Traveler, High School Student, Homeless

"But Jiang Ming is like a wild beast at night. Mingming Fengzi feels that his body has become stronger recently, but when Jiang Ming came in, he still felt completely unbearable. It was as terrifying as being attacked by a big monster. .”

Fengzi's expression became extremely serious at this moment.

[Drip, a suspected crime has been detected, Mr. Jiang Ming, the tourist, please stand still, the police will rush to your neighborhood immediately]

Then suddenly, a virtual interface suddenly appeared in the air, and a mechanically synthesized sound came out of it.

Jiang Ming: "..."

Ten minutes later, the identities of Jiang Ming and Feng Zi were verified, and it was confirmed that they were both adults and completely legal.The two young policemen let them go with doubts on their faces, and returned to the police car very disappointed and left the street quickly.

"Fengzi, you've been completely treated like a child..."

The girl lowered her head in frustration at this moment.

"As for me, I was regarded as a crazy pervert."

Jiang Ming sighed deeply.

"Aren't you supposed to be?"

Then, in exchange for Fengzi's contemptuous gaze.

Talking really hurts, this girl, even if it is the truth, she can't say that.

Tonight, she must be made to cry.

Jiang Ming carefully wrote down what Feng Zi said, and quickly formulated a means of revenge in his heart.

hum-

At this moment, far away, a dull voice sounded from a distance.

Jiang Ming knew that this was another passenger spaceship arriving at the airport, and the sound of cooling the space engine was slowly stopping.

What he didn't know was that in addition to the normally arriving guests, there were also abnormally arriving guests on the spaceship that arrived this time.

"Oh, it's amazing, it's amazing, it's super amazing, da★ze!!!"

The girl with long blond hair and dressed in black and white clothes like a maid's outfit poked her head out of the cargo hold of the spaceship, and couldn't help but exclaimed loudly while looking at the bustling city outside the window.Judging from her excited expression, she looked like a countryman entering the city for the first time.

"Be quiet, we are smuggled immigrants, and we may be caught at any time."

Beside the blond girl, a girl with short pink hair and a strange red line wrapped around her body, and at the end of the line turned out to be an open eye, said with a helpless expression.

Judging from the expression, the pink-haired girl is obviously unwilling to act with the blonde girl.

"It's a big city. This is a big city. In the true sense of the word, there is no such scene in the metropolis of the future. Well, in short, after this iron bump stops, I will Go down and wander around, see if there are any treasures worth collecting da★ze!"

The girl who said this became more and more imposing.

"It's up to you, just don't confess me if you get caught."

The pink-haired girl blinked her eyes, she didn't know what she saw and became helpless, she shook her head and ignored the companions beside her.

Anyway, the purposes of the two people are completely different, and they don't interfere with each other, so that's enough.

[Illegal entry detected, illegal entry detected! 】

[Energy intensity detection, 3-level intensity energy aggregation detected, 5-level intensity energy aggregation detected, alarm!alarm! 】

One virtual interface after another suddenly emerged from around the two of them at this moment.

"Well, feel, have we been discovered?"

After being stunned for a while, the blond girl turned her head to look at the pink-haired girl beside her.

"Don't call me by name, you idiot!"

The girl named Jue covered her face at this moment.

The sound of the alarm became louder and louder at this moment.

After a while, there were a few small bangs from the airport, one after another flying boats rushed past, and more prosthetic police officers arrived near the airport in an instant by using teleportation technology, 3 In less than a minute, more than two hundred heavily armed police officers surrounded the cargo warehouse of the spaceship that had just landed.

But what awaited them was the empty warehouse with no one there.

"It seems that there are lively places in this city."

In the lower city, Dante, who heard the explosion from a distance, smiled, and then looked to his side.

"You came to this occasion on purpose just to say this?"

Virgil looked at Dante indifferently, his voice full of disdain.

"Don't say that, I just walk around and have fun, that's all. Just like these strangers, are you here to have fun too?"

Dante said so, smiling and looking forward.

Chapter 170: The Eliminated Ones and the Visiting Monsters

The streets and alleys, which were slightly damp, were still not stained with a trace of dust.Because of the hard work of nanomachines invisible to the naked eye, every corner of the city can be kept clean and tidy at any time, even in remote corners.

However, despite being extremely clean, this alley still looks very messy, not because of any garbage or random piles of things, but because of the people in it.

Gathered in twos and threes, wearing dirty and worn out clothes, looking indifferent and numb, or sitting or lying on the ground.

As long as you look carefully, you can see that the clothes these people are wearing are actually high-end brands, but for some reason, these people are completely unwilling to take care of themselves, so that the clothes on their bodies are either extremely dirty or torn Rotten.Including the appearance, all of them are unkempt, and the emotions expressed in the pupils are as numb as if they have died. It is not so much a person as a doll-like thing.

Obviously this city has completely eliminated poverty in fact, and I don't know why these people have become like this.

At this moment, because of the reason Dante and Virgil walked into this alley, these people have stood up at this moment, looking at them a little at a loss, feeling a little bit vigilant and alert, There is even a hint of hostility.

"At first, I just wanted to walk around casually, and I thought that the real city would be useless. What are you playing? Is it some kind of primitive role-playing game, or a homeless experience? It can be seen that we are not welcome. .”

Dante, who thought he might have fun, raised his eyebrows.

"Are you tourists? What are you doing here, get out!"

A somewhat clean-looking man came out, stared at the two of them and began to speak in a rather harsh tone.

"This is just an alley, okay, I didn't see any sign of private land, or no sign or anything written here."

Dante shrugged.

