Chapter 211 Collapse of the City (9)
"So, for safety reasons, why don't we go to the rest area?" Zhao Shuo asked. "Spending the night on the street isn't completely out of the question."
Su Yue thought about it again and replied, "Let's go."
Zhao Shuo:?
What does it mean?
Zhao Shuo didn't understand, but he couldn't ask Su Yue everything. Although Su Yue was a patient boss, he didn't want to appear like a stupid follower.
So he looked at Cangzhi and used his eyes to signal Cangzhi to give him an answer.
Cangzhi mouthed to him: Save people.
Zhao Shuo suddenly understood.
Su Yue had always adhered to the principle of saving everyone he could in the game, and Zhao Shuo admired him for that, having been saved by Su Yue many times himself. There were countless players in this game, and there were bound to be many desperate criminals among them. Since Su Yue and Cang Zhi were going, Zhao Shuo naturally followed.
The bells were still ringing, their heavy sound spreading throughout the city. With each ring, the sky seemed to become darker. The bells would give people completely different feelings depending on the occasion and atmosphere. Now, the bells under the bloody sunset only reminded people of a death knell.
There are many white dots on the map, which represent rest areas. Su Yue took Zhao Shuo and others to the nearest one first.
The rest area is right on the roadside. There is a circle of colorful light strips on the roof, but there is no other decoration. It looks a bit like a gas station, empty, but with walls on all four sides, so players don't have the illusion of "sleeping on the streets".
They entered the room and took a look. Apart from a bed and a bathroom, there was nothing in the room. However, there were also colorful lights on the walls, with some fancy graffiti patterns, which made the room look less desolate.
There were no players in this rest area, which was obvious at a glance. So Su Yue looked around and then left, ready to go to the second rest area.
What if it helps someone.
The second rest area was also empty. Su Yue saw people who looked like players across the street, but they and his group retreated fearfully, so Su Yue didn't call them back. The rest area and the rest area looked basically the same, with only the graffiti on the wall being a slight difference.
By the time we came out of rest area No. 2, it was already completely dark outside.
Under the cover of night, Night City is exceptionally quiet. All the lights are flashing, making the buildings appear very prosperous, but without any sound, so these bright lights and buildings look like very quiet paintings.
While following the map to find a rest area, Su Yue noticed that the city had many streets, crisscrossing each other, making the city look like a large chessboard.
This kind of urban planning is actually not very scientific, and many roads are unnecessary, but it does appear like this on the map.
Su Yue felt that so many complicated paths were not just a strange quirk of urban design, and the real intention made him a little curious.
The third rest area is two streets away.
That is the truly prosperous area, but the more prosperous the area is, the quieter it becomes when it is late at night. Looking up at the skyscrapers that are dozens or hundreds of stories high and the lights that flash day and night, one feels particularly insignificant.
When he saw the third rest area from afar, Su Yue also noticed the player walking towards the third rest area.
The lone man was slightly injured and knew he was in danger, so he walked very fast. When he reached the door, he looked back every few steps. Seeing that there was no one on the street, he quickly slipped into the rest area.
He must have worked very hard today to complete the task and got the key to his livelihood. After being left alone, he had nowhere to go. He finally found a place to rest and hurried in to spend the night in which his life was uncertain.
As soon as he entered, the man immediately locked the door and windows. The light only leaked in briefly before being blocked by the window.
"This person is quite cautious," Zhao Shuo whispered. "He's pretending that no one is in the rest area. If there's someone with bad intentions, they probably won't come over when they see no one is here."
That's true, but you have to be careful. Keys are something where the more the better, so a player with keys in the rest area is like bloody meat, flies will swarm at the first whiff. Su Yue decided to just stay here tonight. After a busy afternoon, he had no idea what the other players in the game were like, so he took this opportunity to take a look.
After the rest area door closed, the entire block returned to silence. The street was deserted. Su Yue, Cang Zhi, and Zhao Shuo weren't foolish enough to stay out there. They hid in a giant trash can on the corner.
Although it is a trash can, there is actually no trash in it. Su Yue used his divine power to pad it up, so there is no need to feel any psychological pressure at all.
There was a full moon hanging above my head, and there was still no wind. The world seemed fake, and only the jumping numbers on the LCD screen on my wrist indicated the passage of time.
In a blink of an eye, Su Yue and the others had been waiting outside the rest area for half an hour.
On the entire street, apart from the three of them, the only things that moved were the lights on the buildings above. All the shops were closed, but the lights were on all night. The "Aurora Industries" sign on the nearest high-rise building was a constant golden color. Further down were horizontal gym signs, restaurant signs, and bar signs. The bar sign was just a little bit next to the rest area and was much more flashy than the industrial building at the top. Pink light rotated on the sign, and there were green spots of light that flashed suddenly.
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"It looks like nothing's wrong." Zhao Shuo stared at the rest area without blinking. "There's not even a mouse on this street, let alone other people."
What Zhao Shuo said was correct, but Su Yue's intuition as a god continued to make him feel uneasy. He really didn't see anything, but...
The green light next to the bar flashed again.
Su Yue shuddered and stood up suddenly: "Something's wrong! Let's go!"
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