Developing super powers in another world

by sasucchi0123

Developing super powers in another world

1. Chapter 1

1 - 20

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Chapter 1 The Chicken Monster is Coming

After all thirteen resumes were ignored, Tu Ran let herself go.

In the middle of the morning, she stayed up late to watch TV series, ordered a takeout, opened a can of beer, and then she couldn't stop.

After drinking three cans in a row, he lay on the carpet with his arms and legs spread out.

Thinking back on her decadent life over the past few days, she felt guilty.

"God, give me a job!"

She roared helplessly, and two seconds later, she burst into tears because of her stupid behavior. She kicked the empty can, turned over, and fell asleep with her head resting on the furry carpet.

Half asleep and half awake, she saw a bird's beak, two centimeters in front of her, grayish white, thin and long, with a sharp arc downwards.

Tu Ran thought of fried chicken.

"It's time to order some fried chicken... for lunch... fried chicken..."

Tu Ran didn't care much. She muttered something, turned over, turned her back to what she saw, and continued to sleep.

The soft carpet was a bit prickly and she fell asleep reluctantly.

In a dream.

"Swish...rip...rip..."

It's noisy.

She slept restlessly.

My stomach also feels a little cold.

It shouldn't be.

Tu Ran thought confusedly that there was heating at home and she was still wearing pajamas.

Her eyelids were heavy, and she barely opened them to see what was going on.

The scene he saw when he opened his eyes was so shocking that Tu Ran broke out in a cold sweat.

An oversized chicken head was pecking at her belly with its head lowered, a strip of cloth hanging from its beak that was as curved as an iron hook. When its head tilted, the strip of cloth was swung in an arc and landed on her face.

Tu Ran's mind was completely clear.

The temperature she felt told her that her belly was now exposed, and the next target of the chicken essence would definitely be her belly.

Through the gap in the cloth, the chicken's long and sharp beak, like a bamboo stick, was visible. Its head was slightly raised, and its neck formed a natural arc.

It is doing the final warm-up before disemboweling its prey.

Tu Ran rolled over subconsciously without any hesitation.

Grayish-yellow dust splashed up behind him, and there was a loud noise like a nail being hammered into the ground.

She avoided the fate of being poked into a candied haws.

Tu Ran was secretly amazed at the agility of his movements.

My frail body, which had just passed the physical fitness test in five years of college, has become light and strong.

Tu Ran didn't even bother to look back, she quickly got up and ran forward.

He pinched his palms with his fingernails as he ran.

"Tu Ran! Wake up!"

"If you don't wake up, you'll be eaten!"

"Wake up!"

Tu Ran thought he was a very fast runner, but he still underestimated the strength of Ji Jing.

A strong wind suddenly blew violently, and a sharp and strange cry like a baby's cry came from behind, making people's ears hurt.

Tu Ran's scalp tingled. She intuitively felt that the sound must have been made by the strange bird behind her. What made her hair stand on end was that the sound was getting closer and closer.

Looking ahead, there was no other shelter except a nearly vertical bare mountain.

She had nowhere to escape.

With a whoosh, the strange bird flew over her head, casting a shadow over her entire body, then landed in front of her, raising a cloud of dust.

Tu Ran stopped in a hurry, swallowed, and retreated calmly.

If this was a dream, it was too real.

The monster in front of him was not just an oversized chicken essence that was two people tall.

Its appearance is more like a falcon, with shiny black wings, a sturdy body and a wild look. Unlike an eagle, it has slender, blade-like horns on its head, like a rhinoceros.

She had never had a dream so real.

Tu Ran was looking at it, and it also tilted its head to look at her.

It didn't seem to understand why its lunch, which was no longer breathing, could suddenly stand up and escape from its mouth.

The two lines of sight met in mid-air, and in just 0.1 seconds, Tu Ran turned and ran.

(End of this chapter) Chapter 2: First Time Playing with a Gun

Regardless of whether it was a dream or not, she didn't want to be eaten by such an ugly creature.

She tried to find a weapon to defend herself.

It would be best to have a knife.

She studied medicine in college. Although she was at the bottom of her class, she had a special liking for using knives. Although she did not meet the standards for operating on the operating table, she was very skilled.

However…

She felt for a pistol.

The heavy weight in her palm made Tu Ran tremble all over.

God can testify that she is a five-good youth of the new era. Apart from seeing guns on TV and using guns in games, she has never even played with a toy gun in real life.

Tu Ran's heart and lungs were trembling. This dream world was too wild! !
She tried to find other weapons and felt a round object in the trouser pocket beside her thigh.

I had a bad feeling in my heart.

As expected.

It's a bomb.

The style is somewhat different from the grenades in the anti-Japanese dramas. This bomb looks brighter and has a more high-tech texture. As for the weight... She has never touched a real grenade, so she doesn't know if it is light.

While running, Tu Ran continued to search for other things on his body, and in the end he only found two identical bombs.

She already has an idea.

Another burst of baby crying was heard, and the giant chicken spirit caught up.

Tu Ran took a deep breath and turned on the safety of the pistol.

As the huge black shadow of the chicken essence passed by Tu Ran, Tu Ran pulled the trigger with his index finger.

Even if you haven't eaten pork, you must have seen a pig run.

Tu Ran stopped running, stretched out his arms, pointed the gun at the monster in the sky, and fired with a "bang!"
The bullet hit the fat belly of the chicken essence.

It's like a stone thrown into the lake, causing ripples.

Tu Ran did not stop and continued shooting.

"Bang…bang…bang-bang-bang"

The sound resounded through the sky and was particularly clear in the quiet foot of the mountain.

Tu Ran was pushed back step by step by the recoil of the gun, and her wrist was so numb that she had no feeling at all.

She fired twelve rounds in total, emptying the entire magazine.

But it is not always successful.

She aimed at the chicken's eyes and legs, but of the twelve bullets, only one hit the chicken's legs, which were as thick as human thighs. The other half hit its abdomen and wings, and the other half hit the air.

Tu Ran was already quite satisfied with the result.

With its wings injured, Ji Jing's flight was instantly restricted. He lost his balance, fell headfirst to the ground heavily loaded, like a mountain collapsing in an instant, splashing up a cloud of dust that also covered Tu Ran who was more than ten meters away.

She choked and coughed a few times, covering her nose.

Ji Jing was completely enraged by her and screamed so loudly that Tu Ran's eardrums hurt.

It flapped its wings and tried to stand up, but failed. Instead, blood spurted out from its wounds continuously.

Its blood was not red like any species Tu Ran had seen before, but rather a sticky dark green color, accompanied by a foul odor.

The chicken seemed to have accepted the fact that it could not stand up. It stopped struggling to get up and instead raised its head and crowed continuously towards the sky.

This voice was not as angry as the one directed at Tu Ran before, but more like a call.

Tu Ran stood aside and thought for a moment. Then he made up his mind and walked towards the chicken spirit that was still crowing towards the sky.

It's safer to blow it up.

Tu Ran took a few steps closer, making sure that he could kill the beast with one blow. He pulled the ring of the bomb and quickly threw it at the chicken essence, accurately throwing it into its bloody mouth before it could close.

Then he turned and ran. Tu Ran ran very fast, but still couldn't avoid the flying corpses and was drenched from head to toe.

"vomit-"

Tu Ran couldn't stop retching. There was no intact part of her body. The sticky flesh and blood gave off a rotten smell mixed with the pungent smell left by the bomb.

She now had no desire to look back and only wanted to escape from the scene as quickly as possible.

The ground was slippery and she walked very carefully, but she still accidentally stepped on something that looked like a glass ball and fell to the ground.

Lie on your back.

Tu Ran felt hopeless. Why was she so unlucky?

Struggling to sit up, she looked towards the culprit.

The fingernail-sized bead was covered in flesh and blood, and because of her scratching it revealed a silvery-white glow, it could be identified at a glance.

Tu Ran picked it up and wiped it clean with her sleeve, and the true appearance of the bead was revealed. It was as bright and smooth as a pearl, but emitting a silvery light from the inside out.

"Could that chicken essence also cause kidney stones?"

No one answered her question. Tu Ran sighed and threw the unknown bead into her trouser pocket.

Take it, just in case it comes in handy.

Although she tried her best to convince herself that everything before her eyes was a dream, the extremely real pain, smell, touch and vision reminded her that this was not a simple dream. The magical and strange game scene appeared in the real world.

In other words, she traveled into an unreal magical world.

Although it was hard to accept, Tu Ran quickly calmed herself down.

She had to leave here quickly because the smell of blood was too strong. If other monsters with strong tastes came here after smelling the smell, she would be in trouble.

She stood up, resisting the urge to vomit, and quickly wiped the dirt off her face.

When I raised my head, I suddenly met the eyes of a tall man.

Ignoring the naked disdain and disgust in that person's eyes, Tu Ran was still very excited.

People! She actually saw people!

It seems that this world is not full of monsters!

Tu Ran walked quickly towards the other person. As the distance between them got closer and closer, she noticed an identity tag on his left arm: Xie Xu.

His name is Xie Xu.

The other person took a step back and raised an arm to stop her from moving forward.

Tu Ran stopped tactfully. She knew how miserable she looked now. Her clothes were tattered and she smelled bad. She looked absolutely the most unpleasant.

She tried her best to put on a friendly expression and wanted to say hello, but Xie Xu interrupted her.

"You made too much noise just now."

A calm voice, without any emotion.

But from the perspective of how he said this, it seemed like he knew her.

Tu Ran was delighted and was about to ask him where this place was, but the other party had already turned around and walked away.

How cool! Tu Ran thought to herself.

Forget it, it's not too late to ask later. The important thing right now is to follow him out.

Tu Ran followed Xie Xu not too far away, looking at the man in front of him openly.

I have to say, this guy's equipment is very cool.

Like the protagonist in a science fiction game, he was wearing exoskeleton armor, a helmet, a robotic arm, night vision goggles and other equipment, all of which Tu Ran could recognize and not.

Looking at him, then looking down at herself, Tu Ran inexplicably felt that the prototype of the few pieces of cloth she had left might be similar to Xie Xu's.

For example, the iron ring on her wrist that fits her size very well, let's just call it an iron ring. Tu Ran couldn't tell what material it was made of. It was icy cold, without a single seam on it, and had a ripple-like sheen. Chapter 4 Nuclear Radiation Mutation

Her years of experience in reading science fiction have taught her that the simpler, more rustic and inconspicuous something is, the more it cannot be ignored.

As her thoughts were wandering, Tu Ran's feet suddenly became unsteady. She rushed forward three or four steps before she could barely steady herself.

What was going on?
She looked around in horror. In the distance, the branches of the towering trees were shaking violently, and dust was slowly rising from the ground.

The ground was shaking!
She tried to keep steady while looking behind her. She heard a sound similar to the roar of a helicopter coming towards her.

However, ancient trees several feet high blocked her view.

Tu Ran became more and more confused and turned to look at Xie Xu.

Xie Xu didn't seem surprised by this and continued walking forward steadily.

Tu Ran suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The direction he was heading was facing the vertical mountain.

Looking upwards, the desolate mountain with exposed yellowish sand and rocks is hundreds of feet high, blocking out the sky and the sun, and the top cannot be seen at all.

Is this person planning to climb up? Tu Ran swallowed.

Although he was better equipped, he was not a gecko. How could he climb such a steep mountain unless he could fly over it?

That's possible.

Realizing this, Tu Ran panicked.

She was not clear about how far human technology in this world had developed. Just looking at the fact that her original body dared to come to this ghost place alone, it was clear that humans were very confident in their own technology and might have developed a flying vehicle.

Tu Ran hurriedly said to Xie Xu's back: "Bring—"

Before she could utter the word "I", Tu Ran was dumbfounded again.

Xie Xu did not fly up in the aircraft as she expected, but stepped directly into the mountain. Waves like water rippled out with him as the center, and in just a second, there was no one in front of him.

