Of course, the Survival Committee has always wanted to solve the problem of the remaining three nest cities.

But the biggest problem in Dragon City is actually not Chaocheng.

It's not a monster either.

It's not a zombie or a runaway transcendent.

The problem is that there is no money.

Lu Siya and Takano were right.

Any city needs to "suck blood" from the surrounding vast countryside, and through the continuous influx of funds, resources or population, in order to maintain its daily operation and metabolism.

Only a well-developed industry can provide enough jobs for nearly 10 million young people who are waiting to be fed.

However, the premise of industrial development is a consumer market that is ten times larger, and without an external market, there is no way to talk about industrial development.

From the first day of crossing, Dragon City has become a deformed freak, and it is only under the stimulation of the existential threat that people have to huddle together to keep warm, and they can barely survive to this day.

Relying on the discovery of psionic energy, a new source of energy, and the great development of biochemistry, runes and life sciences, Dragon City has temporarily maintained the "miracle" of tens of millions of people trapped in the isolated city in the form of a "technological revolution", but it is still in order.

But the flip side of the miracle is that Dragon City's finances are on the verge of collapse for many years.

It is already the limit of the limit to be able to demolish seven nest cities and build a large number of ordinary communities in just 20 years.

The perennial state of war has led the Survival Council to prepare a large annual budget for the pensions of disabled and deceased servicemen.

There are also many basic living allowances for disabled citizens, including the feeding of more and more unemployed young people, which have to be solved by the authorities.

The construction of the northern new area has invested an astronomical amount of money.

Just making sure that tens of millions of citizens have access to canned synthetic luncheon meat made from earthworm meat is enough to give the bigwigs of the Survival Committee a headache.

Tearing down the last three Chaocheng, finding enough vacant land in the already crowded Dragon City, building a new public rental housing community, allowing the residents of Chaocheng to move in, and finding new jobs for them, and in the process, ensuring the stability of social order and not causing a big mess - the task is too difficult, even higher than fighting a northern offensive.

"Instead of renovating Chaocheng, it is better to expand outward, build new districts, and then go back to solve the problems of Chaocheng when more funds are raised from the development of new districts", which is the basic idea of the Survival Committee in the new stage of urban development.

Of course, it's not just about money.

Chaocheng has existed for nearly half a century, with its own governance logic and intertwined interest groups.

There are also a large number of gray industries that do not exist in the outside world, but they are thriving in the maze of complex and cramped cobweb alleys in the nest city, and countless people rely on various industries of the oldest human beings to sell their bodies in various ways to survive.

There are also extremely dangerous wanted criminals, most likely hiding in the depths of the nest city.

For these people, even if the Survival Committee built a luxury home outside and invited them to move out, they would not agree.

It is impossible for the Survival Committee to use force to storm the nest city.

After all, 90% of the people who live in Chaocheng are ordinary citizens.

The crowded and cluttered environment of Chaocheng can easily cause fires or building collapses.

Criminals with extraordinary powers are the best at wreaking havoc on a large scale.

If in order to catch an out-of-control transcendent, he makes a big fight in Chaocheng, it is difficult to guarantee that the other party will not jump over the wall in a hurry and drag hundreds of innocent residents to bury him.

It's the Monster War, and the main contradiction is that humans and monsters are fighting for living space, and it's impossible for the Survival Committee to create such a large-scale chaos inside Dragon City.

Besides, human society is never black and white.

There are always gray areas.

At present, most of the gray industries in Dragon City are concentrated in the three nest cities, which are relatively easy to monitor and manage.

If we destroy the three nest cities and let these gray industries flow all over the city, wouldn't it be equivalent to the spread of cancer cells, which will get worse and worse?

Eighteen or nineteen-year-old Meng Chao may find it difficult to understand why Dragon City, a "city of heroes, the outpost of human civilization in the other world", would tolerate the existence of a place like Chaocheng.

But Meng Chao, who returned from the apocalypse, quickly understood this problem after integrating the information of all parties and his mind was spinning.

The "Golden Tooth Nest City" that Lu Siya mentioned was the largest of the remaining three nest cities.

It is said that there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people – no one has ever counted them.

There are various of humanity's oldest industries inside.

Naturally, it also includes monster gladiatorial fights.

Compared with the legal monster gladiatorial arena in the outside world, there are two most attractive aspects of the monster gladiatorial in the nest city.

The first is the illegal monster gladiatorial fights in the nest city, which often carry out all kinds of heart-wrenching transformations on the monsters, making them extremely tyrannical, bloodthirsty, terrifying, and even injected with various prohibited genetic drugs, making the monsters completely "crazy" and bringing unparalleled stimulation.

The second is gambling.

Legal monster gladiatorial arenas are also allowed to gamble.

However, there is a limit on the amount of money, and the information of the bettor must be recorded, and even if they win, they have to pay a high "gambling tax" to support the development of biochemical modulation technology and include it in the pension fund of disabled and deceased soldiers.

At the same time, the existence of illegal lending is strictly prohibited, and citizens are absolutely not allowed to borrow money to place bets.

