Chapter 4 The Extinguished Fluorescence (Thanks to the leader of Bimo Zhuxian)
The raindrops fell on the steel partitions and inclined stairs, making a tinkling sound. Occasionally, someone holding an umbrella could hear the sound of water splashing on the rain cloth.
Heshia put the information bag on her head, held the corroded and rough guardrail with one hand, and then went down the stairs slightly faster.
The black shoes stepped on some water and made a thumping sound. The black knee-high socks were also wet by the rain, which made the color appear darker.
After a while, she hurriedly walked into the internal structure of the patio, so that she didn't have to get wet in the rain.
Putting down the information bag and shaking off the water drops on it, the gray-haired girl slowed down her pace and looked around at leisure.
Compared with the huge patio, this is just a small structure in its inner wall. Many similar entrances and exits can be seen in the distance around it, like a spider web, leading to a complex underground world.
Passing through the long steel corridor, Heshia and several other scattered passers-by came to the vertical elevator to wait.
Click, click, click—
with the sound of heavy gears turning and the floor shaking slightly, the wide industrial elevator slowly pulled up from the ground. Through the wire mesh, you can still see the rust and wear on the corners of the elevator.
However, these are all details. The elevator car is like a rough beast, with a unique industrial beauty. The solid, sturdy and heavy main structure gives people a sense of security.
Its interior is about 16 meters long, 12 meters wide and 8 meters high. The area may be larger than many people's family homes. It seems very empty when you walk in.
More than 300 years ago, such elevators were mainly used to transport goods, but now they have been changed to civilian use. The length-to-width ratio of its interior is designed according to the size of the federal armored vehicles at that time, and its purpose is to transport the "Viper-R2" medium tanks in and out of the time.
Heshia recalled the history she had seen in the materials before, and walked in with several other passers-by. The black shoes stepped on the black fence floor, making a slight echo, and then some water drops and dust fell from the gaps in the fence. There
is another layer under the fence floor to catch the dust, mud and garbage falling from above. When cleaning, you only need to use a high-pressure water gun to flush the surface of the floor, and then dump the garbage in the lower layer. It is very convenient and labor-saving.
There are also advanced and high-end elevators in the Federation, like glass bubble balls, shuttling quietly and quickly in transparent pipes, and the interior is extremely clean, but that kind of thing is very expensive to maintain and is not suitable for industrial cities like Arpeggio City.
After waiting for two minutes, the elevator started. Heshia watched the thick steel hatch slowly close, and then with a sound of gears turning, the elevator began to fall, the speed went from slow to fast, and finally the sound of gears turning became one, without any pause in the middle, like a scream.
They will pass through 7 kilometers of deep crust in the elevator, and then arrive at the underground urban area of Arpeggio City. Why is the urban area arranged so deep underground? This is due to historical reasons.
The Emerald Skirt Planet has been vigorously and rapidly developed during the Civil War of the Federation. This is a planet used as a military production site, so it is naturally prepared to face the possibility of enemy attacks.
In order to preserve most of the manpower during the orbital bombing of the starship, the industrial cities built at that time were basically underground, and there was an extremely strong armor layer on the dome of the city to resist the bombing of ground-penetrating nuclear bombs. The 'Viper-R2' type is also a tank that is more suitable for underground building street fighting. It can be used as a temporary fortress to block the intersection.
More than ten minutes later, the elevator suddenly passed through the dark tunnel, and a bright light appeared in front of it. Its speed also slowly decreased.
The underground world with orange and yellow lights in the dim light appeared in front of us.
The steel buildings were arranged in an orderly manner. A few hovercrafts shuttled in the air. Some pedestrians could be seen walking under the street lights, and many neon signs were flashing in the dim environment. The pictures in them kept changing, trying to attract the attention of passers-by.
[42nd floor underground, arrived]
This line of handwriting appeared on the old display screen in the elevator, and the heavy door slowly opened.
