Within a radius of 100 meters, there are some ruins of modern cities, the only difference is that the environmental pollution here is more serious. The streets of the city where everyone was located were rolled up with the wind. There was a thick haze floating in the sky, and even if you turned on the high beams, you still couldn't see too far away.

Before Lu Buping could say anything, the team members had already let out irrepressible cheers.

Even Trito, who had the lowest presence, turned red with excitement.

"What's wrong with you?" Lu Buping asked curiously.

In his opinion, this dilapidated city is not as good as its original world. Fortunately, the original world had a good vision and could detect danger at any time. This heavy haze gave Lu Buping a feeling of depression. It was as if some unknown threat was hiding behind the thick fog.

Suthier was the first to explain: "Mr. Zhang San, for us survivors, it is very difficult for us survivors to obtain survival resources from the constantly changing terrain of the world. In order to make a living, we have to go to the desert to dig for cacti, or to go to the iceberg to look for salmon, you know.

Lu Buping nodded, the first time he met the team was when the other party went to the desert to find resources.

Suthier continued, "But among the many different areas, two are the most popular among survivors: the forest and the Old World city.

Old World towns, in particular, are simply hard to come by. The off-road vehicle we are riding in now is exactly what we found the last time we encountered the city. Cities also mean a lot of industrial products and processed food, and we don't have to worry about living for a long time. ”

As Sutil introduced, the rest of the team nodded frequently, seeing that this was the consensus of the survivors.

Hearing this, Lu Buping somewhat understood.

The difference between this ruined world and its own original world is that although the original world has exploded with a wave of living corpses, there are still a large number of human beings surviving. It took the scavengers four years to empty almost the entire city, leaving only non-essential stores like sex shops.

But this world is different, and cities are rare for survivors due to the changing terrain. It's an untapped treasure. Even if all that remains is ruins, it will be enough for the precarious survivors.

"Hahaha, God forbid. We didn't have much gas left, and Old Sam was going to empty the entire gas station this time and convert the car into a marching tank. The city is beckoning, let's go, kids! ”

Old Sam laughed, then stepped on the accelerator, and everyone drove into the smog-shrouded city.

Cars are constantly weaving through the streets, and the silent city is deserted, and the noisy and rich town of what used to be has become a veritable empty city. The thick haze is accompanied by dilapidated and old shops on both sides of the road, which is particularly gloomy and terrifying. The sound of wheels running over the earth signaled the arrival of the surviving humans.

"There's a restaurant here!" Cui Tuo excitedly pointed out of the car and kept banging on the window.

When I looked up, I saw a large restaurant looming in the fog not far away. Outside the restaurant is a small open-air plaza with more than a dozen tables and chairs, but the diners have long since disappeared.

Old Sam parked the car on the side of the road, and the group of five drove to the main entrance of the restaurant, only to find that the door had been firmly entangled in a pair of chains.

Reed pulled out a bat and walked towards the glass window next to it. Just as he was about to break the window, he was stopped by Lu Buping.

"Mr. Zhang San, why did you stop me? When I break the window, let's go in and get food," Reed said confusedly.

Lu Buping smiled and said, "You must enter when you go in, but this city is too empty, and the sound of you breaking glass will become a prominent signal." If there are other man-eaters or something nearby, they will probably follow the sound. For the sake of safety, it is more convenient to open the lock. ”

While speaking, Lu Buping took out a small wire from his arms and walked to the chain lock.

"Wait a minute." He picked up the lock and looked at it for a while, then bent the wire into a U-shape and inserted it into the keyhole. After a few pries, only a "click" sound was heard from the lock cylinder, and the door had been opened.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to have this kind of craftsmanship, it's really amazing." Old Sam smiled as he pushed open the front door of the restaurant, "Kids, speed up. Old Sam is going to have a big meal today! ”

Everyone in the team laughed and walked in one after another, and they were very happy to be able to find the city.

The crowd rummaged through the restaurant, and although most of the food had long since rotted and spoiled, there were still plenty of canned products in this large restaurant. Reed and Suthir arrived in the back kitchen of the restaurant and let out a cheer.

It turned out that they found boxes of canned vegetables and luncheon meat in the kitchen, which would have been enough to feed the people in their camp for several years. In this way, everyone started the carrying work non-stop, and Lu Buping also began to help. The presence of the harness made it much quicker for him to carry supplies, and it didn't take long for all the food to be transported to the cart.

