Who hid my body?

"Rhein?" Zamen was stunned. If the use of the devil army before could be regarded as Tianqin's internal affairs, then the use of Rhein was something Zamen could not understand. "Rhein's Som City...what happened?"

"Find out what happened in Som City before and how the archbishop died." Yong Xin looked into Zamen's eyes and said word by word, "We must find out at all costs."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 91 Twenty-two Devils

Polluted land.

A medium-sized pollutant was wandering aimlessly in the corpse swamp. With every step it moved, the "grease" on its body would slide down a little, leaving a thick "oil road" on its way.

It wandered like this until it came to a place where corpses had piled up into a small hill.

Medium-sized pollutants have a certain intelligence.

But not much.

So it could feel that there was something wrong with the mountain of corpses in front of it, and it didn't seem like a natural product of a polluted land. However, its strong desire to eat overwhelmed its limited intelligence, causing it to give up thinking, walk straight forward, and bury its head in the mountain of corpses.

Soon, a teeth-grinding chewing sound was heard in this silent place.

It's gnawing on the remains of these pollutants, or in other words, it's eating.

In polluted areas, small (human) pollutants are food for medium-sized pollutants, and medium-sized pollutants are food for large pollutants. Large pollutants, in turn, will become food for countless small pollutants after death.

This is a place with strict hierarchy, and in polluted areas, almost all living things must follow this rule.

But, it’s only “almost”.

While the medium-sized pollutants were enjoying the meal, the mountain of corpses began to move.

The next second, a giant net wrapped with countless blades flew out from the mountain of corpses, instantly covering the medium-sized pollutant. At the same time, the special blades embedded in the net also pierced into the body of the medium-sized pollutant from all angles, and immediately a liquid like mud and oil flowed out of the wound.

Now, even if the medium-sized pollutant has a low intelligence, it can tell that something is wrong.

It let out an incomprehensible roar, and then its entire body began to wriggle. Tentacles grew out of its body one after another, as if it wanted to use these tentacles to tear the web directly.

And that's when those special blades came into play.

Hundreds and thousands of blades in the net started to operate at the same time. They made sharper and harsher metal friction sounds. Hidden in the blades were smaller chainsaws, which quickly turned into small chainsaw swords.

So many chainsaw swords were activated at the same time that all the tentacles derived from the medium-sized pollutant were dismembered almost instantly, while also cutting off nearly a quarter of its body.

Then it fell down with a loud bang.

Before it could stand up, one after another, figures wearing devil masks and holding larger chainswords emerged from the swamp.

These people ignored the resistance of the medium-sized pollutant, nor did they care whether it was still alive. They just walked silently to the specific location, swung the chainsaw swords in their hands, and began their work - dismemberment.

The medium-sized pollutants continued to struggle and roar, but these people were not affected at all, and the hands holding the chainsaw swords were very steady.

It was as if this was not a massacre, but a normal job.

In less than ten minutes, the medium-sized pollutant was completely dead, and its huge corpse was cut into countless pieces by the demons.

But the work is not over.

Afterwards, the devils cut the body parts into half-human sizes, and then carried the body parts to a machine that looked like a blender at the back.

In a sense, it is indeed a blender.

The devil's army threw the body parts into the "blender" and then had someone turn it on. Amid the roar of the machine, there was the sound of the body parts being ground into powder.

Then, the yellow-gray grease flowed out from the port on the other side. Of course, an iron bucket had already been placed under the port.

When an iron barrel is filled with grease, someone will come forward to replace it with another empty barrel, then seal the previously full iron barrel and stick a "crude oil" label on the wall of the barrel. When ten barrels are collected, they will be transported to the rear together.

This process lasted for two hours, which was much longer than the time it took to hunt down the medium-sized infected creature itself.

During this period, the members of the Devil's Army remained silent, as if they were performing a strange pantomime, until the medium-sized infected creature was completely dismembered and converted into crude oil.

A leading man raised his right arm high, and a hoarse voice rang out from under the terrifying devil mask: "Check for infection."

All members immediately started fiddling with their masks and began "self-examination".

About five minutes later, all members raised their heads and gave thumbs up, indicating that they were not infected.

The leading man nodded, then glanced at the adjutant standing next to him. Seeing that the adjutant was also fine, he gestured: "Retreat."

Then, the team returned to the camp with their harvest of the day.

The camp is also located in a contaminated area, but there are special purification devices here that are enough for them to take off their masks.

