Chapter 7: Into the Blood Pool
"Little brother, when you come here, you can rest assured and see the world." "It's hard to believe you're living in a city that's all controlled by robots. Since you can get out of the middle of nowhere, you should enjoy it all. How much time can people have to savor the world, and to have a place like home, just enjoy it for themselves. β
Lao Gao was very sincere: "You have arrived in the Blue Zone, if you are homesick, you can come to me for whatever you want to eat, it doesn't matter if you don't have money." Lao Gao directly stuffed a small dozen dollars into Huayuan's pocket. Hua Yuan immediately made a prevarication action, but he didn't expect to be held down by Lao Gao. "Young people, the coming day is long, a little money."
Lao Gao pulled Hua Yuan again, and continued as he walked: "If you are hungry, this is the best solution." Find any small shop, there are the most authentic and authentic snacks and delicacies, and the Blue Zone has the most complete food street. It's a foodie's paradise, and I'm familiar with all the food restaurants and I've tasted them myself. Whatever you want to eat, I'll take you there every day, and you don't have to be polite. "When it comes to eating, Lao Gao is like having electricity. Lao Gao: "I'm really hungry when I say it, the veal noodles are so fragrant." Lao Gao smacked his lips, as if he felt a little out of shape, so he could only cover it up with laughter.
"Huayuan! I'm telling you, you have to believe what I say, I can tell you more when I'm fine, although I can fool a little, but what I just told you is true, there are too many ulterior secrets in the empire. Lao Gao will continue to speak. Hua Yuan suddenly interrupted Lao Gao's chatter. "Mr. Gao." Hua Yuan asked, "How many layers are there in the blood pool?" Is it still a technology center? β
Hua Yuan's two questions made Lao Gao stammer, and Lao Gao, who was not prepared at all, opened his mouth and didn't close it for a long time. Hua Yuan was a little puzzled, not knowing if he had asked the wrong question. Hua Yuan hurriedly added: "I didn't ask any wrong questions!" β
Lao Gao seemed to have just woken up from a brief blank and hurriedly explained, "No, no." Lao Gao shook his head: "I've been talking about myself since just now, and when you suddenly asked, my brain was a little blank." How many layers are there in the blood pool, there may be 100 layers! I really forgot the specifics. Now those data, research and development! All moved away, and it's idle now. β
Hua Yuan continued to ask: "Since it is all free, there should be more people coming, even if it is haunted, it doesn't matter. Lao Gao's expression was a little strange: "There are no people, it's just that now it's all full of war memorabilia, and now it's only open for 20 floors, and the other upper parts are full of war memorabilia, so no one wants to live here." β
"War memorabilia?" Hua Yuan seemed to understand whether he understood Lao Gao's answer just now.
Lao Gao smiled: "If you want to see it, I'll take you up tomorrow to have a look." Lao Gao's expression was a little hidden, in Hua Yuan's opinion, it might be to surprise him tomorrow. Hua Yuan didn't think much about it, so he continued to listen to Lao Gao's narration: "The empire is a little chaotic now, it was very orderly before the war, and now it is a mess. War memorabilia, for example, shouldn't be kept here. There's a lot of things I haven't figured out yet, these robots are dodging and always deliberately modifying some of their past memories. Robots will also cover up the facts, and the more they try to hide it, the more they want to get to the bottom of it, and I've collected a lot of secrets about the empire over the past few years. β
Before Lao Gao finished speaking, he was dragged into the gate. In a hurry, Lao Gao also pulled Hua Yuan in, "What are you doing, what are you doing?" Lao Gao complained: "I, with old arms and feet, can't stand your pull like this." β
As soon as a few people entered the hall, Hua Yuan felt very surprised. You can be sure that there are not many people living there, because as soon as Hua Yuan enters the hall, he can obviously feel a cold breeze, and I don't know where it blows directly, cold and swishing, it seems to add some weirdness, such an environment is more in line with making ghost movies.
Only the automatic doors and automatic light sources are opened at the same time, and the hall is also lit up. The lighting was intact and there was no breakage, and the four-color wall coating showed no signs of peeling off. The empty hall is deserted and there is no one here, and it can only be described as clean and clean, and it can be seen that there are people cleaning and maintaining it every day. The whole hall was devoid of any decorations or public facilities, and there were no chairs for the simplest of them. Everything can only be explained once again, there is really no one to use and no one wants to come.
Hua Yuan sniffed carefully, although there was no musty smell, but such a cold feeling penetrated through the nostrils, making people feel uncomfortable. I thought there would be robots that would greet them, but look at such an environment and you won't dream. Five people walked into the hall, only the footsteps of five echoed. The five of them also tacitly agreed that they didn't say much, probably for fear of touching something unclean, and walked quickly through the long hall. Lao Gao grabbed Hua Yuan directly, feeling that Lao Gao was afraid of some ghosts, and would lock Hua Yuan around him, and clasped Hua Yuan's arm tightly. Hua Yuan didn't ask anything, just followed obediently. Lao Gao only whispered: "Hurry up, go quickly, it's unlucky here." β
Turn left and right, go around the lobby and find an elevator. Several people seemed to squeeze into the elevator at the same time, each finding a good position. Is it because everyone in the elevator will feel a little uneasy, or because they walked through the quiet hall just now? When I got into the elevator, I was wary of others. The five men were all in different positions, and it was obvious that the factions were distinguished. All the people had lost the previous slapstick and jokes, and now they just suddenly fell silent.
