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"Ning Gu!" Someone was patting his face.
Ning Gu felt his mind went blank. He didn't know where he was or what had happened.
"Ning Gu!" Someone slapped him in the face.
Ning Gu opened his eyes and everything in front of him was spinning.
Fire, black fog, and a few faces...
The sounds from all around began to pour into his ears from far away.
The hum, shouts, and explosions of the raging fire.
Finally, I could see the faces in front of me clearly: the captain, Lei Yu, Chun San, Jiu Yi, and the bats carrying him.
The one who just slapped him must be Jiu Yi. If he gets a chance, he will slap Jiu Yi nine times in a row...
Wait, where is this
The Dark Iron Wasteland, the Bats... the Lost Valley.
He is back
Where are the glowing codes? Where are the air ducts? Where is the face
Ning Gu suddenly widened his eyes and stared at the face swaying in front of him.
"Lianchuan." he said.
All the faces in his sight were silent and solemn, and no one paid any attention to him.
"Where is Lianchuan?" he asked.
"You guys go here," Jiu Yi said, "I'll settle him down and come out. Black Ring, you guys take the two teams first."
"Where is Lianchuan?" Ning Gu asked again. His voice was hoarse, and maybe no one heard him.
"Okay," Lei Yu said, "We'll push to the city boundary first and cut them off. Commander, your men will come from behind to surround them."
"Understood," the captain said, "Keep in touch."
Lei Yu and the team leader took their men away. Before leaving, the team leader gently touched his head.
Jiuyi and his men carried him into the Lost Valley.
"Where's Lianchuan? Jiuyi," Ning Gu felt very heavy and couldn't move at all. He turned his eyes and saw Fulu Shouxi who was following him with his head down, "Fulu, where's Lianchuan?"
Fulu turned his head away.
"Shouxi?" Ning Gu looked at Shouxi again, "Have you seen Lianchuan? How did I get back? Why did I only see Jiuyi?"
Suki lowered his head and didn't look at him.
Ning Gu struggled to sit up, but after struggling for a long time, he didn't move at all.
"Can't you hear me?" He said in despair, "Why can't I move?"
A large furry paw reached out and pressed on him.
"Boss!" Ning Gu shouted, "Boss!"
He heard the boss's snorting in his ear.
"Boss, have you seen Lian Chuan?" Ning Gu asked anxiously.
The eldest didn't answer him. He just put the tip of the tail on his hand and trotted along with the bat carrying him.
Ning Gu grabbed the tip of the boss's tail and closed his eyes.
"Leave it here," Jiu Yi's voice sounded, "All of you get out... Caracal, you stay outside too. He's in an unstable condition right now and might hurt you."
The boss sprayed.
The sounds around gradually faded away.
"Ning Gu," Jiu Yi's voice sounded in front of him, "We are back."
Ning Gu opened his eyes and looked at him.
"Lian Chuan didn't come back," Jiu Yi looked at him, "only the two of us came back."
"Why?" Ning Gu's voice was very low, trembling uncontrollably.
This was the ending he knew when he first opened his eyes, but the moment Jiuyi said it, it was like a knife stabbing into his body, bringing incredible pain.
"I don't know," Jiu Yi said, "You have been unconscious all the time. It's been almost half an hour since we came back before you woke up."
"Where is Lian Chuan?" Ning Gu felt like a stuck machine, repeatedly stuck at this point and unable to move forward.
"He disappeared after smashing that face," Jiu Yi said, "Calm down and listen to me now. If you can't calm down, stay here first."
Ning Gu didn't say anything. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.
Win every bet.
You have to be reckless and ignore the cost...
"Speak." Ning Gu opened his eyes.
"Your ability exploded. Qi Hang's ability was mixed with your own ability. The lethality was huge," Jiu Yi said, "I was almost killed by you."
Ning Gu looked at him.
