Technological Church, the mysterious organization that arose on this land after the occurrence of Crimson Moon incident, was once regarded as a powerful organization on the same level as Eclipse Research Institute. It has the word "technology" in its name, and it seems to believe in scientific principles, but in fact, the impression it leaves on people is mysterious and terrifying, often revealing the horrifying truth under the normal appearance.
For example, a light bulb is something that makes people feel at ease and something they take for granted.
But the electric lamps created by Technological Church always have the ability to make people extremely obsessed and lose their minds.
Earlier, Technological Church was once rampant and arrogant. It sent missionaries to travel around, gathering gathering points or wandering people scattered on the land, and bringing them back to the south one by one. Sometimes, they even attack High Wall City.
The Qinggang area, which was once relatively south, became their target, and a large number of residents were kidnapped.
It can be said that the first impression Technological Church gives is that they are wearing white robes and walking in front of them holding a glowing crystal ball. Wherever they pass, everyone who meets them seems to be confused, leaving everything behind and following them...
Mysterious, crazy, distant, but it seems to appear in front of me at any time...
This is the impression Technological Church has always given people.
However, in recent years, to be precise, it should be about ten years ago, Technological Church's style suddenly changed.
They have become more mysterious, more powerful, but more low-key.
He rarely makes such big moves that affect the world, and even rarely shows up in peacetime, just dormant in the south.
No one knows why Technological Church suddenly changed like this.
However, this change has really helped Technological Church. Everyone knows it, but they rarely regard him as an enemy anymore.
He has always been in people's memory, but it seems that he has been forgotten.
Logically speaking, Technological Church, there should be a lot of people.
After all, ten years ago, he went crazy and plundered people from all over the world, forming a terrifying number.
But just after arriving at the radiation area of Technological Church, Lu Xin only saw emptiness.
Large areas of wilderness are located on the land, and even the abandoned villages and towns that were common before are not visible. Only the original blue color covers the land. Occasionally, farms or neatly built roads can be seen here and there, but compared to the entire world, they are very few. When you come here, you don't seem to feel that you are in a place named after technology.
Continuing to walk forward, you can see the curved rails stretching across the sky.
They were like huge silk threads, crisscrossing and crisscrossing, bypassing this vast wilderness, and then extending in clusters into the distance, leading directly to the white clouds ahead. A huge city with silvery reflections could be seen from such a distance away. It was a huge disk-shaped city, with a huge circle in the middle and dozens of small rings surrounding the center.
Those are Main City and Satellite City. People after Crimson Moon incident are used to this kind of urban layout.
However, even Lu Xin and these students who have traveled all over the world have never seen such a large Main City and such a large number of Satellite City. This has lifted their understanding of the city concept to a new level.
City of Life.
Within the influence of Technological Church radiation, the largest one is High Wall City.
To a certain extent, it is also the core of Technological Church and the experimental ground of Technological Church.
A super big city with a population of over 100 million.
Everyone has heard it more or less before, but never thought that seeing it with your own eyes would be so shocking.
Dirty dirty dirty...
Ghost Train drove directly onto the aerial railway track, pulled up the flute, and walked straight towards City of Life in front of him. Because it was originally a product of the spiritual level, Ghost Train deliberately emitted its own spiritual radiation, so that ordinary people could see such a train approaching from a distance. Otherwise, there would always be a feeling of strange creatures sneaking into a certain place quietly.
This is what Lu Xin doesn't like.
Because this was a party, I and these classmates came here in an upright manner.
Of course, the radiation was emitted in advance, which also caused layers of distortion in the air after Ghost Train passed.
The huge deterrent force spread far away, and it looked like it was coming menacingly.
"Ah... ah... ah..."
As Ghost Train quickly drove forward along the railway track, very far away, the steel suspension bridge connecting the railway track City of Life quickly reacted. A rough and hoarse siren sounded, and countless red lights sent a danger signal to the defenders.
The huge metal fortress rotated heavily and slowly, raised its head, and aimed its huge muzzle at Ghost Train.
"Don't panic, we are not hostile, we are here to find our teacher."
