Chapter 13 Rats

Mice, mice, in droves.

Xu Yang heard the movement of molaring his teeth and bristling from all directions, there were sounds everywhere, crawling, howling in a low voice, rustling, endless.

The number of rat people must have reached a terrifying number.

"We have to wait for the opportunity to leave." Xu Yang walked to the entrance of the game hall and looked sideways at the situation outside.

Around the low tin houses, at the vents of the dome of the underground city, in the dark alleys and in the underground rock ravines, there are dark shadows everywhere, and they emerge one by one, looking around with their bright yellow eyes, searching for prey.

Countless hungry monsters.

I can't go out now, I can only avoid the limelight for a while.

Xu Yang turned around and saw Kojima Ye Ye took out a cheap white needle from his backpack, stuck it on his arm, and injected himself with some medicine.

"What is that?" Xu Yang was puzzled.

"Sedative," Ye Zi said, "if you stay in the game room for a long time, your brain will be confused, you will see double images, you will not be able to distinguish between reality and illusion, you will have auditory hallucinations in your ears, and you will want to beat people. ."

"...Did the doctor prescribe this thing for you?"

"I don't have the money to see a doctor," Ye Zi said, "the cheap injections are the same."

"You're like a stamp-sucking addict." Xu Yang said.

The so-called "stamp" is a pseudonym, referring to a powerful hallucinogen that is popular all over the world, and it has a very serious addiction. In order to protect the work efficiency of employees, the company expressly prohibits "stamps".

But outside the company, many people are willing to take a couple of sips on this thing, and can never leave it for a lifetime.

It was too harmful, and Xu Yang hated it.

"Well, it's not as scary as 'stamps'," Ye Zi said.

"Xu Yang, you said this is a Rat Man," Farosa observed the corpse of the Rat Man, "How come I've never seen it before? There is no record in the Monster Manual, which is even stranger than when I lived."

"They only appeared after the Witch War, so of course you haven't seen them."

"I didn't expect that the stories on the strange talk page were not made up, and the rat people actually exist." Ye Zi said.

"Because the rodent eradication was so successful, too many rat people were killed. But I also guessed that they can't go extinct. The rat people are better at survival than cockroaches."

In the past, the Rat People thrived around most underground cities, and their survival conditions were extremely simple, and their vitality was very tenacious.

Some people believe that Rat People are biological weapons secretly created by witches for revenge, otherwise it is difficult to explain their strange characteristics.

Rat people have stolen many technologies from humans and have almost become the second intelligent civilization, which is distributed all over the world, but their active development process was interrupted by humans, slaughtered by bullets and chemical poisons, perished, and used by humans. Violence is isolated from civilization.

What is left in their hearts but hatred and rage?

Xu Yang didn't know, but the Rat Man did come back, but it was at this time.

"Wow ah-"

"Help!"

"Ahhh-"

The screams continued to sound, and the rat people got into house after house, killing cannibals everywhere.

The cries were so close, it was like being close at hand.

Many Ratmen were supposed to go to the arcade to investigate, but there were too many tin houses around, which were leaking air from all sides and could be eaten, and their attention was attracted.

This is a place with no security services, and everything is left to fend for itself.

Comprehensive security services include many items, such as rescue shuttles that arrive at any time, rapid response teams, medical first aid, insurance claims, fire safety and other items.

The price of security purchased by the company is very easy to bear. After all, the company's life rules, the dormitory and the work station are two points and one line, and the security company has to deal with relatively few things.

If the object of protection is an individual, the price is much higher.

A truly decent security service must be effective 24 hours a day and all-terrain, costing tens of millions of dollars a month, even Xu Yang can't afford it.

Some companies will extend their purchased security services to the neighborhoods around the station, where the residents are affiliated with the company's name and receive company protection. Such neighborhoods are called company precincts.

In the same way, giant corporations will also provide some protection to companies within their sphere of influence, forming their own security departments with their strong financial resources, ensuring that transactions are conducted in accordance with the regulations of the company alliance, and maintaining the safety of their business owners.

In this way, there are a total of 20 giant corporations, dividing the whole world into 20 jurisdictions, and only giant corporations are eligible to send representatives to participate in the parliament of the company alliance to decide the business rules of the world.

Now, Xu Yang is nominally within the jurisdiction of Kyoto Infinite, but this is an underground city, a poor place, there are too few decent companies, and the residents' spending power is limited.

Underground residents had to buy expensive security services on their own or turn to gangsters for help.

The residents of this area cannot even pay for the protection of the gangsters, are completely outside the scope of all forms of security services, and live in the shadow of death.

After the sound of slaughter, there was the movement of eating the corpse.

Rat people eat and chew, and they make simple noises.

"delicious……"

"Come on, this way..."

"food……"

As they invited friends and companions, more and more rat people appeared. Even if some residents tried to resist, they only attracted more rat people and were eaten alive to death.

Xu Yang frowned.

This is not the way to go. Sooner or later, the rat people will find this arcade and wipe us out. Farosa's strength has only recovered a little bit, and Ye Zi can't fight at all at first glance. I can shoot, but there are times when the bullets run out.

