Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

At the moment when the chimney disappeared, they had only one thought in their heads: If the [Dark Zone] is really the [Wildness], it should have the power of the [Wildness].

But when they tried to make the idea of ​​"returning to my current world" stronger in their hearts, nothing happened.

Things are getting worse.

Obviously, the [Dark Zone] on the edge of [Wildness] no longer possesses some of the power of [Wildness].

The [Dark Zone] illuminated by the starry sky is no longer as deep and pitch-black as the [Wilderness], but it is not so bright that one can see with the naked eye. Under the illumination of a flashlight, the visible range in the [Dark Zone] is barely Strong enough to reach the level of "dark moonless nights" in this world.

They looked at the direction of the starry sky and began to move forward in the [Dark Zone]. Because there was less darkness in the direction of the starry sky and the space was brighter, that must be the direction in which they could leave the [Dark Zone].

The [Dark Zone] transformed from [Wildness] obviously no longer assumes most of the functions of the original [Wildness]. As they moved forward, they saw more and more people and other creatures appearing in the darkness. Then They are the dead souls who died in the [Apocalypse] and should have been reborn before being decomposed and reconstructed by the [Wilderness] cycle.

Under the starry sky, in the darkness, hundreds of ghosts walk at night.

These undead souls that were supposed to sink into the [Wilderness] were not swallowed up by the [Wilderness] as usual, but stood blankly in the wilderness, allowing the "paint beasts" in the darkness to bite and devour them——

That was the terrible thing that was once called "Desolation". They may be the only beneficiaries of the apocalypse. The food that enters the "Wild" is almost inexhaustible.

They couldn't see clearly what the lacquer beasts looked like, because whenever they shined their flashlights, those ferocious guys would hide in the darkness.

The undead gradually became more and more dense, and soon they were almost airtight. They walked through the group of undead with entities, and their walking speed was greatly reduced. Coupled with the constant harassment of the lacquer beasts, their physical strength continued to increase. Constantly being consumed.

What is incomprehensible is that even if the crowd is so dense that the toes are touching the heels, the density of the undead group is still increasing.

"Something's wrong." Klein said, "We can't get out like this!"

His sudden opening immediately attracted the attention of the undead. For a moment, countless gloomy eyes focused on him, and countless eyes of the dead came towards him.

The dead who were silent due to death were attracted by the breath of the living in his mouth. That was the thing they longed for most - life, the thing they longed for most after becoming dead.

They surrounded him and stretched their arms toward him. Countless arms ending with Klein formed a huge matrix in the darkness, as if they were trying to seal Klein here.

Klein grabbed Ogami and used his idealistic power that he didn't want to use unless he had to.

The next moment, the two disappeared among the undead groups and appeared in a place that looked like the surface of the planet.

Klein suddenly knelt on the ground and stopped moving. Ogami helped him up and saw that his face was completely withered, as if he had turned into a mummy that had been dehydrated!
This is the price of using overloaded spiritual power - when he wants to accomplish something so difficult that it is almost impossible, his body must pay more than he can bear.

Ogami carried the dehydrated Klein on his shoulders, relying on the little oxygen left in the insulating suit, and began to move forward on the surface of the desert-like cold planet.

He didn't walk out for long before he fell to the ground due to lack of oxygen and his consciousness was completely disconnected.

……

……

Ogami was awakened by a very bright light.

Someone had obviously opened his eyelids and was checking his pupils with a flashlight or something like that.

This frail body could no longer mobilize even a little finger through will, so he just lay there, with the light of the shadowless lamp filling the entire world in front of his pupils.

Before his hearing had fully recovered, he vaguely heard the sound of conversation.

"Part of the brain tissue has become necrotic due to lack of oxygen, which means he may lose some memory and body functions."

"Can't be saved?"

Ogami instantly recognized the owner of this voice—Jack Baldo!

Didn’t he go to Starlink?

This... is a colony of Starlink?

The other voice was a little short of breath, but still expressed his personal opinions:
"It's not a matter of whether we can save him or not. Saving such a person is a waste of resources. Even if he can be saved, he is still a waste."

