370 Gate
◎Because I have a favor to repay◎
"Niannian!" Lu Yao's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
What did Lu Yao want to see her for? Lu Yuan turned off the secondary brain screen and tapped it deftly a few times, hiding the key information.
Lu Yao was standing at the door. He had the same figure as a male model and could be on the cover of a magazine at any time just by standing there. He was wearing a brand new suit, and all he needed was a bouquet of flowers. If he held red roses, he would look like the affectionate protagonist in a movie who came to propose marriage.
"Niannian?" Lu Yao didn't hear an answer for a long time. He put one hand on the door handle and wanted to push the door open. But before he could push it, the door opened from the inside.
Lu Yuan, wearing a set of black long-sleeved pajamas, yawned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Yao glanced inside the room. It was pitch black, and only the outlines of the furniture could be vaguely seen. Lu Yuan seemed to blend into the darkness, but her delicate face was tilted up, looking particularly dazed. "Brother?"
Lu Yao smelled a faint scent of blood and asked, "Are you injured?"
Lu Yuan raised her hand. Her palm was wrapped in gauze, and there was not much blood on it. "I was injured during training. I've taken care of it."
Lu Yao held her hands in his, as if seeing a crack in his collection. He showed a look of deep regret and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Lu Yuan observed Lu Yao's expression and found it very interesting. "It doesn't hurt."
Lu Yao blew on the gauze and said, "The knife is too dangerous. You are a girl, don't go there anymore."
Lu Yuan said "oh" and behaved well, not resisting. She glanced at the corridor and saw no one else there, as if it had been deliberately cleared out.
No matter what, Lu Yao is her brother, so she should avoid suspicion. He came to her in the middle of the night without even a security guard or servant following him.
Maybe the madness he felt just now hadn't subsided yet, or maybe the news the secondary brain received was too shocking. Lu Yuan couldn't help but think that it would be so easy to kill him now.
If she moved her fingers, all the blood in Lu Yao's body would boil, her skin would crack, and her fragile blood vessels would burst. Lu Yao, who was standing in the corridor, would instantly explode into a bloody mist, and the boiling hot blood would pour down on her like rain.
It was simple, she could already smell the scent of blood.
Lu Yao couldn't see his sister's expression, so he carefully put down her hand and said with a smile, "Someone wants to see you."
Lu Yuan was sensing Lu Yao's blood and asked, "Who is it?"
Lu Yao smiled a huge and brilliant smile, "Father."
Lu Yuan was stunned. The blood he felt suddenly stopped. Thinking he had misheard, he asked, "Dad?"
Lu Yuan had no impression of her father; she even suspected that he didn't exist.
Only Lu Yao is qualified to see his father, and every time Lu Yuan hears news about his father, it is basically because of his own mistakes. For example, the last time he went to the cloud of consciousness, the real punishment was decided by his father.
This man didn't need to show up at all, but the invisible shackles were never loosened.
"You've never had to worry about family matters since you were little. You only knew how to play around, but now you've grown up." Lu Yao touched her head with a doting expression and said, "There are some things I should tell you."
He became happier as he spoke. "Year after year, this is the fate of our entire family. No, I was wrong. This is the fate of our human race."
It's here, this thing has finally arrived. Surprisingly, she is not too nervous, as if the sword of Damocles hanging over her head is finally about to fall. Instead, she feels a little relieved.
Lu Yuan pretended to be at a loss and asked, "Brother, what is destiny? Why don't I understand?"
Lu Yao kept it a secret: "Father wants to tell you in person."
Lu Yuan was silent for a moment: "I'm going to change my clothes."
Lu Yao thought she wanted to escape, so he put his arm around her and brought her back. "Don't worry about these etiquettes. Father doesn't mind."
Lu Yuan was a little alert for a moment, her body completely tense. Lu Yao noticed this and rubbed her shoulders, "Don't be nervous, that's your father."
She was nervous precisely because it was her father. This man was definitely more terrifying than Lu Yao. Lu Yao was at best just a pawn of her father.
There was fog on the walls on both sides of the corridor. The Lu family had been very humid recently, and it was wet everywhere.
There were no servants, so Lu Yao led the way himself. For such an important secret, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
Lu Yuan followed behind him and could actually guess where they were going. She grew up in the Lu family and was very familiar with every tree and blade of grass here.
Normally, no one would bother her if she went crazy, but there was one place she couldn't go.
It was a very long corridor with a door at the end. There was almost no light on the other side. When Lu Yuan was a child, she thought that the end of the corridor was hell or another space, so no matter how curious she was, she didn't want to get close.
Later they told themselves that it was their father's bedroom and that he was ill and not fit to be seen by the public.
