Chapter 240: Entering the Floating City for the First Time (Part 1)
"parking……"
Liu Tianliang, who was on the co-pilot, suddenly waved his hand and asked the entire convoy to slowly stop by the bridge. He immediately opened the door and walked down with a few people. Not far ahead of them was a road leading to Jiangxinzhou. The entire bridge spanned from above and went straight to both sides of the Yangtze River, but it fell apart in the north. The thick cable-stayed steel cable hung on the bridge like noodles, but such a tragic situation did not completely collapse the bridge. It has to be said that it is really a miracle!
Liu Tianliang used a windproof lighter to light a cigarette for himself and walked forward with Hu Mei strode forward. About five or six hundred meters ahead was the fracture surface of the bridge, but no less than a thousand cars were blocked in that area, from the cheapest three-wheeled motorcycle to the expensive Porsche and Ferrari, there were almost everything. At first glance, it was simply called the auto show site!
It can be seen that those vehicles were not abandoned, the windshield was wiped cleanly, and there were still many people shuttled back and forth in the car, either gathering together to play cards and chatting, or catching a car with some pheasant and wanderings on the spot. Those people didn't care about other people's gazes at all. Many shaking cars were either stretched out two beautiful legs with men's waists, or a head hanging out of the car and moaning for love, or even running around naked after the matter was done!
"What do those people do? Do they live in the car?"
Liu Tianliang took a sip of cigarette lightly and looked at the men and women who were teasing loudly with a strange expression. Even with his ability, he couldn't help but feel that these people were too vulgar and dirty. But Hu Mei shrugged her shoulders and said with a look of strangeness: "No! Those men are members of the material search team, both official and private. Because they are afraid that these people who return from home will be infected by the virus, the official has long stated that they are not allowed to return to the city within ten hours of entering the bridge, and that they will be put in after ten hours of no corpse changes. We sisters are specializing in these people's business. They can do it without pounding at night. It's really just a living meal!"
"Then we will also stay on this broken bridge for ten hours?"
Liu Tianliang immediately frowned and looked at Hu Mei with annoyance, but Hu Mei smiled and said, "Of course not. Now is an era where money can make ghosts. If you are in a hurry to go in, you can spend money to check it out for you. The people on the other side are old fry, so they won't spend that in vain!"
"It's really a layer of exploitation and skinning. It seems that the principle of interests first will never change again..."
Liu Tianliang shook his head with disdain, walked slowly to the bridge and held the guardrail and looked down. Hu Mei held the right distance with him with her arms, and said with a chuckling, "Actually, if you want to live here for a long time, you will find that these exploitation is understandable. Fuhua City provides us with protection, but it also needs to be built, roads also need to be cleaned, and the soldiers' equipment supplies, and even food to help the poor, etc. These require a lot of food and supplies to support them. I believe that Boss, you won't want to live in a place that feels insecure and is like a pig's nest, right?"
"Why is it called Vanity City? Does it mean it is just a superficial prosperity?"
Liu Tianliang turned around and looked at Hu Mei without any explanation, but Hu Mei nodded and smiled: "It's almost the same thing. Behind the rich and rich, there are always piles of bones. No matter where you are, it is just a appearance. However, in most people's eyes, this city with a population of 120,000 is definitely a combination of angels and devils. While it brings hope to people, it also brings us all kinds of hardships and tortures!"
“There is a population of 120,000 here?”
Liu Tianliang widened his eyes in disbelief. Unexpectedly, a small Jiangxinzhou had gathered so many people. Hu Mei, holding her hands, nodded affirmatively again, and said helplessly: "People say that condensation is the essence. Not many people who can live to this day rely solely on luck, so you can never look at this city with the old eyes of the past. The people here have turned this city into a purer and more realistic way. People without great courage cannot live to tomorrow!"
"You speak very well. I'm afraid you didn't do this before, right?"
Liu Tianliang clenched his chin and looked at Hu Mei with interest, and Hu Mei smiled bitterly: "How many of us are here who are in this industry? We are not forced to be desperate, and no one will abandon dignity to do these dirty things. You may not believe it. I used to be the director of a university, but now I am just a lady who can play with you with a few kilograms of rice. There are so many women like me here!"
"Then your mind is really open-minded. I'm afraid it's not good to go from heaven to hell?"
Liu Tianliang looked at Hu Mei in surprise, but Hu Mei moved her hair that was blown away by the wind on her forehead and said indifferently: "I don't know if you have ever been hungry, but that kind of taste is definitely ten thousand times more painful than being stabbed to death. I used to think that selling your body would definitely hurt, and it would be better to die. However, when I was so hungry that I wanted to eat dead human flesh, I really realized that it was so lucky that a man was willing to spend money to have sex with you, otherwise I could only die in a little bit of pain in hunger!"
