Although Tekkadan's settlement is built underground, there is surprisingly no shortage of light sources.
Whether it is the deliberately cultivated light source moss on the underground canopy or the street lights powered by solar panels on the surface, the settlement will not fall into unreachable darkness.
Although all of Tekkadan's settlements are built underground, the urban planning is actually no different from surface cities.
The buildings are divided into areas in an orderly manner, and enough roads are left for pedestrians. The watered and paved roads are also divided into driveways and sidewalks according to needs. You can even see mechanical parts set up by mechanics on the street. Shops, machine repair shops, hospitals run by life medicine doctors, and some storefronts selling food and recycling garbage.
Except for the limited height space underground, there is no way to build overpasses to improve the traffic environment, and there is no way to build high-rise buildings. In fact, the look and feel here is not much different from living in a bustling city with bright lights.
Renovated vehicles can often be seen coming and going on the driveway. Some are full of people and travel around the city and its surrounding development areas according to planned routes. Some are full of goods and drive in from the suburbs outside the settlement, transporting various products produced in the suburbs. The raw materials needed for a similar city are sent to the city, but these vehicles are all stitched together with parts. Even the outer shell of the car is often welded from several alloy plates of different models, specifications and colors.
Although the vehicles all look strange, they all have one thing in common: there is no driver behind the wheel.
Because drivers have implanted their brains into their vehicles.
In this way, they can work harder, earn more remuneration and resources, send their children to receive better education, buy better mechanical parts or genetic modification, without having to sell their organs like they do. and limbs, transforming your brain and installing neural control circuits, and being imprisoned in a cage of steel and machinery all day long to support yourself and your family. You can no longer hug your loved ones, taste delicious food, or cry or laugh loudly. , being deprived of what a human being should naturally have.
In order to survive, the people here have more or less been transformed. Wearing a baseball cap and a loose jacket, Zhao Sida put her hands in her pockets and seemed to be wandering aimlessly on the street. In fact, her pair of inorganic pupils hidden under the brim of the hat had been capturing the information of the surrounding pedestrians at high intensity, and coordinated with her body. Several detection equipment are used to secretly observe pedestrians in the settlement.
According to her observations, whether they were adults running around in the settlement or ignorant babies in their infancy, their bodies had all undergone at least one transformation.
Electricity-eating cell modification, which sounds like a biochemical and genetic modification, is actually derived from the unreasonable black technology of the Church of the Soul of All Machines. This technology can completely break away from the normal metabolic mode of cells and make them The cells of carbon-based organisms no longer rely on oxygen, intake and decomposition of nutrients to survive. Instead, like electrified electronic machines, they directly rely on electrical energy to maintain cell activity and supply daily biological consumption.
In short, a creature that has undergone complete cell modification can survive even if it does not eat or drink for a lifetime as long as it holds a shark-shaped electromagnetic power bank and keeps charging itself.
However, the cost of this kind of transformation is often very expensive. The complete transformation of a natural person is enough to bankrupt an ordinary survivor family. Many people can only afford the most basic transformation, and the electricity under this kind of transformation can only replace their daily energy consumption at most. That's why there are so many people who sell their organs and limbs, only modify their brains, and then put them in nutrient solution.
In this era, it has become a luxury privilege for a natural person to maintain his original body without undergoing any modification.
Even extreme natural man fundamentalists like the Brotherhood of Native Humanity have more or less accepted modifications through genetic technology in order to survive.
Hey, that kid in the baseball cap over there! Just as Zhao Sida was wandering aimlessly on the street and was about to turn into a remote alley, a loud voice behind her stopped her.
Zhao Sida stopped her steps and turned her head with some doubts. She saw a burly man wearing a black uniform and a large hat walking towards her.
The moment the security guard from the security team saw this outfit, Zhao Sida immediately identified the other party: Why did you stop me? Abnormality in the body of a doll? Or am I violating the established rules of the colony?
While many thoughts were running through her mind, the security guard had already walked in front of her.
He looked serious, and there seemed to be a fierce light in his eyes, staring down at Zhao Sida: Where is your guardian?
Zhao Sida raised her head to look at the security guard and tilted her head in confusion. She didn't quite understand why the other party asked such a question, but her inorganic eyes and expressionless face were mistaken for him in the latter's eyes. It became a frightened expression.
Well, what I mean is that the security here is not very good, and it is very dangerous for children to wander around alone. Realizing that he might have frightened her, the vigilante tried to soften his tone and expression, but to no avail. The twisted expression and weird accent actually became more powerful in scaring children into tears due to his well-intentioned thoughts.
