infinite loop

Since the monster made a swift and frenzied attack on the Sydney coastal wall before, there has been no movement for a few days at the gap where the monster swallowed on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

The calm before the storm—

The same thought was circling in everyone's mind.

Over the past few days, the Shatterdom base in Hong Kong has been soaked in the most tense and dignified atmosphere in history. Whether it is the driver, the civilian staff, the program engineer or the maintenance mechanic, they are all stiffly stretched by a string, not for a moment. Dare to relax.

In the extremely depressing and dull atmosphere, the psychological pressure of the crowd soared to an unprecedented high, so that the Beckett brothers missed one after another during the synesthesia training on the computer, the Lopez sisters had a serious shame response, and Hansen and his son The phenomenon of neuron repulsion intensifies...Stike Pantecost frowned and carefully read through the reports submitted by Cai Tiantong and Sen Mazi several times, and finally let go of his clenched teeth to allow the drivers to drive in groups of three or four. Go out and have some fun.

"You have three hours of free time to move around. Remember to keep your contact devices turned on, don't relax your vigilance too much, and return immediately when you receive an alarm."

He enjoined in all anxiety.

——But when he looked up, there was no one in front of the elevator.

"General—General!" Rao walked quickly with a limp on crutches, and the excitement on the face of Professor Herman who appeared from behind him was palpable, "Newton succeeded!"

General Steck hesitated for a moment, and a hypothesis that sounded extremely incredible quickly flashed through his mind, "Synaptic with monsters?"

Herman nodded heavily, the fingers holding the crutch twisted and stretched due to the excitement.

"Take me to see him—"

Before the words fell, the two of them hurried towards the laboratory.

……

The setting sun wiped out the last ray of skylight, and the sticky breeze floated around, and when it brushed against the cheeks, it also brought some rotten fruit and vegetable smells, fishy smells, and mixed with an indistinguishable salty smell.

Walking in the bright streets and alleys of the nearby slums and the damp and heavy interior of the base, Su Li's eyes are full of colorful colors, and he can't help but feel happy.However, in the face of the dizzying Chinese characters around her, the simulated synaesthesia made her fully appreciate Chuck's distressed feeling that he didn't know anything, so she raised her eyebrows and winked at him with a smile: "Do you need to translate these words for you?" ?”

"No" - Chuck hooked his hands on the edge of his trouser pockets, surrounded by strange oriental faces, even though he didn't make a sound, the meaning he wanted to express was transmitted to Su Li's mind through a strong and stable synesthesia signal.

Su Li shook his head and laughed, took his hand to get out of the crowd, and plunged into the snack bar on the street.

Chuck couldn't understand the well-spoken Mandarin, let alone Cantonese, which seemed like an alien language to most mainlanders, so he had to sit uncomfortably on a low wooden stool, in neat casual clothes and Tibetan Dirty little restaurants are out of place.

He looked away from the mud-stained and cracked floor tiles, listened to Su Li chatting with the only service staff in the store - the owner and waiter, and then turned his head with a smile on his lips, from the table by the table He took a few chopsticks from the plastic box and handed him a pair, "It seems that I haven't been to this place in a few lifetimes - I ordered a plate of dumplings, which are stuffed with loofah and eggs... I hope it suits your appetite."

"What is 'dumpling'?" With a strange accent, he managed to say the two Chinese characters that he thought didn't represent any real meaning, and Chuck stared at the soft and strangely shaped food on the plate, which was boiled soggy Yes, it seems like it's about to overflow.

——It looks surprisingly delicious.

"It was delicious." Su Li laughed again when he heard his slander under the action of the link device on the earphone.She thought about it, and it seems that she has never seen a Chinese restaurant in Sydney that sells this kind of food—I took Chuck there a few times before, and his favorite food seems to be the Australian-style Kung Pao Chicken that has been improved by foreign chefs. .

"Wrap the Kung Pao Chicken in the dough, then throw it into the water and boil it." She thought for a while, and finally gave this explanation, "But this time I didn't order the chicken, but the loofah egg. "

After a while, a plate of steamed dumplings was served on the table.

"Although the phenomenon of Westernization in Hong Kong is serious, you can still eat very authentic Chinese food in this kind of place."

Su Li poked the skin of a round dumpling with the tip of a chopstick, and the fragrant and delicious juice immediately leaked out of the broken mouth.

"Try it?" Behind the rising water vapor, even the corners of her eyes were tinged with a smile.

He agreed without hesitation.

But how to use this thing... Chuck imitated her appearance very uncoordinatedly, and clamped the two bamboo chopsticks between his fingers.

"...You don't know how to use chopsticks." Seeing his antics, Su Li made a slight "poof" and came to a conclusion as expected.

"...Who said that?" Chuck twitched his forehead when he was mercilessly poked at his weakness, and immediately retorted stiffly.

Su Li raised her fingertips and tapped the wireless earphones hanging from her ears, making a crisp knocking sound, "I heard you complaining in your heart 'how to use this thing'-here, let me teach you how to use it."

She stretched out her hand, and the soft palm around him wrapped around the knuckles where he was holding the chopsticks. She opened the slender fingers one by one, adjusted the angle of the chopsticks upside down, and then closed the fingers.

