RPAGF Chapter 255 Dream City - The End
Chapter 255 Dream City - The End
The map and defenses of the underground laboratory were classified. Peng Si cleaned up the entire office except for this one.
He did hide it, but wasn't it also blatantly handed over to her?
"Captain Peng, running away is not a good habit."
Miao Yin manipulated the curse, enjoying Chao Boyan's miserable state. She didn't spare Peng Si a single glance, but her sharp words seemed to pierce through everything, digging out the naked flesh.
Peng Si's lips trembled violently, and his hands on the steering wheel gripped tightly.
He said, "I am not a person with superpowers, and unlike you, I do not have the ability to foresee the future."
“We all know that no one person can decide any historical change, but change can come suddenly and force people to make choices, and I am not that person who has the ability to do so.”
Miao Yin laughed: "So you're making me choose? Captain Peng, you're really clever."
"But you seem to enjoy it," Peng Si said self-deprecatingly, reaching out to loosen his collar as if some suppressed beast was trapped inside.
Miao Yin asked, "Then what is your purpose?"
"Peace, survival, and stability—this is my goal and my calling."
"Then I don't understand. You know exactly what kind of person I am, so why do you think I would choose the side that is beneficial to humanity?" Miao Yin frowned slightly and finally turned to look at him.
Peng Si shook his head: "Of course I know what kind of person you are, which is why I can confidently let you make the choice. Miao Yin, you never do anything without a reason. Just like when you destroyed Yecheng's laboratory, it was not out of kindness, but because of what you gained."
“I have handled the origin of the apocalypse and read Ren Xin’s experimental reports. I understand that if they want to suppress the mutants, they will inevitably drag the ability users down to hell as well.”
"So you want to protect people with superpowers?"
“No.” He paused for a moment. “What I need is balance.”
"If a drug that can suppress mutants can really be developed, I certainly wouldn't mind. What I refuse is for people with ulterior motives to use these things to divide society, harm people with superpowers, not treat people as human beings, and instead turn them into research guinea pigs, just like Ye Cheng."
He knew exactly what had happened in Yecheng, so he personally killed Li Kangping to get rid of this cancer, even if the price was that he was forced to flee and face a near-death experience.
Peng Si is more clear-headed and determined than anyone else to walk his own path.
He said, "Miao Yin, given your personality, you wouldn't stay in Dream City, but you came anyway and even asked me about the central area. I think the only thing that can attract you in this city is the laboratory."
“You’re a prophet, so you must know that what they’re researching will hurt you in the future. That’s why you came to Dream City—to clear the way for yourself, right?”
"So what if it is?" Miao Yin tilted her head, looking at him with interest, and admitted everything.
Peng Si's expression sharpened, and the scar on his cheek contorted as if it had come alive: "So, how can those potions pose a threat to you, given that you are a powerful ability user who won't stay in Dream City?"
"Hahahahaha—" Miao Yin clapped her hands with a laugh.
"I see, so that's what you're thinking! I understand now. In your opinion, even if the drug is successfully developed, people with superpowers like me shouldn't be threatened. And the fact that I destroyed the laboratory means that I was harmed by this drug."
If even superpowered individuals far away can get injured, it can only mean that this drug is being used on a large scale, or even abused!
The fact that those with superpowers and mutants share the same origin will certainly be made public.
What inevitably follows is social division, social unrest, a split between the two major groups, a disruption of the balance, and the loss of stability.
That's what he thinks.
Yes, that's right. No historic decision can be made by one person alone.
Peng Si's foresight led him to anticipate this dangerous future, but he couldn't decide whether it was correct.
Therefore, he handed over the right to choose to those who could see the future. Through Miao Yin's actions, he deduced a future that no one knew.
If Miao Yin only visited the lab and did nothing, it means that the future he was worried about did not happen, and that she had other plans.
But if Miao Yin destroys the laboratory, it would prove his idea was right, and he would never allow such a future to occur.
So when Miao Yin was about to enter the city, he didn't hesitate to help her arrange everything, driving her around the central area to see the terrain, helping them settle their identities, and keeping their presence hidden.
He had prepared a map and schedule of the laboratory in advance and left them in his office for her to find, so that she could enter the laboratory quietly instead of being provoked and causing chaos at the base.
This is the maximum he can do in his position; any more and he can't guarantee that Old Master Lu won't find out.
Miao Yin had been observing him all along.
He had been observing Miao Yin all along.
The destruction of the laboratory was a conspiracy.
He just hadn't expected that Elder Lu would discover Miao Yin's presence halfway through, which terrified him for a long time. Fortunately, nothing happened.
"Dream City Base is the largest shelter in Jingzhou, and it is also the largest base in the world in terms of population. We have the most complete civilization."
"We've poured countless hours of effort into building this place, watching it gradually get on the right track. People with superpowers are becoming the backbone of society, and ordinary people can also find work and live safely here. It's already a stable society."
