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"Mr. Lin Yi."

Seeing the terrible injuries on the other person's body, Shirou Emiya's pupils shrank slightly.

"Don't worry, this kind of injury is not a problem."

Lin Yi smiled calmly, took out the weakened version of the [Holy Grail Blessing] from his waist bag and took a big gulp. The injury on his arm immediately began to heal. However, it was different from the previous injury. This was not the original strength of the [Holy Grail Blessing] and it seemed that it was not able to completely heal this injury. For this reason, Lin Yi thought about it for a while, and then simply drank the small blessing bottle in one breath, which made his severed arm grow back completely.

"Is this some kind of treasure? It's amazing."

Shirou Emiya looked at Lin Yi's fully recovered arm with a somewhat surprised expression.

"There are a lot of good things in the Savior Community. As long as you are willing to work hard to find them, you will definitely find the right props."

As he said this, Lin Yi moved his newly grown arm, turned his head to look at the dilapidated research institute not far away, and the expression on his face gradually became solemn.

Just to reach this place, I used up the important and only recovery item.

This mission is really very troublesome.

What kind of enemies and troubles will we encounter next? Tsk, if I wasn't afraid of provoking this light ball to really restart the earth, I really want to try to make a few big bombs here...

On this side, Lin Yi was complaining about this mission in his mind.

Next to Lin Yi, Jianzi, who was standing not far away, was slightly depressed.

He clearly said that we are all savior teammates, but apart from being able to see those things, he has no other special abilities.

Even though I could provide Senior Lin Yi with the location of the enemy, I always had to ask Senior Lin Yi to help me save myself because of my own fragility. If I continued like this, if I encountered a more terrible enemy, would I become the one who held me back? No, I was actually already holding me back. Senior Lin Yi had been injured twice in order to save me. Last time, his finger was cracked, and this time...

If this continues, will I bring more burden to Senior Lin Yi?

The girl with long black hair sighed silently at this moment, and the pressure in her heart gradually became heavier.

Chapter 20: Research Base~

Amidst the roaring and vibrating sounds, a violent shock wave passed over the huge chains and swept upwards.

However, although these shock waves were powerful, for some reason they did not cause any damage to the chains themselves, nor did they cause any damage to the lowest part of the land fixed by the chains or the ruins of the buildings in it.

It was as if something had shielded the damage of the shock wave to these things, or in other words, the structure of these things could form energy resonance with the shock wave to a certain extent, so that they could maintain their existence during the impact. Lin Yi vaguely felt that it should be the latter. With his own sensory ability, he could more or less perceive that when the shock wave came, the building itself and the surrounding chains did tremble slightly. However, the tremor was so slight that except for Shirou Emiya who seemed to have sensed something and looked at the ground under his feet, no one else reacted at all.

"So, this is the research base."

After stretching his arms, Lin Yi walked to the gate of the construction area, looked at the half-collapsed and rusty gate, and slowly opened it.

"I never thought that one day I would be able to return to this place again."

Shane, who followed suit, said this with a look of emotion, while tightening the gun in his hand.

"I remembered the general layout of the base when the rescue operation began. Although half a year has passed, I still have a certain impression of it. Perhaps you will need it."

"Going through the main entrance, you will reach the main building, which is the severely collapsed building. This building is the most important facility of the research base. Various equipment is placed in this building. Some of the more expensive research sites are located underground. I don't know the specific layout of the underground. This aspect is confidential."

"The building on the right is the auxiliary research building. Various materials are placed inside, as well as some electronic equipment. It also has some leisure and entertainment venues, such as an indoor basketball court. Relatively speaking, it is a place that is not too important or confidential."

"The open space on the left should be an open-air test site. I remember seeing that place collapse half a year ago. If I remember correctly, there is a fighter runway under the test site. As for the building further back on the left, it is the staff dormitory, which is considered a relatively high-end dormitory. But I have no idea about the specific situation there now. I didn't go deep into the research base at that time, I just took a look around the periphery."

