Chapter 333 103: White Mist

The terrain of Iki Island is mainly composed of regular fields and hills.

Most of the town buildings were reduced to ruins. Looking down from the sky, the charred marks from the bombardment looked like scars that could not be erased even after more than a year of wind and rain.

The abandoned farmland that had been unattended for a long time had lost its original neat appearance and was overgrown with weeds.

On several small islands in the southwest, there are still remains of the temporary buildings from the original station and the supplies that were not evacuated in time.

“During the day, the Mother Goddess is at her weakest, but this is only relatively speaking. On Iki Island, nothing can be hidden from Her unless there are special means.”

In the woods, Augustus maintained his werewolf appearance, looked at the fireball exploding in the sky, and spoke to Jingquan Ringo who was silent beside him.

“So whether you sneak over here or try to enter quickly to create a time difference, it won’t be very useful.”

“Besides, it might be a bit too much to say that the Special Affairs Bureau is naked in the eyes of the Mother Goddess, but at most they are wearing a swimsuit with minimal fabric, which only covers a few spots.”

Jingquan Ringo did not comment on Augustus’ comments on the Special Affairs Bureau, but instead became concerned about other things.

“You are a divine grace sorcerer, so don’t the people in the Heavenly Node have the methods you mentioned?”

Augustus smiled and held out a small white bead.

Seeing this, Jingquan Ringo also took out one, which was given to her by Augustus before she went to the island.

“Do you know how many souls are stuffed into this tiny bead?” Augustus played with the beads and seemed to be able to hear the echoes of the souls.

“The method you are talking about is relying on the help of these souls?” Jingquan seemed to see a human face on the round beads in a trance.

“Almost. With souls as fuel, I can do many things that the gentlemen of the heavenly nodes cannot do.” Augustus put away the beads. “This is the biggest difference between me and them.”

Jing Quan nodded subconsciously. She didn’t know many people in the Heaven Node, but she would definitely not do such a thing as using human souls as fuel. She also had many bottom lines in doing things.

In contrast, Soul Assembly can be said to be synonymous with using any means to achieve the goal.

“I know what you are thinking, but I have never said anything like that. I have always been sincere to partners who can cooperate and bring benefits.” Augustus did not think that he was a person who would do anything to achieve his goals. Even if the benefits that could be brought by a thing were higher than those of his loved ones and friends, and the price was to kill them, he would not necessarily do it.

Jingquan said nothing, turned around and left, heading towards today’s search target.

“Are you so confident that nothing will happen to them?”

“If I can’t even reach the island, I’ll just die.”

sky.

The remaining strange birds flew towards the fallen people.

“It seems that we have encountered the first appearance of the Mother Goddess’s unified air force.” The hound Yufeng balanced his body, made a few jokes, and then charged forward with a ball of sharp wind blades, crashing into the flock of birds, instantly exploding large pieces of flesh and blood, which fell down.

However, one of the strange birds remained unharmed in the tearing of flesh and blood. Its body expanded rapidly, with a wingspan of more than ten meters. It brushed away the blood and blood, stretched out its sharp claws, and pounced straight towards the hunting dogs.

The hound somersaulted in the air and crawled directly behind the giant monster bird, holding its head tightly. The wind blades flowed into the brain through the ear canal and eyes, creating a whirlwind inside.

“Kaa …

The strange bird screamed and twisted its body in struggle.

The hound was pushed away and continued to fall towards the airport without looking back.

Not far away, several more balls of sparks exploded. Perhaps the escort fighters had been attracted or entangled by something before, and were now being destroyed by similar means.

Several other people also encountered some troubles, but none of them posed any danger to them. It was more like a test and warning.

The airport runway was originally thought to be useful in the future, so it was not bombarded. However, it has now been dented by scattered spare parts and iron sheets, so maintenance must be carried out in advance before it is put into use next time.

“It seems that we are on a one-way ticket.”

At the assembly point, Fengchuan, who had been waiting on top of the tower next to the runway, made a bitter joke.

“Don’t get close to Chaofan, otherwise you will become unfortunate. It’s best not to get close to Japan, otherwise the misfortunes will accumulate. I heard this on the Internet.” Guan Junyan mourned for those crew members for a few seconds in his heart.

Miki Inagaki didn’t respond, but looked around. After a few seconds, her brows furrowed.

“The strength of the polluters here will be greatly improved, and the power of the Moon Initiators will be suppressed. The data is correct, and it may be that the operation time is long enough, the improvement and suppression are much more than recorded.”

After listening to this, Fengchuan quickly took notes.

