Chapter 23: The Underground Black Market
The inn house is extremely soundproof, and even the high-pitched, loud, contrived sound of a woman squirming from the room through a door can be heard passing through the corridor.
The sound of quarrels in the hallway, the irritation of the woman's pretentiousness, and the low roar of the man as he lunged in phase.
Link can only say......
Disorderly!
It's such a mess!
The whole corridor is more like a symphony of life, and you can hear the joys and sorrows inside through the wooden door.
Link walked over to room 505, which was written on the room card.
The room number is missing a nail, and the door number hangs crookedly from the door.
Link reached out and flicked his index finger, and the door plate swirled wildly around the nail.
Wow, even the house number is crooked!
Link opened the door with the key, and there was a strong smell of damp mold coming from inside.
Walking into the room with his nose covered, he immediately opened the shabby curtains and opened the windows to ventilate the room.
The sand sculpture hovered and flew in the sky, and saw the window open, and a swoop landed on the edge of the window and burrowed into the room.
Ah Fu closed the door, hung his backpack on the hanger, and sat down on the bed.
The treasure hunt rat also jumped from Link's shoulder to the bed, and the next second, its small body was bounced up.
Link stood by the window playing with the carving, his eyes drifting into the distance, thinking about his next plan of action.
"Boss, do we have any plans for the future, are we going to live here forever?" Ah Fu asked.
Before, there was a belief in coming to Shadu in his heart, but now that he has arrived in Shadu, Ah Fu suddenly feels that he has no goal and faith.
Link looked back at Ah Fu meaningfully: "Get a good night's sleep now, I have a mission to assign to you at night." ”
"Got a task? Boss, let's talk about it first! ”
"I'm afraid that if I tell you now, you'll be scared, so I'll tell you later."
"How is that possible! For the sake of the boss, I don't blink my brows when I go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, what else dare not! ”
Ah Fu got up, upright, and his face was full of determination.
At night, as the sun sets, the neon lights of the ghetto and various light pollution sources begin to light up, and the whole city suddenly has a cyberpunk flavor.
"Boss, am I really not going to die? I'm so scared all of a sudden......" Ah Fu cried as Link pushed out the door.
Link patted Ah Fu on the shoulder and said step by step: "Don't worry, you can sell the chip normally, and the price will be according to what I told you." I will protect you in the shadows. ”
Ah Fu had a begging in his eyes: "But boss, I'm not talking about selling chips, I want to say, can you not release marching ants on me......"
Regarding Ah Fu's request, the reasonable Link naturally vetoed it.
"The place I'm taking you to now is the underground black market, where more than half of the prohibited items in Shadu are traded. As long as you have money, you can buy almost anything. ”
"Later, when you go, do what I told you before. The store will definitely accept this price, don't look back after getting the money, come back immediately, you know? ”
Ah Fu nodded again and again, constantly reviewing the words of the previous boss in his mind.
The slums are still crowded at night, and after a day's work, everyone takes to the streets at night to enjoy a moment of happiness.
The lights on both sides of the main road illuminate the streets, there are pedestrians and hawkers on the side of the road, the streets and alleys are full of neon lights, scantily clad escort girls soliciting customers, and women with no upper bodies in the skin business coming out of the windows of dilapidated buildings, not ashamed of their lack of clothes, lighting a cigarette and constantly scratching their heads at the passing crowd below.
It's just that such a scene only exists on the main road, and there are all kinds of things that can't be seen in the small roads where the lights can't be sprinkled.
Even during the time that Link and Ah Fu were away, no less than four or five gunshots were heard.
Ah Fu was already nervous, and when he heard the gunshot, he trembled with fright.
Looking at the boss and the passers-by around him, the expression on his face did not change at all, and he was not moved at all.
Ah Fu couldn't help but ask, "Boss, why are you not moved when you hear the gunshots?" You are like that, and so are the passers-by on the streets. ”
Link thought for a moment and said, "Would you put down your work and go out to watch because someone was whipped in a slave camp?" ”
Ah Fu shook the fat on his face and shook his head to indicate that he would not.
"Then why don't you go?"
"Because every day slaves are whipped up, what's so nice about that." Ah Fu said as a matter of course.
"Then do you understand why everyone is not surprised by the gunshots?"
Ah Fu nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood the psychology of these passers-by.
But in the next second, Ah Fu mentioned it in his heart, and he was a little panicked.
If there are more shootouts, isn't the chance of being killed a little higher?
"Boss, if we stay here in the slums, will we also be in danger of being shot?"
Link glanced at Ah Fu and said meaningfully: "If you want not to be shot, I have two ways." ”
Ah Fu's eyes lit up, thinking that he was really still the boss, and he had already thought of two sets of plans in a few minutes, looking like he was waiting for the explanation obediently.
"One, kill all the bad guys so that no one will raise a gun at you. The second is to be them, to be the most powerful person, so that they don't dare to point a gun at you. ”
Hey, that's the same as not saying it.
Ah Fu suddenly looked like a deflated ball.
But in Link's heart, this is no joke, he has already made his choice.
In the middle of his words, Link and Ah Fu had already walked deep into the slums.
