Doomsday Game

Chu Yan stared at the figure in front of him, with a look of interest in his eyes.

This was a thin young man who looked about 18 years old. There was no trace of immaturity on his face, just because his dark eyes were filled with cold and resolute vitality.

He was wearing the same clothes as Chu Yan, and should also be a cave dweller, but his handsome face was a little weird.

There were green lines on the left side of his face, and it was emitting a faint green light, as if it was about to extend to his left eye.

If you look closely, you can find that these lines actually spread from below the neck to the face. It can be imagined that he must have more lines on his body.

Seeing his appearance, Chu Yan immediately thought of a piece of information in the intelligence:

"Secondary infection?"

The so-called secondary infection is similar to starlight infection, but not as serious.

Starlight infection is a disease in which the human body is exposed to the irradiation of a disaster star for a long time, and the energy of the disaster star may invade the body and soul, gradually turning into a bloodthirsty monster.

Secondary infection is a relatively low-probability disease event, which basically occurs in the underground city.

The reason why people living in the underground area are relatively safe is not only because they are far away from the range of monsters, but also because the thick surface rock layer isolates the brilliance of the disaster star in the sky, and the human body is basically inaccessible, so it is unlikely to be infected by the starlight.

However, the energy of the disaster star is always irradiating the earth. These energies are absorbed and digested by the earth. After filtering out most of the filthy energy, they will also penetrate into certain substances underground, thus giving birth to various extraordinary minerals.

Another part of the energy is mixed with the soil and becomes extraordinary nutrients, which can be absorbed by plants and turned into various starlight magic plants.

Most of these ores and magic plants are harmless and can be used by humans to make various extraordinary items to strengthen the power of humans.

But there are also a few relatively advanced ores and magic plants. Although the energy inside is relatively pure, it is also a poison to the bodies of ordinary people because it is too large and pure.

If the cave dwellers in the underground city accidentally discover these high-level extraordinary materials while digging for extraordinary ores and magic plants, and fail to take safety measures, causing the body to absorb the pure energy in them, it is possible to cause secondary infection.

In essence, the human body cannot withstand and digest overly powerful energy, but this energy is very stubborn and will automatically and disorderly strengthen the human body, and finally a rejection reaction will occur, causing the infected to die in pain.

The secondary infected will not become a monster, and may even gain some extraordinary abilities and physical fitness that is much better than ordinary people, but they will basically die quickly and die miserably.

Because this disordered strengthening is too harmful to the body, ordinary means cannot be used to treat it. If you want to save them, only the high-ranking astrologers can do it.

But even if the astrologers want to cure them, it is not an easy task. It takes a lot of time and energy, and they have to use high-level extraordinary materials, at a much higher cost than normal, to help them adjust their bodies and then force them to become astrologers, so that they can completely get rid of the pain and return to normal.

However, with such a huge cost and resources, even if it is used on an ordinary person, it is enough to train him to become an astrologer. Using it on an infected person is simply a loss-making business, and the gains do not outweigh the losses.

Therefore, the attitude of the human high-level in this world towards secondary infected people is generally laissez-faire, and they will not care about their life or death, unless the infected person is the descendant of a big man.

But if it is the descendant of a big man, it is naturally unlikely to get this disease that only the lower cave people will get, and this assumption itself is unlikely to be established.

Thinking of this, Chu Yan looked at the young man who was as fierce as a weed and asked casually:

"Do you know where the exit to leave the underground city is?"

In order to prevent the cave dwellers from wanting to escape from the underground for various reasons, running outside to be infected by the starlight and becoming monsters, and increasing the defense pressure on the human cities on the surface, the exit of each underground city is built very secretly and concealed from all cave dwellers.

For the cave dwellers, rashly asking about the exit location is an absolute death sentence.

The cave dweller in front of him actually knew the exit location, which obviously meant that he had prepared in advance.

Chu Yan understood that he dared to jump out like this, and he must have some request, so he didn't waste time and asked directly:

"I can trust you for the time being, but what kind of deal do you want to make with me? Tell me, what do you want."

Chu Yan's straightforwardness did not make the young man have any expression, he just said the request seriously:

"I'll tell you the location, you take me and my sister with you, that's itIt is my only request. "

Chu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this: "You want to go out? Aren't you afraid of death?"

Once a person with secondary infection comes to the outside world and is exposed to the disaster star, not only will the condition be aggravated, but the probability of being infected by the starlight and becoming a monster is much greater than that of ordinary people.

It is impossible for this young man not to know that he is a secondary infected person, but he still wants to take the initiative to leave the underground city, which is really no different from seeking death.

However, the young man just grinned when he heard this, and replied very casually:

"I just don't want to stay in this ghost place until I die. I want to take a look at the outside world before I die, and see what the starry sky looks like. Is that not okay? "

Chu Yan certainly wouldn't believe his statement, but in fact, the other party's purpose had nothing to do with him. He just wanted to know where the exit was.

As for bringing two more burdens...

It didn't matter at all.

If the people in front were all ants, they could be stepped on to death by walking over, so who would care whether they could free their hands?

So Chu Yan just smiled and threw the dagger in his hand to him:

"Deal, lead the way."

The young man's eyes moved, and he reached out to grab the flying dagger in surprise. Looking at the dark blade, he said hesitantly:

"Do I still need to be responsible for killing the enemy? Let's make it clear in advance that I'm not very good at using a knife, let alone how to cut people into slices."

Chu Yan rolled his eyes helplessly at him, thinking that you are quite humorous, showing your cleverness?

"You don't need to do it. I told you to take it for self-defense. Don't waste time. Hurry up. "

Hearing Chu Yan say this, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, carefully put away the short knife and turned to lead the way. Although his steps were not orderly, his speed was very fast, far beyond that of ordinary people.

Chu Yan followed him leisurely, and he could easily keep up with him no matter how fast he ran.

The two ran all the way on the rugged rocky mountain road, and soon came to the entrance of a cave hidden in a corner.

The young man opened the door and entered, and soon walked out with a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old.

The girl was also thin, pale, and dirty, but her facial features were quite delicate, with a kind of delicate beauty, which easily aroused the man's desire to protect her.

However, Chu Yan just took a look and didn't feel much. Instead, his eyes fell on the bulging packages on the backs of the two.

"You are well prepared. Have you made plans to escape long ago?"