I, the undead, save the world with the dolls

"The commander has replied! Great! But why did you say it was the head?" The familiar voice from the other side sounded again.

Is it really possible to communicate? Or is my paranoia just that serious? Sun Yang shook his head. If this hallucination could communicate, that would be great. At least he would have someone to chat with.

"Because I was sleeping. Last time you picked my sleep time too... So, is it just communication? And I don't even have a radio system, yet I can still contact people."

"Commander! I'm M14! Do you remember me?! Miss Pascal, ah, the beautiful Miss Pascal said she was connecting to some equipment. I don't understand, but I'll see you tomorrow!"

My immortal brain can also have such an effect? ​​I am looking forward to it, even if it is an illusion.

"No, not tomorrow. Hey, M14, huh? Don't hang up yet, let me talk to you a little longer." Sun Yang directly asked M14 to continue communicating, fearing that if he hung up, he would never be able to contact her again. It felt so good to chat with someone familiar.

"Talk to him more, M14, aren't you looking forward to it too?" Pascal's laughter came from afar, followed by M14's hesitant reply.

But, Pascal has a great figure? Does Pascal need to be specifically described as having a great figure? Isn't he better than M14? Making a distinction here, could it be that... Sun Yang was thinking of another game.

"Hmmmm... I think it would be nice to talk to the Commander for a while. Um, Commander, how did you get to know this beautiful Pascal? And they have a base very similar to the Green Zone, called Oasis, and there are many prototypes of our companions in it-"

Sure enough, it was a character from Project Cloud Atlas. How did they end up together? Sun Yang rubbed his brows. No matter what, his world in Dark Souls II would become more colorful.

03 If you are afraid of loneliness, then talk to more people

Sun Yang had a rough idea of ​​who was on the other end of the line. It was M14 from Girls' Frontline, and Pascal from Cloud Atlas. After all, those were the only two games on his phone, so it seemed natural that the two bases would be together—what the hell!

But there's no explanation for this either. God knows why these two bases are together. It's not possible that just because they were close together on the phone, they should be close together when they're actually there.

More importantly than all this, the cloud map seems to be a mental space, right? Is it a bit too far-fetched to have it materialized?

"Listen, Commander. We don't know why the mind backup has such a complete battle record. After all, I am a humanoid who escaped to the submarine base alive."

"We originally wanted to synchronize our tactical information with the others, but they also have combat records. Miss Dandelai's performance is a bit too strong. Although Miss Dandelai doesn't seem to be here, I heard that something went wrong in Germany?"

"We can't find any information after that. Only a few elite teams have records. Commander, why did you end up in Germany? And how did you become a professor? That beautiful Pascal reacted like a woman in love when she heard the commander's name."

M14's words had no continuity at all, he just spoke whatever came to his mind.

But Sun Yang also likes this kind of M14. After all, he is the one who has been fighting with him since the server was launched!

However, based on M14's description, Sun Yang found that the situation on the opposite side was more like a mixture of the game and the plot. There were basically no people left in the battle at the submarine base, and many humanoids were blown back by a cannon and were forced to read the bar. How could there be any combat records?

"Well...M14, slow down and tell me about the current situation of the base first." Sun Yang rubbed his head. Although his consciousness was not very clear, being able to communicate with people who knew him made him feel much better.

"Summary, summary... Ah, Miss Pascal gave me the summary document and said just read it." The sound of rummaging through papers came from M14, and in the background there was the humanoid Pascal and noisy sounds.

"Why is it a bit noisy over there?" Sun Yang asked.

"Because everyone wants to see the commander, Pascal and the agent are controlling the situation. Hey, we can meet anytime after setting up the equipment. Oh, I found it. Commander, please listen slowly, I will explain them one by one." M14 seemed to have finally found the documents and began to report them one by one.

Griffin Base is currently located in a wilderness area. The surface equipment and structures are intact, as are the deep base structures. The surrounding area is visually recognizable as a desert environment. Drone reconnaissance will be dispatched soon. The base itself is well-equipped ("Just like our own Griffin Base," M14 stated), and boasts a staggering supply stockpile, the inventory of which is currently underway.

