pure white believer

When he was at the base, Nanting had learned many things, but he hadn't learned how to drive a human vehicle. After all, he couldn't use his tail to hook the accelerator and brake.So Zhou Yu naturally acted as his driver, driving him from the Control Bureau to the location of the Garden of Eden before the people in the bureau noticed the theft of the abnormal item.

As soon as he got in the car, Nan Ting immediately took out the two skulls that were hidden in his uniform jacket when he left, and looked at them in his palm.

Ever since he witnessed the first skull disappear into ashes in his hands, the two skulls behaved very quietly, not only did not open their mouths to bite him, they did not even say a word.

To be honest, Nan Ting has never seen any abnormal items that look like human skulls, nor has he discovered that they have any special abilities other than talking.But one thing is obvious: they were all once living human beings who lived in this world.

Why the birth of abnormal objects and people with supernatural powers is still an unsolved mystery for human beings.Some people think that unknown cosmic energies affected the world, some people say that these things have always existed, but disappeared for some reason before.

Opinions vary, but Nanting's immediate priority is clearly not figuring out why they went from human to talking skull.

He wanted to know more who they had been.

It is now two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun is at its best. When observing the skull again under bright light, Nan Ting made a new discovery:

There is a series of faint notches on the cranial position of the skull, and some numbers seem to be written.

Does the skull also have a production date?Nan Ting thought wildly, and moved the skull to a place with better light.

The afternoon sun illuminated the entire skull, and now he could see clearly what was on it——

003.

Inscribed on the skull are three numbers, 003.

The meaning related to it immediately appeared in Nan Ting's mind, but he denied it instantly.

How is that possible.He thought, almost feeling that his idea was a little ridiculous, so he opened the cranium of another skull.Soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.

— "004" is engraved on the second skull.

Nan Ting was silent for a moment.

"What do the numbers on your heads mean?" he asked.

The two skulls unanimously did not answer.

"Is this your item number?"

But he subconsciously felt that it was not, because the numbers of abnormal items were all a long string with the year, month, and day when the item was found, instead of just three numbers.

Sure enough, one of the skulls said, "No."

"what is that?"

The skull opened its mouth slightly, and when it spoke, its teeth bumped up and down, making an uncomfortable "click" sound.

"This is a symbol of shame." It said coldly.

"You were once living humans, weren't you?"

"Otherwise?" Skull 004 said.

"You seem to be very familiar with Chi." Nan Ting looked at the structure of the No. 004 skull, trying to restore it to a fleshy human face in his mind, but tried several times, but still couldn't imagine the picture, "You guys Do you know him?"

Skull 004 said, "You don't have to play dumb here."

"?"

"Since you come from Base 1, how can you not know what '003' and '004' mean?" Skull No. 003 said to him.

Nan Ting didn't have time to speak, instead, Zhou Yu, who was distractedly looking at the car while driving, spoke out first: "003, 004? Isn't that a number that only members of the seven-member council can use?"

Nan Ting subconsciously retorted: "That's impossible."

"What's impossible?!" Skull 004's tone suddenly became a little annoyed, "Is it that hard to believe? Let me ask you, since you are from Base 1, have you ever seen the discussion A glance at the other six people in the meeting? Haven't you ever wondered why the only one who shows up outside is your highest officer?!"

Nan Ting shook his hands and almost dropped his skull to the ground.

At the end of September, the summer has not had time to completely slip away, and the residual heat still fills the air.But his whole body seemed to be immersed in ice water, and the coolness soaked into the bone marrow inch by inch along the place where the palm of his hand touched the skull.

"You are... from the council." He said in a daze, "That's impossible."

The No. 003 skull seemed to be helpless to him: "Yes, believe it or not. Anyway, I only have such a skeleton left now, and I can't prove my identity to you. You can wave my last What about me? Apart from being able to say a few words and bite you, what else can I see? Do I have any motive to lie to you, may I ask?"

This time, not only Nan Ting, but also Zhou Yu, who finally came to his senses, froze in place, ran straight through a red light, and almost hit a vehicle coming from the right.

The other party honked their horns frantically at them, only to wake up the two people who were in shock.

Zhou Yu hurriedly grabbed the steering wheel, pulled the car back to the normal route, said, "I'm scared to death when it's over", and quickly asked: "You...are you really a member of the council? Which term is it? , Is it already dead, so it turned into a skull?"

The Seven-member Council is the highest leadership group of the entire Alien Management Association. Apart from the highest executive, the other six are also extremely powerful and high-ranking people-even important decisions made by the highest executive must be approved by them. Only then can it be finally released for execution.

If they were really current members, or former members, who could have turned all six of them into a bunch of white, talking skulls?Locked up in an anomalous item warehouse in this remote area, so they never see the light of day?

