Chapter 2: The Voice in My Head
The diamond-shaped mirror hanging around Lin Chuan's neck flashed a glimmer of light, and the voice in his head was very excited, as if he was happy to be able to get back face.
Because of Lin Chuan's self-talk, the scavenger was guarding against unknown dangers, but before he could react, he felt a chill in his throat.
It wasn't until this moment that Lin Chuan's figure in front of him became blurred.
"Hiccup...... Hiccup......"
Bright red blood trickled out, and a meaningless hiccup spilled down the throats of the scavengers.
The dagger had already penetrated his neck, and it was clearly killing people, but at this time, Lin Chuan said very gently as if a doctor was comforting a dying patient:
"Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, and it's normal to have some dizziness."
An instantaneous flash lifted Lin Chuan's hood, and the light marks similar to the broken mirror had crawled all over his somewhat pale right cheek, and even the eyes on the right side were covered with shards.
There was no color in those eyes, as if there was nothing worthy of his pleasure in this world, under the straight bridge of the nose were slightly thin lips, and the corners of the mouth were slightly raised, the left side was gentle, but the right side was crazy that could not be hidden.
The other scavengers didn't care that someone lost their lives, human lives were the least valuable thing in District 9, and they quickly gathered up the available supplies and scattered.
After putting down the scavengers, the shattered light marks on Lin Chuan's face slowly dissipated, and then a layer of fine beads of sweat floated on his forehead.
Every time he called the voice in his head to help, Lin Chuan's body would be in a state of overclocking, and after the light marks faded, a violent feeling of weakness would hit him one after another.
But Lin Chuan didn't stay, if the scavengers found out his current physical condition, he probably wouldn't be able to see the sun tomorrow.
Lin Chuan tried his best to control his trembling legs, squatted down, wiped the blood on the dagger with the collar of the scavenger, and then returned to the alley and put the dagger back in place, as if he hadn't killed anyone just now, just squatted down and tied a shoelace.
When Lin Chuan walked to the scene of the firefight, there were only destroyed vehicles and a few mutilated corpses left on the ground, and there were no twists and turns in the journey after that.
When he was about to get home, Lin Chuan put the ham sausage on the plate at the mouth of the alley.
The stray cat in this block, Dahua, is pregnant, and this is a pregnancy meal specially prepared by Lin Chuan for it.
Soon, the wild cats who smelled the smell of meat gathered at Lin Chuan's feet, but they just gathered around the dinner plate, staring at the ham sausage, but they didn't dare to step forward.
It wasn't until Dahua twisted her ass and walked over slowly that the wildcats gave way to their positions, and the leopard-like pattern draped over Dahua's somewhat bloated body, inexplicably with a hint of joy.
It's just that Dahua didn't lower her mouth for a long time, but opened her eyes that had been squinting and looked up at Lin Chuan.
Two hungry wild cats approached the plate, but before they could open their mouths, Big Orange pressed their heads into the puddle......
Big Flower is now getting more and more like the boss.
Lin Chuan knew what she meant, and after he pinched off a small piece of ham and threw it into his mouth, Dahua rubbed his head against his trouser legs, made a gurgling sound, and lowered his head to enjoy the pregnancy meal.
Lin Chuan didn't bother them anymore, the ham with synthetic meat and artificial starch was not delicious, but he ate it with relish.
Killing people and feeding cats are not in conflict.
Maybe for Dahua, Lin Chuan is the soft-hearted god.
But instead of making Lin Chuan extravagant hope to show off the mantis knife scavenger, the best choice is to end the other party's life.
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solved the pregnancy meal of the big flower, and Lin Chuan also saw the familiar plaque: Little Sun Welfare Institute.
Under the dim street lamps, the slightly dilapidated plaque of the welfare home is also more peaceful.
The main building of the orphanage is a three-story church that has fallen into disrepair, and the walls are already covered with moss.
When the 9th Safe Zone was rebuilt, a group of fanatical believers built the church with their bare hands on the edge of the safe zone without the support of the Federation, and after the church was built, the largest brothel in the slum opposite was also in the stage of being topped out.
After the fanatics appealed to the Federation to no avail, they prayed to their gods every day to make the brothel across the street disappear.
And the day before the brothel was about to be topped out, a lightning bolt detonated the house's electrical facilities, and a fire burned the brothel to ashes.
