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His strong confidence in Ursus and his pride as an Ursus defender made him feel that there was still a chance for the situation to turn around.

However, it is not appropriate to reveal one's identity directly to a third-party force right now.

In his view, things would be much easier if he encountered the surviving guerrillas.

“Strictly speaking, only mobile city-states or mobile plots of land can be considered your territory. The area formed by these scattered mobile vehicles does not count as ‘territorial boundaries.’” The inner guard, who was still thinking, was pulled back by the voice of violence. “Moreover, if you really consider it Ursus territory, you should have sent rescue personnel instead of militants.”

"I am not from Ursus!" the guard shouted.

"Captain, I have a question," Tomat's voice came, wagging his tail and cracking his knuckles. "Are there any minors in the logistics team responsible for vehicle maintenance?"

The violence paused for a moment, somewhat confused, but still recalled, "There should be, after all, many children who can't afford treatment choose to get help from the logistics department."

“Tsk, that won’t do.” Tomat clicked his tongue, then turned his gaze to the guards who were staring at him. “If we let them clean up vehicles full of brains and entrails, the negative impact will be immeasurable.”

Why are you much more irritable than before?

The cleaner remembered that when he chatted with Tomat before, Tomat hadn't had this attitude, so he asked with a hint of curiosity.

“Because I hate it when the same group of people keep bothering me for stupid reasons—as long as the reason is stupid to me.” Tomat turned his head to the bulletproof window of the vehicle, looking out at the endless wilderness and scattered ruins, “because I would do something even stupider because of it—stupid to them.”

“I’ll give you a chance. You can use your communicator to tell your comrades to unblock the communication and get out of here.” Tomat found his communicator, which had already been proven to work normally as long as Ursus’ tactical language was used. “And don’t mess up our rescue mission.”

Thomas handed the communicator to the man.

The guards, however, began to hesitate.

They are a relatively independent organization and do not have a position like a general commander. Only when there are multiple people on a mission will a small team be temporarily assigned to command.

However, many personnel remained on standby at the edge of the ruins of Chernobog.

The signal interference was set up by them.

However, if I accept the communication, although I will have the opportunity to transmit information, it may also expose their location or even become evidence that I belong to Ursus.

Although it was only a very small risk, now that Rhodes Island and Lungmen are cooperating, if they tell Lungmen about this, Lungmen will use the excuse of investigating, which will eventually involve the Dali Temple of Yan Kingdom—"internal guards attacking civilians in the disaster area" and "Ursus-related personnel colluding with infected organizations to launch a war" will only be exposed in time.

At that time, their autocratic rule would inevitably leave them ashamed to face the emperor because of their actions, and in the most extreme circumstances, they might have no choice but to commit suicide to destroy the evidence.

“If we had done that, nothing would have ever happened here.”

Tomat urged the hesitant center-back to hurry up.

It is clear that Tomat is aware that these people are backed by a military nation called Terra.

But this is also what puzzles the interior defenders—and even the other two.

Who gave him the audacity to launch such a provocation?

"If you want to play dirty tricks, you can try?"

[Main Text] Chernobog, Above the Ruins: Chapter Seventeen Beneath the Core City

"Radio, how's the communication going?"

"No, the signal has been severely hampered since just now."

——Rhodes Island. Main ship. 2:00 PM——

—Sunny—

The Rhodes Island is still docked in the Lungmen docking area, but the docking area now looks ready to go.

Both the assembled Guard Bureau formation and the convoy of Rhodes Island personnel stationed on their ship seemed to be waiting for an order from their respective leaders before heading immediately to the ruins of Chernobog, which had lost contact with them.

After all, the teams that went there before not only had to communicate with each other, but more importantly, they had to report the situation to their respective local authorities at all times.

From the moment the signal was lost, both Lungmen and Rhodes Island noticed something was amiss.

If it wasn't a sudden, unusual weather event that affected the signal, then something else "expected" must have happened.

"I should have gone too..."

The woman named Radio, who was communicating with Kal'tsit, felt guilty for not being able to change the current situation.

“This isn’t your fault. The nature of the operation limited the number of personnel we could send.” Kal’tsit had already prepared to support the Rhodes Island operators in Chernobog, and comforted the self-blaming Radio, “You are an operator who is usually dispatched directly during battlefield operations.”

Kal'tsit was precisely calculating the passage of time.

If there is still no response in another hour, the convoy will set off.

However, even though Kal'tsit could mentally simulate the worst-case scenario she thought could happen, she still believed that those people might be able to take action during this period.

"Give them more confidence. Amiya, Rosemary... and the Doctor, they're all here for you."

In the direction where the Rhodes Island crew, who were waiting and worried, were concerned, the Rhodes Island convoy, which was heading towards the center of the ruins despite the signal interference, gradually came to a stop in front of a completely deformed, deeply underground mobile platform.

The convoy in Lungmen consisted mainly of rescue personnel, so as they traveled to the central area, they continuously dispersed to the surrounding ruins to carry out rescue operations.

Although the ruins of the core city do not appear to contain any life that survived such an impact, Rhodes Island continues its journey there because it also has a mission to explore the environment affected by natural disasters.

"The core city of Chernobog... the place where the sarcophagus was located, the place where the Doctor returned, has now become like this..."

Chernobog did not leave Amiya with any good memories.

But it is ultimately an incredibly important part of my memory.

The doctor, who had lost all his memories, returned to their side, to his "home" called Rhodes Island.

