(For the Silver Alliance, the random update cannot be used, and the completion progress is 31/100.)
Wujiu heard something wrong in Bai Wu's words.
"What are you going to do? Some things are dangerous, don't be impulsive."
"Yes, it is dangerous, but the source that forces us to do these dangerous things will not let us go. Captain, exploring outside the tower is also dangerous. Why do you think these dangers are different?"
Wujiu was stunned. It was obvious that Bai Wu had something else to say.
There seemed to be only two solutions to preventing Yan Jiu and Qin Zong from getting married. Either ask the ruler for help and convince him with reason. Or... convince him with reason as well.
Bai Wu's expression looked more like the latter.
"This is different..." Wujiu said.
"How is it different? Leaving the tower means death, and staying in the tower also means death. Captain, what if I tell you that if you don't do this, Yan Jiu will definitely choose to fight with death? My life is life, but her life is not?"
Bai Wu originally didn't want to bring up this topic right now, but since things have come to this, and since he has to arrange where Shorty goes and it is also related to his future plans, he might as well talk about it here.
"I'm going to take Yan Jiu away, which means there may be no place for her in the tower. If I'm not careful, there may be no place for me either. I know this is what you want to say to me, Captain, but I've always known the consequences. I've known the consequences since I dealt with the Zhong family."
Wujiu always felt that the white mist had changed a little, but he couldn't tell why.
Bai Wu's tone is still the same as always:
"Captain, from the moment we killed Zhong Xu, we stood on the opposite side of the tower."
Wujiu did not refute this statement.
"But we are not standing against humanity. I believe that what the captain wants to change is the future of humanity, not the future of the rulers of the tower. Just like Senior Gu Hailin."
"I don't trust the tower. I don't know what's above the fifth floor."
There is indeed someone who knows, but that person is obsessed with Bai Wu and Wu Jiu's bodies, and he keeps telling lies and may not be willing to tell the truth.
"I hate rulers. I have a feeling that the Qin and Yan families' wedding will be a turning point for us. Some evil secrets may be exposed. What will you do then, Captain?"
No one had ever asked Wujiu these questions, and Wujiu seldom thought about them. Bai Wu actually knew why the captain didn't think about them, so he spoke for Wujiu:
"Don't think about these things before you have the power to establish a new system. I remember the captain said this to me, but there are many things in this world that are forced into desperate situations and completed in impossible situations."
These words seemed to deviate from the matter of Yan Jiu's marriage. Wu Jiu understood what Bai Wu wanted to express:
"I just feel that... this day shouldn't come so soon."
"How long should it be? Yan Zizai is outside the tower, experiencing a life-and-death crisis. Yan Jiu has to marry someone she doesn't like because of her family's arrangement. The same goes for Qin Tuan. She has to marry the friend of her subordinate for the sake of family interests. These are all very small matters."
As if this was really a trivial matter, Bai Wu even smiled:
"If it happened to someone else, for example, if a manager's wife married the head of the Zhenyu Army, or a manager fell in love with a noble's daughter and got her overtly or covertly, we probably wouldn't care."
"After all, crimes happen in the tower every day, and people are unhappy every day, right? But the people this time are Yan Jiu and Qin Tuan, and the one being tortured outside the tower is Yan Zizai. If I don't save them this time, and if I don't resist those guys on the fifth floor, next time, Lin Wurou, Wang Shi, Bai Xiaoyu, Yin Shuang and others may also suffer."
Bai Wu's tone was calm, yet revealed his seriousness:
"It's not fast anymore, Captain."
Wujiu was silent for about half a minute before he spoke:
"Where are you going to take me?"
Bai Wu gave the traction wheel to Wu Jiu.
"This is the traction wheel. The one I use is from the Zhong family. This one is what I used before. It can be considered as what Cain left behind. Captain, I need you to go to Baichuan Campus."
"That is… "
"refuge."
The three words were written lightly, but Wujiu gave people a sense of shock.
"That's where we belong. Maybe the tower has looked after mankind for seven hundred years, but during these seven hundred years, the distortion inside the tower is no less than that outside the tower."
Wujiu took the traction wheel from Baiwu, and Baiwu continued:
"For things that haven't happened yet, we can only prepare ourselves mentally. Right now, I need the captain to find someone."
"who?"
"Lin Rui."
