In a steamy kitchen, the chef mixes various ingredients into starch and stirs them well, then steam them in a steamer and wait for a while before turning them upside down to make a cake-like food.

When such food was cut into several pieces and served on a plate, several people couldn't help but be a little surprised, as if they were hesitating whether to eat it or not.

"It doesn't seem like a big problem, I'll try it first." Gu Luo cut a small piece and put it in his mouth to taste, because it was a little hot, he couldn't help but blow his breath.

"Well, it's okay, actually, it's not as unpalatable as I thought." Commented while chewing on him.

"If you follow the federal food rating standards, it can barely be considered T6 food." The standard of T6 level food is clean and hygienic and can normally replenish various nutrients, and this kind of food is usually a variety of emergency food boxes, and will not be circulated in the market, because under normal circumstances, there is no shortage of ingredients, and everyone prefers T5 grade food with better taste.

"I'll just say, this is one of the few restaurants in the city that is delicious but inexpensive." The man he just met put his hat on the table, picked up the food on the plate, and ate it in a big gulp, he didn't have so many scruples, he was already used to life here.

After arriving at the restaurant, several people first talked a few words, and then the food was delivered, so the conversation stopped for a while.

Ruby slowly cut the white pastry mixed with other ingredients with a knife and fork, and ate it slowly, and from time to time pulled up the purple-red hair with her other hand to avoid touching the food on the table.

In this poor and isolated area, it is very rare to find a beautiful young girl like her, not only because there are few young girls in the first place, but also because of the various tasks and lack of maintenance that make them unattractive.

So, when she sat in the restaurant to eat, she unconsciously attracted the attention of many people, but Ruby was used to it and was not surprised.

"I think we'd better finish it early, it's not a good place to talk." In response to this scenario, the red hat on the opposite side proposed.

"I think so." After that, the group quickly settled lunch, then left the restaurant and went to the rooftop of an abandoned building.

"Let's talk about it now." With his hands resting on the back of his head against the wall, he looked up at the gray sky and the rusted buildings that stood tall in the distance.

"No problem, where to start, damn it." Red Hat rubbed the crumpled hat on his head and thought for a moment before speaking.

"By the way, let's talk about the two gangs now."

"One is 'Black Hammer Heavy Industries' and the other is 'Burning Iron Energy', they are the two largest gangs in the local area, and they also control the two most important pieces, namely metallurgy and energy." After that, he slowly introduced the origin of the two families.

After the gradual decline of the North Star District, many enterprises gradually moved away, but some weak and heavy asset enterprises can only stay in place because they are unable to relocate, most of them are concentrated in heavy industry and energy, because most of the assets of the enterprise are those huge industrial machinery and equipment, as well as supporting reinforced concrete buildings, these heavy assets, even if they are sold, because the North Star District is about to decline, no one will take over, and finally it can only rot in their hands.

In order to survive, they continued to produce, but due to the mass migration of people, the market shrank sharply and the pressure increased.

Many large furnaces in heavy industry, such as chemical and metallurgy, are costly to extinguish and re-ignite each time, because the materials in the furnace must be cleaned first, otherwise they will be cooled and solidified, and the entire furnace will be wasted.

Factories can't be stopped casually, and if they stop, they will lose even more, but the market is shrinking, and the security environment is getting worse and worse.

As a result, the heavy industrial conglomerates, which already had a large number of workers and a large number of people, gradually became one of the few large forces in the region, and they began to fight each other like hungry beasts for the last remaining food.

The fire and began.

It is not difficult to produce simple steel armor, although it is far inferior to the military and the regular military-industrial complex on the market, but their opponents are only civilians and makeshift armed personnel.

Armed workers, under the command of the heads of the various groups, smashed and burned the factories of their rivals, destroying the lifeblood of their rivals, and then they could have the only remaining market for themselves.

As a result, after years of fighting, devouring, and merging, in the end Lebian was left with only two groups, which was also the limit of what the surrounding regional market could supply.

But with the declining population of the North 2nd District and the migration of the city last year, this only market is still shrinking, and there are still too many industrial groups, only one is enough.

Such thoughts invariably appeared in the minds of the leaders of both sides, and the continuous feedback of the information from their subordinates and the analysis of the current market told them that it was time to decide the final winner.

"So you want to invite us to help you deal with such a large organization?" Jinsenke's family also has a large industry, and he knows very well that this kind of group is by no means comparable to ordinary undisciplined gangsters.

The larger the heavy industry, the more stable the internal order, because the production needs to be so, and the losses caused by a single mistake are huge.

