Cyberpunk: My system is divided into good and evil
Chapter 163 Black Gold Miner
Chapter 163 Black Gold Miner
"Have you thought it through?" Sick's voice was very soft, but Han Shilin still heard a trace of undisguised malice in his voice.
"Of course." There was a sweet smile on Han Shilin's face, but her bright eyes were cold, without any trace of warmth.
"Very good!" Sick smiled, but his smile seemed a little stiff. "I will send your name to the board of directors... Just be ready to pack your things. You will set off this afternoon."
When Han Shilin nodded and walked out of the office, Xi Ke's face suddenly drooped, and he couldn't help but cursed in a low voice when he looked at Han Shilin's back: "You stinky bitch who pretends to be reserved!"
……
……
At the same moment, in the office on the top floor of the Anka Optics headquarters building.
Raphael stroked his cuffs, sat behind his desk and yawned, listening slightly to the report of a young man in front of him.
The young man has black hair.
The strands of the inch hair are sticking up, looking as hard as steel wires.
The young man has a square face with a straight nose and bright eyes.
He was even taller, and he was wearing a pure black tunic suit.
After a long time, Raphael interrupted the young man's report with a wave of his hand, then rubbed his temples with both hands, his eyes slightly divergent, as if he was thinking about something.
After a long time, Raphael sighed, "It seems we have no choice?"
"From the looks of it, it is indeed the case." The young man's eyes were piercing and his voice was loud.
"Osaka Reiko wants to kill Mick, so let's treat him in the same way." Raphael chuckled, his eyes softened and said: "Since they call themselves 'Blood Elk', let them take the blood Drain it."
"Lead the team to the Badlands." Raphael picked up a cup of hot coffee on the table and took a sip.
Feeling the sourness and bitterness of the black coffee, Raphael smiled, "By the way, bring Lupa Hilton and Jiang Shu back... Lupa's father gave a good price to his son."
The young man nodded, his eyes lit up, "Which battle mech do you think I will be more handsome this time?"
Raphael raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and after a while he couldn't make a choice and said: "The latest 'Yang Chun Xue' released by Ceramic Technology not long ago is very good."
The young man nodded approvingly, and said with a smile, "Then I'll try this mecha for you."
……
……
Badlands, the small town of Ole.
The area of Aole Town is quite large, in terms of area alone, it is as large as the sum of Turing Town and Bloody Night Town that Jiang Shu passed through before.
The homeless population here is also quite large.
The moment he walked into Aole Town, Jiang Shu suddenly had the illusion of going back to his previous life in the countryside to attend a big market.
The buildings that are neither too short nor too tall stand tall on both sides of the narrow street. The gray and black tones match the yellow sand rolled up from time to time outside the town, reminding Jiang Shu of where this place is.
To be honest, these days, as long as he sees something that is easy to touch the scene, those pictures of the past will always appear in front of Jiang Shu's eyes.
Those people and things covered with a layer of yellow veil in memory always inexplicably make his eyes well up with tears.
But he could clearly feel that although he missed it, he didn't long to return to those days.
How did you say that sentence in Wulin Gaiden?
Some people have the wind in their blood, and they are destined to wander by nature.
At this time, Jiang Shu felt his arm being hit.
Looking over, Jiang Shu saw Jiagu Jizi staring at him suspiciously, "What's wrong with you? Did you get sand in your eyes?"
Jiang Shu smiled, "I just suddenly miss home."
"Oh." Koko Noriko pursed her lips, and then handed over a lollipop she just bought, "It's sweet."
Jiang Shu raised his eyebrows, took it, tore off the wrapping paper and stuffed it into his mouth.
Feeling the sweetness in his mouth, Jiang Shu felt a lot better immediately.
Looking around at the bustling crowd, Jiang Shu thought for a while, and said, "Lupa, you and Ji Zi will find a place to live first, and Han Meng and I will find something to eat, and we will contact the communication terminal later."
The three looked at each other, then nodded in unison.
So at the next fork, the four of them left in groups of two and began to search for their targets.
After a long detour, Jiang Shu and Han Meng finally found a fast food restaurant and ordered a few hungry staple foods.
