325 Inside and Outside the Wall
◎Can you... tie me up?◎
Zhu Ning had a dream. Under the influence of the absurd pollution area of cans, he could not distinguish between dreams and reality.
The black tower in the dream was actually a lighthouse. Its surface was white and its bricks had fallen off. She vaguely remembered that the beam of light was cast into the depths of darkness, and there seemed to be waves crashing against the shore.
The crow looked straight at him. After Zhu Ning woke up, he had an illusion that the confrontation with the crow had not stopped and its eyes were still staring at him.
Was it a dream? A premonition? Or perhaps a fragment of memory she had read somewhere?
The lighthouse is on the seashore, which reminds her of Prometheus. She found out that Prometheus was on an island in the north. Is there any connection between this lighthouse and Prometheus?
Zhu Ning's gaze fell on the can again. After killing the source of pollution, she gained a new ability, the toad in the can.
She can now create illusions, her mental pollution ability is enhanced, and when combined with puppet control, she can create puppets. The number of puppets will increase after being killed, and they are used to confuse the enemy. Correspondingly, the more puppets there are, the more energy she consumes.
All in all, the new abilities are pretty much the same as Toad Man's.
The black slime felt a little satisfied after eating, and stretched like a big cat, rustling back to Zhu Ning's spine and lying down.
The hunger disappeared.
She retracted the cage of consciousness, and the red thread melted away in an instant. Zhu Ning stood up. The iron railings were useless in the first place, but now they separated on both sides, as if they saw Zhu Ning open it herself, forming a door-sized space.
Zhu Ning walked out, took off her helmet, revealing a very famous face. As expected, everyone present knew her, but she looked much more indifferent than in the photo. With her unruly short hair, she looked very wild, like a creature from outside the wall.
Zhu Ning: "You can take off your helmets now."
An Chi finally realized that the surrounding contaminated spores had completely disappeared, and the pollution meter inside their helmets showed that the pollution concentration here was 0.
The other psychics confirmed again and again that they were not mistaken. Zhu Ning could purify the land just as the legend said. This was a living example. The shelter had become a pure land in the true sense.
Even though I knew it a long time ago, I was still shocked when I saw it with my own eyes, and I felt sincere admiration.
Bai Cheng took off her helmet naturally, and Zhu Ning clapped her hands naturally when he walked past her, meaning that she did a good job.
Zhu Ning's orders must be carried out by someone. Bai Cheng has never doubted her judgment, even if it sounds like crazy talk. Every increase in the team's trust outside the wall will increase the probability of survival.
For Zhu Ning, the biggest gain is not the new ability, but the tacit understanding between teammates.
Bai Cheng took the photo without saying much, as if this action was extremely natural. In contrast, Pei Shu looked a little miserable. He had five wounds on his body. Because there was magma inside the wounds, it looked particularly eye-catching.
After Pei Shu took off his helmet, even the ends of his hair were on fire. It was estimated that he was still mentally unstable.
Pei Shu raised his hand before Zhu Ning came over, waiting for Zhu Ning to come over and take a picture of him.
An Chi, who was standing next to him, looked at Zhu Ning cautiously. Sometimes he thought she was an inhuman devil, and sometimes he thought her behavior was childish.
While she was thinking, Zhu Ning had already walked in front of her. Zhu Ning was obviously shorter, and An Chi had the height advantage, but she couldn't help but lower her head in front of Zhu Ning.
Zhu Ning extended his hand: "Hello, I'm Zhu Ning."
She shook hands back blankly: "An Chi."
She was still wondering whether to introduce herself, but Zhu Ning didn't seem to be in the mood to chat any more. It seemed like he was just casually saying hello. He asked Bai Cheng, "Where's Xiaofeng? I'll go see her."
Bai Cheng picked up the axe, pushed Pei Shu, and took Zhu Ning out.
An Chi stayed where he was, unable to figure out what was going on. The three men had already gone far away. Later he thought that Zhu Ning was a demon, so it was normal for him to behave strangely.
