Ark, please stop getting mad at the host's operators

"Is there also mineral sickness in this place?"

Flame Shadow Reed was surprised and quickly exchanged glances with Inès.

The two of them took Li Ji with them and ran as fast as they could, escaping from the ruins.

Even though they were not sure that the people in front of them were definitely infected with oripathy, they could not take any risk and continue to stay in the ruins.

Because when a person with mineralogy is dying or is severely attacked, he will explode!

There are so many corpses here... If they all explode, the violently spreading Originium dust will leave them no chance of survival!

As they rushed out of the ruins, the corpses expanded rapidly, and the crystals on their bodies became thick and hard, like cold steel bars, piercing the corpses at will.

The muscles, bones and skin of the corpse gradually became blurred under the erosion of the crystals, and were eventually completely devoured.

In just a moment, the entire ruins seemed to have undergone a hellish transformation.

The originally messy corpses and ruins were now covered by a layer of dark crystals, forming a series of rugged stones.

These stones are arranged in a disorderly manner, like huge stalactites, forming a strange scene in the ruins.

Li Ji frowned as he watched everything that was happening before his eyes, trying hard to think about what the surprise the woman was talking about was.

But for some reason, he suddenly felt a familiar feeling, as if... he had felt it in the crack?

“No… No!”

"This doesn't seem to be a mineral disease... Quick, tell Mace and Arturo to retreat!"

……

In the darkness, the gauze coat was thrown onto the bed in a graceful arc.

The woman walked slowly back to her bedroom. The walls around her were covered with screenshots of Li Ji's live broadcast, most of which were group photos with different Rhodes Island operators.

"I finally get to talk to you..."

"The current strength of the crack is still too low, so low that it is only humans who can resist it. This is too easy..."

"Such strength is not worthy of Rhodes Island's attack!"

There was a hint of joy in the woman's voice. "So I specially prepared a big gift for you!"

The crazy woman said to the photo of Li Ji and Ma Enna in a rare calm tone: "I will let them know who is the real savior."

"You'll see it soon..."

"This is the battlefield I carefully prepared for you."

"Just please, enjoy it."

Chapter 92: Crisis Contract

“Has this happened to you?”

Li Ji squatted on a small hill, pointed at the ruins in the distance and asked Arturo and Jian behind him.

"It's the same situation over there, and it's even more serious than here."

After receiving the message from Li Ji, Jian quickly took Arturo out of the ruins.

They had just escaped when they found themselves in this situation.

"Has this ever happened to a patient with oripathy?"

Li Ji concluded that the stone was not something like Originium. If it was Originium, there would be no way Ines would not have been able to sense it when she got it.

But the current scene is very similar to Mephisto's ability to "activate" the Originium.

However, Mephisto's Originium skills are still far inferior to the visual effects brought by this ability.

He always felt that these wildly growing stones gave him a feeling that could only be experienced in cracks.

However, this feeling does not exist in the initial crystal state.

"Except for being a stone... it doesn't have any characteristics of Originium, and so far no Originopathy patient has been able to achieve this level of activation after death."

Yanying Weicao shook her head. When she participated in various medical rescue operations, she had seen countless patients with mineral disease, whether dead or alive, but this situation had never occurred before.

"I always feel that this stone has some aura that can only be found in cracks. I wonder if you can sense it. And now, outside the ruins covered with stone forests, there is an obvious track... This is not a good omen."

Li Ji pointed to the two nearest ruins.

At the edge of the ruins, dark rivers drawn by blood interweave and flow like a cursed map, appearing particularly strange under the hazy moonlight.

These rivers are intertwined like a complex network, closely connecting the areas between several ruins.

And surged towards the distance.

[Has completed the third stage of the mission: Find the source. ]

[Side quest completed: Clean up the Fusion Faction members. Each time you clean up one, you will receive 372 Longmen coins. (Currently received: million Longmen coins. The system will send them to the doctor's account after all tasks are completed today.)]

[The fourth stage of the mission has been started: a brief peace (ending the current war).]

[Open side quest: accumulate operator popularity. For every 20 increase in operator popularity, the money required for recruitment will decrease by 100%, and the minimum decrease percentage will not exceed %. ]

"Accumulate operator popularity?"

Li Ji didn't mention the main mission to end the current riots, so how could he increase the popularity of this side mission?

There's not even a signal here, how can he start a live broadcast?

Could it be that... there is a signal now! ?

But when he turned on the system and chose to start live broadcast, it still showed no signal.

However, just when he wanted to close the live broadcast room, Presise immediately sent another system message.

[To ensure smooth live broadcast, we have now opened an independent signal source for the border. If there are still lags, please be sure to choose a professional line for live broadcast and immediately contact professional technicians for repairs. ]

"So good, I still have a professional line?"

Li Ji raised his eyebrows and said.

But after receiving this news, he did not choose to start the live broadcast immediately, nor did he choose to contact anyone.