While waiting for the food to be delivered, Jiang Shu and Han Meng sat in front of the fast food restaurant and began to look around on their own.
Soon, Jiang Shu, who has a keen ear, quickly got to know the town of Aole by relying on Jarvis's nagging and discussions with some homeless people around him.
The small town of Aole was built by the Teluo tribe. It is the largest town nearby and the only town nearby with a tribal population of more than 5 people.
Among the 5 people, 40.00% are homeless, and most of their work is mining.
The small town of Aole is only forty to fifty kilometers away from "Hermos" controlled by the blood elk.
Every day they need to go to the black gold mine of "Hermos" to work in order to get paid by the blood elk.
It has to be said that although Blood Elk acts perversely, cruelly and has no moral bottom line.
But it is true that you are willing to spend money.
Listening to the comments of the wanderers on the side, mining in the black gold veins of Hermos, the monthly income is not much lower than that of some middle-class people in Emerald City.
Blood Elk is not a charitable organization, so there is a reason why the salary is so high - mining black gold is extremely dangerous.
The black gold nuggets circulating on the market are the products of raw ore mining and special treatment.
The real black gold veins have strong radiation!
Black gold can absorb the radiation value of the surrounding area, thus causing itself to be filled with radiation value.
But after the black gold absorbs the radiation value, it can confine the radiation value within five centimeters around it.
In other words, as long as you don't touch the raw black gold ore, it is absolutely safe for you.
But to collect black gold, you must touch it.
A large black gold vein, the scattered layout of black gold is actually fragmented.
It doesn't appear concentratedly in a certain position—it appears piecemeal among the rocks.
As a result, the collection of black gold cannot be industrialized at all, and the work of collecting black gold rough stones must be done by the most primitive methods.
But the radiation value of black gold rough is quite high.
Even if miners wear isolation suits as thick as astronauts' spacesuits when collecting, it is still difficult to completely isolate the radiation.
Those invisible and intangible radiation will slowly seep into the skin and flesh of the miners, thus depriving them of their lives.
Nomads in the Badlands are short-lived, and black gold miners are even more so.
However, in a place like the Badlands, where life can be lost at any time, the length of life is actually irrelevant to the wanderers.
In the limited length of life, being able to be as chic and happy as possible is what they will consider.
Carrying the packed food, Jiang Shu and Han Meng walked along the address sent by Jiagu Jizi on the communication terminal.
Probably because of what he heard at the restaurant just now, Jiang Shu was walking on the street this time, looking at the homeless people in a hurry around him.
Sure enough, Jiang Shu found that the homeless people in the town of Aole were indeed more mutated than the homeless people in the previous small towns.
It didn't take long for Jiang Shu and Han Meng to find the hotel marked on Jiagu Jizi's information.
After going up to the second floor of the hotel and bringing the food to Jiagu Noriko and Lupa, Jiang Shu took his share and walked into the room that Jiagu Noriko had opened for him.
The room is small, with only a bed, a taupe desk, a wooden armchair, and an LCD TV hanging on the wall.
Picking up the remote control on the table and turning on the TV, Jiang Shu found that it was the current political news of Emerald City News Channel 54.
It seems that the antennas that were pulled up by thieves on the roof of the hotel were not inserted for nothing.
After a few glances at the seriously untrue reports, Jiang Shu sat down at his desk and began to eat without much interest.
In the ear, Jarvis's voice sounded immediately, "Sir, I sorted out the materials of the 'Gene Warrior' research base by category, and screened out the more important materials."
"Tell me." Jiang Shu raised his eyebrows.
"For more than ten years, the final scientific research results of the research base are those monsters." Jarvis said slowly, "In the central computer of the research base, there is a formula for people to mutate into monsters!"
"There is no need for surgery, no need to change the genetic sequence of the subject, only one injection is needed.
"Oral administration or injection can transform humans into the gray bald monsters we encountered in the back mountains within a week!"
"After screening, the only piece of information in the research base is the one that Han Mengmeng wants to obtain with the highest probability." Jarvis paused, and continued with a smile in his voice:
"The rest are all related patents derived from the experimental base over the past decade or so. I also found a lot of patents on how to effectively improve skin strain and how to remove wrinkles in a healthy way."
