"Huh~~" The railcar roared through the forest, and when the carriage passed through a dense bush, the front suddenly brightened up, and a spacious forest city appeared. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The city is very clean and tidy, all the buildings in the city are 2 to 3 storey detached villas, and the roads are hidden under the trees, all the way to the scenic boulevards.

Lu Meng said in a low voice: "This is the rich area on the ground. Basically, every family here has a lot of property in the underground Ghost City, and the place we are going to is the Jungle Valley. The defenses around the valley are very strong, and there is a cave in the deepest part, and you can go down along the cave, about 500 meters, to the underground Ghost Light City. ”

As he spoke, the railcars were already passing through the city like the wind, and the terrain on both sides of the road was rising upward, slowly turning into two high mountains covered with dense vegetation.

"This is the Jungle Valley, if you look closely, there are a large number of anti-Japanese guns hidden in the woods on the mountains on both sides."

Zhang Yuan squinted and took a closer look, and really saw quite a lot of defensive artillery in the woods, there are two main types, one artillery barrel is nearly 3 meters long, equipped with a sequencer, a high-energy magnetic current generator, and a hexagonal locator, which is a powerful large-scale magnetic current sniper; Some artillery barrels are very thick, and the barrel mouth is densely covered with a large number of small holes like honeycombs, Zhang Yuan knows this weapon, it is the current main rapid-fire cannon of the Aum Empire, commonly known as 'butcher', with a range of 5 kilometers and a rate of fire of 1000 shells per second, which is powerful enough to break through the defense of the berserk upper mecha.

The length of the dense forest valley is more than 800 meters, and Zhang Yuan found that a fortress defense cannon will be arranged every 20 meters away, and there are mountain walls on both sides.

Even a doomsday-level pilot can't go head-to-head with this defense system.

Lu Meng continued: "The plug defense cannon is just one of the means, you look at the mountains on both sides of the valley, these two mountains look covered with vegetation on the outside, it seems to be naturally generated, but in fact it is not, it is artificially built, and the interior is made of high-strength materials, even if it is bombarded with a large nuclear bomb, it cannot be destroyed. At the critical moment, these two man-made mountains were able to forcibly seal the only exit from the Spectral Light City. ”

Zhang Yuan frowned when he heard this: "The Dense Forest Valley is the only exit?" ”

If something happens to this and the exit is blocked, then wouldn't he be like a turtle in an urn, and he will only have to wait for death.

Lu Meng smiled slightly: "The so-called only exit is just an official statement, but in fact, after hundreds of years of mining, the mine tunnels inside Youguang City extend in all directions, and no one can tell how many exits there are. There are 2 exits that I know of alone, one is in the hands of the Black Dragon Society, an underground gang in Spectre City, and the other is in the personal hands of the Archon of Spectral City. Although this archon is loyal to the Landley family, everyone has selfish intentions, and that exit is what he used to escape at a critical moment. ”

"Oh~" Zhang Yuan suddenly relieved himself.

"Huh~" The carriage entered the passage in the deepest part of the dense forest valley, and the light on the two walls suddenly dimmed, orange wall lamps appeared around it, and the speed of the carriage slowed down.

Inside the carriage, Zhang Yuan could feel a slight feeling of weightlessness, which told him that they were currently going all the way down into the depths of the ground.

The feeling of weightlessness lasted for about 10 seconds, and then the carriage stopped, and a prompt sounded in the carriage: "Emerald Forest: Ghost City Station has arrived." ”

"Huh~" The carriage slid away on both sides, and suddenly, a humid air mixed with the smell of earth came to the nostrils, and at the same time, there was a noise that rushed into the carriage.

As soon as Zhang Yuan and Lu Meng walked out of the carriage, a middle-aged man with an obscene appearance walked over, he smiled enthusiastically, showing a mouthful of big yellow teeth: "Sir, Miss, do you want accommodation?" Good Dream Hotel, 200 star shields a day, let you enjoy the warmth of home. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, another skinny woman grabbed it again: "Two two, do you need a guide?" The city of Spectral Light is full of passages, just like a labyrinth, you will be here for the first time at first glance, and you will definitely get lost without a guide. ”

"100 star shields a day, a gold guide, can meet any of your requirements." Another little girl rushed up.

Lu Meng's face was covered with frost, and he waved his hand slightly: "Get out of the way!" Don't get in the way! ”

To Zhang Yuan, Lu Meng was as gentle as water, but to others, she immediately showed the fierce nature of a strong woman, her momentum was amazing, and she refused to be thousands of miles away, and immediately suppressed a few guys who were selling hotels and guides.

"Come with me." Lu Meng whispered to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan nodded, silently followed Lu Meng all the way forward, and soon, the two walked out of the spacious underground station, and many underground passages leading to various directions appeared in front of them.

