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"When did they return?" Chen Fei walked into the laboratory.
"Half a month ago," Chun San glanced at the data that was constantly updating on the screen, turned his chair, and turned back to look at him, "There has been no new news since then."
"Are there any results from the data analysis?" Chen Fei asked.
"There are a lot of molten fire reserves across the border, but we don't have enough conversion equipment right now," Chun San replied, "Even if we had the equipment, transportation would be a huge problem."
"If the area before the main city can be covered there, there should be a passage that was once laid," Chen Fei said, "We can send a detection team out."
"Manpower and time are both in short supply for us right now. The primary problem we need to solve right now is probably not energy." Chun San frowned and turned to look at the window. The window was closed, and he could only see a dim light, but he could hear a lot of noises. The core area, which was once heavily guarded, is now filled with refugees.
Fade Chen walked to the window and looked out. After a while, he turned and walked towards the door. "I will take care of these. You continue with your work... I hope Lian Chuan and Ning Gu can bring us more surprises."
"Don't we need to report these to Chun San?" Ning Gu half-knelt on the ground, looking down at his hands.
"Don't report it yet," Lian Chuan said. "The information is public and anyone with permission can see it. These things... must be kept confidential until we can determine what they mean."
Ning Gu nodded. The thing in his hand looked familiar yet unfamiliar to him.
I have seen it, but not really seen it.
It was a mass of withered grass with crusted soil.
In their world, this is something that cannot exist in the wilderness.
And now, this was the second pile he had picked up, moving from the other side of the endless border when they began to return in the other direction, wanting to explore a wider area.
The reason why I say moving is because there is dead silence here, no sound, no wind, and all the detached fragments seem to be moving slowly and disappearing into the darkness.
These two clumps of dead grass came in the opposite direction of falling from the ground.
For a moment it was unclear whether it was the world beneath their feet that was moving, or the dry grass.
"How much reserves do we have?" Ning Gu asked.
Lian Chuan glanced at him and said nothing.
"If we don't go there," Ning Gu said, "we'll never know for sure what this thing means."
"If we can get back in time," Lian Chuan said, "we'll probably only be able to drink water for the last few days before we get back to the main city."
"As long as there is water," Ning Gu stood up and put the two pieces of dry grass in his hand together with the soil.
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"When did they return?" Chen Fei walked into the laboratory.
"Half a month ago," Chun San glanced at the data that was constantly updating on the screen, turned his chair, and turned back to look at him, "There has been no new news since then."
"Are there any results from the data analysis?" Chen Fei asked.
"There are a lot of molten fire reserves across the border, but we don't have enough conversion equipment right now," Chun San replied, "Even if we had the equipment, transportation would be a huge problem."
"If the area before the main city can be covered there, there should be a passage that was once laid," Chen Fei said, "We can send a detection team out."
"Manpower and time are both in short supply for us right now. The primary problem we need to solve right now is probably not energy." Chun San frowned and turned to look at the window. The window was closed, and he could only see a dim light, but he could hear a lot of noises. The core area, which was once heavily guarded, is now filled with refugees.
Fade Chen walked to the window and looked out. After a while, he turned and walked towards the door. "I will take care of these. You continue with your work... I hope Lian Chuan and Ning Gu can bring us more surprises."
"Don't we need to report these to Chun San?" Ning Gu half-knelt on the ground, looking down at his hands.
"Don't report it yet," Lian Chuan said. "The information is public and anyone with permission can see it. These things... must be kept confidential until we can determine what they mean."
Ning Gu nodded. The thing in his hand looked familiar yet unfamiliar to him.
I have seen it, but not really seen it.
It was a mass of withered grass with crusted soil.
In their world, this is something that cannot exist in the wilderness.
And now, this was the second pile he had picked up, moving from the other side of the endless border when they began to return in the other direction, wanting to explore a wider area.
The reason why I say moving is because there is dead silence here, no sound, no wind, and all the detached fragments seem to be moving slowly and disappearing into the darkness.
These two clumps of dead grass came in the opposite direction of falling from the ground.
