dark moon

Chapter 376 The outside world?

Although the suburbs of the city look flat and empty with no buildings at all, if you look closely you will find that every few hundred meters, there is a patch of ground that is different in color from the surrounding areas.

No matter how stupid you are, you can still know that there is something special here. Several children from the West Outer Ring District gathered in front of the different-colored floor and poked at a keyhole-like hole for a long time with excitement on their faces. Unfortunately, I guess their main business is not thieves. After struggling for several minutes, they couldn't pry open the secret lock. Finally, Macajerun couldn't stand it any longer. He stepped forward and patted the keyhole. There was a click, and the secret lock clicked. And Kai caused several children to look at him with admiration. If the wind hadn't been so strong that they couldn't stand still, they would have probably jumped on him and hugged his thighs to worship him.

It is not easy to lift the floor against the strong wind, but it is easy for the shadow chasers. There is a staircase under the floor. There is no lighting equipment, and the dark hole looks particularly suspicious.However, the survivors had no doubts about this. It was obviously a normal phenomenon. More than 20 people got in as if they were escaping. After leaving the knife-like wind, they could finally take a few breaths smoothly.

"Crack, click", a ray of light lit up, it turned out to be the most primitive candle. With the light, everyone could see everything underground clearly.

The so-called safe haven is actually just the basement. Each of the five rooms below is small, and more than 20 people can be accommodated in it. Although it can accommodate them, it is still a bit crowded.Judging from the facilities in the basement, the bedrooms, living rooms, warehouses, kitchens and toilets are fully equipped, but there are no energy-driven automatic equipment inside. From cooking to lighting, they are all the oldest natural methods.There are only two bunk beds in the bedroom. It seems that the maximum number of people here is four. No wonder it is so crowded with more than 20 people.

The biggest feature of the basement is that there are strange metal tools and some special building materials piled everywhere. It is said that this is a temporary rest place for craftsmen who are repairing the edge structure of the floating city. Since it is on the outskirts of the city, it is an energy pipeline. Blind spot, so it is impossible to build any energy facilities, and even the most basic lighting relies on candles.

"Is it absolutely safe here?" Shuer looked around. It was just a simple lounge with no decoration at all, extremely simple.It was obviously a closed room on all sides, but the candlelight was still swaying gently, which showed that the ventilation effect was very good, and more than 20 people squeezed in without feeling stuffy.The problem is that with this level of entrance, it is simply a dream to block the mechanical puppets. The Shadow Chasers don't understand why these survivors are so relaxed when they reach the outskirts of the city.

"Uncle, don't worry." Delia rolled her eyes, pulled Xiuer aside, and explained quietly, "Theoretically, this place is absolutely safe."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because mechanical beasts also need energy to drive. In order to save materials, the mechanical beasts that invade each time only have a small amount of their own energy and rely entirely on the city's functional system to maintain their operations. However, there are no energy pipelines in the suburbs, so they cannot replenish energy. It will be paralyzed soon after it arrives, and there are basically no people on the outskirts of the city, so the mechanical beast will never appear on the outskirts of the city."

"In this case, wouldn't the mechanical beasts be easy to deal with?" Moback stroked his beard, obviously very proud of his strategic vision. "Just shut down the city's energy supply. Wouldn't the crisis of the mechanical beasts be automatically resolved?"

"Hehe, hehe, yes." Delia looked at him with admiring eyes, "Then the city crashed."

"What if a mechanical beast accidentally enters here?" Shuer glared at Moback and continued to ask, "Wouldn't it pose any threat to you?"

"Uncle." There was a trace of reluctance in the little guy's eyes, "You are not planning to leave, are you?"

The Shadow Chasers were stunned. This child must be too sensitive. Before he said anything, he had already filled up his mind with countless things, and... everyone took a step away from Xiuer. What did you do to this child? What makes her reluctant to leave you?Damn pervert, even refusing to let go of such a young child?

Get lost, I didn't do anything, you idiots.

Xiure roared with his eyes, and pressed the girl's head smoothly. The moment he looked back, his expression changed into a smile: "Although we will eventually separate, but not now, we still have an employment agreement, you won't just take the money and You want to run away, huh, is my money so easy to make?"

"Whoever took the money, who took the money." The little guy immediately became furious, "We deserve those credits. You promised me the commission but you didn't give me even one."

"Boss, this can't be your illegitimate daughter, hahahahahaha." Macajerun couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out, "There is someone to succeed the gold-devouring beast, hahahahaha... wait, wait. , Boss, put the hammer down and listen to my explanation."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense." Shuer patted Delia on the head and raised his voice and said, "Survivors, you have arrived at an absolutely safe place. Next, you only need to wait until the electromagnetic pulse system is fully charged and activated successfully. You can return to your normal life. Well, our mission has been successfully completed. If you don't mind, come and settle the accounts."

