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◎A detail that had already made her feel uncomfortable◎
The mission is over.
Zhu Ning looked up at the sky. The system in his mind had lost its voice, and there was no reward for completing the task. He didn't know whether it was broken or upgraded.
Her head felt heavy and she didn't want to move at all. She had completed the mission and won the war, but she was not happy.
Even with her eyes closed, she could still picture Song Zhizhang's limbs being pulled like a puppet, with corpses everywhere around him. Thinking back to Song Zhizhang, her heart ached. It felt so unreal.
Are the other companions dead or alive? What happened to Shen Xingqiao and Ye Fei? Are Shanmao and the others still alive? What happened to Lin Xiaofeng? Has she been arranged?
There was a beating sound coming from her chest. Something replaced her heart. The monster's tentacles were entwined in her chest, extending countless tiny tentacles that merged with blood vessels. Black mucus formed a net on the surface of the tentacles.
Zhu Ning had three broken ribs and all the skin on her chest was gone. Black mucus was slowly healing her.
She has a brand new heart, which is a bit disgusting to think about. The pollution that destroyed the city has become her heart.
Zhu Ning didn't move. The air outside the wall was so fresh that she could survive without a helmet. Compared with humans, she was actually more susceptible to pollutants. Zhu Ning lay in the sewage. It was winter and there was still ice and snow on the river bank. The ice cubes collided in the water, and it was freezing cold.
It seemed difficult for her to die. If it were two months ago, she would have felt that it was a reward. But now so many people had died in District 103, it was like a curse. She always had to send those she cared about away.
Zhu Ning lay in the water, not even wanting to figure out what day it was or how long it had been since the war ended.
She just wanted to find a place to rest for a while, but she didn't expect that even this was difficult to satisfy. There was a robot that looked like a garbage nearby. When it saw Zhu Ning, it was as if it saw a ghost. It was quite smart. Zhu Ning opened her eyes and ran away.
Unfortunately, it was very clumsy and was tripped by the garbage on the river bank. It plunged into the garbage dump and was stuck by scrap metal. Maybe it was too panicked. The more it struggled, the deeper it sank. Like an upside-down turtle, it danced its body to try to pull itself out backwards, making a clanging sound.
It's so noisy.
Zhu Ning frowned, feeling grumpy from waking up. He was so angry that he wanted to destroy something.
Zhu Ning stood up. She was definitely flooded. After she stood up, the water in her head and chest flowed down.
Zhu Ning even stopped and felt it for a while. The feeling of water filling and draining from her brain was very novel. As she walked, water flowed down her head.
Since she got up, the little robot immediately stopped moving, with its hands and feet stiff, probably trying to play dead.
Zhu Ning was too lazy to look at it, and only looked at the palm of his hand. After the water in his brain was poured out, his head was not so heavy anymore, and his whole body felt light.
She tried to mobilize the data, trying to re-energize the data flow in her eyeballs, but as soon as her eyes flashed, white smoke came out, and then the blue light in her eyes went out.
Zhu Ning:?
She was not a scientific researcher, but she could tell with her naked eyes that she seemed to be broken and needed repair. Ordinary repairs would not be enough, so she had to find a senior maintenance technician.
Zhu Ning clenched his palms and touched his heart. The thing was indeed beating. When Zhu Ning touched it, it even moved, making a sticky and disgusting sound, as if a pet was rubbing against Zhu Ning's palm.
She found it disgusting, but the black slime was not much better. Now she had a body full of parasites, and who knew how many more there would be in the future. Before long, her heart, liver, spleen, and lungs would be full of pollutants.
The system did not reward her, and she remembered that she did not contain the contaminated spores, so it seemed that they were swallowed up whole.
Is this the purification function?
Swallowed it, and then sealed it all in her body, without even a single contaminated spore being produced?
Zhu Ning's current condition is quite abnormal. She probably needs to find the person who created her and ask him clearly. This is too strange.
Zhu Ning walked up to the little robot. It didn't move at all and looked like it was really scared to death.
Zhu Ning grabbed its hind legs and pulled it out of the garbage dump. Is this robot really the same model as Labao? Labao can also trick himself into making money, but can this garbage picker fall into the garbage dump by itself?
The little robot probably couldn't speak, and there were patches on its body made by machines. Two huge words were displayed on the screen: Monster!!
Even without any expression, Zhu Ning could sense its fear. A monster? Zhu Ning studied it. The robot living outside the wall couldn't be a serious creature, probably a pollutant. Zhu Ning even thought it was a monster.
Zhu Ning put it on the ground. After being pulled out, it pretended to be dead and lay on the ground motionless. Zhu Ning looked at it for a while and then shifted his gaze.
The little robot looked at Zhu Ning tentatively, and felt that Zhu Ning didn't seem to care much about it. It turned over quietly, wanting to escape when no one was paying attention, but it had just taken one step.
"Hello—" Zhu Ning suddenly said, "What's your name?"
The little robot froze in place, probably judging the situation and realizing it couldn't escape. It turned its head stiffly, and saw Zhu Ning looking at it. His face was expressionless, and he looked as terrifying as a killer.
