Heroes, great men...the people described by words like these have always been recorded in books. Ever since Su Chenmeng began to remember, she had never seen a living hero. She comes from an era of high peace and development. Everyone is a cog in society. Although there are some elites and leaders among them, these people also adapt to the situation with their talents and create their own excellence.
And heroes only exist in stories.
So how do people nowadays define heroes?
Su Chenmeng was not that persistent. This was just a question in her life, and she still had a lot of questions. It would be easy to divert her attention by continuing to study and answer other questions.
Until she died, woke up again, and came to the distribution center.
She once again caught up with the best time. A protracted war finally came to an end. The forces that were more friendly to newcomers finally won. However, in the case of lack of manpower, some potential newcomers needed to be focused on. In order to lay a good foundation, these people will not advance very quickly. After Su Chenmeng bounced between several small organizations several times, she accidentally joined the Star World Temple, and then started to accumulate here - the distribution center provided a lot of things to learn, and her questions during her lifetime could always be answered. It's open.
When she reached the fourth level, she finally learned some inside information about the founder of the Astral Temple, and also read the ancient history. She doesn't have much interest in those who have not entered the elimination scene. After all, prepare scores in advance to avoid elimination with negative scores. She will pay attention to preparations from the second level. Even if it is difficult, it is not as good as those who come back from the elimination scene. people.
What excites her is that the founder of the Astral Temple is exactly such a person, a person who fits the indomitable characteristics of her inner "hero". To her disappointment, when she reached the fourth level, the hero had already stopped interfering with the organization's affairs.
"For you, is sacrifice an essential virtue for a hero?" Ivina asked softly.
"To be precise, it should be the courage to live towards death." Su Chenmeng said, "An environment that is too peaceful will make people lose their life and death situation, while an environment that is too dangerous will make people lose their courage. I respect you Three, because you have staked your lives for the survival of the Executors, and the reason why I recognize you even more is... you have paid the price."
"So for you, being in a desperate situation and overcoming it, such a person will be coated with a layer of heroic color, and according to what you said, creating such a person has a fatal attraction for you?"
"The number of qualified people is very small. Even if many people have determination, ideals, and enough strength, in the end they will be lost to everyone. There are many outstanding captains on Judgment Island, but most of them can only play the role of warriors. Not a hero." Su Chenmeng raised her chin and looked at Ivina, her eyes were cautious but not fanatical.
"What about us?"
"It's coming soon, but it's not time yet. They said that I have a strong desire to control, which is true. I hope that under my control, a suitable environment can be generated and a suitable person can be led. To this end, Of course, the more supporting characters, the better. Ivina, you three are getting closer, so I’m waiting for your dreams to be realized or shattered, that’s when you will prove your true nature as a hero.”
"In that case, until that time comes, you are on our side, right?"
"If I lie in this regard, you can directly let regret judge me." Su Chenmeng smiled, "Let me see, no matter which ending is fine. However, I personally look forward to the former. I want to see A shining... living hero."
"I understand, thank you. Then, let me tell you something...about safe extracts."
Ivina began to talk about relevant matters.
First, there is the relationship between the containment object and the doomsday core. A containment object may have multiple doomsday cores, and usually after the doomsday core is destroyed, the containment object will return to the containment unit. The most important reason here is that the containment object cannot be killed or destroyed, at least from the executor level. to this matter. The doomsday core is not fatal to the contained objects, and can be produced multiple times. When Judgment Island uses some means to extract the doomsday core and cuts off the connection with the contained objects, it becomes a "safe extract."
What is different from the relationship between the executor and the core weapon is that the executor and the core weapon are more closely related. Although the extraction method is the application of the same technology, the effects are different. To exaggerate, the Doomsday Core can be said to be a "world of its own", which also gives it extremely strong plasticity. After becoming a safe extract, it can be integrated into anything, or it can be taken out separately for re-forging. However, if you try to combine the safety extract with the core weapon, there will be a very high risk. It will greatly increase the degree of weapon fusion and affect the executor's thinking with its own doomsday effect. Therefore, it is more convenient to make the weapon separately and use it. Safe and efficient way.
Take the Irus-Dream Tree as an example. It can produce a large number of Irus-Dream Seeds, as long as it is provided with the basis of a dream, which can be a person, a story, a piece of music, or a painting. The contained objects certainly meet the conditions. These doomsday cores can be taken away by anyone due to the relatively aloof nature of Irus-Dream Tree itself, but even if taken away, the connection with Irus-Dream Tree cannot be severed.
As for what happened this time, the reason why it has not yet been completely determined is that it has not yet been determined whether the discovered dream seed has cut off the connection with Irus-the dream tree.
"Theoretically, as long as anyone can cut off the connection between the doomsday core and the contained object, they can accept it as a safe extract. However, some of the equipment made from the doomsday core and its fragments bought by cities outside the ring actually failed to cut off the connection. We have never heard of anyone doing this," Ivina said.
"So it could be something of two natures?"
"Yes, did they use the properties of the contained objects to assassinate the executor, or did someone really master the method of making safe extracts." Ivina nodded.
"How to verify?"
"We have sent what we found to the castle, and the test results will be out later. Each captain should also inform important team members of these situations now."
"It sounds like there's nothing going on without me."
"No, you need to go with me to interrogate the remaining executioners who were captured."
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Nono briefly explained the results of the search to Zhou Weiyuan.
