Chapter 7 (1/2)

Civilization is the spiritual wealth, invention and creation that has been precipitated from history and is beneficial to enhance human's adaptation and cognition of the objective world, in line with human spiritual pursuit, and can be recognized and accepted by the vast majority of people.

So, civilization does exist here.

It's just malformed.

If you use one word to summarize the technology level of the sixth block, it is a mixture of good and bad. You can see mercenaries with rifles on their waists in a daze with cigarettes in their mouths at recruitment sites, and traders who use holographic computers to count goods. It is not uncommon for people who lack arms and legs. Some of them are walking on crutches, while others are walking on mechanical prostheses that are more agile than real legs.

If you use one word to summarize the people's livelihood level of the sixth block... It is also mixed.

Skinny men and women are everywhere, and people have no strength to howl because of hunger. Soldiers in uniform patrol the streets in groups of three, armed with guns. They ignore the starving people, but also ignore the demand for customers in the street.

Like machines, the expression on their faces can't be seen behind dark sunglasses.

”Absolute neutrality, that's what sixth block stands for on this piece of waste. The law here is very simple. Murder and theft will be killed, transactions without tax will be expelled, and malicious harm will be jailed. ” Sun Jiao explained to Jiang Chen, who was not used to it.

”Then why wasn't that man killed?” Jiang Chen swallowed his spit and watched with disbelief that a man in uniform killed a hungry woman who had no strength to resist with a wooden stick. It seems to be aware of Jiang Chen's line of sight, and the man grinned to Jiang Chen with a friendly smile.

”That's the inspector, dealing with the dead bodies in the slums.” Sun Jiao used to reply with a tone of habitual, but Jiang Chen can feel that she does not like here.

The woman is still alive...

”the inner circle of the sixth block will be cleaner, but if you enter, you will have to pay a little bit of sub crystal. We're here just to trade something useful, so it's enough in the peripheral market. ” Sun Jiao digs the subject.

”Jiang Chen nodded in silence.

This twisted civilization.

The external market is also messy, but it is much better than the situation in the slums. If the thieves don't ”stir up” the crops, they will be ”killed” by the thieves in the field.

Some of the more famous ”thieves” were painted with formalin and nailed on the board.

”- Rogge jelson, nicknamed the wolf with claws. Three murders on the sixth block, killed in a sewer by the security forces. ”

On a closer look, the identity of the dead is also inscribed on the wooden plaque.

The name looks like a foreigner, but that's not surprising. NATO troops have landed in this city, and many people have stayed here.

At the gate of the market, two well-dressed businessmen haggled fiercely. At last, it seemed that they had reached a consensus and signed their names on an agreement. Under the notarization of the market management, one party took out the sub crystal and put it on the energy meter, while the other party moved out ten women with only strands from the rented tent.

Yeah, it's moving out.

And each woman's eyes were pulled from the white lock on her neck.

Those women's looks are pretty good, white skin is almost as good as inflatable dolls, but the cheek is tattooed with a bar code that will only appear.

Seems to be satisfied with the ”goods”, the merchant who paid for the crystal ordered his men to load these women into the truck and drove away from the market.

”Xinrui hotel.” Squinting at the direction of the truck leaving, sun Jiao said slowly.

Jiang Chen noticed that sun Jiao's hands had become fists unconsciously.

”Hotel?”

”It's just a whorehouse.” Sun Jiao spat softly, ”for the check-in to provide a full range of 'service', what is the specific service you know. After all, there is a kind of abnormal human desire. In the pub in Liuding Town, I once heard a guy who was not very smart. In the sharp Hotel, how tender the girl's meat is... In the sense of food. ”

Jiang Chen shivered. He seemed to be able to imagine what kind of hell those expressionless girls would face.

”The human trafficker is supposed to belong to the forces that occupy refuge 101. The low-cost cloning of human beings is produced by cloning techniques and culture medium feeding devices. The human beings produced by these technologies are not so much human beings as commodities. ”

”So what the hell is a shelter?” Jiang Chen looked at Sun Jiao's eyes which had no emotional fluctuation with disbelief, and asked with difficulty.

