Indescribable cyberpunk

“What do you think is above our restaurant?”

The old man and Zhu Jue were standing on the balcony on the roof of Xiangfeng Restaurant. Perhaps they noticed that the latter had been looking up at the buildings on the restaurant, so the old man pointed to the old building hundreds of meters high above and asked.

Giant pipes shuttled through it, and the building, which was originally shrouded in the sunset, looked a little gloomy because of the steel structure.

The one just downstairs was not a Hongmen Banquet. To be precise, it was somewhat of an apology banquet. Not to mention the food, the old man even made a cup of good tea for Zhu Jue.

In order to clarify the misunderstanding between the two sides in the previous chasing battle.

Zhu Jue didn't care. He ordered all the good dishes in the store. Who wouldn't want to eat for free? At the same time, he also wanted to find out who Wu Jing was, so he agreed to the other party's proposal.

After all, there is no conflict between the two parties.

After that, the old man said he wanted to find a secluded place to chat. Zhu Jue didn't refuse, so he followed him to the attic balcony.

“Other restaurants and shopping malls?”

Zhu Jue didn't know what was on it, so he said it casually.

"It's a residential building, one hundred and three floors up, all occupied by residents. The tourist area of ​​Rongxia City is actually only the area from the third to tenth floors of these buildings. Of course, just this section is already large enough. .”

(It turned out to be the first time he came to Rongxia City, so how did he know about the existence of the Holy Spirit Cult? Has the scope of activities of this cult spread to other cities?)

The old man took a sip of tea, and what he said was completely different from what he was thinking.

"Oh, you should tell me about the Holy Spirit Cult."

(This bad old man is very bad. He actually tried to trick me. I need to bring the topic back quickly.)

Zhu Jue had already verified before that Wu Jing was in this restaurant, in the hands of these people, and the organization he belonged to was the Holy Spirit Sect.

"The Holy Spirit Cult is a cult organization that has recently emerged in Rongxia City. They take advantage of the cultural atmosphere here and the people's respect for religion, and rely on hypnotic music, incense and some other special means to control the unknown. people, and then brainwashed them with your own set of fallacies. How did you get into conflict with them?"

There is obviously a reason why the followers of the Holy Spirit Church specifically target this young man. As long as we can figure out this reason, we will naturally be able to get more information.

"It does not matter."

Having just suffered a loss, Zhu Jue was naturally not ready to let anyone continue talking. He supported the railing behind him with both hands and turned his face towards the sunset. His legs were hung outside the railing. The wind chime also jumped up and squatted next to it with three tails. Swinging happily.

"unimportant?"

"Yes, compared to why they want to arrest me, I am actually more interested in this thing now."

The rice paper ball found in the earthen jar at Wu Rui's house was unfolded and placed on the railing. The image of the monster swayed in the wind. Zhu Jue then asked,

"Do you know what this is?"

If he hadn't still been looking forward to the existence of monsters that were the source of mental pollution and the environment in Rongxia City was very suitable for him, he would have taken the afternoon flight back to Yecheng. How could he continue to waste time here.

"Evil."

While the old man was speaking, a breeze blew, shaking the brass bell on the eaves of the railing, making a tinkling sound.

"Um?"

Zhu Jue looked at the old man in surprise. This kind of title was a bit fantasy. In fact, in his opinion, this city was one of the few in this era.

"This is a monster image promoted by the Holy Spirit Cult. It is said that it is an existence appointed by the gods to punish the world. It specializes in eating human organs. Only by believing in the Holy Spirit Cult and eliminating one's own karma can one avoid the monster's harassment. In short, it is the same as other cults. In the same way, we first promote a doomsday theory, create fear, and then rely on this fear to make believers pay obediently."

"What's the truth?"

Zhu Jue naturally wouldn't believe such weird talk.

"I wonder if you have ever heard of sources of mental pollution?"

The old man took a sip of tea and looked at a statue on the building in front of him. It was the head of Pi Xiu, which looked particularly hideous under the shadow.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhu Jue held the weapon box in his hand and leaned against the corridor, his eyes fixed on the street performers in the distance.

There is a team of several people surrounded by virtually projected notes. One person is holding a guitar. Colorful sound waves spread with every fluctuation. One person is sitting behind the drum set. When the drum sticks are struck, there are various gorgeous special effects behind him. , there are also people wearing riveted leather jackets, with various expressions constantly changing outside the black masks on their faces.

Zhu Juezai had seen quite a few teams like this in Yecheng, but the group of people next to these people were actually acrobats, performing the same old routines, such as jacking cylinders, breathing fire, and whatever the era was. It has to be regarded as the "chest-breaking stone" of the core program.

This strong contrast made Zhu Jue really don't know what to say.

"Hey, ready to go."

After waiting for about half an hour, someone next to me said.

"Are you the ones performing the mission?"

Zhu Jue turned around and saw the three people he had just seen in Xiangfeng Restaurant.

"I really don't know why the shopkeeper wants you to act with us."

The girl was wearing a light red cotton robe, with a mechanical disc the size of a copper coin flipping and jumping between her fingers. She had refused before knowing that outsiders would join this operation.

"Don't get me wrong, we are not acting together. You just need to take me to find the monster. I can help you solve it without charging you a penny. This is what your shopkeeper promised. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."

In fact, it was Zhu Jue who heard that they had information about the source of mental pollution and took the initiative to participate in their actions. The communication between him and the old man at that time was also very simple.

"Do you fight monsters?"

"beat?"

"I can help you fight, and I'm sure you'll win. Why don't you add me?"

At this time, Zhu Jue took out the photos of monster corpses stored in his mobile phone and the emergency mental protection device in his backpack.

"no problem!"

This was the old man's final reply.

"Do we still need your help?"

The girl was naturally unconvinced. In her opinion, Nie Qingzhu's previous escape was just to complete his plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and it was not because he could not defeat Zhu Jue.

"Xiaocui, this is the shopkeeper's order. Watch your words. Since you have also participated in the mission, we are now temporary companions. My name is Nie Qingzhu, this is my junior sister Xu Xiaocui, and this is my junior brother. , Liu Cheng."

Nie Qingzhu, who was wearing a dark blue robe, made the introduction. He was obviously the core figure of this team.

"Just call me Zhujue."

Zhu Jue always felt a little anachronistic about their costumes and the names they called each other, but he still expected these people to help him find monsters, so he would naturally not get into trouble with them at this time.

Kavin, I’m almost suffocated, that’s all for today.