Returning from the abyss

Chapter 814 Homecoming
Lu Ning didn't provide much help to her father, she just performed the duty of a thug - Lu Yuezong seemed to be aware of this, but he didn't make any inquiries.The tacit understanding between father and daughter is maintained on the road in silence.

Ma Fusheng couldn't find it in the end. It is not so easy to find a specific person even before the end, let alone after the end?But Lu Yuezong could actually handle the current internal affairs situation. Ke Zhiliang quickly recruited people who could fight. After spending a difficult time in the early stage of the operation, everyone found a place that was blocked by monsters and no one was looking for it. granary.After Lu Ning helped steal a batch of food, the most important problem was finally solved.After going through battles with monsters, encountering hostile and friendly humans, finding a suitable place to stay, changing the team structure, and a series of events that are common in such teams in the doomsday, after half a month of trekking, they finally arrived Arrived at the Canglonggang base here.

Hard work comes with rewards... Lu Ning could see the expressions on these people's faces.In just half a month, these people were all like refugees, even Lu Yuezong and Ke Zhiliang were not much better.And Lu Ning knew that the two actually tried their best to ensure everyone's food and clothing, but some people still died.Of course, there are also some newcomers on the road.

Lu Ning showed the identity certificate she had obtained to the person at the door, and then a series of registration procedures for entering the base.During this period, Lu Ning visited the surveying and mapping department and asked them about what happened these days.The people from the research institute have been picked up, and now the base is starting a virus research project; before, Zhao Xihua's motorcade sent a dozen people over, and they left after exchanging a lot of information for some supplies.

Due to the detailed map of the surrounding area brought by Zhao Xihua, the task of the Surveying and Mapping Department has become a verification instead of a risky reconnaissance.Although Lu Ning can be used for this task, she is not the only one who can do it. Experienced scouts are also qualified for this position.

Of course, the Surveying and Mapping Department's enthusiasm for Lu Ning is still undiminished. After all, they will continue to expand in the future, and Lu Ning brought such a suggestion.

"I plan to continue to explore by myself and map out the post-apocalyptic map as much as possible." Lu Ning said, "I believe that there will always be similar people doing such things, and I will not only stay in this base, if When I come across a trustworthy base, I will also leave a copy of the map there. Since the means of long-distance communication can’t be used, then let’s use the oldest method of communication—messenger, shall we?”

The Minister of Surveying and Mapping can only encourage such an approach. He can be in this position and naturally understands the responsibilities involved.

"We still have many difficulties in the research of new superpower communication. Before that, we did have a similar plan. Lu Ning, please wait a few days, I will report to Major General Zhang Enhua, if possible, please bring some If our contact letter goes out, maybe the future of the country will be measured by the footsteps of you people."

"Don't burden me any more." Lu Ning chuckled.

After agreeing on the matter here, Lu Ning went back to see the arrangements after the team arrived at Canglonggang.Lu Yuezong was assigned to a logistics post as a managerial person, while Ke Zhiliang and others went to the hospital to treat the accumulated injuries, and then they would refer to their wishes to see whether they should join the militia or be absorbed into the army.Under the strict management of the base, Huo Bin's careful thinking has long since lost his ability to display it, but after pulling his temper in the army, he is indeed a good seed.

Lu Ning met his father in the logistics department. He had just received his ID card and work permit, and now he was in the logistics department to learn about the situation here from a few veterans there.After Lu Ning came over, Lu Yuezong took a moment to walk over with a smile on his face. In Lu Ning's impression, his father almost always smiled like this in front of her.

"Want...to leave?" Lu Yuezong asked softly.

"Ah."

"still coming back?"

"Maybe...Dad, why do you..."

"What a daughter thinks, a father still knows." Lu Yuezong raised his hand and touched Lu Ning's head, "Your expression and behavior show that you have something you want to do, and you already have the strength , Father can't let you be held back."

"But Dad, if I never come back..."

"There will always be a day." Lu Yuezong laughed, "You were sick when you were young, and we have been worried that if you are not around, you may never come back suddenly. Of course, your In fact, the illness is gradually getting better, and we have not spoken out about this worry. And today, I have already prepared for that mentally. What I want to prepare is a place that can exist when you come back. That's all. That's all."

"I believe it." Lu Ning smiled softly, "Actually, I have to go back, Dad."

"Oh?"

"I must go back. Difficulties and obstacles will not stop me. Happiness and greatness will not attract me either. That is not my reality. I will return to the world where we all live happily, not only you and me, but also my mother." , and everything that cares about me and is ignored by me...Father."

Lu Ning gently pushed away her father's hand, and slowly closed and opened her eyes.

"I'm leaving, and then I'm going home."

Lu Yuezong also smiled: "I don't understand your lofty goals, but my daughter will definitely be able to do what she wants to do."

Lu Ning bowed deeply to her father, then turned and walked out the door without looking back.

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January 29, sunny.

This is a rare day that can be called sunny, because the weather has not been particularly good since the cold wave.Even if it is really sunny, the temperature is extremely low, the sky is generally gray, and the sun is not very bright.

Today, the temperature has really risen to around zero.

A car was slowly driving on the damaged road, Lu Ning rolled the window open, spread her palm on the window, and then rolled the window closed again.

At this temperature, she couldn't feel any cold anymore, and it could even be called pleasant.But for others, this winter is not over yet.

Now a small town has appeared in her vision. This town is the town where the semi-crystalline pillars fell in the end.Since the pillar fell, followed by the end of the day, there was no one to clean up here.Lu Ning's goal is also here. To get back the type A virus catalog, she must at least know what type A virus is.

