"Boss, let's have a bowl of cold noodles."
"The stall is closed and we won't sell it anymore."
Lu Wen stood on the dark night street of Baker City, watching the last restaurant on the street close.
If this attitude were in Mowu City.
It will be closed down in less than three days.
But here, the restaurants that dare to open at night are relatively strong.
For example, in the store where Lu Wen and Yu Eryi went, the boss carried a revolver.
The zoning of Baker City is somewhat different from that of Mauwu City.
This city once used the sixteen-area allocation method, but later the population became smaller and smaller, with only tens of millions left, less than half of Mowu City.
The current zoning is very rough.
Four regions: southeast, northwest and northwest.
Lu Wen has been walking around the East District these two days.
The flashing red mechanical spider on his shoulder made those in the dark realize that he was not someone to be trifled with, so nothing happened during this period.
"Huh..."
The cold night wind blew through the cold streets.
Dim lights flickered on and off on both sides of the street, illuminating the rusty world around them.
Intermittent cries came from the dark night.
Lu Wen walked to the place where the crying came from.
A young man.
He is fifteen or sixteen years old, still childish, and has not even shaved off the beard on his lips.
"It's dangerous at night. The street is not a good place to cry." Lu Wen sat aside. The dark red sky decorated the city like a devil's lair, and dangers abounded in the dark night.
The young man raised his head and looked at him.
The messy hair looks like it hasn't been washed in days and is a mess.
"You... aren't you in this kind of place?"
"Because I'm strong enough, those guys in the dark don't dare to mess with me."
Lu Wen patted the little spider on his shoulder.
"Man, unless you really encounter a difficult obstacle, don't shed tears easily and go home as soon as possible," he said.
"I have no home." The young man's voice was small and choked with sobs.
"Someone had an accident at home?"
Lu Wen can be considered a person with one month of experience.
You can tell the condition of this young man at a glance.
"I...my dad died in a car accident when I was very young..."
The young man talked intermittently about his family situation.
Maybe Lu Wen seemed very reliable, or maybe he really needed someone to talk to, so he had nothing to hide.
Life is indeed not easy.
His mother was diagnosed with a tumor last year, and the cost of treatment for a whole year completely ruined the family, which was not wealthy. He dropped out of school to work.
At the age of fifteen, he runs back and forth in this dangerous city every day.
Because he was not old enough, those big companies did not dare to hire him, so he had to work three part-time jobs at the same time every day, working from six in the morning until late at night.
His mother was hospitalized again last week.
I really can’t get the money out this time…
"I feel so tired living. I can't see hope every day, but I have to live. If I die..."
His mother is still in the hospital and in fragile health.
Lu Wen had been listening to him and didn't say much.
There are many such people in this city.
For these people, life is about living.
More and more people can't survive, so they choose to leave, so the city's population decreases year by year, until it is now desolate.
A dying city.
"I still say the same thing. As a man, there are no obstacles that you can't overcome. Just hold on." Lu Wen smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder.
"But...but..."
"Can your mother's tumor be cured?"
"The doctor said that there is still a chance of cure with surgery now, but I don't have money. If I delay it any longer... "
As he spoke, the young man choked up again.
Lu Wen took out a small coin from his pocket.
Even in the darkness with weak lighting, the golden light on the coin can be clearly seen.
That's a smiley face.
"then!"
Lu Wen flicked his finger, and the coin flipped beautifully in the air several times.
The young people hurriedly caught it.
That cautious look seemed to hold some kind of hope, a very unreal hope.
There are many coins like this in Lu Wen.
Yin Long's treasures, those golden humors, he didn't pick up originally.
Later, the androids who picked it up followed him and left, handing him all the coins.
It's a trust that he can take the organization to a better place.
"For... for me?"
"I borrowed it from you. I will come to you when I have time and ask for it back."
"Is there interest?"
"No."
The young man carefully fumbled for the golden coin.
It seemed like a dream, but the reality of the dream made him have to believe it.
"This thing is not an ordinary gold coin. It is a commemorative coin. It was from before the last war. There are not many left on the market now. Don't go to a gold store to sell it based on the gold price. Find a reliable auction..."
Before Lu Wenhua could speak, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled the young man towards him.
At that moment, a bullet grazed the young man's hair.
"boom!"
The sound of gunshots is common in the city's dark nights.
Just across the street, two tattooed men were pointing guns at them.
"Oh, the money was stolen from me." Lu Wen sighed.
He didn't encounter any robbers for two days in a row, and he felt a little bored.
