From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

It was only after witnessing this scene that the others came to their senses and looked at the corpses of the other spiny eels and calyx beasts, only to find that they were all just skeletons!

Devouring Beast—

They can be killed!

Why did so many people sacrifice themselves every time they went into the field?

What exactly has the Lighthouse Ecological Research Institute discovered over the years?

“However, for ordinary people like you, it’s quite difficult to find their core,” Zhang Zhiwei added.

This brought some comfort to the hunters.

"Jed! Kado!"

at this time.

A humanoid black heavy machine emerged from a hole in the wall of the Nirvana Research Institute, and inside was Sui Ying, the commander of the Hunter operation.

He had already ordered the rest of the team to retreat from the research institute, but as the captain, he had to come back to check the situation. However, he found that there were no Devouring Beasts at all, which made him furious. He suspected that Jade and Kado were joking, and he said angrily, "I know I'm a new commander, but I can't joke around at a time like this!"

"Captain, what I'm saying is true! The Devouring Beasts have been completely killed by the survivors on the ground! Look!" Jade hurriedly pointed to the skeletons of the Devouring Beasts and explained.

Sui Ying opened the heavy-duty mask, stared at the stark white skeletons, her pupils suddenly contracted, and then looked at Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin, blurting out: "Hello, I am Sui Ying, the captain of the Lighthouse Hunter Commander Team. According to the Lighthouse's terms, we can accept survivors from the ground."

“Strictly speaking, we are not survivors, but we can go with you.”

Zhang Zhiwei chuckled and then asked, "Since we saved your team, could you do us a favor?"

"What kind of help?"

Suiying emerged from the 3D space and patiently inquired.

"Help us find our lost companion, a man." Lu Jin grabbed the Ghost Craft Ball from his waist and took out a photograph.

It is the river flowing.

"If they get lost, they might already be..." Suiying wasn't optimistic.

"There's no need to worry about his safety."

Zhang Zhiwei laughed and said, "His name is Jiang Liu. He's our boss. Even twenty of me combined wouldn't be a match for him with one hand."

We suffered an unimaginable attack and lost contact..."

# Chapter 1132 Hearing the Light and Shadow Gathering

During their journey to this time and space, Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, Zhang Zhiwei, and Hong Guniang were subjected to temporal interference, and Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Jin, and Hong Guniang lost contact with Jiang Liu.

They were able to confirm the river was unobstructed by the light spots, but it seemed to be under severe interference, making communication impossible and the exact location of the river impossible to determine.

To sum it up in one sentence:

My master has been captured by a monster!

Despite the great abilities of this "master," the three of them couldn't just sit idly by and wait. So they took the initiative to learn about the specifics of this world.

As the saying goes:

Matter and energy influence each other.

therefore.

By understanding the situation at the material level, we can deduce deeper information and thus infer where the river is now.

Communicating and collaborating with "locals" is a wise choice for obtaining a large amount of information in a short period of time.

"Are we going to find your lost companions now?" Suiying hesitated. Every time they went down to the ground, it was to collect supplies, and time was extremely precious. They couldn't waste it on searching for people.

“There’s no rush. He’s tough as nails. Even if we die, he won’t. At most, he’ll just be stuck somewhere and won’t be able to get out for a while.” Although Hong Guniang was worried about Jiang Liu’s safety, she also understood that they had to take things one step at a time. Their primary task at the moment was to learn about the bizarre ecology of this world through these “locals.”

"Well."

Suiying couldn't tell for a moment whether the three were worried about their companion or deliberately trying to kill them.

Kill the Devouring Beast?

Looking at the corpses of those Devouring Beasts, Sui Ying admitted that they might have some ability, or even know the weaknesses of the Devouring Beasts, so that they could kill them with one blow, but they would definitely not be able to survive when faced with a group of Devouring Beasts.

It doesn't matter!

For Suiying, the "value" of Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Jin, and Hong Guniang is far more important than the target she came down this time.

"Please get in the car with me."

Suiying invited the three people into his car.

The other hunters frowned slightly, thinking that following Shadow was too arbitrary.

Indeed.

Zhang Zhiwei and others saved their lives, but necessary vigilance is still needed. In the end times, people's hearts are the most unpredictable.

But none of them offered any advice.

Zhang Zhiwei, Hong Guniang, and Lu Jin were not ignorant people. They had long noticed the superficial unity of this team, and they also learned from Sui Ying's previous words that he had only recently taken office, so they could understand.

But in such a dire situation, they are still so disloyal... Could it be that this shadowy figure is the city lord's son?

But the three of them only thought about it in their hearts and did not speak.

Got in the car.

Then 8925 asked, "How do you have such great strength? And you can fly? Are you disciples of the Lord of Light and Shadow?"

"The Lord of Light and Shadow?"

Red Girl asked in confusion, "The higher-ups at the Lighthouse?"

