Scarlet Falls

Wei Wei sat in the passenger seat of the dilapidated truck and wandered all the way until he was more than ten miles away and saw the silhouette of a city in the distance.

"Is this a city in the wilderness?"

He had heard of these large gathering points left in the wilderness, but this was the first time he saw them.

Wilderness does not really refer to overgrown weeds and abandoned towns. Although this is indeed a common sight in the wilderness, the word wilderness still refers to "desolation" on a spiritual level. In fact, the wilderness also has cities, a population, and its own rules. In addition to some in-demand commodities, it even has a complete production and commercial system, which is not much different from the spiritual barrier.

When the Foundation launched the Spiritual Barrier Project, it promoted the formation of super cities and sucked away a large number of people, which led to the devastation of large villages and towns.

However, due to the special attraction of the Wandering Church, a large number of people stayed in the wilderness and continued to live as before. They even maintained the previous administrative structure and did not leave the General Administration Office in name.

Of course, their real responsibility and service target has changed to the sect.

As the truck approached, Wei Wei quickly discovered that what appeared in front of him was a real city, not the tribes around the Scrap Iron City.

He saw the brand new steel suspension bridge and the stationed checkpoints.

The skinny man drove the vehicle to the side of the steel suspension bridge. Immediately, men with guns in their hands surrounded him and checked their documents.

Their eyes were sharp, their uniforms were neat, their bullets were loaded, and their expressions were extremely serious.

Wei Wei thought for a moment, took out two hundred yuan from his pocket, rolled it into a ball, and handed it to the sentry who was looking at him suspiciously, and winked.

The sentry looked confused for a while, then became so angry that he pulled out his gun and pointed it at him, shouting:

"What are you beating for?"

"Why did you hand me the money to beat me?"

"..."

This loud shout alerted several sentries nearby. At the same time, they nervously came over and pointed their guns at Wei Wei's face.

Wei Wei was a little helpless and a little embarrassed as he collected the money.

After a moment of silence, he lay down on the passenger seat. The aura of death covered his body. At this time, he no longer looked like a living thing, but a dead person.

But even though he was a dead man, he was still lying on the passenger seat. He had spoken just now. Logically speaking, he could not escape the eyes of the sentries. But the strange thing was that when he was lying on the passenger seat, he looked like a dead person. The sentry's pupils became hollow at the same time, as if he had lost his shadow. The gun he had just raised, his angry eyes and expression gradually faded from his face, as if he had never appeared before.

They still carefully inspected the truck, confirmed the documents, and then waved it through.

The truck officially entered the city, and Wei Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, his face regained the vitality of a living person, and whispered to himself: "There is indeed a problem in this city..."

The head pendant hanging on his belt like a keychain couldn't help but open one eye and pick it up, saying:

"how to say?"

"..."

Wei Weidao: "The sentry actually doesn't charge money!"

The head pendant suddenly became a little unbearable: "Have you ever thought that this may be because you gave too little to the relationship?"

"Two hundred yuan..."

Wei Wei said with certainty: "It's quite a lot. He doesn't care at all, so there is a problem."

The head pendant is at a loss for words: You can obviously use the evidence of the mutual restraint of demonic power to deduce this result, why do you have to use two hundred yuan?

Confirming that there was a problem in this city, Wei Wei breathed a sigh of relief and looked outside seriously.

At this glance, he felt a little surprised.

This city is surprisingly prosperous, clean, and even looks many times better than Scrap Iron City.

He looked out the car window and felt a sense of prosperity. The streets were spacious and clean, neatly repaired and brand new. The shops on both sides were open, with their doors open and a dazzling array of goods inside. Huge neon signs were hung in every corner. People dressed neatly and with happy and anxious expressions on their faces are struggling to get on the bus and rush to the next work point in their lives.

If we talk about temperament, then in this city, everyone has the same temperament as the skinny man next to them.

That is hard work, especially hard work. Wei Wei saw that everyone was working hard to complete the work at hand.

