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Chapter 490: Courage and Hope

If in the past, the ** in the middle of the night was quiet and beautiful, then now the night in the mountains has gradually begun to be noisy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the dark night sky, hundreds of mechanical octopuses are taking off and landing with heavy steel and various huge shipping containers at all times.

The cliffs that used to hang high have long been filled in by the steel earth, and under the light hanging in the sky, the color of steel is everywhere as far as the eye can see.

Tens of thousands of mechanical octopuses and all sorts of huge machines are laying lines on the steel ground, building new walls and equipment.

This is the first time that humans have built a giant structure that can be observed in outer space, like a burning speck on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, slowly expanding towards the surroundings.

The rudiments of seven huge steel cities have been completely forged, and mountains like steel converge on the earth.

Under the cold night sky, Dr. Octopus felt like his cornea was about to be punctured by its rays of light.

Because it has so much to carry, Doctor Octopus has to pay too much in order not to be crushed by the hopes it carries.

He sat quietly on the chair on the top floor of the headquarters, watching the countless mechanical octopuses rise and fall, remotely watching them see the established program continue to build, and solve the logic glitches that appeared for them at any time.

These days, he couldn't remember how many lines he had written, but he felt a faint sense of pride when he saw the entire city standing under the sky.

Is it worth it? He doesn't know, but it's the decision of the 'owl', so let's do it.

Looking up at the slowly swirling clouds in the night, he raised the half-full glass in his hand and whispered, "Cheers, human." ”

No one responded, but the wine tasted really good.

I don't know how long it took, but Monitor Sixteen alerted him to the approach of a tripolar authority, and footsteps rang out from a distance behind him.

Ariki, whose hair was slightly unkempt, appeared from the direction of the stairs with a white spotted cat in his arms, and looked cautiously towards it.

Doctor Octopus laughed and beckoned to her.

Youxi walked over with slippers and sat on the chair next to him, the accompanying cat in his arms sleeping soundly, twisting his body and making a faint cry.

Then she chuckled under her breath.

This accompanying cat named 'Xiaobai' was cloned by Lixiao according to the genetic map of the accompanying cat, which can be said to be a living life.

Unlike those mechanical artificial intelligences, its soul comes from the cat-shaped 'Righteous Soul Pill' provided by Bai Shuo, which is quite compatible with this body; Although it is a child, after Bai Shuo's judgment, he can have one-star strength with a little exercise.

It just so happened that Yuki had nothing to do in the main department.,Give it to her as a playmate.。

After concluding the contract spell in "Alice in Wonderland" with Yuki, this cat named 'Xiaobai' has become Yuki's 'demon'.

Although this demon will not do anything at this stage except to sell cuteness, but as long as he can accompany Youxi, it would be good, unless he hoped that the team would fight to the last person, how could he let Yuxi face the battlefield.

Doctor Octopus looked at Xiaobai in Youxi's arms and whispered, "Very cute cat." ”

Youxi turned his head to look at him, and after a long time, he raised his head, held Xiaobai and said, "Do you want to moo?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Doctor Octopus stretched out his hand, touched the cat's head with his palm and withdrew his hand, Xiaobai seemed to be a little uncomfortable and turned over and whispered.

Doctor Octopus smiled: "I have an electromagnetic BO on me, and small animals won't like it." ”

Youxi nodded as if he didn't understand, as if he had thought of something, and asked curiously: "Then uncle, will you send a 'super electromagnetic cannon'?" ”

The corner of Dr. Octopus's eyes twitched, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "If you use technical means, you should be able to achieve the same effect." ”

The railgun in the sky was a product of his design, and of course he knew the technology.

As he spoke, he raised his palm, and a trace of the Force's fire flashed,

Yuki shook his head with some disappointment: "This is the Force, it's different, I want to see Mikoto Misaka." ”

On the contrary, Doctor Octopus was taken aback, Yuxi is not a reincarnation of the ability type, and it seems that there is no enhancement in this aspect, how can he recognize it?

As if seeing her suspicions, Yuki laughed proudly and whispered, "I've seen it, in the Tower of Babel, I've seen most of the enhancement demonstrations." ”

She didn't say the second half of the sentence, she not only saw it, but also remembered it all.

"What a smart boy." Dr. Octopus scratched his head in annoyance: "Today's children are getting harder and harder to deceive. ”

He suddenly thought of something, and took out a pen and paper: "Okay, I'll give you my signature, how about it?" ”

"I already have one."

"It's okay." Dr. Octopus picked up his pen and swiped it in his notebook, saying, "That's the regular version, and this is the Gold Treasure Power Enhanced Edition beta2!"

After saying that, he put the signature that sounded like 'a common method of scam money from game companies' in Yuki's hand.

After looking at it for a long time, she asked suspiciously, "Is it different?" ”

Dr. Octopus said with a serious face, "Of course it's different. ”

Well, since it's different, put it away...... Moreover, Yuki just found out that this can be given to 'Xiaobai' to grind his claws.

After sending the autograph, Dr. Octopus felt that the atmosphere was a little cold, and looked at Youxi, who had long hair and was a little luàn, and asked, "Can't sleep?" ”

Youxi hugged Xiaobai and nodded: "Hmm." ”

Dr. Octopus thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Are you afraid?" ”

"Of course not, I'm not a kid anymore."