And when she was about 200 meters away from the town, Lu Ning felt a very strange power, which not only made her feel a little familiar, but at the same time made her feel a little disgusted.

There is not just one "semi-crystal column", there are ten in total from a distance, and they are almost concentrated near the unlucky factory building in the town.After Lu Ning drove into the town, she could see that the ground was cracked with countless cracks, and those cracks protruded out with crystals shining.

Enduring the weird feeling, she stopped the car, took out her backpack, and walked towards the nearest pillar.

Excluding the weird first feeling, the semi-crystalline column presents a very beautiful crystal structure, the color of the interior changes differently with the angle and light, it stands there quietly, looking completely harmless.Lu Ning got closer, reached out to touch it, and found that its surface was not as hard as it seemed, but soft and elastic like hard rubber, as if she could pierce it with a sharp weapon.

And she really did.

A small knife randomly dropped by on the road, only encountered a little resistance, and sank into the inside of the crystal.

After the knife went in, it seemed that its texture had also changed. The originally unremarkable blade suddenly exuded a dazzling brilliance. At first glance, it seemed that it was a famous knife handed down from generation to generation.Lu Ning thought for a while, then picked up a sharp piece of stone from nearby, and pressed it on the pillar. With a little effort, the stone piece sank into the inside of the pillar, and then showed a jewel-like color and texture inside. .Lu Ning pinched the outer part and pulled out the stone flake and the knife, and they immediately lost the brilliance they had before.

Lu Ning reached out and pressed on the crystal pillar again, this time she drove Judgment Day, injecting a bolt of lightning into the half crystal pillar.

For a moment, the dazzling brilliance almost blinded her, she quickly closed her eyes, but still shed tears.She jumped to the back, managed to open her eyes, and found that the thunder and lightning spread along the crystal all the way up, emitting a dazzling light while heading straight to the sky, and finally bloomed on the top of the semi-crystalline pillar, illuminating the sky above the town. Sky.Even in daytime, it looks extremely eye-catching.

Lu Ning didn't expect such a consequence. The too eye-catching light would definitely attract the monsters around her. She ran away and drove away from the town.Just 5 minutes after she left, more than 20 monsters swarmed in with a group of their derivatives. These monsters were all different in appearance, but they were very harmonious. I searched the town and found no one. After the people, they slowly dispersed.

Afterwards, more monsters rushed over in batches, and it was estimated that it would be impossible to alarm anyone.Lu Ning waited until dusk behind a small hill before she dared to re-enter the town.

At night, the semi-crystalline column itself becomes a luminous body, emitting a soft iridescent light that beautifully illuminates its surroundings.Lu Ning walked into the factory this time. If the first location she found was here, then she could always find some records around.

In the concierge's office outside the factory, she found a hastily written note.

[Semi-crystalline column, already reported.

We are a scientific research team ordered to come here to investigate, but the coming of the end makes us have to evacuate.The total time of research and investigation did not exceed five hours. We leave a copy here. If anyone sees it later, please bring this record to the research institute or government agency, and they will know the value. 】

Lu Ning turned a few pages back and focused on the detailed records of the falling process of the pillar.

[There are ten semi-crystalline pillars in total, and the falling time is from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] am, and the time intervals are different (the time record learned from the surveillance video is attached).All shooting methods cannot directly observe the column, but the position and effect of the column after it falls can be inferred from the vibration and ground cracks.

The following is the effect of the columns obtained in this way after they fall:
The first pillar fell, and the haze in the sky was torn apart by three beams of light. The light was produced along with the cracks on the surface, and everything was dyed with holy light, which lasted for nearly a minute before fading away.

The second pillar fell, the clouds closed, and the shock on the ground stabilized. During this period, most residents in the town awakened their superpowers, and they also began to notice and feel panic.

The third pillar fell, which itself could not be photographed, but reflected the appearance of surrounding objects and people. The cracks in the surface began to be filled with a trickle of crystal flow, and people left their houses and came to the streets.

The fourth pillar fell, and the destroyed things turned into a standard regular tetrahedral cone. Some families began to take refuge in groups. Facts proved that their actions were correct, and they left here and went far away.

The fifth pillar fell, bringing a blood-red morning glow, and some people had pentagonal marks on their heads. They grabbed the weapons at hand and swung them at the people around them.But there are also people who bear the mark and take up arms to protect their relatives and friends.

The sixth pillar fell, and all the creatures remaining in the town fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

The seventh pillar and the eighth pillar fell together, and they landed on two symmetrical corners. At this time, the sleeping people stood up like sleepwalking, and started to walk towards the two pillars, unable to distinguish the difference between the two groups of people. place.

The ninth pillar fell, and it was this pillar that contributed to the indiscriminate alienation of all the townspeople here. They all turned into tall monsters, as if they were reborn.

When the tenth pillar fell, the video went dark for five seconds. After the darkness ended, we found that the monsters transformed by the townspeople began to move out of the town in an orderly manner, and there was even a faint military formation.

This is the full process of the semi-crystalline column falling, we are a little late.As long as you don't make too much noise here, there will be no problem, but if you cause something serious, such as detonating a bomb, then those monsters who are far away will return immediately, no matter how far they go... It's like guarding the place.

Addendum: When the evacuation had to be carried out, some scout comrades who took the initiative to go out to investigate reported that those monsters began to set up outposts and military stations everywhere. They are different from the generally recognized monsters and have their own social behaviors. , acting as if building a kingdom. 】

Seeing this, Lu Ning looked up again at the pillar in the factory building. This was the first pillar that fell that day. If she did not make a mistake in her judgment, this thing should be related to the inside story of the scene, and she should be able to find some information based on it. the truth.

(End of this chapter)