What is this? A wormhole?!
Has technology developed to this point?
Before she could sigh, the ground began to vibrate more strongly, as if hundreds of mountain-sized beasts were rushing towards her, ready to crush the entire earth.

Even the sky dimmed a little.

Tu Ran thought of the only sentence Xie Xu had said, and realized that it was probably the noise of her using a bomb to blow up the chicken monster that attracted the other monsters.

Tu Ran made a prompt decision and chased after the place where Xie Xu disappeared.

The moment she hit the wall, a white halo enveloped her whole body, with a jelly texture, very comfortable.

The last picture that remained in her field of vision made her shudder.

A dozen hairy monsters were running towards this side at a rapid speed. Their bodies were like tigers, but the lower half of their faces were like wild boars with ferocious fangs. The most terrifying thing was that the upper half of their faces looked no different from humans.

What the hell is this?!
A mutant species caused by nuclear radiation?!

Tu Ran's worldview was refreshed once again.

Thankfully, she ran fast enough.

If I had been a step late, I would have been eaten by these weird monsters by now.

She stayed in the jelly for only a moment, and the next second, a completely different picture appeared before her eyes.

With her and Xie Xu at the center, densely packed guns and cannons were arranged in a semicircle, surrounding them.

Behind the dark and deep gun barrels were countless pairs of eyes ready for battle. The soldiers were fully armed and staring at her and Xie Xu. She was sure that as long as they made the slightest movement, these people would pull the trigger without hesitation.

There was a helicopter circling overhead, as if it could launch a series of artillery shells and blow her to pieces in the next second. In such a scene, Tu Ran even breathed lighter unconsciously. She suppressed her pounding heart and silently moved behind Xie Xu.

Subconsciously, she had an inexplicable trust in this first human being she met in this other world.

Her action of hiding behind attracted Xie Xu's attention, and he glanced at her sideways.

With just one glance, Tu Ran only had time to see the color of his pupils before he turned his head away.

Tsk, blue eyes. She had never seen pupils like this before.

A foreigner?
But he speaks Mandarin.

Tu Ran wasn't sure what race he was.

Xie Xu took off his helmet, revealing his short black hair, messy like a bird's nest.

Tu Ran behind him: Oh, he's Chinese.

I feel a little excited.

When fellow villagers meet, their eyes are filled with tears.

As he took off his helmet, a gap appeared in the crowd of soldiers surrounding them, and a woman in black combat uniform walked out from the gap.

She was not wearing a helmet, and her wavy blonde hair shone in the sun.

She smiled and spoke English.

Tu Ran barely passed the English listening test and only recognized a few common words such as "You succeeded... Lucky... No. 221... Congratulations on going home."

But judging by the other party's tone, Tu Ran guessed that it was a congratulations to them for walking out of the monster world alive.

In sharp contrast to the blonde beauty's enthusiasm, Xie Xu only nodded slightly and had no intention of speaking.

The blonde beauty didn't mind this at all and looked at Tu Ran.

The moment his eyes met Tu Ran, a slightly exaggerated look of heartache appeared.

She mumbled for a while, probably expressing her sadness over Tu Ran's unknown tragic experience.

Tu Ran's spoken English was even worse. She was too embarrassed to speak and could only stand there stupidly with a smile on her face.

The blonde beauty soon realized this, and reluctantly dropped the topic, gesturing to them to come in.

Tu Ran subconsciously looked at Xie Xu, who was walking forward calmly with his helmet tucked under his arm.

Tu Ran immediately followed and squeezed into the narrow road that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.

On both sides are pure black shields that fit together perfectly, and the surface of the shields is in staggered diamond shapes and arranged densely.

There were countless guns placed in the gaps of the shields, with the muzzles pointed directly at the two of them. As they moved forward, the direction of the muzzles kept changing.

Why were these people so wary of them?
Tu Ran was puzzled.

After passing through a shield corridor that is more than ten meters long, the view in front of me suddenly opens up.

A huge glass cover is like a transparent soap bubble, reflecting the colorful light of the sun.

Tu Ran followed Xie Xu in and looked around curiously.

Different from the tense and suffocating atmosphere just now, there was a surge of people inside the glass cover, accompanied by noisy conversations.

She followed Xie Xu closely and lined up in a long line.

At first glance, most people in the team were wearing exactly the same clothes, all wearing very cool exoskeleton armor.

Of course, there are also some people who are just like her, in tatters and have escaped death.

Tu Ran guessed that these people must have come from a world full of monsters.

But what's strange is that there are only two doors in this glass cover, one entrance and one exit.

The entrance is connected to a heavily armed semicircular gun barrier, tightly surrounding the mountain.

(End of this chapter) She came out of that mountain.

Before she came out, she stayed near the exit and dealt with the chicken spirit. During this time, she didn't see anyone else except Xie Xu.

Judging from the length of the line and the speed at which it was moving, these people should have come out only a few minutes earlier than her.

The timeline doesn't match at all.

unless…

The "wormhole" in front of the mountain connects many places.

Tu Ran suddenly realized.

It was almost exactly what she guessed.

The queue moved forward at a constant speed, and a person at the front attracted Tu Ran's attention.

She is now like a newborn baby, observing and learning everything carefully.

The man was also wrapped tightly from head to toe.

"Tightly wrapped" has become Tu Ran's primary impression of this world.

The people in this world seem to be ready to fight at any time. Everyone has an exoskeleton armor, or at least a combat uniform.

However, unlike what he had seen before, this man's armor looked very bloated and crude, as if it was just a temporary assembly of several shields. Even Tu Ran, who had no military vision, could see that his movements were obviously restricted by the armor.

Tu Ran wondered what the use of this armor was?

Resistant to beatings?

What was even more puzzling was that the man was holding an electronic screen in his hand and was showing it to the people in the queue one by one. He looked at each one and let them go.

They seemed to have a few more words in conversation, but Tu Ran couldn't hear what they said specifically.

Just as it was almost my turn, I felt a tap on my shoulder.

Tu Ran was frightened at first. Everything that happened today was too fantastic. She had been on edge the whole time. It would be strange if she was not scared when she was suddenly patted.

"Tu Ran, why are you so scared?!" A beautiful female voice with a strong smile in it.

Tu Ran looked back and saw a young woman with fiery red lips and a flamboyant smile. She held a helmet under her arm, looking very much like the motorcycle goddess in her own world.

Tu Ran quickly glanced at the ID tag on her arm: Xi Chunzhi.

Xi Chunzhi looked her up and down, raised his eyebrows, "How did you get into such a mess this time?"

As he spoke, he fanned his nose with his hand and said, "It stinks so bad, did you spend the night in the stomach of those monsters?"

Tu Ran shook his head and said honestly, "I blew up a...chicken monster."

She originally wanted to find a proper noun to describe the chicken monster, but after racking her brains, she couldn't find a suitable one, so she could only temporarily call it "chicken monster".

Fortunately, Xi Chunzhi understood.

"Ah, Gu Diao, no wonder that guy stinks." Xi Chunzhi looked a little disgusted.

It turns out that the Chicken Monster has such a high-sounding name. Tu Ran suddenly realized it.

Xi Chunzhi made an irritable "tsk" sound, her bright features frowned, and Tu Ran looked at her in confusion.

"You've been talking about fried chicken for a long time, so I ordered one and was waiting to eat it with you when I came back this time. But now I have no appetite." Xi Chunzhi said frustratedly.

Tu Ran recalled the sight of the chicken monster being fried to pieces, and decided not to eat it. Anyway, she would never have the desire to eat fried chicken in her life.

A few more people appeared at the back of the queue, all of them with bruises on their bodies.

There was a man who was carried in on a stretcher. He was missing a leg and blood was dripping on the ground, leaving a long trail.

The situation was urgent, and the man was not asked to queue up. He was carried directly in front of the bloated "shield". As usual, the "shield" took out the electronic screen for him to see.

Because she was close, Tu Ran could see what was on the screen.

"What does 17924 stand for?" The man on the stretcher blurted out, "My birthday."

"Ⅹ"

The red error number on the screen was extremely conspicuous, accompanied by overwhelming alarm sounds.

"There is an invasion of foreign objects, there is an invasion of foreign objects..."

The mechanical sound repeated relentlessly, and there was a commotion inside the glass case.

Tu Ran was startled and looked around in confusion. What was going on? !

Xi Chunzhi was already standing in front of her, leading her back, while looking at the man on the stretcher warily.

Tu Ran followed her gaze and saw a scene that made her heart tremble.

The "person" with a broken leg on the stretcher actually stood up.

The originally empty left leg quickly grew into a thick thigh.

Oh, no, Tu Ran looked closely and found that they were not legs, but wriggling white tentacles, one, two, three... stretching out from the short trouser legs with their claws and fangs bared.

Several tentacles broke out from where the sleeves were, like wriggling maggots. The human arm was torn off, fell to the ground, and rolled several times.

Tu Ran's shock was difficult to describe in words.

Help, what is this thing? How can this thing possess a human?!

Tu Ran was born with a deep-seated fear and disgust towards this kind of mollusk.

The "shield" was kicked away by the mad monster and fell heavily several meters away.

Guards wearing combat uniforms and carrying guns quickly gathered and fired shells at the squirming monsters.

The monster's vitality was very strong, and it did not die under the intensive artillery attack.

Its body was like an abyss full of suction, sucking in bullets one by one, creating waves of flesh.

It became more and more violent, twisting its fat tentacles and indiscriminately sweeping the guards surrounding it.

Three guards were thrown away by its tentacles and fell to the ground in a parabola, with their heads hitting the ground and their limbs bent in strange arcs. They died on the spot.

More and more guards gathered around, the fire became more and more intense, the sound of gunfire and ammunition came one after another, but the battle seemed to make no progress.

Tu Ran realized that this octopus monster was completely on a different level from the Gu Diao she had encountered before.

Although the Gu Diao is large in size, it is not indestructible and can be blown to pieces by a bomb. However, the skin of this octopus monster is obviously much thicker.

The battle was intense. At this time, Tu Ran noticed that Xie Xu, who was watching from the side, moved.

He unsnapped the gun from his back and aimed at the writhing, struggling monster.

The action is quick and concise, and he pulls the trigger.

A blue laser shot out from the muzzle and pierced straight into the monster's skull. In just a moment, a hole as big as a fist appeared in the center of the monster's head.

The tentacles that were originally waving their claws and fangs in the air suddenly fell down and hit the ground.

Dead.

Just died like that.

Tu Ran was stunned, staring at the laser gun that Xie Xu took back slowly, and swallowed.

She also wants...

The octopus monster was dead, and order was quickly restored inside the glass cover. People in white protective suits came to clean up, and the team rearranged themselves.

The "shield" that was kicked away by the octopus monster climbed up from the corner intact and continued to complete its work.

Tu Ran suddenly realized why he was dressed like this:
to resist being beaten!
Xi Chunzhi behind him suddenly sighed, "Although this method is a bit stupid, it is indeed effective. There have been fewer strange things in the state recently."

What method? Tu Ran's brain was working rapidly. Thinking of the octopus monster pierced by the laser, an idea suddenly popped into her mind.

If you answer the questions on the electronic screen incorrectly, does that mean you are a monster?

Monsters possess humans, but don't they inherit their original memories?

So they can't answer the questions on the electronic screen.

This makes it possible to tell that they are not the original ones that set out for the monster world before.

Tu Ran quickly thought of herself. She has no memories of her original body, and she can't answer the questions on the electronic screen!

Tu Ran realized the seriousness of the matter and also realized that she might not tell anyone about her amnesia for the time being.

The team moved forward at a steady pace. Tu Ran pretended to ask Xi Chunzhi casually, "Guess what my question is?"

"That depends on what you wrote before you went in. How can I guess?" Xi Chunzhi was not interested in this.

Tu Ran turned her head away awkwardly, she had gained another key point.

It turned out that the problem on the electronic screen was caused by myself.

But what's the point of knowing? Tu Ran's face fell. How could she guess the problem with the original body?

