267 City of the Dead (Part 9)
◎Why are there two identical Bai Cheng?◎
Zhu Yao?
Zhu Ning found a piece of paper in the office. It contained Zhu Yao's notes and her name. She looked at the fluttering white coat and belatedly wondered, was her mother also in this world?
Pei Shu reminded her: "You were looking for information just now."
A lot of information was soaked by the rain, and the experimenter files were scattered around, many of which contained student information. It was scary to see pairs of eyes staring at them.
Zhu Ning is now a pure sports student, it would be strange if he could understand it.
Zhu Ning asked, "What is this?"
Pei Shu: "It must have been an experimental research base."
The zombie form was most likely artificially created, but Pei Shu couldn't figure out why it was created.
Zhu Ning asked, "Is the researcher Zhu Yao?"
Pei Shu: "Yes."
This office has always been occupied by people, but judging from the traces left behind, it should only be occupied by a person named Zhu Yao.
Pei Shu couldn't imagine what kind of person would live in such a place, be able to endure loneliness, tolerate being surrounded by pollutants, concentrate on his own research, and at the same time love cleanliness.
Pei Shu made a profile of Zhu Yao in his mind. Zhu Yao was definitely very strong inside. Such a person would be terrifying whether he wanted to save the world or destroy it.
As he was thinking, Zhu Yao's image gradually materialized in his mind. It was as if he had really seen Zhu Yao sitting at this table, doing research with her back to people. How did she usually relieve her loneliness?
Pei Shu didn't understand this genius idea.
There are some shielding devices in this building, which will form a red line buried in the gaps between the buildings. When Zhu Yao lived here, he must have turned on the shielding device. Only in this way can the environment barely allow humans to survive.
She left in a hurry and didn't have time to recover many of the devices. It seemed as if they disappeared suddenly.
Pei Shu felt that this did not match his guess about Zhu Yao, because judging from the details, this person would definitely arrange everything before moving on to the next step.
Zhu Ning frowned. All the information showed that Zhu Yao was a mad scientist. Was this the Zhu Yao she knew? Or was this some parallel universe?
Pei Shu: "Her surname is also Zhu. Is she your relative?"
Zhu Ning: "I don't know."
Zhu Ning pulled the wire behind the computer again. There was mycelium wrapped around it, and the wire expanded three times its size for no reason. The computer had no electricity at all.
Zhu Ning rubbed the mycelium. When he pressed his fingers, a sticky white liquid oozed out of the surface, much like the poisonous mushrooms he encountered in the wild. "What is this?"
Pei Shu examined it carefully and said, "What was once Prometheus's observation point should be the human-machine joint device that has grown up."
The human-machine joint device is inlaid with mycelium, but it is usually only as thick as a hair so that it can accurately penetrate into the human brain. Such thick mycelium is rare.
It looked like a mushroom cultivation base that had been bred and improved. Pei Shu was not sure what was going on. Was the researcher named Zhu Yao in a cooperative or exploitative relationship with Prometheus?
Zhu Ning: "I don't understand."
What is all this?
Pei Shu shook his head, feeling that he was really sick for trusting a middle school girl with second-year syndrome. He quickly recorded the current situation in his investigation notes.
In the amnesiac zombie city, a laboratory was discovered inside. Someone was observing and raising zombies and left behind experimental data. Judging from the scene, Prometheus had set up an observation point here.
Pei Shu thought and took notes at the same time. What Zhu Ning said made sense. He had been concentrating on doing one thing. He had not lost any memory after chatting with Zhu Ning.
Zhu Ning kept talking to Pei Shu, and he was also busy looking for clues. This place had experienced a fierce fight and was almost razed to the ground.
Zhu Ning groped around and found a wooden bookcase leaning against the wall. Zhu Ning shook the bookcase and felt a foreign object in the gap between the bookcase and the wall. It was so slippery that Zhu Ning seemed to touch the surface of glass.
Zhu Ning frowned and fished out a black box. It was a standard cube, textbook-level, with a sense of mathematical exquisiteness.
Pei Shu instinctively frowned when he saw the box, as if he had suddenly seen a human organ, and asked, "What is this?"
