The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The past two days have been extremely difficult for the people in Cambay Town. After the earth-shattering avalanche, almost half of the snow and gravel used by the entire Cambay Town were submerged. Fortunately, the disaster was discovered. Early in the morning, the people in the town were evacuated in time, and when the avalanche reached the side of Cambay Town, it had weakened to the extreme, so the entire Campbell Town was not completely destroyed.

Compared with Cambay Town, the frontier camps for climbers set up in the Rum Mountains are really miserable. The Mountaineer Association in Cambay Town has sent people to check after the disaster is over. Those few The forward camp, which was not much smaller than Cambay Town, had been completely destroyed by the avalanche.

The only good thing is that it is winter, not the season for mountaineering, so no climbers come here, and the frontier camp is not open. Only the mountaineering association sent a few unlucky guys to stay there to take care of some facilities in the frontier camp. There is basically no possibility of the people there surviving. Although their bodies have not been found yet, and the mountaineering association is still sending people to search and rescue, everyone knows what the result will be.

The Mountaineering Association has stopped three groups of people from entering the mountains to look for survivors. Among the three groups are local residents, enthusiastic tourists, and a large number of reserve militiamen in the town. Among these people, the wild game purchaser Colin It is a special existence.

Compared with other people who were forced to join the search and rescue team in accordance with the Rescue Law of the Empire, Colin volunteered to join the search and rescue team. He was so active not because he was a warm-hearted person, but because he was An undercover agent of the Imperial Special Operations Service in Sardinia, his men were near the steps of Mount Rum when the avalanche occurred.

The Imperial Special Operations Department was established three years ago under the direct command of the emperor. At that time, the main responsibility of the Special Operations Department was to deal with the infiltration and invasion of all walks of life in the empire by the superhumans from the United Kingdom.

It is precisely because of the special nature of the mission that the Special Operations Division has great powers from the very beginning. Ordinary agents like him can dispatch the local police station and gendarmerie at any time during the mission to assist in investigations and investigations. Apprehend the suspect.

A department with such great power will not make those in power feel at ease. All this department is divided into three branches according to the management area. Each branch does not belong to each other and can only be commanded by the headquarters in the imperial capital.

It's just that these three branches are different in strength due to their geographical location and the opponents they need to face. Among them, the southern branch directly faces the United Kingdom, so it has more resources and more manpower. A little more, the standing manpower is more than 100 people, and the non-establishment manpower is 600 to 700. The power of the head of the branch is so great that he can mobilize a main battle army to assist under limited conditions.

The branch located in the west directly faces the Black Forest. Although there seems to be nothing wrong there, and no people from the United Kingdom will be able to pass through the Black Forest to reach the empire, but the monsters hidden in the Black Forest seem to have entered in recent years. During the event period, many hidden family members appeared in the surrounding areas of the Black Forest, posing a considerable threat to the surrounding villages, mines, and towns, so the power and resources obtained by the western branch were also extraordinary.

Only the eastern branch is located in the hinterland of the empire, the offshore is patrolled by the imperial fleet, and the interior is protected by layers of police, gendarmerie, and various intelligence agencies, so there are basically no extraordinary people from the United Kingdom who can infiltrate here, so The eastern branch has the least overall resources, and when the entire department has the least manpower, there are only six permanent staff, and Colin is one of them.

Colin himself was not a natural transcendent. He was originally just an ordinary soldier who was injured in the war with the United Kingdom. Because he was on the battlefield at the time and did not receive timely and effective treatment, he suffered extensive necrosis of one arm and both legs. Intemperance.

Lost one arm and two legs, the whole person can be said to be useless, even with the care of the Imperial Logistics Department, there is no problem with food, housing and other issues, but for me, that state is more uncomfortable than death.

Just like most disabled fighters, Colin thought about committing suicide to end his miserable life, but fortunately, before he made up his mind, something happened to save him from the abyss.

At that time, a person from a secret research institute of the Empire came to the logistics department to arrange for them to recruit volunteers in the apartment where these disabled soldiers lived. According to the person's explanation at the time, the experiment process would bring extreme pain, which normal people could not bear at all. That kind of pain can only be survived by soldiers who have experienced the cruelty of the battlefield and the despair of life, and the benefits brought by the experiment may restore the mutilated limbs of the soldiers to normal, and also gain some superhuman strength. ability to imagine.

At that time, for those who had fallen into despair and considered suicide, the appearance of the person from this secret research institute was undoubtedly like a life-saving straw, even if this person repeatedly reminded the applicants that they would suffer extreme pain and die. Danger, still can't stop those desperate people from grasping at the straw.

As a result, after signing the voluntary experiment agreement, those who signed the agreement were taken to a secret laboratory in batches on the third day to undergo various experiments.

As for the details of the experiment, Colin is unwilling to recall even today. If possible, he even hopes that someone can erase that memory.

He still remembers that during that time, he cursed himself who signed the agreement to participate in the experiment all the time. He wanted to commit suicide countless times with his last strength, and even bit his tongue like some stories said, but all of these It failed, and he also learned from the people in the research institute that the so-called suicide by biting the tongue does not exist. Even if the tongue is bitten off, as long as the trachea is not blocked, he will not die.

He didn't know how he survived those days. He only knew that one day when someone from the research institute told him that the experiment was successful, he regained the ability to think normally, and only then did he realize that the limbs he had lost before were regained. He returned to his body, and he also found that he possessed some extraordinary abilities and some mutated organs.

Although the mutated organs made him feel that he was becoming dehumanized, he didn't care. For him, he could grow his hands and feet again, and live like a normal person again, without being subjected to that kind of strange sight all the time. Paying attention is already the best result.

