13
Except for those who have dealt with Lian Chuan directly, those who have only heard of Lian Chuan through rumors actually do not truly understand how dangerous he is.
Li Xiang knew it was Lian Chuan from the way the hyenas attacked the exit. If they needed to be dispersed, other hyenas might just fire a shot at the exit, using strong light or mist.
Lian Chuan only used the soles of his shoes to dispel this round.
The crack on the ground with flying debris was scratched by him with the sole of his shoe. The equipment was strong enough to do it, but the burst of power and skills required were not something an ordinary hyena could do.
After Ning Gu got up, he glanced at Lian Chuan first. If he was going to die, he would die at this moment.
Protect Ninggu.
Nothing can happen to him.
There was a huge thrust behind him. It was the regiment commander. Li Xiang almost flew out with the force and blocked Ning Gu at the moment Lian Chuan's weapon was fired.
A beam of blue light exploded into a wall of shining golden light one meter in front of him.
"Li Xiang!" Ning Gu ran towards Li Xiang.
But just as he took a step, a black shadow rushed over from the left. He felt a sharp pain in his left arm and stomach. He looked down and saw a long black wound. It was going to split him in two. If he hadn't stopped quickly...
He glanced to the right and saw that the caracal had turned its head, lowered its front paws, and was staring at him intently.
Li Xiang.
Lian Chuan tilted his head, then the captain...
Lian Chuan was a little surprised when the team leader rushed out from the exit.
It was not surprising that the team leader and Li Xiang would appear together. They had been partners for many years, one in attack and one in defense. However, it was a bit surprising that they would come out for Ning Gu at the same time.
Many travelers are not afraid of death. They have different ideas about life and death. As long as it is exciting enough, life and death are just one of the endings. They are all foreseeable, but you can't choose them.
So many times, they would not risk their lives to save people, especially in this situation, when two core figures took action...
Lian Chuan didn't hesitate and rushed out with his legs kicked.
The captain launched the first wave of attacks before he could even stand firmly, creating a deep hole in the ground. The solid ground could still feel the powerful vibration of the blow.
But Lianchuan was no longer there.
When Ning Gu could see clearly, Lian Chuan had already appeared in a position where he could face Li Xiang. He could take one step to shake hands with Li Xiang and say nice to meet him.
The defense has been uninterrupted since the beginning. As far as Ning Gu knows, the hyena's weapons cannot break Li Xiang's defense. But Lian Chuan is not an ordinary hyena after all. He attacks before even finishing his lines. He cannot be judged by the standards of an ordinary hyena.
Ning Gu's heart was beating fast. Besides being nervous, he also had a deep understanding that he was "a waste in the main city."
Lian Chuan suddenly jumped up, leaned backward, and after jumping into the air, he kicked Li Xiang upwards.
He kicked a spark into the empty air.
That was the boundary of Li Xiang's defense.
The captain's second attack came right after he leaped up, and ripples of vibration could be seen in the air.
But Lian Chuan dodged again. When Ning Gu saw him, he had already appeared diagonally above him. No one could react when he accelerated his fall.
Li Xiang could defend against attacks from weapons, but not from this person.
Ning Gu didn't expect that the first time he entered the main city, he would have the opportunity to greet the hyena Lian Chuan face to face.
Lian Chuan's face was just two fists away from him.
Before, half of his face was always covered by the muzzle of the gun, but now, except for the eyes, everything can be seen clearly.
At this distance between the two, the captain's overly rough attack ability could no longer be used, and Ning Gu could not escape.
Just die, who’s afraid of that
Who knows if there is another world
Lian Chuan tilted his head slightly, and when Ning Gu was taking the time to give a speech on his life, his goggles suddenly changed.
The black color gradually faded and finally disappeared.
Behind the transparent goggles, Ning Gu saw Lian Chuan's eyes.
Lin Fan's attack was like the wind, like an invisible knife, stabbing straight into the back of Lian Chuan's neck.
Li Xiang also turned sideways and pounced towards the caracal.
Lian Chuan had already passed Ning Gu and climbed onto the roof opposite.
Ning Gu fell heavily to the ground.
