Ark Journey

Looking at the shining armor on his men and himself, the Patriot was glad that no one was killed this time.

He understood that a soldier's fate was to die on the battlefield, but it was a pity to die because of damage or insufficiency of equipment.

On the other side, on the battlefield of the Sarkaz mercenaries, the explosions of various Originium bombs awakened the sleeping snowfield.

"Old Mike, your bomb has become more powerful! It's really powerful!"

"I learned this from a snow monster kid. He has a lot of masterpieces. I can't imitate them at all, but learning the basics is enough for us!"

The Sarkaz's fighting style is very unrestrained. They are very numb to the Originium radiation that permeates the battlefield. As soon as the Originium bomb explodes, they will rush into the enemy's formation and start killing. Acute oripathy is as common to them as eating and drinking.

When facing them, the physical fitness that the Ursus people were proud of was somewhat dwarfed, and the situation on the battlefield became one-sided.

A sledgehammer fell and smashed a crossbow-wielding archer into a pulp.

The Sarkaz leader with a single horn on his head pulled out the arrows that were stuck in his body one by one. Nothing flowed out of the wounds, only soil and rocks floated up from the ground and filled the wounds.

A heavy voice that could not be distinguished between male and female came from under the armor.

"Save your supplies. They are no match for us."

After the battle, beside the nameless fire burning on the snow, several Sarkaz said as they searched for Originium from the corpses:

"The mineral sickness inhibitor that little girl gave us is really useful. Many people in our team can live longer."

"But I'm curious why she wants Originium. This thing will shorten the lifespan of ordinary infected people."

"Don't worry about it. As long as we have medicine to use."

An interesting thing is that the commanders of the Integration Movement who killed the three Ursus troops were all from Kazdel, and some of them, except Xue Zhi, were Sarkaz themselves.

You demons, you are guilty of heinous crimes!

In the camp of the Integration Movement, Alina, who was sleeping, suddenly had a fever. The complications caused by the sudden worsening of the oripathy caused her to have nightmares.

Today was the first time she killed someone. She could never forget the terrible sound and feeling of the sword piercing into flesh and crushing everything.

The spurting blood, the internal organs falling to the ground, the disgusting smell of burning flesh, and the eyes of the dying man were all deeply engraved in her heart.

At that time, Alina was angry because of the injuries of children and innocent people. She drew her sword. The weapons given by Xue Zhi and the training of Tallulah made her invincible among those enemies.

The sword seemed to catch fire in Tallulah's hand. In this extremely high temperature, all the armor seemed to be gone, and in the end she killed everyone.

Alina, standing in the middle of a pool of blood, awakened the Originium skill. Perhaps she didn't want to see people's cries. She had just taken the lives of more than a dozen people, but ironically she awakened the Originium skill that could heal injuries.

And now, those she killed seemed to be coming to find her.

Alina reached for the sword, but there was nothing at her waist. The dead people with pale faces and organs exposed outside their bodies walked towards her with heavy steps. All kinds of unpleasant smells suffocated her, and all she could do was run desperately.

She didn't know how long she ran, but she fell down in the darkness exhausted, and the things behind her were like maggots on her tarsus.

Alina closed her eyes and mentally called out the name that gave her trust.

【Xue Zhi! 】

Everything disappeared, all the uncomfortable feelings disappeared, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw Xue Zhi's handsome face.

He was currently holding a wet towel to wipe the sweat off her body, while on the other side, a pen and a notebook were floating in the air, automatically writing something.

"Having a nightmare?"

"Xue Zhi."

She called out the name of the person in front of her, her voice a little hoarse from not having had water for so long.

"I'm here, don't talk yet, drink some water to moisten your throat."

Putting the towel aside, Xue Zhi put her arm around Alina's shoulders and helped her sit up, then took out a cup of warm water and put it to her lips.

After drinking a few sips of water, Alina felt much better and asked:

"How is Anna doing?"

"The physical problem is gone, but there's nothing I can do about the mental trauma."

Alina sighed, most people couldn't do this.

Xue Zhi put a piece of clothing on Alina. She was sweating all over but she was only wearing a cool vest so she couldn't catch a cold again.

"You were in a very bad condition just now. Even your mineralogy has worsened. What happened?"

Alina tightened her clothes and leaned gently against Xue Zhi.

"Nothing, just let me lean on it for a while."

Looking down at Alina's expression, Xue Zhi thought for a while and then understood what was going on.

The main thing was that along the way, including himself, he had met people who didn't take human life seriously, or at least didn't care about the lives of those who dared to take action. This was true for Hedley and his group, Provence, the Frost Star Patriots, and even Tallulah.

But now he met someone who felt unwell after killing someone. It was really rare and he couldn't react.

Alina, who was leaning on Xue Zhi, held his arm tightly. It was obvious that she found it hard to accept the fact of taking someone else's life.

Xue Zhi once again said what she had said to Alina.

"Life is precious, but despicable and evil life will eventually be punished."

"I know they even hurt those kids."

Alina obviously understood this, but the shock she suffered was quite severe as she killed more than a dozen people in her first attack.

Several Originium crystals suddenly fell from her body. Xue Zhi noticed that they fell out from under her vest. She was not wearing any underwear, and there was no such thing in this remote place.

Chapter 25: Recovery and Down to Business

[No wonder there is no trace of Originium on the whole body, it turns out it is on the chest. ]

Alina blushed.

"You gave me an oripathic inhibitor?"

"Well, you had a slight fever just now, which is a complication of oripathy. And I also healed the injuries that left scars on your body. I can see that the price you paid at that time was also heavy."

