Chapter 15 - Debt

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In the empty space in the middle of Workspace, Old Jack raised his hand and made a gesture. Immediately, the crowd gradually quietened down.

Old Jack cleared his throat, pointed at Hans and said, "Today, I want to tell everyone some unfortunate news. Just last night, Hans, this lowly dog, violated this pitiful lady! "

Although everyone had already faintly guessed what had happened, when the truth was revealed from Old Jack's mouth, it still caused a clamor. Many of the men scolded Hans angrily, but it was unknown if it was out of sympathy to Rita or because they were angry that Hans had given them the upper hand.

Zero also clenched his fists. Rita's misfortune could be said to be indirectly caused by him. If he did not push Rita out of the room last night, it might have been another ending.

Even if it was zero, it would still not be able to change Rita's impending fate.

Old Jack waved his hands again, calming everyone down. He then pointed angrily at Hans and said, "This lowly dog disregards the rules set by me, Old Jack. Tell me, how should I punish him?"

After a short period of silence, it was unknown who shouted first, "Throw it into the wilderness to feed the wolves", and after that, voices of approval rose and fell.

Hans who was kneeling in the arena swept his venomous eyes across these people. Like a ferocious dog that was about to devour someone, he opened his mouth and let out a low roar. Finally, his eyes fell on Old Jack.

Old Jack looked at him without any mercy, just like looking at a dead wolf in the wilderness: "Did you hear that? It was you who first broke the rules. I won't kill you, but I will make you feel worse than death. "

"I will kill you! And you, one day, I will come back and kill all of you! "

Hans roared as if he had gone mad, and even attempted to charge forward to bite Old Jack. However, he was kicked to the ground by Zog, and then fiercely kicked the mad dog a few times with the butt of the spear, causing blood to spurt out from his head.

Old Jack waved his hands, and Zog called over the Two Soldiers. They brought him along and left the Workspace with him. Hans's fate could be predicted. He would be thrown out of the wilderness by the base, and this person's records would be made public through the Parkland's valve's internal computer network. Hans would never be able to enter the various branches and bases opened by the Parkland's valve to work.

As Hans was being dragged away, he was still cursing at the people at the base indistinctly. Naturally, many of the men gave him two punches as he passed, but the soldiers did not stop him. He who breaks the rules will never be forgiven or pitied.

After Hans left, the only person left on the stage was Rita. Old Jack looked at her and sighed, "Rita, the most beautiful woman in our base bar. This poor woman, according to the rules, should have received a considerable amount of compensation to pacify the damage done to her. "But …"

Old Jack seemed to want to say something but hesitated, as if what he was about to say made it difficult for him to say anything. Seeing that Old Jack, who usually acted decisively, was actually hesitating, everyone knew that it was definitely not going to be a good thing. As expected, Old Jack said something that shocked everyone.

"But unfortunately. That bitch Hans is infected with a virus from who knows where, and we detected the warning signal of a Level 3 virus from his body when Rita got into a relationship with him. "

Another clamor sounded.

For ubiquitous viruses, the standards of the world's major companies are combined to strictly classify them. Just like the dangers of monsters and food, the degree of damage caused by the virus to the human body was also divided into ten levels. Viral infections at grade 3 and above, not only indicate that the infected person is doomed to die, but also that the virus infected is contagious, so it belongs to the scope of serious harm.

There are usually only two ways for those infected with the virus above the third grade. The first was to be shot on the spot and the high temperature flame would burn the infected corpse thoroughly. The second was to be isolated and save the victim, but Z7 base did not have the conditions and techniques to cure a Level 3 virus infected. As for sending it to Parkland Headquarters to be saved, neither the base nor Rita had the qualifications to do so.

It was impossible for the Parkland's valve to spend a large amount of money and medicine to heal a barmaid that lived in a marginal base.

Old Jack's heavy gaze landed on Rita as he sighed, "Child, I hope you can understand my feelings right now. If I could, I definitely wouldn't want to abandon you. But now, for the safety of the rest of the base, I can only... Please leave the base! "

Leaving the base meant that he would face the infinite danger of the wilderness alone. With a level 3 virus, Rita would not be able to receive any acceptance from any base or company, and that would be no different from death.

Rita's body lightly swayed, but she was so strong that she did not fall down. She nodded her head gravely, with tears in her eyes.

Old Jack sighed again, turned around and waved his hand. Zog walked up and shook his head. He held Rita's hand and headed towards the exit of the base.

The crowd automatically parted from both sides, opening up a path.

