"Xiao...Xiaomei! Have you come to save your father?"
The fat man's eyes lit up. His daughter has never resisted him since she was a child, no matter whether she went to be a wandering warbler at night or was eventually sold. She will be obedient.
As Xiaomei came closer, the man realized something was wrong.
The daughter in front of him was a little strange - she no longer wore a revealing skirt and high heels, but a thick cotton-padded jacket and military boots, with her hair neatly tied up, just like those white-collar workers on the TV screen who were beyond his reach.
A ferocious-looking mechanical arm was placed on her hand, covering her smooth skin. The cold steel concealed huge power.
"Female... daughter?" he said.
A group of soldiers protecting her followed Xiaomei. She stared at the man for a while and then said:
"Pull him up."
The soldiers stepped forward and pulled the weak fat man up. The fat man rubbed his hands expectantly: "Xiao Mei, are you here to take dad in and live a good life?"
Such beautiful clothes must have been given to her by the noble man who bought Xiaomei. If he could be brought into the city, he wouldn't stay in a shitty area like this...
Xiaomei stared at him.
"I should thank you for selling me out," she said.
"No need to thank me, I won't do this again..." The fat man was secretly happy. It seemed that Xiaomei still had feelings for him.
"After leaving the fringe zone, I gained a lot." Xiaomei interrupted: "I also came into contact with many... hobbies that I had never been exposed to before. For example, planting some daisies and listening to some radio broadcasts. Listen. When those anchors were chatting, I discovered that the world is so big, that history is so interesting, and that girls like me... shouldn't have been sold by their fathers."
In the past, her vision was limited and she didn't understand what resistance meant.
but now……
There was a good person who suddenly appeared in her life, who was beyond her reach, and brought her sunshine that changed her life.
"It turns out..." Xiaomei stared into the man's eyes: "I have never had the obligation to give in to you."
The fat man turned pale.
"You can't..." He still wanted to stay.
"I have no reason to consider a man who sold me as my father." Xiaomei said, "Throw him back."
On her shoulder, the white cat lazily "meowed" and rubbed her face. Her mood was not as calm as it appeared. She was having a fierce ideological struggle, and she was also afraid.
Today... was her first step to say goodbye to her weak self.
She won't give in.
No longer weak.
Only by allowing yourself to stand up... can you be qualified to approach the light.
"Peng!" The fat man was thrown back and smashed into the ruins. Xiaomei turned and left.
Her legs were still shaking.
But she never stopped moving forward.
…
【Edge Zone · Battle Group】
In the dark alley, a man smoked with his head down in despair.
"Huh..." White smoke floated up, a deep blue-gray color squeezed under his eyes, and the chip on the back of his neck shone with a dangerous orange light.
"Brother, are you still decadent?" Luo asked him outside the street.
The man didn't say a word, just lowered his head and drank.
"Well, I can't control you." Luo said: "You have the qualifications to be sad, but please give me the medal of the leader of the war group. If you don't want to face the remaining companions, I will lead them."
Che Kelstia raised her head. His eyes were covered with a drunken fog.
"I'm sorry." Che said.
"..."
"I'm sorry." Che kept saying.
He kept shaking and dropped the bottle in his hand to the ground.
"...There is no need to say sorry." Luo said: "It was not you who caused the death of the Kaiusta Chapter. It was their malice and ambition towards the city lord that made them eager to win Kaiusta.
It's the fate of people on the edge - to kill themselves. "
She stepped forward and poured a basin of cold water that she had prepared on Che's body.
Under the wet black hair, Che's red eyes were like a flame that was suddenly extinguished. He gradually sobered up.
…
[It is the fate of people in the fringe zone - to kill themselves. 】
…
He still thinks he was at fault.
If I could subtly change people's ideas, let the war group not be so hostile to the city lord. Or on the first day when Luvis came to the battle group, if everyone in the battle group gave up entering Caius Tower... would everything be different?
If they had started from the beginning, they would not have been able to maintain the war group with hatred against the city lord. Is it...now he won't be alone?
His ancestor...Sen Kelstia was so dazzling during the War of Dawn, leading the beacon army to defeat the god's camp. His father, Cheng Kelstia, devoted his life as the city lord's laboratory assistant.
And he...
Maybe we should do something for this city-state.
If you can use this to make a contribution, you can protect more friends...
"Do you need me somewhere?" Che said.
"any."
Luo turned around.
While passing by the street, she heard a young couple arguing.
"——You have to join the army, right? Can't you stay with me? Obviously the diamond ring we just bought..." The girl grabbed the boy's collar.
"——Dear, you can buy another diamond ring. There is only one chance to make a contribution. I want to take you to live in a better area..." the boy explained.
"——I don't want it. I just want you to give me the diamond ring now. Don't leave..."
"..."
Luo sighed.
She walked toward the block with the long sword lingering in the blue electric light.
…
【Edge of the World】
"Uh-huh!"
Golden light flashed, and Su Lin appeared at the edge of the world. He looked at the large energy station on the side.
The structure of the energy station is similar to that of a factory, with liquid energy inside. There are a total of 1,600 energy stations around the world. Now, black mist pours in through the edge of the world, liquid energy has been contaminated, and half of the energy stations have gone dormant.
At this time, no trucks have arrived.
Su Lin faced the edge of the world where black mist was constantly pouring out, holding a long knife - this knife was a piece of red-level equipment that Su Ming'an had just given him, produced by his Wei army.
Su Mingan named this sword "Jungle Knife". Su Lin didn't understand what it meant. He guessed that "Jungle" might be the name of a hero in Zhai Xing's legend, which is the same as "Arman's Sword".
Su Lin stared at the edge of the world and thought for a moment.
"Then, the most suitable task for me is actually..."
