Like every morning before, Don Robert woke up in worry.
He had that nightmare again, dreaming that strange monsters kept running out from a certain area.
He and his companions tried their best to escape, but to no avail. Those monsters were either like zombies with a strong desire to attack humans, or like humans, they had wisdom and means.
But the ultimate goal is to keep killing.
"woke up?"
It was Dr. Kang who was speaking, and Robert Tang noticed that Dr. Tang was a little tired today.
"When you wake up, come with me to do this report." Dr. Kang smiled, with some reluctance in his eyes.
Don Robert realized something, but he didn't say much, just nodded.
Soon the two of them arrived at the office where they were going to make the experimental report.
Doctor Kang holds the medical record in his hand:
"I've rarely seen someone as paranoid as you, Xiao Tang. Sometimes I wonder if what you say is true and what I say is false."
"Can I stay in the hospital?"
"Yes, this is the last time I will give you a rehabilitation checkup. The hospital thinks you are actually normal. Even if you are not normal, the abnormality you show is just your abnormal anxiety and cognition of certain things. So we estimate that this will not affect your life. After this checkup, no matter how you perform, we will send you away. Isn't this what you think?"
Tang Robert nodded and shook his head. He really wanted to leave, but he really hoped that what he said would be recognized by Dr. Kang.
However, he now discovered that his ideas were not recognized. He resisted many times and tried to change the results, but ultimately failed. He was finally considered mentally ill and was sent to the hospital on Orlo Island.
After half a year of treatment, Tang Robert still had the same idea as before, but he was very tired, and Dr. Kang who treated him was also tired.
"Let's get started, Dr. Kang." Robert Tang's voice was a little low.
Dr. Kang is very serious. Even though he is tired and has repeated the procedure many times, he still sits upright at the beginning every time.
"Name."
“Tang Robert, Tang Jing.”
“Age and work.”
"Nineteen years old, a student, studying at Shengxiang College on Orlo Island."
"Do you know why you came here? You seem to be unusually anxious about the black fog."
"It's not strange... It's the correct perception... Doctor Kang, let's skip this step. I've used your medicine and tried various treatments, but I don't think I'm anxious. I did see the black fog expanding... But I don't know why only I can see it, and you can't seem to feel that expansion."
Don Robert says:
"My name is Tang Jing, Doctor Kang. I know you are taking extra care of me because we are both overseas Chinese, but I don't have any problems. You may think it is your fault for letting me leave without curing me, but that is not the case. I am not sick... I am just stating the facts."
Dr. Kang sighed again and took off his glasses, which meant that he was talking to Tang Jing as a friend rather than a doctor:
"Do you know that the black fog has appeared for seven hundred years? Shengguo no longer exists. The forces of various countries stationed on the edge of the black fog are measuring various data every day. I don't know what is in the black fog, but you can rest assured that the black fog has not spread."
"I heard that before you were hospitalized, your favorite series was about exploring the Black Mist. You should watch less of it. It's all about selling anxiety. No one can go inside the Black Mist to film, and those who go in... can't come back. But at least in the past seven hundred years, we haven't had any conflict with the Black Mist that suddenly appeared."
Dr. Kang continued:
"Thirty-one countries have now become twenty-eight. Large tracts of ocean and three countries have disappeared. Scientists have been studying and solving these problems for seven hundred years. You don't need to worry about these things... You should focus more on your studies. Like other children, get into a good university and then find a good job."
Seven hundred years later, a mysterious black fog descended, and the three countries along with a large area of sea became the restricted areas of this world. Countries continued to send people to explore, but in the end, these people never came back.
There was no sound, no image, and the mysterious black fog seemed to have removed part of the planet's sea and territory. The entire area covered by the black fog became an absolute restricted area on the planet.
Any existing technology cannot be used once entering this restricted area, but this point actually remains to be verified.
Because people don’t know what it’s like after entering the black fog, at least those who have entered have not come out yet.
There are many theories about the reason why this area disappeared, such as some forbidden technology, the people of Sheng Country are very smart, this country rose very quickly seven hundred years ago, they have a vast territory, rich resources, many talents, and great influence in the world.
Maybe Shengguo just had some kind of technology that caused an abnormal energy leak, but this energy was too huge, causing... The adjacent areas and sea areas were shrouded in black fog.
Of course, people are more likely to say that aliens have arrived.
