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Chapter 317: A Clear Conscience, the Sun Rises in the East

Chapter 317: A Clear Conscience, the Sun Rises in the East (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to Everyone!)

Oh oh oh!
The loud whistle dragged the thick and big train carriages, forcing out a bunch of overturned yellow leaves from the small cave of the Queen of Mountains.

Under the cloudy moonlight, the green-skinned monster rushed forward wildly, disturbing the hearts of the girls and shattering the spring dreams of the old aunts. Finally, it rushed straight and unprotected into the deepest platform of the town, slowly stopped, and connected perfectly with no gaps.

There were quite a few passengers, more than a hundred of them, who got off the platform in a large group. They were men and women, about forty years old, all of them were sweating and dusty.

The conductor smoked a cigarette to drive away sleepiness, dragged his slightly sore neck, and clocked in at the hall with other crew members, and officially left work.

After walking a few steps, he saw a young man looking at him with a smile. He stopped and glanced at him and said:

"Stranger? You have to wait until tomorrow to return. This is the last bus, so take a break."

Having said that, he didn't care whether the other party understood or not, and left the crew's dormitory on his own, holding the arm of a gorgeously dressed midnight girl next to him, and walked towards a convenient hotel not far away.

"Thank you for your reminder?"

The young man spoke to himself after a while.

However, the conductor's attention was completely attracted by the girl's plump breasts and elastic buttocks, and he had long forgotten about him.

Xu Shu watched him leave, then stood there, looking around with a slightly strange expression.

The coordinates cannot be determined yet because no lighthouse with a flag could be found.

However, a hundred meters away is the gate plaque on the border line, which reads "Hospitable Penglai Welcomes You", shining brightly in the night.

There is no doubt that this is the edge of the wasteland.

but……

The last ghost train arriving at 2:30 in the morning?
The double-row, pitch-black pickup trucks parked in an orderly manner, filling up the open parking lot?

The famous buildings like "Tulip Jasmine Hotel", "Ya Jia Hotel", "Ruduo Hotel" etc. that sway slightly from time to time on both sides?

How come it’s so prosperous? Is this also a wasteland?

Xu Shu was quite skeptical.

Well, the third item cannot be considered a suspicious point, it’s still the familiar sound of the bed, and it’s still the thick smell.

It really has a wasteland style.

But the scenes before his eyes made Xu Shu recall what he had seen and heard in the wasteland of D8B3 area in his "hometown".

It was a refugee camp-like shelter, with scavengers dressed as beggars, scavengers with submachine guns shooting at civilians, and cultists on the top floor of the hotel picking the poorest people as sacrificial materials...

So this is the foundation of the first-class safety zone?
This gap is also too big.

No, we should not just look at the superficial glamour of anything… maybe there is fulfillment inside, private wealth, secret fortunes… Don’t think about it anymore!

Xu Shu took a deep breath, turned back, and found his adoptive parents and three others who were waiting there.

"It should be safe for now. Let's find a place to stay first. I'll go check out the situation tomorrow." Xu Shu said.

He also didn't know how many people survived, how many people also came to Penglai District, and where they ended up.

The most urgent priority is to settle the family first.

At this moment, the three of them still looked pale and had not fully recovered.

After experiencing such a difficult journey and listening to the horrific wailing, the world changed in the blink of an eye.

This is indeed a reality that is difficult for ordinary people to accept.

In addition, since he had just arrived in this strange place, he was naturally not as calm as Xu Shu.

"Ashu, it's really thanks to you being here this time, otherwise..." Father Zhou supported his wife, whose legs were weak and she couldn't walk, and hesitated to speak.

Xu Shu interrupted, "Dad, we are one family and we should not have different opinions."

"......Hey." It took Zhou's father a while to respond, with tears in his eyes. It was unclear whether he was worried about the money or his former home.

After a while, Xu Shu chose a relatively ordinary-looking Home Inn and walked in.

Just then, a few strong men who were drunk came out with their arms around each other and glanced at them.

Their gazes lingered briefly on the younger sister Zhou Shiyu, but when they saw Xu Shu, who was half a head taller than them and looked strong and muscular, they said nothing and passed by silently.

Xu Shu frowned, became cautious, and went to book two rooms.

