Chapter Forty-Six: The Noisy City
"Say hello to the world – a warm celebration of the success of the first inter-city visit. ”
"Intercity visitors are welcome to our city. ”
All the technicians of the East Outer Ring Road extended their sincere greetings to the visitors. ”
For three days, welcome banners filled the streets and alleys of the city, and the entire city in the sky was immersed in extraordinary excitement, as if it was a festival. Students are closed, factories are shut down, and the streets are filled with excited crowds who, at the behest of the town hall, are decorating the city as fast as they can, something they haven't done in decades. Over the years, the threat of machinery has been hanging over the heads of residents, production and research units have long been accustomed to the habit of continuous work in three shifts, even after the outbreak of mechanical invasion, it is the next day to resume work, the suspension of classes and production This kind of thing has not been thought of at all, no one thought that the city hall actually let the whole city have a three-day holiday for this matter, leaving only the necessary posts on duty to ensure the normal operation of the city.
Colorful flags were planted all over the streets, rare flowers were lined up along the main road all the way to the entrance of the town hall, and two days in advance, there were already three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry on the main road, and in principle no one was allowed to pass, just to ensure that the arrangement to welcome the dignitaries would not be destroyed.
This is an unprecedented event, and the majority of the public do not understand what the first cross-city visit represents, but even the most ignorant people can think of the significance of it, as can be seen from the attitude of the city hall, and the city's top management attaches great importance to it.
However, unlike the people who were blinded, the high-level people of all the forces knew the inside story, and they knew very well that they were not greeting intercity visitors, although it was rare to have the first intercity visit, but it was not so exciting, the problem was that this time it was a big man who really crossed the border, a visitor from another world, and this kind of major event that was enough to change the worldview of the entire race was enough to deserve this level of attention.
For ordinary people, of course, it is impossible to tell the truth, the negotiations have not yet begun, and the follow-up response measures have not been determined, and no one can estimate what the consequences of directly announcing the truth will be, and it is not ruled out that it will cause large-scale turmoil in the closed environment of Sky City, so the high-level just threw out the rhetoric of an intercity visit, although this is also very sensational, but at least it is not so exaggerated, even if nothing is really achieved in the end, the people will not be emotionally broken because of the gap between hope and disappointment, at least there is room for buffer.
In fact, there is also a lot of distress within the top management about this negotiation. None of the high-ranking people had slept for a few hours since the Black Market Leader had delivered the message to the top of the forces four days ago. Not only the high-level people of the city, but also the high-level controllers of hundreds of sky cities remained in a similar state, and for three full days, the duration of long-distance graphical communication was longer than the previous decades combined. Transmission signals interact back and forth between cities, many faces that have not been seen a few times in decades communicate with each other through wireless signals, and the influence of the appearance of the otherworldly traveler has not yet exploded, which has already changed the daily order of this planet, at least greatly promoting the interaction between the high-level of the city, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy.
Busy high-rise, excited citizens, vigilant and nervous guards, jubilant city, full of festive atmosphere, for most people, for what to celebrate is no longer important, the focus has shifted to the celebration of this matter, can have the opportunity to forget the huge psychological pressure, a lively celebration, is also a life-long event, how can you not devote yourself to it?
So, they didn't realize that the streets that were shrouded in joy occasionally mixed with a few strange guys.
As the direct cause of the change, the shadow chasers have no consciousness of the culprit at all, one by one as if the matter has nothing to do with them, wandering around the city for three days, haunting all kinds of strange places from time to time, for them, most of the people are ignorant and ignorant of them as ordinary city dwellers, and will not pay special attention, but there will always be some special people, after seeing them, their faces will change greatly, and soon after, a large number of city guards will appear in this block, and then it will become orderly, not to mention the friction between people, and even the situation of arguing a few words loudly will not appear。
There is no doubt that the appearance of these guards must have followed the shadowchasers, and the orders of the superiors are not allowed to interfere with their normal activities, but the order around these people must be maintained to the best. Of course, this is not to protect the Shadow Chaser, in the eyes of high-level people, these guys who can cause city-level disasters in laughter and laughter are monsters that are stronger than machines, how can they need protection, they are worried about the city and its residents, if any idiot who can't think of it annoys them, just like the military has done before, it will be difficult to end. It's hard to suppress the influence, and the higher-ups don't want to have a larger-scale tour around the city, although the previous shadow chasers were obviously merciful, and all the dead were successfully resurrected, the problem is that this kind of thing is too curious, and it is a kind of torture for the living.
