The End of the Earth

2050 year 6 early month

There is no sign of dawn in the dim and dark world. The ocean monsoon blows across the land, and the only response is the collapse of high-rise buildings.

In the devastated city, the sound of metal collision suddenly rang out in an abandoned villa. It was hard to believe that such a complete building could exist on the surface of the secondary nuclear explosion zone.

"Be careful, man! If we attract mutants, our few pounds of flesh won't be enough for them to chew."

Two people wearing simple protective suits were groping for usable supplies in the villa.

"Well said, Sirius.

Why don't you come and help instead of just standing there? You white people just talk."

The white man called Sirius sighed and said, "I'm not just here to watch. If I find the switch, maybe I can turn on the lights. Wouldn't that be more convenient?"

"Are you serious? It seems someone forgot that this damn place has been occupied by spores. Are you trying to attract all the creatures parasitized by the spores?"

Sirius waved his hand and pointed to the villa window.

"Man, didn't you notice this house has blackout blinds? Just run the electricity and it's done."

Milong took off the searchlight tied to his forehead and took a look. Sure enough, the villa had been renovated.

“Good job, man.

I take back what I said. I admire your observation skills as always.

Maybe we can even stay in this place. To be honest, it's nice here.

If there is an unexpected gain, I don’t want to go back to that rotten place of Yabang City.”

Sirius gave a thumbs-up gesture, obviously agreeing with what he said.

"Found the switch!"

After the power was turned on, the metal baffles on all floors of the villa began to fall, and the indoor lighting facilities began to start. When the two people's eyes slowly adapted to the high-intensity light, they found that something had smashed a big hole in the roof of the villa, extending from the roof to the basement.

"Quick! Cut off the power to the lighting system!"

Sirius reacted quickly and turned off the villa's lighting system.

"Damn, what kind of thing could penetrate this building so easily? This house should have been reinforced, but it couldn't even withstand it.

What a shame, such a nice place.”

Sirius tiptoed to the edge of the pit and shone the searchlight inside. In the basement of the villa, there were piles of wooden boxes and iron barrels, as well as some scattered bottles and jars, with a huge metal cube standing abruptly in the middle.

"Yes, there is a big guy, and there are a lot of supplies underneath. We are rich, Milong!"

Upon hearing this, Miron came forward excitedly and almost pushed Sirius down.

"Damn it, be careful, man."

The two men thought about it for a while and slid down along the wreckage of the building on the other side.

There was indeed a large amount of supplies stored in the basement, all of which were processed food.

"Oh my god, there's a rumor going around decades ago that there was a technology that could remove the water molecules from food, using a strong force field to change the molecular spacing and super-compress the food into a microscopic state.

Milong! Look at this can, hahahaha

You're rich, man! This can will last you a week."

Milong looked at the can. There was only the main ingredients of the food engraved on the can with no other information. It looked very rough.

“Why doesn’t this have a production date?”

“This is probably a can made after the White Flash disaster, so of course there’s no production date.

And I don’t think this house is old, it was probably rebuilt after the disaster.”

The two men checked the things in the basement. In addition to compressed cans, there were also barrels of water and expired bread from old times. They collected some expired bread and water, and then turned their attention to the cube.

The cube is about 5 meters high.

Sirius wiped the dust off the surface of the cube with his hand, and three huge letters came into view.

"NWM! This is the experimental transport section of the New World."

"New World? Such a behemoth from the old times, how come their goods are here?"

"I remember that there was an internal struggle within New World Company more than a decade ago, and a fierce battle also took place in our area. Judging by the dust on this thing, it must have been placed here after it fell off back then."

Miron looked around the cube curiously.

"There's a gap!"

"It looks like the impact caused the transport cabin to deform. The hole isn't big, so we should be able to get in."

Miron hesitated, and Sirius taunted him, "Are you scared?"

"Nonsense! I'll go first!"

Milon bravely climbed in first, followed closely by Sirius.

After the two came in, they saw the cargo inside. There was a man sleeping inside a culture tank with tubes inserted into his back and limbs.

"Man, is this guy still alive?"

"He should be alive, his life support systems are all functioning normally, he seems to be a formidable fellow.

Look at his arm."

There was a strange left hand that was pitch black and had no background. Milong leaned on the glass and tried to see the hand of the person inside clearly.

"Be careful!"

Milong ignored it and twisted his body against the glass to see clearly.

"Man, this guy seems to have moved a little?"

After hearing what he said, Sirius took a closer look.

