War Paradise

Twenty-one minutes later, the taxi controlled by the "old driver" autopilot system arrived at the abandoned main entrance of the Forest Park.

Lin Chi picked up the backpack and got out of the car, staring at the dilapidated metal door in front of him, and saw that the cast iron fence had long been rusted and covered with moss.

Liulishan Forest Park, which was once classified as a 4A-level scenic spot, has now been closed, and even the words on the sign can't be seen clearly.

However, for this kind of area where vegetation is still preserved, there is no tourist intrusion, which is also very good for protecting the integrity of the natural landscape.

Looking at the rusty gate and the wall full of creepers next to it, Lin Chi jumped under the wall. The hydraulic device of the exoskeleton leg pushed his body to leap, directly over the four-meter-high wall, steady. Fell on the stone road on the other side.

"Ha, this thing is pretty reliable." He patted the arm supported by the exoskeleton with satisfaction.

Standing in the grassy open-air parking lot and looking around, a peculiar fresh smell of green plants rushed in. On both sides of the unmaintained road ahead, dense plants grew.

What catches the eye is a lush green, and the vegetation on the hillside looks messy, but it reveals a primitive beauty. Compared with the urban area that has been in a haze state for a long time, this kind of natural scenery is more appetizing for Lin Chi.

"All right……"

Lin Chi put down his backpack, took out the drone from it, connected the drone to the mobile phone with a data cable, and asked, "Alright?"

Soon, an icy voice came out from the drone's speaker: "A remote wireless connection (IPD) has been established with the mobile device."

"Speaking of people." Lin Chi raised his eyebrows.

"Now I can use the drone to watch the scenery and continue talking on the phone." Frankenstein replied.

"Then let's go, remember not to run too far, and don't leave the forest park area, otherwise you may be shot down."

Lin Chi said that he put his backpack on the faded plastic chair and strode towards the mottled road ahead. A few willow trees interspersed with bushes on both sides of the road bring out slender shadows in the sunlight.

Relying on the strength of the exoskeleton to walk quickly up the hillside, Lin Chi raised his head and looked at the forest in front of him. He smiled from the heart on his pale face because he had been living at home for a long time.

Compared with the steel forest built by humans, it is still a natural landscape that has more appetite for him. In order to alleviate the exhaustion caused by playing games for a long time, this kind of place could not be better.

Lin Chi remembered that he had been to this place when he was a child. At that time, it was still an open attraction, and the city was not polluted to the level it is today.

Even in the case of long-term heavy pollution, the forest still stands here, like the last shield against pollution.

Lin Chi raised his head and saw the white-shell drone controlled by Frankenstein quickly ascended into the sky and flew towards the dense forest ahead.

"What do you think?" He asked on the phone, "Is this place pretty good?"

"Can't understand this beauty." Frankenstein's answer was honest.

"Then you'd better understand, this kind of good place is rare now. Maybe in a while, those bastards who develop real estate will come over to chop down trees and build buildings." Lin Chi laughed.

As he spoke, he had reached halfway up the mountain, stepping on the rocks in the mud all the way up, and the air around him was refreshing.

With the closure of the scenic spot, there has long been no sign of being encroached on by humans, and it has restored its original appearance. For Lin Chi whose activities are limited in this kind of city, in order to see this kind of scenery, besides this forest park, he can only enjoy it in the game.

"Do you like it here?" Frankenstein's voice sounded from the earphones: "By human standards, this is just a barren area."

"It's just a personal hobby." Lin Chi said as he sat down on a cold rock, feeling the refreshing summer breeze around him, looking up through the gap in the canopy and looking at the blue sky.

"Do you know'Tree House'?" He asked nonchalantly.

"A house built on a tree." Frankenstein replied.

"That's right, it's the kind of house built with wooden planks and hung on a tree." Lin Chi leaned his body on the rock. The cold touch behind him made him tremble: "My dream when I was a child was to grow up. Build a tree house and live in it and live happily for a lifetime."

"It seems difficult to do it." Frankenstein commented.

"Yes……"

Lin Chi closed his eyes, and there was a hint of helplessness in his voice: "These days, most people are desperately running into the city. I originally proposed to go to the suburbs to get a tree house. None of my relatives approved of it, but a joke. I have been for a long time."

"You are indeed ridiculous." Frankenstein relentlessly made up the knife.

"Maybe." Lin Chi did not refute.

Maybe it's because the scenery here is dazzling, or maybe it's in a good mood. On weekdays, Lin Chi, who rarely communicates with other people and keeps his thoughts in his heart, today speaks his own true thoughts to a computer virus that has gained self-awareness:

"But at least I still have dreams, which are different from those who are already ‘dead’."

"You mean, muddled." Frankenstein said an idiom.

The breeze shook the tree canopy and made a rustling sound. Lin Chi whispered: "Yes. I don't want to be like that."

Although there is usually no contact, Lin Chi knows that many of his classmates have taken jobs that they don’t like after graduation. The high-spirited teenagers and girls are nothing like two people.

They...maybe already "dead".

In Lin Chi's view, those classmates were actually killed by "reality". They weren't flattened out, but their original personality was eliminated and replaced with a new personality suitable for this society.

But he didn't want to be that way.

Lin Chi, who has always been lazy, is not ready to start a family, nor does he have much desire for money or the like. More importantly, he still doesn't want to be killed by this world.

"Do you want to resist?" Frankenstein's voice interrupted Lin Chi's thoughts.

"No, I'm just relatively empty." Lin Chi stood up and patted the dust on his back.

He knew that he could not change this world, but this world, in fact, could not change him either.

This is how Lin Chi, an "old salted fish", chose to survive.

Just as Lin Chi was about to continue climbing, Frankenstein sent a new voice message: "I saw the tree house."

"Are you sure?" Lin Chi widened his eyes excitedly: "Where?"

"It's not a tree house, it's a forest hut." Frankenstein said, "I will mark the location on the map."

Lin Chi took out his mobile phone and opened the map, only to see a conspicuous red dot on the hillside about 500 meters away diagonally above him.

——Is there anyone living in seclusion in this place?

Thinking of this, Lin Chi quickened his pace and ran up the hillside with the help of his exoskeleton.

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