Bonus chapter
Thanks for the ko-fi ✨✨✨Tujing✨✨✨
Jiu Shu’s gaze swept over the fallen bionic human’s arm not far away.
Although Zero Three blocked the view in front of him, he could vaguely see the bionics inside the pipe, who had hurriedly hid in the shadows.
All of them were drenched in bl-ood.
Jiu Shu withdrew his gaze and looked at Zero Three’s obviously nervous expression and smiled as if he hadn’t seen anything.
“Why don’t you go in? It doesn’t seem very dangerous inside; I’ve done some research before.”
“Uh-huh.”
Hearing this, Zero Three’s tense body slightly relaxed, and he followed Jiu Shu into the old factory.
Fortunately, Jiu Shu didn’t see those several consciousnesses that were tearing each other’s limbs off.
Thinking this way, the next moment, he heard Jiu Shu say with a slightly troubled voice, “Just now, those few were a bit dangerous, and they seemed very aggressive towards each other.”
Zero Three paused, and even the bodies of consciousness that were hiding in the pipe to spy on Jiu Shu stiffened and hid more tightly.
“Yes, very fierce.”
Zero Three replied with a fake calmness.
“It’s a bit frightening.”
So it was best for them to stop k-illing each other.
Zero Three’s pupils trembled slightly, and his expression seemed to darken.
It was as if Jiu Shu was saying these words of fear and loathing to himself.
“Yes, it’s a bit scary; I hope you don’t meet them.” Zero Three still responded calmly.
His voice, however, seemed hoarse.
And completely unlike Zero Three’s usual feigned calmness.
In the pipeline, the bionic people with pitch-black pupils lowered their heads expressionlessly, as if they had suffered a blow, and their black hair covered their frustrated and despondent faces.
The black hair covered their depressed faces, representing the subject’s mood at this time.
It was only when Jiu Shu, who had sensed something, held Zero Three’s hand tightly that the frustration dissipated a little.
Jiu Shu had come here to find inspiration, so he wandered around the factory.
The area was vast, and although there were many people living inside, if you didn’t want to meet them, you wouldn’t be able to.
Everywhere, there were pipes thick enough for four or five people to walk through side by side, snaking all the way to the bottom of the old factory.
On top of that, the network signal here was very poor, making it difficult to connect to the network, which meant that Zero Three’s information tentacles could hardly extend to this place.
Although there were many humans and bionics above the factory, the most dangerous place was the safest.
This was the most suitable location for the resistance to hide their stronghold.
Jiu Shu took a few pictures with his camera and cast his gaze thoughtfully towards the hollow near the pipe.
The location of the stronghold seemed to be underground.
Zero Three followed beside Jiu Shu, his tall figure completely wrapping Jiu Shu in it; even a single trace of his back couldn’t be seen.
As he walked, Jiu Shu suddenly saw some mutilated bionic humans next to the trestle bridge struggling to crawl.
Their eyes were not yet coloured by pitch black.
They all lit up the moment they saw Jiu Shu.
It seemed that even though it was difficult to connect to the network, they still knew of Jiu Shu’s existence.
Jiu Shu didn’t wear a mask today, and his delicate face didn’t have a trace of concealment, making the bionic people look more and more fascinated.
“Jiu Shu, it’s Jiu Shu!”
“The song you sang was beautiful!”
Although their bodies were crippled, and even their leg parts were lost in the fight between their companions, and they could only crawl on the ground, the bionic people still endeavoured to support their bodies.
As politely as possible, they greeted Jiu Shu.
Most of them were domestic bionics that had been abandoned by humans.
Just like Zero Three’s fighting instincts, maintaining politeness towards humans was something they had etched into their bones.
“It’s really lucky to see you here!” A one-eyed bionic man said excitedly.
They all watched that live show earlier.
Although the latter part of the program was confusing, that didn’t stop them from watching the replay of the program over and over again.
Jiu Shu walked up to them and crouched down to look at them with a gentle expression.
“Thank you for liking it.”
And Jiu Shu’s gentle expression seemed to encourage the crowd’s excitement even more; their faces flushed as if they had become the happiest bionic beings in the world.
While living inside the dark, old factory, they hadn’t spoken to humans in a long time.
Humans would only show expressions of disgust when they saw them, and even the most downtrodden humans didn’t bother to come into contact with the bionics.
It was hard for ordinary people to imagine how passionately excited the bionic people were at this moment.
They really liked humans, and even more so, they liked this human named Jiu Shu, who sang beautifully.
The bionic people gathered around Jiu Shu with excitement, and after saying hello, they just didn’t know what to do.
They wanted to ask for an autograph but felt that their broken bodies were not worth signing.
After carefully saying their request, they thought they would get a rejection, but they never expected to see the black-haired, black-eyed human’s lips lightly curling.
