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In fact, I joined earlier than you, but I just didn’t have a position on the staff.
Ryan complained in his heart and nodded: "The Fire Moth is too complicated, full of factions and conflicts of interest. There are always some 'geniuses' who are self-righteous, just like they never trusted you."
"Whether they trust me or not is their business. I just need to stick to my own beliefs." She adjusted her glasses and said with a smile, "I have traveled around the world and seen a lot of bad things, but also a lot of good things. If I hate something because of the bad things, and change because of the good things, it will be too troublesome to keep changing. It's better for me to stay true to myself."
It was indeed an Alicia-style answer. She didn't care about betrayal and backstabbing, she just happily did her own thing.
Ryan scratched his nose. He couldn't be so open-minded. As he was thinking, he heard Alicia speak.
"You think you are too special and people are always worried about you. In fact, the solution is simple. We just need to have more people like us."
More?
Ryan was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up. Yes, the best disguise is to blend into the crowd. Those fusion warriors are more abnormal than each other. It's normal for them to have special abilities, but...
"How did you know about the Fusion Warrior Program?"
"Hehe, don't underestimate the pink agent lady." Alicia smiled playfully.
He's actually pretending to be cute and stupid. He must have found out from Mebius. Never mind, that's not the point.
Ryan didn't think much about it. He propped up his chin and said sullenly, "I'm not worried about myself. This is just the beginning. The situation will get worse and worse. They may become an obstacle and reduce the hope of human survival."
"Hasn't it come to that yet? At least no one can replace the Fire Moth now." Alicia blinked, as if she saw through what Ryan was thinking.
"Yes, so the Fire Moth has value in existence, it just needs to be optimized. I will do it step by step and make the changed future controllable." Ryan raised his head slightly and saw Alicia looking at him with a smile. Her eyes were clear, without any wariness or doubt, and she had no intention of joining.
She was just laughing, a laugh from the bottom of her heart: "Lian, I'm really happy. You have changed a little since the last time we met. It seems that you have figured out some things?"
"We are all in the same boat. Solving the collapse does not conflict with my goal, so I have to choose a more efficient way." Ryan nodded first, then shook his head silently: "It has nothing to do with understanding. It just changes the trajectory of fate, which makes me feel happy from the bottom of my heart."
“Satisfied with saving lives?”
"No." Ryan shook his head, flexed his fingers, and gave a vague answer after a while: "Turn the known into the unknown, and then explore the joy of the unknown."
He began to understand that the previous civilization was known to him, and the butterfly effect caused by Ryan was turning this known into the unknown, and exploring the unknown was his instinctive desire.
It's a bit idealistic and hard to describe, but this is what he really thinks.
So there was nothing wrong with Fire Moth's idea, and he didn't hate that kind of sacrifice, but it was always unpleasant to almost become a victim.
"Is this the latest tongue twister?" Alicia blinked as if she didn't understand, and pouted slightly, "Ryan, you are sometimes weirder than Mobius. I can actually see what people are thinking at a glance. Mobius is always changing, and you..."
"There was simply no result."
Alicia's tone was serious, but Ryan just smiled. This was not an attempt to be mysterious. There were too many mysteries that even he himself could not figure out.
Destiny is not like a system that can answer questions, and his destiny was something he suddenly awakened to when he was ten years old, and he even lacked clues to his assumptions.
"The answer is still unknown to me, but my attitude towards fighting against Honkai will not change. This is also my instinct as a 'human'."
"So you set me up with a guessing game? Good, I am happy to accept this challenge." Alicia stood up lightly, "I have to go to Canghai to help in the afternoon, so I'm leaving first. If you want to help, remember to call me."
"Wait..." Ryan raised his hand, but only saw the girl's back, and then he put it down heavily after a while.
This Alicia is really smart. She ran away before I even told her the answer. And...
He glanced at the messy table and his blood pressure rose slightly.
Can you take the garbage away after eating?
Chapter 64: Love Gate!
The upper echelons of the Fire Moths would never have imagined that a knife they had recruited was already planning how to cure their chronic diseases and put all the strength of the Fire Moths into dealing with the collapse.
