top edge

The aircraft carried enough batteries and headed eastward in the dark.

In the automatic flight mode, no one needs to watch the route, and the two can have a good rest.

Lieutenant Shen Si lay on the co-pilot's seat, watched the news screen projected on the top of the cockpit, and said to Kleiter: "The refugees in City Z in the western region are injecting new drugs."

According to the news, a long queue formed in the buffer zone between City Z and neighboring cities, and the refugees walked towards the medical staff one by one to inject fertility-destroying drugs into their flanks.

Kleite turned his head to look at the projection on the side of Shen Si: "I want to reduce my sentence."

After all, there are only a minority of people who want to have children, so if you have a chance to reduce your sentence for no reason, don't take it for nothing.

Shen Siwei said: "Nightingale is still speaking at the side."

He zoomed in on a corner of the news, and saw a few people wearing nightingale-patterned short-sleeves, holding loudspeakers, shouting something—the news had been silenced.

But the banner in their hands still flashed: Everyone is equal, reject the rule of the Margots.

"They work hard," Kreiter said, "but there are very few people who are willing to listen to them."

"Because if there were no Mages, people's living conditions would be very bad." Shen Siwei said, "Nightingale would have a hard time changing people's thinking."

"What about you?" Kreiter asked suddenly, "Equality and safety, how do you choose?"

"I……"

When Wei Shen suddenly thought of going to the top floor to meet Miller, Adolf asked him his views on the social system.

At that time, his mind was still frozen 25 years ago, and he didn't have much thought about these things.But after reading Amor's diary, he admitted that he was affected and felt that the current society might not be so good.

"I'll choose neutral," he said, "but I believe most civilians will choose safety."

"Yes." Kleite breathed out helplessly, "So Nightingale lacks sufficient persuasiveness."

"Then do you think they will launch a coup by force?" Wei Shen asked.

"No." Kreiter said, "Nightingale has been attacked in the past few years, and it has never been able to expand its scale. It has no ability to launch a coup. And as long as people's thinking is not changed, even if the rule is overthrown by force, it will not win the hearts of the people."

Shen Siwei nodded.

"Don't think about it." Kreit changed his heavy tone, "Look ahead."

Shen Si Wei raised his head slightly, only to realize that the sky had turned pale at some point.The golden light drives away the night from bottom to top, and after a while, the rising sun rises from behind the horizon, illuminating the devastated city.

——The two have entered the edge of the ruins.

The rising sun represents anger, but the city below is lifeless.Unlike the ruins of City Z in the west, the ruins in the south are dead silent, with vines entwining the old buildings, like a ghost town.

Car-sized spiders crawled on the streets, feeding on scrap iron; ferocious pigeons circled the square, attacking stray cats and dogs passing by.

Such a sunrise scenery is really unique.

"Some birds will attack the aircraft." Kreiter said and reset the cruising altitude, "You continue to rest, I will watch."

The two piloted the aircraft alternately, and after the sun went down, they arrived in the center of the once busiest city.

Since there is still a whole day's journey away from the distant coastline, and the aircraft's batteries need to be replaced and the engine needs to be rested and maintained, the two decided to settle here.

The city center is far away from the nuclear leak, and there is no nuclear radiation in the air.

Science and technology museums, museums, and grand theaters are all built here. Although these buildings have long been abandoned, you can also feel the cultural heritage here.

Among them, the roof of the museum is the most flat and open, and the two landed the aircraft here.

Lieutenant Shen Si got off the aircraft and subconsciously looked around the strange place, his attention was immediately attracted by a familiar iconic facility.

"Have you ever sat in that thing?" Clayt raised his chin and asked.

"Sit." Wei Shen said.

Ferris wheel, something that has long since disappeared in the tree of life.

Since the "Declaration" was signed, the primary schools and amusement parks in the tree of life have been abolished one after another, and things like the Ferris wheel have naturally become a thing of the past.

"I've never sat on it before." Kelet put his hands on the railing of the roof and looked at the quiet Ferris wheel from a distance. "It's a pity that there is no electricity here."

Lieutenant Shen Si could tell that Kreiter wanted to ride the Ferris wheel.

He sat with his mother when he was a child, but not many times, because his mother was always busy.

When he grew up, he was no longer interested in these things, because he always felt that this was the joy of children.

Thinking of this, he smiled softly, looked at Krete and said, "You seem like a child."

I thought Kleite would be unhappy when he heard such words, but he turned his head quickly and met Lieutenant Shen Si's gaze: "You have said this before."

"Ah?" Shen Siwei was taken aback.

"You touched my tattoo, and I said it was very itchy," Kreit said, "You said I was like a child."

Some fragments flashed through my mind, like reflections in the water, already close at hand.But Shen Siwei stretched out his hand to fish it out, but found nothing except breaking the reflection.

He pursed his lips: "I... still can't remember."

"It's okay." Kreit withdrew his hand from the railing, pointed to the door on the roof with his chin, "Go down and have a look? There are many interesting things."

The museum has a total of six floors, and each floor is a period.

The two started to walk up from the ground floor, and walked through the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Steam Age, Information Age, and Smart Age in turn. Shen Siwei seemed to see a three-dimensional "A Brief History of Mankind".

