You've become the warden, and you're telling me I'm an undercover agent?

Chapter 320 Emotional Anchor, Resurrection of the Dead

"I'm here to repay a favor I owe you."

When Chi Ping said this, not to mention Krodo and Zhang Qianye, even Rachel was confused.

"what?"

Her brain froze for a second or two, even though she knew Chi Ping had said he would thank her.

but--

Is the Chi Ping who was leading the way and the Chi Ping who defeated the S-rank the same person?!

I thought you were just a powerful A-class who could force ordinary A-class to obey you, but I didn't expect you to suddenly stop pretending?

For a moment, she could feel her heart pounding;

Even simple words were stuck in his throat, and came out one by one in a disordered order.

What a loss of composure.

Even many years later, when Rachel thought of this scene, it felt like a dream.

At first, she just wanted to get some food in the bomb shelter;
Then, he ran into a "monster" siege, an S-class battle, and now a powerful and terrifying gentleman who said he owed him a favor.

If you count carefully, these things happened within a span of only four or five days. But in the blink of an eye, the sky fell.

It's really unpredictable.

"If you haven't thought it through yet, you should think about it quickly." The speaker was Xiaoyun. She walked towards Rachel calmly and gently stroked the latter's thin face.

These days, few people can become fat, let alone Rachel who lives in the wilderness.

"Because we're leaving soon." Xiaoyun continued, "Do you still want to stay with us?"

Rachel was stunned when she heard this, and then shook her head like a rattle.

Her original intention of coming to the fortress was just to get some food.

She was trying to get food so she could survive and find her parents who were exiled. She was unwilling to go with Chi Ping.

"How about..." Rachel scratched her head: "Give me some supplies, food and clothes."

Hearing this, Xiaoyun smiled slightly: "That's easy to say."

After he finished speaking, he heard a sigh behind him. Looking over at the sound, he saw that Krodo had abruptly stopped patting his thigh, looking a little embarrassed for a moment.

He felt sorry that Rachel only made this request. Compared to him, Zhang Qianye nodded with appreciation.

He saw in Rachel a quality that was rare in the end times: non-greed.

In fact, he didn't know what Rachel was really thinking, but people would imagine things based on their own cognition.

Rachel simply felt that she was just leading the way. Asking for too much would be offensive, and asking for too little would not be worth it.

So, she only asked for something, but didn't specify the quantity. However, the high-ranking officials, for the sake of their own face, usually gave more than enough.

People who have survived in the wilderness are usually more pragmatic, so let's put spiritual qualities aside for now.

Hearing this, Xiaoyun nodded, then took out a metal plate and handed it to Rachel.

This was the receipt for picking up goods from her warehouse, and she originally planned to give only part of it to Rachel.

But at this moment, she couldn't care less about all these things in the current situation, so she simply gave the entire warehouse in the fortress to Rachel.

Rachel, who hadn't realized the abundance of supplies, simply nodded and said thank you.

Her amazement remained at the moment when the warehouse door was opened.

Krodo was anxiously waiting for his baby to be born, until they heard a voice:
"Do you still want this head of yours?"

Looking back, it was Pulao who had returned. He was pointing at a corpse on the fortress and asking Krodo.

When the latter saw Pulao's outfit, his eyes fixed.

Before the catastrophe, anyone with this appearance could instantly identify someone from the Mechanicus. After the catastrophe, resources were scarce, and there were very few people who could carry out the transformation. Basically, only the Mechanicus were left tinkering with these things.

"What do you mean?" Krodo looked at Pulao warily.

The latter quickly waved his hand: "I don't want it for nothing, I'll exchange it with you."

As he spoke, Pulao took out two large boxes from under his wide, water-wave-covered coat. The outer shells of the boxes were made of metal, with a sign prohibiting the use of flames printed on them.

It's two boxes of solid fuel.

Fuel, like food, is hard currency in the doomsday world.

Krodo looked hesitant. Since the catastrophe, many people have had problems with food and clothing, and some of the customary etiquette of the past is no longer maintained.

