"Eh, didn't you say that if you die, you can be resurrected from the Living Archive?" asked Moria, dumbfounded, "Why do you still die?"

"That's limiting, too. Delia was depressed, as if she remembered some bad memories, "I didn't explain to you clearly on the way, from the time we were born, a chip will be implanted in the brain, and all memory backup and writing will be carried out through the connection between the chip and the Life Archive. One-to-one, without my own chip, it is impossible to derive my own memory. ”

"After an unnatural death, the doctor will remove the chip and implant it into the newly cultured body, and then export the memory, but if the body is missing, or the chip in the brain is destroyed, then ......"

"Never coming back?"

"Well, that means a complete death. Delia sighed, "That's how my parents died. ”

Sitting back at the table, the girl was stunned for a while, and then she reluctantly smiled at everyone: "I'm sorry, I'm a little sad to think of my parents, but it's okay now." I'm not going to finish that, so I'm going to continue. ”

"Because of the characteristics of the city in the sky, the inhabitants of the city are divided into several groups. The military is responsible for protecting the city and resisting the automatons, and the municipal government is the largest and responsible for the functioning of the city, mainly the normal operation of the research institute, which is the most important department of the city. These two departments are concentrated in the inner city, which is also the best and most prosperous location in the sky city. ”

"The East Outer Ring Road is an industrial area, and the residents there are all skilled workers, and their lives are relatively closed, which is considered to be a family of its own. The West Outer Ring District is our place, it is an agricultural area, although agricultural production is also more important, but because the irreplaceability is too low, the vast majority of people can be qualified for this job, so the status is the lowest in the sky city, and it is not valued. ”

"It's not that simple. Mina was not confused at all, and snorted coldly, "I have noticed when I was in contact with other people before, their attitude towards you is not contempt, but disgust and disgust, if one or two people behave like this, it can be said that they have job discrimination, but all of them are like this, I am afraid it is not only the reason you said." ”

"Well, indeed. Delia said with a wry smile, "Originally, when I first fled to Sky City, the residents of the West Outer Ring District were just ordinary farmers, but as time went by, some criminals who committed more serious crimes but did not meet the death penalty standards were banished to the West Outer Ring District for life. Gradually, the residents of the West Outer Ring District have become synonymous with criminals, and there are fewer and fewer connections between this side and other districts, and now we have little contact with other districts except for receiving daily necessities, and even if we do, we will only enter other districts in order to squeeze some credit points out of those people, as we did a few days ago. ”

"Mia. Shul shook her head at the mountain elf, stopping her from continuing to ask about Delia's past intentions, and thoughtfully changed the subject, "What about the black market?"

"The black market is a very mysterious organization, they have a lot of goods from other cities, weapons, armor, armor, luxury goods, daily necessities, and even all kinds of news, as well as scientific and technological achievements that you are interested in. ”

"How did they get it?" Shul asked, "Didn't they say that it could only be transported by shuttle? Even if they had the means to communicate remotely, how could they transport those physical items? ”

"That's why they are very mysterious, no one knows how the black market transports these goods, and some people wonder if they have something to do with the city's high-level and smuggle out some of the goods directly from the city government, but this is obviously impossible, because many of the goods in the black market are not even owned by the city government, let alone the scientific research results of other cities. ”

"Most of these black market businessmen are dressed in the same way, black suits, ordinary figures, ordinary appearances, and almost no sense of existence. No one knew where their headquarters were, nor what the true identities of these people were, and they couldn't find them even if they tried to find them. ”

"Huh?" Miriday squinted at the little girl, "their purpose is to do business, no one can find them, what kind of business are they doing?"

"The black market is what it is. Makageren leaned over Miridy and explained politely, "When doing business with the black market, most of them are not for you to find them, but for them to come to you. Our guild sells stolen goods, and they are more careful than their counterparts here, and the trading partners will never show up if they don't observe for ten days and half a month. ”

"Well, if you want to trade with the black market, you only need to write a message on the message board of the city network that you want to trade, and you don't need to indicate your identity and address, and it won't be long before someone from the black market will come to your door. The people of the municipal government have always wanted to destroy the black market, and have set traps many times to try to trap them, but they have never succeeded, and the people of the military have also shown hostility to the black market some time ago, but several levels have been mysteriously destroyed, and the destroyers have shown no less combat effectiveness than the military. ”

"Are there any other characteristics of people in the black market other than that they can't be found in the crowd?" Shul tapped on the table and thought for a moment before asking, "For example, strange patterns of behavior, or common characteristics." ”

