Alien Dust

Chapter 17 I’m not that kind of person

"Bang~bang~bang~bang~"

The train gradually left the city. The orange-red glow of the setting sun spread across the earth, covering the entire deserted coastal city with a bright gauze dress.

With high-rise buildings scattered around and streets crisscrossing, this city has formed a huge mural on the ground, sinking below the horizon little by little.

Wu Hen stood at the rear of the train, staring at the city that was gradually disappearing from his sight...

Dusk began to darken and night was about to fall.

In the twilight, Wu Hen looked a little dazed, and the city on the horizon came alive again.

Even Wu Hen found it an extremely incredible scene.

The streets and buildings on the edge of the city are like the roots of plants, growing and expanding on the land.

Including the desolate suburbs that the track passed through before, there were also low buildings and strange streets...

"A city that grows!!"

"This city is really alive!"

Wu Hen firmly believed that he was not dazzled, but his thoughts were in a mess!
What kind of rules are operating in this dimension?

No wonder Su Li said that if they didn’t leave the city, they would have no chance in the future.

Can you imagine that a city is a living thing and is growing "luxuriantly" every day!

Also, there was the weird solar eclipse that occurred before.

This solar eclipse is definitely not the same concept as the astronomical phenomenon that I know.

Wu Hen stuck his head out and looked in the direction where the train tracks extended. Even though he was far away from this city of living things, the front was still shrouded in a fog that he could not see clearly.

The mountains don't look like mountains.

Lin is not Lin.

Even the sky and the earth were changing from time to time, and mirages would appear vaguely and mysteriously from time to time...

"Xiao Hen, it's getting dark." Su Li walked over slowly and put a warm coat on Wu Hen.

Wu Hen nodded and followed Su Li into the carriage.

The carriage door was tightly closed and it was really dark inside, with only a few fireflies providing a weak light source.

Everyone huddled in their own seats. Due to the shortage of food and water, everyone tried to reduce unnecessary communication as much as possible.

It can be seen that each of them is trying very hard to survive, but they are also afraid and uneasy about the unknown tomorrow.

"Su Li, we don't have much pure food left." said Aunt Huang, the running champion.

"Can we hold on for a while? The food and water on this evil soil will accelerate our getting lost." Su Li said.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Aunt Huang said.

"Okay then, tomorrow morning, Xiao Hen and I will go find pure food." Su Li said.

"Xiao Hen?" Aunt Huang was stunned and looked at Wu Hen.

"Don't ask too many questions, just do your thing." Su Li sent Aunt Huang away.

Aunt Huang was surprised, but she seemed to be used to such things...

Wu Hen was always keeping an eye on these people.

It seemed that except for himself and Yang Qin, they were not from Earth.

"Are you curious about our identities?" Su Li naturally saw Wu Hen's confusion and asked with a smile.

After experiencing the life and death just now, Su Li has absolutely recognized Wu Hen, and her smile has become more gentle and kind.

"There are still too many things in this alien wasteland that I cannot understand." Wu Hen said.

"We are all human beings, but we are citizens of different gods. The fact that you woke up in the body of a lost person shows that you are citizens of the goddess Nuwa," said Su Li.

"Is your world also virtual?" Wu Hen asked.

"Virtual? Your understanding of the world is still too shallow. Shouldn't a place where the soul can rest in peace be called heaven?" Su Li shook her head bitterly.

Heaven?

Could it be that in the eyes of other human beings in the alien dimension, people like him and Yang Qin are already in heaven!

But after thinking about it carefully, Wu Hen felt that it made sense.

Compared to this horrible dimension, isn't the place where I live a paradise? ?

There have been constant natural disasters in recent years, which is probably because the goddess Nuwa is dying in the other dimension and is no longer able to maintain such a paradise for mankind!
……

The dawn is coming.

The train slowly stopped at a green and flowery forest with a stream.

I have to admit that this was the first time Wu Hen saw the bright sunshine and blooming flowers since he entered the other dimension, which instantly cleared away the haze in his heart.

This is where people should be.

Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and water is gurgling.

"Be careful and listen carefully." Su Li reminded Wu Hen after getting off the train.

"Isn't this safe?" Wu Hen asked.

"Don't trust your eyes completely." Su Li said.

Wu Hen touched his head. Well, you are older, so you are right.

Not daring to relax, Wu Hen focused on his hearing and "scanned" all the unusual sounds within a radius of several kilometers. After making sure that there were no strange things like handsome faces, lingering charm, or midnight long legs, Wu Hen gave Su Li an affirmative look.

After getting Wu Hen's confirmation, Su Li said to the people behind her: "You can get off the bus now."

"I'll go get some water."

"I'm going to catch fireflies."

"Wash away the dirty stuff, the water here should be pure."

Everyone started to divide the work and cooperate.

"Come with us, you need to carry some things." Su Li pointed at Yang Qin.

"Okay, okay." Yang Qin followed immediately.

