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Although he was not sure whether Lian Chuan was really the leader of the so-called scavengers, Ning Gu still said so. He could not say that the person he saw was Lian Chuan.
The people in front of him were all fighting to the death against the scavengers. Ning Gu didn't even dare to imagine what the consequences would be if they knew that Lian Chuan might be commanding the scavengers.
Especially Chun San and Lei Yu, the scavengers have changed from scavengers who destroy the world to scavengers who may be led by Lian Chuan...
"When did you meet the leader of the scavengers?" Lei Yu pulled Ning Gu aside and asked in a low voice.
Every time Ning Gu saw Lei Yu, he would feel a kind of pressure similar to that of a "father", just like facing the head of a regiment. He turned his head and looked at the loading box that had been placed in the experimental cabin: "Just when the scavenger was pushed into the box."
"Did you see it in your consciousness?" Lei Yu asked.
"Yeah," Ning Gu nodded, "I think we should go see them again. We have no other choice. If we don't eliminate the scavengers at the root, they will continue to come. Even if there is a day when they run out, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until then."
"That may not be the case." Lei Yu still disagreed with him going in, "It's too dangerous."
"No world has waited for that day," Ning Gu said, "No. N said we are a miracle because this world has travelers and spiritual power. This is the biggest advantage we can see now, which others don't have."
"How do you know that No. N is telling the truth?" Lei Yu lowered his voice, "He is here to kill you."
"If we can't defeat the Scavenger, there's no point in him killing me. Taking away a destroyed world is not what he wants," Ning Gu said. "He knows that we can succeed. Maybe mental power is the weapon I leave for myself."
Lei Yu didn't say anything, he crossed his arms and frowned.
Chun San walked over and said, "The scavenger is not in a stable state. The design of the loading box is not based on the scavenger. We need to make a decision a little faster."
"Let me go in," Ning Gu said, "I have experienced too many such situations. I am confident, and... I think the other party can communicate."
Lei Yu stared at him for a while before speaking: "Who is that leader?"
Chun San suddenly turned his head to look at Lei Yu, then turned to look at Ning Gu.
Ning Gu was a little impressed. They were worthy of being husband and wife. Just from this one sentence, Chun San probably had guessed what Lei Yu had guessed.
"I can't see his face," Ning Gu said, "but he's definitely not a scavenger, he's a human being."
Jiuyi squatted on the top of the molten fire pipe, looking at the main city in the distance with flames rising into the sky and smoke billowing. Everything seemed unfamiliar. Although he had never left the main city since the day he left and entered the Lost Valley, he had seen the Lost Valley countless times from the wasteland. The main city from this angle was also the main city he was familiar with.
Now, except for the thorn of light that still burned stubbornly, everything he was familiar with had changed.
He is still alive.
This is very important.
But he could have hidden in the Valley of the Lost, lived in the axis of this world, and lived without anything. No matter the body or the world, as long as he could still think and remember, he was still alive, no matter what the world became.
But now, he had to be trapped in his own body, fighting and risking his life to save this world and those who were still alive in it.
Take life in exchange for life.
“Boss,” Fulu climbed up the pipe, shouting, “Shuxi and I went to check it out.”
"All the pipes are ready," Suki crawled under Fulu, "The black ring will be ready to detonate when you give the order."
"Yes," Jiu Yi responded, "Ten Black Rings, remember their names, and agree to any request they make."
"I wrote them all down," Fulu took out a smooth piece of iron from his arms, on which ten names were engraved, "They didn't ask for anything, they just wanted to keep the ring."
"Of course we keep it. It was originally made for them and it belongs to them," Jiuyi said.
"We have recorded the brothers who died in the battle," Suki said, "and put them in your box."
"Okay." Jiuyi took the iron piece from Fulu's hand.
He remembered the name of every bat and every black ring.
Although to the residents of the Lost Valley, the Black Ring is like a phantom that has always been hidden in the darkness. Everyone only knows the Black Ring, and no one knows their names.
But Jiu Yi remembers them all.
There are many molten fire pipes under the Black Iron Wasteland, running across the wasteland, leading from the surrounding areas of the Lost Valley to Area A, providing the main city with the energy it once needed.
Jiuyi knew the location and direction of every pipeline. Apart from those that had been cut off by cracks, there were still many that were temporarily safe. Some had been abandoned, and some still had molten fire. However, the main city had been mostly destroyed now, and the pipelines had long been closed.
These pipes buried deep underground can still be used.
Originally, I didn't think it could be used in the War of Destruction. When Jiuyi first arranged for the Black Ring to tamper with the pipeline, it was mainly to guard against the main city. The people in the main city would do anything for the sake of profit, and they were always worried about not being able to control Shi Tu.
As the world's most powerful modification group, Lost Valley has enough technology to make molten fire pipes break out of the iron underground. The temperature of the molten fire is much higher than the fire in the scavenger cracks. Although he is not sure whether it will work, the purpose of turning over the pipes is not to release the molten fire.