"It exploded in the wind tunnel. The entire wind tunnel and the code world collapsed and kept shrinking," Jiu Yi said, reaching out to him, "You are injured."
Only then did Ning Gu realize that he was covered with a thick quilt.
"It's very heavy," Jiu Yi said, "It's normal that you can't move now... I will fix you..."
Fixed
Ning Gu's eyes widened and he stared at Jiuyi's hand.
Jiuyi lifted the quilt, and Ning Gu saw his body. His clothes were all torn, and his body was covered with scars. These scars looked very familiar to him...
It's those codes.
These are the scars left by the code world shrinking and embedding into his body.
All the scars are so deep that the bones are visible... No, maybe the bones are all broken, otherwise why can't he move
"Also," Jiuyi covered himself with the quilt again, "just..."
"How to repair it?" Ning Gu asked.
"It takes some effort, but it can be fixed," Jiu Yi said.
"Jiuyi," Ning Gu looked at him, "Are you particularly happy that you found a chance to turn me into a bat?"
Jiu Yi was stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter. The sharp laughter sounded very familiar.
"You wish," Jiu Yi said, "Are you going to transform yourself into a bat and compete with me for the position of the leader of Lost Valley?"
Ning Gu didn't say anything.
"Let me fix your bones," Jiuyi tapped his leg, "Your Traveler's recovery ability can't fix such a serious injury. Using the Traveler's ability, it will take at least half a month to heal. I'll fix it for you, and you'll be able to stand up right away..."
"Why should I stand up right away?" Ning Gu said.
"This is another thing I wanted to tell you just now." Jiuyi flicked his fingertips, and two metal sticks like probes extended from the top of the cave. "Listen."
Ning Gu stared upwards and heard a low buzzing sound.
This sound was different from the sounds he had heard outside before. It was dull and shocking, making his heart feel uncomfortable.
"The scavenger is here." Jiuyi said.
Ning Gu turned his head and looked at him: "How is it possible? When we entered the dewdrop..."
"We were in there for four days," Jiu Yi said, "and when we came back, the scavengers came."
"Did we bring the scavenger back?" Ning Gu was stunned. He remembered what Jiuyi said, that the code world was collapsed by his ability.
"I don't know," Jiu Yi said, "but everything is inevitable. Don't worry about it."
"If the code world collapses," Ning Gu's voice became so hoarse that he almost lost his voice when he thought of this, "then Lian Chuan..."
"In these worlds, except for you, everyone is random. They might be people Ye Xi has seen before, doctors, nurses, people who take care of him, people he has seen on TV, or even photos he has seen in books..." Jiu Yi said, "These people appear randomly. Only bugs are special cases. Bugs may be mistakes in the world, or they may be human arrangements..."
"Get to the point." Ning Gu interrupted him.
"You know the point very well," Jiuyi said, "Lianchuan is a big bug, a bug that the savior left for himself. Are you the savior?"
"I am." Ning Gu answered affirmatively.
"Then he must be waiting for you somewhere." Jiuyi stood up. "Now, you say, do you want to repair your bones?"
"Does it hurt?" Ning Gu asked.
"How would I know? I knocked the person unconscious before I repaired it." Jiuyi said.
"ah-"
Ning Gu's screams were heard from the cave.
The caracal jumped up, walked to the entrance of the cave and looked inside.
"It's okay," Suki said, "it will be fine soon..."
"Why is he awake?" Fulu was a little confused. "Why didn't the boss knock him out?"
"He must have stopped us," Suki said. "Travelers like excitement."
"This is so exciting." said Fulu.
"That's his lesson," Suki said seriously.
Ning Gu originally felt that his body was numb and he didn't feel anything much. When Jiu Yi knocked on his leg, he only felt a vague dull pain.
But when Jiu Yi's finger stabbed into his leg and scratched it violently, he realized that he was not paralyzed, so how could he withstand the raw cutting
"You said you wouldn't let me knock you out." Jiuyi glanced at him.
