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There seems to be a cloud of wind hanging above the motorcycle. Once the speed is increased, its strength will be great.

The M83 is easy to drive, and it does not follow the avenue on the bus line, and the bumps along the way are quite dense.Lu Ting was empty-handed but had no place to support, so he could only hold the side cover above the rear wheel with his calf. A pistol and an umbrella were placed on the back of his waist to support the hydrogen tank for energy, in case he was accidentally thrown over. overturned.

In fact, it took less than 2 minutes to drive, and the speed of the motorcycle has completely reached a stable state. The M83 is obviously accustomed to the road conditions and the almost zero shock absorption effect of the old motorcycle. It casually crosses the waste piled in the middle of the road, and the raincoat is facing the wind. Open it, catching the fluttering air, as if only the sleeves were still hanging on the arms, and the hem had already thrown itself in front of Lu Ting.

The slender waist below was wrapped in a plain black sweater, and occasionally a narrow section was exposed, which looked cold.

Lu Ting said to himself: You have to hold back, you have to be calm, you have to be reserved...

What a ghost.

"Your raincoat is almost floating!" he said loudly.

M83 responds.

Lu Ting went on to say: "Let me push it back for you." Probing, he pressed the bulging plastic on the waist of M83, and pulled down the curled sweater, "I can hold you ?"

This time the voice was lowered, and the whistling wind disappeared as soon as it blew, it seemed to be subconscious, Lu Ting shut his mouth and didn't expect the person in front of him to answer.

But I heard M83 say: "Hold on."

Lu Ting immediately embraced him contentedly, and before that, he quietly took off the mask, not daring to hug it, and not daring to put his face on that back.The raincoat was slippery and thick to the touch, he just wanted to... gently rub it with the tip of his nose.

The smell of rust was suddenly obvious, I don't know if it really became stronger or because it was too close, but it completely covered the smell of inferior plastic, and M83's flying hair also touched his forehead at this time.

So Lu Ting unconsciously tightened the hem of the clothes he was holding in his hands, as if he could grasp the pulse with a little more force, he closed his eyelids but opened his mouth, and took two more breaths.

The whole body is still dark, and under the low air pressure before midnight, the haze and dust have gathered more densely. Only a hole in the front is cut by the high beam, like a snow-white knife inserted into the black flannel under the dust, and the rest is still a few feet away. .The sense of intrusion was just like this on Lu Ting's shoulders, silently piling up all the time, but someone was next to him, leading him forward steadily and quickly, so it seemed that he didn't have to be afraid of night blindness after taking off the eyepiece.

Gradually, Lu Ting relaxed his body, leaned softly on the back of M83, crossed his hands around his waist.

The M83 was still driving intently, without any response.

"The lights are not turned on in these houses, and there is no sound," Lu Ting asked, "Is this also the case in your house?"

"No." The sound traveled from the air to the right ear, and also from the chest to the left ear.

"Does anyone live here?"

"They're all dying. They live here because they're addicted to drugs and have no money." M83 paused, "There are still some who are sick."

"What disease? Plague?"

"more than."

Lu Ting clenched his lips, and looked at the houses passing by again. They seemed to contain only one thing, and that was death, and he hurried past with nothing to do.This was something he had never heard of in the police academy, in the news or in the expansion packs.Previously, he learned that it was so troublesome to take the cross-river bus and the traffic control in the two areas was so strict. He thought it was just because of the customary separation between natural people and artificial people.

It was not until a few advertising signs began to appear on both sides of the narrow road, and human voices came out from the lit windows, that Lu Ting confirmed that he had entered the real settlement area of ​​most of the androids, which was ridiculed by the friends around him as the "Palace of Minos". biggest block.It really fits well with its other name, like an intricate labyrinth, intertwined with fleeting shadows and black mist, and the noise is hidden in the silent ruins. M83 also slows down the speed of the motorcycle a little, always dangerous and peaceful. Pedestrians brushed themselves off and eventually stopped in front of a bar.

There are only two floors, and it is built like a temporary gas station. In front of the windows on the second floor, there are giant neon lights with pink letters on a blue background, which looks unreasonably lonely at night. "Apollo," its name.

Despite this exaggerated signboard, the biggest difference between Apollo Bar and the surrounding buildings is that there is no garbage piled in the corner in front of its door.

"This is the place with the best environment nearby," M83 walked in first, "I have reserved a seat."

Lu Ting stepped up to keep up, bypassing a few fake trees full of empty wine bottles in the corridor, the feasting and feasting mixed with mixed smells rushed towards his face, the room was full of strangers and the room was full of strange pheromones, he didn't want to smell any of them, " Don't come here, can I go to your house?"

"No." M83 stopped in front of a high table, and on the wall directly opposite, the simulated grassland sunset was playing.

In other areas, there are schools of deep-sea fish, dense rainforests, and deserts under sunny days and white clouds.

Lu Ting angrily pulled away his chair and sat down on it.This place is actually quite clean in this chaotic hall, especially now that M83 is right in front of him, the smell of rust clearly pushes away other stimuli and fills his breath, which makes him feel a little comforted.

