Chapter 60 Return to Qingcheng

In the vast desert, a solitary smoke rises straight up.

On the edge of the endless Yellow River, the setting sun is round.

When Chen Yu's frail figure appeared at the gate of Qingcheng, the buildings in front of him were already in ruins.

"Is this... Qingcheng?"

A sad spring breeze blew by, blurring the confusion in Chen Yu's eyes.

He couldn't believe it.

In just two or three months, Qingcheng has been "ruined" to such an extent.

"Shua——"

At this time, BB's eyes lit up with red light and he quickly scanned the wall at the city gate. Then he jumped down from Chen Yu’s back and said, “Sir Chen Yu, it’s Qingcheng. But for some reason, the degree of ‘aging’ of inorganic matter is beyond the norm.”

"..."

Chen Yu stood there, silent.

After a while, he held BB, strode towards the old city gate, and entered the interior of Qingcheng.

I saw that the busy and crowded parking lot for the express delivery fleet half a year ago was indeed abandoned now. All that was left was the acrid dust and rubbish half sunk into the ground.

Shrubs, vegetation, trees... were completely missing.

The more he looked at it, the more Chen Yu felt like the original [Qingcheng Strange Land].

"Where are we going?" BB raised his head and asked, "Are we looking for the principal of our kindergarten?"

"In a city that has been abandoned to this extent, do you think your kindergarten will still be there?"

"Uh-huh!"

Another red light shot out.

BB took a fan-shaped view of Qingcheng City in front of him and said, "It's still there. The director is also inside."

Chen Yu: "???"

"Are you going now?" BB looked a little excited.

"Where is the location?"

"Ten o'clock."

"good.

"Nodding, Chen Yu took BB and walked straight in the direction of 12 o'clock.

"Eh?" BB wondered: "Aren't you going to kindergarten?"

"Go home first."

"Ouch..."

Along the main road, not long after, the two returned to their former "old house" - a prosperous community.

Climb over the rusty fence and walk into the gate of unit three.

The rotten smell in the stairwell hit his nose, making Chen Yu almost retching.

[Inhalation of malignant gas: Health +0.2]

"Master Chen Yu." BB stretched out his finger and pointed to the corner of the steps on the first floor: "There is a corpse there."

Hearing this, Chen Yu looked in the direction of his finger and found that only the moldy skeleton of the human corpse in the corner was left.

From the "furniture" facilities around the skeleton, it can be inferred that the corpse should have been a homeless man during his lifetime...

Chen Yu stood in shock for a while, then took out his mobile phone and turned on the screen. He carefully observed the time displayed on the screen for a while: "...Is it true that I have only been away from Qingcheng for two months?"

"When I was in Liancheng the day before yesterday, I felt something strange." BB hesitated and said, "Although I have never been to that city, it is too old. It's like..."

"What does it look like?" Chen Yu narrowed his eyes.

"It seems like time has been accelerated." BB tilted his head and thought, sorting out his words: "Well... it's the kind of acceleration of overall time."

"..." Chen Yu was thoughtful.

a long time.

He shook off the reasoning in his mind, held BB in his hands, and continued to walk upstairs.

"Crack."

"Pap..."

Every time the soles of your shoes hit the ground, a tiny circle of dust will be thrown up.

When the dust rises, you can still vaguely see the cracks in the concrete.

If this rate of decay continues, Chen Yu speculates that this building will be reduced to ruins in a few years at most...

Half a minute later.

Chen Yu walked to his door.

His eyes glanced upward along the security door, and the familiar dents were clearly visible.

This dent was left by his own hands half a year ago.

At that time, he learned from his mother that Chen Siwen was getting married, so he immediately came back to kill him. He did not spare any effort and almost tore down the door...

"hiss."

Reaching out and gently touching the depth of the dent, Chen Yu felt a trace of nostalgia: "Time flies like water. The scene half a year ago seems to have happened half a year ago."

After that, he took off the "Invincible Backpack" hanging on his shoulder, opened the zipper, and took out a bunch of keys from the corner of the backpack. Find one of them and insert the anti-theft door lock.

"Master Chen Yu! I'll come, I'll come!"

Before Chen Yu could open the door, BB happily grabbed the key and twisted it hard: "I used to get the key every day after school."

"Bang bang!"

The key is broken.

BB: "..."

Chen Yu: "..."

"...It's okay." BB pulled out the long sword above his head and stabbed it into the keyhole of the security door like a knife cutting through tofu: "It can be opened this way."

