Chapter 40: Farewell
Xiang Shan opened his eyes. As scheduled, today is the day when the welfare officer will announce the resumption of asylum.
It was also when he was scheduled to leave the town.
Now that that inexplicable turmoil has passed, there is not much point in him staying here any longer. Also, although he doesn't remember who he is, it's at least certain that he must have been a well-known thief in the past. He felt uncomfortable just staying in a place under official surveillance.
You need to get out and go into the wilderness.
At this time, Xiang Shan's prosthetic body has changed compared with half a month ago. The outer armor that was damaged during the battle with Leif has been reforged. This time, his outer armor curved more slender, but his chest and back were thicker than before, apparently stuffed with new machinery. The entire outer armor was painted matte black. The lower body is still a leg of artificial muscles, and it walks with anti-joints. The hands were also removed from the swordsman Ronconi, but they had been painted the same color as the outer armor.
It's not about aesthetics or "style consistency". Xiang Shan didn't pay attention to the conditions at this time. This is primarily to prevent space-based weapons satellites in the sky.
More than once these days, he gazed at the stars. With the support of the driver chips of the three warriors, his prosthetic eye can finally be opened at a higher power. With the help of his prosthetic eye, he also found many celestial objects in the sky that were moving at unusual speeds - "artificial satellites".
If you look at it quantitatively, the density of artificial satellites in this era has reached its limit. Xiang Shan estimated that the orbit was already densely packed with man-made objects.
Those are the "eyes" suspended in the sky.
He didn't know how precise optical scanning could be in this era, but matte black was always harder to spot than silver shiny metallic hues.
The knight must know how to deal with these things.
Of course, internal power can invade the enemy's terminal equipment along the electromagnetic signal, disrupt the equipment and even seize control. But with the power of this humanoid prosthesis, no matter what frequency band Xiang Shan uses, the electromagnetic waves cannot directly hit the internal force into space.
He couldn't use his internal strength to disarm the reconnaissance of this kind of orbiting satellite that was thousands of miles away.
Unless you can control a transmitter with sufficient power.
And in addition to "reconnaissance", there are also "attacks that may arrive at any time".
According to Xiang Shan's memory, the only limitation of "space-based weapons" is that "they have the potential to damage important property." If a knight is discovered in the wilderness, then what awaits him is the concentrated fire of space-based weapons satellites.
Xiang Xiang looked around the mountain. The elderly and disabled people around the recycling bins are all in the corners. The mayor was afraid that these guys would run into the welfare officer, so he turned off the prosthetics of these people in advance and put them into suspended animation. Xiang Shan is not very comfortable with this practice. In the past, it was impossible to delegate the function of "turning off the prosthesis" to others. Only the "biological brain, which is directly connected to the prosthesis", can command the motor part of the prosthesis to shut down through nerve signals. But in this day and age, this kind of thing seems to have become commonplace.
Xiang Shanyan swept the other machine in the corner. The infrared signal from the prosthetic eye penetrated the machine. Then, it stood up tremblingly.
It is a four-legged machine that is almost two meters high. Xiang Shan dismantled the parts of Lef's prosthetic leg and modified the power structure in it to the skeleton he commissioned the village chief to make. This machine is a rectangular table top dragged on four legs, and then there are two prosthetic eyes in front of it.
Lonconi's driver chip is housed in a metal box under the prosthetic eye.
Xiang Shan's body name for this thing is "donkey". The "donkey" is a beast-like robot.
Although the efficiency of tires is much greater than that of backward structures such as legs on smooth roads, it is difficult for tires to cross difficult terrain. Under this premise, multi-legged robots still make sense.
This thing will be responsible for carrying the little inheritance left of Lef, Paulus, Ronconi, and Boom Qui. In addition, it is also a "backup prosthesis" in its own right.
No words needed. Xiang Shan stared at the prosthetic eye of the "donkey" and could give the command to "follow".
He walked out the door. The streets are quiet and there is no one left. Only the other side of the town was a little dusty. Apparently, the residents had gathered in the square again, waiting for the arrival of the welfare officer.
He glanced twice towards the mountain.
Well, the little guy didn't come over in the end.
Xiang Shan shook his head. The awkward things of children are the most unreasonable to talk about.
He walked a few steps and soon came to the other side of town. This is a raw material accumulation yard. Further out is the garbage dump on which the residents depend. Xiang Shanshan intended to walk in this direction, through the ruins of the battlefield, to the wilderness where few townspeople had been.
Standing on the edge of the garbage dump, Xiangshan turned around and looked at the recycling town of the dump.
