Nirvana Rebirth
Chapter 4
The ship berthed, the clone army here was not as heavily guarded as the Eastern Continent, and the friends on the journey said goodbye to each other after disembarking.
This is a brand new world. A-Ka's head was dizzy just because of the seaport city. Fortunately, he was holding Paixi's hand tightly all the time so as not to get lost.This place gave him too many surprises, which led him to find that most of the news he had heard before were wrong.They say that the Second Continent is the home of clones, but it is not—there are more humans here than clones. They open businesses along the street, selling cakes, mechanical products, and even alchemy products.
A-Ka walked all the way along the harbor, and did not pass through the small half of Kaloyk until the afternoon.In ancient times, it was a port where gold foreign trade was concentrated, and it was also called the port of gold by the people of this continent.People live and work in peace and contentment and live a prosperous life.
"Go away!" the owner of the fruit stand shouted roughly, "you outsiders!"
After being yelled at, A-Ka shrank a little. He was full of curiosity about everything, and he was afraid of violating the rules here.Pai Xi couldn't see, and asked A-Ka worriedly: "Brother, what's wrong?"
"It's okay." A-Ka originally wanted to ask the boss if he could give him a piece of fruit for Paisi to eat.But it seems that without currency, it is difficult to move an inch on this continent.
To have money first, earn money to live.Although earning money is difficult, Aka has full confidence.He asked passers-by about the direction of Phoenix City, intending to complete the mission Fei Luo assigned him, send Percy to Phoenix City, and then find a way to make a living.
However, they had no travel expenses. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, A-Ka was at a loss for what to do.Or find a job here first, and then take Paixi on the road after earning the travel money?He looked outside a watch shop for a while, and when he was about to step up to inquire, he suddenly saw a familiar figure.
The bard Moran was coming out of a building across the street, followed by many people.
"What's wrong?" Percy asked.
Aka said: "I saw Uncle Bard, he seems to be..."
Pai Xi said, "Uncle Moran!"
A-Ka hurriedly pressed his index finger on Pai Xi's lips, trying to make him stop shouting, but Moran had already heard it, and turned to see them.
"Isn't this Patsy?" Moran smiled and said, "What are you doing here?"
Pai Xi said: "Brother is looking for a job, and wants to support himself, so he can get something to eat. What about you?"
A-Ka was very surprised when he saw that Moran was surrounded by many people, including clones. He didn't know anything like Paixi, and vaguely guessed that Moran had a lot of background.After all, they had also communicated on the boat, and Moran remembered that their destination was Phoenix City. Guessing that the two teenagers should have no travel expenses, he ordered a few words to the entourage around him.
"Yes, my lord."
The attendant immediately took out a stack of thin golden cards from his shirt pocket.This is a common coin on this continent. Aka saw residents using copper cards and silver cards to exchange materials.
Moran handed the card to A-Ka, and A-Ka understood what he meant, and said, "This...no, I can't accept it."
Moran smiled and said, "I lent it to you. Unfortunately, I am about to leave for Dragonmaw City. Otherwise, I can take you along the way."
Aka said: "Can I go to Dragonmaw City to find you in the future? I will pay you back the money."
Moran laughed and said, "Of course." After thinking for a while, he opened his travel diary, took out a bookmark, handed it to Aka, and said, "If you have a chance, come to Dragonmaw City , you can find me in the Castle of Stars."
"My lord," the attendant reminded, "it's getting late."
Moran nodded, bid farewell to Aka and Pai Xi, kissed Pai Xi's forehead tenderly, and turned to leave.
A-Ka got the travel expenses, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and boarded the steam train to Phoenix with Pai Xi.He was extremely curious about everything, and described it to Paisi tirelessly.A boy led another half-grown boy, just like two little idiots, with the help of many kind-hearted people on the road, they finally arrived in Phoenix after stumbling.
When he walked out of the Phoenix Steam Station, A-Ka finally felt like coming home.Although Phoenix City is not a paradise for human beings to live and work in peace and contentment as described by the traveling companions on the ship, it is still dirty.
This is a large industrial city. Mechanical vehicles come and go on the streets, and the houses are dark yellow brought by industrial pollution. Steam and black smoke rise into the sky, and the noise fills the surrounding world.However, everything is so full of vitality, and the busy humans seem to be welcoming their arrival.
"Get out of the way!" someone yelled roughly.
"What are you doing so fiercely?" The station manager said angrily, "Didn't you see that kid is blind?"
Aka hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
During the journey, someone always found out that Pixie was blind. Whether it was kind or malicious, Aka always felt a little sad and guilty every time he was asked about it, for fear that Pixie would get hurt.However, Pai Xi was very optimistic and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm new here."
A-Ka led Pai Xi's hand down, feeling dizzy, only knowing to follow the crowd.These days, he always missed Heishi very much, and thought that it would be great if Heishi was here.Facing the unknown world, he is full of bewilderment, and also has a vague sense of insecurity, even fearing that he will not be able to protect Pai Xi.
If Heishi was by his side, he would at least feel at ease.
"Brother, where are we going now?" Percy asked.
Aka thought of Fei Luo's instruction that after arriving in Phoenix, he wanted to send Pixie to the shelter for human survivors, and felt a little bit reluctant for a while.
"Go to the shelter first." Aka said.
A-Ka had almost used up the travel expenses that Moran gave him. During the trip, he always bought something for Paisi to eat. The two teenagers had suffered too much in the past, and they wanted to eat everything, and they didn't think about future problems.When Aka realized the difficulty of money, he was afraid that he would have to go to the asylum.
As evening approached in Phoenix City, the sun shone thinly through the dark clouds, and the sound of machines filling the city gradually died down.A-Ka bought a map and studied it carefully, only to realize that the city is divided into a human area and a clone area, and these two areas are divided into east and west cities.They looked at the map while asking for directions, and finally arrived at the Human Remains Center, but it was already off work and the gate was closed.
A staff member came out and pointed the way after listening to Aka's explanation: "The shelter is located in the inner ring city, you can go there first to rest at night, and come back tomorrow to complete the formalities."
Aka asked, "Do I need to pay?"
The staff shook his head and said, "No, you don't need to pay. Go straight along the main road, you may need a ride, otherwise you won't be able to reach the shelter before dark."
Patsy turned to him and said, "Thank you."
A-Ka nodded, took Pai Xi's hand and left.They walked along a river full of sewage, perhaps because A-Ka was depressed and kept silent because of the imminent parting, Paixi suddenly asked, "Brother, what's around here?"
Aka turned his head and saw that the ground was full of industrial waste water and domestic garbage. He thought about it, and described it to Paixi: "Well, this is a very nice city... Specifically..."
A-Ka described their new home beautifully, but he sighed inwardly.He took Pai Xi into the inner ring city to find a shelter for humans.It wasn't until dark that they walked outside an abandoned factory. There was a rusty sign at the door that said "Hospital for Human Orphans", surrounded by a layer of barbed wire.
"Come in." After listening to Aka's words, the gatekeeper opened the door outside the barbed wire. At the same time, a truck carrying a large amount of cinders drove into the refining area next to the shelter.This shelter gave A-Ka the feeling of a prison, but he didn't say anything to Pai Xi, but only explained: "We're going to sleep here temporarily for one night today."
Pai Xi nodded, and the two were given number plates, and they stayed without even being questioned.The children in the corridor were getting their dinner, and a woman said to Aka: "You are over 16 years old, you can no longer live here."