Lean forward.
He fell into it.
…
【Caiusta】
The two-hour rest period ends.
Su Mingan opened his eyes, and he suddenly realized that this time he did not wake up in the underground hibernation cabin.
[Disaster Year 71], AI Yaya shows the time.
A full 6 years have passed since the last time he left. There is only one year left before the end of Caius Tower.
Su Mingan looked around. This was a large dungeon with hundreds of people locked in iron cells.
He didn't possess anyone - because what he was using now was actually his own body. He called up the system mirror - the mirror showed his own appearance with black hair and black eyes, not Akto's face. His position should have been randomly placed, and many prisoners looked at his sudden appearance with horrified faces.
All around, there were prisoners hitting the iron cage, hitting their heads and bleeding, as if they were resisting something with their bodies.
"I might as well die..." someone murmured in a low voice.
"Please, let me die quickly..." Someone wailed hoarsely.
Su Ming'an held up the space field. He observed for a moment on the spot and found that the mental condition of these prisoners was very poor. After he became invisible, people seemed to have not seen him and mistook him for hallucinations.
In the distance, prisoners were being executed, and the sound of whips and screams of pain could be heard from time to time.
Arguing, cursing, talking to themselves, despair, numbness... Many prisoners raised their heads blankly, looking at the window in the corner of the wall - at the end of their sight, there was a sculpture.
Su Mingan followed their gaze.
Outside the iron window, far away, there is a sculpture standing in the square. Every inch of the young man has been carved with great care, the shape of his eyes is firmly carved, and the lines of his lips are raised, as if to show a smile to everyone.
——That is the stone sculpture of Asa Aktor. It was created by the former deputy city lord Su Xiaobi.
However, compared to six years ago, there are no flowers voluntarily sent by the people at the feet of the stone sculpture, and a layer of dust has accumulated on the face. No one has cleaned it for a long time, as if...it has been abandoned by the world.
Su Mingan stared at the distant stone statue, his heart seemed to be faintly knocked, and it felt dull. For a moment, he thought it was the emotional resonance brought by Akto's body, which made him a little sad, but he soon realized that this It's his own body.
...these 6 years,
In the end what happened?
He covered the hidden realm of space, left the underground prison, and came to the surface.
This is Doomsday City. The buildings in the city are much taller than they were six years ago. Red beetle-like patches cover the walls, and the unique and beautiful glass color is gone.
The road was planned to be horizontal and vertical, full of steel and concrete, and looked too cold and hard, with no trace of soft soil. Even the residents passing by lowered their heads and did not smile.
In the place where the war was held, people held sweet potato porridge to keep warm. The warm sense of humanity has disappeared, leaving only cold machinery.
When Su Mingan saw this scene, he even thought that he had come to the wrong world.
He used his watch to hack into the information system and obtain the six years of history.
…
[Tavi Executive Officer—Asa Akto]
…
This term appears repeatedly in history.
All kinds of dirty insults were poured out in an endless stream, such as "traitor", "liar" and "lackey", like rolling waves - rushing towards the same name.
Asa Aktor.
Su Ming'an's childishness shrank - he had no idea that in the past six years, Akto had not died, but was still the city lord, ruling everything in the human race.
from a resident’s perspective. In the past six years, their city lord has become more and more cruel, cold and ruthless. He calls himself "Tavi Executive", carries out strict ideological rule, actively becomes [Tavi]'s lackey, and enjoys [Tavi]'s gifts. resources and give these resources to the masses stingily.
The laws of the city-state became more stringent and the leadership became colder. Residents were overwhelmed.
It’s not that no one tried to fight against Akto. However, some people kept losing, some died, some got discouraged and gave up resistance, and some disappeared never to return...
Some people use underground information networks to predict Akto's deployment and tentatively carry out counterattacks, but they always end in disastrous defeat.
Akto is so smart that almost no one can compete with him. Defenses are always dismantled by his casual decisions, as if an adult is destroying a baby's building blocks.
An increasingly silent atmosphere echoed in Doomsday City. Every resident of the city-state had his head lowered. The man who stood on top of the city-state was suppressing them with his absolute wisdom. No one could be regarded as an equal by him. enemy.
On the street, a procession was taking place. They are residents who resist brainwashing, and red-eyed soldiers suppress them.
"Liar - he is a liar - why should we obey such a city lord..."
"Why did he seek refuge in [Tavi] 6 years ago? He is obviously the person who hates [Tavi] the most..."
The detainees covered their faces and cried, while the residents passing by looked at them numbly.
When Su Mingan saw this history, he felt familiar, as if he had returned to the theocratic rule of the 32nd year of the disaster.
Human history is truly a magical thing.
In the 32nd year of the Cataclysm, humans could not stand the whispers of the gods and wanted to fight for [freedom], so they launched the War of Dawn and overthrew the theocratic rule in 49 years at the cost of countless people's [survival].
In the 59th year of the Catastrophe, the six-year cold cataclysm began. People who could not survive began to give up the [freedom] they had won, and wanted to seek help from the gods again. They pushed Akto to the edge of the world, just to [survive] 】Go down.
In the 71st year of the Cataclysm, Executive Officer Hevi met people's demands and gave them enough resources to survive. Human beings are beginning to want to give up these [survival] resources blessed by the gods and strive for [freedom]...
History is a big circle.
Around "survival" and "freedom", over and over again, from one loop to another, like a cut Klein bottle. Human beings continue to toss their own lifespan and civilization, and the sparks of philosophy and contradiction will always appear in this species, until it burns into a prairie fire and destroys itself.
And now, there is a fatal question -
He is here now.
In the past six years, who was Asa Acto, who claimed to be the "Lord of the City", exploited all the residents, and deceived them?
