Chapter 8: Gobi Mirage - Mechanical City

Link's almost collapsed voice drifted in the desert, and only the merciless wind sounded in response.

"Little treasure, is the gerbil really gone?"

The treasure-hunting rat tried his best to sniff, and he didn't know whether it was beyond the distance or the sandy gerbil had no smell. In short, he couldn't find it.

squeak.

Link's heart was relieved, and he finally knew what the so-called induced unknown problem was.

The ability of gerbils is very useful when crossing the Gobi, but now it's gone, all gone!

Ah Fu, who was beside him, didn't feel the despairing atmosphere yet, and was still trying to stretch his neck to look out: "Boss, why haven't the gerbils come back, is it because he was just too curious about the desert when he was born?"

???

puff!

listen,

Worrying voice.

"A'Fu, let's get ready to go!"

Ah Fu was a little stunned: "Boss, won't we wait for the gerbil to come back?"

Link's tone was wistful: "In order to celebrate the birth of the gerbil, I gave it a big gift."

"When did you give the gift, why don't I know?"

Seeing Link turn around, Afu glanced at the desert a few times, and then hurriedly followed up and asked, "Boss, what did you give me?"

"Set it free..."

This time the pet ran away was a lesson for Link. The success rate and the matching of materials were still very important.

After spending more than half an hour in the ruins of the city, Link was not ready to stay any longer. Since the Wasteland Gang has issued a wanted order for him, maybe the helicopter is already on its way, there is no need to continue wasting time here to increase the risk.

Link walked in front with the satellite phone, and Fu followed closely with his luggage on his back.

The Treasure Rat stood on Link's shoulder, earnestly like a small sentinel, sniffing the wind blowing from the Gobi, and carefully distinguishing the ingredients and breath inside.

Link quickly pulled away from the embarrassing atmosphere of the gerbil's escape, and focused on the [Attribute] interface.

After synthesis, only 7 HP remained, which was not enough to synthesize other pets, so Link simply chose to upgrade.

[lv1→lv2 needs to consume 400 experience points, do you want to upgrade? whether]

Yes!

Link chose to upgrade without hesitation, and all his life and energy were restored.

Name: Link

Race: human

Level: lv2

Experience: 400

Occupation: none

Status: Slave

Health: 60/60

Stamina: 40/40

Attributes: Strength 3, Agility 3, Stamina 6, Intelligence 4, Energy 2, Charisma 1, Luck 1

Potential Points: 3

Talent: none

Skills: none

Equipment: sharp dagger (white), Glock 17 pistol (white), Bezos T1 micro submachine gun (white)

Specialties: Beginner Driving (40%), Basic Shooting (11%)

Comments: You are really "lucky".

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Every time you level up in Destiny, you will get 3 potential points.

Potential points can be added to any of the seven attributes.

Strength, agility, stamina, and intelligence routines are all there, and the effects don't need to be explained too much.

Corresponding to attack, movement speed, attack speed, health and energy, the ratio of endurance intelligence to life energy is 1:10.

The energy value represents the affinity for energy. If the energy exceeds 5 points, it is the so-called power user in the game. It can control the use of energy to attack, and it is common to control the power of various elements, such as mind power, illusion, etc.

There are four main classes in the "Destiny" game, namely martial arts, power, mechanics and mystery.

There are many specific occupations under these four categories. After level 20, you can learn another sub-occupation, so there are many combinations and ways of playing the game.

But to say the most critical element in the game, there is no doubt that the experience value.

Experience points can be used not only to improve player levels, but also to improve skill levels, specialties, and even pet levels.

These will be discussed in detail when we encounter them in the future. Let’s look at Link first.

After reaching level 2, Link got 3 assignable potential points, but he didn't add any points after considering it.

"Temporarily full of blood and essence is enough to escape on the road, 3 potential points can save lives in a critical juncture."

On the one hand, there are 3 potential points left, which can be used as a hole card.

Second, Link's rebirth also got the golden finger, and he has not yet decided which department to choose, so he will not rashly add points.

Link exited from the [Properties] interface, took out the satellite phone every ten minutes to check the GPS coordinates, and corrected the bearing once.

Walking in the endless Gobi is quite tedious, not to mention they still run on their legs.

So this period of time became the time for Link to get to know Ah Fu better.

