Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Days Island was different from Chen Yan's imagination.

He and Swarm walked through the gaps of the dense crowd to the inside of the pier. It was not an easy journey, and the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd on the pier almost covered all the gaps.

The closer you get to the center of Days Island, the more inclined the ground under your feet, and there are no tall buildings in the "sky" in your field of vision. This makes Chen Yan can't help but suspect that the buildings on Days Island are below the horizon—in the sea. below the plane.

"Days Island is not very clean."

When Swarm said this, Chen Yan determined from the next words that what he said had nothing to do with "supernatural".

"I smelled a very strong fishy smell. There is obviously a big problem with the exchange water system of the city inside the island-this smell means that a lot of fish have died here."

Chen Yan didn't smell anything.

To be more precise, he could only smell the faint smell of the sea and the strong water vapor rising from the pier. These smells did not have the "fishy smell" that Swarm said.

This at least shows that the water under the pier is deep enough to purify the man-made garbage on the pier.

He and Swarm walked along the pier to the interior of the island, and soon easily found that the road under their feet began to slope downward.

It wasn't until after a long and crowded journey that Chen Yan stepped on the edge of the pier that Chen Yan probably knew where the "fishy smell" that Swarm mentioned came from——

In front of him, in the central area of ​​Days Island, there is no huge city as imagined, nor a stronghold similar to a small town. What appears in front of him is just a huge vortex that is unimaginable!
The vortex slowly rotates in the "giant crater" in the center of Days Island in a completely unnatural manner, and the city stands on top of the vortex - the ring-shaped city composed of metal has the same flow as the huge vortex.

The outer part of the city - those "ring plank roads" are tightly attached to the flowing vortex, and various small buildings are built on the ring plank roads, which look like the ring of the worst slums in Yanan City. Version.

The interior of the city - a huge "mechanical hive" stands here. Chen Yan tried his best to look down, but he couldn't see how this mechanical hive stood in the center of the vortex. He raised his eyes and saw the mechanical hive. There are dense layers inside the honeycomb—the mechanical honeycomb is composed of a perfect flat mechanical structure, and in each layer, countless "hives" made of glass or metal form molecules.

On the platform at the end of the pier, there is also a mechanical plank road extending out, and splitting into countless branches in mid-air, leading to every corner of the entire city.

The weather is good today, the strong sunlight shines directly on the mechanical hive, so the metal hive above the mechanical hive shone with a dazzling halo, as if the entire city was emitting golden light.

It was the first time for Chen Yan to see such a magnificent scene, and he couldn't bear to look away for a moment.

Swarm was not as reactive as Chen Yan. His black eyes with almost no whites stared straight at the bottom of the mechanical hive, where the entire city borders the sea, and muttered:

"Damn it, this city put the domestic sewage outfall at the bottom, and there are dead fish all over it... This will cause a plague."

Chen Yan was pulled out of the shock by Swarm's words, thinking, Swarm is a strain person who lives in a very healthy environment in Fungus City, and he should be particularly resistant to the harsh natural environment...that is to say , the city is not as glamorous as it appears on the surface.

"Let's go to Block C-17 first."

Chen Yan glanced at Swarm, walked towards the mechanical plank road, and at the same time complained as if completely inadvertently:

"The North Bureau has assigned the task of assisting the executor this time. I hope we don't meet that person... I heard that the executors are all inhuman monsters. I don't know what difficult task to perform."

Swarm was visibly vigilant, and his tone became unpredictable:

"Yeah... the executor... I hope we don't run into each other."

While observing the huge mechanical hive, Chen Yan guided:

"As the investigator of the North Bureau, I must explain to you our mission this time - the person we are going to assist is code-named 'Bei San', there is no specific description of the mission, we are only assigned to assist Bei San - to complete everything about him Require."

Swarm didn't speak this time.

Strain people obviously don't like to lie.

"Swarm, do you have any questions?"

Swarm carefully observed Chen Yan's face:
"Well... Actually, tasks related to executors are usually more dangerous."

Chen Yan:

"Oh? What do you say?"

