Data Wasteland

At the end of November, the Black Death continent in the northern hemisphere entered the end of autumn, and the weather became increasingly cold.

Compared to the outside, the No. 27 security center is warm as spring. Chen Xing was wearing a loose pullover, drinking manor wine with a dozen gold coins, lying on the sofa in the lounge area. He tilted his head and was chatting with a man in his early thirties.

This man was born tall and thin, with a horse face and relatively small eyes. When he smiles, he narrows into a line, which makes people feel a little cunning. He is one of the three forces in District 27, the leader of the blue pigeon team, the "blood pigeon".

The best place for two big guys to meet is naturally a safe place, so that everyone doesn't have to watch out for each other. Who can pull up a team on this land, who is not a human spirit? Therefore, whether Chen Xing invites the blood pigeon or the blood pigeon invites Chen Xing, they dare not go to each other's territory.

"Brother Pigeon, did you grow the tobacco yourself last time?" Chen Xing asked.

"It's not just that I planted it myself, but I picked it, dried it, and shredded it myself." The blood pigeon said slightly intentionally.

"That's handmade shredded tobacco!" Chen Xing exclaimed. In the world of large-scale mechanized processing, any handmade products are scarce.

"I used the ancient method to process the Jinlan wine from the East Continent. There are eighteen procedures, one is quite a lot." The blood pigeon boasted.

The essence of gossip is to have nothing to say. From the time of meeting to the present, the two have been talking these unnutritious words. No way, they have just met. They need to understand each other and have reservations. The best way is to chat.

If you talk a lot, you will get acquainted with each other naturally.

"Hey, it seems to be hiring people over there." "Let's go and have a look."

"I heard that Wangchuan found the fragments of the world, and many mercenary groups are recruiting people." "I want to trick us into being cannon fodder, no way!" "Oh, where are we going to be cannon fodder, isn't it making money?" The price seems to be pretty good, he doesn't go and we go."

Exiles in twos and threes passed by the table, whispering and talking. Chen Xing and the blood pigeon soon noticed that there was a sign in the middle of the rest area to recruit players. The two looked at each other, got up and walked over.

A group of exiles surrounded the round table in the middle. On the table stood a card, which read: 20 gold monthly payment, including board and lodging.

The simple and rude job advertisements, and the noisy onlookers all around, could not help but remind Chen Xing of the recruitment of rural migrant workers on the earth.

The blood pigeon separated from the crowd in front of him, walked to the table, frowned and looked at it a few times. With a sudden "slap", he slapped the table with a slap.

The people around were startled, and instantly calmed down, their eyes focused on the blood pigeon.

"Who agreed to recruit people here!" The blood pigeon asked with a fierce look.

According to the unwritten rules on the Black Death Continent, the forces in the outer area must obtain the consent of the forces in the area before they can recruit team members in the security of the area. When Chen Xing formed a group last time, he established his prestige first and then recruited people. The blood pigeon knows it, but dare not stop it.

In the face of the heads of the district, the exile recruits did not show fear, but instead slapped the table and pointed to the nose of the blood pigeon and cursed: "What are you! We black skeletons recruit people, we need to ask you. Is this crippled?"

The man scolded very badly, but the blood pigeon wilted immediately and retreated without saying a word.

Chen Xing saw that, naturally, he would not be strong. He has heard ghost fox say that black

Skeleton is one of the six major groups of the Black Death Continent, and it doesn't pay attention to the small power of the gray pigeon group at all.

Sitting back in position, perhaps in a bad mood, the blood pigeon grabbed the bottle and took a big gulp.

"What..." The blood pigeon cursed, looking very upset.

Chen Xing did not answer the conversation, but turned his head and ordered Wu Jinjian, who was coming with him, to inquire about the situation. He wanted to know what fragments of the world the other party had discovered.

"Forget it, the black skull is not easy to mess with." The blood pigeon shook his head and persuaded.

"Just ask." Chen Xing said.

After a while, Wu Jinjian came back.

"It's a world with the same origin of ancient magic in the West Continent culture." Wu Jinjian said a very professional term.

The name of the world fragment usually consists of four parts, and the specific format is: cultural type + era + energy use method + nature of the world.

The types of culture include Eastern Continent culture, Western Continent culture, tribal culture, etc.; the era is divided into ancient times, middle ancient times, modern times, and the future; energy use methods are divided into technology and magic; the nature of the world is divided into homologous world, limited homologous world, and non The world of the same origin.

According to the difference in value, the world fragments are divided into the common homogenous world, the magical world, the super-tech world, and the super-magic world. Among them, super technology and super magic world have the highest value, because human beings can obtain new technology and new ways of using energy.

The world of limited homology is mainly the "world of humanoids". As the name suggests, it is a world of different human cultures, such as orcs, giants, demons, devas, and so on.

