Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

The speedboat almost crashed into the dock. CHU? was a little anxious, staring at the map. The light spot was about to reach the square. According to the news from the other side, they could only fix the entrance for 20 minutes, and it would take 10 minutes to open the entrance. Time was very tight!

"Hurry up!" CHU? held the flame in one hand and the spear in the other, and launched into the air. PAREO hung on her back in time, and the two landed on the shore and looked behind them. However, a black shadow passed by, and Ako instantly surpassed her. She had six black wings on her back, gliding briefly in the air, and landed handsomely on the ground in front of CHU?. Rikka, MASKING and LAYER followed closely behind, and then Shiko with Lisa. When the last two ran over, CHU? looked a little anxious.

"Sorry." Lisa said. Actually, it was because Shizi hesitated for a second whether to dismantle the ship to replenish the jade slip ammunition that the two slowed down.

CHU? She didn't care about that. She looked at the fork in the road again and compared it with the map: "It should be..."

"This way! CHU? Sir!" PAREO had already found the way and was running ahead.

The group twisted and turned in the alleys. The roads were indeed narrow and complicated, and PAREO had to stop from time to time to re-learn the way. The map in Shizi's mind was no help: after entering the city, the map was completely black.

There was only a wall between the zombies and everyone else. Lisa hugged Ako's arm tightly, and Rikka leaned on MASKING.

As time went by, CHU? became more and more irritable, gradually returning to her old self. However, she only urged others and never made decisions in front. Later, LAYER reacted and followed her intuition and walked in front. Relying on her luck, she went much faster.

However, on the map, the light spot was still getting closer and closer to the square. Finally, it stopped in the center of the square ahead of them.

There are still 20 minutes until the entrance moves again.

CHU? stared at the countdown on the display and stopped shouting. She found that shouting was useless and it was more useful for LAYER to lead the team.

My eyes suddenly opened up.

In front of me was a small square, almost the size of a medium-sized stadium. On both sides were three-story Romanesque buildings, with rows of arches reminiscent of the Thousand Buddha Caves in the East, arranged in a sacred and solemn manner. Opposite was a Byzantine-style cathedral, with a tall bell tower on the left. However, the most eye-catching thing was the giant ball of light suspended in the center of the square: ghostly blue, the size of a hot air balloon, divided into three layers, the outermost layer was a thin fluorescent membrane, separating the inside and the outside, and the inside was the discharged air and the distorted halo radiating from the center. The center was completely invisible, as if there was only light, and as if it was reflecting another world.

That was the entrance to the Rainbow Bridge, a passage built by Youmomo and Kezusu that led directly to the center of the Garden of Eden.

The moment he saw it, the Time Curse Flame in Chu?'s hand flew up and merged into the light. Something was activated, the halo trembled, and the scene inside became clearer and clearer. The entrance entered a ten-minute warm-up phase. During this phase, the entrance could not be disturbed in any way.

CHU? He breathed a sigh of relief. There were still 15 minutes left in the countdown, and at least he made it.

After it is fully activated, according to the other party's description, the portal will remain open until she or You Momo actively closes it, and the position will not move anymore. At that time, they can rush over calmly.

However, somewhere she forgot to notice, another countdown reached zero.

The mist began to rise.

CHU? The relaxed expression on his face froze. He saw that from the road they came from, from the arches on both sides, from the church opposite, and from various small forks in the road, groups of zombies poured out and headed in their direction.

Shizi forced a smile and said, "Will the next step be to defend the point?"

Yazi looked up at the ball of light in the sky: "It seems to be true..."

A few big words appeared on the ball of light: The entrance cannot be disturbed.

"Forget it." Shizi waved his hand and looked at Yazi, "Can we hold it if it's just the two of us?"

Yazi looked at the scale of the venue and said, "It shouldn't be possible."

The zombies were so dense that they numbered in the thousands. All roads were blocked, and the density was much higher than that at the dock. It was difficult for anyone to protect themselves except Shizi and Yazi.

Moreover, Shizi saw a zombie coming from the church in the distance. As it walked, its companions around it suddenly had their limbs broken and blood splattered in the air, as if they were cut by space itself.

She remembered what Kezusu said: "Youmomo's power is related to space."

Is that the "descendant" of You Momo? If she didn't have the jade slip, even she would find it difficult to deal with such an enemy. Now, of course, she could fight it, or Yazi, CHU? This kind of long-range zombie would also work, but... She circled around, and such special zombies appeared in more than one or two directions.

It would be difficult for her and Ako to handle such a large square. But if other people were to face the Space Slash... She glanced at Rikka, who had taken off her glasses, untied her braids, picked up her guitar, and revealed a fierce aura.

I'm afraid that Liuhua will become Sanhua, right?

They kept walking and gradually retreated under the ball of light.

"CHU?" she said. "There are two choices. One, I'll send the others to the rooftop to take shelter for a while, and you, Yazi, and I will stay here to kill those special zombies first, and then the others will find a chance to come down to support us. However, this will most likely lead to a breach, and the worst result is that everyone will be trapped in this city. Two, you all stay here, but I can't guarantee your safety, and the worst possible outcome is that someone will die."

