Then I should have come out of this thing.
Is this my body?
Trying to control her body, raising her hands, moving her steps... Xia Yibing found that it was indeed under her control.
But this body did not look like her original one.
There was a pale light shining down from above her head, and through the reflection on the glass, she could see clearly her current condition.
She has black hair and black eyes and a thin figure, looking like a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The facial features can only show her appearance, but there are also many distortions.
A huge doubt arose in Xia Yibing's heart - why did I become like this?
This should be the dream world, right?
Shouldn't I start exploring the building first?
Why did we end up in this place right from the start...where on earth is this?
"As soon as possible, Private First Class Xia Lan."
There came a sudden urging from above my head.
"There is no surveillance here, don't worry about anyone watching you."
"Everyone else has already stepped out to assemble...as soon as possible."
"We just need you."
Chapter 19: Dream of the Void (II) (Two in One)
After looking up for a long time, Xia Yibing still couldn't find the source of the sound.
Guessing it might be something like a voice tube or a radio, she didn't investigate further. She fumbled around in the glass door and opened it, and she found a strange set of clothes on the seat outside.
"Be careful." A voice suddenly came from my ear, "This thing gives me a strange feeling."
"Yusilian?"
"it's me."
"Where are you hiding?"
"I don't know how it happened, but I'm in your chest now - I've become your second heart."
It took Xia Yibing about ten seconds to understand the specific meaning of this sentence. Then she stared and pressed her chest a few times, vaguely feeling her heart beating particularly strongly.
“…How did you do that?”
"I told you, I don't know!" Blood Crystal Crow said irritably, "Logically, we should enter the Dream Ruins first. Even if we want to go deeper into the world above the gray fog, we have to explore the periphery first. But now... I don't understand what's going on!"
Xia Yibing narrowed her eyes, suddenly walked forward and picked up the clothes.
"I don't recommend you wear this thing." The crow spoke directly into her mind. "It's very 'alive'. You wouldn't like a living thing sticking to you, would you?"
"It's dead." Xia Yibing denied her point of view, "Although I don't know why, you growing in my chest seems to give me similar sensing abilities. And to me, this is just fresher plant fiber."
"This is impossible! How can your senses be more sensitive than mine!?"
"You are just my organ now." Xia Yibing put on her clothes directly, "and you can't share my brain."
"..." Blood Crystal Crow suspected that she was mocking her for not having a brain for the time being, but this was indeed the fact, and she was unable to refute it for the moment.
Xia Yibing quickly put on her clothes. As she said, this was a combat suit woven from special plant fibers.
Dark grey with black accents on the torso. A bit like a tights suit for easy movement, with a soft panel on the chest and a long robe hem at the waist.
The reason why she used the word "combat suit" to describe it was because she could feel that the texture of this thing was unusual. It was not only thin but also light. She felt almost no pain when she hit the corner of the cabinet hard. She wondered if hitting it with a knife or a bullet would have the same effect.
Of course, the reason why she made such a judgment was mainly because someone above her called her "Private First Class Xia Lan".
Private First Class...it means soldier, right?
Strange military rank. Although she didn't know where this place was, at least she was sure that this was not any of the Namibian Kingdoms she knew - no country had such a military rank.
This was not good news. On the bright side, this might just be a weird dream, but on the bad side, they might have unknowingly crossed some kind of boundary deep in the gray fog and arrived in another world outside of Namiia.
But how can a spirit form a body after crossing the boundary?
Is this a new body formed according to my spirit, or am I occupying someone else's body?
"Hurry up, Private First Class Xia Lan!!!"
There was another roar from overhead.
"You are already six minutes late! Do you know what six minutes means on the battlefield? You damn 'Yalai'!"
Yalai?
It seems to be a specific name.
Giving up on the pointless argument with the other party, Xia Yibing half-closed one eye and looked to the front left.
It was pitch black there, just like in every other direction, but a white line could be vaguely seen from below.
That was the crack in the door. She walked over, fumbled for a while, and then opened the door.
"Clang-"
The door was made of heavy metal, and the light outside was even more dazzling than she had imagined.
Most people who suddenly come out like this will be temporarily blinded for a period of time. If they are in a deep and dangerous environment, this is the time when they are most likely to be attacked by the enemy.
Xia Yibing heard the sound of air being cut by a sharp blade, and relied on her eyes and the prompts in her mind to barely avoid the attack. When she looked again, she found that a two-meter-tall strong man like an iron tower had appeared in front of her.
The sturdy man was wearing the same black and gray combat uniform as her. His shoulders were more than 50% wider than any other man Xia Yibing had ever seen. He was as strong as a bear, and his ankles and wrists were thicker than her limbs put together.
But what really caught her attention were the man's arms - his arms started from the elbows, and as they moved forward they became thicker and thicker stems, eventually completely deformed into a black sharp blade.
The edge of the blade was gray, which was very similar to the gray color of the combat uniform. Xia Yibing carefully stared at the connection between the deformed position and the elbow to confirm that the combat uniform was not damaged.
It's amazing... It looks as if the combat suit has merged with his arm at this moment, and together they have caused this transformation.
"Have you seen enough?" the man roared at her.
It was at this time that Xia Yibing realized that this was the voice that had been yelling at her above her head before.