Swarm seemed to be thinking about his words, but even after thinking about it, the "lie" he compiled was too clumsy:
"I heard... just heard that there was a time before, the executor of the North Bureau, 'Bei Yi', killed many people during his mission, and used the lives of these people to hold a cult in order to capture a certain target The ritual was an attempt to summon an evil god that existed in the non-material plane, and those sacrificed by him eventually turned into jelly-like existences... An investigator at the time couldn't stand it anymore, so he tried to kill Bei Yi gone."

Isn't that you.

Swarm obviously didn't know that Cyborg Quinn had already told Chen Yan about the matter.

Chen Yan said in the tone of "what he did is really beautiful":

"That investigator must be very good."

Swarm said shyly:
"It's okay. The main reason is that things like executors have great flaws. As long as... I heard that as long as you make good use of these flaws, you can easily deal with them."

Chen Yan asked:

"What kind of defect?"

Swarm moved closer to him, and whispered next to him:
"Personality defects—the executors are basically perverts with very fragile minds. As long as you talk about their pain points, they can make them mentally collapse...It's easy to deal with."

Chen Yan already knew this from the information of the North Bureau, and the reminder from the North Bureau was:

'During the process of assisting [Bei San], please observe its [Mental Deviation Index] according to the Beiju APP at any time. Once the [Mental Deviation Index] exceeds 10%, please stay away from [Bei San] and report the situation through the APP in time. '

Combined with Swarm's statement, the executors should all be psychologically fragile guys, and it is easier to defeat them psychologically than physically.

Seeing that Chen Yan remained silent, Swarm asked in a low voice beside him:
"Sir... besides assisting the executor, are we currently performing any other tasks?"

Chen Yan collected himself and said in a very firm tone:

"save the world."

Swarm was really surprised when he heard the firmness in his tone.

Chen Yan continued:

"We're saving the world, Swarm, and everything we're doing is about making people's lives better."

Swarm was stunned:

"Saving the world is about making people better off?"

Chen Yan asked back:
"What do you think saving the world is?"

Swarm's eyes were confused, and he hesitated and couldn't speak.

He didn't know the answer to that question.

Chen Yan said in a "very sure" tone:

"The world is made of people, Swarm, of ordinary people like me and you... and the purpose of all the tasks we perform, if not to make people's lives better, is to Meaningless."

Swarm seemed to have thought of something, and said in a surprised tone:

"The section chief said: The mission of the North Bureau is justice, and justice is to help others—to help His Majesty!"

Chen Yan said:

"Your Majesty is also a human being, and ordinary people are also human beings, so justice is to help everyone!"

Swarm suddenly realized:
"Okay...it seems to be the truth!"

He seems to have opened a door to a new world!

After he finished speaking, he stopped asking questions, but frowned, and followed behind Chen Yan, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chen Yan didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't continue talking to him, but followed the road signs and found Area C.

The search process is fairly easy. The internal structure of the mechanical hive is obviously carefully designed. Although it looks very large, the elevators and walkways between each area are enough for people to quickly find their purpose under the guidance of the signs land - this is exactly the same as the design logic of a wharf with tens of thousands of berths.

Each floor inside the mechanical honeycomb is composed of countless "hives". Under the unique architectural design, these hives are defined as functional gathering areas. Although it looks chaotic at first glance, when you need to find a certain functional area , as long as you look at the ubiquitous logo, you can quickly find it.

And area C...

Block C did not look as bad as Chen Yan imagined, at least the "hives" in the block were not destroyed on a large scale.

At this time, the sun was shining on the other side of the mechanical hive, and there was only scattered light inside Area C, which was not enough to illuminate everything in the area, but it was barely able to see things without lights——

At this moment, Area C was blocked by yellow isolation strips, and there was silence inside the area, and all the beehives were closed, which formed a sharp contrast with the hustle and bustle outside the area.

Chen Yan looked up at the sign on the outside of Area C, and saw a total of 167 beehives in Area C. These beehives were mainly engaged in the maintenance of electronic equipment, and they were the famous "street of profiteers" on Days Island.

