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Dewdrop's attack stopped.
Guangguang stood on the windowsill of the shopping mall, looking in the direction of Luzhu.
The surface of the dewdrop is no longer translucent. Perhaps it was attacked by the heavy stone, but it has turned into a bubble with white hidden lines. The small bubbles that split out from it are still arranged in a circle, hovering around the dewdrop.
Behind Guang Guang were the refugees who had already come out of the underground warehouse. The sounds of the previous melee and the sounds of heavy stone firing had frightened them. Although they had not seen it with their own eyes, the fear from imagination was sometimes stronger than facing it directly.
The mall was surrounded by travelers. Compared to the frightened and silent refugees, travelers were born optimists. Their laughter and shouting seemed out of place yet soothing in the huge ruins engulfed in flames.
"Will we die?" The girl who was brought back by Guangguang sat huddled under the windowsill, raised her head and asked.
"No," Guangguang jumped off the windowsill, "We still have to wait for your mother to come."
"My mother is dead," the girl said.
Guang Guang paused, not knowing what to say next.
“A lot of people died,” the girl said. “My mom said no one can escape. We will all die.”
"But we are not dead yet," Guangguang touched her head, "and the world is not dead yet either."
"Will we die with the world?" the girl asked.
"Maybe," Guang Guang did not find any gentle words to comfort her. It was like sitting in a car rushing off a cliff. The passengers could already see their own end. White lies could not deceive even a child of a few years old. "But we must remember every minute we are alive."
"Yeah." The girl nodded, not quite understanding.
The team leader did not return to the mall. After Li Xiang and the travelers evacuated, he went to e's base in the Black Iron Wasteland.
This is the farthest location that can guarantee communication and relative safety. The scavengers' target is first of all the main city. The first wave of puppet troops need to be stationed in a position with weak firepower, hoping to cut off the scavengers' follow-up forces that are sweeping the main city.
Compared to the main city, it's very quiet here.
The puppet army sat quietly on the ground, and the sounds of a few travelers in each group chatting and laughing seemed insignificant in the empty wasteland.
"I thought you would go to the Lost Valley first." E sat on a piece of black iron to rest.
"Ninggu is safe with Lianchuan," the captain stood in front of him, "Lost Valley is now the safest place in this land."
"That's not what I meant." said E.
The leader smiled and said, "Then I need to talk to you as soon as possible."
"This dewdrop is a bit strange," E said. "If destruction is an irreversible outcome, why would replication, the opposite of destruction, occur?"
"Before Lian Chuan entered the Lost Valley, he told me," the captain turned around and glanced at Lu Zhu, "Lu Zhu was looking for Ning Gu."
"After discovering Ninggu, its attack stopped," E said, "If this is the reason, then from a certain perspective, those clones are like detectors?"
"It's not impossible," the captain sighed softly, "If Ning Gu had been kept in the ghost town, maybe..."
"It's impossible," E said. "Every step you take cannot be repeated. Wherever your foot lands, that's where it is."
"I'm hungry," Ning Gu sat on the ground and touched his stomach, "Fulu, do you have anything to eat?"
"I'll get it for you," Fulu looked at him, "but now we have limited quantities, and you have limited quantities too, understand?"
"I know." Ning Gu nodded.
"Lianchuan, do you want it?" Fulu looked at Lianchuan again.
"No need." Lian Chuan said.
"Let me get one for you as well." Fulu ran out of the cave.
"We don't have much time left. No one knows why Dewdrop stopped attacking. No one knows when the scavengers will come..." Ning Gu looked at Jiuyi, "You are the only one who has seen the complete destruction. Is there anything else you don't want to say?"
"No." Jiuyi touched the small gap on his mask.
"Stop touching me. Are you holding a grudge?" Ning Gu flicked his fingers, and a small silver light flashed, cutting off a strip of the metal guard plate on his boots. "Let's call it even now."
Jiuyi stopped what he was doing and looked at Ning Gu: "Are you tired of living?"
"No." Ning Gu said.
"The first information Chun San deciphered about the dewdrop was about the scavenger," Lian Chuan interrupted their "will you die or not" duel and began to organize his thoughts. "The first one to come out of the dewdrop and kill those refugees was also a scavenger... Now it's not a scavenger anymore, why is this happening?"
