A common tavern that connects all fantasy worlds

Due to the restrictions of the tavern, several people can neither experiment nor dismantle the device. If they want to solve Henry's problem, they still have to return to any other real world.

"You can temporarily connect the power supply of other robots to it, and wait for the research to understand how it supplies energy."

Max finally said so.

Henry could only nod his head, and wrote on the paper: "Time."

Xue Li thought about it, it is true that just now he mentioned that his wife was kidnapped and he was being hunted down, no matter what plan he had to implement as soon as possible.

Just in time... there is a customer who claims to be working in a robot manufacturing factory right in front of him!

"Max? Would you like to do me a favor?"

Hearing what Boss Xue said, Max in overalls cried out in his heart, "Sure enough, this is what I want to do", and couldn't help but want to slap himself a few times.It is already illegal to transform a robot without permission, not to mention that these people in front of him seem to want him to steal company assets... Why did I have to be so cheap just now, insisting on participating in this matter that has nothing to do with me?

But immediately after, he saw Boss Xue take out a huge gold coin unhurriedly, put it on the knuckles and roll it with the movement of the knuckles.

He couldn't tell whose face was on the back of the gold coin, but it must be gold... Even in 2154, gold was very valuable.In addition to the mechanized security forces that consume a lot, there are also a large number of robots that are functional and service-oriented; in factories all over the world, tens of thousands of robots are manufactured every day, and the amount of precious metals required is of course an astronomical figure.Those scavengers who specialize in recovering gold and other precious metals from discarded aircraft can make a good living on this business alone, even if the amount they can recover is actually very small.

In his current situation, just one gold coin is enough to make a qualitative leap in his quality of life.

Not to mention, Boss Xue continued to increase the price: "If you can cure this friend named Henry and let him live, all your expenses in our tavern will be free from now on, and I am willing to pay another thirty gold coins for you."

A certain witch really doesn't take these things as money, and it can be said that she is extravagant when she spends them here.

Max replied without hesitation: "Yes, come on!"

Isn't it just stealing something from the company? There are [-] gold coins to earn, even if he is caught and goes to jail, he will admit it.

Boss Xue nodded in satisfaction, and turned back to call the bishop: "You go with our new friend, and it will be convenient to bring him back later."

Henry just pressed the bionic skin on his chest back to its original place, and nodded upon hearing this, with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

He has no memory, but he is not stupid... The owner of the bar treats him kindly without asking for anything in return, worrying about what he is anxious about, thinking about what he wants, and even spending his own money to arrange treatment for him.This is a door he walked in randomly in the subway station. It is impossible for the boss to know him, let alone want to use him. The only reasonable explanation is that there are still people in this world who are kind-hearted and like to help others.

If he knew what this cyborg was thinking, Xue Li would definitely say "You think too much".

He felt that he was so active in solving each guest's problem only to retrieve his own memory... In fact, most of the problems they encountered were beyond Xue Li's ability to solve.Although there are more and more facilities in the tavern, and the guests who come here are getting stronger and stronger, but he himself has always been an ordinary flesh and blood body, and it is easy to be out of breath after running two steps in a hurry.

Bishop wants to take a storm pulse rifle, but Max stops him.

"Walking around with this kind of weapon on the street will be attacked by mechanical law enforcers as terrorists." Max emphasized, looking at everyone's eyes, he still said helplessly: "Even this cyborg Friends, you can easily subdue me, so don't you feel worried about going with me?"

Think about it, and the other companion is the bishop. Even if he has no weapons, his combat effectiveness is completely guaranteed. After all, he is the highest crystallization of cosmic bionic technology.

Having said that, Boss Xue still emphasized the rules of the tavern, including that in other worlds, it is best not to attack each other or break the rules, so you can’t come to this tavern again. Of course, the most important thing is that he only gave one The advance payment of gold coins, if you want to collect the final payment, it is best to complete your task honestly.

Three people... No, it was a person, a bionic person, and a guy who didn't know how many parts were human, opened the door together and walked into another world.

Chapter 3 Surface

What will Los Angeles look like in 2154?

If it were someone from the modern world like Max, he would have said "It's not like this anyway".

But it was the bishop and Henry who came.

Before the bishop came to the tavern, he had always regarded serving mankind as the only meaning of life. As a man-made bionic man, when the crew members were frozen in sleep and avoided time debt, he had to keep making flight records on the bridge of the spaceship; simply Said, he did not know what Los Angeles should be like.

