E looked like he was about to leave, as he had seen before, the hat covered most of his face.
He couldn't see his eyes clearly, he only knew that there was no obvious expression on his face, but when Ning Gu was stunned, he also stood still.
"Go to the warehouse at the back," Li Xiang looked at Ning Gu and Lian Chuan, "It's safer, there will still be city guards passing by occasionally a few streets away."
"Oh." Ning Gu nodded, didn't look at E again, and walked over to Li Xiang and the team leader.
Li Xiang said this to him and Lian Chuan, and he could guess that Li Xiang was not sure whether E would like to meet him.
If it were changed before, he might be very angry, and I don't want to meet you, what are you playing
But now I feel nothing.
Everyone may have another side that is unknown, and may have pain that others cannot understand.
Although he still has questions about his life experience, it doesn't matter if he has an answer. He has made a decision now, even if he doesn't know anything, he will go on.
They walked into the back warehouse from the lobby of the shopping mall. The warehouse was not big, but it was already empty. Only a few broken iron boxes were thrown away, so it was still spacious, and it would not be embarrassing for everyone to huddle because of the small space.
Ning Gu sat down on a broken iron box, leaning against the wall.
"We brought the nails here," Li Xiang said, "and put them in the basement."
Ning Gu was stunned for a moment, then let out a muffled "Hum", and his eyes turned red instantly.
"Do you want to meet him first?" Li Xiang asked.
"No need," Ning Gu pressed his eyes hard, "There is business."
"How's the situation in Lost Valley?" asked the leader.
"The poet is in Jiuyi's body," Ning Gu said, "Do you know that the poet is Jiuyi?"
The head of the group and Li Xiang glanced at each other: "We don't know."
"I can't tell for a while," Ning Gu said, "He..."
"Nine Wings are the first batch of mutants, just like me," the warehouse door was suddenly pushed open, and E walked in, "Before travelers appeared on a large scale, the earliest bugs that the main city started to clean up in my memory were he."
"Nine Wings... the youngest?" After Ning Gu answered this sentence, he suddenly came back to his senses, and found that E said this sentence.
"But before Nine Wings enters the Valley of Lost Path and separates the poet," Lian Chuan said, "People with the imprint of the main city system cannot enter Valley of Lost Path. What is there in Valley of Lost Path?"
"There are poets," E said.
Ning Gu was stunned, and it took him a long time to say: "What are you talking about?"
"Understood," Lian Chuan thought for a while, "The poet has been in the Valley of Lost Ways, a carrier of consciousness that can accommodate anyone's spiritual power, and the spiritual power of Nine Wings is strong, even if it is only part of it, it can make the poet become" he'."
"It's absorption," E said, "so Nine Wings can use this power to split a part, and Qi Hang also relies on poets to live."
"The poet is awake, the poet is asleep," Ning Gu said, "This actually refers to the part of the nine wings, right? The poet is just a container whether it is absorbing or containing."
"You can say that." E glanced at him.
After the word container came out of Ning Gu's mouth, several people fell silent.
"Qi Hang's father participated in the operation to recover Nine Wings," E said, "I don't know exactly what kind of operation it was. In short, Nine Wings entered the Valley of Lost Path, and the mission failed."
Lian Chuan looked at him: "Why do you have pieces of Qi Hang?"
"I think Qi Hang knows the secret of the Lost Valley," E said, "The last time he ambushed me was at the entrance of the Black Iron Wilderness in the Lost Valley..."
"The time you were alone," said the team leader.
"Yes," E nodded, "but his target is not me, but Ning Gu."
Ning Gu glanced at Lian Chuan quickly, and Lian Chuan was also looking at him.
He wasn't sure if Qi Hang knew what they knew, but at least he knew that Ning Gu was a "variable".
"Ning Gu can't stay in the main city, that's the only thing I'm sure of," E said, "but no one knows whether Ning Gu will have the ability in the future, and what kind of ability it will be..."
"So you finally decided to put Qi Hang's fragments on Ning Gu," Lian Chuan said, "If he doesn't activate his own abilities, he can still have Qi Hang's abilities."
"Well, my situation at that time... I'm afraid I won't be able to protect him in the future," E nodded, but hesitated for a moment, and added, "It's the time, I don't need to hide anything anymore, Qi Hang's ability is very strong, and I also have selfish motives , hopefully preserved, may be helpful to travellers.”
"Then my age doesn't match," Ning Gu said, he could hear the trembling in his voice that he was trying to control, "You kept me at a low temperature like a ration box, right, why?"
"You're so small, it takes a long time to get used to the pieces," E said.
Ning Gu didn't speak.
"Then why are you also saved." Lian Chuan looked at E.
"I don't have time," E said, "I'll save my life for last."
Ning Gu suddenly raised his head.
"You guys are here, is there any news?" E changed the subject.
