Why do you want to follow? On the quiet street, Lu Changgeng looked at Lao Fan who was following step by step with a sarcastic expression, "Aren't you unwilling to wade into this muddy water?"
I just want to understand that it is more secure to go with you than to go with him. Lao Fan didn't care about his thorny attitude, waved his hand and said, at least you won't leave your companions casually.
But do you think it will last? Lu Changgeng answered.
Well, Lao Fan hesitated for a moment, as if hesitating whether it was inappropriate to say bad things about his fellow countryman in front of Lu Changgeng, but in the end he nodded and said, I don't understand Lian Shu. Sometimes he feels to me like a arrogant, independent and aloof person, as if he doesn't care about anything in the world. I feel a little uneasy about putting my life in the hands of such a person.
Lu Changgeng was not surprised at all that Lao Fan would comment on Lian Shu like this.
In fact, everyone who knows Lian Shu well will think that he is an indifferent and unsentimental person. This is the first impression of most people towards him.
Back when he was still living in Night City, when he faced pressure from noble relatives and had their property taken away after his grandmother died, he always looked calm and indifferent, as if he was an outsider watching his relatives. They performed to their heart's content in front of them, watching how they eloquently divided up the property in front of their grandmother's coffin, watching them cry loudly when their grandmother was buried, forcing out a few drops of tears, watching them chattering, singing one to the other. , just like he didn’t want him to express his opinion.
And he did as they wished, keeping a calm expression and dismissed them with one sentence.
It is all acceptable.
Even though the grandmother who raised him was buried, Lian Shen did not shed a single tear, let alone howl like those relatives, as if it was not Lian Shen who lost his loved ones, but those who howled like ghosts and tried to get a piece of the pie. Same as noble relatives.
He just watched quietly, watching everything that happened in front of him, but never participated in it.
It was at this time that Lu Changgeng met Lian Shu.
I'm afraid that's how most people view Lian Shu. Lu Changgeng sighed softly. He felt a little sympathetic because his fellow countrymen were evaluated in this way. This was his way of life. He never sought understanding from others, nor did he need others' approval, but deep down he still
He originally wanted to defend Lian Shu, so that Lao Fan would not label the fellow countrymen who came out of Night City like most people, but when he thought of what the other party had just done, the sympathy that rose in his heart disappeared. : It's useless to say this now. Let's go. After we have stabilized Runtu, I will go back and rescue him again.
He has done this to you, and you still want to go back to save him? Are you crazy? Lao Fan's eyes widened in disbelief, with an expression as if he was looking at a fool. No, those of you who came out of the night hemisphere, do you have some problems with your brains?
But Lu Changgeng shook his head and didn't want to explain to him the reason for doing this: Stop talking nonsense, time is very tight, we have to get back to the car to treat Runtu before the infected people catch up.
Ha, okay. Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Lao Fan could only shrug his shoulders, took over the unconscious incarnation of thoughts, and continued to move forward with him.
Without saying a word, the two of them walked through the cold windy streets with the unconscious wounded. The farther away they were from the energy tower in the center of Night City, the lower the temperature became. Their feet turned from mud to mud. The muddy ground gradually turned into fluffy, cold snow, and the densely packed shacks became rarer.
Since they were already very close to the border area, after walking for a while they walked out of Night City and walked towards the direction where they hid the car.
We'll be there in a while, and the walk down is much smoother than expected. Old Fan looked at the snowy scenery in the distance blending into the night.
Maybe, or it could be that we are really lucky. Lu Changgeng also replied absently. As he spoke, he habitually glanced back behind him to see if there were infected people chasing him. However, it was at this glance that something big went wrong. He vaguely Did you see that there seemed to be many little black spots at the end of the field of vision behind you?
When Lu Changgeng saw clearly that those black spots were actually people running towards him one by one, his expression changed.
Sudden change: Oh no! It's them who are chasing us! Run away!
When he shouted these words, it was already too late. Countless infected people had already rushed out. They gathered into a spectacular human wall, rolling towards the two of them like a tidal wave!
There's no escape! They are so fast! Lao Fan immediately noticed that the distance between them was shortening rapidly, and immediately shouted, Chang Geng! Leave the people to me! You go and pick us up in the car!
Just as he said, the crowd was approaching the two of them almost at a speed several times faster than theirs. If they continued running like this, they would be overtaken in a short time.
Lu Changgeng also knew that the situation was urgent and it was not the time to be polite, so he handed the moistening soil to Lao Fan as quickly as possible, and he ran away, rushing towards the camouflage cloth hidden in the snow at the fastest speed in his life. Tracked vehicle in!
Is this a symptom of deepening infection?