The Oasis Base is located next to the Griffin Base and is basically composed of civilian and scientific research facilities.

Pascal is planning to have the Engineering Department's humanoid assembly construction team rebuild the base downwards, as the current Oasis base is wearing out too quickly. Fortunately, the Oasis base has basic industrial equipment and a warehouse full of infrastructure materials available for use.

Why does it sound like something from my own game? As a casual player who routinely prepares for the Winter and Summer Survival, Sun Yang doesn't do much corpse-hauling, but he never stops running logistics. Sure enough, he inherited his phone. Sun Yang didn't interrupt M14's description and continued listening to her report.

Then, regarding personnel, the tactical humanoids at Griffin Base had all their listed mental cores online, along with numerous Iron Blood puppet troops and elite Iron Bloods. ("Do we have that many Iron Blood puppets?" M14 added.)

However, there are no humans. The activities of the maintenance division and logistics officer are managed by an electronic AI in the image of a big orange cat. After a small-scale test, it has been launched, but this AI is currently under close surveillance by the AR team.

The Oasis base had far fewer personnel, many of whom were unnamed humanoids, and some claimed their cloud maps were missing parts. Others, with only fragments left, were essentially unconscious. Pascal placed those with more severe damage in the medical department, hoping to find a solution later.

"It also mentions the appearance of multiple T-dolls with the same number. The current solution is for each to live their own lives." M14 turned to the next page. Sun Yang, on the other hand, felt drowsy.

The final paragraph reports on the past few days' events. The gist is that everyone's mental backups suddenly activated, and the dolls emerged from their jars in batches. ("After all, you can't have hundreds of dolls emerge at once. But the AR team also managed to regain their mental backups, which is quite strange," M14 added.)

Despite causing some commotion and chaos, the elite T-dolls and Iron Blood agents quickly brought the situation under control, reorganized the chain of command, and got the base back up and running. Later, the T-dolls at Oasis Base also emerged from their boxes, but because many of them had mental issues, the situation took a while.

Afterward, the Oasis Base leadership communicated with the agents and AR team. After confirming that they were all led by the Commander, their primary tasks were to maintain base operations, scout the surrounding area, and establish contact with the Commander. However, everyone had been spending the past two days on their own, and aside from the research figure running around and saying a lot of things they didn't understand, there was nothing else to report.

"But no matter what, I'm glad to be able to contact the Commander again." M14's voice stopped, and in the background came the voice: "Why is M14 the only one who can keep talking to the Commander? This is a dictatorship! A dictatorship!"

"I'm really glad to hear your voices, too," Sun Yang said, looking at the dark corner of the room. "But I'm very sleepy now..."

"Bye, Commander?"

"No, don't cut off the communication. Just keep it on, let me fall asleep listening to your voices..." Sun Yang finally couldn't hold on any longer. He closed his eyes, and the voice in his mind seemed to be a little quieter, but it did not stop.

Before my consciousness fell into deep sleep, I could still hear noisy sounds coming from the other side.

After an unknown amount of time, Sun Yang opened his eyes again.

Light streamed in from outside. It seemed like daytime had already arrived. Sun Yang scratched his head; the voices in his hallucinations didn't seem to come back.

"Is it just a flash in the pan?" Sun Yang muttered to himself and got up from the bed.

"Wow! The commander is awake!" "Commander! Where are you?" "Daring! Send the coordinates quickly! I want to find you!" "Call the others over quickly! The commander is awake!" "Commander, I'm going to fuck you!"

Countless voices entered Sun Yang's head. Sun Yang covered his head and lay down on the bed. He could only say: "Stop shouting so much! My head is about to explode!"

"Keep your voice down, the Commander is angry. Human ears are very fragile," a familiar voice came again, and she immediately scolded the noisy humanoid, but Sun Yang couldn't remember who it was. "AR team, Pascal and the agent are here. Commander, can you communicate with them now?"

