"Can you take me to your settlement?"

Cheng Huo smiled kindly, spread his hands out, and said, "You see, I don't have any weapons on me, and besides, I'm just alone, so it's impossible to pose a threat to your settlement." ”

"Okay."

Dickens nodded.

He didn't have any hostility towards Chenghuo, and he had just harvested a box of coffee powder from Chenghuo, so he didn't hesitate to respond at this time.

At the same time, he asked: "You don't have a 'purple mist light ball', is it really okay to walk directly in the purple mist?" ”

Like a trick, Cheng Huo took out a 'Dark Spore Extract' from the storage bag, and shook it in front of Dickens: "I have injected this injection, and I can ignore the influence of the purple mist to a certain extent until the effect of the medicine is completely over. ”

Dickens glanced at the injection in Chenghuo's hand with some curiosity, and said nothing more.

Dickens seemed familiar with the roads around the city.

Therefore, although there was a purple fog blocking the view along the way, Dickens led the way to life, and he quickly returned to the settlement.

Compared to other areas, the purple fog in human settlements is much thinner.

The survivors who live in it can move freely around the colony without even using the 'Purple Mist Light Ball' without worrying about their sanity being affected.

Most of the buildings in the settlement are tin houses and trailers, which seem to have been built improvised.

When Cheng Sheng saw it, he said thoughtfully: "If I'm not mistaken, your settlement should be relocated often, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Dickens replied: "An area like this where the purple mist is thin and suitable for human habitation does not exist in a fixed way. ”

"Sometimes the purple mist on the east side of the city will be thinner, so we will relocate to the east side of the city."

"Sometimes the purple fog on the west side of the city will be thinner, so we will move to the west of the city."

Dickens finally added: "It is precisely because we have to move so often that most of our houses are tin houses and trailers. ”

"And then we can't grow crops because of the frequent relocation, and we only grow crops like carrots and lettuce in about a month, and we plant a lot of them."

"But these crops provide limited calories and are far from enough for the survivors in our settlements, so we often go to areas with a lot of purple fog to scavenge for food that can be eaten."

While Dickens introduced the situation in the settlement to Chengsheng, Chengsheng also secretly released his inner consciousness, enveloping the entire settlement.

- If you change to the place you stayed in before, affected by the rich purple mist, it is naturally impossible to release the divine consciousness in your body if you survive.

However, the purple fog in this settlement is thin, so survival is no longer subject to this restriction.

The moment the divine consciousness was released, the situation in the entire settlement was seen at a glance.

In this settlement, Chengsheng found a house that had been remodeled from armored vehicles, lead alloy iron plates, and stone bricks.

The house is very enclosed and guarded by soldiers armed with guns outside, which is out of place with the surrounding improvised iron houses and trailers.

Due to the isolation of the lead alloy iron plate, the living divine sense could not detect the situation in the house, so he inquired at Dickens: "What is the house made of lead alloy iron plates and armored vehicles in your settlement for?" ”

Dickens was stunned when he heard this: "Isn't it the first time you have come to our settlement?" How do you even know this? ”

Seeing Chengsheng, he didn't explain, just smiled mysteriously.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Dickens replied truthfully, "It's not a secret that the room is used to contain some anomalous objects and creatures. ”

"After all, you know: in some areas with a dense purple mist, you can always find items with incredible abilities, but also with certain side effects."

"In order to make better use of these items, and to prevent the side effects of these items from affecting us humans, we built that shelter in the settlement."

Dickens concludes, adding, "The lead alloy plates used to construct the containment chamber have a strong insulating effect, which can reduce the negative effects of anomalous objects to a certain extent. ”

Dickens: In this safe area, there are a total of three human settlements.

Survivors in the settlements often interact with each other, especially because of the changes caused by marriages and relationships.

Therefore, seeing the arrival of the strange face of Chengsheng, the survivors in the settlement did not react much.

…

Chenghuo followed Dickens and walked around the settlement in the name of visiting.

Later, he paid the price of a small bag of sausages and became one of the survivors of the settlement.

Being in the safe zone of the settlement, survival is no longer affected by the purple fog, and there is no need to consume the 'Dark Spore Extract' injection.

In order to find out more information, and also to integrate into the settlement as soon as possible, he stayed in this settlement for seven days.