"I know." A-Ka said, "I will leave early tomorrow morning."
The woman took A-Ka and Paixi into a room and said, "The door will be locked after nine o'clock in the evening."
A-Ka looked around, the room was not full, there was only one lamp above the head, there were four bunk beds in the room, the other two seemed to be occupied by people, and they were not here at the moment.Patsy sat quietly on the lower bunk.
The children on the other two beds came back, they were all in their teens, and one of them was taller than A-Ka. They glanced at the two of them.The big man asked, "Where did you come from?"
A-Ka smiled and said, "We are from the City of Machinery, this is my younger brother."
Pai Xi said, "Hello."
The big boy understood, nodded and said: "Refugees from the east." After finishing speaking, he stopped commenting and went to bed to lie down.
It could be seen that the younger child was very afraid of this big man, the two of them didn't talk to each other, and the other child didn't dare to strike up a conversation with Aka and the others, and Aka's mood became more and more heavy.He went out to pick up food for Paisie, took a look, and saw that the shelter's dinner was a kind of gray mixed rice cereal.After smelling it, he could tell that it was made from oats, wheat, and several kinds of coarse grains, so he didn't bring it to Paisi, and came back to eat the snacks they bought.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the lights of the entire shelter were turned off, it was raining lightly outside the window, the pale lights were on in the street, occasionally there was the roar of a large truck passing by, and the other two children were lying on the bed doing nothing.A-Ka watched by the window for a while, feeling a sense of bewilderment and uneasiness in his heart.
The winter night was very cold, but compared to the cold, the loneliness in his heart made Aka more unbearable.He crawled under the cold blanket and hugged Percy, hoping that he would be warmer.Until now, he has not fully accepted that he has returned to the reality of human society-after all, this is too far from the new life he imagined.
Pai Xi took out a small mechanical device, and kept tapping the send button with his hands.Knowing that it was a transmitter, A-Ka asked in a low voice, "Who are you sending the message to?"
"Dad." Patsy whispered, "Tell him we've settled down. The transmitter will send our message in code to the Rebel Transit Center in each city, and they will contact him."
A-Ka was a little surprised that Pai Xi actually remembered such a complicated signal, and seemed very smart.After a while, the green light flickered, and there was a series of messages back, and Pai Xi laughed.
"Contacted," Percy said.
"Ask if Black Stone is here." Aka said.
He didn't have high expectations, but for him now, Black Stone is his only friend, and perhaps he can be regarded as someone he cares about.Pai Xi sent a message, and replied: "Yes, Black Stone is with my father."
This was unexpected good news, Aka asked: "What did he say?"
"Let's take care of ourselves," Percy said to Akka. "He heard that...Phoenix City is not as good as we thought, but at least we are still free."
With the beeping of the transmitter, Heishi's words seemed to have touched a certain switch in A-Ka's heart, instantly pulling his thoughts away from this rainy night and making him make a certain decision.Until the end, Pai Xi turned off the transmitter and whispered into A-Ka's ear, "They are going to rescue the rebel hostages, I hope there will be no danger."
A-Ka nodded, and said vaguely, "Go to sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do."
Fei Luo, who was far away on another continent, switched off the transmitter, and sat silently with Heishi in the armory.Heishi turned over and over in his hands to disassemble and assemble a chip reader.
"You shouldn't have told them." Heishi said in a deep voice.
"I'm used to telling Paixi everything," Fei Luo said, "That kid has a... special ability since he was a child, you know?"
Fei Luo looked up at Hei Shi, showed a warm smile, and explained: "Although he is blind, he can see things different from ordinary people."
Heishi frowned and said, "What can you see?"
"Predicting the danger," Fei Luo said thoughtfully, "I don't know if all of you humans have abnormal abilities. Once, a mechanical army approached our troops when they were sleeping, and he happened to be in the team. We have to march in a hurry. Leaving Central and heading to the southern rainforest, he woke me up in the middle of the night and said 'Dad, I dreamed that those big cold guys were coming'."
"Fortunately, our troops discovered it early, only killed three people, and evacuated the swamp area at a very small cost," Fei Luo said, "So, every time I make a major decision, I use the transmitter to ask his opinion."
Heishi smiled, looking at that expression, he didn't seem to take it seriously.Fei Luo didn't explain much, and said, "I know you don't believe it, forget it."
Heishi said: "If Pixie's dream really has the ability to predict, it can let him perceive the key information in the ancient heart, who copied it away."
Fei Luo smiled helplessly, and said, "I don't think it's possible, only things that are directly related to him and me can cause dreams for him."
Heishi disassembled and assembled the blasting device in his hand three times, and they were still waiting in the warehouse for the night.After nightfall, Heishi will join Feiluo's team to rescue a group of hostages detained by the Iron Corps.And among these hostages was one of the guards who guarded the ancient heart three months ago.
"If your guess is right," Black Stone raised his eyes to Fei Luo, "General Maxey has colluded with the Iron Legion, what will happen?"
"It's hard to say," Fei Luo slowly shook his head. "Brigadier General Maxey's status is very important. He is one of the three initiators of the revolution. If this matter is exposed, it will cause turmoil in the upper echelons of the army."
Blackstone gradually learned about the system in the clone army, including Li Boer, who led the revolutionary army and was defeated and sacrificed, and General Angus, who is still sitting in Phoenix City today, and tied with Maxey to become the three major members of the clone regime. decision maker.
Among them, the high-ranking military officials were actually sent by "father" to be undercover agents lurking in the rebel army. Once the news spread, the consequences would be unimaginable.At this moment, Fei Luo felt as if he had bumped into a big trouble. Ever since the Black Stone entered the ancient heart, one mystery was wrapped in another mystery, and this matter had not been announced yet.
"Where is General Maxey at this time?" Black Stone asked again.
"In Phoenix City," Fei Luo replied, "meet with Angus, because Li Boer died, they must formulate a new strategy to defend against the counterattack of the Iron Legion, and they will not return here in about a month. We Since we have to do it, we must do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, once he returns, he will soon know that you and I have entered the ancient heart."
Heishi nodded, got up and took a look at the window, it was completely dark.Fei Luo led his subordinates to assemble the guns, opened the door, and headed towards the dark mountains.
One night passed, and the Phoenix City on the other side of the mainland was full of sunshine.In the early morning, A-Ka took Paixi out to the office of the shelter and explained their current situation to the person in charge.
"I'll find a job." Aka said to the man with his legs crossed. "As long as we can support ourselves, my brother doesn't need to go to the shelter."
"Yes." The man said absent-mindedly, "Go ahead, I wish you success."
A-Ka took Pai Xi's hand and came out of the shelter again.After a rain last night, the haze in the sky gradually dissipated, and the sun poured down from the clouds. Pai Xi stood in the sun, crying uncontrollably.
"What's wrong?" Aka asked in shock.
Pai Xi wiped away tears with a smile, shook his head and said, "No...no."
"Find a place to live first." A-Ka swung his satchel backwards, carried it on another shoulder, and walked into the bustling world of Phoenix City.
"We don't accept technicians." The person in charge of the repair shop looked Aka up and down strangely.
A-Ka took Pai Xi's hand and said, "It's okay. I'll go to another place to try my luck."
A-Ka came out with Paixi, this was the fifth company he had found, and the factory didn't accept technicians, and the money Uncle Moran left for them was running out.He bought two hot dogs with the last remaining money, and squatted on the side of the road with Patsy to eat.
