"Everyone, please work harder. We will arrive at Black Rock City soon. We should be able to sleep peacefully tonight!"
Meng Xian, disgraced, forced herself to smile and encourage the people accompanying her.
The group of people traveled more than a hundred kilometers, eating, drinking, and eating outdoors, and finally arrived near Black Rock City on another night.
"Sister Meng, I have something to tell you..."
Xiao Liu suddenly grabbed Meng Xian.
Meng Xian seemed to realize something and motioned for others to go first.
When only the two of them were left, Xiao Liu spoke with a complicated expression.
"Sister Meng, I like you..."
"I know!"
Xiao Liu pursed his lips and said, "I asked you before what kind of man you would find..."
"You said at that time that if you want to be your man, you must be stronger than you..."
"So, as an ordinary person, I decided to become an enhancer. Not only did I want to become a dual-attribute enhancer like you, I also wanted to become a three-attribute enhancer..."
"But when I actually used the agility gene potion, I realized how amazing it is that you can withstand the pain caused by dual attribute enhancement..."
Xiaoliu looked bitter and shook his head: "I thought I was dead at that time. Fortunately, I survived. It was a nightmare, a dream that I dare not try again..."
"Since then, I have never dared to say that I like you. I know that I am not qualified. I don't even dare to try to strengthen my strength..."
Meng Xian listened expressionlessly. She had seen too many companions die after using gene potions.
They agreed to support each other, but in the end she was the only one left.
A smile appeared on Xiaoliu's face, "After so long of buffering, I finally mustered up the courage again..."
"The second-level enhancement has a very high mortality rate. I'm worried that if I don't say these things now, I won't have a chance in the future..."
Having said this, he looked relieved and said with a smile: "Sister Meng, thank you. If it weren't for you on this journey, I might have died long ago..."
He never thought that the person who illuminated the light of hope in the end of the world was not a god, but a woman.
Looking at Meng Xian's face that was still beautiful despite the vicissitudes of life, he couldn't help but said: "Sister Meng, if I succeed this time, can you give me a chance?!"
Meng Xian smiled, "I said that if you want to be my man, you must at least be stronger than me. Do you think your second level can be stronger than me?!"
Xiaoliu's eyes suddenly darkened, as if there was no light left.
At this time, Meng Xian asked again, "Are you only satisfied with the second level?"
Xiao Liu was startled for a moment and looked up at her in confusion.
Meng Xian continued: "I have met many people along the way, some who make my heart beat, some with noble qualities..."
"I once had people who liked each other. We made an agreement to strengthen each other and be together forever..."
"It's a pity that when I walked out with the belief that I would be with him forever, he didn't come out!"
Meng Xian's face was full of loneliness, and she sighed, "If you can become a third-level enhancer, and I haven't become a fourth-level enhancer yet..."
"Really?!"
Xiaoliu's eyes suddenly lit up and he said excitedly: "Sister Meng, as long as I become the third level, are you really willing to follow me?!"
"Pay attention to your wording. It's you and me, not me and you. Another point is that before you become the third level, if I fall in love with someone else, then let it go..." Meng Xian emphasized, but there was something in her eyes.
There is no trace of love.
She knew very well that she didn't like Xiao Liu, but she wanted him to live and give him the confidence to live.
Xiao Liu didn't think too much, all he could think about was becoming the third level. After a while, his eyes gradually became firm, and he nodded: "Sister Meng, I will definitely survive!"
"Let's go!"
Meng Xian patted his shoulder and walked forward.
She couldn't accept someone calling her sister. She was also a woman and wanted to find a man she could rely on.
But it's a pity that in these last days, it seems that we can't meet such people.
The two of them caught up with the team after walking for a while.
The team stopped at the edge of a rice field. In the distance, densely packed camps and crowds of people walking back and forth made everyone burst into tears.
"Finally here!"
Meng Xian once again recalled the excitement she felt when she saw so many people here when she first came to Black Rock City.
None of the three enhancers in the team were here for the first time, but the other people accompanying them were basically here for the first time.
Meng Xian introduced with a smile: "What you see in front is not Black Stone City. The real Black Stone City is behind, protected by serious city walls..."
