Chapter 156

It’s a pity that they didn’t get to drive the cool Batmobile.

Although Kuai Le repeatedly emphasized that she had passed the driving test before her death, and even if she only had one leg, she could still step on the accelerator to fly, Xu Ming still ruthlessly rejected this proposal - the fact that they had no one to drive was only one aspect, and the more important thing was that it was just called the Batmobile, which didn’t mean it could really fly.

At least the one they had in their hands couldn’t.

Now the ground was occupied by monsters, and the traffic was so congested that there was no end in sight. As a social animal who had rushed through many morning rush hours, Xu Ming knew that it was definitely not wise to choose a ground vehicle at this time. Therefore, she still preferred something that could fly.

Of course, it’s not to say that flying in the air is absolutely safe... but it’s better than being stuck on the road.

Fortunately, this matter is not difficult to handle. Guo Shuyi received the message left by Xu Ming in her strange story, and hurried to the elevator. She added a flying car setting to the safe zone on the current floor, and then went to pick up the goods directly. The whole process took less than ten minutes.

As for the problem that no one could drive the car, it was quickly solved.

...Because Guo Shuyi, at the instruction of Xu Ming, also found Gu Yunshu.

Gu Yunshu could not enter her strange story. Fortunately, they had more than one smuggling channel. Guo Shuyi had a copy of the No. 9 rule book in her hand, and she could use her skills to directly put Gu Yunshu into the rule book first. The

derivatives and storage objects of the two rule books are interoperable, in other words, they share a "storage cabinet". While she was putting the people in, Xu Ming opened the "cabinet", and Gu Yunshu was painlessly transferred to the world behind the door.

Xu Ming only hated that as the holder of the rule book, he could not be put into his own rule book. Otherwise, he could just run away in this way, why bother with so much trouble.

And Kuai Le's feeling about this was -

so you are not only engaged in smuggling. You

are also engaged in illegal immigration.

Your unit is really illegal.

"..." Xu Ming did not want to comment on this. Anyway, no matter what, someone has to drive.

Xu Ming did not actually specify Gu Yunshu, but asked Guo Shuyi to ask if there is anyone who can drive. It was Gu Yunshu who volunteered to come after hearing about the situation. Xu Ming did not know until this moment that he had passed the driving test before, and it was the most difficult A license.

After coming over, while listening to Xu Ming's explanation, she sat in the driver's seat and pushed hard. Without much effort, she actually managed to drive the car.

"All right." After checking the condition of the car again, Gu Yunshu turned her neck habitually, leaned her elbow directly on the open car window, and nodded to Xu Ming outside, "Boss, it's done."

Because Kuai Le was present, she couldn't decide whether to call Xu Ming Director, so she simply changed to a more vague title.

Xu Ming quickly moved all the things into the car. Originally, he wanted to take back Kuai Le's rule book, but unexpectedly, this guy held the two magic wands and refused to let him go. There was no choice but to move them into the car as well and firmly fixed them in the back seat.

Then, not long after -

accompanied by a loud sound of shattering glass, the balcony of a small building on the street suddenly opened, and a small car rushed out with a roar.

Immediately following was the sound of happy cheers from the back seat. Xu Ming turned dizzy in the strong turbulence, and in a trance, he felt as if there was a boiling kettle sitting next to him.

"Flying! Wings! So cool!!" The hot kettle was still screaming, while looking out the window. Gu Yunshu pushed the gear lever, and the car pulled up steadily, just brushing the edge of a monster's tentacle, and in a blink of an eye it rose several meters.

"Are you feeling okay?" Gu Yunshu didn't speak until the car started to move smoothly, scanning the rearview mirror while speaking.

Their current altitude had already surpassed most of the buildings on the street, and even passed through the clouds. Looking through the mirror, the view was wide.

...However, Gu Yunshu stared for a while, but frowned slightly.

"It is recommended not to open the window." She whispered, speeding up again, "There seems to be something in the back."

"...Yeah." Xu Ming also noticed it. Looking out of the rear window, you can see the thick fog floating from somewhere.

I didn't see anything at all when I was on the ground.

"It's not surprising." Happy looked like he had expected this, "It's a ghost story, but it's not a reptile house. Why can't it fly?"

As he spoke, he took out both wands as if they were treasures. After looking at them for a while, he felt it was difficult to choose, so he turned to Xu Ming and asked for advice seriously:

"Do you think I should use Avada first, or throw out a Clow card first?"

Xu Ming: "..." I think you should first reflect on what you made me carry for several kilometers.

"Use whatever you like." Gu Yunshu naturally interrupted the conversation, "We are generous with props, if you want, you can take one in each hand."

After a pause, "Of course, this is only part of our employee benefits. We also provide good food and accommodation, especially for our abnormal existence, we are at the forefront of the industry... Don't you think so, boss?"

