Chapter 365 Underground Commercial Street
The scavenger suddenly let out an exclamation, and with a flick of his finger, the crossbow arrow stuck on the string flew towards Sun Hang.
Sun Hang stretched out his hand and directly picked off the flying crossbow arrow - this crossbow arrow was actually just a sharpened disposable chopstick. The front end was wrapped with an iron sheet cut from a can, and the end was Tie two feathers on the badminton with tape.
Although the lethality of this kind of homemade arrow cannot be compared with that of a serious arrow, if it hits a vital part like the throat, it is enough to kill someone - not to mention, this scavenger's hand The homemade hand crossbow inside used several hard rubber bands as strings. At this distance, the crossbow arrow was strong enough to penetrate a solid board one centimeter thick... a properly controlled weapon.
"I... I didn't mean it!" Seeing the crossbow arrow shot out and caught directly in Sun Hang's hand, the scavenger panicked instantly, "I... my hands were really shaking just now. ! I didn’t want to kill you! Really!”
He hesitated for a moment, then threw away the crossbow and knelt on the ground, trembling.
"You made a death threat to me before, so this shouldn't be regarded as manslaughter... Why should it be sentenced to attempted murder?" Sun Hang thought, "According to the laws of Tianfu City, although attempted murder will not be punished The death penalty, but a sentence of three to ten years should be fine... By the way, do you know how many years the maximum sentence for attempted murder can be? ”
"I...I don't know..." The other person's voice was almost crying.
"Oh, I almost forgot, I am a monster hunter, not an ordinary civilian, so I can also think that you are a member of a cult organization or a rebel. Then it should not be the turn of ordinary courts to try you... …”
"Please...please..."
"But... I don't plan to hand you over to anyone..." Sun Hang looked at the other party playfully.
"Really?" The scavenger suddenly raised his head, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.
"As a monster hunter, if you encounter a cultist who believes in monsters, you can just kill them on the spot. Why go to all the trouble?"
The light in the scavenger's eyes instantly went out.
The next second, he stood up suddenly, pushed the chairs that were upside down on the table towards Sun Hang, and then ran away through the door!
However, before he even ran to the door, he felt something wrapped around his ankle, pulling him back hard, and then he fell heavily to the ground!
"Ouch!!"
Sun Hang bent down, grabbed the other person's greasy and dirty long hair, and dragged him directly to the corridor outside.
This scavenger looked fat. In fact, he only looked bloated because he was wearing ill-fitting clothes and stuffed with things in his clothes. After most of the things were scattered, Sun Hang noticed this scavenger. The person's body was very thin, and his wrist was as thin as a hemp rod.
"Oh, she's still a woman?" Sun Hang glanced at the other party's throat, "How do you say that... How can a beautiful woman like you be a thief?"
Perhaps to protect herself, the scavenger's face was painted black with cigarette ash, and her voice was neutral. For a moment, Sun Hang thought she was a little boy in the stage of changing her voice, until he discovered that she was Only after there was no Adam's apple did he realize that the scavenger was actually a girl.
However, Sun Hang didn't feel any pity because of his gender. He stepped directly on the scavenger's back and trampled her to the ground. More than a dozen mycelium quickly hid it in her belt and boots. He removed all kinds of weapons such as blades and iron sticks, and then Sun Hang tore open the coat wrapped around the other party and shook out all the various small tools and "stolen items" hidden inside.
"Hiss... so expensive?" Sun Hang noticed that the price tag on the stolen coat was not torn off. He was shocked when he saw it. The style and materials of such a coat looked ordinary. The woolen coat was actually priced at 110,000 yuan, which was enough to buy a pretty good car.
Sun Hang, who had just torn apart a car, threw the car wreckage into pieces and said to the scavenger who was shivering under his feet whether because of fear or the cold: "These clothes are on your head."
"Don't...don't kill me..."
"Give me a reason." Sun Hang held a metal flying blade between his fingers and leaned down.
"You...you are here to look for the weird thing, right?" The scavenger trembled and said, "I...I may know where the weird thing is..."
