360 Descendants
◎That place is full of polluted children?◎
"I found Teacher Qi!"
The Abnormal Event Investigation Team of District 103 was in a meeting. After Huo Wenxi left, the meeting was chaired by Zhuang Lin. The team members pushed open the office door. They had been working overtime for three days and had not gone home. They were disheveled, but their faces were full of excitement.
Their team members had always thought that this was an illusion, and this was the first time they found a real clue.
The team member strode into the office and unfolded the information in his hand. "I found it while looking through the files in District 19."
They speculated that the pilgrims must be scattered in various areas, and perhaps previous abnormal incident investigation teams or various law enforcement agencies had recorded the existence of Utopia and Teacher Qi.
After Zhuang Lin took over the "Teacher Qi Case", he sent team members to various regions to investigate ancient files. Although technology has developed now, the information of various regions and departments of the federation is easily blocked, especially old cases.
For some areas that are inconvenient to visit, they send people to contact them. Each team member is responsible for organizing files for more than three areas. It is a stupid method to look for a needle in a haystack, but it is effective.
Zhuang Lin took a half step back and asked the team members to come forward and share the information on the projector.
"It's an old case from 31 years ago." The team members spread out the information they had obtained and projected it on the screen.
"Thirty-one years ago?" The other team members exclaimed, "That's so old? How old is Teacher Qi?"
"I don't know, ma'am."
After the team members adjusted their positions, they cleared their throats and said, "Thirty-one years ago, District 19 received a complaint from someone who said they'd been scammed. They said Utopia didn't exist, and that all the pilgrims had been deceived. They said they'd met a woman named Teacher Qi when they joined."
The team member grew increasingly agitated as he spoke. "But there was no follow-up on this case. District 19 discovered they were just a bunch of lunatics trying to escape. They posed no threat to society, and were obsessed with getting out, only harming themselves and no one else. The person who filed the complaint thought they could get a federal reward for reporting them. Their testimony wasn't believed either, so it was just filed and nobody took any action. Who knew I'd uncover it now?"
Zhuang Lin: "Just get to the point."
A group member said, "It's said that Teacher Qi is a must-see for all pilgrims, and not everyone can leave the wall. She'll screen them and teach them survival tips. It's all so mysterious, and in my opinion, it's just brainwashing. She'll have to go through three days of training."
Zhuang Lin: "Do you have any definite information? Like the time and place, or any common gathering places?"
"There really are," the team member said with a triumphant smile. "There are three of them, all in the radiation zone near the north wall. The place they most often go to is a chemical plant."
The human survivor base is generally similar to a honeycomb. The various areas inside are similar to small grids. There is also a large outline outside which is the wall. There is an intermediate area away from the north wall, which some people call the radiation zone.
That place is very dangerous and criminals rarely go there, but it is indeed a great place to hide and is difficult to be searched.
Written clues are not clues. They are valuable only after human verification, and they always need to be confirmed by the vanguard first.
Zhuang Lin couldn't help but wonder, if Huo Wenxi was still alive, what choice would she make?
Zhuang Lin knew that Huo Wenxi only needed to take a look, as if he had opened his third eye, to know clearly whether it was safe and whether there was any profit.
But Zhuang Lin had no third eye and no external plug-in, and his world was in chaos.
"Team leader Huo is gone, shall we do something big?" Several team members were eager to try. As Huo Wenxi's subordinates, they all wanted to achieve something. Huo Wenxi was able to entrust this matter to them with confidence, which must mean that he trusted their abilities.
Although they didn't know what Huo Wenxi was doing, they couldn't let Team Leader Huo do everything, and giving him a wake-up injection every day was not a good idea.
"Yes, let Team Leader Huo take a good vacation. Don't let other departments say that we were transferred away from the team leader and none of us are useful."
"How's it going, Shousuke?"
Zhuang Lin pondered for a moment, then quickly made a decision. He grabbed the documents on the table and said, "I'm going to the radiation zone on the north wall."
…
Outside the wall, near the edge of the strange forest in front of Utopia.
After hearing Zhou Haiqing talking about Teacher Qi, Zhu Ning inexplicably got goosebumps all over his body.
Because of the helmet, Zhu Ning even felt that the family of three in front of him was in danger again. He asked, "Is there any more news about Teacher Qi?"
Zhou Haiqing was a little wary, and her tone became stiff: "Teacher Qi is a very good person."
Of course she's a good person. If she's not, you wouldn't listen to her. Zhu Ning suppressed this thought and asked, "How did you first learn about Utopia?"
She changed the subject. Zhou Haiqing was very hesitant. She closed her eyes inside the helmet, and utopia was right before her eyes.
She couldn't walk alone, she needed Zhu Ning. Zhou Haiqing was holding the child, or to be more precise, it was Xiaobao who needed Zhu Ning.
Zhou Haiqing asked: "If I tell you, can you promise to take Xiaobao to Utopia?"
