Don't pick up the wild people on the roadside (XVII)
"That's it, be careful."
Candy Box pointed quietly at the huge pile of garbage in front surrounded by a net. It was a very ordinary garbage dump with dim lights. It was even more dilapidated than the garbage dump yesterday. There was a big hole in the net opposite, and a lot of things overflowed and scattered everywhere. There was garbage all over the ground at the feet.
But the difference is that the things that fell are basically new, including unwrapped candies scattered on the ground, a teddy bear with a torn chest, and mechanical objects with clear Mercy codes.
It was quiet all around, with only the garbage dump lit in the darkness.
Under the light, a group of strange-looking robots stood in front of the big hole, and opposite the robots stood a group of humans with prosthetic limbs.
The leading robot had a garbage cover on its head and made a gesture to stop them: "Don't come any closer. We were here first today, and according to the rules, we should be the first to pick."
The man on the other side knocked on his mechanical arm, whistled, and said disdainfully: "Rules? It's ridiculous. What rules are there in the Lower City? What's the first and the last? You bunch of broken robots can stay up all night without any problem. Even if I press a mechanical arm, I'm still a living person. How can I compete with you?"
The garbage cover robot said mercilessly: "Since you know you can't win, you should know when to retreat, right? Humans are always blindly confident even though they know themselves well."
Robotic human: "Stop talking nonsense. The biggest rule in the downtown area is to see who has the stronger fist. Come on, brothers! We have to grab this batch of new stuff."
The garbage cover robot shook its head: "Rude humans, if that's the case, we won't let you go."
As soon as the words fell, the two sides quickly engaged in a fight. For a moment, the sounds of collision, screams of pain, and angry curses mixed together and echoed throughout the area.
"These two are the biggest rival gangs in the Danger Zone, the robots and the humans, the Scrap Metal Gang and the Waste Gang."
What help?
The candy box repeated.
Jiang Yuanshi felt for a moment that he was hallucinating. It was such an abstract yet concrete name.
He looked at the garbage lids, screws, half fingers, wigs that flew out in the melee, and even someone's eyes were shot out. He looked at the eyes rolling away in the distance, which should be artificial eyes.
Candy Box: "I think you shouldn't go there. Wait until they're done fighting and pick up the leftovers. It's rare to find such healthy creatures in the Lower City. Don't let yourself become a cripple by then."
Jiang Yuanshi, a healthy living creature, felt that it made sense. It was not that he was afraid of death, but he knew his own strength. If it were in reality, he could still fight with others, but the number of fights he had fought could be counted on one's fingers. If he took out the test papers he had swiped, he could crush the two gangs.
Jiang Yuanshi huddled in a corner as the two gangs fought and robbed each other. Jiang Yuanshi stared at the garbage to see if there were any supplies. Compared to the place where he was yesterday, it seemed that even the leftovers would be enough.
"You really aren't going?"
Jiang Yuanshi replied: "I just want to pick up trash, not to die."
"That shouldn't be the case." Candy Box was surprised. "Shouldn't you listen to me and sneak in to fight in order to prove your strength?"
"Then I relied on my extraordinary strength to defeat two gangs at the same time and became a thorn in their eyes. After they found fault with me, I burst out with strength that no one had ever seen and successfully became the boss of the dangerous area. From then on, I dominated the lower city area." Jiang Yuanshi looked at the starry eyes of Candy Box speechlessly, "You don't really think so, do you?" This is not some cool story about a dragon arrogant man.
Candy Box: "The humans I met before were this confident."
“And he succeeded?”
"No, he hit me on the head to wake me up."
Jiang Yuanshi nodded and knocked on it. Candy Box covered his head and said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you knock me?"
"Because I agree with what that person said, and we share the same views. If you hadn't said that, I wouldn't have thought of knocking."
The candy box revealed an angry Tic Tac Toe: "Only he can knock, not you!"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Why? He is your producer?"
Candy Box: "I don't know. I only know that he was the first person I consciously saw. I followed him for a long time, and then he disappeared. I guess he died of old age. Human lifespan is always short, and it runs out faster than my battery."
"What happened next? Did you go wandering?"
"I guess so. I've been in the danger zone all the time. Anyone who sees me will think I'm trash that no one wants. I can just dump it on the ground. I watch these gangs fight every day, and then pick up some batteries to eat after they leave. People in the upper city are so wasteful. They throw away batteries that clearly have one-third of their energy left."
Jiang Yuanshi's point was strange: "Then weren't you discovered when you went to pick up the things?"
Candy Box: "What's that? Have you never seen such a small robot?"
Never seen it.
Jiang Yuanshi held back his words and said, "Will the person who follows behind to pick up the leak not get into trouble?"
Candy Box: "Something happened? What happened? Do you mean being targeted by gangs or surveillance cameras? Don't worry, this surveillance camera is only on during the day and when you take out the trash at night. I guess it's just for watching the clowns fight. It will be turned off after a while. I guarantee that any robot with eyes can see it. And you're not the only one who's brave enough to come here to take advantage of the situation. There are many, but they probably don't come as early as you do, specifically when people are fighting. It should be at least half an hour later."
"A newbie, not familiar with the business yet." Jiang Yuanshi said this, and in his mind he asked B33 to observe and monitor. After testing, it was indeed turned on. Why could it be seen? The reason was that the monitoring light in the robot's eyes was red when it was turned on.
The battle was drawing to a close, and every man or machine was in a mess, each holding a large pile of things in their hands, staring at each other, and slowly retreating into their own gangs.
The robot-armed human had blood at the corner of his mouth and one of his eyes was swollen. He gasped and said, "I'll let you go this time, but wait for me next time!"