"Dewdrop is about to move," Ning Gu found that his throat was a little tight and his voice was a little hoarse when he spoke, "The scavengers will come out of the fire, we have to get ready before they come out."
"Fire?" The head of the team was a little puzzled.
"The scavenger is in the fire," Ning Gu said, "I've seen it before."
"Nine Wings has also seen destruction, he thinks..." Lian Chuan glanced at him, then took the rest of the words, "The savior is back, and the scavenger will start to activate."
"Savior?" The head of the team looked at Ning Gu, and Li Xiang and E's eyes fell on Ning Gu at the same time.
"There is no exit," Ning Gu looked at them, "only destruction."
Several people were silent.
"Kill the scavengers," Ning Gu said, "We will kill them wherever they come from."
When Ning Gu said this, he didn't think too much. He didn't know what kind of method Scavenger would use to "clean up" the remnants of this world, and he didn't know what method he would use to kill Qing astor.
He only knew that this was the only way now, and a smart person like Lian Chuan only thought of this way now.
In the world they had seen swallowed by fire and scavengers, those fleeing for their lives seemed to be just like ordinary residents of the main city.
There are no travelers in that world, and the appearance of travelers as mutants may have been an opportunity.
When Ye Xi was alive, they wanted to use "genius" to find a way out.
And the scavenger, the fire, and the dewdrop are the only places where they can connect with Ye Xi's consciousness.
Since you don't know how to change the ending, first tear off the page where the ending is written.
"Scatter the team to a place where there is fire," the regiment leader said, "There are troops from the main city in Luzhu, and now the main city has no intention of cooperating with us, so let's do our own thing."
"Okay." Li Xiang nodded.
E didn't speak any more, turned around and opened the warehouse door and walked out.
Ning Gu sat on the broken iron box in a daze for a long time, the few people in the room didn't speak, just looked at him.
For Ning Gu, these answers may not be the most important things, but after all, they are what he has been wanting to know for so many years.
E was not as tactful as Li Xiang, maybe because time was running out, he didn't choose a way to make Ning Gu listen more comfortably.
"I'll make arrangements first, you..." The leader walked up to Ning Gu and wanted to say something more, but in the end he just scratched Ning Gu's shoulder.
After the leader went out, Li Xiang came over.
"You don't need..." Ning Gu felt helpless, "Is this a queue?"
Li Xiang smiled: "Wait for me, I have something for you."
"Oh." Ning Gu responded.
Li Xiang walked out.
Ning Gu leaned against the wall and sighed softly.
He was still a bit stuck in his heart. It is said that when this kind of scavengers may soon appear and kill all directions, whether they can kill them, or whether they can continue to live is not certain, he shouldn't worry about his experience twenty years ago. And the heart is blocked.
But it is blocked.
He didn't even have the courage to ask, what is the relationship between me and E.
Lian Chuan sat next to him the whole time, neither speaking nor moving.
He turned his head and glanced at Lian Chuan, who patted his hand.
"Why?" Ning Gu asked.
"Comfort." Lian Chuan also glanced at him, which made him feel very clearly that he was questioning his IQ.
"Is this consolation?" Ning Gu said.
Lian Chuan stood up and opened his arms.
"Why?" Ning Gu was stunned.
"Comfort." Lian Chuan said.
"...No need," Ning Gu said, "It's a bit too grand."
"So just clap your hands." Lian Chuan said.
When Li Xiang walked in from the door, Lian Chuan's arm hadn't been put down yet.
"This is?" Li Xiang was a little confused looking at the scene.
"Comfort." Lian Chuan said.
"No!" Ning Gu yelled with some embarrassment, what's the matter with the bully in the ghost town, asking someone to comfort him? He didn't need anyone to comfort him when he was hanged from the bell tower when he was a child.
Li Xiang smiled, stretched out his hand and scratched Ning Gu's head twice, and put an old discolored iron box with a battered surface and put it in his hand: "This is... before E The gift I found for you in Lost Valley, but I didn’t have the chance to give it to you later, the leader kept it and wanted him to give it to you personally, but now that you’ve grown up, he doesn’t think it’s appropriate…”
Ning Gu touched the iron box: "What is it?"
"I don't know," Li Xiang said, "It should be a child's toy."
After Li Xiang went out, Ning Gu looked down at the iron box and didn't dare to open it for a long time, but just grabbed the box with both hands.
He felt that as soon as he let go, he could find that his hands were shaking.
"Can't you open it?" Lian Chuan asked.
Ning Gu frowned and "hissed": "Am I a fool in your eyes?"
"Open it." Lian Chuan smiled.
Ning Gu glanced at him and smiled, "I'm a little nervous."
"Do you want me to open it for you?" Lian Chuan sat back on the broken iron box next to him.
Ning Gu quickly put the iron box in his hand: "OK."
Lian Chuan picked up the iron box and looked at it, then opened the lid with a click.
Ning Gu turned his head quickly: "What is it?"