"The previous ones?" Skull No. 004 shattered all Zhou Yu's doubts with a sneer, "Are you not very smart? Didn't I just say that—you go to Base 1 now and ask everyone Alone, go meet your master in person, and ask him who is left in the seven-member council besides him?!"

Zhou Yu cried out: "Ah? He killed you all?!"

After shouting, I realized what I just said, hurriedly slapped my mouth, and said in a low voice: "No, I'm just talking casually, I just..."

Skull No. 003: "It's him."

Zhou Yu lost his grip on the steering wheel and almost drove the car into a tree.

The surrounding vehicles honked again.

"There's no need to be so surprised." Skull No. 004 said in a bad tone, "If you really know him, you won't find anything strange."

Nan Ting's eyebrows almost twisted into a ball.

His thoughts were in a mess, his brain was completely shut down, and he could only ask the question he cared about most in the slow thinking: "You are talking about Chi? Are you talking about killing you?"

"Who else but him?"

"But why did he do this? He has no reason. He is the dominant person in the seven-member council. You can only influence his decision-making, and you will not pose any threat to him."

"That's just now!" Skull No. 004 said viciously, "What about before? Before he became the supreme officer?!"

Nan Ting was shocked.

"We all underestimated him too much." Skull No. 003 said, "We all thought he didn't have that ability, that he was just coveting the position of the highest officer, and that he had no guts. We all thought that he dared not and could not treat us. Six people started—"

"Wait a minute." Nan Ting interrupted them, slightly puzzled, "Did you remember something wrong?"

"what?"

"His father was the previous officer. He is his father's designated successor."

"He's farting!!" Skull No. 004 became emotional immediately, and he couldn't choose what to say. "The reason why he wants to attack us is because when the chief was still in office, the six of us objected to him taking that position!"

Nan Ting has completely lost the ability to think, and can only follow the other party's language and ask: "Why?"

"Because he is not qualified!!" Skull snapped, "We already have a better candidate, and the person recommended by the chief is not him at all! His genetic level is only A! He is not qualified at all!!"

Zhou Yu coughed violently beside him.

"What the hell?" Under the huge shock, he had completely ignored the appropriateness of his words, "Who do you say has only an A gene level? The highest officer? What are you kidding! How can he be the highest officer with only an A?"

"Believe it or not is up to you." Skull No. 003 said, "I've been dead for more than ten years, and I can't be resurrected. At most, I just hope to be buried and returned to my hometown. What's the point of lying to you?"

There was an odd silence in the small car.

The scenery outside the window flew by.The clouds were surging, covering most of the bright sunlight.

Nan Ting calmed down his emotions a little, and asked: "...Who is the officer you mentioned just now?"

"Who else?" Skull 004 said.

Nan Ting lowered his gaze, fiddling with his fingers uneasily for a while.

They were talking about his father, the base's previous top executive.

"Who was the person who was originally recommended by the previous chief?" He finally asked.

"I don't know." Skull No. 003 said, "As soon as we learned that there was a better candidate, we were killed by that one one by one-it's ridiculous, six people have never dealt with a brat."

"That's because he is with God!" Skull No. 004 gritted his teeth, "Without God's help, he is nothing!"

Zhou Yu stepped on the brakes suddenly, Nan Ting and the two skulls who were contemplating were taken aback, and turned their heads involuntarily.

"Uh..." Zhou Yu glanced at them and pointed out the window, "We're here. The location is right here."

It was only then that Nan Ting realized that they had already left the well-structured road and were walking on a barren, weed-covered slope.

Holding the two skulls in one hand, he opened the door with the other hand and got out of the car. Looking around, he found that there was nothing but mud and weeds around.

"Where is the Garden of Eden?" Nan Ting weighed the skull in his hand and asked.

Skull No. 003: "If I were you, I would never go there to die."

"why?"

"Because 003 died there." Skull No. 004 said, "He was scared."

003 seemed to lose face, and retorted: "I'm just telling the truth."

"Then why are you stopping him? If he really wants to go, he can go. It doesn't matter to us if he dies. Anyway, our body has died long ago, and there is only such a little consciousness left. It doesn't make much difference if we live or die. I can’t wait to die.” 004 said, “Let me tell you, go straight ahead from here—the scenes here are all hallucinations, used to guard against ordinary people, and you can see a white tower through it— —that’s the Garden of Eden you want to go to.”

Zhou Yu, who was behind him, also got out of the car in a hurry, and stood beside Nan Ting, but didn't dare to speak for a while.

Nan Ting glanced at him and threw the No. 003 skull to him: "Wait here."

Zhou Yu: "Ah...?"

"?"

