Chapter Ninety-Eight: Mutants
About 30 years ago, people from all over the world began to pour into Beitai in large numbers, and at that time, Beitai was not called a strange city, but a small town composed of Gangxiang, Wantaizi Township, Menaozi Township and Baozi Street.
Outsiders brought a large number of resources and business opportunities, and for a while, the people were barbaric and unpopular, and the economy was backward and lagging behind, showing a thriving color.
In the environment at that time, Baozi Street, where the Beitai Town Government is located, naturally became a battleground in the eyes of the rising new forces, and the foreign supernaturals and other wealthy tycoons who came to Beitai in accordance with the needs of the times did not hesitate to invest resources in Baozi Street, hoping to lay a solid foundation for their careers here.
After all, Beitai is not an ordinary place, and the people of Beitai are by no means ordinary people, they pursue wealth and dreams, but they are never willing to be manipulated and controlled by outsiders.
So they can let go of the gangsters' home base, Hong Kong Township, and let the Fight Association develop it into a small Hong Kong. You can let go of the birthplace of porcelain, Menaozi Township, and let the technical school develop it into a small Macao. You can also let go of Taizi Township, the holy land of fairy jumping, and let the audio-visual media develop it into a small Taiwan.
However, only Baozi Street is not good, there is the throat of Beitai, there is the political power center of Beitai, there is the dance hall park of Beitai, here is the place where the elite of Sanxiang walks the river and turns into a dragon, and it is a symbol of spiritual civilization and beliefs, so it can not be developed, but it must not be let go of outsiders.
At first, the foreign forces did not believe in evil, and they had to stick a foot in Baozi Street when they broke their heads, but unfortunately, they defeated the blind stream, dispersed the beggars, and oppressed the homeless, but the united hooligan group, the porcelain team that lived behind the scenes, and the unpredictable fairy jumping organization, as well as the high-minded and legendary nursing home, they educated those foreigners who did not know the height of the sky with practical actions.
In Beitai, there is no you want or not, only Beitai people want to give. What is given to you, you take it with both hands, and if you don't give it, you can't grab it.
In the end, all the external forces, including the three major supernatural organizations, were expelled from Baozi Street, and all their assets and investments in Baozi Street were all in vain.
At the beginning, it was the three supernatural organizations that united all the political forces and connections, and they barely got a document to jointly develop the Beitai civil air defense underground passage with the government, and later transformed it into an underground shopping mall, but it was soon dispersed by the blind beggars and homeless groups that had been defeated under their hands, and finally only this empty shell was left.
The owner of the water bar was the elected leader of the underground mall, and after confirming our strength and attitude, they chose to give in and explain to me about themselves and the situation of the underground mall.
The past 20 years ago is recounted, and there are many things that the older generation knows, and there are many things that only the parties know.
"Later, our chickens occupied the magpie's nest ......"
China's Tong Johnson corrected: "It's a dove, and a dove occupies a magpie's nest." ”
"Later, we took over the operation of the existing facilities here, and we really lived a few years of suspension. But we never expected that things would develop in a direction that we didn't expect. ”
When the owner of the water bar said this, more than 100 boss guys who sat in a large circle around us sighed.
The owner of the water bar continued his story: "We slowly found that after staying here for a long time, our bodies began to show some changes. Everyone is a non-mainstream class, and they usually don't pay much attention to their health, and they all think that it is the discomfort caused by staying underground for a long time, so they didn't care about it at first. When you have to pay attention later, it's too late. The owner of the water bar raised his hand as he spoke, holding a banana in his hand, and then he frowned slightly, the banana actually floated in his hand, and then slowly floated up and down, and the women in the field scolded in a low voice, obviously he usually used this hand to tease them.
