Lian Chuan stood in front of the bell tower, looking ahead.
All kinds of noisy yelling and cursing in my ears gradually became distant, leaving only the sound of wind.
The ghost city experience was really nothing to him, even the verbal insults and abuse that had nothing to do with the pain in front of him were the same.
I got used to it, as long as I was seen wearing a uniform in the main city, I could feel it.
The only difference is that the goals of the travelers are now clearer and clearer. They hate and scold Lianchuan, and they can no longer hide behind the title of "hyena", from "one" to "only".
The travelers are more emotional, and the group leader obviously understands that if they want to accept the reality of "Lian Chuan lives in a ghost town", they must first let them vent enough.
If you want to scold, you can scold. Occasionally, Li Xiang will not stop him from attacking with a sudden ability.
When Lian Chuan was hit in the back by the sixth attack and felt a little out of breath, the leader raised his hand.
"He is stronger than you can imagine," said the leader. "The ghost town needs such a defector, a powerful weapon cultivated by the main city with the goal of destroying travelers."
"What if this is a scam from the main city!" Someone shouted.
"Indeed, we have no way to judge." The head said.
When the travelers around heard this sentence, there was a sudden commotion, some shouted, some scolded, and Lian Chuan was hit a few more times.
"But do we need to judge?" The leader raised his voice, and in the chaos, his voice was loud and clear, "When we were hunted down by the main city and fled to the ghost city, we couldn't judge whether it was the main city that sent us to the ghost city. The plot to drive out the extermination, we are still here. When the first illegal birth population in the main city was deported to the ghost town, we couldn't tell whether it was a seemingly harmless undercover agent sent by the main city. We left him...
The surrounding voices were slowly suppressed by the leader's words, and the commotion began to slow down.
"Every time we stepped on the train and rushed into the main city, we also couldn't judge whether the bats leading the way were bribed or not. We went anyway," the group leader stopped and continued, "I will take you to the main city When we rescued Ning Gu, we still couldn’t tell if it was a trap, who would never return to the ghost town, or even if Ning Gu was still alive! But so what? We rushed in without hesitation , Killed to the old warehouse in C District!"
Cheers erupted from the crowd, and everyone shouted and screamed in unison.
Lian Chuan suddenly felt a little moved by the words of the head of the group. Whether he was trying to arouse confusion or sincere feelings, from the point of view of speaking, they were all facts.
Compared with bats, travelers live more freely, regardless of consequences, regardless of gains and losses.
"Lian Chuan was expelled from the main city, we can't tell whether he is really willing to help us, or because of the main city's conspiracy," the head of the group glanced at Lian Chuan, "But we need a weapon from the main city, we need A message from the main city! Why!"
"Take back the main city—" the travelers shouted in unison.
"Of course," the head of the group waited for the sound to calm down a bit, then quieted his voice, "We will not be completely defenseless. As a prerequisite for cooperation, we will first ensure the safety of ghost towns and travelers."
"How to guarantee it!" someone asked.
Lian Chuan also wanted to know, and tilted his head slightly.
Li Xiang walked slowly into the middle of the open space from behind, and put a small box in his hand on the ground.
"This is the tool we used to control the aborigines for research when we first came to the ghost town. Many first-generation travelers have seen it. After the shelter was safe, it was no longer used, but it has been improving." Li Xiang said and opened it. As the lid of the box was opened, a burst of black mist overflowed, and Li Xiang took out a black circle with a lock.
The circle seemed to be covered with a burning black flame, and the flame tip was constantly rolling and winding in the strong wind.
Lian Chuan was a little familiar with this black flame, and quickly found the answer in his memory.
It is Lin Fan's ability.
Traveler has been able to load his personal abilities onto the device alone, which surprised him a bit.
He had never seen travelers use tools and weapons, all the while they relied only on strength and fists.
"This thing," Li Xiang walked up to Lian Chuan holding the black circle wrapped in black flames, and looked at him, "it can be activated at any time, making him lose his ability to move instantly."
The travelers cheered.
"Don't resist," Li Xiang lowered his voice, "Although I didn't tell you in advance, this is a condition, we must protect ourselves."
Lian Chuan didn't make a sound.
Ning Gu sat on the top of the crazy uncle's hut, looking at the distant center of the sanctuary, the bell tower where the cold light bottles gathered.
I don't know what happened, I don't know where the trial is going, and I can't hear the slightest movement over there.
Originally, he was very afraid of experiencing Lian Chuan's pain again, but until now nothing happened, but he was a little anxious. Judging from the time, it should be almost over. If Lian Chuan was punished, it should have passed. He didn't Perceived.