Alina looked down at her arms and waist, where she had been stabbed several times before. Although the unknown power automatically repaired her body after awakening the Originium technique, scars would still remain judging by the situation of those she rescued.

As a beautiful girl, of course she didn't want to have scars on her body, but when she thought about Xue Zhi touching her whole body, Alina's face turned even redder.

"Thank you."

After saying thank you quietly, Alina, who was feeling uncomfortable because of shyness, glanced around and said, "Where are we now? This doesn't look like your tent."

"I don't know. We haven't reached the designated location yet. It's a temporary camp at the moment."

"That's it."

Silence fell, and Xue Zhi, who felt like she should say something, asked:

"Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"

She touched her stomach and found that she had no appetite even though she hadn't eaten for a long time.

"I do not want to eat."

"Then don't eat it."

Glancing to the side, Alina only saw the sword Xue Zhi had given her.

"By the way, where are my clothes?"

"It was covered in too much blood, and it was all dried up and couldn't be washed off. It also had too many holes in it, so I sent it to the person in charge of logistics to be recycled."

Alina didn't expect Xue Zhi to be so frugal, but when she thought about it, she found something wrong.

"That's good...wait, now they know what we are doing!"

Xue Zhi smiled. Perhaps talking more about this topic could help Alina recover faster. The fundamental reason was that the incident itself was not a serious problem. Those people deserved to die, but more of them died and it was more tragic.

So he raised his hands in a slightly exaggerated manner to show that he did not touch her.

"What? Did we do anything? Alina, I haven't touched you much yet, let's just keep it clean between us."

Alina, who was leaning on Xue Zhi, rolled her eyes at him. She pointed at the only vest left on her chest and said:

"You call this innocent?"

Anyone looking down from above would be able to see her breasts without reservation.

Although it is small, it is also very cute.

[Well, although it’s not big, Xue Zhi shouldn’t be a superficial person, right? ]

Xue Zhi glanced down, then said with a smile:

“There is nothing wrong with selfless doctors doing their best to care for patients who are traumatized physically and mentally.”

Alina sighed and tried to press down the fabric that was rising up on her chest, but because she had worn it for so long, the fabric couldn't be held down.

"I always feel that you have deceived a lot of people with this rhetoric."

"How is that possible? I don't even bother to lie to ordinary people. They are not worth my trouble to weave lies."

The honesty Xue Zhi showed at certain times often left Alina speechless.

She gave up trying to hold down the raised material and began to talk about her clothes instead.

"I still need a few more clothes. I wonder if there are any suitable ones in the logistics department."

"Don't worry, I have it right here. But I'm concerned about you not having anything else to wear?"

Xue Zhi waved her hand, and several skirts that were exactly the same as the ones Alina had worn before fell onto the quilt.

The size was definitely right, he had measured it several times using his eyes and mental power.

"I do have some inner clothes to change into, but every time I wash my outer clothes I always ask Tallulah to help me dry them. And why do you have a skirt?"

"Don't worry about this question. If you want to ask, I can only tell you it's a secret. Also, if you want underwear or something, I have some here too."

Alina now looked at Xue Zhi as if he were a cross-dressing pervert.

But he didn't seem to care much.

The main reason was that after deciding to take action against Alina, Xue Zhi wanted to turn her into the person she liked first. This little vest felt weird when she wore it, and it was not conducive to her development.

He likes it big (literally).

"Are you sure you don't want it? This is real silk, and it can be used on sensitive skin. A very straightforward idol from the East Country wears this."

Facing Xue Zhi who was trying to sell something to her like a salesperson, Alina covered her face.

"Stop talking, Xue Zhi, please don't destroy your image in my heart anymore."

"alright."

Xue Zhi closed the exchange interface that had appeared in front of her and sighed in disappointment.

Then his expression changed, all the frivolity and funnyness disappeared, and the paper and pen that had been floating next to him slowly floated in front of him.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, Alina. Let's look at something more important. This may affect the future of the Integration Movement."

Alina also sat up straight and began to read the text on the paper with strange grammar and word order.

"It's so hard to read. What does it say?"

"Some of the things I think are wrong with the integration movement, and some of the things I envision for the future."

The Integration Movement is currently just a mutual aid organization for the infected. It does not have a very clear goal or program, which is fatal for an organization.

Because the people gathered around her will be a mixed bag, currently anyone who is infected can join, and quitting is also free. This situation is not good in Ursus, which regards the infected as a scourge, because some people who quit may betray the organization for various reasons; in addition, it will also lead to some bad people joining. Those who caused Alina's death in the original timeline are good examples.

Moreover, the Integration Movement currently has no real base. It runs away every time it is surrounded and suppressed. In short, from its establishment to now, it has been simply wandering, and the number of infected people joining it is constantly changing. Some die or are captured for various reasons, and then new people join.

This makes most ordinary members of the Reunion Movement live one day at a time almost numbly, and this will not benefit the infected or the poor people of Ursus in the slightest.

In response to these problems, Xue Zhi's current idea is to find a location nearby that can serve as a base, and then gradually transform the integration movement into an organization like the early Red Army and develop it, and finally achieve the goal of successfully capturing a mobile city.

But all this is fraught with difficulty.

After listening to Xue Zhi's explanation, Alina fell into a long period of contemplation. She had never thought about these issues before.

After thinking for a long time, Alina asked what Xue Zhi thought was the most pointed question:

"What about those who don't want to be warriors?"

"Stay at the base."