"Two glasses of beer." M83 said to the waitress standing by the table.

"I can't drink." Lu Ting raised his hand.

The waiter nodded and said softly, "Sir, our wine is synthetic. You can also choose a beer-flavored vegetarian drink, but the taste is similar and the alcohol content is zero."

Lu Ting was stunned: "Is that so? I just haven't drunk alcohol before."

Someone tried to force him on a blind date last time, but he just jumped out of the window and ran away.Now I suddenly want to try it.

M83 glanced at him, then looked at the waiter, but said, "Two glasses of water."

"Okay, wait a minute." The waiter turned around with a smile, and only then did Lu Ting see the fluorescent screen on the back of her head showing the battery level.

It turned out to be a bionic robot. The interface should be that of the generation about ten years ago. The feet slide on the electromagnetic track on the ground, which can realize wireless power supply at any time.

"Is there any juice? I want orange juice," Lu Ting called to stop him, "I'm treating you, and I'll also serve a fruit platter."

The robot turned around, bowed to him, and then opened the electronic menu and held it in the palm of his hand: "Sorry sir, this store does not provide natural food, if you need fruit drinks or vitamin candies, you can look at these."

"Forget it, just ask for water." Lu Ting looked away from it, a little uncomfortable.In a blink of an eye, M83 still looked indifferent, quietly looking at the golden-red horizon projected on the wall, with one hand resting on the back of the chair and the other on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Are you in a hurry to go home? Brothers and sisters." Lu Ting asked.

"They're all asleep." M83 said.

"Oh. That, you're right, I really didn't come to see the doctor," Lu Ting looked at the side face in a daze, crossed his hands under the table, and confessed, "But it's true to come to thank you." .I just want to make friends with you."

M83 turned around and actually smiled: "Friend?"

Although the smile was short, Lu Ting confirmed that he didn't miss it.The beauty of the artificial sunset is enough to make it look like real ones, and it is reflected in it without haste, a thin smile dazzles at the corners of his eyes and mouth, like a colorful snake passing through Lu Ting's throat, unable to grasp the scales and cannot see clearly Head and tail, only a little cold, a momentary fever.

Isn't it beautiful?Beauty never needs a reason.

Lu Ting said blankly: "Yes."

"I'm...very curious about you," he said again, "Can I come and play with you in the future? I also want to invite you to my house as a guest."

"Don't you have to work?" M83 asked back.

"I broke away from the original police station two days ago, and I haven't found a new home yet. That's about it." Lu Ting explained, "I didn't come here to investigate anything. I don't have official duties. It's just me. I didn't even bring a recorder, so don't be nervous."

But it seemed to be him who was nervous.

M83 just nodded, two glasses of pure water were brought to the table, he picked up his own glass and drank half of it.

Lu Ting also took a sip, bit the mark on the straw, and said: "It's your turn after a while, I guess you are—"

"Trash pickers." M83 raised his eyes.

The straw slipped out of his mouth and rested on his lower lip. Lu Ting opened his eyes and asked, "Where to pick it up?"

"Fourth Ward. I just live here."

Lu Ting was in a daze again. The fourth district, the land on the edge of the capital, was hundreds of kilometers away from the special zone where he usually lived, and it was more than [-] kilometers away from here. It was a land he had never set foot on—— A huge old battlefield has long been marked by the police as a no-man's land and abandoned directly. It is currently used for landfilling industrial waste and scrap metal.

During the global nuclear war more than 20 years ago, in order to block the rebel forces on the sea, a bomb was also detonated there.

"Is that where the Saxon River empties into the sea?" Lu Ting asked.

"Yes." M83 looked at the water in the glass.

When two people are talking, he will not turn his head to look at the sunset.

Lu Ting took a breath: "The radiation value over there must still be unsuitable for human habitation, right? Activities are not good either."

"So don't come to play with me."

"But I haven't been there yet, I want to go and have a look. Anyway, the radiation dust is floating everywhere, and the half-life period has never passed. They are all the same. If you are not afraid, I am not afraid," Lu Ting propped his left cheek, He tilted his head and looked at M83 intently, "And I don't have to go to work, and I'm bored every day. I want to pick it up with you. Now we're advocating recycling. There's no harm in having more helpers, right?"

M83 looked back at him and said, "Childish."

Lu Ting blinked: "How old are you?"

M83 went to look at the water again: "23."

Lu Ting smiled, dimpled sweetly: "I'm 19 years old! Of course I'm younger than you, don't talk about your age, that's a personal attack."

Sure enough, M83 still refused: "The problem is that I don't need help."

Lu Ting straightened his waist, with a serious face: "Don't look at me as an Omega. I am very strong. I can win fights at the police academy and 100 kg, and I can run very fast. Moreover, although I am My mind is so-so, I usually have a lot of messy things and I'm not hard-working enough, but I can guarantee that I won't suffer from squeamishness when I work."

Facing his self-talking obsession, M83 seemed helpless, and drank two sips of water before saying: "You are very interested in picking up trash? That's really boring."