Wujiu was deeply impressed by Lin Rui because Lin Rui was very strong. Among all the people who appeared in the Food Domain, Lin Rui's strength was the strongest.
Bai Wu began to explain some plans to Wu Jiu in detail, and also told him the plan to save Yan Zizai.
"The guardians of the Yan family seem to be plotting something with the forces outside the tower. At present, I infer that their destination should be the flight we have been on before. There seems to be some kind of secret on that flight. The captain should still remember that there are actually many things that have not been explored in the huge passenger plane. And Yan Zizai is the key for them to obtain something."
Before this, Bai Wu had been saying that something had happened to Yan Zizai, and Wujiu only then knew exactly what had happened.
"Prison is dangerous?"
"It's quite dangerous. Although I can escape, I can only escape by myself. I can't take others with me. Even if I return as a prison escapee, with the gifts I got from the Mechanical City, I am not absolutely sure that I can save people. And you can't go with me, Captain."
"Why?"
"Because the rules of that place are very special, once you enter, you will enter as a prisoner, and there are too many variables. Although the captain is very powerful, he is not suitable to participate in the rescue this time."
Wujiu probably understood.
The special nature of the prison prevents the people in the tower from providing support through the stone tablet, and therefore Bai Wu needs an "external aid."
Baichuan City is extremely far away from Shudu. To get from Baichuan City to Shudu across countless areas in a short period of time, the only person who can do this is Lin Rui, who masters the power of time and space.
Only Lin Rui was able to break free from the prison rules by his own strength when he first entered Shudu Prison.
Although Bai Wu really hopes that Wujiu can join the rescue, he has to let the captain go to Baichuan City. He believes that some of what he sees and hears on the Baichuan campus will change some of the captain's views.
…
…
Outside the tower is the Baichuan campus.
After talking with Bai Wu, Wu Jiu did not delay and immediately used the traction wheel to get out of the tower.
This place, the legendary refuge that Bai Wu once explored alone, he finally got to see its true face.
The moment he arrived at Baichuan campus, Wujiu sensed a large amount of evil aura. The amount was extremely shocking.
There are quite a few powerful ones among these evil ones, but there are only two humans, or one and a half to be exact.
Lin Rui with one ear, and Jiang Yimi who is half evil.
So much so that Wujiu subconsciously put his hand on the handle of the knife.
He soon saw many evil creatures wearing the student uniforms of the pre-tower era walking by. They were wandering aimlessly and had no desire to attack humans.
There were even quite a few evil people who cast their glances at Wujiu, without any hostility in their eyes.
Following the guidance of his perception, Wujiu walked slowly and leisurely in the campus.
The time has not yet reached four hours, but strangely enough, Wujiu just feels that this place does not seem to have those rules that make it difficult for people to survive
The activities of the evil ones are in an orderly manner. After all the distorted rules have been eliminated, they are no longer dominated by resentment. Although they are more paranoid than real humans most of the time, in Wujiu's opinion, they are already very peaceful and normal.
People still dare not approach the forbidden area on campus, except for Lin Rui, who is always wandering around the school, not only in the school but also in off-campus areas.
Because the evil ones were unable to lift the regional restrictions, even after seven hundred years, the evil ones in the school had no idea what was happening outside.
After Lin Rui arrived at Baichuan campus, he felt like a wandering prodigal son returning home. He liked this place very much, and he also liked these students who, although they were evil, had once been trying to survive in the apocalypse like him.
He would travel to many places outside Baichuan City to see if there were any interesting new things and tell them to the students.
He would also explore certain areas and find some past events from seven hundred years ago. Baichuan City was really too big, and there were too many areas to visit. For Lin Rui, this city was like a huge amusement park.
He was like an overly enthusiastic citizen of Baichuan, wanting to explore every place.
Naturally, there were also things that Lin Rui was very wary of. In the zoo outside Baichuan City, he once heard a rather bewitching laugh.
This sound seemed to have some kind of magic, so much so that when he came back, he was a little dazed, and his mind would unconsciously think of some bloody and violent things.
In a huge city, there will always be some monsters in the past seven hundred years. Lin Rui did not underestimate these monsters. After joining forces with Nie Chongshan and others, they formed the Baichuan City Cleanup Team, and Lin Rui would tell them which areas to avoid as much as possible and not to provoke.
Although Nie Chongshan kept calling Lin Rui trash, he still listened to Lin Rui's opinions.
