[Part①·The devil’s hotbed]
"Two distinguished guests, this is Lieyang Castle."
The train is about to arrive at the Chengnan Freight Station. Due to the loose and moist soil in the satellite towns around Lieyang Castle, the speed will be reduced to forty kilometers per hour.
Brother Thumb and 9527 said——
"——I plead with you again. This journey is really dangerous. If there is any conflict between you and Jiang Bailu, if the gunsmith is really not dead, he will definitely cut me into pieces. Because I am the one who brought you two together. It's all my fault that I came to this poor place."
9527 opened the visor of the Morpho Clothes, and Horus's golden eyes returned to the pockets of the clothes, revealing her cold and solemn eyes.
"Don't say so many useless things. I don't have a problem with the boss, and I don't have a problem with you either. I only have a big problem with these scumbag lackeys."
"These guys prevent me from having a good night's sleep. Every day I stay by my children's side in fear. If Guangling can't catch them, I will come in person."
"You have to understand that I used to be a criminal. I was a loach that wallowed in dirty water every day. I know how to survive in a place like this."
"Mana, are you hiding something from Ao Ruomingde? Can you deceive Victor? My husband once uprooted the cult in Suncastle - but it's only been a few years? It's back again?"
Naturally, Brother Thumb didn’t dare to have any reservations about Ao Hun Mingde. This [fast passage] in Lieyang Castle was specially left by Ao Hun Mingde.
Our BOSS has also read Sun Tzu's Art of War and knows the principle of encircling an army. If you want to destroy the enemy, you cannot surround them all, you must leave a way out.
The environment and terrain around Sun Castle are complex and the climate is not suitable for the survival of Homo sapiens. Only criminals who are avoiding pursuit will come here to self-exile and try to make a living in this gray area.
This is a very complex and troublesome political issue. Many suspects who brought up their families have re-founded their families here. After decades or hundreds of years, this place has become a city with a population of more than 700,000. The governor of District 54 has nothing to do with it. Is it going to be like the Crazy Butterfly Holy Cult? Treat every civilian like massacre and burning the city?
But as long as these residents are alive, there is room for the most vicious sinners to survive. Anonymous can come once or twice to temporarily repel the cult and kill all the leading brothers, but the vacated ecological niche will not disappear. It is nonsense to use other industries for labor reform - because apart from tariffs and illegal businesses that can make huge profits, other livelihood industries can hardly make a lot of money - Lieyang Fort's meat, eggs, milk, grains, oils, textiles, etc. are all needed Dependence on other cities requires bulk purchases.
If the railway freight trains are stopped and the people's livelihood of this city is interrupted, then the residents will immediately change their identities and join the camp of Mad Butterfly and become a militia to resist the evil rule of Ao Ruomingde. However, if they are allowed to survive, they will have to rely on the industrial structure to reasons, embarking on a path to get close to criminals.
From getting rich overnight to being destitute, this city has almost no mid-rise buildings and no buffer zone.
So it became a "free prison", freer than the Hedland Hotel. George Joshua saved his life after being sanctioned by Anonymous. Within a few years, local criminals were like newly grown leeks, harvested one after another by the war group in exchange for credit and performance. . The immortal chose a good time and secretly returned here when the leaders of the local transportation department changed, taking back the authority that belonged to him.
He suddenly changed from the big boss of Platform Zero, from the investor behind the Crazy Butterfly Holy Cult, to the president of the White Shark Society. The main business is still the same as before. It has nothing to do with obeying laws and regulations. It is all unscrupulous activities.
Planting cherry millet in the field, was described as a "good citizen" by the manager Todd. The new employees in the office who winked at the boss seemed to have delayed the livelihood of the "good people". In just ten seconds, George Joshua Asia can sentence this girl to death.
"That's it." Brother Thumb was thinking in his heart, not very sure, so he turned to Bai Lu and asked, "Do you think so too?"
Bai Lu didn't say much. Unlike her sister-in-law, she was very much like her brother when working. She didn't like to talk nonsense. She just pulled down her helmet and turned on the night vision function.
There is a bright yellow Pikachu on her visor. This Pokemon is titanium nitride plated by Hasbon himself. It is a small gift given to Bailu by Aiwujiwu out of love for her eldest sister.
Each anonymous warrior has a different titanium-plated steel seal on his face helmet, which is used to identify each other in a chaotic battlefield environment.
Later, this feature was also used after the group leader obtained the Morpho Clothes——
"-Well, the worst it can be is that we'll have a fight with White Shark." Brother Thumb said he was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.
A few years ago, more than ten years ago, he would rather work for Lawrence than come to this sinful city. Mana's soul power does not have much combat effectiveness. Even when the soul power is in effect, it will depend on the mental strength of the object under observation. , causing himself to enter the door of death.
The speed of the train was getting slower and slower, and in the swamp countryside approaching Lieyang Castle, one could see lonely houses every few hundred meters.
