You tell me, this is called daily youth?

"Don't pretend. This is not something you can do. Don't think about how long we have known each other."

Isn’t it just two months?

Yuuki wanted to retort, but he scratched his face and his indifference turned into a wry smile.

He really couldn't do it. Even if he became a monster, he still retained some innocence. Take Kaguya Shinomiya for example. She did give Hayasaka's face at the beginning, but more of it was the remaining goodwill among the "people in the know".

Traveling through life and death together, fighting for survival together, there is not much difference except that there is no identity of "player".

Those Marines who charged desperately and the soldiers who blew themselves up to seal the wormhole are still vivid in Yuki's mind. He is full of respect for them and would never do such a thing as using them as stepping stones to maximize his own interests.

Yuki thought for a minute before slowly looking up. "As long as we ensure our fundamental interests, I'll help you as much as I can. I have a plan, and I want to see if I can achieve an epic achievement."

"Epic achievement? Do you mean the requirement for comprehensive evaluation from monster to epic?" Hayasaka Ai suddenly interrupted. She has a deep obsession with upgrading.

"Well, although we are still far from that line, it's always better to prepare for a rainy day. Do you remember Adam?"

“Who could forget this?”

"He is a typical representative of the stuck stage. He can only achieve qualitative change through continuous accumulation, but this path is too troublesome." Yuki spread out his hands. If he could go back to 'Bloody Disaster' now, he could hang Adam up and beat him, and the price would be just a few points.

Breaking through the bottleneck ahead of time? That's a good opportunity, but the first half of this idiot's sentence is his true thoughts.

Mai didn't interrupt. She knew this man too well. He seemed selfish, but he also retained some justice. He was more like an ordinary person.

"This is the best. Anyone who fights without guaranteeing benefits is a fool. We can't be so cold and heartless."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. This was obviously something that had been discussed beforehand. This team of five was influencing each other, and as the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." There were no selfish people in the team.

"Even if we don't want to be a saint, we must have a clear conscience. If we stick together to keep each other warm, doesn't that mean we won't let the game distort our will?" Hayasaka Airuo was touched and suddenly found that everyone was looking at her. The strange looks made her a little flustered.

"W-Why are you looking at me?"

"Very insightful. After you return, write it down and hang it on the eaves of your room. Anyone who wants to become our companion in the future must meet this condition." Yuki's eyes lit up, as if he had found a life mentor. He had never summarized it himself.

"You still want to find a companion? You haven't forgotten that captain." Kaguya just complained silently when she saw Yuki looking at her with murderous eyes, and quickly hid behind Hayasaka.

I'll settle the score with you later. Why can't you learn from Rihe and be a little more obedient? Oh, that girl just betrayed me.

Yuki covered his head, feeling that his teaching methods were off, and patted his face gently. "Do as much as you can. Show me your player dashboard. It's been more than ten days, there should be some improvement."

Blocking wormholes can not only earn you military merits, but also earn you rewards from the reincarnation game. Looking at the three panels, there are indeed considerable gains.

Similar to herself, the three of them received 3 enhancement points as rewards, and with the ones they had originally accumulated, they all strengthened their respective skills.

Mai upgraded the singer's white veil to the extraordinary level, expanding the defense range to almost cover the entire team.

Hayasaka finally collected enough enhancement points and used the Shadow Heart to upgrade the bloodline skill, Ghost Shooter, to LV2. Its ability is a bit like the assassin killed in Lancui City before, and it can jump between shadows.

Kaguya Shinomiya's method was the simplest and most brutal. She forged the scattered arrows three times with three strengthening points, increasing the number to 20, and then further increased the penetrating power.

These are all game rewards, and greater gains can be obtained through military merit exchange.

"Since your military merits are insufficient, I will exchange them for your equipment, which has been matched to your respective characteristics."

Relying on his previous achievements, Yuki and Hiyori joined hands and armed them to the teeth.

A large pile of equipment was placed on the table, looking like gifts brought back from a long journey.

"Hayasaka, I give you the electromagnetic rifle and plasma cannon. You can use them freely in this dungeon."

"Senior, I've used individual protective force fields and alloy shields before. They offer pretty good defense. I'll give them to you so you can continue stacking armor. Nitrided high-energy explosives might be useful somewhere."

"As for you, Kaguya, I'll lend you my optical invisibility cloak first. Please don't break it. It's surprisingly expensive."

"Take these potions, stimulants, and so on. Take some with you."

All of them are special items. The disadvantage is that you cannot replenish ammunition and energy after leaving the dungeon, and they are too specific to the dungeon type. For example, the electromagnetic rifle is useless against ghosts, but the death knell can come in handy.

It was enough for the current situation. Yuki was a "lone ranger" anyway, and he had more military merits than he could ever use up, and he didn't know how to fly an armed helicopter.

Special props are also counted in the scoring, so Hayasaka's overall evaluation has reached Extraordinary III, Senior's Extraordinary II, and Kaguya is also approaching the threshold of Extraordinary.

