The hover car is parked in a remote corner on the 70th floor underground.
After the two came out, Qiao Long led the way. He walked into a noisy bar, waved briefly, and made way for the two big men with fancy arms guarding the door.
Entering the feasting, blaring sound, decadent and chaotic interior, the girl hid herself under a hood and mask, her eyes swept over the scene, and she looked at the people who were dancing and singing with curiosity.
But soon, Qiao Long led her across the dance floor from the side, opened a small door, and walked into the cold passage.
Bang, after the door closed, the noise outside immediately became much quieter.
"Please come with me." His tone was calm, and he seemed to have returned to his usual self.
There were no lights in the passage, only a few signs and LED lights at the foot of the wall emitted colored light, coating the two of them with a layer of blue-purple as they walked in it.
After passing a certain distance, Qiao Long stopped in front of a closed steel door, opened it with a card, then twisted the heavy door lock and walked inside.
There is a downward passage step inside, and you can hear the clear echo while holding on to the steel handrail.
After continuing downward for a while, the two of them came to an elevator. From the looks of it, it should have been privately built, and it was very crude and small.
"This is a quick passage that can lead to the underground world. Normally we don't use this road, but we need to be in a hurry." Qiao Long explained simply while waiting.
The girl nodded slightly, not paying attention to this kind of thing. She lightly stamped her feet, and her sensations extended along the ground in all directions.
Different from others, the narrower the underground, the stronger her strength is, because her talent is related to crystal stones. She can condense and pull out gems from the rock and soil at any time to block and seal the space, and she
You can also move around at will.
Since she advanced, her natural abilities that were restricted due to lack of magic power in the past have been liberated a lot. Now she doesn't have to worry even when facing Qiao Long. Even if there is an accident, she can easily leave. This is the confidence she is willing to come out with.
It's strange to say that I always feel a little uneasy in the store or when facing classmates, but when facing someone like Qiao Long, I don't have any psychological burden or nervousness anymore, Heshia tilted her head and thought to herself.
The two walked into the elevator and went down. Two minutes later, the elevator door opened and the two walked out.
Compared to the world above, the senses here are not so wonderful.
The pale light bulb illuminates the elevator exit, which is blocked by an iron fence. Occasionally, you can hear the sound of someone talking.
Qiao Long walked over and suddenly opened the door on the side of the corridor, and the original noise inside suddenly became quiet.
"Take the gun and follow me!" Qiao Long frowned and looked at the smoky environment in the room.
"Yes, Brother Long." A group of people picked up the guys in the corner and at the table and walked out immediately.
"There is a situation in the south. Please prepare enough ammunition. Also call all the brothers nearby and prepare the vehicles." He quickly ordered, and then the group of people immediately took action.
Hesia walked over, looked at their busy appearance and asked: "Is this a stronghold of your gang?"
"Yes, there are several strongholds like this, and the pipes leading to the upper levels are very important." He explained simply, and then asked a familiar boy to find a suitable weapon.
After listening to Qiao Long's description, the young man looked at Hesia who lowered the brim of her hat with some surprise, then went to the warehouse in the side room, dug out a newer box, took it out and handed it to Qiao Long.
Opening the box, there is a small and matte black and purple pistol with a square barrel and a fixed square scope on it.
'Phantom C-620', although it is a model more than 20 years ago, its performance is good and it is now widely praised. It has small recoil, comfortable grip, simple firing, and simple chip-assisted aiming. It is suitable for novices and is the only
The disadvantage may be that it is not powerful enough, but it is enough for small-scale conflicts in life.
"There may be some dangers on the road. I give you this pistol to use. It will be much more convenient and your identity and abilities will not be exposed." Qiao Long gave the assembled and adjusted pistol to Hexia.
Guns? Although we are in the interstellar age, for ordinary people, firearms are still somewhat unfamiliar and dangerous things. The federal government is still very strict on gun control, and it is said that it has learned lessons from the previous turmoil.
The girl hesitated for a moment, then took out a pair of black and purple silk gloves from her pocket (actually from the gap in space) and put them on before holding the gun.
The gloves were not hers, but something left by her previous sister. They were considered a good piece of equipment, so she kept them with her after gaining the space ability.
'Derose Woven Gloves' [Rare Condensed Bead Grade]: Special gloves woven with purple Daisy. They are flexible and have excellent strength. They can withstand common weapon cuts, improve the precision of magic control, and are also weakened against extraordinary weapons.
The effect of suppression comes with three effects: [Tenacity Lv.5] [Magic Suppression Lv.4] [Magic Control Lv.3].
This is the championship prize that her sister won at the school winter festival party that year. It is also the treasure that Hesia has always kept at the bottom of the box. In addition, the family also keeps several sets of Themisia's extraordinary-effect dresses. However, due to her body shape,
, Heshia has never been able to wear it.
Her figure is not as developed as her sister's.
Although Heshia's financial situation has not been very good, she has always kept these things and has not sold them. If you think about it, she is still a hidden rich woman. It's a pity that I have never had this consciousness.
After taking the pistol and putting it in her pocket, Hesia followed Qiao Long out of the corridor and outside.
There are scattered lights hanging here and there in the large cave. Below are tents and stalls scattered around, as well as people lying around. There is a lot of garbage around the ground, including many finished meal packaging boxes and empty ones.