These passages are 30 meters wide and more than 20 meters high, which is quite spacious, but the streets are densely packed with stalls on both sides, and there are five or six meters on each side of the street, and the streets are densely distributed with a large number of pipes and wires, which are as intricate as spider webs, which makes the passages very narrow at once.

The passages are also not clean, perhaps due to the lack of water underground, the people here have a strong body odor, their clothes are not clean, and the street floor is a layer of black mud, which emits the smell of food residue.

After walking more than ten meters in such a passage, Zhang Yuan let out a thin sweat, it was hot, although there was a fan at the top of the passage that kept roaring, but this underground passage was still quite stuffy.

The hot, humid, foul-smelling filthy air is a world away from the rich areas on the ground, heaven on earth and hell underground!

The passage is narrow, but there are a lot of people, some of these people are local residents of Ghost Light City, and some are travelers from the interstellar like Zhang Yuan.

This place is terrible.

"The passage is a little narrow, and it's a little inconvenient to use mechas." Zhang Yuan said in a low voice.

Lu Meng nodded: "Here, if you can use mechas, you don't need them, we are mainly doing business, and we can defend ourselves with individual weapons." ”

Zhang Yuan thought about it and agreed with this suggestion.

The two of them walked all the way forward.

After walking for a while, Zhang Yuan suddenly felt a hand touch his wrist, and the movement of this hand was very light and very fast, and he came directly to Zhang Yuan's space folding bracelet.

As soon as Zhang Yuan's hand moved, he grabbed this hand, pushed it slightly, and with a 'click', this person's wrist was pushed into a dislocation by him.

Only then did Zhang Yuan look up at this person, and found that this was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, tall and thin, because of a dislocated wrist, this young man had a trace of pain and fear on his face, he wanted to run, but Lu Meng stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder, half of his body was numb, and he couldn't move at all.

"What's wrong?" Lu Meng asked.

"A thief, let him go." Zhang Yuan said, he didn't bother to investigate, waved his hand at the young man, and said in a low voice: "Get out!" ”

Lu Meng let go of his hand, and the young man turned around and ran away, and soon disappeared into the flow of people.

She said to Zhang Yuan apologetically: "I forgot to say, there are a lot of thieves in Ghost Light City, and they specifically pick on us people from outside the city. This teenager should only be a novice, but some thieves are very skilled in stealing, and there are a lot of high-tech equipment, and one of them will be stolen if he doesn't spare his hands. The last time I was here, one of the team members' mech-mounted bracelet was stolen and never recovered. ”

Zhang Yuan patted his forehead and said speechlessly: "This place is really messy." I'll be careful, so where do we go now? ”

"Go to Mole Alley, about 20 kilometers from here, where the black miners ship. Those people will keep a part of the pure spirit ore in their hands, and their demand is not high, as long as they give a small number of star shields, they can buy these ores. ”

"20 km?" Zhang Yuan looked left and right, and he was surprised to find that there was no transportation on this passage.

Lu Meng guessed his thoughts: "This is a pedestrian street, about 1 mile long, we have to go all the way out, and then there will be rickshaws." ”

"Manpower...... Cart? Zhang Yuan felt as if he had returned to a primitive society.

Lu Meng shrugged: "It's a rickshaw, you have to understand." The vast majority of the people in Spectral Light are slaves, and the lord only needs them to live to work, and will do his best to reduce the cost of survival for everyone. There is basically no equipment for pleasure in the city of ghostly light, clothing, food, housing and transportation, and most of the life-related equipment are solved by manpower. Can you believe that in the interstellar age, each person consumes less than 5 kWh of energy per day? ”

The more advanced the technology, the more energy per capita consumes, for example, if a person pilots an interstellar spaceship, he may consume more than 1 million kilowatt hours of energy a day, which is unimaginable energy consumption in the pre-interstellar era.

The per capita energy consumption of the residents of the Ghost Light City Bureau was less than 5 kilowatt hours, which really shocked Zhang Yuan, this ghost place is really a primitive society.

At this time, the two of them had already squeezed out of the commercial passage, and the passage in front of them had become much narrower, only 20 meters wide and 15 meters wide, and the air temperature had also decreased slightly, but it was still very hot and humid, and on the side of the road, Zhang Yuan saw the so-called rickshaw, which was almost exactly the same as the tricycle of the Earth Federation hundreds of years ago.

There was a row of these things on the side of the road, and the elite coachmen were squatting beside the car chatting, and when they saw the two of them looking over, these people immediately opened their mouths to solicit customers.

"Here and here, my car was just cleaned in the morning and it was very clean."

"My bike is fast and steady, and you are satisfied."