Among Ghost Train, everyone couldn't help but feel a little nervous when facing the black muzzle.
Number Fourteen suddenly raised his head and said to the air in front of him.
He was talking in the carriage, but the City of Life guarding force, who seemed to be dozens of kilometers away, heard it and did not fire immediately. Until Ghost Train was getting closer and closer to City of Life, the fortresses were still firmly guarding the city gate. As the distance between the two sides got closer, the sense of tension became stronger and stronger, as if gasoline was all over the ground, and every moment...
"Let them in!"
But just when the atmosphere was tense to the extreme as Ghost Train approached, at the steel suspension bridge, a middle-aged man wearing a black cap and an armband showing that he was the person in charge of the steel suspension bridge suddenly spoke in a deep voice and gave an order.
A group of defenders suddenly looked at each other, and then slowly put away their defensive devices.
The dignified and indifferent person in charge turned around, with a cigar in his mouth, and looked at the train indifferently.
Then, he suddenly grinned. "Does anyone still remember me?"
The people on the train had already stood up and looked at the people under the steel suspension bridge in front of them, looking at each other in confusion.
At this time, in Lu Xin's field of vision, he could clearly see the tall and strong noncommissioned officer with a face that did not match his figure. It seemed that two faces were overlapped, one was resolute and indifferent, and the other was cold and playful.
Number seven.
Even if other people can't see it directly like Lu Xin, they must have their own identification methods.
Basically everyone recognized this person.
However, even if he recognized it, he still felt a little embarrassed.
This is the person she grew up with, but No. 7 has always been a unique and special person. She once informed Old Director and others when they were preparing to escape when they were young. Moreover, as early as in the orphanage, she was not close to other people and did not leave any good impression on each other. It was even said that she only left each other with disgust in the opposite direction.
She is the betrayer of the orphanage and the one who is willing to stay with Old Director.
But she is still one of the classmates.
Every child in an orphanage will remember this person when he thinks of his past.
In such complicated emotions, Lu Xin stood up.
He looked at No. 7, who was standing under the steel suspension bridge with a cigar in his mouth and a lazy expression, and nodded.
"Where is the dean?"
"..."
No. 7 raised his head slightly, glanced at Lu Xin, and suddenly shook his head slightly.
She met Lu Xin's gaze, and she didn't seem to mind his coldness or the dangerous connotation at all.
On the contrary, a smile gradually appeared on his face.
"If you want to kill me, just wait. I'm here to pick you up now..."
She suddenly smiled and spoke, then stood up directly and boarded Ghost Train.
Passing by Lu Xin, he walked into the train carriage, and then his joking eyes slowly swept over everyone in the carriage. He shook his head with a smile and said, "I didn't expect that we could actually gather so many people this time. Originally, I planned to let you transfer to my car and pick you up specially, but seeing that you have prepared so many things, let's forget it..."
Intentionally or unintentionally, her eyes swept across the inside of the car.
There is everyone's luggage there, such as a section of carriage No. 5, my sister's luggage, and other things.
These are all gifts prepared for Old Director.
No. 7 saw this calmly, but didn't pay much attention to it and sat down on a seat as if nothing had happened.
He smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll take you there."
Everyone's eyes turned to Lu Xin, and Lu Xin glanced at No. 7, and then nodded.
If he had seen No. 7 before, he might have taken action directly.
But now, it is before seeing Old Director, so Lu Xin can only hold back for the time being, this is not a good time to take action.
"What a pity..."
When Ghost Train crossed the steel suspension bridge and entered a light rail leading to No. 12 Satellite City under the guidance of No. 7, No. 7 smiled helplessly. In this silent carriage, he broke the silence, looked at everyone, and said:
"After all, we have grown up together. I haven't seen each other for so many years. Is there no one willing to say anything to me?"
"..."
Most people in the carriage were still silent, not knowing how to face No. 7's enthusiasm.
After a while, No. 5 suddenly laughed and said, "What did you say?"
"What a pity to see you still alive?"
"..."
No. 7 chuckled a few times, turned to look at No. 5, and said, "No. 5, you still look so annoying."
