Melted City

The road of the main city is like a wheel, radiating outward layer by layer. Area A is the core, a safe area, and the heart of the main city. The farther away from Area A, the more dangerous it is.

When the car drove to Area C, the street scene had changed a lot, and it was the chaos and dilapidation that Lian Chuan was used to seeing.

Compared with the safe zone, this is already a place where darkness breeds. Even the brightness of artificial sunlight has begun to decrease, and there is gradually some black mist floating in the air around it, like a few drops of paint falling into the water.

Area D is the last edge of the main city that can be called the main city. When you leave Area D, pass through the huge arches across the intersections and leave the control area of ​​the main city.

Outside is the black iron wasteland and ruins, the area abandoned by the main city.

Although there are still large areas that can be seen as part of the main city, under the ruined walls, it has long been the territory of the "bats".

"Is our team responsible for incidents above Category II?" Lu Qian suddenly asked from behind.

Lian Chuan didn't even bother to make an expression, and simply ignored his question.

"I know the rule is the closest, but many major bug incidents are handled by the six teams," Lu Qian said, "After all, you..."

"Southwest of Wine Lane," Lian Chuan suddenly said in a calm voice, "Luopan Jiang Xiaogan went through the back door, and the others continued to set the coordinates."

Halfway through the conversation, the car body has turned around suddenly and turned into an alley next to the H1 intersection in District C.

Lu Qian was unprepared, the strong inertia made him conditioned to grab Lian Chuan's belt, if it wasn't for the safety buckle, he would have been thrown out.

"Is there an emergency in area C?" Compass replied through the intercom.

The distance here is not close to the place where the target appears. Theoretically, the system will not have such a large error. If it is not that the target has tools, then there is an emergency.

"Yes." Lian Chuan didn't say much.

"Understood." Compass replied simply.

Lian Chuan has the authority to temporarily change the content of the task without affecting the clearing of the task objectives. When the system conflicts with Lian Chuan, the team members will rely on his judgment out of trust.

"Let go." Lian Chuan said.

This sentence didn't come from the intercom, Lu Qian was stunned before quickly loosening Lian Chuan's belt.

He tried his best to be proficient in the first mission, but he had to ask again: "Where is the sudden target?"

"Pay attention to the roof." Lian Chuan's car's driving height began to rise.

Lu Qian's professional grades must be good, but it's hard to say whether this style is suitable for the cleaning team, but among the few players who died in the school, he was the only one who came back. Lian Chuan couldn't understand the reason for it for a while.

"Understood." Lu Qian replied, and immediately stared back and forth at the roofs on both sides. Although not only the naked eye, but even the sensor didn't find anything, he firmly believed in Lian Chuan's judgment.

Because Lianchuan is a legend.

Not only the legend of the Ministry of Internal Defense, Lianchuan is the legend of the entire main city.

Lu Qian can casually tell more than five stories about him, which is easier than bragging about him in a tavern, all kinds of impossible tasks, all kinds of survivals, all kinds of... decisive killings.

He couldn't see the target, and the abnormality he felt at the beginning had disappeared, but Lian Chuan didn't doubt his judgment, he slowed down the speed of the car.

This alley is very long. The reason why it is called Wine Alley is that there are 49 small taverns arranged at different heights on both sides, and 61 of them have closed down.

Although there are also pubs in the safe area, the quality is better, but in addition to the high price, and because of the curfew in the main city, people who want to get drunk for a night can only come here.

Even though it is dilapidated and dark like it will never dawn, for many people, it is still a good place to forget their troubles.

"Not found." The voice of the compass came from the intercom.

"Watch it." Lian Chuan jumped off the hovering car after speaking, and walked deep into the wine alley.

Lu Qian followed him and jumped out of the car. Lian Chuan looked back and wanted him to stand by. He was a novice who just died yesterday. If he died again today, it would be too miserable.

But after hesitating for a while, he didn't speak.

If you die again, you may be able to see why Lu Qian was the only one who came back. After all, it is already very difficult to apply for the birth population, not to mention the death reset of the adult population.

After Lu Qian followed him for two steps, he made a move that could perfectly prove that he was a novice.

He walked towards the door of the tavern closest to him, and nodded to the guard at the door, a strong man with seven or eight black belts of different thicknesses tied all over his body: "Did you notice anything unusual?"

Eight black belts looked at him with disbelief in their eyes, and answered after a while: "Yes."

"What?" Lu Qian asked.

"A hyena came to ask me for directions. Do you think it's abnormal?" Eight black leather belts couldn't breathe after speaking, their faces were full of mockery.

Lu Qian obviously didn't consider such a scene, and was stunned.

Lian Chuan turned and walked over.

