Chapter 53 Chapter 51 Preparation

I saw Jared and Jamie waiting for me in the room, looking worried. Jared must have talked to Jeb. "Are you okay?" Jared asked.Jamie jumped up and hugged me tightly around the waist. I was at a loss for words and didn't know how to answer, so I just said, "Jared, I need your help." As soon as I finished speaking, Jared stood up.Jamie leaned back and looked into my face.I avoid Jamie's gaze, afraid I won't be able to bear it. "What do you want me to do?" Jared asked. "I'm planning a raid and I need your help." "What are we going to steal?" He had a serious face, and he was already on standby.

"I'll tell you on the way, time is running out." "Can I come?" Jamie asked. "No!" Jared and I said in unison. Jamie frowned and let me go.He sat back on the bed, crossed his legs, hid his face in his hands, sullen.I couldn't see his face clearly, so I had to bow my head and bend out of the room.I wanted to sit next to him, hold him tight, and forget all about it. I made my way back through the south tunnel, Jared behind me. "Why this way?" he asked. "I'm sure he'll see if I'm lying or avoiding an answer, "I don't want to meet anyone, especially Jeb, Aaron, and Brant."

"why?" "I don't want to explain to them yet, it's not the time yet." He said nothing, pondering my answer. I took the opportunity to change the subject: "Do you know where Lily is? I don't think she should be left alone, she looks" "Ian was with her." "Very well, Ian is very understanding." Ian will help Lily, he is the one she needs most right now.Who's going to help Ian when I shake my head and shake off all those worries. "What are we in such a hurry to steal?" Jared asked me. Before answering this question, I took a deep breath: "Freezer."

The tunnel to the south was pitch black, and I couldn't see his face clearly.He walked steadily and vigorously, and did not speak to me for several minutes.When he spoke again, I could tell he was engrossed in the raid—single-mindedly, suspending all curiosity until the task was successfully accomplished. "Where are you going to steal these things?" "Empty freezers are stored outside the healing department for use. More souls come in than leave, so there will be a surplus in the freezer. There are no guards there, and if one is missing, no one will notice." "Are you sure? Where did you know that?"

"I've seen piles of them in Chicago, and even the little therapy department we went to in Tucson had some in storage, crated and stacked outside the transfer port." "How can you be sure if it's in a crate" "Didn't you notice we like to use hashtags?" "I'm not doubting you," he said, "I just want to make sure you've thought it through." I heard his overtones. "I've thought about it." "Then act!" The doctor's gone—already with Jeb, since we missed him on the way.He must have left behind me, and I wonder how they'll take the news, and hopefully they won't be foolish enough to discuss this in front of the hunters.If she guessed what I was doing, would she rip the head off of her human host?Does she think I'm a total traitor?Do you think that I will give human beings what they want without reservation?

However, isn't that exactly what I'm going to do?Will the doctor keep his word after I'm gone? Yes, he will try his best.I believe in him, I must believe in him, but he can't do it alone, who will help him? We groped our way up to the small, dark vent outside the south face of Stone Mountain, about halfway up the lower peak.The eastern horizon faded to gray, with a tinge of pink oozing where the sky met the rocks. As I climbed down, I kept my eyes on my feet.It has to be, there is no road, the rocks are loose and very dangerous.Even after the pavement was leveled, I felt like I couldn't raise my eyes and I couldn't seem to straighten my shoulders.

traitor.Either a misfit, or a bum, or a traitor.I surrendered the life of my kind and gentle brothers and sisters to the human family that took me in, and the family was furious and couldn't wait. My human family has a hundred reasons to hate these souls, it's a war and I'm going to give them a weapon, a way to kill with impunity. It was getting light, and I was thinking about this as I ran across the desert.Run, because hunters are on patrol, we shouldn't be exposed to broad daylight. From this point of view alone—my choice was not sacrifice, but arming the human race in exchange for the life of the hunter—I knew that this idea was absurd.If all I wanted to save was the Hunter, I should have changed my plans and headed home at this point.It wasn't worth betraying anyone for her sake, even she would have agreed with that.

But will she agree?I suddenly became confused.The hunter didn't seem so so what was that word Jared used?unselfish.Not as selfless as the others, maybe she takes her own life more seriously. But it's too late to change my mind now, I'm thinking more, and saving the hunters is only a small part of it.First, it still happens.Humans will kill all souls they come across unless I give them another choice.Besides, I wanted to save Melanie, she was worth my sacrifice.I also want to save Jared and Jamie. Now that I have done it, it would be nice to save the annoying hunter along the way.

