Don’t Tell Them You Can See

“Don’t tell them you can see!”

After adjusting to the light, I discovered that this sentence was graffitied everywhere in the streets and alleys as far as I could see.

If you look closely, you can see that some places have been painted, but new warnings have been written on the newly dried paint.

I had just regained my sight, and before I could be happy for even a second, I couldn’t help shivering.

(one)

The consequences of global blindness are catastrophic, with more than a third of people failing to make it past the first month due to violent crime, hunger, falls, and fires.

The remaining people are also in danger and their future is uncertain.

With most power stations and communication base stations broken down, the world fell into a true dark age.

Some people united and formed groups using violence as a means to commit robbery, murder, and fire.

Among them, an organization called the “Illuminati” emerged out of nowhere and became a truly violent superpower.

They immediately recruited all the original blind people under their command and carried out their orders loyally.

In this dark world, the primitive blind had a great advantage. With their help, the Illuminati quickly occupied the communication system and established weapons and forces in an attempt to create a new order.

All state machinery came to a standstill, and the few countries that came to their senses quickly reached an agreement with the Illuminati to share power with them.

It is said that the Lord of the Illuminati is the only person left in the world who can see.

But those who discussed this matter privately disappeared inexplicably.

In the total darkness, if a person is gone, he is gone, no one will know, and no one will care.

The Illuminati have a special way of communicating with each other. They know very well that in a blind world, whoever controls information controls the world.

Some unwilling leaders tried to organize forces to overthrow the Illuminati, but without exception they were assassinated, some even assassinated openly because no one would know about it anyway.

Under the dual high pressure of darkness and terror, there will always be someone who wakes up first.

The underground organization created a new Braille, and a resistance force that was unwilling to be oppressed by tyranny took shape.

This organization calls itself the New Heaven and Earth Society, and their slogan is “Restore the Blind Eyes”!

Rumor has it that a savior will appear in my city and bring light back to the world.

I looked at the blood-red words on the wall and the devastated street scene, and fell into great confusion.

Who wrote the warning and for whom?

Who tried to erase them?

Is there anyone else who can see the slogan?

There were only a few people walking in the dark on the road. They were all starving and emaciated. Their clothes were tattered and of strange colors.

The streets were overgrown with weeds and filled with starving people.

Countless stray cats and dogs roamed the streets, some even gnawing on human corpses.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and a major plague was about to spread.

A girl who looked very clean and tidy appeared in my sight. She held a cane in her left hand, supported the wall with her right hand, and groped forward cautiously.

It seemed that her purpose in this trip was the same as mine an hour ago: to go to the big supermarket at the end of the road and see if she could find some remaining food and drinking water in the ruins.

Most of those who can survive half a year in this extreme doomsday environment and are still able to go out on the streets are ruthless people.

But the girl in front of me looks very weak, and I don’t know what secret of survival she has.

Soon I discovered the danger. A pack of wild dogs had set their sights on her and were quietly approaching her, just like a pack of wolves hunting their prey. There were signs of division of labor and cooperation.

I was startled and wanted to pick up a stone from the ground and throw it to scare away the dogs. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye I saw a group of more than 20 people appearing from another direction.

The clothing of this team was unexpectedly uniform, and judging by the two clinking pieces of iron hanging on the armbands, they must be members of the Illuminati.

The leader tapped the ground with a bamboo stick, and the rest of them held the person in front of them in pairs. One of them held a stick in one hand and kept probing on both sides. The whole team was like a giant centipede crawling on the street.

“Help me…” A ragged old man heard the sound of iron sheets knocking, staggered to the front of the team, grabbed the little leader, and suddenly vomited with a “wow” sound.

The little leader had his hands covered in sticky vomit from the old man, and he tapped the ground with his cane three times, two short and one long, in disgust.

A thug-like man appeared from the back, drew his sword, and without saying a word, he slit the old man’s throat, then pushed him aside, blood spurting out four or five meters away. I was stunned to see them killing people without saying a word.

The killer acted cleanly and efficiently, and it was obvious that he was a repeat offender. After killing, he returned to the team with a blank expression, as if nothing had happened.

Judging from his ability to sense the wind and determine the position of the opponent, I wouldn’t be able to withstand more than three moves from him even with my eyes open.

The Illuminati were well-trained and waited for the killer to make his move, then continued forward like a centipede.

When the wild dogs smelled the blood, they immediately swarmed over and bit the twitching old man.

The girl heard a strange noise ahead, stopped and asked, “Is anyone there? What happened?”

The Illuminati’s small leader suddenly noticed a young woman nearby. He pondered for a moment and knocked on the ground four times with his bamboo stick.

When the killer heard the signal, he immediately left the team, holding a sharp knife, and floated over silently like a poisonous snake.

(two)

The killer approached the girl, slowed down his pace, sheathed the knife, and reached into his arms, where he found a thin iron chain on his wrist.

It seems that knocking four times in a row means capturing him alive.

When I saw that they were not going to kill anyone, I immediately became much bolder. At the same time, I was furious. As soon as the Illuminati heard the young girl’s voice, they wanted to capture her alive. Their intentions were obvious.

In a flash, the claws of evil had reached out to her.

The girl’s pretty face looked a little haggard, and she was completely unaware that danger was imminent.

