Bionic Era

A dim sun burns in the dome.

Huge gears and springs are embedded in the ground.

Dark red rust seeps into the soil.

The luster of the metal is slightly bright.

The machine sprouts wings.

Lu Wen sat on the criss-crossing steel pipes.

He felt as if he was in the broken old age, with mechanical traces wrapping his soul, and the faint sound of steam in his ears.

Dark oil stains and dull gold metals dominate this area.

Untidy rows of low houses.

Kerosene lamps were lit in front of the glass windows.

The streets twisted and twisted.

Looking down from a high position, the whole world is full of patchwork aesthetics.

Incongruous beauty.

Modernity and the past, technology and backwardness, and... the uncoordinated races in this world.

【Blue people】

【Freak】

【Transformation of people】

【Robot】

【Dwarves, Giants】

【…】

Everything that the human brain can imagine seems to have become a reality here.

Those classic novels... sci-fi and mystery, fantasy and fantasy.

This is the forgotten corner of the world.

It is an extension of those magical ancient books.

The yellowed parchment scroll slowly unfolded, and the blurred text invaded reality from illusion, constructing this three-dimensional city.

...

The passage exit next to the elevator shaft is a hidden cliff.

There are countless huge pipes climbing on the cliff.

The world is not cold.

very warm.

Lu Wen jumped onto the pipe from the exit, followed the pipe all the way, and came to the place where there were voices.

He jumped down the pipe, adjusted his sleeves a bit, and started walking on the street.

The streets are paved with black stone slabs.

The gaps are lined with pebbles.

The houses on both sides are bungalows, decorated with dilapidated metal parts, and the blackened rust spreads along the copper and iron sheets to the eaves, giving it a dilapidated aesthetic.

Most of the people on the street are dressed in ordinary clothes, even a little tattered.

Lu Wen noticed that those people looked at him very strangely.

It seems to be a little in awe.

Also like envy.

[There are no normal-looking humans]

The news from Little Ant reminded Lu Wen.

Along the way, for five or six minutes, I didn't see any normal people.

The short ones are very short, and the tall ones are very tall.

There are also those who are of normal height, but covered with white or black hair, as if returning to their ancestors.

As for the hairless ones, the skin is abnormally blue.

This underground world reveals strangeness everywhere.

Lu Wen continued to walk on the twisted streets, observing carefully, trying not to miss all the details.

Chaos and violence sometimes played out around him.

Crazy fighting.

No one stopped.

In less than ten minutes, Lu Wen witnessed three fights.

White and black, robots and cyborgs, dwarves and giants.

The least suspenseful of them is the third game.

The big man who was more than three meters tall picked up the short man who was less than one meter high, like picking up a small chicken, and smashed it heavily on the stone-paved street, blood splattered everywhere, and the flesh was mutilated. It was crushed by absolute strength. .

But these big guys are a bit rickety, and the taller they are, the more rickety they are. I don't know if it's because the bones can't bear it.

Lu Wen made a simple judgment.

"These fights are very principled, try not to hurt passers-by and vendors on both sides of the street."

There are many vendors on both sides of the street.

Some sell toys, handicrafts, and others sell fruits and meat.

It looks no different from the ground world.

Lu Wen stood still in front of a booth.

Sometimes I glance at the boss, and sometimes at the items on the booth.

The stall owner is a dwarf, very short, about eighty centimeters, with thin limbs, wrinkled skin, withered hair, dull eyes, and plain clothes, gray and white clothes with a few patches.

There are many metal crafts on display at his booth.

A few baubles, but exquisite.

Mostly brassy.

Maybe Lu Wen stood there for too long without saying a word, which put a lot of pressure on the boss.

He swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "Dear guest, what do you need?"

"what do you have?"

"Here's all my stuff."

He tried to stand taller, but his tone was still humble, and introduced the small items on the booth to Lu Wen, "Dear guest, if you need custom crafts, I will also meet your needs in the shortest time."

"Why do you call me a guest?"

"You are a pure human being with noble status and fair and delicate skin. The clothes on your body are expensive just by looking at the fabric. You are carrying a backpack. Judging by your appearance, you should just come to the mixed zone for training?" The dwarf looked respectful.

Living in these places for a long time, everyone will be a little observant.

Lu Wen nodded and replied, "Yes."

He began to capture the key words in the boss's words.

Pure human, mixed zone...

"How much money do you have?" Lu Wen asked suddenly.

"Ah this..."

The dwarf showed hesitation and said in a low voice, "Dear guest, do you want to..."

"I want to exchange some money with you."