Chen Yu: "..."

"choke!"

Pulling out the long sword, BB glanced at Chen Yu cautiously, then put his little hand into the "rusty" lock cylinder and opened the door lock from the inside.

"Creak, creak, creak -"

Pulling the door hinge, the harsh metal friction sound aroused goosebumps all over Chen Yu.

"Okay, don't open it. As long as you can get in." Patting BB's small shoulder, Chen Yu entered the house sideways. As soon as he glanced from left to right, he frowned: "That's not right."

"What's wrong?"

"Someone has come in." He squatted down and touched the living room floor. Chen Yu's eyes were sharp: "And he just came in not long ago. Otherwise, the floor would not be so clean."

With that said, Chen Yu quickly walked around every room in the house and found no one. He turned back and ordered BB: "Scan it and see if you can analyze the details of the visitor."

"yes."

BB nodded, controlled the chip in his body, and activated the fundus hardware.

moment.

The red light appeared again. I carefully scanned every inch of the entire house from beginning to end...

"Environmental data collection completed."

The red light subsided and BB spoke: "Three days ago, a woman weighing 65 kilograms and 168cm tall came here. According to the evaporation and dust accumulation of water marks on the floor, the visitor should have completed a general cleaning. Then..."

After a slight pause, BB looked at the window of Chen Yu's room: "Then leave through that window."

"Come here? Clean up?" Chen Yu was confused: "And then left?"

"right."

"Is she sick?"

"I can't analyze the human spirit." BB said seriously: "Do you need to follow the path? It's just a trace from three days ago. I should be able to trace her to her lair."

"Wait a minute." He waved his hand and refused. Chen Yu closed his eyes and pondered: "Weighing more than 130 kilograms... a woman... comes here for cleaning... um."

Opening his eyes, Chen Yu smacked his lips: "I seem to know who it is."

"Who is it?" BB was curious.

"I'll take you to find her now." Putting his hands in his pockets, Chen Yu walked into his former bedroom, glanced around briefly, opened the window, and jumped out.

"Boom!"

Pulled by gravity, Chen Yu, weighing nearly 180 kilograms, fell to the ground from a high altitude. The impact was so powerful that the entire road cracked.

But with his current physical condition, he only felt itchy in his ankles...

no doubt.

Even if the strength system is wiped out, he can still be called a superman.

"Whoosh-boom."

Then, BB also jumped down from the air and landed accurately on Chen Yu's shoulders.

"Leaving now?" BB adjusted his position and asked.

"Um."

"Then why are you here?"

"Take one last look at the former residence." Chen Yu smiled and focused his eyes on the open window: "After all... I may never see it again in this life."

After that, without waiting for BB to continue asking, Chen Yu turned around and left.

The rest of the way.

He did not reach his destination directly.

Instead, wander around east and west.

Went to the former No. 2 Middle School.

I went to the No. 7 Middle School where I transferred.

Went to the [Qingcheng Foreign Land] Plaza which has long since been scrapped.

We also went to the stadium where the college entrance examination was originally held...

He looked at almost every place that had memories.

"Human beings are so weird." BB observed Chen Yu quietly and expressed his opinion: "Would be willing to do such a meaningless thing."

"Then would you like to visit CF's grave and visit it?" Chen Yu asked.

"Ah..." BB was stunned for a moment. After a long silence, he nodded: "I will go..."

"So, it's not humans who are weird. All intelligent creatures are weird."

…

after an hour.

It's finally dark.

Chen Yu also finished visiting the last "attraction" and came to Elm Street and stood in front of the cigarette shop.

"The suspect who broke into the house is right here." Chen Yu crossed his arms and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Is it...Aunt Qi?!" BB was surprised: "Didn't she move to the Magic City with us?"

"Obviously, she's back again." Looking up and looking at the pearlescent windows on the second floor, Chen Yu opened the dusty door and walked in.

In front of him was still the familiar set of furnishings.

Counter, guest table, sofa...

However, the cigarette cabinet, which was once full of cigarettes, is now empty.

Licking his lips, Chen Yu took out the empty cigarette case in his pocket, looked at BB, then looked at the remaining cigarette residue in the cigarette case, raised his head and shouted: "Hey! Boss lady."

"..."

"Buy a pack of cigarettes."

…

ps: (Note: CF is the robot that fought side by side with Chen Yu and his group in [Qingcheng Alien] and finally died.)