MTL - The Witch of the Cyberpunk Era-Chapter 11 pledge

Farosa stopped Xu Yang and groped for the darkness around her.

The underground world is complex and full of strange rocks. It took her a few minutes to find a crack in the rock where several people could live.

Xu Yang took out the military rations found on the shuttle to share. Farosa tore the package open, and a pile of food and ingredients fell out from it, which shocked her.

"Is this a candy bag?" Farosa discreetly distinguished the contents, "So many incredible things fell out. It's hard to imagine that people in this era survive by eating these things, which have no fragrance at all, and are still hard. "

Looking at the clumsy Farosa, Xu Yang couldn't help but think of her value and potential.

Her two powers are very terrifying, one is to restore things, and the other is to kill instantly.

The former undoubtedly involves the magic of time and space reversal and the law of causality, and can definitely be called a reality manipulator, while the latter has efficient self-defense capabilities. Although it only targets living things and is ineffective against robots, it is also powerful enough.

In her time, when Farosa was in full power, she was definitely a famous witch.

Besides, she has slept for thousands of years and has a complete memory of the witch era, which is very helpful for us to understand the secrets of that era.

Such a super ancient witch will either become a great hope to lead the change of the whole world, or become the ultimate nightmare that will destroy the world.

After the company defeated the witch, there have also been many incidents of witch runaways. That is to say, the company secretly cultivated witches with more power than prescribed by a fluke.

Their strength is too strong, leading to break free from bondage, launch revenge, and kill.

Any company that induces such a thing will be expelled from the company alliance.

Witches are still the most feared thing in the company, but they can always be born from simple human breeding activities, and even test-tube babies may become witches, there is no regularity at all.

The company neither wants nor has the means to completely exterminate witches, and they have great scientific research and commercial value. Most of the scientific progress is due to the special experimental conditions created by magic, especially the reality manipulator, whose efficiency is far better than that of scientific machines. .

Capital has its own unique vision, and the starting point of all its decisions is to increase its own value and gain profits, so capital is not willing to let the witch go extinct, and it is still the main control of the witch.

Getting along with Farosa, Xu Yang was inevitably a little nervous.

I don't have the means of the company to control witches.

Describing Farosha with a humanoid nuclear weapon is a bit too much, but I'm at least living with a humanoid monster now.

Want to change the status quo? Live by her side first.

"Are you going to eat this kind of thing to survive?" Farosa poked at a bag of tough beef stew.

"I'll come." Xu Yang returned to his senses, looked at the instructions on the outer packaging, and quickly understood how to eat these rations.

He stuffed the package of beef stew into a soft pocket, which had reserved a flameless heater. He tore the water bag open, added water, and fastened the soft pocket.

As the chemical reaction progresses, the soft pocket gradually becomes piping hot.

"You can eat it in a while." Xu Yang said, "There are others here."

He took a flashlight and lit it on the ground. Many of the scattered foods were ready-to-eat. He picked them up and put them in Farosa. As soon as she got them, she peeled off their packages and ate them.

"It's a chocolate bar."

"Hard."

"Vegetable biscuits."

"Salty."

"Cheese bread."

"sour."

"corn cake."

"This is tasteless."

"candy."

"It's so sweet."

"Mayonnaise and peanut butter, can be used to..."

"Why is it gone in one bite? I still want it."

This guy eats everything.

Xu Yang took the heated beef stew out of the soft pocket, tore the opening, and handed it to Farosa.

She licked the taste of the soup, then poured out all the beef slices and brisket and ate it.

Farosa had a strange look on her face.

"Amazing!" she announced, "like attending a magician's banquet, only the food came out not from bird beaks, bunny hats, and dragon wings, but from some paper and hot water. of."

"as long as you are happy."

"I forgot... You should have something to eat."

"I eat quickly."

Xu Yang has developed the habit of fast food in the company, day and night for 6 years.

He saw that the mercenary's field food did contain nutritional paste, so he opened one and ate it.

Nutritional cream has a uniform taste all over the world, that is, it is tasteless and has no taste, but it will quickly give you a feeling of fullness, which is the key to improving efficiency.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most important invention of food science. This thing is nutritious and low-cost, as long as you don't delve into what it is made of.

Xu Yang suddenly thought that there must be something here that Farosa could not have eaten in ancient times, so he gave her a bag of liquid coffee.

"It's called coffee." Xu Yang said, "It only came after Tequila was discovered."

"What's this... oh!" Farosa quickly finished drinking a bag of coffee, and some star-like spots of light appeared in her eyes, "It seems that her strength has recovered a little."

This was something Xu Yang didn't expect. He was not very familiar with the mechanism of witches.

Now he saw that Farosa's hands were bright, one hand was as red as blood, the other as gray as a dream.

"Recovered..." Farosa murmured.

The witch returns.

Xu Yang stood up and leaned back against the rock wall.

Farosa silently looked at the marks on her hands and turned to Xu Yang: "Are you afraid that I will kill you?"

Completely cold tone.

There is a world of difference between witches and humans. For them, humans are not of the same kind at all. It is as natural for witches to kill humans as humans to hunt wild animals.

Xu Yang knew this for a long time, but experiencing this kind of thing in person still made him feel completely cold.

fear.

It feels like walking on thin ice, and even a rash move will lead to disaster.

Xu Yang stared at Farosa's eyes, as if facing an unknown beast in the deep sea, his hair stood on end.

It's too easy for her to kill those mercenaries, even the biochemical warriors who have received professional training and body modification can't do it so neatly.

"Ha," Farosa laughed lightly again, "your death is all bad for me, so I won't kill you."

"This is really the most utilitarian explanation."

