The strong wind generated by the high-speed movement drove the fabric, causing it to stretch and shake like a flag, making a series of tail-swinging sounds that spread far in an environment with little shelter.
Unfortunately, even if the ship girl has the blessing of hearing, its range of influence is still a drop in the bucket for a planet with a huge area.
Although this is a good method under the premise that there are no combustible materials and it is impossible to create large-scale smoke and fire, it is still too inefficient for Helena.
Every second she stayed here, she missed the port more.
Even if the sister who gave her the ring did not fully accept her love, as long as she could see each other every day, it was better than facing those ugly things here.
"When will it end..."
“When will this end…!?”
"[Hunter]...J
"【hunter】."
"【hunter】!!"
Under a series of negative influences, Helena's inner anxiety and irritability were infinitely magnified, especially when she saw the flesh flowers around her begin to swell and grow, this anger reached its peak.
She began to lose her composure, and whenever she saw these tumor monsters blocking her path, she would raise her gun and aim to shoot.
Although she knew that this small-scale explosion would not be able to destroy them at all, but would instead promote their proliferation and division, she still chose to attack.
Because the roar gave her a sense of security, and the firelight could suppress her increasingly irritable heart.
She even felt that it was the right thing to do, as the Hunter would come over on his own after hearing the noise, and she could leave here sooner.
Unexpectedly, the missing [META ship] did not come, but instead attracted more tumor monsters.
They have no sense of pain and will not die. They swarm closer like locusts. When hit, they explode into countless pieces of flesh and mucus. In just a moment, new fleshy flowers will form on the gelatinous layer.
"【hunter】--!!"
Helena, who was filled with rage, roared loudly, and thought that she would not get any response, but unexpectedly she heard a slight sound diagonally in front of her that was different from the sticky sound.
Those were the whimpers of an intelligent creature, intermittent and slight, completely different from the "hissing" sound made by this group of disgusting monsters.
[Helena] was overjoyed. She stopped the shelling and took back her coat. She quietly passed the tide of tumor monsters and stopped in front of the ruins hundreds of meters away.
This ruin was probably originally a residential building. After it collapsed due to corrosion, a living room covered with glue was exposed, and the skeleton of a large sofa could be vaguely made out.
Although half of the outer wall has disappeared, the overall shape is still intact and the sheltered area is sufficient. Relatively speaking, it is indeed suitable as a temporary hiding place.
[Helena] stopped after approaching and did not rush in
She first listened carefully, but did not hear the whimpering sound she had just heard.
"...【hunter】?"
"........."
"Are you in there?"
“…Wuwu…Wuwu…”
[Helena] Her brows relaxed. It was indeed a human voice.
She immediately walked into the ruins, followed the subtle noise, and found a girl with her knees crossed in the deepest corner.
The other person's long hair was tangled and stained, his skin was pale and skinny, like a poor survivor who had been tortured but was still struggling to survive.
[Helena] realized that this couldn't be the [Hunter]. She wanted to turn around and leave, but when she heard the crying in her ears, she stopped silently.
After hesitating for a long time, she took off the coat on the barrel of the gun, walked slowly forward, and lowered her eyes to look at the whorl of hair on the girl's head.
"...I don't have any food, so I can't help you. Leave this dress to-"
"puff--!"
The black-haired head suddenly split open like a flower, and the mouthparts covered with pustules and fleshy whiskers sprayed sticky and smelly pus at the stunned Helena.
After being dodged, its skin began to crack, and more black and red tumors squeezed out of the cracks, and the thin human figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Instead, a monster covered in slime stood up, with a vaguely recognizable human form and obviously some intelligence.
It had a horrible appearance and whimpered intermittently using a vocal organ that seemed to be growing from nowhere.
"Woo...Woo..."
"Tsk, what a hell..." Helena cursed softly.
In fact, with her abilities, it is easy to deal with these monsters that have no special abilities except slime.