Xu Ming: "... Yeah," How can we not be at the forefront? They can only support one non-human in one unit, but we can only support two living people in one unit.

And now it's time, there's really no need to work so hard to sell Amway, Sister Yun.

Secretly rubbing his forehead, Xu Ming tried to comfort Kuai Le who was obviously too excited, and resigned himself to taking out a small pistol from his bag, then turned around and looked cautiously at the thick mist behind him.

In fact, Kuai Le recommended her to use the "Shika Stone", which was said to be able to produce unlimited bombs. However, Xu Ming studied it and felt it was a bit puzzling. For the sake of safety, he chose a more traditional pistol.

After waiting for a while, nothing appeared in the thick mist. Instead, Gu Yunshu in the front seat suddenly braked and let out a low cry.

Xu Ming was rushed forward by her sudden brakes, and was pulled back heavily by the safety belt. She opened her mouth to say something, but her eyes glanced out the window and she fell silent again.

...Mountain.

Xu Ming knew that this description was not accurate, but when she saw what was in front of her, her first reaction was indeed this.

Countless mountain-sized...deformations floating in the air.

Brains, hearts, severed hands, and tangled umbilical cords...Rotten fish moved their tails and gills like living things, and giant tadpoles swam around not far away, revealing trembling eyeballs that occupied their entire heads. Tentacles as big as mountains were wriggling in the clouds, and the clouds above her head dispersed, revealing a huge human face with a stiff expression.

There were countless moths around these deformed creatures.

Dead moths floating in the air.

... I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but Xu Ming had difficulty breathing. Everything seemed to be spinning in all directions, and a distant, vague humming sound came to his ears.

The state of happiness was obviously not very good. Xu Ming glanced at her suddenly pale face and made a prompt decision:

"Go down!"

She said sharply, but he felt that his voice seemed to be separated by a layer of membrane and could not be heard clearly: "Lower the altitude! Don't pass by them!"

Gu Yunshu lowered the car as she was told, but her brows wrinkled.

"If we go any lower, we will be discovered by the monsters below." She said, "No, they have already seen it."

The streets below were still crowded with monsters. Someone's back squirmed a few times, and suddenly a huge eye opened, staring fixedly at the car above.

With eyes, the mouth is not far away. The long and thin tongue suddenly popped out of the mouth, like a frog, and bounced straight towards the car in the air!

"That's it!" Kuai Le took a deep breath, but seemed to slow down, "Don't go up, it's easy to deal with the ones below!"

Halfway through the words, he had already opened the car window, and started to use his big tongue to attack the attacking tongue.

Xu Ming also had tentacles on this side. She hurriedly adjusted her state, opened the window and tried to shoot. The bullets fired out with a bang, but it seemed to be useless. The tentacles bounced twice on the spot, and suddenly swept towards the car!

The suction cup as big as the face almost hit the car window directly, but fortunately Gu Yunshu quickly turned his head and the steering wheel, and narrowly avoided it. Kuaile had finished casting a set of curses, and when she turned around to see the situation on Xu Ming's side, she immediately became anxious.

"Don't use guns, guns are useless!" She hurriedly said, "Where is the Shika Stone? Blow it up, blow up its body!"

"...That thing is very strange, okay!" Xu Ming muttered to save face, and fired a few more shots at the tentacles. Finding that it was indeed useless, he had no choice but to throw it away, turned around and picked up the legendary "Shika Stone", frantically summoned a bomb, and frantically threw it down -

"Bang". The bomb directly hit the body of the monster below.

Flesh and blood flew. The world was finally quiet.

The fresh flesh and blood attracted the attention of other monsters, and no one cared about the car in the air for the time being. Gu Yunshu was still worried that someone would open his eyes, so she carefully pulled the car up a little. But

she was very cautious and did not dare to rush into the clouds again.

After a few more bumps, she finally reached a relatively safe height. Xu Ming also slowly mastered the use of bombs - it must be said that after getting the hang of it, it is indeed better than a gun.

But in this way, the movement speed will inevitably be slower. But at least it is safe - just like Kuai Le said, it is easier to deal with those on the ground than those in the clouds.

After bombing most of the street in this way smoothly, Xu Ming's movements of throwing bombs became more and more skilled. In the end, even in the gaps between attacks, he could still find time to sort out his rule book.

The "Additional Work Badge Order" that she had issued to other people before had not expired yet, and now other employees were still diligently drawing work badges for her. All the drawn work badges were directly transferred to the rule book, and a large piece of them rustled off when the book was shaken.

Xu Ming took the time to quickly check it, and after confirming that there was no problem, he threw it directly out of the car window. Kuai Le looked at it from the side, a little curious:

"I wanted to ask before, didn't you activate the backup plan? Why are you still letting them make badges for you?"

