After filling his stomach, Russell did not go home.
He randomly found an unmonitored alley, and after entering, he put on the mask of Blue Bird and transformed into a cheerful young man with a long blue ponytail.
During the physical examination this month, Russell's psychic abilities were already at red three and blue five.
After dealing with Xiao Liuli's incident, Russell's red shift and blue shift both increased by one level.
According to Russell's tests, his transformation is now the same as that of the two-level red shift, and the maximum limit is still two hours.
The cooldown time has been shortened from two hours to one hour. His threshold for receiving damage is also slightly higher than that of the second level red shift.
According to Russell's secret test of his psychic abilities this month, he has a strange weakness in his psychic abilities.
That is, he cannot admit that he is Russell in the transformed state... In other words, Russell cannot actively claim that he is "just playing" this role.
Even if you just say it in front of a mirror or in the air, the transformation state will be released immediately.
...but that doesn't matter.
Russell is still somewhat confident in his acting skills.
Based on this trait, Russell also roughly guessed the nature of his psychic ability... at least it should be related to "acting".
Without transforming, you can use the "Non-Existence Weapon" and "Caged Bird" equivalent to two levels of red shift. After transforming, you can use the original level three red shift psychic energy, and your personality and habits will become
Corresponds to the target, but can no longer use the power of other incarnations.
This cooling time is shared between different incarnations.
In other words, after Russell turns into Blue Songbird, if he cancels the transformation early half an hour later, he will not be able to transform into Blue Songbird or Alice in the next half hour.
Because this transformation does not happen once a day.
Russell can find a place to cancel the transformation and then re-transform at any time to complete the reset of the remaining time.
This also gave Russell the courage to enter the downtown area as "Bluebird".
There are many channels leading to Xiacheng District. Only Tianen District, which is the core area, does not exist... In other areas, each residential area has two channels for discharging garbage and sewage, while commercial areas have more.
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But the backup channel is generally used for traffic - it is much cleaner than the normal channel.
In order to make it easier for the criminal organizations and mercenaries in the lower city to reach the upper city, they did not block most of the backup passages.
As for the execution department of Shangcheng District, in order not to be guarded by Xiacheng District in advance during the operation...therefore, many passages were deliberately left to confuse the public.
The result is that neither side can defend the other's actions - after all, even if everything that can be blocked is blocked, the garbage channels and sewage channels that must be left can still be passed.
But that would be making it difficult for yourself for no reason.
However, the specific locations of these backup passages are secret. Especially in Xiacheng District... Each hidden passage is thought to be a possibility of escape after being chased and blocked.
Because of his work, Russell had already collected many secret passage locations that were well concealed.
——Not to enter Xiacheng District. I just ran away from Xiacheng District just in case.
Thinking about how to escape in advance is a very high level of tactical literacy!
When Russell, feeling anxious, excited and uneasy, crossed the backup passage and arrived at Xiacheng District...
His first feeling was:
"It's so dark..."
Russell couldn't help but whispered.
The gravity of the lower city is inverted, which means they are almost completely hidden in darkness.
The "sky" above is actually an inverted deep blue sea - even though I have known this for a long time, I still can't help but feel fear when I actually see this scene.
The sky is so close that it is constantly undulating and making a never-ending roar.
The only light source is those huge roaring machines.
They were flashing red, yellow or green light, and when it reached Russell, there was only a faint light that could not even illuminate the road clearly.
But fortunately Russell was prepared.
He put on night vision goggles that looked like sunglasses. After activation, the green screen displayed the surrounding environment in Russell's eyes.
In the transformed form, the functions of the Russell chip cannot be mobilized or used.
But it didn't matter even if he couldn't navigate automatically... He had already memorized the map of the Lower City area by heart.
If you have a good brain, you can do whatever you want.
The road "Strangler" pointed out to Russell was Route 302 in Regeneration Area F. When Russell landed, he had already reached Area G of the Regeneration Factory. The next door was Area F in Regeneration... and Road 302 was already close to Area G. Even if he had to walk
Yes, you don’t have to walk too far.
There were far fewer people in the lower town than in the upper town. Russell walked for about half an hour and met only six or seven people on the road. And they all looked like civilians, wearing night vision goggles and clean jackets.
Russell either passed quickly with his head down, or turned around and ran away.
"...Huh?"
Russell couldn't help but make a sound of surprise.
Because, he didn't guess at all...
——Meeted a half-acquaintance.
It was the angel that Russell and the Inferior met in the "Third Hand" prosthetic shop before... a girl of only thirteen or fourteen years old with short white hair.
But what is different from before is that she does not wear a "halo" on her head that identifies her as an angel.
Russell reached out and pressed the night vision goggles a few times to make the distant picture clearer.
The little girl put on simple clothes that were more in line with the characteristics of Xiacheng residents.
Her pants were loose-fitting with many pockets, and she was carrying a simple small bag behind her back, and she was holding a device like an electric iron in her hand. What was happening with two people who were at least a head or two taller than her?
Disputes, fierce arguments or fights.
But because the three people basically talked about their own things, their voices were mixed together, and Russell couldn't understand them at all except that they got louder and louder.
Russell could tell at a glance that the space in the small bag behind the girl was enough to accommodate the "halo".
...shocked.
Could this be a colleague who lurked in?
Although we have known for a long time that the halo of the Mechanical Angel is detachable. But it turns out that it is detachable to this extent - can it be carried around after shutting down?
