Chapter 655 A Small Group of Rebels
The middle-aged man was asked many questions by the monster.
During this period, he showed a very humble and somewhat fanatical attitude.
He didn't feel anything wrong with the monster's appearance, which made humans feel physically uncomfortable.
Presumably, the survivors from thousands of years ago must have seen the appearance of the alien invaders many times.
During this period, his son also woke up.
After several months of deep sleep, his head was very dizzy after he woke up, and he screamed the moment he saw the monster.
"Ah——!! Ghost ah ah ah!!"
Then he was kicked several meters away by his father and passed out again.
Xu Xin was amazed by the middle-aged man's incredibly fast kicking speed and his frantic apology afterwards.
"So, you don't feel any changes?"
After listening to the middle-aged man's story, the monster's eyes that were exposed outside the clothes opened.
"Yes...yes." The middle-aged man swallowed and said with some fear.
In the day after the monster defected, the middle-aged man did not receive any news.
He is not the person responsible for the selection of survivors. He is here just for his son. Well, it was the one who was kicked out by him just now, hit the wall and fell unconscious again.
However, he was also connected to the person who managed the selection of survivors. At least before he came in, he didn't notice anything unusual.
He also contacted the people in charge of survivor selection, but they didn't know what the current situation was. They didn't know why the higher-ups never gave them instructions, so the stalemate continued.
This is why the survivors in the outer area have not been "active" during this period of time.
"I can contact them now and ask!"
The middle-aged man took out a communication device similar to a mobile phone on the spot.
But it makes no sense, because there is no way to communicate with the outside world within the World Tree.
"Okay, I already know the important things. Just stay here and help me."
The monster waved his hand, then pointed at Xu Xin and said to the middle-aged man: "He is Xu Xin. I did send people to kill him before, but now he and I have a cooperative relationship. Seeing him is like seeing me. .”
After saying that, it stopped staying any longer and glanced at Xu Xin with its eyes, as if giving him a wink, and then teleported away directly, disappearing in place.
This guy actually left directly...?
Xu Xin looked at the man standing there blankly and became slightly wary.
Judging from the kick this man just kicked his son, he should have fully recovered by now.
If he wants to take action against himself now...
Xu Xin already had a weapon hidden in his sleeve.
"You don't need to draw the teleportation pattern to be able to teleport...! As expected of our god! I'm actually going to help the god! Phew..."
The man changed his previous cold image, his whole face turned a little red, he muttered to himself, and then took a deep breath.
"...Is it that exciting? You must have seen them before."
Xu Xin clenched the pocket pistol in her hand and asked tentatively.
"What are they? They are gods!" The middle-aged man turned his head instantly and corrected Xu Xin's statement, "I have only seen gods from a distance before. When did I talk to gods face to face... This... this is simply …”
Xu Xin felt that he was about to faint from excitement.
Good guy...
"Ah, I'm sorry!"
The middle-aged man suddenly realized something and bent down directly to Xu Xin: "I didn't know that you had this relationship with our gods before, and I want to take action against you. I hope you can forgive me!"
The god just said that seeing him was like seeing a god!
This middle-aged man was very calm and cold in Lou Fei'er's description, but he didn't expect to look like this now.
"Hmm...it's okay." Xu Xin waved her hand, "I'm here, and I've been keeping your son in custody."
"It's good that you're not dead, it's good that you're not dead!" After hearing this, the man immediately walked to his son's side, squatted down, lifted up his unconscious son who had just hit his head against the wall, and fed him a pill. "It's just a detention." It’s only been a few days, and it’s just enough time for him to suffer! How dare you treat a god like that, and how dare you call a god a ghost! It really makes me angry!”
"He hasn't seen any strange things... Well, hasn't he seen your gods?" Xu Xin asked as he looked at his son who was held in the man's arms and the painful expression on his face gradually eased.
"No." The man shook his head, let his still unconscious son lean against the wall, and stood up, "He is only in his twenties, and gods have not appeared in these years. He has never seen them before. Beyond the gods.”
Then, the middle-aged man turned to look at Xu Xin and said somewhat cautiously: "Excuse me, is there anything else you need my help with?"
Xu Xin touched her chin.
Lou Fei'er finally captured this man, but she didn't expect that he didn't know anything.
However, this can be considered a useful piece of information.
At least judging from the situation of the middle-aged man, the alien invaders have not paid attention to the selection of survivors here recently.
They didn't even bother to release any news.