"Guest, I'm the cheapest here, only 2 star shields for 10 kilometers~"

This rickshaw can just seat two people, Zhang Yuan walked over, picked the cleanest car, and sat down with Lu Meng, he was just about to take out the star shield, but Lu Meng stretched out his hand to block it.

Lu Meng said in a low voice: "Don't give too much money, it's easy to be targeted." Let me. ”

After saying that, she said to the coachman, "Man, we're going to Mole Alley, how much does it cost?" ”

"Mole Alley is 25 kilometers away from here, at least 100 star shields, otherwise I won't be able to get there."

Lu Meng bargained: "Man, you can't bluff people, I've been to Youguang City, Mole Street is up to 20 kilometers away from here, one kilometer is counted as 3 star shields, and it is only 60 star shields, why do you want to charge 100?" ”

As soon as she said this, the coachman was stunned, and then he exclaimed: "How can that be counted?" Riding 1 km is not the same as 20 km, riding 20 km is very tiring, I can't do other business today, of course I have to charge more expensive. ”

"70 at most, if you don't pick up, I'll find someone else."

"I said, why are you so picky..... I couldn't do this business without 75. ”

"Just 70, do you want to love it?" Lu Meng was calculating, and he didn't let go of the price of 70, and at the same time pulled Zhang Yuan to leave.

The coachman immediately compromised: "Okay, okay, I'll make a friend, just 70, just 70!" ”

Lu Meng handed over the star shield, and the coachman carefully hid it in the pocket of his underwear, and then pedaled the car pedal, pulled the two of them, and went all the way to Mole Street.

Zhang Yuan watched from the side and felt that it was very novel. This kind of bargaining appearance of small people in the market, Zhang Yuan also experienced it in his previous life when he was on earth, when his father left the family, and the salary of the job he was looking for was not high, and occasionally when he took Zhang Yuan to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, he bargained with the vegetable seller like this.

During that time, Zhang Yuan was an ordinary teenager, living a calm and ordinary life, and he felt nothing at the time, but looking back at this time, it was the most carefree and happy time he had ever experienced.

He didn't expect that such a proud and glamorous woman as Lu Meng would be like this, he suddenly felt that Lu Meng's life breath was much stronger, and the whole person had become a lot more kind, and he was no longer a tall iceberg beauty.

Lu Meng saw Zhang Yuan in a daze, and explained in a low voice: "These coachmen have a relationship with the gangster Black Dragon Society in Ghost Light City, and they are the eyeliner of the gangsters. If an interstellar traveler reveals his wealth, he will be easily targeted by the Black Dragon Society, or kidnap for ransom, or kill people and throw his corpse, and do whatever he can. We can't afford to get into that trouble now. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded lightly, reached out and grabbed Lu Meng's hand: "I know." ”

Lu Meng's body shook slightly, and then a quiet smile appeared on her face, and her head naturally rested on Zhang Yuan's shoulder.

After that, the two of them snuggled quietly along the way, with the squeak of the simple mechanical transmission gear of the rickshaw in their ears, surrounded by the residents of the Ghost Light City who were rushing for life, and the dim lights sprinkled down from the top of the passage, gilding everything here with a dull yellow luster.

In this backward city like a yellowed old photo, Zhang Yuan's tense mind was surprisingly relaxed, all the tension, worries, and troubles disappeared with the wind, and the waves in his heart disappeared and became very calm.

Turning his eyes to look at Lu Meng's delicate face, he saw Lu Meng's dark eyes raised, and after the two looked at each other, they both smiled, and Zhang Yuan's hand naturally grabbed Lu Meng's waist.

When the rickshaw drove out of 10 kilometers, Zhang Yuan, who was completely relaxed, suddenly heard the voice of the main brain in his head: "The master's body has broken through the berserk level, and the current physical strength progress: 1/1000000 of the doomsday!" ”

"The master has achieved the achievement 'Beyond the previous life', the maximum number of rage points is +500, and the current limit of rage points is 1320."

When this voice sounded, Zhang Yuan felt that his body suddenly became more transparent and comfortable than ever, and this feeling was similar to that after three days and three nights of training, he suddenly took a hot bath, and it was extremely comfortable.

Was it so easy to break through? ’

Zhang Yuan originally thought that it would be very painful, and he was ready to bear this pain, but he didn't expect that he would break through so easily, but after thinking about it, he has been practicing hard all this time, and now the breakthrough can be regarded as a matter of course.

The rickshaw continued to move forward, and when the rickshaw drove through a dim passage, Zhang Yuan suddenly saw another small square on the side of the road, in which many people gathered. A faint voice came over: "God says that all beings are created equal, and those who violate this rule are demons, the Landley family is a demon, and Han Sande is a great demon....."

Zhang Yuan was shocked in his heart: "Is it possible that the Relief Society is so blatantly preaching?" ”