"Bringing you is like a burden," Xu Yang said to Ye Zi, "You must cooperate with me unconditionally, otherwise I will not take you to live."

"Understood." Ye Zi observed Xu Yang, "You really belong to the company, which company? I know all the companies in the archipelago, you are from the Xia area, right? Pearl? Gale? Or those two giant companies?"

"Let's start with you, and where did you come from?"

"Go to Beijing."

"The headquarters of Kyoto Infinity? That place is very developed."

"I can't get into the eyes of the company's people," Ye Zi pouted, "I don't care about the current life, it's the same wherever I live, it's up to you."

"It's only going to be more troublesome to tell my true condition."

"You! You clearly..."

"Don't be noisy, we're going to run away soon." Xu Yang watched the situation outside.

A low growl sounded in the distance.

It's a big move! Obviously it came from some kind of huge monster, far from anything that any small mouse could send out. Another new breed of monster?

As the huge roar sounded, the rat people whispered, looked around, made dense squeaks, then gathered and ran in one direction, as if they were summoned in some form.

good chance! The rat people around are obviously much sparser.

Xu Yang greeted Farosa and Ye Ye who were in the house to escape with him.

"Follow!" Along the street, Xu Yang took the lead in rushing towards the center of Yamu District.

There are shops and plazas in the center of Katagi District, which means there are companies there!

No matter how much you hate the company in your heart, there is no doubt that the company can provide service and protection, which is precious at times like this. Even if there is a risk in the company's jurisdiction, it is better than staying in the dark and being attacked by rat people.

Companies may employ emergency power services, or have their own generators, and if power is restored to the area, individual companies will certainly be the first to be taken care of.

Even the smallest company operates as a business entity and is valued in the rules of corporate alliances.

Sure enough, as soon as he turned a corner, Xu Yang saw a bright light shining from the reinforced concrete.

The underground city can't see the sky, and the light slightly illuminates the underground city dome made of cold metal.

In Xu Yang's eyes, this scene was as beautiful as the blue sky.

A symbol of civilization!

He took a deep breath.

"It's safe to go where there is light." He looked back, and the Rat People had already spotted them, running fast from the darkness, crawling frantically along the walls, pipelines, and concrete roads, like vengeful beasts.

The Rat Man is coming!

And more and more, where did it come from?

As the rat tide gathers, their courage doubles.

At first, the Rat Man only dared to whisper in a low voice, but later on, he began to roar in a shrill voice, and the momentum became louder and louder, like a flood.

"You can't kill too many." Farosa said as she ran, "The last bit of strength... annihilate up to 50."

With such a little strength, Farosa was able to slaughter fifty Rat Men, and Xu Yang was both admirable and powerless.

There were more than fifty rats chasing after them.

Rats were crawling everywhere he could see, and they called to each other, swarming out, one after the other, dominated by pure rage and group impulse, only to devour the three pieces of fresh meat in front of him.

They didn't run fast, except for Farosa.

Xu Yang suffered from the symptoms of unstable implants. He could hear the broken parts in his right hand rattling, and his exercise performance decreased.

As for Ye Zi, Xu Yang would like to ask if she does not participate in sports at all? As soon as he ran 100 meters, he was out of breath and looked like he was going to faint.

Only Farosa, who was amazingly good at running, threw them far away in one go.

Passing through the tortuous underground passage, Xu Yang saw a building, like a bathing center or a hot spring, which was still in business. It turned out that the previous lights came out of this building.

The exterior decoration of this hot spring is quite eye-catching. There are more than a dozen red lanterns hanging from the eaves, and the name of the shop "Suzuki Spring" is written on the plaque with a brush.

Two strings of lanterns surround the wall, with Dharma tumblers, pink dolls and masks hanging on them.

Is it safe to get there? Would anyone in the store be willing to help?

Xu Yang couldn't guarantee it now, but he knew that he had to go there to have a better chance of surviving.

He turned his head and fired a few shots at the rat tide, and some small waves swelled in the rat tide, and the fallen gray-haired rat man was instantly trampled into mud by his later companions, and his screams were insignificant amid the roar of the group of rats.

Not slowing their movements.

The rat people grinned, their anger multiplied, and some threw rocks at Xu Yang and the others, and shot with simple homemade firearms, but the accuracy was too bad.

Even so, the pressure is multiplied, and just one hit will hurt and then be submerged.

There are still 500 meters away, but the sound of the rats running is in my ears.

"I... can't run..." Ye Zi was panting, carrying her big bag, looking extremely embarrassed.

"I saved your life," Xu Yang's nerves were about to break, he gritted his teeth, his heart was beating wildly, he turned his head and pointed the muzzle at Ye Ye, "I don't want to see you die in a mouse's mouth again! I'd rather kill you! Run!"

The Rat Man is still some distance away, but the bullet is instant.

Kojima Yezi took a deep breath, her face was pale, she suspected that if she didn't leave, Xu Yang would shoot instantly, his tone didn't sound like a joke.

She could only sprint forward, and her strong desire to survive made her speed up again, so that she would not be far away from the group of mice, but it would not hold her back either.

Last stretch!