Chapter 123: The Strange White Rock City
In the distance, a fishy smell wafted in, accompanied by the excited chirping of crows. "Watch out for monsters. Qian Jing had already taken out his gun and held it in his hand, released the secret magic eye magic ball, and asked the stickman to go out to reconnoitre.
"Why be careful of monsters and not enemies?"
"There are many mutated creatures in this world," Qian Jing explained while waiting for the stickman's scouting report, "The fishy smell means that the battle has long been over, and it is the smell of corpses exposed." If it is a human victory, the corpse will also be disposed of in order to avoid the epidemic, and the smell will not be so strong. The chirping crow is the evidence of supplementation. Of course, it could also be a corpse dumping ground, and there would be no fighting or danger at all - I hope so. β
"I hope too. Hu Ga took off the camouflage of the relevant departments, regained the shape of his two heads, and became a little larger. Qian Jing still didn't dare to use the dangerous boundary piercing well to restore his original body shape, and he hadn't mentioned it for a long time.
The stickman was quick to send back the news. "There was no fighting ahead, and there were no obvious threatening creatures. A large dumping site was discovered, all human, all naked, not far from the road. β
Hu Ga thought for a while and said to Qian Jing: "Villain, before entering the city, it's better to go there and have a look." β
"That's what I thought, too. Perhaps this pile of corpses can be used to determine whether the city ahead is safe. Do you bring a filter mask? Although the crossing system of the White Flag grocery store can fine-tune our body's resistance, and we don't have to worry about general diseases, it is better to be careful considering that there is a huge pile of corpses over there. β
Qian Jing and Hu Ga both wore two masks, but Qian Jing was double-layered, and Hu Ga was double-headed. The two men checked their clothes again, their trouser legs, cuffs, and necklines tightened, and then proceeded along the path that the stickman had explored. The smell in front of him grew louder and louder, penetrating into the two-layer mask and entering Qian Jing's nostrils, making him always want to sneeze.
The crows spotted the two men approaching and chirped loudly, creating a loud noise. They all rose into the air, and in an instant they formed a cloud of black oppression. "These dead birds are threatening us. Even crows have such a strong sense of territory, and Mr. Liu is right, the animals here are dangerous. β
Qian Jing raised his gun and fired two shots into the sky, and the three crows fell in response. Hugea also raised his wand, and a bolt of lightning pierced the black cloud formed by the crows. They scrambled to dodge in the rain of black feathers, but still hovered far away and refused to leave. Qian Jing understood that if the two of them snatched the crow's food, they would definitely return and attack.
Climbing up a small slope and pushing aside the reeds, a large pit appeared in front of the two of them. This is a deep pit dug by man, and a conveyor belt that has stopped working has poked through the edge of the pit and is hanging in the middle of the pit. There were thousands of corpses in the pit, and the scene was tingling. Qian Jing forcibly observed, and found that there were all adult men and women inside, and there were no elderly and children who were more likely to die.
"These don't seem to be people. Hu Ga shook his head slowly: "How can I say it, when I get closer, I will find that the smell is different." β
This sentence made Qian Jing's eyes widen! What does it mean that the smell is different, does Hu Ga know the correct taste of the Thousand People Pit? His entire race is called an ogre, which is actually a nickname rather than his real name. The real name may be wrong, but the nickname is never wrong, so Hu Ga may have eaten it......
"Look, there's movement there!" Hu Ga gestured. Qian Jing came back to his senses, he quickly patted his head, and re-entered the state of "former body". This state is too brain-consuming, and people themselves are prone to indulgence and disgust, and if they are not careful, they will "break their work". In an unfamiliar and dangerous environment, it is easy to have an accident if you wander, and if you have an accident, you may be injured and killed.
In the stack of corpses, one arm was still moving, struggling to get out from beneath the other. Qian Jing thought that there was a living person down there, but he didn't expect that a few seconds later, the arm came out, and only the arm came out. He saw a full arm crawling like a snake, five fingers grabbing the ground in turn, dragging a long "tail" behind him.
"It's definitely not human, but it doesn't look like a robot either, at least I haven't seen any mechanical organization yet. Huga waved his wand at the corpse, and a bolt of lightning exploded. The crows chirped loudly in warning, as if to say, "Don't spoil our food!"
