Bionic Era

noisy.

People come and go.

The world of whiteness and disinfectant water.

It has been three days since I returned to Mowu City.

This is a hospital.

The doctor is exhorting Xia Chuluo.

"It seems that you are about to recover. You young people are indeed very capable of recovering. An old man broke a bone in a fall and recuperated for half a year before he could get out of bed."

"Try to take painkillers as little as possible, those things are easily addictive, and there are also drugs to calm the nerves."

The doctor said he had seen many patients in his life.

In order to relieve pain or fall asleep, I became addicted to eating those things and couldn't quit.

Once you quit, you will feel uncomfortable all over.

My heart is empty.

It will cause irritability, depression, headache, chest tightness and breathlessness, etc. In severe cases, it is even necessary to find a special institution for drug withdrawal.

But the organization is only an aid, and it still requires a strong willpower of the individual.

"The other thing is to try to rest for a period of time and avoid strenuous exercise. During this time, you should lie in bed more. You can see that the effect is obvious after lying down for two months before. Just move your limbs on time every day."

"Well, I will continue to lie down."

Xia Chuluo nodded obediently.

You can only see her so sensible in the hospital.

The doctor gave a few more instructions, and then prescribed some auxiliary medicines.

"Take this list and go to the first floor to get the medicine."

He handed Lu Wen a blank piece of paper with mysterious symbols written on it.

Special text for medical students.

Mysterious language.

Usually only the person who prescribes the medicine can understand it.

"Doctor, won't you take the wrong medicine?" Lu Wen asked casually.

"This... really does exist."

said the doctor.

Occasionally, the writing is too sloppy, and the person who takes the medicine can't understand it, so I will contact him.

Sometimes there are too many people queuing up to get the medicine, and there is no time to contact, so I just take it based on my feeling.

"Isn't that going to be a problem?"

"No, the people who take the medicine over there also understand pharmacology. When they see other medicines prescribed on my medicine list, they can roughly understand what the one he doesn't understand is useful. Generally speaking, they can't make mistakes, anyway. It’s a minor illness, and it won’t go wrong once a year.”

The doctor raised his glasses on the bridge of his nose and replied gently.

"By the way, are you Lu Wen?"

"I am."

"Here... do you have any signed photos? My daughter is a fan of yours. Her bedroom is covered with posters of yours, and a heart-shaped pattern is pasted with your photo on the bedroom door. Even the desk is placed Put your photo, and squeeze all the photos of our family of three to one side..."

The doctor also said.

His daughter had to hug Lu Wen's life-sized doll every night to fall asleep.

"She said you are the most special one in the whole world."

"Cough...I just brought some photos here."

Lu Wen opened his bag.

Then, under Xia Chuluo's strange eyes, he took out a few autographed photos and handed them to the doctor.

...

Out of the hospital.

Xia Chuluo had a strange expression, and reached out to find some photos in Lu Wen's bag.

This is Liang Chen specially looking for someone to shoot for Lu Wen.

Every angle, every background.

There is a futuristic sci-fi feel, but also an ancient style, so you can shoot as handsome as you want.

These photos filled half of Lu Wenxiao's satchel, all of which were signed.

"You... are so proficient in business now?"

"Um."

Lu Wen nodded calmly.

Sometimes, those fans insist on pestering him, and he can only rely on these photos to get away.

You can't do it.

"How much does it cost to receive an advertisement?"

"It's hard to say, it's Liang Chen who is running it, I'm probably quite rich now..."

Opposite the hospital gate.

On a tall billboard, there was an advertisement for Lu Wen's endorsement.

You can see it when you look up.

The billboard was a bit worn out, and there were bullet holes on it, which were caused by soldiers fighting with out-of-control androids during the android riot.

The current public opinion on the Internet about bionics is a bit strange.

Many people shouted things like 'the bionic man must go, Lu Wen must stay'.

These three days.

Mou City has not changed much.

The homeless bionics on the street are still scattered, but it seems that they are more scattered and sparser.

Patrols by soldiers did not stop either.

On every street you can see patrols coming and going, fully armed, walking in the sweltering heat of July, with dark skin and sweaty foreheads.

Most of the people in Mowu City were obedient and stayed at home without causing any trouble.

The Internet is their battlefield.

Someone found that there are fewer and fewer bionics on the street.

So post it.

【Has anyone noticed the movements of those bionic people】

【Are they quietly fleeing Mowu City】

But the post didn't get enough attention.

There are two reasons.

One is because the people of Mowu City are currently using translators to communicate with other cities, and the whirlpool of public opinion has involved too much energy.

The second is because... Lu Wen restricted the flow of this post.

"The public opinion in Mowu City has not stopped in the past few days, and it has intensified, but fortunately, it has communicated with Kerry City and Central City, and the three parties are silent, just let the people make trouble." Lu Wen said.

