The civilization before the collapse, heroes and heroes are reborn with me

Chapter 56: Investigation Results

On the way to the village.

"Sorry, Pado, this is obviously a good opportunity for you and Feng to get along..." Desdobia looked at Pado and said.

Pado waved her hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, Sister Daisy, there will be such opportunities in the future, but for you, there are still some hurdles that you must overcome, right?" What's more, Brother Yufeng has Boss Kevin on his side, so it might not be so easy for Sister Ellie to succeed.

"Pado is right. Sooner or later, you will have to cross this chasm called 'reality'." Su said, "Fighting the Honkai may not be what you imagined at first. It will not only appear in the form of monsters. This is a war, and war always requires a price."

"I... I just don't understand..." Desdobia said, "We fight against Honkai for the sake of humanity, but we ignore those who have been corrupted by Honkai, and even put them to death... In this case, in the end, what have we protected?"

Su looked at Desdobia, then turned his gaze to Sakura who was exploring the way ahead and keeping watch on the surroundings. He said, "Maybe in the end, we won't be able to protect anything, but if we keep trying to save everyone, we will really be unable to protect anything."

Su also wanted to save those who were eroded by the collapse. But he tried hard in his previous life, and continued to try hard after that, even using the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle to observe other worlds, but the result was... helpless.

He could only place his hopes for the final victory on Kevin and Feng. According to Qianjie Yicheng's observation, Kevin played the role of a hero in every world, and Feng... This was also a point that Su cared about very much, that is, he did not observe Feng's existence at all.

In three thousand worlds, there is only one Feng.

So he believed that Feng could do it, but he also wanted Feng to be able to welcome the tomorrow called "victory" with them.

"It's like a choice. There are two ships sailing on the sea. They both have an accident and are about to sink, but there are many people on one of them and very few on the other. You can only save the people on one ship. So how do you choose?" Su said.

Desdobia was silent. She thought of what Kosmo had said: "When faced with two evils, there is no other choice."

She knew Kosmo, so she didn't understand why Kosmo said that. Now that she thought about it... was it because Kosmo knew about it in advance?

With mixed feelings in her mind, the girl walked into the village with the team.

A middle-aged man and several villagers appeared in front of the crowd and said, "Are you the people sent by the government? Hello, I am the village chief here."

As the team leader, Su gently said, "Hello, Mr. Village Chief, we are indeed responsible for investigating here. May I ask, is there anything unusual happening here?"

"This... I have no idea." The village chief sighed, "It seems to have happened overnight. The army has taken control of the surrounding area and no one can leave."

At this time, a man next to the village chief spoke up: "I would say this is the plague brought by that disaster star! Their family was the first in the village to have that strange disease, and it was only after that that the army came to blockade the area!"

"They brought the plague?" Su asked the village chief, "Excuse me, where are they now?"

"Humph, they were driven into the mountains a long time ago." The man who spoke said, "If it weren't for them, how could those red lines appear one after another? They must have angered the mountain god, so the mountain god punished them!"

"Mountain God? How can such a thing..." Before Desdobia could finish her words, Padu covered her mouth. She said to the villagers who were looking over, "Oh, Sister Des, is she saying that the old mountain god shouldn't bother with ordinary people? How can this be a punishment from the mountain god?"

"Little girl, you don't understand. If it was just a common offense, the Mountain God would definitely be magnanimous and not make a fuss about it. But that family is always thinking about building some kind of factory in this mountain." The man said indignantly, "I heard from people outside that this factory is very polluting. It's like dumping garbage into the Mountain God's home! I opposed it at the time, but you all agreed. Now, aren't you? The Mountain God is angry!"

The village chief sighed and said, "What's the point of worrying about these things now? Young man, look..."

"Well..." Su thought for a moment, "Please take us to meet that family."

The people around the village chief looked at each other, and no one was willing to leave. Finally, the village chief spoke up, "It's not that we don't want to take you, but... the guys who moved their family to the mountains before... have already developed the same symptoms as them, so..."

