Qi Lin heard the news when he was shopping for daily necessities in the underground black market - when he heard that a zombie-like monster with a stiff body and high defense power had attacked the Alliance's positions, and could use a worm that burrowed into his brain to convert a large number of players into his own kind, the word that popped into his head was: parasite!

Hell, aren't these monsters impossible to leave that underground fortification? Could it be that someone brought them out? Is it Ivan? No, probably not, Ivan wasn't that stupid - and, perhaps, these parasites didn't come from Nerozsk at all, but came from somewhere else.

Qi Lin hurried back to his residence, quickly burrowed into the game pod, and logged into the virtual wasteland world.

The place where Qi Lin opened his eyes was on a single bed that was only one meter wide, but the messy sheets and pillows that fell to the ground were silently telling how fierce the "battle" happened on this bed last night - but now Qi Lin didn't have time to recall the beauty of last night, so he hurriedly put on his equipment and rushed out.

At this time, although the entire Outpost No. 147 was full of noisy sounds, under the management of the Cheng Consortium's private army, the order was quite stable, and a large number of players who had fled from the front line were lined up at the entrances of the five fortresses, and they would only be let in after being inspected.

Cheng Yanqiu was standing on top of the highest turret in the entire fortress, frowning and looking at the five winding dragons below - the position of the 147th outpost was also very close to the front line, otherwise it would not have been able to receive so many retreating players in the first place.

But it is precisely because of this that after the thousands of parasites have eaten away at the entire frontline position, Outpost 147 will naturally become their next target.

"How's the situation at the front, have the parasites advanced to that position?" Qi Lin rushed to the turret in three steps and two steps, and ran to Cheng Yanqiu's side.

"Parasites? You mean the 'new zombies'? Why, did you know they existed? Cheng Yanqiu was stunned, with a curious look in his eyes.

"That's right." Qi Lin nodded, and roughly told Cheng Yanqiu about what happened in Nerozsk before, and then said, "I think we have to find a way to go to Nerozsk and find Ivan and them, I have to find out how these parasitic worms escaped from that underground fortification." ”

"I understand......" Cheng Yanqiu rubbed his eyebrows vigorously with two fingers, "But do you know what the biggest problem is now?" ”

"What is it?"

"It's riots. The parasitic worm has spread throughout the front line, and according to the Alliance's conservative estimates, at least 30,000 to 40,000 players have been infected, and this is only on the Alliance's side, and Yamato Heavy Industries has also been attacked by parasites. As you said, these people have all died in reality, and although the alliance wants to suppress this truth, the death toll is too large to hide it, and now several players in the Vault know about it...... A new wave of uprisings is erupting one after another. ”

“……”

It's not hard to understand why the uprising broke out - the existence of parasitic worms is beyond most people's understanding, and the implementation of the "Wasteland Survival Code" has caused a lot of turmoil among the inhabitants of the Vault, and it took months to gradually subside, but now the appearance of parasitic worms has caused people to fall into a new panic.

Originally, according to the rules of the game, even if the three resurrection opportunities are exhausted, at most they will only be eliminated, and the shelter will only cut off the supply of living materials for the eliminated, but as long as there is no excesses, the general shelter management will not directly kill the eliminated - even if they go to the underground workshop to work as coolies, at least there will be a long time to survive, and there may be other turnarounds, although this possibility is really pitiful.

But now, parasitic worms can directly kill the brains of online players in real life, which is very terrifying - this is equivalent to changing the sentence of "death reprieve" to "immediate execution", and without the slightest psychological preparation.

Not only that, but once a player with a number of resurrections left is killed by a parasitic worm, no matter how many lives they have left in their account, they will not be able to wake up the brain-dead body in reality......

Many would rather face violent repression by the Vault's management and military than enter the virtual world, as no one knows if they will be able to wake up again after lying in the pod......

"Except for the original private armies of each consortium and the NPC troops recruited from the mastermind, which are currently stable, almost all of the troops recruited online have seen large-scale desertion...... Now the land route to Nerozsk has been completely blocked, and with our existing manpower, it is still a question of whether we can hold the 147 post. Cheng Yanqiu said in a deep voice.

At this time, a violent commotion suddenly broke out among the teams waiting to enter the city below, Qi Lin and Cheng Yanqiu subconsciously looked up, only to see a "black tide" on the horizon in the distance!

It was a tide of death made up of thousands of parasites!

"Damn! Did those people in front of them break through without even a little bit of news? Cheng Yanqiu hammered the battlements of the fort hard, and then immediately called the herald over.

"Let the people below strengthen their defense, speed up the inspection procedures, but don't relax, if someone forcibly breaks through, shoot directly! In addition, turn the muzzles of all heavy artillery and mortars in the direction of the enemy's influx, wait for the order to fire, and all the cars and power armored units will be dispatched, and cooperate with the sappers to build the first line of defense on the perimeter of the outpost! ”

Cheng Yanqiu's order was passed down in an instant, and sure enough, it didn't take long for the guys who wanted to forcibly rush into the fortress among the players waiting in line for inspection, and after being suddenly shot by the machine guns on the city wall, the rest stopped their steps.

"Don't be impulsive everyone! We must make sure that you don't have parasitic worms or eggs on you before we let you in, otherwise, if the outer defenses are not breached, and if there are parasites inside, we will all die here! ”

Karachev said with the microphone in his hand, and one of the soldiers behind him was holding a large amplified speaker, and the sound that was transmitted reached the ears of almost every player in the outpost.

"I don't have that kind of bug on me! There really isn't, let Lao Tzu in! Lao Tzu doesn't lie to you! It's true! ”

At this moment, a player suddenly jumped out of the group, took off all his clothes and equipment in three times and divided by two, and ran towards the entrance naked in a near-zero temperature.

The machine gunner guarding the entrance and exit had just pointed his gun at the player and was about to fire, but Cheng Yanqiu stopped him in time and said to the person in charge of the inspection: "Check his hair and other places on his body where parasitic worms can be hidden, and if not, let him in." ”

Originally, the last part of the inspection process was to take off all the clothes, and this part was carried out in a few small tents at the entrance, and it took a lot of time for the players in line to come one by one - but this guy directly omitted all the previous steps, and the whole inspection process took less than thirty seconds.

Seeing this naked guy being put into the fortress, there was an immediate commotion among the players in the queue, and then, several more people followed his example, stripped naked and ran towards the checkpoint.

Compared to real death, that bit of equipment is nothing, and as for the cold temperature and the shame of being naked, no one cares......