This Game Is Too Realistic

North of the River Valley province, the city of origin of the Great Rift Valley.

In the spacious conference room, an old man with gray hair and a majestic face was sitting in front of the empty conference table.

He was the chief of the Rift Valley and the last member of the post-war reconstruction committee.

No one knows how old he is, not even himself. The distant memories of the old times have long been left in his past.

Looking south intently, a trace of surprise gradually appeared on the old man's face.

After a moment, he lowered his eyebrows and murmured to himself in disbelief.

"...It actually happened?"

…

The chief of Rift Valley was not the only one who was shocked.

Yang Kai, the researcher sent by the academy to the alliance, also had a surprised expression on his face at this moment.

The spore cloud hanging over Qingquan City is slowly collapsing!

They have been observing this brood for two centuries, and this is a miracle that has not happened in two centuries!

not only.

Through analysis of the pheromones in the spore cloud, he could clearly hear the painful wail from the mother nest.

"……How did they do that?"

Is it some kind of specially designed virus?

Or has some kind of creature been introduced that can restrain the mutant slime mold...

But the genetic information contained in that guy's gene pool almost exceeds the sum of the genetic information of all living things on the earth. He has almost become a god-like existence in ancient religious beliefs!

They don't even have a complete grasp of that guy's gene pool, so where can they find a creature that can restrain him?

Yang Kai muttered to himself, his face full of disbelief and confusion, and he was puzzled.

He couldn't understand.

Even the post-war reconstruction committee could not eradicate a stubborn disease. How did this survivor force, which had been born for less than two years, do it?

…

The spores accumulated in Qingquan City are boiling, like a pot of boiling water.

It wasn't just the brood in the city center that roared, but also young Thea.

It feels its mother's pain.

A terrifying force invaded his body and was devouring him bit by bit!

In addition to being angry, Thea couldn't help but feel a little panic.

What on earth is that?

Not even its mother can deal with it!

The spores floating next to it swayed in circles of furious ripples.

The gray-green smoke was like a rushing torrent, spreading along the streets with the edge of the North Second Ring Road as the center, shrouding all the fruiting bodies and evolved bodies.

Silent shouts echoed in the consciousness of every sub-entity.

"Kill them!"

"Tear them all to pieces!"

Resonating with the furious emotion, both the gnawers and the crawlers let out hoarse and shrill roars, just like the echoes aroused by the shouts.

"Ho-oh——!!"

On the defense line less than one kilometer away from the giant wall, looking at the increasingly fierce wave of the offensive, the soldiers in the punishment battalion had a trace of fear written on their faces involuntarily.

Less than an hour after the gunfire started, the 5,000-strong force had been reduced by 20%.

Two hundred-man troops were suddenly defeated!

They saw with their own eyes that brothers on the same front were overwhelmed by a group of corpse eaters.

In just a few breaths, the guy's countless claws tore it into pieces, and not even a single intact bone could be found in his body.

The group of fruiting bodies are like evil spirits.

And now they are even more crazy, rushing towards them desperately!

After all, they have only received three months of military training, and they are not like the players who can die over and over again.

Some soldiers couldn't help the fear in their hearts and moved back involuntarily.

As if seeing the fluctuation in morale, the roar of the supervising team came from behind them.

"Hold your position! No retreat!"

At the same time, the two machine guns at the rear also sprayed ferocious firepower. Along with the sound of strafing, traces of light fell like raindrops in front of everyone.

Bit gritted his teeth, picked up the rifle in his hand, yelled and rushed forward bravely, and after killing a few eaters who had knocked down the machine gunners on the front line, he pulled away the mutilated corpse. , squatting into the machine gun bunker.

He knows it very well.

Whenever they take a step back, not only the rain of bullets falling in front of them will retreat with them, but also the artillery fire from behind will fall on their heads.

If you step back, you will surely die.

But if you hold on, you might still be able to survive!

"Ahhh!"

Bit picked up the machine gun and held the trigger tightly, firing at the gnawers that were rushing towards him one after another, while shouting to drive away fear.

