Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Mechanical Hive Area B does not seem to be much more depressed than when it was prosperous before. The first island chain was forcibly recruited by Starlink and many people were taken away. However, after the port was repaired, there were still a large number of passenger ships carrying people over——

Higher wages, rapidly falling prices after regulation by logistics centers, more employment opportunities, and even compulsory education that may appear in the near future...

All this makes the large population still on the mainland flock to this place.

What Chen Yan didn't know was that just when he thought that the empire's forced conscription had destroyed all the reputation he had finally accumulated, during the day, boatloads of migrant workers were being ferried to Dais Island. They didn't know the horror of conscription from online rumors. They only knew that there were a lot of opportunities here. They only knew that the wages here were very high. They only knew that forced conscription left a lot of positions vacant in society.

Most people know a fact - survival is too difficult, just go wherever there is an opportunity, life will never be worse than now.

It is already 09:30 in the evening, and the streets of Area B of the Mechanical Hive are still crowded with people. People who have just arrived in the island chain need temporary shelter. As a result, the real estate industry has once again become popular. Hotels, B&Bs and even youth hostels As a result, the number of sofa seats has increased, and the catering industry has also ushered in a short-term over-recovery. Long queues once again formed outside restaurants of all sizes. Restaurant owners who had complained endlessly because they were almost unemployed had no time to continue to work. The anger is directed at the logistics center.

People are used to adapting to the environment. As long as they have a thought, seemingly endless power will be born in their small and fragile bodies.

Amidst the noisy chatter of people, and under the relatively bright street lights in Area B of the Mechanical Hive, Chen Yan finished a table of food and was barely hungry anymore. The congestion caused by digestion in his stomach left his brain deprived of oxygen. People feel dizzy.

'Not just because of digestion, but also because of tiredness...'

Obviously, the overdraft of the body cannot be replenished by simply eating. The injuries from [Desolation] in the wilderness cannot be recovered in such a short time. Chen Yan realized that he was always in a state of double overdraft both mentally and physically. How could he recover from it? It’s not easy to hold on until now.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized another thing - although he was surrounded by supermen who couldn't think with common sense, he himself was just a slightly "stronger" ordinary person - most of his abilities It comes from the spiritual level, and the physical strength is not high. The strain of the Spring God can only repair it, but cannot strengthen the body itself.

Thinking of this, the illusion that he could be the same as those around him disappeared, and Chen Yan realized his state more clearly.

The physical body is the carrier of the spirit, and the strength of the physical body cannot keep up with the increase in spiritual strength, so he now eats more and more often and gets hungry very quickly.

'Looking back now, Ogami doesn't seem to eat much...'

Ninjas have much better control over themselves than normal people, not to mention Ogami... who is considered an immortal, so he should have other sources of energy, right?

While ordering another table of rice for the eager Swam, he explained:

"You eat first, I'll go back and take care of some things."

Just now, Swom saw that Chen Yan was too hungry, so he couldn't bear to compete with Chen Yan for food.

Chen Yan was too hungry just now to be polite to Swam, so it's not too late to order him a table now.

As Chen Yan walked towards the company, he thought in his mind:
'My appetite is getting bigger and bigger, which is not a problem. The body consumes so much energy, and it must be replenished.

The problem is that now I have become a brave man, eating so much but barely going to the bathroom.

Does this mean that this body's demand for energy is too great, causing energy replenishment to fail to keep up with consumption, resulting in a long-term state of hunger and semi-starvation...

The state of hunger is okay. If I am in a state of semi-hungry for a long time and I am too busy with mundane things to notice it, will my vitality be overdrawn...'

Chen Yan couldn't figure it out, and was a little confused at the same time. He couldn't even fill his stomach with big fish and meat, so what else could fill his stomach?

'Anyway... let's do this for now. '

Problems that cannot be solved are put aside for now.

Back at the company, Chen Yan found four more people in the waiting area of ​​the intelligent prosthetic surgery room on the first floor. Except for Chen Yan, the other three were the "three parts" that had been transformed.

