Let them offer their loyalty

It seemed that someone in the crowd picked up a gun and pointed it at the stage.

With a bang, it seemed that the air was distorted.

Rhine's mind went blank.

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PS: This chapter has 3,000 words, and another 3,000 words will be updated later.

Because of the New Year's Eve dinner and staying up all night, the update I promised is a bit late. I will continue with the 6,000 words tomorrow.

I'd like to say here, Happy New Year everyone~

PS2: After writing this story, I will probably jump directly into the story outside the Federation and the wilderness.

Chapter 6: I will take you with me when I start impact (5k

The moment the gunshot rang out, the entire venue was filled with noise. However, unexpectedly, the shot did not hit Rhine on the stage. Although the girl's brain crashed due to the gunshot, she did not sit there and wait to die. Instead, she quickly realized that she needed to find a shelter.

Before knowing the attacker's target clearly, it is natural to ensure that you stay in a relatively safe place to avoid being shot and injured.

However, chaos arrived as expected...Because she was too flustered, the girl accidentally tripped over her right foot, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

Exposing one's body to the muzzle of a gun is a very dangerous situation, especially before figuring out the purpose of the attacker. Rhine's mistake directly put himself in danger.

The girl's body collided with the ground with a "bang". The physical pain was negligible, but after realizing her situation, fear took over her heart.

It was at this moment that the attacker hiding in the crowd began to move the muzzle of the gun, as if he was aiming at someone.

Rhine only felt a chill on her back, as if someone was staring at her. Before the girl could even utter a cry in her heart, she felt dizzy and her eyes blurred, as if she had fallen into someone's arms.

The next moment, he fell heavily to the ground again.

The fall made her head even more confused. It took her three or four seconds to realize that she had reached a shelter without her knowing when. She looked up and found that she was held in the arms of a man, who was Jonas Wetting.

The situation just now was a bit too urgent, and she did not see the other party's movements clearly. She only knew that she seemed to be swept here by a force. From the current situation, it seems that the other party saw that she was in danger and pounced on her and took her behind the cover.

Because the space behind the bunker was too small, the two people's actions at this time were quite ambiguous. Feeling the warmth from each other's bodies, Rhine's cheeks turned a little red. She didn't know if it was because she had survived a disaster or for some other reason. She could even clearly hear her own heartbeat, thump thump, thump thump.

The girl finally had time to react. She opened her mouth, but before she could say thank you, another gunshot rang out, scaring her so much that she shrank her head.

"Stay back here and don't move."

Although he guessed that someone might take action, Jonas did not expect the other party to be so bold... Knowing that the Alte Group would enter a period of rapid development after this, choosing to take action against him at this time, the two sides would undoubtedly enter a situation of life and death.

He couldn't think of who could do such a desperado-like behavior... After all, he was keeping a close eye on the Xujing Sect. If the other party took any action, he should get the news first.

Moreover, the opponent's weapon of attack was a gun, not something else. Based on his understanding of the Void Realm Sect, the opponent should have a simpler and more efficient method.

In other words, this is a real emergency, which may be related to the Void Realm Sect, but this possibility is not high.

The thought flashed through his mind, and as soon as Jonas's body emerged a little from behind the cover, gunshots rang out.

Then, there was a series of gunshots... The security forces of the Alte Group had found the attacker hiding in the crowd and opened fire on him without hesitation.

Thanks to this, Jonas also saw the situation on the field clearly.

The crowd fled in all directions in chaos... It was precisely because of this situation that the security personnel seemed to be hesitant when they opened fire and did not dare to shoot freely.

The attacker was wearing a black robe with his entire face hidden under a hood. Logically, this kind of attire should have been noticed by others, but the reality was that not only did the security at the door fail to detect the attacker, but he was even allowed to enter the venue with a weapon.

This was not the only thing that surprised Jonas... After the security guards fired their bullets, the attacker in the black robe suddenly disappeared from the spot, as if he had disappeared out of thin air... and soon he reappeared in front of the security guard closest to him, with the tactical knife at his waist drawn, and the man was chopped to the ground.

——Teleport? !

Jonas' pupils shrank, and his first reaction was to think of Miss Nightingale's ability... As a psychic, it was not difficult for him to advance a distance of this magnitude.

The next moment, the man's figure flashed again, and he seemed to be closer to the stage, with the gun in his right hand pointed at the security guard beside him. He pulled the trigger, and the bullet went down the barrel and shot into the security guard.

All this happened almost in an instant, but Jonas's sharp insight was able to see clearly what happened when the other party dodged. In a very short period of time, he made several movements at the same time. It was not a teleportation like Miss Nightingale, but more like temporarily speeding up his body...

——Sian Westin?

