Chapter 981 Choice


    Although it is unfounded, Duanmu Huai feels that the core focus of this mission is probably on this Savior Army.


    After all, you see, it just so happened that Joel was going to take Ellie to find the Savior Army? There is no such coincidence in this world.


    Well, there shouldn''t be any.


    Best not.


    This is the case with the main and side tasks...


    The reason why Duanmu Huai guessed this was not only due to the overlapping tasks, but also because of these survivors. After that, Duanmu Huai determined the next stop to go to the Salvation Army, while other survivors discussed it and planned to stay and help the gathering place to rebuild. After all, after Duanmu Huai’s trouble, the city is currently considered safe for the time being. At least you don’t have to worry about zombies invading in a short period of time. Even for Blood Moon, considering that the zombies around you have been swept away, this time Blood Moon should not be too threatening.


    In addition, this gathering place currently requires manpower and occupies such a good place in the oil warehouse. Komuro Takashi and several other students and Aiden plan to stay here - after all, they can''t help with the Salvation Army, right?


    Since they stayed and did not trigger any special plot, it means that these survivors are not the core characters. The only remaining ones on the train are Joel and Ellie.


    Since the destinations of both sides are consistent, then... it seems that the key to their departure from this world should be the mission of these two people.


    But why did Joel take Ellie to find the Savior Army?


    Joel didn''t know about this. He and Ellie were not related. At the beginning, Joel simply regarded Ellie as his task - but the two of them had established some feelings along the way. But even so, when Joel asked Ellie why she wanted to find the Savior Army, the latter still closed her mouth and said nothing.


    This situation was until they arrived at the city where the Savior Army was located.


    Compared with the fact that it had only occupied a gathering place where the food processing factory barely survived, the territory of the Salvation Army was indeed large enough. They occupied almost half of the city and even built a towering city wall. Fully armed soldiers patrolled with guns everywhere. It seems that the Salvation Army is indeed quite growing.


    "Okay, I think you all know what to do."


    Duanmu Huai looked at Mary, Ojisi, and Jiawei, then withdrew his gaze and looked at Joel and Ellie.


    "Let''s send Ellie to the Salvation Army-Joel, do you have a way to contact these guys?"


    "certainly."


    Joel nodded.


    "That''s good. After the people are sent, we can do whatever we want. We will investigate the Savior Army. If the Savior Army really modulates humans to create mutants as we think, then we will completely destroy this gathering place... Do you understand now?"


    “Mr. Duanmu…”


    Duanmu Huai finished speaking and Mary quickly raised her hand.


    "This gathering place looks like... there are a lot of people. Are we really going to completely destroy this place?"


    "The Court does not allow any heresy to create aliens."


    Duanmu Huai shook his head.


    "I can come up with hundreds of reasons to justify the reason they do this, but it''s meaningless. The right means bring the right results. Remember, the so-called "many people have to do this" is mostly the beginning of depravity. The benefits brought in a short period of time are far less than the long-term threat."


    Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai couldn''t help but think of those green-skinned orcs. The green-skinned orcs were originally created by the ancient saint to deal with the fear of the deceased and the star gods. In the end, it would be fine if the ancient saint played it out by himself, and the green-skinned orcs who lost control became an irreversible disaster in the universe...


    Although for now, perhaps for humans, mutants can help them fight zombies and Blood Moon, it is certain that in the distant future, these mutants will also become the same disaster as green-skinned orcs.


    Of course, some people will say that if they can''t even survive now, there is no future - but this is just a sophistry. People can find a thousand excuses to rationalize what they do, but reality doesn''t care about such trivial matters. Just like the ancient sages who created green-skinned orcs to protect themselves were nothing wrong, but this could not erase the reality that green-skinned orcs eventually became a threat same as the fear of the Dead and the Star God.


    In fact, there are also different opinions within the judge.


    For example, a planet is polluted by chaos and is about to perish.


    At this time, the majority of evacuation accounts for the vast majority, but they have no skills, so they are basically considered to be a civilian of coolie?


    Or are high-ranking officials and nobles with certain skills and connections?


    Or maybe to be on the safe side, if no one can save him, he will kill all of them?


