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Do you know a place called Appendix City?

Don't look at the map, there are no markings on the map, and don't open a search engine, you won't find any mention on the Internet.

It was an unfinished road, and later leaders changed the plans of their predecessors. The peddlers, pawns, unemployed vagrants, and the three religions and nine streams who passed by nearby stayed there, and after a long time, they slowly converged into a small city.

The town has no name, and even its existence itself is not recognized by the outside world. The locals were a little unaccustomed to it, until one day someone who lived in the small town had a whim, "Let's call it Appendix City." ”

Yes, just like the appendix in the human body, it is useless and dispensable. However, if something goes wrong, you will face the fate of being cut off.

1. Another world

Between the mountains, a green train travels along a defined track.

Feng Mu sat in the window seat and closed his eyes lazily. He knew that when the train passed through the long, lightless tunnel ahead, he would be greeted by a vast plain – just like his life.

Despite his eyes closed, Feng Mu could still feel the darkness around him. About three minutes later, the light came as scheduled, and the sunlight shone through the glass, gently shining on his slightly immature stubborn face.

Outside the window, the flat grassland is like a large velvet blanket covering the ground, and the cattle and sheep graze slowly in the distance, completely oblivious to the rumbling and galloping behemoth.

Feng Mu opened the backpack beside him and took out an ink-colored badge. The badge is about the size of half a palm, and I don't know what material it is made of, and it feels heavy to hold in my hand. If you look closely, the extreme ink color seems to flow in the palm of your hand.

The badge is oval-shaped, and the edges are carved with fire-like patterns, wave after wave, complex but not chaotic. In the middle of the coat of arms, there is a delicate pagoda pattern. The pagoda is dark throughout, a few points darker than the surrounding patterns, count carefully, this pagoda has a total of nine layers, each layer has carved ornaments, it is really meticulous.

Soon, the radio on the train sounded: "Passengers, the train is about to arrive at Nokeo Station in the territory of the European Union, please get off at Nokeo Station and prepare to get off the train with your luggage." ”

Meanwhile.

The news that the TV station just broadcast was like a depth charge, instantly blowing up the turbulent urban life. Now, almost every Nook Olympian is discussing this unprecedented event.

The big event happened at Fila Hot Springs.

Located on the outskirts of Nokeo, the lodge is the most comfortable and high-end wellness resort in the whole of Nokeo. In addition to the abundant hot spring resources, the interior of the mountain resort also has facilities such as conference rooms, basketball courts, banquet halls, movie theaters, and concert halls.

The buildings in the Fila Villa are not high, and the widest building has a total of three floors. Backed by the Nokeo Mountains, facing the gate of the villa and in front of a hot spring pool, the temple has always been the first choice for major events.

The sky is unpredictable. About half an hour ago, Yingshuitang was occupied by a group of illegals of unknown origin.

Sadly, a grand musical celebration was taking place on the third floor, sponsored by the local company Fila Group, with the theme of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Novo, and was attended by shareholders of Fila Group, state legislators, invited business owners, invited citizens, and journalists......

Just now, all the viewers in front of the television set witnessed the following scene through the television station: three men dressed in black and wearing face masks standing in front of the camera, and they waved their firearms from time to time. After a while, the masked man standing in the center announced that they had taken everyone in the Eisudo hostage.

As he spoke, the three men rolled up their sleeves and showed off the tattoos on their wrists. Their tattoos are like carved out of the same mold, the shape is similar, and they can only be described as ugly. The tattoo resembled a twisted monster worm that crept on the wrists of the trio. If it weren't for their own explanations, who would have known that they had an "appendix" tattooed on their wrists? and who would have known that they all belonged to a terrorist organization called an appendix?

They claimed that they had developed a virus, and they wanted to use the premises of Yingshuitang to conduct an experiment. At the same time, the police were warned not to act rashly, as if the police were dispatched, it would trigger retaliation from the appendix group, which would have disastrous consequences.

Next, the Appendix Group announced that it would host an open, fair and impartial death review in Nokeo, in which all Nokeo people would participate, and that everyone's preference would save the life of a Fila shareholder. To this end, the Appendix Group calls on the people of Nokeo to follow their hearts and make their choices among the candidates without interference.