Of the eight people on her side, only three were her teammates, and the remaining five were temporary additions. Everyone thought the experience was quite miraculous. "Oh, I actually fell into the hands of a can. It's embarrassing to tell anyone about it."
"Hey, that's really Zhu Ning, then what is she doing outside the wall?"
"I don't know. Purifying the world?" The man injected himself with a spiritual healing potion and asked, "Why? Are you going to follow her?"
"No, I'm just full and look dangerous."
"Dangerous? Why do I feel like following a demon is quite safe? It's quite impressive..."
The psychic broke free from the hallucination and chatted like a real person. Someone went to collect the body of the deceased. Although they didn't know each other, they were all in the same industry, which was quite sad.
After experiencing the contaminated area, everyone wanted to rest as there were a lot of chores to do, but An Chi just stood there motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
…
Bai Cheng knocked Lin Xiaofeng unconscious.
Bai Cheng's reasoning was also very reasonable, "I don't know how well she can resist mental pollution, but it's safe if she faints."
At that time, Zhu Ning was seriously mentally polluted and could not give detailed instructions, so Bai Cheng handled everything.
Lin Xiaofeng wanted to collect intelligence for Bai Cheng and asked me what my mission was?
Bai Cheng nodded seriously and said, "Let me settle you down first." Lin Xiaofeng trusted Bai Cheng very much. The next second, he felt a pain in the back of his neck and was knocked unconscious.
Bai Cheng hid Lin Xiaofeng in the trunk. No one cared about her at that time. Bai Cheng thought that if the contaminated area was finally purified, Lin Xiaofeng would definitely be fine. If something happened to them, Lin Xiaofeng would have to find a way out by herself.
Zhu Ning had no way to refute it. At least Lin Xiaofeng was fine. It was just that Bai Cheng was too cruel. The hallucination could not wake Lin Xiaofeng up, and the others could not wake him up either.
Bai Cheng hit Lin Xiaofeng on the back with an axe, and Zhu Ning was afraid that something might happen to Lin Xiaofeng.
There was still a sandstorm outside the shelter, which gave people a headache. Zhu Ning and his friends couldn't continue their journey and planned to continue resting.
Now that they were cleansed and relaxed, they rested by the car as if they were having a picnic.
After Zhu Ning sat down, he told them the news he had received. Bai Cheng and Pei Shu listened very carefully, but did not express any opinions.
God knows whether what Zhu Ning saw was just his imagination.
Zhu Ning found the pilgrim's real backpack. The things in the backpack were basically rotten. He must have died here for a long time. He searched through it but found nothing valuable.
Zhu Ning asked, "How much do you know about the pilgrims?"
Bai Cheng: "I don't understand. All I encountered were corpses."
Bai Cheng recalled carefully that she usually traveled with bounty hunters outside the wall, and would hide away when she saw pilgrims. Inexperienced people could easily trigger the bad luck attribute.
Pei Shu sat in the corner, covering his burning forehead with one hand. He probably hadn't recovered yet and didn't say a word.
Zhu Ning guessed that Pei Shu was ill and did not disturb him too much. She once again recalled the memories she had read in the pilgrim's mind.
This memory is very clever. It only starts from the moment you leave the wall, and no memory inside the wall can be seen at all.
Zhu Ning suspected that this memory was most likely someone's real experience, but the memories of all pilgrims were processed when they left the wall so that they could be kept confidential.
What secrets do they need to keep?
Zhu Ning: "With so many pilgrims going beyond the walls, they must have definite evidence. Did they encounter someone?"
Bai Cheng: "Do you suspect they have seen people from outside the wall?"
Zhu Ning nodded. It was like a scam. At least they would give people some sweet rewards in the early stage so that people could really make some money. Only then would they be tricked into leading people into a den of thieves and believing in the dream of making a lot of money.
The pilgrims were at most naive, but not completely brainless. It is very likely that they had actually seen people outside the wall, which is why they believed that there was a utopia outside the wall.
