Chapter 30 The Gray Dome Tower 30 Fight Back!
The crow fell silent, its neck feathers bristling and swelling into a huge ball. Nanmen Jue thought it was about to erupt in fury, but after a while, it slowly tucked its feathers back in.
“Fine, I won’t stoop to deceiving a mere human like you.” The raven forced out a sentence, “I don’t get along with the Supreme God… It doesn’t like me, and I don’t like it either. It doesn’t allow me to enter this space, but I insisted on sneaking in. I was careless before and got attacked by it, which is why what you saw happened.”
It seemed to feel very embarrassed, flapping its wings and jumping up, "If it weren't for that accident, you wouldn't have met me, you unlucky bastard! You're the crow popsicle! You're my flesh and blood!"
"You even know about the connection between flesh and blood?" Nanmen Jue looked at it in surprise.
"How could I not know? Don't look at me like I'm a country bumpkin!"
The man and the bird stared at each other again, but this time the atmosphere was much more relaxed. The bird hopped up and down, trying to peck at Nanmen Jue's head, but Nanmen Jue grabbed its wing.
"Let me go, you insolent human!" the crow cawed angrily. "Don't forget you'll be a ragged mess once you get out! I'll peck you to death!"
"Alright, alright, be quiet." Nanmen Jue casually picked up the crow and hugged it, stroking the fur on its head with his fingers like he was stroking a cat's chin.
The crow instinctively squinted to enjoy the sight, then widened its eyes again, "Are you petting a dog?"
"I'm petting a crow," Nanmen Jue replied casually, but before the crow could bristle again, he silenced it with a single sentence, "But I can't take you with me."
The crow seemed to freeze suddenly. "Why?"
"Is that even a question? I've already answered you, because you're a huge problem." Nanmen Jue said matter-of-factly, "I saved your life, you saved mine, so we're even. From now on, we're completely cut ties. If I'm in trouble, you don't need to worry about it, and if you're in trouble, don't drag me into it."
Nanmen Jue wasn't going to be fooled. Even if this crow was extremely powerful and could even gain the attention of the main god, that was precisely why she, a mere human, should stay away. She was only here to find someone, and it was best if she didn't get into any trouble.
Since they were powerful beings battling it out, she, a mere human, naturally wanted to get as far away as possible.
"Hey, hey!"
Seeing that Nanmen Jue was acting unpredictably, the crow grew anxious. "I can help you improve your strength as quickly as possible, not temporarily or illusory, but real strength that truly belongs to you! In this dangerous world of reincarnation, don't you want strength? Don't you want to dominate the entire reincarnation space!"
"Why would I want to dominate the Reincarnation Space?" Nanmen Jue said, somewhat amused and bored. "I'm just here to find someone."
"Looking for someone?" The crow was stunned.
"Yes, can you help me find someone?" Nanmen Jue stared at him. "If you can help me find someone, I'll take you away."
Where should we look for people?
"She's entered the cycle of reincarnation too." Nanmen Jue's breath caught in his throat, tinged with a subtle hope. "Can it be done?"
The crow was silent for a moment, then said, "I can help you find this person in any world of the universe, but she happens to be in the Reincarnation Space. As I said before, the Supreme God doesn't like me, so I can't exert my power here."
"Oh." Nanmen Jue couldn't hide his disappointment. "So you can't do it."
"..." The crow leaped up and snatched a lock of Nanmen Jue's hair in its beak. "Nanmen Jue, that's enough! You're the one who's no good!"
Nanmen Jue remained silent, since it didn't actually attack.
The crow tugged twice, but seeing that she didn't move, it felt embarrassed and landed back in front of her. "Even if I can't help you find her directly, you can take me into every post-apocalyptic world, and I can help you sense it. Isn't that much better than you wandering around like a headless fly? Every world is so big, how long would it take you to find her by yourself?"
"Deal," Nanmen Jue said decisively.
"Besides perception, I also said I'd help you improve your strength... Huh? You agreed?" The crow stared in disbelief.
"Agreed, that's settled."
The crow fell silent, a hint of unease in its eyes. "Why do I feel so uneasy... Did you do something to trick me?"
"How could that be? Don't you see we're beings from the same dimension? How could I possibly trick you?" Nanmen Jue said with a smile.
“That makes sense…” the crow said, still somewhat doubtful.
"But since you're now my prop, how about I give you a name?" A sly glint flashed in Nanmen Jue's eyes. "You're completely black, and I found you in the snow, so how about we call you Snow Blackie?"
