"Doctor Gu, you understand biology. You understand evolution is based on difference, not equality …"
The fog churned and the blood flooded. Gu Jun stared at the three-legged goat cub that stood before him. It was a forest of twisted flesh and blood.
Hissing words came out from the tentacles' mouths. "If there is difference, there will be positive and negative choices. If there is difference, there will be strong and weak, high and low. Difference is how this world operates, it is the foundation of human civilization. Everything is inseparable from difference. "
Before he finished speaking, the black goat cub suddenly rushed over, splashing the swamp's rotten mud and crushed human tissues. The goat in front trampled down.
With a loud crack, Gu Jun raised the dissecting saw with both of his hands to block it. The high-speed spinning saw blade was stuck inside the thick skin of the hoof's sole.
He gritted his teeth. His head was covered in darkness. His arms were shaking and his injured right leg was twitching. His whole body was pushed down into the mud …
Bang! Bang! Bang! Gunshots came from behind him. The goat cub's tentacles were blasted apart. Some splashed while others landed on Gu Jun.
"Gu Jun, hang in there!" Lou Xiaoning fired as she rushed forward.
Deng Ximei, Malachite and Peacock joined them. The crowd did not stop them. Most of them had already escaped into the fog.
On the other side, Uncle Dan continued to treat Bell while Feng Peiqian guarded Yu Chi who was breaking the mental barrier.
She looked ahead nervously and then at Yu Chi's scrunched face. It was unknown what kind of mental battle was going on.
The blurry illusions battered at Yu Chi's mind. It appeared to be Brock's childhood. He stood alone. The boys said not to play with him because he was too fragile. The girls said not to play with him because he was too ugly. The adults said not to play with him because he was not a normal person …
"Ah Mei, try using the scalpel …" Gu Jun said with difficulty. This level of firepower was not enough to harm the goat cub.
The dissecting saw in his hand had gone in, but it was not strong enough …
Deng Ximei understood what he meant. She let go of the rifle and rushed into the shadow of the goat's hoof. She deftly pulled out the Carlop scalpel from the instrument bag at Gu Jun's waist, gripped it tightly, and stabbed the hoof above.
She was not Dr. Carlop, nor did she have much experience in dissection. Right now, she was only connected by her mind and the Mental Pillar Network Tower.
Ka-da! The tip of the scalpel was inserted into the thick skin at the bottom of the hoof, but after a small section, it was stuck.
It's useful, it's useful … Gu Jun shouted with all his might, "Everyone, come too …"
Lou Xiaoning, Malachite and Peacock understood. They released their spears and rushed forward to grab the dissecting needle, forceps and scissors respectively. They stabbed at the hoof with all their might. They might only be able to unleash ten to twenty percent of the power of their instruments but with their combined strength, the pressure on Gu Jun was greatly reduced.
Grasping the opportunity, Gu Jun exerted a new force. The previously stuck saw blade was able to move again, and a rain of keratin splinters splashed out from it.
Suddenly, the saw blade pierced into the cavity of the hoof. It had already touched the edge of the heterogenous tubes. Just a little bit more …
This small distance was like a chasm. Gu Jun used all his strength. Deng Ximei and the rest also gritted their teeth and used all their strength, but the black goat cub above their heads remained immobile.
"Doctor Gu, tell us, how can there be no difference? How can we be truly equal? Will the answer be the same?"
The voice of the young black goat sounded again. All of a sudden, the tentacles that didn't move a moment ago started waving, and the sound of tens of thousands of people howling came from the surrounding fog. More human figures in the miasma exploded into black liquid, and then flew over.
Among them were the mutated citizens, the man with Tourette, the man with hemophilia and the ugly woman …
In a few moments, the black goat cub's body swelled up even more. More tentacles appeared, and more bloody mouths appeared.
Gu Jun, Deng Ximei, and the rest immediately felt the pressure above them increase several times. Their hands could not hold on any longer, and their bodies sank into the bloody mud.
His broken fibula was about to break out of his calf. Seeing this, Gu Jun's heart was in turmoil but at the same time, he understood.
The voice of negative choice was not just Lin Jing, Tan Jinming or anyone else, it was a collective consciousness.
The Society of Negative Choice was a 'sameness'.
At the beginning of evolution, long before the first cell was formed, there was no difference …
The reason the Necro-skins summoned by Lai Sheng Society were not that intelligent and posed little threat was because they lacked this collective consciousness.
The Necro-skins were all perfect individuals, they were all vessels of the collective consciousness.
Ia！ Shub-Niggurath's millions of descendants and the only descendant …
"Tell us, how can we solve this? If there is no difference, it will not be this world. If there is a difference, it will always be this world! "
The voice was deafening. The three hooves of the goat cub kicked wildly. It was as if this was the first time it had used its real strength.