    Every judge has his own different approach. Some people think that the amount of money they can save is counted, while others consider the rational analysis to choose to save the nobles. After all, ordinary civilians do not have much skills or ability, so the nobles still have some ability, right?


    There are still people who won’t save anyone - after all, you can’t be sure how many cultists or residues polluted by chaos on that planet, so if you are on the safe side, you will kill them all, and then there will be no future.


    As for who has the right choice, it is hard to say that it is clear, and everyone has different ideas, so - everyone wants to do whatever they want and what they want to do.


    But in the eyes of many judges, people like the Savior Army must be destroyed directly.


    The reason is very simple. Today you can create mutants to save humans. Tomorrow you can corrupt the dirt for human beliefs? Depravity is like taking drugs. Once you start, you will never look back. You tell me that you will reform yourself and believe you will have ghosts.


    By the way, Duanmu Huai tends to throw the extinction order directly.


    After all...efficient.


    "Okay, go."


    After Duanmuhuai determined the policy, he waved to Joel. Although the latter was speechless, this was indeed his own task, so he had to take Ellie to the gate of the Savior Army in front of him.


    "Hey, who are you? What are you doing?"


    When Duanmuhuai and his group walked to the gate, soon a soldier who was patrolling blocked their way. Duanmuhuai glanced at it and found that there was nothing to say about the soldiers themselves. On the contrary, the mutants behind them were actually wearing equipment similar to power armor!


    Good guy, this Savior Army has COS Incredley, right?


    Duanmuhuai narrowed his eyes and looked at the mutant opposite him carefully. The mutants I met at the gathering place before did not have such "heavy equipment", which was equivalent to running around the streets with bare pants. Now it seems that those mutants are probably just cannon fodder, and the one here is the regular army.


    Duanmu Huai doesn''t know whether these mutants have IQ, but seeing these mutants standing behind the soldiers with a well-trained look, just like that, they are wearing power armor and hand-held Vulcan cannon.


    Duanmuhuai was looking at the mutant soldiers of the Savior Army, and Joel had also finished talking to the guard in charge of the door. He took something, the other party carefully checked it, and then looked at the girl next to Joel.


    "It''s her?"


    “That’s right.”


    "Okay, you can come in..."


    The guard nodded and then looked behind Joel - to be precise, Duanmu Huai.


    "By the way, the power armor worn by this mutant is very special. Is it a new model?"


    “………………”


    Duanmuhuai said that I will wait until I go in and find out the situation here and I will deal with you when I come back.


    Fortunately, the other party seemed to have handed Duanmu Huai as the client of the Salvation Army to Joel, who was responsible for protecting Ellie, but did not ask about his identity. Duanmu Huai was also happy to be purified, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb. As for Mary, Ojis and Javi, Joel said that they were companions they met on the road. When the other party saw that they were some weak girls, they didn''t care too much and just put them in.


    Through the gate that looked like it was covered with iron, the group could also be considered to have entered the base camp of the Salvation Army. At least from the outside, this camp is much more lively than the previous gathering place. There are pedestrians everywhere, and you can also see many mutants walking around and busy.


    Duanmuhuai observed and found that these mutants were basically divided into two types. One was wearing a full set of power armor, and it seemed that they were doing the guard''s work. Another type is that people wearing big shorts are basically coolies. He is either moving bricks or carrying wood, helping to repair houses or something...it seems like that.


    "It seems that the people here and the mutants are getting along well?"


    Mary looked around carefully, then expressed her feelings, while Duanmu Huai sneered.


    "The Star Alliance and humans were facing pioneers together, but they were not selling them."


    Only my race, their hearts will be different, and Duanmu Huai will never compromise at this point.


    The great unity of the galaxy is the politician''s business, and the court is responsible for the people who are not my race, but their hearts will be different.


    To put it bluntly, the judges are just talking nonsense...


    Under the leadership of the guards, the group passed through the street and came to a gate inside the city - well, I have to say that this place is really interesting. Looking at the thick gate in the middle of the cave in front of me, well, if it is gear-shaped, Duanmuhuai can now find a refuge company to invest in.


    Unfortunately, it''s not. “Rumbling rumble——!”


    The thick door opened, revealing the clean and tidy metal passage inside. Then everyone saw several people wearing protective clothing from head to toe walking out and almost trotted to Ellie.