Thinking of the life-and-death experience today, Tu Ran looked up at the sky in despair.

Why? Why was it so hard for her to travel through time?!
The "shield" was getting closer and closer, and was only five people away from her.

Since no one could help her, Tu Ran decided to give up.

He turned around and looked at Xi Chunzhi who started chewing gum behind him, "What will happen if I can't answer the questions and I haven't mutated?"

Hearing this, Xi Chunzhi raised his eyebrows, "You don't even know this?"

Tu Ran's heart suddenly tightened, and she opened her mouth to explain, but Xi Chunzhi interrupted her, "That's right, you don't usually care about these things."

Tu Ran secretly let out a long sigh and smiled awkwardly.

"The situation you mentioned is very rare. After all, these are the questions that you uploaded yourself. If you weren't possessed, how could you not be able to answer them? Of course, if you got your brains knocked out in there, that's another matter." Xi Chunzhi said in a light tone.

"What if he really lost his memory after falling in there?" Tu Chun asked weakly.

"In this case," Xi Chunzhi curled his lips and spit out his chewing gum, "I'm afraid we need to connect a memory reader to determine whether it's true amnesia."

Memory reader?
Tu Ran knew what it was just by hearing the name.

From this perspective, her ending wasn't so bad. At most, she would be recognized as not being from this world.

She believes that a society with highly developed technology must be extremely tolerant and will definitely be able to accommodate outsiders like her.

However, Xi Chunzhi's next words made her heart shrink again.

"However, unless they are important members, we will not waste energy on the memory reader. After all, in the process of escorting a person who may be possessed, it also requires manpower and material resources. And the memory reader is extremely precious. If the person is already possessed and mutates and goes crazy on the spot, damaging the machine, the cost will be too high."

Xi Chunzhi shrugged, "So, people of our level will most likely be dealt with directly."

Tu Ran's heart suddenly felt as if it had fallen into ice.

The "shield" had already walked in front of Xie Xu, and a fluorescent green light scanned Xie Xu up and down.

A cold mechanical voice sounded.

"'Senior member of the Institute, Xie Xu, welcome home."

…

"Tu Ran, junior member of the Pioneers, welcome home."

Tu Ran wanted to respond with a polite smile, but the fear of what was about to happen prevented her from even raising the corners of her mouth.

The electronic screen just followed the set program, and a neat white font appeared on the black screen, like an inscription on a tombstone.

When Tu Ran saw that line of words, her eyes widened for a moment.

"My favorite food:"

Isn't the original setting of this question a bit too casual?

Tu Ran didn't dare to let her guard down. Recalling the woman behind her who had just mentioned "the fried chicken I've been looking forward to for a long time", she took a deep breath and said, "Fried chicken." A green check mark appeared on the black electronic screen.

"Correct, respected pioneer Tu Ran, please go to the medical department for treatment as soon as possible."

"I wish you good health."

Tu Ran was still in a daze.

Is it that easy to pass?!

Behind me, the mechanical voice came again.

"Correct. Respected pioneer Xi Chunzhi, please go to meeting room 721 in the administration building. You need to complete a meeting."

"Good luck with your work."

Xi Chunzhi walked over quickly and raised his arm to hold Tu Ran's shoulders out of habit. When he realized that she was still dirty, he looked disgusted and said, "Be more careful next time. I don't have a place to touch you."

Tu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and nodded, "I understand."

The two walked side by side. Xi Chunzhi looked at her sideways and asked, "Are you injured?"

It's no wonder that she didn't see it. Tu Ran's entire body now seemed to be covered with a layer of green asphalt, and no one could see what was inside.

It would be a miracle if the machine could recognize it.

"Yeah, just a minor injury." Tu Ran said as he rubbed the back of his head, which was a little painful.

This injury is not hers.

When she woke up, she felt a pain in the back of her head.

Tu Ran guessed that the original body might have died from a hit on the back of the head, and then her own soul came from another world to join in the fun.

Xi Chunzhi looked down at the flashing communicator and said, "Then go check it quickly. If you don't have enough money, use my account. You know my password. Also, give me your holographic photography ring and I'll take it back for you."

Holographic photography ring? Tu Ran subconsciously touched the bracelet on her wrist.

She only has this one ring on her body.

But how do you take it off?
There's no switch on it.

Seeing that she was hesitant and refused to take off the bracelet, Xi Chunzhi walked forward impatiently, grabbed both sides of the bracelet with both hands and pulled hard, and the bracelet immediately expanded to twice its original width.

After taking it off, Xi Chunzhi pressed it hard again and the bracelet returned to its original size.

Just take it off so simply and crudely? Tu Ran was dumbfounded.

Xi Chunzhi patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, if anyone dares to laugh at you this time, I will beat him up for you."

Laughing? Laughing at what? What does it have to do with this holographic bracelet? Who is laughing at her?
Tu Ran was confused, but in Xi Chunzhi's opinion, this expression was definitely a sign that she was overwhelmed by reality and had no desires.

She couldn't help but pat Tu Ran on the shoulder and comforted him, "Be good, go and heal your wounds first. I'll pick you up when you're done. Come to my house and eat fried chicken. The farmed chicken from Nature's Origin is a hundred times more delicious than those synthetic chickens."

It turns out that it is not easy to eat a piece of pure natural fried chicken in this world.

Tu Ran nodded, "I understand, you should go to the meeting."

She had seen Xi Chunzhi's communicator flash dozens of times in a row, which might be something important.

Xi Chunzhi nodded and left quickly.

Tu Ran stood there for a while, staring at the people coming and going. She spotted a person limping past her and followed him not far away.

She didn't know the way to the medical department, so she would definitely go right by following this person.

After going to the medical department, Tu Ran underwent a full physical examination under the guidance of the nurse, and was then placed in the nutrition cabin.

The sticky rose-red liquid filled the entire cylindrical glass tank. While Tu Ran was still wondering whether she could afford the medical expenses, she was stripped of her clothes, rinsed, put on a respirator, and thrown into the glass tank. Her mind went blank in an instant, and she felt like a feather, floating up and down in the liquid, feeling light and comfortable. The pain and fatigue in her body seemed to be soothed by a pair of invisible hands.

Before losing consciousness, Tu Ran vaguely heard a conversation.

"Are these pioneers?" A very curious tone.

"Yeah, just got back from the Threshold."

Threshold? Tu Ran tried hard to mobilize his brain cells to think.

She is a pioneer, and that threshold must be the previous world full of monsters.

"I heard that a lot of people died this time, and a He Luo monster also sneaked in."

"It's not surprising. Every time the pioneer team comes back, there will be a bunch of alien species mixed in. This time is still relatively small. In the past, there was no stage to distinguish the real from the fake, and these alien species could even sneak into various states."

"Is this true? I used to live in Chizhou and never heard of any alien species appearing anywhere."

"You were just an ordinary citizen before, it's strange that you could hear it. These things will only cause panic among the people. The Federation is keeping it a secret, and as soon as the alien species shows up, they will be dealt with by the patrolling pioneer team."

"The pioneer team is also responsible for patrolling?"

Tu Ran felt that this person was just like her, knowing nothing but curious about everything.

"They care! As long as it's related to aliens, they care."

The other party's tone was obviously a little impatient.

"I'll leave this place to you. Don't be careless. If anything goes wrong, press the alarm. There are guards from the enforcement department patrolling outside."

"knew."

As the footsteps gradually faded away, the world became quiet and Tu Ran's consciousness had fallen completely asleep.

She had a dream.

She returned to her rental apartment and opened her eyes. She saw the snow-white ceiling and the soft morning sun shining on her face. Under her was a soft mattress and she could hear the clear chirping of birds.

Back.

She is back.

Tu Ranle woke up.

The moment I opened my eyes, I looked into a pair of fist-sized eyes through the red nutrient solution.

What the hell!
Protruding eyeballs, black pupils as big as needles, ugly and fat catfish mouth, and beards as thick as fingers and as long as an arm.

What kind of monster is this?!
A fish?! Such a big fish?!

Tu Ran widened her eyes in horror and looked around.

She never imagined that she would see such a scene when she woke up.

Where's the person on duty? Where's the person who could sound the alarm? Didn't he see such a huge monster?!

Tu Ran thought at the top of his lungs.

It would have been better if she didn't look up. When she raised her head, a fat tentacle came into her sight. The maggot-like tentacle was stirring the nutrient solution above her. Looking back, she saw two, three, four... countless tentacles tightly wrapped around the nutrient capsule.

The entire nutrition cabin almost became its meal.

Isn't this the octopus monster...oh no...the He Luo monster!

In addition to the He Luo monster that was killed by Xie Xu at the beginning, there were other He Luo monsters mixed in!
The tentacles in the nutrient solution were still approaching her. Because they were close, Tu Ran could clearly see the layer of spikes on the top of the tentacles.

The image of the man with a broken leg suddenly appeared in my mind.

The He Luo monster can possess a human.

If I were to be touched by it, I might end up like that person, with my internal organs ripped out and my body occupied by it.

Tu Ran got goose bumps all over her body.

She couldn't just sit there and wait for death.

The nutrition cabin is two meters deep and is completely wrapped by the He Luo monster. Going out from the opening at the top is like sending meat to a tiger's mouth.

We have to find another way. Tu Ran took a step back, resting her back against the cold glass of the nutrition cabin, her eyes determined, and she gathered all her strength and rushed forward.

The nutrient capsule tilted and fell down instantly, hitting the body of the Heluo monster with a "crack". The glass shattered and the nutrient solution splashed everywhere. A lot of fragments pierced into the monster's fleshy tentacles.

The alarm sounded.

Tu Ran didn't dare to delay, so he quickly took off the respirator and ran towards the door.

She remembered the conversation she heard before going to bed.

There are guards outside.

Behind her, there was a rustling sound, and the He Luo monster was approaching her quickly.

It is not afraid of bullets, and some glass fragments will not cause any harm to it.

Tu Ran was in despair and wanted to cry but had no tears. She had only just arrived in this world, couldn't she be given some time to relax?
What was hateful was that the only two bombs she had left were placed in the dressing room along with her clothes.

Now she had no ability to resist except running.

Suddenly, a black shadow jumped out from the tall nutrition cabin next to him.

Before Tu Ran could react, everything went dark in front of her eyes and a thin blanket covered her head.

Tu Ran struggled to stick her head out and wrapped her body with a blanket, as she had taken off only a few clothes to facilitate healing.

Looking back.

It's Xie Xu.

He was holding a pistol and shooting at the Heluo monster, and he also had to change his position to avoid the attack of the Heluo monster's tentacles.

The bullets could not kill the He Luo monster, and could not even make it bleed, but they more or less restricted its movements and delayed time.

The guard outside arrived late.

The group surrounded the He Luo monster and blocked it in the center. A laser gun emitted a blue beam, which swept across the fat tentacles of the He Luo monster, cutting them off one by one. The unpleasant smell of burnt meat filled the entire room.

In a flash, the originally arrogant monster was reduced to a bare fish head, rolling on the spot, just like the fish on the chopping board, without any metaphor.

"Take it back to the research institute." Xie Xu stared at the fish head on the ground and spoke calmly.

The surrounding guards gathered around and put the monster's body fragments together in bags prepared in advance.

Xie Xuhou left the crowd.

Only then did Tu Ran notice that he was only wearing a thin shirt.

His hair was also a little wet, and Tu Ran reasonably suspected that he had also been soaking in the nutrition cabin?

After hearing the unusual noise, he came out of the nutrition cabin and quickly put on his clothes.

Such a big commotion alarmed everyone in the medical department. If one alien species could sneak in, more could sneak in.

The director of the medical department rushed to the scene and cooperated with the guards from the executive department to control the situation.

There are still injured people in the nutrition cabin who have not woken up yet and cannot be awakened forcibly. We can only arrange police officers to guard them and arrange a re-examination for the pioneers who have already awakened.

At the same time, all pioneers who survived the threshold today will undergo a more rigorous examination.