"Sir, after you return to Emerald City, with these materials, you can set up a beauty salon. The results are guaranteed to be heaven-defying, and repeat customers will explode."
"Han Mengmeng wants this formula. It seems that he wants everyone in the blood elk to turn into monsters, so as to avenge the family members of the tribe. This is..." Jiang Shu ignored Jarvis's joke, and many eyebrows appeared. Puzzled, "But why didn't the researchers of Osaka Military Industry destroy such important data when they evacuated?"
"Are they so confident that the secret of 'Dwarf Mountain' will not be discovered by others? Or do they simply not care if this information is leaked?"
Jiang Shu scratched his head a little angrily, and couldn't figure it out.
……
……
At this moment, the sun has moved to the western corner of the sky, and is obviously about to set.
On the almost endless black evil land, the western sky was brewed into a brilliant red sunset glow.
Under the glow of the red sunset, the surrounding sky looked orange-yellow, as if it had been smeared with jam, which was inexplicably beautiful.
A dilapidated asphalt road under an orange sky.
The car roared and rolled over the broken road, crushing many fine particles on it, and flying many fine yellow sand and stones.
Originally, the convoy was pure black when it set off from Emerald City. At this moment, the front and body of the car had already been covered with a layer of yellow sand, making it look dirty.
The four doors of the black jeep in the center of the convoy had obvious dents and scratches.
Apparently, even though the car was protected in the very center of the convoy, it was still hit by a few shells by road bums on the Badlands.
However, the armor of this special jeep was strong, and apart from the slight dent in the door, there was no other damage.
After traveling almost day and night, the security convoy commanded by Lucifer was almost approaching the small town of Turing marked on the map.
When they got there, they had to stop and rest for a while, and replenish some food and water.
However, just a few minutes later, the truck at the front of the convoy braked suddenly, stopping the convoy's progress.
Soon, a radio call from the truck sounded in the jeep that Lucifer was in, "Sir, there is something wrong ahead... Would you like to come down and take a look yourself?"
Lucifer frowned strangely, then opened the door and got out of the car.
Just getting out of the car, with his excellent eyesight, he saw an incredible scene - a town completely carbonized.
The second half of the town has disappeared, and it seems to have turned into black dust on the ground.
The first half is a lifelike pure black that still stands in place - all kinds of cars, densely packed homeless people with frightened faces, and houses that cannot see their original color.
All this in front of me seems to be a horrible black and white cartoon, which makes people feel a sense of shuddering.
"Did the city defense force launch a strategic missile here?" Lucifer walked forward slowly, as if he wanted to see more clearly, "Or the old men in the city council ordered the use of orbital bombing?"
Soon, an armed policeman wearing a fully enclosed combat helmet inserted a huge silver-white stick-shaped instrument into the already carbonized town boundary.
Soon, the policeman approached Lu Xihua, "Sir, the time of the explosion should be around noon today, and the center of the explosion is not here, it should be more than ten miles away."
As he spoke, the policeman pointed towards the back hill of Turing Town, "The drone will be able to transmit back images of the center of the explosion in half an hour."
Lucifer followed the direction his finger was pointing at, and saw a silver police drone flying there.
"Let the drone capture the images, and we continue to set off, aiming for 'Hermos'." Lucifer rubbed his palms and suppressed the shock in his eyes, "Many wanderers on the road mentioned this dare to compete with Alsace. Competing 'Ermos', I don't know why, but I feel that Lupa and Jiang Shu will definitely go there..."
"As ordered, sir."
……
……
At the same time, seven trucks with the "Anka Optics" LOGO on their bodies just drove out of the Emerald City and entered the edge of the Badlands.
I saw these seven trucks driving to the edge of Emerald City and then stopped abruptly.
Immediately, the carriage of the truck deformed and shrank, revealing seven combat mechas in the carriage under the orange sunset!
I just checked and found that part of the content of the chapter is repeated... It has been re-uploaded. You can click on the directory to download it again, and it will be the re-uploaded chapter~ Bringing a bad reading experience It's my fault, I won't do it in the future!
