Chapter 064 Three Sentences Fill the World-weary Villain with Hope (Twenty-nine)
The light shone on the thin eyelids, stimulating the fragile human pupils with its cold and sharp light. Chen Yunli grumbled in his sleep and couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his eyes. His sore muscles were stretched and pulled by his subconscious movements, causing an unbearable dull and numb pain.
Chen Yunli woke up instantly: "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!..."
"You're awake."
A gentle voice came from the side and fell to the ground with the shaking light.
Chen Yunli gritted his teeth and looked over there, only to see a figure sitting in the corner with legs bent, several pieces of cut wires scattered at his feet. He was holding two intact wires in his hands, which he was skillfully and neatly connecting to the base of a light bulb.
He'd probably modified the bulb; aside from the original glass casing, all the other parts had been replaced. After connecting the wires, the person holding them gave a slight shake, and the flickering light in the room suddenly stabilized.
Although it wasn't particularly bright, it was still pitch dark. Chen Yunli also used the light to see the man's face clearly.
Not surprisingly, it was Chen Qiaoyun.
I don’t know if the medicine the system found for Chen Yunli was really magical, or if Chen Qiaoyun’s own self-healing ability was different from that of ordinary people, but the wound on his abdomen was mostly healed compared to when he applied the medicine. The bandage had been removed, and through the gap in the torn clothes, only a bright red scar with tender flesh could be seen.
His face was still pale from excessive blood loss, and his lips were so pale that they were almost transparent, but it did not in the least detract from his calm temperament and expression.
"You..." Chen Yunli propped himself up and asked carefully, "Are you... the person I rescued?"
The man nodded. "My name is Chen Qiaoyun. I was originally a member of Shelter 19. I know a little bit about electrical repair."
As he spoke, he smeared a layer of liquid on the base of the repaired light bulb, placed it upside down on the roof, held it down for three seconds, and then let go. The light bulb was firmly stuck on it.
Chen Yunli took advantage of the few seconds while he was busy to quickly glance around and found that the pile of debris in the corner had been tidied up and arranged in two rows according to categories, and the number was reduced by one third.
Needless to say, that one-third should be used to make light bulbs for lighting.
Chen Yunli rubbed his aching arm and asked, "How did you make the light bulb light up?"
Chen Qiaoyun rummaged through his pocket and opened his palm, on which were two batteries of different models.
Chen Yunli gave him a thumbs up.
After waking up from a sleep, Chen Yunli did some exercise and the muscle soreness was relieved a lot. However, he felt dull pain and stabbing pain in his chest from time to time, which might be the sequelae of being stared at by the evil god.
However, he was fortunate to be able to recover to this state. With normal movement and self-protection abilities, he could finally start his "Evil God Conquest Plan".
This is a protracted battle. Apart from other things, whether Chen Wenjian can be found and how to get close to him without dying after finding him is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.
They say that everything is difficult at the beginning, but if you think about it carefully, this is too difficult.
Chen Yunli shook his head, sighed, and staggered towards the place where he had placed his food before falling asleep. "How long have I been sleeping... Never mind, let me ask this another way. How long have you been awake?"
"It's hard to have the concept of time other than day and night in the ruins. If I have to say, it's about two hours - what are you looking for?" Chen Qiaoyun made a rigorous conclusion, but found that he was not listening.
"Food and water."
Chen Yunli pushed away the stone in front of him and lifted the wooden board underneath. There was a small space two feet square under the board, which contained several bottles of purified water, some dry and hard bread, and a can of sardines.
"Would you like to eat something together?" He sat down against the stone and waved to Chen Qiaoyun.
Chen Qiaoyun paused, his calm expression breaking for the first time as a hint of disbelief appeared in his eyes. "Do you know how precious the food in the ruins is? Showing it to others so casually, sharing it with them, aren't you afraid of inviting disaster?"
Isn’t that because I trust you as a person?
Although Ming Shaotu and Ning Bufan have no memory of the previous copy, their personalities are almost the same. A gentleman like Chen Qiaoyun, no matter how much his character changes, would never do something like murder for money.
Chen Yunli thought so, but he couldn't say the truth. He could only put on a calm and confident look: "I've already brought you back to my shelter, why are you still afraid of this? Besides, in terms of force, you may not be able to beat me."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qiaoyun looked carefully at his body, which was not much thicker than a bamboo pole, and pinched the solid muscles on his arms. His expression was complicated for a moment, and he didn't know how to respond.
Chen Yunli laughed. "Hey, how long do you think you can survive in this ruin with just your physical strength? If your muscles could keep you safe, why are you lying on the side of the road, so badly injured?"
He took a bite of the strange-tasting sardines and said, "I am the one who survived the evil god's gaze."
Chen Qiaoyun widened his eyes in shock, and took off like a cannonball. In the blink of an eye, he rushed in front of Chen Yunli and grabbed his shoulders.
"What did you say? You can resist the power of the evil god!"
Chen Yunli hissed, feeling the pain from his grip. "Let go! What are you getting so excited about? Didn't you hear me say to watch?"
"……Feel sorry."
Chen Qiaoyun withdrew his hand awkwardly. Compared with his previous calm demeanor, like an old monk in meditation, he now seemed more popular.
