Chapter 9 Blood Fire

"It should be difficult for you to understand the current situation. As for what happened in the past, I will tell you later." Xu Yang walked out and looked at the darkness outside the shuttle.

After the quarry was destroyed by the electromagnetic shock wave, there was no light everywhere, nothing could be seen, and nothing else could be seen to investigate, as if the underground pit had been completely forgotten.

Xu Yang could feel that the witch's so-called "miracle" temporarily suspended his life, preventing him from dying. But those damaged implants are still in Xu Yang's body.

Sooner or later they will continue to collapse and consume his life completely.

Gotta get out of here and find a place where the implants can be repaired.

Xu Yang walked to the console of the shuttle and issued an order.

"Go to the exit of Aizu Underground City. If possible, stop at a prosthetic clinic at No. 26 Highland or Katagi Ward."

"Warning: The aircraft has been locked without the correct biometric verification for a long time." The artificial intelligence of the shuttle responded, "Visitors do not have the right to control the flight route of this aircraft. Please pass biometric verification or show relevant documents."

By the way, this guy is a product of Black Fire Innovation. It is impossible to control it by just listening to the company personnel and the few mercenaries.

hateful! If there was a digital mind, it would have cracked this thing long ago.

It's a pity, now Xu Yang is similar to normal people without implants, and even worse, normal people just don't have implants, Xu Yang has a pile of burnt and unstable implants, and it will explode at some point. .

The power of electromagnetic pulses is terrifying. Especially the products used by large enterprises can completely break through most electromagnetic protection systems, and even the guy Mateo was instantly destroyed.

Xu Yang sighed.

He walked out of the hatch and looked out. The surroundings were dark, and there was no light at all. The fire on Mateo's body was extinguished by itself, and the stench of charred machinery and artificial leather was emitted.

If you want to pass fingerprint verification, you have to find a mercenary's finger in this darkness, but that is too difficult.

Moreover, the shuttle is equipped with artificial intelligence, not a fixed program. It can distinguish between life and death, and the fingers of the dead will definitely not pass the verification.

"Ah..." Xu Yang walked to Bacchus's body, unable to look away for a long time.

"What are you doing?" Farosa looked out.

"You killed a poor person." Xu Yang looked at the ink in his blood, "She has her own pursuit."

"I've killed too many people in my life, and there are several pieces next to me." Farosa pointed to the corpses of other mercenaries who were killed in the dark, "Why do you prefer one over the other? Why don't you care about their lives or lives."

"She calls herself 'Bacchus', a witch, your kind."

"Death is the way to go, I'm just helping to speed things up."

"You almost died yourself."

"Isn't this saved by you? Living is everything, and living can point to the dead."

"You never wanted to control your power?"

"I like to watch people explode, is it my fault?"

"...What the hell did I save?"

"I'm a good boy, you have done a good deed, future historians will write legends for my story, you will occupy the main space in the first few chapters." Farosa poked Bacchus' meat, "don't look at her If it becomes like this, I can save her."

"how?"

"The law of recovery in the heyday can restore things to the state they were 7 days ago." Farosa said, "that is, it can turn rotten meat back into a big living person. If you miss this guy, help me get back my strength as soon as possible. ."

"Being able to bring the dead back to life... this kind of power is too powerful. What about the side effects? It can't be free of cost."

"That's the truth." Farosa smiled, "I'm also a 'reality manipulator' in every way."

Now Farosa has found some spare clothes for mercenaries to wear, and they look a bit nondescript. Those mercenary coats and camouflage pants can't cover her plump figure at all.

Still like a monster, should sleep in the coffin.

There was no time to delve into why she was sleeping in that ancient tomb.

must go.

As long as you avoid the company's people and reach the ground safely, there will be endless money.

"Let's go." Xu Yang said, "Let's take everything we can take away in the shuttle and leave."

"I don't recognize these iron sheets, and I hate ghosts. You get these."

Xu Yang rummaged through boxes in the shuttle, looking for the supplies that the mercenaries had put in the shuttle.

Farosa sat in the chair and patted the leather side.

"It feels pretty comfortable. You can be my attendant in the future," she said.

"You are different from the witches I've seen," Xu Yang groped for the available things. "That guy said it right before. Now there are only three types of witches, bitches, slaves, and perverted killing machines. You are just behaving perversely. , but it doesn't seem difficult to get along with."

"Because I don't like to complicate things, you tell me how to survive in this era, and I make friends with you, it's that simple."

After some searching, Xu Yang found four bottles of pure water, three packs of military rations, two sabres, two pistols, a submachine gun, some ammunition and other miscellaneous tools and sundries.

