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There's something deep in the forest.
Cleaning Centre, Hoven Creek Office.
There was a pile of documents scattered on the ground. Zhuang Lin tripped after opening the door. He drew a picture. After the team leader took it, he entered the invisible mode. Zhuang Lin knew that this situation usually meant that Huo Wenxi wanted to think for himself.
When he received the next news, Huo Wenxi had taken a vacation, becoming a hands-off manager, as if he were quitting. Zhuang Lin didn't know Huo Wenxi's exact whereabouts, but he passively accepted his work schedule. It was a long list, and it looked like it would take him a lifetime to complete.
Now that the backbone is gone, the mountain of pressure is on him.
Zhuang Lin sat in Huo Wenxi's office and skillfully helped her tidy up the desk, neatly sorting and stacking the documents. Faced with the information, he was a little confused and didn't know where to start for a moment.
He was used to following orders, and was given too much autonomy all of a sudden.
Zhuang Lin looked through Huo Wenxi's investigation progress. Things were complicated and chaotic, the forces of various factions were complex, and the relationship between the Kingdom of God, Prometheus and Utopia was not clear. However, Huo Wenxi tried his best to sort out the context and it was clear and logical, only lacking a conclusion.
Zhuang Lin likes to read the team leader's report. It is extremely comfortable and is simply a work of art. Anyone who takes over can understand it.
With a yelp, someone pushed open the door, startling team member Ma Guangzhong. "Assistant Zhuang? Are you reading a love letter? Why are you smiling so happily?"
There was a suspicious smile on Zhuang Lin's lips. He read the work report as if he was reading a love letter. His eyes were a bit corny and disgusting.
Zhuang Lin coughed lightly and said, "Team leader is on vacation, let's continue the investigation."
Huo Wenxi has paved the way and pointed out the direction. Even if he is not there, others just have to follow him.
"The team leader actually has a holiday? How amazing." He sighed, and felt that Huo Wenxi was working very hard, and it was not illegal for him to take a break.
Zhuang Lin: "Notify the team members that there will be a meeting soon."
Ma Guangzhong had dark circles under his eyes. He got a headache when he heard about a meeting. It was too confusing and he couldn't find a clue. It had been several days, and the more meetings and discussions went on, the more confused it became.
If everyone in the meeting has good ideas, it would be very uncomfortable for him to be the only one with nothing to say. He wanted Assistant Zhuang to leave out a topic so that he could prepare in advance.
Ma Guangzhong asked: "Where do we start?"
Good question, Zhuang Lin also wanted to know. He was silent for a while and read the document again.
Among the long list of things to do, one item stood out: follow up with the Pilgrim Organization.
Huo Wenxi wrote three words: Teacher Qi, and circled the name.
This is the last incident that Huo Wenxi investigated, the search for Teacher Qi.
Zhuang Lin remembered that the name Teacher Qi was given by Zhu Ning. Pilgrims would receive a kind of "blessing" before leaving the wall. Others called her Teacher Qi. She wore a robe similar to that of a nun and had a pendant around her neck.
Zhuang Lin picked up the document and pushed Ma Guangzhong towards the meeting room. "Let's start the meeting, Teacher Qi."
…
Crash——
Zhu Ning carried Pei Shu ashore by the neck. The lake water was dyed blood red, like a pool of blood, with strange pollutants floating on the surface.
At that time, they jumped from the air door and fell directly into the lake. At first, the weather was calm, but there was no boat. They drifted in the lake for five days and made a temporary "boat" with the supplies in their backpacks.
They used their hands as oars and tried to reach the shore quickly. After all, the lake was very deep and no one knew what was underneath.
But no matter how hard I rowed, it seemed like I was spinning in place. I couldn't reach the shore at all, but instead I was getting farther and farther away.
They were trapped again.
The limited supplies they had were completely used up. The nutrient solution and healing agent were gone, and everyone except Zhu Ning needed medicine.
Their lips were chapped and they didn't dare drink the lake water directly. No matter how hard they rowed, they couldn't get out. Just then, they saw a dot in the distance, as if something was floating on the water.
The thing swayed with the waves, and its bright red color was particularly eye-catching.
An unknown object floated over, and when I got closer, I saw that it was actually a giant apple, as big as a human head. At first glance, it looked like a watermelon.
Zhu Ning was just about to make a joke about how strange the fruits outside the wall looked, only to discover there were more than one, but they were all around their "ship".
It was as if a boat carrying apples had capsized, and the ownerless apples were drifting with the waves, looking for prey in the lake.
Zhu Ning held his breath. This place was close to utopia. The "small boat" they had made temporarily could not accommodate anyone. Pei Shu and Lin Xiaofeng were on the boat, while Zhu Ning and Bai Cheng were soaking in the water.
The apple was getting closer and closer, and when it got close to Zhu Ning, it suddenly flipped over, revealing its true appearance as if it was changing its face.
The thing had a human body, but on its head was an apple, cut in half, with the core being the eye.