The brothel owner sued the fanatics in federal court with a single complaint, and the two sides began a two-year entanglement, which finally ruled in favor of the brothel owner.
The judge's exact words at the time were:
"It's ironic that a group of fanatics don't believe in their gods, but the brothel owners have the strongest beliefs."
Eventually, the fanatics were expelled from the safe zone wandering wilderness, and the owner of the brothel took over the church, abandoning his original business and opening the first welfare home in the Federation.
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Pushing open the courtyard door, Lin Chuan kicked away the dog that pounced on him with great skill, but Ao Wu did not give up, under the black and white coat color, the blue eyes were full of "wisdom", the tail wagged and flew up, and he pounced again unyieldingly.
Lin Chuan had no choice but to squat down and rub the dog's head, and then kicked Ao Wu's buttocks, in exchange for the dog's satisfied "whoop", and then got rid of the dog's entanglement and walked into the house.
The furnishings in the house are very old, but they are very tidy.
Before Lin Chuan could change his shoes, he heard hurried footsteps at the door, he quickly dodged a step, and in the next second, a somewhat emaciated figure rushed in.
Jing Xuan, who had a blue nose and swollen face, glared at Lin Chuan angrily: "What are you looking at!" It's me! Your Daddy! ”
"Smack!"
Lin Chuan didn't get used to him, and slapped him on his shiny bald head.
Jing Xuan didn't care, kicked off his shoes, and went into the kitchen, before going out, he roasted two sweet potatoes, and the reason why he rushed back in such a hurry was to grab the big one.
The welfare home is the closest place to the wilderness, although it is dangerous, but it is not without benefits, at least the land of the courtyard can grow sweet potatoes and cabbage, you must know that vegetables are rare things that only the wealthy in the upper class can eat.
When Lin Chuan finished washing his hands, Jing Xuan was already holding the sweet potato on the dining table and eating it, although he was burned to the slightest, he didn't mean to stop and rest at all.
Seeing Lin Chuan coming, Jing Xuan, who was still chewing sweet potatoes in his mouth, said vaguely:
"Chuan'er, today's company dog of Chenguang Biotechnology came to me again, and the contract treatment given to me is good, the term is only 20 years, I always feel wrong, those contemptible people must not hold back any good fart."
Lin Chuan glanced at him helplessly, Jing Xuan has been a master who can't speak without dirty words since he was a child, he has long been used to his way of speaking, so he naturally didn't bother to remind him again, so he just took out the strawberry-flavored protein bar from his pocket.
This is the gift he prepared for himself to celebrate the five-figure deposit, since life is always bitter, then eat a little more sweets to make up for it.
Protein bars are not even snacks, although the packaging is marked with strawberry flavor, but it is only the addition of synthetic food flavors, which is not delicious, but it is cheap, and the sense of hunger is very strong, and most of them are marching food that those who go out into the wilderness will buy.
However, for Lin Chuan, this kind of full-bodied protein bar is the best snack.
"Damn, why do you eat alone......"
Jing Xuan didn't wait for Lin Chuan's response, as soon as he looked up, he saw him eating protein bars with relish, and suddenly the whole person was not good, and at this moment, a whole sweet potato entered his stomach, even if he grabbed it, he couldn't eat it.
"Would you like to give you points?"
Lin Chuan said and shared, but directly stuffed the remaining half of the protein bar into his mouth.
"You can be a human being."
Jing Xuan picked up the remaining sweet potato and walked out, feeding the dog is better than leaving it to Lin Chuan, but before leaving, he still threw five hundred yuan on the table, which he earned back by playing black boxing.
After a while, the sound of Jing Xuan and Ao Wu fighting came from outside, and all the anger he received in Lin Chuan was sprinkled on the dog's body.
Lin Chuan carefully tasted the sweetness of the protein bar, enjoying the somewhat noisy peace.
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Ever since Lin Chuan could remember, there has always been another voice in his head, so he always likes to talk to himself, and naturally he has become a monster in the eyes of others.
Although the children in the orphanage are also poor people who have been abandoned, this does not mean that they all have the kindness of sympathy.
For heterogeneity, people always subconsciously use isolation to cover up their fears.
Except for Dean Wu, who picked him and Ao Wu back from the wilderness, Lin Chuan has never felt the kindness of other people, his world seems to be the same color as Ao Wu's coat, it is all black and white, and only the dog and the voice in his head accompany him.