"There's no such thing as too many of these." Xu Ming said, and threw down several more work badges, "and not many people here need them."

Kuai Le: "..." That's true.

"Besides, I can't guarantee how long these smuggled props can be used." Xu Ming thought for a moment, and added, "It's always good to have more."

She also brought the flashlight she got from Guo Shuyi before coming in. The props that were always effective in other places, here, they simply couldn't even be opened. This made Xu Ming more cautious - what if these props suddenly became useless.

Happy didn't think much of it.

"Don't worry, this place is quite far from the lighthouse, it shouldn't have any impact." She counted the Clow Cards in her hand and said, "The rules that support the operation of these props are very powerful, and they don't rely on the power of a single root, so the endurance should still be reliable."

She said firmly, and Xu Ming didn't ask any more questions. She just lowered her eyes thoughtfully, her eyes fell on her bag.

After a moment, she tentatively said, "Come to think of it, this flashlight was taken from Aunt Yang's building..."

As she spoke, she carefully observed Happy's expression. Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, Happy's movements suddenly paused.

Xu Ming pursed his lips slightly and continued, "It is a derivative of Mr. Pickpocket's root.

"If I remember correctly, Mr. Pickpocket and Aunt Yang should be here now.

"Maybe we can go back and look for it..."

"No." Before she finished speaking, she heard Happy suddenly speak, decisively, "Don't look back."

Xu Ming: "..."

The fingers that were arranging the work badge paused slightly, Xu Ming blinked, and did not respond. Gu Yunshu glanced at her expression through the rearview mirror and quietly slowed down the speed of the car.

The atmosphere in the car seemed to suddenly stiffen. Happy closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and spoke again:

"I know what you are thinking.

"You think they should not be trapped here. And you happen to have a way to help them. Just give them work badges, and then put them in the rule book like you saved me, and you can take them out directly..."

Happy's lips twitched slightly, and she clenched the wood in her hand:

"I don't think this method is useless. But I still think you shouldn't look back."

Xu Ming looked at her sideways, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, thought about it and closed it again. Before she could speak, Happy continued to talk to herself:

"I admit that you are a good kid, and you are very good, very, very good.

"Old Yang, the pickpocket, Da Zhuang... we were the first group of people who had the ability, but no matter who we were, we couldn't make such a big scene like you, and create so many interesting and powerful things."

Happy said, lowered his head and touched the wand in his hand again, and took a deep breath again:

"But because of this, I don't want you to go back.

"I said that the way we came here was a shortcut that someone had deliberately cleared. The lighthouse is not as harmless as you think. It is far more bizarre and unshakable than you think... Your aunt and others have witnessed this.

"You may think I'm cold-blooded, but my meaning is very clear. You are the key, a human being, and the person who deserves to be saved most in this situation. So I don't think you should take the risk to rescue a group of people who may not be rescued, that's it."

"..."

The car was still driving very slowly. Gu Yunshu looked at Xu Ming's expression through the rearview mirror, and it would be best to be prepared to turn around at any time.

After a moment, Xu Ming exhaled deeply.

"I think you are wrong." She said softly.

Happy: "..." She

closed her eyes helplessly. She opened her mouth to continue to persuade, and heard Xu Ming continue:

"First, I'm not as powerful as you say. Anyway, I'm definitely not as powerful as you.

"You are the ones walking in the front, I just followed in your footsteps to get here, that's all. "

While speaking, another tentacle stretched out from below. Xu Ming remained calm and threw a bomb down skillfully.

"Second, I don't think the power of the lighthouse is unshakable."

Clapping his hands to close the window, Xu Ming signaled Gu Yunshu to speed up, and continued on his own:

"The original 'root' can be used directly by people, but it will lead people to madness; the rule book that appeared later will not. The abnormal characteristics that were originally only possessed by a very small number of humans began to awaken in more people one day, and they are still called by the name you gave them - I don't think these things have nothing to do with you.

"Although I don't know exactly how you did it, I believe that you must have done something in places that others can't see, and it is what you did that gradually led the situation in a direction that is beneficial to mankind. You have been shaking the lighthouse in your own way, haven't you?"

Finally -

"I don't think you are cold-blooded at all."

Xu Ming said, leaning forward slightly and hugging Happy's shoulders: "I just think it's difficult for you."

"Maybe I can't do it now, but I promise you that sooner or later, I will get them all out. It may take some time, but I will."

She patted Happy's shoulder: "I will let you meet again."

Happy: "..."

"It's terrible." After a moment of silence, she struggled to push Xu Ming away and covered her eyes hard, "Are you really a child raised by Da Zhuang? Why is your temperament completely different?"

"No way, they look very similar." Xu Ming shrugged and sat back in his seat. "Um, do you need a tissue?" She should have some in her bag.

