251 Prologue
◎Now the devil has come to the second area◎
Area 1, Cemetery.
Lu Yuan stood in front of a tombstone, which was the tomb of her mother Liu Yu.
First-class citizens were buried here collectively after their death. There were actually no ashes underneath. The Kingdom of God would not leave any possibility of mutation, so there was only a lonely tombstone.
Lu Yuan was wearing a black dress and a black wide-brimmed hat. Standing there, she looked like an exquisite oil painting from a distance.
Lu Yuan stood alone quietly, holding an iris in her hand, as if feeling the warmth of her mother through a cold stone tablet.
Her mother's name was Liu Yu, and Lu Yuan calls herself Liu Niannian when she's out and about, in honor of her. When Lu Yuan was very young, her mother would personally pick her up after school. Liu Yu's only purpose was giving birth, and picking up her daughter from school became one of her few "entertainments."
Liu Yu dressed extremely elegantly, even wearing understated jewelry when picking up her children from school. She softly called Lu Yuan by her nickname, "Niannian."
When Lu Yuan was a child, she was as delicate as a doll. Like a doll, she ran to her mother in one breath, then lifted her skirt and bowed deeply to her in a very artificial way, acting like a palace girl. Her movements were particularly exaggerated, and Liu Yu laughed every time.
Little Lu Yuan jumped into the passenger seat. Liu Yu started the car and asked gently, "What fun did you have today?"
"I drew a frog!" Little Lu Yuan unfolded the drawing paper. The frog was drawn crookedly and in a green color.
Liu Yu looked at the child's graffiti very carefully and felt that her daughter was very different because the frog was quite fierce and not cute at all. Liu Yu felt that her daughter did not need to be too well-behaved at her age.
"So cool," Liu Yu commented.
Liu Yu’s comments are always on point. Lu Yuan likes this evaluation, how cool.
Lu Yuan received Liu Yu's praise, and proudly put away her doodles. She asked excitedly, "Mom, where are we going today?"
Every Friday after school, Liu Yu would take her on an "adventure", which was just a trip to other districts. Her family had homes in every district, so she could choose an area to stay in during the summer vacation.
Liu Yu wanted her daughter to see the people in other worlds and not be raised to be a high-and-mighty person from the divine kingdom, but to be like a real human being.
Nowadays, cars can all drive automatically, but Liu Yu prefers manual driving, and driving is one of her few pleasures.
Liu Yu stepped on the accelerator and answered Lu Yuan's question, "District 74."
Lu Yuan: "Great!"
They have been to twenty-one different areas, and each area is very interesting. Lu Yuan has a small notebook in which she carefully records the cities she has visited.
Liu Yu smiled, and Lu Yuan keenly felt that her mother's smile was a bit bitter today. Her skill was to infer her mother's mood from subtle expressions. Judging from the bitter smile, Liu Yu did not experience anything good today.
Lu Yuan carefully looked at her in the rearview mirror, trying to guess what she had experienced, but she was too young and her imagination was limited. She didn't know that Liu Yu was pregnant that day.
It was a happy event for the Lu family when her mother gave birth to a new life, but it was a disaster for Liu Yu herself. She was very aware that she was just a container.
Liu Yu's fate was to give birth to children and then watch them die. Liu Yu gripped the steering wheel tightly.
Lu Yuan's attention was distracted and soon attracted by the scenery outside the window.
Other areas unfolded before our eyes. The styles of each human base were slightly different. The area next to it had many chimneys, and it seemed to be an industrial base.
Lu Yuan looked around curiously. If she met someone she didn't know, she didn't need to ask her mother. The artificial intelligence would answer her and the information about the area would automatically be displayed on the car window.
Lu Yuan can look at the scenery outside the window for a long time. To her, the world is very new and she never gets tired of looking at it.
But the scenery outside slowly grew desolate, the city's iconic lights gradually faded, and the city below became a ruin.
Suddenly, heavy rain fell, and the rain hit the car body with a crackling sound. The sky in the distance was dark, and the whole world was black.
She had long lost sight of the Kingdom of God floating in the sky; they were too far away from home.
Lu Yuan's puzzled expression was reflected in the car window. The in-car navigation system prompted: [Approaching uninhabited area. Warning! Approaching uninhabited area! Please return immediately!]
The red alarm in the car flashed, and this time Lu Yuan finally understood. They actually walked out of the wall and were going to the contaminated area.
