I trust you
"Um?"
Liu Xia's right hand was suddenly grasped by a warm, slender and powerful hand. He subconsciously wanted to pull it back, but when he met Song Xuan's sparkling eyes, he gave up struggling and let him hold it, just looking at Song Xuan with a puzzled look.
"I know that with your abilities, you can definitely join the S-rank hunting team. Even Qiya will be able to fight, but..."
Song Xuan squatted slightly, looking Liu Xia in the eye seriously. His Adam's apple rolled slightly as he paused before continuing, "But Qi Yao is a real lunatic. Let's get the mechanical heart and leave here together. We can never come back, okay?"
Song Xuan sighed in frustration. The reason why he had been hiding his whereabouts since returning to the Black Gold City was so that he could quietly obtain the mechanical heart in a short period of time, and then leave the Black Gold City without anyone noticing.
However, he never expected that Qiya would discover his arrangement in advance and tamper with the ownership of the competition rewards first, which put him in such a passive position now.
To be honest, the living resources in the City of Black Gold are indeed more abundant and richer than other places. It also has a systematic class system and solid city walls. Even the radiation pollution index in the city is very low. Except for the lack of freedom, it is a place closer to modern society in all aspects.
From the perspective of survival, every aspect is impeccable.
But there is one thing that Liu Xia cannot accept: the residents here have lost their human freedom after a long period of domestication.
Abandoning the exploration of the outside world, marrying the one you love, losing your original right to reproduce, and even losing your decision on whether to install prosthetic limbs, you can only work day after day until death in order to survive. Everything is ruled by "Leviathan".
As someone who came from the 21st century, Liu Xia couldn't accept all this even if Song Xuan didn't mention it.
She had thought about this question very clearly before, so she nodded without giving it any more thought: "Okay, I promise you."
Song Xuan didn't have to wait long for this reply. He even suspected that he had misheard. He stared blankly at Liu Xia, who had a smile on her face.
He had originally prepared some arguments to persuade Liu Xia, but he saved them.
There are almost no outsiders who come from the garbage dump and don't want to become permanent residents of the Black Gold City. He was a little surprised that Liu Xia agreed so simply and directly.
When she first came to the City of Black Gold, she asked how she could stay.
Song Xuan was almost choked by the breath in his chest. He took a few quick breaths before catching his breath. Coming to his senses, he continued to ask, "Are you telling the truth?"
Liu Xia's black eyes shone brightly in the moonlight, overflowing with sincerity: "Song Xuan, do you believe me?"
Song Xuan was stunned when he heard this, but only after seeing Liu Xia's sincere gaze did he come to his senses. His dazed expression gradually melted away, transforming into an extremely happy smile: "I believe you, Liu Xia."
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When we returned to the vicinity of the hospital, it was completely dark. Only when there are no lights will you realize how dark this city made of steel and concrete is.
All the shops on the street were closed, and the darkness was a bit creepy.
When Liu Xia accompanied Song Xuan to Dr. Lin to repair his prosthesis, he happened to meet Ding Ruotong who was hanging around here. She was fiddling with some parts right under Dr. Lin's nose. She was so focused on the research that she didn't even notice Liu Xia reaching the door.
Liu Xia did not disturb her and looked intently at He Tianlin lying on the hospital bed. His breathing was steady and his expression was relatively calm. Apart from being unable to wake up, his condition was relatively stable and there was no need to worry for the time being.
When he looked back, he saw Song Xuan standing obediently in front of Dr. Lin, smiling nonchalantly at the old man with an unhappy look on his face.
Liu Xia walked over to Song Xuan's side somewhat awkwardly and stood with him as punishment. Thinking that doctors were the most difficult to offend, she smiled and said, "Doctor Lin, I'm sorry to bother you again so late at night."
The old man's expression was like that of a strict principal in school, and the fear of being dominated made even her feel a little uncomfortable.
It can be seen that Dr. Lin is a person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, otherwise he would not allow Ding Ruotong to stay here late at night and even let her study those parts.
Doctor Lin looked at Liu Xia and Song Xuan, who had come to visit him late at night, with a bad look on his face. His gaze finally stopped on the miserable half of Song Xuan's arm, and a meaningful expression appeared on his withered face.
"Follow me." Doctor Lin nodded at Song Xuan and led the way to the adjacent surgery room, where Song Xuan lay down in the semi-open medical cabin.
"Relying on the fact that their prosthetic limbs are military grade, they're built like this?"
Doctor Lin fiddled with the half of his prosthetic limb, tapping the broken end with a tool in his hand. He made two clicks of the tongue, and his already wrinkled face became even more wrinkled, so wrinkled that it could have killed a fly. "How much energy must have exploded to cause such an explosion? Just having an alloy breastplate is amazing, right?"
Song Xuan and Doctor Lin have been friends for many years. Ever since he joined the hunting team, he has been coming to the doctor for help with repairs every now and then.
From the earliest repairs of low-quality mechanical prostheses to this almost top-of-the-line military prosthesis, Dr. Lin’s meticulous polishing is indispensable.
Although Doctor Lin sneered, he worked without hesitation. After a while, he had welded most of the wire at the broken end. When he opened his mouth to call his assistant to help pass something, he found that only Liu Xia was watching him eagerly.
Doctor Lin pointed at Liu Xia and said directly, "Song Xuan's girlfriend, right? Give me the tweezers in the second row on your right."
Liu Xia was stunned for a moment, the tips of her ears slightly reddening, but she reacted immediately. With a quick glance, she found the tool that Doctor Lin wanted. She picked up the tweezers from the instrument table and handed them over. "Here, Doctor Lin."
Inside the medical cabin, Song Xuan half leaned on the operating table. The mechanical prosthesis on his right arm was completely disassembled, revealing the delicate nerve conduction lines and alloy skeleton inside.
The interface at the break flickered with a faint blue light, and a few hair-thin threads hung aside like severed blood vessels.
"Tsk, overload again." Doctor Lin tried to get Song Xuan to move his arm, then adjusted his glasses and gently lifted a layer of delicate parts with the tip of his tweezers. "The cushioning parts in the third joint have all melted. No wonder..."
Song Xuan lazily raised his eyelids, a nonchalant smile on his lips: "Is it repaired well?"
"Nonsense." Doctor Lin didn't even look up as he continued to tinker with the broken end of his prosthetic limb. "You've been like this since you were a kid. Spare parts for this model are hard to find. Next time it breaks, you'll have to try your luck on the black market. If that doesn't work, go find someone in the inner city to fix it."
Song Xuan laughed out loud: "Alright, alright, you're really getting more and more long-winded."
Looking at how they got along like a grandfather and grandson, Liu Xia couldn't help but think of his parents in the real world, and felt a little sad and warm in his heart.
Under the shadowless light, the broken parts of the mechanical prosthesis were reconnected. Liu Xia handed various tools and parts to Dr. Lin from time to time. The operation lasted for a full hour.
Song Xuan flexed his fingers, and various data appeared on the screen one by one. Although Liu Xia didn't quite understand the green data that filled the screen, he could roughly guess from the expressions of the two people that it was very successful.
Doctor Lin nodded in satisfaction: "Get lost, take that little girl surnamed Ding with you. She hangs around here like she's at home. Get lost together."
The matter was resolved, and Liu Xia unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. He said "OK" and turned around to go out and call Ding Ruotong to go home, without noticing the smile that flashed behind Dr. Lin's glasses.
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