygo, but Cthulhu

This time he persisted for three seconds and passed through the complex maze with a total length of one thousand meters. After his figure appeared at the exit, he stood there for a moment, then fell heavily to the ground, and his blood soaked the ground beneath him.

"The experimental subject has been confirmed dead..."

A researcher spoke in a low voice, and Xian Juanxin's expression became more and more irritated. He waved his hand and looked at them expressionlessly.

"According to the agreement, his family will be moved into the controlled area, and they will be adequately compensated... Now, tell me, what exactly is the problem?"

"Master Xianjuan, we have really tried our best, but there is really no way we can succeed immediately. We really have no other choice."

The researchers looked at each other, and finally mustered up the courage to explain with a bitter face, shaking their heads in frustration.

"Even if we had your technical information, we would still need sufficient data. Currently, there are no test subjects capable of exceeding ten seconds, so we don't have the necessary data and therefore cannot improve the prosthesis... This is a dead end."

"So, you need someone who can last longer than ten seconds, right?"

Genjumaki asked softly, looking thoughtful, and the researchers nodded quickly. The blonde girl frowned slightly, and while she was thinking, Matsubara Kanon looked at the man's bloody body with an expression of pity, and spoke hesitantly in a low voice.

"Xin, although I understand why you're so anxious, isn't it a bit too much to treat human lives as consumables? He just wants his family to live in a safe place..."

"So, didn't I already pay him? His family being able to live in the controlled area is already a very satisfactory reward for him. He killed himself voluntarily."

Genmaki Shin interrupted her softly, and Hanane's expression became more and more tired. She lowered her head and said nothing more. After a moment, a girl from Hanasakigawa wearing a military uniform suddenly volunteered to step forward and saluted Genmaki Shin.

"Senior Xin, let me do it. I can definitely last more than ten seconds."

"Are you sure? You should also know the risks involved, right?"

Xian Juanxin raised an eyebrow and asked softly, and the girl nodded vigorously with a wild look on her face. There was no fear on her face, only the glory and determination to face death with indifference.

"I know, Senior Xin, but the company has been stuck at this obstacle for a long time. If we can't resolve this technical problem, we won't be able to put the Sian Westin into use. This will cause the company to suffer serious losses and will also cause a breach in the order you lead... As your soldier, I will never tolerate this."

"But you might die from this."

Kanon opened her eyes wide and spoke quickly, while the girl smiled nonchalantly.

"My life is worthless. If it weren't for Senior Xin, I would have either been tortured to death by those lunatics or starved to death. I am still alive today because of Senior Xin, and my life belongs to Senior Xin. If my sacrifice can help the company solve this problem, then my death will be well-deserved."

"Well said, Kazuka."

Yu Gu Youjia nodded in agreement. She looked at the girl reluctantly for a moment, sighed, and patted her shoulder encouragingly, her voice full of sadness.

"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to stand up. You used to be the most miserable among us, but now you have grown to where you are now... I am proud of your strength."

"Thank you, Youjia. Please don't feel sad for me, you and everyone else. Death isn't what we should fear. It's not our failure to help you, Senior, that's what we should fear."

The girl nodded slightly, and when she was about to step forward, her hand was suddenly held again. She turned around and met Youya's eyes full of pain and reluctance.

"Sister He Xiang, do you really want to do this? Perhaps if we wait a few more days, this problem can be solved. I don't want you to leave..."

"Don't be sad, Youya. My death is meaningful. Compared to those classmates who unfortunately died at the hands of lunatics, I am already very lucky. At least I have understood the true meaning of life."

The girl touched Yuya's hair comfortingly and looked at her seriously.

"Promise me you will take my

I want everyone to keep persevering, to continue serving my seniors and working for the company. Because only in this way can we fight this crazy world."

"I, I promise you..."

Youya nodded with sobs, but was still reluctant to let go. The girl smiled helplessly, then held her hand tightly, gently but firmly prying open Youya's fingers bit by bit. The latter wanted to stop her with tears on her face, but was caught in time by Yu Gu Youjia, and could only look at her back helplessly.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Senior Xin, I'm ready."