"..." The crow suppressed the urge to fight the humans, a vein bulging on its forehead. "I have a name, I'm called Nuo, Little Nuo!"
"But Xiao Hei is more suitable."
"Not suitable!"
"What's wrong with it?"
"Nanmen Jue, I'll bite you to death!"
The crow fluttered up and was buried in the feathers on its belly by Nanmenjue, who took a deep breath.
"Sucking on a fluffy creature is truly the ultimate pleasure in life..."
"Aaaaaah, Nanmen Jue, what did you do?!" Crow practically screamed at the top of her lungs, all traces of the noble and aloof demeanor she had when they first met completely gone. "Just because I don't have a gender doesn't mean I can be this rude!"
"What gender does a furry creature need?" Nanmen Jue chuckled as he hugged Him, then casually asked, "These cycles of reincarnation are real, aren't they?"
Xiao Nuo froze.
"It really is true." Nanmen Jue was still smiling, but his eyes darkened.
“It’s true,” Xiao Nuo said. “The main god transformed these real worlds into apocalyptic worlds, absorbing their despair and fear. The more it absorbs, the stronger it becomes. The people here are also real. When they all die, it replaces them with new ones, or a new batch of people from other worlds are introduced and their memories are altered, just like it implants the false memories of you reincarnators into other people’s brains. It’s just that doing this consumes too much energy, so it prefers to simply change to another world.”
“That sounds like such an arrogant god,” Nanmen Jue sneered.
The crow didn't respond.
"Then what does it want the corpses of the reincarnators for?" Nanmen Jue asked again. "And what's the point of female corpses being more valuable than male corpses?"
“I don’t know either.” Xiao Nuo’s tone lowered. “When you saw me, I had just managed to sneak into this place, and I hadn’t had time to investigate anything yet.”
“Then, one last question,” Nanmenjue said.
Xiao Nuo thought she was going to ask about her true identity, so she quietly puffed out her chest, feeling inexplicably nervous.
He didn't want to reveal his identity to her yet, not only for his own sake but also for her safety. Besides, what if the cooperation fell through if she found out? He probably wouldn't be able to find another collaborator as excellent as him.
He felt it was a stroke of luck to meet Nanmen Jue when he entered the first world.
He heard Nanmenjue ask, "What is your purpose?"
Xiao Nuo was stunned. "What?"
"What is your purpose in going through all this trouble to enter this place, and even more cycles of reincarnation?" Nanmenjue asked.
Little Nuo opened its beak and made two clattering sounds. After struggling for a moment, it said sincerely, "Nanmen, I can't say for now. It's not that I don't want to, but you are too weak right now. Some things will affect you even if you just hear them, unless you can guess them yourself. However, I can guarantee with my dignity that my purpose does not conflict with yours."
Swearing on his dignity, it seems that dignity is truly the most important thing to this guy.
Xiao Nuo was a little nervous, her dark eyes fixed on Nanmen Jue. Nanmen Jue smiled slightly and touched her chin.
"Just knowing this is enough."
"Now you can send me back. I have too many scores to settle... Is the temporary enchantment offer still valid?"
"Didn't you exchange it for something else?"
"Don't be so stingy. It'll be good for you if you let me eliminate this threat to the world sooner."
"What benefit is there? You're just exploiting me!"
"You can't do it?"
"..." Xiao Nuo almost choked on her breath, and reluctantly changed her mind, "Okay, but to get past the rules, you have to give me points."
"What do you need points for if you're not the main god?"
“Points are the embodiment of a certain energy that you exchange for your negative emotions, which is equivalent to the rules in this system,” Xiao Nuo said. “If you obtain something that is transformed from a certain energy, such as a prop or an ability, but do not pay out any energy, you will be judged as violating the rules.”
"I understand. It's like cheating in a game. If the system detects it, the account will be banned."
Nanmen Jue didn't think this was a problem; she only needed to keep a little over 10,000 points to survive. So, she confidently asked, "How many do you want?"
"A prop of this strength... fifty thousand, after all, it's temporary, so it's not too expensive."
Nanmen Jue's smile froze on his face: "How much?"
Xiao Nuo sensed a hint of danger and blinked her dark, round eyes at her.
Nanmen Jue took a deep breath. "As expected, all crows are black. I'm not participating in this event. I'm leaving."