The sound of wild dogs gnawing on bones nearby made her feel a little panicked.

What a pity. In a world where everyone is blind, no one can appreciate a pretty face, but a nice voice is the most scarce asset.

The girl’s sweet voice has put her in danger.

I know that in some settlements, some young women would use their bodies to exchange for food and water, and survive with difficulty, but they would often disappear without a trace after a while.

In such troubled times, who would care where they went?

Except me.

In a split second, I didn’t have time to think about it. I threw the warning on the wall out of my mind, walked around the killer, took the girl’s hand, and whispered in her ear, “Follow me!”

I took her hand and started running. We hadn’t run for a long time, so our steps were very light and the girl ran with great difficulty.

Maybe it was because she hadn’t been in touch with people for a long time, the girl grabbed my hand tightly and tried to keep up with my pace. I had planned the route before running, so I took her and ran hard along the winding path.

The killer was shouting something while chasing, and I knew he must be sending a signal to his companions.

I glanced at the killer out of the corner of my eye. Although he kept tripping over the bushes, he was following me very closely.

My heart was in my throat. Finally, a huge pillar appeared in front of me. I came up with an idea. I pulled the girl and ran straight towards it, then suddenly hid behind the pillar.

There was a dull thud behind him, and the killer crashed into a pillar, falling to the ground wailing in pain.

I seized the opportunity, leaned close to the girl’s ear and whispered, “It’s the Illuminati who are arresting people. Follow me and move slowly, and don’t make any noise.”

The girl was very smart. She gently scratched my palms twice and nodded habitually.

After living in the dark for a long time, everyone has the ability to move without being noticed.

I held her hand and quietly moved to the left, gradually creating a distance of more than ten meters between us.

Suddenly, a tall figure came running towards us quickly. Without using a cane, he easily bypassed the bushes and ran straight to the killer. When he heard the killer wailing about the pillar, he suddenly drew out a long knife, accurately bypassed the pillar, and chopped straight towards the place where we had been hiding.

I was shocked. If the man couldn’t see, how could he easily bypass the obstacle? But if he could see, why did he chop at the pillar even though he knew there was no one behind it? Is PDD addicted to chopping?

The man missed his first attack and without further probing, he turned around quietly. I looked closely and saw that there was a film of white on both of his eyes. He was definitely a blind man who could not be blinder.

Could it be that he has evolved a sonar system? I heard that some people who are born blind are gifted and can use their ears instead of their eyes. The Illuminati has recruited many such experts, which is also their absolute competitiveness to dominate the world.

He returned to the fallen killer and said coldly, “Old Four, are you dead?”

The fourth child seemed very afraid of him and answered tremblingly, “No, only two ribs were broken.”

“Then why are you still lying there? Cuddling?”

The fourth brother endured the pain and climbed up, asking, “Did Dianzi run away?” He seemed to not believe that even the tall man’s subordinates would be embarrassed.

“Hmm!” said the tall man, “I doubt anyone can see it!”

“Could it be him…” the fourth brother said in shock, and then was slapped by the tall man, and a mouthful of blood and several teeth flew out.

“Waste!” the tall man cursed.

He pulled out a whistle and blew it decisively.

A group of giant centipedes in the distance crawled over quickly, using two rows of bamboo sticks to point and explore the way. They ran as fast as normal people. Their daily training and cooperation were so seamless that their strength was truly amazing.

They quickly ran up to the tall man.

“Mr. Xun, we’re here.” The little leader bowed respectfully.

“Boss, second brother, over there!” Boss Xun didn’t answer. He flicked his finger and a stone flew forward with a whistling sound.

The eldest brother held the second brother’s hand, one of them tapped the ground with a stick, and the other waved a knife, and they walked forward following the whistling sound.

Mr. Xun gave orders verbally while his left hand kept moving. Stones flew out one after another with a whistling sound. The sound of the stones was different. The team split into seven groups and spread out in a fan shape.

The direction in which the third and fourth brothers were searching was exactly where the girl and I were hiding.

Although Mr. Xun is blind, his mind is as clear as a mirror. He can make a rough judgement of the surrounding environment based on only fragmentary information. His ability is so strong that it can only be described as terrifying.

Seeing the killers getting closer, I had no choice but to pull the girl up and run in the opposite direction.

The killers chased after us in unison without waiting for General Xun to give any orders.

I only heard Boss Xun shouting from behind, “Catch him alive!”

This sentence made me feel a little more at ease. I led the girl to move in a serpentine manner in the bushes, gradually putting some distance between us and the killers. But the girl had obviously not eaten for a long time, and she soon ran out of energy.

The tall General Xun also joined the pursuit team. He seemed to have eyes and chose the right path and ran straight towards them.

I felt something was wrong and was about to despair when a black SUV appeared in front of me.

My brain had already shut down, and I tried to open the car door, but luckily it was not closed. I pushed the girl into the passenger seat, climbed over her, and hurriedly got into the driver’s seat.

“Close the door!” I yelled.

The girl fumbled for the handle and pulled the door shut with force. I tremblingly found the door lock button and locked the door with a click.

At the moment the door was closing, President Xun bumped in. He couldn’t open the door, so he started hitting the window with his elbow. A white chrysanthemum bloomed on the window glass on the girl’s side.

I hurriedly searched for the keys in the messy car, praying that the owner had not taken them with him when he left.