Lu Yuan was taught since childhood that the safest place in the world is the kingdom of God floating in the sky, and the most dangerous place is the uninhabited area, which is full of pollutants and unknown dangers.
What is Liu Yu trying to do? Is she trying to get herself out of the system?
Lu Yuan turned around in horror and saw her mother crying, tears streaming down her face and gathering at the tip of her chin. Her usually dignified mother had collapsed silently, her facial features distorted and tears streaming down her face.
"Mom?" Lu Yuan clutched the seatbelt tightly, her heart beating rapidly as she yelled, "Mom!"
The car was speeding, and the human survivor base had long been left behind, condensed into a point of light. Lu Yuan felt more worried about the unknown than about her mother.
It was too dark outside. Without any human lights, it was as dark as another world. Lu Yuan felt like his heart was about to jump out. He had never been so close to death.
The in-car intelligence has sent an emergency signal, reporting the situation inside the car to the Lu family security department. The red light inside the car is flashing, and Liu Yu can't hear her own call at all. Her gaze looking forward gradually becomes firm, as if she is ready to die.
"mom!"
A mountain appeared in front of him. In the darkness, human vision narrowed. The mountain actually existed, but now it seemed to have suddenly emerged from the ground. When Lu Yuan grew up, he realized that it was the last safety wall. If he crossed it, he would really go to the polluted world outside the wall.
Liu Yu stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and the car sped at the highest speed. Seeing that it was about to hit, Lu Yuan closed her eyes tightly.
Chila——
At the last moment, Liu Yu stepped on the brakes, and the car was swung out by the huge inertia, shaking in mid-air. Lu Yuan felt dizzy and seemed to be thrown high into the air and then suddenly dropped. It was a hundred times more terrifying than any roller coaster she had ever ridden.
Bang--!
The car body hit some obstacle, making a loud muffled sound that echoed in the uninhabited area.
Lu Yuan forgot what happened exactly that day. Her mind was blank and she could not describe the fear she experienced that day. She seemed to have fainted for a while, or lost some memory.
In short, in her vague memory, when she opened her eyes again from the passenger seat, she only saw Liu Yu lying on the steering wheel with her face buried in it. Lu Yuan guessed that she might be crying. Her thin shoulder blades trembled when she sobbed, and she was as helpless as a fallen leaf when she trembled.
Lu Yuan could never forget that scene. Her mother was so helpless, as if she would collapse at the slightest touch.
Lu Yuan's head hit the car body, and a stream of blood flowed down his forehead. Lu Yuan was unable to handle such a complicated situation at the time, and only remembered that it was extremely painful.
It hurt so much, far more than she could tolerate at her age.
"Mom?" Lu Yuan instinctively cried for help, but she didn't get any response from her mother that day.
Liu Yu buried her head in the steering wheel. At that moment, she was not Lu Yuan's mother. She was just herself and only wanted to care about her own feelings.
"Niannian," Liu Yu breathed for a long time, never looking up, and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't become like me."
Lu Yuan was too young at the time and was bleeding all the time. She couldn't understand what this sentence meant. What did "not want it" mean?
Then a strong light fell outside, someone opened the car door, and carried the young Lu Yuan out from the passenger seat. As soon as she got out, she was hit in the face by rain.
"Found it, found it," the Lu family bodyguard said, hugging Lu Yuan. "Medical team!"
Lu Yuan opened her eyes blankly. There was chaos outside. The Lu family came over and broke the privacy between her and Liu Yu.
Lu Yuan was carried away from her mother. She should have received medical assistance at that time, but her hands grabbed in the air. In the end, Liu Yu never raised her head. She kept the same posture, like an ostrich buried in the sand.
Lu Yuan's hands only caught air in mid-air. She couldn't say what she wanted to do. Only when she grew up did she realize that she wanted to hug her mother. It was a daughter's instinct.
Later, Liu Yu never had the chance to take her out for adventure again. Later, her mother committed suicide, and everything was stained red with blood.
"You told me not to be like you." In front of the tombstone, Lu Yuan repeated this sentence, so lightly that it could easily be blown away by the wind.
Lu Yuan always remembered that this might be Liu Yu's last teaching to her.
Don't become like me.
The mother-daughter relationship is the most complicated relationship in the world, completely different from the mother-son relationship. The mother and daughter are like standing at two ends, the closest and the most distant, the most similar and the most different. They are afraid of not being like their mother, but also afraid of being too similar to their mother.
Only I understand all your pain.
"I'll try my best." Lu Yuan said half-jokingly to the tombstone.