(End of this chapter)
"Have you thought it through?" Sick's voice was very soft, but Han Shilin still heard a trace of undisguised malice in his voice.
"Of course." There was a sweet smile on Han Shilin's face, but her bright eyes were cold, without any trace of warmth.
"Very good!" Sick smiled, but his smile seemed a little stiff. "I will send your name to the board of directors... Just be ready to pack your things. You will set off this afternoon."
When Han Shilin nodded and walked out of the office, Xi Ke's face suddenly drooped, and he couldn't help but cursed in a low voice when he looked at Han Shilin's back: "You stinky bitch who pretends to be reserved!"
……
……
At the same moment, in the office on the top floor of the Anka Optics headquarters building.
Raphael stroked his cuffs, sat behind his desk and yawned, listening slightly to the report of a young man in front of him.
The young man has black hair.
The strands of the inch hair are sticking up, looking as hard as steel wires.
The young man has a square face with a straight nose and bright eyes.
He was even taller, and he was wearing a pure black tunic suit.
After a long time, Raphael interrupted the young man's report with a wave of his hand, then rubbed his temples with both hands, his eyes slightly divergent, as if he was thinking about something.
After a long time, Raphael sighed, "It seems we have no choice?"
"From the looks of it, it is indeed the case." The young man's eyes were piercing and his voice was loud.
"Osaka Reiko wants to kill Mick, so let's treat him in the same way." Raphael chuckled, his eyes softened and said: "Since they call themselves 'Blood Elk', let them take the blood Drain it."
"Lead the team to the Badlands." Raphael picked up a cup of hot coffee on the table and took a sip.
Feeling the sourness and bitterness of the black coffee, Raphael smiled, "By the way, bring Lupa Hilton and Jiang Shu back... Lupa's father gave a good price to his son."
The young man nodded, his eyes lit up, "Which battle mech do you think I will be more handsome this time?"
Raphael raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and after a while he couldn't make a choice and said: "The latest 'Yang Chun Xue' released by Ceramic Technology not long ago is very good."
The young man nodded approvingly, and said with a smile, "Then I'll try this mecha for you."
……
……
Badlands, the small town of Ole.
The area of Aole Town is quite large, in terms of area alone, it is as large as the sum of Turing Town and Bloody Night Town that Jiang Shu passed through before.
The homeless population here is also quite large.
The moment he walked into Aole Town, Jiang Shu suddenly had the illusion of going back to his previous life in the countryside to attend a big market.
The buildings that are neither too short nor too tall stand tall on both sides of the narrow street. The gray and black tones match the yellow sand rolled up from time to time outside the town, reminding Jiang Shu of where this place is.
To be honest, these days, as long as he sees something that is easy to touch the scene, those pictures of the past will always appear in front of Jiang Shu's eyes.
Those people and things covered with a layer of yellow veil in memory always inexplicably make his eyes well up with tears.
But he could clearly feel that although he missed it, he didn't long to return to those days.
How did you say that sentence in Wulin Gaiden?
Some people have the wind in their blood, and they are destined to wander by nature.
At this time, Jiang Shu felt his arm being hit.
Looking over, Jiang Shu saw Jiagu Jizi staring at him suspiciously, "What's wrong with you? Did you get sand in your eyes?"
Jiang Shu smiled, "I just suddenly miss home."
"Oh." Koko Noriko pursed her lips, and then handed over a lollipop she just bought, "It's sweet."
Jiang Shu raised his eyebrows, took it, tore off the wrapping paper and stuffed it into his mouth.
Feeling the sweetness in his mouth, Jiang Shu felt a lot better immediately.
Looking around at the bustling crowd, Jiang Shu thought for a while, and said, "Lupa, you and Ji Zi will find a place to live first, and Han Meng and I will find something to eat, and we will contact the communication terminal later."
The three looked at each other, then nodded in unison.
So at the next fork, the four of them left in groups of two and began to search for their targets.
After a long detour, Jiang Shu and Han Meng finally found a fast food restaurant and ordered a few hungry staple foods.