Xiao Nuo suddenly had a change of heart, fluttered onto her shoulder, and nudged her face with her head. "I know you're poor, and I won't look down on you. But you're right, you are indeed at a disadvantage. How about this, I'll temporarily block your sense of pain. This is the maximum I can do to circumvent the rules, and I won't charge you any points."
"At least you have some conscience..."
The figures of the man and the crow gradually disappeared.
Nanmen Jue suddenly opened his eyes.
It was still dark, and the snow was still falling. The strong smell of blood filled her nostrils and throat, and she realized that the smell was coming from herself.
Snowflakes kept falling, covering her entire body. If someone were to pass by at that moment, they would surely think she was a gruesome corpse. The sudden opening of her eyes by such a body would be as shocking as a zombie coming back to life.
It seems that I didn't linger long with Xiao Nuo.
Nanmen Jue raised her arm; the snow had frozen into ice on it. She shivered twice, revealing her arm riddled with holes.
She felt something strange under her chest. She slowly lifted her clothes and found that one of her ribs was almost completely broken and was lying there. However, because her pain receptors were blocked, she didn't feel anything. It even looked a little funny.
“Wow,” she said softly.
Even forensic doctors would probably rarely see a corpse like this.
Even Nanmen Jue himself found it hard to believe how he had managed to climb up from the bottom of the cliff with such a body.
It seems that being repaid with kindness by a crow is not just a dream.
Otherwise, how could she have survived such severe injuries, without even feeling any pain?
Nanmen Jue slowly tucked his ribs back into his clothes to secure them, and slowly recalled everything that had happened before. All his hatred was directed at one place—the Gray Tower.
She stood up.
...
As dawn broke, at the devastated rebel base, Qin Yehan and Tong Gu were arguing.
"How do you know where they went! Brother Qin, calm down!" Tong Gu grabbed Qin Yehan. "We need you more here!"
"She'll die! Did you hear their description? That's clearly a high-level radiation monster! Nanmen, she'll die!" Qin Yehan forcefully shoved him away. "You're enough here. I have to go find her!"
"But even if you go, it'll just be one more person dying!" Tong Gu roared. "Is that something we can handle? The most important thing to do now is to notify Gray Tower!"
"Grey Tower?" Qin Yehan suddenly calmed down. "Do you think the Grey Tower is still the same Grey Tower it used to be?"
Tong Gu was speechless.
Even if the Gray Tower disagreed with their ideals, it would never have done anything to kill people without reason. However, now the Gray Tower has probably fallen into the hands of villains. It harms the innocent and turns ordinary people into things like radiation monsters. It is no longer the Gray Tower they remember.
Tong Gu had nothing to say, but he still grabbed Qin Yehan, his young eyes filled with an unprecedented determination.
“I can’t let you go, Brother Qin,” he said hoarsely. “I know Nanmen is important, but she might already be… You can’t risk your own life.”
Qin Yehan remained silent for a long time, gazing into the vast distance where faint traces of the tracks left by Nanmen Jue's car still lingered.
“I have to go.” He said slowly, and under Tong Gu’s suddenly changed gaze, he firmly took his hand away. “I need to see him alive or dead.”
Tong Gu's hand fell limply to his side; he knew Qin Yehan would not compromise.
Qin Yehan strode across the ruins, while Tong Gu went back to continue cleaning up the battlefield. Before they had taken two steps, the sound of a car seemed to faintly rise.
"Brother Qin, did you hear that?" Tong Gu's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement. "It's a car, it's a car!"
Qin Yehan also stopped in his tracks. They looked expectantly in the direction from which the sound came, and sure enough, it was the same car from before, driving towards them from the gradually brightening dawn. The two of them excitedly clasped hands together.
"Brother Qin, it's the South Gate! It's the South Gate!"
Tong Gu shouted and rushed out before Qin Yehan to meet him.
"South Gate! Is that you, South Gate?!"
The car that had driven off was no longer in its upper section; what was exposed to the cold wind was indeed Nanmen Jue's face. Tong Gu's excitement made him ignore everything else, and he excitedly rushed over and pounded on the car door.
"You actually survived! Was that really a high-level monster? How did you..."
The car door opened, and Nanmen Jue got out. Tong Gu's voice stopped abruptly, and Qin Yehan, who had caught up from behind, froze on the spot.
Nanmen Jue found a coat in the car and put it on, but it was still obvious that she was covered in blood and that parts of her skin and flesh had been torn off.
Tong Gu took several steps back, his eyes filled with terror.
"This, this is..."