As a victim who was almost swallowed, Tu Ran was first arranged by the nurse to go to the next room to change clothes.

The old clothes were too dirty to wear, so the nurse brought her a clean pair of regular clothes.

Tu Ran put on her clothes slowly. She was very worried. Although she might have gotten away with it in the first trial, she wouldn't be so lucky in the second trial.

She had no memory of the world she was in now, and she even saw her original name from a name tag.

What should she do?
At this moment, a familiar voice came from the door of the dressing room.

Through the door, Tu Ran recognized it was Xi Chunzhi. At this moment, her voice was filled with indifference and disdain. She was arguing with someone.

"Compensation? What kind of compensation is this? Three free opportunities to use the nutrition cabin? Ha, your medical department is too stingy. If Xie Xu hadn't been there this time, she would have died. You are giving us such perfunctory compensation now. Do you want us to sue you in the federal court? Don't forget the provisions of the New Federal Law. The safety of pioneers' lives is above all else."

"It is indeed the responsibility of our medical department that this happened, but one of our interns also died in this accident. I hope Ms. Xi will also be considerate of our medical department."

Tu Ran could tell that this person was playing the victim.

As for the intern he mentioned, Tu Ran guessed that it should be the doctor who was curious about everything and was left behind to observe the scene.

What a poor guy! It must have been difficult for him to enter the medical department from an ordinary citizen, but he died before he could get a full-time job.

"You don't have to act pitiful to me," Xi Chun refused to listen and maintained a strong attitude. "If I remember correctly, you applied for armed protection from the Federal Center half a year ago. The equipment was so advanced that even the pioneer team couldn't match it. So, all the equipment was thrown away?"

Tu Ran was shocked. She really didn't expect that Xi Chunzhi, who is at the goddess level, would be so good at arguing with people. It felt so good to argue with people hahahaha.

She remembered that the armed team just now was actually equipped with laser guns. That weapon was so powerful that among all the people she had seen today, only Xie Xu had one, which was enough to show how precious it was.

However, the medical department did not make the best use of it, and allowed He Luo to kill one of its interns.

The more imposing Xi Chunzhi was, the more humble the attitude of those people in the medical department became.

Judging from the voice, someone else was talking to Xi Chunzhi.

This person's attitude was much better than the previous one, and he proposed a solution very sincerely.

"We never expected that aliens would appear in the infirmary. Most of the armed forces we applied to the Federation were deployed to the various entrances and exits of the medical department, and only a small team was deployed outside the nutrition cabin."

"Because of the special absorption principle of the nutrient solution, we need to maintain a quiet environment. In addition, for the sake of patient privacy, we have assigned a doctor to each treatment room to monitor the patient's vital signs at all times."

"This time, the He Luo monster was brought back by your pioneers. After it sucked the flesh and blood of its original host, it was dissatisfied with it, so it came out of the nutrition cabin and met our intern. It was the first time the intern saw this kind of foreign object, and he panicked for a moment, so he didn't press the alarm before he died. The guards outside the door didn't get any news, so they didn't arrive in time."

Xi Chunzhi's attitude also softened, and he asked indifferently, "So, how do you plan to deal with this?"

She is trying her best to maximize the benefits for Tu Ran.

"How about this? We will provide Ms. Tu Ran with a year of free medical services. All of Ms. Tu Ran's medical, surgical, treatment, and rehabilitation expenses will be waived to express our apologies to Ms. Tu Ran from our medical team."

Tu Ran, who was putting two bombs and a "stone" in the pocket of her new clothes, was very satisfied when she heard the compensation.

With her current status as a pioneer, having to deal with such ferocious alien species, getting injured must be commonplace. Not having to pay for medical treatment for a year is already a very sincere compensation. Xi Chunzhi was of course satisfied with the result and stopped arguing with them. Instead, he asked, "Since we have already discussed the result, why are you still standing here?"

"We have received instructions from our superiors and we still need to ask Ms. Tu Ran a few questions." The owner of the voice was very polite.

Tu Ran knew that this was a re-examination of her.

She was already dressed and, under the guidance of the nurse, was about to push open the door.

Xi Chunzhi's disdainful voice came, "Are you kidding me? How could she be an alien?! Aliens can best sense the existence of aliens. The fact that she was almost taken over by the He Luo monster is enough to prove that she is a human, not an alien. If you have the time, you might as well go check on other people."

"Ms. Xi is right, but this is also an order from our superiors. It's just a few small questions and won't take much time. If it's convenient for Ms. Tu Ran, please ask as usual so that we can report to our superiors."

The other party's attitude was so sincere, and Xi Chunzhi was not the kind of person who would make trouble for no reason, so he didn't say anything else.

However, Tu Ran came up with a solution from their conversation, which was stupid but the only way to escape the review at present.

"ah!"

A scream came from the locker room.

Xi Chunyi kicked the door open and rushed in.

At first glance, I saw Tu Ran curled up in the corner with her legs hugged.

"What's wrong?" She walked forward quickly.

Behind her, uniformed medical staff followed in.

Tu Ran scratched her hair, trying to make herself look pitiful and mentally ill, "I want to go home, it's not safe here... I want to go home..."

She originally wanted to pretend to be unconscious, but then she thought that this was the medical department and there were a hundred ways to wake her up, so it was more reliable to pretend to be stimulated and have stress.

After all, stress disorder cannot be cured simply by medication, nor can it be cured in a short period of time, which is a very suitable reason for her to refuse to be questioned.

Xi Chunzhi held her trembling hand, feeling a little distressed, "Don't be afraid, we will go home now."

She stood up and looked at the medical staff who came in with her. Standing in the front was a young man wearing a neat white uniform, with regular features, and a gentle and warm demeanor.

"As you can see, she is not mentally fit to stand trial now. I am taking her home. Please forgive me."

Xi Chunzhi finished his words concisely, and without waiting for the group of people in front of him to respond, he took Tu Ran's hand and walked out.

Tu Ran looked at her fearless figure walking forward, and just wanted to say, Sister Xi, you are my god!
But she did not dare to be careless, and still showed a look of fear and confusion on her face, like a puppet with its soul taken away, and followed Xi Chunzhi obediently.

Perhaps it was because those people subconsciously believed that she could not be an alien, so they did not chase after her.

Having escaped danger temporarily, Tu Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

Passing through the long and narrow corridor of the medical department, Xi Chunzhi took her into the elevator, but instead of going down, he pressed the "48" button.

The elevator quickly rose upwards, and through the transparent glass, Tu Ran could clearly overlook the city below.

It's already night.

Colorful neon lights illuminate the entire city, flashing the light of technology. Suspended cars and suspended electric rails flexibly shuttle between high-rise buildings. There are sports cars driving on the ground and pedestrians flying close to the ground. The distance is too far, and Tu Ran can't see why they can fly so fast. The elevator glass blocked out the noise outside, and the small space inside the elevator seemed unusually quiet.

Xi Chunzhi had already let go of Tu Ran's hand.

While Tu Ran was looking at the outside world, Xi Chunzhi was also looking at her.

"Tu Ran." Xi Chunzhi suddenly called out her name.

"Hmm?" Tu Ran turned around and looked at her.

Xi Chunzhi's eyes were unusually calm, like the cold sea water, so strange that it was frightening.

Tu Ran's pupils shrank, and she had a bad feeling.

In an instant, a dagger came towards him.

Tu Ran's heart once again jumped to her throat, but unlike every time she faced danger before, this time her body did not dodge, but instead began to actively fight back.

Following her body's muscle memory, she turned around quickly and grabbed Xi Chunzhi's wrist at a speed that even Tu Ran herself couldn't believe.

The blade scraped across her neck, leaving a shallow trace of blood.

An alarm sounded in the elevator and red lights flashed.

"Junior pioneer Tu Ran, junior pioneer Xi Chunzhi, please abide by federal laws. Fighting is prohibited. Fighting is prohibited."

"What are you doing?!" Tu Ran couldn't believe it.

Under the illumination of the red alarm light, the bright red bloodstain on Tu Ran's neck was extremely eye-catching.

Xi Chunzhi saw it and his gaze fell on Tu Ran's face. On that familiar face, there was vigilance and coldness.

This was the impression she had of Tu Ran.

It's completely different from the woman who pretended to be pitiful and weak before.

"I didn't do anything." Shaking off Tu Ran's hand, Xi Chunzhi sheathed the sharp blade.

She stood back in her original position, leaning against the transparent glass, with no intention of explaining.

The piercing alarm in the elevator space has stopped.

However, Tu Ran no longer dared to turn her back to Xi Chunzhi. She took a step back, and the two stood face to face diagonally.

Tu Ran felt a stinging pain in her neck and raised her hand to touch it. Looking at the bright red blood on her fingertips, she suddenly had some guesses.

Could it be that Xi Chunzhi has begun to doubt her?

Maybe he was testing her just now.

If she was an alien, it would have been difficult for her to continue hiding in the human body in such a dangerous situation.

After figuring this out, Tu Ran relaxed her tense nerves a little.

Xi Chunzhi and the original body were good friends, and it was only a matter of time before she would notice something was wrong with the original body.

Tu Ran never thought that she could hide forever, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.

Tu Ran smiled bitterly inwardly, not knowing whether it was because her acting skills were too poor or she was too alert.

It seems that we have no choice but to show our cards.

If she was lucky, Xi Chunzhi would still treat her as a friend. It would be even better if he could give her some help. After all, it would be a bit difficult for her to survive in this completely unfamiliar world.

But Tu Ran did not choose to say it directly in the elevator.

She still remembered the alarm just now.

The fact that they could be identified and that they were fighting showed that the elevator was not a hidden place.

Xi Chunzhi just called her name without saying anything else to express doubt. He must have realized that the elevator was not hidden.

The two remained silent.

"bite"

The elevator door opened.

Xi Chunzhi walked out first, followed closely by Tu Ran.

I was originally curious as to why Xi Chunzhi went upstairs instead of downstairs when he said he wanted to take her home.

It wasn't until she saw the scene in front of her that Tu Ran understood.

A suspended track was erected in front of me, with things like bus stops standing on both sides. Many people were already standing under the signs waiting for the bus. Chapter 15 I Remember Nothing

The winding railroad tracks disappeared into the night.

The train arrived with its whistle honking, the doors opened wide, and a mechanical female voice rang out, "We have arrived at the Medical Department Headquarters Station. Passengers who need to get off please take your belongings with you. The next stop is the Administrative Building Station."

Tu Ran followed Xi Chunzhi into the train.

I feel mixed emotions.

Although she really disliked this messy world, she had to admit that she envied the relationship between her original self and Xi Chunzhi.

The administrative building and the medical department are not in the same place.

Xi Chunzhi was on his way to a meeting in the administrative building, but rushed over as soon as she encountered the alien, and sought justice from the medical department on her behalf, winning her the right to free medical treatment for one year.

Such friendship...

Unfortunately, the original body is no longer here.

The red and green neon lights reflected on the car windows, brilliant and colorful, then quickly receding, like passing fireworks, disappearing in an instant, and as far as the eye can see, there are even more passionate colors.

"We have arrived at Liming Station. Passengers who need to get off please take your belongings with you. Next stop is Yongchang Station."

The place where the train stops is flat land.

Tu Ran followed Xi Chunzhi into a dim neighborhood.

Unlike the city center where the administrative buildings and medical departments are located, which are bright as day and covered with neon lights, the community in front of us seems much darker, with only a few conspicuous neon signs at the entrance, which are some small private shops.

There was a damp smell in the air, and the soil underfoot was soft, probably because it had just rained.

The scattered street lights on both sides of the road emitted faint light, barely enough to illuminate the road beneath your feet.

The buildings in this community are generally low, with only about twenty floors. Compared with the administrative buildings and medical departments, which are skyscrapers with hundreds of floors, these buildings can only be considered old and dilapidated.

"bite"

"We have arrived at the 17th floor"

Fortunately, the building was not too bad. It was clean and tidy, and the bright lights made the entire corridor look very spacious.

