This dungeon seems to be a little more difficult than the previous dungeons that He Ao has experienced, both in terms of the difficulty of the investigation and the difficulties encountered in the investigation.
Rock City is a brand new map. Most people here have never heard of K. Morningside City in the south seems to be another world to them.
The mining consortium and the city government controlled by the mining consortium are their entire world.
This city is very similar to Kaya City, but the only difference is that in the copy of Kaya City, He Ao is the uncrowned king of Kaya City, and in this copy of Rock City, he has to deal with the uncrowned king of this city.
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In fact, the mining consortium in Rock City has much stronger control over the city than the Nolanka Group. It takes both black and white, and the real power controller of the consortium is the mayor of Rock City.
Therefore, He Ao must try his best to unite forces worthy of alliance, and only by giving can he gain.
However, the attack on Yaz was actually a bit more dangerous than Heao imagined.
It is a jump from level d to level c, and it seems to be a bigger jump from level c to level b.
After reaching C level, the strength of the two adjacent levels does not seem to be as close as before below C level. He Ao can no longer guess what power the other talent sequences in the next level will have through the current level, and the talents in different ways.
The gap between sequences is constantly widening.
He Ao's original preparation was to try to directly crush Yaz's consciousness through mental interference from a long distance.
With his current level of control over Super Memory and his powerful soul power, he can already 'destroy' or even kill some weaker D-levels through mental power.
But after He Ao opened his vision of super memory, he suddenly discovered that Yaz's soul seemed to be protected by an invisible 'fence'.
This fence comes from Able on the side, and seems to be an extension of Able's power.
Abel is not only powerful in combat, but also has some soul-protecting skills.
None of the extraordinary beings He Ao had met before had this kind of skill, and he could only use it accurately when using mental interference.
He Ao briefly observed the existence of this fence. He could only penetrate a little with a full blow, causing a simple mental disturbance effect on Yaz, but could not cause more damage.
And his attack will inevitably be discovered by Albert, causing his existence to be exposed.
Although He Ao can run away by then, it will be more difficult to kill Yaz next time.
So He Ao changed his plan and adopted a risky idea.
He discovered that although his large-scale attacks would be blocked by the soul fence, he could still use a small amount of force to bypass Able's induction, penetrate into the fence, and interfere with Yaz's soul.
This kind of operation requires extremely subtle control and a stable mentality. It may be difficult for ordinary spiritual transcendents, but it is not difficult for He Ao, who has mastered super memory to the smallest detail.
However, he was not impatient. He first grabbed a handful of stones and waited for the conflict between Able and Iliaan, and when Able was fully focused on Iliaan, he deliberately led Yaz to discover him.
Then he penetrated a small amount of spiritual power through the gaps between the soul fences. At the moment when Yaz discovered him and subconsciously launched an attack, it interfered with Yaz's soul, causing Yaz's thoughts to be temporarily silent, and he was unable to make the call to Amber.
move.
Immediately afterwards, he jumped up and pretended to attack Albert. The moment Albert's attention was attracted, he shot and killed Yaz, and then left without stopping.
Because Able himself had already had a conflict with Ilyan, and Ilyan was very close to him, and Ilyan also temporarily hindered Able as expected.
This brief obstacle was enough for He Ao to leave calmly. By the time Albert chased after him, He Ao had already turned into an alley.
It was a pity that Yaz had a D-level talent sequence. If Yaz's body fell into the hands of the Miners' Mutual Aid Association, his talent sequence would probably be brought out, but only Able and Iliaan were present at that time.
Abel seems to look down on Yaz, so he may not be willing to collect Yaz's body, so the body may have been collected by Ilya Ann or the municipal cleaning company.
According to general rules, there are commissioners or FBI agents stationed in the municipal cleaning department who specialize in identifying the corpses of extraordinary people.
So falling into the hands of municipal cleaning is equivalent to falling into the hands of the city government or the FBI.
"call--"
He Ao exhaled a breath of white air and looked up at the dark sky, with light snowflakes floating in front of him.
The weather changed very quickly. It was still sunny and daytime in the morning, but snowflakes began to fall in the afternoon, and the temperature seemed to have dropped a lot.
This is a market in Beicheng District, with noisy crowds walking around in the market.
Although Rock City is a resource-based city, the benefits brought by its huge resources are irrelevant to the vast majority of people in this city.
The mining consortium may be very wealthy, ranking among the top 50 in the federation, but most Roque citizens at the bottom earn only two to three hundred federal dollars a week.
Such an income cannot sustainably afford consumer goods imported from the south from regular sources.
Therefore, markets full of second-hand goods and bargains are very popular in Rock City, and there are such markets everywhere.
Most of these markets are run by small vendors who do not have a business license from the city government. The reason for not having a business license is very simple, just to avoid paying taxes.
There are two types of federal taxes, one is the federal tax paid directly to the federal government, and the other is the city tax paid to the city.
