The Earth is Online - Chapter 17

[Chapter 17]

Tang Mo’s brain was running fast, and he realized almost instantly that the person who was talking to him was not a turkey egg, nor a turkey. He might be some kind of creature in the black tower, more likely…

“Are you human?”

The male voice was silent for a moment: “Well, I am human. Are you human too?”

Tang Mo: “Yes.”

Neither of them spoke any more.

The car was parked on the side of the road, the dazzling sunset shone into the car, and the albumin was irradiated golden. The words above appeared from time to time, and all Tang Mo could see was a few words and a bunch of garbled characters. Now he is more concerned about the person who is talking to him.

He thought about it for a while and decided to show his sincerity before asking the other person a question. He began to describe his condition: “Now I have a white egg in my hand, and your voice comes out of it. Are you trapped inside the egg, or something else?”

The man’s voice was firm and calm: “I’m not trapped in the egg, I’m holding an egg in my hand, and your voice is coming from inside.” After a pause, he added: “This is a fire egg.”

Tang Mo’s thoughts moved: “You should be from China, so you just came out from the first floor of the black tower? I got this egg from a monster in the black tower. It’s a turkey egg.”

“Me too, a white turkey egg I got from the Black Tower creature.”

The two of them understood now that the turkey in their hands was similar to a mobile phone, allowing them to communicate with a stranger they had never met.

In this case, Tang Mo now wants to know how far this turkey egg can be connected.

“Where are you?”

“Which city are you in?”

The unanimous words made both sides stunned.

The other party reacted first: “I’m in Beijing.”

Beijing?

Beijing is one thousand kilometers away from Shanghai. So far, turkey eggs can also be directly contacted, is it really the role of mobile phones?

Tang Mo said, “I’m in Shanghai.”

Tang Mo looked down at the turkey egg in his hand, and had a vague idea. The egg in his hand seemed to be damaged for some reason. Tang Mo didn’t think that his random knocking just now could break the turkey egg. He had to know that it was not the turkey egg that was cracked, but his steering wheel. The things in the black tower are not so fragile.

The probability of the turkey egg being broken by him is less than 20%, and the probability of its original damage is more than 80%.

Because the turkey egg was damaged, Tang Mo didn’t know what the egg did. The text on the turkey egg has only three lines without garbled characters, one of which——

【Quality: Rare】

This is a rare item.

If the Black Tower is really just playing a game, then it makes sense for it to hand out items to players. Rare items are very precious in any game. Tang Mo doesn’t know if his damaged turkey egg can no longer function, but he may be able to learn the real use of the turkey egg from the mouth of this Beijing player.

It is impossible for a rare item to only play a role in calling. Before the earth went online, human technology could already make global video calls. There is no reason why a mysterious black tower can only do this. Since the two are both turkey eggs, they look similar, and they can still talk, then eight out of ten | nine, their functions are the same.

Tang Mo sorted out the language: “When I was playing the game of attacking the tower on the first floor of the black tower, a big mole in the black tower gave me this egg as a reward. This egg is very hard. Tried hitting the steering wheel, rocks, and some other hard stuff with it, and it smashed a crack in my steering wheel, but it didn’t break.”

Start by stating as much information as possible about yourself, so that the other party feels that the two sides are now sharing information.

Tang Mo continued: “…The big mole who gave me the turkey egg said that we humans can’t hatch turkey eggs. I thought I was the only one who got this egg and could use it directly, but I didn’t expect you to do it too. I have it. But I didn’t say that you need another person to use this egg, and you can talk to both sides. Do you have any tips on your side?”

The deep male voice answered decisively: “No.”

Tang Mo: “…”

Did you chat like this!

How could this person be completely unspoken? !

When normal people communicate in a friendly atmosphere with others, shouldn’t they also take the initiative to reveal the information they have?

Tang Mo was silent for a while, and then he continued to talk: “How did you contact me? At present, I hear your voice first, and then I will answer.”

This is no longer considered intelligence. If he refuses to say this, Tang Mo will no longer have any hope for the cliché.

“A few lines of words appeared on the egg, and I tried to study the egg. When I tapped the egg for the third time with my finger, it suddenly flashed a very dazzling golden light.” This The man was finally willing to reveal some information, “As I speak now, this egg has been emitting a very faint golden light.”