"Lying."
"I didn't lie!"
"If you knew there were strange things here, would you still come here to steal things? Then you can run as far as you can?" Sun Hang said disdainfully.
"I...I just thought something was wrong about that place before, and I didn't think about the weird things..." the scavenger said cautiously, "Besides, among the nearby blocks, only here has the most things left...in order to survive. , I have to..."
Sun Hang took back his foot that was stepping on her and lifted her up from the ground: "Continue talking."
"There was a rumor here before... saying that several people were missing... well, they were all scavengers like me... scavengers... thieves..." the other party muttered, "some people also said that there are strange things here. But...but none of those rumors have been confirmed, and no one knows whether those missing people really exist. After all, those who spread the rumors can't even name them..."
"Rumors? Where are the rumors?" Sun Hang asked, "Do you have any accomplices?"
"No! They're not accomplices, they're just people who live together..." The scavenger shrank his neck, "They are the same as me... they rely on this to survive..."
"What did you say was wrong?"
"Underground...the underground part of the shopping mall." The scavenger replied immediately.
"What's wrong?"
"Several times I heard strange sounds coming from underground...but I didn't know what they were...it sounded like some kind of gas flowing in the pipes, or like someone was swallowing something. "The sound..." the scavenger said, "That's why I never go underground, and I never even get close to the entrance to the underground."
"As for the other scavengers, have any of them been underground and come out alive?" Sun Hang asked again.
"I...I don't know." The scavenger shook his head, and then nodded hesitantly, "There seems to be a person who claims to have been underground, but that person likes to brag, so I don't really believe his words..."
"What did he say?"
"He...he said that there was blood everywhere on the street on the underground floor, as if many people had been killed, but there was no body to be seen. He didn't dare to go deep, he just took a few things and ran away. "The scavenger replied, "No one from our side believes what he said..."
"Since you don't believe it, why don't you go to the mall underground and take a look for yourself?"
"Believe it or not...but I don't want to take risks. Besides, there are still a lot of things above the ground..." the scavenger said softly.
"Come with me." Sun Hang tied the other person's hands with mycelium, and then walked straight towards the escalator.
"Go...where?"
"Go underground." Sun Hang said.
The scavenger shuddered. She seemed to be reluctant to stay where she was for half a second, but then she followed Sun Hang.
"Why do you do this?" Sun Hang suddenly asked. "Huh?"
"I mean, why are you here stealing? Where is your family?"
"They all died...in...in that earthquake." The scavenger whispered.
"Earthquake?" Sun Hang was stunned for a moment. Could it be that this man, like Ling Xiao, was also a victim of the Longyan Barrier incident?
"Did you live in the west of the city before?" Sun Hang confirmed to her.
"Yes..."
"If I remember correctly, there should be several refugee camps built in the west of the city. Did you run away from there?"
"Hmm..." The scavenger nodded again.
"Why?"
"Internment camp... There are more than a dozen people crammed into one tent, and they often don't have enough to eat... There are also people who bully others and steal things... I am often beaten there, and there are some bad old men... They want to rape... …rape* me…”
"You won't report it to the camp management? Don't they care?" Sun Hang said in surprise.
He had no knowledge of the specific conditions of these camps. From Yang Qi's words, he could only know the number of deaths caused by the disaster and the number of refugees admitted to the camps. As for the lives of these people in the camps, Yang Qi never mentioned life.
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Sun Hang had only been to a few refugee camps when he was recruiting soldiers and field operators, but that was not long after the refugee camp was established. What's more, after learning that people were coming from above, the management of the refugee camp I will definitely take good care of the camp area...at least on the surface.
But now, as time goes by and the state of martial law continues across the city, the shortage of supplies is getting worse day by day. The quality of life in many refugee camps has plummeted in just half a month. Coupled with the serious shortage of manpower and material resources, When all resources were diverted to the pesticide plan for Chimera 17, these refugee camps received even less attention.
As long as no lives are lost, people from above rarely ask anything about the refugee camps.
