Infinite Throne

  Chapter 99 Don't kill and keep it for the New Year (6000 word chapter please subscribe)

   Molly once introduced that Dr. Liu Nian'an had deep attainments in the field of virology many years ago.

   Molly even said half-jokingly and half-seriously that if the virus in Liu Nian'an's laboratory leaks out, it may trigger a global biochemical crisis.

   Liu Nian'an smiled mysteriously, and did not continue the discussion on this too professional topic.

   After ten minutes, everyone packed up their equipment and set off again.

   Yi Rin also took the initiative to help Dr. Feng Manqing carry the heavy incubator equipment.

   At this moment, there was a commotion from the front of the team.

   took a closer look, but it was Wang Bing and Ju Xiuyuan who quarreled.

When    Yi Rin approached, Ju Xiuyuan pointed at Wang Bing with red ears and angry eyes: "No! I don't agree! You are only responsible for protecting the investigation team, and have no right to make decisions on the investigation team's actions!"

   Wang Bing carried his gun and said coldly: "The situation is urgent, we must leave the no-man's land as soon as possible!"

   "But we only observed one location! The data collected is far from enough!"

   "Dr. Ju, this is an emergency! I must be responsible for your safety!" Wang Bing was stubborn and refused to give in an inch.

   "But we must be responsible for the future of mankind!" Ju Xiuyuan roared.

   Wang Bing's expression moved slightly when he heard the words.

   For a while, the two fell into a stalemate.

   No one can convince anyone.

  Irin pulled Molly to his side and asked Wang Bing and Ju Xiuyuan about the dispute.

"I see."

  Irin also understood the reason for the dispute between the two parties at this moment.

  Wang Bing believed that an enemy of unknown origin appeared in this no-man's land investigation operation. In order to ensure the safety of the investigation team, he decided to terminate this investigation and asked to return to the original road.

   Because Wang Bing concealed some of the facts, Ju Xiuyuan believed that Wang Bing was making a big fuss and insisted on continuing the investigation, but did not agree to give up halfway.

   So the two sides fell into a stalemate.

  Irin thought for a moment.

   whispered a few words in Molly's ear.

   Molly first glanced at Yi Rin in surprise, but after a few seconds, she walked out.

   "Dr. Ju is right." Molly's expression was calm: "The field team has no right to intervene in the investigation team's actions."

   Molly's speech made everyone quiet in an instant.

  Wang Bing frowned, he couldn't understand the meaning of Molly's sudden rebuttal.

   But two seconds later, Wang Bing met Yi Rin's eyes, and suddenly seemed to understand something, so he kept his mouth shut.

   Under everyone's attention, Molly continued: "But don't forget, I am the nominal captain of the investigation team, and I have the right to decide the next step of the investigation team."

   Ju Xiu's eyes narrowed, and he said subconsciously, "Hmph, even you..."

   Molly smiled and interrupted Ju Xiuyuan's next words: "Professor Ju, please listen to me first."

   "I believe that everyone has their own reasons for entering no-man's land regardless of the danger."

   "So I don't think whoever makes the decision alone can't convince the crowd. I think we can do it in a fairer way."

  Others were stunned when they heard the words.

   "It's very simple..." Molly smiled slightly and stretched out two tender white fingers: "Vote."

   After a pause, Molly added: "The seven members of the investigation team voted. If you agree to continue the investigation, please raise your hand. The minority obeys the majority."

  Ju Xiuyuan was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head helplessly: "Okay, just do it like this."

   Wang Bing also nodded his head expressionlessly.

The    investigation team consisted of seven people.

   Including Irin.

   Wang Bing has a bright heart.

Understood.

   This is the way Irin came up with, bypassing the stubborn Ju Xiuyuan and letting the investigation team return home by voting.

   As expected of a member of the special group, this method is far softer than Wang Bing.

  —social society.