Yuki shook his head and stretched out his finger to the night sky: "There, someone is always sighing and turning Dad into stone...... It's not fun at all. ”

Worst...... It's so hard for children to speak nowadays......

Doctor Octopus didn't know what to say.

Ariki sat in a chair, dangling her little feet, and finally noticed the sunglasses on Doctor Octopus's face.

"That." Ariki pointed to his sunglasses.

"Huh?"

Yuki looked at Doctor Octopus expectantly: "Glasses, can you play with me?" ”

"Uh...... Good. Doctor Octopus took off the sunglasses on his face and handed them to Yuki: "Built-in receiving terminal, controlled by sight, with pupil projection, you can play interstellar ...... after getting used to it"

Youxi watched it for a long time, and finally returned the sunglasses to Doctor Octopus, and sighed a little disappointed: "It's too big." ”

Dr. Octopus laughed, "It's okay, you can put it on when you're older." ”

When it comes to growing up, Yuxi is quite annoyed and holds his chin, which is the pain in the heart of every child who longs to grow up......

After a long time, Youxi looked at the mechanical prosthetic leg behind him and asked curiously: "Won't it be heavy to carry it every day?" ”

"Ultra-light alloy steel, the weight is about the same as a small backpack, just get used to it."

"And do you take it off when you go to bed at night?"

"Well, it's a difficult question, sometimes, but I haven't slept in a long time."

"Oh~~" Yuki nodded suddenly realized: "It turns out that I wear sunglasses to cover my dark circles." ”

“……”

Dr. Octopus cried without tears, how to explain to him that he no longer needed the physiological need of 'sleeping'?

Forget it, keep this misunderstanding, the little NV kids are so scary now......

After a long silence again, Dr. Octopus asked with some hesitation, "Youxi...... How did you get into this place? ”

"That's it." Youxi scratched his hair: "After a sleep, I arrived here, and then I found that my father was a lot uglier......"

Dr. Octopus laughed, then fell silent for a long time before muttering, "True." ”

Youxi slowly turned his head, pressed the lost eyes behind his sunglasses, and asked curiously and suspiciously, "Like what?" ”

Dr. Octopus's body suddenly stiffened a little, and after a long time, he smiled helplessly: "My ...... NV. ”

"No, uncle." After thinking hard for a long time, Youxi said seriously: "You are Caucasian, your hair is golden, and your nv's hair should also be golden, my biology teacher knows it, how can it be like it...... You must have not studied well in class. ”

Suddenly, Doctor Octopus's loss had a sense of dissipation, and the little girl in front of him did have a magical power......

He looked up at the deep night sky: "If Ellie knew you, she would definitely become good friends with you." ”

Yuki listened quietly and did not speak.

Doctor Octopus lowered his head and looked at her with an envious look, "You know what? Your dad and your captain are really great people. ”

"yes, super powerful." Youxi nodded as a matter of course: "Uncle, do you think so too?" ”

"yes, because they have courage, really...... It's amazing......"

"I can go back, but I don't even dare to ...... to see them."

He looked at his palm and whispered: "The owl said that I was a coward, but I didn't dare, we didn't dare." ”

He laughed hoarsely and whispered, as if he was crying, but no tears flowed out, so he could only choke silently.

The cruelest thing in the world is not that you can't get it, but that it's close at hand, but you don't dare to look at it, you don't dare to reach out and touch it.

I can only watch from afar like a coward, looking for traces in my memory in the smiles of other little NV children.

Because I drew the ground as a dungeon, I couldn't see it.

Youxi stopped talking, silently hugged Xiaobai, listened to his silent choking, took out a pen and paper after a long time, and wrote a line of words a little crookedly.

She grabbed the notebook she had just received with both hands and approached Dr. Octopus's eyes: "Do you want an autograph?" Gold Limited Edition. ”

In the faint light, the title page is dimly lit, and the English letters write the name of Doctor Octopus, and just below his name, Yuki writes the name of an NV child she has never met.

Alice

At the bottom, there is a line of small print:

He's with his n.v. ’

Silently, a taut string finally broke, and the sorrow and longing that had been stored for a long time turned into a river, breaking the embankment and the eye sockets.

Yuki felt that she was being embraced, and her body trembled, as if she was holding her own NV, crying silently and bursting into tears.

In Youxi's arms, Xiaobai woke up and screamed in a low voice, Youxi stood on tiptoe with some difficulty, went to stroke his hair, and his eyes were gentle: "Don't cry, momo head." ”

Like a child who has lost his home, a man who has no home can no longer find a home wails and cries.

……

In the command room of the headquarters, a man who couldn't fall asleep on a chair scratched his head and said to himself: "It's noisy...... That dead octopus ......"

R-2 in the corner, his eyes flashing red, and the words 'seconded' appeared on the large screen.

Li Xiao reluctantly lay back on the top of the chair, looked at the heavenly board, and suddenly said, "I said, R-2." ”

"I'm here."

"After this mission, let's take that dead octopus to his NV, shall we?"

The indicator light of the R-2 flashed for a while, and the handwriting appeared on the large screen: "Good." ”