But the environment was harsh and the monsters had strong regenerative abilities. Due to various reasons, Helena had no intention of fighting anymore. She turned around and walked away with a frown.
Yes, how could there be human survivors in such a shabby place?
Apart from the inexplicable "dark clouds" in the sky and the disgusting flesh lumps on the ground, the only things that moved were the flowers that were blowing bubbles.
The ground is sticky and difficult to walk on, the monsters are endless and immune to most attacks.
We have to admit that even if humans still survived in this world, they would have no ability to resist. The spread of a single fluid is beyond their ability to handle.
Because it was created under the influence of [space disturbance], many of its characteristics are very counterintuitive. Even [Siren] cannot figure out the unknown substances in it, let alone humans.
"But in this situation, if there are any survivors, they can only live underground like rats, right?"
"..."
"underground?"
[Helena] frowned, thinking of this possibility.
She thought about it carefully, and the more she thought about it, the more it made sense. She was annoyed after running for half a day. Even if the Hunter was a native ship girl, she couldn't stay in the surface environment for long.
Living in a muddy environment full of miniature Queen of Flowers and having to be on guard against something crawling out of some bulge at any time is much more outrageous than the Resident Evil.
After all, others can hit the head, but this one is useless even if it is cut into pieces.
As for how to search next, Helena had also thought about it, and the answer was to launch a scan into the air, looking for abnormally high buildings or underground structures with huge spaces.
Although the larger the radar scanning range, the more energy it consumes, it is still more time-saving and labor-saving than running around the world.
Thinking of this, Helena, who was moving forward rapidly, paused. In the surging wave of tumors, she used herself as the origin and burst out an extremely strong energy pulse.
The deep blue light was dazzling, like an artificial sun, dyeing the dim world gray-blue.
Circular pulse waves followed one after another, pushing, igniting, and burning the monsters that pounced on them, devouring the colloid under their feet and revealing the dark surface.
In just a dozen seconds, the all-destructive energy pulse cleared a circular pure area with a diameter of several kilometers.
But those that are farther away cannot be taken care of.
However, Helena did not intend to solve the problem in this way. If she were really asked to have an energy baptism covering the entire planet, she would not be able to do it without relying on extraordinary external forces.
Her original purpose was to use the decayed pulse wave to scan and explore a large area.
Unfortunately, luck didn't seem to be on her side. After spending a lot of energy on scanning, she didn't get the results she wanted. She could only consider changing places and trying again.
"call
A girl in a windbreaker and a pointed hat felt the strong wind blowing past her body and raised her hand to adjust her black scarf.
As her light yellow hair fluttered in the air, the piece of meat in her hand was also set on fire.
The orange-red flames were extremely hot, making the burning pieces of meat crackle, but her hands seemed not to feel the temperature and she let the flames lick her grey gloves.
Only when the pieces of meat and the flowers turned to ashes did she rub her fingertips together, take off her gloves, and slap them against each other, stirring up bursts of gray mist.
"...There shouldn't be any wind here."
A voice that was not suitable for her age sounded in the dust, cold and flat, just like her rose-red eyes, indifferent in contrast to her passion.
She doesn't care about anything else, she just wants to find the person she has been looking for, or rather, the person who used to be her.
She had to remember her identity as a "hunter", complete the commission she received several years ago, and then end this hopeless life.
As for the rest, she has no control over it.
[Hunter] exhaled lightly, put on his gloves, picked up the old oil lamp floating beside him, carried the ancient-style cannon on his back, held the cold and sharp scissors tightly, and set off again.
"I will...find you, and...kill you."
"Found it, a different existence."
Helena, who changed several locations for explosive pulse scanning, opened her eyes. Her scarlet pupils shone with a hint of joy and excitement.
Although she suffered severe energy loss, she found someone.
This meant that her mission was about to be completed, and she would soon be able to leave this hopeless experimental field and return to her beloved sister.
