"Call the administrator." Fade Chen rushed into the monitoring room.
Only Chunsan and two young technicians were left in the room. The others had already fled. Not all the technicians were from District A or District B. Even if they stick to the main city until the last second, they may not be able to change if they are alive. Got a line.
"Now?" Chun San asked.
"Tell the administrator," Fade Chen said, "the breach is facing Area A. If you advance all the way, the first thing to be destroyed when you enter the core area is the City Affairs Hall."
Most of the external monitoring has been broken. Chunsan can no longer see the situation on the Black Iron Wasteland here. He only knows that the third crack has appeared, and the time since the first crack appeared is only less than a month.
I always feel that the unknown destruction comes too slowly, and I can't enjoy every second of living. Only when the destruction really comes, I know that this road has come to the end.
"The administrator has been out of touch for a long time," Chunsan said, "don't get your hopes up."
"Stop using messages," Fade Chen said, "As your personal request, send a voice message. You are the person who has been in contact with the administrator most frequently."
"At this time, with the administrator..." Chunsan turned to look at him, "playing the emotional card?"
"Who doesn't have feelings?" Fade Chen said, "Do you think the administrator's performance over the years is like a machine without feelings?"
"Anything is possible." Chunsan stood up, picked up the cup and took a sip of water.
"After contacting the administrator, report to me, and then," Chen Fei looked at the door, "you can go."
"Let's go?" Chunsan put down the cup.
"There is no need for these now," Fade Chen said, "There is no possibility of an exit until now, even if there is an exit... have you seen those scavengers?"
"En." Chunsan nodded.
"If that is the new world beyond the exit," Fade Chen said, "We have no way out, and no one is even willing to communicate with us. Who would communicate with the dust on the ruins?"
"What about you?" Chunsan asked, "Have you thought about the next step?"
"I didn't give up," Fade Chen smiled, "I just let you go. If you go to Lost Valley, there are people from me in the garage downstairs. Let them take you there, but they can only be sent to the city boundary."
Chun San did not speak, turned and walked out of the room.
The administrator can receive voice contact, but because the voice is prone to inaccurate expression and inconvenient retrieval, so the main city rarely uses voice to contact the administrator, and they are all formal text messages.
When Chunsan sat down at the table, he felt a little emotional.
This is the first time she's sitting here sending a voice message that doesn't require prior approval.
No content limit, no time limit.
Although may not be able to get a response.
But it may be the last message sent by the main city to the unknown that never knew how it existed.
It's a call for help, but also a farewell.
"This is Chunsan, call the administrator," Chunsan turned on the microphone, and then fell silent for a while after speaking, "Are you still there? Can you see it? The fire on the Black Iron Wasteland, and the dewdrops on the main city ?”
Chun San smiled: "Dewdrop is the code name we gave to the scavenger. When I didn't know what it would bring, in fact, I hadn't seen much dewdrop."
There is no window in the communication room, and the lights have been extinguished due to the damage of the wiring. Only the green light on the instrument is dancing in the darkness.
"Why do we have words like dewdrops?" Chunsan thought for a while, "What else is there in the message left by the main city of the previous generation? I can't fully decipher it. Time is running out... I have been doing it all these years." These jobs, our children listen to stories that they have never seen or imagine, and learn knowledge that they have no idea where it came from. We use the preserved information to make all kinds of expensive creatures, even... monsters , trying to survive for a known ending..."
Chunsan raised his head and looked at the dark ceiling: "Where are those things? Where are those stories? Who told us that knowledge? Where are those small animals that we copied that only existed in legends? ?”
"Who are you?" Chunsan asked, "Where are you? Where did we come from? Where did we start besides the already set ending? There are so many unresolved information, what is it? What else is it?" What do you give? Existence? Life? Emotions? Love, hate, pain, fear... Are you watching? How we struggle as we reach the end?"
In the darkness, only Chunsan's calm voice, and the occasional "di" on the instrument, it was so quiet that the world had come to an end.
"I don't have anything I need to know. I always thought that I would be very eager to get answers to those questions when faced with such an opportunity," Chunsan stood up, "But no, these are not for me. The most important thing is that I have lived, there are people who care about me, there are people I care about, although I don’t know there are too many, but I have at least seen part of it, enough.”
Chunsan tidied up the notepad and pen on the desktop in the dark: "This contact is the last time before the destruction of the main city. The main city will not initiate a contact request with the administrator, nor will it seek help from the administrator. And no one is here anymore, responding to the administrator's orders... goodbye."
Chunsan connected Fade Chen's intercom: "The call with the administrator is over, but I haven't received any response."
"Understood," Fade Chen replied, "I arranged for someone to wait for you in the garage, so don't delay too long."
"How long is too long?" Chunsan asked.
