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◎Are they actually...under the sea?◎

Zhu Ning didn't let go of his hand for a long time, until his palm was no longer cold, Pei Shu's breathing became long and warm, and he fell asleep.

Zhu Ningcai went to look at Pei Shu's face, but there was no light and he couldn't see it clearly.

His forehead had been pressed against the ground for too long, and his skin was rubbed raw, but there was no blood, only flames.

Zhu Ning stared at the wound, wondering what was inside Pei Shu. Was there magma wrapped around his bones? How much human tissue remained? She couldn't help but think of Xu Meng. Pei Shu seemed to be changing. No one had pointed it out, but she realized it wasn't the rapid disintegration of Xu Meng, but rather a gradual collapse under the influence of some force.

Pei Shu was like a clay statue made in the shape of a human. It only had the appearance of a human, but it fell down a little bit every day. As time went by, it slowly turned into a piece of mud.

Pei Shu might have died a long time ago in the Far North. Even if his body was not dead, his soul had died long ago. When Zhu Ning first saw Pei Shu, he was just a walking corpse.

She recalled the time when she was dealing with Teacher Pei inside the wall. He had a decadent look on his face and always appeared with a car, either leaning against the car smoking or knitting in the car.

No one knew that he was festering bit by bit, silently, starting from the wound in his heart. He had never left the Far North.

Zhu Ning pried open the foreign body in his heart, but was unable to heal it.

She found the bandages in the backpack she had rummaged through and wrapped them around herself. For some reason, she was very focused on doing this, as if she was doing handicrafts.

In the end, the hole in Pei Shu's chest was covered up. Zhu Ning's bandage style was the same as Bai Cheng's, both were very thick. If he wore protective clothing, no one would know that he had a hole in his heart and would think he was a normal person.

Zhu Ning held the back of his neck with one hand and supported his legs with the other, then picked Pei Shu up horizontally. He was quite heavy, and she would not have been able to move him in her previous life.

Zhu Ning groped her way to Bai Cheng's location, and Pei Shu extinguished the fire. Fortunately, she found a complete flashlight, but after turning on the flashlight, Zhu Ning was stunned. Bai Cheng was wrapped in a wall of bones. She had seen this scene before, but it felt different when illuminated by the flashlight.

A beam of cold flashlight light shone on Bai Cheng's face, making it look even whiter.

The white bones symbolizing death surrounded her softly, all their edges pointed outward, appearing harmonious, like a condescending statue of bones.

Bai Cheng fell asleep, breathing very weakly. This statue had no murderous intentions, and because it was holding a little girl in its arms, it looked very compassionate.

It was strange. This was the first time she felt that Bai Cheng was compassionate, which made her feel unfamiliar.

Zhu Ning walked up to her holding Pei Shu, like a believer seeking refuge.

Zhu Ning looked at her for a while and actually felt very calm inside. This place really belonged to Bai Cheng's protection area.

The four of them clearly got together halfway, and they walked like a family. When Lin Xiaofeng was no longer able to do so, Pei Shu was behind him, and when Pei Shu was no longer able to do so, Zhu Ning was behind him.

Even if Zhu Ning is no longer able to do so, he still has Bai Cheng behind him. This undead will provide support for the entire team.

The price is that Bai Cheng died again and again. The current Bai Cheng is already the fifth one. Along the way, four of her selves have died.

Zhu Ning was very grateful to her.

Zhu Ning put Pei Shu down from his arms and leaned against Bai Cheng. He put Pei Shu in a comfortable position and used his backpack as a pillow for him. He rummaged around and put a blanket over him. The fire was quite smart and knew that the blanket was for its owner, so it didn't light it at all.

Pei Shu is a stove, he doesn't need to be kept warm, but needs the comfort of a blanket, just like a human being who has emerged from a disaster, others will put a blanket on him.

Sure enough, after covering himself with the blanket, he subconsciously curled up, shrinking his body to the smallest possible size until his eyes were buried in the blanket, just like a little child.

After Pei Shu approached, the bones around Bai Cheng stretched a little, making a rustling sound. Zhu Ning thought at first that Bai Cheng was about to wake up, but after waiting for a while, Bai Cheng was silent again.

She just changed her sleeping position and even hugged Lin Xiaofeng tighter.