Gu Jun felt his mind suddenly go blank, and his heart stopped beating. The heavy thud was the sound of him falling to the ground. He had been kicked more than ten meters away by a strong force, and he fell face first into the putrid pool of blood. His body felt like it was falling apart, and blood flowed out from his mouth. He could not even move a finger …
Bang, bang, bang, bang …
Peacock, Malachite, Lou Xiaoning and Deng Ximei were also kicked heavily into the swamp. It was unclear what kind of injury they suffered but they were unable to move.
"Please tell us!"
The tentacles reached out to grab Uncle Dan and Feng Peiqian who were too slow to react. Then they flung them to the ground.
Before the tension in their muscles dissipated, they were already slammed into the mud. They were powerless to fight back …
Yu Chi was the only one left standing in the Mistbreaker's team. The group stood at the front to buy him time to break through the mental barrier and continue to attack this place.
But Yu Chi's face was uglier than rotten mud. His eyes were bloodshot. His own spirit was struggling but another strange spirit was flickering. It was growing stronger and stronger. The spirit barrier was devouring him …
"This world is a sickened world. As long as you are willing, you will be able to see it." The voice said.
Gu Jun tried his best to crawl on the bloody puddle. He tried his best to reach his hands out. The dissecting saw and scalpel were not far away from him.
'Hold on, hold on a little longer, let Ol 'Yu …'
"Such a way of life and civilization is sick. It has always been sick.
Doctor Gu, can you cure this disease? "
The voice poured into Gu Jun's mind. His eyes could still see the black goat cub standing between heaven and earth, but his consciousness was fading …
"There is only one way to cure this kind of world …"
It was hard to tell whether it was the black goat cub's voice or someone else's. It was hard to tell whether the blurry image was appearing before his eyes or his mind. It appeared to be a conversation between Lenton, the Necro-skins, and the Life Society of Negative Choice at a certain moment in the foreign world …
Necro-skins, hemoptysis, the Life Society of Negative Choice, they only had one goal …
No wonder the foreign world was not ruled by the Necro-skins or the followers of the Goddess of Dark Life or the Afterlife Society …
They were not trying to build a utopia, they were not trying to become the rulers of the current world. Destruction, destruction, only destruction.
Misfortune was fair, destruction was fair …
"Destruction!"
The voice was shrill and shrill. The black goat cub trampled on the swamp. Its hooves rose and fell. With just one toe, it stomped Bell, whom the team had tried their best to save, into the mud. Flesh and blood splattered everywhere.
Uncle Dan screamed weakly … but he knew in his heart, 'Bell is gone …'
Lou Xiaoning finally managed to pick up the rifle hanging from her body. She aimed it at the abnormal creature and pulled the trigger with her broken finger. Bang, bang, bang …
"You are protecting difference, you are protecting disease, you are protecting injustice, you are the blades of those in power."
A giant tentacle waved and Lou Xiaoning was flung away. She landed heavily on the ground again. Her prone body was motionless, and the gunshots stopped.
Deng Ximei, Feng Peiqian, Malachite, and Peacock were all crawling, ready to fight.
Gu Jun was still crawling. His shaking right hand finally touched something familiar, it was Carlop's scalpel … This feeling brought his consciousness back …
He could sense that Yu Chi's mental pillar had not completely collapsed, perhaps one or two had collapsed but the first pillar was still intact …
Bux had not consumed Yu Chi …
The projection of the abnormal baby was not a coincidence … No matter which abnormal baby Yu Chi used to build the barrier, it would be Bux … The enemy had seized the opportunity. They were a community, Maya and Bux were connected, so the barrier built by the Fog Breakers might be distributed by the enemy …
Here, he was special because he had Lenton's projection and he was the one who summoned Shub-Niggurath …
Yu Chi was also special because Yu Chi was one of the four chosen by Nyarlathotep. He was also the one who summoned Shub-Niggurath at the altar of the Locust God …
Bux Lenton was special. There was a special connection between the foreign world and Tianxuan World, he was a bridge. Activating Bux would activate the greater power of the community.
That was why they wanted to seize their minds and become members of the Negative Choice Life Society …
Suddenly, at this moment, Gu Jun vaguely heard Yu Chi's voice. It was not his chaotic mind, but Yu Chi, who was not far away, was indeed speaking anxiously with great difficulty.
"Captain Gu … I've found a chance … I can try … Brox is consuming me, I can see some of their secrets … This chance is very short, I can't hold on for long … Captain Gu, do not hesitate, you've done this before … If you were me, you would do the same, do not hesitate …"
The amniotic membrane wall that was closing in from all directions was now less than a hundred meters away.
The flesh tubes continued to explode. The group was drowned in blood and twisted tissues. Those who could still hear Yu Chi understood what he meant.
