Night Hacker

   Chapter 148 Good Day Circus

   "Do you think you are a sharpshooter, let's try the fantasy gun target!"

   "Bring home amazing herbs, essential oils and beer and you'll have the sweetest sleep ever!"

   "The astrologer will analyze your personality and fortune for five minutes for you, and you are not allowed to accept money!"

   "Good days are all about delicious and juicy food. There is no charge for tasting food. No one knows how to cook better than the people of the East!"

   "Come and swim in the sea with Walrus Mode, the super-sensing experience you have never had!"

   "This is the Freak Club, and the most deformed people in the wilderness are here!"

  Gu He, Lorna, and Sakai Huaqing followed Latham and others in the lively camp of the Good Day Circus.

   This is a camp made up of tents, RVs and temporary stages, large and small. It is said to be a circus, but it is actually a larger tribe than the Recovery Society.

   But it was bustling here, and the crowd mixed with circus personnel and tourists kept shouting, laughter, exclamations, temptations and solicitations, mixed into a noisy sound.

  The lanterns on the tents were sparkling, some children were pulling confetti cannons, making a popping sound, and colorful confetti fluttered in the sky.

  Some delicate electronic robots stand in front of different tents, make electronic sounds to invite guests, and wave mechanical arms to passers-by, inviting them to enter the tents to explore the mystery.

   At the entrance of some tents, the guests are young and beautiful girls, or shirtless strong men, telling passers-by that there are massages inside and there are beautiful ones.

The costumes of the circus staff vary from robes, kimonos, oriental clothes, to steam-age dresses; there are also various street styles of today's era, with shiny metal pieces and wire decorations everywhere; and all kinds of strange shapes , is only bolder than the street, as if the elements of multiple eras and worlds have been simmered into a pot of hot soup.

   "Wow, wow." Sakai Huaqing walked all the way, exclaiming with jaw-dropping exclamations along the way.

   This is just looking at the exposed things, which tent has not yet entered.

  Lorna stared at it, and after she came to the circus, she became silent, and there was no chatting along the way.

   She was a little nervous, as if the chattering and cheering along the way were all for the nervousness at this moment.

  Gu He didn't pay much attention to this, and he was dazzled by it. He could see not only video game machines, but also ancient mini-games such as tossing rings and throwing beads.

  Some girls waved to him with a smile, and their charming eyes seemed to imply something.

   "Little brother, you won't charge for it." A girl in a bikini said, "The best oil massage, I can do it in a way you have never seen before, come in and see."

   Of course he just walked by, following Lorna and the others, for fear that he would stray into a tent and enter a black shop, and eventually become another deformed person in the wilderness. Osamu Sakai seems to have said that there is such a thing.

   The group of them came with a mission. They didn't go anywhere to play at the moment, but were brought into a large colorful tent by the circus staff, looking for Mr. Ash, the head of the circus of Good Days.

  Mr. Ash is just like his nickname, middle-aged, with a round-shaped fat body, large chunks of fat hanging loosely on his body, and his face is also very fat, Lao Fan can only be regarded as a thin man.

   He was dressed in a loose multi-colored robe and a turban. A pair of small eyes showed from the slits of his face, with a cheerful and kind look, and those eyes made people believe that he was living a good life.

   As soon as they entered the tent, Mr. Ash brewed hot tea himself, which was the best tea brought to the wilderness from Dongtu Street.

   Mr. Ash was still cheerful after hearing what Latham said about his intentions.

   "Okay," said the legendary circus leader with a smile, "We'll send someone to join us, let's have some tea."

  Latham didn't have to talk about it anymore. He drank tea, talked about the current situation of the recovery meeting, and brought everyone's greetings.

   Gu He thought it was too simple and didn't talk much about it?

   But after coming out of the tent, Latham said that Big Meat has always been a straightforward person. If he says he can participate, he will participate, and the circus is a big group on a good day. There are many strange people and strange things, and it is very powerful.

  There is also a rule for large pieces of meat. After work, you always have to divide a large piece of meat. If this happens, it is not a big deal.

   "We still have time, so we finally made a visit. When things are over, the circus will definitely move to a deeper part of the wilderness for a while, so let's play first and then go back."

After   Latham said that, he dispersed with the other two fellow resuscitators and walked into the crowd.

   There are too many fun here, and everyone’s interests are different, so it’s best to play separately.

