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Du Jue squatted down and picked up Ilya, only to see her once confident smile turn into a horrifying sight, the corrosive hair tie causing her pale yellow hair to fall loose.
"Song Ya, gather all the employees who have lost limbs or are deaf or blind. I brought regeneration ampoules with me, so I can treat you all."
Lifting his jacket to reveal a row of IV needles strapped to his waist immediately drew cheers from the crew members who were facing one danger after another on deck.
Upon hearing this, Ilya gripped Du Jue's arm tightly. Even though her bloodied and mangled face couldn't convey any expression, Du Jue could still feel her anxiety and unease. "Du Jue, I don't think I'm as strong as I thought I was."
"Even though I really wanted to get through this crisis safely with everyone, too many things changed! After being freed from the slime, all I felt was darkness, a fear of being powerless to change anything."
Avoid giving a shot without careful control of the dosage. "It's okay, fear is human nature. Your eyeball will grow back soon."
Even though she could see Du Jue, Ilya, still clutching his sleeve tightly, was filled with shame and anger. "Du Jue, do you feel fear too?"
"Nonsense, I'm not a machine, uh, an iron man. Don't worry, it's normal to feel like you can't control anything when you're blind. You've done enough."
Du Jue pulled Ilya up and handed the injection to Song Ya.
"Oh! Do you really think I'm qualified?"
At this point, Ilya, who was usually decisive and efficient, became somewhat hesitant. "Actually... I also understand that my talents are quite ordinary. I can't charge ahead like Carly, nor can I remain calm and composed like Gabriel."
Du Jue looked at the disheartened Ilya, then at Fufeng huddled beside him, trembling. He realized that none of them were made of iron. "Of course, facing and surpassing oneself also requires courage. Isn't that what you did, Ilya?"
At this point, Du Jue recalled that when he first encountered Jingmei, the stray dog, he recklessly pulled the flash on his camera. If he hadn't gone to the prosthetic clinic, his ears and eyes might have been ruined.
"I dared to fight them so dangerously only because I have the ability; otherwise, I would definitely have to hide in the back. You are my first minister, and you are undoubtedly a qualified superior, after all, the control department needs to regulate the employees of all departments."
"You really want me to do that? Then I'll have to pull myself together!"
Ilya immediately regained her confidence, but she was still a little sad when she touched the memo that was now just a fragment in her pocket. "By the way, Du Jue, how did you suddenly appear here?! Weren't you fighting the Crimson Mist?"
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Chapter 237 Sound.
"We'll talk about the crimson mist later. I've already gone to the conference room via the Yellow Springs Train and figured out the situation. Now we need to confirm our current position."
Avoid immediately turning around and asking Song Ya for advice.
We're almost at Nest B!
Full of energy, Ilya answered first, "But there's a problem now, which is that we can't stop the ship!"
Du Jue, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them in surprise and looked at the jubilant Ilya. "Why? And why are you so happy?"
"Because while you were away, we encountered a pair of special anomalies, the only bio-anomalies in headquarters that considered each other their mortal enemies. Their battle even crossed the ship and broke the anchor chain."
Song Ya, who had just walked over, immediately complained, "It must have been those two monsters who brought the Melting Love here, otherwise we haven't seen many otherworldly entities approaching along the way."
Angela's suggestion immediately came to mind.
F-01-57 Little Red Riding Hood Mercenary.
It wears light black armor and a long red cloak, and can be temporarily hired to fight by consuming energy.
When Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries encounter Abnormality F-02-58, both sides will become more aggressive. After Abnormality F-02-58 is suppressed by other units, Little Red Riding Hood mercenaries will go berserk and begin to indiscriminately attack nearby targets.
It would be a fight to the death if it encountered an F-02-58.
F-02-58 A big, possibly bad wolf.
Employees who have interacted with the anomaly F-01-57 or whose work performance is poor will be swallowed by it, but employees can be dispatched to rescue the person inside its stomach within a certain period of time.
When Abnormality F-01-57 passes through the corridor in front of the "Big and Maybe Bad Wolf" containment unit, the Big and Maybe Bad Wolf will breach containment directly.
It would be a fight to the death if it encountered an F-01-57.
The familiar intelligence support reassured Du Jue, since he couldn't quickly recall the precise information about all the anomalies.
Du Jue turned to look at the employees who were gradually recovering from the injections, and immediately asked Angela in a low voice, "Miss Angela, where are we?"
[Control Center, in half an hour you will be entering the center of the lake. Please be careful.]
