Swordsman Returns from Another World

After leaving the territory of the Sarkaz mercenaries, Lyudmila was still confused.

"Young Wolf, why are these people so nice to you?"

Bai You shrugged: "Who knows? I am naturally likable. Isn't Sister Lyudmila the one who knows it best?"

Lyudmila hummed heavily and did not refute.

Based on the clues provided by W, the two continued to move in the city.

Chernobyl now looks like a complete ruin. Huge Originium crystal clusters divide the city into several areas. The streets where the Originium crystal clusters grow are covered with a layer of fog. It is a high-concentration Originium fog that will aggravate the symptoms of the infected and can also infect normal people.

So those neighborhoods became blocked, and even the Integration Movement was unwilling to enter.

Some of the civilians who failed to escape Chernobyl are still active in the city. Their numbers are small, so they can only hide from place to place and compete with the infected for supplies in the city.

Rotting corpses can be seen everywhere, and some of the infected bodies have clusters of Originium crystals growing on them, making it look like they were pierced through the body by the crystals and died.

But everyone understood that they were killed by their own kind.

In this city, far more people died at the hands of their own kind than from mineral sickness.

Lyudmila and Baiyue walked through the city as if they were walking in hell.

Lyudmila was used to it. Even if she wasn't in Che City, she had seen too many conflicts between infected people and normal people.

However, Baiyou's calmness was beyond his expectations. Baiyou was not afraid of the hellish scene before him, but continued to move forward.

After a long journey, the two finally arrived at the upper city and found the area controlled by Frost Star and the Snow Monster Squad.

It was a door made of ice crystals and iron plates, blocking the middle of the street, surrounding the entire block and serving as a stronghold.

At this time, the Reunion Movement infected person guarding the door came forward. He was wearing white fluffy clothes and wrapped tightly.

"King Slayer? Are you back in Qie City?"

"Yes." Lyudmila looked up: "My troops are all lost, but I kidnapped an important person from Rhodes Island and now I have to find a place to stay."

"The Sarkaz mercenaries are too reserved, and those two crazy Faust guys are not a place where people can stay, so I came to your place." Lyudmila waved her hand: "Can I stay here for a while?"

The team led by Froststar and Patriot is worthy of being the conscience ceiling of the Integration Movement. The Snow Monster member guarding the door chuckled and said in a dull voice: "What's wrong with that? Welcome back, compatriots."

He jumped down from the observation deck, then opened the door with his companions to welcome Lyudmila and Baiyou in.

When Baiyue entered the room, a member of the Snow Monster rubbed Baiyue's head and said lovingly: "This little guy is quite cute."

"It's a good thing that the Kingslayer brought you here. If you had gone to Mephisto, you would have been..."

"Shh! Don't scare me!" A yeti magician nearby poked his companion's arm.

Unlike the ruins seen along the way, the streets in front of us are so orderly that even the refugees from the non-integration movement have a special area and buildings for unified management.

The members of the Snow Monster Squad and the Patriot troops live in harmony here. Although they cannot completely consolidate the order, it is already completely different from the outside world.

After the fall of Chernobyl, the leaders of the Reunion Movement divided the city into several large parts like a group of warlords. In the days when Tallulah had no orders, they lived in the city in their own way.

Led by the Yeti members, Lyudmila came to Frost Star's residence, which was a library.

In the center of the library, Baiyou finally saw one of his regrets, the white-haired Carters girl, Frost Star.

Ah, or the fat and beautiful girl Frost Rabbit?

"Big sister!" The Yeti member who led the way raised his hand and shouted.

Froststar turned her head and raised a finger to her lips, signaling her to speak in a low voice.

The Yeti member shrank his neck in embarrassment, walked forward, and whispered, "The King Slayer is back, and he brought back a prisoner from Rhodes Island, saying he wants to stay with us for a while."

Froststar nodded: "I understand."

Then, he put down the book in his hand and looked at Lyudmila and Baiyou.

And Baiyou was also looking at the Frost Star in front of him.

The Frost Star in front of him looked very quiet, with ears exactly the same as Amiya's, except that her ears and hair were snow-white. Combined with her snow-white clothes and cloak, she looked like she was made of ice and snow, ethereal and elegant.

Her face was a little childish, but her eyes were sharp and bright. There was a horizontal scar on the bridge of her nose, which only made her look a little cute.

“King Slayer, you’ve been captured for so long that I thought you had completely become a prisoner of Rhodes Island,” she said softly.

She shifted her gaze and looked at Baiyou, stayed on Baiyou for a moment, then lowered her head to look at her book.

