"how old are you?"
"19 years old."
"What are you doing to steal money?"
"Have a good meal."
"Have you done this before?"
"No."
Lu Wen stared at Xu Eryi who was devouring his food.
disappointed.
First of all, he didn't get any useful information from Xu Eryi.
What Xu Eryi knows can be found in the information. This young man from the bottom of society does not know much about this city.
Secondly, this young man was lying to him, and he should have lied in some aspects.
"Where are you staying at night?"
"In some factories outside the city, you can just find a place to sleep. No one cares about it anyway. Find some scrap newspapers, lean in a deserted corner, and close your eyes and open them all night long."
“Have you been wandering since you were a child
"right."
"Usually alone?"
"Um."
"What do you usually eat?"
"Just... get some wild vegetables or something, and some people will give some charity."
This time Lu Wen was sure that Xu Eryi was lying.
Baker City doesn't have as many kind-hearted people as Mauw City.
Over in Mowu City, if you lie on the street and act pitiful, someone will throw two coins into the bowl.
Here in Baker City.
Don't expect coins.
What is most likely to happen is that while lying on the street, a van suddenly stops, a bunch of people get out, and tie up the lone homeless person.
The next day there were more fresh organs on the black market.
This is why the wanderers Lu Wen saw before were all in groups, sitting around fires. These fires can bring them warmth, and the number of people can make them feel at ease.
"Don't you have any other source of income?" Lu Wen asked.
"No."
Not long after, Xu Eryi was full.
Lu Wen called the waiter.
android waiter.
He gently held the waiter's hand and completed the transfer in a moment.
"You... you are an android? No, you don't have a bracelet on your hand. Are you a modified person?"
very good.
Lu Wen successfully came up with another topic.
He deliberately let Xu Eryi see this scene.
Cyborgs are a combination of real humans and androids.
in most cases.
When humans no longer use certain parts of their body due to certain problems, such as physical defects, car accidents, etc., they will replace them with usable mechanical parts.
Limbs are the most common.
There are also people who are healthy.
But he is obsessed with transforming himself and embedding machinery into his flesh and blood.
Usually it is to make oneself look different, or to gain more power.
This technique is similar to what Zero has mastered.
Lu Wen had conducted investigations before coming.
But he discovered that the Dr. Jiang that Duan Tiannan was talking about did not have much records in Baker City. He would only see this name in a corner of the newspaper every few years.
As for Dr. Jiang’s research institute, the specific location is not clear.
"Are there a lot of Cyborgs here in Baker City?"
"right."
The two left the hotel.
"What institutions are generally engaged in human body modification?"
"This... there are many, big and small." Xu Eryi looked at the dark night in the distance, his eyes rolling, "How about you follow me to my resting place, I will tell you slowly tonight you."
"Okay." Lu Wen smiled faintly, "Are you the only one where you rest?"
"Yes, it's just me."
Faint flames flickered on both sides of the street.
Ashes hung in the night sky.
From time to time, the sound of the collision of steel could be heard in the darkness.
The dark red lights seemed like poisonous snakes clinging to the old pipes, silently watching the people coming and going.
Population of tens of millions.
It looks like an abandoned dead city.
Withered vines stretched over the street lamps, and drooping leaves obscured the decaying interior.
These special vines seemed to be entangled in the steel, so that rust began to spread on the plants' bodies, and life and death were intertwined.
"Has anything big happened in Baker City recently?" Lu Wen asked.
"Yes, there was a bionic congressman recently. This congressman is really powerful. Some time ago, there were a lot of cases of modified people going crazy. People were panicked. Many people were afraid to go out. Later, it was this bionic man who found the source and arrested him. It’s the people behind the scenes.”
"So you all elected him as a member of parliament?"
"Yes, but people like me don't have the right to vote. Only those who are rich and have formal jobs have the right to vote. I am actually a black man, and my name is not even in the Baker City population database."
"Has this android congressman been famous before?"
"I'm not famous. I heard that I used to be a small executive in the Executive Bureau and never achieved anything."
Such a familiar script.
It should be the same person directing this play.
The election time for councilors varies in each city.
It's not over on the Mow City side yet, and it's been over on the Baker City side for a while.
"How long has that android councilman been elected?"
"It's been more than half a month."
Most of a month.
According to Jiang Xiaonian's inference.
If Zero is really pushing for the election of the android congressman behind the scenes, then this android congressman will not live long.
“What has this congressman been doing lately?”
"He has made many suggestions to improve the rights of androids, some of which have been voted on and have been greatly praised by both companies."
"Are there many androids supporting him?"
"Yes, not only the androids in the city, but most of the android organizations outside the city have expressed their desire for peace."
An android councilman becomes the link between humans and androids.
He was a loud voice on both sides.
If he suddenly dies tragically at this time, even the data backup will be destroyed.
And all kinds of evidence point to it being caused by humans.
You can imagine what happened next.
Reminds me that Zero said he would leave for a while.
Could it be that you feel that Baker City is almost fermented
But does he really dare to take action
After all, this is Dr. Jiang's place, and he learned all his skills from Dr. Jiang.
"It's that factory. I usually sleep there. It's very quiet and no one disturbs me."
Lu Wen looked in the direction of Xu Eryi's finger.
An abandoned factory.
The grass is luxuriant.
Withered and yellow vegetation covered the flat land around the factory, waist deep.
Part of the factory building has collapsed, and the collapsed steel beams have sunk deep into the soil of the years.
There are a lot of graffiti on the walls.
Colorful and confusing.
"I usually sleep on the second floor."
"Are you worried that the factory will collapse and cover the first floor?"
"right."
Lu Wen followed Xu Eryi into the factory.
Very empty.
The cement floor was dusty.
It was dark inside the factory.
If you have claustrophobia, you will definitely not dare to go inside in this situation.
Xu Eryi took out a flashlight with very weak light and led the way.
"Dong...dong..."
The sound of footsteps echoed in this dead space.
Xu Eryi walked up the stairs.
There are no guardrails on the stairs, so you need to walk as close to the rough wall on one side as possible.
"arrive."
The two came to the second floor.
Same emptiness.
But it's not dead silent.
There were some subtle sounds in the dark night.
"Snapped!"
The sound of turning on the lights.
Sudden light can make many people feel uncomfortable.
But Lu Wen is a bionic person.
So he saw it clearly.
More than a dozen young men surrounded him, all holding weapons in their hands, two of them holding real guns.
Xu Eryi took two steps forward and turned to look at Lu Wen.
He was smiling and looked completely different from before.
"Welcome to Baker City."
(End of chapter)