Chapter 18: The Outside World?

Although the outskirts of the city may appear flat and empty, there are no buildings at all, but if you look closely, you will find that every few hundred meters, there is a piece of ground that is different from the surrounding area.

No matter how stupid people are, they can also know that there is a special place here, a few children in the West Outer Ring District gathered in front of the different-colored floor, and stabbed a keyhole-like hole with excitement for a long time, but unfortunately, it is estimated that their main business is not a thief, tossing for several minutes, but failed to pry open the dark lock, and finally Macajaren really couldn't stand it, stepped forward and patted it at the keyhole, clicked, and the secret lock was opened, causing several children to look at him with admiration, if it wasn't for the wind being too strong and unstable, it is estimated that he would pounce on his thighs and apprentice。

It's not easy to lift the floor in the wind, but it's easy for the shadow-chasers, there is a staircase under the floor, there is no lighting, and the black hole looks suspicious. However, the survivors had no doubts about this, apparently this was a normal phenomenon, and more than twenty people escaped into it, and after leaving the knife-like wind, they could finally take a few breaths.

"Bang, click", a ray of light lit up, it was actually the most primitive candle, through the light, everyone saw everything underground.

The so-called safe haven is actually just a basement, and the five rooms below, each of which is not large, and more than 20 people are in it, although it can be fitted, it is also a little crowded. From the point of view of the facilities in the basement, the bedrooms, living rooms, warehouses, kitchens and toilets are all set up, that is, there are no energy-driven automatic devices in them, from cooking to lighting, all of them are the oldest natural methods. There are only two bunk beds in the bedroom, and it seems that the largest capacity here is four, so it's no wonder that more than twenty people are so crowded.

The basement is full of strange-shaped metal tools and some special building materials, and it is said that it is used for craftsmen who repair the structure of the edge of the floating castle for temporary rest, because it is on the outskirts of the city, it is a blind spot of the energy pipeline, so it is impossible to build any energy facilities, and even the most basic lighting depends on candles.

"Absolutely safe here?" Shul looked around, a simple lounge, no decoration at all, extremely plain. It is obviously a closed room on all sides, but the candlelight is still shaking gently, which shows that the ventilation effect is very good, and more than 20 people are crowded in it and it does not look suffocating. The problem is that with this level of entry, trying to block the mechanical golems is a dream, and the Shadow Chasers don't understand why these survivors are so relaxed when they get to the outskirts of the city.

"Uncle, don't worry. Delia rolled her eyes, pulled Shur aside, and quietly explained, "It's theoretically safe here. ”

"Why?"

"Because the mechanical beast also needs to be driven by energy, in order to save materials, each mechanical invasion of the mechanical beast only has a small amount of its own energy, completely relying on the city's functional system to maintain action, but the suburbs have no energy pipelines, they can't replenish energy, and they will be paralyzed soon when they come, plus there is basically no one on the outskirts of the city, so the mechanical beasts will never appear on the outskirts of the city. ”

"In that case, the automatons aren't easy to deal with. Mobuck touched his beard, obviously quite proud of his strategic vision, "Directly shut down the city's energy supply, isn't the crisis of the mechanical beast automatically solved?"

"Hehe, hehe, yes. Delia looked at him with a very 'adoring' look, "And then the city crashed with it." ”

"What if a mechanical beast strays into here?" Shure glared at Mobuck and continued, "Won't it pose any threat to you?"

"Uncle. There was a hint of reluctance in the little guy's eyes, "You don't plan to leave, do you?" ”

The shadow chasers were stunned, this kid was too sensitive, and he didn't say anything, he had already made up countless contents in his brain, and ...... Everyone took a step away from Xiu'er in unison, what did you do to this kid that she was reluctant to let you go? Damn pervert, even such a young child refuses to let go?

, I didn't do anything, bunch of idiots.

Shuer roared with his eyes, pressed his hand on the top of the girl's head, and the moment he turned around, his expression had changed into a smile: "Although there will always be a separation in the end, but not now, we still have an employment agreement, you don't just want to run away after taking the money, hmph, is my money so easy to earn?"