  Since Ju Xiuyuan agreed to use a vote to decide the next step of the investigation team, even if the result of the final vote is not in line with Ju Xiuyuan's intention, it is estimated that the old stubborn will not be able to hold back his face.

   Could this trick be the legendary soldier who dies without fighting?

   Wang Bing nodded secretly.

   But Wang Bing was a little tangled in his heart. What way should he give Yi Rin a compliment so that he could be vague and clear?

   Online etc.

-urgent.

  …

   "I agree to continue the investigation."

  Irin smiled and raised her hand.

  Ju Xiuyuan, Feng Manqing, Molly, Yilin.

In the    investigation team, four people raised their hands one after another.

   agreed to move on and investigate no man's land.

   "For, why?"

   Wang Bing was a little unconvinced.

  Ju Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate our determination to study people. Since we dared to form an investigation team to explore no-man's land, we have long had a certain awareness."

   Wang Bing frowned.

   He was not actually asking about Ju Xiuyuan.

   It was Irin.

   Ju Xiuyuan didn't even know that Yi Rin was the real decision maker for this team.

  Ju Xiuyuan didn't even know who their field team really needed to protect.

   Even if the other members of the investigation team go their own way, as long as Miss Molly insists on returning, Wang Bing doesn't mind being the villain.

   It's just that he didn't understand why Irin and Molly chose to move on.

   And it seems that Molly's decision was also inspired by Irin.

   The three remaining members of the investigation team who did not raise their hands to vote, Liu Nian'an was embarrassed, and the other two were ashamed.

   Ju Xiu's eyes swept across Liu Nian'an's faces quickly.

   No reproach, no harsh words.

   just sighed: "I hope you are worthy of your knowledge, and don't forget the pride you once had."

   Liu Nian'an and the three bowed their heads silently.

   Yu Xiuyuan carried the heavy equipment and came to Irin.

   "Boy, I treat you differently."

   Ju Xiuyuan's attitude is different from that of not long ago.

  Irin knew that this was just a beautiful misunderstanding.

   But he couldn't explain it.

   had no choice but to accept Ju Xiuyuan's praise.

   Team starts again.

   After all, he's not a child anymore, and everyone didn't take the dispute to heart... At least it didn't seem like it on the surface.

  Wang Bing, Ju Xiuyuan, and Molly gathered together, looked at the map, and discussed the next observation point.

  The distance between the two observation points is too close, and the data does not have much meaning.

   But if he goes too far all at once, Wang Bing also has concerns.

   After all, the physique of these scholars is definitely not as good as that of the special team, and they cannot travel too far in one breath.

   "Just here!"

   Wang Bing pointed to a spot on the map.

   The map is displayed as a "text" icon.

   represents school.

  The school is about five kilometers away from the city square. It is not too close or far. Ju Xiuyuan also agreed with this route after discussing with several other authoritative experts.

   "Now you should tell me what's going on?"

   Molly and Irene walked behind the team, Molly finally found an opportunity and asked in a low voice.

  Irin thought for a while, and after weighing the pros and cons, she still didn't hide it.

   "The other party has my kind."

   "Similar?" Molly reacted instantly: "You mean..."

   "Someone used some kind of special ability on me just now... I sensed it for the first time, but I didn't find anyone within 21 meters. There are three possibilities..."

  Irin slowly analyzed: "First, after using the ability, the opponent quickly left my perception range in a very short time."

   "Second, the range of the opponent's ability to use is far beyond my perception range..."

"third…"

   Without waiting for Yiren to explain, Molly had already thought of what Yiren said next, and blurted out: "He is among us!"

"wrong!"

  Irin shook her head.

   "Why?" Molly was slightly startled.

   Yi Rin laughed dumbly: "Do you think this is a reasoning game? The murderer is among us?"

  “…”

  Irin saw Molly clenched her pink fists and seemed to have a tendency to get angry, so she stopped selling it and explained in a low voice: "For example, in those retro games, magicians need to consume blue bars to cast magic, right?"

   "Uh...then what?"