There are still many remaining replica exhibits in the glass cabinet. Although the light of the flashlight cannot show the exquisiteness of these exhibits, it does not affect the fun of visiting the museum.

"Look, this is an old mobile phone." Kleite took out a rectangular piece of glass from the broken showcase, "Isn't it very old?"

Shen Siwei took it and played with it. The so-called "mobile phone" is not so much glass as a transparent screen. When people leave this screen, they can project with their palms anytime, anywhere.

"What's that?" Wei Shen put down his phone, and lit up another showcase with a flashlight.

"AR glasses." Kreit said, "In the past, you had to wear glasses to see AR, isn't it incredible?"

"It's kind of interesting." Shen Siwei finally understood why there were so many weird gadgets in Kreiter's house, because it was really cool to collect these things.

But at this moment, the sound of glass shards being trampled suddenly sounded in the quiet museum.

The two of them shone their flashlights at the source of the sound at the same time, only to see several deformed dogs with scarlet eyes and grinning teeth appearing in the passage.Their stature is no different from ordinary domestic dogs, but their skin and flesh are festered, making them look shocking.

"Let's go." Kreit took out his gun and fired a few bullets into the passage, "The skin of these dogs cannot be touched."

"Then you go ahead." Shen Siwei's skin is immune to poison, so it is natural for him to be in the back.

The deformed fierce dog did not pose any threat to the two of them, but Shen Siwei's pants were bitten to a large extent.

The two blocked the roof door and returned to the side of the aircraft. Kreiter started loading and unloading the batteries, while Lieutenant Shen Si changed his clothes.

The torn pants had to be thrown away. Just as Wei Shen rearranged his backpack, his communicator suddenly vibrated.

It was Maureen calling.

"Hey, it's me." Lieutenant Shen Si looked at Kleiter and signaled him not to speak with his eyes.

"I see that your coordinates have reached the ruins. Is there any clue about Amor?" Mo Lin asked.

At this time, Wei Shen also understood why Mo Lin didn't send a message, but called directly.

Because he was in the dungeon before, it might be inconvenient for him to answer the phone, but now that the ruins are here, there will definitely be no one around.

"Well." Shen Siwei said, "I found that Amor was not missing, but left the tree of life on his own initiative."

"Really?" Mo Lin's voice sounded a little surprised, "Why did he leave the tree of life?"

Shen Siwei thought for a while and said concisely: "Elope with my lover."

"Elope? It's unlikely." Mo Lin immediately retorted, "Amor is very well-behaved, he is not such a person."

Shen Siwei didn't want to explain too much to Mo Lin, he just said: "The clues I found are like this."

"Alright then, keep tracking." Having said that, Molin paused, and then said, "The ruins in the south are huge, if you really can't find them, don't force them, come back and report as soon as possible."

"Okay." Wei Shen Si said.

"By the way," Molin asked, "Is there any news from Clayte?"

Shen Siwei looked at the people beside him: "No."

"Okay, that's how it is." Mo Lin said, "Good night."

I don't know if he was on guard, but Shen Siwei's first reaction was that Mo Lin was testing him.

He replied without thinking, "Good night."

After hanging up the communicator, Lieutenant Shen Si found Kleite standing beside him staring at him motionless.

"Good night?" Kreit raised his brows, and the tip of his tail was full of dissatisfaction, "Who are you saying good night to?"

"Superior." Wei Shen Si said.

"You still want to say good night to your superiors?" Kreit frowned deeply.

"I'm not sure, but he seems to have implanted a false memory in me." Shen Siwei explained, "In my memory now, I'm in love with him, and he said good night to me, so I can't arouse his suspicion .”

"Bam—"

As soon as Shen Siwei finished speaking, the battery that Kleiter had just replaced was crushed and exploded in an instant, turning into a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.

"Love, person?" He took a deep breath, "In your memory, you and him are lovers?"

Speaking of this, Kleite cursed, and Shen Siwei seemed to be able to see blue smoke rising from the top of someone's head.

"I don't really feel it, I have never seen him as a lover." Shen Siwei said.

"But you say good night to him."

"That's out of necessity."

Shen Siwei didn't know why he had to explain. Could it be that Mo Lin said good night to him and he told Mo Lin to go away?

But seeing Krete's displeased expression, he seemed to understand that good night really shouldn't be said casually to others.

"You haven't said good night to me yet."

Kleite dropped this sentence angrily, and went to the engine in front of the aircraft. Lieutenant Shen Si couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded.

A 30-year-old man is really naive, he even wants to fight for this kind of thing.

"Did you keep watch in the first half of the night?" Wei Shen asked.

The deformed dog was still banging on the door, and it was unknown how long the iron door could last.

Although these monsters are unlikely to pose a substantial threat to them with their fighting power, if the aircraft is accidentally attacked by monsters, it will be troublesome in the follow-up, so someone still needs to be guarded at night.

Kleite buried himself in maintaining the engine and did not answer Shen Siwei's question.

"Lei?" Shen Siwei had no choice but to shout again, with a hint of coaxing a child in his tone, even his name was reduced to a nickname.

This trick seemed to be very useful, the rustling sound in front of him stopped suddenly, and after a while, Kreiter's deep voice came: "Well, go and rest."

"Okay." Shen Siwei said, "Good night."