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Chapter 79: friend

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Hearing the boy's answer, Shang Jianyao suddenly turned his head and looked at him.

After watching silently for two or three seconds, Shang Jianyao laughed suddenly, and turned his attention to the LCD screen in front of him again.

"So you're Xiaochong." He asked enthusiastically, "Then do you know an old lady wearing a dark-lined cap? An old lady with a wrinkled face and a long black woolen dress."

Xiaochong carefully manipulated the handle, played the game, and replied casually:

"Know.

"She's a good person, and when she's still alive, she'll always help me guard the door and not let others disturb me.

"Hey, I told her that I like to play games quietly, read various books, and don't want other people to disturb me, and she really did that."

Shang Jianyao looked at the game screen without understanding and said:

"Can she understand what you're saying?"

"Can't you also understand?" Xiaochong felt that the other party's question was very strange.

"Yes." Shang Jianyao nodded and agreed with the little boy, "After she dies, no one will help you guard the door?"

"Yes..." As soon as Xiaochong answered, he closed his mouth and focused on the game in front of him.

Shang Jianyao saw that the picture seemed to become a little more intense.

After the sudden "battle" ended, Xiaochong continued:

"There are also several uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, who are helping me guard the door.

"They also do regular cleaning and maintenance, and they take me out for horseback riding, so that I can get some fresh air, ah, did you see my cat? I picked up a stray cat and kept a pool for it. Fish, isn't it amazing?"

"Is that your cat?" Shang Jianyao patted his thigh, "The one that doesn't look fur?"

"Yes, yes, that's a special breed, you can't discriminate against it." Xiaochong nodded frequently.

"But it always makes me sleep." Shang Jianyao complained.

"It just likes to play pranks." A clear smile appeared on Xiaochong's fleshy face, "When it comes back, I will tell it not to let you sleep."

"You still understand cat language?" Shang Jianyao was very curious.

"I don't know, but it's very smart and can understand people's words." Xiaochong replied.

Shang Jianyao immediately adjusted his sitting posture to make himself more comfortable.

"Then what do you usually eat?" he asked instead.

Xiaochong was suddenly silent and turned his head to look at him.

Under the flickering light of the LCD screen, the fleshy face was indefinitely bright and dark, and the shadows floated.

Shang Jianyao stared at Xiao Chong unyieldingly, very calm.

Xiaochong quickly turned his attention back to the game:

"I eat very little, sometimes it's canned food, sometimes it's the birds, mice, and bugs they caught, the frozen meat and wild vegetables that I found, and sometimes the fish I raised myself."

"You are so young, is it bad for your stomach to eat raw?" Shang Jianyao seriously discussed this academic issue.

Xiaochong "hehe" smiled and said:

"I taught them how to bake and cook.

"Great, right?"

"Great!" Shang Jian Yao applauded.

He applauded like this, but Xiaochong felt embarrassed:

"They actually use lighters, I just told them that they can use fire to bake things and cook things.

"Do you want some?"

Shang Jianyao is not seen at all:

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know, see what they bring back, I'm not picky eaters, really!" Xiaochong emphasized.

Shang Jianyao thought about it, raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth, forcibly changed the topic:

"How long have you been here?"

"I don't know." Xiaochong thought back, "I don't have a calendar. Anyway, it's been a long time. The old lady before has changed from aunt to grandma."

"Did staying here affect your health?" Shang Jianyao asked concerned.

Xiaochong frowned:

"You are so annoying, don't ask such a question."

Before waiting for Shang Jianyao to respond, he said happily:

"Actually, isn't it good to be a child all the time? You don't need to think about a lot of things, there are no worries, just play games and read books, and there is no time for parents to interrupt and control the play time."

Shang Jianyao said silently:

"Don't you miss them?"

Xiaochong pursed his mouth for a few seconds:

"Yes I do.

"What's the use of thinking about it, they're already dead."

Shang Jianyao fell silent and didn't speak for a while, while Xiaochong played the game seriously and didn't care about his strangeness.

After an unknown amount of time, Shang Jianyao looked at the LCD screen in front of him and said:

"Why is there electricity here?"

"They specially pulled a wire from the underground computer room, hehe, I instructed!" Xiaochong was very proud.

Shang Jianyao thought for a while, looked at the fancy game screen, and picked up a handle next to the black machine:

"How is this going to be played?"

Xiaochong's eyes suddenly lit up:

"Come on, I'll teach you.

"This key is to jump, this key is to roll, this key is to block, after blocking, you can counterattack..."

Inside the corridor.

After waiting for a long time, Jiang Baimian, who did not find any signs of a second wave of attacks, returned to his original position.

She carefully sensed the power-off signal and said loudly:

"Come out, the attackers have left."

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong left their original hiding places one after another and walked carefully to Jiang Baimian's side.

