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Chapter 48 Abandoned Factory, 03:54 pm
The city sun was slanting westward, pale light piercing through factory roofs, and dust was floating in the air.
The factory has been abandoned for many years, every steel pipe has been deeply corroded, and fresh green plants grow in the cracks of the red rust.Suddenly the still air was stirred up, and a young man quickly passed by, setting up a gun behind the steel pipes.
There was no living person within the sight range. Deng Huailing put away his gun, checked the surroundings, and said into the earphone channel: "Area C is safe."
"Area B is safe." Another answering voice came from the channel.The factory is divided into three floors, showing a "back" structure, the center is completely hollowed out, and the scenery below can be vaguely glimpsed from the highest C area.
Rosie stepped onto the covered bridge in Area B, looked at Deng Huailing in Area C, and made a "cover me" gesture, knowing that the other party could see it through the scope.Then he carried Deng Huailing's Tang saber on his back, jumped out of the covered bridge, and jumped straight into area A on the ground floor.
The two came today to complete a high reward. The smuggling gang "Ming Liu" stored a batch of goods in this abandoned factory, but they couldn't get rid of them for a long time. Finally, the bounty hunters came.Mingliu dispatched dozens of subordinates to guard the goods, but when the combination of the hunter and the bionic man broke open the gate and the bullets poured down fiercely, they realized that their numbers were not enough to make up for the gap in strength.
Area B was piled up with dead bodies, blood splashed on the peeling walls, and the battle was coming to an end.The last five people left by Mingliu were all in Area A. They saw Rosie jumping off the covered bridge and were still stranded in mid-air, so they desperately opened fire on him.
"He's carrying a knife! It's that human!" Yuan asked.
"The android is not here, if you kill the humans, you will win!" Someone shouted hoarsely amidst the gunshots, "He didn't bring a gun, so give me—"
The wind picked up the dust, Rosie put one hand on the ground, raised her head, her eyes were full of killing intent.He wore a ring that shone coldly on his finger, and the ballistic trajectory curved past him, Rosie straightened up, and walked towards those people step by step.
"No, it's the bionic man..." The speaker shuddered, with a mournful face, and retreated with his gun in hand.
Knowing that the ones who came were bionics, the rest of Mingliu would never open fire to expose their positions.Their target was the bounty hunter. If the human died, the bionics would stop attacking because they lost command, but the bionics standing in front of them now were terrifying like killing gods!
Those corpses with blood holes in the center of the eyebrows in area B are enough to explain everything. That bionic man is simply a precision instrument. Once it is targeted, there is no need to try to escape.
There was a loud gunshot, and Rosie waved her hand to let all the bullets hover, and then swept into the crowd.He really didn't bring a gun, and with a flash of the knife, Tang Dao slashed a person's throat, and the warm blood flew out.Another person rushed up beside him, and a gunshot sounded from the height of Area C. The bullet whizzed through the man's head, and it was Deng Huailing who was escorting him.
The last five people in Mingliu were cleaned up in an instant. Rosie did not look at the corpse, but pulled out the Tang knife, carefully wiped it with a damp cloth, and put it back into the sheath.He gradually understood why Deng Huailing was obsessed with cold weapons. They were more efficient than firearms when they were in close quarters, and they only made a slight sound.
The goods guarded by Mingliu are all there, packed in boxes all over the floor.It was a batch of banned drugs. The factory is very close to the slums, and it was probably sold there. But it has been too bad recently. With the upgrade of the Magic Sea system, the people in the slums don’t even need drugs. Maybe will come back next time to complete the reward, the contents of the cargo box will become external devices.
Rosie sent a message to the police, informing them that the mission was complete and asking the police to take over the scene.Deng Huailing hadn't come down from Area C yet. He waited for a while, feeling a little worried, and walked up the stairs with Tang Dao on his back.
The bounty hunter was sitting cross-legged at the intersection of two steel beams to answer the phone, holding the sniper that belonged to Rosie in his arms.It was Dr. Chen's call back. Deng Huailing called Chen Wei earlier to explain the situation of Yue Yesheng, but no one answered. The other party seemed to be under surveillance and could not answer the phone casually.
Deng Huailing's body was completely suspended in the air, and there was no other fulcrum except for the two steel bars, so he could easily aim low. It was a good commanding height, but it was also very dangerous.He received a call from Dr. Chen just after the battle, and he simply stayed on top to enjoy the scenery leisurely.
Rosie did not wait at a distance, assessed the load bearing of the beam, walked along it, and sat beside the hunter.Deng Huailing smiled silently at him, and continued to talk to Chen Wei: "Doctor, the timing of your call is very coincidental. If it was a few minutes earlier, I would not have been able to answer it."
"You and Rosie are on a mission near the slums, of course I know that." Chen Wei reported the coordinates, which were exactly where they were, and teased, "Don't forget that you are still under Rose's surveillance.Click to call."
"Then you also know that we let Yue Yesheng go?" Deng Huailing said directly.
Chen Wei smiled: "Mr. Deng, this is not sincere enough. I know that Rosie let go of Yue Yesheng and his daughter, not 'you'."
"It has nothing to do with him. Rosie made mistakes when executing my instructions, and that is my responsibility." Deng Huailing said, "Don't blame him."
"How can I convince you that I didn't come to Xingshi to inquire about crimes? I have no position or right to blame you, so you don't have to protect him." Chen Wei said meaningfully, "In fact, you have already completed the task."
"What's the meaning?"
"I once played a video game. The condition for clearing the level is to defeat the monster, but the condition for playing the hidden ending is to let go of the monster with residual blood. Mr. Deng, I can almost see you frowning. You don't play games, soThis is an inappropriate metaphor... What I want to say is that letting go of Yue Yesheng is the correct choice that can lead to a hidden ending."
