"Complete slavery? Haven't they already treated these people on earth as slaves?" I asked in confusion.
"Are you trying to tell me that there are patrollers like me?" Yugiri's tone was full of self-deprecation.
"You're overthinking it. I didn't mean that... I meant those earth workers."
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter even if you think that way. Whether it's a patrol or a hard worker on Earth, we are no different. We are all controlled and enslaved Earthlings."
Yugiri unloaded a rusty iron plate in the wash area at the end of the living area. There were many water pipes inside. As soon as he opened it, an unpleasant stench hit his face. "The water they use is wastewater flowing down from the upper levels."
"We don't have much time. According to normal estimates, I should have sent you back to the shelter by now."
"Then where is the place where you mentioned repairing the body? Can you climb up through these water pipes?"
"It seems that this is the only way." After Xiwu said that, he kicked off the wall and climbed up the water pipe with his hands. "Unless you have the power to teleport us to the top without alerting the patrol."
"Alas..." I sighed.
"Stop sighing. It doesn't matter if you don't have such powerful magical powers. After all, being able to control elements is beyond the capabilities of ordinary earthlings. Time is running out, so I advise you to hurry up and climb up."
"I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but I didn't expect that what I got in exchange was alienation... In this case, I won't pretend anymore, I will show my cards!"
Xiwu suddenly let go and jumped down from the water pipe, "If you are not strong enough, ask for help. What nonsense are you talking about here..." As she said that, she took Li Shi's body in my hand and carried it on her back.
"Where are the movie lines I said..."
"What movie, what lines?"
"Forget it, I told you that you haven't seen it either. I'd better bring it to you and stand still." I held down Yuwu, who was about to climb up the water pipe again, and started to control the water element.
Drops of water dripped from the old water pipe onto the ground. "Pop!" After a snap of the fingers, the water droplets no longer moved downwards, but condensed with other water droplets, forming a water snake that circled the outer edge of the water pipe. Keep climbing up, "I suggest you hold on to me now."
"Why?" Xiwu's hand was still holding the water pipe tightly.
"Because you are about to see the real ancient power that belongs to the earth."
As soon as I finished speaking, the current surged upward with my and Xiwu's bodies. The force was so great that it pushed our bodies upward nearly ten meters each time!
Water is really a magical element. Not only water, the ancient earth elements, earth, water, fire and wind all contain huge energy. These energies are the composition of the earth and the human body, and are closely connected with the human body. It can be said that everyone has is composed of these elements.
"It would be great if people could be like water..." Yugiri murmured as she rose.
"Haven't you heard something I once said?"
"...You are very rude." Yugiri bumped me hard with her elbow.
"You misunderstood me, I meant Lao Tzu, the Lao Tzu who wrote the De Jing!"
Seeing that Xiwu still looked confused, I gave up. Maybe she hadn't heard of it, maybe in this dimension, I used another name to spread my thoughts, but these are not important.
"You just said that hope is like water. I congratulate you. There was once a person who saw through the truth of the earth. He also said the same thing, but his original words were - the best is like water."
"what does it mean?"
"There are too many things to explain. If I have a chance in the future, I can tell you slowly."
"I want to be like water, because whether you cut off the water with a knife or draw some marks on the water, after you cut it, the water returns to its original state. If my memory can be like this, maybe nothing can control me , hurt me..."
I secretly marveled that Yugiri in this dimension could have such insights!
"Here we are, right here."
"How do you know?" Xiwu came back from his thoughts. "
"Because not only can I control the water element, but I can also see everything. Whether it's inside or outside the wall, whether it's the past or the future."
Hearing what I said, Xiwu's eyes became more wary. After all, everyone has their own secrets and they don't want others to know.
"If you dare to look around, you will be dead."
"Wait, you seem to have misunderstood..." Yugiri went to some strange place to understand what I said about seeing everything! I really...forget it, I won’t explain!
"There is no one outside now, let's go!" I glanced over and saw a weak gap. The water column instantly turned into ice, and a small door was neatly cut open. After coming out, there were several huge bathing pools outside. The water in the pools was still steaming out. Each pool was about the same size as a small swimming pool and could accommodate a dozen people.
"This is the living area for the servants who specialize in serving the leader. They are responsible for taking care of the equipment and raw materials for repairing the body."
"I think I've found it."
Next to one of the baths, I saw a clay pot where the maids poured water on him when I met the leader of Rulda on the top floor. The pot was dumped on the edge of the pool, and some of it was still vaguely visible from the mouth of the pot. Sparkling crumbs.
