prisoner
As the sand submerged her, Zhu Ning felt suffocated. Her tactile sensors transmitted Zhu Yao's body temperature. She held Zhu Yao's hand tightly and was buried with her in the sea of sand.
Zhu Ning has been searching for Zhu Yao, following clues to confirm her existence in this world, and has also spent a lot of effort trying to figure out the truth of his birth.
But when Zhu Yao really died, Zhu Ning did not feel any sense of reality, as if Zhu Yao was not dead, but no longer existed, and had been erased.
The hand holding Zhu Yao curled up its fingers, and the original body in the far north also moved its fingers.
Zhu Ning was silent for a moment. Her hand was pure black, with only the outline of a human, but without the specific human components. She knew very early on that she was an experimental subject. She thought she would be familiar with the "inhuman" state, but nothing had been more direct than this time.
Zhu Ning's current appearance was reflected on the screen. She and Prometheus looked like twins. Prometheus was completely white, while she was almost completely black. Black slime covered her body, flowing like a living thing. Her body below the neck was wrapped in black, and only her face still had some human skin. Black data streams flowed in her eyeballs.
She was caught off guard by seeing herself on the screen, and faced so directly with the fact that she was a monster.
Zhu Ning subconsciously wanted to turn around, like a clown who had finally finished a play and was leaving the stage after the curtain fell, wanting to find a place to rest for a while, even if it took her a minute.
But when Zhu Ning turned around, he saw another wall.
The machine room in the Far North had identical walls on all four sides. Zhu Ning had once pushed open a door from the outside and devoured Prometheus here, but the door had disappeared. The walls were so smooth that there wasn't even a crack.
Zhu Ning touched the wall and tried to push it away with his arms. Perhaps this attempt to escape angered some kind of existence. Black mucus spread out with Zhu Ning's palm as the center, as if there was another world behind the wall.
Zhu Ning saw a shadow that was hundreds of times taller than himself. It was silent and huge. It was not looking down at him from above, but its mere presence was terrifying.
The shadow of the giantess.
Zhu Ning stood so small in front of her. An invisible thread connected Zhu Ning and the female giant, like a shackle tied to Zhu Ning, or like an umbilical cord, Zhu Ning continuously supplied her with nutrition.
Zhu Ning understood her fate. After she put down her hand, the giant's shadow disappeared, as if it was just an illusion.
In silence, the black slime slowly flowed on her body. She neither cried nor laughed, and an inorganic light flashed in her pupils. She was experiencing what she called "freedom", the freedom of sacrificing her body to the giantess, the freedom of being forced to assume the responsibilities of Prometheus.
Her individual consciousness will become less and less, and in the end her humanity will gradually become thinner and less and less like a human being. All her emotions will eventually flow into the sea like a drop of water, and it will be difficult to cause any more waves.
What will she become? What should she do in the future?
Zhu Yao, the only person who could guide her, was dead. At the moment of Zhu Yao's death, Zhu Ning felt so lonely. She not only lost her mother, but also lost her connection with the world.
Her relationship with the world became alienated, and no matter how much she resisted, she could not avoid looking down on humanity.
The process of being stripped of her humanity terrified her, as if someone was slowly scraping away her flesh and blood. After going through so much, this was what she feared most.
Zhu Ning's first reaction was to look for Lin Xiaofeng, like a patient looking for his medicine box. That was the anchor point Zhu Ning set for himself. Bai Cheng took Lin Xiaofeng away. Is she still alive?
However, Prometheus' cameras were only installed in the human survivor base. Zhu Ning could see Area 103 thousands of miles away and provide evacuation guidance to tens of thousands of people at the same time, but she could not see Lin Xiaofeng who was physically closer. The Far North was like an absolute barrier separating them.
Lin Xiaofeng's life or death is unknown, like a cat in a box.
And Zhu Ning was imprisoned at the end of the world.
She realized this, and perhaps emotional deprivation had some benefits. She didn't feel that sad at all, as if everything was natural.
This is the price of devouring Prometheus, and also the price of revenge for her dead companions. She made mental preparations before taking action. She would bear the sins and karma of Prometheus, and she did not regret it.
Was she happy? No, Zhu Ning analyzed herself and realized that she had no regrets or joy, but simply accepted reality.
"Hello! Is anyone there? Hello! This is the Snow Wind! Where is the nearest supply point?" A cry for help came from the engine room. The process of Zhu Ning losing his mother took only two minutes at most. Within these two minutes, the Kingdom of God completed its fall, and then the disaster began.
The demon hunters who were out on a mission lost their logistical support, and people in other areas had no time to evacuate.
The disaster outside the wall is gradually approaching. Three bases are rebelling. An unprecedented period of chaos has begun. The army has occupied the nearest shelter and does not give ordinary people any chance to take refuge.
Zhu Ning felt that all of this was very familiar, similar to the disaster in Area 103, and similar to the zombie outbreak in Zhu Ning's memory.
It’s just that this situation was Zhu Ning’s own choice. She chose the most difficult path and must take responsibility for it.
Zhu Ning said, "The supply point is ten kilometers underground, and the military supply station has been opened."
She quickly adapted to her new identity, providing shelter and assistance to those in need, and she didn't stop even when she accompanied Zhu Yao to death.
Zhu Ning doesn't distinguish who sends the distress signal. As long as she hears it, she will deal with it quickly.
The large screen was divided into countless small pieces. Zhu Ning originally used the screen as a mirror so that she could examine herself, but now her shadow disappeared, replaced by cross-sections of countless corners of the world.
