Life Copy Game

Yi Ni lowered her head and looked at the thing in the boy's hand. It was a transparent plastic display box that was covered with various scratches. Inside the box was an old camera whose shell was somewhat damaged, revealing the motherboard inside.

"Menshu CTX-50?"

Yi Ni looked at the camera and was stunned for a moment, then looked surprised.

"Hey, do you know this?"

The boy opened the box and took out the camera inside.

"Of course, the Menshu CTX-50 was the top camera ten years ago, a classic of the Menshu Group,"

Yi Ni looked at the camera in the boy's hand and nodded, "Back then, this camera was going to be sold for tens of thousands of federal coins. Now that the federal second-hand market is in good condition, it can be sold for five to six hundred federal coins. Where do you get it?" Did you get to this? Second-hand market? "

"I bought it from the garbage disposal station. A scavenger prepared to sell it to me for ten federal coins. I negotiated the price to six federal coins."

The boy turned on the camera, and with a burst of blurry startup icons, the entire camera slowly turned on. He showed the camera monitor screen to Yi Ni and said, "I originally thought this thing couldn't be used, but it turned out that the capacitor was broken. I went directly to find it." I connected a wire to the motherboard and skipped the capacitor, but I didn’t expect it to still turn on.”

Yi Ni couldn't understand what the boy meant when he said the capacitor was damaged and the jumper was connected, but she could understand that the boy bought something worth several hundred federal coins for six federal coins, and nodded in admiration, "You are so lucky, your ability Also strong.”

"It's just good luck."

The boy glanced at the camera screen, which had a blurry screen. At this moment, the screen was still showing the blurry startup interface. "This camera is a bit stuck when it starts up. Please wait for me."

After that, the boy passed by Yi Ni and walked to the other side of the house.

"good."

Yi Ni nodded and turned sideways to make way for the boy.

Then she saw the boy put the camera on a small cabinet at the door, and then took out a small paper box from under the cabinet, which contained pieces of black, shapeless and lumpy objects.

The boy carried the small cardboard box to his mother's bedside, and then pulled out a small iron basin from the pile of debris.

"This is?"

Yi Ni watched the boy put the long object into the iron basin. After a little doubt, she asked in a low voice, "Charcoal?"

She had seen these in the news and books. It was said that real animal meat grilled over charcoal would be more fragrant than electric grilled. This kind of barbecue was very popular among the upper echelons of the Federation.

But generally only high-end restaurants and wealthy people can afford charcoal and animal meat for barbecue. Yi Ni has only heard of it, but has never seen it.

"Um,"

The boy nodded slightly, made a gap between the charcoal, took out an electric fire starter and some plastic bags and stuffed them under the charcoal, lit the plastic bag, and slowly ignited the charcoal.

"The garbage pulled from the east will contain these things. Many of the boxes have just been unpacked and a few pieces have not been used. They seem to be a little damp or out of shape, so they are thrown away, and the garbage treatment plant will be low. They sell these to us at a very low price, but there is no electricity or heater here, so we have to rely on these things.”

The boy turned deep into the house, picked up a kettle still filled with water, and a homemade iron stand. He hung the kettle on the iron stand and placed it on the brazier to boil water.

He himself dug out a set of clothes from the alley beside the bed, looked up at Yi Ni, turned around, opened the door, and walked outside.

The charcoal flames were burning brightly, and the wind outside the window blew past the posters covering the windows, making a thumping sound.

"Sit down."

The woman sitting on the bed took out a round plastic stool from the other side of the bed and handed it to Yi Ni.

"Ahhhh, okay."

Yi Ni quickly took the stool and sat on the edge of the bed, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Jelin hasn't introduced himself to you yet? This kid is a little reckless sometimes,"

The woman leaning against the wall held a thermos cup in her hand and said with a gentle smile, "My name is Zhaojia, and that boy's name is Jielin."

"My name is Yi Ni."

Yi Ni quickly replied with some restraint, then she raised her head and looked around, and asked softly, "Have you always lived here?"

"Yini, a very nice name,"

Zhaojia raised his head and looked at the poster on the fluttering window, "I haven't always been here. Before I got sick, I was in a low-cost apartment in the middle of Ningweis District. Later, I got sick and was dismissed from the company. I was fired, my credit card was blocked because it was overdue, and I couldn’t afford the rent for the apartment, so I had no choice but to bring Jie Lin here.”

"that···"

Yi Ni opened her mouth but stopped talking.

"Are you asking about Jielin's father? He died when Jielin was nine years old."

Zhaojia took a sip of hot water and sighed softly, "He used to work as a miner in Copes Mining. A large part of the mining machine collapsed. He and several nearby workers were crushed to death before they could escape in time."

