Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

Although it was the first time they met, Celeste somehow knew that He Xiao would not deceive him. Since he said it was so serious, it was really so serious.

So this time he was not stubborn: "Okay, I'll go with you."

As soon as the words fell, I saw a figure rushing towards this side quickly.

Beethoven felt something was wrong when he first approached, but those devices that can make ordinary humans lose their sense of direction and balance did not have a very obvious effect on it. He rushed towards He Xiao.

"What are you doing to my master?!" After saying this, Beethoven fell to the ground and began to roll and scream, "What the hell! Master, stop this damned infrasound, it's so uncomfortable! Ahh!"

Before Celeste understood what happened, He Xiao said, "Case, stop."

The infrasound stopped, and Beethoven fell to the ground weakly, unable to recover for a while, He Xiao smiled and said: "I think this is the mutant who betrayed the true God religion, it just happened to come, take him with you, we should set off .”

The helicopter's engine started, and Celeste turned back and shouted to Kars, who was still struggling to climb over: "Tell Lan, I'll go to the Blue Shield Group, and I'll be back to find him soon."

"What are you talking about? I can't hear you clearly!" Kars' voice was drowned out by the loud wind breaking from the helicopter's wings. The soldiers of the Blue Shield Group retrieved the mine-like devices, climbed into the plane and closed the hatch. The helicopter slowly left the ground.

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Beethoven curled up pitifully in a corner of the cabin. He hadn't recovered from the infrasonic attack just now, and the soldiers watched him warily, for fear that he might do something wrong.

Amidst the huge roar of the wings, He Xiao motioned Celeste to put on the earphones, and Celeste couldn't wait to ask, "Can you answer my doubts?"

"Of course I will try my best to satisfy your curiosity." He Xiao had an elegant and gentle smile on his face, "So, where do you want to ask?"

"Who am I?" Thelister asked the ultimate question that bothered him the most.

"It is conceivable that this must be the thing you are most concerned about now, but you have to know that you sealed your own memory, and forbade Masi to answer your questions about this, and begged me not to tell you the truth." He Xiao said in his tepid tone, "Of course, you can't restrain my behavior like restraining Masi, but I don't intend to ignore your past requests. I will tell you at an appropriate time- -As long as you complete the task I gave you, the truth you want is the reward for the task."

Celeste was not surprised by this. There are no free benefits in this world. He asked eagerly, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

He Xiao scratched his chin with his long and slender fingers, and made a thoughtful look: "Well... let the earth restore peace, that's all."

Celeste looked at He Xiao with a look of "Are you kidding me?" He Xiao smiled: "Don't look at me like that, I'm not joking."

"But I don't understand." Celeste asked, "If you want to save mankind, why don't you do it yourself? I heard that the Blue Shield Group is very powerful, isn't it?"

"Don't get me wrong, it's 'you' who want to save mankind, not me." He Xiao said, "If you decide to destroy the human species after thinking about it, then the purpose of the devourer will be achieved, and the earth can also be restored Peace, this can also be regarded as the completion of the task."

"But isn't the Devourer our enemy, why should he fulfill his wish?"

"You subconsciously used the word 'we', that's good." He Xiao smiled, and had to say that he still looks good when he smiles, "Sometimes enemies can hate the same thing, for example, they all think mosquitoes Must die. From what you've been doing the past few months, it's clear you don't think humans are a better race to die from -- it's nice not to have to do what the Devourer wants."

"This sounds very strange, as if you are not a human being, and neither am I. We have nothing to do with whether human beings will perish." Celeste looked at He Xiao suspiciously, trying to discern any clues from his face, but He Xiao's expression is still that perfect and elegant smile: "You can guess, but I won't tell you whether you guessed it or not."

"I don't think I'm human, or I used to be human and I'm not anymore," Thurlist said.

He Xiao just smiled: "Why don't you think that maybe you were not human before, but now you are."

"Because you said, my body is a cage." Celeste looked down at his fingers. He can now do some very delicate movements very flexibly, but he couldn't control his body at first. He still remembers the feeling clearly, "I really want to know, what is locked in this so-called cage?"

"I can only tell you that you have a very powerful soul. Even if your body dies, you will not really die, but you will inevitably suffer some damage, so you still have to cherish your life."

Celeste frowned, "That doesn't sound scientific at all."