After walking out of the elevator, there were familiar stairs and streets. Heshia had walked this road for more than ten years. She was very familiar with it and her steps were much lighter.
The underground 1-30th floor of Arpeggio City is the crust layer, with only a few buildings. The 30-40th floor is the armored layer, which is not habitable. The 40-45th floor is the public floor, where many supermarkets, shops, restaurants, public institutions, squares, etc. gather.
The 45th to 50th floor is the office floor, which is mainly used by some companies and enterprises. The 50th to 70th floor is divided into several blocks, some of which are residential floors, some are industrial floors, and the 70th floor and below is an unknown area.
What should I eat tonight?
Walking on the street, the girl looked at the supermarket with lights on in the distance, and calculated how much money and budget she had left. In addition to the emergency funds that could not be used, there was also a reserve fund for the next two months of life. Now she only had 525 federal coins on hand. No, it should be 405 federal coins, because she spent 120 on the hover car just now. It's
so painful, where are the 120 federal coins? Thinking of this, Heshia's mood became depressed, and her fingers stirred in front of her.
I have to prepare to make money.
It just so happens that I have just graduated from junior high school and there are still a few months before I go to high school. I have to think about how to earn some living expenses.
With all kinds of ideas floating in her mind, Heshia walked into this familiar supermarket.
Under the bright white light, various commodities were placed in the square grids. Not far away, there were rows of fruits and vegetables, some of which were produced locally in Arpeggio City, and some were shipped from other places.
[T6-level white-line japonica rice, 6.23 federal coins/500g, T6-level snow-patterned cabbage, 5.34 federal coins/200g, T6-level fresh red meat, 20.12 federal coins/500g, T5-level white strawberries, 37.52 federal coins/200g, T5-level purple liquid mulberries, 45.06 federal coins/200g...]
'Strawberries are still so expensive...' Heshia muttered quietly, and her eyes moved over.
Since her father passed away, she has lived alone and rarely has the opportunity to eat expensive fruits. The last time she bought them was on her birthday. She reluctantly bought a box. She was very happy when she ate them, but she felt that she was too extravagant after eating them.
The so-called T6 grade refers to food ingredients/industrial products without any extraordinary power. They are easy to produce and cheap. T5 grade refers to food ingredients/industrial products that use less extraordinary technology in the production process. Although the final product has no special effect, the price is generally higher because of its excellent quality.
Let's buy something simple. After making up her mind, Heshia walked through the shelves, picked up a few dishes she usually liked to eat, put them in the basket beside her, and came to the automatic cashier after a while.
[Welcome, now you can settle the bill...]
The words appeared on the AI display screen, and then the robotic arms on both sides began to pack Heshia's bags, displaying the prices one by one, and adding them to the settlement.
[A total of 40.67 federal coins will be charged to you. Because you are a long-term customer, you will be given a discount. In the end, you will be charged 37.24 yuan]
"Thank you~"
Heshia stretched out her fair wrist and approached the cash register. With a beep, the settlement was completed, and then she took the bag handed over by the robot.
The wrist bones of federal residents are implanted with microchips, which can be used as ID cards and payments, which is very convenient. After
leaving the supermarket, Heshia continued to walk to an elevator at the corner of the street, and then fell to the 62nd floor of the C3 area where she lived.
A few minutes later, the girl with a handbag walked out of the elevator. The elevator door behind her slowly closed, and the bright white light inside the elevator also slowly closed.
In front of me was a dim and quiet world. The corridor outside the elevator led in all directions. I could see the dim and intermittent orange-yellow ceiling lights in the corridors. However, some of these ceiling lights were damaged and extinguished, and some were covered with thick dust and stains, and the light was not bright.
In the spacious corridor, some messy trash cans could be seen. The walls on both sides were full of various graffiti, including slogans protesting the government, slogans of the industrial group at that time, and words of cursing between neighbors. There were even some pictures and papers pasted with scandals of each other. These things were randomly distributed on the walls, so that it was difficult to see the dark red anti-rust coating of the walls.
