Volume 1 Entering the World Chapter 11 The Slums
People always like to join in the fun, but they quickly forget the fun.
As Liu Xi followed the fat captain away, the entire city gate returned to an orderly state, as if everything that had just happened was just a small episode......
If the entire 106 base is only viewed from the outside, it doesn't seem to be much different from the 107 base.
It is surrounded by a towering city wall more than 30 meters high, and outside the tall city wall, the outposts and defensive rings are almost exactly the same as those of the 107 base.
But after Zhang Dong followed Sun Mingming into the base, he found that there was actually a certain difference between the two.
A large number of tattered tents lined up neatly on both sides of the base road, and in the area between the tents, people in ragged clothes and sallow faces were constantly flowing.
All kinds of shouting, scolding, and greeting are endless, and on the road in the middle, you can also see soldiers dressed (zhuo) with Sun Mingming holding cigarettes in their mouths, chatting in groups.
The whole scene in front of him couldn't help but remind Zhang Dong of the vegetable markets he had been to on Earth......
Under the high walls of Base 107, Zhang Dong vaguely remembered that he didn't seem to see any tents at that time.
"!" pushed a woman who came to solicit customers away again, Sun Mingming rubbed his hands and said with a smirk: "That...... Brother Zhang, first of all, I have wronged you to live in the slum for a while. ”
"Don't be wronged, not wronged, this time it's really troublesome Brother Sun. smiled and waved his hand at the other party, looking at the aunt who was standing aside and still throwing flattering eyes at him, Zhang Dongqiang endured it and didn't spit it out.
The reason why Sun Mingming was so polite to himself, Zhang Dong understood it very well in his heart, it was all for Liu Xi's face.
And Zhang Dong, who has worked hard in the workplace for several years, also knows very well that sometimes trouble does not necessarily mean that you have offended the boss, but maybe it is just because you have offended an ordinary small employee.
Therefore, for low-level officers and soldiers like Sun Mingming, Zhang Dong, who is already an old oilman in the workplace, will definitely not be so idiotic as to think that he can casually offend the other party with Liu Xi's weak relationship with himself.
Hearing Zhang Dong's title, the corners of Sun Mingming's mouth were almost to the root of his ears, after all, those rich and powerful people in the base force, how could they usually call themselves brothers. Of course, in Sun Mingming's opinion, a person like Zhang Dong who has a close relationship with the supernatural is already a powerful type......
"No trouble, no trouble, Brother Zhang, rest assured, even in the slums, the tent I picked for your brother is definitely not worse than the place on the periphery of the residential area. Patting his chest hard, Sun Mingming packed the ticket and said.
Knowing the rules of the army, of course he knew that Liu Xi's observation period in the army was only one month at most, and after the observation period was over, with the strength of Liu Xi's third-order ability, he would definitely be heavily charged in the special operations team.
With an ability like Liu Xi, he has no chance to stammer, but Zhang Dong, who has a close relationship with Liu Xi, doesn't this have a great opportunity to connect with the other party in front of him?
As long as Zhang Dong and Liu Xi are satisfied with the arrangement of the slums this time, even if Liu Xi says a little good word about himself to the above, he has been a squad leader for several years, maybe he can climb up a little!
One has a heart and the other has an intention, and the two chatted passionately along the way.
And from Sun Mingming's mouth, Zhang Dong probably has a basic understanding of the 106 base.
The entire 106 base covers an area of about forty square kilometers and a total of nearly 400,000 people live in it. This size is out of 200 bases, but it's only a mid-to-low grade.
In the base, you can clearly determine the status of the base resident from the place where he lives. The closer you are to the center of the base, the higher the status of the people who live there. Conversely, the closer you get to the high walls, the lower the status of the inhabitants.
Therefore, the location of the slum and the factory is also the area where Sun Mingming took Zhang Dong away.
The two chatted and laughed, and as the street lamps on the side of the road lit up dimly, Sun Mingming led Zhang Dong to a tent that was clean and much larger than other tents in the slums.
Through the open curtain, you can see that some basic furniture is all available in the tent.
"Brother Zhang, you are staying here for the time being. Handing Zhang Dong two cards, Sun Mingming explained: "This is your identity card and the residence card of this tent, you must keep it, if you lose it, it will be a little troublesome." ”
Stretching out his hand to take the two cards, Zhang Dong nodded and said, "Okay, then thank you Brother Sun." ”
Looking at the other party, Sun Mingming hesitated slightly, then gritted his teeth and took out a few banknotes from his pocket with a heartache and handed them to Zhang Dong's hand: "I think Brother Zhang, you shouldn't have anything with you on your escape this time, you take this money first, although it is not much, but it is enough to support you until you find a job in a nearby factory." ”
After a slight hesitation, Zhang Dong still decided not to refuse the other party's purposeful kindness: "Then thank you Brother Sun so much." ”
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, then I won't disturb Brother Zhang's rest!" Seeing Zhang Dong take the banknote, Sun Mingming was overjoyed, waved his hand at Zhang Dong, turned around and walked back in the direction of the city gate.
"Sure enough, no matter what kind of world it is, class disparities and sophistication are inevitable. Pinching the banknotes, Zhang Dong stood in front of the tent and looked at the back of Sun Mingming leaving, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
In fact, he didn't need these banknotes very much, after all, he and Liu Xi had already had a full meal before entering the base, and Zhang Dong could go out of the city to hunt early tomorrow morning, on the one hand, he could get food, and on the other hand, some of the organs on the beast's body could also be sold to the shops in the base in exchange for some compensation.
According to what Liu Xi said, as long as it is not a beast tide, most of the strange beasts near the base are scattered two or three, with his current strength, as long as he is careful not to leave the base too far, there should be no danger to his life......
Of course, Liu Xi originally planned to let Zhang Dong first find a random factory to work in and make ends meet. After her observation period in the army expires, she will be able to change him to a good errand, which can be regarded as repaying Zhang Dong for saving her life.
However, after Zhang Dong thought about it, he rejected the other party's relatively safe arrangement and decided to be a beast hunter.
After all, the fact that the 107 base was attacked by the beast tide is still in front of him, whether the 106 base can continue to be so stable Zhang Dong really doesn't have any confidence in his heart.
When he came to this world, the first thing Zhang Dong learned was that if he wanted to live a good life in this world, anything else except his own strength was unreliable, even if it was a base surrounded by high walls......
If you can't take advantage of this opportunity, find out the system on your body and improve your own strength. When the target of the next beast tide became the 106 base, Zhang Dong was not confident that he would have such good luck to survive.
Shaking his head, Zhang Dong pinched the banknote in his hand and walked into the tent.