Chapter 354: Choice (Danger)

Inside the Transport Aircraft.

At this moment, Yingzhou is looking at his System Panel; just after the Transport Aircraft took off, the Task System issued new tasks.

【Task 1: Close the Hell Gate.】

【Task Reward: 1 Random Legion Summoning.】

【Task 2: Eliminate the avatar of the Great Demon Falke that has descended upon the Inner City.】

【Task Reward: 3 Random Draw attempts.】

【Task 3: Choice (Danger).】

【Task Description: Make a choice and hold fast to your original intent; can you truly do it?】

【Task Reward: Activate system upgrade conditions.】

Upon seeing Task 3, a trace of doubt arose in Yingzhou's heart. None of the system tasks he had triggered before were marked as (Danger). Why would this label appear this time? Moreover, the task description was ambiguous, leaving him completely confused.

Acting on the spirit of asking when one does not understand, Yingzhou spoke directly to the system.

"System, what is the situation with this Task 3? Why is there a 'Danger' label at the end?"

"Please note, Host: Task 3 has already indicated that this is a dangerous task. Be careful; if you make the wrong choice, the Host will die."

Yingzhou's face was speechless. He helplessly supported his forehead with his right hand, sighed softly, and then spoke.

"I know what that 'Danger' means. I'm talking about the task content—what does 'choice' mean? Choice of what? It doesn't mention it at all. How am I supposed to choose?"

"This task cannot provide the Host with any further hints. Please proceed with caution, Host."

Hearing this, Yingzhou shook his head, no longer holding any hope. He turned his gaze to the reward for Task 3 and asked.

"Then what is the situation with the task reward? Didn't I already upgrade once before? Why do I need to upgrade again now? And what is this 'activating upgrade conditions'? Are you nesting dolls here?"

Yingzhou felt his soul of snark burning fiercely. He had countless questions he wanted to rant about, but considering certain factors, he could only state his questions simply.

"The system can only answer regarding this task reward after the Host completes the task."

Fine. After asking for so long, all he knew was that Task 3 was a dangerous task; the system wouldn't reveal a single bit of other information.

That's not right, though. The tasks he performed before were also very dangerous; why was there no 'danger' label when it came to the system?

This thought only appeared in Yingzhou's mind for a moment before he suppressed it.

If it were other abilities, it would indeed be dangerous, but up until now, he had at most only been exhausted. It seemed no task had truly endangered his life. Hmm, praise the Emperor!

Thinking of this, Yingzhou pressed his palms together and bowed piously.

Turning his attention back to Task 1 and Task 2, Yingzhou locked his gaze and muttered to himself.

"I deployed quite a few Modian Iron Guard in the Outer City before. Although I don't know the situation with that Hell Gate, the Modian Iron Guard should be able to form a certain resistance force in the Outer City. Plus, I have the residents of the Outer City undergoing some training now; even if they can't repel the enemy, running away can reduce casualties to a certain extent.

As for the Inner City, I left two Grey Knights behind, but the opponent is a Great Demon—likely the boss of this demon invasion. They should be fine, right? System, is there any way to know their location?"

"Of course there is. Please wait a moment, Host..."

Very quickly, a map of the entire Outer City appeared before Yingzhou. The dense, tiny light dots on the map made Yingzhou feel like he was about to develop trypophobia.

"Are these all people who have Faith in me?"

Yingzhou said to the system with a skeptical tone.

"Yes. The number has decreased somewhat now; they have likely died. However, there are more surviving Outer City residents."

"Then can I see the locations of the soldiers I summoned on this? Help me lock onto units at the level of Astra Militarum and above."

As soon as Yingzhou finished speaking, a large portion of the light dots on the map—which had just been dense—disappeared, and the system specifically distinguished the dots by color.

Yingzhou looked at two small white dots, one in the Inner City and one that had already reached the Outer City, and asked the system in confusion.

"System, these two white dots are the Grey Knights, then what do these two yellow dots mean?"

Yingzhou pointed his finger at the two yellow dots on the screen that were a short distance apart.

"They are two Primarchs."

Yingzhou was stunned, then said in a daze.

"Strange, why did they come to the Outer City? But with them in the Outer City, the Hell Gate should be fine. Then I will go to the Inner City to finish off that boss, and the crisis in the Ninth Defense Zone will be resolved."

After saying this, Yingzhou notified the pilot of the Transport Aircraft.

"Go straight to the Inner City of the Ninth Defense Zone!"

"Yes! Chief!"

Just as the Transport Aircraft flew into the Inner City, it was buffeted by a strong current. After waiting for the airflow to stabilize, Yingzhou asked the pilot.

"What happened? Why is there such a strong current?"

"Report, Chief! A large crater has appeared below in the Inner City, and the current is blowing from that center."

Hearing this news, Yingzhou instantly lost his composure and immediately ordered the pilot.

"Fly the Transport Aircraft there; I'm going to jump down directly!"

"But, Chief, that place..."

"That is an order!"

Yingzhou had already sensed that the current contained a strange energy, very similar to the aura of the man in black who had caused him trouble several times before. No, it was exactly the same!

"Good, so it was you all who had been causing me trouble back then. You had already targeted me back then, hadn't you?"

Recalling the shock his mother had received at the time, Yingzhou muttered to himself with a gloomy expression.

Very quickly, Yingzhou heard the voice of the Transport Aircraft pilot.

"Chief, the cabin door is about to open. Please hold onto the handrails."

As the cabin door of the Transport Aircraft slowly opened, Yingzhou looked at the height of nearly fifty meters from the ground. It was his first time jumping from such a height. He swallowed his saliva and adjusted the Spiritual Power within his body to begin circulating.

After steeling himself, Yingzhou gritted his teeth and jumped from the Transport Aircraft. The speed of the rapid descent was fast. Yingzhou only felt his legs sink quite a bit after hitting the ground. Fortunately, his physical fitness was better now; with just a slight effort, he pulled his feet out of the soil.

But just as Yingzhou saw the face of the Demon Falke, who was fighting the Grey Knights, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

At this time, Falke's appearance was pale purple, and there were blood-red characters branded onto his body.

To avoid the emergence of some unnecessary topics, Yingzhou recalled the Grey Knight Taigehe'er; although this warrior still wanted to follow him and fight together, Yingzhou still recalled him.

When Yingzhou turned back to look at the Great Demon Falke, a blurred figure suddenly flashed through his mind—his elder brother, Yingfang, whom he had not seen many times since he transmigrated into this world.

Had he not already died? How could he appear here? Could this be the ability of this Great Demon?

Harboring a mood of anger, Yingzhou looked at Falke, who was looking on with disdain not far away, and said in an icy tone.

"Now, tell me, where did you get this body of yours!"