After all, Chimera cannot be solved on the 17th, let alone the refugee camp, the entire Tianfu City will be destroyed.
"I have reported it... but the managers like to fight with each other... there are too many things like this, and they can't handle it at all." The scavenger said, "Those who report it will definitely be retaliated against afterwards... If they report it a few more times, they will They will retaliate even more fiercely... No one will dare to report it later."
"And you escaped from the refugee camp?"
The scavenger nodded.
"Where do you and your 'companions' live on weekdays?"
"In some unfinished construction sites or unfinished buildings in the suburbs..."
"Their experiences are the same as yours?"
"Some are, and some are not." The scavenger said, "The one who said he had been to the underground mall, he came to Tianfu City to work from other places, and he rented a house before... But then Yong Ye came, and he lost his job and couldn't afford to pay. After paying the rent, I was kicked out by the landlord..."
"In other words, are you really forced to do this for a living?" Sun Hang glanced at her, "But I'm a little curious. You are short of clothes and food, so just pick up some clothes and food and go back. What do you do? What is the use of luxury goods, electronic products and jewelry? These things cannot be eaten or worn. ”
"Some people will buy these things specifically. You can exchange valuable things with them for food and a place to live." The scavenger replied.
"Tsk..." Sun Hang glanced at the green water ghost on the scavenger's wrist. There was still a price tag of 159,999 on the watch strap. "Here, how much food can you exchange for your watch?" < br>
"This piece? This piece is in good condition and has no bumps or scratches. It can be exchanged for at least four or five boxes of instant noodles and half a box of ham!"
"Four or five boxes of instant noodles..." Sun Hang curled his lips. Although the premium for luxury goods is exaggerated, a piece of genuine Green Water Ghost with an original price of 160,000 yuan can be exchanged for four or five boxes of instant noodles... This business is not bad. What a black heart...
If it were placed in the end of the world, the green water ghost would indeed be worthless except for being able to tell time, but the current "end of the world" is only limited to the borders of Shuzhou. Those who buy luxury goods from scavengers, as long as they can find a way to turn these into You can still make a lot of money by shipping things to other cities.
This is almost a profit-free business... even most of the risks are borne by these stupid young scavengers.
"This kind of good thing even makes me a little excited." Sun Hang complained.
"What?"
"Nothing." Sun Hang stopped in front of a clothing store on the first floor, then walked in and picked up a down jacket of the smallest size, and threw it to the scavenger whose lips were already purple from the cold.
"Put it on, don't freeze to death on the way."
"Thank you... thank you..."
Sun Hang untied the mycelial shackles, and the other party hurriedly put on his down jacket, then raised his two frozen palms to his mouth, and kept breathing.
The two of them soon arrived at the entrance and exit leading to the underground mall. Sun Hang glanced at the dark elevator shaft, then at the scavengers following him, then turned around and chose the stairs of the fire escape.
The basement level of the shopping mall is a commercial street. The main business is still a variety of food. There are also some commercial entertainment projects, such as billiard rooms, script sales, board game shops, etc. Go out from the stairs The first store is an escape room experience center that covers a large area. The ghost face relief at the entrance of the store looks quite realistic at first glance.
Sun Hang didn't feel anything at all, but the scavengers following him were obviously startled.
The two continued to walk forward, and soon Sun Hang saw what the scavenger described as "bloodstains everywhere" that the man who had been underground described - this was a section of about thirty meters long, with the streets There were traces of dark brown liquid on the floor tiles, which indeed looked like spilled blood from a distance.
Sun Hang walked closer, squatted down and poked the "bloodstains" on the ground with his fingers.
These "blood stains" haven't completely dried yet, and they feel a little sticky to the touch.
He raised his head and saw the sign of a drink shop on the street.
"It's not blood." Sun Hang said.
"Ah? Then... what are these things?"
"It should be syrup or some kind of drink puree." Sun Hang put his finger in his mouth... As expected, a sweet taste filled his mouth.
(End of chapter)