Zhu Ning: "I don't know."
She felt the surface of the black box. It was so strange. Not only was there no lock, but why was there no gap at all?
The surface material of this box also feels very strange. It is extremely smooth and does not look like the common metal or wood. It is hard to describe. It feels like if you put your palm on it, it will be sucked.
Zhu Ning felt around and felt that the box was very familiar, but she couldn't find the reason.
Boom——
Zhu Ning's solar plexus suddenly jumped, just like a headache after sleeping for a long time, but the strange feeling soon disappeared.
Pei Shu asked, "Where did you find it?"
Zhu Ning: "Behind the curtains, the angle between the bookcase and the wall is used to pad the bookcase."
This thing was placed in the gap between the bookcase and the wall, as if it was used for support. As soon as Zhu Ning pulled it out, the bookcase began to shake slightly.
Pei Shu was about to say that there might be danger or a trap, but that was a bit difficult to judge.
If the thing in Zhu Ning's hand was really something important, it would definitely not be thrown into the gap so casually and found so easily.
Pei Shu: "Maybe it's discarded experimental material."
He could only imagine this scene, like a carpenter with a piece of leftover material, and he just did something with it.
Zhu Ning put it in his backpack, along with all the information he could gather. He tapped the mycelium behind the computer with the back of his knife and asked, "What should I do with this? Is it alive?"
Pei Shu: "I suggest you don't touch it. It might just be dormant, and it will be activated after you touch it."
Zhu Ning gave up the idea of cutting the mycelium and said, "Okay, next you need to teach me how to get out."
Pei Shu: "Outside the wall, the pollution concentration is not uniform; some are strong and some are weak. We need to find the weak spots, which are usually the way out."
Zhu Ning: "How do I find it?"
Pei Shu: "The simplest way is, if there are a lot of unlucky people in your team, you can push them out to die. They can then test which positions are safe and which are dangerous."
Pei Shu had participated in a mission before, bringing sixty ordinary humans from inside the wall and dropping them into the contaminated area like a battle royale to observe. The area with more deaths was more dangerous and closer to the source of pollution.
This method relies purely on trial and error based on human lives, and accordingly, their efficiency is very high. Pei Shu still feels physically disgusted when he thinks of that mission.
"..." Zhu Ning didn't know what to say. Isn't this world a bit cruel? He asked, "Anything else?"
Pei Shu: "Investigators use different methods of trial and error."
Pei Shu took out his investigation notes. He had explored Blackbird City when he lost his memory. On one page, he drew a very simple map with a big cross on the tunnel and the mountain, meaning that these two roads were dead ends.
"I've explored it. There's something wrong with the mountain over there. The tunnel is blocked," Pei Shu said. "The school must be a dead end as well."
After Pei Shu entered the school, the number of times he lost his memory increased significantly, proving that it was very dangerous here.
Zhu Ning: "The safer the place, the closer it is to life, and the more dangerous the place, the closer it is to pollution sources?"
Pei Shu thought Zhu Ning was going to do something big and go straight to the source of the pollution, so he asked, "You want to clean up here?"
Zhu Ning, ignorant and fearless, asked, "How do I purify it?"
Pei Shu: “…”
Zhu Ning is too weak now. Pei Shu feels that he is a true warrior if he goes on an adventure with her.
Pei Shu will lose his memory again soon, but fortunately he has many memories of the outside world in his mind, which can provide Zhu Ning with more knowledge reserves.
There are only two ways of attack in this polluted area. The most serious one is amnesia. As long as you figure this out, you can find a way to survive.
Pei Shu looked at the simple map he had drawn and pondered. Blackbird City is so small, where is the way out?
Zhu Ning was also thinking about this problem. After sorting out his thoughts, he took a carving knife and quickly carved on his helmet, deleting a few lines that he thought were unimportant. They were going to start again.
Bang——
There was a bang outside the door. Pei Shu looked up and was a little dazed for a moment. His mind was full of mixed memories. In an instant, his memory collapsed again. In front of him was a huge monster. Black blood columns covered the sky and the sun. They were all humans who died violently.