"Our 'ability' can probably be understood in this way, and we also need to consume some kind of 'blue bar'." Yi Rin tried to explain to Molly without breaking the taboo: "There are 13 people in this team, and the other party has so many people. I didn't choose, but chose me to use the ability, why do you think it is?"

   Molly is not a fool either. After Irin's vague description, Molly also roughly understood the situation.

   "I see, the third possibility you want to say is... there are ghosts among us?"

  Irin nodded.

   "But I still don't understand, why can you be sure that they can't be your kind?"

Yi Rin smiled slightly: "I can't be 100% sure... Let's talk about the investigation team first. If it's you, after you know that one plus one equals two, you will spend a lot of energy on researching why one plus one equals two. ?"

Molly thought for a few seconds, then said, "Yes, one plus one equals two is just a mathematical answer. In the field of biology, the reproduction of two animals will produce offspring, not equal to two... Others are physics, philosophy, quantum mechanics, theology…”

   "Stop! I'm not discussing academically with you right now!" Yi Rin heard it loudly, and hurriedly stopped the topic: "In short, it's unlikely, so stop thinking about it."

   In fact, the meaning of Irin is very simple.

   As an apostle, knowing that the "tower" is a supernatural existence, naturally, he will no longer be foolish to study the origin of the tower.

   Because that doesn't make sense.

   It is better to find a way to strengthen yourself so that you can survive the next trial.

   As for the field team, Yilin felt that it was unlikely that they were apostles.

  The apostle has a brand engraved on his body, which cannot be erased, and can be known as soon as he takes off his clothes.

   As a senior apostle, Zhao Yulong could not have placed the apostle in the "special group" field team, which is not difficult to speculate.

  【Appraisal Technique】This skill is not very rare, Irin has also heard of it.

  【Appraisal Technique】It is an auxiliary skill and consumes little psionic energy, but it is always expendable.

   And there is also the problem of skill success rate.

   It is impossible for the opponent to cast a round of appraisal with all 13 people, which is unrealistic.

   In other words, the opponent learned through a certain way that he and Molly had left the team, and silently solved the four enemies, so it attracted the attention of the opponent.

  The release of a single skill requires vision. The opponent should share the vision with someone in the team through a certain skill or item, and use the identification technique on Irin.

Molly nodded: "I understand. If there are ghosts among us, if we go back on the same path, we will undoubtedly hit the other side's arms, but instead give them time to prepare and ambush... It's better to keep moving forward and become passive. In order to take the initiative... Huh? I suddenly found that you are much smarter than I thought?"

  Irin: "…"

   "Then your next plan should be to find a way to find the inner ghost, right?"

  Irin Biao looked at Molly strangely: "Aren't you afraid?"

   Molly waved her hand indifferently: "What are you afraid of, isn't there still you?"

  Irin's expression was slightly startled.

Molly's mouth twitched: "If I die, I won't let you go! Before I die, Miss Ben will kick you to death. I don't seem to be so afraid when I think of pulling you back together. already."

   Molly's words seemed easy, but from Irin's point of view, Molly's petite back trembled slightly, as if she betrayed her true mood.

  Irin was silent, reaching out and gently hugging Molly's shoulder.

   Molly didn't refuse either, she just raised her head, her bright eyes stared at Yi Rin with a half-smile, and whispered, "Are you looking at me?"

   "Don't worry, there is no such thing." Yi Rin smiled and comforted.

   Molly suddenly had the urge to kick her soul to death.

   But after such an interruption, Molly found that she felt a lot more at ease.

   "By the way, if you find an inner ghost, what will you do?"

  “?”

  When Yi Rin slowly made a question mark…

   Molly: "?"

   "What is and how to deal with it?"

   "That's what it means literally? Don't you understand human words?" Molly glared.

   "What else can we do?" Yi Rin's tone was calm and gentle: "Kill."

   Molly's pupils shrink.

   "Don't kill... keep it for the New Year?"

  Irin asked back.