"Is it hard to find a job?" Patsy asked worriedly.
A-Ka replied, "Don't worry, we will find it."
A-Ka's request is to include food and lodging, and take Paixi in by the way.However, most of the foremen did not believe that Aka could repair the equipment, no matter how much he explained what he had done.He even tried to apply for a job at a technical repair shop opened by some clones, but someone discovered Pai Xi and asked Pai Xi's origin.
A-Ka replied that this was Fei Luo's adopted son, and Fei Luo was a clone, so everyone who heard this explanation laughed "hahaha".
"Adopted son?" the clone boss greeted, "Hey! Come and have a look! This kid is the son of the clone. You have to keep him."
"Which one is it?" someone asked.
"Numbering?"
Everyone gathered around, A-Ka instinctively sensed the danger, but Pai Xi took his hand and whispered, "Don't be afraid, A-Ka."
Pai Xi took out a military badge and handed it out. It had Fei Luo's military rank, troop number, and number on it. Everyone believed it, but there was a long silence that followed.
"Your father owes us a lot of money, a lot of money..." After a long time, a clone said.
"What are you going to do?!" A-Ka protected Pai Xi behind him, preventing the clones from bullying him.Pai Xi was at a loss, not knowing how to answer, Aka said, "For the matter between you and Fei Luo, wait for Fei Luo to come back and look for him alone."
"You will be captured," the clone laughed, "and then your human organs will be removed and sold."
"Don't scare him!" A-Ka said angrily to the clone.
A-Ka didn't want to talk to them any more, so he took Pai Xi away.After wandering around a few places, he found that Fei Luo's reputation was very bad, and he didn't even dare to mention it later, so he returned to the gathering place of human beings and tried to find a repair factory.
Pai Xi said, "Do you need to ask Fei Luo?"
"No," Aka said, "don't make them worry."
At least there is still freedom, A-Ka remembers Blackstone's words very clearly, he has nothing to complain about, and led Paixi from dark to dawn.It was raining again that day, and Patsy said, "Let's spend the night near here."
A-Ka saw an abandoned factory in front of him, which was the westernmost suburb of Phoenix City, so he stopped and hid with Paixi in a huge cement pipe for the night.
In the ruins opposite, a beggar was lighting a fire and looked up at them.
A-Ka was afraid that he would come to snatch his things, or frighten Pai Xi, so he kept staring at the beggar who lit the fire.After a while in the rain, a man in a windbreaker with a black umbrella came over and talked to the beggar.Aka suddenly felt something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Percy said softly.
"Nothing." Aka whispered.
In the rain of sulfur all over the sky, they hid in a cement pipe on the construction site, and there was a dirty beggar on the opposite side - all this was normal, but a man of unknown origin found the beggar, this phenomenon made Akka Instantly alerted.
"Go to sleep." A-Ka hugged Pai Xi, let him lean in his arms, stopped looking at the beggar in the distance, and closed his eyes.
The man didn't seem to leave, he was talking with the beggar not far away.A-Ka couldn't hear what they said, and didn't care to pay attention.But gradually, Pai Xi moved restlessly, sweat dripped from his body, and then he woke up suddenly.
"Paissy?" A-Ka asked, "Ill?"
A-Ka touched Paixi's forehead, and Paixi woke up, panting lightly.
"I had a dream." Pesci whispered, "Is anyone around us?"
Aka asked in surprise, "Did you hear footsteps?"
Paisi said, "They noticed us."
Startled, A-Ka looked up into the distance, and saw the man talking with the beggar, who had been there for nearly half an hour.A-Ka didn't have time to ask Paisi why he said that, so he said, "Get up, let's go."
It was late at night and the streets were deserted.A-Ka wasn't sure where he was going, and he didn't know if he and Paixi would be in danger if they went on the road in this unknown city, but Paixi said, "I think we should wait here."
"Why?" Aka asked.
Patsy didn't answer, but the man in the distance finished talking, noticed them, and turned and walked towards them.Aka's heart jumped violently for a moment, thinking of what the clone boss said to them today-this city is very dangerous and chaotic.What if...
"Follow him." Pai Xi whispered in A-Kal's ear.
"Who are you?" The man was wearing a black windbreaker, looking up and down at A-Ka.
Aka protected Paixi behind him, and asked, "What does it have to do with you?"
Pai Xi pulled Laaka's sleeve and silently reminded him, the man said in a low voice, "If you don't want to die, don't stay here, come with me."
A-Ka hesitated for a moment, the man turned and left without giving him much chance to think.A-Ka looked at Pai Xi, then at the man who was going away, finally he packed his things, led Pai Xi, got up and left the abandoned construction site.
The man in the black windbreaker habitually took out something from his pocket in the middle of the night. Aka thought it was a gun, and when he was about to get nervous, he heard a soft click and the flame danced. The man was holding a cigarette, and the flame from the cigarette butt Lights up slightly.
"Who are you...?" A-Ka asked.
"The Tsar," the man replied.
Aka looked up at him, and saw that the man named Tsar had rough skin. The hood of the black windbreaker covered half of his gloomy face. Many long scars.
Pinned to his black trench coat is a badge that reads "Predator Squad".
"What is the Jagged Team?" A-Ka asked.
The Tsar pulled up his collar uncomfortably, blocking the medallion with his arm.
"Name." The Tsar said coldly.
A-Ka frowned and replied, "My name is A-Ka, and his name is..."
"I know his name is Paisi." The Tsar said.
"I've heard your voice." Pai Xi said softly, "It's at the Yuanneng Power Store."
Aka suddenly remembered that when he took Paixi to find a job in the morning, there seemed to be this person in the cloning store that threatened him that he would be arrested and sold his organs, but he was not wearing a windbreaker.
"You can't see it with your eyes, but you know it with your heart." The Tsar threw away the cigarette butt, "Are you the son of that bastard Filo?"
Pai Xi stopped and said displeasedly, "You speak ill of my father, I won't go with you."
The Tsar smiled mischievously, looked at Paisi from under his hat, and said, "You're a petty man with a big temper, forget it, pretend I didn't say it."
Only then did A-Ka and Paixi follow the man and continue on their way.In the dark alley at night, the eaves are dripping water, and a light is on in front of a back door in the alley.The Tsar opened the door, walked in, and said, "For Feiluo's sake, I will take you in."
"I don't need shelter," said Akka, "I can work."
The Tsar turned on the light, and the dim light illuminated the interior of the room. Aka suddenly discovered that this was a weapon repair shop, great!
"Let me work for you!" Aka said cheerfully, "Just pay for our food and lodging!"
"You can do it? Don't ruin my things." The Tsar took off his hat, looked at Akka suspiciously, began to take off his windbreaker, and asked, "Do you understand guns?"
Aka asked Paixi to sit down, went to the counter to look at the Tsar's firearms, took out one, tried to push and pull it, making a mechanical sound, the movements were skillful and professional.The Tsar glanced at A-Ka and nodded.
"It's all old equipment," Akka said.
"A medieval knife can also kill," the Tsar said casually. "The harvest of life has nothing to do with the age."
A-Ka was keenly aware that the person in front of him might be a killer, and at worst he was a person who often used guns, with bullet marks and scars on his wrists.The Tsar said again: "Sleep behind the counter, children can go to the stairs to sleep. Starting tomorrow, help me look after the store."
