Arknights, Suika's Messenger Journey

She looked at the shells falling from the sky with the rain, sorting out the story of Xiaoqiu County in her mind, and finally locked her target on one person - Adjutant Hill.

As Hamilton's adjutant, this guy had relevant authority before the new colonel arrived.

And he joined Shenchi after this battle. It was obvious that this guy was from Shenchi, and the artillery battalion was under his control.

So I missed this guy when I killed him...

Suika gritted her teeth and her expression became ferocious.

"Suixiang!" Outcast shouted anxiously.

"It's okay, you know, I'm not afraid of this thing!" As the words fell, the bomb also fell in Xiaoqiu County.

Accompanied by bursts of explosions, clusters of black crystals bloomed like flowers in the center of the explosion, on the wounds of streets and buildings, magnificent and evil.

After the explosion, screams were heard from the streets.

Qin Liu wanted to rush outside when he saw this, but was stopped by Outcast.

"Don't be impulsive. This level of bombardment will not be the only one."

At this moment, Fred in the house screamed.

Just now, the bookshelf he used as a shelter collapsed in the explosion. Although he dodged quickly, his feet were still trapped underneath.

Outcast quickly came to his side and asked nervously

"Is there any bleeding?"

Fred looked at his ankle and said, "Don't worry, it's only a little bit."

Hearing his words, Outcast's expression suddenly became serious. She opened a medical kit, took out a dose of acute Originium infection early stage blocker and handed it to Fred's mouth.

"Eat it quickly."

Fred was a little bewildered. "That's not necessary, ma'am. It's just a scrape from a splinter of wood. It didn't even break the bone."

Outcast pointed at a black object that Suika was holding in her hand.

"You are wrong. You are now at the highest risk of infection. Look at what Suika is holding, the black crystal that pierced the window."

Oliver and the others turned around and their faces changed drastically, and Fred was trembling all over.

As employees of Rhodes Island, they knew more clearly what the object in Suika's hand represented.

Active source stone.

The most unstable form of Originium.

Not only is it flammable and explosive, but it will also significantly increase the concentration of Originium in the air.

Under normal circumstances, very strict protection must be taken before entering areas where active source stones exist.

Because if something goes wrong, the risk of infection is terrifyingly high.

"Oh my God... So the streets outside are full of..." Qin Liu was already confused by this news.

No one on Terra knows what the Active Originium represents.

But what made her even more nervous was that these Originium stones did not come from natural disasters, but from artillery bombardment.

Seeing Qin Liu's pale face, Outcast said, although he felt sorry for her.

“For such a large-scale, wide-area bombardment, the planners deployed at least ten of the most advanced ground suppression howitzers.

I also observed the enemies of the Victorian army when I arrived. There are very powerful warlocks among them who can provide the troops with a certain degree of concealment.

But it's far from the point where they could bring so many high-lethal weapons into the vicinity of the city without being detected by the garrison."

Outcast looked at Suika when he said this. The weapons they found in the hotel last night also proved this.

Most of the weapons in those things are ordinary standard bows and crossbows, cold weapons, and a small number of spell-casting units.

Things like artillery can't even get into the city.

So the source of the shelling is clear.

The only people who can do this are the local garrisons.

In other words, the culprits for the indiscriminate shelling of civilians in the city were the city defense forces that were supposed to protect the city.

Chapter 570: Tooth for Tooth

"Besides, even if it was the actions of those bandits, they wouldn't have aimed their guns at the city they had finally captured and blown their own people and the residents here to pieces."

Outcast's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back for Qin Liu.

She no longer had any excuse to defend the defenders.

"But... why... would our people bombard the city? Killing these innocent civilians and dragging even more into the abyss of oripathy?"

Qin Liu didn't understand the meaning of the city defense army's actions.

“It’s simple. The garrison knew they couldn’t win in this situation because the entire city’s Tara people were helping that mysterious force.

Since it was impossible to distinguish between civilians and enemies, it would be better to just capture everyone in the city.

The purpose of using the Originium dirty bomb is to prevent future troubles.

When all the Tara people in the city become infected, according to Victoria's infection control regulations, they can centrally manage the infected people in the city and then eliminate the Tara people at specific locations.

Because everyone has become infected, even if someone wants to speak out, it will be useless because the international community will not speak up for the infected.

It just so happened that the mysterious army was happy to see this happen, because there were still many fence-sitters among the Tara people.

Only by pushing them into a desperate situation and making them realize that Victoria has betrayed them will they completely turn to that team.

It's ridiculous, isn't it? Both sides of the war had anticipated the bombardment, but no one informed the residents of the city. Instead, they were all satisfied with the situation in the city becoming infected."

Suika looks up at the sky

"I have to go take care of some things. Shanghai, please protect Outcast."

The best way to minimize damage to the city is to stop the shelling.

This is what Suika is planning to do.

"Then be careful."

Outcast looked at the Shanghai doll that floated next to him and did not refuse. Instead, he watched Suika fly out of the window.

"Everyone, get moving, grab the potions, and get ready to save people." After Suika left, Outcast looked at the crowd.

Qin Liu offered to temporarily join the Rhodes Island rescue team.

After everyone agreed, Outcast began to assign tasks.

Qin Liu, who was familiar with the local situation, went with her to the central square to investigate the situation. Oliver, Shredder and Fred started to rescue injured civilians from this block.

