The dim sun burns in the dome.

Huge gears and clockwork are embedded in the earth.

Dark red rust seeps into the soil.

The sheen of the metal is slightly shiny.

Machines give birth to wings.

Lu Wen sat on the criss-crossing steel pipes.

He felt as if he was in a shattered old era, mechanical traces wrapped around his soul, and the faint sound of steam in his ears.

Pitch-black oil stains and dull gold metal dominate the area.

Untidy rows of low-rise houses.

Kerosene lamps are lit in front of glass windows.

The streets are twisted and winding.

Condescendingly, the whole world is filled with a patchwork aesthetic.

Incongruous beauty.

Modernity vs. Past, Technology vs. Backwardness, and ...... The incongruous race of this world.

【Blue Race】

【Freaks】

【Transformer】

【Robot】

【Dwarves, Giants】

【……】

Everything the human brain can imagine seems to be a reality here.

Those classical ...... Science fiction and mystery, fantasy and delusion.

This is the forgotten corner of the world.

It's an extension of those magical books.

The yellowed parchment scroll slowly unfolds, and the vague text invades reality from the unreal, constructing this three-dimensional city.

……

The exit of the passage next to the elevator shaft is a hidden cliff.

Countless huge pipes clinging to the cliffs.

The world is not cold.

It was warm.

Lu Wen jumped from the exit to the pipe, followed the pipe all the way forward, and came to a place where there were voices.

He jumped down the pipe, straightened his sleeves a little, and began to walk the streets.

The streets are paved with black stone slabs.

There are pebbles between the crevices.

The houses on both sides are bungalows, decorated with worn metal parts, and the blackened rust spreads along the copper plates and iron sheets to the eaves, giving it a dilapidated aesthetic.

Most of the people on the streets are dressed in ordinary clothes, even a little tattered.

Lu Wen noticed that those people looked at him very strangely.

There seemed to be some awe.

It's like envy again.

[There are no normal-looking humans]

The news from the little ant reminded Lu Wen.

Along the way, for five or six minutes, I didn't see any normal people.

The short ones are very short, and the tall ones are also very tall.

There are also those who are of normal height, but covered with white or black hair, as if they have returned to their ancestors.

As for those who don't have hair, their skin is abnormally blue.

This subterranean world is full of weirdness.

Lu Wen continued to walk the twisted streets, observing carefully, trying not to miss all the details.

Chaos and violence were played out around him from time to time.

Crazy fights.

No one stopped.

In less than ten minutes, Lu Wen witnessed three fights with his own eyes.

The white-haired and the black-haired, the robots and the transformed humans, the dwarves and the giants.

The least suspenseful of them is the third one.

The big man, who was more than three meters tall, picked up the short man who was less than one meter tall, like picking up a little chicken, and smashed it heavily on the stone street, blood splattered everywhere, and the flesh and blood were blurred, which was crushed by absolute strength.

But these big guys are a little rickety, and the taller they are, the more rickety, I don't know if it's because the bones can't bear it.

Lu Wen made a simple judgment.

"These fights are very principled, trying not to hurt passers-by and vendors on both sides of the street."

There are a lot of vendors on both sides of the street.

Some sell toys and crafts, while others sell fruits and meat.

It looks no different from the terrestrial world.

Lu Wen stood still in front of a stall.

Sometimes I glanced at the boss, sometimes I glanced at the objects on the stall.

The stall owner was a dwarf, very short, about eighty centimeters, with thin limbs, wrinkled skin, yellow hair, no sparkle in his eyes, and a very plain dress, gray-white clothes, with a few patches.

His stall is stocked with many metal crafts.

Some gadgets, but beautifully crafted.

Brass is predominant.

Maybe Lu Wen stood for too long and didn't say a word, which put a lot of pressure on this boss.

He swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "Distinguished guest, what do you need?" ”

"What do you have?"

"That's all I have here."

He tried his best to stand taller, but his tone was still humble, and introduced the small objects on the stall to Lu Wen, "Distinguished guests, if you need custom crafts, I will also meet your needs in the shortest possible time." ”

"Why do you call me a guest?"

"You are a pure human being, with a noble status, and your skin is fair and delicate, the clothes on your body are very expensive just by looking at the fabric, carrying a backpack, looking at your appearance, you should just come to the mixed area to practice?" The dwarf looked respectful.

After living in these places for a long time, everyone will be a little observant.

Lu Wen nodded and replied, "Yes." ”

He began to capture the key words in the boss's words.

Pure Human, Mixed Zone......

"How much money do you have?" Lu Wen asked suddenly.

"Ah......h

The dwarf hesitated and whispered, "Distinguished guest, you want to ......"