"This one is held upside down." After all the busy work, she still felt that something was wrong. After observing for a while, she finally tapped the bamboo chopstick on the left that was slightly warmed by the steaming body temperature.

"...It's so troublesome, I won't study anymore."

After finally getting the posture right and having difficulties with how to use it, Chuck wrestled with the two chopsticks for a while, and finally gave up struggling and put them aside.

"Hey me." As if he had seized a good opportunity, he raised the corner of his mouth and pointed at the dumpling that had lost a lot of heat in the center of the table.

Having lost her temper for so many years, Su Li also felt that she was too talkative in front of him sometimes, not to mention that she had to compromise with him almost every time - she felt that she was almost spoiling him .While blaming herself in her heart, she picked up the chopsticks following his will. Her movements were as familiar as before, but her movements seemed a little jerky due to years of negligence, and she picked up a dumpling full of fillings and brought it to his mouth.

"Be careful, don't get burned." She did not forget to remind her carefully.

Chuck took a bite nonchalantly, but was scalded by the splashing juice and hot liquid, gasping for breath and making a low hiss.

With a helpless expression of "I told you so long ago", Su Li picked up another dumpling and let it cool down before putting it on the small porcelain plate in front of him.

Just like that, you and I ate all the dumplings one by one. During this period, Su Li and the boss chatted enthusiastically in Cantonese that was a little unfamiliar because they hadn't spoken for a long time.The other party told her that when Hong Kong was invaded by monsters for the first time, there was no current patron saint "Red Storm" mecha. At that time, most of the urban center and relatively isolated slums were destroyed. As a warning, the citizens, with the tacit approval of the government, built a temple* on the remains of the monster by themselves to commemorate the refugees who died in this disaster.

"On the remains of the monster?" Su Li asked with interest as if he hadn't had time to look around when he came to the base in Hong Kong last time. He suddenly noticed Chuck who was still trying to listen even though he didn't understand, so he hurried After asking the address and paying the bill, he dragged him towards the strange temple.

"I want to ask for a lottery there." On the way, Su Li explained to him the past history and specific uses of the temple. It sank down, "It's something that can be used to pray."

Although she is not very superstitious, this can always bring a little peace of mind.

Chuck didn't comment on this, letting her lead the steps and walking side by side with her.

Unexpectedly, the red alarm light on the communicator in his pocket flashed at this time.

It flickers on and off three times rhythmically, symbolizing the command of the base call.

"...We should go back."

Stopping abruptly, Su Li hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked in the direction of the return journey.

……

"A monster appeared?"

After receiving the call, Alice hurriedly dragged Yang Xi back, and was the first to push open the door of General Steck's office, and asked eagerly before she could gain a foothold.

"There is still no movement at the gap." Holding a glass of pure water with trembling fingers, Newton Gezel, whose body was drenched in cold sweat, forced a calm smile, his teeth chattered uncontrollably, and his body trembled. I shivered for a while.

The coagulated blood below his nose is particularly eye-catching.

"what happened to you?"

Alice took a few steps forward with concern, her emerald green eyes circling around the dazzling dark red, "...if there is no movement, then why are we coming back? The lobster I ordered hasn't arrived yet."

"It's nothing...it's just that I successfully communicated with the monster."

Newton drank a sip of cold water to dilute the bloody smell in his mouth, his expression was very embarrassed but he couldn't hide his pride.

"Varied……"

Not only Alice who was yelling, but even Yang Xi, who was always calm, showed a shocked expression, "Really? What did you find?"

"About this point, I want to wait until the drivers are all here." General Steck, who had been staring at the battle clock with his back to them, turned around, looked at the extremely empty room and frowned, "What about the others? ?”

A few minutes later, the rest of the drivers arrived one after another, and with the support of Herman, Newton stood up tremblingly, propping up a corner of the large desk, and facing the crowd clearly The throat opened and said:

"The plan to blow up the gap is not feasible."

Except for Su Li, who had been prepared in advance, the faces of the unknown people were full of doubts, and the tall and glamorous Russian female driver even put on a dissatisfied expression of "Are you playing with me?!"

Herman further explained: "The opening of the gap does not mean that the nuclear bomb can pass through smoothly. The gap can and can only read the monster, just like the checkout counter in the supermarket. Only after reading the barcode can the goods be released."

After taking a breath, Newton took over the conversation: "So, you have to disguise your barcode so that Gap thinks you are a monster too."

"...Who wants to pretend to be something ugly and deformed like that." A pair of brown eyes rolled up, and Chuck muttered under his breath, "What are we going to do, dress mechas in Halloween costumes?"

"Of course not." Herman vetoed solemnly, "Similar appearance is not enough—as I said, they must have the same barcode.

"In other words, you have to lock and cling to the monster to enter the gap."

The author has something to say: *Temple: A scene that appears in the movie.Asking for a lottery is a foreshadowing 2333

Another miscalculation, the next chapter is about two little monsters invading Hong Kong...

Regarding the street scene in Hong Kong in the movie, according to the director, it was a slum_(:з)∠)_ Later, there were also very modern skyscrapers XD Let’s not talk about misunderstanding and prejudice against China.I have never been to the slums in Hong Kong, the description is based on the scene in the movie XD

In fact, I still can't use chopsticks correctly... (.