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The words "Good afternoon" made even Chuan's hands feel a little cold.
The voice belonged to Ning Gu. If he had not known in advance that it was definitely not Ning Gu, he would have just listened to these two words and would not have been able to hear any flaws. Now he could only distinguish it from the tone.
Ning Gu wouldn't talk like that.
That's all.
If Ning Gu also spoke like this, or the owner of this "Good afternoon" called him "Little Trumpet", he would probably think that this was Ning Gu...
Lian Chuan grabbed Ning Gu's hand tightly and pressed it on the screen. He did not let go even after the system showed that the information had been entered successfully.
The information recording codes of the two people have also been displayed separately.
A faint string of light spots passed across the backs of the two people's hands and then disappeared.
But Lian Chuan immediately found that the string of light spots on the back of Ning Gu's hand looked familiar. Perhaps because the administrator had given him special approval and he was a traveler who was not a resident of the main city, Ning Gu's code was completely different from his digital code.
It is a row of dots of different sizes.
Small, big, small, big, small, big…
This is the order on the key bead.
"Exit," Number N said from behind, his voice still indistinguishable from Ning Gu's, "It started with you. The legend of the exit is you."
Ning Gu's hand moved, Lian Chuan turned his head to look at him, and he also turned his head, his eyes full of shock and confusion.
"Morse code," said No. N, "You are the exit, you are the beginning of this legend."
"What are you talking about?" Ning Gu said.
Number N looked down at the back of his hand and sighed, "I don't have it."
There was clear regret in his voice.
Time does not exist, has no beginning and no end.
No one knows and it is impossible to tell when all the Ning Gu started to find a way out and preserve their own world.
This thing called a key, with this string of information, they have never cracked it. It is not even the password code of the main city, but the word "exit" is something they accidentally saw in countless memory fragments. The legend of the exit also comes from the legend of an unknown generation of the main city...
But all this is happening now, intertwined and overlapping.
Countless Ning Gu n, because of this exit, because of this exit, want to become the savior, but Ning Gu has become the beginning in the seemingly last place...
Lian Chuan didn't know how all this would continue to overlap, but he knew that the number n in front of him came with destroyed hope.
He is not the traveler Ning Gu, not the ghost town facade, not a small iron ball, he is just a person who wants to continue his own world at all costs.
To him, Ninggu was not another him, but perhaps just a landmark that showed him all the worlds he could reach.
"You are late," Lianchuan said, "this place has already begun to be destroyed."
"It's not too late," said No. N, "The Traveler is a miracle. It's even more of a miracle that Ning Gu became a Traveler and grew up safely. It's a great act..."
"If you want to cooperate," Ning Gu interrupted him, "then..."
"No." Number N suddenly smiled, "Why do you have such an idea? It's really strange."
"Then what do you want to do?" Ning Gu looked at him.
"Take back my world," said No. N, extending his hand to him, "It's right here."
As Lian Chuan pulled Ning Gu back and leaped up, Ning Gu raised his hand and a dazzling golden light seemed to burst out from his body, wrapping the two of them in the middle like a waterfall.
Then, a few silver lights flashed past No. N’s face.
Several black scars instantly appeared on No. N's face, but soon, after a few seconds, the scars disappeared.
"He can't copy the mark," Ning Gu whispered beside Lian Chuan, "nor can he copy the ability."
This time, Ning Gu made Lian Chuan look at him with some new eyes, as if he had suddenly picked up Jiu Yi's brain.
The words of No. N have already told them that the traveler is a miracle.
The most powerful change that the Traveler has as a mutant is his ability.
There should be no one with such abilities in the world of No. N. They may have higher technology, such as being able to easily copy a person or an object, but they do not have mental power and cannot copy mental power.
At the same time, they can also guess that the world of number n probably already knows that some characteristics of the traveler can fight against the scavenger.
"Yes," No. N nodded, "but you can't kill me."
"Do you want to try it?" Ning Gu said.