A-Ka finally found a place to live. Although it was different from what he had imagined, as long as he had a place to stay, it would be the best thing so far.That night the Tsar threw them two quilts, the quilts smelled damp and musty, A-Ka spread them on the ground, and smiled at Paisi: "Pissie, good night."
"Well, Aka, good night."
Akara turned on the lights, and the room was plunged into darkness, except for the sound of the Tsar's snoring upstairs one after another.
In the middle of the night, in a quiet corner, the transmitter suddenly rang "Dididi".
A-Ka immediately found Percy's transmitter from the bag, connected it to the data cable, and a line of words appeared on the screen.
This is a decoder he assembled with simple parts at hand. Although the frequency band is unstable, it can barely receive part of the information.
Paixi, I'm Heishi, I'm looking for A-Ka.
Aka immediately bowed his head and typed the message.
I'm Aka, Heishi, what's the matter?
There was no response, and A-Ka continued typing a line.
Heishi, do you have sound recording equipment there?I'm trying to see if I can talk on the radio frequency of the transmitter.
Blackstone's news came back.
Not necessarily.
Aka was puzzled.
what happened?
A-Ka found the intercom and connected it to the small transmitter, and started to tune the frequency. There was a dead silence in the headset.
A-Ka whispered: "Black Stone? Where are you? Can you hear me?"
A-Ka said to himself: "Is there something wrong with the earphones? Heishi... hey?"
"I heard." Hei Shi said over there.
Aka laughed, retracted into the bed, and asked, "Where are you?"
Heishi said: "Still in the Eastern Continent."
Aka asked again, "When will you be back?"
Heishi didn't speak, he sat on the dark shore, watching the rolling waves, the breeze was blowing, carrying a little salty smell.
"Do you remember the day you picked me up?" Heishi said.
"What's the matter?" Aka felt that this question was a bit inexplicable, and he didn't know why Heishi would contact him suddenly in the middle of the night.
"It's nothing," Heishi whispered, "I suddenly felt a strange feeling, so I want to talk to you."
Aka's smile softened, he lay under the quilt with his side pillow, and asked in a low voice, "How does it feel?"
"I don't know." Heishi replied looking into the distance.
Aka murmured, "Why do you feel this way?"
"My father." Heishi replied.
"'Father'?" A-Ka frowned.
"It's not 'father', but... the person who created me." Heishi said, "My father."
Aka's heart moved, and he asked, "Have you remembered your own life experience?"
Black Stone didn't answer, Aka asked: "Who created you?"
"Why did you save me?" Heishi asked.
A-Ka recalled the day when he discovered the black stone, and said, "No...it's not why, I saw you on the beach, so...by the way, your temper feels much better, what happened?"
"My temper is very bad?" Heishi asked.
"I still remember the first day I saw you." Aka smiled, "You almost strangled me, and you were very impatient with me."
"Hormones." Heishi whispered, "Memory disorder, the effect of self-identity thinking, and conflicts with aggressive behavior."
"What do you mean?" Aka asked.
Heishi avoided the topic and asked, "That day, when the mechanical guard was about to kill me, why did you stand up?"
Aka said: "I found you, I can't just let you die like this, because I can't bear it with my conscience, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Heishi said.
Aka said: "Have you found any clues about your father? Who is the father?"
Heishi said: "He has no name, and he has already left here."
There was silence in the communicator, and Heishi said: "My master is no longer here."
Aka understood Heishi's feeling at that moment, he had something on his mind, but no one could tell, maybe he was lost.And after being confused for so long, I finally couldn't bear it, and I needed to find someone to speak out to.
A-Ka whispered: "The feeling in your heart is called loneliness."
"Really?" Heishi said indifferently, "This feeling is very strange, I just want to find someone to sit with."
"Where's Feiluo?" A-Ka asked.
Heishi replied, "He's not here."
Aka asked, "When are you coming back?"
Heishi said: "As soon as possible."
Akka: "Will you come and live with us?"
"Life?" Heishi repeated.
Aka said: "We have found a place to stay, and we are in the shop of a man named Tsar."
Black Stone: "The Tsar..."
Heishi seemed to be thinking, and said, "Do you know Grizzly, the chairman of the Mercenary Association?"
A-Ka asked blankly, "Who is that? Your friend?"
Heishi: "Fei Luo contacted me and told you about your current situation."
Aka whispered their story under the quilt, and Heishi over there did not say a word for a long time, but just listened quietly, until Aka talked for nearly 10 minutes, saying that they arrived at the Tsar's repair shop, He was about to fall asleep, and asked, "Heishi?"
"I'm listening." Heishi replied.
A-Ka said "hmm", and Black Stone could hear A-Ka's tiredness, and said, "I'll be back soon, until you come back, try to stay there as much as possible."
"Okay." A-Ka said, "Heishi, pay attention to safety and don't do anything dangerous."
Black Stone cut off the communication, and A-Ka gradually fell asleep amidst the rustling electric current.
From the next day, A-Ka temporarily accepted the job.The Tsar's shop repairs equipment for the mercenaries in the old city, and also sells firearms, most of which are black guns obtained from unknown sources.Akka's job was to refurbish them, tweak them a bit, and market them.
Based on what he learned in the city of machines, A-Ka modified some electromagnetic weapons, which satisfied the Tsar very much.When the three of them sat together to eat in the morning, the Tsar wore a dirty white shirt, rolled up his sleeves, made three portions of tomato soup, and put down a large basket of bread. Paisi and Aka, who were so hungry, devoured it hungrily.
"I can't see that you still maintain firearms." The Tsar said.
"I learned some in the country of 'father' before." Aka said, "but unless necessary, I rarely touch them."
The Tsar said: "Didn't you steal one from the City of Steel and defend yourself?"
A-Ka shook his head, the weapons in the City of Steel were deeply in his memory.Mechanical life forms use weapons made by humans, and then slaughter humans, which made him have a natural resistance to guns since he was a child.But since it was a job to stay in the Tsar's shop, he had to do it well, otherwise he and Patsy would have nothing to eat.
Since that night on the boat, Aka was surprised to find that his ability to perceive the outside world seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes.In the past, when working without distraction, the attention was only concentrated on the mechanical device, but now, as long as one enters the state of selfless work, the perception ability seems to be consciously extended.
It was a very indescribable feeling.A machine gun was in his hand, including the scope, handle, barrel and other parts, which were decomposed by his thoughts in an orderly and clear manner in an instant.Just like in the vast sea, when the thunder flashes, the principles of the world are clearly presented in front of him.The basis of all structural operations has shown a mysterious inner general.
In a trance, A-Ka loaded the gun and put it on the counter.
"That's all right?" the mercenary said, "This Storm Eagle can't even be repaired by the precision instrument shop in the East District!"
"Okay," A-Ka nodded, "There is a problem with the positioning trigger..."
The mercenary said, "Have you seen the blueprint?"
A-Ka said impatiently: "No, don't you want to repair the gun? It's been repaired, what's the problem?!"
The mercenary tried it and found that it was indeed intact, but it was not loaded. He was surprised and said to the Tsar: "Hey, man, this kid..."
"Storm Eagle?" The Tsar, who was smoking and playing cards, got up, walked over, took the gun, glanced at it, and said, "Well, the manufacturer has closed down, right? How did you fix it?"
"I..." Aka was a little uneasy, looked at the Tsar, and said, "Structure, if you find the problem with the structure, it will be easy to handle."