Tang Mo suddenly remembered that when he knocked for the third time just now, the egg seemed to be flashing, but before the light came on, the man’s voice came over, and the light disappeared.

Tang Mo: “Then do you know how to close the call?”

“Let me try.”

Both of them tried for a long time, and suddenly, the sound stopped. After another ten seconds, a male voice sounded: “I held this egg with both hands just now, and the call is terminated.”

Knock three times to start the call, and hold the egg with both hands to terminate the call?

Tang Mo: “Then you stop first, I’ll try.”

“Okay.”

After Tang Mo tried it again, he could also start the call at any time and terminate it at any time. After many trials by the two, no matter which party is, as long as they tap their egg three times, the call can be opened; either party can end the call by holding the egg.

During the experiment, the two sides were extremely tacit, neither of them said a word of nonsense, and shared information as much as possible.

When this egg was almost studied by them, Tang Mo felt a strange feeling in his heart. The owner of the other turkey egg cooperated very well with him, and their cooperation seemed to fit well as if they had been trained many times. This made Tang Mo feel a little sympathetic towards the other party, but unfortunately, if this person was a little more eloquent, he would have a more favorable impression of the other party.

This person never said a key piece of information from the beginning to the end, and it was obvious that he was hiding something. Tang Mo knew what the other party was hiding, and he also knew that the other party found out that he was rhetoric.

Now that everything that the two can say has been said, if no one is willing to reveal their true information, it is meaningless to continue. For example, it is impossible for Tang Mo to say that his turkey eggs are damaged, so he will be at a disadvantage; the other party also refuses to give useful information, and is always guarding Tang Mo, a stranger who does not know the details.

The man’s voice has been steady and pleasant: “Do you have anything else to say?”

Tang Mo: “…There is one last question.”

“what?”

“Why did you say the first sentence, not hello, not hello, but… Momo?”

The air was quiet, Tang Mo vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn’t figure out what went wrong. Until a deep laughter came from the turkey egg, the man’s voice was mixed with a smile for the first time: “So you don’t even know what this egg is called?”

Tang Mo: “…”

Just keep some words in your heart, don’t say them out for a little face!

Tang Mo had long known that the man was deliberately guarding himself, and he also knew that the other party knew that he had information missing. But now I say it openly… I said it was a little uncomfortable in my heart, I felt that I was at a disadvantage, and I also felt that the relationship between the two was always indifferent and defensive, because this time it was revealed, it seemed to be a little closer.

At least not the enemy.

“This egg is called ‘Momo’, so when I saw it glowing, I subconsciously called out ‘Momo’.”

Tang Mo said lightly, “My name is Mo, what do you call me?”

“…” The man was silent for a moment, only then did he realize how many times he had called such an intimate address just now. After a long time, he said, “My surname is Fu.”

Tang Mo said, “Then it’s all right?”

“bye.”

“goodbye.”

As soon as the call ended, Tang Mo put the turkey back in his pocket and tapped his fingers on the steering wheel.

First, this egg is called Momo.

It shouldn’t have anything to do with his name, it just happened to be called this.

Second, Mr. Fu from Beijing is very smart and defensive. The chances of trying to get information out of the other person’s mouth are very small, even very likely, this is their first and last call. There was no benefit to their call, and both parties realized that the other end of the turkey was a bad guy. In this case, there is no need to contact him any more.

This rare item turkey egg was like a hot potato in Tang Mo’s hands. He wanted to use it, but he had no idea what the turkey egg did, or whether the egg was damaged enough to be unusable.

As for the cliché from that man’s mouth…

Tang Mo has lost hope. Unless there is an accident and the other party has to share information with him, it is absolutely impossible for this person to let go.

Thinking from another perspective, Tang Mo would not share information about rare items with a stranger. With this kind of prop, I can’t wait to hide it and not be discovered by anyone, in order to achieve a surprising and winning effect. If he took the initiative to inform the information, Tang Mo would not be so stupid and sweet.

Tang Mo sighed and continued to drive to find Shibei Middle School.

When the car arrived in downtown Shanghai, the number of vehicles on the street increased sharply and smashed into a mess. It was an unwise choice to choose to drive at this time, Tang Mo simply abandoned the car and walked. He walked along the edge of the road as he walked, and when there was a roadblock, he used it to hide his figure.