"Yeah," Lu Ting was still laughing with a straw in his mouth, "who told me to like it—I just like to stay in broken copper and iron. The rust smell is very good." He blinked his eyelashes and turned his face away, No one dared to look at it.

Afterwards, both of them were quiet for a while, as if they fell into some kind of sudden shyness and embarrassment together, at least Lu Ting could confirm that he was like this.From the corner of the eye, I saw M83 rubbing between his brows, and heard him ask, "Is there someone to take you home?"

Lu Ting was anxious, and suddenly became extremely determined: "I'm not going home now, and I don't need anyone to pick me up."

"..."

"But if you're willing to take me to the station when the time comes, I'll be very happy."

"You take the umbrella."

"Is it raining outside?"

"I have another person to see. He will be here at one o'clock."

"You guys made an appointment before?"

"Ah."

Lu Ting was a little unresponsive for a while and understood that there were only ten minutes left, which meant that after a while, someone would come and sit in his current position?So close, so taken for granted, as a "friend"?Could it be that the reservation that M83 talked about before is also for an invitation at one o'clock.Lu Ting suddenly became overwhelmed, bewildered, wronged, and even envious... These things can be said to come in a flash, and it is the first time that they rush to his heart so densely, unreasonably want to push him home, hold his hand Courage seemed to make him unwilling to come back with a face in a short time.

But of course he refused. It was a long road, and he saw it clearly before he set off. There was no reason to retreat after taking half a step.The sentence "Then I'll come to you after two days later" was on the lips, but before I could say it, my eyes suddenly went dark.

It wasn't that he was dizzy, but it was the lighting problem. The setting sun went out, the grassland was gone, and the melodious old love songs disappeared in an instant. This piece of bare silence seemed out of place in an instant, and Lu Ting seemed to hear a little rain coming from outside the house Everyone was in an uproar in the sudden darkness.

Immediately afterwards, it turned into chaos, the indoor temperature cooled down rapidly, the electronic waiters and machine security guards probably also stopped working collectively, and the hall that lacked guidance was full of yelling and insulting.Since the electronic latch at the door had also lost power, they seemed unable to open the door and get out.

Lu Ting squeezed the mask tightly. In this case, even wearing night vision goggles will not have much ideal effect. It is nothing more than a huddled gray silhouette under infrared imaging. If you don't wear it, there will be a blurry The wavy halo is mixed in the thick black with no light source. If you want to see clearly, your eyes will be slack, and your head will become dizzy. Lu Ting knows that this is a problem with his eyes.

"The power is out." M83 seemed to stand beside him.

Lu Ting quickly jumped off the high stool and leaned towards him intuitively: "Is the main line out of order? Why is it all stopped?"

"Probably not." M83 walked away as he said that, with a firm sense of direction as if he had a clear destination.Lu Ting could only judge the location based on the smell of rust. He was afraid that he would lose the person while wearing the mask. He broke into a cold sweat in panic, but was stopped before he took out the flashlight and turned it on.

"Don't let others notice you." The familiar voice came to his ears, and a cool hand pressed his wrist.

Lu Ting instinctively held it back with his backhand, the thin calluses and hard bones at the heel of his palm were tightly grasped by him, he was really afraid of being pushed away.

Fortunately not. M83's breath didn't move far, "Follow me." He said.

Lu Ting didn't know how many people he had squeezed through, smelled several pungent smells, and kicked several table legs and corners. He only knew that M83 kept pulling him, with a restrained and steady force, and finally slammed He stopped, and there were no other people around. It seemed that he had reached a relatively internal area. He touched a glass door, and was suddenly blocked by someone behind him. The door was smashed by M83 in the next second.

"Turn on the flashlight." M83 let go of him, and stepped on the broken glass directly to enter the room. Lu Ting quickly turned the flashlight to the highest gear. Under the bright white light, this is a big room similar to a master control room. The screens of different sizes were all shut down, and the attendant, holding a glass of wine, fell drunk on the operating table and fell asleep. M83 squinted his eyes and looked around, as if automatically ignoring the existence of that person, and quickly squatted down, groped under the table against the wall, and pulled out a black case with both hands.

Lu Ting jumped over to wipe off the dust with him, and the sign on the top of the box was exposed, "SHOOPP", Lu Ting was really familiar with it, it was something produced by Faxiao Shurui's family before.

In fact, it is a spare universal battery.

It seems that it has become old. In the past, every family liked to keep a few batteries just in case, just like every stairwell has a place for a fire hydrant. Once, it is cost-effective and inconvenient, and although it is large, compared with the consumption of the entire bar, that little reserve is negligible.

Lu Ting held up the flashlight, and saw that M83 got up and cleaned up the main electrical box twice, took out a big plug, and was about to press it on the battery interface.

"That's not enough!" Lu Ting heard the commotion outside the door, someone should have followed the light to find it.

"Enough." M83 fixed the interface and hung the wire down casually. The bar did not restore power, and only a small screen and a host's power light lit up. Immediately, he sat cross-legged on the ground, pulled A worn-out keyboard was put on his lap, and he turned his head to take a quick glance. It might be Lu Ting, or it might be the chaos outside the door. "I'll get some electricity and help guard the door for 10 minutes."