310 Homecoming Train (End)
◎Homecoming never stops◎
There was a patch of dust that was the lightest, and it looked like it had just been cleaned. Pei Shu suspected that it was done by the previous investigator. The Recovery Society seemed to have no interest in the front of the car at all.
Pei Shu carefully brushed away the dust, revealing the words carved with a knife. The dust had already embedded itself in the carvings.
First line: "Homecoming prohibited from docking."
Is this history? No, Pei Shu took a look and found that the fonts here are different, so they must have been written by different people.
He immediately understood. Rumor has it that because investigators were scarce in the old world, they would carve down the information they received when a great disaster struck. Whoever was still alive would write it down, keeping it as concise as possible. Later generations could determine the authenticity of the information and infer what had happened. This tradition of investigators still exists today.
Second line: "Homecoming is infected."
The third line reads: "The Homecoming train exploded with pollution, from the rear to the front..."
"We are powerless to stop it."
"We've received orders to destroy the Homecoming. The destruction location is Changying Bridge."
So the bridge crash was a deliberate plan? That's right. They wouldn't let a car drive endlessly. There must have been some plan. The Homecoming would have been a thorn in their side back then.
Next sentence: "After a vote by the survivors in the car, we decided that the Homecoming will never stop."
Pei Shu was stunned. The Homecoming was facing a desperate situation at the time. There was an infection of golden apple snails on the train, and all stops outside the train were prohibited.
There are people with special abilities on this car, they have the power but cannot be stopped.
There are two theories about the abilities of the old world's superpowers. One is that they are more powerful than they are now because they are purer and unabridged.
One is weaker than it is now because the pollution concentration was low and they could not absorb energy.
But no matter which one, based on Pei Shu's experience, many people with special abilities on this train can jump out of the train and escape.
Obviously, they didn't leave.
They did not directly carry out the federal order, but they were getting closer and closer to the bridge. If they did not take any measures, they would reach the end of their death.
Because the Federation's order was a choice made by the survivors within the wall, they also held a vote within the Homecoming.
Is it destroyed and everyone in the car is dead?
Or delay your own death?
The mutant in the car was very fair. He gave the decision-making power to the survivors in the car, and the survivors in the car made the choice.
They would rather stay in the car and never be able to return home than die.
When the end of the world comes, they decide to merge with the pollutants and embrace them, even if they die on the train and become pollutants.
Here's an even more shocking passage: "The Homecoming never stops."
This sentence came true.
But here comes another question: how to achieve it?
This is a difficult decision. If a train wants to never stop, the most difficult thing to solve is power. It is not a perpetual motion machine that can run endlessly. All energy will be exhausted one day.
Even though the Kingdom of God has such a powerful energy source as contaminated spores, it is facing a resource shortage and needs to obtain contaminated spores from other regions to alleviate the energy crisis.
Problems that even the Kingdom of God cannot solve will certainly be even more difficult for people in the old world to solve.
After a while, Pei Shu typed two words on the secondary computer: Invite the gods.
Asking gods for help?
This was the first time Zhu Ning encountered this concept. What kind of god was he praying to? An evil god?
Pei Shu continued writing on his secondary brain. Rumor has it that pollution has existed for thousands of years, longer than human history, but it was not so frequent before, and different cultures had different records of pollution.
Gods, ghosts, monsters, basically they are all metaphysics.
This is why demon hunters are called demon hunters. According to legend, people in the Old World can leverage the power of the higher realms, awakening dormant creatures through prayers, sacrifices, or rituals to achieve their goals.
It is not uncommon to see tombs of living people with thousands of people buried alive, or even more bizarre and bloody rituals, where the executors are similar to wizards or sorcerers.
There are similar occupations in every country and every culture. Pollution has been distributed globally for a long time, and various regions have been studying pollution for thousands of years.
It’s just that after humans built high walls, this kind of inheritance was interrupted, and the people inside the walls used their own logic to explain the pollution.
When the Homecoming incident occurred, humans had not yet overcome the technical difficulties of converting contaminated spores into energy, so they would not use contaminated spores.
But besides the contamination spores themselves, there is also the pollution itself, or a twisted mental force, like a contaminated area that can remain operational even without food for years.
The polluted area has always had a continuous driving force to make dead things alive, and this problem is solved.
Zhu Ning frowned. The people with special abilities were pollutants that kept their sanity alive. They could also exile their own sanity and cause it to collapse.
Zhu Ning looked along the roof of the car. A black line passed through the psychic and the other end was connected to the roof. The roof was chaotic and black, like a ball of cold mucus, converging towards the front of the car.
Zhu Ning looked at the driver's seat. Sure enough, there was no one driving inside. The driver's seat was empty, but the front glass window was covered with black lines and there was no light at all.
This is the energy supply for the front of the car.