"Okay." No. N raised his chin with a little pride.
This action gave Lian Chuan a sudden shock.
Ning Gu seemed surprised as well, and his raised hand froze in the air.
"Kill him." Lian Chuan's voice sank.
A silver light flashed across the air, and No. N's body was shattered. Like a sudden gust of wind, the fragments disappeared into the air.
"Lian Gou." Ning Gu stared at the air in front of him and turned his head after a long time.
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded.
"I am Ning Gu." Ning Gu said.
"I know." Lian Chuan held his hand tightly and didn't dare to let go. Now he squeezed it hard again.
A string of numbered light spots flashed simultaneously on the backs of both of their hands.
Jiuyi’s proposal is still reliable.
This light spot is soothing.
"He looked like that just now," Ning Gu was a little dazed, "They look too similar, don't they? I thought I was looking in the mirror..."
"Still..." Lian Chuan said, "I can tell the difference."
"It's obvious what you said is a lie," Ning Gu looked at him, "I can see that you are shocked."
"If he doesn't imitate your speech and movements," Lian Chuan said, "he can still tell the difference."
"At first I really didn't think he looked that similar, it was just the voice..." Ning Gu stared at Lian Chuan, "I don't dare to let go now, I'm afraid another n+1 will suddenly appear."
"At the beginning..." Lian Chuan glanced at where No. N had been standing before, "At the beginning..."
"What's wrong?" Ning Gu asked.
"I didn't think he looked very similar to you at first because he hadn't imitated your tone and movements yet," Lian Chuan looked away, "was he unable to imitate you, or didn't he?"
"You mean... he just copied a shell at first?" Ning Gu said.
"Not sure," Lian Chuan said, "Go back to Lost Valley right away. If he can get here, it might not be difficult to get to Lost Valley."
"They don't know anything yet," Ning Gu suddenly felt scared, "Notify Lei Yu immediately, we are not in Lost Valley!"
Lian Chuan rushed out of the church with Ning Gu and pressed the intercom: "Lei Yu, there may be a copy of Ning Gu in Lost Valley."
"He's already here... What do you mean?" Lei Yu's voice came from the intercom, "Ning Gu is here, I see he is Ning Gu."
"Kill him." Lian Chuan said.
"What?" Lei Yu said with great difficulty, as if trying to understand Lian Chuan's words as quickly as possible. "Lian Chuan, we can't tell the real from the fake. If I can copy Ning Gu, how can I tell that the person next to you is Ning Gu? This one isn't?"
"He can't copy Ning Gu's ability," Lian Chuan said, "Control him first."
Lei Yu looked at Ning Gu who was standing next to the supply vehicle only ten meters away from him. Without hesitation, he believed in Lian Chuan's judgment.
"Clean-up team," he ordered, "take control of Ning Valley immediately."
The cleaning team members around him turned their heads in surprise, and Ning Gu over there also turned his head to look at him.
Long Biao was the first to react. He quickly pointed the weapon in his hand at Ning Gu, and a small blue light fell on Ning Gu's chest.
Then all the weapons of the nearby cleanup team members were pointed at Ning Gu.
"Do you have any other information that can be used as a reference?" Lei Yu pressed the intercom. It was hard for him to imagine that Ning Gu in front of him was just a replica. "Except for killing him directly."
"Wounds," Lian Chuan said, "The wounds of the clone can heal quickly..."
Before Lian Chuan could finish his words, he heard the sound of metal hitting the black iron ground behind him.
"Kill him." Jiuyi's voice came from behind.
Before Lei Yu could say anything, a cold light flashed past him and pounced on "Ning Gu" who was still standing there like a net, instantly cutting him into pieces.
Lei Yu turned his head and looked at Jiu Yi standing behind him in surprise.
"Any suggestions?" Jiu Yi looked at him, "Captain Lei."
"Not now," Lei Yu said, "but in the future."
"Tell me about it." Jiu Yi said.
"A scratch will do," Lei Yu said, "If it is injured, it can recover immediately. It is a clone."