Break the barrier? No … Captain Yu wanted to use this spiritual barrier …
Feng Peiqian's face wrinkled, her mouth twitched, and tears gushed out of her eyes.
"Ah!" Yu Chi suddenly let out a loud shout. His hands grabbed his hair that was as messy as a bird's nest, and he used that indescribable secret. One of those eyes was like Yu Chi, and the other was like Brox. They burned, churned, swallowed, and gathered together. The myriad of children were united, identical, and reformed.
There was a loud rumble in the wind, and everyone saw that the invincible black goat cub suddenly burst apart, turning into black mist again.
The black mist was pulled toward Yu Chi. It crawled into his body through his ears, nose, and mouth.
Crack, the rib strap that Yu Chi tied around his chest exploded. Crack, the left and right ribs broke and melted. Crack, the left and right ribs broke and melted …
His body was undergoing a drastic change. Amidst the pain, Yu Chi saw many fragments of consciousness surging toward him. His third mental pillar was collapsing …
At the same time, Gu Jun, Deng Ximei, and the rest felt the mental impact as well.
"You have hemophilia, a congenital disease. When you were seven years old, you were in elementary school. You won first place in the physical education class. That day, your left ankle was bleeding and swollen. You were in so much pain that you couldn't sleep. For a few days, you were sent to a big hospital for a diagnosis. When you were 15, you won the first place in the middle school but your picture was never hung on the ranking wall because you didn't go to school on the day of the photo. You injured your right knee and ended up in a wheelchair. You dropped out of school.
Young friends, the girl who shared a good impression of you, the best high school in the city, everything stopped.
You didn't give up on life. You used your intelligence to earn some money through the internet.
When you were 28, you actively participated in a national clinical trial. This orphan drug had already entered the market overseas. It was proven to be effective in treating hemophilia, changing the treatment regimen for hemophilia. However, the annual cost was over one million. It was far from being covered by health insurance. This was not something you could afford. The clinical trial was your only chance in recent years, it could change your life.
In the beginning, everything went smoothly. The results of your previous experience were all in line with the conditions for joining the group, so you didn't wait for the test results to come out. You couldn't wait to make your future recovery plan, career plan, and life plan. You were dreaming. You failed the last test and failed to join the team. You've done the same test before and after without any problems, but something went wrong during the time you were selected to participate in the group selection.
You suspected it was an error. You asked the doctors and nurses for help but they told you, "We can't help you." You asked the clinical research coordinator for help. You begged her on the phone but she sent you a laughing face emoji. She said, "This time, you won't get another chance."
Crack! Yu Chi groaned in pain. His third rib broke and melted …
"You were a baby girl because there were already three girls in your family. Your parents wanted a boy. On the second day after you were born, you were placed in a bush beside a bridge a few kilometers away from home. Many mosquitoes bit you. You were very uncomfortable and you cried. There were cars and pedestrians passing by but your cries did not attract any attention. Your cries became weaker and weaker. One day later, you died in the bush.
"You were given the nickname 'fat lady' by your classmates since you were young. You have the obesity gene. You don't eat much and exercise a lot, but you still grow fat. Every time you see a girl with a slender figure, you pretend not to care but in your heart, you envy them.
The older you get, the harder it is to hide this disguise. For the person you like, you try to wear a dress, you try to dress yourself up, but the attitude of others tells you the result. When you look at yourself in the mirror, you also feel that you look disgusting. The person you like has a girlfriend. You give up on him but you don't want to give up on yourself. You save up a sum of money and go for liposuction. You don't wish to be beautiful, you just wish to have a normal body. You die on the operating table. "
Deng Ximei also felt a strong impact on her ribs. It felt like the air was squeezing her. This situation, this pain … she could not escape.
Peacock, Malachite and Feng Peiqian did not feel any better. Uncle Dan used his remaining energy to cover his right side …
The mental support was shaking, it was crumbling.
"You came from a humble background and did not study much. You worked as a peddler in the city, selling roasted sweet potatoes. You worked from dawn to dusk to feed your family but you got tired of arguing with the law enforcers every day.
After another fine, you sold the roasting tools and used your hard-earned money to buy an e-bike to deliver food. You heard that food delivery was a good way to earn money. Working in the wind and rain, getting up from dawn to dusk could support a family. You had two children, they went to school at home and your wife worked at home. One day, your wife called to tell you that your eldest son was bullied at school. Due to an argument on the basketball court, he was beaten up by a few bad students in the toilet. The teacher said it was not his place to intervene. Your eldest son didn't want to go to school anymore. He wanted to work in the city with you. He was still in junior high.
When you answered the phone, you had just finished a delivery. When you returned to the e-bike, you realized two deliveries had been stolen. You squatted by the roadside, smoking and crying.
