In the evening, at the foot of Dashu Mountain.
Kaifu Temple complex.
After two months of renovation, the original temple complex has been transformed into distinctive residential buildings.
In Kaifu Temple, one of the original attractions, you can now see some lush and strange green plants and colorful flowers everywhere.
These transformed plants bring a new spring of nature to the world.
There are also solar street lights on the roadside that are emitting dim light.
People who come back here from outside from time to time also have happy smiles on their faces.
If it weren't for the fact that there were armed men carrying long guns patrolling around.
It's as if the end of the world has never come.
Beside the green road, two armed men strutted towards the outside of Kaifu Temple.
People who were coming off work from various places on the roadside also nodded and bowed when they saw the two people responsible for protecting this place.
What's more, they would run up to them with eager faces and offer them cigarettes and water.
But it was obvious that the two armed men did not look down upon these odds and ends.
"Go away, who are you fooling with this bastard!" A young armed man glanced at the attentive workers and shooed them away like flies.
The worker showed no dissatisfaction when he saw this, he just apologized and walked back with the same nod and bow as when he came.
The residential area of Kaifu Temple has a beautiful environment, and most importantly, it is connected to the core of the Palace of Purity: Dashu Mountain.
Moreover, Kaifu Temple is a project undergoing construction and renovation together with Shushan High School.
Some important buildings, schools, etc. are also among the two.
At first, due to the small number of people and the large land, the high priest followed the policy of shrinking defense. As long as there were similar survivors, they were arranged to live in these two locations, which also made it easier for them to work.
But this time and that time.
As Qi Lin's purge operations have intensified in the past two months, the territory of the Palace of Purity has expanded a lot.
Other surrounding buildings are also breaking ground, and the Palace of Purity is looking prosperous.
In addition, the military has sent people to visit more frequently recently. So, what is the bright future of the Palace of Purity?
As long as you are not blind, you can see that the Palace of Purity will definitely be the second largest force in South Zhili in the future after the military!
Due to various factors, the Kaifu Temple residential complex and Shushan High School, which are very close to Dashu Mountain, the core of the Palace of Purity, have become "prime locations."
No one wants to move out of here.
However, as the Purana Palace expanded, the number of believers increased.
Everyone knows that someone will move out here.
And the interesting thing is, which unlucky people are going to move out?
In addition to the big shots at the top of Dashu Mountain, the relocation quota is decided by the deputy captain and captain who are responsible for the security here.
The man named Zhang, after two months of hard work, was successfully promoted from a security officer at Shushan High School to the deputy security captain of the Kaifu Temple residential complex.
In the past week, the man named Zhang has been living a very cool life.
People who often go out to collect supplies despite danger often come to him secretly for bribes, just for the rare living space that allows them to continue to stay here.
The man named Zhang glanced at the worker who was walking away but still smiling fawningly at him, and sneered and ignored him.
Continue to lead the follower outside.
He stretched out his hand to signal, and the boy beside him quickly lit a flower for him.
Just as the man surnamed Zhang was puffing away his smoke, the young attendant smiled eagerly and said, "Brother Zhang, look at my mother-in-law's residence certificate."
"Huh?" The man surnamed Zhang stopped, looked at the young man who had been following him for more than two months, and asked in confusion: "Didn't I give you a talent residence certificate yesterday?"
The follower laughed and turned around to look around. Seeing that there was no one around him, he whispered in the ear of the man named Zhang: "The little star I mentioned to Brother Zhang last week came to me at noon today. , want a talent residence certificate, this is not it.”
The young man with the surname Zhang suddenly understood with a lewd smile on his face.
Talent residence certificate,
With this piece of paper, people from the outside can come in.
The people inside can continue to live there,
Don't worry about being forced to move here.
Most of this certificate can only be issued by the senior officials of the Palace of Purity above Mount Shu.
But the high priest did not forget about the middle management at the foot of the mountain, and also allocated some quotas to them.
The man surnamed Zhang was about to say something when he suddenly heard a noise coming from the residential area next to him.
The man named Zhang turned around and saw a group of people gathering in front of a small villa in the distance not knowing what to do.
His job is to be responsible for security and stability, but this job is basically easy.
Because since the high priest said: Anyone who causes trouble and hurts others, regardless of whether both parties are right or wrong, will be kicked out!
Those who fail to dissuade him will be killed on the spot!
Since then, no one has caused trouble here.
The man named Zhang didn't want to pay attention. He wanted to have an in-depth discussion about the female star with the follower.
At this moment, the watching boy whispered: "Brother Zhang, that crying old woman seems to be a relative of the secretary of a big shot in the Logistics Department on the mountain."
The follower said, and pointed to the sky with one finger.
The man surnamed Zhang's eyes lit up, and he quickly pulled the boy behind him and ran towards him.
"Give me all!"
"What are you doing?"
The man surnamed Zhang squeezed through the crowd and looked over to see an old woman sitting on the steps in front of the garden crying loudly.
"Ouch, where's my car!"
