Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 892 The Evil of Human Nature

I don't know if it's because the role setting will have certain psychological implications for Ke Lan, or seeing the ark under construction will bring him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, Ke Lan subconsciously picked up the folding submachine gun hanging on his waist.

But just as he was about to walk towards the factory where the explosion occurred, a colleague on the side put his hand on his shoulder and held him back.

"The accident happened at the No. [-] factory, it's not within our scope of responsibility." Although the colleague had already loaded his submachine gun, he didn't intend to move his footsteps.

Ke Lan looked into the distance, and saw that the security personnel in dark blue overalls were standing still at their original posts, and only a team of soldiers in sand-colored combat uniforms and firefighters in orange uniforms were walking towards the second. Run in the direction of the factory.

"If everyone rushes over there in one go, other places will be undefended..." The colleague who looked not too young explained to Ke Lan in a deep voice, "What if the explosion was just released by the attackers? bait, then you should stick to your post."

He paused, and then said: "As long as there is nothing wrong with the things in the central workshop, any loss is within the tolerable range."

As if to verify what he said, within a few seconds, sporadic gunshots were heard from the direction of the No. [-], No. [-] and No. [-] factories. On the contrary, the thick smoke above the No. [-] factory where the explosion started gradually It went off, and it seemed that the situation had been brought under control.

"Look, I knew it." The man shrugged proudly, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, popped one out very skillfully, lit it in his mouth, and handed the pack to Ke Lan asked in a nasal voice, "here, would you like one?"

"No, thank you, I don't smoke." Ke Lan waved his hand and declined, then looked back at the "Fourth Factory" behind him - the factory's gate was closed, only a small gate connected to the assembly line conveyor belt was open Every few minutes, a sealed metal cabinet will be sent out by the conveyor belt through the small door, and then the staff waiting at the door will put it on a trolley and transport it to the "central workshop" under the huge shed.

Although the fire in the second factory has not been completely extinguished, although there are still gunshots in several other factories, except for the persons in charge of those factories and the mobile troops waiting nearby, no one left their posts without authorization. The factory is still operating in an orderly manner, and everyone is playing their role step by step like a part on a machine, completely turning a blind eye to emergencies that are close at hand.

"I've seen this kind of thing too many times..." my colleague took a puff of cigarette and said, "When this big project just started, I worked as a guard in the factory in North Africa. In the first month, The factory was attacked more than a dozen times, once every two or three days on average, and at most three or four times a day. In the first month, everyone was so devastated that they even had to put With a loaded gun under our heads, we couldn't get a good night's sleep at all... By the second month, although the situation still didn't improve, we became much more comfortable with it... Half a year later, this kind of thing didn't affect us It’s no different from eating and drinking water, but judging by your nervous look, you were assigned here just after training, right?”

"Yeah..." Ke Lan laughed and asked, "Who are the people who attacked?"

Although this illusion was fabricated by Nieto, Ke Lan is really interested in this period of history... Anyway, I can't go out for a while now, so I might as well use the plan to see if I can dig out from Nieto's illusion. Some valuable information to come.

"Who knows... There are all kinds of people, KB elements, religious people, students who have been bewitched... Even some homeless people who are desperate for life will be used by others to run outside the walls of the factory, Throw Molotov cocktails filled with denatured alcohol or gasoline at the walls."

"Is the defense around the factory so weak? Even homeless people can get close to the wall?" Ke Lan was stunned for a moment, "I think our factory is full of warning signs for minefields?"

"It's a minefield, and it's just a few non-lethal electric shock traps... The density is still very low. As long as you want, you can even pass through the minefield with your eyes closed. I can guarantee that there are eight out of ten Nine, you will not step on any trap."

"……how so?"

"Time is tight... Do you know how many days it took for this factory to be put into use?"

"how many days?"

"Less than a week." The colleague took another deep puff of the cigarette, pointed to the top of his head with his finger while puffing, "The gang in the sky are pressing hard, factories all over the world are working overtime... In addition to the big ship, there is also the star gate used to accelerate the big ship, which is also a big project."

The big ship in the other party's mouth naturally refers to "Noah's Ark".

"Speaking of which, I can't quite understand the brain circuits of those people. It is obvious that there are still hundreds of years before the sun swallows the earth, and they will not live until that time, so why bother to risk their own lives? ..." This colleague of Ke Lan seems to have a great addiction to cigarettes, and just after smoking one, he took out another one and lit it.

"Hundreds of years..."

As a New Era resident of the Ark living more than 1000 years later, Ke Lan naturally knows that this is just a lie to stabilize people's hearts-but in a sense, it is not a lie: the aging and expanding sun is indeed a lie. It will be hundreds of years before it is swallowed by the earth, but before it swallows the earth, the rising temperature will be enough to cut off all life on the earth.

According to the estimates of later generations, after the ark set sail, the time left for the people on earth will not exceed 30 years at most.

Moreover, within ten years, the average temperature on the surface of the earth will rise to [-] to [-] degrees Celsius, and this number will double in three years. At that time, all human beings left on the earth must go underground Living in the shelter, the surface will no longer be suitable for any living things.

No. 20, five years, the earth will be "ignited", and No. 30 years, the entire crust will be burned through, and everything in the shelter will be reduced to ashes.

The reason why the construction plan of the Ark is so urgent is precisely because the leaders of various countries know that the time left for human beings and the earth is running out.

In fact, the propaganda of those radical organizations that opposed the Ark project was actually true—at that time, most young people could witness the day when the earth was engulfed in flames.

