LRAB Chapter 533 Even gods are nothing special, right?
Chapter 533 Even gods are nothing special, right?
Even though Xu Si had already done so much, he still hadn't reached the threshold of Sequence Nine.
However, this freed up Xu Si's imagination.
Leapfrog and flight seem rather foolish to Xu Si now.
He reached out and put [Nirvana] into the space of his cloak.
Then he transformed into a beam of light and disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already above the official survival base that had been marked in advance, following the light of the blood sun.
Where the blood-red sun shines, that is where I descend.
Is this what imagination is?
Xu Si even felt from the bottom of his heart that even gods were nothing more than this.
He really doesn't know how strong he has become.
If he were to give a rough estimate, he felt that he would only need one move to deal with that Eer Dragon again.
Or, to put it another way, he could probably defeat anyone with just one move (except for gods, since they haven't actually fought each other yet and there's no benchmark).
This tactic was also learned from Nirvana, namely, exile.
Nirvana can banish attacks; he can directly banish enemies.
He knew he could, and he had even thought of where he would be exiled.
It was an extremely warm place, and also his anchorage.
Xu Si did not land.
He simply watched quietly—the underground city, surrounded by mountains and sealed by alloy gates, was like a time capsule buried underground, containing thousands of living beings who were still breathing, still beating, and still maintaining some kind of order.
He could sense their heartbeats, their breathing rhythms, and the unease and anticipation hidden beneath their uniform attire.
Xu Si had no idea what they were waiting for.
Xu Si only found out when Zhong Ling gave her routine report at noon.
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Future 012 Survival Base.
External Reception Room.
The copyist, Li Zhuo, completed the transcription of today's report in two copies.
He no longer felt the excitement he had when he first received these notices; now it was more like a routine matter to him.
One copy was kept on file, and the other was handed over to the highest-ranking leader of the base in person.
He didn't understand why the base was hiding this news. Wasn't this exciting and good news?
Humanity has finally found another way, shouldn't all of humanity be happy?
However, there was no announcement within the base. Apart from him and a few leaders at the base, no one knew about the existence of the Brightness Car Team, the Fire Train Team, or the establishment of the City of Fire.
All of this stems from the base's rigid and conservative ironclad rules: "Do not look directly at the blood-red sun; do not respond to the bizarre; do not try to undo the damage."
This is what they often refer to as the "three no's": "no looking directly at the other person, no responding, and no trying to salvage the situation."
Although the base boldly attempted to open the gates and venture out to embark on new explorations shortly after the announcement.
However, this exploration has not brought about any fundamental changes to the base so far.
He also knew that three other bases were simultaneously conducting external exploration.
This was much, much earlier than the initial agreement.
Hope always brings hope.
At first, they thought the apocalypse might not be as bad as they imagined.
It wasn't until the exploration team truly faced the bizarre phenomena that could appear at any moment that they realized the intensity of the apocalypse hadn't diminished.
How the City of Fire established its survival base on the ground became a question of great concern to all of them.
Therefore, he had to copy down every single word of the daily reports from the salary train crew.
The emergency broadcast last time, in particular, caused a stir among the base's top management, as it presented an excellent opportunity to make contact with the salary train team.
But in the end, the conservatives prevailed, terrified by the apocalypse.
Those who truly dared to fight and were capable of fighting all died on the front lines.
Those who survived were all eggless.
"Any special news today?" asked Du Zhaolin, the base commander, who was working at his desk.
Having faced the same question countless times, Li Zhuo naturally knew which answers were necessary and which were not.
"Yes, it seems that a new convoy has joined the City of Fire, and they also had a pair of twins born today."
"Twins?" Du Zhaolin finally raised his head, his face showing the paleness that everyone in the base was accustomed to when they were deprived of sunlight.
"This is great news!"
His voice was calm and even, but his eyes were as bright as the moon.
The arrival of new life in the City of Fire—does this mean that the apocalypse is becoming more suitable for human habitation?
Does this mean that there is still hope for humanity?
"Should we send our congratulations?" Li Zhuo finally mustered up the courage to ask.
In other words, the target was Du Zhaolin; if it had been someone else, his fate would have been predictable.
What he was actually asking was why they didn't make contact with the City of Fire.
It was clearly an extremely simple thing.
In the end times, shouldn't humanity help each other?
Du Zhaolin's back slumped again; he longed to reconnect with others.
However, the purpose of establishing this survival base in the apocalypse was to preserve the last spark of humanity.
They were already making an exception by igniting the fire ahead of schedule.
If anything goes wrong, they will all become sinners against humanity.
As for connecting with the City of Fire, he wanted it more than anyone else.
He wanted to ask if he had worked hard.
But he couldn't.
The reason can be summed up in four words: "People's hearts are restless."
The strongest fortresses are often breached from within.
Therefore, he didn't even dare to tell the base survivors that there were other survival bases of the same size.
The truth behind complex matters is often quite simple.
Upon hearing those four words from Du Zhaolin, Xu Si suddenly understood.
The enemies of this survival base have never been outside the gates, nor have they ever been the City of Fire.
Whether it's the strangeness outside the gate or the high-level sequence, there are swords to deal with it.
But within the gates lie fear, suspicion, conservatism, and hesitation—things that have no physical form, cannot be severed, and cannot be banished.
If even a small part of them is exposed, they will corrode the steel skeleton of this underground city bit by bit, like invisible rust, corroding people's hearts and jeopardizing everyone's safety.
When they are no longer desperate, all disloyal thoughts will begin to grow wildly.