Chapter 19: Special Sites
Above-ground mall, underground market.
Here's a summary of the state of Watson in the web forum.
But few people know that there is another sentence that may sound a little strange: the underground market in Watson is not in Watson!
No matter how this sounds like a sick sentence, since it is an underground market in Watson District, why is it not in Watson District?
As a foreigner, Zhu Jue undoubtedly knew nothing about the situation in the city, and when he heard this from the store manager's mouth, he reacted like most people who heard this fact for the first time, his face was full of confusion.
Fortunately, Zhu Jue has an old resident of Dawn City who is willing to give him a detailed introduction.
Even if the latter is voluntary.
As the elevator settled, the surrounding light gradually fell into darkness, and when it passed a certain critical point, the four walls that originally looked ordinary suddenly flashed a large piece of strangely shaped fluorescent coating, and Zhu Jue, who was about to continue to ask, saw this scene, subconsciously stopped talking, and took the wind chime, which was a little anxious because of the changes in the surrounding environment, from his shoulder to his arms.
The moment the elevator door opened, a mechanical clown stood by the door, exaggerated oil paint painted on the fuselage, its right hand was somewhat like scissorhand Edward, full of sharp blades, and its left hand was holding a wide unactivated chainsaw on his shoulder, opening his mouth to show a mouth full of fangs and yelling: "Welcome to the Underground World !!"
Syllable~
The startled wind chime stretched out its claws and slapped the clown on the head, which immediately flipped it over, and sparks erupted from the cracked fault.
This scene was seen by the store manager next to him in a cold sweat, and he twisted his neck quite uncomfortably.
"Hey, what are you doing, let's go!"
Zhu Jue saw that the wind chimes had dismantled other people's things, and hurriedly walked a few steps away from here, for fear that some strange guy would rush up and make him lose money.
However, before he could run a few steps, Zhu Jue stopped in place.
It's not that I'm stopped, but I'm confused by the situation around me.
The subway station here is extremely dark, and the distance between the two is basically more than 5 meters, and the faces and clothes of the other party are blurred.
Rhythmic and compact drum beats are accompanied by a low roar and some incomprehensible tunes that fill the subway station, just as the incandescent lights seen in Heywood are not there, and the searchlights with steel covers hanging from the surrounding walls and the fluorescent coating lighting on those walls are not only not like a serious subway station, but more like a night club.
There are few people dressed in normal clothes, some people have strange patterns painted on their faces, they are wearing a pair of orange night vision goggles to swagger around, some people are only wearing a sleeveless leather jacket, and the colorful tattoos on their chests change into various shapes with the change of his pace, and some people show off their mechanical prosthetics with great fanfare, judging from the shape and structure, even Zhu Jue, who doesn't know much about this aspect, knows that he has made illegal modifications, and if he is caught on the ground by surveillance cameras, he will be sent to prison immediately.
They are unscrupulous here!
What's even more strange is that Zhu Jue also saw several gang members with Mohican hairstyles each with a spear in their hands, patrolling back and forth with steps that they didn't recognize, and those who didn't know thought that this was their territory.
What Zhu Jue didn't know was that this subway station store was really their territory.
"As we all know, there are six subway lines in the whole of Dawning, which connect the six districts of the city, and only five of them are currently in open operation, because the gang problem is so serious, the subway line to Pasfika, the slum of Dawning City, was abolished five years ago, and all stations on Line 6 have ceased to operate, but this is only a superficial phenomenon..... Please come with me, the waiting area is here. ”
The store manager walked to the platform with Zhu Jue, avoiding several waves of gangsters in a row, and stood still in front of the dilapidated full-height screen door, and the ambiguous gasps and two entangled figures in the gloom not far away proved that there should be no cameras here.
"You're saying this is the scrapped subway line?"
Zhu Jue felt the special atmosphere around him and asked bluntly.
"That's right, this line was abolished by the Aurora City government on the bright side, and all the original line stations were suspended, but under the operation of the underground forces of Aurora City, this line was restarted 3 years ago, but it became a special train, only responsible for the travel between two areas, Watson District and Pasfica District. ”
The store manager, who was reluctant before, knew that he couldn't run, so he simply concentrated on explaining, hoping to get some impression points here in Zhujue, just begging not to be the unloaded donkey.
Under the narration of the store manager, Zhu Jue gradually became familiar with the situation in Watson District.
The so-called underground bazaar in Watson is actually located in the slums of Aurora, an urban area that the Aurora government considers a garbage center, and all kinds of black market transactions that are difficult to put on the table will cause far less harm than in a regular urban area.
