Chapter 317: First Entry into Raccoon City
Raccoon City, not so much a city, is more of a province, it is more than 120 kilometers from east to west, more than 130 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of more than 15,000 square kilometers. In fact, the city is also worthy of the word 'super', and there are many remnants of ancient facilities on the street, and even from today's point of view, many of the designs are very exquisite and breathtaking.
Raccoon City is also known as Karn City, and the word 'Karn' means 'God-given' in the official context, which means that the name of Raccoon City should be called 'God-given City'. The reason why there is such a nickname as 'Raccoon City' is because of a very interesting story -
Once upon a time, this was a wasteland, and a wealthy merchant thought that there were high-quality magic crystals under this barren land, so he came here to excavate, although he did not find a magic crystal vein, but because it was very comfortable, he decided to settle down and built a mansion by the river. Before the merchant could move in, he fell ill and died, and the mansion was devoid of its owner, and gradually became deserted.
After a long time, a noble couple eloped because of the opposition of their family, and in order to escape the pursuit of their family, they strayed into this barren land, and traveled a long distance to be hungry and thirsty, and finally the two of them were lost in the wilderness with their pursuers. Fortunately, when these people came to the river to drink water, they met a raccoon that was washing its wounds, and the noble lady was kind enough to treat the raccoon. Grateful for her actions, the raccoon reciprocated the favor and took the men to the idle mansion. Seeing that the conditions were so good and the facilities were so complete, these people gave up the idea of going back and settled here.
Over time, as the population grew, the noble men made no effort to open up the kingdom, and he considered it a blessing from the gods, so when he reported to the king, he called the place 'Karn', which means 'God-given town'. The king was overjoyed, rewarded him heavily, and appointed him as the first mayor and lord of Karn. Although she was very happy for her husband, the aristocratic lady still missed the raccoon who saved them very much, and privately liked to call this place 'Raccoon Town', but she didn't expect that people would recognize the name 'Raccoon Town' even more, so that later with the development of the city, the name of Raccoon City spread more and more, and the real name of Karn City was rarely known.
Listening to Ling Mo telling the origin and rumors of Raccoon City in a serious, nose-and-eye manner, several people present were fascinated, as if they were listening to a real historical story. Only after listening to it, the ragdoll bear snapped his fingers, silently calculated, and asked with some doubts: "Although this story is very good, ...... You humans have only been around for more than 3,000 years, and Raccoon City has existed in the Rotten Lands tens of thousands of years ago. At that time, you humans were still fighting with sticks tied to stones, and you were only stronger than monkeys, so how could you build a super city like Raccoon City?"
"Nobody has ever told you that Raccoon City was built by 'us' humans, I mean, it was built by 'other humans', or 'other intelligent beings'. Seeing that there were still doubts on the faces of several people, Ling Mo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't ask me for specific details, I don't know very well, these rumors just now were all told to me by Andersen when he was very bored, how he told me, I will repeat it to you, I don't know anything else." ”
"Okay......" Zero was a little regretful and swallowed the question that came to her lips again, but she thought of something again, and said with great interest: "In my time, the construction of many cities was far less good than that of Raccoon City, and many of the city-building technologies were actually stolen from Raccoon City. I've heard that there are 10 floors of underground tracks in Raccoon City, and there's something called a 'subway' that runs all the time, is that true?"
"Of course it's true!" Ling Mo replied, he pointed to Raccoon City and said: "The underground rail transit system in this city is very developed, and there were once adventurers who were not afraid of death to sneak into Raccoon City and experience the subway of Raccoon City under the siege and interception of a large group of zombies. They found that the entire underground of Raccoon City had been torn out of an intricate spider web structure, and a full ten subway lines crisscrossed each other, making it easy to get on from any station to any corner of the city. The lights outside the car window are bright, and all kinds of food and clothing advertisements are dazzling, which is no worse than the most prosperous super cities in the human world!"