Will took the medicine back to his home because his family was still in the city.

After flying out of the window, Suika looked around and locked the direction of the artillery fire, then rushed towards the target point quickly.

Inside the artillery camp, all the soldiers were calibrating in an orderly manner, preparing for the next artillery bombardment.

At this moment, accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking wind, Suixiang crashed into the artillery position.

The observer had just reacted to the enemy attack when Suika suddenly grew into a giant nearly ten meters tall in front of everyone. Then she grabbed the barrel of a howitzer with one hand and threw it at another artillery piece.

When the artilleryman reacted and wanted to run, he saw Suixiang grab a bunch of Originium dirty bombs and crush them.

Originium dust scattered in all directions under everyone's horrified gaze.

Seeing this, the soldiers wanted to escape, but Suika didn't intend to hold back this time. She suddenly clenched her hands, and everyone felt a strong suction pulling them towards Suika's feet.

Facing these enemies that were getting closer and closer, Suixiang originally wanted to kill them all, but she felt that this would make it too easy for them.

Then he grabbed another handful of Originium dirty bombs and detonated them above the soldiers' heads in front of their desperate gazes.

The fragments of active source stone fell into the crowd along with the dust.

They wanted to escape, but they were sucked in place and couldn't get away at all.

Some people try to hold their breath to prevent the Originium dust from being inhaled into their mouths and noses, but how long can a person hold their breath?

One minute, five minutes or ten minutes.

In front of everyone's eyes, Suixiang crushed all the cannons into iron balls and left without any regrets, while they were still firmly controlled by the suction force and were not freed until half an hour later.

This area with high concentration of active Originium dust is as rich in Originium dust as a natural disaster.

Naturally, none of the soldiers who had stayed in there for half an hour were spared. Without exception, all of them became infected. Moreover, after being exposed to the active source stone for such a long time, most of them skipped the initial stage and became moderately or even severely infected.

This was the punishment Suika left for them.

Since you have chosen such a despicable act, you must endure the same suffering.

After dealing with the artillery camp here, Suixiang flew towards the city again. Her target was the adjutant who made the decision.

In the city, Outcast and Qin Liu, who were rushing to the city center, received news from Fred.

He found a woman lying on the street in the direction they were heading, her chest pierced by an Originium bomb.

But Fred said that the other party was in the center of the battle, so it was very likely a very important target.

He felt that if he went to rescue the other party, he would most likely be involved in the war in Xiaoqiu County.

Outcast said without hesitation that even in this case, she would choose to rescue.

After all, if the other party is really an important person, then the mysterious team cannot and should not let him lie on the ground like this.

So even if the other party is indeed an important member of that mysterious and ambitious organization, she will save him.

After the two discussed it, Qin Liu continued to move towards the square, trying to gather the residents who survived the shelling, while Outcast went to rescue the mysterious target.

Before parting, Outcast looked at Shanghai and tried to ask Shanghai to protect Qin Liu, but was rejected by Shanghai.

Because Suika gave her a strict order that she must follow the outcast wherever they go.

Seeing this, Outcast didn't waste any more time and took Shanghai towards the target.

Just as she saved her target, Suika found her own target in the air.

After discovering that the shelling had stopped, Adjutant Hill tried to contact the artillery battalion, but the connection was always disconnected. Feeling something was not good, he decided to go there in person to see what was happening.

But on the way he was stopped by a few people from Triangle.

After following the wrong direction and finding something wrong, the Triangle guys turned back decisively, but they were bombarded just as they entered the city of Xiaoqiu County.

Fortunately, they were on the edge of the city, so they were lucky enough to avoid the shelling.

Just as they were trying to contact each other using the horn and bagpipe, they saw the sneaky Adjutant Hill and felt that there was something wrong with him, so they intercepted him.

Chapter 571: Death of the Unrighteous

Adjutant Hill, who had something to hide, subconsciously fought back when he was intercepted.

But the Storm Commandos, who had been prepared for a long time, were no mediocre people.

The two sides engaged in fierce fire at the city gate.

Although the Storm Commandos' individual soldiers were strong, their weapons and equipment and numbers were far inferior to Hill and his men.

After the initial fight, he was quickly pinned to the corner by his opponent.

If nothing unexpected happened, these members of the Storm Commandos would either be wiped out by Hill's men, or Hill would rush to the artillery battalion to spare them.

But the battle here attracted Suika's attention.

When she got up there, she was wondering why the Storm Troopers were fighting with Victoria's army here.

Then I heard the triangle calling out to the other side.

She didn't notice anything else, but Suika heard the other person's name clearly - Lieutenant Hill.

Knowing that the target was here, Suika appeared like a hero and dropped from the sky, smashing the opponent's car by the way.

Then she glanced around at the astonished eyes of the surrounding soldiers and grabbed one of them who was obviously not a soldier.

"Are you Hill?"

The man stared with his eyes wide open, unable to believe that a 1.9-meter-tall man like him was being hung in the air by a girl's neck.

After Suixiang finished asking, he felt the murderous aura and shuddered, then raised his hand and pointed at a person who was about to escape not far away.

Suika crushed his neck with satisfaction, then threw him aside like a rag doll, and then suddenly jumped in front of Hill.

"Why are you running, Mr. Hill?"