There are only two doors facing each other on this floor.

"Your house is across the street." Xi Chunzhi said to Tu Ran with her back to her while lowering her head to enter the password of her door lock. Her voice was flat. It was the first sentence she said to Tu Ran since she left the elevator of the medical department.

She said that Tu Ran's house was opposite.

Tu Ran heard the hidden meaning.

She was sure that Xi Chunzhi must have guessed it.

Looking around, there were no obvious surveillance cameras.

It is very likely that the surveillance cameras in this world are also very hidden. After all, the cameras in her world are invisible to the naked eye.

However, since Xi Chunzhi dared to say "Your room is across the street", this place must be hidden and safe enough.

She believed in Xi Chunzhi.

"I have lost my memory." Tu Ran stared at Xi Chunzhi's back and said calmly.

She would not risk saying that she was no longer the real Tu Ran.

After all, all of Xi Chunzhi's kindness towards her up to this point was based on the premise that she was still "Tu Ran".

Xi Chunzhi did not show any surprise. She opened the door, and the smart sensor light lit up. She walked in and left the door open for Tu Ran.

Tu Ran followed.

Xi Chunzhi went straight to the refrigerator and took out a can of something that looked like beer.

He tilted his head back and took several gulps before wiping the water stains from the corners of his mouth and looking at Tu Ran.

"You don't remember anything?"

Tu Ran touched the injured spot on the back of her head. There was no pain at all when she touched it. "I don't remember. My brain was injured."

"You don't even remember me?"

Tu Ran shook her head.

(End of this chapter) Chapter 16 Workers

"How did you get hurt?" Xi Chunzhi crushed the can.

Tu Ran heard a hint of subtle anger in her voice. She probably wanted to avenge her.

He whispered, "I don't know."

Xi Chunzhi was so disappointed with his friend.

Trying to calm down, she stared at Tu Ran and said, "You can't let others know that you have lost your memory."

Tu Ran nodded obediently.

Xi Chunzhi looked at her timid appearance and stressed worriedly: "Don't trust anyone except me."

Tu Ran continued to nod.

"Do you still remember how to use weapons, how to kill aliens, and how to avoid their attacks?"

Tu Ran blinked and shook her head.

Xi Chunzhi threw himself on the sofa and rubbed his hair, "Your current situation is not good."

Xi Chunzhi's face full of worry made Tu Ranyi feel that things might become even more difficult.

She tried to ask: "Can't I quit?"

Her profession was to be a pioneer, so she had to enter the Threshold and face all kinds of powerful alien species. If she resigned, wouldn't she be able to get rid of all this?
She could be an ordinary person, as long as she could save her life.

But Xi Chunzhi immediately poured a basin of cold water on her.

"You've completely forgotten." Xi Chunzhi sneered, "If we could resign, you and I would have done so long ago. Why would we have to deal with alien species every day like we do now? If we're not careful, we'll be eaten by those monsters."

"Why? Did we sign some agreement?" Tu Ran guessed.

Xi Chunzhi raised his eyebrows, "Fortunately, it was just amnesia, not brain damage."

Tu Ran was choked by her words and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Xi Chunzhi leaned back on the leather sofa, crossed his legs, and said leisurely, "Before we become pioneers, we will sign a fifteen-year agreement with the federal government. The first five years will be spent in professional training in the federal government's professional departments, and the next ten years will be spent as a pioneer, collecting all information about the Threshold for the federal government."

"We are the first batch of pioneers to sign an agreement with the federal government. We completed a five-year special training last year, and this year is our first year of practical operation. The federal government has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this. If you want to quit now, the federal government will chase you to the ends of the earth."

"When is the next time we enter the threshold?" Tu Ran asked. She had to try her best to learn some life-saving skills during this time.

"I don't know." Xi Chunzhi shrugged.

"?"

Tu Ran didn't believe it, "How could you not know this?"

As long as it is work, there are fixed times for going to and from get off work.

Xi Chunzhi sighed, "There is no fixed time for the opening and closing of the Threshold. It may not open for a year, or it may open right now. Most of the time, it opens once every half a month, so there is no exact time."

Is it so random? Tu Ran was ashamed.

"Then can you stay at home from now until the threshold opens next time?" Tu Ran asked humbly.

If Xi Chunzhi helped her, she would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Xi Chunzhi shook his head again.

"No, not only can I not stay at home all the time, but you can't either."

"?"

"Why?"

"We are also responsible for some security tasks. During the period when the threshold is closed, we need to perform daily patrol tasks." Xi Chunzhi said calmly: "The federal government spent a lot of money to train us, so we can't waste even a little bit of our value."

Isn't this what a capitalist is?

Evil capitalists!

It turns out that no matter which world they are in, capitalists are the ones who are best at exploiting their employees. Chapter 17 Rewards

"Tomorrow morning, we will go back to the Pioneer Center in the Administration Building to work. You should get a good night's sleep."

Tu Ran was restless. How could she have the mood to sleep now? Tomorrow she would definitely meet her colleagues. What if someone discovered her abnormality?
"Don't worry," Xi Chunzhi saw her anxiety and comforted her. "You are a loner and don't like to talk much. Apart from me, you don't have many friends in the center. They won't take the initiative to talk to you."

"As for you forgetting how to use a gun and how to fight your opponent, I don't think you need to worry. Although you have lost your memory, your muscle memory is still there. When you grabbed me in the elevator, your reaction speed and strength were not something that could be done easily. With a little training, it shouldn't take long for you to recover your previous abilities."

Tu Ran could indeed feel that the original body had good physical fitness. When facing danger, the original body's muscle memory could always react one step ahead of her brain.

Perhaps, this original body is a huge treasure, now quietly waiting for her to dig.

This is one of the few good news at the moment
and gives Tu Ran hope.

After bidding farewell to Xi Chunzhi, she walked to the door of her home.

It's a combination lock.

I guess in this world, only old communities like this use password locks.

Tu Ran tried her best to empty her mind and not think about what the password was. She simply followed the memory of her finger muscles and pressed the password according to habit.

A green flashing light came on and the door opened.

Tu Ran didn't have time to be surprised.

Xi Chunzhi poked his head out from behind her shoulder and gave her a thumbs up.

Tu Ran was startled again.

She is now somewhat of a nervous wreck.

"I was afraid you had forgotten the password, so I came out to check. I didn't expect you could still remember it." Xi Chunzhi praised approvingly.

Tu Ran smiled. At this time, the elevator door in the corridor opened and a woman in a black uniform walked towards them carrying a bag.

"Pioneer Tu Ran, this is the work communicator that the center has reconfigured for you. In view of the excellent results you have achieved in Threshold, this communicator is given to you for free, and 1,000 points will be added to your work card."

Tu Ran had never heard of a lot of professional terms in this passage, but that didn't stop her from thinking in a divergent way.

Xi Chunzhi had said before that part of the pioneers' duties was to enter the Threshold, collect all information, and hand it over to the federal government.

After she came out of the threshold, she did not come into contact with federal government staff, nor did she hand anything over to them.

Except, a holographic ring.

Judging from the name of the holographic ring, it must be that it records everything the original body sees and does in the threshold, and then sends it to the corresponding agency for data analysis and processing, and finally determines the contribution value based on the content contained in the video.

The original person's contribution on this trip should be very great, so not only was he given a work watch for free, but he also added 1,000 points to his work card.

After taking the bag from the other party, Tu Ran said a few words of thanks. The other party said you're welcome and left.

Tu Ran was curious about what the communicator looked like, and when she opened it, she found that it was exactly the same as the one worn on Xi Chunzhi's wrist.

It looks like a watch, but its lines are smoother and more natural than those of a watch.

Xi Chunzhi was surprised, "What did you take a picture of? Why are you awarded so many points?"

A hen.

Tu Ran shrugged, "I can't remember either."

(End of this chapter) Chapter 18: The Stingy Federal Government

"So you were hesitant when handing the bracelet to me, not because you were worried that people would laugh at you for having the lowest points, but because you didn't know how to take it off?" Xi Chun realized belatedly.

Tu Ran smiled awkwardly.

That's true.

"But is 1,000 points a lot?" She was still a little curious about this.

"The two of us have been working for a year, and we haven't accumulated 1,000 points combined. However, 10,000 points are enough to be promoted to an intermediate pioneer. Do you think it's a lot?" Xi Chunzhi folded his arms across his chest, leaning against the wall.

"Indeed, there are a lot, but what is the difference between the intermediate and the elementary level?"

"Six simple words: high salary and good benefits." Xi Chunzhi counted on his fingers.

Sure enough, no matter in which world, these six words are what workers care about most.

Tu Ran, who failed to find a job in that world but got a stable job in this world, began to look forward to these six words that were once out of reach.

"Wait a moment, the takeaway I ordered will be here soon, you can take it back and eat it." Xi Chunzhi said.

"fried chicken?"

"Yeah." Xi Chunzhi said in a light tone.

Tu Ran looked unhappy.

She thought of the body parts of the stinking chicken monster.

Xi Chunzhi noticed her expression and stood up straight. "Your former favorite, you didn't lose your memory and your preferences changed, did you?"

"No, I just lost my appetite when I thought about the death of the Gu Diao that I blew up." Tu Ran answered truthfully.

"You'll have an appetite in a few days. Put it in the refrigerator. This portion of fried chicken was earned with my hard work. It must not be wasted." Xi Chunzhi said.

"What do you mean? Didn't you order the fried chicken?" Tu Ran didn't understand how a portion of fried chicken could be linked to her credit.

"It costs money to make reservations. How can we afford to buy feed to raise chickens with our salaries?" Xi Chunzhi snorted. "This is because I was walking on the road at night one time and happened to encounter a young He Luo monster that was about to possess a human. I shot it dead with two shots and saved the person."

"So that person rewarded you with a piece of fried chicken?" Tu Ran guessed.

"How is that possible? That person is just an ordinary citizen. He is not as rich as me. How can he afford it?"

"Why is that?"

"How come you don't remember anything?" Xi Chunzhi complained, then explained, "It's because during that period, the federal government aroused public anger. Ordinary citizens believed that Threshold was where disasters were to happen and should be immediately sealed off, but the federal government not only refused to listen, but also trained special pioneers to explore in. As the conflicts accumulated day by day, they became more and more serious."

"At this time, as a pioneer, I saved an ordinary citizen from the alien's mouth. The Federation immediately seized this incident to control public opinion and publicized it, promoting the pioneer as a hero who would save the world."

"So," Tu Ran continued, "the federal government gave you a bowl of fried chicken as a reward for your contribution to this major reversal of public opinion?"

"Almost." Xi Chunzhi sighed. She didn't know whether it was right or wrong for her to save that person. If she didn't save him, people would still protest against the formation of the pioneer team. One day, the Federation might not be able to withstand the pressure and would suspend the exploration of the Threshold. She didn't know how many people in the pioneer team would survive.

Tu Ran also sighed. The federal government was so stingy.
After such a great contribution, they only gave him a fried chicken as a reward? Tu Ran refused Xi Chunzhi's hard-earned fried chicken, "Then you should eat it. It won't taste good if it's been in the refrigerator for too long."

(End of this chapter) Chapter 19 Study

Xi Chunzhi shook off his melancholy and raised his chin proudly, "I want to keep in shape and not eat greasy food."

Well…

Tu Ran glanced at her curvy figure.

"All right."

The fried chicken was delivered and Tu Ran took it back to her room.

Although she had not eaten since waking up from the threshold, she surprisingly did not feel hungry.

She guessed it might be because of the nutrient solution.

She stuffed the fried chicken directly into the refrigerator and began to look at the house carefully.

The apartment has one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. It is not spacious, but not crowded either. It is more than enough for her to live alone.

There are not many pieces of furniture, just the necessities of life, and no unnecessary decorations.

Maybe because there are few things, the whole house looks particularly tidy.

It was not until she opened the bedroom door that Tu Ran immediately overturned her previous thoughts.

