Chapter 414: Traces of the Black Whale
The world of void where the demon world is located.
This is a very special void that almost cuts off the connection between the Demon Realm and other worlds.
However, due to the natural disaster box, many worlds and natural disasters have penetrated into this void, and even the fleeing black whale has fallen here.
in a certain world.
In this sleep, Xu Jingnian slept for a whole day and a night, and all his mental and physical fatigue was gone.
Climbing out of the cave of this temporary residence, Xu Jingnian glanced at the cave where he had been staying for a while and sighed. He was afraid that he would never come back in this life.
The horror of the strange area is still vivid in his mind. Xu Jingnian's mechanical heart has evolved. If there are no accidents, he will have no problem living for decades.
Under these conditions, Xu Jingnian no longer wanted to take risks in strange areas.
After a little tidying up, Xu Jingnian planned to return to the city. The mechanical heart had been fused with strange substances. He no longer had to worry about becoming strange, and he could already go to the city to find a job.
To live a stable life in the city was not Xu Jingnian's wish, but the wish of his brother who depended on him for life.
Xu Jingnian is an orphan, and his brother is also an orphan.
The two have been dependent on each other since childhood. His brother is four or five years older than him.
Unfortunately, many years ago, his brother was unlucky and never came back after going to a strange place to evolve his heart.
From then on, Xu Jingnian became silent, standing outside the camp every day, waiting for his brother's return.
Shaking his head, Xu Jingnian forced himself not to think about these things. He hid the cave well, then walked a distance along the path and came to a smaller and more hidden cave.
There are many such caves in this place, but no one else knows what is inside. No one dares to enter unknown caves rashly, because someone once hid a strange substance in a certain cave. After a few people broke in, , it became weird instantly.
Most of the people living here are ordinary people whose mechanical hearts have not evolved.
"Yaya, I have to leave."
Xu Jingnian said softly to the people in the cave.
The hole was opened, and a little head popped out of the hole, looking at Xu Jingnian in surprise.
"Brother, did you succeed?"
The girl's face is dirty, covered with mud, and her hair is messy, but her eyes are very bright, like stars in the sky. Just one look at them will make people sink in unconsciously.
"Um."
Xu Jingnian touched her head and nodded.
The little girl's name was Yaya, and she was picked up by Xu Jingnian. After his brother didn't come back, Xu Jingnian went to the camp gate to wait every day, and one day he found Yaya in a coma.
At that time, Yaya was only about four or five years old. Seeing her dying, Xu Jingnian couldn't bear it. After much hesitation, he brought Yaya back.
Xu Jingnian's life was already somewhat difficult, and after bringing Yaya back, his life became even worse.
However, he helped the machine shop move machinery in the camp, barely maintaining the two people's daily necessities.
A machine factory is a factory that manufactures various mechanical tools, and most of the mechanical hearts needed by humans come from it.
This cave is another one that Xu Jingnian has hidden. It is more hidden than the previous one. There are also some small traps arranged around it, and some passages are dug inside to lead to the outside. Every time he goes out, he will put Yaya Hiding inside, Yaya can escape even if something unexpected happens.
"You are eight years old this year. In two years, it will be almost time to integrate a mechanical heart. I will go into the city and find a suitable job. Then I will buy you a good mechanical heart, and then I will buy you another The weird substances are fused, and then you can live in the city with me."
Xu Jingnian rubbed her head and said.
Weird substances are sold in the city. Xu Jingnian knew this, but he didn’t know the price. He had never seen people in the city absorb weird substances in strange areas. After asking around, he found out that weird substances were sold in the city. .
It is a pity that Xu Jingnian, who has not been integrated into the weird substance, is not qualified to enter the city, nor is he qualified to purchase the weird substance.
"But will it be expensive?"
Yaya raised her little head and looked at Xu Jingnian doubtfully, the stars in her eyes seemed to be shining out at this moment.
"Won't."
Xu Jingnian hesitated for a moment and then said.
"Let's go, I'll take you to Grandpa Liu's place. After I leave, you can stay with him first, and then I can take you over after I make enough money."
"I have already made an agreement with Grandpa Liu before."
The Grandpa Liu that Xu Jingnian talks about is an old guard in the machinery factory. He has helped Xu Jingnian a lot over the years.
Xu Jingnian pulled Yaya out of the hole in the ground, then reached out and casually touched her head a few times, pulling down the messy hair and covering her star-like eyes.
If someone sees these eyes, it is likely to cause unnecessary trouble.
"Um."
Although Yaya was a little reluctant to give up, she still nodded obediently and took the initiative to hold Xu Jingnian's hand.
Xu Jingnian smiled and pulled Yaya, who was half a body shorter than him, towards the direction of the machinery factory.
