Qiao Lu's drop pod landed in a desert, sand covered everything on the ground, even the sky was yellow, and only a round of the sun with blurred edges could be seen.

Although the visibility of the dusty air is not high, the silhouettes of some buildings can still be seen in the distance, and the city is flooded with yellow sand, proving that this is indeed the earth.

"No wonder you want to live in a space city, what has the surface environment been destroyed?"

It's not that he's going to choose a remote place to land, it's that most of the Earth's surface is covered in sand, and the degree of desertification is comparable to that of Tatooine in Star Wars, and the other investigation teams are basically in the same situation.

Acting with him are Liu Peiqiang, 2B and Bumblebee, all of whom are Qiao Lu's old partners.

They weren't so surprised by what they saw in front of them, after all, they had traveled through so many planes, and they had seen all kinds of earth.

Liu Peiqiang said: "The nearest oasis is five kilometers away, it is possible to find residents, go and have a look." ”

The Bumblebee has been transformed into a Chevrolet sports car for a long time, after all, this is a very classic model, and it is estimated that in the eyes of people in this era, it is at most a bit of a classic car.

What's more, the bumblebee can also be used as a vehicle for other vehicles encountered on the road, which is perfect as a means of transportation.

Liu Peiqiang and 2B both got into the car, only Qiao Lu suddenly set his eyes into the distance, but there was nothing but the endless yellow sand.

"What's wrong?" 2B asked with concern.

"Nothing, delusion."

For a moment, Qiao Lu felt some kind of gaze, but it disappeared again in the turn of breath.

He couldn't tell what was going on, and even with his sentience, he couldn't detect anything around him.

If this is not a delusion, then there is only one explanation -

Tomoko has already discovered them!

The bumblebee carried the three of them galloping through the boundless desert, dragging a long dust tail behind them, trudging through the yellow sand.

Dust billowed outside the window, and it was only when we got close to the oasis that we could occasionally see a vehicle passing in the distance.

These cars are obviously not powered by gasoline, and they come in all shapes, some new and some old, but they all have one thing in common: they all have a piece like an awning on the roof.

In short, the Bumblebee also follows the local customs, and also imitates the transformation of an awning on the roof of the car, so that it looks like any other car, at least without arousing suspicion.

Soon after, the car finally came to a dilapidated highway with street lights on both sides.

Ahead of the road was an oasis surrounded by sparse woods, and this was the first stop for Jolu and their family, hoping to find a few inhabitants.

The car drove into an oasis, a residential community surrounded by anti-sarin forests, and the sign next to it reads "New Life Five Villages", which seems to be indeed a place where people live.

It's the same as it was at the beginning of the 21st century, with rows of familiar six-story residential buildings, old people playing chess on stone benches and mothers pushing strollers in the open space in front of them, and a few children playing football on the sparse lawn growing out of the sand······

If it weren't for the fact that the entire residential area was surrounded by anti-sarpentine forests, it would really make people think that they had returned to that era.

Qiao Lu planned to collect information here first, but before they could stop the car, a group of people rushed out from the side, surrounded them, and shouted at Qiao Lu and the others:

"Get off! Hands up! ”

The group of people had laser pistols in their hands, and it seemed that the citizens of this era had the freedom to legally own weapons, and of course the freedom to live, and the random to die.

They all looked a little nervous, and even their hands were shaking with their guns.

Based on this, Qiao Lu can conclude that they are either trained police officers or soldiers, or thugs who are legally armed with weapons.

"Well, it seems that I was wrong, and now it is the Americans who are in charge of managing the planet." Liu Peiqiang continued the previous joke and said.

"Anyway, let's do what they say."

Qiao Lu cooperated with the car and raised his hands, he didn't want to cause trouble for the time being.

At this time, two policemen arrived at the scene and quickly pulled out their guns to try to control the situation.

"Hey! What are you doing! ”

One of the thugs at the head grinned: "Officer, it's just in time, we have caught a group of ETO remnants!" ”

ETO, the full name of the "Earth Three-Body Organization", simply put, is the human spy who leads the way for the Three-Body Problem, and the most famous slogan is: "Eliminate human tyranny, the world belongs to the Three-Body Problem!" ”

However, Qiao Lu and the others have just arrived, how can they be some ETO remnants? How did this group of people admit their mistakes?

The two policemen also advised: "Don't joke! ETO was wiped out a century ago, put down your guns! ”

"No, I saw it, and so did they! You say no! ”

The thug still refused to give up, and his companions expressed their support, and the scene became tense for a while.

Qiao Lu asked curiously, "What did you see?" ”

However, this single sentence seemed to infuriate them, and the thug shouted: "Shut up, traitor! He pulled the trigger.

Seeing that the other party was really going to commit murder, Qiao Lufang had to take action.

With a quick kick, he kicked off the laser pistol in his opponent's hand, sending the laser beam flying towards the sky, all the way to the end of the sky.

This move directly ignited the powder keg, and the other thugs also tried to open fire, but Liu Peiqiang and 2B were not stupid to stand.

Liu Peiqiang was a crisp over-the-shoulder takedown, disarming his opponent while knocking him to the ground.

2B, on the other hand, quickly dodged the shot of the man in front of him, turned around and punched the person ten meters away.

Before the remaining two could react, they were kicked off their arms by 2B's three-stage kick in the air, and fell to the ground groaning in pain.

If it weren't for Qiao Lu's warning to 2B not to take the killer lightly, they might not even have a chance to moan.

The matter ended in a flash of lightning, after all, with Qiao Lu's skills, they didn't need to deal with a few gun-wielding thugs.

The two policemen on the side were so stunned that they even forgot that they were here to solve the case.

After a long time, one of them reacted and hurriedly came up and handcuffed the people who fell to the ground one by one.

The other said to Qiao Lu in admiration: "Sir, your reaction is really fast. And this ······ next to you Is it a robot? ”

His eyes were on 2B, obviously the skills shown by 2B just now were still a bit excessive, a weak woman couldn't fly people more than ten meters with a punch.

In addition, 2B, whether it is appearance or figure, is a little unreal, which makes him even more convinced that only robots can achieve such a level.

Qiao Lu knew that there were already simulated robots in their time, so he replied frankly: "Yes." ”

The officer was amazed: "That's really amazing, I've seen a lot of beautiful robots, but I've never seen such a beautiful one!" Not to mention more flexible than a human, the ones I've seen are so stiff as puppets that people can't get any interest. ”

Although he didn't know what he meant by interest, Qiao Lu hurriedly changed the topic:

"What's going on with this group of people, why did they attack us suddenly?"

"They are all hibernators who have experienced a great trough, when the society is very nervous, and if you say something wrong, you are ETO or a traitor, and everyone is in danger. Maybe they still have a little bit of PTSD, and accidentally touched their nerves again. The policeman replied nonchalantly.

Qiao Lu felt that things were not so simple, even if it was PTSD, why did he target them so coincidentally?

What's more, what this group of people say is "they saw", so what exactly did they see, what caused them to have this collective hallucination?