Chen Yan originally thought he would be calm. He and the three parts...the three people have been in contact for a long time. They know each other's secrets and have wandered between life and death together.

He once made a promise to the three of them that was difficult to fulfill - to reunite Vivian with her father, to allow Parrett to regain her body, and to take Psalm 13 to the depths of the wilderness to explore the secret of the [Forbidden Fruit]...

When Chen Yan made this promise, he never thought that these promises would be realized in the way they are now.

He walked forward and looked at Chen Yan, who said:
“It’s been very deeply personalized to them—according to the rules you set, without pulling information from a big database.”

He nodded and said thank you. Crow was supposed to do these things, but now the employees of the Omnic Prosthetic Company are off work. Chen Yan must have seen this situation before coming to help. These things were not her responsibility originally——

This is the reason why Chen Yan thanked her, because the workload of such transformation is indeed quite large, and even if Wu Wu is busy enough alone, he will not be able to complete it so quickly.

Then, Chen Yan shook hands with Psalm 13 and Perrit respectively, then turned to Vivian and said:
"Mr. Mogwen is still in the operating room?"

Vivian nodded. Thanks to the high-intensity simulation of mental consciousness by the mimetic neural network, there was no sign of stiffness in the girl's movements.

Everything is so natural, and it naturally makes people feel a vague panic in their hearts.

She just nodded but didn't speak. She was completely different from the crazy little girl Chen Yan had seen in the zoo.

It seems that the omnic modifications not only gave her a body, but also eliminated the corruption.

Chen Yan suddenly thought that the elimination of corruption may not be the result of the transformation of omnics, but that after being rescued from the zoo by Gotlinde, he became parts and was transformed by omnics - this whole process is a gradual process. The process of eliminating spoilage.

'The corruption has been eliminated, but is the spiritual loss of control still there?Wish once said that loss of control can only be accumulated, not reduced. I am afraid that for Vivian now, the loss of control is still there, but because the body has been transformed, the threshold for accumulation of loss of control has been raised, and the corruption has been eliminated. So she looks...normal. '

Thinking of this, Chen Yan said to her:
"Do you have any other plans after returning to Yanan City?"

Vivian looked at Chen Yan with something strange in her eyes:
"Why are you asking this question again? I want to continue running the toy store after I go back with my father." Like an ordinary, completely normal girl, she told her plans for the future in a longing tone:

“Now that I have a brain robot body, I can download any knowledge I need directly from the Internet. I don’t need to go to school anymore... All I need is the money to download upgrade patches, so I want to continue doing business with my father. "

She has become rational, smart and generous, and her original cowardice is completely gone:

"Maybe running a toy store is no longer appropriate, but the house is still there. We might find a way to sell the house and come to the island chain...or to the star chain, who can say?"

Chen Yan felt very complicated after hearing her answer.

Humanity suddenly has a precise path to mechanical ascension - as a "senior" practitioner in related industries, Chen Yan is well aware of the low cost of intelligent machine transformation - due to the dual subsidies from the imperial government and the William Adams Group, as well as the brain-computer Given the extraordinary contract benefits for humans, the actual cost of omnic transformation is quite low.

Although it is impossible to quantify it specifically, according to the current wage situation in the island chain, it takes two months of working at the minimum hourly wage to purchase a brain robot body.

Although the money for purchasing the brain-robot system software, the patch money for upgrading the software, and the maintenance of the brain-robot body are included separately, those money can be earned in the future, and if you own a brain-robot body, You can become a formal employee of the William Adams Group and get a lifetime contract. It will be easier to make money in the future.

What's even more terrible is that as the brain-computer industry continues to develop, the process of software development is getting faster and faster, and the cost of software distribution and sales is getting lower and lower. With the formation of the entire industry chain - Chen Yan himself is in this position. As a link in the industrial chain, the entire brain-machine industry will have lower and lower costs and provide greater and greater convenience to mankind.

Faced with so many benefits, Chen Yan couldn't determine whether the omnic transformation was good or bad - he knew that from now on, it was indeed getting better and better, but what about the future?

