abyss rose

Defectors who voluntarily merged with alien beasts appeared in the base research institute. This is undoubtedly a scandal that must not be spread.

Since that day, the Institute has been temporarily closed, and no one except the military is allowed to enter or leave at will.

In addition to three infection tests a day, all personnel in the institute also need to receive psychological counseling once a day.

It is said to be psychological counseling, but it is actually more like a kind of brainwashing.

The base wanted them to keep their mouths shut and to treat this incident as an ordinary alien beast invasion.

For more than 50 years, human beings have tried their best to stick to all these things, which must not be shaken in the slightest.So even if everyone who knows the truth is on the verge of collapse, their lies to the outside world have not stopped at all.

But paper cannot contain fire.

Although the base tried its best to conceal it, the truth spread out from nowhere.

What came out this time was not just the researcher's self-indulgence, but also some important information in the confidential files of the sample A0027.

That part of messy information was spread widely in a short period of time.

The special sample, which was declared dead 50 years ago, has been hidden in the most secret laboratory of the base. Except for high-level personnel, no one knows about it.

The researchers involved in this project, not only did not find a trace of useful information from this sample, but it was also the real reason for the crazy growth of black vines.

Suddenly, the base was in an uproar.

"We've all been lied to!"

"No change in 50 years, what is the base researching? A monster?"

The ground ecology has been getting worse and worse, but people have been living in lies and enjoying the whitewashed peace.

They don't know the truth that the world has already begun to crumble.

They attributed everything to that particular sample.

"It is not the hope of mankind at all, but it brings disaster!"

"It all started when that sample got out of control!"

"It's the one that attracted new types of beasts, and it's the one that drove the researchers crazy!"

Some people started marching, shouting, and appealing.

They besieged the protected building of the Base Research Institute angrily, held up demonstration signs and flags, and spread out banners full of protests, clamoring for the Base Research Institute to hand over or publicly destroy the sample A0027.

In just a few days, more and more people went on strike no matter in the main city or the outer city, and joined the procession/demonstration/demonstration team.

"Human experiments should never have existed from the very beginning!"

"Everyone who voluntarily accepts human experiments becomes a monster!"

"The base should not secretly study these monsters, we demand that all human experiments be stopped!"

"We ask the base to destroy sample A0027, and promise us that no human experiments will be conducted again!"

The huge pressure made the researchers of the institute almost out of breath.

The base is trying to disclose more research materials to prove that all this is not caused by A0027.

But their voices were completely drowned out by countless shouts.

People who have heard too many lies are no longer willing to accept the truth.

They just want to destroy this sample.

In their eyes, that is the source of all disasters, as long as it is removed, the base will regain its calm.

This is what they believe in now, and they want to take their destiny into their own hands.

Chai Yuening stood at the end of the aisle, looking out of the research institute building through a half-open window, with large red characters on the white banners.

She felt as if she had lost the ability to be angry. Looking at everything in front of her at this moment, her heart was desolate, but desolate.

"Extreme voices are often more likely to attract attention and follow than moderate and neutral voices." Yi Shuyun said, "When an extreme voice gathers to a certain extent, the speakers and followers of these voices will lose their minds. think they're right, they can't hear anyone who's different from them."

Her words were extremely sarcastic, but her tone was calm: "They don't need the truth, because they want to be the truth themselves."

"What will the base do?" Chai Yuening asked in a low voice.

"The base naturally understands the importance of samples better than these people."

As Yi Shuyun spoke, his words paused, and a trace of bewilderment appeared in his eyes: "But I just understand."

It's not like 50 years ago.

The research institute of the base has devoted more than 50 years of energy to this sample, but has never achieved anything. Under such tremendous pressure, the base will inevitably re-evaluate the value of this sample.

Yi Shuyun: "The base has no plans to give up on her at the moment, and I will continue to try my best to deal with it."

Chai Yuening didn't ask any more questions, but continued to look at the angry crowd in silence.

"The experiment went out of control and caused the rattan disaster, and the rattan disaster attracted the flying beast! All the disasters were brought by it!"

"It's just a monster. Even if it's under control temporarily, it will go crazy sooner or later!"

