Knight Asylum

Seleu paused, then turned to look at U. "Just as you speculated, it is the same thing as the containment object."

"How lucky..."

U exhaled, but before he could relax, a communications officer stood up abruptly, "Wait a minute! There's a passenger on the platform!"

For a moment, the entire command console was silent except for the sound of the equipment being operated, and the atmosphere became extremely cold.

For Gurongi, humans are so-called wild monsters in the game. The purpose of Gurongi's killing game is to kill people to gain points. Once they kill people, there will be no one else around to kill, so they will naturally leave.

And now they are struggling with how to get No. 1 evacuated from the subway station.

The most compromising and safest way to end the Gurongi Game is to let Gurongi kill someone, and after the game is completed, Gurongi will naturally leave. This is not the first time they have evacuated residents from the Gurongi Game. If the place is empty, Gurongi will be angry and conduct a carpet search, but if there is one person left, Gurongi will kill that person and leave.

"Really? What a pity..." Enbei scratched the back of his head, "I will burn incense for him on this time next year."

As a rescue organization, Servier Turria certainly would not give their heads to the Gurongis in order to end their killing game, but they also could not turn back a train full of passengers just to save one person.

No one present said a word. They had seen this kind of thing many times and tacitly accepted the fact that this [helpless tragedy brought them unimaginable benefits].

Number One, who was hiding in the fire escape, clenched the box in his hand.

U was silent for a moment and then said, "Even if the passengers are crowded, 20 minutes is enough to evacuate."

"Retrieving surveillance footage."

A communicator sighed regretfully and began to replay the platform footage without much enthusiasm.

Whatever the reason, the fate of this unfortunate survivor was already determined.

Just when everyone present was thinking this, the communicator paused, rubbed his eyes vigorously, then widened his eyes, staring at the screen in front of him in disbelief, "This is——"

U keenly noticed the difference in the communicator's tone, "What happened?"

"2, 2... It's X-13 - The Daughter of Origin! The Daughter of Origin appears!" The communicator screamed as if he saw a female ghost.

"How is this possible! Why would the Daughter of Origin appear there?!"

Enbei quickly stepped forward and pushed aside the communicator who was a little out of control, then leaned over and switched the replay surveillance to the main screen.

Everyone looked at the main screen and held their breath.

The picture seemed to be disturbed by something and kept flickering. The crowded crowd in the previous second all moved to the platform in the next second. A girl in white clothes and blonde hair held the handrail, and walked down the stairs with an afterimage at the frequency of the flickering. Finally, she stopped in front of a young man with a huge travel bag. She stretched out her hand and opened and closed her mouth as if she was saying something.

"Quickly analyze what the Daughter of Origin said!" Embe raised his head and shouted anxiously.

"No - the lip movements don't match any of the pronunciations!" Seleu yelled as he began scanning the facial expressions of the Daughter of Origin as she appeared on the screen.

U still had a hunched back, but his hands were no longer hanging at his sides. Instead, they were crossed in front of him and his eyes were slightly narrowed.

X-13 - The Daughter of Origin, one of the many [S·L]s that can only be observed but not contained.

The harm is zero, and there are no signs of her appearance, but Servius Tullia and even governments of various countries are on alert. Of course, what they are alert to is not the Daughter of Origin herself, but the appearance of the Daughter of Origin.

Every time the Daughter of Origin appears, there will be an unimaginable change. During one such time, a mechanical life form ship with the purpose of integrating all life landed on Earth. Fortunately, the mechanical life form ship attacked [S·L]. According to their observation, the Daughter of Origin only appeared for less than five seconds, and the object of contact of the Daughter of Origin in those five seconds was the son of an entrepreneur who first observed the mechanical life form.

And this time...

"Hurry in," U ordered coldly.

Embe quickly hit enter and replayed the video at 16 times the speed, from the appearance to the disappearance of the Daughter of Origin.

"It actually appeared... in twelve minutes!" Embi took a breath and turned to look at U who was sitting at the highest point.

The person that the Daughter of Origin contacts will definitely play a crucial role in some terrible event in the future. This time, the Daughter of Origin appeared not for a few seconds, but for a full twelve minutes. They will have to re-evaluate the value of this remnant.

"How to do?"

U stared at the main screen intently. In the screen, the Daughter of Origin finally extended her right hand to the survivors.

"What is the name of this survivor?"

"We've found him! Reed Leonardo! He just arrived in [S.L] today and seems to be here for a trip!" someone stood up and shouted.

