Chapter 706: The Apocalyptic World
In the future, an unprecedented geological catastrophe will destroy human civilization and the life of the earth will be on the verge of extinction. A floating fortress in the Old World survived the catastrophe because of its peculiarity, and the survivors in the sky named it "The Lighthouse", which means "to illuminate the last future of mankind".
However, in the aftermath of the cataclysm, a new ecosystem gradually emerged on the shattered land, with strange plants shimmering in the night light, and murderous monsters hunting humans everywhere; The lighthouse people who overlook it all regard this city in the sky as their last refuge.
In order to deal with the threat of the apocalypse more effectively, the cold and strict rules of survival were born inside the lighthouse, and humans could only survive in distortion and depression, and at the same time, the lighthouse needed a constant supply of energy to keep it afloat, and under the increasing threat from the ground, they organized a combat team called the "Hunters". The Hunters are well-trained and can often bring back key supplies such as energy, medicine, and food from the ruins of the dangerous ground, but even those as powerful as the Hunters dare not set foot in the depths of the mysterious ecology to explore the truth of everything.
After the disaster, there will be an unknown ecological release of carain in the atmosphere near the earth, its content is related to the ecological density of the region, the concentration of carain contained in the air is low and will not cause hallucinations, but long-term exposure to it will still induce caricatomy, the probability varies depending on the resistance of the human body, the pathogenic mechanism has not yet been identified, the final outcome of the patients can only be to become flesh and soil, due to the lack of relevant information, the lighthouse lacks effective means for the treatment and prevention of fishy carapace, once the patient is found, The person will be directly determined to have given up the Lighthouse residency, so the Liar Hunter will have to conduct a strict inspection of all personnel every time he returns from a mission, with a focus on the genetically defective Dusters, of course.
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Outside the window, the sun was about to set, and only a trace of afterglow shone through the narrow window, reflecting a glimmer of light from the old furniture in the room, making the otherwise cold and damp room a little warmer.
"When?"
“9595! You still don't get up? I didn't go to work again, if I let Bart know, your contribution today will be in vain again, and you will be deducted if you don't do it! ”
"Didn't you go too?"
"I'm injured in the line of duty! It's not like you! ”
"I didn't go anyway, what difference can I make......"
"You!"
In the small room, there were only two young girls, one of them was lying on the bed with a bandage on his legs, still cursing and swearing, and the other was covered with a quilt, revealing a white thigh.
"By the way, don't forget that tomorrow it's your turn to go to the ground to collect supplies...... You can't be late. ”
"Got it."
Lin Jiang replied, it has been two months since he came to this world, this is a rather sick apocalyptic world, human beings huddle in this floating tower to survive, but even so, the tower is like a feudal society, dividing people into three, six, nine and so on.
The dust people, as its name suggests, are tiny as dust, this is their current status, they are deprived of the right to reproduce, and can only maintain the most basic needs of life, and the food is made of insect cakes made of various insects, and they don't even have names, only numerical numbers to distinguish them.
For example, after a small change in the memories of some people, she got the name 9595, the total population of the lighthouse is less than 20,000, and the dust people who go down to the ground with the hunters each time only ranges from dozens to hundreds, and this kind of mission is not every day, only a few times a month, and this will be her first time on the ground.
In her spare time, she has already explored the ground, there are many types of creatures on the ground, and the strength of monsters is also different, but one thing is the same - their survival is inseparable from scarlet, just as humans cannot live without air.
The flower of mana and the spine can produce bloodblood, bloodred will make people turn into flesh and soil, make people hallucinate, and will also induce scarletism, bloodred is an intermediate medium that can combine the essence of life, when humans are drained of the essence of life, it will become flesh and soil, and the bloodline itself is a substance containing power, or a special substance that can stimulate the potential of the human body, just like the energy emitted by the evil god itself, it will also make ordinary people produce terrible mutations, and the two are quite similar in terms of the situation.
For the flower of mana, scarlet may be a by-product, but for humans, it is a substance that can participate in intermediate reactions that stimulate the potential for energy.
Of course, the stimulation of the body's potential, or the energy contained in itself, is not something that everyone can control. If you can't control it, you will be taken away by the crimson and take away all the life essence, turn into flesh and soil and then produce a backbone, and the stronger one can save your life and become a devouring beast, the best thing is to be able to control it, use the power in it, or be able to withstand catalysis, stimulate your own energy, just like a few humans living on the ground, and obtain extraordinary power far beyond ordinary people.
No matter how you look at it, this is an extremely sick world, as if it has been patronized by an evil god, the humans on the ground have become level eaters, maybe evolution is more reasonable, in some ways, level eaters are quite perfect creatures, almost with the nature of immortality, the existing high-tech weapons of humans can't really kill them, these monsters are more like creatures on the mysterious side, high-tech weapons can't eliminate the root of their lives, they can only be wiped out for a short while.
If it weren't for the fact that the devouring beast couldn't fly, how could this aerial target be as stable as it is now, and it was precisely because of this temporary stability that the lighthouse had the difference between the people and the mortals, and the genes would determine the merits, of course, in Lin Jiang's opinion, there was no difference between the two, they were just mortals, and the biggest difference was that one of them was more likely to get scarlet.
After experiencing so many worlds, Lin Jiang's strength is also even stronger than in the past, the aura of the evil god has been hidden in the depths by her, only a little leakage, without external stimulation, there will be no problem staying with her for more than a year.
"Tomorrow......"
Lin Jiang muttered.