From the end of the world

Chapter 219: Footsteps of Change

Two days have passed since the battle at the old base of the Humanitarian Department.

According to the news from Mr. Zhu, the demon hunters finally captured most of the researchers and some of the weird guards with only a few casualties. Although there are still two researchers missing and their lives are unknown, the demon hunters can basically be said to have won a great victory.

Zhu Shi also retreated from the front line unscathed, and then went to retrieve Chang'an, who I had placed far away. The old base of the Humanitarian Division was hundreds of kilometers away from Xianshui City, and because Ma Zao and I had already left, Zhu Shi naturally could not use the convenient black fog vortex portal, so he could only use other methods to bring Chang'an back and conduct a comprehensive diagnosis for him. The details of this aspect will be elaborated later.

The news that I killed the God Spear quickly spread throughout Luoshan, and it was said to be a big uproar. It seemed that the two demon hunters who were released had done their tasks well. The name "Zhuang Cheng" immediately resounded throughout Luoshan.

Even the fact that I challenged the Great Impermanence became a well-known news. I don't know how the two demon hunters understood my words at that time. I just wanted them to pass on the message privately. Or maybe this was their little trick. But it doesn't matter.

Lu Youxun told me that they were just knives. Although I refuted him, I still had to admit it. Regardless of the objective conclusion, they were indeed knives in my heart. After being disarmed, they were broken and thrown away. At first, I did have the idea of ​​killing them all, but after witnessing Lu Youxun's spiritual death, I lost interest and casually forgot about that idea.

Maybe this is the mindset of a supernaturalist. In other words, I may be similar to Lu Youxun and Shenqiang to a certain extent. I didn't regard those two demon hunters as human beings. I can't let Zhu Shi know this. I used to be not so extreme. I know very well that this is probably the psychological impact of my using superpowers to kill people at will with an indifferent mood. I used to be so arrogant that I thought my mind would not be shaken by killing people, but in the end, there was still some subtle change.

I was so decisive in killing the Gunlance, and even provoked the Great Impermanence through the mouths of the two demon hunters. Could it be that I was also influenced by this? Maybe there were actually smarter and more compromised ways at that time, but I turned a blind eye to them; if I were to be teleported to the past, would I make a different choice?

No. Maybe there was a smarter way to do it, but that was not the path I should have taken. Simply put, I was the person who would have made that decision in that situation, and I fully accepted that person and all the possible consequences. It was impossible for me to show mercy to someone who wanted to hurt Ma Zao, let alone run away in fear.

After completely leaving the Humanitarian Department's old base, I calmed down and thought seriously about the follow-up plan while holding the sleeping Ma Zao in my arms.

Although I said I would take the initiative to find Lu Youxun and the Great Impermanence behind the magic gun, I don't know who they are after all. It's not that I don't have any clues, but it's also true that I can't go to their house right now. What if I hit the wrong person? Not only would I wrongly accuse him, but I would also make enemies for no reason, which is the most undesirable thing.

The opponent may not be able to bear the provocation and come to me on his own initiative. In addition, I have shown the power of killing a great master in one second, and the hostile Great Impermanence may come in person. This is indeed what he wants, but it is not convenient for me to leave Ma Zao now. If it becomes that situation, Ma Zao will inevitably be involved. If conditions permit, I will naturally take the initiative to attack myself.

Ma Zao woke up not long after. I told her the current situation and her expression was very solemn.

I might go against the Great Impermanence because of her, and I have told her this in person before. Now, she will not persuade me to abandon her. It's just that verbal agreement and actual action are two different things. I don't know what she thinks specifically, if she can feel happy and relieved about my protection in secret, then I will be happy too.

In addition, she told the inside story of how she had been tricked before.

Lu Youxun had made sufficient preparations to kidnap Ma Zao, but it was so easy for Ma Zao to fall for it. I felt something was wrong. As expected, Ma Zao fell for it on purpose. While being hypnotized, she used the power of regression to remove the hypnosis, and then pretended to be completely unconscious and was sealed in a crystal coffin. I don't know if Lu Youxun saw it or not, maybe he was just trying to take advantage of the situation.

By the time she explained this, we had already left the forest and were walking along the night road. I asked curiously, "You are no longer hypnotized? But I saw that you were unconscious, weren't you?"

