Even though the Guards suffered more than half of their casualties, the return of McCas boosted the spirit of the entire team. In the hearts of these soldiers, McCas was their nurturer and savior, although the actual control of the team has been handed over to others.

Heir Manuka, but there is no doubt that if there is a problem with the transfer of command, Macas will definitely be able to regain control of this team without any effort.

"This is a dedicated evacuation channel leading to the scientific research deck. The authority is limited to the first-level management personnel on the ship. This is the safest road at present. Everyone, follow it."

McCas pointed at a hidden passage that he opened from an ordinary alloy wall. The soft lights inside illuminated the smooth alloy floor, which formed a sharp contrast with the large amount of blood stains on the ground outside.

This difference made everyone immediately agree with what McCas said. It was obvious that no lucky manager of the medical deck had escaped here before them.

Du Jin looked at the endless passage and took the initiative to walk to Macas and said:

"Captain McCus, didn't we know that we passed by my laboratory along the way? Although I have forgotten many things, my intuition tells me that I left some important things there."

McCas patted Du Jin's shoulder sideways and agreed in an easy-going voice:

"No problem! Although we don't pass directly there, Dr. Du, your scientific research office is not that far from the exit, and the monsters there are not expected to be too many. We will go back there. Of course, there is one more thing, Dr. Du

You don’t need to call me by my professional title, just call me Marcus.”

Du Jin nodded. With the assistance of Li Mengyan, he had already removed the deformed and damaged helmet. After all, the internal sealing of the armor was already lacking, and the flickering helmet information panel could no longer function.

Any auxiliary function will interfere with his vision and combat. The helmet's shooting auxiliary system is actually of little use to Du Jin. In terms of the operation of conventional weapons, his marksmanship is not necessarily bad.

The group of people followed McCas's guidance and quickly passed through this hidden passage. This passage was indeed as safe as McCas said. Not only did they not see a single zombie along the way, there was not even a trace of roar.

did not hear.

"This passage seems to be built in a very hidden position. It should be in some very thick structure, and the surroundings should be covered with sound insulation materials. It is indeed specially designed for safe transfer. If Mengyan and I rely on those

If you go to the research deck the ordinary way, the monsters you encounter along the way are simply not something you can deal with."

Du Jin felt even more lucky about his previous decision to save McCas. At that time, he only decided to save McCas first because of the logic of "people imprisoned by the enemy are friends". If Ralph hadn't taken the initiative to make it clear at that time,

Without knowing his identity, Du Jin didn't know the true identity of McCas. If the team following Li Mengyan saw the dead McCas, Du Jin would also suffer disaster.

After about ten minutes of walking, McCas led them to the exit of the passage, but the person who designed this secret transfer passage was very thoughtful. On the wall next to the exit, there is a piece of equipment connected to the scientific research deck monitoring

Although many of the monitoring images on the system's holographic panel show "offline", Du Jin and Li Mengyan can still simply confirm the environment outside the exit.

It seems that because of Du Jin's previous attraction, the corpses on this floor were all concentrated on the medical deck below by the blood seal. Apart from the corpses and blood stains that were "accustomed" to them, there were no scary corpses outside the exit.

The body exists and even appears to be very "peaceful".

"Let's go! According to the previously reassigned team formations, one team is forward, the second team is guarding the center, and the third team is behind. If there is a threat, move closer immediately and don't be scattered! Do you understand?"

"Yes! Captain!"

After Manuka deployed the combat formation, he opened the hidden alloy door wall of the exit. Du Jin was already a member who needed to be protected at this moment. It was not because everyone was against him for saving Captain McCas.

He was grateful, but because he had no helmet protection, and the bloodstained and battle-scarred armor made his combat effectiveness plummet. If he encountered a Fissioner's bone spur sneak attack, Du Jin might die suddenly on the spot.

Following McCas' instructions, Manuka first led the team to a test office not far away. This was where Du Jin was before. Du Jin looked at this cabin and felt a long-lost familiarity in his heart.

Feeling this, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the touch screen of the door control unit.

"Beep--"

A prompt sounded, and the originally red status indicator on the door control turned green. Manuka originally wanted to lead the team into the office to investigate the situation, but Macas held him back, shook his head and said:

"This is Dr. Du's private space. We don't need to disturb him. Just leave the guard to Major Li. Our mission is to guard this place and avoid emergencies."