"Be careful next time." Jiuyi turned around and slowly walked towards a pile of black iron above the Lost Valley. He jumped up, turned around, hugged his arms, looked at the dewdrops in the distance, and tapped his mask lightly with his fingertips.
When Lian Chuan and Ning Gu returned to Lost Valley, Chen Fei's transport vehicle had already left, leaving behind a pile of supplies.
The copied Ningu, like in the church, has disappeared.
Lian Chuan carefully searched the place where he was shattered, but found nothing unusual.
"Will other people be copied? I'm worried that there are other copies sneaking in," Lei Yu said. "We don't know the principles and limitations of copying, or whether there are any limitations. We don't even know how to prevent it."
"When a large number of replicas appeared, they were controlled by something. I saw that they were connected to the mother body of Dewdrop. Once damaged, it would be immediately severed." Lian Chuan spoke quickly, "They can't replicate independent individuals. The only one who can replicate is Ning Gu, because he is exactly the same as Ning Gu."
Lei Yu glanced at Ning Gu.
"Luzhu's main target now is Ninggu," Lianchuan whispered, "He is more interested in the Traveler. His world believes that the Traveler can fight against the Scavengers... The replication of ordinary people is not very meaningful to them. It is possible that they just want to get closer to the Lost Valley."
"This thing is much more troublesome than the scavenger," Lei Yu said, "The continuous large-scale replication we did before was just consuming the resources of the main city. Even if we can defeat them all, we will still lose in the end when the resources are exhausted. Now there are Ning Gu's copies. No matter how we kill them or how we judge them, we can only clean up the copies..."
"I'm going to Dewdrop." Ning Gu said.
"What?" Lei Yu turned his head.
"I want to go in," Ning Gu said, "Those who are hanging around outside now are not No. N himself. He is still hiding in the dew. If we don't root him out from the root, we will never be able to get rid of these things outside."
"It's too dangerous." Lei Yu objected.
"Go ahead," Jiu Yi suddenly spoke on the pile of black iron, "We can't stay here anyway. If Ning Gu is Lu Zhu's target, the clone will appear wherever he is. If we do that now..."
Jiuyi pointed to the cleanup team base a little further away and said, "There is a Ninggu there. Do you think anyone would be suspicious?"
Lei Yu frowned.
"He wants Ning Gu to die," Jiu Yi said. "He won't stop until Ning Gu dies. Before the scavenger shows up, one of him and Ning Gu must die."
"This is a poet." Ning Gu looked at Jiuyi and whispered in Lian Chuan's ear.
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded.
Just because he killed Ning Gu's clone without any hesitation, it couldn't be Jiuyi.
But although the words were cruel, they were not wrong.
No. N’s goal is to kill Ning Gu and seize this world. As for how to do it, they are not sure yet, but killing Ning Gu is the first step, that is certain.
The only way is to take the initiative.
Taking risks is inevitable. Up to now, every step they take has been walking on a tightrope. There may not be light at the other end of the wire, but if they fall now, they will be destroyed.
"I always win every time I gamble." Ning Gu said.
Lian Chuan glanced at him and said, "I'll go with you."
"He has to go with us too." Ning Gu looked at Jiu Yi, "He has seen destruction before and has the same experience as us. This time we are taking a big gamble, so we need more protection."
"Okay." Lian Chuan said.
"And he just killed me so cruelly." Ning Gu said.
"Why?" Jiuyi squatted on the pile of black iron, motionless.
"It's up to you to stay alive." Ning Gu said.
"What if I die if I go in?" Jiuyi said.
"You will definitely die here." Ning Gu said.
Jiu Yi raised his eyes and glanced at him: "Are you two married?"
“… It’s over.” Ning Gu said.
"Has the mark been made?" Jiuyi asked.
Ning Gu grabbed Lian Chuan's hand and shook it, and a spot of light flashed on the back of his hand.
When Jiuyi saw the light spot on the back of his hand, he stood up suddenly.