Let alone Henry, he lost his memory.

The two had never seen "normal Los Angeles" at all, so they didn't express any opinions on the scene in front of them. They just followed Max silently, walking among the shacks made of colorful steel plates.

These shantytowns, even on the already devastated earth, are the bottom of the bottom layer; the huge population makes these color steel plates crowd out the roads and green spaces, densely extending from the outskirts of the city to the hillside that has begun to sandstone here.

Such simple houses are low and crookedly connected together, children in ragged clothes are running around the door, women are looking out from the door, and there is a shallow light in the narrow room.Basins and buckets were piled up in the open space by the door, clotheslines were hung in the middle of the room, messy garbage was piled up on the corner of the street, and flies buzzed and flew around.

Those who are richer than these people will build masonry houses on higher ground, or go to the city to live in tall buildings that still retain their basic functions and have not completely decayed and collapsed.The Max family lives in a brick house at the end of this street.

Generally speaking, those who can afford to build a brick house are those who have lived in the neighborhood for several generations, have saved some money, and have many members in the family.

Max is an exception... His house was left to him by his mother, and he is the only one in this generation, with no relatives to help.When he was a child, some people wanted to come and snatch all his leftovers, but the brothers in the block were strong, and he was a ruthless person since he was a child. He got a homemade shotgun and discounted the person who knocked on the door. leg.

Because of this, he went to jail as a teenager...but also because of this, no one has dared to think about his house since then.

He grew up a bit, and when he was an adult, he went to jail again for stealing a car, and the robot sheriff told him with a blank face that if he had another criminal record, he would lose his citizenship rights permanently.

Although it is the same even if you obey the law... If you were born on the surface, then no matter how hard you try, you will never become a "citizen", even though it says so.In the past 50 years, only four people have obtained immigration rights, and all of them are "invisible presidents" who can affect the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people.

The reason why it is called an invisible president is because the country no longer exists.

The rapid increase in population and the rapid deterioration of the natural environment have caused all countries on the earth to go through bankruptcy, civil war, and long-term chaos. In the end, there is no political entity that can be called a "country" at all.

In Max’s generation, if you ask him “Which country are you from”, he may not understand what you are saying at all.

It is the "Elysium Space Citizen Cooperation Administration" that is maintaining the law and order of the earth and barely managing these human beings.

Most of the robots produced by ARMADYNE are put into the administration, responsible for all the work that needs to be face-to-face with humans on the surface, including the management of factories, commerce, agriculture, and law enforcement.

As for the Bliss Space, it was something that the bishop and Henry saw immediately as soon as they entered.

Outside the atmosphere, a huge structure reflects sunlight, its shape clearly visible even on the surface.It was a ring-shaped space station with an outline larger than the sun, which was daunting.

Max noticed the eyes of the two people, shook his head, and said, "It's heaven over there...don't look, we can't get by."

"Heaven?" Since he is called a bishop, the bionic man is inevitably very interested in this title.Rather, he has always been particularly concerned about human beliefs... He never thought that in this world, heaven actually existed in the form of an orbiting space station.

"Yeah... such a large area, but the number of residents is less than 8000. They have cured all diseases, can breathe fresh air all the time, each house has a large swimming pool, and large green plants are planted between the houses , there are nearly 10 robots of various kinds serving the citizens of 'Elysium'."

Max said enviously.

This kind of thing is already considered common sense on the surface. When the Elysium Space was just started to be built, there was an advertisement for a period of time.That space station has concentrated the most cutting-edge technology and the most abundant resources on the earth, creating the most livable and beautiful place to live.

When he was a child, his relatives would always give him examples of life in the "Blissful Space", saying "that is the life of a human being", "you have to work hard to get to heaven", so he also had that dream.When he grew up, he gave up, because it was simply impossible!

The bishop looked at his surroundings and asked calmly, "Then what is the population of the earth?"

"More than 1000 billion. The radio news probably said so, and no one knows the exact number...except for the Administration."

Max replied, took several people to his house, and temporarily connected two wires to the socket at home.

From boyhood, young adulthood to the present, he has worked in many legal and illegal jobs, and it is not difficult for him to connect two circuits.

The bishop opened Henry's chest again, let him sit on the chair by the window, and watched Max hand over the two wires.

"If I don't come back within half an hour, then...it depends on your life."