“The key is in the car, otherwise the door won’t lock,” the girl said calmly, “Also, the keyless start button is under the steering wheel.”

I found the button and started the SUV with trembling hands.

Yes! I was ecstatic.

At this time, the other killers also chased to the front of the car, desperately pulling the door and knocking on the windows and the car body.

I gritted my teeth, stepped hard on the accelerator, knocked away the third and fourth brothers who were banging on the hood, ran over their bodies, rushed through the flower bed, and drove onto the road I had not seen for a long time.

At this moment, even if Mr. Xun was possessed by Dai Zong, he would not be able to catch up with us.

“Can you see the road?” The girl asked a very stupid question after she calmed down a little.

There is no doubt that I can see it, and even a blind man can see it.

“Well, I’m more familiar with this place.” I didn’t respond directly.

“Who are you?” she asked again.

I felt like I was struck by lightning and my heart trembled.

Blindness seemed to have deleted large chunks of my memory. In the half hour after I regained my sight, my adrenaline surged and I couldn’t even remember who I was.

who I am?

(three)

“My name is Haruki.” The girl said to me without hearing the answer.

“I… I don’t remember my name.” Even though it was ridiculous, I still told her the truth.

“It’s okay. I understand that your identity needs to be kept secret.” Haruki said sympathetically, “Also, thank you for saving me. Those people…”

“They want to arrest you.” I tried to describe the dangerous situation to her.

“I know,” Haruki bit his lip, “I escaped from the Illuminati.”

Haruki is a girl from a wealthy family. She has been proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood.

After becoming blind, Haruki lived with her parents in an attic where few people went. Her mother had a hoarding habit and stored a lot of food and daily necessities.

Therefore, they managed to survive the first three months without leaving their house, and they would collect rainwater in buckets every time it rained.

Later, when food was scarce, my father thought of two trees in the yard, one was a jujube tree, and the other was also a jujube tree.

It was the season when dates were ripe, and my father would go to the yard every day, hit the dates with a stick to see if there were any, and then pick up the fallen dates from the ground by groping.

One day, my father left home and didn’t come back for a long time, so my mother went out to look for him, but he didn’t come back either.

Haruki endured hunger and starvation for several days, and knowing that his parents might never come back, he left home sadly.

Not long after she went out, she met a man. She asked the man for help, and the man agreed to take her to find food.

As a result, the man sold her to the Illuminati for the price of a bucket of instant noodles.

Haruki was held down by a group of big men who wanted to take turns to abuse her. She was so scared that she screamed and yelled, but suddenly an old woman appeared and stopped the big men.

When the old woman heard her voice, she knew that Haruki was a beauty. She used her dry hands to feel Haruki’s face and bones and was very satisfied with his conditions.

The old woman sent people to raise Haruki. From the conversations of the people around him, Haruki learned that this was the palace of the Illuminati lord.

The lord would come to the palace every month. If she was lucky enough to be favored by him and taken as his concubine, she would enjoy endless wealth and glory.

“So, can the lord really see it?” I looked at Haruki’s profile. With her beauty and figure, she could indeed make most men fall at her feet.

“I don’t know, and no one dares to know. I only know that the lord hasn’t come to the palace for the past two months,” Haruki said, “I heard that he is busy dealing with the New Heaven and Earth Society.”

“Oh? When will the New Heaven and Earth Society need the Lord to worry about it personally?”

“Yes,” Haruki nodded, “according to rumors, there is a savior who will suddenly regain his sight, and he will become the greatest threat to the lord.”

It turns out that such a rumor is true. Could it be that I am the savior?

After calming down, I gradually recalled my life experience: before I became blind, I was a thief.

I have an extraordinary talent for climbing over walls and crossing houses. In addition, I also have a photographic memory for house architecture.

So, after going blind globally, I went to the wealthy areas of the city from memory.

The mansion without a security system was like a deserted place to me. I wandered around different houses every day looking for food until I found an empty house, where I lived and occasionally went out to get information.

Unfortunately, within two months, several armed groups occupied the nearby mansions. They conducted a blanket search and my temporary residence would soon be discovered.

But there was no guarantee that I could find food outside, so I decided to collect some food and leave in two days.

One night I was awakened by a strange noise and realized someone had broken into the house.

Hearing the sound coming from the basement, I went downstairs with a knife.

The person seemed to have left.

There was originally a huge stainless steel freezer in the basement, but I tried everything I could to open the combination lock, so I had to give up.

But that night, when I approached the freezer, a gust of cold wind blew directly in my face. So I realized that the freezer had been opened.

I quickly reached in and felt around inside. There was only an empty box. Inside the box, there was a long and narrow groove about 15 centimeters long.

Just as I was surprised, a gust of wind hit the back of my head. I ducked instinctively and ended up hitting my head on the top of the freezer. At the same time, someone hit me hard on the back with a stick.

I fell to the ground with a splitting headache. The man groped over to me and tried to hit me again with the bat, but he never hit the vital parts.

It hurt a lot when the baseball bat hit my body. When I recovered a little, I picked up the knife and swung it around. Suddenly, the blade seemed to stab something.

Hot blood spurted out, soaking my whole body, and a limp body pressed on me.