Seven days later, Cheng Huo asked the ward manager of the settlement to visit the settlement shelter.

"You want to go to the shelter?"

Settlement Administration.

Looking at a small box of canned beef that Chengsheng got out of nowhere, the shelter manager hesitated and said: "There are a lot of anomalous objects and creatures in the shelter, even if you get closer, you will be affected by the negative effects of those things, you have to run there in a good way."

Chengsheng was very sensible, handed over a large jar of mushroom meat sauce, and said, "Don't worry, I'll just go in and take a look, and go out immediately after satisfying my curiosity." ”

"Okay then." For the sake of the meat sauce and canned beef, the steward nodded and agreed: "Remember: after entering the shelter, you must not touch any items inside, let alone talk to the creatures inside, otherwise I will rely on you if something happens, saying that you are not dissuaded and forced to enter, and then you will fight all the problems!" ”

"Don't worry." Cheng Sheng swore and said, "I'm sure I'll be honest." ”

The steward said no more.

He grabbed the key and led Cheng Huo and Dickens to the entrance of the shelter.

The reason why I brought Dickens with me was because I still had to have an acquaintance to live in the settlement, and I still had to have an acquaintance to guarantee that I would be able to live in the settlement.

If it were another planet, there would be no need to be so cautious in order to survive.

There is a high probability that he will directly release his divine sense to coerce the audience, and then use his strong strength to force others to let him go, and directly break into the shelter to find out.

But not on this planet.

After all, Planet 001 is extremely close to the center of the Milky Way, and the degree of pollution on it is extremely high, and it has a large number of items containing the power of law.

The function and utility of these law items are extremely domineering, and even a combined stage monk as strong as Chengsheng cannot guard against it.

And not all law items need 'emotional power' to be activated.

There are some law items that even ordinary people can use.

For example, the carrot seeds that were scavenged in the department store before they survived – those seeds only need to be planted in the ground to grow indefinitely.

In order to prevent the high-level people in the settlement from using such law items against themselves, they are so low-key.

Outside the shelter.

After opening the entrance door for Cheng Cheng and Dickens, the steward told again: "Okay, just take a look and come out, and then all the consequences caused by your entry will be borne by yourself, and don't say that I am the one who is dead." ”

Cheng Sheng repeatedly promised: "Don't worry, we won't mess around." ”

"Then let's get inside." The steward waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to move faster: "I'll give you the wind outside, and if something goes wrong, I'll speak loudly to warn you." ”

Maybe it's because the 'Purple Mist Lantern Ball' has the ability to suppress the power of the law and limit the law items.

After surviving into the interior of the shelter, the first thing I saw was the 'purple mist light ball' hanging from the ceiling of the shelter.

Underneath the lightball are a variety of containment items.

Among them were living creatures locked in glass containers.

One of the creatures quickly caught the attention of the survivors - it was a large toad that had been kept in a glass container nearly two meters high.

Toad wears a cowboy hat and wears a black suit.

Since the toad is the size of a human, it does not look too abrupt when wearing a suit, but it looks a little greasy because it is too fat.

"Hey, young man, what about you!"

Seeing the two of them enter the shelter, the big toad shouted, "What do you have with you to eat?" I'm dying of hunger, I haven't eaten for half a day. ”

Chengsheng and Dickens glanced at each other.

The latter hurriedly shook his head, saying that it was the first time he had seen this toad, and he did not know its specific origin.

Chengsheng cautiously approached it, only to see that outside the huge glass container, there was a relevant introduction about the big toad:

[Name of Containment Object: Claddles/Satogua (self-proclaimed)]

[Containment Class: Secure]

[Description: The clam is a creature with the appearance of a toad, and at the same time as a human intelligence, able to understand and speak human language, during containment, management personnel can directly contact the clam, and no negative effects have been found so far.] 】

[Containment Method: Administrators are to feed the clams every other day, and the food must be delicate and tasty, otherwise the clams will show extreme anger.

[Additional note: The clam does not appear to have emotional qualities, and the reason why it shows anger may be to make humans realize that it is important to feed it regularly.] 】

[Containment capacity: After feeding the clams, the clams will spit out various items corresponding to the deliciousness of the food, specifically the higher the deliciousness of the food, the higher the value of the items spitted out.

