Chapter 105 observation tower

In the next few days, Lu Tinghan counted all of Dunton’s resources.

Robot 0293 provided a lot of information, but many parts are incomplete, and he has to check it himself. Shi Yuan followed Lu Tinghan, and 0293 led the way. They shuttled through the large and small streets of Dunton.

They often go all day long.

Shi Yuan took a fancy to 0293 with a round head and a round brain—if he sat cross-legged on top of 0293’s head, holding his tail, he would be able to sit securely.

That’s what he planned, and that’s what he did. As soon as Lu Tinghan turned his head, he saw 0293 trying to move forward, and Shi Yuan sat on its head happily.

“Warning.” 0293 said, “Although the weight is allowed, I am a butler robot, not a riding robot.”

“I know.” Shi Yuan replied.

“Warning,” 0293 emphasized again, “You may accidentally fall. For safety reasons, please stop this behavior!”

“No.” Shi Yuan told him, “My balance is not bad.”

0293: “Warning! Warning!”

Lu Tinghan heard Shi Yuan and 0293 bicker all the way, and came to the southeast corner of the city.

There are forts and armories there, and when he inspects them, Shi Yuan is chasing 0293 to play.

When Shi Yuan was tired from playing, 0293 went to the corner to stay quietly——Lu Tinghan actually saw a sense of relief from a robot.

The locks of the armory were unlocked, and guns were on display. Their models are completely different from those of the Alliance. Lu Tinghan disassembled a small pistol/gun, and the parts and brass-colored bullets were scattered on the table. Shi Yuan picked up the magazine and studied its structure.

“Lu Tinghan.” He said, “When shall we go back?”

“Soon.” Lu Tinghan replied, “There is still an armory, three factories, and an observation tower to be counted, and then we can go back.”

“Okay.” Shi Yuan lay his upper body on the table, raised the magazine up to the light and looked at it, the texture was clearly visible, “I hope we can go back soon.”

Lu Tinghan smiled and patted his head: “Why, homesick?”

Shi Yuan was stunned, subconsciously rubbed Lu Tinghan’s hand, but didn’t answer.

For the next half a day, Shi Yuan was thinking about that sentence.

He didn’t know the answer to the question. He sat on the 0293, shouting “Warning! Warning!” loudly, walking through the long street, passing by those beautiful buildings, passing through the dusty doors and windows. window, he saw home.

Home to many people.

Sofa and coffee table, dining table, shoe cabinet, lamp, TV and refrigerator. Sometimes you can see other people’s bedrooms, the bedding on the bed is dusty, their colorful patterns and stripes are dimmed, and you can still see the softness. Occasionally, you can see a few old clothes hanging on the clothesline on the balcony, some are crumpled like pickles, some are broken into strips of cloth, there is no wind in the ground, they hang unchanged, there are broken armchairs and dead clothes beside them potted plants.

When passing by “Eivor Street”, Shi Yuan patted 0293 on the head: “Stop.”

0293: “Warning! Warning!”

It still obediently stopped.

Shi Yuan jumped off its head and went to a room.

0293 turned on the street lights along the way, and he saw a single bed and a desk through the gray curtains. The bookcase was full of colorful books, with exaggerated cartoon graphics on the back of the books—Lu Tinghan told him that this It’s a thing called “manga”, which used to be very popular. Looking to the side, there are several palm-sized resin models made of robots holding lightsabers.

What really attracted him were the posters on the wall.

Four posters were pasted together, depicting the starry sky, rockets and spaceships.

Shi Yuan suddenly thought of Wu Zhengqing. I don’t know if Wu Zhengqing arrived at the space center and drove his beloved spaceship to the starry sky.

He also thought of “Seeker 1”, that frigate stopped in the main city well, waiting for it is no longer the universe, but the abyss, but it carries everyone’s hope. And through the “Looking” project alliance, we know that the abyss originally came from the universe…

Shi Yuan was fascinated.

Lu Tinghan stood behind him and asked, “Want to go in and take a look?”

“No.” Shi Yuan replied, “This is someone else’s home, so you can’t go in.”

Lu Tinghan: “I’ve already unlocked the window.”

Shi Yuan:? ?

When he looked back, the window next to the main entrance was wide open.

