Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 297 In the noodle shop, around the corner

The attack on the psychic signal tower of the border hospital was actually a temporary incident, or it could be said to be an accident.

Originally, the dakini and the three of them came to this city by high-speed train under the disguise of the flight attendants at less than two o'clock in the afternoon.

All three of them were dressed in ordinary clothes.

The dakini wore a white peaked cap, she looked like a mature beauty in her late twenties, not under 30 years old, with a gray hoodie, slim trousers, and a suitcase in her hand.

Dr. Jin Meng, who was escorted by her, was wearing a shirt and trousers, wearing a windbreaker, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a short gray beard, messy hairstyle, and the length of the hair had fallen to the neck.

The two of them walked together, looking like a father and daughter, but apart from his older appearance, Dr. Jin Meng's eyes were still bright and energetic. After leaving the station, he looked around.

"Hey, I haven't been on a high-speed train for many years. Sure enough, no matter what era it is, the food on the train can't be delicious."

Dr. Jin Meng said, "Let's find out if there is any gourmet shop, let's make up for lunch before leaving."

The dakini laughed lowly: "We have already arrived here, and we will be able to go to the other side of Mian Mountain in an hour at most. By then, what kind of gourmet doctor can't eat?"

Dr. Jin Meng smacked his lips and turned to look at the other person: "Mr. Leo, both of you have a strong background and a good status. Now that the two of you are together and walking with me, you are still connected to the joint regime. The fringes, enough room for lunch, don't you?"

This Mr. Leo has tall eyebrows, a hooked nose, thin cheeks, short shaved hair close to the scalp, with only a layer of yellowed stubble, tall, wearing a blue sportswear, white platform sneakers.

From the appearance, it is possible to say that he is 20 years old, and it is also possible to say that he is in his 30s.

But his demeanor was very calm, he smiled amiably, and said: "Eating lunch is not a big deal, there is no need for Miss Kongxing to hold on to this kind of thing, and the doctor doesn't have to think of it because of this kind of thing." We are not strong enough."

"Actually, after the cataclysm, the situation has changed in half a century. The current global power, that is, the three parties can be called big. The expansion of the coalition regime is fast, and the population is large enough, but compared with any of our two sides, it cannot be said. It really has an advantage. With the perspective of a doctor, he should have known it long ago, why bother to prove it repeatedly?"

Mr. Leo waved his hand, "Don't talk about it, it's just some common sense, and it's meaningless to emphasize it too much."

Dr. Jin Meng laughed: "Mr. Leo is really calm, but it seems that I have lost my sense of normalcy."

The Dakini said at this time: "Doctors are top-notch talents. To be honest, besides researching on our own territory, we also have a lot of talents investing outside. I believe that Mr. Leo's organization has the same style of work. Almost, among so many talents, only you, the doctor, have researched this achievement, which is worth the two of us taking a trip together."

"The potential value of your achievements can be said to be immeasurable. It would be extremely difficult for normal people to make any decision. The doctor is just a little nervous, and he has already cultivated a lot."

"Alright, let's make up for lunch before we leave."

The dakini said, and added a little, "Mr. Leo, my surname is not Dakini, just like you are not surnamed Leo, you like to only reveal two words, but our customs, to our whole The name is more important."

Mr. Leo didn't think it was disobedient, and nodded lightly: "I know, this matter is because my attitude is not correct enough."

The more temperless he was, the more cautious the dakini became.

Because this can only show that Mr. Leo is too confident in himself, even if he is about to step into Yaye's territory, he feels that he can get out at any time.

Only with such confidence can one be able to assume such an attitude of not caring about everything.

If you just rely on your own identity and the power behind you, and think that Eight Leaves will not tear your face rashly, such calmness is still fundamentally vain.

The difference between Mr. Leo and Mr. Leo's self-confidence, which is completely derived from himself, can be seen at a glance.

The dakini's face was calm, and she walked slowly with her suitcase, letting the two people around her discuss where there might be delicious food. In fact, her mind was full of thoughts, like drizzle entangled and annoying.

Yayein has indeed invested in many talents outside its own territory. In fact, according to their original intention, it is best for these talents to plunder directly to their own territory.

However, real talents have their own temperaments. If they are forcibly taken away, they will inevitably have some rebellious emotions, so they have to half monitor and half support, and let them continue to study in their respective places.