"Ok?"
Ilya suddenly sidled up to him like a rabbit, her wet, disheveled hair tickling Du Jue's neck. "Du Jue, what are you talking about? If you have a question, just ask me!"
"It's nothing. I'll take you all off the ship later. You can then take the people and the clones in the cargo hold to the conference room."
Du Jue suddenly remembered that Ilya was unaware that the clone would be maliciously provoked by the original body to harbor hatred.
Should we tell her?
After all, Ilya's clone was left in the shipyard and it was unknown whether it was dead or alive. If another clone of Ilya who knew the truth suddenly appeared, it was hard to predict what would happen.
"Oh! Did your hair hit you? My hair tie was corroded by that anomaly, and there's nothing on the ship for me to tie my hair with."
When Ilya saw Du Jue turn his head away to avoid her, she quickly lifted her long hair.
At this moment, Ilya, with her long hair flowing down her shoulders, no longer had the tense and anxious look she had when they first met.
Avoid carelessly tearing a newly changed shirt into a thin strip. "Just make do for now, you can rest properly when you get to the meeting room."
"Actually... there's no need to tear your clothes. I just remembered I still have some red ribbon left from tying the bread bag."
Ilya took the strip of cloth, lowered her head, and simply tied her long hair together. Suddenly, she uttered a barely audible voice, "Du Jue, didn't I look ugly just now, with all my skin peeled off?"
“I didn’t pay attention. I’ve seen this situation too many times, and I didn’t remember it at all.”
Du Jue looked at Ilya with surprise as she looked up.
"makes sense!"
Elizabeth Adam, full of fighting spirit, tossed her still-damp ponytail and said, "Then let's salvage the replica onto the deck first, then dock and sink the ship, and go down together!"
"No, I still need to take a boat to the center of the lake to suppress the anomaly. I can't just swim there; I can't handle the lake water."
Ilya stared at Du Jue in confusion. "Then why didn't you ask us to come with you? Everyone's back to normal now! Even if only the EGO staff stay, they can still help you!"
Ding-ding-ding-ding.
Du Jue, having no other choice, explained to Ilya, with a sigh, that the clones were going berserk because they had tangled the broken anchor chain among the thorns of the Thorn Spear. "The clones are caused by the anomaly in the lake center. The fewer people who go there, the better."
These words left Ilya speechless.
Boom!
The thorn spear that pulled the anchor chain was thrown by Du Jue, whose body was covered with dragon scales. It instantly smashed through the hard road surface on the shore and embedded itself deeply into the concrete.
Du Jue, who swiftly leaped onto the shore using the chains, grabbed the massive anchor chain with his bare hands, much to the bewilderment of Ilya and the others.
That thing is the size of a human head. Not to mention its own weight, the large ships it propels are beyond human control.
"Du Jue, you're not going to stop the boat yourself, are you?!"
Incredibly, Ilya didn't jokingly object, "Don't do that! We have two lifeboats here, we can take our time!"
Even Song Ya, who had been following Du Jue the whole way, couldn't help but chime in, "This is a large cargo ship! Not a small speedboat! Even if you were the head of state, you might not be able to handle it. After all, even with weapons, you wouldn't weigh as much as the ship!"
Du Jue did not let go, but instead, after securing the grip, slowly pulled the departing iron chain back in.
Beneath the jacket, workshop-made bullets, obtained from Angela, were strung together with wires. If the jacket were removed, the entire garment would reflect a bright yellow light.
boom.
The anchor chain was straightened by two completely opposite forces, producing a dull thud.
crunch.
The continuous metallic scraping sounds pierced our eardrums, and the large ship suddenly slowed down, causing everyone on board to stumble unexpectedly.
Song Ya watched in bewilderment as Du Jue slowly pulled the iron chain. The other man could leap with the agility of a swallow, yet he could stop the entire ship with his own weight. "What kind of power is this?"
"It must be Singularity Technology!"
Ilya, standing nearby, didn't seem to care much about that. "As expected of Du Jue, reliable as always!"
The boat-pulling device was a relief. It seemed that the bulletproof vest he had specially made had indeed greatly improved the toughness provided by the workshop hamsters. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to handle it with the previous twenty or so workshop throwing knives.
As the ship docked, the people on deck disembarked one after another, followed by replicas coming up from the cargo hold.
To make it easier to distinguish, the replica even had the right sleeve of its clothes torn off.
