When Geng Jiangyue came out of his mother's building, the temperature outside was obviously lower.

But if his mother asked him to take the car home, he would definitely not do such a thing.

The commuting fee in Hiace City is very high. From the building deep in the north city where my mother lives to the building at the junction of the north and south cities where he lives now, the bus has to stop at 16 stops. Each stop costs 20 cents.

The price of sitting home was a full three and a half yuan, which was worth two meals for him.

Geng Jiangyue has only sat once since he was a child, when he moved here because he brought bedding, blankets and clothes, as well as all the textbooks from his eight years of elementary school and high school. There were too many things, and it would be delayed if he took them in batches.

In a few days, I can only grit my teeth and spend money.

Since that time, Geng Jiangyue traveled back and forth between two places and never did anything so loss-making again.

Blowing hot air into his hands, Geng Jiangyue rubbed his hands, then hurriedly shrunk his neck and ran home.

At this point, it's not yet 9 o'clock, so it's not too late.

After ten o'clock, the temperature drops to almost zero degrees, there is snow on the road, and strong winds blow, then it becomes difficult to travel.

As Geng Jiangyue ran, he couldn't help but think of the natural conditions outside the city that his high school general education teacher told him.

It is said that a large-scale human gathering place like Sea Lion City is so uncomfortable. How bad can the so-called "harsh environment" in the wild be? In addition to man-eating monsters, will the temperature be even lower?

Or is there something else even worse?

The level of teachers at Sea Lion City No. 3 High School is not high, and the general education courses are the kind of subjects that don’t even have textbooks and rely on the teachers to teach whatever comes to mind, so the teachers can’t answer Geng Jiangyue’s questions.

In fact, like Geng Jiangyue, most city dwellers have almost never left the city in their lives.

Almost everything everyone knows about the world outside the city comes from "live broadcast".

In addition, people like Geng Jiangyue who run around the city every ten days are already diligent people who go out frequently. According to statistics from the Sea Lion City City Hall, in fact, about 50% of people, from birth to death,

——If they don’t have to go to so much trouble to move, they will never leave the super building where they live in their entire lives.

In fact, Geng Jiangyue was simply unlucky. On the day he graduated from high school, the city hall was supposed to allocate an empty room to him, but there happened to be no vacancies in his super-building, so he had no choice but to move to the south.

Otherwise, he could at least be neighbors in the same super building with his mother.

Maybe they are like the 50% of people who have never left a building in their lives. From kindergarten to elementary school to junior high school and high school, until now, they don’t know what the road outside looks like. Let alone know that after 8 p.m.

The mysterious talismans on the streets of Sea Lion City also emit orange light - but compared to the larger and more majestic cities seen in the live broadcast, the mysterious talismans on the roads of Sea Lion City, both in strength and density, are

It is much weaker than the top cities.

"So the city hall is really bragging..." When Geng Jiangyue thought of this, he couldn't help but criticize, "Damn it, you still have the nerve to collect my 3% personal income tax every month. They are a bunch of scum, and their service quality is basically non-existent.

No way!"

After jogging for about 20 minutes and covering most of the distance, Geng Jiangyue finally couldn't run anymore and switched to a brisk walk. The large plate of fried noodles and chicken breast in the evening had been completely digested by this time, and his stomach was empty.

stand up.

Geng Jiangyue, who was hungry and cold, remembered that he still had a few spare packs of compressed biscuits at home. He swallowed slightly and couldn't help but regret it. He should have gone out in the morning. It was not so cold in the morning, and the consumption was much smaller, and

The mental stress can also be greatly reduced. Unlike now, the more he thinks, the faster he gets hungry, and the faster he gets hungry, the slower he walks. It’s a vicious cycle!

"Forget it, let's take a shortcut!" Geng Jiangyue gritted his teeth and made a risky decision.

The urban planning of Sea Lion City is very organized. Even if he doesn't know the way at all, a high school student like Geng Jiangyue can carefully calculate the shortest commuting distance through the building number. The key reason why he takes the long way is actually because the North City has stickers

There are countless roads in Xuanfu, and there are many small alleys within the shortest route, and the city hall does not have the ability to fully take care of them.

A mysterious talisman is very expensive just for one piece, let alone being posted on the road and must be replaced regularly.

According to what his father told him when he was a child, the finances of the city hall, which are used to maintain hundreds of super buildings in the city, are already stretched thin. Bandwidth traffic is even restricted after 10 pm, so no one can walk between buildings.

In the small alley, it would be nice to install some comforting street lights and surveillance...

Geng Jiangyue, who was shivering a little from the cold, raised his head and glanced at the moon, which was gradually turning from white to blue.

He took a breath and coughed slightly.

I thought "No, no, no, no," in my mind, and with a bit of gambling mentality, I plunged into the alley around me.

Under the control of some kind of trembling emotion, Geng Jiangyue, who had been unable to run at first, inexplicably became faster again.

