Don't Pick Up Wild People on the Roadside (16)
The two of them finished packing.
Z01 reporting time: It is now 6:11 am.
Jiang Yuanshi went ahead, and Yun Qing waited for the business hours of the lower city to open before going out.
After the two reminded each other to be careful on the road, Jiang Yuanshi left home.
The downtown area in the morning was no different from yesterday; it was always dark, giving people the illusion that the day was so long.
Jiang Yuanshi was walking on the road, and B33 in his brain displayed the map in real time.
But the red dot on the map stopped after moving less than 50 meters.
Jiang Yuanshi was stopped by someone, and the resident across from him opened the door, revealing an old lady.
The old lady walked...very fast.
Two mechanical ankles were revealed under her apron. She walked over in high heels, holding a small cloth bag in her hand: "Xiao Yuan, are you going to fight with those bandits again today?"
The original novel did not mention the existence of such a person, and Jiang Yuanshi did not know him, but he could only act it out.
He nodded but said nothing.
The old lady sighed, took his hand and stuffed the cloth bag into her palm: "I knew you were a troublemaker. It feels like there's a bomb tied to your legs every day. You feel uncomfortable all over if you don't run, right?"
Jiang Yuan: "No, I..."
"What's not? You just went to the danger zone two days ago, and you went again today. Last night you did the same, running out to pick up trash, and there were kids around you. I don't know where you picked it up. I'm telling you, don't go to this danger zone anymore. Did the old lame Zhang next door ask you to find some broken parts again? Don't bother with him, just once in a while will be fine. You don't need it yourself, and you always hurt yourself all over, so you bring good things to us old losers. If you go there too often, we won't have anything to exchange with you, do you know? Next time I'll take advantage of you for free."
The old lady deliberately emphasized the word "freeloader" in her tone. Jiang Yuan laughed and said, "Freeloader, then freeloader. I'll freeloader yours later too. I'll go to your place for dinner tonight."
"Hey, kid, you want to eat it, but you can't. You're just teasing me, right? You know I'm eating iron parts, but your teeth keep popping off when you eat them. Then you'll end up with iron teeth and an iron appetite like me."
The old lady kept chattering to Jiang Yuan. Perhaps the elderly people in the downtown area couldn't sleep during the day. When the old lady said this, the people next door, across the street, and next door to next door all started chattering.
Old men, old women and old robots held a meeting.
After this chat about family matters, Jiang Yuanshi got to know Jiang Yuan a lot better.
Jiang Yuan suddenly appeared in the Lower Town when he was seven or eight years old. He had no parents and everyone thought that he was lost by a family in the Upper Town who didn't want him anymore. After all, Jiang Yuan had no microchip and had serious injuries on his body. He was thin and small, and it was obvious that no one cared for him or loved him.
It happened to be dropped in the poorest area of the downtown area, but the poorest place doesn't mean it can't survive. It was fed by squeezing a little food from house to house, and it grew up in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Yuan has been a sweet-talking and naughty kid since he was young. Like a big beagle, he demolished everything in his path. He ran all over the downtown area but didn't die. The old people were both troubled and amused.
As an adult and capable of doing so, Jiang Yuan often went to dangerous areas to mingle with gangs and took away some food and daily necessities. He would share what he couldn't use with his neighbors. The place where Jiang Yuan lived was mostly inhabited by elderly people, disabled people, children with congenital defects, as well as discarded household robots and scrapped combat androids.
Humans will replace humans, and robots will replace robots.
The abandoned and useless people could only stay in the area with the most scarce resources in the lower city. Jiang Yuan, who was one of the few healthy and capable young people there, distributed all the things he brought back, and everyone also did their best to exchange things with Jiang Yuan.
Floors of varying textures and colors, strangely intact posters, heavy iron boxes, and a spatula that was only half broken but still usable...
A mess of things makes up Jiang Yuan’s little home.
Jiang Yuan left the residential area amid the chatter of a group of old people, with a lot more things in his hands.
“So many people…”
Jiang Yuanshi sighed tiredly after taking off Jiang Yuan's skin, opened the cloth bag and took a look. Biscuits?
B33 said, "It's a multi-grain biscuit. Today they should be mixed with peanuts and flower petals."
Jiang Yuanshi leaned in to smell it, and it seemed to be true. It was the aroma of peanuts mixed with the aroma of biscuits. The smell of petals was not obvious, but he could see the dried petals fragments with his eyes.
“There are peanuts in this world?”
"Yes, but the good stuff is naturally from the upper city. These are mostly expired foods discarded by the upper city."
Jiang Yuanshi carefully took the cloth back and placed it in his storage belt. He felt the texture on the edge of the belt and said, "I think I found this belt too. I took a look at it before I went to bed yesterday. The number starts with M."