[Additional note: The food fed to the clam cannot be repeated, and if the clam is fed multiple times, the clam will refuse to spit out the item, and even insult the feeder.] 】

Seeing that the two Dickens came to him, the greedy clam took off his cowboy hat with his upper limbs, and gave a gentleman's salute in parallel.

It said politely, "You should have seen the description of me outside this glass prison, right?" So what food did you bring with you? If so, you can feed it to me, and I'll spit it out something to you that you don't expect. ”

Although living on a planet with the power of law requires caution.

But he is also a monk of the Fusion Period, so there is no need to be too timid.

Creatures such as clams, which have a label that says 'safe' and can even communicate peacefully with humans, dare to come into contact with them when they survive.

He took out a large chunk of manatee thigh from the storage bag.

The leg is marinated, coated in mashed potatoes and sprinkled with grated cheese and pepper and salt.

With a wave of his hand, flames erupted from the manatee's legs for no reason.

After a while, a rich aroma of meat mixed with cheese flavor permeated the front of the greedy clams.

Chengsheng tries to hand the food to the clams.

The latter took the cheese ham meat, smelled the fragrance, and made a look of intoxication: "Whether it is sprinkled with the heat, it is just right, and I have never eaten this kind of leg meat before." ”

As he spoke, the toad threw the leg meat into his mouth.

Its mouth is so large that it occupies almost two-thirds of its face, and it can eat the whole leg in just two bites.

"Not bad."

Leaning less, the toad gave an evaluation of the leg meat, and opened his mouth to retch, spitting out a piece of food that appeared to be a pastry.

It looks like a rice cake sprinkled with sugar.

"This thing is." Cheng Sheng's face was puzzled.

Toad explained, "It's called white cake. After eating it, the eater can remain absolutely awake for a certain period of time, and no matter whether it is purple mist, illusion, or other spiritual influences, it can no longer be applied to the eater. ”

"As for the specific time limit, the duration is different for different people to eat, but most of them can last for about a quarter of an hour."

Can you stay absolutely awake?

Hearing the word absolute, Chengsheng immediately reacted: So, this white cake is also an item that contains the 'power of law'?

Perhaps because the white cake is a consumable, Chengsheng only felt a trace of the 'power of the law' in it, which was so small that it was almost none.

But that's normal.

After all, this white cake was only bought in exchange for a piece of hind leg meat. Based on the principle of equivalent exchange, the value of this white cake cannot be too high.

After making sure that there was no big problem with the white cake, Chengsheng carefully put it away.

He was more interested in clams than white cakes, so he asked him, "Can you tell me where you came from?" Are you a creature on this planet? ”

The toad did not answer.

It stared at Cheng Sheng and said, "Can you have another piece of meat like that?" ”

Cheese manatee leg barbecue is one of Cheng Huo's favorite foods, and he usually has a lot of them in his storage bag.

When I was in Bai Qiuxing before, the kind of leg meat that Lao Song and Jian Xihai, the fishmongers of the Demon Gate, were eaten, which was grilled cheese and manatee legs.

Chengsheng patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a piece of leg meat again, roasted it over the fire, and handed it to the toad.

The latter threw the leg meat into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said, "Since you are so generous and the things you give are also very much to my liking, then I will simply tell you: including me, all the creatures in this entire shelter have come out of the purple mist, and as for the source of the purple mist, it is from the center of the galaxy." ”

Cheng Huo hurriedly asked, "So you've been in the center of the galaxy all the time?" What does that side look like? ”

"Hey,"

The toad grinned.

But just like Li Xiu on the Black Worm Star, the toad who does not have human emotions has a very deliberate smile.

It's as if it's deliberately imitating human behavior.

Toad said, "Regarding the center of the galaxy, have you heard of the concept of the multiverse?" ”

Cheng Sheng nodded and said, "You mean to say that the universe we live in is not the only one?" ”

"Pretty much." Toad said, "The multiverse is a concept that overrides the concept of 'space', and in terms of the senses you humans have, it's hard for me to explain it to you. But in a nutshell: there are infinite spaces where intelligent life exists, and I come from one of them. ”

"What about unspeakable creatures?" Cheng Huo asked again: "According to the information collected by our human race, the unspeakable creatures are suspected to be from the center of the galaxy, so the unnamed creatures, like you, are also from the multiverse?" ”

(End of chapter)