"It's very strange here, you have to leave as soon as possible." Bai Chen didn't hide his thoughts.

Long Yuehong looked around and said:

"How about Shang Jian Yao?"

Jiang Baimian was also puzzled:

"There's obviously an electrical signal here...

"No, two groups of electrical signals that are almost overlapping each other.

"Shang Jianyao was forced to fall asleep?"

This is the most reasonable explanation she can think of combining environmental elements and previous encounters.

If it wasn't under control, Shang Jianyao, who was still alive, shouldn't have responded at all.

Long Yuehong knew more about Shang Jianyao and said nervously:

"It may also be that he has encountered 'danger' and is staring at 'danger'. Whoever blinks first and speaks first will lose."

"Shang Jianyao will do this, I believe it, but why is 'dangerous' accustomed to him?"

After getting close, she saw a light flickering inside.

"Maybe it's the ability of the 'reasoning clown'..." Bai Chen said while pressing his voice.

Jiang Baimian said "um":

"No matter what the situation is, save people first."

Shake it to wake up, interrupt it to interrupt the "Don't Blink Game".

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong immediately set up cover for the team leader according to the training content.

Jiang Baimian raised his hand first, shot a shot at the floor tiles through the hole in the door.

With the resounding bang, she slammed into the door lock position, bounced back with the click, and leaned against the side wall to avoid the attack.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were at the oblique positions, aiming inside. As soon as there is any movement, they will shoot immediately.

However, there were no stress gunshots in the room, and no non-commercial figures flashed, only a faint sound of strange beating.

Looking at the constantly flickering light leaking out of the house, Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen became more and more puzzled about the current situation of Shang Jianyao.

Without delay, Jiang Baimian rolled into the room under the cover of two team members.

She immediately jumped to the back of a table, looked through the gap, and looked away from the door.

The first thing that catches her eye is Shang Jianyao with a focused expression and a boy of seven or eight years old, then two handles, a black machine, an LCD screen that lights up on one side, and finally the strange changes on the screen from time to time. screen.

Jiang Baimian's eyes instantly solidified.

She had imagined many outrageous scenes just now, but the scene in front of her still exceeded her expectations.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Baimian asked loudly without appearing.

"Play games." Shang Jianyao said without looking back.

The corners of Jiang Baimian's mouth moved slightly, and stood up abnormally alert, but nothing changed in the room.

Seeing this, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen slowly approached, and at the same time they were too shocked to speak.

"...Is it fun?" Jiang Baimian deliberately asked a less sensitive question.

"It's fun!" Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation.

Jiang Baimian's expression was sluggish for a moment, then bloomed and turned into a smile:

"Who is this next to you?"

"He?" Shang Jianyao stared at the characters in the game, "My new friend."

Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen did not relax their vigilance because of this, and still maintained a posture that they could avoid and attack at any time.

What a joke, in such a ruined city, under such a building, even if there is an adult man who claims to be a relic hunter, it is doubtful and must be guarded, let alone a boy who is only seven or eight years old.

What did he survive on

At this time, Shang Jianyao continued to introduce:

"His name is Xiaochong."

Xiaochong... Long Yuehong was stunned for a moment, and then she felt cold air emerging from her tail vertebrae, soaring rapidly and heading straight to the top of her head.

The hair on his body exploded, and the whisper of the "old lady" seemed to echo in his ears again:

"You... quarreled... Xiao Chong... "

At this moment, Long Yuehong almost pulled the trigger directly.

Fortunately, the next second, Shang Jianyao said with grief and indignation:

"Hey, dead again.

"Xiao Chong, I'm leaving, see you when I have a chance."

Xiaochong turned his head with disappointment on his face:

"Stay a little longer? No one has played games with me for a long time.

"They can't learn anything."

Jiang Baimian was wondering if this might be a common dream or hallucination when he suddenly sensed a few electrical signals approaching.

"Be careful!" she reminded quickly, and held up the grenade gun with one hand.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were in their respective guard rooms, Shang Jianyao looked at Xiaochong and said thoughtfully:

"Why don't you go out with us and play games with us

"Just a breath of fresh air."

Xiaochong thought for a few seconds and smiled:

"OK!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Baimian noticed that the electrical signals that were approaching stopped first and then moved away.

This... Jiang Baimian cautiously closed his mouth and said nothing.

And Xiaochong took out a red schoolbag out of nowhere, and put the black machine, gamepad and other items in it.

Wearing a set of yellow clothes, he quickly put on his schoolbag, looked up at Shang Jianyao who had stood up, and said:

"Let's go."

Shang Jianyao glanced at it, and suddenly smiled:

"You look like scrambled eggs with tomatoes."

"..." Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen were all speechless.

They didn't expect Shang Jianyao to say such a sentence to such a strange little boy in such a scene.