The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 974 Two Golden Crows (Part Twenty-One)

He Tao is right.

Moreover, it's not just Shen Zhiyu who has sealed herself off; the entire First Empire has entered an unprecedented state of high alert.

All shipping routes are monitored by the military, internet control has been significantly strengthened, and visa issuance is strictly controlled.

This matter was not made public; I only heard about it today at the celebration banquet when I overheard the old leaders talking about it after they were drunk.

"I wonder who they're wary of? Are they afraid we'll fly our small fighter jets over there and ram into their big warships?"

It's unclear which general, drunk and speaking recklessly, was immediately ordered by the commander to be dragged away to sober up.

Only Liu Sheng and He Tao knew the truth.

It was Shen Zhiyu who was on guard against them.

Of course, Shen Zhiyu had no idea who was behind it all.

All she knew was that on that day, someone silently infiltrated the spaceship that was considered "absolutely unhackable," not only paralyzing the ship's network system but also using it to break through numerous blockades and enter her special cabin.

And it was after that that she completely lost control.

This is the part of the story that Liu Sheng concealed.

She was in the lavatory in the lower deck at the time.

Just as she and Old Mu said, she doesn't need to leave here to travel around the entire spaceship, which is achieved by launching an invasion network by deploying the SkyNet through the "world".

Despite the numerous firewalls, they are not particularly complex compared to the firewalls of the Future Federation and even higher-dimensional civilizations that Liu Sheng had previously cracked.

Although it took some effort, overall it went relatively smoothly.

However, at this moment, the warship had already started to fire.

Liu Sheng hadn't expected the warship's exhaust flames to be so scorching; the entire area was instantly ignited into an extremely hot hell.

[Damn it, they completely disregard the people below!]

Worse still, the ruins were emitting an extremely excited emotion due to the burning of the high-temperature flames, which Liu Sheng, Lao Mu, and everyone involved could clearly sense.

The ruins... I'm so excited I could lose control!

Beneath that extreme excitement, there seemed to be a hint of vague sadness and pain, merely masked by the intense emotions, fleeting as if it were Liu Sheng's illusion.

As the warship accelerated upwards, so did the mountain where the ruins were located.

A mix of emotions.

Excitement, pain, tearing, repression...

【Something's wrong! 】

[Take a look below.] The "World" app provides a reminder.

From the perspective of the small tentacles left below, flesh and blood were being forcibly ripped from the depths of the earth's crust, and thick black water spread out, like scorching magma.

Even Officer Yu will be swallowed by the black water!
Liu Sheng could only spare a moment to have the little tentacles rescue Officer Yu to higher ground and build a protective barrier to shield the people at the village entrance who were gradually losing their senses due to the emotional impact of the ruins.

However, this one action consumed a huge amount of energy, causing the "source particle" gas cloud within the body to shrink rapidly.

This black water cannot be transformed at all; it is more like an unknown special material that is incompatible with any energy model that Liu Sheng has mastered.

Fortunately, she doesn't need to resort to violence for now.

All you need is Skynet.

Using the network, she quickly accessed the access records of the hatch passage, finally located Shen Zhiyu's cabin, and then launched an intrusion.

They successfully landed on the terminal inside the cabin.

At this moment, Shen Zhiyu was sitting cross-legged on the bed with her eyes closed, covered in cold sweat and looking pained, probably trying to suppress the ruins below.

Because she successfully stabilized the "fire seed," she gained control of the entire ruins, deeply integrating her own consciousness into them, much like a hermit crab.

That is why she was able to take the relics away in this way.

It's said that the warships pulled the mountain up, but what ability or load-bearing capacity do they actually have? It's more accurate to say that the mountain pulled itself up, docked with the warships, and prepared to fly together to the First Empire.

In a sense... Liu Sheng actually helped her.

You need to clean up your own mess.

【I see.】

Thus, amidst the intrigue unfolded by Shen Zhiyu, Liu Sheng pushed open a door and stepped into the twilight-shrouded residential compound.

By the sandpit, Shen Zhiyu, who looked like a child, sat listlessly, her little face scrunched up, filled with sorrow.

Before she could even get close, a towering figure suddenly appeared—Liu Sheng could only see the figure's legs, not even its head or face, as it was too high and too far away, shrouded in a dim light.

The large hand reached out to grab Shen Zhiyu, but the small girl shrank and dodged it.

"What are you hiding for! We have to move!"

"why?"

"Because you need a better learning environment!"

"But……"

The little pheasant looked around helplessly, as if reluctant to leave everything in the small park.

Black tears streamed down his cheeks.

"No buts! Stop crying!"

"Stop with the 'buts'! What are you crying for!" the adult scolded sternly. "All you do here is play, you've completely lost your focus! You'd be better off going somewhere where no one will bother you."

