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The City Affairs Hall is the most central location in Area A, and is one of the few buildings in the main city that remains relatively intact. Even two smaller buildings in the Internal Defense Department have collapsed.
When Ning Gu and everyone rushed from the experimental cabin to the exit of the City Affairs Hall, the vibration coming from the basement of the City Affairs Hall was already obvious.
"The building is going to collapse." Chun San said.
"What a pity for your laboratories," Lei Yu said.
"The important ones have separate protections, so even if the building collapses, the interior should be able to remain intact," Chun San looked back at the building, "but I don't know if there will be a chance to use them again."
"Calling the laboratory." Li Liang's voice came from the intercom.
"Everyone in the laboratory is here." Lei Yu replied.
"Fade Chen asked for help a minute ago," Li Liang said, "I can't get in touch with him now. I'm taking people over there."
"You stay over there and cooperate with the traveler first," Long Biao said, "We'll go and take a look. Ning Gu is with us."
"In addition, the communication between the main city and Lost Valley has been interrupted." Li Liang reported.
"I'm going to check it out," Chun San looked at Long Biao, "Take me there."
"Okay." Long Biao started the A01, Chun San jumped into the car, turned his head and glanced at Lei Yu, "You go and see what's going on with Chen Fei."
"Yeah." Lei Yu grabbed Ning Gu's arm and prepared to help him get into the car.
"I can do it myself," Ning Gu said in a series of words, and quickly got on the bike after gritting his teeth. "Okay."
Lianchuan is still in the dew, I don’t know if he has come out.
Ning Gu was originally very anxious and wanted to rush to Luzhu to take a look, but he also knew that Chen Fei's camp housed many residents of the main city and they had no ability to resist.
If a large number of scavengers burst into the camp, the city guards and ez under Chen Fei would not be able to hold on for long and would basically be dead. Unfortunately, there were still a lot of supplies in the camp that could not be destroyed.
Ning Gu sat behind Lei Yu, tilting his head and staring in the direction of Luzhu.
"What is the scavenger outbreak?" Lei Yu asked, "Do you know?"
"The scavengers' central nervous system has been destroyed," Ning Gu said, "They are out of control now and will all come out."
"What is the center?" Lei Yu asked.
Ning Gu didn't say anything, not knowing how to explain for a moment.
"Is it Lianchuan?" Lei Yu asked again.
Ning Gu glanced at the back of Lei Yu's head. These middle-aged men were all tough guys and could guess the answer with just a casual guess. If the team leader was replaced, he would probably be able to guess the answer immediately.
"It's the dark side of Lian Chuan." Ning Gu added, "The pain he has endured."
"Is he still alive?" Lei Yu asked.
"Yeah," Ning Gu responded, even though I had poked a lot of holes in him, "If he's alive, he'll come out of the dewdrop."
The car didn't have to drive far before we could see flames rising into the sky.
The crack has extended to the foot of the light thorn.
But the light thorn still emitted a faint white light, as if nothing had happened.
Ning Gu looked at the light spike. This was the first time he had seen the landmark building of the main city from such a close distance.
It was very tall, sharp and domineering. Although he had always disliked everything about the main city, from a certain perspective, the light thorn was now the main city and the symbol of this world.
As long as the light thorn is still there, hope is still there, and their world is still there.
As a large number of scavengers rushed towards them from the firelight, it felt like the black fog of Tongue Bay was rolling in.
"Rush forward." Ning Gu said.
Lei Yu's A01 accelerated and rushed towards the scavenger. The vehicle-mounted weapon shot out a blue flame belt in front that continued to advance forward.
Ning Gu stood up in the back seat and raised his left hand.
Amid the piercing pain in his ribs and back, the silver light that burst out from his fingertips gathered into several huge, rolling beams of light, which swept through the middle of the scavengers at the same time. Countless black mists were blown out, and clusters of ink-like afterimages burst out in the air.
The camp's flag could be seen ahead, but the camp was just an ordinary theater that had collapsed completely. There was also a crack in the middle of the camp from which flames were coming out.
Even from such a distance, Ning Gu could still hear the terrified cries and screams coming from over there.
