louisehourcade Chapter 45 If we're not buddies, how come I still run into you even though I've taken a de
Chapter 45 If we're not buddies, how come I still run into you even though I've taken a de
Soon the three of them turned into a half-collapsed corridor of the experimental area.
The traces of this area being attacked by dummy soldiers are very obvious.
Most of the pipes on the ceiling were hanging down, and broken partitions were piled up haphazardly on the floor.
Lu Li glanced at their current coordinates on the map and confirmed that they could return to the main control module once they passed through here.
"This is the last stretch of the road."
March 7th breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "We're almost there! My legs are aching from walking so much!"
He hadn't finished speaking.
"boom!"
A dull thud came from ahead as a heavy object struck a metal wall, causing the ground to tremble.
The light tubes above the three people's heads shattered one after another, and glass shards fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
Lu Li stopped in his tracks and frowned slightly.
On March 7th, Xing and others also sensed that there seemed to be something ahead.
And...it's not small.
"land……"
Just as March 7th was about to speak, Lu Li raised his left hand to signal the two to be quiet.
Lu Li then extended his mental perception forward along the corridor.
Thirty meters.
Fifty meters.
One hundred meters...
next second.
A high-level organism, whose energy feedback far exceeded that of an ordinary phantom soldier, rapidly approached from the end of the passage and entered Lu Li's perception range.
Lu Li was speechless.
It's not because the enemy is strong.
Rather, the timing and location of this thing's appearance differed from the original plot in his memory.
He clearly took a detour on purpose.
And then this thing... chased after us on its own?
Could it be the effect of my own "butterfly" behavior?
There wasn't time to think it through.
The metal wall at the end of the passage was slammed open with a loud bang, leaving a huge dent.
The next moment, a centaur-shaped monster burst out from it.
Empty Soldier - Trampler!
The Trampler was five or six times larger than a regular Phantom Soldier, and its entire body was covered in thick black armor; it was clearly no pushover.
On March 7th, I gasped in shock.
Hoshino gripped the baseball bat tightly and swallowed hard.
The tramp raised its forelegs high and let out a piercing roar.
Immediately afterwards, a crackling sound came from above its head.
In an instant, six or seven ordinary phantom soldiers formed above them, surrounding the three.
Lu Li sighed silently to himself.
It's true what they say, what you least want to happen, happens.
Could it be that someone in the dark is really "playing a trick on" him?
……never mind.
Whether it's the power of plot correction or the cruel tricks of fate.
When the time comes, worrying won't help; you have no choice but to fight.
Lu Li glanced at the battlefield and made a judgment within a second.
"You can handle the smaller ones, I'll take care of the larger ones."
The words were spoken.
Without hesitation, Lu Li drew his standard-issue longsword from his waist and stepped forward, charging towards the trampling attackers.
Before March 7th could even utter the word "be careful," the flanks beside him had already pounced on him.
She gritted her teeth, drew her bow, and fired an ice arrow that froze the legs of the nearest flank soldier.
But the phantom soldier's target was clearly not just her; one of the phantom soldiers took advantage of the moment when March 7th was drawing his bow to rush straight at the star behind him.
"Star! Watch out!!"
Seeing the pawn rushing towards him, Xing did not back down.
The first phantom soldier swung its blade at her, but she dodged to the side.
He then gripped the baseball bat tightly with his backhand and swung it over.
"boom!"
The stick struck the feint soldier's neck joint solidly.
The pawn was swung away and knocked down the two behind it in the process.
March 7th paused for a moment.
The force and judgment of that strike... were completely unlike what someone who had just woken up and remembered nothing could have done.
"Xing, you're amazing! I never knew you were such a good fighter!"
On March 7th, he continued to attack while drawing his bow, shouting as he went.
Xing herself was somewhat surprised.
She looked down at her hands.
I think I'm actually pretty amazing?
But before she could think any further, the remaining soldiers rushed forward.
Xing raised his baseball bat again and charged forward.
One stick, two sticks.
One more blow.
March 7th uses ice arrows to slow down and control enemies, while Star uses a baseball bat to finish them off.
Soon, the last pawn was pinned to the corridor wall by March 7's ice arrow and couldn't move. Xing stepped forward and smashed its head with a stick.
