345 Sky Gate (I)
◎Why is there a door in the air?◎
Lin Xiaofeng felt that Zhu Ning next to him had tensed up, and the other three were almost in a puppet state. Zhu Ning's fingers were even trembling, as if he wanted to control the car and head towards Utopia at all costs.
Pei Shu had the urge to try to take control of the car and had already raised one hand, but years of experience in going crazy were restraining him.
Bai Cheng looked the most normal. The other two Bai Chengs had extremely cold eyes, revealing a hint of boredom, as if they hated mental control.
Lin Xiaofeng was well aware of the importance of ensuring safety while driving. If she had also seen paintings, she would have also frozen at this moment. There were only two possibilities: the car would either suddenly lose control and fall from mid-air into the group of water droplets.
Or, she seemed to have some kind of mental illness, and was crazy about getting closer to utopia, and she would die if she was a second late.
Lin Xiaofeng silently gripped the steering wheel, trying to keep the car steady. He felt that Zhu Ning had become very unfamiliar, as if he had been possessed by something else.
If these three people were possessed by others, Lin Xiaofeng swallowed his saliva. It would definitely be the most terrifying existence for the car in mid-air.
Buzz——
The tremor subsided, Zhu Ning's teeth stopped chattering, and he finally caught his breath. His first words were, "Did you all see that?"
Bai Cheng nodded, and Zhu Ning's face changed. Bai Cheng was not seriously infected before because she was very smart. Why was she infected now?
Bai Cheng wasn't used to this kind of pollution. He mechanically opened and closed his eyes and said coldly, "We're getting closer to the source of the pollution."
The closer they are to the source of pollution, the more severely they will be affected. They are not sure whether the one affecting them is a person with special abilities or... some unknown existence?
After all, it was just a painting, and it was painted so many years ago. It couldn't be considered an ordinary psychic at all. None of the three of them had seen it.
Zhu Ning: "Maybe she is nearby."
Pei Shu blurted out: "Impossible."
Below is a group of water droplets, and the flying car is in mid-air. Although the sky is still yellow, the visibility is still good today. No other flying cars can be seen within two kilometers with the naked eye.
Assuming it was Liu Yu herself who influenced them, where was she? She couldn't be in the water drop group below, right?
Lin Xiaofeng was not infected and just drove. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look down. In the ruins, a group of water droplets that could kill people slowly rose. If it weren't for what the two professional guides said, it would be hard to imagine that this thing could kill people. It looked too harmless.
The heat on the scorched earth is so high that it is hard to see whether there is anyone underneath. Can humans really survive in such a place?
Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help but imagine that someone was watching them from the invisible heat below. Liu Yu moved gracefully, wearing a wide hat, as if she was gazing at the sky on a picnic, attracted by the interesting birds flying in the sky.
Their flying car is the bird.
Lin Xiaofeng shuddered and stopped immediately, feeling that this area was becoming more and more weird.
"That would make Liu Yu terrifying," Zhu Ning said, echoing the others' thoughts. They had been constantly perfecting Liu Yu's image. "Not only does she possess powerful mental pollution, she might also have water-based abilities, and now, a super-strong defensive system."
Pei Shu continued his guess: "If Liu Yu is really down there, maybe he can directly control the water droplet group. No one knows whether those substances are actually water droplets."
But in this case, Liu Yu would be a true god, even more godly than Zhu Ning.
Bai Cheng: "I'm more inclined to believe that we're gradually approaching the source of pollution, or the destination."
There are not so many super gods. The price Bai Cheng paid for his immortality was the inability to store memories. What price should Liu Yu pay for reaching such a heaven-defying level?
If Liu Yu was really that powerful, he would not have adopted such a roundabout tactic.
Zhu Ning recalled the scene in her mind just now and found it difficult to describe to others, because this road was not actually on the ground, but seemed to be floating in her mind. She could understand it, but could not share it with others.
Zhu Ning asked, "What direction did you just see?"
Pei Shu: "Northwest."
Bai Cheng: "Same."
Zhu Ning: "The maps in our minds are the same. Bai Cheng's influence has deepened, which means that utopia may be nearby."
Zhu Ning asked, "Is the road clearer now?"