"Where?"

"Go abroad! There are better learning resources there!"

The hand reached out again, and this time Xiao Zhiyu couldn't dodge it.

Just as she was in a panic, a slender figure blocked her way, raising the heavy slide elephant to stop the hand.

"Hello."

Liu Sheng slowly lowered the plastic slide and smiled as she reached out her hand to Xiao Zhiyu.

Xiao Zhiyu looked at the adults, then at Liu Sheng, who was much smaller, and felt a strange sense of security and warmth. He couldn't help but stand up and take a step closer.

But he still cautiously refrained from taking Liu Sheng's hand.

But this step really angered the adults.

Why did you go near her?!

"Because...because..."

Xiao Zhiyu opened his mouth, but stammered and couldn't give a reason.

Her hesitation only fueled the adults' rage.

"I've sacrificed so much for you, and you just follow someone else around at the drop of a hat. All my hard work has been for nothing!"

"I'm telling you, you have to come with me today!"

"me……"

"If you don't come with me, don't even think about becoming a qualified elite! You'll be homeless on the streets!"

“Elite…” Xiao Zhiyu repeated blankly.

"Elite, do you understand what that is?" The adult's voice was cold yet alluring. "Become an elite, and you can eat whatever you want, play whatever you want, the world will revolve around you, and all resources will be piled up at your feet."

"Don't you want to grow tall and strong quickly? Follow me, and you'll grow at the fastest speed!"

Xiao Zhiyu's eyes wavered upon hearing this, and she involuntarily took half a step closer to the adult.

Liu Sheng calmly replied, "You should ask what the price of becoming an elite is."

"cost?"

"Hehe, what's the price of becoming an elite? It's just studying hard and making progress every day."

"So... I can't play anymore?"

"Once you become an elite, you can do whatever you want."

"But then she can't play with the other kids in the neighborhood, right?"

"Of course, those of you who can't become elites will never even appear in our sights again. We're already on a different level, so how could we possibly play together?"

“Then I don’t want to become an elite!” Xiao Zhiyu said immediately.

The adult instantly flew into a rage: "You shallow-minded brat! You have no sense of propriety at all!"

But if Xiao Zhiyu didn't want to, she would slippery like a small marble, and the big hand could only grab a wisp of air after a few tries.

The panting adult could only suppress his anger and continue to persuade:
"Even without these kids, there are many new and even better kids to play with. Isn't that great?"

This time, Xiao Zhiyu looked at Liu Sheng, seemingly waiting for her to say something more. Liu Sheng squatted down, looked her in the eye, and said softly, "I won't force you to become any kind of elite. I only hope you become who you want to be."
The adult said impatiently, "What kind of convoluted nonsense is this?"

But Xiao Zhiyu's eyes flickered slightly: "I can become anything I want?"

“Of course.” Liu Sheng nodded.

"But I haven't figured out what I want to do yet."

"Then think about it slowly."

"But……"

"But you don't have time!" the adult roared, interrupting. "No one in this world will wait for you to think it over! This world is cruel; if you don't start running, you'll be trampled underfoot!"

“Then let’s create a world that isn’t cruel,” Liu Sheng replied coldly.

Xiao Zhiyu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Hesitantly, he reached out and finally grasped Liu Sheng's hand.

For a moment, the world seemed to freeze.

The adult was furious and looked down, trying to see clearly what kind of person was affecting the child's mind.

Unfortunately, Liu Sheng was far too insignificant.

Can't see clearly at all.

Since that's the case, there's no need to watch it anymore; we might as well just stomp it to death.

He raised his foot and stomped down hard on Liu Sheng!

Just as the foot was about to land, Xiao Zhiyu suddenly threw a handful of glass marbles from his pocket.

Tiny marbles rolled towards the adults' feet, reflecting the glow of the setting sun.

At the same time, Liu Sheng dragged Xiao Zhiyu away in a flash.

The adult's foot missed its mark and then landed on a marble.

Then, his foot slipped, he lost his balance, and the adult fell to the ground with a thud, his scream instantly piercing the air.

Taking advantage of the break, Xiao Zhiyu grabbed Liu Sheng's hand and ran off without looking back.

Little Yu was clearly very familiar with this space. He walked through the passage under the slide, went around the flower bed, crawled through the dog hole under the wall, climbed over a vine, and entered the old building, leaving the adults far behind.

In the distance, angry shouts could be heard:
"I knew I should have moved a long time ago! Otherwise, some scoundrel from who-knows-where would have kidnapped my child and raised him to be a bad person!"

But the cardboard boxes in the dormitory building were layer upon layer, so dense and fine that even a large adult could hardly move an inch. On the contrary, Liu Sheng and Xiao Zhiyu, two small figures, were able to nimbly weave through them and run further and further away.