"Huh...... Advertisements for food and clothing? Are they just advertisements? If only there were real things!" Zero's eyes began to glow with little stars, and some desire began to stir in her body: "Speaking of which, I haven't been shopping for hundreds of years, and I'm still wearing clothes from hundreds of years ago, and I've long since become an out-and-out bun." Now that I think about it, Dad probably didn't have any interest in Zero because of the same dress as Village Girl Zero, right? Zero looked at the shabby coat on his body and thought sadly. ”
“...... What is this!" Ling Mo couldn't laugh or cry, but still explained: "In Raccoon City, not only the subway, but the entire city, shopping malls, restaurants, parks, stadiums, playgrounds, aquariums and even movie theaters are all working normally, and these facilities have never stopped since humans discovered this magical city more than a thousand years ago. Turn on the lights and open the door to welcome customers, and close the door and turn off the lights to close.
It's a pity, if you want to go shopping in this ghost place, you may be disappointed, the shopping mall here sells the four styles of clothes in turn every year, and every time the season changes, it will hang out the '50% OFF' brand, and the sign of a few stores reads 'Wenzhou tannery closed down the boss with his sister-in-law and ran out of the spitting serum warehouse sale'... Of course, it doesn't matter, what matters is that if your clothes are outdated for hundreds of years, then the clothes here are at least a thousand years old!"
Soon, Ling Mo found that his words were in vain, not only Zero, but even ships like Little Tirpitz and the Dutchman, when they heard that there were clothes for sale in the shopping mall in front of them, their eyes were shining, and they couldn't wait to run in now and fight hard.
For several women... The female's unproductive behavior, the Ragdoll Bear originally had a strong contempt, and was still muttering how dangerous this place is, zombies are swarms and other nonsense, and the disdain was overflowing, but when little Tirpitz came to its ear and whispered to it, "When you enter the mall, I will buy you a one-to-one Ragdoll Bear-style Flying JI Cup", its eyes also lit up.
Ling Mo: "......"
Noticing Ling Mo's speechless eyes, Zero's face turned red, and he whispered in defense: "No matter how long it has been outdated, it is also a new and different dress, Zero has not lived a normal woman's life for too long, I can't help but be a little yearning, a little excited, I hope Dad won't be surprised..."
"What's so strange about me. Ling Mo waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care: "It's a Jedi for others, but our combination, the three mechanical demonic beasts will not be infected with the virus, and you are a polar martial artist who is directly immune to the virus, and you also have at least seventh-level demonic beasts' combat power, as long as you don't go to a few key areas in Raccoon City, it is enough to go sideways." Take it easy, it's a magical trip, but if you expect too much, you'll be disappointed in the end. ”
"No, even if I go to the grass market temple fair five hundred years ago, I won't be disappointed!" Zero cheered excitedly, his pace was much brisker, and the whole person seemed to be walking forward in a 'jumping and jumping' style, little Tirbitz and the Dutchman glanced at each other, and also faintly looked forward to it, and involuntarily followed quickly.
Along Highway 99, Ling Mo and a few people got off the high-speed toll station, after all, it was a suburb of the city, and it was desolate as far as the eye could see, there was nothing to praise the scenery, the trees beside the road were neat and tidy, and the evergreen was square and square, as boring as every city on the mainland. Only the propaganda slogans on both sides of the road, "Drinking and driving is equal to making money and killing people" and "* Although the wine is good, don't be greedy", there is still a little bit of contrasting meaning.
This is very bleak, in the field of vision, low-level zombies are in groups of three or five, ragged and dull-looking, wandering aimlessly. When something strange caught their attention, they would turn their heads in unison, regardless of whether their neck was turned 180 degrees or 270 degrees, and if it was something else, they would look away without interest, and if it was something 'edible', such as a bird, the zombies would frantically swarm their prey until they were eaten in one bite at a time.
Because the food is too scarce, the zombies eat very cherished, and even the blood splashed on the ground, there will be hungry zombies lying on the ground licking it clean, therefore, on the streets on the outskirts of the city, it is as if there are countless cleaners holding mops and mopping the floor, giving Ling Mo and the others a strong feeling of 'ah this place seems to be cleaner than some civilized cities on the mainland'.
Zero jumped slightly, stepped on the top of the street lamp next to him, swept around, and asked with some disappointment, "...... Except that the road is very wide, how can it feel that it is not as prosperous as the small village in my hometown?What about the shops?What about the restaurants?What about the shopping plaza?!"
