The young man followed Xu Huo back to the small hotel.
Of course Xu Huo didn't ask him to come here just to buy something to cook. He wanted to know the overall situation in District 026.
026 is a partition that has not been completely integrated with the game so far, which means that this partition is now the same as E27-014. Players from outside areas can only enter the dungeon in this partition after arriving, and they cannot directly reach the partition without special methods.
As for the reason, it is probably because of the environment of District 026. The progress of the complete integration of the partition and the game is based on the degree of evolution of the entire partition. The most important indicator is player evolution. Even the partitions that were generated early will be gamed due to lack of strength.
Abandon yourself outside.
The evolutionary environment in Area 026 is not good, and the population is small, so it has not been able to integrate with the game. Of course, this is not a bad thing for Area 026. Although there is a lack of resources and the living environment is harsh, it is still different from the people who guard the slums.
There are many people who think similarly to players, and integrating into the game will bring greater dangers.
District 026 is divided into four gathering areas as a whole. Because there are few people, most people are concentrated in these four gathering areas. Each gathering area is blocked by a huge dry ocean, making it inconvenient to communicate with each other. The gathering where Xu Huo is located
Place number 01 - This number was determined by their gathering place themselves.
District 026 is not a technologically advanced place to begin with. In addition, acid rain is rampant, which will damage and interfere with electronic equipment. There are almost no means of transportation like airplanes. Of course, it is also because of poverty. Even if the roads between the gathering areas are opened, the value
Not big either.
A gathering place is equivalent to a country, but just being together in one place does not mean that the cities established will help each other. The cities in the gathering place basically work on their own. Better-developed cities can ensure that their daily necessities are exported to the outside world.
One thing, generally you can only take care of yourself.
To put it simply, everyone is having a hard time, and no one is better than anyone else. In this environment, as long as we don't try to compete for other people's resources, we can be very harmonious.
However, population growth and changes in the external environment are important factors that affect life. Most cities are struggling to make ends meet, so a group of people will be eliminated every one or two years.
"Eliminate?" Xu Huo interrupted the young man, "Kill or..."
"Of course not, life is very difficult, but everyone has a day when they are old and weak, so why would they kill someone directly?" The young man smiled reluctantly, "Those who cannot create value and become a burden will be given a sum of money by the government and then deported.
, cities with better conditions will send cars to take them to slums."
In an environment like acid rain, it is not easy to build a house, especially for ordinary people with little skills and abilities. After the city releases the excess population burden, it is said that they will be asked to find new places to survive, but the reality is that
They fend for themselves, and in the end they either die on the way or end up in the slums, with no better place to go.
This is also the reason why although people are dying in the slums all the time, there is no end to them.
District 026 is in a difficult situation. The most important thing in the city is players, so the general direction is to encourage childbearing, to make the short ones taller, or to give birth to ten or hundreds, there will always be one player.
If there are too many newborns, those who are old or in poor health will be abandoned.
This is also a fact accepted by everyone in Area 026.
They place their hope of changing the future on future generations, so they are willing to save living space for future generations.
"There are potions in big cities that test whether you can become a player when you grow up. You are tested separately at the age of six, ten, and fourteen. If you are not qualified at the age of fourteen, you will become a labor force." The young man said.
This is relatively humane. Forcibly injecting the blood of evolvers can certainly allow ordinary people to start evolving, but the success rate of evolution is unknown. Many people will die from the disease or directly degenerate into alien species. If detected in advance, it can be done to a certain extent.
avoid this risk.
However, it can be seen that the accuracy of this test is not high, otherwise it would not be checked every four years.
"How many cities have tapped water sources?" Xu Huo asked again.
"There is only one." The young man said: "Only the central city has opened up the underground water source. The other cities are all transported from the central city. What we buy here is the share that was divided from the previous Yucheng."
Xu Huo nodded slightly, "Have all the rivers on the ground dried up?"
"Even the sea has dried up." The young man said calmly: "The acid rain that fell has entered the underground river. The water is getting less and less every year, so it is getting more expensive every year."
Area 026 seems to have experienced a huge disaster. The ocean has remained dry for a long time. Even if it rains, the amount of water is not enough to moisten the ocean again. Instead, it flows to deeper dry and cracked places, and finally merges into the depths of the ground.
.
The place where the city gathers is a deep basin on the land. Of course, it is definitely not as good as some places in the ocean, but just to choose a good water intake, it is not worth moving the city there, not to mention that District 026 has not been relocated.
Strength.
That’s why it’s so difficult to get water from the ground. So far, only one central city has this capability. Cost and technology are another matter.
"Does it rain every day in District 026?" Xu Huo glanced out the window.
The young man nodded, "It rains most of the time, but it's just light rain."
Even if it is light rain, under normal circumstances, District 026 should not be so short of water, not to mention that the cost of acid rain purification is not high.
After asking a few more questions, Xu Huo let him go.
After a while, the boss came up and said, "More and more kids are coming here, even those from outside."
"There are only a few dozen people." Xu Huo said calmly: "If there are not enough vegetables and rice, let the people in the water shop give up their share."
The boss choked and then said: "I don't dare."
Xu Huo raised his head and glanced at him, "Then let the cook do the talking."
The boss turned around and left.
Not long after, people from the water shop, the casino outside, and the underground palace all sent some things, including vegetables, fruits, and clean water.
There are also maps of the 01 gathering place and handwritten stories about various places.
The people in the underground palace also asked the boss to bring him a message, saying that if Xu Huo liked the boy, he could take him away.
Xu Huo told them to get lost.
After reading the map and notes, just as the young man brought food in, Xu Huo stopped him and asked, "Is there any contact between the underground palace and Yucheng?"
The young man cheered up and said, "Yes, but they originally came from Baicheng, which is right next to Yucheng. The owner of the underground palace is related to the players in Baicheng. He sometimes sends one or two young children there.
"
"Will strange children come to the underground palace? They don't belong in the slums."
The boy finally dared to raise his head and said, "I'm not from the slums, I was sold here!"