Today, Lin Rui was still preparing to explore outside the campus. Not long ago, he found a residential area in the southern part of the city, where a few humanoid evil creatures lived. These evil creatures all gathered in the community, and seemed to be plotting something.
Lin Rui once used his senses to investigate and discovered that there seemed to be a lot of living things in the community.
He designated the residential area as a restricted area and planned to go and check it out for himself.
But at this moment, Wujiu and Lin Rui met.
"Ah! You are the one beside Senior... the one that is... Captain Five-Nine!"
Lin Rui greeted happily.
Wujiu frowned. Although Lin Rui’s words seemed... correct, something seemed wrong.
The recent joining of Nie Chongshan and Gu Hailin gave Lin Rui some understanding of the investigation corps outside the tower. Especially after Liu Mu's narration, Wujiu's various reliable past and legendary experiences made Lin Rui quite fond of him.
Even Nie Chongshan no longer commented on Wujiu by saying "Huh, garbage" when he mentioned him.
"Welcome to the shelter! Are you here to look for seniors from other Survey Corps? Come on! I'll take you there! They will be happy to see you." Lin Rui is worthy of being a warm-hearted citizen. He felt no awkwardness when seeing Wujiu.
Wujiu, on the other hand, was a little uncomfortable with Lin Rui's enthusiasm. He was not disgusted, but just a little confused. He said seriously:
"I came to see you. Bai Wu wants to ask you a favor."
"No problem! Senior's business is my business!"
Lin Rui agreed so readily that Wujiu began to like him more.
"This is very dangerous, do you know the doctor?"
Wujiu’s words startled Lin Rui.
"Which doctor are you talking about?"
"Evil, looks like a doctor, wearing a mask and a white coat, likes to do live experiments and torture people, and seems to have the ability to merge entries. Bai Wu said that this person has some connection with your mask."
Lin Rui looked at Wujiu in surprise, and Wujiu said:
"It seems you know it."
"Yes, I have some grudges against this doctor. If you know his whereabouts, please be sure to tell me!" Lin Rui's expression was serious.
Bai Wu actually didn't know about the feud between the masked man and the doctor, nor did he know about the feud between the masked man and Lin Rui. He also didn't know how much the masked man had told Lin Rui.
But Lin Rui's attitude was more urgent than he expected.
When explaining some things, Bai Wu told Wujiu very detailed information, including the scene around the prison and where in the suburbs of Shudu the prison was most likely to be.
Wujiu also relayed everything to Lin Rui without missing a single thing, and finally he reminded him:
"This person is very dangerous. Bai Wu hopes that you can provide support when you are sure of it. Don't force it."
"Whether I'm sure or not, I have to find this person. In a sense, finding this doctor is my teacher's last wish."
"teacher?"
Wujiu had some impression that masked monsters were mentioned in the conversation between Bai Wu and Lin Rui. Although it sounded confusing, Wujiu was able to tell that there were three masked monsters in total.
"I really want to help you, but it seems that this mission can only be completed by you. Bai Wu will rush to Shudu Prison in a few hours. Can you rush over to support him in this time?"
Lin Rui smiled:
"I'm so happy to see you again, Senior. Don't worry, Captain Wujiu! I'll be on my way very quickly."
Wujiu corrected it:
"You can just call me Captain. There's no need to call me Captain Wujiu."
“But this name is very cute, hahahaha…” Boys always like to imitate those they think are cool.
Lin Rui's enthusiasm and familiarity were also the same. Of course, he was not imitating Bai Wu.
The golden light enveloped Lin Rui's body. The strange power that seemed to be out of the sequence made Wujiu quite concerned.
In Wujiu's eyes, Lin Rui's speed became incredibly fast, not just his movement speed, it seemed that even his breathing had become faster.
But the fact is, Lin Rui did not get faster.
Instead, the "time" where Lin Rui was located slowed down.
The flow of time seemed to be visible in his eyes. Around Lin Rui, the time dimension became slower and slower, but Wujiu could not feel this. He only felt that Lin Rui's movements were getting faster and faster.
"Goodbye, Captain Wujiu, don't worry, as long as I'm here, Senior will be fine!"
Lin Rui put on the mask. He didn't realize that he seemed to be in a state of "double-speed playback", so that the voice was finished in a jumble.
When Wujiu reacted—
Lin Rui had disappeared. His figure could no longer be seen at the end of his sight, as if the fleeting golden light was just an illusion.