"I'd like to see how you run now!"
Bask pressed closer, his guns were empty, but he still had two grenades, and the soldiers he brought still had plenty of weapons.
"Lily, you don't understand who you've provoked. You're dead, and no one can save you!"
Bask laughed excitedly.
"Are you sure?"
"Hmm?"
Bask was astonished to find Lily stopped at a fork in the road.
She turned her head and said with a smile, "Look behind you. That's the surprise I prepared for you."
Bask was suspicious, thinking Lily was trying to trick him to buy time to escape. After gritting his teeth, he still looked back.
There was nothing behind him.
But his expression changed slightly, because he heard sounds: footsteps and shouts.
"The explosion came from ahead."
"Hurry, hurry, Lily should still be alive, otherwise the explosions would have stopped long ago."
"Damn it, daring to touch my Fu!"
It was the people Lily had brought, and there were quite a few of them.
No.
Impossible.
Didn't most of them die? How could there still be so many people?
When he clearly saw the face of the first player to appear, Bask's heart almost stopped.
He knew this person; he had personally seen this person get half his head blown off during a fierce battle with the Truth Society at the base entrance, but now he was alive again, and there were no injuries on him!
"Bask, you're dead!" Lily returned his words.
Bask no longer had time to ponder why players could resurrect, because the players had launched an attack.
When rivals meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins.
In this round of confrontation, there was no doubt that the players were the bravest side.
Black Tiger Afu led the charge, a gun in his left hand and a Qigong Fist in his right, making the Gene Primordial soldiers blocking the way dizzy.
The other players also refused to be left behind. Grenades and strong acid bullets were nothing to them; since pain sensation was off, it was just about killing.
Bask's pupils constricted violently.
He saw a player whose hand was corroded into a chicken claw by strong acid, yet still fought without changing expression. He also saw a player whose scalp was ripped off, yet could continue firing.
What kind of monsters were these?
He felt fear, a primal fear.
At this moment, he suddenly found that his body could not move.
"You said I don't understand who I provoked. Clearly, you also don't understand who you provoked."
Lily activated Combat Etiquette and shot Bask twice in his knees.
With his knees severely wounded, Bask fell backward to the ground.
Blood splattered. Lily stepped on Bask's chest and pointed her gun at his head.
"Now, can you tell me why you wanted to kill me?"
Bask completely panicked: "It's not my fault, it was the General's order. Inoue said you knew the secret of the Gene Primordial from him, so the General told me to find a way to kill you. Killing me is useless, really. If you kill me, you will only completely enrage the Gene Primordial. My suggestion is that you let me go, and I will declare to the outside that you are already dead. That way, the Gene Primordial will not continue to target you."
Lily narrowed her eyes slightly.
Just now, she had received a game prompt.
[You triggered the plot quest [Secret Deeply Hidden in the Heart]]
[Quest Introduction: From various sources, it seems the Gene Primordial harbors an unspeakable secret. To protect this secret, even the slightest suspicion will lead them to try and kill you.]
[Quest Objective: Find a way to uncover the secret of the Gene Primordial that Inoue mentioned.]
[Reward: 50000 experience points, Exploration Progress]
[Note: A new quest will unlock upon completion of this quest.]
[Accept/Decline]
Lily chose to accept.
50,000 experience points was a considerable reward. She suspected this quest was related to the Spiritual Energy Source she had triggered with Shino earlier, perhaps even one of Origin Star's main plotlines.
"Your intelligence is very valuable to me."
Lily shot Bask's hand again.
She was not in a hurry to kill Bask; she would still need him when escaping later.
Afterward, she joined the hunt for the remaining Gene Primordial soldiers. With her entry, the players completely controlled the situation on the field.
As they fought, a violent explosion echoed from behind.
Hmm?
Lily stopped.
She took a moment to glance at Excavation Princess's live stream. It turned out that Director Madeleine and the others had finally arrived. Under his direction, Lu Ling had blown up the collapsed corridor.
It seemed it was time to leave.
Lily lifted Bask from the ground and walked towards the blown-open corridor.
From a distance, she could hear anxious voices.
"Hurry, we must stop that madman Bask."
Director Madeleine was truly anxious.
If it weren't for Lily, Four Directions would still be shrouded in Inoue's shadow. He completely failed to understand why Bask suddenly went crazy and wanted to kill Lily.
Was Lily a spy for the Truth Society?
Such an excuse would only fool idiots.
"The military's actions are becoming more and more reckless."
The head of the Third Department, walking beside him, frowned. He and Director Madeleine had always been at odds, but this time he firmly stood with Director Madeleine. No matter how much he and Director Madeleine argued, it was an internal conflict, but Bask's action to target Director Madeleine's people was different in nature. If he didn't support Director Madeleine, it would be condoning the military bullying the Intelligence Bureau, and he couldn't do that.
The two ran wildly, but they stopped shortly after setting off.
"Uncle Lu, why aren't we moving?" Shino asked in confusion.
Director Madeleine said, "See for yourself."
Shino looked past Director Madeleine and immediately saw Lily, holding a dying Bask, walking out of the blood-soaked, corpse-strewn corridor.
Blood bloomed on Lily's white clothes, like red plum blossoms. Against the backdrop of death, Lily increasingly resembled a grim reaper harvesting lives.
"!"
Even the players who already knew Lily wasn't dead were stunned after witnessing this scene firsthand.
"How did she do that?" Si felt it was unbelievable.
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