"Your son is really awesome." A middle-aged woman holding a small vegetable basket said, "The salary at Little Star Company is not low."
The middle-aged man looked proud, but he did not forget to compliment the woman, "I heard that your daughter will soon finish studying mechanical engineering. She may become a famous designer in the future. If she joins the professional research team, she will have a bright future.
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The woman is also very proud, "I have never had to worry about my daughter since she was a child. No matter what she does in the future, I will do it. The most important thing as a parent is to respect the child's wishes."
The middle-aged man nodded repeatedly, "Life is so good now. You can live well in whatever you do. There is not as much pressure as we used to."
While the two were talking, a short robot moved over to the roadside. Its two round glass eyes flashed after detecting the garbage on the roadside, and then stretched out metal arms from both sides and made a sound:
"Please pay attention, I have to pick up garbage!"
"Please pay attention, I have to pick up garbage!"
Everyone who was chatting gave up their seats, and then watched it awkwardly holding the candy wrappers on the ground. After trying a few times without success, the middle-aged woman smiled and helped to pick it up and threw it in. The cleaning robot retracted its arms and turned around.
play music:
"You are a good citizen who loves life and home. Your small home is our home and everyone is our home too. Let's work together to create a better future!"
The people chatting quickly dispersed, and the children who followed the circles around the Time Tower were also called back to eat. A restaurant also greeted Xu Huo and his party, "It's almost dinner time, do you want to try some local specialties?"
Who dares to eat this?
Xu Huo replied: "We have already booked meals at the hotel."
The waiter felt regretful for a second, then quickly said with a smile: "The high-end food in the big hotel must be better than my boss's."
The busy boss stuck his head out of the window and said, "Shut up! Serve the food!"
"I wish you a pleasant meal." The waiter waved and entered the store to get busy.
"Everything looks real." Feng Hui moved his hands, "When the child bumped into me just now, I felt the human body temperature."
"If the whole city is a dream, it's nothing if you can feel the temperature." Wang Ling said.
Several people then came to the newsstand.
The small note Xu Huo originally put was not inside, but they had already read the notice posted just now. The notice was very simple. It only asked citizens to close their doors and windows and not open the door to strangers easily. It did not describe the details of the case.
However, there are also a lot of old notices posted nearby, which are posted voluntarily by residents of nearby streets and residential areas. There are at least three notices. In addition, there are advance notices for weddings and funerals in nearby streets, and about the opening of a certain store.
Small advertisements appeared in newspapers about recent important events.
"The number of home invasion and robbery cases is a bit too high." Meng Wenguang said after taking a photo of the new newsstand: "There are three to five cases in this area alone."
"Could it be a reminder?" Yue Rui said, "I heard people around me saying this."
"But the area is too big." Long Jianfeng pointed to the map given by the patrolman just now, "Pumpkin City is not small."
"Why is this city called Pumpkin City?" Hong Chen looked puzzled, "I don't see any pumpkin decorations on the streets."
"Maybe it has something to do with the terrain." Meng Wenguang took the map over, "The city looks like the side of a pumpkin when viewed from a bird's eye view. The city is arc-shaped on both sides, starting from the '1st Street' on the left to the 23rd Street on the far right.
Twenty-three main roads run through the top and bottom. Except for the straight road in the middle, the others are all curved. The closer the street is to the edge, the greater the curvature."
Their current location is on Twelve Streets in the middle, close to the top of the map. If you walk a little further out, you can almost see the edge of the city.
"Does it have any special meaning?"
He looked up at the other people.
"It's hard to say." Wang Ling said: "Is there any weird urban structure in the game? Maybe this is just the foundation of the city. Let's focus on the home invasion and robbery case and Little Star Company."
Xu Huo also nodded, "The terrain can be left alone temporarily."
"The citizens of Pumpkin City seem to have a relatively high sense of happiness overall. Judging from the mechanical equipment used, they may be in the early stages of the explosion of smart technology. Normally at this stage, the city government or technology giants should have mastered the entire city's information data.
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"For the two most obvious clues at the moment, we'd better go to Little Star Company or the city government separately."
Pumpkin City is not small, and it would be too slow to cast a wide net to find possible clues.
"Hong Chen and I are walking slowly," Yue Rui said, "We will stay here and inquire with the people nearby."
Their communication device still didn't work, but there was a store nearby that specialized in selling communication devices. Xu Huo and Wang Ling bought two of them to try out.
"Hey! It actually works!" Wang Ling was surprised.
"Of course the communication device can be used," the clerk glanced at him in surprise, and added: "However, Little Star Company has been installing signaling posts recently, so the communication device may malfunction."
Regardless of whether it can be used or not, several people each took one.
After confirming the contact information, they will allocate manpower.
The city government is on Sixth Street, and Little Star’s main company is on Sixteenth Street.
"The two sides are so far apart. Let's go separately to save some time." Xu Huo said to Wang Ling, "Where are you going?"
There are only two of them here who clearly carry time props, so it's best to act separately.
"I'm not good at identifying information," Wang Ling said, "I'll go to the city government and maybe I can get ready-made files."
"I'm with you," Long Jianfeng said.
"Then Mr. Xu and I will go to Little Star Company." Meng Wenguang looked at Feng Hui again, "Will you come with us?"
"How about I stay?" Feng Hui said, "What if other players come in?"
The heavy fog makes it difficult to walk around. There must be other players in the city. We can't definitely think that they can't get in. Maybe the whole city has changed.
Meng Wenguang did not agree, and stretched out his long arms to pull him over, "I'll do it together if I ask you. After all, you are a high-level player. How can you find two people in such a big company?"
After saying that, he said to Yue Rui and Hong Chen, "Be careful yourselves and hide quickly when you see other players."
Xu Huo looked at the time again, "It's already past 12:03. It seems that the other three times on the time tower are after 9:17 at night."
"Pay attention to using the recorder to record the process. No matter whether we can contact you or not, you must be back here at seven o'clock at the latest."
"We don't have many recorders left," Yue Rui reminded.
Recorders are something that players don't usually use much. It's enough to keep two or three. After they came in, they scrapped a few more. In addition, they have to ensure that the previous records are retained, so at least two or three should be kept.
Use it, considering that it will be used in the future, until 9:17 tonight, the most they can do is put another recorder outside.
Xu Huo nodded slightly, "Let's see if we can meet other players on the way. If we do, I'll borrow a few."
