Chapter 5: The Night Road (Part II)

When Geng Jiangyue came out of his mother's building, the temperature outside was obviously lower.

But his mother asked him to take the car home, and he would definitely not do such a thing.

The commute to Sea Lion City is very expensive, and the bus stops 16 times from the building in the north of the city where my mother lives to the building he lives in at the junction of the north and south cities. Each station charges two cents, and he gets three yuan and two when he sits at home, which is worth two meals for him.

Geng Jiangyue only sat once when he moved over, because he brought bedding, blankets and clothes, as well as all the textbooks of his eight years of junior high school, there were too many things, and if he took them in batches, he would have to delay for several days, so he could only grit his teeth and spend money.

Since that fight, Geng Jiangyue has never done such a loss-making thing since he went back and forth between the two places.

Blowing a hot breath into his hand, Geng Jiangyue rubbed his hands, and quickly shrunk his neck and ran home.

At this point, 9 o'clock has not yet arrived, and the time is not too late.

After 10 o'clock, the temperature drops to almost 0 degrees, there is snow on the road, and then there is a strong wind, then it is called difficult to walk.

While running, Geng Jiangyue couldn't help but think of the natural conditions outside the city that the teacher of the high school general education class talked about.

In other words, the sea lion city is so uncomfortable for a large-scale human gathering, how bad can the so-called "harsh environment" in the wild be? In addition to the man-eating monsters, will the temperature be lower?

Or is there something even worse?

The level of teachers in Sea Lion City No. 3 High School is not high, and the general education class belongs to the kind of subject that does not even have a textbook, and it is all up to the teacher to talk about wherever he wants, so the teacher cannot answer Geng Jiangyue's questions.

In fact, like Geng Jiangyue, the vast majority of people in the city have hardly ever left the city in their lives.

Everyone's understanding of the world outside the city is almost all obtained from "live broadcast".

In addition, people like Geng Jiangyue, who have to run around the city every ten days, already belong to the existence of being very diligent in going out, according to the statistics of the Sea Lion City Hall, in fact, about fifty percent of the people, from birth to death - if they don't have to go so troubled to move, they will not even get out of the super building they live in for the rest of their lives.

On the day he graduated from high school, the city hall should have allocated him an empty room, but his super building happened to be empty, so he had to move to the south.

Otherwise, he could at least be a neighbor in the same super building as his mother.

Maybe it's the same as the 50% of them who have never been out of the building in their lives, from kindergarten to elementary school to junior high school and high school, until now, I don't know what the road outside looks like. I wouldn't know that after 8 o'clock in the evening, the talismans on the road of Sea Lion City will also emit orange light - but compared to the larger and grander cities seen in the live broadcast, the talismans on the road of Sea Lion City are much weaker than the top cities in terms of strength and density.

"So the city hall is really still bragging......" Geng Jiangyue couldn't help but criticize when he thought of this, "Damn, I still have the face to collect 3% of Lao Tzu's personal income tax every month, a group of scum, and the service quality is not good at all!"

After trotting all the way for about 20 minutes, after running most of the distance, Geng Jiangyue finally couldn't run anymore, so he changed to walking briskly. The large plate of fried noodles and chicken breast in the evening had also been digested cleanly, and the stomach was empty.

Geng Jiangyue, who was hungry and cold, remembered that there were still a few spare packs of compressed biscuits at home, swallowed his saliva slightly, and couldn't help but regret it in his heart, knowing that he should indeed go out in the morning. It's not so cold in the morning, the consumption is much less, and the mental stress can be much less. Like now, the more he thinks, the faster he gets hungry, and the faster he gets hungry, the slower he goes, it's a vicious circle!

"Forget it, take a shortcut!" Geng Jiangyue gritted his teeth and made a risky decision.

The urban planning of Sea Lion City is very organized, and even if you don't know the road at all, a high school bully like Geng Jiangyue can carefully calculate the shortest commuting distance through the building number. The reason why he walked a long way was actually because there were several roads in the north city with Xuan Fu, and many small alleys within the shortest route were not fully taken care of by the city hall.

A talisman is very expensive, not to mention sticking it on the road and having to be replaced regularly.

According to what my father told him when he was a child, the finances of the city hall are already stretched thin to maintain hundreds of super buildings in the city on weekdays, and even bandwidth traffic must be restricted after 10 o'clock in the evening......