"A'Fu, how did you get caught?"

"Our tribe originally lived in the desert. Later, the Wasteland Gang swept the desert and annexed the tribe, and all the tribesmen were sent to slave camps. Boss, in fact, our tribe also had superpowers at the earliest. Hand, a power user can guard the tribe, but in the face of hundreds of firepower from the Wasteland Gang, there is only one dead end."

Ah Fu's tone also became low.

Once upon a time, the power user was a symbol of the strength of a tribe, and each tribe was proud to be able to give birth to a power user.

However, when the torrent of steel from the Wasteland Gang swept through, the once proud power user either died in battle to protect the tribe, or was lured by the Wasteland Gang with a lot of money and turned his back on the battle.

"Then how did you change from a coolie to a cook? You eat so fat, don't the mercenaries tell you?"

This body type, even if you say that you didn't steal it, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

A Fu smirked, rubbed his head and said, "Actually, I just ate a bite or two at first, and I wouldn't be found out at all. But once I was so hungry, I stole a chicken leg at night. Coincidentally, it was discovered, so..."

"What's wrong?"

"So I was taken out by mercenaries, tied on a cross and exposed to the sun for two days and two nights in the desert. They only gave me water and no food, so I hanged myself. After I was released, I was allowed to eat a few. Jinsha, this is the only way to spare me."

Ah Fu patted his sturdy belly: "I wasn't fat before, but after eating sand for a few days, my stomach has slowly swelled up and my body has become bloated."

Link fell silent after listening.

I was hungry for 2 days, and was poured a few pounds of sand, my stomach was blocked and flatulence, and my body was swollen...

These beasts!

After a while, Link comforted: "It will be fine when the sand is over. Buy a booster on the black market at that time, and you can expel the sand from your body."

"Boss, how much is the booster you said?"

"Ten thousand dollars a piece."

A'Fu widened his eyes and took a deep breath: "It's so expensive, do I have to save it until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon?"

"What did you do in the tribe before?"

"To carry the coffin, my father, I, and a few relatives are doing the funeral together. I only earn two or three hundred yuan a month, and I'm afraid that I can't afford to buy an enhancement fluid in my life... ..." Ah Fu's tone was frustrated, ten thousand yuan was an astronomical figure for him, and he could not earn so much in his life.

"Not necessarily. There are many opportunities in Shadu, and there are many ways to make money, which is different from your clan whose information is blocked and transportation is inconvenient."

The two talked and walked all the way, and when the sun went down, they found a Gobi boulder.

Link and Ah Fu pulled dead branches nearby, lit a bonfire, wrapped their bodies in linen clothes, and survived the first night of crossing into the game.

Early the next morning, Link felt his cheeks being swayed back and forth. When he opened his eyes, he found that the treasure hunter was vigorously shaking his head with two small paws to wake him up.

Link rubbed his sleepy eyes and glanced at Ah Fu, who was snoring asleep on the ground.

"Xiaobao, wake him up."

After taking the command, the Treasure Rat jumped onto Ah Fu in three or two steps, using Ah Fu's belly as a trampoline.

After trying A'Fu for a while, there was no response. The treasure-hunting mouse ran to the neckline of his clothes again, started a solid horse step, and squeezed his two small claws into fists, ah da da da da!

The chaotic fist seemed to pour down on Ah Fu's face, and the fat on his face trembled under the 'bombing' of the little fist.

(￣ε(#￣)

Ah Fu immediately woke up from his sleep, covering his face and screaming.

The two and one mouse added a little energy. Link glanced at the pure water with about a liter left, and then looked at the data on the satellite phone.

"We walked 20 kilometers in half a day yesterday, and we will try to walk 50 kilometers today. If there is no accident, we can reach the Grand Canal of Goria this afternoon. Then we will do some supplies, find a place to rest, and walk another day tomorrow. , as long as you pass through the Weeping Valley, you can enter the Sandu territory at night, and then you will be safe."

After listening to Link's words, Ah Fu's eyes were bright, sparkling with hope and excitement.

Tomorrow night at the latest, he can say goodbye to the Gale Desert and the Barren Gobi forever.

He is going to be free!

Link was equally confident.

As long as you pass the canal supply level today, the road behind will be much safer.