"This kid is very smart." The Tsar laughed, returned the gun to the mercenary, and patted
This is a brand new world. A-Ka's head was dizzy just because of the seaport city. Fortunately, he was holding Paixi's hand tightly all the time so as not to get lost.This place gave him too many surprises, which led him to find that most of the news he had heard before were wrong.They say that the Second Continent is the home of clones, but it is not—there are more humans here than clones. They open businesses along the street, selling cakes, mechanical products, and even alchemy products.
A-Ka walked all the way along the harbor, and did not pass through the small half of Kaloyk until the afternoon.In ancient times, it was a port where gold foreign trade was concentrated, and it was also called the port of gold by the people of this continent.People live and work in peace and contentment and live a prosperous life.
"Go away!" the owner of the fruit stand shouted roughly, "you outsiders!"
After being yelled at, A-Ka shrank a little. He was full of curiosity about everything, and he was afraid of violating the rules here.Pai Xi couldn't see, and asked A-Ka worriedly: "Brother, what's wrong?"
"It's okay." A-Ka originally wanted to ask the boss if he could give him a piece of fruit for Paisi to eat.But it seems that without currency, it is difficult to move an inch on this continent.
To have money first, earn money to live.Although earning money is difficult, Aka has full confidence.He asked passers-by about the direction of Phoenix City, intending to complete the mission Fei Luo assigned him, send Percy to Phoenix City, and then find a way to make a living.
However, they had no travel expenses. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, A-Ka was at a loss for what to do.Or find a job here first, and then take Paixi on the road after earning the travel money?He looked outside a watch shop for a while, and when he was about to step up to inquire, he suddenly saw a familiar figure.
The bard Moran was coming out of a building across the street, followed by many people.
"What's wrong?" Percy asked.
Aka said: "I saw Uncle Bard, he seems to be..."
Pai Xi said, "Uncle Moran!"
A-Ka hurriedly pressed his index finger on Pai Xi's lips, trying to make him stop shouting, but Moran had already heard it, and turned to see them.
"Isn't this Patsy?" Moran smiled and said, "What are you doing here?"
Pai Xi said: "Brother is looking for a job, and wants to support himself, so he can get something to eat. What about you?"
A-Ka was very surprised when he saw that Moran was surrounded by many people, including clones. He didn't know anything like Paixi, and vaguely guessed that Moran had a lot of background.After all, they had also communicated on the boat, and Moran remembered that their destination was Phoenix City. Guessing that the two teenagers should have no travel expenses, he ordered a few words to the entourage around him.
"Yes, my lord."
The attendant immediately took out a stack of thin golden cards from his shirt pocket.This is a common coin on this continent. Aka saw residents using copper cards and silver cards to exchange materials.
Moran handed the card to A-Ka, and A-Ka understood what he meant, and said, "This...no, I can't accept it."
Moran smiled and said, "I lent it to you. Unfortunately, I am about to leave for Dragonmaw City. Otherwise, I can take you along the way."
Aka said: "Can I go to Dragonmaw City to find you in the future? I will pay you back the money."
Moran laughed and said, "Of course." After thinking for a while, he opened his travel diary, took out a bookmark, handed it to Aka, and said, "If you have a chance, come to Dragonmaw City , you can find me in the Castle of Stars."
"My lord," the attendant reminded, "it's getting late."
Moran nodded, bid farewell to Aka and Pai Xi, kissed Pai Xi's forehead tenderly, and turned to leave.
A-Ka got the travel expenses, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and boarded the steam train to Phoenix with Pai Xi.He was extremely curious about everything, and described it to Paisi tirelessly.A boy led another half-grown boy, just like two little idiots, with the help of many kind-hearted people on the road, they finally arrived in Phoenix after stumbling.
When he walked out of the Phoenix Steam Station, A-Ka finally felt like coming home.Although Phoenix City is not a paradise for human beings to live and work in peace and contentment as described by the traveling companions on the ship, it is still dirty.
This is a large industrial city. Mechanical vehicles come and go on the streets, and the houses are dark yellow brought by industrial pollution. Steam and black smoke rise into the sky, and the noise fills the surrounding world.However, everything is so full of vitality, and the busy humans seem to be welcoming their arrival.
"Get out of the way!" someone yelled roughly.
"What are you doing so fiercely?" The station manager said angrily, "Didn't you see that kid is blind?"
Aka hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
During the journey, someone always found out that Pixie was blind. Whether it was kind or malicious, Aka always felt a little sad and guilty every time he was asked about it, for fear that Pixie would get hurt.However, Pai Xi was very optimistic and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm new here."
A-Ka led Pai Xi's hand down, feeling dizzy, only knowing to follow the crowd.These days, he always missed Heishi very much, and thought that it would be great if Heishi was here.Facing the unknown world, he is full of bewilderment, and also has a vague sense of insecurity, even fearing that he will not be able to protect Pai Xi.
If Heishi was by his side, he would at least feel at ease.
"Brother, where are we going now?" Percy asked.
Aka thought of Fei Luo's instruction that after arriving in Phoenix, he wanted to send Pixie to the shelter for human survivors, and felt a little bit reluctant for a while.
"Go to the shelter first." Aka said.
A-Ka had almost used up the travel expenses that Moran gave him. During the trip, he always bought something for Paisi to eat. The two teenagers had suffered too much in the past, and they wanted to eat everything, and they didn't think about future problems.When Aka realized the difficulty of money, he was afraid that he would have to go to the asylum.
As evening approached in Phoenix City, the sun shone thinly through the dark clouds, and the sound of machines filling the city gradually died down.A-Ka bought a map and studied it carefully, only to realize that the city is divided into a human area and a clone area, and these two areas are divided into east and west cities.They looked at the map while asking for directions, and finally arrived at the Human Remains Center, but it was already off work and the gate was closed.
A staff member came out and pointed the way after listening to Aka's explanation: "The shelter is located in the inner ring city, you can go there first to rest at night, and come back tomorrow to complete the formalities."
Aka asked, "Do I need to pay?"
The staff shook his head and said, "No, you don't need to pay. Go straight along the main road, you may need a ride, otherwise you won't be able to reach the shelter before dark."
Patsy turned to him and said, "Thank you."
A-Ka nodded, took Pai Xi's hand and left.They walked along a river full of sewage, perhaps because A-Ka was depressed and kept silent because of the imminent parting, Paixi suddenly asked, "Brother, what's around here?"
Aka turned his head and saw that the ground was full of industrial waste water and domestic garbage. He thought about it, and described it to Paixi: "Well, this is a very nice city... Specifically..."
A-Ka described their new home beautifully, but he sighed inwardly.He took Pai Xi into the inner ring city to find a shelter for humans.It wasn't until dark that they walked outside an abandoned factory. There was a rusty sign at the door that said "Hospital for Human Orphans", surrounded by a layer of barbed wire.
"Come in." After listening to Aka's words, the gatekeeper opened the door outside the barbed wire. At the same time, a truck carrying a large amount of cinders drove into the refining area next to the shelter.This shelter gave A-Ka the feeling of a prison, but he didn't say anything to Pai Xi, but only explained: "We're going to sleep here temporarily for one night today."
Pai Xi nodded, and the two were given number plates, and they stayed without even being questioned.The children in the corridor were getting their dinner, and a woman said to Aka: "You are over 16 years old, you can no longer live here."
"I know." A-Ka said, "I will leave early tomorrow morning."