"We don't agree to keep such a monster that may get out of control at any time!"

"Destroying the A0027 sample is our reasonable request!"

"This monster will only bring us endless disasters!"

The loud noise made people's ears hurt.

Chai Yuening suddenly felt so stuffy that she couldn't breathe.

Yi Shuyun patted her on the shoulder: "Go back and be with her, don't listen."

"How could this be..." Chai Yuening murmured in a low voice.

The voice of the old doctor in the dungeon base is still in my ears.

——We haven't found a way to fight against mutation so far. Humans seem to be unable to retain their own will during the fusion process. Compared with alien beasts, human beings' will is too weak.

——But we can't give up, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope left, no matter how painful it is, we must move forward, tirelessly and unscrupulously.

——Before human beings truly find their freedom, we are all in a cage.

In order to let human beings find their freedom and escape from prison, Chu Ci chose to come back here, and for that glimmer of hope, he dedicated everything to human science.

But people don't care.

She gave up her freedom, endured the pain, and buried all the yearning in her heart, all she got in return was that humans hated her deeply.

"She came back for the future of mankind."

"So what? Isn't the city defense officer responsible for killing the infected people also protecting humans and the base? The relatives of the dead will not forgive them easily."

Yi Shuyun smiled bitterly and said: "When destruction comes, human beings can hardly resist the cruel fate, and they may die at any time. At this time, more and more people tell you that all this is because the gods are angry, as long as the sacrifice A 'sinner' who offends the gods, the gods will appease their anger, what will you do?"

People are always willing to believe in the voice that is best for them, and this has been the case since ancient times.

When a disaster that people don't want to face happens, people will always look for a culprit in great unity.

The culprit can be anyone, anything, it can even be completely innocent.

Because the more people come to a dead end, the more irrational people become.

In the face of despair, what is the truth?

When there is no way out, as long as someone utters a sentence - burn the sinner to death, the wrath of God can be appeased.

Soon, there will be countless people scrambling to find the so-called "sinner".

Today, sample A0027 is the culprit they chose, a "sinner" who is going to be sacrificed to this world to appease the wrath of the "god".

Chai Yuening couldn't help thinking that if Chu Ci was really guilty, it might have brought a glimmer of hope to mankind, but humans have never been able to touch it.

Therefore, she was to blame for this destruction.

This is too funny.

Since the day when the old world was destroyed by the catastrophe, the remaining human beings have struggled and tried their best to get to where they are today.

The ancestors probably never expected that there would be a day many years later when only the fear and hatred of those who struggled to survive and the bottomless despair of those who sought the truth remained in the human world.

"Dr. Yi."

"Ok?"

"I'm a short-sighted person." Chai Yuening said in a deep voice, "If one day, the base chooses to abandon her for the sake of the overall situation, I will pick up my gun and be the last person to protect her in this world."

"..."

Her voice was very soft, but every word revealed the firmness in her heart.

She was an insignificant person, not burdened with unusual responsibilities.

How fortunate that this world will not change in any way because of her choice. If Floating Void City really decides to sacrifice Chu Ci to quell public anger, she can make her own choice without any scruples.

Chai Yuening returned to the dark laboratory.

She caressed the thick glass, and the thin rattan leaned over, carrying a small flower that bloomed at an unknown time, as if showing off to her.

"It's all blooming, and it's recovering well."

Hei Teng leaned the little flower against the glass wall, and dark red light streaks faintly flowed in its body.

"What a strange existence, how dare you call me strange before?"

Hei Teng seemed a little unhappy, let go of the glass wall, and floated towards the center of the water tank.

Chai Yuening raised her eyes to look at the large screen, and was silent for a long time thoughtfully.

After an unknown amount of time, she came back to her senses, and the black vine that had slipped away came to her side again, half of the vine's body was quietly pressed against the glass.

"You don't even know what's going on outside, it's annoying and chaotic..."

Chai Yuening pursed her lips and said with a smile: "But it's okay, I'm here."

No one in this world cares about this little black vine anymore.

But she will protect her.

If you risk your life, you must also protect her.

***

The parade outside lasted for nine days.