Exhausted from running, he could only hide in a dimly lit stairwell.

Little Zhiyu peeked out, then ducked back in, grinning to reveal a gap in her teeth: "Luckily, they can't find us."

"You seem to be very good at playing hide-and-seek."

"Yes! I used to play that all the time when I was little!"

Why play so often?

“Because, if it continued, none of us would survive,” Xiao Zhiyu said matter-of-factly.

"But later... you were all found one by one?"

“Yes, we were lured…” Xiao Zhiyu said with a gloomy face, shaking her head vigorously, “That’s not right. Hide-and-seek should be played one by one, and the rules shouldn’t be broken!”

The voices of adults could still be heard in the distance, calling out repeatedly:

"where are you?"

"Come out, and I'll give you candy."

"No homework required!"

"It also lets you play computer games!"

Xiao Zhiyu's eyes flickered slightly, but his missing front teeth prevented him from biting his upper lip, and he seemed undecided.

Liu Sheng only said, "Do you believe it?"

"I...I don't believe it." Xiao Zhiyu shook her head. "One minute she says I should study hard, the next she says I shouldn't do my homework and should play games. It changes too fast."

"You are so smart."

“I feel that if we really go out there, something bad might happen…”

Just then, in the distance, in the corridor made of cardboard, doors opened one after another, and countless blurry figures emerged from behind them.

He kept walking around and shouting, "Time to eat! Time to go home and eat!"

Along with the sound, a strong aroma of food wafted out, becoming even more enticing in the enclosed and cramped stairwell.

However, Liu Sheng could vaguely smell a bloody scent in it.

The "World" warning reads: [Warning! Everyone on the warship has fallen unconscious!]

Liu Sheng felt a chill run down his spine.

At this moment, Xiao Zhiyu turned around awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, sister, I... I have to go home for dinner. Let's play together again next time, okay?"

Liu Sheng wanted to stop him, but eating was a huge deal for Xiao Zhiyu right now, so he walked very fast.

She had just stepped out of the building, revealing half of her body.

Instantly, the wandering figures all turned towards her, their voices growing louder as they approached:

"Oh! So you were here!"

"Oh! So you were here!"

"Oh... so you were here..."

It spreads from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and so on, reaching great distances.

And these blurry figures, pieced together, revealed a tall, faceless adult running towards the young child.

The rumbling footsteps drew rapidly closer, each step causing the cardboard walls to tremble.

A giant hand suddenly reached out and grabbed Little Zhiyu tightly!
"let me go!"

Xiao Zhiyu struggled desperately, tears streaming down her face.

Liu Sheng rushed forward and grabbed Xiao Zhiyu's foot, but was pulled into the air along with it.

But taking advantage of this opportunity, she leaped forward, condensed a ball of lightning from her spiritual energy, and hurled it out!

Lightning exploded in the adult's chest.

Instantly, a charred mass appeared, flesh and blood burst open, revealing a deep, blood-red cave.

Inside the cave, there were neither internal organs nor bones.

Instead, it was filled with gods and Buddhas.

The adult let out a scream and shook violently, but still refused to let go of the little pheasant in his hand. Instead, he raised his other huge hand and grabbed at Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng, however, had already taken the opportunity to slip into the blood-red cave.

The walls were covered with all sorts of fleshy sculptures, densely packed throughout the cave and extending to the very top. But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that these were not sculptures at all, but rather miniature human figures, their faces filled with pain and struggle.

There were also umbilical cords extending from his body, connecting to the depths of the cave.

The umbilical cords reached out and wrapped around Liu Sheng, almost suffocating her.

With a flash of sword light, Liu Sheng severed the umbilical cords one by one.

But even more complications arise.

At the same time, a giant hand reached in and hid Xiao Zhiyu deep inside.

In that instant, Liu Sheng and Xiao Zhiyu brushed past each other, only managing a brief glance before being abruptly separated.

They wanted to chase after them, but these thorny umbilical cords were impossible to cut off completely. What was even more frustrating was that every time they struck with their swords, they would elicit screams of pain from these flesh statues.

And because of this, Liu Sheng finally understood.

She stopped and pushed herself out with the umbilical cord.

Looking back from high above, besides this terrifying giant, at the edge of this space stood eight similar enormous flesh-and-blood bodies, all hidden in translucent amniotic sacs, now dim and silent.

Only the body containing Xiao Zhiyu, and her own body, shone with a faint but clear light.

Unfortunately, she was still too insignificant.

Moreover, unlike Shen Zhiyu, who had an entire warship of people as his energy source.

She had no choice but to give up.

They then turned to vying for control of the ruins.

(End of this chapter)