Manuka looked at Du Jin and Li Mengyan who had been "getting together" together, smiled without hesitation, and then nodded. At this time, he had figured out the relationship between Du Jin and Li Mengyan, so he didn't bother them anymore.

What they meant was to turn around and let each team enter the designated combat position.

Then Du Jin nodded towards Li Mengyan, and the two of them entered the experimental office together. As soon as they entered the security inspection room, Du Jin immediately realized that his position was probably not low. After all, he had not heard about it yet.

Which office has such a checkpoint at the entrance?

Li Mengyan pointed to the empty security inspection room in front of her and said with a playful smile:

"Sir, I have been working here as your personal security guard!"

Hearing the hint of playfulness in Li Mengyan's voice, Du Jin hurriedly said:

"It was before, and I definitely have no memory of it now. If there are any conflicts or grudges, Mengyan, you'd better not pay too much attention to it. I would like to apologize in advance for your previous unhappiness."

Seeing Du Jin's embarrassed look, Li Mengyan narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Du Jin, and said to herself in confusion:

"That's true, but I'm also a little surprised. Du Jin, you look completely different now than when I was on duty here. Before, no matter who you met, you always had a very annoying sense of superiority and alienation.

Qing Gao, but now Du Jin you are so... um... energetic and peaceful, can amnesia really change a person's personality? "

"Oops!"

Du Jin secretly screamed something bad. In fact, he was very worried about this problem before. Although he "seized" the current body, he did not recall much of the memory of the original owner of the body, and Renren's character,

There is definitely a big difference in habits and styles, and this difference cannot be covered up by a sentence of amnesia, so Li Mengyan's soliloquy at this time made Du Jin's heart seem to lift.

"No! I have to take the initiative to do something to change this passive situation, otherwise this problem will cause more trouble in the future. I am afraid that it is not possible just because of amnesia. When I rescued McCas directly from the bloody space of the blood seal

, he must have also discovered the unusual power in me. Mengyan will also know sooner or later that I want to use this power to do something, just say that my mentality has changed. In this case, it will be somewhat different from my previous personality and habits.

It’s not too difficult to understand.”

Du Jin nodded secretly, then said with a very serious expression:

"Mengyan, actually I got a strange power from a fragment before, and it allowed me to see a lot of incredible things. Although I can't remember those things clearly now, I realized that I had a lot of thoughts and ideas before.

Behavioral problems, so I decided to change myself before changing others, so I..."

Li Mengyan did not let Du Jin continue. She stretched out her index finger and gently hung it in front of Du Jin's lips. Although she was not as old as McCas, her years of military and political career allowed her to see many things clearly, including

The evasion and nervousness in Du Jin's eyes at this time, she had actually figured out at that moment. Even if Du Jin was no longer the same person, at least in Li Mengyan's view, this Du Jin was sometimes young and sometimes mature and stable.

Jin is exactly what she accepted and expected.

As for the Du Jin before, let bygones be bygones! After thinking about this clearly, Li Mengyan no longer wanted to delve into this issue. In her opinion, the truth is sometimes not a good medicine to solve the problem, just like she had hoped to find before.

The truth about the blood seals tested by federal scientists, but even if she found the answer she wanted, Li Mengyan not only did not change anything, she almost got her friends and troops involved, so she had no idea about the truth about Du Jin at this time.

A hint of fear.

"I believe you! No matter what happened, let it be bygones! We have more important goals and responsibilities now, don't we?"

Feeling the vague warmth in front of his lips, Du Jin nodded with relief. At least now he no longer had to worry about the side effects of his "seizing the body". As for the other people, Du Jin didn't think too much about it.

Then Du Jin and Li Mengyan passed the checkpoint that was "in name only" and came to the inside of the test office. As the name suggests, the laboratory for work, the office for work and the room for rest are all gathered together. It has to be said that

, although this layout cannot be called very reasonable, it is indeed very efficient. At least for now, it is very consistent with Du Jin's need to quickly search for valuable materials.

Du Jin entered the test room on one side first. After he entered, he discovered that the thickness of the alloy wall here reached an extremely terrifying level, reaching an astonishing 50cm. You must know that this is not a concrete wall, but an alloy.