"Just wait for death." Ning Gu stared at him with gritted teeth.
"I'm going to put black iron on your bones now," Jiuyi pinched a piece of black metal, "This is the material of the fine iron bat rope I used to tie you up when you first came to Shitu with Lianchuan. It's very strong."
"The Lianchuan broke as soon as I pulled it." Ning Gu said.
"That's Lianchuan!" Jiuyi roared, "Can you pull it apart?"
Ning Gu didn't say anything.
The two words "Lianchuan" disrupted his mood, which had just calmed down.
The last image of Lian Chuan's back when he crashed into that puzzle face kept replaying in his mind.
Why not look back
Ning Gu was a little angry. Why didn’t you look back
The most profound image he could recall right now was the back of Lian Chuan's head...
There were only a few scavengers in the first round, and the puppet army team that E had arranged in the Black Iron Wasteland repelled their attack without even sending out all of their troops.
But the team leader did not feel relieved.
The scavengers have almost no substance, and the weapons of the cleanup team can only suppress them but not destroy them. The only attacks that can work are the abilities of the Puppet Army and Travelers, who can disperse the scavengers that are as vague as black shadows.
This means that the weapons in the main city can only assist in suppression. If you want to kill the scavenger, you can only rely on travelers, puppets, and ez.
Chen Fei can control only a few ez, and ez is unstable and will self-destruct after a certain period of time, so it has no ability to continue fighting...
In terms of combat power and quantity, they may be far inferior to the scavengers.
The most important thing is that they don’t know how many scavengers there are and when they will attack.
If this is a long-term war of attrition, then the losers in the end are likely to be them because their resources and manpower have been exhausted.
"The bridge has been built," Lei Yu's voice came from the intercom, "Li Xiang brought some people to defend near Luzhu."
"We'll be in position in five minutes," Li Xiang's voice came. "I have something I want to confirm. Did anyone notice the attack power of the Scavenger against Black Iron in the previous battle?"
"I don't have any accurate data," Lei Yu said, "What's wrong?"
"The scavengers only came out from the cracks with fire," the team leader understood what Li Xiang meant, "They didn't come out from other places. Does that mean they can't break through the black iron barrier?"
"You can consider this," Lei Yu said, "and pay attention to the next round of attacks."
"Ning Gu said that the Traveler is a miracle. There are no such mutants in other worlds," Li Xiang said, "If this is some kind of 'preparation', is the Black Iron World also a kind of 'preparation'?"
"Everything possible needs to be taken into consideration," Lei Yu said, "but if we want to use black iron... it will be a mechanical problem."
All the buildings in the main city based on black iron need to rely on large machinery. These machines move slowly and take a long time to operate. It is not easy to use them to resist scavengers.
For all these years, the ghost town has only been able to use the former Molten Fire Cave and has been unable to build a large number of houses because it does not have the corresponding ability to process large amounts of black iron.
"Think first, there will always be a way," the leader said, "everything has its reason for existence."
The traveler will deal with each situation as it comes, and there will always be a way out when he arrives.
"Alright." Jiuyi walked out of the cave and looked at the caracal. "You watch him. He needs some time to adapt. I'm going to go out and take a look."
The caracal stood up and walked into the cave.
"Tell Heijie to come out with me." Jiuyi looked at Fulu, Shouxi.
"Understood." Fulu Shouxi ran quickly along the passage.
When the boss walked in from the cave, Ning Gu was still standing there, looking down at his arm.
The eldest walked up to him and sniffed his legs carefully.
"I don't know what Jiuyi did," Ning Gu said, his voice still a little hoarse. He pulled his pants up to expose his legs, "I feel fine."
All the broken bones in his body have been reconnected by Jiuyi, and all the wounds are covered with black metal. He now looks at himself like a statue that was broken into pieces and then glued together again.
Fortunately, the wounds on Jiuyi's face did not move. They were just not too deep cuts and scrapes. It was probably because he took into consideration that he did not want to turn into a bat.