At this moment, the sound of banging cannons suddenly came from the other side of the street.

That sound was all too familiar to him. It was the Alliance's 37mm cannon!

As if to confirm his guess, armored vehicles entered the battlefield from the side, using their wide fronts and steel anti-collision nets to overturn large swaths of aliens.

The 37mm cannons mounted on top of the armored vehicles fired strafing fire, and tracers as thick as pythons opened a web of death on the fragmented streets.

A string of black blood mist exploded in the middle of the wave, and the roaring and charging fruiting bodies fell instantly like wheat, and many of the gnawers had half of their bodies destroyed in extremely miserable ways.

The pressure on the originally precarious defense line was reduced by half in an instant, and the morale of the punishment battalion returned from the bottom to the mountainside.

Seeing the armored vehicles and the black skull badges, many people shouted with joy, and some even whistled.

"It's the Skeleton Corps!"

"Reinforcements! Our reinforcements!"

"They didn't give up on us!"

Not just the Skeleton Corps!

And the Boulder City Militia!

Militiamen wearing exoskeletons, led by units of powered armor, followed the pace of the armored vehicles and launched a counterattack against the surging tide.

The artillery projected from the giant wall and the bullets shot by the punishment battalion have wiped out a sufficient number of fruiting bodies, and some satiated gnawers tried to bring nutrients back to the incubation chamber as resources for the violent troops.

Of course, the Alliance will not let these guys succeed, and they are not going to give that Thea any time to breathe.

Taking advantage of the weakening of the wave, the Skeleton Corps, which had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time, immediately joined forces with the Boulder City militia to launch a counterattack.

Seeing the noisy gunfire roaring on the street, Bit's pupils couldn't help but dilate, and then revealed a hint of unbelievable ecstasy.

The same goes for the soldiers behind him.

A few months ago, they hated the Alliance's tanks and armored vehicles. After all, it was these guys who blocked the slums under the giant wall and killed them all without any moral ethics.

Especially after being assigned to the punishment camp, almost everyone despaired that they were dead and the Alliance would definitely use them as cannon fodder until they died.

However, what they did not expect was that the Alliance did not do this, but fulfilled the agreement with them - after they fulfilled their mission as cannon fodder and withstood the wave of attacks, the Alliance and the militia took over the offensive tasks.

Only when something is lost can one realize how precious life is.

At this moment, they were so grateful that they wanted to kneel on the ground.

Even the most vicious prisoners offered heartfelt praise.

"Praise the alliance! Praise the great managers!"

Escort the infantry of the militia group to the vicinity of the incubation room. After solving dozens of troublesome evolved bodies, the Skeleton Corps only left more than a hundred awakened people to help. The rest of the players followed the armored troops and continued to advance along the main road towards the location. The Death Corps on the edge of the Northern Second Ring Road.

According to the message from the front line of the human flesh radio, the Death Corps crashed into the remnants of the former 111th Orbital Airborne Division that was eroded by slime mold.

Among them are not only dozens of rotten knights, but also a six-story-tall Titan!

Half of his head emerged from the roof of the armored vehicle, and the Mole picked up a trumpet and shouted loudly.

"Full speed ahead!"

"Our fringe brother bumped into a Titan! We can't let that guy eat it alone!"

A loud roar echoed in the communication channel.

"Ouch!"

As the counterattack began, the situation in the war zone near Boulder City had turned.

The incubation rooms scattered along the route of the wave are equivalent to the "barracks" of the slime mold. Once the rioters are demolished, the corpses on the ground can only be used as raw materials for refining the nutritional ointment.

The war on the Western Front has basically come to an end, and the war on the Northern Front is still continuing.

Especially section 06 of the defense line.

A total of 10 positions in the front, middle and rear sections were completely submerged in the fierce offensive.

The Burning Legion airborne into the city center seemed to have stabbed the defense team, and Thea seemed to be crazy, attacking the alliance's positions desperately.

