"It is impossible for scavengers to have no leaders," Fade Chen said. "Just by looking at the different types of scavengers, we can know that no matter how this thing was formed, it was originally planned."
"I'm still trying to find a way to get some information about the scavenger," Chunsan said. "After I get it, the cleaning team will send me to the City Affairs Office."
"Do you want to use the laboratory?" Fade Chen said, "I have given you the authorization password, you can use that, but now the City Affairs Office is not safe, and the scavenger has already entered Area A and has been suppressed."
"I know," Chunsan walked outside the tent, looking at the black iron wasteland in front of him that was illuminated red by the flames, "It won't take long, I just need to know its initial information."
"Do you have any judgment?" Fade Chen asked.
"I have a vague idea," Chunsan said, "I observed the actions of the scavengers all the time, and I didn't find any communication or cooperation between them. Those monitoring stations that can still be used can detect travelers The spiritual power of the puppet and the spiritual power of the puppet, but there is no scavenger, so they should not communicate and cooperate, but repeat according to an established pattern."
"There is some truth," Fade Chen said, "The people replicated in Dewdrop are controlled, and they behave somewhat similarly to scavengers. They are even a high-consumption combat method of dying as long as they are injured. Is it because Dewdrop has experienced More than one destruction, inspired by the scavenger?"
Chunsan glanced at the dewdrop hanging quietly. After the second round of the war, it has not moved, as if watching the battle, waiting for the final result. If they are destroyed, the dewdrop will leave. If they survive , may have to face Luzhu's plundering battle.
"It's not impossible," Chunsan said, "A person who has found the entrance to the world is looking for the exit in each world."
"Is there any news about Lian Chuan?" Fade Chen asked.
"No," Chunsan felt a little out of breath immediately when she heard the name, she sat down on a piece of black iron next to her, "Jiu Yi said that Lian Chuan disappeared in the code, I didn't ask Ning Gu again, he Emotions have always been tense, I am afraid that if I ask the wrong question and he collapses, we really have no hope at all."
"I don't believe that Lian Chuan will die," Fade Chen said, "Every time the main city trains him, he is told to die. He didn't die when he was a child, so why would he die now?"
"I will keep monitoring." Chunsan took a deep breath and wiped his eyes, "I can recognize Lian Chuan's mental strength without looking at the analysis."
After the call ended, Chunsan sat with his head down for a long time before standing up.
When he turned around, he saw Long Biao standing behind him.
The cleanup team lost many members in this battle. Long Biao, who has always been tough, also had black smoke and wounds on his face, and his uniform was torn in many places.
"What?" She tilted her head.
"Lei Yu said he wanted to capture a scavenger alive," Long Biao said, "There was a container in the transport truck that Fade Chen sent, the kind that used to hold experimental subjects, I went to catch one with him and Ning Gu. "
"Now?" Chun San asked.
"Well," Long Biao nodded, "the number of scavengers is decreasing now."
"Pay attention to safety," Chunsan said, "If there is any danger, get rid of it, and I can do the analysis without a scavenger."
Long Biao smiled: "What are you bragging about?"
Chun San also smiled.
"You take my car." Lei Yu stepped onto A01 and looked at Ning Gu, "There are some scattered ones in Area C. If you catch them, you can send them to the City Affairs Office."
"I can go alone," Ning Gu said, "The cleaning team can't kill any more people."
Although Lian Chuan usually keeps silent about these cleaning team members, it can be seen that the relationship between the cleaning team members is very close. He doesn't want Lian Chuan to see that the cleaning team who betrayed the main city for him lost so much when he came back. , especially Lei Yu, nothing can happen.
"Not many died." Long Biao said, "Now is not the time to focus on losses."
"You guys can't help much." Ning Gu said.
"One, we can scan the scavenger on our goggles, within three blocks, can you?" Long Biao said, "Second, do you know the way? We know the fastest and safest way to the City Affairs Office."