He now feels grateful that it is good to have space props, otherwise he would still have to worry about money.

"An from out of town? A standard room costs 800 per night, a double room costs 1,000, a deluxe room costs 1,500, and the deposit is 1,000."

The girl at the front desk, who was happily flipping through some nude and erotic picture album, closed the book seriously, glanced at Xu Shu's family, smiled relatively kindly, and spoke again at a relatively fast pace.

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "Mr. Duo?"

Eight hundred?

It's so funny. How dare you shout out that this hotel is only 800 yuan a night?
What a crappy place this is! The price is so high. I used to pay only 500 a night at most in the safe zone!
You see, I'm from another place and you're killing pigs on purpose, right?
No, the words "from outside" are also written on my face. How did you see that?
Xu Shu didn't even say hello and turned around and ran to the next door.

There are at least seven or eight hotels visible to the naked eye in this small town in the wasteland, and they don't tolerate people like this at all.

ten minutes later.

Xu Shu walked back to Home Inn with an expressionless face, calmly took out money from his green lace inner pocket, stuffed four thousand-yuan bills into his pocket, and said in a daze:

"Excuse me, please open two deluxe rooms."

Zhou's father said, "Ashu, it's too expensive. We should just stay in an ordinary place."

"It's okay, Dad. It's just a few bucks. I can punch it out." Xu Shu comforted them.

The girl at the front desk rolled her eyes and said, "You're quite rich, and you're also an underground boxer? Why are you so impatient? I'm an educated person, and I believe in being honest and fair. How could I deliberately cheat you?"

"Yeah, you're right."

Xu Shu took the room card obediently. As he had just arrived, he was quite restrained.

The service in this hotel is very thoughtful. A younger waiter led them and took the elevator all the way to the door of their room on the eighth floor before leaving. He provided service with a smile throughout the whole process.

“There’s actually an elevator…”

Xu Shu was slightly emotional.

The so-called luxury suite actually only has two beds and an area of ​​just over 40 square meters, which is barely enough.

But he was right about one thing. Even though it was a little expensive, he had enough money to spend.

There was over 100,000 yuan in cash left in the bag, in addition to the curse crystals that dropped from the chosen ones he killed yesterday at noon. Any sale of one of them would bring in several million yuan.

As a late second-stage transcendent, Xu Shu's money-making speed is unmatched by ordinary people, and of course his expenses are also high.

He rented two rooms, one for his adoptive parents and one for him and his sister.

This is a habit developed from working in the wasteland. One has to be prepared for accidents. The two rooms have doors facing each other, so if an accident really happens, one can be taken care of at any time.

After telling his adoptive parents to have a good rest at night, Xu Shu entered the room and saw two beds without a curtain between them. He was stunned for a moment, looked at his sister with a little embarrassment and said, "Uh, I forgot that this is not our home, and there is no partition made in advance. You can sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the sofa."

He actually lived in the same room with his sister since he was a child, but the room was separated by a foam board. He almost forgot about it for a moment.

Let’s not talk about him, haven’t his adoptive parents forgotten about him too?

They also didn't think there was anything wrong with letting Xu Shu and Zhou Shiyu live in the same room.

Although there are two beds here, they are too close to each other. There is a sofa next to them that can block them, so it can be used.

Zhou Shiyu bit her lip lightly, lowered her head and said, "No need, brother. I have been doing this since I was a child... I'm going to take a shower first."

After saying that, he went into the rather luxurious bathroom.

Xu Shu scratched his head and thought that his sister was more open-minded than himself.

He stopped hesitating and checked the room while waiting. Then he silently took out the narrow-sleeved Guanyin, adjusted the position, and placed it in the corner of the floor-to-ceiling window.

This position can just take into account both the door and the window.

After doing all this, Xu Shu walked to the window and looked at the layout of the entire town.

This is an H-shaped town, not too big. The entire prosperous area, including the station, is no more than three kilometers in radius. You can see the end at a glance, the outer plains, and similar small town clusters in the distance.

The spaciousness of the first-class safety zone was indeed beyond Xu Shu's expectations. The edge of the wasteland was full of such scenes. It was as if the wasteland was being used as a safety zone.

