Chapter 10 Neighborhoods

When he came to the street from home, Lu Yun realized that it was already noon, and it seemed that he woke up later than he thought.

After Lu Yun told her mother that she had been hired by the Aether Company and was about to move to the city, she was silent at first, then slightly happy, and finally couldn't suppress the joy of pacing back and forth.

Bai Wenlan is not a person who will overexpress her feelings and wishes, it is like a dream for any suburban person, and her wildest celebration is nothing more than accidentally knocking over the nutritious porridge on Lu Yun's pants when she stands up.

And now, she is happily picking out clothes in her room and preparing to go to the choir to move the house.

Of course, Lu Yun is also happy, whether it is the ability to let his mother live in a good place, or the opportunity to find his father, he can have it through the ether company.

But Lu Yun's joy was not as strong as he thought, probably because of what he had experienced last night, he had a hunch that the work of the Ether Company was by no means as beautiful and easy as he had imagined.

At least, he will probably have many post-war anomalies like George in the future, and Lu Yun even thinks that not to mention the ruins, even in the suburbs, there are many post-war anomalies that are more dangerous and powerful than "George".

And even for George, the damage it did was no small thing.

On the streets, choir singers and lyricists are cleaning up the aftermath of last night's commotion.

The lyricists, unlike the singers, were few in number, but they were the reason why the choir as an organization really gained a foothold in the suburbs.

Lu Yun, a choir member above the lyricist, didn't know him very well, after all, an ordinary resident like him would probably have only one chance to meet the lyricist.

That is the morning after he has not completed the poetry exchange, the lyricist will personally visit the household, carefully and elegantly write the untalented people who have not completed the task into scarlet memorial poems.

And now, the lyricist walking down the street was shouldering nearly twenty people on his shoulders and tenderly asking the residents around him if there were anyone they knew.

Lu Yun walked downstairs next door and accosted an old man standing at the bottom of the building, he wanted to know about the current situation in the neighborhood.

After some exchanges, Lu Yun had a specific understanding of the damage caused by George.

Most of the occupants of Building 10 have completely lost consciousness and become only physically alive, and a lucky few have avoided this fate, but their sense of self has also been severely impaired, and they are temporarily unable to communicate normally.

Most of the residents of the rest of the buildings are in a coma, and many of them have already woken up, and there is nothing wrong with the results, but there is no memory of this time.

However, there were two surprises among these people.

The two singers that Lu Yun called with a communicator last night were confirmed dead, both physical and spiritual.

Combined with Lu Yun's own experience of being invaded by George, he could probably guess why those two were dead instead of unconscious.

But because of this, Lu Yun was very puzzled, could it be that his qualifications were much higher than those of the choir and the singers?

He didn't dare to be sure, because if the qualifications depended on the depth of people's obsessions, as Feng Ran said, then Lu Yun was never confident that his obsession with finding his father was far higher than the piety of the choir members to the poetry itself.

"Young man, you have to work hard to get a decent job in the city like my son, and then have the opportunity to let your parents enjoy it again! Completely stay away from natural and man-made disasters such as post-war anomalies! ”

The old man interrupted Lu Yun's thoughts, and his mouth was full of pride for his son.

Lu Yun didn't bring the badge of the ether company when he went out, and he didn't want to cause some unnecessary trouble when he was about to move out.

Because of this, the conversation between him and the old man did not fall into embarrassment at this time.

"Well, I think so too, your son is really good."

Lu Yun really thinks so, if it weren't for this so-called "qualification", it would take a long time to enter the city at his level, and he might have a son by then.

"Well, young man, you are different from those perfunctory young people who can't listen to the old man, you have a future!"

The old man looked very happy, so happy that Lu Yun didn't even plan to ask him why his son didn't take him to live in the city.

After saying goodbye to the old man, Lu Yun prepared to go to the nearest mutual aid association close to him, although he didn't know why Feng Ran asked him to do this kind of errand, but he didn't seem to be able to refuse.

Lu Yun wanted to visit a few neighborhoods he was familiar with first, but he thought that it should be the time when the choir was busy going to the various houses to appease and send the people who had been in close contact with the post-war anomaly to the Aether Company.

So he decided to wait until he was done with the mutual aid association and came back to visit.

Moreover, he has a few friends who also work at the mutual aid society, and if he goes, he will probably be able to have a chance encounter with them.

At that time, they also invited Lu Yun to join him, but he refused, this kind of work that may put himself in absolute danger cannot really make his mother feel at ease.

It's just that Lu Yun didn't expect at that time that he would find a job that was ten thousand times more dangerous than the mutual aid association.

Although there is more than just a cleaner in suburban mutual aid associations, it is a "huiji" who manages accounts, a "doctor" who always puts patients first, and even a "referee" who deals with contracts.

The professions in these mutual aid societies are likely to be hated and then become nourished by moss and mushrooms in a late-night alley.

Of course, there are also some so-called local "gangs", some of whose members can even fight with the cleaners at the headquarters of the mutual aid associations, which is why some local gangs are able to evict the mutual aid associations and refuse to be taken over.

It has become a "drifting ground" in the suburbs.

Lu Yun lives in District N (14), and the branch of the mutual aid association closest to him is located in District Q (17), and Lu Yun is not a mutual aid association in District Q, he has never even been to District Q.

To be precise, Lu Yun crossed no more than O(15) from the northernmost N(14) area of the northern district where he lived.

Since he was a child, Bai Wenlan did not let Lu Yun go south too much, which led to some difficulties in his current work.

But it's okay, there is a road between the blocks for everyone to pass, it does not belong to any organization or individual, and all the people who walk on it are not affected by the organization and must complete their own journey independently.

In other words, it can lead to any area in the suburbs.

Lu Yun's mind was spinning rapidly, digging deep into the territory of which organizations he would pass through from his memories.

After all, compared to most organizations, the choir was at least elegant and civilized, and Lu Yun didn't want to let himself get into trouble by accidentally breaking some strange laws of other organizations.

Stepping on the long road paved with stone grains, Lu Yun gradually walked towards the depths of the suburbs.