doll city

"...the feast at the dump has begun."

It was the song I heard on the bus at the beginning, and it turned out to be the 'Prelude'.Afterwards, the lyrics corresponding to the skills were originally from the same song?

Yan Ge then turned backwards, and as expected, the "first movement" followed the overture——

First movement:

The first spectator rushed onto the stage,

He said it was from the hometown of the gods.

Lights and applause ignite the clothes,

In the laughter, the announcement was flustered and flustered.

The hatred of the forest melts into armor,

The flesh and blood of the artisans turned into walls.

Ghosts of ancestors wander here,

Hydra stares in the dark.

"...you know about the forest. The 'craftsman's flesh' sounds disgusting, but it is actually an ability to heal teammates' injuries. If you are stabbed, someone with this skill can make your flesh grow back quickly. "

Lao Qiu enthusiastically pointed at the side: "The 'Ghost of the Ancestors' slips away fast. According to young people, they are used to calling it 'flash', and they can run very far with a swish. As for the 'Ghost of the Ancestors', Dela' This is a very strong petrification ability. It is almost unsolvable at the level of the first movement. If you hit it, you will die. This skill is only available on stone dolls, but stone dolls are mostly hard and Dangerous, even if the first three are collected, there are still many people stuck here."

This is the difference between fighting wild monsters and playing dungeons. Of course, the probability of dropping dungeons is relatively high. After finishing the dungeon and clearing the hidden ending, the rewards will be even richer.

Before that, Yan Ge had learned that the weekly hunting grounds did not need to be sent to Mr. Pokland like he did last time. Most people only needed to stay in the hunting grounds and see live puppets that could be hunted. Just fight, if you can't fight, run away, just delay, after 12 o'clock, the hunting ground will be over, and wait until next week for another invitation to continue.

"Then have you collected them all?" Yan Ge asked.

Lao Qiu spread his hands and said with a smile: "I don't have skills, and my physical strength can't keep up with young people. But I'm a carpenter... To be honest, before I came here, I never thought that the things I carved could become fine."

"Our president also said that the reason why Ciling's living dolls are different in strength is because of different sources. The law is-mass-produced is not as good as Seiko, Seiko is not as good as handmade, handmade is not as good as handmade, and handmade is not as good as handmade. A limited number is not as good as an orphan. If you encounter a live doll of the 'orphan' level, you'd better run away."

"Ha~ Don't be so nervous, I'm very lucky, at least I have this skill, and I can have a chance to make this kind of handmade doll as a talisman."

As he spoke, he arched his left shoulder, and the wooden parrot on his shoulder flapped its wings and rubbed Lao Qiu's ear affectionately.

"Just like my own child, I named it Xiaoyan'er. Thanks to it, although I can't fight, most of the murder puppets can't touch me... Actually adapt After living here, I always feel that I am an old person who can feed the whole family by myself, and it is not bad to live here for the elderly.”

"But this is not the real world after all, you don't want to go out?"

"It's not that I don't want to go out, but staying here has a special feeling for us veteran craftsmen, that is..." Lao Qiu lit another cigarette, chewed his words, and said——

"Craftsmen have value here."

Yan Ge was dumbfounded for a moment.

As a descendant of a veteran craftsman, he thought of Old Porcelain Street and his grandma.

Compared with other old crafts that are nearly extinct, porcelain has a much longer inheritance.But even so, year after year, the painstaking efforts of the craftsmen in the clay are still decreasing.

A long time ago, craftsmen had to wait for a unique kiln-shaped partridge after opening the kiln thousands of times, but now advanced machines can fill a warehouse with kiln-shaped bowls that were hard to find hundreds of years ago in a few days.

The artifact fell to dust and lost its legend.

Whether this change of the times is good or bad, Yan Ge himself is not qualified to assert, but when he looked at the smart wooden parrot, he saw a long-lost vitality in Lao Qiu's eyes.

This city ruled by living puppets identifies with craftsmen, and this identification is higher than any machine.

With a certain confusion and complicated mood, Yan Ge, under the introduction of Lao Qiu, went to contact the members of "Elephant Valley" at the contact table A2.

The members of "Elephant Valley" looked a little vicious in comparison. When they saw him, they turned their heads and threw a registration form to him: "Is there a missing person notice? Yes, there is a vacancy for the 12-member group today." People, just fill in the form. The name, ID number, and address are where you live this week, just write whatever you want. The main thing is to fill in the skills clearly. After finishing writing, go to the West Exit to find a person named Laocho... ha~ I blow up two, can you second me?! Give me money!"

Listening to these people, taking ordinary people through the hunting ground mission is considered a relatively easy task, and it is worth the same to issue a missing person notice.

Yan Ge registered quickly, walked to the West Exit of Central Park, and handed the form to the team leader who was said to be called "Old Cut".

"It's too early, the hunting ground is at night, you come here at seven o'clock in the evening... Tingxi Commercial Building, don't be late." He threw a tourist map to Yan Ge with the location circled in red pen.