   "Lona?" Gu He looked at Lorna a little dazed, and asked in confusion, "Where are we going to play?"

   What happened to her, she seemed to be a little distracted from the beginning...

   "Whatever." Lorna responded, crossing her arms around her chest, looking at the liveliness around her, she didn't want to talk much.

   "Then let's go to the show, shall we." Sakai Huaqing suggested, "There is a strange man show over there!"

What she is most interested in is performance, Gu He has no idea, and the three of them went to the stage of the Strange Man show and watched the exaggerated and funny Strange Man on the stage with the people. Sakai Huaqing and others burst into laughter .

   But Lorna didn't laugh, she just reluctantly twitched the corners of her mouth, and then she didn't have the patience to watch it after hearing that there was still an hour left in the Strange Man show, "I'll go and see it elsewhere."

   "Miss Sakai, Lorna and I are going for a walk, can you watch it by yourself?" Gu He asked.

   He observed that Lorna didn't seem very happy, and he also had the goal of increasing her intimacy trust.

   If you really want to make trouble and grab a freight train, it is best to quickly increase your strength and use all the experience packs you can use.

   "Okay." Sakai Huaqing still wanted to continue watching this strange man show, the camp said that it was not big and would not be separated.

  Gu He also followed Lorna, but Lorna walked straight to a tent in the distance, "I'll take you to see the alien species."

   "Ah!?" He suddenly wanted to turn his head and go back to the stage of the Strange People's Play. He saw the alien species that would lose his personality, but he didn't like it. His personality integrity finally returned to 95%.

   "It's the walrus Morde, the refuge." Lorna heard his thoughts from his tone, "It won't lose her personality."

  Gu He remembered the beckoning sound he heard when he passed a large tent just now, and continued to follow, "The super-sensing experience of swimming in the sea? Have you tried it?"

   "No, it's my first time here too, I guess." Lorna said.

   But Lorna guessed right.

   They walked into the tent painted with marine camouflage patterns, surrounded by some tourists, and ordinary people did not feel dizzy.

   In the middle is an amphibious platform. Walrus Mode is really a bit like Wilbur's dolphin, lying there lazily, half of the huge body is on the platform, and half is submerged in water.

  It is also a big piece of meat. The two ivory are wire mechanical tubes with a lot of code symbols engraved on them. The body is also electronically modified, and it can emit synthetic vocals with electronic speakers.

   "The mysteries of the ocean are all in my mind." Walrus Mord asked, "who will experience it?"

   The staff in the tent told the two that this kind of supersensation is different from empathy. It uses a self-made helmet from the tripod area and can experience a set of sensory information, which is similar to extrasensory images.

   In this way, you can experience the memory of Walrus Mode, the joy of swimming in the sea.

   Therefore, there is no need to connect with Mord, it is just that you can look at each other while super-sensing, which avoids the decline of personality caused by connecting with aliens.

  Although Mod is a refugee species, he still has a great impact on most of the guests who are ordinary people. However, if the superhuman guests request, they can add money to connect with Mord, and it can play a role similar to a doll container.

   "Uh..." Gu He thought about it for a while, then let it go, nothing would happen if he didn't connect.

   "How did you get here?" Lorna asked Mord, "Wouldn't it be better to stay in the sea?"

"The sea where I live is polluted." Mod's mouth moved, but the voice came from an electronic horn: "Staying there will stink you, the sea is full of garbage. Fortunately, I was caught by a group of hunters, I ended up here for some reason, and I can eat meat every day, which is fine."

  Lorna caught the loophole in the other party's words, "Then how can you have the joy of swimming in the sea?"

   "See through and don't tell." Walrus Mode turned lazily, facing them with his back, "The sea in the imagination of some fabricators is better than the sea in reality."

   The staff hurriedly explained to other doubtful guests that Mod was joking.

   "I might as well sleep and dream, it's free." Lorna took Gu He and walked outside the tent.

   "You can't have such sweet dreams!" Walrus Mood shouted from behind, "You're an unhappy person. I've seen too many humans, and I can see what you're struggling with..."

  Lorna didn't stop. After leaving the tent with Gu He, she strode to another tent. There was a bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, and bang.

  The so-called fantasy gun target is a gun target that can cause mental confusion to people. Whenever you want to aim, it will flash hallucinations.