Hiyori was the only one in the entire team still standing still, but considering she wasn't a combatant, it was fine as long as she could protect herself.

Hayasaka Ai picked up the rifle and fiddled with it, then expertly disassembled it, revealing the emerald-like core in the middle. It glowed faintly and was very beautiful.

"It's this thing again."

"Emerald stone is a specialty of this planet. The method of refining it should be the core secret of the defense force." Yuki knew it a long time ago. From rifles to air battleships, everything is powered by this thing, but he had no interest in it.

He is not an industrialist and does not have the ability to build a production line.

"Not only that, I once activated my special ability to observe the defense forces cleaning up the battlefield, and they once dug out this kind of stone from the brain worms." The senior student added, which made Yuki stunned and smell something was wrong.

He participated in several wars, but cleaning up the battlefield was a secret operation, and there was no need to take the risk to observe. But it was different for Senior Mai. If she wanted to watch, no one could find out.

This subtly points to the essence of war. Isn't this a massacre, but a fight for resources?

"Brain worms? Are there common ones?" Yuki was under close surveillance and had no energy to observe such details.

"I don't know. Anyway, the corpses were all destroyed in a centralized manner. There were some very strange machines, but I don't recognize them." The senior student spread her hands. She was just a high school student. How could she understand alien high technology?

"Could it be that this thing is more than just a source of energy to drive machinery?" Yuki took the glowing jade in his hand and observed it. He couldn't see any problems, but suddenly remembered something strange.

He killed many traitors, but didn't get any soul energy. On the other hand, the Zerg was a great tonic.

There is also the process of replenishing the energy of the Goshawk, and the entire process is classified as top secret. Now that I think about it, is it not just a simple replacement of batteries?

"It has been included in the key observation content. It just so happens that after we get out of the wall, we are out of surveillance and can finally investigate freely." Yuki did not pin his hopes on Johnny Silverhand. Getting the top-secret information directly from the central database is a shortcut, but what needs to be checked still needs to be checked.

thump.

He threw the energy core on the table and slowly closed his eyes.

"Get a good rest tonight and go out on the wall tomorrow. If you have the chance tonight, Senior Sister, please see how the Goshawk replenishes its energy."

"I discovered that this small stone might be connected to the core of the dungeon."

Chapter 23 Wings of Freedom

The mountains are undulating and surrounded by dark rocks. The sunlight in the sky is dim, and the blue sky seems to be wearing a green hat on everyone.

The group traveled through the black mountains. Only when they actually walked inside did they realize how thick this 'Wall of Sighs' was. Even without the 'fire' to maintain it, it would be impossible to penetrate it.

After understanding the nature of the Wall of Sighs and revisiting the place, Yuuki roughly understood what the mist in the devil's vision was.

A strange energy, but why is it related to the soul?

It was normal to have an energy reaction, proving that the mountain range was a deliberately created man-made structure, but Yuuki didn't understand what this had to do with the emerald stone.

He secretly glanced at Captain Chris, who led a whole team of psionic warriors. She had already made friends with Hiyori and the others. High school girls might not be as ruthless as the average player, but when it came to making friends with their peers, no one was better than them.

There was someone acting as the supporting role, and Yuki only occasionally guided the topic, and he actually managed to get some information out of them.

Chris is a user and only focuses on how to use the equipment. She has no idea where the equipment comes from, who made it, or how to replenish it.

The girl only said that the equipment would be recycled when its service life was reached and new equipment would be issued.

This is very strange. Yuki didn't see any factory in the headquarters. He originally thought that the exchanged equipment would be allocated from the warehouse, but now it seems that it is not that simple.

"We're almost at the edge of the wall."

Chris, who was leading the way, closed the map. Everyone saw that the mountains ahead finally came to an end. After walking forward for a few minutes, they were all stunned.

It was like standing on the clouds and looking forward. The purple plain stretched towards the end of the horizon. Only then did Yuki finally understand why it was called the 'Wall of Sighs'.

The side where the mountains connect to the plains is vertical, with a smooth and flat surface, full of "the wonders of nature".

Yuki immediately thought of the Great Wall in the North in Game of Thrones. No, after seeing it with his own eyes, the two were simply incomparable.

A giant wall that is one thousand meters high and more than ten kilometers deep has exceeded the limits of human imagination.

He secretly glanced at Levi who was not far away. The latter's dead face showed a rare look of astonishment, his eyes were wide open, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"I guess they think that if the Eldians had this wall, they could live happily forever."

If the giants were asked to climb such a huge wall, they would probably never be able to cross it in their lifetime. The super giants are no different from ants.

Yuki didn't disturb the captain's fantasy. He looked around and saw that there were no defensive weapons on the wall and no insect corpses under the wall. He switched to the demon's vision and his pupils shrank slightly.

This is......

The wall was burning with invisible flames, making it look even more spectacular. No wonder the swarm of insects couldn't dig holes or climb over it. They would have turned into corpses if they had touched it.

