Chapter 56: Destination 001, Platform 001, Area 1...
"Ah, is there anything outside?"
The young man managed to steady himself, walked out of the store and stood next to He Yuezhe. After looking around, he began to shout, "Ah! Dad! Someone's posting flyers in front of the store again! And there's more than one!!"
"Have you offended them recently?! Why do they always come to trouble us?!"
As the boy spoke, he put down what he was holding, took out a small shovel from the front pocket of his apron, and started shoveling the advertisements.
"Oh, how is that possible!" The old man frowned when he heard this, and seemed unhappy.
"Xiao Jin, your dad has been staying in the store lately helping out, so he doesn't have time to go out and chat with people."
"Then what's going on with these? There aren't any in front of other stores!" The boy called "Xiao Jin" obviously didn't believe it. He glared at the old man angrily.
The old man was also unhappy. He rushed over, pulled He Yuezhe and walked inside.
"Hey? Host, what's going on?"
"Just get back to work."
"Hmph, I don't care about that! Just shovel here and I'll take the guests in first!"
The old man's strength was unexpectedly strong, and He Yuezhe was pulled so hard that he accidentally bumped into the door.
A numbing pain came from my right hand.
She shook it off and quickly returned to normal.
"Hey hey hey?!! Dad! Why are you kidnapping people?!" Although Xiao Jin said this, he didn't dare to come forward to stop him.
The old man winked at him playfully, smiled slightly, and quickened his pace, muttering to himself:
"Xiao Jin, it's not that I want to steal your sales, but you're busy and I happen to be free, so I'll help you entertain them first, right? I can't let customers wait here, right?"
"snort!"
"You just want to steal my customers!!"
"No!"
"You have it! Hateful dad! Evil dad!! Hateful dad!!!"
Xiao Jin's voice continued to be heard from behind them until they walked out of the corridor.
…
"My dear guest, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
The old man politely brought a cup of tea from behind the counter and said in a gentle voice, "I apologize to you."
"I wonder what you're looking to buy?"
"Hasn't it been adjusted yet?"
“It’s coming out!”
"I'll go for a walk by myself." He Yuezhe took the tea and replied.
The old man nodded and stopped greeting her. Instead, he ran back to the rocking chair behind the counter, sat down again, picked up a magazine and started reading.
"The layout here is quite nice."
"Well, you still have the time to talk about this?"
"Oh no no no no, host, I will tell you now, right now!"
"First of all, the method we're implementing now is called 'persuasion through love and then death escape', right?"
“…”
"Since we're talking about love, aren't handmade works the most thoughtful?"
"However, this world is quite special. The humans here basically don't communicate with each other, so they don't actually have much feeling for 'love'."
"So in this environment where everyone is staying indoors, wouldn't the "most popular" things be the most interesting?!"
"In conclusion! I recommend buying the 'most popular' items now!!"
"Is this all your inference?"
“Ah… yes!”
"That sounds amazing, doesn't it? A lot of talk ultimately leads to one amazing answer!"
"Doesn't your system have a file on the target of the mission? I really don't know anything about 'Chen Shu' right now."
"Hahahaha, of course I didn't intentionally destroy the files because I was mad at you. Hahaha, just work hard on your own, hahahaha..."
"Beep——"
…
"The most popular?" He Yuezhe cut off the conversation with the system and muttered to himself while walking around the store.
"Oh, Xiao Shiliu, do you mean you want to buy the most popular things?" A strange voice sounded in the distance.
"Little Sixteen," He Yuezhe turned around with a puzzled look on his face and looked at the old man who stood up, "Who is that?"
"Oh, so stupid, so stupid, you even forgot your own number and nickname!"
The old man suddenly began to sigh, holding his forehead: "How could we old guys make such a stupid thing?"
He Yuezhe timidly reminded: "I think I can hear it."
The old man was startled and looked strange. "Oh? You can hear me? Then tell me, what's your name?"
The robot suddenly spoke on its own: "Old man Yang, you must be tired of living."
"Oh? Oh, oh!! Wait, is this really you?!" The old man was startled again. He rushed forward and grabbed the robot's hand. "Ms. Yue? Are you really donating your body to us?!"
"What contribution? Please explain it clearly."
For the first time, the robot's tone changed. It replied with extreme dissatisfaction, "I came up with the idea, I provided the things, and I even sold the place. How dare you say I contributed them to you?"
She scoffed, shook off the old man, and began pacing the store with her arms folded across her chest.
"?" (Translation: Is this the empty shell you're talking about?)
"." (Translation: Oh, host, I didn't expect that either.)
"." (Translation: It seems that my understanding of the term "empty shell" is still not thorough enough. Perhaps you can be my teacher and teach me.)
“…” (Translation: I’m sorry, host. I was wrong. Uwuwuwuwuwu…)
"*" (Translation: I suddenly long for that hell you mentioned. There must be a place for us there, right?)
“…” (Translation: No, host! I’ll be your slave, but I won’t be a devil. Please be merciful and let me go. Wuwu ...
^
In the end, I bought a few of the most popular small pendants.
He Yuezhe looked at the five plush pendants of different styles in his hand, and then looked at the balance that showed "15790".