For a moment it was unclear whether it was the world beneath their feet that was moving, or the dry grass.
"How much reserves do we have?" Ning Gu asked.
Lian Chuan glanced at him and said nothing.
"If we don't go there," Ning Gu said, "we'll never know for sure what this thing means."
"If we can get back in time," Lian Chuan said, "we'll probably only be able to drink water for the last few days before we get back to the main city."
"As long as there is water," Ning Gu stood up and put the two pieces of dry grass and soil in his hand into the water.
“What if there’s another Luzhu ahead,” Ning Gu said, “We’re in a mess right now, and I don’t know if we can handle it.”
"Are you a mess?" Lian Chuan asked, "Am I a mess?"
"No." Ning Gu smiled.
Fulu and Shouxi went up and down the cliff of the Lost Valley and kicked down several refugees who tried to climb into the Lost Valley when the bats were guarding.
"More and more," said Fulu.
"That's two more than yesterday," Suki said.
After the war, all levels and divisions were broken. In places that the main city system and armed forces could not fully control, small groups with similar but different goals continued to gather, and the establishment and destruction of order were happening every day.
The Black Iron Wasteland has changed from a forbidden land to a tourist destination for seeking vitality and supplies, and the Lost Valley, which once provided a large amount of illegal trade materials to the main city, is considered by many to be an inexhaustible treasure trove.
"Tell Chen Fei," Jiu Yi squatted on a pillar at the top of Lost Valley, "If he doesn't send people to seal off the city boundary before tomorrow afternoon, I will just blow up a wall there."
This pillar was newly built by Jiuyi so that he could stand higher. Now he could clearly see the two halves of the wreckage above the main city, as well as the gloomy main city under the wreckage, which was filled with smoke and dust that might take several months or even longer to dissipate.
Although electricity has been restored to a certain extent, daylight cannot yet be restored to its previous level, not to mention the constant temperature system that the people in the main city have long been accustomed to.
"There is a bomb shelter there." Fulu leaned on the middle of the pillar and raised his head to remind him.
"It's still very high!" Suki shouted from below.
"Then I will kill people." Jiuyi tapped the pillar twice with his fingers.
No matter how chaotic it is, each force needs to ensure the restoration of order within its own area. He doesn't care what the main city and travelers will do, he only makes sure that the Lost Valley will not be disturbed.
"Long Biao, take a team of people over there," Lei Yu ordered on the intercom, "Chun San will give priority to restoring the city boundary warning system. Before that, you must control the refugees and prevent them from passing through."
"Shitu Valley is quite overbearing." Long Biao said, "Got it."
"These are necessary boundaries," Lei Yu said. "If the various forces want to cooperate, there must be rules."
"Understood." Long Biao shook his head, "Team One, follow me."
Lian Chuan leaned against a protruding piece of black iron and looked at the darkness ahead.
The fragments disappeared so slowly that it was almost impossible to notice if you didn't stare at a particular piece. Time seemed to have stopped in such a scene where it was difficult to see the changes.
Only when he heard Ning Gu's footsteps coming from behind him did Lian Chuan feel the reality.
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“What if there’s another Luzhu ahead,” Ning Gu said, “We’re in a mess right now, and I don’t know if we can handle it.”
"Are you a mess?" Lian Chuan asked, "Am I a mess?"
"No." Ning Gu smiled.
Fulu and Shouxi went up and down the cliff of the Lost Valley and kicked down several refugees who tried to climb into the Lost Valley when the bats were guarding.
"More and more," said Fulu.
"That's two more than yesterday," Suki said.
After the war, all levels and divisions were broken. In places that the main city system and armed forces could not fully control, small groups with similar but different goals continued to gather, and the establishment and destruction of order were happening every day.
The Black Iron Wasteland has changed from a forbidden land to a tourist destination for seeking vitality and supplies, and the Lost Valley, which once provided a large amount of illegal trade materials to the main city, is considered by many to be an inexhaustible treasure trove.