"Feel sorry."

Yi Ni spoke slowly.

"fine,"

Zhaojia responded gently, holding the water glass and speaking in a slightly lower voice, "In a sense, he is actually lucky. At least he left without any pain."

"Didn't you get any compensation?"

Yi Ni lowered her head and asked carefully.

"One person paid 300 federal dollars for funeral expenses, and it took him half a year to pay us."

Zhaojia sighed softly, "A few family members felt that the money was too little and wanted more. They were beaten up by gang members on the way, and then they did not dare to ask for money."

After hearing this answer, Yi Ni was silent for a moment.

The charcoal flames were burning brightly, reflecting on the woman's profile, and the room seemed a little quiet.

Finally, Yi Ni glanced at the unlabeled medicine on the bedside table and slowly broke the silence, "What is your disease...?"

"Malignant neoplasm,"

Zhaojia smiled and took a look at the medicine.

"The doctor said I needed an operation. I used to work as a waiter in a fast food chain. I didn't have medical insurance and couldn't afford the surgery fee. Then I came here and met a few underground doctors. They prescribed me some analgesics and pain relief. Medicine, no matter how expensive it is, we can’t afford it,”

She paused, looked at Yi Ni, and said with a smile, "We won't talk about this topic anymore. Jielin said, are you here to buy photos today? Can photos still be sold for money?"

"Not quite,"

Yi Ni paused and explained slowly, "I'm here to collect information about the mayor's assassination. Just last night, the mayor was assassinated near here. Jie Lin said that he had photos of the mayor's battle at that time. , mechas, and aerial fighters.”

"The mayor was assassinated?"

After hearing Yi Ni's words, Zhaojia was stunned for a moment. The two terms 'mayor' and 'assassination' seemed to be particularly far away from her. She never expected that her child would be related to this matter. , she looked at Yi Ni with some doubts, "Last night?"

"Um,"

Yi Ni nodded, "It is said to be this time."

Sitting on the bed, Zhaojia recalled for a moment, "I remembered it. I seemed to have heard a lot of loud roars last night. I couldn't see the scene outside. I thought it was thunder. Jielin did go out to see He brought his camera with him, so it turned out that the mayor was assassinated?"

She looked at Yi Ni and sighed,

"I'm afraid it was very dangerous last night. This kid Jielin won't tell me anything now.

"I originally wanted to send him to school, but my health is getting worse and worse. I can't take care of him and can't afford his tuition. Instead, I asked him to take care of me."

She looked at Yi Ni with sincere eyes and said, "Jay Lin is under a lot of pressure and may be a little impulsive in doing things. If you say something bad, please don't pay attention."

"Will not,"

Yi Ni waved her hands quickly, "He is actually... quite easy to talk to."

boom--

At this time, the door was pushed open. The boy who had changed his clothes glanced at Yi Ni, put the wet clothes by the fire to bake, then walked back to the cabinet at the back, took out the camera, and looked at Yi Ni. Ni,

"It's on."

He quickly operated and handed the camera to Yi Ni, "I clicked into the photo album, take a look."

Yi Ni took the camera, and after a slightly long wait for loading, a picture full of flames appeared in front of Yi Ni through the somewhat blurry screen.

In this photo, you can vaguely see the blurry flying fighter planes, the mechas flying in the distance, and the flames blooming in the sky.

However, this photo was not taken well. The ineffective flames took up most of the entire photo frame. The core mechas and aerial fighters only took up a small part, and the photo was not very clear.

"I took continuous shots, and there are more later."

The boy was behind her and said quickly.

Yi Ni quickly pressed the photo selection button and moved down to change photos.

This button was already a little insensitive, but after Yi Ni used a little effort, she still successfully changed the photo.

The scene in the photo below is also a bit messy. Obviously, the person who took the photo did not have rich photography skills and experience, and was just taking blind photos based on his feelings.

Fortunately, there are more photos.

As a top flagship camera ten years ago, most of the functions of the CTX-50 have been transferred to today's affordable cameras, but there are also one or two functions that require particularly high hardware requirements and are still unique to high-end cameras.

Among them is the 'ultra-high-speed clear photography' that CTX-50 originally featured. It can intelligently capture objects at a speed far exceeding human reaction, shoot high-speed objects, and ensure high film quality and clarity. Object outline.

And it itself is just a lightweight camera weighing less than 300 grams.

This is also the reason why, as an old camera from ten years ago, the CTX-50 is stuck and prone to problems, and its interface is not compatible with current mainstream interfaces, but it is still one of the popular models in the second-hand camera market.

