The expedition continued on, turning into tiny black dots on the horizon.

No one in the group turned back, because they were afraid that they would turn around and they couldn't help but want to escort them.

"It's your choice, you kill them." Zhang Xiaofei questioned again.

"My choice, I choose to let them die." Joe replied calmly.

There was a subtle sense of comical in the Q&A between the two, but no one laughed, some were just heavy.

Because the next sacrifice will be more intuitive and emotional.

When you foresee a tragedy, you become a part of that tragedy.

"Hey, there's a tower in front of you!"

I don't know how long it took for someone to shout such a sentence.

Zhang Xiaofei's heart thumped and sank straight to the bottom.

The group rushed to the tower, and their hearts, which had been numb for a long time, ignited hope.

The tower is their only recourse in the cold world.

When the expedition arrived, they found that the tower was damaged, and there was no sign of human life around the tower.

"Hurry up and check to see if there is any hope of saving this tower!" The foreman stepped forward and directed the work of the group.

After the engineer took out the equipment and inspected it, he began to report to the foreman, "Most of this tower is damaged, the only good news is that the steam core can be salvaged, but ......" The engineer did not say any more.

"Is there anything you can't say? Hurry up! The foreman still showed his cold nature.

"The structure of the tower has been damaged, we can't enter the inside of the tower, the broken hole, only the child can enter, but ......" the engineer paused for a long time, but the child was not saved. ”

Without much hesitation, the foreman walked over to the kid in the line.

It was a little girl, named Eva, who was only ten years old, and this time she had come with her brother to see the outside world.

The little girl looked at the foreman who was walking towards her, did not speak, grabbed her brother's sleeve and shook her head desperately.

"This is the time for your contribution."

The cold words reappeared.

The girl shrank back to her brother.

"Let me come!" The elder brother reached out to protect his sister.

"You can't do this, and I can't do this. You should know what the Steam Core means to us, that's the hope for all of us to live, for that thing everyone present can be sacrificed, you can, I can too, she can too, get out of the way! ”

In the end, the elder brother chose to compromise, and he let go of his sister's body.

The foreman grabbed Eva's hand and dragged her to the tower.

The foreman bowed to Eva, "Please." ”

Eva didn't speak, just kept crying.

Eva crawled through the broken hole.

After a long time, a red ball was sent out of the hole.

The engineer and his crew used professional equipment to preserve the steam core.

After a few more moments, a pitch-black humanoid creature crawled out, and everyone knew that she was Eva, an inhumanoid Eva who had been burned by the steam core.

Her lips moved slightly, as if she was crying out for her brother, and as if she was crying out for pain.

Her brother rushed out and took Eva in his arms, crying silently.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

The expedition made a small improvised grave and buried Eva in it.

The foreman stood in front of the grave, "Let us remember that there was a brave child who died for our future." ”

"Is it great?" Joe asked softly.

Zhang Xiaofei didn't answer, she was just crying, and she couldn't stop crying.

The expedition then continued onward, in silence and mourning.

After a long time, the expedition found another refuge.

There was no one in that shelter anymore.

The steam tower will never be ignited again, and the remnants of the building have long since been buried by the wind and snow.

What about the people who ever lived in this refuge? Are they leaving? Or did they die in the snow? How many of those who escaped from the Land of Origin are still alive?

"Let's find out if there are any resources that can be used, we're almost here for this exploration, it's time to go back."

The foreman issued another order for everyone to act.

"Look at that land, how many people have lived there, and now there is nothing left but the wreckage of this place. No one survived after the snowstorm. ”

Zhang Xiaofei let out a long sigh and didn't say anything more.

The expedition returned to the shelter the way it came.

Passing by the Steam Tower again, the expedition went to Eva's grave once again to pay their respects.

Her brother left a necklace next to her grave to stay with her forever.

Moving on, they saw the traces of the survivors who had begged so much.

The crippled in that team were left in place, and they had become ice sculptures on the snowfield.

I don't know if these people begged bitterly when they were abandoned, whether they also scolded and wept silently.

Their thoughts and thoughts no longer existed, and only this stiff body could exist for a few more days.

Back at the Vault, all three understand that the turning point of the plot has come, and that they will usher in the darkest and most brutal time period next.

The Separation Gang appeared, and those strategies were arranged one by one.

You have to be careful at all times not to move outside the prescribed range, otherwise it will be an extremely unpleasant educational time if you are discovered by the guards.

This kind of education is both physical and mental.

You have to pay attention to your words at all times, because once you have a bad speech and are denounced, it is definitely not a good sweet memory waiting for you.

This period of time is even more difficult for Zhang Xiaofei, because among the implemented strategies is called Warm Sipa.

As the protection of the player, Zhang Xiaofei will not be found and asked to be snapped, but as a woman, especially a feminist, looking at such a situation and being indifferent, it is a kind of torture.

As a result of her inaction, the title she had received for women's rights had also disappeared.

People who are accustomed to freedom are suddenly subject to all kinds of constraints, and they are naturally in pain all the time.

Repression.

It's like a pressure cooker, coming from all directions, wrapping you up and making it impossible to get out.

Xue Fei wanted to quit the script directly many times, but was persuaded by Qiao.

"I hope you can accompany me to see this disaster drama to the end."

"It's so torturous, I'm really going to collapse. What is the need to save this damn human being, destroy it! ”

Although he kept scolding and scolding, Xue Fei still waited until the end as Qiao  wished.

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