The smell of decaying biomass, the smell of fermented excrement.
Various flavors that cannot be called good in any way are mixed together to form a borderline taste.
Most of the unified sewage system has been damaged due to disrepair over time. Privately built drainage pipes hang down along the peeling paint exterior walls of the apartment buildings, and the discharged dirt makes the streets filthy.
Although Yuanye is not mysophobic, he is considered a clean person and does not feel much discomfort. This is because he spent his childhood in a similar environment. At that time, his biggest difficulty in going to school in the morning was To avoid the mouthwash spit out by an uncle whose wake-up time unexpectedly coincides with his school time and who always squats on the roadside to brush his teeth on time.
Of course, the solution to this problem later was also very simple - for this reason, he slept for ten minutes more openly.
A truck transporting bottled water will pass by Yuan Ye. The traces of high-energy laser penetration on the thickened steel plate of the carriage are unusually obvious. The high temperature that is enough to melt steel has not yet dissipated, and the warm air is accompanied by the movement of the vehicle. The movement brushed his face, mixed with a somewhat unpleasant burnt smell.
The escort wearing a powered exoskeleton stood in the gap of the carriage, holding a scary large-caliber gun in his hand. The yellow bullet chain was randomly wrapped around the black body armor with inserts. It didn't look like he was transporting water. It's more like transporting money.
As if sensing Yuan Ye's gaze, the escort looked at him and raised their guns in a demonstrative manner.
Although firearms of this level can no longer pose a fatal threat to Yuanye, the common sense generated by the long life of a non-extraordinary person is still fixed in his consciousness like nails, making his spine feel chilly. .
It is very strange that in the marginal zone, water has been promoted to an alternative equivalent and has become a kind of hard currency here.
This sounds quite like a post-apocalyptic setting, but the reason for this situation is extremely ridiculous - because of a bureaucrat's negligence, he forgot to include water in the bill for identifying charitable items. It’s on the list, that’s all.
Because of this small mistake, water was considered not a charitable item. Without the help of tax reduction or tax avoidance, water was removed from the list of supplies by both official and non-governmental organizations.
In this way, people in marginal areas can get food and clothing, medicines and daily necessities from aid organizations, and even new video games and game consoles can be purchased because of the Virgin's remarks that "the poor also need entertainment" I got it, but I couldn't get any water.
The people living in the marginal areas are mostly people who only rely on relief. If there is something that is not included in the relief, they will basically not have the money to buy it. They also have to pay for tap water here, and As soon as the suppliers learned that the water was not on the list, they adjusted the price of tap water to only 30% lower than that of purified water.
Although there is also collected rainwater, the amount is too small.
In this way, water has become a precious thing here. Because of a small bureaucratic mistake, a region dominated by a post-apocalyptic setting was created in the super-developed world in 2077 - it does sound ridiculous. But after calming down and thinking about it, I do feel a little shuddering.
But this has nothing to do with Yuan Ye. He doesn't have the ability to interfere with the formulation of the bill now. Maybe he will have it in the future, but it doesn't exist now, so he can only make good use of it. For example, when he meets now in this case.
"What a strange face." The old man whose legs and spine had been transformed into prosthetics appeared from the shadows with a homemade shotgun and scanned Yuan Ye's face with a handheld scanner. "There is no login ID in the system... "
Before coming here, Yuan Ye put on special makeup. Not only did he look like a different person to the naked eye, but the foundation on his face was also specially made, mixed with ingredients that could interfere with electronic devices reading his facial features. Although it can only be used on some abnormally cheap It just works with old electronic equipment, but fortunately this is a fringe area, and old and cheap electronic equipment are the mainstream.
Yuanye didn't say much, but took out two bottles of pure water from his backpack and handed them to the old man who was watching the door.
The old man calmly took the water and opened the door.
Yuanye passed through the gap and quickly went upstairs.
Most of the buildings in the fringe area are high-end apartments built by developers decades ago. They were originally planned to attract technicians with a certain status in the Tokyo metropolitan area. However, due to the impact of the declining birthrate, this became a bubble. After the great unemployment wave It was occupied by residents of the current fringe areas who had been abandoned by both the countryside and the city. Taking advantage of the official absence, a large number of additions were made, gradually turning it into the current high-rise buildings.
Yuan Ye came to the fifth floor, knocked on the security door of one of the rooms three times at the frequency of three short and one long, and then attached the bracelet to the location marked according to the picture sent to him, and passed the electronic authentication.
Inside the security door is a somewhat shabby wooden door. The metal parts of the wooden door are decorated with a layer of green copper. It looks shaky, but Yuan Ye does not want to touch the door, but waits quietly. With.
After a while, the door opened, revealing a familiar face: "Chief."
"It's you." Yuanye remembered that this was the member of the Black Dragon Society he saw outside the hospital last time to help with surveillance, "I remember your name..."
"I am Takayama, Takayama Shinya." Takayama Shinya quickly replied, "It's not a good idea to stay outside. It's better to come in, leader."
Yuan Ye nodded and entered the room.
After entering the room, the first thing that caught his eye was a set-up heavy machine gun. Obviously, if he made even one mistake in the whole set of certification actions just now, he would not be greeted by Takayama Shinya, but a blazing fire. Metal storm.
Yuan Ye looked around the room. The room was not big, only about ten square meters. The half near the window sill was occupied by electronic equipment. The sleeping quilt was neatly rolled up and placed against the wall because he could not go out. Only convenience foods can be eaten, but various cans and packaging boxes are neatly stacked in the corner, which does not make the environment dirty, and there is no unusual smell in the air.
"How is the situation?" Yuanye nodded. Regardless of anything else, just from the initial impression, Takayama Shinya gave people a very good feeling.
"There are already brothers waiting opposite." Shinya Takayama opened the curtains and showed the status of the building opposite. "The intelligence agent will arrive in five minutes."
"This is how we look at it?" Yuan Ye asked, "Will we not be discovered?"
"No, this glass is processed and one-way transparent." Takayama Shinya replied, "And we have a backup plan."
