Irene told Liao Ji that the gathering place was not far from the [Ruins Cave] where they were, only a dozen kilometers.

At that time, Liao Ji didn't feel anything.

It wasn't until after walking only a few kilometers that he began to sweat on his forehead and faintly soreness in his calves.

Sensing the disdainful eyes of the girl next to him, Liao Ji couldn't help but recall that he still got full marks in sports when he was in high school, not to mention long-distance running, and he could pull more than a dozen pull-ups, but after graduating from college, he directly became a physical wastewood.

Damn it!

Why don't you exercise well?

shouted a very classic speech in his heart, and Liao Ji was even more determined to hurry up and upgrade.

Half an hour later.

"No, see it, there's our black cave gathering place in front of you." With a finally liberated expression, Irene pointed to the young man behind her at a barrier not far away.

The phrase she heard the most along the way was "how long will it take?"

Liao Ji, who was panting in the back, glanced at the girl who was still as energetic as a person after walking more than ten kilometers, and then looked in the direction that Irene pointed.

What catches your eye is the tall fence that towers over the wilderness in a circle, the width of which is endless, and you can see many motorcades and pedestrians coming and going below the wall.

"You call it ... A gathering place? Liao Ji looked at the girl suspiciously.

This flow of people, this area, and this barrier-like wall, it's not an exaggeration to say that it is a base city, right?

In the definition of the gathering place in the game, thousands of people are considered large, but Liao Ji looks at the scale of the black cave gathering place not far away, and the population has to be counted with "ten thousand".

Could it be that 500 years later, the era has developed so well?

Apparently not.

"It's not all your blessings." Irene pointed to Liao Ji.

"What do you mean?"

"It's the "heritage", the former ruins of the cave are also famous in the holy country, every year a large number of newcomers come here, wanting to dig out the legendary legacy of the emperor, when the limelight is at its peak, there are still some large groups and chaebols, over time, the gathering place will naturally rise, and it will get bigger and bigger."

"Now, although the craze of the original ruins cave has passed, and many big forces have left one after another, the scale and development of the gathering place have been retained, as for why you haven't applied for the city qualification and insisted on not changing the name..."

Speaking of which, Ireen sold it first.

When she took Liao Ji to the entrance under the barrier of the black cave gathering place, the girl pointed to the checkpoint where there was a group of black pressure people queuing up to enter the gathering place, and pouted sarcastically:

"If it becomes a black cave city and is included in the unified management of the Holy State Church, then how can these gangsters still buy road money openly like they are now?"

Liao Ji followed Irene's words and carefully observed the entrance of the barrier, and found that the so-called inspectors did not have uniform uniforms, but were dressed one by one, all of them were similar to the scar man and his group in the secret room before, leather jackets, ammunition were clearly hung all over the waist, and large tattoos could be seen on the exposed arms and shoulders.

With cigarettes in their mouths, they laughed and chatted with each other, urging those who wanted to enter the gathering place with their guns.

As long as they pay the money honestly, they will symbolically glance at it and let it go directly, and when they encounter those who are still hesitant, or see that there is a lot of oil and water, they will immediately stop chatting and surround them in groups of three or five.

Just a few strong men with guns stood in front of them, and the vast majority of civilians who wanted to enter the gathering place, even if they were unwilling, could only obediently comply, and those who went out to gain were even worse, and they directly had to hand over 30% of their income before they were released.

However, under Liao Ji's observation, it was also found that there were two inspection gates, one for pedestrians, and the other for motorcades to enter.

Compared with the unreasonableness of the pedestrians, it is really like what Irene said, and the passage of the convoy seems to be much more restrained, and some of them are even allowed to go directly without asking too much.

Seeing that Liao Ji noticed another way, Irene sneered: "Hmph, after all, they can afford to buy a car, it's not those who are rich and powerful, or their gangsters, these guys who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard, of course they don't dare to rob it openly." ”

Nodding, Liao Ji retracted his gaze.

Then you have to face a problem.,If it's the kind of gathering place I thought before, it's fine.,But now,If you want to enter the gathering place, you have to go through the gangster first.,Although looking at their casual appearance.,It should be okay to pay the money honestly.,But if they find out about Irene's identity,,It's troublesome.。

I saw Liao Ji's worries.

In this regard, Irene's face beside him showed a look of pride.

The girl patted Liao Ji on the shoulder easily.

"Okay antique, don't look at it, do you think I'll be the kind of person who is willing to be robbed by these dogs - gangsters every time I go in and out? We scavengers, naturally, have our exclusive access to and from the gathering place. ”

It was a real surprise.

Liao Ji's eyes suddenly lit up, and he gave a thumbs up to Irene: "I didn't expect you to be quite capable!" ”

"Hmph, the old lady has a lot of skills!"

A few minutes later.

Somewhere in a gutter alley in the Black Grotto's Gathering Area.

The well cover on the ground shook for a while, and the screws that should have been on it had long been gone, and soon with a "bang", the manhole cover was overturned, and two figures climbed out of it in turn.

"So..."Liao Ji, who came out of the sewer, let go of his pinched nose, and was finally able to free up his two hands to scrape off the pasty dirt that was stuck to the soles of his shoes with stones on the side of the road.

He couldn't help but ask the girl beside him, "This is the exclusive passage for you scavengers?" ”

"Otherwise, you still think we can dig a special passage?" Irene shook off the stinky apple peel hanging from her shoulder, looking like she had done it many times before.

Okay.

Liao Ji retracted in his heart the sentence he had last praising the girl for her ability.

"Let's go, the clinic is over there, three or four blocks from us." Irene said that she was about to leave, it was about her mother, and the girl was very urgent.

But the young man behind her grabbed her.

"What!?"

"You're going to just go straight to your mother?" Liao Ji asked rhetorically.

"I—" Irene was reminded of this, she couldn't show up casually now, at least not so openly.

Because she couldn't afford to go to the church's big hospital, her mother had to live in a private black clinic for treatment, which was in a gray area, and there were too many people to be chaotic, and there would be Kaleva's gangster eyeliner if she couldn't keep it.

When the time comes, if they are discovered by Kaleva, and the brothers they sent out to find the "inheritance" have no news, but their own "guide" secretly returns first, then the matter will be in great trouble.

"The better you hide, the later the gang will investigate, and the time difference in the middle is enough for us to pick up your mother and fly away and get out of here."

"So don't worry, time is on our side... Oh, I'm sorry, but if your mother is one of those very acute and serious illnesses that could worsen at any time and threaten her life, then we should go right now, and I have no problem at all. ”

Facing Liao Ji's inquiring eyes, Irene shook her head.

"No, although my mother is seriously ill, the doctor at the clinic told me that as long as I make up the surgery fee, I can be cured quickly after the operation, and it is not to the point of life-threatening."

Liao Jing clapped her hands after hearing this: "Then we won't be in a hurry anymore, so let's find a place to change our outfits and disguise ourselves, preferably the kind that people can't recognize at a glance." ”

"Well... All right. Irene felt that what the young man said made sense, and avoiding the gangsters was the key right now.

But then...

"Then what are you waiting for, let's continue to lead the way!" This time, Liao Ji began to actively urge.

The girl was at a loss.

"Huh? Where are we going? ”

"Our family!" Liao Ji blurted out with an expression of asking.

“...”

Irene: "? ”