Jiuyi glanced at the place where the pipe had been buried deep under his feet.
These are trenches, and turning over the stacked black iron can at least completely cut off the scavengers' route into the city for a certain period of time. He observed for a long time and found that the scavengers had no climbing ability.
At the beginning, Li Xiang’s idea was correct. The black iron without any treatment was an obstacle for the scavengers.
This is probably the reason why he has never seen a world with the same texture in other worlds.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he could only think that this was another weight left by the savior.
However, he had not yet made a final decision on whether to use it. After all, the area of the Black Iron Wasteland was countless times that of the main city, and the number of scavengers was also countless times that of the main city. If all the scavengers were trapped in the Black Iron Wasteland, it would easily lead to a mass suicide for the Lost Valley.
He has not yet figured out whether this world is worth the price that Lost Valley should pay.
"Highest protection is on," Chun San put his hand on the button, "Press the button and the hatch will open in five seconds."
"I understand." Ning Gu stood outside the door of the experimental cabin. There were transparent passages all around. People outside could see him and the experimental cabin, but if there was any danger, they could not come in at the first time. The only thing they could do was destroy it.
"You only have one chance to make contact," Chun San told Ning Gu through the microphone, "If you fail to make contact once, give up and don't try a second time. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Ning Gu nodded.
"Go in and get ready. I'll open the door remotely," Chun San instructed. "The laboratory's mental shielding device has been shut down. You can use your ability."
"Yeah." Ning Gu nodded.
"Ning Gu, if..." Chun San continued.
"Auntie Chun," Ning Gu turned his head and smiled at her through the protective shield, "Lian Chuan never told me that you are so long-winded."
Chun San also laughed and pressed the button: "To stay alive."
"Alive." Ning Gu said.
The hatch opened and Ning Gu walked into the experimental cabin.
It was very quiet in the experimental cabin. If no one spoke to him through the microphone, he should not be able to hear any sound outside.
This experimental cabin was very similar to the place where he had seen Lian Chuan undergo various cruel trainings.
One day, he finally got to experience what Lian Chuan felt as he stood in this enclosed space, quietly waiting for some unknown danger to come.
A golden light appeared under Ning Gu's feet, and it gradually rotated and wrapped around him and the loading box.
"Unboxing," he said.
"Open the box." Chun San said.
The small green light on the loading box flashed a few times and then turned red.
The door opened with a click.
The scavenger rushed out of the box, and several small black mists suddenly appeared in front of Ning Gu.
But then he was enveloped by golden light, and the attack was dissolved silently.
Ning Gu walked towards the scavenger and extended his hand.
Lianchuan, whether it is you or not, no matter where you are.
Wake up and help me.
Time does not exist.
This sentence felt particularly clear to Ning Gu at the moment.
He saw again the same scene he had seen before.
Only this time I could see it more clearly.
A high platform on steps, a huge chair, and countless misty pipes leading into the darkness.
And the man he could recognize even by his silhouette.
"Lianchuan." Ning Gu walked forward. When he took the first step, golden light appeared on his fingertips. As he moved, the light drew a golden trail behind him.
When stepping onto the first step, the person sitting on the chair tilted his head, raised his hand that had been on the armrest and supported it on his forehead.
Seemed to be watching with great interest.
Ning Gu wanted to see the face of the black shadow again, but in the darkness, the white light coming from behind the chair made everything turn into a dark shadow in the backlight.
"Lianchuan." Ning Gu walked up the stairs and walked towards the black shadow step by step.
The black shadow never moved, but Ning Gu could feel his gaze.
Ning Gu stopped at the edge of the platform.
"Who." The black shadow suddenly spoke.
This simple word almost made Ning Gu collapse instantly.
It was Lianchuan's voice.
Lian Chuan asked him who he was.
"My name is Ning Gu," Ning Gu gritted his teeth and slowly raised his arm, clenched his fist, and two strings of small spots of light flashed across the backs of their hands. "I am Ning Gu, the traveler in the ghost town. Do you recognize this string of numbers?"
"e, x, i, t," Lian Chuan's voice came from the darkness, "Are you the exit? The savior of this world...?"
"I'm not," Ning Gu said, "I'm Ning Gu, the Ning Gu you know, the Ning Gu who just married you in the church, the Ning Gu who promised to be with you forever."
Lian Chuan laughed, his shoulders shaking.
The strangeness in this laughter is real.
Ning Gu had never heard Lian Chuan laugh like this, but this voice really belonged to Lian Chuan.
At this moment, he felt angry.
There is a kind of anger that comes from having one's most beloved treasure taken away from one person.
"Shut up," he said.
The laughter from the other side stopped very cooperatively.
"Who are you?" Ning Gu asked.
"Who am I?" The black shadow suddenly moved and stood up from the chair. The tubes connected to his body slowly floated in the air with him. The black shadow slowly walked towards Ning Gu, "I need to think about it."
