"Two great favors. I, a lion, cannot speak, so I will say one thing: from now on, this life belongs to my benefactor. From now on, as long as my benefactor is sent on a mission, come in the wind, go in the rain, go up mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will never do it. Raise your brows." The lion solemnly promised. Although the more than a hundred men behind them did not speak, their eyes revealed the same meaning.
"This place is nice." Liu Wei'an smiled and changed the subject. He is the one who wants to get out of the slave area in the future, so what does he want from the lion in return?
"Yes, freedom." A flash of disappointment flashed across the lion's eyes, and then returned to normal.
free? Liu Wei'an was very surprised. Could this be related to freedom?
The lion smiled, quite proudly. Liu Wei'an was led into a building. Although it was dilapidated, it was still very strong. When the old and weak children saw the lion, they all bowed and said hello. It was obvious that the lion had a high prestige here. More than a hundred men did not need to wait for orders, and sent the injured people back to the building to recuperate, while the remaining people cleaned up the bodies.
"There is no food or water here, which makes you laugh." The lion's smile was apologetic, but not inferior.
This should be a hall. At the moment, it is filled with scrap copper and iron, as well as paper and plastic piled high. A musty smell is coming to your nostrils. The oil from the disassembly of machinery remains on the ground, which is dyed black. , there is almost no place to set foot.
"This place is nice!" This is the second time Liu Wei'an has said this, but the meaning is completely different. He did not sit down on a piece of wood that should have been a stool, but browsed around.
"There is no one here to supervise, there is no discrimination, there is no looking down on, you can do whatever you want. Although there is no food, no water to drink, and no beautiful clothes, everyone here is very happy. People who come here are very happy. Life is full of hope." The lion followed and saw Liu Wei'an stopping in front of a pile of tires and introduced: "These tires are all removed from cars, and each one can be replaced with an energy tube, but , This is not cost-effective. If you sell the steel and rubber, as well as the internal parts and screws separately, you can sell three more copper plates."
"These PC boards are removed from TVs, mobile phones, tablets, computers and some electronic products. They are plated with gold and silver. It's a pity that we don't have the technology to refine them. Otherwise, people here would not have a problem eating."
"This glass should be very valuable, but unfortunately, the person who bought it said it was too dirty and had too many bacteria. In the end, we had to sell it for one copper plate and twenty kilograms. There was nothing we could do."
"Many of these books are hundreds of years old. They have not rotted after being buried in the ground for hundreds of years. They should be worth some money. Unfortunately, we can't get out of that door, and others can't see it. The person who bought these things said that one copper plate is thirty kilograms. I have made up my mind to sell these things several times, but I guess they will be put away for a long time. When everyone is starving to death, even a copper plate of one hundred kilograms is still enough. Gotta sell.”
Liu Wei'an stayed in front of the books for the longest time, almost two minutes, before he took a step forward and continued walking out of the hall. The corridor was also piled with scraps, including messy things, such as rotten ceramics, rusty stainless steel, etc. Beads with oil stains, broken glasses, bent spoons, cracked mobile phones, shoes with no visible color...
The two of them walked up and down in front, followed by some curious children, but they did not dare to get close and followed them from a distance. Finally we came to the foot of a mountain of rubbish.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Liu Wei'an to imagine that the accumulation of garbage could be so spectacular and majestic. It is at least more than 300 meters high, in the shape of a pyramid, with a pointed top, and the larger it goes down, the bigger it becomes. Standing at your feet, you feel like an ant, so small.
Abandoned cars, deformed motorcycles, decayed sofas, rotten clothes and quilts, broken TVs, computers, giant containers, and even a rusty airplane nose, a hodgepodge of thousands of kinds of garbage. After hundreds of years of extrusion and precipitation, many things have lost their original appearance, and even stainless steel has become rusty. A thick smell of mold, rot, and sourness mixed together hit my face.
Liu Wei'an only stayed there for a few seconds before he felt he couldn't bear it anymore. The lion looked at the garbage mountain with a accustomed expression. There was no disgust on his face, only love.
"Hundreds of years ago, before the end of the world war, Mars was transformed into a habitable planet after Mercury. Only because of the harsh environment, only a few people were willing to come. In the end, it became a garbage dump, with tens of thousands of tons of waste every day. The garbage was transported to Mars, and over time, the Grand Canyon turned into a series of mountains, towering into the sky. At that time, no one thought that these garbage would one day be reused. Soon after, the Doomsday War broke out, and the resources of the entire solar system were exhausted. , the garbage on Mars has become a hot commodity." The lion said this, with a smile on his face that was either mocking or lucky, "Everyone comes and goes, taking home the garbage that was once unwanted, but there is still a lot of residue. Afterwards, these have become the basis of our survival. Those high-ranking rulers probably did not expect that one day, they would be like us slaves, relying on garbage."