Liu Yu stayed with her most of the time, but would occasionally enter this room. She couldn't remember how often, but it was probably once every few months, not very often. However, Liu Yu would disappear for a few days after entering.
Lu Yuan was very scared during those days, afraid that her mother would never come back.
She was even so scared that every time Liu Yu came back, she would never ask what her father looked like or what was behind the door.
She was so scared that she lost all curiosity and didn't want to know at all. She felt that the information was a kind of pollution and her life would be ruined if she knew it.
Then she realized what was probably happening, because her mother kept getting pregnant, and she became even more disgusted with the door.
Now it's my turn.
This is the real path that my mother once walked.
Lu Yao stopped at the door. He had no intention of going in, like a loyal guide.
This was also the first time that Lu Yuan observed this door up close. The door was about four meters high and had exquisite reliefs on it. Some bird shadows could be vaguely seen, such as open wings, surrounded by olive branches as decoration.
Feathers and olive branches are very common elements, but Lu Yuan never thought that the paintings left by Liu Yu also contain shadows of birds.
Lu Yao said softly, "Niannian, go in, don't be afraid."
His voice was very gentle, as if he was coaxing her. In fact, Lu Yuan always thought that her brother was very stupid and he believed whatever she said sometimes.
But one has to admit that he can indeed soothe himself through some stupid actions.
Lu Yuan sometimes wondered if her brother could tell that she was pretending, so the two of them pretended together, as if they were acting out a play.
As long as they pretend not to see it, they can keep playing this drama forever. The role of blood connection is reflected here, and they will go to hell together.
Now my brother said, "I'll wait for you here."
With a click, Lu Yuan pushed open the heavy door.
…
With a click, Pei Shu watched Zhu Ning break off a flying car door.
She threw the door away. The expensive armored vehicle was basically scrapped, but some of the supplies inside were still usable.
Zhu Ning took out the mental healing agent and nutrient solution, and took care of the patients like a nurse. He first gave injections to Bai Cheng and Lin Xiaofeng, and after a busy period, he returned to Pei Shu.
She had a mental healing potion in her mouth, and Pei Shu was doing the same. They both leaned against the wall, their eyes dull from exhaustion. A dim fire was on. No one spoke at first, like two rotting corpses.
After a while, Zhu Ning finally felt that the paste in his brain had taken shape and he could think a little.
Pei Shu asked, "So we are now below Utopia?"
After listening to Zhu Ning's brief description, he still didn't expect that Utopia was such a place. They actually came out with the garbage.
After Zhu Ning's description, he couldn't help but imagine that there was a huge basking shark above him, as if he could feel the breath of the behemoth through the countless white bones.
Zhu Ning: "In theory, it should be."
Pei Shu was silent for a while. The amount of information was too much for him to process. This was different from the utopia they had imagined.
He still remembered the purpose of everyone coming to Utopia. Bai Cheng thought this was his hometown, and Lin Xiaofeng thought he could find people like him here.
Pei Shu thought he would find Liu Yu's trace. He made many assumptions before he came here. Maybe there was civilization here, another country. It turned out to be a basking shark buried underground, a huge womb.
Pei Shu asked, "So our guesses about Liu Yu are all wrong?"
From this perspective, all their guesses have to be overturned and started over again. What kind of person is Liu Yu?
According to their limited understanding of Utopia, this place can regenerate new humans, and deformed people can be restored after entering. This is limited to the female offspring of those with special abilities. So can they reproduce again? For example, pass it down from generation to generation?
There is no doubt that Liu Yu has been to Utopia and was born by Utopia.
But why did she do it? Was it voluntary or forced?
She should be very powerful, so why did she marry into the Lu family?
Zhu Ning shook his head: "Not necessarily. There is no direct evidence to prove that our speculation is false."
Everything about Liu Yu was narrated by later generations. Zhu Ning finished one bottle and opened another. "I guess only the head of the Lu family knows the real truth."
He is indeed a superior person, he can really keep the most crucial secrets, and only a few people in the world know about it.
Zhu Ning: "I still lean towards gene exchange. The new humans who have passed through Utopia must combine with purebreds. This can explain why natural humans are so noble and why their genes are so rigidly protected."
Their general direction is correct, and the principle should be correct, but many details are unknown, such as how this technology actually achieves its goal.
Zhu Ning: "Perhaps the pollution can only be controlled if the genes of the people of the Kingdom of God are replaced from generation to generation."
She left half of her sentence unfinished, and I wasn't sure how to describe it in a respectful way, but she really did sound like a bred cat.
