Chapter 88: Scream

On the top floor of the command center, there is a restaurant with the best view in the city. +++Popular Tanmei Novel: www.sto123.cc The night color conceals the peculiar depression of the cloudy sky, coupled with the bright warm light, it seems that this place has never been soaked by the outside darkness. The temperature is comfortable and the music is soothing, but these beautiful things have not been able to nurture Yining.
Yining's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
Zhu Sheng sat at the table, combing his white hair without any confusion. Even if he is old, he still exudes an extremely strong sense of oppression. Thinking that this person had sent someone to kill him, Yining felt a little complicated.
"Sit." In the face of this former goal, Zhu Sheng was not half-hearted.
"Don't ask'Zhu Yanchen' to come over?" Yi Ning held back a dark fire.
"Xiaoxia? His injury is still not healed, so he is resting."
"You are straightforward."
"I'm getting older and I don't have much time for nonsense." Zhu Sheng's tone is quite slow, "When things have reached this point, let's cooperate."
Yining stood up whizzingly, moving too much, almost pulling the tablecloth: "I refuse."
"Children, don't be too impatient. No. γ-31329 settlement is out of help. You don't need to hurry."
With a sentence in the center of the sore mouth, Yining immediately took a few deep breaths: "If it wasn't for you--"
"Well, I never thought that the eclipse would suddenly accelerate. But if it moves at the original speed, I will also drag it. Do you want to save them?"
"nonsense!"
"I'll give you the seat of the head, what do you plan to save?"
"Evacuate the people, divide them into other settlements, and send troops to purify the surrounding area." Yi Ning had thought about it countless times in his mind.
"Our drug rations for settlements are based on the calculated bottom line. The erosion of the marsh attack will inevitably lead to a heavily eroded area near settlement γ-31329, where crop planting and material production cannot be carried out for a period of time."
Zhu Sheng gently put down the tea cup in his hand.

People who are evacuated in an emergency, unless they have special talents, will be a pure burden for the new settlement. The following lack of food and medicine will cause a deeper level of chaos.