But this statement is not very credible now. What kind of alien creature would only occupy three places in seven hundred years
Tang Jing was once worried that monsters would escape from the black fog area and cause the world to collapse, so he shouted warnings on the streets.
But it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between warnings and spreading rumors.
Tang Jing, who has Shengguo ancestry, was said to have black fog disease.
This disease may sound a little funny, but it is not a random disease. When the black fog descended, many people in the remaining 28 countries in the world went crazy.
But later these people gradually returned to normal, and then birth, aging, sickness and death alternated. As time passed, the black fog disease seemed to no longer exist.
Until Tang Jing appeared.
In Dr. Kang's opinion, Tang Jing's symptoms were different from the black fog disease recorded in history. Most of the patients with black fog disease were truly crazy.
It was as if he was infected by some virus, but somehow he recovered later. What about Tang Jing? Apart from being overly anxious about the black fog, Tang Jing was no different from a normal person in other aspects.
"You said you've been having nightmares lately. I want to know, besides dreaming about the spreading black fog and monsters inside, is there anything else?" Since he was conducting the final review as a friend, Dr. Kang decided to get to know him better.
Tang Jing nodded and said:
"A ship. A huge ship, even bigger than the ark in science fiction movies. It is luxurious to the extreme. There are many people on the ship. No, there are many monsters on the ship. The ship will be a key to something. It is docked at the edge of the black fog."
"If that's the case, the territories of the three countries are indeed very large, and with the sea area included, it's even more impossible to ignore. But it's been seven hundred years, Xiao Tang. If there really were monsters in the past seven hundred years, they should have come out by now."
"No, for us, the black fog area may be limited, but for the black fog area, these areas may be extremely detailed divisions. If we want to pass through the areas... it is actually very difficult."
"Are you thinking these things yourself? Or did you hear someone tell you these things in your dream? Xiao Tang, answer me, do you really think that what you said is true?"
Doctor Kang looked at Tang Jing seriously.
Tang Jing also said very seriously:
"Yes, this information comes from dreams. It's like it's engraved in my genes. As I continue to dream, I continue to understand the world in the black fog."
Dr. Kang found it unbelievable. Although children of this age would have some fantasies to a certain extent, those who believed in it as seriously as Tang Jing were usually abnormal in other aspects.
But Tang Jing was no different from an ordinary person except for the matter of the black fog.
He had no doubt that Tang Jing would be able to live a normal life after leaving the hospital.
"One day, the ship will sail out! When it sails out of the black fog, someone will bring news from inside the black fog. At that time, you will know that I did not lie, I did not deceive you!"
Dr. Kang shook his head slightly. Tang Jing looked at Dr. Kang's eyes and knew that what he said was still unacceptable to everyone.
"Let's go and complete the discharge procedures. Xiao Tang, as your friend and elder, I'm going to give you some advice. I'm actually very conflicted about you. I think you're sick and I didn't cure you, but on the other hand, I think you're even smarter and more sensible than most normal children. If you really believe in something, don't rush to convince those who don't believe it. You should find a way to find people like you."
"similar?"
Tang Jing could feel that Dr. Kang's words were sincere and meant to help him.
He also immediately understood that as a person of low status, his words were not influential, and he should find people who held the same views and gather together to speak out. Only then would his voice have power, and perhaps he would be able to learn more clues about the black fog area.
After completing the discharge procedures, Tang Jing left the hospital.
Dr. Kang looked at Tang Jing's back as he got into the car and left. He seemed to suddenly remember something. He made a phone call and said something to the person on the other end of the phone.
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The next morning, Dr. Kang was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone. He pressed his nose with his hand, and after he was slightly awake, he answered the phone calmly.
"Doctor Kang, I have found out what you asked me to investigate."
"Tell me."
"Fortunately, seven hundred years ago was not a thousand years ago. At that time, the level of civilization had already entered the information age. Although it is difficult to trace back generation by generation, there is evidence to prove it. At that time, because Sheng Country was shrouded in black fog, many overseas Chinese in Sheng Country had to settle in foreign countries. In order to wait until the black fog dissipated, the people of Sheng Country were repatriated."
"Go on."
"It seems that Tang Robert's ancestors were from Baichuan City in Shengguo. However, you have to look up the information about Baichuan City yourself. But I have to tell you that it is said that most of the people who suffered from the black fog disease seven hundred years ago came from Baichuan City and Food City Shudu."