"These camps are for people who can't afford the entry fee or buy a house in the city, but are reluctant to leave Black Rock City..."
"So many?!" someone exclaimed. As far as the eye could see, there were not even ten thousand but eight thousand people in sight.
"This is just the east gate of Black Rock City. Black Rock City has four gates in total, and there are a large number of tents outside each gate..."
"Let's go!"
Meng Xian took the lead and led everyone towards that direction.
When everyone got closer, they discovered that although the outside of the city looked chaotic, it was actually in order, and there were some people with blue armbands maintaining order.
Moreover, all the tents are neatly placed, and it is obvious that someone has specially planned them. Especially in the middle, there is a road more than 30 meters wide, with only pedestrians and no tents.
"This main road is often driven by people from the city, so tents are not allowed..."
Just as he said this, the crowd was in a panic and quickly gave way.
I saw four or five cars roaring towards me on the road.
Meng Xian quickly led everyone to dodge.
"Off-road vehicle!"
Everyone is a little envious. In the apocalypse, those who can still drive are all powerful people.
Although the five off-road vehicles in front of them were in tatters and did not even have a shelter to protect them from the wind and rain, they still did not conceal the longing gaze of everyone.
"In the future, we will definitely be able to get a car like this!" Meng Xian saw everyone's obsessed eyes and said quickly to cheer her up.
In fact, cars are quite common, and some larger automobile cities still have many intact cars.
In the apocalypse, what is really scarce is gasoline. Before the gas stations were full, individual people could still find some, but when these ownerless resources were exhausted, if they wanted to get gasoline, they would have to buy it from the big forces. The price of oil is a figure that ordinary people dare not even think about. This has also led to the fact that cars are a luxury product that only powerful people can afford. It is not only a symbol of appearance but also a symbol of strength.
Most of the people nearby were not surprised and were just discussing what kind of force this convoy was in the city.
Only people like Meng Xian and others who came from nearby would show envy.
"Is this your first time here?!"
At this time, a middle-aged man who didn't know what kind of glue he used to comb his hair back came over with a lewd expression.
"There is a fee to enter the city. If you come here for the first time, you can live outside the city. I happen to have a group of tents under my command. You can rent them..."
"No need!" Before the man could finish, Meng Xian interrupted casually: "I know the boss of the Seven-ringed Snake..."
"Seven-ringed snake?!"
The wretched man was startled, looked at several people up and down, and quickly retreated.
This made several people behind them puff up their chests, as if this was a great thing.
Xiaoliu coughed, quietly approached and asked: "Sister Meng, what kind of organization is the Seven-ringed Snake?!"
Meng Xian smiled slightly, turned to look at everyone, and explained: "Blackstone City is very big, and there are six ring roads in it. According to the old times, there are at most six rings..."
"And the Seven Rings refer to these camps outside the city. Of course, people in the city don't recognize the Seven Rings, but people outside the city think this is the Seven Rings..."
"Seven-ringed snakes are a force in the seventh ring outside the east gate of Blackstone City. They are responsible for managing eight camps..."
Meng Xian pointed to the camps on both sides of the road and said, "See these squares. Each piece of land is considered a camp. These camps are controlled by these gangs..."
"We have about thirty or forty camps here at the east gate, and there are more than ten or twenty gangs of various sizes, and the Seven-ringed Snake is one of them..."
Xiao Liu scratched his head and said: "Sister Meng, don't we go to the city?!"
Meng Xian couldn't help but smile, pointing to the goods she was pulling behind her, and said: "I'm afraid the city fee won't even be enough for this little thing, so we'll handle it here at the Seventh Ring Road..."
After her introduction, everyone understood that every time they come here to trade, they are not actually going to Blackstone City to trade, but trading in these camps outside Blackstone City. There are multiple trading center markets, and
Various people setting up stalls.
Some forces in the city do not want to pay the fees for goods entering the city, so they process them here in advance, and there are also forces from outside who bring goods here to process them.
"Then didn't we live in the city last time?"
Xiao Liu was a little confused. He didn't know much about Black Rock City. When he came here before, Meng Xian handled it all by himself and entered the city directly.
