2. The tech tree is weird
"Lynn, do you have any precious metals on you that you can pawn?"
"Who would be idle with a dozen gold nuggets and bars?"
"Eh, what then?" Aisha stood in front of the shop window, looking at the busy scene of the store, it was almost five minutes. At this time of year, it happened to be dinner time, and Aisha and Lin came to another bustling commercial street, and the hotels and restaurants on both sides of the street were in a state of thriving business.
Aisha was ashamed to feel a little unassuming in her stomach - if you want to blame it, you can only blame the smell coming from the doors of the two hot pot restaurants, it is so tempting!
"Wet sauce, don't do that...... I feel hungry too!" The scene that I hadn't seen for almost three years, coupled with the atmosphere that was about to be forgotten, made Lin can't help but cover her stomach) Even foreign fast food with no nutritional value is now an extraordinary temptation for Lin!
Anyway, why can you see the signboards of the Colonel and the Sect Master in this place that should have nothing to do with the world that Lin lived in in the past? Lin saw the two familiar signboards at that time, and when they were side by side like this, she also felt some kind of strong malice across dimensions.
The problem is - they don't have any money right now!
Although it looks like this is supposed to be the Celestial Empire in a parallel world, the devil knows what the soft girl coin here looks like...... Besides, Aisha and Lin are both people with some discipline, and they still won't do anything about counterfeiting money, especially some bad behaviors that don't even want to fake the real thing, and directly use magic to make a projection.
"According to the character image you 'designed' by Wet Sauce, we are two dangerous elements. Shouldn't you eat the overlord meal in a domineering manner?"
"That would cause immediate social security problems, exposing the eyes of ordinary people, both to us and to others. None of them are a convenient thing to do. And even if I was going to play the role of a restless dangerous person, I didn't want to ruin my image - it would be a shame to do such a vulgar thing with this skin. ”
"That's what I said......"
Lin thinks so-if she's not Lori now, but she's still a teenager, then maybe she'll be cheeky and play the role of an arrogant and unreasonable social youth, but this looks ...... With the appearance of this Lori. Even if you play a little sister, it's very unqualified!
And Aisha's temperament is such a quiet girl, and it is even less like a person who would do such an act.
"So what do you say? We're now standing directly in the government...... No. Or the opposite of 'human', although there is not much communication, but I don't think we are friendly on the other side. ”
"According to this kind of plot development routine, I think it's time to rob a wave of social youths who are blocking the road!"
In general novels. Isn't it all like this? The protagonist whose identity is embarrassing and lacks money. I've always earned the first pot of gold from the hard-working Matt killing group!
Aisha looked up at the sky and looked around again.
"First of all, it's just nightfall, and secondly, it's still a bustling business district, so I don't think the probability of encountering a creature like 'social youth' is not very high, right?"
"I actually forgot about this stubble!"
"By the time we succeed in the robbery and get the initial funds, I estimate that most of the hotels and restaurants will have to be proofed......" Lin clutched her stomach sadly and sat on the benches on both sides of the street. "It doesn't look like the Guangdong area, but there aren't many restaurants that are open late at night. ”
"I really can't. Let's start with two cans of drinks, which are high in sugar and can temporarily satisfy hunger. Aisha suddenly walked in one direction, and Lin looked in amazement in the direction Aisha was going, at the end of the line of sight...... She found a vending machine.
Huh? Vending machines?
As soon as Lin reacted, Aisha, who was obviously penniless but said something like that, was going to do, Aisha had already walked in front of the vending machine, and without pausing, she turned around with one foot as the axis, and turned around with a gorgeous 360-degree straight kick, and slammed it the poor vending machine.
[I know...... Mechanical repair method of 45 degrees inclined upward......】
Although there were many pedestrians coming and going, no one noticed that there was a brutal abuse taking place in this corner - perhaps because Aisha was not "tech-savvy", she repeated the kick several times, and the vending machine handed over the goods "with interest".
Well, there will probably be a few "people" who will notice the strangeness here, right? Lin deliberately searched the surroundings, and indeed found a few people with different looks......
Although it is the most basic psychological suggestion, but it can not be affected by it, no matter how you think about it, it will not be the so-called "ordinary people", right? Lin quietly kept an eye on these people who looked abnormal, if they did not count those who belonged to the government, could they be people? Or are they simply monsters outside of human morality?
"Ah, give. Aisha harvested a few cans of drink and simply tossed two cans to Rin, "The name may seem strange, but I think maybe it tastes unexpectedly good?"
Lynn took the canned drink and held it in her hand to look at it—and suddenly Lynn regretted making such a superfluous move.
"Bitter ...... Bitter gourd condensed milk!?"
