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Outside the wall.
A giant sunflower over fifty meters high unfolded, and a flock of white birds flew out from where the seeds had fallen.
There is a crocodile living under the sunflower. It lies there lazily, occasionally opening its mouth to take a bite of the flower stem. It quietly nibbles a small hole, and in two months, this giant sunflower will be cut in half.
The ecology outside the wall has become very interesting. Most areas are still dangerous, but unlike the previous dangers that could kill people with just a glance, at least humans have a chance to escape when they encounter them.
Pollution concentrations are still measurable, remaining around 100 in most areas and thousands in extreme areas, so deadly pollutants still exist deep in nature.
This is equivalent to Zhu Ning uniformly suppressing the pollution concentration of all organisms. For organisms that are already highly polluted, even if the danger level is lowered, it is immeasurable, which makes people respect nature.
From the perspective of all pollutants in the world, humans are not at the top of the food chain, but in the middle.
It's like a never-ending confrontation. Human destructive behavior will aggravate the pollution outside the wall. In order to maintain the service life of the entire world, people's main activities are actually still inside the original high wall.
Humanity needs to find a balance with the nature outside the wall. This is a calculation problem hanging over everyone's head. What is needed is stability rather than victory. The once-popular profession of demon hunter is not so popular anymore, and the profession of outside wall investigator has been cancelled. Instead, what is needed more is outside wall naturalists.
Only by better understanding the present nature can people know how to get along with each other better.
Liu Niannian has been active outside the wall. She helps find and measure new data outside the wall. Once the pollution concentration in a certain place is found to be too high, it will be reported to the federal government. People will mark the place and prohibit humans from entering.
All people walking in nature must abide by a rule: bring human garbage back inside the wall for disposal, do not hunt polluting organisms without authorization, and do not destroy the ecology outside the wall.
Plastic products are no longer produced within the walls, and are being replaced by more environmentally friendly alternatives.
Human beings have proposed protecting the environment for many years, but it has always been like a boring slogan. For the first time, it has become a common code of conduct for all mankind.
People cannot obtain contaminated spores from pollutants, so the value of creatures outside the wall is reduced, and most people have no interest in such creatures other than appreciation.
Scientific research efforts have been invested in the starry sky, and people are more interested in the world beyond the sky.
Liu Niannian remembered that day. After darkness, the Homecoming Train stopped and the apple snail that tried to kill her hid in the last carriage.
She got out of the car safely and finally walked back into the wall.
People speculate that the monster that created the sandstorm should have retreated into its own urn, and no one knows its exact whereabouts.
Many organisms have entered a dormant period, like a dormant volcano, which will always erupt again. Humans need to find ways to survive during this dormant period.
Liu Niannian didn't react for a long time after learning the truth.
Huo Wenxi offered her a job and asked her if she wanted to join his staff. Liu Niannian refused, but provided Huo Wenxi with a little help before leaving.
She was once a member of the Lu family and was very familiar with the old forces. At that time, the old aristocrats were still diehards and were always silently making things difficult for Huo Wenxi. It seemed that Huo Wenxi would have to fight them for a long time.
After doing everything, Liu Niannian chose to cheat on her husband. She owned a car of her own. Just as Liu Yu had wished, she became a free bird.
She went to places that Liu Yu had not been to, took many photos, and found a lot of valuable information.
At the same time, she was also looking for someone, looking for An Chi and Lin Xiaofeng at the same time.
No one had ever seen the gentle giant. Not even her corpse or the wreckage of her flying car was left. She was most likely crushed before Zhu Ning purified the world.
Liu Niannian refused to give up. She has always been very stubborn and searching has become an instinct for her.
She recently received news that someone who looked like Lin Xiaofeng was seen in the north.
Liu Niannian drove to the north. After the purification, the basic terrain had not changed much. The north was still cold all year round, but there was no black moon in the far north, so he would not feel sad after stepping in.
Not many people come to this area. It is too cold and not suitable for long-term human survival.
Liu Niannian's car was driving slowly in the snow. She held the steering wheel with one hand, and her broken limbs were connected to mechanical prostheses. After the pollution disappeared, her special abilities also disappeared.
This completely made her lose her value, and her genes were no longer the so-called mother of the new world.
She is just an ordinary resident of the New World.
She drove around the North for several days and found some traces of human activities. Every time she thought it was Lin Xiaofeng, but in fact they were left by the former Northland Investigation Team.