The Alliance did not show any weakness. The Goblin Corps' planes whined and circled among the ruined high-rise buildings, raining death on the ground from time to time.

The artillery at the rear was also firing non-stop, delivering shells one after another to the position that was already filled with fruiting bodies.

Although those positions were almost submerged in the endless waves, no matter how Thea urged her fruiting entities to attack, they were never able to completely occupy those battlefields.

The gunfire of resistance never stopped for a moment. Even if more than half of the casualties were killed, the players did not take a step back. Instead, they pushed forward continuously.

Encouraged by the residents of the shelter who took the lead, the NPCs in the alliance also burst out with amazing fighting will, rushing towards the position one after another.

The war situation has entered a stalemate stage.

Every street seemed to have turned into a meat grinder. Both sides used every means they could think of to compete for every inch of ground in front of the last line of defense.

And at this moment, a scene that no one expected happened.

The slime mold fruiting bodies that originally poured into the position like a tide suddenly retreated!

Whether it's the Gnawers who serve as cannon fodder, or the Decayed Knights wielding large weapons.

Like the ebbing tide of the sea, they turned around and hurried away along the way they came.

Standing on Position 4 in the middle of the defense area, Kakarot, breathing heavily, changed the magazine of the rifle in his hand and glanced at the street outside the building window.

When he saw the gnawers turning around and retreating, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

"what's the situation?"

The wave actually retreated? !

When the wave came last year, they fought hard for several days, pushed all the way to the mother body that kept cubs, and killed it before the wave ended.

He was having a great time killing.

Why did these fruiting bodies start running back?

Kevin, who had a broken leg standing aside, was the same, with an expression on his face as if the sun was rising in the west.

"Is that Thea a coward?"

Looking at the slime mold fruiting bodies that were being withdrawn from the building, Kakarot shook his head with a subtle expression.

At this time, Brother Quan Shui's voice came from the communication channel.

"... Brother Mosquito saw the slime mold fruiting bodies returning to defend the North Second Ring Road. I guess they are brothers from the Burning Corps... I can't believe they actually succeeded?"

When he said this, Commander Quanshui couldn't help but feel a hint of emotion in his voice.

To be honest, although he agreed with Brother Fang's "bodyguard plan", he had doubts about that guy's plan to surprise the city center.

Maybe his understanding of the game is not deep enough.

In his opinion, for a game that is still in the closed beta stage, there is no reason for Dog Planning to kill the big boss in the city center.

Isn't it appropriate not to add a health lock?

In the end, I didn’t expect Dog’s planning to be so generous. Just like what he said when he drew the cake, everything is possible.

If that Thea is killed too, the tide will probably become history from now on.

At least that's the case in Qingquan City.

"What should we do now?" Kakarot reached out and tapped his helmet and asked in the communication channel.

After just a moment's thought, Quan Shui said without hesitation.

"Follow me!"

Kevin, who had a broken leg on the side, was stunned for a moment.

"Catch up? Now?"

"That's right!" Quan Shui said without hesitation, "Now is the best opportunity. The Death Corps has arrived at the edge of the North Second Ring Road, and the Skeleton Corps is also advancing towards the North Second Ring Road. We only need to delay the retreat of those little guys. , you can serve them old and small in one pot!"

"Hey, I like this idea!"

Kakarot grinned, loaded the rifle, cut to the voice of the entire team, and roared at the top of his voice.

"Brothers! The wave is retreating, it's time to counterattack!"

"It's time to change our BGM!"

As if in conjunction with his call to attack, the radio that was originally broadcasting noise suddenly sounded the familiar melody - the sound of the charging horn!

When the loud melody passed through the smoke-filled battlefield, the players who had almost exhausted their physical strength suddenly felt as if their bloodline had awakened, and their morale exploded astonishingly!

The earth-shattering roar even dispersed the gray fog accumulated on the street.

Each player rushed towards the retreating slime mold as if they were full of blood.

"Kill!!!"

"Ouch!"

