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Chapter 513 Shattered Faith

The candle burned halfway through, and the white wax oil slid down the candle body, forming an irregular wax ring the size of a thumb at the bottom.

The light from the candles cannot illuminate the entire living room. It is limited to a distance of about three meters from the center of the living room with the charcoal stove as the center. Only the outlines of some furniture can be vaguely seen in the corners of the four walls. The main tone here is still darkness. .

It's just that compared to the dark streets with heavy snow outside, it can undoubtedly be called a safe zone.

On both sides of the charcoal grill in the living room, Gu Yinxing and Zhu Jue were sitting opposite each other.

The former stared blankly at the gray outer layer of the charcoal stove, but the charcoal glowed orange red inside, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of suppressed pain.

Between the opening and closing of the lips, some secret events covered by time are described.

The latter held a pen and paper in his hand, and kept writing on his knees, raising his head from time to time, and asking about something.

This state has lasted for nearly half an hour, and Zhu Jue has a general understanding of what Gu Yinxing has experienced.

The origin of everything still has to be traced back to the reason why he came to Qianfan City in the first place.

Human Rights March!

The inside story of this parade, which was secretly promoted by the unwilling federal government three years ago, is far beyond Zhu Jue's imagination!

I'm afraid that the federal government doesn't even know how much trouble they caused because they just wanted to use public opinion to target the Qiansail City government.

Of course, if he really knew, it is estimated that not only would the high level of the federal government not be embarrassed, but they would have to laugh a few times to express their inner joy.

Originally, Zhu Jue didn't have much information about the human rights march, but now that Gu Yinxing, a person who has experienced it himself, can clarify his doubts, many mysteries lingering in his mind are gradually being revealed.

There was nothing to say about the early stage of the human rights march. The federal government was manipulating it at the time, and Zhu Jue, who should have known, knew about it.

The real key is the Thorn Sect!
The Thorns Sect was not a religion at all when it was founded, but a mutual aid group spontaneously established by the people at the bottom. Its original name was "Green Grass", which meant a small thing full of vitality.

When this group was first established, there were less than 15 people. Gu Yinxing was one of the first members. She didn’t mention how she came to Qianfan City. Zhu Jue guessed that it should be after the catastrophe in Yecheng that she had nowhere to go. , coupled with his own idol status, so he came to this city with a well-developed entertainment industry through certain channels.

During the human rights march, members of "Green Grass" quickly attracted a large number of members by constantly helping other people
The weak are always used to hugging for warmth, this is the first thing that comes to Zhu Jue's mind.

I didn't bring it up, because the words are somewhat ironic, and now is obviously not the time to say this.

The reason for the transition from "Green Grass" to "Thorns" was a raid against the human rights march in Qianfan City.

The capitalists have always hated this kind of parade the most, so after realizing that some simple methods could not end this farce, they immediately thought of forcibly curbing the growing trend of resistance by cleaning up some "leaders" in the parade.

"Green Grass" was well-known in the parade at that time, so it naturally became one of the targets, so it was inevitable to be attacked by the Qianfan City government.

Ordinary people, of course, cannot compete with the government machine.

In just two or three days, the high-level members of the team were sent to prison on trumped-up charges by the patrol, and Gu Yinxing happened to be among them.

Under such a premise, "Green Grass" made an internal vote, which seemed quite brave under the circumstances at the time, but it seems to be a disastrous decision now.

The forces of other groups in the joint human rights march put pressure on the Qianfan City government to force them to release people!
Since almost all the top executives of the "Green Grass" mutual aid group were in prison at that time, Gu Yinxing didn't know the detailed process when the event that surrounded them and eventually became a major turning point in the human rights march happened.

When I asked again when I was released from prison, I got some vague replies. It was even more impossible for the Qianfan City government to bring up this kind of matter on the surface, so in the end, it could only let it go.

"If I could go back to that time again, I would rather die of old age in prison than let them rescue me in this way"

Chopsticks unconsciously poked at the grilled meat on the plate, which had dissipated most of the heat. This was Gu Yinxing's summary of this joint rescue.

After this incident, the major forces in the human rights march seem to have tasted the sweetness. The small groups assembled before did not immediately separate, but continued to maintain contact, and eventually formed a large organization created by the people at the bottom.

The "Green Grass" where Gu Ginkgo and the others were located naturally became a very important part of it.

from this moment.

The development of the human rights march has reached a fork in the road.

To the left is hell, to the right is hell!
After Gu Yinxing and others were arrested by the government and released again, they all became celebrities in the parade without exception. A considerable part of the people regarded them as heroes who dared to fight against the capitalists and won victory. While showing off the limelight, he has also become the best role model.

So in the following days, Thorn expanded at an extremely fast speed, not only absorbing the rest of the poor, but even began to annex other small forces in the lower-level communities.

Is this a good thing?
Not really.

It seems that the number of members of the organization continues to increase, and the size of the organization almost changes every day.

However, anyone with a little bit of knowledge clearly knows that this mixed, unorganized, and disciplined organization has no future.

