Lord of Eternal Darkness

Hearing this, the gangsters were instantly trembling with fear. Sister, are you really not afraid of death, or are you pretending not to be? That guy is an extraordinary person, and he doesn't look bad at killing people.

It's just a matter of a few dollars. If you let him go as soon as possible, everyone's life will be more comfortable.

Look, that person's expression became strange. Is he really angry? Next, are you planning to slaughter everyone present?

"Eh? Sorry, let me change it." Li Xiaoming was about to take out a new Huabing.

Everyone was surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that he could be so easy to talk to.

Lisa looked a little embarrassed, then took Li Xiaoming's hand, walked to the corner and said, "Actually..."

Xiao Ming immediately refused, "Ah, I'm sorry, I already have a girlfriend. And I don't like bad girls. I admit that I am a bit strong and handsome, but I'm really sorry, I can't force marriage."

Lisa felt a little speechless. Although what you said is true, you feel too good about yourself. Can't you be a little more modest?

The appearance of a worldly expert has almost been lost.

Lisa said: "Actually, I want to hang out with you. The life of you extraordinary people must be very interesting. I have finally realized that those ungrateful white-eyed wolves are not fun at all to stay with them. As long as you agree, I will I can serve you for the rest of my life with absolutely no regrets.”

Li Xiaoming then stared at her with interest, scanning her face from her face to her chest. The other party also deliberately raised her chest in cooperation, as if she wanted to add a little more charm.

What he got in return was a certain man's scorn.

Lisa didn't understand. She was not ugly. Most men were full of desire to conquer and lustful. In this city, it was as normal as breathing and drinking water. No one would blame her. This was human nature and it was worth it. Respected.

She asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Li Xiaoming said: "After I learned to open my eyes, I only saw endless pain. I envy blind people."

The girl said painfully: "But is this mechanical life the whole meaning of life? I don't want to become mediocre. I want to see a bigger and more beautiful world and understand everything I have never touched."

"The meaning of life is to live, and the meaning of doubt is to make life more meaningful. You know it yourself, so why do you still hang out with them? Do you think you can do this for the rest of your life? You can't even do the most basic things in life. , let alone become a transcendent."

Did Li Xiaoming point his finger at those little gangsters with fearful eyes? Strike without mercy.

Lisa fell into silence for a long time before she spoke: "I hate you."

"Me too, bye."

…

Li Xiaoming was walking leisurely on the road, and the sound of rolling cans could be heard behind him.

He turned his head and looked behind him. There was nothing but flowers and plants under the lamppost, and it was quiet.

The little man was in ragged clothes, his hair was as messy as a chicken coop, and his face was yellow with hunger. He carefully hid his body in the darkness, clutching his stomach in discomfort, gritting his teeth as he gritted his teeth whether he should rush out.

The dirty and black little hands squeezed weakly and slowly let go.

He had not eaten for two days and was in urgent need of food. Even if he was beaten severely by this man, he would be satisfied as long as he could eat a mouthful. Moreover, this man looked like a gentleman and he would not beat children. Bar?

While he was hesitating, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Hey, kid, what do you want to do after you've been with me for so long?"

There was a shocked expression on the boy's face. He did not choose to run away, but stood there, looking at a loss.

Finally he slowly said: "Brother, have mercy on me, I haven't eaten for several days."

"Where are your parents? No one cares about you? Such a young child is running around on the streets at night."

Li Xiaoming observed the other party's dress and his tone became gentler.

"My parents are dead, and Uncle John is now in prison. I sneaked here from the ghetto, and Uncle John's daughter is still waiting for me to get food."

"It's quite tragic, but why do you think I will help you?"

The child's eyes rolled, and he looked a little shrewd, but he simply said: "Because I think you look like a good person. When you were in the alley just now, you taught those gangsters a lesson. It was very powerful."

Li Xiaoming said: "Oh, did you see it? I haven't seen you before."

"This is normal. I was digging through the trash can. Sir, you were the 27th person to enter the alley. I saw you around 9:30.

"I left 20 minutes later, and I have walked 156 steps to the intersection. I have turned back three times in total, which shows that I am very alert. Sir, please rest assured, I am really just hungry. May the emperor bless you and take pity on me. Bar."

Li Xiaoming was shocked. This child must have been observing too carefully. His memory for numbers is better than his own. Although he can’t remember the details clearly, it should be similar. After all, who has nothing to do to count these things?

He smiled and said, "It's interesting. You don't have to prove yourself too much. What's your name?"

"Sir, my name is Lu Xiaohe. My friends like to call me Ergou."

"Okay, Ergou, if you answer the above question, I will give you this bag of barbecue." After saying this, he raised the box of barbecue high as a reward.

Lu Xiaohe felt that he was talking too much. Why did he say his nickname?

This gentleman is really rude, but it doesn't matter much.

Li Xiaoming said: "Let's warm up with a math problem first. How much is 11+52+35-34-9×2? Calculate it in one minute."

This kid claims to be from the slums, but he is neither humble nor arrogant, and he shows that he is good at numbers. Let's test him a little to see how talented he is.

Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of two-digit numbers is not too difficult, but it is not easy for this world where few people read. Knowledge education is generally only open to the rich.