These farmers set up workshops in the wild to take care of the paddy fields, and used artificial lighting to raise grain. Traveling merchants who wanted to collect grain squatted on the road beside the train tracks to collect grain.
9527 saw clearly that these grain collectors also had guns on them. If they wanted to do business here, the first thing they needed was force.
"Get off the car." Brother Thumb reminded: "My wife, if you go towards the station, you will have to be searched. This equipment cannot evade the metal detector. When the Morpho Butterfly Clothes is exposed, you should immediately He will have to be sent back to the Nine Realms by the people of the war group."
Bai Luhe patted her sister-in-law on the back and signaled her to jump out of the car and walk.
Brother Thumb was the first to flip down the cargo compartment. He picked up two travel backpacks, carrying bags hanging on his body, followed the jumping point in his memory, and plunged into the damp bushes.
After a while, Bai Lu and 9527 did the same. They fell into the mud and got up again. The ponchos and cotton woolen blouses covering Morpho's clothes became dirty.
The moist and cold air followed the train away, and the cold wind and water vapor poured into the gaps in the helmet. Jiuwu27 shivered instinctively, and then realized that her body was far less healthy than before - she was already thirty years old, and had given birth to four children. After having a child, breastfeeding made her body feel a little better, and her vitality seemed to emerge.
But when she reached the age of twenty-eight, in just one year, she could feel that she seemed much older. During the physical examination, the metabolic index, exercise ability, concentration and mental strength all declined.
Gritting her teeth, she stood still, pulled out her boots from the soft mud, raised her heels, and stepped firmly on the foundation of the railway. The impact of jumping off the train alone made her feel dizzy. It seemed that she had said something before His rhetoric has become ridiculous.
"Sister-in-law! Are you okay?" Bai Lu came to help, but Xiao Qi waved her hand.
She said: "Little things."
Then I found my thumb——
"——Where is the next stop?"
[Part②·Means of survival]
The mission officially began. Jin Taikang's crew certificates and identity cards came from a small workshop in Lieyang Castle. It has a very unique name, "Eternal Memory", and its main business is to produce certificates for corporate operators. Zhang, occasionally uses machines to do some side jobs of jewelry processing and wood carving. The master worker was once a craftsman with a background in mechanical watch manufacturing, and he is a bluestone man-so he can take over the repair and renovation work of sticks and pyroxene.
Jin Taikang's pass comes from here.
You want to ask Brother Thumb why he knows this? Because a few years ago, Brother Thumb needed a certificate if he wanted to ride in a car. He only took a quick look at it and saw that the characteristics of Jin Taikang's certificate, the material of the sapphire card used, and the lattice texture were all the same as those made by "Eternal Memory" The products are exactly the same.
Following this clue, Brother Thumb can be sure that the starting point of this immortal is Sun Castle. And it is very likely that George Joshua, who was once kicked in the head by his eldest sister, has returned here.
This "red-maned lion" was crushed by the unknown, but not completely killed. He recovered his strength and recuperated, and returned to this sinful city a few years later. If the local governor was not strong enough, he would be proud and ruthless. If we don’t plan to close the net in advance, George Joshua can still live a good life for a few more months.
"Let's go, we are going to Baihua Pedestrian Street in DC District. There are several walled buildings there, right next to the entrance of Old Tobacco Alley. I am very familiar with it - I have been here more than once." Thumb said while leading the way: " We need to find a middleman who will provide us with food and accommodation, and we can use that place as a temporary base."
It felt bad to be back in this hellish place. Brother Thumb always had to liven up the atmosphere. He turned his back and walked backwards, wanting to relax while talking to the two distinguished guests.
"Actually, I used to be a good citizen. I came to this hellish place just to make a living."
"There are illegal organ transplants here. They are not just for health, but just to gain more strength. People chop off their arms and thighs and replace them with the limbs of a beast hybrid, just to become more capable of fighting."
"That scene was so strange. I felt very weak. Can I become stronger in this way, such as transplanting two eyeballs or something? The replaced eyes don't have to be thrown away. They can be used to pay back the money and give them to the Almighty Hand. The other children buy milk powder.”
"Hey, I've been to this place over a dozen times, but I just don't dare to stay too long. It's not peaceful, and it will never be peaceful."
"What the hell?!"
My thumb didn't look at the road and my butt hurt from the fall. When he was about to get up, Bai Lu took the opportunity to lend a hand, grabbed the old man's collar like a doll, and straightened him upright.
Bai Lu said: "Concentrate."
Thumb was surprised by Bai Lu’s arm strength——
——You have to know that he weighed more than 80 kilograms. Jiang Bailu almost used only two fingers to hang the buckle of his backpack and lifted it up.
"Oh oh oh oh! Okay!"
Walking towards the dimly lit urban area, there are sandbars and artificial islands in the intricate river channels. When ships pass by, they bring out waves of light on the dark water.
9527 asked: "What is the name of this middleman?"
