Chapter 65: The Eternal Moon
For the Yongri Base, this day was definitely a memorable one, because in just one day, they encountered an extremely strong invasion of pollutants, but it also happened to awaken the long-dormant guardian of the base, Song Mingjiao.
As expected by everyone, Song Mingjiao successfully solved the source of the pollution. When the dark fog receded, not only the psychics fighting on the front line, but also the ordinary people hiding inside the base breathed a sigh of relief and cheered.
The center of their cheers was naturally Song Mingjiao, who slowly landed outside the base and walked into the base through the gate.
"So beautiful! Your figure is exactly as described in the textbook!"
"I heard that this wave of invasion was caused by spies from other bases. But they certainly didn't expect that the master was still there and had just woken up."
"I wonder who dares to spread rumors again, saying that the Lord's delay in appearing is because the 'moon' of the Everday Base has fallen. That's complete nonsense!"
"The Doctor is here too? He's so hard to spot. Even the captain of the psychics has trouble contacting him. The rumors are true. The Doctor and the Master are from the same generation and are friends."
Song Mingjiao walked along the familiar base. Compared to when he just woke up after traveling back to this apocalyptic world, in just a short while, everyone in the base knew the news.
Even if someone didn't know, seeing the flames outside the base that almost cut through the dark clouds, they could guess that an important figure had appeared.
Compared to the excitement of the people in the Eternal Day Base, the faces of those sent from other bases for "exchange" were naturally not so good.
The Eternal Day Base is the largest existing base in the world. Even though we are now in the end times, the intrigue and struggle among humans will not stop.
Song Mingjiao had been sleeping for an exceptionally long time this time, so naturally there were many newly elected politicians who were eager to take over the fat piece of meat, the Yongzhou Base. Unfortunately, someone had already rushed the news of Song Mingjiao back to their own base, and the top brass could only sigh and lament that they had missed the best opportunity to annex it.
However, these were not within Song Mingjiao's consideration. He just paid attention to He Qi's movements and walked all the way to the laboratory of the base research institute. He Qi's suppression circle stayed quietly on his neck, without any intention of alarming, which made Song Mingjiao feel relieved.
The laboratory is the doctor's territory, and he is obviously much more familiar with it.
Very naturally, the system coal ball was thrown into a device first. As soon as the system coal ball entered, it made a scream that it shouldn't have made.
The doctor was always a ruthless man with a smiling face. He turned the switch of the device up again with a smile, then turned around and asked Song Mingjiao: "Has this thing bullied you before? Has it used this method before?"
Song Mingjiao was looking around the laboratory. It was very large, with no end in sight. Hearing this, he said nonchalantly:
"It's barely an electric shock, nothing new. It's not as painful as when I fuse my powers."
He Qi frowned: "Fusion of superpowers?"
Song Mingjiao rolled up a strand of hair and played with it in his hand: "Yes, my own ability is spiritual, with a strong tolerance, and is more suitable for the ability to fuse pollutants, which can increase my combat power."
Song Mingjiao said it lightly, just "integration of pollutants", but the pain behind it was hard to describe. He Qi just hesitated to speak, glanced at Song Mingjiao's long silver hair, and couldn't bear to ask any more questions.
He Qi was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm sorry, I don't know why pollutants form. I only know that this is an instinct engraved in our genes."
Song Mingjiao looked at He Qie with some confusion: "What is there to apologize for? I didn't absorb your pollution."
Then he turned around and took a few glances at the tortured and dying System Coal Ball. The system probably didn't expect that Song Mingjiao happened to be a spiritual system and could deal with spiritual bodies like the system.
Finally, there was no foreign object invading his mind, no more noisy sounds, and no more system monitoring that followed him everywhere. Song Mingjiao really felt relaxed and stretched lazily.
He had no interest in torturing people or the system, so he said to the doctor, "I'll leave this thing to you. Do whatever you want with it. Don't worry, it can't escape. It's getting late today, I'm going to go back and rest."
The doctor waved his hand and calmly conducted all the mental experiments that he had wanted to do for a long time on the system coal ball. Song Mingjiao did not like interrogation and the like, but there was always someone who would help him figure it out.
"No problem, you can go back first, sir?"
"It's fine if he lives with me."
Song Mingjiao naturally decided where He Qi would go, but the man not only did not refuse, but was also very happy to be arranged by Song Mingjiao.
The doctor turned around and waved, whispering, "I knew it would be like this. Let's go."
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There are never many people on the observation deck at the base, because one can see the pollutants outside the city without much obstruction, and it has always been contracted by skilled and courageous doctors.
But tonight, the observation deck welcomed a strange visitor.
After Song Mingjiao fell asleep, a cloud of black mist floated to the observation deck, easily penetrated the warning door, and condensed into a human shape behind the doctor.
"I knew it. You were just pretending to be Mingjiao. How come you finally couldn't help but reveal your true colors and wanted to kill someone in the dark of night to silence him?"