The streets and buildings that were once ravaged by natural disasters and the wrath of the infected are now nothing but molten and solidified metal remains. The 100-meter-high core city has sunk deep underground, and the towering bridge at the very center has become a bottomless pit.

The large transport vehicle had a relatively spacious observation platform. Amiya stood on it, facing the wind, gazing at the ruins, thinking of someone, and using Originium Arts to sense the remaining emotions around her, falling into deep thought.

The blue-haired little girl, who looked even younger than Amiya, wore a large, custom-made combat suit that gave her the appearance of no threat whatsoever. She surveyed the surrounding scenery with indifferent eyes and called out to Amiya in a confused tone.

"Amiya? What's wrong?"

No, there's nothing there.

Amiya turned to look at the girl from Felin and shook her head twice.

The first time was to tell her that I was fine.

The second time was to tell myself that I wouldn't feel the emotional fluctuations I expected here.

The people who lived there did not even have the chance to leave behind feelings of panic or despair; they all disappeared from the world.

And all of this was done by people she knew.

Although she witnessed the scene for a fleeting moment in the spiritual world, she was still somewhat taken aback when she experienced this bloodless and tearless violence more directly.

She could probably use many adjectives to describe Tomat in the past, but now, no matter how much literary education she received from Kal'tsit, she still finds it difficult to come up with an accurate word to describe him.

monster?

Maybe so, but if "monster" is used to describe him, then what about all those things that were described as monsters before?

Before she could finish thinking, Amiya suppressed the turmoil in her heart.

“Rosemary, the environmental scout operator ahead said it’s best to proceed on foot; we can’t continue by vehicle.” She said to the expressionless girl with the filament. “By the way, this is where we first met the Doctor, although it’s changed a lot.”

"...Doctor?" The girl called Rosemary repeated the two words in a daze, then said in a slightly inflected voice, "I remember now, it was Dr. Kal'tsit who said that we should listen to him."

"It seems like it hasn't left an 'impression' yet."

"Well, I haven't experienced it yet, but everyone on Rhodes Island is family, and I will protect my family."

Amiya took Rosemary's hand and led her from the top platform of the transport vehicle to the interior, where they carried out final preparations with the other operators.

Even in the convoy where the Doctor was located, the accompanying operators were not dedicated combat personnel.

Only a small group of ranged combat personnel, a mix of caster and sniper operators, and melee personnel, a mix of guard and heavy armor operators, are present. The rest are support personnel skilled in field medical care and reconnaissance.

Although not much Originium has been detected so far, allowing them to continue their exploration with peace of mind, the persistent signal interference and the unseen Ursus rescue team have made the doctor leading the team quite concerned.

However, so far, because they have been operating together with the Lungmen convoy, there have been no man-made attacks from third-party forces. Now that the Lungmen people are temporarily separated from them, they can reunite with them nearby if any abnormal situation occurs.

"Alright, the people from Lungmen have left. Officer Chen... no, I mean, Agent Chen, are you sure you want to come with us to go deeper into the front lines?"

Wei Yanwu sent Chen Huijie to Rhodes Island as an "undercover agent" precisely to prevent her from making a foolish decision to go to Chernobog.

Rhodes Island, which allowed Chen to participate in the rescue, would naturally make Chen wear equipment that could conceal her racial characteristics, just like Frostnova in disguise.

Chen took off his helmet and looked at the doctor with the same eyes one would use to stare at a criminal.

"Of course, I wouldn't feel comfortable letting two little girls go into a place like that with you."

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[Main Text] Chernobog, Above the Ruins: Chapter Eighteen - I, Chixiao, Have Moved, I'm Quitting!

A dark figure ran wildly across the wide plain.

Those were the guards who had been captured alive by Tomat.

He chose to communicate with the rest of the guards, and Tomat kept his promise and let him go.

Although Tomat didn't understand what he was saying, he clearly conveyed his meaning to the other person.

"The mission is more important than life, but if you can't complete the mission even if you die, would you choose to save your own life or choose to 'heroically commit suicide'?"

Communication was restored, and the guards left.

"Just let him go like that?"

"Let's make this a clean break, so they don't cause any more trouble."

This risky behavior is naturally incomprehensible to some.

However, neither the atrocities nor the scavengers directly stopped him; they were simply puzzled by Tomat's actions after the guard disappeared from sight.

"For example? Going back to their leader crying and saying 'We've been bullied,' and then calling in their entire country's army to deal with us?"

The car continued moving forward, heading towards the ruins of the core city.

While listening to Tomat's confident explanation, Violence took out a communicator whose signal was gradually stabilizing and tried to contact the doctor.

Thomas continued, "Don't worry, I know very well the mentality of people who think they are very strong but have even stronger forces above them, because I've been to places where there are plenty of people like them."

The fact that the internal guards concealed their identities, coupled with their attacks on neutral forces and even their own citizens, is enough to prove that this was a clandestine, clandestine operation. Even if they returned to Ursus, they would not tell Ursus about the specifics of what happened. Most importantly, even if Ursus knew the whole story, they would not be able to openly break ties with a pharmaceutical company over this matter.

Perhaps in the past, they wouldn't have cared even if they were in the wrong, because they would deliberately and arrogantly distort the actual situation according to their own wishes, and then make people disappear with various reasons—or without any reason at all.

Now they need to be careful, since Tomat has already taken action to "introduce" himself to Ursus.