He was in a daze for a while, and Lu Tinghan used his saber to forcefully pry open the aging mechanism, and Shi Yuan couldn’t help but doubt it because of his skillful movements.

Shi Yuan said, “Lu Tinghan, why are you…”

“Because I have no quality.” Lu Tinghan said, “Go in.”

He was the first to climb over the window and opened the door from the inside.

Shi Yuan reprimanded Lu Tinghan slightly with his eyes, then entered the bedroom as he wished, stood in front of the poster, and saw all the details clearly.

He said: “These posters are so beautiful. Does the Empire want to go to space too?”

Lu Tinghan coughed twice: “The empire has always lagged behind in the aviation field, whether it is the air force or aerospace, it is not as good as the alliance – but you are right, they also want to go to space.”

Shi Yuan: “Why?”

Lu Tinghan: “Probably seeking the unknown is an instinct. Looking at the ocean, one cannot help imagining what is on the other side of the wave. Looking up at the universe, one wants to see the end of the starry sky.”

“However, humans also love their hometown.”

Lu Tinghan smiled: “Yes. No matter how far you go, home will always be home.” He squeezed Shi Yuan’s shoulder, “Let’s go after reading, we have to go to the next armory.”

Shi Yuan stared at the poster for another half a minute, and told Lu Tinghan: “I’ve finished watching it!”

Lu Tinghan took him out, and closed the door before leaving.

Shi Yuan got on 0293 again.

0293: “Warning! Warning! Warning!”

It shouted and carried Shi Yuan forward. Shi Yuan continued to look at those buildings. The houses are beautiful and warm, but the style is too different from that of the League. Many of the roofs are too pointed, the walls are too bright, and the layout of the city is also different…

He was still thinking about what Lu Tinghan said, and a strange feeling rose in his heart, numb and itchy, and he couldn’t speak.

“What are you thinking?” Lu Tinghan asked him.

“It’s nothing.” Shi Yuan said, “I will tell you when I figure it out.”

Lu Tinghan patted his head. The two went to a distant place with the robot.

In the early morning of the next day, they prepared to go to the observation tower in Dunton.

The observation tower is one of the few buildings connected to the ground, used to observe the ground situation in an emergency. It is generally only used when other observation instruments fail, but it is equally important. Shi Yuan yawned and followed Lu Tinghan to the bottom of the tower, where he saw a black tower leading straight to a high place and disappearing over the city.

Lu Tinghan told Shi Yuan: “We will go back to the main city after we finish going to the observation tower.”

“Okay.” Shi Yuan said.

Di Wen was waiting for them under the tower. Under the leadership of 0293, they found the main console, turned on the power, and saw the signal lights on the tower start to flash from bottom to top.

It will take time to restart the observation tower, and they found a place to sit at the bottom of the tower.

There was root tea in De Wen’s thermos.

This life was given to her by Adjutant Ning, and when the bottle cap was unscrewed, the light fragrance floated in the air.

She took a sip of tea and sighed: “This tastes the best.” The huge black tower shone faintly behind her, and she looked at Lu Tinghan and Shi Yuan, and said, “Before the sun is bright, let Let me finish the second half of the story.”

It is said that the darkest time before dawn is also the coldest time.

When Shi Yuan opened his mouth, white mist floated out, he sat close to Lu Tinghan, and Lu Tinghan half put his arms around him, listening to Di Wen talk about the past.

…

The king kept Alicia in Ardesi to keep her away from the front lines and away from the rodents.

No one expected the Mole to come.

The mole appeared quietly a long time ago. Nobody paid attention to them at the time. They were underground, hunting and killing an unknown number of rodent creatures, and brought their “breeding frenzy” to the extreme.

This is a tsunami-like offensive.

The princess was awakened by their sound in her sleep before it was too late. The overwhelming moles broke through the defense line and flocked to Adesi. No one had ever dealt with them. Even though Adesi had a heavy army garrisoned, not even a single mosquito could fly in on weekdays. Under such an offensive, he was still retreating steadily.

The city is about to lose its hold.

The king took pains to keep her in the safest place. And this small fortress, the secret paradise of the end of the world, finally became a cage to restrain her.

Under the protection of the guards, the princess hurriedly ran to the bottom of the secret town. There is a train dedicated to her, leading to other cities.