Most of the people living in such an environment were low-income people in Arpeggio City, and the public security was not very good, but now Heshia had no choice.
In fact, she didn't live in such an environment since she was a child. Six years ago, when Heshia was 10 years old, she also had a very beautiful family. Her parents had a good income and lived in the upper residential area at that time. The environment there was very good, and there was a public sky view space where they could see the simulated sky scenery, enjoy the natural wind, and play on the lawn and under the trees.
However, with the successive deaths of her mother and sister, the family's property was rapidly consumed, and they finally had to move to the lower residential area.
Her father also left a year ago, leaving only a letter asking Heshia to live a good life.
'I don't know where the old man is now. Could he have gone to some illegal area to mine?' Sometimes Heshia would think about the irresponsible old man who suddenly ran away.
Walking through the long corridor, occasionally meeting some familiar people on the way, Heshia would nod a little nervously, and then smile. In fact, a more polite way to respond should be to speak, call the other person's name, and then say a few simple words.
But this kind of thing is still too difficult for the girl. She was afraid of calling the wrong name for a while, and she didn't know what to say. She always felt that it was awkward, so it was better to just keep smiling and nodding.
Fortunately, after a long time, most of the residents here have known each other and are used to it, and others will not embarrass her or anything .
Turning another corner, Heshia stopped in front of a passage, where four children gathered, one of whom was standing and wiping tears.
"Don't cry." One of them grabbed the crying child and shook him, trying to calm him down in this way.
"You are so timid." Another child next to him said.
"What should we do now? He keeps crying, so annoying. What if adults see us and say something about us again."
Several children seemed to be in some kind of distress.
"You..." The girl didn't want to speak, but these children blocked her way.
"Ah, it's the gray-haired big sister."
"It's the sister with great grades."
"She never speaks." The evaluations from the children were quite true, reflecting the neighbors' impression of Heshia.
Although they were a little introverted and timid, after all, they were familiar neighborhood children, so Heshia was not as nervous as the outside world.
"What are you doing here?" The voice was like a thin line of light gray across the sky, quiet and inconspicuous.
"The light in front is broken, or there may be a power outage inside." A child pointed to the dark passage ahead.
"We wanted to go back together, but not long after we walked, Lulu suddenly cried in fear and ran back."
"She refused to move if we asked her to leave again. She is so timid."
"Actually, I am a little scared too." The child in the corner who had not spoken before added a sentence at this time.
Is there a power outage? Heshia looked up at the tunnel in the distance. This section of the road is about 200 meters, not long, but because the lights inside are off, it is very dark.
After observing for a while, she did not find anything unusual. Heshia walked forward and turned on the lighting settings in her personal terminal. A beam of light shone out, but compared to the tunnel with a diameter of seven or eight meters, this beam of light was not big.
"Just follow me." She said and turned around, seeing several pairs of expectant eyes behind her.
I'm still a little afraid of children, the girl thought.
Compared to mature and sensible adults, children's behavior is sometimes unpredictable, and Heshia is not good at dealing with such situations. If she hadn't met them today, she would usually stand far away.
"Great, there is a big sister with a terminal."
"There is light."
"It should be okay to follow."
The crying girl also lowered her voice at this time, and then was led by her companions and followed behind Heshia. The current situation is like a mother duck leading four ducklings across the river.
However, the little guys today are still quite cute. The girl felt a sense of peace in her heart, and then walked into this dark tunnel.
The shoes stepped on the steel floor, making waves. Occasionally, you can hear the sound of dripping water in the dark, and the sound of liquid flowing in the pipe. With a few children, Heshia walked in front step by step.
Originally, she thought it was just a small episode on the way home, until a strange palpitation suddenly emerged at a certain moment.
When there were still more than fifty meters away from the exit, a black shadow suddenly passed through the illuminated cone of light and pounced on the glowing personal terminal in the girl's hand. The huge force almost knocked the girl over, and she felt a sharp pain in her wrist.