Qin Yehan's eyes darkened, and he pulled out his gun, pointing it at Nanmen Jue.
"Who are you?"
A piece of skin had also peeled off Nanmen Jue's face, revealing bright red muscle, which added a ghostly aura to her exquisite appearance. She looked like a beautiful, alluring ghost, and smiled slightly at the two of them.
Even Qin Yehan's pupils widened in shock.
"I just went to fight a monster, and when I came back I didn't recognize it," Nanmen Jue said with a smile. "I'll be sad."
“Nanmen…Jue?” Tong Gu asked in a trembling voice, “You, are you even human?”
“I don’t want to be human anymore, I want to be a vengeful ghost,” Nanmen Jue said. “But unfortunately, from a biological point of view, I am still human.”
Seeing that she was articulate and articulate, the two had to believe that she was indeed still human, but... how could that be!
Their gazes fell upon her, and any normal person would find it hard to believe that the one speaking was not a corpse or a monster.
Regardless of the shock she had caused them, Nanmen Jue said calmly, "I'm leaving. Want to come along?"
Qin Yehan: "What are you doing?"
“Even if we don’t become vengeful ghosts, we will still seek revenge.” Nanmen Jue cast his gaze into the distance, and the two recognized the direction as the Gray Tower.
“Now…now?” Tong Gu’s voice was still trembling. “Nanmen, you look terrible right now…”
“Nanmen, I know you’re anxious, but you need treatment.” Qin Yehan lowered his gun and tried to approach Nanmen Jue. “Let’s go back first…”
“Zhang Chuxi is dead,” Nanmen Jue suddenly said.
The news came as a complete surprise, and both of them fell silent.
They could all see how much Nanmen Jue cared about Zhang Chuxi these past few days.
“I have another debt to settle with Xu Yang, and I can’t wait another minute.” Nanmen Jue exhaled softly, like a pressure cooker with gas at full pressure, ready to explode at the slightest touch. Her gaze was fierce, just like on the first day she came into this world, as she reached out her hand to Qin Yehan.
Give me the gun.
Qin Yehan looked at her and asked, "Are you seeking revenge, or just venting your anger?"
Is there a difference?
“Revenge has a purpose, and you will care about yourself; venting anger is irrational.”
Nanmen Jue didn't speak, but just smiled. This smile was both gentle and ruthless, fully revealing the unspoken words.
Qin Yehan asked again, "How confident are you?"
Nanmen Jue simply stretched out his hand firmly and repeated, "Give it to me."
Tong Gu was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.
Qin Yehan looked at her for a moment, and just like that day, he placed his gun in her hand and said, "This time, I'll go with you."
Even if there's a chance of never returning?
"I believe in you," Qin Yehan said, "and I believe in myself too."
Nanmen Jue glanced at him and said, "Go to my room and bring out my crow."
Both of them were taken aback. "A crow?"
“Yes, Crow…” Nanmen Jue raised his eyes, “No need, He has already arrived.”
A beautiful black bird descended from the sky and landed steadily on Nanmen Jue's shoulder, much to the astonishment of the two.
"Isn't this the place you were with that day..."
"Let me reintroduce you, this is Xiao Nuo," Nanmen Jue said.
...
The Gray Dome still stands on the desolate land, like a lonely city abandoned by the gods.
Unlike before, the area around the Gray Tower is now filled with low-level radiation monsters.
Previously, Gray Tower would send people out every day to clean up the area to ensure a stable number of monsters and maintain a safe environment for Gray Tower. Now, it seems that after Xu Yang took control of Gray Tower, he stopped paying attention to the surrounding environment.
Most reincarnators don't care about the lives or deaths of the original inhabitants, and Xu Yang is an exception.
Nanmen Jue was covered in blood, with a crow perched on his shoulder, watching the monster horde surrounding the Gray Tower from afar on the hill.
Qin Yehan and Tong Gu stood behind her, exchanged a glance, and both hesitated.
Qin Yehan said softly, "Nanmen, it's not too late to go back now."
"Go back? We've come this far, isn't it too late to say that?"
Nanmen Jue took the lead and walked down the hillside. "To be precise, I'm mainly here to settle a personal grudge. You don't need to get involved. Wait for me here, or go back."
Qin Yehan looked at Tong Gu, who crossed his arms and made a big X in front of his chest.
"We're already this far, it's too late to go back now." He replied to Qin Yehan's gaze with Nanmen Jue's words, "I'm not staying here either. I've conquered the Gray Tower alone, and this achievement is enough for me to brag about until I'm in my coffin!"
