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“Brother Kitahara…Brother Kitahara…wuwuwu…brother Kitahara…”

The little girl's sharp cry seemed to come from a very far away place, and he could not hear clearly clearly, but the burning pain in his chest, as if his skin and flesh had been scorched by a branding iron, pulled him out of the darkness.

"Brother Beiyuan, please don't die...wuwuwuwu...don't leave me alone..."

Ayumi lay beside him and cried loudly, her small hands eagerly feeling Kitahara Sosuke's heartbeat and breathing.

He groaned in pain and asked vaguely: "When was it?"

His voice was hoarse and low, but Ayumi didn't hear it clearly. She cried and asked, "Brother Beihara, how are you?"

The little girl's fear seemed to permeate him through the air, but Kitahara Sosuke didn't bother to comfort her. He discovered the source of the burning sensation and pulled out the mission card from his breast pocket.

【02:43】

【02:42】

The black numbers took up most of the space on the card, and the constantly beating countdown was like red-hot iron, making his fingers ache.

Just over two minutes left.

But the thing next to me is nothing more than a steel fortress, and the violent explosion just now did not leave many traces on it.

Of course, there are actually a lot of explosives (defense) in Kitahara Sosuke's backpack. Piling all of them may not be able to blow up the fortress, but in that case the base will inevitably collapse completely. He and Ayumi still have the possibility at this time

None of the policemen, Kamino Higashi and others who were still in the base had any chance of surviving.

There is only one last option left.

He only hesitated for two seconds, lifted Ayumi up from the ground with his backhand, and put a gas mask on her head.

"Brother Kitahara? What is this?" Ayumi reached out to touch something on her face.

"Don't take it down." Kithara Sosuke said softly: "Ayumi, run farther away."

His voice was low, weak, and not too high-pitched, but Ayumi shuddered unconsciously. The little girl was stunned, pressed her lips tightly to prevent herself from crying, and quickly ran to the corner obediently.

.

Her watch has a lighting function. Fortunately, it was not damaged in the series of accidents and the battery was not exhausted.

——This is natural. Because from the time she was caught to now, not much time has actually passed.

Kitahara Sosuke was vaguely aware of this fact, and his eyes unconsciously followed the small bright light for a moment, and then looked at the huge "cocoon".

He half-knelt directly above the "cocoon", took out an extremely heavy instrument from his backpack, pointed the launch hole at the "cocoon" below, and turned on the switch.

The dark room suddenly lit up, and Ayumi looked in surprise. She saw golden bright lines that were as bright as fireworks exploding above the "cocoon", accompanied by a "chichichi" sound, which made people feel scalped.

numb.

She was not distracted to think about where the strange instrument above the cocoon came from - in the darkness, the girl did not see the scene of Kitahara Sosuke taking out the laser cutting machine - she just stared blankly at the thing without any

A figure illuminated by golden light.

Kitahara Sosuke half-knelt behind the machine. Most of the sparks splashing in all directions were blocked by the machine, but some also fell on him. But the black figure did not move at all, as if it had merged with the darkness behind him.

——No... doesn't it hurt?

Ayumi couldn't help but think worriedly.

The scene of sparks shining only lasted for a few seconds, and soon the light disappeared and darkness returned to the surroundings. After a while, Ayumi heard a "clang", like a piece of iron falling and hitting something else.

Kitahara Sosuke said "tsk" and looked at the time on the task card——

【00:57】

【00:56】

The laser cut a hole in the cocoon, but perhaps the position he chose was away from the key part, and the countdown did not stop.

If he was given enough time, he might be able to use a laser to cut the metal shell into pieces, but there was no time now.

Having said that, I remember that when the player logged into the "Cocoon" game, it only happened for a moment, but Renya Karasuma seemed to have been in this instrument for a long time.

Is it because he wants to completely and completely upload his consciousness to the Internet that this difference is caused?

But in fact, Kitahara Sosuke suspected that what he did was not so much transferring his soul or consciousness into a data life, but rather making a copy of his memory and thoughts - the real Karasuma Renya

He will still die, but there will be a copy of him existing in the network, which will bring long and endless threats and terror to mankind.

This is the irreversible end of the world.

It's the future that the mission card tells him to prevent.

Whether it is "copying" or "transferring", there is no difference to this world. It probably only makes a difference to Karasuma Renya herself.

Kitahara Sosuke's thoughts were confused, but the movements of his hands were not chaotic at all. He took out another blue bucket from his backpack, inserted the sharp mouth on it into the small hole just cut with the laser, pulled out the latch, and listened.

The liquid inside poured in gurglingly.