In the half-collapsed security booth outside the research building's gate, Shane drew a rough structural diagram on the ground with stones and explained some of the information he knew to the rescuers and his teammates.

According to the special operations team leader, the original number of personnel in the entire research institute was over 1200, including more than a dozen top-level researchers and their assistants. Each researcher was equipped with more than a dozen research assistants and a support team of dozens of people. In addition to security personnel, cleaning staff and maintenance staff, the number of people active in this huge base was originally quite large.

However, with the mysterious disappearance of the research base and the complete madness of the only survivor, what is left in this place now is an unpredictable unknown. No one can be sure what they will encounter next. Even Lin Yi must admit that there is not much he can do in this mission. Compared with the previous two missions, the unknowns and dangers of this mission are more uncontrollable, so they can only take it one step at a time.

However, if we think about it from another perspective, they have not encountered any obvious targeted attacks since the start of the operation. Except for the encounter in the underground parking lot on the third floor, which seemed to have triggered some mechanism, the battles in other situations seemed to be just "the enemy happened to be here". Well, at least compared to Sheriff Rest and Demiga Company, the enemy's changes of tactics were really pitiful, as if they didn't notice them at all.

The disturbance level of this mission is the lowest Drop level. Does this mean that their actions so far have not met the enemy's real targeted attack? Or, for some reason, the enemy they are facing has essentially lost the energy to control the overall situation and has no room to distract and pay attention to the invading rescuers?

There is no way to get the answer through intermittent thinking.

If you want to verify it, you can only conduct a field investigation.

"Well, let's go. There's no time to waste."

Lin Yi, who had a bad feeling in his heart, quickened his actions and was the first to step into the collapsed and shattered research base that looked like it had been hit by artillery fire.

The first time he entered this area, Lin Yi smelled the smell of burnt dust.

On the cracked ground, there was a faint smell of smoke and dust drifting out, and one could feel a burning breath hidden in it.

The building not far away was completely dark, and it seemed that it had been severely burned, with only about half of the building structure left. The rest had collapsed into ruins. No matter how you looked at it, it was already a dangerous building that needed to be demolished as soon as possible.

However, this is also the goal they need to confirm first. After all, according to the current situation, the underground structure of this laboratory should be the most important part. It is very likely that all the truth is hidden underneath, and it must be confirmed first.

But will it be so smooth?

Lin Yi suppressed the strange emotions in his heart and did not let others notice his abnormality. He continued to move forward on the cracked road filled with choking smoke and dust, and reminded the people behind him to be careful not to step into the cracks on the ground.

Miko looked around but didn't see any monsters. The monsters that rushed out with flames just now didn't seem to exist here, or they were actually staying in a deeper place. Shirou Emiya walked at the end of the team as usual, acting as the rear guard to prevent attacks from the rear. At this time, the special forces team had already moved forward quickly and entered the building first.

The research building was completely dark, and the only light source from outside that allowed one to vaguely see the surroundings.

The flag of the Eastern Hemisphere Federation had faded and lay in tatters among the rubble. The display screens and various devices originally placed in the hall had also turned off their screens, and were covered with dust and in tatters. The walls of some rooms had broken and collapsed, revealing the various furnishings inside the house, which were completely different from their original appearance.

Jianzi saw a photo frame on the desk, but the photo inside was gone.

The tattered papers on the ground still contained some experimental reports from half a year ago, which were full of incomprehensible parameters, numbers and formulas.

On the wall of one side of the hall, there were some portraits hanging, but they were also covered with dust, and the portraits and the wall were burned by some kind of fire and were charred. Lin Yi found the portrait of Dr. Ira mentioned by Shane among them, and tried to wipe it to confirm the man's appearance, but found that the portrait itself had been burned by the fire and only a little bit of the appearance structure could be barely seen, and it could be seen that the man had curly hair.

In the corner of the hall, the special forces found a circuit board, opened it, and quickly confirmed the condition of some of the electrical equipment in the building.

"The power supply has been cut off. The door to the underground laboratory cannot be opened. It is probably because the entire place has disappeared, so the original connection circuit is disconnected."