The defense level far exceeds the standard of permanent fortress fortifications in Du Jin's understanding.

"It seems that the protection level of this laboratory is very high, so the projects it studies may not be simple."

And what made Du Jin feel strange was that after entering the laboratory, he felt a weak pull, as if something had been calling him. This feeling was completely different from the previous feeling of facing the blood mark. If

The attraction of the blood seal is a desire that comes from hatred, and what Du Jin feels at this time is a "warmth" similar to a mother's embrace.

"There is definitely something here!"

Du Jin then started looking around, and when he saw an instrument cabinet on the side of the corner of the laboratory, he seemed to remember something. He vaguely saw a familiar figure hiding something on the floor under the cabinet.

And it’s something different for others to discover.

"This is... my previous memory?"

Du Jin looked at the figure that disappeared quickly and was a little confused. After a short period of thinking, Du Jin gave up this clueless idea. Although he had taken off his helmet, the light outerwear on his body was still there.

The skeletal armor has not been taken off, and the armor's power system can still operate normally.

He stepped forward and half hugged the instrument cabinet and dragged it back a few steps, revealing several metal floors underneath it. Before Du Jin could try each one to see which alloy floor had what he wanted, his hand

As if consciously, he stretched out towards one of the floors. After pressing it lightly, the alloy plate immediately began to sink slightly. After falling to a small height, it began to slide to one side, revealing a silver-white

Small metal box.

A strong sense of joy sprouted from Du Jin's heart. This inexplicable feeling made Du Jin a little surprised. With a kind of expectation mixed with a little fear, Du Jin opened the silver-white metal.

In the box, in the central compartment of a high-density protective material similar to foam, there is a small black fragment only the size of a thumb. Its shape has no rules, as if it was forcibly removed from the box by some force.

It's like something torn off the mother's body.

Looking at this black fragment that felt inexplicably familiar to Du Jin, a few tears flowed out unconsciously, as if Du Jin was crying in his heart for the experience of this fragment.

"What's wrong with me? What's this feeling like?"

Du Jin didn't see any illusions or feel any fear like before. The feeling this fragment brought to him was only the intimacy and some kind of sentimentality similar to the same origin, which was the same as what Du Jin had experienced in the real world laboratory.

The dark red and black fragment is completely different.

"Is this the source of my current strength? Or, is it what I rely on to be able to travel through time now?"

Du Jin is not stupid. The inexplicable emotions in his heart cannot be groundless. The only possibility is that the power in his body feels the attraction of the same source. After all, the fragment in the laboratory in the previous life was Du Jin who put some of his own

Hallucinations and some abnormal emotions appeared only after the blood came into contact with it, and now he "resonated" and responded to it without even touching it directly.

Driven by curiosity, Du Jin slowly put his hand on the fragment. A warm jade-like touch surprised Du Jin. He picked up the fragment and placed it flatly in his hand, before he had time to look at it carefully.

, this fragment seemed to melt and blend directly into the skin of Du Jin's palm.

"Why!"

The fragments quickly merged into his palm, and Du Jin exclaimed inwardly. Before he could make a sound, he realized that the black blood mark in his mind seemed to exude some kind of joyful emotion, and then a kind of heat surged throughout his body.

, for a moment Du Jin felt that his body felt extremely comfortable, as if he had finally tasted nectar after being thirsty for several days in the desert.

"This is?"

The strange feeling on his body made Du Jin stand up immediately. He could clearly feel that the power in his body was constantly gushing out, especially the muscles in his arms, which seemed to be able to fight a bull. His thinking was instantly clear.

Now that he has become stronger, his coordination ability of the whole body has reached a new level. Du Jin is now certain that if he fights again with the fighting coach in his class, he can rely on his body's toughness and speed even without brute force.

Its defeated.

"This fragment directly strengthens my body!"

Feeling the new changes on his body, Du Jin was undoubtedly happy at this time. He could clearly feel that this fragment not only made the black blood mark in his mind more "stable", but also gave him a mysterious power.

It strengthened his body gently, and he could not see any malice or threat from it. It could be said that now was the real "gift".