Taxation is an important source of funds for the municipal government. Generally, large monopoly groups and related industries surrounding the monopoly groups will contribute a large amount of tax revenue to the municipal government.
For example, nearly 35% of Kaya City's tax revenue comes from Nolanka Group and its subsidiaries and industrial chain companies.
In Rock City, the tax paid by the mining consortium for the city government is less than 5% of the total tax revenue. They lobbied the parliamentarians, changed the law, and transferred the group's registration place, trying their best to avoid paying an extra cent of tax.
They have taken away the most benefits from the city, but only bear the least responsibility.
The main industries of the mining consortium are in Rock City, but the mining consortium registered in Rock City is only a 'subsidiary', and its 'parent company' is located in the small city of Bailuoke City in the west, which has the lowest federal corporate income tax.
City.
The city government's expenditures need to be maintained, and since taxes cannot be collected from the mining consortium, the Rock City government can only increase taxes on ordinary people.
An important source of municipal government tax revenue is consumption tax.
The federal consumption tax is an extra-price tax. The selling price of the product is marked with the tax amount, and the tax is paid together with the tax when paying.
Different cities have different consumption tax rates, but they are not too high. For example, Chenxi City is 5%, Kaya City is 6%, and Roque City is 9%, which is the highest in the entire federation.
The high tax rate makes the same thing much more expensive to buy in Rock City than in other cities.
From this, a prosperous smuggling industry was born, as well as street stalls selling smuggled goods. These stalls were not registered with the government and naturally did not pay taxes.
Since it saves costs such as store rent and does not pay taxes, the same items sold at street stalls are 20 to 30% cheaper than in regular stores.
A large number of street stalls form a market, and the presence of a large number of markets makes it more difficult for the city government to collect tax revenue.
The previous mayor, who was from the Ilyan party, violently closed these markets. As a result, his support rate plummeted. The current mayor took the opportunity to come out and was elected with slogans such as reducing taxes and liberalizing the markets.
After taking office, he also kept his promise and opened up some markets and reduced taxes. These markets are all under the control of the Ice Wolf Gang. Although the stalls in the market do not have to pay taxes, they have to pay to the Ice Wolf Gang.
stall fee'.
This part of the tax revenue that should have been provided to the city government was provided to the Ice Wolf Gang, and then entered the pockets of the mining consortium.
These were all randomly searched by He Ao on the Internet.
It's just that it's a little more difficult to find information about the Ice Wolf Gang, but it's not impossible to find.
Nothing goes deeper.
However, He Ao could basically guess what happened next. As the city government's revenue dropped, a large number of government workers faced the risk of unemployment or salary cuts, and even the budget of the city defense army also faced cuts.
At this time, it will be easier and more convenient for the mayor to control the mining consortium to infiltrate the city government and the city defense army.
He Ao looked through the information on the Internet and found no useful information. He originally wanted to search for the mayor's information, but found that there were only some election news about the mayor and obviously filtered praise manuscripts.
There is no more in-depth information about the mayor's past and detailed video information about the mayor.
He Ao put down his bracelet and took a look at the sky.
It's almost dark.
People from the mercenary group came and went in waves, but finding someone in the chaotic market was like looking for a needle in a haystack, let alone a powerful and agile extraordinary person like He Ao.
There were several markets nearby, and Albert was not sure whether He Ao was hiding in the market or which market he was hiding in. After several consecutive searches, the number of people searching gradually decreased.
He Ao blended in with the crowd leaving the market and slowly walked out of the market.
Surrounded by old buildings and dim street lights.
Generally, the urban areas where markets are located are relatively old, and there are no markets in the bustling city center, where the city's few middle class and small factory owners live.
He Ao left the crowd and turned into an alley. After walking a few steps, he heard a burst of chaotic footsteps and shouts.
"My husband is really not a criminal, and he did not incite the miners to strike. Please let us go..."
A female voice with a hint of crying came from the other end of the alley, and He Ao walked over slowly and leaned against the shadows.
"I don't care if he does it or not. Either pay the money or follow us."
The speaker was a somewhat hoarse male voice.
He Ao looked up and saw several men wearing simple clothes and smoking cigarettes dragging a man wearing a dusty miner's uniform.
The man seemed to have just come back from the mine and hadn't even had time to change his clothes.
A woman was crying and holding a man's hand.
"I'll fight with you."
A childish voice came from behind the woman, and a boy of twelve or thirteen years old rushed out of the room, holding an iron rod in his hand.
"Get out of here." The man raised his foot and kicked the little boy away, hitting the wall. "You little bastard."
"Child, child..."
The woman quickly ran over to check the child's body.
"elder brother"
"Big Brother"
"elder brother"
Several smaller children ran out of the house.