The old woman cried, slapping her thighs with both hands, and shouted as if the sky was falling: "Who has no conscience stole my car!"
The man surnamed Zhang quickly asked the surrounding people to learn about the situation.
It's roughly like this:
This old lady is very pious to the Skeleton God.
If we were to list the most devout believers of the Skeleton God in the Palace of the Past.
This old lady can definitely be ranked in the top ten.
She owns an antique bicycle, which is said to be a love token given by her wife when she was young.
Every morning, the old lady would polish the bicycle and push it out for two laps to show off.
If it's just to show off, it's nothing.
But because her relatives hold real power positions in Shushan, the old lady usually behaves a bit openly.
If that's all, that's it.
The key is that the old lady never locks the door when she goes out!
Her son also told her many times to lock the door.
But the old lady said: What door should be locked?
There is a skull god!
Who dares to steal from us?
The Skeleton God is guarding the door for me!
Then, today, the old lady came back from an outing and her bicycle was missing.
She searched around and couldn't find it, so she just sat here and cried.
After the man surnamed Zhang got to know her briefly, he saw that the old lady was about to become so angry that she began to verbally attack the neighbors.
He had an idea and hurriedly said: "Oh! Stop crying, old man!"
"I asked you to lock the door before, but you didn't. You said the Skeleton God was guarding the door for you."
"This time it must be the Skeleton God who wants to see how good your bike is!"
"So you should be happy to borrow it for two days, old lady!"
The man surnamed Zhang enthusiastically held the old lady's hand. After a few words, the extremely devout old lady was no longer distressed!
Instead, he stood up with a happy face, opened his mouth and showed off: "I just said that I go to the high school to worship the skull god every day, and the god will definitely sense my piety!"
While the old lady Balala was showing off to her neighbors, the smiling man surnamed Zhang pulled the boy behind him and backed away from the crowd.
After he was far away from the crowd, the man surnamed Zhang glanced at the old lady in the crowd who turned from worry to joy and continued to boast about her devotion to the Skeleton God. His expression suddenly became dark.
"Brother Zhang?" The follower asked in a low voice, puzzled.
"Let's go, we can't afford to mess with this. Let's go up to the mountain to report our work."
The man surnamed Zhang took the young man and ran up the mountain.
"This old lady's nephew seems to be the secretary to the deputy director of the Logistics Department, and his son seems to be one of the killers from the Demon Hunting Department..."
After the two ran to the gate, the man surnamed Zhang slowed down and whispered to the young man: "The big shot above me told me last week that the high priest was going to make personnel adjustments recently. Everyone knows that the Logistics Department is the real power. Department, someone wants to replace him as deputy director.”
"I was wondering who could steal that old lady's bicycle?" The man surnamed Zhang lit a cigarette, blew out a smoke ring and guessed: "It's probably because the change of position over there is not stable."
"But it's okay. We are from the Judgment Department. The fire can't burn us. Let them fight. We won't get involved."
The boy who followed seemed to understand. He was about to ask a few more questions when he caught a glimpse of a large red leather truck heading towards the nearby material distribution center.
"256!"
The boy who followed him glanced at the last number of the license plate and suddenly shouted excitedly like a weasel seeing a chicken: "Brother Zhang! That's the car!"
The man surnamed Zhang, who was walking towards Shushan, looked back in confusion: "What kind of car?"
The follower said excitedly: "It's the red leather truck that I told you about half a month ago that likes to go deep into the city and return home with a full load several times!"
"Just the car with a family of three and a little daughter, and the father and son who used to haul construction materials to the high school!"
The man surnamed Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and then quickly recalled it.
When they were guarding the gate of Shushan High School before, the father and son raised their filial piety for the first time.
Half a month ago, the boy on duty told him about the father and son, saying that they often went to buy fresh vegetables.
Originally, the boy who served him thought that the dishes were for his little daughter, but later the boy accidentally discovered that the father and son actually changed the dishes and ran out with those dishes?
Something went wrong, and the boy following them targeted a family of three.
Later, the boy who followed them discovered that every time the father and son went out with vegetables, when they came back, the truck was filled with various supplies, as well as boxes of cigarettes, alcohol and other irreplaceable luxuries!
Now the supplies in the area controlled by the Palace of Purity are monopolized by the big shots on the mountain, and they are considered public property.
If you want to get so many supplies and return home fully loaded, you can only go deep into dangerous urban areas!
And both father and son were only third-level Chosen Ones, and there were powerful demons wandering around in the rich supplies area. What did they do?
Could it be that a supply area has been discovered that has not been visited by survivors or guarded by demons?
If this is the case, then perhaps the man surnamed Zhang has the capital to climb a step further.
Although the high priest had spoken beforehand, he was not allowed to oppress believers or eat naka.
But sometimes, even if he doesn't bully or ask for cards, someone will come to his door.
"Let's go! Find them!"
After thinking about it, the man named Zhang took the hand of the follower and ran over there.
"Don't worry, if you can find out the information about that supply point, your female star's affairs won't be a problem!"
"Thank you, Brother Zhang!!!"
