hsntnovel Chapter 165 I Won't Let You Lose
Chapter 165 I Won't Let You Lose
Instead of making guesses, it's better to verify directly with the parties involved.
"Are you kidding me? Even underground, you can't get through there. There's a very thick protective shield, just like the city gate barrier. I searched around its edge, and the barrier underground is roughly a semi-circular arc."
"A semicircular arc..." Li Can muttered.
If you think of the upper half of the barrier as an upside-down bowl in the ground, and add the semicircle at the bottom, together they form a three-dimensional sphere.
The outer layer is a barrier, while the center of the sphere is the living space that encloses all the people of the lower city.
The sphere in the lower city is now intact and even more sturdy.
The upper half of the sphere in the upper city was shattered, while the lower half remained well-preserved due to the principle of mutual generation and restraint among the dark particles.
"Okay, I understand."
Then, Li Can took out a notebook and a black pen from the gashapon machine and put them on the ground to write and draw.
He pointed to the black horizontal line above, which divided the area into upper and lower layers.
The top section shows the sky and dark particles, while the bottom section shows the uneroded land.
"Our main objective now is to prepare to use the device to send outwards to explore routes out of the city."
"The dungeon NPCs only want to end the erosion of the dark particles and use this method to find a way to repair the barrier."
"At this stage, we seem to have the same goal, but in reality we are very different."
"Some conflicts may erupt later due to unequal goals."
"But with you around, we can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble in advance."
"Even if the ability-combining device is used well, it can greatly speed up the process of ending the dungeon."
Wang Defa still didn't quite understand. His gaze followed the marks Li Can made on the sketch, his face full of confusion.
"Peach blossom, what does that mean... Stop beating around the bush, I don't understand either. Just tell me directly what you need me to do."
"Anyway, whether you need me to pretend to be running away or to take the route of being recruited by the government, I'm fine with it."
"I'm willing to do anything that can help you and change the fate of our planet."
Li Can's hand, which was resting on the blueprints, paused for a moment. "You trust me so much? Not long ago, I was the one who set you up and led you into a trap. Aren't you afraid that after this, I'll sell you out?"
"You wouldn't do that. If you wanted to harm me, you would have handed me over to the NPCs by now. Why would you be analyzing my future prospects now?"
"What if I haven't fully exploited your usefulness yet?"
"Haha, if that's really the case, even if I, Wang Defa, am bad at judging people and have been deceived again, I can't blame anyone else. It's just my bad luck... I've never been used to the scheming and backstabbing atmosphere in the apocalypse."
After Wang Defa finished speaking, he was visibly disheartened.
These guys who've always been involved in the underworld and value brotherhood are indeed single-minded.
It doesn't mean they have no brains or lack the ability to discern.
Rather, they are simply too lazy to put in the effort to interact with people.
That would be too tiring.
When you're out in the game, if you can become brothers, great; if not, you'll fight each other in the street.
Settle scores on the spot.
When encountering new people and things afterward, they still don't learn from past mistakes and rely on their feelings instead.
If the problem persists, repeat the above process.
The main focus is on "gambling".
Li Can was moved by his words, but she kept them to herself.
"You're lucky this time, you've met me. I won't let you lose this bet."
"What else is there to say, Peach Blossom? When we go out in the future, I'll treat you to a drink sometime." Wang Defa stepped forward, ready to put his arm around Li Can's shoulder.
But after saying that, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something.
"Ah, we're not in the same time and space... then let's have a cyber drink." He made a gesture of holding a glass bottle of beer and pouring it in.
……
Downtown, Happy Amusement Park.
The city center, ravaged by bombs, was in complete disarray, except for the Happy Amusement Park area, which remained relatively intact.
However, although the amusement park survived the first round of bombardment, it still couldn't escape the second round of being searched and ransacked by humans.
Now, everywhere you look, all the bricks and cement on the ground have been broken up, and the earth has been turned upside down.
If farmers want to cultivate the land here next spring, it would be a great choice.
At least I don't have to loosen the soil anymore.
Azhu and Feng Tian sat in a tank-like lead vehicle, and when they arrived at their destination, they jumped off.
Yang Mo and the others had been waiting in this group for a long time.
Feng Tian: "Didn't you say you were going to take the body back to the research institute? Why did you suddenly change your mind halfway through and now you want us to move some of the equipment over here?"
Behind her was a long line of transport vehicles.
The trailer platform is covered with a new type of protective device that is covered with plastic film.
They transferred almost all the finished and semi-finished products that were currently available for use.
They were stared at by a large number of onlookers along the way.
At this point in time, the people of the upper city and the lower city have become completely intertwined, and it is impossible to distinguish their races.
Their intense gazes lingered on the devices, reluctant to leave.
However, due to the constant vigilance of the mech soldiers on guard, who were armed with firearms, they would be shot dead on the spot if the crowd rioted.
Therefore, the crowd currently lingering outside the Happy Amusement Park are mostly people who have the desire to steal but lack the courage.
Some people were just there to watch the spectacle.
After all, the whole city was broadcasting at the time, and very few people actually saw the rumored "big guy" device.
Yang Mo waved to Feng Tian and A Zhu, signaling them to follow him. "I found some ice on the spot to seal the body up. He can't be transported any further."
"Where's the ice coffin I told you to bring? I haven't seen it."
The group stood in the makeshift tent, with a simple red plastic basin in the center of the ground serving as the coffin for the corpse, filled with bits of ice.
The basin was surrounded by a lot of wet mud.
When the old city lord's body was first found in the ground, apart from some abrasions on his skin, there was nothing seriously wrong with him.
However, upon re-exposure to the air, the surface of the corpse began to oxidize and decompose at an alarming rate.
"How could this happen?" Feng Tian was somewhat unable to accept the situation she witnessed.
Two hurried footsteps came from outside the tent, one heavier and the other lighter.
The light-footed one started shouting from a great distance, "Quick, quick, open the door! We've brought the ice coffin!" It was Shen Yuan's voice.
Azhu and Feng Tian quickly ran over and lifted the heavy curtain, revealing the situation of the two people outside.
Li Lan was seen carrying the huge ice coffin alone, while Shen Yuan carefully held onto the edge. Although it didn't seem to be of much help, it still exhausted her.
After the body, along with its ice coffin, was quickly moved into the tent and the body was properly arranged, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Feng Tian: "You guys set off much later than us, how did you get here so quickly?"
Outside, people are packed together, making it almost impossible to move. Whether it's bringing the corpses back to the research institute or bringing the equipment convoy and ice coffins from the institute to join them, it's all very difficult.