"Tell Chen Fei," Jiu Yi squatted on a pillar at the top of Lost Valley, "If he doesn't send people to seal off the city boundary before tomorrow afternoon, I will just blow up a wall there."
This pillar was newly built by Jiuyi so that he could stand higher. Now he could clearly see the two halves of the wreckage above the main city, as well as the gloomy main city under the wreckage, which was filled with smoke and dust that might take several months or even longer to dissipate.
Although electricity has been restored to a certain extent, daylight cannot yet be restored to its previous level, not to mention the constant temperature system that the people in the main city have long been accustomed to.
"There is a bomb shelter there." Fulu leaned on the middle of the pillar and raised his head to remind him.
"It's still very high!" Suki shouted from below.
"Then I will kill people." Jiuyi tapped the pillar twice with his fingers.
No matter how chaotic it is, each force needs to ensure the restoration of order within its own area. He doesn't care what the main city and travelers will do, he only makes sure that the Lost Valley will not be disturbed.
"Long Biao, take a team of people over there," Lei Yu ordered on the intercom, "Chun San will give priority to restoring the city boundary warning system. Before that, you must control the refugees and prevent them from passing through."
"Shitu Valley is quite overbearing." Long Biao said, "Got it."
"These are necessary boundaries," Lei Yu said. "If the various forces want to cooperate, there must be rules."
"Understood." Long Biao shook his head, "Team One, follow me."
Lian Chuan leaned against a protruding piece of black iron and looked at the darkness ahead.
The fragments disappeared so slowly that it was almost impossible to notice if you didn't stare at a particular piece. Time seemed to have stopped in such a scene where it was difficult to see the changes.
Only when he heard Ning Gu's footsteps coming from behind him did Lian Chuan feel the reality.
Said, "It's like light coming through the edge."
"There must be something inside." As Ning Gu said this, the two began to retreat, and a large amount of golden light spread on the ground.
After standing still, Ning Gu even raised a golden light shield in front of the two of them.
"Don't waste your time like that," Lian Chuan said, "It'll take at least half an hour for it to come over."
"Are you asking me to save my energy and prepare for a fight?" Ning Gu turned his head. "You think this thing is dangerous, right?"
"I didn't sense any living creature." Lian Chuan said.
"Maybe it's a box of food," Ning Gu said, "The food in a world with green grass must be delicious."
"Some of them have deteriorated." Lian Chuan said.
"It was sent here frozen." Ning Gu insisted.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, treating it as a giant box of food, they finally figured out what it was.
This is a room.
A square room, as if it was cut out from a building.
There is a door but no windows.
The outlines of the surroundings can be seen clearly, they are not smooth and have some incompleteness, and the light coming through should be the cracks in the wall.
"Has this world been destroyed?" Ning Gu whispered, his voice a little hoarse.
He did not hope that this unidentified object would bring him a passage to another world. In this chaotic and desperate world, any unknown was dangerous, but he also did not want to see destruction again.
The panicked and desperate cries of the people when the main city fell, the people who were cut off forever and would never meet again, and the shock brought to him by the disappearance of the world in the dewdrops, were all scenes he didn't want to see again.
"Try to see if you can touch it." Lian Chuan also whispered, "If it's dangerous, don't let it get close."
"Yeah." Ning Gu stared at the front. A beam of dark silver light cut through the darkness and rushed straight to the room in the distance.
A few seconds later it hit the right side of the outer wall.
The room, which had been motionless, shook and then began to rotate slowly counterclockwise.
This change made Ning Gu nervous, and he subconsciously wanted to stand in front of Lian Chuan.
Lian Chuan probably had the same idea, and the two of them took a step forward at the same time and bumped into each other.
"You cover me." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu didn't argue with him, and a light flashed at his fingertips.
Because of the external force, the mysterious room rotated much faster than it moved towards this side, and soon it turned sideways facing them.
"Window." Ning Gu said.
There was a half-open window on the side, but the curtains were tightly drawn.
After the room continued to rotate a few degrees, the two saw a brighter light.
"There must be something inside." As Ning Gu said this, the two began to retreat, and a large amount of golden light spread on the ground.