"Huge? No, no, no, this is not the North Star District hundreds of years ago, any large enterprise has hundreds of thousands of employees, and today's two major gangsters have at most a few thousand people, and no more than they can not afford to raise, but they are also useless. The red hat shook his head.

"Well, even if there are only a few thousand people, that's a lot, why do you have to destroy them, it's like splitting a watermelon and only taking a few of its seeds, and giving up a lot of melon flesh." Gu Luo shook his head.

"Melon meat? What's that, I'm a red hat, not a high hat, can I still control the two groups? The other party sounded a little annoyed and angry.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, for the two gangsters or groups, do you know their armed situation, and in addition, how are you going to repay us, such a thing, to be honest, I want to refuse after listening to you now." Kim Senk stalled his hands.

"In terms of force, there are about 40-50 mechs on the Black Hammer side, more than 200 elite combatants, more than 1,500 ordinary combatants scattered all over the place, and some illegally modified self-discipline units."

"On the side of the burning iron, there are about 70-80 mechas, but their mecha is relatively light, and the protection is not as good as that of the Black Hammer, there are more than 150 elite combatants, more than 1,200 ordinary combatants scattered all over the place, and there are also some modified self-discipline units to assist."

"There is not much difference in strength between the two sides, no wonder peace can be maintained for so long." A brief evaluation by Kinsenke.

"In addition, I'm curious, what kind of mecha do you mean, is it a mecha that matches the mainstream on the market, or is it a rudimentary version that they modified and produced themselves."

"It must be a rudimentary version of our own production, and we can't afford to do that thing with mainstream mechas."

"Then I'll rest assured, if you say that it matches the mainstream, I will definitely run away immediately." Guro pinched the bridge of his nose.

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Just when Kinsonk and his party were listening to stories and asking about Lebiang's situation, Tilan's side was also in some trouble.

"Hey, hey, I said the guy over there, yes, it's you, lend me your female companion to play." The man with thick arms, yellow teeth, and a shoddy cigarette strode up, followed by two younger brothers, who seemed to be accustomed to reckless behavior in the local area.

At the mouth of the gravel and gravel street, Aryan had just seen the gas station in the distance when he was stopped by the shouting behind him.

The three people on the other side watched Avne, who was wearing a white jacket and blond hair in a big ponytail, turn around, and couldn't help but whistle, and a smirk appeared on their faces.

"Come on my baby, that bean sprout next to you won't satisfy you, hehe." He said shameless words, and even more obscene gestures.

"Huh?" Although Avne was disgusted by this, her heart did not fluctuate much, such a situation is very common in the North 2nd District, she has experienced it all this time, which is why Deloris is reluctant to get out of the car and show her head.

"We don't have time to make small talk with you." Avne shook her head casually, and continued on her way, ignoring the nonsense, and headed for the gas station in the distance.

"You!" Seeing that he was being ignored, the man wanted to catch up, but for some reason on the way, he suddenly had a knee pain, bent down and fell on the side of the road, and his face was smashed into the dust, making him constantly spit and cough, and he was embarrassed.

In this regard, Xie Lian, who was at the back of the line, shook his head slightly, glanced at him, and then continued to follow.

The other two younger brothers were busy helping the boss up, and they couldn't care about chasing these people.

The closer they got to the gas station, the more the people felt that it was not very peaceful, and the illegal modified cars parked at the gas station, as well as the people carrying all kinds of weapons in and out, all told that this place was very different from ordinary residential areas.

Think about it, in this barren place, most of the people who can afford to drive a car are not simple, and in a place like the North 2nd District, where there is a lack of order, violence is a sign of strength, and only with violence can you have a high status, it is possible to drive, and you will gather near the gas station.

In order to alleviate the trouble, Tilan and Avne put on masks and tried their best to hide their faces, and then they and their companions walked into the smelly gas station, where they could see many old cars parked on the side of the road, many of which were modified, with machine gun mounts, bulletproof partitions, and even beehive bazookas in the back of the cars.

Before anyone else was looking, a few people walked quickly to the gas station, where employees were telling pornographic jokes and making exaggerated gestures with their friends.

“…… That Mary, it's really big, hahaha~" Laughter echoed under the steel dome of the gas station, and the sound of stomping feet could be heard.

"Knock knock—" Knocking on the open door, Aaron walked in first, while the others waited outside.

"Hello, I heard that you can buy fuel here, and it just so happens that our travel carts are running out of them now." Aryan greeted him, causing the jokes of several people to gradually stop.

"Oh, here's business." One of them waved to his companion and walked over.

"Tell me, how much do you want, my price here is very good, 1,000 federal dollars a liter."

"It doesn't have to be like this." Aaron took a box of previously seized cigarettes out of his pocket and threw it over.