It was a mistake for the soul to come here, humans should have their own world, I don't have the ability to give it back to them, but I can give them this, the premise is that I want to make sure that humans don't become cruel. I have to trust the doctor and pray. Maybe I can convince more friends to commit, just in case. I don't know how many people I can save, possibly how many souls, the only thing I can't save right now is myself. I sighed heavily, even louder than our labored breathing, and Jared heard it.Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him turn his face and stare at me, but I avoided his direct gaze and stared at the ground.

Even though the sky had turned light blue, we reached the jeep hide before the sun climbed over the eastern peaks.We ducked and stooped into shallow caves as the first rays of sunlight painted the desert gold. Jared grabbed two bottles of water from the backseat, threw me one, and sat down against the wall.After he drank half a bottle of water, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Obviously you're in a hurry to get out of here, but if you're planning a raid we'll have to wait until dark." I swallowed heavily: "Fine, I'm sure they'll be waiting for us now."

He scans my face. "I see your hunter," he said to me, watching my reaction. "She's full of energy." I nodded in agreement: "And speak out." He smiled and rolled his eyes: "She doesn't seem very satisfied with the board and lodging we provided." I lowered my eyes and looked at the floor. "Worse food and lodging!" I muttered, an inexplicable jealousy creeping into my voice. "That's right," he agreed. "Why are they so nice to her?" I whispered. "She killed Wes." "Oh, that's your fault." I raised my eyes and stared at him, his mouth turned into a slight curve, I was surprised, he was joking. "My fault?" His shallow smile flickers; "They don't want to feel like demons, ever again. They want to make up for what they did before, it's just a little late - and with the wrong partner. I don't know if that hurts You, I thought you'd prefer that way." "It's true," I don't want them to hurt anyone, "it's always good to be a good person. I just" I took a deep breath, "I'm glad I know why." Their kindness was towards me, not her, and I felt a relief on my shoulders. "You guys do deserve the title of demons - I'm sorry to know that, it's better to be good than to feel guilty." I yawn.He smiled and yawned too. "It's a long night," he said, "and we're going to have a night like this, and we should sleep." I was relieved by his advice, knowing that he had a lot of questions about what exactly this raid was about.I also know that he has connected a lot of things, it's just that I don't want to talk about it at all right now. On a flat piece of sand next to the jeep, I lay down and stretched.To my shock, Jared came over and lay down next to me, clinging to me, his body following the curve of my back. "Here," he said, reaching out and sliding his fingertips across my cheek.He lifted my head off the ground, put his arm under it to be my pillow, and put his other hand on my waist. After a few seconds, I realized: "Thank you." He yawned, and I felt a warm breath on the back of my neck: "Take a break, Man." Jared hugged me and fell asleep quickly, as he always does quickly.I tried to release his warm arms, but it took a long time. His hug got me thinking: How much has he already guessed? I am tired and confused.Jared was right—it's going to be a long night tonight.But it's not long, because my next days and nights will fly by like a moment. I was just in a daze until Jared shook me awake.There is only a slight orange light in the cave, and the sun is setting. Jared pulled me to my feet and handed me a Traveler's Diet bar—a daily item in his Jeep.We ate and drank the rest of the water without speaking.Jared looked serious and focused. "Still in a hurry?" he asked me as we got into the car. No, I hope time never ends. "Yes." What's the point of procrastinating?If we wait too long, the hunter and her body will die, and I will still face the same choice. "So, let's go to Phoenix. Logically, they won't find such a raid, because it doesn't make sense for humans to steal your freezers. What are we going to use these things for?" It didn't feel like a question at all, and I felt him looking at me again, but I stared at the stone in front of me and didn't speak. Shortly after nightfall, we changed cars and took the highway.Jared waited patiently for a few minutes with the lights out of the unassuming coupe.I counted ten cars passing by.When there was a long, dark space between the headlights, Jared hit the road. Phoenix wasn't far from here, but Jared was driving carefully not to go too fast.Time passed faster and faster, as if the earth was spinning faster. We merged into the uniformly moving traffic and drove along the highway. The urban buildings around the highway were not high in elevation and spread out in a chaotic manner. I saw a hospital on the road.We followed a car down the exit ramp slowly and steadily. Jared pulled into the main parking lot. "Where are you going now?" he asked me, serious. "See if the road goes around the back, the