Chapter 24: The Closed Kingdom
The three patrolmen standing at the door were startled by the sudden roar, the three of them looked at each other, and then stared at the helpless Song Ming for a while, especially the slap marks on his face, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
"Are you fucking done crying!? When you're done crying, get in and work!! The old lady can't stand it anymore! Exercise! Next time, I won't be able to say anything, and I won't be able to choose the goods! ”
At this time, Caroline pinched her throat and roared inside, Song Ming was watched by three people like animals, his face was stinging and stinging, and it felt more unbearable than the slap that Caroline had just slapped him.
“……”
The patrolman in the middle took a look, and the messy clothes on the ground discouraged his vigilance, then put away his gun, pouted, and said with a look of disdain: "It turned out to be a little white face who came out to sell meat......
Although I couldn't see his expression, I could hear that his tone was very contemptuous, obviously looking down on people like "Song Ming".
"Hey, it's rubbish in every sense, it's fucking rubbish, shame on a man!" Another patrolman also put away his gun.
"Looking at his appearance, this face can be used...... Okay, don't waste time here with this kind of waste, let's hurry to the next place. ”
The patrolman standing on the left looked at his watch, then waved his gun, and the three immediately left.
After seeing them leave, Song Ming walked into the room and closed the door, looking at Caroline who was huddled in the quilt with a very ugly face: "This is your plan?" ”
Caroline nodded as a matter of course: "Try to use all the advantageous resources you can use to avoid risks - obviously, the only thing you can use just now is your weak face." ”
"You're so weak!"
Song Ming was furious and pounced with a low roar.
Then, he was put to the ground by Caroline.
"If you want to defeat me, you're still early."
Caroline paused suddenly, and then she began to get dressed: "They're gone, get dressed quickly, and we'll go and solve your identity as soon as possible." ”
Song Ming got dressed and followed Caroline back to the first floor of the hotel.
"Caroline, are you getting hungrier?"
The strong man boss Angres looked Song Ming up and down: "Are you sure this guy has combat effectiveness?" ”
Caroline said lightly, "He single-handedly killed a decomposer." ”
"I can't see his status score."
Angres still had a little disbelief on his face, but he still stretched out his hand: "Anyway, welcome to the Midnight Black Cat, let's fight for freedom." ”
Song Ming shook hands and said helplessly: "Caroline, I don't seem to have said I want to join you yet, right?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Angres's eyes immediately became very dangerous, his right hand instantly tightened, and the huge force squeezed Song Ming's palm, Song Ming felt that he was being targeted by a vicious beast.
Angeles yanked Song Ming towards him, and a thick pistol suddenly hit Song Ming's head.
His meaning is obvious - since he is not his own person, the stronghold may be exposed, then he must die!
Just as Angles was making his move, Song Ming didn't know when a dagger appeared in his other hand, and at this moment, the dagger was pressed against Angeles's neck, and a trace of blood had already appeared.
The two men froze.
Looking at Song Ming's extremely calm eyes, Angeles suddenly believed Caroline's words.
"Okay, okay, don't be impulsive."
Caroline pushed the two away, and by the way, she also calmed down the waiters who took out their weapons from their pants and skirts, and then said, "Song Ming is not an enemy, put away the weapons." ”
Angeles had a grim chill on his face: "But he is obviously not a friend either. ”
Caroline said lightly: "Of course he is a friend, he is a trading partner I specially found to provide us with a lot of food...... And wine. ”
Hearing Caroline say this, Angeles' eyes lit up, and she immediately let go of Song Ming and looked at him very enthusiastically: "Can you provide wine?" Why didn't you say it earlier! ”
Song Ming glanced at Caroline silently, and then put away the dagger: "Only this once, not for example." ”
Although he is not strong in frontal combat now, after activating [Astute], it is still no problem to kill Angeles in an instant.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm too vigilant."
Angres admitted his mistake very readily, patted Song Ming's shoulder with his big hand and said, "What food can you provide us!?" A modified synthetic energy paste? Or a new flavor of synthetic food? And most importantly, how much wine can you offer? I have a lot of customers here, can your supply meet my needs? ”
"We'll talk about it when you're in a good mood."
Song Ming made no secret of his bad mood.
"No problem, no problem! You can always come and talk to me! ”
After knowing that Song Ming could provide material support, Angres's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn, of course, the most important point was because he trusted Caroline, otherwise anyone who didn't see the goods would not be able to meet Song Ming's words.
"Let's go."
Caroline motioned for Song Ming to follow.
"Where are you going?"
"Go to the 'doctor', our partner needs help."
Angres immediately understood: "Understood. ”
After leaving the Midnight Black Cat, Caroline and Song Ming lurked in the night, quickly navigating through the dirty and chaotic streets, and Song Ming noticed that Caroline's face was getting more and more ugly.