The eight black belts were still laughing: "It's too abnormal, isn't it? Let alone tonight, including yesterday, tomorrow and the day before yesterday, it's also very different..."

Lian Chuan raised his hand and pressed the eight black belts on his throat.

The eight black belts froze for a second, and then bent down in pain, clutching their necks.

Lu Qian didn't even see what Lian Chuan did, he only knew that after the guard bent down, Lian Chuan walked into the tavern.

He quickly followed.

There were a lot of people in the tavern, and when they saw someone coming in, they all turned their heads.

When they saw the equipment on them, they both turned their heads again.

"Why did the cleanup team come here?"

"Bah, a bunch of hyenas."

"Be quiet."

"Afraid of a fart..."

The voices are very low, but they can be heard clearly.

Lian Chuan walked slowly through the crowd without making a sound. He could feel a certain aura, which was definitely not the goal of the mission. It just made him uneasy, the kind of uneasiness that no one could find out.

In the noisy silence, Lian Chuan opened the back door of the tavern and walked out.

After standing in the back alley for a while, the uneasiness disappeared and he lost the goal.

Lu Qian was behind him and didn't speak, but he could hear that he was breathing heavily.

"Where did you grow up?" Lian Chuan asked.

"Green space." Lu Qian replied.

"No wonder," Lian Chuan looked back at him. The green space is one of the most important settlements in the main city, and the residents there are not ordinary. "Now is the first lesson of your micro-service visit."

Lu Qian looked at him.

"Everyone hates the cleanup team," Lian Chuan said.

Lu Qian didn't speak, but frowned.

Lian Chuan didn't know if it was the first time he heard someone use the word hyena to describe the cleanup team, but Lu Qian must know that in various ancient legends in the main city, hyena is the name of death.

As long as the cleanup team appears, it means that someone will disappear again. No matter whether this person is a good person or a bad person in the eyes of ordinary people, the cleanup team will always be associated with death.

The abnormal body in area C disappeared. Lian Chuan knew that he had not made a mistake in judgment, but the abnormal body did disappear.

"The original coordinates." Lian Chuan said.

"Received." Compass and Jiang Xiaogan's voices came from the intercom.

Half the group set off again.

Lu Qian didn't speak again for the next time, and Lian Chuan could see him staring left and right on the real-time surveillance video on the goggles, in a very alert state.

Lian Chuan felt very good, much cleaner.

The intersection of H3 in area D is very close to the last sign of the main city, which is one of the arches, but the mission target has not passed through the arch to leave. It may be because the border patrol of the internal defense army has been strengthened during the celebration day.

After they arrived, the trajectory showed that the target had been hovering near the intersection.

"More than one," Lian Chuan said, "Pay attention to the weapon."

The compass car came up from the rear and parked parallel to the right of him more than ten meters away. This is their regular formation. As long as there is no accident like the school, their next job is to gather around and aim to recover.

Just two steps.

"Found the target." Jiang Xiaogan said.

The coordinates are displayed on the goggles.

The group's encirclement quickly closed towards the coordinates.

"Target situation?" Compass got off the car and asked, they were already very close to the target.

The target is behind the huge billboard that fell down ahead.

"Two," Jiang Xiaogan replied, "I can't see clearly, and they don't look like normal humans."

"The system gives only one target," Compass said.

"The scan target data is archived." Lian Chuan said.

When Lu Qian wanted to follow him towards the billboard, Lian Chuan made a gesture to tell him to wait in place.

Lu Qian was very reluctant, but still stopped, just raised the recycler in his hand, and aimed it in the direction of the billboard.

Lian Chuan and Luo Pan continued to move forward, one left and one right.

The words on the billboard can be clearly seen in the scope. Although the color has faded a lot, it is still upside down.

Let the sunshine of the main city wake you up every morning.

It's a real estate ad.

Ever since Lian Chuan passed by here for the first time, the billboard has existed in this posture for an unknown amount of time, as if to prove that the sun waking you up every morning is just a collapsing dream.

The main city no longer has enough space and supplies to accommodate more people.

"Cleaning team," the compass moved forward, walked to the front of Lianchuan, and faced the direction of the billboard, "According to the No. 109 redundant population standard of the City Affairs Department, you have been confirmed by the system, and now the cleaning team will return you according to law... ..."

Before the compass finished speaking, a figure suddenly leaped into the air behind the billboard, and its height and predicted distance were significantly better than ordinary people.

This is the one that the system didn't detect, it's not the redundant population of the main city.

"Bat." Lian Chuan found that under the festering skin directly in front of his calf, the exposed skeleton was wrapped in a layer of metal. Just looking at this too hard-core equipment, he could already tell that this was a vagrant on the Black Iron Wasteland.