The square personal terminal flew out, then fell on the ground and rolled rapidly, sliding far away. With a sound of biting and breaking glass, the light went out instantly, and the tunnel was also filled with the panicked cries of several children, and the tunnel was in chaos for a while.
This sudden change made Heshia panic, but the screams of several children behind her kept reminding her of the current situation.
Calm down, calm down, think of a way quickly, you must respond, now is not the time to escape.
Heshia kept echoing these words in her heart, her legs trembling against the cold wall, the pain in her right hand still did not disappear, she could feel the wet and sticky blood flowing through the surface of her skin.
Pressing her head with her left hand, her knuckles stiff, trembling, Heshia finally calmed down a little.
"Hu-hu-" She felt that her breathing had never been so intense and tense.
With her chest rising and falling, Heshia slowly propped herself up from the wall and stood up.
"You guys, come behind me first." She spoke with a trembling voice.
But the children were only concerned with crying and shouting, and no one heard or cared.
"Shut up!" Heshia stomped her feet and a sharp roar came out, almost making Heshia unable to believe that it was her own voice.
Now the children finally stopped crying.
"Come behind me!" The voice was fast, with a little panting in it.
Several children groped and stumbled in the dark and ran behind Heshia. Only then did the girl pay attention to deal with the enemies in the dark environment ahead.
Although it was not clear, the sound of chewing glass slag and metal in the dark was still so clear and terrifying.
Mutated beast? Out of control machine? Or a crazy person, Heshia guessed the target in her heart, but unfortunately her personal terminal was broken at this time, otherwise she could directly contact the nearby riot control self-discipline unit.
But there was no other choice at the moment. She silently chanted in her heart, and the extraordinary core in her body began to operate. A little bit of blue light emerged from her pupils, and then formed a simple symbol.
Withering Sequence 2: Dark Visit, activated -
as if the invisible light and shadow suddenly extended on itself, the originally dark tunnel showed a different scene in Heshia's vision.
This was a world of clear black and white, with countless spider-web-like threads outlining everything, and then not far in front of her, a restless soul consciousness also appeared, twisting constantly and not clearly visible. As a Sequence 2 job, Dark Visit has no combat ability, but is very good at exploration, suitable for various environments, and can also see ghosts, ghost creatures, soul spirits and the like that are invisible to ordinary people. Machines
do not have soul consciousness, so it is denied that mutant beasts will not have such a full consciousness and spirit body, so it should be a person who has lost control and gone crazy, Heshia's heart is slightly relieved.
Just like humans can use Ekakar particles to let the mind affect reality, when practicing the extraordinary sequence, if the constructed extraordinary core has defects, it will gradually cause mental pollution, making people slowly go crazy or become fools.
This is also the reason why many people stay at a certain sequence level for their entire lives and do not continue to advance, because if they are forced to advance, they will explode and collapse on the spot, or go crazy and stupid.
After observing for a few seconds, some information appeared in Heshia's mind.
Out of Control · Human
Appearance: 32-40 years old, the body has undergone partial deformation.
Extraordinary Sequence: Dragon Sequence 3·Unknown (Rating: Incomplete Copper Level)
Attack Method: Canine Fangs (Lv.2), Claws (lv.1)
Ability: Physical Enhancement (Lv.2) Beast Perception (Lv.1)
——The
above information is judged by Heshia based on what she has learned. Although it is not accurate and comprehensive, it is enough for now.
The strength is not strong, but now she has no suitable weapons and means of attack. Thinking of this, the girl felt a little bitter.
However, she did not have much time left. This almost beast had almost chewed up Heshia's personal terminal. When it finished chewing, it was time to launch an attack.
Think of a way. A trace of sweat slowly left Heshia's forehead. She felt cold and hot on her back. The nerves in her right hand were still twitching from time to time, and she felt pain.