The scholars of the institute believed that sample A0027 was the last hope of mankind from the beginning, but now they are gradually overwhelmed by the momentum of the marchers, and their attitude is no longer firm when faced with inquiries from the main city.

As the new guardian of A0027, Yi Shuyun receives countless communications asking for opinions every day.

She always hoarse voice, doing a similar response.

"Killing a sample will not change the status quo of ecological deterioration, but will only completely block the only way of life that humans can see now."

But no matter how firm her tone was, she would be drowned in the loud cries of the marchers time and time again.

The base is still hesitating.

As Yi Shuyun said, the base understands the importance of sample A0027 better than those angry demonstrators.

But her other words are indeed true.

The base understands, but only understands.

More and more people went on strike and marched, and even many military personnel were shaken.

If the floating city base is a clock hanging high in the doomsday, it will lead people through difficult times every minute and every second.So at this moment, the clock that has lost countless "gears" is about to stop.

On the one hand is the hope of the future, on the other hand is the present difficulty.

Not only the base's choice, but also everything has fallen into a delicate but destined to be impossible to last for a long time.

What broke the deadlock was not anyone's choice, but an attack by a herd of beasts.

For the first time, those alien species that can fly at high altitudes came in groups to meet human guns/fire.

The first to bear the brunt is the fourth district of the outer city.

It was the adjacent third and fifth districts that fell one after another.

The sudden herd caught the base, which was already battered by the marchers, by surprise.

The alien beasts with the ability to fly were unstoppable, some died, and some were infected and mutated.

The tragic scenes captured by the drone seem to be strikingly similar to everything encountered in the dungeon base.

People scrambled to flee to other urban areas by car, and the long bridge, which was not considered spacious in the sea of ​​clouds, was full of escaping vehicles.

And above the heads of those vehicles, large and extremely aggressive flying insects hovered all the time.

The main city of the base immediately activated the power defense mode.

A huge semi-circular transparent barrier encloses the entire main city.

Blue-purple artificial light flows in the barrier, and every beast that hits the barrier will fall into the sky.

This kind of defense system is only available in the main city, and it consumes a lot of money, so it cannot be maintained for a long time.

"They are attacking us, they are organized and targeted!"

"It's that monster, the monster in the research institute, it can control black vines, and it must be able to guide this monster to attack us!"

"It has to be killed, or we're all going to die!"

Crazy marchers no longer shout and demonstrate.

They picked up everything that could be used as weapons, and rushed towards the base research institute under the obstruction of the military.

Desperate people rioted.

The personnel of the research institute were in chaos. The military guarded the research institute building, but they couldn't stop the crowd who came from all directions, holding hammers, wrenches, sticks, or all hard objects, and frantically smashed the glass windows of the institute.

This time, instead of deterring them, the gunshots enraged them thoroughly.

The moment the institute's alarm sounded.

Chai Yuening walked towards the huge display screen, picked up a long stool made of hard material, and turned back to the glass water tank.

With one deafening crash after another, the thick glass shattered, and the dark blue potion poured out.

The red lights in the laboratory were flickering, and new alarms and old alarms were intertwined amidst the din of voices.

The thin black vines flowed down the water to the ground, Chai Yuening leaned over and stretched out her left hand: "Let's go, I'll take you away."

Hei Teng seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then took advantage of the situation to entangle him.

Chai Yuening tore off a white lab coat casually, covered her left arm, pressed the combination lock of the laboratory door, and walked towards the safe passage without looking back.

The angry crowd couldn't find the location of the secret laboratory. They rushed into every laboratory they could, smashing every experimental water tank containing samples of black vines or other dead animals.

The researchers hid in panic, and the military tried to stop them at the top of their lungs.

Chai Yuening's right hand was always on the gun at her waist, and she passed the chaotic crowd with great vigilance.

Suddenly, a thin woman blocked her way.

The short eye contact made her clenched the gun at her waist.

Yi Shuyun frowned and pursed his lips, passing her by as if he didn't see her.

"follow me."

A light and ethereal voice came to her ears amidst the roaring noises all around.

The hesitation for less than a second was hastily interrupted by gunfire from the military.