Meng Xian shook her head and said: "Last time we took the exclusive privileged channel of Luwei Group. Only those who signed up to use the gene potion can enjoy it. So this time, you two go in and I want to stay outside for one night..." "Ah? Sister Meng, didn't you say that you want to inquire about Zhao Yu's news from that manager Huang?!" Xiaoliu said in confusion.
Meng Xian smiled and said: "I have other ways to get in, but I have to wait until tomorrow. You two can go in first today..."
"What about you?!"
"We can just live outside. The rent for these tents is not expensive, and besides, I have acquaintances..."
Xiaoliu then remembered that Meng Xian said before that she knew the boss of the Seven-ringed Snake.
"Okay..."
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After more than two hours of trekking, Zhao Yu finally arrived near the destination with his convoy.
Far away, he saw a camp made of wood.
"Stop!"
Zhao Yu stopped the convoy at a safe enough distance, while he took out an eight-fold mirror and watched from a distance.
There are several tall towers in the stockade. At this moment, they also saw the status of their convoy, and someone had already run to report it.
Judging from their panicked behavior, the arrival of Zhao Yu and others caused quite a disturbance in the village.
"Boss, it's bad, a group of motorcades stopped outside the door..."
In the village, some people have already rushed to report.
"Convoy?!" The leader of the village had a big bald head and a rough face. He looked like he was not easy to mess with. Hearing this, he couldn't help but be shocked. He quickly led his men to the entrance of the village and looked outside.
Sure enough, a dozen off-road vehicles were parked in an open space two to three hundred meters away. On the top of each vehicle was a machine gun that revealed the cold air.
"Boss, are you here because of the gene potion?!"
A dog-headed military advisor on the side said uneasily that although the convoy was far away, you could still see that the people in the car were wearing military uniforms. This was not something a small force could do.
"How could it be so fast?!"
The bald boss was a little frightened. Just today someone said that they had picked up the gene potion left in the crashed helicopter of the Reed Group, and now a team of people appeared outside the village?!
"Where's that person from school?"
"Still in jail..."
But just handing over the things like this, the bald boss was a little unwilling. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Send someone over and ask them what they do!"
"Yes!"
Soon, under the scolding of the dog-headed military advisor, a thin man raised his hands above his head tremblingly and walked towards Zhao Yu.
"Master, don't shoot..."
Upon seeing this, Zhao Yu gave his subordinates the order not to shoot. When the man approached, he leaned against the car window with his arms and asked, "Where are you?!"
"Back to Master Jun, this is Heifeng Village, and they are all good people..."
Zhao Yu rolled his eyes and said directly: "How many people and how many guns are there in the village?"
"There are more than 500 people in the village and more than 100 guns..."
The thin man did not forget the purpose of coming out this time, and asked cautiously: "Master Jun, I wonder why you came to our Black Wind Village?!"
Zhao Yu also thought about the situation of this mission on the way here.
According to his guess, there is a high probability that the helicopter crashed before, and someone secretly hid the gene potion and secretly brought it here.
The mission description requires him to destroy three gene potions, which means that these three potions cannot automatically run here. Someone must be carrying them.
Therefore, he was too lazy to talk in circles and said directly: "I am the centurion of the Reed Group. Yesterday, one of our helicopters transporting gene potions crashed. Some of the gene potions were lost. According to the investigation, the gene potions were brought to you...
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"Ah?"
The thin man was startled and quickly said that he didn't know.
Zhao Yu didn't think he could ask anything from such a little guy, so he said directly: "What is the name of your village leader?!"
"The village owner's name is Li Dazhuang..."
"Well, go back and tell your village leader to hand over those three gene potions!"
"Yes, yes, I will go back and report..." The thin man nodded repeatedly and ran back quickly.
"What's going on?!"
As soon as the thin man came back, the bald boss asked in a hurry.
"Boss, it's bad, they are from Luwei Group!"
"What?!"
Although he had already had a premonition, Li Dazhuang was still a little shocked when he heard that the other party was from the Luwei Group.
"What can I do?!"
The dog-headed military advisor on the side quickly said: "What did they say?!"
The thin man recounted the entire conversation between the two.
