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Travelers wanted to squeeze into this carriage to see what was in this black box.
Some people were worried that it was a trap set for them by the main city, and wanted to force the boxes out of the car first.
"Why don't we just take the car down first!" someone shouted, "Open it and see what it is!"
Without waiting for the commander's order, a group of people rushed forward.
The box was made of metal, heavy and smooth. Everyone was crowded together and had no place to start moving it, so they pushed it to the door of the carriage.
Ning Gu already felt that this box might contain...
He held the box with his hand, trying to stop it from falling to the ground: "Don't worry..."
Before he could finish his words, sparks suddenly exploded behind him and a row of blue beams neatly hit the ground two meters away from them.
"Hyena!" someone shouted.
"Get in the car!" said the team leader.
The box was pushed back to the center of the carriage. In this situation, the travelers would not confront the hyenas. They all jumped into the car and leaned on both sides of the carriage door looking out.
“No one was seen.”
"Hyena actually left the main city?"
"The city guards wouldn't even chase us here, so why are the hyenas here?"
"This thing was put on the car by a hyena, right?"
That's right.
Ning Gu stood next to the black box.
The box was brought by the hyena, who asked them to take it away.
Lianchuan was banished to a ghost town.
It seems the news is true.
But Ning Gu really didn't expect it to be this way.
He thought that even if they were to be expelled, they should be escorted here and held at gunpoint.
The equipment must have been dropped.
He probably wouldn't have any uniforms because he knew that Lian Chuan's uniforms were also lethal.
Maybe he came here naked.
Next, if Lian Chuan refused to get on the bus, he could still persuade him, "Little Laba, get on the bus and save your life first..."
I never expected that.
Lianchuan actually brought the car on the packaging box.
Is it really Lianchuan
Ning Gu squatted by the carriage door, staring at the blue dots of light that were flashing and dripping.
The hyenas outside never showed up. After forcing the box back into the carriage, there was silence outside. Apart from the wind and black fog, there was nothing unusual.
Several travelers jumped out of the car, climbed onto the roof, ran up and down several times, and were not attacked again.
"If you can't squeeze in, go to other carriages," Li Xiang said, "don't pile them all in here."
"What if it's some kind of lethal weapon brought by the hyenas? Maybe they'll start as soon as the car drives out," Lin Fan's voice rang out in the corner. "By then, everyone will be here, and we can just wipe them out at once."
The travelers thought it made sense and jumped out one after another. Soon there were only a dozen people left in the carriage.
The atmosphere changed instantly.
Ning Gu lowered his eyelids and continued to stare at the blue light in his peripheral vision.
But he could feel his breathing becoming lighter.
Many of the remaining people in the carriage were "elders" who he was familiar with and whom he would avoid if he did anything bad.
However, perhaps because there were still some ordinary travelers there and many of them were injured, the group leaders did not immediately ask him about the details of his stay in the main city.
When the train started moving, deafening cheers and screams rang out again all around. Many travelers rushed to the door of the carriage and threw out the small rags they were carrying.
Broken belt buckles, metal spikes on shoes, torn gloves, hats...
They rushed into the main city, and rushed to area C under the firepower of the main city, rescued their companions, and then retreated under the firepower, returning successfully.
This is something worth celebrating, for the travelers who returned alive, and for the travelers who stayed in the main city and died, or who have not yet died but will eventually die.
Ning Gu looked up and glanced at the people around him.
Those who escorted him out of the main city looked exhausted, with black wounds on their faces and bodies clearly visible, but no one noticed him.
It's just saving a companion. You may not save him under normal circumstances, but if you have to save him, you will risk your life to save him. As for who this companion is or what happened to him, no one will care. As long as you feel happy, it's fine.
Ning Gu didn't even need to express any gratitude to these people.
After leaving the ghost town, he realized how comfortable it was to be with these crazy people who didn't care about anything.
But what he needs to face next is not something that can be solved casually.
There is a high probability that Lianchuan is in the box.
The first hyena in the main city is feared by travelers but also hated by them.
Lying defenseless in this box.
Ning Gu didn’t dare to imagine what the scene would be like once it was opened.
The noisy travelers in the other carriages gradually quieted down. After all, everyone was a little tired from the journey.
Li Xiang stood next to the black box and examined it carefully.
This box is somewhat similar to the boxes used to carry experimental samples sent from the main city in the past. They are both black sealed boxes, but this one is larger and much heavier, and it is obvious that there is a more complex device inside.
If it is an experimental product, we can only say that this experimental product is extraordinary.
But the goods between the main city and the group leader had never been transported so openly, in front of all the travelers.
Li Xiang turned around and walked to the head of the group and glanced at him.
"I haven't received any news." said the captain.
"Any guesses?" Li Xiang asked in a low voice, "It's unlikely that this is just a... experimental subject."
"The hyenas are acting abnormally today," the team leader glanced at Lin Fan, "You didn't encounter any over there, did you?"
Lin Fan walked over slowly, covering his mouth with his hand, and faced the wall of the carriage: "No, I don't think this is an experimental subject."
"Yeah." The captain responded.