"..."

After a brief silence, the group of people started to retreat one by one, and all walked away without saying a word.

"Did you just leave directly? I thought it would be some gangster who came up to beat someone up again."

The development of the situation was a little unexpected, and Dante touched his chin and became a little confused.

"When you see a few people who are a little bit weird, go up and say something, are you a child?"

Virgil who was standing behind made a disdainful sound.

"They're not evil people, they just can't find their own place, and they don't want to accept this kind of life that enjoys everything, so they are just people who give up on themselves because of this, don't worry too much," a voice sounded from behind at this time, "And now In Zion, crime is almost impossible, and nanobots covering every inch of the ground will gather at the moment of harm and completely control the perpetrators."

Neo.

The man who had cooperated with Jiang Ming and others in the Concerto of the Marginals incident and made great efforts to save the polluted people walked out from behind Dante and Virgil at this moment.

Different from the spiritual world at that time, Neo at this moment is wearing a rather casual outfit, looking like an ordinary person.

"You're getting weaker."

Virgil, who had fought side by side with Neo, frowned.

In the spiritual world, Neo obviously possesses extremely powerful combat power and responsiveness. Both physical fitness and fighting skills are quite remarkable. It can be said that he has completely stepped into the realm of superhumanity.But Neo here, according to Virgil's induction, is not much different from an ordinary human being.

"My power can only be used in the virtual world. In the real world, I am indeed much weaker. But in such a peaceful city, there is no need to have too strong power. Well, then this one It must be Mr. Dante, the S-class mercenary of the Star Alliance Mercenary Association, I have heard of your name a long time ago."

Neo greeted him very friendly.

"Well, hello, Neo, right? I heard that you fought with a super monster in the virtual world with my facial paralyzed brother? It's a pity that I was still hiding from debts at that time, and I didn't know it was so interesting things happened.”

With a slightly helpless expression, Dante reached out and shook Neo's hand.

[In the spiritual world, you have the power to level the city, but in the real world, you are just an ordinary person?However, it is clear that there is no strong mental power fluctuation, how can this be done?What kind of power is this? 】

Virgil, lost in thought because of Neo's words, is in a state of being puzzled.

"You said that they are self-defeating people. It sounds interesting. What exactly are those people?"

Walking out of the alley, Dante and Neo walked side by side, asking curiously.

"The construction of New Zion started four years ago, and it was fully established two years ago. The population of Old Zion is actually very small. Most of the residents of this city were relocated here under the call of the Star Alliance. All kinds of construction activities, and people who have settled down. These people are the same, holding the idea of ​​​​building a beautiful home, putting in their own efforts, little by little, turning a piece of ruins into a benchmark city in the civilized world."

Neo showed a reminiscing expression.

"Before the nanosystem became popular, these people were doing well. However, the fully popularized nanosystem replaced a large number of jobs, and many people who originally had considerable working ability died because they could not compete with the nanosystem under the integration of artificial intelligence. Unemployment. Although the universal security service allows them to obtain a happy life even if they don’t work for a lifetime, the pain of falling from a height makes them unacceptable and they become self-defeating.”

"The nanosystem has an extremely powerful protection function. Those who jump off the building will be caught by the buffer net generated by the nanosystem halfway. Suicides at home, such as taking medicine, cutting their wrists and hanging themselves, will disappear when their vital signs disappear, and the moment their soul leaves the body. The system detects it, and then revives the suicide through a small-scale time regression.”

"In the words of these people, they can neither get a job that can prove the value of their ability, nor can they end their useless life. Such a self is already a waste moth raised by society. Finally, these people form I formed a group and just wandered around with nothing to do every day. These people in the group are very hostile to other people, but they will not take the initiative to do things that hurt others, so just don’t worry about it.”

In the end, Neo's voice became a little emotional. From the helpless expression on his face, it can be seen that he should have thought of many ways to help these people, but it didn't work, so he had no choice but to give up in the end. .

"I have worked so hard to build a perfect future city, and then I was immediately abandoned by the city I built. This group of people probably think this way? Hmm, it's quite easy to understand, but it's really awkward. .”

Dante shook his head and said something with emotion.

"Is it a machine that was created by humans and then eliminated?"

Virgil also showed a thoughtful expression.

"I can't say that completely. It's just that the life of ordinary people will gradually move in this direction. If there is no extraordinary wisdom or extraordinary power, it will inevitably become more and more difficult to realize personal value in the face of increasingly advanced and powerful technology. .”

Neo nodded.

"But compared to that, how did you find us?"

Dante suddenly thought of something, and looked at Neo seriously.

"I'm in charge of the maintenance of various nanosystem nodes. I just went to the downtown area for maintenance today. I just met you. Look, there are nodes."

As Neo said, he stretched out his hand and pointed to an iron tower building not far away, which was not very conspicuous among the tall buildings.

It was a very simple looking iron tower about 60 meters high. There was a light golden ball on the top of the tower, which looked very small from a distance, but if you really walked up to it, you would find this thing Bigger than a locomotive.

In order to maintain and communicate with an unimaginably dense group of nanomachines, such node base stations are essential.In fact, in the entire city of Zion, there are millions of such nanosystem node base stations, each of which requires dedicated maintenance and management.

"Countless base stations form a huge network, just like human bones and internal organs, while nanomachines are the giant's blood vessels, blood and nerves, and the city itself is the giant's skin and appearance. This description may not be entirely correct , but it can reflect the characteristics of the city to a certain extent.”

The pink-haired girl who said so, looked away from the node base station, and pulled the hood used to hide her appearance.