"Only utilitarian rhetoric can convince you," Farosa said. "You don't believe that there is any real emotion between witches and humans. I treat humans the same as tools and animals."

Farosa looked at Xu Yang calmly, and for a moment he realized what Farosa meant—she really did not have malice.

There is no deep hatred between us, and there is a basis for cooperation.

He packed up his things and turned the flashlight out.

"I heard that some mental stimulation can restore the witch's power," Xu Yang said, "but I'm not familiar with it."

Just as he was about to leave, Farosa caught up again and held Xu Yang's hand.

"If you're so alert," she said, "let's use the miracle of the oath."

"The miracle of the oath?"

"A power that can't be betrayed." Farosa recited the miracle silently, the air twisted, and the shimmer turned into a golden symbol. There were originally several nicks on it. .

"There are other traces..."

"It's a few witches who made a vow with me in the past. The traces disappeared, which means that they are all dead, and their magic power cannot escape their lifespan. And you are the first mortal to share the vow with me."

She pressed her hand to the golden rune, and one of the nicks spread out and turned into the shape of a cat.

"These are the miracles that the sons of the beasts devised long ago before they perished," said Farosa, "and they traded their souls to the Lord of the Forest to form these eternal runes, that those who share the same oath cannot betray each other. , let alone hurt each other, otherwise the soul will be devoured by the forest lord."

"Master of the forest? Does that thing still exist? It won't perish with the felling of trees."

"It is something that breathes with the earth and the sky, and the miracle that I can conjure it is the proof. Its palace is hidden beyond human cognition, and only dreaming children and elderly widows can touch."

"It's amazing."

"Anything from the era I belong to is amazing now, and I have eaten goblins. What animal do you like? Put your hand on it, and the nick will become the animal with the temperament that suits you best."

Xu Yang put his hand on the rune.

There was an extra notch on the rune, and it stretched out in the shape of a soaring bird.

"Flying birds." Xu Yang said.

"Bird? I look like a goose, a swan."

"And you are a cat, a cat is stubborn."

"As long as it doesn't follow the rules, I like it."

After the nicks were formed, Xu Yang looked at Farosa, and there was indeed a strange feeling in his heart.

It seems that there is some kind of mandatory fetters that restrict him from doing all kinds of harm to Farosa.

"Let it all work," said Farosa solemnly, "let us share the same oath, like the same will that connects us, we will never fight against each other, never slander, never betray, never The rumored secret."

"This thing must not be obtained by the company." Xu Yang said, "It would be impossible to even defect from the company."

"Companies are more afraid of this stuff," Farosa said. "What if everyone comes together against it?"

"That's strange. It's normal for people to be submissive. Many people try their best to get into the company."

"That way, you don't have to worry about me blowing your head off," Farosa said.

"It's weird, why? What if I did something you didn't like?"

"My mother told me to repay my kindness. The teachings of childhood are often difficult to abandon. Ah, in retrospect, it was because my mother was a human being that I let so many people die."

She kills without blinking and maintains certain principles.

"It turns out that, since I'm bound by this mysterious oath, I won't hurt you, or do anything subjectively malicious to you."

"Me too, just don't be so tense. Hey, by the way, you've seen my body, and let me see yours too."

"Have you been so open in the past?"

"During the drowsiness, some 'changes' occurred to my body." Farosa blinked, "I'll tell you later."

"Since your witch's power is restored, can't we run rampant." Xu Yang pretended to be relaxed.

"The duration is very short and there is very little spare power available. It can only be said that a negligible part has been recovered."

"Drink another bag."

Farosa didn't want to regain her strength, she found more coffee, tore a corner and poured it into her mouth.

She tasted the content carefully and felt the changes in her body.

"There was no growth," Farosa said. "It seems to be a means of emergency, not a means of recovery. It seems that only God can really help me."

If her magic power is restored a little, it seems that the law of recovery can repair my prosthetic damage? But I don't know how her ancient magic will interact with the modern implants in me. It's a mile away, and I can't risk my own safety.

"Before you find your god, you still have to keep the gun in your hand. UU reading www.uukanshu.com"

Xu Yang took out the submachine gun he found earlier and filled it with bullets.

"Gun? Those witch hunters used to be called guns, vicious heretical weapons."

"It doesn't matter if you use it for self-defense."

They moved forward all the way. It seemed that because of mutual assurance, Xu Yang felt extremely relaxed and no longer had to worry about the threat from Farosa.

On the edge of the piece wood area, there are some tin houses scattered here and there, all of which are built by people who can't even afford to rent an apartment.

There is no wind and rain underground, just consider blocking privacy.

These houses are small, the walls are made of rusted steel plates, fixed to each other with nails, about 2 meters high, with square windows cut out with scissors, like iron shells.

Living in it is like falling into tiny cells.

If it wasn't for being too poor and desperate, no one would want to live in such a place.

People here don't even care if they die. Xu Yang looked around. Who will count their mortality? The security services are unwilling to protect the people in this place. Before the rescue arrives, they are already dead, which will affect the company's reputation in vain.

It's not good to be dark everywhere, it should be the result of a power outage.

Still no lights.

Xu Yang can only distinguish between underground roads and buildings with the weak light of a flashlight. The light can only bring a small sense of security, and there seems to be danger lurking in all directions.

Bang, bang, bang—

Xu Yang heard rhythmic percussion sounds.

He didn't intend to pay attention at first, but the sound continued, it sounded like someone was perseveringly tapping the water pipe with a wrench, maybe someone was calling for help?

"Is it a living person? Do you want to go and have a look?" Farosa was confused.

Xu Yang nodded.