At the end of the night, dawn comes.
The rain stopped.
Deep and shallow dark red puddles were left on the broken streets.
Shaking neon lights hang from collapsed buildings.
The rusty end of the light sign was still dripping with rainwater.
"Tick tock..."
Lord Vic sat at the dilapidated bar.
Beside him was a tattered, deformed corpse.
He reached out to pick up a bottle of white wine that was still intact among the ruins, and knocked it on the broken bricks beside him.
"boom!"
The bottleneck exploded.
Wine spilled.
Vic took a few sips at random.
The blue Kate stepped over the collapsed wall and walked into the bar. She also found a bottle of unknown wine, broke the neck of the bottle, and then sat next to Vic.
In front of them was a dilapidated street.
There are still two or three scattered corpses on the street. They are in normal mood and are waiting to be transported away.
On normal days, it would not have taken so long to process more than a hundred corpses, but now there are not enough manpower.
The people under the two men were all forcibly transferred by Ivan to search for the machine all over the world.
It had been an exhausting night.
Everyone was awake.
Vic's eyes were bloodshot.
Kate put down the bottle, turned to look at Vic, and turned off the earphones in front of Vic.
"Ivan has gone far. It doesn't matter if you don't turn off the headphones. Now the two of us have lost contact with them." Vic said calmly.
"You have to be careful."
Kate looked at the dilapidated scene in front of her with emotion.
"I haven't finished cleaning up over there either. The buildings collapsed and my brothers died... Many people are saying that I, Kate, am dying. Someone burned down the second floor of my house in one night, and I look like a lost dog... "
As he spoke, he licked the corners of his mouth, which were a little chapped.
Then he took two sips of wine.
"Ivan's supplies will arrive in a few days. You have nothing to worry about. Just recruit a new batch." Vic said calmly.
"Aren't you the same?" Kate asked.
"It's different, it's all my family members who died."
"Those are just those born with deformities. At most, they can be counted as your tribe."
"I've heard that you, Kate, are quite terrible to your own people."
"That's just... a last resort." Kate responded: "If I give preferential treatment to the blue people in my area, more and more blue people will come to my area, and I will provide them with low-price potions. They will be grateful to me, but not every blue person can afford the cost, even at the original price... They may unite and use free medicine as a gimmick to call on all blue people to overthrow me. "
Just saying.
The body of a blue man was carried and passed in front of the two of them.
Vic's men are not entirely deformed, there are more or less deformities from other races.
Kate continued: "If I keep the original price of the potion, they will scold me and say that I, as a lord, have not done a good enough job and have not treated my people favorably... If I provide them with free potion, then there will be more and more blue people, and one day I will will be dragged down and no longer provided to them, so they will scold me again, and they will also unite to overthrow me one day... In this case, it is better to be a villain from the beginning, raise the price of medicine, and let them all go elsewhere. Area."
Vic smiled lightly, as if he was not interested in this rhetoric.
He did not turn his head, still looking at the dilapidated scene on the street, and said: "After all, you are still worried about losing your seat on the second floor."
"right."
Kate doesn't deny it.
After sitting in this position, no one wants to get down again.
The mixed zone is a cruel place. Kate has suffered the pain and suffering caused by poverty, so after taking office, he became even more harsh on his people and expelled them all.
Vic also experienced the days of struggling at the bottom, and knew that those days were very difficult, so after he came to power, he took special care of those at the bottom.
They just have different ideas.
Within the race of deformed people, there are also many people who need to use special medicines to maintain their lives.
"Actually, I've always been curious, can you see with the third eye on your head?" Kate suddenly asked with a smile.
"You can't see it, it's just a decoration of flesh and blood."
"Then there shouldn't be many peripheral nerves. You can consider a minor surgery to remove them."
"No...it's good to be a deformed person. There's nothing to envy about the pure human race."
Vic looked down at the broken, deformed body next to him.
This is one of his more trusted subordinates.
The two knew each other before he took over.
This man's appearance is very strange, his facial features are distorted, his eyes are asymmetrical, his nose is flat, his mouth is severely crooked to one side, his limbs are uncoordinated, he walks with a limp and a hunchback, and he was born in a high-level world. He was thrown into the mixed zone when he was young, left to fend for himself... He was not very good at fighting. In the darkness a few hours ago, he could only hug Lu Wen's legs desperately, hoping to hold him back for even half a second.
Deformed people are ridiculed a lot when they grow up.
Even in a place like the Mixed Zone.