The woman took A-Ka and Paixi into a room and said, "The door will be locked after nine o'clock in the evening."
A-Ka looked around, the room was not full, there was only one lamp above the head, there were four bunk beds in the room, the other two seemed to be occupied by people, and they were not here at the moment.Patsy sat quietly on the lower bunk.
The children on the other two beds came back, they were all in their teens, and one of them was taller than A-Ka. They glanced at the two of them.The big man asked, "Where did you come from?"
A-Ka smiled and said, "We are from the City of Machinery, this is my younger brother."
Pai Xi said, "Hello."
The big boy understood, nodded and said: "Refugees from the east." After finishing speaking, he stopped commenting and went to bed to lie down.
It could be seen that the younger child was very afraid of this big man, the two of them didn't talk to each other, and the other child didn't dare to strike up a conversation with Aka and the others, and Aka's mood became more and more heavy.He went out to pick up food for Paisie, took a look, and saw that the shelter's dinner was a kind of gray mixed rice cereal.After smelling it, he could tell that it was made from oats, wheat, and several kinds of coarse grains, so he didn't bring it to Paisi, and came back to eat the snacks they bought.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the lights of the entire shelter were turned off, it was raining lightly outside the window, the pale lights were on in the street, occasionally there was the roar of a large truck passing by, and the other two children were lying on the bed doing nothing.A-Ka watched by the window for a while, feeling a sense of bewilderment and uneasiness in his heart.
The winter night was very cold, but compared to the cold, the loneliness in his heart made Aka more unbearable.He crawled under the cold blanket and hugged Percy, hoping that he would be warmer.Until now, he has not fully accepted that he has returned to the reality of human society-after all, this is too far from the new life he imagined.
Pai Xi took out a small mechanical device, and kept tapping the send button with his hands.Knowing that it was a transmitter, A-Ka asked in a low voice, "Who are you sending the message to?"
"Dad." Patsy whispered, "Tell him we've settled down. The transmitter will send our message in code to the Rebel Transit Center in each city, and they will contact him."
A-Ka was a little surprised that Pai Xi actually remembered such a complicated signal, and seemed very smart.After a while, the green light flickered, and there was a series of messages back, and Pai Xi laughed.
"Contacted," Percy said.
"Ask if Black Stone is here." Aka said.
He didn't have high expectations, but for him now, Black Stone is his only friend, and perhaps he can be regarded as someone he cares about.Pai Xi sent a message, and replied: "Yes, Black Stone is with my father."
This was unexpected good news, Aka asked: "What did he say?"
"Let's take care of ourselves," Percy said to Akka. "He heard that...Phoenix City is not as good as we thought, but at least we are still free."
With the beeping of the transmitter, Heishi's words seemed to have touched a certain switch in A-Ka's heart, instantly pulling his thoughts away from this rainy night and making him make a certain decision.Until the end, Pai Xi turned off the transmitter and whispered into A-Ka's ear, "They are going to rescue the rebel hostages, I hope there will be no danger."
A-Ka nodded, and said vaguely, "Go to sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do."
Fei Luo, who was far away on another continent, switched off the transmitter, and sat silently with Heishi in the armory.Heishi turned over and over in his hands to disassemble and assemble a chip reader.
"You shouldn't have told them." Heishi said in a deep voice.
"I'm used to telling Paixi everything," Fei Luo said, "That kid has a... special ability since he was a child, you know?"
Fei Luo looked up at Hei Shi, showed a warm smile, and explained: "Although he is blind, he can see things different from ordinary people."
Heishi frowned and said, "What can you see?"
"Predicting the danger," Fei Luo said thoughtfully, "I don't know if all of you humans have abnormal abilities. Once, a mechanical army approached our troops when they were sleeping, and he happened to be in the team. We have to march in a hurry. Leaving Central and heading to the southern rainforest, he woke me up in the middle of the night and said 'Dad, I dreamed that those big cold guys were coming'."
"Fortunately, our troops discovered it early, only killed three people, and evacuated the swamp area at a very small cost," Fei Luo said, "So, every time I make a major decision, I use the transmitter to ask his opinion."
Heishi smiled, looking at that expression, he didn't seem to take it seriously.Fei Luo didn't explain much, and said, "I know you don't believe it, forget it."
Heishi said: "If Pixie's dream really has the ability to predict, it can let him perceive the key information in the ancient heart, who copied it away."
Fei Luo smiled helplessly, and said, "I don't think it's possible, only things that are directly related to him and me can cause dreams for him."
Heishi disassembled and assembled the blasting device in his hand three times, and they were still waiting in the warehouse for the night.After nightfall, Heishi will join Feiluo's team to rescue a group of hostages detained by the Iron Corps.And among these hostages was one of the guards who guarded the ancient heart three months ago.
"If your guess is right," Black Stone raised his eyes to Fei Luo, "General Maxey has colluded with the Iron Legion, what will happen?"
"It's hard to say," Fei Luo slowly shook his head. "Brigadier General Maxey's status is very important. He is one of the three initiators of the revolution. If this matter is exposed, it will cause turmoil in the upper echelons of the army."
Blackstone gradually learned about the system in the clone army, including Li Boer, who led the revolutionary army and was defeated and sacrificed, and General Angus, who is still sitting in Phoenix City today, and tied with Maxey to become the three major members of the clone regime. decision maker.
Among them, the high-ranking military officials were actually sent by "father" to be undercover agents lurking in the rebel army. Once the news spread, the consequences would be unimaginable.At this moment, Fei Luo felt as if he had bumped into a big trouble. Ever since the Black Stone entered the ancient heart, one mystery was wrapped in another mystery, and this matter had not been announced yet.
"Where is General Maxey at this time?" Black Stone asked again.
"In Phoenix City," Fei Luo replied, "meet with Angus, because Li Boer died, they must formulate a new strategy to defend against the counterattack of the Iron Legion, and they will not return here in about a month. We Since we have to do it, we must do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, once he returns, he will soon know that you and I have entered the ancient heart."
Heishi nodded, got up and took a look at the window, it was completely dark.Fei Luo led his subordinates to assemble the guns, opened the door, and headed towards the dark mountains.
One night passed, and the Phoenix City on the other side of the mainland was full of sunshine.In the early morning, A-Ka took Paixi out to the office of the shelter and explained their current situation to the person in charge.
"I'll find a job." Aka said to the man with his legs crossed. "As long as we can support ourselves, my brother doesn't need to go to the shelter."
"Yes." The man said absent-mindedly, "Go ahead, I wish you success."
A-Ka took Pai Xi's hand and came out of the shelter again.After a rain last night, the haze in the sky gradually dissipated, and the sun poured down from the clouds. Pai Xi stood in the sun, crying uncontrollably.
"What's wrong?" Aka asked in shock.
Pai Xi wiped away tears with a smile, shook his head and said, "No...no."
"Find a place to live first." A-Ka swung his satchel backwards, carried it on another shoulder, and walked into the bustling world of Phoenix City.
"We don't accept technicians." The person in charge of the repair shop looked Aka up and down strangely.
A-Ka took Pai Xi's hand and said, "It's okay. I'll go to another place to try my luck."
A-Ka came out with Paixi, this was the fifth company he had found, and the factory didn't accept technicians, and the money Uncle Moran left for them was running out.He bought two hot dogs with the last remaining money, and squatted on the side of the road with Patsy to eat.
