What was civilization?
Civilization was the product of the development of human society to a certain stage. Civilization was the form and state of existence of human beings or those who had reached the level of wisdom. It referred to all forms of existence with a high level of culture. Civilization was the concrete embodiment of the human nature that evolved and gradually formed in the process of understanding and transforming the world.
Based on this definition alone, there was indeed a civilization here. It was just that it was deformed.
This abnormality was reflected in all aspects.
In terms of technology, the technological level of the six gang blocks was uneven. On the streets, you could see mercenaries carrying old rifles, smoking and looking at the sky with lifeless eyes. He could also see the gorgeous neon lights formed by holographic images flashing on the streets in the distance.
People with missing arms and legs could be seen everywhere, but you could also see that some people were walking on intelligent mechanical prosthetics that were more flexible than real legs.
From the streets, one could tell that the gap between the rich and the poor was like heaven and earth.
There were groups of three patrolling soldiers on the streets at all times, dragging away the starving civilians who had fallen to the ground and did not even have the strength to cry out. At the same time, they ignored the prostitutes who were trying to adjust to them on the street.
" The core principle of the six gangs is to maintain absolute neutrality. The laws here are very simple. Murderers and thieves will be shot on the spot. Those who can't pay taxes will either be expelled or demoted to slavery. Those who dare to resist the law will be hung at the exits of the street and die under the sun.”Zhao Xue explained to Li Xing when she saw that he was not used to this place.
" But why wasn't he executed?" Li Xing saw a man in luxurious clothes in the distance, kicking a beggar who had reached out to him to death.
Zhao Xue was silent for a moment." A beggar from the slums is not considered a human…"
It was obvious that she didn't like it either.
"The order in the inner circle of the street is better, but the taxes there are more expensive. We came here this time to prepare some useful things for you.”Zhao Xue turned around and changed the topic.
"..." Li Xing wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, he only nodded silently.
"This world is really twisted. I take back what I said before I entered the door.”
Walking to the entrance of the market area, there were two well-dressed merchants with big bellies discussing something. Their clean clothes and the accompanying attendants formed a sharp contrast with the surroundings.
In the end, they seemed to have reached a consensus and took out an agreement. Both parties signed their names. Then, under the witness of the notary in the market area, one party took out a pile of energy crystals and placed them on the energy detection instrument.
The other party brought out more than ten women who were only wearing thin clothes from the house next to them.
That's right, they were led out. The dozen or so women were strung together with ropes, and there was an electronic ring around their necks. Their eyes were dull, and they only followed the people in front of them obediently.
These women were all good-looking, but it was as if they were all carved from the same mold. Each woman's forehead and head had a bar code for goods.
The person who paid the energy crystals carefully sized up this group of women and nodded with satisfaction. With a wave of his hand, the attendant beside him drove these women into a car and drove away from the market area.
There was an advertisement sign hanging on the back of the car." Welcome to Jiali Hotel!”
"Hotel?" Li Xing was confused.
Bah! Zhao Xue spat at the truck." It's just a silver den. As long as you're willing to pay, you can do anything. When I was doing business in Ocean Town, I heard a disgusting old man bragging about how tender the meat of the girls in the Belle Hotel was. Do you understand what I mean?"”Zhao Xue looked at Li Xing and clenched her fists.
Li Xing was stunned. He had underestimated the extent of humanity in the apocalypse.
"That human trafficker is probably the owner of the most notorious fallout shelter 707 nearby. The clones in the fallout shelter are not so much human beings as commodities, and this commodity is particularly popular on the wasteland.”
"So what is the sanctuary in this world for?”Li Xing swallowed hard as he looked at Zhao Xue, whose eyes didn't change at all.
" Of course, not all fallout shelters are so abnormal. There are actually many types of fallout shelters based on different design concepts. Now that I think about the fallout shelter that I'm in, although there is an intelligent system to manage my rigid life, my life in the fallout shelter is still very happy.”
At this point, Zhao Xue's face curled up into an inexplicable smile.
" I once heard of a fallout shelter called Leader. The design concept of this fallout shelter was to rule people by creating a spiritual leader to motivate people to survive. I heard that this fallout shelter was closed for less than ten years, and it developed into a living hell. The moral model that was chosen only persisted in his morality. In just a few years, he was completely lost in supreme power. He abandoned the modesty of a civilized person and became a tribal chief. Hehe, he used the authority of the security program to absurdly get rid of all the men, leaving only the women as his venting tools…After he died, the fallout shelter went into ruins. It was only when the fallout shelter's lifespan was up that people opened the fallout shelter and learned about what happened back then from the intelligent program. It was ridiculous. Fallout Shelter 707 was an uninhabited fallout shelter. When it opened, a lucky guy was the first to enter and was recognized by the AI system inside. He naturally became the owner of the fallout shelter.”
Zhao Xue's cruel words shocked him. It seemed that the world was not only heading towards the end of the material world, but also the spiritual world of the people.
Was this the end of civilization…
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