"I want to get some money with you."

Lu Wen took out a gold bar.

It's only 100 grams, I can't say it, it's more appropriate to describe it in pieces.

He noticed that the moment the gold piece was placed on the stall, the dwarf's gaze was noticeably brighter.

[Gold is also a precious metal in this world]

Lu Wen is probably a little confident.

It's really no different from the ground.

"Distinguished guest, I ...... I probably don't have as much money as you need. The dwarf looked at the gold flakes on the stall, and there was a hint of longing in his eyes, but reason prevailed,

"How many do you have?" Lu Wen looked at his eyes condescendingly and asked lightly.

"I ...... Over here...... That's all. ”

The dwarf pulled out a thick stack of money.

There are fractions and wholes, and the scattered and scattered add up to less than 10,000.

He respectfully placed it on the stall.

"Distinguished guest, this money is still a lot short, if ...... If you ...... "

"Yes, that's all."

Lu Wen put away the stack of banknotes.

He was just shopping when he noticed a problem in addition to watching the fight.

In this world, there seems to be no mobile payment, and transactions are all paper money.

Money is a big issue.

"You can check this gold bar, it's real."

"No, no, I believe you."

The surprise and excitement on the dwarf's face could not be faked.

He had already heard that pure human beings were quite wealthy, living a rich life, and prospering in science and technology.

But this is the northernmost part of the mixed zone, and it is rare to see pure humans a few times a year.

It's more common to the south.

The banknotes of this world are very different from those on the ground, and there are no human heads or landscapes printed on the banknotes, but buildings.

Lu Wen took out the banknotes of each denomination and looked at them.

There are three different types of buildings.

These three buildings are very technological, and they are completely different from the low-rise one-story bungalows around them.

"Distinguished guest, do you need anything else?"

"No need."

Lu Wen waved his hand.

Then, under the dwarf's fiery gaze, he turned and left.

During the conversation just now, Lu Wen's internal system had been capturing the physical characteristics of this dwarf and comparing and analyzing them.

Now the results are also out.

【Genetic Diseases】

[There is a certain possibility of inheritance]

A variety of deformed babies are born in nine cities every year, so there is quite a lot of data in the system's database.

Systematic analysis indicated that it was a genetic disorder.

It's very similar to 'dwarfism' in the outside world.

But the probability of heredity is actually not very large.

What Lu Wen saw in front of his eyes was the dwarves all over the street...... There are just too many.

As he was thinking, a fourth fight took place not far away.

This time it's still robots and transformers.

Metal and half-metal battles.

These people may be living too leisurely and have nothing to do, or maybe they are indeed racial enemies, so they start fighting if they don't agree.

Lu Wen walked over slowly.

In this kind of fighting scene, there are often people who eat melons.

Crowds of all races gather around and discuss in a low voice, and they will also cheer one side on the other.

Lu Wen had heard a lot of news about this world in the previous three fights.

"I think that robot can win, he's covered in metal, and it's hard to break the defense."

"The robot also has weaknesses, his neck is very fragile, in order to allow the neck to turn flexibly, a certain gap is left, and it is full of lines, and it will be gone after a knife."

"The neck is also the weakness of the transformed man."

"But there are more weaknesses in transforming people, and transforming people is flesh and blood, they will be tired after all, and their calculations are not fine enough, and they will be clicked by a knife if they can't dodge."

“……”

People here seem to see such fights on a regular basis.

So they all have some experience.

Listening to their discussion, the two races of robots and transformers have always been at odds, and it's okay not to talk when they meet, but it's easy to start fighting without saying a word when they speak.

And the final result is generally four or six open, and the robot has a relatively large winning chance.

"Ding ——!"

It was the sound of a short knife slashing against a metal surface.

Sparks fly.

The transformer missed again, and slashed down with force without splitting the surface metal shell, and the force of the shock made him almost miss the knife in his hand.

It's just that his legs have been transformed into machines, and his arm strength is still in the human category, not too strong.

The robot took the opportunity to punch him in the wrist where the knife was holding.

The short knife suddenly came out of his hand and flew out.

The robot was unforgiving, and the other mechanical arm held a long knife and slashed horizontally, the blade was sharp, glowing with a cold light.

At this time, the center of gravity of the transformer is unstable.

If this knife is struck, the entire head will be cut off.

He gritted his teeth.

Hurriedly fell to the ground and rolled backwards, narrowly avoiding the next few slashes.

The long knife slashed at the ground continuously, chopping the stone slabs into several pieces.

The reformer had no weapon in his hand, and he knew that he was already invincible, so he was ready to use the last of the thirty-six strategies.