"marvelous!"
March 7th jumped up excitedly and high-fived Xing: "We're getting better and better at teamwork!"
After the high-five, the two realized that Lu Li was still fighting the Trampler alone.
"We have to go help Lu Li!"
On March 7th, he turned around and ran over.
Then she stopped.
Because the moment they turned around.
At the end of the corridor.
With a flash of light, the massive body of the trampler was cleanly sliced in half from the center.
Immediately, the two halves of the body collapsed to the left and right with a loud thud, hitting both sides of the corridor with a dull thud.
Sparks and fragments of armor slowly fell behind Lu Li.
Lu Li stood still, holding a long sword, the blood of the trampled victims dripping slowly from the tip of the blade onto the ground.
March 7th was stunned as he watched Lu Li's back, holding a long sword, at the end of the corridor.
She felt that what she was seeing now was not the lazy logistics officer on the train.
Rather... it was... the person in the sky yesterday.
The figure holding the knife, the composed stance, the lingering sharp aura after sheathing the blade... it really is so similar.
My heart skipped a beat on March 7th.
...Just as Lu Li said.
Was that... just his past life?
On the other side, Xing stood still, holding a baseball bat.
Although she was unaware of the sky, she did not feel as disoriented as she did on March 7th.
But she also stared intently at Lu Li's back, her curiosity growing stronger.
That's amazing...
Is this kind of person really just in logistics?
He noticed the two people staring intently at him from behind.
Lu Li: "..."
He knew this would happen.
After all, he was the only one of the three capable of dealing with this mini-boss, the Trampler, alone.
But that also means he will perform even better in front of Xing, arousing Xing's curiosity about him.
That's why he doesn't want to run into this thing...
Lu Li sighed inwardly.
Forget it, there's no use worrying about it now.
Looking at Xing, it was clear that she was curious about him.
And what he needs to do in this situation is—ignore it!
Ok.
If he can't see it, then it doesn't exist.
...Okay, he admitted it.
He gave up.
Let him be curious, as long as we don't drag him into adventures and make him stand out.
Ok.
Sure enough, people's bottom line keeps getting lower and lower.
This is the price of growing up.
Lu Li sighed inwardly, turned around, casually tucked the knife into his waistband, and sauntered back, his lazy expression returning to his face.
Looking at Lu Li, who was staring blankly in the direction he had come from, Lu Li turned around and looked back with some confusion.
"What are you looking at so intently?"
Then he glanced at the remains of the illusory soldiers on the ground beside the two of them and raised an eyebrow.
"Hey, not bad at all."
March 7th: "..."
Yes, it's the familiar Lu Li.
She must have been too influenced by the sky and had an illusion just now.
On March 7th, I found a reason for myself.
Xing remained silent, looking at Lu Li, who was completely different from when they were fighting, seemingly lost in thought.
"Alright, let's go."
Lu Li stretched, interrupting their thoughts, "Let's go back quickly, I'm sleepy from running around for so long."
Just then, the terminal in March 7's hand vibrated.
On March 7th, she glanced at the message and said, "Ah, Danheng sent a message."
"He has found Alan and brought him back."
"You've worked hard." Lu Li yawned.
Along the way, he killed nearly twenty flank soldiers and one trampler.
Although I'm not physically tired, the mental fatigue is very real.
After all, his soul was a salted fish.
Salted fish doing this kind of high-intensity work is essentially draining their life force... well, on a mental level.
"Lu Li, you're yawning again."
I'm sleepy.
"Didn't you say you weren't tired?"
Lu Li looked serious.
"The body is the body, and the soul is the soul. My soul has already finished its shift."
March 7th rolled her eyes speechlessly.
Xing listened to their bickering from the side, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved up.
The three then continued their journey.
Fortunately, that trampling creature seems to be the last enemy in this area.
After dealing with it, the three of them did not encounter any more enemies along the way.
As a result, the three soon crossed the war zone and returned to the main control section of the defense center.
The moment I stepped out of the passageway.
Looking ahead at the brightly lit safe zone where researchers were moving back and forth, the three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They're finally back.
Just then, a familiar female voice came from ahead.
"Xiao Sanyue, Lu Li, thank you for your hard work."