After standing still, Ning Gu even raised a golden light shield in front of the two of them.
"Don't waste your time like that," Lian Chuan said, "It'll take at least half an hour for it to come over."
"Are you asking me to save my energy and prepare for a fight?" Ning Gu turned his head. "You think this thing is dangerous, right?"
"I didn't sense any living creature." Lian Chuan said.
"Maybe it's a box of food," Ning Gu said, "The food in a world with green grass must be delicious."
"Some of them have deteriorated." Lian Chuan said.
"It was sent here frozen." Ning Gu insisted.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, treating it as a giant box of food, they finally figured out what it was.
This is a room.
A square room, as if it was cut out from a building.
There is a door but no windows.
The outlines of the surroundings can be seen clearly, they are not smooth and have some incompleteness, and the light coming through should be the cracks in the wall.
"Has this world been destroyed?" Ning Gu whispered, his voice a little hoarse.
He did not hope that this unidentified object would bring him a passage to another world. In this chaotic and desperate world, any unknown was dangerous, but he also did not want to see destruction again.
The panicked and desperate cries of the people when the main city fell, the people who were cut off forever and would never meet again, and the shock brought to him by the disappearance of the world in the dewdrops, were all scenes he didn't want to see again.
"Try to see if you can touch it." Lian Chuan also whispered, "If it's dangerous, don't let it get close."
"Yeah." Ning Gu stared at the front. A beam of dark silver light cut through the darkness and rushed straight to the room in the distance.
A few seconds later it hit the right side of the outer wall.
The room, which had been motionless, shook and then began to rotate slowly counterclockwise.
This change made Ning Gu nervous, and he subconsciously wanted to stand in front of Lian Chuan.
Lian Chuan probably had the same idea, and the two of them took a step forward at the same time and bumped into each other.
"You cover me." Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu didn't argue with him, and a light flashed at his fingertips.
Because of the external force, the mysterious room rotated much faster than it moved towards this side, and soon it turned sideways facing them.
"Window." Ning Gu said.
There was a half-open window on the side, but the curtains were tightly drawn.
After the room continued to rotate a few degrees, the two saw a brighter
When Gu looked up from the man's feet, he saw that his clothes on the side of his body were torn in several places, and there were several wounds in his clothes that extended from the waist to the neck like claw marks.
"That's..." When Ning Gu was about to speak, Lian Chuan raised his hand and pressed it on his mouth.
“There is a sound.”
Ning Gu stopped suddenly. At the same time Lian Chuan said this, he heard another sound mixed in with the clicking sound.
It's the sound of people talking.
To be precise, it was the sound of a person roaring.
The transition from low to high sound only takes two or three seconds.
"It's a ghost town—"
These three short words, from the moment he heard them to the moment he understood them, did not give him any buffer, and came crashing down on him with fear and despair.
Then there was another sound.
"It's a ghost town—"
Ning Gu felt his breathing becoming less smooth. He couldn't tell whether it was the excitement brought by hearing this familiar name, or the fear brought by this tragic scream.
And the sound did not stop.
Just like the broadcast that was played over and over again in the sky above the main city, it kept repeating.
It's a ghost town.
It's a ghost town.
Until the entire room completely disappeared in the black iron fragments and Lian Chuan pulled Ning Gu back, Ning Gu had not yet recovered from the sound.
"What did you hear?" Ning Gu asked when they returned to their car.
"It's a ghost town," Lian Chuan handed him a bottle of water, "This should be a moment in a certain world that has been frozen."
"Is it the same ghost town?" Ning Gu slowly withdrew his gaze and fell on Lian Chuan's face.
"Did you see the wound on the dead man?" Lian Chuan asked.
"I see," Ning Gu said, "the wounds are very similar to those caused by the attack by the indigenous people."
"Not very similar," Lian Chuan looked at him, "but they are the same."
"Can I guess this," Ning Gu said after a long silence, "This is my ghost town. It has not left, but the destruction has begun. Cars will not come anymore, and they have no way to get here."
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded.
"The ghost town is not destroyed," Ning Gu said, "They can even destroy others."