"Ning Gu!" Hammer rolled and crawled to Ning Gu's side. He didn't dare to touch him, but just pulled up his clothes to check.
"There's no time." Li Xiang grabbed Ning Gu's clothes on his chest and lifted him up. The team leader carried Ning Gu on his shoulders.
Although I have been to the main city several times, I have always been able to retreat safely before this time and have never encountered the hyena's hammer, so I have no idea what is going on.
From the time they escaped from the Lost Valley and fell to the ground to now, only a dozen seconds had passed, but a battle was over and Ning Gu was injured and his life was unknown.
He was completely confused.
Not only him, but all living travelers would be confused when encountering such a scene. After all, for most travelers, this would be the first time they encounter such a thing and it would be an experience that would never happen again.
Because of the riot, many travelers ran from the exits and nearby streets.
And a lot of bats followed out from the exit.
During the curfew in the main city, it is basically impossible for bats to do such a suicidal thing. Everyone knows that there are city guards at the exits of the Lost Valley in the main city at ordinary times, not to mention when travelers enter the city.
The team leader and Li Xiang led the travelers who followed them and started running out of the city.
"What did you do!" Lin Fan asked while looking around and grabbing the hammer.
Lian Chuan disappeared after jumping onto the roof, and the caracal didn’t know where he went, but Lian Chuan’s car was still there, so he must be near them.
"We didn't do anything!" Hammer shouted.
"Why are even bats chasing you when you didn't do anything?" Lin Fan raised his voice and glared at him.
"There was a madman who said Ning Gu stole his things!" Hammer said anxiously, "Isn't this bullshit! How could Ning Gu steal things! He only knows how to rob things!"
"Did you say what you stole?" Lin Fan asked again.
"No," Hammer frowned, "I just called him a thief..."
Lian Chuan was on the roof, following the retreating travelers towards the Black Iron Wasteland. On the intercom, he could hear the team members informing each other of their locations and situations.
The city guards have already started chasing after him.
As long as the travelers do not cause major damage to the main city, in order to avoid casualties during a large-scale retreat, they will not participate in stopping it. The city guards will only drive them away and warn them to prevent travelers from leaving the main force and staying in the main city.
"Traveler Ning Gu has received the message." Lei Yu's voice came from the intercom.
"Got it." Lian Chuan replied.
Lei Yu then switched to the private channel: "Did you find anything unusual?"
"No," Lian Chuan replied, "There was nothing unusual after the attack attempt."
"Just lost consciousness?" Lei Yu asked.
"Yes." Lian Chuan answered, staring at the travelers on the road below who were screaming and running, not sure whether they were afraid or excited. Li Xiang's defense was very strong, which affected the scanning results. Now he could no longer find the location of the team leader and Ning Gu.
"Don't worry about what happens next. You and the boss will gather the troops," Lei Yu said. "I will send his biological materials to the Internal Defense Department immediately."
"I understand." Lian Chuan gestured to the boss, then looked down at the sealed bottle fixed on his leg, which contained a small piece of skin tissue torn from Ning Gu's waist.
The weapon seized from Ning Gu before was confirmed to be a second-generation interference weapon that had been eliminated before the Traveler was driven out of the main city, but its real purpose was to cause the cleanup team to self-destruct in extreme situations.
According to the built-in number, the former user of this jammer was Lei Yu’s predecessor, Qi Hang.
There is a record in the public archives of the cleanup team that Qi Hang disappeared in the battle when the travelers were completely driven away. No one knows where he went or whether he is still alive.
The reappearance of this weapon confirmed at least two things in the Ministry of Internal Defense's view.
Qi Hang did not self-destruct.
Ning Gu is related to Qi Hang.
However, Lian Chuan doesn't care about these two points, he cares about two other points.
Why do the higher-ups care so much about Qi Hang
Ning Gu has a special identity.
His mission this time is to get the contents of the sealed bottle and conduct an attack test on Ning Gu. It is obvious that Ning Gu has attracted attention.
It was no longer possible to kill Ning Gu directly like killing an ordinary traveler.
So he had to use other methods just now.