Zhu Ning seemed to see people with special abilities kneeling down one by one. How could one pray to the gods? During the sacrifice, the person could not struggle. A black line passed through the neck, and the person would not be able to die for a long time, and must feel the pain of death.
The train was getting closer and closer to the bridge, which was the end of death. The roars of living people came from the rear of the train. Some people were grabbing the carriages and trying to jump out of the train. The Homecoming was in chaos.
They knelt in a line, watching the black lines being pierced down, like long nails nailing people to the spot forever. They did not struggle, did not run away, did not speak, just waited to be sacrificed.
They twisted their own spirits through some mysterious sacrificial ritual, grafted them onto the apple snails at the rear of the car, and merged them into a new creature.
With a bang, to outsiders, the Homecoming fell smoothly from the bridge, as smoothly as an accident.
The survivors inside the wall breathed a sigh of relief that trains loaded with contamination would not enter the wall.
But unexpectedly, the Homecoming came back and reappeared on the platform, promising to take people home.
The apple snail train is always moving forward, the front of the train is the source of power, and the rear of the train is the source of infection.
They complement each other and are indispensable, allowing the obsession of that year to take shape and the Homecoming to never stop.
This was a battle between survivors. The survivors inside the wall did not allow the Homecoming to enter the wall, and the Homecoming did not completely succeed.
From the perspective of pollution, the Homecoming might be considered a very good train. Any creature can take the Homecoming and can reach its destination as long as they abide by the rules. The kneeling baggage carrier that Zhu Ning saw at the security check machine before was also a passenger.
Zhu Ning took out the red ticket from his pocket and said, "The last rule is, please do not disturb the train driver."
Zhu Ning had never taken this statement to heart, but now it seemed that if they destroyed the front of the car, they would face a deeper crisis.
The train rumbled forward, and several people didn't know whether they could speak or not, so they didn't say anything. They could only express their feelings in silence, and they didn't know what each other was thinking.
The four of them stood in the middle of the corpse, like descendants visiting the grave.
The kneeling mutants in the car seemed to be atonement, and they might have lost their consciousness as human beings. They would not know whether this thought was really successful until their death.
But the four of them, boarding this train eighty years later, can clearly say that it has truly been achieved, and the Homecoming will never stop.
Qi Xueliu sighed and caught a glimpse of a word on the edge. She continued to wipe the dust on the ground, but there was still some.
There is a line of very small words below, written by different people, and the words are written very beautifully.
"The information is at the back of the car. It contains my recent investigation report and some materials I compiled that may be useful to future generations, including maps and a one-sided doomsday record."
"Reporter Mu Han."
This line of words should have been written by the psychic after he agreed. Is Mu Han a reporter from the old world?
Judging from the handwriting and name, it should be a woman. Where is she?
Car 1 only has people with special abilities. Ordinary people should be in other cars. They may have already become one of the many corpses and are vomiting eggs.
She may have left the information at the back of the car, or she may have hidden it there on purpose. There is no way to verify why.
The last question was also answered. So many investigators died, probably just for Mu Han.
And it is not a single piece of information. If Mu Han's message is true, and that information still exists, it would be a compiled collection.
Countless investigators will come one after another and get on board. This is a very clear clue outside the wall.
So there was no body in car 1. After the investigator got the information here, he would definitely go towards the rear of the car. The first person Zhu Ning met who was transferred from the north was in the toilet of car 19.
What Beidiao is looking for is not the same as the Recovery Society.
Zhu Ning was very confused when he saw this. When the old world fell, technology had also developed. It was not ancient times anymore. The ways of preserving information were very comprehensive, including electronic, paper, and wood carvings.
Besides, only eighty years have passed, not eight thousand years. How could so much information be lost?
Zhu Ning could understand why the so-called "inviting gods" ritual had been lost. After all, this kind of evil magic had been in the hands of a small group of people since ancient times. But why didn't they even have a map of the old world?
Mu Han seemed to have anticipated that humans would face data loss after the pollution outbreak, so he made preparations early and hid in the back of the car.
A great hiding spot, definitely one of the best safes in the world, but because it's so good, it's hard to get to.
Pei Shu paused and made a gesture. Zhu Ning probably understood it and asked: Are you going?
This is something that so many investigators have been longing for. The location is clearly marked and it’s right in front of you. Will you go?
Zhu Ning saw his expression and knew that if she went to the rear of the car, Pei Shu would definitely follow her.
Lin Xiaofeng went wherever Zhu Ning went. As for Qi Xueliu, she didn't show any obvious resistance.
Zhu Ning was really not used to being the captain. Before, Xu Meng and Huo Wenxi were the ones who took responsibility, but now Zhu Ning has really taken this position. If she wants to live, someone will come to save her. If she wants to die, someone will follow her to die.
Whatever instructions Zhu Ning gives, his teammates will follow them.
Zhu Ning shook her head. Objectively speaking, she did not have the ability to enter the rear of the train. She had already climbed to the rear of the train, and that carriage was completely different from the others.