"Strictly speaking, in order to prevent being exposed, I only partially lifted the hypnosis." She explained, "At that time, I was in a low-frequency consciousness operation mode similar to sleepwalking. I could sense the danger in the outside world and judge whether I should activate the power of return and escape."

Could it be that she still heard Lu Youxun's words about "GPS" while sleepwalking? This thought came to my mind, but I didn't dare to mention it. Instead, I continued to ask, "Why don't you just run away?"

"Because I wanted to know where they were going to take me," she said.

"You want to know if they are trying to find a cure for amnesia, right?" I asked. "Yes. If they just want to find a cure for amnesia from me, and they use such brutal means to get ahead of other forces... then it's okay for me to cooperate with them in their research." She said, "It doesn't matter which force develops the cure first, the important thing is that the amnesia patients can be cured."

At this point, her voice became softer: "...In that case, Zhu Shi's mother can also be saved."

It seems that although she appears to be indifferent to Zhu Shi, she actually agrees with him. Or, she is not good at dealing with people with good intentions. Once someone approaches her with strong good intentions, she will easily fall for them. However, she always takes into account her unlucky personality and takes an extreme avoidance policy.

She was too kind and put her own safety second. Although I hoped that she would at least inform me before taking action, the incident happened suddenly and there was no time to contact me. It was also a great opportunity to sneak into the enemy camp, so she went straight for it.

No, even if that is excluded, she might not have thought of informing me. I actually wanted to treat her as my pendant, to put it in an extreme way, I hoped to keep her under my wings forever, and she would just focus on attracting strange events for me, but in essence, she is a very opinionated person, and a lone wolf who does her own thing. Even if she knew I would not agree, she would not hesitate when she saw the opportunity, and would just do it.

In this respect, she and I are the same kind of people. Whether it will be dangerous or whether people around us will agree with it are secondary and unimportant. If I were in her position, I would definitely do the same.

Apart from anything else, sneaking into the enemy camp is really exciting. I also enjoyed the operation of sneaking into the secret base of the Humanitarian Department from the bottom of my heart. However, I did it because I liked it, while she probably did it for negative reasons.

She always carries a huge amount of pressure and guilt, and believes from the bottom of her heart that she should not interact with others, and even thinks that she should not continue to live. The reason why she always wants to act to save others is probably out of a sense of atonement. And when it comes to the ultimate way to save others, it is undoubtedly "saving the world."

The "illusion" of Yin Yue emerged in my mind, as well as the scene of her hostility towards me.

"Where are we going next?" she asked.

"Let's go into the city and find a place to spend the night," I said.

If we want to avoid being spotted by Lu Youxun and the Great Impermanence behind the magic gun, it is best to go to a place away from people. We don't need to eat or sleep, so it is not impossible to find a deserted place. However, the enemy is one of the rulers of Luoshan. It's just a matter of finding someone. There are all kinds of methods such as divination. Now is not the stage where multiple forces are pulling each other's legs on the level of "Where is the amnesiac girl". We might as well keep eating and sleeping normally and maintain a good mental state.

Ma Zao seemed to have other ideas, but after thinking it over, he followed.

We quickly found a nearby city through the mobile phone map. It was 10 pm, the time for supper, but few shops were open on the street. We finally found a canteen with lights on, with only two or three customers inside. While eating, we heard the sound of people chatting at the nearby table. It seemed that they were nervously talking about topics like "nuclear bombs" and "world war".

Only then did I react and used my phone to connect to the Internet to check the news.

As expected, the previous battle with Yin Yue was so noisy that Yin Yue even used a nuclear explosion. This is something that the country cannot cover up. Although it happened only an hour or two ago, it has become a hot topic among many netizens. According to the comments, the nuclear explosion was the size of a strategic-level nuclear bomb. Some people were horrified and thought it was a US nuclear bomb, while others thought it was a country conducting a nuclear weapons test. It seems that even foreign websites have discussed this matter.

In terms of the scale of destruction and total energy, the Great Impermanence that can transform into a natural disaster has a power many times greater than the nuclear explosion summoned by Silver Moon. However, in terms of the degree of shaking people's hearts, the relationship is reversed. So far, Luo Shan has always been on the sidelines, and the Great Impermanence has not revealed its existence to the world. However, this is ultimately an invisible and fragile tacit understanding that can disappear at any time. Now, this tacit understanding has been torn apart by the battle between me and Silver Moon.

The strange world is gradually revealing its existence to the world, and the footsteps of the changing times are getting closer and closer.

(End of this chapter)