    "It''s her?"


    The leader looked up at the guard, and after getting confirmed, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Ellie.


    "I''m waiting for you, come with me!"


    "Wait, where do you want to take her?"


    Of course, Joel didn''t want people to take Ellie away for no reason, and hurriedly wanted to catch him back, but at this moment, the guard next to him suddenly took out his gun and pointed it at Joel, pressing it on his chest and pushing him back. Ellie just glanced at Joel, said nothing, and followed the people in silently.


    "Damn it, let me go, wait, what do you want to do to Ellie!?"


    Watching Ellie walk into the door with the strangely dressed people, Joel suddenly roared, and the soldier couldn''t help but raise his gun and try to give Joel a message. At this moment, a sudden voice rang out.


    "Okay, leave it to me."


    With this sound, everyone saw a brown-skinned black-haired woman walking over. The other party seemed to have a high reputation here. When the soldier saw the woman, he hurriedly bowed and then turned around and left.


    “Ma Lin…”


    Seeing this woman, Joel''s face suddenly became serious. The reason is very simple. This woman is the one who handed Ellie to him... He didn''t expect to see her again here.


    "To be honest, I really didn''t expect that you could really come here... It seems that maybe this is our destiny, the destiny of that child."


    Marin pulled Joel up, then lit a cigarette for him, and spoke silently.


    "Maybe I''m lucky."


    "Then I''m not very lucky."


    Ma Lin shook her head.


    "I sacrificed a lot of people to get back here... Forget it, but now, it''s all worth it. Thank you for sending Ellie over."


    "What after this? What will happen to Ellie?"


    "You don''t have to worry about her anymore, we will take over."


    Marin stared at Joel, then looked at Mary and Ojis standing next to her - maybe she didn''t think these girls could pose any threat.


    "No, I''m very worried. What are you going to do to that child? Let me meet her..."


    "no."


    Ma Lin shook her head.


    "She is preparing for surgery."


    "Operation?"


    Hearing this, not only Joel was stunned, but even Duanmu Huai, Mary and others were a little surprised. Could it be that Ellie was sick? But I didn''t see her having such symptoms along the way?


    And Joel''s face changed slightly.


    "What the **** are you talking about? What surgery are you doing?"


    "You know, that child is infected."


    Marlin stared at Joel.


    "The doctor told me that the germs in the child''s body had a mutated, so she could be immune. As long as the germs in her body could be removed, they could make a vaccine... to save everyone."


    "but………"


    Hearing Ma Lin’s words, Joel did not feel at ease, but became nervous.


    "But the germs have spread to Ellie''s brain..."


    “………………”


    This time, Ma Lin didn''t say anything, but just stared at Joel, nodded after a moment of silence.


    "Yes."


    “………………”


    Duanmu Huai and others who were watching all this also understood. It was obvious that Ellie was also infected with viruses that could turn people into fungi, but the viruses in her body mutated, allowing Ellie to be immune to this virus. The Salvation Army wants to use this to produce vaccines.


    The only problem is that the virus has infected Ellie''s brain, which means that the doctors of the Salvation Army are going to take action on Ellie''s brain.


    And the result... well, you can guess it by looking at this.


    “…………”


    Hearing this, Joel was silent for a moment.


    "Go and find someone else to do it."


    "There is no one else, only her."


    "I don''t care about this!"


    Joel rushed forward and grabbed Ma Lin''s collar.


    "Ali......"


    However, before Joel finished speaking, the soldier next to him suddenly reached out, grabbed Joel''s head, and pressed him to the ground.


    And Ma Lin just looked at him.


    "Joel, this is the arrangement of fate. Do you know? I once thought, maybe you will run away with her, maybe you will die on the way to come here, if so, then this is the will of God, but when you come here, this is the result... Vaccines can save everyone, and only Ellie is the sacrifice."


    "Why...it''s her..."


    "No, that''s it."


    Ma Lin lowered her head and shook her head.


    "Anyway, you can stay here, I will report to the general that your achievements are enough to make you official citizens of the city... As for Ellie, Joel, forget her."


    After saying this, Ma Lin turned around and left, and then the metal door closed heavily behind her again.


    Looking at the scene in front of you, everyone... couldn''t say anything.


    (This chapter ends)