There were explosions all the way and flames all the way, the sound of moles burrowing into the ground, the sound of them gnawing flesh, and the roars and wailings of soldiers were intermingled. The gorgeous jewelry was scattered, jewels and diamonds were scattered all over the place, the beautiful skirt was stained with blood and mud, and her bare feet were scratched by gravel. She seemed to be in hell.

At the bottom, there is a blue artificial dome, dazzling simulated sunlight and a sea of ​​pink and purple flowers.

The Mole overtook them.

The sea of ​​flowers became the burial place of the personal guards—many years later, when Yuan and Lu Tinghan came here, they only saw layers of bones under the flowers.

Alicia ran like hell.

She ran faster than the wind, the petals of her skirt were lifted, and behind her were thousands of moles in black. The simulated sunlight made the Mole hesitate, and under the desperate protection of the SS, she boarded the train, and the train drove to the neighboring city of Ariel.

She did not arrive safely.

More than one group of moles also attacked Aleigh. On the outskirts of Ariel, the train track was invaded. Countless moles crowded the underground tunnel and were smashed into meat by the front of the train. Soon, new moles rushed up to stop this human steel monster…

The entire tunnel was filled with flesh and blood, and it was tightly blocked. The front and bottom of the train were covered with moles, and the speed slowed down. The front track was gnawed by moles, and finally, with a loud noise, the train overturned.

Alicia doesn’t remember what happened after that.

She passed out as the train rolled over, and in her daze, she heard moles screaming and gunshots.

She seemed to have been bitten by a mole, and her whole body hurt like fire. The skin is itchy, itchy, itchy, it’s like… there’s tons of hairs growing out.

what happened? Alicia thought, Am I dying?

There was darkness in front of her eyes, and there was a thick hot liquid under her body, which seemed to be her blood. She couldn’t see anything clearly, so she called out vaguely, “…Father.”

“… There are still people here!”

“Are you still breathing?!”

“Oh my god, what is this, this, is this still a human being! She must be hopeless, let me give her a good time!”

“Don’t worry so much, try it first, bring the fusion agent! Morrison, you continue to lead people to search and rescue the princess! Go!”

What princess? Alicia’s thinking is very slow, am I not a princess? How did they not recognize me?

The cold fluid was injected into her veins and it hurt.

She passed out completely.

The princess had a long dream.

In her dream, she was still in Dunton, the castle was magnificent, and the lion flag was flying on the Sunrise Square. She stood side by side with her father on the high platform, either watching the thunderstorm approaching, the dark clouds filling the sky, or watching a vigorous sunrise and sunset. Her diamonds are shining, her jewels are colorful and bright, pearls from the North Sea, emeralds from the borders, opals and agates from the dense forests in the south, and she can’t wear out all the beautiful dresses. It was a life full of luxury and luxury.

She didn’t know how long she had been unconscious.

It seemed that someone was giving her water, liquids, and injections of nutrition in bits and pieces.

Someone was talking beside her, vaguely, she couldn’t hear clearly, it was like a group of demons whispering. She tried hard to open her eyes, but her eyelids were too heavy, and the dream was too real, she couldn’t wake up.

After a long, long time, Alicia woke up one morning.

She opened her eyes with difficulty, and was dazed for a while in the darkness. Someone approached and stretched out his hand to sniff her. Seeing her opened eyes, he yelled in fright: “Are you awake?!”

Alicia: “…”

“You’re awake!” The man leaned over and said in disbelief, “Are you really awake?! Can you hear me?”

Alicia nodded slightly. The man ran away, shouting as he walked, “She’s awake! Di Wen, she’s awake!”

Ten minutes later, a man and a woman stood in front of her bed, they should be husband and wife. They had black fur and bent backs like monsters—if the princess had the strength she would have screamed.

But she was still dazed and unable to react, she just said vaguely: “Dun…Dun, I, I’m going…”

“Dun?” The couple looked at each other, “Is your home there?”

The man said, “Don’t think about Don, the Mole Man is being hunted everywhere now, and we can’t get close.” He cursed in a low voice, “What a tyrant! The whole royal family deserves to die! ”

Alicia: “…What Mole Man?” Unconscious, she retorted subconsciously, “How dare you call him a tyrant… He is obviously…”

“Oh, you just woke up and don’t know anything.” The man interrupted her, “You don’t even know how many people he ordered to kill!”