“Who are you…” the other party asked weakly, “Why are you here…”

“Who are you?” It was the first time I stabbed someone with a knife, and I was terrified. “I… I just wanted to find something to eat.”

“You…you can’t even think about getting sheep heparin…” He didn’t seem to believe me, “That’s my life’s work…”

I felt him reaching into his arms, as if looking for something.

When it comes to finding things, no one is more familiar with it than me, a thief. Soon, the thing was in my hand. It was a long and thin glass tube.

I pushed him away with all my strength, holding the glass tube, and ran out.

Suddenly, Yang Li had a last burst of energy. He pounced on me and knocked me to the ground. My head hit the steps hard and the glass tube broke.

A strange fragrance entered my nostrils and I passed out.

(Four)

“How did you escape from the Illuminati palace?”

“It wasn’t that difficult actually. The guards were pretty lax during this period. I found an opportunity to knock out a short food delivery man, then tore off his armband and put it on my arm, and then I escaped with a clang.”

Haruki fished out an armband with two pieces of metal attached to it from his pocket. I took it in my hand and looked at it out of the corner of my eye while driving.

The metal sheets are delicately made, with intricate patterns and numbers on them. They are formed by direct pressing multiple times, and the sound made when two pieces of iron collide is also very recognizable.

It can be seen that the Illuminati put a lot of thought into preventing counterfeiting.

“You seem to be very familiar with this car?” I remembered that Haruki was very calm during the thrilling moment just now.

“Because I have the same car,” Haruki said, “I like spacious cars. They give me a sense of security. So where are you going?”

“I don’t know, I drove blindly,” I deliberately emphasized the word “blindly”, “but the mixed smell of the sycamore trees and gardenias here reminds me of Xintiandi.”

This is indeed a new world. I don’t want to reveal too much about Haruki, whom I met by chance, nor do I want to admit in person that I can actually see him.

“I miss it so much,” Haruki said sadly, tears welling up in his dazed eyes, “I really want to drink a cup of milk tea here with my mom again.”

I didn’t know how to comfort her, and my eyes drifted away.

Suddenly, a black dot appeared in the sky and quickly grew larger. The gray shape was very recognizable. It was a drone.

The drone approached quickly, and when the details could be seen clearly, flames suddenly burst out from the nose of the aircraft without warning. Bullets created a row of deep craters on the road ahead, and the craters soon extended to the hood of the engine.

I turned the steering wheel sharply, and the SUV slid sideways for more than ten meters before crashing hard into a dry pond on the side of the road, making a loud noise.

The airbag exploded and we were thrown headfirst, seeing stars. We saw the drone rise up after the first wave of attacks, then turn its head and dive towards us again.

The car body on Haruki’s side was badly deformed and the seat belt was stuck. I rushed over and used both hands to dismantle it, but I couldn’t get it untied for a while.

“Don’t worry about me, just hide!” Haruki said anxiously.

But how can I abandon her at this moment?

The drone had launched a second wave of attack, with bullets coming straight at the car body from behind.

It seems that I am not the one as rumored.

(five)

Just as I was about to brave this wave of attacks and Haruki was crying and pushing me away, a man in camouflage clothes suddenly ran up to the front of the car.

Holding a portable rocket, he completed the aiming and firing in a very short time. A line of fire shot straight into the sky and accurately hit the drone.

The man in camouflage uniform threw down the disposable launcher, followed the sound of the engine, groped his way to the front of our car, opened the door, and pulled me out of the cab without saying a word.

“There’s one more.” I said hurriedly.

“Wait in the porch.” The man in camouflage’s voice was low and calm, with an irrefutable majesty.

I obediently jumped onto the porch and watched as the camouflage uniforms rescued Haruki and brought him over from the car neatly.

“Thank you for saving my life.” I thanked you sincerely.

“Follow me.” The man in camouflage waved his hand without saying a word. He touched the porch, turned around and walked in one direction.

Obviously, he couldn’t see, but his ability to use his ears instead of his eyes was no less than that of Mr. Xun just now.

“Well…” I asked, “How did you shoot down the armed drone?”

“Today’s anti-aircraft rockets all have thermal seeking capabilities.” The man in camouflage uniform said this lightly, and then said nothing more.

I held Haruki’s hand and followed him, turning left for a dozen steps and going right for a few dozen meters, and came to an empty multi-purpose hall.

The man in camouflage uniforms led us to the back of the stage. After pressing a few times on the wall, the ground began to drop, and a spiral staircase appeared.

“Follow me down!” said the man in camouflage uniform, walking down without looking back.

I looked at the dark entrance to the secret passage and felt a chill in my heart. Once inside, my visual advantage would be gone.

Haruki did not hesitate. He used his feet to tentatively find the steps, felt the side wall, and followed down step by step.

I made up my mind and followed him down, holding Haruki’s hand.

I don’t know how many times we turned, but after going down about twenty or thirty meters, the light at the entrance had become a small dot, and we finally reached a horizontal plane.

The moment I reached the last step, my foot suddenly stopped, I staggered and almost fell.

A barely perceptible sound of wind blew towards me, and I was so scared that I didn’t know where to hide.

I heard a “ding-dong” sound, and it seemed that the camouflage uniform and the weapon blocked it for me.

“One of us.” His deep voice came from the darkness, already beside me instead of in front of me.