"I know the market, they've all told me." This time, he also inquired, and he was not as unprepared as he was at the beginning.

"Who are they?" The other party took the cigarette, sniffed it, felt good, and put it in his pocket.

"It's Old John from Supply Station 87, and Aunt Elimay from Supply Station 35."

"Oh, it turned out that they introduced it, okay, for the sake of the old acquaintance's face, I'll give you 300 federal dollars a liter, which can't be lower." The other shook his head.

"It's still not enough, look at this." Aaron said as he picked up his personal terminal to play a projection.

In the projection, an uncle and Aaron stand together, looking at the background should be in the lobby of a certain supply station, and the two raise their glasses together and shout, "Cheers to our friendship." ”

"Uncle John told me that Lebion has the fairest price for supply, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered to go so far."

"He still looks so strong, hehe, okay, I admit that I didn't trust you before, but 300 federal dollars is indeed the lowest price I announced to the public, but considering our friendship like brothers, then give it to you, give it to you...... 180 federal coins, really, this price can't be lower, no matter how low I can't do this business, other people will have opinions, this is destroying the market. ”

"180 federal coins a liter ......," Arin's voice seemed to hesitate.

"What model?"

"What other model, only 26 type, this kind of goods in the North Second District are good to produce and sell, come with me, I'll show you." With that, he grabbed the key fob on his desk and walked out of the room.

"Bang, bang."

As soon as the two of them walked out of the room, they heard two heavy falling sounds, under the steel dome of the gas station, two men were thrown to the ground, and the remaining one was very surprised and frightened, and at this moment was in a dilemma, while Avne crossed her waist with one hand, shook the long golden single ponytail hair, and patted the dust off her pants with the other hand.

"Are these three coming over to harass again?" Aaron asked.

"That's right, I'll have to teach them a lesson." If it weren't for the gas station, Avne would have used her flame-related abilities.

"You guys are waiting for me......" After saying a bunch of meaningless cruel words, the three of them got up and ran away.

"These people ......" The employees in the gas station stopped talking, but still waved their heads and did not speak.

The rest of the time is to check if the fuel is qualified and then trade.

After some haggling, they finally bought more than 600 liters of fuel for 100,000 federal dollars, including two 'Legato 112' carbines from the gas station employees.

"Trust me, you're on the road." The other party also thoughtfully launched a bullet gift package, a box of 200 bullets, only 1,000 federal coins.

"This ......" Aryan was still hesitating, but Shelian, who was on the side, decisively accepted it.

"Let's have ten boxes." It's always good to have firepower, and Mr. N didn't say that he couldn't use the guns he brought right away.

After the agreement was completed, the few people were about to call Xi Mu to drive their car over, when a group of people in red and black jackets drove the car around the gas station, and then a man in a white suit with sunglasses walked above, he was arrogant, with a refueled cigarette in his mouth, and his eyes looked around.

"What about the blonde girl you're talking about? If you don't find it, you know the consequences. ”

Behind him, the man who had harassed Avne was following with a bruised nose and swollen face, and the personal terminal in his hand was displaying a previously secretly taken image, in which Efni was facing the frame, her body graceful, the sun shining on her blonde hair and cheeks.

Seeing this, the other people who had originally gathered in the gas station also retreated and left, as if they knew their identities and did not dare to offend.

"Masiza, the second son of 'Burning Iron Energy', why did he come here......"

"It's not going to end well."

"That blonde girl just now is really good-looking, alas, I originally wanted to go up and talk to her, but now I don't have to think about it, it falls into the hands of Masizah, and it is estimated that it will be broken in a few days."

"Right inside the gas station, I heard that they must have come to buy fuel." The man said flatteringly, not knowing how unappetizing his face looked.

"Okay, you don't have to come along." In response, Masiza in a white suit waved his hand to keep him away, and then kicked open the door of the gas station, and behind him officers in red and black jackets and armed with various firearms rushed in.

Walking into the room of the gas station, Masiza finally saw the beautiful girl with blonde hair and a single ponytail in the video, she and her companions were surrounded by armed men in red and black jackets, and he couldn't help but speed up a few steps when he saw this, and only slowed down when he was almost close.

Taking off his glasses, he touched his cheek-filled chin, then stooped in what he thought was elegant.

"Good evening, this beautiful young lady, who can be your husband below, I wonder if we can have dinner tonight and enjoy the night view."

After speaking, as soon as he snapped his fingers, those red and black armed men raised the guns in their hands and fired three shots in succession, like a salute, resounding throughout the audience.

Ti Lan activates invisibility, and her presence decreases|ω')

(End of chapter)