"Have you had a meeting?"

"Um."

"I don't even know."

"After all, I have a special status now."

"What will these androids do in the future? Where do you plan to take them?"

"It's hard to say. The current plan is to go further south, but there is a small situation at the moment. If I'm not wrong... I'm getting closer to the truth."

...

Three days away.

Lu Wen traveled day and night without stopping.

Androids don't get tired, which is a big advantage.

There were a few extreme weather encounters along the way, but overall it went smoothly.

At least the car didn't deform.

"Chi-!"

The vehicle is parked on the ice.

The anti-skid wheels are installed, but it is still a bit slippery.

The ice and snow storm all over the sky obscured the sight, and the eyes were all white, and occasionally one or two black stones appeared.

Lu Wen got out of the car and closed the door.

He is carrying a black backpack.

Before leaving, he turned his head and took a look.

If the guess is right, I don't know how long it will take to come back after this trip.

After returning, the car was estimated to have been submerged by the blizzard.

"Whirring whirring……"

the wind.

Very windy.

Mixed with hard snow... It is more appropriate to say that it is ice particles, which hit Lu Wen.

Lu Wen lowered his body temperature.

He didn't dare to raise the temperature in this situation.

If those ice and snow melted on his body, turned into snow water, and then condensed on the surface of clothes or shoes, it would cause him great trouble.

that's all.

With the wind and snow all over the sky.

Forty-five kilometers on foot.

Lu Wen's speed is very fast, sometimes running in small steps.

If it wasn't for guarding against the natural traps that might appear on the ice at any time, he could run at full speed without worrying about his physical strength.

five hours later.

The destination has arrived.

Cracks in the ice.

"Very smooth cracks, no protrusions or depressions, more like artificially made."

Lu Wen stood on the edge of the crack on the ice.

The crack is about two meters wide, smooth on both sides, and incalculably long, spreading to the end of the field of vision.

It seems that a certain giant, holding a hundred-mile long knife, slashed a gap in the ice.

Bottomless.

The gust of wind roared through the cracks, sometimes rushing and sometimes slowing down, as if some kind of terrifying monster was sleeping under the crack.

Lu Wen took a deep breath.

The icy cold wind blows back and forth through the respiratory system in his body.

The cold can wake you up.

He took out two short knives and jumped forward.

Fall quickly.

The wind whistled in my ears.

The whiteness of the ice and snow on both sides is retreating rapidly, as if the whole world is rewinding.

Lu Wen's coat was blown out.

This feeling of free landing did not last long.

The tenth second of falling.

Lu Wen reached out and stabbed the short knife into the ice on the right side.

"Bah—!"

The tip of the knife just scratched the ice layer, leaving a long trace.

The scraped ice slag fell into the bottomless crack, and was quickly swallowed by the darkness.

The knife failed.

It didn't go in.

Strength is not enough.

The falling speed was too fast, and the direction was not adjusted properly.

But Lu Wen is a bionic person.

The strength of his body is strong enough, and the mediation of his limbs is better than that of humans, so he can distribute every bit of strength reasonably.

Twelfth second.

Lu Wen saw the timing.

Stab again.

"Bah————"

Screeching sound.

The tip of the knife cut through the ice layer and pierced a little.

But still failed.

I don't know how many tens of thousands of years these ice layers have existed, and they are so hard that even a special military short knife is difficult to penetrate.

But Lu Wen knew the main reason.

"The direction is not adjusted properly."

During the fall, it is difficult for the body to adjust.

"It would be nice if this body could fly."

Unfortunately, this can only be thought about.

There used to be an army of hundreds of thousands of flying robots in the floating city.

But the structure of those robots is different from that of bionics, and each flight consumes a lot of fuel, which requires enough space inside the robot.

The space inside Lu Wen's body was completely occupied by weapons.

"Come again."

Fourteenth second.

"Hey!"

This time in the right direction.

The tip of the knife was inserted straight into the ice layer, deep inside, leaving only the handle.

Lu Wen firmly grasped the handle of the knife.

The speed plummeted.

After sliding down for a moment, it stopped completely.

After a short rest.

Lu Wen adjusted his posture and drew out his dagger.

Fall again.

After seven or eight seconds it stopped again.

After repeating this three or four times, it finally bottomed out.

The bottom is about the same as Lu Wen imagined.

dark.

secluded.

and cold metal.

Under this southern ice crack, there is actually a man-made metal corridor.

The corridors are narrow.

But one meter wide.

It is more like embedded in the ice, and most of the places are covered with rust.

White frost covered the metal railing on one side of the corridor, emitting a faint light.

What Lu Wen saw in front of his eyes, if the cities on the ground knew about it, it would probably cause an uproar.