Zhou Haiqing's tone changed, and she became very formal. This was a deal, but they didn't meet to help each other out of chivalry, so making a deal actually made both parties feel at ease.
Zhou Haiqing waited for Zhu Ning's answer. Zhu Ning didn't know why. It sounded easy. She was going to Utopia anyway, and taking care of a baby was a piece of cake. But she couldn't easily agree to it.
Once the commitment is formal, its nature changes. If she fails to fulfill it, she actually feels that she will suffer some kind of backlash.
Zhu Ning had an intuition in his heart. When he first met Zhou Haiqing in the Dark Forest, Zhou Haiqing’s first request was whether she could send her daughter to Utopia?
Zhou Haiqing seemed to be speaking casually, but the focus of the topic from beginning to end was her daughter.
Zhu Ning unconsciously looked at the baby in Zhou Haiqing's arms. The inside of the black protective suit seemed to be a shapeless chaos. This child was definitely not a normal person.
Could it be that the person who wanted to make a deal with her wasn't Zhou Haiqing, but this "Xiaobao"?
Zhu Ning: "I can't do that."
Zhou Haiqing was originally full of anticipation, but these three words were like a bucket of cold water poured over her head.
The forest became more and more eerie. Behind Zhu Ning were two fallen team members, and Bai Cheng was still sleeping soundly.
Although Zhu Ning was tired, his brain was not broken. The most dangerous person here might be this child.
He didn't speak from beginning to end, and didn't even cry. It was easy to run out of supplies outside the wall. Zhu Ning deeply understood how difficult the journey was. If you are trapped somewhere, it is normal for people to eat each other.
Zhou Haiqing must have some extraordinary qualities to be able to survive until now; it cannot be explained by simple luck.
Zhu Ning asked, "Do you often ask for promises from people like this?"
Zhu Ning spoke casually. Zhou Haiqing was stunned for a moment, and then her whole body was shaking. Her secret was discovered.
This time, Hong Yong couldn't sit still anymore. A flash of knife light appeared in his palm. Zhou Haiqing was right. His ability was to transform into a dagger. The man stood in front of Zhou Haiqing like a loyal dog.
Zhu Ning was able to directly control his weapon. In her eyes, the pilgrim was very weak and there was no need for her to even take action. She was not an opponent of the same level at all.
Zhu Ning looked at him indifferently, as if she wanted to see what stupid thing they could do. Would they kill her?
"Ayong." Zhou Haiqing shook her head at Hong Yong, telling him not to overestimate his abilities. It seemed that Zhou Haiqing was the one who really made the decision in this family of three. She was quite smart.
Zhou Haiqing hid in a protective suit. Zhu Ning didn't even have a helmet. Zhou Haiqing felt a lot of pressure. Her lips trembled as she said, "Everything I told you is true."
Zhu Ning: "I believe it."
A traditional family of three, the couple loves each other and also loves their daughter. They are willing to risk their lives to find a utopia for medical treatment and give everything for their child, which is very touching.
"But when you introduced superpowers, you forgot to mention one person." Zhu Ning's expression remained unchanged: "Your child, is she a superpower?"
Zhu Ning had never taken care of a child, but she knew how troublesome it was to raise an ordinary baby. He needed to change diapers and feed, and he couldn't communicate. If he cried accidentally, he would expose his location and become food for monsters.
Being able to survive outside the wall for so long, Zhu Ning initially thought that Xiaobao was a corpse, but Bai Cheng said that he was not, and that he might be a person with superpowers.
This was the first time Zhu Ning saw the descendants of a person with superpowers.
Zhou Haiqing struggled for a moment, but the gap in strength was too big and she couldn't resist. They were lucky to meet Zhu Ning, but they were also unlucky to meet Zhu Ning.
The tip of Hong Yong's dagger was still pointing towards Zhu Ning. Both sides were very nervous and it was easy for a bloody incident to occur.
Zhou Haiqing closed her eyes and said truthfully, "Xiaobao has the ability, but she hasn't been registered yet. She can make deals with others."
Zhou Haiqing paused and added, "Once the transaction is concluded, it will be enforced until death."
Sure enough, just as Zhu Ning guessed, Zhou Haiqing first met at the tree stump. At that time, she wanted to make a deal with Zhu Ning and wanted Zhu Ning to take her to Utopia, but Zhu Ning did not respond directly.
This time, Zhou Haiqing was more obvious. She took the initiative to tell Zhu Ning the information that he was interested in, explained her own story, and used people's compassion to make Zhu Ning soften his heart.
Many people would balk at the idea of taking two adults to Utopia, but taking a child sounds too harmless.
If Zhu Ning agreed on a whim and chose to do a good deed, she would fulfill this promise even if she died, and would send Xiaobao to Utopia before she died.
Zhou Haiqing was able to get to where she is today probably because she made a deal with other people with superpowers, so many people died for Xiaobao.
Xiaobao's ability is very passive, but very dangerous, and Zhu Ning almost got caught in it.