   This directly leads to nervousness, rapid heartbeat, and tremors in the hands of ordinary people, making it difficult to achieve good results.

  This game is not easy to play, but the prizes are very rich.

Gu He saw that Lorna had opened a plug-in. She held a rubber bullet pistol in her right hand and shot at the target. Almost every shot was around the red heart. She was the second programmer. Not affected by fantasy.

  Lorna played several times in a row until the tent owner said that she had reached the limit and could not play any more.

  Good Day Circus has self-operated tents and franchise tents. This tent is a franchise. It is a small business for freelancers, just to do a little business.

   "Are you going to play?" Lorna asked Gu He, "I will."

  Since someone asked, Gu He played with one, took the cool pistol, and missed the target with the first shot...

Depend on! I was watching from the side just now, and it felt very easy. No matter how it was my turn to fight, I always couldn't aim.

   After a while, he played three games in a row and lost another sum of the money that Lorna had just won.

   The tent owner laughed, but Lorna laughed too. It was the first time she smiled since she came to the circus.

   "Go!" She seemed to have some real interest at this point, "Let's go see the freaks."

   "Huh?" Gu He's heart sank, he was never interested in this kind of curiosity, but in order to gain intimacy and trust, he followed Lorna through the noisy camp, looking for the shouting sound to a big tent with weird layout.

  There is a long line of tourists outside the tent, and the freak show has always been one of the main selling points of the Wilderness Circus.

   Most of the tourists in the circus come from other tribes. The wilderness is very large and there are many free people. Most of them are old friends. Old friends bring new friends. There are also from the city, but the circus guides only bring certified old friends of the circus.

   But the Wilderness Circus has never existed to make money, and no one will go to the wilderness to make money by performing. But to bring joy to the free people, to give the members a camp. Therefore, tourist ticket revenue is only a part, and what really keeps the circus afloat is the big chunks of meat earned from work.

  Nevertheless, the tickets for the freak show are not cheap. The two paid the money and waited in line for a while before entering the tent and watching while walking along the tourist route. In a world where prosthetic transformation is highly developed, it is not as simple as having an extra hand or an extra foot that can make the well-informed extraordinary people feel that they are "deformed people".

  Gu He is sometimes amazed, sometimes disgusted, and also compassionate. I really don’t know how these exhibits got to this point.

There are many deformed people formed by conjoined bodies, and the nerve endings are all fused together to form one body; some people are combined with the rudimentary species, and they are twisted into strange images; there is only one head left, which is installed on the body of the chance species. of.

   It turns out that these deformed people are all morphologically mixed with aliens, not just humanoid prosthetics.

   But these deformed people were still laughing and laughing, and did not show any pain and filth.

   "Lona, let's go." Gu He still didn't want to watch any more. Although these freak shows were new and unfamiliar to him, they were not much fun at all.

   He didn't like this kind of deformed idea. The longer he stayed and the more he watched, the more uncomfortable and uncomfortable he became.

  Lorna didn't say anything, she hurriedly walked the rest of the route with Gu He, and came out of the freak tent from the exit.

"They have their own stories." Outside the tent, she said: "The good day circus is not the kind of slave circus, the big meat doesn't force anyone, they choose to be like this. No matter why, They chose to show people this deformity, you understand."

   Gu He suddenly fell silent and looked at her, she seemed to be a deformed person not long ago.

  Lorna seems to want to say something to him...

"Lorna, I don't quite understand," he said calmly. "These freaks are like this, street dogs are like this, and so are you. I can understand some, but not fully. You can tell me how thing."

  Lorna blinked her pale green eyes, but walked away without saying a word.

   She walked to other booths and tents, and played ordinary mini games such as clip machine, tossing circles, and guessing magic tricks. Sometimes she won prizes, and sometimes she walked away empty-handed.

  From the moment she came to the Good Day Circus, Lorna remembered the sight of the amusement park in the center of the Bone Blood District when she was a child:

Colorful carousels, fancy fun mirrors, exciting shooters, those cheers and screams mixed with a lot of smells, those cheap but cute plush dolls, and she remembered a few ball-throwing macaques, they were so angry , to hit the host and make the tourists laugh.

  At night, the lights illuminate the smiling faces of parents and everyone, those fancy tents, the sweetness of candy, and the lingering mood, all intertwined and merged to form a hazy but unforgettable memory picture.