This kind of investment has achieved some returns, but in the past few decades, the sum of the returns obtained from everyone else is far less than the value brought by Dr. Jin Meng.

After the people in Yayeyuan found out that Dr. Jinmeng had researched the crystallized virus and planned to create a virus attack, Su Jialuo, the head of the four mountain masters, immediately formulated a series of plans.

Secretly dispatching dakinis and overtly dispatching missions to visit the coalition regime for other reasons, raising additional troops, seizing the opportunity to occupy the five cities of Mianshan, and so on.

It can be said that the preparatory work for the acquisition of Dr. Jin Meng has already consumed astronomical resources, and the psychological expectation that after obtaining Dr. Jin Meng, a local war with the coalition regime may start.

With such heavy expectations on her shoulders, the dakini suddenly found out that there was another organization that had invested in Dr. Jinmeng when she went to Dr. Jinmeng's side, and had also received the news and sent important people to respond. Dr. Jin Meng.

At that moment, one can imagine the killing intent and fear in Dakini's heart towards Mr. Leo.

However, from the first second of meeting, she has not found any flaws in Mr. Leo.

It has been many years without accurate information about the strength of this old antique who is rumored to hold an important position in the Promised Land.

The dakini was not sure about making a move, but Leo was very cooperative and retreated step by step, as if he had no objection to Dr. Jin Meng's going to Baye.

This has evolved into a situation of three people walking together.

However, the closer to Yaye's territory, the deeper the dakini's defense against Mr. Leo. If you really want to do it, the last part of the journey is the only chance.

"...Why, this restaurant looks magnificent to me, why didn't the doctor go in and take a look, and just shook his head first?"

Mr. Leo said with a smile, "There is no problem with our identities. Since we have to make up for lunch, let's make up for it."

Dr. Jin Meng shook his head: "I just want to have fun, so I can't go to this kind of place."

The dakini said, "I know what kind of occasion the doctor is looking for."

She led the way, and the three of them walked further and further away, gradually approaching the area on the edge of the city.

Arriving at this place, the three-dimensional projections criss-crossing in the sky, the hanging bridge stairs are finally gone, and even the tall buildings are gone.

Many of the surrounding buildings seemed to be dilapidated in the disaster. After simple repairs and maintenance, after confirming that they were not dilapidated buildings, they were refurbished and used for free allocation to newly migrated people from other places. up.

Where there are people, there is business, especially restaurants.

"Haha, you really know where I'm looking for."

Dr. Jin Meng smiled and pointed to a noodle restaurant, "Mr. Leo, the food in the restaurant may not be delicious enough. When someone goes there, they just buy the service and the price. We only want to eat, so it's better to be more aroused by this kind of place." human appetite."

Mr. Leo looked at the signboard of Spicy Beef Noodles surrounded by small colorful light bulbs. The fonts were made up of colorful and cheap light bulbs. He nodded and said, "Then this one?"

The three walked into the store.

Not far from the door, there is a counter with several large pots containing beef offal, beef, sauce, and noodle soup. There are several plastic boxes beside the pot, filled with stacks of tableware.

There are seven or eight mechanical arms installed on the wall, not driven by spiritual power, but ordinary electric machinery. Whenever the noodle and beef soup side dishes in a bowl of noodles are ready, a mechanical arm will pick up the noodle bowl , extending steadily, from the place near the ceiling to the front of the guest's table.

The stainless steel palm hangs down, placing the tray with noodle bowls and side dishes on the guest's table steadily.

There are several customers in the store, and there is only one busy store. He looks more than 30 years old, and one hand is disabled for some reason. He replaced it with a psychic mechanical arm. The mechanical structure is exposed, but it is very flexible. Rolling noodles and cutting Meat, wipe the sweat with a towel without any mess.

Dr. Jin Meng and the others ordered three classic set meals and sat down at a table inside.

The dakini shook her head: "After the establishment of the coalition regime, the conquest of other regions is always high-sounding, with slogans such as civilization, human rights, and the right to life of the grassroots. In fact, with today's advanced technology, the lives of the grassroots are Same old tone."

"That's actually because the technology is not that advanced."

Dr. Jin Meng said, "Since the emergence of psionic technology, human technology has made explosive progress in many fields, but there are not many that have really spread to the field of life."

