Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Base Curse

After the rankings were announced, Tobias and I were alone, but the number of freshmen plus old members was so crowded that people wanted to come to congratulate them, so they pushed him away from me.I decided to sneak out of the dorm to find him at night, after everyone was in bed.But "Fear Space" was more exhausting than I thought, so soon I too was drifting off to sleep. At some point, I was woken up by the creaking sound of the mattress and the sound of dragging footsteps. It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything clearly.As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I saw Christina tying her shoes.I opened my mouth to ask what she was doing, only to notice that across from me, Will was also getting dressed.Everyone is awake, but no one speaks.

"Christina," I hissed, but she didn't look at me, so I grabbed her by the shoulders and shook, "Christina." She just kept on tying her shoelaces. Looking at her face, my heart tightened.Her eyes were open, but she was empty, her facial muscles were flaccid, and she was completely unaware of what she was doing; her mouth was half-open, she was not awake, but she seemed to be awake again.What's even stranger is that everyone looks exactly like her. "Will?" I asked, walking across the dorm.After getting dressed, all the freshmen stood in a row and walked out of the dormitory without a sound.I grabbed Will's arm, trying to hold him back, but he kept going with an irresistible force.I gritted my teeth, grabbed him with all my strength, and pressed my heels firmly against the floor, but in the end he dragged me forward together.

They are all sleepwalking. Fumbling for my shoes, I realized I couldn't be here alone, so I hurriedly laced my shoes on, pulled on my jacket, and rushed out of the room, quickly catching up to the freshman line, keeping pace with them.It took me a while to realize that they were moving in such unison, lifting their legs at the same time and swinging their arms at the same time.I tried my best to imitate their movements, but the rhythm felt weird. I followed the team to the deep pit of the base, and when I walked to the entrance, the people in front of the line turned to the left, and Max stood in the corridor, watching us.My heart was beating like a snare drum in my chest, and I looked ahead as blankly as I could, concentrating on my steps.When I passed him, I was very nervous.He'll notice me, and the moment he notices that I'm not consciously charged like the rest, doom will befall me.I am well aware of this.

Max's dark eyes didn't look at me at all. We climbed up a flight of stairs, and walked through four passages in the same rhythm, leading to a huge cavern with a large group of Dreadnoughts inside. There were rows of tables in the cave, and on top of it was a black mass, which I didn't see until I was a step away.It turned out to be a gun. Of course it is.Eric said yesterday that all Dreadnoughts have been injected.So now the entire faction of Dreadnoughts is a consciously charged, do-it-yourself, trained killing machine.What a perfect army. Will was directly in front of me, and I did the same thing he did, grabbing a gun, a holster, and a strap.I tried to keep up with his movements, but I couldn't predict what he was going to do next, so I was a little clumsy.I gritted my teeth and convinced myself that no one was watching me.

Once armed, I followed Will and the other freshmen to the exit. I can't fight altruism, I can't fight my family.If I had to be forced to do this, I would rather die. "Fear Space" really confirmed all this.I don't have many choices, and I have already seen the path I must take.I'm going to keep faking it until I get to the altruistic area.I will save my family.As for what happens next, that doesn't matter.Thinking of this, my heart is full of peace. The freshman team walked into a dark passage, and I couldn't even see Will in front of me, let alone in front of him.I kicked something hard and I tripped, arms outstretched, and my knee hit something else—a step.I quickly stood up straight, my teeth almost chattering with nervousness.They couldn't see me because it was too dark.Please, keep it dark like this.

Sunlight streamed in at the turn of the stairs.I could finally see Will's shoulder again.The group passed another leader at the end of the stairs, and I concentrated on keeping up with Will.In this case, one can tell who the leader is at a glance, and only they are awake. Well, it's not just them.I am also awake because I am a Divergent.So if I'm sane, Tobias should be too, unless I misread him. I have to find him. I was standing next to the train tracks with a group of people, and out of the corner of my eye, the crowd stretched as far as I could see.The train came to a stop in front of us, with the doors all open.One by one, my fellow freshman climbed into the car.

I couldn't turn my head to look for Tobias in the crowd, so I could only look sideways. There was no familiar face on the left, but a few meters away on the right, I caught a glimpse of a tall boy with short hair.It might be him, it might not be, I'm not sure, but this is my best chance.I don't know how to approach him without drawing attention.But I have to be close to him. The car in front of him was full in a short while, and Will turned and walked to the next car.It turns out that you can still do this!I obediently followed behind him, but instead of stopping where he stopped, I moved a few meters to the right.People around me are taller than me, which is good, they can cover me.I gritted my teeth and moved to the right again.If there was too much extra movement, they would catch me.Please don't catch me.

Ahead of the next car, a dead-faced Dauntless boy reached out to the boy in front of me, and he grabbed it in a mechanically-looking motion.Without even looking, I grabbed the next hand and climbed into the car as gracefully as I could. I stood face to face with my helper and looked up quickly into his face.It's Tobias.His face was expressionless, just like everyone else.Am I wrong?Isn't he a Divergent?Tears swirled in my eyes, and I turned around to avoid them, blinking away the tears. People poured into the car, and I was crowded with people.Everyone stood shoulder to shoulder in four rows.Then, a strange thing happened: a hand suddenly intertwined with my fingers, palms facing each other.It's Tobias, holding my hand.

I was full of energy again.I squeezed his hand, and he squeezed mine.He is awake, I read correctly. The train moved slowly, and I wanted to see him, but I could only force myself to stand still and stare straight ahead.He slowly drew circles on the back of my hand with his thumb, probably to comfort me, but it made me even more depressed.I need to talk to him, I need to see him more. Because the girl standing in front was so tall, I couldn't see where the train was passing and where it was going, so I could only stare at the back of her head, but I focused on Tobias touching my hand until The train screeched against the rails.I don't know how long we've been standing in the compartment, but my back is already sore, so it must have been a long time.My heart was beating so hard I couldn't breathe as the train screeched to the brakes.