It's not easy to meet someone, but he is still such a low-class guy. Doesn't he look poorer now
Lu Wen touched the two scars on his face.
In the past two days, he has changed his skin, from the literary young man he was before to a rugged young man, and his clothes are closer to the style of Baker City, with tattered jeans and short-sleeves spray-painted casually on his upper body. He does not seem to have a very rich appearance.
"Hand over all the money you have?" Lu Wen asked.
"How did you know I was going to say this... No, be quiet and hand over all the money you have!"
The two men opposite clearly had a division of labor.
One pointed a gun at them.
The other is responsible for intimidation, threats.
"It is said that if you live in a place with serious heavy metal pollution for a long time, you will gradually become dementia. This is indeed true. I feel that the IQ of this city is generally lower than that of Mowu City." Lu Wen sighed.
"Are you mocking us?"
"You can actually tell that I am mocking you? It seems that the dementia is not serious. Maybe... I can still be saved."
"You... you... you are looking for death..."
The man holding the gun took aim, as if he was about to shoot.
The young man looked pale.
He finally had hope of saving his mother, but he didn't want to die here yet.
"Wait a minute!"
Lu Wen stretched out his hand and hurriedly stopped.
"Do you have any last words?" one of them asked.
"Have you two seen the surveillance over there? It's facing this street, and now every move of the four of us is being monitored. Aren't you worried that people from the Enforcement Bureau will come to your door tomorrow?"
"Haha, he is indeed an outsider. No wonder he is so bold and dares to go out at night." One of them said coldly, "The Baker City Enforcement Bureau will not pay attention to cases that occur at night. Nights in this city belong to freedom."
"Oh... Then I'll be relieved."
"What did you say?"
As soon as the two men turned their eyes away from the distant surveillance camera, they saw two small half-moon-shaped darts flying towards them.
Very fast.
Two faint shadows crossed the night sky.
With a crackling sound of electricity, the two men fell to the ground.
"Crack!"
The gun fell to the ground.
Lu Wen walked across the street and picked up the gun on the ground.
He threw it to the young man across the street.
The spider jumped off his shoulder and pierced the two men's brains with its sharp front legs.
"Remember, you not only owe me money now, you also owe me your life."
The young man hurriedly took the gun.
There seems to be some fear.
He had no idea how to use such a thing.
What happened in just over ten minutes was so bizarre that he didn't even react.
When he raised his head again, Lu Wen's back was already far away.
The young man hurriedly chased after him.
"Benefactor, what's your name?" he asked.
"The name is just a code name. Be more casual and call it whatever you want." Lu Wen smiled.
"me… "
"What else do you want to ask?"
"Benefactor, how did you make so much money? This gold coin... this gun can also be sold for a lot of money. I don't think you care very much."
"When you are strong enough, money is just a matter of quantity."
The young man followed Lu Wen and asked a lot of questions.
The night is getting darker.
Lu Wen's hearing is very sensitive, so he can detect it.
There were some people behind them.
Those people have been following for a long time, and the main target should be him.
"Well, I have been living more casually during this period, and I have even forgotten the simple truth of not exposing your wealth. The security of this damn place like Baker City... is really hard to describe."
Those following behind were divided into two groups.
Two more rhythmic footsteps, cautious.
They have an absolute advantage in numbers.
The only thing that could make them so careful was the red-glow mechanical spider on Lu Wen's shoulder.
Red represents danger.
"Where is your home?" Lu Wen asked.
"It's near here, benefactor, do you have a place to rest at night? If not, you can..."
"No, I'm very busy tonight, so watch carefully and turn at the intersection ahead."
"Hua... um..."
This young man also realized it.
Having lived in Baker City for more than ten years, I still have this sense of crisis.
"Have you ever used a firearm before?" Lu Wen asked again.
"I haven't used it. It's very expensive and I can't afford it." The young man shook his head.
It's actually not very expensive.
Over in Mowu City, an ordinary person can afford the cost of a gun, as long as he can get a purchase application.
But here in Baker City... the poverty line has been pulled down a lot.
Many people live a life of full meals and hungry meals.
The flickering lights on the street make this dark world seem a bit strange.
The two of them turned left at an intersection ahead.
at the same time.
The spider on Lu Wen's shoulder jumped down and stabbed its two sharp front claws into the base of the street lamp.
"boom-"
Regardless of whether they are connected in parallel or in series, if the main line is cut off, the engine will be turned off.
Several streets were instantly plunged into darkness.
(End of chapter)