"I have lost contact with all the bodies in the outside world, and I really can only rely on myself."

In the middle of the fall just now.

Contact has been broken.

Lu Wen's body is now isolated and helpless, and there is no news from the outside world.

The outside body can't get any news from him.

A few days ago, after seeing the video brought back by the southern expedition team, he guessed that this ice layer should be part of the so-called 'truth'.

So here he is.

It's a risky move.

But it is better to take the initiative to attack than to be tricked by No. 6 or No. 3.

"Boom."

Lu Wen landed on the metal corridor.

The corridor is winding and winding.

attached to the side of the ice sheet.

There is a certain inclination, the further you go, the deeper you go, and there is no end in sight.

It seems to extend into some ancient ruins.

There are no lights in the corridors.

Only cold and dark.

These two points are enough to make any human explorer feel daunted.

"call……"

"call……"

It's still the wind.

Echoed in this empty corridor that does not know how deep the ground is.

Repeated sounds, endless corridors, both can easily lead to illusions.

Seems to just go down here.

You can uncover the unknown and mysterious corner of the world, dig out the ancient bones, and find those unknown treasures.

Lu Wen moved forward.

This journey is just beginning now.

He walked along the corridor.

Walked for more than ten minutes.

The ice on both sides has disappeared.

This corridor extends deeper, leading underground.

Deep and dark rocks replaced the ice. These rocks are hard, smooth, without any attachments, and occasionally there are one or two traces of man-made chisels.

The cold seemed to be fading away.

Lu Wen could feel that the temperature on his body surface was not that low anymore.

The noise of the wind is also gradually diminishing, and it is almost gone now.

The emptiness and darkness are slowly eroding this seemingly endless corridor.

Lu Wen walked lightly.

But the dull footsteps became louder and louder.

Pieces and pieces echoed in his ears, as if they wanted to drill into his brain.

"If you really want to change to an ordinary human explorer to come here, I guess you have already started to quit now." Lu Wen thought so.

Endless darkness.

lonely.

The echoing footsteps.

Obviously there is only one person, but it seems that there are hundreds of people walking.

"Where did you say that there are so many footsteps, it's obviously just the two of us."

"Who knows, this corridor is so strange, don't talk, your voice will be superimposed later, and it will be even more uncomfortable."

The sudden voice from ahead startled Lu Wen.

There are people here.

The corridor is narrow, but only one meter wide, in addition to moving forward, it is also retreating.

The language used by those two people to communicate was very strange.

Hundreds of years ago, the language spoken in the west still had some northern accents, and the tongue was rolled.

The voices ahead are getting closer.

Some light can already be seen.

Lu Wen looked up.

The corridor is very high, as long as six or seven meters.

Without hesitation, he supported his body with his hands and feet, and immediately climbed up.

The stone wall was smooth, but he controlled his strength skillfully, and with the help of the ant robot, he quickly climbed to the top.

Lu Wen leaned his feet up as much as possible.

Without the barrier of the backpack, his entire back would almost be stuck to the cold rock at the top of the corridor.

【Simulate the surrounding environment】

Lu Wen gave instructions to all the ant robots.

At that time, Yin Long's nano-robots could perfectly integrate into the surrounding environment, and could be turned into decorations on the villa, and even the surrounding plants and trees could simulate the softness of swinging in the wind.

That day, Lu Wen didn't realize from the beginning to the end that part of the turf he had been stepping on was made up of nano-robots.

Dr. Jiang's ant robot is still not so perfect, but it is enough.

The little ants immediately moved into action, covering his entire body including his backpack, without missing any corners.

Once the little guys have finished covering, they start to simulate the blackness of the surrounding rock.

They can also project the scene behind the covered person to the front, achieving an effect similar to invisibility.

Before long, the light came.

Two ordinary flashlights.

There are two people, one tall and one short.

The two were very strange, their limbs seemed to be a little uncoordinated, and their facial features were also crooked. They looked...somewhat like deformed children from the outside world.

The two were communicating in low voices.

"The humans on the ground were lucky this time, and they didn't get hit hard."

"Haoyue even made a strong promise that it would cause heavy losses on the ground."

"Well, I don't know when I will witness the coming of the kingdom of heaven."

"That day is not too far away."

"At least the floating city floating in the sky has fallen. Without that city, the threat on the ground is much smaller."

"..."

As they talked, they walked under Lu Wen.

No abnormality was found.

Didn't even look up.

It seemed that this hallway had been lonely for too long, so they didn't expect a visitor.

After the two walked away, Lu Wen slowly moved down.

This time he was more careful.

Release a batch of ant robots.

【Explore 500 meters ahead, 300 meters ahead, 200 meters ahead】

[Exploring the back five hundred...]

This hallway is really weird.