Song Ya glanced at Du Jue, who was chained to the Thorn Spear, then turned to look at the blood-soaked clone of Du Jue, and admired Du Jue's mental fortitude.
With such immense power, he was able to restrain himself from tearing off the deck and seizing control of the ship after discovering he was a clone.
So reliable!
"Alright, you can leave now."
After telling Ilya the route map provided by Angela, Du Jue breathed a sigh of relief and waved to them.
Ilya counted the heads and left without any hesitation, but the clones were left behind.
Du Jue frowned and looked at the clone Du Jue, "What are you going to do? Do you want to start a boat?"
The clone shook its head seriously. "I was just thinking about how to deal with the clone's identical memories and emotions if we simply treat it as a new individual. The clone also believes that it has experienced everything, but all of this has nothing to do with the original."
"What on earth are you going to do!"
I became alert and sensed a vague feeling of déjà vu.
"Don't be nervous, I just... heard a voice."
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Chapter 238 Humanity.
tread.
Do not suddenly step back; instead, anxiously ask, "Whose voice did you hear?!"
"I think the stars have recovered from the chaos and are casting their gaze here again."
The clone, determined not to return to the ship, looked down at the deck stained with blood and riddled with holes. "Of course, there are other noises too."
"Get to the point! Stop beating around the bush!"
boom.
Pulling the thorn spear from the ground, Du Jue eagerly jumped onto the deck. Turning around and pulling back the anchor chain, he unexpectedly discovered that Ilya and her group were still not far away, and were actually watching him go.
The clone also caught a glimpse of this scene and waved with interest, drawing enthusiastic responses from everyone on the other side. "It said, since you're willing to overcome all difficulties to become the pinnacle of the city, why not accept it?"
"Even just a fraction of that star's power could easily create a small city next to a metropolis, much simpler and more convenient than altering the city itself. Are you simply unwilling to sacrifice yourself for this?"
"I rely on!"
Du Jue turned to look at the clone Du Jue whose cheek was suddenly marked with icy hickeys, "Do you need to ask me what I'm thinking?!"
The large ship slowly accelerated and resumed its journey through the turbulent waters.
[Anomaly fluctuations detected nearby, confirmed as F-01-37 Ice Queen.]
Due to the failure of the inhibitors at all levels and departments, individuals' extreme emotions are more likely to resonate with the aliens, just like Minister Carly under the core inhibition, who can use the temporarily generated EGO.
If you need, I can teleport a squad of R Company mercenaries to your side.
I was actually planning to do that when you and Carly sank to the bottom of the lake, and I'm glad you came out safe and sound.
Angela's suggestion brought Du Jue back to his senses. If it weren't for the exclusionary work cards, it seemed predictable that his emotionally rich self would resonate with the alien.
The clone frowned, patted his clothes, and the bloodstains on them gradually turned into pale blue ice. A snowflake-woven fur collar covered his neck. "Of course I don't know what you're thinking! I don't have him!"
“Even if the stars are watching, it’s not me. I’m… an outsider who suddenly appeared. The only one who would genuinely care about me is Gan Jian. Only my mother doesn’t care about whether I’m a copy or not; that’s pure love.”
"Just think of it as experiencing a bit more melancholy."
The clone Du Jue turned to stare at Du Jue, whose right hand now held a slender Western sword, the blade constantly flowing with sorrowful tears. "Give me a reason to reject Xingxing and only believe in myself."
"After all, looking up at the stars doesn't seem to conflict with becoming the pinnacle of the city; in fact, it might even make you rise to the top faster."
[Anomaly detected, identified as 0-01-73 Despair Knight]
The melodious classical music suddenly became clear, and Du Jue realized that they had entered the heart of the lake, and the beehive buried deep in the lake in the distance was gradually rising to the surface.
Just as Du Jue was trying to deal with the problem of the clones, he heard Daniel's magnetic voice, "There is no true trust here. It is just a self-righteous, fragile and fickle illusion."
"The only thing we can fully control is ourselves in this moment. We cannot change or predict our thoughts from the previous moment to the next, let alone understand others. Even the most beautiful dream has already been corrupted in the hearts of others the moment it is born."
"Immersing yourself in false trust will only lead you and others into hell. I remember you were the one who did the full prosthetic modifications for us. You also know that I was the one who opened the containment chamber and killed those research institute employees who trusted me."
Classical music suddenly became his background music, stirring up the originally calm lake surface into towering white waves, and making Du Jue, who was staring intently at the replica, break out in a cold sweat.