Do androids dream of the sun?

Everyone was silent, their faces ashen.Aaron cursed in a low voice, motioned for several people to back off, and raised his leg to kick up a few times.The iron door shook violently, the rusty iron chain was unbearable to violence, and the two links near the doorknob seemed to be loose, and it was only a matter of time before they were completely disconnected.

Aaron took the task, and Zhong Ziyang saw that he was not needed here, so he dragged Xiao Le downstairs: "Let's go down and have a look."

Lu Xiang held an iron rod picked up from the ground in his hand, and confronted Black and his party at a distance.I don't know whether it was because he was afraid of Lu Xiang's terrifying mechanical prosthesis, or because he wanted to keep his hospitable mask, Black led his subordinates to stand more than ten meters away, and did not move at her.

The burly young man on Black's left was impatient with the long silence, and spoke first: "We entertain you kindly, what does that mean?"

"Good intentions?" Lu Xiang looked at Black, "I think there are ulterior motives."

"Empty words are nothing, you can't wrong us." Blake seemed to have expected this long ago, and his face remained unchanged when he heard the words, "If I really want to attack you, wouldn't it be easier to do it on the road while it is foggy? Bring it to base camp?"

Seeing that Lu didn't want to answer, he added swearingly: "Besides, our village has lived here for more than ten years, and we have never done anything wrong."

"Oh, really?" Lu Xiang sneered, with a sarcastic tone, "But in your village, even the names are stolen."

Black's expression froze, and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "I don't know where you heard the rumors. This village has been called Delos since the day it was established. Tell me, whose name did you steal?"

Lu Xiang held back his rebuttals, glanced at Lu Nian, but swallowed them all, and said vaguely: "I know whoever steals it."

Black's subordinates clamored to express their dissatisfaction, but Black didn't stop them. His dark eyes seemed to make a hole in Lu Xiang's face. He had been occupying the magpie's nest for many years, and he wanted to take advantage of the gap of the real free army to recuperate. , completely replacing this title, these few guys who play an important role in Area A are simply opportunities that fell from the sky and gave him.His original plan was indeed to start halfway, but he changed his mind after seeing Lu Xiang's face that looked like Lu Nian. Who would have expected that she would be the one who ruined his good deeds in the end.

The sound of kicking the door from above became more and more intense, and Blake became a little impatient, thinking that instead of playing tricks here, it would be better to tie them all back.At this moment, Lu Nian grabbed his sleeve and lifted his chin slightly towards the stairs.

Zhong Ziyang and Xiao Le walked down the stairs, Blake's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw the board in Zhong Ziyang's hand that had not been put away in the future, and the idea that was about to be put into practice suddenly had a legitimate reason.He pointed to the palm-sized wooden board: "I just thought you were thieves and shouted "stop thief!" Before Lu could speak, he raised his hand and said loudly, "Catch them, don't let these thieves get away!"

Lu Nian beside him quietly withdrew her hand, and when she raised her eyes, she happened to bump into Lu Xiang's complicated gaze. She nodded towards Lu Xiang leisurely, as if turning a blind eye to the upcoming fight, those beautiful eyes Li is clearly full of tenderness, but is chillingly indifferent.She resumed her original posture, standing there with her hands clasped, like a perfect wax figure.

Black's words were like a match that detonated a bomb. Before Zhong Ziyang and Xiao Le could react, they saw a group of angry young people rushing towards them with anger. Join the battle together.

More than a dozen people were crowded on the narrow stairs, and they became a mess. The sound of weapons being exchanged was as intense as the sound of kicking the door above. However, the occasional shouts from Black and his subordinates added a bit of humor to the tense atmosphere.

It was Zhong Ziyang's first time fighting in a group, and his best knife was useless at all, so he could only learn from Lu Xiang. He picked up a dusty iron rod from the side of the stairs and waved it chaotically, almost being shot by one of them. The stick hit the face.He was about to have a seizure, but a hand suddenly reached out from behind, grabbed the man by the collar, and threw the guy down the stairs. The sound of his back touching the cement floor felt painful.

He blinked back, "Thank you."

"Yeah." Xiao Le rubbed the back of his head calmly, and kicked the guy next to him who looked angry and wanted to sneak attack down the stairs with ease.

In fact, Xiao Le was the only one with real fighting power. At first, the three of them had the upper hand, but after a long time, it was a bit difficult after all.Blake may have discovered this, and his momentum was even stronger than before. If you kick one down, another one will fill it up, like a swarm of flies that cannot be killed.

The three had no choice but to retreat while fighting, until they reached the top of the first flight of stairs, when there was a deafening loud noise from above.

The door is open!

Zhong Ziyang's eyes lit up, and he winked at Xiao Le and Lu Xiang, indicating that they were going to retreat, and put the stick in front of him, intending to catch the other party by surprise.Unexpectedly, before he could make a move, untimely gunshots rang out suddenly, and all the noise was silenced in the blink of an eye, leaving only the reverberation echoing in the empty secret passage.

In the silence where only the sound of breathing could be heard, Zhong Ziyang heard a painful cry.

