Eternal Night

Chapter 36 Cost-effectiveness

"…I can't get in. It's too small. I really can't get in."

"hurry up."

"...I don't want you to bully me! Wuuwuwu..."

Wu Xianxiao was so angry that he scolded, "What on earth are you talking about? If we don't get into the sewer, we will all die here!"

The slaughter area naturally also has sewers, and the filth after flushing all goes down the sewers. And because the flushing volume is large, it naturally cannot be a small household hole, but a large sewer pipe that can accommodate people.

At this moment, Wu Xianxiao and Jiujiu, Wu Xianxiao washed his body with the water pipe from the assembly line and changed into a work suit, while Jiujiu also wore a work suit. Unfortunately, because she was too small, this work suit looked like a quilt on her, and she shrank timidly in this set of work clothes, looking like a bird demon.

Wu Xianxiao used the remaining work clothes to tie up a large package, which contained the pieces of meat he had cut from the wild boar monster. In order to make it easier to carry, he left out all the bones and internal organs. In addition to some pieces of meat, he only took two pig's trotters, because the wild boar monster only had trotters on its lower limbs, and its upper limbs were still human hands, so there were only two of them.

Even after careful selection, they finally cut off a large bag of meat weighing nearly 200 kilograms, which was carried on Wu Xianxiao's back.

At this time, several metal gates leading to other areas in the slaughter area were constantly rammed, and there were half-demon "employees" outside several gates. Wu Xianxiao and Jiujiu were trapped to death in this slaughter area, and judging from their current state, they would be besieged and killed by hundreds of horrible monsters in a minute or two.

So the two of them stood at the mouth of the sewer pipe.

Jiujiu's face was wrinkled. She had vomited into the sewer twice, but she just couldn't step down because it was too filthy. There was rotten flesh and blood, some bones, and even visible maggots crawling everywhere.

Most birds like to stay clean, and Jiujiu is no exception. She wanted to die when she had to go into such a filthy place.

But there was nothing she could do at this time, so she closed her eyes and made several attempts to step forward at the sewer pipe, but then she felt a slight pain in her butt and was kicked down by Wu Xianxiao.

"Ah ah ah..."

She jumped and chirped around, and when Wu Xianxiao jumped down, she immediately bit Wu Xianxiao's arm and just stayed half-hanging in the air, allowing Wu Xianxiao to carry her forward.

Although the entire sewer is filthy, it is much safer than the above. Those "employees" have turned into demons with green faces and fangs. Although there have been no monsters like wild boar monsters for the time being, it seems that their appearance may continue to change and break through at any time. Moreover, there are hundreds of similar "employees" in this factory alone. With such a number, even if Wu Xianxiao enters the controllable demonic state, he will be dead.

As the two entered the sewer, there was a loud noise coming from behind them, followed by a series of roars. It was as if there was some vibration behind them, and Jiujiu's whole body trembled slightly, and the teeth that were biting Wu Xianxiao's arm seemed to loosen.

"It's okay, keep biting." Wu Xianxiao continued to walk forward without looking back. He said in a deep voice: "The ground is very dirty, I'll just walk... Don't worry, they can't get in. They are too big to enter this sewer."

Jiujiu's body trembled slightly, and she continued to bite Wu Xianxiong's arm in silence.

The two continued to move forward in this filthy and dark sewer, which was slanting downward. As they walked, the front gradually became wider and there were faint street lights in the sewer. However, Wu Xianxiao frowned when he saw this scene.

He found a relatively clean spot in the area, then slightly bent his thighs, placed Jiujiu on his legs, and stood on one leg. Then he said to Jiujiu, "We won't move forward. Let's find a narrow place nearby to hide."

Jiujiu widened her eyes and said with her teeth loosened: "Why? This place is so filthy and dirty, I don't want to stay here for even a second..."

"It's more important to be alive."

Wu Xianxiao said in a deep voice: "The 'weekend' only lasts for 24 hours. The longer you stay here, the greater the possibility of encountering danger. The sewer has become wider, so there must be other dangers below, or you may step into other dangerous areas. It is very dangerous."

Jiujiu nodded, not quite understanding. She blinked and said, "But didn't you just say that there might be maintenance personnel in other areas? Don't you want to go and take a look?"

Wu Xianxiao looked around, then his eyes lit up. He carried Jiujiu on his shoulders and walked forward carefully for more than ten meters. He saw a storage room in the sewer. He lay on the door and listened for a moment. Then he gently pulled the padlock. The hidden force burst out and the padlock was torn off directly.

As soon as the utility room was opened, a strong smell of mold gushed out from inside, choking Jiujiu and making him cough repeatedly. However, Wu Xianxiao was overjoyed and walked into the room with Jiujiu. Once they entered, they immediately closed the door.

"This smell is too pungent!" said Jiujiu dissatisfiedly.