She got the same answer. The road was blurry before, but this time, probably because she had walked into the area, the road became clearer and clearer. She guessed that it was near a crossroads and could tell you whether to turn left or right.
"There's another detail," Pei Shu said. "This time, the word utopia came to my mind."
They almost overlooked that they also had auditory hallucinations after reading Liu Yu's paintings for the first time, with an intention in their minds, "Go there."
Now the whispers in my ears have become: "Go to Utopia."
Spiritual pollution has changed from a general term to a specific term.
"The order of events," Bai Cheng said, "is that after we guessed that the destination was Utopia, we first developed the desire to go there, and then the pollution method quietly changed."
It's like some kind of illusion creation, paying attention to details and updating at any time to ensure that you can be contaminated by me.
Zhu Ning had experienced the company's dungeons and found this logic very familiar: "This is mental suggestion, not someone else influencing us. After being suggested, we will pollute ourselves, brainwash ourselves, and find the right reasons to reach our destination."
Lin Xiaofeng interrupted: "Like what we said before, planting seeds?"
"Smart." Zhu Ning touched Lin Xiaofeng's head.
All of this can be understood as sowing seeds. Once the seeds are planted, they will germinate on their own when they encounter the right environment.
Now the seeds in their brains have sprouted, and their roots have penetrated into the soft brain tissue, and they have grown into saplings. If they grow into full-grown trees, they will probably lose their own thinking.
Now each of the three of them has a tree in his head.
Pei Shu: "The destination Liu Yu points to is not necessarily utopia. The term utopia was coined by pilgrims."
These may have been two different things, but they were confused after being influenced.
Of course, it could also be the same thing, everyone understands things differently, and they can't be sure of anything except reaching that destination.
Zhu Ning: "Pei Shu, please adjust the route. If you really want me to go in, I want to see what good things there are."
Pei Shu didn't say anything nonsense. The main reason was that they couldn't get rid of the spiritual pollution unless they reached their destination.
Pei Shu turned on the car's control panel and adjusted the details of the route he had planned to take. He had a map he had drawn in his secondary brain, and Liu Yu's mental pollution made him have a map in his mind, and now the two maps overlapped.
Pei Shu discovered that they were really close. If he didn't count the time spent in the contaminated area, and assuming the road was unobstructed, he could actually reach the destination within three days.
Zhu Ning: "Xiaofeng is the only one who hasn't seen the map. I'm sticking with the original plan. This is a form of mental pollution. Xiaofeng needs to stay rational. But in case we get separated, we all need to have the same destination. I'll give a copy to Xiaofeng's secondary brain. If we get separated, you can open it and read it. You can be infected and we'll meet in Utopia."
Could there be a separation? Lin Xiaofeng solemnly agreed. She had received a new mission. According to current speculation, the closer they got to their destination, the worse their mental state would become. They would do anything to get closer.
Lin Xiaofeng needs to keep three mentally ill patients under control who may go crazy at any time.
Zhu Ning distributed three anesthetics and stuck them on everyone's necks to facilitate self-treatment and also to make it easier for Lin Xiaofeng to move their bodies.
Lin Xiaofeng adjusted the route according to the new map. Pei Shu said to drive as high as possible and they would be able to see a group of water drops in an hour.
After Zhu Ning made all the arrangements, he tilted his head and asked Pei Shu, "Are you okay?"
Pei Shu's eyes were red. Zhu Ning saw that he had just ignited red flames and his eyeballs were full of sparks. Zhu Ning almost tightened the silk thread around his neck.
Zhu Ning remembered Pei Shu's case, and how mental pollution could induce his illness.
Pei Shu touched his neck and said, "It's okay. The contamination time was very short. I was almost strangled to death by you just now."
Before Zhu Ning could speak, Bai Cheng beside him said silently, "I'm fine too."
Zhu Ning smiled. She was like a little kid who couldn't wait to be cared for, silently saying, why don't you ask me if I'm okay.
Zhu Ning really felt that every Bai Cheng was different. The first time he met Bai Cheng, he thought she was a killer on a rainy night. This Bai Cheng really wanted to integrate into the collective atmosphere. Just now, when she hugged Lao Zhao at the supply station, she wanted to join in every social activity.
Zhu Ning asked, "Are you adjusting your personality?"
