Chapter 218:
At present, this special status will not bring her any danger. I just don't know if this is Chu Chen's intention or Luo He's masterpiece.
When it comes, it is safe. Tang Xiao pushed open the door and walked outside the warehouse.
The weather outside is very cloudy, the air is neither cold nor hot, a little stuffy and humid. Opposite the gate of the warehouse, there is a long and narrow alley with street signs on the left and right:
Left: 2 Program Street
Right: Entertainment Area
The warehouse is built in the middle of these two partitions.
Tang Xiao approached the road sign and saw a post-it note with a few lines of scribbled writing on it.
Keep"
The post-it note is attached to the street sign marking the [Entertainment Zone] and can be removed with a light touch.
Such an obvious reminder is a clear guide for players who have just entered the dungeon and are still confused, and Tang Xiao naturally has no reason to ignore it. With just one glance, she turned decisively and walked towards the opposite direction of the entertainment area.
What level is this side quest, she doesn't know. But the copy wants all the players who come in to die, she is very clear.
Following the dungeon route will lead to a dead end, and there may be a chance if you go your own way.
The moment she gave up the task prompt, Tang Xiao felt a trace of resistance in the air, as if she was doing some kind of inspection. It seems that there is no mark belonging to the "player" on her body, and the resistance in the air quickly disappears, allowing her to pass without hindrance.
Soon, the program street appeared in front of you.
, the windows on each floor are airtight. The entire street was devoid of people and signs of activity, like a dead city.
Compared with the previous dungeons, this place is more like a veritable apocalyptic world - players can feel the incompatibility and strangeness of "the last human being in the world" at any time.
Before walking forward, two short figures suddenly appeared on the side of the road. Tang Xiao's thunder and lightning ability moved quickly at his fingertips, slapped the air twice, and retracted his palm.
Two children came out.
A black-haired boy and a blond girl with braids, about seven or eight years old. They stood in front of Tang Xiao hand in hand: "Come and play with us!"
Tang Xiao stared at them quietly: "Who are you? What do you want to play?"
"We're from here. My name is Alita, his name is William." The little girl lifted her skirt, her eyes widened, "Are you new here? It's a pity We're leaving soon, we can't play together in the future."
Tang Xiao quickly captured the key words: "Where are you going?"
"A very far away place." The boys and girls looked at each other and said in unison: "The adults didn't say, but we hope there are many people there. It's better to play with us."
The boy frowned: "I hope there is a lot of water and bread there, and I can eat enough every day."
"There will also be jam, cake and milk." The girl emphasized, "My hair is dry, and my little bear baby said, I need to eat more good things to grow back."
"If only it could be done!"
The two children laughed, looking innocent.
Tang Xiao noticed that although the faces of the two were clean, their clothes were tattered, with many wear and tear on the fingers, knees and shoes. It doesn't look like a child who grew up in a stable life, but more like a life that often experiences some kind of running and long-distance travel.
Their material conditions are also not good.
With these conclusions, Tang Xiao looked at the children, they also looked at Tang Xiao curiously, and asked again: "Do you want to play with us?"
"Why come to play with me? You can find children like you."
After listening to Tang Xiao's question, William shook his head shyly, "Because, because you are the security guard. We can come and play with the security guard."
Alita added lively: "We can't play with those tourists, the adults will be angry. There are no other children here, and the adults don't play with us, they are in those buildings every day for a long, long time. just came out."
The girl stretched out her tender little hand and pointed to the red square building on both sides of the road, her eyes full of anticipation: "Security sister, play with us!"
"No," Tang Xiao finally refused, "I have something to do now, you all play by yourself first."
The two children were a little dejected: "Well, if you want to play, come to us."
"Yes, we're leaving soon, you have to cherish it!"
They jumped and ran arm in arm again. The figure soon became blurred and disappeared at the corner of the fork in the road.
Tang Xiao watched them leave and began to find the dungeon interesting.
No matter what the nature of these two children is, they did not show malice towards Tang Xiao, they just came out to find someone to play with.
And from their conversation, the town constructed a vague outline:
—there are only two of them.
—There are many adults, but adults work in the building of the program street every day, and they rarely come out.
—Children cannot come into contact with outsiders such as tourists, and can only come to play with people with functions such as security.
—Life in a small town is very hard for children, they sometimes go hungry and are accustomed to running around.
