These weird things are all mine

On the other hand, Lucia's situation was even worse.

Lucia is the youngest in the "Hunter" team. Although her strength is also the weakest, she is the "All Souls" path awakener with the strongest ability to survive.

Unlike Wilson, the half-baked nanny, Lucia has specialized healing abilities for weird corruption. With all her efforts, even if half of the body is infected by weirdness, it can be restored to its original state.

Logically speaking, if she were there, she would never have been corrupted by "Purgatory".

At least she herself wouldn't be corrupted.

But now...

The petite Lucia of the past had become terribly bloated, and her 1.5-meter-tall figure had turned into a burly fat woman over three meters tall.

A closer look revealed that the baby's face was covered with pus-oozing tumors, and even its cute face was filled with tumors, making one feel sick at first sight.

When Lina thought of Lucia's sunny and cheerful smile in the past and then looked at her terrible appearance now, she closed her eyes in pain.

The next moment, when she opened her eyes, only hatred and anger remained.

"Flick!"

"Captain, I'm here."

Frick held a knight's sword and protected Lina between the two deformed beasts.

"Do whatever you can to free our teammates."

Lina said softly, and the ritual used before was unfolded again, and the powerful pressure of inspiration slowly emerged.

She wanted to end her teammates' suffering in the least painful way.

"Yes."

Flick took one look at Lina and knew what the captain was going to do.

He held the sword and went straight towards the corrupted Helen and Lucia.

Luo Ling stood beside Lina, holding the "Absolute Blade" in his hand.

Many tumor monsters around were attracted by their life breath and walked towards them crookedly.

Frick no longer had the energy to deal with the two deformed beasts alone and strangle these tumorous monsters, so he had to leave it to Luo Ling.

Luo Ling did not choose to use domination to destroy them, but instead used the sharpness of "Absolute Blade" to chop down these poor people one by one.

The rotten blood on the ground flowed into a river, but under the influence of "Purgatory", it gradually melted away and became a part of "Purgatory".

The night is deep, but this long battle has just begun.

Chapter 4: Perfect Murder (5k)

The moon sets and the stars sink.

Almost the entire street was reduced to ruins. Looking up, there were torn stones and wood everywhere, and the cracked ground was covered with shocking rotten flesh.

The number of tumor monsters in the core area was indeed huge. Luo Ling had chopped them so hard that even his wrists were slightly sore, but it was still difficult to deal with the almost endless group of tumor monsters.

Not to mention that there are quite a few deformed beasts mixed in. Fortunately, there is no one at the upper awakened level among them, otherwise... with the physical fitness of the three of them, it would be difficult to hold on.

After this tough battle, Luo Ling was the only one who hadn't been injured... Of course, that was mainly because she was not the main target of the deformed beasts, and she had been dealing with tumor monsters.

"Cough cough..."

Lina coughed violently a few times and spat out some internal organs.

She wiped the blood off her face, turned her head to look at Luo Ling, and whispered,

"Thank you, Miss Bai."

"polite."

Luo Ling nodded.

In the previous battle, Lina overdrew her body again and defeated the corrupted Helen and Lucia.

But Helen and Lucia were both eighth-level awakeners when they were alive. After being corrupted, their abilities had exceeded the limits of what humans can achieve. Their frontal lethality alone was beyond the reach of ninth-level awakeners.

Fortunately, after being corrupted, they lost most of their sanity and only had the simplest cooperation, which gave Lina and others a glimmer of hope.

Luo Ling also helped secretly, secretly using "Complete Domination" to alleviate several crises encountered by Lina and Frick.

But even so, Lina still lost both legs and one hand in the battle, and was accidentally contaminated with contaminated corrupted flesh and blood. If she had not decisively cut off her corrupted hands and feet, Lina would probably have become like Helen and Lucia now.

Of course, there is another reason why Lina acted so decisively: Miss Bai, who could regenerate flesh and blood, was by her side.