Ogami thought to himself that logically his memories should be stored in the server, not in this body. This may be the reason why he can still stay awake now.

There was a dispute between the two voices:

"Although I don't know this person, since I have met him, I should help him. Our resources are not as scarce as you said."

"Okay, you have to sign this organ printing book. I need to print a few organs... This is the rule you set, and you have to take the lead in abiding by it."

"I understand, what about the other person? He is half my friend, so he needs to be saved."

"How should I put it...that half of your friends may not be human."

"Well, I know he's a little weird."

"Hmm... He is actively dehydrating himself like a bug in a dry zone to avoid tissue and organ necrosis caused by energy depletion and lack of oxygen. This is a very low-level physiological function, but it is quite useful in his situation. "

"Can it be saved?"

"It's easy to do. Just pour plasma into the blood vessels and pour nutrient solution into the mouth."

"It also requires my signature for approval, right?"

“Yes…but Jack, do you really want to waste resources to save the two of them?

The base has already criticized you for allocating resources to other bases. The carbon elements used for printing were dug out from the ground day and night by the brothers. They were supposed to be used to print food for survival. If you give it to them like this, I'm afraid some people will complain. "

"Oh, there are already such rumors, but there is nothing we can do. If we give up on them, they will be no different from the previous managers of the Starlink colony. This is what we should be most afraid of and vigilant about. "

"Jack...you are so kind."

"Anyway, please get started."

There was a rustling signature sound, and then there was the sound of the medicine bottle being opened, followed by the subtle sound of liquid flowing when the syringe draws the medicine liquid from the small medicine bottle.

The next moment a slight pain appeared on the skin, Ogami's consciousness quickly blurred.

The anesthetic took effect.

……

When he opened his eyes again, it was already an unknown amount of time later.

When he regained his vision, the room that looked like a medical treatment room was empty. The bedding on the bed next to him was messy, and it looked like someone had slept there. ‘It’s Klein. ’ Ogami thought.

This mortal body was holding him back. Ogami had not tasted the bitter consequences of being held back by his physical strength for a long time. This experience gave him a wonderful feeling - he felt as if he had come back to life again. To have life - and indeed it is.

He got out of bed, put on the brand new work clothes on the bedside table, walked out the door, came to the elevator, looked at the work area logo on the sign, and pressed the elevator button to the work area floor.

‘There is sufficient power here, and it can even be kept hygienic and clean, which is much better than the mechanical hive. ’

When he got off the elevator, he saw a team of miners who had just returned from the mining area walking toward him playfully. Those people restrained themselves after seeing him, so he asked them where Jack Baldo was now. s position.

He followed their guidance and came to a conference room above the base, where Jack Baldo and Klein Justus, who had completely recovered to their original state, were here.

"you're awake."

Jack Bardo greeted him:

"Long time no see. I didn't expect so many things to happen to you."

Klein said to Ogami:
"We are discussing returning to the surface of the planet. They can provide us with enough help, but there is no guarantee that we will be able to find the mechanical hive when we return."

Ogami looked at Jack Baldo:
"I always feel that Chen Yan and the others are fine. I won't give up until I see it with my own eyes."

Jack Bardo nodded:
"I think the same way, but I can't go back with you. I've encountered a lot of things here, and the situation has become very delicate. My leaving will break this delicate balance and lead to very bad consequences."

They don't know what kind of events he has experienced during this period, nor do they know what kind of choices he is facing now. The only thing they can do is understand and trust.

Klein said to Ogami:
"Not only do we want to go back, but we will also bring back the iterated [Element Recombination] technology. Starlink scientists further black-boxed the [Element Recombination] technology and created a device similar to a printer.

It's just that ordinary printers print paper, but printers powered by element recombination technology print food and things synthesized according to existing formulas - as long as there are materials and functional formulas that conform to the basic structure of matter, printing can be completed. "

Jack Baldo said solemnly:

"Chen Yan hasn't contacted me for a long time. The chance of the mechanical hive surviving is too slim, so I can't let you take the scientists back. I can only let a Turing follow you back. He will become the central control on your shuttle ship. System, I hope you can get along well with him."