The vertical eyeballs moved back and forth. The apple was roughly round, with a circle of sharp teeth densely packed around it, and flesh hanging on the teeth.
Then there were gunshots, a melee, and the Apple people exploded one after another.
With all members injured, Zhu Ning and Bai Cheng became the main fighting force. There were too many Apple people, and they popped up like leeks.
Zhu Ning fought for three days and only came ashore on the eighth day. She was exhausted, and Lin Xiaofeng was pulled up by Bai Cheng.
In front of me is a forest, making a rustling sound when the wind blows, and behind me is an apple man floating up and down in the lake.
After Zhu Ning reached the shore, blood mixed with the lake water flowed down. Zhu Ning asked, "Do you know where this is?"
Bai Cheng: “Never been here.”
Perhaps this was the information An Chi provided them, that there was a forest near Utopia that could separate human bodies, and people had to watch their toes run away from home and gradually turn into body parts.
Zhu Ning closed his eyes, and a road stretched out in his mind, just like when he ordered takeout in the past. He always wanted to see where the delivery man was, and he was only one kilometer away from the destination, but he still didn't arrive.
Zhu Ning was only one kilometer away from Utopia, and was almost there. The next step was to find the entrance.
It was dark now, so Zhu Ning didn't dare to go into the forest immediately. He said, "I'll take a rest tonight."
Bai Cheng put Lin Xiaofeng down, wiped Lin Xiaofeng's forehead, and shook his head at Zhu Ning.
Lin Xiaofeng has a high fever and three of her ribs are broken. She is now drowsy and still in a state of stress. If a monster comes, she will subconsciously fight back.
The one in the worst condition was Pei Shu. Sparks were coming out of his body and his whole body was burning. The top of his protective suit was torn. Zhu Ning could see Pei Shu's heart, which was like a violently burning volcanic rock. With waves of contraction, black ashes fell and disappeared.
Pei Shu was badly injured in the explosion. If they couldn't find a doctor, they would die in this forest.
Zhu Ning asked, "What about you?"
Bai Cheng's leg was injured, and there was a fatal wound on her chest, but her internal organs were made of plastic, which was much stronger than others.
Bai Cheng: "I'm fine."
Bai Cheng's tone was icy. Zhu Ning felt like she didn't quite know her. Bai Cheng added, "They won't be able to hold on for long."
Zhu Ning frowned. She was the one who took care of this family. Pei Shu and Lin Xiaofeng were both injured while carrying out Zhu Ning's orders, and Bai Cheng also died.
We are now short of medicine and food, the flying car is gone, the secondary brain has no signal, and there doesn't seem to be a base station nearby.
Zhu Ning was unable to seek help from within the wall and was left truly isolated and helpless.
Even if they died, they would not be able to send the message. Zhu Ning originally wanted to contact Huo Wenxi immediately and tell her the information about the Sky Gate.
Now we can only hope that Huo Wenxi has a good brain, that the little witch’s intuition doesn’t fail, and that she can figure all this out on her own.
But what happens after this deduction? How does Huo Wenxi know Zhu Ning's exact location?
Come to rescue Zhu Ning? This is a bit wishful thinking. It will take Huo Wenxi at least half a month to rush over from inside the wall. Zhu Ning can only rely on himself.
Zhu Ning asked, "Do you think there is medicine in Utopia?"
If there is civilization within Utopia, there must be medicines that people can use.
Bai Cheng asked back: "Then why should they give it?"
Yes, it is unclear whether they are enemies or friends. When surviving outside the wall, the beasts do not show their wounds. If you show weakness, you will be eaten. This is the law of the jungle.
Utopia is not a charity organization.
Zhu Ning asked, "Is there any food outside the wall?"
The patient needs nutritional supplements, preferably protein. If Pei Shu continues to have a fever, his brain will be burned out.
Bai Cheng: "I suggest you not to."
She explained stiffly, "I met one before. They were also out of supplies and food. They couldn't help themselves and found a cornfield. The corn looked similar to the creatures inside the wall and looked safe and harmless. They cooked it and ate it. It might be fine at first, but after a while, it sprouted in their stomachs."
The corn kernels take root in the stomach and then crawl out through the throat, turning the human body into a petri dish for corn.
Bai Cheng: "I would rather starve to death than eat pollutants."
Zhu Ning can eat it, but others will die if they eat the contaminants.
Zhu Ning was silent for a while, as if she felt that the wet clothes were very heavy, and the helmet was pressing on her so hard that she could hardly breathe. She suddenly understood Li Nianchuan. The first time she went on a mission with Li Nianchuan, he also took off his helmet because he couldn't breathe.
The pressure is too great.
Zhu Ning still felt depressed after taking off her helmet. She stood up and said, "I'm going out to find something to eat."
Bai Cheng: "What are you going to do?"
The forest was pitch black, and they were almost out of bullets. Zhu Ning only had three bullets on him. Walking into the forest alone at this time would be courting death.
Zhu Ning deliberately put on an expression that said, "It's no big deal," and said soothingly, "Let me see if anyone is dead. They might have canned food on them."