freezer is next to the loading area." Jared was driving slowly, there were a lot of souls coming and going in the healing department, some of them were walking in groups, they were therapists, and no one was paying attention to us. The road follows the sidewalk and then turns north of the complex. "Look, delivery truck, head over there." We followed, and there was a row of low buildings and a parking lot on both sides.Several trucks returned to the receiving port, no doubt containing medical equipment.I looked at the crates on the dock and they were all labeled. "Keep going though, we'll probably steal some of this when we get back. See—Prosthetic Cooler? I want to know what that is." I'm thankful that these devices are tagged and unguarded.After I'm gone, it will be very difficult for my family to live without these things.After I'm gone—the words seem to be haunting me now. We turned around to the back of another building, and Jared drove a little faster, keeping his eyes on the front—there were people there, four of whom were unloading trucks, and I noticed that they were extremely precise.Instead of disposing of the small boxes carelessly, they piled the goods on waist-high cement slabs with extra care. In fact, I don't need tags to confirm that.Just then, a stevedore turned the box around, and the black letters were right in front of my eyes. "That's where we're going, they're unloading freezers with souls in them. The empty boxes aren't far from here. Ah! There, on the other side. That shed is half full of freezers, dare I say off The sheds are full." Still driving carefully, Jared rounded the corner on the other side of the building. He snorted softly. "What's wrong?" I asked. "Someone, did you see it?" He moved his jaw, indicating the sign on the building. This is the maternity ward. "Ah," I said, "well, you always know where to look, don't you?" As I spoke, his eyes flicked across my face, then back to the road. "We'll have to wait, it looks like they're almost done." Jared walked around the hospital again, then parked behind the largest parking lot, well away from the street lights. He turned off the engine and sank heavily on the seat.Come over and take my hand.I knew what he wanted to ask, and tried to figure out what to answer. "Xiaoman?" "Ok?" "You want to save the hunter, don't you?" "That's right." "Because it's supposed to?" he guessed. "It's a reason." He was silent for a moment. "Do you know how to take out a soul without harming the body?" My heart was beating so hard that I had to swallow my breath before I could answer him, "Yes. I've done it before, in emergencies, not here." "Where?" he asked. "What emergency?" It's something I've never told them before, for obvious reasons, and it's something I'm most proud of.Dangerous, Jamie would love to hear it.I sighed, and whispered: "On the misty planet, I was with my friend Hanes Wright, the 'light controller', and a guide. I forgot the name of the guide. They called me Star Life, I was already a little famous." Jared chuckled. "We were traveling across the fourth largest ice continent to visit a famous crystal city. We thought we would be safe on the road - that's why there were only three of us going. "Clawed beasts like to dig holes in the snow and bury themselves in them. Camouflage, you know, is a trap. "At this moment, there seems to be only endless snowfields in front of us, but the next moment, the entire white snowfield seems to blow up into the sky. "An adult, medium-sized bear weighs about as much as a buffalo, while a fully grown beast approaches the weight of a blue whale, which is larger than most. "The guide was gone, and the beast suddenly appeared among us, right in front of Hanes Wright and me. The bear ran faster than the beast, but this beast would ambush its prey. It swooped down with its rock-solid claw, Rip Hanes Wright in half and I realize what happened." A car rolls by in the parking lot and we sit quietly, waiting for it to drive away. "I hesitated. I should have run, but my friend was lying on the ice in danger. If the beast had not been distracted, I would have died for that moment of hesitation. Then I found out that our guide - I Should have remembered his name—he attacked the tail of the beast so that we might escape. The attack of the beast threw a snowflake on the ground like a blizzard. The chaos was good for our escape, but he Little did it know that by then it was too late for Hanes Light to escape. "The beast turned towards the guide, and its second left leg kicked at us, sending me flying. Hanes Wright's upper body fell next to me, his blood staining the white snow." Speaking of this, I shivered. "My next move makes no sense because I don't have a body for Hanes Wright. We're in two cities, far from either. It also seems cruel that I'm taking him out without painkillers , but I can't just watch him die in half of his bear host. "I used the back of my hand - the side that cuts the ice, the blade was too wide and did a lot of damage. I can only hope that Hanes Wright is passed out and won't feel the extra pain. "Using the soft fingers embedded inside, I lured Hanes Wright out of the host's head. "He was alive, I barely