"Can you take me to your settlement?"
A kind smile appeared on Chengshuo's face, and he spread his hands and said, "Look, I don't carry any weapons. Besides, I'm just alone, so I can't pose a threat to your settlement."
"OK."
Dickens nodded.
He had no hostility toward Cheng Sheng, and since he had just accepted Cheng Sheng's box of coffee powder, he agreed without hesitation.
At the same time, he asked: "You don't have a 'Purple Fog Light Ball', so you can just walk in the purple fog. Is it really okay?"
Like a magic trick, Cheng Sheng took out a bottle of 'Dark Spore Extract' from the storage bag and waved it in front of Dickens: "I have injected this injection. Before the effect of the medicine is completely over, you can Ignore the influence of purple haze to a certain extent.”
Dickens looked at the injection in Cheng Huo's hand with some curiosity, but said nothing more.
Dickens seemed to know the roads around here very well.
Therefore, although there was thick purple fog blocking the view along the way, Dickens led Chengshuo and quickly returned to the settlement on a familiar road.
Compared to other areas, the thick purple fog in human settlements is relatively thinner.
The survivors living in it can move freely in the settlement without even using the "Purple Fog Light Ball" without worrying about their sanity being affected.
Most of the buildings in the settlement are iron houses and trailers, which look like temporary structures.
Chengshuo saw them and said thoughtfully: "If I guessed correctly, your settlement should be moved frequently, right?"
"Um."
Dickens responded: "A region like this, with its thin purple haze and suitable for human habitation, does not exist permanently."
"Sometimes the purple mist will be thinner on the east side of the city, so we will move to the east side of the city."
"Sometimes the purple haze will be thinner in the west of the city, so we will move to the west of the city."
Dickens finally added: "It is precisely because we have to move frequently that most of our houses are tin houses and trailers."
"Then frequent relocation also means that we cannot plant crops. Only crops such as carrots and lettuce can grow into crops in about a month, so we will plant them in large quantities."
"But the calories these crops can provide are limited, and they are far from enough for the survivors in our settlement, so we will often go to areas with thicker purple mist to search for some edible food."
While Dickens introduced the situation in the settlement to Chengshuo, Chengshuo also secretly released his spiritual consciousness, covering the entire settlement.
——If it were the place where he stayed before, affected by the rich purple mist, it would be impossible for him to release his spiritual consciousness.
However, the purple mist in this settlement is thin, so survival is no longer subject to this restriction.
The moment the consciousness was released, the situation in the entire settlement was clearly visible.
In this settlement, Cheng Sheng discovered a house that had been renovated with armored vehicles, lead alloy iron plates, and stone bricks.
This house is extremely closed, and there are soldiers armed with guns guarding the house outside. It looks out of place with the surrounding simple iron houses and trailers.
Due to the lead alloy iron plate isolation, the living consciousness could not detect the situation in the house, so he asked Dickens: "What is the house built with lead alloy iron plates and armored vehicles in your settlement used for?"
Dickens was stunned when he heard this: "Isn't this your first time coming to our settlement? How come you even know this?"
He didn't explain anything when he saw Cheng Sheng, he just smiled mysteriously.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Dickens answered truthfully: "That room is used to contain some abnormal objects and creatures. It's not really a secret."
"After all, you also know: in some areas with thicker purple mist, you can always find items with incredible abilities, but at the same time, they also have certain side effects."
"In order to make better use of these items, and also to prevent the side effects of these items from affecting us humans, we built that shelter in the settlement."
Dickens finally added: "Those lead alloy plates used to build shelters have a strong insulating effect and can reduce the negative impact of abnormal items to a certain extent."
There are a total of three human settlements in the safe zone where Dickens and the others are located.
Survivors in the settlement often interact with each other, and personnel changes caused by marriage and relationships are even more common.
Therefore, seeing the arrival of this unfamiliar face, the survivors in the settlement did not react much.
…
Cheng Sheng followed Dickens and walked around the settlement in the name of visiting.
Afterwards, he paid a small bag of sausages as a price and became one of the survivors in the settlement.
Being in the safe zone of the settlement, survival is no longer affected by the thick purple fog, and there is no need to consume the 'Dark Spore Extract' injection.
In order to find out more information and to integrate into the settlement as soon as possible, Cheng Sheng stayed in the settlement for seven full days.