"No, you must be dazzled. I've been in a biology lab before. Did you see that tiny tube? It's used to deliver sedatives.

Even if he is an elephant, he has to be as quiet as a baby."

While Sirius was speaking, Miron vaguely saw the person in the glass jar move again.

Milong got nervous and twisted his body a little more, accidentally kicking something away.

Uh-huh~

"What did you do?"

"what is this?"

“Oops, it’s the kill switch, Miron!

What have you done? Why do you always use your luck in places like this? Who knows what kind of monster is living in here?

As the termination program was activated, the pressure in the culture tank began to decompress, and a large amount of thick liquid began to seep out. The two people climbed out of the cube in panic.

They did not stop, nor did they plan to stay here any longer. Who knew how dangerous the experimental living beings in the new world would be.

If they didn't leave now, their lives would be in danger. They grabbed the backpacks beside them and crawled out of the villa.

About seven minutes later, a person walked out of the cube.

“What a disgusting air.

Too~"

Xiang San No. 2 spat out the nutrient solution in his mouth and moved his body. This body was a consumable for experiments and its lifespan would not be too long. He transformed his black magic hand and left eye into normal human limbs.

The reason why Xiang San's main consciousness at the biological base let him hide in the demon's limbs was for today. Xiang San's own strength was not enough to fight against the New World Company. He had to make arrangements in advance. Even if he died, Xiang San No. 2's secondary consciousness could replace him.

Moreover, by using the New World Company's intention to develop his demonic limbs, he can be reborn through grafting with the power of the New World.

"I need to find a living person to ask what year it is now... Hmm? It smells like a human."

Although Sirius and Milon were wearing protective suits, the biological pheromones attached to their surfaces were still captured by Xiang San No. 2. After being invaded and transformed by the demon cells, his body is still quite strong.

He easily jumped out of the big pit in the basement and chased after Sirius and the others.

More than ten minutes later, Sirius and Miron were resting breathlessly against the wreckage of a pickup truck at the intersection of Eleventh Street.

"Y-You probably didn't notice us? You ran so far away?"

Miron asked, slumped on the ground.

"I forgot to remind you that the living organisms in this experimental chamber are extremely valuable. If they really were dropped here more than a decade ago, then it's correct. This is equipped to contain them according to the highest standards."

"What does that mean?" Milong asked in surprise.

"This means that any risk or accident in this section of the cabin is within the contingency plan. Therefore, over the past decade, the suppression system and life support system have never been interrupted.

This also shows that this thing is extremely dangerous.

Man, you have more energy than me, so run. I really, really can’t run any more.”

After saying that, Sirius leaned against the pickup truck door and didn't move.

"It makes me cry when you say that, man.

But now it seems that none of us can leave.”

Sirius followed Miron's gaze curiously and saw that at the corner of the intersection, a dozen mutants who looked like they had crawled out of hell were running towards them.

They don't have any special abilities. They are both ordinary humans who have survived to this day relying on their own experience and knowledge.

Just as they were about to accept their fate, a dark figure passed over them and fought off the mutants as they watched.

Mutants are very intelligent and will simply run away if they are defeated by their targets.

Miron and Sirius looked at each other, watching the dark figure walking towards them.

He had a black crew cut, an Asian face, and a piece of cloth torn from somewhere around his waist, which he used as an apron to cover his vital parts.

Isn't this the guy in the cube?

The two of them swallowed their saliva and didn't know what to do.

"Don't people these days thank their saviors? Chinese? Or Americans? Hallo?"

"We can all understand, thanks to the interpreter. Um, thank you for saving us.

My name is Sirius, his name is Milong, and he is also Chinese."

It was obvious that Sirius wanted to establish some connections, and his little trick was quite obvious.

"My name is... Xiang Er. What year is it today?"

"?"

"July 2050, 6."

Xiang Er glanced at their backpacks and asked, "Where do you live?

Take me with you, and I will protect you on the way."

The two were delighted, as they had not expected the situation to change like this.

"We'll live in the Yabang Underground City. The surface gathering area is too dangerous for the two of us."

"Are we in Gia City now?"

"Jia City? That was its old name. Now it's called Yabang City."

"It seems there is still a lot to learn."

The three of them walked forward together, looking at the ground covered with green vines and buildings covered with spores, Xiang Er was full of curiosity.

But he has something more important to do now, which is to understand what happened back then, where is Xiang San and how is Anman?

"Mr. Xiang Er, you are naked like this..."

Sirius pointed at Xiang Er's apron and said awkwardly.