"Boss," Ning Gu slowly squatted down and looked at the boss, "Where do you think Lian Chuan... will be waiting for me? Where should I go to find him?"
The eldest brother lowered his head and rubbed his hand gently.
"I will definitely find him," Ning Gu said, "even if I have to turn the whole world upside down, I will find him."
The eldest turned around and wrapped his tail around his hand before trotting out of the cave.
Ning Gu walked out of the Lost Valley, and Jiuyi was preparing to go to the main city with a team of black rings.
"How is it?" Jiuyi asked when he saw him.
"It's okay." Ning Gu said.
"I'll take my men to join Li Xiang," Jiu Yi said, "What about you?"
"I'll go find e," Ning Gu said, "I'm in the Black Iron Wasteland, I can attack from both sides."
Jiuyi put on a communicator and said, "Use this to communicate. I never thought that after so many years in Lost Valley, I would be able to use this thing one day."
Ning Gu put on the intercom that Lei Yu gave him.
This is the walkie-talkie of the cleaning team. Lian Chuan uses this. When he first met Lian Chuan, he thought his equipment was pretty cool.
Ning Gu tapped the intercom lightly, turned around and walked into the black fog.
e has been stationed just north of the Lost Valley, with his puppet army guarding all the cracks along the way.
Ning Gu still feels tragic when looking at these former travelers.
In order to survive, everyone made a choice that they believed was correct, necessary, or even the only choice. Even No. n, who appeared in their world ferociously as an invader, just wanted to survive, find an exit from the code world, and find the next place to exist.
"Are you okay?" E was sitting on a piece of black iron and raised his head slightly when he saw him coming.
"Yeah." Ning Gu stood in front of him.
"The scavengers will come out soon," E said, "The last wave... seemed like a test, or they were startled. The next time they come out, it will be a fierce battle."
"Yeah," Ning Gu responded, "I'm here cooperating with the team in the main city."
Neither of them spoke again after that.
Ning Gu didn't know what to say. E looked a little tired and not in a very good condition. He had been sitting on the black iron. Ning Gu hesitated for a while and didn't bother to find a topic.
Before everything started, he might have a lot to say.
But now that we have come to this point, it seems that there is no need to say anything more.
He didn't know how long he had been standing there. Ning Gu couldn't feel the passage of time. He didn't know where Lian Chuan was, what Lian Chuan was doing, what Lian Chuan was thinking, whether Lian Chuan was waiting for him, whether Lian Chuan knew that he would definitely go to find him...
Ning Gu suddenly withdrew his thoughts when he felt a vibration under his feet.
"Coming." Lei Yu's voice sounded in the intercom.
"The team is ready." said Li Xiang.
"Ready." The captain's voice also rang out.
"Well," Jiu Yi said, "I haven't killed anyone in a long time."
"I'm here." Ning Gu said.
e stood up from the black iron and walked to his side: "From this time on, the battle may be long."
"Yeah." Ning Gu responded.
"I might not make it to the end," E said.
Ning Gu tilted his head and looked at him.
"These legions," E said, "may need you to command them later."
Ning Gu was silent for a while before nodding: "I understand."
"There is no right or wrong," E said, "There is no right or wrong in choosing."
"Yeah." Ning Gu responded.
The flames began to jump violently, the buzzing sound suddenly became louder, and a black shadow appeared in the fire, swaying back and forth with the jumping flames.
Ning Gu looked down at the ground beneath his feet.
Golden light mixed with radiating dark silver slowly spread out from under his feet, as if it was constantly growing, and then countless fine golden particles slowly rose from the ground.
As the black shadow emerged from the fire, the puppet army pounced on it.
Ning Gu raised his hand, and as if the wind had risen, golden light rolled out in all directions. The moment it wrapped around the black shadow, a golden light exploded and then rolled towards the next one.
Lianchuan, did you see that
Am I very awesome