All the footsteps are superimposed and echoed continuously.

Even if you have good hearing, you may not be able to tell whether those footsteps are your own or someone else's.

I was a little careless in Lu Wen just now.

As he walked, he was thinking about the meeting and conversation with No. 6 and No. 3 and what Yin Long had said during this period of time, and he didn't pay all his attention to the corridor.

[500 meters ahead is normal]

[Three hundred meters ahead...]

【Ahead...】

【rear……】

The little ants quickly fed back the data.

Safety.

Lu Wen moved on.

Fortunately, he is a machine and has a strong concept of time.

If it is a human being, if you walk for too long in this dark corridor with no end in sight, you may get lost.

Will forget the concept of time, and gradually become numb and lose vigilance.

After advancing for more than an hour.

Lu Wen finally came to the end of this corridor.

【Elevator shaft】

[three]

【Can be used normally】

【No one is using】

【Safety】

【No monitoring】

【…】

One by one, the little ants kept feeding back.

Three elevator shafts, not working, one of the cars is on it, and the remaining two are not raised.

The two of them just came up by the elevator.

Lu Wen came to the edge of an elevator shaft.

This elevator didn't go up.

All that could be seen was an empty steel cable.

Below is an endless dark abyss.

"The elevator shaft is dug directly on the stone wall, and it is very deep. It is a closed environment, and the wind pressure must be controlled, so there should be passages at the bottom and on both sides."

Lu Wen knew that the place the elevator leads to should be the so-called truth.

But he certainly can't swagger down the elevator.

That would be tantamount to asking for death.

He can only go down through the two elevators that have not gone up, imitating the bridge sections in those movies, and climbing down along the steel cables little by little.

"If there is a passageway big enough to accommodate me, everything will be fine."

But this also requires a bit of luck. If an elevator happens to come up halfway through the climb, it will be very troublesome.

【Explore below】

Lu Wen passed instructions to the little ants.

At this time, it is better to let the ants explore the way.

Guessing things is unrealistic and too dangerous.

Little ants slowly crawled down the edge of the elevator shaft one by one.

Lu Wen is not in a hurry, he has plenty of time.

[Detection of creatures appearing 500 meters behind]

[two creatures]

The little ant behind the detection suddenly sent such a message.

Lu Wen sighed.

It seems he has no time.

Those two guys are back.

The end of the corridor is not a good place to hide. Of course, he can go back to the corridor and climb up to the top as he did just now, but it is actually very dangerous to do so.

This kind of place near the elevator shaft.

In case the two creatures had a whim and wanted to check it out carefully.

Then there is nothing to play, but to kill them.

But then it's exposed.

Apart from this accidentally discovered crack in the ice, Lu Wen didn't know any other places that could lead to the bottom.

Maybe No. 6 and No. 3 knew about it, and there should be other numbers who approached him and induced him to come down, but Lu Wen didn't intend to be with those guys.

As No. 3 said last night, the six of them are not united, they are suspicious of each other, and their minds are uncertain.

I don't trust them internally, how can Lu Wen trust them?

Lu Wen issued a recycling order.

Then he jumped.

He tried not to make any noise, held the elevator cable, and slid down gently.

All the little ants are helping him.

Gradually, there were voices above the head.

"Did you hear anything just now?"

"No, apart from the sound of our two footsteps, what else is there in this wretched place?"

"Maybe there's something wrong with my ears."

"Don't be suspicious, go back early. This passage is in such a cold place, and there is a thousand-meter-thick ice layer outside. It was originally prepared for those robots. It is impossible for humans to find it. Our passage is in the north, a warm place... ..."

Lu Wen went down a little bit.

Deep silence.

The space is small.

It was dark and there was no light.

Still alone.

For the claustrophobic, this is a real Jedi.

The fear in the human heart will be infinitely magnified, and certain terrifying pictures will constantly flash in their minds. They will worry about a monster appearing below, or the walls on all sides will suddenly shrink and squeeze. The despair is unimaginable.

[There are still 300 meters below]

【Safety】

【Looking for an exit...】

Lu Wen moved very slowly.

After about ten minutes, he finally came to the bottom.

At the bottom is the elevator car, with a metal top.

Lu Wen guessed correctly, there is indeed a channel on the stone wall on one side to reduce the wind pressure.

At regular intervals, a moderately large entrance will appear on the wall.

All the passages have been explored by the little ants, and the final result is that the passage at the bottom is the safest, and the exit is very hidden because there is no one there.

Lu Wen got into the passage, which was of a moderate size, just enough to move slowly.

It was still dark.

[The exit is located 1200 meters ahead]

It takes two turns, so there is no light at this end of the passage.

But those little ants had crawled to the end of the passage.

They fed back to Lu Wen everything they saw.

It was bright.