Chapter 97: The Price Paid
The night of the garbage dump seems to have become darker after the appearance of those monsters, and the darkness is terrifying, so it is rare to see anyone dare to walk outside alone at night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
As agreed, Ax walked alone, moving his fingers from time to time, ready to draw his knife at any time, because no one knew if there would be a monster hidden in a corner.
"You're late." Suddenly, a voice sounded, but there was no trace of dissatisfaction, but a hint of temptation, as if the cheating little lover was coquettish.
Aix pressed his hand on the handle of the knife as soon as he heard the voice, but when he saw the person coming, he relaxed a little, but his hand did not leave the handle of the knife, and said: "I don't have your strength, walking alone in such a dangerous place, you must always be careful!" ”
"Well, now you don't need to be careful, my sister will protect you." The woman said seductively.
"What the hell are you looking for me, if it's okay, I'll go back." After Ax finished speaking, he actually turned around and prepared to leave.
The woman seemed to know that the matter was important, so she stopped joking, and before Ax had turned away, she said in a serious tone, "Come with me, we have been waiting for a long time." ”
Seeing the woman unsuspectingly turn her back to herself, Ax hesitated for a moment before following behind. The two of them twisted and turned, and even walked through several identical places, until finally they came to a very inconspicuous cave, which could be seen to have been cut out of a huge mountain of garbage.
The cave was not large at first, and there were even places where only one person could pass through, but as it went deeper, it became wider and wider, and after opening a huge metal gate, a metal base appeared in front of Aix.
"You're here." An old man walked towards Aix, at this time, the old man no longer had the feeling of lying on the chaise longue, but gave people a sense of standing tall and upright, and the spirit was shining.
"Come with me." When the old man saw Aix, he took Ax to an office, and Ax was the only one, not even the woman.
"How's it going here?" The old man stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, through which he could see the whole of the base, and it could be heard that the old man's tone was full of pride when he asked this question.
"There's a crouching tiger in the junkyard, but I don't know which side you belong to, Piltover? Demacia? Or a war college? Ax didn't look at the spectacular base outside, but said three names very slowly, and stopped for a moment every time he read a name, carefully observing the old man's every move, but unfortunately, sure enough, Jiang was old and spicy, and Ax didn't find any reaction from it.
The old man did not answer Aix's question, but said in a non-answerable manner: "Zu An made such a big move, it is not so easy to hide the eyes and ears of other forces, at first we didn't expect them to be so crazy, until we found the traces of the void creatures, we paid attention to it, but unfortunately, it is impossible to stop it at all, since it cannot be stopped...... Then destroy this place, after all, it is easier to destroy than to create. ”
"In other words, you are also enemies of the garbage dump?" Aix asked directly about the point, and finally knew why the teacher's cooperation with them was always reserved, it turned out that although their purpose was the same, their methods were very conflicting, and the results were also different, one was to defend the place where they lived, and the other was to destroy everything, including sin and goodness.
"As far as I know, you're not from the junkyard, and you're very talented, so I'd advise you to leave at once and not get involved in this troubled water." The old man said sincerely.
"It's true that I'm not from the garbage dump, but my friends are, and this is still their home, since I'm here as a guest, I can't sit back and watch my friend's house die!" Ax spread his hands, as if he had no choice but to make a bad friend.
"So, you're going to ruin our plans?" The old man's tone suddenly became stern, and he no longer had the kindness he had before: "Do you know that if you can't stop Zu An's plan, how many people will die because of this, and even, a rune war that will sweep the entire Rune Land will start because of this?" ”
"This is the legendary abandonment of the few, the salvation of the many, and the final realization of world peace? What a wise saying! There was a deep disdain in Aix's tone, and Ax never believed that acts of kindness based on forced sacrifice were not crimes.
"We are not saints, and in order to protect our families, we have no care about other people, these people may be your friends, so we can only say sorry." The old man suddenly became firm, his back straightened, and he continued: "So, even if we commit a heinous crime, we will not hesitate to do it. ”
"Now I finally understand the teacher's words, no one in this world can save you, you can only redeem yourself, say, what do you want us to do?" Ax seemed a little tired and said with a long sigh.
