A long procession of refugees from the grassy wasteland is slowly fleeing into the depths of the wilderness after fleeing from the city polluted by the Mother Calamity's attack.

These lucky people who have just experienced the danger of nine deaths and a lifetime, and can escape are almost all wounded, some of them have to be supported by others to move normally, and their original bright clothes are also covered with dust and stains in the rolling and crawling escape, fear has been deeply imprinted on their faces, eyes and hearts, even if they temporarily escape from that hell on earth, away from the spread of the polluted area, they still feel that the Grim Reaper of the Mother of Calamity is hanging tightly behind them, As soon as someone stops, it opens its mouth and devours the life of the person who stays.

Just two or three hours is as long as two or three years for this team of survivors.

There are many more survivors like this around the world, and most of them are survivors who have escaped from large urban circles and super-large urban circles, but there are very few survivors who can escape from small and medium-sized urban circles.

The reason is simple – the disasters and pollution caused by the arrival of the Mother Calamity are limited in scope.

A small and medium-sized city will be destroyed in a short period of time due to the arrival of the mother, and the reason why it is almost impossible for people to escape is that the area of the entire city circle is within the influence of the mother body of the disaster, once it comes, the whole city will be instantly exposed to disasters and deadly pollution, and there is no escape if you want to.

Even if it falls in the center of the city, limited to the coverage of disasters and pollution, there will always be some lucky people who will be outside the coverage of disasters and pollution, and seize the time to escape before the disasters and pollution spread.

In general, as long as the city is big enough, there is always a chance for them to escape before the pollution spreads and the disaster spreads further around them, but only because the speed of the disaster and the spread of pollution is often much faster than the speed at which they can run with all their might.

Lin Xun, who was closely following the flow of people, still had a little fear on his face, but after personally experiencing the disaster of the Calamity Mother, he had become a little resistant to this situation, and he gradually calmed down after a few hours of long-distance running: "We have escaped far enough, the pollution should not spread here for a while and a half, right?" Can we stop and take a break? ”

Lin Xun accosted a young boy, a companion he met by chance in this disaster.

"I ...... I do not know. Wei Gong shook his head honestly and said frankly with a tired pace, and then looked back at the mighty fleeing team behind him with palpitations, "We have escaped from the pollution circle, and the panic in my heart has subsided a lot, and I also feel that the pollution of the Calamity Mother has not spread anymore, so we may be safe for the time being, maybe ......."

"But I still have some lingering sense of panic in my heart...... I always feel like there's some danger we're ignoring......"

The little boy's ambiguous words made Lin Xun ponder for a moment, and then he looked at Wei Gong again: After nearly three hours of escape with almost no rest, this little boy didn't say anything, but his body was almost at the limit and he was a little trembling when he walked, and then he slapped his hand and decided: "Then let's take a break for a while, recover our strength a little and then think about moving forward." ”

"But ......"

"No, but I still have a sense of panic in my heart like you, which also proves that we are not safe." Lin Xun looked at Wei Gong, who opened his mouth and wanted to say something, and pulled him out of the large army with a glance, and then found a relatively flat boulder and pressed his shoulder to let him sit down, "That's why we need to rest and recover our strength as soon as possible, so that we can deal with what may happen next." ”

After these few hours of getting along, Lin Xun still believed very much in Wei Gong's inexplicable crisis perception.

Because before the disaster broke out, he had also wandered around the street because of panic, and then he saw Wei Gong grabbing the corner of a man's clothes and shouting loudly, "The Calamity Mother is coming, everyone run away, if you don't run, it's too late", and no one believed what the little boy said at that time - because the Rebel Guard had just broadcast to the world, the Calamity Matrix had descended on the middle of the Indian continent of the artificial continent, and the elite of the Rebel Guard was on a crusade, ready to solve this human scourge once and for all.

But Lin Xun believed.

Not only because he had survived at the hands of his mother, but also because he also had a restless feeling in his heart—like an old wound that aches faintly every time the sky changes, even if it is only the first time, he can clearly understand the message that this feeling wants to convey to him.

Not long after the two of them made up their minds to leave, the Mother Calamity really fell on the area in the center of the city as if it fulfilled their feelings, and the pollution and disaster suddenly broke out, and countless people died in the impact that came, and Lin Xun and the little boy escaped the initial impact, and before they could catch a few breaths, the pollution and disaster further expanded, and they were chased to the present without being able to use the Wishing Network, and they were able to escape from the polluted area.

In his mind, Lin Xun also found a flat place on the big stone and sat down, crossed his fingers, clenched his fists tightly, made a gesture of prayer, and began to make a wish to the wishing network.

"Wishing Network, I hope to quickly restore my strength and Wei Gong's physical ......"

“……”

Yet nothing happened.

Lin Xun maintained this posture for a long time and didn't feel his exhausted physical strength recover, but he felt that it might be located around the polluted area, and the network had a delayed relationship, so he didn't care, but after a while, when he made a wish again and still didn't get a response, he opened his eyes and touched the back of his head a little inexplicably: "Strange...... Why didn't the wish come true? Could it be that the network connection is interrupted? ”

…………

"Contamination outbreak detected!" In the dim layer of tree trunks interlaced with countless thick branches, Lin Lihe, the weaver who was responsible for monitoring the changes in every move of the Wishing Network in real time, suddenly let out an exclamation, "The Wishing Network has just undergone an unexplained anomaly!" A large amount of pollution that can distort thoughts and wishes is spilling out of the network, and it is spreading along the connection built by the wishing network! ”

Nick, who was discussing with Luther how to deal with pollution countermeasures, and who was occupying the consciousness of the Wishing Network at the moment, was stunned for a moment, and then raised his voice: "Close all pollution channels!" All of them! Follow the methods taught before to come and help! ”

"I'm trying!" Lin Lily gritted her teeth and replied, she tried to close those polluted ports and connection channels with the help of the pioneers' permissions, and soon other pioneers also joined her ranks, after these pioneers joined, Lin Lily suddenly felt the pressure was greatly reduced, and a large number of polluted ports and connection channels were blocked by the pioneers in the early stage of pollution, and successfully intercepted the overflowing pollution before it was fed back to the users who accessed the network.