Sue asked again, "So, where did the family move to?"

The village chief pointed in a direction, and then Su and the others all fell silent. That direction was exactly the direction where the collapse originated.

"Then let's take a look at other people who are showing symptoms first." said Qiao Su.

the other side.

Kevin kicked a dead man away, and then Kosmo immediately raised his gun to finish him off.

Zhu Yufeng shot through a assassin who was rushing towards him and looked at a tightly closed wooden door.

Alicia walked forward and pushed the wooden door, then looked at Zhu Yufeng and said, "It was locked from the inside."

Zhu Yufeng and Kevin looked at each other. Considering that there might be someone else inside, they decided not to use weapons to open the door unless it was absolutely necessary. So they both exerted force at the same time and broke the wooden door open.

What came into view was a shabby room, with a young girl lying on the bed, breathing with difficulty.

The red lines representing the erosion of collapse had now occupied half of her face, and her right hand, which was exposed and hanging outside, was also covered with red lines.

Alicia just took a look and chose to leave the room.

Kosmo looked at Kevin and Zhu Yufeng. Zhu Yufeng was silent for a moment and raised the gun in his hand. Kosmo sighed and turned his back.

After a while, the three of them walked out of the bedroom and saw Alicia flipping through a notebook. Seeing them come out, Alicia asked, "The child didn't feel any pain when he passed away, did he?"

Zhu Yufeng replied expressionlessly: "The Honkai energy has already corroded her entire body. At least at the last moment, she couldn't feel any pain."

"...Why do they live here?" Kosmo raised the question that concerned him the most. In his opinion, this family was in this situation simply because they lived too close to the source of the collapse.

Alicia looked at the notes in her hand and said, "From what is written in the notes, the child's parents wanted to build a factory on the mountain to help the villagers get rich... But it may be because of this reason, plus some other factors, that the collapse occurred, so their family was forced to live here."

"So the source of the collapse is that factory, right?" Zhu Yufeng walked out the door, "Let's go and take a look there."

Suddenly, Su's voice rang out in Zhu Yufeng's earphones: "Feng, have you seen the family living on the mountain?"

Zhu Yufeng turned his head to look inside the dilapidated house and said, "Two dead soldiers and one patient with severe collapse energy erosion have been dealt with."

Su on the other side was silent for a while, and then said: "Based on the information we have collected, we speculate that there may be a mutated Honkai beast at the source of the Honkai, and the level is unknown."

"How many infected people are there in the village now?" Zhu Yufeng asked.

"Five people have mild symptoms, twelve people have moderate symptoms, and two people have severe symptoms." Su replied, "How are you going to deal with them?"

"For those with mild infection, bring them back to the Fire Chaser Moths. For those with moderate or severe infection... keep them under centralized care until we come back to deal with them."

"……understood."

After the communication ended, Zhu Yufeng told others the results of Su and others' investigation.

"This was done with good intentions..." Kosmo sighed, remembering a story Feng told him about a boy who wanted to be a hero and went around robbing the rich and helping the poor. However, the poor children he helped were treated as wallets by the gangsters because of his help, and their lives became even more difficult than before.

I always feel that Feng is talking about himself...

But he had never seen Feng when he was a child, so how did Feng know about this?

"Reality is often the most unreasonable thing." Zhu Yufeng continued to walk towards the factory. "Reality can be unreasonable, but we can choose how to accept it."

After everyone left the room, Alicia placed a crystal flower in front of the house.

in the village.

Su looked down at the children who were surrounding him and looking at him expectantly. One of the boys said, "Big brother, have your friends seen Xiaoya and her family?"

Su was silent for a while, then he squatted down and touched the boy's head with a smile: "They have been sent for treatment. You may not be able to meet for a long time."

