Melted City

All the black iron debris that Lian Chuan blocked hit his body.

His left leg slowly knelt down to the ground.

Cleanup team uniforms only slowed the debris, not stopped it.

And Ning Gu, who was standing behind Lian Chuan, still raised his hands motionless, lowered his head and didn't look this way.

"Old ghost!" Li Xiang pulled the iron chain, "It's okay, they have no way to resist."

"Who is that hyena?" The old ghost's hoarse voice was full of doubts, "He hasn't fallen yet?"

"He is already injured," Li Xiang said, "Ning Gu's ability has not been stimulated."

"A little bit..." The old ghost slowly raised his arms, "Strange."

"Old ghost!" the group leader said, "We can discuss it."

"They haven't fallen yet..." The old ghost didn't know who he was talking to, it seemed to be himself, or it seemed to be talking to the leader and Li Xiang.

"Ning Gu! Run—" Li Xiang screamed and tried his best to wake up Ning Gu who seemed to have fallen into another world.

"Ning Gu!" The old ghost's arm suddenly raised above his head, this time there was no flying black iron debris, but lightning.

The old ghost directly took advantage of the flashing lights on both sides.

Countless electric lights that seemed to be cut into small pieces were stripped from the cracks on both sides of the electric light, and flew towards the two people at the other end of the passage in dense numbers.

The iron chain on the commander's shoulder slipped through the wound one after another because of his dragging, but he couldn't break free.

He watched helplessly as the lightning bolts flew forward.

The two people on the opposite side were about to be reduced to ashes in front of his eyes, their consciousness dissipated in the black mist, their bodies disappeared in the strong wind, and there was no longer any trace.

I am sorry.

I'm sorry, boy.

Lian Chuan, who had not moved all this time, raised his head when the electric light pressed in front of him.

"receive."

His voice was not high, but he could still hear it clearly in the wind.

At the same time as he said these two words, he jumped into the air and rushed in against the lightning.

It seemed to be wrapped in a layer of impenetrable air, because of the astonishing speed, before the electric light touched his body, it was carried behind him by the airflow, and then was sucked into the turbulent flow, blasting out a piece of golden light and then disappearing.

"That's..." The old ghost's voice was full of surprise, when he fought back to defend, Lian Chuan was already in front of him, and the thin silver cracks in his pupils were clearly visible, "Betelgeuse..."

At this moment, the leader's breathing stopped slightly.

Lian Chuan is indeed Betelgeuse, he has no doubts about this.

But Betelgeuse was awakened in the ghost town, but he never thought of it.

There is no doubt that Lianchuan is the strongest weapon in the main city, and Betelgeuse can be awakened in a non-laboratory environment, which proves that the reason why Lianchuan can become the strongest weapon is his mental power that is too powerful to be controlled but perfectly self-controlled .

And what makes the leader even more unimaginable...

It is the one who can wake up Betelgeuse in a non-laboratory environment.

The old ghost doesn't have any reaction time.

Facing Betelgeuse, reaction time can only come from early judgment.

Betelgeuse has no weapons.

But when Lian Chuan waved his hand at the old ghost, a gleaming silver spine suddenly seemed to penetrate from the other side of the arm, pierced out from under the skin, and pierced him before the old ghost could guard against it. of the scapula.

The old ghost swayed and stomped his foot on the ground.

It seemed that something invisible broke through the restraint from under the ground, and a small hole appeared in the surrounding ground.

Lian Chuan kicked on the old ghost's chest, and jumped out of the invisible encirclement with his strength.

What drilled out of the burrow were invisible tentacles, and only when they wrapped around the old ghost's body, a cloud of fine water foam would appear, which could quickly repair part of the wound while blocking the attack.

The old ghost's ability is considered top among travelers, even stronger than many experimental subjects in the main city.

The team leader watched Lian Chuan fall rapidly from the sky, his knees pressed against the old ghost's protective water spray, and the vertebral spines that penetrated his knees went all the way down, cutting open the old ghost's protection...

It was as if my heart had been tightly grasped.

The old ghost has long been strangers to them, but he is still a comrade-in-arms who can surrender his back in his memory, a companion who has struggled and relied on together in despair and fear.

And their enemy, the nightmare of all travelers, is now the only one who can save Ning Gu from the old ghost.

In such a battle, the regiment leader didn't know what kind of result to expect.

Betelgeuse's attack did not leave any gaps or flaws. While cutting through the protection, the spine pierced from the elbow had pierced the old ghost's other shoulder blade.

And when the second wave of invisible tentacles drilled out of the ground, Betelgeuse had already jumped into the air.

"Run," Li Xiang said, "Run, old ghost..."

Betelgeuse had no intention of killing the old ghost. If he wanted to, the first stab would have pierced the heart. He was just dismantling the old ghost's attack ability step by step.

The old ghost gasped heavily and let out a low whisper.

