In the distance, there is a city built on the mountain. It is completely black. If it is night, you may not be able to see anything.
"This is Blackwood City?" Liu Wei'an was sitting on the chariot, quite curious. There are still five or six kilometers away from Blackwood City. He has good eyesight. Others need to use telescopes, but he does not.
I originally thought that I would encounter a lot of dangers on the road, but who knew, the road was smooth, and I came directly to the area of Blackwood City. Apart from other caravans, I didn't encounter a single zombie on the way.
"Yes, Blackwood City is not as big as the Moon Ancient City." The loris Tanggula was named by Liu Wei'an to accompany him. This was the second time the loris Tanggula served as Liu Wei'an's chauffeur, and his moods were completely different between the two times.
Last time, Liu Wei'an was the benefactor. He had to remain polite and grateful. At the same time, he thought that they would never meet again in the future. He was still relatively free and easy and spoke casually. But this time, no matter how he adjusted in his heart, he could not let go. Wei An was already the uncrowned king. With just one word from him, the entire Yu clan was wiped out, with more than 200,000 people wiped out in ashes.
Not to mention him, even the current regiment leader Cao Junjun was respectful in front of Liu Wei'an.
"I thought it was black wood, but it turned out to be black stone." Liu Wei'an said. The city walls of Blackwood City are made of a kind of black stone. He has never seen such stone. However, judging from the structure of Blackwood City, the density of this black stone is not small.
"This is a fossil, a fossil of a black tree." Loris Tanggula explained.
"Fossils? Trees?" Liu Wei'an was extremely surprised, "Were there trees before on Mars?" Blackwood City is black, and the mountain is also black. It is almost unnecessary to guess that the materials of Blackwood City were excavated from the mountain.
The formation of fossils takes tens of millions of years. Tens of millions of years ago, there were no humans.
"According to research, there is, otherwise, there is no way to explain this black tree fossil." Loris Tanggula said.
"Mars is still very mysterious." Liu Wei'an said, human technology has gone out of the solar system, but there are still many secrets on Mars that cannot be answered.
The chariot suddenly stopped. The market in front of him was very lively with merchants coming and going.
"This is not a market for cattle and horses, it's clearly a market for people and horses." Liu Wei'an got out of the car, and Huang Yueyue, Fang Xiaoyuan, Yang Wujiang, Loris Tanggula and others also got out of the car.
This market mainly has two functions, one is trading and the other is transit. It is a very conservative city that does not allow modern technology to enter. Not to mention vehicles such as chariots, even electronic watches will be fined if found.
The city lord is an old antique over a hundred years old, and the cardinal is also an old antique over a hundred years old. It is conceivable how conservative the city managed by these two old antiques is.
Therefore, caravans coming from the outside must be converted into human carts here. Before the apocalypse, there were ox carts and horse carts. After the apocalypse, all the cattle and horses have died, and only human carts are left.
"They are all evolutionaries." Yang Wujiang was slightly surprised. Evolutionaries work as human pushers. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you really wouldn't believe it. After the apocalypse, the original hierarchy has changed. Those who have acquired the ability to evolve will automatically improve their status. Those who were originally rich and powerful, if they are still ordinary people, will quietly decline in status.
Faced with the threat of death, combat effectiveness determines the right to speak.
"The economy of Blackwood City is very poor. If you don't work, you will starve to death." Loris Tanggula explained.
"What about ordinary people?" Zhu Dachang asked. Evolved people all have to work. Aren't ordinary people going to die from exhaustion?
"As long as you are pious to the true God, you don't have to worry about starving to death." People don't quite understand what Loris Tanggula said. 'Those who believe in me will live forever'?
The human-powered cart seems simple, but because it is an evolution, it is extremely powerful. One person can pull 2-3 tons. Therefore, the freight is not cheap, about 5 times that of the same truck.
"No wonder not many caravans are willing to come to Blackwood City." Huang Yueyue has not had to worry about money since she was a child, but she also knows that such high labor costs will inevitably reduce the profits of merchants. Merchants pursue profits. If profits are low, they will naturally be unwilling to do it. .
When they entered the city, they discovered that the wonders of Blackwood City were far more than that. First of all, they restricted the number of people entering the city. In view of Blackwood City's accommodation and security capabilities, the number of people allowed to enter every day was stipulated. Liu Wei'an now understood that the number of people entering the city was limited. ·The reason Tanggula asked him not to bring so many people in was that only half of them entered Blackwood City, and the remaining half had no quota today and had to wait until tomorrow.
There is also the head tax for entering the city, which is 20 times higher than that of Moon Ancient City. Yang Wujiang was extremely shocked.
"With such a high tariff, aren't Blackwood City afraid that no businessmen will come here?"
"There is a treasure in Blackwood City that compels the caravan to come." Loris Tanggula said.
"Orchid-scented fungus." Fang Xiaoyuan's heart moved.