The moment this thought came to his mind, even Jonas couldn't help but feel a bit of disbelief.

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With the current chip level of District 25, it is naturally impossible to possess technology of the same level as "Sian Westin".

But it is not unrealized in the game...

[Trial Hermes I-Generation Chip] is one of the severe high-risk implant chips. It has great side effects and its function is similar to that of Swanwestin. The user will enter a state similar to "time stop" in a short period of time. It has high requirements on the body and will bring great burden to the carrier.

But that is equipment that will only appear in the later stages of the game. Even in the later stages, it is still very difficult to obtain this equipment. Of course, the technical level of this equipment was also criticized by players at the time. It required high technical difficulty, and it was a useless equipment that did not play any role in actual combat. It was useless except for being fancy.

If he had not achieved the status of a platinum player in his previous life, he might not be able to tell at this moment whether the attacker in front of him was using some kind of technology or whether it was a talent brought to him by his own psychic power.

Another factor that made him make this judgment was the other party's shooting speed and accuracy.

The first two shots were not aimed at Miss Rhine, but at Jonas... That was why he was so sure that the other party was targeting him, and the two shots that seemed to have missed actually hit Jonas, one at the head and the other at the heart, both intended to be fatal, but unfortunately they were blocked by Jonas' psychic barrier.

Even with his fourth-level psychic power, he still felt very strenuous in blocking the two shots. The shot to his heart was too sudden, and he still feels a little breathless until now.

Of course, whether it is the same as he guessed still needs to be verified... After all, the equipment from the later stages of the game suddenly appeared in this time period, which is really disturbing.

He easily dealt with those people from the Alte Group's security forces. The attacker's target had never changed from the beginning to the end, and it had always been Jonas Wetting on the stage... After realizing that he couldn't hurt Jonas with a gun, the attacker changed his strategy and prepared to chop off his head with a tactical blade at close range!

Then, she dodged again and moved a few meters closer to Jonas. The latter was shocked, as he did not expect that the other party's physical fitness could support her to activate the tactical chip so many times in a short period of time.

However, although the opponent was very fast, there was someone who was faster than her.

The black shadow fell with unstoppable momentum and hit the steps of the venue, which was exactly the path of the attacker.

——The Dark Lord, Ethni.

The girl's appearance was quite shocking. From the broken stone slabs on the steps, it can be seen that she was quite emotionally unstable at the moment. Not only because of the chaotic scene, but also because the attacker in front of her threatened Mr. Jonas's safety.

But at the moment when Miss Esni struck down with the thermal sword, the attacker seemed to have sensed something in advance. He paused, and the next moment he appeared behind Esni and continued to rush towards Jonas without hesitation.

Almost no one present saw how the attacker did it, except Jonas, who saw that the attacker activated the chip just before the girl hit him, dodged the attack, and then used the acceleration brought by the chip to bypass the girl in front of him.

But is it really that easy to bypass the [Dark Warrior]?

Miss Esni gave the answer in the next moment, that is, the moment the other party's figure reappeared, the girl swung the thermal sword in her hand towards the attacker in almost a perfect rotation. Since the chip had just been activated, the attacker had no way to dodge the attack again, so he had to take out the tactical knife in his hand to block Esni's powerful attack.

The thermal sword emitted hot steam but did not leave any damage on the surface of the tactical sword.

You know, the upgraded thermal sword can melt steel the moment it comes into contact with it, but there is not even a white mark left on this sword, which is enough to show that the material used in the weapon in the opponent's hand is quite special.

After blocking the attack, the attacker tried to retreat again, but Esni followed him directly.

The chip could only push Esni away for a short distance, and coupled with the bullet cover from other security personnel, it became quite difficult for her to approach Jonas.

So she had to deal with this enemy who tried to fight her first.

After realizing this, the attacker turned around and attacked back without hesitation, but Esni blocked the attack again as if she had expected it. At this moment, the opponent's figure flashed again.

A knife wound appeared on Esni's side abdomen. Just as the girl was about to put away the knife, Esni directly struck down with her left elbow. This instinct that could be called a cheat allowed her to guess the opponent's move. The attacker had no time to avoid it and was hit when she was about to withdraw her hand, making a sound like metal being knocked.

This attack did not have the effect of knocking away the opponent's weapon. The attacker's body seemed to be filled with prosthetics. It was the first time that Esni saw someone who seemed to be unaffected after being attacked by her. It was this misjudgment that caused the opponent to cut her left abdomen again when he drew his knife.

There was a fierce look in Esni's eyes, and she didn't care about her injuries at all. Seeing the opponent coming at her with another knife, she didn't dodge, but slashed with her right knife, as if to exchange injury for injury.

As if aware of Esni's thoughts, the attacker turned his knife and faced the opponent's knife. With the help of this force, he activated the chip and rushed towards Jonas.

