Myriad Paths

Li Qi came outside in a mecha.

Outside was a doomsday scene.

On the desolate streets, there was no longer the prosperity of a cyberpunk city.

Corpses were lying on the streets, and traces of dried blood left dark red roads on the streets.

There were no wild animals. The Forward Alliance did not pay attention to this, and almost all of them were eliminated. There were many traces of destruction on the streets. The originally smooth traffic flow had turned into a mess, leaving a pile of ruins of the accident scene.

However, corresponding to this depressing scene was the fresh wind blowing from all around.

Li Qi closed his eyes.

The environment around him began to change.

This was not a real change. He was just deducing the situation at the time based on what he saw.

The wind was full of fishy smell.

In the city in front of him, there were tens of millions of people who were struggling for their livelihoods. They were all ordinary people, living an ordinary day.

Then, in the sky, a world-class mothership suddenly descended.

With it came the doomsday.

The deduction began to accelerate.

The attack of the assassin mecha, the panic of the people, the crash of cars, the burst of the fire hose on the street, the splash of water, the white water column added countless chaos, the exploding vehicles, the flashing cables, the collapsed buildings--

Then, everything returned to peace, the gangs and the insects brought a new order, all the civilians were forced to be taken to the concentration camps, and the scene on the street became the kind of painting style of "after the disappearance of mankind".

In the sea of ​​blood and corpses, only some scavengers flying from the wild sat alone on it, as if they were not affected at all.

Then, Li Qi opened his eyes.

In front of him was the ruins of peace.

Sue Taki stood by, quietly waiting for Li Qi.

"It's almost sorted out, then let's go, the concentration camp is over there." Li Qi pointed to the direction, he could see the popularity of the people gathered there...

and the death.

"How did you know?" Sue Taki was surprised.

"Feeling, understand? A feeling you can't understand." Li Qi smiled, the air-reading technique can only be said to be a feeling, because for Sue Taki it is indeed something that cannot be understood.

"Okay, let's go, follow me, my stealth skills are better." Suetaki lowered his head and began to sneak.

The conversation between the two was silent, because it had been converted into radio wave communication, and the outside world could not hear the sound.

The two people activated optical invisibility, and then rushed to the place where Li Qi pointed by jumping in the high-rise building.

There was a huge stadium, covering a large area, and it was not open-air.

Li Qi and Suetaki stood at the top of the high-rise building and looked down.

Suetaki said: "There are guards... but not those insect people."

"Is it your compatriot, the gangster? But it doesn't look like it. Look, where is the gangster." Li Qi pointed down.

Suetaki took a closer look and found that almost all the gangsters were dead, and their bodies were placed next to them. The previous tyranny did not allow them to leave him a life in front of the insect master.

The guards now seemed to be people selected from the concentration camp. They were holding simple weapons and were not wearing mechas, but wearing the original civilian clothes. They looked very hungry and all of them had lost a lot of weight, but...

"There is death on them." Li Qi said.

"What? What is death?" Mo Taki was puzzled.

"That is to say, these people don't look alive now, but we can't be sure. Maybe they are just dying. What do you say? Go down and take a look?" Li Qi asked.

"No need. Going down now will put yourself in danger. Let's take a look first. There is enough food in the shelter. We also have nutrient solution here. Let's observe first." Mo Taki maintained the state of optical invisibility, lying on the high building, blending himself into the sunlight, and shielding various scans at the same time, interrupting the communication with Li Qi.

After all, their wireless communication will also emit various fluctuations.

Li Qi followed suit and found a place to lie down, waiting for the movement below.

According to Li Qi's time, four hours passed.

Then, the people below began to "change shifts".

Another group of people came up, but they also looked like citizens.

"Li Qi, did you see the death aura this time?" Motaki asked at this time.

"Ah...ah? Oh! Wait a minute, let me see." Li Qi was in a daze and was awakened by Motaki.

He himself didn't realize...when did he start to be in a daze?