Here, I found that my vision became a disadvantage, so I simply closed my eyes and used the blind walking skills I had acquired over the past few months to follow the footsteps of the camouflage uniforms.

“Password!” Wherever we went, sentries would shout from time to time.

“The door faces the sea.” The man in camouflage uniform replied.

“The water of the three rivers flows for thousands of years.” I unconsciously added the second half of the sentence for him.

After walking in twists and turns in the dark for several minutes, the man in camouflage uniform stopped and knocked a signal on a steel door.

“Who?” someone called out on the intercom.

“Tibetan fox.” The camouflage uniform replied.

This nickname does not match his sturdy appearance at all, although he has a square face.

The steel door creaked open, and there was a light on inside.

It’s like a blind man lighting a lamp, but a waste of wax, I thought to myself.

The view in front of me suddenly opened up. The room was extremely spacious, almost as big as the hall above.

Twenty or so people in camouflage uniforms were neatly lined up in a row, with a well-dressed middle-aged man sitting in the center.

“President, we’re here.” The man in camouflage saluted the middle-aged man and stood in the team.

“Welcome, Mr. Mucun.” The middle-aged man heard the voice, stood up with a smile on his face, and extended his hand to greet me.

Mu Cun, this name sounds familiar. It turns out that my name is Mu Cun. My memory has recovered a little.

Soon, I recognized the president in front of me. He was the richest man in Su Province, Chen Jindong.

“I am the president of the New Heaven and Earth Society, Chen Jindong.” He introduced himself confidently.

“Hello, President Chen, thank you for sending people to rescue us.” I stretched out my hand blankly and shook his hand.

“No hurry, let me confirm the other party’s identity first.” Another camouflage uniformed man next to Chen Jindong whispered to the president.

He suddenly stepped out of the line and stabbed my eyes with two fingers of his right hand. He moved so quickly and accurately that few people with normal vision could do it.

I was startled, not knowing what he was going to do, and I staggered and fell backwards.

Suddenly, my eyes blurred and the Tibetan fox that had brought us in came around behind me and gently held me up to prevent me from falling.

The two fingers that attacked me stopped abruptly less than three centimeters away from my eyes.

Although I was shocked, I was also very impressed by their skills.

“President, he should be able to see it.” The man turned around and bowed slightly to Chen Jindong.

“Hahaha, Mole, you are so rude to your guests.” Chen Jindong laughed, “Why bother to confirm whether others can see it?”

He held up two fingers and asked me, “What’s this?”

“Two,” I answered honestly.

Although he already knew who I was, Chen Jindong still showed a look of surprise and joy. He slightly pursed his lips, as if trying to control his excitement. After calming down for a long time, he said solemnly,

“You’re finally here!”

(six)

There were only President Chen and I in the secret room.

“The Illuminati have always regarded the New Heaven and Earth Society as a thorn in their side, as the only obstacle to their unification of the world, and have always wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible.” President Chen said, “In fact, they don’t know that I have always been in the New Heaven and Earth.”

“Many great organizations were born here.” I thought of another meeting place here.

“Yes, we also hope to ignite another prairie fire.”

“Thanks to a resistance force like you, you are the only candle in this dark world.” I said with emotion.

“No, it’s you.” President Chen finally got to the point.

“Me?” I was shocked.

“Yes, the ultimate force of this world is not those born blind people.” Chen Jindong said, “Zanghu just rescued you from the drone, and you saw that they at least have sophisticated unmanned guided weapons that can automatically track large and fast targets.”

“I see.” I recalled the thrilling experience and the near-death escape I had just experienced, and I began to feel scared.

“But what is the truly powerful weapon that the five gangsters rely on to dominate?”

“Nuclear bomb?”

“That’s right!” he praised. “That’s the weapon of the country.”

“But since everyone was blind, why didn’t the Illuminati use nuclear weapons?” I wondered.

“Because they lack this.” Chen Jindong took out a thick envelope from his arms and put it back. “Nuclear codes.”

“So many nuclear codes?” I was surprised.

“No, this is just a set of activation codes for long-range strategic missiles. The target is the base where the Illuminati headquarters is located—the former Mongolian naval base of Utopalan. It is their information center. As long as it is attacked, the Illuminati’s global command can be completely disintegrated, thus overthrowing their violent rule.”

Oh my god, I dare not think too much about it. The power of a nuclear bomb is self-evident. Is it possible for humans to bear the cost of using it to destroy a base?

“The original nuclear code safety setting required human visual recognition in order to prevent the machine from automatically scanning after misjudgment. Therefore, although the Illuminati seized most of the nuclear bombs, they were unable to actually activate them. It is also because of this that a large number of living resistance forces were preserved.”

I took a deep breath. If the Illuminati really used nuclear weapons on a large scale, then the Earth would indeed have no future.

“Mucun,” President Chen groped and grabbed my hand, saying solemnly, “You are the only one who can read the plaintext of the nuclear launch code. The hope of mankind lies in your eyes.”

Looking at his empty but sincere eyes, I was deeply moved. At this moment, being able to destroy the Illuminati’s communication center in one fell swoop is undoubtedly equivalent to destroying its eyes and ears, and the world can re-establish a new order.

However, if one superpower falls, who can guarantee that the New World will not become another? Moreover, they still hold nuclear weapons.

