I'm a lord in the wasteland

Chapter 12 The Unbearable Past
On the evening of August 2340, 8 AD, the Function Recovery Center of the Wine Barrel Fortress.

In a secret room with a large red pentagram carved on the ground, there was an unbearable strong smell of disinfectant.Huge braziers doused with animal fat burn with disturbing purple flames.

All the dead bodies were neatly stacked in the center of the pentagram.Several skeletal priests closed their eyes and muttered words to save the dead. The trainee priests covered with bandages put the relatively complete corpses into containers made of pure gold. In the vat.After the container was sealed, it was slowly injected with a light yellow potion [Yam Fruit] extracted from lava grass.After the corpse came into contact with the medicine, a violent chemical reaction occurred, and the mist exploded in the container instantly, melting the flesh and blood.In less than a minute, only the chip of the deceased remained in the container, and the solution became the [source of life] that could provide a new body for the living.After the trainee pastor opened the container, he carefully collected the chips and placed them in a storage box.At this time, a new corpse has been put into the container again. [The source of life] is continuously transported from the morgue to the upstairs room along a transparent conduit on the base of the golden container.

Zhong Tian watched all this quietly from the skylight.Life and death seemed so commonplace to him.

Yes, he was brought up by the bone priests since he was a child, and he basically spent a long time in the morgue during his teenage years.When he was 16 years old, when he took the job change assessment for the first time, his spiritual skills were only F and failed to pass the D-level threshold requirements, so he did not pass the qualifications for trainee priests.After that, he was assigned to the Miners Union by the War Center, and he did this for 4 years.

At this time, many leading figures of the fortress had gathered in the upstairs room, and everyone was quietly waiting for a news.

"The wound is not serious. It could have healed in about 12 hours...but he used the mithril plug-in, and his body was overloaded. It's hard to say when he will wake up."

A slow, inarticulate voice first broke the silence.The old man who spoke was hunched over, wearing a black cloak and a melon cap, with dozens of cloth bags hanging on his body, just like a walking pharmacy.He is Gu Xue, the chief scientist of Wine Barrel Fortress.

He is the top director of the Science Department and Functional Recovery Center of the Barrel Fortress.Set near an underground lake, this rescue facility predates the cask fort by decades.Back then, the Barrel Fortress was the only medical institution open to ordinary civilians in the "small island" continent, and it became the only hope for the wounded and sick in this world.Therefore, the first fortress lord was also crowned with the title of "savior" and was inherited by the lords of the past dynasties.Now the functional recovery center provides various medical guarantees from basic to advanced for the people of Wine Barrel Fortress.If you die unfortunately, as long as the chip is recovered by the fortress, the body will be reconstituted in the petri dish of the functional recovery center.Once the reorganization is complete, your system will be activated again and a new life will begin anew.Of course, the price of rebirth will be an astronomical figure for ordinary synthetic humans...

A human rehabilitation device about 2 meters high, Lao Jin's limbs appear as a "big" character and are fixed in a container filled with "source of life".Under the precise and fast operation of the laser scalpel driven by high-voltage electrodes, a wonderful weak current emerged from the surface of Lao Jin's body.

The more severe the wound, the more frequently this current occurs.

His wounds seemed to be healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In this small laboratory, dozens of petri dishes are densely packed, and the floor is almost filled with various lines and delivery pipes, making it impossible for people to get down.Several containers parallel to Lao Jin were also filled with people, and the petri dish on the far left contained Sama's chips.

Master Sama's body does not yet have a physical appearance, to be precise, it is a skeleton.

I figured it belonged to Lord Sama from the label on the container.

"It takes 24 hours to reload the human body. Everyone's body is different, although we have obtained blessings under the blessing of Lord Arthur..." Gu Xue saw my confusion.

"But rebirth doesn't come without a price. Due to the large consumption of treating the wounded, the minimum dosage for maintaining the seriously injured is removed. Our remaining [Yama Fruit] is only enough to revive Lord Sama...but"

He typed a few times on the keyboard with both hands, and many obscure graphics and codes appeared on the screen.

"But we only have a very low chance of reconstructing her original body... The chip records the last life information of the synthetic human before death. The adult used a combat plug-in [Black Entropy No. [-]] beyond the scope of his ability. Although the combat ability It was magnified three times, but died before the backlash effect was digested by the body..."

Gu Xue paused at this point.

"Then after we reconstruct her limbs, internal organs, cells, and even her mind may be rearranged. The final result may no longer be the human or creature known in biology. It all depends on her creation, maybe we will personally Create a monster?" At this time, he made a strange sound with a half-cry and patted his head with few hairs left.