Shane came to a conclusion quickly.

"Even if it's not disconnected, this place has been abandoned for half a year. It's impossible for it to still be functioning, right?"

Although there was nothing wrong with the rigorous attitude of these soldiers, Lin Yi still couldn't help but complain about this obvious problem.

"If the circuit is intact and the backup power is still there, is it possible to turn it on again?"

At this time, Emiya Shirou stood up, looked at Shane and asked.

"There is a backup power device in the attached research building. The emergency battery inside can normally store power for 300 years. If the circuit itself is not damaged, it is indeed possible to restart it. The quality of these military equipment itself is very good. As long as there is no hard damage, it is still possible to restart it."

Shane nodded and said, indicating that there was no problem.

Although Lin Yi wanted to complain, considering the current situation and the fact that Shirou Emiya might have some special skills that he hadn't used yet, he quietly stood aside and waited. Then, he watched the young man put his hand on the circuit board on the wall of the first floor hall, and a soft light came out of his fingers the next moment.

Closing his eyes, the boy's expression gradually became focused.

"…Well, the circuit itself is indeed intact, but the power supply has been cut off."

"The gate itself has some minor damage. I'm not sure if it can be opened after being connected to a power source. Perhaps I can use my abilities to repair it?"

After spending some time, Shirou Emiya confirmed the condition of the circuit, let go of his hands, opened his eyes and looked at the special forces members and Lin Yijianzi around him.

"You guys go to the annex and try to restart the backup power supply. I'll stay here and try to repair the power supply. Let's split up for now."

After a little thought, Emiya Shirou came to this conclusion.

"I have a repairman here who should be able to assist you with the repairs."

Shane nodded and spoke.

"No, no, no, what are you talking about? Separate, no, we can't separate in this situation. Separate when there are monsters we can't see. Are you complaining that the lunch boxes are not delivered fast enough?"

The next moment, Lin Yi interrupted the two of them cleanly and decisively, frowned, and rejected the boy's idea directly with an impatient look on his face.

"I know that you can react the moment those things attack you, Emiya. I also know that you, Captain Shane, hope to solve the problem as soon as possible, but if you act recklessly without knowing anything about the situation here, it will only bring devastating blow to the entire mission."

"Either we all go and activate the backup power supply together, or we all stay here and try to blow up this door. These are the only two options. There is no need to consider anything else."

Therefore, under Lin Yi's extremely firm and irrefutable attitude, coupled with his own combat effectiveness and the fact that he was the only one who could interpret Jianzi's sight and kill monsters with the best efficiency, the plan of splitting up the forces was shelved. Everyone went to the annex together and decided to try to activate the backup power supply of this place first to see if they could restore the power supply to this ruined area and start up the facilities and equipment that were still intact and undamaged.

"Senior, why are you so against dispersing the action? You told me before that you felt we needed to hurry up on this mission, and that the longer it took, the more dangerous it might be."

As they walked, Jianzi moved a little closer to Lin Yi and asked in a low voice.

"It is true that dragging out the time may lead to uncontrollable changes, but this is different from seeking death. As we all know, watching discarded videotapes in horror movies, breaking into eerie places and acting separately, hearing unusual noises in the middle of the night without turning on the lights to check, and playing the game of summoning spirits in haunted houses are all very standard behaviors of seeking death. Not to mention that we are facing a group of monsters of unknown nature, and only Emiya and I can actually hurt them. When facing these things, we split up our forces, especially with you, the only one who can observe them, I can only say that we have too many people on our register."

Lin Yi, who was complaining seriously, continued walking forward.

A horror movie?

Can the rescue mission I am currently experiencing be considered a horror movie?

Jianzi couldn't help but think back to the things he had seen along the way, and thought about those hideous and terrifying monsters outside.

Indeed...it's a horror movie QAQ...

I heard from Senior Lin Yi that his first mission was to find a murderous monster in the village, and to fight with a monster covered in black, a fat man, and a man in a suit together with two teammates. It sounded much more normal. Why was my first mission so challenging?