Although the entire barren Gobi to the Weeping Valley is the site of the Mechanicum, most of the activities of the Mechanicus are concentrated in the south of the Goria Grand Canal, and they rarely patrol across the canal.

The distance from Weeping Valley to the canal is more like a buffer zone.

Although 42 years have passed since the day of reckoning, both Sandu and the Mechanicus belong to the forces that were born after the day of reckoning.

Some strength has been accumulated, but it is far from the point of a large-scale war.

After the day of reckoning, the original pattern was all overthrown, and new forces gradually emerged.

Accompanied by changes in thinking, thinking about the future destiny of mankind, and the birth of superpowers, all kinds of extreme ideas emerge in an endless stream, and they have won many fans.

The Mechanicus is such an organization, and it believes that the integration of man and machine is the direction of future evolution.

Low-level colonized soldiers fight with implanted chips, and the more advanced one is to transform people, combining flesh and blood with machinery. The highest-level mechanical reincarnation plan only retains the human brain, and the rest of the body is replaced with replaceable mechanical parts. As long as the brain does not die, mechanical immortality can be achieved.

At the same time, Mechanicus also developed bio-energy technology. By transforming ordinary people's biological energy to generate electricity, the captured ordinary people will be stuffed into a nutrient solution container and become part of a huge battery, sinking into a dream that they think is reality, until they are drained to the last trace. energy.

Perhaps it was about escaping the Gobi desert, and both Link and Ah Fu were much lighter on their feet today.

Didn't even sit down for lunch, but found time to eat while on the move.

"Okay, let's start to go due north now, and after another 20 kilometers, we will reach the Grand Canal of Goria."

After Link finished speaking, he touched the gun belt on his body through his clothes: "Xiaobao, come out to work!"

The Treasure Rat stretched out in the empty pocket of the gun belt, crawled out of his clothes lazily, and yawned with his mouth slightly open.

Arriving at the Grand Canal soon, Link didn't want any trouble.

The Treasure Rat stayed up vigil last night, so Link asked the little guy to sleep and rest in the morning.

People stay up all night in a daze, let alone a juvenile mouse.

"Have you rested? After you have rested, you have to work hard."

The treasure hunter squeaked twice and patted his chest to indicate that it was wrapped around him.

The Grand Canal traverses the barren Gobi, but other places are turbulent and heavily guarded, except for the middle and upper reaches of the northwest. Due to the terrain during the excavation, there is a bulge with slow water flow. In addition, it is located in the middle and upper reaches, and patrolling machinery There are also the fewest soldiers.

In the past, when you couldn't afford to take a helicopter or drive a car, players used to go through the canal from here.

Link is no exception. Although the memory has passed six years, Link still clearly remembers the coordinates (232, 093, 723).

The satellite phone calibrated the direction, and Link took Afu towards the north.

Link holds the satellite phone in one hand to watch the coordinates plus solar charging, and chats with Ah Fu on the other.

At this moment, the treasure-hunting mouse on the shoulder suddenly squeaked and screamed.

When Link looked up and looked into the distance, he suddenly saw a mechanical city at the end of the Gobi, slowly moving at the end of the horizon.

Ah Fu saw the boss stop, followed his gaze, and saw the behemoth at the end of the horizon.

A city made of whole metal is advancing at a turtle speed that is visible to the naked eye.

The ground at the end of the Gobi has water vapor rising under the scorching sun, and the space in the extreme distance looks like it has been distorted.

And this mechanical city "dances" in the distortion of steam, moving silently in the distance.

"Is this a mirage in the Gobi? I finally saw it today!"

A Fuyu opened his mouth and smiled. He had heard of the mirage when he was in the desert, but he had never seen it before. He didn't expect to see it on the way to escape this time, and it was still a moving mirage.

Rare!

On the contrary, Link on the side stared at the picture in the distance with a serious expression. After a long time, he said: "That is not a mirage, that is the core of the Mechanic Sect, Mechanic City!"

"What? This is the mechanical city?"

The sun was scorching hot, but Ah Fu felt a chill all over his body.

"But boss, how can a city move? This must be a mirage, right?"

Link put away the satellite phone, took out the pistol from the gun belt, and said with a serious face: "Just because it can move, it is the real mechanical city."

"The highest attainments of the Mechanic God Sect-Mechanical City, a city that can move."