The material distribution center is set up next to Dashu Mountain.
There are a lot of trucks coming and going here all the time.
Some drivers gathered together to wait for the supervisor to assign work.
The arrival of a red leather truck attracted the chatting drivers.
"Tsk, tsk, it's Li Guodong and his son again!"
A driver glanced at the tightly tied cable ties and tarps on the truck with envy in his eyes.
Not every driver has the courage to go out in search of supplies. Most of them follow the orders of the Palace of the Past, follow the armed forces to collect supplies, and earn a small amount of contribution points to support their families.
But Li Guodong and his son are unique among drivers.
For more than a month, they have chosen to go deep into the city to obtain supplies independently.
Of the materials obtained in this way, only 50% must be handed over to the Palace of Purity as tax, and the rest is counted as one's own harvest.
No one thought that fifty percent was much. After all, the Palace of the Past gave them shelter and shelter.
There are also children’s education, hope and future.
That alone.
Even if the Palace of Purity requires 90%, they are still willing to do it.
But unfortunately, no one dares to risk going deep into the city.
Most people only dare to follow the armed forces of the Palace of the Past to fight against the autumn wind in a place where the skeletons have been completely wiped out and where new demon species have not yet appeared.
"Hey! Lao Li and Xiao Li are back!"
A driver said with a smile: "It's a fruitful day again. You're lucky, Lao Li!"
Li Guodong held a few cartons of cigarettes in his hand and led his son towards the drivers who were waiting for work.
Every time he returns home with a full load, he will take out some cigarettes or drinks to build feelings among his colleagues.
Li Guodong handed the cigarettes to these colleagues who couldn't wait to grab them, and smiled at them enthusiastically: "Thanks to the Skeleton God, today's harvest is not bad. Praise the palace master!"
Before Li Guodong finished speaking, the drivers who were greedily taking apart the cigarettes and stuffing them into their pockets suddenly looked solemn and said in unison: "Praise the Lord of the Palace!!!"
Immediately afterwards, everyone returned to their enviable, laughing and familiar appearance.
"Hey? The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Why are you two still wearing coats, Lao Li? Isn't it stuffy in the car?"
"Yeah, aren't you hot?"
A driver had just stuffed the cigarettes he was holding into his pocket. He looked at the coats worn by the father and son, pulled on his short sleeves and asked in confusion.
Li Guodong lit a cigarette, took a deep puff and said in confusion, "Maybe the weather in the city is different from that in Shushan District?"
"I"
Li Guodong hasn't finished speaking yet.
The driver next to him rubbed his arms and shouted: "Holy crap, why am I so cold? Why is it so cold even in this damn weather?"
At this time, the man surnamed Zhang and his follower also came over and shouted at Li Guodong: "You two! Come here!"
When the latter turned his head to look in confusion and found out that they were old acquaintances named Zhang, his heart skipped a beat.
The other drivers took a step back when they saw the long gun carried by the man named Zhang.
These armed men who can carry weapons are not something drivers like them can afford to offend.
Drivers usually take detours when they see them, for fear that they will blackmail them for the supplies they don’t have.
"Tsk, tsk, Li Guodong and his son are bleeding heavily."
A driver looked up at the fully loaded red leather truck and said somewhat unbearably.
Li Guodong is an honest man and never gets into arguments or conflicts with others.
They were also generous. They had previously invited them to go shopping in the city with them, but they were all rejected because they were afraid of encountering demons.
Only Li Guodong and his son dared to go to the city, and every time they came back, they would give some small favors to the envious ones.
So the reputation of the father and son is pretty good.
Even his daughter, who is studying in the new school district, also received a lot of care.
But today, the father and son were targeted by armed men.
A driver shook his head and sighed and whispered: "Hey, the high priest obviously said that these people are not allowed to bully us, but they still do it every time."
"Keep your voice down, don't cause trouble!" A driver who was close to him hurriedly poked the other driver, fearing that his friend would be punished secretly if he said something wrong.
"It's good to be alive, and at least there are no openly bullying men and women here, and no one is killing people wantonly. You can just have fun secretly."
"It's a pity that some people still don't listen to the words of the high priest. I feel that if the temple master can stand up and say something, those people will never dare to take the card from us!"
"Pull him down! The Lord of the Palace has many things to do every day. The military has come so many times but he has not been able to see the Lord. We are little people..."
"Okay, okay, if you talk about government affairs indiscriminately, be careful and you will be killed! Hahaha!" Many drivers said happily. Life on weekdays is very boring and boring, and only when everyone gets together can they talk nonsense.
"Huh? It's not cold anymore?" At this time, a driver who had just taken off his coat from the car and put it on wondered: "What's going on?"
"Maybe it's because the cold wind just now has passed."
"Isn't this how the world is? It gets hot and cold sometimes, so what's the fuss?"
"It's time to go, it's time for those from the Demon Hunting Department to come down and take roll call."
"Be smart this time and don't break down halfway. If we delay the schedule of those demon hunters, we will all be punished together!"