"Let's talk about the simplest chef robot. More than 300 years ago, some people wanted to create an intelligent robot with the level of a chef, but today, even you Yaye, the level of bionic prosthetics and intelligent machines is so high. , you let them cook, and how many of them can complete a complete set of banquet dishes in an orderly manner from raw materials to color, fragrance and taste?"

They were talking here, and the guests next to them were influenced without anyone noticing, ignoring their specific topics.

No matter what Dr. Jin Meng said, he would not attract the attention of others.

Mr. Leo said: "In fact, if there is no catastrophe, doctor, do you think that the current national technology has developed to that level of comprehensiveness?"

"That's also impossible."

Dr. Jin Meng sneered, "Even after the cataclysm, human resources, technological foundations, and talent levels in all aspects are sufficient to support the rapid growth of technological levels in many fields, but the popularity of psychic power has caused extreme deviations in human technology." division."

"Psychic energy is too mysterious, too unpredictable, and too powerful. It comes from the power of the mind and spirit. Once this kind of thing becomes popular, who will not pursue it, from a three-year-old child to a three-hundred-year-old man? But they can recognize it clearly. Do you feel that such power should be studied and used in the boring life day after day because of your own mediocrity?"

"No! They will only feel that since they already have this kind of power, they should urge scientists to develop technologies that can make the public stronger. All of them are mediocre, but their desires are very high-end."

Dakini deeply agrees: "These technologies with great potential should only be in the hands of the elite, and let people like us make decisions."

Dr. Jin Meng said: "The elites are just the elites they consider themselves to be. If they only rely on the resources obtained from their background and connections, they may seem outstanding, but in reality they may not be stupid."

The dakini seemed a little surprised: "Didn't the doctor approve of our eight leaves?"

"Whether you agree or not is always relative. At least your ideas are much stronger than those of the coalition regime who are determined to go their own way."

Dr. Jin Meng was compassionate, "Even if you have deficiencies, you are just repeating history, at least you will not create a greater disaster. Like the coalition regime... I will definitely stop them. The public should not hold such dangerous things as psionic power. They are harmless lambs, so why put knives and guns beside them."

The dakini said indifferently: "When the doctor arrives at Baye, he will understand that we are definitely not repeating history, we are creating myths."

Mr. Leo suddenly laughed.

The other two looked at him together.

Dr. Jin Meng said, "What is Mr. Leo laughing at?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I think of happy things."

Mr. Leo glanced at the two people, coughed lightly, and said, "You two are very interesting. Well, the noodles are ready, let's eat the noodles."

Sure enough, three bowls of beef noodles were delivered, and Dr. Jin Meng didn't ask any questions, and just buried himself in eating.

The dakini picked up a chopstick and looked at the other side.

Mr. Leo took two mouthfuls of noodles, looked at the garlic in the tray, and threw the garlic into his mouth contentedly, his brows were slightly wrinkled, but soon relaxed, revealing a little surprise, and he ate the noodles in big mouthfuls.

The dakini was a little annoyed.

The owner of the noodle shop was free, with his hips on his arms, looking around at the customers in the shop with a smile on his face.

I remember that half a year ago, he was still disabled, not just one arm, but actually the two legs hidden under the trouser legs were also broken. He was about to die in the town, but suddenly their town was taken over by the coalition regime.

The disabled, orphans, and women in the town were all called up. After a while, he had new legs and feet.

Although the nurse who replaced these legs and feet for free at the time complained that they were just outdated models, he was able to run and jump again, and his hands and feet were solid, not to mention how happy he was.

Later, he used these new legs to answer the call and came to the big city.

The plan for urban restoration and expansion is stage by stage. In the past six months, immigrants can only live in the fringe areas, but when the new area is expanded, they can be allocated housing.

The owner of the noodle shop recently had a crush on a girl next door. If he can get married before the housing is allocated, the house allocated by that time will be much more cost-effective than the one allocated individually.

After a few more years of hard work, maybe I can get back flesh and blood legs and feet, and have two babies by then.

The owner of the noodle shop thought about it, touched his face a little shyly, and couldn't stop smiling.

Anyway, since the popularization of psychic powers, when Mars was developed and the second-generation liquid chip was replaced, the average life expectancy of those implanted with the chip in infancy exceeded 110 years.

The owner of the noodle shop is only sixty now, he is still in his prime, and he can still catch up with the good times.

Just thinking about the girl next door, the girl next door came.

"Old cow!"

