Chapter XXV. Conditions for Negotiations
I returned to the gate of the munitions factory, handed over the token that Oude had given me, and the guards took a look at it and let me in. It is said that the gate is the first level, but in fact, the distance between the first and second levels is only less than twenty meters, not far at all, and in my opinion, this additional second level is completely redundant, because there is nothing between the two levels except some dust.
I didn't see Oude and Ouya, so I guess I came early. I found a relatively spacious place and leaned against the wall, this body does not feel tired, only the battery will limit movement, but I still like to sit down or lean like this when I am alone, it can calm my mind.
There were so many things going on that that made my mind a little confused, I didn't know if it was caused by the damage to my soul, and I always felt like I couldn't concentrate while thinking about something. After a brief combing of thoughts, I now know that there is a way to resurrect Cher in this world, but I don't know the content of this method, so it should be recorded in that notebook. In addition to me, there are two robots that are also reincarnated, and their goals are the same as mine.
Of the two of them, the dark red robot took the top half of the notebook, and I know where the bottom half is, so there is only one thing to do now, take the bottom half of the notebook, and then use it as a condition for negotiation, and find a way to separate the two guys, but I haven't figured out exactly how to do it.
Now that I have more and more complete memories, I also know a little bit about what happened before. I did come here before, experienced something similar but different, and died in the end, but the cause of my death is not found in my previous memories or now, and it is a bit strange.
"Look, it's J7!" Familiar voices, familiar words, the figures of Ouya and Oude appeared in sight, and I stood up and walked forward.
"It looks like your robot has returned, so I'll be out of company." Sending Oude and Ouya out of the checkpoint, the officers who were traveling with them saluted and turned away.
Oude wanted to say a few more words to the officer, but from his somewhat reluctant look, he knew that he might have met a soulmate. But at Ouya's urging, he smiled helplessly and waved goodbye to the officer.
The next thing is the same as in memory, Ouya pulled Oude to go to the market, but happened to see the father and daughter who died tragically at the entrance of the slum alley, because of the great mental impact, Ouya was taken by Oude and quickly left the ground Tisbor.
When I got back to my accommodation, Ode didn't let me go out, and I had to spend the night in a sleeping pod. When I first walked to the door, the feeling of weakness came again, fortunately Oude had already entered the door at that time, otherwise I would definitely think that some part of me was damaged, and if I died on the repair tool, I am afraid that I would not be willing to be a ghost.
In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning, it was the third day we had arrived in Tisball, and in my memory, the morning of the third day should have been the time for Oude to take Ouya to the largest steam bar in the underground city to relax, and I would go with me. But unexpectedly, this time they didn't take me with them, but gave me a new battery and left in a hurry.
Seeing that the flying ship they were riding in was getting farther and farther away, I turned and headed for the easternmost part of the underground city. It was a long journey and I had to walk, which took me almost an hour, and that's with a lot of traffic.
But even so, I can only feel helpless and try to speed up my pace, since I came to this world, except for one time in the hands of Oude, I have no relationship with such a thing as "money", so no matter where I go, I can only rely on the most primitive methods, which is laborious and time-consuming, but what can I do about this?
After passing through the metal-filled robot station, I walked around the remote alley in my impression, and after walking a few steps, I saw the road that had been blocked by construction, and the dilapidated but neat antique bookstore.
Before coming to the antique bookstore, the lights inside were still a little dim, and the old man was probably still in the room inside. I cautiously pushed the door open, trying not to make a sound, and what I was going to do next was indeed a bit unsightly and unconscionable. I was really a little scared, if I saw the old man's old and miserable body again, I don't know if I would be so ruthless as to steal the broken notebook from him.
In fact, I know the answer, for the sake of Cher, no matter how much I betray my heart, I will still do this, acting quietly like this, just to make myself feel better, just to lie to myself.
