Chapter 201 The Gap between Thought and Action
"Because it can only be used in burst mode. I couldn't defeat the Hunter in the first stage, so I killed it using the burst mode." Xia Xiaoyu scratched his head.
"Moreover, the burst mode has great side effects and limitations. It sounds very powerful, but in fact it is just like having an indestructible knife. It is still very difficult to beat the hunter like you did." While Xia Xiaoyu praised herself, she also did not forget to compliment Su Ming.
While Su Ming and Xia Xiaoyu were chatting, Sylvie had already arranged work for everyone.
"You guys just stay with the villagers. Those who can't transform will be killed instantly when facing the dreamer. There's no point in joining the battle. Masakawa and Flora stay and help me deal with them. Okay, everyone disperse and go gather the villagers!"
Flora raised her hand and said, "Minister, I don't think I can do it. I'd better join everyone in protecting the villagers."
"Since you can kill the corrupt, dealing with the person in the dream should not be a problem." Jiang Yichuang said expressionlessly.
What he said was based on facts. According to the intelligence collected so far, the Corruptor attacks by poison gas and touch. If you are within 20 meters of the Corruptor, you will be affected by the poison gas, and if you are within 10 meters, you will almost lose the ability to move.
Since Flora can kill the Corruptor, the attack range of her supernatural power must be greater than ten meters. In addition, the Corruptor's defense is very amazing, and it is impossible to eliminate it in a short time, so the battle between Flora and the Corruptor must be a protracted battle.
Since it is a protracted battle, she must be able to stay at a very safe distance, that is to say - the range of her ability is more than twenty meters.
Flora's ability is to evaporate objects by touching them with her hands, but since she can kill the Corruptor, her ability should also be used at a long distance, and its power will not be small. From the above, we can see that Flora can participate in the battle as a combat force.
"Captain, I can't do it." Flora said firmly, her tone extremely firm.
"Okay, it's allowed. Go ahead and protect the villagers." Sylvie agreed immediately.
Hearing this, Flora breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Sylvie softly.
Just as everyone was about to leave, Su Ming suddenly raised his hand: "Minister, I have objections to protecting the villagers!"
"explain."
"Minister, you asked us to protect the villagers to prevent their bodies from being used by the dreamers after they die, right?"
"Yes, we are only dealing with a few dozen dreamers now, but if it turns into a chaotic battle, these dead civilians may become the material for their resurrection."
"So I want to ask, is it true that only a complete corpse can be the material for the resurrection of the person in the dream?" Su Ming asked.
When these words were spoken, everyone present, including Sylvie, was stunned.
Arthur didn't react at first. It took him a few seconds to connect the previous and subsequent conversations. The moment he figured it out, his body felt like it was falling into an ice cellar and went cold all over.
His scalp tingled and he turned his head stiffly, staring at Su Ming with a pale face and terrified eyes, as if he was looking at a stranger.
He couldn't believe why Su Ming would come up with such a cruel idea.
"Su Ming, do you want to?"
Flora, standing aside, opened her mouth slightly and looked at the expressionless Su Ming in disbelief.
She stared at Su Ming for a while before finally making sure that she had not heard wrongly. She paused for a few seconds, and the shock quickly faded from her eyes and sank to the bottom of the green lake.
Jiang Yichuang looked at Su Ming, and in a trance, he seemed to understand something.
It turns out that this is what Sylvie meant when she said he was too young.
His perspective on people was wrong from the beginning - he misjudged Su Ming.
"Are you sure?" Xia Xiaoyu asked worriedly.
Su Ming glanced at Xia Xiaoyu sideways; she looked very uneasy.
Su Ming pressed Xia Xiaoyu's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Xia Xiaoyu sighed. She couldn't imagine how determined Su Ming had been to make this decision. She was even more worried that Su Ming would be left with a broken heart by doing this.
On the side, Sylvie stared at Su Ming with a questioning look in her eyes.
After a few seconds, she smiled faintly.
"It was my negligence... this is indeed a better option," she said.
She looked at Flora and said, "Flora's ability seems to be very suitable for this kind of thing. Can you accept it?"
"No need, I'll do it!"
Su Ming took a step forward and firmly determined the work he needed to perform.
Sylvie was stunned, sighed meaningfully, and walked up to pat Su Ming on the shoulder.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you. It's almost time, everyone, let's get started."
Sylvie put her arms around Su Ming's neck, lowered Su Ming's head, leaned close to Su Ming's ear, and whispered softly: "Remember when you do it, this is not your fault."
…
The flames behind me were burning, and people's screams continued one after another, never stopping.
Flora sat on a large rock in the distance, not saying a word.
It is easy to understand that Su Ming's decision is right, but even if you know it is right, not everyone can carry out such an action...Flora feels that she can't do it.
She began to regret joining the Investigation Bureau. If she had not joined the Investigation Bureau, she would still be able to get Su Ming's help because he helped her without asking for anything in return.