As a ghost town bully who got lost repeatedly in Lost Valley and never figured out the layout, Long Biao's second point hit him right.
He stepped into Lei Yu's car.
Lei Yu's car jumped into the air and rushed towards the main city.
Long Biao followed behind them, dragging the loading box behind the car.
Ning Gu wasn't sure if he could catch Scavenger alive, but he had to try.
E's state has been declining at a speed visible to the naked eye. I don't know how long he can last. Once he falls, whether the puppet army can control it and how long it can last is unknown.
If Chun San could figure out what the scavenger was and what kind of thing it was, he would be able to fight in a targeted manner.
In a sense, the scavenger feels like E's puppet army. To defeat the scavenger, it is useless to kill the scavenger itself. You must kill the leader behind the scavenger.
"There are three on the other side of the fire," Long Biao said, "I can't tell the types."
"Understood." Ning Gu said.
When they crossed the bridge in the middle of the fire wall in Area D, Lei Yu opened fire, using firepower to suppress the scavenger first. If they were fast, the scavenger might have arrived in front of them as soon as they rushed over.
As soon as he passed through the fire wall, Ning Gu saw three black figures and shook his arms at them at the same time.
is a remote scavenger.
A golden light burst out and rushed towards the scavenger. The opponent's attack disappeared instantly, and then the three scavenger disappeared.
The cars of Lei Yu and Long Biao hovered in the air.
Long Biao turned his head and glanced at him: "A little bit, a little bit, be gentle."
"Sorry." Ning Gu said.
"It's okay," Lei Yu said, "Come on, continue to Area C, the closer you are to the City Affairs Office, the better."
Ning Gu has been on the Black Iron Wasteland, and he has never entered the main city since the battle started, so he doesn't have an intuitive feeling for the battle situation.
Sitting on A01 now, when passing through the mid-air of the main city, he realized that the main city was almost completely destroyed.
Not a single building is intact, and not a single street is level.
Dead bodies piled up in the ruins.
City guards, patrols, travelers, and many self-destructing EZs...
What makes Ning Gu feel the most uncomfortable among them is ordinary civilians, unarmed, without any ability to defend themselves and fight, just hiding hopelessly behind a certain wall, under a certain table, or even just shrinking in a certain place. Next to a lamp post, and then it was covered with thick smoke and dust, and it didn't move anymore.
"The firewall in front of you," Long Biao reported the coordinates again, "There are more than four of them just came out."
The vehicle-mounted weapons of the two A01s fired at the same time, shooting forward in a straight line.
Ning Gu stood up on the back seat, the golden light from his fingertips pulled out a long strip of light in the air.
After seeing the location of the scavengers clearly, he raised his hand and crushed the two fastest scavengers first, then the golden light circled between the remaining four scavengers, and after shrinking and entangled suddenly , there is only one remote left, surrounded by the continuously rotating golden light.
"You guys cover me," Ning Gu jumped out of the car, "Open the box."
"How to get it in?" Long Biao jumped out of the car, unloaded the box and dragged it to a position two or three meters away from the sweeper.
"... I don't know." Ning Gu said.
"Try to drive him in." Lei Yu scanned the surroundings, got out of the car and went around to the other side of the scavenger, "There are no other scavenger nearby."
"Ning Gu, don't touch him," Long Biao added, "I don't know what a scavenger is, so be careful."
"Okay." Ning Gu raised his hand, and Jin Guang took it back.
The scavenger trapped in the light moved, as if looking for a way out.
"Does he have no eyes?" Ning Gu said, "He keeps turning around."
"Your ability has affected his judgment," Lei Yu said, "keep pushing him into the box."
Lei Yu fired at the scavenger's feet, and the scavenger moved a few steps in the opposite direction, Ning Gu quickly continued to recover the golden light.
"Safe," Long Biao held up his weapon and stared at the movement around him, "No abnormality was found."
After Lei Yu's firepower cooperated with Ning Gu's ability several times, the scavenger walked to the mouth of the loading box.
