Chapter 598: Foreman Hao Lejia
As Cornell expected, the Haolejia supermarket in Hidden Dragon Falls was really dark, and the mall, which should have been as bright as day and full of all kinds of holographic illusions, was now dim and gloomy, only the automatic emergency lights that were not attached to it were still working normally, and there were all kinds of human voices around, shouting and shouting, and it seemed that there were still many tourists in it.
Dozens of visitors from the same path from the platform had the same thoughts as Cornell, and in view of Roger and Jonny's heroic actions just now, they all tacitly followed behind the three of them, allowing the strange combination of two small and one to take the lead.
At this time, the three of them had walked to the inside of the mall, and in front of their eyes, the preparation area was in a mess, and the electronic shopping guide was scattered all over the ground, flashing an indescribable strange atmosphere in the dim light. Not far away, a few combination shopping vehicles were dismantled, and a short distance ahead, several rows of tall shelves in the shopping area were completely turned over, and the neat floor was made of mess with bottles and cans of goods.
"I think we'd better go back." Seeing this, Jonny suggested.
"You're scared, aren't you?" This was Roger's first reaction. "It's eerie and full of crises, there are many scenes like this in horror movies, but you have to know that the atmosphere is not enough, and those demons and monsters will not come out, so we are safe for the time being."
"But it's not a horror movie." Jonny said with a smile in his eyes.
"Life is like a play, it's all the same, in my opinion." Roger said as he walked.
"Look, what's that?" Walk at the end of Cornell. Clark's voice trembled as he pointed in one direction, and Jonny and Roger turned to check.
A pair of blue eyes were approaching, and when it came out of the shadows of the shelves, the three of them saw that it was a shopping guide robot of Haolejia.
"Welcome to Holoca." The robot bowed to them, then walked closer.
"Don't come, stop!" Roger ordered, but the robot didn't seem to pay attention to it, and continued to walk unhurriedly.
"Okay, run!" Seeing this, Roger immediately announced that he would first rush to Cornell, put his arm on his shoulder, and run towards the entrance of the cave with one hand on his waist.
"Run, run!" He saw that dozens of confused followers were still hesitating, and hurriedly shouted to them.
"For your safety, please stay where you are." Dozens of robots suddenly appeared in front of the crowd, their faces were the same, and they said words that were not bad for a second, and their voices converged like thunder, which was shocking. The robots pulled up their arms and blocked the entrance, and they pressed forward, moving quickly, forcing everyone at the entrance into the mall.
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"It's bad luck." Leaning against a shelf, Roger grumbled in annoyance.
If it were just him and Jonny, they might have been able to use their agility to pass under the robot's connected arms and then find their way down the mountain, but Cornell clearly couldn't do what they could, so he had to take a step back and find another way.
"I should listen to you." He addressed Jonny. "And you're always right."
"This assessment is obviously very arbitrary." Jonny grinned at him.
"Tell me, what's next?" Roger humbly pleaded for advice.
"I can't say it." Jonny told Roger that he added before the other man frowned, "But we can obviously ask him first." He pointed to the side of the shelf.
The lights flickered on and off, and desperate sobs and whispers could be heard from time to time in the Nuoda mall. Roger followed Jonny's finger to see a man in a black covered collared gown, his hair was unusually neatly combed, and his whole body was not messed up at all, his face was pale and nervous, and he was staring at the shopping guide robots in front of him with a frightened gaze.
"You're not going to be a robot too, are you?" Roger looked at his attire and asked at him headlessly.
"Machine...... No, of course not, how could I ...... I work here, specifically as a foreman. Suspicious in Roger's eyes, the man quickly defended himself.
"Robot foreman?" Roger asked.
"Right...... No, no, it's not a robot......" The man seemed to be frightened by the assistants who had been at his behesitation. "We ...... We wear the same uniforms and do the same things, which makes customers ...... Let customers ......"
"Can't tell the difference, to confuse the real with the false?" Jonny helped him finish.
"Yes, yes, at the same time...... At the same time, it also plays the role of on-site management...... But now...... Everything is out of order. The man said with a bitter face.
"What the hell is going on?" Jonny asked him.
"I didn't know, it all happened too suddenly, damn Dale. Branston was suddenly summoned to a meeting from above, oh, he was the manager of this hapless mall, he was cautious and had a bad temper, he often called us like robots, worked overtime, and didn't give us enough bonuses, he had a luxurious suite on Ramses in a ship, he often skipped work where to have fun, but he thought he kept everyone in the dark, he changed his mistress every month, and the sexual harassment lawsuit accumulated into a mountain ......" The man began to deviate from the topic as he spoke.
"Dale? The man I knew, and was indeed an interesting prodigal son, and I heard that he had an uncle who was an executive at Heisenberg Mining, and that the Branston family was somewhat famous in the Minotaur Corporate City ...... Cornell. Clark couldn't help but express his opinion at this point.
"Stop, stop, this is not the time to talk about women's gossip shows!" Roger yelled at his old man.
"What do you call it......" Jonny asked the man.
"Leo, Leo. Willitz, they all call me Little Willy, and the employees in the mall call me Leo III, probably because they think my service attitude and robot shopping guide are not far behind...... I think this title has become some kind of insult now......" When the topic opened, Leo, who was originally trembling, calmed down a lot, and he babbled and spat words quickly.
"Okay, Mr. Leo, it's a pleasure to meet you, now tell us what happened." Jonny patiently continued to ask.
"Pass? It's all said that nothing happened, everything happened too suddenly, damn Dale. Branston was suddenly summoned to a meeting from above, and he was ......"
"Let's talk about it from the meeting." Seeing this, Jonny had no choice but to interrupt him.
"Yes, yes, it's an emergency meeting, Jack 11 told me that the store manager has a bad face and is in a hurry, you know robots never lie, but I didn't expect them to turn into a bunch of scary matchmakers!" Leo looked at his former robot colleagues in the preparation area, a look of fear in his eyes.