"Guess what year this planet will enter the end of the world?"
In the midst of the desolation, Yun Chuan tightened his cloak.
The last few years of the end of the world...
Mu Chen crossed the huge ravine on the ground and wiped a handful of yellow sand on the ground, holding it tightly in his hand.
Rustling...yellow sand stirred in the palm of his hand, and small hard stones stretched out sharp and sharp needles from the center.
This is not yellow sand, but countless tiny species of monsters.
"Third year? Fourth year?" Mu Chen thought. The world had been destroyed beyond recognition, but the occasional details revealed could tell that some of the remaining buildings were not that old.
"Hmph..." Yun Chuan snorted coldly, "It will take less than a year for this world to enter the end of the world. It takes thousands of years for humans to establish order and society, but it only takes a few months to destroy it."< br>
"And in the universe, there are countless planets experiencing the same thing, not to mention parallel universes...ah...you run so slowly, I think we can hitch a ride."
Hitchhiking?
The roar of the engine drowned out the sound of the wind, and three modified 'off-road vehicles' drove out from the wind and sand in the distance. Their bodies are khaki in color, and their tails are glowing with silvery-blue flames, floating about one meter above the ground.
Mu Chen didn't know how to describe these high-tech technologies, so he collectively called them suspension off-road.
"Dear, that's the sign of the base. We can hide on the roof of the car. Shadow and Father God sneaked in as refugees, so we can too." Yun Chuan eagerly wanted to float away.
"They have three vehicles, which are easy to spot." Mu Chen stopped and hid in the ruins, watching the three strange-shaped 'off-road vehicles' approaching gradually.
But having said that, Mu Chen still chose to follow his lover's instructions.
Unexpectedly, this hitchhiking operation went particularly smoothly.
Mu Chen successfully got into the corner of the 'suspended off-road' without much effort.
Buzz... Several red rays swept across, sliding past Mu Chen's instantly atomized body without any hindrance.
There was no abnormality. After a few rounds of scanning, the 'off-road vehicle' was no longer suspicious and continued to move forward.
No wonder Yunchuan insisted on taking a ride. Mu Chen tilted his head slightly and saw the 'human' in the cockpit.
No...it shouldn't be said to be human beings. Although the pilots looked like humans, their eyes were dull, and their exposed skin was covered with large pieces of metal.
"It's the android who came out to look for supplies." Yun Chuan whispered. "The system that controls these androids is the original version of the Star System. It is full of bugs and is nothing to be afraid of."
"Wait a minute, is Rising Sun Base very big?" Mu Chen suddenly discovered that his family's development seemed different from what he imagined.
"The male protagonists who stand out on their own are all fabricated in novels." Yun Chuan knew what he was thinking, "Bionic man is the patent of God the Father. Before the end of the world, God the Father's family was already a family in the field of science and technology. Dominated. Or rather, monopolized. ”
"With monopolized technology, strong financial resources, and inextricable connections with the military and government, we heard rumors before the end of the world officially begins. Otherwise, why do you think God the Father can create stars?"
"We are almost there, my dear. The world ahead may be crueler than you imagine."
Running cross-country in the wilderness, more and more short rooms made of metal appeared in the wind and sand.
Human settlements began to appear here...
Suddenly, the car shook violently, and several nets fell from the sky to cover the car body.
Several heavily armed humans suddenly rushed out and stood in front of the hovering off-road vehicle.
"*, it's a cyborg again! Let's try the new laser cannon I got!" The human leader yelled, and the strange-shaped thing in his hand shot out a silver-blue light and crackled on the suspended off-road vehicle.
"They are wanderers who are prohibited from entering the base. They make a living by robbing. They are really overestimating their abilities." Yunchuan snorted softly. Those lights only left a shallow trace on the suspended off-road vehicle, and the vehicle body turned around. Throw off the grille.
Buzz... Several red lights flashed, and the android raised its forearm, but it was not aimed at the wanderers.
The thinking setting of the android is to prioritize attacking enemies with high threats.
Human flesh and blood is more favored by monsters.
Therefore, when the ray passed through the monster's head, those sharp teeth had already gnawed on the wandering ankle.
