Chapter 39: The Conflict Zone
"Wait until I get back. ”
Leaving these four words, Xu Mengyao led Ling Long out of this small dark room.
Coming outside and receiving the baptism of the sun again, Ling Long stretched his waist: "I still can't figure it out, since your family has money, it's better to directly manage your family and fund them, why take risks to do this business that harms others and yourself." ”
Seeing that Xu Mengyao didn't want to answer with a dark face, Ling Long stopped talking and followed her all the way to a residential area.
"Do you see any difference between the locations of these buildings?" Xu Mengyao pointed to the neatly arranged tall buildings on her side.
Ling Long took a closer look, and the buildings here were built in an orderly manner, the shape was uniform, and almost every building was highly modernized, and there was no disclosure at all.
"Then you take this street as the centerline and take a look. ”
After listening to Xu Mengyao's explanation, Ling Long looked up and found some clues: the left side of the street where they were located was desolate and sparsely populated, while the right side was a prosperous and luxurious high-rise building.
"This street is the famous 'Chaos Cutting Line' in City X, and it is so named because it is being built between the conflict zone and the peace zone of the city, and over time, everyone has used this street as a dividing line to separate the two places. ”
"Zone of Strife, Zone of Peace?"
The two systems of a city are completely opposed to each other even on the axis of an inconspicuous street, which is the first time Ling Long has heard of this statement.
Xu Mengyao reluctantly explained: "Originally, X City was a place where the poor and the rich were polarized, but later the city's executives decided after three councils to separate the original city, and the rich were concentrated in the rich area, and the poor could also go to the rich area with their efforts, and the remaining places were ready to be used for the construction of the Heavenly Punishment Battlefield in the future, which can be regarded as a rational use of urban resources." ”
Ling Long nodded and motioned for Xu Mengyao to continue.
But unlike what the leaders originally thought, many poor people are still ants under their feet even if they go to the rich area, and there is no room to turn over in their lives. ”
"There are more and more people who think about this, and the Heavenly Punishment Battlefield that was originally planned to be built has not been able to start construction for a long time, and later because the city focuses on the construction and maintenance of the rich area, it has gradually become a three-regardless zone, coupled with the lack of guards, inspection omissions and other reasons, a large number of fugitives and beggars from other cities have poured in. ”
In fact, Ling Long can fully understand the thoughts in the hearts of these poor people, he also belongs to the lowest group of people in S City, and he lives by picking up garbage and selling rags every day, once upon a time he also thought about going to other places to seek a living, but he has never been able to make up his mind to sell the only house left by his parents......
"What's wrong with you?"
Seeing Ling Long thoughtfully, Xu Mengyao shook his white and tender little hand in front of his eyes.
"It's okay, you continue. ”
"Due to the mixture, there will always be skirmishes between the various gangs, and over time, the city leaders have completely abandoned the management here, and no one will come here to ask for fun except for important murders...... As a result, people in the rich areas also ridiculed it as a refugee camp and a slum area, while those who lived here called it a conflict zone. ”
Listening to Xu Mengyao's explanation, Ling Long also had a general understanding of the history of X City: "I didn't expect that the glamorous X City still had such a dark and corrupt side. ”
"In fact, behind the superficial glory of every city, there will always be some shady deeds, and here it is nothing unusual to bring these things that are running behind the scenes to the surface. Xu Mengyao grew up here since she was a child, and she has long been used to seeing these things.
"So I accidentally stepped into the dispute zone because I was unfamiliar with life, and you planned to rob me in broad daylight?" Ling Long pursed his lips, secretly saying that he was too old, and he was robbed just after losing his luggage, and the map of the tram station did not mark where the dispute zone was!
"Anyway, are you friends with Wu Meng?"
"How is it possible, she is a popular figure in the academy, the eldest sister in the senior class...... I haven't reached the bar mitzvah yet, she's a year older than me. Speaking of this, Xu Mengyao sighed lightly, "Even she is dead, this day punishment is too difficult!"
"But as far as I know, Wu Meng's abilities are not particularly outstanding, how could she become the leader of the only ability school in your city?"
Xu Mengyao spread her hands helplessly: "I don't know the details of her abilities, but she is a person who has participated in a heavenly punishment...... What's more, she has a deep family background, and the teachers and instructors can't afford to mess with her. ”
"You mean to say that she participated in a heavenly punishment before?" Ling Long thought for a moment, "That time is not right, the heavenly punishment in the month of the coming-of-age ceremony is compulsory, that means that she awakened before the coming-of-age ceremony just like you?"
"Is this very unusual?" Xu Mengyao's good-looking eyes looked at Ling Long, as if all this was normal.
"A bunch of monsters ......"
Ling Long muttered quietly, in the school where he grew up, there were only a few early awakened abilities in the whole school, and they were all D-level garbage abilities, without any cards.
But in retrospect, Wu Meng still lied to herself in the end, it was not the first time she participated in the Heavenly Punishment at all, but it didn't make sense to say this now.
chatting all the way, the two finally came to the Noble Ability Academy in X City, and Ling Long saw a large group of adults surrounding the entrance of the academy, looking like they were all shouting something, and a few of them actually spread their wings and flew in the air!
"That's not right...... Because of this heavenly punishment, our academy has suffered heavy losses, and we have already suspended classes......" Xu Mengyao looked at the impenetrable gate in front of her, and wondered, "Could it be...... Got an early start to school?"
"I'll ...... you"
Ling Long rolled his eyes: "This group of people obviously came to the academy to ask for an explanation!"
Ling Long, who participated in this heavenly punishment, could not understand the situation at that time, the last 300 people were killed in the war zone to less than 10 people, and the matter of killing more than 200 people in a heavenly punishment was the first time, it is estimated that these people are the parents of the victims in the heavenly punishment, and they came here to find the school to seek justice.
"The people are gone, what's the use of asking for explanations?" Xu Mengyao sneered, "If it weren't for these people watching the live broadcast of the day's punishment every day, the head office of Tianqi City would have gone bankrupt long ago...... This is retribution. ”
Hearing Xu Mengyao say this, Ling Long was dumbfounded: "Little girl, you have a good view of the overall situation!"