Chapter 4 Now, we are comrades
When he saw the strange light, shadow and thick fog, Li Yelai knew that he had come to the dreamland of the black shadow again.
Looks like you are still alive? But this time it's different.
He is no longer bound and can move freely in the dream.
At the same time, he did not see the black shadow.
On the contrary, I saw the Skinner whose skull was lifted by him.
He came back from the dead in Li Yelai's dream, but now he screamed in terror and was dragged into the thick fog by the dark tentacles.
Then, the sound of biting flesh and bones and breaking bones was heard deep in the thick fog.
A few seconds later, a dark tentacle stretched out from the depths of the thick fog and slowly unfolded in front of Li Yelai.
The object inside was revealed, which was a snow-white mask.
Li Yelai was confused watching this scene and didn't quite understand what happened.
Sacrifice?
Li Yelai thought of this word inexplicably.
You killed the Skinner, thereby making the Skinner a sacrifice, and obtained the gift of the shadow? Got a blank mask? Or a Facebook page?
Li Yelai did not pick up the mask.
Laughing to death, what price do you have to pay for taking the mask?
After surviving the danger, Li Yelai no longer wanted to touch the strange existence of the black shadow.
As if aware of Li Yelai's thoughts, a soft hum came from deep in the thick fog.
In an instant, Li Yelai left the dreamland.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a strange ceiling and he was lying in a strange ward.
"Hey, are you awake?" Someone said beside the hospital bed.
It was a young girl wearing a sweater. She wore a pair of large-framed glasses. She had a quiet appearance and looked very capable with short hair.
At this moment, she looked at Li Yelai with a smile on her face: "The operation was successful, you are already a girl."
Li Yelai was shocked when he heard this. This price is high. Some are too big.
The older young man with a Chinese character standing next to the girl, wearing a black windbreaker with a calm temperament, sighed to the girl: "Don't scare him, he just encountered a skinner."
Then, the older young man turned to Li Yelai and said, "Don't worry, you are in good health now."
"Who are you?" Li Yelai sat up from the hospital bed and looked at the older young man: "Guard Hall ? Or the city defense army?”
He vaguely remembered the siren he heard after he killed the Skinner. They should have saved themselves.
After the older young man and the girl looked at each other, they slowly shook their heads and said: "No, but our duty is the same as that of the Security Office and the city defense army, which is to protect the citizens of the giant city. You can think of it as special processing such as skinning ”
'Relevant agencies? ’ Li Yelai remembered what the Skinner said to him before he died, and tried to say: “Official from Jucheng?”
"It can also be said that we are indeed official psychics." The older young man stretched out his hand and smiled: "The full name of the organization is the Disaster Management Department. I am the disaster handler, Yang Chen."
The girl also said: "Disaster handler, code name Cheese."
Li Yelai got up and got out of bed, shook hands with Yang Chen and the girl respectively and introduced: "My name is Li Yelai."
"Nice to meet you." Yang Chen nodded and continued: "And thank you for eliminating the Skinner. He is the murderer of several recent murders. However, due to his special ability, it is easy to hide and we have not been able to successfully catch him. Thank you."
Li Yelai was a little embarrassed and responded: "I just want to survive for myself, and I have no intention of doing anything for justice. Is Dr. Wang still alive?" Unfortunately, Doctor Wang has been killed." Yang Chen shook his head.
Li Yelai sighed inwardly. He and Dr. Wang were quite familiar.
But at least he avenged him
Li Yelai was thinking, and suddenly thought of a certain point, and stopped talking for a while.
"If you have any questions, you can ask me." Yang Chen said.
"Well, I seem to have broken something in the previous battle."
"It doesn't matter, we are fully responsible for this loss." Yang Chen was slightly stunned, but still smiled: "Not only that, you can also receive Bonus. Not much though.”
And bonus? Li Yelai's eyes lit up: "Then the backpack I carried and the antiques in it were also lost in the battle. Are those worth some money?"
Antiques? Those inferior handicrafts are probably produced within ten years. Why is it an antique?
Yang Chen’s expression was a little weird, while Cheese’s expression was ‘I didn’t take advantage of it enough, right? ’ expression.
I thought Li Yelai would ask them about psykers, but he didn't expect to ask this question.
"Can it be reimbursed?" Li Yelai asked.
"Okay, okay." Yang Chen smiled bitterly.
"Listen to me, I know you still have many questions, you can ask us." Cheese said. For some reason, the girl's words gave Li Yelai an inexplicable sense of trust.
So, I suppressed other questions in my mind and asked: "What exactly is the Skinner? Why do you call me the same kind of person? Can I ask this question?"
Regarding this question, Yang Chen seemed to have expected it. He nodded and said: "Of course, you are already qualified to understand this. But first, do you know how the giant city was built?"