He didn't dwell on it any more, but sat back on the chair, thrust his hips silently, and activated the upgrade drive.

As the current passed through his body, a sizzling sound swirled through his body, and a curtain of light intertwined in front of him.

* Upgraded network
*Gu Pan (Taichu), Level 2 Iron Armor

*Contributions: 50
[First-level Curse: Hercule (Legend) // Level: 20/20]

[Second-level Curse Seal: Iron Armor (Legendary) // Level: 14/20]

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Seeing the familiar page appear, Xu Shu felt relieved.

"I don't know what happened to the others... Have Director Bai and the others withdrawn yet..."

Xu Shu first silently opened the private chat interfaces of several people, including Bai Sanxiang, Tang Ying, Song Nianhui and other old acquaintances, and sent a sentence of inquiry one by one, asking about their respective situations.

Then, he returned to the main interface and found that today's upgraded network had indeed changed.

First of all, there are two more pinned posts, placed just below [Newcomers Must Read], with quite eye-catching titles.

The first one is [Just now! Deep condolences! New calendar year 18 1212, D8B3 area explosion accident! ], the poster is naturally the president of the Astronomy Association, "Dongxuan Zhenjun" Melanie.

Obviously, many high-level people in the safe zone have successfully arrived and reported the situation to the Astronomical Society headquarters as soon as possible.

But, the big explosion accident...it seems that this is the "announcement content" decided by the Astronomical Society.

This post received over 999 replies. Xu Shu clicked on it and saw countless messages of condolences and many words of encouragement from others.

However, there is no response related to the truth of this incident. It may be that it has not been found yet, or it may be that the Astronomical Society gave an advance warning and decided to block the true situation.

Another pinned message is:
[Human traitor wanted worldwide: Ning Baishou, former director of the D8B3 District Administration Bureau! Provide real and valid information about him and you can receive a reward of ! Kill this human traitor and you will get a reward of million! ]

"A million-dollar reward..."

Xu Shu took a deep breath.

This obviously does not refer to cash, but to contribution points.

In other words, by providing some information and taking down this person, one can instantly become a billionaire.

When Xu Shu clicked on this pinned post, he found that there were 999+ comments in the comment section, but there were no new replies because it had been "closed" by the Astronomical Society by swiping the screen.

I scrolled up and saw countless messages asking what happened. Some people who seemed to understand responded. For a while, countless people were paying attention to this matter.

There is one post that has received more than 999 replies.

The message is:
"If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. I have sacrificed my life and shed my blood for the human race and worked hard for twenty years. Now that things have come to this, I have a clear conscience!" - Ning Baishou, a fourth-level disaster priest.

The wanted traitor of the human race dared to show up in the comment section to speak. Under his reply, there was a lot of curses, all of which were from fierce people who wished to know his ancestors, and there were also enthusiastic netizens who wanted to have intimate relations with his ancestors. However, the six words "fourth-level disaster priest" were like a thorn, which made people feel pain in their eyes.

"I really advanced to the fourth level~"

Xu Shu sighed silently.

Bai Sanxiang had said before that Ning Baishou’s betrayal was precisely because the Tzeentch sect promised him a “complete divinity”.

Unexpectedly, relying on this complete divinity, he successfully advanced so quickly.

It's true that good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years.

Xu Shu also recalled the information he had obtained from capturing the Baidi Army. Those people had said that there would be a portion of "divine blood" and a few "flawless parasitic species" as their reward.

It looks like this is it.

The fourth realm, a "demigod" level strong man. From then on, Ning Baishou became an existence that all ordinary extraordinary people had to look up to, and he was no longer bound by the mundane world.

Xu Shu himself had experienced the power of the fourth realm many times in Legend, and knew that there was a huge and difficult-to-bridge gap between this level of strength and the third level.

Therefore, Xu Shu no longer paid much attention to this wanted notice, as it was too far away from his reality.

He remembered this grudge.

At this moment, he saw his private chat channel flickering slightly, and he was ready to see which acquaintance would reply to him first.

Just after coming out of the pinned post, Xu Shu's eyes were suddenly stunned.

There are currently three pinned posts, and below the pinned posts are the "latest replies" posts displayed in chronological order of reply time.

The post that caught Xu Shu's attention was a server-wide announcement.