But just to be on the safe side, he still sat on the roof, in case the perception was delayed, he was in the room in pain when someone came over...
Thinking of this, he glanced in the direction of the shelter again. Lin Fan said that he would not follow him and "wouldn't know", but based on his words alone, it was worth guarding against. Who knows if Lin Fan would hide in the shelter? Where to look at him.
… Even if you sit on the roof, you can’t escape it.
What exactly does Lin Fan mean
Ning Gu regretted that he had never been to Lin Fan's hut in the past 22 years, and he had no deep impression on this man, except that he hardly smiled and rarely went out. Regardless, the head of the group never had any plans to change his deputy... He didn't know anything else.
When he heard someone talking, Ning Gu suddenly changed from sitting to squatting on the roof, looking in the direction of the sound.
Soon I saw several cold light bottles moving in the black mist, and then saw seven or eight people coming over with a board.
There was a person on the board, probably Lian Chuan, but his uniform was taken off, and a blue light flashed on the hand of a person who was walking next to him.
Lian Chuan's character, in a sober state, is probably impossible to accept being carried away on a board...
Ning Gu immediately jumped off the small roof and stopped in the middle of the road: "What's wrong?"
The one walking in front was Li Xiang, who raised his chin at Ninggu and signaled him to get out of the way: "He's fine."
"Dizzy?" Ning Gu asked.
"If the nails are like this, you might not be so nervous, right?" said a person carrying the board, with obvious displeasure in his voice.
This person is the thorny head of No. 2 Shelter, Ning Gu has beaten him many times, and if they don't say a few words when they meet each other, they are afraid that someone will think they have reconciled.
Although Ci'ertou's words were harsh, this was the first time Ning Gu "communicated" with his companions after returning to the ghost town, and he was a little emotional.
"If you want to lie on it, I will definitely go over and carry you in person." Ning Gu said.
Lian Chuan didn't get dizzy, when the board was lifted past Ning Gu, Ning Gu saw that his eyes were open, he didn't know where to look, and he was a little blank.
... beaten stupid
Theoretically, it is unlikely, and the head of the group also hopes to get some information about the main city.
Li Xiang had someone carry Lian Chuan into Uncle Crazy's hut and put him on the ground.
Ning Gu stood at the door and watched.
It was only then that he noticed that Lian Chuan's uniform had indeed been taken off, and he had put on an ordinary traveler's coat, and around his neck was a circle of black metal.
The black circle was close to his skin, and near the black circle, under the skin could faintly see blue-black veins extending upward from his neck.
"He can't move now," Li Xiang whispered to Ning Gu when he came out, "It will be fine in a while, and that thing usually won't affect him."
"What's that?" Ning Gu asked.
"The prerequisite for him to move freely in the ghost town." Li Xiang didn't answer directly, and led the people away.
Ning Gu didn't move, and stood there watching them all disappear into the black mist, and the light from the cold light bottle could no longer be seen, so he turned and entered the room, and quickly closed the door.
Then squatted beside Lian Chuan: "Lian Dog? Can you talk?"
Lian Chuan glanced at him, but didn't make a sound.
But his eyes were no longer empty, Ning Gu was a little relieved.
"Li Xiang said you will be able to move in a while," he whispered, "They have already left..."
Before he finished speaking, Lian Chuan suddenly sat up.
His head almost collided with him, Ning Gu sat down on the ground when he hid back.
"I'm fine." Lian Chuan said.
"Able to move?" Ning Gu looked at him in shock.
"Hmm." Lian Chuan touched the black circle on his neck and frowned.
"Then this thing is useless?" Ning Gu asked, "They think this thing can make you unable to move?"
"It works," Lian Chuan said, "I couldn't move at first."
"Oh." For a moment, Ning Gu didn't know whether he should be thankful that Guicheng's device could not completely control Lianchuan, or should be proud that Guicheng's device could work on Lianchuan.
"This is Lin Fan's ability," Lian Chuan flicked the black circle, and the black circle made a not-so-clear sound, "Who is Lin Fan?"
"The commander's deputy is an old traveler." Ning Gu said.
"What else?" Lian Chuan asked.
"... I don't know." Ning Gu said.
"At any rate, you are also an important person brought up by the head of the group, and Guicheng desperately wants to snatch it back," Lian Chuan said, "Why don't you know anything?"
Ning Gu looked at him.
This person seems to be no big deal, but he can even take revenge on others with eccentricity.
Lian Chuan lay back on the board again.
Ning Gu was stunned: "Can't you get up?"
"That recliner is uncomfortable to sleep on," Lian Chuan said.