  …

  …

  Irin asked in detail about everyone on the investigation team.

  Excluding Molly and Irin, there are currently five suspicious targets of the inner ghost.

   Of course, for the sake of safety, Irin added the five members of the field team to the list of suspects.

   After all, although they are not apostles, the possibility of inner ghosts still exists.

  As long as you are human, you have weaknesses.

   As long as there are weaknesses, there is the possibility of being bought.

  This...not surprising.

   "Is there a goal?" Molly couldn't help but ask after telling Irin about everyone's situation.

   "Well... I have a clue, but, in order to prevent your eyes from betraying you, I decided it's better not to tell you for the time being." Irin chuckled.

   "...Stingy." Although Molly knew that what Iren said was the truth, she was still a little unhappy.

  On the flat road, rusty cars are parked in various places. In the gray fog, the once prosperous city is permeated with corruption everywhere, and there is no sign of life.

   A utterly dead city.

   "This is death..."

  Irin squinted, staring at the looming giant tower at the end of the gray fog.

  Tower of Death.

   This is the power of "it".

   is also the mighty power possessed by the "Apocalypse Knight" born from the "Tower".

  Wang Bing walked in front without saying a word. With an attack ahead, Wang Bing did not dare to relax his vigilance, and he never put down the gun in his hand.

   The other special forces of the field team surrounded the investigation team with a professional tactical layout and marched slowly, but they seemed to be lurking in the jungle.

Including Ju Xiuyuan, the rest of the investigation team didn't think too much. After all, they had limited knowledge. They just carried their luggage and rushed to the next observation point, while sorting out the data obtained not long ago. Is it useful.

   Wang Bing actually had no idea in his heart. He didn't know if this team continued to advance into the depths of the gray fog, whether it was a decision-making mistake.

  He...not sure.

The closer the no-man's land was to the "tower", the thicker the gray fog. If it wasn't for the fact that research had shown that no isolation measures could isolate this layer of gray fog, Wang Bing would have wanted to wrap himself in ten layers of protective clothing. , to make yourself feel more secure.

   Suddenly.

   A special group of special forces walking in front of the team groaned, clicked, and loaded the bullet.

   Almost at the same time, gunshots sounded, bang bang bang—

   Wang Bing, who was at the forefront of the team, suddenly fired a few shots into the depths of the gray fog.

   The sudden sound of gunfire caused a commotion again, and the rest of the investigation team squatted on the ground almost subconsciously.

   As the saying goes, if you stand tall, you are more likely to be hit by bullets.

   bang bang bang —

  On the road, only the sound of Wang Bing's gunshots echoed.

   "Fuck!"

  Wang Bing cursed fiercely, looked back at his comrades behind him, and said in a low voice, "It's okay."

   Yi Rin frowned, her mind moved, and Bai Xiaoyi was released directly.

  Bai Xiaoyi chuckled lightly and happily disappeared into the gray fog.

  Between the riots, and Bai Xiaoyi as a spirit body, it was already looming, and no one noticed Yi Rin's hand.

"what happened?"

  Irin stepped forward and released Bai Xiaoyi, immediately spreading her perception.

   However, Irin did not find any hidden enemies around.

   At least within 21 meters, and no.

   Wang Bing saw Yi Rin and Molly approaching, so he lowered his voice and said, "There is an enemy attack! Erzhu is injured!"

   "Close up! Everyone closes in formation!"

  Wang Bing used the communicator to give instructions to the others, and then squatted down to check the injury of Erzhu.

   "Captain, I'm fine."

  Erzhu looked like a dark-skinned, honest-looking young man. He grinned, covered his hands, and blood flowed between his fingers.

"have a look."

  Yi Rin opened Erzhu's wound and saw that a sharp knife mark swept across the palm of his hand, and blood was gushing out, but it seemed that it was not a fatal wound.

  After the simple dressing treatment, Erzhu's face did not change, and he took up the gun again.

   "Leader, look..."