The large desk was piled high with books, stacked up in a mess. Some of the books could not even fit on the desk and were thrown on the floor at random.

The books on the bookshelf were also packed row by row. Some of them could not be stuffed in and were half exposed, making Tu Ran, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, want to stuff them all back immediately.

But now is not the time to tidy up your bookshelves.

She looked closer and found that these books were professional books with very technical content.

Criminal investigation books account for half of the total, and another part is books about alien species and wilderness survival guides.

There were so many categories that it seemed as if they were specially prepared for her as a rookie.

Tu Ran did not hesitate and took out a weapon manual and read it from the beginning.

There is no gun control in this world, everyone has the right to bear arms.

She will be on routine patrol duty tomorrow and there is a chance she might run into some armed criminals, so it would not be a mistake to learn some basic knowledge first.

Perhaps it was because the nutrient solution could nourish the body, Tu Ran did not feel sleepy even after studying until the early morning. Instead, she was nervous and had an excellent memory.

But Tu Ran did not allow herself to study all night. She was worried that her body could not bear it. She stretched comfortably and looked at the time. There were still three hours left before the agreed time with Xi Chunzhi.

After setting the alarm clock, Tu Ran quickly lay down on the bed and forced herself to fall asleep quickly.

The bell rang and Tu Ran opened her eyes.

The heavy curtains blocked out the morning light completely, with only a few rays leaking through the gaps.

The room was dim, and with the help of the few rays of light, Tu Ran noticed the beads that she had casually placed on the corner of the table last night.

The chicken monster's stones.

The light just hits it, and combined with its own light, it is almost as bright as a small lamp.

Tu Ran rubbed her eyes, and suddenly she felt that the bead in front of her looked familiar.

Like the inner elixir in the bodies of gods or monsters in fantasy dramas.

They gathered all their life's magical powers.

By eating their inner elixir, you can gain corresponding skills.

Could this thing be the inner elixir of the chicken monster?

It was so shiny. She had studied medicine for all these years, but she had never seen a stone that glowed.

The alarm clock continued to vibrate.

Tu Ran's thoughts instantly returned to reality from the magical world.

She patted her cheeks and quickly woke up.

She had to trust science.

How could something as illusory as inner elixir exist in this technologically advanced world?

It was getting late, so Tu Ran calmed herself down, climbed out of bed, washed up quickly, and pushed open the door on time.

Xi Chunzhi was just about to knock on the door.

The two looked at each other and Xi Chunzhi put down his hand.

"Let's go."

After entering the elevator and pressing the button for the first floor, Xi Chunzhi suddenly asked, "How did you sleep last night?" "Not bad." Tu Ran said.

Although she had only slept for three hours, she was now full of energy.

"Don't you remember anything?"

In the shadow reflected from the metal door of the elevator, Tu Ran saw Xi Chunzhi's expectant eyes.

"No," she said.

Xi Chunzhi was silent for a moment and changed the subject, "Have you had breakfast?" She added, "You have the habit of having breakfast."

Xi Chunzhi really knows the original body well.

The relationship between the two is more than enough to be called best friends. Considering that they have received five years of training together, they can be said to be friends for life.

Tu Ran didn't have any close friends in her original world, not even a friend who knew her inside and out.

At this time, she was still a little uncomfortable with Xi Chunzhi's concern.

"No." she said.

Xi Chunzhi snorted, "If you don't eat, your body will probably collapse."

Tu Ran pursed her lips and said nothing.

The elevator quickly descended to the first floor.

After getting out of the elevator, Xi Chunzhi did not take her directly to the suspended tram station, but went to the convenience store at the entrance of the community.

It's a very small convenience store, with a lot of miscellaneous items crammed in.

Xi Chunzhi took a bottle of pink liquid and paid the boss.

After leaving the convenience store, she handed the bottle to Tu Ran.

The bottle is the size of a palm, with the words "Peach Flavored Nutrient Solution" written on it.

Is this a nutrient solution?
She just noticed that there were two shelves in the small convenience store filled with nutrient solutions of different sizes.

It seems to be very popular.

"I have to be busy today. If you don't replenish your energy, your body won't be able to hold on. If you drink on the way, you won't have time when you get there."

She looked down at the communicator on her wrist and walked towards the suspended tram station.

Tu Ran didn't know what she would be busy with today, but she believed Xi Chunzhi's words very much. She quickly drank a few mouthfuls and caught up with Xi Chunzhi.

Get off at Administration Building Station.

This was the first time Tu Ran saw this towering skyscraper up close.

Yesterday, I could only see the large neon words "Administrative Building" from afar on the suspended tram.

Without the neon lights during the day, the administrative building looks more solemn and dignified.

Once inside, the world suddenly becomes busy.

People wearing different styles of uniforms shuttled back and forth, each of them walking steadily and quickly. Some were holding documents and wearing glasses, while others were wearing combat uniforms and carrying guns, fully armed.

No one looked at Tu Ran and Xi Chunzhi who had just come in.

Tu Ran kept a distance of half a meter from Xi Chunzhi, walked across the hall and waited in the elevator.

During this period, the two did not communicate.

This is the administrative building, with surveillance cameras everywhere. Artificial intelligence eyes are watching them all the time. The less you say, the fewer mistakes you will make; the less you say, the better. This is a matter of life and death, and Tu Ran takes it very seriously.

The elevator door opened, and a group of men in black military uniforms holding guns came out.

Tu Ran remained calm but was secretly impressed. As expected, there is no man who is not handsome when wearing combat uniform and fully armed.

For example, Xie Xu.

Handsome people are hated by both gods and men.

However, as they passed each other, Tu Ran heard one of them whistled in a frivolous manner.

The filter shattered in an instant.

Tu Ran turned around and glared.

However, the group of people in front of her looked exactly the same, and she couldn't tell which one they were at first glance.

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a shadow from the corner of her eye, flying out from behind her and kicking one of the men in the back.

It's Xi Chunzhi.

The man was kicked and fell forward. Fortunately, the person next to him supported him in time and he did not fall flat on his face. Chapter 21 The Goddess Attacks

It's so cool!
Tu Ran couldn't help but admire it in her heart.

She is indeed a goddess, beautiful and fierce.

However, looking at the burly man, Tu Ran was worried that things might not end well.

As expected, a man who was humiliated in public would not let it go. He turned around and glared at Xi Chunzhi fiercely, "Xi Chunzhi! Are you sick?!"

Xi Chunzhi crossed his arms over his chest and sneered, "Yes, I like to cure dogs' diseases, especially those dogs that can't control their barking!"

The goddess is also good at scolding people.

Tu Ran was not worried that she would suffer any loss, and just watched the fun quietly from the side.

She saw the name tag on the man's arm.

Zhou Ming.

Don't know.

But she knew the weapon in his hand. She had seen it in a book last night. It was a 7-series sniper rifle. It was officially launched on the market more than 30 years ago. It has high accuracy and power. Even though the sniper rifles on the market have been updated more than a dozen times, this model of sniper rifle is still the favorite of many snipers. But there is one bad thing, that is, it weighs 7.5kg, which is not very convenient to use on the battlefield.

Tu Ran looked at the weapons in the hands of the other people traveling with Zhou Ming and found that their weapons were different. Zhou Ming was the only sniper. It seemed that this was a team with clear responsibilities and division of labor.

Tu Ran also learned some about the operating mechanisms of this world yesterday.

In this world, there are no countries and the federal government rules everything.

The base of the federal government is the land beneath our feet - the Executive Mansion.

The administrative building is the headquarters of all federal departments, such as the pioneer team, a new department established in recent years, whose headquarters is here, and the research institute, whose headquarters is also here.

The people who work here are all government employees and have higher status and better social security than ordinary citizens.

For example, the two apartments opposite her and Xi Chunzhi were given by the federation after they became pioneers.

With just their combined salaries, it would take them forever to buy a house near the city center.

As long as they don't breach the contract, the two houses will be theirs after fifteen years.

The federal government is very generous to public officials.

Xi Chunzhi had no intention of continuing to be entangled with Zhou Ming.

He said, "If you are not satisfied, we can find a time to fight. I have something important to do now, and you can't afford to delay me."

After saying that, he took Tu Ran's arm and walked into the elevator without looking back.

"Isn't he just a poor farmer? Why are you showing off?!"

Before the elevator door closed, Tu Ran heard Zhou Ming curse in a very angry tone.

She felt that Zhou Ming and Xi Chunzhi must have known each other before. The two of them had such a deep resentment towards each other that it didn't seem as simple as just whistling a tease.

But she still had some insight into people's words and expressions, and now it was definitely not a matter of curiosity, because she could already feel the coldness emanating from Xi Chunzhi from the inside out.

Tu Ran thought about pressing the floor button herself, but she couldn't find the button, and she didn't know which floor she wanted to go to.

Just as I was getting anxious, the elevator started automatically.

The mechanical voice of artificial intelligence came from a corner, "Pioneer Xi Chunzhi, Pioneer Tu Ran, Conference Room 721 is now open, and all members of the pioneer team have arrived. Please hurry up."

It turns out that the elevators in the administrative building have been fully taken over by artificial intelligence, and can arrange the floors to be reached at any time according to people's itinerary.

(End of this chapter) Chapter 22 Another Threshold

Tu Ran thought of the elevator in her apartment building.

Tsk tsk, can't compare, can't compare...

A mechanical voice then sounded, "Pioneer Xi Chunzhi, I detected that your heart rate is higher than normal and has reached the edge of anger. Here, I remind you that anger is harmful to your body and will prevent you from making timely and accurate judgments, which is not good for the next trip. I hope you can make adjustments in time."

"I wish you a happy life! Ding—"

As the mechanical sound fell to the ground, the elevator door opened and the 721 conference room opened before us.

Tu Ran was still wondering how this machine detected Xi Chunzhi's heart rate data when Xi Chunzhi had already walked into the large conference room.

Tu Ran hurriedly followed her.

The conference room was already full of people. After Xi Chunzhi and Tu Ran came in, some people looked at them, while some people lowered their heads, swiping at the electronic screen, looking at something intently.

Tu Ran followed Xi Chunzhi and found two empty chairs to sit down, then began to look around calmly, and then noticed a familiar-looking person sitting at the end of the conference table.

It's Xie Xu.

Isn't he a researcher? Why is he in the meeting room of the pioneer team?

Tu Ran was puzzled.

A man in military uniform next to Xie Xu knocked on the table, the conference room became quiet, and the door closed automatically.

The distance was too far for Tu Ran to see the name on the soldier's name tag, but his upright and tough appearance made Tu Ran feel that he looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere, but she couldn't remember where.

But now is not the time to think about such questions, Tu Ran focused his attention on the other party's speech.

"Today I want to tell you something very serious."

"Yesterday, in the northern state of Regaken, traces of seventeen alien species appeared in one day."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Even Tu Ran, who knew little about this world, realized the seriousness of the matter.

You know, the state of Regaken is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the administrative building in the federal center, and the only gate that can allow alien species to appear - the threshold, is located near the administrative building.

Yesterday was the opening day of the Threshold, and the last batch of pioneers who entered came out of the Threshold as long as they were alive. The only thing the aliens can contact is the pioneers, and the only way for them to come out of the Threshold safely instead of being shot into sieves by the guards outside the Threshold is to possess the pioneers.

However, the location information of the pioneers is monitored in real time.

If these seventeen aliens possessed the pioneers, even if they successfully passed the initial and reexamination, how could they escape the federal government's overwhelming surveillance and run to Regaken State, 2,000 kilometers away?
This is almost impossible.

"How did these seventeen alien species get to Regaken State?"

Someone raised the same question as Tu Ran.

"We haven't found out their movements yet," the officer said with a heavy face. He slowly scanned the people present. "There were 241 pioneers who came out of the threshold yesterday, and there are 241 people sitting at the conference table now."

"It can be seen that the alien species did not come out with our pioneer team, and the person in charge of the executive department who guarded outside the threshold all day long guaranteed that they did not release any alien species."