"This problem has troubled me all my life. After 20 years of fighting with the [Golden Crusade], we finally failed to master the technology of rewriting the chip. I don't know if the old lord will forgive me..." After speaking, Gu Xue knelt down in pain. Covered his face on the ground and cried.

Everyone looked at Gu Xue's strange behavior in puzzlement, while Fan Jun expressed even more dissatisfaction.

"Hey, how did Master Sama become a monster... cheer me up! If Master Beta hadn't saved you from the pirate's gallows...you would have fed the sharks long ago!"

"If you talk nonsense like that again, I'll beat you up!"

Fan Jun's face almost hit Gu Xue's nose.

At this time, another petri dish sounded an alarm, and the flickering yellow light broke the awkward atmosphere.

It's the petri dish on Lao Jin's right, and what's in it is Ling Ling.

Everyone quickly gathered in the past, and the alarm reminded everyone: the people inside have woken up.

Ling Ling clenched his hands tightly, his body twitched rhythmically, the wound on his face had already healed, and he spit out a lot of air bubbles from his mouth.

His eyes opened slightly, just in time to meet Zhong Tian face to face.

"This person's recovery ability is really strong. He recovered from a fractured skull so quickly. His body regeneration speed is also faster than that of ordinary synths. If he doesn't have special talents, it may have something to do with his combat system... ..."

It seemed that Gu Xue was very interested in the intruder's body, so he kept thinking about it, and of course he didn't forget a thing.

"This is your prisoner. According to tradition, you should decide his fate... Kill him, or take out the chip and sell it for a high price?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Zhong Tian who had been standing behind the crowd and had no sense of presence.

"Zhong Tian, ​​this person has hurt so many of our brothers, as well as Lao Jin, you must be careful."

Fan Jun worriedly reminded him.

"I'll forget it. I just came here because I didn't feel relieved about Lao Jin. It's fine for this person to deal with your decision to become an official."

"Although your military rank is not high, your strength is still not satisfactory. But according to the tradition of the Corruptor, the person who captures the enemy's head is the only one who has the right to judge! Even if you are a bartender or a groom...or even a useless miner." The official who spoke It was Zhu Zhao, captain of the Scrap Iron Guard, who looked up and down Zhong Tian maliciously, his tone full of contempt for Zhong Tian's humble status. "If you want to give up the jurisdiction...unless...unless you die."

It seemed that Zhong Tian had to make a decision, he shook his head, took a deep breath and walked to the petri dish.

"Does it mean that you will abide by whatever decision I make?" He still wanted to get a definite answer.

"Of course. It's tradition!" "Yes, we respect tradition!" Everyone seems to have given a very positive response.

Zhong Tian gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind.

Ling Ling in the petri dish glared at the person who defeated him.

I saw Zhong Tian pressing the reset button.

The culture fluid was slowly drained out, and the fixtures on the bracket let go of Lingling's limbs.He took off the catheter in his mouth and coughed violently a few times.

"I'm Zhong Tian, ​​we've met before."

He extended his hand to Ling Ling friendly.

【Snapped! 】Ling Ling beat Zhong Tian's hand aside mercilessly.

"You! What are your plans! I was actually killed by a low-level soldier, why didn't you kill me? Are you trying to take this opportunity to humiliate me? I will definitely not give you this chance, I would rather die on the battlefield!!"

Ling Ling roared loudly.Facing the heavy siege and defenseless, he just wanted to die at this moment.

"Hey, hey, why didn't you kill him, why did you release this thief! Do you know that your lord died because of this thief? Zhong Tian, ​​you are really unreasonable and disappointing!" The traditionalist just now The official turned his face instantly.Others pointed their weapons at Ling Ling, and the atmosphere became tense again.

"If you want to fight, I can accompany you, but I know...you were once a slave."

These words hit Ling Ling like a thunderbolt, and he looked at Zhong Tian in surprise.

He didn't lie.

After Ling Ling was knocked down, Zhong Tian inadvertently observed a round black scab on Ling Ling's back.

That pattern is the unique SL letter logo of [Montenegro] slaves.In order to prevent the slaves from escaping, the slave traders changed the chip data so that every slave had the imprint of this virus that could not be erased from the chip or overwritten.Once you are stabbed with this mark, even if you become the commander of a thousand armies or even the master of the alliance in the future, it will not be able to erase the unbearable past of being a slave.

Zhong Tian's survival guide extracted Ling Ling's resume.