After a scream, the wanderer curled up and crawled back. The nearly two-meter-tall android stepped out of the suspended cross-country and skillfully picked up the monster that had become a puddle of flesh.
A small piece of flesh and blood from the monster was put into the glass tube, and the android walked back to the cross-country in a daze.
Amid the wails of the wanderers, the suspended off-road vehicle drove forward mercilessly.
‘Detection of unknown mutations, lurking location {inside a homeless gathering place}, estimated risk value: level three. Presumed mutation direction: camouflage type. The sample has been recovered. ’ Lines of strange-shaped text were entered into the smart screen.
Those were not Chinese characters that Mu Chen was familiar with, but he could understand them.
I can read, but I can't write.
"Don't take it off. If you take it off, you can't bring it back." Yun Chuan retracted the golden silk thread connected to the suspended cross-country. When he turned his head, he saw Mu Chen tugging at the bracelet on his wrist.
"Okay." Mu Chen stopped, "This is a translator, one-way. We players actually speak our own language to each other, but when it is transmitted to other people's ears, it is automatically converted into their language. ?”
"Uh-huh." Yunchuan nodded, "Not everyone knows foreign languages. Being in the stars can directly change the reception in your brain, but now that you are out, I can't teach you foreign languages urgently."
No wonder the woman couldn't understand what they were saying.
"They will also see these scenes when they are looking for souls." The suspended off-road vehicle stopped in front of a cliff. Mu Chen saw the right opportunity to pick up Yun Chuan and leave the car together.
Under the cliff, there were corpses everywhere.
Densely packed wreckage was piled on top of each other, and countless disgusting, wriggling mutant monsters were writhing among the bones.
"Times are different, experiences are different. The stars have spent a long time before they became what they are now. Father God believes that human beings are selfish and indifferent. Only by forcing them can they work hard to improve themselves."
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"Only when oppression and compensation coexist will they move forward according to his ideas." Yun Chuan pursed his lips, then he floated to Mu Chen's shoulder and sat down,
"If the world is like this in the future, how do you choose? We cannot interfere with the development of the world. Father God has tried too many times."
"The duty of a soldier is to protect the country, and that includes the future." Mu Chen closed his eyes and stopped looking at the corpses scattered all over the place.
"Not all those who enter the stars are soldiers."
"As you said, times are different and experiences are different. I have met many people who love their country passionately."
"Su Rui was a teacher during her lifetime and died in an earthquake." Yun Chuan suddenly changed the topic, "Her portrait will always be filled with flowers and paper cranes. The children and their parents who were pushed out of the door by her will be She will always be remembered.”
"Su Ye had a successful career during his lifetime. After Su Rui's death, he donated all his property to the government free of charge, and committed suicide half a year later. They were orphans, and they really changed their lives against nature." "Sibel is similar to you, she He was an officer from Northern Europe who died for his country while performing a spy mission.”
"Alaric is a mercenary who lives outside the country. He has been stateless since birth and has been with firearms his whole life."
"Bai Xiuyuan, his experience was ordinary. Ordinary origin, ordinary experience, ordinary life. He died on July 12th at the age of 24. He died suddenly due to staying up late."
"I know the lives of each of them and remember the cause of each one's death. If they were given a chance to know the purpose of the stars from the beginning, would they be willing to enter the stars and sacrifice themselves to save the future?"< br>
"Well... I can't promise others, but I will. I am a citizen of the country in life, and the soul of the country in death." Mu Chen shrugged, but suddenly found that something was wrong with Yunchuan's eyes.
"?" Why do I feel like you are hiding something from me?
"...No." Yun Chuan quickly climbed above Mu Chen's head to prevent him from seeing it.
"But I remember that after entering the stars, people will forget the cause of their death and their past. Is this also set by the Lord God?" Mu Chen raised his eyebrows.
Seeing the androids' suspension off-road starting up again, Mu Chen stood up, but this time he just followed them from a distance.
"Yes, Father God wants to slowly deprive players of their thinking and turn them into war machines that can only obey instructions. When players reach a certain standard, Father God will seal them and turn them into future weapons. But obviously , this was a failed decision. Not only did he not get the results he wanted, he almost made himself depressed.”
