Chapter 169 Fire Falling in the Air
The howling wind mixed with large amounts of frost and snow swept across all directions unbridled, making the dim world even bleaker.
Zhuguang City outsourced the entire energy supply bureau to [Fubo Energy], which has naturally been completely market-oriented. Every ray of sunshine, every spark, and every kilowatt hour of electricity is clearly priced.
Therefore, most residents in the outer city use the electricity credits earned for heating and Internet access, and they naturally give up simply turning on the lights. Whenever night falls, the inner and outer urban areas become completely different worlds separated by a wall.
One is neon and the other is dim and cold.
Song Shi turned his head and looked out the window.
Although the shuttle has turned on the "optical camouflage" camouflage system and disappeared from the field of vision in the conventional sense, it is not a "phase shift" of the disappearance of the material level and the quantized state.
The hailstones would not stop falling just because they could not be seen. They crackled on the shuttle, causing Song Shi inside to feel a slight tremor under his seat.
The bright chandelier swayed, and there was only one young man in the shuttle.
There is not even a driver, the entire process is operated by an intelligent control system.
"——There are still four minutes until the target position."
A standard and gentle mechanical sound sounded, which was a reminder of the intelligent control.
Song Shi did not answer.
No matter how personable and considerate the intelligent controller appears, it is not an omnimachine in the true sense that has awakened "self-awareness". Even Lapis Lazuli would not regard this kind of thing as the same kind.
When it comes to "Lapis Lazuli", it did not come together this time. This is also the agreement between the two - Lapis Lazuli will provide services to Song Shi, and the latter will provide certain protection and not expose its existence.
Even when faced with enlightened beings.
Based on the foundation accumulated through cooperation in completing three bounties, both parties have a lot of tacit understanding, but there is still a long way to go before they can truly confess - both parties understand that the other party must have its own plans and needs the other party's efforts.
“——There are still three minutes until the target position.”
Song Shi stood up.
He caressed it gently, the matte paint brought a slight frosting feeling, and as if feeling the master's will, the blade slowly became hot.
"——There are still two minutes to the target position."
This shuttle is provided by the Enlightenment, and it is responsible for dropping Song Shi to the current stronghold of "Anfu Axeman" - the fifth building in the outer city. District, an engineering bunker deployed by [Fubo Energy].
At present, among the six major sections in the outer city, the Enlightened Ones have captured the third and fourth districts, the company controls the first and second districts, and the fifth and sixth districts are in a state of tug of war.
As for the inner city, which is the basic base of Casting Light City, the company still firmly controls most of it. At present, the actions of enlightened people in the inner city are mainly small-scale special activities, including but not limited to beheadings. , penetration, propaganda, etc.
“——There is one minute left before the target position.”
Song Shi slowly let out a breath.
He suddenly opened the cabin door, and the biting cold current roared in instantly, and his clothes and hair were slapped and made a hunting sound.
Amidst the blowing frost wind, Song Shi stood on the edge of the cabin door, overlooking the earth.
A world different from the first and second areas comes into view.
——It’s more “bright” here.
With Enlightenment pressing forward step by step and making all-or-nothing moves, the companies headed by Fubo Energy rarely relaxed some of their constraints, and some residue flowed out from between their clenched fingers, and they invested in the area under their control.
The most basic point is that residents in the first and second districts can now enjoy certain discounts when purchasing electricity quota, in exchange for more electricity at a lower price than in the past.
Whenever night falls, looking down from the sky, the first and second districts now look like cold rain and neon lights.
——But only "a few points".
Achieving various separations and distinctions through the limitation of power supply is the basic strategy formulated by giant companies such as Fubo Energy. Compared with civilian facilities that need to pay high electricity purchase fees, commercial entities such as factories can enjoy extremely generous preferential energy supply policies and achieve non-stop operation throughout the night.
Under the direction and supervision of Fubo Energy, these companies and factories even provide reimbursement of commuting expenses, cheap refreshments and free working meals, as well as unlimited WiFi.
In the face of these benefits, warm and bright factories and companies are obviously more comfortable than cold and dark homes. Most workers and employees more or less choose to work overtime voluntarily - not to mention that they only have to work overtime when they go home. You can spend money, but you can make money by staying in the company.
We are not dedicated to the company, we are just thinking about ourselves!
If you work more and work more overtime now, you will be able to retire earlier and enjoy life in the future.
"——Tips! We are about to arrive at the target location!"
So, Song Shi smiled.
Under the dark night, facing the frost and snow in the sky, he jumped out without hesitation!
The biting wind howled in the ears, the ground below quickly enlarged in the eyes, frost and snow were flying around the body - without any protection, Song Shi landed directly in the air.
Just not the slightest bit of fear.
--call!
In the rapidly changing blurry scene, Song Shi stretched out his right hand and watched the turbid snow crystals covered with industrial dust slipping between his fingers, seeming to sigh, but also seeming to be happy.
When was the last time I airborne directly like this?
Then, these sighs passed away in the wind.
In its place were fourteen clusters of light that emerged—this is all the fire that Song Shi holds now.
And four of them suddenly lit up!
They continued to expand, expand, and expand. As the terrifying red-gold light spread, the entire night sky seemed to light up for a moment.
In the next moment, the fire finally expanded to its limit, and four surging crimson stars crashed towards the earth below!
——Like the sun falling!
This is a more terrifying blow than a thermobaric bomb.
Each "fire" stores a quarter of its own psychic energy, and abandons complicated application methods and turns it into a pure energy bombardment. Even in terms of simple coverage area, it is still inferior to thermobaric bombs, but it comes from "Burning Fire". Under the effects of "blood" and "embers", the terrifying destructive power has completely overtaken it.
Boom.
——Boom, boom, boom!
Four red gold flame stars transformed from fire smashed into the engineering bunker below. The shell of the office building used as a camouflage was burned out immediately, revealing the fortification structure inside.
The surging heat swept across, and the four red-gold light balls suddenly expanded - when they expanded to a radius of five meters, the light ball finally burst out completely, and the red-gold flood easily engulfed everything nearby.
In a world of thousands of square meters, reinforced office buildings melted and collapsed, and the earth cracked, melted, and cracked again. In the raging flames, several "bubbles" suddenly emerged and quickly dissipated - that was where they stayed. , causing several vehicles to explode.
——Then, there was a sharp sound of breaking through the night!
Putting it under the body, the almost ring-shaped flames shattered one after another. Under the constant recoil force, the huge kinetic energy accumulated by the free fall was offset.
Bang!
Song Shi adjusted his posture in the air, faced the rolling heat flow, crashed into the flame tide that had not completely dissipated, and stepped onto this scorching earth.
In the distance, from the dull and furious sound of mechanical collisions, several outlines tore a path out of the flame tide and rushed towards here crazily.
Looking around the surroundings that had become purgatory, he stared at the enemy in front of him for a moment.
“——I swear.”
In the end, Song Shi raised his head and said loudly from his laughter: “The stars are at the end, the great source is above - please guide me on the road. This testimony!”
“Let the spirit of life burn out, the red blood burn dry, the existing things turn into nothing, let all tangible and intangible things turn into ashes”
Holding his heavy sword, he faced the rain of bullets in front of him and declared.
"——After today and before tomorrow, this place will become a scorched earth and a purgatory."
(End of this chapter)