But it soon became clear that the remaining tainted ports and connections were becoming more and more contaminated, and even with friendly forces joining the process, the number of contaminated ports and connections was increasing at a growing rate.

When she found out that the previously blocked and closed ports and connection channels had also been restarted one after another, Lin Lily immediately understood the problem: "Damn! It's not an intermittent spill like before, it's an outbreak! And it was a premeditated outburst! The consciousness that occupies the network controls the opening and closing of ports and connection channels, and although we have survived the first wave, more pollution is overflowing from the network! ”

"According to my predictions and investigations, there will be another peak of pollution in three minutes. We can't survive the next wave......"

"What?!"

Nick and Luther were in awe, and the rest of the Trailblazers were also slightly distracted by this overly heavy news, slowing down the processing speed in their hands.

And in such a flash of effort, the speed of blocking the contaminated ports and connecting channels suddenly slowed down.

"Perhaps...... I have a way around the situation. ”

After a short, long silence, Luther spoke with difficulty.

The people who had fallen to the bottom of the mood suddenly ignited hope: "What way!?" ”

Luther stretched out his finger and pointed at himself: "In a sense, we have more advanced permissions than ordinary users and rebel guards, and are more 'closer' to the network, compared to ordinary people who access the network, we are all advanced nodes that can allocate network resources, so as long as the shackles are lifted and deliberately guided, theoretically we can act as a wall to isolate and interact with the power of the network and subordinate nodes in the next pollution outbreak, and directly direct pollution to us......"

There was an uproar among the pioneers: "Do you mean that we should be human walls to resist pollution?" "How is this possible, it is impossible to stop the pollution just by relying on human life!" "What if we stop the first wave? The second wave, the third wave, is it still for us to stop? "This doesn't solve the underlying problem!"

In the face of their discussion and opposition, Luther was calm and did not flinch at all: "According to your logic, although we can't solve the root of the problem as a human wall, we can buy more time to save more people, and if we let the pollution go unchecked, we will only expose everyone to the pollution of the mother body and die by distorted wishes and thoughts." ”

After listening to Luther's words, some pioneers fell silent and began to seriously think about the feasibility of this plan, and communicated with Luther about the feasibility of this plan, while some pioneers reacted more violently, and the content was nothing more than that only alive can be exported, and if they did not come up with a solution, all mankind would be destroyed, and so on, trying to refute his proposal was not feasible at all.

However, looking at these pioneers who danced the most, Luther let out a sneer: "Some of you often measure the value of life in various ways, killing less to save more, and giving up high-sounding reasons such as a few to save more people to justify your unauthorized sacrifice of other people's lives......"

"Why are you reluctant when your life is also placed on the scales, and the value of it should be placed on the side of salvation?"

The pioneers who danced the hardest were silent.

People are still selfish at the end of the day, even within the Pioneer community—Luther could see that among these fierce Pioneers, in addition to the few who joined later, there were one or two Pioneers who had joined the team since the beginning of the Battle of Miracles and have been working to this day.

"I'll go." Before someone officially opened his mouth to answer, Nick stood up, he glanced around indifferently, his expression was still serious and calm, and he faintly deterred the pioneers who were about to continue to say something, "Because I have always acquiesced in your behavior of sacrificing others, causing you to seem to forget - the purpose of the existence of pioneers is to open up a better world, to protect people and fight at the forefront of the warriors, not to be the rulers who decide the life and death of others......"

"Now is the time for us as pioneers to fulfill our responsibilities."

The pioneers who looked at him looked away as if they were ashamed, and then a man wearing black-rimmed glasses, soft facial features and a strong bookish temperament walked out: "And me." ”

Luther knew the man, the bookish youth with black-rimmed glasses, the rationalist monster of the Pioneer Warriors – and the culprit behind the prevalence of Kill-Less-Save Moreism in the Pioneer Council.

Seeing him take the initiative to stand up, Luther's eyes flashed, and he was a little surprised in his heart.

But the young man of the book just smiled faintly at him, and did not explain much: "The responsibility and responsibility of the pioneers. ”

"I'm joining too."

"Count me in."

“+1”

The young people of the book stood up like a signal, and the pioneers who had been a little wavering and skeptical of Luther's plan and proposal expressed their willingness to join, and soon most of the pioneers present had already expressed their stance on implementing Luther's plan.

Soon when everything was ready, the pioneers, including Nick, untied their shackles and quietly felt the pollution slowly flowing into their bodies, waiting for the second wave of pollution to erupt.

At this time, Nick looked sideways at the bookish young man standing beside him with an indifferent face, and joked with a smile: "It's really not like the decision you would make, in my impression you should be the kind of guy who only takes advantage and doesn't take losses, and will never participate in this kind of impossible profit." ”

"I just like to choose the most reasonable option." The bookish young man shrugged his shoulders and asked nonchalantly, "What about you?" Do you regret standing here? ”

Facing his rhetorical question, Nick smiled faintly.

"I don't regret it, because that's the responsibility and responsibility of a pioneer."