Puppet Master of Wasteland World 1

The world does not know when it started, but an infectious disease called mutation has appeared, and the source of the disease is unknown.

Anyone who is hurt by this thing will be infected and mutated.

People call it alien species.

Those who can control the negative effects of the infection and instead harness this power are called psychics. As they overuse their abilities, the infection hidden in their bodies will gradually worsen, and they will eventually turn into aliens who have lost their sanity and self.

To be precise, it should be called a monster.

Decades after the apocalypse, the technology and civilization of this small world have stagnated, and people are struggling to survive in danger.

When Luo Chen opened his eyes, he found himself in an extremely messy, crowded and dilapidated place. The bed he was lying on was bumpy, as if it was made of several things, and was covered with a torn and patched quilt.

The dim light barely allowed one to clearly see the facilities inside the house, which was filled with various tools, machines, and unfinished puppet limbs.

Luo Chen closed his eyes again and began to receive the memories of this body.

His original name was Ding Luochen, and he was a puppeteer.

My great-grandfather's generation has been engaged in the profession of puppeteer. Before the end of the world, this profession of puppeteer ushered in a new life. The exquisite life-size puppets are loved by many young people.

There are also people in a niche circle who collect these exquisite dolls.

As the puppeteers with the best craftsmanship, their family made a lot of money at that time, bought a house locally, and their lives became better and better.

Until the end of the world.

The profession of puppeteer has since declined.

People haven't even solved their own safety and food and drink problems, so how could they spend money on such beautiful but useless things?

In the apocalyptic era, coins and gold have lost their function. Instead, bartering, food, useful items, and alien cores dug out from alien species are the most mainstream good things at present.

The original body was born several decades after the apocalypse. One day, when he saw his grandfather using simple tools to turn materials into incredibly realistic dolls bit by bit, he was shocked from the bottom of his heart.

It’s like… creating life from nothing.

He was full of curiosity about the profession of puppeteer and pestered his grandfather to learn how to make puppets in his spare time. When he grew up, he tried to carry forward the profession of puppeteer.

This way, you can avoid always taking risks to find food. Hunting alien species is safer, and you can also use it to make money to support yourself.

His family had died in a sudden change.

Only by making puppets can he get rid of the pain of losing his family. He has lived in this base for more than three years. In order to survive, he gradually learned to use the puppet-making techniques to make some daily necessities to ensure that he would not starve to death.

Everyone around here knows that there is a weird person with a strange personality who rarely interacts with others and always hides in the house talking to dolls.

They all said that this man had gone crazy.

In fact, the original body was almost crazy. The death of his family, the fear and shadow brought to him by the last alien wave, and being treated as a weirdo by people around him, all these gradually overwhelmed the original body.

One day, the original body fell seriously ill and suddenly had the thought of dying. He lay quietly in bed until the pain and hunger gradually overwhelmed his body and consciousness.

There was a soft knock on the door.

Then, the small window was opened, and a thin and frail little boy climbed in. His right arm was empty, and his left hand was tightly holding a slightly dry steamed bun. He placed it to the original body's mouth and said in a hurried voice: "Eat, eat it."

The original body tried his best to open his eyes and looked at the little boy's dirty face and his big dark eyes full of anxiety and worry.

The original body remembered this child.

The child lost his right arm due to an injury and was abandoned by his parents. When the child was about to die, his father had a rare moment of conscience and used the remaining medicine to bandage the child's wound and left some things for the child.

Later.

The child survived with amazing willpower and built a small nest outside his house. During the day, he would go out to beg for food or do odd jobs in exchange for food, and occasionally he would look after the house for his original self.

The original body rarely paid attention to this child.

It was not until today that he suddenly realized that the child seemed to have bright eyes every time he saw him go out.

His eyes were burning and he couldn't describe what he felt.

The dry heart seemed to change because of this child, like a cluster of small flowers growing in the spring when the first snow melted.

Fragile, yet making one want to do everything in their power to protect it.

He burst out with a strong will to survive and ate the food that the child had worked so hard to get. He wanted to get better quickly and raise the child well.

But that night, the alien wave attacked again.

The base disappeared again, and this time, neither the original owner nor the child was lucky enough to survive.

Therefore, the original body had two wishes.

First, I want to adopt this child and protect him as he grows up.

Second, stop the alien tide and don’t let new tragedies happen.

When Luo Chen finished accepting the memory, Wan Kong Jing finally spoke: "Master, this world should not be contaminated by alien species."

There are countless small worlds in the universe.

In order to protect themselves and the continuation of countless lives in the world, some small world consciousnesses have been forced to launch a large-scale purge to allow more suitable life forms to reproduce.

Survival of the fittest.

But this world is different.

According to the original body's memory, humans in this world have consciously protected all non-renewable resources and will reduce various types of pollution caused by humans.

More importantly, the technological level of this world has not reached the point where excessive exploitation and consumption of resources are necessary, and the world consciousness will not launch any major purge.

Then, the inexplicable alien crisis that appeared in this world seemed very abnormal.

Luo Chen stood up and poured a glass of water.

Mineral water and various beverages are also precious resources after the apocalypse. Most people cannot afford to drink them, but ordinary water contains pollution, and drinking too much may cause some kind of mutation.

But rather than dying of thirst, everyone would choose these weird-tasting and unpalatable waters without hesitation, and boil them before drinking them if possible.

As for the food.

The original body's physical condition was not very good, and there was no way for him to leave the base and look for various precious supplies like those people with special abilities or those with excellent skills.

The original body hasn't received many orders in the past few days, and there is not much food and water left at home. If you don't worry about eating too much, you can barely hold on for two days.

Luo Chen walked to the table and sat down, familiarizing himself with the tools and materials needed to make the doll, and finally came up with a preliminary plan.

He plans to continue being a puppeteer.

But instead of making a complete puppet like the original, they make accessories in the same proportion as ginseng, and... give these things special powers.

There are many people in the base who have had to amputate their arms and legs due to pollution, or have become disabled due to injuries suffered outside.

For example... the little boy mentioned in the original body's wish.

For example... the one-eyed Liu San next door who has a bad temper and can still find precious resources outside even though he has lost an eye.

The knife in Luo Chen's hand flew flexibly on the material, rotating and carving. A roughly cube-shaped material soon took shape, and finally the black eyeballs were embedded.

A doll's eyeball that is exactly the same as a human eye is ready.

Luo Chen pondered for a while and said, "Then I'll call you the Eye of Truth."

His fingertips twitched slightly, and a ray of golden light penetrated into the eyeball. The light flickered and soon returned to calm.

When he left the previous world, he gained a lot of spiritual energy and stored it up directly, which he could use now.

This world is different from the previous two worlds.

With his current strength, it would be difficult to eliminate all the countless alien species in this world in a short period of time.

It will be more difficult to gain a lot of emotional points than in the previous two worlds.

The humans in this world have already suffered many hardships and dangers, and it is difficult to mobilize their emotions. Compared with these, the people of this world need someone who can have the ability to fight against alien species.

Luo Chen blew a breath gently, placed the eyeballs in the wooden box, and said to Wan Kong Jing: "And the dolls I made will be their future golden fingers."

However, the golden finger also comes at a price.

Then... exchange it with the alien core.

It's a good opportunity for him to study what these things are.

People in the past: Aliens are so scary.

People who came later said: Killing monsters will drop gold coins, I want to buy better equipment to become stronger.