The non-homogenous world refers to the world without humanoid creatures at all. There are mechanical world, anaerobic world, glacier world, ancient world and so on.

"You brother is a cultural man." The blood pigeon said with a smile.

Wu Jinjian ignored the former's ridicule and continued, "I heard that the fragments are very unstable and there are multiple random entrances. Several large groups are rushing in."

"Plurality of random entrances?" Chen Xing and the blood pigeon looked at each other.

For some unstable world fragments, the entrance will flash randomly within a certain range. However, these spaces will collapse at any time, and the result may be silent disappearance, or it may be a big explosion comparable to a ten-million-ton nuclear bomb.

In such a dangerous situation, several large groups are still looting, which means that there is a very valuable treasure among the fragments of this world.

Chen Xing and the blood pigeon fell into contemplation at the same time. After a long time, Chen Xing broke the silence first, "Brother Pigeon, are you interested?"

"The tobacco planted this year hasn't been harvested yet..." The blood pigeon waved his hand. "It's too dangerous to go to such a place. If you are not careful, you will lose your bones. I want to live a few more years."

"Yes..." Chen Xing nodded and sighed.

"It's too early, talk about it next time." The blood pigeon stood up and said.

"Good." Chen Xing said simply.

The two said one thing, but they did another. Leaving the safe place almost at the same time, rushed to his stronghold. They all avoided the topic of "going together" tacitly. They just met and didn't trust each other. It would be bad for them to get together.

Back at the stronghold, Chen Xing immediately organized a team and rushed to Wangchuan with Wu Jinjian. He believes that the bosses of several big groups are not fools, and they will definitely be profitable. He can't improve his current strength temporarily, he can only rely on foreign objects.

Humans in the magic world have used psychic energy for a longer time. Although they are not ahead of the red earth world, there are a large number of treasures engraved with rune circuits. As long as one or two practical items can be obtained, the strength will be greatly improved.

He didn't bring the big cat, but Wu Jinjian, mainly because he still didn't worry about other people, so he could only give his stronghold to his most trusted brother. He also didn't intend to lead the team into the world fragments. These people are limited in strength, and bringing them in is also a drag. It is better to stay outside to respond.

The place where the fragments of the world were found is in area 14. Wangchuan is very large, spanning two areas.

Halfway through, it suddenly snowed. This is the first snow of this year on the Black Earth Continent, and the snowflakes are as thin as cow hair, and they melt immediately when they fall on the face.

"It's been three years..." Wu Jinjian stretched out his hand to catch the falling snowflakes, sighing as if touched by the scene.

Everyone stopped, looking at the fine snow sprinkled in the sky and the earth, and fell into a long silence. Maybe I think of my relatives in my hometown, maybe I think of her in life...

Chen Xing remembered whether Su Na, the innocent and lovely girl, would also face a long winter night. Can she find enough food, can she survive? No one can answer his question, there is only a bitter north wind in his ears.

Quietly, emotions grew, and the desire to go home became extremely strong.

He clenched his fists, said "Come on" from the bottom of his heart, cleared up his mood, and took the lead to move forward. He is the leader of the team, anyone can be vulnerable, only he can't!

The team members sparsely followed, and the rumbling of the material cart rang again, echoing in the fine snow all over the sky...

More than ten days later, the team reached the edge of Wangchuan. Chen Xing found a half-collapsed building, repaired it on the spot for two days, and continued on.

After entering Wangchuan, you can occasionally see exiles in the distance. In groups of three to five, the queues are loose. It seems that the news spread very quickly, and people from many areas have come over.

The Black Skeleton team members who came to the security station only announced their approximate location. Chen Xing led the team forward while groping, and finally found it on the seventh day of entering Wangchuan.

The sky in this area is very dark, with white light flashing from time to time. It is a fleeting crack in space, and the biggest difference from lightning is that it is silent.

The thick clouds that gather in the sky are attracted by unstable space debris. Scholars in White Elephant City call it a "spatial diffusion phenomenon."

This is a sign that the fragments of the world are about to collapse. The essence of space is the development of expansion. In this process, fragments of different space collide with the original space. There are only two final results, either being merged in this space and becoming a part of the red earth world, or repelling each other and exploding violently.

The fusion does not survive, but is scattered everywhere in space, expanding the entire unit universe a little bit. Although this "a little bit" is so small that it can be ignored, the number of world fragments is very large, and the accumulation of small pieces can make the universe gradually expand.

No one knows the exact location of that world fragment, but space cracks will appear randomly in this area. The ones that exist for a long time and are relatively stable can enter. In order to avoid conflict, large and small forces occupy their turf, and use stones to mark the passage.

Everyone's energies are concentrated on the space cracks, and the looting of each other has decreased.

Chen Xing occupies the ruins of a factory, scattered people around, monitoring space cracks that may appear at any time.