Lu Xiang leaned against the plaster wall, and the bullet passed through her lute bone, leaving a horrible blood hole. The fabric on the shoulder of the windbreaker was dyed dark, and the blue blood gathered into a puddle on the ground.

Black stood at the bottom of the stairs, still holding a pitch-black pistol in trembling hands, his eyes were burning with anger, and his expression was gloomy and crazy: "I said, don't even try to run away."

Lu wanted to squeeze out a soft hum from his throat, still carrying a sense of sarcasm, which clearly reached Black's ears.

"What are you so proud of?! You don't even know who you are relying on!" Black became more angry, pointing his gun at Lu Lu, thinking, "They are a group of demons! These are the people who put your kind... ah!"

The sudden gunshot interrupted his long speech, Blake's shoulder was bleeding profusely, and the small pistol fell to the ground. He looked at Xiao Le in disbelief, obviously not expecting that the other party also had a pistol.

The thunderous gunshot lingered in Zhong Ziyang's ears for a long time, he turned his head in a daze, and saw Xiao Le put down the gun, and quickly said to himself: "Let's go."

Zhong Ziyang quickly regained his senses, and subconsciously held the iron rod by the waist and pushed forward forcefully. The man in front of him was caught off guard and fell down the stairs screaming, rolling into a ball with his companions.He turned around without hesitation, supported Lu Xiang with Xiao Le on the left and right, and ran upstairs without looking back. The series of movements were so smooth that there was no chance for Black and his party to react.

Du Ningqi and Aaron had been waiting outside for a long time. When they came out, they slammed the iron door shut. The two tacitly rewound the iron chain between the doorknob and the iron ring on the wall, and put the broken ring back together. Stuck firmly on the doorknob, then picked up the iron rod that Zhong Ziyang brought out and inserted it in, and locked the iron door tightly. This time, he had to kick it for at least half an hour.

The house where the secret passage was hidden was similar to the one they entered. It was dilapidated and old, the roof leaked, the windows leaked, and the door was useless.They were worried that Black would send another person to attack back and forth, so they didn't dare to stay too long. They simply bandaged Lu Xiang, and then plunged into the thicker and thicker white mist.

Not long after they left, they had to temporarily find a safer place to stop to check on Lu Xiang's injuries.

Lu Xiang sat leaning against a half-collapsed plaster wall, her face was extremely pale, the blood on her shoulders never stopped, and the blood left traces on the rubble and sand, like a blooming blue lotus.

Du Ningqi is not an expert in this field, so he can only stand aside worriedly.Aaron frowned, and his face was not very good-looking. When he saw Xiao Le got up, he asked, "How is it?"

Xiao Le shook his head.

"Our medicine doesn't work for her." Zhong Ziyang held the gauze that he had just taken from Lu Xiang's wound in his hand, and the blue had already seeped out of the surface after only a few minutes' walk, he whispered, "It stands to reason, The self-healing ability of this model should be very strong, but she has been unable to stop the bleeding."

"Because of the experiment." Xiao Le said.

Everyone remained silent in unison. There was no doubt that if Lu Xiang's situation continued, she would die.

If in Area A, there were countless experts and abundant resources who could save her life, but now in the middle of this barren ruins, even if there are two top genetic designers in Noah City present, they are still helpless.

They have witnessed three rebirths of bionics, one is a real birth, one is implanted with memory, and the other is the moment when they leave the store to have a name, but they have never seen the death of bionics, and they still pass by bit by bit. This method is a hundred times more cruel than a simple and sharp knife.

The appearance of Lu Xiang was a complete accident to them, but after five days of getting along, they had unintentionally accepted her into the range of companions.In fact, apart from her identity as a bionic person, she is just a brave, generous, playful and lovely girl.

Zhong Ziyang returned to Lu Xiang's side and helped her re-bandage the wound.Lu Xiang had anticipated her situation, she said softly, "Don't waste the medicine on me."

Zhong Ziyang was very persistent, applied hemostatic medicine to the wound, wiped away the blood around, and carefully wrapped it with gauze, but the blue color soon oozes out again.He stared at the ball of gauze for a while, then slumped his shoulders very weakly, with a sad expression on his face.

"It's okay, let it go, thank you." Lu Xiang didn't care, and advised Zhong Ziyang, "Don't make such an expression, it's no big deal."

Zhong Ziyang kept silent, collected the medicines on the ground, and stuffed them back into his backpack.

Lu wanted to see him like this, so he took the initiative to change the subject: "Speaking of which, I have something I wanted to ask you for a long time."

"what?"

"You said in the laboratory that you are my kind, is that true?"

Zhong Ziyang was taken aback, but she didn't expect that she would still remember that sentence purely to gain trust.He pursed his lips lightly and said honestly, "No."

"Well...that's right, Xiao Le is more similar than you." Lu Xiang said jokingly, she raised her hand again, lightly touching her index finger and thumb, "By the way, isn't the relationship between you two really like this? "

Zhong Ziyang was a little ashamed immediately: "No."

"Huh? You don't like him?"

"No..." Zhong Ziyang waved his hands again and again, "It's because he doesn't understand..."