As a result, those who don't know the inside story of the guards have become the hardest people, and the shadow-chasers can go wherever they want to go, so they must follow the whole process to prevent all hidden dangers, and follow the target of the enemy not long ago, providing protection twenty-two hours a day, well, protecting the ignorant citizens, such an experience is simply torture for the guards, and only the quality of the soldiers can support them to persevere.
Fortunately, the target doesn't seem to be so unkind, at the beginning, the members of the guard were also careful to hide their existence, not only not to let the surrounding people notice anything unusual, but also to try not to let the target who follows notice, but soon they found out, their efforts are simply a joke, in front of these targets, as if there is no such thing as a secret at all, no matter how secret tracking can not hide from their sight.
Especially the closest groups of guards, no matter how well they are hidden, how cleverly camouflaged, there is no confusion effect, when the shadowchasers wander around, from time to time to those guards who take turns to follow them will throw a few bottles of drinks or some snacks according to the number of people, this is their harvest when they wander the streets, especially after eating in the restaurant, every time they will carry a bag of packaged food out to send the tracking guards over, no matter where the guards are hiding, whether it is in the car, in the building, or on the landscape trees, even if there are a few times when the guards are hiding in the sewers, there will be a man in black who knocks on the lid of the sewer and sends the food down with a smile。
So, after a day, the guards finally gave up on their attempt, and they no longer had any hope of hiding themselves in front of the target, and simply followed the target openly, as long as they focused on avoiding the attention of the ordinary people, and also saved some energy.
But the hateful thing is that after they did this, the food and drinks that were delivered on time and quantitatively every time before were actually not delivered, not only did they not deliver, but because they followed, every time those targets consumed, they could find a way to let the guards settle the bill for them, which made the guards grit their teeth with hatred, even if the superiors would reimburse this expense, they would feel quite aggrieved in their hearts.
However, it is a pity that Shuer doesn't care about their grievances, to be exact, whether there are these guards or not, the shadow chasers don't care at all.
The first step of the plan has been completed, they no longer need to act covertly, what everyone has to do now is to happily tour around under the leadership of Zi Delia, and experience the customs and customs that are completely different from Pavadiga, as long as it does not affect their own activities, let alone a group of military escorts, even if the whole city is followed behind them, it doesn't matter, it is better to have someone to protect them, at least don't worry about any harm to Delia who has no ability to protect herself.
Shuer took the girl's hand, wandering among the alleys, these days, Delia almost took everyone to eat all over the city, the little girl was extremely excited, she only dared to look at the high-end restaurants that she didn't even dare to imagine in the distance, these days she was free to come and go every day, no matter how expensive the food on the menu was, she could eat it if she wanted, fresh artificial meat, sweet artificial dairy products, and even the legendary melt-in-your-mouth artificial seafood, the little guy almost gained weight in three days, which made her very distressed, and if it went on like this, the previous clothes would soon be no longer worn, and in desperation, the little guy had to make the painful decision to control his diet。
After playing for three days in a row, everyone is also a little tired, after all, this is just an artificial city, there is no natural landscape, shopping is meaningless, and with Delia, it is inconvenient to enter and exit some strange entertainment places, well, even if you don't take Delia, it is inconvenient, four ladies in seven people, three poor men, if you don't want to be publicly condemned, it is better to settle down, therefore, everyone quickly lost their nature, fortunately, on the evening of the third day, everyone was just about to return to Delia's hut, and when they were going to go to the outskirts of the city to blow the wind and play the next day, several strangers in black suits appeared at the end of the alley。
As soon as the stranger appeared, several guards came out from the surrounding path, but after a quick conversation, the guards quickly retreated, allowing the stranger to continue to stand at the entrance of the alley.
"Praise the Dark Moon, and may the Lightless Moon bless you, brothers of the Black Market. Shur greeted him with a professional smile of a priest, "I wonder what good news you have brought us this time?"
"Mr. Sauer. ”
"Hmm, it's Your Excellency, this body is much more normal than the previous one. Shuer was stunned for a moment before regaining his smile, looked at the slender chairman and said, "Since Your Excellency is here in person, the time of the meeting must have been decided. ”
"At nine o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, I wonder if Mr. Scheuer can spare a few hours on his side?"
"Of course, we're bored anyway. ”
"Then, at eight o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, the welcoming car will be punctually at Miss Delia's door. The president paused and said, "This is a global video conference, and I hope to have a mutually satisfactory outcome." ”
"Hmm, global, hehe, I see. ”