On the vast wilderness covered with long grass, a vast and long escape team escaped from the city that had fallen into a state of pollution due to the attack of the disaster mother body, and was slowly escaping into the depths of the wilderness.
These lucky people who had just experienced a near-death situation and barely escaped were almost all injured. Some had to be helped by others to move normally, and their originally bright clothes were rolling and crawling. Their escape was covered with dust and stains, and fear had been deeply imprinted on their faces, eyes and hearts. Even if they temporarily escaped from the hell on earth and far away from the spread of the contaminated area, they still felt the tightness of the god of death in the mother body of disaster. Hanging tightly behind it, as long as someone stops, it will open its bloody mouth and swallow the life of the person who stops.
For this team of survivors, just two or three hours is as long as two or three years.
There are many groups of survivors like this all over the world. Most of them are survivors who have escaped from large and super-large city circles, but there are very few survivors who can escape from small and medium-sized city circles.
The reason is simple - the disaster and pollution caused by the arrival of the disaster matrix are limited in scope.
A small or medium-sized city will be destroyed by the mother body in a short period of time. The reason why it is almost impossible for anyone to escape is that the entire city circle is within the influence of the disaster mother body. Once the disaster mother body comes, the entire city will be exposed to the disaster and disaster in an instant. In the deadly pollution, it is impossible to escape even if you want to.
As for large urban circles and super large urban circles, these huge urban circles are far larger than the coverage area affected by the mother body. Even if it comes in the center of the city, limited by the coverage of disaster and pollution, there will always be lucky people in some areas who are in disaster. and pollution, and seize the time to escape before disaster and pollution spread.
Generally speaking, as long as the city is big enough, they always have a chance to escape before the pollution spreads and the disaster spreads further around them, but it is only a chance - because the speed of disaster and pollution often spreads faster than they can with all their strength. The running speed is much faster.
Lin Xun, who followed the flow of people closely, still had a little fear on his face, but after personally experiencing the disaster of the disaster mother body, he had become somewhat resistant to this situation. Coupled with several hours of long-distance running, he He also gradually calmed down: "We have escaped far enough. The pollution should not spread here for a while, right? Can we stop and take a rest?"
The person Lin Xun talked to was a little boy, a fellow traveler he met by chance during this disaster.
"I...I don't know." Wei Gong shook his head and said frankly, dragging his tired steps, and then looked back at the mighty escape team behind him with lingering fear, "We have escaped from the pollution circle, and the panic in our hearts is It has also subsided a lot, and I also feel that the pollution from the mother body of disaster has not spread anymore, so we may be safe for the time being..."
"But there is still some lingering sense of panic in my heart... I always feel that there is some danger that we have ignored..."
The little boy's ambiguous words made Lin Xun ponder for a moment, and then he looked at Wei Gong again: After nearly three hours of running away with almost no rest, the little boy didn't say anything, but his body was almost reaching its limit and he was shaking a little when walking. He started to tremble, then he clapped his hands and decided: "Then let's take a short break and recover a little bit of strength before we think about moving forward."
"But……"
"No but, like you, I still have a sense of panic in my heart. This also proves that we are not safe." Lin Xun looked at Wei Gong who opened his mouth to say something and pulled him out of the army at a glance. Then he found a relatively flat rock and pressed his shoulders to let him sit down. "That's why we need to rest and regain our strength as soon as possible so that we can deal with what may happen next."
After these few hours of getting along, Lin Xun still believed in Wei Gong's inexplicable sense of crisis.
Because before the disaster broke out, he had been wandering on the street because of panic. Then he saw Wei Gongzheng grabbing a man's clothes and shouting, "The mother body of disaster is coming. Everyone, run away. If you don't run, it will be too late." In other words, no one believed what the little boy said at that time - because the Rebel Guards had just broadcast to the world that the mother body of disaster had arrived in the middle of India, the man-made continent, and the elite of the Rebel Guards were conducting a crusade, preparing Solve this scourge of humanity once and for all.
But Lin Xun believed it.
Not only because he also had the experience of narrowly surviving at the hands of his mother, but also because he also had a restless feeling in his heart - it was like an old wound somewhere that would ache every time the weather changed. , even if it is just the first time, he can clearly understand the message this feeling wants to convey to him.
Not long after the two of them made up their mind to leave, the matrix of disaster really came to the central area of the city, as if their feelings were fulfilled. Pollution and disaster suddenly broke out. Countless people died in the impact. , and Lin Xun and the little boy luckily escaped the initial impact. Before they could take a few breaths, the pollution and disaster further expanded and spread. Without being able to use the wishing network, they have been chased until now. It is embarrassing. Escaped the contaminated area.
Flashing through his mind, Lin Xun also found a flat spot on the big stone and sat down. He crossed his fingers, clenched his fists tightly, made a wishing gesture, and began to make wishes to the wishing network.
"Wish network, I hope to quickly restore Wei Gong and I's physical strength..."
"..."
But nothing happened.
Lin Xun maintained this posture for a long time without feeling the recovery of his exhausted physical strength. However, he thought that it might be located near the polluted area and there was a delay in the network, so he didn't care about it. However, after a while, he made another wish and still didn't get it. When responding, he opened his eyes and touched the back of his head inexplicably: "Strange... why didn't the wish come true? Could it be that the network connection was interrupted?"
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"An outbreak of pollution has been detected!" Lin Lily, the web weaver responsible for monitoring every move and change of the Wishing Network in real time, suddenly exclaimed in the dark trunk layer with countless thick branches, "There has just been an unexplained mutation in the Wishing Network! A large amount of pollution that can distort thoughts and wishes is overflowing from the inside of the network, and is spreading along the connections built by the wishing network!"