Hu Mei's words were undoubtedly thought-provoking. The few people gathered behind Liu Tianliang all looked at her with extremely complicated expressions. It could make an engineer with a human soul fall to the point of betraying the body. It is really hard for ordinary people to imagine the pain she has experienced. However, Luan Qian frowned and said, "What you said seems helpless and pitiful, but I still can't agree with your approach. If I had jumped into the river and died, I would have thought of it. It would be disgusting to betray my own body!"
"Since you all have the courage to die, why don't you have the courage to live? And if you have tried the taste that you can't die, you will definitely not think about it again..."
Hu Mei chuckled and shook her head, then raised her hands and said, "Okay, bosses, I don't think you are spending money to listen to me. I think you should go and experience this city in the doomsday with yourself. If you have money here, you can get everything you want. This is a real gold-selling cave!"
"Let's go, brothers, let's go down and see it carefully, so that I, a terrier, can open my eyes..."
Liu Tianliang waved his hand and stopped taking the bus. He led the convoy to strode down the bridge. The first thing that caught their eyes was a row of city walls made of earth and stone. They were not tall or solid. The loose appearance looked more like a errand, but they wrapped the entire city along the river embankment!
"Huh? Why do we need to build a city wall around the river here? Can living zombies still swim?"
Luan Qian held Liu Tianliang's arm and looked at the city wall in front of her curiously. There were many powerful laborers pushing and shouldering the soil and rocks on the walls to continue to strengthen them. Some soldiers carrying rifles were patrolling back and forth lazily, while Hu Mei slowly stepped down and said with a smile: "This is not used to prevent zombies, but to prevent zombies from coming ashore. Those zombies are much more powerful than zombies when biting people. Moreover, they are huge, and many species can even jump out of the water one or two meters high. If we didn't build the city wall, we would have been bitten to death!"
"So the river water must have been polluted, so how can you solve the problem of drinking water for the people here?"
Luan Qian looked at Hu Mei with her head tilted, but Hu Mei pointed to a few pipes extending into the river in the distance and explained: "Did you see those pipes? There is a water purification plant in our city. The river water can be safely drunk after filtering there. However, the daily output is very limited. We must carefully calculate the water to drink, so we don't dare to wash rice when eating. We cook the rice directly with a pot of water. The untreated river water can only wash the heels and wash clothes at most!"
"Then how to solve the problem of eating more than 100,000 people? I'm afraid the official will not be idle, right?"
Liu Tianliang also turned his head and asked curiously, but Hu Mei said helplessly: "This is what the Eight Immortals need to show their magical powers across the sea. The brave people can team up to go out and try hard to find food with the zombies, but cowards like us have to do everything, such as farming, picking manure, cleaning the streets and building city walls, etc. These jobs will be paid by the official... "
"But don't underestimate the job of picking manure. In addition to farming, we can't get a good job that we can't even get. Not only do we have to be strong and have good brains, but we don't even think about getting in without certain interpersonal relationships. In addition, the jobs are only a little bit more nervous than the millions of troops taking civil servants in the past!"
Hu Mei looked at everyone with her hands behind her back, and a ridiculous scene of giving gifts and finding connections to pick up manure immediately appeared in everyone's mind. However, it is very normal to pick up manure, and may be smelly and dirty, and have no status at all. But this is definitely a job that is guaranteed to get a living from drought and flood without any danger. I believe that many people would rather pick up manure to fill food and clothing than fight hard with the terrible zombies. After all, leaving the city may be a road of no return that you can never come back!
"That's not right? I know that the area of Baishazhou is not small, but even half of the land is used to farm, it can't support 120,000 people, right? Do you have other means of survival?"
Liu Tianliang still looked at Hu Mei suspiciously, but Hu Mei nodded and said, "Of course, only one-quarter of the land in the city is used for farming, but it is all the production brigades of the public. Ordinary people are not allowed to get close to each other. However, there are large areas of farmland on the other side of the river. There are three modified ships in the morning, noon and evening to pick up people to farm. However, the risk of farming across the river is really great. Although there are soldiers patrols and protecting them, if they encounter a large tide of corpse, they will be completely destroyed. Not only will the crops be trampled into a mess, but they may not even be able to save their lives. It is not uncommon for hundreds of people to die on the other side of the river to die every month!"
"Well! Let's talk to me slowly after finding a place later. You can help us complete the procedures for entering the city..."
As Liu Tianliang said, he raised his hands and looked at their arrogant attitude again, because their rank had completely reached the city gate. The soldiers guarding the two large iron gates were stunned and staring at their huge convoy foolishly. Hu Mei also hurriedly whispered: "This is not a complete entry into the city. There is a real checkpoint inside. The place is very strict. If you force yourself, the soldiers of the entire Vanity City will come here!"
"Tsk~ Will I be afraid?"
Chapter completed!