Chapter 257: Blissful Harbor (Part 3)
The ocean, which occupies 70% of the vast waters of the earth, contains more than half of the life on the earth, and is also the birthplace of all life.
However, in this modern era of great pollution, all marine resources have suffered unprecedented damage, and a large number of radioactive materials and polluting chemicals have stained the originally blue ocean into blood red.
Over the next 3 years, more than 90% of the sea creatures died, but after 5 years, the ocean became a different scene, and a large number of creatures began to mutate, and became more terrifying than the wild beasts on land.
The aircraft carrier battle groups that once dominated the seas have been destroyed by new species.
Since then, the ocean has become a forbidden area for humans, and even coastal cities have been wiped out, and various sea monsters that come ashore to attack from time to time have become a nightmare for coastal cities.
In contrast, inland cities that can be defended only by building high walls require at least three times as much security investment as coastal areas.
Basically, the major groups and the federal government have relinquished control of the coastal zone, as well as the entire naval force. However, it is precisely because of this abandonment that the coast has become a paradise for the homeless, and those wanderers who have no fixed place to live in the major coastal cities, build their own homes and territories, and the king of the mountains begins to create another kind of civilized life.
In their world, there are always only two things to trade, either money or human life, and of course, the one who can keep human life can earn more money.
It is also known as the Land of Lawlessness, and compared to a city like Easy City with a complete political power, the Land of Lawlessness is simply a graveyard for the good and a purgatory for the weak.
In such a world, only power and money are admired, as long as you have money, you can buy everything, even the good goods that are not lost to the bustling cities of the 7 major groups.
It is also because of its proximity to the coast that many homeless people often organize large-scale hunting operations in the sea, and if they are not careful, they will be wiped out, but occasionally they will catch a lot of baby bumps and sell them for an amazingly good price.
The place where Zhang Lan is going now is the most famous of this outlawless land, known as "Blissful Harbor", an industrial port near the Mediterranean.
Before the major pollution incident, it covered 10% of the world's seaborne cargo throughput, but now it is an area abandoned by the federal government and unwilling to intervene in the management of the group.
More than 500,000 displaced people live in the entire Paradise Harbor, which is comparable in size to a small and medium-sized city.
Zhang Lan's information about Bliss Harbor all comes from the Sunset Group, because this area is closely connected to Sunset, and naturally there are business contacts on weekdays, mainly to export rare sea monster materials to Sunset in exchange for the most urgently needed medicines and food.
The area has been occupied by gangs, the oldest of which are skinheads, who have had a good relationship with the Sunset Group for many years, with 20,000 gang members at their peak, and all of them are murderous murderers.
But in the past six months, the winds in Elysium have changed, and the Viking tribes that have suddenly risen out of nowhere have completely defeated the skinheads, taken over their territory, and become the new overlords.
The Sunset Group knows very little about the Viking tribes, and they have not yet established normal trade with each other, but they have heard that the boss of the Viking tribes is a ruthless person, and Elysium is under the control of the Viking tribes, and it is almost cut off from all communication with the outside world.
If it weren't for the war of the Overlord Group's invasion of the Sunset Group, the extermination of Elysium would also be something Mark Mark must do.
Now, Zhang Lan has turned exploring the area into an important mission, and if humans still have the technology to cross the ocean, then this technology must be hidden in the Paradise Harbor.
After two days of traveling through the forest, the carriage finally came to the top of a mountain cliff.
"It's the place." Lan Ling lifted the curtain behind him and turned around and shouted, Yuna was still sleeping, curled up in a ball, without any reaction at all, while Zhang Lan jumped off the carriage and looked at the entire Elysium with a telescope.
This crescent-shaped port city has fallen into disrepair and has been dilapidated, and many of the original blue and white houses are now covered with various plants and vines, but the whole city is still brightly lit and people come and go.
The world of the displaced people restores the most primitive state of human life, and all the elements that make up this world are money and violence, and you must have one of them to survive in this kind of place.
"If the carriage is going to stay here, the next thing you have to walk in will have to go in." Zhang Lan asked Lan Ling to put on a holographic reconnaissance coat, "I'm going to trouble you to act as my eyeliner." ”
"It's not tiring to work, it's just that this dress is very uncomfortable to wear, how about inventing a smaller camera next time?" After Lan Ling finished speaking, he had already swooped straight towards the Bliss Harbor not far away.
Zhang Lan had a bag on his back, and 90% of the composition was weapons, such as a viper revolver, a blood dragon knife, and various grenades, just like going to the front line to fight.
Yuna was woken up by Zhang Lan's movement, and jumped out of the carriage with a big stretch.
"What are you doing?" Yuna watched Zhang Lan act as if she was moving.
"Of course, bring more weapons, Bliss Harbor is a bit messy." Zhang Lan said as a matter of course.
"Please, do we two still need to use weapons to scare people? Believe it or not, I'll level this place in minutes? Yuna said arrogantly.
"Please, we're not here to destroy the earth, but to find a way to take us across the Atlantic, more often than not, we're going to use our brains and mouths to solve problems, and we don't want to do it." Zhang Lan reminded in advance.
"In the world of outcasts, this kind of thing is not good to use, because they don't have brains at all, if you insist, I will follow you, don't speak, just watch." Yuna didn't care.
A man and a woman carrying two backpacks walked from the cliff towards Elysium, how savage it is, just look at the vigilant eyes in the ruins around you, the homeless people are like hunting dogs, looking at the backpacks of the two can smell the smell of money.
But when he saw Zhang Lan carrying a long knife and a revolver, as well as the crimson ripper, he was afraid and only dared to stand and watch from a distance.
Look at these guys who live in the outskirts of Elysium, they don't even have a decent weapon, let alone kill people and steal goods, and even when they encounter the attack of wild beasts, they can only turn into a group of ingredients.
Zhang Lan ignored these marginal homeless people, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and continued to walk, and when he arrived at the main city, he finally encountered a gate similar to a city gate, on which old heavy firepower machine guns were erected, and below were all second-rate guards, carrying submachine guns and shouting at each other.
"Stop, boy, who are you?" The leading Huang Mao stepped forward to block Zhang Lan's way.
"Like you, homeless, I want to go in and find a place to rest and replenish some water." Zhang Lan said politely.
"Water? You've got a coincidence! The most expensive thing in Elysium is fresh water, can you afford it? Huang Mao said disdainfully.
"It's okay." Zhang Lan flicked a gold coin as she spoke, and it happened to fall into Huang Mao's hand.
Seeing the money, it was like seeing a relative, Huang Mao immediately opened the rejection horse in front of the door, and let Zhang Lan and Yuna walk in.
"This kid doesn't look at us right, he's going to be in trouble." As she entered the door, Yuna whispered in Zhang Lan's ear.
"If even this can become a problem, we will be too late." Zhang Lan replied disdainfully.