Tokyo underground city

Chapter 58 Black Salt

【XE.913/6/30 Middle Holy Day】

[The last time I wrote a diary was probably three years ago. 】

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[Some time ago, I suddenly remembered that the backpack my father gave me seemed to have the ability to store items for a long time. Most of the diaries I put outside have faded. Only the diary in Joanna's backpack has not changed at all. 】

[I have two backpacks like this, both were birthday gifts from my father. 】

[Now that I think about it, we should be from a wealthy family outside the shelter. 】

[But in the sanctuary, under the management of the Holy Cult of Salt, all statuses are meaningless. 】

[Among the people living with us in the upper space now, many of them are workers and farmers. 】

[After losing the machine to make holy salt, I chose a new reward mechanism. 】

[No longer use morality as the only criterion for judging residents, but choose to judge a person's value based on ability. 】

[Such a reform was opposed by many people, but miraculously, after such measures were forcibly implemented, the shelter actually became operational again. 】

[This old and broken machine burst out with incredible vitality. 】

[Our food and water sources are increasing, and the number of births is also rising. 】

[I must develop policies to limit population growth. 】

[Otherwise, we will go back to the same old path. 】

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【XE.914/3/7】

[Today is Joanna’s 10th birthday. 】

[I hurriedly wished her a happy birthday and had to deal with the "black salt" issue. 】

[Under my new measures, many problems have been exposed. My estimate of human nature is too superficial. We don't have that many soldiers to manage that many residents. 】

[Murder, theft, and robbery have become routine. 】

[When the new system first appeared, everyone was proud of their work. 】

[But there are only so many living spaces in the upper and middle floors. If someone comes up, someone will come down. 】

[If everyone works hard, it means that everyone doesn’t work hard. 】

[So people become lazy again. 】

[They even started robbing people who worked hard. 】

[Because once there is a situation where "some people work and some don't work", inequality will appear. 】

[When inequality occurs, jealousy and greed will appear...]

[...No, I was wrong. The root of the problem is not inequality, although that is also a problem. 】

[The root of the problem lies in "savings". 】

[Those who have savings will be robbed by others, but if I only allocate resources according to the minimum standards, then no one will have the motivation to work and study. 】

[Damn, I don’t know how to handle this situation. 】

[Also ‘black salt’. 】

[I didn’t expect that the residents’ worship of salt was so deep-rooted. 】

[I abolished the selection system based on morality, and many people opposed me. 】

[Most of these people are former Holy Salt priests at the middle and high levels, as well as the original residents of these two areas. After they lost their ability to produce holy salt in the shelter, they lost their value and were driven to the lower level by me. They have been secretly developing their power in recent years, and now the Holy Salt Sect has become popular again among the lower classes. 】

[I don’t know whether I should ban them or not. The Holy Salt Cult is our root after all. The mark of “salt” is engraved everywhere in this sanctuary. 】

[But at least one thing I know for sure is that the "Holy Salt Cult" no longer exists. 】

[The last machine to produce holy salt was damaged four years ago! 】

[But where does the “black salt” they distribute to believers come from? 】

[I ordered the guards to take a portion of black salt from the captured believer and soak it in water. 】

[I tasted it and it tasted exactly the same as the previous holy salt. 】

[But it’s black...]

[Unknown black. 】

[I finally spit the holy salt out of my mouth. 】

[I dare not ingest these things of unknown origin. 】

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【XE.914/9/7】

【asshole! 】

[I guessed it right, that black salt is not a good thing at all! 】

[The new pope of the Black Salt Sect held a promotion ceremony in front of me in the square on the ground floor. 】

[He made a bet with me that if he became the Holy Spirit, I would have to restore the status of the Holy Salt Cult and continue to conduct status selection based on moral standards. 】

[Otherwise, he will give up his throne to me and let me become the new pope of the Black Salt Religion and end the conflict between the believers and the new regime. 】

[At this point, I believe their words, because they are former priests of the Holy Salt Sect, a group of people I am very familiar with. Their original intention of establishing the Black Salt Sect must be full of kindness and nostalgia. 】

[But...I didn't expect this to happen! 】

[The moment the Holy Spirit promotion ceremony ended, the new pope and his twelve senior priests all turned into monsters covered in black smoke! 】

[They attack humans everywhere amid the screams of the believers. 】

[Any believer bitten by them will be transformed into a new monster! 】

[Some of the soldiers on my side were only injured after being bitten, while others turned into monsters like the believers! 】

[I understood almost immediately what was going on! 】

[Holy salt is a substance that can change the soul. It can purify our body so that our soul can still exist independently even after the body dies! 】

[But the black salt obtained by the new pope and the others seems to be no different from holy salt except for the color, but it is completely different in essence! 】

[It is not purifying our body, but polluting it! 】

[I ordered the soldiers to seal off the lower level. 】

[The middle and upper floors are safe for the time being...]

[But the road to the underlying industrial area is blocked...]

[Before the food reserves on the upper and middle floors are consumed, I must open the way to the bottom...]

[Lord Terraris, please protect us...]

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Lin Huaien closed the notebook and felt his head buzzing.

About to explode.

"The girl's body in Room 3 of Cabin 101 is not the owner of the diary! It is her daughter Joanna!"

"The black smoke monster I killed is the owner of the diary!"

"But how did her diary end up in cabin 103? The diary doesn't say..."

"According to the diary records, after the lower space was occupied by monsters, they tried several times to open the way to no avail, but instead lost a lot of people."

"Then there was a riot in the middle space. The owner of the diary and her companions were driven back to the upper level and placed under house arrest."

"People at the middle level were unwilling to share precious food with them, and then the political power at the middle level was usurped by careerists. People at the upper level had to survive with the only remaining supplies under the supervision of middle-level officials."

"Originally, the owner of the diary thought that things could not get worse...but the drinking water provided by the middle-level officials was mixed with trace amounts of black salt, and the people at the upper levels unknowingly ingested enough to kill them. Black salt, mutated into a monster.”

"The entire cabin 102 was wiped out, and all the living people turned into monsters. The owner of the diary had to find a way to block the door of cabin 102."

"Then there was a fight for food between Cabin 101 and Cabin 103. Led by an official from a lower level in Cabin 103, Cabin 103 raided and killed a member of Cabin 101."

"The owner of the diary organized the remaining members to push back the people in cabin 103."

"This confrontation lasted for another half a year, and finally the food reserves on both sides were exhausted."

"However, because there were a few fewer people in cabin 101, it lasted longer than cabin 103. However, cabin 103 fell into a tragic situation of cannibalism due to extreme lack of food..."

"Over there in cabin No. 103, this woman named Anne is a former friend who exchanged diaries with the owner of the diary. Because her husband and children were eaten, she asked the owner of the diary for help, and the owner of the diary finally decided to take the With the companions in cabin 101, we can end this terrifying situation..."

Then, the diary ended here, and all records came to an abrupt end.

[Children's backpack (yellow, faded)]

[Backpack: 2 liters. 】

[Performance: unknown]

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[Diary (yellow)]

[Book: 100/100 pages]

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[Cabin Pass No. 102 (Blue)]

[Card: 88.88mmx66.66mm]

When Lin Huai'en was flipping through the diary, a blue card suddenly fell from the last page of the diary.

Lin Huai'en picked up the card with some surprise, but saw a paragraph written on the last page of the diary.

["Whoever sees this diary, no matter who you are.\