However, in that passageway, Zero stood up straight. When Rita saw him, his body lightly trembled.

Zog brought her to Su Ling's side.

Zero looked at this woman and almost squeezed out a few words, "What I owe you, I will pay you back!"

Rita laughed.

She suddenly hit Zog's body, casually took out the gun at his waist, and pointed it at zero.

Everyone's face changed drastically, except for Zero.

He stood there motionlessly like a stone statue, staring at the black muzzle pointing at him.

"You're wrong, zero." Rita revealed a beautiful smile, "Some debts cannot be repaid, because, I want you to always owe me!"

The muzzle of the gun turned and pointed at his temple.

Zero finally turned, and his body fiercely thrust forward.

He pulled the trigger.

However, he was still a step too late.

Just as he was about to catch Rita's gun, the pitiful woman shot a shot at him. Rita's head fiercely shook to the side, the energy from the bullet lifted her legs off the ground and then fell to the side.

Her corpse lightly landed on a pair of palms.

That was Zog's palm, he caught Rita's corpse from the back, preventing her from touching the dirt of this world.

Zero's hands were in the air, but he couldn't catch anything. After a long while, he retracted his hand, and gently said to Zog: "Thank you."

Zog nodded his head, then shook his head with a complicated expression.

Rita was dead, her body had been burned, the remaining ashes were placed into a box, and then buried in the public cemetery behind the living quarters in the base. A tombstone that was not very pretty bore witness to the existence of this beautiful woman. Rita smiled lightly at the picture on the tombstone.

A bunch of goose yellow little flowers were placed in front of Rita's grave. Zero stood up, and then bowed towards the tombstone three times. This bunch of flowers took him a whole day to walk nearly 100 kilometers around the base under the intense ultraviolet light. He killed a few more Corpse Wolves before collecting them. Even if it was just a tiny bit of kindness, Rita would never be able to accept it.

He looked at the girl in the photo, and gently recited the name "Rita" three times. Zero knew that he would never be able to forget this woman. She would occupy a part of his heart. Even if the position was small, it would never be destroyed.

Just as Rita had said, this was his debt to her. A debt that could never be repaid.

In the following days, the base returned to its previous tranquility. Other than staying by Lea's side every day, she also received two hours of practice time. During these two hours, Zero was constantly familiarizing herself with her abilities in the base's soldier training grounds. Rank 1 Strength Enhancement allowed Zero to exert a force of 700 lb. However, the strength of the violent kick was around 3000 lb. This meant that Zero could easily bend a piece of steel plate and differentiate him from ordinary people.

As for the first stage of defense enhancement, it was a simple test. He used his own dagger to stab his thigh, but the moment the dagger entered his body, the thigh muscles naturally had the force of rebound, to the point where the dagger finally entered his body by less than three centimeters. The force of zero was enough to stab the dagger into the body.

Zero even thought about shooting himself, but in the end, he gave up on this crazy idea.

These data were naturally collected in secret, but he did not dare to openly carry them out in front of the second person.

During this period, Old Jack returned to the Parkland Headquarters to make a regular report and asked them to customize 50 rounds of the M500 bullets. With a Rank 1 Strength Strengthening Physique, Zero was confident that he could control the fierce recoil from the large caliber revolver.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, two years had gone by.

Another spring.

For the old age, spring symbolized the awakening of all things, a season of good wishes. In the turbulent new era, spring had the same symbol. However, the thing that awakened was not that beautiful to humans.

Those mutated organism who entered slumber because of the winter, after they woke up in the spring, the hunger in their stomachs would make them more violent.

In the vicinity of Z7 base, the most common organism was the corpse wolf. The carrion animal, which feeds on corpses, is mutated by corpse poison or other viruses. Their physiques were much larger than the wild wolves of the old era. After generations of genetic inheritance and transformation, they already belonged to the third generation of corpse wolves. The adult male wolf's weight was as high as 40 kg.

They become stronger and more resistant to radiation. This was a rather ironic fact. In these turbulent times, wild beasts were much more suitable for the changes of the surface environment than humans.

It was spring now, and the hibernating dead wolves had awoken from their slumber and were searching the mountains for food. In the previous records of the base, when the corpse wolves couldn't find enough food, they would often swarm and attack the human population, causing no small amount of trouble.

Thus, this morning, Zero appeared on top of a mountain a kilometer away from the base and began his third hunt for the Corpse Wolf. This is the latest mission from the base, each corpse wolf is worth one yuan. Although not many, but zero believe in the theory of the Tower of Sand.