At this time, the inside story of the Thorn Organization was not entirely a matter of life and death, and some people in the upper echelon were also aware of this rather serious problem.

They hope to change this status quo.

Until one day, the appearance of several special characters brought a brand new trend of thought.

"Dennis, Sakai Takuto, Benjamin, you write down the names of these three people, this is very important!"

"they are"

Hearing these names, Zhu Jue's eyes shivered, he stopped what he was doing, and raised his head to ask.

Dennis, he is very familiar with this name. He had met this person before in the laboratory he entered after the consciousness conversion, and it was he who brought him to meet Mi Go!

I just don't know if he and Gu Yinxing are talking about the same person.

"No one knows where these three people came from. They appeared when the organizational system was bloated and about to fall apart. They claimed to be believers of the goddess of thorns. In fact, 'green grass' was later renamed 'thorns' because of them. This belief is put forth.”

"I don't know where they are now, but they must be an important member of the Ouroboros organization that caused this chaos in the bottom community. I don't know much about them. They ruined everything. Goddess of Thorns I am a You idiots are all deceitful lies!"

Mentioning these people, Gu Yinxing covered her face halfway, gritted her teeth with annoyance and frustration, and her violent mood swings made her state very unstable.

She has assumed too many people's expectations, and this expectation has become a mental burden that is about to crush her completely after her faith is shattered.

Only at this time, the state she showed would make people realize that she was just a young girl.

"Why don't you rest for a while and talk about it later?"

Zhu Jue noticed that something was wrong with Gu Yinxing's mood, put down his pen, and comforted him in a warm voice.

"Don't worry about me, you continue to record, the next thing I want to say is the most important information."

Not following Zhu Jue's suggestion, Gu Yinxing frowned.

From today's standpoint, those things that were extremely sacred in my eyes at the time, now seem to be traps that they have premeditated!

Her belief has been a tool used by some people to cover up disgusting and dirty thoughts from the very beginning, which makes her eager to fight back!

"They have a very special biochemical technology in their hands, which deceived many people, including me, at that time. The epidemic this time may also be related to it. Is your mobile phone still powered?"

"There is still 30%, do you want to use it?"

There is power supply equipment in the community hospital, and Zhu Jue spent some money to have someone charge it for him before going out.

"Take it out now, turn on the shooting function, and aim at my hand!"

The arm stretched out under the lens of Zhu Jue's mobile phone, and the white and tender palm was faintly glowing with strange black at this moment. After a while, a group of black amorphous hyphae penetrated from under the skin to her palm.

Sure enough, Gu Yinxing is no longer an ordinary person.

"what is this?"

Zhu Jue raised his hand to zoom in on the picture under the lens, and asked while observing carefully.

"This is the special ability brought by the 'God Fruit' distributed by the Thorn Sect. It can erode the human body, absorb the energy in their body, and finally condense a fruit that can strengthen the human body after killing the opponent. Eat this People who eat the fruit will gain power far beyond ordinary people, but as time goes by, it will gradually change the spirit and body of the eater, and the people of the Ouroboros organization can completely change this part of people through certain means. Become a monster!"

The scene of last night is vivid in my mind. Gu Yinxing looked at the black mycelium in her palm. She once regarded it as a gift from the gods to change fate. Who would have thought that it would actually push her and her companions into hell? Demon minions!

"The symptoms you mentioned are very similar to the symptoms of infected people. A few days ago, they were only changes in physical symptoms. Most people retained a certain degree of rationality. It was only the day before yesterday that a collective mutation suddenly occurred. It is the Ouroboros organization. Playing tricks behind your back?"

The information given by Gu Yinxing made Zhu Jue immediately think of the mutation process of the infected person, but after a little thought, he discovered a problem,
"According to what you said, the people of the Ouroboros organization can transform the infected into monsters by some means, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the locations of the infected are spread across five low-level communities, and the geographic locations between them are very different. Big, can the means of inducing mutations in ouroboros tissues cover five communities?"

"I can only tell you what I know now. As for your question involving the internal secrets of Ouroboros, my identity is not enough to get in touch. You just need to tell the Qiansail City government about this information and let them investigate it. !"

Gu Yinxing is not a core member of the Ouroboros organization. In fact, most of what she just said is just speculation based on past experiences.

"Um"

Suddenly pondering, Zhu Jue suddenly realized a more important problem.

Gu Yinxing just said that people who eat the so-called "God's Fruit" will mutate into monsters under the special means of people in the Ouroboros organization.

Then why can she sit here and have a fluent conversation with herself?
Anxiety in this regard quickly disappeared.

Because Gu Ginkgo gave an explanation.

The black lines that suddenly appeared on the skin all over the body and the limbs that suddenly began to mutate
Zhu Jue stared.

This explanation may not be more intuitive.

"He's coming! Get out of here quickly, and don't forget to convey what I just told you to the Qianfan City government!"

As if aware of something, Gu Yinxing suddenly got up from the seat, grabbed Zhu Jue's collar and threw it in the direction of the gate.

Who is he?
　there will be another chapter later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)