He scrambled to his feet.

Clothes were covered with dust.

The robot behind him was in hot pursuit, and the cold from the blade never seemed to leave the modified's neck.

The reformer, with a pale face and beads of sweat on his forehead, overturned a blue man's fruit stand on the side of the road in order to escape for his life.

All kinds of fruits are scattered all over the place.

It has created a certain obstacle for the robot.

"It's too much, fight and fight, life and death, what are you doing with someone's little girl's fruit stand?" A big man from the Giants muttered in a low voice.

"It's a bit too much."

There seems to be a rule to fighting in this area.

Lu Wen also found out before.

Try not to hurt passers-by, and can't always affect the roadside stall owners to do business, so these people dare to watch the show.

This transformation not only affected the person, but also lifted the stall, which does not conform to the rules here.

But at the moment of life and death, he can't care so much.

"This guy doesn't follow the rules, and he will always be punished." It was another blue man who said this.

Lu Wen's hearing is very good, and he can hear all the sounds around him.

The phrase 'retribution' aroused his curiosity, and the degree of these four words is still quite heavy.

It's just a fruit stand, and there's no need to be retribution, right?

The stall owner was a young girl, looking seventeen or eighteen years old who had not yet grown, with long braided hair, very thin, and blue skin.

Two vicious guys burst into the stall.

I also set up a stall.

The girl seemed to be a little frightened, and sat down on the ground, and took a few steps back.

Lu Wen looked up the phenomenon of blue skin in the database, but the results were only 'Avatar', 'X-Men Beast', 'Smurfs', 'Heavy Metal Poisoning', and so on.

There is no such thing as a blue race.

The only few reports are all made up by self-media in order to deceive clicks.

"Smack!"

It was just a moment when Lu Wen checked the information.

The reformer panicked and stepped on a banana and fell.

The body pounced forward, almost grabbing the ground with his head.

Straight down to the stall owner's side.

And the robot had already raised its long knife.

With this knife, both heads had to fall to the ground.

It is also unknown what color the blood in the blue human body is.

Lu Wen only knew that in the memory of the previous life that Yin Long gave him, the country he lived in was green in color.

Of course, the main thing is to protect teenagers, so the blood passively turns green.

"Whew-"

The long knife streaked faintly in the air.

It's fast.

The blade of the knife is pointed from top to bottom, straight at both necks.

"Ding ——!"

The tooth-aching sound of blades colliding.

The knife stopped.

Lu Wen pulled out the short knife and blocked the powerful long knife.

His expression was flat and unmoving.

The whispers of the surrounding crowd suddenly increased.

A deformed man spoke in a low voice, his eyes full of envy.

"It's a pure human race, I haven't seen a pure human race for more than a month."

He was born deformed, with a twisted lumbar spine and displaced facial features.

Another creature with black hair that looked like an erect ape at first glance said, "This pure human is so young and powerful, and he stretched out his arm and handed out a knife, and he easily blocked the robot's infinitely powerful slash. ”

"Look at the clothes on his body, the fabric is soft and smooth, it should be from a rich and noble family, and he has been trained since he was a child."

"I've heard that the pure human race is very rich."

“……”

All the discussions converged in Lu Wen's ears.

He's analyzing bit by bit.

There are no trustworthy people in this world, who have just arrived.

"Human, you're going to save that person?"

"No, I'm just saving this guy."

"Okay, then you get out of the way."

"Yes."

Lu Wen put away the short knife and pulled up the blue-skinned girl on the ground.

Then there is the scene of the head falling to the ground.

The blood of this reformed man is still red.

The robot kicked the head aside, then dragged the headless corpse to Lu Wen.

He said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry for the heavy tone of the question just now, I apologize to you, this person should still have something valuable, which can be counted as this girl's reparation." ”

Very respectful tone.

This made Lu Wen once again confirm that the status of pure human beings here is relatively high.

If it were another race, it might have been a different scene when he blocked the robot's knife at that time.

……

When the fight ended, the man died.

Nothing to watch.

There was also a pure human race at the scene, and it was not easy for the onlookers to stay.

They all scattered.

Lu Wen briefly checked the body, it was worthless, and the whole body added up to two or three hundred, and he couldn't lose this stall of fruit.

The blue-skinned girl was still picking up the undamaged fruit on the ground.

Lu Wen heard it in the crowd.

The blue race seems to be very short of money, and they need to keep making money or they will die.

It's actually quite funny.

Anyone who doesn't have money will die.

But then he heard it again, and it seemed to be about some genetic medicine.

So after the fruit stand was overturned, one of the onlookers whispered the phrase 'retribution'.