But she joined the investigation bureau, and Sylvie found out about those things, so she could never quit.
How desperate... How long will this incident today haunt her? One month? Or two months? She didn't know.
After an unknown amount of time, the screams finally stopped, but Flora did not go back. She hated the hint of relief that just occurred in her heart... When Su Ming took on the task of massacring the village for her, she actually felt that it was great that she did not have to do such a cruel thing.
Besides, she didn't know how to comfort Su Ming, or maybe Su Ming didn't need her comfort at all.
Flora's confused thoughts made it impossible for her to think calmly. The only thing that was certain was that she had to sort out her emotions.
…
Su Ming panted and sat down on the ground. The smell of burnt protein and rust lingered in his nose. The blood on his hands had dried. If he moved slightly, the dried blood fragments would break apart and fall like pieces of paper.
There is no one around Su Ming now. Xia Xiaoyu is not here, Flora is gone, and no one knows where Arthur and Liu Feiyun have gone.
This is the best situation now, he doesn't want to see them.
Su Ming's hands were still shaking. He had long known that just because one's mind had figured things out didn't mean one's mood wouldn't be affected, just like everyone knows horror movies are fake, but they're still scared.
"Ah! Swarada! Swarada! Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
Su Ming heard a child's voice, shouting in the local indigenous language.
He blinked his dry and red eyes, raised his head, was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked in the direction of the sound.
He wondered why he had missed one, because he was very careful in his work and was sure that he had "taken care of" them all.
Walking around a burned-down wooden house, I followed the sound to the back of the house. The sound that I had been thinking about suddenly stopped. There was no surviving child in front of me. There was only a pool of black powder on the ground. The powder was in the shape of a tiny human figure, curled up.
"Ah, yes..."
Su Ming blinked, he remembered, he had heard the sound just now before, the kid had been dealt with.
So the sound just now... was it an auditory hallucination?
More sounds than before rang in Su Ming's ears, but none were as clear as the child's voice. They were vague, as if coming from a very far place, but were blown away by the wind and mixed with the sound of the wind, making it almost impossible to hear clearly.
The charcoal that had not yet completely burned out made a slight burning sound at my feet. The shouting in my ears could not even cover the slight crackling sound of the charcoal, but the emotions contained in it were clear and strong.
"Yes, I killed you." Su Ming said calmly, as if he was talking to himself.
He walked slowly away from the execution scene.
After walking for more than ten meters, he saw Flora and Arthur Liu Feiyun sitting next to a big rock in the distance.
Su Ming did not go over. He found a place farther away and sat opposite everyone. They looked at each other from a distance, and Arthur quickly looked away. Liu Feiyun looked at him for a few seconds and sighed softly.
Liu Feiyun could understand what Su Ming did. No, it was very easy to understand. As long as he thought rationally, it was easy to understand.
But even if he understood Su Ming, he couldn't be as decisive as Su Ming.
So he admired Su Ming very much. When he first met Su Ming, he never expected that he would be such a person. At that time, he just thought that Su Ming was an unruly and disorderly person.
Liu Feiyun looked at his hands. These hands, which were severely injured due to excessive use of supernatural powers, had been healed by Su Ming.
Without Su Ming, his strength would remain at 50% of the normal level.
He raised his head, gave Su Ming a grateful look, and nodded slightly.
Su Ming looked at him from afar, and he saw some understanding in Liu Feiyun's eyes.
Su Ming lowered his head, exhaled a long breath, and felt unprecedentedly tired.
There were footsteps approaching in front of him, and someone sat down next to him. Su Ming smelled the other person's fragrance.
"Xiaoyu."
Su Ming thought it was Xia Xiaoyu, but when he turned around, it was Flora.
"Feeling bad, right?" Flora asked.
Su Ming blinked and shrugged: "Super disgusting."
Flora opened her mouth, but couldn't say the words of comfort.
She can say a lot, such as -
'I know it's hard, and it's not your fault.'
"You did the right thing. If they didn't die, we would have died, and more people would have died outside."
'They are the ones who brought us into this world. It is their responsibility, not ours.'
She had a lot of comforting words like these in her stomach, and she could say a lot of them at once, but she knew that saying them was useless and would only make her seem insincere.
"Su Ming...thank you." Flora rubbed her eyes and said softly.
"It's a small matter. You didn't join the Investigation Bureau to do this kind of thing. You did it for your brother, didn't you?" Su Ming replied.
In fact, he didn't even want to reply to this sentence. He was too tired to say a word and just wanted to sleep...even though he wasn't sleepy at all.
The sound of horse hooves came from the left and right entrances of the village, followed by the loud noise of houses collapsing. The huge noise was far away from them and did not approach.
Then, after about five minutes, there was no sound at all and the battle was over.
Jiang Yichuang and Xi Xiwei came back, covered in blood, walking from both ends of the village entrance.