The reason for the deliberate location of the subway station in the laneways of Watson is that Pasfica itself is an extremely poor urban area, and no one with a modicum of savings will live there, whether it is a gang member or a buyer or seller in an underground market, and the purpose of this special train is to provide a unified and reliable transportation route for others.
On the other hand, the government of Dawning City also has their own considerations for agreeing to the opening of this line in this form, rather than letting these gang members run around the city with great fanfare every day, and eventually making other urban areas into a miasma, and it is easy to attract some followers, it is better to simply set up an underground station in Watson District, telling ordinary people that the name of the underground black market is also to divert their attention, so as to achieve the purpose of covering up the real black market in Pasfica City.
It wasn't long before the train entered the station with a low whistling sound.
This train to Pasfica even looks different from other trains, the outside is covered with a thousand strange graffiti, Zhu Jue got closer and found a large number of scratches and craters, it is obvious that the danger factor of taking this train should be a bit high.
Zhu Jue even secretly thought that those people made the light of this subway station so dim, probably to prevent others from seeing that the train was seriously damaged.
"What do you see, pay the money!"
As soon as I entered the train, someone shouted at the door with a square tin box in his hand.
The store manager hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the money of two people before explaining to Zhu Jue: "The station here is watched by the Silt Gang, and they are responsible for ensuring that no one comes to find trouble, and the person who gets on the bus here has to pay a fee of 100 federal dollars, saying that it is a ticket, but it is actually a protection fee." ”
"The subway stations are all gangsters?"
This way of standing at the door of the subway and collecting money one by one is really rare.
"There are no ordinary people riding here, and even if the government sends people over, it is just asking for trouble, not to mention that it has also collected money over there, it was originally an abandoned line, and to some extent, it is outsourced to the gangsters here. ”
There is only one destination for those who come to the underground of Watson to take this train, and that is the Pasfica slum, and in the eyes of the government, the people who can go there are poor people, if not gangsters.
Leave them to death?
Zhu Jue was noncommittal to the store manager's argument, he wanted to find a place to sit, but after looking at the seats with strange stains, he still didn't let his ass suffer after thinking about it, just grabbed the ring, and his eyes stayed on the few lights that occasionally flashed outside the train.
After about 30 minutes, the route indicator at the top of the train door pushes to the last stop.
Still the same as before, the store manager walked in front, Zhu Jue followed behind him, from the east exit, there is no elevator here, but a long staircase, the bottom is fine, and when you go to the middle, the stone walls on both sides will become a dilapidated appearance.
Although I haven't seen the scene outside yet, the shouting sound from around the subway entrance is enough to prove that the neighborhood is lively.
"Mr. Zhu, please stay calm when you go up to the ground later, there may be some genetic beasts around here, which are brought by a few gangs that control the black market. ”
As if he suddenly remembered something, the store manager turned around and admonished.
As if in response to his words, Zhu Jue was just about to say that he knew, when two wolf heads larger than the huge ones poked out at the entrance of the subway station, their thick claws clung to the wall, and the low roar leaking from the staggered fangs made people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.
"That's them, the gang members claim they can smell the police, and they've bitten a few people to death before, but that's just acting, so you don't have to...... Looks like I'm thinking too much. ”
The store manager still wanted to persuade him, but when he looked at Zhu Jue, he found that he didn't even have the slightest nervousness on his face, but just looked at the two genetic beasts with interest.
"That's it, it looks a lot worse than the Devo Gene Group. ”
Zhu Jue is the one who has seen the finished product of the giant beast plan, and he killed one by the way, it is obviously unlikely that this low-level genetic beast wants to scare him.
"Do you know anyone from the Devo Gene Group?"
The store manager on the side heard Zhu Jue talking about the name of this gene group, and continued with some surprise,
"There is a beast tamer battle in the arena of the black market today, it is a genetic beast that can compete with the monsters of the spiritual pollution source in the danger zone outside, it is said to be a very exciting battle, if you are interested, I can take you over to take a look. ”
The store manager thought that in case he couldn't find anyone at his address for a while, he would have to find a place to divert the other party's attention, and it was best to escape quietly while Zhu Jue was watching the game.
Zhu Jue didn't immediately refuse this proposal, he still remembered the animal trainer plan, which was just an idea in the mouths of the two siblings at that time, but he didn't expect that 5 years later, the Devo Gene Group would have succeeded.
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