B33 said "hmm".
Jiang Yuanshi asked, "As a new system, can you detect as much data as Z01?"
B33: "Of course... this is a built-in function of the system, but if it involves advanced data, there's nothing you can do without permission."
Jiang Yuanshi: "But I always feel that Z01's abilities are a bit absurd, and they are not limited by range, don't you think?"
B33 had no doubt: "After all, the Z01 predecessor is the sales champion, and his capabilities should also improve with his performance."
"All systems are available? And there are also skill points for upgrading?"
“Yes, but I haven’t seen it. I can’t unlock it because I don’t have any performance.”
"...It's okay, take it slow. It's just the beginning, and it will be fine." Jiang Yuanshi comforted.
B33: “Thank you for your comfort.”
Jiang Yuanshi relied on his memory and determined the direction after seeing the familiar food stand. He walked into the alley where the black clinic was located again. The alley was dark and deep. A red light was on in the distance, covering the iron cube house with a red cross sign on the roof.
It doesn't look like a place to rescue people, it looks more like a funeral home.
Jiang Yuanshi walked past the black clinic and thought of the fees he had paid and the person who had taken the long-term bed. His expression twisted and he left quickly, fearing that he would be caught by the doctor and asked to renew the fee.
As we moved away from the light source, the road ahead became increasingly darker, and every step forward seemed to be swallowed by the darkness.
Jiang Yuanshi held onto the wall and moved forward step by step. The map in his mind was constantly updated, but it was still a straight road and he didn't know when it would end.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yuanshi finally saw the dawn of victory, or to be more precise, heard it.
The silence around was broken, and the sound of metal colliding appeared in my ears. It didn't sound like fighting, but rather like two objects colliding lightly.
Jiang Yuanshi continued forward following the sound, and as he walked, he seemed to kick something with his foot.
He looked down in confusion. There wasn't much trash along the way.
"Oh, damn it, who is so heartless and doesn't know how to respect the elderly and love the young?"
Jiang Yuanshi's eyes were dark and he couldn't see anything, but he felt like his shoes were kicked.
He asked B33: "Can you see what it is?"
B33 replied: "Sorry, I can't see it either."
Jiang Yuanshi: "Doesn't the system have night vision?"
"Ah...that's exactly what happened." After being reminded, B33 suddenly realized. Jiang Yuanshi was speechless. Who is the system?
"I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with the business and have never encountered this situation before." B33 tried to make amends while turning on the night vision function. This time, he consciously enabled sharing with Jiang Yuanshi.
When Jiang Yuanshi gained night vision, it was no different from a blind man regaining his sight. Although it was dim, at least he could see his surroundings and his feet clearly. Then he began to doubt his life.
"B33, am I hallucinating? Why do I see two tin cans fighting? One is square, and the other is a can."
"Host Jiang, you're not mistaken. It's a candy box with mechanical limbs and a beer can fighting."
The battle scene was extremely fierce.
The beer can hit the candy box with its head, making a crisp knocking sound, but surprisingly, there was no dent. The candy box was not to be outdone. It grabbed his arm, which was as long as his little finger, and slapped the beer can. The beer can lost its balance and fell over, rolling away, shouting "I will definitely be back".
Candy Box clapped his hands. Although his expression could not be seen, one could tell his victorious spirit just by looking at the back of his head.
Jiang Yuan, who witnessed everything, was speechless and thought, "I'd better leave."
Passerby Jiang Momo quietly left from behind the other person.
"Master, you only slapped him and forgot to hit you, right? How dare you run away? Stand right there!"
A sharp cartoon sound rang out. Jiang Yuanshi closed his eyes. It shouldn't be him, so he continued to move forward.
"You tall, shabby guy wearing big boots who looks like he's going to the garbage dump, stop right there! You kicked someone and didn't apologize. Did you drink too much beer and want to die?"
What is going on?
Jiang Yuanshi stopped, backed away, and squatted down.
Facing the candy box that was raised high and pointed directly at him, he pointed at himself and said, "You're talking about me?"
Candy Box snorted, "Do you have beer bubbles on your head? Aren't you the only one here? Apologize for daring to kick me."
The candy box and the one Jiang Yuan picked up yesterday should be from the same family. Both are light-colored and fairy-tale style. But why does it say "Laozi" all the time when it looks like such a fresh and clean thing? And how does it see the road and make sounds?
Jiang Yuanshi: "If I'm not mistaken, you were fighting with the beer can and bumped into it yourself. I was the one who got hurt."
Candy Box: "Do you think I have eyes? You're so big, of course I'm the only one who gets hurt."
Jiang Yuanshi spoke his mind: "So how can you see me if you don't have eyes?"
