Chapter 485 Contact (Second Update)
Soon, Su Mo and the others followed Jialan to the end of the passage, and the scene in front of them suddenly became clear.
A very narrow underground gathering area came into the eyes of Su Mo and others.
There are many square-shaped buildings built here, and the roads are very narrow. But you can see many children squatting together and playing, laughing from time to time.
Judging from the scale, this is a gathering area with more than 20,000 people.
"There is an open space here. You can rest there first. You are not allowed to leave the open space without our consent. If there is any latest situation, I will inform you."
Jia Lan led Su Mo to a relatively spacious open space.
In fact, it wasn't that Jialan and the others looked down upon Su Mo and the others, but that Su Mo and the others had too many people and there was no suitable place to place them.
"Okay."
Su Mo and others didn't have any objections, and they weren't picky either.
Then Jialan turned and left.
Lin Ming said to everyone; "Rest where you are."
After everyone heard it, they sat on the ground one after another.
At this time, many aborigines and children from the Acer Empire gathered around curiously. Most of them saw outsiders for the first time.
His eyes were full of curiosity and surprise.
However, they did not approach rashly, they were still a little instinctively afraid.
At this time, many of the people who were resting took out a nutrition bar from their pockets, preparing to eat and replenish their physical strength.
Although they had eaten before, their previous high-intensity escape had severely reduced their physical fitness.
Just when they were about to start, they saw a pair of curious and eager eyes staring at them.
Many children in shabby clothes swallowed their cigarettes with longing expressions on their faces.
Although these children didn't know what a nutrition bar was, they knew it was delicious when they saw the color of the nutrition bar and how they put it in their mouths.
At this time, Karinsha smiled and handed a nutrition bar to them.
A little girl hesitated and stretched out her hand.
Karintha nodded to her with encouraging eyes.
The little girl walked up, stretched out her hand to take it, a happy smile appeared on her face, and she said to Karinsha.
"Thank you."
At this time, other children saw this scene and came over one after another.
When Lin Ming and others saw this, they were not stingy and took out nutrition bars one by one and handed them to them.
In the distance, an old man wearing a blue robe and holding a mechanical cane was looking at this place from a distance. When he saw this scene, he looked thoughtful.
At this time Jialan came over and greeted respectfully.
"Grandpa."
"Jialan, what you did this time was indeed a bit reckless."
"I'm sorry."
"As for what you are doing, I have no objection to your approach. From now on, this is not necessarily a bad thing. At least the first impression these outsiders gave me was okay. Of course, this does not represent my final opinion of them. View, but our current situation is indeed getting more and more difficult. If we can't make changes, we are not far from destruction. In the battle with artificial intelligence and black space, we have indeed lost."
"Grandpa can't."
Jialan kept shaking his head.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. After much thought, you brought the people back, so you are responsible for contacting them. In order to show your sincerity, I allow you to take them individually to visit and learn about our gathering area. In addition, you also Ask them for their details.”
"I will."
Jialan nodded heavily in response.
"Silly boy, you don't need to feel too much pressure. Let's get in touch slowly. Even if we fail, we won't collapse in a short time. But I want to remind you, don't trust these outsiders too much. People are A very complex creature, very deceptive.”
"I understand."
"Go ahead and contact them boldly. As for the different voices from the Council of Elders, I will suppress them for you. The future ultimately belongs to you young people."
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In the temporary camp, Su Mo and others sat together and communicated in low voices.
Lin Ming directly expressed his thoughts.
"I just made a little observation, and I found that although this place is shabby, the level of civilization is well preserved. Not to mention other things, the air quality here is not at the same level as that in the sewer. In other words, there is a complete air filtration system here."
Karintha said in agreement.
"More than that, take a closer look at the houses here. These are not ordinary metal structures. They are all made of alloys. They should be made of the materials plundered by the security guards who were killed. They should have good processing capabilities. , should retain some manufacturing capabilities.”
"According to what you say, they are not ordinary remnants of the Acer Empire."
Su Mo thought for a while and said.
"Maybe a core member."
Lin Ming nodded and said.
"What difference does it make?"
Witko asked in confusion.
"The difference is huge. If they are the core members of the Acer Empire, they will definitely know how to leave here. No matter how bad it is, they will know how to leave. You have to know that until now, we still haven't figured out how they fell into this ghost place. .”
Su Mo explained to Witko.
"I'm so sick of it. If they knew how to leave, they would have left long ago."
Witko is not very optimistic.
At this time, Qian Chengxue reminded; "Okay, don't discuss these, the woman named Jialan came over."
Su Mo and others all shut their mouths.
At this time, Jia Lan came over, and Lin Ming and others greeted him one after another.
"Hello, Miss Jialan."
Jia Lan glanced at Lin Ming and the others, then his eyes fell on Su Mo. He ignored the others and said, "Follow me."
"Ah, me?"
Su Mo was also startled.
"Any questions?"
"No."
Su Mo came to his senses and responded quickly.
Seeing this scene, Qian Chengxue and Karinsha moved their lips slightly and wanted to speak, but gave up.
He could only watch Su Mo and Jia Lan leave.
After the two of them walked away, Witko said with some worry: "Would it be detrimental to him if they call Su Mo away alone?"
Although Witko didn't like Su Mo before, during this period of escape, Witko admired Su Mo from the bottom of his heart.
"Don't worry, have confidence in Su Mo. We don't want to do anything now to avoid arousing the other party's suspicion."
Lin Ming also trusted Su Mo unknowingly.
"Okay."
On the other side, Su Mo accompanied Jialan as he walked towards the residential area.
Many heads poked out of the windows of the buildings along the way, looking at Su Mo curiously.
Su Mo felt like a monkey, very uncomfortable.
He originally wanted to find a topic to chat with Jia Lan, but he felt that nothing was appropriate. It's really not my strong point to deal with things like public relations.
Especially Jia Lan is a woman and Su Mo has no experience. (End of chapter)