"Oh," Ning Gu thought for a while, and sat cross-legged next to him, "Why did you suddenly ask Lin Fan?"
"Why use Lin Fan's ability?" Lian Chuan looked at the roof. "His stronger ability is attack, not control. If he just can't move, isn't this kind of ability not uncommon among travelers?"
"Well," Ning Gu said, "Sister Qi's is stronger."
"It may be a secret research, so only the abilities of a few high-level people can be used," Lian Chuan said, "It may also be that only Lin Fan's abilities can be loaded into the device."
"Lin Fan..." Ning Gu thought for a while, then lowered his voice, "He seems to know that my ability is not limited to control."
"Can you still control it?" Lian Chuan asked.
"That's what I said, why can't I control it?" Ning Gu was very unconvinced, "When I first met you, how did you run away? Isn't that considered control!"
"Forget it." Lian Chuan said.
"On the day you were expelled, the traveler rushed to Area C," Ning Gu said, "I don't know what happened, but I saved the head once..."
It was a bit difficult for Ning Gu to describe those two ability activations. After all, he himself didn't understand how and what happened.
But Lian Chuan could still get a general idea, he was silent for a while, looked at Ning Gu: "Are they moving or not?"
"Move...?" Ning Gu frowned.
"I always thought you could mess up time," Lian Chuan said, "It seems more than that. It's normal for the main city to want to get your material, which is better than Betelgeuse."
"Are you inferior?" Ning Gu said.
Lian Chuan didn't speak, and slowly sat up again.
Ning Gu saw the black circle on his neck again, and the blue-black veins extending under the skin: "Does it feel like wearing this?"
"No, but..." Lian Chuan rubbed his neck, "I didn't expect Ghost City to be able to load abilities on non-living bodies."
"I don't even know what they're doing... Speaking of which, I really don't know anything," Ning Gu said suddenly a little frustrated, "Isn't it amazing?"
"It's powerful, and it's simpler," Lian Chuan said. "Based on this alone, it's not impossible for travelers to compete with the main city."
"Easier?" Ning Gu didn't understand.
"Just enough materials, and enough..." Lian Chuan flicked the black circle, "It doesn't matter whether the material is good or bad, and it doesn't even need the material to have self-awareness, just copy it."
Ning Gu suddenly felt that his hairs were slowly standing on end: "Is it an army with only ability but no brains?"
The black mist rolls over from Zone D.
At first it was just a black gust of wind.
Pedestrians on the street stared blankly at the black wind blowing from above.
Then came a thick black fog billowing across the street.
The people who came back to their senses started screaming and running away.
Guangguang closed the store door, and even closed the side door reserved for regular customers. This kind of chaotic scene was different from the riots he was used to.
She went up to the second floor and stood at the window.
It was noon, the brightest time of daylight in the main city, but from the window, it was already dark outside.
She couldn't even see through the windows of the building opposite.
Turning his head to look at the core area of the main city, there is still the same as usual, the sky is full of soft light.
On the other side, area D is already pitch black, and the light in area C is also being swept away by the black mist little by little.
It's like a long, flash from the outside in.
Guangguang closed his eyes, opened his arms, and took a deep breath.
Is this day finally coming
Chunsan folded his arms and stood in front of the huge screen wall. Nearly half of the images returned by the densely packed monitors had turned black.
After the initial confusion, the technicians behind had restored order and began to search for the source of the black mist.
Chen Fei's phone call came to the table next to Chunsan, and she answered it.
"There is interference on the intercom." Fade Chen said.
"Yes, but part of it has been restored," Chunsan said, "The scope of the impact is not large. My priority here is to restore the communications of various departments of the internal defense."
"Have you found the source?" Fade Chen asked.
"Not yet," Chunsan said, "The ones from the Black Iron Wasteland are all around. The area is too big, and it will take some time."
"Is there any movement in Lost Valley?" Fade Chen asked again.
"No abnormalities were detected." Chunsan replied.
Fade Chen fell silent, as if he was thinking.
"Need an idea to contact the bat?" Chunsan asked.
"No, continue to monitor, and report immediately no matter how small the anomaly is," Fade Chen said immediately, "We will do our best to ensure internal defense communications, and we must prevent sneak attacks in Lost Valley."
"Understood." Chunsan said.
Fade Chen put down the phone and looked at Chief Su across the table: "There is no progress yet, the communication is being restored."
"Is there any news from the administrator?" Chief Su asked.
"No." Fade Chen replied.
"Get ready," Chief Su sighed softly, "There is no progress in half an hour, I'm going to see the administrator."