Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 380 Qiming
This was a destruction that was expected.

The entire city vanished in an instant. When the white light faded, the glorious City of Truth was reduced to ruins.

Simulation No. 52 failed due to an unexpected celestial phenomenon. As Observation No. 009 stated, all experimental facilities were destroyed, and the cycle from first-class to third-class citizen was over. You can "go home".

But it seems that not everyone is willing to accept failure and their fate.

The carefully selected elite citizens convinced the simulation's organizers that they had not failed, even though the starship had been lost in the depths of the black hole. They saw an opportunity to continue the simulation—the meteorite that fell from the sky, and the black lotus blooming on the ruins.

19:41 in the evening.

Fourteen hours after the surface was destroyed, a small team in protective suits and full of weapons opened the doors of the shelter.

Meanwhile, in the humanitarian laboratory, a group of young experimental subjects were added to the list.

These children were the best of the best selected in the early stages. Although they still cannot become extraordinary, the experiments they underwent at least proved that their endurance is extraordinary.

The person in charge of leading this experiment is Dr. Chen Zhaoming, a top scholar in the field of biological sciences and the person in charge of all biological experiments in this shelter.

Winter opened the laboratory door once again.

The researchers in white coats were busy, each with a solemn expression, because soon the exploration team that had risked their lives to go to the surface would return here, bringing back the samples that carried all of humanity's hopes to the laboratory. The director believed that it would be the key to everything.

She suddenly remembered what she had experienced and looked out the window at the crowds coming and going.

Winter walked toward one of the quarantine rooms.

Inside was a little girl holding a white cat, wearing a white dress, quietly staying in the isolation room, while the little girl in the room was completely unaware of her, still focused on observing the corridor.

As a survivor who endured several experiments, many changes occurred in her.
White hair and red pupils are no longer characteristics of ordinary humans.

As a result, she also gained some privileges.

For example, keeping a cat that wandered into the lab with you.

She had always felt that cats were the freest animals, far freer than those of them who had been in laboratories since they could remember. This cat had seen more of the world and had been to more places than she had. With the earthquake and the news of the city's destruction, it might become the last cat in the city.

And it turns out that cats have a much sharper sense of perception than humans.

The white ragdoll cat became somewhat uneasy because of her arrival. Although theoretically it could not recognize her presence, it would occasionally glance in the direction of Winter.

The white cat sensed the threat and pressure, and was on the verge of hissing.

Winter smiled and gently placed her index finger on the glass of the isolation room, aiming it at the white cat's mouth, and lightly drew a smiley face on it.

Shortly after, the laboratory door opened.

Director Chen Zhaoming walked in alone.

Despite looking haggard and anxious, he tried his best to control his emotions.

That black lotus flower contains hope; it can help people rebuild their city and one day return to living under the sun. But is that really the case?
The answer is obvious.

There is no scientific basis for this, nor any result of precise calculations.

Chen Zhaoming didn't even know what would happen when they studied the black lotus flower and tried to inject its unknown energy into the human body. Perhaps it would just turn into another failure, with the experimental subject's genetic sequence rapidly collapsing.

However, when the Democratic Parliament raised the matter, he still gave an affirmative answer.

Their world has been destroyed.

There always needs to be some hope to keep the rest moving forward, right?
Even if it's just an unrealistic fantasy.

Chen Zhaoming walked into the isolation room and hesitated several times, unsure of how to begin. He had experienced too many similar scenes before and should have become numb to them long ago. Nine out of ten children sent to the operating room did not survive, and the researchers told themselves time and time again that all failures and deaths would bring them closer to the truth.

Chen Zhaoming gradually understood the reason for his hesitation.

Because his personal emotions were involved in the experiment, he, like the people in the shelter, was lost in confusion.

They need someone to pull them out of the mire.

Although the scene before them would seem ridiculous to anyone who saw it, as they seemed to be hoping to get answers from a child, they had to continue.

So Chen Zhaoming bent down, a gentle smile appearing on his face.

He placed his hands on the white-haired girl's shoulders, which seemed like an elder comforting and encouraging a younger person, but in reality, it was like grasping at a lifeline.

His parched lips trembled slightly, and his voice was quite different from usual.

After carefully studying the theory of "Taoist Path and Faith," Chen Zhaoming saw a world beyond science, and perhaps they should have changed their thinking long ago.

Perhaps the end of science is the beginning of faith.