The last point conflicts with the current basic situation - if they live in a small town for a long time, it is impossible for them to travel around at the same time. The physical condition of the two children contradicts the environment in which they live.
And the last message "They're leaving soon", what does it mean?
Where is "far far away"?
Keeping these questions in mind, Tang Xiao stepped into the program street.
***
"Li Hua, I regret it."
Han Leilei tugged at the corner of his companion's clothes tightly, his face tensed: "I think we should go back to the fork and choose again, in case the next time is to go to the program street 1 number, or go to the rest area…”
Li Hua: "You forgot, we can only choose once."
Open the bow without turning back the arrow, this is the current situation.
Han Leilei raised his face: "I know, but I just can't help but panic... Ah, ah, ah, I stepped on something!"
He jumped three feet high, and instantly retracted two meters away before looking at the ground in shock.
…is a branch.
"Scared me to death..." The young man wiped his sweat, "...Hey, there is something under the branch."
I turned it over and saw a black and white newspaper under the branch, which was densely printed with headlines and articles.
[Today's heavy news: The fifth research building has good news frequently, the third data experiment was successful, and it will be officially put into program production! ]
[There was a power outage in the research room in the second research building last night. It was suspected that there was a bug in the power program. The professor said that there may be a lack of energy. It is recommended to rebuild the energy input system]
[The research report of the logistics department shows that there is no causal relationship between the working meals allocated by the research building and the general hair loss phenomenon of researchers. Please concentrate on your work. ]
…
Li Hua carefully read the contents of the newspaper, filtered out the technical terms that he did not understand, and did not extract any effective information for the rest.
"From another point of view, the above may be important information, but we now know too little about the copy, and even if we see it, we can't use it."
Li Hua folded the newspaper and put it away, and found that Han Leilei was staring straight in one direction.
"What?"
Han Leilei wanted to touch the flashlight from his pocket, but found that he did not grit his teeth in frustration: "In the building opposite you, someone is watching us from the door."
In No. 2, Program Street, all the blocks are closed. Li Hua turned his head: "That door is also closed."
Han Leilei: "It's closed, but people are still watching us."
He drew the dagger from his pocket, "Go, go and have a look."
Anyway, waiting on the street will definitely not find anyone, and if he doesn't look for something, he feels like he's going crazy first.
Approaching the gate, there is a metal plaque [No. 5 Research Building]
"This is the building that the newspaper said that the third data experiment was successful." Li Hua tried to pull the metal door and found that the door looked closed, but it was actually locked. It was easily opened with a creak, revealing a dark corridor.
In the shadow at the end of the corridor, a white coat flashed by!
Sure enough, it was the same as what Han Lei felt - the two did not rush in, but walked in quietly against the corner of the wall, and soon, a thin sobbing sound was heard.
"The task is about to fail...what to do, what to do...what to do..."
The voice cried for a few seconds, and suddenly there was a beeping sound of the instrument, and he was immediately alert: "Who is outside?"
The wall that Li Hua and Han Leilei were leaning against suddenly opened from both sides, and the light of the flashlight dazzled from the other side, "You, who are you?"
Before he finished speaking, the flashlight in his hand suddenly flew away. The next second, it was already in Li Hua's hand, and the figure of the other party was reflected in the opposite direction.
A thin young man in a white coat with tears on his face, clutching a portfolio and standing there in panic.
"You are tourists...how can tourists break into the research building? I'm going to tell the security!"
After he finished speaking, he was about to run, but Han Leilei directly grabbed his hat and pressed it on the spot, "Please clarify why you were peeking at us from the door just now."
The young man in white struggled constantly: "I didn't, I just recognized the wrong person, I thought you were the ones I hired..."
He looked extremely panicked, and immediately said to himself: "I shouldn't have told you this, why haven't they come back, I'm finished..."
Li Hua and Han Leilei now know the difference between [tourist] and [player]. According to normal circumstances, they thought that the young man in white was the standard NPC who issued the task, but now he has no relationship with Han and Li's desire to talk to each other is only about struggling desperately.
Without the player's strength bonus, Han Leilei couldn't control it, and let the white clothed youth break away and run away, and the figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.
At the same time, piercing alarms sounded in all directions, and the tide came from all directions:
"Alert, alert, there are tourists breaking into the laboratory building, please come quickly to the scene and control it, please come to the scene quickly..."
The two looked at each other: run!