[Helena] The taut string in her mind suddenly relaxed, and her manic and depressed feeling instantly eased, and her mood also improved a lot.
After she determined the location, she could not wait to use high-concentration [META energy] to establish a temporary passage, leaving the pure area, and arrived in front of the [META ship] in an instant.
"...【hunter】?"
[Hunter] looked coldly at the blue-white figure that suddenly appeared not far away, raised a pair of scissors that were more than half a person's height, and said, "...Yes."
"Very good." Helena narrowed her eyes to make herself smile, "I found you. Come with me and I will take you to a safe place."
Helena thought the mission was over. She had manipulated the energy to build the channel and even thought about how to act coquettishly with her sister, but she ended up hearing the other party utter a word coldly.
Hunter: "No."
[Helena] paused and turned her head to look at the cold-looking destroyer, "...I didn't hear you clearly, what did you say?"
[Hunter] picked up the oil lamp, poured out the black and turbid lamp oil from the gap at the bottom, and smeared it on the blade of the scissors.
"...I said, no."
The ups and downs of emotions and the shattered hope of returning to Hong Kong rekindled Helena's suppressed restlessness and anger.
Her eyes lit up with a scarlet light, which was a signal to mobilize the energy in her body. The energy strips at her waist and hips began to disintegrate and turn into light blue energy particles.
[Hunter] pulled out a short piece of metal from his waist and slashed the blade. An orange-red flame leaped up and distorted the nearby light with its high temperature.
"I'll say it again, follow me out of here."
"...I still have unfinished business."
"Either go now, or I'll drag you away in five minutes."
"...You have lost your mind. Perhaps...I should help you."
[Helena] suddenly smiled and raised her hand to condense an energy cube, "Hehe...you can try it."
PS: Note 1. "Tomie" by Junji Ito
As the protagonist of the comic series, Tomie's appearance stats are full. She will attract others to fall in love with her, become crazy, and finally be cruelly killed and dismembered by others in various ways to produce more "Tomie" who inherit her memories but are independent of each other.
Chapter 931 San Value Attack
Rather than calling this a battle, it would be more appropriate to describe it as a "one-sided venting."
Helena, who had completely lost her patience, was squandering her remaining energy recklessly, while the Hunter, who was still in good condition, was focusing on dodging and maneuvering.
A large number of dark blue particles gathered and compressed, and then rushed straight towards the figure bathed in fire.
At the moment of collision, a raging energy storm was generated, engulfing everything around it, like rain hitting dusty glass, smashing out circle after circle of pure areas.
But in the center of the storm, the Hunter, whose body was covered in orange-red flames, remained unharmed, and even had the leisure to add lamp oil to his sharp scissors.
As the turbid and sticky liquid fell onto the metal surface, it seemed to be evaporated, stirring up clouds of gray mist, making the flames covering the surrounding area rise more vigorously.
[Helena] She was indeed angry, but she was still rational and noticed something was wrong after a brief observation.
The flames were offsetting her [META energy], and the working principle was somewhat similar to the "dark cloud" that swallowed the shells before, silently and with high efficiency.
She couldn't help but wonder, how was the liquid in the oil lamp made? Was the raw material used the same as she guessed?
If that is the case…
"...That's too disgusting!"
Not wanting to stay any longer, Helena floated in the air, gritting her teeth and pouring out energy. Her scarlet eyes glowed faintly, and she quietly built a deep blue channel behind the Hunter.
She didn't want to consider other people's feelings anymore. She just wanted to finish the task quickly and leave this damn place.
Since the Hunter does not have the ability to escape from the experimental field on his own, it means that he is not qualified to be included in the Embers.
The task of [Try to recruit new members] has lost its meaning, and the ways to complete the task of [Send people away] have become more diverse.
Whether it was voluntary or forced, they would never meet again in the future. For Helena, the task executor, there was actually no difference between the two.