U exhaled a breath. The situation was extremely urgent. As a commander, he could not hesitate and had to make a decision as quickly as possible.

"The contact of the Daughter of Origin... the [Power] excavated from the ruins... Number One, this is my order. You have no right to refuse."

U raised his eyes.

"Open the box and use the containment."

"Wait a minute! The analysis of the ancient text is not yet complete!" Selyu stood up suddenly, "No one knows what will happen if that thing is used! And - the ruins where this thing is located do not seal the Gurongi! Don't you think it's strange!"

"That's the power that can defeat Gurongi," U said without even glancing at Seleu, "One, open the box and use the containment."

"learn--"

Without any hesitation, No. 1 in the fire escape bent down on one knee, placed the box flat on the ground, and unfastened the shackles on the edges of the box one by one.

"Click——"

With a slight sound, a stream of white air gushed out from the opened gap.

Number One exhaled, held both sides of the box with his hands, and opened the box with an extremely solemn expression. The metal wires were retracted to the bottom of the box, and a belt slowly rose.

But it was more like a stone artifact than a belt, covered with traces of corrosion left by time, as if it would turn into a pile of meaningless rubble if touched.

Without U saying anything, Number One reached out, picked up the belt, and stood up.

Seleu and other people who opposed the use of containment objects held their breath and watched the actions of Number One. Their curiosity about the [power] overcame their awe of the [power].

Number One put the belt on his waist with force.

But, nothing happened quietly.

Number One widened his eyes in disbelief. If he hadn't been holding the belt with both hands, the belt would have probably fallen to the ground.

"No... use? Why?" Selyu sat back down, turned to face the computer, and quickly tapped the keyboard with his ten fingers. His eyes were fixed on the ancient characters on the screen, and he murmured in a low voice as if possessed, "It's impossible. That belt... Yaguru can't have no reaction."

However, before they could find out what was going on, a bright orange light lit up in the dim consumption channel. The bright light, accompanied by a fierce flame, swept across the entire fire escape amid a roar.

"Attack?! The target is indeed——"

In No. 1's wide eyes was reflected the spider's sharp forelimbs that split the flames in two.

"boom--"

The fierce explosion swept out with a strong shock wave. Countless glass was covered with cracks in an instant. Red, who was looking for a place to hide with an old high school girl's backpack hanging on his chest and a huge travel bag on his back, was blown away by the oncoming shock wave and hit the wall heavily.

"Ahem, ahem - what's going on..."

Reid coughed heavily a few times, then stood up with difficulty, holding on to the wall. He looked at the choking fog in front of him with disbelief on his face, and subconsciously took a few steps forward. His right foot kicked something with a snap.

Red looked down and saw a belt next to his right foot that seemed to be carved out of stone. There were also several flaming stones around the belt.

Red frowned and subconsciously bent down to pick up the belt. Before Red could take a closer look at the belt in his hand, a gust of wind blew past his ears, and the thick smoke was blown away bit by bit by the wind. In the smoke, the shape of a person emerged bit by bit.

The man was lying on the ground motionless.

Red was startled and ran over quickly, "Hey - are you okay?"

As they got closer, Red noticed that the man was wearing a combat uniform that didn't look like that of an ordinary passenger.

The name Selvi Turia came to Red's mind.

Number One opened his eyes and turned his head to the side of Red. After seeing that Red was holding the belt in his right hand, he spoke with difficulty, "Belt... Put the belt... on my waist, and then... run..."

Reid opened his mouth and was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look at the guardrail on one side. The butt of a man wearing the same combat uniform as Number One was hanging on the guardrail facing him, while the part below the chest of Number One had disappeared, but what leaked out was not flesh and blood, but wires and electric arcs.

He is a cyborg.

"Brother...your waist, it's there..." Red thought for a while and patted his face hard to avoid showing a horrified expression. He turned and walked towards No. 1's butt, "It's okay, I'll pick it up for you!"

"Wait a moment!"

"Ok?"

Red paused, turned his head, and before he could say anything, a cold light slid across his face and a line of blood rose.

A steel bar was nailed straight into the wall behind Red, and the huge impact created a huge hole in the center of the thick smoke and dust.

Red opened his eyes wide, staring at the hollow creature. It looked like a human, but its skin was dark blue like a corpse. The metal decorations on its head, like spider tentacles, reflected the dazzling firelight. A slight tingling sensation spread along his spine to the top of Red's head.