"Go away... no need." Kuai Le put his hand down and started looking at the Avatar outside with an expressionless face. Noticing that Xu Ming seemed to still be looking at him, he couldn't help but say, "Altered Roots don't have tears, OK?"

"Okay, okay, I understand." Xu Ming nodded quickly to show that he had learned his lesson, turned around and started throwing work badges and bombs down again.

Gu Yunshu, who had been paying attention to the rearview mirror, finally retracted his gaze, raised the corner of his mouth almost imperceptibly, and continued to drive the car towards the building.

This went on for a few more minutes, and finally approached the building. Gu Yunshu raised his head and looked down, but couldn't help but exclaimed.

"What's going on?" Xu Ming, who was busy picking up his work badge, raised his head quickly.

"Down below." Gu Yunshu carefully lowered the height of the car a little, "The situation is a bit strange."

The two people in the back seat hurriedly looked down, and then they all exclaimed "Huh" at the same time.

Just like Gu Yunshu said - it's really a bit strange.

They were less than two hundred meters away from the exit building at this time. From the air, it can be clearly seen that there are no monsters in front of the building.

There is only a cluster of plants.

It is the kind of huge plant with a human face and flesh that Xu Ming saw when he first came.

They stand in front of the building in a scattered manner, forming a small jungle; in front of this jungle, there is a small open space.

"These 'plants' will attract other monsters with their smell, and then melt them the moment they touch them." Happy whispered, "Maybe the surroundings were eaten up by them."

"Probably not." Gu Yunshu, who was in the front, said, motioning the two to move their eyes back.

——In front of the open space, there was a wall.

A high black wall directly blocked the middle of the road, dividing the entire road into two parts. It is estimated that because the color is similar to the building, Xu Ming and the others had never noticed this thing before.

"…Disgusting." Happy thought for a while and said from the bottom of his heart.

If they did not walk from the air, but walked here according to the original plan, it would not be mentioned whether they could get here; even if they walked here, they would be directly blocked by the high wall and forced to face the monster chasing behind them.

Even if they managed to break through the high wall, they would still have to face a bunch of human-faced plants in front of the building... I'm afraid they would collapse before they even get past it.

I have to say that the lighthouse really worked hard to keep Xu Ming.

"What should we do now?" Gu Yunshu turned to look at his director, "The open space below is big enough for parking. Do you think we should go down first, or launch an airstrike to flatten the plants?"

Excellent employees often give their own solutions while asking questions. Xu Ming thought for a moment and felt that it would be better to be safe.

"Let's hover above the open space first and try a long-range attack." She said.

Gu Yunshu nodded and drove the car to the open space. She took the time to look at the rearview mirror again and felt strange again:

"Boss, the fog behind seems to have dissipated."

"Yeah." Xu Ming also looked back after hearing this, and said while observing, "Just concentrate on driving, don't look back for now. Try to look at the lighthouse as little as possible..."

Before she finished speaking, the fog had dissipated completely. Gu Yunshu subconsciously looked at the rearview mirror again and saw the empty sky behind.

"Lighthouse? What lighthouse?" she asked curiously.

"..." But Xu Ming didn't say anything else.

Through the slightly dirty rear window, she could also see clearly - there was emptiness at the end of her sight, and the lighthouse that had been standing in the distance had disappeared just like that!

No, no, maybe it's not that he didn't see her...

A bad guess suddenly came to his mind. Just as Xu Ming was about to turn around and give an order, he heard a scream of joy and fear.

*

At the same time, on the 100th floor.

The beautiful lion cat was pacing around the room very unhappily, not hiding its frustration of being isolated - on its left and right, were Lu Yueling and Lando, who were sitting on the ground and drawing their work badges carefully.

Because it was not an employee of the demolition office, the cat lost the right to participate in this collective activity. It was also worried about how important this was to Xu Ming, so it didn't even dare to disturb him, and could only sulk by itself.

At this moment, it heard a "pop" sound -

a pen rolled to its side.

It looked over and found that Lu Yueling was stunned for some reason.

Her face was pale and her breathing was rapid, as if she had felt something extremely terrifying; looking at Lando, he was also stiff.

Startled by the two's appearance, the cat subconsciously put out its airplane ears and asked tentatively about the situation. Lu Yueling shook her head in confusion, as if she didn't understand what was going on, but Lando seemed to realize something and his face became even uglier.

"... Something is wrong." Lando murmured, looking up in disbelief at the half-open door not far away, "The state of the rule book is not right."

He had made a deal with the thing behind the door and paid the price in exchange for Xu Ming's rule book. Perhaps because of this, there has always been some weak connection between him and the rule book - not as strong as Po Haitang, but a few more points than other people who are simply bound by their work badges.

Therefore, he felt it more clearly than Lu Yueling.

At that moment, the tremor coming from the other end of the connection seemed to reach my heart and soul.