"And he brought back a child, a doctor from Rhodes Island...it's a remarkable achievement."

Lyudmila came to the opposite side of Shuangxing without noticing anything, pulled out a chair and sat down, and said carelessly: "Don't be so cold, Shuangxing, I suffered a lot when I brought him back."

"That's why I didn't kick you out." Frost Star's eyes were a little cold, and he looked up at Lyudmila: "If you hurt him, or if I knew that you abused prisoners like those mobs, I would definitely kick you out."

"When we all besieged Rhodes Island, this child stood up alone to face Tallulah. He is an excellent warrior." Frost Star nodded. She still remembered the short few minutes of confrontation between Baiyou and Tallulah.

Upon hearing this, Baiyou walked forward and came to the side of the table, between Lyudmila and Frost Star.

Only then did Frost Star notice that Baiyou did not seem to behave like a prisoner of war.

She raised her head and looked at Baiyue with a frown.

"Long time no see, Frost Star." Bai You smiled and leaned over, close to Frost Star's face. He could even feel the cold breath from Frost Star, as if a piece of solid ice was placed in front of him.

What he needs to do is to melt this ice.

"Froststar, I would like to invite you to join us in defeating Tallulah."

Chapter 57: Sincerity is invincible

Hearing Baiyou's words, Shuangxing was stunned for a moment, frowned and looked at Lyudmila: "...Did you break his brain?"

Lyudmila crossed her legs, resting them on the table, and said with her hands spread out, "It's better for him to explain this to you himself."

"I believe you will make the right choice, Froststar."

Upon hearing this, Frost Star gently stroked the slender staff on the table. She had realized that Baiyou seemed not to be just a prisoner of war, so she became alert.

Baiyou ignored her hostility and began to slowly explain the current situation.

It was not until Baiyou mentioned Kosice that Frost Star narrowed his eyes. The things about Kosice were only known by those who followed Tallulah at the very beginning.

That was the turning point when the Integration Movement really began to rise, and now, she heard a shocking fact from Bai You.

The turning point that made the Reunion Movement so powerful was nothing but Koschei's conspiracy. Black Snake deceived countless infected people with his own will, and led the Reunion Movement to destruction in the name of doing it for the infected.

With Chernobyl crashing into the gate, the Integration Movement will become the target of public criticism, and the plan to crash into the gate is nothing more than Koschei's revenge.

Even the fact that Kosche was forced away by Wei Yanwu and the Rat King at the beginning of Longmen's establishment, Baiyou told the whole story without hiding anything.

The so-called plot spoilers rely on secrets unknown to the characters and use information asymmetry to gain advantages for themselves. Bai You is well aware of this.

Under Koschei's guidance, the Integration Movement became a violent organization and a group of maniacs who plundered the lives of civilians. Even if Frost Star and the Patriots exercised restraint, they could not influence the direction of the entire organization.

Finally, Baiyue said, "Shuangxing, do you want to watch the Integration Movement completely fall into the abyss?"

"It's not too late to stop Koschei. After the battle of Chernobyl, you have seen clearly, right? How many innocent people died in this city, and how many infected people turned into crazy mobs?"

"They are not what the Integration Movement wants. What the Integration Movement wants is to fight for the infected, to fight against those who persecute you, not to kill all the innocent people."

"But look at those people still wandering the streets. They dragged the civilians of Ursus out of their homes, whipped them with whips dipped in Originium powder, forced them to walk into dangerous neighborhoods filled with Originium mist, and beat them by pressing their heads."

"They are a group of people who cannot take revenge on Ursus because Ursus is too powerful. Therefore, they have to settle for the next best thing and think that torturing the civilians of Ursus is their revenge."

"Even revenge is a secondary thing. Can such a person bring about changes in this land, change the situation of the infected, and seize the future of the Reunion Movement?"

"That's what Kosice wanted, she turned the Integration Movement into a chaotic organization of indiscriminate riots, rather than a real reformer with a program."

Frost Star looked at the young man in front of him and remained silent.

She understood what Baiyou said, and she also saw the chaos in Qiecheng.

But she was a person who was swept up in the trend, and she didn't know what else to do except the method at hand, or rather, her life was no longer long enough for her to think of other solutions.

The infected people of the Reunion Movement are all desperate people. Froststar's Ore Disease has become so serious that it has taken away her body temperature and affected her senses. The high-purity Originium crystals on her body surface cause her Originium skills to be activated all the time and cannot be turned off.

Even drinking hot water would cause her to burn.

She couldn't hold on for much longer. This was the case with everyone in the Reunion Movement. They were just a group of desperate people who didn't know what to do or what to leave behind before death.