After the treatment, Lina was almost exhausted and could only lean against the wall to rest.

She silently watched Helen and Lucia gradually disappear, closed her eyes in pain, and sighed deeply.

"It's all because I'm not competent enough as captain..."

"This is not your problem, Miss Lina." Luo Ling said softly.

"Miss Bai, you don't have to comfort me like this." Lina turned her head to look at Luo Ling, pulled the corners of her mouth, and forced a smile. "By the way, Frick is also injured. Please lend a hand and treat him."

At the same time, Frick was leaning against the ruins on the other side, dying. Even his beautiful knight armor was stained with filthy, rotten flesh and blood, looking horrible.

Hearing this, Luo Ling nodded slightly. She stood up, walked to the reclining Frick, and squatted down slightly.

"Do you need me to help you up, sir?" Luo Ling asked softly, "Or do you not intend to continue with your plan? Now there is only one person left in the "Hunting" team."

After the words fell, Lina beside him showed a look of surprise. Frick, who had his eyes closed, showed a slightly helpless expression, opened his eyes and said,

"Little girl, when did you find out?"

"I don't know," Luo Ling replied, "but I know you are not just a member of the Fate Society."

"Wouldn't it be great if this battle ended in complete failure?" Frick looked at Luo Ling calmly. "The Hunting Team tried their best, but still failed. They were completely wiped out in the hatchery of Purgatory... At least this result would be easier for the captain and his mother to accept."

"Frick, what are you talking about!" Lina's eyes widened. She stared at Frick and said word by word, "What do you mean?"

Frick did not answer Lina's question. His eyes stayed on Luo Ling.

"Look, little girl, it's all because of you that the current situation has become so ugly."

He stood up and patted his armor casually, not looking like he was dying at all.

There wasn't even a trace of corruption or erosion - Frick's armor was a set of ritual vessels specially made for Purgatory, which could completely isolate it from its influence.

This also means that from the very beginning, Frick knew that this was the hatchery of "Purgatory".

In the battle just now, Luo Ling confirmed this through the spores, and at the same time, it also completely confirmed her guess.

There's a traitor in this hatchery operation.

The traitor is Frick.

Just as Lina said, the tragic deaths of several teammates were too strange. With their strength, they should not have died so easily in this hatchery.

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Compared with Lina's trust in her teammates, Luo Ling had some doubts about Flick from the beginning when he appeared.

Even though Spore confirmed Frick's human identity and had nothing to do with weirdness, because of what the First Person said, even if he was a human awakener, Luo Ling did not trust him 100%.

Afterwards, Luo Ling discovered that the tokens of her other two forces had been resonating. After a simple confirmation, she found that the object of resonance was actually Frick, and he was not only a member of the "Fate Society".

However, he must have collected the tokens from other forces, so he didn't notice it.

Therefore, in order to avoid being noticed by Frick, Luo Ling also hid the token.

The most important thing is that in the battle just now, Frick obviously did not use his full strength. His strength should be more than that of an eighth-level awakener. Coupled with the sacrificial instruments prepared in advance, he seemed to be at ease throughout the whole battle and hardly suffered any injuries, but he deliberately acted hard-working and tired.

Frick’s acting is actually very good, but it’s a pity that none of this is a secret in Spore’s view.

Including... Frick deliberately brought crises to Lina several times, trying to put her to death. At this point, Luo Ling completely confirmed Frick's identity as a traitor.

The one who planned all this...

"So, is it that the Fate Society gave too little, or that the Company gave too much... or that the Fire Granter offered you an offer you couldn't refuse?"

Luo Ling also stood up, looking at Frick with a calm look under his cloak, "I want to know what made you choose to betray your teammates and send Wilson, Helen, Lucia, and that... old Wei to Purgatory as nourishment."

Just like the battle just now, Flick didn't need to do anything himself. He just needed to use the trust of his teammates and make a little mistake, and that was enough.

