Chapter 7: Strange Times
A faint light from the horizon broke the lonely night and made the heroic city in the darkness and chaos a little clearer.
On Triumph Street, a slender girl in a black cloak walked briskly along the side of the street under the cover of night, sometimes walking into the alley and detouring, sometimes stopping in the shadows and standing still.
"Stop, there's someone walking this way thirty meters in front of you. ”
"There's a group of soldiers over there, you hide quickly. ”
"There's no one left, let's go. ”
"Keep going, just one person, don't waste time, I pulled him into a dream, and now he can't see you. ”
Chen Xi hung his head slightly, completely hid the bloodstained place on his body under the cloak, without revealing the slightest trace, and according to the reminder of the voice in his head, he shuttled through the streets and alleys, avoiding teams of soldiers on night patrol, as well as those refugees who were homeless and had to get up early to work.
And when you meet someone who can't be avoided, the other party will also stand in place, with a blank look, letting her pass by, but you can't see her, and she won't recover until she is far away.
"It's here. ”
After a while, Chen Xi walked quickly along the edge of the street to the gate of a courtyard house, looked around, and then used the key to open the black wrought iron courtyard door, and flashed in.
Chen Xi gently closed the door, trying not to make too much movement from the slightly rusty iron door, and then asked in a low voice, "Is there anyone?"
Lin Chu's voice sounded in her head:
"I guess they're all asleep, just go in directly, everyone in your family has been pulled into a dream by me. ”
Chen Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked quickly to the depths of the courtyard along the pebbled path in the center of the courtyard lawn.
Lin Chu's voice rang out again in her head:
"Master, don't go so fast, I didn't appreciate the characteristics of this era just now, but now it's safe, you let me take a good look." ”
Chen Xi sighed and began to walk slowly in the courtyard at the speed of a walk.
She couldn't help but ask curiously:
"By the way, how did you see the outside world when you entered my body?
Lin Chu thought for a moment, suddenly smiled, and said:
"It's like when I'm playing chicken, when I hang up, the screen switches to the first view of my teammates...... Well, that's probably what it feels like, I can only see your perspective and hear what you hear, but I can't control your body, but I can still simulate it with dream synchronization. ”
"Eat chicken?screen?" Chen Xi was confused.
Although she could understand what Lin Chu meant, she still didn't quite understand the strange words that came out of his mouth at every turn.
"It's not the chicken, it's not the chicken, I mean something that only existed in my time, huh...... It's a game for fun. Lin Chu explained casually.
Chen Xi was a little dizzy when he heard it, but he still said with great interest:
"A game for entertainment? It seems that you were also rich in life in that era, are you also a nobleman?"
Lin Chu smiled, and while looking at the style characteristics of this era through Chen Xi's gaze, he said casually:
"In those days, even ordinary families could play games casually, no, it should be said that for ordinary people, the most interesting and affordable entertainment was games, and they couldn't play anything else if they wanted to. ”
"It seems that your time was very peaceful, your life must be very beautiful, right?" Chen Xi couldn't help asking.
Lin Chuxin said casually absentmindedly:
"It's very good, boys are very sensible, as soon as they have money, they want to take care of a few more girls, girls are also very sensible, they know that boys don't have money and don't stay with him, so as not to work hard, the world is full of love. ”
Chen Xi didn't understand, but just sighed approvingly:
"It was really a very beautiful time, and even the bottom didn't have to worry about surviving.
"In this era, in this wasteland, the people at the bottom have to work hard to survive, and if they leave the city to live in a gathering place, they also have to worry about being attacked by calamity monsters, and even eating is a very luxurious thing. ”
"Gathering place?" Lin Chu couldn't help but ask, "The city can't accommodate them, so did you drive them out?"
"No, it's their own reluctance to come in. Chen Xi stopped, sighed, and said, "Heroic City does not exclude desolate people from entering the city, as long as it goes through a certain inspection.
"Even if the deserters don't have a place to live in the city, as long as they don't break the law, they won't be driven away, but the key is ...... There are only a limited number of jobs in the city that can guarantee survival.
"There are only so many people that can be fed in this city, and if you can't make money or eat in the city, you will starve to death sooner or later, so it's better to leave the city and go to the gathering place to live, at least with a stutter. ”
Civilization in the wasteland...... Lin Chu thought for a moment and said softly:
"It seems that the era in which I lived was quite good, at least most people were well fed, clothed, and entertained, and compared to what you said, it was already a paradise. ”
He couldn't help but sigh secretly, if he didn't have the ability to dream, he would really live in this era as an ordinary person, and I am afraid it would be difficult.
While speaking, Chen Xi had already walked through the courtyard, came to a small white bungalow similar to a villa, opened the door and walked in.
Lin Chu saw this rather modern residence through Chen Xi's perspective, and couldn't help but wonder:
"Who designed this villa, and how do I feel a bit like the style of my time?
"On the way back just now, I also saw some buildings with a style similar to my era, and I always feel that there are many similarities between your era and my era......
The living room was not as dark as Lin Chu imagined or a dim scene with candles and kerosene lamps, but it was quite bright, and it was the crystal-like chandelier hanging from the ceiling, which was emitting a soft light.
"Electric light, no, it's not a light bulb...... Lin Chu said in surprise: "Chen Xi, you stop for a moment, what is that chandelier?
Chen Xi stopped, looked up at the crystal chandelier, and said:
"Oh...... This chandelier has twelve 'glittering lizard' eyes inlaid on it.
"The glitter lizard is a rather peculiar calamity monster, its eyes can bloom with blinding bright light, but after death, the eyeballs will only emit soft light when the light is dimmed, and after processing, it can be used for lighting, but it is quite expensive, this chandelier is worth more than 10,000 yuan. ”
Lin Chu was stunned.
He hadn't seen anything related to electricity along the way, and he probably hadn't invented anything like a battery yet.
"It's a strange time......
"The decoration style is the same, although the materials are different, but it can be seen that it is the style of my time. ”
Lin Chu followed Chen Xi's perspective, observing the furniture in the living room, the wall skin, etc., and there were glasses on the table.
After watching it along the way, the biggest feeling he has for this era is-
Disorderly!
The tech tree has a messy feel to it, textiles, energy, materials, biology...... It feels like all fields are not the same era, some are very backward, and some are not much worse than modern times, including architecture, clothing, decoration and other styles are also diverse.
At least to him, a twenty-first-century man, it was strange for these things to come together.
Chen Xi walked up the stairs leading to the second floor, and said in a low voice:
"I don't know, but I've heard my tutor say before that many of the academic streams of the alliance nowadays, once they become demon god eaters, they can gradually tap into the hidden memories in the depths of the bloodline, which may have something to do with this. ”
If Lin Chu realized, perhaps, this is the reason for the confusion of the technology tree and style in this era?
While speaking, Chen Xi walked along the corridor on the second floor to the door of one of the bedrooms, pushed the door and walked in.
The bedroom is also quite bright, with a small chandelier hanging from the ceiling with only the eyes of three glittering lizards.
After closing the door with a click, Chen Xi leaned his back against the door, slid down a little softly, and after sitting on the soft carpet, he exhaled a long breath and said with some palpitations:
"I thought I might never come back today......"
At this time, a vague figure flew out of her body, and then condensed into Lin Chu's appearance.