At the same time, a strange sound gradually sounded in the "cocoon", rustling, as if many cockroaches began to crawl in the jar, and as if hundreds of dragonflies were flapping their wings at the same time.

Tri(anti)fluoro(anti)chlorine, one of the most dangerous substances in the world, looks like a small and fresh light green liquid after cooling down, but it is extremely toxic and corrosive, and is highly explosive. It

It can make many materials burn without contact with fire source and oxygen. It can corrode glass and quartz, and can burn through sand, stone and concrete. Even water is its combustion accelerant, and it will also release highly toxic gases during the combustion process.

Kitahara Sosuke knew how dangerous his current state was. The seemingly peaceful "cocoon" under his body could explode violently at any time, or leak deadly poisonous gas. He stared closely at the countdown on the task card.

Every second feels horribly long.

The extremely tight state allowed him to completely ignore all his own discomfort, and only the string of numbers remained in his eyes.

【00:17】

【00:16】

【00:15】

When there were only 11 seconds left in the countdown, the task card seemed to be broken. The numbers flashed twice, then disappeared, and a new line of text slowly appeared.

Kitahara Sosuke didn't care to read at all. He put the card away and jumped off the "cocoon". When he landed, he staggered and almost fell to the ground, but he used the energy to rush forward.

, stretched out his arms to take a look at Ayumi, and the two of them rushed out of the room.

Ayumi screamed, and her ribs were hurt by Kitahara Sosuke's arm. She leaned on the shoulders of the young man in black and looked at the scene behind her with wide eyes——

Accompanied by a strange sound, a flash of orange flame suddenly jumped out from the small hole, as if a gentle hand gently wrapped the blue barrel.

Then, the flames started to burn on the surface of the steel "cocoon" like a carpet. Sometimes burning debris spattered out, pulling out slender golden lines in the air. At first glance, it looked like a kind of

A different kind of beauty.

But Sosuke Kitahara ran like a rabbit on the run, rushing out of the corridor in the blink of an eye. When he passed the stairs, he slapped the wall hard, and thick alloy plates came out from the ceiling and floor at the same time.

Come out and bite each other tightly.

Three such alloy plates descended behind them, and short explosions sounded from time to time in the place they had just left, which seemed to be much smaller in scale than the previous explosions.

"Bang!"

In the darkness, Kitahara Sosuke knocked his foot and fell out. He struggled to get up immediately, but after trying his best to hold the ground, only the muscles in his arms seemed to twitch.

Huh?

strangeness……

I was able to run just now... why can't I move suddenly...

He tried again to stand up, but his body was as stiff as a puppet.

what happened……

"Brother Kitahara!"

Bumi was thrown away and ran back with blood on her face.

——Are you injured...I'm sorry...It seems that I still...failed to protect you...

"What should I do...you lost a lot of blood..."

Ayumi cried, panicked and wanted to do something, but looking at the wounds all over his body and the shrapnel stuck in his back, she had nowhere to start. Tears washed away the blood on her face, and the girl was desperate.

burst into tears.

——Ah...is it my blood...

He felt relieved, his eyelids raised slightly, and then closed with an unstoppable force.

………………

After Kitahara Sosuke fell into coma, Ayumi suddenly felt boundless pressure and fear. She didn't dare to let herself cry. After sobbing twice, she tried hard to think about what else she could do now.

——I should... I should bandage the wound... Can I use clothes instead of the bandage... Also, I need to call an ambulance... I should call a doctor... But...

She suddenly remembered something, and groped for Kitahara Sosuke for a while, but couldn't find it, so she hurriedly used the flashlight to shine around.

A white card fell not far away.

Ayumi immediately rushed over, grabbed the card, and took it back carefully.

Remember Grandpa Kamino said that this card is like a talisman to Brother Kitahara, right?

As if she had grasped the last life-saving straw, she put the card on Kitahara Sosuke's heart almost religiously. After thinking about it, she touched her pocket and found a small guard.

Inside the guard is a folded piece of paper, on which is a line of words written by Kitahara Sosuke himself -

【No disease, no disaster】

The girl placed Mamoru next to Kitahara Sosuke, her small body bent down as if it could not bear the huge pressure, and her forehead was almost pressed against Kitahara Sosuke's bloody back.

"God...if there really is a god in this world...please bless my brother Beiyuan...bless him from illness and disaster...bless him from death..."

Tears fell down with a pitter-patter sound.

At this moment, the light of the flashlight flickered and suddenly went out.

The battery finally ran out of power.

"Help..." the girl shouted heartbreakingly: "Anyone is welcome...come and save us..."
Chapter completed!