Volume 1 The New Guests in the City Chapter 28 They have long since given up their lives
The long, dark corridors echoed with the rustle of metal, and the souls imprisoned in chains awoke from their memories because of their mission.
"You think you can really win? You know, no matter what the real world is, at least the world is very cold, and especially for someone who has never seen it. The man who appeared outside the bars at some point whispered, "Besides, it's still a question of whether you can escape, and we all know your weaknesses." ”
The white-haired girl bound to the cross was silent.
"That old man in the mountains is really evil, he actually gave you this power without authorization, we don't have to treat you like this. ”
The white-haired girl remained silent.
"Well, son, think about it, are those people worth saving? That old thing must have said it...... No, he probably didn't say it. But I can tell you that they can abandon everything in order to survive themselves, and you will see that, trust me. Wouldn't it be nice to join us? Avoid a beating, and we can help you find your sister and get her back safely. ”
The white-haired girl finally raised her head.
"You just have to do something very simple, we don't have you to kill people, you just have to stand in front of people. ”
The man looked very confident, but the white-haired girl's words poured cold water on him.
"Sounds ...... It's a good deal...... However, I refuse. ”
The white-haired girl's voice, which was originally very warm and sweet, became hoarse and weak at this time, like a shrill crow. It's not hard to imagine how painfully she was tortured here.
After hearing this, the man was immediately deflated, and looked into her eyes with a blank face, wondering why she would support and believe in the people he hated so much. However, since she chose to refuse, and there was no remorse in her eyes, she had no choice but to continue to torture her.
"Go ahead, you can inject her with a little 'amphetamine' and don't let her faint. The man shook his hand away angrily as he spoke, and suddenly stood up again, "By the way, the most important thing to pay attention to is not to let her bleed, not anywhere." Even if it's just a broken skin, a small trace of blood will cause a big deal. ”
"Then you should put on an incense and wish my body a little more durable, otherwise you may be laughing one second, and you won't even see the body the next. ”
The white-haired girl sneered, listening to the man's footsteps fade away, and then looked at the two men and a woman who had entered the cell. They had torture instruments in their hands and had soldering irons on hand so that she could quickly stop the bleeding with burns when she was bleeding. Looking at this scene, she knew that she was going through another long night.
Seeing the wire being connected to her temple, the feeling of oppression had already piled up in her heart, and the moment the woman pressed the power button of the machine, everything around her instantly became blurred. Then, Bai Nanyu sat up from the big bed in the school dormitory suddenly, clutching his chest and panting.
It was a dream, a memory to be precise, the time she brought back to be tortured after being found in a cabin deep in the mountains by the dead country before going to Weidun City. Knowing that the terrifying power had been transferred to her at this time, the dead country continued to torture her in order to make her submit, but she was unwilling to give in, causing her to be tortured to the point of falling into shadows, and from time to time she would dream of that scene.
Electric shocks, poison gassing, beatings...... They carried out these torments within the safest confines for them, and she could only endure them in silence with faith.
Faith?, that is, determined to save his sister, and promised the old man who gave her strength to carry on his mission.
And it happened that it was during this time that she found that her body's recovery ability was unprecedentedly strong, and if it was an ordinary person, she would have died several times in such torture.
At the time, the people of the dead country called her "mage", but that power didn't seem to be magical.
But the most important thing is that the king of the dead country made a "contract" with her at that time, giving up an attack on a city to play a "game" with her. After that, due to an accident in prison, she was injured in her internal organs, and she used her strength to break through her captivity. After that, she fled to the city where the "game" was played, Guardian City.
Recalling this, Bai Nanyu lay down again, looking at the ceiling and was stunned.
It was early in the morning, and her sleepiness had not subsided, but the images full of her mind made her upset and irritable. Maybe many people do what the man said, but not everyone is like that.
She has always believed that in the real world, if there is one person who is willing to use her savings to help strangers, then there is definitely a second and a third. In this way, she has the capital to win over him, even if the end of Guardian City is just around the corner.
