Chapter 588 No One Knows Where They Are Going
Chapter 588 No one knows where they are going
In a makeshift tent.
Chen Yutong used the equipment in the medical kit to draw blood from the lamb, then used a cotton swab to press the wound and applied medical tape.
Looking at the silent lamb, Chen Yutong touched her hair and praised her softly.
”You are very brave. When I was your age, I felt dizzy when I saw blood, let alone injections.”
The praised lamb smiled shyly and said shyly.
”Actually… I’m still a little scared, but after seeing it more, it seems not so scary anymore.”
The whole villa seemed to be soaked in a blood tank.
Not only blood, but also corpses. No matter how you clean it up, there will always be some left.
When she just came up from the basement, she was almost scared to death. Even though she is used to it now, she still can’t stand the suffocation in the air.
Looking at Chen Yutong putting the test tube containing her blood into a small silver square box, the lamb asked in a low voice.
”…Can my blood cure those people?”
Chen Yutong rubbed his chin and pondered for a long time, looking at the various test parameters jumping on the display screen, muttering to himself.
”…I’m not sure yet, but there is indeed some kind of antibody in your body that can inhibit the secretion of active enzymes by the Naguo mycelium, which will help us develop vaccines or antidotes against this special fungus.”
Not all creatures will be affected by Naguo. A very small number of people do not have any reaction after eating Naguo. They rely on some kind of antibodies in their bodies to inhibit the infection of Naguo mycelium and completely digest it with their digestive system. The probability is about one in ten thousand or two.
Xiaoyang is not the only antibody carrier in this settlement, but most of the other antibody carriers share the food with those who have not been brainwashed by Band 03 in the previous commotion.
Therefore, this little girl who carries antibodies and is lucky to survive is particularly important.
The mind interference device can brainwash Naguo addicts who enter the “wandering” state, and the combination of these two is the culprit of the Songguomu Farm tragedy.
If a vaccine or antidote that inhibits the growth of Naguo mycelium can be developed, the brainwashing of the Torch Church on the settlements in the diocese can be lifted.
Of course, material technology can only solve material problems, and the brainwashing of the spiritual level still needs a long time to repair.
The Torch Church’s dominance over the local area is not entirely achieved through Naguo. They have gained a large number of believers by taking advantage of the ignorance of serfs under the plantation economy model.
Rather than saying that their rule is achieved by Naguo and mind interference devices, it is better to say that they have the conditions to do this after achieving complete rule.
I am afraid that there have been more than one tragedy similar to the pine cone farm.
Looking at the elder sister who was thinking about something with a solemn expression, the little sheep asked curiously in a low voice.
”Are you a doctor?”
”Well… I don’t think so,” Chen Yutong thought for a while, and his eyebrows stretched with a smile, “Sister is not good at curing diseases and saving lives, probably belongs to research.”
”Research?” The little sheep tilted his head.
”Well,” Chen Yutong nodded gently, “Using existing knowledge to explore unknown puzzles can be understood this way.”
The little sheep nodded, not quite understanding.
It always feels like…
it looks amazing.
Although she still doesn’t quite understand what the so-called unknown puzzles are.
Seeing the envy on that young face, Chen Yutong guessed what she was thinking, and smiled and reached out to touch her hair.
”Do you want to learn?”
”Yes!”
The little sheep’s eyes lit up and nodded excitedly.
But perhaps because she thought that her abrupt request might cause trouble to others, her bright big eyes suddenly dimmed again.
The little sheep whispered shyly.
”Well. I don’t know anything. Would it be troublesome to teach me… If it will cause trouble to my sister’s work, forget it.”
”How can it be troublesome? It’s better to say that it’s great to have an assistant.” Once
the chatterbox was opened, it couldn’t be stopped, and Chen Yutong continued with a smile.
”Here, although there are not as many rules and regulations as in the academy, it is common to see people who think with their muscles… Although those people are not bad, and some fools are quite cute, there are not enough people who can discuss problems. Such a big project is actually handed over to a newcomer like me.”
Stroking the fluffy hair, she looked at the pair of nervous big eyes and said softly.
”And… Sister, there will always be a day when I will become a grandmother. When that time comes, I will have to hand over the work I haven’t finished to you.”
The young face was rejuvenated with joy, and behind the joyful pupils, there was a glimmer of hope that had never been seen before.
In the past memories, no one had ever said such words to her.
Or to be more precise, no one had ever thought that she was an important person, even she herself thought so.
