Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 83 Lighted up cities (recommendation tickets required)

“Urban Smart Network Control Center”, 17th floor.

Wearing outer skeleton equipment and carrying a silver rifle, Qiao Chu returned to the elevator hall.

He was about to press the button to make the elevator that had stopped at 16th-layer to go up, but he saw that the number representing the elevator next to him jumped from “16” to “17”.

This means that after two or three seconds, the door of that elevator will open, and the people inside will most likely be friends and not enemies.

Qiao Chu did not hesitate, and within the golden eyes that were blocked by the goggles, ripples of seemingly true and seemingly illusory waved.

Almost at the same time, he saw countless silhouettes around him.

These silhouettes were a little illusory, and they rushed to the potted plants in the elevator hall, gnawing frantically on the withered leaves, shriveled branches, and dried soil.

Qiao Chu didn’t feel physical hunger, but he seemed to be infected by such a scene. He felt that he was hungry and he had to eat something.

Such thoughts filled his mind, making him unable to think about other things.

“Hungry Ghost Path”!
Qiao Chu’s hands covering the black metal skeleton immediately reached into his pockets, took out a bag of dried beef, and brushed the floor and tore it apart.

Immediately afterwards, he frantically stuffed the black beef jerky in his mouth and tried to swallow it.

But this beef jerky is as hard as a stone, it doesn’t need to be soaked with saliva, and it doesn’t need to be torn and ground by teeth. It is impossible to eat.

Qiao Chu was undoubtedly choked, and even thought that he would choke to death here, becoming the commissioner of the Institute for the most ridiculous cause of death.

The instinct to survive and the fact that food has entered his mouth, to a certain extent, made him resist the self-awareness of hunger, and he was able to distract him and make some chewing.

At this time, the gray and black metal door of the elevator next to it was opened, and a dark black robot in a tattered monk’s robe and red robes came out.

Inside the machine eye on Jing Fa’s metal face, the red light is bright, as if a bloody Heaven and Earth is rendered.

He looked at Qiao Chu, who was wearing a military external skeleton device. He did not directly raise his arms and used grenade launchers, laser weapons and flamethrowers. Instead, he took a big step and jumped over, ready to use the real Iron Fist. Stun the opponent.

Qiao Chu couldn’t stop biting the beef, chewing and swallowing it, while reluctantly shrinking his body, he rolled to the side with difficulty, avoiding the punch of the mechanical monk Jing Fa.

In this process, he followed the strong idea of ​​looking for food and put his right hand into his pocket again.

This time, he took out not only an energy bar, but also a stack of playing cards.

At this time, Qiao Chu had already swallowed beef jerky, his eyes turned white, and tears were left, but this also relieved him a bit of hunger, and was able to throw the pile of playing cards on the ground.

Slap, in the sound of playing cards landing, Qiao Chu rolled to a position near the stairwell.

What is reflected in his eyes is the mechanical monk Jing Fa who quickly turned to pounce again, the eyes of a pair of red light masterpieces.

“Go…play…” Qiao Chu said three words vaguely while eating beef jerky and energy bars.

Jing Fa just rushed to his side and was stunned.

The mechanical monk’s head turned directly half a circle and looked at the playing cards on the ground.

The red light in his eyes flickered, and his feet walked over uncontrollably, bending over to pick up cards.

At this moment, it seems to him that nothing is more important than playing cards.

Even if your partner needs rescue, even if the danger is close at hand, you have to play a game first.

When Jing Fa picked up the playing cards, the hunger that Qiao Chu thought he had disappeared instantly, and the whole person returned to normal, but he still choked a little.

He can completely imagine what he has become under the metal helmet at this time:
Because he was still swallowing food desperately so as not to be choked to death, his face was distorted, his eyes turned slightly white, and tears and nose ran down. There was nowhere to call it handsome.

This made him extremely angry, distracted and raised his arm, ready to attack Jing Fa with a grenade launcher and electromagnetic weapons at the same time.

At this moment, Jing Fa has already turned his body, synthesizing the sound channel with that unique, cold electronic:

“Let’s play cards together.”

The price he paid was so great, and his psychological distortion was so serious that he did not play cards there silently and intently, but decided to combine the two “hobby” into one, pulling Qiao Chu together !
While the mechanical monk was speaking, Qiao Chu once again saw countless and slightly vague silhouettes, and once again strongly believed that he was very hungry and had to eat something.

Fortunately, he still has food in his mouth and still has something to eat, which makes him not so “hungry” in the initial stage, so he can be distracted to do something.

Qiao Chu quickly raised his left hand to cover the goggles of the metal helmet.

He suddenly became extremely depressed, even if he thought he was very hungry, he didn’t want to eat or do anything.

When he was no longer choked, he let go of his left hand and looked at the mechanical monk who came with poker.

That kind of depression seems to be contagious, Jing Fa suddenly feels that everything has become meaningless, and everything is just an illusory dream.

In incomprehensible frustration, this black mechanical monk seemed to be comprehended. He suddenly sat down cross-legged, folded his hands together, and whispered:

“Nanwu Ahundola Sanya Sanbodhi, all the dharma of action, as if dreams and visions in a bubble ……”

Qiao Chu relieved immediately, using his waist and abdomen, relying on the external military skeleton device, he jumped directly into the air.