What he meant, of course, was that if he failed to bring back the power module used by the robots in this world, the two of them had better try to use civilian electricity to hit Henry directly. It might not be effective, but life and death matter... …

The bishop held the key in his hand and nodded.Unlike Xue Li, he is not worried that the man in front of him will call a bunch of robot police or something... Before he came in, he had already placed sensors around him, and he would detect any unusual movements in advance, and if there was an emergency , Just open the door and take Henry back.

After arranging this, Max went out.

His good friend and brother, who used to hang out with him in the neighborhood, and later because of burglary, the young man who has lost his civil rights, squats by the sewage pool on the street corner, lighting a cigarette Yan, looking at the "Elysium Space" in the sky lost in thought.

"Julio, Julio!"

Max didn't have time to think about what was going on, so he rushed over and pulled his brother up.

"What are you doing...Max, what the hell are you doing?"

Julio cursed, but he didn't resist, and followed Max obediently to a dark alley behind the brick building.

The relationship between him and Max couldn't be better, what is this little thing?It's just that brother Max found a good job in ARMADYNE recently, and he doesn't want to have a criminal record, so he hasn't been on the street for a long time.

He can also understand these, who doesn't want to live a better life?There is such a job that can make money without the risk of going to jail, so of course I will be more cautious.

However, Max came to him today to discuss an illegal matter, and he said, "Julio, how many people can you find within 10 minutes? Armed."

"...Hiss, five or six. What the hell are you doing, have you finally decided to go back to your old job?"

Hearing this, Julio became invigorated. His brother is simply a genius in the criminal world. Wouldn't it be a waste of talent to screw screws in a robot factory?What a serious job, and can't get immigration rights!If you concentrate on developing something that the law does not allow you to do, you may have made a fortune long ago, and you may even be able to "buy" immigration rights with investment.

A man made such an inexplicable decision, mostly because he fell in love with a girl and made himself wiser.

I heard that this brother needs someone with a weapon. Needless to say, he will definitely go to jail if he is discovered.

Sure enough, I heard Max say: "...Look for it now, hurry up. Didn't the spider say that they want the parts of the robot law enforcement officer? Call him first and ask him to send people and aircraft to help. It just so happened recently There was a problem in one of the assembly workshops, and there were several containers of goods piled up in the incoming yard."

"You play too much, and you won't even have the chance to go to jail if the company finds out!" Julio could only marvel at his courage.Robbing a company?This is no joke...

"Do you want to do it!" Max said directly without having time to talk to him.

Robbing a company is of course not a trivial matter, but a few people can’t move too many things away, and if the aircraft called "Spider" comes to help, the attention of the guards and mechanical law enforcement officers will definitely be attracted by that clear anti-social organization. The criminals who come down to rob will of course be considered members of the organization and the younger brothers of the spiders.

In this era, the crime rate in any part of the world is high, and there is a trend of increasing year by year. There are not a few people who take action against hate companies like ARMADYNE.

Max looked at the blue overalls on himself, frowned, and said to his brother: "By the way, find me another set of clothes. Everyone must wear hoods, gloves, and clothes you don't need. All facial features and tattoos covered! Hurry up and get ready before it's too late!"

Julio nodded, and immediately went outside the alley to call for someone.

In less than 10 minutes, a rustic-looking van full of people drove out of a garage in the block, bumping along the dirt road covered with sandstone, and drove in a certain direction.

Chapter 4 Take it without asking

The neighborhood where Max lived was actually quite far from where he worked... If he wanted to get there within a few minutes, he had to bring in another group of people.

"Spider" sounds like a code name.

For a youth like Julio who is a gangster on the street, the most powerful local snake imaginable is a spider.

Because "Elysium" is floating in a synchronous orbit over the United States or the Americas, the most successful business that "Spider" has done is actually smuggling.He did not know where to get a large number of weapons and equipment that did not have a big gap with the Civil Cooperation Administration, and even got an old HDF destroyer to send stowaways to the Elysium.

This business charges a lot. If Spider wanted to buy a citizenship with this income, he might have already landed in Elysium through official channels; but unfortunately, Spider is a real "dissident", Anti-social elements, who hate Elysium itself and the social system that allows it to exist, so choose to fight in the most violent way, how could they move there instead?

The number of surface humans who were able to smuggle into Elysium and stay there may be all repatriated, but it is more likely that they will be discovered by border defense robots and shot down by fully automatic turrets before approaching the space station.