"Xiao Xu is back?"
"Yes, Xiao Xu has a bright future."
"Come to my house for something to eat when you have time."
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Along the way, many people saw Xu Jingnian and took the initiative to say hello, which would have been impossible before.
Xu Jingnian's success made the people around him full of enthusiasm, because they knew that if there were no accidents, Xu Jingnian would probably enter the city. By then, everyone would no longer be in the same world. What would happen if we didn't have a good relationship at this time? Only when the time comes.
Xu Jingnian responded to them with a smile, neither agreeing nor rejecting. Most people here have mechanical hearts that can fuse with strange substances, but they are not willing to fight until the last moment.
Just like Xu Jingnian, he was unwilling to fight for the mechanical heart until the last moment!
Cherish life and fear death, this is human instinct!
Everyone's mechanical heart is different, their personal constitution is different, and the world in which the mechanical heart is integrated with strange substances is also different. Some people have to integrate strange substances into the mechanical heart to let it evolve as soon as they are integrated into the mechanical heart, while some people may never need to evolve the mechanical heart in their lifetime. .
As to why this happens, no one knows.
Xu Jingnian held Xu Yaya for dozens of minutes, and finally arrived in front of the machinery factory. From a distance, the machinery factory looked like a steel giant sitting on the plain, with flying cars constantly pulling materials in and out of the sky.
Xu Jingnian took Yaya into the machinery factory and came to a white courtyard with ease. This was Grandpa Liu's residence. It was countless times better than the caves outside.
This place is on the outermost edge of the machinery factory. There are no workers here, but only a group of guards. Grandpa Liu is considered older among the guards in this place.
Xu Jingnian accidentally heard that he had a connection with the people behind the machinery factory, which was why he had been able to stay in this good position for so many years without changing.
Yaya kept her head down along the way to prevent others from noticing her eyes. When she arrived and found no one, she raised her head, parted her bangs, and carefully looked at the future residence.
Xu Jingnian rubbed her head dotingly. He would not be separated from Yaya if it was not necessary. For so many years, the two had been dependent on each other and could not be separated at all. But Xu Jingnian understood that he wanted to give Yaya If you change the mechanical heart, you can only go to the city to make money, otherwise everything will be in vain.
He doesn't want Yaya to be like his brother!
"The boy succeeded?"
Before Xu Jingnian's hand started knocking on the door, a voice came from inside.
Hearing a familiar voice, Xu Jingnian retracted his hand to knock on the door, and at the same time glanced at Yaya, giving her a signal with his eyes.
"Don't make a sound!"
The two had lived together for so many years, and Yaya instantly understood what Xu Jingnian's eyes meant.
"The boy named Xu succeeded. Now he is in some trouble. His sister may not be able to move." Liu Zhi's voice came from the yard.
"Didn't you say you already told him that method? How could he come back alive?" The young voice was a little angry.
"If you want to successfully integrate into weird substances, in addition to good luck, there is another way, which is to fill your body with weird aura, so that you can attract the arrival of weird substances."
These words flashed through Xu Jingnian's mind again, and he clenched his fists unconsciously, his nails digging deeply into his palms.
"How do I know? Maybe that kid noticed and didn't do what I said." Liu Zhi's voice was full of doubts.
"But it doesn't matter. He told me before that if he comes back alive, he will entrust his sister to me, and he will go to the city to find a job to replace his sister with a mechanical heart."
"This is our chance!"
"That boy is so stupid. He didn't even know that his sister was a treasure. He actually risked his life and sold his sister casually. He could buy as many weird substances as he wanted. But if I hadn't accidentally seen his sister's eyes, I wouldn't have You won't find those treasures!" The young man's voice was full of greed.
The originally kind and familiar voice was now heard by Xu Jingnian, making him feel bitingly cold, as if he had fallen into an icy hell.
Xu Jingnian didn't think about why he could hear their conversation from such a long distance. He silently took Xu Yaya's hand and turned to leave.
This world is far from as glamorous as it seems.
The two people he talked to in the yard were Liu Zhi, who took good care of him in daily life, and Li Tian, a co-worker who helped him a lot in the machinery factory.
Xu Jingnian did not expect that their target was actually his sister.
What Xu Jingnian didn't expect was that what Liu Zhi told him back then was actually false, and he foolishly believed it.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Xu Yaya was very sensible. Being familiar with Xu Jingnian, she knew that Xu Jingnian was in a bad mood right now, so she didn't ask anything along the way. She didn't ask softly until they returned to the cave they were familiar with.
"It's okay, it's just that my brother can't bear to leave you, so he decided not to let you go to Grandpa Liu's house." Xu Jingnian rubbed Xu Yaya's head.
"Really?"
