Chapter 25: The Church of the Saints
At the junction of Zones S(19) and R (18), Feng Ran and Lu Yun each stepped on a piece of blue and white flakes and galloped forward.
This is an Aether-powered near-Earth vehicle, known as a shuttle in urban areas, and is designed by Ethereum to enable employees to travel back and forth as quickly as possible within 2 hours.
The distance between the N (14) zone and the S (19) zone must be at least 3 hours if it is used, and it is not a round trip, and the shuttle can shorten the travel time of this distance to less than an hour.
While Lu Yun lamented the convenience of technology, he couldn't help but wonder why even people like Feng Ran, who were not ordinary employees of the Aether Company, had to abide by the precautions for night roads?
When he said this question, Feng Ran replied that he didn't know, but the precautions for night roads are important matters written on the first page of the employee code, and it is clearly stipulated that they cannot be violated under any circumstances.
This made Lu Yun feel even more strange, do those precautions that seem like common sense really make sense?
"The kid is almost here, when the time comes, I'll go negotiate with the local organization, you go to find someone first, understand?"
Although stepping on the shuttle to face the wind, Feng Ran's words fell into Lu Yun's ears very clearly.
"Hmm."
Lu Yun nodded, this time the action of the two made him feel a lot more at ease, at least it would not be so thrilling to encounter a situation that needed to be fought again, probably.
The shuttle slowed down, and the unfamiliar suburban scene gradually emerged in the darkness.
This was a place that Lu Yun never thought he would come to before, and it was closest to the northern part of the Southern District.
Zone S(19).
……
As soon as Lu Yun disembarked from the shuttle, it quickly folded into a white cube the size of a fist, and the azure aether flowed rapidly on its surface along a complex trajectory.
After stuffing it into his pocket, Lu Yun began to look at his surroundings.
To his surprise, the area under the jurisdiction of the Church of Saints, although located to the south, was even better than the N (14) area where he was located.
The ground is tidy, the houses are clean, and there are even some sports equipment on the side of the road that Lu Yun has only heard of in school, it is hard to imagine how anyone is willing to exercise in the suburbs where there is a high probability of not having enough to eat.
But what surprised Lu Yun the most was the building that stood in the distance, in the center of the region.
It was a white-roofed church more than 100 meters high, and dozens of holographic torches hung on the outer wall lit up its figure in the dark night with a cold blue light.
Under Lu Yun's enhanced eyesight after becoming a containee, he could even see the low wall of greenery clinging to its base, which was rarely seen in the suburbs.
Lu Yun did not expect that after the war, such a religious building as a church would still appear in the suburbs, and it was still in the S (19) area, he heard that after the war, most religions had already existed in name only.
After all, just praying can't save yourself or your family.
However, when Lu Yun really saw such a magnificent building, he still unconsciously rose in his heart, not for God, but for the person who built that church.
However, when Lu Yun's gaze gradually looked up, there was an extremely abrupt thing hanging on the top of the church.
A huge colored turntable.
This made Lu Yun's awe disappear just now, and the huge colored roulette wheel almost covered the spire in the middle of the church, and the highly saturated and exaggerated colors divided the surface of the roulette wheel into independent blocks.
There are so many and very dense blocks that Lu Yun estimates that there are at least a few thousand, or even tens of thousands, and if you look closely, there seems to be something written on it, but the distance is too far, and Lu Yun really can't see it clearly.
In the center of the wheel, there was a slender hand pointing to the sky, about the size of a chunk.
It was like the carousel that Lu Yun saw in the hall of the mutual aid association, which was used for gambling, but it was more complicated, larger, and hung in a place that should never be hung.
This church, which originally made Lu Yun feel awe-inspired, now made him feel funny, even weird.
He couldn't help but wonder if that wheel started spinning, the moment it stopped—
And what will happen?
"Hey boy, don't be in a daze, hurry up."
As he spoke, Feng Ran took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and pointed in the direction of the church that Lu Yun had just seen.
"Don't forget what I told you, no matter what happens, don't go near that church."
After speaking, Feng Ran flicked a brand-new ether company badge to Lu Yun with his finger, and left first.
The previous one was Feng Ran's own, and when he was on the highway, Lu Yun had already exchanged it for Feng Ran.
"Well, I understand."
Lu Yun took the badge steadily and put it on his chest, the blue droplets wrapped around the intertwined wings emitted a faint light in the dark night.
In fact, even if Feng Ran didn't say it, Lu Yun would not go near that church.
Residents living in the suburbs have a consensus that the organizations that govern the districts can not be contacted without contact, and in this regard, Lu Yunna's choir is the same as the church of saints here.
It's just that although Lu Yun knows that under the management of different organizations, the neighborhood will look completely different, but the area managed by the Church of Saints is too different.
From the N (14) area to the S (19) area, the environment he saw was getting more and more dilapidated, but here it actually achieved overtaking in the corners of the front area, which Lu Yun really didn't expect.
And it is much larger than the neighborhood where Lu Yun, who is run by the choir, suggests that in the past, the Church of Saints must have clashed with other organizations in the neighborhood and emerged as the ultimate winner.
Lu Yun walked towards the address that Yan had written to him, and in the process of moving forward, he discovered something strange.
In the surrounding residential buildings, none of the lights are on, only the etheric lamps hanging on the outside of the buildings are still glowing, and the serial numbers of the buildings are pieced together.
Although it's not early yet, it's not too late for everyone to go to bed, and now this scene of only the street lights still on, is really a bit abnormal.
This made Lu Yun a little puzzled, because no matter the street, as long as it is in the same numbered area (such as District N), the rent that needs to be paid or the money required to buy a house is the same.
And the living qualifications of this block, no matter how you look at it, will be a sought-after commodity, not to mention full, and it is impossible to be so sparsely populated.
Just as Lu Yun was still observing, he was still obsessed with the residential building, and he saw the figure of metal hitting the ground not far ahead, and it was very rhythmic.
Lu Yun looked forward and saw three figures of the same height as him, each of whose heads were covered by a rusty square metal box, leaving only two holes in front for seeing the way.
One of them was in front, and the other were side by side, and the man in front of them had a lantern in his hand to illuminate the road ahead, and the neat white robes they wore were also reflected in blue light.
Lu Yun could guess their identities, and when he saw someone dressed so differently in a place other than the drifting area, he could only be a member of the organization, just like the choir singer and lyricist in a green coat.
And these three people are probably members of the organization of the Church of Saints.
But Lu Yun was still very surprised by their appearance, not because of the metal box covering their heads, but because of their bodies.
The two men walking behind them, one of their hands was a mechanical prosthetic.
The one in front, except for his hand carrying the lamp, had all his limbs replaced with mechanical prosthetics.
As they walked, the liquid aether in the prosthetic limb circulated like blood.
In the darkness of the night, a faint blue light is dragged.