"No problem." Sun Yang stretched his neck, feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep. As for fighting and taking souls, even a little while wouldn't hurt, no matter how urgent it was. People, after all, must learn to rest and be lazy in moderation to survive. Responding to rich hallucinations was also lazy.

There were multiple footsteps coming from the other side, and then Sun Yang heard Pascal's voice.

"Professor Sun Yang?" That was the delicate female voice that only Pascal could have.

"Good morning, Pascal. Have you figured anything out?" Sun Yang responded to Pascal.

"Honestly, no. Because we can't locate your signal here, it's like you're not in this world."

"I'm not surprised because I'm just responding to the voice in my head."

"Brain? Huh? But we are using ordinary communication facilities..."

"If you are hallucinating, I hope you can ignore this bug."

"This isn't a bug! It's not an illusion! I'll study it carefully! Commander, are there any special changes in you?"

Sun Yang touched his chin. If he had to say it, he would have to become an immortal. But if the other side wasn't an illusion...

"My body has become a special kind of existence. It's very magical. It absorbs souls, which are special energies, to become stronger. Is it possible that if my soul becomes stronger, you can contact me?"

"..." An indescribable silence came from the other side, and then Pascal continued: "I will study it carefully! I will definitely find the commander's location! All right, everyone in the AR team, we still have work to do. Professor, should this thing still be turned on?"

"Let's shut it down for now. I'm currently unable to contact you. Just call me at a fixed time in the evening. I'm very busy during the day." Sun Yang pounded his head. There seemed to be another commotion on the other side, but it soon faded away completely.

It might be an illusion, but if it's not, the voices I heard a few days ago were probably the messages they sent. And today I was able to contact them...

The only thing I've done these days is go find the green-robed girl and get 4 points of Adaptability. Could increasing Adaptability even allow me to connect with the Dolls? Is there such a thing?

No, it's hard to say if it's adaptability or overall level. After all, soul strength is primarily about how much soul you use to strengthen your body. Perhaps as your body becomes stronger, you can unlock other things. There's still a lot to verify.

"Anyway, let's finalize the plan first. Hmm... First, run around this town and pick up any odds and ends, then go to the Giant's Fallen Forest to fight. Upgrade slowly." Sun Yang clenched his fists. Having hope in life is better than anything else.

He walked out of the house and began to scour Rumi like a carpet. Rumi, as a run-down town, seemed to have been plundered several times by previous generations. Sun Yang searched every empty house he could enter, even the well, climbing a rope to the bottom and scraping the dirt underneath.

Although the overall area is much larger, the structure still matches his memory. Sun Yang found Map Brother's big house (the door was locked), encountered the three little pigs Rumi hiding in the corner, and found the Overlord Stele by following the ramp.

Forget about the Overlord Contract. God knows what dangerous things will happen after signing it.

As for the harvest, there was a bottle of the goddess's secret dew, a ball of soul condensed on the corpse, a few drip stones, a few return bone fragments, and an element fragment.

Sun Yang felt a little guilty that he might have been stealing something, though it was more likely that these items were relics. Some people had died completely in the house, leaving behind the remaining props.

After much deliberation, Sun Yang decided to put these things in his belt. However, his belt was now filled with various things, including the element bottle, the goddess's secret dew, and the bone fragments. He had to find a way to prepare a package quickly, otherwise he would soon be unable to take out the things.

While it was still early, Sun Yang went to greet the merchants and used the little soul he had left to buy a torch. Then he ran to the green-robed girl. She looked at Sun Yang and said, "It seems that you have found a fragment of power. Please give it to me, and it will become your power. The more hope, the better, even if it is just a tiny thread..."

"How about you put it in a simpler way? I think many people don't understand what you mean."

"The element bottle can absorb the power of fire from the campfire and heal the wounds of the undead. The element fragments can increase the power of containment. I can help you integrate the fragments into the bottle." The green-robed girl explained it honestly in human language.

"I'm curious about the quality of this bottle...will it break? And who made the elemental fragments?"

