Chapter 388: The Awakened
Hearing the man's words, the elven girl couldn't help but be stunned, and then she looked at Kurona with some trepidation. Although the elven girl seems to be the oldest of the three, in fact she clearly can't make up her mind. Even so, the elf girl knew that now that Faeron's plan was at a critical moment, this person suddenly came to her......... But what he said made the elf girl have to take it to heart.........
Just as the elf girl was in a dilemma, suddenly, she saw a line of words pop out of the laptop in front of Kurona.
"Let's see what he has to say."
Ay?
Seeing this line of words, the elf girl was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Kurona, who nodded faintly, and soon, a line of words appeared on the screen again.
"I've contacted the Commander, it's the Commander's order."
So Mr. Ferron knows.
After seeing this line of news, the elf girl relaxed a little. Now that Faren had already learned about the matter here through Kurona, she didn't hesitate any longer, but looked at the man in front of her curiously.
As for Xue Linlin, this wasteland resident has been out of the situation since the man appeared, although she didn't know what was going on, but as a wasteland resident, she was still keenly aware of the unusual atmosphere now, so she obediently shut up and sat next to her. And after making sure that there was no problem around, the elf girl looked at the man in front of her again.
It was a typical white American man, with blonde hair, white skin and blue eyes, and a T-shirt, who looked no different from the high school students in the movie who danced and drugged all day. It's just that there is a little less of a smile on his face, on the contrary, there is a little more seriousness. I saw him look around vigilantly, and then sat down in front of the elf girl and the others. After a curious glance at the elven girl's long green hair and pointed ears, the man withdrew his gaze.
"I know you're wary of me, and I can understand that. Rest assured, though, no one is watching us here. I've just surveyed the whole fast food restaurant, so you can rest assured. I think you, like me, are fed up with this repetitive world, and I understand what you're worried about. But I can assure you that I came with good intentions. β
As he spoke, the man placed a mobile phone on the table.
"Your companions are at JPMorgan Chase, I don't know what they're trying to do, but I hope you can stop, the world is far more dangerous and scary than you think. If this continues, they will likely be killed, which is not what we want to see. β
"But what does our business have to do with you?"
After glancing quietly at the computer screen to make sure that Kurona wasn't going to say anything, the elven girl asked. She has been wandering in the wasteland for so long, not to mention the heavens and the earth, she has also seen a lot of black eating black, so even if she has some drums in her heart at the moment, she is still quite calm on the surface.
"We need manpower to fight the world."
Hearing the elf girl's inquiry, the man also spread his hand and gave an answer.
"But we don't have enough people, and it's hard to even try to keep going now. This world, this city is like a big prison, and everyone is living a repetitive life, a repetitive life. We've been here long enough and know everything about it. β
As he spoke, the man looked at the mother and son next to him.
"Maybe you don't believe it, but I can prove that after thirty seconds, the boy will be waving the ice cream in his hand, and then the ice cream ball in his hand will be on the woman next to him, to be precise, the position of the white flower on his chest, and then the mother will stand up in a panic and wipe the ice cream off her body, but she will fall to the ground because she slips on her foot, and then a waitress will come up to help, she will call Martha........."
"Wow!"
At this time, as if to confirm the man's words, I saw that the boy not far away suddenly began to wave his hand excitedly when he looked at the animated footage played on the TV, and with the boy's movements, the ice cream in his hand naturally began to shake2, and then an ice cream ball flew out like this, and hit the chest of the mother next to him with a "pop". The mother was obviously startled, and she hurriedly stood up to wipe off the ice cream ball on her body, but in a panic, her high heels accidentally stepped on the scattered ice cream on the ground, and she slipped and fell to the ground.
"Bang!"
"Ugh!"
I saw the woman scream and slide to the ground, and a waitress not far away also hurriedly walked over.
"This lady, are you alright?"
The name written on her badge was none other than Martha.
Seeing this scene, both the elf girl and Kulona felt a chill rising above their heads, while the man showed a helpless wry smile.
"Don't you think it's incredible? But there's nothing unbelievable about that. If you look at this kind of thing every day, you can also become a prophet. β
Saying this, a look of defeat appeared on the man's face.
"We need help, miss, you may have just woken up and don't know this, but soon you will find that in this city you are free, but in fact you are not even as good as a prisoner in a prison. Can you believe it? Do you say the same thing to everyone every day, and then the next day they forget you exist and repeat to you what they said the day before? β
Holding the Coke in his hand, the man was bored, and even showed a hateful expression.
"I've had enough of days like this, and it's worse than being in prison, where even the damned prisoners will remember you and talk to you. But here? These people? Whatever I do to them today, they will forget it tomorrow. So, we need companions. β
Saying this, the man looked at the elf girl in front of him again.
"So when we found out that there was still a group of Awakened ones, we came to you."
"What exactly does the Awakened mean?"
Hearing this, the elf girl finally couldn't help but ask. She had heard them call them the Awakened before, but the elven girl had no idea what that meant. Hearing the elf girl's inquiry, the man smiled.
"It's a way we call it, you see, a lot of people, including me, were originally part of these dazed lives, but one day, it was as if we woke up from a dream........."
As he spoke, the man made a gesture.
ββ¦β¦β¦ We woke up suddenly, and maybe at first we didn't notice anything strange, but as the day went on, we also realized that the situation was not normal, we woke up, we were no longer addicted to this dream, and we became slaves of this city. So, we call ourselves the Awakened........."
Saying this, the man was silent for a moment before continuing.
"In fact, yesterday our members found out about your existence."
"Really?"
Hearing this, the elf girl couldn't help but be a little surprised, while the man nodded.
"Of course, we have allocated people to observe the various areas, because what happens is the same every day, and basically in our experience, every Awakened person, after awakening, confirms something by causing some commotion. And yesterday's commotion......... To be honest, we never knew there was an organization of the Awoken like you in this city. β
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The elven girl frowned, then exchanged a look with Kurona. She's not stupid, and in just a few words, the elf girl has discovered several pieces of information.
First of all, the city is not full of NPCs, and there are self-conscious people among them, and these people call themselves awakened people.
Secondly, these people seem to have formed some kind of organization and control the area, as can be seen from the fact that they were able to send people to monitor it.
So......... What should I do?
"I need to talk to the others."
The elf girl's words were neither humble nor soft, nor soft, nor hard, and the man also nodded, and then he reached out, took out his notebook and wrote a note, and then pushed it to the elf girl.
"Remember this phone number, call us if you have an answer, but you must remember it, otherwise tomorrow, everything written on this piece of paper will be gone."
"I see."
Taking the note and remembering the phone number on it, the elf girl nodded. The man seemed to have completed the task, he stood up, smiled at the elf girl and the others, and then picked up the phone and turned to leave.
It wasn't until the man's figure disappeared outside the door of the fast food restaurant that the elf girl was paralyzed. She wasn't used to that kind of conversation......... But fortunately, this is also a conversation with people in this world, so that the elf girl has regained some familiarity. And unlike in the wasteland, what she worries most about is when the other party will do it. But even so, the elf girl just now was also frightened, for fear that the man would make some offensive moves to stimulate Kulona, although the little girl looked cute sitting there obediently with a teddy bear, but the elf girl saw that her right hand had been holding a pistolβββ as for whether Kulona had this ability, the elf girl had no doubt.
"What's next? Kurona? β
"The commander already knows about it."
Kurona replied without hesitation.
"Plans change, we need more intelligence."