The liaison officer on the Snowstorm did not respond immediately. Instead of hearing the familiar indifferent male voice, they heard a female voice. Prometheus was gentle and indifferent, but this female voice was simply indifferent, as if she had no sense of service, only a sense of divinity.
Prometheus is bound by program shackles and must obey certain underlying instructions, which makes the user feel safe.
The huge difference in tone made him feel uncomfortable, and the divinity that was difficult to conceal made him feel that there was a more powerful existence on the other side of the channel, as if it was just extending a helping hand with good intentions, and your life and death had nothing to do with her.
"Who are you?" He knew he shouldn't ask. A black dot flashed on the screen. Whoever she was had already marked the nearest supply point. They just had to follow the instructions.
But he couldn't help it, probably because he wanted to die with a clear conscience.
The other side paused, and did not directly answer the question, but asked: "Are you a true God or a demon?"
This question is even more different from Prometheus's. Those of them who are on missions are used to Prometheus's operating logic. His first reaction must be to answer questions, not to ask questions. Prometheus does not have such a high degree of freedom.
He swallowed his saliva. He was a demon-follower and had once chosen in an anonymous vote that Zhu Ning should be shot dead. He believed that the existence of demons would lead the human world to doomsday.
But at this time he didn't dare to answer at all, because his most terrible worry had come true. The devil devoured Prometheus, and then the kingdom of God fell, and it was the end of the world, and death came.
Unlike previous disasters, the human base will face the biggest crisis, which may be a change of era.
"You are Zhu Ning?" His voice was hoarse. He confirmed his idea and repeated the fact, "You are Zhu Ning."
He didn't say the subtext, you are the devil.
"Um," her voice came from the channel, as if it was cold but with a hint of condescending amusement, "I'm Zhu Ning."
Artificial intelligence has no "name" except for personal bad taste. Official designs are all code names, such as Prometheus and Vulcan, but he got a name that belongs to humans.
His heart sank. The sandstorm had arrived, approaching from the north to the south. His goal was to get supplies, and Zhu Ning gave him the answer.
"Thank you for your assistance. The Snow Wind salutes you." He took off his hat and nodded to Zhu Ning in thanks.
He has never thanked Prometheus for his assistance. Humans have always used AI as a tool, but he already knows the identity of the person on the other side.
They were not in an equal relationship, Zhu Ning could kill him just by raising his eyes.
"Good luck on your voyage," the demon replied.
He breathed a sigh of relief, turned off the channel, and immediately drove towards the supply point marked by Zhu Ning.
Zhu Ning didn't care about him at all, let alone what his position was. At the current situation, the other party was no different from an ant.
Zhu Ning asked him whether he was from the Devil Sect or the True God Sect in order to lighten the mood, but it unexpectedly had the opposite effect, making people think that it was a threat.
The black goo behind her spread out in all directions, while she dealt with thousands of distress signals and several riots.
Every time someone asked her who she was, Zhu Ning repeated this step and completed the information notification in her own way.
That day, many people's channels received this news: the devil devoured Prometheus, the kingdom of God fell, and the first-class citizens were polluted.
Helloworld, they remembered that Zhu Ning once said hello to the world, and now she has become the new world itself.
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Warning! Warning!
Suddenly, an alarm sounded inside the main computer room.
Zhu Ning's eyelashes trembled. Thousands of screens in front of her flashed, and the system prompted that it was invaded. Several of her cameras went out. Someone was destroying Zhu Ning's cameras.
Zhu Ning focused one of the cameras, and a woman's face suddenly enlarged. Her face was distorted by the fisheye lens. She had super short hair with bangs, small canine teeth, and a silver collar around her neck. She looked like a good girl, but the next moment, she showed an exaggerated smile.
“Wow!” she laughed into the camera. “Found you!”
The girl took a step back, her movements equally exaggerated, and suddenly rushed over with a running start. Zhu Ning saw that she was holding a baseball bat as thick as her wrist in her right hand, and it hit Zhu Ning's screen with a bang.
Prometheus' cameras are divided into military and civilian use. The officially designed cameras are concealed and reliable, while the civilian cameras are legally requisitioned by Prometheus.
Normally, approaching military cameras would sound an alarm and nearby patrols would immediately come to clear out the criminals. After the dissolution of the Federation, routine patrols were of course useless.
Military cameras have strong resistance to impact, but the girl must be a person with special abilities. The moment the baseball bat was swung down, the camera cracked, as if a punch was punched in the face from the air, shattering her face into pieces.
The next second, the camera went out and the screen dimmed. Zhu Ning activated another perspective. The girl's companion was driving. After turning on the camera, he immediately jumped on the motorcycle. She cheered on the back seat of the motorcycle and swung the baseball bat in her hand again. The second camera went out.
Someone was deliberately destroying Zhu Ning's camera.
Zhu Ning rolled his eyes and looked up the girl's personal information, but found no official records of her background.
There was not just her, there were at least dozens of blasting points going on at the same time.
It was organized and premeditated. They knew the location of the hidden cameras and carried out the operation simultaneously within thirty seconds, as if they were cutting off Zhu Ning's hands and feet from a distance.
Recovery Society.
Zhu Ning quickly got the answer. She had been busy dealing with Prometheus all along, like a wolf staring at an antelope. It was not that she didn't know there would be problems with the resurrection, but she was unable to take care of them. Now she turned around and faced the other opponent on the field.
The Resurrection Society activated the original contingency plan against Prometheus. Regardless of whether Zhu Ning or Prometheus wins, this plan will definitely be implemented.
The first step was to release the pollutants brought out by the Homecoming, and a sandstorm swept in from the north.
The second step is to smash Zhu Ning’s “eyes”.
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