Chapter 246 Hungry Ghosts Reborn in the End of the World
Chapter 246: Rebirth in the "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse"
Monat slowly and persistently propped himself up, trying to make himself look at Jiang Qian at eye level:
"That person is dead. As for my mission, Elizabeth should have told you."
His expression did not seem to be mysterious.
Jiang Qian was silent for a while, digesting Monat's answer, recalling Elizabeth's original words when she was "frank" with him, and repeated them in front of Monat:
"She said you are the best agent in the empire, and you were responsible for monitoring her daily life at that time."
Jiang Qian looked at Monat and smiled:
"But I think she probably misunderstood you. At least I have never seen anyone who was monitored live as freely and comfortably as she did."
"You are not monitoring her, you are more like protecting her."
Monat remained silent.
But his slightly faster breathing rhythm verified Jiang Qian's thoughts.
"The person who can arrange for you to protect Elizabeth, and who is already dead... Are you a close confidant of Dr. Kate?"
Confirming the expression on Monat's face, Jiang Qian continued:
"Don't be surprised, this is easy to guess, I didn't expect Dr. Kate to have an insider in the Imperial Intelligence Department. This story is more complicated than I expected."
"What do you want?"
Cold sweat quietly slid down Monat's forehead.
He suddenly realized that the sense of oppression carried by Jiang Qian sometimes had nothing to do with force.
It seemed that as long as he was stared at by those eyes that seemed to never see waves, even the deepest secrets would be easily read.
"Me?"
Jiang Qian looked calm:
"You should know that there are many 'players' who have landed here, and we have been divided into different camps."
"For me, the next task is to guard the seaside military fortress and prevent the players of the hostile camp from invading the mysterious land of the North Sea."
Speaking of this, Jiang Qian paused, thought for a while and said:
"The guardian will stand with humans and welcome the darkness... That's what the task says."
Monat kept his eyes open and stayed on Jiang Qian for a long time. He had a complicated expression, worried and expectant.
All the caution, vigilance, curiosity, and worry condensed into one sentence: "What do you need me to do?"
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In the Ideal Town Academic Affairs Building.
In Elizabeth's private reception room, several participants briefly greeted each other.
In addition to the hosts Elizabeth and Monat, and Jiang Qian and Xue Yang, who are regular customers, there are a few new faces in the room: Canyon Laoliu, who is wearing an orange sports suit and goggles, and Northeast Home Cooking, who has just solved the food problem for everyone present.
It is 3 o'clock in the morning.
It has been 3 hours since the second player coordinates were announced.
"I will make it short without further ado. As the guardian of the human camp and a key figure in the human camp, I am afraid that we are not far away from the so-called "darkest moment". "
Jiang Qian has already stood in front of the blackboard, picked up a piece of chalk, and began to quickly sketch on the board.
He switched the color of the chalk in an orderly manner, and completely restored the map and player distribution seen when the coordinates were announced for the second time on the blackboard:
"This is our location. This is the military fortress of the joint defense force. The coastline of the North Sea is very long. The specific location of the mysterious place is not marked on the map..."
Jiang Qian picked up the key points to explain the map he had drawn.
Canyon Laoliu and Northeast Home Cooking looked at each other, and both saw surprise and even horror in each other's eyes.
——What a perverted ability!
This does not include all the player IDs he remembered...
Elizabeth and Monat frowned slightly at the meticulous diagram in front of them. They didn't know where the diagram came from or what was important.
Elizabeth couldn't help asking: "What are those red and green dots?"
"Red is the hunter, that is, the players who attacked the ideal town; green represents the guardian, that is, us. Our goal is the same as that of humans, which is to prevent the hunter from seizing the military fortress and invading the mysterious land on the North Sea." Jiang Qian explained.
Elizabeth opened her lips slightly: "Why are there so few green dots..."
In the actual operation of "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse", there are very few players who choose to fast, so the number of guardians is indeed a bit dwarfed by the hunters.
"And the truth is often in the hands of a few people."
Jiang Qian said, marking several bright red dots near the military fortress on the seaside.
They are very close to the military fortress and seem to arrive in a few days.
Jiang Qian pointed to the two nearest red dots and said:
"According to the scale, taking the speed of the off-road vehicle as an example, these two groups of hunters will arrive at the military fortress within three days, and the remaining groups will arrive within five days. If we want to rush over, it will take at least five days, not considering extreme cases."