After a series of guttural sounds, there was a response from the surrounding wind.

The old ghost is calling the aborigines, his little friends.

When Lian Chuan broke through his protection for the second time, countless aborigines rushed in from the other side of the lightning, their gray skin covered with black scars.

All the aborigines rushed towards the old ghost.

Lian Chuan swept away a group of aborigines, jumped back and landed on the ground.

An aborigine jumped on the old ghost, followed by the second, and the third...

Soon the old ghost was surrounded by the aborigines and turned into a huge off-white ball.

The ball pressed through the narrowest gap next to it, and rolled into the black mist amidst the crackling sound of electric light.

"Did you see it? Ning Gu?"

It is black all around.

There is no wind, no light.

And no one.

Ning Gu stood alone in the darkness, the only feeling he could feel was pain.

His fingers were trembling slightly with pain.

This is the voice of the old ghost.

"You finally chose the same path as the leader, but you are more perfect than what they planned..."

"I don't know what kind of path the leader chose, I just chose the one to survive."

"It is inevitable to live in this way... Ask the head of the group what is in your body... When you know the truth, you will understand, which way you go, you have already made arrangements..."

"I go my own way."

The old ghost laughed.

Dull and distant in the endless darkness.

A circle of transparent ripples appeared on Ning Gu's fingertips.

Then it's another lap.

The golden light radiated out closely, covering the surroundings in an instant.

The iron chain passing through the head of the regiment and Li Xiang's shoulders made a few thin jingles at this moment, broke into several pieces, and fell to the ground.

"Ning Gu!" Li Xiang rushed forward a few steps, clutching his shoulders.

Lian Chuan stood up and stood between them.

After looking at each other for two seconds, Lian Chuan stepped aside, and Li Xiang rushed to Ning Gu.

Only then did Ning Gu's raised left hand slowly come down.

"Are you injured?" Li Xiang asked.

"In my body," Ning Gu looked at him, with a dazed expression on his face and a little wandering eyes, "what's there?"

"Go back to the shelter first." The team leader walked over.

Ning Gu stared at the head of the regiment, then looked away, and walked quickly to Lian Chuan, staring at the wounds on his body, several large and small black wounds were clearly visible under the torn uniform.

"It's okay," Lian Chuan said, "I want to rest."

"Okay." Ning Gu said.

Around the lightning crack that was opened by the old ghost and the aborigines, you can still smell a faint burnt smell, which is the smell of the aborigines' skin being turned into ashes in the lightning, which has not been blown away by the strong wind .

In some respects, the aborigines are indeed more suitable for this harsh living space than everyone else. They can break through the lightning that disappears when travelers touch it.

Passing through this gap, and not going far back, I saw a dot of cold light bottles in the black mist.

It was the travelers brought by Lin Fan.

"Captain!"

"It's the leader and Li Xiang!"

The team suddenly became chaotic, and everyone rushed forward.

The group leader raised his arms: "Stay vigilant, everyone go back to the shelter, don't fall behind!"

The travelers responded with a burst of cheers, and the team quickly assembled again, rushing in the direction they came from.

There was no communication between Lin Fan and the team leader, they just looked at each other and then went back.

Ning Gu felt that his whole head was heavy, as if he was being held in an iron bucket, his voice couldn't be heard clearly, and his vision was swaying.

I don't want to talk, and I don't want to think.

When he turned his head and glanced at Lian Chuan, this state slowly disappeared because of anxiety.

"Aren't you..." He looked at Lian Chuan.

Even Lian Chuan, even the awakened Betelgeuse, couldn't easily bear that kind of fatal injury.

Lian Chuan's face and lips were a little pale, which never happened even when he would directly fall asleep because of the existence of the limiter.

"I'll carry you on my back." Ning Gu said.

Lian Chuan glanced at him.

At this time, don't talk about face.

Ning Gu intends to educate Lian Chuan when he refuses. In the ghost town, there are many things that can be learned from travelers, such as shamelessness.

But Lian Chuan stopped without saying anything.

Not knowing whether to carry it or not, Ning Gu hesitated for a while, but walked over, bent over and took a horse stance.

Lian Chuan fell on his back.

very heavy!

Ning Gu never thought that this person could be so heavy.

Although he didn't want to speak, he still couldn't help asking, "Why are you so heavy?"

Lian Chuan didn't speak, his arms hung from his shoulders, and he seemed to have passed out.

Ning Gu could only grit his teeth and carry him.

The journey was a bit long. In order not to attract the aborigines, all the people kept silent and quietly walked out of the thick fog deep in Tongue Bay.

Ning Gu looked at the cracks all over the place and the lightning flashing out continuously, feeling unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart.

And when I saw the crack from the tongue all the way to the metal cemetery, I felt a deep sense of uneasiness.

Maybe all people have worried more or less because they don't know when this day will come. The crazy and wanton travelers may be based on this anxiety of "not knowing when it will disappear".

only myself.