Yi Ni originally thought about buying a second-hand CTX-50, and also collected many second-hand stores, but in the end she chose the machine she had that was younger and more water-resistant.

Jie Lin’s CTX-50 is obviously not a well-maintained machine in the second-hand market. Even the screen is scratched, but its ‘ultra-fast and clear photography’ function is still normal.

So Yi Ni can also use these photos taken by Jie Lin to roughly sketch in her mind the scene Jie Lin saw last night.

In fact, the picture she repainted may be clearer than Jielin's.

Because judging from the time watermarks of these photos, the 'assassination' scene captured by Jie Lin may have only lasted for a few dozen seconds.

For humans, these tens of seconds pass in a blink of an eye, and it is impossible to see the aircraft clearly in a high-speed scene.

But the CTX-50 can 'shoot' all these scenes into still pictures, allowing Yi Ni to see every detail.

"Is this above a missile?"

After flipping through a few photos, Yi Ni pointed at the strips at the top of the picture and asked.

"Seems to be,"

Jie Lin lowered his head and looked at the scene on the screen, "It was too dark last night. I couldn't catch these things with my naked eyes. I only felt there were booming explosions."

"Then this,"

Yi Ni turned the photo to the first one and looked at the blazing flame in the middle of the photo, "What is this?"

"It looks like an exploding mecha,"

Jielin looked at the flames and thought, "I didn't take a picture of the one in front. It seemed to explode suddenly."

"OK,"

Yi Ni lowered her head and looked at the photos in the camera, flipping through them one by one, "So, at first a mecha attacked the mayor, and then was destroyed by the mayor's floating fighter plane. Wait a minute, it's 'driving' Or 'ride'?"

Yi Ni was stunned. She recalled the scene she saw in front of the mayor's palace at night in her mind.

The aerial fighter seemed to have closed its doors and turned off all the lights after the mayor came out. It seemed that it had shut down due to a power outage.

It didn't look like there was a driver inside.

"In other words, there is probably only Mayor Lin En in this floating fighter plane. Is it possible that he is the mayor himself driving it?"

She murmured and lowered her head, continuing to flip through the photos, "After destroying the mecha, the mecha team suspected to be from Nancheng rushed to the scene, and then missiles appeared in the sky... These missiles seemed to be camouflaged. Look, There is no painted text..."

She scrolled through the photos one by one, "These missiles are all aimed at the floating fighter. It seems that the mayor is indeed inside... What are these mecha teams doing at this time? Aiming?... Mayor Why didn't he hide behind the mecha team? Why did he turn, etc..."

Her hand flipping through the photos suddenly paused, and her eyes fell on the mecha team who were still moving their cannons. "He is using himself as bait! He wants to save this mecha team! No..."

She looked down, staring at the small piece of roof exposed at the bottom of the photo, and suddenly realized something. Her voice was lower and a little urgent, "He doesn't just want to save the mecha team..."

"Um?"

Jie Lin, who was on the side, heard her talking to herself, raised his head in confusion and looked at Yi Ni.

Yi Ni raised her head and pointed at the residential building below the camera photo, as if explaining to the boy, and also to herself, "He must intercept these missiles here, otherwise these missiles will blow up the ground below." Residential building, everyone here will die."

She took a deep breath, with unbelievable shock on her face, and quickly continued to scroll down the photos, "But if he uses himself as bait, it is equivalent to putting himself in a dangerous situation where he may die at any time. Then But the missile...is that really the mayor?"

She had never heard of a mayor of Elan City doing such a thing, or even a federal mayor doing such a thing. Maybe the founders of the federation in ancient legends would?

But that was so many years ago, it's like a legendary hero story.

Her eyes continued to follow the floating fighter plane in the flipped photos.

When Jielin was shooting from behind, the camera seemed to be chasing the aerial fighter as much as possible, so the entire aerial fighter was generally in the middle of the screen.

The missiles in the sky and the mechas behind were also flying towards the floating fighter.

Although she already knew the result, when she saw those missiles chasing the floating fighter plane downwards, Yi Ni's spirit tightened and her heart started to beat rapidly.

The bracelet on her hand vibrated, reminding her that her heart rate exceeded the limit.

She quickly flipped through the photos and felt slightly relaxed when she saw that the aerial fighter had gone through extreme operations and allowed the mecha to complete the first wave of interceptions.

But when she saw the remaining missiles passing through the clouds of flames and continuing to chase the floating fighter jets, her expression tensed subconsciously and she sped up the action of flipping through the photos.

And when she saw the fighter plane flying close to the roof of the low building below and reaching its limit under the pressure of the missile, her movements stopped.