The Hermit leaves the Magic Tower, and Merlin follows suit.

The Tower of Magic was quiet again, except for the Scarlet Witch and the three black-robed wizards.

The Red Witch's expression was a little solemn, and she waved her wand lightly, and the stars on the sky of the magic tower dimmed, enveloping the entire magic tower in darkness.

The figure of the Red Witch flickered and appeared at the base of the Magic Tower.

She tilted her head, her gaze fixed on the high platform where the hermit had stood.

Then, the figures of the other three black-robed wizards appeared around the Red Witch.

They took off their black robes, took off their wizarding hats, and transformed into three red witches.

Four red witches appeared in the magic tower at the same time, their eyes were like crimson stars, they were dressed in clothes, they smiled, and their behavior was exactly the same.

The Red Witch is not only a wizard, but also a witch hunter.

When the sorcerers in the tavern saw the Red Witch, they panicked and fled, fearing that they would attract her attention and become a target for her hunt.

These three black-robed wizards of the Wizards' Council have long been hunted by the Red Witch and turned into her puppets.

Shadow Street is an encrypted network, and even the Great Wizard does not have the authority to directly trace the roots of other wizards.

Therefore, witch hunters generally approach their prey, befriend their prey, extract information from their mouths, and then analyze the true identity of the wizard.

This identity test was not for Merlin, but a trap set by the Red Witch in order to hunt the hermit.

"He is worthy of being a hermit, careful and cautious, and does not leak. I didn't get nothing, though. Hermit, you are my ultimate hunting target! Before my life comes to an end, I will surely find your true identity, enslave you, and make you my puppet! ”

The corners of the Red Witch's lips were raised, full of confidence.

The Red Witch has a hunch that the three seemingly ordinary letters "AND" will be a clue to the identity of the hermit.

Other wizards may not be able to decipher the true meaning of AND, but she can do it.

......

Char disconnected, his consciousness pulled back from Shadow Street, and he had just returned to his personal space, and was about to check the information Merlin had given him, when suddenly a strong hunger hit him, gnawing at his stomach.

Char realized at this time that he had woken up and had not eaten for ten hours.

It's early in the morning.

Char pushed open the window, and a pungent hot wind blew in, along with the noisy sound of advertising.

The sound of holographic advertisements on the skyscrapers around it plays in a loop day and night.

Char's apartment is located on the ground floor of the city, on a damp and dirty street filled with ragged homeless people who make improvised huts out of cardboard boxes and wooden planks, making the already narrow streets seem congested.

Several huge rats roamed the streets with impunity, climbing high along the steaming pipes, their eyes flashing green, and staring at Char in a demonstrative manner.

Char looked up, and the sky was obscured by a messy neon billboard, leaving only a narrow slit barely visible of the city above.

Above the city, skyscrapers are hundreds of stories high and towering into the sky.

The surface of each skyscraper is lit up with neon lights that illuminate the night sky as if it were day, and the stars are eclipsed.

Between the buildings, there are cloud bridges connected to each other, converging into a huge transportation network, and vehicles of different shapes roar across the cloud bridges.

The top and bottom of the city are two worlds entirely.

"One is heaven and one is hell."

Char muttered to himself.

Char originally wanted to go out for a walk, but seeing what the city really looked like, he dismissed this idea.

It's a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor.

Char, a poor man, turns on his computer, looks up his account, and finds that the number in the account is a piercing "10".

There were three emails in the mailbox, all of which were rent reminders from the landlord.

"Ten bucks."

Char smiled wryly, opened the fast food website, and used the last savings to order the cheapest minced meat rice bowl.

I have to say that the speed of food delivery on the website is very fast, and in less than five minutes, someone knocked on Char's door.

Char opened the door, and there was a delivery man with a yellow hat standing outside the door, with a stiff smile on his face, and said blankly: "Mr. Xia, the meal you ordered has arrived, I wish you a happy meal." ”

Charya thanked the delivery man, and as soon as he closed the door, he heard a homeless man downstairs yelling, "Damn androids! Took away Lao Tzu's job! Ruined Lao Tzu's life! It is you who have ruined this society, this world! ”

Char hurried to the window and saw several homeless men on the street below punching and kicking the delivery man, cursing loudly.

The delivery man fell to the ground, his face covered in blood, but his expression remained blank, as if he did not feel pain.

"Android..."

Char then realized that the delivery man was not human.

"Hey, I'm going to call the police."

Knowing that the delivery man was not human, Char was still moved by compassion, pushed the window open, and shouted at a few homeless people.

The homeless man kicked the delivery man a few more times and left with a curse.

The delivery man got up from the muddy ground, glanced in Char's direction, took off his hat to thank him, and then took a mechanical step, and his figure was slowly submerged in the middle of the night.

Char came to the table and opened the fast food box, which was a lump of brown food with a pungent smell of additives.

The burning hunger in his stomach drove Char away, and he picked up the spoon and took a careful bite.

"It's unpalatable... It's mud. ”

The bad texture and taste almost made Char vomit. He had never eaten such unpalatable food.

Or... It's not food at all.

Char forced himself to eat all the food that was hard to swallow, turned on the computer again, entered the Internet, and browsed the information.

Char knows too little about this world.

From the Internet, Char knew that the city he was in was called Hope City.

A megacity with a huge gap between rich and poor, displacement of the poor, and extremely high rates of unemployment and suicide.

The rich people of the upper city are drunk and dreaming of death, enjoying themselves all day long.

The poor in the lower cities are worried about three meals a day, and some people starve to death on the streets every day.

The internet is full of complaints, attacks, and all sorts of spam.

The only thing that people agree to be the cause of the gap between rich and poor is android technology.

The android is a tool created by scientists using genetic technology.

They are flesh and blood, and they don't look any different from humans.

But they have no feelings, no self-awareness, completely obey the orders of humans, and have a short lifespan of only three years.

After three years, the android will die.

The cost of production is extremely low, and the maintenance cost is extremely low, and they only need to provide three meals a day, and they can replace humans according to a preset program to complete most of the work.

Relying on android technology, human civilization has developed rapidly, building huge cities, and technology is also changing with each passing day.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and the misuse of android technology has brought about the Great Depression and the Great Social Recession.

In the eyes of the rich, androids are the best targets for exploitation.

Hard work, no resistance.

But in the eyes of the poor, androids have taken away their jobs, making the gap between rich and poor in society like a moat.

This is a desperate era, the upward channel is completely blocked by capital and technology, and the poor struggle all their lives, and they can't even step into the upper city half a step!