Seeing this scene, Wen Erwolf asserted: "This is an ideological-like ability, the most common ability among the supernatural, the weak are extremely weak, and the few powerful ones are very strong. ”
The owner of the water bar nodded, "Yes, we found that we were slowly gaining abilities, so we called ourselves 'mutants'. We have mutated a variety of abilities, and I have the most abilities that can control matter with my mind, and we have worked together to cut off the retreat of the big brothers with the shops, and we have moved the stalls of other shops there through the combined efforts of our abilities. There are a few who can transform like these two werewolf brothers, and there are one or two of them with special abilities, but they are not very powerful, and they can't be compared with the real abilities, it's just a difference between heaven and earth. ”
Johnson: "Heaven and earth, read soil, not inlaid ......"
I could hear the crux of his words: "Have you ever met a true Anomalous?"
The owner of the water bar nodded, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes: "That was after we discovered our mutation, when we left here and wanted to join those real supernatural beings. Big brother, you are a big hooligan in Beitai, you should understand us people, and it is our usual psychology and code of conduct to go to the strong and endure humiliation to survive. ”
I nodded, the worst people in Beitai are these people, who are at the bottom of the ladder and only want to survive, not to improve. It may be their lack of motivation that led to their eventual descent to the bottom.
"We have no access to the powerful and legendary organization of Anomalous Beings, and we can only tell the Strangers who happen to appear, but they do not accept our intentions in the slightest, and instead treat us as aliens and kill us mercilessly. ”
The owner of the water bar had palpitations and couldn't continue to speak. The second wolf nodded and added: "The clan of the Alien is like this, there is a clear class division among the clan, the high-level despise the low-level, and even hate the particularly low-level, feeling that they have lowered the noble bloodline of the Alien. Therefore, most of you mutated low-level abilities will have a hostile attitude, and it is very normal for some people with brutal personalities to attack you. ”
The boss of the water bar nodded: "After the death of some compatriots, we also slowly understood this truth, and later as the anti-alien organization also began to pay attention to us, in desperation, we could only break away from civilization again and return to the underground wolfberry to steal life." ”
Johnson continued to correct: "Excuse, it's not a wolfberry. ”
I asked, "Won't there be anomalous and inhuman centers here to trouble you?"
"Yes, we don't know why, after the town government moved out more than 20 years ago, there were fewer and fewer customers and pedestrians coming here, and gradually there were only the occasional outsiders who strayed in. ”
From the narration of the owner of the water bar, I could have a hunch that there seemed to be something strange about this underground shopping mall that was rebuilt by the three supernatural organizations, but I was at a loss for a while. These mutants who have been trapped here for nearly 30 years can't come up with a reason.
I had a vague feeling that figuring out the oddities of this underground mall would be of great help to my mission to save the world.
But how do you find out?
By the way, how did I forget, isn't Lao Tou'er here? This old fritter and old rascal is unfathomable, and he asked me to meet here, which shows that he is most likely also a mutant in an underground shopping mall, and I will come out and ask him if there is any useful information.
I asked the boss of the water bar, "Where is Uncle Li? Why haven't you seen him?"
The owner of the water bar frowned: "Who?"
"Uncle Li, that old black man who always hangs on Baozi Street. ”
"You mean Old Boss Li?!" The water bar boss's tone suddenly became serious, and the people around him also raised their heads and stared at us with gradually complicated eyes, and the water bar boss asked in a deep voice: "Do you know?"
I thought they were in a group, so I politely called Uncle Li, but looking at the posture of these people, it is clear that they have an enmity with him.
I hurriedly said: "I do know him, but we have a grudge against each other, and we have a big holiday." ”
The owner of the water bar was suspicious: "Really?"
I told the truth: "I was cheated and sold by him once, and I was blackmailed by the nursing home because of this, and then I joined the duck, do you say we have a grudge?"
The boss of the water bar and the other mutants all jumped up at once, and he said excitedly: "I didn't expect to meet a fellow practitioner again, we were all cheated by the old Li Touzi, you came just in time today, after years of forbearance and calculation, we finally caught this old rascal, since you also have a grudge against him, let's participate in this 'zai' duel together!"
"Verdict! I don't read the word, I read the referee!!"