"Are you awake?" The team leader was standing at the end of the carriage. Ning Gu was lying on the ground in the corner, surrounded by several people.
The train returned after a night, so they had to guard Ning Gu by the track all night. Fortunately, the hyenas and the city guards did not leave the city, but Ning Gu did not wake up.
"Not yet." Hammer replied. His brows have been furrowed ever since Ning Gu fell to the ground.
"Have you searched my body?" Lin Fan asked as he sat aside.
"Nothing," Sister Qi sighed, "Even the things we brought with us are gone."
"His bag was probably taken away by a hyena," said Hammer.
"Have you searched inside the shoes?" Lin Fan continued to ask.
Li Xiang, who had been silent the whole time, looked up at him and said, "Ask him after he wakes up. He is not a child anymore. Isn't it a bit excessive to search him like this?"
Lin Fan said nothing more.
"Lock him up when we get back," the captain said, "and don't let him leave the ghost town again."
"Where is he being held?" Li Xiang asked.
"The bell tower." said the captain.
Ning Gu had never experienced such pain before.
Tension, panic, despair, the huge pain that may suddenly strike at any second, and the endurance that cannot be moved, spoken or expressed.
Nothing happened for no reason.
Why has no one mentioned that Lian Chuan has such ability
He only felt a chaotic sound and light, human figures, and broken images all around him, as if they were forced into his brain, but he could not distinguish anything.
Lian Chuan is a dog!
He should have reacted when the goggles changed color. What kind of bullshit is this kind of cold-blooded killer suddenly showing his eyes to his opponent in the middle of a fight
Oh, he can't be called Lian Chuan's opponent, and he didn't fight with this cold-blooded murderous dog... He was beaten unilaterally.
Waist.
Lian Chuan didn't use any weapon, he just used his hands to cut a hole in his waist.
The man passed by him and, before he could even show any expression on his face, scratched the armor he was wearing under his coat, which he had exchanged with the King of Land for three glass vases.
This armor had been scratched by his cat before!
… No, the point is not this opening.
What's the point
The train returned to the ghost town, and the travelers were just as they were when they set out, with the hustle and bustle after the carnival, without the depression of losing their companions, without the pain of being injured, without the exhaustion after a chaos, like a group of electric marquees that always stepped on the ignition switch...
Nail faced the rushing crowd and stared at every excited face.
When he saw the hammer, he jumped up and ran forward, then he saw the captain walking behind the hammer and the man being carried on his shoulders.
Although he couldn't see the face, Dingzi recognized the pair of shoes. The feather he found was hidden by Ning Gu in the inner layer of the shoes.
"Ning Gu?" Dingzi's mouth trembled, "Ning Gu?"
"Go back." Hammer came over and pulled him away.
"Is that Ning Gu?" Nail struggled, "Is that Ning Gu?"
"Yes..." Hammer whispered.
Dingzi howled before he could finish his words: "Ninggu! Ninggu!"
Hammer covered his mouth and pulled him back: "He's fine! If you yell again, the captain will lock up all three of us."
"Lock him up?" Dingzi had just breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, his hair stood on end again. "Where is he locked up?"
"The clock tower," said Hammer.
"… I'm not afraid of shit!" said Dingzi, "Let's lock them up together…"
"Do you have a brain?" Hammer tightened his hand, covered his mouth, and lowered his voice, "How can he get out after being locked up!"
The nail was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.
The bell tower is located in the middle of the largest traveler's shelter No. 3. It is a cylindrical tower made of welded metal and the tallest building in the ghost town. Several metal supports that are inserted deep into the ground allow it to stand for hundreds of years in the strong winds of the ghost town.
Except for the clock on the top, there is no other facility in the clock tower. The clock is just a decoration. It does not move. There is not even a pointer, only a circle of numbers. However, let alone the ghost town, even in the main city, no one pays attention to the time.
Everyone knows one second, two seconds, three seconds, one minute and several minutes, one hour and several hours, and even longer times include ten or hundred years, but no one knows exactly what time it is.
For them, time is just a period of change with a visible beginning and end.
Or unchanged.
The bell tower was built by the first travelers to commemorate the day they left the main city.