   Her father Roton Ludd once asked her, "Lorna, do you still want to go to the amusement park?"

   "Think!" She said without hesitation. At that time, she could stay in the band every day.

   "But the amusement park will soon be gone, and there's a bunch of bad guys going to tear it down," Roton-Ludd said. "You said, should we get rid of them and keep our amusement park?"

   "Yeah, I'm going too!" That's how Lorna took to the streets, she didn't know that much at that time.

   She only knows that whoever wants to demolish that amusement park is the bad guy, the bad guy that she and everyone else want to drive away.

   Now, these memories and moods are like the shredded paper ribbons in the amusement park, constantly being blown away by the wind.

   As a child, she jumped and jumped, trying her best to catch, but she was blown away.

Every day after that, Lorna Ludd was trying to catch it, but the shredded paper ribbons on the ground were still decreasing, decreasing, and one day she would completely disappear, leaving her alone in the dilapidated amusement park. He looked around, but couldn't find anything familiar.

  This amusement park is just a relic that exists in memory.

   But this relic is the source of her childhood happiness and the tone of her personality.

   was also a chain that prevented her from wandering, so she was tied to the amusement park.

   "Gu He, whoever wants to tear down these wilderness tribes and circuses, whoever is a villain, I will drive them away."

On the road beside a doll machine, Lorna suddenly stopped and spoke, so that passersby had to avoid passing by, she turned her head to look at Gu He, "But this is just my idea, I know, I reluctantly is you."

  Gu He couldn't help being silent, looking into her eyes, she was not like the usual Lorna, she was completely silent.

   "What do you think, tell me." He said, "I'm not a mind reader, you have to tell me, I will understand."

   Neither a psychiatrist nor a Cowherd is a mind reader. People always deify psychiatrists. It seems that after reading a few books and learning some professional knowledge, seeing some patients will open their eyes to the sky. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

   "Do you have an amusement park in your heart?" Lorna glanced at the bustling scene around her, "If someone dares to touch something that you have to protect with all your life, no matter who it is, you must fight to the death."

She paused, "Street dogs all want to live a good life, but it's not about yourself, it's about the amusement park you can't let go. Turning yourself into a freak is just trying not to be yourself in this way, thinking about being yourself. Just to escape.

   "But I found out that I can't get out. The amusement park is me, I'm just that."

   She looked up at the sky, her fixed eyes not looking at him, "Gu He, I just thought...you can also walk into this amusement park, then we can play together, but...we are probably not the same kind of people."

   "Let's go." Lorna stepped forward, "I was the one who was reckless before, go and call Hua Qing, and I'll take you back to Shouhui Street."

  Gu He watched her walk away in the crowd, his mind was tumbling, and he couldn't help sighing.

  Looks like... Indeed, Lindsay hasn't screwed up yet, only the troublemakers can survive until now...

   Each of them is probably not impulsive for a while.

   The amusement park in his mind is not in this world, but in this world, is it possible to rebuild another.

   Although this new amusement park, has a horror-themed part.

   Maybe, maybe.

"Lona." Gu He chased after him and wanted to tell her something for a long time, "Someone asked me to tell you that you are really cute, you have to live happily, then the bone and blood movement will be a victory. I think so too."

  Lorna stopped immediately, turned to look at Gu He, her face was expressionless, her eyes narrowed slightly.

   "We are in the same paradise right now." Gu He took her and walked away, "Let's go find some food."

   "You..." Lorna was even more suspicious, but she stopped talking.

   But, after all, she didn't say anything about taking him back, but there was a little more light in her eyes.

   Gu He suddenly noticed that in the sharer list on the console in his mind, "Sharer: Lorna" seemed to have changed a bit. He looked at it, and it was the level of intimacy and trust. It really indicated that it was improving. I don't know if it was enough.

   But his mood at this time, it doesn't matter, he just wants to play with this friend to play gunshots and play with dolls.

  The two walked around the circus camp, and gradually resumed their laughter. Then they went to the stage of the strange man to pull Sakai Huaqing to play together, and soon entered the freak tent again.

  Lorna laughed, and Gu He also admired Miss Sakai's frightened appearance.

  In this amusement park, some are simple pleasures, some are terrifying surprises, and some are grotesque and absurd.

   (end of this chapter)