"But you don't have to worry too much." The woman's tense face relaxed again and she smiled, "Everyone here has been baptized, but so far, I haven't heard of anyone being turned into a furry monster, so you don't have to worry too much."
"Is that so..." Shi Wanyun breathed a sigh of relief.
But she still felt a little uncomfortable.
The so-called "master" who restricts the people here in this way is definitely not someone who is easy to get along with.
"So, now you can tell me, how did you get here?"
Shi Wanyun hesitated for a moment and finally decided to tell the truth.
But that's only half the truth.
"It's like this..."
She told the woman in front of her every experience since she was forced to be teleported here.
"I'm actually no match for those advanced mutant creatures out there. You can see that. I was able to get here thanks to a little bit of luck and the help from the strongest survivor among us."
"Oh? The strongest survivor?" The woman was somewhat interested. "In my opinion, your strength is not weak. If you were among the first few batches of survivors, you would probably be the strongest."
"… I don't know about you survivors from the first few batches, but there are indeed many survivors in my batch who are stronger than me." Shi Wanyun sighed, "If it weren't for the healing medicine they gave me, I wouldn't have been able to make it here."
"Healing medicine?" The woman was slightly startled, then she thought of something. She touched her waist with her hand, and after a flash of purple-black light, a backpack appeared in her hand, and she handed it to her, "Your stuff."
"...Have you looked at the contents of the backpack?" Shi Wanyun took the backpack and asked softly.
"Well, it's not just me. No. 228 who brought you up here also checked it out right away." The woman said, "But I didn't find any medicine that could heal your wounds."
"Of course, because I have used them all up." Shi Wanyun explained softly, "I have been fatally wounded three times by those advanced mutant creatures. If it weren't for the healing drugs they provided me, I would not be able to enter here at all."
"So that's how it is..." The woman nodded, "This explains why someone as strong as you can pass through that area below. Although your strength is very strong among survivors of the same stage, it is still far inferior to those mutant creatures below. I didn't expect that among your group of survivors, there is someone who is proficient in medical treatment... Wait."
The woman frowned slightly: "Fatal injury... can it be cured by taking healing medicine?"
"Well, I don't understand the principle, but as long as you take the pill, your body's injuries will recover quickly." Shi Wanyun explained, "It is indeed a miracle drug. I finally got a few pills, but unfortunately they are all used up."
"Is this really something that a survivor can make?" The woman was surprised. "You survivors are beyond my imagination."
"... I want to ask, where are my previous clothes?" Shi Wanyun pulled at the clothes she was wearing at the moment, "I had already changed my clothes when I came up."
When she came up, she was wearing a one-piece dress that reached her ankles. That was all she was wearing.
So during the baptism, No. 228 just moved slightly behind her and her dress slipped off.
But now, the clothes she was wearing were much more normal. Although it felt empty inside, at least she had something on her top and bottom.
But this was not her original outfit.
When she came here, she was wearing the purple-grade steel armor that Xu Xin gave her.
There is also one most important piece of equipment: the invisible cloak.
Without that equipment, there was no way she could have made it through the horrific area below and come here.
Although this place is not necessarily more normal than the following...
"Ah, your clothes, those purple-level armor equipment?"
Speaking of her armor equipment, the woman exclaimed, "Your equipment is what surprises me the most. You guys haven't been here for long, right? You actually already have purple-level metal armor, and it's made of steel."
"Where is that set of armor now?" Shi Wanyun asked.
"Why? You still want it? It's already in tatters, what else do you need it for?"
"...That's purple-level armor." Shi Wanyun said softly.
Besides, it's not too broken, right? Although it has a few scratches, it can still be used after repair.
The woman smiled and shook her head. "You don't have to be so frugal. Although purple-grade armor is rare for you, it is not a rare thing for us. If you want it, we can have it. Of course, the premise is that you can prove your worth."
Shi Wanyun raised her eyes slightly.
Is there no shortage of purple-level resources here
Yes, the people here are all the first few batches of survivors. Each of them is the last one to make it to the end and has survived in this world for more than ten years or even decades. Purple-level armor and weapons may really be nothing to them.
To them, the purple-grade steel armor they wore might just be considered an ordinary, worn-out armor that anyone could afford.