"Hmm." Yan Ge turned around, but saw from the reflection of the car window beside him that Lao Chuan turned around, took out a long strip wrapped in tinfoil from his pocket, squatted in the shadow of one corner, and put the He buried his face heavily and took a deep breath.

Subconsciously glanced at the empty police box beside the park, Yan Ge's heart sank a little.

From a distance, after exchanging information, Xiao Yi waved to him, sat down behind a small flower bed, listened to the missing person notice from the person he was looking for, and said sadly.

"...I can't go with you. That old cut is the dog man I told you before, who wants to take care of me. But you don't have to withdraw the entrustment. Finding a younger sister is the priority."

"I don't intend to continue to deal with the people in Xianggu either. I will stay away from them after this deal is completed."

Xiao Yi hummed, and after a moment of silence, she said: "There is an exploration team that wants me, and is willing to take me to get the first three skills. I thought about it. You are very capable in all aspects. Instead of forming a team with me, why not We have taken more risks in the past two weeks. When we become stronger, we will have the opportunity to form a free exploration team."

After making an appointment to post the contact information in Central Park if necessary, Xiao Yi left with a C-level free exploration team.

It took about two hours to walk to Tingxi, and it was still early, so Yan Ge walked around for a while.Central Park is divided into several areas, the largest area is the bulletin board and "talent market", and further west is the food and weapons dealers.

"...except for guns, you can get everything here. The only trouble is that the money is useless. Everyone trades on demand. Those who have skills help the hunting grounds, and those who don't have gasoline, food, and medicine. Very good. Now 50 liters of gasoline can be exchanged for a car that can be driven, so I dare not think about it outside.”

"If you really have the ability, why don't you go to the reward list behind the bulletin board, they are all after the second movement, as long as you provide reliable clues, you can get what you want."

Traffickers talk to each other, obviously adapting to the new social rules.

Yan Ge listened for a long time, put down the walkie-talkie in his hand that he intended to buy, and walked around to the notice board full of recruiting information.

The back of the bulletin board is much cleaner than the front, with a few fuzzy black-and-white printed photos with name features etc. pasted here and there, looking like a strong "Second Movement".

The only thing that stands out is that...

Yan Ge looked up at the row of arrest warrants posted on the top.

This is not so much a wanted warrant as it is a poster. On the poster, a person is lying on a grand piano, with his rain-soaked head resting on the black and white piano keys, and his face is painted with colors as thick as paint. , the amber eyes were slightly closed, and he looked half-dream and half-awake, giving him a sense of despondency and eerie beauty.Under the piano, there is a line of silver art fonts covering half of it, which reads the words of Ciling Small Patio Concert on April 4st.

In the lower right corner of the poster is a wanted description written in red pen:

[Li Ya, male, performer and star in reality.

It is known that all the second movements have been collected, and the strength is unknown. It is not recommended to ambush independently or spend the hunting ground together.

If you have any whereabouts, be sure to contact us - M82, Xianggu, and other organizations jointly announced. 】

……

"Li Ya, Li Ya."

A boy's voice came out from a piece of paper with phone stick figures spread out on his lap, but there was no response. The whole white paper bowed and rubbed against the target's sleeve.

"You've seen that old photo for the tenth time today, is it related to Luca?"

It was an old color photo. It was a school auditorium. Under the banner of "The 15th Ninth Middle School Gala", several rows of students in different costumes stood together smiling and holding the first prize photo of medals.

"It has nothing to do with Luca, it has something to do with me." Li Ya half-lyed beside the marble pillar in the corner garden, his amber eyes behind the sunglasses stared at an unhappy woman in a lace dress in the photo silhouette.

"I started to regret it a bit, and now I realize that the first love that I thought was a joke when I was a child is not so easy to forget." He said.

The white paper shook, and the phone pattern on it moved: "I'm still a child, I don't understand."

Li Ya continued to chant: "It's the feeling that an illiterate is willing to study hard to become a writer, and a sound idiot is willing to work hard to become a performer. Even after a long time, you still won't do it for that time. I regretted the stupid things I did, but I regretted not doing enough, so that the other party couldn't remember you even when they were face-to-face."

"People didn't even recognize you, and it looks like you probably think you're a pervert." There was a voice of helplessness in the earrings, "Give up, Ciling is so big, there is no network or signal, maybe you two will never see each other again. It's over."

Li Ya: "Not necessarily. He is looking for a child, and I am also looking for a child. There is no such coincidence in the world. We must be destined."

"You sound like you're trying to have an affair."

"Not yet, the main reason is..." Li Ya turned his head and thought for a while, "I have to find a way to make him remember that we went to the same junior high school."

"Commissioner of Discipline, you play truant to Weilong, and the classroom is thousands of miles away. It's strange to remember."

Li Ya looked up at the gray sky, and said deeply: "I have to think of a way for him to wear a skirt and recall his childhood."

"..." The white paper with the phone drawn on it rolled up by itself, and made an astonishing voice, "I don't know what to say, anyway, I wish you an early baby."

Li Ya was pleased, unfolded the scroll bit by bit, and said enthusiastically: "Then I will tell you from the first love letter, it was a beautiful misunderstanding—"

"Wait, you stop first. I observed that the dolls are chasing after them, so let's unblock the 'North District' and save the children..."

