Chapter 363 Leader’s Loneliness

After the beast crisis, the border area was severely damaged and no longer suitable for living, so the refugees were temporarily resettled in the city by the authorities.

The resettlement area is located in the Rust Wall Area, and the authorities are on duty 24 hours a day. An unfinished building that was previously unfinished was allocated to the Wolf Raid, and their people lived there.

It is breakfast time now. The members of the Wolf Raid are carrying the daily necessities given by the authorities and making bowls of instant noodles to distribute to their companions.

When Su Mo and Troy came here, whether they were boiling water, eating, or resting, the members of the Wolf Raid stood up one after another and cast respectful eyes.

Su Mo nodded to these people to express his greetings and followed Troy upstairs.

In a room on the 6th floor, Su Mo saw Xibel.

Because it is an unfinished building, the decoration here is very shabby, the interior is all rough, and there are no doors or windows. They can only use iron brackets picked up from outside to support a few pieces of rags to block the wind.

Xibel was lying on a mat behind the windshield, covered with a thick tattered quilt, her face was as pale as paper. She was wrapped tightly, but she couldn't stop shaking, and cold sweat kept coming out of her forehead, soaking the pillow.

Her mind was no longer clear, and she didn't even notice Su Mo coming. Her eyes were half open and half closed with no focus. The wolf attack doctors who were responsible for taking care of her were at a loss and helpless.

Troy said in a trembling voice: "After the last time she stopped the beast, her condition deteriorated sharply. At first, she couldn't eat or drink water, and later she vomited blood all night. Now she is in a coma at any time and is only awake for a few hours every day."

Su Mo looked at Xibel, who looked haggard, without saying a word, as if a stone was pressing on his heart.

Su Mo naturally understood Xibel's situation. Like Nuo Bai before, she was a patient with "blood code dissociation syndrome".

Blood code is recognized as the most powerful power among the three extraordinary systems. Unlike the smooth improvement curve of prosthesis and spiritual brain, the power curve of blood code is an exponential function.

The performance of blood code in the early stage was very bad, so it was not uncommon for low-level blood code carriers to be killed by ordinary people.

But the higher the blood code level, the more exaggerated the improvement, which will far surpass the power of prosthesis and spiritual brain.

So this is why those who are pretentious are more inclined to blood code, because becoming a blood code carrier means greater possibility.

But this pursuit has a price.

There is also a price for using prosthesis or spiritual brain, but at least the risk is controllable.

For example, prosthesis, even if the implanted body cannot bear the immune rejection reaction, you can take medicine or change to a low-level prosthesis, and there will always be a way out behind.

But blood code is different. Once you become a blood code carrier, there is a permanent shadow chasing behind you - blood code dissociation syndrome.

The probability of this disease is not high, and only one or two out of tens of thousands of blood code carriers may develop the disease.

But once you are unfortunately diagnosed with this disease, it is a real nightmare.

The pain it brings is difficult to describe in ordinary language, and there is no way to relieve it with any painkillers.

There is a cure, but it is firmly in the hands of the joint company, that is the "genetic coding protein" that Su Mo and Nuo Bai had once found together.

Unlike the prosthetic immune preparations that can be bought everywhere, the gene coding protein is a top-level controlled product of the joint company. Each entry and exit of the warehouse has extremely strict approval and requires the permission of the highest regional person in charge like Zhao Yiming.

This is the company's cold strategy. The blood code can be leaked to the outside world, and even released at will. As long as you have money, you can get it on the black market, and anyone can become a blood code carrier.

As for what to do if you unfortunately suffer from blood code dissociation syndrome after having a blood code?

You can come to the company and be the company's dog forever in the future. The company will be responsible for helping you treat the disease-of course, the premise is that the company thinks highly of you.

If the company doesn't think highly of you, or you don't want to come, it's okay, it's up to you, you can just watch your body collapse in the illness again and again.

Nuo Bai was forced to work for Mr. Tang because she had offended the joint venture company and had no place to go. It happened that Mr. Tang promised to give her the gene-editing protein, so she embarked on that road of no return.

In fact, Mr. Tang had no medicine. With his social status, let alone getting the gene-editing protein, if he saw it with his own eyes, it would be considered a dereliction of duty by the company's logistics department, and a lot of people would be shot.

