From Ghost Sword's mouth, Lu Ping learned what the so-called "Garbage Bug Alliance" was...
In fact, it is a loose alliance formed by the local extraordinary beings in Neptune City.
A strange feature of the group of extraordinary people in Neptune City is that they are mainly mechanical extraordinary people, accounting for more than 90% of them.
Lu Ping remembered that there was a saying in Dream Weaver City that "the rich rely on technology, the poor rely on mutation", which refers to becoming a mechanical extraordinary, usually a rich person from a well-off family, while the poor can only become extraordinary by gambling. Inject your life with gene potion and take a risk.
But it's the opposite in Neptune City... The local extraordinary beings are often from poor backgrounds, but they all embark on the path of mechanical transformation.
There are two main reasons for this.
The first reason is that Neptune City’s machinery manufacturing industry is very developed!
Even before the end of the world, Neon Country was leading the world in its precision technology, robot manufacturing, etc., and this characteristic has been inherited to this day. Lu Ping had felt before that this city seemed to be too automated, and the performance and number of robots far exceeded that of Dreamweaver City.
The manufacturing industry is a pyramid. With top precision technology products, there will naturally be more downstream industries... In the entire Tiankeng District, more than 80% of the poor are actually engaged in production labor related to robot production. The primary processing of their products Components, recycled and purified raw materials, basic spare parts, etc. are continuously delivered to urban areas every day.
Urban areas also produce a large amount of scrapped electronic waste every day, which is transported by airship to the deepest part of the sinkhole area and dumped.
Under such conditions, the Tiankeng District is undoubtedly a very suitable breeding ground for nurturing mechanical extraordinary people! Everything needed for mechanical transformation can be easily gathered here. If you are lucky, you can also pick through the garbage and find less damaged prosthetics and weapons.
As for the second reason, of course it is the special situation of the stranger in Neptune City.
The poor are not fools either. In a city where aliens are commonly sold as slaves, and patrols may be summoned to arrest unowned aliens even walking on the street, people will take the initiative to become aliens unless their brains are broken!
These two reasons together resulted in the number of mechanical transformers far exceeding the number of genetic transformers in the Alliance of Transcendents in Neptune City.
As for the reason for the existence of extraordinary beings...it is somewhat similar to Dream Weaver City, both of which are to resist the oppression of the upper class.
In Neptune City, this kind of oppression is even more naked... The Tiankeng District here is equivalent to the Lower Ten Districts, and the poor living here also live a precarious life, because from time to time, the major Samurai Society social factions in the metropolitan area Come to the cold and ruthless robot team, come to District 10 to arrest people without any explanation!
The euphemistic name is optimizing the population structure.
In fact, everyone knows that the poor people who have been captured are likely to be in serious danger.
Where there is oppression, there is resistance. In order to resist these robot teams that capture people, some poor people began to use mechanical transformation to strengthen their bodies and became mechanical supernatural beings!
With a powerful body and equipped with some weapons, he has a certain resistance against the robot squad sent by the metropolitan area to arrest people.
But the power of an individual is ultimately limited. The robot teams sent from the urban area are not only larger in number, but also have higher technological content. Therefore, the local extraordinary people gradually unite together and form a loose alliance.
This is what the Ghost Sword Girl calls the "Garbage Bug Alliance".
Lupine turned to look.
This bar, located deep in the garbage area at the bottom of the Tiankeng District, is one of the strongholds of the Garbage Bug Alliance. Everywhere you look, there are a large number of human beings whose bodies have been transformed into mechanical prosthetics.
Changing an arm or a leg is just commonplace.
Some people have half their faces made of metal, and their eyes are flashing red, obviously equipped with electronic prosthetic eyes.
Some people also have hollowed out bellies, and mechanical gears can be seen rotating in them. Several dark holes on their bodies are probably weapon muzzles.
What's even more powerful is that the whole body is made of metal. At first glance, the proportion of flesh and blood is very low, and it looks like a semi-finished robot with several pieces of simulated skin installed on it!
But like Guidao, the whole person is purely robotic, and there is no second one in the wild.
Lupine also noticed a characteristic-the extraordinary machines in this bar were all ugly.
That's right, it's the kind of ugliness that's full of primitive rough-processing style:
Circles of red and blue thick wires are exposed, and gears and chains are exposed to the air. When the transmission device expands and contracts, white gas spurts out from the gaps, making a cacophonous sound. The nanochips are replaced by larger integrated circuits. , and there is no light alloy shell that is common in high-end robots. Instead, it is replaced by a thick metal plate like tank armor.
In contrast, the Ghost Saber Princess, whose body is as delicate as a work of art and covered in crystal material, seems a bit out of place here.
However, she had previously put a line of mud on the bridge of her nose, which seemed to blend in better.
"This is the Garbage Worm Alliance. We were originally just a group of poor people scavenging for garbage from the mountains of e-waste, but nothing can stop us from becoming stronger." The ghost knife girl whispered at this time, "The alliance's technology, nature and urban area They can't be compared to those big companies, but they are in a league of their own. They may look a bit ugly, but if you look at them more, you will find that they actually have a different kind of beauty."
“I call it – workshop aesthetics!”
Lu Ping was speechless: "But I am a stranger, so what you say has nothing to do with me."
"There are also a few fighting-type aliens in the Garbage Bug Alliance... Besides, the alliance has no restrictions. The so-called strongholds are just some wasteland bars where everyone drinks, chats, and exchanges ideas on transformation, just like this radiation bar!"
"I think even if you don't accept the transformation, you may not need some powerful weapons and equipment. In the Garbage Bug Alliance, all activities will be presented in the form of bounty tasks. The organization will never force any transcendent to do anything... If you If you are greedy for rewards, just accept the mission! If you don't like it or are afraid of danger, you can completely turn a blind eye."
"Of course, if you want better prosthetics and more powerful weapons, you have to do bounty missions...or, like me, participate in the annual mechanical competition."
"Speaking of this... I suddenly want to ask you for a favor." Guima Daoji suddenly blinked, "Of course, this is separate from my repaying your life-saving grace. I will naturally do what I promised you. , you do me this favor, and I will reward you."
"What's the matter?" Lu Ping looked at her.
"In this mechanical competition, I am determined to win the championship prize! I went to the Aurora Building to steal information on stealth technology for this reason." The ghost knife girl's eyes sparkled, "But it is really difficult. I have always wanted to find someone who can cooperate with me. I’ve got a helper, after thinking about it, you seem to be just the right person!”