“I can accept the arrival of a scarlet calamity, or the destruction of this place by floods or torrential rains. That is the fate of Dream City, and I cannot stop it; it is an external factor.”
"But I won't allow it to be ruined by a tiny potion!"
"Humanity cannot perish from internal strife!"
Along the way, Pengsi has lost too much.
He had too many comrades, relatives, and those he had rescued but not brought back; he didn't want to face chaos and death again.
As he said, what he wanted was peace.
Miao Yin finally stopped burning the curse, her ghostly eyes, flowing with golden fragments, were incredibly alluring: "Then congratulations, you guessed right."
In her previous life, her base was far from Dream City and had no connection with it whatsoever.
The only thing that others feared was the group of superhumans under her command.
Therefore, when Su Xin came into Tu Hao's hands, Miao Yin understood that the medicine they had painstakingly created, which they hoped would save humanity, had become a poison that plundered resources and harmed those with supernatural abilities.
If she, who is far away, can be poisoned, then how good can the Dream City, which is half full of people with superpowers, be?
"Captain Peng, it's an honor for Mengcheng to have you," Miao Yin said.
"I just did what I was supposed to do, before and after." Peng Si exhaled the pent-up frustration that had been building up inside him for so long.
"Now can you tell me where the origin of the apocalypse went?"
Miao Yin raised her hand and waved it: "Dead."
"Dead?" Peng Si frowned.
"My flames can burn everything in the world. Xu Lianqiao used them against me, so I had no choice but to destroy them," Miao Yin said without changing her expression.
Peng Si was silent for a while, then said, "It's better that he's dead."
"Captain Peng, now that we've finished speaking, I should go."
"it is good."
“However…” Miao Yin opened the car door and suddenly turned around.
"what?"
"Old Lu told me before that I should contact him more often and you less often if I needed anything, but now it seems... I still need to contact you more often."
Miao Yin winked at him, closed the car door, leaving Peng Si, whose expression changed drastically.
Peng Si, Lu Lao's second apprentice, went on a rescue mission and inexplicably killed Li Kangping upon his return.
Old Lu had long suspected that Peng Si might have come into contact with some people he shouldn't have, or even that he might have been manipulated, but Peng Si himself was unaware of this.
Therefore, even though Xu Lianqiao knew the inside story, Peng Si did not.
Not long after Miao Yin entered the city, she was summoned to the central area by Old Master Lu.
He had never truly trusted Peng Si.
But that was his apprentice, and he trusted his character, so he was willing to give him another chance to protect him.
So after meeting Miao Yin, he told her to contact him if she needed anything, and not to contact Peng Si.
He might want to protect his apprentice, or perhaps he wants to find a reliable manager for the base, since Old Man Lu is getting on in years.
But Peng Si insisted on jumping in himself, so Miao Yin can't be blamed for it.
She never refused anyone who came her way, making full use of them, and was also quite happy to sow discord between Peng Si and Old Master Lu.
As for what Peng Si thinks? That's unknown.
In short, poor Captain Peng, your respected mentor doesn't trust you.
She returned to her car, where Chao Boyan had been helped up and was leaning against the side, his face pale, his fingers still trembling abnormally, and pain lingering in his nerve endings.
Miao Yin crouched down, and Chao Boyan flinched, his slightly vacant eyes meeting hers.
"The young boss's superpower is really amazing, I admire him."
How could he not sense that this was a warning to him? This really put a lot of his mind at ease.
Miao Yin patted his head: "It's good that you know. You know Mengcheng best. I need you to help them establish themselves."
Chao Boyan forced a smile: "It would be my honor."
Miao Yin stood up and said to the remaining people, "I will leave you some supplies and vehicles. The base is cracking down hard these days, so behave yourselves. Anyone who messes with me will be left with your ashes."
Xia Tang came out and nodded: "Don't worry, Sister Yin, nothing will happen."
"I'm leaving." Tan Ling nodded to Xia Tang in farewell.
"Goodbye."
"Get in the car, we should go."
Miao Yin put away the extra RVs and put the off-road vehicles out again.
She got into the passenger seat of Ling's car and said, "Follow behind the military vehicle."
"Okay." Ling rarely drives, so she took a few moments to familiarize herself with the controls before catching up with the speed.
With military vehicles leading the way, the two off-road vehicles entered the southern city wall without any problems.
Originally, the base was closed to entry and exit due to the attack on the laboratory, but the guards allowed him to pass after confirming that he was Peng Si.
The gate opened, and outside, a group of refugees still lived in tents, longing to enter the shelter. They poked their heads out and watched the expensive cars drive out of the city. The gate slowly closed once again.
Miao Yin opened the car window and looked in the rearview mirror. Through the city gate, which was not yet fully closed, she saw Peng Si get out of the car, lean against the door, and light a cigarette. The white smoke blurred his expression.
She took out the identity card from her pocket, on which were the three golden characters "Leng Qingxi".
Miao Yin broke the card in half and casually threw it away.
The black card fell to the ground and was completely crushed by the wheels behind it, disappearing into the dust.
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