The inside of the corpse was oozing a red liquid, the color of blood, but the texture was like oil. Under the influence of Huga's lightning magic, thick metal spikes were flipped out from the steep walls of the pit around them, and the tips of the thorns were aimed at the inside of the pit, and blue lights flashed next to the thorns. Then, with a buzzing sound, bursts of high-frequency flashes shone at the tip of the spike. Qian Jing felt dizzy and quickly blocked his eyes. He heard a pop around him, and Huga foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.
Qian Jing hurriedly took off his mask and turned it over to lie on his side, lest Hu Ga choke himself to death. The flash lasted for about ten seconds before it ended, and Huga returned to normal by the time it ended. He rubbed his chest vigorously, kept spitting out the dirt in his mouth, and looked at the big pit with palpitations.
"It's such a strong electromagnetic shock, and it can actually work on lightning magic. I ......" Hu Ga shook his head, "Electromagnetic weapons that are generally used to attack electronic systems have no effect on mages and golems that use lightning magic. β
"Just look at the number of these corpses and you can see how much the locals need this electromagnetic oscillation. Upgraded again and again, isn't this the effect?" Qian Jing glanced into the pit, the arm that was crawling on his own had stopped moving, and the whole pit suddenly became "lifeless". "By the way, you have a sense of this system, what if you are taken as a cyborg?"
Hu Ga waved his hand: "As long as I don't use the magic of the lightning series on myself, I should be fine." It was my magic armor that was shaking just now, and it was so uncomfortable that it was spinning around in my stomach like a blender. β
"Without armor, you ......"
"I'm just using other elemental spells, which are less efficient, but not bad. Hu Ga stood up and patted the soil on his body: "Sure enough, you can see more if you walk more." There is absolutely no such thing on a fortress star. β
The thorns on the edge of the pit were retracted and combined with the surroundings so tightly that even if they had the same impression as before, it would be difficult to find them again. "People here are very good at designing traps, so be very careful. β
The trap that looks like a human but is not a human "thing", let's call it a bionic person, and perfectly integrates with the surrounding environment, all reminds the two of them of the dangers of this place. Moreover, looking at the outer walls of the city buildings, will those spikes pointing to the ground be the same as the electromagnetic oscillation spikes in the pit? In other words, are there many "androids" in the city, and they pose a threat all the time?
Because of this, when a truck drove along the road towards the two, and the young driver inside leaned out half of his body to greet them warmly, Qian Jing was still vigilant. His hand was pressed to the gun all the time, and the stickman secretly approached the other party. After the Dark Sun Earth suffered the loss of hiring the gunner, Qian Jing still did not completely get rid of his nervousness.
"Hey, passer-by, do you want a ride? I can finish the work in front of me in ten minutes, and I can turn around and come back. If you want to go to White Rock City, it is safest to take a car. The young man pointed to the empty seat in the cab: "It doesn't cost you any money to get a ride, but I'll be very happy if you're willing to pay five credits for my cold soda." β
Since it was a truck, Qian Jing looked in the direction of the rear of the car. In fact, the stickman had already jumped up and sent back the message through the arcane eye orb. The back bucket of the car was full of corpses, the same as the android corpses that had been piled up in the pit before. The corpse in the body was sprinkled with a thick layer of white powder, so it didn't smell at all.
"It's already stinking in the pit, don't you wear a mask?" Qian Jing pointed to his mask and said to him, "When you come back in ten minutes, your car will have to stick to the smell." β
"Ahh The young man scratched his head: "Guys, it looks like I won't be back in ten minutes." The android plague is not over, and the dirty work has to be done by itself. Thank you for telling me this bad news, and I wish you all the best of luck. β
"Wait a minute, I'd like you to ask for directions. Do you know how to get to Yeqiu (where Niu Yanxing is located) is the best way to go?"
"Just go straight through the center of White Rock Castle, then turn northwest and see a big castle, the road is easy to find. The young man smiled and said, "If I can still run into you when I'm done, I can drive you there, and there will be no work in the back anyway." Ten credits are guaranteed to be delivered. β
"Then it depends on your luck. Qian Jing nodded, said goodbye to the man, and watched the truck leave.
Hu Ga suddenly put his hand on Qian Jing's shoulder and said very nervously: "Xiao Qian Qian, there is something wrong with this person." I smelled a strange smell from him, definitely not what a normal human should have, but more like a droid in a corpse pit. β
"Really, I don't have that good sense of smell. However, there were some corpses in the back of his car, which were thickly sprinkled with white ash. Do you smell anything?"