Esni originally wanted to follow up this blow with a forward slash, but the opponent's action left her with his back exposed. With the first slash, she was unable to break the opponent's defense. It was only when she had the subsequent force, coupled with the characteristics of the thermal sword, that she was able to cut a very hideous gash on the opponent's back.

Logically speaking, this attack should at least make the opponent lose the ability to move, but the attacker in front of her seemed to be unaffected. Esni then realized that after the opponent's back was cut, no blood flowed out, but a mechanical metal structure was exposed.

The attacker rushed towards Jonas, but the latter was well prepared and calculated the cooldown time of the opponent's chip.

——Three, two, one

When the countdown in his mind ended, he released all his spiritual energy, forming a cylindrical air pressure field around his body.

To be precise, it is psychic pressure...

The black-robed man's movements couldn't help but pause, as if she was under great pressure, causing her attack that was sure to succeed to fail. However, she had a strong ability to adapt, and almost the moment the attack failed, she reorganized her movements and swung her knife towards Jonas' head.

The knife was fast, but Jonas was even faster.

Under this pressure, his right hand grabbed the opponent's neck with lightning speed.

——The other party came here to kill him.

The moment this thought came to his mind, Jonas no longer wanted to keep the other party alive. The other party's actions were too strange, and he had no way of escaping unscathed while the other party was not restricted.

Jonas's right hand touched the opponent's neck, grabbed it tightly, and then pressed it to the ground. With the other hand, he was always on guard against the opponent's movements. The opponent's body was pressed hard to the ground by him, and his right hand was also restrained by him.

Jonas was also able to see the other person's face clearly... It was a pretty girl with short blue hair, but there was no expression on her face. Even though she was in complete danger, her emotions did not fluctuate.

"Who are you--!"

Jonas asked harshly. He had never expected the other party to answer him. However, after hearing this question, the girl looked at him.

"Thief...you have no right to ask me questions."

Because his neck was tightly gripped by him, the other person's voice was intermittent.

When Jonas heard the name "thief", a question mark popped up in his head, and he quickly searched in his mind what he had done.

Then, a rather ridiculous idea came into his mind.

——Pre-civilized people?

If he now has something stolen that can cause dissatisfaction among some hidden forces, then this thing is most likely the "virtual reality" technology... and now happens to be the virtual reality press conference.

The Zerg overlord in the virtual world once told him that he should be cautious when coming into contact with things from previous civilizations, and that someone would definitely cause trouble for him.

If nothing unexpected happens, the person in front of me is from the previous civilization.

He thought very quickly, and the conversation between the two took only a moment. Most people in the venue had fled, and the two spoke in low voices, so not many people noticed what they were saying.

After realizing that Jonas had subdued the attacker, Esni breathed a sigh of relief and wasted no time in moving forward to restrain the attacker. At this moment, Jonas looked at the girl who was being restrained by him:

"You are from the previous civilization..? Why are you trying to kill me?"

"You are not the chosen one." The other party's tone remained calm: "I exist to correct this mistake."

Judging from the tone of voice, the other party is not the other "chosen one".

Jonas couldn't help but frown, watching a stream of data flash across the other person's eyes. He immediately realized that something was wrong, and with his right hand he crushed the other person's neck, using his psychic power to pull it upwards.

——Damn it, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to trick me.

Jonas realized what the other party was thinking and crushed his neck without hesitation... His idea was to eliminate all uncontrollable factors.

His keen intuition allowed him to find the opponent's weakness, which was the neck. When the neck was crushed, something inside was also crushed.

The data stream in the girl's eyes disappeared, and her gaze became completely dim.

The next moment, his body went completely limp and he lost his voice.

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Meanwhile, deep underground.

The white-haired girl woke up from a bed filled with various mechanical tubes.

She opened her eyes, but there was no emotion in them. Her delicate face and lifeless expression made her look like a doll.

"The replica T-2 was destroyed, and the consciousness returned."

The instrument beside her made a mechanical electronic sound. The girl pulled out all the mechanical tubes on her body, pursed her lips,

"mission failed."

"Reporting the mission content, mission failed."

There were several documents scattered on the ground nearby, recording an erased code name and a plan.

——Human resources retention plan.

The content of this document is vague. The only thing that can be confirmed is the photo on the document. The white-haired girl in the photo looks exactly like the white-haired girl lying on the experimental bed.

In other words, they are the same person.

"Ask the intelligent computer whether to continue with the plan and eliminate the unstable factors."

"Analyzing...Analyzing the results, temporarily observing."

"The list of 'chosen ones' is being distributed...testing.

Location: 22.9 north latitude, 140.4 east longitude, the chosen organization code name is [Dawn]"