Then, she turned around again, glanced at the other people in the car, and said, "I know you all don't like me."
"But it doesn't matter, I hate you too."
"..."
Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly many people smiled, nodded, or looked at No. 7.
Once this frank attitude came out, everyone felt much more comfortable.
"No. 7, I heard that you recently went to the wilderness to become a robber?"
"It's okay to be a knight, but have you made any money from doing business for so many years?"
"I have a project to develop new drugs here. Do you want to invest more than ten to two billion?"
"Bah, not even more than ten or two billion, how on earth did you manage to survive all these years..."
"Old Director seemed to annoy you a lot in the past. Are you feeling better now?"
"..."
No. 7 sat calmly on his seat, smiling, and sprayed the smell of cigar throughout the carriage:
"I'm pretty useless, really."
"I betrayed your ridiculous escape plan back then, but I didn't get any reward."
"I died once and came back to life just like you."
"I didn't leave Old Director, but I didn't get any benefits. Instead, his control became more and more strict. I used to kill whoever I wanted, but now it's better. I'm not even allowed to kill anyone. Can you imagine that to kill someone now, you have to apply first?"
"Alas, and after working for him for so many years, he has not become nicer to me at all. Instead, he takes more care of the newcomers than me."
"You are really good, you all left at the right time Old Director..."
"Someone has sneaked into the upper echelon of High Wall City, someone has established a decent family, and someone clearly failed eight out of nine subjects when he was in the orphanage, but now he seems to be engaged in scientific research, haha..."
"But you guys are doing so well, why are you so nervous now that you're about to meet the dean?"
"You have been running away for so many years, how come Old Director just said one word and you all came back?"
"Haha, in recent years, I have sometimes thought of you, and I was wondering, what is the biggest difference between you and me?"
"Why does the dean sometimes always think that you, or some of you, are better than me?"
"But I understand now, maybe the difference between us is not that big. Just like, you who wanted to escape or resist the dean from the beginning, now that you are back, do you feel that you have greater hope of breaking free, or are you more likely to be at the mercy of him?"
"..."
"..."
During the warm and friendly discussion between classmates whom he had not seen for a long time, Lu Xin looked out the car window.
What caught his eyes was the prosperity and excitement of City of Life.
All this is beyond Lu Xin's imagination, because this city feels very normal.
Ridiculously normal.
After Crimson Moon incident, even cities like Qinggang City and Central City will inevitably have a Sisi decadence, but this City of Life has an endless flow of people, tall buildings, and countless people, busy living on their own tracks.
If I had to use one description, it would be that this city gave Lu Xin the feeling of returning to the time before Crimson Moon incident.
When they were in the orphanage, Old Director would often tell them about the pre-civilization era before Crimson Moon incident, describing the prosperity, the wealth, the stability and order at that time, the various entertainments and fun things at that time. It was these repeated stories that made almost everyone in the orphanage yearn for this kind of life and have an obsession with the pre-civilization era.
They are all children born after Crimson Moon incident.
But Old Director's education gave them a brand that only existed in pre-civilized times.
This imprint also forms an intuition.
Just like this Lu Xin, when he saw this City of Life, he couldn't help but have a perception.
This is more like the pre-civilization era than the world under Crimson Moon.
Is Technological Church too developed, so it has reproduced the prosperity and abundance of the pre-civilization era?
Or has Old Director's philosophy also affected the development of this city?
Lu Xin had very complicated emotions in his heart. If Old Director had not been taken into consideration, he would have admitted it without hesitation.
I like this city and the life it represents.
This even exceeds the love Qinggang brings to me...
"Dudududu..."
Just when Ghost Train rushed straight along the light rail and rushed into Number Twelve Satellite City of City of Life, this kind of spiritual radiation unique to Mental Monster soon caused a series of changes. The surrounding street lights actually turned red as the train approached.
Disk-like drones flew out from the surrounding buildings, forming rows on the left and right, blocking the train.