Chen Yunli handed him a bottle of water, observing his changing expression from the corner of his eye. After a long pause, he said, "I won't hide it from you. I'll leave this shelter sooner or later. I don't care about the things here. Anyone who sees it gets a share. My goal is to get closer to the evil god. Judging from your reaction just now, could it be that you have similar ideas as me?"
"If you mean destroying the evil god, then all living humans share the same idea." Chen Qiaoyun closed his eyes, his voice trembling slightly. "The once prosperous Li Kingdom had a population of over ten million, but now there are only less than four thousand left. All this is thanks to that guy!"
He could no longer maintain his calm appearance, and deep hatred was revealed in his eyes.
That evil god was forced out by you Li people.
Chen Yunli was secretly complaining when he suddenly felt something was wrong: "How many humans do you think are still in the ruins?"
"Thirty-six hundred and twelve people," Chen Qiaoyun reported the exact number. "That's the total number of people in Shelter No. 19, where I'm staying. Shelter No. 19 is also the largest shelter in the ruins. If you add in the members of smaller shelters like this one, there are probably nearly four thousand people."
“…”
The system said that there were only one hundred humans left in the original world.
The data given by Chen Qiaoyun was nearly four thousand people.
The system will not make mistakes, so what exactly are these more than 3,000 "people"?
Chen Yunli immediately realized that his plan had to change. Before setting out to look for Chen Wenjian, he had to go to Shelter No. 19 to check out the situation.
He didn't want to end up in a situation where, after finally getting Chen Wenjian to agree to rebuild human civilization, he turned around and saw that he was the only human left in the world. That would be a world-shattering spectacle, and he didn't want to see it.
Chen Yunli asked, "Where is Shelter No. 19?"
"You want to go?" Chen Qiaoyun seemed to disagree. "Although the place is large, resources are just as scarce. And because there are so many people, the competition for resources is more intense than in other shelters. You have a shelter all to yourself, so there's no need to wade into the muddy waters there."
Chen Yunli thought for a moment and said, "Shelter No. 19 didn't have so many people in the beginning, did it?"
Chen Qiaoyun's eyes flickered. "Yes. Shelter 19 originally only had a few hundred people. It was the only relatively intact building in the ruins, an abandoned central park. The park once housed supermarkets, restaurants, an artificial lake, and other facilities, leaving behind a large amount of food, water, and tools. This attracted more and more survivors from other shelters, and the population swelled to this point."
"With a large population, conflicts and disputes naturally increase. Recently, a strange trend has emerged in the sanctuary—a group has begun to believe in the evil god who destroyed this world, believing him to be omniscient and almighty. They believe that serving him, worshipping him, and begging for his forgiveness and protection are the only way to rebuild human civilization."
Chen Yunli's eyebrows jumped. This didn't sound like the thoughts of a normal person, but with the world in such ruin, it didn't seem surprising that among the remaining people there would be one or two who worshipped absolute power, or one or two who were willing to give up hatred for a stable life.
The question is, are the initiators and followers of this trend really human?
There were only a hundred true humans left, so what were the rest? And what exactly were those monsters trying to do by leveraging their numbers to stir up this trend?
What made Chen Yunli feel a chill on his back was that he intuitively felt that there was someone behind this matter.
If there is no extremely strong external force intervening to resolve Chen Wenjian's hatred for humans, then it is better to believe that he is Qin Shi Huang than to believe that he will save humanity.
Moreover, although there was no evidence, Chen Yunli felt that instead of crushing all humans outright, he could let them band together, then mix a large amount of sand among them, and then use this sand to fabricate a bright direction and future for them, ultimately extinguishing their hopes and causing them to die in anger and despair at having been fooled...
Very much like what Chen Wenjian would do.
This was the style he used to torture his two adopted sons in the last dungeon.
The more he thought about it, the more horrified he became. Chen Yunli ate a piece of bread in a few bites, stood up and said, "Take me to Shelter No. 19, and I'll write off my saving you."
Chen Qiaoyun stood up and stopped trying to persuade him. Instead, she said, "If you regret it, I will come back here with you."
"OK."
Seeing Chen Yunli's ready agreement, Chen Qiaoyun nodded, reached out and took down the lightbulb from the roof and handed it to him: "Take this. Lighting is a scarce resource in any shelter, and it can be exchanged for a lot of food."
"This was made by you, you can keep it." Chen Yunli waved his hand. He didn't have the habit of taking other people's things for free.
"Without your materials, I can't make it either." Chen Qiaoyun thought for a moment, "How about this, we split the materials in exchange, half each, how about that?"
"good."
Neither of them was the type to hesitate or shy away. After making the decision, they ate most of the food that Chen Yunli had found earlier to replenish their strength. They each took a little of the remaining food to eat on the way, and then they dug out two heavy metal sticks from the pile of debris in the shelter for self-defense. Then they set out on the road to Shelter No. 19.
It is daytime now. Chen Yunli thinks of the plot summary of this world and guesses with mixed feelings that Chen Wenjian should be basking in the sun somewhere and that the ruins are safe for the time being.
I don’t know if his resentment towards the world has diminished a bit after having that “dream”.
If there is, it seems to be an injustice to the suffering he has endured. If there is not, it is not a good thing for him, for others, and for the world.
Oh, what a terrible plot.
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