Chapter 514: The City of Chaos and Order: Arkham! 】(1/2)
By plane, Xia Ren and the others came to Xizhou, but before meeting with the guide to Arkham, he had one more thing to do.
The city of Dallas is no longer there. According to internal data, the population of West Africa was about 6.217 billion two months ago, but now there are only about 5.505 billion left. More than 700 million people have died under the plague, and several cities have been destroyed. Large areas of land are still under lockdown.
Under normal circumstances, the rapid death rate of population is bound to cause serious social problems. However, under the comfort of the tree of mercy, the grief of the living people is forgotten, and a series of measures by the Supreme Alliance government, so people's lives have not changed much.
Only occasionally, there are adventurous young girls who are excited to explore the wilderness with excitement, accidentally came to the edge of the restricted area, and only when they looked at the gray land left by the star color, they would be shocked to realize the potential dangers in this world.
In a city not far from the ruins of Dallas City.
Inside a hospital.
Under the leadership of Superman Association employees, Xia Ren and his team walked through the cold and empty corridor and came to the basement.
Like the Foundation, almost every city in Blue Star will have a Superman Association station, and there will be a storage room for storage for critical situations, or for a brief storage of pollutants and contaminated bodies that die from contamination.
The body of Aikawa Riko was preserved here.
The staff pulled open one of the freezers and placed the body on a metal table.
They did not conduct any research or disposal on the corpse, so Aikawa Riko still maintained her appearance when she was dead, but her clothes were cut off for easy storage.
Xia Ren felt very guilty when he looked at the terrifying scar on her chest.
At the beginning, she had no choice but to post a request for help on the internal website of the foundation. Only she saw the information and came to help even though she knew it was dangerous.
It can be said that it was herself who directly caused her death.
"You go out first."
Xia Ren asked the staff to leave, then looked at the room and confirmed that there was no surveillance.
He stared at Kawariko's face, took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
With his strength improving, most of the system's functions are no longer available, especially the character attribute panel has become gray, and only the last updated value is retained on it, and there are no new changes.
This indirectly confirms that the system itself is a defective product. When Xia Ren was still very weak at the beginning, he could still play some roles, but as his power became stronger and the things he came into contact with became more and more complicated, the initial simple setting of the system was no longer enough to deal with this situation, so he simply stopped hiding it.
Xia Ren even foresees that perhaps in the end, the system may completely disappear, or the mastermind behind the creation of this system to restrain himself will meet him honestly.
But at least for now, the system store is still available.
His attention turned to the most expensive item among them.
A worth 100,000 yuan achievement... Immortal Sand Resurrection Talisman.
Xia Ren already knew that the so-called achievement point is the magic power absorbed from various pollutants, and it is just a different name on the system.
He had previously absorbed pagans who had been infected with fungi, and the magic he had obtained was enough to exchange for all items in the store, and this one was of course no exception.
When he opened his eyes again, Xia Ren had already added a piece of talisman paper in his hand.
He looked at the palm of his hand and the talisman paper was about half a palm, and it was rectangular. One side was painted with ancient patterns, which looked like some kind of text. It seemed to be some kind of totem or formation. Every line of it seemed to be naturally formed, like an antelope hanging its horns, without traces to be found.
The entire talisman paper is made of. It constantly overflows with milky white light, like water droplets. These substances seem to have no substance. They disappear immediately after they drip to the ground, and it seems to have merged directly into the ground. Only when they flow through their palms, Xia Ren can feel their faint temperature.
With the appearance of the talisman paper, the originally gloomy, dry and cold air in the basement instantly became pleasant. With a breath, the body could feel unprecedented comfort.
Xia Ren's eyes gradually became deeper, almost following instinct, and he picked up the talisman paper with his hands and put it on Huichuan Riko's forehead.
Unlike just now, the milky white light did not slide past the body, but directly merged into Aikawa Riko's body.
Then the talisman paper gradually floated up, and the sky swayed gently above the corpse. It began to dissolve into more gaze spots of light, falling gently like white snow.
Warm light filled the entire basement, and those light spots were like dandelions blown away by the wind, sliding across everyone's skin.
Lily looked up at the light spots, her eyes blurred, as if it had evoked some memories.
No one spoke, they stood there blankly, enjoying this dreamy scene, intoxicated.
The huge wounds on Huichuan Lizi's chest were filled with light spots, and her cold body gradually became warm, and her pale skin began to turn bloody.
If there is a miracle in the world, it is coming at this moment.
I don’t know how long it has passed, maybe just one minute, and the last light spots have been integrated into Huichuan Riko’s body.
The terrifying piercing injury had all healed. Her smooth skin was covered with a healthy light red color. Perhaps the temperature in the basement was low and the hair on the surface of the skin had already stood up.
Aikawa Riko's eyelids moved, then opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling in confusion.
Xia Ren breathed a sigh of relief, and was also very excited.
The seven-chapter Secret Sutra of Xuanjun really has the ability to bring people back to life!
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Aikawa Riko took the water handed over by the nurse, took a sip, and then looked out the window and felt her head still blank.