After listening to him, Li Ya slowly stood up, eyes behind the sunglasses looked at the north of the music square here, living dolls of all sizes and sizes poured out from all over the street, and they rushed towards Li like a tide. The crow rushed over, but the target was behind him, which blocked the main road leading to the northern area of ​​Ciling.

Li Ya put the photo in his coat pocket, straightened his cuffs, and snapped open the lock of the violin case.

The rather ancient brown-red violin was held out. He pushed his glasses and tightened the pegs slowly. The bow was set on strings like mercury. There was a low hiss.

"Quiet, the performance is about to begin."

……

Tinsey Mall building on Sunday.

This year, Fuhua Plaza has the best location. As a competitor, Tingxi Shopping Center has also introduced many projects to attract customers, including a super-large rooftop playground.

On the first day of operation, the carousel in the center of the playground attracted many tourists, and there was a long queue as soon as the park opened.

Many parents came with their children. Seeing the children having fun, the parents could not help but relax their nervous brows due to busy work.

At this moment, a loud roar of a child came from behind the line.

"Auntie, I want the greedy snake inside! I want it now! Give it to me!"

It was a fat child about nine years old, with his hands clasped in front of a claw machine, he refused to leave, and kicked the female staff nearby who were maintaining order.

The female staff member was not very old, she looked like a student worker on winter vacation, she was annoyed enough to be called auntie, kicked hard, and got two clear shoe prints on her white pants.She took a deep breath, thinking to herself that the child was ignorant, and said patiently, "Little friend, you have to coin coins to catch the doll yourself, you can't give it directly."

The child didn't listen at all, pointed to a Snake doll with long adult arms and big eyes with giraffe-like yellow spots inside the claw machine, continued to pat the claw machine, and shouted: "I said! I like this Snake! You open the cabinet, I want it now!!"

The female staff gritted her teeth and asked around, "Is this child's parent here? Can you take care of your child."

A heavily made-up woman wearing a pearl necklace who was on the phone pushed aside the crowd of onlookers and walked over, said a few words about business to the person on the phone, and asked the little boy: "Xu Xu, what's wrong and you're not happy?" gone?"

The little boy pointed to the female staff member and said, "This aunt won't let me eat snakes! I like it, and I want it now!"

The woman with heavy makeup took out her wallet and said to the female staff: "My son wants this toy, please turn on the claw machine. How much is it, by card or by QR code?"

The female staff member pursed her lips and replied, "Sorry ma'am, we have a rule here that the dolls in the claw machine can only be clipped and not sold. I will be punished if I break the rules."

"Then if you dissatisfy the customers, will you also be punished?" The woman with heavy makeup sneered, "Or you haven't been to school, and you haven't heard that the customer is God?"

The female staff clenched their fists, as if they could not bear the exhaustion of the day: "Ma'am, we really have rules—"

Before he finished speaking, there was a scream from the side, and the whole claw machine was pushed down to the ground with a bang, the top cover was broken, and the culprit, the little boy, happily pulled out his favorite snake doll, and held it tightly. in my arms.

"Mom, I will hug it to sleep every day from now on!"

Seeing someone making trouble, the security guard rushed over when he heard the sound, and was about to scold her, when he saw the woman, his expression suddenly changed, and he forced a smile on his face.

"Mr. Ma, why are you here today? Yo, are you alright, young master?"

Ma Xiusheng was startled when she saw the claw machine fall down, and hurriedly went to check if her precious son was hurt. After seeing that her son was fine, she stood up and angrily pushed the female staff away: "Isn't it just a broken toy? Are you stubborn?" What? Can you afford to hurt the child?!"

The female staff member was pushed staggeringly, she couldn't bear it anymore, she tore off her hat and fell to the ground, turned around and left: "What kind of idiot, I'm going back to school for postgraduate entrance examination, I won't serve you anymore, get out!"

"What are you talking about?! Stop!" Ma Xiusheng was furious, screaming and cursing all the way down the elevator, saw the female staff member stopping the taxi outside the glass door, angrily pushed open the glass door, and stretched out her hand to go to the elevator. The female staff member scratched her face, not wanting to reach out her hand, suddenly a large cloud of gray fog flooded in front of her eyes like a tide.

In a few seconds, the surrounding air became cold, Ma Xiusheng opened his eyes, and the people in the whole building seemed to evaporate, and the sky outside was also dark.

This... what's going on?Why is there no one there all of a sudden?

Ma Xiusheng stared blankly at the surroundings. At this time, a bus was parked outside the gate of the commercial center. A group of people got off the bus one by one. Everyone was holding weapons such as kitchen knives and sticks, which scared her whole body. Everyone froze.

"...This is the hunting ground tonight?"

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The author has something to say:

Mass production is not as good as Seiko, Seiko is not as good as handmade,

Handmade ones are not as good as handmade limited editions, and handmade limited editions are not as good as orphaned ones. (emphasis added)

ps: If you don't want to be angry with the society, you must study hard.