"Didn't we settle it from the beginning?" There was a weak protest from the crowd. "Although we are scared, we have not become fools. The credit transfer is recorded. You don't want to take the opportunity to collect it again." Right." "Tsk tsk, so that's it." Xiuer smiled and glared at the protester, just wait for me, I will trick you to death if I get the chance, "How could it be, I have a bad memory, I forgot, hahaha , I forgot. Now that the mission is over and the place is too crowded, let’s leave. Haha, I don’t think everyone will feel very happy with people like us around. "

"Hahaha." The survivors laughed dryly. Don't try to lie to us. We have seen through your tricks along the way. Anyone who dares to nod at this time will definitely be cheated of money by you bastard again, and what the damn mental damage fee is. This is the first time I've heard of such a damn fee.

"Hey." He curled his lips regretfully and waved to the children, "Let's go to another safe haven. Don't mix with these rich people in the intermediate and high-level areas."

"Wait a minute, let's go too." The speaker was actually the four highest-ranking municipal officials who were initially rescued. The leader said seriously, "It's really too crowded here and we don't like it very much."

Tsk, it came as expected.

Xiuer showed a strange smile and did not refuse the proposal: "Okay, welcome, hahaha, this is exactly what I hope for."

A pair of male and female officials were left to take charge of the overall situation, and the other two followed Shuer and the others into the wind again. The four seemed to have reached a consensus and there was no dispute over the quota issue, which surprised Shuer. .

The wind outside is still so strong. According to Wei's calculations, if it is close to any of Parvatiga's constants, it must be at least 3000 meters above sea level.There is no energy pipeline to supply energy, and the temperature here is much lower than that in the city center. Facing the wind, the children subconsciously wrapped their clothes tightly and followed a few adults to stagger around.

After prying open another safe haven and sneaking in, it finally felt a lot easier. At least it was not so crowded that there was no place to sit. Although there were not enough chairs, the children felt very comfortable running to the corner and sat on the floor. Within a few minutes, they crowded together and entered. Dreamland.Delia didn't get together with the other four boys. After being teased by Macajron, the little guy actually just hung around Shuer and showed special hostility towards Saff and Moria. , not jealousy, but possessiveness. The Shadow Chasers are all sensitive guys. It is naturally obvious that the little girl really regards Shuer as a substitute for her father...?

Delia was also asleep at this time, but she was sitting on the ground, next to Xiu Er's chair, leaning on Xiu Er's calf and sleeping soundly, even her saliva was stained on Xiu Er's holy robe.Although Xiaojiahui is smart and clever, he is still a child after all. After a whole night of tossing around, he was nervous and excited, and his experience has long been exhausted.

"Sasa." Shuer pointed to the other four children, "Take them into the bedroom to sleep. Don't worry, you two. There are four beds, and there will be room for the two of you to rest. As for this money-grubbing child, Guy...forget it, that's it."

There is no way, even if the little guy fell asleep, he was still holding the hem of Xiure's holy robe, and wiping the corners of his mouth with his clothes from time to time. The blood vessels in Xiure's forehead were beating when he saw it. When you wake up, you must compensate me for doing the laundry. The fee, um, just deduct one gold coin, it’s very cheap, right.

"Okay, there are no outsiders now." After everything was over, he finally sat down again. Xiuer showed a holy smile that made everyone in the Rose City feel insecure. He changed his previous rudeness and asked, "What do you call you two?"

"Sulta." The leading man pointed to the woman beside him, "I am the director of the Superconducting Metal Research Laboratory of the Municipal Science and Technology Research Institute. This is Mai Lin, my deputy."

"Praise the Holy Spirit, praise the wealth." Shuer said with a smile, "Mr. Suerta, you can call me Shuer. I won't talk nonsense. We all understand that if you ask to come with us, you must have important business negotiations. . Ha, it should be so. With our status, he must be looking for us to discuss business, but I don’t know, what does Mr. Surta need?"

"We have a question that we would like to ask some traders first." Apparently, Suerta has determined that these people are mysterious black market traders. "You... are not from this city."

"Huh?" Shuer's eyes twitched and he said with a half-smile, "It seems that Mr. Suerta and our colleagues also have private communications. Haha, I really don't know their secret codes."

"As expected of Mr. Trader, he guessed the key to the problem right away." Suerta asked flatteringly, "How many of them are really from the outside world? Are they really from other cities?"

　Thanks to book friend Hao Xiao for the reward of 1000 starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)