If the destruction of the earth really had to wait hundreds of years later, the resistance movements around the world would definitely not be so active... After all, many people have the mentality of "after I die, don't care about the flood".

But the problem is that this "flood" will come soon, and the vast majority of people on the earth cannot get the "ticket" to board the Ark.

Reality is never fair, and the so-called "everyone is equal" preached in peaceful times is itself a beautiful lie, not to mention that all human beings are at the moment of life and death... Everyone knows this kind of thing, but not everyone can Accepting this reality, they will only complain about why they cannot board the ark, why some people can escape from this planet that is about to be destroyed, but they can only stay and wait to die.

Coupled with the fact that the end is approaching, the fear of death has gradually turned into madness, and the frequent occurrence of riots is naturally not difficult to explain.

Assuming that the authoritative media announces that the end of the world is still a few days away, after the initial doubts, the whole society will be thrown into chaos—the last time described in those literary and artistic works makes up for regrets in life and leaves precious memories, etc. The beautiful stories in the past are all deceptive. Only a chaotic world, a broken order, and burning, killing, and looting everywhere are what the end of the world should look like.

When the shadow of death falls on people, when laws and morals lose their binding force, the "evil" in human hearts will be stimulated to the greatest extent...

"Look, you can admit this too, human nature is evil." Nieto's voice suddenly sounded in Ke Lan's mind, "The lives of most individuals are worthless, except for the whole group. They can't do anything but hold back."

"Either turn off this boring illusion for me, or shut up, you choose." Ke Lan said impatiently.

Nieto did not continue to speak, but chose to remain silent.

Obviously, it is not in a hurry to convince Ke Lan...or it wants to trap Ke Lan with illusions.

Ke Lan doesn't know whether the time in the real world is synchronized with the illusion, and he is not sure what his situation is in the real world... If this illusion is like a dream, I don't know if 33 is still awake.

You know, the two are now in the jungle hunting ground.Although the overlord of this area has been killed by Ke Lan, if it takes a long time, after the breath of the mutant crocodile dissipates, other high-level mutants who want to expand their territory will naturally invade here. If people are in an unconscious state, then the situation is not so good.

This illusion must be solved as soon as possible... But the question is, where should we start?
In the last "Piazza dell' Fiori" environment, Ke Lan tried to use violence to break the situation, but it turned out that it didn't work at all... The illusion is completely made up of the materials in his memory, no matter what happens in the illusion How unreasonable things are, as long as it does not exceed the limit of Ke Lan's imagination, the illusion can continue...

Even if a scene of Ultraman vs. Transformers was staged on the battlefield of World War II, it would not have any impact on the illusion—only Ke Lan would think it was outrageous, and everyone else in the illusion would think it was very strange. Normal thing, or simply ignore it.

Just like when Ke Lan talked to Nieto, his volume was enough for the "colleague" standing beside him to hear, but the other party didn't pay attention to Ke Lan's "talking to himself".

Ke Lan's current situation is like being deeply trapped in an extremely real nightmare. He clearly knows that this is a dream, but he can't wake up from the dream no matter what.

As for how Nieto controlled his brain to produce this illusion, it should be related to his accidental glimpse of the "starry sky" just now... Otherwise, when Ke Lan and 33 first stepped into the upper city, Nieto could use This trick doesn't have to wait until now.

The "dome scene" seen through the rivets earlier was a fatal flaw, and Nieto probably seized this opportunity to create this layer upon layer of illusions.

A similar situation happened once in the bottomless sinkhole. That time, the situation was broken by an email from the intelligence dealer... Although Ke Lan didn't know how the intelligence dealer managed to send the email to the "dream" He came from here, and Ke Lan checked his mobile phone and mailbox afterwards, but found no trace of this email, and the intelligence dealer mentioned this matter cryptically, and the other party also looked completely unaware...

But after Ke Lan learned that the intelligence dealer and the undead crew were inextricably linked, he was basically sure that the email was definitely a kind of "help" from the outside world. I don't know.

The intelligence dealer's real name is Li Hao, but the registrant of the "ACMS_0420" ID is just Li Hao.Moreover, according to the investigation of the Undead Crew Association, this Li Hao died accidentally a year before the Battle of the Bronze City Ruins... Ke Lan is an atheist. It will be Li Hao's ghost.

Regardless of whether Li Hao died for real or in fake form, and no matter who the person behind that ID is, in short, after the Battle of Bronze City, the intelligence dealer never contacted Ke Lan again, and that ID has always remained gray. Offline, never lit up again.

This time, if Ke Lan wants to break the situation, it is obviously impossible to rely on external force.

He brought his attention back to his eyes again, and the gunshots in the factories where the gun battles broke out have also disappeared at this time. A group of security personnel wearing the same dark blue overalls as Ke Lan are carrying the corpses one by one. Come out and place them side by side on the construction site outside the factory building.

Most of the bodies were staff members in white uniforms, and only one security officer in a dark blue uniform died in the exchange of fire.

There was a notice from the security center on the intercom, to the effect that there were spies planted by the rebel organization among the newly recruited workers last week. These spies stole the factory's weapon arsenal and set up an improvised explosive device in the second factory. .

Their primary purpose is not to destroy the parts being assembled in the central factory - it is too difficult to destroy that thing, just approaching the shed requires six security checks, so these rebels took the next best thing and put Targets are selected for experienced engineers in each factory.

They believe that as long as enough engineers are killed, the progress of the assembly project will be greatly delayed... thus buying more time for the next move of the rebel organization.

【PS Thank you Ruikang for the 1000 starting coins. 】

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