The Kingdom of God is cultivating truly powerful new humans who are more controllable than those with special abilities and better able to adapt to this strange world.
Pei Shu naturally thought of the eldest lady. Lu Yuan was his student after all. From a positive perspective, Lu Yuan would be surprisingly powerful. From a negative perspective, she might follow in her mother's footsteps.
Zhu Ning didn't say anything and broke off another piece of mental healing potion. The map in her mind disappeared, and it seemed that the mental pollution was over.
The paintings left by Liu Yu are maps leading to utopia. Once you reach it, spiritual pollution will disappear.
Liu Yu's paintings contain a lot of information, including maps about utopia, but I have no idea what the rest mean.
Zhu Ning has never had any idea about the crow on the lighthouse. What exactly is that place?
Near the Far North? The end of the world?
"Zhu Ning?" Pei Shu suddenly called her, his voice weak.
Zhu Ning hummed and asked, "What?"
Pei Shu asked, "Why do you want to come to Utopia?"
Zhu Ning looked back at Pei Shu. Pei Shu was wrapped in bandages, and he looked very sick with injuries on top of injuries. Zhu Ning suspected that Pei Shu's brain had not recovered yet. Why was he asking this?
Pei Shu continued, "You care about Liu Yu a lot, even more than I do."
Pei Shu had met Liu Yu and was the one in the entire team who wanted to know the truth the most, but Zhu Ning didn't even know what Liu Yu looked like. To put it bluntly, Liu Yu had nothing to do with her at all.
Zhu Ning had many reasons to go to Utopia. The biggest reason was to understand the logic of how the entire world worked. The second was Huo Wenxi's order. As Huo Wenxi's ally, she wanted to get some information.
And she once thought she could find out the secret about Lin Xiaofeng.
Pei Shu has been with Zhu Ning for such a long time that he has a rough idea of who she is. Her actions must have some very personal motives. They can be grand goals, but they must be mixed with her own emotions.
Otherwise, with her personality, the destruction of the world has nothing to do with her.
Lin Xiaofeng's reason was not enough, because now they have discovered that Utopia does not exist at all, but Zhu Ning did not stop analyzing Liu Yu, nor did he mean to give up this line of thought.
Zhu Ning: "Your eldest daughter once had the opportunity to kill me with the push of a button."
Pei Shu was stunned, finding it a little hard to imagine. After all, he knew Lu Yuan's level before.
Zhu Ning reminded: "Do you remember the last time you went to the consciousness cloud?"
Even though Pei Shu's brain was not working well now, he actually figured it out. If he was in the cloud of consciousness, things would be clear.
Lu Yuan could end Zhu Ning's life with just a thought, and no one would even know it was her who did it, but she didn't press the button.
Zhu Ning is very busy. Every time he thinks of Lu Yuan, he is deeply impressed. This young lady is very vivid in his memory.
The first time they met was in the basement of a hot pot restaurant. This young lady was so weak that she dared to enter the contaminated area alone to seek death. A gun was pointed at the back of her head. When Zhu Ning turned around, the first thing she saw was a white kitten protective suit, which was out of place in the contaminated area.
Every time Zhu Ning asked her to sweep the garbage, she was happy, drove a luxury car to transport the corpses for her, and looked forward to Zhu Ning's invitation every time.
Her biggest dream was to work for Zhu Ning, and she found passion in such trivial tasks as sweeping garbage.
Later they went to the cloud of consciousness. As a paying player, the eldest lady said when introducing themselves in turn, "My code name is Nian Gao!"
She was very excited. At that time, Zhu Ning didn't know that it was the last adventure of her life, and she didn't take good care of Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan doesn't need to be taken care of, she just needs to understand the world a little more and experience more, even if it's dangerous.
Lu Yuan returned to the kingdom of God, and Zhu Ning's communication with her became increasingly limited, and it was difficult to chat with her for a few words. However, Zhu Ning could sense that her vitality was gradually disappearing, and she was becoming more and more silent and sad. Something was slowly killing her.
Liu Niannian, whom Zhu Ning knew, is dying.
Including Zhu Ning's memories of the zombie world, I don't know whether that memory is real or not. Adding up the experiences of two lifetimes, Lu Yuan is the person who looks most like a princess she has ever met.
Zhu Ning is a person made up of data and pollutants. When she just woke up from the garbage dump, every time she received a task, she felt like she was playing a game.
Her only remaining anchor in this world is Lin Xiaofeng, and most of the time she is like a game character.
Assuming that this broken world is a game, ignoring the main system mission, in addition to revenge, she also has a side mission to complete, which is to save the princess.
Zhu Ning looked into Pei Shu's eyes and said seriously, "Because I have a favor to repay."
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