Chapter 7 (1/2)

Chapter 7: The Sixth Street

Translator: xujin-t-t, _Min_ Editor: xujin-e-x, Lis_

Civilization transcended through time, as history unfolded the successes and failures of a species Humanity was a product of hu of humans themselves Civilization hence existed as the cultivation of all the spiritual, intellectual, and physical discoveries of humankind It has no accurate definition and can exist in any form

Therefore, civilization existed at this place But the definition was different than what Jiang Chen believed

The technological level at Sixth Street was all over the place A soldier carried an old autoar in the other hand and stared blankly into space While a merchant, with an advanced full-sensory co lieared with robotic ar

The lives of the Sixth Street residents were also drastically different

People starved to the bones crowded the streets They no longer even have the energy to howl Unifornored the starved refugees and hookers on the street

Like uised any emotions they had

“Absolute neutrality That is Sixth Street’s founding principle on this wasteland The laws are rather simple here Murder and theft will be punished by death, tax fraud will be punished by eviction, and intentional har Chen as he tried to get fauy not shot?” Jiang Chen sed his spit as he stared in disbelief Aa woht back TheChen a friendly smile

“That’s the inspector They are responsible for cleaning up the corpses at the ghetto,” Sun Jiao answered with ease, but Jiang Chen could sense her dislike for this place

That woman was clearly alive

“The inner circle at the Sixth Street is a bit y We are here for soes, so the outsidethe previous topic

“…” Jiang Chen nodded in silence

It was a twisted civilization

The outside market was littered with filth, but it was ot shot today was thrown into the du the body into the faret et rand thieves, were nailed directly to the wall

“Roger Clarkson, known as the olf, perpetrated three murders at Sixth Street and was shot by the security teae”

A close examination of the wall explained the death of the criner, but it was nothing surprising since NATO’s troops had previously landed in this city A lot of people remained here

At the front of thefiercely They seened both their naulator, one side put a piece of crystal onto the crystal counting machine The other one leashed out ten barely clothed women

Indeed, they were on leashes

Every woman’s slim and pale body was chained with a collar shaped electronic lock Their spirits seemed to have escaped their bodies as they blindly obeyed the order

Their graceful figures were stunning to the human eye They were like dolls with almost flawless skin, but a barcode tattooed on their cheeks ruined the perfect ie It’s a symbol that typically appeared on products only

The merchant was satisfied by the “products” he had just purchased He waved his hand as the wo the market

“New Ray Hotel,” with her eyes fixed in the direction the vehicle, Sun Jiao slowly let those words out of herChen noticed that Sun Jiao’s hands clutched into fists

“Hotel?”

“It’s a brothel The goal of it is to provide full services to all customers I think you understand exactly what kind of services they provide At that place, female labors are expendable, since people eird fetishes exist everywhere I heard once fro Town, how soft the girls were Soft, as in an edible way”

Jiang Chen shi+vered, as if he could alh

“That slave merchant is probably fro technology and nutrient supply to provide low-cost clones The people cloned are more like products than they are hu Chen looked at Sun Jiao’s emotionless eyes as he opened hisrather peculiar Each survival base had a unique design philosophy to increase its survival probability,” she shrugged as she continued to explain, “I was born in survival base 71 Now that I think about it, I was quite fortunate The design philosophy was to use AI to govern huh my life was structured, at least I was happy Some of the survival bases were not as lucky” A cruel s face

“I heard before that one survival base was designed to use people to govern people It aimed to create a spiritual leader that motivates people’s desire to survive It was clear how naïve the designer was The “spiritual leader” only enforced justice for a few years before he neglected all human consciousness and became a barbaric tribe leader He used the security measure in the place to eliminate all males and left all the women as his sex slaves For survival base 101, I’d assume it was a human-less survival base”

Shocked by the harsh truth, Jiang Chen forced himself to remain calm However, he didn’t completely understand Sun Jiao’s words

“Human-less survival base? What is a survival base without survivors?”

“Hehe, it stored the DNA of the human race’s elites After the survival base reached its ti system automatically “manufactured” perfect bodies It then used virtual reality to produce years of memories within a short aner considered, but they did not realize how popular these “people” would be after the war” Sun Jiao’s words were full ofChen remained silent and continued to listen

[Is this the end of civilization…]

“We are here” Sun Jiao’s voice abrupted Jiang Chen’s thought as she dragged him into a store

The store was Sixth Streetstation It was responsible for evaluating the price of goods necessary for the survival cah canned food and batteries could all be used as currency in most survival bases, these trade rules were not applicable at the “prosperous” Sixth Street Therefore, it was necessary for a credible organization to enforce a consistent currency It also simplified the taxation process

Crystals were the source of energy for high power equipment It acted as a hard currency in any survival base Its ease of access also made it h it would be much more profitable to open his own store and sell canned food, the “wealthy” Jiang Chen chose the si it directly to the Sixth Street officials

Sun Jiao did not stop hier

“Iteh the

Jiang Chen opened his backpack He took out one of the items and placed on the table

The trader let out a loud gasp

Jiang Chen heard a shi+ver of disbelief from the tone Then, he felt all eyes were on hireed or desire

Uncontrollably, Jiang Chen looked at Sun Jiao with pleading eyes Sun Jiao signaled Jiang Chen to remain calm No one dared to break the rules here At least before they leave Sixth Street, they are safe

“Sir, do you have any more of this?” The tone had a mixture of respect