Chapter 252

The group arrived at a new safe zone and destroyed another altar along the way.

At this time, the sky began to darken and it was approaching evening.

This time is awkward, it's still early for rest, but if they go to find the Lord of the Labyrinth, there won't be enough time. Maybe by the time they reach the Lord of the Labyrinth and are ready to take action, it will be dark.

Feng Ling didn't mind the darkness, but she was a little afraid of the thick fog at night, so she decided to rest in the safe zone for one night and take action after dawn.

When Huangfu Miaomiao heard that she could rest, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, she didn’t have to walk anymore!
She took out various daily necessities from the compartments of her backpack and was busy making the bed and boiling water.

Xu Yiming also helped her to tidy up and clean the house.

He muttered as he cleaned: "This is already the third night. Will people outside think we died in the maze..."

Feng Ling was delighted when he heard this, and leaned against the door frame and laughed, "It would be fun if we were given a funeral. We could suddenly show up and scare the whole nation."

Ye Zheng was speechless, "Please stop having such bad taste."

Feng Ling added: "It can also scare the alien species. They must have been paying attention to the maze in Guangshan City. When they saw that we hadn't come out for several days and nights, they mistakenly thought that we died in the maze. But hehe~ we made a brilliant appearance. How interesting."

Ye Zheng didn't dislike it this time, and nodded: "It's quite interesting."

Li Qing glanced at the two of them, wanting to say something but stopping himself, and finally chose to remain silent.

All in all, hard to comment.

……

It was getting darker.

Everyone in the safe zone is busy with their own things, resting, drinking water, sitting and daydreaming, or going to bed early.

Feng Ling leaned against the door frame and looked outside out of boredom. The originally clear street view was gradually obscured by fog, and only a small piece of gray brick surface of the sidewalk at the door could be seen.

The mice became active at night, and she heard many subtle noises - sometimes the sound of animal claws running hurriedly across the floor tiles, and sometimes the creaking of wooden furniture being gnawed. They seemed to be communicating with each other, squeaking to convey messages, and were busy all the time.

Life is not easy.

For some unknown reason, Feng Ling felt such a feeling in his heart.

Although rats are disgusting, they just want to live. They attack them to survive, reproduce to survive, and worship gods to survive, survive, survive... survive...

Feng Ling suddenly felt that the rat monster was very similar to humans.

"I don't want to die, I want to live..." she murmured thoughtfully.

Li Qing asked her: "What are you talking about?"

"Nothing," Feng Ling leaned against the door and tilted his head. "I remembered the voices of prayer I heard in the mountains. It felt like it was not easy for everyone to survive. Whether it was us or the mice, we all wanted to live."

"The instinct for survival is engraved in genes. All living things are the same." Li Qing replied.

Feng Ling smiled softly, "It sounds like we are all living under the control of genes."

Li Qing nodded, "You can understand it that way."

"This is so boring," Feng Ling said lazily, "It's like being controlled by a program. I do whatever my genes tell me to do. All my behavioral habits are written into the code. What exactly is my own will?"

"There are also uncontrollable parts," Li Qing said slowly after thinking, "For example, the bond between people, the flow of emotions... these are things that gene editing cannot control." Swish, swish, swish -

Huangfu Miaomiao trotted down from upstairs and asked Feng Ling loudly, "I've made the bed. Feng Ling, do you want to sleep on the window side or the inner side?"

"Whatever." Feng Ling replied.

"Oh~" Huangfu Miaomiao responded and ran back upstairs.

Li Qing said to Feng Ling: "Go upstairs and have some rest. Go to bed early. Tomorrow will be very tiring."

"No matter how hard it is, you don't need to get some sleep." Feng Ling stood up straight and stretched his shoulders. He walked slowly to the cat spider in the corner, squatted down and touched the cat spider's head.

The cat spider has not been in a good condition since it broke one of its legs. It seems very irritable and does not want Feng Ling to touch it. Its butt is pressed against the ground, shaking from side to side, and the weaving device on its tail keeps spitting out spider silk. It is unknown what it is doing.

Li Qing frowned and asked Feng Ling: "Aren't you going to sleep tonight?"

Feng Ling didn't say anything. He touched the cat spider's head a few times. When he was satisfied, he stopped and stopped disturbing it from spinning silk to make a web. He turned around and went to play with the cat owl.

The cat-owl was not happy to be touched by her, maybe because her touch was not right? Although it did not resist, every time Feng Ling touched it, the cat-owl would turn its head to comb its feathers, as if it disliked her affecting its appearance.

Li Qing asked again hesitantly: "Are you really not going to sleep? But we have to deal with the Lord of the Maze tomorrow..."

"Oh..." Feng Ling sighed, "Because I have to deal with the Lord of the Maze tomorrow, I can't sleep tonight. Every time I sleep in the maze, I always have nightmares."

Li Qing was slightly stunned, and her eyes could not help but move to the phantom beside her, "...That's right, you have been marked, and your dreams will be affected."

The phantom is now translucent, and its effect is gradually fading over time.

Li Qing guessed that the marking effect would completely disappear in just one day and one night.

"You also had a nightmare last time in Sanqing Mountain." He paused and asked Feng Ling, "Will having a nightmare affect your combat status the next day?"

"It's not that serious..." Feng Ling frowned and said, "But it affects my mood. Who doesn't want to have a good sleep? And..."

She turned her head to look at the phantom beside her and said sadly, "Since the ability of the mark is to bring out the fear in my heart, it will definitely reappear many bad memories in my dreams, but I don't want to remember them all the time. Feng Ma is dead. I want to remember her in the future with good memories instead of bad ones."

Li Qing sat up straight, tried to be a good listener, and said, "She must be someone very important to you."

Feng Ling smiled upon hearing this, and looked at Li Qing with a teasing look in his eyes, "I don't know whether it is important to me, but it is very important to you and Little Skeleton."

Li Qing was stunned. "...Do I know her? Have I seen her?"

"I haven't seen it," Feng Ling said with a wicked smile, "But if it weren't for her, both of you would have died in my hands. She was the first person to teach me that there needs to be a reason for doing anything."

——Feng Ling, why do you want to fight?

——Feng Ling, why did you break the window?

——Feng Ling, why did you steal other people’s eggs?

——Feng Ling, you can't just do whatever you want! You must have a reason! No reason means you are making a mistake, and you must be punished for making a mistake! If others are good to you, you should also be good to others. If others don't harm you, you can't harm others. Do you understand? Do you understand!

Feng Ling looked at Huanying's face that looked exactly like Feng's mother's and sighed faintly, "Most of the children in our place are descendants of criminals. Their parents went to prison, and the children were sent here without a guardian. That's why she was always very strict with us, worried that we would become criminals too."

Li Qing was silent for a long time, and then whispered: "So, she is the first person to help you establish the correct order."

I think I'm healed now, I should be able to stay up late