Chapter 57: Shackles from Outside the World

"Doctor, can this disease still be cured?" A man lying on the bed asked Su while grabbing Su's hand, "I am the only one in my family who can work. The child is still young and has this strange disease. His mother Go early, this home cannot live without me..."

Su opened his eyes and looked down at the man's hands which were already covered with red lines, and half of his face which had red lines on it. All of this showed that the man's Honkai energy erosion had reached an advanced stage.

He chose to hold the man's hand tightly and said gently: "There will be a way."

The man seemed to see hope and kept saying, "Thank you, doctor, thank you, doctor!"

But soon, the man asked hesitantly: "Doctor, this disease... is it expensive to treat? If it is expensive... then just treat my child!"

Su spoke again to calm the man down, then he walked towards the other people, telling them not to be afraid, trying to stabilize the emotions of those present.

Padu and Desdobia were also helping out, chatting with the people who were eroded by Honkai energy and talking about interesting things in life.

"Little one, my disease... is incurable, right?" an old man suddenly said to Desdobia.

Desdobia was stunned and said quickly: "How could that be? Old man, this disease can certainly be cured. Don't give up hope!"

The old man smiled faintly and said, "Whether this disease can be cured or not, what does it mean to my old bones? What's more, I have lived for so long and have seen everything. Some things... I can feel them a little bit."

Destobia was silent.

The old man suddenly grabbed Desdobia's hand and said earnestly, "I've been to big cities. I know that for those big shots, there are some incurable diseases. As long as there are enough experimental subjects, they will definitely find a way. I'm old and have lived enough, but my granddaughter is still young. Her life should not stop here, so... at least please save her..."

Desdobia was silent for a moment, then she held the old man's hands with both hands and said, "Of course, it will be possible, of course..."

Paddo shared with the children the interesting stories she saw on Dusk Street, of course with some of her own embellishments. The children listened with fascination and asked questions from time to time.

After a while, Zhu Yufeng and others came back.

"How's the situation?" Zhu Yufeng looked at Su and asked.

Su sighed, looked at the place where the patients were placed and said, "The test results are the same as what I told you before, but I don't have enough equipment and time to test all the villagers here. I may need to report to the Fire Moth and ask the branch to send someone to conduct a detailed examination of the villagers here."

"What about the age distribution?" Zhu Yufeng continued to ask.

"There are seven children under the age of fifteen, five of whom are mildly infected and two are moderately infected. There are five young men, one of whom is severely infected and four are moderately infected. There are six young women, five of whom are moderately infected and one is severely infected. There is also an elderly man who is moderately infected." Su said, "Have you found anything over there?"

Kevin replied: "We went to the factory and found a mutated Honkai beast, but it was not a big problem. It is estimated to be a Temple-level beast, still in its infancy. The cause of the Honkai outbreak may be the Honkai energy crystals in the factory's energy core."

To put it bluntly, the factory used Honkai energy as its energy supply, but improper operation eventually led to the occurrence of Honkai.

At present, Honkai energy has not yet been promoted in the world as a universal energy source, and its energy driving technology is not mature outside the Fire Moth. However, compared with other energy sources, Honkai energy is cheaper and more universal, so some places still use Honkai energy as an energy supply.

Many crashes occurred in these places.

Zhu Yufeng thought for a while and said, "Is that so... Then let's do as I said at the beginning. Those with mild infection will bring back the Fire Chasing Moths, and those with moderate or higher infection..."

"Wait!" Desdobia interrupted Zhu Yufeng's words, "Feng, bring them back to the Fire Moth as well!"

Zhu Yufeng glanced at her and said calmly, "This is not in compliance with the regulations, Desdobia."

Desdobia's tone was very firm: "Rules are dead, but people are alive. Maybe the Fire Moth really doesn't want to accept these people, but...what if there are experimenters who are willing to accept them? Feng, don't you know Dr. Mebius? Isn't she an expert in this field? She will definitely be able to think of a way, right?"

Zhu Yufeng looked at Desdobia and said calmly, "Wouldn't it be better to use those with mild infections as experimental subjects?"