Lu Wen slowly squatted down, looked at the girl, and asked calmly, "Are you short of money?" ”

"The blue people here are short of money."

"What's your name?"

"Christopher."

Crystal.

The girl, who had a pretty good name, seemed to realize that she had been busy picking up the fruits on the ground, and she hadn't had time to thank Lu Wen for the knife.

She hurriedly said, "Distinguished guest, thank you for saving your life. ”

Lu Wen took out a heavier gold bar from his backpack and said to Christopher: "I have money here, a lot of money." ”

Before leaving, Dr. Jiang asked Lu Wen to bring more weapons.

In his imagination, Lu Wen estimated that he was going to a mysterious location to kill all sides, carrying two guns to shoot the kind.

But Lu Wen just smiled and said that if you have money, you can do it.

So most of his backpack was filled with gold bars, diamonds, gemstones, and so on.

Christopher looked at the gold bar, stunned for a moment, then bit her lip lightly and whispered, "Distinguished guest, I am not worth so much money. ”

"I'm not interested in blue people, I just wanted to ask a few questions."

"Just ask, and I'll tell you everything I know."

"It's not convenient here."

Lu Wen looked around.

The streets are full of people.

……

The night of this world comes quickly.

The artificial sun overhead is fading, which means that night is coming.

In the evening.

Lu Wen followed Christopher to a quieter street.

There are also one-story bungalows on both sides of the street.

The conditions are not good.

The houses were crooked, the walls were haphazardly built of red bricks, and then supported by some ubiquitous broken copper and iron, as if they were about to collapse at any moment.

The roofs are mostly covered with asbestos tiles or rusty metal sheets.

Lu Wen remembered the slums of the 16th district of Mowu City.

It's not much better than a slum.

Many residents lived.

Densely populated.

There are all races.

Blue people make up the majority.

Their facial features and stature are similar to those of pure humans, with the only difference being the deep blue color of their skin.

"Ahem......"

"Ahem......"

From time to time, the sound of coughing can be heard from the low houses on both sides.

The houses were dilapidated.

Through the old glass windows, you can see that the lights are dim inside.

All of them are rickety, haggard, and thin.

I couldn't tell the age, but Lu Wen felt that the blue people who coughed were very young, but there were some signs of illness.

They were all sick.

"Squeak......

Christopher pushed open the door to her house.

The rusty metal door, very thin, the pale blue lacquer shell on the door had almost peeled off, and the metal hinges were also swallowed up by black rust, making the door look crumbling.

Bungalows, two.

Space is tight.

There is no difference between a living room and a bedroom.

It was just two rooms, with a wooden door in the middle, each with a bed, and a small bathroom at the back.

The lights are dim.

The white paint on the walls is peeling, and the corners are covered with cobwebs.

Crude and dilapidated.

"Ahem......"

The sound of coughing came from the room inside.

Lu Wen stood by the wooden door and looked.

That's Christopher's mother.

A middle-aged woman.

When she saw that a guest was coming, it was still a noble pure human being, and she seemed to want to get up to greet her, but she didn't have much strength.

Just a few times to move, and I can't cough.

The whole house is full of poverty.

The only few pieces of furniture, beds and the like, are old things.

【Bottom of Society】

The system gives this result.

Now Lu Wen can rest assured.

He sat casually on a wooden bench against the wall and asked, "Do you have any surveillance cameras or bugs in your home?" ”

Christopher hurriedly shook her head.

"Distinguished guests, we don't have such a thing in our house."

Not really.

Lu Wen looked at all corners in just a few minutes.

He took out a gold bar and a short knife.

They are placed on old wooden tables.

The table was unsteady and wobbly, tilting slightly towards the side where the gold bars were placed.

Lu Wen said lightly: "I want to ask a few questions." ”

Christopher hurriedly closed the door.

Although the door of her room could be easily slammed open even if it was closed.

Her gaze lingered on the gold bar for a moment, then moved to the dagger again.

This is an inducement and a warning.

The knife saved her life and could be taken away at any time.

In mixed areas, dead people are a common occurrence.

"Do you know that the kingdom of heaven is coming?"

This is Lu Wen's first question.

Christopher was stunned for a moment, and a trace of puzzlement appeared on her pretty face.

She hesitated for a moment and replied, "Distinguished guest, this should be a plan that every resident knows about, you ......"

As she spoke, she stopped abruptly.

Everyone in this world does know it.

But the earthly world doesn't know.

Christopher suddenly understood the meaning of the dagger.

If her answer was slightly off, the sharp knife would stain her and her mother's blood tonight.

……

Good night, book friends!