"You've worked your whole life and in the blink of an eye, you're already in your eighties. You and your wife once had two children, but they both passed away because of an accident. It's like the old sending off the young. You and your wife spent all your years of savings due to cancer and you sold your house. Now you and your wife have no place to stay and have to beg for a living in the city. Your wife has been suffering from gout for the past few days and you've spent all your money. You don't even have a meal. You saw an e-bike parked by the roadside. You decided to steal a delivery from the e-bike. You don't want your wife to starve. You're ashamed and helpless. You hate yourself.
You're a polio patient. You were in a wheelchair when you weren't even 2 years old …
You grew up in a mountainous area. The only school in the village is a broken tiled house. You have to walk 2 hours every day to reach it …
You're a child with Down syndrome. You don't understand why you're always in the 6th grade like everyone else. Year after year, your classmates have graduated but you're still in the 6th grade. You don't understand why there are always boys who laugh and mimic what you say. You don't understand why the girls refuse to play with you …
Gu Jun felt his ribs cracking. He felt like he was being sucked into a whirlpool. The fragments of consciousness strangled his body and his heart.
… His mental support was shaken.
The basis of evolution is difference, not equality … You're protecting difference, you're protecting inequality …
Positive choice, negative choice, tie, negative choice, tie, negative choice, negative choice, positive choice, negative choice, negative choice, negative choice, negative choice …
"Captain Gu, Captain Gu … Now … Quick …"
Yu Chi's voice pierced through the whirlpool. The consciousness that was about to collapse felt lighter. Gu Jun had a chance to catch his breath.
Gripping the scalpel in his hand, Gu Jun crawled up with difficulty. Stepping on the bloody mud, he staggered toward Yu Chi's figure …
Uncle Dan, Deng Ximei, and Feng Peiqian looked up. They wanted to say something but no sound came out.
Crack! Yu Chi's right hand grabbed Gu Jun's neck. His eyes were like dark whirlpools. As he spoke, he lifted Gu Jun off the ground. He roared at Doctor Gu, "How are you going to solve this? As long as there is difference in this world, even if this baby black goat dies, there will be another one. As long as there is no change, there will be another one. "
Gu Jun's left hand reached for the strange hand on his neck. He tried to pry it away …
Yu Chi was also struggling, his eyes flashing with his own anxiety. The voice was still saying, "This world is getting sicker and sicker … You can see it everywhere, leading to destruction … This world will eventually be destroyed …"
"Now …" Yu Chi's voice cut through the air. His face was twisted and his right hand started to shake. He controlled his grip on Gu Jun's neck to loosen.
"There will only be fools like Captain Yu and us in this world …" Gu Jun's breath was weak. His right hand gathered strength as he stared into the pair of eyes. "Then it can still be saved … Ol 'Yu, Peiqian has always liked you …"
Yu Chi was startled. His lips curled into a smile. "Why didn't you tell me earlier …"
Feng Peiqian was crying and laughing. Deng Ximei and Uncle Dan's tears fell.
Gu Jun gripped the Carlot Scalpel tightly in his right hand and lunged forward. He plunged it into Yu Chi's rib cage, right into the position of his heart.
Thump, thump, thump. The blade pierced through his heart.
Yu Chi's eyes widened. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain …
Gu Jun pulled out the scalpel with his right hand and stabbed again. He pulled it out and stabbed again. Again and again, and again and again. Blood, black fluid, and pulsation flowed out.
It was Lin Jing, Chen Xing, Ah Meng, Tan Jinming, Bux, Maya, and Lu Tan who were emitting the increasingly weak beating sounds.
It was the fragments of consciousness, the victims of injustice, the victims of negative selection, hemophilia, myasthenia gravis, osteogenesis imperfecta, Gaucher disease, Crohn's disease, Down's syndrome, dwarfism, peroneal muscular atrophy, Tourette disease, albinism, Pompe disease, porphyria, hypophosphate rickets, growth hormone deficiency, thalassemia, leukemia, Fabry disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, scleroderma …
The pulsation was returning to silence.
The amniotic membrane wall that stretched all the way into the sky and the huge, disorderly flesh tubes in the surroundings exploded without a sound.
In the gray sky, the black crow that wandered around cawed gravely. It flapped its wings again and flew towards the north.
Yu Chi's bloodshot eyes widened. He stared at Gu Jun. The voice of negative selection was still lingering in his mind. He mumbled softly.
"What is the point of all this pain …"
Gu Jun's right hand stabbed again and again. Yu Chi's legs gave out. His body toppled backward. Blood splattered everywhere.
Gu Jun also lost his support and knelt on the muddy swamp. His head hung low. The scalpel in his hand was still dripping with blood.
The dried tree swayed in the wind. The crow's caw seemed to be saying, 'Never again, never again.'
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