Ning Gu stood there without moving, but a golden light instantly rolled over from behind him, blocking him and the black shadow.
And it was at this moment that he finally saw the shadow's face clearly.
Clearly, it was the face he was familiar with.
This is Lianchuan. He cannot be anyone else. Not a copy, not a memory in the consciousness, not any illusion.
It’s Lianchuan.
Even wearing a clean-up crew uniform.
"I am," Lian Chuan approached him and looked at him through the golden light, "the one who wants to watch you destroy."
"Why?" Ning Gu asked, "Why do you want to watch us perish?"
"Because this is the result." Lian Chuan replied.
"This is not what you want." Ning Gu said.
"When the world is destroyed, what do I want to do?" Lianchuan said, "I want to watch."
This sentence made Ning Gu even more certain that this was Lian Chuan. Lian Chuan was an irreplaceable experimental subject and a unique bug.
"There's nothing I must do except stay alive. If you have something to do, do it," Ning Gu said.
"I said," Lianchuan said, "Do you have it?"
"Yes," Ning Gu said, "I will take you back."
"Where to go back to?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Return to the main city, return to Lost Valley," Ning Gu said, "You are not yourself now, you have to come back..."
"Why do you say I'm not myself?" Lian Chuan's voice suddenly turned cold.
"You wouldn't choose this path, and you wouldn't let anyone arrange for you to choose this path," Ning Gu said. "This is not what you want."
"These are what I really want," Lian Chuan said with a chill in his eyes. "Every minute and every second of the suffering I've endured, the fear I've endured, the despair I've experienced, are engraved in my memory, in my mind, in my consciousness. Those who watched me suffer, those who threw me into the abyss, those who buried me in despair... I want to watch them perish."
Ning Gu suddenly understood at this moment.
This is Lianchuan.
But this is the other side of Lianchuan.
Lian Chuan, who tried hard to live and wanted to live no matter what, chose to follow him to escape the fate of destruction and keep his own world.
And now, the dark side that Lian Chuan had suppressed in his heart and tried hard not to touch, which was scarred, full of hatred and despair, was released and became a scavenger who was determined to destroy the world.
Ning Gu didn't know what to do. If it were him, even if he was crazy, he might be able to crawl back if Lian Chuan called out to him.
But Lian Chuan is different. The reason why Lian Chuan is not replicable is because of his amazing willpower and mental strength. Even after so many years of brutal training, not even once could defeat him.
"Remember this," Jiu Yi said after he made the decision, "If there is no communication, then he is not the Lian Chuan you want. Kill him and let Lian Chuan come back."
He didn't understand what Jiuyi said, and he still doesn't understand it now.
But he knew that the Lian Chuan in front of him was really not the Lian Chuan he knew.
He might not be able to kill Lian Chuan... Even if this was not the Lian Chuan he knew, he couldn't do it.
But he had to defeat this man.
Golden light exploded around Lianchuan.
Lian Chuan flashed a golden light in the moment when Ning Gu couldn't see clearly.
Then Ning Gu felt himself being kicked in the chest and thrown more than ten meters away. Not only did he fall off the platform, but he also rolled all the way down the stairs.
It's quite embarrassing.
After Ning Gu stood up again, he felt that his anger had reached his head.
"Are you going to kill me?" Lian Chuan stood on the high platform, looking down at him, "Just you?"
"Just me." Ning Gu said.
"Who do you think you are?" Lian Chuan laughed, "Do you really think there will be a savior?"
"I'm Ning Gu," Ning Gu walked up the stairs again. Golden light began to spread around him. Dark silver light continued to roll out from his feet, and each light seemed to be a cold blade. "I am your choice, I am the person you choose to believe in, I am the person you agreed to be with forever..."
Ning Gu walked back to the platform with heavy steps, and said word by word: "I am the one who wins every bet for you!"
When Lian Chuan rushed over, the golden light had already enveloped Ning Gu.
Although Ning Gu was knocked off the platform by his punch again, the dark silver blade cut through Lian Chuan's uniform and left a deep black wound on his waist.
It's even.
Ning Gu saw the wound when he fell down the stairs.
Lian Chuan looked down at the wound on his waist, then suddenly jumped into the air. Before Ning Gu could react, his knee had already hit Ning Gu's stomach.
At this moment, Ning Gu felt that his stomach was about to be squeezed out of his throat.
The great pain and the feeling of suffocation frightened him.
But he is no longer the silly traveler who just walked out of a ghost town. He has experienced too much, and Lian Chuan has also taught him a lot.
So in the gap of fear, he keenly discovered the flaw.
Lian Chuan did not use any killing moves against him.
He was able to bear it before, but after falling to the ground, he had to endure Lian Chuan's attack this time without any ability to protect himself.
With Lian Chuan's attack power, this knee is enough to kill ten Ning Gus.
But no Ning Gu died.