100 The Lost Village (Part 4)
They are not normal
Zhu Ning really moved after she finished speaking. She was actually a little nervous. The world outside the wall was completely different from the world inside. She was not sure whether her unintentional action would cause trouble.
Zhu Ning tried to move his hands and feet, stepped over the steaming corpse on the ground, and moved towards the contaminated spores.
Many people around her were observing her. Zhu Ning had the best conditions here. If something happened to her, it would prove that this place was too dangerous to control.
Most of the contaminated spores have been contained, with only a few scattered ones left on the north side. Even if there is only one person, they can all be contained.
Zhu Ning now fully understood the meaning of those warnings.
During her actions, she even avoided the flowers and grass on the road. If the mutated plants appeared again, their team would probably be wiped out.
Zhu Ning took about ten steps and approached the contaminated spores. Because of the long time, the spores had spread and become somewhat dispersed.
The dropper approaches the contaminated spores, and the blood-red spores are contained.
After taking in the first one, Zhu Ning paused for a while. He could only hear the sound of the wind, nothing else. The yellow flower did not come back either.
Safe?
It seemed nothing was wrong. Zhu Ning collected three contaminated spores. There was a rustling sound nearby. It was Xu Meng and Li Nianchuan. They came to help.
Finish the work early and go home early. It is a waste of time for others to watch while you do it alone. Xu Meng and Li Nianchuan both understand this. They just need to be careful not to do anything unnecessary.
Zhu Ning's team of three started moving, and others followed suit. They needed to endure their nausea and fear while collecting the rotten meat on the ground.
The rotten meat was mixed with the bodies of colleagues, and if you looked down you could see a lot of broken limbs. Fortunately, the cleaner's job was to collect the rotten meat, so no one in the team vomited.
Their job is called the body collection team. They thought they were used to corpses, but they didn't expect that this time they would have to deal with the corpse of their colleague.
Because they were afraid to move, everyone held their breath while working, and their movements were very slow and stiff. The reception work, which was supposed to take an hour, took nearly two hours to complete.
Zhu Ning finally increased her purification value by 167, and now her purification value is 8001. It is a sure win for her to contain the contaminated spores.
By the time they finished, it was already dark. It was evening and the sun was about to set.
But because it was cloudy, the sunset was not very obvious. A gloomy red color fell behind the mountain village, like the blood-red back of a deserted village.
The good news is that because they were careful enough, no second mutation was triggered and no one died this time.
They originally tried to take their colleague's body home, but later found that the operation was difficult and meaningless, and they couldn't even dig a grave.
However, flowers and plants that die in nature do not need graves. After they die, their bodies return to nature and re-enter the natural cycle.
So they just observed three minutes of silence, took their portable relics, and then packed up to evacuate.
The garrison troops inspected the scene and were finally willing to lead the team back. There were three garrison troops, two in the front and one at the back, with the cleaners in the middle.
They were going to return along the same route and walk towards the deserted village from the back mountain.
No one spoke on the way back. There was a deathly silence in the team, which was so depressing.
Zhu Ning was in the middle and back of the team. She planned to ask the cleaners who had been on missions outside the wall. Almost all those who were able to survive now had been on missions outside the wall. They were calmer than pure novices.
Zhu Ning walked up to him unnoticed, "Senior, I'm Zhu Ning."
The other party frowned when he heard the voice. His mental state was rapidly decreasing and he was on alert. He looked at everyone with hostility. But when he saw it was Zhu Ning, his attitude softened a little. "Jin Tao."
Zhu Ning opened a private channel, so outsiders couldn't hear it. "Senior Jin, how many times have you been out?"
Jin Tao had seen Zhu Ning's video on the forum and had a good impression of Zhu Ning. "Second time."
It’s only the second time.
Jin Tao thought Zhu Ning had only been at the cleaning center for a short time and probably didn't know much about it, so he explained, "Outside the wall missions aren't assigned to a single team very often. Most people only go out once or twice, and those who do are considered veterans."
Is it because they fear that frequent trips outside the wall might lead to mental problems? Or do they want to prevent the cleaners from learning too much about the secrets outside the wall?
Zhu Ning asked, "Was it like this before?"
Jin Tao: "I don't know if you've ever seen the mortality rate. It only has 0 and 100. I didn't encounter any last time."
Jin Tao thought back to the last time and found it incredible. They treated it as an ordinary mission. After containing the contaminated spores, they returned to the city and also enjoyed the pastoral scenery outside the wall.
