Do Cyberdoctors Dream of Mechanical Zombies?

Chapter 10 Fifteenth Floor

Shen Yi walked through several dilapidated streets, and came straight to an old alley.

There is an Internet cafe called "Old Cat" in the alley.

Internet cafes were common in the old days, but nowadays, they are only found in the lower dumps.In other places in Eternal City, Internet cafes have long since disappeared.

Even some people have never heard of what an Internet cafe is.

Shen Yi walked into the gate of the Internet cafe.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard a nostalgic old song from the old days playing on the stereo at the front desk.

A beating heart is love like a fire.
The one you are laughing crazy about is me.
Love like fire will warm the heart.
I see the flame of love flickering.
"It's been so many years, the old cat still loves to listen to this song so much." Shen Yi said with emotion in his heart.

I remember when he first came to Laomao Internet Cafe.

Lao Mao has been playing this song on a loop, and after a few years, he came to Lao Mao Internet Cafe again, and he was still listening to this song.

He was probably brainwashed by this song!

After listening to it for so many years, I don't get tired of it.

Shen Yi thought to himself.

Inside the Internet cafe, there is a miasma of smoke.

The air was turbid, filled with an indescribable strange smell.

Under the dim light, there are hundreds of computers and game consoles scattered around inside.

The display glowed with a cold colored light.

A pale, skinny child was staring at the computer screen with a dull expression.

These children are orphans.

Or they were abandoned by their parents in the garbage area, or they were born in the lower garbage area since they were young, and their parents died in gang fights.

Or for some other reason, becoming an orphan.

The garbage in the entire Eternal Life City will flow through the garbage pipes and flow into the lower garbage burial area.

It also gave birth to a whole new profession.

Garbage sorters, also known as garbage bugs.

Their daily work is to search for recyclable talismans, magic weapons, prosthetic bodies, and even pills from the piles of garbage.

After simple maintenance and disposal of these garbage, through special channels.

Sold to lower level merchants.

These wastes that should be garbage will reappear in the bright and high-end shops on both sides of the lower commercial street.

These orphans, in order to survive, can only be garbage bugs.

They spend all day looking for the treasure in their hearts in the garbage mountain.

Internet cafes are the only place for these orphans to have fun and entertainment.

Here, the Internet fee of one spiritual money can be played for a day, and you can spend the night.

If you add one more spiritual coin, you can buy two packs of instant meals and a large bottle of purified water.

Convenience meals are cheap and cheap fast meals.

It tasted like a seasoned batter.

This is also the main food of the garbage layer.

In short, only two spiritual coins are needed to spend an extremely nourishing day at Laomao Internet Cafe.

This is also living in the garbage layer, a paradise in the minds of many orphans.

The layout of Laomao Internet Cafe is very simple.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see the front desk of the Internet cafe. There are several computers, a chair that you can sit on and recline. On the shelf behind, there are more than a dozen packages of instant meals scattered, and several boxes of purified water are piled up in the corner.

Usually, the old cat sits at the front desk, collects Internet fees, or practices.

Today I don't know where he went.

Shen Yi looked around, but there was no sign of the old cat.

He came to a child who was playing games and asked, "Little brother, where is the old cat?"

The child was twelve or thirteen years old, and he was wearing a large, greasy gray overalls. His two little hands were dirty, with dirt under his fingernails, and he was clicking the mouse and keyboard vigorously.

The child stared intently at the monitor.

He turned a deaf ear to Shen Yi's words.

It seems that they didn't hear it at all.

Shen Yi patiently asked again, this time he increased the volume.

The child just heard it.

He looked up at Shen Yi blankly.

Shen Yi asked: "Where's the old cat, where did he go?"

"I don't know." The child said dully.

"How long has he been gone?"

"do not know."

"When does he come back?"

"do not know."

"Okay." Shen Yi sighed, "Go ahead, sorry to disturb you."

"Oh."

The child agreed dully, and set his eyes on the computer monitor again.

He is playing an open sandbox online game called "Fantasy City".

In this game, players can fight monsters, do tasks to make money, make friends and chat, build houses and so on.

"Provide every player with a dreamy and perfect life!"

This is the slogan of "Fantasy City".

In reality, the kid is just a dirty, thin and dull garbage bug, but in the game, he is a brightly dressed, sunny and cheerful big boy.

Only when playing games, will there be a radiant light in the child's dazed eyes.

He is paralyzing himself with games.escape from a miserable life.

Immortal cultivators use cultivation to paralyze themselves.

Just live.

Shen Yi randomly found a place to sit down and wait.

Lao Mao's internet cafe is still open, so he probably won't go far and will be back soon.

Shen Yi waited patiently.

half an hour.

A fat figure hurried back.

The old cat is about thirty years old, with a shiny bald head, a fair face, a huge body, and a smile like a Maitreya Buddha.Wearing a large black robe, walking like the wind.

"Old cat."

Shen Yi called out the old cat's name.

The old cat immediately turned its head to follow the voice, and when it saw Shen Yi, he was pleasantly surprised, and asked with a smile:
"Xiao Yi, long time no see, why are you free to visit me today?"

"Today is Saturday." Shen Yi said.

"So that's how I live. I've always counted the days from day to day. I never count the days, and I don't even know which day is which day."

As the old cat spoke, he took out a small box from his pocket.

"Come and have a taste, this is the old-fashioned chocolate, something you can't eat on weekdays."

In the palm-sized paper box, there are more than a dozen pieces of chocolate wrapped in gold foil.