"The dew is confusing us," Ning Gu said, "this deceitful bubble."
"Little Iron Ball," Lian Chuan said helplessly, "You said before that we will go wherever the scavengers come from. If..."
"I understand what you mean, little trumpet!" Ning Gu slapped his thigh suddenly, and while he suddenly realized something, he also took the time to fight back, "If! If this is possible! Then can we assume that this is how dewdrops come from! The scavenger is a medium! The scavenger is a driver, a carrier, a container..."
Ning Gu reported all the similar words he could think of: "Right!"
He turned his head and looked at Jiu Yi again: "What do you think?"
"… You two are so childish," Jiu Yi said, "Little Iron Ball, Little Trumpet, you don't like being human, why don't you let me help you reform yourself."
"Little bat," Ning Gu said, "do you think this is the case?"
"Another Ning Gu, from another world," Lian Chuan said, "came here."
The "will you die or not" duel between Ning Gu and Jiu Yi was suppressed by his words.
"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Ning Gu frowned, feeling a chill on his back. "If you have achieved this, you should want to leave your own world like me..."
"Are you a fool?" Jiu Yi said.
"Isn't it you?" Ning Gu said.
"First, Luzhu followed the scavenger, which means that the world is already being destroyed. The scavenger has appeared, and there is no salvation. The savior failed, so he refused to give up and needs to find a new world." Jiuyi raised a finger spike, and then raised the second one. "Second, he found this place and started killing people as soon as he arrived. Then he came to find you. What do you think he wants to do?"
"Kill the savior here," Lianchuan said, "and seize this world."
When Jiuyi said this, Ning Gu had already thought of this step, but when Lian Chuan said it clearly, he still felt his breathing suddenly paused.
There may be countless "Ning Gu", but there is only one himself.
Apart from these, all other “Ning Gu” are “others” whose good or evil is unknown.
There is no order in the world, but there are only a few choices in "Ninggu".
Some people choose to go back to that moment, some choose to go back to their own world, some choose to perish together, some choose to struggle to live, some choose despair, some choose madness...
There must be someone who made the same choice as Ning Gu.
But Lian Chuan didn't think of the most terrifying thing at the beginning.
Perhaps it is because he faces Ning Gu, a simple-minded, slightly impulsive traveler every day, whose mind is in sync with Jiuyi most of the time but who is always trustworthy at critical moments, that a perceptive person like Lian Chuan would overlook this point - other Ning Gus are not necessarily kind.
"Do you have a knife?" Ning Gu was silent for a long time, and suddenly turned to look at Jiuyi.
"Hmm?" Jiu Yi was stunned for a moment, then shook his finger, and the fingertip was in front of his nose. "Yes."
Ning Gu lifted up his sleeves and said, "Please carve a word for me."
"Are you worried about getting confused?" Jiu Yi said, "I don't think Lian Chuan would recognize the wrong person. I can tell them apart, too."
"This Ning Gu... let's call him number n. He can copy, right?" Ning Gu said, "What if he can copy me like me?"
"Then if you carve a word, he can't copy it?" Jiuyi said, "Is it difficult to copy a scar?"
Ning Gu stared at him and said nothing.
"If you're so worried," Jiu Yi said, "why don't you two go to the church?"
"Church?" Ning Gu turned to look at Lian Chuan, "What place is it?"
"The place to get married." Lian Chuan said.
"Why are Lian Chuan and I going to the place where we got married!" Ning Gu was stunned, "I just want to make a mark!"
"There you can get a system-recognized mark," Jiuyi said, "Like Lei Yu and Chun San, their system marks contain spouse information, which should be impossible to copy."
Ning Gu stood up immediately: "Let's go."
No one knew where No. N was. He returned to Luzhu and continued to wander around the main city in the form of a holographic image, looking for Ning Gu.
It is not a particularly wise thing to leave Lost Valley, the only place that could provide Ning Gu with security at this time.
But Lian Chuan did not refuse Ning Gu's request.
He then stood up.
Ning Gu is a traveler, and rationality is not a standard feature in many cases, although he can be calmer than other travelers in many cases.
After knowing the possible purpose and intention of No. N, Ning Gu's uneasiness and fear were felt not only by him but also by Jiu Yi, otherwise he would not have thought of asking Ning Gu to use the church to match couples as a mark.