I walked briskly to the bookshelf in the corner, searched up and down, found the ancient book, reached out and pulled it out, and half of the broken notebook fell out. Without opening it directly, I hurriedly put it in my storage space, stuffed the ancient book into the bookshelf casually, and walked away quickly.
"Who is it...... Wait a minute, my legs are a little weak. As soon as he left the bookstore, an old and frail voice came from the hut inside.
"Oops...... Did I hear it wrong, it's really old......"
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At the same time, the robot station hall ......
"Well, do you have any clues?"
"The robots here have already asked, no one has seen that guy, could it be that it doesn't know that there is such a place as a robot station?"
"It's unlikely, since we are reincarnated, there must be some wish to be fulfilled, then gathering intelligence must be a top priority, I don't think a guy who knows that he is following us doesn't even have this bit of common sense."
"But at least it hasn't been here yet, is it a newcomer who just came over?"
"It's hard to say, it's always coming, I've been keeping an eye on it here lately, you'd better be more careful over there."
"It's okay, I have time on my side."
"The maker of your body didn't suspect you? It's hard to ......"
"Yes, like you, it has been dealt with a long time ago, but the problem of the battery is a headache, and there is not much time left, and the world has begun to reject us."
"yes, but we only have such a clue."
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Shortly after I left the antique bookstore, I opened the notebook and flipped through a few pages, and memories of the previous life came to mind, and I also knew that somewhere in the black dead realm, there were two glowing crystals, and they had the ability to grant all wishes.
It couldn't help but speed up my pace a bit, and it was hard to believe. In such a punk world, there are things that only exist in this fantasy, and I only wanted to see Cher before, but now I think about many things that exist in this world, which cannot be explained by common sense.
Although I was thinking, I didn't slow down, and soon I passed the robot station again, and I wanted to go further to find clues, but now I had a more important matter to deal with. Now that I have the second half of the notebook, I have the terms of negotiation, but this is not enough, I still lack one key item: the map.
Judging from the remaining memories, the crystal is likely to be in the "Black Dead Domain", according to the records of the history books, the Black Dead Land is connected to the desert west of Tisborough City, and the specific size of this desert is impossible to find out, and it is simply a needle in a haystack to find the location of the crystal from it.
In the memory of the previous life, I did get there in the end, but in the end...... Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but cramp again, I hurriedly slowed down and calmed my mood, I must not collapse my spirit before the physical collapse, otherwise what would I talk about to save my Xue'er.
The state of mind calmed down a little before I set off again. Since I've been there before, I've definitely gotten some way to get there, and the most direct thing that comes to mind is the map, because such a vast desert, it's impossible to tell it by narrative alone, and no one except for robots can fully describe the route by talking about it, but it's impossible for robots to go to that kind of place. So the only possibility is that I must have gotten a map in my last life.
The first priority now is to find this map, memorize it in my chip, and burn it to ashes with this half of the notebook, so that only I know the secret of the crystal and where it is, and use these two clues as bargaining chips to negotiate with the dark red robot, but then I need to add some small skills, and I need to pick the right time......
Of course, that's all for later, the main question is where exactly this map is. At first, I thought about hiding in the robot station, but there was no relevant fragment in my memory, and I went straight to get half of the notes after seeing the purple robot there before. I also wondered if it was in a munitions factory, but the idea only stayed in my consciousness for a moment before I dismissed it, because I had never been in it at any time. There is no such clue in the City Library, so there is only one possibility, and that is in the steam bar.
Silently calculated the time, if you rush over now, it will take about 1 hour to reach the steam bar, and there should be no need to worry about the battery, but now Oude and Ouya are there, if they see me a robot will actually come to this kind of place, it is equivalent to telling them that there is a secret in my body, and then think of the abnormal fall to the ground before, with Oude's wisdom is likely to disassemble my memory chip, and then everything will be over.
Although Oude gave me the overall impression of being a friendly person, I don't know why, there seemed to be a voice in my heart that reminded me to be careful. I can't be careless, I can't be ...... for a moment