"Oh, I see, that disease, right? I've seen it in Delos before." Lu Xiang pouted, "I don't know what's the relationship, let's talk about it first, don't you have a saying, It's called... 'Carpe Diem in Time'?"

Zhong Ziyang shook his head dumbfounded, his sad emotions completely disappeared, he took out a coat and covered her body: "Stop talking, take a good rest."

Lu Xiang had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, but a coat really didn't help. After a while, she curled up and shivered uncontrollably.

Someone next to him handed over a blanket. Lu wanted to look up, but Aaron said lightly, "Put it on."

Lu wanted to cover it on his body, and smiled at Aaron: "Thank you."

Aaron was taken aback: "You're welcome." He paused, then whispered, "Before... I'm sorry."

Lu Xiang looked at Du Ningqi, who nodded slightly at her. She smiled slightly, turned her head to Aaron and said, "It's nothing, don't quarrel over such silly questions in the future."

Aaron seemed a little embarrassed and gave a "huh".Lu Xiang watched him walk back to Du Ningqi's side, bending his mouth and looking away.

The breeze surged in the silence, blowing away the mist a little, and brought a series of faint footsteps.

"Someone is chasing you." Xiao Le stood up straight, looked in a certain direction solemnly, and said softly.

Everyone's eyes fell on Lu Xiang almost at the same time. She couldn't stand any more running around, but if she was left here, it would be really uneasy.

Lu wanted to know that they were in trouble, so she took the initiative to wave to Zhong Ziyang. Zhong Ziyang didn't know why, so he went to her and squatted down.

"You have helped me a lot along the way, and I have nothing to give you." Lu Xiang's voice was much weaker than before, drifting into the fog with the wind, she took out something and put it in Zhong Ziyang's hand, "... This is the signal flare of Delos, give it to you, and take it as my thank you."

It was a cold cylinder with a chimney-like pipe protruding from the top, and a sun-like symbol was engraved under the switch button.Zhong Ziyang felt that it was too expensive, so he quickly pushed it back, but Lu Xiang refused to take it back: "I planned to use it later... Your car was impounded by Black, and you must need other means of transportation to continue walking... …the people in Delos are very nice and will be willing to help."

There was some bitterness in Zhong Ziyang's throat: "You can use this to let them take you home."

Lu wanted to shake her head, she really wanted to go home, but she also knew that she would not last until then.

The sound of footsteps gradually became clear, and Lu Xiang urged against the wall: "Hurry up, you can't beat those aborigines in foggy days."

They didn't go far just now, and with Lu Xiang's blood leading the way, they were a group of headless flies waiting to be caught on other people's territory. If they left now, they could barely avoid being caught up by Black's men.

Zhong Ziyang didn't move, and Lu Xiang glanced at him: "I now believe that you are really not the same kind as me." After she finished speaking, she decisively stretched the mechanical prosthesis into the intertwined pile of steel bars next to it, trying to stick it firmly in the Inside, "Okay, I can't go anymore, you guys go quickly."

Zhong Ziyang gasped, and finally said nothing, took out something from his pocket and stuffed it into Lu Xiang's hand, then bit his lip and stood up.Xiao Le put his arms around his shoulders and patted him twice, thinking to Lu, "Do you want to send something to the people of Delos?"

"There's nothing to bring." Lu Xiang smiled, "I haven't thanked you for the shot just now."

Xiao Le said lightly: "You're welcome."

They didn't say goodbye, and left in a hurry before the pursuers arrived.Lu Xiang watched their backs become blurred little by little, and finally they were swallowed by the white mist and disappeared.

She spread out her other flexible hand, and in the palm lay a pink and white candy wrapped in cellophane, which was given to her by Zhong Ziyang.Lu wanted to use both hands and mouth to disassemble it and eat it. The peach aroma spread quickly, and there was an inexplicably familiar warm atmosphere that reminded her of Delos.

Lu Xiang suddenly felt that the position of her chest was empty for a while. She regretted that she lied just now, and she should ask Xiao Le to ask her mother-in-law next door what this feeling is called.That mother-in-law has taught her a lot since she came to Delos, like and love, joy and anger, the incomprehensible things she saw in Area A, she has the answer, presumably this time , she can also get the answer she wants.

Her consciousness became a little fuzzy, the blanket could no longer block the chill that surged in her body, and the forgotten memories, accompanied by the sweetness on the tip of her tongue, rushed back into her mind like a wave.She saw the shining ceiling lights in the Gold Cave in Area A, and Delos was like a burning sunset. She saw Lu Nian walking towards her. The stone pendant on her chest was brand new like a diamond. Brighten.

Lu Nian squatted down beside her, covered her face with his cold palm, and said, "Lu Xiang, thank you for coming to pick me up, let's go home."

Lu Xiangxiang nodded, and suddenly felt a little chill on her face. She thought it was Lu Nian or she was crying, but she thought again, bionics don't have lacrimal glands, so where did the tears come from.

She opened her eyes, she was not in Delos, and there was no Lu Nian beside her. After the water droplets diluted the long-lasting mist, they fell on her body mercilessly, which was icy cold.

It's raining.