Long Biao has already opened the door of the box, and the scavenger will be able to enter the box with just one more step.
"Continue." Lei Yu said.
"En." Ning Gu responded.
Just as he raised his hand, the wall of fire in front suddenly let out a deafening crackling sound, like an eruption from the depths of the formation, or from all the cracks.
The ground under his feet shook violently, making it almost impossible to stand still.
"Lei Yu!" The group leader's voice came from the intercom, "What's wrong? I'll take someone there right away."
"Don't come here yet, the situation and scope are unclear!" Lei Yu said, "The loading will be completed immediately, we can retreat, don't come here!"
A huge black shadow rose from the wall of fire behind Lei Yu.
"Captain!" Long Biao raised his weapon and fired at the wall of fire.
Lei Yu didn't look back, he rushed to the side for a few steps before turning around and shooting.
Ning Gu looked at the black shadow in the fire wall, this was no ordinary scavenger, it was the first time they saw such a large black shadow in the fire.
"Ning Gu hurry up!" Long Biao shouted.
Ning Gu suddenly took away the golden light, but the scavenger in the light suddenly stood still and stopped moving, allowing the golden light to burst out on him.
If it is recovered further, the scavenger may be directly killed by the ability.
"He didn't move." Ning Gu said, "Did we... alarm the leader?"
"Give up!" Lei Yu ordered decisively, "Give up!"
Ning Gu has no ability to take it back.
He looked at the shadows in the firelight.
If they had already alarmed the thing behind the scavenger, then judging by the state of this thing, they would absolutely not want them to capture the scavenger alive. If they gave up this time, they might not have a chance.
Ning Gu gritted his teeth, and suddenly stretched out his hand to push the scavenger who had already walked in front of the loading box.
At the same time, the golden light that erupted under his feet quickly spread towards the crack and exploded along the fire.
Every bet will win!
But this hand push feels a little strange.
The scavenger is not considered to be a physical thing, and it will only disappear quickly after being beaten to death, but if it is said to have no physical body, Ning Gu feels that this push is not pushed into the air.
Just as he was about to take back his hand, his vision suddenly darkened.
All the light disappeared, and he seemed to be standing in front of a black curtain.
A picture flickered in the darkness ahead.
Pushing towards him bit by bit, like a holographic image with a bad signal.
When the picture was suddenly pushed to his eyes and zoomed in, Ning Gu saw a black figure sitting on a huge chair, with countless thin tubes wrapped in black mist extending into the darkness in all directions. .
He opened his eyes wide, trying to see the face of the figure on the chair clearly.
He wanted to see what this man looked like.
When the figure flashed in front of him, he kept staring at it.
He didn't want to believe it.
But it must be clarified.
That familiar, intensely familiar feeling.
But still can't see clearly.
The figure is always just a blur of black.
Ning Gu slowly raised his hand.
Make a fist hard.
A series of small light spots flashed under the skin on the back of the hand.
Then he saw the same small light spot flashing at the position of the black shadow hand on the chair.
"Lianchuan."
"What are you talking about! Don't be in a daze! Ning Gu!" Lei Yu's voice was clearly transmitted into Ning Gu's ears through the communicator, "Go!"
Then Ning Gu heard the sound of the A01 engine.
When he turned his head, Lei Yu's car had already parked beside him, and the loading box had been placed behind Long Biao's car.
"Are you okay?" Lei Yu grabbed Ning Gu's arm and dragged him to the back seat.
"It's okay." Ning Gu came back to his senses. After he sat down, he looked around. There was no huge black shadow in the wall of fire, and there was no scavenger. "Has the scavenger been caught?"
"I got it," Long Biao said, with a hint of anger in his voice, "don't be so impulsive in the future, what if something goes wrong with that push just now! It's too dangerous! Think about the overall situation! You are our greatest hope now !"
"En." Ning Gu responded, "Where's that black shadow?"
