Starting from the Red Moon
Chapter 53

Mental Damage

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The crazy noise formed a strong contrast with the sudden silence.

"What happened?"

Tie Cui in the channel also noticed the sudden disappearance of the voice, his voice became tight, and he asked anxiously.

Not far from Lu Xin, Gecko, holding a ball of iron wire in his hand, was stunned for a moment before answering in a low voice:

"Secondary Pollution Source has been cleared..."

Tie Cui was even more shocked than when he first heard about the secondary Pollution Source: "It was him..."

"No!"

Gecko took a breath and replied in a low voice, "I can't tell you the specific situation at the moment, but it's not what you think."

"Switch back to the original channel!"

Although Tie Cui was obviously confused, he made a decision quickly. When their channel was switched back to the same channel as Lu Xin, Tie Cui's voice sounded again, "Mr. Single Soldier, has the secondary Pollution Source been cleared?"

At this time, Lu Xin stood in front of the pile of fallen shelves, watching with his sister as Mom's figure disappeared into the red moonlight. Even he was surprised and a little confused by the appearance of this scene, but it was obvious that Pollution Source had indeed solved it this time. The little girl seemed to have disappeared, and the creepy sense of crisis around her no longer existed.

So, listening to the inquiry in the earphone, he had no choice but to answer slowly, "Yes!"

"Well done."

Tie Cui obviously had many questions, but when she spoke, she just praised him.

When the voice rang again, she was already talking to another channel. "The support team can enter!"

Tap tap tap tap...

Only a few minutes later, a group of heavy and powerful voices were heard. The door of the factory was violently pushed open, and then a group of people from the support team rushed in. They were wearing black, heavy protective clothing, helmets with glass masks on their faces, and even their legs were equipped with places to place firearms. After rushing in, they immediately rushed towards the workers in the factory.

They were well-trained and moved neatly. The first four people who came in rushed directly towards the factory director Zheng Yuanxiong, carrying a long iron box that seemed to be made of glass, but the four corners were inlaid with steel, and the material was far from comparable to ordinary glass.

At first glance, it looked like they were carrying a glass coffin.

They put Zheng Yuanxiong, who was still in a deep coma and whose hands and feet were tightly wrapped, into the glass box. They clicked the three big locks on the left side, connected the oxygen equipment through two pipes, and then hurriedly carried the box out.

They came and went in less than twenty seconds, and their professionalism was unusual, making people wonder what occupation they had previously engaged in.

During this time, other support team members rushed to the other workers in the factory.

Working in pairs, one quickly put on a special tool for the workers, with a glass eye mask on top, a mouth and nose shield on the bottom, and a canvas strap in the middle. The other tied the hands and feet of these workers tightly with plastic ties, and then fell down with a push. One of the two raised his head, the other raised his feet, and quickly ran towards the outside of the factory.

Watching their deft and rapid work, Lu Xin actually felt a special sense of beauty.

During this period, these workers seemed to have lost their souls and did not struggle at all.

"They're lucky..."

At some point, Gecko came to Lu Xin and said with a smile, "Because it is only moderately polluted, and it is mostly affected and has less erosion, they can still be saved. The support team will send them to a special treatment center for psychological treatment!"

Lu Xin was moved in his heart and asked, "Is it well treated?"

"At least most of them can be cured!"

Gecko replied softly, "However, after experiencing such a pollution, there will be some sequelae. The treatment center only ensures that they will not have consequences that affect others. After they are treated, even if they are cleaned up, they will experience a period of depression and dullness. Those who have families and live a happy life should recover faster or even be completely cured."

"But similarly, there will be some who can't get rid of depression from now on, and may even..."

He raised his hand and made a motion of falling from a height, and sighed, "There is no way, the mental loss is too serious."

"..."

Lu Xin understands what Gecko wants to express.

Also aware of the feelings of the severely mentally damaged patients he described.

He had experienced a life where he felt that life was all gray and depressing to the point of swallowing him whole.

There is no happy emotion, not even anger, only endless frustration and empty loss.

How many people can survive in this state?

"But the result is great!"

Gecko laughed and said, "Look how many people are in this factory? Close to a hundred, and if we don't intervene, then none of the hundred people will survive, so even if they are half cured... there is a saying before, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda... The two of us can at least build a skyscraper during this trip, right?"

As he spoke, he patted Lu Xin on the shoulder. "What's more, they must have completely cured more than half, at least more than 70%!"

Lu Xin nodded, he would still consider this.

And even though he felt a little depressed, it wasn't because he couldn't save everyone, he wasn't that pedantic.

He just remembered that gloomy life and felt something about it.

"You have done a great job, brother!"

Gecko smiled and asked Lu Xin: "I'm curious, how did you deal with that little girl?"

Lu Xin was keenly aware that at this time, the breathing sound of Tie Cui in the channel seemed to have become a little weaker.

He understood that they all wanted to know what he was doing and might be a little nervous.

But what do you say about this?

It was clear that neither I nor my sister could help, it was Mom who solved it...

However, according to Lu Xin's habits, although he had a certain amount of trust in the Special Pollution Cleanup Department sect, and even hoped to use their power to analyze and cure himself, he did not particularly like the feeling of handing over every move and every secret of his own. He also had his own opinions about what should and should not be said, so he did not rush to answer and said with a smile:

"Didn't you see it just now?"

"What am I looking at?"

Gecko spread his hands helplessly. "I just saw you squatting next to the little girl and grabbing her toys..."

"This toy is physical."

Lu Xin glanced at the ground. The stuffed toy was still lying on the ground, its body and head separated.

So he smiled and said, "So I tried to see if I could scare her, and it turned out to be quite effective..."

"This..."

Gecko glanced at the stuffed toy on the ground and motioned to the support team member next to him to take it with him.

Then his expression was somewhat helpless. "So you snatched the toy of this secondary Pollution Source, twisted its head off, and then this secondary Pollution Source was frightened by you and directly shrank all its mental power and returned to its original body?"

Lu Xin thought about it seriously and said, "That's it!"

"This..."

Gecko walked around Lu Xin and muttered, "Brother, you are unreasonable..."

Lu Xin said, "Can't you do it?"

Gecko slowly shook his head. "I've never heard of it..."

Lu Xin showed a thoughtful expression and said, "Then this must be your problem..."

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