The nobility did not need those forward-thinking figures to appear, because these people did not know what they were thinking in their hearts, which would affect the security of society, but the necessary knowledge was indispensable, so religion appeared.

Just be a lamb quietly, eat grass obediently, and don’t make any mistakes. That’s already asking for God’s blessing.

Lu Xiaohe barely hesitated and said, "Answer, equal to 46."

Li Xiaoming calculated carefully on his mobile phone to make sure that the child was not lying and that this was really the answer.

In this society, he can be considered a little prodigy.

"Let me ask another question, are you a local? Why do you say sneak over?" Li Xiaoming looked into the other party's bright eyes.

Although the little boy looks sloppy, he is polite and polite, and five stars can be vaguely seen in his eyes. His eyes alone are very attractive, and he has a pretty face when well groomed.

However, there are some black spots on the skin of the arms, giving people a metallic feel.

The boy shook his head and said, "No, I'm just a refugee. My parents died early, and I was taken in by John, but he was caught in prison for stealing.

"I heard those big shots say that we are garbage in the city and will be driven back if we come to the lower areas. In fact, I think it is too much. Everyone just wants to survive. They have not experienced the pain of hunger, and no one has You are willing to give me a job, and the food at home is almost gone, and Sister Matcha is still lying in the hospital bed."

At this point, the child burst into tears.

Li Xiaoming felt a little sympathetic in his heart. He was not sure whether the child was lying to gain sympathy from others and get some food.

I just remembered that when I first came out, I was caught in an orphanage inexplicably, and then became someone else's adopted son. If it hadn't been for the Lis and his wife, would I have been as homeless as this child?

The child kept paying attention to the big brother's gaze, looking at his arm, and nervously covering the dark blue skin on his arm.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Li Xiaoming came back to his senses and said, "It's okay. I'd like to ask you how your parents died."

After hearing this, the child was silent for a moment and slowly said, "I don't know. I heard from other people that he seemed to be infected by some virus. His whole body became mechanized and his organs stopped functioning."

Lu Xiaohe often vaguely sketched out the appearance of his parents in his mind when he was alone at night. They were so amiable and good-looking, but now they were gradually blurred.

I once had a wonderful family, until one day my parents' voices became weird, they kept repeating a few words, and their body joints would bend at incredible angles.

Later, neighbors reported the crime, and people from the court carried the parents out. They said that during the autopsy, they found that almost all the organs had been mechanized and could no longer work properly. They then buried them somewhere or burned them.

Everyone in the area was subsequently evicted and their belongings were destroyed by fire.

He also became a refugee and followed those who fled to this city.

Li Xiaoming searched in his brain for a while. There was something in the newspaper that could turn people into machines.

It should be the mechanical H38 virus that lives up to its name.

Once the infection process is irreversible, it can infect almost all natural organisms. The body will gradually transition from the carbon base to the silicon base. The time ranges from three months to one year. The transition period is accompanied by severe pain, while mammals generally move from the inside to the outside. ,

In the early stage, in addition to body stiffness and slow thinking.

And the occasional ticking of the clock and the friction of joint movement have almost no impact.

About three years ago, an outbreak occurred in the cities surrounding Anzu City. The higher the level of technology in the place, the greater the damage suffered, and the mechanical sequencers were the most severely affected. Fortunately, drugs were finally obtained and the epidemic was effectively controlled.

"Has anyone performed body modification surgery on you, Ergou?" Li Xiaoming asked worriedly.

Lu Xiaohe shook his head. Body modification surgeries are generally very expensive. How could he, a poor man, do it? If he had money, he might as well buy more steamed buns to eat.

And the mutation on this boy's arm makes people worried about whether he is infected with a mechanical virus? The Hoth virus has returned and mutated. Although the medicine is not expensive, it only targets the early stage.

The simple boy's reaction ability is still very fast, and the speed of calculating numbers is astonishing. The infection inside the body should not exceed the limit, and maybe he can be saved.

"Then, have the city's senior executives sent you any medicines or anything like that?"

The boy shook his head and said, "No, we have been sick ourselves for the past three years and have made money to go to the doctor."

What made Li Xiaoming curious was that the Political Council of the Innocence City did not respond.

Are the people in the place where the mechanical virus broke out gathered there and left it alone?

If you know and fail to report it, it is a criminal act, and the Tianheng Empire will definitely punish it severely.

When Anzu City heard the news, it immediately mass-produced the vaccine and distributed vaccine doses to almost all citizens, creating resistance and immunity.

And everything is free. The empire has even allocated funds to reduce taxes in this area, and it must be treated regardless of the person's status, even if he is a death row prisoner.

Is it possible that these people feel that the cyberpunk spirit in this city is not enough, and that they have to transform their bodies into machines to be perfect?

The followers of the Mechanicum are all fools. After being completely infected, they are almost unconscious. They can't make any contribution at all. They can't even generate the power of faith dedicated to God. They are machines without souls. , do those iron guys really like it?

Or are those who have illegally modified their bodies connected mechanical viruses with physical modifications? These two are completely different things.

Except that they are both mechanical bodies, one is replacement and the other is change.