Xu Yaya raised her head in surprise and looked at Xu Jingnian with her big eyes twinkling.
"real."
Xu Jingnian nodded heavily, his eyes also shining.
Hearing Xu Jingnian's words, Xu Yaya jumped up excitedly and ran around in the hole. When she was tired, she lay down on the weeds.
"Brother, can we never be separated for the rest of our lives?"
Xu Yaya said to Xu Jingnian.
"good."
Xu Jingnian didn't hesitate at all.
Xu Yaya was tired from running and fell into a deep sleep on the weeds.
Xu Jingnian sighed, crawled out of the hole, sat beside the hole, and fell into deep thought.
This one sat until the sun went down and night fell.
"Brother, I'm hungry."
Xu Yaya's childish voice came out from the cave.
"coming."
Xu Jingnian was about to jump into the hole, but at this moment his brows furrowed.
There were several sneaky figures slowly approaching the cave in his perception.
During this period of time, Xu Jingnian carefully experienced the changes in his body.
His physical body is not much stronger than that of ordinary people, but his mental power seems to have increased a lot. It's like he could hear the conversation between Liu Zhi and Li Tian across the yard before, and now he can sense the presence of other people in the dark. .
These people wore the clothes of a machine factory and did not hide their identities at all.
What made Xu Jingnian's heart tremble was that in their hands, they held arm-long machetes.
Xu Jingnian's thoughts raced and he instantly understood what was going on. During the day, he took Yaya to the machinery factory, but came back without seeing Liu Zhi in the end. Obviously Liu Zhi had learned about this through surveillance Everything was over, and he also understood that his plan had been discovered.
The other party wants to take advantage of you!
After thinking about all this, Xu Jingnian's expression turned cold. He jumped down into the cave without saying a word, and then blocked the entrance to the cave.
"Yaya, let's go."
Xu Jingnian opened the hole hidden behind the cave and said to Yaya.
Seeing this scene, Yaya didn't feel strange at all, and instantly knew what Xu Jingnian meant. This scene had happened countless times over the years.
She understood that something had happened that endangered Xu Jingnian and her own life.
Yaya quickly got into the hole, Xu Jingnian's eyes flashed coldly, he dug out a few dark things from under the weeds, and then stuck them at the entrance that was sealed by him, and then introduced a few pieces from his mechanical heart. A trace of strange energy is injected into it.
He did this process carefully, for fear of accidentally detonating these things.
After finishing, he was already sweating profusely, and the group of people were almost approaching the entrance of the cave.
"Blast you bunch of bitches to death." Xu Jingnian cursed fiercely, and then quickly got into the passage.
These bomb-like things were secretly collected when he was working in the machinery factory. He actually had no idea whether they were useful or not, because they required strange energy to activate.
Not only it, but all mechanical products in this world require strange energy to be used.
A few minutes later, Xu Jingnian caught up with Yaya who was crawling in the passage.
This passage was not just one. For the safety of himself and Yaya, Xu Jingnian dug many passages to prevent this situation from happening.
Most of the passages lead to other parts of the camp, with only a few leading to the outside of the camp.
"Yaya, let's go back to the camp."
Xu Jingnian knew that he could no longer stay in the camp this time. Whether it was Liu Zhi or Li Tian, the forces behind them were beyond his comparison. Only by escaping from the camp could he have a chance of survival.
Yaya didn't ask anything, silently changed direction and climbed out towards another passage.
"boom!"
At this moment, several violent explosions sounded from behind, and several faint screams were heard.
Under the sound of this explosion, many stones and dust around the passage fell down, and there were faint signs of collapse.
Xu Jingnian's expression changed. He didn't expect those explosives to be so powerful, let alone detonate them. He had already reinforced them when digging the tunnel, but he didn't expect it was still a little unstable.
"Yaya, hurry up." Xu Jingnian said anxiously.
Yaya in front struggled to speed up her pace, and Xu Jingnian hurriedly followed. Although he reinforced the tunnel while digging, if it collapsed, he and Xu Yaya would be buried inside. ,
Fortunately, the passage was relatively strong. When Xu Jingnian and Xu Yaya climbed out of the passage, the entire passage did not collapse.
"Brother, is our home gone?" Xu Yaya looked at the burning hole in the distance, not knowing what she was thinking.
"It's okay. As long as the two of us are here, wherever we go is home." Xu Jingnian hugged Xu Yaya into his arms and comforted her softly.
"Yes." Xu Yaya buried her head in Xu Jingnian's arms.
Xu Jingnian felt Xu Yaya's trembling body, and his heart felt cold.
"If you kill them all like this, you can't blame me."
The exit of the passage is at a river, but Xu Jingnian and Xu Yaya did not stay here for too long. With the power of the machinery factory, they might be discovered soon.
