It was a strange feeling, an extremely strong sense of weightlessness.
However, in just a moment, as Qiao He's consciousness gradually returned, she found herself on a crowded... subway?
It took Qiao He two seconds to accept that she had suddenly appeared on the subway. In the apocalypse, anything that seems impossible can actually happen.
She took a deep breath to calm herself.
Then I observed the people around me—no, perhaps it could be said that they weren't human.
Because these people are like NPCs programmed into their lives, everyone, whether male or female, is dressed in a neat black suit or black uniform skirt.
The man carried a briefcase in one hand, while the woman held a delicate handbag.
One hand was occupied by their bag, while the other hand was tightly gripping their phone. The expressions on their faces were all the same, a very eerie fake smile.
Everyone's face looks like that; after looking at it for a while, you might even feel that your own face is wearing that fake smile.
Qiao He was squeezed tightly in the middle, with virtually no space between people, and she had no way to stretch her arms.
Qiao He's eyes moved to the left, and then she saw a woman standing next to her smiling and looking at her phone, the reflection of the phone in her eyes.
If you look closely, you'll see the woman's reflection on the phone screen in her eyes, in the exact same pose, with Qiao He standing next to her!
The woman in the reflection is also looking at her phone, and the phone's reflection appears in her eyes. The woman is again seen looking at her phone in the reflection…
It's like being trapped in an infinite loop!
Qiao He felt her head buzzing after just one glance, and goosebumps rose on her arms.
What kind of hell is this place?!
The subway below was clearly broken, but for some reason she was now inside the subway, and it was moving at high speed.
Something is so wrong.
Qiao He guessed that she was likely to have entered the room with her consciousness, but her body was still in mid-air. The people on the subway were all very strange. If she had to say, they were probably similar to ghosts.
or……
She had accidentally wandered into a past time, to the subway and rush hour that were running smoothly before the apocalypse.
Both possibilities exist, but Qiao He is more inclined to believe that these humans and the subway are in a state of consciousness, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to pull her in so easily.
After calming down, Qiao He quickly contacted the system, "What about the others? Were they also pulled down like me?"
The system's high-tech mechanical voice slowly sounded, "Yes, host."
"Their current situation is the same as yours."
Qiao He: "Can I contact them?"
The system was capable of doing so, but at this moment it said, "I'm sorry, host, I can't contact them for the time being. I can interfere if I have the ability."
As soon as the "go-with-the-flow" system finished speaking, the second system emitted a mechanical voice devoid of any human emotion. Compared to the "go-with-the-flow" system, the upgraded second system was actually more mechanical, devoid of any feelings, and lacking even the pseudo-humanity of artificial intelligence.
"A blue substance has been detected. The host may choose to collect it or not."
"Successful collection will be rewarded, while failure to collect will result in no penalty or reward."
Qiao He's heart stirred slightly. No wonder this place was so strange. They hadn't found any mutated plants or animals when they came in. It turned out that the azure substance was here.
That thing has very powerful energy and affects many things.
Perhaps it really did bring together the consciousness of those dead humans, thus forming this strange energy zone.
After the apocalypse, nothing will seem strange, because even the strangest things can exist.
Qiao He silently asked the system, "Where is that thing located? Do you know?"
System: "Uncertain. The fluctuations in matter and energy here are too strong to be accurately identified."
"Understood." It seems the system can only detect the presence of the blue substance here, but it cannot determine its exact location.
Qiao He calmed herself down and quickly observed her surroundings. Everyone had a strange smile on their face, as if they were obsessed with looking at their phones.
Moreover, they were all office workers rushing home during the evening rush hour.
Qiao He gently shifted her body, trying to crawl to another place to check the situation.
But at that moment, her movements seemed to have startled the group of office workers.
All those dark, gloomy eyes turned towards Qiao He, eyes devoid of any human emotion, like those of a plant or a stone.
He stared intently at Qiao He, as if he were watching prey.
She cannot move around randomly.
There are just too many "humans" here, not to mention they don't know how to attack humans. The most important thing is distance; it would be best to keep our distance.
Thinking this, Qiao He closed her eyes and then summoned a drone with a camera on it, which she had specially drawn. Then she used her superpower to bring the drone into reality.
Before long, the drone slowly moved through the carriage under Qiao He's mental control.
At this moment, everyone's attention was drawn to the moving drone!
As if they had seen something moving, they stared wide-eyed as if it were something very strange. For some reason, these office workers' eyes were unusually black and had no luster at all, with very little white in them, which made them look a little scary.
Qiao He was worried that the next second these "humans" would completely lose the whites of their eyes, and then be replaced by a deathly blackness.
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