The process of their departure from the base was quite smooth, so they noticed something was wrong. Jack Baldo sent them away too eagerly and did not even ask about their current health status. This may of course be because he learned about their health status through the instrument. Health status, but more likely due to other reasons.

On the bridge, Jack Baldo shook hands with them and said goodbye.

"I don't know when we will meet next time. Although I am an immortal, there are too many surprises that I cannot resist. I hope we will have the opportunity to meet again."

In troubled times, who can guarantee that they can survive alone?

They boarded the shuttle ship, and the Starlink colony gradually faded away through the porthole.

Jack Baldo stood on the bridge and stared at the starry sky in the direction of the shuttle ship's disappearance. After a long time, he turned around, picked up the phone, and dialed a number:
“It’s me, sending letters for a meeting.

Yes, things must come to an end. "

……

……

At this moment.

Mechanical Hive Area A, in the collapse area of ​​a certain block.

This is one of the few areas in Area A of the Mechanical Hive that was seriously affected by the tsunami. Part of the collapse area was exposed to the air. After the fall of the Mechanical Hive, the ice here melted to a certain extent and was destroyed by someone before the public knew about it. A gang surrounded it and made it a private property.

At this time, the pool in the private property was crowded with people. Most of them were gang members, and they were watching an interrogation that might turn into execution——

When Koschiranfor Clapeter was fished out of the water, half of his body submerged in the water had been frozen, and he completely lost consciousness from the waist down.

He was thrown to the cold floor like someone was throwing garbage, and a piece of moldy cotton wool was thrown on top of him to prevent him from freezing to death immediately.

A guy wearing a Z Group employee uniform squatted next to him and used a knife to pick up his frozen hair:

"Look at this, our relationship is so tense, how shabby is it? When I become the boss in the future, I will still want to use you!"

Koschilanfur Krapet seemed to have been frozen to death, and there was no trace of hot breath exhaled from his pale lips.

The man raised his fingers to his side, and a tablet computer was given to him by a younger brother. He showed the tablet computer to Koschilanfur Krapeter:

"Now, as long as you sign this, confirming the crimes Chen Yan has committed, I will immediately arrange for you to have an intelligent prosthetic limb surgery - I know a doctor named Magpie, who comes from a medical family. Much better than that crow thing in your company!

When you get better, your current position will still be yours. "

He seemed to be very approachable, and said harmoniously next to Koschilanfur Krapeter:

"I'm different from Chen Yan. I don't like so many rules. When you become my right-hand man, that means one person is better than ten thousand people. I have limited energy and I like to play. It's not you who said that in the mechanical hive. Calculate?"

Seeing that Xiaoke still didn't respond, he suddenly had an impatient look on his face. He grabbed Xiaoke's finger and pressed it on the tablet screen.

The moment before he touched the tablet, he suddenly saw Xiaoke's fingers slightly bent.

This almost imperceptible movement triggered his anger.

"Damn you! Damn you!"

He stood up suddenly, slammed the tablet on the ground, pulled out a machete from his waist with his backhand, and chopped off Xiaoke's right hand with one blow.

Koschilanfur Krapeter went into shock from the pain and no longer had any reaction.

The man's anger still hadn't subsided. He kicked Xiao Ke several times. Still not relieved, he squatted down next to Xiao Ke, grabbed Xiao Ke's hair, pointed at the skull with one hand, and shouted in a fierce tone. road:

"Bring me my craniotomy!"

This time there was no response from the younger brother.

He stood up angrily when he received no response, only to see that the younger brothers who had surrounded the pool had disappeared at some point. Only the large amount of blood that had begun to freeze on the ground proved that they had ever existed.

The moment the shock hit him, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and the vision in front of him suddenly increased.

The field of vision turned 180 degrees behind him uncontrollably, and a bald head with no expression in his eyes appeared in the field of vision.

The bald man picked up his cell phone, took a picture of his face, and then threw his head into the pool. The body that was still standing fell to the ground like a broken sack without support.

The bald man picked up Koschiranfor Clapeter, and the next moment his figure flashed and disappeared.