However, if you look at it from the perspective of an alien invader, this may also be a normal choice.
Judging from the current level of frantic peeping around the World Tree, the alien invaders should now focus their attention on Xu Xin and the others.
As for other survivors, in their opinion, they do not need to be dealt with specifically.
Just like no one would go out into the wild to kill wild cockroaches, they don't even want to care.
Not to mention that there are now mutant creatures everywhere, all of which are natural enemies of ordinary humans.
Perhaps in their view, as long as they are left alone for a period of time, these survivors will perish themselves.
At present, this should be the idea of alien invaders.
But if that’s the case…
What happened when the communication between survivors suddenly resumed?
How strange...
"Can you contact the person in charge of selecting survivors?" Xu Xin asked the middle-aged man.
"It should be possible, but I don't know why it's not possible now." The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, "I can't contact them now."
Naturally, there is no contact within the World Tree.
But as long as you get out of the World Tree, it will be fine.
"Come with me and help me contact them. I have something to ask them."
"It's an honor." The middle-aged man was very respectful to Xu Xin, and then glanced at his son.
"Just leave your son here. You will live here anyway." Xu Xin said this tentatively. He wanted to see the middle-aged man's attitude.
"Live...live here? This is..."
"The 'god' lives in a tree house next to it."
The man took a sharp breath and his face turned red again: "This... I... am really honored!"
It seems there is no problem.
As long as he's not someone like Lou Fei'er who drinks acting like water, then there won't be any problem.
"Come on, come out with me."
"Get out? Well, what should I call you?"
"My name is Xu Xin, don't you know?"
"How can I call you by your name!" The middle-aged man refused sternly, "Well, let me call you Lord God Envoy!"
Lord God Envoy...?
Xu Xin rolled her eyes slightly.
Good guy, is he now not only a god in the eyes of the residents of the underground world, but also a god in the eyes of the survivors from thousands of years ago?
Don't tell me, this feeling is quite novel.
"Let's go."
He left the middle-aged man's son here as a bargaining chip, and took the middle-aged man outside the World Tree.
"This..." The middle-aged man was so shocked by what he saw that he was speechless.
He really didn't expect that the vast world just now was actually the inside of the world tree he had been observing before!
"As expected of the gods..." The man swallowed again, "I just said, how could the survivors have the World Tree? Sure enough, it was all done by the gods... I didn't expect that the World Tree where the gods live is actually a world. …”
He regarded the world tree as the handiwork of a monster, and then respected the "gods" even more.
Xu Xin didn't give any explanation.
The more he respects that monster, the easier it is to be controlled and exploited.
So no explanation is needed.
"Get in touch."
"OK."
The middle-aged man immediately took out his communication tool: "Excuse me, where can I contact the person in charge?"
Xu Xin thought for a while: "Contact the person in charge of District 1. There should be one person in charge of Districts 1-5, right? Ask him why the World Channel suddenly opened and what they want to do next."
"Okay." The middle-aged man nodded and made contact immediately.
Soon, the call came through: "Hello, who is this?"
The middle-aged man turned on a hands-free mode so that Xu Xin could hear.
The voice of the other party was very familiar, it was the man who gave the World Tree to Shi Wanyun on the island in the sea.
"I am a direct subordinate of the gods. I need to confirm something with you. Please cooperate." The middle-aged man's voice became calm, but there was a hint of pride in it.
It seems that he was very proud of being appointed as the "killer" by the monster just now.
There was silence for a long time and he said, "Excuse me."
The other party seemed to have no doubt about the man's identity.
The man asked Xu Xin's two questions.
The other party was silent for a long time, and then said again: "The gods have not issued any instructions for three days, and we have no next step. As for the open world channel, it is because the survivors in other areas are very scared because of the failure of the mission. We believe that, Opening up the World Channel and allowing them to communicate with Area 1 and Area 188 can stabilize this group of survivors and help with subsequent selections."
His reason is really baffling.
Xu Xin frowned slightly.
It always feels like the other party is... lying?
"In other words, did you act without permission?" The middle-aged man's voice was filled with anger, "You actually acted without permission from the gods. You..."
"Wait a minute, I'll chat with him." Xu Xin extended her hand to the middle-aged man.
"Ah...Okay, sir." The middle-aged man respectfully handed the communication device to Xu Xin's hand.
"……you are?"
There was a somewhat confused and uneasy voice coming from over there. The middle-aged man's "adult" title just now made the other party a little surprised.