Now, the hives in Area C are all closed.

But in fact, only a small area of ​​Area C was involved in the conflict yesterday. Why should the entire Area C be closed?

Chen Yan stood on the edge of the separation zone in Area C, and dialed the phone number given by the razor gang just now.

After waiting for half a minute, the call was connected.

"Hi, I'm here to deliver the goods." Chen Yan said.

The tone on the other side of the phone was very impatient: "Area C is closed, you can send a few shipments, and wait for Area C to reopen!"

Ok?The shop is closed, not even doing business?
Chen Yan felt that something was wrong, and he was not irritated by the dirty words in the other party's words. He kept a calm tone and said:
"Boss is in a hurry, can you hurry up?"

The other party said in an impatient tone:
"It's not impossible if you want to hurry up. You can go to the store in District C and get the equipment out - with the equipment, you can start working anytime!"

It turned out that the equipment was blocked inside the C area.

Chen Yan simply replied:

"Ok."

The person on the other side of the phone didn't seem to expect him to be so straightforward, and his tone was a little panicked:

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, Yanan people, there are no cameras in the hive, but there are worker bees everywhere in the hive! Those bastards are much easier to use than cameras! Once you are seen entering Area C, you will not only be chased away It's so easy to get out of Days Island...the situation is not good now, so don't be too arrogant."

They even call it a hive.

From what he said, the so-called "worker bees" should be the staff of this hive, and they also have the function of "surveillance".

But Chen Yan didn't feel anyone's eyes on him:
"What's the matter with the situation? Didn't some people be arrested yesterday?"

The voice on the phone was gloomy, and the impatience in his tone increased:

"It's not as simple as just arresting some people... Anyway, come back in a few days! Don't be too arrogant! We won't be able to shut you down if something happens!"

Before Chen Yan could reply, the phone was hung up.

He frowned, and was thinking about how to find out about the situation in Area C, when he suddenly saw a shadow flash past in the blocked Area C.

The light in area C is not good, and there is no light in the area, so the scattered light from outside area C only allows Chen Yan to see the outline of the shadow.

When seeing this outline, Chen Yan "felt" a little "strange".

He seems to have seen that shadow somewhere.

But he has never been to Days Island at all, how could he have seen things on the island?

He was silent for a moment, said "Follow me" to Swarm, then crossed the blockade, and chased in the direction where the shadow inside Area C disappeared.

Swarm was ignorant and fearless, and followed Chen Yan across the blockade.

After Swarm, among the crowd outside Area C, an unremarkable person followed them into the blockade after Swarm disappeared at the corner of the street.

……

The more Chen Yan walked in, the more he felt something was wrong. The interior of Area C was really too quiet.

Chen Yan closely followed the shadow he saw just now, but even though his speed was fast, he could barely see the back of that thing—it seemed to be some kind of small animal.

The corner of the next street—

The small animal disappeared after entering the corner of the street.

Chen Yan stopped here, and saw dense gun holes on the metal plate wall next to the dark, steel-paved road.

Swarm also arrived at this time, and the strain man was obviously absent-minded, so he didn't run fast.

"Swarm, help me watch my back."

Swarm immediately became alert:
"Yes, sir!"

Chen Yan squatted down, stretched out his hand, and touched the hole of the gun——

Crazy shouts flooded into my mind, the "bandits" with rifles had been cornered by a group of uniformed armed men.

The companion around him lost his life, his bullets were quickly exhausted, and the madness that was forced out disappeared along with the firepower.

He knelt down.

"Sir... we paid the new tax! We have nothing to do with the gunpowder store group! We..."

An armed man with some kind of strange gun came forward, this man was of Asian descent.

The armed men grabbed his mouth and made him swallow the next words.

"You paid taxes to the old chief, but the new chief didn't receive a dime."

The man looked panicked:

"I can still pay..."

The armed personnel put the muzzle of the gun into his mouth and said in a tone of "coaxing the baby":

"One emperor and one courtier..."

With a gunshot, the "bandit" fell limply.