"Once the crack reaches the main city and the core area is destroyed, the EZ will be out of control," Fade Chen said, "They are all activated."
"Don't you have anything else to do?" Chunsan said, "Just stay here?"
"Here are things that I have never done in my life," Fade Chen said, "I will not give up."
"Exit?" Chunsan sighed.
"Hurry up," Fade Chen said, "I won't do anything to you. All I want is your technology. I'm willing to get along with you in a cooperative way. Liu Dong may not."
Chun San cut off the call, patted the back of the chair, turned around and opened the door of the communication room.
At the moment when the faint light from outside came in, she heard the rustling sound of the instrument.
Ning Gu has always felt that since it is another stage of the revolving lantern, there will always be some differences.
If they were all the same, wouldn't it be boring to watch the revolving door.
For example, water is not necessarily water, after all, he has never seen so much water, such a large water surface.
When he pulled Lian Chuan to jump down together, he never thought that he would die.
The moment he came into contact with the water surface, he began to think about this issue, because under the water surface, there were no passages, mechanisms, or other things as he expected...
It's just water, all water, front, back, left, right, top, bottom.
The eyes, nose, and ears were filled with water.
Can't breathe.
He didn't know when he let go of Lian Chuan's hand, and danced wildly in the water for a long time before realizing that Lian Chuan was no longer beside him.
calm down.
Ninggu.
Calm down, you are the bully of the ghost town, the face of the ghost town, the savior...
Lianchuan!
Where are you!
I said hold on tight and don't let go!
Ning Gu held his breath, trying to calm himself down.
No matter what happened, even if he was so panicked, Lian Chuan might not be able to get close to him.
He stopped struggling and hung quietly in the water.
It wasn't until the chaotic water waves around him disappeared that he realized that he was slowly sinking.
He looked up and saw the water above, reddened by the firelight.
He quickly looked around again, and there was nothing in the clear darkness.
Lian Chuan disappeared.
sinking
Ning Gu lowered his head abruptly, and there was only a ball of water that gradually became darker and darker, and some inexplicable impurities floating in the water could be seen, but Lian Chuan was not seen.
Lian Chuan's uniform has light, but he doesn't even see a trace of blue light now.
Is it up or down
Going up is breathing, going down... I don't know if I can still live.
Take a breath before going down to find Lian Chuan
How to get up? It sinks as soon as you move... Even if you go up and take a breath, how long can you hold it? If Lianchuan sinks, can he still wait for this trip...
Ning Gu didn't hesitate, he gritted his teeth and held his breath, tried his best to turn over in the water, and rushed his head down to the bottom of the water.
Every bet will win.
I don't know how deep the water is, but it's really deep.
Ning Gu couldn't make a sound, so he could only look for Lianchuan with his eyes, or look for anything unusual.
His eyes hurt. He never knew it would be so uncomfortable to soak his eyes in water, nor did he know that his ears would hurt, and his body was getting heavier and heavier.
Probably suffocated.
Ning Gu always felt that he was holding his breath quite badly, but it was only his own feeling.
As it turns out, maybe not that much.
Lianchuan!
Where are you!
Even the dog!
Ning Gu began to feel a little lax, he couldn't see things clearly, the voice in his ears disappeared, and breathing seemed to be no longer needed.
When the water around him was stirred up, he couldn't even see what it was.
"Ning Gu!" Someone called his name from a distant place.
who
"Ning Gu!" Another voice called his name.
Who is it again
"Didn't you come back?" said the second voice. "Would you like a slap?"
"Slap," said the first voice.
"Go away." Another voice came from far to near, and then there was a shout, "Ning Gu!"
The surrounding chaos was suddenly dissipated by this loud shout, and all the sounds returned to his ears in an instant.
Then comes body weight and breathing.
Ning Gu suddenly opened his eyes.
Dog mask.
Just as Jiu Yi was about to straighten up and back away, Ning Gu had already slapped him across the face.
It was as crisp as when we first met.
"There's nothing else, right!" Nine Wings leaned in front of him and roared.
Ning Gu was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly jumped up.
Only then did he see clearly that he was lying in the Valley of Lost Way, with Jiuyi and Fu Lu Shou Xi standing in front of him.
"Where's Lian Chuan?" Ning Gu stared at Jiu Yi.
Jiu Yi didn't speak, just looked at him.
He lowered his head abruptly again, and touched himself a few times, the clothes on his body were all dry.
Then I reached out and touched the piece of paper stuffed in my clothes, it was still there, and it was dry.
This is his body, which has never left the Valley of Lost, and has been chanting the vertical hole... chanting the vertical hole!
He didn't ask Nine Wings anything else, and after seeing his surroundings clearly, he turned around and rushed into the poet's hole.