It can only be said that it is a "small gamble", just for fun.

Illegal monster gladiatorial arenas, of course, do not have this problem.

As long as you cough, you can borrow 100,200,000 or even higher amounts of funds in minutes to bet, of course, the interest is also frighteningly high, many people are deeply trapped in it, and they can never turn back, and even lose their normal work and life outside, and can only be integrated with Chaocheng.

"Jin Yongqiang is a frequent visitor to the underground monster gladiatorial arena in the Golden Tooth Nest City, and the people there know that he is the middle level of the 'Tiangong Machinery', and he is also a mechanic at the peak of the realm, and he has a lot of opportunities to make money, so he naturally lent him a lot of money."

Lu Siya told Meng Chao, "Actually, the first two years were fine, Jin Yongqiang was just playing, and he didn't lose much money, and he seemed to have won a lot last year."

"But this year, I don't know what's going on, I lost everything, and I mortgaged all the houses.

Even so, he still enjoyed it, and went to the Golden Tooth Nest City when he had time - perhaps he also knew that with a normal salary, there was no way to redeem the house, and he could only try his luck in the monster gladiatorial arena.

"However, does this have anything to do with the 'Sega Amagi Biochemical Pet Beast Murder Incident'?"

Meng Chao combed through the clues and told Lu Siya about his discovery.

"The underground monster gladiatorial arena in Golden Tooth Nest City, of course, has the technology to concoct monsters, and it is even more frenzied than the legal laboratories of 'Spirit Creation Creatures' or 'Agricultural University', regardless of the slightest rules, they have the technology and motivation to concoct the 'mutant rabies virus'."

Meng Chao said, "Perhaps, this virus originally existed, and it was specially designed to make monsters fall into a state of madness, increase attack power and excitement, and attract audiences."

"Jin Yongqiang is a frequent visitor to the underground monster gladiatorial arena, so he naturally knows the way here, and maybe, there are channels to get the 'mutant rabies virus'.

"In other words, as long as we find the underground gladiatorial arena where Jin Yongqiang frequents, and then find his friends there, it is likely to be a pharmacist, beast master, or veterinarian of a certain monster team, and we will find the answer!"

"That's right!"

Lu Siya said excitedly, "Meng Chao, I found that you are really my lucky star, it seems that you can turn the impossible into a possibility every time, in just one day, I have basically found the answer from a mess of clues, we will go to the Golden Tooth Nest City now!" ”

"Wait—"

Meng Chao hesitated, "Just the two of us?" As far as I know, there are still many gangs entrenched in the Golden Tooth Nest City, many of which have existed since decades ago, when the zombie crisis occurred, and the history is longer than the survival committee, just the two of us go in, what if the situation gets out of control? ”

Lu Siya was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Of course it's not just the two of us, I'll gather all the clues to the Alien Beast Investigation Bureau now, and let the upper authorities send elite soldiers to support us in the future." ”

"...... like this"

Meng Chao thoughtfully, "Wait, I seem to have seen Shen Yupeng." ”

"What?"

Lu Siya raised her voice, "Where are you, how did you see him?" ”

"I'm at the door of the 'Creature of Creation'."

Meng Chao explained, "The secret police monitored the laboratory of 'Lingchuang Biology', and Gao Ye got the test report here, and immediately reported it to the secret police, and Shen Yupeng probably came to him to understand the situation." ”

"Damn, this guy's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of a dog, and he must not be able to smell it!"

Lu Siya hurriedly said, "You hurry up, don't be seen by Shen Yupeng, race against time to meet me at the entrance of the Golden Tooth Nest City, we must find the person who gave Jin Yongqiang the mutant rabies virus before Shen Yupeng and these secret policemen!" ”

Meng Chao blinked.

Standing at the gate of "Lingchuang Biology", watching the black car driven by Shen Yupeng getting closer and closer.

"Okay, here we go." He said to Lu Siya on the phone.

……

From the outside, Golden Tooth Nest City is just a dense area of buildings, and most of the entrances and exits are blocked by construction waste and burned vehicles, and the concrete forest is dusty.

The so-called entrance is just a seemingly ordinary vegetable market that sells all kinds of monster flesh and blood materials.

Only the strong aroma that lingers in the air for a long time shows that it is different from ordinary residential areas.

This is the taste of the "Hundred Poisons Feast".

While the internal organs of many monsters are highly poisonous, the taste is extremely delicious, which is better than that of the puffer fish in the Earth era.

In the past, it often happened that citizens couldn't resist the temptation to cook the poisonous internal organs of monsters, resulting in food poisoning.

Over time, the Survival Committee explicitly forbade the sale of monster poisonous offal for the purpose of eating.

And in a lawless place like Golden Tooth Nest City, which is between black and white, the so-called ban is nothing more than a dead letter.

The "Hundred Poison Feast", composed of hundreds of monsters and poisonous internal organs, has long become a well-known feature.

There are really many citizens who have made a special trip to the Golden Tooth Nest City to satisfy their appetites.