Therefore, when No. 228 took off her armor, he did not care about anything. He just thought that the clothes were dirty and torn, so he changed her quickly. He could not let her go for baptism in the torn clothes.
but…
Didn't they see that special...
"Well, my equipment is now in..."
"When I went there just now, it was still at No. 228," the woman said. "It was dirty, covered in blood and dust. I didn't take it with me. I asked her to deal with it. Maybe she has already dealt with it."
"Processing means..."
"Metal armor will be smelted back into the furnace, and leather armor will be destroyed directly. What we lack the most is animal skins."
this…
Shi Wanyun's heart ached slightly.
That was a purple-level armor that she had never seen before. She had begged for it for a long time and she had to return it. How could it be disposed of like this
Moreover, the special function of the invisible cloak inside...
Really not discovered
"Why, are those equipments special? Ah, I see." The woman smiled slightly, "Is it the first set of purple-level armor that you spent all your resources to make? It does have some commemorative value. You can ask No. 228 later. Maybe she hasn't dealt with it yet."
"I'm still wearing a cloak..." Shi Wanyun hesitated and asked, "Excuse me, is that cloak still there?"
"That cloak with several holes in it? It's already damaged. It's just a green-level cloak. Is it important?" the woman asked.
Green level
Shi Wanyun's heart moved.
Because it was damaged too severely, it lost its original ability and its grade dropped to green level
It seems that the other party did not see the function of the Concealer's cloak.
"Those equipment were lent to me by the strongest survivor among us." Shi Wanyun explained softly, "I will return them to him later, so..."
"Is that so? Ah, could it be that..." the woman smiled, "the strongest person who has given you so much help... is a man?"
"…It's not what you think." Shi Wanyun knew what the woman wanted to say and denied it softly.
"I haven't said anything yet." The woman said with a slight sarcasm.
…Anyone can see what you mean.
“So, although that cloak is only green-level, you have been wearing it all the time because it was the first piece of equipment the other party gave you, is that right?” the woman speculated.
The other party found a good excuse for her.
She had no intention of telling the woman the function of the Cloak of the Concealer.
Although she wanted to trust this woman, she always had to be careful.
The special healing medicine she obtained from Xu Xin was sold by Explorer Qi Xuefei on the World Channel, and it was no secret.
They have also displayed the purple-level armor on the trading platform, so it is not a secret.
It didn't matter even if she said these, because the explorers Xu Xin was with didn't want to hide these.
But she couldn't tell anyone the function of the Concealer's cloak.
Before Xu Xin took out this thing to help her, they had never shown this equipment to anyone else. This should be considered Xu Xin's secret equipment.
Xu Xin saved her life and was her benefactor. She couldn't tell anyone else about this.
Even if it was a survivor from previous sessions, or even this seemingly trustworthy woman in front of him, it wouldn't work.
That's what she had just been thinking, half-truth.
She didn't lie, she just hid something.
The best option is not to offend either side.
"…No." Shi Wanyun tilted her head slightly and said softly, "It's just that he gave me something, and I have to return it to him, even if it's a green-level equipment."
However, in the eyes of women, she now looked like a cute girl who was trying to be stubborn even after being exposed.
The woman's eyes softened as she looked at her. She really saw herself fifty years ago in Shi Wanyun. "In that case, I have almost understood your situation. You can go back first. For the time being, you can live in the room where you woke up. I will ask No. 228 to find you and help you get familiar with this place."
"Hmm..." Shi Wanyun was a little surprised, "Don't you need me to do anything now?"
"Not for now. You just had the baptism today. I won't let you do anything else. Just take a good rest. You won't have it so easy tomorrow." The woman said, and a red light suddenly flashed in her eyes.
"Can you tell me what I should do tomorrow?" Shi Wanyun was still confused.
"That depends on the master's intention. The missions for the new batch of survivors are not given by me, but by the master. I will take you to see him tomorrow."
Master...
"I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you. Go back and rest. You can rest in this room if you want, but this is a prison cell, so it won't be very comfortable."
Having said that, she immediately turned around and walked out of the room, without even giving Shi Wanyun a chance to ask again.
The door was not closed but half open.
Shi Wanyun walked to the door and looked outside.
Another corridor.
What is different from the previous one is that this corridor is not a wooden corridor, but a pure metal corridor. The cool metallic luster makes people feel cold.
