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At this moment, Luo Tan seemed to see Xu Cheng's face and body covered in blood. When she shook her head to get rid of the illusion...
She also saw Xu Cheng trapped under the collapsed building, all the bones in his body were broken, and he died without even a cry for help.
She warned herself not to let her imagination run wild, and then her mind reappeared the scene of Xu Cheng calling her name in the ruins, and then when she walked through a door, a piece of wood fell from the door and hit her temple...
Luo Tan felt she couldn't breathe, and when she touched her chest, she realized her heartbeat was nearly 180 beats per minute.
At this time, the search and rescue team arrived.
They were surprised.
They thought that such a strong earthquake would inevitably cause many people to be injured, but after visiting several nearby areas, they found that there were very few injured people. Even if there were some, most of them had minor injuries due to being trampled while running out in a hurry.
When they asked, people were all hesitant and only said that they suddenly felt the earthquake before the disaster and then ran out.
It was really strange. The rescue workers had experienced many natural disasters, but had never seen anything so bizarre.
Just as they were about to leave, they saw a girl who said to them, "Can you please dig someone?"
The search and rescue team leader took a closer look and found that this person was actually the new queen who had just taken office!
He immediately sent two of his most efficient men to poach people.
only....
The rescue team leader secretly wondered in his heart, who exactly was the person that the Queen personally ordered to be dug out?
...
Luo Chen watched as pieces of steel bars and cement were lifted up by the excavator's arm and then placed aside. Gradually, a small "mountain" was formed on the empty ground.
Luo Tan inexplicably recalled that she and Xu Cheng had visited many mountains in the process of searching for the gods. The steep mountain roads were not always easy to walk on, so she always walked in front, and Xu Cheng would put his arm loosely in front of her to protect her and prevent her from falling accidentally.
Thinking about it now, although not much time has passed since that time, so many complicated things have happened. As a result, that period of time has gradually faded away in her memory, as if it were a lifetime ago.
She always felt that she was very busy and had no time to think about her relationship with Xu Cheng.
But at this moment, when she watched the excavator dig out Xu Cheng who was buried underneath, her mind involuntarily began to think about the relationship between her and Xu Cheng.
She silently said:
[If you really die today, then we will have nothing to do with each other. ]
At this moment, a faint sound suddenly came from the "mountain" formed by the pile of waste wood.
Luo Chen looked over there reflexively, and saw two rescue workers bringing Xu Cheng out of the "mountain".
The rescuers were the first to apologize: "We are sorry, we just dragged the whole steel frame up and didn't notice there was a person hanging on it."
Luo Tan did not blame them.
She looked at Xu Cheng.
Fortunately, his head was not covered in blood, and all his bones were not broken, but he did have a huge bump on his head that looked red, swollen and scary.
Although he was dug out, Xu Cheng still felt dizzy.
When he walked in, he had heard Luo Chen's inner voice, but he changed his mind and thought that Luo Chen might not be able to run out in time, so he prepared to quickly go to the meeting room to take a look. The meeting room was empty, and he felt relieved instantly, but just as he was about to run out, he was hit on the head by a falling steel frame. At that moment, he didn't think about anything, and reflexively hugged the steel frame tightly...
The heavy blow almost knocked him unconscious.
He was not going to wake up, but when he was half asleep, he heard Luo Chen's declaration that he had nothing to do with him anymore...
Xu Cheng was startled and woke up immediately.
At this time, Xu Cheng took the disinfectant cotton towel handed over by the rescuers, and wiped it for a long time while grimacing and enduring the pain. Then he had an idea and took Luo Tan's hand and touched his head: "Touch it, it's still hot."
Luo Tan didn't react in time, so he succeeded and his hands were covered with sticky blood and alcohol.
Xu Cheng was a little embarrassed: "I made you dirty."
Luo Tan: “…”
This sounds a bit strange.
She sighed, "Next time something like this happens, don't rush in rashly. Why don't you check to see if we are outside first?"
Xu Cheng hit the big bump on his head again and groaned in pain again: "I was afraid that if you didn't succeed in running out, it would be too late for me to go in again."
He raised his head and looked at Luo Tan. At that moment, Luo Tan actually thought that he looked a little obedient: "So, did you promise me?"
Sure enough, looking good is just an illusion!