Although No. 7 helped Lu Xin and others pass the first line of defense steel suspension bridge just now, her method of parasitizing in the commander's body and giving orders to release still seemed unable to deceive City of Life's defense system. Therefore, after Ghost Train entered Satellite City, it immediately triggered the second-layer defense alarm. On the drone, a blue arc was already faintly condensing.
Inside the train, everyone was slightly shocked. Could this still be a trap?
Old Director, as for using such a simple routine?
On the other hand, No. 7 inside the train still sat as steady as a rock, allowing the drones to surround him.
What followed was an unexpected scene. These drones scanned around Ghost Train, and then suddenly retreated at the same time. Following the original flight route, they returned to the building they flew out of, like a flock of birds returning home at dusk.
But next to the train, the crowd changed.
In this city, all the people, whether they were on the street, in the driving vehicles, standing on the surrounding tall office buildings, or cleaning on the roadside, at the same time, they straightened their backs slightly and looked at Ghost Train. Then, their eyes gradually showed moved emotions, their smiles gradually bloomed, and they waved gently to them.
At a glance, there were people all around. They stopped what they were doing and waved friendly.
Such a scene is somewhat scary.
"It's okay."
No. 7 waited for doubts to envelope the people in the carriage, and then explained with a smile, "It's just an old acquaintance who came to say hello."
Old acquaintance?
In the carriage, everyone was silent, but they couldn't hide their doubts.
No. 7 had no intention of explaining, but stood up slowly and said, "Old Director's home is right in front."
"It's actually here?"
The people in the carriage stood up at the same time and looked out through the windows.
Now, they came to a Satellite City ordinary residential area. Unexpectedly, along the way, he saw the prosperity of City of Life Main City, and also saw the lively places in this Satellite City, and also saw a large number of armed defenses of various confidential places. However, what they came to now was an ordinary, even somewhat shabby place.
Old Director lives here?
It's just that he lives in Satellite City. Even in Satellite City, he lives in such an ordinary place?
"Are you going to go upstairs with these 'gifts'?"
No. 7 got out of the car first, then tilted his body and fell to the ground. Not long after, a woman walked out of the community, wearing a navel-baring outfit, a vicious scar around her waist, a pair of camouflage pants, and shiny high boots. She was No. 7's identity.
She crossed her arms and looked at Lu Xin and the others with a half-smile.
"No need..."
Lu Xin pondered for a moment, shook his head, and gave suggestions to these students.
Then he was the first to get off the train. Just as he was about to enter the community, he stepped back and walked to the grocery store at the entrance of the community.
Bought some fruit.
"Let's go."
Feeling that I had to bring something up, I felt at ease and said to No. 7 with a smile.
No. 7 glanced at Lu Xin with a strange look. After a while, he said, "No wonder Old Director likes you so much."
The group of people followed No. 7 into the community. The further they went in, the more uneasy they felt.
They subconsciously looked around, hoping to see something dangerous or weird, but were disappointed. Whether it was the people or the layout, it could be seen that this community was so ordinary. There was no Mental Monster, and there were no high-tech devices disguised as ordinary things. They didn't even see any decent security guards or armed forces.
This is an ordinary and almost completely undefended place.
But because everyone knew that Old Director was here, they couldn't help but become more and more worried.
"I said, are we going in like this?"
Number Fourteen's nagging voice rang in each other's minds. "Why do I feel like I'm being led into a trap?"
"We will meet Old Director later. Should we do it directly or catch up on old times first?"
"..."
Number Fourteen's special ability has built a channel for spiritual communication for everyone, and there is room for quiet discussions. Among them, No. 5's voice is the most serious. "Old Director is so smart. He always anticipates everything. Therefore, if we listen to him say a word more, we may be fooled by him. My opinion is... we will meet later, let's just do it, right?"
"What's so important that we can't leave it to his grave?"
"..."
No. 3 objected lightly. "If he is so smart, how could he not think of the possibility of taking action directly when we meet?"
"Besides, don't you have anything to ask him?"
"..."
No. 8 couldn't help but intervene and said, "Maybe there is no need to ask anything else. Everyone knows it, but why did he save us? Are there anyone else alive in the orphanage except us? Maybe only he knows this..."
Everyone talked nervously, and then uncontrollably approached the building in the community.