"It doesn't matter who I am." Xu Xin turned off the external speaker and put the communication device against his ear canal. "You... are helping the survivors and humanity."
I don't know why, but just now such an idea came to Xu Xin's mind.
The other party is helping them!
You are helping humanity!
Xu Xin thought of what this man said in the world tree in the sea.
"They are extremely powerful, and we can't resist them at all. So we have no choice but to do these things. All we can do is complete our mission and ensure the safety of the survivors."
These were the exact words this man said to the three girls Shi Wanyun.
He also said at the time that he asked Shi Wanyun and the others to kill Xu Xin because what Xu Xin and the others did would anger the alien invaders and cause the alien invaders to kill these survivors, so killing Xu Xin was the right thing to do. To protect other survivors.
No one present at the time believed what he said.
But now it seems...
That's not really what he thinks, right?
Moreover, he also gave Shi Wanyun a world tree surrounded by the ocean that alien invaders hate and fear most. And this time, the reason he gave for opening the world channel was also for the benefit of survivors.
He even made his own decisions without God’s orders!
If a person was brainwashed by alien invaders, like the middle-aged man next to him, who respected the alien invaders so much, how could he possibly say the "forced" remarks he made in the Ocean World Tree before? How is it possible to release the world channel without the permission of the alien invaders?
Although opening the world channel is not a very important thing, Xu Xin knew from the sudden angry expression of the middle-aged man next to him that this was the reaction and behavior of a brainwashed person.
"You...haven't been brainwashed?"
Xu Xin's words silenced the other party for more than ten seconds.
During his silence, Xu Xin gradually confirmed his conjecture.
It seems to be true.
The other party is really not brainwashed!
What the other party did was really for the survivors to live longer, for the sake of mankind!
"Since you... can say the word brainwashing, it means you have not been brainwashed." The other party finally said.
The other party must have mistaken him for one of the survivors from a thousand years ago.
After all, even the middle-aged man called him "sir". In his eyes, Xu Xin's status should be very high.
"Yes. I didn't." Xu Xin did not deny it. He certainly wasn't brainwashed.
"Then you should be able to understand my approach. Everything I do is for the continuation of our race."
The other party's voice was still calm, and it even felt like he was relieved.
In the eyes of the other party, a person who has not been brainwashed is much easier to communicate with.
After Xu Xin learned the news from the other party, his eyes flashed.
Is that really the case?
Sure enough, among the survivors in this time and space, there are also resisters who will not be brainwashed!
However, due to various factors, the number of rebels in this world has been greatly reduced.
But a big reduction doesn’t mean nothing!
This group of rebels is very small.
In another time and space, Xu Xin, Xu Ying and their organization not only had a large number of members who were not affected by brainwashing, but also had monsters who brought them high-end alien technology, so they developed to such a strong point.
In this time and space, the number of survivors who will not be brainwashed has dropped sharply. There are no existences like monsters to provide them with technology, and their power is very weak.
Therefore, all they can do is to help these survivors and let as many of them survive the selection as possible.
"You don't have to worry about anything. You and I are on the same page." Xu Xin said.
"That's it..." The other party's tone was obviously much more relaxed, "That's good. Then that person just now was really a god..."
Xu Xin glanced at the slightly confused middle-aged man and said, "Let's not talk about this matter for now. I have something to ask you."
"You ask."
"How many of you are there now?"
"...Your question makes me vigilant."
The other person did not answer directly: "The man next to you must be a direct subordinate of the gods. Based on my understanding of them, if they are brainwashed, it is impossible to lie in this regard, because that is the supreme belief in their hearts. Who is he? what's the situation?"
"Perhaps you don't understand that your 'gods' are not united." Xu Xin said suddenly.
"...What do you want to say?" The other party was silent at first, and then said in surprise.
"The gods also have their own ideas. For example, the gods we are in contact with now want to help us." Xu Xin said with a smile, "I am actually a survivor. I am currently cooperating with your gods."
The other party is a human being who has not been brainwashed.
The other person can be their own person.
But within a thousand years, their small group of rebels should have been unable to resist their "gods".
But what if there is a "god" who is on the side of survivors and humans?
What choice will they make?
If you can pull the opponent into your camp, you will also have a foothold in the other hemisphere...
Then maybe, they can really consider and implement that reckless plan!
Drive the alien invaders away from the earth!
"What do you think about this?" Xu Xin asked.
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