It wasn't until the elevator doors closed a few seconds later that the pressure eased. Lao Gao smiled fakely, just to ease the embarrassment.
At this time, in order to let Huayuan better see the imperial buildings in the distance, Lao Gao directly took Huayuan to the inside of the elevator where he could see the scenery.
"Come here." Lao Gao smiled: "This location is excellent, take a good look, this location can be seen comprehensively." The location of the blood pool is good, although our height is not high enough, this is enough, and all the routes are clear here at a glance. Lao Gao smirked. Lao Gao didn't say anything at this time, probably hoping to forget the hurried experience just now, so he stopped there and looked at the scenery outside with Hua Yuan and thought about the past.
From time to time, Lao Gao muttered to himself: "Not bad! What was it like a hundred years ago, what is it still like now, it's not easy, admire! Admire! β
Some of the intricate street scenes are presented in front of Huayuan's eyes, if the land of paradise is prosperous, this is the market. The prosperity and chaos of the empire are reflected in this small area. The lively small streets and alleys, and the crowds of people coming and going, can determine that this place is the most suitable for human life and residence. If you look for something in common with your own home, it's because there are old streets and alleys here.
The elevator is very slow, probably in order to let Huayuan better enjoy the scenery outside. "If you like it, stay here!" Lao Gao whispered next to Hua Yuan.
Hua Yuan just smiled bitterly, "How far is this from the center of the empire?" Huayuan asked such a simple question. Ah! The old man's big mouth was open for a long time, and he showed his big yellow teeth again, and he stared at his eyes as if he was going to eat people. I don't know if I heard it, or I don't know how to answer. Lao Gao's two stucks are quite surprising, it seems that he has been in his own channel, and he has not paid attention to what topics are said by the people around him.
"Distracted, distracted". Lao Gao hurriedly explained, "I'm distracted again, the channel is too open, and my brain can't react." β
Lao Gao said with a smile: "The empire is not like a human city, and there is a city center. You can't find it here, so you can say that it's the center everywhere. The original central area of the imperial city is now also full of places. There is no fixed position, I really don't know how to answer you. β
Without waiting for Hua Yuan to ask again, Lao Gao scratched his head and said, "Center? My understanding is the imperial city of the empire, right? Hua Yuan nodded. Lao Gao replied with a satisfied smile: "I can explain it more broadly as the place where the elderly live." If you mean there, it's still far from where the elderly stay. In the early years, the center of the empire was the castle area, which is now the Imperial City, but now with the increase of the core area, the original status is diluted. Who cares about the elders' absence now, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I... I've never been to the Imperial City, and basically all the information is from other people. At least I haven't heard of anyone who can enter the core area, and the number of people is very small. It's home to the Manufacture and Parliament, as well as the Empire's Wehrmacht, and it's definitely not as prosperous as it is. Human beings rarely go, and they are never open to tourism, that is, mark this term on the map. Many buildings in the central area don't know what they do there, and they are very mysterious, even if they can get in, they can only enter by holding important international conferences. The grade of those characters is too high, how can we little people have that opportunity to enter. Huayuan: Let me tell you, what I want to go to most is the manufacturing factory in the central area. Hey there! It is definitely the pinnacle of the Empire's top technology, and I don't know what it has become for more than fifty years. It's just that my current status is low, and I have no chance to go! β
Hua Yuan heard from Lao Gao's words that there was something else, he hadn't been there for more than fifty years, could it be that he had been there when he was a child. Before he could continue to ask, he was interrupted by Lu Shuang, who suddenly rushed over.
Lu Shuang: "Hey! Lao Gao, you used to tell us that what you want to see the most is the main force in the core area of the empire, why did you change it to see the factory today, you must know that the empire has not produced a combat robot for fifty years, what else is there to see? β
"Hey! You kid has you everywhere." Lao Gao replied unhappily: "All I said before was that I was still very naΓ―ve at the time!" I've pondered it myself until now, and after thinking about it, I feel like it's interesting to look at his main forces. The main force of the empire is not seen every day, as soon as there is a war, it is all over the world, there is nothing to see, and it has to be the most worthwhile to look at his core institutions! Looking at how they are produced, how they are made, I think the tallest building in the central area is tempting me. β
Lu Shuang patted Lao Gao's back, "Lao Gao, when have you never been naΓ―ve." Lao Gao didn't look back, and said with a smile: "When will I stop getting pimples, my infantile disease will be cured." β
Lao Gao made a grimace.