More than 20 years of living in the fog.

Curious about everything without an answer.

And when everything was revealed, he was caught off guard and had no way out.

Ning Gu didn't go back to the shelter, and went directly to the crazy uncle's hut with Lian Chuan on his back.

Li Xiang wanted to follow up and say something, but was stopped by the team leader.

"He will come to me," said the captain.

Li Xiang didn't make a sound.

"Go to the medical center to treat the injury first," Lin Fan walked over, "This injury cannot heal itself."

"Did you meet the old ghost when you came here?" The leader looked at him.

"No." Lin Fan said, "I thought he was dead."

"He would have died," said the captain, "but Betelgeuse let him go."

"Betelgeuse?" Lin Fan looked at him in surprise, then quickly turned his head to look in the direction Ning Gu left, "How is it possible? No matter how strong Lian Chuan's mental power is..."

"It was Ning Gu who awakened Betelgeuse." The head of the group said and walked straight forward.

The treatment facility was quiet, and no one was hurt because no aborigines were encountered.

The leader sat down on the chair: "Have you ever told Ning Gu anything?"

"For example?" Lin Fan didn't directly deny it.

"For example, what's in his body." Li Xiang said.

"No," Lin Fan took out the potion, "You should say this."

"He knows," said the captain.

Lin Fan's hand paused in the air for a while, and poured the potion on the leader's shoulder: "He met the old ghost, didn't he?"

"The old ghost didn't have a chance to tell him at that time," said the group leader. "If he had, he wouldn't have asked suddenly in the situation just now."

"Did he communicate with the old ghost just now?" Lin Fan asked again.

"No." said the captain.

Lian Chuan didn't faint, but looked very tired, leaning on the recliner.

"I have something to ask you," Ning Gu looked at him, "Can you speak now?"

"Ask." Lian Chuan said.

"Did you wake up Betelgeuse just now?" Ning Gu wanted to confirm.

"Yes," Lian Chuan glanced at him, "I thought you knew."

"I didn't see anything," Ning Gu squatted beside him, "I was in the dark the whole time, but it didn't seem to be your memory or consciousness."

"How did you judge?" Lian Chuan turned his head away.

"The old ghost talked to me," Ning Gu said, "He didn't talk, right?"

"Well," Lian Chuan closed his eyes, "Your ability is somewhat beyond my expectation."

"I don't want this kind of ability," Ning Gu sat on the ground, leaning on the table leg behind him, "It's very painful."

"What did the old ghost tell you?" Lian Chuan asked.

"He asked me to ask the leader, what's in my body." Ning Gu looked at him, "What's in my body?"

Lian Chuan didn't speak.

"Can you take care of yourself now?" Ning Gu stood up, "I'm going to find the regiment leader."

"I'm fine." Lian Chuan said.

"I'll get you some medicine when I get back." Ning Gu rummaged through the mad uncle's box and found some clothes to put on. "There's still something to eat."

"En." Lian Chuan responded.

Ning Gu didn't stay any longer, he slammed the door and walked out of Crazy Uncle's hut.

The head of the group and Li Xiang were seriously injured, and the injury caused by the iron chain that could restrain them could not be recovered by raising them in a hut or using the ability of a traveler.

Ning Gu went directly to the medical center.

When he opened the door and saw three people in the room, he suddenly felt like crying.

"Close the door." Lin Fan said.

Ning Gu closed the door and walked to the middle of the room.

Both the head of the group and Li Xiang took off their shirts. The black penetrating wound on the shoulder was shocking. The blue-purple potion seemed to have reacted, and tiny foams were constantly bubbling from the wound.

"What's in my body?" Ning Gu asked.

"Shards of Qi Hang." said the head of the group.

After saying these words, there was no other voice in the room, and neither Lin Fan nor Li Xiang spoke again.

A secret that has been buried for many years, even if they all know it, when it is said so bluntly, the unknown uneasiness it brings is still fresh.

"Where is it?" Ning Gu's voice was completely hoarse, trembling.

"Is there a small wound on the back of your head?" the group leader said softly.

"...Yes," Ning Gu slowly raised his hand, and his fingers landed on the back of his head, shaking violently, "You told me, it was when I was injured when I was young... You said that I fell on the ground and injured myself of……"

"We don't have a better place to store this fragment," the leader stood up and walked to Ning Gu, "I..."

"Don't come near me." Ning Gu looked at him.

"We don't want to hurt you," Li Xiang spoke with a little difficulty, "Ning Gu, there was really no other way at that time."

"Why me?" Ning Gu asked, "Why me?"

Both the head of the group and Li Xiang were silent.

"Who am I?" Ning Gu asked, "Who are my parents? Where are they? Did you protect me for 22 years, or Qi Hang's fragments for 22 years?"

"Who am I?" Ning Gu looked at the three people in the room, "Who can tell me?"