"There have been precedents of expulsion in the main city before," Lin Fan still covered his mouth, his voice vague, "although it was not in this form... I think Ning Gu knows."
The main city has indeed been expelled several times. The illegal birth of Green Land is not allowed by the laws of the main city, but due to its special background, it cannot be directly reclaimed. So we chose to expel the ghost town, so that at least we can survive.
The evicted people now live in silence in ghost town shelters.
But the one in the box was obviously different.
Every time the train returns from the main city, the remaining travelers will cheer and greet it. In the dark life, even if the train brings death, it is still a new thing.
This time, the black box brought back from the main city, a box with a distinct main city style and very high-tech at first glance, made all three shelters excited.
"Open-"
“Open it quickly!”
Ning Gu followed behind the team leader. Lin Fan and Li Xiang did not keep an eye on him to prevent him from escaping as soon as he returned to the ghost town.
Ning Gu knew that they had guessed that the box was related to him, and also guessed that he would not run away as long as the box was there.
He really can't run.
He said that if Lian Chuan was expelled to a ghost town, he would protect Lian Chuan.
Although Lian Chuan didn't know.
But the traveler keeps his word.
The box was placed in the middle of the open space in front of the clock tower. It could not be secretly transported and opened. The travelers already knew of its existence.
Travelers from the entire ghost town have gathered and crowded around the clock tower, on the ground, on the clock tower, and on nearby houses, even trampling down several houses.
Ning Gu stared at the people around him, looking at their faces one by one. Although the brightness of the cold light bottle was not as bright as that of the main city, he did not need too bright light to find the nail's face. He could recognize it with just a silhouette.
No nails were seen.
He already felt something was wrong when he got off the car. This time the leader was bringing people to look for him, and it was impossible for Dingzi not to pick him up. It was even more impossible that he had not rushed over to hug him and cry until now.
He didn't even see the hammer.
Ning Gu's mood sank little by little.
But he didn't dare to ask now, because the captain had already walked to the box.
"Pay attention to defense." The captain glanced at Li Xiang.
Li Xiang nodded.
Below the flashing blue light, there are three buttons, flush with the surface. You can't see them unless you look closely, and there are no signs on them.
The team leader was familiar with these three buttons, as there were also such buttons on the experimental subject's box.
They are release control, wake up and unbox.
If it is an experimental subject, each time you open the box, you should first open the box, confirm it, and then release and wake it up.
He stared at the three buttons for a while. The whistles and shouts of travelers around him became louder and louder. He whispered, "Be careful."
Li Xiang and Lin Fan moved closer.
The leader pressed the third button.
The box's beeping stopped, and then the blue light stopped flashing.
The shouting all around gradually calmed down and became quiet as the box changed.
There is only the sound of wind in my ears.
A gap appeared on the side of the box, opening silently and little by little.
Ning Gu could hardly breathe, staring at the gradually widening gap.
When the gap was as wide as a palm, the speed suddenly increased and it opened completely without stopping.
A second later, crazy cheers broke out all around.
There was a person lying in the box, wearing simple blue pajamas.
And inside the opened box lid, a set of uniforms was neatly fixed.
There was a faint dark blue light flashing.
"It's a hyena!" someone in the crowd shouted.
Before the man finished shouting the word "hyena", the crowd started to stir and someone pounced over.
The team leader and Lin Fan raised their hands at the same time, and a powerful air wave pushed out from their side to the surroundings, and the people rushing up were swept away neatly for more than ten meters.
"Everyone stay where you are!" the captain shouted in a calm voice.
"Kill the hyena!" someone shouted.
"kill!"
"Destroy him! Make him a real dog!"
…
It’s Lianchuan.
Ning Gu stared at the box.
Lian Chuan closed his eyes and looked pale, not knowing what was going on.
Still in the peeling state
Didn’t they say he would be released from detention? Why hasn’t he been released from detention even after being sent to the ghost town
Ning Gu suddenly felt a chill on his back.
If Lian Chuan was awake and arrived at the ghost town, he would not be easily controlled even without equipment. But now the "expulsion" in this state is obviously to hand him over to the traveler.
They were even afraid that no one would know who this was, so they put the cleaning team's uniform on it.
Every traveler knows this uniform and every traveler hates it.
"0603!" someone shouted, "I see it! 0603!"
Although the distance was far, some people still used their abilities to see the numbers on the uniforms.
Ning Gu was very impressed. He only just realized that Lian Chuan had his number on his uniform.
"It's Lianchuan—"
"Kill him! Avenge the Traveler!"
Ning Gu gritted his teeth. The main city was really awesome. What was the difference between expulsion and killing
If this is the purpose, wouldn't it be enough to just announce the expulsion and then kill him secretly
Listening to the angry shouts of the travelers, Ning Gu clenched his fists. Only Lian Chuan knew why all this happened.
Nothing can happen to Lianchuan.
He still has many unanswered questions.
He said he would protect Lian Chuan.
The ghost town bully keeps his word.
"Detain him first." The leader said, "No one can approach without my order."
Lin Fan glanced around and asked, "What should we do with these people?"
