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Chapter 194 Astronaut

In the square of Huozhan Town.

People pointed at the strange flesh-ball monster with deformed limbs, with obvious fear on their faces. They had never seen such a terrifying thing.

Although they had all seen pictures of mutant creatures such as the mushroom-headed monster in books and had a certain tolerance for seeing monsters with their own eyes, these meatball monsters before them retained basic human characteristics while being horrific and distorted, which made them feel a discomfort and fear that came from deep in their genes.

"I'm getting the Happy Valley effect after watching this." Joe rubbed his arms, and got goose bumps all over his body. He felt inexplicably cold.

"Isn't it the uncanny valley effect?" Zhou Yuan asked back.

"Eh? Is your place called the Uncanny Valley? The data we dug up shows that this effect is called the Happy Valley." Qiao touched the back of his head, "I think the Uncanny Valley is more suitable..."

In fact, if you like, you can also call it bigu.

Zhou Yuan complained silently and looked at Xia's father: "These people's purpose is just this, what do you think?"

Xia's father lit a cigarette. His worldview was overturned many times in just over ten minutes, but as a hunter and a person in power, he quickly calmed himself down.

"Since I was attacked here, other places must be the same. These people are much stronger than top hunters, and even guns can't threaten them. The situation in other places... I'm afraid it's not optimistic.

The location of the power station will inevitably be revealed, and if they succeed, the consequences will be disastrous."

"The power station is an important pillar for human survival in the dark wasteland world. If the power station is destroyed and the electricity is lost, all factories will be closed. At that time, all materials will be in short supply, causing looting, chaos and even local conflicts between various forces. Civilization will also retreat to a more primitive and more difficult era."

Zhou Yuan was puzzled when he heard this and asked, "The power station is so important, but you haven't tried to build a new one in all these years?"

Xia's father sighed, "We don't have enough technical ability. After the Cataclysm, there was a technological gap. We can only learn by digging through books from the old world, but what we can find is very limited.

Even if we knew how to build a power station, we wouldn’t have the technology to make the materials.”

I see... Zhou Yuan nodded in understanding, and then asked, "Do you know the Golden Sun?"

"Golden Fiery Sun..."

Xia's father smoked and thought for a long time, "Golden Sun should be the religion of the old world. Later, because of the catastrophe, it was labeled as a false god by the Church of the Goddess of Night, and was finally destroyed by the Church of the Goddess of Night. This is all I know.

But apart from the Church of the Evernight Goddess, I haven't heard of the Golden Sun from anywhere else.

Now that I think about it, it feels like something they made up to consolidate their position.”

Xia's father immediately shook his head: "That was a hundred or even two hundred years ago. No one knows what the real situation was like."

Two hundred years is a long time, enough to blur or forget many things.

Zhou Yuan knew that he couldn't ask any other related questions, so he said directly: "Tell me the location of the power station, and what Xia's grandfather asked before he died."

Xia's father nodded: "Please follow me... Is it okay to leave these people here?"

He looked at the deformed monsters with some concern, fearing that they would suddenly attack and hurt people.

"It's useless now, just kill him."

Zhou Yuan's mind moved, and the ground turned into a shadow quagmire. The deformed monsters and the followers of the Goddess of Night sank into it, and were decomposed and swallowed by the shadows, turning into pure energy to feed themselves.

Everyone was shocked by this miraculous ability and stood there in a daze.

Zhou Yuan followed Xia's father to his residence.

The other person walked into the house and came out after a while holding a small metal box.

“This is something my father left behind.”

Xia's father pressed a few buttons on the metal box, and then a password pad rose from the box. He entered the secret carefully and slowly.

Click.

The password box was unlocked and popped open automatically. Inside were some sundries, such as medals, awards, toys, etc., and on top was a photo kept in a plastic bag.

The photo shows a group of astronauts in space suits.

"This is my father." Xia's father pointed to an astronaut in the photo.

"Grandpa used to be an astronaut?" Xia was also shocked, because his grandfather had never shown any clues and acted normal, as if he grew up in a wasteland world.

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and picked up the photo.

【Name: Group photo of the 1077th astronauts】

[Note: This group of astronauts are the elite among humans. They were later awakened and thrown into the wasteland world to maintain the continuation of the human race. In the fragmented wasteland world, only this photo can make people vaguely recall the beauty of the past. ]

He is indeed from the old world...

"My father gave this thing to me before he died, and also told me a top-secret thing."

Xia's father said solemnly, "He said that if you want to find out the truth about the catastrophe, you should keep going north to the end of the world, and you will find all the answers.

But the truth can be depressing.”

"The north...that's a dangerous area." Xia frowned.

"It doesn't matter. I will go there sooner or later." Zhou Yuan said.

The Void Spirits are lurking deep in the danger zone.

At the same time, the system prompt finally sounded.

[Mission "Endless Night" Update]

[Second-stage mission objective: Go deep into the danger zone and investigate the truth of the long night]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*2500]

[Task Reward 2: Star Coins*100000]

[Task Reward 3: Perfect Quality Item Pack*1]

Xia's father then took out a map and marked the location of the power station on it.

"This is the power station. Many years ago, scientists at the power station repaired the virtual projection device of the old world and disguised the entire power station as a mountain forest."

"It's so far..." Xia felt despair after seeing the distance. Whether taking the tram or running at full speed, it would take at least a day to get there.

By that time, the toasted grass cakes were cold.

Zhou Yuan wrote down the coordinates on the map and turned away: "I'll be there now."

Xia hurriedly chased after him: "How can you go so far?"

"Don't worry, I have my own transportation." Zhou Yuan smiled.

He took out the palu ball and released the male fire dragon.

Xia stared at the huge monster that appeared out of nowhere, stunned and stood there like a statue. His worldview was once again severely impacted.

"Ah ah ah ah..."

At this moment, there was a cry of surprise from outside. It turned out to be the residents of Huozhan Town who had gathered there.

After they saw the male fire dragon, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhou Yuan, muttering something: "God, true God, Heavenly Venerable... the sacred great spirit..."

As soon as one person knelt down, the second person followed, and then the third and fourth person... In just a moment, they all knelt down and paid homage to Zhou Yuan.

At once, a huge amount of power of faith gathered together.

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he realized that this was a great opportunity to show off his prowess in front of people, create a religion, and gather the power of faith!
Many people in the wasteland world are very superstitious.

After a moment's silence, he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said in a deep and powerful voice with an unfathomable attitude:

“I came to this land to bring you salvation and hope, and to lead you from confusion and darkness to light.

I will select those who are pure in heart and strong in will, and grant you the strength, courage and will to fight against monsters and demons."

He glanced at everyone present, using his discerning eyes to select humans who met the requirements.

Immediately he cast the divine spell - Blessing of Night.

The deep cold light of the lunar eclipse enveloped dozens of figures. Their souls and bodies quickly underwent a qualitative change. In just a few seconds, they possessed physiques that rivaled those of the new humans.

Hunters like Xia and Qiao, who were already new humans, were horrified to find that not only had their strength increased dramatically, but there was also some kind of mysterious and cold energy in their bodies, which they could mobilize with just a thought.

Zhou Yuan put his hands behind his back and said solemnly and majestically: "You are the chosen messengers of God, shouldering an important mission. Use this power well to protect your people from foreign invasions, to defend the peace and tranquility of this land, to spread my name among the mountains, seas and rivers, and to every corner of the world."

(End of this chapter)