It didn’t matter what she thought or did, as long as she played the role of a well-behaved and sensible daughter, a law-abiding hostage, and a playmate of the young lady… Just put it on the windowsill like a vase.
But at this moment, she suddenly felt that her life had regained its meaning, and she didn’t have to wait for the fate that had been arranged.
With a flushed face, the lamb nodded vigorously and said with determination.
”Well! When that time comes… leave it to the lamb!”
Although she knew that childhood dreams are always fickle, Chen Yutong did not say those cold words, but just smiled and touched her head.
”Well, come on!”
…
at the door of the tent.
Chen Yutong walked out of the curtain with the flushed lamb and patted her shoulder gently.
”Is it okay to go back by yourself?”
”Well!” The lamb nodded seriously, “I remember the way.”
Chen Yutong nodded with a smile and continued.
”After you go back, you must explain it clearly to your good friend Yinyin. I think… those words may not be her original intention, and she may even regret those words now.”
Hearing Yinyin, the lamb lowered his head a little depressed, and said in a low voice after a while.
”Yinyin… does she really not think so?”
Looking at the lamb who asked seriously, Chen Yutong thought for a moment and said.
”Humans are very complex creatures. They have many thoughts in a day, some negative and some positive… When you are emotional, you may not say what you think the most. It may just be that the thought that appears in your mind. So adults will control their emotions. You are still children. It is normal that you can’t control it.” When she said
this, she smiled.
”After so long, Yinyin should have calmed down. As long as you communicate patiently, you will definitely resolve the misunderstanding.”
The lamb nodded, not quite understanding, and lowered his head in gratitude.
”Thank you… I understand.”
”Well, go.”
Looking at the girl who turned and left, Chen Yutong smiled like an aunt and waved gently.
What a sensible and good child.
Suddenly I want to raise one…
Just when she turned her eyes away from the lamb’s back, a light cough came from the side, accompanied by a teasing ridicule.
”Why did I become a fool who can only think about problems with muscles?”
Hearing the familiar voice, Chen Yutong blushed and looked back at Lao Bai who was leaning against the pillar not far away.
”When did you come… Wait, did you hear it?”
Lao Bai said with a dry cough.
”Sorry, I didn’t mean to. I just wanted to come here to ask what was going on, but I just happened to hear it when I arrived at the door.”
And the tent was set up in the patio in the center of the villa.
Even if he wanted to avoid it, there was no place to avoid it.
”I should apologize…” Chen Yutong said with an embarrassed expression on his face, “But I didn’t mean any harm, I was just joking…”
”Haha, it’s okay, I’m not that kind of petty man,” Lao Bai grinned, and then said, “How is the antibody? Can it be used?”
Chen Yutong nodded, but shook his head slightly.
”Well, the phenomenon of inhibiting the hyphae of Naguo has been observed in clinical practice, but it may take some time to completely solve the influence of Naguo.”
Lao Bai nodded and continued.
”What about now? Do you plan to go back to the base?”
”Of course I’ll stay here,” Chen Yutong said without hesitation. “Although it’s unexpected, there are the best experimental equipment here, and there are so many ‘patients’. If we want to develop an effective vaccine as soon as possible, this is the best testing ground.”
Old White joked.
”It seems that we have to stay here for a while.”
Chen Yutong said a little embarrassedly.
”Thank you for your hard work.”
”It’s nothing, this is all we can do.”
With a grin, Old White paused for a moment, gradually put away his joking expression, and continued in a serious tone.
”But… I must make it clear to you that the danger here has not been eliminated. Although we repelled the joint offensive of the Torch and the Mutants, to a large extent they suffered from the lack of large-scale combat experience. It’s hard to say what will happen next.”
Chen Yutong nodded and said seriously.
”Well… I understand. If the situation is not right, I will follow the arrangement and evacuate from here.”
”Then I’m relieved.”
Old White smiled and was about to say something else. At this time, the signal light on the inside of the helmet flickered slightly, and then the voice of his teammates came from the communication channel.
”Boss, about 500 meters from the north gate, there are two motorcycles approaching here!”
Hearing the report on the communication channel, Lao Bai’s expression immediately became serious, and he asked with his index finger on his helmet.
”What color?”
”I can’t see what color it is… but it’s obviously a person. Judging from the equipment, it looks like a local wastelander. But it’s too strange to come here at this time.”
Songguomu Farm is not a settlement open to the outside world. Generally, if you are not familiar with it, you won’t even approach it.
Many slave-hunting teams active in this area are controlled by the farmers here.
”Wait for me to come.”
After hanging up the communication, Lao Bai looked at Chen Yutong.