The "Hunting" team had a good relationship and trusted each other, but this trust became a weapon that Frick used to kill him.

"what?"

As Luo Ling spoke slowly, Lina's face changed from gloomy to bright. She looked at Frick in disbelief, trying to read a denial of all this from his expression.

Could it be that...Flick is really the culprit of this unexpected disaster?

"You even know who I'm in charge of? You're really not an ordinary girl." Frick sighed, straightened his clothes, and said, "But I'm sorry, I'm not in charge of these. I'm a member of the Pioneer."

He glanced at Lina who was trying to pick up the musket, shook his head and said, "Captain, please save your energy. I really don't want to fight with you."

"Frick, what are you trying to hide? You are not a member of the Pioneer at all." Luo Ling said slowly, "If you were, I would have discovered it the first time we met."

The most notable characteristic of the pioneers is that they regard weirdness as a tool, and basically they will use weirdness to enhance their own strength to some extent.

In front of Luo Ling who possesses Puppet Yao, even the slightest trace of weirdness cannot escape her eyes.

Frick is the 100% purest awakened human being.

"...Maybe I should have insisted on sending you away." Frick's eyes became dangerous, but he soon said helplessly, "But I really don't want to cause more sins. Little girl, let's make a deal. Don't say anything after you leave. We can discuss any conditions."

At this time, Luo Ling was a little stunned. It had come to this point, and Frick actually said that he didn't want to cause more killings...

Didn't even plan to kill her?

"Frick, you should be the Fire Granter." At this time, Lina spoke slowly.

After being treated by Luo Ling, she was almost exhausted and could only lean against the wall. She didn't even have the strength to lift the musket.

"That's right, Captain, you're right." Frick nodded slightly and touched his chin, "However, this commission was from the "Company" side..."

The "company" is divided into "outsourced" and "full-time". "Outsourced" members are not limited to other forces and are only mercenaries.

Luo Ling is an "outsourced" member, and so is Frick.

"No wonder..."

Lina slowly closed her eyes.

After hearing Frick's answer, she had already calmly accepted the failure of herself and the "Fate Society".

The "Fate Society" and the "Fire Granter" are constantly fighting each other, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are mortal enemies.

Losing five eighth-level awakeners in one go, without even bringing any return, was indeed a serious blow to the "Destiny Society".

Anger can no longer change the established outcome.

But Luo Ling still had doubts. It should be impossible for the "Fire Granter" to achieve this step alone. If it was done by a "Pioneer", it would not be Frick who appeared, but the "Artist" who had not died at her hands in the current timeline.

Eliminate all the impossible, and only one impossible possibility remains.

I'm afraid... this hatchery was built by "the company".

This disaster was caused by "the company".

"So, what benefits does the collapse of boundaries bring to the 'company'?" Luo Ling said softly.

As soon as the words fell, she immediately sensed a flash of murderous intent.

Looking up, Frick hid the light in his eyes.

"You even know that the purpose of this operation is to "collapse the boundary", Miss Bai, you are indeed very extraordinary."

But he soon laughed again and said,

“But it doesn’t matter. Once this operation is over, everything will be buried in the past history and become a part of the abandoned world.

"This is a strange incident that will not be recorded in the files. The only thing left in the file is the final result, "boundary collapse"... It's okay to tell you that this hatchery is just one of them. The layout of the "company" is as many as 16."

This is why Frick didn't kill Luo Ling. Even if he didn't kill Luo Ling, she wouldn't be able to remember much after the boundary collapsed.

"So, why?"

Luo Ling repeated it again, looking straight at Frick.

"Because they experienced an unbearable failure and need to get rid of this failure." Frick sneered and said, "The company's strength is not without reason, because they only stayed in the most powerful era."

"..."

Luo Ling didn't say anything else and she fell into a long silence.

Victoria's 74th boundary collapse was neither caused by the weird nor by the "Pioneers", and had nothing to do with the Chosen Ones.