About 10 years ago, that is, in 2330 AD, the battle of Lot City took place in the northern archipelago of the [small island] mainland.

The opponents were Gao Li, the lord of Lot City, and the pirate group [Swordfish] from the Red and White Sea.

Ling Ling is the pilot of a [Falcon-class] assault motorboat belonging to the Eighth Regiment of the Lot City Defense Force.

During the battle to besiege the Dogfish Trench, the headquarters of [Swordfish], [Swordfish] summoned a huge mechanical sea monster [God of R'lyeh].

The navy of Lot City was completely wiped out, the super flagship [Sun Whale] that the lord Gao Li and the queen were riding on was dismembered by sea beasts, the lord, queen and all the ministers were all killed in battle, the formerly prosperous Lot City was immediately invaded by pirates and became dead silent ruined place...

Ling Ling also died in the super vortex created by the sea monster...

When Ling Ling regained consciousness again, it was already a year after the end of the war.In order to facilitate transportation, the slave trader cut his body into a [human pig] with only a head and a torso but no limbs.

After another year of trekking and several times of hands-on, Ling Ling and the other slaves finally arrived in Montenegro.At the annual ordnance fair, Ling Ling became an [A-level vehicle driver] exhibited and sold by slave owners, with a starting price of 5000 scrap.

After dozens of rounds of bidding, Ling Ling was bought by the founder of [Black Feather] Lianzhu at a high price of 70000 scrap. At that time, this transaction caused quite a stir in the slave market in Montenegro.After re-binding the identity system, Ling Ling became the driver of the Zhuanzhu armored command vehicle... Under the training of Zhuanzhu, Ling Ling gradually grew into an independent convoy commander.After years of baptism and experience in war, he finally became the frontline commander of [Black Feather].

However, the sudden disappearance of Zhuanzhu three years ago has become a mystery that the entire [Black Feather] has been pursuing until now.

Ling Ling also inherited the will of Zhuanzhu and became the current second-generation leader of [Black Feather].

Now that the entire gang of thieves has suffered annihilation, Ling Ling blamed himself for all the mistakes. He just wants to die at this moment, so that he can apologize to the boss!

"In order to track down Taohua K's whereabouts, you became an assassin for the watchman, right? Because the Golden City has the world's largest intelligence network. It is said that there is nothing in this world that they don't know, and there is nothing they can't find out who arrived."

After listening to Zhong Tian's ins and outs, Fan Jun propped his chin with his hand to find a reason for Ling Ling to attack the wine barrel fortress.

"Shut up! This has nothing to do with you!"

"Although you are a thieves group with an embarrassing reputation to the outside world, you have your own difficulties... don't you?"

"Don't waste your words! You still have time to kill me now!"

"What about this? You're dead, what will she do?"

Ling Ling was still stubborn, but Zhong Tian's words broke through his last line of defense.

Following the direction of his finger, Qiaoqiao's chip was placed in a petri dish not far from Lingling.

Of course, what makes Ling Ling worry about at this time is A Fei who has been thrown into prison.

"You...you can kill me, but please... don't hurt them! It has nothing to do with them! It's all my responsibility, and I will bear the consequences. The two of them are not thieves, they are..."

Ling Ling finished speaking halfway, but he couldn't continue anyway.

"It's the daughter of Gao Li, the lord of Lot City, right! This is the ticket that [Swordfish] once offered a reward of several million. You use the thieves and stumps all over the continent to track down the whereabouts of these two princesses. In the end, The two princesses were rescued from the hands of bandits and slave traders, and since then they have hidden themselves as bandits, with the purpose of reviving the ruined Lot City..."

Gu Xue suddenly received the call at this time, it turned out that he also checked Ling Ling's chip.He ostentatiously stated all the contents of his reasoning.Unfortunately—he was all right.

"Isn't this just right? Sell these thieves to Montenegro! Then sell those two girls to [Swordfish]! This way, it's tens of millions! We use it to rebuild the fort, and By the way, make a lot of money!" Zhuzhao licked his lips, his greedy eyes became as hot as if he had already received millions of bounties. "I thought it was being robbed, but I didn't expect it to be poverty alleviation... No matter how you look at this business, it's not a loss..."

Before Zhuzhao could finish speaking, Ling Ling's fist had already slammed towards Zhuzhao's face.

"Don't fuck my sister's mind!"

Zhong Tian clearly saw through the attacking moves, and stood in front of Zhu Zhao with a brisk step.