The golden light that was sealed at the entrance of the cave when Lianchuan entered with him before has disappeared, and the two groups of light that were shining in the cave are no longer there.
He saw Lian Chuan lying on the ground.
"Lian Chuan!" Ning Gu almost rushed towards Lian Chuan, and when he knelt beside Lian Chuan, his knees were hit by the metal floor and hurt sharply.
Lian Chuan closed his eyes and lay quietly on the ground without moving.
"Lian Chuan?" Ning Gu's voice trembled a little, he carefully reached out and touched Lian Chuan's face, his trembling fingertips touched the warmth of Lian Chuan's face.
alive!
He shook Lian Chuan's hand again.
The physical condition is not bad, Lian Chuan's hands are not as cold as usual when they are tired.
but…
"Liangou?" Ning Gu patted Lian Chuan on the face twice.
"He can't wake up now." Nine Wings' voice came from outside the cave.
"What do you mean?" Ning Gu turned his head, "What do you mean you can't wake up now?"
"He didn't come back." Nine Wings leaned against a pointed vertebra at the entrance of the cave, and tapped his finger on the mask, "You are the only one who came back."
Ning Gu didn't speak, put Lian Chuan's hand away, stood up slowly, turned around and stared at Jiu Yi.
"What are you looking at me for?" Jiu Yi said, "It's not that I didn't let him come back, he didn't come back himself."
"Who are you?" Ning Gu walked towards the entrance of the cave step by step, staring at the mask on Jiu Yi's face, Lian Chuan was right, Jiu Yi's dog-head mask was the same as the one worn by the person seen in the cave, left There's a small gap right now, "Who the hell are you?"
"Nine Wings," Nine Wings stretched out its arms, and all ten fingertips stretched out little by little, shining coldly, "The bat leader, the master of Lost Valley."
"The owner of Lost Valley is a poet." Ning Gu was still staring at him, "Everyone knows that the owner of Lost Valley is a poet."
"I'm the master when he's not awake," Jiu Yi laughed, "He usually won't wake up."
"The owner of Lost Valley is our boss!" Fu Lu shouted.
Ning Gu walked up to Jiu Yi, and stopped until he was almost on top of his nose.
"Is the mask yours?" Ning Gu asked.
"Yes." Nine Wings withdrew his smile and looked at him.
"How did you come here?" Ning Gu asked again.
"I did it," Jiu Yi said, "If you want, I'll do it for you too."
Ning Gu didn't speak, but raised his hand.
"Don't move the mask," Nine Wings said, "Don't think that you can slap me every time you wake up, and you can slap me, traveler."
"Lian Chuan and I," Ning Gu put down his hands, "Where did we go?"
"The poet's consciousness, his world, his memory," Nine Wings said, "where else can you go here? Lost Valley is full of poets."
"Then I am in the poet's consciousness, the poet's world, and the poet's memory," Ning Gu lowered his voice, "Who is that person wearing the dog's mask that I saw?"
Nine Wings didn't speak.
The mask covered most of his face, and if his mouth didn't move, he couldn't see what expression he had at this moment.
But Ning Gu could feel that Jiu Yi was a little surprised.
If it weren't for surprise, Jiu Yi's neurotic character would definitely not be able to keep silent at the moment.
"Who is it?" Ning Gu asked again.
"You think I know?" Nine Wings said.
"Your mask is worn on other people's faces," Ning Gu said, "I can only ask you if you know it or not."
"I don't know." Nine Wings replied.
"Boss doesn't know!" Shouxi shouted, "Boss doesn't know anything!"
"Your words sound like a cover-up," Ning Gu looked at Shouxi, "If I hadn't known you two for a while, I wouldn't believe it."
"Boss really doesn't know." Fu Lu added.
It sounds even more fake.
But Ning Gu knew that Fu Lu Shou Xi was telling the truth, at least as far as they knew, Nine Wings really didn't know anything, after all, he had no brains.
"Where did your brain go?" Ning Gu asked.
This question is very weird, Ning Gu never imagined that one day he would ask such a question in a serious manner.
Jiu Yi looked at him, and it took a long time before he said, "I don't remember."
"Are you sure you have no brains?" Ning Gu asked.
"Sure." Nine Wings said.
Ning Gu slowly raised his hand, and the dark silver on the fingertips slowly emerged: "Take off the mask, I want to see your face."
"I'm very handsome." Nine Wings shook his finger.
"Are you as handsome as me?" Ning Gu said.
"That's hard to say," Jiu Yi laughed, with a metallic sound echoing in his laughter, "If you ask Fu Lu Shou Xi, I'm sure I'm handsome, if you ask... Lian Chuan, it should be you handsome. "
"Don't move," Ning Gu looked at him, "If you move, you will die."