Deng Huailing was stunned, Chen Wei's words were secretive, but he seemed to catch something from them."So you intended us to take on this mission, but you already expected what choice Rosie would make?" He emphasized his tone, "How much do you know about Rosie's identity? How exactly do you—"
"I know everything you need." Dr. Chen said calmly, "Pick a suitable time, and I will tell you. Now that we have reached a cooperative relationship, I hope you can fully trust me, and wait patiently."
"Okay, I'll wait patiently." Deng Huailing said helplessly, and suddenly remembered something, "By the way, there is one more thing I have to tell you, I entered another world by mistake in Yue Yesheng's Magic Sea system.Falling into the sea, probably because I fell for too long, the sea water disappeared in an instant, and then I fell into a certain world—a bit strange, it was a world exactly like Cesina City."
Chen Wei couldn't help holding his breath while listening, and gradually clenched his fingers.Countless complicated thoughts flooded in like waves, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Another world? What did you see there? Every picture, every detail, describe it, don't miss it."
"Isn't there a problem with the system?" Deng Huailing was stunned for a moment. "I thought it was a bug in the Huanhai system. If it falls for too long, it will cause data loss or analysis errors."
"Please tell me in detail what you saw first." Chen Wei took a deep breath. He had an exciting conjecture, but he couldn't confirm it for a while.
"I was worried about Rosie's situation, so I left the corridor without looking carefully. It's almost a replica of Cesina..."
Deng Huailing's voice suddenly stopped, and a flash of light came to his mind, and the bird's-eye view of the city was right in front of him, "No, there is indeed a difference. The Cesina I saw that day was not completely covered with radiation-proof materials, and it seemed that it was still there.Under construction, wouldn't it be..."
"It was a city eighty years ago. What you see should be the scene of the early days of the city." Dr. Chen continued.
After the nuclear war that annihilated civilization eighty years ago, radiation spread all over the world, and people needed to rely on radiation-resistant materials to survive, so the city of Cesina was built on the ruins.Deng Huailing remembered clearly that in the Magic Sea system, the city was not completely covered with anti-radiation materials, like an unfinished hive.
"That is to say, there is another layer of world deep in the Magic Sea system, like a double drawer? But who designed it and put it there? Don't tell me that it is Cesina's own masterpiece." Deng HuaiLing raised his eyebrows.
"It's Cecina, Cecina von Richthofen, she built the basic algorithm system of the Huanhai system, and lived in an unfinished city eighty years ago!" Chen Wei spoke extremely fast, seemed extremely excited.
"Mr. Deng, the discovery you have made is of great significance. I suspect that it is where Cesina's last treasure - the 'lock of the brain' is buried."
Chen Wei hung up the phone in a hurry, and Deng Huailing guessed that the other party was planning to plunge into the Huanhai system to verify his inference.According to Chen Wei, the confidential document—that is, the document stolen by Yue Yesheng—showed four coordinates. The mayor sent many people to search for the corresponding coordinates in their respective sea areas, but found nothing.
That's because they were in the wrong place from the start.As Dr. Chen said, even if the first drawer is broken, it is impossible to find out the contents of the second drawer.
Everyone's sea area is independent of each other, but the city of Cesina standing in the deep sea can be entered from everyone's sea area. It is the common end point, just like Rome is the center of all roads.This is an amazing development. Although Deng Huailing does not understand the technical details, he can feel its importance.
He stood up from the intersection of the steel beams, stretching his numb muscles.It was almost evening, the phone call took longer than he expected, and Rosie sat quietly beside him, the wind could be heard passing through the huge and empty canopy, the black steel stretched infinitely, as if they were the only ones in the worldTwo survivors.
Deng Huailing raised his hand to protect Rosie's back to prevent him from accidentally falling when he got up, but Rosie obviously didn't need such protection. The excellent balance of the bionic man made him stand up firmly, took off the Tang knife and the black ring and handed them over:
"Mr. Deng, your things."
Deng Huailing took the knife and carried it on his shoulder, stared at the handed back Black Ring for a moment, and said to the bionic man, "Give me your hand."
Rosie looked at him, a little confused, but still stretched out her hand obediently.Deng Huailing grabbed the opponent's wrist, slowly put the black ring on the bionic man's ring finger, then took off the black ring on his own hand, and put the ring finger in it too.
"It's quite suitable, don't give it back to me." He said lightly.
Rosie was held by Deng Huailing's wrist in a daze, and there was a cliff behind her, and there was no way to retreat.The sunlight fell on the top of their hair through the ceiling, vaguely showing the magnificent temperament of the church, and the abandoned factory was barren, with dust drifting like snow.
He saw the emotion concealed in Deng Huailing's eyes, and he seemed to hope that he could interpret it, and hoped that he would remain ignorant forever.Rosie opened her mouth in a panic, and stumbled a little at the first sentence: "Why, why are you wearing it here, it's a human companion, a companion..."
"Because I like it." Deng Huailing smiled faintly, "Is there any problem?"
The bounty hunter turned and walked forward on the narrow steel beams, the sound of metal echoing in the factory.Rosie hurriedly followed: "No, if Mr. Deng likes it, I'm also very happy."
He touched the ring on his ring finger and felt it was slightly hot.The black rings are originally a pair of two, and if one is missing, the power will be doubled. If he leaves Deng Huailing, they will not be able to exert their maximum effect, but Deng Huailing just gave him one casually.It seemed that he was sure that he would always be by his side.
Rosie immediately felt that her idea was ridiculous. How could he leave Deng Huailing?Even if the city of Cesina were to be overturned tomorrow, it was absolutely impossible.