Lian Chuan didn't say anything.
"But it doesn't make sense." Ning Gu frowned.
"You think that Lin Fan, Lao Gui and other travelers who stayed in the ghost town," Lian Chuan looked at him, "would not do such a thing, nor would they allow the natives to do such a thing."
"Don't you think so?" Ning Gu also looked at him.
"Unless..." Lian Chuan did not finish this sentence, "After all, we only saw the aborigines. When Gu looked up from the man's feet, he saw that his clothes on the side of his body were torn in several places, and there were several wounds in his clothes that extended from the waist to the neck like claw marks.
"That's..." When Ning Gu was about to speak, Lian Chuan raised his hand and pressed it on his mouth.
“There is a sound.”
Ning Gu stopped suddenly. At the same time Lian Chuan said this, he heard another sound mixed in with the clicking sound.
It's the sound of people talking.
To be precise, it was the sound of a person roaring.
The transition from low to high sound only takes two or three seconds.
"It's a ghost town—"
These three short words, from the moment he heard them to the moment he understood them, did not give him any buffer, and came crashing down on him with fear and despair.
Then there was another sound.
"It's a ghost town—"
Ning Gu felt his breathing becoming less smooth. He couldn't tell whether it was the excitement brought by hearing this familiar name, or the fear brought by this tragic scream.
And the sound did not stop.
Just like the broadcast that was played over and over again in the sky above the main city, it kept repeating.
It's a ghost town.
It's a ghost town.
Until the entire room completely disappeared in the black iron fragments and Lian Chuan pulled Ning Gu back, Ning Gu had not yet recovered from the sound.
"What did you hear?" Ning Gu asked when they returned to their car.
"It's a ghost town," Lian Chuan handed him a bottle of water, "This should be a moment in a certain world that has been frozen."
"Is it the same ghost town?" Ning Gu slowly withdrew his gaze and fell on Lian Chuan's face.
"Did you see the wound on the dead man?" Lian Chuan asked.
"I see," Ning Gu said, "the wounds are very similar to those caused by the attack by the indigenous people."
"Not very similar," Lian Chuan looked at him, "but they are the same."
"Can I guess this," Ning Gu said after a long silence, "This is my ghost town. It has not left, but the destruction has begun. Cars will not come anymore, and they have no way to get here."
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded.
"The ghost town is not destroyed," Ning Gu said, "They can even destroy others."
Lian Chuan didn't say anything.
"But it doesn't make sense." Ning Gu frowned.
"You think that Lin Fan, Lao Gui and other travelers who stayed in the ghost town," Lian Chuan looked at him, "would not do such a thing, nor would they allow the natives to do such a thing."
"Don't you think so?" Ning Gu also looked at him.
"Unless..." Lian Chuan did not finish his sentence, "After all, we only saw the aborigines.
The fingertips made a slight buzzing sound, almost inaudible in the strong wind.
Jiuyi suddenly folded his wings and landed on the ground. Amid the broken iron that was splashed by his smash, the second buzzing sound of his finger piercing became much clearer.
He lowered his hand and tapped the ground lightly with his fingertips.
After waiting for a long time, there was no response from the other side.
"It's right in front," Lian Chuan said, "Have a bite."
Ning Gu took the last box of rations, pinched a piece and put it in his mouth, and handed the rest to him.
"Eat half of it." Lian Chuan said.
"Not hungry." Ning Gu said.
"We'll be there soon," Lian Chuan said, "There's no need to be so..."
"Then don't eat it." Ning Gu took the box back, lowered his head and took a few bites. There was only a small piece left in the box. He glanced at Lian Chuan and said, "This is your last chance."
Lian Chuan opened his mouth and Ning Gu threw the last piece of ration into his mouth.
"There's someone in front." Lian Chuan swallowed the ration.
"Who?" Ning Gu moved closer to the screen, and a blurry shadow appeared on the detection screen.
"Nine wings." Lian Chuan said.
The only person who could leave the main city so far without any tools and reach the depths of the Black Iron Wasteland was Jiu Yi.