"Tsk, tsk, it's such a broken place, but it's still a little reluctant." Xiang Shan shook his head: "I have to find a way to get back my memories a little more, otherwise, any broken copper and iron will think it's a good thing......"
At this time, a cloud of smoke and dust was rapidly approaching. Someone may have come looking for him. Retract your steps towards the mountain.
After a while, Yulia appeared in Xiangshan's field of vision. She had a strip of cloth tied to her rearview mirror. Mayor Mare was lying on the side of her body.
Xiang Shan was a little strange: "Ms. Yulia? Mr. Mayor? Why are you two here? ”
He was indeed quite surprised. At this time, the residents of the town should be welcoming the welfare officer.
The mayor shrunk his shoulders and said embarrassedly, "We're just here to see off the righteous man." You have been in our town for so long, and you have helped our town a lot......"
Yulia was straightforward: "I asked the mayor to come with me." You told Yuki before that there was one thing that had to be returned to you before you left. I didn't have a prosthetic hand to get it easily, so I had to bring the mayor with me. ”
Mayor Mare removes what Yulia is strapped to her rearview mirror. It was a piece of man-made fabric, and inside was a driver chip.
That's Yuki's spare chip. Xiangshan made some modifications to prohibit some ports of external interference.
This is also what Xiang Shan did in order to keep his own secret. In his original idea, if he wanted to teach his apprentice something real, he had to find a way to get him out of those potential surveillance. But this thing is tantamount to saying to those in power, "I'm a rebel." So Xiang Shan told Yuki early on that if he was separated from him, Yuki would have to discard the chip himself.
Looks like Yuki at least remembers it.
"It's awkward for a child......" Xiang Shan glanced at Yulia and the mayor.
It looks like Yulia doesn't fully trust Mayor Mare. This thing is supposed to be Yuki herself wrapped around Yulia's rearview mirror. She didn't give it to Mayor Mare because she was afraid that Mayor Mare had secretly hidden the chip, which could implicate her and Yuki. But she was really afraid that the chip would fall off halfway, she wouldn't be able to pick it up, and finally offended Xiang Shan, a "thug".
"Why bother? I just said that this thing is better not to be checked. If there is a risk of being inspected, you can scrap it yourself. ”
Xiang Shan said as he connected the chip to the interface on his wrist and formatted it.
He tossed the chip to the mayor: "That's fine." ”
"Haha......" Mayor Townsman smiled cautiously, "Won't the righteous stay any longer?" ”
"Excuse me. The town has been kind to me, I helped you fight off a wave of thugs, and then guarded for so many days, and it can be regarded as repaying the kindness. Xiang Shan shook his head: "Next, I still have some of my own things to deal with." ”
The mayor was shocked: "That's not what we meant......"
Xiang Shan ignored the old man, but turned to Yulia: "Madam, help me tell that kid Yuki, in the last few days, I am very disappointed in his performance." Understand, I'm disappointed! Knowledge is the most precious thing in this world. I've never had enough time to teach everything. This kind of thing that someone comes to teach but can't learn, it can't be criticized without criticism. ”
Yulia was silent for a while, so much so that Xiang Shan began to wonder if this guy didn't want to talk to him at all. After a while, Yulia's voice came from the speaker: "It's my idea not to allow Yuki to come." Please don't embarrass my son. ”
Xiang Shan smiled: "I don't think I have a chance to embarrass your son anymore." I do have to go. ”
Yulia breathed a sigh of relief. She's really afraid of this kind of thing.
If Xiang Shan had any ill will towards her and Yuki, the mother and son would have no way to resist it.
"Looks like you really like Yukina kid...... Yulia said.
"After all, he dug me out of the dump, and I'm only an apprentice at the moment." He waved his hand to the mountain.
Yulia thought for a moment and asked, "So, is the knowledge you gave to Yuki really very important?" ”
Xiang Shan nodded: "I think that if he hadn't gone astray, he would have been able to live more like a human being many years later - of course, it doesn't matter if he forgets." ”
A gust of wind blew. Sand and dust cause visibility to plummet. Xiang Shan glanced back, and the familiar ground effect aircraft was already on the horizon. He nodded, "It's time to go." ”
Sure enough, the hero should be carrying something with a spear, walking into the wind and sand, and slowly disappearing.
Yulia started the engine [this is probably some kind of etiquette that Xiang Shan can't understand], and said to Xiang Shan, "Thank you for educating my children. Mountain, I hope you can ...... smoothly."
"No, it's impossible."
At this point, another voice interjected into the dialogue.