One after another white air flow spurted out, pushing him horizontally into the stairwell.

After landing, Qiao Chu raised his arm and pointed the grenade launcher at the mechanical monk wearing a ragged monk robe and red robe.

Jing Fa is still chanting the scriptures in a low voice, as if he has come to a great realization.

Looking at the loaded grenade, Qiao Chu found that it was not the kind with high explosive performance, and he suddenly hesitated.

——Because the preset enemies are “higher unintentional” and distorted creatures, not robots, he did not at all change the grenades before acting.

And this kind of grenades, one or two shots are estimated to be unable to destroy mechanical monks.

This will help the other party get rid of frustration, and the same goes for electromagnetic weapons.

It may not be too late to replace the grenade at the scene. Qiao Chu can’t make the already depressed people even more depressed and always depressed. Once he does not grasp the moment when the mechanical monk’s frustration has just ended, the situation will become Very bad.

After considering for two seconds, Qiao Chu pursed his lower lip and decided to give up this opportunity.

He turned back and ran to the side of the stairs, held on to the handrail, jumped down, and landed steadily to the next floor.

In this way, with the help of the external skeleton device, Qiao Chu jumped layer by layer in the hollow of the stairs, and quickly moved away from the 17th floor to the ground floor.

At this time, the mechanical monk Jing Fa finished chanting and raised his head again.

On his black metal face, the mechanical artificial eye once again emits red light like blood.

In the next second, Jing Fa jumped directly into the stairwell from sitting cross-legged in a posture that surpassed the human body structure.

He imitated Qiao Chu’s method, holding on to the handrail, turning over and jumping off.

…………

Hearing Du Heng’s words, Jiang Baiman did not hesitate, and turned his head to Shang Jianyao and the others:
“We will leave immediately.”

After giving orders, she nodded to Du Heng:

“Be careful.

“I hope to see you again.”

Du Heng smiled and said:

“When the time comes, I hope you have enough important news, intelligence or information to trade.”

He took another look at Shang Jianyao:
“Trying to improve your awakened ability is not a good thing. The price will never be compensated. You can measure it yourself.”

Without waiting for Shang Jianyao’s response, Du Heng stood up, cats his waist, and in the shadow of the trees, he jumped to the place where Xiao Chong disappeared.

“Let’s go.” Jiang Baiman withdrew his gaze.

Shang Jianyao nodded, straightened his body, holding the “Berserker” assault rifle, and trot and hung at the back of the team according to the previous tactical formation.

Soon, they reached the side fence.

Long Yuehong, who was in charge of the left side, quickly scanned the outside of his eyes, and suddenly met a pair of muddy, bloodshot eyes.

“The unintentional”…Long Yuehong was taken aback, instinctively raised the assault rifle, and flashed a step aside.

On the street outside, the tops of metal long poles were shining, each illuminating an area.

As far as Long Yuehong knows, these should be street lights in the old world. At this time, at least half of them are still working.

The “unintentional” was standing under the street lamp diagonally forward, wrapped in a shriveled blue jacket, wearing a wide-brimmed hat of the same color, holding a broom and an iron dustpan.

There are some wrinkles on his face, and his skin is very rough. There are no wise rays of light in his eyes. He only stares at Long Yuehong and the others blankly, showing no signs of attack.

Such a scene surprised Long Yuehong and interrupted his attempt to pull the trigger.

The “unintentional” quickly bowed his head and swept away the fallen leaves accumulated on the roadside.

Seeing this scene, Bai Chen and the others suddenly had some unfathomable mystery guesses.

“Go out first.” Jiang Baiman quickly came back to his senses and quickly climbed over the metal fence.

Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Shang Jianyao left the “Urban Intelligent Network Control Center” under the cover of their companions and returned to the streets outside.

“He is cleaning the fallen leaves…” Long Yuehong couldn’t help but looked towards the “unintentional” who has no tendency to “hunt”.

Jiang Baiman raised his head and looked across his eyes:
“Look there.”

Following the direction her chin pointed, Shang Jianyao and the others saw a tall building.

The bottom of the tall building is the house on the street, and on each floor there are several glass windows showing bright rays of light.

Those glowing lights seemed to have formed a halo around them, which inexplicably made Long Yuehong feel a little warm.

Among them, behind some windows on the lower floors, there are many silhouettes moving.

Some of them seem to be holding a baby, pacing back and forth by the window, some holding a rag and carefully wiping the glass, and some sitting on the sofa by the window, holding something they don’t know, staring blankly Looking at the LCD screen on the opposite wall…

Jiang Baiman and Shang Jianyao, who can barely see clearly, are all wearing old and messy clothes, their movements are dull, their eyesight is delayed, and they are obviously “unintentional”.

On the LCD screen watched by the “unintentional”, the pictures are colorful, with landscapes, characters, text, and boxes, but the whole frame is frozen and there is no change.

But this does not prevent the “unintentional” from seeing very attentively.

Jiang Baiman was silent for two seconds, and said in a complex tone:

“It is these ‘unintentional ones’ who regularly ‘maintain’ this city…

“Whenever the lights are on, they will become like normal people…”

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