The masked man said in a puff: The Fila Group is the culprit in the destruction of our hometown, so revenge must be taken. Since there has been a confession within the Fila Group about this, we will open the net. After 10 minutes, Nokeo citizens can go to the local portal to assess and score, and the appendix organization will release one of the most beloved candidates based on the results of the assessment.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the review post on the portal to go out, which read as follows: ? Hello Ladies?and folks. A gentleman is hard to follow, and since he said the evaluation, he will definitely not disappoint everyone. It is important for you to seize this opportunity to rate your shareholders, and not to be soft-hearted or to cheat. Remember, their fate is in your hands.

Next to the text is a rating column with the names of the candidates, and at a cursory glance, all the shareholders of Fila are listed.

Each candidate's name is followed by ten flowers and ten eggs, and if the citizen of Nokeo is happy with him, he can throw ten flowers, and if he is not satisfied, he can be given ten eggs.

In addition, there is a countdown sign at the bottom of the voting column indicating that there are 4 hours and 59 minutes left until the voting deadline. According to the rules set by the appendix organization, after the flowers received are removed from the eggs, the shareholders of Fila with the largest balance will be released.

How should we describe the current Nokeo?

The elites are behind bars with no one in charge, the police are in a dilemma and have no ideas, death evaluations are distracting and mainstream opinion is quite confused, state capitals and businesses are in a state of semi-paralysis with no subjectivity, and hostages and their relatives and friends are terrified and powerless.

If you borrow the title of that famous film, it can be described as "Borderless City".

The total score posted by the appendix on the portal is growing wildly, and it is becoming more and more fragmented, as each Fila shareholder receives much more eggs than flowers. In other words, the people of Nokeo are more interested in falling into the well than in the snow.

Needless to say, never before in the history of Nokeo has it been so much in the spotlight as it is today. Now, not only Nokeo, but the entire European country has exploded because of this matter.

It was noon, and in the departure hall of Nokeo Railway Station, the flow of people was divided into several sections, gathered under several TVs in the hall. Feng Mu, who had just walked into the hall, looked up and saw that the video of the appendix was being replayed on the TV screen. After a few hurried glances, Feng Mu vaguely remembered that he still had important things to do, so he walked towards the door.

Walking out of the station square, Feng Mu called a taxi. As soon as he got in the car, the taxi driver's first sentence was not hello or where you were going, but asked Feng Mu: "Do you know the death assessment?"

"Know, just knew. Feng Mu said absentmindedly.

The taxi driver ignited the engine and drove the car out of the waiting area. Then he continued to ask, "Then what would you say?"

"Didn't think about it. What would you say?" Feng Mu did not answer directly, but asked the taxi driver.

The taxi driver turned around, crossed the traffic light, and the speed kept going up. After a few moments, the driver began to gush: "Are you a local? Let me tell you, the Fila Group controls all walks of life in Nokeo, and everything here has to go through them." If I had time now, I would have thrown ten eggs at all the Fila shareholders at once. When the shift is over, I'll go home and turn on the computer for them......"

Perhaps due to his agitation, the taxi driver did not notice the bus braking sharply in front of him. By the time he reacted, it was clearly too late. I only heard a "bang", and the green taxi hit the butt of the yellow bus.

At the time of the accident, although Feng Mu had been prepared, under the huge impact, his forehead still slammed heavily on the console of the passenger seat.

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"Ah!", with a strange scream, Feng Mu woke up.

It turned out to be a dream, Feng Mu rubbed his forehead and got up from the ground. His bed was narrow, about the width of two figures. Even so, Feng Mu had never had the experience of falling out of bed before. Turning his head to look out the window, the sky was already slightly bright, and since he woke up, it was time to go to cultivation.

Feng Mu's home is quite spacious, but he is the only one in the house, which is quite deserted. There was some furniture in the room, and some miscellaneous items were scattered on the floor, apparently due to neglect of cleaning. On the south wall hangs a painting of a man and a woman embracing each other, the man is majestic and the woman is tender. Beside the man, a long sword plunged deep into the dirt.

Feng Mu rubbed his forehead again, thinking to himself, how could he have such a strange dream? But don't say it, the world in the dream is quite interesting. Lowering his head and wiping his face with water, Feng Mu touched the ink-colored badge pinned to his waist, and said to himself: "The things that appeared in the dream just now, only you really exist." ”

After washing, Feng Mu walked out of the house. Facing it was a large open space, and beyond the clearing was a lush mountain, which was the Taiping Mountain that sealed the demonic beast Shura gibbon. Standing in the open space, Feng Mu stretched his muscles, and then shouted at the sky with a faint morning light: "I am the sun!"