The robot with a flat head and circuit board that lost its garbage cover had its voice short-circuited: "This sentence should be said, I'm telling you, rude human."
The last few words flowed smoothly.
The two gangs picked up their equipment while quarreling with each other, and finally walked in opposite directions spitting at each other.
"It took a long time today." Candy Box, "You should wait a while before going. I guess the surveillance will be turned off soon."
Jiang Yuanshi hummed absentmindedly and glanced diagonally across the room, feeling something was wrong.
B33 asked: "What happened to Host Jiang?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "It's a bit too harmonious, not like a danger zone."
B33 was puzzled: "Why isn't the fight intense when blood is shed?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Aren't gang fights always life-and-death? Especially in a place like the Lower City where resources are scarce, they fought fiercely. Not only did they pick up a lot of things, but they also took what they needed. To be honest, there isn't much overlap between what robots and humans want, right?"
"But those are modified humans. Some of them have been modified to be no different from robots. They eat the same energy as robots, so fighting is inevitable."
"Perhaps."
Jiang Yuanshi kept looking towards the corner. If his memory served him correctly, the prosthetic eye that had fallen there earlier was moving.
He was seen.
But when he opened his eyes to confirm, the direction of the pupil of the prosthetic eye had deviated again, as if it didn't see him.
Strange danger zone.
After waiting for a while, when B33 and Candy Box said the surveillance was turned off almost at the same time, Jiang Yuanshi quickly picked up something on the ground when B33 confirmed that there was no one around. Jiang Yuanshi had already confirmed the target when the other party was fighting, so he acted extremely quickly.
He took out a bag made of patchwork floral cloth and put all the things in it. After confirming the size, he slung it over his shoulder and left without any reluctance.
The candy box was shocked: "Hey! Aren't you going to look for something good? Why are you running so fast?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Safety comes first. It's good enough if we can bring something back."
His steps were quick but light, and he landed on the ground without making any sound. Candy Box sighed loudly, "You coward!"
The candy box pulled the belt of Jiang Yuanshi's clothes to vent his dissatisfaction. When he was about to take a bite, something heavy was stuffed into his hand. He took a look and saw: "Battery!"
Jiang Yuanshi walked in a dark alley and glanced at the black clinic he passed by. The red light on the top was still on. He walked and said, "Just make do with it. I don't know if there's electricity. I found a lot of it. I'll give you a new one when I get home."
Candy Box held the battery blankly: "Where... are you going?"
"Go home, what else?"
"What about me?"
"You are on top of me, doesn't that mean you are going back with me?"
“…”
"If you don't want to, I'll put it down for you?"
"..." Candy Box hummed while holding the battery, "Since you are my servant now, I will reluctantly go to your place and be your guest."
"Yes, yes, yes."
After opening a new map this time, the length of the alley has standard data, a total of 6,666 meters, straight and endless.
No wonder it took so long to walk.
Jiang Yuan was exhausted when he walked out of the alley and saw the light again. Candy Box teased him, "Your physical fitness is too poor. Are all humans like this?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Who has nothing to do and wants to run that far?" This is not a high school or college sport.
The last time he ran laps was in his sophomore year. At that time, he didn't know whether the school was crazy or felt that there were too many students, so they arranged a 10,000-meter long-distance race for boys and an 8,000-meter long-distance race for girls.
Jiang Yuanshi had no impression of the running process, and all that was left was the memory of hatred and curses in his heart.
It would be better to let people run a marathon directly. At least they can change the map. Running around the school playground and counting laps feels like an endless process.
It was a miracle that he, such a fragile otaku, didn't die at that time.
Jiang Yuanshi carried the package and walked towards home. He knocked on several doors along the way and handed over the things in the package. The neighbors seemed to have prepared in advance and took out things to exchange with him. It was more like forcing them to do so than to exchange them. The elderly people moved so fast that Jiang Yuanshi couldn't see clearly. The slowest one was actually a robot with a small TV on its head and the voice of an uncle.
The package that should have shrunk became even bigger and could not be stuffed in. The robot simply stuffed the prepared candy biscuits into Jiang Yuanshi's mouth and returned a triangular part to the candy box on his shoulder.
In this way, Jiang Yuanshi moved forward with the heavy load and continued walking with the sugar cake in his mouth.
In my heart, I sighed with B33 about how popular the original owner Jiang Yuan was.
The world is becoming more and more real.
At the same time, Jiang Yuanshi was also wondering, is the funding for this world so sufficient? With so many people and maps, it's too perfect. Is the fictional world that can become the real world so real?
Jiang Yuanshi, feeling dizzy, started to talk nonsense about literature. Candy Box asked, "You guys are so welcoming here. There are so many people. Where is your home?"
Jiang Yuanshi held the candy biscuit in his mouth and made a vague sound. Afraid that the other party wouldn't understand, he freed one hand and pointed forward: "In the front, next to the wall."
Candy Box was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "How come you have so many family members? There's even one person at the door who doesn't have a key."
What the hell? Didn't Yunqing bring the key?
"Wow, such a tall human, I can't even see his head."
Jiang Yuanshi felt something was wrong. He walked forward quietly with light steps and took a closer look.
It’s Mu Changkong.
Jiang Yuanshi: “…”
B33: "Host, what should we do now?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "How come he got better so quickly?"
B33: "High-level Alphas recover faster than normal people."
Jiang Yuanshi almost forgot about the ABO setting. He was so tired that he despaired. "No, he recovered so quickly. We are losing money. There are also hospital fees! If I had known, I would have asked the black-hearted doctor for money when I passed by."
…
B33: Is this the point?
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