"Information! I know that the teacher knows far more about them than we do, and I want all the information you have about those monsters. The old man said very politely.
Ax seemed to have known what the other party wanted, so he directly took out a straight pass and threw it casually. The old man stretched out his hand to catch it and said to Aix, "We will do what the teacher asks, but I have to remind you that we are also very short on time, so your time is even tighter. ”
"Don't worry, I think the price they are willing to pay for their home is definitely beyond your imagination." Aix didn't stay long, and after reaching an agreement, he left directly.
In the next few days, the monsters in the junkyard became more intensive and frequent, but it seems that there is a force that has been limiting the range of movement of those monsters, so that the scope of the war does not affect the entire garbage dump. You must know that not everyone in the garbage dump has the strength to deal with these monsters, and even most people will definitely die once they encounter it.
After meeting the old man, Aix returned to his previous life, hunting monsters every day, but, as time went by, the strength of those monsters became stronger and stronger, as if the skills of the masterminds behind the scenes were becoming more and more mature.
In the corner of a garbage dump, Aix leaned back against the garbage heap, looked up at the sky, and said as if to himself, "Are you all right?" ”
"There's nothing good or bad, as long as everyone lives." A voice rang out from the other side of the garbage heap, and the two of them were in a corner, and neither could see each other, but the voice sounded hoarse and staccato, as if they had just learned to speak.
"Recently, some people have come to the dump, and as far as I guess they are from Noxus, their plans have been accelerated, and we have to plan for it early." The person who spoke seemed to be tired from talking so much, and after a short rest, he continued: "How did you talk about the alliance?" Did they promise to help? ”
"It's okay!" Aix simply replied, not wanting to say more on the subject.
"This is a map of their base, my current authority can only go deep into these places, you give it to those people, I think, they should be happy, and in the end, they will always do something." The sound stopped, and a cylinder appeared at Aix's feet, and the one that placed the cylinder there was a hand covered with scales, which could no longer even be called a hand, and it would be more appropriate to call it a claw.
"I see, be careful." Aix reminded.
"This should be what I want to say, you have to be careful, don't be killed by me, and death may be the real relief for me." After the voice disappeared, it never sounded again, and Aix knew that the other party was gone.
As if all the strength of Aix's body had disappeared, he slid on the ground against the garbage pile behind him, reached for the cylinder, opened the lid, looked at the neat cards inside, and remembered the appearance of the owners of these cards when they were carefully cut before.
Aix understands the old man's mood very well, and gives up others in order to protect his family, because, that's what the people in the garbage dump do, they don't have the power, so in order to protect their family, the only thing they can do is to give up on themselves, let themselves be transformed into those monsters, and then protect their families.
The old man may have known that the teacher had a lot of information about the laboratory, but they definitely didn't know where the information came from.
Ax grabbed the cylinder hard, closed the lid, shook his drowsy head, stood up and looked around, and walked back the way he had come.
Soon Aix came to a settlement where there were many children, many of them disabled or sick, but no one was lazy, everyone was working, Aix went straight through the crowd to a small tin house, knocked on the door, and pushed the door in, and the teacher had obviously been waiting for a long time.
"You're here." The teacher looked very tired, with a noticeable dark circle in both eyes, and it was obvious that he hadn't rested for a long time.
"Got something back?" Before Ax could speak, the little sister had already reached out and removed the cylinder on Aix's back, opened it and looked at it, and said, "Sort it out in an hour." With that, he walked straight to a small table with many pens and drawing tools on it.
"When are you leaving?" The teacher asked, apparently not for the first time.
"Wait!" Aix said perfunctorily.
"We're going to act."
"So fast?" Aix was obviously taken aback, "But there is still very little information, is it ...... to act now?"
"We are short on time and we don't have time to prepare. You've done enough, I hope you can leave, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't need to wade into this troubled water. ”