Then go.
Destruction is coming, and the enemy has already appeared. Facing a double crisis when running for your life at the end of your rope, maybe it’s not a bad thing to let go of some madness.
There are only two churches in the main city, one in Area A and one in Area B. If you go around the Black Iron Wasteland, the church in Area B is closer, but also closer to Dewdrop.
They finally decided to go to the church in Area A.
When they left the Lost Valley, they did not let anyone else know. If Lei Yu, Chun San, and the team leader knew about this crazy thing, they would probably be worried.
When passing through the cracks and tongues of fire in the Black Iron Wasteland, you can see E's puppet army and the travelers in small groups cooperating with them.
The travelers all looked a little tired.
This kind of tiredness is not caused by fatigue and fighting. After all, for them, they are not tired now and have not fought. This kind of tiredness comes from long-term restraint and uncertainty.
These travelers are not necessarily like Ning Gu, who has a strong desire to survive and keep the world alive. What they need is a thrilling fight.
One game, two games, three games, even if it’s just to die.
Whether it is dew or destruction, the greatest torture for everyone is "not knowing".
Chen Fei's supply convoy was speeding through the wasteland towards the Lost Valley. Lian Chuan counted and found that there were sixteen vehicles, all fully loaded.
Chen Fei's sincerity is still very obvious.
"These can keep the cleaning team's combat effectiveness for ten days or half a month, right?" Ning Gu asked in a low voice.
"Almost," Lian Chuan nodded, "I'm afraid Chen Fei doesn't have too many supplies. Liu Dong's attack today showed that he has enough supplies."
"If it's not enough, just rob them," Ning Gu said, "As long as Chen Fei cooperates, they are already surrounded."
"As expected of a traveler." Lian Chuan nodded.
There are countless breaches in the main city's walls, so it's easy to find the entrance to Area A. Buildings like churches are not within the guard range, so getting in is a piece of cake.
However, this was Lian Chuan's first time entering a church, a white square building.
"Did Lei Yu and Chun San get married here?" Ning Gu followed Lian Chuan and jumped into the church through the window. The door of the church had collapsed.
"They were at the church in Area B," Lian Chuan said. "Lei Yu said that church was bigger and more impressive."
"He is quite picky." Ning Gu said.
"It should be there," Lian Chuan pointed to a platform in front that looked like a podium, "I hope the system can still be used."
"How to use it?" Ning Gu asked.
"I don't know," Lian Chuan walked over and looked at the screen on the stage, "I've never been married."
"Then why didn't you ask Jiuyi just now?" Ning Gu leaned over and looked at the screen together.
"Do you think Jiuyi looks like he's married?" Lian Chuan said as he tapped the screen.
The screen lit up, asking for an ID number.
Lian Chuan entered his number, and the next operation was very simple. He just needed to tap the options, apply for marriage, meet the conditions, and customize his spouse...
But the spouse needs an ID card.
Lian Chuan glanced at Ning Gu.
"Are people from the main city not allowed to marry travelers?" Ning Gu reacted.
"It seems so." Lian Chuan clicked on the screen a few more times and saw a "Special Application" button. After clicking it, he found that this was a special approval channel for the administrator. "I don't even know if the administrator is still there..."
Four boxes appeared at the top of the screen, prompting you to enter a password.
"What's the password?" Lian Chuan's hand stopped.
There was a flash of light in the church.
Lian Chuan determined that it was not a flashing light as soon as the light flashed. He turned his head sharply and looked around quickly.
A figure appeared outside the collapsed door of the church.
"He's here." Ning Gu's voice was full of anxiety.
Lian Chuan turned his head and gritted his teeth and clicked the password in the box. Since it was the administrator channel...
exit.
This word appeared more than once in those disordered memory fragments. It has a great relationship with Ning Gu. The administrator must know it.
When the confirmation message appeared on the screen, the figure outside the door flashed, and when it appeared again, it was already in the church.
"How do we do this?" Ning Gu stared at the figure and asked in a low voice.
When a figure suddenly appeared only ten meters away from them, the screen showed two hand shapes.
Lian Chuan put his left hand on it without thinking, and then grabbed Ning Gu's right hand and pressed it on the side.
"Good afternoon." Ning Gu's voice came from behind.