Lu Wen took out a gold bar.

It's only 100 grams. It can't be said that it is a piece. It is more appropriate to describe it as a piece.

He noticed that the moment the gold piece was placed on the booth, the dwarf's eyes became brighter.

[Gold is also a precious metal in this world]

Lu Wen probably lost his confidence.

It's really no different from the ground.

"Honored guest, I... I may not have as much money as you need." The dwarf looked at the gold pieces on the booth, and there was a hint of desire in his eyes, but reason prevailed after all.

"How many do you have?" Lu Wenju looked down at his eyes and asked lightly.

"I...here...that's all."

The dwarf pulled out a thick wad of money.

There are odds and wholes, and the sum of the odds and ends is less than 10,000.

He put it on the booth very respectfully.

"Dear guest, the money is still a lot worse, if...if you..."

"Okay, that's all."

Lu Wen put away the stack of banknotes.

When he was shopping, besides watching the fights, he also noticed a problem.

It seems that there is no mobile payment in this world, and transactions are all paper money.

Money is a big problem.

"You can check this gold bar, it's real."

"No, no, I believe you."

The surprise and excitement on the dwarf's face could not be faked.

He had long heard that pure humans are quite rich, rich in life, and technologically prosperous.

But this is the southernmost part of the mixed zone, and pure humans are rarely seen a few times a year.

You can see more on the north side of the mixed zone.

The banknotes in this world are very different from the ground. There are no heads or landscapes printed on the banknotes, but buildings.

Lu Wen took out banknotes of each denomination and looked at them.

There are three different buildings in total.

These three buildings are full of technology, completely different from the low one-story bungalows around them.

"Dear guest, do you need anything else?"

"No."

Lu Wen waved his hand.

Then, under the fiery eyes of the dwarf, he turned and left.

During the conversation just now, the system in Lu Wen's body has been capturing the physical characteristics of this dwarf for comparison and analysis.

Now the results are out.

【Gene disease】

[There is a certain possibility of heredity]

All kinds of deformed babies are born in nine cities every year, so there is quite a lot of data in the system database.

Systematic analysis pointed out that this is a genetic disease.

It is very similar to the 'dwarfism' in the outside world.

But the probability of heredity is actually not very high.

What Lu Wen saw in front of him was that the streets were full of dwarves... there were too many of them.

As he was thinking, a fourth fight happened not far away.

This time it's still robots and cyborgs.

The battle of metal and half metal.

These people may live too leisurely and have nothing to do, or they may indeed be racial enemies, so they start fighting when they disagree.

Lu Wen walked over slowly.

This kind of fighting scene often has people eating melons.

Crowds of all races gather together to discuss in low voices, and they will also cheer for a certain party.

In the previous three fights, Lu Wen heard a lot about this world.

"I think that robot can win. He's covered in metal, so it's not easy to break the defense."

"The robot also has weaknesses. His neck is very fragile. In order to allow the neck to turn flexibly, a certain gap is left. There are all lines inside, and it will be gone with a knife."

"The neck is also the weakness of the cyborg."

"But the transformed person has more weaknesses, and the transformed person is a creature of flesh and blood. After all, he will be tired, and his calculations are not precise enough. If he can't dodge, he will be cut with a knife."

"..."

People here seem to see such fights quite often.

So have some experience.

Listening to their discussions, the two races of robots and cyborgs have always been at odds with each other. It's okay if they don't talk when they meet, but it's easy to disagree and start a fight when they talk.

The final result is generally 40-60, and the robot has a relatively large chance of winning.

"Ding--!"

It was the sound of a dagger chopping on a metal surface.

Sparks flew.

The reformer missed again, he slashed down hard without splitting the metal shell on the surface, and the force of the shock made him almost lose his grip on the knife in his hand.

He just transformed his legs into machines, and his arm strength still belongs to the human category, not too strong.

The robot took the opportunity to punch him on the wrist holding the knife.

The dagger immediately came out of his hand and flew out.

The robot is not forgiving, and the other mechanical arm is holding a long knife and slashing horizontally. The blade is sharp and glows with a cold light.

At this time, the reformer's center of gravity is unstable.

If this knife is chopped, the whole head will be cut off.

He clenched his teeth.

Hastily fell to the ground and rolled backwards, narrowly dodging the subsequent several chops.

The long knife slashed continuously on the ground, breaking several stone slabs into pieces.

The reformer didn't have a weapon in his hand, and he knew he was invincible, so he prepared to use the last of the thirty-six tactics.

He got up awkwardly.

Clothes are full of dust.