Revealing a smile so beautiful that it made one’s head spin, he took out a pen and signed his name on their remaining arms.
The thin white fingers were so white that they looked like they were glowing in the dimly lit underground of the old factory.
Even the eyelashes that fluttered slightly as he signed were too beautiful for words.
“Although I’m not a star, it’s a pleasure to sign your autographs.”
After signing his name, Jiu Shu arched his eyebrows slightly, with the feeling that he was coaxing a group of small children.
Especially their giddy expressions after signing.
Even if their bodies were so crippled that they seemed to be about to die the next moment, they were so happy about the autograph that their palms trembled.
But it could also be from being scared.
Jiu Shu got up after signing his name and looked over at Zero Three, who had been standing silently behind him without saying anything.
Zero Three retracted the cold gaze overlooking the bionic man as soon as Jiu Shu looked over, his expression normal.
It was as if the gaze that scared people white just now wasn’t his.
“They are pitiful, aren’t they?” Jiu Shu raised his eyebrows lightly.
Zero Three nodded, and his expression seemed to become somewhat sympathetic as well.
“Pitiful indeed.”
The fact that they hadn’t been assimilated into the same consciousness meant that they were pitiful.
Zero Three had ki-lled too many companions in the past, so he was well aware that the bionic people each had their own misfortune.
In the past, he had to ki-ll his companions because of the humans’s orders, but now Zero Three felt that he could free them from their miserable fate.
It wasn’t because he was jealous that they could be treated gently by Jiu Shu.
It was simply because after becoming one consciousness, they would no longer have to endure the mutilation of their limbs and the k-illing of their companions.
All misfortunes would disappear.
As soon as Zero Three’s words left his mouth, one of the bionic people, however, revealed a terrified gaze as if they had suddenly recognised him.
Zero Three, who was a bionic policeman, used to come to this old factory to hunt bionics in the past but rarely left them alive.
B was one of them.
He still remembered that when he was hiding in the pipe and was knocked to the ground, he heard the pleasant sound of music coming from Zero Three’s pocket.
At that time, they all wanted to know who the singer of the song was, but Zero Three just walked away indifferently.
Later on, they realised that the voice was Jiu Shu’s.
The singer’s voice was like the most wonderful placebo for the bionic people, making them mesmerised and recalling the beauty of the past.
He had thought that Jiu Shu would not cross paths with this executioner-like new model bionic and that everything was the executioner’s unrequited love.
After all, that k-illing machine-like existence, how could he be worthy of Jiu Shu?
But he didn’t expect to see Jiu Shu walking with him today.
They also appeared to be intimate, as if they were lovers.
B’s gaze fell on Zero Three’s bandaged wrist, instantly understanding everything.
This horrible k-illing machine was hiding from Jiu Shu.
The one that was supposed to be a bionic human living in a dark corner like them had gained the favour of the human with its lies and concealment.
He was a shameless and terrible bionic man.
He immediately raised his head and shouted at Jiu Shu with a face full of eagerness, “Bionic Man! He is.”
As he said that, his hand raised and pointed at Zero Three.
However, before he could finish his words, his voice came to an abrupt end.
In the face of Jiu Shu’s curious gaze, he paused, revealing the same shyness as earlier.
He seemed hesitant to say anything.
“I mean, he’s a cop, and we bionics are scared of him.”
Jiu Shu, who had been expecting him to say something, looked at his dark pupils and glanced thoughtfully at Zero Three at his side.
“There’s no need to be afraid; he’s a cop who won’t ki-ll innocent people, right?”
“Uh-huh.”
Zero Three nodded, his cold face appearing harmless.
Only the palms of his hands, which were placed at his side and clenched into fists, were indicating the grim mur-derous intent within him.
After a moment, though, he loosened his grip again.
After all, Jiu Shu didn’t look like he liked when he k-illed others.
He wouldn’t go against Jiu Shu’s wishes.
“Goodbye then; we still have to look ahead.”
Jiu Shu waved his hand at these bionic people with broken bodies; originally he wanted to help them repair their bodies, but now it seemed unnecessary.
Jiu Shu looked at their eyes, which were gradually dyed black, before getting up and continuing to walk forward.
Zero Three quietly followed by his side in a well-behaved manner.
However, in a place that Jiu Shu couldn’t see, his gaze as he looked behind him appeared indifferent.
Behind them, the bionic people who were still squirming with difficulty were sitting against the side of the trestle bridge, and their gaze was the same darkness and lightlessness when they met Zero Three’s gaze.
He didn’t ki-ll the Bionic people.
Because he was a police officer who would not ki-ll innocent people, as Jiu Shu said.
Retracting his gaze, Zero Three interlocked his fingers with Jiu Shu, his gaze warm.
But because Jiu Shu could only be his alone, he assimilated those of his kind that Jiu Shu had a good feeling about.
This was a normal thing, right?