While waiting for the food to be delivered, Jiang Shu and Han Meng sat in front of the fast food restaurant and began to look around on their own.
Soon, Jiang Shu, who has a keen ear, quickly got to know the town of Aole by relying on Jarvis's nagging and discussions with some homeless people around him.
The small town of Aole was built by the Teluo tribe. It is the largest town nearby and the only town nearby with a tribal population of more than 5 people.
Among the 5 people, 40.00% are homeless, and most of their work is mining.
The small town of Aole is only forty to fifty kilometers away from "Hermos" controlled by the blood elk.
Every day they need to go to the black gold mine of "Hermos" to work in order to get paid by the blood elk.
It has to be said that although Blood Elk acts perversely, cruelly and has no moral bottom line.
But it is true that you are willing to spend money.
Listening to the comments of the wanderers on the side, mining in the black gold veins of Hermos, the monthly income is not much lower than that of some middle-class people in Emerald City.
Blood Elk is not a charitable organization, so there is a reason why the salary is so high - mining black gold is extremely dangerous.
The black gold nuggets circulating on the market are the products of raw ore mining and special treatment.
The real black gold veins have strong radiation!
Black gold can absorb the radiation value of the surrounding area, thus causing itself to be filled with radiation value.
But after the black gold absorbs the radiation value, it can confine the radiation value within five centimeters around it.
In other words, as long as you don't touch the raw black gold ore, it is absolutely safe for you.
But to collect black gold, you must touch it.
A large black gold vein, the scattered layout of black gold is actually fragmented.
It doesn't appear concentratedly in a certain position—it appears piecemeal among the rocks.
As a result, the collection of black gold cannot be industrialized at all, and the work of collecting black gold rough stones must be done by the most primitive methods.
But the radiation value of black gold rough is quite high.
Even if miners wear isolation suits as thick as astronauts' spacesuits when collecting, it is still difficult to completely isolate the radiation.
Those invisible and intangible radiation will slowly seep into the skin and flesh of the miners, thus depriving them of their lives.
Nomads in the Badlands are short-lived, and black gold miners are even more so.
However, in a place like the Badlands, where life can be lost at any time, the length of life is actually irrelevant to the wanderers.
In the limited length of life, being able to be as chic and happy as possible is what they will consider.
Carrying the packed food, Jiang Shu and Han Meng walked along the address sent by Jiagu Jizi on the communication terminal.
Probably because of what he heard at the restaurant just now, Jiang Shu was walking on the street this time, looking at the homeless people in a hurry around him.
Sure enough, Jiang Shu found that the homeless people in the town of Aole were indeed more mutated than the homeless people in the previous small towns.
It didn't take long for Jiang Shu and Han Meng to find the hotel marked on Jiagu Jizi's information.
After going up to the second floor of the hotel and bringing the food to Jiagu Noriko and Lupa, Jiang Shu took his share and walked into the room that Jiagu Noriko had opened for him.
The room is small, with only a bed, a taupe desk, a wooden armchair, and an LCD TV hanging on the wall.
Picking up the remote control on the table and turning on the TV, Jiang Shu found that it was the current political news of Emerald City News Channel 54.
It seems that the antennas that were pulled up by thieves on the roof of the hotel were not inserted for nothing.
After a few glances at the seriously untrue reports, Jiang Shu sat down at his desk and began to eat without much interest.
In the ear, Jarvis's voice sounded immediately, "Sir, I sorted out the materials of the 'Gene Warrior' research base by category, and screened out the more important materials."
"Tell me." Jiang Shu raised his eyebrows.
"For more than ten years, the final scientific research results of the research base are those monsters." Jarvis said slowly, "In the central computer of the research base, there is a formula for people to mutate into monsters!"
"There is no need for surgery, no need to change the genetic sequence of the subject, only one injection is needed.
"Oral administration or injection can transform humans into the gray bald monsters we encountered in the back mountains within a week!"
"After screening, the only piece of information in the research base is the one that Han Mengmeng wants to obtain with the highest probability." Jarvis paused, and continued with a smile in his voice:
"The rest are all related patents derived from the experimental base over the past decade or so. I also found a lot of patents on how to effectively improve skin strain and how to remove wrinkles in a healthy way."