The girl walked up to Xian Juanxin and nodded vigorously and firmly, while the blonde girl smiled happily and patted her shoulder in approval.

"He Xiang, I will never forget your contribution. Thank you for dedicating your life to the company. I promise that your sacrifice will not be in vain."

"Thank you, Xin-senpai!"

The girl nodded vigorously with excitement. At the same time, Yu Gu Youjia also sighed and saluted her with his subordinates. The girl waved goodbye to them, then walked into the laboratory and quickly installed the Sian Westin under the operation of the robotic arm.

The anesthetic-removing liquid was watched as it entered the girl's body, and she regained the ability to move. She put on her military uniform and came to the testing site. After taking a deep breath, she nodded slightly to Xian Juanxin behind the glass, indicating that she was ready.

"let's start."

"Stop!"

She spoke softly again, and Ozawa Misaki's angry roar suddenly rang out. The researchers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and Genmaki Shin couldn't help but sigh, and turned to look at the black-haired girl who was walking towards her with gritted teeth.

"Misaki, why did you stop the test? Everything has reached a critical moment."

"Of course, it's because I can't allow you to treat human lives as consumables, especially my classmates as experimental materials!"

Misaki Ozawa roared in anger, then grabbed the list of testers who died from physical collapse on the table and pressed it in front of the blonde girl.

"Xian Juanxin, what are you doing? What do you think of human life? These are all living people. They all have their own joys and sorrows, and their own families. Yet, you have consumed them so easily..."

"They all volunteered. I didn't force anyone. In fact, they even begged the company to select them."

Genjumaki responded calmly and softly, raising her hand to push the stack of lists away and looking into Misaki's angry eyes.

"As you said, they all have their own families. Similarly, they also know that there is no security outside the controlled area. I gave their families the right to move into the controlled area, and they paid the price with their lives. This is a good deal for them."

"Even they themselves thought there was nothing unfair about this deal. Before the test, they all expressed their gratitude to me without exception... I was helping them, Misaki. If it weren't for me, he and his family would have died out there sooner or later. I saved their family."

"Then who caused all this?! Who allowed the proliferation of prosthetics, weapons, and violence?! Isn't it your String Roll Group?!"

Misaki growled in anger and grabbed her shoulders hard, and when Kanon hurriedly tried to stop their quarrel, Kazuka quickly rushed over, pulling Misaki away and shaking her head vigorously at her.

"Don't be like this, Misaki-senpai, I volunteered to sacrifice my life for the company and Kokoro-senpai. This is a true honor for me..."

"glory?"

Misaki Ozawa was stunned for a moment, then she slowly repeated the word with a distorted face. She stared at the girl with sadness and pain, and questioned her with trembling teeth.

"Waka, do you think this is an honor? The Genjumaki Group is the culprit behind all this, and this dictator named Genjumaki Shin just wants to use Sian Westin to kill more people and consolidate his reign of terror. What's the point of you using your life to perfect it? This is nothing at all..."

"Snapped!"

Following the crisp sound, the familiar burning pain spread across Misaki's face again. She was stunned for a moment and looked at Kazuka in disbelief. The latter also looked at her with a cold expression and spoke slowly, word by word.

"Even if you're Misaki-senpai, you can't be so disrespectful to Kokoro-senpai... I appreciate that you care about me, but you're torturing me by arguing with Kokoro-senpai because of me. I just want to contribute to the company. I don't want to become a burden."

After she finished speaking, she waved to the researchers on the other side, and they subconsciously began to prepare. Ozawa Misaki also saw Kazuka clench her fists, and she reacted instantly and quickly reached out to her.

"Waka! Don't do that!"

"I'm sorry, Misaki-senpai...but I have to do this. Otherwise, how can I face myself who was frightened by the bloody cross?"

The girl turned around to look at her, sighed, and gave a complex and apologetic smile. At this moment, everything in Misaki's vision became slow. However, even if she stretched out her hand as fast as she could, she could only watch as Kazuka's figure gradually became blurred, and her palm finally only touched her afterimage.

"Hexiang!!!"