The Headless Horseman Kirtel raised his head and shouted: "Oh, Joan of Arc, come down quickly! It's a shame to be a saint from the countryside, and she has seen so little! This is the edge of the city, and in human terms, it's 'just off the Ring Road', and only the brain-dead would open a shopping mall in such a vast and sparsely populated place, right? There is still so much time, do you want to be so anxious?"
Zero didn't care about Kirtel's ridicule at all, she jumped down from the street lamp, and asked Curtel with great interest: "I just have very little knowledge, I was just a small village girl before I became a saint, and after becoming a saint, I was held in the Holy See every day, isn't it normal to not understand this? I seem to understand you very well, if you don't teach me, what should I do next?"
Completely choked by Zero's honesty, Kirtel was speechless for a while, but Ling Mo smiled: "Since you plan to travel and have a good time, you might as well treat yourself as an ordinary tourist, or imagine yourself as the most ordinary citizen in Raccoon City and integrate into the city." If you want to integrate into a certain city, the first step is naturally to take the city's transportation and slowly enjoy the scenery outside the window. ”
Saying this, Ling Mo took a few people to a bus stop sign, and on the billboard, which was taller than a person, was a capable urban white-collar woman who was selling ...... Sanitary napkins, next to which there is a line of handwriting that is so hard to see the background color - no leakage at night, * Fei, comfort your heart.
The Ragdoll Bear and Kirtel were a little embarrassed, Little Tirpitz and the Dutchman looked dazed, Zero lay on the advertising glass with great interest and studied for a long time, and finally touched his little belly, and sighed gloomily, Ling Mo looked as usual, looked at the traffic route map carefully, and muttered: "Nunai's Son's Room, Prince's Tomb Station, Stinky Water Street Station, Wudaokou Technician College Station...... Well, I heard that Stinkwater Street is quite prosperous, so let's take this No. 18 bus, shall we?"
None of them had any opinions, so they all stood under the bus stop sign and tried to wait. Unexpectedly, within a few minutes, the No. 18 bus drove off the overpass and slowly stopped in front of several people. Zero's pupils shrank slightly, and with her eyesight, she could naturally see effortlessly that behind the huge car glass, the one sitting in the driver's seat was actually a gray-skinned zombie wearing uniform but with half of his face rotten!
What's going on?!Zombies still work?!
Zero was puzzled, but seeing Ling Mo's expression as usual, she stepped into the car door without hesitation, she didn't want to ask so much, so as not to lose the mood of travel, shook her head, and walked in. The only thing that was more embarrassing was the cottel, whose black and red locomotive was too big to fit into the bus, so he had to curse happily and ride on the reluctant locomotive and follow the bus.
In addition to the number zero people in the car, there were also zombies who had already sat in twos and threes, they sat quietly in their seats, and when Ling Mo and the others got into the car, they only raised their faces with different degrees of decay and glanced at a few people, and there were no extra movements.
As soon as Zero got on the bus, a verbose prompt broadcast rang out, and the content was extremely speechless: "Passengers who get off the bus should go to the back door, get on the bus at the front door and get off at the back door, please buy a ticket when you get on the bus, and please jump out of the bus by yourself when you get off the bus." Passengers, the law of the jungle is a traditional virtue in Raccoon City, and if you see a passenger who is elderly, sick, disabled, pregnant, or holding a child, please be careful to eat them. ”
"......" struggled for a while, and finally adjusted his mentality to the tourist mentality again, and then Zero said: "Buy a ticket, where to buy a ticket, what kind of ticket to buy, what is the conductor?"
"The conductor came up immediately," as soon as Ling Mo finished speaking, a small black paw stretched out from the window! This little paw is different from ordinary beasts, it has a thumb, so it is very flexible, and it opened the window easily, and then two small paws put on the edge of the window, and a raccoon with a wide-brimmed hat came in through the window!
As soon as it hit the ground, it rolled around on the ground, and then the person stood up, waved the wide-brimmed hat with his paws, and said in a strange tone: "Buy a ticket, buy a ticket! A little finger per person in the halfway, a thumb per person in the whole journey, and free for less than 1.2 meters, because you will definitely be eaten before you arrive at the station, haha!"