"Is it hard to find a job?" Patsy asked worriedly.
A-Ka replied, "Don't worry, we will find it."
A-Ka's request is to include food and lodging, and take Paixi in by the way.However, most of the foremen did not believe that Aka could repair the equipment, no matter how much he explained what he had done.He even tried to apply for a job at a technical repair shop opened by some clones, but someone discovered Pai Xi and asked Pai Xi's origin.
A-Ka replied that this was Fei Luo's adopted son, and Fei Luo was a clone, so everyone who heard this explanation laughed "hahaha".
"Adopted son?" the clone boss greeted, "Hey! Come and have a look! This kid is the son of the clone. You have to keep him."
"Which one is it?" someone asked.
"Numbering?"
Everyone gathered around, A-Ka instinctively sensed the danger, but Pai Xi took his hand and whispered, "Don't be afraid, A-Ka."
Pai Xi took out a military badge and handed it out. It had Fei Luo's military rank, troop number, and number on it. Everyone believed it, but there was a long silence that followed.
"Your father owes us a lot of money, a lot of money..." After a long time, a clone said.
"What are you going to do?!" A-Ka protected Pai Xi behind him, preventing the clones from bullying him.Pai Xi was at a loss, not knowing how to answer, Aka said, "For the matter between you and Fei Luo, wait for Fei Luo to come back and look for him alone."
"You will be captured," the clone laughed, "and then your human organs will be removed and sold."
"Don't scare him!" A-Ka said angrily to the clone.
A-Ka didn't want to talk to them any more, so he took Pai Xi away.After wandering around a few places, he found that Fei Luo's reputation was very bad, and he didn't even dare to mention it later, so he returned to the gathering place of human beings and tried to find a repair factory.
Pai Xi said, "Do you need to ask Fei Luo?"
"No," Aka said, "don't make them worry."
At least there is still freedom, A-Ka remembers Blackstone's words very clearly, he has nothing to complain about, and led Paixi from dark to dawn.It was raining again that day, and Patsy said, "Let's spend the night near here."
A-Ka saw an abandoned factory in front of him, which was the westernmost suburb of Phoenix City, so he stopped and hid with Paixi in a huge cement pipe for the night.
In the ruins opposite, a beggar was lighting a fire and looked up at them.
A-Ka was afraid that he would come to snatch his things, or frighten Pai Xi, so he kept staring at the beggar who lit the fire.After a while in the rain, a man in a windbreaker with a black umbrella came over and talked to the beggar.Aka suddenly felt something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Percy said softly.
"Nothing." Aka whispered.
In the rain of sulfur all over the sky, they hid in a cement pipe on the construction site, and there was a dirty beggar on the opposite side - all this was normal, but a man of unknown origin found the beggar, this phenomenon made Akka Instantly alerted.
"Go to sleep." A-Ka hugged Pai Xi, let him lean in his arms, stopped looking at the beggar in the distance, and closed his eyes.
The man didn't seem to leave, he was talking with the beggar not far away.A-Ka couldn't hear what they said, and didn't care to pay attention.But gradually, Pai Xi moved restlessly, sweat dripped from his body, and then he woke up suddenly.
"Paissy?" A-Ka asked, "Ill?"
A-Ka touched Paixi's forehead, and Paixi woke up, panting lightly.
"I had a dream." Pesci whispered, "Is anyone around us?"
Aka asked in surprise, "Did you hear footsteps?"
Paisi said, "They noticed us."
Startled, A-Ka looked up into the distance, and saw the man talking with the beggar, who had been there for nearly half an hour.A-Ka didn't have time to ask Paisi why he said that, so he said, "Get up, let's go."
It was late at night and the streets were deserted.A-Ka wasn't sure where he was going, and he didn't know if he and Paixi would be in danger if they went on the road in this unknown city, but Paixi said, "I think we should wait here."
"Why?" Aka asked.
Patsy didn't answer, but the man in the distance finished talking, noticed them, and turned and walked towards them.Aka's heart jumped violently for a moment, thinking of what the clone boss said to them today-this city is very dangerous and chaotic.What if...
"Follow him." Pai Xi whispered in A-Kal's ear.
"Who are you?" The man was wearing a black windbreaker, looking up and down at A-Ka.
Aka protected Paixi behind him, and asked, "What does it have to do with you?"
Pai Xi pulled Laaka's sleeve and silently reminded him, the man said in a low voice, "If you don't want to die, don't stay here, come with me."
A-Ka hesitated for a moment, the man turned and left without giving him much chance to think.A-Ka looked at Pai Xi, then at the man who was going away, finally he packed his things, led Pai Xi, got up and left the abandoned construction site.
The man in the black windbreaker habitually took out something from his pocket in the middle of the night. Aka thought it was a gun, and when he was about to get nervous, he heard a soft click and the flame danced. The man was holding a cigarette, and the flame from the cigarette butt Lights up slightly.
"Who are you...?" A-Ka asked.
"The Tsar," the man replied.
Aka looked up at him, and saw that the man named Tsar had rough skin. The hood of the black windbreaker covered half of his gloomy face. Many long scars.
Pinned to his black trench coat is a badge that reads "Predator Squad".
"What is the Jagged Team?" A-Ka asked.
The Tsar pulled up his collar uncomfortably, blocking the medallion with his arm.
"Name." The Tsar said coldly.
A-Ka frowned and replied, "My name is A-Ka, and his name is..."
"I know his name is Paisi." The Tsar said.
"I've heard your voice." Pai Xi said softly, "It's at the Yuanneng Power Store."
Aka suddenly remembered that when he took Paixi to find a job in the morning, there seemed to be this person in the cloning store that threatened him that he would be arrested and sold his organs, but he was not wearing a windbreaker.
"You can't see it with your eyes, but you know it with your heart." The Tsar threw away the cigarette butt, "Are you the son of that bastard Filo?"
Pai Xi stopped and said displeasedly, "You speak ill of my father, I won't go with you."
The Tsar smiled mischievously, looked at Paisi from under his hat, and said, "You're a petty man with a big temper, forget it, pretend I didn't say it."
Only then did A-Ka and Paixi follow the man and continue on their way.In the dark alley at night, the eaves are dripping water, and a light is on in front of a back door in the alley.The Tsar opened the door, walked in, and said, "For Feiluo's sake, I will take you in."
"I don't need shelter," said Akka, "I can work."
The Tsar turned on the light, and the dim light illuminated the interior of the room. Aka suddenly discovered that this was a weapon repair shop, great!
"Let me work for you!" Aka said cheerfully, "Just pay for our food and lodging!"
"You can do it? Don't ruin my things." The Tsar took off his hat, looked at Akka suspiciously, began to take off his windbreaker, and asked, "Do you understand guns?"
Aka asked Paixi to sit down, went to the counter to look at the Tsar's firearms, took out one, tried to push and pull it, making a mechanical sound, the movements were skillful and professional.The Tsar glanced at A-Ka and nodded.
"It's all old equipment," Akka said.
"A medieval knife can also kill," the Tsar said casually. "The harvest of life has nothing to do with the age."
A-Ka was keenly aware that the person in front of him might be a killer, and at worst he was a person who often used guns, with bullet marks and scars on his wrists.The Tsar said again: "Sleep behind the counter, children can go to the stairs to sleep. Starting tomorrow, help me look after the store."