He Xiao smiled: "I'm just telling you in a way that is easier for you to understand."

Beethoven raised his head, he was much better now, even without earphones, he could hear what they were saying clearly amidst the roar of the wings: "So the master is really not human?"

"I think I understand it." Celeste said, "Before the nuclear explosion in Merced, I was an ordinary human being. Now, although my body and identity are still Celeste, But I'm not actually the same Thelister anymore, am I?"

"To be or not, this is a philosophical question rather than a scientific question." He Xiao said, "Compared with Tommy at the age of 90 and when he was 5 years old, the cells in his body have been replaced several times, and his personality and hobbies are different. It's completely different. 5-year-old Tommy doesn't know anything about 90-year-old Tommy, and 90-year-old Tommy can't remember anything about 5-year-old Tommy. You think 5-year-old Tommy and 90-year-old Tommy are still the same Personal?"

Celeste was stopped by the question: "This... this question doesn't sound very meaningful."

"So what's the point of worrying about who you are now or who you were last year?" He Xiao said, "People are always growing and changing. Compared with you a minute ago, you are different now. So you There's no point wasting energy on such meaningless speculation, because one day you'll know the truth."

"One day?" Celeste looked at He Xiao and asked, "Where do you get the confidence to think that I will be able to 'restore peace to the earth'?"

"Either human beings defeat the Devourer, or the Devourer destroys human beings. There will always be a result, isn't it?" He Xiao said.

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When Fu Yunlan rushed back to Hummingbird Town in a hurry, the helicopter had long since disappeared, and the town was in chaos. Li Jiesi and Coulson led a group of people to take care of those who were injured by the strange weapons of Blue Shield Company. For those who couldn't get up, some of them could barely stand still, while others were still recovering slowly.

They rushed to tell Fu Yun the news that Lancerlist had been taken away.

"Rather than being taken away, I think he was more like being cheated away." Kars still feels like he has drunk more than a dozen bottles of wine in one go, so he can only hold his head with his eyes closed Resisting the dizziness that made him unable to stand up, "The man in the suit who looked like a dog said something to him. I didn't hear what he was saying, so he followed the man in the suit without any resistance. Helicopter, Beethoven tried to snatch him back, but suddenly fell to the ground and began to twitch, and then they put Beethoven in the helicopter and took him away."

After Fu Yunlan heard the bad news, she was speechless for a long time.

He was not afraid of anything before, but ever since he had Celeste by his side, he began to worry about gains and losses. He always felt that Celeste would leave him at any time—whether it was active or passive, but Celeste was still glued to him. After being in love with him for several months, when Fu Yunlan gradually felt relieved, Celeste suddenly disappeared from his side.

Fu Yunlan now regrets why he didn't listen to Celeste, although he also knew that even if he stayed in the small town at that time, he might just fall to the ground like Kars and couldn't get up, watching Selister helplessly. There was nothing that Lister could do about being taken away, but at least he was there.

The Blue Shield Group used to search for technical talents in the wasteland, but they always took people to Hawaii on the premise that others were voluntary, and they had never heard of them kidnapping anyone.

Why did you use this method against Celeste?

There must be some connection between Celeste and the Blue Shield Group. What is their relationship?

Fu Yunlan didn't believe that Celeste left voluntarily. He knew that Celeste was very curious about the secrets about him, but even if Celeste wanted to know the truth, it was impossible for him not to tell him. Just go with someone else.

Fu Yunlan anxiously returned to the headquarters of the mercenary group, went straight into the cowboy's room, and rummaged through a pile of magazines.

Apart from guns, the Cowboy is most interested in the legends related to the Blue Shield Group. According to him, the Blue Shield Group must have many high-tech weapons that are higher than the trash picking forces in the wasteland. The Blue Shield Group does not accept fighters, no matter how good they are, he has already gone straight to the Hawaiian Islands.

Fu Yunlan remembered that the cowboy collected every edition of the blue shield group's leaflets scattered on the wasteland. He found those leaflets and flipped through them anxiously. The cowboy followed him and asked suspiciously: "Lan, what do you want Why, haven't you seen all these things?"

"I remember that one of the leaflets contained a map to Bainiao Port." Fu Yunlan couldn't find two of them, so she simply took the whole stack of leaflets away.