What Max wants to borrow is the kind of destroyer that spiders usually use to smuggle people and fight mechanical law enforcement officers. When the thing is fully advanced, it can reach a speed of more than 2000 kilometers per second. Let alone a few minutes, it can even count acceleration and deceleration. The process sends everyone outside the factory within seconds.

Breaking into the factory and robbing the company's goods is equivalent to breaking ground on the head of Tai Sui. Of course, you must move forward quickly and evacuate at full speed. It would be best if you can complete the action before the robots can react.

Not long after, the spider's flying machine came to pick them up.

The destroyer flying over from the sky stirred up a gust of wind. When it stopped overhead, it almost overturned the van of several people. The people lying on the ground also felt a gust of wind that seemed to want to strip their clothes from their bodies. back skimmed.

The destroyer came to a complete stop, and a muscular and masked man jumped out of it, and shouted to this side: "Julio!"

Julio immediately got up, waved his hand towards that side, and lifted his mask to reveal his face.

Seeing that the other party sent someone who knew the two of them, Max also let out a sigh of relief, and called the little brothers in the block to grab their weapons and go directly to the boat.

Due to time constraints, several people didn't have time to explain anything on the phone. Fortunately, the spider still believed in Julio and really sent the destroyer and the combat team.

"Come on, we gotta go fast, right, Max?"

Julio was still talking to Max beside him.

The elder brother who was in charge of picking them up was still stunned, and had to raise his voice amidst the sound of the destroyer closing the hatch: "Max? I remember Julio said you quit."

"One last time." Max replied, and also stretched out his hand to signal to take off quickly.

In fact, those goods have to be piled up in the feeding yard before the repairs in the workshop are completed. There is no need to rush. Max needs to get it done quickly, just because... Henry can't wait.

[141. No. 141]

I received one gold coin from someone, and there are 29 more waiting for me. I can't really let someone use a household socket to power up my heart, can I?

It can be seen that this combat team came out in a hurry and did not bring any heavy weapons, but fortunately... if the raid speed is fast enough, it does not need particularly strong firepower.

Before the aircraft began to accelerate, Max quickly drew a sketch on the tactical board, marking a few monitoring points and a few firepower points for security guards—if the mechanical law enforcement officer didn't show up, these firepower were not from the destroyer at all. Opponents, even infantry conventional firepower are enough to overwhelm them.

"Directly use shipboard firepower to suppress the security guard post, and then land directly in the feeding yard. In one minute, load as much as you can, and then leave immediately."

Max said.

The person sent by Spider nodded, turned around and yelled at the driver, "Did you input the location into the navigation? Where is the route scanning?"

The driver didn't speak, just turned his head and gave a thumbs up.

The next moment, the destroyer accelerated sharply. Max and Julio, who had just buckled up their seat belts, felt a shock to their bodies and almost passed out.If it weren't for the special design of this kind of air-space, near-ground dual-purpose pursuer for carrying "untrained ordinary passengers", I am afraid that the process of acceleration and deceleration could kill all the occupants.

These criminals who were about to rob the factory began to arrange their weapons and equipment in a hurry, put on their masks, and got ready to fight.

The robot factory near Los Angeles is not just an assembly factory, energy modules and metal outer armor are also produced here.It's just that, with Max's criminal record and professional skills, he can't do much work other than screwing screws in the assembly workshop...so he is not very familiar with other parts of the factory.

The vast majority of people on the planet are like this. Even if they find a good job with stable wages in the eyes of ordinary people, that is, work related to ARMADYNE, most of them are engaged in basic work.

Due to the large population, the governments of various countries have gone bankrupt and dissolved, and the education system and medical system on the surface are the first to collapse.

In terms of medical care, the average life expectancy of human beings has dropped significantly to the fifties, and most of the remaining hospitals are operated by the Civil Cooperation Administration, which is crowded with patients every day; Literally, the ground surface at this time is relatively high... This is also an important reason why ARMADYNE's factory is located in Los Angeles, only here there are enough workers to meet the basic requirements for operating machinery.

People in other areas on the surface, especially those areas that were not well developed, have a lot of people who can't even twist screws... Obviously, the Civil Cooperation Administration will not pay the cost to train them The existing workers are cheap enough and abundant enough.

This is especially true in Elysium, far from the surface... where no workers are needed, and all work is done by robots.

Perhaps one day, the factories built on the surface will no longer need these cheap workers. At that time, humans like Max will be completely replaced by automated machines and driven out of the factory.