At this moment, Ning Gu felt that he could understand No. N's feelings, and could also understand the despair in his last look.
No matter what the cost, they want to keep their own world and keep those who once lived here. Even if many of them do not live happily, this is their world and no one can erase it.
So he can only let N down, even to despair, because he also has the same world to preserve.
Ning Gu released the second wave of attack. The golden light wrapped around the silver beam and swept through like a whirlwind. Large areas of the scavengers were destroyed, and even part of the flames spewing out of the cracks were suppressed.
But his ability is limited. The scavengers are out of control and cannot be distinguished as individuals as they rush out madly. Even if this is the last batch, no one knows how many there are. If he cannot find a suitable defensive method, even if he can be defeated in the end, there will probably not be many people left.
"Chen Fei!" Lei Yu shouted into the intercom, "Can you hear me?"
A team of ez rushed out from the right and pounced on the scavenger under the cover of the city guards' weapons. While the scavenger was torn to pieces by them, almost one-third of the ez were killed in return.
Ning Gu raised his hand, and golden light spread towards the scavenger.
"Captain Lei!" a city guard shouted.
"Where is Minister Chen!" Lei Yu shouted.
"Take the men and retreat to the rear of the camp," the city guards shouted, "We can't hold on here any longer!"
"Where are Liu Dong's people? Where are Xiao Lin's people?" Lei Yu continued to shout, "Where are their ez and armed forces?"
"I didn't see it!" the city guard replied, "They retreated from the Dewdrops when the Scavengers first erupted!"
"You guys go to the rear! Guard the supplies!" Lei Yu waved his hand, "Let's go! Don't leave anyone here, let EZ hold on first!"
"Understood!" the city guard shouted.
Lei Yu's car jumped over a crack.
When they were in the air, they heard a low vibration, and then saw three branch cracks extending from this crack, and the fire under the ground was faintly visible.
"Get out of the way!" Ning Gu roared, and pressed his hand down suddenly, and a large area of golden light spread out.
But this time he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his ribs and a wound in his back. Every time he used his ability, pain would erupt from deep within his body, and the pain would not go away as long as he was using his ability.
He only said that he had the wounds from Lian Chuan because he didn't realize how serious the wounds from the main city weapons that hit him were. Now he realized that these weapons were really targeted. Compared to the broken ribs from Lian Chuan, those wounds were more fatal and seemed to be getting worse with the use of his abilities.
When scavengers gushed out of the new cracks below, Ning Gu was unable to release his ability. He leaned on Lei Yu's shoulders, breathing heavily, trying to cushion the pain in his body.
"How are you!" Lei Yu swung the front of the car violently, avoiding the fire and firing at the row of scavengers that were pouring out.
"It hurts a lot." Ning Gu said.
"Let's leave here first." Lei Yu said.
"Wait!" Ning Gu saw another team of ez rushing into the scavengers, almost exchanging one for one with the scavengers, and quickly disappeared in the fire. If they were not blocked here, as soon as they left, these scavengers would rush into the camp in large numbers.
Then it would be useless even if we retreated to the rear.
Ning Gu gritted his teeth and raised his left hand.
Just as he was about to release his ability, a huge black shadow rushed towards him from the air on the left.
"It's the Nine Wings." Lei Yu said.
It was indeed Jiuyi. The distance was close enough that Ning Gu could see the dog-head mask on his face. He looked in shock at the huge wings behind Jiuyi, which were very similar to the wings of real bats they had seen in the chanting cave.
It is worthy of being the king of lost modification.
Jiuyi raised his hand, and a net flashing with cold light pressed towards the flames in the direction of his finger, cutting large areas of scavengers into pieces.
"Nine Wings!" Ning Gu roared.
Jiu Yi flicked his fingers and responded to him with a sharp sound.
Ning Gu was just about to yell again, "Why are you pretending?", when he suddenly saw that the black iron ground at the edge of the crack in the distance seemed to be scratched by something, and the sparks were filled with debris that was constantly being blown up.
"Lian Chuan!" Ning Gu shouted, "It's Lian Chuan!"