Lin couldn't help but shout, it was really because of this strange name that she had a rather bad association - was this really not the work of the predecessors of the dark culinary world somewhere?
Lynn couldn't help but think of the bitter taste of bitter gourd mixed with the sweetness of condensed milk...... If the legendary golden fried rice can blind mortals, Lin has no doubt that the combination of these two very different flavors can definitely be called spiritual pollution.
I really don't want to even look at it, let alone drink it? Lin trembled and lifted another can of drink, looking at it with the only luck left......
“...... Sichuan spicy lime juice?"
Lime juice is lime juice, and "Sichuan spicy" has a ghost connection! This is more unclear than the short-lived "hot and spicy Sprite" at the beginning!
"Wet sauce! I protested! Why did you throw me such a strange drink, I want the one you have in your hand...... Uh......"
Lynn saw it clearly. The two cans of drinks in Aisha's hands are exactly the same as the two cans of herself, which are also bitter gourd condensed milk and Sichuan spicy lime juice.
"No way. That's all there was to the vending machine. Aisha had already opened the jar of Sichuan spicy lime juice and poured it with her head up. Lin was on the sidelines, and at that time, she saw Aisha's body reflexively shake.
"How, how?"
"It's just a challenge to human taste buds, and I think this thing is more than enough to torture to extract confessions. It took a few moments for Aisha to regain her normal position, even though her face was calm. But Lynn saw that Aisha's legs were still shaking.
Aisha looked at the remaining drink in the jar in her hand and thought for a moment. Or threw her head up and drank it all - this time, Lin could hear a scream coming from Aisha's throat.
"Wet sauce! Don't force yourself! This kind of murderous food doesn't need to be touched!"
"Very strange drink. After closing her eyes and carefully "tasting", Aisha's face suddenly showed a look of surprise. "Although the taste is really unimaginably bad. But this thing can actually stimulate the body's self-repair function to a certain extent?"
"Huh?"
"The effect is not significant, but this thing can indeed have a good therapeutic effect on human trauma. In terms of this effect, it is not impossible to think of it as a kind of medicine...... It's really unpalatable. ”
Aisha opened another jar of "bitter gourd condensed milk", looked at the eerie grass-green dairy product (?), and took a sip - it turned out that Aisha still underestimated this wonderful black technology. The sweetness of condensed milk, which should be contained in it, should have neutralized the bitterness of bitter gourd. But after actually tasting it, Aisha found out. The sweetness of this is simply greasy, and it also faintly makes the bitterness of bitter gourd deeper at the base of the tongue......
The tongue was bitter and numb, and the throat was sweet and greasy—the contrast might be even more terrifying than the "two heavens of ice and fire".
"Lin, if I say that this thing can restore a lot of spiritual power, what do you think?"
"Isn't that a copy of the little blue bottle!? And what Sichuan spicy lime juice is, is it an alternative little red medicine?" Lin's three views were also refreshed by this situation, even if she was convinced of Aisha's speech, but at this time, she still cast a suspicious gaze towards the two cans of drinks in her hand in horror.
With this mentality, Lin also took the plunge and unpacked the can......
A moment later.
"Woo woo, belly ...... My stomach is so uncomfortable...... It's as if it's overturned...... "Lin wolf lay down on the bench, the headrest was also on Aisha's lap, and Aisha rubbed her stomach helplessly to Lin, who was already semi-unconscious. After Lin poured two strange drinks in a row, she showed symptoms such as foaming at the mouth, which almost frightened Aisha.
Lin, who has grown into an adult who can take charge of himself, actually knelt down in two mouthfuls, and the lethality of this weird little red bottle and little blue bottle can be seen from this.
"I guess I understand that this thing isn't for 'humans'. ”
There is no fat on Lynn's belly, even through clothes, you can feel the silky smoothness, and Aisha herself is happy to accept Lynn's current "coquettishness".
"If I'm not mistaken, these drinks, which can be used to heal injuries and restore mental power, were originally prepared for the 'special storage zài' hidden in human society. ”
Aisha picked up an empty can and looked at it in front of her eyes: "Aren't you surprised, Lin, why is a can mixed with several minerals of unknown nature?"
"Minerals?"
"Well, a very strange mineral is closer to the structure of a 'crystal' than a metal. I don't know about the rest, but the cans mixed with this mineral have a good 'shelf-safe' function for those strange drinks...... Hmph, I'm really interested in the manufacturers who make these drinks. ”
It's not quite like a government-sponsored project - because people who are on the run, who don't listen to discipline, and who are even dangerous people in danger of society, can buy cheap "red and blue medicines" through these vending machines all over the country. However, the national government also seems to have acquiesced in the existence of such things...... It can only be said that this is a good thing done by a powerful centrist, right? As long as they are not ordinary (positive) (normal) people, they can get benefits from it.
