How do you make enough money to move from the suburbs to the city? For example, in the M(13) area, which is the closest to the suburbs in the city, it would take a family of three to work at the processing station for 50 years.

Because tomorrow is the chance that they will run into a post-war anomaly and die a whimper, for most suburbanites, it is better to spend dozens of days of wages to find a bottle of inferior grain wine than to spend decades trying to find an uncertain future.

Of course, it is still possible to achieve a leap between suburbs, such as the N(14) area where Lu Yun lives, which only takes 20 years.

But there are also people who are not willing to wander around the suburbs all their lives, such people will leave the areas and streets where they originally belong, go to the drifting areas everywhere, and find a way to make a fortune with their heads pinned to their trouser belts.

"Accountants" who handle commercial disputes, "translators" who negotiate with organizations, "peddlers" who profit from the struggle between large and small forces, "pharmacists" who sell contraband and homemade medicines...

Some of them belong to mutual aid associations, while others are in their own right, seeking a chance to stand on the ground in an environment where they can lose their heads if they are not careful.

Among the various types of work, the most lucrative is the position of "cleaner" in the mutual aid association.

Those top cleaners, whether they help the wealthy in the city to solve their business troubles, or deal with business rivals for the hidden forces in the suburbs, are paid a lot of money that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

As for whether there is a life flower or not, that's another matter.

However, it is said that the top cleaners who are located at the top of the suburbs and make enough money early do not seem to choose to live in the city, and the reason is unknown.

The above is the ordinary way to make money.

The rest are all dangerous "jobs" that ordinary people dare not touch and the sword goes sideways.

For example, for people living in the suburbs, who are not happy or want to pursue excitement, we provide various "happiness powders".

Another example is to go hunting for people who are born with "anomalies".

Since the appearance of the post-war anomaly, several "different" beings have occasionally appeared in human newborns.

Some of them resemble pre-war deformities, and some of them simply have the characteristics of other creatures on their normal bodies, but no matter how strange or beautiful they are, they don't have much impact on their daily lives.

Even a few of them will have some abilities that ordinary people do not have, such as great strength or extremely fast healing.

Therefore, most of the anomalies who are associated with the anomaly have joined mutual aid associations, and while avoiding the strange eyes of others, they can improve their lives through their own abilities.

However, there are also curious suburban and urban dwellers who spend a lot of money to post bounties or hire cleaners to catch a certain type of anomaly.

However, there is one type of anomaly that is an exception, and their appearance is extremely rare, and there is almost no difference from ordinary people from their appearance.

They are born without eyes in their sockets, and they do not "grow" eyes until the day after they are born.

The newborn eyes are almost identical to those of normal people, with the only difference being that they themselves glow in the darkness and give their owners some magical abilities.

They come in different shades of color, from a brilliant blue like a jewel, and the lighter the color, the better the quality.

Because of its similarity to the color of the Aether, it is collectively referred to as the "Eye of the Aether".

Unlike other anomalies, the Eye of Aether can still function after leaving the wielder's body, but the effect will be discounted, which also brings disaster to the holders of the Eye of Aether.

After losing the Eye of Aether, even if the rest of the body is unscathed, it will die completely.

And because the Eye of the Aether is inactivated immediately after the wielder dies, it is necessary to ensure that the wielder is still alive and conscious when they are dug up.

However, this cruelty did not stop the price of the Eye of Aether from rising.

Whether it is the beauty of the Eye of Aether, its jewel-like color, or its own abilities, it is highly sought after by people in the suburbs and urban areas.

Especially for suburbanites, even for the price of a dark blue Aether Eye, they can buy a large house in a small area close to the suburbs in the city, and achieve the same results as ordinary people who have worked for more than 50 years.

Therefore, once the wielder of the Eye of Aether is exposed, he will face an endless hunt.

Everywhere they went, there were "hunters" guarding them, and even ordinary suburbanites were a great threat to them, and not many could resist the temptation to fly directly from the suburbs to the city.

This original gift of fate was the most terrible curse for them and their families.

……

In the dim and damp alley, Xiang Yan and the strong man who was pinching her neck both noticed the arrival of Lu Yun and Shen Luoqiu, and their surroundings were suddenly covered with puddles.

Of course, Lu Yun knew why the strong man with a scar on his face and a height of nearly two meters did this, and the popularity of the Eye of the Aether was in the entire suburbs, and it was estimated that no one except for the newborn baby would not know it.

It's not that he didn't fantasize about letting him and his mother move into the city directly through the Eye of the Aether, but Lu Yun didn't think he could do such a lack of virtue as killing people and stealing goods.