"The people of the Light and Shadow Society say that only with the protection of the Lord of Light and Shadow have we been able to survive until now." 8925 couldn't explain it clearly either, but he tried his best to describe the situation of the Light and Shadow Society.

Lu Jin roughly understood and said to Hong Guniang and Zhang Zhiwei: "I roughly understand. They are a group of high-ranking officials responsible for formulating, supervising, and enforcing the Beacon Laws, planning the reproduction of humanity in the apocalypse, and those long-distance journeys, but in reality, it is an organization similar to a religion."

Governance through religion...

Hong Guniang firmly believed in Jiang Liu's statement that "people need spiritual sustenance," especially in the apocalypse, when most ordinary people needed a reason to live, or rather, something to rely on.

Judging from the equipment of these hunters, their science and technology were many times more advanced than those of China in 1929. Even though they were short of supplies and needed to go out into the ruins to find supplies every now and then, they definitely had well-equipped maintenance and repair facilities.

In other words, lighthouses are absolutely based on "science".

Why then is it primarily based on "religion"?

[For the purpose of keeping the people ignorant.]

Zhang Zhiwei, who came from the Celestial Master's Mansion, had a considerable understanding of religious thought. To keep the common people obedient, it was definitely not something that one or a few powerful practitioners could suppress.

After all, reality is not like the arcade games on the cultural street, and the masses are not like NPCs who have no independent thought and are just pre-programmed.

Looking at humanity as a whole, we might be able to see some trends and thus understand the concept of "destiny."

However, when considering individual human beings, especially ordinary people who do not practice spiritual cultivation, their physical behavior and thought processes are not 100% identical.

Even though ordinary people are afraid of superhumans with superpowers, an ordinary person could easily destroy a superhuman's fortune with a single unintentional act.

During his time in the army, Zhang Zhiwei raided a landlord's house with about ten people.

In truth, that landlord was also "pitiful".

Before leading people to his house, the ripe rice stalks in his field caught fire!

An investigation later revealed that...

It was done by a tenant farmer!

The reason was that the tenant farmer was the landlord's cowherd. When the landlord's son accidentally set fire to a house, he rushed to put it out and received a reward from the landlord—ten silver dollars.

Having tasted success, he decided to go all out and set fire to the ripe rice in the paddy field so that he could extinguish the fire later and receive a reward from the master.

He originally only wanted to set fire to one acre of land, but who knew that the autumn winds were strong and the fire would spread quickly once it was lit, burning nearly half of the rice in the field... Of course, no matter how innocent the strange man was, he still had to return the land to the local people in the end.

But from this incident, Zhang Zhiwei realized the immense losses that could result from ignorance and a lack of understanding.

Although they are easy to manage, once they have the idea of ​​"causing trouble", even the most wicked people cannot outdo the "brilliant idea" of such fools!

therefore.

Even Zhang Zhiwei, who comes from Taoism, does not agree with the fact that the Lighthouse's top leadership uses religious belief as the fundamental institutional basis for its post-apocalyptic survival philosophy and as its spiritual sustenance.

Ordinary people need spiritual sustenance, that's understandable, but directly incorporating religious beliefs into the political system—

What is this operation?

[Perhaps it was despair.]

The young woman in red considered a possibility: Given that the world's ecosystems have been overrun by these Devouring Beasts, even if the ruling class, who have gathered a group of survivors, outwardly shout slogans like "defeat the ecosystem," they've probably already lost the courage to fight the Devouring Beasts...

Generally speaking, it's a state of mind where one doesn't want to die, but is also hopeless about the future...

I estimate that the political system of the Beacon is similar to that of the Qing Dynasty, with the city lord being equivalent to the emperor, and it's centered around religion... Brother Jiang told me about the caste system in India, and I suspect that people in the Beacon might be divided into different classes from birth, with no path to advancement.

[Sister Hong's guess is probably pretty accurate.]

Lu Jin wholeheartedly agreed, but then subtly glanced at Suiying, who was driving, [This Suiying's relationship with the other hunters is delicate; there's a chance she's broken the existing rules.]

[But in such an environment, if he really wasn't the city lord's son, but was promoted by the city lord out of turn, he must have either made some significant contribution or done some dirty work for the city lord... And whether he can maintain his original intentions after being promoted is another matter entirely...]

Zhang Zhiwei analyzed the possible scenarios involving Suiying.

Leaving aside the names of the other team members, such as Sean and Jade, which are similar to English translations, the phrase "Following Shadow" doesn't sound like a normal name; it sounds more like a code name...

# Chapter 1133 Going to the Lighthouse

Seven vehicles drove out of the city's ruins and onto the vast desert.

As far as the eye can see, the terrain is open, but it is all yellowish and there is not a single green plant, not even a single withered shrub.

How far is the lighthouse from that city?

Zhang Zhiwei inquired.