The patter of footsteps echoed in the empty alley.

Geng Jiangyue ran to the end of the long alley in one breath, looked at the road signs, quickly judged his direction, and continued to the right. He did this several times. After running for five or six minutes, when he reached the next intersection,

But my heart suddenly sank.

We should not be far from home, but the street lights on the road below were accidentally broken...

He looked up and saw that on the long road ahead, there was only endless darkness.

In the darkness, there are only two red dots, which will light up slightly every ten seconds or so.

Those are surveillance cameras that can be seen everywhere in this city.

"Wonima, today is really..." Geng Jiangyue stood at the intersection, vomiting fragrance due to the environment he grew up in.

He turned his head and looked at the way he came. Now he was running back, which was obviously a bit of a loss. He raised his hand again and looked at the time. It was already 9:31. If he waited a little longer, it would be ten o'clock.

Each super building in Sea Lion City has its own building regulations. In some nights, the access control time is earlier, and the door may be closed at 10 o'clock. If it is later, it usually does not exceed 11 o'clock. Geng Jiangyue has never had it before.

Walking through such a night walk, he didn't bother to understand the building regulations of his new home. But the current situation gave him a headache.

Turning around now is indeed the safest option.

But the problem is that if the building you live in really closes at 10 o'clock, you may be locked out if you take a detour.

With the temperature at night, even if he doesn't freeze to death, there is no guarantee that he will catch a cold or even pneumonia. The medical expenses and lost work expenses will be a lot of money. And if he doesn't want to get sick from the cold, there are many ways. He lives

The place is close to Nancheng, and you only need to walk a few more steps to find a hotel. Fifty yuan a night is only one-sixth of his monthly income.

Well, that's it...it's just your mother!

Is life or money more important?

Of course lives matter!

But...who said that if you continue to move forward, someone will definitely die?

The public security in Sea Lion City is so good. There has been no messy incident for 8 years. How could it be such a coincidence that everything happened to me? 8 years ago, 8 years ago, the victim 8 years ago was you.

Uncle Geng Jiangyue, okay!

Why do I just memorize ideas like that? The last time "Sea Lion Daily" was not enough? Can it be done a second time in this life?

The more Geng Jiangyue thought about it, the more it made sense, and the originally limited principle of "life first" in his heart began to waver slightly.

"According to city planning, visual inspection shows that the length of this alley is no more than 400 meters. According to the running speed of 100 meters, which continues to decrease, we should be able to complete the distance in less than one and a half minutes..." Geng Jiangyue was doing various calculations.

One foot has already been stepped into the darkness, and there is really no time to hesitate or delay. Now that the decision has been made, there is no need to hesitate.

"Ha!" Geng Jiangyue shouted, cheering himself up, and rushed into the alley, blending into the night.

The cold wind in the hall whistled sharply into Geng Jiangyue's exhaling mouth. Geng Jiangyue breathed heavily and panted like an old dog. He kept running with his head down, making squeaking noises in the quiet alley.

Yeah sound.

There is already a thin layer of snow on the ground. The road is slippery and not suitable for running fast.

Geng Jiangyue barely maintained his speed, secretly warning himself that he would never take such risks again in the future.

The most precious thing for people is life. Everyone has only one life.

A person's life should be spent like this: staying at home, eating and drinking, waiting to die, and dying; instead of going out for a walk at night, and then maybe dying inexplicably at the hands of someone who doesn't know what it is...

While Geng Jiangyue was lost in thought, his foot suddenly slipped and he almost turned over.

He subconsciously stretched out his hand and grabbed a water pipe stuck to the wall. Fortunately, he stabilized his body and did not fall to the ground. Then he gasped with his heart beating rapidly. He subconsciously raised his head and looked at it.

The surveillance probe located directly above me.

This shows that he has run to the middle of the alley.

Far ahead, you can vaguely see the dim light emitted by the street lights on the main road.

Seeing that little light, Geng Jiangyue finally felt a little more at ease.

But at this moment of relaxation, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Geng Jiangyue! You live here too? I just said that studying has a useless purpose! In the end, you are not the same as me!"

Geng Jiangyue's heart suddenly jumped.

Suddenly, his whole body became stiff, his face turned pale, and his legs felt like they were filled with lead, and he could not take a single step forward.

In this environment, the "person" talking behind him could never be his idiot classmate...

Geng Jiangyue's Adam's apple twitched, and his breathing became obviously short. He was trying to run forward with difficulty, but a transparent hand first put it on his shoulder. The cold breath penetrated directly through his body surface.

of his bones.

Sure enough... you were tricked?

"I'll fuck your mother! Get out!"

Geng Jiangyue didn't look back, shouted angrily and slapped the hand behind him, and ran forward quickly. He only ran a few steps before he panicked and slipped and fell to the ground. However, he didn't cry out in pain at all. He instantly used his hands and followed him.

Like a dog, it flew towards the bright place on its hands and knees.
To be continued...