I am not lonely and lonely, because machinery is my best friend. - Ma Jiujun

The greens fell into the iron pot, emitting a burst of fragrance that permeated the living room, and Zhu Zhe did not stop: "These two names ...... I don't remember! ”

Ma Jiujun had a scene in his mind, about five years ago, when he found two children lying in the shallows, breathing weakly, dressed in shabby white clothes, with iron rings in their hands and feet, the chains on which had been broken. He ran back to the little blue house in a panic, shouting all the way: "Uncle Zhe, it's not good! There are water ghosts! ”

Zhu Zhe rushed to the scene when he heard the sound and said calmly: "This is a person!" ”

He didn't think about it anymore, Ganyuan was a vast sea, and the sea was inhabited by fierce beasts: "But...... Won't the beasts in it eat them? ”

"People are picky eaters, and beasts are picky eaters, remember, if you eat dirty food, you will lose your stomach!" Zhu Zhe took the two children back to the house to heal, and fortunately they both survived.

Ma Jiujun tried to understand why the two of them had fallen here, but they couldn't remember what had happened before. He offered to take in the poor children, and Zhu Zhe did not object.

About a year later, he woke up one morning to find a letter at the bedside, which read:

Little Nine ...... By the time you read this letter, we were already gone. Memories of the past come to mind, and every night we are tormented by nightmares, as if there are a thousand sharp knives stuck in our hearts, and the pain is unbearable! I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye to you, thank you and Uncle Zhe for taking care of you this year, may the light shine on you who are kind, and see you again! Love you Qiao Yuan and Jiang Yifan!

The letter was still kept in a drawer under the workbench, and Ma Jiujun hadn't seen the two since, and he didn't know where they were now.

"If you are in a daze, the food will be cold!" Zhu Zhe took off his apron and walked to the table with a small plate in his hand.

When Ma Jiujun came back to his senses, there were three dishes and one soup in front of him, namely fried bacon with Artemisia, fried shrimp with three colors, sweet and sour fish pieces and corn pork rib soup. He looked at the pink box in his hand and asked, "What's inside?" ”

"Cake!"

Ma Jiujun took out the cake in the box and put it on the table, he patted his head, this was the first time in ten years that the housekeeper bought a cake for himself, and he was greatly puzzled: "Uncle Zhe...... You won't be an illusion! ”

"I can't eat a mouthful of food in my hallucination!" The small dish in Zhu Zhe's hand contained the mucus mixed with turmeric and coconut oil, and he tapped a drop in the middle of Ma Jiujun's forehead and said: "Coming to this sad world is not worth celebrating, don't get me wrong, today is an important moment for you to enter the adult stage, after eating this dinner and waving goodbye to the childishness of the past, you will be an adult!" ”

"Adult ......" Ma Jiujun didn't expect that today would be such a special day, but he didn't feel that he was not a child anymore, "Is there a gift?" My aunt used to give it to me on my birthday. ”

Zhu Zhe pondered for a while before he said, "What do you want?" ”

Ma Jiujun picked up chopsticks and put a piece of bacon in his mouth, he didn't lack anything, but he was always interested in the world outside the ruins, he said softly: "Can I leave here?" ”

Zhu Zhe immediately blurted out: "No! ”

Ma Jiujun was a little displeased, he had been locked up here for more than ten years: "No...... Can't you leave even when you're an adult? ”

Zhu Zhe said with a tough attitude, "It's dangerous outside, change it!" ”

"Cut!" Ma Jiujun buried his head in frustration and began to eat, it was useless to be full of this dinner, he felt aggrieved in his heart, "Gifts are okay by the way!" ”

He still remembers that Zhu Zhe once said that he would be able to leave here as long as he became an adult, so he was very much looking forward to his eighteenth birthday. But Zhu Zhe broke his promise, and he hates people who break his promise.

"I'll give you the gift later!" Zhu Zhe brought a kitchen knife to cut the cake into eight pieces, and suddenly, he remembered something and said, "You stay in the house tomorrow and don't go out, do you know?" ”

Ma Jiujun said angrily: "You don't even give the door?" ”

"In the rubble pile to the east, when I just came back from shopping, I saw three suspicious-looking ronin people warming up by the fire, and I don't know what their purpose here is, so stay at home and don't run around!"

"You know, I don't have a kid anymore!"

"That's good, from tomorrow, as an adult," Steward Zhu put away the kitchen knife and took off his apron, "You need to learn to manage your life, cook, wash clothes, clean the house......"

Ma Jiujun ate by himself, complaining in his heart: It's really verbose!

In the middle of the night, there was no moon, and the wind howled outside the small blue house, and the closed glass windows creaked.

Back in the studio, Ma Jiujun stood in front of the monkey-shaped machine, the paint on the armor had already dried, and he took out a hard card from the drawer and stuck it into the empty groove on its chest. Two words are neatly written on the card, which serve as the name of the monkey-shaped machine. It is necessary to name it, because when he has nothing to do, he can call it out and tell the story of the day.

"If only it wasn't an illusion!" Facing the cold machinery, he couldn't help but sigh, "I wonder if they're doing well?" "Tonight he actually felt a little lonely, it's good not to see the hallucination, it's not a taste to see the strange heart!