So, in fact, those who have been out there don't have much experience to share, and asking them won't get you anything. Zhu Ning thanked him and was about to return to his position. Before he could move, Jin Tao suddenly said, "But I heard them say that we should be careful of the garrison troops."
Hmm? Beware of the garrison?
Aren’t these people leading the team?
Even though he knew that outsiders couldn't hear them, Zhu Ning unconsciously lowered his voice, "Why?"
"I don't know," Jin Tao glanced back and lowered his voice. "My former colleagues told me that those people are not good people. They have been alienated by living outside the wall for a long time. They are different from us."
"I heard," Jin Tao's voice became even deeper, "that they specifically trick people out of the wall and feed these pollutants. The cleaners who got into trouble before were all because of them."
Zhu Ning frowned. Even if it was a rumor, it was a very serious rumor.
And if this is the truth, why didn't the cleaning center intervene to investigate?
With the frequent deaths of cleaners, the Abnormal Events Team will definitely take action.
"Be careful of them," Jin Tao said through gritted teeth, probably still full of resentment towards the garrison, "They are not normal."
Jin Tao did not reveal much information, which is actually easy to understand. There are two different ideas inside and outside the wall.
Are the soldiers stationed outside the walls really in good mental condition? They didn't even react when they saw the dead bodies.
Thinking back to before we came here, their attitude was also very strange. Although they gave some warnings, they were not strict at all. Of course, each team has a different style.
But they have a very calm attitude towards death and have no reaction at all when they see someone die.
In fact, Zhu Ning could feel that from the moment she came into contact with the first garrison, she felt that these people were not the same kind as her.
Zhu Ning didn't say anything more to Jin Tao. At this time, they had returned to the original route and walked into the deserted village. The road was no different from the way they came, and the abandoned village houses were still the same.
When Zhu Ning turned around, she happened to pass by the house with the statue. She froze. The statue inside was still there, looking eerie, as if it was watching every passerby.
When she first saw it, she just felt it was a little weird. But after experiencing the yellow flower, when she looked at the statue again, she really felt that the other party was alive.
This village seems to be watching people.
Although the system didn't prompt her, her mental level might have dropped, so she had to go back quickly.
Zhu Ning slowed down his pace and walked to the end of the team, where there was a garrison guarding the rear.
Zhu Ning had just walked up to him and hadn't spoken yet when the other person spoke first: "What's your name?"
"Zhu Ning."
"My name is Jiang Ping." He glanced at Zhu Ning and said, "You are better than them all. I can see that."
Although Zhu Ning did not do anything, he saw the text message Zhu Ning sent on the public channel. He thought it was very brave of him to send a message under such circumstances.
Moreover, Zhu Ning really summarized the behavior patterns of Huang Hua through observation. These people are still alive because of her. Jiang Ping has met too many people and can see at a glance that Zhu Ning's qualifications are very suitable for survival in the wild, and she will definitely survive to the end.
Zhu Ning originally wanted to ask a question, but was praised first. However, it also helped to narrow the distance between them. At least Jiang Ping had no hostility towards him.
Zhu Ning asked, "If we return the way we came, can we evacuate safely?"
Jiang Ping: "Not necessarily."
Zhu Ning frowned. That's not what he said just now.
Jiang Ping: "You've already triggered it. Nothing will happen on the road unexpectedly. This thing only has 0 and 100."
It’s this probability again, so now that it’s triggered, there’s no way to avoid it?
Zhu Ning chatted while looking at the large army in front. Everyone was very alert and panic was spreading among the team. They knew nothing about this matter.
If this is really the probability, are they going to die here collectively?
Zhu Ning chose to ask some more practical questions, "Why couldn't that flower be killed by a gun just now?"
Jiang Ping snorted, thinking Zhu Ning had asked a stupid question. "You guys from inside the wall, do you think guns and weapons can conquer everything?"
Most of the time, human weapons are useful, and people rely heavily on technology as well as on thermal weapons.
Jiang Ping: "Let me put it this way. When you flatten a polluted area, shouldn't you first find the source of the pollution and then kill it? Then the other pollutants will naturally die."
Zhu Ning nodded. "This rule doesn't apply outside the wall?"
"It does," Jiang Ping said in a gloomy voice, "but how do you know which pollution source that flower belongs to?"
Zhu Ning was stunned. So that was the case. Most of the land inside the wall was not polluted, and the polluted area had boundaries.
You enter the contaminated area, find the source of pollution, eliminate the source of pollution, and other affiliated pollutants will naturally disintegrate. After the pollutants die, contaminated spores will be released, and cleaners will enter to collect the corpses and spores.