"You know this code," Ning Gu looked at him, "right?"
"How could this happen?" Jiuyi was so surprised that his mask moved.
"That key, maybe just like you told Fulu, there are countless of them," Ning Gu said, "but it only means one thing, which is exit."
Jiu Yi didn't say anything.
"No. N is here for this." Ning Gu said.
Jiu Yi still didn't say anything.
"Whether I am the beginning or the end," Ning Gu said, "and no matter how it goes, I am the savior anyway. If you want to live, do you have any other choice?"
"If I die," Nine Wings said, "take me back to the Valley of the Lost Ways."
"What if you die without leaving any trace?" Ning Gu asked.
Lian Chuan turned his head away. The words were so straightforward that he was worried that Jiuyi would start a civil war.
"Put this back." Jiuyi flicked his fingers lightly, and the mask fell off his face and fell into his hands.
When Ning Gu and Lian Chuan looked at his face at the same time, he put the mask back on.
"Is there no color difference in your face?" Ning Gu said.
"How can light be colorless?" Jiu Yi roared.
"The wind blows away the slag," Ning Gu said, "I am in a ghost town with even less light. After wearing goggles for a long time, I still feel that the area around my eyes is more tender than other parts of my face."
"There is no wind in the Lost Valley!" Jiu Yi roared.
"Are you going to leave or not?" Lian Chuan's head started to hurt from his yelling.
When I stood up to leave, the boss jumped over from somewhere.
"Boss," Lian Chuan squatted down, stretched out his hand and clenched his fist to press on the boss's paw, "Don't worry."
The eldest brother lowered his head and placed the thing in his mouth next to his hand.
It is a large claw hook with a faint blue color.
This is the claw that fell off when the boss's claw was injured before. Chun San took it to the laboratory, modified it, and helped the boss put it back.
But the boss doesn't use it often. It is a powerful caracal and is very powerful even with one claw missing.
Lian Chuan had wanted to get a pair of brass knuckles to replace the equipment. Although the claws had no other functions, they were very sturdy and could be a very useful little thing when the weapon had problems, but the boss wouldn't give them to him.
Looking at this claw now, Lian Chuan suddenly had some indescribable feelings.
Everything that I have always thought I could let go of may not actually be something I can let go of.
"Lend it to me," Lian Chuan put his claw into the small box on the side of his leg, "I'll return it to you when I come back."
The eldest brother snorted and turned away.
There was no farewell, and nothing to explain. Lian Chuan, Ning Gu, and Jiu Yi set out on a normal journey, taking advantage of the intervals between Dewdrop's attacks to penetrate deep into the enemy's territory.
Apart from Lei Yu and Fu Lu Shou Xi, Ning Gu didn't even tell the team leader.
He was afraid that the captain would worry. If something really happened and he couldn't come back, the captain would only start to feel sad from the second the accident happened, instead of worrying from now on.
"How are we going to get into the encirclement of the main city later?" Jiuyi squatted on a pillar of a dilapidated building in area C, looking at the dewdrops in front of him that had become enormous as the distance got closer.
"Rush in." Lian Chuan said.
"Are you bringing two people?" Ning Gu asked.
"He can keep up," Lian Chuan said, "Have you forgotten?"
"Oh," Ning Gu turned around and looked at Jiu Yi unconvinced, "I almost forgot."
"Don't charge directly," Jiu Yi said, "Don't let them know that I'm not in Lost Valley. They can do anything."
"Well," Lian Chuan understood what he meant, "then it depends on Ning Gu."
"Three seconds." Ning Gu said.
Three people jumped out from behind the ruins silently.
Ning Gu raised his left hand when he landed.
There is no light.
Suddenly, a circle of transparent ripples appeared in the air, as if beating to the rhythm of the heartbeat, spreading rapidly from the fingertips as the origin.
Everything around me seemed to be frozen.
In silence, three dark shadows leaped over the ruins and rushed towards the dewdrops.