"The resource reserves in city y are still surplus. There are not many people in the settlements. We can use the extra part for emergency use."
"So once there is a real emergency in city y? No one knows how long this attack will last. The enemy can be more than this one. As long as we reveal the flaws, the synthetics will definitely take action-they are smarter than the One is a desperado, and the harm is no less than a bog."
"Because city Y may suffer, so in order to have a little ‘possibility’, we have to sit and watch this settlement destroyed?"
"You climbed up from a settlement, I thought you would not be so naive."
Zhu Sheng raised a hand and waved back the guard who was trying to move forward.
"Many questions don’t have a perfect answer. Either sacrifice a or sacrifice b. Looking at the overall situation, desperate to rescue settlements will only leave other settlements and city y - and even humans - with obvious hidden dangers. But sacrifice it. , To find a suitable explanation, on the contrary, it can arouse the fighting spirit of other settlements."
"Combat?"
"Resist the fighting spirit of synthetic humans." Zhu Sheng looked at the night view out of the window, "This turmoil is over, city y can only come up with resources to support the settlements. If the time is too long, the settlements will inevitably wear out. This truth, The leaders of every settlement understand that as long as we send out the signal, they will cooperate. I believe you are tired of the sayings that the soldiers will win and the last fight-you come to this side, the effect is definitely better than me."
"I'll help you sum it up." Yining gritted his teeth, "You want me to stand up and use the marsh attack to push the blame on the synthetic man. Let the people in the colony consume the synthetic man first, and then the city will solve the problem. ."
"In this way, there is still a way for each settlement to survive. Even with full support, settlement γ-31329 is too late to be rescued. It is better to make it an excellent fuse."
"I understand what you are implying. If a synthetic person can stay outside for so long, the material support of the settlement is indispensable."
"These synths are likely to be disguised and lurking in various settlements. The settlements have always been crowded and are excellent hiding places. Their support is likely to come from the fourth family. After all, they have been dissatisfied with the player system. optimization."
Zhu Sheng patiently explained it rarely.
"The fourth family is a non-governmental organization, and it is considered half the manager of the settlement. Now the settlement has not reported the whereabouts of the synthesizer, and the strong dragon does not suppress the snake."
"So you want to kill the chickens and the monkeys? Take the lives of tens of thousands-even more people-as the fuse?"
"Yes. The most people can survive this way, and the basic production equipment and core talents will not be lost." Zhu Sheng turned his gaze and looked directly at Yining's eyes.
"Some time ago, you sent someone to kill me, also for the ‘big picture’?"
"The current situation is tense. We shouldn't spend time vying for power. Our position on the player system is relatively consistent. If you didn't want to save the settlement, I would quit."
During the conversation, the dishes were served one after another. The seasonal vegetables are verdant, the meat is tender and plump, and the hot aroma hits the nose. However, neither of them moved their chopsticks, and the alluring heat slowly disappeared.
Yining didn't even look at the food on the table: "...If I were from City Y, I would indeed be moved by you."
He suppressed his personal anger and replied word by word.
"I have calculated, according to your statement, the casualties will indeed be the smallest-someone will always sacrifice, so you plan to sacrifice the most insignificant part of society. Presumably most people in Y City will be on your side, I understanding."
"But the group of people you are going to sacrifice includes my friends, elders, neighbors, and strangers who have taken care of me and supported me all the way. They support me when I grow up and allow me to enter the city of Y. In the end, I will be replaced for the'big picture'. Sacrifice them without asking. I can't get past my own hurdle."
Zhu Sheng's complexion gradually cooled.
"I am willing to talk to you because you have a good mind. If you lose your soft heart, you will definitely become a good leader in the future."
"Really? I thought I was about to prove that'Zhu Yanchen' was a fake. You have to ask for peace."
The unhappiness on Zhu Sheng's face disappeared and gradually turned into a kind of wonderful sadness. He fell into a long silence, and finally sighed: "Yining, don't do stupid things."
"Everyone will work together, maybe we can make it through." Yining left her seat, "I will never use the settlement as cannon fodder."
After all, he left the restaurant without looking back.
"Thanks for your hard work, come and eat. The ones in front are so cool, I'll find someone to warm them up." Zhu Sheng gestured to the young guard behind him, "None of us rushed, don't waste these good things."
The guard glanced at Zhu Sheng who picked up the chopsticks, and then at the empty seat opposite Zhu Sheng: "Chu, this is not appropriate."
"Eat, you've been standing for a long time. It's just a meal with an old man, don't care."
The guard saluted, and sat down opposite Zhu Sheng, his movements were restrained by the naked eye. Zhu Sheng turned his head and looked at the night view outside the window again-the sky was completely dark, and his own face was reflected on the glass under the strong light in the room.
I have never looked so tired.
The young guard was also hungry, and the food was high-end, he let go of his hands and feet as he ate. Zhu Sheng took the fish soup and simply mixed some hot rice, which was very slow. The light screen flickered at his hand—the troops responsible for receiving supplies were still in various settlements. They took the best messaging equipment and sent back images 24 hours a day.
The settlement is still the same, with low-quality houses crooked and slanted, only the light in the windows is a bit popular. The erosion of marsh is approaching, the concentration of erosion on the streets remains high, and there are very few people on the streets. Occasionally I saw a few, but they also fastened their masks firmly on their faces and wrapped them like zongzi.
In order to ensure that the personnel will not flow violently, Zhu Sheng has asked the material team to bring false news, telling them that the swamp will be stopped by a special team in city y. He also ordered the cessation of hunting and digging on the edge of the settlement to make the lie more perfect.
If the tragedy is not tragic enough, it will not serve as a trigger. If these people successfully ran out, waiting for the synthetic people to attack, the marginal settlements would only follow the precedent and become a mess.
The settlement is quite quiet. Death is coming soon, and people in their dreams know nothing.
This will be the last peace of settlement γ-31329.
Twenty hours passed, just when the sun was setting, and the dark clouds revealed the dark red of the setting sun. A huge swamp crawled to the edge of the town, and a sharp scream crossed the sky.
it has started.
Zhu Shengduan sat on a stool, quietly watching the shaking picture in the light screen-the team responsible for the maintenance of the machine had left a few hours ago, and this machine can last at most for a day in a highly corrosive environment.
One day is enough.
People did not wait for the imaginary reinforcements, and many people ran into the streets in panic, trying to escape by mud sled. However, the concentration of external corrosion is too high. Most people in the settlements do not have formal protective clothing. People fall on the streets without running a few steps. As the guide beasts that eroded the marsh, the corpse beasts crawled into the seams of the residents' clothes one after another, feasting on them, and the bulging clothes were visibly collapsed.
The rest of the people learnt well, they went back to the house, put on the best protective clothing, and turned on the purifier to its maximum.
The black liquid slowly crawled across the ground, and the light-colored sign was completely black and white. There are many young people living in the erosion zone in the settlements. Wearing thick protective clothing and protective boots, they panic around the city. One fell to the ground inadvertently and was grabbed by the marsh and could not get up again.
Someone apparently found the position of the camera, he staggered closer, and opened his throat at the camera—
"It's over!" He whined, "It's my fault, I sheltered the Synthetic! I confess, our town hides tens of thousands of Synthetic, and their troops are still here...cough, not finished yet."
He coughed hard, his voice was dying hoarse.
"...Their underground stronghold has been infiltrated by the eroded marsh! They don't seem to be afraid of the eroded marsh, they all have turned into monsters, please help us... please..."
"It doesn't matter if I die, but the residents here are innocent... Why don't you tell us that the swamp is coming? Why...? They are not afraid of the swamp...!"
The man's mask was eroded away by a half, revealing his gray flesh. A lot of the skin was eroded and peeled off, and black blood glided across the skin. He opened his eyes wide with tears in them.
"Can you punish me alone? The others are innocent, and they don't even know that the synthetic humans are here... Please, save them. I kowtow to you..."
The man knelt down in front of the camera, his knees immersed, making a bad groan. He slammed to the ground, maintained that position, and never got up again.
The light of the light screen illuminates Zhu Sheng's face, and the old man is motionless, like a stone sculpture.
The settlement first fell into a weird silence, and then screams gradually sounded from all directions-finally, a monster entered the light screen's photography range.
The biggest one, Zhu Sheng has seen. It was this one that attacked the cultivation base some time ago.
It wailed in the town, its voice full of sorrow and anger. The pitch-black liquid ran down its eye sockets and dripped to the ground. At the feet of the huge monsters, many humanoid monsters swayed forward-they still retain the size of a human, their faces are not masked, and their limbs are strangely elongated. Black joints emerged from their eyes, nose, ears and mouths, pointing towards the sky. From a distance, they look like burnt trees.
These "people" made a vague whine, twitched their movements, and looked extremely painful. Zhu Sheng recognized a few faces—they were all members of the Blackbird team.
Surrounded by them, the biggest monster was destroying houses everywhere, screaming in grief, as if venting anger. Zhu Sheng watched it step on the roof collapsed, the sharp claws pulled out the residents inside, and three or five pressed it in the marsh, crushing it into meat sauce.
The humanoid monsters surrounding it swarmed up, swarming the carnivorous sauce.
bad.
Zhu Sheng clenched the head of the cane.
... He has thought about the worst situation, but the scene now is a hundred times worse than he imagined.