   While the rest of the investigation team was still in a panic, Wang Bing took the opportunity to ask Yi Rin's next move with a sullen face.

   Although it was an inquiry, deep down, Wang Bing still wanted to leave this damned no-man’s land.

  Irin lowered her head and said nothing.

   Following the direction that Erzhu was attacked, Irin found a knife from the ground.

   He quietly took the knife into his hand with psychic power, held the handle, and squinted to observe.

  Irin, while making small movements, also asked concisely what happened to the accident.

   Just now, a knife flew out of the gray fog without warning, and Erzhu was caught off guard.

  Irin: "Flying knife?"

  Wang Bing: "Ancient martial arts?"

   "Is this the legendary flying knife?"

   Molly came over and held out her hand curiously—

   "Wait, don't move."

  Irin inadvertently met Erzhu's dull eyes.

   Because Erzhu's skin is dark, Irin didn't notice it for a while, but when Erzhu even turned his lips black, he finally realized that something was wrong.

  This knife is poisonous!

  Very poisonous!

"Uh uh uh-"

   Almost the second after Yi Rin shouted, Erzhu suddenly twitched violently and fell to the ground.

   His eyes rolled up, pink foam spewed out of his mouth, his hands were painfully strangling his neck, and there was a high-pitched wheezing sound in his throat, as if it was hard to breathe.

With a wave of    Irin's palm, the poisonous flying knife was directly sent to the distance by Irin.

   Stay away from here.

  —can’t touch it.

   "Right! Get Dr. Han over here!"

   Yi Rin suddenly remembered that there was an intellectual female doctor named Han Bingbing in the investigation team, a doctor of medicine.

   "Quick! Dr. Han! Come on!"

  Han Bingbing is wearing loose clothes that are easy to walk, with a mole on the corner of her mouth, showing the intellectuality of a mature woman. But at this moment, when she came to Erzhu, her face was slightly pale, and she was quite frightened by this series of changes.

   When Han Bingbing came to Erzhu, Erzhu was already out of breath.

   My pupils are dilated.

   Han Bingbing was about to roll up his sleeves to perform CPR on Erzhu, but was stopped by Yi Rin.

   "It's useless, he's poisoned."

  Wang Bing told Han Bingbing about the general situation.

   "Poisoned?"

   The frightened Han Bingbing could only reluctantly examine Erzhu's body. Of course, she was not a forensic doctor, and she couldn't make an overly professional judgment in the absence of conditions.

But after a brief inspection of Erzhu's body, she frowned and said with a seven-point certainty: "The cause of death should be acute respiratory muscle paralysis and acute pulmonary edema... The nature of this toxin is a bit like neurosnake venom, but it is toxic. very strong."

  Irin stood up.

   took a few steps forward.

   away from everyone's sight.

  A white figure silently merged into Irin's body.

   After Bai Xiaoyi floated around in a circle, under the shared vision, Yi Rin also obtained information about the surroundings.

Nobody.

  Irin immediately released his spirit body.

   but still unable to search for the other party's trace.

   There are only two possibilities, the enemy apostle has a very high agility attribute.

   The second is that the distance he is at exceeds Irin's search range.

   Either way, it means tricky.

   The opponent is like a poisonous snake lurking in the gray fog, hunting its prey unhurriedly.

   When the prey was not paying attention, the poisonous fangs were revealed.

   "It's a little troublesome..."

  Irin had a headache.

  The Apostle who uses the poisonous throwing knife…

   I don't seem to have heard of this character.

   should not be too famous.

   In other words, not too difficult to deal with.

   But in the no-man's-land gray fog, the opponent's abilities become very tricky.

   The flying knife should not be too powerful, otherwise it would not have cut such a shallow wound on Erzhu's palm.

   And if that flying knife apostle had confidence in his own flying knife, he would not have used the poisonous but practical method of killing people.

  Cautious, unscrupulous, insidious, shameless.

  Irin silently put a few labels on each other.

   (end of this chapter)