"Gamble your luck?" asked Juliet.

"Anyway, you don't need money, right? Something that can be obtained without any risk, even if it is a stone, try to see if it is valuable...... Of course, it's ridiculous to find something of value in a rock, so I don't pick up a stone and hide it like any other kid. Rei smiled at Julius. Although there were some luck, there was nothing wrong with Lei's thoughts, and Julius understood it. Even if there is only a little bit of value, you can't give it up, this is Lei's survival principle, and then, life is worth more than everything, not even gold can be exchanged.

In the rat road, where human life is not really valuable, Lei's idea doesn't seem to be very compatible with the rat road, but this may be one of the reasons why she can survive the rat road.

"If you stay in a place like this, your nose is going to fail, so get out of here. Ray said to Julius. The room was filled with a pungent smell, a product of the sewers, and Julius and Bud didn't know exactly what it was, but it came from the black liquid stuck to the broken metal and gears. The liquid had turned into a gelatinous form, and it was very difficult to get it off the metal, and some of it ignited. This liquid is very similar to the grease used for torches, but it is definitely not animal fat, regardless of the smell and touch. Now Rei also had a few marks on her face with these greasy black liquids, and it looked like a claw mark was on her face.

Rei hid her face with her sleeve and left the garbage-filled room, and Julius followed her and left with her. "Where are we going today?" asked Julius. Lei, who was walking in front, replied: "There is nothing to pick up in the place where I usually go, let's go to the lower place." The safe places are occupied by those guys who huddle together to keep warm, and it is not good to quarrel with them...... And there was nothing of value left in the safe place, strange things that could not be moved back to the rat road. ”

"If there were a lot of people, I might be able to move back...... At least part of it was moved back. Julius said that the so-called removal of a part refers to the destruction of the first and then the removal of the dismantled things back. It's not a good idea to do that, because most of the time you'll just get a bunch of rotten metal and no gears at all. This is just like an animal can only wait for death after it has no teeth, and it is just a piece of garbage without the gear of "teeth".

"It's not for nothing that there is so much garbage in the dump. Rei turned around and smiled mockingly at Julius, "Maybe we can dismantle the whole thing, and maybe sell it for some money...... I don't know what the use of that thing is, but there will always be people who buy it, after all, it is a complete thing, and a complete thing will always be a little attractive and arouse the interest of others. ”

Julius agrees with Leigh that sometimes he thinks that Lei can always say something funny, and that's what he says now. If Julius were still at Rei's age, he would never have been able to say such philosophical words, he would only say things like a hero.

"Let's go to the sewers from the entrance to the junkyard. Lei said to Julius, which made Julius frown, "Isn't there an entrance fee over there?"

There are many entrances and exits to the sewers down the rat path, but not all of them are safe, some passages are too narrow, some are unstable and look like they are in danger of collapsing at any time, and some climb until the end only to find that it is just a dead end, and it is impossible to go down at all...... And those wide and safe passages, which are guarded, require some entrance fees to pass through.

"I'm not going to waste that kind of money. Rei said to Julius, a smug smile on her face, "But this time we don't need an entrance fee, and we can all take the safe road to get below." ”

Rei led the way, and Julius followed her, and soon came to the junkyard.

The junkyard is in one of the branches of the rat path, which is probably the most spacious branch of the rat path, but when someone comes to this place, it is impossible to feel that it is an empty space. Not because it's too small, but because the waste fills the place.

A large amount of scrap metal, which had no apparent purpose, had been smashed out of dented spheres, and had been bent into several sections of iron pipes...... The hill that collected the lei was magnified dozens of times, and when it sloped out here, it became a garbage dump. If there's any difference between this and Lei's place, it's that there's a foul smell here, a disgusting smell like leftovers mixed with human excrement, and the pungent smell of black gum is also present here. The smell caused both Julius and Rei to cover their noses and mouths. This place is undoubtedly worthy of the name Junkyard, there are all kinds of viscous unidentified objects in the metal waste, it is obviously not metal or anything else, I am afraid that something else has been squeezed into this metal waste, as for what it is, neither Rey nor Julius is interested in knowing. It's better for mental health not to think about what you've turned out.

Although it is a garbage pile, there is a small path for people to walk around. On both sides of the garbage mountain, there are also ragged people rummaging through the garbage, hoping to find something valuable. Such an act is not in vain, because rummaging through the garbage dump is like gambling, and the gambler never knows whether he will dig out a worthless piece of iron, or a gem that may be caught in metal or a disgusting, viscous liquid. Of course, turning out a gem is just a dream, and even if there is a real case, it will probably be lifeless.

Rei continued to walk ahead, Julius behind her, dodging the trash rolling down from the mountain of trash on the side, and the sharp stuff underneath the trash. If he hadn't been careful with the sharp metal edges, strange spikes, and shards of glass, his feet would have been scraped bloodied.

The two of them walked to the end of the garbage dump, which was not a dead end, there was a hole, and it was pitch black, and it was impossible to see what was in the depths. This is indeed the end of the garbage dump, the end of the rat path, but it is the entrance and starting point of another place—a passage that leads down to the sewers.

At the edge of the cave stood two well-dressed and well-equipped men, with leather armor and weapons on their bodies, clearly different from the other scavengers. The two of them leaned against the entrance of the cave, chatting face-to-face, and when they saw Lei and Julius, they didn't react much, and bowed towards the entrance of the cave, "Go over." ”

The two walked over like this, except that Rei took a bag from one of the men as she passed by. The passage did not lead straight ahead, and after the two of them had walked for a while, the road beneath their feet began to slope slightly. Julius, with a bag on his back, took out a torch soaked in grease, lit it with a match, and out of the darkness appeared a light that illuminated the surroundings and ahead. The narrow passage had nothing but droplets of water dripping from above.

At this point, Julius finally spoke up and asked Ray, "What did they give you?" I don't think it's money. ”

"Of course it's not money, and how could they have such a big bag of money. Rei replied, then shook the bag in her hand, and there was a noise inside. It doesn't sound like the grinding of coins, it's more like stones colliding with each other. "A whole bag of marker stones. Lei said.

Hearing this, Julius suddenly realized, "I see, this is what you said about the way to get from a safe passage to the sewers without an entrance fee." You have to find them new paths in the sewers, paths to deeper areas. ”

Rei smiled at Julius, "The narrow passage we've been using all this time seems to be about to collapse and collapse, so let's not go down that rat hole just to be safe." Originally, I didn't plan to trade this for the entry and exit qualifications, so I had to do it. But we are at least the first to pass, and if there is anything valuable, we can find it first, but we don't lose so much. ”

"If there really is a new area. Julius said, holding the torch in front of him to illuminate it, and the water droplets fell on the torch, only shaking the flame a few times, but not extinguishing its ability, "then the risk will be high...... We don't know what dangers lie ahead of us. ”

"Yes, I don't know what danger awaits us. "If it had been before, I wouldn't have taken this risk, I'm a child, what can I do to protect myself but pick up garbage?" Rei looked back at Julius, "With someone as powerful as you, I think I can barely survive in a dangerous place." ”

Julius was a little embarrassed to be so exaggerated, "That's what I want to say, Lei." If it weren't for you, I'd probably starve to death, or I wouldn't be able to survive underground. ”

"Don't be so polite to each other. Rei said, "We're companions. ”

"Yes, we are companions. Julius laughed.

The two of them walked forward and down by the light of the torches, and their figures disappeared into the long passage, leaving only the tail of the firelight.