"Three gene potions, they even know the numbers..."
"It's over!" The bald boss suddenly felt heartbroken. He had just obtained three gene potions. Before he could think of how to deal with them to get the maximum benefit, the real owner came to find him.
The dog-headed military advisor narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother, are they trying to trick us?!"
"Huh?!" Li Dazhuang turned his head and looked at him with some confusion.
The dog-headed military advisor said: "The man from the school said that he hid these three potions in advance, and no one else knew..."
"After school was over, he came here alone, planning to trade with us..."
"This shows that the school may not necessarily know about his deeds..."
According to his understanding of the school, it is a public ownership system, and all good things are turned in, and the credits are calculated and then distributed.
Therefore, there is no problem for that person to pick up the things in advance and go to them to sell them privately. This is the selfishness of human nature.
The only problem is that he didn't expect that the boss of Heifeng Village would want to take advantage of others, so he seemed a little naive, but since he came from school, he can understand this naivety.
"So, you mean, just say no?!"
"That's right!"
The dog-headed military advisor nodded and said: "We will fight to death and refuse to admit that we have seen it. What can they do?!"
"Well..."
After Li Dazhuang thought for a while, he nodded and said: "That's it!"
After saying that, he turned to look at the thin man and said, "If you go there again, just say that we don't know about genetic potions..."
Soon, the thin man brought Li Dazhuang's words to Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu shrugged. In the mission instructions, the location of the three potions was clearly visible, and they were inside the village.
He said directly: "The gene potion carries our group's tracker, which shows that it is in your village..."
He thought whether he was being too kind, and then said: "Go back and tell your boss, hand it over now, and nothing will happen..."
"If he is stubborn and wants to fight against the Luwei Group, then you, Black Wind Village, will be buried with him!"
Hearing these words, the thin man suddenly became frightened and ran back to the village tremblingly to convey Zhao Yu's words.
"It's over!"
Li Dazhuang was startled and subconsciously wanted to hand over the three gene potions.
The dog-headed military advisor on the side frowned and said: "Boss, I can't hand it over. These three gene potions are all of high quality. With them, you and I can become residents of Black Rock City..." p>
"What if we don't hand it over? If they come in, who can stop them?!" Li Dazhuang said angrily.
The dog-headed military advisor whispered: "Boss, my idea is that there are not many people in front of me, only about a hundred people. To eliminate them, the Luwei Group still needs time to react..."
"This time is enough for the two of us to run to Black Rock City. Once we get there, we will trade on the black market. We will be serious residents of Black Rock City and are protected by Black Rock City. Even the Reed Group can't do anything to us..." p>
"The people who killed them, how can the Luwei Group let us go like this?!"
"Who said we are from Heifeng Village?"
The dog-headed military advisor looked around and whispered: "When we get there, we can just make up our identities casually. These bastards will never have the chance to enter Blackstone City. Who will know us when we get there?"
"It makes sense..."
Li Dazhuang continued: "Are you sure that three potions are enough for us to become residents of Blackstone City and still have a storefront?"
"I'm sure..."
"What if I bring my wife with me?"
"That may not be enough..."
Seeing Li Dazhuang's hesitation, the dog-headed military advisor quickly said: "Brother, it's just a woman. Why don't we just grab another one when the time comes? Besides, when we become residents of Black Rock City, there will be a lot of women outside the city who want to sell us..."
The two chatted for a while, and then Li Dazhuang made up his mind, found the thin man, and said: "Go and tell the centurion that we have never seen the genetic potion. Could it be that their tracker showed that there is one?"
Problem!"
"Ah?"
When the thin man heard this, he didn't dare to go. After being scolded by the dog-headed military counselor, he reluctantly walked out of the village.
At the same time, Li Dazhuang also ordered everyone to gather and start preparing for the battle.
On the other side, Zhao Yu frowned after hearing the attitude of village leader Li Dazhuang from the thin man.
"It looks like there's going to be a siege!"
Especially from the eight-fold mirror, he clearly saw that many people in the village had begun to carry weapons and ammunition, as if they wanted to fight them to the end.
Although I don’t know what the other party’s boss thinks, but if they want to fight, then fight!