After some training, Yang Qin has begun to integrate into the group. No matter how dirty or tiring the work is, she has to do it as long as she is told to do it, and she is not allowed to be pretentious.

Wu Hen was quite surprised that his female classmates were so aware.

It turns out that you can criticize Tea Sister’s tea, but you can’t criticize Tea Sister’s food!
Carrying backpacks of various sizes and bottles and jars, Yang Qin followed behind the two men, like a little laborer.

Wu Hen and Su Li will not lend a hand. They are the team's combat power and must devote themselves to the battle once there is danger.

After knowing that Su Li and Wu Hen were the real core of the team, Yang Qin became particularly diligent. She would not speak unless she was allowed to, and she did not dare to say a word even though her backpack was heavy...

Finally, the maid Yang Qin got a chance to interrupt. She whispered, "If we get Yuan You, can we go back to our own world?"

Wu Hen also asked Su Li some questions along the way, especially about Yuan You.

Su Li told Wu Hen that everything in the alien wasteland will deceive you, except Yuan You, and everything needs Yuan You's source of purity.

"You are the people of the goddess Nuwa, and your souls are protected. In the heyday of the past, if your bodies died, the goddess Nuwa could recall your souls, but you also needed to establish a spiritual connection with her. Yuan You can cleanse your souls on the one hand, and establish a connection with the goddess Nuwa on the other." Su Li explained.

These words were naturally not meant for Yang Qin to hear, but to allow Wu Hen to better understand the world and his own situation.

"It sounds a bit complicated." Yang Qin muttered.

In fact, she still hasn't figured it all out, she just wants to go home.

"To put it bluntly, Yuanyou is equivalent to mobile WIFI. Once connected to the Internet, we can upload our spiritual carrier to the Nuwa cloud. As long as we are alive in the cloud, we are alive... If our spiritual carrier is not uploaded in time, it will be permanently deleted!" Wu Hen said.

Wu Hen explained it to Yang Qin in this modern way, and Yang Qin actually understood some of it.

"In other words, we woke up in the body of a disconnected person?" Yang Qin said.

"It's more or less." Su Li shook her head with a wry smile.

There is nothing wrong with them understanding it in a way that they can understand.

However, they were still too limited. The strangeness and vastness of the alien wasteland was like peeping in a cave with their current level of perception, and they were unable to understand the full picture.

"Yuanyou is life."

"Yuanyou is money."

"Yuanyou is power!"

Wu Hen now recognizes these three eternal principles.

To be honest, Wu Hen is also worried about his family. He has stayed in the alien world for such a long time. What a mess the outside world is in...

There should be many people like Yang Qin who were dragged into a different reality without any preparation. How should they face this panic and weirdness?
"Don't worry, we won't be far from the Goddess Nuwa." Su Li said.

"That's good, that's good. I really want to go back. My family must be worried about me." Yang Qin said.

Wu Hen is no exception.

Along the way, Su Li patiently told Wu Hen which foods were not contaminated and which water sources were drinkable.

Including Yuanyou, it can also purify contaminated objects.

"Including your own soul, after walking in the other dimension for a long time, it will be infected to a certain extent. When one day you suddenly do some abnormal things involuntarily, such as wanting to hug death when you see it, killing your relatives and friends, witnessing horror but longing to admire it, it is most likely that you have been infected... If you are infected, you cannot return to the womb of the goddess Nuwa. In this case, you need Yuanyou to cleanse it, and you need to return to the tranquility beside the goddess." Su Li said.

Wu Hen nodded, thinking to himself: "No wonder the longer I spend with my aunt, the more evil thoughts I have towards her. Well, it's this alien dimension that's influencing me. Just say that I'm not that kind of person..."

On the side, Yang Qin felt more and more uneasy the more she listened. She seemed to remember something while carrying a heavy bag of food. She mustered up the courage to say, "Sister Su, is the infection you mentioned just a thought, or is it possible to take action?"

"People will take action, even uncontrollably with their body and mind. After they're done, they'll become sober again," said Su Li.

"Isn't this the same as the intermittent madmen in our world?" Wu Hen said.

Su Li nodded.

"Well...there is one thing I want to say. Last night when we were checking whether there was a midnight mass on the train, the uncle said he would check under the car, but he seemed to have been at the front of the train and did not check the bottom of each car of the train." Yang Qin finally said this.

Yang Qin felt very conflicted.

After all, the scar-faced uncle saved me.

She noticed this last night but never said anything because she was grateful to the uncle.

But after hearing what Su Li said, Yang Qin felt that the scarred uncle might have been infected at that time, and she also needed to remind the core members of the team, Su Li and Wu Hen.

Wu Hen looked at Su Li and found that Su Li's expression became serious. He couldn't help but call out, "Aunt?"

Su Li didn't say anything, but suddenly quickened her pace back.

"The situation is not good?" Wu Hen also realized something and hurried to catch up with Su Li.

(End of this chapter)