Chapter 10 Will you go back with me?
Safety evacuation stairs are something that is completely invisible in the lower city because they are not used. And no one can say for sure whether on a night of heavy rain, someone would take down the stairs and sell them, masked by the sound of the rain.
Shangcheng District obviously does not have this concern.
The movable buckle of the staircase is closed, and the slide rail is not opened, which means that it is still nearly four meters above the ground.
It seems very high, but it is not a very difficult distance for Jing Shuo to reach.
Moreover, Zhang Cishun is also assisting him.
The two quickly determined a position, and then Zhang Cishun leaned against the wall, intertwining his fingers and clenching them tightly.
Although he didn't speak, Jing Shuo understood his thoughts immediately.
After taking a step back, he started quickly and stepped unceremoniously on the platform built by Zhang Cishun with both hands. Then, with the help of Zhang Cishun's combined efforts to push upwards, he jumped up high!
Jing Shuo is very light, or in other words, there are no fat people in Xiacheng District.
At a height of nearly four meters, Jing Shuo easily touched the metal frame of the stairs, and then held on tightly.
The body rises rapidly under the force of the arms, and then uses the hands and feet to climb upwards.
In the blink of an eye, Jing Shuo had already entered the stairs.
He began to put down the slide rails. The slide rails were not equipped with complicated locks, but only had a very simple bolt structure. After pulling out the metal bolts, the stairs quickly hit the ground along the slide rails.
Zhang Cishun did not waste time. In the current situation, every second is precious.
After he climbed up the stairs, the two of them did not forget to pull the stairs up and restore them to their original appearance.
The safety door is closed
, but both Jing Shuo and Zhang Cishun have mastered the skill of unlocking it.
"It smells so good..."
Jing Shuo said softly.
The two of them have entered the security door. This is a very clean stairwell, and there is a faint smell of flowers in the air.
Jing Shuo smelled this smell for the first time, and it smelled good.
He stood up and was about to walk in, but Zhang Cishun held him back and told him to wait for a moment. He raised his hand to reveal his watch, and then operated his fingers on the screen. The screen displayed something like a radar. Image.
Information mapping module for watches!
Because the projection mode was not turned on, the displayed images were concentrated on the small screen of the watch, which seemed a bit crowded, but Zhang Cishun still read the information he wanted from it without any hindrance.
The spatial architectural structure of the detected area
and the monitoring probes confirmed that there are no messes here.
Of course, Zhang Cishun himself is not sure about the second point, what if the monitors in this world are different from the ones in his memory.
After all, this world has even made watches.
"Let's go."
This time, Zhang Cishun walked in front and led the way.
The function of the information mapping module of the watch helped them a lot, but the only shortcoming was that it seemed impossible to specifically map the structure in the room.
The reason for this is definitely not due to the obstruction of the wall, because the modeling diagram displayed on the watch clearly shows them the structure upstairs and even downstairs.
Only the part involving the room is replaced by a black screen in the icon of the watch.
I'm afraid it's an internal function code problem, it actually detects it, but doesn't show it up due to limitations written in the code.
Zhang Cishun can open this part of the code and modify it, but there is no doubt that this will take a lot of time. At this time, he just didn't have that much time.
The structure of this building is somewhat similar to an apartment, with many rooms on the first floor.
Even the floor of the corridor is covered with a red carpet with beautiful patterns. This is a good thing for both of them, as the carpet effectively absorbs and reduces the sound they make when they move around.
"Are all the people in the uptown area so luxurious?"
If these carpets were placed in the lower town, those who are struggling to survive the winter would definitely fight over them, but if they are placed in the uptown area, they are even The people in the city couldn't enter their houses, so they had to lie outside the door.
Zhang Cishun heard Jing Shuo's muttering, but did not answer. On the one hand, he did not know how to answer, and on the other hand, he was observing the room with all his concentration.
The original plan was to find an uninhabited house. The premise for the implementation of this plan was actually completely based on the information mapping function of the watch, but now that it cannot see the scene in the room, it is naturally invalid.
Zhang Cishun can only get lucky, but there are also techniques for getting lucky.
Usually, check whether there is dust on the door handle, and whether there are friction traces of dust left on the corners of the door when it is opened and closed.
Don't ask where he learned this skill, it can only be said that it was online.
Soon, Zhang Ci stopped by the way.
He didn't use any of the above-mentioned techniques, but he was sure that the house in front of him was unoccupied.
As for why, it’s
because there’s a seal on the door!
The seal read: The Third Division of the City Guard was sealed on July 11th.
Zhang Cishun almost without any hesitation, took off the seal and handed it to Jing Shuo.
The door lock is an electronic lock. When Zhang Cishun tried to activate it, he found that there was no password input instruction, but a warning.
It reminded him that this was a house sealed by the city guards.
But this was not a problem for Zhang Cishun. After pulling out the panel, he started hacking. It barely took two minutes to bypass the warning.
In fact, if he hadn't been worried about touching the warning and causing the alarm message to be transmitted, he would have been faster.