Oh, I have to change, he was not like this before.

Thinking of this, Li Qi looked inside again.

Then, he gave a positive answer: "There is death aura."

"The death aura you are talking about is only there after a person dies, right?" Motaki asked.

"After death, or when you are about to die, there will be. This thing is essentially a call and mark from another world. The thicker the death aura, the easier it is for the messenger from another world to find you and take you away." Li Qi explained.

But after he finished explaining, he saw Motaki staring at him.

Although he was blocked by a helmet and a mask, I think Motaki's expression at this moment must be very subtle.

The mark of another world... sounds very unscientific.

Li Qi waved his hand: "That's pretty much it. You just know one thing. People with death energy either can't live long, or they just came out of the pile of dead people. This has been tested in practice. Don't doubt it. It's for sure." Is the truth."

"Okay, I understand, that means...the situation in the gym is not very good now, right?" Suetaki took a deep breath and then said.

"Yes." Li Qi nodded.

He didn't know what was in the gym, but now it seemed that it was either a mass of corpses and a sea of ​​blood like a concentration camp, or it was some other weird stuff.

"Then we can only go down and take a look. I probably won't find any clues here. You wait here while I go down and take a look." Suetaki said immediately.

Then, he entered the building and prepared to walk down the corridor so that he would not be easily discovered.

Li Qi was lying here, waiting for Suetaki's instructions.

After all, he really didn't know what was going on below, but he should be able to guess...

It should be parasitic.

This is probably the other party's purpose. They select healthy lives and then parasitize them in their bodies, so this state of overlapping life and death occurs.

The current patrol should be out of instinct, right?

But Li Qi wasn't sure, after all, he really didn't know what was going on below.

If there is a large mass grave below, it is normal to have this kind of death aura. It belongs to the type that has been contaminated by staying in a place with death aura for a long time.

Hmm... let's wait for Suetaki to find out the result.

Suetaki's hiding was very good. Even if he was staring upstairs, he couldn't see where he had gone.

But there is no need to look for him, he will come out by himself in a while.

Sure enough, after a few minutes——

A fight suddenly broke out below!

Suetaki's figure appeared, and those people full of death energy began to chase Suetaki!

Suetaki's mecha is a patrol officer seventh-grade mecha that is specialized in dealing with humans. In other words, although this thing is not very capable of large-scale destruction, it has no problem fighting against seventh-grade mechas, and it can also rely on the power of the Great Sun Flame. Effectively kill level 7 opponents.

However, such a powerful seventh-grade mecha was chased by these former ordinary people!

There was a reason why Suotaki was unwilling to fight back, but it was already very terrifying that they could capture Suotaki's figure and even pursue him.

This shows that these people have at least eight levels of combat power. What's going on?

"Sure enough, is it still a parasite?" When Li Qi saw this, he immediately jumped down without much hesitation.

He jumped directly and fell directly using his weight.

Then, just as he was about to land, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the wall with one hand. With fierce sparks and friction, the wall was torn off a layer, and after decelerating, he fell to the ground.

Then, Li Qi rushed over.

His body was like a fish, swimming in the air, crossing the air resistance perfectly.

There is no so-called aerodynamic design that does not rely on streamlined shapes. This mecha itself is not designed for this, so fast movement relies on flying bricks with force, sucking in air, and then using vector nozzles to rush forward.

However, this has nothing to do with mechas, this is Li Qi's own martial arts, this is Li Liuyi's body technique, Li Qi is now using it, and it is perfect, using all fluids, no matter who it is, or the wind, as his own assistance .

When a carp leaps over the dragon's gate, it cannot swim against the current, as that is seeking death. Instead, it must make full use of its own advantages and use the power of all the currents to help itself.

Just like a spinnaker can move forward regardless of whether it is with the wind or against the wind, as long as the method is correct, the headwind can sometimes bring forward power.

Without air resistance, coupled with the terrifying thrust of the vector nozzle, Li Qi accelerated to above the speed of sound in an instant and rushed to Suetaki's side.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the group of civilians rushing over.