"Sir, after you return to Emerald City, with these materials, you can set up a beauty salon. The results are guaranteed to be heaven-defying, and repeat customers will explode."
"Han Mengmeng wants this formula. It seems that he wants everyone in the blood elk to turn into monsters, so as to avenge the family members of the tribe. This is..." Jiang Shu ignored Jarvis's joke, and many eyebrows appeared. Puzzled, "But why didn't the researchers of Osaka Military Industry destroy such important data when they evacuated?"
"Are they so confident that the secret of 'Dwarf Mountain' will not be discovered by others? Or do they simply not care if this information is leaked?"
Jiang Shu scratched his head a little angrily, and couldn't figure it out.
……
……
At this moment, the sun has moved to the western corner of the sky, and is obviously about to set.
On the almost endless black evil land, the western sky was brewed into a brilliant red sunset glow.
Under the glow of the red sunset, the surrounding sky looked orange-yellow, as if it had been smeared with jam, which was inexplicably beautiful.
A dilapidated asphalt road under an orange sky.
The car roared and rolled over the broken road, crushing many fine particles on it, and flying many fine yellow sand and stones.
Originally, the convoy was pure black when it set off from Emerald City. At this moment, the front and body of the car had already been covered with a layer of yellow sand, making it look dirty.
The four doors of the black jeep in the center of the convoy had obvious dents and scratches.
Apparently, even though the car was protected in the very center of the convoy, it was still hit by a few shells by road bums on the Badlands.
However, the armor of this special jeep was strong, and apart from the slight dent in the door, there was no other damage.
After traveling almost day and night, the security convoy commanded by Lucifer was almost approaching the small town of Turing marked on the map.
When they got there, they had to stop and rest for a while, and replenish some food and water.
However, just a few minutes later, the truck at the front of the convoy braked suddenly, stopping the convoy's progress.
Soon, a radio call from the truck sounded in the jeep that Lucifer was in, "Sir, there is something wrong ahead... Would you like to come down and take a look yourself?"
Lucifer frowned strangely, then opened the door and got out of the car.
Just getting out of the car, with his excellent eyesight, he saw an incredible scene - a town completely carbonized.
The second half of the town has disappeared, and it seems to have turned into black dust on the ground.
The first half is a lifelike pure black that still stands in place - all kinds of cars, densely packed homeless people with frightened faces, and houses that cannot see their original color.
All this in front of me seems to be a horrible black and white cartoon, which makes people feel a sense of shuddering.
"Did the city defense force launch a strategic missile here?" Lucifer walked forward slowly, as if he wanted to see more clearly, "Or the old men in the city council ordered the use of orbital bombing?"
Soon, an armed policeman wearing a fully enclosed combat helmet inserted a huge silver-white stick-shaped instrument into the already carbonized town boundary.
Soon, the policeman approached Lu Xihua, "Sir, the time of the explosion should be around noon today, and the center of the explosion is not here, it should be more than ten miles away."
As he spoke, the policeman pointed towards the back hill of Turing Town, "The drone will be able to transmit back images of the center of the explosion in half an hour."
Lucifer followed the direction his finger was pointing at, and saw a silver police drone flying there.
"Let the drone capture the images, and we continue to set off, aiming for 'Hermos'." Lucifer rubbed his palms and suppressed the shock in his eyes, "Many wanderers on the road mentioned this dare to compete with Alsace. Competing 'Ermos', I don't know why, but I feel that Lupa and Jiang Shu will definitely go there..."
"As ordered, sir."
……
……
At the same time, seven trucks with the "Anka Optics" LOGO on their bodies just drove out of the Emerald City and entered the edge of the Badlands.
I saw these seven trucks driving to the edge of Emerald City and then stopped abruptly.
Immediately, the carriage of the truck deformed and shrank, revealing seven combat mechas in the carriage under the orange sunset!
I just checked and found that part of the content of the chapter is repeated... It has been re-uploaded. You can click on the directory to download it again, and it will be the re-uploaded chapter~ Bringing a bad reading experience It's my fault, I won't do it in the future!
(End of this chapter)
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