Even if the carriages used to transport the condemned prisoners were fast enough, it would still take a day and a night to reach the coastal area.
The principal had taken off her high heels and was lying on her side on the bed. As long as she was sure there was no third person around, she didn't have to restrain herself. Only when she was alone or with William could she completely relax.
"William, you are actually well aware of the risks of this journey, right?"
William sat on the bedside opposite, staring at the principal's four-pointed star-shaped eyes, "Of course, otherwise why would I be so shameless as to let you join us... If it was just an ordinary matter, I would definitely not bother you. After all, without you in charge, Zion's risk index will rise sharply."
"Hmph~ Pretending."
William remained seated and slowly bent down, resting his hands on his chin. "By the way, has the organization never had any experience of going out to sea before?"
"Of course not. Zion's total combat power is not enough to support the idea of 'going to sea'. There are only a few strong people who can reach the path, and going to sea itself also involves a lot of risks.
The organization also had the idea of going overseas, called the Great Migration.
At that time, we were considering that if the continent of Quechua where we were located was confirmed to be completely grayed out and the leather factory was prepared to enslave us all, the organization would carry out a full migration.
Cross the sea to Middle-Earth to try to find other human organizations.
But this idea was overturned before it was even written into a plan, as we learned more about the old world and found no "free humans" other than ourselves.
Humans on other continents may not be as lucky as us. They have not received direct protection from epidemic source areas such as leather factories, and they are not even given "gentleman's skin" that does not affect our humanity, allowing us to be exposed to diseases and develop freely as human beings.
Humans on other continents either died or were kept in captivity by the sick for species transformation."
William scratched his nose lightly with his fingers. "It's very strange. According to the geography knowledge I read in books, the scale of Middle-Earth is much larger than the Kachuwa continent where we are.
The human density, culture and technological level there should be higher than ours.
Logically speaking, it should attract many source epidemic areas to colonize there in advance and establish a base in the new world. Even if it is not as laissez-faire as the leather factory, perhaps it will give them some room for development, right
Now, apart from our organization, there is no decent human being in the old world. This is very strange..."
Unexpectedly, Principal Daisylin stretched out her long white legs, with her feet facing William's face, indicating that he didn't need to continue.
"There's no need to think about this anymore. Let's just focus on the situation at hand. If we reach the Central Region this time, we'll know the specific situation.
By the way, William, your aura seems to have changed a lot. Tell me about your experience in the old world during your absence. Let me tell you about your stories to kill time. There is no one to talk to in the academy. It is really boring to chat about the stars with a bunch of old guys across the galaxy. "
"Okay."
…
A night passed.
Dai Silin changed from lying on her side at first to sitting cross-legged.
Her hands were crossed and gently grasping the soles of her feet, and her two starry eyes were wide open.
The stories about the other world told by William are novel, exciting and extremely vivid. Combined with the memory pictures continuously transmitted by the epileptic brain, they depict a completely different human world.
The principal was so excited that she almost couldn't sleep most of the night. She had many questions at every point in the story, and it was not until three in the morning that she finally finished.
"Good night, Principal. Have a good rest. We have to cross the sea tomorrow."
As William lay down to rest,
Deslin wrapped herself in her quilt but could not fall asleep. The story just now replayed in her mind through the stars and clouds. For some reason, she actually felt a rare envy for the circus member named Catherine who could go on such a novel and interesting adventure in another world with William.
She also wanted to go and see the stars in the world over there.
"William..."
Deslin tossed and turned and wanted to continue the conversation, but there was no response from the person in the bed opposite, as if he had fallen asleep.
Just when she was feeling a little lost, a voice came over: "Principal, we can go there together if we have a chance in the future. I believe the stars in that world may give you new insights."
"Well, go to sleep."
My anxious heart is finally at peace and sleepiness comes over me.
I don't know how much time had passed, but the frequency and severity of the carriage's shaking increased significantly, and at the same time, a strong feeling of dampness crept into the carriage.
"Boss, Boss! The infection here is so serious!
It's incredible. In the old world, there are very clear territorial divisions between different epidemic areas, and "cross-infection" is strictly prohibited. However, you are not bound by the conventional rules and regulations, and you actually developed this kind of joint disease. It's really interesting. "
When William woke up, Nash's excited voice spread in his skull.
When you open your eyes,
The carriage, which was originally neat and clean, was actually covered with light water stains.
The carriage with metal partitions was leaking water, and all kinds of shellfish, plants and even tiny eyeballs were growing out of it. There were even finger-sized crabs crawling on the walls.
The most exaggerated thing is that the bedding covering William has grown barnacle structures.
However, these were nothing. What really invaded the carriage was something else... something that made William feel uncomfortable, but made Nash feel excited.
The teeth occupy about 40% of the carriage wall.
That’s right, the interior of the carriage is densely packed with white human teeth, causing people to feel physically uncomfortable.
"Mmm! So wet!"
William sat up suddenly and found that the principal had already gotten up and changed his clothes.
Use the plasticity of "gentleman's leather" to transform yesterday's long skirt and high heels into a set of tight vest, long leather pants and a pair of plain leather boots decorated with stars suitable for going out.
"A gentleman from the organization once tried to investigate the coastal area, but he turned back before he even arrived. He was discouraged by the extreme humidity and the strange teeth.
Although the sea was the area infected earliest and most severely, the plague lord who controlled the sea in the old world did not spend too much time on this area, nor did he prohibit the invasion of other plagues.
Gradually, various diseases began to appear in the sea, and a large number of cross-infections occurred.
Dental disease seems to have a nice mix with marine pathogens.”
“Cross infection?”
William tried to pinch a tooth on the surface of the carriage, thinking that he could easily pull it out, but he didn't expect the tooth to be embedded so tightly that he pulled it out with force using his fingers.
Bang!
The moment the tooth was pulled out, sea water splashed out.
The dental nerves that were constantly twisting like octopus tentacles were pulled out, and William even felt a vitality from them that was no less than that of small animals.
"Um?"
William tried to throw the extracted tooth to the ground.
Unexpectedly, the dental nerve carried the tooth to the ground steadily and began to crawl on the ground.
After finding a suitable position, the nerve immediately becomes like a drill and starts drilling holes in the ground.
For some reason, William felt a toothache when watching this scene.
"This... What force in the old world does this tooth correspond to?"
Deslin was full of doubts.
"William, you don't know this
The teeth clearly correspond to a source of epidemic in the Old World. Although they have become low-key after the war, they should be able to recognize it, right
This source of the epidemic area can be said to be a 'hospital' in the old world, called the Tooth Clinic."
"I really don't know... A hospital in the old world? Why does it feel a bit weird? After all, the old world itself is the origin of the epidemic, but there is still such a thing as a hospital.
Does this dental clinic simply provide oral treatment, or something else?"
“I haven’t been there. After all, the scale of the dental clinic is not that big compared to other epidemic source areas, and it has always been very low-key, even hidden in a corner of the world.
It is rumored that only those who are seriously injured and about to die, if they choose to wander in the uninhabited area of the old world in the last stage of their lives, will have the chance to see the tooth clinic.
I don't know what it is like specifically.
I just didn't expect that the dental clinic, which was quite low-key in the old world, would be so proactive here, infecting and occupying the coastal areas.
It seems that these doctors from the old world are very far-sighted and want to take root here in advance, and move the dental clinic here immediately when the world infection is complete."
William also opened the car window with great interest.
Although there was thick gray matter outside, with the vision of the abyss, one could roughly feel that a special city was not far away, and could clearly hear the sound of the tide.