So even though Liu Yu died, Lu Yuan continued her adventure. Lu Yuan was able to go to Area 103 for adventure just because of a word from Lu's gardener in Area 3. It was also because she met Zhu Ning during that adventure. Zhu Ning also sent her a message: Little princess, are you okay?
Lu Yuan really likes people calling her Liu Niannian.
Lu Yao said her adventure was courting death, but she couldn't explain it, just like Lu Yuan couldn't figure out what Liu Yu was going to do that day and why she suddenly approached the no-man's land.
Was he so desperate about life that he committed suicide with his daughter?
Or do you want to go beyond the walls, into no-man's land, and embark on a real adventure?
Or is there something about the desolate land that draws her in? What lies within the contaminated area?
Unfortunately, no one could answer her. Lu Yao could only say arbitrarily: "Mom is crazy, leave her alone."
Crazy, crazy can summarize Liu Yu's life. Lu Yuan didn't know Liu Yu well. In her impression, she was just a beautiful lady. She knew too little about her real mother.
Lu Yuan placed the iris in her hand in front of the tombstone and gently touched Liu Yu's tombstone, as if saying a silent goodbye.
Lu Yuan's farewell was over. Too much time had passed and she no longer felt sad. She slowly walked out of the cemetery. Those buried in this park were either rich or noble.
Lu Yuan walked among the dead rich people. The cemetery was at the edge of the first area. The first area was also a closed structure with walls on all sides and a sky dome above, but it was transparent.
The walls of the Kingdom of God are covered with high voltage electricity and lasers, like a high-voltage insect-killing net, which will strangle pollutants immediately after identifying them.
There is such a transparent wall closest to the cemetery. After Lu Yuan approached, she activated the light blue light curtain. She was only one meter away from the safety wall.
Lu Yuan raised his head and looked at the sky.
The first zone floats in mid-air, too close to the sky. The direct sunlight makes people uncomfortable, so the sky is covered with a dome all year round, like a transparent filter, so that the ultraviolet rays falling on people are not so strong.
Area 103 also has a sky dome, but that steel dome is designed to trap the people on the lower level like a pot lid, so that no contaminated spores will be wasted.
The sky dome of the Kingdom of God is like a vegetable greenhouse, just to make the first-class citizens who are like greenhouse flowers more comfortable.
It's quite ironic.
Lu Yuan was like standing on the edge of a cliff. She could see other human survivor bases in the clouds and underground. The firewall would not strangle pure-blooded natural humans, but it would strangle pollutants. This was a special protection for first-class citizens.
Now, Lu Yuan has taken a step forward. If she moves one more meter forward, she will be burned to ashes by the safety net. After coming down from the cloud of consciousness, she is sure that she has been contaminated.
It may have been brought down from the cloud of Bao Ruiming's consciousness. It may have been contaminated a long time ago, but it has never been discovered. It was only activated that time. In short, she is definitely not clean, and was contaminated after arriving in the kingdom of God. Otherwise, she would not have been able to pass the security check and enter the core residential area.
The Kingdom of God has established the safest pure land, but Lu Yuan proved that this land is not safe. Thinking of this, she even developed a dark revengeful mentality. The other first-class citizens knew nothing about it. If they knew that they were living on the same land with pollution, would they go crazy?
Do they know that the doll-like eldest daughter of the Lu family has fish eggs flowing in her veins instead of blood?
It must be fun, she couldn't wait for that day to come, she wanted to see everyone's expressions clearly.
…
"Bless the gods! Bless the gods!"
On the streets of the second district, several young people wearing uniform T-shirts shouted their slogans loudly.
Half a year has passed since the descent of God. The last message sent by Zhu Ning can be said to have rewritten history. It was as if mankind had witnessed the power of nuclear weapons for the first time, and was left with only shock and fear.
But as time went by, things started to change. People no longer treated it as a serious threat, and entertainment companies took advantage of the situation, seeing unlimited business opportunities in a "true god", perhaps with Huo Wenxi's tacit approval.
In short, Zhu Ning is very popular among young people. They made T-shirts and key chains, held various parades, and shouted out their positions in public.
"I am a member of the True God Advent Sect!"
"Bless the gods! Bless the gods!"
The young people, their faces painted, were as enthusiastic as if they were cheering for a star. As Pei Shu passed through the crowd, he was forced to put an amulet in his hand. The enthusiastic young people shouted to him, "Join the True God Sect with me! Join the True God Sect!"