“Really? Fortunately, there is no Moon Initiator among us.”

“Not only that, even if you are not a Moon Initiator, it will become difficult to recover your strength, and you will have nightmares every time you fall asleep. As the number of times and duration increases, you will gradually lose the ability to distinguish between reality and dreams, and you will also lose your spirit.” Guan Junyan added.

His team was once trapped here for a while, and he was the only one who escaped, so he had a deep memory of things related to Iki Island.

“Okay, that’s enough. We’ll talk about it on the way.” Fengchuan stopped them from talking and took out his satellite phone. He made sure there was no signal before putting it down. “Let’s go to the ruins in the southwest first and make an assessment of the pollution.”

The few people had no objections and ran towards the ruins with clear division of labor.

They walked to a small hill near the ruins and checked the condition of the ruins, but they could not see anything from the outside. It was dead and gloomy.

Fengchuan touched the soil, but found that there was only a thin layer of soil, and underneath was sharp sand and gravel.

“This is lunar desertification. Nothing can be seen on the surface, and even plants can grow as usual or even better. But over time, the soil will become increasingly scarce. If nothing changes, local plants are expected to die completely next year, leaving only a dry yellow desert.”

The hound raised its head and looked around. The trees were still green and lush, and didn’t look like they were about to die.

“Meow meow”

General Ju, who was on alert, suddenly became alert and let out a threatening low roar towards the treetops nearby.

The team immediately became alert, drew their weapons, and prepared for battle.

Until a crow jumped down from the treetops, landed on a branch, and looked at them with its head tilted.

“A crow?” Guan Junyan looked at Fengchuan, as if asking if the problem needed to be solved.

“Wait.” The hound suddenly stopped, fearing that the two of them would make some attacking moves, and then looked at the crow carefully and called out, “Ni Ge?”

“Ah.” The crow named Nigo cried out.

“Why did you follow me? Didn’t I tell you to stay with the cowboys?” After confirming that it was the crow he knew, the hound felt a little headache.

“According to the companionship agreement and the orders of the Wise Crow, we should ensure that we are together at all times and no more than ten meters apart.” said Niko.

“My mission is dangerous.”

“I can help.”

The man and the crow started talking to each other. Seeing that he could not persuade Nico and worried about delaying the mission, the hound had to give up and agreed to let the crow follow him to carry out the mission.

Nigo immediately flew to the hound’s shoulder skillfully and tilted his head to look at General Orange curiously.

Although General Ju knew that this was one of his own, the more he looked at it, the more he thought it tasted good, so he simply turned his head away and ignored it. “Is this the legendary Soul Crow?” Fengchuan’s eyes lit up, and he was a little curious.

“That’s right. Soul Crow has reached some kind of cooperation with us temporarily. Your Special Affairs Bureau should also know about it. Anyway, it has to stay with me now, but its reconnaissance ability is very good, and it is also covert and alert enough to be of help.” The hound spoke well of Nico.

Ever since Ziwei proposed a pilot project at the meeting of the Heaven Node, which required all Japanese divine warlocks to follow a Soul Crow for cooperation, he was assigned a Soul Crow just a few days after arriving in Japan.

Because of its pure black fur, the hound was jokingly named Nico.

Unexpectedly, the Soul Crow thought the name was nice and refused to change it.

As a result, the hounds now dare not call Nigo’s name in front of certain tribes for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.

“Nico, you just came here. Did you find anything in the ruins?” Since you are here, you might as well make the best of it. The hound asked for information.

“Ah, there is a rotten smell, like a soul that has been rotting for a long time and has not been collected.” Nige’s description is difficult to understand, “Like eating moldy French fries without ordering ketchup.”

Very good, I think I understand it a little bit now.

“Then we can basically confirm that there are Polluters or Moon Filth hiding inside. Prepare for a quick battle and conduct an assessment. If the battle is unfavorable, we plan to retreat to the forest area in the north.” Fengchuan assigned the tasks.

Everyone had no objection and maintained their formation. The Soul Crow flew into the sky to conduct reconnaissance, and several people approached the edge of the ruins.

“Meow!”

General Ju pounced and tore the polluter, who was buried in the ground and trying to get up, into pieces with one claw.

This move directly awakened the group of polluters.

The monsters that were buried everywhere, dry as tree bark and almost without human form, let out hoarse roars, broke through the soil from all directions, and rushed towards them.

Fengchuan tested several guns and carefully recorded the damage data.

Miki Inagaki was half floating in the air. She grabbed a handful of polluters with her mind, crumpled them into a ball, and squeezed them inwards.

