Chapter 17 Everything Starts with That Unfinished Building
Ren Yi didn't know what his intentions were, glanced at Liu Wenqiong's back, and slowly followed.
"Perhaps, you've heard the gossip in the city, but I can tell you that it's not the truth."
Liu Wenqiong regained the gentleness of the first meeting, and after Ren Yi entered the stairwell, he returned to the door and carefully closed the fire door that was so rotten that it was useless.
"The source of the incident appeared three months ago."
"I don't know when my dad suddenly became abnormal."
Liu Wenqiong walked back to Ren Yi and calmly lit a cigarette.
"I often sneak out and don't come back for a long time. When he reappeared, he always looked preoccupied, and during that time, he changed his clothes frequently, and those clothes that were changed were sent to the boiler room and burned to the ground. ”
"I suspect he's contaminated with radiation, and all of his unusual behavior is a sign of pre-mutation."
"As the son of the lord of the castle, I cannot allow the situation to unfold so that all the people will be spared. Even if the person who has the potential to mutate is my father, the ruler of the Exile Fortress. ”
Speaking of this, Liu Wenqiong took a deep breath and slowly closed her eyes.
Ren Yi had a hunch that the next thing would be a memory that would make him extremely painful.
"Once, I secretly followed him. He was found driving alone in front of an empty building on the outskirts of the city. ”
"That residential building was the first building we built after we designated this place as a place to live, but for some reason, it was never put into use."
"I watched my father walk in, and there was a clanging noise inside."
"After waiting for a long time, he walked out exhausted."
"He was covered in dust and blood. His eyes were gray after all hope had been extinguished. ”
"After so many years of begging for life in the wilderness, I remember him as always energetic and decisive, and I have never seen him so exhausted."
"It seems that all thoughts are lost after being fooled by fate."
Liu Wenqiong said lightly, the cigarette in his hand didn't move for a long time, and a long section of cigarette ash fell with a click.
"I watched from a distance, confused. He was the only one when he entered the door, and he was not injured, so where did the blood on his body come from? ”
"I waited patiently as my father left, and then I entered the empty abandoned building."
Liu Wenqiong paused, pinched the half of the cigarette and took a puff, revealing the kind of gray expression as he described.
"I saw the most terrifying picture of my life."
"The empty building had potholes on the concrete walls, on the floor, on the ceiling. At first glance, it looks like it has just been slashed by someone. ”
"In the messy cement pit, there are countless fragments of corpses scattered around. Intestines, stomach pouch, nails, eyeballs, teeth, arms, ......"
"I was stunned that this was a corpse dumping site."
Then I heard a small voice overhead. It's like some kind of crispy epidermis cracking. ”
"The ash fell on my face. I turned on my flashlight and looked up to see an extra crack in the ceiling, spreading at a slow pace. ”
"Inside the crack, a half-open human eye is revealed."
"I was startled and immediately turned on the flashlight to the maximum. Everywhere the light hits, there is an unnatural bump, as if something is buried under the skin of the wall, moving towards the outer wall at a speed that is imperceptible to the naked eye, trying to break through the earth. ”
"Those bumps look like a part of the human body, some are half of the face, some are arms, and even the texture of the skin is clear."
"The whole building, with five floors, is densely packed with these things."
"It's just one building. I don't know how many empty buildings there are in the whole building, is this the case with each building? ”
"I was covered in a cold sweat. Could it be that this building has been empty because there are many dead people buried in it? ”
"I immediately ran back into the car. When I got back, I asked my father what was going on, if he hadn't dealt with it after killing a certain Advent, and was still deliberately hiding it. ”
Liu Wenqiong said.
Once again, I saw his dead face. He told me the story of his time before he became the lord of the castle, which completely changed my imagination of him. I only saw the scenery of him as a hero, but I didn't expect that behind the scenery was so bloody and unbearable. ”
"After settling on this land in the wilderness, there was a struggle for power. My father won the battle and shoved his men alive into a concrete mixer and into the concrete walls of the building. ”
Ren Yi was dumbfounded.
"It's been more than 20 years, and it's been uneventful. Until one day my dad had a nightmare, and when he woke up, he went to check and found that the building was growing corpses. ”
In order to stabilize order in the city, he decided to solve the problem alone. For three months, every day, until his spirit was on the verge of a breakdown, and I found him. ”
Speaking of this, Liu Wenqiong paused and slowly frowned.
"Then, he shot himself, in front of me."
It turned out that the muzzle of the gun on the head of the lord of Liu Bao was fired by himself. This story is very different from what is rumored.
"Later, my father suddenly became a monster, and clones kept appearing and attacking everyone."
"At first we had no idea what was going on, and more than half of the staff around me were killed or injured."