The traveler's hatred for hyenas is straightforward and clear. No matter whether they were driven out of the main city that year or were sniped every time they entered the main city afterwards, it was all hyenas.
"Once we figure out what's going on," the captain raised his voice, "we'll discuss how to deal with it."
"Kill!" the travelers shouted in unison.
Ning Gu rushed to the box and kicked the lid shut while shouts were still coming from all around.
"Ning Gu!" Li Xiang was startled by his action and came over to pull him away.
"Don't touch me!" Ning Gu yelled.
Everyone was stunned, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet, looking at him in shock.
Ning Gu put one leg on the box, slowly raised his left hand, and looked at the team leader: "This man is mine."
Ning Gu didn't know how to activate it in those three seconds, nor what effect it would have, but he knew that the captain would not let him use his ability.
Moreover, the team leader was not aware that his ghost ability was still in its rebellious stage and could not be used whenever he wanted.
This was the first time since he was a child that he threatened the leader.
In front of everyone.
The team leader probably didn't expect him to be like this. His face was very ugly. He stared at him, too angry to speak.
"It seems that our Ning Gu's abilities have been activated?" Lin Fan, who was standing by with his arms folded, spoke up, looking much calmer than the leader. "What do you want?"
"Leave him to me." Ning Gu said.
"Impossible." The captain answered firmly.
"With so many companions present," Li Xiang said, "if you want to negotiate, you have to come up with something feasible."
Ning Gu thought it made sense.
"I can detain him," he said, "but he has to be in a place I know so I can see him anytime."
"You..." The captain's face turned pale, but he was interrupted by Li Xiang before he could finish his words.
"Okay." Li Xiang said.
"Where is he being held?" Ning Gu asked.
"You can go with us," Li Xiang replied, "but you must answer all our questions honestly."
"You can't lie to me," Ning Gu said, "and you can't restrict my range of activities."
"Okay." Li Xiang nodded.
"Deal." Ning Gu said.
Everyone agreed to detain Lianchuan in the ghost town medical clinic first as they found the black box containing him.
The medical center is not just a simple medical center. Its original function is to detain travelers whose abilities are out of control. It has a powerful control and defense system.
When the team leader and his men were transporting the boxes to the medical center, Ning Gu followed behind him, staring straight ahead at the road.
After threatening the leader in front of all the travelers, he suddenly didn't have the courage to face the gazes around him.
Those suspicious, shocked, contemptuous and angry eyes.
The box was placed in the confinement room of the medical clinic. After the travelers who transported the box left, only four people were left in the room.
"Do you know about this?" After a long silence, the team leader looked at Ning Gu and spoke.
"Yes," Ning Gu responded, "The main city has announced that it will expel Lian Chuan."
"Why?" Li Xiang asked.
"He let me go in the Lost Valley." Ning Gu said.
"Why?" Li Xiang continued to ask.
"He said I could help him." Ning Gu carefully searched his mind for an answer that he could say without being "lying."
"How can I help?" Lin Fan asked.
"It's not clear yet," Ning Gu said, "so you can't kill him."
"Who said we were going to kill him?" Li Xiang said.
Ning Gu glanced at him and said nothing.
It seems that he didn’t say it.
"What's the matter with your ability?" Lin Fan asked again.
"I'm still..." Ning Gu hesitated, "I'm not too sure."
"Crowd control," the leader said, "but he can't control the range yet."
Lin Fan and Li Xiang looked at Ning Gu in surprise.
"Ghost towns don't have such capabilities," said Li Xiang.
Lin Fan pinched his chin: "It's not that I didn't..."
"We'll discuss this later," the head of the group interrupted him, "The most urgent thing is Lianchuan."
Li Xiang walked to the box, tapped it twice, and turned to look at Ning Gu: "If we wake up Lian Chuan, can you get him to cooperate with us?"
"I'm not sure." Ning Gu replied.
"Wake me up first and then release me," the leader said, "and add our control device."
Li Xiang dragged out an iron bed, or more precisely, a frame that looked like an iron bed, from the side. Although the appearance of this thing looked a bit rough, it was covered with wire tubes and several black tubes that flashed like the muzzles of the main city's weapons. It was still possible to see that once Lian Chuan was tied up, he would not be able to escape easily.
The captain opened the lid of the box. Before waking him up, he checked the box again and took out Lianchuan's uniform.
Ning Gu stood by nervously, staring at the box.
He was a little depressed at this moment.
It turned out that he could no longer fully trust the captain who had protected him like a strict father since he was a child.
When Ning Gu noticed this change, he was completely confused.
But he put this emotion behind him the next second.
The lid of the box had not been fully opened yet, but he could already see Lian Chuan's face.
Lian Chuan's eyes were open.
By the time the team leader reacted and was about to close the lid of the box, Lian Chuan had already jumped out of the box.
Ning Gu didn't even have time to move before he felt a chill on his neck.
"Don't move." Lian Chuan stood behind him, his fingers on his throat.
The leader turned his head and lowered his voice: "Let him go."
"Even without equipment," Lian Chuan tightened his fingers, "no one will be faster than me."
"If you can kill him," Lin Fan said, "I won't let him go in the main city."
"Then you try it." Lian Chuan said.