This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 18 Everyday I either can’t come up with a title or forget to write one. I really admire myself.
"Yun Ni?" Nie Weiyang raised his eyebrows.

Yunni heard the sound of the motorcycle from afar. She looked up with shining eyes: "My benefactor! You're back. How's the village going? Are you hurt?"

Nie Weiyang was taken aback by the retro name. He said, "The incident in Daliao Village is over. The villagers have suffered serious casualties. I have to go to Langcheng to get some help. Come with me and treat the injuries."

Yun Ni's face fell, not out of disapproval of Nie Weiyang, but out of serious worry. She struggled to move, the pain so intense that cold sweat covered her pale face. Nie Weiyang got out of the car and lifted her into the back seat. Something she was holding in her arms was revealed: Aaron's head.

Nie Weiyang looked at Yun Ni in confusion.

"I thought it might be useful..." Yuni whispered, throwing the horrible head into the bushes.

She thought there would be a fierce battle in the village and was ready to use the head as a mind-stun grenade.

Honestly, there's nothing wrong with that idea; Nie Weiyang certainly didn't win in one fell swoop. While he resolved the situation quickly, at the very last moment, two men attempted to kidnap a frail old man, but Nie Weiyang wasn't deterred at all. When they desperately tried to kill him, their attack was blocked by a shield that suddenly appeared.

I have to say that the Holy Guardian is a really good thing, but if the situation is at a stalemate, throwing this head in may indeed have a breaking effect.

only……

"Don't force yourself to go so fast," said Nie Weiyang, who was driving a motorcycle and didn't look back when he spoke.

Yunni was stunned for a moment and fell silent.

The lights of Langcheng were just ahead. People seemed unaccustomed to a day without sunlight. As Nie Weiyang approached, he faintly heard someone complain, "If I don't get any sun for too long, I'll be deficient in vitamins..." Another person muttered, "It's just a cold dish."

Nie Weiyang sent Yun Ni to a temporary hospital, which was filled with the smell of human beings, blood and medicine.

Some medicine from Earth was also transported here. And with so many smart people in the world, of course some doctors and nurses reacted quickly in those ten seconds and quickly gathered up the medicine they had. Even among ordinary people, some chronically ill patients came with their medicine—those with high blood pressure, diabetes, and AIDS, for example. They understood the pain of being without medicine better than most.

Of course, the hospital is not short of bandages and some basic medicines now, and that's because Nie Weiyang had previously dumped a lot of stock in Langcheng...

"Your bandaging technique is very professional. Have you learned battlefield first aid?" The emergency doctor raised his eyebrows as he opened the bandage.

"Yeah." Nie Weiyang responded, "I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first." He said to Yun Ni, "This place is managed by the military, and the environment is much better than outside. They should be able to arrange for you to stay nearby. When your friend arrives, I'll ask her to come find you."

Yun Ni nodded gratefully and said yes. Nie Weiyang hurried out to find Xiang Feng and explained the matter of Daliushan.

"I will send people to gather the people immediately." Xiang Feng said.

He didn't say anything like 'How could such a thing happen' or 'How could such a thing happen' - anyone with a discerning eye knows that the world has changed, and there will be more and more beasts who will enslave others by any means necessary. If someone says such things, it only proves that he is playing dumb.

"Have you seen the village official of Daliushuang?" Xiang Feng asked.

"Dead." Nie Weiyang answered briefly.

Xiang Feng sighed and turned to other questions. After understanding the situation, he dispatched two companies. Then, he suddenly asked Nie Weiyang, "Do you know if there are any dangers along the way from the capital to Yuzhou... no, Zhongzhou?"

"I know." Nie Weiyang said.

He also knew what the other party was talking about: now that the apocalypse and the game were confirmed to be real, there would definitely be people who wanted to know more information.

But he only said, "I've said most of what I can say." He has changed now, and he can't be sure how the later stages of this apocalypse will unfold. But some information about the New World itself should remain unchanged, and he is quite certain that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, there will still be a... nuclear war in the middle of the apocalypse.

Recalling those days, Nie Weiyang paused and reiterated a message he had already put into the USB drive: "The nuclear materials in the transferred materials must be handled properly."

"I know." Xiang Feng nodded. He even memorized the entire text, but what he didn't understand was: "So, why?"

Nie Weiyang laughed again, but did not answer.

why?
Of course, nuclear radiation is also one of the reasons why the New World has become what it is now.

On Earth, the fallout from the atomic bomb explosion by Oppenheimer in 1945 sent cesium 137 to the entire world. This stuff exists in the body of every human being on Earth. Starting from this element that originally did not exist in the human application sequence, nuclear radiation will accompany the people on Earth forever.

In the new world, a rule is set for the entire planet: the probability and degree of mutation of organisms caused by radioactive substances increase significantly, especially in humans.

This was once believed by New World biologists to be one of the reasons why humans were transformed: if they were not transformed, everyone would be the same as the "locals" when they landed.

As for why nuclear war would happen...

…All I can say is that human greed knows no bounds. Everyone wants the world to be the way they want it to be. Yet, the vast majority of people don't know how to guide it properly.

"I'll go first." Nie Weiyang waved his hand.

He refused Xiang Feng's farewell and walked out of the makeshift camp, but after a few steps, his steps suddenly paused. The next second, a young man stumbled and fell where he had originally landed.

He was a young man with white hair and green eyes. Nie Weiyang took a look at his ear feathers and recognized his bloodline: Crane.

The white-haired crane... Wei He?
Nie Weiyang raised his eyebrows, turned the young man over, and saw a face with lifeless eyes.

It turned out to be Wei He, one of his teammates in Langcheng in his previous life!

Two guards hurried over and picked up Wei He awkwardly. "Sorry, Mr. Nie, this is the president of the Langcheng Anju Association. He might be a little tired."

"Ah..." Wei He's eyes were empty: "No more, not a single one left..."

Nie Weiyang: “…”

Apparently, this guy had gone crazy drawing talismans again. He just didn't know what title of president Wei He had held in his previous life. Furthermore, the use of the word "again" in describing a work-related madness actually evoked a certain sadness...

"...Take care of your health." Nie Weiyang said this dryly and left silently.

Three hours later, the residents of Daliushuang were finally taken away by the Langcheng garrison. Nie Weiyang breathed a sigh of relief, returned to his small tent in the mountain hut, sat down at the door, stretched, and felt a little tired from the bottom of his heart.

Rest, he thought.

No matter what else you have to do, you have to be full of energy first.

(End of this chapter)