This punch firmly sent Zhong Tian flying, and hit Sama's petri dish with a [Boom——].

The petri dish almost fell off the base, but Gu Xue hurried over to hold it.

"You are so angry, you broke my petri dish! You can't afford it if you sell it!"

Gu Xue started nagging again.

Everyone in the fortress was caught off guard by the sudden attack of the thieves.

Zhuzhao took the lead in attacking Ling Ling!

"You actually dare to do something to my lord? See if I don't chop you up!" Zhu Zhao held the mountain ax and directly slashed Ling Ling to pieces.It was too late, Fan Jun held an ax in both hands and rushed in front of Ling Ling to block all the fatal blows.

"You don't have the right to judge, don't mess around!"

Zhuzhao clenched his fists tightly, because he knew that he was no match for this Valkyrie.

He then spat on the ground, pushed the crowd away with the other scrap iron guards, and left.

Zhong Tian touched his swollen face and stood up.

He smiled and said to Ling Ling.

"Wow, it really hurts! Then we'll be evened!"

"You... know too much, we brothers and sisters will not be safe no matter where we are in the future!"

"Ha, I didn't know that this combat system has so many functions. It turns out that you can check other people's resumes. I don't have the habit of prying into other people's secrets... It's just that you sleep for too long. I'm a little curious why you guys have to run so far Come and kill us..." Zhong Tian, ​​who was a soldier on his first day, was full of curiosity about everything related to the war.

"You bastard! What else did you see!"

Ling Ling rushed over again and grabbed Zhong Tian's collar, lifting him up.

"Wow, you are quite strong..."

"And you like..."

Zhong Tian's rectum was about to kill Ling Ling.

"shut up!!!"

Ling Ling roared, and I clearly saw his face turn red.

He put me down slowly and let go of the hand that was holding my clothes.

"Alas..." he sighed.

"What do you want from me?"

Ling Ling's tone softened a lot, and that arrogant aura seemed to have disappeared.

"Then let's do it again..."

Zhong Tian looked at Ling Ling with a grin on his lips, and stretched out his rough and powerful hand.

"I want to be friends with you."

Ling Ling's eyes widened, he couldn't believe what he heard.

Everyone also looked at Zhong Tian in disbelief, and there were whispers.

Ling Ling lowered his head and let go of his tightly clenched fists.

"The Wasteland has no friends... I hope you understand."

"You defeated me, I admit defeat, and I can bear the consequences..."

Ling Ling took off his command plug-in and handed it to Zhong Tian.

"Take this. Kuroba will no longer exist in the future."

Zhong Tian held up the plug-in and looked it over and over again.It's really beautiful, with a very delicate LOGO and a circuit board with tight wiring, it looks like a valuable gadget at first glance.

"I don't dare to ask for this. I won't take things from my friends."

Immediately afterwards, he put the plug back on for Ling Ling, and squeezed it vigorously with his hands, in case he didn't install it in the right place.

"Sure enough, it's the most suitable for you!"

"Be friends? Don't be naive, do you think these few words can move me?"

"Actually, I hate you to death. So many innocent people died at your hands. But now I know that you are not hopeless..."

Zhong Tian is full of sympathy for the life experiences of Ling Ling and the two girls. It turns out that there are people in this world who are worse than himself.

"Stop talking nonsense, if you can let us go... I will fulfill your request... What do you think?"

Ling Ling didn't have much hope for this third-class soldier and low-level miner in front of him. In the deceitful wasteland world, friendship and family affection are nothing compared to a bowl of rice in a famine or a drop of water in a desert.As long as he could keep his two younger sisters alive, he would willingly lower his status to bargain with the enemy.Zhong Tian's earnestness finally made Ling Ling loosen.

"What a headache, you still don't believe me. How about we make a deal?"

He suddenly said to Ling Ling with a smirk on his face, as if he had mastered a great secret.

"I knew you didn't hold back any good farts! Tell me! As long as you can let my two younger sisters go, I will agree to whatever you ask! Make a price."

Zhong Tian cleared his throat, and raised his voice slightly to ensure that Ling Ling could hear every word he was going to say next.

"You can no longer bully unarmed civilians. With your ability, you can rescue the people from the oppression of villains! A country restored by thieves can only be a den of thieves. From a notorious thief to a well-known Isn't it more in line with your heart?"

Zhong Tian's words pierced Ling Ling's heart like ten thousand arrows.

At this moment, he only felt his face flushed and his scalp numb.

Give up the notoriety of thieves to do good...

is it possible?

　Desperately updating
　　
　
(End of this chapter)