The sanitation worker took a broom and kept sweeping the dead leaves on the ground. He didn't know how long he had been sweeping, but a layer of the ground was almost scraped off. Suddenly, his vision went dark and he fell to the ground.

The ambulance rushed over like lightning, tried to breathe, and then pulled it away to be burned. A young man in a suit and leather shoes next to him immediately took off his suit, put on his clothes, and continued sweeping the floor in his place.

I saw the fat chef in the store quickly chopping the meat on the chopping board, and the customers were queuing up to buy it.

He kept chopping, and the guests kept urging. There was no meat on the cutting board in front of him, and the guests urged him anxiously. When he got angry, he put his hand into the oil pan and fried it, then chopped off half of it with a knife and wrapped it neatly.

I saw girls with heavy makeup on the street trying to attract customers. Under the heavy makeup, there was an indelible youthfulness.

I saw that in a spacious classroom, the teacher was seriously teaching lessons to the children. What was written on the blackboard was how to wear beanie shoes and wave hands correctly.

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"The problems in this city are serious..."

Wei Wei's eyes were bloodshot, and every bit of the bizarre and bizarre scenes in the entire city fell into his eyes.

After a long time, he sighed softly, withdrew his gaze and whispered to himself.

"Not bad, we are close to the Devil's Paradise..."

The head pendant echoed and said with a serious expression: "But how did you find out?"

"billboard……"

Wei Wei looked at some important points and said: "The female models on the billboards in this city are too ugly..."

The head pendant choked, and the mental power scanned outwards, and saw various large and small billboards hanging in the city. They are all formal billboards that can be seen everywhere in the city, but at first glance, they always feel weird. When I look carefully, I find that the ones on the billboards are all the same woman, with a plump figure and thick paint. A woman with heavy makeup and a cold temperament on her face, looking down at the city.

"It's actually a billboard..."

It could only sigh with emotion: "Although the process of your derivation always makes people feel that it is not very coherent, there seems to be nothing wrong with this result..."

But before they could finish speaking, the skinny man who had been sitting in the driver's seat driving seriously and obeying every traffic order, as if turning a blind eye to Wei Wei beside him, suddenly stepped on the brakes.

He turned around stiffly and said to Wei Wei: "That's Miss Lily."

"Miss Lily?"

Wei Wei took a look at his expression and determined that he was referring to the women on the billboards.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "I didn't expect her to look like this."

"Although the picture has been edited, you can still see that her face is a bit slumped, she has a bit of flesh, and she is not very tall..."

"..."

The skinny man's expression suddenly changed, from dull to angry, even cold.

Not only him, but where the truck stopped, the sanitation workers sweeping the floor, the clerks in the store, and the office workers carrying briefcases all stopped at the same time.

They turned around stiffly, with expressions of disbelief on their faces, and suddenly spoke in unison:

"That's Miss Lily."

"..."

Facing dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him angrily, Wei Wei rubbed his nose, glanced at the tall billboard again, and said:

"The aesthetics are also a bit vulgar, and the matching of clothes is not as good-looking as my friend's..."

"..."

His voice was not loud, he was just stating a fact, but the street was too quiet at this time, and every word he said seemed to be amplified and spread throughout the street.

As a result, the street suddenly became quieter, and everyone on the street stopped. Their eyes were empty, like an abyss, and they looked steadily at Wei Wei in the passenger seat, with invisible oppression filling the air.

Neat voices with the same angry emotions sounded out, intertwining into a big wave:

"That's Miss Lily."

"..."

Under this invisible pressure, even the head pendant tightened its lips, as if preparing in secret.

Wei Wei, on the other hand, was looking at the entire street, as if he was lost in thought. His eyes were focused on the largest billboard in the center of the city, and he whispered to himself:

"Is your Miss Lily such an ordinary person?"

"..."

A prosperous and busy city seems to have stopped at this moment because of such a sentence.

All the people on the whole street began to slowly approach the car, while people on other streets were approaching this street. The sound of police sirens sounded, and orders to mobilize troops were issued. This city Here, some people's expressions became hollow and indifferent, others became distorted and angry, as if they couldn't believe that such a voice could reach their ears, and some even cried because of it...

