"How are you?" Tan Yan asked with concern.
Liang Xian shook his head and said, "It's okay. I just have a headache. I took a gamble just now and luckily it worked."
Tan Yan asked, "What did you bet on?"
"Bet on a time difference," Liang Xian explained, "If I use my own strength to counter the force field attached to the wall, it will inevitably result in a lose-lose situation. But if I only use part of my strength and use the other part to protect my brain, there is a high probability that I can defend against the reaction force of the force field. And if you take me out of the building before the reaction force breaks through my defense, I will have a chance to survive, or in other words, my brain will survive."
"It's too risky." Tan Yan said unhappily.
"It's not a risk. You've never failed before. I trust you." Liang Xian looked at Tan Yan intently. "I feel safe leaving my life to you."
Tan Yan's heart was slightly touched, and he couldn't tell what it was. But now was not the time to study his own mentality. He quickly told Liang Xian what he found after escaping from the White Tower.
Liang Xian thought for a moment and asked, "Why did you choose to return to the wildlife conservation area instead of trying to leave?"
"I think there might be something more terrifying waiting for us at the border, and we might not be able to escape." Tan Yan said, "And if I just leave like this, it would be like abandoning those innocent people without even trying. If I just leave like this, I might never get over this hurdle."
"Running to the border may not allow you to escape, and staying here is also very risky. Both are unknowns, so you might as well take a chance. I would make the same choice if I were in your shoes." Liang Xian said.
After hearing his words, Tan Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew that he was too soft-hearted because of his past experiences. After meeting many young people, Tan Yan learned words such as "Venerable Mother" and "White Lotus". He did not think he could bear these Internet words, but he also understood that sometimes insisting on saving people would kill more people, and good intentions would lead to bad results.
Liang Xian is better than Tan Yan in this respect. Although he is young, he has already shown the decisiveness of a decision-maker. He will save people when he can, and when he cannot, he will make a choice that is not the most correct but definitely the most appropriate. In the zombie world, Liang Xian saved half of the people with such decisiveness, and chose to give up himself at the last moment, but saved everyone.
Tan Yan believed in Liang Xian's decision and only after getting his approval did Tan Yan feel he had the motivation to persevere.
I don’t know when it started, but Tan Yan, who had been fighting alone, began to learn to rely on his companions; Liang Xian, who had always been under Tan Yan’s protection, gradually gained the courage to fight alongside him.
"The people in the White Pagoda are looking for us, but they don't seem to be doing much," Liang Xian analyzed. "They just asked people living in the wildlife reserve to check each other's bracelets, and didn't send people to search every house. This is very strange. Given the degree to which the people here are brainwashed and controlled, no matter what the 'God' does to them, these people won't resist. If someone comes to search, they should warmly welcome it."
"When you woke up, I kept thinking about what 'protected animals' and 'wild conservation areas' mean." Tan Yan said, "I thought about the protected animals in our world, and it seems that... they are treated similarly to the people here.
They don't have to do anything every day. Someone will bring them food when they need it. The food is nutritionally balanced, but it may not be what the animals want to eat today. When they reach a suitable age for breeding, someone will provide them with a mate, but the age and number of births will be controlled as much as possible for the sake of eugenics. All of the animals' living habits will be taken into consideration for protection, and they will be provided with a suitable living environment as much as possible, and enrichment facilities will be provided. If they are sick, they will be treated, and they can also receive the education that animals deserve.
A comfortable and risk-free life will gradually make the staff who imprison you regard as your breadwinner, which will create dependence.
This is the protected animal in the real world, and also the human beings in the current world.
"When we were in the White Tower, we didn't receive any physical attacks. It was always the 'illusion light' that attacked us." Liang Xian analyzed, "I guess this 'illusion light' seems to be something like an anesthetic, but it attacks the consciousness instead of the nervous system. According to Wei Chenxi's performance, this should be a beam of light that can put the consciousness to sleep. If it is just sleeping, there will be no substantial damage to the body and brain. In the conservation areas of the real world, anesthetics are a means of protection against some sick or out-of-control protected animals."
Both of them shuddered at the same time. Could it be that the so-called "God" was really protecting mankind
"Whether it is protected or not depends on the external environment." Liang Xian said, "How many people are there in the conservation area?"
"If we only count this residential area, I took a quick look and found that there are about 300 to 400 villas. Based on the standard of a monogamous couple with two children and a family of four, even if all the villas are occupied, there will only be more than a thousand people."
"There are about a hundred safety cabins in the No. 3 protection zone where we were before. There are ten protection zones in the White Tower. If they are all full, there will be a thousand people. We have to subtract more than 150 people in the real world, which means there are only 800 people." Liang Xian calculated, "This conservation zone looks very large, but in fact there are only more than 2,000 humans."
This number is similar to the number of giant pandas currently existing in China in the real world.
If a race of 7 or 8 billion people really has only more than 2,000 people left, then they will indeed be a top protected species.