Seven days later, Cheng Sheng proposed to the management in the settlement that he wanted to enter the shelter in the settlement to visit.
"You want to go into an asylum?"
Settlement Administration Office.
Looking at the small box of canned beef that Chengshuo got from nowhere, the shelter manager hesitated and said: "There are many abnormal objects and creatures in the shelter. Even if you are just a little closer, you will be affected by the negative effects of those things. Influence, you are going to run there."
Chengshuo very sensibly handed over another large jar of mushroom meat sauce and said, "Don't worry, I'm just going in for a look, and I'll go out immediately after satisfying my curiosity."
"Okay." For the sake of the meat sauce and canned beef, the steward nodded and agreed: "Remember: after entering the shelter, you must not touch anything inside, let alone talk to the creatures inside. Otherwise, I will blame you if anything happens, saying that you broke in without listening to dissuasion, and then you will be responsible for all the problems!"
"Don't worry." Chengshuo vowed: "I will definitely be honest."
The steward said no more.
He took the key and took Chengshuo and Dickens to the entrance of the shelter.
The reason why I brought Dickens with me was because living in the settlement was still considered a strange face, like visiting an asylum, and you still had to have an acquaintance to vouch for it.
If it were another planet, there would be no need to be so cautious when doing things for survival.
There is a high probability that he will directly release his spiritual consciousness to coerce the entire audience, and then use his tyrannical strength to force others to let him go, and directly break into the shelter to find out what is going on.
But you can't do that on this planet.
After all, Planet 001 is very close to the center of the Milky Way, and its pollution level is extremely high, and there are a large number of items containing the power of laws.
The functions and effects of these law items are so overbearing that even a monk as strong as Cheng Sheng in the integration stage cannot guard against them.
And not all law items require 'emotional power' to activate.
Some law items can be used even by ordinary people.
Just like the carrot seeds that I found in department stores before I became a survivor - those seeds only need to be planted in the ground and they can grow indefinitely.
In order to prevent the higher-ups in the settlement from using such legal items against themselves, they acted in such a low-key manner.
Outside the asylum.
After opening the entrance door for Cheng Sheng and Dickens, the steward warned again: "As promised, just take a look and come out, and then all the consequences caused by you going in will be borne by yourself, even if you die, don't talk about it." It was me who caused it.”
Chengshuo repeatedly promised: "Don't worry, we won't mess around."
"Then hurry in." The steward waved his hand, signaling the living Dickens and the two to move faster: "I will keep an eye on you outside. If there is a problem, I will speak very loudly to remind you."
Perhaps it's because the 'Purple Fog Lamp Ball' has the ability to suppress the power of the law and limit the items of the law.
After Chengsheng entered the shelter, the first thing he saw was the 'Purple Fog Light Balls' hanging from the ceiling of the shelter.
Under the light ball, there are various storage items.
There are many living creatures trapped in glass containers.
One of the creatures quickly attracted the attention of the survivors - it was a large toad that was kept in a glass container nearly two meters high.
Toad wears a cowboy hat and a black suit.
Since the toad is about the same size as a human being, it doesn't look too out of place when wearing a suit. It's just that it's too fat, so it looks a little greasy.
"Hey, young man, I'm talking about you!"
Seeing the two people entering the shelter, the big toad shouted: "What food did you bring with you? I'm starving to death. I haven't eaten for half a day."
Chengshuo and Dickens looked at each other.
The latter hurriedly shook his head and said that this was the first time he had seen this toad and he did not know its specific origin.
Cheng Sheng carefully approached it and saw an introduction about the giant toad posted on the outside of the huge glass container:
[Contained object name: Greedy Clam/Satogua (self-proclaimed)]
[Contained object level: safe]
[Description: The Greedy Clam is a creature with the appearance of a toad and an intelligence no less than that of humans. It can understand and speak human language. During the containment period, management personnel can directly contact the Greedy Clam. No evidence has been found yet. Negative impact. 】
[Containment method: Managers should feed the gluttonous clam once every other day, and the food must be sufficiently refined and delicious, otherwise the gluttonous clam will show extreme anger.
[Additional explanation: The gluttonous clam does not seem to have emotional qualities. The reason why it displays anger may be to make humans realize that feeding it regularly is a very important thing. 】
[Containing object ability: After feeding the gluttonous clam, the gluttonous clam will spit out various items corresponding to the deliciousness of the food. Specifically, the higher the deliciousness of the food, the higher the value of the items spit out.