Mr. Tang was completely fooling Nuo Bai at the beginning, just planning to use her to squeeze her dry and then kick her out.

Nuo Bai was undoubtedly lucky. She met Su Mo and found the last hope in the ruins of the Borderless Land.

But Xibel was unfortunate. Although he also met Su Mo, Su Mo could no longer save her because he really didn't know where to find this thing. Even the time when Nuo Bai got it was a hard gamble.

Su Mo lowered his eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry, Troy, I'm also sad to see Xibel like this, but I can't help her with my current ability."

Troy opened his eyes wide, and his voice was obviously trembling: "How could it be? Don't you know Zhao Yiming? He is the head of the Xinyue City region of the joint venture company. It must not be difficult for him to come up with a gene editing protein!"

"Indeed, it's not difficult for him." Su Mo looked into Troy's eyes, his eyes and voice were dim, "The question is, what can I give him in exchange?"

Troy said anxiously: "You go ask him first, okay? Ask first and then."

"I asked." Su Mo interrupted him, "Maybe I didn't say it, but I treat you as friends in my heart. I also know about your sister's illness, so I asked Zhao Yiming a long time ago. Do you want to listen to his conditions?"

"You say!" Troy looked at Su Mo eagerly as if he was grabbing the last straw.

Su Mo: "It's very simple, there is only one condition, all members of Langxi surrender to the joint company."

Troy's eyes quickly faded, and the whole person seemed to have lost his spine. He retreated weakly, bent over and leaned against the wall, holding his forehead with trembling hands.

After a long silence, he squeezed out a sentence with difficulty: "I'll go talk to the boss"

"Troy!" Suddenly, a weak and hoarse voice sounded.

Xibel regained consciousness at some point.

"Xibel!" Troy hurried over and half-knelt in front of her, holding the cold little hand.

Xibel gritted her teeth and raised her hand with difficulty to slap Troy in the face. It seemed very light, but in fact, it had exhausted almost all her strength.

"Do you have any backbone?!"

"Why does Wolf Raid exist? Have you forgotten? And our ideals, have you forgotten them all?!"

"How many companions have we lost on this road? So many people have died, and now it's just my turn."

Troy didn't speak, but just hung his head weakly, biting his lower lip with his teeth sinking into the flesh, almost biting out blood.

Xibel looked at Su Mo, and forced a smile on his haggard face, and said hoarsely: "Boss, I heard everything you said just now. Thank you for treating me as a friend."

"Although we haven't known each other for a long time, I'm really happy to meet someone with the same interests as me."

After speaking, Troy suddenly felt that the little hand in his palm had lost its strength. Looking again, Xibel fell into a coma again and didn't know when she would wake up.

Blood code dissociation syndrome cannot be cured by drugs other than gene editing protein, and Su Mo really can't help her now.

He originally wanted Xibel to move to another place, to the medical area of ​​the edge building for recuperation. Although there would not be any qualitative changes, at least the environment would be better.

But he later found out that the city council chairman Amir had formulated a very strict decree prohibiting border refugees from leaving the resettlement area to go to other urban areas.

Now that Schenkov has been suspended, the Public Security Bureau is temporarily managed by Amir. Su Mo has no friendship with this guy, so naturally he can't open a green channel.

All Su Mo could do was to leave some money for Lang Xi. If nothing else, at least don't let Xibel eat only those cheap instant noodles when he wakes up.

Troy held the bank card Su Mo gave him in his hand, slumped down beside Xibel, and whispered: "I regret it."

Su Mo: "What do you mean?"

Troy's eyes and voice were full of sadness: "It was a mistake for them to know each other."

Su Mo sighed: "You two were rescued from the black market by Fenrir before. Without her, you would not be alive now."

Troy smiled bleakly: "Then at least I can die before her, and I don't have to watch him die day by day in front of me."

Su Mo was silent, speechless.

There was nothing he could do here, and he didn't want to disturb Xibel's rest. He said goodbye and left the room.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he suddenly found a tall figure standing against the concrete wall.

Fenrir leaned against the wall with her head half tilted back, a burning cigar between her lips. Judging from the thick ash on it, she had been standing here for a while, and her dark purple eyes were looming behind the swirling smoke.