The Doctor didn't turn around, not surprised at who the visitor was.
He Qi's low voice sounded: "You are his friend, I will not touch you, but I will warn you, no matter who you once called Mingjiao, stay away from Mingjiao now, otherwise-"
As He Qi finished speaking, the portable detector carried by the doctor shattered into pieces and fell to the ground because the pollution value exceeded the limit.
——The suppression circle is of no use to He Qi. He is willing to be "imprisoned" by Song Mingjiao.
"I came to you just to ask you something. What's going on with his hair?"
He Qi remembered that in the previous worlds, Song Mingjiao's hair was normal black, but in this apocalypse, Song Mingjiao returned to his original appearance, and even his hair turned into long silver-white hair.
Ordinary people regard this silver-white color as the guardian color of the Eternal Day Base and the most reassuring color.
But He Qi just felt heartbroken. He knew that there must be a big secret behind this.
Although the doctor did not trust He Qi, he answered all of He Qi's questions.
The Doctor sighed, "How can the ability to fuse pollutants be without a price?"
"The 'Master' of the Eternal Day Base, the 'Moon' that never sets, the guardian deity that brings peace of mind to everyone, was originally just a college student."
"Then why don't you stop him!" He Qi asked angrily. He himself was a combination of pollutants and system bugs, and he didn't care about human survival at all.
The doctor just looked out into the dark night and said:
"Although you were previously Pollutant No. 1, you haven't seen what it looked like at the beginning of the apocalypse. Back then, although the pollutants weren't as powerful as they are now, the order of human society was even more chaotic."
"That year, now known as the Great Cataclysm, people belatedly realized the apocalypse was approaching, and belatedly discovered the massive amount of pollutants, enough to destroy an entire city. Screams, panic, and chaos filled human society."
"Where is the order? Where are the bases and safe zones? The survivors could die at any moment from freezing temperatures, scorching heat, lightning, pollutants, or even at the hands of their own people. Even if they were lucky enough to awaken their special abilities, it would be difficult to fight against the pollution that knows no pain."
"Ming Jiao was lucky to have awakened his psychic abilities, but at the time, his power was only enough to protect himself, not against the pollutants, and he couldn't protect the humans who died before him."
"Those five years, after the Great Cataclysm, were known as the 'Five Years of Darkness'."
"Until that day, Mingjiao came to me and asked if there was a way to implant the abilities of the pollutants into his body. I said it was impossible, as the human body simply cannot accommodate multiple abilities."
"Then, Ming Jiao told me that his supernatural power is of the spiritual type. What he lacks the most is a strong mental force, which is enough to control the delicate balance between different supernatural powers."
He Qi clenched his fists. He could already imagine what would happen next.
Sure enough, the doctor sighed again and continued, "That day, when Mingjiao came out of the laboratory, her black hair turned silver-white in an instant."
The silvery moonlight is extremely beautiful and also extremely cruel.
"You should have noticed that Mingjiao is sometimes different from normal people."
He Qi nodded. He was a pollutant, but because he had stayed in the fast-travel world longer than Song Mingjiao, he was even more familiar with human society than Song Mingjiao.
He Qi knew very well that Song Mingjiao's personality would make him appear distant in front of outsiders, but sometimes, he would act like a child with innocent curiosity, and would even play tricks on others in a bad way.
"Because that was just the first time. Mingjiao mastered the skills of the low-level pollutant wind fox in addition to his own spiritual system. But not long after, he came to find me again, wanting to integrate new abilities."
"I told him that if he did that, his brain would explode! His brain function would be disrupted, and even his normal emotions might be affected."
The doctor closed his eyes, but the scene of that day seemed to still emerge in his mind. He remembered it so clearly.
"Ming Jiao said he doesn't need emotions. He will behave the same way whether he has emotions or not, without any exceptions."
That day, after five difficult years of darkness during the Cataclysm, they finally welcomed their "eternal moon".
The young man with flowing silver hair saved survivors in the wilderness time and time again, and built up the Everday Base bit by bit. Every time he appeared, Song Mingjiao became stronger, so strong that people at that time spread a saying:
No matter how long the night is, when you see the moon, you see hope.
The doctor slowly raised his head. The moon at the base was only an artificial simulation, far inferior to the real moon. His voice was mingled with complex emotions:
"But I've always thought that maybe Mingjiao didn't realize that he actually has emotions. His love for this land far exceeds any other emotion."
He Qi was silent for a moment: "Why do you tell me so much?"
"Because I am Mingjiao's friend, and he chose you, I just hope you treat him well, that's all."
After a long time, the black fog finally dissipated, and the Doctor was the only one left on the observation deck again.
It was not until the sun was about to rise that another voice appeared behind the doctor. It was Song Mingjiao.
"You shouldn't have told him that, Doctor."
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