"Little Angel." Three words appeared on its face.
“Xiaotian…” Zhu Ning couldn’t call out and got goosebumps all over his body. Can’t these robots be given normal names?
Zhu Ning was controlling the water in his ears and pouring it out. He asked, "What day is it today?"
She wondered how long she had slept.
A huge question mark appeared on the little angel's screen, and it seemed that he had difficulty understanding the question.
Zhu Ning thought about it and realized that this thing was a creature outside the wall. Only inside the wall did dates exist. Outside the wall was the real wasteland. They didn't need to use dates and just lived one day at a time.
Zhu Ning had no choice but to look into the distance. The farthest place she had been to before was outside the first-level protective wall. Now she was some distance away from Area 103. From a distance, Area 103 looked like a huge fortress. There were also two things like giant ships floating in the sky. They should be weapons of the Kingdom of God.
Zhu Ning pondered this scene, feeling as if she had woken up from a doomsday sleep. She still had to return to Area 103, at least to confirm whether her companions were dead or alive. She couldn't let go of Lin Xiaofeng.
Zhu Ning asked, "How do I get back to Area 103?"
Zhu Ning was afraid that it didn't understand, so he pointed to the distance. The little robot followed Zhu Ning's gaze and looked at the huge human survival base. This was indeed an over-the-top question. It had never been inside, but it was still thinking hard at this time. After a long time, it squeaked out two words: "Here?"
The little robot pointed at the water flow, and Zhu Ning frowned. Did it want him to swim back along the same route?
Zhu Ning swallowed the pollutants. Regardless of whether she could be considered a savior, she was still a hero. But she wanted to go home through the sewer? Is that even justified?
Zhu Ning put the matter aside for the time being and finally began to try to save herself. The little robot was not connected to the Internet and she had no communication device on her.
The sub-brain and bracelet were returned, but even if they were still there, there might not be a signal. Zhu Ning fumbled around and found Xu Meng's contaminated spores still hanging around his neck. Fortunately, the pendant was still there.
She felt in her arm pocket for a second and found a flat box. The Prometheus human-machine combination device was still there. Zhu Ning was stunned. After opening it, she saw the snow-white mycelium inside had grown even longer. It lay quietly, like a silent invitation.
The people of the Divine Kingdom must be looking for Zhu Ning. Based on Zhu Ning's understanding of those people, she would probably be used as a weapon, or a demon like before. After this battle, she estimated that her terrifying image in people's minds has been upgraded, and she has become some kind of peerless demon.
Contacting Prometheus would very likely expose his coordinates, but Zhu Ning frowned slowly at this time, thinking of the blue light flashing on Song Zhizhang's sunglass. Song Zhizhang was controlled to death by Prometheus.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ning tightened her grip on the human-machine combined device, suppressing the anger in her chest. It would be easy to crush the device. She wanted to burn the Prometheus's host.
In her anger, Zhu Ning also thought of another thing. Before the war, everything was rushed and there was no time to think carefully. She seemed to have overlooked a detail, a detail that had made her feel uncomfortable for a long time.
…
The Cheetahs met at a rescue camp.
Ten days have passed since the descent of God. A simple tent has been built in the city, with many wounded lying inside. The medical cabin is no longer sufficient, and the newly purchased medical equipment cannot be transported to Area 103 at all. The Kingdom of God has blocked trade between other areas and Area 103, and other areas dare not openly provide support.
But some support troops also chose to transport medical equipment through garbage pipes. It's ironic that the pipes that used to transport garbage are now used to transport life-saving medicines.
Medical equipment and medicine were in short supply, so the healing psychics could only focus on treating the most seriously ill, leaving everyone else to fend for themselves. The atmosphere at the rescue camp was quite positive, with no barriers between them, and everyone shared their remaining medicines and food.
Bobcat was lying in the intensive care unit with his upper body wrapped in bandages. He had been cut in half by the enemy, but because of his ice-based ability's blood coagulation function, he was still alive despite such a serious injury. Big Orange was lying on the bed next to him with a broken arm.
Daju asked: "Have you evolved?"
Daju was puzzled. When she heard the news about Bobcat, she thought the boy was dead for sure. She didn't expect that he was broken into two pieces and could still be used after being put together.
Daju was thinking that this Bobcat must have evolved. This was too incredible. No indestructible cockroach had such vitality.
Bobcat didn't say anything, just leaned against the bed. There was a draft on their side and no shelter. The sunlight fell into Bobcat's eyes, and his eyes were like transparent sea water.
Daju propped up his chin and looked at him: "Ye Fei is still alive, Shen Xingqiao was seriously injured, and now Huo Wenxi has taken Shen Xingqiao away."
Huo Wenxi said these things when he contacted Daju. Shen Xingqiao was seriously injured. When she was found, her abdomen had been pierced. The doctors said there was little hope. Huo Wenxi took Shen Xingqiao away in time and found a very good medical team for her. They did everything they could and they could not interfere afterwards.
The mountain cat hummed, and Big Orange guessed who he was thinking about and said to himself, "I think the caracal is fine."