The robot behind him chased after him closely, and the coldness from the blade seemed to never leave the cyborg's neck.

The reformed man's face was pale, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat. In order to escape for his life, he overturned a blue man's fruit stand by the roadside.

All kinds of fruits are scattered all over the place.

Caused some obstacles to the robot.

"This is too much. If you fight, you will fight. Life and death are life and death. Why are you throwing up the little girl's fruit stand?" A big man from the giant family muttered in a low voice.

"It's been a while."

Fighting in this area also seems to have rules.

Lu Wen also discovered it before.

Try not to hurt passers-by, and don't always affect the business of roadside stall owners, so these people dare to watch the show.

This reformer not only affected, but also overturned the booth, which is against the rules here.

But at the moment of life and death, he didn't care so much.

"This guy doesn't follow the rules, and he will always be punished." It was another blue man who said this.

Lu Wen's hearing is very good and he can hear all the sounds around him.

The phrase "being retribution" aroused his curiosity, and the degree of these four words is quite heavy.

It's just setting up a fruit stand, there's no need to get retribution, right?

The stall owner is a young girl who looks seventeen or eighteen years old and has not grown out yet. She has long braided hair, is very thin, and has blue skin.

Two menacing guys suddenly burst into the booth.

Also lifted the stall.

The girl seemed a little scared, she fell to the ground and took a few steps back.

Lu Wen inquired about the phenomenon of blue skin in the database, but the results he got were only 'Avatar', 'X-Men Beasts', 'Smurfs', 'Heavy Metal Poisoning' and so on.

There is no such thing as a blue race.

The only few reports are all made up by the self-media in order to deceive the number of clicks.

"Snapped!"

The moment Lu Wen checked the information.

The reformed man stepped on a banana in a panic and fell down.

He jumped forward, almost grabbing the ground with his head.

He fell directly beside the stall owner.

And the robot has raised the long knife.

When the knife comes down, both heads will fall to the ground.

I don't know what color the blood in the blue man's body is.

Lu Wen only knew that in the memory of his previous life given to him by Yin Long, the country where he lived had green blood.

Of course, it is mainly to protect the teenagers, so the blood turns green passively.

"call--"

The long knife drew faint traces in the air.

high speed.

The blade goes from top to bottom, pointing directly at the two necks.

"Ding--!"

The tooth-piercing sound of blades clashing.

The knife stopped.

Lu Wen pulled out the short knife and blocked the powerful long knife.

He looked flat and motionless.

The whispers of the surrounding crowd suddenly increased.

A freak spoke in a low voice, his eyes full of envy.

"It's a pure human race. I haven't seen a pure human race for more than a month."

He was born deformed, with twisted lumbar spine and displaced facial features.

Another creature covered in black hair, who looked like an upright ape at first glance, said: "This pure human is so young and powerful. He stretched out his arm and stretched out a knife, so he easily blocked that robot's infinitely powerful attack." Hack."

"Look at the clothes on his body. The fabric is soft and smooth. It should belong to a wealthy family. He has been trained since he was a child."

"I heard that pure humans are very rich."

"..."

All the discussions gathered in Lu Wen's ears.

He is analyzing bit by bit.

There is no trustworthy person in this world, who is newcomer.

"Human, do you want to save that person?"

"No, I'm just saving this man."

"Okay, then you get out of the way."

"Can."

Lu Wen put away the dagger, and pulled up the blue-skinned girl on the ground.

Then came the scene of the head falling.

The blood of this modified person is still red.

The robot kicked the head aside, and then dragged the headless corpse to Lu Wen.

He said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry for the harsh tone of the question just now. I apologize to you. There should be some valuable things on this man. Let's count it as the girl's apology."

Very respectful tone.

This made Lu Wen confirm once again that pure humans have a relatively high status here.

If it was another race, blocking the robot's knife at that time, it might have been a different scene.

...

The fight is over and people die.

Nothing to watch.

There is also a pure human race at the scene, and it is not easy for the onlookers to keep it.

It's all gone.

Lu Wen briefly inspected the body, and found that it was nothing valuable, and the whole body was only two or three hundred, which couldn't be compensated for this pile of fruits.

The blue-skinned girl was still picking up undamaged fruits on the ground.

Lu Wen had heard it among the crowd.

People of the blue race seem to be very short of money, they need to keep making money, or they will die.

This statement is actually quite funny.

Everyone dies without money.

But then he heard it again, it seemed to be about some gene medicine.

So when the fruit stand was overturned, a blue man who was watching whispered the phrase "retribution".