Since Qianyu Academy, as Ryan's strength increased, he also felt that his ideas were expanding step by step.
From the initial struggle to survive, to protecting the friends around him, he gradually began to explore the unknown fate of the entire world, just like taking a walk after dinner, walking faster and faster, and taking bigger steps.
He began to actively respond to the call in his heart. This is also the meaning of destiny. No matter which path he takes, it will lead the traveler to go deeper step by step. There is no reason to explain it. It is just that his heart takes the initiative to conform to destiny.
As for the Fire Moths, just as the top management never trusted Ryan, Ryan would not entrust his life to them.
"Let's start planning slowly. It's quite difficult." Ryan faced the mirror and slowly buttoned up his shirt. Except for the bandage around his neck, his injury was almost healed.
He had thought about this problem over and over again in the past two days, and gradually had some ideas. It would be easy to kill the commander-in-chief with one knife, but the difficulty lay in how to prevent the Fire Moth from falling apart.
"After all, I just want to deal with Honkai better, not destroy this organization myself."
He looked at the handsome young man in the mirror and smiled gently. First of all, he had to classify the factions of the Fire Moths, who were the enemies and who were the allies.
"If the Fire Moth is really destroyed, Honkai will die of laughter."
Ryan smoothed out the wrinkles on his shirt and left the ward. It should have been midsummer, but the weather was unusually cool. The "abnormal" weather that experts talked about finally came true.
Ryan wanted to see the post-war ocean with his own eyes, so he walked down the gangway, asked for a military jeep at the dock, and headed north along the dilapidated road.
Even in the outer suburbs of Canghai, there are collapsed houses everywhere. Occasionally, you can see two huge corpses of Honkai beasts, and there are bomb craters and car wreckage on both sides of the road.
There were some tents set up in the fields, holding up signs but no one knew what they were protesting against, and occasionally one could see civilians and riot police having cordial conversations.
The dead are miserable, and the living are not easy either. This is only half a city, and humans can concentrate most of their resources on rescue. The only conflict is the unfair property compensation. Once we step into the abyss, there will probably be no rescue.
【Please keep calm, the supplies from all over the country will arrive soon. Believe the announcement from the League of Nations, do not believe in rumors or spread them.】
The horn and radio played the notice over and over again, and Ryan put his hand on the car window and listened absentmindedly.
Gradually, a gate appeared in front, cutting off the road. The endless barbed wire seemed to wrap up the entire city, and drone gun towers could be seen everywhere.
As soon as the car stopped, soldiers armed with guns came up.
The third collapse affected the entire East Asia. As the core, Canghai City was the hardest hit. There are still dead soldiers and collapsed beasts left. People who are not adaptable to the collapse have to wear protective clothing when entering here. In addition, a terminal illness called "Houkai Disease" has appeared, and doctors all over the world are looking for a solution.
The benefits of joining the Fire Moth became apparent. Ryan simply handed over his ID and the gate slowly opened.
Ryan opened his eyes slightly, and the scene of the end of the world appeared before him.
The bustling city was dead silent, with cleared junked cars piled up on both sides of the road and broken buildings riddled with holes. Soldiers in white protective suits walked among the ruins, and bulldozers were pushing dirt into pits to bury the bodies.
This is a silent purgatory, making it difficult to associate it with the prosperous ocean.
Although it's okay to get used to it, this change is too big.
Ryan frowned, stepped on the accelerator and drove slowly in, then he circled among the ruins and looked around casually.
Apart from his expressionless face, he looked more like a tourist. Although there was nothing to see in this dilapidated scene, even Ryan didn't know why he was here.
Feelings? It seems that empathy is meaningless; being moved by the scene? He has never been a sentimental person.
Ryan just wanted to take a look and then put the past behind him, without lamenting that such scenes would become more and more common in the future. It was dusk in front of him, but what he saw was tomorrow's dawn.
squeak-
The SUV suddenly stopped, not because some Honkai beast jumped out, but because Ryan saw a familiar figure.
On the mountain of ruins, a young girl was like a human crane, lifting up the huge floor slabs. Her beautiful pink hair was stuck to her face by beads of sweat, and her gorgeous long dress was covered with dust.