"A reckless warrior once tested it and concluded that it was very difficult. Even with acid mist, it would take a very long time to corrode it. As for the elemental fragments, I'm not sure, but I imagine they're plentiful, and can be found all over the world."

"Of course, if you find an ownerless element bottle, you can give it to me. I will take out the element fragments inside and help you strengthen it." The girl in green robe explained clearly and methodically.

Okay, you're really not shy about it. After all, things will fall in real life. Sun Yang nodded to show that he understood, took out the element bottle and element fragments, and said, "Then please help me strengthen it."

A faint light flashed in the green-robed girl's hand. Sun Yang didn't even understand what spell she chanted or what gestures she made. The elemental fragment transformed into an orange light and merged into the bottle. The swirling orange liquid in the bottle was immediately half gone.

"Amazing technology. Thank you, Pilgrim. I should be on my way now." Sun Yang couldn't understand the mechanics of this; it was too magical. He rested by the campfire, letting the flames fill the elemental bottle. Then, he waved goodbye to the green-robed girl and headed towards the Giant's Fall Forest.

"Bon voyage, traveler." The girl in green robe said goodbye politely and watched Sun Yang leave.

To reach the Giant's Fall Forest, one had to pass through a long stone passage. Sun Yang felt that the structure looked like a passage inside a castle or fortress, but he had no information on this, so he could only guess.

The stone wall passage was even longer than Sun Yang had imagined. It might have originally been part of the entire coastal fortress, but as time passed, only the most carefully constructed, untouched section remained. The mottled green bricks on the stone wall seemed to silently tell of the past.

Fortunately, the passage didn't have many forks, and after running for about half an hour, he found a mechanism that opened the city gate. There were some boxes along the way, but nothing was left inside. Perhaps someone before him had already emptied them.

Pull the mechanism and continue forward. There is another stone wall passage, but it will soon reach the end.

An arched doorway stood before him, and after exiting, he arrived at a vast cavern. Above him was a wooden bridge, and below him was a turbulent, bottomless stream. Following the wooden planks downward, he found a passageway carved out to the outside.

Sun Yang gripped his hammer tightly and carefully walked out of the cave. Outside the cave was a dense forest. A river in the middle divided the road in two, with uplifted hills on either side. This seemed to be a valley.

On the road, there were many zombie soldiers patrolling in place or pretending to sleep. They were swaying back and forth between trees and rocks. In the middle of the wide and turbulent river, there was a slowly moving hippopotamus.

Perhaps the original military fortress was built near mountains and water. If you don’t go through the passage below, it may take more time to climb the mountain road above.

Considering that the real environment is much larger than the game, Sun Yang must adopt a conservative strategy in battle. Simply put, if a sneak attack is possible, then do it. If a sneak attack is not possible, then pick on those who are alone and attack them.

After carefully observing the equipment of these zombie soldiers, they all wore cotton and linen armor, metal wrist guards, leather gloves, leather boots, and metal helmets. Their weapons ranged from daggers to hatchets. Furthermore, there must be some people equipped with crossbows in the depths. Sun Yang was often shot with crossbows in the early days of the battle.

The zombies were easy to deal with, especially the hippopotamus. Sun Yang kept a close eye on the hippopotamus and the other zombies. After the hippopotamus turned and walked away in another direction, Sun Yang tiptoed towards a zombie soldier lying on the ground.

Although Sun Yang's stealth skills were practically nonexistent, he couldn't handle the zombies and the noisy environment. Carefully, Sun Yang crouched behind the zombie, deciding where to strike hard.

Sun Yang still had some common sense. Although the zombie soldier's iron helmet looked very brittle, it was made of solid iron after all, and the shape was also curved. It was questionable what effect the stick would have on it.

The cotton armor he wore was a common piece of armor worn by medieval militiamen. It wasn't as effective as metal or boiled leather armor, but it was still armor, capable of blocking an arrow or a slash. If it weren't effective, no one would wear it constantly.

The armor on the zombie soldiers hadn't been maintained in who knows how many years, and it was badly damaged, probably unable to withstand many blows. However, Sun Yang didn't intend to gamble his chances of victory on the opponent's poor armor, as such a gamble would quickly backfire.