Thinking about it, she shrank into a ball a little timidly, and then slowly closed her eyes under the suggestion of self-suggestion, and under the urging of sleepiness, she entered the dream world again......
The morning dew was still shining, and the students who ran by blew a gentle breeze, shook the leaves of the dewdrops, and threw it into the air, falling into the dirt. The white figure appeared in front of the leaf with the student who ran by, quietly studying the tender green leaf.
She has been through so much that she doesn't know when it became easier for her to see the world.
It seems like I haven't seen this for a long, long time, like in the real world, when my sister woke me up for a morning run, but unfortunately, I didn't care about these things at the time. Thinking so, Bai Nanyu gently pushed the round-framed glasses and hugged the book in his arms tightly.
Today, she was going to a class meeting, so she dressed up in the dormitory for a long time, and also wore the glasses that she usually took off because of exercise.
It may be said here that Bai Nanyu has been living in the school since she entered the school, although the mayor gave her the right to live in a house, but she was afraid of being lonely, she still chose to live in the dormitory with the students. Luckily, the three girls in the same dormitory with her were all very nice, two were always very lively, and one was very considerate, but sometimes she was always verbose with them like an old mother.
And Bai Nanyu, in fact, is very stupid, lively and arrogant by nature, so she has a good time with those two lively girls, and she is often reprimanded by the "old mother".
Although there are often quarrels in the dormitory, in fact their relationship is much better than it seems, and between the three lively girls, they can even be compared to "brothers". Isn't it normal for brothers to quarrel with each other?
At the same time that Bai Nanyu went to the class for a class meeting, the mayor, who had read his handwritten contract and promised it, had already rushed to the agreed temporary conference room one after another.
"I'm sure you've already read this contract. The mayor slowly sat up straight, his expression more serious than ever, "But I still need to remind you that this matter is not child's play, once you sign it, you are likely to risk your own life, and if there are people who are afraid, you can leave as soon as possible." ”
Everyone in the conference room looked at each other, and the cold atmosphere that was frozen like a mirror suddenly had some waves. For the mayor to be so serious, of course, this matter is not ordinary, this is what everyone here understands.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, someone finally stood up and quietly turned to leave, and then the second person also quietly left. The mayor understands that all of us here are people with families, and those families are waiting for them in another world. They didn't want their families to see them anymore, they didn't want them to be sad, so they opted out.
"Anything else?" the mayor asked again, looking at the remaining six.
However, this interrogating word, which seemed to be the Grim Reaper, did not shake their hearts that had already decided.
"Mayor, I have long been nostalgic, and being able to do something more for this city is already the last meaning of my existence. A man who stayed behind smiled wryly.
"It's hard to live over there, but are you really going to give up hope of going back?" the mayor asked again.
The man nodded slowly.
"Mayor. Another man said, "You know, even if this is another world, it's still reality. So no matter where we die, we are dead, and instead of dying, it is better to do a good deed with our lives. ”
Then, the mayor's gaze continued to scan and fell on a middle-aged man.
"You obviously have a family, and you keep saying that you want to go back, don't you?"
"No, Mayor. The middle-aged man smiled as if he was repentant, "I used to be too cowardly, but since the 'Blood Sea Incident', I now understand that fate cannot be escaped after all." I can only hope that my family over there will live well, even though they may never know what I did in the other world. ”
The middle-aged man's face gradually disappeared from view, and the mayor looked at Councilor Li not far away.
"Xiao Li, you ...... too"
"Yes, Mayor. Since you're all willing to join, I can't leave. Councilor Li sighed helplessly and shook his head, then looked at the mayor, his eyes full of reluctance, "I also hope that you can return to reality and take good care of your daughter." ”
The mayor was choked up and speechless for a while, thinking about his lovely daughter, and suddenly subconsciously wavered a little, but finally convinced himself that he would definitely be able to get through. When he looked at Councillor Lee again, the mayor could clearly feel the message in his eyes, that is, he hoped that he could leave and cancel the plan.
But for the sake of the city, he can't do that.
Continuing to scan, he noticed that the only woman among them was a mother, though she had now lost everything.