[Supplementary Note: The food fed to the greedy clam cannot be repeated. If fed multiple times, the greedy clam will refuse to spit out the items and even insult the feeder. 】
Seeing the two living Dickens coming to him, Greedy Clam took off his cowboy hat with his upper limbs and made a gentleman's salute.
It said politely: "You should also have seen the explanation about me outside this glass prison, right? So what food did you bring? If you have any, you can feed it to me, and I will secretly vomit it to you. Something you won’t expect.”
Although you live on a planet with the power of laws, you need to be cautious.
But after all, he is also a monk in the integration stage, so there is no need to be too timid.
Creatures like greedy clams that have "safe" written on them and can even communicate peacefully with humans still dare to come into contact with them if they survive.
He pulled a large manatee thigh from his storage bag.
This piece of leg meat is marinated, wrapped in mashed potatoes, and sprinkled with grated cheese, pepper and salt.
Chengshuo just waved his hand, and flames sprouted from the manatee's legs for no apparent reason.
Not long after, a rich aroma of meat mixed with the flavor of cheese filled the air in front of the greedy clam.
Chengshuo tried to pass the food to the greedy clam.
The latter took the cheese and ham meat, smelled the aroma, and looked intoxicated: "The seasoning and the heat are just right, and I have never eaten this kind of leg meat before."
As the toad spoke, he threw the leg meat into his mouth.
Its mouth was very large, occupying almost two-thirds of its face, and it could eat the entire leg meat in just two bites.
"good."
After a while, the toad commented on the leg meat, opened its mouth and retched, spitting out a piece of food that looked like pastry.
It looks a bit like rice cakes sprinkled with sugar.
"This thing is..." Chengshuo looked confused.
Toad explained: "This is called white cake. After eating it, the eater can stay absolutely awake for a certain period of time. No matter it is purple mist, illusion, or other spiritual influences, it can no longer affect the eater. .”
"As for the specific duration, different people take it, and the duration is different, but most of them can last for about a quarter of an hour."
Can you stay absolutely awake?
Hearing the word "absolute", Chengshuo immediately reacted: So, this white cake is also an item that contains the "power of law"?
Perhaps because the white cake is a consumable, Cheng Sheng only felt a trace of the 'power of law' in it, which was so little that it was almost nonexistent.
But this is normal.
After all, this white cake is just a piece of hind leg meat. Based on the principle of equal exchange, the value of this white cake cannot be too high.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the white cake, Cheng Sheng carefully put it away.
He was more interested in the gluttonous clam than the white cake, so he asked him, "Can you tell me where you come from? Are you a creature on this planet?"
Toad made no answer.
It stared at Chengshuo and said, "Can you have another piece of meat like that just now?"
Cheesy manatee leg barbecue is one of Chengshuo's favorite foods, and he usually has a lot of them in his storage bag.
When I was in Bai Qiuxing, the kind of leg meat that Chengshuo invited Lao Song and Jian Xihai, the fishmongers from the Demon Sect, to eat was grilled cheese manatee legs.
Cheng Sheng patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a piece of leg meat again, roasted it over fire and handed it to the toad.
The latter threw the leg meat into his mouth, chewed it slowly and said, "Since you are so generous and the food you gave me is to my taste, I will simply tell you: Including me, this whole room All the creatures in the shelter came out of the purple mist. As for the source of the purple mist, it comes from the center of the galaxy."
Cheng Sheng hurriedly asked: "So you have always stayed in the center of the Milky Way? What is it like on that side?"
"Hey,"
Toad grinned.
But just like Li Xiu on the Black Insect Star, the toad, which does not possess human emotions, has a very deliberate smile.
It's as if they are deliberately imitating human behavior.
Toad said: "Regarding the center of the Milky Way, have you heard of the concept of the multiverse?"
Chengshuo nodded and said, "You want to say that the universe we live in is not the only one?"
"Absolutely." Toad said: "The multiverse is a concept that is superior to the concept of 'space'. With the senses you humans have, it is difficult for me to explain it clearly to you. But in short: there are intelligent life There are infinite spaces in existence, and I come from one of them.”
"What about the nameless creatures?" Cheng Sheng asked again: "According to the intelligence collected by us humans: the nameless creatures are suspected to come from the center of the galaxy, so the nameless creatures, like you, also come from the multiverse? "
(End of chapter)
