Chapter 27: Uproar 50% Distortion
In just a moment, the news that a senior guide was willing to purify the lower-level sentinels free of charge spread throughout the White Tower.
Before noon, the sentries who emerged from all directions swarmed back to the sentry dormitory, looking for a sentry named Koda, and scrambled for the number plate in his busy hands.
This respectable and kind guide has limited time, only three days to purify them. There are so many sentinels in the White Tower, if he can't grab them, they will be gone!
"Stop fighting! My dormitory is going to be destroyed. If you want to fight, go outside and fight!" Koda shouted, separating a pair of fighting sentries and throwing them out the door.
He was the owl sentry who had been promised to be questioned in the square that morning. He had volunteered to help at that time and was now very glad that he had taken on this job - his strength was considered outstanding among the C-level. If anyone else had come, given the current chaotic situation, he might not be able to maintain order.
Fortunately, the sentries that squeezed in were all C to F level, so he could control them. If they were A or B level...
Fortunately, there is no shortage of purification for levels B and above.
The entire dormitory corridor was filled with sentries, and the line stretched all the way downstairs. He urged the chaotic crowd outside the door to take their place and picked up the number 77: "Next."
Suddenly, there was a murmur of discussion outside the door.
Koda looked up, but took a few steps back in fright.
"You...why are you here?"
Heavy footsteps stepped through the door, casting a large shadow across the small table where the number plates were issued. The man was nearly two meters tall, with long, unnatural white hair, rugged and resolute features, a stocky build, and a long, scaly tail trailing behind him.
“It’s actually him…”
"Hasn't it become distorted yet? There won't be any guide willing to purify him, will there?"
"Look, there are many more abnormal traits than before..."
The man held out his hand to Koda.
His sturdy arms were covered with a layer of faint scales, surrounded by muscles with bulging veins, making him look very scary.
Koda swallowed hard and held the number plate tightly in his hand: "Thor, your condition is not suitable for the guide to purify you."
There is an unwritten rule in the White Tower - guides are prohibited from purifying high-distortion sentinels, even if they are A-level sentins.
There is no other reason. The more deformed traits a person has, the more dangerous the purification process will be. The guide who can purify an A-level sentinel is at least B-level. Between the high-level sentinel and the guide, Bai Ta resolutely chooses to abandon the sentinel.
And Thor is the most special one among these abandoned Sentinels.
In his early years, as a rare A-level, he completed many dangerous missions for the White Tower. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured while saving a civilian on his last mission, and the pollution invaded his body, causing nearly 40% deformation.
The degree of this distortion is astonishing. Sentinels will gradually become irritable and even crazy, and when stimulated seriously, they will violently attack and hurt others. Thor is an A-level Sentinel with enormous destructive power. Everyone thought that the end waiting for him was imprisonment and death.
But surprisingly, the Sentinel, with his strong willpower, left alone without hurting anyone, and survived the violent period in the contaminated area by slaughtering mutants. Unfortunately, by the time he was able to control his emotions and return to the White Tower, he had missed the optimal purification time and his distortion level had reached 50%.
He was highly deformed but had no record of hurting anyone, which was unique in decades. He also had a great military exploits. In the end, the White Tower did not take any measures to detain him, but allowed him to live under surveillance.
"Give it to me." Thor's voice was as deep as thunder.
Although Koda was afraid, he insisted, "No, Thor, this is already a great kindness from our guide. We can't repay her kindness with hatred and let her take this risk."
Thor slammed his fist on the table. "The news says that all Sentinels are eligible to participate."
"But you are too dangerous..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Thor pushed Koda away forcefully, overturned the box containing the number plates, grabbed one at random from the messy ground, pushed away the crowd that gathered around him, and strode out the door.
White Tower Silent Building.
Xu Nuo walked into a warmly decorated single-person silent room. Unlike the stark white laboratory building, the lighting here was a warm yellow, the floor was covered with a soft carpet, and various soft furniture was placed in between. The water pipes surrounding the entire room outside the wall emitted a soothing sound.
"This is the place I use for purification. It's plenty of white noise, so I'll lend it to you today," the girl with pigtails said with a smile. "Now that the sentries heard the news, they've all rushed to grab the number plates. There are so many of them, I'm afraid you'll have a hard time these past few days."
Xu Nuo stroked the black cat in his arms and read out the names they had just exchanged: "Thank you, Ye Lin. I thought no one would be willing to lend us a silent room."
She came here just to give it a try. If it didn't work, she could only find a quiet place hastily - after all, the White Tower was so protective of the guide, and there was a ban in place, so it was normal for them to disagree.
Ye Lin smiled with her eyes curved. "How could that be? You're not a guide in the White Tower, so you're not bound by any rules. You're just borrowing the silent room. Even if I don't lend it to you, someone else will."
"Actually, we're not opposed to purifying the Sentinels. After all, they respect us the most and provide us the most help. It's just that they're said to be dangerous, and we don't have the ability to protect ourselves, so... we can only avoid contact with them as much as possible."