Therefore, they believed in Tallulah's words as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, and believed what she said that as long as the whole world could see the anger and strength of the infected, the situation of the infected could be improved.

Frost Star and the Patriot are not unreasonable, but they are desperate. Now, she can't do anything except manage her subordinates and prevent them from becoming corrupt.

So she spoke softly, her voice cold and emotionless.

"Thank you for telling me this, and now what?"

"At this point, even if Tallulah is being manipulated by Kosciuszko, even if the Reunion has done so many wrong things, what else can we do?"

"If that's all you want to say, then I understand. Doctor from Rhodes Island, thank you." She lowered her head again: "I will go to help Tallulah after I hit the gantry."

Lyudmila sighed.

Baiyue said: "How stubborn."

"Why do you have to hit the goal? I clearly told you that this is just Kosice's revenge, why do you continue?" Baiyou knocked on the table.

"Hitting the Dragon Gate will enrage the Yan Nation. They will definitely send troops to trample the entire Chernobyl into ashes, and the Integration Movement will be destroyed as a result."

"So?" Frost Star raised her head again: "For us infected people, is there any difference between living for a month after hitting the Dragon Gate and living for a year in the city of Che?"

"Doctor of Rhodes Island, you are not even an infected person. I respect your ability as a warrior and leader, but you don't understand the infected people, right?" Frost Star's eyes dimmed: "On Rhodes Island, you must have seen those dying infected people. Their throats were blocked by Originium, and their bones and bodies were covered with those hard stones. They would faint from the pain if they even moved."

"In the end, it seems as if it has turned into a monster made of Originium. Whether it is my family or myself, I know why I will die."

She slowly raised her hands, took off her tactical gloves, and then slowly removed the inner veil.

A slender and soft snow-white palm appeared in front of the white glaze, but whether it was the back of the hand or the fingers, one could see tiny source stone crystals embedded in the surface.

The slender jade fingers and the dark crystals match each other perfectly.

It is a strange beauty, revealing despair, just like this hand. No matter how the infected person struggles, no matter whether the infected person was once a stunning beauty, a world-famous warrior, or an ordinary and unknown person.

They will all be killed without distinction, and people will avoid them.

To Frost Star's surprise, Bai You slowly stretched out her hand and gently lifted up Frost Star's palm.

Frost Star's hands were so cold and white, as if they were not alive. The girl in front of him looked like a sculpture made by nature.

Then, just as he had done to Amiya before, just to show his determination towards Amiya, Baiyou took the same action towards Frost Star in front of him.

He slowly lowered his head, and under Frost Star's cold gaze, he kissed the Originium crystal on that delicate hand.

Chapter 58: Preparation for Body Transformation Completed

In the world of Arknights, on Terra, on this land, oripathy is a word and a disease that people try to avoid.

This is a terminal illness. Once you are infected with oripathy, you will become a pariah. This contagious disease is like the grim reaper taking your life.

What it represents is despair.

Once you get this disease, it is almost equivalent to losing your human rights. Everything you have will be taken away. People will look at you strangely, you will receive threatening letters in your mailbox, your school will expel you, your friends will leave you, and even your neighbors will build high walls to isolate you.

It is not until you leave the city, until you admit that you are no longer a normal person, until you step into the wilderness, that you understand how humble and painful the lives of the infected are.

You will not be able to do a normal job, you will be closely monitored by the city, and there will even be people hunting you down, treating you as... prey other than humans.

Until you die quietly in the unknown wilderness, holding the photos of your past life, wrapped in a worn and smelly quilt.

Afterwards, the Originium crystals will bloom into strange flowers on your body and become part of the earth.

The infected do not have a natural death, nor do they have human rights. Even in Ursus, they are not considered human beings.

And now, Baiyou lowered his head and gently kissed the back of Froststar's hand, kissing the Originium crystals that brought pain to Froststar.

This is a high-risk action for the Terrans, as they are likely to be infected with oripathy and become infected.

After their lips parted, Baiyue whispered, "I'm a doctor from Rhodes Island."

"Rhodes Island was born to heal the infected, and also to heal the suffering of this land."

"Let me show you a new path, Frost Star." Bai You took Frost Star's hand, raised her head and looked into her eyes, seeing her face full of disbelief.

"I am here to give you a new hope, to give the infected a new hope!"

Frost Star pulled her hand back abruptly. She couldn't believe it and felt that the person in front of her seemed crazy.

Is the Doctor from Rhode Island so crazy?

"... a guy who doesn't know what's going on." Froststar waved her hand and said, "King Slayer, take your prisoners and leave. I don't want to see him again."