It felt cold to the touch. When Zhu Ning lay on it for a short while, he heard creatures wriggling underneath and rustling sounds. There must be more than just the apple snail itself at the rear of the car.
Zhu Ning is now like a pollutant. In the wild, when wild beasts meet, they will make judgments. Those who can fight will definitely feel that they have a chance of survival.
Zhu Ning knew that he had absolutely no chance of surviving in the rear of the car.
Moreover, that carriage cannot be opened from the outside, so one must pass through it from the inside. The people from the Northern Transfer are not fools, so it is impossible that they would not think of walking on the roof.
But they all failed. Zhu Ning saw bodies at the door of car 19, inside car 19, and there should be more bodies in car 20.
After finally surviving, Zhu Ning is no longer at the age of hot-blooded chuunibyou.
After Zhu Ning shook her head, Qi Xueliu breathed a sigh of relief, and Pei Shu shrugged his shoulders easily. Zhu Ning wondered if these teammates were kidnapping her. Anyway, she was the one who made the decisions and bore the greatest moral pressure.
Zhu Ning will probably regret many years later for not exploring the treasure that was right in front of him.
This should be the way out of the contaminated area. Zhu Ning passed by the wall three times. Twice he swallowed the pollution source, and the first time he took the way out.
However, this way out is a little special, and the passage can only be opened at a specific time.
Next they just had to wait for the stop and get off. Everyone was exhausted, so they found a place to rest and finally caught their breath.
Pei Shu didn't rest. He took out the investigation notes from his pocket and started writing on them.
Pei Shu is an investigator from eighty years later, collecting as much information as possible. Zhu Ning looked at him more. Pei Shu can also sketch, and he presented this scene in the form of a picture.
The painting is very realistic, with Pei Shu's annotations attached below.
This may be the best ending for the Chetou people. They left behind information, and future generations will only record it and find the part that is beneficial to them.
I don’t know if Qi Xueliu was trying to avoid Zhu Ning, so she sat a little distance away. What’s going on? Is she some unlucky source of infection?
Lin Xiaofeng pointed at Zhu Ning's forehead. The column of blood flowed to his neck. Without a helmet, all the blood gathered in his clothes.
Zhu Ning smiled at her, Lin Xiaofeng nodded, followed beside her, and looked at her eagerly.
She noticed that Zhu Ning was looking at her and then looked away, so she pretended to look out the window, fearing that they would miss their stop.
Zhu Ning felt that Lin Xiaofeng was really like a little wolf and had to be led by a mother wolf to hunt.
Pei Shu recorded very quickly, probably because he had collected all the information. Pei Shu typed just now and his explanation was very brief. Zhu Ning thought about asking Pei Shu more about the "inviting gods" after getting off the car.
The train moved forward, and the scenery outside was left behind. Zhu Ning also saw the moving mountain, which was very spectacular.
They had faced life and death several times, and they traveled through the mountains and rivers without being disturbed, and they had not walked very far.
Zhu Ning passed by one abandoned station after another, but none of them was Duoluo Station. He felt a little sleepy as he looked around.
Suddenly, Pei Shu walked up to Zhu Ning, half-knelt down, and was at Zhu Ning's eye level.
Because he was wearing a helmet, Zhu Ning couldn't see his expression, but he seemed very formal, a departure from his previous dejected, homeless demeanor. He now looked like a dedicated subordinate. Pei Shu wrote something in his notebook and handed it to Zhu Ning.
There was a very short sentence on it: I didn't betray you.
Zhu Ning wanted to laugh when he saw this. He wondered what kind of image he had in Pei Shu's eyes. It seemed that if he didn't explain it clearly sooner or later, Zhu Ning would kill him on the spot and Pei Shu would not get off the car alive.
Zhu Ning nodded, meaning that he understood.
Pei Shu wrote again: The news about the return trip was provided by Liu Yu.
Liu Yu? Who is Liu Yu?
Pei Shu felt that Zhu Ning couldn't understand, so he took the notebook and wrote a sentence: Liu Niannian's mother.
It turns out that Liu Niannian's mother is Liu Yu. Zhu Ning's mind buzzed. How did Liu Niannian's mother know about such a strange car? Had she ridden in one before?
Pei Shu wrote down his guess: genetics.
It was written simply, without even a subject, but Zhu Ning understood it immediately. Liu Niannian's pollution condition might have been inherited from her mother?
This completely overturned Zhu Ning's understanding. She had always thought that it was caused by the more concentrated pollution in the past two years and never thought about it in the genetic direction.
But she actually never figured out why it was Liu Niannian?
Lin Xiaofeng suddenly pushed Zhu Ning. She was stunned for a moment before she realized that the Homecoming train had stopped and the right door was open. There was an abandoned train station outside with a rusty iron plate with the words "Duolo Station" written on it.
We have arrived.
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