"What's wrong?"
"Something is wrong."
Caroline peered into the street in front of her from the dark: "Although the streets were chaotic in the past, there should still be a lot of pedestrians at this point in time, but today the streets are too quiet, people are gone, and ......"
Caroline retracted sharply, pressed Song Ming back, and a searchlight swept through the street, she continued: "...... And I felt strange when I was being chased before, and today there are too many patrols on the streets. ”
Song Ming looked at the heavily armed patrols on the street, and also felt that the atmosphere was quite tense.
Caroline continued to lead Song Ming forward, and after passing through several narrow and dark streets, the two suddenly heard some strange sounds.
They looked at each other and hurried in the direction from which the voice had come.
There is a shelter...... Could it be ......
Caroline's brow furrowed slightly, and she had some vague guesses.
A moment later, the two came closer, and Song Ming saw a shocking scene.
In front of the huge square, a low wall divides the whole world in two, on one side of the low wall is the dirty, chaotic, dark Hope City, and on the other side of the low wall, is a bright, clean, and neat shelter.
Densely packed with refugees, the searchlights of the aircraft swept overhead, and the light from the Yanhuang shelter illuminated the night as bright as day.
At the front of the square, a huge holographic projection flashed above a makeshift platform, and several faces appeared in the picture.
An obese middle-aged man in the center of the picture said, "...... As long as you continue to support my rule and continue to work to clear the spectrum, you will continue to enjoy the right to buy food from the Shelter, and even have the opportunity to become a member of the Shelter......"
“…… All the attendees have registered today, and you will receive a piece of synthetic energy paste on your personal account, which you can redeem at any of your nearest business offices after the meeting......"
“…… The Yanhuang Sanctuary is the torch of civilization, our hope to rebuild civilization, we must protect it, and you will be the strongest shield of the Yanhuang Sanctuary......"
Listening to his speech, Song Ming immediately frowned: "Will anyone be fooled by such an obvious use?" ”
"Why not?"
Caroline looked at the holographic projection, her eyes full of anger: "I don't know how many people are willing to be one of his dogs!" ”
"Who is he?"
"Sun Dingze, the mayor of the Yanhuang Shelter."
Caroline said coldly: "The Yanhuang Shelter is a huge fully enclosed city, with a built-in ecological circulation system, which can maintain the self-sufficiency of millions of people, but in fact, the limit of the Yanhuang Shelter is far more than this, after the destruction day, he quickly stopped accepting refugees, blocked others out, and only those who were willing to accept his rule were allowed to enter, and Sun Ding established his own independent kingdom." ”
Song Ming was stunned: "Since the order has collapsed...... Didn't anyone resist? ”
Caroline looked at Song Ming's eyes as if she was looking at a fool: "The bottom floor of the shelter covers an area of nearly 100 square kilometers, up to thousands of meters, from the ground to the sky, the building uses high-strength nanomaterials, there is a separation zone of hundreds of meters between the internal area and the outer wall, and the outer wall of nearly 100 meters thick is extremely strong, not only resistant to electromagnetic interference, but also resistant to missile bombardment, and can remain intact under the explosion of a nuclear bomb...... You tell me how to resist? ”
Song Ming took a breath of cold air, this is an undefeated turtle shell!
Later, the situation in the outside world deteriorated, and Sun Dingze also realized the importance of population at this time, so he gave these people a hope that as long as they could make enough contributions, they could be eligible to enter the shelter to live. Because of this cloud-like hope, a large number of people gathered here to form the City of Hope, and it is said that other shelters are doing the same. ”
Caroline's eyes narrowed slightly: "It's very simple to get contribution, you can get contribution by completing the tasks issued by the shelter, and those who implant smart chips can also directly connect to the public network of the shelter to accept tasks, most of the tasks are to clean up the discrepancies, and there are also some exploration, recycling, surveying, planting and other tasks, etc." ”
After Song Ming pondered for a moment, he suddenly asked, "Where can the contribution be consumed?" ”
"You've noticed the trap."
Caroline's expression suddenly became very gloomy: "The more people gathered, the higher the cost of maintaining order and life, after the destruction of order, the outliers have obtained a large amount of idle land, but they can live more freely, but now...... The population of Hope City has already exceeded the 10 million mark! And productivity has not been restored, in other words, it is simply not possible to sustain so many people! ”
Caroline said ruthlessly: "Sun Ding used the citizens of Hope City to clean up the threat of distortions, collected a large amount of materials for him, and then used the surplus capacity of the shelter to sell those processed materials to the outside world, and the currency needed was ...... Contribution. ”
Song Ming took a breath of cold air, this guy ...... It's insidious!