From that day on, they lost their mornings and evenings.
"It's all right," Li Xiang checked the bandage on Ning Gu's waist, "Old Eight has taken care of it, it should be fine after a good night's sleep."
Ning Gu sat by the window with his head down, listening to the howling wind outside. This was the highest point of the bell tower, a room smaller than his small house, which was basically full with some quilts spread on the floor.
"You said the same thing as Hammer. He said he didn't see you take anything, but you said you took a ball and put it back," the team leader said. "I don't know if you two are in collusion or it's true, but I plan to believe you two."
"Thank you, uncle." Ning Gu said.
"Now we have to make sure of one thing," the leader's voice became a little stern, "You can no longer go to the main city without permission. Someone will be watching you. Once you are discovered, you will no longer have the right to leave the sanctuary."
Ning Gu looked up at him and said nothing.
"Answer me." said the captain.
Ning Gu looked at him: "You can go if you are allowed, right?"
“…Yes.” The leader nodded.
"Will you allow it?" Ning Gu asked.
Li Xiang turned his head and looked out the window.
The captain said nothing.
"Lock me up first." Ning Gu said in a muffled voice.
After the regiment commander and Li Xiang left, Ning Gu sat on the ground in a daze for a while before lying down.
The injury on my waist doesn’t hurt anymore. Just like the team leader said, it will be healed after a good night’s sleep.
But he didn't dare sleep now. As soon as he closed his eyes, he could still see the chaotic scenes from before, with children, adults, and monsters whose faces could not be seen clearly. There were all kinds of sounds in his ears, scolding, orders, and strange noises whose sentences were indistinguishable. It was like he was watching from the sidelines, but he could feel it all. The pain was more real than any fight he had had in the ghost town.
He didn't know what had happened. Why did the glance he made with Lian Chuan have such a strong impact
That's right, he didn't faint because of Lian Chuan's injury. Even with that injury, he could still fight with twenty people. Before Lian Chuan touched him, he could no longer stand because of that glance.
This trip to the main city was extremely chaotic. He felt like he was suddenly surrounded by more than ten thousand question marks.
The poet, the whisper in his ear, the little ball... But what he wanted to understand most now was the look Lian Chuan gave him.
If this is Lian Chuan's ability, the main city would not be able to accommodate him. A dog among dogs like him would definitely be the subject of strict surveillance by the main city, and there would be no abnormality at all.
It is even more impossible to use it in such a public place. They should know better why the travelers were killed back then. It was them who did it.
So this is not Lianchuan's ability
...Is it the ability of the handsome Ning Gu
Ning Gu couldn't help laughing, and the wound on his waist hurt a little from laughing.
Impossible, he is a bully in Ghost Town. It would be fine if he had no power, but when he finally got it, he abused himself? When he was confronting someone, he activated his power and fell down first...
It is considered to be the only ghost town in the world and belongs to the reformatory system.
"Don't go anywhere," Nail blocked the door and looked at Crazy Uncle, "Ning Gu comes to you all the time, you must not be crazy. Now he's locked up, won't you help him think of a solution?"
"It's better to lock him up." said the crazy uncle.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Dingzi was anxious, pointing at him, "Ning Gu has found a lot of good things for you! For so many years, no one else wanted to get close to you, but Ning Gu often came to chat with you, helped you repair the house, and even brought you food!"
"Lock him up," Crazy Uncle repeated.
"Say it again!" Nail roared.
"He shouldn't have gone." Crazy Uncle said and raised his hand.
Before Nail knew what was happening, he fell into the strong wind outside the door.
When Ning Gu jumped up from the ground, the severe pain in his body had not yet subsided. He leaned against the wall and gasped for a long time before he recovered.
I really can't sleep. Before this energy passes, sleeping would be self-torture.
But this time he no longer saw complete chaos, he saw a broken metal wall, and he saw Lianchuan's face on the metal wall.
He looked much younger, but still instantly recognizable.
Although his body was shaking with pain, his eyes were no different from Lian Chuan's now, firm and indifferent.
Ning Gu slowly sat back on the ground, he finally understood.
What he saw and felt were all Lianchuan’s memories.