"We have enough crude oil for this month." The leading man said to his adjutant while taking off his mask after returning to the camp. "The big guys we killed today would have been enough to support the expenses of a division of Tianqin for half a year in the past."

The adjutant was a tall and slender woman. She did not take off the mask immediately, but said calmly: "But now, it is only enough to last for a month."

The leading man shrugged. "It can't be helped. Tianqin is developing. More and more mechanical bodies and prosthetic limbs are being created. They all need energy."

The adjutant did not speak, but turned his head and looked into the depths of the contaminated area.

The leader knew what she was looking at, so he said, "Don't worry, we are still getting closer. The pioneers at the front can already see the No. 1 marked site ten years ago. Once we deliver this batch of crude oil, we can rush over to provide support."

The woman was silent for a while, and then whispered: "Ten years. We have spent ten years."

"Yes, we spent ten years chasing after that team." The leader said, "Although that team had the most advanced purification equipment at the time, and that purification equipment was damaged during that mission, and we were unable to manufacture it afterwards, so we had to push forward at a greater cost...but other than that, we are far ahead of them in other aspects, but the path they left behind took us ten years to catch up. Fortunately, we are finally catching up. I know you have been waiting for a long time, but this time, it is really within reach, Ina."

Ina didn't say anything, still looking quietly into the distance.

Not long after, a devil member came hurriedly and handed a piece of letter to the leader.

The team leader unfolded the letter and took a look at it, his brows immediately furrowed.

"It seems that we have to postpone the task of advancement for a while."

Ina immediately turned around and looked at the leader.

The leader unfolded the letter and said, "This is a message from Bishop Holman. He said... the monster that hid ten years ago has finally awakened."

Ina fell silent immediately, but the leader could still feel the heavier breathing that even the heavy devil mask could not cover up.

The leader knew how long Ina had been waiting for this day.

After a long time, Ina raised her hand and took off the mask with a "click", revealing a delicate but cold face like a carving knife.

"Let me go back." Ina said softly, "I can't wait any longer."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 92: Twenty-three Is that the one you see opposite?

The cog train stopped at an empty and silent platform.

The car door slowly opened.

Then noisy conversations began to emerge from the carriage.

"Ah, this month's salary is not enough."

"What do you want to change?"

"I want to exchange it for a mechanical shoulder guard. It's the one that came out three days ago. You should know what model it is."

"I think I should know, but isn't that model similar to the one you have now? It doesn't have any other functions except glowing at night."

"What are you talking about? Isn't it enough to be able to glow? Just think about it, at night on an unlit street, you can just take off your shirt and you will glow."

"Ah, that's true... Damn it, now that you mention it, I want to change it too, but I just got new leg parts last week..."

Gerard walked out of the car, and the door slowly closed behind him, blocking out most of the noise in the car, and the only sounds that could be heard were indistinct.

"You changed it so quickly..."

"That can't be helped. Besides, I'm nothing. I heard that guy..."

As the gear train slowly started and drove away into the distance, it took away the last bit of brief noise and returned silence to the empty platform.

Gerard looked at the sign in front of him, on which was written the name of the station - "Rim Station".

Bai Wei's gaze lingered on it for a moment. Logically, such an ordinary platform name was not worth his second glance, but he could see that the station sign had been covered, and there was another word underneath it, which was its past name. The meaning of that title in this world was also very simple and straightforward.

"hero".

This made Bai Wei realize where Gerard had come to.

"It seems like you are going back to your hometown?" Bai Wei asked leisurely.

Now Gerard had no way to refuse to answer any of Bai Wei's questions. He could only nod and say "yes", then stop looking at the sign and start walking inside.

Unlike other stations, all the facilities in this station are very old. Of course, this is understandable, because the maintenance table posted at the exit clearly records the time of the last maintenance - 236 years.

"I say, this place is a bit too stingy." Bai Wei's voice sounded in Gerard's mind again, "Just because you once lived here and committed a crime, does that mean everything about you should be treated specially? What happened before is fine, but it's a bit strange that such a large platform is not maintained at all."

"Because this is not a place where I have lived alone." Gerard began to explain again. He walked out of the platform and stood in front of a street passage. He stopped briefly and let Bai Wei look into the distance with his vision. "This is where the entire first generation of pioneers lived."

This is a residential area.

But unlike the lively and fashionable steampunk style of residential areas in other districts, this residential area looks very ordinary.