Hu Ga shook his head: "Maybe the white ash masks the smell, I only smell the driver." Don't you think it's weird?"
Qian Jing nodded, immediately squatted down, and continued to try to dial Niu Yanxing's phone, but it was still a beep that could not be connected due to a system failure. So, he called Mr. Liu's number. If it was in the past, Qian Jing would definitely decide to act on his own, but now that he has promised to act safely, he must do it.
Niu Yanxing's phone cannot be reached, which is the biggest problem at present, which is equivalent to the lack of reliable local information support. Compared to this, the weird androids and corpse piles are nothing. Qian Jing told Mr. Liu about the situation, and there was silence on the phone for a while.
"White Rock City should be the White Rock Town in the past, just southeast of Niujia Castle, so there is nothing wrong with the way that driver pointed you out. I had been to White Rock more than thirty years ago, when it was still a mineral-based gathering place, and it was still 108,000 miles away from android technology. Mr. Liu pondered for a while, and then said, "My personal suggestion, since you think there is something strange in the city, you should avoid the city." I would tell Niu about it, and then keep calling Niu Yanxing. You two put safety first, you know?"
If you don't go into the city, Qian Jing actually thinks the same way. Now that the direction has been roughly determined, let's go directly to the goal, anyway, the two of them carry enough supplies, and there is no need to go into the city to replenish. However, although you don't go into the city, you still have to continue along the road for a while. All places that are clearly near the city, but uncultivated and inaccessible, may lurk natural hazards. There are many mutated animals on this planet, and even zombie bloodlines have to be careful to survive, not to mention ordinary humans.
After walking for a while, they heard the roar of a machine faintly behind them, which came from the direction of the big pit. It's kind of very rhythmic, like piling, "bang...... Qiang ......". Nine times out of ten, the "shredder" of the corpse pit was activated.
Qian Jing looked ahead, it was still more than ten kilometers away from the city boundary, and they happened to be on a slightly higher hillside, and there was no obstacle between them and the city in the distance. Now they could clearly see that the city, built in the middle of two hills, was surrounded by a three-story wall, and there were guard towers at intervals, and it was very well defended. Both the walls and towers have the kind of spikes that slope downwardβsomething that seems to have become the common architectural form in White Rock. From the fence to the place where the mirror was, all the trees were cut down, and the grass was burned, and it was black and bare.
Hu Ga took out a telescope from his backpack and looked at it, and said as he observed: "Little money, it's a little strange." There was no one in the watchtowers, the gates of the city were closed, and there was no one in them. The whole city seemed lifeless, like a hollow city, at least the streets I saw were empty. If there were people, it was only possible that they were all hiding inside the building. β
"It's so weird, let's definitely walk around. Qian Jing patted Hu Ka on the shoulder, and then the two of them left the road and headed west from the charred grass. The cleared trees and weeds gave the two men an open view, and there was no problem leaving the road at this point. The two planned to go around to the hill to the west and then to the north, so that they could continue to Niu Yanxing's castle.
Hu Ga walked in front, and there were words in his mouth. As his arm pushed forward, waves of magical energy swept forward. Qian Jing relied on his newly introduced magic knowledge to judge that this should be a kind of detection magic, using the power of the lightning element to detect the metal on the road, while constantly pressing the ground. Presumably, Hu Ga was worried that there would be mines here, so he tried to trigger them with magic instead of his own legs and feet. Qian Jing nodded and wrote down the trick.
The truck drove back and drove north along the road, heading towards the city without stopping. Qian Jing glanced back, the carriage was empty, and there was no driver, but it was possible that he didn't see clearly because of the reflection of the glass. He wanted to ask Hu Ga to use the telescope to see, but at this time the car had accelerated away and there was no suitable viewing angle.
The gates of the city opened, and the car entered the deserted street. At this moment, there was finally movement in White Rock City, and the glass curtain wall on the building moved. By adjusting the direction and constantly opening and closing, it continuously emits high-frequency flashes of light to the money mirror and the Huga.
"Close your eyes, lie down!" Qian Jinggang shouted, only to feel that his eyes were suddenly shrouded in bright white, and even his eyelids did nothing. He felt the world spin for a while, and then he was controlled by the feeling of weightlessness.
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