Su Mo lowered her voice and asked in a voice that only she could hear: "Did you hear everything?"

Fenrir just took off the cigar and flicked off the ash, and took the lead to walk towards the stairs: "Let's talk."

The two came to the rooftop.

It was morning now, because it rained yesterday, the air was filled with fog, and it looked gray at a glance.

The long city line was blurred in the mist, and the gray tones diluted all the colors of the city. The wind kept bringing the horns of vehicles in the distance, cold and giving people an unspeakable sense of desolation.

Su Mo and Fenrir stood side by side on the rooftop, looking at the city line, and asked, "Why didn't you come in to see Xibel when she woke up just now?"

Fenrir: "I was afraid of scaring her."

Su Mo: "Scared?"

Fenrir said in a self-deprecating tone, "She has been ill for several years. Every time she has an attack, I have no time to visit her. She is used to it. If I suddenly go to her today, won't she be scared?"

Su Mo laughed, "Your words remind me of my grandfather. He was also sick in his later years and fell in bed. Usually, our family would go to see him in groups of three or two, and nothing happened."

"Then one day, it happened that all the relatives were there, and we all went to visit him. As a result, grandpa passed away the next day."

"The doctor said that because we don't usually have so many people coming, and suddenly everyone was here, my grandfather thought that his time had come, and everyone came to see him for the last time. The breath of air in his heart was released, and he died immediately."

Fenrir couldn't help but smile, and whispered: "So think about it, forget it. I never visited her before, so I don't want to pretend to be a good person at this last moment."

Su Mo was silent for a moment, and said: "Fenrir, you are actually a bastard."

"I know." Fenrir did not deny it, and his faint voice seemed to fall into memories, "So sometimes I also ask myself why she would follow a bastard like me so wholeheartedly."

"Ten When I rescued her years ago, she was still a little kid. Maybe I can't say I rescued her. I just saw the chain hanging around her neck and helped her remove it. "

"I have rescued quite a few little kids like this. Most of them bowed to you, said thank you, and then ran away."

"But Xibel is different. She said that I gave her life. She is mine for the rest of her life and will follow me forever."

At this point, Fenrir chuckled and said, "Little kids of that age, you know, are very immature. They haven't even eaten for a few years, but they keep talking about a lifetime. I never believe their nonsense."

At this point, Fenrir paused for some reason.

Su Mo helped her to continue the conversation: "But Xibel is different."

Fenrir's eyes were still looking into the distance, and he said slowly: "Among the first group of people who followed me, there were old friends of my father, friends I grew up with, and many like-minded partners later."

"Compared with those people, Xibel is too insignificant, so insignificant that I don't even look at her. Sometimes when we meet and say hello, I can't remember her name for a while."

"But it was also those people who later sacrificed for the group, some could not resist various temptations, and either retired or went to other better groups. Some lucky ones were recruited by giant companies and became the people they once hated the most."

Su Mo suddenly realized that Fenrir was not looking aimlessly, she was staring in the same direction from beginning to end.

At the far end of the city line, the three-story tower stood as if to pierce the sky. The Tower of Babel, which symbolizes the supreme status of Crescent City, was reflected in the center of Fenrir's pupils.

"One day I came to my senses and found that Langxi had indeed grown stronger in my hands, but the original group of companions had also left me."

"The last one left was the little kid whose name I often couldn't remember, and the brother who always followed her."

Su Mo felt a little disappointed.

Leaders are often lonely, especially leaders like Fenrir.

Because she stood too high, she was looking at things that were out of reach, and she walked on the road that no one had ever stepped on, so it was difficult for her to have time to look back.

And when she suddenly looked back one day, she found that the people who had followed closely behind her were gone, just like a dream. That was really the greatest loneliness in the world.

The cigar on Fenrir's fingertips had burned to the end, and the fire burned her fingers, but she was completely unaware.

"After everyone has left, you can see who is the one who follows you wholeheartedly. This is the saddest thing."

"I thought at the time that it might not be too late to find out now. I can make up for what she lacked before."

"But reality tells me that it's too late. It's too late. Because she has fought for me again and again, she has suffered from blood code dissociation syndrome. I can't make up for anything."

At this point, Fenrir lowered his head, which was rare, and his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.

"I'm sorry for her." (End of this chapter)