The average price of a pendant is 19 yuan, which is quite cheap.
“Ding Dong——”
"Hello, Platform 269, Baihuo Avenue, here we are."
"Please board and exit the pipes in an orderly manner, thank you."
Following a loud "boom".
The circular hatch in front of He Yuezhe slowly opened, and a strange gas faintly emerged from it.
——[The number of people who need to get off is: 9]
A line of words appeared on the top of the hatch.
The hatch is fully open.
A man wrapped in plastic film slid out.
His face was expressionless, even dull, and his movements were slow and stiff, but it was obvious that he was a real person.
Without pausing, various passengers began to slide out, landed with almost identical expressions and movements, and started walking.
"Host, this is just like a zombie."
He Yuezhe was very curious about the function of the plastic film, but these people seemed unable to answer the question.
She had no choice but to step back a few steps to make way for them.
The place to take the tube is at the end of Baihuo Avenue, where the "Department Store" is located.
A section of pipe runs across here, preventing people from falling into the void.
And behind the pipe, there was also a thick black void.
This pipeline seems to be floating here out of thin air. It is difficult to judge whose power it relies on to exist here.
While waiting for the hatch to open, He Yuezhe had already explored it.
There are 19 circular hatches in total, and the ones on the far right have "Specially for Catering Robots" written on them. Other than that, all the other hatches are identical.
The pipes are made of a special material: a completely non-reflective, pure black. There are no windows, so once you enter, you'll be in complete darkness.
The station sign next to it lists the stations along the pipeline, but most of them are named with numbers, so it is difficult to directly infer its geographical location from the station name.
He Yuezhe's target, Chen Shu's home, is located at the 564th stop after the Baihuo Avenue stop.
…
"Hello, um?"
Just as He Yuezhe was concentrating on observing the humans in this world, a robot's voice suddenly sounded beside him, and his shoulder was patted.
He Yuezhe turned around and saw that it was a catering robot that looked almost the same as her.
"Host, how do you know what you look like?"
"Idiot, didn't I look in the mirror in that store?"
"Oh, oh, so that's it."
"Hello." He Yue replied.
The robot nodded at her and asked, "Are you the new catering employee?"
"Yes."
"I heard that every robot can team up with others to complete tasks. Are you interested?"
"My number is 166954801."
"So you're the experimental subject. Sorry to bother you."
"Host, what does this experimental subject mean?"
"It's probably a species that's a combination of humans and robots..."
"You should have noticed it too," He Yuezhe continued. "Although this body is robotic in appearance and principle, it still contains a lot of human tissue that has been strategically placed inside it."
"Oh, yes, I did."
"Yeah. It's okay." He Yuezhe said.
The robot quickly left after receiving the reply.
He Yuezhe also entered the destination according to the instructions, found a hatch dedicated to the catering robot and began to enter.
"Ding Dong—the hatch is closed!"
"Please follow the instructions below and get ready. The pipeline will be transported soon!"
"First, please take your seats and fasten your seat belts."
"Secondly, adjust the seat back to a comfortable level."
"The speed of this dedicated pipeline is around 100km/h, please take care to protect yourself."
“Finally, I wish you a happy work!”
“BOOM——”!!!
The hatch is closed.
The moment the mechanical female voice stopped, a seat that fit the robot's body rushed out at a rapid speed.
He Yuezhe is not used to the vacuum environment yet.
The complicated seat belt barely held her in place.
In the almost blinded vision, the passage of time and distance seemed to have been forgotten.
In the thick darkness, He Yuezhe could only rely on his energy visualization skills to vaguely distinguish the houses outside the pipes.
There were strange buzzing sounds deep in his ears, which made He Yuezhe a little impatient.
If the original owner of this body didn't need it, He Yuezhe wouldn't have been so worried about it. She might have damaged the mechanical ears.
"Ding Dong—Your set destination, Platform 001, Submerged Area 1, is about to arrive!"
"Please be prepared!"
"Host, are you okay?!"
“…”
He Yuezhe still couldn't get used to the feeling of being unable to breathe. It felt like a tingling sensation, and his mouth and nasal cavity hurt as if they were pricked by needles!
The crackling sound of electricity continued to appear, and He Yuezhe felt that he was about to be scrapped.
"Ding Dong—Destination Platform 001, Submerged Area 1, has arrived!"
“BOOM——”!!!
"The hatch is open!"
"Welcome to the sinking area!"
“This is the hometown of the sad, the gathering place of the grieving, and the utopia of those obsessed with death!”
“Welcome again!!”
In the boundless black space, countless black cubes float in the air, and a lifeless atmosphere permeates the air.
Soon, a sling appeared outside the pipe hatch.
Before He Yuezhe could recover, his seat belt was automatically fastened on him.
The sound of the wind blurred He Yuezhe's senses, and she squinted her eyes trying to see what was happening around her.
Suddenly, my feet felt solid and a door appeared in front of me.
The colorful energy inside the door glowed brightly, so warm that it was almost scorching.
He Yuezhe stood quietly outside the door, holding the thermal box in her hands, as if holding a pool of blood, the residual warmth inside constantly reminding her.
——You are alive, you are alive, you are alive...
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