"Whoever takes the money, who takes the money. The little guy immediately blew up, "Those credits are what we deserve, and you didn't give me a single commission you promised me." ”

"Boss, this can't be your illegitimate daughter, hahahahaha. Macajelen couldn't help it anymore and blurted out, "There is a successor to the Gold Devouring Beast, hahahahaha...... Wait, wait, boss, put the hammer down, you listen to me. ”

"Alright, don't talk nonsense. Shure patted Delia on the head and raised his voice and said, "Survivors, you have arrived at a completely safe place, and now you can return to normal life as long as the EMP system is successfully activated after it is fully charged." So, our mission has been successfully completed, if you don't mind, let's settle the account. ”

"Didn't it end in the first place? There was a weak protest in the crowd, "Although we are afraid, we have not become fools, the credit transfer is recorded, you don't want to take the opportunity to collect it again." ”

"Tsk, I see. Xiuer smiled and glared at the protesters, you wait for me, I will kill you if I have a chance, "How can it be, I have a bad memory, I forgot, hahaha, I forgot." Now that the mission is over, and it's too crowded here, let's leave, hehe, I think people like us will not feel very happy in their hearts. ”

"Hahaha. "The survivors laughed dryly, don't try to lie to us, we have seen through your routine along the way, who dares to nod at this time, will definitely be cheated by you bastard again, what a damn mental loss fee, or the first time I heard of this kind of hellish fee.

"Hush. Pouting regretfully, Shul beckoned to a few of the children, "Let's go, let's go to another haven, don't mess with these rich people in the intermediate and advanced districts." ”

"Wait a minute, we'll go too. The one who spoke was actually the four highest-ranking city officials who had been rescued in the first place, and the one at the head said solemnly, "It's really too crowded here, and we don't like it very much." ”

Tsk, sure enough, it came.

Shur smiled strangely, and did not refuse the offer: "Okay, welcome, hehehe, this is what I wanted." ”

Leaving a pair of male and female officials in charge of the overall situation, the other two followed Shuer closely and they re-entered the wind, and the four of them seemed to have reached a consensus and did not dispute over the number of places, which made Shuer a little surprised.

The wind outside was still so strong, and according to Wei's calculations, if it was close to some constant of Parvatiga, it would be at least three thousand meters above altitude. There is no energy pipeline to supply energy, and the temperature here is much lower than that in the city center, and in the wind, the children subconsciously wrapped their clothes tightly and staggered with a few adults.

Pried open another haven and slipped in, and now it was much more relaxed, at least not so that it was too crowded to sit, and although there were not enough chairs, the children felt like they had run to the corner and sat on the floor, and within a few minutes, they were huddled together and fell asleep. Delia didn't get together with the other four boys, and after being teased by Macajelen, the little guy simply wrapped up around Shure, and showed a very special hostility towards Save and Moria, not jealousy, but possessive, and the shadow chasers were all sensitive guys, so it was natural to see that the little girl really regarded Shul as her father...... Alternatives?

At this time, Delia also fell asleep, but she was sitting on the ground, right next to Shule's chair, leaning on Shule's calf and sleeping soundly, and even saliva was stained on Shule's holy robe. Although Xiaojiahui is smart and clever, he is still a child in the end, and after tossing for a night, he is nervous and excited, and the experience has long been consumed.

"Sasa. Shul pointed to the other four children, "Take them into the bedroom to sleep, heh, don't worry, four beds, there will be beds for the two of them to rest." As for this money-grubbing fellow...... Forget it, so be it. ”

No way, even if the little guy is asleep, he is still holding the hem of Shuer's robe, and he wipes the corners of his mouth with his clothes from time to time, and the blood vessels in Shuer's forehead are jumping, and when you wake up, you must be asked to compensate me for the laundry expenses, well, it's good to deduct a gold coin, it's cheap, right.

"Well, now there are no outsiders. When it was all over, and finally he sat down again, Shul showed a holy smile that put everyone in the Rose City at risk, changing his previous rudeness, "What do you two call you?"

"Sulta. The man at the head pointed to the woman on the side, "I am the director of the Superconducting Metal Research Office of the Municipal Science and Technology Research Institute, this is Mai Lin, my deputy." ”

"Praise the Holy Spirit, praise the riches. Shuer said with a smile, "Mr. Surta can call me Shuer, don't talk nonsense, we all understand, you have asked to come with us, there must be important business negotiations." Oh, that's right, with our identity, we must have come to us to talk about business, but I don't know, what does Mr. Surta need?"

"We have a question for a few traders. Apparently, Sulta has identified these people as mysterious black market traders," you ...... Not from this city. ”

"Huh?" Shul said with a smile out of the corner of his eyes, "It seems that there is also a private communication between Mr. Sulta and our peers, hehe, I really don't know their codes." ”

"As a trader, I guessed the crux of the matter at once. Surta complimented and asked, "How many are really from the outside world, are they really from other cities?"