"Jingle bell, ding bell".

The sky was full of dust, the red mist covered the sun, and in the dead and silent abandoned city, the abandoned streets suddenly sounded crisp copper bells.

A huge two-seater rickshaw approached from a distance, driving between the shattered buildings.

The roof of the caravan was crooked with a wooden sign with the name "Monica and the Bab Chamber of Commerce" written on it.

The ruined city was uneventful, not at all covered with low-level tricks like when Babu came in, and even if there was an occasional chance to see one or two through the diffuse red mist, before they could get closer, they would be shattered by a whip from afar.

The empty world is scattered with sporadic treachery, and the edge travelers walk alone in this world like after death, this is what the edge should look like, like the dense treachery in Thortown before, that is just a side effect of the node, once the node disappears, the number of treacherous things will return to normal.

In fact, it is not only strange creatures, Babu has just entered the edge from the entrance to the town of Sol and found that the location of the entrance has changed.

For a few days, the entrance had moved away from the previous small square and appeared in a far away. According to Monica, this is normal, unless the spawning node anchors the present world, the entrance to the present world will continue to move along the edge, the direction of movement is unpredictable, and at some point it will break away from the original inner edge and enter the other inner edge.

That's why Monica said before she left that once she leaves her hometown, she will never be able to return, and in a world where the location of this world is always changing irregularly, there is no such thing as a road map, and it is tantamount to a pipe dream to meet the entrance to the same world twice by pure luck.

"We're pretty lucky." Monica was blatant and lazy, not only did she not pedal, but instead put her long legs on the front of the car, and her tight black leather pants made her legs look more slender. With her hands folded behind her head, she said quite leisurely, "At least when I entered the edge this time, it was still the previous abandoned city, and there was not much change, sometimes if I was unlucky, I would come out after a few days after entering the present world, and the edge would undergo a complete change, desert, snow-capped mountains, I have seen several different types of edges alone, and sometimes I even encountered mutants." ”

"Huh, huh, the next time you want me to pedal alone, you have to add money to me." Now it's Babu's turn. Although the rickshaw is equipped with an auxiliary power unit underneath, but in the final analysis, it still has to be driven by manpower, such a large carriage, the car is still carrying heavy goods, and it still takes a lot of effort to pedal, Babu even used the source energy assistance, but after pedaling for less than an hour, he was already sweating, panting and saying, "What monster?" First- and second-order feterious or third-order kinds? ”

"That's just a strange thing, and if the illusory world pollution manifests out of thin air on the edge or attaches to the object, it will form those all kinds of strange things." Monica snickered and lowered her legs and began to pedal, by the way, she threw the thin wooden board in her hand to Babu, "Monsters are different, they are formed by polluting energy attached to the flesh, in this world, they are phantoms, and on the edge they are mutants, which are much more terrifying than phantoms." ”

"Huh?" Babu let out a long breath and fanned the wind hard, "Where did these mutants come from, they are all from the current world's phantom beasts?" ”

"That's not it, in addition to the Phantom Beast running out of the accident, in fact, there are two sources, one is that people with insufficient resistance have been on the edge for a long time and mutate directly, for example, that night, if the problem is not solved, after the current world is directly swallowed by the edge, as long as it takes another hour or two, basically everyone will become mutants. As for the other one, it's more complicated, and I've vaguely heard people say that those are the remains of the marginal aborigines. ”

"Huh?" Babu opened the kettle and handed it to Monica first, and only took a few sips after taking it, sighed comfortably, and asked, "Are there still aborigines on the edge?" ”

"There must have been before, otherwise who built these things, but now there are none, at least no one has seen them yet, and they have all become mutants."

"That's right...... Wait," Babu said as he looked around for a moment, "You said that the natives of these city ruins would become mutants?" ”

"Hahahaha, not every edge has it." Monica covered her mouth and laughed amused by Babu's reaction, "If there is also an edge this time, we have already encountered it many times, since we haven't encountered it yet, it means that this edge is safe, at most, we will only encounter some phantom beasts or mutants formed by travelers who are broken on the edge, don't worry." ”

"I can't rest assured."

"This is not bad, at least it has not suffered an internal and external reversal, in case it does encounter an internal and external reversal, then it should really be relieved."

"What is the inversion of the inside and the outside?" Babu grew more and more curious.

"A natural phenomenon, once it happens, you must find a living entrance as soon as possible and hide in it for twenty-four hours, otherwise you will be thrown directly from the inner edge to the outer edge, which is ten times more terrifying than the inner edge, only experienced travelers and caravans dare to travel through the outer edge, and you must be prepared in advance, otherwise there will be no return. I've heard that many fringe caravans were destroyed because they encountered internal and external reversals, and I don't know if it's true, so I hope we won't be so unlucky. ”

Báb didn't bother to comment on this almost inevitable desire, but just muttered a few nouns thoughtfully, "Edge, illusory, inverted inside and out...... Tsk, how the hell are these things formed......"