"I... I'll go with you. In case of danger... you are alone, not safe..."

The more Zhou Yu spoke, the more confident he became, and his voice dropped.

Nan Ting: "You are the only one who is insecure."

"But, but..." Zhou Yu stammered, "That's where my sister disappeared, right? I want to find her too..."

"Your sister." The No. 003 skull in his hand said suddenly, "What's her name?"

Zhou Yu felt nervous: "Her name is Zhou Shuining."

"Is your sister Zhou Shuining? The Zhou Shuining from Research Institute No. 003?" Skull [-] asked suspiciously, "Are you brothers and sisters?"

Zhou Yu: "..."

He nods.This is not the first time he has heard such words.

"How could she have such a useless younger brother like you?" Skull No. 003 muttered, and couldn't help turning his head forward to ask, "004, does your student really have a younger brother? The more you look at it, the less it looks."

Zhou Yu was taken aback, and looked at the skull in Nan Ting's hand: "Ah? Are you my sister's teacher?"

004, who had been emotionally agitated just now, fell silent instead.

After a long time, it asked, "Zhou Shuining is dead?"

"My sister is not dead!" Zhou Yu retorted immediately, "She just, just disappeared..."

"003 died in the Garden of Eden. What do you think is the possibility that she is still alive?" 004 said, "How much did Zhou Shuining help that guy back then? Even if he wanted to kill her, he would kill us. Who is he afraid to move? I have already told you how to get in, if you want to die, you can die, I am too lazy to stop you."

Nan Ting glanced at 004 in his hand, and then at the endless barren grassland.

He didn't speak any more, just took a step forward.

After walking two steps, a cautious footstep followed behind him.

Nan Ting didn't look back: "Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm... afraid." Zhou Yu murmured, looking at the skull in his hand, "I have to go if I'm afraid."

"To die?"

"I just think...if my sister has only a skull left, I have to take her back too." Zhou Yu scratched his head, "She...she hasn't been home for ten years."

Nan Ting did not speak.

The two held the skull in weird movements and walked one after the other.All that was left was the sound of the wind blowing across the grass.

"That..." Zhou Yu still has an old problem, as if he can't bear the loneliness, and once he calms down, he always wants to find something to say, "Nanting, oh no, Chief Nanting..."

"Just call me Nan Ting."

"Oh, oh... Nan Ting," Zhou Yu quickly changed his tone, "Well, can I ask who you are?"

Nan Ting: "No."

He added, "It's not good for you to know too much."

After finishing speaking, I felt that this sentence was a bit familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, it turned out to be a sentence that Wen Zhen used to say to him very much, and for a while, I actually wanted to laugh.

Zhou Yu continued to ask persistently: "Then, is 'Nanting' your real name?"

Nan Ting lowered his eyes.

"Yes." After a long time, he replied, with a strange feeling in his heart.

"this is my name."

Zhou Yu looked at him thoughtfully for a while: "Then, what's the matter with Chief Chrissen—may I ask this—I remember that you had a good relationship before, but he just appeared suddenly again In the basement, it's like they don't even know you."

"..." Nan Ting said, "The one before was not him. Someone... pretended to be him."

He really didn't want to say who he was pretending to be, although he had mentioned that person's name to Krissen just now.But judging from Zhou Yu's performance, his goldfish brain obviously didn't remember this matter.

"No wonder." Zhou Yu suddenly realized, "I always feel that that person is weird, he has no shape, he touches your head, and writes messy notes for you..."

Nan Ting: "..."

Nan Ting: "Can you stop mentioning these things?"

Only then did Zhou Yu realize that he was being stupid again, and said "hey" twice in embarrassment, and just about to say something, he suddenly stopped talking——

The barren scene in front of them disappeared without warning, and at the same time, a gravel-paved path appeared under their feet.And at the end of the path, as 004 said, stands a towering, pure white tower, the top of which goes straight into the sky.

"Are you there? Is this the Garden of Eden?" Zhou Yu said in a daze, and couldn't help but look up, "It's too high, it's almost poking into the sky..."

004 in Nan Ting's hand also said: "The door is under the tower, and you can see it when you walk over. The door can only be opened with special authority. I and 003 are both bone-destroyed, and I can't open the door for you. Find a way to lock the door yourself." Take it apart...wait a minute."

It paused, and twisted in Nan Ting's hand, as if it wanted to narrow its non-existent eyes.

"The door is open." After a while, 004 said, "I almost forgot, you just mentioned—"

"Someone's already gone in."

The author has something to say:

My friend told me that the name of your article is too cute, and the content has nothing to do with cute pets

However, the name of the article was decided in 19 years, and after thinking about it for a year and a half until now, I can't think of a suitable name... I named it and knelt down gently

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