Ren Yi suddenly realized and nodded, no wonder he felt that the food and loading and unloading were very unprofessional.
"I have a judgment on that." Ren Yi said, "If the polluted person is killed, he will infinitely copy himself and come to take revenge." If the clone is killed, the result is the same. ”
"Only by finding the people who produce this pollution can we solve the root cause."
Unexpectedly, Liu Wenqiong shook her head, "We thought so at first, but it seems that some situations cannot be fully explained, but there is no more appropriate idea." ”
"What's the situation?" Ren Yi asked rhetorically.
"For example, we initially found out that the pattern of clones often appears when everyone is highly nervous or panicked."
"Another example is Su Wen. There was never a clone around her. ”
Well? Ren Yi frowned, this is indeed weird.
There must be something key to this, which he didn't notice.
"At that time, there was nothing left in our city."
"As we ran out of ammunition and supplies, we appealed to nearby cities for help, but they were all denied."
"We're just a bunch of outcasts in the wilderness, and it's normal for Fort City to reject us."
"I'm really desperate, I can only use the most irrational way."
"I took out the last savings in the city, and planned to hire gangsters from outside the city."
"Su Wen took the initiative to request to complete this task."
"She sent you a request for supplies, then left and never returned."
Liu Wenqiong's face became more and more painful, and after saying this, his voice suddenly choked up, and he was speechless for a long time.
So that's why she showed up alone in the wilderness with gold?
Ren Yi was surprised. It's such a story of self-sacrifice.
"Young Master Ren, I have no choice."
Liu Wenqiong turned his head to face Ren Yi, "I implore you and the dart masters to come to the rescue!" ”
"Although, I don't have any money right now...... I'll pay it back in the future! Certain! If you can believe me......" Liu Wenqiong looked embarrassed and helpless, and swore upside down.
"No need."
"We have also been plagued by replicants along the way, and if we don't address the root cause, we may bring the contamination back to Lingzhou. Help you, it's also handy. ”
Ren Yi shook his head and smiled calmly.
…… I'm not going to tell you your gold bars are with me!
Liu Wenqiong was so moved that her eyes were full of tears: "Thank you for your kindness!" ”
"If you have a place for me in the future, just ask!"
……
"There it is!"
There was a sudden roar outside the door.
Ren Yi and Liu Wenqiong opened the door and rushed out with an arrow.
In the line of sight, the strange white mist was condensing into a flesh-and-blood human form, and a sharp arrow flew in, tearing the human figure out with a whizz, and was nailed to the courtyard wall with teeth and claws.
The captain of the guard who drew the bow was tense and his bowstring hummed and trembled.
At this moment, four red shadow geckos climbed down the outer wall of the high-rise building, with a strange and agile posture.
The captain of the guard let out a squeak in his throat, half of his scalp became a bloody blur, and a red shadow lay on his back.
Suddenly, a red spot of light passed through the iron door and landed on the long-haired heads.
"No gunshots!" Liu Wenqiong, who was beside him, suddenly slammed Ren Yi away and rushed to the door shouting.
Syllable! Syllable!
At the same time, the trigger pulled.
"It's over." Liu Wenqiong was nailed to the spot, raising her head in a daze and looking at the sky in the dark night, her face pale.
In the darkness, the lights of the tube building were lit up. The lights spread out one by one around the place where the guns rang out.
"Something's wrong! Run! ”
"There's a firefight in the city! The guards have fired! ”
All the residents of the building woke up from their sleep, and the panic of these days finally caused a drastic change.
Carrying children, packing packages, and dragging families, everyone rushed to the streets in a panic.
Crying, scolding, seeking, questioning......
These voices converged into a huge wave, constantly impacting Liu Wenqiong.
He fell into an ice cave and muttered, "After all, I still can't control it." ”
Ren Yi pushed open the door and rushed out, the streets were dark, brewing with the horror before the storm.
What appeared in front of him was a dirty coat.
Ren Yi was stunned for a moment, it was the uncle who bought vegetables on the street.
He was still carrying a dirty bag in his hand, and the mineral water bottle in the bag had accumulated a lot of rainwater, and it seemed that he had just finished setting up a stall in the night market and was about to go home.
The compressed biscuits that Ren Yi gave him had not yet been eaten, and they bulged out squares at the bottom of the bag.
And at this moment, the uncle's head is only half left.
The pale gray brain was exposed from the half-shattered skull, wrapped in a film of blood, which kept shrinking and shrinking.
The uncle muttered with a face that was only half of the flesh and blood left, "Be careful...... Black, monster ......"
Ren Yi froze.
The uncle's body swayed back and forth, and he fell to the ground suddenly.