107: Section 107

Mark then remembered that Jing Yuan was still affected by the crimson toxin.

Supporting Jing Yuan, Mark said, "Maybe we should head to the Medical Clinic first!"

"It's fine, I can still hold on." Jing Yuan looked at Mark. "There are some things I need to tell you, and some things that must be done."

Jing Yuan looked at the chair atop the high platform and said to Mark with a smile, "Now, you can sit in it."

Mark glanced at the chair, his eyes showing no longing for it whatsoever.

Mark looked at Jing Yuan; there was no desire for that chair in Jing Yuan's eyes either.

Two people who didn't want power at all now stood at the pinnacle of power on the Lighthouse.

"You've always wanted me to take this position, but what about you? Don't you want to sit there?"

"We both know in our hearts that whether one sits in this position isn't what matters. What matters is who can lead humanity toward the future!"

"Why do you believe I can lead everyone toward the future?"

Regarding this point, Mark himself lacked confidence.

"I have seen the future!"

This sentence from Jing Yuan left Mark very confused.

"Do you want to know the future I saw?"

Mark's expression was extremely complex.

If it were yesterday, he might not have believed it.

But after seeing Jing Yuan's incredible superpowers, he decided to listen to the "future" Jing Yuan had seen!

Mark nodded.

Jing Yuan walked slowly through the hall, speaking as he went: "Ever since Morgan announced you as the successor to the City Lord, Charles developed murderous intent toward you. He knew there were feelings between you and Ran Bing, which is why he arranged for Ran Bing to carry out the Hall of Dawn mission.

For Ran Bing's sake, you broke into the Hall of Dawn and injured dozens of Law Enforcers.

Senge was waiting for you outside the Hall of Dawn early on and arrested you in public.

Meanwhile, Charles went to Morgan's room to personally inform him of your intrusion and tampered with Morgan's medicine.

In the Command Center, you confessed to your crimes without hesitation. You simply didn't understand why we must strictly adhere to the cruel three great laws when we clearly could have had more choices.

Morgan was overcome with rage and fainted in public.

You stepped forward to retrieve medicine for Morgan.

But you didn't know that all of this was actually arranged by Charles.

You and the Wasteland Hunters Team Members went to the Ecology Zone, where you encountered a Calyx Beast.

Gao Ge, Fang Ning, and the other Team Members who remained in the hall were all eaten by the Calyx Beast and turned into flesh soil.

Snow Peak was slapped to death by the Calyx Beast, and Haji was killed by a Sting Eel's bone spur. Until the moment they died, they regretted not being able to protect Red Calyx back then, so they thought they had to protect you no matter what.

Finally, you covered your teammates' retreat and stayed behind alone to fight the Calyx Beast.

You eventually defeated the Calyx Beast, but you were also heavily injured and exhausted, unable to move.

At that moment, Dust Citizen 4068 found you. You thought he was there to save you and even praised him for having the potential to be a Wasteland Hunter.

However, he slit your throat with a bone spur!

By the time Mo Cheng and the others found you, you had lost too much blood and were on the brink of death!"

Listening to Jing Yuan's narration, Mark visualized these scenes in his mind.

"You're saying... 4068 killed me!"

"Yes. But the story didn't end there." Jing Yuan sighed and said, "I saw these things, so I changed everything. Now that you haven't died, the events that followed naturally won't happen either."

Jing Yuan paused for a moment and asked, "Do you still want to know what happened afterward?"

Mark looked at Jing Yuan and asked, "So in the end, did I die or not?"

"A fate worse than death!"

When Mark heard those words, it felt as if his mind had been struck by lightning.

"You were brought back to the Lighthouse by the Team Members. Although you still had vital signs, you had been parasitized by a Spinal Gu!

You were taken back to the Research Institute by Dr. Carrie. She proposed using a Spinal Gu to replace your spine in order to save your life!"

"A Spinal Gu replacing the spine? What would that become?"

"You..." Jing Yuan stared at Mark, "eventually turned into a Phage Beast!"