"There's someone in the pool!"
I saw a hand crossing the water! I was suddenly shocked!
Before opening the secret door, I carefully sensed it. There was no energy fluctuation from any living thing outside. The sudden appearance of a hand made me panic. I calmed down, knowing that what I was afraid of was not... It was the situation in front of me, but the fear of the Roulda people, their true purpose and strength.
As soon as I finished speaking, Xiwu also saw the hand in the pool. He took out the dagger from his waist and flew out, hitting the palm of the hand. The impact force plunged the hand into the pool again. When it surfaced again, there appeared It's not just a hand, but the whole person! Or rather, a corpse.
When the body completely surfaced, Yugiri seemed to recognize this person, "He's from the patrol team."
Xiwu jumped into the pool, looked at the man's face carefully, and then turned over the man's body. There was a number 058 on the skin on the back of his neck. He glanced at the same shape of tattoo on the back of Xiwu's neck. The number is 036.
Xiwu pulled out the dagger that had been inserted into the man's hand, and saw that the blood oozing from the wound gradually merged into the water in the pool. The wound gradually lost color under the soaking of the pool water, and a new layer of skin was rapidly forming. , although very thin, gradually wrapped the wound, and the water in the pool was repairing the wound!
They use water as a medium to quickly convert elements to repair wounds!
"Then if I put Li Shi's body in, can it..."
Before he finished speaking, the body in the pool that had not been breathing just now suddenly took a big breath and sat up from the pool!
"Yugiri? Why are you here? Who is this?"
"We don't have time to talk so much now, it's important to save people!" Xi Wu pointed at Li Shi's body that was carried behind me, "Is this a transformation pool?"
The person sitting in the pool has a bald head. This may be an important step in transformation. Every time he enters the transformation pool for treatment after being injured, his hair will be shaved. I looked at Yugiri’s short hair in this dimension, and there was something in my heart. This is an indescribable emotion. Maybe this is what she means by 'real slavery'. They are regarded as a kind of tool and machine, and they are repaired when they are broken. In the repairs again and again, humanity is gradually erased, and finally Completely lost consciousness.
"This injury is too serious. Why not just let her go and give her a happy life?"
"This body of hers is still very important and cannot be discarded." I explained.
"But looking at her injury...it's very difficult to repair it. Even if it can be used again, there may be sequelae and she will be in even more pain. In my opinion, if her body is so important, why don't you just give it to her The leader reported it and directly changed her body to another one?"
"This..." Xiwu didn't answer.
The man stood up completely from the pool, with nothing on him. He casually pulled a curtain next to him, wrapped it around him, and walked out.
After not taking two steps, he stopped and saw the secret door I opened in the wall with ice.
"Yugiri, do you know what you are doing? Do you know the consequences of doing this? They will make you die forever! Use the most severe punishment to torture the rebels!"
"Now that I have taken this step, I have thought about all the consequences. You now have two or three choices,"
"No! I don't choose anything! You throw this body inside now, and I will help you repair it together. Let's pretend that nothing happened. As for this person..." The man's eyes began to look at him. I'm here to say, "Let him go back to where a hard worker belongs and keep his mouth shut!"
Apparently, he saw me as a peon.
"No, either, you help us and tell me the specific location where the new body is stored, or," Yugiri pulled out the dagger, "between you and me, one of us will come out alive."
"Yugiri!"
With a look of determination on her face, Xiwu tightened her grip on the dagger.
At this moment, there were sounds of frolic outside from far to near, and someone was coming!
I immediately picked up Li Shi's body from the pool again, "It's too late, let's go!"
Xiwu was still confronting that person, and it was inevitable that she would be able to tell the difference between right and wrong. If she took it seriously, she would not be able to pull him back.
"You guys should go quickly...the bodies are soaked and preserved at the source of the pool water. You can see them when you go to the inner room."
"And you?"
"If they come in, they will definitely have to go to the inner room. I will help you delay as much time as possible! Go quickly!"
"Thank you!" After Xiwu said that, she pulled me and ran into the inner room.
The pool water is introduced into each pool through a transparent pipe. We followed the pipe to find the sliding door of the inner room.
After opening the door, I almost thought I was in a swimming pool. Several buoys were neatly arranged on the water, just like the signs used to divide the swimming lanes in the swimming pool. The underwater scene was truly terrifying!
Looking from the door, there are countless gestational sacs in the pool, and inside each gestational sac is curled up a body the size of an adult! All the gestational sacs are connected to several tubes floating on the water to transport nutrients!
