From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

"Humans and nature are supposed to live in harmony. But now, the Mana ecosystem has replaced the original Earth ecosystem. Why do you think that flying in the sky will allow you to escape its influence? Is it because the Devouring Beasts haven't evolved into flying types yet?"

Zhang Zhiwei chuckled, and before they could answer, after Lu Jin used his magnetic field to levitate 3852, a dazzling golden light enveloped his entire body, illuminating him as if—

Lord of Light and Shadow!

This moment.

Charles's eyes trembled, and his gaze toward Zhang Zhiwei was filled with disbelief.

But Zhang Zhiwei ignored it. With a wave of his hand, hundreds and thousands of tiny light spots appeared on his fingertips, which, under his control, transformed into thin golden needles. These needles accurately pierced the major acupoints on 3852's body, with the ends of the needles connected by fine golden threads.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhiwei dispersed the white lightning that had appeared at his fingertips.

"That's a bit too much."

As he spoke, the lightning at his fingertips continued to thin, eventually becoming as thin as a hair.

Ding!

A bolt of lightning, as thick as a hair, pierced the gold needle at the Yongquan acupoint in 3852, then pierced through the entire body, flowing over the dense array of gold needles.

Finally, the Red Maiden made her move, channeling her Qi to the eight or nine tenths, her arms seemingly transforming into hundreds of arms, constantly manipulating the silk threads connecting the ends of the golden needles, vibrating the major acupoints of 3852, mobilizing the innate Qi within his body, spontaneously forming a temporary circulation, and shaking out the scarlet pigment within his body.

Three minutes later, wisps of red mist emanated from the golden needles and gathered within the silk threads at the tips of the needles.

"Alright, all the scarlet in his body has been eliminated."

After Lu Jin confirmed the situation, Hong Guniang stopped. Zhang Zhiwei dispersed the golden light on his body, and with a wave of his hand, the golden needles around 3852 turned into golden light, enveloping the fist-sized scarlet pigment in them. He then placed it in his hand and asked Dr. Carrie, "Where should we put this ball of scarlet pigment?"

Dr. Carrie quickly took out a glass jar.

Zhang Zhiwei threw the golden ball into it.

Dr. Carrie wanted to study the golden light further, but she saw that the golden light outside the scarlet pigment was dissipating rapidly, disappearing completely in just one second.

"What's with your abilities?" Dr. Carrie asked. "How did you do it?"

"Manipulating the essence of life, nothing more."

Zhang Zhiwei gave a simple reply, then looked at Charles and asked, "Now you can trust us, right?"

Let's begin now.

Charles was already impatient; only a healthy body could support him to unleash his full potential and truly become the savior of the beacon!

However, as Charles lay down to be examined by Lu Jin, he paused slightly, then subtly relayed the situation to Hong Guniang and Zhang Zhiwei, saying: "His condition is somewhat unusual. He has absorbed a large amount of scarlet pigment. Logically, he should be in a state of mental confusion by now, but his innate Qi is pulsating at a peculiar frequency. It doesn't seem like a cultivation method; it's more like an instinct?"

Zhang Zhiwei responded: [Innate?]

Red Girl also scanned the area with her spiritual power and ruled out this possibility: [It seems like she has undergone some kind of postnatal modification, where her innate Qi resonates with Scarlet Toxin to some extent. Although she cannot prevent herself from being eroded by Scarlet Toxin, she can at least ensure that her will is not lost to a certain degree.]

It seems this lighthouse holds secrets unknown to us.

Zhang Zhiwei pondered for a moment, then suggested, "Have you two scanned the entire lighthouse?"

No, I instinctively sensed that doing that would cause some kind of problem... There's a being with incredibly strong mental power here, but it doesn't seem to be human.

Lu Jin replied, "We need to be cautious. Let's focus on Charles's treatment first..."

# Chapter 1142 Controlling Charles

After treatment, Charles felt much better, but tests revealed that he still had traces of scarlet in his body.

In this regard.

The girl in red said in a serious tone, "Unlike 3852, you have lost your left arm and right eye, which have not yet healed. Your energy circulation is not perfect, so it cannot be cured directly. You need to let the wounds heal completely before you can carry out the final treatment."

During this period, a cleansing process needs to be performed every month, and your condition will improve with each session, taking approximately one year.

"That's no problem."

Feeling much better than usual after having scarlet extract extracted, Charles chose to trust the three men and asked in front of the others, "What official positions do you want? I can grant them to you directly!"

"I want command of the city's garrison."

Red Girl spoke first.

"what?"

Seng gritted his teeth and said to Charles, "Lord, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

however.

Charles ignored Seng and said, "I can grant you the authority of the city garrison commander, but Seng also needs an irrefutable reason."

"I don't know the fighting strength of the city defense army, but I've heard that they have absolutely no experience in dealing with the Devouring Beasts."

Red Girl looked at Sengge and asked in her eyes, "A soldier who hasn't been tempered by blood and fire, no matter how good his simulation training is, will still be a greenhorn when he actually goes to the battlefield."