Bai Cheng nodded. "When I was newly unearthed, I was completely blank. Besides my own personality, the people around me had a huge influence on me. In my opinion, you are our mother."
"Stop!" Zhu Ning interrupted directly, getting goose bumps all over her body. "I don't want to be your mother."
It would be fine if it was just one, but she is the mother of so many plastic people.
Bai Cheng laughed out loud, but because his laughter was unnatural, it sounded like a goose cackling.
Pei Shu and Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help laughing after hearing this. The atmosphere in the car became a little better. After being mentally polluted, they needed to quickly adjust their state, and this goal was achieved.
Zhu Ning sighed silently. The captain was basically like the team's nanny, having to worry about everything.
Bai Cheng and Pei Shu continued to be on guard, Lin Xiaofeng drove more carefully than before, and Zhu Ning closed her eyes. She stored the information sent by Huo Wenxi in her mind, trying to find out if there were any clues that she had overlooked.
She flipped through the works again, but didn't feel anything about the first few. Perhaps these paintings were used to cover up the truth. She could only read up to the one about the lighthouse, and she didn't even dare to click on the last painting.
Zhu Ning looked at the lighthouse and always felt that there should be a crow there. Why didn’t Liu Yu draw it?
Closer, closer, Zhu Ning enlarged the picture, as if walking in the world of the painting, about to approach something.
Suddenly, Zhu Ning's shoulder was pushed, and the lighthouse in front of him disappeared in an instant, replaced by the sky.
Daydreaming is a very time-consuming process. Hours always pass in the blink of an eye. Pei Shu and Bai Cheng have been discussing this for a while.
Bai Cheng woke Zhu Ning up and whispered, "We've entered the contaminated area."
Now? Zhu Ning glanced at her mechanical watch. She had been lost in thought for at most an hour and a half. Nothing had changed around her. There were still swarms of water droplets below, but the clouds had thickened.
According to Pei Shu's speculation, they should have already passed through the group of water droplets.
Pei Shu: "There is bad news and strange news. Which one do you want to hear?"
Zhu Ning didn't want to hear any of it. "Bad news."
Pei Shu: "I'm stuck in a wall."
It is very easy to experience ghost traces outside a wall. The most common place is in the forest, and the second most common place is in mid-air. There are many influencing factors, such as pollution or magnetic field.
Zhu Ning vaguely recalled that Shanmao and his companions also encountered a trap at first, but he didn't know the details of that mission.
Pei Shu: "This is the second time I've passed by that skeleton."
Zhu Ning had previously stored memories in his mind, so it was easy to make a direct comparison. At the edge of the deep pit created by the bombing below, there was a skeleton with a very strange appearance. It was probably mutated by radiation, and the bones were twisted. It did not look like a human body, but more like tangled tree roots.
Because it is so recognizable, they just regarded this location as a landmark.
Zhu Ning glanced at the screen inside the flying car. Lin Xiaofeng explained, "It hasn't changed. I was driving in this direction."
The navigation was broken, and Lin Xiaofeng couldn't feel that he was spinning, but in fact they were just going in circles.
Zhu Ning asked, "How long can we stay here?"
There were a group of water droplets below, making it impossible to land, and it could only float in the air. Lin Xiaofeng: "It can fly at low speed for 30 hours, and hover for almost two days."
The flying car has been modified, but many new functions have been added, which also puts a heavy burden on it. The temperature in this area is always very high, and the cooling system needs to be turned on for a long time unless they want to be baked into cookies.
They set out in the morning. Now it was almost noon and the sun was very strong. There was scorched earth below. It was like being in an oven, with fire from above and below baking them together. The temperature outside the flying car was 150 degrees.
Zhu Ning asked, "Where's the strange news?"
Pei Shu: "Don't worry, Xiaofeng, keep driving at a low speed and continue heading northwest."
Zhu Ning was sitting in the passenger seat as if watching their performance. There were only clouds in front of him, nothing else. Suddenly, something appeared in his sight. At first, Zhu Ning thought it was a flying bird.
As the image zoomed in, she could see that it was a door. It was easy to overlook, with a clear rectangular outline. The color should be translucent. The sky was yellow now, and the door was also yellow. There was also a mottled metal handle on the right side. From the appearance and size, it looked like a very ordinary bedroom door.
Why is there a door in the air?
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