Pei Shu's heart beat faster. His last memory was a special mission he carried out when he was 27 years old. Where was he now?
"Hey," Zhu Ning's voice rang out, "You have lost your memory. You are my teammate."
Pei Shu came to his senses, his soul withdrawn from the battlefield, and returned to the office. In front of him stood a woman in black protective clothing. She spoke in a relaxed tone, as if what was happening in front of her was not a big deal.
Zhu Ning collected the information and saw that Pei Shu was in a state of amnesia. They had previously agreed to remind each other, "My name is Zhu Ning. Our mission is to find the remaining two teammates and find a way out of here."
Zhu Ning didn't look at Pei Shu when she spoke. She held the gun in her hand and looked at the zombies outside the door with uncertainty. She had only shot at targets before, and this was her first time shooting a living creature, and a high-speed moving monster at that. This was fundamentally different from training.
Zhu Ning: "If you don't believe me, just look at the helmet."
Pei Shu refocused and found a line of crooked words written backwards on his helmet: Xin Zhu Ning.
That was actually written by Pei Shu himself. Is he so smug? The crucial message he left behind was these three words?
Zhu Ning had previously spread a spider web at the door, and the zombies that rushed in were quickly chopped to pieces. For a moment, Zhu Ning felt like he was watching an R-rated movie. It was really disgusting.
Zhu Ning ignored Pei Shu. Amnesia was a thing that couldn't be helped if she didn't trust her teammates. She fired at a zombie in the distance, the bullet piercing its head with pinpoint accuracy. It was her first time hitting a living creature, and her palms were sweaty with nervousness. This was far more disgusting than shooting a moving target.
Zhu Ning rushed out from another door. She still remembered the instructions on her helmet. She found her teammates in the black car and left. She left herself clues about how to survive.
Zhu Ning felt a little regretful after rushing into the corridor. He knew there were many zombies outside. Was this too many?
It was her first time dealing with zombies. She had no experience and relied purely on her shooting instinct. At this time, Zhu Ning thought that it was a good thing that she had received training in her childhood, otherwise she would not be able to beat them at all. It turned out that her mother was very foresighted to send her to learn shooting.
Zhu Ning was still thinking when suddenly a fiery shadow jumped out from behind him. The zombies were ignited by the oncoming flames and instantly swept across the entire corridor.
When Zhu Ning turned around, Pei Shu had already caught up. He finally followed the instructions on his helmet and sent a letter to Zhu Ning.
When Zhu Ning fired, Pei Shu could even assist. The bullets were instantly wrapped in flames and landed on the zombies like an unextinguishable fire.
The corridor was filled with screams and the smell of burning protein. The temperature around was getting higher and higher. This was the advantage of having teammates. Zhu Ning didn't even need to do it herself. Pei Shu would help her clean up the miscellaneous soldiers.
A zombie suddenly pounced towards Pei Shu. The zombie had strong jumping ability. Before Pei Shu could make a move, he heard a bang and the zombie was shot and fell to the ground.
Zhu Ning's nonchalant voice came, "You're welcome."
Pei Shu lost his memory and immediately figured out the current situation. The information on the helmet must be true. He believed Zhu Ning, that was his teammate.
It seemed like all the zombies in the building had rushed to the eighth floor. It took the two of them some effort to clean up, and they both looked a little embarrassed.
Zhu Ning ran towards the rooftop in one go. She opened the door and a strong wind carrying rain blew in her face. Pei Shu closed the door behind her.
Sure enough, there was a black flying car parked on the rooftop. It was obviously a simple task, but because he had been losing his memory along the way, this road became extremely difficult.
Zhu Ning and two teammates were in the car, and the engine was not turned off, keeping it ready to take off at any time.
I should be happy to find my teammates, but now things are getting weird. The window of the back seat of the speeding car rolled down, first revealing the face of a woman wearing a black raincoat.
Zhu Ning guessed that she was Bai Cheng, but she soon saw another woman next to her. Zhu Ning first saw her profile and thought her vision was blurred, which looked like a double image.
Why are there two identical Bai Cheng?
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