Li Yelai nodded. , this is common sense and is a history that every citizen of Jucheng knows well.
Seventy-one years ago, strange fog appeared in mountainous areas around the world.
They have no physical form and appear to be no different from ordinary fog, but no buildings or terrain can stop their pace.
It was called the fog of disaster by humans at that time, or simply the fog of disaster.
In areas covered by disaster fog, humans will disappear mysteriously. The other animals were not affected at all.
Even the fully armed and organized legions will not leave any traces after the disaster passes.
Faced with sudden dangers targeting humans, various countries have conducted corresponding research, but have found nothing.
Neither explosive airflow nor hot and cold reactions can dispel the mist.
Then, seventy years ago, disaster officially struck.
A large amount of disaster fog appears all over the world, in wastelands, villages, and cities.
Wherever the mist reaches, there are ghosts and monsters, leaving behind a dead silence and desolation.
That year, it was said that 70% of the human population disappeared in the mist.
Perhaps the entire human race has a strong sense of self-rescue at the most critical moment.
Humanity has finally mastered the means of defense against disasters and fog.
At the same time, various countries used their last strength to build huge cities to defend against the disaster and to preserve the fire of mankind.
In the very beginning, the whole world was in chaos in order to seize resources or prevent disasters.
That period is also known as the Age of Chaos.
It was not until sixty years ago that the giant cities were built and the world settled down.
This is the origin of the major cities, and the same is true for Border City No. 3.
Human beings stayed within the giant city, carefully guarding against the mist.
Fortunately, the various disaster fogs that have swallowed countless humans have stabilized one after another, and are protected by the giant city.
There has never been another situation where human beings were swallowed by the mist.
"Yes, this is well-known history to ordinary people."
Yang Chen responded: "But in fact, at that moment, the world had already undergone tremendous changes. Disasters The fog has indeed stopped moving and stayed in certain areas. But it does not mean that humans are safe. Those existences in the disaster fog are always threatening humans. Is there still life in the mist?
Li Yelai was a little stunned, he had never understood this.
“Nearly six billion humans were swallowed by the disaster fog, but not all escaped from the disaster fog.
It was also those humans who returned from the disaster fog that brought about the prevention of disasters.
But there are also so-called aboriginal creatures in the mist. They are powerful and strange, and some even have extremely high intelligence. Leaving the disaster area directly threatens human survival
The giant city is not so much a defense against the approaching disaster fog as it is a defense against these disaster creatures. Our Disaster Management Department is the defense department in this regard. "Yang Chen softly told the secrets of this world.
Li Yelai looked shocked, and then asked: "And that skinner... is actually a creature that walked out of the mist? "
"No. Yang Chen shook his head and explained: "Since that period, humans have also gained the power to resist disasters. That is the power that comes from the same source as Calamity, the psyker. "
"Same origin? "
"Yes, this power comes from a non-physical universe, which we call the virtual realm or void. Each disaster mist comes from the virtual realm to the physical world. And since that period, the probability of psykers being born among humans has greatly increased. Certain gifted humans may awaken as psychic beings after receiving certain stimulations. Like you, like the Skinner. Yang Chen looked at Li Yelai with a somewhat complicated look: "You won't be able to touch the follow-up, so I won't expand on it yet." ”
Li Yelai nodded, digesting the information in his heart.
I guess he is not a regular awakened psyker.
He became a so-called psyker. Because of the deal with the 'Black Shadow'.
What kind of existence is the Black Shadow? What does it have to do with the mist?
If the official knows? Will something happen to me due to the existence of 'Black Shadow'?
Li Yelai thought to himself and understood the intention of Yang Chen and others.
In their eyes, he is now a psyker and has entered their field of vision.
For reasons of insurance or supervision, the authorities will inevitably come into contact with what the skinner calls the ‘wild psyker’.
I just don’t know what they think of me?
So, Li Yelai asked: "You said that the probability of psykers being born among humans has increased, so why do you still conceal the existence of psykers? The more psykers there are in humans, the more important it is for humans. Isn’t it a good thing?”
At present, when there is a disaster outside, wouldn’t the more psychics among humans be the better?
"This is what I want to say, becoming a psyker is both a gift and a curse." Yang Chen shook his head and responded: "After years of exploration and research, humans have roughly mastered the intelligence and power of psykers. . The psyker wants to open the well of his soul and connect to the virtual world. When he gains power, he will also receive a curse! "
" Curse?" Li Yelai was stunned.
"Yes, every psyker will have curses while possessing abilities that are difficult for ordinary people to understand." Yang Chen said: "There are different types of curses. For example, you are not affected by your own curse. Haunted? "
Curse? Li Yelai thought for a moment and responded: "Are you talking about my bad luck?"