Just before we jumped, I saw Tobias turn his head towards me, and I gave him a look.Those almost black eyes were so determined. "Run," he yelled. "I want to save my family." I also shouted. I stared straight ahead, and when it was my turn, I leaned over and jumped off the train.Tobias was walking ahead of me, and my attention was focused on the back of his head, but the street was so familiar now that my attention gradually shifted away from the Dauntless procession.I passed the place where my mother and I used to walk every six months to buy new clothes for the family; Le always played "hopscotch" together, jumping over those cracks.

Now they are all changed.The house was empty and pitch black.The streets were crowded with Dauntless soldiers, and they all kept the same rhythm.The only exception was those officers, who stood every few hundred meters, some watched us pass, and some gathered together to discuss something.No one seems to be doing anything, are we really "on the battlefield" here? After walking less than a kilometer, the problem was solved. I started hearing some popping noises, but couldn't look around to see where they were coming from, and the further I walked, the more distinct and sharp the noises became, until I finally recognized them as gunshots.I gritted my teeth, there was no other way but to keep going, and I could only keep my eyes on the front. Looking from a distance, a fearless soldier pushed a man in gray to his knees on the ground.I recognized the man immediately, he was a member of the council.The dauntless soldier, with blank eyes, drew his gun from her holster and shot the man in the back of the head. The soldier had a lock of gray hair bleached and dyed.It's Tori.Seeing this, my footsteps almost shook. Just keep going and ignore it.My eyes are hot.Just keep going and ignore it. We marched up to Tori and the fallen Senator.Tears nearly welled up in my eyes as I straddled his arm. Then the person in front stopped, and so did I.I stood as still as possible, and all I could do was find Jeanine, Eric, and Max and kill them all.My hands were shaking badly, but I couldn't do anything to stop it.I gasped rapidly through my nose. There was another shot.From the direction beyond the corner of my left eye, I saw a vague gray figure collapsed on the pavement.If this continues, all the altruists will die. Dauntless soldiers carry out unspoken orders without hesitation or question.Some of the adult Altruists, as well as some of the Altruists' children, were herded into a nearby building.A large number of Dauntless soldiers in black stood guard at the door.Only the leaders of the Selfless faction were not seen, maybe they have all been killed. One by one, the Dauntless soldiers in front of me left to carry out their respective tasks.Soon the chiefs will notice that everyone else is receiving the signal, but I am not.At that time, what should I do? "It's crazy." A male voice on the right said softly.I saw a lock of long, greasy hair, and a silver earring.That's Eric.He poked my cheek with his index finger, and I resisted the urge to knock his hand off. "Can't they see us? Can't hear us?" a female voice asked. "They can see, they can hear, they just don't process what they see, but they also hear what they hear," Eric said. "They will receive instructions from our computer through the signal transmitter injected into them ..." Before he finished speaking, he pressed his finger on the place where I was injected and showed the woman where it was.Stay still, I tell myself, don't move, don't move, don't move. "...then carry out orders seamlessly." Eric said and moved a step aside, approaching Tobias's face, grinning. "It's such a joy to see right now," he said, "you fabled fourth. Nobody remembers me being number two now. Isn't it? And nobody asks me, 'With a man who only has four fears. How do you feel when you come and go?'." He drew out his gun and pressed it against the temple on the right side of the fourth child.My heart pounded so hard I felt it in my skull.He can't shoot, he won't shoot.Eric tilted his head and said, "If he gets shot by accident, do you think anyone will notice?" "Let's do it." The woman said in a bored tone.If she can allow Eric to do this, then she must be the leader of the Dauntless faction, "He is nothing now." "It's really unfortunate that you didn't accept Max's proposal, fourth. Well, anyway, it's a pity." Eric said in a low voice, and pushed the bullet into the gun with a click. My lungs were burning and I couldn't breathe for nearly a minute.Out of the corner of my eye I see Tobias' hand twitching, but mine is already on the gun.I drew the gun to Eric's forehead.His eyes widened and his face collapsed, and for a moment he looked like one of those sleepwalking Dauntless soldiers. I put my index finger on the trigger. "Get the gun off his head," I snapped. "You won't kill me." Eric replied. "It's an interesting inference." Although I said so, I really can't kill him, I can't.Gritting my teeth, I lowered my arm and shot Eric in the foot.He screamed and grabbed his feet with both hands.Immediately his gun was no longer pointed at Tobias.Tobias pulled out his gun and shot Eric's friend in the leg.I didn't wait to see if the bullet hit her, so I grabbed Tobias by the arm and ran as hard as I could. If we could run into the alleys, we could hide in these buildings and they wouldn't be able to find us.After running another two hundred meters, I arrived. I heard footsteps behind me, but I didn't look back.Tobias grabbed my hand, gripped it tightly, and dragged me forward, faster than I've ever run before, faster than I can run.I stumbled after him when I heard a gunshot. The pain came urgently and quickly, starting from the shoulder and spreading to the fingers like an electric shock.A scream stopped halfway, and I fell to the ground, my face scraping the road.I looked up and saw Tobias kneeling next to my face, and I yelled, "Run!" "No," he replied, his voice calm and even. Soon we were surrounded, and Tobias helped me to my feet, supporting my full weight.I couldn't concentrate at all because of the pain.Dauntless soldiers surrounded us, all with guns raised. "Divergent traitor." Eric stood on one foot, his face extremely pale, "Hand over your weapons."