Noticing that I seemed to be still hesitant, Chen Jindong continued, “The most important thing is that all the evidence shows that the virus that caused global blindness broke out in Utopaland. In just three days, people all over the world were infected with the virus and became blind.”

“What?” Although I was prepared, the global blindness…

“Two months ago, we rescued a biologist from the Illuminati. His name is Yang Li. He is a member of the Utopalan Project. He was aware of the Illuminati’s conspiracy very early on, so when he was developing the blinding virus, he specially isolated a mutant strain that can restore people’s sight.”

Yang Li?! I remembered the person I accidentally killed in the basement.

Now everything is clear. When Yang Li returned to his home to get the potion for sight restoration, he mistakenly thought I was an Illuminati killer. The two blind people fought desperately in the small room, and I unexpectedly regained my sight.

“What about the warnings painted all over the streets?” I thought of those brightly colored words.

“I sent someone to write it.” President Chen said, “Our people took Dr. Yang home to get the medicine, but he unfortunately died. Before he died, Dr. Yang told me that after the broken medicine evaporated, he also regained his sight. Therefore, he concluded that the other person in the basement at the time also regained his sight.”

“So you guys have been waiting nearby?”

“It’s a long shot, but it’s worth a try, isn’t it?”

“What about the cars parked nearby?”

“We also arranged it. There are eight blocks and a total of more than sixty cars. They are all vehicles we collected after the incident. Every one of them can be started. You drove all the way here. Didn’t you find that the road was very smooth?” He chuckled.

All doubts were cleared up.

“Wait.” I suddenly remembered that some slogans had been painted over, so I expressed my doubts.

“I see,” President Chen pondered for a moment, “Before we painted the slogan, we would first apply a layer of primer on the wall to make it more eye-catching. It may be repeated.”

At this point I had no more doubts. Thinking of the atrocities of the Illuminati, I resolutely said, “Okay, President Chen, what do you want me to do?”

Now, there is a chance to eradicate the Illuminati and replicate the virus that can restore vision based on the clues left by Yang Li. Chairman Chen in front of him is a famous conscientious entrepreneur. Although he may not be the best leader, he will definitely be able to identify people and find the true savior.

“I need you to read this plain code.” President Chen handed the thick code envelope to me, and then called Mole in via radio.

The Mole was holding a metal briefcase in his hand. He walked to the president’s side, opened the briefcase, and started the computer inside. The green cursor stopped behind the password, waiting for input.

“Fingerprint authorization!” said the Mole.

He touched the president’s right hand and asked him to press his palm lines.

“Voice authorization!”

“нерушимая дружба!” the president said a string of words in Russian.

“Clear code!” said the Mole. “There should be twelve pages, with the fourth set of numbers on the third line of each page.”

I took the envelope with a heavy heart. This was a historic moment that meant the end of the Illuminati. In a sense, I was the savior.

The envelope was written in Russian and sealed with wax.

I pulled out the password paper with trembling hands and was stunned. I even stopped breathing. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

“What’s wrong?” The president heard something strange in my breathing.

“This… this is all blank.” I flipped through it quickly and every page was blank.

“How is that possible?” The president was extremely surprised and looked up at the mole.

The two of them looked equally confused, so they probably weren’t faking it.

“President Chen, I guarantee with my character that this is a blank piece of paper.”

“Shette!” The president’s face changed drastically and he slumped down in his chair.

“Who is it?” Mole heard a strange noise at the door, shouted, and drew the weapon at his waist.

I looked out the door and was stunned.

Haruki held the gun in both hands, with the muzzle pointed in our direction.

Two big words were written in blood on her clothes – “Get Down”!

I didn’t have time to think about it, so I quickly fell to the ground and gunshots rang out.

Amid the deafening sound of gunfire, the president and the mole were hit by bullets repeatedly, like dozens of red flowers blooming at the same time.

(seven)

Everything happened so suddenly that instead of being beheaded, the Illuminati eliminated the chairman of the New Heaven and Earth Society in one fell swoop.

I looked at the president with his eyes open and felt extremely remorseful.

The last spark of resistance against the Illuminati was extinguished.

Everything around me seemed to have stopped. Haruki’s movements seemed to have slowed down several times in my eyes, and the thumping sound of his footsteps hit my eardrums.

She walked up to me and held out her right hand.

I retreated away as if avoiding a snake or scorpion. I didn’t want to hold her hand, but I didn’t dare to offend her easily.

Haruki smiled, bent down, grabbed me very accurately, and helped me up. His accuracy in positioning was comparable to that of the Mole and the others.

“The torture trick was so good, I was really blind!” I said bitterly, feeling sad for myself. I had my eyes open, but I was still fooled by a group of blind people.

“Don’t talk, just follow me.” Haruki was not angry. He pulled me and walked quickly to a corner.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and it sounded like there were dozens of people.

Haruki seemed to be very familiar with the underground hall. He took me around for a while and finally arrived at an elevator hall.

“Password!” asked the sentry.

“The door faces the sea,” Haruki answered.

Suddenly, five or six shadows emerged from the darkness and attacked without saying a word.

Haruki took his time throwing a small ball upwards. With a “beep” sound, the small ball exploded in the air, emitting a dazzling light.

What the hell is this guy throwing flash bombs? I was blinded by the light and desperately covered my eyes with my hands. In the whiteness, I vaguely noticed that Haruki also covered his eyes with his hands.