These people are all stubborn like the same thing, and none of them can convince the others.
Qin Yehan let out a long sigh of relief, looking at the monster below the hillside, his brows and eyes relaxed.
"Let's do something big then."
Everyone thought this would be a fierce battle, and even Tong Gu and Qin Yehan were prepared to die. Before setting off, Qin Yehan had arranged things at the base. In fact, there wasn't much to do. Their home had been destroyed, and if they didn't win this time, it would be difficult for them to find a safe place to live again quickly. The two of them followed Nanmen Jue out with the determination to fight to the death.
Determined warriors are not afraid of death; they are only afraid that the future they have fought for will never come. But in the face of fear, they will risk everything!
The three men, like three wolves starving after a winter's hiatus, rushed down the hillside, ready to wreak havoc. However, as Nanmen Jue, who was at the front, walked up to the monsters, an unbelievable scene unfolded.
Before Nanmen Jue could get close, the monsters seemed to sense some terrifying aura, and they scattered in all directions with shrieks, fleeing frantically. The closer Nanmen Jue got, the more frightened they became, and they even attacked each other to speed up their escape, turning themselves into a chaotic mess.
The two people behind him were stunned, but Nanmen Jue quickly understood.
"Blood." She chuckled softly. "Looks like that Tyrannosaurus Rex didn't leave me nothing after all."
The two understood what she meant, and their gazes towards her changed.
Zhang Chuxi died, and Nanmen Jue also barely escaped with her life, but no one believed that she had actually killed that high-level radiation monster, something that even heavy weapons could hardly destroy! In the past, every time a high-level monster appeared, the Gray Tower would have to sacrifice many people.
However, Nanmen Jue clearly stated: the monster is dead.
The monster is dead, but she's still alive. What does that mean? It means the monster truly died at her hands!
“South Gate, is that really, really…?” Tong Gu asked in a low voice.
Nanmen Jue did not answer; no answer was the best answer.
The fact that two people managed to take down a high-level radiation monster is a legendary feat in this world, but Nanmen Jue doesn't want to mention it or recall it at all.
She didn't want to recall its dangerous dance at the edge of the towering cooling tower, the piercing cry of the kingbird as it fell into the tower, the blinding flash of light when the tower exploded... she didn't want to recall the gun barrel pointed at her.
That shot was truly spectacular; Nanmen Jue felt it couldn't even compare to the explosion of a cooling tower. The flash almost blinded her; who could deny that her blurred vision at that moment wasn't due to her tears?
The three fell silent. The raven perched on Nanmen Jue's shoulder let out a loud, long cry. As the monsters retreated like Moses parting the Red Sea, they smoothly arrived at the gate of the Gray Tower.
The gray tower responded with silent resistance.
“Xu Yang,” Nanmen Jue said, “I have what you want.”
The gate remained unmoved.
With a small metal chip between his bloodied fingertips, Nanmen Jue waved it in front of the camera and calmly said, "Do you think I'm as dishonest as you?"
The scene where Nanmen Jue and Moses parted the Red Sea can also be seen in the tower. Xu Yang was probably quite frightened by Nanmen Jue's vengeful ghost appearance. Even after seeing the chip, he did not open the door immediately. Nanmen Jue tilted his head and touched the crow on his shoulder with his face.
“Xiao Nuo, go find the entrance.” She looked at the camera again. “If you let me in, we can sit at a table and talk. But if I find my way in myself, you’d better stay asleep with one eye open.”
Her tone was calm, as if she were just stating a fact that was obvious to the naked eye, as simple as one plus one equals two. But her eyes were deep and ruthless, and the scene just now was so shocking that everything about her seemed demonized. Even if everyone knew that the Gray Tower was impregnable, who knew what kind of monster her raven was?
With a loud creak, the gate of the Gray Tower slowly opened in front of Nanmen Jue.
The heavily armed guards were surrounded by hordes of Regression Monsters, who were fully armed and nervously pointing their guns at the three people who walked in.
These monsters, like those outside, became extremely fearful and frantic upon seeing Nanmen Jue enter, and the soldiers could hardly control them.
Qin Yehan and Tong Gu automatically stepped back, tacitly agreeing to let Nanmen Jue take the lead.
Nanmen Jue looked around, his voice indifferent.
"So there were still living people inside the tower."
"Take me to Xu Yang's place, and I won't make things difficult for you."
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