"It's a..." Lian Chuan took out the contents, "Maze toy."
"Maze?" Ning Gu was stunned, and looked at what Lian Chuan took out. It was a black iron board with many grooves and grooves on it.
"When he was looking for this gift..." Lian Chuan was also quite emotional, "I probably didn't expect you to be unable to remember the way at all."
"What do you mean Liangou?" Ning Gu snatched the board, "I'll show you right now!"
"This is more difficult than the ones I played when I was a child," Lian Chuan looked at, "Only when you come out of this mouth can you count as a success, and other mouths don't count."
"I can go out any way." Ning Gu held the board in disbelief.
After the two stared at the board together for a while, Ning Gu raised his head: "Is there something to put in and walk along?"
"Yes." Lian Chuan said, "Just find anything..."
Ning Gu didn't speak, took out the "key" from the side pocket of the boot, put the small black iron ball into the slot, pulled it, and watched the small iron ball roll out along the slot: "It's quite Suitable."
"I can't go there." Lian Chuan said.
"Shut up." Ning Gu returned the beads.
Although Ning Gu knew how to play with this thing, but the piece in his hand was indeed difficult, and there were too many and too complicated paths, and it was impossible to see which path was blocked until the beads came to the front.
Lian Chuan tried to remind him several times, but he stopped him.
"This gift is pretty good," Lian Chuan said, "It doesn't matter if it's ten years late."
"Are you scolding me?" Ning Gu stared at Little Tie Zhu.
"No." Lian Chuan said.
"Now is not the time to play with this at all," Ning Gu said. "Toys should be played with ease. If I sat on the green grass in that Shahu Park, I would definitely be able to play with it in a while." gone."
"En." Lian Chuan responded.
"Are you desperate?" Ning Gu glanced at him, "I found that such a beautiful place no longer exists. No matter what we choose or which road we choose, it is impossible to lead to such a place."
"How about the ghost town?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Ghost town?" Ning Gu was stunned.
"After you leave the ghost town, do you want to go back?" Lian Chuan asked again,
"...Think." Ning Gu nodded.
"Because you grew up there, friends, relatives, your memory, the proof of your existence," Lian Chuan said, "Of course Ye Xi's world is beautiful, but now we can keep it, it is the most beautiful thing, your sacrifice All the emotions are here."
"Well," Ning Gu gently pushed the little iron ball forward, "Say it like this, the main city is also very good, Lost Valley is also very good, and now this place is also very good."
"Jiuyi is desperate because he has no worries," Lian Chuan said, "except for the obsession of living, this is a place he can give up at any time, so he will be afraid that he will remember those things."
"I have concerns." Ning Gu said.
"Not here." Lian Chuan glanced at the board.
"Shut up!" Ning Gu said.
Although it was quite complicated, when the little iron ball reached the correct exit, it was still faster than Ning Gu imagined.
"Watch!" Ning Gu pointed at the board proudly, "The last bend."
"Yeah." Lian Chuan nodded.
Ning Gu flicked the small iron bead lightly with his fingertips, and the small iron bead slid along the groove. After walking the last section, it hit the black iron baffle outside the exit with a "ding".
"It's done." Ning Gu picked up the small iron ball and put it back into the side pocket of the shoe, "This 'key' has been held for such a long time, and this time it is used."
"Are you going to see how the group leader is doing?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Go and have a look." Ning Gu stood up and put the black iron board back into the iron box.
"Would you like to take a look at the nail?" Lian Chuan asked again.
Ning Gu paused: "No, going to see him at this time is like the last time, he will laugh at me."
"En." Lian Chuan responded.
Walking out of the warehouse, looking out from the window of the abandoned shopping mall hall, you can see the army of puppets walking towards the crack under the cover of the ruins and the black fog that drifts from time to time.
Ning Gu looked at the faint silver light on their necks, and thought of what E said "I don't have time".
"Lian Chuan," he said in a low voice, "what do you think what E said..."
"That's what you think," Lian Chuan said, "This battle, regardless of victory or defeat, is the last battle for many people."
Ning Gu didn't speak any more.
When the flames burning on the black iron wasteland in the distance suddenly rose several hundred meters high, the two of them were still standing at the window watching the transfer of the last batch of puppet troops.
The sudden huge wall of fire seems to have shortened the distance of the Black Iron Wasteland. Standing here, one can feel the scorching air waves.
"So fast!" Ning Gu shouted, leaning on the window sill with his hands, and jumped out.
"Ning Gu," Lian Chuan jumped out, "the sun is gone."
Ning Gu was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look at the sky, indeed the previous flicker had disappeared.
"Where are the beads?" Lian Chuan said, "Let me take a look."
Ning Gu immediately understood what he meant: "Is it such a coincidence?"
"There is no coincidence," Lian Chuan said, "It's all inevitable."
Ning Gu knelt down and fumbled in the small pocket of his boots for a long time: "It's gone."