Chen Yan knew that this was the survival anxiety engraved in the bones of Tianshenzhou people. He believed that this survival anxiety was correct. Because he was exposed to too much knowledge, he always felt that the whole world was in danger.

She looked at Chen Yan's hesitant expression and did not guess what Chen Yan was thinking. Instead, she guessed a wrong aspect:

"Mr. Anzem has helped me escape from the control of the Moon Familiar clan, and I will not get involved in their affairs again."

This is another thing - it is also a very important thing. Chen Yan thinks that he needs to ask clearly.

So he looked to Psalm 13.

The latter responded:

"I stress again that this [disengagement] is permanent and irreversible."

It seems that the heretical belief in Psalm 13 is also quite strong - at least not weaker than the Moon God belief of the Moon Destiny.

The reason why Chen Yan wanted to ask about the Moon Familiar Clan was because what Vivian said before made him very uncomfortable - the moon was hollowed out, and the Moon Familiar Clan will live in the dreams of different humans from now on. .

Chen Yan knew that he would have strange dreams every night. He was originally afraid that the dreams would change something about his spirit. Now that there are things like the Moon Familiar that can invade the dreams at any time, he felt that sooner or later he would have to fight with these things. East and West fighting to the death - this feeling is really inexplicable, but very strong.

At this moment, the door of the operating room opened, and Johnny Mogwen, who looked exactly like Chen Yan's impression, appeared behind the door.

The strong man hugged Vivian with red eyes, then held Chen Yan's hand tightly and expressed his gratitude in an excited tone.

Chen Yan acted very seriously at this time and told him the subsequent events of the Labor Party list written by Mr. Mogwin that he had originally obtained, and expressed his apology:

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Mogwen, I couldn't find everyone on the list. At that time, I had a conflict with Leonard Adams of William Adams's family and killed him, and then entered Prison, and later expelled from the island chain, with no opportunity to return.”

Johnny Mogwen's expression immediately became serious when he heard the news.

Chen Yan did not speak confidently, but he was not discouraged either:

"I promoted the demonstration in Yanan City, but it did not achieve good results, nor did I get any big benefits for the workers. I just got some treatment and benefits that they should have had."

Although it was difficult to say it, Chen Yan still expressed his thoughts:
"I think that in this era of drastic changes, it is difficult for us to win anything through struggle - in this era of technological explosion, workers get the wages they want, even if it is not fair, they can still win as one person Their job supports the whole family - for them, this is enough - they are content.

So, Mr. Mogwen, please be careful if you continue where you left off. "

Johnny Mogwen had already read a lot of general knowledge and common sense of this era when he had a brain computer and updated the system software. He knew what Chen Yan was talking about.

He gave Chen Yan an unexpected answer:
"I'll be waiting."

"I will be an ordinary small businessman and guard my one-third of an acre of land peacefully."

His tone was firm.

"If I am needed again in my lifetime, I will still stand up and carry out my mission."

Chen Yan nodded, and after a few pleasantries, he applied for temporary status for the two of them, which can be applied for both refugees and illegal immigrants. He bought mobile phones and opened electronic accounts. Since the two of them had already "registered their deaths" on the official website of Yanan City, "For this reason, they must change their names and survive with another identity.

Vivian obviously understood this a long time ago, so she said "find a way to sell the house" in an accentuated tone instead of simply "sell the house."

He bought them tickets, sent them on the last ferry to Yanan City at 10:30 pm, and watched them disappear into the night.

The last ferry from Dais Island to Yanan City was at 10:[-], but the flights from Yanan City to Dais Island kept running all night. At this time, Chen Yan stood at the pier and looked towards Yanan City, and all he could see was the sea. Almost lit up by the dense spotlights, the ferry Mr. Mogwen and Vivian were traveling on seemed to be traveling in the opposite direction, looking quite dazzling in the current of ships.

People go to Dais Island, or may leave Dais Island and go to Starlink in the future. No one knows what their future will be. They only know that moving forward is always the right thing. Chen Yan stood on the dock blankly and was blown away by the cold sea breeze. After blowing for a while, I suddenly realized, isn't this the migration of animals?