The lion seemed to be mocking himself and being sarcastic. Liu Wei'an remained silent. However, he also felt that things in the world were unpredictable. It is estimated that no one could predict the future trajectory of mankind since the beginning of the apocalyptic war.
"With here as the center, there are garbage mountains like this every fifty or sixty miles to the west, north and south. Under each garbage mountain is a group of people gathered, ranging from dozens of people to eight or nine. Hundreds of people, although we are also slaves, we have our own order and rules. We live, grow old, sick and die, and we don’t have to look at the lives of those nobles, but we are free and unrestrained." The lion laughed, and there was a vicissitude and sadness in his smile that was incompatible with his age.
"Have you ever thought about going out?" Liu Wei'an asked.
"I want to, even in my dreams." After more than a minute of silence, the lion said, "Freedom? Even life is not guaranteed. Freedom is just a joke. There is no food and no water here. The most serious thing is that the extreme There is a lack of medicine, and a slight cold or headache can easily lead to death. Every day there are people here who cannot survive the next day. Every morning when I get up to patrol, I have to send one or two corpses for burial. There is no one over sixty years old in the radius of 500 to 600 miles here. People. The average age of people here is no more than 30 years old. I am already 25 years old this year. I don’t know if I can live to be 30 years old.”
"I thought you were thirty years old." Liu Wei'an said in surprise.
The lion was choked and couldn't speak. After a long while, he said: "The people here have no food. They take energy tubes for a long time. Although they guarantee their lives, they lose a lot of nutrients, such as vitamins A, B, C, D, and... I don’t know much about trace elements such as calcium, sodium, and zinc, but I also know that if something is missing, the resistance will become low, the physical strength will be insufficient, and you will not be able to do heavy work. But if you can’t work, you will have no income, and without income, you will have no food. This continues. Also, people here have taken unhygienic water for a long time, which has also made their health very poor or mutated. Many married people dare not have children for fear of giving birth to deformed children. We are eager to get out of this place, but afraid to leave this place.”
"What are you afraid of?" Liu Wei'an asked.
"People outside are cunning. Do you know why I went to the commercial street last time?" A flash of hatred flashed in the lion's eyes. "The businessman who came here to buy garbage wanted to lower the price. I didn't agree, so he refused to trade with me. There was really nothing to eat, so I had to go out, but luckily I met my benefactor."
Liu Wei'an stopped talking. Not to mention the people outside the wall, even the people in the commercial street, they would beat and scold slaves at every turn, without any respect, because slaves did not have any human rights and were traded by merchants. , that’s worth looking at. Strictly speaking, the lion really doesn’t have the qualifications to bargain. That is to say, businessmen's interests come first and they make money out of anger. If it were a military force, they would not be able to reason with you and they would be eliminated directly.
"Actually, these are all trivial matters. What I'm most afraid of is that we people have never gone to school, have no skills, and don't know what we can do after we go out. In the end, we will be like the slaves in the commercial street, losing hope in life and leaving only If you're numb, you can't do anything except wait for charity. If that's the case, it's better to die." The lion sighed.
"This is a treasure." Liu Wei'an pointed to the mountain of garbage in front of him and changed the topic, "But in your hands, it cannot be turned into a treasure."
The lion looked at Liu Wei'an, and his breathing suddenly became a little rapid.
"I can help you." Liu Wei'an looked at the lion and said seriously.
"My dear friend, just tell me what you need me to do." The lion said without any hesitation, "I said, my life will be yours from now on."
"I don't want your life." Liu Wei'an laughed, "Your life is of great use to me."
Two hours later, Liu Wei'an left Times Square. Well, yes, it was this shabby square. This guy Lion really dared to name it.
When they got home, Zhao Nannan and Zhao Xin had already fallen asleep. Liu Wei'an lay on the bed and went through the plan in detail in his mind, making sure there were no flaws before closing his eyes.
The next day, I got up and called Zhou Xingchen. It turned out that this guy was transferred to the day shift and would not go to work until eight o'clock. Liu Wei'an had to wait until eight o'clock to find him.
"There have been some things happening recently, and the examination for the * certificate has become stricter. It is estimated that the certificate will be delayed for about ten days." Zhou Xingchen explained quickly as soon as they met.
"You can just watch this matter, I'm at ease." Liu Wei'an said without any nonsense, "I'm looking for you for something else."
"What's the matter?" Zhou Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. He just asked for documents.
"Find someone!" Liu Wei'an said.
"Looking for someone? Then you are right to find me." Zhou Xingchen laughed, "My uncle works in the Public Security Bureau -"
"I'm not looking for someone." Liu Wei'an shook his head and said seriously: "I'm looking for a businessman, a reputable one."
"This may take some time." Zhou Xingchen was stunned, "What kind of businessman do you want to be?"
Ten minutes later, Liu Wei'an left, and Zhou Xingchen touched the gold coin in his hand with a look of joy on his face.
