Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

"You said he was an 'experimental by-product'?" Celeste frowned. "What experiment?"

"As an alien civilization full of curiosity about human beings, it's normal to do some human experiments on Earth, right?" He Xiao spread his hands and said, "According to the prescribed procedures, the by-products of experiments like them should be destroyed. It is you who think that they are not fundamentally different from ordinary human beings. You kindly let them survive and scatter them to orphanages around the world. Under normal circumstances, they should never know that there are still people in the world. The 'brothers' cloned from the same sample as them, but this extremely low probability thing still happened. What are you going to do now, tell them the truth?"

Celeste thought for a while: "Forget it, it's better not to tell them."

"You decide, my lord." He Xiao still maintained an elegant smile, "Also, what do you think of Fang Jingyu?"

"Like blue," Thelister said.

"What about other than that?"

"What else is there?" Celeste looked at He Xiao blankly, not knowing what the other party wanted to ask.

He Xiao smiled apologetically. He has been with humans for a long time, and sometimes he is not used to speaking directly: "What I want to know is, if you met Fang Jingyu first, would you like it?" Him? After all, he also takes good care of you, just like Fu Yunlan, and he is more gentle, meticulous, and patient than Fu Yunlan."

"I don't know," Thurlist replied honestly.

"Maybe you can try it." He Xiao said, "In the past environment, there were no outstanding people around you. Maybe Fu Yunlan was the best candidate to be a partner at that time, but everything is different now. He's not your only option."

"...Why are you telling me this?"

"Because of curiosity." He Xiao said with a smile, "You suspect that your choice is not the result of free will, and I doubt this too."

Celeste always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think about what was wrong, because the possibility of "choice is not the result of free will" really bothered him very much.

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"It's right here." Fang Jingyu squatted down with some difficulty while his right hand was covered with plaster, and pushed aside the sand on the ground, groping to find a pull ring.

The surrounding soldiers helped him open the pull ring, and the entrance hidden in the sand was exposed to everyone.

A group of soldiers filed in, and Celeste, who had already changed into a military dress, also walked into this dark tunnel surrounded by guards, although according to Fu Yunlan's intention, he wanted Celeste to go back to the tunnel first. He went to the base, but Celeste insisted on staying - if staying by He Xiao's side could not guarantee his safety, then there was no point in staying at the base.

Like other shelters, at the end of the passage, what awaited them was a large iron door weighing several tons. Fang Jingyu knocked rhythmically on a microphone a few times, hoping to attract the attention of the people inside.

This is a microphone with a very primitive structure. It is composed of some copper pipes and horns buried in the stone wall. I don’t know how many casualties and costs the people here have paid to understand that only such primitive equipment can guarantee the sound. Authenticity, undisturbed by the Devourer's signal.

After knocking on the brass pipe, there was no response for a long time, Fang Jingyu couldn't help shouting: "It's me, Fang Jingyu, is there anyone in there?"

Since the soldiers at the base were strictly disciplined and did not make any noise, Fang Jingyu could barely hear some muffled voices coming from inside. Someone was saying, "It sounds like it's really him?"

Others said: "This must be a conspiracy, he can't survive."

Someone else said: "Maybe he was taken as a prisoner and forced to trick us into opening the door. Don't believe it."

Fang Jingyu knocked on the brass pipe angrily: "Am I the kind of person who will obediently become a prisoner?"

"It's true..." The voice inside became louder and asked Fang Jingyu, "But how did you survive from the hands of the mutants, and how did you escape from the bombed-out shelter? We have a reasonable explanation, otherwise we can't risk opening the door."

"It's Celeste." Fang Jingyu said, "I know it sounds unbelievable, but everything he said before is true. He used his special ability to kill mutants and save my life, and then The Army at Blue Shield Base dug up the collapsed shelter and got us out."

There were some noisy conversations inside, obviously no one believed Fang Jingyu's words.

"It seems that the negotiations have failed." He Xiao obviously thought that there was no need to delay any longer, "Tell the people inside to leave the door and start tearing it open."

Following his order, some soldiers stepped forward and started to break through the door with laser welding torches. It didn't take long for the half-meter-thick iron door to be welded through.