"Choose quickly."

The zombies had gathered at the edge of the square. In the thick fog, roars came from all directions, deafening.

Everyone is waiting for CHU? to make a choice.

However, they only heard one sentence: "I...can't choose."

"I don't dare to make this kind of decision."

Chapter 61 I Will Not Lead You Anymore

The zombie swarm was getting closer little by little.

"I can't decide...you decide for yourselves?" Chu? pleaded with others in an unprecedentedly weak voice, "Don't ask me what to do anymore..."

The spear in CHU?'s hand dimmed and fell to the ground.

All around her, people looked at her with all kinds of eyes: shocked, angry, incredulous, and mixed emotions...

MASKING grabbed her shoulders and yelled, "You're the captain of RAS!"

CHU? shook it off: "I'm the producer of the band, not the leader of a mercenary group! This kind of thing...!" She seemed to know that she was in the wrong and fell silent.

MASKING's face was distorted, and he made a loud "hiss" sound and turned around: "Let's choose the second one."

No matter what, let's get through the current crisis first.

Shizi expressionlessly turned his gaze away from CHU?, "Okay. You and Rikka block the path we came from, LAYER, you go to the other side, and I'll give you that fork in the road. Ako, the half of the house on the right near LAYER is yours. CHU?, the half of the house on the left near the two of them is yours, is that ok? If it doesn't work, Lisa will assist you. PAREO, you run fast, stay here and help whoever needs it."

She waved her hand, and twenty-eight command flags flew out, piercing into every corner of the square, emitting a faint light, which was better than nothing. The jade slip buried in the flagpole shattered the flagpole and returned to Shizi's hand: "Leave the remaining half of the square to me."

"Are you alone?" Lisa frowned.

"More than that." Shizi shook the jade slip in his hand, "PAREO, help me."

PAREO hung his head and did not respond.

"PAREO?"

PAREO suddenly woke up, raised her head, and said calmly: "Okay." She raised her hand, and a ray of light flew out and entered Shizi's mind. Shizi put a blank jade slip on his forehead, and a few starlights flew out and sank into the jade slip, making it more illusory.

This was the virtual personality that PAREO had just provided. Shizi handed over the control of all the jade slips to her. In an instant, a Blue Sky Immortal Sound Palace flew out and attached to the personality jade slip, allowing it to move on its own. The other twenty-seven Blue Sky Immortal Sounds automatically combined with the various offensive jade slips that flew out of Shizi's arms, forming twenty-seven flying swords that flew towards a corner of the square.

Shizi pressed her forehead and frowned slightly. In order to make the virtual personality more powerful, she divided half of her mental power. In addition to the one that was originally sleeping, Shizi's mental power was not even as good as when she just crossed over.

But it doesn't matter. She ate a few cookies and went to the other corner of the square. The others also went to their seats.

"Shizi-san - I can give you the whole house -" Yazi shouted from behind. She opened an eye in her palm, and tears of blood flowed from it. Shizi raised her hand and made an OK gesture in response.

Liuhua closed her eyes, and the guitar glowed. It was not the light blue color she had seen when she first saw it, but the red color that symbolized war. She opened her eyes, and they were bloodshot. She was burning herself to gain a temporary boost! MASKING was also filled with dragon and tiger energy, as if he had activated something. LAYER drew his sword, and the light on the sword was surging.

CHU? remained silent for a while, then walked to his own position, consciously taking on a task that was higher than his limit.

Lisa and PAREO move around the battlefield, treating injuries and providing bonuses.

On the other side, Kita's eyes reflected the perspective from the Curse of Time Flame, and she raised her right hand forward, ready to attack. However, her left hand grabbed her right wrist, and she heard Kezusu's voice: "Don't interfere with the warm-up process."

This was a great battle. The surge of iron and fire dyed half of the square red, and purple light and blood covered the walls. The artillery roared, and the sound of swords shook the sky.

When the fog cleared, the entire square was almost completely stained with blood. Several people were lying in a pool of blood. Shizi was bleeding from all seven orifices. This was the result of excessive mental exhaustion. Yazi temporarily lost his sense of smell, taste, and half of the skin on his arm. He was in so much pain that he was gritting his teeth and crying. This was the result of the magic of sacrifice. I don’t know if he can recover. LAYER blocked the tide of corpses with one sword. His whole body was covered with scratches and bites, deep enough to see the bones. Several ribs were broken and several fingers were almost broken. LOCK was covered in blood and was in a weak period after the burn. He couldn’t even move. MASKING was already wrapped in bandages. They were not made by Shizi himself, but prepared by Lisa in advance. CHU? His mecha was shattered, but at least the AI could barely maintain the minimum operation.

Lisa bandaged LAYER: "Luckily, no one was really hurt."

Overhead, the entrance has been fully activated, and in the halo, the scenery of another world has completely stabilized.

She raised her head and looked at the entrance: "Thanks, Kita." Before, as soon as the entrance finished warming up, Kita's explosion of fire came through the entrance. Otherwise, the injuries of others would have been more serious.

