56: Chapter 40 Blockade_2 56: Chapter 40 Blockade_2 I can’t bother with what happens next.
Xu Yang boarded the shuttle machine and left.
Unexpectedly, just a few hundred meters after the shuttle flew, the sound of running continued to follow from behind.
Xu Yang opened the window to look out, only to see Synthetic Human security guard A40 rushing towards this place at high speed!
He was holding a knife, seeming to be filled with a drive to catch up to the shuttle, refusing to relent.
Even if the shuttle was likely to leave him far behind, he still persistently ran all the way here.
“Let’s stop for a moment, if he wants to fight, we finish him, if he wants to talk, we listen,” Xu Yang said.
The shuttle machine hummed and stopped in the middle of the road as A40 ran all the way to the boarding area.
“Take me with you,” A40 stated calmly, which didn’t match his anxious demeanor.
“You must be out of your mind,” Xu Yang glanced back.
It seemed like people had scattered like birds and beasts, and it was unclear what had happened.
“That rich guy has been beaten to death!” A40 explained.
Xu Yang didn’t react for a moment.
“People beat him to death?” Xu Yang was perplexed, “and you didn’t help.”
“To protect him, I would have to kill many, many ordinary people,” A40 said earnestly, “That’s something I can’t do.”
“But your duty is to protect him.”
“Yes, that was my mission, and now the mission has failed!”
“You’re a Synthetic Human, right?”
If there is something about human society’s logic that I cannot understand, please enlighten me!”
Taking this crazed Synthetic Human with us would be too twisted.
“I can fight, I’m loyal, just as long as you don’t make unreasonable demands of me like that rich guy, I’ll wield my knife in your service,” A40 said seriously.
“What was the deal with that rich guy just now?” Xu Yang asked curiously.
“He belonged to the Shenkong Group,” A40 said, “He came to Number 26 Highland to solicit prostitution, but due to the blockade, he couldn’t return, so he resorted to this method to seek pleasure and inflict pain.”
The Shenkong Group was an important commercial company in Aizu City, with a scale that was second to none.
Their biggest real estate was named Shenkong Tower, located in the heart of Hui City District, connecting to Anjiu City above.
“I can program him with a self-destruct sequence,” Lila approached and said, “if he harbors any intent to attack any of us, he will self-destruct on the spot.”
“Such rules…” A40 pondered.
“Actually,” Nidelaide commented, “that doesn’t seem excessive, you appear to be somewhat unstable.”
“I must decline,” A40 stated, “it seems I’ll have to set out on the road to escape alone!”
“Our goal is to go to a safe place, I can’t let you on the shuttle machine, you can only walk and follow,” Xu Yang said.
“That’s enough for me,” A40 replied, “We can aid each other.
If any enemy dares to approach, I will use my weapon to split them in two.”
Having one more person to help was good.
They passed through the deserted blocks of Number 26 Highland and approached the No.
1 Junction, where the bustle and noise gradually increased.
“Look, look at that!” Rosya exclaimed, “So many people!”
senior, everyone is here,” Li Xiaomin approached the window.
Xu Yang did not expect that the so-called “blockade” mentioned by the rich man would be this scenario.
Xu Yang felt his heart wrench fiercely.
1 Junction had already been set up with a massive checkpoint, members of a professional security company, and an engineering team were there laying down security facilities to prevent people from forcibly passing through.
Accordingly, the surrounding area was crowded with countless people; at least ten thousand were stuck at the entrance to the checkpoint, unable to go forward or back, and completely cut off from reaching Hui City District.
There was a platform beside the highway, about 2 meters above the ground, quite expansive in size.
It was originally a plaza, but the company that invested in it struggled financially and ultimately abandoned development, leaving behind this vast empty platform which was actually Number 26 Highland itself, with a history of 20 years.
The surrounding urban areas had been built encircling this deserted highland.
Nowadays, a large number of residents were confined on the highway and Number 26 Highland, perpetually unable to get through the checkpoint.
Behind the checkpoint, the lights of Hui City District were bright, the area appeared very safe and all the more desirable.
Once there, the ground was just one step away.
The ground was the true modern society; the underground was but an incomplete corner of it.
Xu Yang longed to reach Hui City District.
He had rented a small room there, left many of his belongings, which he needed to retrieve.
Without reaching Hui City District, leaving the underground was just empty talk.
“Dear citizens,” the loudspeakers from up high began to loop the announcement, “construction work is in progress ahead, please refrain from heading to Hui City District, residents of Number 26 Highland.”
Perhaps because they had heard it over and over again, the people had no reaction to the broadcast anymore, only a frustrated mumbling remained.
Too many people, the air here was murky and thin, making one’s body uncomfortable to breathe.
And the smallest of murmurs, when gathered together, could form a deafening roar.
They were tense and anxious, exchanging helpless glances, most likely waiting for the barriers to open so they could pass through.
Called to this place by the broadcast, only to be blocked here.
“What do we do?” Cui Junyou’s eyes widened, “A road blockade?
Are they trying to let us die here?”
“Blocked…” Kanako bit her lip, “then why call us over?”
“It’s so noisy,” Farosa detested such an environment.
“There’s only this one underground passageway,” Li Xiaomin sighed, “no other routes.”
“Ironically, rats can burrow through from all around,” Rosya said sarcastically, “seems like they are ready to sacrifice everyone from Number 26 Highland.”
“Rather than a sacrifice, it’s more like a murder, murdering tens of thousands,” said Cui Junyou with loathing, “another corporate conspiracy.
I’ve always said, everything is a conspiracy by the corporations.”
“So they are all here waiting to get through, but why don’t they just wait at home?
Isn’t it tiring to stand around here foolishly?” Asa Katsuragi didn’t understand.
“Do you have any idea?” Xu Yang looked at A40 standing by behind the Shuttle Machine; this guy and Brother Fu seemed to know something about the situation.
“Not very clear,” said A40, “it seems to be a measure to protect Hui City District, trying to stop people and Ratmen from Number 26 Highland and Katagi District from moving to Hui City District.”
“Why the need for such a rigorous defense line?” Xu Yang didn’t understand.
“Previously, a large group of gang members forcefully broke through, causing a huge commotion,” said A40.
It was the Suzuki Group, they had shuttle machines, a convoy, and gang combat robots, indeed capable of a strong push.
The rest of the people would have a hard time.
“…The leaders have scampered over already,” Asa Katsuragi lamented.
“Brother Fu can get through the Junction?
What’s he got up his sleeve?
Does he have a Special Protection Card?” Xu Yang was curious.
“He’s lying,” said A40, “his original plan involved finding a few beauties to have a good time with and then have me kill them.”
“That’s sick,” shook Asa Katsuragi’s head.
“I’ll go ask the people here,” Xu Yang walked towards the crowd, “you guys wait here.”
He saw a chubby man in a suit sitting under a streetlamp, wiping sweat from his brow.
“Buddy,” Xu Yang asked, “we just arrived and are unclear on the situation, why is everyone stuck here, why not wait at home?”
The chubby man flashed a wry smile.
“Waiting for a chance to exchange money for life,” he said, his voice barely dropped before his eyes reddened, almost to the point of shedding tears.