"I suspect there's always been some kind of connection between those inside and outside the wall," Zhu Ning said hesitantly, thinking of Liu Yu. "Or... they need each other's characteristics to produce better offspring?"
People outside the wall seem to be at the forefront of evolution, more perfect, more powerful, and more polluted.
It is equivalent to retaining only the appearance of a human being, but the core has completely become a pollutant.
On the other hand, inside the wall, apart from the humans who were created, the people of God's country almost rigidly achieved one goal, which was to preserve the purest and most original human genes.
Why?
Zhu Ning has always thought that pure-blooded natural people are very fragile. If they really confront those with superpowers, they will only be crushed by them and die with just a flick of the finger. How can natural people maintain the rule of the kingdom of God?
Even if it can be maintained for a while, hasn't there been any rebellion by people with special abilities in all these years?
There is mutual transmission between the inside and outside of the wall. The pilgrims are the fresh blood coming out of the wall. Are Liu Yu and others sent in from outside?
But there is an obvious problem with this speculation: what benefits can both parties get?
Zhu Ning thought about it and thought that people outside the wall had powerful abilities, and natural people might have to rely on this, but the only thing such powerful people could get from natural people was genes, right?
Are they evolutionarily flawed? Can nature eliminate them?
Unable to figure it out, Zhu Ning took notes in his mind and wrote down: the people outside the wall represented by Liu Yu (?), the Pilgrims, the Resurrection Society, Prometheus, and Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals.
What is the relationship between these groups of people?
Zhu Ning always felt that there was some information she hadn't received. As long as she figured it out, she would understand the basic logic of how the world works.
Zhu Ning didn't bother thinking about it anymore. He planned to contact Huo Wenxi when he arrived at the next base station and ask her to check the entrance where Guo Zilin escaped from the wall to see if the totem on the wall was still there and whether there were any clues left.
Zhu Ning felt relieved when she thought of Huo Wenxi. Someone was there to cover her up, otherwise she would be very tired alone.
After thinking about all the serious things, Zhu Ning chatted with Bai Cheng and asked, "Do you think there is a utopia?"
Bai Cheng was silent for a moment, then said stiffly, "I now suspect that I have left Utopia."
Bai Cheng always says shocking words in a very cold tone, but this is also a reasonable guess. Bai Cheng is really completely different from the people inside the wall. She will never die, and even mental pollution can hardly affect her.
From a certain perspective, are they perfect evolvers? If there were enough of them, they could form an organization, like a utopia.
But this raises another question: how did Bai Cheng wake up inside the wall? Was she an important character when she had memories?
Bai Cheng had no memories, so he didn't feel sad or happy. Zhu Ning couldn't think of anything else to ask, "Rest."
Bai Cheng used to sleep while hugging his other self, but now that the body bag was gone, he felt very insecure and leaned against the bed in a daze.
The place where they rested was near the flying car, with a wall on the right, which was equivalent to occupying a corner. They could hear the conversations of other psychics from afar, and Zhu Ning could also feel someone looking at her.
Being a celebrity is troublesome, so she doesn't like to show her face much.
Zhu Ning was not tired after dinner and planned to go see Pei Shu. Pei Shu didn't know whether he was angry or crazy. He supported his knees with his elbows, his head hung down, and his hair was sparking, which was consistent with his breathing frequency.
Under normal circumstances, he should be very interested in anything related to Liu Yu, but this time Pei Shu didn't say a word.
Zhu Ning moved closer and found that his fingers were shaking, as if he was very frightened and couldn't help shivering.
Zhu Ning cared about his teammates, squatted down and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Pei Shu was already in a bad mood, so he shouldn't be provoked and fall into depravity this time.
Pei Shu's whole body stiffened, his neck tensed, his fingers clenched. Upon hearing this, he slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of eyes that were like magma, his pupils were fiery red, and white smoke was coming out of the wound, as if he could not control himself at all.
"Zhu Ning..." Pei Shu's voice was hoarse as he asked, "Can you... tie me up?"
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