Chapter 109: Author's Note

First of all, thank you all very much for supporting this book.

The performance of this book has been poor, and it hasn't been monetized yet.

However, the comments and follows from everyone are a great support for a newcomer like me, who has only entered the 'contracted realm' after many years.

I read all your comments, though I rarely reply. When some book friends pointed out logical issues, I quietly corrected them myself.

Speaking of why I wrote this book, after pest control 2 was updated, I went back to rewatch pest control 1 and felt a strong urge to vent!

At that time, I happened to be choosing a fanfiction theme for a novel, so I decided to give pest control a try.

When watching pest control 1, the person I hated most was none other than Charles, especially his sarcastic remarks in front of everyone after Mark broke into the Hall of Dawn later on.

It makes me angry every time I see it.

So, the most primitive version of this book started from Ran Bing's Hall of Dawn mission, directly confronting Charles right from the start.

Later, I felt that just confronting him wasn't satisfying enough. So I thought about defeating him in the field he's best at, defeating him at his most triumphant moment—that's how it would be satisfying.

That's why I designed many preparations to oppose Charles in the early stages.

This included the protagonist being recruited and rewarded with a trip to the Hall of Dawn, all for the purpose of having the protagonist use 'trading power for sex in the Hall of Dawn' to strike back at Charles later when Ran Bing goes there.

Therefore, the protagonist's strength was suppressed quite a bit in the early stages, making him roughly equal to Mark.

Originally, before Episode 11 of the second season was released, I planned to arrange for him to 'exit' when Charles staged the coup.

Episode 11 forced a redemption arc for Charles, making him out to be some kind of resolute hero who sacrificed himself to save the Lighthouse. That plot really disgusted me.

However, it also made me realize that there's still more to dig into with the character of Charles.

I thought writing these things out might be more interesting than just killing him off with one stroke.

Before that, I didn't expect the lord of light and shadow to enter his body.

Earlier, I wrote that Charles didn't believe in the lord of light and shadow. This was also something I inferred from his words and actions in the first season. Privately, he knew very well that the god was just a means for him to control people's hearts.

But after this plot came out in the second season, it became difficult for me to let Charles 'exit'.

When killing him, how should the lord of light and shadow be handled?

So that is the reason why Charles has remained alive in this novel.

I don't want to whitewash Charles, but I haven't figured out how to arrange his 'exit' yet.

Although one can write fanfiction however they want, I still want to write based on the character personalities of the original work.

So Charles is still an unscrupulous villain whose jealousy will overcome other emotions.

Mark is a kind and upright boy.

Penny is a love brain.

What about the protagonist Jing Yuan I designed? Overall, he seems a bit awkward.

I want his personality to align with the ideas promoted by pest control. One of the main viewpoints of the pest control world is win-win cooperation, right? That sentence at the beginning of every episode means exactly that.

But when put into a novel, or even in reality, leaving some troublemakers alive is just digging a hole for yourself.

I arranged for the protagonist to unite the forces that can be united, and even tried to persuade Charles—even the fact that Charles hasn't died yet—is to express this viewpoint.

So having written up to now, I originally wanted to write the protagonist as decisive and ruthless, but as a result, he's indeed a bit of a Holy Mother now.

From this chapter onward, it will deviate from the plot of the first season. Because Mark's death was changed, the later stages won't follow the original timeline and events like the first hundred chapters did.

But I will still borrow some content; the rest will just be made up by me.

I've said so much without realizing it. Finally, I still want to thank everyone for your support.

This is my first contracted book on Qidian. My writing skills are lacking, the pacing isn't great, and there might not be enough satisfaction points.

Regardless of the results, I will definitely give it an ending.

I can't guess what kind of ending Yihua Daotian will give, so I can only try my best to design an ending from my perspective that is logically consistent with the existing original plot.

Cupped fists!

Chapter 110: You Are the Key

Mark was already shocked to the point of numbness. How could a person turn into a Phage Beast?

Jing Yuan didn't stop to answer Mark's questions but continued to narrate the "future he had foreseen."