The next day, Li Xing packed up his equipment and put the canned food and compressed biscuits into the storage space. Then, he walked to the door of the living room.
"Brother, are you leaving now?" Xiao Yu rubbed her sleepy eyes as she stood at the staircase and asked in a daze.
"Yes, I am. I'm going to the neighborhood, and I'll be back in a few days.”Li Xing smiled at the soft little loli. He checked his equipment one last time and prepared to set off.
"Well, take this with you. Hehe…" Xiao Yu held onto the handrail and slowly walked down the stairs. She came to Li Xing and handed him a purse.
"This is?" Li Xing looked at the bag in confusion.
"There are some gadgets I designed inside. There's a drone I designed inside. After it's connected to the PC, it can scout all terrain within a 1000-meter range. Hehe... It would be great if she could help her brother.”After saying that, Xiaoyu rubbed her eyes in a daze and moved to the sofa. She curled up on the sofa and fell asleep again.
Li Xing smiled and returned to his room. He picked up a thin blanket and draped it over Xiao Yu.
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The zombies that Li Xing had killed yesterday were all left with blood. It was said that at night, the active zombies would eat the corpses of their own kind to obtain organic matter. When the amount of organic matter consumed reached a certain amount, the zombies would slowly evolve. For example, the Roshan they met at the Sixth Street entrance was evolved from ordinary zombies. It was said that those evolved creatures were very common in the city center, so most survivor bases were built around the suburbs.
Due to the nuclear crater in the city center and the higher concentration of the mutated God virus, the degree of deception of the zombies was higher. Powerful mutated creatures were also gathered there. In that place, there were even strange zombies that could reproduce asexually. This was also one of the reasons why zombies were constantly being killed.
After opening the manhole cover, Li Xing took out his flashlight and shone it down. After confirming that it was safe, he jumped in without hesitation.
Walking alone in such a place was really a little eerie. However, the biggest threat had been eliminated, and this wasn't the first time he had left. Li Xing didn't show any fear. Holding the rifle at his waist, Li Xing slowly moved toward the street.
When he passed by the cannibal tribe, Li Xing's face instinctively flashed with disgust and disgust. However, the cave had already been burned clean, so there was nothing dirty left.
This was very important because the stench of dead bodies would attract monsters like mutated rats. One or two rats might not be a threat, but if they encountered a group of rats…
The journey was very safe, but it was a little boring.
When Li Xing pushed open the manhole cover and saw the sun again, it was already a few hours later.
"Hu…" Taking a deep breath of fresh air, Li Xing made a safe mark on the electronic map of the holographic computer pen and then put it away.
Although the sewers in the apocalypse were a relatively fast passage, the complicated structure also doomed him to be dangerous. You would never know what was hidden in a dark corner until you got close. Could it be a hunting nest? Could it be a cannibal cave?
Li Xing only dared to follow the path that he and Zhao Xue had taken before. When they reached a small unexplored area, Li Xing tensed up and was ready to escape from danger at any time.
Li Xing, who had left the sewer, carefully pulled up his hood. He was not sure if the Black Bone Troop was still thinking about him. Everything would be safe after he entered the door.
Li Xing didn't stay any longer and walked straight to the Sixth Street's entrance.
It was still the same old rules.
A soldier in a black combat uniform walked up to Li Xing and gestured for him to show his ID on his PC. After checking if he had a criminal record, the soldier quickly let Li Xing go.
What Li Xing saw was still the dilapidated slums and the listless refugees. However, Li Xing didn't go directly to the door to buy people. He had already understood the rules of the human trade here. The people sold were all criminals or people who had lost their labor value.
However, Li Xing didn't really want either of these people. What he wanted was a group of people whose hands and feet were clean. At least they could be honest. Moreover, it was a large-scale transaction. This meant that he had to think of other ways to get people.
This time, Li Xing didn't choose to go to the market. Instead, he chose to rent a warehouse at the edge of the industrial zone and piled up the canned meat and compressed biscuits in the space. Then, Li Xing walked straight to the inner circle inspection station.
Since it was a "bulk commodity" transaction, they naturally had to find someone who could afford it. Besides, besides population, Li Xing also wanted to buy some things that would not be sold in the market.
" Please show me your ID, sir." It was still the usual question.
Under the towering concrete walls was a reinforced iron door. The protection of the inner circle was more than one level higher than that of the outer circle. Li Xing was also fortunate enough to witness the glory of this city within a city.
After paying a little bit of energy, he placed all his weapons in the custody point and was let through by the checkpoint.
At the entrance was a spider tank with a triangular barrel. Its four limbs with tracks were quite sci-fi. The patrols that passed by from time to time were also equipped with elite troops, black carbon nano armor and streamlined rifles.
According to Zhao Xue, the inner circle soldiers were the core strength of the Sixth Street. Most of them were the private soldiers of the " six gangs ", the actual controller of the Sixth Street. As for the militia in the outer circle, although their equipment was passable, they belonged to the public property of the street. Their nature was completely different.
Li Xing clicked his tongue as he thought about whether he should buy a few of these items as well. He then walked towards his destination, the hotel.
Along the way, Li Xing saw many pedestrians. It was said that apart from the high-level technicians of the street, the people who could live in the inner circle were either the rich mercenary group bosses or the rich investors who had bought properties in the street. In short, this was the so-called wealthy district.
It was worth mentioning that the mercenary groups stationed in the streets were different from the half-soldier and half-bandit groups wandering in the wasteland. Most of them were responsible for the defense tasks with the militia in the streets, and then they were paid a commission through the defense agreement. Occasionally, they would be sent out to perform special tasks or serve as guards for caravans. There was no need to worry about being bitten by a dog when hiring a mercenary group registered in the street. After all, the insurance money was not paid for nothing. Once the guards turned into robbers, not only would the guarantor of the mercenary group living in the inner circle be sentenced to death, but the street would also send out armed forces to eliminate the violators.
The Holy Land Hotel on the street, you can stay here without worry.
Li Xing walked into the hotel, which was obviously converted from a pre-war mansion.
Since they were here to discuss business, they naturally could not let others look down on them. They still had to do their best. Li Xing didn't hesitate to pay for 5 days of room rent, a total of 50 fusion crystal energy points.
The owner of the hotel immediately took out the attitude of treating God and respectfully sent Li Xing to his room. Those who could afford to stay in such a hotel were either rich or noble. No matter which type, they were all the targets of the hotel owner's flattery.
Moreover, such an expensive hotel was usually not for people to stay in. Those who chose to stay here had a purpose.
If there were people living there, they were usually from other large survivor bases, or even big businessmen or rich people from outside of Shanghai. According to Zhao Xue, staying in a hotel like this was a very eye-catching thing.
As for Li Xing, he was here to attract attention. He wanted to speed up the development of the apocalypse, so he decided to contact the higher-ups of the six gangs in advance.
As for whether trouble would come knocking on his door? Li Xing wasn't too worried about this, because the street's neutrality had been a tradition for decades. To be able to develop this place to this extent, it was definitely not something that a short-sighted person could do. Moreover, he had his greatest trump card on him. He could transmigrate at any time and ignore ordinary risks.
On this point, he had to praise the system of the street. The " Management Committee " formed by the six major consortiums managed this free trade safety zone. The balance of power also made the established rules and regulations strictly enforced. No one was willing to be the first person to break the rules. You can talk about business, but you can't kill your trading partner and affect your neighbor's business.
Just as Li Xing had expected, as soon as he stepped into the room, the hotel manager reported the information of this forthright guest to his boss.
After Li Xing moved in, he began to patiently wait for people who were interested in him to come to his door…
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