Vic recalled that when he was young, he squatted on a dark street corner, wearing rags and rags, and told his deformed brothers that if one day he became the owner of a second floor, he must give all his brothers a full meal. .
Now those guys all died in the darkness of the heavy rain in the early morning because of this full meal.
Now that I think about it.
The owner of this second floor is also quite boring.
Kate suddenly said: "I heard... the deformity rate among humans on the ground is quite low. There are only a few deformities among a hundred babies... "
"How much do you know about the ground?" Vic turned to look at him.
"Not much... It's just hearsay. After all, I have lived in the mixed zone all my life. Here, we only have Ivan and the old guy Jinxiong. They have been to the high-rise world. They may know more about the ground world. News, but…”
"What?"
"I actually never believed in that nonsense 'Kingdom of Heaven'."
"Ah… "
Vic smiled, held up the broken wine bottle, and touched it with Kate.
"I don't believe it either."
Kingdom Come.
The extraterrestrial kingdom of gods came to the earth and drove them underground.
Only the real bottom would believe this nonsense.
"Where's Alan?" Vic asked.
"He just went back and said he wanted to appease the families of the dead brothers. Ivan's first batch of supplies should be sent to him," Kate replied.
"In order, the first batch of supplies should be shipped to you first."
"There is no order in Ivan's eyes."
"That machine disappeared in the early morning and never appeared again. Do you think it... has really reached its limit?"
"The limit?" Kate shook her head, "I even think that Ivan is not that mechanical opponent in a one-on-one situation."
"But now, the entire three-story area is saying that the reason why the machine is hiding is because it does not dare to collide with Ivan head-on."
"I don't think Ivan himself would believe it..."
…
Lu Wen was indeed hiding.
After smashing three second-story buildings in one night, he was not as glamorous as he seemed.
As Dr. Jiang said, this body was born customized for combat.
But after all there is a limit.
During those rainy night battles last night, he had been hit by two bullets in his legs. However, the metal layer under the bionic material was relatively tough and was forcibly stuck. The inside was still damaged.
There were also several shell fragments embedded in the body.
After being hit by multiple rocket launchers or howitzers, the operation of certain modules in the body felt loose and stagnant.
The arm knife on the right arm was cut off, and countless gaps appeared on the blade of the left arm.
All the bullets in his body were poured out.
Lu Wen now.
Except for the two big killer weapons behind him, which were still in use, he was really at the point where he was completely out of ammunition and food.
Sit back and wait for the support sent by the drone.
…
the other side.
Ivan angrily patrolled the territory, roaring and demanding that everyone find Lu Wen immediately.
Except for the missing golden bear and the three smashed two-story lords, the other two-story lords cooperated with his actions and went from house to house looking for traces of Lu Wen.
"Lord Ivan, the blue mother and daughter have also disappeared. We now have no means to threaten the appearance of the machine."
"Then go look for it! Keep looking, don't stop!"
Ivan roared angrily, waving his fists, his eyes bloodshot.
The feeling that his three-story territory was being invaded and there was nothing he could do about it drove him crazy.
If he could find it, he would definitely tear that guy apart as soon as possible.
"Ah... it's Mr. Ivan. I heard that your second floor has rebelled?" A feminine voice came from the distance.
Ivan glanced coldly at the other side.
This is the junction of two three-story buildings.
The thin man opposite him came over deliberately to see his joke.
"Noson, take care of your own territory and don't look for trouble."
"Lord Ivan, I am here to care about you." A very sincere smile appeared on Noson's face, "If you are really unable to manage your own three-story area, I can reluctantly help you bear part of it. No need to Thank me."
Ivan just returned a look of disgust and a cold word.
"roll!"
"Alas...why don't you recognize good people's hearts..."
Northam sighed and shook his head.
The men on both sides were silent and did not say a word.
Although Ivan is moody, he is relatively good compared to the guy opposite him.
This man named Northen was born with a deformity. He was very ugly when he was born and was abandoned by his parents. Later, through repeated surgeries, he turned himself into a normal-looking machine... covered in human skin.
"Master Ivan, if you need anything, you can call me at any time."
Nosun still smiled sincerely and performed a simple courtesy from a distance.
Ivan looked indifferent and led his men away.
…
The ground at this time.
There are two days until the referendum.
Various opinions are emerging one after another, and all forces are fighting for their own interests.
Suddenly another rumor appeared.
"It is said that Mowu City is preparing another floating city plan?"
(End of chapter)