And now the sudden emergency made Lu Yun not notice the already messy breathing of Shen Luoqiu beside him.

Ignoring Xiang Yan's struggle, the strong man skillfully pulled out a pistol with a silencer from his waist and pointed it at Lu Yun and Shen Luoqiu, the deep muzzle of the gun made them dare not act rashly at all.

But the strong man did not shoot directly, he sighed, and said as if he considered himself unlucky:

"You should be glad that my pistol is a single shot, I've been eyeing this prey for a long time, don't be bored, get out of here."

Lu Yun realized that this strong man was the so-called "hunter", and he came to hunt for Xiang Yan's Aether Eye.

And Xiang Yan, who was struggling on the wall, looked at him, but there was no hope of possible salvation in his eyes, only endless despair.

Yes, even if someone could defeat this strong man, what suburb could resist the temptation of the Eye of the Aether?

Lu Yun felt someone tugging on his clothes, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was Shen Luoqiu, whose forehead was already covered with cold sweat.

"Let's go, Lu Yun, even if this person didn't have an aether enhancement surgery all over her body, it would be almost the same, and we couldn't help her."

"Well, the boys of the mutual aid association are intellectual."

The strong man said this, but the gun in his hand did not appear to be put down at all.

"No, we can't just go that way."

Lu Yun rejected Shen Luoqiu's proposal.

Of course, he didn't think about slipping away directly, but he had a feeling in his heart that if he turned around and left at this time, he would definitely encounter more dangerous trouble in the future than the strong man and the muzzle in front of him.

"Why? Isn't that the same guide you just met? ”

Shen Luoqiu was a little anxious, he had been in the mutual aid association for a long time, he knew the cost and effect of the ether enhancement surgery, and he also knew that the person who could be equipped with a pistol and bullets was by no means an ordinary person.

"How many exits are there in this place?"

Lu Yun didn't answer Shen Luoqiu, but just asked him another question.

"What do you want to do with the one we just came in?"

Shen Luoqiu was already dying, and although the clothes on his body had some protective properties, they were by no means bulletproof.

Lu Yun directly faced the strong man and said:

"Now there are a lot of people in the neighborhood, and it's close to the mutual aid association."

"So what?"

The strong man asked impatiently.

"What do you think would happen if everyone in this place knew that there were two Aether Eyes here?"

After Lu Yun finished speaking, the strong man sighed, but his tone did not change.

"I could have just killed you."

"There are two of us, and the silencer can't completely cover the gunshot, not to mention this kind of distance and environment, you still have one hand, you may not be able to shoot us."

That being said, Lu Yun had no experience in confronting outlaws before, and he didn't know if the other party would shoot him directly with one shot.

"Alas, grass!"

The strong man put the gun back, first took out a metal box, stuck it on Xiang Yan's body and pressed it, and the small box turned into thick threads and tied it tightly.

As soon as he put his hand down, Xiang Yan fell into a puddle on the ground, and while he was covered in muddy water, he began to cough violently, it seems that this strong man is also afraid that he will directly strangle Xiang Yan and affect the quality of the Eye of the Aether.

Then he took out two more paper bags and threw them on the ground between him, Lu Yun and Shen Luoqiu.

"Take it and get out of here, it's a lot of money, if you don't know the fun, I don't mind killing a few more people when the time comes."

The paper bag kicked up a lot of dust on the ground, but it was not as heavy as it could be obtained by selling the Eye of the Aether.

"Yes, thank you."

Lu Yun slowly walked to the place where the paper bag landed, and motioned for Shen Luoqiu to stand at the intersection to prevent the strong man from cheating when he was picking up things.

His heart was beating fast, and he didn't know if what he was going to do was too stupid to do later.

Shen Luoqiu stood at the intersection, he didn't know what Lu Yun was crazy about, this guy was stunned for money? The strong man remembered their faces, and could have snatched the money back afterwards, and then took their lives as interest.

Lu Yun walked a few steps, and he could feel that the strong man's eyes had been staring at him, and his hand had been placed where he had just put the gun.

He quickly picked up the paper bag, took out the banknotes of various denominations inside, and roughly counted them, there were nearly 20,000 yuan, which was the money that he and his mother had to save after working for half a year.

"Is that enough? Count enough and get out. ”

The strong man's patience was obviously reaching its limit, and his hand with the gun was ready to move.

"Enough, enough."

Lu Yun's hand was raised to the sky, and countless banknotes scattered in the dim air.

In the stunned eyes of Shen Luoqiu and Xiang Yan, who had already eased up, the strong man scolded angrily and pulled out his pistol.

In an instant, the muzzle flames lit up the alley.

Silence and then shattering.