"Uncle, do you want to find them?" blurted out the question, but the girl immediately laughed self-deprecatingly and wryly, "That's right, you still want to go to other cities, and the black market may be the only hope, after all, they can get goods from other cities, there should be other ways." ”

"Don't worry, Delia, in addition to our interest in other cities, we are also interested in the Tower of Babel, and we must go to the Tower of Babel before going to other cities. Shul smiled and stretched out his hand and rubbed the girl's hair, "Moreover, it's not a question of whether I want to find them or not, it's that they want to find us." ”

"It won't be long. Mia looked out the window at the sky, "It's been almost two hours since we've been here." ”

"Go on. Without explaining anything, Shul said to Delia, "Do they have any characteristics?"

"Well, most of their traders are very indifferent, except for business, they will never show up in front of people, and even if they show up when trading, they will not be mixed with a little personal feelings, everything is businesslike, not even bargaining. Even in the face of poor customers, they will not be merciful, and they will not give in to the slightest credit, so everyone thinks they are very greedy. Delia seemed to remember some bad memories, and said indignantly, "Even when the goods are purchased, it is like this, they will not change the bid, no matter how you say it, it is useless to say more, they will turn around and leave, and they can make people angry." ”

"I've suddenly taken a crush on you, little girl. Macajalen looked Delia up and down, his dexterous fingers making a few difficult movements, "I think there is a high chance that we will be peers if people from the black market can buy goods from you, I am in our world, and I am also one of the suppliers of the black market, hehehehe." ”

Delia looked at the dazzling movements of Macajelen's fingers, was stunned for a while, suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, nodded vigorously, as if she had untied some knot, and behaved much more naturally in front of everyone.

It's really Makageron's peers, and the West Outer Ring is a place of criminals, I'm afraid it's not just because it's a place of exile, it's no wonder that the relationship between the black market and the West Outer Ring is good, and it's no wonder that people born here are guarded and hostile by residents of other districts, and it's really not for nothing.

"Delia, you just said that most of the traders?" Shul didn't delve into the identity of the teenage thief, "that is, there are some who are not like this?"

"Well, I met one of their top people once, disguised in appearance, not recognizable, but not as cold and inflexible as those traders, rigid as a machine, that black market top is very mild, and can bargain. At that time, he was talking to the mayor of our West Outer Ring District about a big deal......"

"What business?"

"It's definitely food. ”

"Huh?" Shuer was stunned, "In the state of a city like yours, the grain must be handed over to the municipal agency for unified distribution." ”

"yes, but who knows how much we charged. The girl said proudly, "As soon as it is ripe in January, a little bit is deducted each time, and a large amount of grain is a few months away, and the batch that is usually deducted is consumed by ourselves, and now we save a little bit and sell it to the black market, which can be exchanged for a lot of credits or gold." ”

Tsk, your city is still real, everyone sighed secretly in their hearts. However, as long as it does not affect the normal operation of the city, it is understandable to plan for yourself, and it is estimated that the city's high-level officials will not know about it, but the number of detainees does not exceed the bottom line, and the city hall will pretend not to see it.

"When the man came to the mayor to discuss business, I happened to be arguing with a trader over the price of goods, and he offered a price that was too low, and he refused to give in, and I was going not to sell it to him, but the man reprimanded the trader for me and ordered him to accept the price I offered, and I ......"

"It's a big deal. ”

"Hehe, just a little bit more. Delia smiled brightly, clearly not as modest as she said she was.

"Shure. Saf, who was teasing the little girl, suddenly stiffened his face when he was snickering, "Someone is coming, and the target is towards this house." ”

"How many?"

"There is only one. ”

"Hmm. The air in the room suddenly became heavy, but Shul shook his head at the worried Delia and said, "Don't be afraid, I said just now, it's not that I want to find them, it's them who want to find me, hehe, it's a little faster than I thought." ”

"People on the black market?" the girl was a little nervous, "yes, uncle, you pretended to be them, I forgot to tell little Evan about them, don't tell you about you." ”

"I haven't forgotten, I did it on purpose. Shul smiled, and the smile calmed Delia's nervous mood.

"Dangdang dang", the gentle knock on the door was rhythmic, "Excuse me, Mr. Shul is not here." ”

Hearing this, the faces of the shadow chasers suddenly changed, and their expressions were full of surprise.

No one has ever heard this sound, but a similar way of pronunciation is not unfamiliar to everyone.

Straight, rigid, and without ups and downs, this is the way Wei pronounces it.

Mechanical pronunciation.