"Still concerned about your image? Then find me some clothes."

The two had no choice but to accompany Xiang Er to search for clothes, and reluctantly took out a spare set of protective clothing from their backpack.

After searching for a long time, they still couldn't find anything. They only found a set of clothes on a dried corpse.

Xiang Er put on his clothes and pants, then put on the protective suit, moved his hips, and felt that it fit him well.

Sirius looked at the man named Xiang Er with some concern. His whole body was exposed in the spore area. He put on protective clothing without any treatment. Who knew if there was any problem, but he didn't dare to say it.

The Yabang Underground City was built by expanding the Area C shelter. Today, the underground city is quite large in scale.

Xiang Er didn't know all this. After he separated from Xiang San and took over the demon's limbs, the biological research base sent him to other bases for experiments. It was not until the two major factions of the New World Company took control of Jia City that the demon subject was transferred for the second phase of experiments. On the way, due to internal struggles within the New World Company, the cube containing the demon subject Xiang Er fell and lost its trace. During this period, he had been in a dormant state.

We are lucky, otherwise, when we carry out the second phase of the experiment, it is uncertain whether Xiang San's secondary consciousness, which is now Xiang Er, can exist.

"How many entrances does Yabang City have?"

“Well, there are three we know of.

Mr. Xiang Er, if you have any problems verifying your identity with the soldiers later, we will explain it to you. You must not speak nonsense."

Sirius seemed very scared, fearing that Xiang Er would act rashly. Although he was indeed very powerful, there were even more ruthless people in Yabang City.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to cause trouble. Are Yabang's soldiers scary?"

Mi Long's eyes twitched as he said, "The ruler of Yabang City is ruthless, and his subordinates are no less capable. Mr. Xiang, please don't be reckless. We know you are very powerful.

I must remind you that although the Yabang Underground City looks shabby, it has a very powerful security system, and the controller has a team of robot guards. It is rumored that the core program of Yabang City is very advanced and may be a product of the New World Company.

The authority possessed by the controller is sufficient to determine the life and death of all residents."

"Then why are you still willing to stay in Yabang City? Isn't this equivalent to handing your life over to the controller of Yabang?"

Xiang Er does not have Xiang San's modified brain and cannot quantify and process all the information, so it is not surprising that he has such doubts.

"Living in Yabang City, our lives are controlled by others. Living on the surface, any creature can kill you.

What would you choose in comparison? "

"It makes sense."

Xiang Er nodded. As a subconsciousness, Xiang San's shallow mental product, the vague information began to gradually become clear.

Entrance to Yabang Underground City

This entrance is located in an old sewer. The entire sewer has been artificially reinforced and a monitoring network is installed throughout the pipeline.

They came to a large modified iron gate and Miron knocked on it.

The peephole in the iron gate lit up green, and a voice came: "Verification verification."

Miron and Sirius stretched out their hands to allow a laser beam to scan them. Their arms had been implanted with identification chips for the Yabang Underground City.

"There's another one. Who is that? Show your identity."

“Sir, he came from another settlement and wants to settle in the Yabang Underground City, but he doesn’t have an identity yet.

Can you be flexible? "

Milong handed over a few cans of food, and the iron gate opened. Four soldiers in combat armor came over, gladly took the cans from Milong, and approached him, saying, "Concession? No!"

The three soldiers behind him pointed their guns at Milong and the other two at the same time, and the atmosphere was very tense for a while.

"The latest order from the City Lord: Starting today, no outsiders are allowed to enter the Yabang Underground City. All suspicious individuals will be arrested and awaiting investigation."

Xiang Er frowned, bad luck had befallen him.

He raised his hands and said calmly, "I'll cooperate. Don't make things difficult for them. I just want to live in the dungeon."

Seeing that Xiang Er was honest, the four soldiers did not go too far, although they still accepted the cans with a smile.

"That's all we need to do here. Thank you both for leading the way."

Under the gaze of Miron and Sirius, the soldiers gave Xiang Er a simple examination and scan and took him away.

What a pity. Originally, Milong and Sirius wanted to rely on Xiang Er to increase their survival ability. They never thought that Xiang Er would be taken away without any resistance.

But think about it, can we resist? The soldiers in the entire Yabang underground city are all armed, and there are so many of them, how can we resist?

As for Xiang Er, it didn't really matter. It would be better to be taken to the place where prisoners were held. A prison is the other side of a place. This would allow him to understand the Yabang Dungeon more concisely and clearly and obtain the information he needed most.