”We have work to do here. I have to go to the gate of the settlement immediately.”
Chen Yutong nodded gently and said with a smile.
”Well, you go and do your work. Don’t worry about me. I will tell you immediately if there is any progress.”
”Contact me in time if there is any situation, or contact my teammates.”
Leaving this sentence, Lao Bai did not stay and left in the direction of the outside of the manor.
At this moment, at the north gate of Songguomu Farm, two motorcycles stopped by the roadside, and two dusty men stepped out of the motorcycles.
They carried rifles on their backs and ammunition bags on their motorcycles. If they came to visit at night, they would be targeted in any settlement.
However, when they arrived here, no one came up to question them. Everyone at the gate of the settlement had a heavy or numb look on their faces.
They dug a pit next to the farmland, pushed the bodies to the gate with a cart, and then poured them into the pit and covered them with soil to bury them.
At first, Li Jinrong didn’t see the bodies until he smelled the strong smell of blood and found the corpses piled next to the haystack.
Most of the bodies were in pieces, and many had been gnawed to pieces, as if they were snatched from the mouths of wild beasts.
His Adam’s apple moved, and he couldn’t say a word.
Xiao Yue, who was following him, was the same. His face became even paler, and the corners of his mouth twitched for a long time before he squeezed out a word from his throat with difficulty.
”Shit…”
”What on earth is going on here?!” It was
like…
hell.
At this moment, a powered armor came out of the open door and stopped in front of him.
The visor of the helmet opened, and Li Jinrong saw the familiar face again.
”Old Bai.”
Old Bai nodded.
”We meet again.”
Li Jinrong glanced around and took a deep breath.
”What on earth is going on here?”
”It’s the experiment of the Torch Church. Unfortunately, we were dragged into it.” Old Bai’s expression was a little gloomy. He looked at the pile of corpses not far away and said, “Originally, as long as we control the farmers here, we can dismantle the bombs buried here bit by bit, but they are one step ahead of us.”
Xiao Yue looked at him blankly.
”Experiment?!”
Lao Bai: “About the mind interference device and the experiment of Nago… You are from the south, you should have heard about what they did.”
Li Jinrong’s face was a little surprised, and he stood there for a long time, and then he continued with difficulty.
”I have heard about it, but I haven’t heard about the specific content of the experiment. The settlements in Haiya Province are more difficult to approach than the settlements here… Damn, what do they want to do? What kind of experiment is this?”
He did hear about the experiments of the Torch Church. After all, those people did things without any concealment.
But seeing the thousands or even tens of thousands of corpses, he still couldn’t imagine what kind of experiment they were doing.
However, the evidence was in front of him.
Not far from the pile of corpses, there was a fat giant like a hill, like a pile of rotten meat on the ground, giving off a rancid smell.
If he remembered correctly, it was a biological soldier transformed by the Torch Church using mutants, and the model seemed to be called Goliath.
Several people who looked like farmers were swinging pickaxes and shoveling the soil on the ground silently, intending to dig a hole big enough to bury it.
Fortunately, it was winter now.
Otherwise, the smell here would be much more impactful than it is now.
Lao Bai was silent for a while, then sighed and said.
”I am no less confused than you. I am afraid that except for those lunatics themselves, no one knows what kind of heaven they are going to.”
No one knows how much it will cost to get there.
After interrogating the executioner named Li Jie, he has completely understood…
those guys are simply impossible to communicate with.
Li Jinrong squeezed out a sentence from his throat.
”… We must stop them.”
Lao Bai nodded.
”We think so too. If we let them continue to rot, sooner or later they will drag everyone down… Today it is Jinchuan Province, tomorrow it is the river valley, and later the trouble will spread to who knows how far.”
”We have our own troubles to solve. The wave that has not stopped for a century and a half is coming again soon, but our managers think we must do something.”
”Let’s talk about cooperation.”
After speaking, he turned and walked towards the door.
Xiao Yue glanced at Li Jinrong standing next to him and asked in a low voice.
”What does he mean?”
Li Jinrong answered in an uncertain tone.
”This is probably a signal of cooperation.”
He really wanted to climb up the big tree of the alliance. If they could get the help of the alliance, they could at least get a stable rear.
But he didn’t expect the alliance to take the initiative to propose it.
Xiao Yue looked at him and said hesitantly.
”Would it be better to report it to the organization?”
He knew that the boss suspected that there might be a traitor planted by the Torch Church inside the Iron Tower. Just like they would send spies to the church, the other party would naturally think of this idea.