Right now, only the gods can save them and bring them hope.

Just like the gods depicted in imperial history, they also led humanity out of the darkest of times.

"Would you...be willing to become a god?"

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Meanwhile, at Vault 52, the biological laboratory.

"Merlin, Song Xian, this is the end!" A stern shout came from the entrance. This time, those who came to stop them were neither the shelter's security team nor members of the committee.

Chen Qi was all alone, and the only thing that posed a threat to him was the pistol he was gripping tightly.

He didn't know what Merlin had said to the security personnel, but they not only let Song Xian go, but also allowed them to break into the laboratory.

The shelter is in complete chaos.

Several days have passed since the committee went missing, and the higher-ups have long sensed something amiss. Before long, this oppressive and uneasy atmosphere will affect everyone in the shelter, and the worst-case scenario could be a riot. In the early days of the shelter's establishment, a leader from the slums questioned the distribution of supplies and the committee's authority, leading the people of the slums in a riot.

Chen Qi was still young at the time, and he witnessed the trial on television.

The riot ultimately ended in failure, and the traitor Lin Jue was executed by firing squad. He heard the gunshot on the television, the bullet piercing the traitor's skull, and his body, having lost its support, fell to the ground.

That was the first time Chen Qi had witnessed a human being taken away.

"I can understand how you feel."

Even when facing a gun, Merlin showed no fear on his face.

This touched Chen Qi's heart once again, because the man being executed by firing squad on television at that time was the same; even as he was about to be executed, he still "unrepentantly" challenged the authority of the democratic parliament.

"One day, someone will discover the truth you've been covering up... That day will definitely come."

Before he knew it, Merlin's appearance had overlapped with that of the traitor.

Despite their different ages and appearances, they could never be the same person from a temporal perspective.

Or……

Which traitor foresaw Merlin's existence before his death?
"No one wants others to know that their father was an executioner who took the lives of hundreds of people, especially... when they were all children."

Merlin said.

As the biological laboratory was abandoned, the people in the shelter gradually forgot about its existence. The researchers who had worked in the biological laboratory tacitly kept the secret. They were later well taken care of by the committee, but now everyone, including Director Chen Zhaoming, is dead.

This seems to be an invisible curse.

None of the researchers who participated in the experiment lived past 65, making Chen Zhaoming one of the longest-lived.

He took his impressive resume to his grave and was posthumously recognized by the committee as one of the most outstanding scholars.

"I said stop, and then go and turn yourself in to the guards!"

Chen Qi gritted his teeth, but was unable to give any positive response to Merlin's accusations.

"Minister, you've come at the perfect time."

Merlin remained unmoved. "Several important experimental records here have been destroyed. After the destruction of the surface, your father led an experiment, and I want to know the details of that experiment."

"This has nothing to do with you."

"Unfortunately, this is not only related to me, but to each and every one of us."

Merlin shook his head. "Please rest assured, I am not here to conduct a moral judgment on Mr. Chen Zhaoming. We are here for only one purpose—that experiment is related to Winter."

The child who was sent to the biological laboratory became a god.

Chen Qi did not answer, nor did he intend to answer any questions. He walked step by step toward Merlin.

The image of the committee executing the traitorous leader flashed through his mind, reminding him of the fragility of the human body, that anyone could be silenced forever with just a bullet through the skull.

Merlin is no longer the powerful elemental sculptor of the "other world." He is just an ordinary person, like everyone else in the shelter.

Merlin did not back down at all.

"They needed a god to lead them out of their darkest age, and they succeeded, didn't they?"

"They succeeded."

Merlin was answered by an unexpected voice. Hearing the noise from behind, Chen Qi turned around like a startled bird and pointed his gun at Zhuang Xiao, who had appeared out of nowhere.

Zhuang Xiao was pale at this moment, still in a weak state after cutting out the "dream experiment".

Not long ago, she witnessed the loss of the starship and the destruction of the City of Truth.

Worse still, she vaguely knew their true identities.

They are just props that are pieced together in a factory, reused, and used to fill in simulations.

However, some of them were fortunate enough to escape the identity of "dolls".

"They found the 'divine factor'."

The broken Observer 009, and the unknown existence lurking deep within the black hole.

The fragments, fused with the energies of both, crashed into the devastated city, initiating simulation number 53, which was spontaneously led by the survivors.

(End of this chapter)