As Ozawa Misaki wailed miserably, the arranged human models were neatly cut in half by the blade within a second. In the girl's perception, time was stretched to the limit. She heard the desperate cries slowly coming from behind her, and she couldn't help but close her eyes tiredly. When she opened them again, her expression became extremely determined again.

Maybe what Misaki-senpai said was right, maybe Kokoro-senpai was really using them... However, she didn't care about that. She just wanted to feel the sense of having value, and she just wanted her pitiful life to be of some use, because everything she had cared about in the past had long been torn to pieces.

So, run, run with all your might, that's all she can do.

As the time on the screen continued to advance, the girl crossed the preset track and maze at an extremely fast speed. Ozawa Misaki watched her rapidly receding back helplessly, and at this time, there was only a chaotic and painful buzzing in her consciousness.

Is she just going to watch her classmates die again?

As this thought flashed through her mind, she also caught sight of the Sian Westin artificial spine placed on the other side. She gritted her teeth and rushed forward without hesitation, pressing the emergency installation button before Xian Juanxin could stop her.

"Misaki, what do you want to do?!"

The blonde girl, who had always had a calm expression, opened her eyes wide, and Misaki did not even look back. The artificial spine that moved on its own violently penetrated her back, blood splattering everywhere. Misaki trembled and tried her best to endure the pain, then followed the special feeling that emerged and directly activated Sian Westin.

"call out,"

The next second, Genjumaka's spell chain missed. In Misaki's eyes, the whole world underwent a qualitative change. This slowness, combined with her senses transformed by the mechanical shock, made her feel as if everything around her was still, and she was the only one who could move.

The only person who could be said to be still moving was Kazuka in the distance. However, her terrifying speed, which had seemed impossible to catch before, now looked to Misaki like a slightly stuttering movement. She took a deep breath, took a step forward, and then ran desperately towards her classmates.

"It's okay, just hold on a little longer..."

At this time, He Xiang already felt

Her whole body felt like it was on fire and she was in excruciating pain. She was trembling and trying hard to encourage herself in her heart, but the next moment, she heard a roar that shouldn't have been heard not far behind her.

"He Xiang, stop right now, you're going to kill yourself!"

It's Misaki-senpai?! But how is this possible?!

Hexiang turned around in disbelief, and even in the world slowed down by Sian Westin, the figure she was familiar with was still approaching at an extremely fast speed. She realized the situation after barely seeing the artificial spine on Misaki's back, and she couldn't help but open her eyes wide.

"Misaki-senpai... So, your use of Sian Westin is so much better than mine?"

"That's right! So stop right now, Kazuka. You don't need to sacrifice yourself anymore! I can provide the data Genmaki Shin needs!"

Ozawa Misaki called out to her and stretched out her hand, while Waka stared blankly at the black-haired girl who was following her. She subconsciously wanted to raise her hand, but after a moment, she silently clenched her fist and shook her head gently at Misaki.

"Thank you for caring about me so much, Misaki-senpai... But, I'm already halfway through burning, how can I stop now?"

"Rather than spending the rest of my life lying in bed, I might as well use my remaining energy to make one last contribution to Senior Xin... I'm sorry."

Kazuka apologized softly, and Ozawa Misaki also saw the artificial spine on her back flashing with overload sparks. Her speed increased instantly. She turned around and pulled out the pistol from her waist. She kept pulling the trigger at her while rushing towards Misaki. The next moment Misaki dodged the bullet, her weapon had already slashed in front of her, but was blocked by the prosthetic blade.

"Waka, stop it! You're going to die!"

"Yes, I will die, but before I die, at least let me fight you one last time. I know I can't hurt you, but I must try my best!"

The girl roared resolutely, and Ozawa Misaki had no choice but to fight with all her might. In the eyes of others, their figures crossed each other countless times in an instant, and the sound of gunfire and blades clashing was so dense that it was terrifying. After twenty seconds on the screen, their short and long battle finally stopped.

"Cough cough cough..."

He Xiang coughed up the blood that was burned to boiling point in pain, and fell to her knees helplessly. Her senses had been completely destroyed, and even her artificial eye shattered due to the severe pressure. She could no longer hold her blade, and she let it fall to the ground.

