This mechanical white city is extremely cold.
There was a smell of rust in the air, and most of the buildings were white or gray. Colorful signboards were hung between the rows of houses. The whole city seemed to be rotting like a withered rose.
Su Mingan abandoned the roundabout without fuel and walked alone along the alley. During the walk, he saw many people living like sewer rats.
People huddled beside the garbage or underground water pipes, stinking of garbage and staring at him as he passed by with wolf-like eyes.
In the psoriasis advertisement on the telephone pole, Su Mingan saw a call for submissions.
It said that as long as the family provided the girl to the inner city for transformation, they would receive a large reward.
……nausea.
Su Mingan took down the advertisement and tore it into pieces.
Those who accept transformation and become reproduction machines will become neither human nor ghost. For money, they give up their loved ones and are no different from the devil.
While there was still time, he released a clone.
The next moment, white light gathered in front of his eyes——
An identical Su Mingan appeared in front of him, and he felt the sensation of multitasking, almost as if a small window had been opened in his field of vision, preventing him from feeling dizzy.
The clone opened his eyes, and because he had the ability to think for himself, the look in his eyes was completely different from before. He looked gently and calmly at Su Mingan in front of him.
"Hello, original body." said the clone.
"What's your name?" Su Mingan said.
"Don't worry about it... I am you, I am just a variation of your personality in the endless future... You can control me and give me orders at any time, even death." The clone's eyes were always smiling: "If you insist on having a name, call me Ming. I love all the light and beauty in the world."
"It's hard to imagine that my personality would become like this." Su Mingan looked at this young man who looked exactly like himself but had the temperament of a knight. Perhaps this was himself in the "warm man" state.
"You find a way to find Noel and track his movements." Su Ming'an handed the "Rusty Iron Rod (White Level)" to the clone as a weapon.
"Understood." The clone said solemnly: "Don't pay too much attention to me. I will report the situation to you. If necessary, please feel free to give me orders through your mind."
The clone turned and left the alley.
Su Mingan entered the shadow of the city. He adjusted the live broadcast perspective to his clone, wanting to see what the result would be.
He could still see the barrage of comments, but the perspective of the comments was from the clone's side and he couldn't see him.
…
[Hey? Hey, is this the clone? ] There is a comment.
[Alas, as spectators, we can only watch Su Mingan from afar. We are a bunch of trash...]
…
"You are not trash." The clone smiled and said, "Although you cannot be a beacon, you still have your own light. In my eyes, you are still shining like stars... Never give up your future. After all, Zhai Xing's victory will eventually belong to each and every one of you."
The barrage of comments was strangely silent for a moment.
Then, it surged like an explosion, with some crying for joy, some shouting wildly with excitement, and some even becoming a mess of speechless excitement.
The clone chatted with the barrage all the way, with an extremely gentle tone.
"...Don't underestimate yourselves. You are also the future of mankind."
"…Believe in your own potential. No one is born the strongest. It's still early, and you still have the qualifications to continue working hard."
"...You like me like this? Thank you, but I think if you like someone, you have to like everything about him."
…
The comments were filled with cries, and the heat was higher than ever.
[It’s too late, I’m done, I’ve fallen]
[He smiled at us... He is a real beacon]
[Isn't it good that the No. 1 player has become a clone? He was so arrogant before, "I am the best in the world", it's really annoying to see him. 】
[I declare that I have officially joined the Lighthouse faction! I will become an adventure player in the next world! I will follow Su Mingan's footsteps and always follow my bright moon - although it is very small, I also want to shine!]
…
"——Su Ming'an?" A voice called out, it was the world number two Noel. Noel had just escaped from the hospital and found the wandering clone.
The clone raised his head: "Hello, do you want to cooperate?"
"Of course, you are Su Mingan's clone?" Noel understood at a glance: "Isn't it a good choice for the No. 1 and No. 2 on the list to cooperate?"
Although Noel looks like a little child, his actual age is already 25 years old. His youthful appearance originated from a surgical experiment.
As the world's number two, Noel's IQ and EQ are definitely not low, and he has an extraordinary sensitivity to clues.
"Let's go, Noel." The clone said to him with a smile: "Although this world is disgusting, it is still worth saving... Let's explore the secret that made it bad, heal it, save it, and I believe it will become what we like."
His gentle words carried a convincing firmness, and his eyes were filled with endless and inspiring expectations.
"Well... let's go." Noel was stunned by his smile and followed him hesitantly.
The comments in the live broadcast room were very excited, but Noel was sensitive to the changes in human emotions. The clone in front of him seemed more approachable than the previous No. 1 player, but there was danger in his words.
...What the clone said was, "the appearance we like" rather than "the appearance the city should have" - the seemingly fearless Light-Chasing Knight, if there is only open light in his heart, then everything in the gray area is an inferior product that needs to be cleared away.
How terrible, Noel thought, and followed.
…
Su Mingan continued to explore in the alley. Without the noise of the audience, he felt free and at ease.
He stretched out his hand to shield the snow from his head, and suddenly heard a burst of intense footsteps, followed by a gray figure running towards him.
"—Stop her! Don't let her get away!"
"——Offer this woman a full fifty thousand, don't let her be snatched away by some other bastard!"
The gruff voices of men from the back merged into one, as they chased after a blonde girl with blue eyes.
Her head was covered with snow and she was shivering from the cold.
Her eyes lit up when she saw Su Ming'an. She grabbed the corner of Su Ming'an's clothes with her dirty hands and looked at him with her sea-blue eyes: "Please, save me... I don't want to be taken away for reform. I'm not a resource..."
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