Moreover, it is possible to produce this drink. Prove that the relationship between them and Aisha is not shallow...... The strange crystals, Aisha believed, might be derivatives or by-products of her target.
"I always feel that the technology tree in this world is subtly crooked?"
This inexplicable RPG element makes Lin feel quite weird.
"Hmph. Maybe in the eyes of some people, this is a more realistic 'game'? You see, there are a minority of 'players'. There are also a large number of NPCs who are 'muddy' all day long, so it's not strange that there are multiple vending machines selling red and blue medicine, isn't it?"
Aisha's words. I can't hide that irony at all.
Lynn's heart sank. It immediately understood why Aisha's attitude had suddenly become so unfriendly—just now, she felt several terrible screams in the distance.
It wasn't the sound of air, but the wail of a soul that only a few people like Lynn could hear.
At this moment, Lin didn't even have the heart to lie on Aisha's knee pillow and continue to be coquettish, so she sat up with a rub. Such heart-rending screams, even in another world. Lynn has rarely heard of it either...... But definitely not nothing!
Judging from the experience gained from Lynn's limited few experiences, this is definitely not a situation that can be taken lightly - in those few experiences. Every time Lin saw the scene, it made the experienced mercenary warrior vomit.
"Wet sauce!"
"Go for it if you want, and I'll not bother - remember who we're going to play now, and if necessary, you can 'dispose of' some of the same bad guys. ”
"That is, to use means that are in line with the identity of 'dangerous elements' and 'villains', right?"
Lin smiled knowingly, and then disappeared in front of Aisha's eyes.
......
She didn't really care where the screams that Lin heard came from, and how far away they were from where she and Aisha were, because with her unique skills, she could reach her destination in an instant - not just the "Lethe" of Aisha's world, as long as there are living beings and civilizations, there will be birth, old age, sickness and death, and there will be places where the thoughts of the dead gather. There may be differences in the form of expression and appearance, but the essence is the same.
In just a few seconds, Lin was already in the place where the incident occurred.
"Hmm!" Lynn subconsciously covered her nose, insulating her sense of smell from the smell of blood in the air. Even, Lin had the illusion that if she stayed here for a second longer, she would stain her clothes and body.
It's like being immersed in a tank of blood.
"Humph!"
Lin snorted coldly in displeasure, and in an instant, a wave of qi rolled up, sweeping away all the condensed smell of blood in the air. No matter who the other person is, what purpose they have, and what kind of thing they do, don't think about being able to leave alive.
For Lynn had seen what had become of the man who had screamed and screamed.
-- It's a bit inappropriate to describe it as a "corpse", that is, a few lumps of rotten flesh with blurred flesh. Lin couldn't even see any traces of bones, and the strongest parts of the human body had all been crushed into tiny pieces, mixed with the sparse flesh and blood that had also been crushed.
This is the "dregs".
Lynn's first reaction was that it was the residue left over after "eating" and "digesting", or useless "excrement". In the midst of these miserable minced meats, Lin did not feel a trace of the life left behind. Even after being slaughtered, livestock and poultry will retain a certain amount of life energy for a short time...... But these few people who have just died tragically, the residue after death can't even feel a little bit of life energy.
- Eaten.
The answer hardly requires much doubt.
"Overdone...... You wretch!"
Not far away, there were two figures, one of them lying limply on the ground and shaking, while the other was filled with the smell of blood and killing, and the disgusting evil thoughts that led to selfish desires.
Without needing extra nonsense, Lin launched an attack directly at the other party...... Without mercy.
"Hahaha again, you hypocrites! Obviously you are not a good bird, do you think that putting on a coat is to treat yourself as something?" Obviously, for that "person", it is not the first time that someone has been interrupted during eating, and the other party subconsciously thinks that this is one of those "waste wood" that can be lightly disposed of by himself.
After all, Lynn's attack didn't show any momentum.
"I'm still a little girl~ She looks really good...... If I eat you, I will definitely be able to make me younger and more beautiful, right?"
Lynn saw that it was a woman in her thirties - perhaps she should have been glamorous, but now, dominated by a heavy desire for blood and murder, she was as ugly as she was!
"Beautiful?"
Lin probably understood, this should be a woman similar to "Bloody Mary", right? Although I don't know how she obtained the Russian power that is different from ordinary people, this woman, not to say that she uses it to benefit others, and does not live in peace, but sees ordinary people as food that can be eaten at will......
"Peace of mind. Lin's eyes couldn't help narrowing, and her green face was full of cold breath, "I won't let you die so easily...... Look forward to your own ugliness......" (To be continued......)