Moreover, the Torch Church, which has a huge reserve of manpower and technology, can make this matter more secretive and more difficult to guard against.
However, having said that, the two of them alone cannot represent the entire Iron Tower organization. Besides
, at least some people are still trustworthy.
Li Jinrong thought for a moment and shook his head.
”Listen to what they say first.”
After saying that, he locked his motorcycle, handed his weapon to the soldier on duty at the door, and followed Lao Bai into the settlement…
…
The long night was finally over.
When the sun rose at dawn, the Iron Heart finally arrived above the suburbs of Jinhe City, overlooking the ground like a towering fortress.
The birds and beasts hiding in the forest were disturbed by the overwhelming power and ran away from it.
Not only the timid alien species were disturbed, but also the mutants hiding in the city.
However, they did not know what fear was and would not run away with their tails between their legs.
The foreheads hidden in the ruins were shining green, and the grinning faces were only bloodthirsty and hideous. The
only expression on that face was fear.
They waved their weapons in their hands, and even fired rifles at the airships more than ten kilometers away, shouting in rude voices.
”Come here if you have the guts! Two-legged coward!”
”Show your mutant grandfather how many heads you have that are worth chopping off!”
”%￥#@!”
”Ahhh!”
Seeing that the airship had no reaction, they simply turned around and grabbed a dozen skinny and ugly poor guys from the cages of the prisoners, and pushed them to the roof of one of the buildings of the “Champion” Biopharmaceutical Research Institute.
This is one of the tallest buildings in the entire Jinhe City.
Ignoring the pleas for mercy from the men and women, they chopped off their heads with a knife, then hung them by their ankles with ropes and threw them outside the building, letting their blood flow down the outer wall of the building.
Like a scarlet waterfall.
The reveling mutants roared with excitement, whether they were bleeding, being drenched in blood, or just watching the excitement from the side.
For them, blood sacrifice of a few two-legged animals is both an entertainment program
and a ritual to pray for a “good harvest.”
The captives who were locked in the cage like animals were trembling, their faces were full of fear without exception, and some of them simply did not react, sitting blankly with their eyes blank…
The airship just looked at them quietly, and then dropped the anchor chain.
Although the minions did not take the airship seriously, when Garen, the leader of the tribe, saw the airship, he still had a trace of surprise on his face, and then his caterpillar-like eyebrows frowned solemnly.
He finally knew what happened last night.
But he didn’t understand why the alliance would go to war at this time.
The apostle of the Torch Church told him personally that once winter was over, Qingquan City would erupt in an unprecedented wave.
The alliance should be preparing for war at this moment.
It stands to reason that there is no time to thwart their plan.
Standing behind him, the hunched Gomo said softly.
”Our allies want us to take out Pinewood Farm… The Alliance’s troops have taken over there, and the bishop suspects they are up to something bad, which could threaten their ongoing plans.”
Hearing Gomo’s voice, Garn’s mouth opened into a cruel grin.
”He still has the nerve to ask us for something. Aren’t they going to explain what happened last night?”
Gomo sighed softly.
”He is sorry for the accident last night. No one expected the Alliance to react so quickly. Usually those people make plans before taking action, but now they obviously sent people here first… In addition, the church will double the compensation for the prosthetics and weapons lost in the battle.”
Hearing this, Garn’s brows finally relaxed a little.
In the Qi tribe, strength is equal to status, and whoever has the biggest fist is the leader.
Therefore, those equipment that can make people stronger are much more valuable to them than those green-skinned consumables.
The Qi tribe has no shortage of warriors.
They have been fighting since they were in their mother’s wombs. They learned to hunt before they spoke, and they learned to eat people before they walked.
Every one of them is a soldier.
But –
”Tell him that I’ve accepted the job, but it’s not a good idea to leave the city now. At least we have to wait until it rains or fogs up,” Garn stared at the airship and said solemnly, “The barrel of the gun is like a hedgehog. I’m afraid we’ll get beaten if we go out from here.” There
are shelters in the city, and without the guidance of ground troops, the damage caused by the artillery fire is quite limited.
But it’s different on the plains.
Although there are large tracts of forest from Jinhe City to the Songguomu Farm in the eastern suburbs, there are at least one or two open open spaces.
A dozen or twenty people may be fine, but a large-scale march of hundreds or thousands of people will definitely be seen, and then last night’s failure may be repeated.
Seeing Garn’s concerns, Gomo smiled lightly and continued.
”Don’t worry about that.”
”The bishop has a way to get us in.”
(End of this chapter)