Nick, who was discussing with Luther how to deal with pollution and who was occupying the consciousness of the wishing network at the moment, was stunned, and then raised his voice: "Close all pollution channels! Everyone! Come and help according to the methods taught before!"
"I'm trying!" Lin Lily gritted her teeth and replied. She used her rights as a pioneer to try to close those contaminated ports and connection channels. Soon other pioneers joined her. After these pioneers joined, Lin Baihe suddenly felt that the pressure was greatly reduced. A large number of contaminated ports and connection channels were blocked by the developers in the early stage of the pollution, and the overflowing pollution was successfully intercepted before it was fed back to the users connected to the network. Come down.
But Lin Lily soon discovered that there were more and more remaining contaminated ports and connections. Even when friendly forces joined in the processing, the number of contaminated ports and connections continued to increase.
When she discovered that the previously blocked and closed ports and connection channels had also been restarted one after another, Lin Lily immediately understood the problem: "Damn it! This is not the intermittent overflow like before, but an explosion! And it is a premeditated explosion! Occupy The consciousness of the network controls the switches of ports and connection channels. Although we have withstood the first wave of surges, more pollution is overflowing from the network!"
"According to my prediction and investigation, there will be a peak pollution outbreak in three minutes. We will not be able to survive the next wave..."
"What?!"
Nick and Luther were awestruck, and the remaining Blazers were also slightly distracted by this too heavy news, slowing down their processing speed.
In such a blink of an eye, the speed of blocking contaminated ports and connection channels suddenly slowed down.
"Maybe... I have a way to solve this situation."
After a brief but seemingly long silence, Luther spoke with difficulty.
Everyone who was originally feeling at rock bottom suddenly became hopeful: "What can I do!?"
Luther stretched out his finger and pointed at himself: "In a sense, we have higher permissions than ordinary users and rebel guards, and are closer to the network. Compared with ordinary people who access the network, we are all senior Nodes can allocate network resources, so as long as we remove the restraints and guide them deliberately, in theory we can act as a wall to isolate and interact with the power of the network and lower-level nodes in the subsequent pollution outbreak, directly draining the pollution to us..."
There was an uproar among the pioneers: "Do you mean to let us act as a human wall to resist pollution!" "How is this possible? It is impossible to block pollution just by relying on human lives!" "Even if we block the first So what about the waves? Should we still block the second and third waves?" "This cannot solve the fundamental problem!"
Facing their discussions and objections, Luther remained calm and did not flinch at all: "According to your logic, although we standing in front as a human wall cannot solve the root of the problem, it can buy more time and save more people. , and if the pollution is left alone, everyone will be exposed to the pollution of the mother's body, and their wishes and thoughts will be distorted and die."
After listening to Luther's words, some pioneers fell silent and began to seriously think about the feasibility of this plan and communicated with Luther about the feasibility of this plan. However, some pioneers reacted even more intensely. There is an output, and if they don't come up with a solution, all mankind will be destroyed. Trying to refute his proposal is simply not feasible.
However, looking at these pioneers who jumped the most, Luther sneered: "Some of you often measure the value of life in various ways, killing the few to save the many, sacrificing the few to save the more, and other high-sounding things." Reasons to justify your behavior of sacrificing the lives of others without authorization..."
"When your lives are also placed on the scale to measure whether their value should be placed on the side of salvation, why are you unwilling?"
The pioneers who jumped the most were silent.
In the final analysis, people are still selfish, even in the pioneer group. Luther can see that among these pioneers who reacted fiercely, in addition to a few who joined later, there are one or two who have joined since the beginning of the Miracle War. The team has gone all the way to where it is today as the Trail Blazers.
"I'll go." Nick stood up before anyone could formally answer. He looked around indifferently, his expression still serious and calm, lightly intimidating the Blazers who were about to say something else. , "Because I have always acquiesced in your behavior of sacrificing others, and you seem to have forgotten that the meaning of the existence of pioneers is to open up a better world, to be warriors who fight on the front line to protect people, not to make decisions from above. Ruler of life and death for others..."
"Now is the time for us as pioneers to fulfill our responsibilities."
The pioneers who looked at him looked away as if they felt guilty. At this time, a man wearing black-rimmed glasses, soft features and a strong bookish temperament came out: "And me."
Luther knew this man. The bookish young man wearing black-rimmed glasses was a monster who believed in rationalism among the pioneers - and was also the culprit that led to the prevalence of the doctrine of killing less and saving more in the pioneer council.
Seeing him taking the initiative to stand up, Luther's eyes flickered and he was a little surprised.
But the young man in Shujuan just smiled lightly at him without further explanation: "The responsibility and responsibility of a pioneer."
"I'll join in too."
"Count me in."
"+1"
The Scroll Youth's standing up was like a signal. The pioneers who were originally wavering and skeptical about Luther's plans and proposals expressed their stance to join. Soon, most of the pioneers present had expressed their intention to implement Luther's plan.
Soon after everything was ready, the pioneers, including Nick, took off the restraints in their hands and quietly felt the pollution slowly flowing into their bodies, waiting for the second wave of pollution to erupt.
At this time, Nick looked sideways at the bookish young man standing next to him with an indifferent expression, and joked with a smile: "It's really not like the decision you would make. In my impression, you should be the kind of person who only takes advantage and does not suffer any losses." Guys, you will never get involved in something that is impossible to profit from."
"I just like to choose the most reasonable choice." The bookish young man shrugged and asked nonchalantly: "What about you? Do you regret standing here?"
Faced with his rhetorical question, Nick smiled lightly.
"I don't regret it, because this is the responsibility and responsibility of the Trail Blazers."