Tonight they went out to ship.
From the ancient ruins of the desert all the way to the Valley of the Weeping, Link has scavenged a lot from mercenaries and mechanical fanatics.
Firearms, bullets, medical supplies, these consumables Link is not going to sell, and they can't be sold at any price.
But the Mechanica's primary chips are in high demand on the underground black market.
If all five of these things were out, it could bring Link a lot of money.
By the way, he can also earn a little 'extra money' to facilitate his next plans.
"Boss, is it almost there?" Ah Fu was already nervous, but now he hasn't arrived at the place after walking for half a day, and he has no bottom in his heart.
"Don't worry, it'll be here soon."
Walking down the bustling street, Link saw a dilapidated sign on the side of the road that read 'Shadow Alley'.
It's here.
Link takes Ah Fu into the dark alley.
The garbage cans in the alley are full of rubbish, and there is sewage dripping to the ground on the edges, and there are buzzing and annoying flies on them.
The alley was dark and unlit, and Ah Fu was a little scared and timidly followed behind Link.
The picture is a bit grotesque, Link is thin and small, and walks flat and steady; Ah Fu was tall, but he looked timid, and walked behind with his body shrunk.
Shadow Alley is the entrance to Shadu's underground black market.
The outer part of the alley was empty, and no noise could be heard.
But as you turn the corner, your vision suddenly widens.
There is a small square in the gap between the residential buildings, and there are homeless people leaning against the wall, smoking cigarette butts picked up on the ground with their cloaks.
Link stared intently and walked straight to a neon-lit vending machine.
Ah Fu was still looking curiously left and right, and met the hazy eyes of the homeless man, and immediately shrank back in fright.
These people look hairy.
"Boss, are you going to buy a drink? I had purified water in my bag......"
Link took out the 10 yuan coin from his pocket and threw it into the lunch box of the homeless man lying next to the vending machine.
The coin falls into the metal lunch box, making a clanging and trilling sound.
The homeless man didn't say a word, but reached out and knocked on the blue brick wall next to him.
Two seconds later, the vending machine opened a door, and a tattooed minion with a mohican looked at Link and Afu, and saw their linen shirts frowning slightly.
Link didn't change his face, and said indifferently: "Shipment." ”
The minions glanced left and right, and stretched out their hands to beckon the two of them in.
Stepping into the dark hallway, you will be greeted by deafening music and blinding laser rays.
"Keep up, don't get lost." Link leaned closer to Ah Fu and said.
The green, purple, red and blue laser lights swayed wildly, outlining the graceful and exposed posture on the dance floor.
Although it was extremely dark, Ah Fu still saw a lot of pictures that made people blush and heartbeat, the woman on the high platform in the center of the dance floor was covered with a palm-sized cloth on the key part of her body, and in Ah Fu's opinion, these fabrics were not enough to make clothes for the treasure hunting mouse.
What's more fatal is that with the dance, as long as the amplitude is slightly larger, the key parts will be exposed.
With the dim laser, it looms, and there is a different kind of stimulation.
Who can withstand this!
Ah Fu, a simple little fat man from the desert countryside, when had he seen such a picture, and hurriedly lowered his head and followed Link closely, his cheeks were red and his mouth was thirsty.
The minions led the two to a secret door, then opened the door and motioned for them to enter.
Link never had any expression on his face, and Ah Fu was like a hillbilly entering the village, feeling curious everywhere.
Bang!
As the secret door closes, the loud and deafening music finally dies down, and so does the blood-pumping images.
Ah Fu let out a long breath, and the intriguing test was finally over.
"Okay, this is the underground black market."
Link put his hands on his chest, and then watched Ah Fu perform.
If you're lucky, you should be able to make a small profit today.
Ah Fu looked at the long staircase in front of him, looking confused.
The picture in front of him is a little different from the underground black market he imagined......
"Boss, this is the underground black market? Why is there no one? ”
"It's not where there are people yet. This is the subway line of Sadu, as well as an underground shelter. It was abandoned when humans returned to the surface, and was later transformed into an underground black market by entrenched forces. Big deals are born here every night. ”
"There are two rules for sand. One is the rules of the day and the other is the rules of the night. ”
Link stretched out his arms and gestured to the abandoned subway line in front of him.
"This is the birthplace of the rules of the night, the underground black market."
Link glanced back at Ah Fu and said, "You can change your clothes now, do you remember the steps I told you before?" ”
Ah Fu nodded again and again, and repeated: "Keep a distance of twenty meters from the boss, the boss stops and finds a stall called 'Dave Watch Shop', and then takes out the primary chip for a price of 10,000." During this period, the other party did not answer anything asked, took the money and left directly. ”
Link snapped his fingers: "That's right, let's change clothes and get to work!" ”
Ah Fu handed the backpack to the boss, and then took off the linen jacket, revealing a fitted white shirt, straight black trousers, and shiny black leather shoes.
"Sunglasses are also on."
Ah Fu took out his sunglasses, put them on the bridge of his nose, put on a black vest, fastened the buttons, and instantly turned into a business person.
Touching the primary chip in his jacket pocket, Ah Fu took a deep breath......