A-Ka finally found a place to live. Although it was different from what he had imagined, as long as he had a place to stay, it would be the best thing so far.That night the Tsar threw them two quilts, the quilts smelled damp and musty, A-Ka spread them on the ground, and smiled at Paisi: "Pissie, good night."
"Well, Aka, good night."
Akara turned on the lights, and the room was plunged into darkness, except for the sound of the Tsar's snoring upstairs one after another.
In the middle of the night, in a quiet corner, the transmitter suddenly rang "Dididi".
A-Ka immediately found Percy's transmitter from the bag, connected it to the data cable, and a line of words appeared on the screen.
This is a decoder he assembled with simple parts at hand. Although the frequency band is unstable, it can barely receive part of the information.
Paixi, I'm Heishi, I'm looking for A-Ka.
Aka immediately bowed his head and typed the message.
I'm Aka, Heishi, what's the matter?
There was no response, and A-Ka continued typing a line.
Heishi, do you have sound recording equipment there?I'm trying to see if I can talk on the radio frequency of the transmitter.
Blackstone's news came back.
Not necessarily.
Aka was puzzled.
what happened?
A-Ka found the intercom and connected it to the small transmitter, and started to tune the frequency. There was a dead silence in the headset.
A-Ka whispered: "Black Stone? Where are you? Can you hear me?"
A-Ka said to himself: "Is there something wrong with the earphones? Heishi... hey?"
"I heard." Hei Shi said over there.
Aka laughed, retracted into the bed, and asked, "Where are you?"
Heishi said: "Still in the Eastern Continent."
Aka asked again, "When will you be back?"
Heishi didn't speak, he sat on the dark shore, watching the rolling waves, the breeze was blowing, carrying a little salty smell.
"Do you remember the day you picked me up?" Heishi said.
"What's the matter?" Aka felt that this question was a bit inexplicable, and he didn't know why Heishi would contact him suddenly in the middle of the night.
"It's nothing," Heishi whispered, "I suddenly felt a strange feeling, so I want to talk to you."
Aka's smile softened, he lay under the quilt with his side pillow, and asked in a low voice, "How does it feel?"
"I don't know." Heishi replied looking into the distance.
Aka murmured, "Why do you feel this way?"
"My father." Heishi replied.
"'Father'?" A-Ka frowned.
"It's not 'father', but... the person who created me." Heishi said, "My father."
Aka's heart moved, and he asked, "Have you remembered your own life experience?"
Black Stone didn't answer, Aka asked: "Who created you?"
"Why did you save me?" Heishi asked.
A-Ka recalled the day when he discovered the black stone, and said, "No...it's not why, I saw you on the beach, so...by the way, your temper feels much better, what happened?"
"My temper is very bad?" Heishi asked.
"I still remember the first day I saw you." Aka smiled, "You almost strangled me, and you were very impatient with me."
"Hormones." Heishi whispered, "Memory disorder, the effect of self-identity thinking, and conflicts with aggressive behavior."
"What do you mean?" Aka asked.
Heishi avoided the topic and asked, "That day, when the mechanical guard was about to kill me, why did you stand up?"
Aka said: "I found you, I can't just let you die like this, because I can't bear it with my conscience, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Heishi said.
Aka said: "Have you found any clues about your father? Who is the father?"
Heishi said: "He has no name, and he has already left here."
There was silence in the communicator, and Heishi said: "My master is no longer here."
Aka understood Heishi's feeling at that moment, he had something on his mind, but no one could tell, maybe he was lost.And after being confused for so long, I finally couldn't bear it, and I needed to find someone to speak out to.
A-Ka whispered: "The feeling in your heart is called loneliness."
"Really?" Heishi said indifferently, "This feeling is very strange, I just want to find someone to sit with."
"Where's Feiluo?" A-Ka asked.
Heishi replied, "He's not here."
Aka asked, "When are you coming back?"
Heishi said: "As soon as possible."
Akka: "Will you come and live with us?"
"Life?" Heishi repeated.
Aka said: "We have found a place to stay, and we are in the shop of a man named Tsar."
Black Stone: "The Tsar..."
Heishi seemed to be thinking, and said, "Do you know Grizzly, the chairman of the Mercenary Association?"
A-Ka asked blankly, "Who is that? Your friend?"
Heishi: "Fei Luo contacted me and told you about your current situation."
Aka whispered their story under the quilt, and Heishi over there did not say a word for a long time, but just listened quietly, until Aka talked for nearly 10 minutes, saying that they arrived at the Tsar's repair shop, He was about to fall asleep, and asked, "Heishi?"
"I'm listening." Heishi replied.
A-Ka said "hmm", and Black Stone could hear A-Ka's tiredness, and said, "I'll be back soon, until you come back, try to stay there as much as possible."
"Okay." A-Ka said, "Heishi, pay attention to safety and don't do anything dangerous."
Black Stone cut off the communication, and A-Ka gradually fell asleep amidst the rustling electric current.
From the next day, A-Ka temporarily accepted the job.The Tsar's shop repairs equipment for the mercenaries in the old city, and also sells firearms, most of which are black guns obtained from unknown sources.Akka's job was to refurbish them, tweak them a bit, and market them.
Based on what he learned in the city of machines, A-Ka modified some electromagnetic weapons, which satisfied the Tsar very much.When the three of them sat together to eat in the morning, the Tsar wore a dirty white shirt, rolled up his sleeves, made three portions of tomato soup, and put down a large basket of bread. Paisi and Aka, who were so hungry, devoured it hungrily.
"I can't see that you still maintain firearms." The Tsar said.
"I learned some in the country of 'father' before." Aka said, "but unless necessary, I rarely touch them."
The Tsar said: "Didn't you steal one from the City of Steel and defend yourself?"
A-Ka shook his head, the weapons in the City of Steel were deeply in his memory.Mechanical life forms use weapons made by humans, and then slaughter humans, which made him have a natural resistance to guns since he was a child.But since it was a job to stay in the Tsar's shop, he had to do it well, otherwise he and Patsy would have nothing to eat.
Since that night on the boat, Aka was surprised to find that his ability to perceive the outside world seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes.In the past, when working without distraction, the attention was only concentrated on the mechanical device, but now, as long as one enters the state of selfless work, the perception ability seems to be consciously extended.
It was a very indescribable feeling.A machine gun was in his hand, including the scope, handle, barrel and other parts, which were decomposed by his thoughts in an orderly and clear manner in an instant.Just like in the vast sea, when the thunder flashes, the principles of the world are clearly presented in front of him.The basis of all structural operations has shown a mysterious inner general.
In a trance, A-Ka loaded the gun and put it on the counter.
"That's all right?" the mercenary said, "This Storm Eagle can't even be repaired by the precision instrument shop in the East District!"
"Okay," A-Ka nodded, "There is a problem with the positioning trigger..."
The mercenary said, "Have you seen the blueprint?"
A-Ka said impatiently: "No, don't you want to repair the gun? It's been repaired, what's the problem?!"
The mercenary tried it and found that it was indeed intact, but it was not loaded. He was surprised and said to the Tsar: "Hey, man, this kid..."
"Storm Eagle?" The Tsar, who was smoking and playing cards, got up, walked over, took the gun, glanced at it, and said, "Well, the manufacturer has closed down, right? How did you fix it?"
"I..." Aka was a little uneasy, looked at the Tsar, and said, "Structure, if you find the problem with the structure, it will be easy to handle."
"This kid is very smart." The Tsar laughed, returned the gun to the mercenary, and patted
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