A woman in her 40s, holding her shirt cuffs, entered the store, "Are you free?"

"Today, a new group of people came to our district. They said they came from the south of Mount Mian. Now we will check at the medical area first. After discussing it with the district, we will also hold a simple ceremony. At least let them have a meal. If you're free, let's see how many more bowls of noodles you can serve in your shop then?"

The owner of the noodle shop thumped his waist, and quickly responded: "If I have time, I'll do it right away. When the time comes, I'll send them all as much as I want."

"That's fine, I have to inform other people, you... Pay attention, don't be too tired."

The woman walked faster and hurried out the door.

Noodle shop owner: "Hey!"

In the shop, the dakini put down her chopsticks.

"South of Mount Mian?"

There was fire in her heart, and she said slightly angrily, "What do Tianer and the others eat, and they let people escape."

Dr. Jin Meng had already finished a bowl of noodles, sighed comfortably, shook his head and said, "Are you a resident of the five cities in Mianshan? As long as you stay well, you can get painless and minimally invasive surgery. Losing the psychic chip, just because of this psychic energy that can only be used to light the light bulb, you have to leave your hometown, so I said that giving the psychic energy to the masses is the root of the disaster."

The dakini's eyes flickered, and she said, "There should be a finished product of the crystal virus beside the doctor, right?"

Dr. Jin Meng nodded: "Yes, there are, but there are no bionic robots like the one you used to release medicine around us."

The dakini said: "There are too many opportunities to release potions in this kind of fringe area, and there is no need to sneak into those important occasions in human form."

Kaba!

The dakini broke off one of her own fingers.

The liquid metal surged, reborn from the severed finger, covered with bionic skin, and recovered instantly.

As for the severed finger, it swelled up just by shaking it, and many cavities appeared inside, and the outer film gradually shaped and changed color.

In three or four seconds, a severed finger turned into a little black cat.

Mr. Leo was amazed. In terms of bionic prosthetic body, Yaye is indeed the top.

The black cat wagged its tail and meowed softly.

Turning a severed finger into a living creature would have been an unbelievable magical power if it had been done 300 years ago.

This is the supernatural power created by technology.

Dr. Jin Meng took out a small glass bottle from his coat pocket, about the size of a knuckle of a thumb, and inside the rubber stopper was a little bit of brilliance sealed.

Like a group of tiny blue-purple fireflies.

The black cat bit the glass bottle with moderate strength, and walked out of the store.

All the customers in the store and the owner of the noodle shop turned a blind eye to this graceful black cat.

This noodle shop is actually very close to the psychic signal tower behind the border hospital, and the straight-line distance is not even more than two kilometers.

And that bottle of crystallized virus, after being released in the psychic signal tower, can slightly affect people within a radius of three kilometers around the signal tower through the resonance effect.

The most terrifying thing about the crystallized virus is that as long as it is infected, even if the symptoms are mild at first, as long as the spiritual energy in the body continues to exist, the virus will continue to grow and the symptoms will deepen.

Unless the speed of the impact of spiritual energy far exceeds the speed at which the virus receives spiritual energy, splits, and reproduces, the virus can be expelled and wiped out in the air.

In other words, the current virus has almost no effect on psychics of the fourth level and above.

But that's enough.

Even in this era, only about one in 20 of the human population has reached the fourth level of psionic ability.

After the release of the crystallized virus, the group of people who escaped from the five cities of Mount Mian will definitely not be spared.

After the black cat left, Mr. Leo and Dr. Jin Meng each ordered another bowl of beef noodles, and after eating happily, they checked out and left the small shop.

They continued to walk towards the edge of the city.

Two minutes later, just as they were about to completely leave the city limits, Mr. Leo suddenly raised his hand and stood in front of Dr. Jin Meng, blocking the way.

'He really wants to do it! ! '

The dakini suddenly grabbed her knuckles and was about to raise her hand to strike back at Mr. Leo, but within [-] seconds, she noticed another strangeness.

The line of sight that was originally directed at Mr. Leo stopped abruptly and turned forward.

In the old and uninhabited street ahead, some residential buildings have been broken from the second floor many years ago, the tiles are peeling off, and the walls are covered with moss.

Under the shadow of the dilapidated building, a person turned out.

"I originally wanted to wait for you to go to the primeval jungle."

Guan Luoyang held a black cat in his hand and asked with a smile, "Is this your cat?"

(End of this chapter)