Let’s talk about it. The degree of dependence on the halo may not be as high as on the mobile phone...
"What are you arguing about?"
Seeing the little angel's face become embarrassed, he was forced to take two steps back by the other party - and the other party's expression became proud.
Holding the thought that "the angels are friendly forces for the time being", Russell, who was still far away, couldn't help but said: "What happened?"
He was still thinking that maybe there was a misunderstanding or something.
But Russell didn't expect it at all.
As soon as he spoke, the two men drew their weapons without hesitation.
One of them took out a pistol, while the other held a mechanical crossbow.
Russell's expression suddenly turned cold.
Okay, no need to ask.
The situation has become obvious - even the uncoded ones who can take out thermal weapons without hesitation are definitely not innocent.
He reached out to touch the beheaded saint in his arms. After a slight hesitation, he still held the shotgun in his backhand.
"I said, how many..."
Russell relaxed his shoulders, walked forward slowly, and spoke in a high-pitched voice.
The two people on the other side immediately threatened Russell:
"Don't come over here, just stay where you are!"
"Hands up!"
"Okay, okay," Russell responded cheerfully, "I'm just passing by, can you explain to me..."
Halfway through Russell's words, gunfire rang out without warning.
He drew his shotgun and fired.
——Just one shot.
The head of the fat man who was far away from the little angel was directly blown to pieces, and the shoulder of the other person's gun-holding arm was also injured by the projectile.
The moment he held his shoulder in pain, the little angel threw the fine net directly from his arms.
After the net is thrown, the opponent is picked up.
Then, a blue-white electric light visible to the naked eye lit up for a moment - the electric light shocked the man until he fainted.
...Huh?
Russell hesitated.
A technology I have never seen before... could it be the technology of the church?
"Thank you, sir..."
The little angel first looked at Russell who was walking slowly in the distance with some vigilance, and even took half a step back.
"What happened?"
There was a flash of red light from the surrounding factories, passing over the two of them.
The girl also saw clearly the bird feathers on Russell's head and his kind and cheerful face.
She hesitated for a moment.
But she still tried to explain, with a very angry look on her face: "I saw someone lying on the roadside, looking very painful... like he was having a heart attack.
"But after I took the medicine out and cured him, this man suddenly jumped up from the ground and tried to snatch my bag. Another man came out and wanted to take me away with him!"
...Sister, you still haven’t explained your feelings clearly.
Russell's expression was a little subtle.
Fortunately, he was left alive.
Russell walked over and stepped on the man's shoulder. The pain woke him up, howling and cursing.
Then Russell's "Peacemaker" was pressed against his forehead.
He immediately stopped wailing.
"What did you catch her for?"
"We didn't catch her! We didn't want to catch her!"
The man with an ape as his spiritual kin took action without hesitation: "It's none of my business, I'm here to deliver medicine to my brother... He has a heart disease!
"We just...want to take away all her medicine. That medicine is quite expensive...it's true!"
"——Nonsense."
Russell whispered: "If you want to snatch medicine, why take people away?"
The other party was speechless for a moment.
"I think I want to sell him together."
Russell stared at the other person's eyes and made a cold voice: "Or do you want to torture out the location of other properties?
"Or... both?"
The man hesitated and couldn't say anything.
"I see."
Russell nodded and put away the shotgun with one bullet left.
Then, under the confused and relaxed gaze of the man in the net, he picked up the pistol on the ground, turned around and handed it to the girl.
"You know what I want you to do."
Russell's tone was calm and low.
There is a mysterious aura surrounding the man with a dark blue ponytail and night vision goggles.
"……I see."
Without hesitation, the girl raised her pistol in a very standard posture and fired three shots at the man in the net. Two shots hit her chest and abdomen, and the remaining shot penetrated the head.
"Is that okay? I'll kill him, so we'll be accomplices."
Under Russell's silent gaze, she dropped the gun and kicked him lightly.
Then he raised his hand towards Russell and whispered obediently: "I put down the weapon, sir."
Russell raised his eyebrows and realized the reason for her move:
"You know the Peacemaker?"
"Well, it still has one more bullet."
The girl said calmly: "At this distance, I can't hide. Your shooting skills are very good, sir."
"May I have your name?"
Russell's tone was still so calm.
"Paradise Bird."
The angel without a halo replied.
It's really a code name that fits the habits of an angel.
Russell nodded.
Still holding the gun in his right hand, he stretched out his left hand: "Let me meet you, my name is the barber.
"The sound of gunfire may attract someone, you follow me first. Let's get out of here quickly."
He couldn't leave an ignorant young angel alone in downtown.
Although he is now playing the role of a cruel and decisive "barber" who pretends to be a kind and good-natured person...but even a killer may not be that cold, let alone a barber with a razor.
"...You'd better hold the gun, Mr. Barber."
The bird of paradise and the barber shook hands gently.
She glanced at the gun on the ground and sighed helplessly: "This way you will feel more at ease with me."
The barber nodded and picked up the pistol on the ground without ceremony.
He wiped the dust off and pinned it to his waist.
"Also, remember to load the Peacemaker, Mr. Barber," the Paradise Bird made a brisk voice, seeming to be very reassured about this "Mr. Barber." "Otherwise, if someone comes again, it will only be able to fire once.
Shot."
"Long-worded."
Mr. Barber replied coldly.
——And Russell started to like this kid a little bit.