At the moment of high tension, adrenaline began to be secreted. She took a deep breath with trembling, and bent her body slightly, so as to be ready to react at any time.
At present, she could not find a suitable weapon. Her only means of attack was to use the elementary purification formula of the Withering Sequence at close range, and use the strong lethality of the Withering Sequence to the soul body to deal with the enemy's spirit body, dispersing and annihilating its soul, or beating it to the point where it could not take care of itself.
But this process would take at least 5-7 seconds, and she would probably have to hold down the opponent's head with her hand. Her body was definitely not as strong as the enemy who practiced the Dragon Sequence, not to mention that the enemy had fangs and claws...
Before Heshia could figure out what method to use, the enemy had finished gnawing and rushed over again.
In the pitch-black environment, the sharp claws scratched across the metal floor, making a sharp and piercing sound. The hissing hot air kept getting closer as it moved. Even though it was invisible at the moment, the beast-like madness was still frightening.
With a kick of her toes, Heshia moved to the side, hoping to attract the opponent's attention and avoid hurting the children behind her. At the same time, it was also to allow herself to find opportunities while moving.
However, her idea soon fell through.
When she moved and made a sound, the enemy seemed to have finally found the target, and the speed of movement suddenly increased. Before Heshia could react, he was directly hit by it.
During the impact, her right arm collapsed with a sound, and the bones broke. Then, the severe cramps made Heshia almost faint, and her body flew backwards and hit the cold and wet tunnel wall. The huge recoil seemed to bounce her heart out.
Her mind was full of stars, and her body slid down the tube wall. The enemy was breathing hotly, and one of its sharp claws pressed down on Heshia's left shoulder. Its heavy weight pressed down, leaving a bloody groove, and the other open sharp teeth aimed at her right shoulder and bit down directly.
The sound of bones shattering was like firecrackers, followed by the sound of chewing flesh and blood.
The intense pain almost drained all of Heshia's consciousness, and she convulsed unconsciously. The despair of
death
came instantly, so close to her that Heshia began to have some kind of hallucination. The beautiful childhood, the sister she admired, the parents who took her to play, etc....
Is it going to end here...
No, not yet, there are still many things to do -
the tombstone in the dark rain, the black flowers placed on it, the back of the man who left in despair, the experience of being ridiculed and cursed, the ideals hidden in the heart, the desire for the future...
Uh, a tooth-grinding sound came from the throat, like the pharynx and vocal cords twitching, blood continued to flow from Heshia's body, her only left hand that could still move kept waving and struggling frantically, tearing a narrow gap from the pressing claws, and her fingers with blood barely reached the enemy's neck.
No, not enough, this distance is not enough, the knowledge taught in class now emerged in my mind like a steel stamp iron.
'The Purification Formula is a universal formula that can be used in Withering Sequence 2. It is used to clean up the remaining ghosts and broken consciousness. If you want to deal with a living creature, you must get within 2.7cm of the opponent's brain, otherwise the Purification Magic Power generated by the formula will decay rapidly and cannot cause effective damage to the living organism. '
The human skull is thick, and this distance is not enough!
Heshia kicked her legs randomly on the ground, rubbing constantly, and struggled to raise her waist, trying to stretch her hands a little higher.
It was almost there, and she could even touch the hair, debris and scattered scales on the back of the opponent's head.
However, the opponent had already eaten Heshia's right shoulder at this moment, and then raised his head again, biting Heshia's neck fiercely.
The sharp fangs pierced Heshia's trachea and throat, making Heshia's eyes black, and blood began to flow back into the trachea, and then his left hand fell weakly and fell on the back of the enemy's head.
Being bitten through the neck put Heshia's life into countdown, and the opponent's action finally allowed her to touch the back of the head.
As the beast tore, a faint blue fluorescence lit up in the dark underground, so small and weak.
Slowly, the fluorescence gradually dissipated and
the tunnel returned to darkness again. The beast-like roar before also disappeared, and there was a dead silence all around.
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