Candy Box: "Are you blind? Can't you see my elegant and colorful screen?"
Jiang Yuanshi shook his head: "No, I only saw the pink rabbit in the box."
Candy Box made a puzzled sound, retracted his hand, touched himself, and then turned around in a circle, cursing, "Damn it, he got the wrong direction. I was wondering why my arm hurt so much."
Jiang Yuanshi:)
As expected, the other side of the candy box was a tiny screen that displayed only two simple circles, but each circle was colorful.
Jiang Yuanshi said in an impolite voice: "Excuse me, why don't you have a mouth?"
The two circles blinked. "Do you know how much power is consumed by graphics? This is the sound of the internal components!"
Jiang Yuanshi said "Oh" and then said "Sorry."
"You random guy! Believe it or not, I'll bite you to death!"
The candy box was very angry. The lid on its head opened and closed automatically, and its little mouth opened and closed. A number sign also appeared on the image on the screen, and the dynamic version took up the entire screen.
Jiang Yuanshi became interested and asked, "Where did you get your screen and body components?"
"Why should I tell you this! Believe it or not, I'll bite you to death!"
"Believe me, believe me. Even if you can't kill me now, if you use your rusty mouth to break my skin, I'll probably die of tetanus without treatment."
This was probably the first time that Candy Box encountered someone who would give advice to someone who wanted to kill him. The box's mouth was half open, and the eyes on the screen changed from oo to oO.
Jiang Yuanshi took the opportunity to let B33 scan the components while he also lowered his head to look inside. The iron box suddenly "clicked" shut in front of him.
He said angrily: "You hooligan, how dare you look at other people's bodies casually!"
Ah, this... does this count?
If that's true, Jiang Yuanshi not only looked but also touched her twice last night.
It is likely that no answer will be found, but B33 has been searched, so Jiang Yuanshi can just look for it based on this information when the time comes.
"I have something urgent to do. I'll leave first. You should know the way, right?"
"Don't go!" When the candy box saw the tall man get up and leave, it hurriedly followed him. It accidentally bumped into his shoes and the whole box saw stars.
Jiang Yuanshi reluctantly put the lid on the head of this little creature of unknown origin, helped it stand up, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Candy Box's eyes spun around, but he said, "You! You bumped into me! You've done it three times. You have to compensate me. As punishment, you'll be my servant for three days!"
Before Jiang Yuanshi could say anything, Hezi continued, "If you do well, I'll reluctantly tell you something about the danger zone. If you don't agree, I'll keep clinging to you!"
Jiang Yuanshi raised an eyebrow: "Including the location of the garbage station and supplies in the dangerous area?"
Candy Box: "Of course!"
"Why?"
"What why?"
"You clearly want me to apologize, so why are you sharing this information? You don't have any ulterior motives, do you? Are you a decoy for some gang in the danger zone? Specially designed to trick people into killing them?"
The questioned Candy Box got angry and kicked Jiang Yuanshi with his shoes: "All you think about is beer! Who are those lousy baits in the danger zone? What fool would be fooled by me like this? I just want to have fun with someone!"
"Oh, I see." Jiang Yuanshi said.
Candy Box: ...
The candy box snorted and turned away.
"Leaving now?"
"What are you doing? Your plan has been exposed, who cares about you?"
"If you tell me the information about the danger zone, I don't mind playing with you. I have other people in my family who can also play with you."
The candy box stopped where it was and asked Jiang Yuanshi, "Really?"
"real."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll lie to you and tell you false information?"
The candy box in Jiang Yuanshi's vision inexplicably looked like an unwanted little animal. He knelt on one knee, his arm propped up on his leg, his hand resting on his face, and said casually, "I have my own eyes and can see. You can't kill me anyway, and tetanus takes a while to set in. So are you coming or not? If not, I'm really leaving."
“…”
Finally, the candy box turned around, jumped into the palm of Jiang Yuanshi's outstretched hand while cursing, and kicked Jiang Yuanshi's knee.
Jiang Yuanshi wanted to put the other person in his chest pocket but was rejected. The candy box climbed onto the other person's shoulder by itself, and the decoration on the shoulder of the coat turned into a safety belt for the candy box, and began to point people in the direction.
Keep moving forward!
The alley was originally straight, and Jiang Yuanshi did not discourage the other party's confidence, but just nodded and followed him.
The candy box on the road turns into a hundred thousand whys?
He asked about the new servant's type, gender, background, address, height, weight, etc.
Jiang Yuanshi patiently responded one by one.
The two circles on the screen stared at the new human's face, and finally the box asked, "What's your name?"
The young man walked forward steadily. There was a light not far away. The light swept across his face, and his amber eyes rotated like golden liquid.
He naturally answered, "My name is Jiang Yuan."
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