The sound of wind whistling was flying all over the elevator hall.

The power of the flash bomb took me a full half minute to regain some vision. When I opened my eyes again, I saw that the six sentries had fallen to the ground.

Then I understood that this is a weapon specifically designed for the blind. The flash at the beginning can attract people’s attention, but anyone with normal vision will be blinded by the flash.

The weapon uses motion recognition to directly attack biological targets that do not cover their eyes, while those who are aware of the situation can avoid being attacked by simply covering their eyes.

This move is too insidious.

The footsteps of the pursuers behind us were getting closer and closer. Haruki quickly dealt with all the sentries, pulled me into the elevator, and stood close to one side of the elevator.

At the moment the elevator door closed, several darts flew out, hitting the inner wall of the car with a clanging sound. At the same time, the pursuers rushed towards the elevator and crashed into the closed door.

I had an indescribable feeling in my heart. When the dart flew into the car, Haruki threw himself on me and blocked me with his body, obviously to protect me.

But what she did was the most serious betrayal to kind-hearted human beings.

Her soft body pressed against me, her chest rising and falling, and my nose was filled with her fragrance. For a moment, I couldn’t tell whether she was good or evil, and I couldn’t help but feel confused.

The elevator ran upwards rapidly and soon reached the ground floor.

I expected that the secret exit of the resistance headquarters must be heavily guarded. I saw Haruki reach into his arms and pull out a small ball.

This time I saw her clearly pull out the safety spring and hold the ball ready to throw it at any time.

The door opened with a “ding” sound. Haruki stayed in front of me the whole time, hiding in the corner to avoid being attacked by the guards outside.

She held down the door-opening button with one hand, waited for more than ten seconds, then pulled my hand out of the elevator, with the ball in her hand ready to go.

“Password!” someone shouted from outside the door.

“The spring river tide!” Haruki’s reply surprised me.

“The falling moon sways my emotions!” The other party actually replied with Zhang Ruoxu’s “Spring River Moon Night” with an extremely respectful attitude.

I saw that there were already casualties outside, with bodies of guards and attackers lying everywhere. It seemed that there had been a fierce battle on the ground as well.

After confirming that it was safe, Haruki inserted the safety spring back into the automatic identification grenade, and leisurely pulled me out of the elevator hall.

There were hundreds of people standing outside the door, led by none other than President Xun.

“Lord!” he shouted respectfully, half-kneeling in salute.

(eight)

Hundreds of people in the formation half-knelt on the ground and shouted in unison, “May the lord live forever and unify the world!”

Lord? Haruki is actually the lord?

Is she the other person who can see?

But she seemed flawless throughout the whole process, and even used her body to shield me from danger many times.

If she was the lord, why would she put herself in danger?

While I was daydreaming, Haruki half-knelt down and said to me respectfully, “May the lord rule the world for thousands of years!”

I fell into an extremely severe dizziness. Everything that happened today was a huge blow to my three perspectives.

Suddenly, all the information came together, and all the inexplicable things became clear. My brain couldn’t handle so much information, and my eyes went dark, and I fell on my back.

When I opened my eyes again, I sat up suddenly in bed and found myself in a gorgeous room.

The scene before me was strange yet familiar. The floodgates of memory were opened, and the impressions in my mind and reality began to overlap. I recalled that this was my palace in this city.

A young and beautiful nurse saw that I woke up, walked out in surprise, and soon brought in a group of people.

Here, there are Mr. Xun, Haruki, a dozen elders in long robes, and even a nurse.

“Lord, you’re awake.” Mr. Xun asked with a wry smile, and I was startled.

“who I am?”

“The leader of the Illuminati, Cen Lou,” Xun Zong replied, “the only person in the world who can still see.”

“But why do I remember that my name is Mu Cun and I’m a thief?” My head was splitting with pain, and the two sets of memories kept torturing my nerves in my mind.

“Nurse.” President Xun called.

The nurse came forward, pulled out a set of syringes, put a cuff on my arm, found my vein, gave me an injection, and then left the room.

“Lord, two months ago, you personally formulated the “Cunmu Cenlou” plan, risking your life to solve the serious threat of the New Heaven and Earth Society.”

Two months ago? No wonder, my most recent memories all happened within the past two months.

After the injection, the memories that had been suppressed two months ago began to revive on a large scale. My spirit and consciousness were repeatedly splitting and merging, which caused me great pain.

“Ah!” I couldn’t help but scream out.

“The reaction is very strong, just bear with it.” said Mr. Xun.

The memory awakened.

My name is Cen Lou. I joined the Illuminati three years ago and mainly engaged in theft and eavesdropping.

I was full of longing at that time, because the purpose of this sect was to change the world with light and build a bright world.

Some members of the Presbyterian Church believe that human civilization has entered a misunderstanding. They do not cherish everything in the world and do not understand the meaning of light. Extreme measures must be taken to restart all of humanity.

Under their leadership, an indiscriminate global cleanup plan began.

Two years ago, a team of scientists in Pai developed a highly contagious virus that could instantly blind a person.

The Illuminati plans to use this virus to infect everyone in the world, eradicate all existing violent institutions in the dark, and take over all state apparatuses.