"So now there is only one possibility. In addition to the alien gate at the center of the Federation, another threshold has arrived."

After he finished speaking, the meeting room became so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard. It was very thick, with ups and downs, and you could tell that everyone was shocked and desperate.

For those who have faced alien species head-on, they are well aware of how terrifying they are, and they absolutely do not want to see another door in the world that allows alien species to run rampant.

If there is anyone in this world who is willing to see the second threshold coming, it is probably the controllers of the federal government - the tycoons standing at the top of the pyramid.

Tu Ran glanced through a few pages of information related to threshold last night.

The Threshold suddenly appeared fifteen years ago. It is a high wall that blocks out the sky and the sun, standing abruptly twenty kilometers east of the administrative building in the federal center.

This high wall seemed to be built in one second. Countless surveillance cameras recorded that second. At first, it was gray, like a projected three-dimensional wall. Then the color of the wall gradually deepened, and the material became solid and textured. In just one second, a wall fell from the sky.

The federal government sent a drone to fly to the top of the wall for investigation, but it only reached a height of 400 meters before the drone lost power and fell down. There was an unknown force that was preventing any material inspection.

The height of the wall is not visible, but the width of the wall can be observed with the naked eye.

And when you see the width of the wall, you will be even more shocked that this wall cannot be built with current human technology.

Because it is only a thin layer thick.

It seems to be just a simple mix of black bricks and cement soil, but everyone can understand that without a strong foundation support, this hundred-meter-high wall cannot stand at all.

And the terrifying thing is that this wall has no foundation.

Since the upper part was blocked, the federal government sent people to dig underground. After only three or four digs, they dug from the front of the wall to the back of the wall. The federal government then discovered that the wall had no foundation at all.

The sudden appearance of this strange wall immediately attracted the attention of many people. People discovered that although this black wall was real, it could let in sunlight and did not leave any shadows. Then, a folk explorer discovered that people could pass through a certain part of the wall directly.

The explorer discovered this and reported it to the federal government.

The federal government immediately sent experts to investigate, but they couldn't find out what was going on. Although everyone was curious about what was behind the wall, no one dared to go in.

The drones, detectors, and life detectors that were sent out lost their signals the moment they passed through the wall.

No matter how large the bomb was, it was like a feather falling on the lake, unable to create any waves.

"Surprise! The gate to the parallel world makes its debut!"

A report came out of nowhere and became a hot topic among the people.

More and more adventure enthusiasts wanted to take a look at the other side of the wall. After obtaining the consent of the federal government, they entered the wall in groups.

One day, two days, three days...a month passed.

They never appeared again.

During this period, the experts who had been guarding outside the wall discovered that the "door" was closed.

People can't put their hands in, bullets can't be shot in, and bombs can't be thrown in.

It seems that this wall has really become an ordinary wall.

Just when everyone thought that this wall would remain sealed forever and the people inside would never be able to get out, someone keenly discovered that the "door" had opened. Chapter 24 Capital Accumulation

The stones that fell on it were swallowed by the wall.

But the first group of explorers who went in still haven't returned.

No one knows what happened to them in there, and no one knows whether they are dead or alive.

But their disappearance could not dampen the enthusiasm of other adventure enthusiasts, and some of them made plans to travel to that world together.

Before they left this time, the federal government equipped each of them with sophisticated weapons, sufficient food, and various protective equipment.

The "door" was only open for one day, and after these people left, it was closed again as expected.

With the experience from last time, everyone was no longer so anxious, but watched and waited quietly, waiting for the "door" to open again.

As expected, on the seventeenth day, the "door" opened.

Someone is back.

Those who came back were the first group to go in.

Although he was covered in wounds, he also brought back precious information from another world.

It is a pristine world that has not been polluted by humans.

There were terrible monsters everywhere. The smallest of them was two or three people tall, and the largest was as big as a mountain.

Human weapons have no effect on them at all. They also eat humans. No, they eat everything. Some not only eat other species, but also their own kind. Humans are just enough to fill their teeth.

He told his story to the federal government.

As soon as he entered that world, he lost contact with his companions.

The door on the wall is just a portal that can teleport everyone who enters to a different place.

He was sent to a valley surrounded by mountains and rivers. He walked in it for a long time and a long way, but did not find his companions.

The fully automatic high-tech equipment he carried with him all failed the moment he entered. The communicator didn't work, the sensors, the scanners all didn't work, even the most primitive compass he carried with him didn't work.

All I have available is a camera and a gun.

During these nearly two months, he encountered many monsters, including a monkey with more than a dozen eyes, a wild boar with horns as tall as a two-story building, and a giant python with dense legs...

Fortunately, the giant monster looked down on him as a human who was not enough to fill his teeth, and ignored him. The fatal thing was those small carnivores that were not big in size and had always become food for the giant carnivores.

In this world of giant beasts, humans are like newborn babies, and what awaits them is only death.

It was really all luck that he was able to get out.

Of course, not all he brought back were the horrors of another world.

Also: wealth.

The rich mineral resources, precious gold, silver, jade, and vast fertile land are all things that the federal government's leaders - the tycoons - are reluctant to miss.

Is that a primitive world full of dangers and monsters?

No!
In the eyes of the chaebols, it was a kingdom of wealth that had not yet been conquered, and a hotbed that would nourish the rapid accumulation of their family capital.

So what if there are giant beasts? No matter how big they are, they are not made of steel and are invulnerable to weapons. The federal government's elite soldiers can definitely crush them.

So, this world had a name, "Threshold".

The next step was for the chaebols to completely block off the area where the Threshold was located, and ordered that no one be allowed to approach, claiming that the place was dangerous.

The Federation's purpose in doing this is simply to monopolize all the treasures in the Threshold. After all, most of the jewels mined from the Threshold will be sold to ordinary people at high prices in the future.

(End of this chapter) If they knew that there were a lot of these precious gems in the Throne Room, not only would they not be able to be sold at a high price, but the security of the Throne Room would also be difficult to do.

The financial tycoons who lead the federal government always think the most carefully.

After clearing the area, they began to send elite troops into the threshold to explore.

The main task is to find various ores, especially rare ores.

It would be best to bring back a few pieces so that you can check the quality and assess whether it is worth investing manpower and resources in it.

Although the soldiers made sufficient preparations before each departure, only one in ten would return each time.

There are many reasons. One is that weapons are limited. Many powerful modern weapons cannot play their maximum value in the Threshold.
The second is that although there are a group of people before each departure, they will be teleported to different places after entering. Everyone fights alone and almost never meet each other.

And the last time she and Xie Xu met each other, it now seems like a miracle among miracles.

The third is that the time when the domain is opened is too random.

Since records began, the threshold has been opened more than 100 times, with some intervals lasting as long as three months and others as little as three days.

If the people inside want to get out, they have to be at that time and place.

All these difficulties ultimately resulted in only one-tenth or twelve-tenth of the soldiers who were able to return from the Threshold, and the amount of ore they could bring back was also pitifully small.

The casualties were so great that no one was willing to go even if the federal government offered great benefits.

But by this time the federal government had already assessed the marginal development value of the few ores brought back.

Worth it! It's really worth it! Not only are the mineral resources valuable, but the fertile land there is also what the Federation urgently needs.

As of this year's federal demographic census, the population of the 42 states of the federation has exceeded 10 billion.

Population has become a major problem that needs to be solved urgently.

But this sudden arrival of another world was like God opening a window for the federal government.

Occupy there.

By exterminating all species there and creating an environment suitable for human survival, we can then migrate.

The mass extinction plan has thus become the most prominent and important of many federal bills.

Once you have a goal, you need to gradually move towards it.

If you want to implement a mass extinction program, you need to understand them.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

Of course, this "they" does not only refer to monsters, but also everything in the threshold, including the topography, mineral resources, natural climate, vegetation and animals, and even bacteria and fungi, as well as what viruses the monsters carry. These are all objects that need to be understood.

But now no army is willing to accept such a one-way mission.

The first solution the federal government thought of was to make the secret of Threshold public, so that ordinary citizens who wanted to get rich quickly could go there voluntarily. The federal government would provide weapons and first aid supplies to everyone who went in, but there was a condition: everyone had to take the camera provided by the federal government before going in, record the whole process, and give one-third of any items they brought back to the federal government.

Because of this, as long as there are people who come back alive, the federal government can obtain a huge amount of information and data for analysis and organization.

As long as the time is long enough, or enough people come out, we will be able to have a comprehensive and real understanding of the threshold.

But this approach did not succeed.

There are too few people coming back. Chapter 26 The Origin of the Pioneer Team As

time went on, the rumor that there was no return spread in all the states. No one was a fool and would not waste his life for a little illusory wealth.

Fewer and fewer people actively applied to go, and in the end there were almost no people, so the federal government had no choice but to change its strategy.

Cultivate it yourself.

Train a group of people whose job is to go to the Threshold for exploration.

If you are born for the threshold, you will not resist the terror of the threshold.

The Pioneers were born.

The pioneers are trained by the federal government. They must not only have excellent combat and wilderness survival capabilities, but also have a very high level of knowledge. They know everything about astronomy and geography and can be said to be all-rounders.

The effort paid off. After the first batch of pioneers officially began their mission, the survival rate of the exploration threshold increased significantly.

Comprehensive information about the threshold was continuously transmitted back, and technical workers gradually built the first generation model of the threshold based on it.

But the plutocracy rulers were not satisfied with this.

The speed is still too slow.

At this rate, it would take at least several more decades to get close to the threshold.

The rulers could not wait, so they increased the training of pioneers and divided the pioneers who had already been put into use into two groups to carry out exploration in an alternating manner.

On the same day that the threshold opens, one group comes out after going through many hardships, and another group has to muster up the courage to go in.

But this is far from satisfying the ambitions of the rulers.

They can't wait to occupy the threshold.

At this time, the second threshold arrived.

Although she was very reluctant, Tu Ran had to admit that the federal government was very lucky.

There are two thresholds. One is in the federal political center with a dense population, which can be used only as an entrance for pioneers to explore. The other is far away in the state of Regaken with a sparse population. It can be set up as a giant trap, with garrison troops, captured alien species, and comprehensive research.

"The coming of another threshold is not a good thing for the Pioneers."

Tu Ran keenly noticed that what the officer said was not a good thing for the "pioneer team", but he did not say it was not a good thing for the "federal government". It can be seen that he also knew that the arrival of the second threshold was a godsend for the federal financial tycoon leaders.

"Those seventeen aliens have already killed many citizens in Regaken State. Because they can possess the bodies of local residents, the guards of Regaken State cannot catch them at all. And you are the only ones in the entire federation who know the aliens best. Therefore, the superiors have unanimously decided that the pioneer team needs to send one hundred members to Regaken State, and with the assistance of the advance troops, control these seventeen aliens."

The young officer looked around the conference room again. "Compared to going to Threshold, this trip is much less dangerous, but it will take at least half a month, which means that everyone may miss the next opening of Threshold, and also lose an opportunity to accumulate points. So we adopt the form of voluntary participation."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tu Ran's communicator vibrated, and the communicators of everyone present also vibrated.

Tu Ran looked down and saw the communicator projecting a light screen with two options: "yes" and "no".

Tu Ran didn't think much and chose "yes".

Nonsense, of course she's going.

Points are not as important as life.

Going to the Threshold requires a one-man show, while going to the State of Regaken has the protection of the army. These pioneers probably just need to identify which one is human and which one is the possessed alien. The rest will be left to the army.

She has almost no ability to protect herself now, and going to Yuyu would be simply giving away her life. She might as well take this opportunity to go to Regaken Province to learn some self-protection skills and accumulate some experience.

After making her choice, Tu Ran looked at Xi Chunzhi.

As expected, she also pressed the "yes" button.

Xi Chunzhi naturally thought of the same issues that she had considered.

Tu Ran was delighted. With Xi Chunzhi helping her, she would surely make rapid progress.