The soldiers of the First Corps standing on the position were dumbfounded, staring dumbfounded at the group of shelter residents who were chasing after the slime mold fruiting bodies.

Li Shudong swallowed, his eyes full of surprise and shock, and then gradually replaced by boundless respect.

They are all true warriors!

Don’t be afraid of death, and don’t know what fatigue is!

Encouraged by the overwhelming fighting spirit, he felt the blood in his chest boiling, and he couldn't help shouting out the cry that he didn't even understand what it meant.

"Kill!!!"

…

As the Storm Troopers and the various units of the First Corps began to pursue, the counterattack in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City also began.

Just as Thea was struggling to cope with the pressure coming from two directions at the same time and doing her best to mobilize the fruiting bodies to defend, Luo Yu and Xiao Yu were gradually coming to an end in devouring the mother nest.

The increasingly weakened consciousness no longer begged, but fell into a dark abyss amid vicious curses.

Luo Yu felt that his consciousness was integrating into his body, flowing along his blood vessels throughout his body.

Gradually, he could feel not only His body, but also the parts outside of His body.

Billions of spores floating in the air are like his tentacles.

Through the floating neurons, he could vaguely perceive each sub-entity.

They are all His children.

Including Thea.

Including the creep that covers the walls.

He clearly saw that Thea, His most beloved child during his lifetime, was looking up at him with fearful eyes.

It's like he's a horrible monster.

At this time, a word that he had only seen in Chinese suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Is this... seizing a body?"

That seems to be the most appropriate description.

Realizing this, Luo Yu quickly fell into ecstasy.

Ignoring Thea who was fearful of him, he tried to concentrate all his energy and integrate his consciousness into the vast sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, a bright white light suddenly broke into his consciousness.

With a loud bang, he felt as if his body was being sucked away, forcibly pulled closer into the vast darkness.

Suddenly losing his sense of the body, Luo Yu couldn't help but panic, thinking that he was overdoing his pretense and was being attacked by the nest.

Fortunately, at this time, a light whisper floated into his ears, which immediately calmed his restless mood.

"Ugh!" (Don't be afraid, I'm here too!)

Luo Yu took a deep breath and looked at the bright white light floating next to his conscious body.

"Xiaoyu?"

"Uh-huh!" (Yes!)

"Where am I?"

"Ugh." (This is His memory.)

"His memory..."

Repeating these words, Luo Yu suddenly realized that what they had devoured was not only his body, but also his memory.

Thinking of this, Luo Yu couldn't help but feel a little curious, wanting to see what was hidden deep in the memory of this mother's nest.

At this moment, tiny points of light suddenly appeared in the darkness beside him, and then the boundless darkness turned into the vast starry sky.

Floating in the colorful starlight, Luo Yu's eyes couldn't help but widen, even though he was just an abstract consciousness here and had no real eyes.

Gradually, a bright star emerged from the starry sky.

And next to that star, there is a beautiful planet hanging.

It's like a finely crafted piece of art.

The earth is red at dusk, and the sea is vibrant green.

Endless rainforests are spread all over the world, where lush species rest and thrive.

What's even more incredible isn't just this.

The endless rainforest is not made up of trees, but huge "mushrooms".

The "animals" active on the planet are also fundamentally different from the animals on the earth.

They are born from the soil under their feet, return to the dust after death, and then start a new reincarnation.

All things feed on His hair, so there is no need to fight or kill each other, and they can play and play all day long.

There is no such thing as a food chain here, just an almost perfect circle.

In a sense, whether it is running on the ground, flying in the sky, or growing in the soil.

Everything on this planet is His fruiting body, and over the course of time they finally achieve eternal harmony.

All things are nourished by Him, and all things nourish Him.

Staring at that beautiful planet, Luo Yu couldn't help but be fascinated for a moment, mainly because he had never seen it before.

Is this the "Hive"?

seem……

It's not as scary as imagined?

"Who is He?"

A distant voice came from the depths of his consciousness.

"He has no name."

“When you come, call Him Gaia.”