Descendants of the Black Mist disease
But the black fog disease has disappeared for a long time, and I haven’t heard of anyone getting the disease due to heredity
Dr. Kang felt that these things did not make sense, and in fact there was no need for him to investigate. The black fog had not spread, and what Tang Jing said were all manifestations of his anxiety, which should be the truth.
But I don’t know why…
Dr. Kang always felt that things might not be that simple.
He hung up the phone. Tang Jing's ancestors came from Baichuan City, Shengguo. Tang Jing often dreams, and the contents of his dreams are all related to the world in the black fog.
The black fog cannot be observed through any device. People even feel that it is a complete disappearance and that the black fog is the essence of chaos.
Recently, some scientists have even proposed a third hypothesis:
The black fog is some kind of celestial phenomenon that has never been discovered by humans. This hypothesis is gaining more and more support.
Because the black fog area is probably absolute nothingness.
But they don't know that in the black fog area... the world still exists, but it has become extremely distorted.
…
The matter seemed to be over.
In the days that followed, Dr. Kang also contacted Tang Jing, and he decided to just treat it as a story.
The narrator of this story, Don Robert, becomes increasingly anxious. He begins to worry that the ship will appear and that the black fog area will continue to spread.
He emphasized again and again that the black fog was indeed spreading. It had spread on a large scale six times in history, with the intervals getting shorter and shorter.
The first time was when the black fog appeared, seven hundred years ago, causing three countries to disappear.
The second time was two hundred and fifty years later, when the black fog had spread a lot, but the mysterious power made people forget about it.
The third time was two hundred years after the last time, when the black fog spread again, but people still ignored this spread and thought that it had not spread at all.
The fourth time was a hundred years after the third spread.
The fifth spread occurred eighty years after the fourth.
The sixth spread came seventy years after the fifth.
The seventh time it spreads, the island nation closest to the black fog may be swallowed by it. Although the seventh time has not come, it is certain that it will come eventually.
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Outside the tower, in the mechanical city, inside the mechanical temple in the core city.
Bai Wu didn't know what was happening in the distant world. He just never thought that the answer would be like this.
"That is to say, it's not that there are no other races in this world, they just haven't come in. Maybe when the tower descended, there were other races in these three countries, but they didn't enter the tower."
Bai Wu explained his guess to Zero. Zero couldn't imagine that he would forget so many "settings".
"Why can't we remember these things? Will we forget them again?"
"I don't know. It's not something we can handle at this stage, but as we continue to explore this world, we will find out."
Zero nodded and said:
"If the area we are in is inside the black fog, will we be able to return to the outside of the black fog one day?"
"Put your question in a different way. Your question is too optimistic. You should ask whether there will be a day when the black fog area will expand and swallow up more worlds."
Zero was silent, and finally it was Bai Wu who broke the silence:
"If that's the case, then we must stop it from happening."
Bai Wu finally returned the recorder to Zero. He didn't know what the world outside the black fog was like. Was it actually very dangerous? Or was it very suitable for human survival
What is the nature of the Black Mist? Why does it appear in this world? Do people outside the Black Mist know what is happening inside the Black Mist
Bai Wu believes that one day he will be able to find answers to these questions.
But now, I have to go back to the tower. Although I really want to test the power of the real apostle, these days, the little face-paralysis on the other side of the conch is always asking, where have you and your uncle been? Why don’t you come to see me...
Bai Wu thought about it and realized that it had been a long time since he left the tower. Inexplicably, he missed the people in the tower.
I don't know if Lin Wurou and the others have made any progress in these days since they left the tower.
At the same time, there is another urgent matter.
"I hope Old Xie still has the fountain of eternal life in his hands, otherwise I might really die halfway through my business."
~~~~~~~~~~~End of this chapter~~~~~~~~~~
(To say a few things, Bai Wu's original world was mentioned in the chapter where Jing Liu met Bai Wu, and it has nothing to do with this world. You don't have to guess. That world is slightly similar to the reality, just similar. Bai Wu's current world, Shengguo is not China, and has nothing to do with the reality. I am very sincere and don't want this book to 404. I also hope that you will not compare it with the real country~ In addition, the time when the black fog spread was actually mentioned in the chapter a long time ago, so I won't go into details. Ah, it feels so good to fill in the gaps)