The Hound and Guan Junyan also used their familiar offensive methods.

But soon, everyone frowned.

The defensive power of these things is a bit too strong!

“Even the special sniper rifle can’t kill instantly? This defense is already comparable to that of the Moon Filthy, or even stronger.” Fengchuan was a little worried, so he gave up using guns and instead used his abilities to trap the Polluter into the void.

“It doesn’t have many offensive means, but its defense is very strong. However, this cat’s claws are too powerful! Or is there some kind of attribute restraint?”

Even the attacking skills that the hound was so proud of could hardly kill a polluter in one go, but the cat could tear the polluter apart as easily as tearing a piece of paper.

“Its power level is the same as Nakai Hayabusa.”

Miki Inagaki rubbed her wrist gently and explained to the others.

Upon hearing that the cat was on the same level as Nakai Shun, the two no longer dared to underestimate the orange cat, for fear of being beaten to a pulp.

Several people advanced towards the ruins for a distance, and found no special situation except for the seemingly endless polluters. So under Fengchuan’s command, several people began to retreat.

“My goodness, you survived a week in this zombie tide back then?!”

During the retreat, Fengchuan couldn’t help but complain to Guan Junyan.

“The polluters back then were not as tough as these. Moreover, they did not kill us. They waited until we were almost at our limit and then let us break through. This cycle repeated over and over again. Then my team members could not bear the torture and died one by one.” Guan Junyan looked back. “Now we have disturbed them. The subsequent investigation must be carried out as soon as possible. We cannot escape the eyes of the Mother Goddess on the island.”

“Well, next, go to the ruins in the northeast, go counterclockwise, and finally investigate the city center.”

Fengchuan naturally has a plan.

“If all polluters are this difficult to deal with, we’ll be in trouble.”

“Ang ang! There is danger, there is danger!”

Nico flew down and landed on the hound’s shoulder.

The piercing sound hurt their eardrums, and at this moment, several people suddenly woke up.

Without knowing when, a thick fog had enveloped the surroundings.

It was also at this time that memories of the fog flooded into Guan Junyan’s mind like a tide.

“White fog. White fog, how could I forget this? No, this fog has a power that will make those who leave no longer remember what happened in the fog.”

“I remember, I remember.”

Guan Junyan covered his head and his voice gradually became lower.

Recalling the memory that suddenly appeared in his mind, he felt that it would be better if he had not recalled it.

The sudden change made several people stop where they were, and there was no sound of pursuers behind them.

However, Miki Inagaki and General Tachibana, who were in charge of the rearguard action, were nowhere to be seen.

They were separated.

“How is it? What do you remember? What’s the danger of this white fog?”

Fengchuan asked anxiously.

“.In the fog, it will be more difficult to recover your strength than before, and it will be easier to fall into hallucinations.” Guan Junyan forced himself to calm down and explained.

“Then is there any way to get out?” The Hound looked at Guan Junyan. Since he had walked out before, there should be some way.

“.” Guan Junyan pursed his lips and took a deep breath, “If nothing unexpected happens, tonight’s dream will tell us the way.”

“Wait, aren’t the dreams here controlled and controlled by the Mother Goddess? Will the method they mentioned be effective?” Fengchuan’s face was full of doubt.

He just tried to enter the void, but he couldn’t even tell the direction in the void. It was really weird.

“The Mother Goddess has never wanted our lives, but to tempt us to degenerate and become Her helpers, especially in a place like this where She has the upper hand. This is different from the Moon Filthy Ones we encountered in Japan.” Guan Junyan explained, thinking about everything that had happened to their team in the fog.

He subconsciously touched the Golden Mouth Jade Toad, but strangely there was no movement, unlike when he was pulled into the illusion of the Mother Goddess and was activated and woken up.

“Did something happen back then that you don’t want to remember, Guan Junyan? You might as well tell us what happened first. Maybe we can work out a solution. After all, our abilities are different from your situation back then.” Fengchuan slowed down his tone and spoke carefully.

The hound didn’t dare to leave too far. After walking around the two people, Niko said that it was not affected much and could give them warning and guidance. He was temporarily relieved and followed Fengchuan’s example, walked to the dejected Guan Junyan and patted his shoulder.

“We are all in this together now, there is nothing we can’t talk about, and we have to find Inagaki Miki as soon as possible, otherwise it will be dangerous if we wait until night.”

Guan Junyan raised his head somewhat dejectedly and opened his mouth, but for a moment, he didn’t know where to start.

“That day, our team was responsible for searching the bombed city area.”

(End of this chapter)