It has far fewer metal parts than other areas, and most of the parts are old and rusty and unusable, just randomly piled up in twos and threes. There are few people in this area, and you can't see many people walking around. Even if there are, they are mostly children. They cast their eyes on Jellal with curiosity, wondering why this guy who looks so strange came here.

It's more like a cemetery than a residential area.

"Do all the members and their families of the pioneer troops of all generations, that is, the Xiaoxing Troop you are in, live here?" Bai Wei asked.

"Yes." Gerard nodded, and then stepped into this place that he was once very familiar with.

Bai Wei was also observing this desolate land that seemed out of place with the entire Tianqin.

In the game, the Tianqin map is also relatively large, with many places to run around. But the game is a game after all, and from what Bai Wei has observed so far, the Tianqin map in the game is definitely not even one-tenth of the Tianqin in reality. At least Bai Wei has never been to this place.

So this place is also relatively new to Bai Wei.

It was desolate now, but that didn't mean it was desolate ten years ago. Unlike the "Devil" troops, the first generation of pioneer troops, the "Evening Stars", were regarded as heroes in Tianqin, as can be seen from the previously covered station sign. Ten years ago, this was definitely the most prominent residential area in Tianqin, as can be seen from the various facilities on the street that were so dilapidated that they could not be used.

Obviously, this was the benchmark set by Tianqin.

But is the purpose of this benchmark just to make people admire it?

Bai Wei, who knew the plot, obviously had more knowledge. He said to Gerard with a half-smile, "Tianqin gathered the entire pioneer army in one place. The most direct reason is... to prevent possible pollution from spreading, right?"

Jellal's body paused, "That's part of the reason."

"Heh... is it really just part of the reason? I think it should be the main reason." Bai Wei slowly expressed his opinion, "The pioneer troops are in direct contact with the contaminated area. For ordinary people, you are too 'dangerous', so the best thing is to gather you together and 'watch over' you, so that if there is any change, we can react in the first time. For example, ten years ago, you and the entire Xiaoxing were wiped out in the deepest part of the contaminated area, and claimed to have the order, but you have no memory, so in their eyes, this is the most direct evidence of contamination."

Having said that, Bai Wei paused.

"I'm afraid that until now, Tianqin still believes that you are contaminated, but they can't find any evidence. Various contamination tests have no effect on you. No matter how you look at it, you are 'clean'. According to Tianqin's rules, you cannot be executed if you are not contaminated. But this does not mean that they can't do anything. You are not contaminated, but are others contaminated? Those who did not come back could not prove their innocence, so they were labeled as rebels, and this once heroic area naturally became the current... um, what was it called?"

"Rim Station."

"Ah, you don't actually have to answer this question. I was just being sarcastic."

"I will answer all your questions," Gerard replied, "This is the deal between us."

"Haha, that's true." Bai Wei raised Gerard's eyebrows, "So what I just said is correct?"

"...Basically, yes." Gerard said, "Although many people say that I am a rebel, according to the rules of Lyra, I am not a rebel yet, so I can still serve in the Skeleton Force... This is the iron law of Lyra, and no one can break it."

When Gerard said that iron rule, he heard Bai Wei's undisguised mocking laugh.

"Iron law? Don't you think what you said is funny?" Bai Wei said, "I won't talk about what I saw. As far as I know, there are countless people in this city who want to kill you in the past ten years. Even if they use the rules to kill you, they are still killing you. Doesn't this alone violate Tianqin's iron law for 'innocent people'? If you are guilty, you die. If you are innocent, you don't need to bear any responsibility. This is the so-called iron law, right?"

Gerard was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "You have too many questions, I can't answer them all."

"I've already told you that I'm just mocking you. You don't need to answer." Bai Wei said lazily, "But since you want to answer so much, just give an answer."

"You said."

"What is the most important thing to you?" Bai Wei asked a multiple-choice question, "Rules, truth, or life?"

This question made Gerard's expression flash with a hint of silence. It was obvious that he did not expect Bai Wei to suddenly ask such a question.

He stopped and thought about the question seriously, but in the end, he shook his head and answered sincerely: "I don't know."

"Don't you know? This can be considered an answer." Bai Wei said with a smile, "But I think you will know it one day. When that time comes, remember to tell me."

Before Gerard could answer, he heard Bai Wei say again.

"Ah, I think I've seen your old home."

Gerard was also stunned, thinking that how could Bai Wei know where his home was when he had never been to this place?

But when he looked over, he understood.