Liu Niannian saw the group of frozen ice sculptures. Generations of expeditions had tried to enter the north to kill Prometheus, but in the end they did not leave and became ice sculptures.
That reminded her of Pei Shu's past, when he was a member of the team.
Liu Niannian stopped the car and stood in front of the ice sculpture, looking at it for a long time. The sunlight shone through the transparent ice sculpture and reflected on her face. She looked at it for so long that she couldn't tell whether she had opened her eyes or not, as if her eyes were covered with a ball of ice.
Suddenly, a small black spot appeared in front of her eyes, like a floater, a little blurry.
Liu Niannian blinked and found a young girl standing not far away with her gun pointed at him.
"Get out." She didn't sound in a good mood at all.
"Lin Xiaofeng?" Liu Niannian raised her hand.
She blinked and looked at the person in front of her again. Zhu Ning had sent her Lin Xiaofeng's information. She was only ten years old before she had an affair. Now she was fifteen. Her body grew taller rapidly and her height exceeded 1.77 meters. She was wearing a thick down jacket and a furry hat that formed a circle around her face.
Liu Niannian suspected that even if Zhu Ning came in person, he might not be able to recognize who the person in front of him was.
Liu Niannian was just guessing. She could tell from the way Lin Xiaofeng held the gun. Lin Xiaofeng was as tall as Zhu Ning, and he was determined and confident when holding the gun, like a veteran with many years of experience.
Liu Niannian and Zhu Ning met for the first time in a hot pot restaurant, and Zhu Ning pointed a gun at her like this.
"I'm Liu Niannian." She introduced herself quickly, fearing that Lin Xiaofeng would have a bad temper and shoot her.
Lin Xiaofeng frowned. She had heard of Liu Niannian. Lin Xiaofeng was like the person who silently took notes in Zhu Ning's team. The adults thought she didn't understand and didn't treat her as an outsider. Every time Pei Shu and Zhu Ning chatted, they never avoided her and let her join the discussion, so of course she knew who Liu Niannian was.
That was Zhu Ning's friend.
Lin Xiaofeng put down his gun and said, "I thought you were a poacher."
There will always be a few blind poachers. Most of the pollutants outside the wall look very strange. Some people don’t even want money, they just want curiosity and fun.
Liu Niannian was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Lin Xiaofeng was a forest ranger who specialized in killing poachers.
"Follow me." Lin Xiaofeng turned and left.
Liu Niannian could only follow her. There were not many landmarks in the snow, but Lin Xiaofeng was very familiar with this place and seemed to be able to identify the direction. The further she walked, the deeper the snow became, gradually submerging her calves.
Liu Niannian followed her with a little curiosity. Finally, they stopped in front of an igloo. The roof and walls were made of snow blocks. As soon as Liu Niannian lifted the curtain, she heard a cheerful dog barking.
A dog the size of a wild wolf rushed towards Lin Xiaofeng excitedly, circled her twice, then turned around and whimpered at Liu Niannian. Perhaps it was very sensible and knew that this was the person brought back by its owner, so there was a hint of flattery in its barking.
That dog was not an ordinary dog. When it fluttered around happily, the hair on the back of its neck spread out, revealing its two eyes, which were blinking at Liu Niannian.
"I picked it up nearby."
Mutated things will not return to their original state. In fact, many humans have mutated, but later people reached a consensus that as long as there is no danger, everyone will live together in this mutated and abnormal way. If everyone is abnormal, then it is normal.
Liu Niannian looked around the interior of the snow house. There was a small bed, a chair, and a computer. There was only one of everything. Lin Xiaofeng had lived there alone for the past five years.
Lin Xiaofeng had never entertained guests before, so he took out a blanket and sat on the ground with Liu Niannian.
Liu Niannian looked at Lin Xiaofeng in a daze. She took off her hat to reveal her ponytail. She obviously didn't look like Zhu Ning at all, but her every move was somewhat similar.
"What are you doing here?" Liu Niannian asked.
"Study." Lin Xiaofeng said.
Liu Niannian only then saw that the computer screen was still on. He didn't know whether it was connected to the Internet or whether the courseware was downloaded. It turned out to be a remote class, and the lecturer was a famous scholar outside the wall named Lu Yuting.
Lin Xiaofeng explained: "Pei Shu wanted to introduce me to her as a student before, saying that she was his old classmate."
Lin Xiaofeng still remembers the day when Pei Shu carefully asked Zhu Ning for his opinion, wanting to send Lin Xiaofeng for systematic training.
They had agreed on it, but they just didn't have the chance to make it happen.
