Hao Ren and the others came to this sanctuary city deep underground. However, after being surprised at the beginning, everyone soon discovered that this place was as deserted as other places.
There were no pedestrians on the street. Although the tall and majestic buildings were brightly lit, there was no human figure moving behind each window. Some vehicles could be seen busy running around on the city roads and mid-air. However, when Yiza After Kesi waved to stop a car, he found that it was all unmanned.
"And then?" Lily turned around on the spot, looking at the brightly lit but deserted city, "Where are the promised survivors?"
The more Nangong Sanba thought about it, the more something went wrong. He looked up at the sky, and asked loudly to a "bystander" who didn't know if he existed: "Hey! We've arrived at the shelter! What's next? There's no one here!"
No one appeared, only the unmanned vehicle running quickly in the air brought a gust of wind and chatted in response.
"This planet is getting weirder and weirder," Hao Ren muttered, remembering the image of the middle-aged man he saw in the lobby above, "Just now the man up there asked us to find a civil investigator after we got down. Come on..."
"I don't know what that man is doing," Vivienne casually summoned a group of little bats to fly around her, while walking forward cautiously, "He has no grievances or hatred with us... There is no reason to open such a large-scale bat. joke."
A group of people explored in this weird city of sanctuary, trying to move towards the most brightly lit and traffic-heavy road section, hoping to find survivors living here. Hao Ren and the others now know that there are indeed survivors on this planet—the middle-aged man who appeared in the video before is undoubtedly one of them, but what happened, the city is empty.
The survivors are all hiding
Nangong Sanba was observing the roadside facilities while walking. He may be half-baked in terms of combat effectiveness, but it is precisely because of his half-baked skills that he surpasses ordinary people in the careful observation and logical reasoning that a hunter should have. Now he is analyzing like an experienced hunter: "The streets are very tidy, and these things have signs of being maintained, unlike those that have been abandoned for more than 10,000 years. The city is located in a crypt, and theoretically it will accumulate a lot of dust .But look at these railings... shining like new."
"Because there are 'people' who often wipe them." Nangong Wuyue patted her brother's shoulder, raised her finger and pointed to a small robot floating in the air that was cleaning carefully there. That little robot is also an inverted triangle. Its job seems to be to keep polishing the street lights and guardrails. It uses one dexterous robotic arm to hold the brush, while the other is responsible for spraying water mist. Noticing that someone was approaching, the little robot flew over with a chattering noise, circling blindly around Hao Ren and his party.
Lily tensed up. But it soon became apparent that the little robot was no threat. She reached out and knocked on the latter's steel shell: "It doesn't seem to be able to speak..."
As soon as Lily finished speaking, the little robot suddenly played a string of loud music, and then a pleasant male voice came from inside it: "Vijacari Company, an expert in cleaning equipment manufacturing, provides meticulous hygiene services for you and your loved ones .The latest model of household robot Alpha III is on the market, welcome to order... "
Lily looked at the little robot in surprise: "You can talk?"
The music and the pleasant male voice inside the little robot sounded again: "Vejacari Company. Expert in cleaning equipment manufacturing. For you and your... "
Then it left the crowd while broadcasting this advertisement, and continued to clean the street lamps and guardrails busily.
"It seems to be just an advertisement," Vivian shrugged, "but I finally heard something 'human'."
Yizaks said in a low voice, "If there is a robot company, there should be people running it."
At the next intersection, they saw a large building that looked like a shopping mall, with neon lights shining on the building, and huge billboards and business mascots standing at the door. A set of exaggerated cartoons scrolled on the large screen above the entrance of the mall-although it was very different from the culture of the earth, it could still be seen as some kind of advertisement. Hao Ren walked into the mall first. What I saw head-on was the empty hall and the neat and orderly shops of merchants around the hall.
"It's really scary." Lily murmured beside Hao Ren.
A burst of music came from nearby. Hao Renxun looked over and saw that it was an advertising screen mounted on the wall. After the music ended, images of men and women appeared on the screen, and the background voice narrated: "... The comfortable environment of the shelter needs to be maintained by you and me. Let us work together to create an eternal and peaceful home..."
Nangong Wuyue crawled over and fiddled around the screen, and she didn't know where she pressed it. Suddenly, the screen changed, and a young man with a rigid face appeared in the center of the screen: "... I will report to you the latest happenings in the shelter." News. The cause of the fire at Danding Station yesterday has been investigated, and the person in charge of the shelter announced that the incident was caused by a short circuit in a daily necessities warehouse in a shopping mall... Routine maintenance of the engine group is over. The thrust of the planet is stable, and the commander expressed his gratitude to the engineering staff , the spokesperson of the commanding office said that the stable operation of the planetary ark so far is the result of the efforts of all engineering personnel... The Ministry of Development Affairs announced that the planetary ark is close to the expected 'supply area', and the route ahead will pass through a rich asteroid belt. At that time, the Ark will decelerate for the first time so far, and resupply after reaching the second-level cruising speed. It is estimated that it will take a year to decelerate to the target speed. We will collect enough resources from the asteroid belt to replenish fuel for the plasma engine. During the deceleration There may be minor vibrations in the shelter, residents please do not panic... ”
This looks like a news program. When Hao Ren heard the last message, his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately connected to the data terminal that was on standby in orbit: "Terminal, scan the path of this planet, is there an asteroid belt ahead?"
The terminal quickly sent a message: "There is indeed an asteroid belt ahead, which may have been separated from other celestial systems. It is very large. What's wrong?"
"...we're watching the extraterrestrial news feed."
The data terminal didn't understand: "What?"
Hao Ren hung up the communication and looked at the others around him: "There is really an asteroid belt ahead of the flight path... These are not videos."
Vivian looked at the news programs that were still being broadcast on the screen next to her: "...that means these news are all real-time, and someone is really broadcasting these programs."
Hao Ren looked at the empty mall halls around him: "That's right, but they're not here."
At this moment, Nangong Sanba frowned suddenly, with a strange look on his face: "Wait! I feel some breath..."
Almost at the same time as Nangong Sanba finished speaking, Wuyue raised her body all of a sudden. She used her long tail to support her upper body to a height of two or three meters, and looked in a certain direction: "Yes The water elemental... is the water elemental..."
Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, and then suddenly understood what was going on!
Nangong Sanba bent down and pressed his hands on the ground, using the innate power of a demon hunter to trace the flow of breath in the vicinity, then suddenly raised his head and looked into the depths of the shopping mall: "In that direction!"
The two brothers and sisters looked at each other, their expressions of shock and ecstasy were undisguised, and then they rushed to the place where the breath came from. Hao Ren and the others were a little slow in reacting, but they followed immediately. Everyone ran wildly in the empty shopping mall, as if they were afraid that the target would disappear out of thin air if it was a step and a half late. Finally, they came to a store full of daily necessities. Everyone stopped outside the store at the same time, watching the movement inside with bated breath.
At this moment, the Nangong brothers and sisters did not dare to move forward. They just stared blankly at the inside of the shop and even stopped breathing.
Behind a shelf, two figures were shaking slightly. A female arm flashed through the gap of the shelf and took away a few items.
Then the two figures seemed to have sensed something suddenly, stiffened at the same time, and slowly walked out from behind the shelf.
Nangong Wuyue tightly grasped her brother's hand, as if she would faint at any moment, her voice trembled: "...Dad, Mom?"
They finally found it. (to be continued~^~)