The strong Lao Fan's movement speed was also affected by having a person on his back. However, looking at the increasingly approaching wave of infected people and seeing that the distance between the two sides was no longer ten meters, he couldn't even feel the slightest panic or fear in his heart. Instead, his emotions became calmer and rational as the other party continued to approach.
The feeling was exactly the same as when he was in the day hemisphere, and the extraordinary effect of a layer of mechanized mind was cast on him by the extraordinary person of the agency. Under the influence of this state, he felt that his thoughts had become much clearer.
Hey, luckily I brought this thing with me this time.
Lao Fan held the weightless incarnation of thoughts in one hand and fumbled for a shock bomb from his arms. He bit open the latch on it with his teeth, rounded his arm and threw it out. The shock bomb was spinning in the sky. , drew an arc, landed on the ground, bounced a few times, and rolled to the feet of the first group of infected people.
Then, a dazzling flash of light and a high-decibel roar that almost tore the eardrums bloomed on the snowy field.
You must know that this is the night hemisphere. Although it is located in an open area, the effect of shock bombs is not as good as when used indoors. However, considering that people living here have almost never seen the sun or high-brightness light in their lives, even if Night City is brightly lit day and night, with flashing neon lights, and it is impossible for the eyes to adapt to the high brightness and high-frequency sonic boom emitted by the shock bomb, so the lethality of this shock bomb is still very considerable.
For a moment, even with the extraordinary effect bonus similar to the mechanized mind, the infected people were crying and howling. The infected people who were the first to receive the shock bomb fell to the ground in large numbers and cried out, covering their eyes and ears. While rolling, the infected person a little further away was also dizzy, stumbling around as if drunk, unable to stand at all.
The chaos of these infected people caused new troubles for the infected people who rushed up from behind. They collided with each other and entangled each other, causing the speed of the crowd to slow down and even stagnate.
Fortunately, it has only been a hundred years since humans took root in the night hemisphere, and it has not been long enough to evolve genes to adapt to the environment. If humans develop in this environment for a few more generations, they may evolve genes to adapt to this environment. Eyes with a certain degree of night vision, or sensitive hearing to compensate for vision. At that time, another shock bomb could kill these people. ..
Naturally, Lao Fan would not waste the opportunity gained by using this shock bomb. He carried the moist soil behind him. The moment he threw the shock bomb, he gathered enough strength to turn around and run towards the tracked vehicle. At this moment, Lu Changgeng, who was running towards the tracked vehicle faster than him, was still about half way away from their tracked vehicle.
In any case, this shock bomb still gave them a very precious opportunity. Lao Fan, carrying Runtu and the incarnation of thoughts on his back, once again distanced himself from the infected people who were chasing them.
But the recovery speed of the infected was beyond his expectation. Although the power of the shock bomb was powerful, in the next second, more infected rushed up from behind and broke through the small chaos caused by the shock bomb.
Seeing that the distance between the two parties was getting smaller and smaller, Lao Fan also felt more and more pressure. He could feel his heart roaring rapidly. It was not fear or anger, but simply giving him strength during exercise. body provides
More energy. His heart rate and blood pressure increased, and his heart was beating wildly and trying to pump blood to his limbs, pushing him to run faster and exert more strength.
But this doesn't help him get out of his current predicament.
Just when he was hesitating whether he should take out another shock bomb to delay time, a sudden change occurred!
An infected person of strange species who ran faster than other infected people stood out from the large army and jumped up. However, he obviously did not calculate the distance between the two, but at the moment he fell, he still tried his best to move towards it. The target stretched out his hands, hugged Lao Fan's legs, and followed this inertia to throw him to the ground.
Facing this sudden change, Lao Fan's pupils shrank suddenly. He only felt his legs being pulled violently. His fragile balance while running was easily broken. Under the blessing of inertia, his body fell forward uncontrollably. , fell down on the fluffy and cold snow.
Rua roared at the infected person he knocked down and tried to pounce on him. As soon as he roared, Lao Fan pulled out his leg and stepped on his face. Then he was about to stand up and continue to escape with the two wounded. .
And in just such a delay, he was already surrounded by a circle of infected people.
However, with a sharp friction sound, he was immediately knocked out like a rag, and then a very familiar tracked armored vehicle appeared in front of him, and the door opened automatically with a snap.
Get in the car!
Lao Fan's eyes narrowed, and he immediately stood up and rushed into the car door with the two wounded people. Then he slammed the door hard, causing several infected people who rushed towards the car to rush into the car to bump into their bags. The motor of the crawler vehicle made an ear-splitting roar, raising up a cloud of snow dust and flying away, leaving only a group of unreachable infected people roaring angrily on the spot.