Zhu Ning wanted to laugh. What Bai Cheng said about Pei Shu being warm was actually true. Because Bai Cheng was in a deep sleep, Lin Xiaofeng could not wake up either.

Zhu Ning touched Lin Xiaofeng's face. Her helmet was broken in half, so only a piece of the helmet was visible where her head should be. It looked like a helmet monster, empty inside.

Zhu Ning was used to it. She touched Lin Xiaofeng's face, communicating with the invisible person in a special way, feeling her facial features rise and fall in her palm.

Then she hung the backpack on a bone next to Lin Xiaofeng, so that if they woke up, they could replenish their nutrition as soon as possible.

Zhu Ning sat down after finishing her work. She built a nest for their team in the underground of Utopia, among countless bones and dead bodies.

Now it was her turn to stand guard. She took Pei Shu's gun, loaded it, and placed it beside her leg to defend against unknown dangers.

She first scanned the cave with a flashlight, but there was no other light in the cave. There were only white bones inch by inch.

The many pilgrims have turned into bones. Life and death are just a moment away. I guess they didn't feel any pain when they died.

For those pilgrims, they died believing that the kingdom where everyone is equal is real, and they hoped that the world after death would be truly equal.

Zhu Ning raised his head. The basking shark should still be above. Judging from the size of the basking shark, they might be very deep from the ground, definitely tens or hundreds of meters.

But breathing was actually normal. Zhu Ning studied this place carefully and found that the oxygen content was no different from that on the ground.

How do I get out of here?

She originally wanted to explore around, but then she felt that if she left rashly, her unconscious teammates would not be safe, so she gave up immediately.

Standing guard is boring, as if you are the only one awake in the world.

Zhu Ning pulled out Chen Qihang's notebook from her waist. She put it away in a hurry and didn't wrap it with a bandage. As soon as her fingertips touched it, she felt a chill.

She tried to find the bandage for the seal but couldn't find it. To be honest, it was a blessing that she could still hold the notebook in such a chaotic situation.

Zhu Ning touched the notebook but didn't dare to open it. There were polluted areas everywhere outside the wall. This place might still be a utopia.

She did not forget the amazing notes of Chen Qihang and others. They were the thickest investigative notes she had ever read, almost an entire book, and Chen Qihang and others had hundreds of them in total.

Is Chen Qihang's source still there? Why did he let so many people enter Utopia?

Because they wanted to find out the secrets of Utopia? It was natural for Utopia to breed offspring with special abilities. It was estimated that the Federation had already used this natural law to improve many creatures.

Chen Qihang and others figured this out a long time ago, and Zhu Ning remembered that the fifth investigator pointed this out.

Then why did Chen Qihang and others come in later? To purify Utopia?

But this was simply impossible. Zhu Ning couldn't even think of what kind of superpower could do it. Su He? Zhu Ning quickly judged that Su He couldn't do it. Her goal was to destroy the Federation and the whole world. If she could kill Utopia, she would have done it long ago.

Zhu Ning received help from Chen Qihang and others. If possible, she would also like to record her experience for others to use. Unfortunately, she has no idea how the ceremony is held.

Zhu Ning gave up after thinking about it and put away his notebook. The next stop was the Far North, and he had to collect information before entering.

The black fragment was put into the card. Pei Shu didn't finish what he wanted to say. It might be nonsense, or it might be really valuable. Zhu Ning didn't want to waste his past scars.

If there is any clue, she can explore it, and if not, she will open her notebook.

She leaned against the wall, prying the pendant from her collar. She would only check on Xu Meng when the other teammates were asleep. The fiery red contaminated spores were still there. Xu Meng was trapped in the transparent pendant, but she couldn't overcome the contaminated spores' nature. Without the collar's restraint, the contaminated spores floated like fireflies.

If Zhu Ning hadn't pressed it down, the contaminated spore would have continued to float up until it came out of the ground.

Maybe time smoothed out some things, or maybe it was the other people in the Cheetah Team who comforted her. That piece of cemetery was really useful. When Zhu Ning thought of Xu Meng, she no longer felt so uncomfortable. There was only a faint feeling left, which was hard to describe.

Zhu Ning found that there was no difference between himself and Pei Shu. Pei Shu's soul died in the far north. Zhu Ning recalled his experience in the wasteland world and always felt that he had not lived for long.

Whatever she gets will always be destroyed, whether it is Xu Meng or Song Zhizhang.