"It's quite possible," the man with his feet up said with a smile while holding a cigarette. "Are there any older ones who are over fifteen years old and can work? The boss of the prison has given us a price. It's a good deal to send a strong laborer to us.
The income you have is too small, and you can’t even do the work if you send it in. Let’s get a bigger one.”
"Hahaha."
Several people around him laughed wildly.
"You bunch of beasts."
The woman stretched out her hands to protect the child and cursed.
"You bastard, I will fight with you."
The captured miner man flushed red and struggled hard.
But no matter what, he could not break free from the clutches of several strong men. Like a drowning man, he struggled wildly and chaotically, but to no avail.
"Hey, you're still pulling me up."
One of them saw how hard he was struggling and stretched out his hand to strangle his neck. The man's face suddenly turned purple.
"Brothers, please be gentle and don't kill them," the man smoking a cigarette said quickly, "We have to earn money from those who are alive. In the afternoon, those who were maimed or killed did not get any money."
"It's boring."
The man who had stretched out his hand to choke his neck let go and spat.
"You bastards!"
The woman on the side quickly protected the child behind her,
"Let's go, let's go to the next house quickly."
The man smoking the cigarette sneered and blew the still burning cigarette butt into the woman's cheek.
The cigarette butt was extremely fast, rolling in the air and about to land on the woman's face in an instant.
At this moment, two white fingers stretched out from the void and clamped the cigarette.
"Littering is against city regulations."
He Ao held the cigarette butt with his backhand, straightened up, and looked at the man in front of him.
"Where did you get the idea to teach me how to do things? Oh, you want to save them? Are you also an accomplice of the absenteeism mutual aid association?"
The man spat, took half a step back, and shouted, "Brothers, come on, this guy is worth a lot of money."
He looked at He Ao and said with a smile, "Boy, you are not the one who wants to be a hero. Once you, a friend of the Miners' Mutual Aid Association, have a reputation, it's not up to you where you go."
The people behind him all smiled, dropped the exhausted miner on the ground, rolled up their sleeves, and strode over.
He Ao shrugged and said nothing.
He was really an associate of the Miners' Mutual Aid Society.
The first person to come was the man who had just choked him. He was tall and strong. He punched me, and there was a strong sound of wind.
Several people behind him followed suit.
boom--
The man who punched first flew out suddenly and hit a high wall behind him. He vomited blood and took in more air than out.
The other people barely reacted and flew out at the same time, hit the wall and fell down.
He Ao retracted his foot and looked at the arrogant man in front of him. Not only did this guy not take action, he also took a step back.
"My lord, my lord, I am blind. My eyes are in the middle of my butt..."
The man looked at He Ao, then at the brothers lying on the ground, swallowed, took two steps back, and said tremblingly.
"What did I just say?"
He Ao looked at him calmly.
"I..." The man was stunned for a moment, looked at the cigarette butt in He Ao's hand, and said quickly, "Don't litter."
"Open your mouth."
He Ao glanced at her.
The man opened his mouth.
The sparkling cigarette butt was pressed into his mouth, a burst of smoke rose and a hissing sound was heard.
He Ao waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.
The man didn't even dare to cry out in pain, he nodded and bowed, pulled a few who could still get up, and rolled away.
He Ao looked at their backs, his eyes slightly focused. The movements of these people were not standardized. It was obvious that they had not received uniform military training. They also had tattoos on their bodies. They were not city defense troops, but members of the Ice Wolf Gang.
If the city defense army could still exercise some restraint when searching for people from the Miners' Mutual Aid Association, the Ice Wolf Gang was completely indiscriminate.
After Vincent's death, the Ice Wolf Gang should also have entered the mayor's sphere of influence.
What do the mayor and the mining consortium want to do?
"you are···"
While thinking, a soft inquiry came from behind He Ao.
He Ao turned around and looked at the mother and her children behind him.
Nell's mother's face appeared in his field of vision.
He thought for a while and took out some candies from his pocket. He had just grabbed them for him at the market when the merchant had no change.
He Ao didn't have much money in his electronic account, and he mostly had cash brought back from the wilderness.
He grabbed these candies and gave them to the children.
The children glanced at their mother and did not dare to reach out. Finally, the older boy who had just been kicked out stretched out his hand, took the candy from He Ao's hand, and gave it to his younger brothers and sisters.
At this time, the man who was caught also staggered up and walked over. His wife quickly supported him.
The man seemed ready to thank He Ao, but He Ao shook his head slightly, "You should find a place to avoid first. They will definitely come back again."
After that, he turned and left.
The children watched his figure disappear.
"Brother, when will we grow up?"
"how?"
"I want to grow up quickly so that I can protect my parents."
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He Ao walked through an alley and was about to take a taxi when he suddenly saw a figure waiting for him under the light in front of him.
He looked at He Ao and smiled.
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There are nearly 5,000 words, and the next update will only be tomorrow morning. I suddenly got stuck while writing, and my head was buzzing.
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