Xu Nuo: "Who says we can't protect ourselves?"
Ye Lin rubbed her forehead. "I know, I know. Many young guides say the same thing when they first arrive. But guns and the like… you'll understand when you're purifying a sentry and discover he's concealing his aberrations and suddenly riots. It's better to ring the bell and call for help."
"I'm not talking about guns," Xu Nuo said helplessly. "By the way, are there many cases of sentinels rioting during the purge?"
Ye Lin pondered, "Perhaps one in every five cleansings happens. They're terrified that if we tell the Distortion Guide, they'll refuse the cleansing, so most of them choose to remain silent. This leads us, unaware of the situation, to adopt more radical cleansing measures, which increases the pressure and triggers a riot."
"In fact, if the distortion level is less than 20%, it is allowed to be purified. We can just take precautions in advance. However, there are still many such unannounced riots."
"Why?"
Ye Lin shrugged. "Who knows? Anyway, I always ask them to tell me the degree of distortion before I do any purification. Perhaps it's because the number of purifications that low-level Sentinels can receive in their lifetime is too limited, and they're afraid of being rejected, so they don't dare to take the risk."
"Anyway, your purification is about to begin. Be safe. I'm leaving now."
"etc."
Ye Lin looked back at the door.
Xu Nuo scratched his chin: "With this riot probability...can you assign me some security or something?"
Ye Lin raised an eyebrow: "There are plenty of security guards, but do you need them?"
Xu Nuo looked puzzled.
Ye Lin pointed to the black cat in her arms: "That one is more than enough to protect you."
After she finished speaking, she left without looking back.
Xu Nuo lowered his head and looked into the black cat's green eyes: "You don't even know whose spirit you are, will you protect me?"
The black cat meowed, raised its paw and pressed it on Xu Nuo's wrist to show its affirmation.
"Well, since Ye Lin said so, it seems that she knows who you are. She believes you for once."
"By the way, the eye color is very beautiful, it matches the fur very well. Does your host also have such beautiful eyes?"
Hearing this, the black cat narrowed its eyes suddenly, lowered its tail, and turned its butt towards her with its back facing her.
"You're not happy with the compliment."
"Meow!"
Xu Nuo found a soft, round chair and sat down, stroking the cat's fur intermittently. Suddenly, he heard stumbling footsteps outside.
"Miss Guide!" Koda shouted.
Xu Nuo turned around: "What's wrong? Come in and tell me."
Keda stood at the doorway, shaking his head. For people like them, the silent room required completing tasks and successfully applying for purification before they could enter. Just now, due to an emergency, he had a numbered card, which allowed him entry. He couldn't break the rules again and offend the guide.
“…”
After a moment, Xu Nuo understood why Keda was so anxious.
"50% distortion..." She stroked the kitten and squeezed its black gloves. "I've never done this kind of purification before."
In the three years before coming to the academy, she took on many purification orders in order to save money, including some with distorted sentinels, and even some with 30% distortion, but that was her limit.
Although my strength has improved a bit now...
She suddenly asked, "Can you defeat an A-level Deformed Sentinel?"
Koda, standing at the door, pointed at himself blankly: "Me, me?"
Without waiting for Xu Nuo's answer, he seemed to have made up his mind and said indifferently: "If it is your order, I will try my best to do it!"
Poor Koda...
Xu Nuo gave him a soothing smile, shook his head, and tapped the black cat's wet nose: "I'm asking you."
The black cat turned its head away and ignored her.
It seemed to be reluctant to purify other sentinels. No, it was even reluctant to come into contact with other sentinels.
Xu Nuo sighed, "What should I do? I still want to give it a try. If I can successfully purify the A-level Deformed Sentinels, perhaps people will be more tolerant of this type of sentinel, and the rumors won't spread like wildfire outside the White Tower."
The Capital College and the enlightenment school where she had been at Yueshan Base all advertised that sentinels would be abandoned if they were severely contaminated before they became deformed.
If we want to completely change the world, the best source is the White Tower. It is the holy land of evolved humans, and the turning point of thought should start from here.
She pondered for a moment, stood up and prepared to go to the laboratory for help, when the black cat suddenly tugged at the corner of her sleeve and meowed.
Xu Nuo grasped its raised paw and squeezed it in his hand. "You mean... you can beat them? Really? You won't be beaten to a pulp by an A-rank Sentinel, right?"
The black cat meowed proudly, and the tip of its tail lifted up and swept across her fingertips, as if to say - who are you looking down on?
"Miss Guide, this is really not possible!" Koda said anxiously, "You must not know the extent of Thor's mutation. He is covered with many mutant characteristics. 50% distortion is no joke!"
"I understand," Xu Nuo said seriously, his expression subdued. "Distortion will alter the body. A distortion level of 50% has definitely affected his mental state. But he's the only high-distortion Sentinel in the White Tower who has persisted for so many years. I think his perseverance and fearlessness are worth a try."
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