The people inside were almost frightened to death, screaming and fleeing, some crowded at the entrance of the passage leading to other shelters and prepared to escape, and some were ready to detonate the bombs in the passage and follow the intruders as if they were facing a big enemy. The enemy will die together.

But after the soldiers at the base opened a gap, instead of rushing in, they threw a disc like a landmine. Almost instantly, all the people in the shelter fell to the ground, as if turning around in place. Like hundreds of circles, I completely lost my sense of balance, and I couldn't even stand up.

People here have never seen such a method, and they have no defense against it.

Although the technological level of the Devourer is more powerful than all the civilized races in the Guardian Alliance combined, it does not want to make the True God Sect develop and grow, so it always has reservations about them. Except for a small amount of black technology used by the True God Sect In addition, the overall quality of the army is similar to that of terrorists in the past.However, the Blue Shield base has always spared no effort to improve the combat capabilities of the troops, which makes the soldiers at the base and the troops of the True God Sect seem to come from two time and space.

This is also why the Devourer has computing power that ordinary people can't imagine, but it still can't save the defeated situation against a fledgling novice like Fu Yunlan.

The soldiers quickly controlled the situation and gathered all the people in the shelter into the central hall.

The last refuge was destroyed a few hours ago. Many refugees had just escaped from there. Unexpectedly, before they had time to take a breath, they immediately fell into the clutches of another.

The dizzying device has been put away, but the people in the refuge are terrified and desperate. Surrounded by soldiers with live ammunition, they have given up resistance. Lister, they still haven't realized that things are actually different from what they imagined.

Cai Qin was the first to stumble out of the crowd: "Jing Yu, my child! You are really still alive, what happened to your hand?"

"Mom, I'm fine." Fang Jingyu patted his adoptive mother on the back, trying to comfort the frightened old man.

"Who is the leader of this shelter?" He Xiao asked.

A middle-aged man came out of the crowd, looking at He Xiao and the others in a state of bewilderment.

While He Xiao was dealing with business, those who had lived with Celeste in the shelter for a few days whispered carefully.

"Oh my God, did you see that? It's really He Xiao, the president of Blue Shield Group, exactly the same as the one on the promotional poster."

"Sebao is really the emperor who was supported by He Xiao, and we have always regarded him as a psychopath. It's over, he won't hold grudges, right?"

"Probably not, Sebao is such a well-behaved and kind child, and we treat him well, especially if the boss takes care of him so much, he won't repay his kindness, right?"

Zhang Lin frowned and said, "How can you tell that he is well-behaved and kind? Since he has such a big backstage and supernatural powers, why did he hurt Jing Yu like that? Why do I think he is so scheming and difficult? What about elusive?"

A person next to him hurriedly stopped his suspicion: "Shh, keep your voice down, you are dying! How dare you speak ill of him at this time!"

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Now that even He Xiao has personally come here to sit in charge, the matter has progressed according to the predetermined goal without any suspense.

Ships of weapons, equipment, and food were delivered in an endless stream. In this war-torn land, for the first time in many years, there was a military base that dared to appear on the surface.

Although Fang Jingyu was wounded, he didn't want to go to the Blue Shield base to recuperate, but continued to run around in this wasteland, trying his best to contact all the survivors he could contact.

The news that the Federal Republic of Earth is taking in refugees to fight against the True God religion spread among the underground shelters. More and more people walked out of the dark underground and came to this new base under construction with hope.

And Fang Jingyu, who was deeply loved, became the leader of many shelter residents without any suspense.

Fu Yunlan once again repelled the attack under the command of the Devourer.

This time, the Devourer sent two mutants. They wore a special helmet, which made the infrasonic weapon completely ineffective against them. The soldiers at the base paid a lot of casualties before finally killing the two mutants. mutant.

This means that the Devourer has begun to strengthen the technological power of the True God Cult, and the real contest has just begun.

Fu Yunlan returned to the camp exhausted. Celeste was testing a device he invented that could quickly remove soil pollution near the camp. Fang Jingyu, who had recovered from his injuries, followed him, talking to him, Fu Yunlan had a familiar smile on his face.

Fu Yunlan stepped forward, and Fang Jingyu smiled awkwardly when he saw him: "I'm worried that Celeste will come outside the camp for experiments, so I'll follow along to have a look."