"Feng!" Desdobia's voice rose a degree, "We are human, not machines. How can you..."

"That's enough, Desdobia, don't make Feng feel embarrassed." Kosmo said.

(How can it be that easy to treat someone who has been corrupted by Houkai energy? Even for Grayshu, the only way to save her at that time was the Fusion Warrior Surgery, and it was only successful after Mobius risked everything... What's more, Mobius' research direction is not healing, but "evolution".)

"Amo!" Desdobia glared at Kosmo and said, "How could you say such a thing? Where is the old you? The you who was chivalrous and wanted to make everyone happy? Why would you say such a thing?"

Kosmo could only look at Alicia. After all, Alicia was the captain of the team and the decision-making power was still in Alicia's hands.

"Since Desdobia has said so, let's take them all back. I'll ask you, Feng, to communicate with Mobius~" Alicia looked at Zhu Yufeng and said.

Zhu Yufeng looked at Desdobia, then at Alicia, and could only compromise. He said, "Okay, but the severely infected people must be dealt with immediately."

"Why?" Desdobia asked.

Su sighed and explained to Desdobia: "The next stage for severely infected people may be dead soldiers, or they will become new sources of Honkai infection."

Desdobia was silent for a long time before she replied, "I... understand."

Zhu Yufeng crossed his arms and looked at Destobia, saying, "I will tell Mebius about what will happen next. Destobia, since you hope so much that they can be treated, then you should follow up on their treatment process from now on. Then you will know why I said that."

"Dr. Mobius is a genius, and Fire Moth has countless top talents in this area. There is no way they can't do it." Desdobia stared at Zhu Yufeng and said, "They will definitely prove you wrong!"

"Maybe." Zhu Yufeng turned and left to contact Mebius, "I also hope I am wrong." But the facts have proved that he is right.

Why is it that Mobius, Mei and Velvet, they are unique geniuses across eras in any era, but none of these geniuses can come up with a way to cure the erosion of Honkai energy, and even Mei died from the erosion of Honkai energy in the end.

Zhu Yufeng could only speculate that this was because a higher-level being had locked onto the reality that humans were unable to cure Honkai, just as He could arrange the fate of all living beings. Simply put, it was because of this layer of shackles that when Mobius and the others thought of the possibility of some kind of treatment, that possibility was like a flash in the pan, which came quickly and went even faster.

After all, in terms of genius, Zhu Yufeng personally thinks that Mobius is not inferior to Otto, right? After all, Mobius is a monster who can think before he is born and can speak as soon as he is born, which Otto can't do.

But the result is that Otto developed a specific medicine to treat the Black Death. You must know that in the world of Honkai, the Black Death is a symptom of Honkai energy erosion.

If Otto can do it, there is no reason why Mobius can't do it. What's more, Otto is well-versed in all aspects, while Mobius specializes in Honkai energy and biology.

Not to mention that there was an old man behind who seemed to have made a Houkai energy eliminater? And this old man was just one of the many researchers in Tianming.

If they could do this, yet there were so many geniuses and monsters in the previous civilization, yet no one could do it?

But this is the fact. Excluding the possibility that the screenwriter is talking nonsense and breaking the dimensional wall, we can only assume that a higher-level being has interfered with humanity's research on curing the erosion of Honkai energy.

He even thought about why Desdobia fell into the dream of the Eighth Herrscher. Perhaps she saw a world without Honkai energy and without sacrifice.

In this situation... How can he help?Before that, hammer the Eighth Herrscher to death?

After that, all we can do is wait and see whether Kosmo can convince Desdobia, but Zhu Yufeng himself feels it is uncertain.

But if you think so... He looked at Sakura, then at Kosmo, Su and Kevin.

Why did they break through that shackles?

Could it be that Alicia's power was not completely reset by herself, and because of this... there are a dozen more people in this world who have escaped the constraints of higher-level beings?