"Does he miss us?" Ning Gu looked at the front of the car.
I don’t know why, but after coming back from this trip, Ning Gu felt a little bit of anticipation to see Jiuyi again. It was the kind of anticipation that didn’t belong to either a friend or a comrade-in-arms, and there was also a bit of annoyance in the anticipation.
Jiu Yi squatted on the black iron wasteland like a statue.
When Lian Chuan and Ning Gu got out of the car, he took his eyes off his hands and looked up at them.
"Where is the finger prick?" Jiuyi stood up.
"It's in your hand." Ning Gu said.
"The one I gave you." Jiu Yi said.
Ning Gu paused. Jiuyi's appearance just now and the first sentence they said when they met made him feel nervous. He turned around and looked at Lian Chuan.
"It's buried at the border, in a material box," Lian Chuan said, with no expression on his face. "It won't be touched unless someone opens it."
Jiu Yi looked at him.
"When did the noise happen?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Two hours ago." Jiu Yi said.
"Did you respond?" Lian Chuan asked again.
"Yes," Jiu Yi responded, "but there are no more changes over there. What did you do? Where is the border?"
Ning Gu took out the broken piece of black iron from his pocket, slowly opened his palm and handed it to Jiu Yi: "Our world is breaking apart bit by bit."
Jiuyi looked at the broken pieces in his palm: "What else?"
"A world that may be destroyed by the ghost town.
The fingertips made a slight buzzing sound, almost inaudible in the strong wind.
Jiuyi suddenly folded his wings and landed on the ground. Amid the broken iron that was splashed by his smash, the second buzzing sound of his finger piercing became much clearer.
He lowered his hand and tapped the ground lightly with his fingertips.
After waiting for a long time, there was no response from the other side.
"It's right in front," Lian Chuan said, "Have a bite."
Ning Gu took the last box of rations, pinched a piece and put it in his mouth, and handed the rest to him.
"Eat half of it." Lian Chuan said.
"Not hungry." Ning Gu said.
"We'll be there soon," Lian Chuan said, "There's no need to be so..."
"Then don't eat it." Ning Gu took the box back, lowered his head and took a few bites. There was only a small piece left in the box. He glanced at Lian Chuan and said, "This is your last chance."
Lian Chuan opened his mouth and Ning Gu threw the last piece of ration into his mouth.
"There's someone in front." Lian Chuan swallowed the ration.
"Who?" Ning Gu moved closer to the screen, and a blurry shadow appeared on the detection screen.
"Nine wings." Lian Chuan said.
The only person who could leave the main city so far without any tools and reach the depths of the Black Iron Wasteland was Jiu Yi.
"Does he miss us?" Ning Gu looked at the front of the car.
I don’t know why, but after coming back from this trip, Ning Gu felt a little bit of anticipation to see Jiuyi again. It was the kind of anticipation that didn’t belong to either a friend or a comrade-in-arms, and there was also a bit of annoyance in the anticipation.
Jiu Yi squatted on the black iron wasteland like a statue.
When Lian Chuan and Ning Gu got out of the car, he took his eyes off his hands and looked up at them.
"Where is the finger prick?" Jiuyi stood up.
"It's in your hand." Ning Gu said.
"The one I gave you." Jiu Yi said.
Ning Gu paused. Jiuyi's appearance just now and the first sentence they said when they met made him feel nervous. He turned around and looked at Lian Chuan.
"It's buried at the border, in a material box," Lian Chuan said, with no expression on his face. "It won't be touched unless someone opens it."
Jiu Yi looked at him.
"When did the noise happen?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Two hours ago." Jiu Yi said.
"Did you respond?" Lian Chuan asked again.
"Yes," Jiu Yi responded, "but there are no more changes over there. What did you do? Where is the border?"
Ning Gu took out the broken piece of black iron from his pocket, slowly opened his palm and handed it to Jiu Yi: "Our world is breaking apart bit by bit."
Jiuyi looked at the broken pieces in his palm: "What else?"
“A world that might have been wiped out by a ghost town.