"Don't look at the mayor, I understand the seriousness of this matter, let me join, I won't defect. ”
After confirming them one by one, the mayor began to talk about what this small organization was for.
There are many potential spies in the city, and the so-called "potential" does not mean that they are lurking, but that they may become spies at any time.
The task of this group, then, is to gather information about those potential spies and secretly keep an eye on the rebellion.
And that's only part of the story.
More importantly, it is to bring people's minds and unite the people of this city. Since the "Blood Sea Incident", the survivors have understood this even more.
Their existence is like the people who resolutely stood up and led people to liberation in ancient times, when people were oppressed and their minds were closed. This analogy might be much more appropriate.
When the center of Heihu City was full of solemnity, the laughter and laughter spread the relaxed atmosphere on the campus, and Bai Nanyu, who participated in the first class meeting, bathed in this endless joy and took advantage of his free time to go out of the classroom.
There will be two sessions in this class, and Bai Nanyu never thought that he would enjoy the process of listening carefully to what his classmates said in the class meeting. It may be that she didn't cherish these until she lost them, and after she had them again, she was no longer willing to waste a minute.
Out of the cubicle and walked to the sink, Bai Nanyu looked at herself in the mirror, glanced slightly, and found Bai Yu standing beside her, also looking at the mirror in a daze.
"What about thinking about life?" Bai Nanyu teased.
As if there was a network delay, Bai Yu was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, looked at the reflection in Bai Nanyu's mirror, and was stunned for another second, before he looked at Bai Nanyu beside him as if he had just woken up from a dream.
"Ah, hi ......" Bai Yu's voice was still as uncheerful as ever.
"Are you so busy with affairs that you haven't slept well?"
"No, it's going...... Oh no! yes...... Yes...... There are too many transactions. ”
At this time, Bai Yu, who became very strange again, made Bai Nanyu very curious, and tried to ask about the voice in her head, but the nightmare attached to her didn't seem to want to tell her what she thought. This was the first time that Nightmare did not respond, which made Bai Nanyu feel even more strange.
"You're hurt. Bai Nanyu guessed confidently.
This is daily for Bai Yu, in fact, there is no need to guess at all, so Bai Yu nodded.
"You're still a kid. Bai Nanyu's tone was like that of a gentle mother, "As a child, don't do those things, although you have strong abilities." ”
"Those who can work harder, I also have goals and beliefs. Besides, I'm not a child, I'm sixteen years old, but because of genetics, my face is a little chubby, so I look very tender, and besides, I'm not short, right?"
Bai Nanyu shook his head with a smile, he didn't want to make eye contact with her, but just whispered in a soft and warm voice like cotton wool.
"Just as much as she does. ”
"Hmm, who?" Bai Yu was very vigilant.
"My sister ......" Bai Nanyu suddenly lost his voice like an electric shock, and then stepped back and said to Bai Yu, "I'm sorry, I'm ...... I'll miss a moment, help me take a leave, and the next class meeting will say that I have diarrhea and I'll be back. ”
As the bell rang, the white figure ran in the opposite direction of the flow of people, like a white carp, swimming upstream. If she is not careful, she will be beaten back by the torrent and return to square one. This scene is really like herself, even in the midst of strong winds and waves, she still has to struggle to get to the direction she wants to go.
Since she has such an awareness, then why should I worry so much?
Bai Yu smiled coldly and walked back to the classroom with the flow of people.
"Your light rain is gone again, and you can't see it again. ”
"Bed-groove-"
The students all returned to the classroom and sat down, and after Bai Yu and the class leader finished talking about Bai Nanyu's leave, they heard the conversation between the two boys not far away. Looking at the appearance of the lamenting boy, he should never have imagined that a weak girl was silently protecting the city.
The class meeting continued, listening to the speeches of the classmates on the stage, Bai Yu quietly turned his head to look out the window. The clouds dispersed, and beams of sunlight broke into the otherwise dimly lit classroom, shining on the contemplative Bai Yu's face, bringing a hint of warmth.
Perhaps, no one knows who brought the sunshine or how long it will last.