No, they are no longer civilians, they are parasites.

Suetaki couldn't do it, but Li Qi didn't hesitate. He knew that these people were hopeless, or... they were dead long ago, and those who controlled them were other creatures in their bodies.

The light blade popped out, and Li Qi was chopping melons and vegetables, but he saw thousands of people lining up to rush towards Li Qi.

Alone, Li Qi was like a person submerged in the sea. It seemed that he would be torn apart by thousands of eighth-grade people in the next second.

However……

This sea of ​​people - it's like hitting a rock at this moment.

At that moment, the fragility of life is exposed!

It was only a second, and Li Qi's machine cannon, light blade, and laser were activated respectively, and coupled with his own martial arts, it was like a rock——

One shot after another hit the thousands of people in depth, and the strong wind exploded in the air about ten meters above the ground. With the best killing efficiency, the flying energy waves chopped down large areas of people like grass, and even cut down a large number of people. In the distance, you can see the remains of corpses rolling and flying into the sky...

A violent storm of attacks, death struck these people with unprecedented intensity.

He looked like a meat grinder, with the dead piled up beneath his feet, and blood and minced flesh forming a puddle. Even visible to the naked eye, the area occupied by the long queue of people shrank sharply.

However, what is incredible is that even though there is absolutely no hope of defeating the opponent, these civilians still continue to attack crazily.

The impact like a tidal wave crashed onto the rocks one after another, but never stopped.

Obviously, they are already dead. They are not even conscious. They have no normal ability to analyze and judge at all, but are completely controlled by an inexplicable force, making them indifferent to death.

But in front of Li Qi, this tenacity was meaningless.

After about a minute, it was over.

Li Qi waved his hand and looked at Suotaki.

"Ah, it's done. Although it has become stronger, it is still within the range of the patrol officer's mecha. There is no need to chase it, as it will attract other people." Li Qi said.

However, Suetaki opened the mecha's mask, and the face underneath was full of disbelief.

"You... they may still be able to be saved!" Suetaki walked up to Li Qi: "Maybe we can-"

"It's hopeless." Li Qi shook his head directly: "Everyone is dead, there must be no hope."

What Li Qi meant was that these people were already dead, and then their bodies were parasitized. They were nothing more than a group of insect men wearing human skins, so there was nothing to worry about.

But in Suetaki's ears, these words became particularly harsh.

What do you mean everyone is dead?

Nonsense, of course he died! You did it yourself, you personally beat these people into this!

There are more corpses here than those seen in the concentration camp before!

"They might have been saved! I found their mother's nest inside! The operating bed might be able to remove the parasites in their bodies!" Suetaki walked up to Li Qi, grabbed his shoulders, and tried to suppress his emotions. Tone.

He knew that what Li Qi did was not wrong, but it was clearly possible to save these thousands of people!

It's possible, people have to work hard!

"Oh, you misunderstood. I mean, they must not have been saved. They are dead, their souls are gone, they are just walking corpses." Li Qi shook his head and grabbed Suetaki's wrist: "Believe me, it's true. ,I understand."

But Suetaki threw away Li Qi's hand: "You know! You know everything!" Suetaki stopped here, exhaled a breath, calmed down his mood, and did not continue to roar, but asked: " Then why don't you give them a chance?"

"There is no chance at all. The soul has been reincarnated. You may not understand what the soul is. After all, your technology tree does not have this option, but I can see it. I will not lie, you know." Li Qi saw the end Taki calmed down and began to explain his actions.

Suetaki just looked at the sky, and then seemed to convince himself to calm down. After all... Li Qi had actually been with him for more than half a year, and now it was considered a life-long friendship. At least Li Qi's words... could be trusted.

So Suetaki asked: "Li Qi, you are an alien. In your eyes, is there any difference between us and them?"

Li Qi smiled and said, "Of course not." (End of Chapter)