"In other words, if we want to gather and set off, we can only arrive at the battle scene after most hunters start attacking the military fortress."
"Obviously, we are not at an advantage in terms of position, timing, or number."
Jiang Qian has also explained the meaning of "group" to Elizabeth and Monat, and now everyone has synchronized information.
So when they heard this, everyone unconsciously tensed up.
Before Jiang Qian disassembled the current situation, they did not realize that the situation was so urgent.
"I asked why they haven't contacted us for a long time..." Elizabeth looked at Monat unconsciously. She was naturally referring to the joint defense force that had previous dealings with Ideal Town.
Monat frowned and asked Jiang Qian: "What do you mean by 'extreme cases'?"
"I."
Jiang Qian said simply:
"Flying at extremely fast speeds, without carrying any heavy objects, I can arrive before the other two groups of hunters."
Several people looked at Jiang Qian with envy or admiration.
Canyon Lao Liu thought attentively and said:
"According to the normal speed of travel, the battle may be over by the time we arrive at the battlefield, and it will be useless if we go there. We may even be regarded as a hostile force by our own camp."
"If Qianlong doesn't take the lead and gets in touch with the human military fortress before the hunter attacks, or reaches a coordination, then we can attack from both front and back and cooperate well to make up for the numerical disadvantage!"
Jiang Qian showed approval, and everyone else's eyes lit up one after another!
"I think it's reliable! With Lao Jiang's strength, even if he acts alone, he won't make any mistakes. He can just strike first!" Xue Yang said frankly.
"It's not like there were no mistakes at all."
Canyon Lao Liu said and looked at Jiang Qian:
"It's not that I don't believe in your ability, but our identity. How can we convince the military fortress?"
This problem is exactly what Jiang Qian is ready to solve immediately.
Elizabeth raised her hand politely: "I can show you the relevant documents from Ideal Town, or I can write a handwritten letter to prove your identity and intention."
Jiang Qian nodded: "This is one of them. I also need a personal token of yours in case of emergency."
"Private token?" Elizabeth was a little confused.
She didn't understand what key role her current identity could play in addition to being the leader of Ideal Town.
"Monat will explain this to you later. You should think about it first. It's best to hand it over to me before setting off at dawn."
"The next thing to discuss is the layout of personnel involved in the rescue of the military fortress..."
Jiang Qian calmly presided over the progress of the meeting:
"In terms of players, judging from the information and coordinates released today, some players in the Guardian camp will choose to stay away from the vortex and wait and see what happens; while the other group of enterprising players are the ones we need to unite with as soon as possible."
"Lao Liu is the most suitable for this task. The first condition to unite them is to find them. Dongbei Home Cooking will cooperate with you, and he will be your translator."
The two people whose names were called were startled at the same time.
Jiang Qian noticed the two men's gazes: "What's the problem?"
"Um, I think..." Canyon Lao Liu hesitated.
"No problem! Overcome the difficulties and ensure the completion of the task!!" Northeast Home Cooking reported immediately.
Jiang Qian said with satisfaction: "Try to overcome the difficulties as much as possible. When heaven is about to entrust a great task to this person, he must first work hard for his mind and body... If you have to be restrained, you will get used to it."
"What about me?" Xue Yang asked eagerly.
"You go with Monat and Elizabeth."
Jiang Qian withdrew his gaze and continued:
"In addition to the line of guardian players, quasi-state cognitive bodies that are ideally infected and cured can also play a role, but they are still very fragile compared to most super species players, so remember to do what you can. You don't need me for this Arranged the details.”
He said and looked at Monat.
"I know." Mona nodded.
"Wait, that means that the red dots you are facing are not individual people, but groups?"
Elizabeth showed obvious worry:
"With your current numbers, how on earth are you going to compete with those hunters who have tribes?"
She already had a rough understanding of the intentions of players like Jiang Qian, and had seen with her own eyes that Jiang Qian had demonstrated extraordinary abilities and saved his ideals from fire and water twice, but she still could not convince herself of the disparity in front of her!
"What would happen if those hunters were allowed to cross the North Sea and seize the so-called mysterious place?"
Elizabeth asked the crucial question.
Jiang Qian shook his head slowly.
This made Elizabeth even more uneasy, but her upbringing forced her to calm down:
"The darkest moment. Does the 'darkest moment' you just mentioned refer to the racial crisis that mankind is about to face?"