paused to confirm it. I put him in an egg-shaped pocket in the middle of my body, between two burning hearts. This prevented him from dying of the cold, but without a host, he It will die in just a few minutes. Where can I find the host in this wilderness? "I've thought about sharing a host body with him, but I'm not sure I'll be able to stay awake when he inserts him into my head. At that time, there is no medicine to repair the wound, and I will die soon. Such a huge heart makes the bear blood flowed quickly. "The beast roared and its huge claws tapped the ground, and I felt the ground tremble. I didn't know where the guide was, or if it was alive. I wondered how often the beast would find us half buried in the snow, and I was being Next to a bear cut in half, the blood will catch the monster's eye. "That's when I had a crazy idea." I stopped, secretly delighted. "I don't have a host of bears for Hanes Light, and I can't use my body. The guide is either dead or has fled, but there is another body on the ice. "It's crazy, but all I can think about is Hanes Light. We're not even close friends, but I know he's slowly dying, right between my hearts, and it's more than I can take. "I heard the growling of an angry beast and I ran towards the sound and soon saw its thick white down. I ran straight to its third left leg and jumped with all my might. Bounce Very high. I used all six hands, the bladed side, to grab the beast and jump on top of it. It growled and spun, but to no avail. Imagine a dog chasing its own tail The way it is, that's it, the Beast's brain is small - limited intellect. "I climbed onto the beast's back, along its double spine, and with my claws I dug open so that it could not shake me off. "It only takes a few seconds to climb onto the head of the beast, but what happens next is the biggest headache. My ice-cutting claws are probably as long as your forearm. The beast's hide is thick, it's Twice as much. I shook my arm so hard that I cut through the outer layer of fur. The beast screamed and stood on its hind legs, and I almost fell. "I put all four hands into its skin - it screamed and writhed. The remaining two hands took turns cutting the gouged wound. Its skin was so thick and thick I don't know if I could see the wound in. "The beast went berserk, it shook so badly that I could only hold onto it as best I could for a while, and lay on its back, but Haneslet was running out of time. I put my hand in the wound, trying to tear it open. "The beast fell back onto the ice. "If we hadn't fallen right in his lair, the hiding place he dug, I would have been crushed by him. Actually, though I got hit hard, the fall helped a lot. I The claws were already in the beast's neck, and when it hit the ground the weight of the beast drove my blade deeper into its skin than I needed to. "We were all stunned and I was almost suffocating. I knew I should do something right away but couldn't remember what. The beast started rolling over and it was delirious. A breath of fresh air woke me up and I remembered Haney S Wright. "I put him in soft palms, kept him from the cold as much as possible, and moved him from the egg-shaped pocket to the neck of the beast. "The Beast got up and started to fight again, and this time I jumped off. Listen, I gotta let it go so I could implant Hanes Light. The Beast was pissed off, the wound on its head wasn't fatal— — just annoyed it. "The splashed snowflakes have fallen, and it can see clearly, especially with its blood on my body. The blood color is very bright, a color not found here. It raised its pincers and rushed towards me. I think this time There was no escape, but I took some comfort in the fact that at least I tried and died without regret. "The beast's pincers hit the snow next to me and missed! It's unbelievable. I almost didn't laugh when I looked at that huge, scary face. Oh no, bears can't laugh Yes, but that's what it felt like. For that ugly face was full of bewilderment, wonder, and chagrin like never before in a beast. "It took Haneslet a few minutes to wrap the tentacles around the beast's body - the area was so large that he had to stretch it out fully, but in the end he took control of the beast. He was overwhelmed and moved slowly - The brain he manipulates is small, but knowing that I'm his friend is enough. "I had to send him to Crystal City - I pressed the wound on his neck until I found a healer. We caused quite a commotion and for a while they called me Beast Rider. I didn't like it, I let them call me another name." When I was telling these things, I kept staring ahead, watching the lights of the hospital and the scene of people interspersed with each other.Now I cast my eyes on Jared for the first time, and he looks at me, dumbfounded. This is really one of the funniest stories I've ever had, and I had to make Mel promise she'd tell Jamie about it, when I said "They're probably done unloading, what do you think?" I said hastily, "We're done with this thing, and go home." He continued to stare at me, then shook his head slowly. "Yeah, let's get this done, Wanderer, StarLife, Beastrider. Stealing a few unguarded chests would be a piece of cake for you, wouldn't it?"