The other children in the welfare home also didn't like Jing Xuan, and everyone called him the second bald man at that time, because Jing Xuan didn't grow hair since he was a child.
Unusual "monsters" will always become isolated objects, and people who are also isolated will have a natural sense of closeness.
When he first met Jing Xuan, Lin Chuan couldn't understand why everyone called him Erbald, bald, he could understand, but "Er" never figured it out, and after getting along for a long time, he found out that Jing Xuan's character and saying that he was "Er" were praising him.
Whenever there is a contradiction, normal people are the first to reason, but Jing Xuan basically rushed forward before the other side spoke, and never considered whether he could do it.
Fortunately, he has an extraordinary ability to recover, no matter how badly he was beaten, as long as he slept once, he became alive again the next day.
This is also the reason why Jing Xuan chose to fight black boxing to help Lin Chuan raise tuition.
After Dean Wu disappeared, these two "monsters" did not sign a labor contract with the company that was similar to the deed of sale, like others, but chose to stay in the welfare home.
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and they have miraculously survived this chaotic ninth district.
The two heartless teenagers have never felt sorry for themselves, but have developed a detached temperament, and they are full of the passive talent of "making fun in suffering".
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After eating the protein bar, Lin Chuan cleaned up the table, went out to stop Jing Xuan, who was still fighting with Aowu, and got down to business:
"The purpose of Chenguang Biology should be our land, the welfare institute is an institution directly under the federation, no matter how ugly they look, they don't dare to occupy it openly, but as long as we all enter the company, there is no need for the welfare institute to exist."
Jing Xuan swished and gave Ao Wu another kick, and then sat on the steps of the door, and said nonchalantly:
"It's okay, when you enter the ideal university, they won't dare to come and provoke us again, the ideal group is not a vegetarian."
Ao Wu bared his teeth and hid in Lin Chuan's arms, and when he saw that his master had no intention of helping, he lowered his head and pondered how to retaliate back.
"If the old man can come back, we won't have to worry about it......"
Lin Chuan sighed and habitually rubbed the dog's head.
In fact, both of them know very well that if they want to enter the company, it is the wisest choice to enroll in the Transcendent Academy.
Jing Xuan's perverted recovery ability, and the voice in Lin Chuan's head, all had hope of passing the entrance exam of the Transcendent Academy.
However, they never thought of revealing their identity as transcendental, which is a world of equivalent exchange, where transcendence can bring identity and status, but it also means that they will face all kinds of unknown dangers.
Most of the transcendents are concentrated in the Seventh Safe Zone, also known as the Transcendent Capital, and to this day the Federation has not disclosed what makes humanity transcendent.
Not to mention whether they can reach District 7 safely with no money, and even if they do, they may be captured as test subjects before they sign up.
There are too many people who covet the secrets of the transcendental, and they just want to live in peace.
"That old Deng...... I can't help but burp, even if he doesn't come back, we're going to be doing just fine, and today I won another game, and when I win another game tomorrow, I can go to the gym and fight. ”
Jing Xuan didn't care about what he said, but Lin Chuan still saw in his eyes the thoughts of Dean Wu, the old dean who sheltered them from the wind and rain, and had always been the deepest support in their hearts.
Lin Chuan said with some worry:
"Don't be too reluctant, if you really can't admit defeat, it's not easy to get in, when I go to the ideal university, I'll apply for a bursary, and then don't fight black boxing."
Jing Xuan just nodded noncommittally and didn't say anything.
The atmosphere was a little silent, and as soon as Lin Chuan wanted to open his mouth to persuade him again, a familiar voice sounded in his mind:
"My junior sister is about to start teaching."
"Okay."
Lin Chuan answered, and quickly got up and went back to his room.
Jing Xuan had long been accustomed to Lin Chuan's self-talk, but looking at Lin Chuan's hurried back, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and he had been locked in his room for longer and longer recently......
"Whew!"
Taking advantage of Jing Xuan's stunned efforts, Ao Wu finally found an opportunity and bit his ass in one bite...... A man and a dog fought again in the yard, and I don't know whose mouth the "whoosh" came from.
And Lin Chuan, who returned to the room, was soon immersed in a somewhat cold recitation:
"The realm of the Xuanjing, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and martial arts, the beginning of the awakening spirit, and the path is endless......"
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