Lu Wen knelt down slowly, looked at the girl, and asked calmly, "Are you short of money?"

"The blue people here are short of money."

"May I have your name."

"Christo."

Crystal, crystal.

The girl with a pretty name seemed to realize that she had been busy picking up fruits on the ground, and hadn't had time to thank Lu Wen for the knife.

She hurriedly said: "Dear guest, thank you for saving your life."

Lu Wen took out a relatively heavy gold bar from his backpack, and said to Christo, "I have money here, a lot of money."

Before setting off, Dr. Jiang asked Lu Wen to bring some weapons.

In his imagination, Lu Wen probably wanted to go to some mysterious place to massacre the Quartet, holding two guns and shooting.

But Lu Wen just smiled and said that it is enough to have money.

So most of his backpack is full of gold bars, diamonds, gems and other items.

Christo looked at the gold bar, froze for a moment, then bit his lips, and said in a low voice, "Dear guest, I'm not worth so much money."

"I'm not interested in blue people, I just want to ask a few questions."

"Ask, and I'll tell you all I know."

"It's not convenient here."

Lu Wen looked around.

The streets are full of people coming and going.

...

Night in this world comes quickly.

The artificial sun overhead is gradually dimming, which means that night is coming.

at dusk.

Lu Wen followed Christo to a quieter street.

There are also one-story bungalows on both sides of the street.

Conditions are not good.

The house was crooked, and the walls were randomly built with red bricks, and then supported by some broken copper and iron that can be seen everywhere, as if it was about to collapse at any time.

Most of the roofs are covered with asbestos tiles or rusted metal panels.

Barely sheltered from wind and rain.

Lu Wen thought of the slums in the sixteenth district of Mowu City.

It's not much better than a slum here.

Lived many residents.

densely populated.

There are all races.

Among them, blue people accounted for the majority.

Their facial features and stature are similar to those of pure humans, the only difference is the deep blue color on their skin.

"Ahem..."

"cough……"

From time to time, the sound of coughing came from the low houses on both sides.

Those houses are very dilapidated.

Through the old glass windows, you can see the dim light inside.

All the blue people were stooped, haggard and thin.

I couldn't tell their age, but Lu Wen felt that those blue people who were coughing were all young and just sick.

They are all sick.

"squeak……"

Christo pushed open the door of her house.

The rusty metal door is very thin, the light blue paint shell on the door has almost fallen off, and the metal hinges have also been swallowed by black rust, making the door look crumbling.

Bungalow, two rooms.

The space is small.

There is no difference between living room and bedroom.

It's just two rooms, with a wooden door in the middle, a bed in each, and a small bathroom at the end.

The lights were dim.

The white paint on the walls was peeling off, and there were spider webs in the corners.

Shabby and dilapidated.

"Ahem..."

The sound of coughing came from the room inside.

Lu Wen stood by the wooden door and looked.

That was Christopher's mother.

A middle-aged woman.

Seeing a guest coming, she was still a noble pure human being, and she seemed to want to get up to greet her, but she didn't have the strength.

Just move it a few times, and it's hard to cough.

The whole house reveals poverty.

The only few pieces of furniture, beds and the like, are old objects.

【The bottom of society】

The system gives this result.

Now Lu Wen can rest assured.

He sat casually on a wooden bench against the wall and asked, "Do you have surveillance cameras or bugs in your home?"

Christo shook his head hastily.

"Dear guest, we don't have such things at home."

Indeed not.

Lu Wen looked at every corner in just a few minutes.

He took out a gold bar and a short knife.

Separately on an old wooden table.

The table was unsteady, rickety, and tilted slightly toward the gold bars.

Lu Wen said lightly: "I want to ask a few questions."

Christo hurriedly closed the door.

Even if the door of her room was closed, it could be easily knocked open.

Her gaze stayed on the gold bar for a moment, and then moved to the short knife.

This is a lure and a warning.

The knife saved her life, and it could be taken away at any time.

In the Mixed Zone, dead people are a common occurrence.

"Do you know that the kingdom of heaven is coming?"

This is Lu Wen's first question.

Christo was stunned for a moment, with a hint of puzzlement on her pretty face.

She hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Dear guest, this is a plan that every resident should know about, you..."

As she was talking, she suddenly stopped.

Everyone in this world does know.

But the world on the ground does not know.

Christo suddenly understood the meaning of the dagger.

If her answer was slightly off, this sharp knife would be stained with her blood and her mother's blood tonight.

...

Good night, fellow readers!

Thanks to the book friend Meazza 10 for the reward.