Chapter 639: Mom and Dad
Hao Ren and the others arrived in this sheltered city deep underground, but after the initial surprise, everyone soon found that it was as deserted as the rest of the place.
There were no pedestrians on the streets, the high-profile buildings were brightly lit, but there were no figures behind every window, and some vehicles could be seen running busily on the city roads and in mid-air, but when Itzax beckoned to stop a car, he found that it was all unmanned.
"And then?" Lily turned in place, looking at the brightly lit but empty city, "What about the survivors?" β
The more Nangong Sanba thought about it, the more wrong it became, he looked up at the sky, and asked loudly to a "bystander" who didn't know if there was a zΓ i: "Hey! We're at the shelter! What's next? It's empty! β
No one showed up, only the unmanned vehicles that were speeding through the air brought a gust of wind in response.
"This planet is getting stranger and stranger," Hao Ren remembered the image of the middle-aged man he had seen in the hall on the ground before, and he muttered, "The person above just now asked us to come down and find a civil investigator......
"I don't know what the hell that guy is up to," Vivien casually summoned a flock of small bats to fly around her, cautiously walking forward, "he has no grievances with us...... You can't make a joke on such a large scale. β
The group explores this eerie sanctuary city, trying to make their way to the most brightly lit and traffic-filled sections of the road in the hope of finding the survivors who live there. Hao Ren: They now know that there are really survivors on this planet - the middle-aged man who appeared on the video before is undoubtedly one of them, but they don't know what happened. The city was deserted.
Are the survivors hiding?
Nangong Sanba observed the facilities on the side of the road as he walked, and he may be a half-assed man in terms of combat effectiveness. But it is precisely because of this half-skill that he is beyond the ordinary in terms of meticulous observation and logical reasoning that a hunter should have. Now he analyzes, like a seasoned hunter: "The streets are very clean. These things show signs of being maintained, and they don't look like they've been abandoned for more than 10,000 years. The city is located in a crypt, and theoretically it will accumulate a lot of dust, but you look at the railings...... Bright as new. β
"Because there are 'people' who wipe them down from time to time." Nangong May patted her brother on the shoulder, raised her hand and pointed not far away, where a small machine floating was cleaning up seriously. The little machine is also an inverted triangle, and its job seems to be to constantly polish the streetlights and guardrails of this street. It grips the brush with a dexterous robotic hand, while the other spews out a mist of water. Noticing that someone was approaching, the small machine flew over with a grunt. Blindly circled around Hao Ren and his party.
Lily nervous for a moment, but soon realized that the little man was not a threat. She reached out and tapped the latter's steel shell: "It doesn't seem to be able to speak......"
As soon as Lily's voice fell, a string of loud music suddenly came out of the small machine, and then a pleasant male voice came from its body: "Weijie Kali Company, an expert in cleaning equipment manufacturing, provides meticulous hygiene services for you and your loving family. The latest model of the home type machine Qì Alpha III has been launched, welcome to order......"
Lily looked at the little machine in surprise: "Can you speak?" β
The music and the pleasant male voice in the human body sounded again: "Weijie Cari Company, the cleaning equipment manufacturing expert, for you and your ......"
It then left the crowd with the slogan on the air. I continued to busily wipe down the streetlights and guardrails.
"It seems like it's just an advertisement," Vivien shrugged, "but I'm finally hearing something 'human'." β
Izzax's voice was low: "If there is an organic company, someone should run it." β
At the next street corner. They saw a large mall-like building, lit with neon lights and a huge billboard and business mascot at the door. On a large screen above the mall's entrance, a series of exaggerated cartoons scroll β though very different from the culture of the planet. But it can still be seen that it is some kind of advertisement. Hao Ren was the first to walk into the mall, and was greeted by the empty hall and the neat and orderly merchant shops around the hall.
"It's really panicked." Lily muttered beside Hao Ren.
A burst of music came from nearby. Hao Ren followed the prestige and saw that it was an advertising screen embedded in the wall. After the music is over. Images of men and women appeared on the screen, with a narration in the background: "...... The comfortable environment of the shelter needs to be maintained by you and me, so let's work together to create a home of eternal peace and tranquility......"
Nangong May crawled over and fiddled around the screen, and she didn't know where she pressed, when the screen suddenly changed, and a young man with a rigid face appeared in the center of the screen: "...... Tell you what's happening at the shelter. The cause of the fire at Danding Station yesterday has been investigated, and the person in charge of the shelter announced that the incident was caused by a short circuit in the electrical wiring of a shopping mall's daily necessities warehouse...... After the routine maintenance of the engine group was completed, the planet's thrust was stable, and the Grand Commander expressed his gratitude to the engineering personnel, and the spokesman of the Consulate said that the smooth operation of the planet ark so far is the crystallization of the efforts of all engineering personnel...... According to the Ministry of Pioneering Affairs, the Planet Ark is close to the expected 'supply zone', and the route will pass through a rich asteroid belt, when the Ark will decelerate for the first time since its launch, and resupply after reaching the second cruising speed, it is estimated that it will take a year to slow down to the target speed. We will gather enough resources from the asteroid belt to refuel the plasma engine, and the shelter may shake slightly during the deceleration, so please don't panic......"
It looks like a news program. When Hao Ren heard the last message, his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately connected to the number of terminals that were waiting in orbit: "Terminal, scan the forward route of this planet, is there an asteroid belt ahead?" β
The terminal soon came with the message: "There is indeed an asteroid belt ahead, which may have broken away from other celestial systems, and it is very large. What's wrong? β
ββ¦β¦ We're watching an alien news hookup. β
The number jΓΉ terminal didn't understand: "What? β
Hao Ren hung up the communication and looked at the others around him: "There is really an asteroid belt ahead of the route...... These are not videos. β
Vivien looked at the news program that was still broadcasting on the screen next to her: "...... In other words, these messages are all in real time, and there are real people broadcasting these programs. β
Hao Ren looked at the empty mall halls around him: "That's right, but they're not here." β
At this time, Nangong Sanba suddenly frowned, and a strange look suddenly appeared on his face: "Wait! I felt some breath ......"
Almost at the same time as Nangong Sanba's words fell, May also raised her body suddenly, she used her long tail to support her upper body to raise her upper body to two or three meters high, and looked in a certain direction: "It's the water element...... It's the element of water......"
Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, and then suddenly understood what was going on!
Nangong Sanba leaned down and pressed his hand to the ground, using the natural power of the demon hunter to trace the flow of aura in the vicinity, and then suddenly raised his head and looked into the depths of the mall: "In that direction!" β
The brother and sister glanced at each other, the look of shock and ecstasy on their faces was undisguised, and then rushed to the place where the breath came from at the same time, Hao Ren and they reacted half a beat slower, but they immediately followed. Everyone ran wildly in the empty shopping mall, as if they were afraid that the target would disappear out of thin air if they were half a step too late. Eventually, they came to a shop full of daily necessities, and everyone stopped outside the shop to watch the movement inside.
The Nangong brothers and sisters didn't dare to move forward at this moment, they just looked at the inside of the shop in a daze, and even stopped breathing.
Behind a shelf, two figures were swaying slightly, and a woman's arm flashed through the gap in the shelf, taking away several items.
Then the two figures seemed to sense something suddenly, stiffened in unison, and slowly walked out from behind the shelves.
Nangong May held her brother's hand tightly, as if she would faint at any time, and her voice trembled: "...... Parents? β
They finally found it. (To be continued......)