"He is a veteran. There used to be a war group in the Sun Castle, called [Mr. Fantastic] - a strange name." Thumb replied without thinking: "About twenty years ago, this war group was driven by the crazy people. Die’s war gang wiped out the whole family, and the reason is outrageous.”
"Because the leader of the Holy Cult at that time was a woman. You must know that the Crazy Butterfly Holy Cult always likes to do business with the regional governors and does not like to engage in direct armed conflicts. Fighting back and forth can only burn all the money. Keep it in a harmonious manner. Eating human flesh is a serious business."
Bai Lu: "Ahem!"
"Bah!" Thumb didn't change his tone for a while, and immediately scolded fiercely: "Destroying human ethics! Destroying folk customs! These cultists just say that the name of [Mr. Fantastic] is discriminatory for an outrageous reason. Women, so they killed Guangling’s garrison in Lieyangbao area until only women were left.”
9527 asked: "Then what?"
"This veteran had been retired for a long time and should be in his sixties this year." Thumb said: "Many of the soldiers in the battle group are his students or relatives of his nephew's generation - he is also Without the ability to take revenge, everyone in Laoyandou Alley knows that there is such a number one figure, a highly respected old man. Maybe others will devote themselves to the Crazy Butterfly Holy Cult, but he will definitely not."
"So there are many gold diggers, or people who have no choice but to avoid debts and escape. The first choice when they come to Lieyang Castle is not to go to the White Shark Society or the Crazy Butterfly Holy Cult, but to find a middleman to make a living. "
"He lived in Wulong Villa, which was a property he built himself. It later became Wulong Walled City because the land was good. It was sitting on a low hill with no swamps or pools around it. The building was solid and ventilated and cool. . There are many foreign tenants who are asking the old landlord to give them a way out." Brother Thumb explained: "They built a house in the Oolong Courtyard, but later the courtyard was gone. The house was built higher and higher. It should be eight floors now. There are more than a hundred households.”
"They call this veteran Mr. Landlord. I know his real name. He is Chinese or a minority. His name is Dongfang Hao."
"I call him Mr. Dongfang in private. Actually, given our seniority, he should call me uncle."
Having said this, Thumb smiled awkwardly.
"Just kidding, just kidding. If you see him, call him Mr. Landlady, and don't mention his real name. There are many talented people in Sun Castle, and there are weird wizards. As long as you get people's real names, you can make paper dolls and secretly make them. Cursing, this is not a rare thing. Ao Mingde also has this ability. When new passengers have spiritual disasters in their homes, most of them are caused by Ao Hun Mingde's mass real-name curse rituals."
Right now, right now -
——A patrolling militia man happened to get off the tide police boat on the river bank.
"What for?!"
Hearing a shout from afar, Brother Thumb instinctively wanted to run away, but a certain talent hidden deep in 9527's heart awakened - the nameless mistress put Thumb down with a big sling, and then pulled Run away with white dew!
"Sister-in-law! You left him there as a scapegoat! Who can show us the way?!" Bai Lu followed Xiao Qi and ran out for more than fifty meters before finally coming to her senses.
Nine-five-two-seven slapped his head, and his helmet jingled.
"Oh oh oh oh! I have an occupational disease! The atmosphere is here, I will..."
They both turned back together——
—— Thumb was pointed at a gun by the patrolling militiamen, with his hands raised high, and the police boat’s searchlight hit Thumb’s face, making this middle-aged man look particularly lonely and embarrassed.
Only in the next second, the spiritual energy wave launched by the soul's power rushed towards him.
"[Immorality·Immorality]!——"
Thumb shouted Hunwei's real name loudly, and saw a fragmented spirit body, like a robot made from Lego blocks that had been damaged by a child, and punched the militia boy hard.
At that moment, the militia boy grew four heads, all of which were illusory spiritual bodies, phantom bodies of various colors.
They speak different words and express different meanings, each of which is a true thought.
"This guy looks so suspicious! Should we take him away?"
"Is he a stowaway? Who would come to such a ghost place? His body is covered with mud, his face was scratched by branches, and he fell just now."
"Is he a criminal? But would a criminal carry so many things? Judging from the outline of the backpack, they are all canned food."
"Don't let him fool you! Maybe he's a drug dealer?!"
"No, no, no, listen to me! Listen to me! His accomplices just knocked him down! Rather than this! You should catch the two who escaped! This is all credit!"
"Are you going to blackmail him? How much money can you get out of it?"
"He is so pitiful. He was actually used as bait and abandoned by his companions. Just like me, he has to work for his colleagues in the middle of the night, just because he can bribe me with 150 yuan! That's it."
His thumb quickly took out the money from his pocket——
"——Two hundred dollars, just for convenience."
The militia boy's eyes were dull, and he suddenly put down his gun. All the noise disappeared, leaving only the last soul. His spirit was comforted and his inner being was unified. He took the money and said with a smile immediately.
"Be careful next time, my other buddies are not as easy to talk to as I am."