It’s not a good place to stay for a long time!
Taking Xu Yaya into the jungle, only with the help of the jungle can he avoid being tracked by the machinery factory.
Although there are dangers in the jungle, there are not so many to worry about at the moment.
If you stay here for a moment longer, there will be more danger. On the contrary, if you go into the jungle, you will have a glimmer of hope.
The two of them were groping in the dark jungle. Xu Jing had been here many times and was familiar with it, so he had avoided many hidden crises.
This jungle is very big, and there are naturally weird things hidden in it, but most of those weird things are in the depths of the jungle. As long as Xu Jingnian and Xu Yaya don't go too deep, there is no need to worry about this.
Xu Jingnian naturally understood this truth, so this was the escape route he left for himself.
In the dark tree hole, Xu Jingnian placed Xu Yaya on the ground paved with withered grass. After running around for such a long time, the girl could no longer hold on and fell asleep directly.
Xu Jingnian carefully selected this tree hole as a safe house, so it was safe and highly concealed. Without a comprehensive search, it would be difficult for outsiders to discover this place.
After walking out of the tree hole, Xiao Ye sat beside the tree hole and fell into deep thought.
It was already late at night, and the bright moonlight shone on the earth. Unlike the strange area, the moon here was not purple.
The full moon hangs in the sky!
This kind of full moon scene is rare!
From the moment he escaped, Xu Jingnian had been thinking about why they pursued Xu Yaya and even planned it for so long. It took two or three years from getting close to him to now. With this time, Why not just do it?
It's a pity that Xu Jingnian still hasn't figured out the reason until now.
"It seems that I have to find the answer myself." Xu Jingnian muttered to himself, his consciousness focused on the mechanical heart.
The big difference between people who have absorbed strange substances and ordinary people is that the absorbed strange substances can feed back some strange things to the host.
Previously, Xu Jingnian had not been able to communicate with the Black Whale Spirit in the mechanical heart because of the abnormality of the Black Whale Spirit, and even blocked it. Originally, he wanted to make sure there was no accident before communicating with it, but now he no longer has that It's time.
Although the tree hole is safe, Liu Zhi, Li Feng and others are not fools. The machinery factory is too powerful and the tree hole cannot be hidden for long. Instead of waiting passively, it is better to take the initiative.
This camp was not as peaceful as imagined. It was full of all kinds of darkness. Xu Jingnian's ability to survive until now was not due to luck.
Putting his consciousness into the mechanical heart, Xu Jingnian took the initiative to communicate with the spirit of the black whale.
Xu Jingnian was a little nervous about this process. This matter was full of unknown risks for him, because he had never heard of anyone absorbing such strange substances.
After communicating with his consciousness, the spirit of the black whale slowly emerged from the mechanical heart, then came to his chest, and finally floated in front of him.
The soft light spread out from the black whale, illuminating the small world. The temperature of the light was very soft. Xu Jingnian subconsciously touched it, but missed it.
This black whale does not exist physically!
Xu Jingnian took back his hand and stared at the black whale spirit in front of him.
"It no longer has spiritual intelligence." Although the black whale spirit was flexible and seemed to be full of spiritual intelligence, Xu Jingnian discovered from its dull eyes that it actually no longer had any spiritual intelligence.
The light emitted by the spirit of the black whale shone on Xu Jingnian's body. Xu Jingnian was refreshed and felt that all the fatigue in his body had been swept away. He felt as if he had just woken up from sleep and was full of energy.
"Can this light restore my spiritual power?"
Xu Jingnian was thoughtful and couldn't help but murmur.
"I just don't know if it has any other effects."
Everyone incorporates different weird substances and receives different gifts, so Xu Jingnian can't think of what to do with this black whale spirit, but just looking at the effect is enough for him.
As time went by, the light emitted by the Black Whale Spirit slowly became fainter, until it finally dimmed.
Just when Xu Jingnian was about to take the Black Whale Spirit back, the Black Whale Spirit suddenly jumped up, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and spit water into Xu Jingnian's eyes.
After vomiting, its figure dimmed and returned directly to Xu Jingnian's heart.
Xu Jingnian was shocked, but it was too late to dodge, and the black whale spirit's saliva blended directly into his eyes.
A burning pain came from his eyes, and Xu Jingnian clenched his fists involuntarily. Something seemed to be awakening in his eyes.
Not only that, something seemed to be leaking out of his eyes, flowing towards the whole body, and severe pain also appeared.
This kind of pain exceeded Xu Jingnian's cognition. Driven by this pain, his body involuntarily curled up and he almost lost consciousness.
The surface of the body is covered with dense drops of blood.
This scene is like a blood exchange.
