"In 2150, the first expedition team sent by the coalition government brought back news from the 'outside world'."
After the bartender said, "There will soon be no market for criminals here," the man at the other end of the bar suddenly intervened in the conversation between the two.
Although they were nearly ten meters apart, he still heard what the bartender said. This was enough to show that the man's hearing was amazing.
"The news proves that the survivors of the 'outside world' gathered together to establish settlements after the war, and small countries have begun to take shape in various regions. At the same time, the expedition team brought back a large amount of scarce resources for the coalition government from different regions After the news spread, it quickly triggered a national gold rush craze, and the people who rushed to the border cities frantically were dubbed gold diggers."
"Guest, if my previous remarks have offended you, please let me apologize."
Ivan said.
What he just expressed was just his personal opinion. He knew that his opinion could easily cause controversy, so he lowered his voice, but he didn't expect that others would still hear him.
Fortunately, this man was a stranger and did not look like a cadre of one of the four major criminal groups.
"Your words just happened to bring back some memories for me."
The man waved his hand and refused the liquor offered by Ivan. He then talked to himself, "To a certain extent, the coalition government encouraged the gold rush and gave it to the gold rush in the name of 'adventurers'." The legal status of the perpetrators, and one of the laws that had the most profound impact later was that materials brought back from the outside world, regardless of their origin, would be treated as legal items as long as they were transported to the country. This law greatly promoted the The 'outside' craze, but it also transformed the border cities into what they are now."
The implicit message revealed by this law is that even if the materials are obtained by burning, killing and looting from the "outside", it is legal as long as they can be transported within the territory of the United Government.
“Some of the gold diggers focused on villages that lacked the ability to protect themselves, while others simply occupied transportation arteries and plundered supplies directly from other gold diggers while waiting for work. It was not until 2155 that the coalition government revised this The law defines some of the adventurers as illegal criminals and makes them wanted. Chai Ke is one of the people who has enjoyed the convenience of the times, and has climbed step by step from a penniless poor boy to where he is today.
"So, in this city, the criminals have a long history with you. The shadows brewed in those five years have spread to every corner of this city like the blood vessels of the human body. The power of law enforcement alone is not enough to eliminate them. The imprint of the times has been cleansed.”
As he spoke, the man looked past the bartender and landed on Song Lan.
The drunkard doesn't care about drinking. This was what he said to Song Lan from the beginning.
Ivan couldn't help but become nervous. The situation that worried him the most had happened. What this man just said was tantamount to provocation to the law enforcement officers.
Although law enforcers are very popular among "vagrants", the relationship between law enforcers and criminals has become increasingly tense since the new director took office.
Ivan was now very worried that Song Lan would directly attack him and put a glass cup on the man's forehead.
Song Lan looks very young, at the age of prosperity.
"I gained knowledge."
However, what surprised Ivan was that Song Lan said this after holding it in for a long time, without any look of anger on his face.
In fact, for Song Lan, what he said just now was just a story.
When he first arrived here, he also tried to collect some history about this world. Although he is still not sure whether this place and the 2020 he is familiar with belong to the same time and space, but there was an outbreak in this world in 2030. A war that spread throughout the world.
The war lasted for nearly a hundred years, and the damage caused to most areas had reached the point where nuclear bombs washed away the surface. At the end of the war, the leaders of the survivors signed an armistice treaty and used the few remaining resources and The means of production were brought together, eventually forming the prototype of a coalition government.
The areas beyond the borders of the coalition government are collectively referred to as the "outside world". Without the emergence of the gold rush, many people may not have any contact with the "outside world" for their entire lives. And until now, the "outside world" in the eyes of most people "It's still the ruins after being denuclearized.
As for the expedition team the man mentioned, Song Lan had indeed found relevant records online before.
But what he found quite bizarre was that this was not the medieval Age of Discovery, but the year 2166 when science and technology were highly developed. Under such circumstances, there were no pictures of "outside" countries or settlements found online. Therefore, many people have questioned the reliability of this news, believing that these are lies fabricated by the coalition government.
On this issue, Song Lan has always been one of the people who sit on the fence and has always questioned whether there is a country in the "outside world".
Seeing that Song Lan was in a peaceful mood, the man frowned. In the end, he just snorted coldly and stopped talking to the two of them.
About two or three minutes later, a woman with obvious dark circles under her eyes walked out of a cubicle not far away. She held a folder in her hand and walked straight towards the man they were talking to.
"Captain, the documents are here."
team leader?
Song Lan also used his hearing to be as good as the other party's. Although the woman's voice was softer than that of Ivan before, he was still heard by him.
He originally thought that this man was a member of a certain criminal group and was naturally at odds with law enforcement, but criminals should rarely call others "captain", right?
The man took the document and nodded.
Before leaving, he gave Song Lan a meaningful look, but Song Lan stared at his wine glass and ignored him.
Just kidding, as a pacifist, one of the rules to avoid getting into a fight in a bar is to stop looking at others.
"Huh, I was really scared to death just now."
Seeing the two people leaving, Ivan breathed a long sigh of relief. He was full of apologies, "I'm sorry, because some of my remarks caused you to be involved in unnecessary trouble. To express my apology, I will buy you a glass of real wine." of good stuff.”
With that said, Ivan unscrewed a rather suspicious bottle.
The liquid in the bottle was clear and transparent, but with the lessons learned from the past, Song Lan was sure that the liquid inside was definitely not water.
Ivan carefully brought the bottle over as if it were a treasure and poured a full glass in front of him.
Only then did Song Lan see the words on the bottle clearly.
This thing is indeed water.
Nothing but water of life.
You don't need to get close to smell the pungent smell.
At this moment, Song Lan only had one thought left in her mind.
Comrade Ivan,
Are you really here to apologize?