Let me think about it, I remember that the texture of cotton armor is quite soft, and it cannot disperse the impact force of blunt weapons... Well, that's perfect, the thing in my hand is a pure blunt weapon.

Sun Yang raised his hands above his head, aimed at the zombie's back, and hammered down hard. With a dull thud, the back caved in completely. Even if the zombie's body was incredibly resilient, the injury of shattering its bones and heart would be fatal.

Puff! Puff! Sun Yang struck twice more, and the zombie soldiers' limbs fell to the ground, their souls floating into Sun Yang's body. The sense of soul was greater than that of the unarmed zombie thieves.

This isn't good. My fighting ability is ridiculously poor. Should I reset my skills to increase my strength? Although I feel more flexible, I'm still at the average level.

Sun Yang quickly touched the zombie and found a hand axe and a dripping stone under it that he had not had time to take out.

Want to dual wield? Sun Yang tried to wield a mace in one hand and axe in the other before giving up, convinced that it was useless without training.

The hippo hadn't gotten very far. Sun Yang wasn't sure if the zombies in this world had good eyesight and hearing, let alone the hippo's. He strapped his weapon to his waist and stretched his limbs, readying himself for movement. He'd test it first; if these zombies were faster than him, it would be outrageous.

Fortunately, this forest was quite dense and large, much better than the bare trees in the game. Sun Yang used the telescope to find a nearby zombie soldier and slowly approached him.

After several tests, Sun Yang determined that the zombie soldiers were insensitive to sound and had poor eyesight. They could only see things within fifty meters, and their hearing was even worse.

For example, Sun Yang once went several months without cleaning his ears, causing him to hear very little. He eventually had to go to the hospital and use a machine to clean them out before his hearing returned to normal. The zombies' hearing was probably even worse than his own at that time.

As for the hippopotamus, Sun Yang didn't dare to test the limit of its vision and hearing, so he could only avoid it from a distance.

After confirming these, Sun Yang began the slow clearing operation with his hammer and spear. Although the zombie soldiers were stronger than the zombie thieves in combat, their flexibility was still not good enough.

Usually, as long as the opponent swings a knife first and reveals a huge flaw, Sun Yang can hit the neck with a hammer, directly breaking the cervical vertebrae, and then easily deal with the opponent.

After all, they are still zombies. When their equipment and physical performance are not very good, the threat level is still relatively low. In addition, Sun Yang also has a small metal shield kindly provided by Brother San.

The more dangerous time was when he was beaten by two or three zombies at the same time, but the clothes of Gu Longyuan were very strong and durable, and daggers and axes could not cut through the clothes. Most of the time, they would only leave bruises on Sun Yang's body. After escaping the battle, he could use the recovery miracle.

After using the miracle, Sun Yang clearly felt a bit exhausted. It seems willpower is still something like vitality or mental strength, rather than something as convenient as a pool of mana in the body. Roughly speaking, he can still use it to recover three times.

The Giant's Fall Forest seemed to be no smaller than the One-Line Sky Forest. Sun Yang could only rely on the wide river in the middle to identify the direction. As for his destination... Sun Yang could only see the distant fortress through the telescope through the dense branches of the trees.

If it was similar to the game, he should be able to buy the blacksmith key from the old merchant lady there. Sun Yang could only hope that the old merchant lady was willing to stay a while longer, otherwise he would cry his eyes out.

04 It’s always right to practice down-to-earth

Time seemed to have passed from morning to noon, and the temperature had grown slightly warmer. Sun Yang wiped the sweat from his head. He remembered there was a campfire nearby. It was easier to find in the game, but now facing a world that was countless times larger, finding the campfire had become countless times more difficult.

As Sun Yang searched diligently, he discovered a dirty rag tied to a branch. Sun Yang thought it was a little strange, but didn't think much of it. However, when he found another bundle of rags in the distance, things changed.

Road signs? Sun Yang raised his binoculars and carefully searched along the white cloth. There were signs tied every few dozen meters, pointing out a path.