"Exactly!" Monkey Tanggula nodded.
When entering the city, Blackwood City inspects it very carefully. Items related to modern technology are either not allowed to enter or must be reported. If they are brought in secretly, once they are discovered, they will be severely punished, and in severe cases, they will be expelled and included in the blacklist. , can never enter Blackwood City again.
"What a weird city!" The prodigal son Yan Shisan was quite speechless. Because he respected individuality, he wore leather jackets, leather pants, and artificial leather. As a result, he was found to be incompatible with the regulations of Blackwood City. He was warned that he could not enter wearing artificial leather materials, or he would not enter. , or take it off.
Yan Shisan had to take off his clothes and change into a pair of cotton clothes before he could enter. Zhu Dachang and Lu Laocan laughed loudly, and Master Yang, being mature and prudent, couldn't help laughing.
Walking into Blackwood City, it feels like you have entered another world. The old buildings, narrow roads, and ancient carvings are all incompatible with the bustling modern city.
"Before I was in the ancient city-state of Gulast, I thought it was very ancient. Only when I came here did I realize that the ancient city-state was not ancient at all. This place is truly ancient. I feel like I have traveled to ancient times." Huang Yueyue caressed the ancient city There were a few spider webs on the wooden bed that had not been cleaned.
The dim oil lamp makes people suspect that it will go out at any time. I am used to bright electric lamps, but when I suddenly see this kind of oil lamp, I have a strange feeling of novelty and absurdity.
A room like this costs half a gold coin per night.
"This is my first time sleeping on a round bed. I don't know if it really has the effect of improving sleep as the store said." Liu Wei'an said with a smile.
Rich people can build beds in various styles according to their own preferences, but this was the first time he saw a round bed in a hotel.
"I can't sleep." Huang Yueyue said immediately. If there were other choices, she didn't like sleeping on such a bed. She didn't know how many people had slept on it.
"Let's go get something to eat first." Liu Wei'an was not hungry, he just wanted to see what was going on. A city's living conditions can be roughly understood from the aspect of food.
The food is similar, including potatoes, corn, soybeans, corn juice and soy milk, but the price is much more expensive, almost three times that of Moon Ancient City.
With such high prices, it is no wonder that wandering people are deterred from visiting the city. Along the way from Moon Ancient City, they met a lot of caravans and wanderers, and almost none of them had positive comments about Blackwood City.
After eating, Liu Wei'an was about to go out to take a look, but he heard a banging sound on the street, and then someone warned everyone in Mayan language that they were not allowed to go out and to go back to the house immediately. In two words: curfew.
Liu Wei'an looked at the loris Tanggula, and the loris Tanggula also had a look of astonishment.
"Blackwood City has curfews on the 15th and 25th of each month. There are generally no curfews on other times, unless something happens. I haven't heard of anything happening today."
He didn't get any news, and after entering Blackwood City, he could feel that the city was very peaceful, and it didn't look like something had happened.
"Could something happen temporarily?" Fang Xiaoyuan asked.
Loris Tanggula couldn't answer this question. Once the curfew was imposed, except for the city guards of the city lord's palace and the clergy of the church, no one else could appear on the street. Once they appeared, they would be imprisoned in jail or killed on the spot. . There is a branch in Blackwood City, but in this case, there is no way to convey information.
"It's only eight o'clock." The prodigal Yan Shisan glanced at the time. The nightlife had just begun. There was a curfew. Blackwood City was so unfriendly.
"Let's take this opportunity to have a good rest." Liu Wei'an glanced at Yan Shisan and returned to the room first. Everyone returned to their rooms one after another. Yan Shisan jumped into the air at the corner and left the hotel through the window with a diameter of only 20 centimeters.
The hotel bed is round and so are the windows.
"Were you not full just now?" Returning to the room, Liu Wei'an took out the food from the space ring and started to add food. The food in the hotel was small and expensive, not to mention adults like them, and they were evolutionaries. Ordinary people don’t have enough to eat. Huang Yueyue sat down to eat together embarrassedly. She used to have a small appetite, and half a bowl of rice was enough for dinner. She didn't know if she had stayed with Liu Wei'an, Three Inch Nails, Elephant and others for a long time. Under their influence, my appetite has increased.
The food that Liu Wei'an brought with him was all good, including meat and vegetables. Huang Yueyue was eating while guessing what might happen in Blackwood City.
Liu Wei'an was relatively calm and did not make any random guesses. Halfway through eating the food, the oil lamp shook and there was another person in the room.
"Sister Danxia, you're back." Huang Yueyue shouted in surprise, "You haven't eaten, right? Sit down and eat together."
Chen Danxia, who was dressed in black, sat down after seeing Liu Wei'an's signal. Before everyone entered Blackwood City, she had already entered one step ahead. If something happened in Blackwood City, she would definitely be the one who knew the best.
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