Drink bottles, discarded clothes, etc. filled the air with a vague sour smell. Some adults and children were walking around. It couldn't be said to be crowded, but it was definitely not empty.
There were probably more than 3,000 people here, Heshia glanced over and made an estimate in her mind.
"It will be cleaner if we go this way." Qiao Long led the way, followed by Heshia. Many people from the underground world gathered their eyes on the road.
They knew Qiao Long, a powerful thug from the local 'Horn' gang, but they didn't recognize the girl behind Qiao Long. Judging from her unfamiliar and cautious way of avoiding debris at her feet, she shouldn't be from the underground world.
people.
If someone else had brought an outsider down to the underground world, they would have been surrounded by them with malicious intentions. But because Qiao Long was there, they were afraid of this powerful guy, so they didn't say anything at this time and watched the two people walking by in silence.
However, there are also one or two who are bold and like to stir up trouble.
"Hey, Boss Qiao, what did you bring back today? It seems like you're still a baby. Maybe you're tired of playing and give it a try to your brothers."
After hearing this, Qiao Long frowned, picked up the gun in the hand of the boy next to him, and pulled the trigger.
"No--"
Before the opponent could beg for mercy, bullets penetrated him one by one amid flying bullet casings, sliding gun bolts, overflowing firelight and white smoke, bringing with them spatters of blood.
Then the gunshots stopped, and the gullible guy fell to the ground, losing his heartbeat.
"Have someone clean it up, don't let it die there." Qiao Long ordered, and the boy on the side quickly responded.
The group of people continued walking for some distance and came to a garage, where three underground off-road vehicles had already driven out.
Although the car body is very dirty and covered with all kinds of condensed mud, the interior is still relatively clean, and it is probably cleaned occasionally.
A group of boys rode in two cars at the front and back, and Qiao Long and Tilan rode in the middle car.
After driving for a while, Qiao Long explained what he had just done.
"The situation just now must be dealt with ruthlessly, otherwise it will send the wrong signal to the people around you, and they will come around like hungry wolves."
"This is not a safe area under federal jurisdiction. Please forgive me, Miss." There was another long silence.
Hesia thought back to the man's sudden burst of fear and trembling before his death, as well as the shock of the people around him, and imagined in her mind what would have happened if Qiao Long had not killed him.
If Qiao Long's attitude is not firm, the people around him will feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of him and start to make noises. Even the younger brother around Qiao Long will have endless thoughts, so that the already fragile relationship between the two will collapse immediately.
Is this considered thoughtful, or is it because she has been in the underground world for a long time and has become accustomed to this violent way of dealing with problems, the girl thought to herself.
Sure enough, it's better to come to this kind of place less often, but this time it was an eye-opener.
Vehicles are traveling fast, but the underground environment is harsh, and there are no smooth and spacious roads. In other words, it is some kind of miracle that there are roads at all.
Sitting by the car window, Heshia saw many people wandering in the underground world along the way. There was no Internet and lack of entertainment. Apart from some simple meals, they just fought, slept, listened to songs and danced around old-fashioned equipment.
The good thing is that a large group of people gather around the projection screen to watch various videos that have been stored in advance.
Some of these videos are old-fashioned classic movies, some are funny videos randomly spliced and cut from StarNet, and there are also some vulgar videos in which the people in them are not good-looking, but just mechanically twisting their bodies like beasts, making it difficult to look directly at them.
There are no schools, no banks, no hospitals, no public administration agencies, and only some gang members maintain the most basic security. This is an underground world that has been neglected and abandoned in the Emerald Skirt. People's lives have degraded to resemble those of wild beasts.
Is the Federation short of people? It is short of people, but what it lacks is the kind of people who can create benefits and value. Most of these people who have been abandoned for various reasons have been distorted by the environment of the underground world, have bad personalities, and have almost no sense of morality and shame.
And because they have no education, it is difficult to get a job, and it is difficult to enter Sequence 3 or above. If they are accepted, they will pay a huge security cost and will be strongly protested by local residents. This is why, even if the government knows about this group of people
There is no reason for acceptance.
The vehicle drove bumpily through the rugged underground cave. There should have been various cave stone pillars blocking the way, but they had been removed artificially. Only a few were left on the edges to prevent the cave roof from collapsing.
“What do these people do for a living?”
Heshia suddenly asked. As long as you are alive, you must obtain food and basic supplies. People in the underground world will not give food to others for free, and gangs cannot feed idle people like philanthropists.
"Some things are too despicable and ugly. It's better for the eldest lady not to know about them." Qiao Long shook his head.
"Okay." Hesia also felt that she might not be that strong now and was looking directly at something too cruel and dark.
Really... the girl sighed secretly in her heart. Although she was not very old, she had inherited some of the memories of the previous two generations of color-level singers and had seen the vibrant and prosperous scene when the Federation emerged.
No matter how beautiful your ideals and beliefs are, they will slowly rot away under the erosion of time.
Human beings, or life, never learn lessons. The words and pictures seen in history are always too trivial and distant, making it difficult for people to respect them. Perhaps only unforgettable pain can make life change its past and remember the past.
Heart.
Hesia slowly closed her eyes and opened them again, the blue light swaying slightly.
Now she is not strong enough and does not have the ability to change the status quo. She can only keep many ideas in her heart for the time being and wait for them to be realized later.