"My name is Bird! From now on, you have to call me Master Chief like everyone else! From today on, you belong to our Blackbird Mobile Team just like the other rookies! If you're lucky, you'll die here, but if you're unlucky..."
He slowed his voice and gave the woman a sinister smile: "Then you will become one with the thing you hate the most... You don't want to become like that, right?"
Xia Yibing didn't quite understand the meaning of these words, but she at least understood that she should keep a low profile as much as possible before obtaining intelligence, so she nodded slightly.
"Very good!" The sturdy man, that is, Sergeant Bird's face suddenly looked much better.
"Although you have too much personality, even too much, but considering that you have some strength, let's just let today's matter go."
"You have ten minutes of free time!" He turned around and shouted to the surroundings, "After ten minutes, no matter if you have recovered from your injuries or not, you must come out and gather. I have to get you into combat effectiveness as soon as possible, because the situation here is not optimistic!"
After saying that, he left with big strides.
It was only after this obstacle, which was like an iron tower or a wall of flesh, was removed that Xia Yibing could see the specific scene outside.
This is a metal corridor.
It was a little bit similar to the research institute she had seen on Dongquan Island, but she always felt that both the decoration craftsmanship and the processing level of building materials were much better than Sarah's.
The first thing she saw was the door opposite hers. The door was open and it was pitch black inside. She could only glimpse a person wearing the same combat uniform lying at the door. Judging from the curves of her body, she was also a woman.
There are many such doors here.
Turning around, Xia Yibing saw more than twenty door frames in the corridor within her field of vision.
Twenty door frames meant twenty soldiers, but she only saw two people standing well like herself. The others were all injured and bruised, either lying in the corridor or leaning against the wall, with several terrible cuts on their chest, abdomen or thighs.
This is not an old injury.
Xia Yibing quickly came to the door opposite and squatted down to check the woman's injuries. She found that these injuries should have just occurred.
Was it Bird who did it?
Sergeant Major, it sounds like a position similar to that of a corporal, but how could an officer kill soldiers like this?
Does he still want them to do a good job?
"No - Xiasha, look!" The Blood Crystal Crow reminded her, "Her wound is healing... It's this dress! Can it actually heal?"
Xia Yibing narrowed her eyes. What the crow said was indeed right... The cut wound looked terrible and bled a lot, but if you look closely, you will see that the edge of the combat uniform that was cut had tiny sprouts extending from its edge. They blended with the torn flesh and blood, and the wound was being repaired quickly.
What an amazing healing effect...
She marveled inwardly.
It would take at least two months for the injury to heal normally. At this rate, it would definitely recover within ten minutes.
No wonder Bird dared to take such a heavy hand, it turns out he was fearless.
Turning her head to look in the direction the sturdy man had left, Xia Yibing thought for a moment, reached out to pick up the woman, and walked straight into the door.
The woman had been in a semi-comatose state. After adjusting to the darkness, Xia Yibing could see clearly that she had long curly hair that was probably brown and yellow, and a baby face. If she stood up, it would only reach her shoulders.
This is just a child!
Unable to help but look at the corridor again, Xia Yibing could only take deep breaths to calm her emotions.
Seeing that Baby Face was almost awake, she touched her arm and applied a little force.
"Click!"
"it hurts!"
Xia Yibing ignored her screams and continued to push hard.
That's how bones are set. In order to prevent Bird from doing something to her again in ten minutes, Xia Yibing thought it would be better to give her a helping hand.
Of course, she would not admit that she did this to get close to the place and obtain information about it.
"Phew...I'm much better!"
The baby-faced man breathed heavily for a while, and the expression on his face relaxed.
"My name is Lanny, Private First Class Lanny...Can I know your name?"
Xia Yibing thought about how Bird called her, and her lips moved: "Xia Lan."
"Then I have to thank you, Xia Lan." Lanni smiled, "Although this is purgatory, I want to say that I am lucky to meet you."
"Where is this place?" Xia Yibing didn't want to talk to her about anything else. "You all seem to know what to do next?"
"Of course?" Lanny showed a strange expression, "Coming to the universe to stop the 'Mother of the Void' is our natural mission."
"Yalai?" Xia Yibing frowned deeply.
"Mother of the Void...?"
"Your memory didn't merge?" Lanny was really surprised. She quickly got up, closed the door, and leaned against it to listen for a while. "Fortunately... no one should have passed by just now."
"You'd better not tell anyone else about this." Then she warned Xia Yibing carefully, "The memory failed to merge... This kind of thing will generally be judged as defective and has major hidden dangers! They may just get rid of you! You will die!"
"Are you afraid of death?" Xia Yibing asked.
"Afraid! Why not?"
"But Bird just said that we'd die anyway even if we were lucky."
"That's right! Dying on the battlefield is also Yalai's mission!" Lani said lively, "But there is a difference between dying and dying! We would rather die gloriously than die in vain!"
"What a twisted theory!"
The Blood Crystal Crow cursed in the woman's heart.
"Is this brainwashed? Are there still such self-aware leeks?"
"First tell me what we are fighting for."
Xia Yibing thought about it and asked a question that would help her expand the scope of her intelligence.
"You have lost a lot of memory..." Lanny looked at her, feeling both emotional and regretful. "Of course it's for 'Misros'. That's our motherland, our hometown."
"Is this 'Mithros'?"
Xia Yibing suddenly had a bad feeling.
Shit, she just said 'hometown'.