"So we need reform. Only reform can change the status quo. Father God's family has been dominant for thousands of years, and it's time to change positions."
"...You." Mu Chen was stunned for a moment, "You are trying to usurp the throne."
"No." Yunchuan blinked, "I have no interest in saving the planet. You see, even if the planet is destroyed, the shadow is still alive and well. I just want to fulfill the father's wish."
"Okay, let's not talk about it for now, our destination is here~"
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Rising Sun Base——
"Pass." The man covered in scars gruffly stopped the dusty traveler, holding a silver gun in his generous hand.
The traveler paused after hearing this, and then leaned towards the man flatteringly.
"Brother, please do me a favor... I... I was in a hurry to go out and left my ID in the house..." Before he could finish his words, the man raised his silver gun and pressed it between the traveler's eyebrows.
"Ha..." He grinned disdainfully, stretched out his other hand, and a bulging bag fell to the ground.
"There are so many people like you who want to fish in troubled waters. I have never seen a thousand or a hundred, so get out!"
With an angry shout, the sound of a bullet being fired from the barrel of the gun filled the sky. The bullet passed by the traveler's ear and made a big crater in the ground.
"No one is allowed to enter without a pass! If anyone tries to bribe you, I'll shoot you in the head!" The man raised the corner of his mouth in a sinister manner and blew on the still smoking silver gun.
"..." The long queue suddenly became quiet for a while, and several figures in black robes quietly disappeared from the queue.
The Rising Sun Base is not small, but there are two guards guarding it every five meters. There is no place where you can avoid sight.
"Is it true that your space cannot be transferred?" Sibel grabbed his long golden hair with some irritation.
"No, unless you are a dead person." Alaric snorted and stood aside with his arms folded.
"Don't make any noise. The first thing you want to think about now is how to sneak in." Su Ye carried the box to stop the two players who wanted to fight.
"It doesn't matter whether it's soft or hard. We have triggered time back three times." Su Rui held her chin in worry, "I don't know if he read the note we left."
"Come on, that place collapsed like that, the basement has long been turned to dust, and I don't know where he is now." Sibel became even more irritated.
The players who had gone through many difficulties were hiding in the wind and sand three hundred meters away from the base and scratching their heads. They really did not expect that the person who was blocking them would sneak into the base.
Just a few hours ago, Mu Chen chased after following the vines extending from the mother vine.
The remaining players started fighting mode. The vines of the mother vine attracted all the nearby sub-vines, almost filling the small basement.
Fortunately, just when the players began to consider whether to abandon the box and run away with the woman, the vines quickly collapsed like deflated balloons.
"He succeeded!" The players finally got a breather.
But the earthquake that followed put them in a dilemma.
Pat…
A piece of floorboard suddenly tilted up, and Su Rui tripped. She took a few steps back and accidentally rubbed against the broken box.
Going back in time is not scary, what is scary is the ability to react at that moment after going back.
When you backtrack during a battle, you will not be able to catch up to your previous actions if you are not careful.
Seeing Su Rui fall, everyone tensed up.
But the expected retracement did not happen.
Su Rui sat on the ground in confusion, with the broken box still pressed under her body.
"..."
Boom... The earth was torn apart violently, and huge cracks appeared one after another.
"Take the box and go!"
Alaric snatched the small shiny square from the woman's hand and ran toward the exit.
The small square is the key to the box. Under the woman's intermittent narration, the players already know roughly what it is.
The box contains materials rescued from the laboratory. In addition to the small squares, two strings of passwords need to be entered.
The password to the box was secret, and a conspiracy caused fifteen laboratories at home and abroad to be destroyed at the same time, and all the original samples and data were lost to the planet forever.
So the contents of the box are the only hope. There are eleven such boxes in the world.
"Let's go." The box and key have been obtained, and the players have to abandon the woman to save themselves.
Boom, the players managed to escape just one second before the city was completely shattered.
"Please, take the box to Rising Sun Base and find Musang..." The woman under the rubble repeated unconsciously, then closed her eyes completely.
Rising Sun Base…Musang…
(End of chapter)