The bat jumped straight up and rushed towards Lu Qian.

The first blow of the compass was empty, and when the bat landed, it was less than two meters in front of Lu Qian.

"Boss." Lian Chuan held the recycler in the same posture, didn't look back, and didn't take cover. He pressed the button the moment the mission target behind the billboard poked his head out in the scope.

The target is hit, sending up a cloud of black and gray debris.

While the debris was being sucked into the recycler, a slender and vigorous black figure sprang out from the darkness, passed between Lu Qian and the bat, and waved past with cold claws.

The bat falls.

This is the "partner" Caracal in Lianchuan's legend.

Lu Qian reacted fairly quickly, immediately lowered his arm, and aimed the recoverer and the gun on his arm at the fallen bat at the same time.

The people in the group did not move, leaving the opportunity to kill the bat to the rookies.

"Hyena!" Bat squeezed out between his teeth, "Go to hell! You all deserve to die!"

Lu Qian may have only hesitated one in a thousand, but he definitely hesitated.

After all, with a light press of a button, no matter whether it is a redundancy, a bat or something else, it will disappear into the air forever, and all the memories will be scattered like that, slowly merged into the black mist beyond the sunlight. Everything, whether sad or happy, whether you want to forget or want to remember...

A thin beam of light flashed across, and the bat seemed to be scorched by tens of thousands of degrees of heat.

When Lu Qian came to his senses, the dust-like body fragments of the bat hit by Lian Chuan had wrapped around him, and he could even feel a little choking.

Having just recovered, he was once again stunned in this clump of ash with a breath of death.

"Close the team." Lian Chuan turned and left.

Compass gave Lu Qian a push, pushing him away from the ashes that hadn't dissipated.

"Lesson [-] of Weifu's visit," Lian Chuan got into the car, "Don't let the bat talk."

Lu Qian stood stiffly, looking at him.

"Three seconds." Lian Chuan said.

Lu Qian jumped into the car and exhaled lightly.

"What about the traveler?" He asked behind him. "The passage is about to open. They are coming. What should we do if we encounter them?"

"You?" Lian Chuan said, "Run."

"Want to have a drink or two later?" Jiang Xiaogan's voice came from the intercom, "Before the next mission."

Everyone in the group said yes.

"Then..." Lu Qian seemed to slow down a bit, "Can I go?"

"Yes, you can come and drive with me." Compass said.

Lu Qian was stunned: "Why?"

"He doesn't drink," said Compass.

"Oh." Lu Qian got out of the car, ran over and got into the compass car.

Lian Chuan turned around and disappeared at the intersection.

A black shadow flitted across the roof and then disappeared.

"That cat..." Lu Qian raised his head.

"That's not a cat," Compass said, "Call the boss, remember."

"Boss." Lu Qian nodded.

Every time the daylight of the main city lights up, it is shorter and darker than the last time.

Although such subtle changes are impossible to detect with the naked eye, if you look at it 30 times, 60 times, or hundreds of times, you can find it.

"How is it?" Nine Wings sat on a stone... no, a piece of iron that looked like a stone. It was not very comfortable, but there was only this kind of metal in the Black Iron Wasteland, and it was the only place where you could see the highest peak of the main city. tower place.

The tower is called Lightthorn.

Quite bluntly, a glowing thorn.

The daylight had dimmed, and he had sat here all day.

Staring at the tallest and brightest thorn in the main city that has lost its light, it seems that all the light in this world is in the main city.

This is his first time on the ground since the last celebration day.

The air is good, but the desolation is tight.

"I couldn't bring it out." A person squatting next to him replied.

"Whoever asked you this, you will definitely not be able to bring it out." Jiu Yi frowned.

"Then why do you still let me take it?" asked the squatting man, "We lost one too."

"Did someone change your mind? You don't know how long you've been with me?" Jiuyi glanced at him, making sure that this was Fulu, his little follower who had been with him for a while. , it doesn’t matter if it’s life or death, and it doesn’t matter who the person is, if you’re willing to go, it’s just for the benefit, anyway, even if you die.”

"...Oh," Fu Lu thought for a while, "I see, you are asking about the passages into the main city, they are all sealed, just now Shouxi led people to rush for a round, and two of them were lost, let the city guard Beat it into froth."

Jiu Yi sighed: "Life is meaningless, right? You can go to the guards and sign up as a meat shield."

"No," Fu Lu also sighed, looking into the distance, gritting his teeth, "That should have been our territory!"

"Shhh, don't let the travelers hear it," Jiu Yi raised his index finger and laughed, his voice echoed strangely in the empty metal wilderness, "They think so too."