This is the original workflow.
This logic itself is not problematic, but outside the wall, all the land is polluted. If the polluted area is not closed, then the entire nature is not a huge polluted area? Or is it that there are countless polluted areas superimposed outside the wall?
The area is too large and the polluted zone has no boundaries. How can they find the source of the pollution?
So the flower just now cannot be killed by the bullet, and even if it is killed, it will revive quickly because its source of pollution is still there.
And this may just be the superficial rules of survival outside the wall. Jiang Ping did not tell himself the deeper experience.
Zhu Ning finally felt a chill down her spine. Once she entered the wall, she had lost her shelter. If she encountered any random trouble, it would just be bad luck. She didn't even have a suitable way to escape.
Every warning Fan Minghua gave was the truth. When they entered the outside of the wall, they were entering the world of pollutants and had to abide by the rules of their world.
Outside the walls, pollutants are gods and humans are livestock.
All human resistance is negative.
Zhu Ning asked: "Can I ask about your work?"
"What?" Jiang Ping turned his head to look at her, "Are you interested in our work?"
Jiang Ping was very gloomy and spoke rudely. "We can't do anything in this job. When I came here, I thought I was supposed to protect Area 103, but later I found out it was bullshit."
"We can only patrol, investigate, and write reports. If we come across a closed contaminated area, we conduct an assessment. If cleanup is needed, we contact the cleaning center and they send someone to handle it."
The environment outside the wall is complex, with one polluted area superimposed on another. This is outside the first-level protective wall, and they have an indicator that the pollution concentration here cannot exceed a certain value.
Therefore, investigation is necessary. If a closed pollution area is formed in a certain place and causes severe pollution, someone must be found to solve the problem.
During the investigation, they will lose many teammates, which is very uneconomical, but this work has to be done.
Before Zhu Ning and his team arrived, six teammates had already died when they discovered the contaminated area.
So they are numb to death, and after living outside the wall for a long time, people will feel that they have no goals and no guidelines to refer to.
Hardworking, alert, smart, these words are all positive, but they don't mean much outside the wall.
What they need most is luck. Sometimes people are just unlucky. Even if you have the best qualities in the world, you can be killed by sudden pollutants.
Sometimes people are just lucky. Even if you don't know anything, you can walk through the wall unscathed.
They lived to the end, with great respect for nature and life.
It's all so random.
Zhu Ning understood Pei Shu at that moment. No wonder they were so depressed after returning from outside the wall. They were able to clearly realize that they seemed to be doing useless work, but they had to continue because of a certain goal.
In this process, there are no obvious gains but obvious losses. You have to watch your teammates die and can do nothing.
In the end, you will keep asking yourself, why am I the one who survived?
Is it because I'm lucky?
Zhu Ning was silent for a while, not even knowing how to respond. No matter who did this job, it would be impossible to remain calm.
Jiang Ping: "You want to take them back?"
Zhu Ning hummed, "We came here together, so we should leave together."
Jiang Ping could see that Zhu Ning was very different. Although Zhu Ning hadn't done anything big, he was the first to respond to him and the first to step forward to contain the contaminated spores, proving that this person had a very high spirit level.
Moreover, she has an influence on the team. These people have experienced the death of their colleagues and their mental levels are at a low point, but they are still willing to trust Zhu Ning in this situation. This little girl has a wonderful influence.
She is like a spiritual beacon.
In collective action, influential people are rare.
Jiang Ping: "Here's a piece of advice for you. Be careful about your teammates' mental state."
Zhu Ning frowned. This was a rule in the cleaner's work code.
Workbook Rule 2: Always pay attention to your teammates.
Cleaners will suffer from varying degrees of mental pollution after working for a long time. Their working hours this time have obviously been overloaded. After experiencing so much, most people's mental values are in jeopardy.
Perhaps because of Zhu Ning's invisible influence, they can still maintain their current superficial calm.
But how long can Zhu Ning's influence on them last? Once they start to doubt Zhu Ning, the team will completely fall into a state of madness.
Jiang Ping: "I've seen too many people killing each other."
Zhu Ning was stunned. This time, their weapon permissions were fully open because they were outside the wall and the situation was uncontrollable, so they had to be given the right to protect themselves.
This is the result of comprehensive considerations from all aspects. No one wants to go out of the wall without being able to shoot.
But once it is opened, the follow-up is uncontrollable.
Everyone has a weapon, and the gun can be pointed at anyone at random. This is equivalent to giving a batch of guns to a group of potential mentally ill people.
The next challenge is not pollutants, but humans.
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