Liu Niannian felt a little uncomfortable when she heard the names of Pei Shu and Zhu Ning. She casually asked, "Professor Lu seems to be still active in the south. You can go. She must like you very much."
Lin Xiaofeng just shook her head this time. She didn't explain. The fire in the snow house was crackling.
Liu Niannian sat beside her, hugging her knees, feeling as if she was shouldering Zhu Ning's responsibilities. She asked, "Besides studying?"
Lin Xiaofeng had been good at reading people's expressions since he was a child. He knew she was asking on Zhu Ning's behalf, so he replied, "Playing games."
Before she left the country, she brought a game console with her. When she could connect to the Internet, she would play with her netizens. When she couldn't, she would play single-player games. However, she hasn't heard from her netizens for a long time, so she might have been killed.
"That's good. We are still combining work and rest." Liu Niannian said.
Lin Xiaofeng looked at her expressionlessly, "I'm not a child."
Liu Niannian was stunned. She was not very good at dealing with adolescent girls. Liu Yu died when she was a child. Even if she wanted to imitate her mother, there was nowhere she could learn from.
Liu Nianxiao coughed and tried to find a topic. "Recently, the three probes launched by the Federation into space have returned. People are looking for other life forms to see if there are new habitats. Do you want to..."
"You want me to go back and live a normal life?" Lin Xiaofeng interrupted Liu Niannian.
She didn't give him a chance to respond and continued, "Give up. I won't leave. I'm going to wait here for Zhu Ning to come back."
Liu Niannian choked, and all her words were suppressed.
Lin Xiaofeng followed Zhu Ning since he was ten years old. That year, Zhu Ning chose to devour the world. After a period of darkness, Lin Xiaofeng looked at the rising sun and cried. Bai Cheng also disappeared at the same time.
This time no one stopped her. Lin Xiaofeng walked into the depths of the Far North but did not find any trace of Zhu Ning.
So she stayed where she was and searched again every month. The snow was so thick that Zhu Ning might be buried very deep and she wouldn't be able to find him.
Lin Xiaofeng walked through the snow with her puppy, but five years passed and she gained nothing.
She always felt that Zhu Ning would come back, so she didn't want anyone to be waiting for her when she returned home.
Lin Xiaofeng always had the same dream. In the dream, she was sleeping in a snow house, the fire was burning brightly, a puppy was lying at her feet and whimpering softly, and a blizzard was blowing outside.
Then someone would lift the curtain, and Zhu Ning would walk into the snow house, hug her and call her baby.
Every time she saw the curtain swaying, she thought her dream would come true, but there were only two possibilities: the wind blew the curtain, or a small animal lifted a corner of the curtain.
Lin Xiaofeng will not leave. She can complete her studies here and she also has entertainment to do. In this respect, she is as paranoid as Zhu Ning.
There's nothing she can do about it, since she was raised by Zhu Ning.
Liu Niannian hugged her knees, buried her face in them and took a deep breath. "Do you think she's still alive?"
Lin Xiaofeng: "He must be alive."
She was not afraid of being laughed at when she said it. Some people might advise her to be more rational, but she just wanted to say it, because lies told too often will become true, and nice things said too often will also come true. This is what Zhu Ning taught her, because the world revolves around her, and what she wants will come true.
Liu Niannian showed half of his face from his knees. "What a coincidence! I thought so too, but no one believed me."
Lin Xiaofeng was a little surprised. It was different from what she had expected. She thought she was the only one who was crazy.
Then she thought this was normal. Liu Niannian was a well-known lunatic, and Lin Xiaofeng only started to like her a little now.
Liu Niannian buried her face in her knees, her eyes burning, "Zhu Ning lied to me."
Liu Niannian wanted to go to the Far North to save her, but Zhu Ning asked her to board the Homecoming Train. She thought that the information she found could allow Zhu Ning to survive, so she went there foolishly. However, Zhu Ning seemed to know that she would never be able to come back, so her words "hurry up" seemed to be comforting her.
"Liar." Liu Niannian said again.
Lin Xiaofeng turned her head away. She had cried many times because of this incident, but now she couldn't cry anymore. Bad Zhu Ning, she said in her heart.
Liu Niannian asked, "Can I wait for her with you?"
Lin Xiaofeng took a deep breath, not wanting Liu Niannian to hear her abnormality: "Whatever you want."
Lin Xiaofeng held his chin and looked at the door curtain of the snow house, waiting for it to be lifted next time.
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