At the same time, darkness is used to eliminate all the weak. Those who survive the disaster must be superior to others in intelligence, physical strength, reaction and immunity.

Half a year ago, the virus began to spread rapidly. In just three days, more than 7 billion people around the world became blind at the same time, and the whole world was put on pause.

According to the original arrangement, more than 200 key members of the Illuminati needed to be vaccinated to immunize against the blinding virus.

But during the implementation process, an accident occurred.

There was an internal conflict within the Illuminati’s Council of Elders, so when the vaccine was distributed, most of the doses were swapped, more than 180 elders and key figures were permanently blinded, and the survivors all died in the struggle.

To make matters worse, all the eye-restoring potions planned for post-disaster reconstruction were destroyed in the civil war.

The world was plunged into permanent darkness.

Except me.

I am naturally immune to a blinding virus, which occurs in less than one in 20 billion people.

At the beginning of the incident, the Illuminati controlled most of the nuclear weapons, and most of the nuclear briefcases were equipped with clear codes, which made the weapons of mass destruction completely useless.

For a time, the Illuminati fell into absolute chaos.

One of the elders took the opportunity to lead hundreds of people, stole a nuclear briefcase, left the Illuminati, and established a new organization – the New Heaven and Earth Society. Yes, he was Chen Jindong.

He is familiar with all the inside stories of the Illuminati, and therefore has become an absolute threat to the Illuminati.

Within the Illuminati, since I was the only person in the world who still retained my sight, I was quickly elected as the leader of the Illuminati.

However, the Presbyterian Church’s move naturally has deeper meaning.

On the one hand, Yang Li led the blind medical team to extract my blood samples and try to develop a new antidote.

On the other hand, the Illuminati assigned me a harem team, trying to obtain more innate immune people through genetics.

In order to completely eradicate the New Heaven and Earth Society, the elders designed a bold plan, “Inch of Wood Building”, which is to use tiny chess pieces to disintegrate a tall building.

Two months ago, I received spy training. My identity was a small person who accidentally regained his sight, which was exactly what Chen Jindong had been looking for.

To make it look more realistic, I even spent two months experiencing the real life of a blind person while adapting to my identity as a thief.

When the time was ripe, the Illuminati secretly spread the word that there was a thief named Mu Cun on Xiafei Road who accidentally regained his sight by stealing potion. He then sent a wounded man disguised as Yang Li to the New Heaven and Earth Society, and at the cost of a death squad, he deceived Chen Jindong’s trust.

Since there are many spies of Chen Jindong within the Illuminati, in order to avoid suspicion, the Elders took full measures and injected me with memory-suppressing drugs to make the other party completely believe that I was the one who truly regained my sight by accident.

The chance encounter with Haruki on Xiafei Road and the thrilling chase were naturally carefully planned.

There is only one purpose, to assassinate Chen Jindong.

“Congratulations, Lord, the plan was a great success!” said Mr. Xun.

(end)

His tone was very cold and chilling, which might be the tone of the entire Illuminati.

But as my memory returned, the killing decisiveness of the global lord returned to me.

However, the real suffering of the people over the past two months has made me realize how cruel the entire plan is. More than 5 billion people have died in more than half a year, and the light of the Illuminati is built on global blindness.

During this period, humanity was destroyed time and again. It is hard to imagine that even if most people regain their sight, a new order can be established. I am too tired and only have deep despair for this world.

“How is the development of the medicine going?” I asked in the same cold tone I used two months ago.

“My lord, there has been some progress with Yang Li.” The elder in charge replied respectfully.

“Lord,” another young elder asked, “During the two months you were away, the Houthis wanted to break away from us. Do you think we can use a weapon of mass destruction?”

“As usual,” I said blandly, as if I was just ordering IT to fix a bug.

“yes!”

“Lord, we have captured all the remnants of the New Heaven and Earth Society, a total of more than 400 people. The highest-ranking officer is a lieutenant colonel in the reconnaissance battalion, named Cang Hu. It is said that he is the son of Yang Li.”

When Mr. Xun heard this, his face trembled. I suddenly remembered that he was born blind and was the elder who least wanted others to regain their sight.

“Didn’t he realize that the dead Yang Li he sent was a fake?”

“When we sent the fake Yang Li to the New Heaven and Earth Society, he was not there. Moreover, the relationship between him and his son was very bad, which is why they belonged to two different camps. Lord, please tell me how to deal with the Tibetan Fox.”

“Leave it to me!” A hint of barely perceptible cruelty flashed across Haruki’s face, which was very different from the fragile image I saw when I first met him.

“Well, don’t be too kind to the enemy, and try to dig out the other remnants.” said Mr. Xun.

Haruki ignored him and walked up to me, hugged me, gave me a long wet kiss, and even grabbed my hand and put it on her body and moved it around. Anyway, no one could see it.

“Baby,” she whispered to me, “I haven’t seen you for more than two months. Wait until I get back to make love with you.”

Haruki stood up and walked out of the room gracefully.

I opened my palm, and in my hand was a delicate round ball, which was the special weapon that Haruki had used earlier to slaughter the blind guards.

You all forgot that I am a thief.

I gently pulled out the safety spring and switched to silent mode on the ball.

This way there will be no warning sound before it explodes.

I threw the ball high up, and this time, I didn’t cover my eyes.

The world needs a new order.