Shen Yi swallowed and said: "This should have expired."

It's not supposed to be, it's for sure!

How many years have passed since the old times.None of the pills had such a long shelf life.

"What are you afraid of? We are immortal cultivators, it's just expired, and it's not poisonous. Is it possible that the medicine can kill us?"

The old cat had a look of indifference.

Shen Yi felt that the old cat was right, so he took a piece of chocolate, peeled off the gold foil, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Chocolate melts in your mouth.

A taste of bitterness mixed with sweetness diffused in his mouth.

The old cat asked: "How does it taste?"

"Not bad." Shen Yi replied.

This was his first time eating chocolate.

Although it tastes a bit strange, bitter and sweet, but if you smack it carefully, it has a different taste.

The old cat smiled and asked: "Okay, let's get down to business, what can you do with me?"

"I want a computer." Shen Yi pondered, "The one that can play games and broadcast live, you should know."

"Ah."

The old cat nodded and said, "I know, but are you going to be a game anchor in the future?"

"It's not me, it's a friend of mine."

Shen Yi said truthfully.

"That's right, it's true that the live broadcast of antique games is very popular recently. The old antiques I collect have been requested by many people recently."

The old cat smashed and said, "Come with me, I will take you to the warehouse and pick out a good one for you."

Shen Yi followed the old cat and entered an iron gate next to the front desk.

The iron door is locked, and only the old cat has the key.

Behind the door is a warehouse, no smaller than an Internet cafe, and a lot of electronic products are piled up inside.

"You can choose whatever you want," said the old cat.

Shen Yi is fairly familiar with electronic products, but he is a layman when it comes to games.

Su Ya is an expert, but he is not around now.

Have to turn to the old cat for help.

The old cat touched his bald head, smiled and said: "Ask me, you are asking the right person."

"I watch game live broadcasts every day. I know which games are novel, which games are fun, and which game live broadcasts are popular."

"These days, an FPS shooting game called "Scarlet Raider" is the most popular."

"Let your friend broadcast this game live, it will definitely become popular."

Say it.

The old cat took three steps and two steps, walked to a low shelf, and brought a game console and a game cassette.

The color of the game console is black and white, the body is streamlined, and it comes with two white gamepads.

On the box of the game cassette, there is a fully armed soldier holding an assault rifle, and the background is a bloody space.

""Scarlet Raider"? This is the first time I've heard of this game." Shen Yi said.

The old cat chuckled and said: "This game is very bloody and violent, and this type of game is very popular these days."

Shen Yi checked the game console and the cassette, and after confirming that there was no problem, he said to the old cat:
"Okay, I want both the game console and game cartridges, and bring me some game cartridges that you think are good."

"okay."

The old cat went to the shelf to search for games for Shen Yi.

"By the way, old cat, where did you go just now? Did you encounter any trouble?" Shen Yi asked.

The old cat turned around and said, "It's the Poisonous Bug Gang. They asked me to go over and talk about something."

"That's it."

Shen Yi responded casually.

There are many gangs in downtown, especially the garbage layer.

This place is ignored by Huang Quanzong, the Law Enforcement Hall, and the red-robed pickets.

It is the gangs that control and are responsible for maintaining order.

The Poisonous Bug Gang is at this level, a well-known big gang.

Although the old cat is not a member of the gang, he is also a well-known little boss in this area by virtue of his strength at the third level of Qi training.

He and the owners of the two Internet cafes on East Street and West Street have monopolized the Internet cafe business on the entire floor.

Although this business is now rare to do.

But the fact that the old cat monopolizes an industry is beyond doubt!

If someone wants to open an Internet cafe on the fifteenth floor, they must first obtain the consent of Lao Mao and the other two Internet cafe owners.

"I brought you a total of six game cassettes, all of which are popular games recently, take a look."

After finishing speaking, Lao Mao handed the game cassette to Shen Yi.

He took it and glanced roughly, nodded and said, "How much is the total?"

"I'll give you a friendly price, twenty spiritual coins for the game console, and two spiritual coins for a game card." The old cat said with a smile.

"Ok."

Shen Yi took out the spirit money talisman and gave Lao Mao 34 spirit coins.

Transaction complete.

The old cat was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Shen Yi to carry such a pile of things, so he specially found a strong cardboard box for him.

Pack the game consoles and game cartridges into the cardboard box.

After finishing, the old cat chatted:
"Is the second floor and the first floor a bit uneven recently?"

"Yes." Shen nodded.

The old cat was curious: "Do you know what's going on?"

"I don't know, anyway, there was a curfew on the second floor yesterday, so I don't know if it will be banned today." Shen Yi said.

The old cat said sullenly: "I had nothing to do last night. I wanted to go to the Huanyinfang on the second floor to play for a while, but the curfew made my trip useless."

"Do you have a pass to go to the second floor?" Shen Yi was curious.

"Yes, but only temporarily."

The old cat replied.

The lower class people want to go to the first and second floors.

You must have a pass, otherwise you will be illegally crossing floors.

Shen Yi is a student of Taoist Vocational Technical College and has a long-term pass.

After all, so much tuition has been paid.

It makes sense to have a long-term pass.

Ah Ran is a disciple of Iron Bone Sect, and he is holding a short-term pass.

Three months is a period. During the validity period, you can go to the second floor at will.

The old cat said sadly: "In order to go to the second floor, I spent [-] spiritual coins to ask someone to find a relationship, and I got a temporary pass, but it ended up being curfew. Sigh~"

(End of this chapter)