But the three of them still have unknown secrets, just like this unknown era of sorrow.

There is a secret arsenal in the office building, but Lamia doesn't need it, and I don't want to carry the weight, people only have one life, and no amount of firearms can make people get a few more shots, just a handy.

But water and food are a different story.

Lao Wei asked, "Can you really eat these things?" ”

The scavengers and robbers of the Age of Sorrow have developed similar tastes, and we don't mind eating cockroach meat and rat meat, especially meat that is so huge, so juicy, and so tender.

But on second thought, I'm no longer a scavenger, I'm a ranger, I'm a member of the Black Coffin, and my tastes need to be improved.

I haven't even stepped into the skyscraper, but I've already accomplished my goal. Lamia trusted me, and I became her henchman.

Am I going to be content with that? No, I'm going to keep climbing, and in the future, I'm going to live in the best room in the Black Coffin, eat the best food, play the most extravagant games, and have the most enjoyable fun. I want to become a celebrity of the Black Coffin, the master of the Black Coffin, and live a comfortable and comfortable life forever.

Only then will the fish stay away and not find me. Fish can smell poverty, smell pain, smell despair, smell all the negative emotions of people. When it comes, everyone will die, including me.

I couldn't be sure I could escape.

So I have to be in heaven.

Lamia said, "What happened to her?" ”

Lao Wei: "The last thing you have to worry about is her, I don't think even if someone shoots her in the head, she won't die." ”

I suspected that Lao Wei was bragging, but I looked at the strange appearance of the lack of energy, and I believed it again. I can't tell how much of Laca is still flesh and blood, and I don't even know if she's still human.

Lamia said, "It's good that you're all right." ”

I pointed out that we should go back to the skyscraper sooner.

Lamia shook her head and said, "The mission is not completed yet, it is too early to go back." ”

As if I had been doused with a basin of ice water, I asked her what task was more important than saving her life.

Lamia said, "My glory, my faith, and the orders of the consuls, these are worthy of being defended to the death. As a Ranger, you must be aware of this. ”

For the first time, I think this Ranger is still inappropriate.

Lamia said: "If you retreat, then I will consider you a deserter, and not only will you lose your qualification to enter the black coffin forever, but I will also execute you." ”

If you think about it carefully, how can you casually repent? If I promised to be old, weak, sick and disabled, it would naturally be regarded as not saying those words, but on the Lamia side, if you want to prevaricate, the price will be too great.

Perhaps this is a bit of a bully, but the world has been destroyed, and we, the survivors, have to improvise and lower our moral standards.

Lamia smiled, "That's good. Lao Wei and Lack have no objections.

This generation used to be the so-called "commercial street", I don't know if there is room for two bandit groups, one is gone, but if there is a next, it is better not to fall into an ambush. Lamia couldn't detect signs of humanity, and no matter how good she was, she couldn't withstand the indiscriminate gunfire in the encirclement.

I told Lamia that I was willing to find a way ahead, after all, I was used to being alone, and I was good at saving my life, and if there were robber snipers in a tall building, I might be able to find out.

My mind was full of questions, but I tried to keep myself optimistic. I think the fish is sniffing my breath, and sometimes, I suddenly look back as if I see its ghostly shadow.

Someone laughed and said, "Why resist?" Why? ”

I tried to keep my eyes open, I was sweating, I saw countless hands, countless eyes, countless human faces.

Ochid came alive, but he was no longer him, he was no longer human, he was something else... Thing. He said, "Come on, stay with us, we were like you at first, but now we understand, why struggle in the first place?" We are being redeemed, we are going to heaven. ”

Be a part of the Sun King.

I shouted, "No! Don't come here! ”

Fish.

A pair of warm little hands pressed against my forehead, and I thought it was Ochid and tried to push him away, but then recognized it as Lamia.

Lamia asked, "Who is Ochid?" ”

I told her it was an old acquaintance from a waterless village.

Lamia said, "Did you see him?" ”

I said that Ochid was long dead.

Lamia asked, "What happened?" ”

I was blunt and thought it would be best not to talk during the journey, as that would be distracting.

Lamia asked, "How far is it to get there?" ”

Laca's eyes glowed, and he cast a picture onto the marble floor, an extremely detailed map of the surroundings.

I think detailed maps are a treasure left over from the last era, and with a map, we become all-knowing and all-powerful gods, and if we study them carefully, large areas can be explored at will. And lackor is undoubtedly better than a map. I saw two dots in her cast, with a zigzag line in between. She can calculate the best path for herself to the target place.

And in her head, she didn't know how many such maps there were.

I've developed a good habit of traveling and when I see something useful, I usually find a way to take it with me. At present, this good habit can be temporarily curtailed, but I am still deeply shocked.