There are also some tightly closed metal doors on both sides of the corridor. It is obvious that they are prison cells.
She looked back at the metal bed that had just restrained her and made her powerless, shook her head, and decided not to stay here anymore.
This place makes me feel a little uncomfortable. The bloodstains on the bed look weird. Let’s go back to that room first.
She pushed the door open and walked out.
There is no road at the left end of the corridor, but on the other side you can see the wooden passage at the end.
It should be over there.
Shi Wanyun walked towards that direction.
Along the way, the prison doors on both sides were some open and some closed.
There was no one in the open prisons. Some of the prisons were similar to hers, with only a metal bed, while some prisons had torture instruments that made her feel a little creepy.
There's even blood on it!
And the closed prisons are all occupied.
The prison doors were not soundproof, and Shi Wanyun could hear faint groans and even some miserable cries from almost every closed prison door.
This caused her to quicken her pace and quickly leave the area.
… Although there are survivors like her everywhere, she feels that there is something wrong here, and it always feels like this is not a suitable place for survival…
Have these survivors from other areas really lived here for more than ten years or even decades
Speaking of which, since these first few batches of survivors have been here for decades, they should have left the Earth decades ago, right
She is not from the same generation as me.
The woman just now might be from her grandmother's generation.
"Ah, you're here!"
At this moment, she heard a familiar voice.
When I turned around, I saw the face of No. 228.
"The supervisor came to me specifically and asked me to take care of your daily life. It seems that she thinks highly of you!" No. 228 was a little excited. "It seems that you are really strong. Don't forget that I brought you here in the future!"
"Should I go back to the previous room now?"
"No, no, that's not necessary. Why are you still living in that shabby room?" No. 228 shook her head so hard that it almost made her head fall off. "You can sleep over there. Hey, my status here is pretty good. My place is big enough for several people to live in. It's much better than the room you just slept in."
"Thank you very much." Shi Wanyun was just thinking about chatting more with No. 228. It would be much more convenient to live with her.
"let's go."
No. 228 led her towards her room.
"By the way, that..." Shi Wanyun didn't know how to address her.
"Just call me No. 228. I won't ask your name... I won't need it in the future anyway."
“… Doesn’t your supervisor have a name either?”
"No one has a name. The supervisor is number 5, which is pretty close to the front. It sounds impressive!"
"Number 5..."
Shi Wanyun was a little surprised. No. 5 was too far forward. It seemed that she was really a veteran here.
She then asked, "No. 228, how long have you been here?"
"It's been 20 or 30 years, right? I can't quite remember." No. 228 recalled, and then argued, "But I'm not an old woman. Everyone who comes here can live forever. I'm still very young!"
"Then what era were you from when you were on Earth? When I left Earth, it was 202x." Shi Wanyun asked her doubts.
"202x? Oh my god, is it that late already?" No. 228 exclaimed, "202x! It feels like the future! When I left, a certain great country had just disintegrated!"
…199x
He really is the person from thirty years ago!
It would be a lie to say that she wasn't surprised. After all, she was older than her mother, thirty years ago...
The girl in front of her looked about the same age as her...
This feeling is really kind of strange.
…
"etc!"
Xu Xin suddenly interrupted Shi Wanyun, his expression a little strange.
"You just said that the time point in which the first few batches of survivors lived was in the past, in 199x?"
"In the past... ? What does that mean? They left the Earth decades ago and came here." Shi Wanyun was a little confused by Xu Xin's question.
Shi Wanyun didn't quite understand what Xu Xin said. After all, Xu Xin had not yet told her the truth about this world. In her mind, this was just a special different world.
Xu Xin frowned directly.
His thinking was a little confused.
Aren’t the survivors the same people who lived on the eve of the arrival of the alien invaders
Aren't they all people from that time who were sent to the future, but were sent in batches, so they arrived at different times
As a result... the first few survivors were actually from the past?!
"Eh..."
Xu Xin suddenly thought of something he discovered when he first came to this world.
At that time, he climbed down for a long time and came to a subway room, and in that room, he found a skeleton.
On the back of the skull were carved some Greek words that he couldn't understand.
The production date of the eaten compressed biscuits in the skull's package can prove that he is from 198x!
He almost forgot about this matter!
And he has always been puzzled by the inexplicably large number of survivors...
this…
What exactly happened to these survivors who came to this world in batches