Jianzi really wanted to shout that it was unfair, but after thinking about what might be attracted by such a shout, he finally chose to shut up and follow the team quietly.

Then, they approached the annex of the research base.

"It's really too quiet."

Lin Yi suddenly spoke at this time.

Chapter 21: Burning Remains

The annex building of the research base was extremely quiet, as if there was no living thing.

Compared with the main building, this building had much less damage and was generally in good condition. Of course, the top floor of the building still collapsed, and the wall facing the main building of the research base had been completely burned black.

Was the center of the initial outbreak of that high temperature in the main building?

Thinking this way, Lin Yi stepped into the annex building and then smelled a very unpleasant odor of corruption.

"Jianzi, did you observe anything?"

Lin Yi, who realized something was wrong the moment he smelled the smell, turned around and looked at the girl beside him. Jianzi walked up to Lin Yi cautiously, looked around, and approached a door on the side of the corridor.

After the girl's gaze passed through the transparent glass on the door, Lin Yi noticed that her expression turned paler in an instant.

It seems like he has seen something powerful.

"What is it?"

Lin Yi, holding a heavy pistol in his hand, walked forward and asked in a low voice.

"…Is it rotten…meat?"

Jianzi's gaze moved slightly, as if he didn't know how to explain what he saw.

Lin Yi turned his head to look at where her eyes were pointing, and looked behind the door. What he saw was an empty, somewhat dilapidated indoor basketball court, and a flattened basketball in the middle of the court. It didn't look like anything special.

But in Jianzi's sight, what she saw was a pool of slowly wriggling flesh, burning with dim yellow flames. Just like in a dream, a large mass of flesh was lying in the middle of the basketball court, occupying almost half of the room, and shining the dim light on her face.

"I think it's best that we stop disturbing each other..."

The girl, who felt the pressure from this huge thing, took a deep breath and said to Lin Yi with a forced smile.

"So it's a pretty big thing inside? It looks like it would be hard to deal with without a motorcycle."

Lin Yi nodded slightly, and did not open the door to check. Instead, he picked up a steel bar from the rubble on the ground, broke it, and passed it through the door handle and twisted it a few times to completely fix the door handle. It was obviously impossible to stop the thing inside, but it could increase the difficulty of breaking the door a little. Considering that these things seemed to have a certain degree of intelligence, this could more or less prevent the thing from twisting the door handle and following them after they left, and the loud noise of breaking the door could alert them to the situation behind.

When Lin Yi was doing this, he noticed that there seemed to be some inscriptions on the wall next to the door.

The inscriptions themselves were messy, and even with the assisted translation function of the Savior System, it was difficult to discern the content. Lin Yi spent some time observing the words and found that they seemed to be a message left by someone.

[Salute to the comrades who have lost themselves in the pursuit of the future and have completed their transformation]

[Your will will not be extinguished. We will continue to explore the way forward, explore this invisible flame, and explore the way forward for mankind.]

[The fire of rebirth will surely bring rebirth to the world]

The content of the engraving was not complicated. Although it was a little difficult to distinguish, Lin Yi still understood the text quickly.

But... after understanding the content, Lin Yi felt more and more the complexity of the situation.

The fire of rebirth?

It sounds like it is the same as the [Lord of Beard], an incomprehensible and strange thing that is beyond planetary civilization.

By the way, Jianzi once mentioned that all the monsters she had seen so far were burning with dim flames as colorful as dusk, and when she was attacked, that kind of flame also appeared on her arm that was touched, and it continued to spread upwards, melting and corroding all the limbs it touched.

Is this strange flame the root of everything?

If this is the case, then it can also explain the monsters outside. They are not in this world. They are far away from the source, so the physical collapse caused by their attacks on people will take effect much slower. They may also have those dim flames on their bodies, but because they are far away from the source, the flames themselves are almost extinguished, or even only exist in a very small part inside the body, so Jianzi cannot observe them.

If this is the understanding, then the luminous body at the bottom, could it be the source of the [Fire of Rebirth]? Or is it the projection of the [Fire of Rebirth] descending into this world?