All kinds of different emotions, because they are too unified, add up to a strong and terrifying spiritual power.

This city that originally looked clean and tidy seemed to be shrouded in a shadow in an instant, and the air became distorted because it could not bear the pressure, as if a fire was baking at the bottom.

Amidst this extremely distorted pressure, the huge poster hanging on the highest building in the center of the city seemed to come alive.

The woman's photo seemed to be alive, squirming and twisting, as if it had a different kind of charm, and this charm, like a tentacle, was waving over, trying to get into Wei Wei's mind.

This seemed to be changing his aesthetics and making him worship Miss Lily.

But Wei Wei just sat in the passenger seat and watched quietly, his eyes calm and unchanged.

As a result, the woman in the portrait gradually showed an angry expression. She suddenly spoke, keeping the same mouth shape and voice rhythm as everyone else in the city.

At this moment, everything in this city was shouting to Wei Wei at the same time:

"Come and meet your goddess..."

"Come and meet Miss Lily..."

"..."

The spiritual power of an entire city is terrifying, and the simultaneous rush into a person's brain is also terrifying.

Even the human head pendant couldn't help but close its eyes at this time. It is a knowledge demon system. It knows what level this massive spiritual power is. It is very sure that even if the sixth-level knowledge demon comes, if there is no shared memory Chi's blessing, if he were alone, with his own spiritual power, he would never be able to compete with the vast ocean of spiritual power gathered in the entire city in front of him.

Wei Wei, on the other hand, calmly faced the anger of the entire city, lowered his head and smiled, then suddenly pulled out his gun and pointed it firmly at the giant poster.

His eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and his tone was calm but unquestionable:

"Come and meet me!"

"..."

"Uh-huh!"

As the black muzzle pointed at the poster, the giant squirming and twisted portrait on the poster suddenly closed its mouth.

Following her actions, all the people in the city also made the same action in unison. They raised their hands in panic and covered their mouths.

The whole city stopped again, as quiet as a city sculpture.

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After a long time, the skinny man next to Wei Wei suddenly turned his head, started the car with dull movements, and continued to drive forward, but it changed its direction.

And in front of the car, all the people, no matter what they did, were separated to both sides like a tide.

Their eyes still did not leave the truck pulling wood, but no one dared to look directly at the people in the truck, and no one dared to stop in front of the truck, not even the one who had just been pushed to the ground due to the crowds of people. The garbage can felt scared at this time, and was rolling hard to the side of the road. Even the garbage accidentally spilled on the ground was swallowed back into its stomach with great efforts.

Wei Wei held the gun in his hand, sat in the truck, drove into the main road, and then drove straight forward to the middle of the city, where the luxuriously decorated street...

...bathing center!

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"Truth Demon!"

On the way to the destination of the truck, the head pendant suddenly spoke and reported its analysis results to Wei Wei in a low voice:

"The fifth-level truth demon may be a degenerate demon."

"But unlike ordinary demonic powers, she has been influencing the entire city for at least many years, deeply implanting the false truth into everyone's mind."

"Such a truth demon cannot be underestimated, its power is particularly terrifying..."

"..."

Facing its reminder, Wei Wei nodded slightly.

Only the demons of truth can create such a twisted city. They use their own power to distort the operation of the entire city. Therefore, the entire city revolves around a false concept, which is the core operation of "Miss Lily". It is like a ruthless machine. Even if there are some damaged parts in the middle, they will be immediately crushed by the huge machine and manufactured. Get new parts to replace them.

This is also the reason why he can enter the city through the breath of death.

Those sentinels are not simply a certain person, but whether they may pose a threat to Miss Lily.

So after Wei Wei covered himself with the breath of death, their demonic power could not detect Wei Wei's existence, and they ignored Wei Wei in the co-pilot.

Thinking about this carefully, Wei Wei suddenly felt very interesting and replied softly: "There is no difference."

The head pendant was a bit unresponsive: "Huh?"

