After carefully studying the distribution of the pillars, Lu Ning discovered that these things seemed to have been dropped randomly, and did not have a familiar arrangement as she thought. However, each pillar is somewhat different. These differences are not recorded in the records, probably because the researchers at that time really did not have time to conduct more detailed research.
She found the sixth pillar. After all, according to the records, this pillar was almost a turning point. The whole town fell asleep because of the fall of this pillar. Lu Ning was actually very curious. It was now emitting a soft golden light, like a sun without dazzling the eyes, but the texture was still as soft as the one she tested before. This time, Lu Ning did not test his abilities randomly. He just tried it with a knife and found that the effect was about the same, so he gave up.
So... the most important question is, after the sixth pillar fell, how did the seventh and eighth pillars cause the mutations in the townspeople? She didn't feel the difference between these pillars, and Requiem couldn't feel the difference between these pillars. She could only feel the mysterious feeling of familiarity and disgust.
She randomly picked one of the two pillars and walked over.
Just halfway through this time, Lu Ning felt a little uncomfortable. The pillar that was slowly emitting green light was not far away from her, but Lu Ning felt that her body began to instinctively resist, resisting walking over and approaching.
But an inexplicable intuition began to form in her mind - she had to go there. If she didn't do this, she would miss something, and it must be something she would regret.
This sense of contradiction is almost exactly the same as the feeling Zhu gave him. After Lu Ning thought for a moment, she continued to take steps. She didn't know which way was right, but she knew that she could take a certain risk now. The core of the scene in the distribution center cannot be safely accessed without any risk.
She walked close to the pillar and suddenly heard a slight cracking sound. Looking left and right, Lu Ning didn't find anything broken. She looked at the pillar in confusion, but suddenly realized that she was the one who broke.
From her shoulders to her neck and chin, the skin and flesh rolled up, and something dark was surging between her bones. She didn't feel the slightest pain, but instead felt like she was getting stronger. Lu Ning raised her hands, and her skin began to rot. She could see that there was no longer flesh and bone under the skin, but some black substances. These substances exuded a decayed but full of vitality. Such a contradictory feeling started from the beginning. It exists to the end.
Lu Ning took another step forward, raised her head, and looked at her reflection in the crystal. Now, even her eyes were rotten, and there were only two dots of ghost fire and a lot of bloodshot eyes in the eye sockets, but she did not feel anything wrong with her vision at all.
"It's amazing..."
The contradictory and weird feeling just now began to become harmonious and unified. Lu Ning stretched out her hand and touched the soft surface of the crystal column. She felt like she was in a dream, but she was awake at the same time. Her fingertips slowly began to exert force, and then the rotten skin fell off from her hands. Only the black parts began to enter the crystal. Those parts did not exude a dazzling color. Perhaps black itself is a kind of preciousness. color.
She didn't understand why she thought that.
After his palm went in, Lu Ning raised his right hand again. This time, he held Bailu Weishuang in his hand.
Crack!
The sharp sword cut off her palm from the wrist without any hindrance, and then the black palm was swallowed by the pillar. Lu Ning took two steps back and shook his head slightly: "The price is a little high... but fortunately gain something."
She shook her right hand, and the rotten skin had grown back. Then she touched her chin, and the flesh and blood had returned to its original state. The feeling just now was so terrible, as if someone had sent you to a warm and soft big bed after working continuously for three days and three nights. As long as you closed your eyes, you could fall asleep.
Never wake up again.
Type A virus? Lu Ning looked at the road she walked carefully. This was not an accident. Maybe from the beginning... No, from a long time ago? She was glad that she could explain everything to her father early and cut off this nihilistic warmth, otherwise she might become like Zhao Xihua this time.
A left hand, a lesson, she felt it was quite profitable. Lu Ning chuckled, turned around, walked back to the car, started the car, and left the town overnight.
The directory must be in the hands of someone with average abilities like the director before. After Lu Ning experienced it personally this time, she probably understood why the director led people away like crazy. To be honest, it would be reasonable for him to save the lives of the remaining researchers instead of killing them.
So where does such a person go? Lu Ning guessed that since they couldn't resist the temptation of type A virus, they would definitely be inclined to look for it. The reason for the three files left in the virus directory has not yet been clarified, but such an important thing will definitely not be contained in only one research institute.
She stopped at a gas station on the way and took a nap. She had already verified her own monster non-attack characteristic before. Only E-type virus individuals would not actively attack her, but the derivative individuals they produced did not have this characteristic and would still charge at Lu Ning when encountering her. However, the combat effectiveness of the derived individuals is basically not very good, so Lu Ning is not worried.
When she was about to hit the road again the next day, she found a car driving slowly on the highway.
It was a minibus with a shabby appearance. Even the lathe had many damages and was covered in bloodstains. Lu Ning didn't rush to drive when she saw this, but after the minibus arrived at the gas station, it stopped. A few people wrapped in ragged clothes immediately got out of the car, carrying oil drums in their hands, and hurried over to think about it. Need to pull out some oil.
Lu Ning took a brief look at the people who got off the car. They were men and women, old and young. The older ones stared at Lu Ning with vigilant eyes, and their bodies were also positioned at the front and side to protect the people in the middle. Although their clothes are relatively tattered, these people's spirits are actually quite good. Even if they are old people, it can be seen that the end of the world has not brought them to the point of extreme hardship.