Wu Xianxiao ignored him. He looked at the utility room through the dim light coming through the crack of the door. After seeing it clearly, he put Jiujiu on the ground. The utility room was only four or five square meters in size and was filled with various tools. Although there was a lot of dust, it was much cleaner than the sewer outside the utility room. At the same time, because the utility room was small, there were no sheltered corners and no safety hazards. Only then did Wu Xianxiao finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After landing on the ground, Jiujiu looked around, and then she continued to ask: "I'm asking you, didn't you just say that there might be maintenance personnel in other areas? Why don't you plan to go and take a look?"

Wu Xianxiao sat down on the ground and shook his head, "What's the point of looking? This is not a dream world. We can't set up a shelter here. Every weekend we enter a different place and encounter different monsters. If we take risks just to confirm whether the other party is a maintenance personnel, the cost-effectiveness is too low."

Jiujiu continued blinking and said, "But isn't that your teammate? Maybe even your future partner?"

Wu Xianxiao shook his head, looked around, stood up, walked to a pile of sundries and fiddled with something, and said, "Except for Yamade and Xu Shilan, and you, I don't have any other teammates now, nor do I have any future partners. I don't have such lofty ideals, I just want to survive. Of course, if I can live more comfortably and safely, then I won't mind taking some risks. As I said, the cost performance is too poor."

Jiujiu looked at Wu Xianxiao fiddling with something, and she couldn't help but chirp again: "Then why did you go to kill those monsters just now? I also saw something displayed by the main brain before. If you die here once or twice, you won't get lost immediately, right?"

Wu Xianxiao remained silent, but his hands kept moving. Soon, he hooked a piece of metal with a wire and placed it in the gap of the utility room door, so that he could barely see the scene outside the utility room. Then he found a few bolts and metal forks and barely reinforced the bolt lock of the door.

After doing all this, Wu Xianxiao finally calmed down.

Jiujiu just watched him do all this quietly, and then continued to ask in a chirping voice, "I'm asking you a question, and you haven't answered it yet."

Wu Xianxiao was silent for a moment, then he said in a hoarse voice: "No reason, what is there to discuss about something that has already been done?"

Jiujiu suddenly started to laugh. She moved a little and sat next to Wu Xianxiao and said, "You are completely different from the scholars in storytelling. They all say that scholars are heartless and have little loyalty."

As they were talking, Jiujiu was humming some tune softly. Wu Xianxiao did not stop her. He just closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. Listening to the tune, he felt a little sleepy.

At this time, the explosions outside were still continuing, and the direction kept changing. No one knew what kind of person was doing what. Judging from the number and intensity of the explosions, this person was terribly powerful. If it wasn't the internal strife among the BOSS-level monsters on the "weekend", but real maintenance personnel were fighting, then they must have at least obtained a baseline reality of 0.7 or even 0.6. They were extremely powerful people, and with his small body, he probably didn't even have the qualifications to watch the battle.

The earthquake caused by the explosion was still continuing, and the entire utility room was shaking, with dust falling from time to time. However, Wu Xianxiao and Jiujiu felt at ease hiding in this corner. As long as they didn't mess around, the danger of the "weekend" was not as great as they had imagined.

At this time, Wu Xianxiao asked, "You mentioned monsters before... Are there many monsters in your world?"

Jiujiu leaned on Wu Xianxiao, her two feet swaying, and she said, "Not many, but not few either. In the forest where I live, there are more than ten creatures with fairy blood, but none of them are very powerful. There is not even a fairy who has practiced Taoism for twenty years."

Wu Xianxiao silently evaluated the baseline reality 0.7 world in the sixth year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Because of historical events, he has established a second-level shelter in that world, which means that he must stay in that world for seven days within thirty days.

This cannot be avoided, otherwise after thirty days, a second-level nightmare may penetrate at any time.

According to the existence of Jiujiu, there are actually creatures like monsters in that world, which at least involves a little bit of the realm of gods and demons. Even though Jiujiu said that there are not many monsters, he still felt a little numb in his heart.

Wu Xianxiao asked again: "Then how do you demons calculate their 'cultivation'?"

Jiujiu blinked, tilted his head and thought for a while before saying, "It can only be sensed by fairies or people who have achieved success in cultivation. It cannot be digitally listed like the main brain. For example, my cultivation is only three to five years, which means I am as smart as a human. I don't have any other abilities. A fairie with fifty years of cultivation can transform into a half-human body, and a fairie with a hundred years of cultivation can transform into a human form. I don't know what happens after that."

As they were talking, Jiujiu yawned. Seeing this, Wu Xianxiao said, "You can take a nap. I'm here."

"it is good."

Jiujiu didn't hesitate and leaned against Wu Xianxiong and slowly fell asleep.

I don’t know how long I slept, but suddenly I woke up with a start. She was about to speak, but the next second her mouth was covered by a hand. She looked in panic and saw Wu Xianxiao shaking his head at her with an extremely ugly expression.

In the crack of the utility room door, on the metal sheet that reflected the scene outside...

A large number of heads were embedded in a huge jelly-like body, and this monster, who knew what it was, was trying to squeeze into the utility room from the sewer!
(End of this chapter)