After a few minutes of flying, the tall buildings that filled Xia Ye's field of vision suddenly disappeared.
Instead, there are a large number of low buildings below. They are messy and shabby in appearance. Some of them have even collapsed in half, but in the remaining half, there are still traces of human habitation.
Xia Ye looked into the distance and found that this ruin-like building complex stretched far away. At the end of the field of vision, several huge machines that looked like dock cranes could be vaguely seen, with hexagonal patterns. The dome also bends down there to meet the horizon.
"Where is this?" Xia Ye turned around and asked Lilian.
"Sister Xia Ye, this is Xiacheng District." Lilian replied, "The store we are going to next is in Xiacheng District."
"Is there...a store here?"
Seeing Xia Ye's puzzled expression, Lilian smiled softly and said, "Let's go down. Sister Xia Ye will know then."
The two swooped down, and within seconds they plunged into the midst of those strange-shaped buildings. Then, she saw Lillian landing directly on the street, so she landed too and put away her broom.
Looking around, Xia Ye discovered that the buildings that looked very short in the sky were actually not short at all. The buildings without any planning stretched upward crookedly. The short ones had seven or eight floors, and the tall ones were There are dozens of layers.
Although it is messy and dilapidated, it is by no means lacking in vitality. There are all kinds of billboards, large and small, everywhere, and residents and businesses are mixed in every building; the streets, which are not wide, are occupied by various vendors on both sides, so they become even narrower. Pedestrians are crowded in the center and rely on walking to move forward.
Speaking of which, Xia Ye was no stranger to this kind of environment. She had been to similar places before time travel, and there were more than one.
"Why aren't there many people flying in the sky?" Xia Ye asked, pointing to the top of his head.
"Because of three reasons." Lilian said while leading Xia Ye through the crowd.
"First of all, of course, brooms are very expensive, and flying requires magic power, but if you choose to walk, you can save a lot of money. For most of the residents of Xiacheng District who are very poor in the cup, compared with speed and convenience, of course it is better to save money. Magic is more important.
"Also, Sister Xia Ye, look at the tops of our heads. Since no one is managing them, various billboards have been hung up like this. If you want to fly, you are bound to hit one, so it is better not to fly."
Xia Ye imagined a flying witch hitting a human-shaped hole in the billboard, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"There is one last reason. Flying in the Lower City sometimes involves another risk... Ah, we are almost there, not far ahead." Lilian pointed to a low building in front of her and said.
At this time, the two of them had entered an alley. There was no one else in the alley, and it was much quieter than the street just now.
"There is another risk, and that is..." Lilian continued the topic just now.
boom--! ! !
But just as she stood up, her voice was interrupted by a loud noise.
The sound came from behind. Xia Ye turned around in surprise and saw a witch flying out of a building on the side and behind - not flying on a broom, but being hit by a huge shock wave, and her body was hit along with countless fragments of the wall. Fly into the air.
Her clothes were in tatters and her witch hat was gone, revealing her messy brown curls. Despite her miserable appearance, the witch was miraculously uninjured. She twisted her body in mid-air, unfolded her broom, and flew towards Xia Ye and Lillian with a whoosh.
Xia Ye raised her eyebrows, blocking Lillian behind her with one hand, and with the other hand she had already grabbed Xiu Ji who was lying above her - if the other party made any dangerous move, she would throw Xiu Ji over first.
But the brown-haired witch seemed to have just chosen this direction. She casually glanced at the two people standing in the alley, ignored them, then accelerated her speed and disappeared between the gaps between the buildings.
A second later, the other two witches flew out of the hole in the building where the explosion had occurred and chased in the direction where the brown-haired witch disappeared.
As they passed above Xia Ye, Xia Ye heard intermittent conversations:
"...I didn't expect that she still has magic power to use..."
"It doesn't matter...even if there is one, there won't be much left. I can't run far..."
"The bubble shield is also broken...it will be over soon..."
When both groups of people disappeared without a trace, Lilian breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's so scary... but it's good that it didn't affect us. But even if there is any danger, you don't have to worry about Sister Xia Ye, right?"
"But I might leave you and run away." Xia Ye said deliberately.
"Hmph, Sister Xia Ye knows how to scare me, you won't...right?"
Xia Ye didn't answer, but asked: "What happened just now?"
Lilian also very obediently did not ask the question just now: "That... is what I just wanted to say, the third reason why few people fly in the lower city area."
"Um?"
"The witch who escaped must have gone bankrupt." Lilian explained, "Once there is no magic power in our body, we will die immediately, but no one is not afraid of death, so when a person looks at the magic power of the cup day by day When there is a decrease and you can’t find any source of supplementation, you can only make some extreme attempts.”
"for example?"
"For example, borrowing money, or directly robbing. But most people will choose to borrow money first, because this method at least seems less risky, but in fact, even if they can live longer, most people will not be able to survive this period. They find enough magic in time to repay the debt, so when the repayment deadline comes, they will be hunted down by the debt collection agency just like the witch just now.”
"But..." Xia Ye thought about it and said, "The witch has a broom, and it seems that she has at least one contract with her. If she is a person who lacks magic power, why does she still have these things?"
"The broomstick may have been rented or robbed. As for the contract... In fact, there are many such people. The amount they owe is so huge that it is impossible to pay it off. Therefore, they often pay it back before the magic power in their bodies is frozen. They are all spent to purchase and sign the highest possible witch contract. These contracts are often of a combat nature, so that when the debt collection team comes to collect the debt, they can choose to use violence - or Either the debt problem is solved with the debt collection team, or the debt problem is solved with her."
"But, even if she solves the debt collection team and therefore no longer has to pay off the debt, it should be difficult to borrow magic power again, right? There should be something on the blacklist here, right?" Xia Ye made another suggestion based on the experience of her previous life. A question.
"Yes, it is said that each debt collection company has a list, but each company's records are different and rarely communicate with each other. But the most critical problem is not here, but those who solve the debt problem through violence. In the next period of time, not only will there be no debt, but there will also likely be a source of income..."
When Lilian said this, Xia Ye had roughly guessed the reason. Sure enough, she heard Lilian continue:
"In Xiacheng District, there is never a lack of market for strength, and these people have proven their strength through their own survival. Many commissions will come to them, and whaling ships will consider them when recruiting whale hunters, and many will even collect debts. The company will in turn invite them to join..."
"Ah! No wonder Luka invited me to join Lightning Debt Collection at that time." Xia Ye suddenly remembered what happened yesterday, and it seemed that he was also regarded as that kind of desperado.
"Uh..." Lilian didn't know how to answer the question for a moment. Speaking of which, she was the one who called the lightning debt collector.
Fortunately, Xia Ye just brought it up because she thought it was interesting, and didn't mean to settle old scores: "So, maybe the witch like the witch who flew over just now can turn around?"
Although Lilian had never heard of the term 'salted fish turning around', she understood Xia Ye's meaning and nodded: "Actually, this kind of thing is quite common in Xiacheng District. This is why everyone is reluctant to fly into the sky, because The sky here has become a battlefield for debt evaders and debt collectors. If you are affected, you will have to consider yourself unlucky."
As if to confirm Lilian's words, as soon as she finished speaking, a fire suddenly appeared in the sky in the other direction. Several witches whizzed past in the distance, and a figure could be vaguely seen falling from the sky.
interesting……
Xia Ye admired the battle in the distance, and the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily. Compared to the orderly middle-level area, the lower city area was obviously a much more interesting place.
That's right, this is my favorite game...