Geng Jiangyue, who was a little shivering from the cold, looked up at the moon that was gradually turning from white to blue.

He took a breath and coughed lightly.

Thinking "no, no, no, no", with a bit of gambling psychology, he plunged into the alley around him.

Under the domination of some trembling emotion, Geng Jiangyue, who was already unable to run, inexplicably sped up again.

The sound of clattering footsteps echoed in the empty alleys.

Geng Jiangyue ran to the end of the long alley in one breath, glanced at the road signs, neatly judged his position, and continued to the right, like this several times, after running for five or six minutes in a row, when he came to the next intersection, his heart suddenly sank.

It shouldn't be far from home, but the street lights on the road below are unfortunately broken......

He looked up and saw that the long road ahead was dark as far as the end could see.

In the dark, there are only two red dots, which will light up slightly every ten seconds or so.

That's the surveillance camera that is everywhere in the city.

"Wo Nima, it's really ...... today" Geng Jiangyue stood at the intersection, and his mouth was fragrant because of his growing environment.

He turned his head to look at the way he came, and then ran back at this time, obviously a bit of a loss, and then raised his hand to look at the time, the time was already 9:31, and if he rubbed it again, it would be ten o'clock.

Each of the mega towers in Sea Lion City has its own rules, and some nights have an early curfew time, which may close at 10 o'clock, and some later, usually no more than 11 o'clock. Geng Jiangyue had never walked such a night road before, so he didn't bother to learn about the building rules of his new home. But now this situation is a bit of a headache for him.

Turning back right now is indeed the safest option.

But the problem is that if the building you live in really closes at 10 o'clock, you may be locked out if you take a detour.

With the temperature at night, even if he doesn't freeze to death, it is difficult to guarantee that he will catch a cold or even pneumonia, and the medical expenses and lost work expenses will not be a small amount at that time. And if you don't want to get sick from the cold, it's not impossible. He lives close to the southern city, and with just a few more steps, he can find a hotel. 50 yuan a night is only one-sixth of his monthly income.

Well, that's it...... That's it, your mother!

Is life or money important?

Of course, life matters!

But...... Who said that if you keep going, you will die?

The security of Sea Lion City is so good, there have been no messy incidents for 8 years, where is it so coincidental that it is Lao Tzu's turn to do anything? 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, the victim 8 years ago was you, Uncle Geng Jiangyue, okay!

Why did Lao Tzu memorize such ideas? The last time "Sea Lion Daily" was not enough? Can he go on the second time in this life?

The more Geng Jiangyue thought about it, the more it made sense, and the principle of "life first", which was originally limited in strength, was also slightly shaken.

"According to the urban planning, this alley is no more than 400 meters at most, and according to the continuous decreasing running speed of 100 meters, it should be able to run the whole distance in less than a minute and a half......" Geng Jiangyue was doing all kinds of calculations, one foot had already stepped into the darkness, and there was really no time to rub and delay anymore. Now that the decision has been made, there is no need to hesitate.

"Ha!" Geng Jiangyue shouted, cheered himself up, and rushed into the alley with a puff of smoke, blending in with the night.

The cold wind that pierced through the hall whistled sharply and rushed into Geng Jiangyue's mouth with a big exhalation, Geng Jiangyue breathed heavily and panted like an embarrassed old dog, and his footsteps kept running wildly, making a squeaky sound in the quiet alley.

There was already a thin layer of snow on the ground. The road is slippery, but it's not suitable for fast running.

Geng Jiangyue barely maintained his speed, and secretly warned himself in his heart that he would never take such risks as today in the future.

The most precious thing about human beings is life. Everyone has only one life.

A person's life should be spent like this: staying at home, eating and waiting for death, and dying, rather than going out at night and then dying at the hands of something unknown......

Geng Jiangyue's thinking diverged, and suddenly his feet slipped and he almost turned over.

He subconsciously reached out and grabbed a water pipe attached to the wall on the side, fortunately stabilized his body and did not fall to the ground, and then his heart beat fast and gasped, and he subconsciously raised his head and looked at the monitoring probe that happened to be directly above him.

This means that he has run to the middle of the alley.