The evolution of the terrestrial ecosystem is happening at a speed far beyond our imagination. In order to secure the future, the city defense forces need to send a portion of their troops to the ground to fight against the Devouring Beasts.

Firstly.

Temper your will.

Secondly.

Exercise to improve physical fitness.

And in this process, I will teach them all how to find the core of the Devouring Beast, and even how to manipulate a person's innate life essence and process it into elemental power like ours.

After saying this, the girl in red mobilized her inner fire qi, forming a fist-sized flame in her palm. "We call this process refining qi."

Seng naturally longed for a way to control the essence of life, but having climbed to this position with great difficulty, how could he easily relinquish power?

But right now, I really can't come up with any reason to refute it.

“Since Seng cannot refute this, I hereby appoint you, Red Girl, as the captain of the second team of the city defense force.” Charles made the final decision, and then said to Seng, “The core members of the city defense force number two hundred, and including the reserves, there are a total of three hundred people. One hundred people will be assigned to her.”

"Yes."

Sengge had thought he was going to lose some of his power, but when he heard the city lord's words, it seemed that he was to hand over the hundred reserve soldiers to Red Girl. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.

And you?

Charles then looked at Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin.

"I'm actually good at resource allocation."

As soon as Lu Jin said this, You En, who was in charge of material management and distribution, felt a tightness in her heart. She opened her mouth but dared not say anything and could only work with Lu Jin.

"I'm just an ordinary person, I don't know anything about etiquette, and in this apocalypse, etiquette doesn't seem to put food on the table?"

Zhang Zhiwei stretched and said, "Just give me the authority to manage all the Dust People, and I'll make them work even harder."

Upon hearing Zhang Zhiwei's request, Charles did not immediately agree, but instead asked, "Why?"

As the saying goes, "Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix."

At this point, Zhang Zhiwei paused for a moment and explained to Charles, "The chicken is a kind of poultry in the Old World; the phoenix is ​​the highest-ranking legendary creature among birds in mythology."

"I roughly understand what it means."

Charles narrowed his eyes, sensing that Zhang Zhiwei was not only flamboyant but also ambitious, and asked again, "Besides that, are there any other requirements?"

“Yes, that is, when I manage the common people, as long as they are still common people and not upper-class people, no matter how I order them around, how I command them, or what kind of rules and regulations I formulate that seem to violate normal human logic but do not violate the three laws, the other upper-class people are not allowed to interfere or meddle,” Zhang Zhiwei added.

"no!"

Before Charles could speak, Jingnan objected, "Dust people are human beings too. We can't treat them like tireless tools just for the sake of efficiency!"

"Okay, I agree."

Despite Jingnan's objections, Charles agreed to Zhang Zhiwei's request, saying, "The common people are at your beck and call."

"The city lord is truly generous."

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and assured him, "Please rest assured, we will come to treat you regularly on the 10th of each month."

Upon hearing this, Charles's heart sank, but his smile remained unchanged: "Then I entrust my body to the three of you. Please make sure to come for my treatment on time."

"must."

X3

The three of them spoke in unison, and after receiving three half-blue and half-green identification tags from Vatican, who was waiting nearby, they left the infirmary under the guidance of the corresponding personnel.

"Lord City Lord, will those three cause any trouble?" Fan Lu asked with some concern.

"As long as they don't openly violate the three laws, they can't cause any trouble."

Charles's smile vanished instantly. "Dr. Carrie, did you record all the treatment methods they used just now?"

“The medical room’s surveillance equipment did record it, but it’s almost impossible to replicate. We have no concept of that kind of technology that manipulates life essence.” Dr. Carrie nodded, then shook her head. “Perhaps, the control of the Abyss requires the technology of manipulating life essence as a foundation.”

"Those who stand on the edge of the abyss..."

Charles murmured twice, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Dr. Carrie, I'll give you six months to prepare. Restart the Abyss Explorer experiment. First, simulate it, then test it. Collect as much data as possible on those three people when they use their abilities."

"understood."

Dr. Carrie knew that until the Lighthouse truly developed an effective treatment for Scarlet Syndrome, Charles was essentially being controlled by those three "survivors on the ground."

Are those three really unable to cure Charles immediately?

The "acting" was so exaggerated that, apart from Fan Lu who might choose to believe it, everyone else knew perfectly well what was going on.

Healing the City Lord—

Those were the three men's bargaining chips!

The moment Charles's scarlet fever was cured in 3852, he had no choice but to give in when facing the three men again.

All I can say is...

If Mark had been as shrewd as those three, would Charles have even had a chance?

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world!

The three who had been granted "privileges" immediately went to check out the places where they would be working in the future.

The girl in red went to the indoor training ground for the city defense troops, and Sengge entrusted her with the hundred reserve soldiers of the city defense troops without hesitation...

Lu Jin followed You En to the Lighthouse's supply distribution room to familiarize herself with the supply allocation process...