At the same time, Lu Buping also left a few bottles of mineral water and canned food for emergencies, after all, he was deeply impressed by walking alone on the desert before.

After everyone emptied the food, looking at the trunk piled up like a hill of cans, old Sam laughed and said, "Let's go to the gas station next stop, and it would be better to find another car, so that we can get some more supplies." Old Sam can't wait! ”

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and returned to the buggy for the next location.

But no one noticed that just above the crowd's heads, a surveillance camera was still running. The camera lens swept over everyone's heads in turn, and suddenly the red light inside flashed, and then locked on Lu Buping's body.

Just as everyone was talking and laughing and imagining how many resources could be obtained at the next location, the beep boy on Lu Buping's arm vibrated wildly.

He didn't shy away from the rest of the team, and hurriedly pressed the screen and said, "What's the matter, Starry Night, is there any emergency?" ”

It's no wonder that Lu Buping is so anxious, although Starry Night is very unreliable, forgetful, vindictive, and often has convulsions and earthy lines. However, in the process of carrying out the mission, once there are natives of the mission world around her, she will not take the initiative to speak, so as to avoid exposing the information of the parallel management center. Unless Lu Buping takes the initiative to contact her, this goods will be happy.

But this is the first time that such an emergency contact has occurred.

The beep boy lit up, and the Q version of the villain representing the starry night was on the ground with one hand at this time, covering his chest with the other, and his mouth seemed to vomit blood outward. Although the resolution of the Pip-Boy is a little low, Starry Night spits out some square mosaics......

"Holy." Lu Buping was indeed a little frightened, how could this thing inexplicably seem to have been bombarded.

"The host...... I, I can't do it anymore, I think of the days when we used to fight side by side together, I think of the time we ran together in the sunset, it was my lost youth. It's an honor to be your assistant and remember to help me take care of my mother, woo. After the starry night villain finished speaking, the whole person turned over the plate, lay down and stuck out his tongue and did not move.

"......" Lu Bu turned off the beep boy expressionlessly. He regretted a little that he had overestimated the festival of the starry night, and in the face of other people's curious inquiries, he just didn't say a word.

The Pip-Boy vibrated wildly again.

"If you don't get down to business, I'll turn you into a three-hundred-pound fat woman when I go back!" Lu Buping gritted his teeth and said.

"Master, I was wrong, please forgive me!" The starry night villain is prostrate on the ground, making a five-body throw.

Lu Bu calmed down a little and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Well, something really troublesome happened. I find myself unable to contact the mastermind......" Starry Night said weakly.

"What?" Lu Buping was a little stunned.

Starry Night, as a guidance assistant AI, whether she is issuing tasks or controlling equipment, relies on the master brain of the parallel management center to provide information. And it will record and feedback its task situation in real time, and then the main brain will judge the task update.

As the pinnacle AI system designed by the progenitor humans, the mastermind of the Parallel Management Institute spans countless universes and provides combat assistance to thousands of mercenaries, and the guidance AI is one of the transit stations. It's weird that this transit station can't find its source now.

Lu Buping picked up the beep boy, and the taskbar on it still read: Go to heaven on earth.

If you can't contact the mastermind, does it mean that even if you are in heaven on earth now, you won't be able to receive new quest prompts?

"Starry Night, when did you find out?" Lu Buping asked eagerly.

Starry Night thought for a while and replied: "I can't remember exactly, normally I won't contact the mastermind if there is no important situation." So I haven't been in touch since I came to this world. Just now I felt like I was being attacked......"

"You are under attack, how is this possible."

"Yes, I feel like I've someone hacking into my system and trying to break through to ...... in reverse," Starry Night said here, and the whole beep-boy flickered.

The villain representing the starry night began to flicker non-stop, as if the old TV had lost its signal, and even his voice became intermittent: "Master...... Someone intruded...... Deciphering ......"

Immediately, the whole villain disappeared, and no matter how Lu Buping shouted, the other party no longer answered. On-screen quest hints and minimaps are also gone.

Lu Buping broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't think that Starry Night's prank would be to this extent.

Then it means that there is indeed a strange force in this world that is competing with parallel management!