But Zhao Sida was neither a child nor would she be scared by this. After the explanation, she understood what the other party meant, shook her head and answered succinctly: He was at home and did not come out together.
Did you sneak out?
Zhao Sida shook her head: I said hello to him and he asked me to come out.
Nonsense! The security officer's voice and tone suddenly rose a few degrees, but he immediately realized that his emotions might scare Zhao Sida. He frowned and lowered his voice: It has been announced several times that children must be accompanied by guardians when going out. ,where is your house? I will send you back now, and by the way, give a good education to that irresponsible guardian of your family.
She must find a reason to get rid of this nosy person. Zhao Sida thought like this. The lens in her eyes zoomed slightly, but she still played her role faithfully: But I still want to buy it.
However, the security guard didn't listen to her excuse at all and waved his hand: "There is nothing wrong with it. The security force has been insufficient recently, and evil incidents have occurred frequently in this area. Not to mention a child like you, even adults who have been mechanically modified walked in." There are dangers in remote places. Whichever direction your home is, I will send you back!
His tone was firm and his expression was serious, and he didn't look like he would be persuaded.
Zhao Sida also analyzed the expression on the security guard's face and concluded that the other party was firm. In order to avoid causing trouble, she had to give up her original plan of finding a reason to escape and pointed in one direction: My home is over there.
I was sent back this time. At worst, I will find an opportunity to come out next time. It just so happens that I can take this opportunity to observe the human heart model up close.
The doll girl thought in her heart and changed her purpose accordingly.
At the same time, on another street.
Wu Ming strolled out of the apartment holding the Crimson Queen in his hand, while Elizabeth had been running away since she walked out of the apartment building. She was running around the streets excitedly with a curious baby, going to every store to have a look. , that way is just like a husky that has been holding it in for several days at home, but as soon as it was brought downstairs, it broke free of the rope and went to have fun.
Big brother, big brother! look! That store actually sells mechanical prosthetics and solar panels! Shall we buy some for the dolls?
Wow! The energy bars in that store look delicious! There are also compressed biscuits and beef jerky! Big brother, big brother! Can you buy some and let me have a taste? Just 100 million points! Really just 100 million points!
Cyberman charging station? What is this place used for? interface? Is it enough to eat when the power is on? Sorry
Elizabeth's excited shouts would often be heard on the street, as if a stone from another world could arouse her surprise.
Don't run too far. Watching Elizabeth running further and further away, Wu Ming said hello in the spiritual link. If you run away, you have to go home by yourself.
Elizabeth's deliberately drawn-out reply came from the good spirit link, as well as a lot of silly emotions.
I feel like I didn't listen at all. After all, wandering around the streets like this is also a kind of inspection. Maybe I can just meet Lao Zhao.
Wu Ming comforted himself and justified his behavior.
Big brother, can you go and have a look in that direction? At this moment, I was hugged
The laptop in my arms made an electronic synthesized sound, and the Crimson Queen on the screen pointed in the direction to the right, where there was a seemingly deep and remote alley, with exposed metal pipes and wooden boxes and debris piled up in the alley. The entrance to the alley is difficult for ordinary people to pass.
Wu Ming squinted his eyes slightly and could see through the gaps in the debris that the alley was very deep and had several forks, like the entrance to a complicated maze. Deep in the alley, there seemed to be a faint sound. smell the sound
There was a scream
The Crimson Queen's expression seemed a little complicated and she didn't know how to describe what she saw. She could only nodded lowly and said anxiously: Well, hurry up, they are in a very dangerous situation now, and they may die in a while.
Bang!
Before the Crimson Queen could finish her words, Wu Ming kicked away the wooden boxes and debris blocking the alley, greeted Elizabeth through the spiritual link, and rushed into the alley with her in his arms. Then the transparent and invisible shield unfolded, expanded, and squeezed to crush the debris blocking the passage. The whole person turned into a black shadow. His speed was beyond the speed of ordinary people, and he quickly walked through the intricate alleys in the direction of the source of the sound. , it didn’t take long to find a spacious mezzanine area hidden in a deep alley building.
However, as soon as he rushed into this mezzanine area, the first thing he saw was a year-old child covered in blood, his limbs twisted and lying on the ground with no idea of life or death. A giant spider-like machine with eight slender mechanical legs was... Several slender mechanical feet are used to tightly fix a twitching barrel machine. The lid of the latter to protect the brain has been opened. A mechanical foot is inserted into it and stirred. The nutrient solution inside has already been spilled. In one place, the tormentor's wanton but devoid of any emotional ups and downs of electronic synthesized sounds were also constantly heard.
Yell. Keep calling. Hahahahahaha. Didn’t you scream happily just now?
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