Luo Tan stood up suddenly and walked out.
Xu Cheng followed her, crawling along the ground, and his voice mixed with baring teeth and shouting, which sounded a little aggrieved: "It would be fine if I died, but I'm still alive. You can't keep giving me this perfunctory attitude. Otherwise, if I really die one day, I'll regret it..."
He paused as Luo Chen had turned around and was looking at him coldly.
Xu Cheng thought that she would scold him and curse herself, but she just sighed with a complicated look: "I wanted to tell you when the dust settles."
"But you have a point. No one knows whether we can live to see that day."
Luo Tan recalled every word Xu Lan wrote in her diary. In the last moments of her life, she wanted so much to give her only son a happy birthday without regrets. However, in the end, she fell short.
Xu Cheng didn't even know that his mother loved him so much.
So Luo Tan said softly, "I promise you."
Xu Cheng's eyes lit up in an instant.
He babbled uncontrollably: "Really, you..."
Luo Tan's eyes contained a hint of cunning, and he interrupted him: "But it will only take effect when the dust settles!"
Xu Cheng was not disappointed.
He nodded vigorously as Luo Chen spoke. In fact, he was so happy that he couldn't express it in words.
He touched the big bump on his head, and the next moment he was forced to put his hand down because of the severe pain, but he praised his bump in his heart -
Bao, you are really a creditable person!
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As countless natural disasters occurred all over the earth, earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and volcanic eruptions that were rare in decades appeared alternately, Luo Chen and the scientists realized that the aliens' revenge on the earth had come.
One day, a dialogue box appeared in the sky.
Everyone stopped and looked, simply unable to believe their eyes.
But no matter where they go or from what angle they look, they have to be sure that it is indeed a dialogue box.
If you have seen the information transceiver in the basement of the parachute company, you may suddenly realize that the dialogue box in the sky is exactly the same as the dialogue box on the device screen they have seen before, from appearance to line thickness.
The next day, people found an extra line of text in the dialog box:
"If you don't accept us, you will get more severe retaliation!"
Reversing the word order would be:
If you don't accept us, you will get more severe retaliation!
People who saw this line were stunned.
Accept what?
Revenge for what?
Are all recent natural disasters revenge?
Countless rumors, both true and false, spread through the streets in a very short period of time.
…
In the mayor's residence of Luochuan City on Earth, Simba reported to Luo Tan worriedly: "Since that line of words appeared, people's trust in the government has dropped a lot, and many rumors have arisen..."
Luo Tan: "What rumor?"
Simba: "They are all very funny rumors that can't stand scrutiny. One of the most popular rumors is that the government threw space junk into the universe, which caused retaliation from other mysterious forces..."
Luo Tan laughed.
She whispered, "Then tell them?"
Simba was surprised and asked, "What?"
Luo Tan: “All.”
She looked into the cloudy eyes of the old man who had worked in the palace for many years and said, "Before, we didn't tell the truth to the people because some of them might be possessed by aliens. But now it's time, no one will be possessed by aliens anymore, so why not tell the truth?"
Simba: "But, we have always..."
Luo Tan sighed and interrupted him: "Yes, the government is always accustomed to hiding the truth from the people and always making decisions independently. But is it right to always do so?"
She stared at the steward. "I am also a commoner. Lord Steward, commoners are not all fools, and they often do not need the government to take care of them like a fragile baby. They should have the right to know."
Simba looked at the girl in front of him. She was no longer as naive as before, but now she was like a person in power who had the final say.
He nodded and said, "What should I do?"
Luo Chen: "Tell them all the truth in the form of a TV program or news push, and then hold a public vote, one vote for each person, to choose whether to fight to the end at the cost of possible destruction, or to live in a cowardly manner at the cost of becoming an empty shell inhabited by aliens. The government will respect everyone's choice and make decisions in the form of the minority obeying the majority."
She let out a long breath, turned her head, and looked through the window glass at the crowd gathered at the entrance of the government building. They were holding banners, shouting slogans, and the expressions on their faces were angry but real.
And in the more distant sky, there is a dialogue box with words declaring authority.
For three whole days, nineteen words, no more, no less, were spoken without a single movement.
Luo Chen took it all in: "I think every human being should have the right to dispose of their own body. So, the final decision depends on themselves."