Even if the human race that is protected by the so-called "God" is lucky enough to survive, can it really be called human
The reason why a nation can continue to exist is not just its people, but also its culture, language, customs and history. Without these things, the soul of the nation will no longer exist.
Tan Yan, who has experience in bringing subway survivors back to the real world, said: "More than 2,000 people are not easy to manage. In addition to the bracelets, they must have other ways to control humans. There may also be people under surveillance in the conservation area."
But knowing this is of no use in solving the current crisis. The enemy is too strong, and there are only two of them, with their abilities severely restricted. It seems that no matter which way they go, it will be a dead end.
"Since we are all dead ends, we might as well give it a try." Liang Xian said, "There must be a contact point for the gods in the conservation area, and the protection there must be weaker than the White Pagoda. We find that place and try to occupy it. If we can't occupy it, we can sneak in. At least we have to figure out what is going on in this world, so that we can decide what to do next."
To escape or to save others, it all depends on this gamble.
In this desperate situation, Tan Yan agreed with Liang Xian's point of view. They searched the house again and found the answer after Liang Xian turned on the computer in Chen Xiao's bedroom.
The facilities in the White Tower prove that the technology in this world is far more advanced than the real world, but the computer in Chen Xiao's study room still uses the familiar operating system. Just like protecting animals, computers and televisions are just enrichment facilities. The technology of the "gods" far exceeds the level of computers, so they allow humans to use computer networks that will not pose a threat to them.
Since we have the Internet, we can definitely find out the management plan of "Tian Shen" for the conservation area.
Liang Xian found the map of the conservation area with a few taps on the computer keyboard and discovered that there were three "temples" here.
The internal structure of the temple is open to the public, and people often go there to "worship". After Chen Xuexue found out that his son had bad thoughts, he first sent Chen Xiaoxue to the "temple", and then the people in the "temple" transferred Chen Xiaoxue to the White Pagoda.
“How strange… Look at these pictures.”
Tan Yan leaned over to look at the photos that Liang Xian found on the Internet. They were all pictures of the "messengers of God" in the "temple". These "messengers of God" were exactly the same as the people holding weapons in the white tower. They were all wearing white protective clothing and helmets on their heads, and their faces could not be seen at all.
A guess arose in the minds of both of them at the same time.
"The protective suits are just human-shaped, but there may not be people inside," Liang Xian said. "They use clothes to cover up their true identities and give people a sense of racial identity. In fact, they are just like humans wearing panda suits, but they look like pandas."
"There is another possibility," Tan Yan thought for a moment and speculated, "Clothes are also a form of protection. Their bodies cannot be exposed to the outside environment. In other words, the environment that adapts to human survival may not be suitable for them."
"When the special alarm was raised in the White Tower, everyone was reminded to wear protective clothing." Liang Xian recalled his previous experience in the White Tower. "In other words, protective clothing can defend against 'illusion light'. This kind of clothing is most likely a kind of clothing designed for consciousness!"
After this investigation, it is very clear what to do next.
The two found out at night that the environment outside the conservation area simulated the human living environment, with both day and night. After waiting for a while, when the artificial night came and it was time to go to bed, the two sneaked out of Chen Xuexue's house.
The night may not affect the vision of the "gods", but the two are still accustomed to acting at night.
There were almost no obstacles along the way, and the "gods" seemed to think that humans in the wild conservation area were safe and harmless. Even if "two wild animals" escaped to the conservation area, the "gods" seemed to be more worried about the impact of "wild animals" on "protected animals" rather than catching the two people.
So the TV only broadcast the confirmation of whether the people around them were "wild animals" or not, and did not enter the human living area to disturb their daily lives.
The two of them reached the "temple" and saw two white-clothed guards outside the door. Liang Xian whispered, "I just observed that bracelet and it seems to be able to record things like human heartbeat and blood pressure. If we don't have the bracelet, we will immediately think it's fake. But if we die, the bracelet will have no data and they will have no way of identifying us."
In other words, what they have to do next is to play dead.
Liang Xian asked Tan Yan to hide his aura and hide in the darkness, while he ran to a place not far from Tan Yan, raised his hand and shouted to the guards of the temple: "Help, help!"
After saying that, he fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.
This action may seem silly, but at least it can lure the guards out of the temple.
Regardless of whether the guards believed him or not, Liang Xian was confident that the two of them would not be caught as long as their consciousness was not blocked.
The temple guards felt less sense of crisis than Liang Xian expected. Not even one of them left to enter the temple to report. Instead, both of them ran towards Liang Xian who was pretending to be dead.
The moment they arrived, Tan Yan threw out the prepared rope, used his consciousness to control the rope to tie up the two guards, and dragged them into the corner.
It went so smoothly it was unbelievable!
The author has something to say: I don’t have 6,000 anymore, no, I’m already a dead fish_(:3∠)_
The result of setting the world too difficult is that no matter how the protagonist acts, it feels like he is courting death_(:3∠)_
I have been trying to write these few words since noon...
Just watch it, I will try to make the plot smooth tomorrow_(:3∠)_