Although the Immortal Sand Resurrection Talisman reawakened her soul and repaired her physical injuries, it was impossible for her to experience death without any side effects.
She forgot the last memory before her death, and only remembered that she went to Dallas City to help Xia Ren, but she had forgotten everything that happened afterwards.
The logistics member wearing a judge's uniform rushed over to confirm her situation and told her about what happened recently.
Dallas City was destroyed by a nuclear bomb. Dr. Liao developed a special drug through the remaining fungi. Atypical phobia has been cured. A month has passed, and now it is 1107 years...
Huichuan Riko was a little confused and felt as if she woke up in another world.
She asked about Xia Ren, but the other party seemed to have no idea about the name.
The Logistics Department told her that she was injured and unconscious in Dallas City and then continued to recuperate at the hospital and did not wake up until today.
After confirming again that she was in good health, the judge left.
Heiko Huikawa looked at the sky outside the window and subconsciously placed her hand on her chest, always feeling that she seemed to have forgotten something important.
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"Yo! Yoo! Yoo!"
Niu Changshou was wearing a trendy short-sleeved shirt and sneakers. While he was jumping, the chains on his clothes kept ringing. He greeted him in a hip-hop style.
"Brother, long time no see."
“…” Xia Ren.
"It's indeed a long time no see, I feel that you have changed a lot..."
Is it because the pressure of the plague disappeared?
However, Niu Changshou's appearance was already in his early twenties, so his outfit didn't look too inconsistent. Moreover, he seemed to have this kind of vibrant style before, but later he became serious when facing the haze that enveloped human heads.
Xia Ren looked up and down at him and said, "So, you are the one who wants to take me to Arkham City?"
"Brother, what's your tone? Do you don't trust me?"
Niu Changshou stretched out his arm and hooked his shoulder, and said proudly: "After all, I am a student of Miskatonick University in Arkham, an authentic archaeology major~"
After he said this, Xia Ren suddenly remembered that when he first saw this guy, he said that he was a rising star in archaeology.
It turns out that I'm not lying.
Xia Ren actually knew the location of Arkham City by himself. Last time in the ancient dream, he and his son-in-law Yu Chen went to the village of the maggot man, and passed by Arkham City. The two of them rented a car in Arkham, but they had never returned the car. It was probably stolen by someone or they were rotten like iron frames.
However, the time in the ancient dream has been around for a hundred years. During this long period of time, Arkham did not know what terrifying changes had happened, which led to the fact that it became a gathering place for wizards and other evil races walking in the dark. The entire city was hidden and disappeared from the public's sight. Normal people could not reach it at all, so they needed the guidance of guides.
Of course, if Arkham's location had not changed, Xia Ren felt that he could still find it. After all, a city covers a vast area and cannot be completely concealed.
He still remembered that the maggot village was not far from Arkham City. He didn't know if it still existed. If the maggots were still there, he really wanted to visit the old place again.
Xia Ren didn't want to fight with the maggots or simply nostalgia, but he was a good kid who longed for knowledge. He happened to see maggots in ancient dreams with several secret books, so he couldn't help but want to "borrow" and read it.
The seven-chapter secret scriptures of Xuanjun contain unimaginable power. The first chapter of the Immortal Sand Resurrection Talisman is enough to live and die, flesh and bones, and there are six chapters later. What extraordinary abilities will it bring to him?
After unlocking the first chapter, he can now see the name of the second chapter of the talisman: the Meat and Child Longevity Talisman.
Just listening to the name can be roughly guessed what it is.
Everyone hopes that they can live forever, but now, this opportunity is in front of Xia Ren, which is a real goal. It is possible to achieve through hard work, not just fantasy. No one can resist this temptation, no one.
During this trip, Xia Ren still brought Qin Yun, Lily, and Lu Yi with him.
According to his original idea, he wanted to find a safe place for Lu Yi to stay. After all, the latter is basically no different from ordinary people except for the attributes of vending machines.
Lu Yi doesn't look like Lily or Qin Yun. She doesn't have the ability to protect herself. She probably will stop after encountering a distorted body alone. She is really not suitable to run around with her.
But the promise mirror was parasitized on her and she refused to leave. It was one of the containment items, which made Xia Ren unable to give up.
It would be fine if it was just like this. At worst, you could stay in the old house to keep a look after the house and arrange for the logistics department to take care of it. Nothing would happen. However, I just replied that the wish mirror was a lily and insisted on staying by Qin Yun and refused to leave.
Xia Ren can't give her a loving fist before going out, so that she can lie at home honestly, not to mention that she can't be dizzy at all.
So there was no way, he could only let the latter follow.
At this moment, Qin Yun kept holding Lily, and Lu Yi held the other hand, and the two looked like a pair of close-knit sisters.
But only Xia Ren knew the complex triangle relationship between him and them.
Under Niu Changshou's leadership, several people took a train to the coastal city.
Xia Ren still remembers that when he went to Arkham with his son-in-law in Gu Meng, he seemed to be taking this train.
To be continued...