The problem is that there is actually very little oil left in such roadside gas stations.
One month after the end, production came to a standstill and supplies began to run low. Perhaps durable goods can still be found, but consumables are already hard to come by in areas with fewer monsters. If people want to get supplies, they must either produce them themselves, collect them in places where there are many monsters, or look for hidden granaries and other places. In short, it is not that easy anymore.
The same is probably true for the people in this car, and this problem cannot be solved by ordinary superpowers.
Fuel - a non-renewable resource even before the apocalypse.
After checking but finding nothing, those carrying the oil drums sat down on the ground as if their strength had been drained. Lu Ning took a step toward them and asked, "It looks like you are in some trouble?"
"Trouble?" A person raised his head and smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter. At most, we have to abandon the car, but how long will it take for us to find a place to settle?"
"You seem to be a lot of people. You can travel so far, but you actually have some special abilities, right? Where did you live before? Have you been wandering since the end of the world?"
"No."
At this time, a man came out of the motorcade. He was in his fifties. His appearance was a bit old, but he looked quite majestic. He came over and looked at the empty oil drums in the hands of those people, with a somewhat sad expression: "Girl can travel alone in the last days, she must be a very capable person. And we were in a small village before, and that village was originally Because it was to be bulldozed and turned into a reservoir, all the residents moved away, and there were no monsters. But after only half a month of stability, a group of moth-like monsters rushed into the village, killed our companions, and destroyed the village. We tried our best to escape from our house, and we only relied on this minibus to travel along the way, but today it seems... there is no other way."
"I have fuel in the trunk. I also have a nearby map and know some places where I can get supplies." Lu Ning gestured behind her with her hand, "Although it may not be the model you want to use for your car, you probably don't either. There are so many things to pay attention to. But...I am not a person who will be happy to help others at the end of the day."
"I can see that you must have a purpose for talking to us." The man nodded, "We already have nothing to offer, so what do you want?"
"How many of you are there?" Lu Ning asked.
"Twenty-three in this car."
"Yes. To put it simply, I now want to build a stronghold in a suitable place. I can provide initial material help and help find a safer place. I may never come to this stronghold again in my life, but what? , there must be someone here, and when I come here, I must be able to replenish basic supplies here. Do you understand what I mean?" Lu Ning said bluntly.
"...Do you mean to let us guard one stronghold for the rest of our lives?"
"Of course not. You have to ensure that there are a permanent number of people here. Even if you later find a suitable place to live and report this stronghold to them, you still have to abide by the operating number of about 20 people left here and cannot let it go unused. And at the very least, for you, you are not allowed to transfer to another place within half a year, that’s the condition.”
The man showed a wry smile: "Half a year? Within half a year, can this doomsday end? Can we restore order? You...your conditions are actually very good for us. If you can do what you said For early help, we can wait for you here for a year and a half. But... I can't make a longer-term commitment either."
Lu Ning actually didn't need his lifelong commitment. After the two had a good conversation, she gave them a bucket of fuel collected on the road from the trunk, and then asked carefully about the composition of the team.
Surprisingly, all the people in this car have some super powers. Although most of them are useless, such as making ripples in the water, or levitating an object of no more than ten grams, but these People also try their best to use these abilities in life, which also makes the wandering journey easier.
There are only three young people with fighting superpowers. One can turn leaves and branches into knives, one can eject stones like bullets, and one can make people or monsters numb by contact with them.
Lu Ning was more satisfied. Only those who could make full use of their superpowers and protect the team through superpower cooperation could easily establish a stronghold that made her feel at ease.
As for the location, when she saw these people, she was thinking about where she was going.
The Yuexiutan Research Institute is also a top scientific research institution among the national research institute materials brought out by Canglonggang. However, the geographical location of the research institute is on the edge of the city. I am afraid that it will not be able to avoid the outbreak of the first batch of monsters in the apocalypse. However, due to the institute’s ability to seal and maintain confidentiality, there may still be room for recovery of the information.
After such a long time, the regional monsters have already fixed their chassis, while the wandering monsters must have dispersed, and fewer of them can still stay near the research institute.
So what if there are fixed monsters there?
Scarlet lightning penetrated the giant multi-eyed monster that was like an ape but five meters tall, tearing the monster based at the research institute into two halves from the waist. Then Lu Ning turned around and threw out the invisible blade of the distorted glove in his hand, and twisted its upper body into several pieces in the air.
"It's just one. That's really easier to handle." Lu Ning waved her hand. It was rare for her to use her full strength. She seemed to have exerted a little too much force. Now the monsters here in the institute do not produce any derivative individuals, which saves her the trouble of searching and exterminating them everywhere.
"Girl is so powerful, you don't actually need a stronghold, right? Even one or two monsters can't do anything to you." The leader led people over. After seeing Lu Ning's power, he was not trembling, but I started to think about what purpose Lu Ning had in coming to them. It seems that he is really thinking about his team and how to deal with someone he can't afford to offend.
"This is one moment and another, and I'm not worried now, but that doesn't mean I won't need it in the future. Being prepared for a rainy day is my way of doing things."
"In that case... I certainly don't have any objections. We are at the end of our rope, and if anyone is willing to help, we won't refuse."
"Then follow me into the research institute. There should be underground equipment here, and Yuexiutan has agricultural research and its own greenhouse. Even if it is damaged, you can restore part of it."