There is no poster because this is automatically posted by the "array".

Its content is quite similar to the update of Qingyunbang:
"The sky is falling, and I am filled with gratitude! The human race has produced another pillar of talent!"

"In mid-December, in the Eastern Theater, Ning Baishou fought alone against a large group of heroes, and single-handedly killed thirty-six people of the same rank. He used his power to attack the hearts of the people and buried millions of them with them, and his killing intent burned him to ashes. He is a genius for all ages."

"One general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of men, and blood is splattered on the people to build a tall building;"

"I would rather let my country go to waste than grow old with this world!"

"A late bloomer, the Disaster Priest! There is hope for nomination on the Earth Ranking. Keep up the good work. The human race will prosper forever. Congratulations!"

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The number of replies to this post is countless times more than the two pinned posts above.

Xu Shu was stunned as he watched. He felt that the words "a pillar of talent", "tears of gratitude", "eternal prosperity of the human race" and so on were so dazzling.

"That seems to be true. After all, I was the one who destroyed the Star Tower. It has nothing to do with him. Haha, haha!"

At this moment, Xu Shu really wanted to point at Lie Zhenzi and curse, "Are you blind?"

However, on second thought, as he had used the sacrificial power of the array many times to kill the enemy and break through desperate situations, he did not seem to have any qualifications to blame the other party.

In the end, Xu Shu could only utter "idiot" to barely express his feelings, then he lay on his back on the sofa, silent for a long time.

After a long time, until the bathroom door opened and footsteps were heard, Xu Shu slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

All external things in the world are not permanent and cannot be relied upon.

Only your own strength is everything!
His eyes were clear, without any complaints or hatred in them, only his increasingly firm determination.

"Brother, I'm done." Zhou Shiyu came out wrapped in a bathrobe, wiping her wet hair, and said timidly.

Xu Shu glanced at it casually and said, "Okay, then you go to bed early. I'll go take a shower."

"Ah."

Zhou Shiyu nodded, her cheeks slightly red, and she mustered up her courage and changed the subject: "Brother, can you... can you let me hold your cat for a while?"

Cat?

Xu Shu was stunned at first, then he suddenly realized that Alice was still in the backpack.

So you like this, then why are you blushing? I thought you were going to hug me!
Alice was still sleeping at this time, and seemed to be quite tired.

Xu Shu thought that she would not be as shy as ordinary cats. Besides, the original orange cat was also quite friendly, so he took off the entire backpack and gave it to his sister. He casually said "OK" and walked into the bathroom.

Zhou Shiyu held the fat orange cat weighing more than ten pounds in her arms with a little joy, rubbed it for a while, and her eyes gradually focused on the latter's round butt.

It was a green lace underwear. At first glance, it seemed to fit the orange cat well, but the color didn't quite match.

Wait... this really seems to be a female inner garment...

After careful observation, Zhou Shiyu suddenly became alert and almost screamed in her heart.

She thought for a long time, silently reached out her hand, pulled open the underwear, and observed the gender of the orange cat.

Confirmed, it's a female cat.

"hiss!"

Zhou Shiyu's expression froze for a moment.

She listened to the sound of her brother taking a bath in the bathroom. She stared blankly at the orange cat's butt, repeatedly checking, and finally took a few breaths of cold air.

“No wonder, no wonder he never treated me well all these years… No! My brother is actually a lover… No, you can’t, at least not… You can’t do this to me~”

Deep inside my sister, a desperate scream emanated.

Xu Shu couldn't hear the sound.

Because his attention is completely on upgrading the network interface.

The person who sent the message was neither Bai Sanxiang nor Tang Ying.

None of them replied. It was unknown whether they hadn't seen the message, or hadn't gotten out of the dilemma yet, or had already... Xu Shu didn't think any further.

The person who sent the message was Wuxin.

She asked: "I have successfully completed my mission. I wonder if Comrade Xu Shu has arrived safely?"

Xu Shu replied: "Thank you for your concern, comrade. I have arrived safely!"

Wu Xin said, "That's great! Be thankful that the Lord is always with you. I've been a bit busy recently, so I'll make an appointment with you in a few days. By then, I want to be your guide and formally invite you to join the Star Club and become a formal member. I wonder if Comrade Xu Shu, considering my single-minded devotion to you, can give me some face?"