He can still clearly remember the sparks and debris that flew across the ground when Lian Chuan intercepted him at the entrance of the Lost Valley.
It’s just that the scale now is much larger and the power is stronger.
"This is... Betelgeuse." Lei Yu lowered A01 to the ground.
"There is no Betelgeuse anymore," Ning Gu said, "From now on, there is only Lianchuan."
When Lian Chuan rushed to him, Ning Gu felt his eyes getting hot.
He jumped out of the car.
"Are you okay?" Lei Yu looked at Lian Chuan.
"It's okay." Lian Chuan said.
Another wave of scavengers came out, and Ning Gu had to suppress his strong urge to chat for a while, and looked at Lian Chuan: "How do we do it?"
Lian Chuan rushed over and kicked a long crack on the ground. It must be that he had some plan.
"You and Jiuyi," Lianchuan said, "lift it up. Jiuyi blew up the molten fire pipe. It worked."
"Black iron can stop the scavenger." Lei Yu reacted.
Ning Gu glanced at Jiuyi, and Jiuyi fell to the ground.
They both put their hands on the ground at the same time.
The force that erupted then caused the ground to shake violently. Lei Yu had to hover the car in the air while shooting in all directions to suppress the scavengers who kept trying to rush over.
A few seconds later, the ground cut by Lian Chuan cracked deeply, and then countless large pieces of black iron were lifted up, rolling and stacking together.
Amidst the huge roar, pieces of black iron were separated from the ground, and were swept into the air by pieces of mixed light and fragrance, and then continued to fall.
"What... is that?" Chen Fei stood on the roof of the command vehicle with a cannon on his shoulder, looking at the light that spread across half of the sky at the front of the camp, and the black iron block rolling in the air.
"Ning Gu," the city guard who had just retreated from the front line panted, "Lei Yu brought Ning Gu here, as well as Lian Chuan and Jiu Yi."
"Nine Wings?" Fade Chen was stunned. "He left the Lost Valley?"
"Yes," Cheng Wei's tone was also full of surprise, "He really can fly, maybe he really is a bat."
"... Use your brains," Fade Chen sighed, "They are holding the front, we still have time, hurry up, continue to transfer people, and move the supply trucks to the back, just to the theater warehouse. If we go any further, I'm afraid there will be new cracks, and we won't be able to retreat then."
"Understood." The city guard glanced at him and said, "You should retreat as well."
"I won't retreat." Chen Fei said.
"It's too dangerous!" one of the men also said, "Let's retreat, Lian Chuan and the others are over there..."
"I can't retreat," Chen Fei said, "Everyone in the camp is watching me. If I retreat, people's hearts will be shaken. Even if I die here, I can't retreat."
“Minister Chen…” the subordinate sighed.
"At this time, no matter if it is useful or not, we need some reassurance," Chen Fei said, "If General Su is here, the effect will be better... It's a pity that he gave up."
The city guards continued to retreat with their men. Several of their men did not try to persuade them anymore. Instead, they raised their weapons together and aimed at the front of the camp from behind cover.
When Lei Yu's car rushed into the camp, Chen Fei breathed a sigh of relief. When he put down the cannon on his shoulder, it hit his foot directly and he almost fell off the roof of the car.
His men helped him up and he jumped down from the roof of the car.
"Captain Lei." Chen Fei looked at Lei Yu, "Thank you for your support."
"Chun San has gone to repair the communication equipment," Lei Yu said, "It should be restored soon."
"What's the situation over there?" Chen Fei asked, "My ez is almost exhausted. Liu Dong and Xiao Lin are retreating now to preserve their strength."
Lei Yu looked in the direction of Lu Zhu and asked, "Do they want to make a deal with Lu Zhu?"
"What Liu Dong said is not impossible," Chen Fei said, "My people can't get through now. There are too many scavengers on the road. I can't figure out the situation over there."
"It's safe here for now," Lei Yu said, "Li Xiang will bring the travelers here soon."
"Why did the scavenger suddenly explode?" Chen Fei said.
"The last madness." Lei Yu said.
"I'll go back to Lost Valley to check," Jiuyi said, "The access to the main city has been cut off, and there are too many scavengers. I don't know what the situation is like."