Trapped in this ruin for twelve years, it would be false to say that I didn't want to go out. He wanted to go to the outside world to take a look, wanted to go to Qiao Yuan to play with Jiang Yifan, and wanted to know if his uncle and aunt were okay now. It's useless to think that no matter where he goes, Zhu Zhe will arrest him back!

Bringing bedding and pillows to the bedroom, he lay down on the spot, whenever there is a problem in his heart, the best solution is to step up into the next round of mechanical production. Spend one week contemplating a new design, one month drawing mechanical designs, and finally several months calcining and assembling parts. As long as you are caught in the whirlpool of racking your brains, where is there time to think about the colorful outside world!

Ma Jiujun's eyes staring at the ceiling were slightly blank and sluggish, and the drowsiness soon swept in, and he slowly closed his eyes......

Click!

"It's noisy! Who? ”

Boom!

The metallic grinding sound soaked Ma Jiujun's ears like seawater, and he sat up with a flutter, covered his ears, and shouted: "What kind of strange sound is this?" ”

He looked up and couldn't help but be amazed, this was not a small blue house, but a deep narrow passageway, and instead of stone walls, there were layers of uneven copper plates stacked on both sides. In the shadows of the board, dozens of birds could be faintly seen, and strange cries were coming from their mouths.

But listen closely, where will there be a bird sound as harsh as metal, and he is panicked in his heart, has he encountered a strange beast? Suddenly the noise moved, and the birds flapped their wings and leaped down.

Ma Jiujun shuddered and rubbed his eyes, their bodies were mechanically constructed, and in the position of the chest cavity, there was a circle, and different numbers were engraved in the circle. He sat on the ground in fright, and it wasn't a strange beast at all, and the unique way of marking it was the mechanical bird he made.

Still haven't figured out why you're here? Why are the mechanical birds there? Why do they still move? In a few seconds, he was surrounded by a flock of birds, and he didn't dare to move, for fear of being attacked by them!

The mechanical bird marked with the number 0 on its chest stopped on Ma Jiujun's shoulder, and instead of pecking at the neck under its claws, it rattled its lips and teeth, as if it was communicating with the rest of the mechanical birds. He tried to understand what they were talking about, but it sounded like a bird's voice, and he didn't understand a word!

After about two minutes, the rattling stopped, and the mechanical bird in front of it retreated to both sides, making way for a way, as if signaling Ma Jiujun to move forward! He swallowed his saliva, and when he saw that there was no danger, he got up.

The narrow passage was swarthy, and I didn't know where it leads. He carefully shifted his steps as he pondered his escape plan. Robot Bird 0 is supposed to be the head of the flock, and if you catch it, you can find a way to leave. Thinking of this, he was heartbroken, and he made a decisive move and grabbed the thing on his shoulder.

The mechanical bird did not resist, and was directly caught by his left hand, and he was secretly happy. Suddenly, the blue light flickered, and I saw an ancient stone door standing ten meters away, and then a ghostly black shadow poked out from behind the stone gate with a sinister aura.

Whoever is worried about the dark shadow knows that this guy is definitely not a person, and there is really a problem going forward! Ma Jiujun's eyes widened, his mind went blank, and his hand holding the No. 0 mechanical bird also loosened.

The No. 0 mechanical bird flew up, pecked at the cuffs of Ma Jiujun's coat, and motioned for him to continue forward, but at this moment he didn't have the guts, he just wanted to escape, escape from this ghost place! But his body was not under his control, and he couldn't move, and a strange force pulled him in the direction of the door.

The black shadow let out a gurgling sound, and Ma Jiujun was fixed in front of the stone gate. He noticed that there were some ancient words carved on the stone door, which were obscure, but he seemed to have seen them somewhere, and there was a sense of familiarity.

No. 0 mechanical bird held up his left hand from behind, and then held up his right hand, Ma Jiujun whispered, "Do you want me to push this door open?" It nodded, and the spiritual appearance surprised him very much, could it be that the little creature could understand what he was saying?

Looking at the stone gate, he took a soft breath and slowly spit it out. Ten seconds passed in his brain, and he quickly combed through everything that was happening here. Along the way, the mechanical bird has no malice towards itself, although the black shadow that suddenly appeared is really scary, but this strange thing has no killing intent, so ...... Ma Jiujun did not hesitate, choosing to believe in the mechanical bird, he put his hands against the stone door and pushed it open!

A cyan glow emanated from the door, and the light enveloped him in an instant. Suddenly, he subconsciously turned around, and in the narrow passage illuminated by the light, he saw a swarm of mechanical ......

When he opened his eyes again, Ma Jiujun saw the ceiling, he shook his head a little drowsy, but exhaled lightly, fortunately, everything just now was just a dream.

The moonlight was shining on the floor, the hour hand on the wall pointed to the number eleven, and it turned out that he had slept for less than three hours. A cold wind whistled through his bare belly, and he shivered as he looked at the open window, wondering: When did it open? He walked over to close it, when suddenly, the door that opened on the steps of the small white house fifty meters away from the window caught his attention, and a wave of fear welled up in his heart!

The little white house used to be lived by my uncle, and after my uncle left, the gate was locked. It will be opened now, and it is very likely that Zhu Zhe said tonight, and the three suspicious ronins who appeared around here did it. A cloud of anger ignited in his heart, but anyone dared to attack the idea of that little white house, even a dangerous ronin, he would not let it go easily!

He grabbed the silver rod from the wall and rushed out of the room!