At this time, Cheese on the side said: "It's not clear yet, but in order to take you to the hospital, three ambulances broke down after you got on. In the end, it was our colleagues who carried you to the hospital. Anyway, your curse It makes it difficult for you to ride in the car.”
And this? Li Yelai was a little surprised: "Do I need compensation?"
"No!" Cheese replied, holding his forehead.
Is bad luck actually your own curse?
Why did it appear before he became a psyker?
"Because you will get a curse, so you conceal the existence of psykers?"
And Yang Chen continued: "The curse is just one of them, and more importantly, every psionic person There is a risk of distortion."
"Distortion?"
"Yes, the power of psykers comes from the virtual realm connected to the soul well, and the virtual realm is not stable. Place.
The price for human beings to gain power is not just a curse. Many psychics will be affected by the virtual realm, and some will become more cruel and murderous. Desire and pleasure, no matter what, the body is simply twisted into a monster." Yang Chen paused and said, "The Skinner is a wild psyker whose body was twisted when he first awakened. . We call the twisted psykers the Sufferers."
After Li Yelai digested his knowledge, he said in surprise: "Then becoming a psyker is not entirely a good thing. Although he has gained some wonderful powers, he will not only be cursed to affect his life, but also have the risk of being twisted and mutated into a victim. !”
At the same time, he also understood why the government concealed the existence of psykers.
If there is no more control and a large number of psychics appear in society, they will all be walking mobile bombs!
One Skinner caused several murders, if there were ten, twenty, hundreds, or even more! Then the entire border city might be destroyed!
No wonder, the Skinner says that wild psykers are natural allies. They are all psykers who do not want to be under official supervision and discovery.
In the official view, those psychics are potential dangers. The two sides are naturally antagonistic.
This made Li Yelai look a little gloomy. Now that he has become a psyker, he is also facing the risk of possible distortion.
Dark Shadow, Dark Shadow, you have done me a terrible job. Can't you just punch the Skinner to death and prevent me from becoming a psyker?
Li Yelai complained about the black shadow in his heart.
Seemingly sensing Li Yelai's worries, Yang Chen said: "But you don't have to worry, the official has safety measures for this. Although distortion cannot be completely avoided, the probability is greatly reduced. And under normal circumstances, The psyker will not twist for no reason unless you try to awaken again."
Li Yelai nodded: "Then I understand. Whether I think about it or not, now I am also a psychic. In the days to come, I need to be under your supervision."
"Yes, we will try our best. I won't disturb your life. But if you become distorted, we will kill you immediately." Yang Chen said calmly, his tone was firm as a rock.
"If this happens, you must be fast and save my sister. This is my only relative." Li Yelai said solemnly.
Yang Chen looked at Li Yelai, and finally nodded seriously: "I will!"
Li Yelai didn't want to cause any danger to others because of his distortion, especially Li Yunyan.
Thinking of his sister, Li Yelai suddenly felt his scalp numb.
If my bad luck is a curse, then is my sister’s weird fear of strangers also a curse?
Li Yunyan may also be a psychic!
At this time, Yang Chen took out a document from his back: "Of course, you have a second option."
"Join us and protect the giant city!"
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Li Yelai took the document in front of him and was a little confused: "Join you?"
"Yes, in many cases, only psykers can fight against psykers. Therefore, official psykers are the ones who fight against disasters and disasters." The front line of the victims."
Yang Chen looked at Li Yelai and said: "You can consider it carefully. The benefits and benefits of becoming an official psyker are very good, and you will receive a security guard when performing tasks. and the support of the city defense army. But similarly, once you become an official psychic, you will face dangerous anomalies and victims, and even face the disaster itself!"
Li Ye read this title. The document is the 'Application Form for Processor of the Disaster Management Department of Border City No. 3'.
The salary and benefits are indeed very good, even for a newly awakened psyker.
There are more than 5,000 giant city coins in a month, and it will increase as the number of awakenings increases. There are also bonuses if certain anomalies or victims are dealt with.
You know, Li Yelai works in an antique shop and only has one thousand city coins a month.
Occasionally I sell some antiques, and the commission does not exceed one thousand and fifty.
This is a direct entry into the giant city's system.
As for the rest, training in psionic skills, supply of psionic weapons
Li Yelai didn't like it very much. This salary alone was enough to make him excited.
But he still hesitated.
He is not a brave person, he just wants to live a good life. It was an accident to become a psyker. If you take the risk
But thinking about the possible curse on his sister, Li Yelai hesitated and asked: "If I join the official, can I get a method to suppress the curse."
"Of course." Yang Chen nodded: "We will try our best to help. But not all curses have solutions."
"Enough." Li Yelai stretched out his right hand and said again Go and hold hands with Yang Chen.
Yang Chen chuckled: "Then, we are comrades!"
(End of this chapter)