It is not convenient to make his location and movements public at the moment. After all, his mission is only to guard the city gate. It is definitely against the rules for him to 'sneak' into such a place openly.

It is neither moral nor logical to expose yourself.

So there was really no need for him to cause himself more trouble at this time.

Rather than live streaming, he chose to open his own hot news first.

The radio did not support long-distance calls, and he was busy all night without knowing what was happening on the front line.

[The border is in danger. All teams above level one have already arrived to support the border. Every citizen has a responsibility to make a difference in life or death. ]

[Security work in the city is proceeding in an orderly manner. Please do not panic. 】

[Border Fortress Recruitment: Teams above level 2 can sign up voluntarily. Teams are required to have at least half a year of border fortress combat experience! ]

[Star operator Mango is the spokesperson for the Rock UAV with her stunning appearance. 】

【…】

"Have you started recruiting teams above level 2?"

Li Ji looked at the new hot search news and felt a headache.

The pressure on the border has become so great now... ?

You have to know that it was only one day since these first-level teams were recruited!

Suddenly, a powerful music came from Li Ji's backpack.

"You're tough, but it's never been about you..."

"You're free, but cement your feet, a statue..."

Listening to the new ringtone that he had just set and hadn't heard twice yet, Li Ji hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his backpack.

The contact shown above is Tian Sheng.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Huh, I'm glad you're safe. I saw that there was a signal suddenly, so I called you to ask about your current situation."

Tian Sheng on the phone breathed a sigh of relief, "Are you okay?"

"Don't worry. I will be able to seal the cracks leading to the western pass soon. The pressure on our side will be reduced soon."

Li Ji thought about it and decided to tell his "accomplice" the news first. After all, only Tian Sheng knew that he had sneaked out.

"Okay, but the Central Battlefield just sent someone to inform everyone... saying that all the members of the Fusion Faction are leaving the battlefield in a disorderly manner. Maybe in a few hours there won't be any members of the Fusion Faction causing trouble nearby, but isn't this a bit weird... why don't you come back first?"

"retreat?"

Li Ji frowned slightly after hearing the news, and just after Tian Sheng finished speaking the news, a new message came to his mobile phone.

[Notice: All members of the Fusion Faction have evacuated the battlefield. All members of the Fusion Faction who died in the battle have been left on the battlefield in the form of stone pillars, forming three blood-red joint cracks. All teams please take care to avoid them! ]

"That's not good news..."

The pressure in various regions is not small now, and at this time, the fusion faction chose to evacuate...

Three joint cracks were also opened in the center.

Combined with what the crazy woman on the radio just said, it was almost obvious that she was telling him:

Be careful with these three combined cracks, a big one is coming.

"I will evacuate back to the city wall in a moment, and I expect to arrive just after your shift with Apple."

After much consideration, Li Ji decided to retreat to a relatively safe place first.

If the opponent's backup plan relies entirely on those three cracks, then what he needs to do now is to rush back to the city wall immediately.

He hung up the phone, opened the system and counted the "surplus" he had saved.

After careful consideration, he decided to leave behind a team of experienced low-star operators to clean up the two cracks.

At present, he is not sure what the three joint cracks that appeared on the main battlefield are, so he must save the operators at hand to use for the strategy of attacking the joint cracks.

He always felt that something was not right this time.

……

Li Ji followed the instructions and came to the temporary command post at the border.

He thought of the news he had just received and sighed:

[Notice: All teams, please select the appropriate operators in your team and gather in the temporary operations room of the headquarters before noon. If there is a lack of defense, please send a letter to the headquarters first, and the headquarters will coordinate the personnel! ]

After discussing with Tian Sheng again, Li Ji finally persuaded Tian Sheng to continue staying on the city wall.

Li Ji represented the two teams and went to the headquarters to attend the meeting.

But before he stepped into the temporary combat meeting room, he heard a sigh from a woman inside.

"We have now taken over all the unmanned dangerous buildings and the deserted square, but we are really powerless to take over the 59 ruins...Yingming Pavilion."

When Li Ji heard the words "an unmanned dangerous building" and "a deserted square", he suddenly felt something was not right.

Isn't this the rotation diagram of the Crisis Contract?!

Li Ji slapped his head in pain and opened the door of the temporary operations room.

Due to time constraints, the meeting would not start until everyone was present, so Qian Ya didn't say anything when he saw Li Ji was late.

He just nodded and let Li Ji join the crowd.

And now the various elites gathered below had no time to greet Li Ji.

Because they all found it difficult to accept the fact that Yingming Pavilion’s efforts to unite the rifts were useless.

"Captain Qian Ya...you said Ying Ming Pavilion has no solution at all?"

"How could that be? If Yingming Pavilion can't do anything about it, then it seems like there really is no other way."

"Where are the people from Xuanxiandao? Where are they!?"

"They have gone too deep, and they are fighting wits and courage with the Fusion Faction along the way. They won't be able to return until at least tomorrow night!"

"Unfortunately, even if Xuanxiandao comes back, it may be of no help."