For example: burying the whole body.

"Okay." He uttered a word between his teeth, so soft that it was barely audible.

Pulao moved quickly, and before Krodo said "OK", he had already cut off the head of the corpse on the wall. Then he opened his coat and hung it around his waist in a dignified manner.

Seeing this, Krodo, who had just received two boxes of solid fuel, changed his expression because he saw other heads hanging around Pulao's waist.

Rachel recognized one of the heads; it was the team leader who recruited her that day.

The team leader who left a suicide note fell in love with a woman named "Huanhuan" before he died.

"Stop!" Zhang Qianye stood in front of Pulao, and Krodo also blocked Pulao's way.

"What do you mean?" Krodo asked, with a hint of anger in his voice.

I don’t know whether it was because they thought the supplies left by Pulao were too few, or because they felt that the extra heads cut off by Pulao were an insult to the dead.

"Ah?" Pulao tilted his head, looking a bit dumbfounded. "What do you mean?"

Krodo pointed silently at the extra head on Pulao's waist. Pulao spread his hands and put on an innocent expression on the small screen:

"They volunteered. I didn't force them."

Hearing this, Krodo's face turned black.

No, can a dead person volunteer?

If you ask a question and the dead person doesn't answer, you will take it as their consent?
"If you don't believe me, ask them." Pulao said again, pointing the captain's head at Krodo.

The latter was so angry that his face turned red, but at this moment, the captain's head spoke:
"Captain of the Garrison." He shouted with a wry smile on his face, and the loss in his eyes dissipated in the cold wind.

There's actually some real emotion in it.

Krodo narrowed his eyes, his narrow eyes revealing the anger that could lead to a fight at any moment: "You'd better explain yourself immediately!"

He said this to Pulao.

The team leader started to explain again.

After his upper body was cut open, his internal organs were scattered all over the floor, and he bumped into Pulao in his dying moments.

The latter made a deal with him.

The deal essentially involved the Mechanicum helping the team leader preserve a significant portion of his brain and consciousness. Over the next three years, the team leader would cooperate with the Mechanicum by regularly extracting cerebrospinal fluid.

Three years later, a mechanical body will be built for the captain and he will be set free.

As for why the Mechanicus wanted the captain's cerebrospinal fluid, it was because he was a person with rich emotions.

Rich human emotions are the anchor that maintains the human will of the cyborgs in the Mechanicus. The substance extracted from the captain's cerebrospinal fluid contains a certain degree of these anchor elements.

It can help a large number of transformed people to stabilize their anchor points.

But Pulao made things very clear. Generally speaking, among those who are left with only their brains, very few can survive for more than a year.

What about three years?

The team leader replied: "I still want to see Huanhuan."

Pulao has seen many such situations.

Basically every cerebrospinal fluid extraction person has abundant emotions and rich experiences, whether it is indelible beliefs or family love.

They always think that true love can withstand the passage of time.

Therefore, Pulao gave the team leader some simple measures to ensure that his head would not die immediately.

This is also one of the purposes of Pulao's trip:

One is to contact the "loophole" and extend an invitation as the case may be; the other is to collect strong enough emotions during the war.

Now it seems that both have been achieved.

After that, Krodo fell silent. Since the captain had volunteered, he didn't want to say anything more.

At this time, Pulao acted like a good person and comforted everyone:
"There's no need to be too sad. As for him, I believe he will be able to see his loved ones soon."

Pulao looked at the team leader's head and said.

His words brought tears to the eyes of the team leader who only had a head left; made Zhang Qianye feel much better; and also dissipated some of Krodo's anger.

Rachel asked, "You mean, there's a good chance he'll come back to life?"

Pulao scratched his head. "You misunderstood. What I meant was that the great calamity was so dangerous, and his beloved might die soon. If he was found by our church, wouldn't we be able to meet again?"

Ikehei facepalmed.

He knew that Pulao, this tough guy, would not behave so normally.

He always poisons his mouth without realizing it.

(End of this chapter)