Who is Lacha? In ancient times, there was a so-called computer, I thought it was a fantasy, maybe it was a lack of addition, but she was clearly human.

Lao Wei looked up and said, "There are still thirty kilometers to go, and we will be able to get there tomorrow." ”

Lamia said, "When it gets dark, find a place to spend the night, and this time I hope that I will not be robbed again." ”

I was still a pioneer and went to a shop that said Barry Coffee, and it was safe inside, so I didn't have to light a fire this time, lest I make the same mistake again.

Lamia took out the same kind of sandwich meat roll she had seen last time and gave one to Lao Wei, who took out something like fuel, and there was a round hole like a gas filler in his left arm, and Lao Wei poured fuel into it.

I decided to try the sandwich and Lamia said, "I'm sorry, I don't have your share, you can eat cockroach meat." ”

I explained to her the need for teamwork, and Lamia laughed, "We've worked well so far, and when we get back to the Black Coffin, you'll be rewarded in an unexpected way." ”

I was disappointed, but luckily the cockroach meat wasn't hard to swallow.

When I asked them the purpose of their trip, Lamia said, "The place where we live is called the Black Coffin, which is a skyscraper that is more than 700 meters high. It is a masterpiece of ancient technology, capable of withstanding any disaster and with an inexhaustible source of energy. The most important thing is that people who live in black coffins can breathe fresh air and drink clean water. ”

I did my best to offer a kind of word, and it really came from the bottom of my heart.

"The consuls, however, believe that we cannot be satisfied with the status quo," Lamia said. The black coffin gives us the right to live, but it does not necessarily exempt us from the obligation to save the world. We are in the black coffin, the chosen people. We can live well, but is that all? The black coffin preserves us, so we are the spark of mankind, and the so-called spark will one day ignite a fire and make the world shine again. ”

I express my opinion, first of all I affirm the idea of the Archon, and I have not the slightest objection, but at the same time I point out that there is no lack of light in the world now, and although the sun above me seems to make people slowly mutate, at least it is bright.

Lamia nodded and said, "Yes, the sun is indeed a problem, and the demon is another. The consuls thus developed a strategy: a strategy of steady expansion. We built the town outwards with the Black Coffin as the center. Outside the town, walls and low houses were built of materials similar to black coffins, and the current population of the town has reached 17,000 people, which basically meets the daily needs. But the difficulty is that we lack everything, guns, ammunition, building materials, soil, energy, water...."

I asked her if there was a contradiction in that, and although I had a lot of respect for Lamia, didn't she say that the energy of the black coffin was unlimited?

Lamia said, "You can't imagine what the black coffin is like without seeing it with your own eyes. It is indestructible, and it is said that even a nuclear bomb cannot penetrate its shell. It produces shields, it drives away demons, it purifies sewage, it produces food, it has an automatic fire fighting system, it has an invasion defense system, it is like a human body, but it is healthier, more refined, and stronger than the human body. Everything is recycled. ”

I imagined my future home, and my heart was soaked in sweet honey hot water, sweet and warm.

"But its energy is limited to the black coffin itself, and it must not be exported. The current consul has decided to use the Black Coffin's technology to rebuild civilization, but the Black Coffin is a black box for us..."

I interrupted her and said, "Black box? This is a fitting analogy. "I have to flatter her to the fullest.

Lamia smiled and said, "So, we must acquire the technology outside the black coffin, the resources outside the black coffin, the outstanding talents outside the black coffin, and the proud things that have survived from the previous civilization. ”

Lao Wei said: "Yes, and the place we are going to this time is the junction of the Bay View Area and Hunter's Point. ”

I suddenly remembered the old map and magazine I had rummaged through, and showed them that the Bay Area was once a scientific research base in San Francisco.

Lao Wei smiled and said, "It's not easy for you to find such a well-preserved magazine, in the black coffin, this kind of old thing is quite valuable." I heard that there was a marquis who spent a lot of money on old things. ”

I think I'm going to have a good start in heaven, and maybe I'll make a little fortune, and I have five more of them, but in view of my familiarity with the human heart, I suspect that there is no shortage of thieves even in heaven, and that I should be careful even though I am shrewd.

With that in mind, I reached into my bag and tucked away the sandwich rolls I had stolen from Lamia.

"But your map is outdated, and the landscape of San Francisco is very different from what it was a hundred years ago," said Williams. Have you noticed that even if we make a few detours from Silicon Valley where the black coffin is located to the Bay View Area, we shouldn't have been separated by a hundred kilometers? ”

I asked if it was the movement of the earth's crust that expanded the area of San Francisco? ”

"No, it's much more complicated," he said.