"Yes," Lian Chuan responded, "We will be there soon."
"You guys go check out Dewdrop first," Jiuyi said, "I don't know much about that thing, but if it's like what N said, that's their world, then even if he dies, that world still exists."
"What do you mean?" Ning Gu looked at him.
"We have to destroy it," Jiuyi said, "Even if we survive in the end, this world is too fragile to withstand a single blow. Any unexpected change could lead to our destruction again."
"Oh." Ning Gu nodded.
"I know you are soft-hearted," Jiu Yi said, "You don't have to do anything."
"You?" Ning Gu asked.
"I am also soft-hearted," Jiu Yi said, "Even the famous killing of the big bug main city is decisive."
The nine wings flew away with a flash of cold light.
Ning Gu turned and looked at Lian Chuan: "He has no brains, you don't have to care about what he says."
"Hmm?" Lian Chuan looked at him.
"What do you mean by decisive killing?" Ning Gu said, "What do you mean by killing people without hesitation?"
“… You said more than him.” Lian Chuan said.
"I'm just explaining!" Ning Gu said, "Don't pay attention to what he said."
"I don't care," Lian Chuan said, "Take a rest for two minutes. It must be in so much pain."
Ning Gu immediately fell on a broken wall next to him, his face twisted into a ball: "It would have been better if you hadn't said it, but now that you've said it, it reminds me how much the main city wants to kill all the travelers."
"Let's check and balance each other," Lian Chuan said, "The main city must also survive."
"Is it like our world and n's world?" Ning Gu slowly slid down and sat next to Lian Chuan.
"Don't think about it." Lian Chuan said.
"Well," Ning Gu sighed softly, "I won't be soft-hearted. After all, N doesn't intend to be soft-hearted towards us."
"The passage between the dew and the code wind tunnel has been blocked. It may be a system error." Lian Chuan closed his eyes, "But the dew is connected to the world of n. Their people and memories are all in the dew."
"Yeah." Ning Gu looked at him.
"It's impossible that there is only one leader, the Savior," Lian Chuan said, "If n dies, there will be others. If he is released..."
"Who released him?" Ning Gu asked, "Liu Dong?"
"Liu Dong is much more ruthless than Chen Fei," Lian Chuan said. "Every time I train, he is the one who puts me in the near-death state. Chen Fei has now joined forces with the Lost Valley and the Traveler. Once the threat of destruction is lifted, it will be impossible for him and Xiao Lin alone to become the god of the new world as he wants."
"So he wanted to find help from the dewdrops." Ning Gu said.
"Well," Lian Chuan opened his eyes, "in a moment..."
"You should rest first and stop talking." Ning Gu looked at the shocking black wounds under his torn uniform and the scars left by the thorns. "I'm afraid you will die."
"Just you," Lian Chuan said, "want to kill me?"
"Hey?" Ning Gu was stunned. "I care about you! You actually want to brag at this time? Who are you?"
Lian Chuan smiled.
Ning Gu looked at him without saying anything, then lowered his head and pulled his hand over to hold it.
With a strong squeeze, a series of small spots of light flashed on the back of my hand.
With another firm squeeze, the small spot of light flashed again.
"Are you Lianchuan?" Ning Gu asked.
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded, "Are you Ning Gu?"
"Yes," Ning Gu said, "I am the traveler Ning Gu who was targeted by the strongest hyena as soon as he entered the main city and shot twice before finally escaping."
"Then I am..." Lian Chuan thought for a moment, "the Lian Chuan who stole several boxes of rations for the traveler Ning Gu."
"Did you hear it?" Ning Gu stared at him, "I thought you couldn't hear it."
"How could that be?" Lian Chuan turned his head and looked at him. "There was only one me from the beginning to the end."
"Then why did you..." Ning Gu was stunned.
"Sometimes living in hatred," Lian Chuan said, "and venting all the hatred recklessly, over time, can make people addicted."
Ning Gu didn't say anything. After a while, he asked, "Will you still be addicted?"
"No more," Lian Chuan touched the wound on his body that he had stabbed, "I can't stand it, it hurts a lot."