The caracal was truly amazing, able to devour such a large pollutant. They weren't even a species of the same kind. Daju guessed that even if everyone in the world died, Zhu Ning wouldn't be in any danger.
Bobcat: "Okay."
Daju sighed, feeling that the mountain cat was unmoved. She turned on her own secondary brain and operated on it. There was a shortage of manpower now. She was injured and still supporting the information department. The network was half paralyzed. She clattered on the keyboard.
The bobcat was resting nearby. The whole camp was quite lively. A group of people were huddled together, and the humans huddled together for warmth, so it didn't feel so desperate.
Suddenly, the mountain cat's ears moved, and it heard a sound coming from behind, "da da da" -
It sounded like the sound of a bamboo stick hitting the ground, but at this time it must have been made by crutches. Shanmao turned around and saw Xie Jiazu. Both of his legs were injured. His left leg was severed at the thigh, and his right leg was missing below the knee. He was barely able to move with a tattered prosthetic leg.
Xie Jiazu was filthy, not at all the air of a head of the Cleaning Department. His usually slicked-back hair was now a mess, and he was unshaven, looking like an elite who had been reduced to a street thug. But when they first met Xie Jiazu, he had the demeanor of a street thug, drinking beer from bottle to bottle, his favorite food being skewers, and his daily gluttony. The sight of Xie Jiazu in his expensive suit, slicked-back hair, and leisurely sipping tea was unfamiliar.
Daju also saw Xie Jiazu and sarcastically said while typing on the keyboard: "Oh, Minister Xie is here."
Xie Jiazu's face flushed red, and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into. He stammered, "Are you all okay?"
Daju: "Don't you have eyes? Can't you see?"
Xie Jiazu was even more embarrassed. He stood there speechless, as if he was being punished. Because both of his legs were broken, he was trembling as he held the tattered crutches.
Daju tsked, "If you don't know, you might think I'm bullying the head of the cleaning department. Sit down."
Daju moved to another place. The camp was not a private ward, so there were no seats. Daju moved half of his bed. Under normal circumstances, it would definitely be against the rules for a grown man to sit on a girl's bed, but Xie Jiazu and they were family. Whether they recognized him or not, Xie Jiazu treated them as family.
Xie Jiazu sat down, a little distance away from Daju, and there was inevitably some awkwardness between them.
The three of them were obviously not talking, but as they sat together, the atmosphere inexplicably relaxed.
Daju is a person who particularly likes to joke around. He can make people laugh even in the most troublesome situations. A team needs such a character. Shanmao and Cheng Mofei are both tongue-tied, and Xu Meng is as serious as an older sister. Xie Jiazu was originally this role. After he left the Cheetah Team, Daju was the one who was responsible for making people laugh.
When the captain died and Zhu Ning's whereabouts were unknown, she could still talk and smile. Now the smile on her face slowly disappeared, as if a family was sitting together and could rest when they were tired.
Daju was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Everything is fine, shall we go on vacation?"
Xie Jiazu was startled, thinking he had misheard. He looked up at Daju, who had her head lowered, a look of sadness on her face. It was rare to see such an expression on her face. Xie Jiazu quickly said, "Go, go."
He was deeply afraid that Daju would go back on his word, so he spoke anxiously. Daju smiled bitterly, "The captain made an appointment with me before the mission, saying that after it was over, the four of us would go on vacation."
It’s a pity that it’s gone. Initially, there were five people on vacation, then four, and then three.
Daju originally wanted to avoid being sentimental when recalling the past, as it was very upsetting to think about the past at this time. However, after that battle, he finally understood how to express the four words "unpredictable things in the world". Now he could only gather three of them, but in the future, he might not even have three.
As soon as Daju said that, they fell silent again, but sadness was very common in the camp, just like there were endless funerals. There was nothing special about their Cheetah Team.
Daju: "That was the last time I saw the captain."
As she spoke, she looked into the distance, hoping that Xu Meng would come out from the crowd.
"The last time I saw the captain," Xie Jiazu said after a pause, "I gave her two human-machine joint devices."
Xie Jiazu could still remember that day when he had just sent a message to Xu Meng, asking him how to receive it conveniently. Not long after, Xu Meng's shadow appeared in his house.
Xu Meng looked pale that day, perhaps due to some mental pollution. Xie Jiazu even asked what was wrong with him, saying that he had a better mental healing agent.
But Xu Meng did not answer. She took the device and left. Before leaving, Xu Meng stood by the window of Xie Jiazu's house, her face hidden in the shadow. The last two words she said to Xie Jiazu were, take care.
Bobcat and Daju were suddenly stunned, their faces looking frighteningly ugly. They roughly knew a little that Xu Meng and Zhu Ning had made a deal. Zhu Ning gave Xu Meng Cheng Mofei's bracelet. Xu Meng wanted to share information with her and help find the human-machine joint device.
If Xie Jiazu had connections, it would be normal for Xu Meng to ask Xie Jiazu for help, but two? Why did Xu Meng need two?
Did Xu Meng contact Prometheus privately before his death?
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