"No, this flame isn't violent, but if its fluctuations are regular, it's more like a specialized insecticide. Why isn't it used in war?"

"And this is the soul flame, why haven't I seen it before?"

Yuki didn't quite understand, he only knew that the existence of this wall made the swarm of insects afraid to touch it, and they had to find other ways to overcome the obstacle.

"It's spectacular, isn't it? Actually, this is my first time coming to the wall." Chris walked over silently, with her mask open, staring at the purple-black plain in a daze.

"It's truly spectacular! A circle with a circumference of thousands of kilometers couldn't even appear in science fiction. It's absurd." Yuki licked his lips as he witnessed another unforgettable sight. "The Wall of Sighs is valuable. Without it, countless swarms of insects would have filled the basin long ago, and there wouldn't have been any victories in the defense."

The captain tilted his head and thought for a long time. "You're right. This is humanity's guardian angel. As long as we plug the loopholes, we will be able to persevere. So, what is science fiction?"

Chris is curious about everything. Her life is filled with fighting and training. She has never read novels and is even more stunned by the fashion talk of her senior. It seems that the Wall of Sighs in Yuki's eyes is something from another world.

"Ask Hiyori later. By the way, why didn't you have to patrol the first time you came?"

"There's no patrol there. I don't know why, but standing here, do you know how I feel?" Chris didn't wait for Yuuki to answer. Her face was pale and her eyelashes trembled slightly.

"Despair, the despair of discovering the truth of the world, is far more intuitive than any data."

She was shaking and emitting a strange mental wave. Yuki even felt that the smell was somewhat familiar, so he looked outside the wall.

For a moment, even he felt a little desperate.

Humanity is trapped in a corner, and the entire planet is inhabited by insect swarms. Outside this wall, there should be brilliant human civilization, huge cities, and beautiful fields, but now there is only dead silence.

Yuki didn't have time to think. He stood on tiptoe and covered Chris's eyes. His tone was very gentle: "Then don't look. Just think in your heart: sooner or later, this land will return to human hands."

"Really?"

Of course it’s fake, am I just kidding you?

Yuki finally refrained from uttering the cold words, but nodded softly, "Of course. Isn't this just a fight back against the wall? A big step for the future of mankind?"

Through the mouth of the city, Chris and other soldiers finally discovered the true meaning of the "Sentinel Plan".

Yes, this is a counterattack by humans trapped within the barriers against the Zerg. Bringing the war back to their homeland will surely boost the morale of their compatriots.

The strange mental fluctuations disappeared?

This look of amazement made Yuki realize something, and he asked, "Huh, no one has ever come out of the wall to fight back before?"

"No, there is a fungal mat outside the wall, so we can't participate. Besides, for such an exciting event, all participants will be heroes regardless of whether they win or lose!" Chris answered firmly.

Logically, this is correct, and there is no mention of this in the special information provided to the reinforcements, but Yuki always feels that this does not conform to common sense.

Even the Eldians would try their best to go outside the wall for investigation, so the defense forces wouldn't be so cowardly.

He glanced at Levi secretly, made several guesses in his mind, and waved his hand.

"Let's go."

......

There is a secret elevator hidden in the wall, which can go directly to the depths of the ground a thousand meters below. When the elevator door opens, there is a narrow steel passage inside.

The passage didn't even have any turns, extending straight into the distance, with openings and various detectors all over the ceiling.

It is obviously designed for defense. Even if the puppet worms get the top secret and pass this passage to the swarm of insects, it is impossible to sneak through the Wall of Sighs. If a large army is sent, this narrow passage will become a slaughterhouse.

Of course, now the insect swarms can dig their own holes, so there is no need for this tunnel.

"The commander-in-chief is staring at me." Yuki felt like he was being broadcast live. He turned on his devil vision, looked up and around, but saw nothing.

It was a bit like the fog spread by assassination insects. The air was filled with invisible energy particles. Looking up from the bottom of the wall, the energy was so dense that it seemed like substance.

This wall is not simple, at least the outermost layer is not simple.

The Black Mountains stretched over ten kilometers in depth, and the energy in this outer layer was extremely concentrated. Yuuki couldn't help but glance at the figure in front of him again, filled with malicious thoughts:

There might not be any giant buried in here.

"Sky Island Yuuki, you're looking at me with strange eyes again."

Levi was a little angry. The slightly similar worldview made him very unhappy. He wanted to fulfill certain obsessions, but was bound by the player's creed.

Players are not supposed to get too involved in the game, but with this scene, how could they not?

Chris and other psychic warriors held their heads high and chests puffed out. Now that they had passed through the Wall of Sighs, they all felt a sense of honor for pioneering history. Mai and others did not think too much about it, but just quietly observed everyone's expressions, which were then recorded by Hiyori.

After walking for more than ten minutes, everyone had their own thoughts. A musty smell began to appear in the air, and the light strips on both sides began to dim, as if the energy system had been disturbed.