"The sample... is gone!"

"Damn it, take it down, take it all down, and let none go!"

She saw someone was shot in the leg, and someone turned around to grab the military's gun.

In the chaos, the military didn't even distinguish between mobs and researchers anymore, as long as they could be caught, they were all handcuffed first.

Chai Yuening gritted her teeth, pushed aside the chaotic crowd, and chased in the direction where Yi Shuyun was walking away.

Yi Shuyun walked ahead quickly, avoiding the chaotic crowd as much as possible. Along the way, he met countless soldiers arresting mobs, but they all avoided her very politely.

She brought Chai Yuening to an inconspicuous and remote side entrance of the institute.

The iron gate was smashed, but the mob was gone at this moment.

Chai Yuening saw a strange armored vehicle parked at the door, and Ye Qing stood beside the vehicle, staring at her with complicated expressions.

She walked forward with some surprise, only to see a familiar face protruding from the car window.

"Captain!" Lu Qi waved his arms at her.

Yi Shuyun stuffed two things into her hands: "Let's go, take this, and go to the elevator entrance."

One is the permission of the military in the main city, and the other is the communicator of the floating city.

"Dr. Yi..."

"Still leaving, do you want to wait for someone to catch you?"

Chai Yuening took a deep breath, turned around and ran towards the armored vehicle.

Lu Qi: "Captain, you have been imprisoned for a long time!"

Old Xiang in the driver's seat glanced back: "Where's Chu Ci?"

Chai Yuening took off the lab coat on her body, and a "Fuck" sounded in her ears instantly.

In the next second, the armored vehicle stepped on the accelerator and drove quickly towards the elevator entrance of the main city.

The black vine wrapped around his arm was like a dead thing, quiet and extremely cold.

Chai Yuening looked at the high-rise buildings passing by outside the window, at the boundless sea of ​​clouds in the distance, at the dazzling sun in the sky, and at the herd of beasts wandering outside the defensive barrier.

Finally, she turned her head and looked behind her, looking at the tall base research institute, which became smaller and smaller in her eyes.

She couldn't even believe it, she really ran away with the most important sample of Floating Void City.

After she leaves with this sample, what will happen to the research institute, what will happen to the floating city, and what will happen to the human world?

She can't imagine...

But she knew that leaving here meant losing the asylum of the ethnic group.

She can choose to leave selfishly, and she can not be afraid of life and death, but what about others?There was no need for them to follow her to the ground where they had escaped death.

Chai Yuening frowned tightly, and asked in a low voice, "You...you want to follow me?"

"Of course! If not with you, who?" Lao Xiang smiled, "Are you going to march and demonstrate with those mobs?"

Lu Qi: "I can't shout those slogans."

Liandong: "Chu Ci doesn't hurt people at all, they are all talking nonsense."

Chai Yuening: "Don't you know how dangerous the ground is now?"

Du Xia: "Just because I know, I can't leave you alone."

Chai Yuening couldn't answer for a while.

She was silent for a long time, her eyes were covered with mist.

The teammate next to him spoke briskly about the future.

"Dr. Yi gave us a communicator, and she said that she would find a way to help us remotely connect the frequency to the dungeon, and the dungeon will send someone to pick us up." Lonicera said, "Let's go back, there is our home."

Chai Yuening was stunned for a moment, and asked softly: "Du Xia, your grandma..."

"She won't go back." Du Xia said, "She said that when she gets old, she wants to die where she can see the light."

Perhaps, to old people of Grandma Du Xia's age, Floating Void City is just like the old world they once lived in.

In this world, everyone has their own desires and choices.

The released armored vehicle drove up the lifting platform and slowly fell to the ground.

Through the tempered glass around the lifting platform, they looked at the buoyancy columns glowing with golden light one after another in the distance, and once again bid farewell to this human base deep in their hearts.

Chai Yuening looked down at the black vines tightly wrapped around her arms, with a smile of relief from the corners of her eyes.

Humans don't want this sample anymore, she will take her away freely.

This is her yearning and choice.

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The author has something to say:

I can go wandering with you, and I know that the end will be bad (fog)

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