And he knows very well that he is very lucky compared to his comrades who came to the institute, because from the crazy scholars of the institute, he knows that he is the only one among them who has successfully completed the positive mutation The experimenter and others either died in the mutation, or completely mutated into monsters.

For this reason, he also asked those scholars to take him to see one of the losers, and that inhuman form could not be forgotten even today.

When he left the research institute, Colin thought he would return to the army, because there are special departments in the army, but what he didn't expect was that he was assigned to the secret organization of the Imperial Special Operations Department and became one of them. secret agent.

Although he was not very used to a place like the Special Operations Department at the beginning, and made a lot of mistakes, but fortunately, the tasks of the Eastern Division were not particularly heavy, and the result of making mistakes would only be reprimanded, and would not be punished more , not to mention life-threatening, and this also gave him time to adapt.

However, after he got used to the current department work, he felt that the work was a bit too easy, and he couldn't exert the power he possessed now. He yearned for more arduous tasks and more power.

This situation changed more than a month ago, and Colin also got the tasks and powers he hoped for, but he was not too happy about it.

He still remembered that he suddenly fell ill that afternoon, his whole body had a high fever, and he felt as if he was about to die, but the illness came on suddenly and went away quickly. Looks normal.

At that time, he didn't pay attention to this matter, because various tasks that happened suddenly at that time attracted his attention. There were reports of monsters attacking humans in various eastern counties and cities, and some monsters were killed by patrolling gendarmes on the spot. But there are more monsters who killed the policemen and gendarmes who stopped them, and fled into the forest.

Also because of the sudden appearance of these monsters, the Imperial Capital Headquarters increased the voluntary investment of the eastern branch, dispatching nearly 200 people at one time, and also gave the branch's secret agents great authority to mobilize the army.

As one of the veteran members who first joined the Eastern Division, Colin was also promoted logically, and was also assigned to four subordinates, and he was assigned to the Rum Peak mountain area to be responsible for the safety of this generation.

Although the location of the Rum Peak mountain area is remote, it is still the area that the Special Operations Department focuses on. In addition to the fact that in the eyes of these secret agents, no place is absolutely safe in this tense period where man-eating monsters are constantly appearing. Because this is the key location for hunting down man-eating monsters.

According to the information received, a large number of man-eating monsters escaped from the siege led by the Special Operations Division and fled northward. It seems that they are preparing to flee to the northern ice sheet to avoid the pursuit of the empire. According to various analysis, Lang Rum's Peak is the most likely place to cross the Vinovi Mountains, so the Rum's Peak mountain area has become the last line of defense to prevent these man-eating monsters from escaping.

The various battles that took place in the Rum Peak mountain area for more than a month later proved the analysis of the Empire's intelligence department. Colin had led his men to intercept and kill three batches of man-eating monsters, and there were even two casualties among his men, but The number of casualties was quickly added, and an additional five were added.

Although the mission was carried out smoothly, because of the successful completion of the three interception missions, Colin's position was promoted, but he was not happy in his heart, because he found that there was something wrong with his body. After being stable for a few years, changes suddenly appeared, the mutation situation has begun to expand, and dominant mutant organs have begun to appear on the surface of the body.

All kinds of abnormalities made Colin couldn't help but think of the monsters that appeared all over the country on the day he had a high fever, and felt that the mutation of his body might also be related to this, and if he didn't stop it, he might turn into those monsters who were killed at some point. Like the monsters hunted down by the Special Operations Division.

It is precisely because of worry that Colin has not been thinking about the task at all in the past two days. Instead, he has focused on how to prevent his body from mutating. He didn't even have the task of killing a few man-eating monsters this time. He led the team himself, but handed it over to his deputy. As a result, he didn't get the news he wanted. Instead, he lost all contact with his subordinates because of the avalanche.

Colin is not worried about the punishment from above. After all, it is understandable that no matter how many casualties occur in this kind of natural disaster, but he must find the corpses of his subordinates and monsters, because recycling these corpses is the hardest task of the Special Operations Department. According to the regulations, if he cannot find all the bodies, then he will face punishment for dereliction of duty. Losing his current position is a small matter, and the worst thing is to become a person under investigation and accept a loyalty review by the Department of Internal Affairs of the Special Operations Department.

In the strict review process of the loyalty review, it is absolutely impossible to hide those conspicuous mutations on his body.

So he went into the mountain with the search and rescue team, either to find the bodies of his team members and the man-eating monsters, or to become a fugitive and cross Rum Peak to the Northland.

"Mr. Colin, drink some!" A local hunter who had dealt with Colin took out a leather pouch and handed it to Colin, saying, "This is a specially prepared warm wine, take a sip and it will keep you warm all day long. "

"Thank you." Colin thanked, took the skin bag, and took a sip absently.

The hunter took the skin bag, wiped the mouth of the bag, drank a few sips himself, put it back on, and carefully put it back on his waist. As if deliberately looking for topics to pass the time, he asked Colin, "It's surprising that a rich and important person like you also joined the search and rescue team. Is it because someone you know also disappeared in the avalanche?"

Colin, who doesn't like being questioned very much, frowned, feeling a little displeasure in his heart, but he didn't show his displeasure, but nodded slightly, and said, "I have a few guys who went to work two days ago. They climbed into the mountain and then disappeared, although the hope is very slim, but I still want to go into the mountain to find them, even if I can't find them, I still want to find their bodies."

"You are such a good boss!" The hunter praised him.

At this time, the leader of the search and rescue team in front may feel that it is not efficient for everyone to gather together, so he greeted everyone loudly, divided the search and rescue team into ten teams, and each found a place to search the past. Being close, Colin happened to have an arrangement with the hunter.

The two of them searched in the depths of a forest for an unknown amount of time. Colin suddenly felt tired like never before, and wanted to sit down and rest.