Xu Shu smiled.

You have blackmailed me morally, how can I still...

Can I still promise you?

"Okay, definitely next time!" -Xu Shu replied.

"Waiting for your news!" - Wuxin.

After waiting for a moment, Xu Shu suddenly looked at the suffix of the other person's name.

He was silent for a moment, then typed, "Master Wuxin, there is something I want to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

Wu Xin said, "I don't know if I should say it or not. Generally, I shouldn't say it, but you are my Lord's favorite, and I am my Lord's most loyal servant. You can call me comrade. We are close and intimate, like sisters, and there is nothing we can't talk about. Comrade, please speak."

No, I prefer to be brothers...

Xu Shu carefully considered his words and said, "I want to know the purpose of your doing this... It's not perfunctory, but the real purpose! The purpose other than the oracle you mentioned."

Wu Xin answered quite frankly: "In fact, I cannot have any purpose other than the oracle, but I still have a small selfish desire. Haha, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Now I have saved countless people and built a five-million-story pagoda, and my merits are complete."

"really……"

"Master, your merits are fulfilled! We will meet again someday."

Xu Shu looked at the suffix of Wuxin's name and smiled.

[Wuxin, the fourth-level Rakshasa King! ]

There is no doubt that the "selfish motive" that Wuxin mentioned, another purpose besides the so-called oracle, is to advance to the fourth realm!

"It seems that in reality, advancing to the fourth realm and becoming a demigod is not as simple as in legends. It requires some kind of ritual or medium, such as a complete divinity..."

"Well, actually it's not easy in Legend, except for Zhu Wu, the lying monster. Every time I can level up, I have to fight for my life..."

"It seems that if I want to advance to the demigod level in reality, I'm afraid I'll have to put in a lot of effort."

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

As for Wuxin's answer, he was not actually surprised. Instead, he felt it was reasonable.

But no matter what her purpose was this time, at least her act of saving people was real, objectively existing, and impeccable.

Moreover, compared with Ning Baishou, the "safe zone city lord" who grew up eating the blood of all the people in the city, who picked up the bowl to eat and put down the bowl to slaughter his mother.

Wuxin, who was born in the evil cult Star Society, can't be said to be a white lotus. He is simply like a saint reborn.

She said there were five million pagodas… So, the number of people who managed to walk out of the Path of Extinction and survive was only a little over 700,000…

Of the more than two million people, seven hundred thousand survived and more than one million and four hundred thousand died.

They are one living life after another, lives longing to survive.

Xu Shu thought about these words and sighed silently in his heart.

In troubled times, human life is worthless. This is a light yet extremely heavy statement. In the end, what remained in Xu Shu's heart was only a moment of silence and a little comfort.

At least, he still had a certain amount of power to protect his family.

But this is far from enough.

He looked out the window at the deep night, his gaze firmly fixed on his own "Level 34", on the "Yin Shen" mark in the Taichu Volume, and on the "Number of times opened today 0/3" in the Taichu Volume. His gaze gradually became as hot as fire.

After taking a shower, Xu Shu lay down on the sofa and took his backpack from his sister who had a strange look on her face. As for Alice, she used her as a pillow.

There was no conversation that night, only the light and regular sound of sleeping breathing echoing in the room.

Xu Shu counted the inventory all night, touched the still warm purple spell crystal in the "storage bag", closed his eyes and rested, carefully thinking about the next plan in his mind.

Being in a strange place, even if it seemed prosperous and peaceful, it was impossible for him to fall asleep, just take a simple rest.

Fortunately, a sleepless night was nothing to him. He was still full of energy. The next day, he was still able to stand tall and raise the blanket on his body to form a tall tent.

With the roosters crowing in the dark half an hour in advance, a hint of dawn finally appeared in the east.

The thick morning light brutally tore apart the skirt of the night and filled the entire empty earth.

[The sun rises, and all things revive. Welcome back to the Taichu Volume, great master! ]

[Number of times opened today: 3/3]

Xu Shu opened his eyes and looked into the void. His heart was calm and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.

Dawn has come and everything is back to normal!
(End of this chapter)

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