"I was forced back by your ability," Lei Yu said, "When the ability exploded, the black shadow was pushed back into the crack... Are you okay? Don't remember?"
"I'm a little... dizzy." Ning Gu said.
"Help me up," Lei Yu said, "We're going to the City Affairs Office now. The cleaning team is sending Chunsan over there. The City Affairs Office has a medical cabin. If you can't move it, go check it out."
Ning Gu didn't speak any more.
In my ears were the crackling sound of the main city being burned, the sound of the wind carrying smoke and dust, and the voice of Long Biao reporting the location of the scavengers from time to time.
But there is always only the picture in the darkness.
The string of light spots on the back of Sombra's hand.
He will never forget that string of light spots no matter what, even if he dies a thousand times.
That is Lian Chuan's number, there is no mistake.
He couldn't remember the way, and couldn't remember the faces of many people, but he couldn't remember the number wrongly.
He had memorized the number the first time it flashed on the church screen, and he would never forget it.
That shadow is Lian Chuan.
He had sensed it the first time he saw it.
Even if it's just a silhouette, he can recognize Lian Chuan.
And that string of light spots confirmed his feeling.
Why is Lian Chuan there
what is that place
Is it the scavenger's lair
Why is Lian Chuan there
Look at those pipes and Lian Chuan's seemingly unrestricted or even somewhat relaxed sitting posture... Is the scavenger controlled by Lian Chuan
how is this possible
but…
The scavengers did appear after they entered the dewdrops and Lian Chuan disappeared.
What causality is this? What is the logic
Ning Gu stared blankly ahead.
"Jiuyi, you go to a place where there are no people." Ning Gu stood at the corner of the laboratory.
Chun San and several staff members were using the mechanical arm to put the loading box into the experimental cabin, and the cleaning team members were nervously holding up their weapons.
He contacted Nine Wings through the special channel of Bat.
"I'm on the top of the molten pipe," Jiuyi finished, and suddenly shouted, "Lonely—"
"I saw Lian Chuan." Ning Gu said.
"Where?" Nine Wings went mad instantly.
"When we were catching the scavenger, a big thing came out of the fire," Ning Gu said, "I pushed the scavenger into the box in a hurry..."
"Consciousness contact again," Jiu Yi said, "Where did you see Lian Chuan? What's his state?"
"He..." Ning Gu glanced at the busy people, turned his body sideways, and said in a low voice, "I feel like he is controlling the scavenger."
There was no sound from Nine Wings.
"Nine Wings?" Ning Gu called him in a low voice, "How could this happen? How could it be Lian Chuan? Is the scavenger chosen by each world to control it? Isn't there a special person in charge?"
"Maybe it's always been Lian Chuan," Jiu Yi said.
"What do you mean?" Ning Gu was stunned, "Lian Chuan is only in my world! He is mine!"
"No one is robbing you," Jiuyi clicked his tongue, and after a moment of silence, he said again, "There is no time, no cause and effect, no logic, these worlds are just countless random ouroboros, I don't know which sentence, which One step, one move, will appear."
Ning Gu didn't speak, Jiuyi probably felt that he didn't understand, and added: "You can be the beginning or the end, this is not the first time you have encountered such a situation, who knows if it is you Created a scavenger?”
Ning Gu's whole body was stunned by Jiu Yi's words.
"What should I do?" Ning Gu asked.
"I don't know," Jiu Yi said, "If there is a way, it can only be you."
"Get ready to unpack." Chunsan said, "Pay attention to the reading."
"Aunt Chun." Ning Gu stopped Chun San who was about to press the start button.
"What's the matter?" Chunsan looked at him.
"I want to go in." Ning Gu said.
"What?" Chunsan looked at him in surprise, "What did you say?"
"I want to go in." Ning Gu said.
"What are you doing in there?" Lei Yu walked over, "What happened to you just now?"
"Let me go in," Ning Gu said, "I'm going...to meet the leader of the scavengers."