The prosperous and prosperous Shanghai became a deserted city on the fourth day that the earth went online.

It was getting dark, and many businesses on both sides of the street were still lit. Tang Mo passed by a KFC, there were unfinished fries and ketchup on the table by the window, but the fries were already wilted, and there was no one in the empty fast food restaurant.

The closer he got to the city center, the more cautious Tang Mo became.

There are more and more people here. He walked around a corner and saw a young woman in sportswear was filling her stomach with various snacks and instant noodles in a Family Mart convenience store. She was not surprised when she saw Tang Mo, she just glanced vigilantly before turning around to search for food and water in the convenience store.

Tang Mo carried a heavy bag with a flashlight, food and water in it.

Along the way, he saw many people scavenging for food and water, as well as several small groups in groups, watching every passerby vigilantly. Many people were covered in mottled blood, and some were injured, lying on the side of the road without arms and legs, mourning.

The overpopulation made the city still have a lot of people alive after the Black Tower Incident.

Tang Mo roughly estimated that there were about four people per square kilometer in the center of Shanghai. It’s dinner time and most of these people are eating. After Tang Mo’s physical fitness improved, his need for food was greatly reduced. He hadn’t eaten all day and night, but he wasn’t hungry at all.

Shibei Middle School was a famous school in Shanghai, but Tang Mo didn’t know it. Instead of asking the two people who were eating by the roadside, he walked straight into an abandoned newsstand, rummaged for a long time, and found a detailed map of Shanghai.

“Jing’an District… Shibei Li… here.”

Tang Mo carried his bag and walked forward again.

Suddenly, without a sign, a crisp and cheerful voice sounded.

“Ding dong! Richard Wells, the official player in the third area of the United States, successfully opened the first floor of the black tower. Three minutes later, players from all over the United States began to attack the tower!”

Tang Mo stopped, and the two people who were eating also looked up at the black tower in the distance. Tang Mo turned his head and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall of the newsstand.

“19:18”

“The game time is from 6:00 to 18:00 every day. Huaxia’s game time has ended. The United States… The time difference is 13 hours, and the game time is calculated according to the local time? Will there be a global announcement…”

Tang Mo continued to walk forward.

This game announcement is not like the smuggler Fu Wenduo broadcasted it three times when he opened the black tower, and stopped after only one broadcast.

Because the player who started the tower attack game this time was not a Chinese player, but an American player. Tang Mo was walking on the road, and he heard a middle-aged man covered in blood and dying while breathing heavily while laughing wildly, gloating over the misfortune. : “Die, die…die…die…”

At eleven o’clock in the middle of the night, Tang Mo finally walked to Jing’an District. Vehicles on the street collided, and he kept jumping over them, causing his walking speed to drop. In the middle of the journey, he accidentally took the wrong direction. When he reached the Jing’an District, in the silent night, a loud child’s voice sounded——

“Ding dong! Mary Van der Sar, the official player of the US Division 2, successfully cleared the first floor of the Black Tower!”

Tang Mo raised an eyebrow in surprise. Isn’t it the player who started the tower attack game to clear the level?

“Ding Dong! On November 19, 2017, a total of two players in the world cleared the first floor of the black tower. The remaining 416.23 million players, please work hard to attack the tower!”

Tang Mo’s footsteps stopped, he raised his head and looked at the dark shadow floating in the air in disbelief.

He clearly remembered that yesterday morning, a total of more than 490 million players logged into the game, and now… 80 million less? ! Is it because of the two tower attack games in China and the United States, or is there another way to cause players to die?

Another 80 million people died so soon? !

Tang Mo’s face was ashen, and he continued to walk forward. The street lights on the street kept flickering. Tang Mo took out a flashlight from his backpack and illuminated the map. Without saying a word, he circled three intersections and walked four blocks. It didn’t take long for Tang Mo to see a traffic sign standing on the side of the road saying “Be careful to avoid the school ahead”, and he was already near the school.

“Crack-”

Tang Mo stepped on the shards of glass. He looked down and saw many tiny glass fragments fell on the ground. He looked up again, the street lamp above his head was shattered for some reason, and the glass fell to the ground.

This is just the first broken street light.

