"Sister!"
Gus rushed towards Grey and caught his sister who was stumbling backward in his arms.
Grey's face was pale, and her breathing was rapid. Her back was wet and covered with bloody wounds.
Although she was a boxing genius and had four mechanical crossbows with unlimited ammunition, there were too many people chasing after her. Under the blessing of the Fist God, she was like a mad tiger that was not afraid of death. She was still heavily injured.
The rainstorm showed no signs of stopping. The raindrops the size of soybeans smashed into her wounds like venom. Her wounds soon turned white and trembled like a baby's lips.
"Let's go. We need to find a place to hide!"
Gus had never seen his sister so heavily injured before. She was weak.
After the first time he killed someone, some kind of power was secretly growing in his heart. He did not know where the power came from, but he supported Grey and drifted in the rain and mud.
Finally, before they ran out of power and were buried in the mudslide, they found a relatively dry cave that was high enough to not be submerged for the time being.
Deep inside the cave, there was a nest made of branches and weeds. It was very soft and warm under the pressure.
This should be the residence of a bear-type beast, but they did not find any traces of a bear.
Gus held the mechanical crossbow and thought, "Even if it does, I'm not afraid. I can shoot the bear's head with one shot."
Grey fell into the bear's nest. She bit her lips and emptied the things in her backpack. She shivered and found the medicine.
She asked Gus to help her apply the medicine and bandage her wounds. She also took two pills orally. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and fall into a deep sleep.
Grey's sleep was very unstable. Even in her sleep, she still twitched nervously and let out sharp roars, as if she was fighting an enemy in a nightmare.
Gus had never encountered such a situation before. He could not help but ask Lu Qingchen worriedly, "Can … can we survive, reach the south, and find the 'steam army'?"
The demon spread out his hands and said, "I hope so.
Grey woke up once before dawn.
At this time, her whole body was boiling hot. Her face was unnaturally red, and there were even wisps of white mist coming out of her forehead.
"Sister, you have a fever."
Gus said in horror, "You are burning like a torch!"
"Yes."
Supported by her younger brother, Grey drank two bags of water and ate two biscuits that had been soaked and added with animal fat. It was not until then that she finally caught her breath and said, "Gus, listen up. There is a sewn secret pocket at the bottom of the backpack. Inside it is dad's diary, which records the way to find the 'steam army' in the south. Read it right now. Then … Then burn dad's diary. Do not let it fall into the hands of the Fist God Palace.
"Remember, if I really can't make it, you have to go to the south and find the 'steam army' alone. They are the only ones who can help you survive and avenge your father. Do you understand?"
"Sis, what nonsense are you talking about?!"
Gus widened his eyes and said, "I won't leave you alone. I'm sure you can make it!"
"I mean 'if'."
Gree smiled bitterly. "Our enemy is the Fist God Temple, or even the Fist God himself. Isn't it too optimistic to say that we will definitely make it through? Don't worry, I'm still fine. Those guys who just graduated from the Iron Fist School and have only been in the boxing school for a few years, how could they kill me? But if I run into my uncle, I can't guarantee anything.
"Go and read my father's diary. It is your responsibility and your right!"
After saying this, the elder sister once again fell into a deep sleep.
Taking a deep breath, Gus tore open the secret pocket at the bottom of his backpack with a knife.
Inside was a notebook with a very delicate cover, on which complicated patterns were drawn. Gus had never seen such a thing before, which meant that the tools and even machines required to make the notebook were extremely precise.
He opened the title page, and there was a sentence written on it. With his keen eyes, Gus immediately recognized that it was his father's handwriting.
His father wrote in a trembling voice, "Is our world a lie?"
The question made Gus' pupils constrict abruptly. He raised his head and looked at the demon next to him.
"Well, whether or not it is a lie depends on your definition of 'lie'."
Lu Qingchen scratched his nose and said casually, "From a certain point of view, all the worlds are false lies, and the meaning of life is to find and cultivate the only truth among the countless lies. That's about it, isn't it?"
Gus did not understand the demon's words.
He continued reading his father's diary.
The diary was written with a very fine pen. Gus had never seen such a notebook before. It was zigzagging like the heads of flies, which could make the words extremely small but extremely clear.
This kind of handwriting must have been written with a very fine pen tip and a very smooth ink supply system.
It involved very advanced mechanical processing technology, which was something that the Fist God Palace hated the most.
After all, Gus had never seen such fine, clear, and beautiful handwriting in the Red Gold Town.
If this diary fell into the hands of the Fist God Palace, it would be enough to sentence his father to death, not to mention the rebellious and even insane statements recorded in the diary.
His sister was not lying.
His father was the first person to be possessed by the devil. His sister was just carrying on his father's will.
Gus sighed. He rubbed a towel and put it on his sister's burning forehead before he continued reading. In the diary, his father wrote:
"May 7, Year 10235 of the Iron Fist Calendar.
"That's impossible!
"The power of the Fist God is invincible. No evil can compete with the path of the Iron Fist. It's a lie. It's fake. It's all an illusion. It's impossible for such a 'steam engine' to output such a powerful force!
"July 2, Year 10235 of the Iron Fist Calendar.
"Today, I've outputted the strength of the 'Deep Sea Fist' with the 'steam engine' again. This is the fifth successful experiment in seven days. This means that as long as there is enough fuel and some scrap metal, even a weak ordinary person will be able to unleash a combat ability that is equivalent to the combat ability of a martial arts genius who has been training for decades.
"If it's true, then what's the point of a martial arts genius after decades of hard work?
"My world has collapsed. Is the path of the Iron Fist really the only truth? Is the Fist God really the only true god?
"If the 'power of machines and steam' is really so useful, if our world could popularize the 'power of machines and steam' on a large scale three to five thousand years ago, would the common people not have to be ravaged by the ferocious beasts for so many years? Would we have become the unique spirits of all creatures long ago? What would our world look like then?
"Why did the Fist God lie to us? Why did he not tell the world that the power of machines and steam is so powerful?"
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