After everyone had made their choices, the officer looked down at the results and said with relief, "One hundred and twenty people volunteered to go."

"However, because the superiors only allow one hundred people to go, we need to exclude twenty people from here."

Tu Ran saw him swiping a few times on the electronic screen.

I had a bad feeling in my heart.

Then she heard vibrations.

Coming from all directions.

But her communicator didn't ring.

Tu Ran looked at the vibrating communicator on Xi Chunzhi's wrist.

The red "×" is very eye-catching.

so?

Her eyes widened.

"These people who were randomly excluded don't need to go."

Tu Ran: "…"

She was really impressed.

Under Xi Chunzhi's worried gaze, Tu Ran sadly packed her belongings, dressed neatly, and boarded the helicopter to Regaken State.

There were eleven people in the cabin.

During the four-hour journey, everyone else was resting with their eyes closed, but Tu Ran was flipping through a small notebook.

This was what Xi Chunzhi gave her before she left, asking her to read it on the way.

Tu Ran flipped through the palm-sized notebook very quietly, and amid the roar of the helicopter, she did not attract anyone else's attention.

The notebook is filled with handwritten text, recording a lot of information related to life and alien species.

Including the alien's appearance, hobbies, dangerousness, and whether it has the ability to possess.

Tu Ran only now realized that not all alien species can possess humans.

Only alien species that have reached a certain level can possess humans. The federal government named this type of alien species "parasitic alien species."

Those alien species that cannot be reborn as humans are "ordinary alien species."

Tu Ran has come into contact with both of these alien species.

For example, the chicken monster, the small notebook records that its scientific name is Gu Diao, and it likes internal organs, especially human internal organs. It has little ability, but it has a large number, is widely distributed in the Threshold, and has a keen sense of smell. Almost every pioneer has encountered them, becoming one of the main alien species that threatens the lives of pioneers in the Threshold, but they cannot possess humans and are just ordinary alien species.

The octopus monster, whose scientific name is the Horuo monster, is not outstanding in size among many large alien species, but it has many tentacles with thorns on the tips. If touched by it, the person will suffer from nerve paralysis and be unable to resist. The octopus monster will have its internal organs hollowed out alive and become a vessel for its possession. The Horuo monster is a typical "parasitic alien species."

There are many other records in the small notebook. Judging from the color of the handwriting, it seems that they were written at different times. The edges of the notebook are also rough. Tu Ran guessed that these were the summaries written by Xi Chunzhi himself during the years of training.

Tu Ran read through them one by one and filled her mind.

Her memory has always been good, and after she entered this body, her memory improved by leaps and bounds. Coupled with the challenge of survival, she remembered everything clearly after reading it twice.

But on the last page, she noticed a line of words.

The handwriting was illegible, and it looked as if it had been written in a hurry. Chapter 28: Alien Infection

"Alien Infection"

Tu Ran pondered these words carefully.

Infection, alien species...

The fingers unconsciously touched the black characters, leaving a long trail.

The words are newly written.

Tu Ran became more and more confused and recalled the scene when Xi Chunzhi handed the notebook to her.

On the helipad on the rooftop of the administrative building, under the surveillance cameras everywhere, the two of them had a very ordinary parting hug. Xi Chunzhi took this opportunity to stuff the notebook into her clothes and signaled her with his eyes not to ask.

Xi Chunzhi probably had a lot to say to her at that time, but under the nose of artificial intelligence, she couldn't say it directly and could only tell her in this way.

But why did he tell her in front of so many people, instead of telling her last night in their home?
Was it because she had just found out?

But they had been in the conference room just now and had not encountered any alien species.

Tu Ran was full of doubts and looked at the four words on the notebook again.

Xenogeneic infection, is it an alien species that can infect humans?

So far, the federal government has only discovered aliens that can possess humans.

She had never heard of the existence of infectious aliens.

Moreover, an alien species that can possess humans has already caused the federal government to be overwhelmed. Not only has it spent huge amounts of money to build military isolation zones and buffer zones at the exit of the threshold, but it has also painstakingly designed a problem detection method to distinguish alien species from humans.

If another alien species that can infect humans appears, Tu Ran can already imagine how overwhelmed the federal government will be.

After all, the possessed alien species can only possess one person at a time, while infection can cause large-scale alienation at the same time.

If there really is an infectious alien species, can it be considered a counterattack by that world against the federal government's species extinction plan?
Although Xi Chunzhi did not clearly explain what the four words "alien infection" meant, Tu Ran had already set up defenses in her heart.

It seems that she not only needs to reduce contact with alien species, but also needs to be on guard against humans. If there is really an alien infection, perhaps the human she encounters is already infected by the alien species.

After figuring all this out, Tu Ran looked down at the time. Only an hour had passed.

Regaken State is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the federal government. The helicopter flight takes four hours, and she cannot waste three hours.

Tu Ran began to study the equipment on his body silently.

These equipments are the unified configuration of pioneers.

In one word, handsome!

Handsome from head to toe.

A full set of combat uniform, equipped with the latest individual carrying equipment and tactical helmet launched by the top weapons manufacturer A5 Group, especially the submachine gun in his hand, Tu Ran can't let it go.

A5 Group's second generation submachine gun king, QF77A2.

Although she has not officially used it yet, as her fingers touch its body, Tu Ran feels a growing sense of familiarity in her heart.

Closing her eyes, she could even guess whether the place her fingers would touch next would be flat or rugged, raised or sunken.

The original body must have been very familiar with this submachine gun, so even if the soul was replaced, the familiarity of the body was not erased.

Tu Ran memorized the location of each part again and began to study the other equipment on his body.

There are some small bombs, as well as pistols, daggers, plenty of magazines, etc...

Tu Ran was familiar with everything. She looked at the time and saw that there was still half an hour left, so she could take a nap. Chapter 29 Random Again

Tu Ran closed her eyes without hesitation. The roar of the helicopter was very loud. Even though she was wearing a noise-proof helmet, she could still hear a slight sound. Unable to sleep, she began to sort out the knowledge she had learned in the past two days.

Half an hour passed quickly, and the helicopter slowly landed on a helipad. The eleven people packed up their equipment and walked down one after another.

Other helicopters had already arrived earlier and were lined up neatly on the ground.

The executive guard force sent by the federal government's Regaken State branch was also fully equipped and waiting in the distance. At a glance, it looked like a sea of black.

More helicopters were landing, and the sound of the wind caused by the rotation of the propellers pressed the grass on the lawn down so that it could not lift its head.

Tu Ran stepped on the grass with her long boots and stood in the queue.

The team was led by two people, one was Li Wenchuan and the other was Xie Xu.

Tu Ran didn't quite understand why Xie Xu, who was obviously from the research institute, would always hang out with the pioneer team and it seemed that he had a high status.

And according to her understanding, the people in the research institute do not need to take risks in the Threshold. They just need to stay safely in the laboratory and wait for the pioneers to risk their lives to bring back video footage and fresh materials from the Threshold.

But she did run into him last time at the threshold.

Don't understand.

Based on Tu Ran's current life motto - everything for survival, she could not understand Xie Xu's behavior.

All one hundred pioneers arrived, given the mission of this trip.

One, find another door to enter the threshold; two, capture the escaped alien.

The team was divided into two parts. One part was a team of twenty people, led by Xie Xu, looking for the gate of the threshold.

The other part was led by Li Wenchuan, who captured the alien species.

In order to ensure fairness, justice, openness and everyone's right to choose, the choices will still be announced through the communicator.

The communicator made a dinging sound, and the two options "Xie Xu" and "Li Wenchuan" appeared on everyone's communicator.

There is no doubt that Tu Ran pressed the "Xie Xu" button.

Of course she would choose the one with the least danger.

Within a few seconds, everyone had made their choice.

Announce the results.

Seventy-six people chose to join Xie Xu's team.

Tu Ran sighed secretly that it turned out that everyone was afraid of death and one more or one less would not make much difference.

Just as she was thinking this, the communicator on her wrist vibrated twice.

Tu Ran's heart skipped a beat and she looked down. The red "X" was extremely eye-catching.

so?

So?!
Was she kicked out?!
"The system randomly selects. Those who receive the message reminder will follow me. Those who don't receive it will follow the instructions of Researcher Xie." Li Wenchuan couldn't help smiling, and his shiny white teeth were particularly proud.

He loved to see the bitter and resentful expressions on these people's faces when they didn't want to join his team but were abandoned by fate and had to join. It was enough to make him laugh to death.

Tu Ran is one of those people who has suffered a lot and has a deep hatred.

In the short few seconds of walking towards the team behind Li Wenchuan, she questioned the reliability of the system's random selection.

She tried twice, but both times she couldn't get what she wanted. What a woolen thing!
She kept mumbling in her mind, but in reality, she still had to follow Li Wenchuan obediently.

It's three o'clock in the afternoon.

Regaken State is located in the northern part of the 42 federal states, and the weather is not warm.

The team of eighty people was divided into eight teams on the spot, with ten people in each team.

Each team has access to fifty executive guards from the federal government's Regaken state branch.

Tu Ran was assigned to team four. 2023-04-03 Author: Nantian Lake

Chapter 30 Hardware Store

Tsk, she doesn't like the number four either.

It's so unlucky.

After sighing softly, she chose to stay in her own team of ten and listen to the others discussing countermeasures.

Where should they go to find the aliens? How should they deploy their troops? How should they capture the aliens and try to avoid harming ordinary citizens?
Among the guards of the executive department temporarily controlled by their fourth team, a young guard stepped forward and handed them an electronic screen.

The green light of the screen was projected into the air so that everyone could see it.

In this light curtain, there is a map, which should be the map of Regaken State. More than forty places are marked on it and circled in red, which makes them particularly eye-catching.

The guard explained seriously: "The forty-three places marked here are where the bodies of the victims were found."

He randomly selected a red circle and drew his hands in the air a few times. The circle gradually enlarged and the street and the buildings on both sides appeared clearly. A store that looked like a hardware store had a yellow warning strip in front of it, and a pedestrian happened to walk past the door.

Tu Ran then realized that what they were watching was a surveillance video.

The camera zoomed in again and actually entered the interior of the store, and the three-dimensional interior scene of the store appeared before the eyes.

Tu Ran guessed that the scene he was seeing now was not a surveillance scene. After all, many blind spots in surveillance, such as behind doors, could now be seen clearly. Perhaps this was the federal government's holographic photography technology, which restored the scene in three dimensions.

Tu Ran thought of her holographic ring. The effect would probably be the same after the shooting was completed and processed by the research institute.

Judging from the picture in front of us, this is indeed a hardware store, with scattered old electrical appliances filling the shelves and cabinets.

The only difference from the hardware store that Tu Ran had in mind was that the shelves here also contained mechanical skulls, mechanical limbs and arms, and artificial eyes, with complex wires entangled and exposed.

These are things Tu Ran has never seen before.

The camera circled the hardware store and stopped on the floor in the corner.

The camera zooms in.

It is a highly restored corpse.

A flat belly, bloodless lips, sunken eye sockets, a skinny figure, and ribs faintly visible under the baggy clothes.

With just a quick glance, Tu Ran determined that all the abdominal organs of the corpse had been hollowed out. Even from the degree of descent of the eye sockets, the corpse's eyeballs were gone. Tu Ran guessed that his brain marrow was most likely sucked out.

This should be the result of being possessed by an alien species, becoming a body with only a skeleton.

The guard said, "This is the owner of the hardware store. He was found dead in his shop by a customer this morning."

He operated the screen to bring up a photo. The photo showed a body with the same death condition as the hardware store owner. "This is a body we found in the cabinet under the hardware store owner's cash register. The surveillance showed that he was the first customer to enter the hardware store yesterday morning."

Tu Ran had some speculations. The alien possessed a customer of the hardware store and walked into the hardware store. Then he fell in love with the owner of the hardware store, so he occupied the owner's body and stuffed the customer's body into the cash register. Now that the owner of the hardware store is dead, it means that the alien has changed its host again.

(End of this chapter)