"Look," Zhu Ning reasoned with Bai Cheng, "Pilgrims all come to Utopia, and many must have made it this far. Didn't An Chi mention that a bounty hunter encountered one near the forest? There must be a lot of dead in this area. If everyone dies, the supplies will be mine. Don't worry, I'm a demon."
Zhu Ning gave Bai Cheng a smile, but it looked particularly miserable under the circumstances.
Bai Cheng wanted to speak, but Zhu Ning didn't give him the chance to explain. "I'll be back soon. You stay here first. You're the only one I can trust."
Bai Cheng's body froze, probably because of the last sentence, and he stopped arguing. Zhu Ning's leg was a little lame, and he was injured again in the water, so he limped into the forest.
Mingming had just taken a step when she felt herself being submerged by the leaves. She raised her head and saw that the trees were extremely tall, and the leaves were hidden in the darkness, looking at her like eyes.
Zhu Ning comforted herself by thinking that she was just here for an adventure. She wasn't talking nonsense, her words had a basis in reason. It was impossible that they were the only ones who arrived at the gate of Utopia, there must be others.
As she walked, there was only a rustling sound. The flashlight emitted a five-meter-long beam of light. It flickered and then went out with a click.
Zhu Ning pressed the button twice, and the flashlight was scrapped. After the light source went out, Zhu Ning stopped and stood quietly in the forest.
For a moment, everything was silent. Bai Cheng and the others were very far away from her. She didn't know what was ahead. Darkness pressed in from all directions, as if she could touch the monster hidden in the darkness if she raised her hand.
Zhu Ning's God's perspective had no effect in the dark, it only created a thirty-meter darkness.
After a while, Zhu Ning raised his hand, and with a click, the light came on again. There was a backup light source on the protective suit.
However, the protective suit was damaged, and the light was very weak and scattered, and could only illuminate one meter within Zhu Ning's range at most.
She planned to move forward, mainly because Lin Xiaofeng might die, which she could not accept. Zhu Ning also had to find medicine for Lin Xiaofeng and could not let her die here.
The light moved forward inch by inch. Zhu Ning had a road in his mind and had probably walked five kilometers now.
Suddenly, Zhu Ning saw a faint light, like the light of a firefly.
She was stunned for a moment, then immediately quickened her pace, unable to resist moving towards that area. It looked too much like a car light. If the car outside the wall did not specifically turn off and hide itself, it would flash an auxiliary light at the rear of the car, for fear of a car collision in the dark.
The light source became brighter and brighter, much brighter than the light on Zhu Ning's body. As expected, she was right, it was really the taillight of the car.
Perhaps the pilgrims were young and ignorant and did not know how to turn off the lights in the forest, which became Zhu Ning's life-saving straw at this time.
Even if there are no supplies in the car, at least Zhu Ning found a car.
And there was more than one, and there seemed to be more in the distance. Zhu Ning turned off his light source, slowly approached, and looked inside through the protective glass. He immediately saw a distorted human face. His eyeballs were burst, his mouth was wide open, and his nose had been gnawed by something. It looked especially like a monster against the car window.
This is most likely the pilgrim. This is terrifying if you think about it carefully. Anyone who can kill the pilgrim can definitely kill Zhu Ning.
She didn't dare to delay and wanted to finish the job quickly. She opened the car door and saw a corpse wearing protective clothing in the driver's seat. The corpse was embedded in the steering wheel and it looked like he had been dead for two days.
Zhu Ning carefully groped for the other person's backpack. The backpack straps were very strong. After all, it was a life-saving item outside the wall and it was difficult to take it off.
She pulled hard and pulled the body out of the driver's seat. She got the backpack, but the body also fell into her arms.
Zhu Ning pushed the body back carefully. After all, the dead are the most important. She didn't dare to say anything and just said thank you.
She opened her backpack, and the good news was that it was full of supplies. There was a row of powerful healing agents and spiritual healing agents lying there, jingling and clanging. The nutrient solution was nowhere to be found, perhaps it had been drunk up.
Zhu Ning guessed that this group of people were not seriously injured and were luckier than the three unlucky guys they met in the shelter.
Zhu Ning paused as she flipped down the page and found a photo.
She was already very familiar with him. She had seen him in Guo Zilin's backpack last time. This person was also in a group photo. The pilgrims were having a party at the wall entrance and took a final photo.
But this photo has other information. I don’t know who took it, but there is a woman behind a bunch of crazy kids.
She was dressed in black, like a nun, and looked over with a look of satisfaction on her face.
Teacher Qi?
Zhu Ning thought of how Guo Zilin addressed this person. The last time Zhu Ning saw her, she still remembered her, but she didn't expect to see her photo this time.
Teacher Qi was far away from the camera, so the photo was a bit blurry, but Zhu Ning would definitely recognize her if he saw her again.
Zhu Ning didn't dare to continue studying here. He put the photos back, put on his backpack, and planned to leave and come back next time.
Just then, she heard a rustling sound. Zhu Ning immediately raised her gun. There was something deep in the forest.
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