Chapter 10: The Glimmer Bar
After dinner at the House of Hope, Dick was ready to head back to the Academy of Technology and Magic. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 But there is no way to do it, on the first day of Dick's admission to the Academy of Science and Technology, Eletty's mother vacated Dick's room for other children to live in, so Dick can only go back to the Academy of Technology and Magic to sleep at night.
A man wandered aimlessly down the streets of Zaun, Dick kept tossing a silver wheel in his hand, which Mother Elody had stuffed into his hand. No matter how Dick refused, Mother Elody wanted Dick to accept it, and in the end, Dick had no choice but to listen to her and accept the silver wheel.
Dick said that he really didn't need the money much because he was living in the academy at this time. However, there is a kind of poverty that makes your mother think you are poor.
In fact, the benefits of the Academy of Science and Technology Magic are still very good, even for Dick, who was a reserve soldier before, there is no disadvantage in terms of food. Even, the college set the standard extremely high in terms of nutrition, and even Dick, a child who grew up in an orphanage, raised his previously malnourished body in less than a year.
The streets of the middle area of Zu'an are not much different from those during the day, and Zu'an, which is covered by haze all year round, has almost no sunlight in other places except for the relatively open areas of the middle and upper floors. Therefore, a huge number of technological magic street lamps have been built on the streets of Zu'an, basically reaching the level of one pole in ten steps, plus the colorful cultivation towers that can be seen everywhere, although the streets of Zu'an are slightly gray, but there is never a need to worry about lighting.
Although, perhaps due to the optical effect, the light of Zuan always has a bleak green color, and the hue of the entire Zuan is also dominated by green. It's not a green that makes people look at it, but the kind of green that makes you think of alchemical wastewater when you see it. Due to the lack of sunlight and the pollution is quite serious, there are basically no plants here, so the cultivation tower mentioned above came into being.
Dick strolled to a sprawling cultivation tower and paused.
Its entirety is a glass dome enclosed in iron mesh, and the fog is steaming inside. Tight steel cables hold the glass dome to the rock, protruding out into an iron bridge. Through the glass dome, a small jungle can be seen behind the glass, and the tall trees have thick foliage. A robed gardener works in the woods, with tattoos on his bald head. The flowers blooming in a place, red, golden, and blue, are particularly gorgeous against the backdrop of a verdant landscape.
Dick had never seen such a beautiful view before, not even in the glamorous Piltover. He waved at the gardener, who smiled and waved at him as well, and then went on with the job at hand.
A string of bells rang, and Dick knew that the Babet Theater not far away was still alive. In fact, for the residents of the middle floor of Zaun, the night is the busiest and busiest time of the day. Because only at night can the light of Picheng be covered, those Picheng guys who wear masks and play the upper class people for a day can take time to come to the bustling middle class of Zu'an and release their passion accumulated during the day.
Yes, the middle area of Zu'an is a bustling place, although it still doesn't shine a ray of sunlight, perhaps because the sun can't illuminate it.
The air quality in the middle layer is still very poor, but it is obviously much better than in the lower area, at least Dick feels less spicy. Moreover, pollutants such as wastewater are also discharged to the lower level due to the terrain, so the environment here is not so unacceptable, and even the Picheng guys who treat Zuan as a sewer are willing to come down from time to time to relax.
In a sense, the middle-level area of Zu'an is the Zu'an that the outside world recognizes unifiedly.
There are all kinds of shops here, and if you have the money, you can buy almost anything you want on the streets of Zaun, whether it's the standard armor of the Demacian soldiers, the fine wine that Shurima has been in the dust for many years, or the scimitar of Bilgewater. Even if you have enough money, you can find a shop with a secret door behind any beggar with a hoop in their nostrils, and behind the secret door is high-end Hextech gear that will drive you crazy.
Legend has it that someone on the street of Zaun bought the sword of Gavin I, which had been lost many years ago by the city-state of Demacia.
Of course, there are all kinds of bars, nightclubs, and entertainment caves at most, and in fact, many shady transactions, or some Hextech equipment that has been transferred from Leather City, will be exchanged at these places. You don't even need to do any concealment, because no one will take care of you.
A gentle breeze blew, and the last thin shimmer of gray haze that lingered around me was blown away. Dick looked up, and it was rare to see the moon hanging in the sky, and he took a deep breath of fresh air, and this feeling of exhilaration, made Dick feel like he was in a leather city.
This is the exhalation station.
Perhaps because Jana likes it more, it is a beautiful place all year round, so the air here is much cleaner than the rest of Zu'an. Originally, it was used as an exclusive place for the people of Zuan to breathe deeply, but with the development of the alchemy industry, the exhalation station was far less useful than it once was.
All kinds of people walked down the street, and no one took a deep breath anymore, and basically appeared for a short time, and then quickly got into all kinds of buildings. The night here is, after all, a night of indulgence.
"Hey, man, would you like some?" A hoarse voice rang in Dick's ears, and it made Dick a little uncomfortable, but he didn't show too much disgust, for you will hear countless such voices in the streets here.
Looking at this person wrapped in black robes, Dick is no stranger, there are only two kinds of people who need to use black robes as a cover in the city of Zu'an, one is a killer, and the other is a glimmer dealer. Obviously, he belongs to the latter.
Shimmer, Dick didn't know exactly what it did, but he knew it was something similar to a drug that could cause pleasure and addiction at the same time.
"You know, I'm a few days away from becoming an adult." Dick made a rather regretful expression and said, "And, as a student of the Academy of Science and Technology, although the teachers don't care much about this, if they accidentally find out, it will be a bit unpleasant." ”
While refusing, he pointed to the stairs behind the black-robed Shimmer Dealer and said, "After all, the place I'm going to now is the Shimmer Bar. ”
"Oh, damn it, then this business can't be done, don't say it, I really saw a few teachers from your academy go in, hehe, they're regular customers." The hoarse voice sounded a little annoyed, and then teased, "Are you sure you want to go down?" You must know that one of those people who can't get it right is your usual strict teacher, and you're not afraid ......"
"Hehe, as long as I don't touch those things in your arms, even if I go down and knock him to the ground, it doesn't matter, after all, this is a shimmer bar!"
"Yes, have fun, kid." The black-robed shimmer pedals turned slightly to the side and gave way to the entrance to the shimmer bar below, "Oh, are you sure you don't want to come?" ”
With a wave of his hand, Dick went straight down the stairs and into the bar with a sign above.