Du Jin turned over the small silver-white metal box on the ground and looked at it several times, but the result made him a little disappointed. There were no valuable items in the box, and the previous attraction had also disappeared. This laboratory

The most valuable thing inside has been taken away by Du Jin.

He sighed lightly, but he didn't have many bad thoughts. Du Jin is a person who knows how to advance and retreat and is contented. Regardless of whether this fragment is a fragment peeled off from a certain blood-seal statue, it has been studied and brought to him.

It was easy to boast. Based on this alone, Du Jin's trip was definitely worthwhile. After briefly looking around again, Du Jin walked out of the laboratory.

Li Mengyan, who had been waiting outside the door, leaned against the alloy wall. She was a little bored checking the various parts of the electromagnetic rifle in her hand. This gun was considered an old friend that had been with it for a long time. Although the parts had been replaced many times, this gun

The main body of the gun still retains its original appearance.

Then, Li Mengyan, who was still inspecting the firearm, saw Du Jin walking out from beside her. She looked at Du Jin's side face and seemed to suddenly find that his face had become extremely handsome. An inexplicable temperament attracted Li Mengyan's attention.

.

"Strange! Du Jin's previous appearance... It seems that I have indeed ignored it before. Judging from this face alone, it is indeed beyond the standard."

In fact, Du Jin himself didn't realize that the fragment not only strengthened his strength and coordination, but also made his skin fairer and gave him a temperament of maturity and youth that complement each other. In today's world,

, Du Jin already has the hardware qualifications to compete in the entertainment industry, but it is obviously impossible for Du Jin to follow that path. Although he also wants to get the attention of others, the focus Du Jin wants is his own achievements and contributions, and

It's not the so-called charm and appearance.

"Mengyan! I found what I was looking for! If I guessed correctly, he should be one of the sources of the power attached to me."

Du Jin did not hide it from Li Mengyan. Except for the issue of time travel, which sounded unbelievable to everyone, Du Jin did not want to hide the power that he could fight against the blood seal. Moreover, his intuition told him that Li Mengyan's understanding of the blood seal was far away.

Above him, the power in his body can have the greatest effect under the guidance of Li Mengyan. Otherwise, if he had to search all over the world for ways and means to fight against the blood mark, the chance of success would be as simple as buying a lottery ticket.

"Congratulations then!"

Li Mengyan did not ask what Du Jin had found. She only needed to know that Du Jin's power that could resist the blood mark had been strengthened, and Du Jin was not reluctant to tell her about his power. This made Li Mengyan feel at ease.

After that, she knew that there were some things that Du Jin would not take the initiative to tell him until the right time. He did not want to force any answers too much at the moment, as that would only overdraw the relationship between the two of them.

"You're here, why don't you look at other places? If we leave this time, I'm afraid we'll never be able to return to this ship."

Li Mengyan said with some melancholy. She was not regretting the fate of the ship. After all, in her opinion, the ship was actually just a hiding place used to hide her identity. Although she felt sorry for the members of the Heyi Church on the ship.

Wu Huo felt sad that those cultists were killed in the experiment, but this place did not make her feel like staying. What really made her feel helpless and worried was because she had nothing that could really stay forever, so called

Her "home" place has long been gone due to the federal arrest warrant.

When Du Jin heard Li Mengyan's somewhat emotional words, he understood something in his heart, but he couldn't make any guarantee to comfort Li Mengyan. After all, he was relying on the protection of others at this time to survive the "necromorph"

Survive "hunted".

The saying "Don't deceive young people to be poor" is not a continuous tense, but a past tense. When you do not have the ability to truly deserve the respect and admiration of others, the gap in reality will only make you weaker and sinking, which is the so-called failure.

.And this is definitely not the result Du Jin wants.

"Then...just look around and find nothing worth taking away!"

Du Jin responded to Li Mengyan in a hurry, but after thinking for a while, he turned his head and said in a very serious tone to Li Mengyan;

"Mengyan, I know what you are worried about, but this can never be our daily routine. I will do my best to use my meager strength to help you achieve what you want. This is the most important thing to me.

A promise from a friend!”

Say it, Du Jin walked towards the office. Looking at Du Jin's back, Li Mengyan seemed to be touched somewhere in her heart, and then she said to herself with some emotions that she didn't even know:
Chapter completed!