Zhu Ning wanted to talk to Xu Meng, but there was nothing to say. When he opened his mouth, his throat was suddenly blocked.

Why? Because you haven't taken revenge yet? So you can't speak?

If Xu Meng could talk to Zhu Ning, what would he say? Would he tell her not to seek revenge and to live a good life?

But the dead are dead, and the living must live on, and she doesn't know how to live a good life correctly.

Zhu Ning let go of his hand, and the contaminated spores floated in the air. Zhu Ning looked at it for a while and suddenly frowned. It was not floating in the center.

Zhu Ning has been with Xu Meng's contaminated spores for a long time. If he takes them out, they usually float directly above him, just like a compass that always points in one direction.

Although I don't know why, all the contaminated spores are like this. Zhu Ning has seen countless contaminated spores as a cleaner. After separating from the rotten meat, they all move upwards.

The contaminated spores are now oriented towards the front right.

Zhu Ning grabbed the spore and let go again. After trying three times, he found that it was the same every time, always pointing to the right.

Problem on the right?

She shone the flashlight to the right, but all she saw was bones. One person's head and another's thigh were embedded together, like a vivid picture of hell.

The contaminated spores touched the bones and even tried to drill into the gap, as if they wanted to walk in a certain direction by themselves, but they were clamped by Zhu Ning's neck, so the pendant chain was pulled into a straight line.

Zhu Ning held a piece of bone, which should be someone's rib, and was thinner than the leg bone.

Zhu Ning bent it hard, and with a crisp sound, half of the rib lay in her hand, like a fragile branch.

After she broke it, she deliberately waited for a while. There was no other movement for a full minute. Perhaps it was because this place belonged to Bai Cheng's territory, and was suppressed by Bai Cheng, the king of all corpses. Even if Bai Cheng was still sleeping, these corpses showed no signs of coming back to life.

She felt relieved and started to break the second bone. "I'm sorry," she said in her heart, treating the bones as if they were still alive. It was like being on the subway, about to reach the station, but with other passengers blocking the way.

Zhu Ning wanted to make a space in the crowd and asked for passage from everyone. Sorry, please make way.

Her purpose was to dig a small hole to look outside, not to dig an escape route, so it was relatively simple.

If you encounter something that you can't bend, just skip it. After Zhu Ning tried to bend it for a while, his arms were able to go deeper. The bones at the feet piled up into a small hill, like chicken bones piled on the dining table.

A fist-sized hole appeared in front of Zhu Ning, about an arm's length deep. If it was any further, he would have to use the thread of consciousness to dig it out. The contaminated spores were still floating around. Zhu Ning was outside the hole, and the pendant couldn't wait to float into the hole.

What is it? It seems some mysterious force is attracting the contaminated spores.

There are two possibilities. Either it is the nest of the contaminated spores and the contaminated spores want to return to their nest, or it is a creature that devours the contaminated spores, just like when Zhu Ning devours, the contaminated spores will gather towards her.

Every time Zhu Ning swallowed, Xu Meng's contaminated spores also tried to drill into her body, but were blocked by the pendant.

Zhu Ning put away the contaminated spores and shone the flashlight inside, but the beam of light was bitten off by the monster. The high beam mode of this flashlight can only see fifty meters, but now the visibility is only three meters at most.

Zhu Ning tried to use a God's perspective, but the bones were like thorns, so chaotic that it was difficult for her to see clearly.

She put down the flashlight and looked back at her teammates. Pei Shu was still buried in the blanket, and Bai Cheng was sleeping with Lin Xiaofeng in his arms. There should be no problem, just listen.

Zhu Ning put her ear to the hole. The long and narrow hole was very similar to the megaphone she made from paper cups when she was a child, which amplified the sound.

Zhu Ning closed his eyes and listened attentively. Perhaps it was because it was quiet enough here. Apart from the breathing of his teammates, other sounds gradually came.

The sound was like white noise, transmitted along the excavated bone channels, from the ribs to the metatarsals, and from the metatarsals to the hand bones. The bones connected into a large network, and finally reached Zhu Ning's ears and entered his mind.

Zhu Ning suddenly opened his eyes and leaned on the bone wall in disbelief to confirm.

Crash——

This is the sound of waves, hitting Zhu Ning's eardrums. Are they actually... at the bottom of the sea?

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