He took a multi-pocketed tool vest from the spare on the wall and put it on, stuffed it into the front and back pockets of the vest, and put it on again.

The weight of the clothes has never been so heavy.

Xu Yang stepped out of the shuttle and looked into the distance.

Outside the excavation site is connected to the Katagi district of Aizu Castle, but in the distance, as far as the eye can see, the Katagi district looks lifeless, falling into darkness, and no light can be seen.

"It's so dark." Farosa also came out, "I remember it wasn't so dark before."

"..." Xu Yang was silent.

So weird.

There used to be at least some electric lighting in the slums, but now there is nothing.

"Do you have a clue?" Farosa asked.

"It's like the world has been destroyed." Xu Yang said.

Why are cities darkened? The underground city has no distinction between day and night, and it will supply electricity 24 hours a day.

In the end what happened?

Or did the EMP blast from the previous quarry blow up all the surrounding power supplies?

impossible.

He had a hunch that it had been delayed for so long, and nothing else had come close...

Perhaps the people of Infinity in Kyoto will never send someone to check on the conditions of the quarry.

The city was plunged into darkness, and something else must have happened.

"Let's go." Xu Yang took Farosa away from the quarry. "There used to be lights in the Jiamu district, but now it's pitch black. Something must have happened. Let's go take a look now and get out of here as soon as possible."

"Let's go!" Farosa looked in a good mood, "I saved you, you saved me, and we have to continue to help each other."

Xu Yang was not happy at all.

These two unfortunate fellows... One is a neuro-hacker whose implants are scrapped and cannot use technology at all, and the other is an ancient witch whose magic power has been sealed and can only use small miracles. It seems that they especially like to cause disasters.

Such two people can't even trust each other, even returning to the ground is an extravagant hope, let alone changing the status quo. Without a digital mind, it is impossible to inquire about the surrounding situation.

He still misses his cash card. With 100 million funds in his hand, that is close to true wealth freedom, even if he changes to a brand new implant! How can you die underground?

Xu Yang first checked the crack station where the mercenaries had stopped before, and found that there was nothing valuable in it except for the equipment that could not be moved.

Farosa knows nothing about technological products, treats them as pagan statues and magic weapons, and urges them to leave. Xu Yang found a flashlight for them to explore the road in the dark and return to the underground city.

The outermost area of ​​Aizu Underground City is called Katagi Ward. The poorest people are like ants, building their nests in this underground suburb and begging for life in places with a high crime rate.

It is about 5 kilometers from the Piemu area to the quarry.

Before, Xu Yang came here in Mateo's off-road vehicle. It was like a blink of an eye. The vehicle was blown up in the previous quarry. This would make him walk on both feet, and with injuries on his body, he would soon be out of breath.

Fatigue and hunger surged up.

The stomach is empty, the stomach can't feel it. Xu Yang thought to himself. But with such a small amount of food in the vest, it is better to save money. Even if you go to the Katagi district, you may not be able to find a store that can open.

He took another look.

The entire Katagi district was so dark that it was originally a hopeless place, but now it is even more dilapidated. You can't even see the billboards that are in operation.

Power outages across the city?

There were bursts of noise and screams, which made Xu Yang even more uneasy, what happened? Is there a conflict somewhere? Where has the electricity gone?

After a while, he saw some lights light up in the city again, which was a bit of surprise at first, and then made his heart sink again.

That's firelight.

Bright yellow flames stick out from the window of an apartment building, licking the surroundings irritably. The apartment is six stories high, like a deformed giant pillar, and like a steel birdcage, the top of which is still separated from the video screen of the dungeon dome. some distance.

The fire quickly engulfed the entire building.

"You look really bad." Farosa was walking in front, but when she turned around and saw Xu Yang, she stopped immediately.

"The front is on fire."

"That's not what I'm referring to! I'm talking about your morale!"

"what?"

"Disgraced, like a dervish on a pilgrimage."

"This metaphor is too ancient, I'm just hungry, let's go." Xu Yang felt quite tired.

He just wanted to find a hidden and safe place as soon as possible. Escape from the quarry was only the first step. He had to find a safe place to restore his state. There should be a place to hide in Katagi district, and he had to finish the next part of the journey.

As soon as he took a step, Farosa took his arm.

"Eat when you're hungry, don't go any further, we'll stop and rest now," Farosa said firmly.

When she said this, she was like a merciful saint who was guiding the suffering people, and she had her own unique madness.

Xu Yang turned his attention to the Piemu area, it was still dim and dark, and the darkness seemed to have no boundaries.

You should really take a break before re-entering the underground city.