Far ahead, you can already faintly see the faint light of the street lamps on the main road.

Seeing that little bit of light, Geng Jiangyue's heart was finally a little more steady.

But at this moment of relaxation, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Geng Jiangyue, you also live here? I just said that studying is of good use! In the end, it's not the same as me!"

Geng Jiangyue's heart jumped suddenly.

In an instant, his whole body was stiff, his face was pale, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't take a step.

In this environment, the "person" who spoke behind him could never be his stupid classmate......

Geng Jiangyue's throat moved, his breathing became noticeably short, and he was struggling to run forward, but a transparent hand was on his shoulder first. The cold breath passed through his body and penetrated into his bones.

Really...... Hit?

"Fuck you!

Geng Jiangyue didn't look back, he slapped away the hand behind him with a slap in anger, and rushed forward, just ran a few steps before he slipped and fell to the ground in a panic, but he didn't cry out of pain at all, and instantly switched to using his hands, and flew towards the bright place with his hands and feet like a dog.

"Geng Jiangyue, you are not the same as me in the end, you are not the same as me in the end......"

The joyful voice, accompanied by a bit of inhuman numbness, caught up from behind.

"Fuck off! Fool! Lao Tzu doesn't know you! Lao Tzu ...... Lao Tzu ......"

In the dark night, Geng Jiangyue's scolding came to an abrupt end. He was grabbed by the neck by something he couldn't see, and he was easily lifted into the air, and the feeling of suffocation came suddenly. Geng Jiangyue kicked his legs in resistance, and a soft white shimmer even lit up on his toes......

Theoretically, the use of spiritual power against super-spirits is one of the instincts of human beings.

And 1 point of spiritual power is obviously also spiritual power.

It's a pity that 1 point of spiritual power is obviously useless......

In fact, there are very few people in this world who can be like Geng Jiangyue, when he encounters this situation for the second time in his life, he can skillfully use his spiritual power to fight back against the super spirit body without a teacher, and even according to some people's standards, Geng Jiangyue is definitely an out-and-out genius. But in the end, whether a genius can come out or not depends on fate. Geng Jiangyue's consciousness became more and more blurred, and his kicking strength gradually weakened, and when the sense of impending death was approaching, all kinds of strange thoughts began to flash in his mind-

Are you going to die? It's so casual to die, and while it doesn't seem to be particularly interesting to live, it's always too cheap to die. I don't know if the hundreds of dollars in the account will be transferred to my mother's account after I die, and the sea lion city hall of dog days loves to take advantage of the people. If a child's estate is transferred to his parents, he should not have to pay inheritance tax, right?

I knew I would be taking the bus home tonight......

I really want to go to eat fried skewers with my mother again......

"There is also a game dealer on the dog day, if it weren't for that broken ring, Lao Tzu still has 3 points of spiritual power, maybe this can fight to kill or something, Lao Tzu...... Lao Tzu is not convinced!" Geng Jiangyue's eyes were half-hung in the air with bloodshot, and in his throat, which was almost about to be pinched, a few syllables were intermittently uttered that others could not understand at all, which was the last struggle and unwillingness of life.

And a miracle, at this moment, appeared.

A white light suddenly lit up in the alley.

Geng Jiangyue only felt that the index finger of his right hand was hot for a while, and the super spiritual power that pinched Geng Jiangyue's neck was like an egg white encountering a high temperature in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, it turned from transparent to pure white, screaming and twisting into a ball, and rolling in extremely pain.

Geng Jiangyue sat on the ground, his body was uncontrollably carried away by his right hand, and he did not retreat but faced the frightened super-spirit body and touched it. The moment his hand caught the super-spirit, a powerful suction force escaped from the ring, and it actually pulled the super-spiritual body into it relentlessly and efficiently like sucking marshmallows.

In just a few seconds, the alley returned to its original tranquility.

Geng Jiangyue sat on the ground like a fool, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

It was obviously in the alley where he couldn't see his fingers, but in front of his eyes, a panel jumped out strangely at this time.

【Whiteboard Ring (named)】

Attributes: None.

Special Effect: Immune to Hyper Possession Attacks, and automatically counters Hyper Possession Attacks. Not to be damaged, not to be lost, not to be tradable.

Character value: 1.

Item introduction: [Shop function] has been opened, be a good person~