Tang Mo looked at the road leading to the school gate in front of him.

On this road, only two street lamps flickered dimly. The ground was covered with shards of glass from street lamps, and the late autumn night wind blew through, making the trees on both sides of the road rattle. The dark shade of the trees resembled silent ghosts. Tang Mo walked past the black ghosts on both sides with a blank expression, stepping on the glass shards one by one.

The cold night wind blew the hem of his windbreaker, and his eyes were calm, as if he didn’t notice anything.

Suddenly, Tang Mo raised his foot and quickly took two steps to the left. At the position he had just passed, a large nail the thickness of a finger appeared suddenly for some reason. If he stepped on it just now, the sole of his foot would definitely be pierced.

Tang Mo raised his head and stared vigilantly around.

He had already reached the school range, and he was only 100 meters away from the school gate.

It was one o’clock in the morning, the icy evening wind was blowing, and there was no one around. Tang Mo continued to move forward. This magically appeared nail appeared twice again, and once even blatantly suspended in front of Tang Mo. As long as he took a quick step without noticing, the suddenly appeared nail could stab him. Eyes, fortunately, he reacted very quickly, and one dodged.

These bizarre situations only happened when he was close to the school. Now he is only a dozen meters away from the school gate. If he has to go back to the intersection, it is more than 80 meters away.

Tang Mo hesitated for a moment, but decided to enter the school to find out.

A hurried voice sounded: “Don’t come here!”

The voice was young and loud, with a hint of dryness that didn’t end completely.

Tang Mo immediately reacted: “Are you a student of this school?”

“Don’t come here, you… who are you!”

“I don’t mean anything, I’m looking for a student. She’s my friend’s daughter.”

The big nail floating in front of Tang Mo fell to the ground, and it seemed that it no longer blocked his steps. Tang Mo walked forward, there was no obstacle, he went all the way to the gate of the school. Looking in through the iron gate, I didn’t see a single figure, nor did the little boy who just spoke.

Tang Mo frowned and asked loudly, “Where are you?”

The boy said timidly, “You… you’re really not a bad person?”

“I’m not. Are you in trouble and need help? I have some water and food here.”

“I… I’m in the guard room next to the door, you put water and food at the door, don’t come in…”

Tang Mo took out a bottle of water and a bag of compressed biscuits from his backpack and walked towards the door of the guard room. He walked unhurriedly, and stopped halfway through.

The little boy said again: “You…why didn’t you come!”

Tang Mo smiled and continued to walk forward. There was silence all around, the little boy didn’t speak anymore, Tang Mo didn’t speak, just walked quietly. When he walked to the steps in front of the gate of the guard’s room, he suddenly accelerated his pace, sideways around the gate of the guard’s room, and flew directly from the side to smash the window and crashed into this small guard’s room.

The shards of the window splashed onto the steps that Tang Mo was about to step on. The steps collapsed in an instant, blasting out a large hole seven or eight meters deep. At the bottom of the hole were many sharp knives, with the edges pointing upward.

“Teacher, he found it! Teacher, save me!!!”

Ordinary glass shards can’t hurt Tang Mo’s skin at all, and even his reaction speed and running speed surpass that of most humans. The fat little boy shouted in horror when he saw Tang Mo, turned around and ran away, but Tang Mo was faster than him, grabbed the little fat man’s arm, dragged him to him, and grabbed him directly. arms.

“Don’t move! Who are you and what are you trying to do!” An anxious male voice sounded.

Tang Mo looked up and saw that it was a young man in a white shirt. He seemed to have just woken up, his hair was messy, his eyes were flushed with anxiety, and he ran into the guard room.

Tang Mo asked back, “Why did you lie to me just now… want to kill me?”

The young man said anxiously, “put him down first and don’t hurt him. We will give you whatever you want, and we will satisfy you!”

Tang Mo sensed something was wrong, he was about to open his mouth to ask the situation clearly, when he heard a voice: “Tang Mo?! You’re finally here! Ehhh, don’t, let go quickly. Teacher Li, he’s not a bad guy, he’s Tang Mo. , the friend I told you before. It was he who wanted to come to Shibeili to find someone. I got separated from him halfway, so I came to the school first to see if I could run into him.”

Tang Mo looked at the person coming.

“Li Wen?”