Hardcore crisis

That spire, that spire was emitting a dazzling orange light, which was particularly eye-catching in this dark environment, so that there was nothing else but the spire in his eyes.

Until the dazzling orange light occupied all of his eyes, and when he couldn't help but close his eyes, all the sounds around him disappeared, as if the whole world fell into a silent silence.

"Huhu..."

After being thrown into the water and almost drowning, the feeling of finally jumping out of the water made Bubbles gasp for air.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

Nicky's face appeared before Bubbles' eyes.

"you you!"

Bubbles was startled and rolled back with a bang.

The pale white light of the early morning shines on the surrounding canyon land, adding a layer of white gauze to the brown land. Babs' sudden bewilderment caused several people who had just gotten up to cast their eyes on him.

"Captain, what's wrong with you? Why did you lose your respirator?" Nicky stood aside in shock, a little confused.

Not only him, Aurora and others also looked at him.

Bubbles was dripping with cold sweat, looking at Nicky who was talking normally, but she couldn't believe whether he would turn into a monster the next moment.

However, the environment was normal. It was no longer the dark place in his nightmare. It seemed that it was already the next morning. The two soldiers did not disappear without a trace. Instead, they stood nearby and looked at them strangely. he.

So, was everything that happened just a nightmare?

Breathing the slightly turbid air, Babs' mind was a little sluggish. The more he thought about it, the more confused he became and had a headache.

"Well, our captain looks like he's having a nightmare."

Shrugging his shoulders, Nicky put away his shocked expression and sighed: "Captain, get up quickly. We still have four hours of hiking today."

Arriving in front of Babs, Nicky stretched out his hand and tried to pull up Babs on the ground.

Seeing Nicky's big hand stretched out, Babs hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and stretched out his right hand to hold Nicky's palm.

But with this handshake, the situation suddenly changed dramatically.

The skin of Nicky's originally good arm suddenly squirmed and tore open, revealing layers of flesh and blood covered with blood vessels underneath. The torn skin seemed to be alive, and quickly enveloped Babs' palm.

"..."

With a scream of fear, Babs suddenly retracted his arm and looked up at Nicky: "You..."

The rest of the words were not spoken, because Nicky, who had turned into a monster in his imagination, had not undergone any changes and was staring at him with an incomprehensible expression.

"What's wrong with you Captain?"

"You, your hands...eh?"

Just now, the skin of Nicky's arm was clearly torn, but now it looked like it was completely unscathed, with no signs of tearing anywhere.

"What happened to my hand?"

Looking around at his hands in confusion, Nicky said depressedly: "My hands are very good."

Bubbles, who was stunned on the ground, was completely immersed in fear and confusion.

Was it because he was blinded, or was he hallucinating because of last night's nightmare?

This time, Babs was no longer willing to let Nikki get up. He reluctantly stood up from the ground and took the respirator handed over by Aurora.

"Maybe I had a nightmare, so it's a bit..."

"It's nothing. Everyone has nightmares. I remember when I was a child a long time ago, I would be scared by thunder."

Nicky looked up at the canyon in the distance and couldn't help but sigh: "Today we have to walk for more than four hours. God, if I didn't wear this protective suit, I would be happy to walk for eight hours."

While wearing protective clothing, Nicky complained: "We've all taken it off more than once anyway, why don't we just stop wearing it?"

"Not for this."

Aurora said coldly: "Wearing protective clothing now is not to protect against bacteria or viruses."

"Then why?"

"You don't want to be bitten by something invisible, do you?"

"What invisible thing?"

Aurora glanced at him indifferently: "While at the spire in front, Clara and I found small holes in the ground nearby, which seemed to be the entrance and exit of some unknown creature. This kind of thing is very small, maybe like earthworms. It’s a soft-bodied creature, but before you know the characteristics of this creature, it’s best to wear protective clothing.”

Hearing Aurora's words, Nicky didn't dare to be careless and quickly put on protective clothing.

But Babs next to him was still absent-minded. After slowly putting on protective clothing, he said with a haggard face: "Is it time to set off?"

"That's right, Captain."

After Nicky put on the protective suit, he called him casually.

"What's wrong?"

Bubbles was still in a daze and heard Nicky calling him from behind. Before he turned around to look at him, he heard another sentence: "Join us..."

"..."

Babs was so stiff that he didn't even dare to turn around and look at him.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

"W-are you kidding?"

Bubbles trembled all over and slowly turned around. Seeing that Nicky had not changed much, he felt relieved.

"Captain, you look very ugly. Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Ignoring Nicky's concern, Bubbles managed to remain calm: "What did you mean by 'join us' just now?"

"oh."

Nicky smiled slowly: "That's literally what it means, join us..."

Visible to the naked eye, just like in Babs' nightmare, the skin of the entire face was torn open, revealing a hollow black hole inside.

"NO, NO, NO!"

Bubbles stared at Nicky's change in disbelief. He opened his hands in panic and backed away. He was shocked to find that Aurora and several others also looked over, but their faces all turned dark and deep. Hole.

"Join us, join us..."

"No, you monsters! Go to hell, go to hell."

Babs's spirit finally collapsed. He yelled, unable to understand what happened. His fear was so concentrated that he became extremely angry. He no longer cared about these terrible monsters and rushed to catch them. He grabbed Nicky's neck and pushed him to the ground, trying to strangle the monster to death.

"Go to hell, go to hell, you monster, you damn monster."

Trying his best to strangle the monster's neck, Babs' boundless anger mixed with fear forced him to use unprecedented strength.

Aurora and others nearby rushed forward.

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"Hurry, pull him away quickly."

The two soldiers played a huge role at the critical moment. They stepped forward and pulled Babs away with all their strength, and pressed him to the ground to stop his crazy actions.

"Ahem..."

Being choked by Babs who suddenly went crazy, Nicky broke away and immediately fell to the ground and coughed vigorously. The respirator that fell to the ground during the fight with Babs just now was crushed by Babs's kick.

"Are you OK?"

Clara patted Nicky's back gently, trying to make him feel better.

"I, ahem, it's okay."

Touching his neck, Niqi felt lingering fear: "What's wrong with him, Captain? Why did he suddenly go crazy?"

"I don't know." Clara shook her head, obviously not sure why Babs suddenly attacked Nicky.

"What happened over there?"

Hunter's voice rang in everyone's headsets. Through the cameras on everyone's heads, the command center seemed to have noticed something was wrong.

"General, the captain's mental state suddenly became unstable. He attacked Dr. Niqi."

One of the soldiers looked at Babs who was suppressed on the ground and said to Hunter in the headset.

"Unstable mentally?"

Hunter's voice was full of confusion. How could it be possible? How could a good person become mentally unstable?

What's more, it doesn't matter if others are unstable, Babs is a psychologist, and he should have a better understanding of his own mental condition. To say that he is mentally unstable is a bit ridiculous.

"Yes."

"You come back first, there is no need to stay any longer. Keep an eye on Babs."

After a moment of pause, Hunter gave the final order.

"Yes, General."

After receiving the order from Hunter, two soldiers held Babs down to prevent him from suddenly starting to hurt people again. In fact, Babs, who had been restrained from hurting others, had a dazed look in his eyes at the moment and was mumbling words that no one could understand, clearly looking mentally disturbed. (To be continued ~^~)