Elizabeth's words also aroused the vigilance of Canyon Lao Liu, Northeast Home Cooking and even Xue Yang.
What does the guidance information given after the dungeon announces the faction mean to the humans in the dungeon? What does it mean for players?
These are all unknowns.
"That's a good question."
Jiang Qian was obviously different from others. He did not seem to be troubled by this problem and said calmly:
"To explore related issues, I arranged some unconventional operations."
As he spoke, he turned sideways and pointed to several other cities displayed on the blackboard map:
"I learned from the prisoners that the Twin Cities adjacent to Lotus City hide side missions that are different from Lotus City. They came here to rob because the mission in this city could not be solved easily, so they wanted to come here to take a chance. Sure enough, Let them encounter it...but they are more unfortunate and encounter a nail-biting household."
"Based on this, I infer that there may be different branch lines hidden in several other cities shown on the map."
"Note that this confrontation is a camp confrontation, and there are players of different camps in each city. In other words, as long as the information exchange within the same camp is sufficient, it is possible for us to clearly explore the entire current world view. "
"At that time, the information advantage we have may be more valuable than the advantage in numbers to turn the tide of the war."
After Jiang Qian finished speaking, Canyon Lao Liu, Northeast Home Cooking, and Xue Yang all stared at the five cities drawn on the blackboard:
Except Lotus City, Gemini City, Pendulum City, Pulse City, Dragon City, and Frozen City...
The names of each city are so suspicious!
And Monat and Elizabeth seemed much more "calm". They were not players, and they didn't think there was anything weird about these cities they were familiar with.
"So how do you plan to fully exchange information?" Canyon Lao Liu couldn't wait to ask.
"This is simple," Jiang Qian smiled, "Use a postman."
"???"
...
In the closed room, Beth suddenly jumped up from the bed!
She gasped, the cold sweat on her body had solidified, the bright orange-red curly hair was partially condensed on her cheeks, her makeup was completely faded, and she looked weak and embarrassed.
"Asshole..."
She was shrouded in the irritability of the coming of the craving for cigarettes.
Thoughts flashed through her mind, and she remembered Jiang Qian's cold face holding the scalpel, and her heart trembled for no reason.
Then, she found something worse:
The node of the target process of the copy visualization "food selection, tribe, migration" disappeared!
She could clearly feel the changes in her body, and the abilities obtained through cannibalism, such as the ability to infect the tribe, could no longer be felt at the moment...
Just as she tried to recall what the hell was wrong with her, the extremely familiar, palpitating and urgent hunger instantly filled her entire perception.
Humans, the smell of humans outside the door, made her almost crazy!
"Open, open the door... open!"
Beth staggered and hit the door, then waved her arms and barely slapped the door.
"Pah, pah, pah"
The hunger deprived her of the strength to use the super-species skills, causing her current physical fitness to be worse than that of an ordinary person.
So hungry!
Under the continuous invasion of hunger, Beth no longer had the strength to continue knocking on the door.
The crazy roar turned into whimpering and begging:
"Open the door, save me..."
The colorless liquid slid down her beautiful chin, and she could no longer tell whether it was tears or saliva.
Just when Beth thought she was about to die of hunger, the door in front of her, which had been motionless, suddenly opened slowly.
Beth lay on the ground, looking up at the halo that came through the crack in the door, and the cold young man who looked down at her.
She opened her mouth.
Seeing the hand holding the scalpel handing her a piece of bread...
Bread?
Food? !
At that moment, Beth seemed like a hungry ghost incarnate!
She rushed forward, stretched her neck and bit the piece of bread, biting it tightly! Then, she swallowed the bread with her tongue and saliva!
This series of actions was almost not affected by her own will, or in other words, her own will had no decisive effect in the face of the terrifying appetite.
When the food slid down the esophagus into the stomach, Beth felt like she was ascending to heaven.
Until she heard Jiang Qian's voice:
"Be obedient, and you will have bread every day."
Jiang Qian's voice was emotionless, but it made Beth tremble all over.
But she couldn't refuse a food provider, she couldn't do it! Because the torture of hunger was too terrible...
"Be good."
Jiang Qian handed over the second piece of bread expressionlessly, and when Beth was wolfing it down, he reached out and stroked her head and cheek:
"By the way, congratulations on your new life."
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