PAREO knelt beside CHU? and bandaged her silently. After the mecha was damaged, CHU?'s body also had a lot of injuries. PAREO himself also had one or two wounds, but he hadn't had time to treat them yet.

After the bandage was completed, PAREO did not stand up: "CHU? Sir, what did you say before...what did you mean?"

"..." CHU? sat up, "That's it. I can't lead you. I'm better than you in music, so I can be a producer. But I can't carry your lives."

"Huh..." MASKING's tone relaxed a little. "I thought about it and it really doesn't make sense to let you conduct just because you're the captain of the band. From now on, I'll be the one conducting outside of the band."

After all, she thought, CHU? is still a junior high school student.

CHU? nodded: "Thank you." She sounded sincere.

"Then..." Pareo asked, "CHU? Master won't command me anymore?"

"Yes." CHU? said calmly, "PAREO you don't need my command anyway."

"...Is that so." PAREO stood up, no one saw her expression, "I'm going to take a walk." She just left without even caring about the wound on her body. CHU? He sat there without even looking at her.

No one had the energy to stop her. Lisa had to keep feeding medicine to others. Although she felt that she couldn't ignore the PAREO issue, she couldn't let go of the things at hand.

After a while, Shizi stood up from the ground. "Shizi, you..." Lisa looked up at her.

"I'll go take the boat to pick them up." Shizi said this and staggered away.

After a while, thanks to Lisa's efforts, everyone regained their mobility, except for LAYER, who was too seriously injured and Lisa refused to let her get up.

Pareo still hadn't come back. Neither had Shizi.

"Where did they go?" MASKING frowned. Shizi was fine, the round trip was indeed quite far, but PAREO...she said she was going for a walk, but her mental state must be abnormal, in a place like this...

"CHU?, how long will it take until the next fog rises?"

"Five minutes." CHU? said in a muffled voice.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" MASKING was so angry that he immediately stood up and pulled Liuhua up, "Let's go find someone!"

"Huh? Where can I find it?" Rikka was at a loss.

“You can always find it!”

"You want me to go..." Before LAYER could even finish her sentence, the two of them had already disappeared at the fork in the road. She put down her raised hand and turned to look at CHU?, who had his back to her.

Lisa sighed and looked over.

Chapter 62 Let There Be Light (Happy Birthday to Heaven Duckling~ Although he hasn't appeared yet)

PAREO strolled casually in the alley. There were basically no zombies in the houses around him, as they had all been killed, so it was very quiet.

She just strolled like this, chewing on the fact that "CHU? Adult no longer guides herself".

So I gradually forgot everything.

A roar suddenly woke her up.

She looked up, and saw unfamiliar scenery all around. The fog was spreading. In the distance, a few zombies were swaying towards her, step by step.

Where did they come from… Are there any zombies nearby that are still alive? She turned around and saw the stone bridge hazy in the mist. The shadow of the bridge slowly merged into the mist, and no one knew where it went.

PAREO realized that he had unknowingly arrived on another island, and there was no way back.

CHU? turned off the display in front of her. In this way, the armor was completely dark, reminding her of the dark cupboard in her real home.

Chu?'s mother is a famous musician. She has been spoiled since she was a child. Her parents would give her any musical instrument she wanted and would praise her no matter how well she played. But she knew that she had no talent for playing.

So, she turned to making music and letting the best performers perform it - the plan had just gotten on track when she came here and had to fight for her own survival, as did she and the team members she found.

And I don't have enough courage to face all this.

Sure enough, it is impossible to do it...

There was a sound outside. It was the sound of a body crawling on the ground. Another person was about to stop her, but stopped halfway.

The man crawled up to CHU?.

LAYER's voice came from outside: "CHU?, Rikka and MASKING are going to look for PAREO, you can still move, aren't you going?"

There was no movement in the armor.

"Even if we find it, our hearts are still separated." LAYER pressed the gap in the armor with his hand.

She closed her eyes and let out a breath: "I've been wondering, what exactly is the RAS? What is my place here?"

"Aren't you the lead singer?" A dull voice finally came from inside the armor.

On the other side, Ako seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by Lisa. Lisa made a gesture to silence them, and the two of them watched silently from the side.

“Yes, but more than that.” Layer said, “RAS is different from Roselia and the ending band.”

"Roselia had been in a band for a long time before coming to this world; although the band was fully formed in this world, they had lived together for a long time before that."

"Before we formed RAS, we were all trying to survive in the wilderness. After we joined RAS, we spent 50% of our time on music and fighting. RAS was originally an organization between a band and a mercenary group."

The figure in the armor seemed a little shocked by this statement.

LAYER pulled out the knife and stared at the light reflected on the blade: "RAS has the characteristics of both, and the two are an inseparable whole. Maybe one day, when we return to reality, we can become a pure band, but not now."

"If, CHU?, you insist on separating the two, it will be the end of us both as a band and as fighting partners. Do you accept that?"

Hearing this, CHU? suddenly felt a surge of anger rushing to his brain.

Inside the armor, the display screen suddenly lit up.