She didn't seem to feel tired. She chatted and laughed with the people around her while working. Even though those people's smiles were awkward and there was fear and disgust deep in their eyes, she acted as if she saw nothing and just focused on her work. But you would be wrong to think that she was a pushover.
A assassin suddenly rushed out from the ruins, and amidst the exclamations, the girl calmly and decisively shot him to death with an arrow.
In an instant, she was full of heroic spirit. She would not show mercy to the enemies, just like when she besieged the Third Herrscher. Although she talked a lot, she was ruthless in her actions.
So what is she doing here?
Ryan thought about it and opened the car door.
"Oh, Ryan, you're here." Alicia saw Ryan who had just gotten off the car, standing on the ruins and waving her hand, showing a teasing smile: "Huh, you really took it to heart. I just mentioned it casually yesterday, and you came to help."
That's weird, you didn't even say where.
"I just happened to meet you." Ryan put his hands on his hips and looked at the dirty Alicia. "I didn't expect you to do such dirty work."
"Flowers will look even more beautiful when covered with dew." Alicia suddenly leaned over, held Ryan's hand, and pulled him away, "You're here just in time, come and help."
"Wait a moment......"
Ryan thought he was just taking a walk around the city today, but he couldn't persuade her at all, so he had to climb up the ruins and work as a laborer.
As the place where the Herrscher descended, there is no intact building in this area, and large machinery cannot enter. Rescue work can only be done by manpower. With two supermen, work efficiency is greatly improved.
Ryan didn't care if his shirt got dirty, he just cut out the cement boards. This used to be a high-end shopping mall, but the luxury goods had become garbage.
It's really meaningless. In such an area, there is no value in search and rescue. The authorities are really trying hard to maintain their public relations image.
He sneered, because all he dug up were twisted corpses and some zombie-like stubborn warriors. He thought it would be better to fill the pit with explosives and blow it up directly, but when he looked at the busy pink figure in front of him, he had to be patient and continue working.
The two men were too efficient, and the rescue team that was supposed to be responsible for the digging was left with nothing to do. They stood on the sidelines with guns on guard. It was obvious that they knew it was a waste of effort and they even had some resentment.
Why did the reporter retreat immediately after taking the photos? Why are you so serious? These ruins are very dangerous and there are dead soldiers inside. Don't let anyone fail to rescue you and get yourself into it.
So what on earth am I doing out here today? Just when Ryan was getting impatient—
"Ryan, come and see, come and see!"
"Huh?" Ryan looked up and saw Alicia cheering as if she had dug up some treasure, so he walked up to her in confusion.
This is already the bottom floor. A twisted iron door and steel beams support the ruins. A woman has been dead for a long time. She is holding a girl of seven or eight years old in her arms. She is motionless, but with Ryan's perception, he can hear a slight heartbeat.
"She's still alive?"
Even Ryan was a little stunned despite his calmness. It had been five or six days, and he was still in the center of the collapse. It was simply unbelievable.
"Well, it's a miracle, isn't it?" Alicia nodded, her face filled with obvious happiness. She didn't use the Honkai energy, but carefully dug through the ruins with extremely gentle movements.
This is not a miracle at all, it is clearly a divine sign.
Ryan didn't know what to say, so he just turned around and shouted to the people below: "Come here quickly, there are survivors."
"What? Survivors?"
The soldiers were stunned and climbed up the ruins one after another. They watched the half-ton steel beam being gently lifted by Alicia, and hurried over to rescue people.
“There really are survivors.”
"Hurry up and bring up the stretcher, and prepare the nutrient solution."
"Call the 'mother nest' and send a rescue helicopter immediately."
Ryan stood aside, watching a group of people working together to rescue the little girl. He even saw that she was still conscious, staring around with frightened eyes, looking at the excited rescue team, the smiling Alicia, and Ryan with a look of surprise on his face.
"Uncle, I'm so thirsty. Do you have any Coke?"
The girl spoke in a weak voice, which made the people around her laugh.
"Yes, uncle will buy it for you right away."