Pei Shu shook his head. It was truly entertaining. The keychain had a cartoon image of Zhu Ning printed on it. Zhu Ning was portrayed as a Valkyrie, both approachable and majestic, giving people a sense of security. Many people carried her as amulets, praying to the Zhu Ning deity for exams and wishes. Want great power? Pray to the Zhu Ning deity!
The slogan is both immature and brainwashing. I wonder if Zhu Ning himself would feel ashamed after hearing it. A polluted world requires immature and passionate narratives. Zhu Ning has become the spiritual pillar of many people.
Young people are too crazy, and Pei Shu, who is old, doesn’t understand.
When Pei Shu and Liu Niannian went to District 103, he could feel that Zhu Ning was quite different, but things developed far beyond his imagination. The arrogant little girl actually became a "true god".
This shit world is so magical.
Pei Shu yawned, holding the ball of yarn he had just bought in his hand. Even the destruction of the world would not stop him from knitting. Pei Shu had been a little anxious recently, always feeling that something was going to happen.
Pei Shu walked into the upscale residential complex. Someone opened the door for him and greeted him respectfully, "Master Pei is back."
Three defensive gates opened, Pei Shu nodded, and walked in naturally. He worked as a dog for the chaebol just to enjoy life. Pei Shu was a person with special abilities, so he could only enter the first military district at most, and could not freely enter and exit the real core area of first-class citizens.
Of course there are exceptions. If he wants to be detected, he can wear a special collar and be locked by the system at any time.
But he didn't really like being a dog for others. It would be better for him to live in the second district. The second district was the best home for top demon hunters. The community where he lived also had the highest safety factor. There were security teams patrolling, and the neighbors were all top psychics. No one wanted to come here to seek death.
This small villa belongs to him. When Pei Shu opened the door, the smart housekeeper automatically lit up the whole house, the curtains were drawn, and the house was lit with gentle lights, welcoming its owner back. Everything was just right and comfortable.
But Pei Shu did not enter the house. He keenly felt that something was wrong. There was danger hidden in the warm villa. He always trusted his intuition.
Pei Shu put down the ball of wool and turned off the power. All the lights in the room went out and the room was shrouded in darkness.
This is Pei Shu's territory. He is familiar with every tree and blade of grass. Turning off the lights can give him the home advantage.
Pei Shu reached for the gun handle at his waist with one hand. Flame patterns appeared on his tense forearm, and he was already in a state of alert.
A gust of wind blew, and the gauze curtains lifted up, floating like a ghost. As it lifted up and fell down, a figure suddenly appeared by the floor-to-ceiling window.
It was a woman. Her long hair was not tied into a ponytail as usual, but was scattered casually, with the ends of her hair a little sharp. She didn't know how long she had been there. She was probably bored waiting for someone, so she was casually flipping through a book.
It was just a silhouette, but it made Pei Shu feel apprehensive. Whoever he thought of would come to him. Pei Shu just thought of her, and they met so soon.
The most difficult thing is to bypass the multiple security systems and appear quietly without alerting any psychic. Zhu Ning has indeed grown up.
"Teacher Pei." Zhu Ning raised his eyes and greeted an old friend. "Long time no see."
Her outline gradually emerged from the darkness. There was no black mucus on her body, nor were there any black lines of contaminated areas, but Pei Shu saw the look in her eyes. Being a true god was different. She just glanced at her casually without saying anything threatening, which made people feel a little creepy.
It seemed as if Zhu Ning had become another higher-dimensional creature, and other people were nothing but ants in her eyes.
"Should I call you goddess now? Or..." Pei Shu's eyes burned with a fiery red light, "devil?"
The unified name for Zhu Ning in the Kingdom of God is the devil, and now the devil has come to the second district.
The author has something to say:
Dear ladies and gentlemen, the Kingdom of God crashed flight has taken off. I am the rookie captain of this flight. The plane is now entering the taxiing phase. Please fold up the small tables, straighten your seat backs, and fasten your seat belts. You may encounter turbulence during the flight. This route is an unknown route. The captain has flown it once and is not completely sure that he can reach the destination safely. The safety door was not closed after takeoff. If you are dissatisfied with this route, or have a premonition that you may crash or hit the mountain, you can jump out of the plane at any time. When jumping out, please open the yellow parachute under your seat and jump out of the plane with one click according to the safety instructions. Finally, the captain and all the crew members wish you all a happy life and a happy Children's Day!
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