Zhou Haiqing thought about crying and pretending to repent, but she knew that this would not work on Zhu Ning. Xiaobao's ability was passive and not offensive. His only trump card was discovered, and all his advantages were gone.
Zhou Haiqing said seriously, "I'm sorry."
If you do something wrong, you will be beaten. Don't try tricks in front of people who are hundreds of times more capable than you.
If they apologize sincerely, maybe Zhu Ning will not kill them and will give them a chance to live.
Hong Yong glanced at his wife, retracted the dagger in his hand, and bowed to Zhu Ning silently.
The man bent his waist and never raised it up, as if he was letting Zhu Ning do whatever he wanted.
Zhu Ning was silent for a moment. "The information you gave me is enough. As I said at the beginning, I can take you all the way and be your companion, but don't think about making a deal with me, and don't expect to get any promises from me."
Zhou Haiqing was stunned. She originally thought that Zhu Ning would at most let her go. After all, Zhou Haiqing had deceived her first, and she didn't expect that he would take her with him.
Zhou Haiqing smiled, but then wanted to cry. A weak person who had gotten to where he is today definitely did not rely on fair and honest means.
Zhou Haiqing took two deep breaths, not wanting anyone to notice her abnormality, and said, "I can tell you about Utopia."
"Don't worry," Zhou Haiqing said, "It's not a deal, it's just a favor for you."
Zhou Haiqing held Xiaobao in her arms and rocked her gently. This child was indeed very well behaved. She had never heard her cry or speak since she was a child.
Zhou Haiqing: "When I gave birth to Xiaobao, I didn't know she had special abilities. I thought she was just a simple deformity."
What about the deformity? It was unlike any other deformity. It didn't look human. It didn't conform to the normal growth patterns of living things. It was a chaotic mess. At first glance, you couldn't even find the exact location of the mouth or nose. Even her mother felt horrified when she first saw it.
Zhou Haiqing: "They all say this is the curse of the superpowers. Superpowers are pollutants that maintain sanity, and pollutants can only produce pollutants."
The mutants are the pollutants that preserve sanity, but babies have no sanity, only chaos.
"I don't know if you've heard this before. Ninety percent of people with special abilities are infertile. Most special abilities are awakened later in life. I initially thought I didn't have any, so we didn't take any measures. We were careless," Zhou Haiqing thought with some regret. "But if a baby is born, it's likely to be deformed and unstable."
"The hospital suggested I destroy it, and so did the community, saying it would affect other people and make them scared," Zhou Haiqing said. Her anger faded at this point, but even after so much time, she was still puzzled. "Why do they think their fear is more important than a person's life?"
Zhou Haiqing had suffered enough. "Later, a nurse couldn't stand it anymore and offered me a way to make a living: become a pilgrim."
Zhu Ning thought that the nurse must be from the Pilgrim Organization and was responsible for recruiting people.
Zhou Haiqing continued: "I didn't believe it at first. I thought the idea of complete equality was some kind of heresy, a scam for fools."
Zhu Ning smiled when she heard this. She started to like Zhou Haiqing a little. No matter what means she used, she was a very clear-headed person. Even though God had given her such bad cards, she played another way. She didn't believe in fate, and that's why she could still make it this far.
“But she said it’s not a utopia for me, but a utopia for Xiaobao.”
Zhou Haiqing didn't notice Zhu Ning's increasingly icy expression, lost in the topic. "I initially wanted to give it a try, so I attended one of their training sessions. It was in a ruin near the north wall, seemingly a factory. There were many passionate young people there who couldn't stand the Federation's rule and wanted to find a utopia. These people were easy to spot; they couldn't hide anything, and I discovered others there as well."
"Or rather, among the offspring of other people with special abilities, babies like Xiaobao are still rare, and even children as young as seven or eight are rare. Most of them are actually adults. They don't fit in with others, don't participate much in conversations, and always sit quietly in the corner. Adult deformities are easily discriminated against. Even if they don't have serious physical deformities, they feel that they are not the same kind of people as the Federation, and they want to escape."
"That's also where I first met Teacher Qi."
"It's strange to say, but before you mentioned Teacher Qi to me, I almost forgot about this person. She might have done something to my memory." Zhou Haiqing shook her head, trying to clear her mind.
"I don't know if you believe in intuition, but the moment I saw Teacher Qi, I believed that Utopia really existed, and that what the nurse said might also be true."
Recalling that scene again, at the exit of the wall, although Teacher Qi put his hand on Zhou Haiqing's forehead, his eyes were always looking at Xiaobao while he was speaking.
"May you reach Utopia soon."
It doesn’t matter whether Zhou Haiqing comes or not, her child must come.
Zhu Ning was stunned. The wind blew through the dark forest, making a wailing sound, adding a sense of horror to the narrative.
What is utopia for Xiaobao? Is that place full of pollutants?
Are idiots like Guo Zilin just used to confuse the public? With so many people crossing the wall, are the only ones who really need to be transported over there are the descendants of those with special abilities?
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