"Then who knows, I don't know anyway." Babu was just talking to herself, but Monica had already heard it, shrugged her shoulders indifferently, and looked much more relaxed than Babu's pedaling, "In the future, when you travel for a long time, maybe you will have the opportunity to meet scholars who specialize in this field, if you are really interested, ask them when the time comes." ”

"Hopefully there's this opportunity." He habitually looked up at the sky, and found that the sky on the edge was always gray, coupled with the ubiquitous red fog, he couldn't see the sky clearly, so he had to take out the timer and fiddle with it a few times, and looked back at the direction he came, "It's been five hours since I walked, and now it's impossible to go back, don't you really regret it." ”

"Well, go back the way you came, and the entrance may not run anywhere, and you can't go back." Monica stopped her movements, and was silent for a moment before smiling faintly, "Actually, it's not just for you, but the main reason is that I don't want to be in a small town all my life, and after seeing the outside world, it is impossible for my heart to be silent anymore, ten years...... It's already the limit. So I won't regret it, instead of worrying about me, it's better to worry about worrying about myself, the journey on the edge is more difficult than you think, you really don't regret it. ”

"Me? I can't regret it, I didn't have this chance. ”

Babu didn't care about the stall hand, dug under the seat, took out a boiled sweet potato, carefully peeled off the skin, and before he could send it to his mouth, the greenhouse behind him suddenly opened a small crack, and a black shadow drilled out and retracted like lightning, and back and forth, the sweet potato in Babu's hand had disappeared, and there was a small tooth mark on his finger.

"Look, with such a worry-free little thing, how can I have a chance to regret it."

Babu peeled off the second sweet potato with a straight face, followed by another black lightning bolt, and then the tooth marks turned into two. Fortunately, the third sweet potato survived, but just as Babu was about to open his mouth, a hand suddenly reached out from the seat next to him, and with his little finger very gracefully snatched the peeled food, and stuffed it into his mouth with a smug smile.

"Well, the food that other people peel is just a little more delicious."

"Labor fees, five copper plates, thank you."

Babu suddenly reached out in a lightning flash, grabbed the last sweet potato, and stuffed it directly into his mouth with the skin, then he spat out hot air with satisfaction, and planned to wipe his hands on the sleeve of the woman next to him.

"Bang bang bang", the little thing in the caravan behind rolled all the way to Babu by inertia, and rolled all the way to Babu, skillfully climbing for a while, and finally stopped at his neck, laughing quite happily, as if playing some interesting game.

With a foot on the brake, Monica, who was originally sitting on the other side, disappeared on the spot at the same time, and when she reappeared, she was already lying on the roof of the carriage, with the whip wrapped around her arm, vigilantly observing the surroundings.

The wind is calm and there is nothing unusual.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, it's not an emergency." Barb's voice rang out from below, "Just found something interesting." ”

"Say." Monica remained motionless on the roof of the car, and the whip did not leave her hand, until there were five strikes from below, and she sat up, sat down on the edge of the roof, and asked with her legs crossed.

"It's not a big deal." Babu also rolled over the roof and looked to the west, "I remember you asked me a question before, and you asked me what the bank was. ”

"Huh? Did I ask? Monica recalled for a moment and suddenly said, "I seem to have asked, you said to blow up the bank vault or something." ”

"Yes, I don't really remember what a bank is, but I think it......" Babu pointed to a separate two-story building on the west side of the road, and in the mist a huge sign hanging from the top of the building, "that thing must be a bank." ”

"Huh? Do you know? ”

"I don't know." Babu shrugged, "But what is written on the house, what a bank." ”

"Huh?" Monica looked at Babu in shock, and was stunned for a long time before eating, "Do you know the text on the edge?" Do you know each of them? ”

"I don't know anything else, at least that's what I know." Babu sighed, stared into Monica's eyes and said, "Your reaction makes me think that this skill is quite special, it doesn't seem to be a good sign, old look, you ......"

"Keep it secret, and don't ask why, until you find out for yourself, right?" Monica smiled knowingly, "Don't forget what you said about me, once you find the answer, you will definitely tell me as soon as possible, I can wait." ”

"Thanks." Babu felt a warmth in his chest.

"Don't talk nonsense." Monica glared at him, "You haven't said it yet, even if this thing is a bank, what are you stopping for?" ”

"I don't know, but I instinctively feel that seeing this brand is very kind, and my hands are itchy." Babu rubbed his hands together, "I want to go in and have a look." ”

"You've figured it out." Monica put away her smile and said solemnly, "In the open environment outside, because the pollution of the illusory energy is relatively easy to escape, there are not many edge tricks, but in the relatively closed buildings, the concentration of the phantom energy is much higher, resulting in a lot of edge tricks entrenched in most buildings, and there will be mutants, sometimes even multiple, which is very dangerous." Only a modern team similar to a scavenger team will target the buildings around the entrance to carry out scavenging work, while fringe travelers rarely enter the buildings because the danger is too high, and the chance of finding valuable loot is too low, and the risk is not proportional to the reward. So, are you sure you're going in? ”

"I can't promise anything." For some reason, Babu's heart began to beat faster and his emotions began to rise, "But my instinct tells me that the possibility of high-value items hidden in the bank is quite high and worth exploring, except for museums and exhibitions." ”

"Why are you suddenly excited? Oh, by the way, greedy for money, lustful, petty and selfish, and likes to find trouble when nothing happens, I remember. Monica glanced at him and nodded, "You're an observer, and if you really think it's worth the gamble after observing it, then you might as well go in and have a look." ”

"It's the pursuit of excitement, not nothing, please don't tamper with other people's original words when quoting, thank you." Babu licked her lips, "I trust my judgment. ”

"Okay." Monica suddenly slipped off the edge of the carriage, whip already in her hand, "Then let's see what our first exploration between Monica and the Babu Chamber of Commerce can be." ”