Wei Wei smiled and said: "I mean this demon, it is no different from ordinary demons."

The head pendant was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to complain in his mind: "I'm giving a serious report here, why did you accidentally put it on..."

But it's true.

This kind of demon that has received a powerful power bonus in the wilderness is really no different from the transcendent beings who have no personality but no accumulation inside the spiritual barrier in front of Scarlet.

Amid silent complaints, the truck had already arrived in front of the bathing center.

Soldiers in neat uniforms stood on both sides with guns in hand. No one spoke or came to stop them.

Wei Wei had no intention of getting out of the car, but just glanced at the door of the bathing center. The closed door suddenly trembled, and then violently opened to both sides.

The truck drove straight in, and you could see a meat ball rolling out of the vulgar but spacious lobby.

It spent a lot of effort before it successfully rolled to the front of the truck, and then assumed a kneeling posture, its body trembling non-stop.

The truck driver's dull eyes seemed to glow with excitement the moment he saw her.

His lips moved, but he kept repeating four words: "Miss Lily, Miss Lily..."

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"Is this Miss Lily?"

Wei Wei carefully looked at the fleshy ball in front of him before confirming that she was the woman he saw on the poster.

However, compared with the poster, she is fatter, weighing at least more than 400 kilograms, and shorter, or a smaller radius is more appropriate to describe it. She is wearing slender underwear, which is deeply inserted into the flesh, and I don’t know. It had been a long time since I had taken a shower or washed my hair. It was greasy and stuck to my scalp. A few sticky tears squeezed out of the huge eye excrement. I rolled down in front of the truck and kept crying in a low voice:

"Brother, I was wrong..."

"I didn't know you were here, brother..."

"However, I am not short of the welfare benefits that I should pay. I have paid them long ago..."

"..."

"Welfare money?"

Wei Wei nodded: "So it's related to the Wandering Church?"

Think about it, although there are many weird things in the wilderness, there are also the existence of the Wandering Church. Either they have obtained the recognition of the Wandering Church through various methods and are allowed to exist, or they do not obey the Wandering Church, but have Corresponding strength. The people in front of me, who can sit in such a huge city, but have not yet reached the ultimate level of power, are probably vassals of the Wandering Church.

He also heard Wei Wei's muttering to himself, and the fleshy ball in front of him suddenly raised his head blankly: "Brother...brother, who are you?"

People in the wilderness would not call the Wandering Church directly, they would only call it the Holy Church.

Since the man in front of him said the words "Wandering Church", it means that he is not a patrolman of the Holy Church.

"I'm just an ordinary person with a sense of justice."

Wei Wei replied with a smile, then raised the gun in his hand and pointed it at the position where the meat ball should be called the head.

Problems are easy to solve, just pull the trigger.

But Wei Wei didn't know why, he failed to complete such a skillful action this time. When he pointed the muzzle of the gun at the meat ball in front of him and hooked his finger on the trigger, he unexpectedly discovered that this The woman actually showed no signs of panic or angry struggle. She just raised her head in despair and stared blankly at the muzzle of the gun. A deep despair seemed to flash through her eyes.

Something in Wei Wei's heart was touched.

This sense of despair is what attracts Scarlet the most. It was also this sense of despair that attracted her to the skinny man in the first place.

Wei Wei's gun pointed at many people, but never at a desperate person.

So, he suddenly put away his gun with some relief and looked at the meat ball in front of him with a gentle expression: "Sit down and chat?"

The meatball-like woman was stunned for a moment, then nodded meekly: "Okay, big brother, I'll make you tea."

Wei Wei nodded, took a few steps forward, and then sat down on the sofa, acting arrogantly like every man who entered the bathing center.

This may be just a small episode, a change of mind.

But the head pendant on his belt, with the instinct of the knowledge devil, suddenly noticed something.

His hair blew up slightly, and his eyes became surprised, hiding deep worry.

He looked at Wei Wei, who was sitting on the sofa with a calm and even gentle expression, as if he felt a subtle sense of mystery being gradually born.

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