"Generally speaking, this matter involves a lot, so Fabimo, Ivina and Ke Yong have all ended up. Those people can't escape, and you don't need to continue to follow the investigation. I suggest you think about going there tomorrow. What to do in the cities outside the ring, prepare well." Finally, Nono told Zhou Weiyuan, "I don't recommend you to take risks and buy some doomsday core items of unknown origin, because the people in the cities outside the ring are not of the same technology as Judgment Island. . If it is for safety reasons, I would recommend the Secret Workshop in Beijiaofang City. The things sold there will be of some help to you."
"Well, is there anything else I should pay attention to, Captain?"
"……Gone."
Nono cut off the communication.
"Lu Ning, our captain is obviously hesitant to speak." Zhou Weiyuan turned around and said.
"You could tell she was pessimistic about the chances of survival for so many people."
"Then shall we go tomorrow?"
"When Fabimo and the others find out the results, we can always get some information. Zhou Weiyuan, with so many things happening, the trust among the executors may have dropped a lot. I think we need to agree in advance... …At the last moment, if you can rely on yourself, rely on yourself instead of looking for alliances with others.”
"Even if you say so, I will definitely act together with Yan Rong." Zhou Weiyuan said with a smile, "Sorry, Lu Ning, this sentence may be a bit hurtful, but for us, ensuring each other's safety is the most important thing. The one who comes first, the rest of the friends have to be put behind.”
"I know you are best friends, and Yan Rong's core weapon will be stronger with your cooperation. But you have to be careful not to be tricked by the containment object."
"Do not worry."
Today's chaos was suppressed by Fabimo's strong intervention. The nine tourists disappeared, and even the gray beard who was taken away was taken away by Fabimo's people. When it was time to get off work, the executors finally got a piece of definite news - all nine people were affected by the dream erosion of the doomsday core "Irus-Dream Seed", and the doomsday core was secretly used by someone to secretly use the "squirming..." Made from the body fragments of "Dark Night", the person's specific identity has not been found yet.
The three rest period executors who were screened out by Lu Ning and Zhou Weiyuan were also controlled. However, the inspection results of these people showed that there was nothing wrong with them, and it was not their fault. Since it was Fabimo who made the move, this result should be accurate.
"Speaking of which... Even though this is the case, Fabimo has not conducted a comprehensive inspection of all executors." Lu Ning took the results and felt a little confused. Since the innocence of three people can be proven, it means that Fabimo has the means to examine past behavior, but he cannot examine all members on a large scale like the previous mental examination.
"We need to use the power of core weapons." Zhou Weiyuan said.
"Our hands are tied, but there is no other way. The people who did it know very well what kind of detection measures the executors have, and almost all the people we have caught now are pushed to the front to attract attention. The real problem people are still hidden. , maybe not even among us.”
"We have to prepare a way to identify each other." Zhou Weiyuan scratched his chin, "Call Yan Rong tomorrow, and the three of us will go to Beijiao Fang City to have a look."
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If Nono hadn't specifically mentioned the northern suburbs city, then it wouldn't have attracted special attention among the many cities outside the ring - if being far away could be considered a feature.
Compared with other cities, the northern suburbs can be said to be the farthest one. Different from the previous dust city, it has a more technological sense here, rather than the primitive-looking iron smelting. Way. However, regardless of the sense of technology, the level of the cities outside the ring is actually definitely not as good as the Judgment Island itself, so this difference is just a face-saving project.
"The air here is very humid." This was the first thing Lu Ning felt after walking into Fangshi. Much like before it rains, the moisture is thick. If the temperature here is not very high, it would be like a steamer.
Yan Rong raised her hand. She was wearing a pair of silver gauntlets to cover her watch, and now there were actually a lot of water droplets on the gauntlets.
"What's the research going on here? Steam engines?"
"Even if it's really a steam engine, it's probably just some kind of black technology." Zhou Weiyuan put on a gray windbreaker like a raincoat, and now many places on it were wet visible to the naked eye.
There was some moisture on Lu Ning's leather jacket. She wiped some of it off and smelled it, but there was no smell.
"A strange place... Come on, let's go in and take a look."
All the stalls here are separated by metal grids, and only one person can enter and shop at the same time. There are some old-fashioned cylindrical-shaped robots patrolling the streets. They are equipped with weapons similar to firearms. Zhou Weiyuan even got closer to observe, but the robot ignored him.
"The secret workshop... we have to go inside."
Yan Rong looked around. The layouts of all the markets were similar. The entrance to the market was filled with stalls and mobile processing stations. Buying things here was almost like trying to win prizes. In other words, the entrusted enhancements were pretty good. . Those who can actually own a store have to go inside, usually in the center of the city.
The three people continued walking inside and saw a building in the central area.
Its structure is very much like a flower. There is a larger cylindrical metal building in the center, with passages extending around it. Some annex buildings with four sides are connected to the main building through passages. There are no windows, only some like chimneys. Something poked out from relatively close to the top, and from time to time it would spray out a stream of white mist.
"Isn't it because of these buildings that the humidity here is so high?" Zhou Weiyuan shook his windbreaker and shook off the water. "Aren't people here afraid of rheumatism if they live in such a humid environment?"
"Why do you care about this?" Lu Ning checked the street sign. The central building here is called the "Northern Suburbs Command Post", and the surrounding houses are different shops. Among them, the Secret Workshop is Building No. 5 , if there is no house number, it looks no different from others.
Lu Ning had also communicated with others about the status of various markets when chatting before. Almost all of them were free and unorganized, similar to the management style of Dust Market. But here in Beijiao Fang City, this kind of situation where you can't even see a living person after coming in is really a bit subtle.
"Captain Nuonuo won't harm us." Zhou Weiyuan noticed Lu Ning's doubts and shrugged, "We are already at the door. Let's go in and take a look. Maybe we will get something unexpected."