“William!” the woman shouted, “She just woke up, don’t talk about that!”

William shut up resentfully, and asked Alicia again: “How do you feel? We thought you would never wake up.”

“…the head hurts,” said the princess. “How long has it been?”

William told her: “You’ve been in a coma for about seven months.”

“…” Alicia opened her eyes wide, “7 months?!”

“Yeah.” The woman said slowly, “Maybe, they injected the fusion agent too late when they found you, and you almost turned into a monster completely. Fortunately, you woke up.” She comforted, ” It’s okay, you’re safe here.”

The princess woke up a little.

The surroundings were shabby, and she didn’t know where she was. She is very smart, and even in a daze, she can hear that the two are very hostile to the royal family.

In normal times, she would have scolded them for their disrespect. But now is not the time, she can’t reveal her identity to this kind of person, and asked tentatively: “… Where is the princess? How is the princess?”

Fortunately, she thought, they didn’t recognize her.

So what, she thought, 7 months? Father must still be looking for her, and when she returns to the capital, everything will be back on track again.

The couple looked at each other again.

William said, “You mean Alicia von Cavendish? She’s dead! Dead long ago!” He sneered, “The tyrant’s daughter…”

The woman added: “The king had a funeral, a big funeral, and the whole country mourned her.”

Alicia was stunned for a while.

She felt something was wrong, but she couldn’t explain it, so she forced herself up and scanned the room.

There was a faint light outside, and she saw a small mirror.

In the mirror was a hideous, distorted face.

…

Di Wen said: “At that time, I kept screaming, smashing and throwing things everywhere, and no one could hold me down.”

“And then?” Shi Yuan asked.

DeWen: “Then, they told me that some people infected by moles would become so-called ‘mole people’ after being injected with the fusion agent. Most of the mole people behave strangely, like me and the Williams can maintain their sanity Yes, very few.” She paused, “And I was the first Mole Man. No one recognized me, and they called me ‘Dewin’ when I was unconscious.”

Devin means “ugly beast” in slang.

She added: “It took me a while to accept my new image.”

She said this lightly, as if it was not worth mentioning.

But Shi Yuan understood that for a person like the princess, this was undoubtedly torture.

“Click—”

All the warning lights of the observation tower were on, and the gate slowly opened.

Business matters, the three of them got up and took the elevator to the 52nd floor. The elevator they were going to transfer to was broken, and they had to climb a certain distance.

Di Wen spoke while walking, speaking very slowly: “It’s all old stuff, so it’s pointless to mention it, let me make a long story short! It was a team of volunteers who rescued me from the train. I was infected. They didn’t Recognize me, and I am sure that I will die, and only let the locals take care of me—that is, William and his wife, only they are willing to take care of me, I believe I will wake up.”

Lu Tinghan said, “It’s very inappropriate. You didn’t even check your identity.”

Di Wen smiled bitterly: “After all, it’s not a regular army. At that time, Ariel’s regular army was almost dead. In order to save me, they took the risk of searching for the train. I was wearing the most common nightdress, and I couldn’t be recognized by the clothes. They probably thought I was Maid, I can’t take care of the inspection. After that, they will probably all die, and no one will know about it.”

She sighed: “Later, there were more and more Molemen, and William and his wife were also infected. My father ordered to kill the Molemen. They took me and hid underground with other Molemen.”

She continued: “After the fall of Ariel, the army withdrew, and there was really only the Mole Man left here. I lived with them for a long time, and I never revealed my identity. I just waited for the day when I could contact the army and return to To Leon.”

Lu Tinghan said, “They all hate the king.”

“Yes.” Di Wen said, “Many Mole People died at gunpoint. They wished that they would never see the army in this life. Only I tried my best to contact the army and the outside world. I think I will definitely go back. One day I will definitely go back to my hometown.”

Even if her body is deformed and her face is distorted, she still wants to go home.

The stairs are very long, and Di Wen couldn’t help panting while walking, but she forced herself to continue talking like an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like tearing a **** wound: “There are monsters outside, and I can’t go out. Until the third year, we Encountered a convoy.”