”It's a fantastic thing. Each shelter has a different design concept in order to maximize the survival efficiency.” Sun Jiao shrugged her shoulders, ”I was born in 071 shelter, and now I think I'm quite lucky. The design concept there is to regulate personality with fixed procedures. Although life is relatively rigid, it is still happy. Some haven't had much luck. ”With that, sun Jiao's beautiful face showed a cruel smile that was not in line with her age.

”I once heard that the design concept of the 070 refuge is to rule people by man, to inspire people to survive by creating a role like a spiritual leader... It can be seen how naive the designers were before the war. It is said that within 10 years after the vault had been lowered, it had developed into hell. After only a few years of justice, the ”moral model” forgot the modesty of civilized people and became a tribal chief. Hehe, it is said that he used the authority of the security procedures to absurdly clean up all the men, leaving only women as his cathartic tools... As for the 101 refuge, it is estimated that it is a no man's refuge. ”

Shocked by the cruel reality, Jiang Chen swallowed and spit hard. However, for sun Jiao's words, he still some do not understand.

”No shelter? Does no one need refuge? ”

”Ha ha, of course, the DNA data of elites from all walks of life are stored. After the number of years of refuge, the embryo culture dish is opened to automatically” produce ”those perfect bodies. Then, with the help of virtual reality system, the” memory ”of more than ten years can be obtained in a short time. Hehe, I don't know what the meaning of the products coming out of the cultivation tank is. Did the designers before the war realize that these commodities will sell well in the waste soil after the war In sun Jiao's words, there is no concealment of sarcasm. Standing aside as an audience, Jiang Chen could not help but be silent.

Is this the end of civilization...

”here it is.” Sun Jiao's short words interrupted Jiang Chen's thinking and led him to the door of a shop.

This is the official acquisition station in the outer market of the sixth block. It is responsible for the evaluation and acquisition of goods needed by the camp. While cans, batteries and the like can be used directly as money in some survivors' camps, that kind of trading rule obviously doesn't apply to prosperity's sixth block. Therefore, at this time, we need a credible organization to promote a unified currency. At the same time, it is more convenient to collect taxes.

As the main energy of high-power equipment, sub crystal has rigid demand for any survivor base. And its easy to carry characteristics, but also meet the necessary characteristics of currency circulation.

Although it is a more profitable option to apply for a shop to sell cans, Jiang Chen, who is not short of money, naturally chose the most convenient way to sell those expensive cans to the most impartial sixth block official.

In this regard, sun Jiao did not do more dissuasion, it can be seen that she did not want to stay here for too long.

”Things.” A mechanical and skilled answer came from the window.

Jiang Chen saw sun Jiao motioning to himself, then took out the backpack behind him and put one of the things inside on the table.

”Hiss...” the trader in the window took a cold breath.

Jiang Chen finally heard a trace of incredible shock from the tone, but also felt the greedy sight of several red fruits printed on his back.

Unnaturally, she shivers. Jiang Chen reluctantly throws sun Jiao a look of inquiry. Sun Jiao smiles, indicating that Jiang Chen doesn't care. After all, no one dares to break the rules here. At least until they leave sixth block, they're absolutely safe.

”Do you have any more, sir?” The voice was a little respectful.

Canned meat... Even the nobles who live in the inner circle eat mostly the meat of mutant cattle and vegetables that are ripened every day. The front desk trader even suspected that there was something wrong with his scanner, because what the screen showed was...

fresh beef. The storage period was 127 days, and the harmful substances were far below the edible threshold. Food quality - perfect!

Meat itself is a luxury, but the fresh beef that this man brings out... Even if it is called a luxury of luxury goods. This kind of thing has basically disappeared in the last world. The whole earth can't find a fat cow without mutation. Even if it does, it's probably in the far north, where radiation levels are relatively low.