"...Why do you have to do this?"

Compared to her, Ozawa Misaki was in much better condition. She panted for a while and then asked softly in a weak and painful voice. Kazuka trembled and forced herself to smile a complicated and bitter smile.

"Because... I was supposed to die that day, wasn't I? So many people died, my friends, my family, they all died... But, I'm still alive..."

"If the Blood Cross Disaster was only the final horror, I might have the courage to start a new life... But that wasn't the end, it was the beginning. This world is becoming increasingly strange and terrifying, and all I can do is follow Kokoro-senpai... I'm sorry, Misaki-senpai, but other than this, I really don't know what else to do..."

She struggled to squeeze out a weak and desperate voice, then lost her last bit of strength and fell heavily to the ground. Her prosthetic body and artificial spine burst into electricity and sparks, and in the last moment before she was engulfed by the flames, Ozawa Misaki heard her whimpering.

"Dad, Mom, I'm so scared..."

"boom,"

Her prosthetic body, which was overloaded to the point of collapse, exploded directly, and blood, flesh and metal were scattered all over the ground. The black-haired girl stood there, staring at the scene in a daze. She could not hear Hanane's anxious voice at all, and only felt despair swallowing her up bit by bit.

…In the end, she felt only fear, not the glory she had spoken of. Why did she choose to deceive herself when she knew the truth? Why did she choose death?

Misaki's mind was filled with these confusing questions, but she couldn't get any answers. She stared blankly at the flames, and finally she could only kneel down on the ground powerlessly, covering her face and sobbing tremblingly.

"Misaki, are you okay?"

Genmaki Kokoro's voice sounded beside her, and Ozawa Misaki no longer had the energy to feel angry. She turned her head numbly to look at her, and as expected, she found that there was only worry about herself on her face, and she didn't even look at the remains of Kazuka.

"That's enough data. Now, are you satisfied?"

Misaki Ozawa clenched her teeth and slowly squeezed out a sound. While Xin Gen was stunned for a moment, she suddenly got up from the ground, ignored the shouts behind her and walked quickly forward. Her tearful face was distorted, and her heart was also full of clear determination.

She may have to stay in the Xianjuan Group because of her family and friends... However, this does not mean that she will identify with this guy who is disguised as her friend. Even if she has to endure pain and everyone's opposition, she will never choose to be selfish and cold-blooded.

Because the heart she knew would never make such a choice. Even if this blonde girl betrayed her past self, she would never betray her true friend. She would never let the pure smile in her memory be covered by the strangeness and cruelty of today.

She wants to protect her "heart", she wants to protect everything precious in the past. No matter how crazy and chaotic the world becomes, she will never surrender to it... never.

Chapter 361 The Growing Madness

"Xiangzi, should we leave here?"

Shiina Riki spoke again seriously, and Toyokawa Shoko pursed her lips with a complicated expression. She turned her head to look at the coastline in the distance and shook her head silently.

"My unusual charm and Chuhua's bloodline problem need to be resolved. Only Meizhulan can do this. We can't leave now."

"But Udagawa Ako has already been eaten alive by Aine. Mizukuri can't help us anymore. She wants to kill all of us right now."

Li Xi responded softly with helplessness, frowned and continued to persuade.

"I know that you and Chuhua's problems need to be taken seriously, but there's no point in staying here any longer. Let's leave this city first. At least this way we can ensure safety..."

"We can capture Meizhulan's friends and threaten her to help us. It's not difficult as long as we can determine their location."

Toyokawa Shoko interrupted her softly, and Li Xi couldn't help but frowned after he realized what was going on.

"What about Uehara Himari? Even with your strength, you still can't kill her. Although she is crazy, she still has a morbid obsession with her teammates. What if she comes to stop us?"

"Both your abilities and mine can banish her into the turbulent space. Feima Li will not pose a threat."

Toyokawa Shoko shook her head slightly, and when Li Xi wanted to say something, Shoko's next words made her frown.

"Besides, I haven't found Kurata Mashiro yet. She killed Ruomai, and I must make her pay the price..."