"Hey - there's no time to pick up your butt! Run for your life first! Damn, it's so heavy -"

Red shook his head vigorously, grabbed No. 1's arm and tried to carry No. 1 on his back, but even with only half of his body left, No. 1's weight exceeded Red's imagination. Red could only throw the belt aside, grab No. 1's arms with both hands and drag No. 1 back with difficulty.

【——】

"Crunch, crunch -"

Gumum pulled the collar-like device around his neck and turned it left and right, and Gurungji's unique pronunciation was converted into human language.

"Weak human—"

With his arms open, Gumum walked slowly towards Red and Number One, like a spider looking down at a bug struggling in the middle of a spider web. One of his interests was to stimulate the trapped prey with his careless movements, and watch them struggle meaninglessly until they were exhausted.

The command tower of the Servi Turia headquarters.

Embe held his head and wailed.

"Why did this happen? Neither the excavated Aguru nor the contact of the Daughter of Origin were saved! If the people above knew about this, I would definitely be transferred to guard those monsters!"

Seleu was still staring at the screen, muttering like a madman.

The other communications personnel looked at the operating console in front of them blankly, not knowing what to do.

The only combatant, Cyborg No. 1, not only failed to activate Yaguru as recorded in the ancient texts, but was even cut in half by Gumumu in the first encounter.

U narrowed his eyes, his gaze wandering between No. 1, the petrified Agul, and Red.

"Connect to the public broadcast at the subway station," U ordered.

Although the correspondent didn't know what U wanted to do, he did it anyway.

Ember wanted to complain, "Are you planning to convince Gurongi with your eloquence?" But seeing U's expressionless face, Ember gave up the idea.

"Red Leonard, can you hear me?"

Red, who was dragging No. 1's arm, was stunned. He looked left and right and looked in the direction of the broadcast.

"Do you want to live?"

Chapter 3: Ultimate Darkness

Of course I want to survive!

Without waiting for Red to answer, Number One's face suddenly changed as if he realized something and he shouted in the direction of the broadcast, "Wait! He's just an ordinary person! We can't involve him!"

Then he yelled in the direction of Gumumu, "That's enough! Your game is over!"

"Human, this is not your decision," Gumum's fingers tightened slightly, and pale claws stretched out from his gauntlets.

"Number One, this is just your wishful thinking."

U's cold voice echoed through the radio, like a cold and merciless god high above.

"Red Leonardo, do you want to survive? If you do, pick up the belt at your feet and put it on. You have a 50% chance of survival."

Embe looked at U and opened his mouth. After hesitating for a long time, he moved next to Selyu and complained in a low voice, "This is a lie."

"Either you activate the belt and live, or you don't activate the belt and die. Isn't that fifty percent?" Seleu didn't even look at Embe and continued to analyze the ancient characters collected from the ancient ruins.

"Wow - is this even possible? But... it's impossible." Embe straightened up and looked at Red who was still holding Number One's arm on the main screen. He put his hands on his hips and shook his head helplessly. "The reason why we chose Number One as the transporter of the contained object is because we have to consider the unavoidable situation. We must use the contained object to protect it."

"So, theoretically, No. 1 is the most suitable transformed warrior from Servieri Turiari to unleash the power of the contained Aguru."

"Even Number One can't activate Agul."

Embe reached out and took the information about Red Leonard from the correspondent beside him. He flipped through a few pages and then sighed deeply.

"For someone who comes to [S·L] for the first time, it's a blessing to be able to stand firm in the face of Gurongi. As for activating Aguru and defeating Gurongi... it's impossible."

Seleu didn't say anything, and the other communicators also lowered their heads, agreeing with Enbe's analysis.

"This is your only way to survive. If you don't want to die, wear the belt."

There is a beast within man.

When faced with a life-and-death crisis, the beast would roar and break free from its cage. Not to mention Red, a traveler who came to [S·L] for the first time and faced Gurongi for the first time, even the residents of [S·L] would scream and lose their minds when facing Gurongi. If they found that there was no way to retreat, two situations would occur: either beg for mercy, or take up weapons and fight back in a cathartic manner.

But generally speaking, most people's reaction is to beg, and if you want to induce a cathartic counterattack, there must be something around that can be used for counterattack, whether it is a stick or a weapon that can contain the inner beast, it will induce the inner violence of the person to fight back.

There is no doubt that Red's spirit has been pushed to the limit by Gumum, and the beast within him is about to be released, and Yaguru is the weapon that can contain the beast within Red now.

U leaned forward slightly, staring at the silent Red on the main screen.

He didn't need to put any more pressure on him. The sight of Number One being cut in half was enough to prove Gurongi's brutality, eliminating the possibility of Red begging.