Click -
the sound of mechanical rotation sounded and
the door opened.
The house was sealed on July 11th, and was 'unblocked' on July 15th.
Although it is informal, it finally has a new tenant.
Everything in the room is there and has not been emptied. You can even vaguely see the atmosphere of the previous resident's life.
Jing Shuo touched and looked at this, and finally squatted in front of the closet and looked at the drone inside. He had never seen this thing before... No, he had actually seen it during the parade. It was the thing that the rude kid used to tease the parade.
Zhang Cishun is more concerned about whether there is enough storage of daily necessities here. If not, they will have to save some bread.
Fortunately, Zhang Cishun found the refrigerator here. Although there were not many supplies in the refrigerator, as long as they were not wasted, considering the consumption of him and Jing Shuo, it would not be a problem to last for a week.
"Is this life in Shangcheng District?"
Jing Shuo came over at some point and stood next to Zhang Cishun, tiptoeing to look at the things in the refrigerator.
The things here are familiar to him. When he was panning for gold in the garbage dump, he had seen the garbage after these materials were consumed.
But he had only seen it before, and these things did not exist in Xiacheng District’s recipes.
"Not entirely." Zhang Cishun said, then closed the refrigerator door. But halfway through closing it, his fingers worked harder and opened it again.
He took out a can of drink.
It looks like juice, yellow and orange.
"Try it, let's be extravagant tonight," he said.
Jing Shuo was hesitant because he was not sure how long this storm would last, and any supplies here needed to be saved.
It wasn't until Zhang Cishun opened the faucet and watched the crystal clear white water flowing out of it that he opened the drink without hesitation.
He didn't make any comment on the taste of the drink. After drinking half of it, he capped the bottle carefully and handed the rest to Zhang Cishun.
"Let's take a shower and change clothes. During this period, we will try our best to dress up like people from the city. No one can say whether someone will come to check. We have to prepare in advance."
Jing Shuo nodded, but touched the seal he put in his pocket, and suddenly asked: "Will we have no problems here? This house..."
Zhang Cishun gave a reassuring expression: "Don't worry. , there will be no problem. If something like this happens in Shangcheng District, all manpower will give priority to this matter. Even if they come to check, they may not immediately notice that this is a sealed house." Jing Shuo hummed
. , relieved, and after walking a few steps, he stopped again.
"Where should I take a shower?"
...
Dinner was still prepared by Zhang Cishun. Thanks to the seasonings, today's food was particularly delicious.
At night, the upper city area still hasn't calmed down at all. Occasionally, fires can be seen igniting somewhere in the dark city, and then they are quickly extinguished by the city guards or others who rush away.
Jing Shuo sat on the window sill, wearing clean clothes. He looked at the sky through the window and occasionally at the street.
"The sky in the upper city is actually no different from that in the lower city." Jing Shuo said.
Zhang Cishun was fiddling with his watch. In the panel pulled out by the projection, the scrolling data was quickly rewritten in front of his eyes.
He was changing the bug that the information mapping function could not scan from outside the room to inside the room.
As he imagined, the information mapping function was actually scanned at first, and the problem appeared on the display. The problem was caused by a few strings of embedded codes.
Zhang Cishun made the change very carefully, because the whole thing actually has a calibration mechanism, just like the original logic is 1+1+1=3, and Zhang Cishun wants to change it to 1+0+1=3. How to disguise zero as one is the hardest part.
"Because the sky is equal, there is no more or less for anyone."
Zhang Cishun said.
"You seem to be very familiar with life in Shangcheng District."
Zhang Cishun thought for a while and said, "I've dreamed about it in my dream."
"Then do you feel lost when you wake up?"
Zhang Cishun smiled: "It's just a dream."
Jing Shuo was silent. For a while, the only sound in the room was the sound of Zhang Cishun operating his watch.
I don't know how long the silence lasted, but Jing Shuo's voice rang out:
"Will you go back with me?"
"Huh?" Zhang Cishun made a suspicious nasal sound, but Jing Shuo didn't seem to say it a second time or is to explain the meaning of this sentence.
His face was still facing the sky outside the window, and his slightly baggy clothes were baggy.
Zhang Cishun thought for a while and suddenly understood what Jing Shuo wanted to express.
He thought he was originally from the upper city.
"Where will I go if I don't go back? There is no place for me in Shangcheng District."
Zhang Cishun said in a calm tone, looking at Jing Shuo. Although there was no obvious change in his figure, it still gave Zhang Cishun a sense of relief as he waited for the answer.
It was like a big stone falling to the ground.
"...you...do you have any wishes?" Jing Shuo asked.
"Does living a long life count?"
"It's a bit difficult." Jing Shuo said with a smile.
He suddenly adjusted his sitting posture on the window sill, leaned his head against the wall and said: "When I was in Lower City, I wanted to come to Uptown to see and experience how the people in Uptown live. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I just want to There is only one absurd wish left."
"Tell me about it."
"I want to build a city without upper and lower cities."
(End of this chapter)