Number 7 led them into the narrow corridor, climbed to the fourth floor, then turned left and stood in front of a door.
Room 401.
Then No. 7 looked back at everyone, suddenly smiled, and knocked on the door with his finger.
When the "dong dong" knock on the door sounded, everyone fell silent.
There was a slight nervousness, which stretched everyone's nerves like a stretched bow. All the messy thoughts in their hearts were swept away at this moment. Everyone looked at the door No. 7 knocked on, and all their attention was focused on it. Some people subconsciously clenched their fists, some pupils began to shrink slightly, and some people had already stretched their palms to their lower back, ready to pull out something.
Then, with a soft "click", the door opened.
Suddenly there was a breeze blowing up in the corridor. This was caused by the tensed spirits of countless people, which suddenly affected the air.
Everyone's nervousness and murderous intent almost poured through the door.
But when they really rushed to the person who opened the door, they suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Surprisingly, it was a woman who opened the door.
She looked relatively ordinary, wearing loose clothes that were worn at home, with a gentle and happy expression on her face. She looked at the people outside the door with slight surprise, and hurriedly stepped inside with a smile, "Oh, you are the children of the orphanage, right?"
"Come on, come on, your teacher has been waiting for you for a long time..."
"..."
Looking at this gentle and polite woman, everyone was stunned outside the door.
Even No. 5 and Little Nineteen, who initially planned to take action as soon as they entered the room, were the same.
They didn't expect it. How could it be such a person who opened the door?
"Come in..."
Seeing the surprise of Lu Xin and others, No. 7 was the first to walk in the door, taking off his boots and changing into slippers.
He turned around and admired the expressions of Lu Xin and others, and said with a smile, "Maybe you haven't seen it yet. This is our Teacher's Wife. Her surname is Chen. The dean is usually very cruel to us, but he is very afraid of her at home... Of course, this is not to blame Teacher's Wife, Teacher's Wife is the most gentle person in the world."
"Teacher's Wife..."
Everyone was slightly stunned when they looked at the woman standing by the door, waiting enthusiastically for them to come in.
"Seventh Sister, Seventh Sister, are they all here?"
Before they could react, there was suddenly another sound, and two small figures crashed into No. 7's arms.
There were two children, a boy and a girl, one eight or nine years old and the other eleven or twelve years old.
They seemed a little shy and curious, secretly looking at Lu Xin and others at the door, their eyes shining brightly.
"It's coming..."
No. 7 hugged the two children, and then introduced to Lu Xin and others, "These two are the dean's children."
"The girl's name is Tutu, and the boy's name is Wangwang. They are very naughty..."
"..."
"..."
When the two children heard that No. 7 said they were naughty, they immediately refused and got into No. 7's arms to start a fight.
The gentle and kind woman stood by the door and invited Lu Xin and others to come in.
But Lu Xin and others who were standing outside the door were suddenly stunned. They hadn't taken this step for a long time. Their emotions were ups and downs, and there was even a slight cold feeling in their hearts. Their thoughts seemed to be frozen at this moment.
Old Director's wife and children...
Yes, it is indeed them. The children in the orphanage all know the existence of these people and have seen their photos.
But, weren't they already dead when Crimson Moon incident broke out?
Brothers, today is the last day of 2021.
First of all, thank you [Tong Tang Goddess] gave Golden Alliance, [Yuer Qi Tian], [MISS], [Leaves of Grass], [Sisi Goddess], [Similu] crowd-funded silver, [Dreams Are Not Sunny] silver, [Qingqing's Kiss] silver and Alliance Leader... Damn, it's just too impressive.
Old Ghost is a little excited. I have written the ending and am bursting with inspiration. I coded more than 20,000 words in one day yesterday.
I originally thought about whether I should keep it for a while and refine it a lot, but I feel that this part is completed in one go. Forget it, I will refine it first and then send it out. If there are any problems, I will fix it later. Anyway, let everyone see it first...
... To put it simply, the problem is that we are releasing an update today.
At least explode an eagle!
So, on this last day of 2021, can you support Crimson Moon?